Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1941 — Page 6

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01 MIG EXTENDS STREAKS WHILE YANKEES LOSE Vinks, Dodger* Both I'all Back To Second Place York Jam 3.* <U.R> Fir*' plan- made the Yankee an.) Itodg er* dizzy Hoth of them slumped, hack into ih. runner up position mil ay a- tin Indian* ami Cardinal* I ririi<l poaition* at th* head of the major league |-irad*The Yank*’ first -plate tenure wa* on -hort duration They took over the top Wednesday etay.'d there Thursday hut ram. down with a tumble yesterday The Athletic* slapped down the Yanks In the ninth. 7fi but they failed to stop ly took <ar* of lu.lh streak*. HJo. u Marti.. In M .giro P« -onalsingled and hit honor No IT to extend the Yankee horn, run streak to IM tn 22 games He ha* hit eutely in 31 < onse. utive games, aiul is only two gam** behind George Hilet’s modern record. ) After the Yanks had left the gate open for them the Indian* took advantage of the opportunity and regained the lead last night by defeating th. Wlnfe So» l-l. In-fore, 42.489 persons at Cleveland Al. Milnar output lied Hill Dietrich to ring up his eev.-nth victory Jeff Heath hit his 12th horn-r In the eighth after Hoiidr.au and Walker drove m the Tribe - first two run« , The Ifcalgers those funny fellows, from across th.- river about whom all sorts of wild tales have be.-n circulating lately, were back in second pla.e after half a loaf oi first They battled their way to a tie wth the Card* Thursday night but idleness yest.rday dropped them to second Tlie Cardinal* trimmed tlie Red* last night 5-3. before Ifi.o*3 at St la.uis and moved half a game out in front. With th.- scene tied 33. in the eighth. Item Padgett. the Card handy man who was behind Hie plate last night, broke It up with a two-run homer. Johnny Mize had started the inning with a single, but was forced by Slaughter alter wh'.-h Padgett clouted No. 5. Mai

IPayco Motor (leaning In a thorn cleaning of crank cane, rings and valves. and Results in new car pep. less mile cost, and Fewer repair hills and longer motor performance. RIVERSIDE SUPER SERVICE Eaat Monroe St. Phone 741 "Whan you think of Brake*. think of ua.” SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15 “POT O’ GOLD” James Stewart. Paulette Goddard. Horace Heidt & Orchestra ALSO — Short* 10c 30c Inc. Tax Laat Time Tonight—Joan •Scarface” Crawford. Melvyn Douglas in ”A WOM AN’S FACE” ALSO — Short* 10c 30c Inc. Tax | CORT Air Conditioned SUN. MON. TUES. Continuoua Sunday 16c 1:15 to 4 “HORROR ISLAND” Dick Foran. Peggy Moran - and * “SCOTLAND YARD” Nancy Kelly. John Loder E veninys J oc-20c Laat Time Tonight — Don Barry. 1 “The Tuiea Kid.” ALSO—"Sky Raiders.” 10c • 15c ,

