Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1941 — Page 6

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DODGERS BEST CINCY REDS IN EXTRA INNINGS Brooklyn Add* To Lcrkuf Margin With 17-Inning Triumph New York Rept. 16 (VP) Thr Brooklyn Dodger*. out in front on the National league by two full games with only 12 gam** to pl.iy. squared off against the Cincinnati Keel* today In the final* of a three ■ant** «*cl*“ with h already ha* protided at much exc it-nielli an last week’s three gamea with the run ner-np Mt, larttla Curd ilia l« The |>odger«, accepting the world aerie* re»--rvations now < hietiy lie cause of a stretch schedule that in > lildrw seven <on I eat a Willi the I’hillles, »c hedllled right hander Luke Hamlin, winner of eight game*, to pitch against the Reds Elmer Riddle. 17 game winner, was Cim Innati'a pitching choice. St lailllK. with U guinea left to play, called on southpaw Ernie White, tutor in 17 route*:*. to turn bai k lhe New York Giant*, who countered with right hander Hal liumac her. an 11-game win-, Iter. A crowd of 5.961 wan treated to olle of lhe season's greateat pitch in gdllela and one of the Weirdest finishes in y-ar* yesterday a» the Dodgers defeated thr Red*. 5-1 in 17 lliliinge and added half a game to their lead over the idle Cariliala. Thr 17-htnlng content tied the record sot the year * longest game. Th* Yankee* defeated Detroit, 126. In 17 inning* July 20 It waa th* second tlm* Paul DerrIng had lost thia year to the Dodger* hi a marathon game. He dropprd a 21 decision in 16 Inning* June 22 and it war Hugh Caney, who re- i

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llrvr-d Johnny Allen and waa c red li-d whh yesterday* win. who won that game Al the end of |6 Inning*, the •core waa ct-ii and darktie** wa* cloning in fast The Implre* huddl- . ed and de* idrd to try one tn- • ning Then th< gain* broke wide i opr n Petr Reiser hit Ihrrlnger'e arc;OHd pitc h into the right field bleach--1 •i < to, hl* I ''li home' Ib'll'h Cam Illi «lngl-d an dlook third on la w ■ Rigg*' single Derringer. who hud dueled whh Allen. American league castoff right-hander, for 15 ten**- Inning* i wa* yanked In favor of Jo*- Begg* I Alien had h*en lifted for a pine h , runner in the Dodger* hull of th< I ’ 16th Mi-clwic k wa* ruse an dCamllli •cored wtu-n Zieiilara muffed Itegg* thro* Tin- base* were till-cl when | Weal fumbled Reese’* grounder

ami Owen clinched the game with a 'harp single to left, good fur two run* Jim Turner look the mound fur the Red* and retired the newt two men. Owen scoring from thrd on a wild pltc h Herman fanned to end the Inning, which had been played in emit darkness that «p- <•■ I lator* mid pressbox observer* were unable to follow the ball Pliu h hitter Ernie Koy'a infield out with the buses full in the lied* halt accounted for their aingle run. Casey pitched lhe last two framer , and war c redited with the the victory In the American league, la-sty Gomez with Mime ninth inning he Ip from Norman Hi am h. r< glatered | hl* 15th win and the c hampion Yun-1 ke-es lie.u Hie Indian*, I 2. An unearned run in the Imh in ' ning gave lhe Brown* a 4 3 dec i* ion over the Athletic*. Boston increased Ils second place lead over the White Hog to Ml* game* by wlnnln gibe final game , of lheir serie* with Chicago. 6 1 Dutch Leonard held 'he Tiger* i to eight hit* and won hi* 17th victory a* the Senator* defeated De troll. 9-5. Yesterday's hero Johnny Allen. American league castoff who held I tile Red* Io *ll hit* in 15 intliuge. ! a* the IbMlger* defeated Cincinnati. | 5 I. In a 17 inning struggle. LEADING BATTERS American League Player Club <1 AB R H Pc t William*. Boat. 132 121 129 172 l»-i Travis, Sen ctor 139.561 97 2"<» 357] DiMaggio, Yank 13o5c>* 116 I*l 356 li-ath. Indians 14<t542 *3 I*l 339 Siebert Phillies 123 167 63 156 334 National League Relaer. Dodger* 127 Sett 1"* 16* 336 Mize. St lami* 122 45* 67 14* 323 Mi-dwii-k Itodg 121 t‘9 95 156 319 Hopp Si lailtl* 120 392 75 125 .319 Hac k. Chicago . 141 552 HU 175 31* . HOME RUNS William*. Red Sol 35 I Keller. Yankee*! . 33 - Camilli, Dodger* . 33 i Henrich. Yankee* 3u Off, Giant* .‘7 Di Maggio. Yankee* . .27

