Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 25 August 1941 — Page 6

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CARDINALSAND DODGERS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER Whit Wyatt Drive* In Winner For Dodders In Ninth Inning New York. Aug 25 — (I'Pl— The Brooklyn Dodger* and St. tx»ui« Cardinal* seem destined io write ba fba 11 history with their day by day struggle for the 1941 National league pennant but the Cincinnati Red* may change that program If their present pace continue*. The Red*, pennant wlnera for the past tw<> year* and world champion* last «ea*on were heavy favorite* to win their third straight title at the atart of the season but they have been bogged down near the second division moat of the aumtger Rut now they're coming — and fast fa*t Yesterday, while the leadtn* Dodgers were dividing a doublehead*-r with the runner-up Cardinals, winning the nightcap. 3-2 after dropping the opener. 7-3. file Red* won two from the New YorlrYHant*. 13-9 and 6 4 to move to game* of flrat place. They have now won 15 game* in their last 19 starts The absence of a potent batting attack has hampered the Rede all season but yesterday they hammered out 19 hits in the flrat game and 14 in the second Bucky Walters relieved In both games and halted iate-lnnlng Giant rallies Pittsburgh divided with Roaton. A single by'Rama Rowell In the 12th Inning gave the Brave* a 4-3 victory in the flrat game while a four-run attack In the fifth Inning clinched a 7-3 Pittabrgh decision In the nightcap, called at the end of six Inning* because of the curfew. The Phillies kayoed the Cubs twice, 9-5 and 74 Dan Lit whiter hit a homer in each game. Stan Benjamin and Joe Marty connected in the nightcap. The New York Yankees went 17 game* in front of the American league for the secod time thia year by defeat 1 * the White Sox twice. S I and 94. Charley Keller belted a pair of homers and Tom Henrich hit one In the second game. The Indiana bounced into third place with two win* over the Red Sox. 4 2 and 5-2. Jim Bagby put out a ninth-inning Bo«o»n rally one run abort of a tie in the flrst game and Truck Load PEACHES TUESDAY MORNING Carver’s Store, Salem. Ind. or Forrest Railing Residence. 4 mile* South of Decatur. Tonight & Tuesday CARY GRANT IRENE DUNNE “Penny Serenade” ALSO—Aborts 100-3Oc Inc. Tax o—o Wed. A Thur*.—"Her Firat Beau” Jackie Cooper. Jane Wither* Firct Shew Wed. at fl:30 Continuous Thur*, front 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND) -0 Coming Sun—" Moon Over Miami” [CORT Air Conditioned Tonight & Tuesday “Thieves Fall Out” Eddie Albert. Joan Leoile & “Accent On Love” Geo.’Montgomery. Oaa Maoeen Only lOe-iOc 0 0 — Wed A Thur*-— “Magi* In Mualc" Susanna Footer. Allan Jonee 0 0 rComing Sun - 'flingapor. Woman and “Helle •ocher"