»». »i.. ■» i *- » ■■■ i Lanier allowed only nln- •tattered ' hit* sot hi* sixth vi* tory Paul | I Dert inger lost another tough one, I I giving up nine hits for his ninth I defeat Terry Moore also homered I sot Hie Card* In the first. ! Tim Giant* parlayed five hits in-! ito a 71 triumph ovei the Philliea ) 'despite Nick Etteii's homer With 1 I in the first. Walk*, an ertlor had defensive play and Mel I till's l*th homer help'd th>- Giants I ’ before a ladies' night < rowd of 2fi >, ''H:t of which 10317 w.-re feminine i i guests Nnk Kiteti was hit In the I I fan- by Johnny (tinker's elbow in a play at first and knot ked unconscious II- wa- tak-n to Polyclinic j hospital Where he was kept overnight for observation In the only National league day game the Pnates scored two runs ' in th.- ninth and beat the Cubs. I 2 A fan tan on th. field with the Cubs al bat In tlie > Ighth and lined up near second ba*« When poll..- , came to ihu*e him lie had a merry | ' 'line running -md sliding Into Ho- j St.v Sundra Hopped the Red 1 -i,.» pow.-r hitlers and Washington beat 80-ton. 53. before l»omi ini the . apitol city last night Cecil T avts had a perfect Hight at bat. "3 for 3 The Brown* . am. out of their slump and hung a *• ** defeat on the i ! Tigers It was the Hrowtis' first! 'victory at Detroit since April ifi. | ia«.t year Bob Harris allowed only I foui hit* and only two men reach-1 sec ond Harland Clift hit horn-1 <-i No 12 and John Hetardilio also I 'hit for the circuit. | Ye sterday'* hero Joe DiMaggio. | who hit in III* ■'•‘•til c c.llsec utive I gam. and f louted homer No I. ire-I gaining the Am«-ri< an league horn- ( l er lead I to keep the Yankee homer ' 'streak 1 :!•• in 22 gatnest alive. THE STANDINGS National League W L. Pct. C B. •it larui* !•’. 2! fi'fi Brooklyn »-'• 21 fis2 '»1 Now York 35 » .547 »’a Cincinnati 31 32 ->l-. ll'a Chicag.i 30 3fi .155 Ifi’g Pittsburgh 25 32 it'.' Ifi'a Boston 32 37 373 2« Philadelphia 1* 47 .277 2. American League W u. Pct. G B Cleveland 47 27 609 N.«W York 39 2fi .(WW I Ikistuii 36 2* 7,7>fi I Chicago 33 32 sos 7 Detroit 34 34 .Yon 7'g Philadelphia 31 34 177 9 Washington 25 l'» 3*5 15 St. la> ds 23 40 .335 HD* Yesterday's Results National League Pittaburgh 4; Chi. ago 2. N.-w York 7. Philadelphia I St. laiui* 5. Cincinnati 3. American League Philadelphia 7. New York fi. St. Loui* 9. lietroß 0. Washington 5. Boston 3. Cleveland 3. Chicago I. Today's Schedule National League Brooklyn at Boston Philadelphia at New York Pittsburgh at Chicago Cincinnati act St. lamia. American League Chicago at Cleveland St Louis at Detroit. New York at i*hiladelphla Boston at Washington. —— — Softball Card For Next Week The* softball card for next week was announced today by Steve Kverhart a* follow* I June 30 Cloverleaf vs. HuntingI lon Cloverleaf and Central Sugar 1 v«. Casting. | July 1 -Casting v*. Westinghouse. Lima. Ohio and Cloverleaf j vs. St Mary'* , July 3 S. hafers. eihtbition and and Plsßnant Mill* v*. Casting.

wMaMMUUSHUMWRUHBMaU Save Money on the family footwear by letting ux do your repair work. FORTNEY BRAUN FORTNEY FORTNEY’S SHOE REPAIR 8. Second Bt.

