Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1941 — Page 8

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DODGERS KEEP LEAGUE MARGIN AS HIGBE WINS Brooklyn Defeat* Red*; Cardinals Stay Clone To Top New York. Aug. 2* tl'Pt Bnauklyn ** m-miatit tmp* had a rosy glow today for thro, reason* Firat. the Dodger* li-ld their Htn* wwi .1 half bad over the CardInal* I>> trimming th*- Red., I 2. before **• 191 last night In Khbet* Field He* mid. Kirby Hight*, who wa* knot le d out of ih>- bo* in hl* two previous start*. found hi* winning groove agal and won hi* I'th game allowing only erven hit* Third, and maybe most Important at all. Peewee Rmtr. Ikrtgers' kid aborlatop who nobbed heai t brokenly In the < lub-homw* after hia two dbartrou* error* against the t'ard Inala Tltewlay shiaik off hi* mental hazard Ilk*- a veteran and played hrilliati'ly in th*- irlitmph over the Reds laiat nhihi in hi* flr«i lime al bill. Her*** watched Johnny Valid- r .Meer blaze over two »trik*-a and thru belted a double down the thlid haM* Uhr Hr moved to thud on an IflflrM out and arorrd on latvaget-]

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lo’,, foul fly io Fiank M* Cormhk That run «ent th*- IMd«*r» away i wining Aflrld. Re* >se waa perfect, i handling • ight • hint. wi-h---- i ml <* n. and otre of th**n wa« a 3- | alar special on Kddl” Jo*»rt’a hard•l Hlg • -*--t (town ’’’• it"i | a- oi h Im ■v* . nnini > and I blanked iiirin until pin. It hitter Gl****»n’» double Mk. W.f'orm j i. k * -mgand lamni. Floy's doiild** moi rd lwo tuna in th*vlihih Meantime llnaiklyii pick rd up fom separate run, off Vander Mr. r. who waa wild Hr walked right turn and low! to Ihr Dndgers for th*- fourth time. Aw for ihr Cardinal**. they refuse tn quit The Giant* had them linked. 52, going into th*- seventh hut th* Card* stormed ba* k to tip the muni on single by Crept. Marion and Humbert Brown", sacrifice ami Hopp's single. Th* n in the eighth Marlnn. Humbert, Grown ami Hupp j singled ill au<ie-*ion for two mole j rung Walker Cooper homeird In ' the ninth for another tally, making the s< ore k to 5. | Th*- Yankee*. al-n playing tinder the light* In Ml lamia, heal the Brown* 111 before 11.419 Biown*' large*i night crowd of th*yegi and eliminated th- three- bottom team*, the Athlrfhe Hrlialora and Browns. from all mathematical chances at the pennant. Ecu I* Hon han inrnrd in a three-hitter for hia seventh Vh lory while th*- Yank* smashed out 17 hit* driving to *ov-| r- Johnny Nlggellng 1 In the other American league I games the Nenatora beat the White Hog II S. the Tiger* trlmm-d the - Red Hog, 63. and the Indiana I thumped the Athiethn. 11 I Charley Root'* 299th major league victory a* the Cuba defeated the Braves. 6 4 to gain an even break in a twin bill featured the other National league action The 42 year-old Root, who < am*- in a« a relief pitcher, help, d win his own i gome with a 2-run single tn th*ninth Salvo outpitrhed Paaweail as ' the Brave* won the first game. Kai (.ashing out 21 hit*, the Pirate* lambasted the Philll-w. 12 2. Yesterday’* hero Johnny Hopp. | Cardinal outfielder wno*>- three | • male* drove in three important run* a* Ht lami* came from behind to triumph over lie lilanta, *-'> j — oLEADING BATTERS American League Player Club GAB R H Pct. William* Boat. 119 .I'3 110 Itl 405* Trail*. Senator* 121 4*9 93 399 ItiMaggio. Yank 123 4*l 113 171 3..9 Heath. Indian* 121 IKK K'* 15s 339 I ullenbme St I. 123 415 72 I4<> 337 National League Hopp. Ht leiul* 103 322 95 1»7 .332 Ktten. Phillie* 119 425 96 140 329 Walker. Bodger 119401 73 131 329 ltei*.-r. IMdger* 109 422 •«< 137 325 Mire Si Mill* 105 409 5« 131 323 —- — O Os every 1100 *|>*nt in retail ■tore* In the V. S in 1939. alxtut 112 waa for the purciia*e of automobile* and abot 47 for filling atatlon product*.