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Al Smith chocked the Sox with six bits In the second game. Detroit slammed out 14 hila. In < hiding a homer by Tuck Htalnhack. U> triumph. 74. ov< r the Athletics. Al Renton gave the A'a eight hila. Bob Swift'* squeeze bunt with the bases loaded In the loth enabled the Browns to shade the Senators. 43. The victory moved St. Louis into sixth place and dropped Washington into the cellar. Yesterday’s hero: Bucky Walter*, bell-wether of the Cincinnati Reds' pitching star, who checked ralllew by the New York Giants In the late Innings of both games as the MeKechnlemen won. 13-9 and fl-4. THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct GR. Brooklyn 7s 43 .645 .. St. Louis 76 44 .644 1% Cincinnati ... . 66 5o .576 9% Pittsburg* 64 55 ,53s 13 New York 57 61 .493 19% Chicago 52 70 .426 26% BotMOB 4s 71 .403 29 Philadelphia 35 94 294 42 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G B New York S 4 43 661 Chicago 66 59 .521 17 Cleveland 63 5k .521 IX I Boston . 63 61 Sos 19% Detroit 5s 66 .469 24% St. Ixtui* ... 53 <9 .439 29 Philadelphia 53 69 .434 2N% Washington 52 6s .433 29% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St Louta 7-2. Brooklyn 3-3. Philadelphia C7. Chicago 54. Cincinnati 134. New York 94. Boston 4-3. Pittsburgh 3-7. American League New York 54, Chicago 1-5. Cleveland 4-5 Boston 3-2. St Louis 4. Washington 3. Detroit 7. Philadelphia 4. — LEADING BATTERS American League Player Club (1 AB R II Pct. Williams. Boat. 113 366 109 149 .404 Travis, Senator 117 469 no 173 .370 DiMaggio. Yank 123 491 113 171 356 Sulletibine, SI.L. 119 399 71 135 .339 Heath. Indians 119 454 65 152 .335 National League Ellen. Phillies 116 413 65 139 .334 Hopp. St ixrul* 100 311 65 103 331 Walker. Dodger 115 391 73 122 .330 Reiser. Dodger* 106 416 99 134.322 Mize. St. Louia 102 392 59 125 .319 0 — — HOME RUNS i Keller. Yankee* , 32 i William*. Red Sox 29 ’ DiMaggio. Yankees 27 Camllll. Dodger* 25 Henrich. Yankees •„24 o Decatur Man Fined For Intoxication Justice of peace A. C. Butcher imposed a fine of *1 end costs upon Hubert McClenahan. of Decatur thia morning when the latter entered a .plea of nolo contendere Io a charge of public intoxication. He was arrested Sunday night by Officer Roy Cbiteote. — o — • Quiet Title Suit Filed In Court A complaint for possession and suit to quiet title to real estate was filed today in Adam* circuit court by Clyde and Mila Gould a gainst Harvey J. Teeple. —— 0— ~ Ring Under Bed 23 Years Chambersburg. Pa. (VPI — A child's gold band ring lost 23 years ago was found by Vaden E. Richards here while turning over sod before planting a new lawn. The ring was lost by his wife. Charlene. when she was 5 years old. g i TODAY'S’COMMON ERROR * | Should is frequently used to express duty, obligation or propriety. as "Every good citixen should honor his country.” p 0 IThe Tailor For pantii that fit The Dentiflt for teeth that bite and Us for Car body repair that fits and in rifht. RIVERSIDE SUPER SERVICE Cast Monroe BL Pbdßp M1 “When you think a» ■mam detail dk*

AMATEUR GOLF TOURNEY OPENS ’ Utt Golfers Start Battle Today For National Amateur C row n Field Club. Omaha. Neb. Aug 25. —(VPI One hundred and forty-six 1 amateurs, the best from every section of the country, tee off today In a weeklong bottle for the national amateur golf champlonehlp, Edward II Kerber. Jr., of Glenview. 111., rape out the flrst drive at 9 a m. CRT <9 a m.. CBT». and ’ six hours later Ted Bishop of Auburndale. Maas , the New England 1 champion, leave* the tee. the last of the field There will be II holes of medal play today and 19 more tomorrow, after which the low 64 scorers will begin match play, ending the 34hole final* Saturday. In the field are flve former c hampion*. Including Die h Hhupman of Mamaroneck. N. Y, last year’s winner, and Charles < Chick, Evans, of Chicago, who Is playing In hla 35th national amateur. The other former titlists are Johnny Fischer, of Fort Thomas. Ky.; Marvin 'Bud, Ward, of Spokane, Wwk . and Johnny Goodman, the Omaha sharpshooter who ie one of the five men ever to win both the amateur i and national open titles. Harry Todd, of Dallas. Tex., the j low simon-pure in this year's open; Ray Billows, of Poughkeepsie. », Y.. who twice ha* reached the lin- | ala; Frank Stranahan. of Toledo. I tran* .Mississippi champion, and Mario Gonsales, of Brazil, are other name players com pet lag against scores of relative unknowns. The field dub course, with a par ' 72 for Its 6,745 yard*. I* an exacting test, for its narrow fairway* demand accuracy off the tees, and sec-! one! shot* must be lilt crisply to I hold the fast green*. Many believe ' long hitters will find their power j off the tees a handicap, utiles* they can keep down the middle. —- ■*" - Today's Sport* Parade * (Reg. U. B. Pat. Office) By Harry Ferguson ♦“ ♦ ’ New York Aug 25-ll l'l The shades of night were falling fast and so were the Brooklyn Dodgers —in fact, it looked a* though they were falling right ot of flrst place. It was the ninth inning of the secund game of yesterday * dobleheader with the St. Minis Cardinale, the start of what la known to the faithful of flatbush as "a kerooahial series.” The Cardinals bad won the first game and had come from behind lo tie the score in the sec-1 ond. "Oh-h-h-h-h. you hums." was the wail that came from grandstand and bleat hers as the flatbuah faithful conferred with one,another on the moat satisfactory way of committing hari-kari In event the beloved bums bout both games and dropped ot of flrat place. It had been a tense. nerve-wracking afternoon for the flatbush faithful. Leo the Lip Durocher. manager of the beloved bum*, had torn the hearts of the faithful by almoat getting booled off the field for sticking his chin in an umpire’s face Kirby Hlgbe, best of the beloved bums' pitchers, had been belted out of the box in the opening game. And here. In the twilight, the never-aay-dle Cardinals had come roaring up to tie the score. A* the tying run came across, the flatbush faithful abandoned hope. Why, they even began to cheer a bit for , young Howard Pollel. the rookie left hander of the Cardinals who was doing a great job In a tough spot. • A sond that is technically known In flatbush as “the bold" began to ring In the ears of the buma. not wo loved now. Torn paper drifted on

