Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 155, Decatur, Adams County, 2 July 1941 — Page 6

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JOE Dl MAGGIO EQUALS RECORD SET BY KEELER Hits In 11 Straight Nairn's To Tic All-Time Hit Record New York. July 2 -UR> It will be I* years’ pitching experience a moll it the American league's topflight m»und»tnen agulnxt a liveymr perforntant •• a* the league'* moat efficient slugger when southpaW Lefty drove of til' IP ft nil ll* *1 Sox attempts to atop the headlong J hull lux streak of outflehier Joe 111-1 Maggio of the NVw York Yankees! at 44 alrulaht auttiea today. Not alnee l»k7 when Wie Willie! Keeler established no all time murk j by hlttlute aaf* ly In 44 consecutive aamea has u major lentitle hull player sealer! the hitting height* aa fur aa InMuggio IHMagglo'* aupremaey la cb:tllengeil only by breakneck slugging | of a lefthander, Ted Williams of i the lied So* Williams has a 4<*2 hatting average, n.'.l points belter than IHMagglo hut there the iiiin ' pariaon ends. The Yankee slugger’s name In found In every major league hitting department lie leads in runs scored with G7: la runner-up for tits

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i most hlta with W to JefT Heath of j Cleveland who has |o3, I* second I In homers with 17. one behind the (Hants' Mel Oft. and is runner up In the rune balled In department 1 with 42 to teammate ('hurley KelI ler's 6*. I Tio power ikm one* »ad« | drove's tuat hall un object of t* rr or tii opposing Iratlera bus long f aimc disappear*d hut the runny 1 hraln of the veteran southpaw | makes him a ditto ult obstacle for I J,H '' a The biggest crowd of the Yankee • season utid largest week-day turn- . out In the tuujors this year 52,*32 I suw IHMagglo He Keeler's ret • I ortl yesterday, hitting in ludli ends of the Yankees' double win. 7 2 and ' ?«2. over the l(t-d So* Ih.Mugglo ; ronneeled for two singles 111 the first game and singled again in the ilirst inning of the second game, cut I to tlve Innings by ruin, to near the |climax of a hilling spell that began I May l& against Kd Smith of the ! Chicago White Sox I Here's how IliMagglo's and Keeler'a streaks compare: (J Ail H 2b 3b lilt Pet. Keeler .41 2'tl >»2 II In (» .4Uk IHMagglo 44 174 44 12 3 12 .37» The Yankee homer streuk ended jln the first game. They previously ( hud hit 4o homers 111 25 straight ' itiinus. sin passing the former mark ■of 24 lit 17 consecutive games set ' hy the lielmli Tigers lust year. Cleveland walloped St. laitlls. Inti. lust night but si I p|ied to 2'g games behind N* w York. The Indians hi,oli- 14 hits. Including homers hy Al Mlinar and Hal Trosky and ended u three-game losing streak Mlinar won his eighth victory hut needed lute help from Jllti llngliy Th. Detroit Tigers drew within ; 11. games of the first division hy . | defeating I hr- Chicago White Sox. 5-1 Dizzy Trout hehl the Sox to three hits for Ills sixth victory Willie the Tigers poinided out In hits and pried six walks from Kd Smith. * I'hil Mur* hllilmi. young dtilarlelphla righthamh-r. pitched u fourhitler for Ills sixth victory us the A's defeated the Washington Senators, lo t. Sam Chupman anil i tin k Sh-hert homered for the A's. The St I «oul* Carilinals regulliert | I the National I* uguc lead wjih an ,117 trluinpb over the I'lttsliurgh IMrates as the llriMiklytt Itrslgers lost to the Philadelphia i’ll lilies, 44. The Cards collected IT hits four each for Johnny Mlxe ami Johnny llopp and three for Creepy Crespt. Mize drove In tlve (iins with a homer, double ami (wo singles. Stall lletijuiniti's single with loaded liases in the loth gave the dills their first win of lh<- year over i llrookiyn. A six run uprising hi the third enabled the llostou Braves to heat the New York (Hants. 4-4. Yesterday's hero: Jim- IHMagglo, who till safely In bolli etuis of the Yanks' double victory. 7-2 and »-2. over the Boston |{ed Sox to tie Willie Keeler's all 'lime baseball record of hitting safely lit 44 cousucu-1 j live games.

