Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 174, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1941 — Page 8

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DODGERS HAND RIDDLE FIRST LOSS OF YEAR Brooklyn Rallies To Hand Red Senaation Find Defeat Nt* York. July 24. — <t’Pi Plenty of things happened to th* Cincinnati Red* last night and they were nil bud The law of average* finally caught up with Elmer Kiddle and the hitherto unbeaten ■ophoMM" •- sensation suffered his flnit defeat after winning II straight The Dmlgers boat him In a thriller. S t Hut worse than that, the Rada* atar flrat baeeman. Prank Mct’ormi< k. wan "beaned' by one of Kir-1 by High*'* faat bulla and had to be carried off the Held on a stretcher. i First X-ray reporta indicated. Mefor mb k's injury was nothing worse than a mild concuaalon but he wa» kept overnight in t'hriat hospital tor otmervatlon The Dodgers up-lhe-hlll triumph before 29.5<i3 at Cincinnati enabled them to remain in their firm plan- s tie with the Cardinal* who lieat the Giant* in the afternoon. 5-4. In 12 inning* Both Kano* were dog-eat-dog struggle* which w>-re in doubt until the final out. Kiddle had a 1-o lead and had held the Dodger* to two hit* until the fifth when a single by Herman. Werber* error and *fngiea by Walker and Med wick produced two run*. Hut the big explosion came in the eighth when Retaer’* double, laivagetto'* single. Walker'* third hit and Waadrll'e tworun Single produced three run* and sent the Itodgern ahead. The Red* had the tying run on second tn the ninth but Curt Darla came In and put the fire out. retiring Lonnie Prey and Tuesday'* hero Chuck Al, no for the filial out* It was one of tho*e game* that

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. the Dodg.-ra juat had to win, bepause the Card* had bat I |«<d through i If ten**- Inning* to cui.quet the I , Giant*, lam Warneke had the I Giant* beaten. 4 2. oil two hit* with | ' two out and two strike* on Mel | - tilt In the ninth But he walked OH I I' and Dunning and Young doubled to | ' tie the score. Creep!'* Single. *' i sacrifice. Hubbell's wild pitch and | I Crabtree'* single produced the win- ' I nitig run off HubTreil, who cense hi la* a relief pitcher In the 11th. ' Ernie White. Card*' southpaw. who teller-d. waa credited with hl* sec- > ' ond victory In two day* while Hub- I bell had hi* *eren game winning I "leak snapped. The Yankee-, tomahawked the In-1 dlan* again, 3 2 and Increased their i American league lead to nine full' game* Il wa* a day of revenge for Joi- DiMaggio, who blasted hl* I 22nd homer of tin- season off lefty Al Hmltb. who teamed up with Jim I Bagby to atop the Yankee »tar'» j hitting atreak at 56 straight in Cleveland last week. IHMaggio'a homer Mtartcd Smith on the *klda and Charlie Keller j ! < ra< ke<| homer No. 23 with Rosar. 1 who had walked, on ba*e. An hilling later two more hit* had Smith t out. Mariu* Russo allowed only f five hit* in winning victory No. it. Here are some Yankee figure*: The Yank* have won five straight. i 13 out of IS and 3* out of 12. Joe Dl.Maggio ha* a new hitting [ atreak of *l* straight. and ha* hit 1 safely In 62 out of S 3 game*. Charlie Keller lead* the major* in homer* with 23 and i« second in ' run* batted in with Nl. Joe DiMaggio lend* the major* . in run* batted In with S 4 and I* > second in homer* with 22. The Yank* now hare 103 homer* • and 113 double play*, leading all I other* hi those two department*. These figure* tell the story of why ‘ the Yanks are running away with I the rate. The White So« found their batt-1 Ing eye* and -lugged out 17 hit* to | beat the Ked Hog. 10 4. and move i within a game and a half of third. j Taft Wright and Myril Hoag, with four hit* each, led the Chicago at- i tack. Thornton Lee. although allowing 12 hit*. coasted to hi* 11th victory Veteran knitckleballer Dutch a* the cellar-dwelling Washington Senator* defeated the Detroit Tiger*. 61. before a night game crowd of 17.UUU at Griffith stadium. Ix-oti-ard held the Tigerw to nine hit* for hi* ninth victory and the loth decislon registered by the Ytmiator* in 14 game* with the Tiger* this

