Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 197, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1941 — Page 6

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DODGERSTAKE TWIN BILL TO INCREASE LEAD Beat Pirates Twice; Joe Di.MaKKio Suffers Ankle Injury New York. Aug 20.-I CP) The Brooklyn Dodgem. making hay while It rained, today had cast an entirely different light on the National league pennant race. While the t'ardlnala were rained out In Ho*ton. the Dodger* sloshed through the mud and rain at Kbheta Field yeaterday to a double triumph over the Pittaburgh Pirate*. *4 and 6-2. and Increased their lead to two gamea. The rain coat the Dodgem aome IJO.MM at I the gate but gave their pennant I hopea a mllllim dollar ahot In th*- | arm by helping them to knock down the tough Piratea twice. Only 9.372 fana turned out beiail*e of forbidding weather but the Dodger* laughed at the elem>-nta and player) like champ*. Curt Davia hand, tiffed the Pirate* in the opener. allowing only five hila and not allowing a Pirate to reach third. In the nightcap Tom Drake. the big righthander bought three week* ago from Naehvilie. came through admirably to win hi* first atart He I allowed only five hila until taken i out for a pinch-hitter in the eighth Hugh Caaey completed hi* job for him The second game wa* played In : the rahi. and manager Frankie Frisch waa chased by the umpire* when he atood In front of the Pirate bench with an umbrella over hi* head while the umpire* were conferring about calling the game With the Piratea beind. Ist. In the early inning* Frlm-h wa* yelling tor th* game to be called The Yankee* received a tough hlow when they loat the arrvlce* of Joe Di Maggio for possibly two week* In dividing a twin bill with the Tiger*. DiMaggio sprained hie ankle in pulling up at second in Dufourth inning and Tommy Henrich had to be ahifted to center with George Selkirk taktug over right. The Tigera slashed out 16 hlta to win the opener. 12-2. pounding Harvin Breuer to cover. Marlua Russo pitched the Yank* to an X-3 victory in the nightcap, winning hi* 12th game. Charlie Keller hit homer No. .!<’ in the opener Heiiric hit No.

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23 and Gordon No 21 in the Yank*' 16 hit attack in the nightcap The White Hoa chapped a game off the Yank*' lead it'a now 16 gamea when they swept u doubleheader with the Athletics, 44 and 11.4, for their aeventh and eighth I strsight. Thornton Lae allowed six | hit* in winning the opener, hl* 16th and * new high for him In It year* lin orgatilied baseball. Johnny • Humphries pitched hie second shutout in a week to win the nightcap, allowing four hit* to beat Johnny Rahlch. who allowed live. Th.- Rrowna and Red Mox divided ' a pair. Benny Galehouse pitching '; St. Lout* to a .12 decision In the 1 opener and lloaton driving out IS > ' I hila to capture the nightcap. HI-7. Tad William* hit three homer*, run- , ning hla total to 26. He made live ! I hita In eight time* at hut for the | two game* I Jimmy Bloodworth'* homer with i on* on hi the twelfth Inning gave Washington an *■« victory over the Indiana It waa Cleveland'* aeventh atralght loa*. The Senator* ' made 17 hlta off Dean and Mlinar I and II took four double playe to prevent them from acorhtg more Yeaterday* heroes: Thornton Lee and Johnny lliimphrli-*. White Mox pitcher*, who blanked the Athletic* twice a* Chicago swept a twin bill and ran it* winning streak to eight in a row JOE LOUIS AND WIFE MAKE UP Heavyweight Champ And Wife Reconciled; Divorce Cancelled Chicago. Aug 20. — il’Pt Joe Ijoul* and hit wife billed and cooed today, forgetting their court quar-, rele and planning a brief aecond 11 honey moon before Joe begin* training for hla ffatlc quarrel with lam I 1 Nova next month "We're going to Michigan for a second honeymoon.” the heavy- j weight champion announced after : he had kl*»ed hia wife for the. cameramen and carried her from | maater in chancery Dwight S I Bobb'* hearing moot "I figure we’ll have a week or so before I atart training again Maybe Marva will atay with me during tralnltyc ' They planned to apend the week at Stevensville. Mich. Then Lolila leave* for Greenwood l-ake. N. J., where he will prepare hia defeune against Nova's "cosmic punches.' The recon* iliatimi canceled Marva'* divorce *uit hied last July X. i She accused the brown bomber of ' ' cruelty, lamia had accused Marva | | of having failed to be "a tru.- and i virtuous wife." Their attorney* haggled Monday | over Louia' demand* for arednctlon I in her |2OO weekly temporarly all- , mony and her demand for an In- | crease Louis, who had spurned overtures for a reconciliation, ig- | nored his wife. But the hearing never resumed yeaterday. Marva hurried into the room a half hour late and tickled the champion under the chin with redgloved fingers. Joe's attorney, William H. Temple, and Marva'a. B. C. Cyrus, *t ep ped up to Bobb and reported that Loula had been with his wife in her apartment title night before. Bobb told them to retire to another room and talk It over. Foot! Joe's manager«. Julian Black and John Roxborougb. were called in. Later the attorneys joined them The group emerged finally to cd vise : Bobb that neither now wanted a divorce. With a prtd from Marva. Joe relaxed his poker-face Into a grin. Then he swept his wife into bin arms and carried her out of the courtroom.' "Thia Is just like gel ting married all over again." be said. They were married in New York in IMS and separated last April. - ■ -- — - ■ I■ ■■ I