RACES SUNDAY AT WINCHESTER Elbert Booker One 01 Topnotchert In Funk Event Winchester, Ind June 2* An unusual chai.ict.-i of the i.Mtllig io.id Hllieii Ibwiker of D-troit hi* I entered hi* fast Hal Spot ial 111 the I secund speed event of the seas.lt I•« h.*|.ib*i for Funk's Speedway I here Sunday The lb-troltei ha* gained the I nickname .»• the new "rim nd. ." lof the Punk l.ank. d truck circuit | l.y virtue of his daring skill of I plloHnc hl* sfoa-d mount aruiind I the very top of the high bank* to garner coveted point* in the mid iW.-' YAY sMiidlnv tit.' hi* I placed hint at the top of the ll<t lot the ptem-nt tint. 11.. ha- I | the most cousis'etit pilot of the I mid West drivers «o far this — i I i- he hits captured <HH' first, thre. second pl lie Hii d ..nd two fei||r?h ill Hl«' * I that has beet! -tiu-ed by Funk 'hi I year. 8.*.k.-r 1. nearing forty years yld and has I racing for sev. i < years. H. i- enjoying th- tm> ' I «iic< •"*< fhi* y»Mr tttiy |>r<PVjoH< v»*iir hi* »!!?»• h«' wli*'** | hl* fnouht with th«* .iiithoi *y ! ah«l «iHhirafH«- <if h yuiiiiir»!rr !?• at!rihiiti*h hi* ability !<• «i»*aii liv , IlhK at he neither lUiMlimii ih hik* ' and I* «|iilte a family mtn in hl* I h<niH* in -iiolf. | His foreman's position In th. 'Brigg* Ihhl>- factory In Hie Motoi i ! City alTord- him ample support f.n I I hi* family of wife and four chtl idreti, and lie state* that lie races I only for the where eitjoyin. nt and ■ glory he get* from it. Hi- ambition Ils to win the "Sim"' Itidlanapoll* ' race, and will, the Funk Ita. k- ■ j operating under the AYA banner i [this year he will lie eligible for I that classic tieit y.-ai | Tim.- trial* for the ra.es her.-| I Sunday are s. h. duh d for 12 o’, lock I With the first heat race set to go tat 2 17. CST I “ « • I Today’s Sports Parade (Reg. U. S. Pat. Office) Dy Harry Ferguson x. « v., * UP ' band of m.-ii in the world t ike* such a beating as the reporters who cover golf toll'liameut*. but yesI terday we got even In an <>iit>tand Ing way The seem- was Fresh Meadow Country Club; the occasion, the s.M'.ind match between Babe llittli and Ty Cobb. This Is not a «.ory of the golf match, it is a story of subtle, cruel revenge and how We brought it about. Fifteen minuter before th.' match started th.- working pr.-s* assembled to compare scars and bruises. Your correspondent displayed n I Idite patch on hl* arm where a I m.'inber of the gallery had sluzg.*! him at the national open In Kort Worth Another man had a scar from the 19*2 amateur, caused by a mlddleaged lady who |sikwl ait umbrella In hl* face A veteran photographer showed two broken toe* Ineurred at the 1934 PGA tournament when the gallery stampeded at the Ifith hole and trampled him underfoot. We were a battle-scarred band thirsting for revenge, and this wa* our golden opportunity. For the first time In the history of golf we outnumbered the gallery. A count of noses showed 103 members of the gallery who had pah! their way Into the

1 or $6.38 They Better 5640 Army Gun Sight W~™| f> z < k bjA P j* . U//,r hHBOF' ~‘5EnK EjSgay j El « t I & I£ wMi BHr Ito t Lieut. Charlea Yancey aad Captain Lowell Bran ’*' From a heterogeneous collection of materials, including gas pipe, mirrors, Bolder and adhesive tapeall amounting to MM Lieut. Charles Yancey, left, and Capt. Lowell Bean of the U. 8. army now ata* tioned at Camp Forreat, Tenneaaee, have developed a new anti-tank gun eight which is rated aa better than the ernes now being manufactured for the army at a coat of |MO. The two are shown with the home-made sun eieht.

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1 grounds. By counting the driver* lof the new* r.M'l trucks, wive*. : < hildien. and a former copy laiy from a |.aper in Capetown. Mouth ! Afilca. the working press aggregat--1 ••<! |i>7> peisott*. So. w.- pr.H-ced.sl to do to the gallery what II ha* been doing to it* ail these- y.-ars Wo opened 0111 attack by run-! iiing around, grabbing spectators j l.y tlie arm and asking. Who* I ahead. Cold* or Huth?" Thl* elfeeI Hv.'ly k.-pt th. tn from watching the shots. A man c.ime by with a nice I metal p.nell in hl« pocket and your Icm respondent seized It. saying: | "Gimme that, buddy " A newsreel photographer then J w.-tit into ait ion liy quietly kick , Ing two paunchy men m the atom- ; ach a* they trl.sl to wiggle under the marshal's ropes to watch Cobb ' I sink a three foot putt. Then a chonu of the w irking press stallotied Itself around a trap lon the eighth green and chanted ' at the *p>-ctaior* "down In front. I down in front, down in front, you I lug*.** By this time most of the gallery ' Wa* pretty well coWed. hut the wo, king pi es* wa* in no mood to let up on them A flying squadron I was formed to surround Cobb and Ruth as th.-y made eac h shot and stand in tip toe *0 no paying custoI irn-r could get a glimpse of It. Working from the 13th tee. a fifth column of reporters began spreading false rutnor* saying that neith er Cobb nor Ruth had showed up that actually shoeless Joe Jackson - was playing shufflin' I'hil Ifimglas and that Jackson wa* 24 under par going to the ninth tee. By the time the Ifith hole was reached most of the paying customers had been dispersed and were In full retreat with photographer* i harrasslng them on both flanks I with flash bulb*. A few determined apectator* formed a small core of resistance around the Ifith green, but the working press got a marI ahal'c rope, wound It around them 1 and yelled "aurrender or die.” ■ They surrendered and were taken