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HARMON LEADS ALL-STAR VOTE Michigan Grid Star Still Leading In All-Star Poll Chicago. July 24 (VP)—Center Rudy Mucha. Washington. moved I from third to set ond plat e today In | the poll to select a college all-star > team to meat the Chicago Beat", j professional champion*. Aug. 28, Mm ha piled up 438.1 KS voice, just , 3.010 short of the total ama**ed by halfback Tummy Harmon of MichlK*n. Two tiny college* on the Missouri i river Kockhurst college. Kansas I City, .M<> . and St Benedict's, AtchInson, Kan. - together placed five players in the top 33. Both school* , have student body of less than 3."» o. The leader* end* itankln. Purdue. 37U.5M; Kuclnakl. Indiana, 36*113; Klrod. Mississippi State, i 2f»7.7!t2. Tackle* Koran. St. Bene- I illi't*. 313.674; Dr a ho*. Comell. :Mk,217: Vremovlcb. Indiana. 302.533. Guard* McMahon. Rim khursl, 4.32,3*4, Lio, Georgetown. MI.7M; Lokanc, Northwestern. 32ft.653. Center* Mucha; Hal), Warrensburg i .Mo t, 535.519; Gladi huk. Bomi ton college, 137,3*4. Quarterback* I Kvaahetntkl. Michigan. 431,7*2; i 'Schulte, K h khur*t, 4U4.134; I'affrath. Minnesota, 2S*.ON|. Pullbacks’ fepul. Notre Dame. 411.754: Pask-1 ' van. Wisconsin, 25M.193; M< Keever. ( St Benedict's, 236.27 k. Halfback* ‘ Harmon; Franck. Minnesota. 41*,752; Jensen. Rockburt, 35M.613. w—- o— — • — . | Today's Sports Parade (Reg. U. 3. Pat. Office) Uy Harry Ferguson ♦ • New York. July 34 iWt -Kvery year a)K>ut thi* time a rustling Mound i* borne on the breeae that sweep* up from New Je-sey. laist evening it wa* heard in Time* Square —a rustle and a -light clinking. It I* the *<>und <»f tennis trouper* counting their eapen**- dough and getting seady for the wind-up of the si-i- >n at West-: [ Chester, Chestnut Hill and Purest Hill*. The sound come* Ir >m New Jer-. say irei ause lhe noble athlete* are now at Seabright. playing a tourna-j ment and cheeking and r»-che<4ting their expense account* with a skill < and thoroughness tha* would cause i any <milled piddle accountant to snap them up in a minute. It look* like an Interest ng live weeks ahead for the *o-»-s ied ten-| tils bum* and bummette*. Gone are ( the day* wire nsport* writers looked forward to Forrest Hill* a* the' year. The Philadelphia Athletics shad- . ed the St. laiui* Brown*. 5-4. Frankie Hayes' luth homer of the year with one on In the sixth provided the winning edge. l*lttaburgh handed the Phillies their 15th loss in their last 16 games by scoring a 5-2 night game ; victory before 13,10* fan*. Max Butcher held the Phils to nine Hit* for bla 10th victory. The Pirates won the game In the fourth with four run*. Vince DiMaggio'* double driving home two and error* by |Dun Lltwhller and Merrill May letting In the othef two. With Dick Kirlckaon pitching 7hit ball the Boston Hrave* trimmed the Chicago Cub*. 6-1. A 4-run rally In the fifth Iced the game for the Brave* who collected 12 hits off Page. French and Paul Erickson. Yesterday'* hero: Estel Crabtree, Cardinals' Veteran rookie whose tenth hit In hi* last 14 tiintw at bat wa* a game-winning single which gave St. l-oui* a 5-4 decision over the Giant* Iq the twelfth.