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I the fl- Id from the listless hands of j I the faithful Durocher wa* a'bum , ' Camllll waa a bum All the beloved 1 bum* were bum*. The flatbush faithful only stirred slightly in their *otna of anguish when I’ewee Reeae laid a perfect | bunt down the third base line In i the last half of the ninth and moved to second on Mickey Owen's I sat riflee And who wa* that coming out of i the dugout to hit? Why II wa* Whitlow Wyatt, the pitcher, and every member of the flatbush faithful knows that a pitcher can't hit. Why didn't that bum Dttrocher put In a pinch hitter? Whoever told that dash dash burn that he knew how to manage a ball club? Wyatt picked up a bat and Unfaithful got their Miieers adjusted on their faces. And then O, magnlflcent moment. O. miracle in the twilight Wyalt shot a single over sec ond base and Reese raced home with the winning run. The flatbush faithful came to life. !t Iley swaillied Ohio the field, they surrounded Wyait and alinoat snapiH-d hi* spine a* they |Miiiiule<l hitn on the back. Then they rushed for Durocher. Why the xuy waa the greate*t manager In baseball, a master psychologist and a auperb judge of hittera. The "kerooshlal sieries" resumes i nlay The flatbush faithful will be put In force again. Give the Cardinal* the “tiold," boy*, why the beloved buma are going to "molder” them, win the pennant and beat the Yankees four straight in the world series REDS CONTINUE CONTINUBD FROM PAOB ONB fan try division* had been smaahed 1 In te Ukrainian lighting, after earl- ' ier communiques had reported the destruction of the Rumanian 15th and 3rd divlalona. Thia would mean the ellminalon of 60.000 Ruimanian troopa. 1 Reports from the front said that 1 the great counter-offensive of Gen I. A. Konev on the Smolensk are* 1 of the front, now in it* ninth day. > continued unabated. Up to yeater- > day morning the Russian* had re--1 captured 19 villages in this offens-

ive. Il was aaaerted. and late report* said that several more had been taken yroterday. Military expert* here were divided in their opinion* regarding the German drive in the Gomel area. 1 where they had crossed the Dniep er. Some expert* believed that the 1 G-rmans actually intended to push northeastward toward the import- 1 ani railroad center of Bryansk. 210 mile* south southeastward. Other* clung to the belief that the German* hoped to turn southeastward and strike at the rear of Narwhal Seymon Budenny's army of the Ukraine. I Sunday's communique* had re-| ported the *ma*hing of the Rumanian 'hlrd and 15th divlalona, and had asserted that many division* of the Rumanian army had lost between 75 and 90 percent of thair effectives. STUKA PLANES CONTINUBD mow PAOB nw clflr mention of the battle for Leanlngrad. but report* front other nource* said German and Finnish troop*, driving down the Karelin Isthmu*. were advancing toward miles from the outskirts ot Leninthe old Russo-Finnish frontier. 25 grad at the neareat point. Helsinki report* said the Finns had surrounded the Port of Vllpuri. which Russia obtained from Finland. while Flnna and Germana drove down both side* of l<ake Ladoga. spearheading their drive through the old Mannerheim line on the west shore. The Germans int«n»lfied their attack in Taliun. the besieged capital of Estonia, and were attacking from all direction* on the land side. Dispatches from the Uhranian front emphasised the Mtterne** of the Russian stand and said that in taking the town of Cherkasl. on the day. the German* bad had to fight Itaieper. which the high command claimed In ita common ique yeatertheir way afreet by street. - ... 1 -.0 . .. According to Ceuana returns, more than 545 million ponuda of coco* bean are used to make chocolate and cocoa products in a year.