under escort to the clulihou.se It wa* a lovely sight, looking down the 18th fairway; Cobit and Ruth were playing gulf and nobody was fololwlng them eitept reporter*. —.—o - CLARK NUTCRACKER About two-thirds as large a* the . common crow, the nutcracker. 1 which is one of the specie* shown on the 1941 Wildlife Conservation Stamps, is as noisy as its black relative and is eVen more conspicuous. The nutcracker Is a resident of the coniferous forests of the western mountain*. It Is found from New Meilco and Ixtwer Cali--1 fornia to Alaska. Its tondne** for scraps of meat and suet make* It a 1 ommon vialior to camps and cabins within its range. When not harmed, this bird ehows little fear of man and can be taught to take scraps of food from the hand. The nutcracker is one of the two wellknown "camp-robber*.’’ the other being th«- Canada jay. The natural summer food of the nutcracker Includes berries, seed*, and insects and their larvae. Hulled pine seeds are fed to the young. o ■■ ■■ Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

WILLSHIRE NEWS Dr and Mrs K H VHP* •«»» •* turned to their home In thl* place' Wednesday evening mjoyinr a ten day trkt* thtotigli Florida and Cuba Mr and Mrs D J G* l *'* » n '* 1 grandson and Mr* F A Defter and son Lowell spent Saturday aflei noon with the former’* »on. Frank I Geary who I* a p*Hent at the T I It hospital In Llmu Mr and Mrs Roe West and son Jimmy of Canton Ohio were Wed I tivsdgy guests of M'" Wot - Junt I Mr*. F A Defter. Mis* Joyce Roark of Fort Wayne I* visiting this week in the home ■ of her uncle. Hugh Reynolds and I Wife Orval Htramm has accepted um ' ployment at the I'nited Htate* i navy yard* In Charleston. H <’ Roland MarhaiMth. who lia« spent! she past two yi*ar* In the Canal I Zone with the I'. S. .Marines, is | visiting hi* grandpatenis. Mi ami I Mrs. G F Mattbeugli Roland will be stationed Quantico. Virginia, up ! oil bis return to active service Rotvert Miller, who ha* been em | jloy«-d for the past eh ve.t monthI as printer at the Hemld -hop. ha* 1 • purchased a iiow*|Mper a' l«agio | Mr and Mr* Mlßer left last week 1 for their new home Mrs. M. J Morrison, who Ita* been a patient at the iH-i.itur bo* pltal was bro'ight tn her home in this place Friday and i* making rapid improvement. Mr*. Itiley Sniirn of Ashtabula I* visiting In (he home of her son. Harold Smith and family. Mi*s Baitiiara Dull hws returned to her work In Cincinnati after spending Iter vacation in the home of her grandmother. Mrs. Florence Dull. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stone. Mrs. Charity Brown and W. I’. Johnson were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mr*. Hattert Klchar of Celina. Mr and Mr*. C. Il I’ainter visited relatives in Toledo. Sunday Mrs. Leo Buechner is visiting her mother. Mrs. latuise Schutnn of Chicago. Mrs Judson I'asswater of Decatur spent the weekend in thl* place visiting friends. Miss Beverly Clouse is visiting in the home of her uncle. .Mr. and MrDule Jone* of Convoy. —o—- — obb. Ruth Even Up In Golf Match New York. June 22 <U.P Ty Cobb and Babe Huth will meet at Itetroit In the third and rubber match of their charily golf ' feud." late thl* summer. Competing for the benefit of the united service organizations. t'obb and Ruth were all square today. Ruth M-ored a l-tip decision In 19 hole* over Ty at Fresh Meadow Country Club yesterday Cobb won the opener. 3 and 2. at Boston Wednesday. ' | The paid gallery totaled few more than l<m and the total crowd of spectators, officials, press and photographers wa* les* than 300. More than 2.'HHi were attracted at the Boston match and ÜBO offb dais hoped for even more support at Detroit where Cobli Is a legend Hold Your Fire! 'wJ 1 F-i Jr 1 « jMt v ME 4 B- w jj L a Alezb Mmlth Danger, handle with care! And. brother, hold your Are, for a lighted match to Alexis Smith's Fourth of July costume will result in an explosive strip tease. The costume la fashioned from 500 firecrackers and Is easily duplicated BUT NOT recommended Cor wear while stoking furnaces or fighting forest fires. Miaa Smith ta a senen player.