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one athletic event in which It was I Impossible for Riem >o mins picking j the winners. All you had to do in ' those days was to write "Budge and j Marble are cinches." and the rodhead and the blond never made a , < liar vui of you. Before that you <<>uld count on j Vines and Wills and even before that on Tilden and But Budge and Miss Marble are taking their money under the heading of "salary and commission" in-| stead at "expense account" these days, and they won t be a factor j I when the shooting starts at Forest I Hills on August jt» That leaves It pretty much Kenle.: Meenle. Minie. Mo In trying to fin-j me out which of the bums and i humane tie* will wear the laurel. • The strangest case of the season i is D»u McNeill, the national eham- j pion Ever since he won the title ■ I last summer at Forest Hills he has • been kicked around. He lost so ■ many toumaanenta that the other i players began to look at liirn thej same way the average liasnliall club looks at the I’hlHies when they come out for battfttg practice. The kind of look that m ems to say "my. my. what a lovely dish this is going to be." MMtn-'lngß McNeill's friends *«> nls trouble 1 is that he doesn't play his best game on clay and that be will be a hall of fire once 'he bums and bunwnettes get on grass. Maybe so. but right now there are half a dozen players who seem to have as good a chance as McNeil! to graft the silver mug at Forest Hills — Riggs. Parker, Sabin. Grant. Kovacs and Wood to pick six names out of the hat at random. In the ladies' department, the uncertainty is just as prevalent. Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke, who once wa " known to fame only as Alice 'Marble's doubles partner, has perked up her game and may be the gal on whom fortune smiles. Her chief competition will come from Helen Jacobs. I*aullne Betz and maybe Helen Bernhard. It wil H>e Interesting to see how BUny customers show up a* Forest Hills this year, for It wil! prove

Jumps From Roof but Police Nab Him in Net -< /-/ iwt QBal’ : . * tm.mu V-,, - - McDaniel Jnmpa la the Mt For SS minuter Freddie McDaniel, 20-year-old Puerto Rican accused of slashing a girl in a card garna squabble. perched on the roof of a four-story Brooklyn, N. Y„ tenement threatening to jump. A police emergency squad rushed a safety net to the scene and set it up in time to catch McDaniel, who was arrested on a felonious assault charge. The youth had fled to the rooftop when police attempted to arrest him,

! whether the playing guests prefer 1 to see closely contested tennis or whether they go out only when , such a dominant personality as a ; Budge or a .Marble is performing. THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B Brooklyn 58 31 652 Bt. Louis «... 68 31 All | Cincinnati<7 40 .MO 10 I New York 44 39 .530 11 I PL sburgh ... 43 40 .518 12 Cbknco 38 48 .443 !«*-» Boston 35 51 .407 21' s I Philadelphia 21 64 .247 35 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G,H . New York 41 28 .681 i Cleveland 53 38 .582 8 Boston 44 43 .517 15 I Chicago 45 45 .500 1414 Detroit 43 48 .447 191 s Philadelphia 41 47 .447 184 81. Louie 34 53 .391 24 Washington 32 53 .384 26*4 YEBTERDAV'S RESULTS National League Buxton 4. Chicago I. 81. Louie 5. New York 4 (12 in- j nlnga). Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 4. Pittsburgh 5. Philadelphia 2 American League New York 2, Cleveland 2. Chicago 10, Boehm 4. Washington 4, Detroit 1. Philadelphia 5, Bt. Louis 4. LEADING BATTERS American League Player Club OAR R H Pct. Williams. Boston 78 262 77 100 .3F7 IM Maggio. Yanks 91 362 86 138 .374 Travis. Senators 83 333 58 123 .349 Heath. Indians 88 336 56 121.361 CuHenblne. Rt L 84 272 47 94 .253 National League Reiser. Dodgers 74 298 64 101 .339 Mize. 8t Louis 70 246 39 88 .222 Cooney. Boston 72 272 21 89 .327 Ktten, Phillies 82 288 39 93 .323 Slaughter. St. L.. 89148 59 112 .322