FIRE DESTROYS STRAW SUNDAY Straw Stack On Tony Farm 1* Destroyed By Fire A large straw stack on the Tony U-ngerlch farm, threw miles southwest of the city, was completely destroyed by fire Sunday evening The Decatur fire department was -u mm on ed and concentrated its efforts on keeping the blaze away from nearby buildings. Firemen and volunteers with cable*. truck* and tract->r* worked for several hour* in pulling the straw over *o that the blaze would be alasted and would not reach the building*. The origin of the blase wa* not definitely decided. Since II started on the outside. Il wan pointed out that coMbustlon could not have b»-en the cause. Member* of the family do not smoke and the stack waa too far from the road to be started by a carelessly tossed cigarette. Bluffton Youth Die* Os Accident Injurie* Harold Gllliom. 24. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gllliom of Bluffton, died this afternoon at the Well* county hospital In that city of Injuries sustained in a three-way collision five miles north of Bluffton early Saturday Five other person* were Injured in the wreck. ■ ■ > - Decatur Man Held On Speeding Charge Garth Anderson. Decatur, was arrested Saturday night by city police officer Roy Chilcote on a charge of speeding. The arrest wa* made on North Second Rlreet. Anderson is to be arraigned before i Mayor Forrest Elzey in city court. | _o_ Four Airmen Die In Nova Scotia Crash J Halifax. N. 8.. Auk 26 l-TPI-l The eastern air command today an-. nounced that four mm were killed in a pDne crash noar Liverpool. N. S.. and five airmen eacaped death in another crash In the same area. ARMED FORCES (CONTINVBD FROM PAOB OlfB) ed no word of Iranian reaiatance. Foreign minister Viachealav Molotov of Ru«siu and Sir Stafford Crlpn*. British ambassador to Russia. handed the Iranian ambassador al Moscow similar notes announcing it and justifying it on the ground that German agents. who> had filtered Into almost every key department in Iran and Into key communication and Industrial en- ( terprlsw*. constituted a grave danger to Russia, to Britain and to ths Iranian government Itself. gimitlfoneonaly. the Rnsslan ambassador and the British minister at Tehran handed the Iranian foreign office copies of the notes. Turkey had reported British troop* walling to cross the westcentral part of the Iranian frontier from the Khanagln area, from Basra on the Persian Gulf and from the Baluchlatan frontier of India. There had been reports that tour Indian divtalons, possibly a* many aa 60.000 troop*, were concentrated on the Baluchistan frontier aa a striking force. Dispatches from Tehran said members of the German legation staff had spent the week-end preparing to evacuate their families. American* and Briton* had been warned in advance to aaaemble at th* American and British legations, in the suburbs, on short notice in event rioting broke out In Tehran. It waa estimated at Cairo that Iran could command an army of 400.000 men armed with Swedish. British. Japanese and German weapons. Including a few tanks and about 100 airplanes, mostly Britlah. Iranian spokesmen had asserted emphatically that Iran would defend itself against attack from any quarter. However, It faced British Imperial armies on the west, baaed on Iraq, and on the southeast baaed on Baluchistan, and a Russian army on the north on both sides of the Caspian Sea. Britain and Russia had left no doubt that they regarded the presence of thousenda of German agents In Iran an urgent danger, e*pecially in view of the possibility of a German march through the Ukraine to and beyond the Don Basin and of a German demand on Turkey for troop facilities to attack Turkey for troop facilities to attack the Rueolan Caucakua oil flelde. Turkey, nominally allied with Britald. had given Increasing indications that It would not fight even to resist German attack. Britain and Russia assert that there are German agenta in key position* in Iranian railroad*, power plants, engineering projects, war Industrie* and government depart menu including the post office. They charge that the German* were plotting sabotage against Ru*-

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