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CASTING WINS FIRST PLAYOFF Strickler's Home Run In I-in*! Inninx Defeat* Cloverleaf ■ In-iaiiir Caning won th*- op- ning ■ game of th** playoff *erle* for the Adam* (outity ooliball league j championship Wednesday night at 1 Worthmail Field edging on I a 2 Io 1 triumph over Cloverleaf in one of th- beat played game* »ver held In thia r ity The *e.-ond game of the three oil I |of five *erlr* will Ire played toj night, and the third game gt » 3» ' o'< lo> k Friday night. If any forthj er gam* * are neee**ary, they will | be played at Herne neat week. Hyl I veeter Kvethart. prewidetit of th*i I* ague, atated thi» morning. l a-ting tallied both Ita run* In | the tlrei Inning It laidd wlngled and »cored ahead of Htricklrr when j the latter *ma»'u-d out a horn*' run | Cloverleaf wored It* lone tun in ! the fourth frame M.i'imm ll drew !a ba**- on hall*, advaq* *-d on High- [ land * *lngle and (cored on Jack *on'« long fly | Carting AR It II F. M Irndd. c 3 it I it It Ladd. 3b 3 1 2 it Strickler, us 3 I I n t Painter, cf 2 it t> •• S< hull*, lb 2 o if it' Haiti** her. rs 2 » I «' Winteregg. If 2 0 I <• I Meh hl 2b 2 0 0 0 Faulkner, p 2 • '• o j Cri*t, *• 2 ii t> •> Total* 23 2 K 0 I Cloverleaf AB R 11 Kj Mnara. If . .3 n n 9 H Si htlepp 111 .3 O | t)| Mi Connell. 3b 3 I n ii | Highland, r ,3 o 2 « Ja* k*t*n. •■ 3 o 1 tt Smith, cf 2 it it 0 Kltihen. »f 2 <t it it K S< hnepp. 2b 2 o 0 0 Hit* hi <h k. rs 2 0 0 n I Wynn, p . 2 o 1 o I Total* 25 1 5 tt Score by intilliga Cloverleaf mm lim o ] Carting 209 mm g-2 — — -'O.."'- —— - HObtl RUNS Keller, Yankee* . 32 William*. Red Hog 2* I>tMaggio. Yankee* . 27 Camllli. Ikrtger* 17 Ni< holtum. Cub* 24 Henrich, Yankee* . 24 — —- ( j B»»4cr Beckvith Drcisions Bmcmirr Ch ago. Aug 2k it’Pl ll.xjker | Beckwith. 91-year-oln G.iry. Ind negro, won a narrow de< i*ton from Clarence "Red Hurman la«t night Although ire gave the Baltimore veteran a 13>f>ouud weight advantage In hi* flr«t major lent after two year* of profMalonal fighting Beckwith took lot* of puni*hmenIn the late round* and tame through to outpoint Purman ovethe route He dropped Burman for a two i-ount with a flu’ry of left j,g>, and right cro**e* in the third round*. —— .--o ——■ Trade la a Good d own —■ Decatar

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Joncs’Squad Wins Charity Match •Jr ijfa® S .< y X. ■.. & ■ Walter Hagmt. Tom WalMi, I>enn» Bhirtr. Hobby Junes Bobby Jones, veteran golfer, la congratulated, above, by Walter Hagen after the former's challenging turn had beaten Hagen's Ryder Cup squad in a charity match at Detroit. With the two learn copUinx are Tom Walsh, president of the Profesoianal Golfen association, and Denny Shute, member ot Jones' squad.

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