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JUNIOR LEGION TEAM TRIUMPHS [ Huntington Held Hitless As Decatur Wins Hy 2 To 0 Score Decatur's American Iceglon Jttnloro baseball team broke away to uli Impreaslve atari Tuesday utterj noon scoring a 2 to 0 shutout over ; the Huntington leant,at Worthinaii ' I Field lit the locals' first game of f | j the season. Hunitnond and Marhenke combin'd to hold the Huntington team ; without a hit. Ilumiuond hurling five hitler* innings and Marhenke | ! the final two Innhiga. Decatur tallied both Its runs In the fourth Inning. Andrews, first - up. drove out a smashing triple and scored on Terveer's single, j Schlßpp also singled hut Terveer wus out trying for third. Kehne|ip 1 scoied oil an infield out and u wild I pilch. Ilaminonil fanned eight batters ] ami Marhenke two. Deeatur All It II K j Crist. 2b 3 0 1 0 • Schliepf. as . 3 It I M I Wlnteregg. cf 3 0 I It I Andrews, r 3 110 Tervesr, in 3 o J 1 |I. Selin- pp. 3h 3 12 0 It •d. If 2 0 0 0 Cochran. If I 0 | 0 Klchhorn. rs 2 0 0 fl Hackman, rs 100 0 Huiiinioud. p . 2 0 o o Marhenke. p . ... o o o o Totals 24 2 S | Huntington All It II K Burns. Ih 3 0 0 0 Itouah. rs 3 0 0 0 ; fiodfrey. p 3 0 0 0 ! Welnely. c . 3 0 0 0 j Beihl. If . 3 0 0 0 1 Weeks. Cf 3 0 0 0 i I’rofogle, 3h 2 0 0 0 | lluniincll. ss 2 0 0 0 Marker. 2h 2 0 0 I Totals ... 24 0 0 | Heore hy Innings: lltiniiiigton taio ism no In-iatiir ... .... mm 200 x 2 o Today’s Sports Parade * (Reg. U. 8 Rat. Office) by Harry Ferguson * ♦ New York. July 2. 'U.R> The rain that fell on the Polo grounds around 6 o'clock lasi evening was a great thing for the floweru and crops, hut It didn't cool off the fire and brimstone relations between Frltzle Zlvlc and Al liavls. They were scheduled to do combat for 12 rounds or less last night, hut when the rains came promoter Mike Jacobs clacked his store teeth three times and an tnterpretI er said that meant that the right waa positioned until tonight That gave Ihrvla and Zlvlc an additional 24 hours in which to dictate reasons to their secretaries as lo why they hate each other. The list was long enough without these last minute footnotes, hut it doe* look as though there might be some fireworks ((might when the boys gel together. It’g a shame the tight can't b*- held on the Fourth of July two days hence so the gladiators could shoot Itomaii candles at one anothei and Inflict major hums with sparklers. The phase "grude tight” la about the most threadbare In the vocabulary of boxing writers, but the business this evening shapes up as one. Davis and Zlvlc encountered one another at the welgh-ln yetterday and matched sneers. It wssn't the nsusl stuff of looking tough for the cameras either; the boys really (tacked a lot of hatred Into their stares. The repartee was not brilliant but it was strictly to the

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point: •‘llallo," snarled Dstls. ••Hallo." growled Zlvir. Ax you no duiilil know from perusing Iha deuthlex* proxa that already him been wrlllep about thin gSadatorial show. Zlvir thinkx Imvl* fouled him in I heir laxl D»cht. Havlx think* Zivir fouled him. too lloth of Ihem are rlKhl. They differ only in ihelr iipproaeh to the problem of evading Ihe Mtniuix of Qm eitxberry rnlex. Havlx uxed the direct approach methcxl lie ximply xtarted whac k ing Zlvir below tile bell Ulld kept dolnic it until the referee threw him out of the ring. Zlvir lean* to the eiibtle xyxtem of Retting hi clcixe. preferably while Ihe referee ha* hla bark turned, and thruxtlng ibutnbx Into hia opponent's eyes. Who ran xay which man has the most efficient method of inflicting permanent Injury? That should be settled Ibis evening. With their training flnixhed and i nothing to do but hatch plot* for) mayhem, both boyw are expected to > put In a busy day. Ha via. up al the crack of dawu, wax understood to l»e planning to attend a xale at which brass knurkx have been marked down to abxolute bargain prices, lie believe* that now Is the time to lay In a life-time supply, what with the rising price scale, the possibility of a war-time tax on grass and the shortage already apparent In hell's kitchen where the boys have been driven to using ordinary pebbles. Zlvir plans a round of the smarter shops In search of thimbles large enough to put on his thumbs. Kxperts on thumbing are almost unanimous In agreeing that a metal sheath makes It possible to blind i a person twice as fast as with an ordlary thumb-nail. After the postponement, most of the betting revolved around the referee. The odds were 2% to 1 that he would have to be carried out of the ring the first time he tried to break the boy* out of a clinch. He was given a 50-50 chance of emerging with his eyesight Intact, but Ihe price was 5 to 1 that Havlx would bit him with a low punch before the bell rings for the fourth. Koine fun tonight, kids, and the riot Is scheduled for 10:49 sharp. Hriug your own brickbats. — --o —- Trade In a Uood Town — Decatur

DiMaggio’s Hit Which Tied Keeler’s Record ■ff tZy U !?i t J! lk ! M , £US£" dur, l* the 9wond * ,me of * *■*»• with the Red Sox in New York to bring til* hitting stre&K to 44 atraight games, tbring the major league record set br WUIe Keeler 44 >e.rt mo Umpire Rue aod Catcher Peacock of the Sox watch UwclMtuLltSd the ZJrt.

THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. O B Ht. Louis 4N 23 .676 Brooklyn 47 24 662 1 New York 37 31 .544 Hi, Cincinnati 36 33 .523 II Pittsburgh 28 34 .452 Is>, Chicago 31 39 .443 I6<, Boston 26 39 391 19*fc Philadelphia .... 20 49 .290 27 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. 0.8. New York 44 26 .629 Cleveland 43 30 .589 2', Boston 36 32 .529 7 Chicago 36 33 .632 "!% Detroit 36 36 .500 9 Philadelphia 32 36 .478 lo<* Washington 26 43 .377 17ft Ht laiuis .... 24 42 .367 18 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Boston 6. New York 4. Ht. laiuls 11, Pittsburgh 7. Philadelphia 6. Brooklyn 4 (10 innings). Only game* scheduled. American League New York 7-9. Boston 2-2. Detroit 6. Chicago 1. t I’hildalephia 10. Washington 1. Cleveland 10. Ht. Louhi 6. o LEADING BATTERS American League Player Club OABft H Pet. Williams. Boston 65 219 66 88 .402 • Heath. Indlaux 70 268 49 103 .384 Cullenhlne. Ht. L. 62 199 38 72 .362 Travis. Senators 66 265 46 96 .368 DiMagglo. Yanks. 72 282 67 99 .361 National League Mile. Ht. Louts 62 187 29 69 .369 Reiser. Dodgers... 68 224 66 79 .363 Slaughter. Ht. L. 71 276 46 93 .337 Uvagetto, Dodger 66 229 41 76 .319 Hack. Chicago 69 264 63 84 .318 o • HOME RUN# Ott (Hants 18 DiMagglo. Yanks . _ 17 Keller. Yanks 16 Johnson. A’a 16 York. Tigers IS

FREE SCORING GAMESPLAYED IliKh Scoring Games Feature Softball Tilts Tuesday Hits snd rims featured the softhall games at Worthmsn Field Tuesday night, with a total of 44 runs scored In the two game* In Ihe exhibition opener. Westhigbouse of Lima. O. out batted the ißealur Casting learn 10 register a 17 10 12 victory, acorlng In every Inning except the flrat. Casting tallied nine tuns In the seventh Inning for their only effective offensive. Cloverleaf marked up a 10 to 5 victory over 81. Mary's In a regular league contest. The winners drove out II hits to seven for St. Msry'sfl Scores by iunlngs: K II K W’estlnghouae 023 224 4 17 14 » Casting 2tKI (Hit t- 12 It 6 Fate. Hetrick and McClellen; lleery. Htriekler and M ladd Cloverleaf . 204 001 2—lU II 4 81. Mary's 000 211 I— 5 7 4 Wynn and Highland; (lage and Welker. O — Legion Team To Play Fort Wayne Thursday The Decatur American la-glon Junior hamdatll team will play ils second game of the reason Thursday. meeting the Fort Wayne leant at Worthnian Field tomorrow afternoon al 2 o'clock. o ■ — — Small Boat Owners Aid C'oast Guard Washington. July 2.- <U.R> The coast guard today asked small boat owners to help safegusrd harbors. Fifty three privately-owned small craft already have been aaclgned to active duty by the coast guard, and Admiral Itussell It. Wutwche, the guard eoinman(rant. sought an additional 27(1 vessels. In most instances, owners have volunteered to serve with their ships, accepting coaat guard reserve commissions. o—— —- Prepare Recreation Areas For Soldiers Chicago, July 2. ;!UJ9y MaJ. Gen. C. H Itoneateel. commander of the alxth corps area, aiinounced today that the army la preparing recreation areaa at Chicago and Detroit to give the enlisted men safe and It expensive places to stay while un leave. Kach camp will provide eating and sleeping quarters for 500 men. There wilt b«- no drills or military duties at she camps.

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DiMag Congratulated on Mark jf 1 • , 4 " MJ .4 IM» vsrzjk ! \ ■R' t'Mi 1 WrMl 1« J Joe Met arthy and Joe IHMagglo Afrr getting 8 new modem major league record for mnaemtiw j gt.-r.es' hitting. Joe DlMaggto. star outfielder of the New Yort nttka. receives the rongratulatlona of Manager Joe McCnrthy left, lrt Washington, where the Yank gardener aet the new mark if « j atfrlfht games In which he has hit aafely at least tfftce. The Tormtr : record, 41, wo aet by George Staler 18 yeam ago.

Install New Rotary President Thursday Jane W. Murphy. Jr., Western I'nloi nanager. will lie formally Installel as president of Ihe Decatur ItotAiv club ait the weekly meeting Tit nr-lay evening a4 4:30 o'clock at t| K. of I*, home. Hdniise of the me«<tlng hilling on i- eve of the Fourth of July hoUagr. only a short program will be Ail. with Fete Reynolds, retiring I esldent. In charge. J o - I'tier dwells with Cheerfulness Kg dl W. Kmersiin.

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