ZALEWINSIN I i OPENING ROUND Knocki* Out PittxburKher; I'antor WanlN To Meet * Louin Chicago. July 34 tl P» Tony Xale us Gary. Ind . the National boxing association's middleweight champion. kno*k*d over another one la«t night and discovered today he has Virtually cleaned out . the N. B A.'s list of contender*. > With a single right hand punch Ito the jaw. Tony flattem-d Osstej illulldogi Harris of Pitubunffi In • th« first round of the scheduled Mi round no-title bout at the Chicago| •tadlum'* new outdoor arena Another po**Wdr contender ‘ Ernie Vigh of New York lost ald round decision to Tony tClam iolai I Martin of Wllwaufcee on th* samel card and for the moment dumped | out of 'itle consideration. Xale'* handler*. Ham Pain and | An Winch, Indicated they may a<cept an irffer to box Taml Mauriel- | Io for promotor Mike J-ic<d>* In New York. If they come to termwith Jacnta. It eventually might mean a battle of champion* between Billy Boost, the New York I titleholder, and Zale. Boo»e decisI Ively defeated Xale In an overweight match here last summer. Bob Pastor Win* Hollywood. July 24 HP) Ball Pastor. New York heavyweight, had holies t.iday of a third fight with world champion Joe Louis. , Pastor'* decisive. 18-round deci- ■ slon over Albert iTurkey) Thompson of Lo* Angeles last night at Hollywood baseliall park moved promoter Mik Jacobs of New York, who wa* at the Kingside. to hint i that Pastor might get another crack at the title. Jacob* indicated he would like to match Pastor and Billy Conn, the young Pittsburgh fighter, who made such a valiant stand against i Louis recently. a HOME RUNS Keller. Yankees . 23 Di Maggio, Yankees 22 Nicholaon. Cuba 1* Ott. Olanta U Williams. Red Hox 1Johnson. Athletics 13 York. Tiger* 1* JAP MOVE INTO (CONTINCED FKOM PAQR ONB) the Japanese will Im* in a favorable position in Indo-Chlua to strike against the Burma hmm) and possibly cut the multi arteries of *uppiles going Into Chungking a* we'l a* to move on Thailand a* a preliminary for a possible showdown again** Singapore and the Dutcn East Indies Far eastern dispatches continued to report extensive and unusual Japanese shipping oneruthins which ' made It evident that Japan I* I When You Use a car commercially income must exceed outgo, and Our motor tune and carburetor adjuNtmentn Will help it to do mile# that will whow a profit on operation. RIVERSIDE SUPER SERVICE East Monro* St Phon* 741 “Whan you think of • Brake*, think of us."

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I bringing back to home water* the > bulk if not all of her oversea* [cargo ve*»el». In Russia It seemed plain that th* German drive had bewo slowed materially liy »tnbl,orn Soviet re shnance and the failure of encirch-d tn*ips I,ehlnd th* advance fighting line* to surrender. Nuri spokectnen «*tnph.iklg<‘O the difficulties that Nail force* have r clicounleri-d and the same note | was struck by the German high ’ command which spoke of s’ubtxirnl local resistance and difficult ’ermln but still Insisted that operation* are proceeding, as they put It, "according to plan.** The Naxl propagandist* complained that the Russian troopa , were not liehavlng In the accustom;ed fashion of German oppo’ients. lu all other campaign*, it was explained. when troop* ware encircled by panzer forces ihey surrendered. The Russian*, the Nall* ! said, possibly due to lack of communication* keep right on fighting which force* the German* tn stop and wipe out the Itul army unit* one by one. There wa* no Indication of any I material change in the fl/htin* ; line*. The German* were *np|,o«<*d ! to have a spearhead some miles be- > yond Hmoh-nsk in the direc’ion nt ‘

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