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JOE GORDON IS I OUTSTANDING IN YANKEE INFIELD Yanks’ Second Bawman One Os Game’ll Great Fielders iMl'cii - mile Following I* the I sec mid of * seties oil th* American I league champion Yankee* t • By George Klrk**y | Pnlled Pre • S'.ilt t'orri-spotideui New York. Kept 16 Il'Pt J»• lijmdmc. the acrobatic Yankee «ec I | oikl baseman, I* a swell guy but he could very easily Will a contest a* ih* mo*i disliked player In th* American lengm- If only left handed hitlers Were allowed to vole You've heiird alioiii a ball player covering his position like a tent We 11. Gordon does II He make* ; halters who hll Io right squeal Ilk*

,I a pig caught under a fence He I rob* them of counties* Ist** hit* land when you take a hall player's II lease hit* away from him you are I i I taking bread ami butler out of hl* i mouth. Gordon alway* ha* been cotrnld | en-d a vain ible cog in the Yankee j i mac hlne *inee h* look over Tony | ' laizerrl * job 111 193* hut hl* full ■future- Isn't appreciated until. I you’ve- listem-d Io the left handed ; ! brigade To hear them tell it Io- I* I I their No I foeBilly Sullivan. Tiger*' catcher, j figure* Gordon lakes about 15 pci j ■< entage point* off hl* average | ' .-very year "If I didn't Ilk* Gordon *o Well.” | j Sullivan »ay*. "I think Id go right | out there Mime day and pulich him He really brings teat, to your j eye* " Bruce Campbell veternn Detroit : outfielder. *ay» "Gordon make* I you wish yon were a right handed | | hitter I don't e-.tre where I hit J a hall on tin- ground to the right | side Gordon I* uinioßt -ure to get! i It “ Infielder* also have a high regard I ' for Gordon In fact, they rate him | I a* the gn-ate»t pivot man In bane I ' ball, maybe the No. lof all lime i "They could throw Gordon a hot ' rivet down there- al second.'' «ay* ' i Pinky Higgins in-troit third base-1 I man. "and he'd get it to first with-1 i out burning hi« hand Tint's how | j fast he I* " After the 1939 world series with i j thr- Red* Gordon wa* listening in • on a Kcrilw*' gab >e*»lon when' Grant land Rice raid ' Bump iittdic-y mad* lhe greate*i I ' play of lhe serie*.“ Rin- said this sec-eral limes until, < finally Gordon, curiosity gelling the liest of him Inquired what play ; 1 the veteran scribe referred t i "<>h I mean the thio* Hadley I | made to aecond haw In the seventh I inning of the third game,” Rice re- | piled "He actually threw a ball where Gordon couldn't catch It." Gordon doesn't come Icy hl* great ground covering ability accidentally He wa* a student of gymnastic* and tumbling under Bill Reinhart at the of Oregon | He can at 111 do hand aprlng*. back i flips and various other difficult ’ acrobatic stunt*. This, combined > with hl* natural speed, enable* him to range far and wide, and ; make throw* from impossible pos|- | Gons Not only that hut Gordon studies I th* batter* what they hit and. 'where they hit. Ho records hl* | of which he know* by heart after, finding* In a notebook, the content* i a swing around the circuit. The noble experiment of switch- ' Ing Gordon to first base this spring wasn't a* big a flop a* some hei lleve Joe MacCarthy and Ed Bar- : row Imth believe Gordon can play first. "Don't let anybody kid yon that I Gordon can't play fir*t." McCarthy say*. "Circumstance* caused us to have to bring him track to second Gordon can play any place." Asked if he was particularly un- , happy during the month he played