THREE LEAGUE GAMES PLAYED ~ lr Caslinx. Schafer And Central Sunar Win Softhall LtflfW Tilts Casting, Schafer and Central Rugar w>-re victors In the three softball league game* played Tuesday night at Worihinan Field. Casting iroum-ed the Schafer team in the fitat game. 9 in I. with Agler limiting the loser* to a single hit. ii double which l>-d to Schafer's only one. Schafer, playing a double header, trounred the fl. K. team in the second emounter. 1.1 tn 3, driving out eight hit* and aided by seven G. F. errors. In the final game of the night. Central Sugar bunched II hita tn good advantage to mark up an II to 5 victory over St. Mary's. Score* by Inning*: R II E Cast mg 020 fMif 3 9 x | S< hafer tnii o*»o •—I 1 5 Agler and M latdil: D. Hoffman and Snyder. M. hafer 005 314 0 13 li 3 G E 000 190 0— 2 3 7 D Hoffman and Snyder: Schneider. Fleming and Conrad. St Mary s 211 <mh» 1—571 Central Sugar 0M 213 x II 11 1 McGill ami Mthullx, Arnold ami W Schm-pf THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. G B Brooklyn 75 4*» .652 St lamia 72 41 .637 2 Cincinnati <3 49 559 11 Pittsburgh . 6u 52 M 6 11', ■ New York 56 55 .544 17 Chicago 49 67 .422 26 | Boston 46 66 .411 27% -Philadelphia 31 Bl .277 43% AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G B N. * York .Bl 40 .669 ('hl. urn. 64 55 I*. Boston 61 56 .521 M | Cleveland 59 56 .513 19 'Detroit . . 54 64 .45X 25% ; Philadelphia 51 65 440 27% Waahlngton 49 65 .430 2X>» St lamia M «« 421 2'*' 2 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS I —— National League Brooklyn 9-6. Pittsburgh 6-2. Other games rained out. American League Chicago 4-1, Philadelphia 44. Detroit 12 3. New York 3-X St. lamia 3-7. Bowtim 2-10. Washington X. Cleveland 6 0 • • I Today’s Sports Parade (Reg. U. S. Rat. Office) By Harry Ferguson I New York. Aug :><> *1 P> At I the end of each Itaseball season trie I’nlted States malls grow hesvy with letters from people who wsnt you to help them pick the most valuable player. Then comes the beginning of what ball players call “the banquet circuit"-^when they go to an endless chain of dinners, eat an endless amount of breast of chicken, get a vast accumulation of scrolls and plaques, and make mumbling, embarrassed speeches that nound like thia "MMM MMM MMMM and I thank you.” So far as this department is concerned the contest for the moat valuable player is over. It doesn't make any difference what happens tie tween now and the end of the season, here la one vote that is going to— Theodore Fram-i* William* of the Boston Red Sox Os course, the American league, in Its stubborn way. probably will go right ahead and play out its schedule despite tbe fact that the Yankees are the pennant winners. Williams is the batting champion and I have just given him my personal laurel wreath. Tbe odd part about the lanky Boston outfielder Is that during thia—bis gree.est season -he has spent most of his time In eclipse. While he has gone steadily on. banging baachita and staying around a .400 average, other men have stolen the spotlight. First it was Bob Feller. The big smoke and flame man got off to a great atart thia year and for tbe first six weeks of tbe season msny sn argument started over whether he could win 30 gamea. He became ■uch a box office draw that It was announced three and four days In advsnee when and where he would pitch. Gradually Feller began to cool off and lately he baa been poaltlvely arctic. This cooling oft process waa aided and abetted by his team-mates on the (levelsnd

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, Indiana who staged their annual I collMp*r and Ix-gitn tn Immii away | ball games. 1 Then along came Joe DiMaggio | and you know all about that He broke all major league record* by hitting In 56 cimaecutive gamea and I Replaced Feller aa the fop bos office attraction in the major leuguea. During hia streak be probaldy drew 75.04 M persona, who would not have attended the gamea ortterwi*e, into varlou* ball parka. And now old . man slump has Df.Magglo by the throat and he ha* conceded that he has no chance to overtake Williams In the American league flatting race. That leaves our hero alone on the pedestal Os course, there are other things lw*aldea Mocking the old apple to lake into < onaMerstion I when you pick the most valuable player. Williams, for Instance, lan't near the defensive outfielder that DiMaggio is and he probably never will lie. But you can't laugh off a ,4<M« flatting average, and you are pretty sure that Willlama may gel even lietfer aa he gets older and wiser Particularly wlaer. For he has

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LEADING BATTERS American League Player Club G AB R II P* I | Williams, Boat. 1«6 344 l»2 141 41*1 Travis, Renatora Ho 444 77 164 36'1 DiMaggio Yank 123 4XI 113 171 356 Ctlllenblne. Ml L 112 371 66 126 34U Ml.-b. rl, Phllllea |o*t 403 55 136 333 National League Ftten. PhiUlea I**9 391 61 I3U .333 Hopp. Ml Ixitils. 93 2X5 62 94 .33*1 Reiser. Dodgers 100 391 X 5 12X 327 Wise. 81. Ixiula 95 363 56 IIX 125 Walker. Ihnlger 109 366 6X119 325 —4) . — HOME RUNS Keller, Yankees 30 DiMaggio. Yankee* 27 William*. R.*l Mox 26 I'umllll. Dodgem . 25 Henrich. Yankees . 23 —————■»<> —- Parity Price-Ceiling Protested By I'armcrs Chicago. Aug 20 H'pt Five t hundred farm leaders from 4** states asked congress today to reject a proposed 110 percent of parity price-ceiling on farm products

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