Wodehouse Free in Berlin ■ -C. ,- T ,-r-p - —■■ |p, 4MOSNSW. * ■ **■*’* '*• H||i >-•- . J WBSft- . hH| " 1 ■1« ' vJLh Jr 114 i v wli '1 I I fl 1 »MBCT I —f. /. N. Knd 1 Technically, nt least. T’ G Wo-!rhou»e, noted Hriti*h a . creator «f that fiith.nal <h.ir.i<br of ' Jeev-*." the butl.i. t , frccn tn Germany Captun <1 l ist July. Wisichou**- La* I* • • I from a Silesian intetnm»nt < amp and granted full fret Germany. H<- is ptri.nttt 1 to broadcast and lives at gover penw He is shm'.n in tt.».s mw ra iiophoto standing nt Ids , unidentified man. Note the tamous Beilin Biamlenbui 4, .1 ■ BHH ba< kK'uuad. Soviet Envoy (Jets U. S. Pledge H I ML Wit ■ ■ WBw.. WlPtL’Wt B *• W As. 1 f hlbiMb rV -4 I H - v. I .M* B 4 i* faits Pai >' B IB i V ■ iwWii 2 B I HB a • Constantine A. Otimnnsfcy and Sumner Uelh-s Calling on Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles in Wash in the Soviet ambassador. Constantine A Oumansky. left. r. ■■. pledge that the U. S would give immediate attention to any from the Soviet for aid against Germanv.

Junior U'gion Nine To Open Season Here 'Phe Junior Legion basoball team ' will play its season opener T *«•< ' day afternoon, it was announced I today l»y Manager Molly Mies. The locals will meet Huntington Junior Legion at 2 o'clm k at th ■ Wortbinan Field diamond. No ad mission will Im- charged. ——-— — -—O’— 'Gator Found Far Inland McAlester, Okla. (UR, A fi-foot alligator was captured in a flower garden at McAlester. And that's something because .McAlester is far inland from the haunts of alligators. Ixtcal experts theorized the gator had been living in an abandoned coal mine partly filled with water. - - o Medical Man Power I dated Montgomery. Ala.—(UP)— Tho

REAL ESTATE AT ■ PUBLIC AUCTION I As we are living in Fort Wayne, will sell at public on the premises, 1043 North Second street. Decatur, MONDAY, JUNE 30th at 6:M P. M. KS 7 Room house, 5 rooms down and 2 upstairs. Semi Modern city water, toilet and bath. Large cistern. Garage. Nice tot. location. New improved street and sidewalks. Property may apected at any time before eale day. ■■ TERMS—SoId subject to 5650.0 C teen; balance, above cash. ■■ Stanley and Christina Hollopeteiß Roy 8. Johnson, Auct O*M

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