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DF.f ATI’R DAILY DEMOCRAT. DFCATI’R, INDIANA

New And Old Bridge* Near Plainfield i Show How Highway* Are Modernized 1 ’ ‘ * 'I IfcA N*w and Old Bridge* on U. • 40

Thl* picture of a new bridge, de-«lgn<-d for dual-lane traffic and lhe old *tructure with curves on lhe approaches .indicates ho* Indiana i* modernlalng It* *iate highway system.for greater safety ami moi* I c-onvenlent tnovenp nt of traffic. I lam** D Adams, chairman of the I Mtate Highway I'ommlssion. point- | ec| out today. The dual lane bridge nt the left, locate)! ju»t west of Plainfield. I* a I part of the extensive const ruction I program which is n-aring comple- ! ti ni on I' s 40 lw-tw*en ladianapce , li* and Terre Haute It i* anticipat••<l that at the present rate of proI gress. paving and bridge construe- ! ron projects between lliidgcimrt I end Plainfield and between Puthatnvllle and Braxil. will be read ; for traffic ‘by llec. I. Com pet ion of these two Section* j of dual-lane highway, will Lnl*h the I widening of the National Road between Indianaiurlls and Terre ' Haute, an undertaking which wa* I inaugurated by the State Highway i Commission in 1936 Thu* a highway of modern design, adesiuate for I the traffic load and engineered for I the safety of motorist* replaces the 1 fmuier mad with It* narrow paveI first base. Gordon replied "Not i any more than the rest of the club [ Everybody was unhappy about that time Iw-cause we weren't going too i well.” The Yankees call Gordon "Trigi ger" and not "Flash.” which Is i strictly .i newsp.cper nh kuami- He Igo! the "Trigger" handle because I h>- l» crazy about guns and talks I about them incesaantly. Although Gordon hits alioiit 30 homer* and hats abont 2*<* every ' year he doesn't consider himself a good hitter, saying: "I go after | c cm» many had balls and strike out i too much." ._ — .0 | Today’s Sports Parade (Reg. U. 8. Pat Office) By Harry Ferguaon New York. Sept 16.—Il'Pl -Two week* from tomorrow a band will play the Star Spangled Banner, the New York Yankees will trot out to their |M>*ltlon* at the stadium and the 1941 world serlea will lie on. Your agent hae been at work lately trying to tear the veil of the future, peek through and give you such pertinent Information far. far In advance of th>- facta- a* who will win. which player will Im- lhe goat, which the hero and what the score will be going Into the first half of the sixth Inning of the third game. No luck The veil couldn't even lie torn enough Io tell whether It ' will Ih- the Cardinal* or the Dodgers In their battling the Yankee**. But by conilatent straining of the eyes a few facte were ascertained and they hereby are passed along. On the eve of the fifst game manager Joe McCarthy of the Yankees

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• I inent. twisting curve*. Iniardou* • bridge*, mad* cdiMileie by present-1 • day traffic needs i The modenliation ot V. S 4" ber iween Indianapolis and Terre J • Haute. Mr Adams pointed out. Is , but on* example of the steps being | • taken by the State Highway Com { ■ mission to meet today's traffic and , safety requirement* while atltlcip-1 . atlng ar far a* possible the motoi i i transportation developments of th* i next decade Dual lane construction is In pro-1 greas OU cither heavily traveled | • state highways, including I’ S. 2'» I - lietweeti Michigan City and Houthi Bend. I'. H -II south from Indiana-1 poll*. I'. H. II north from Evans-1 vllle; C H 24 southwest from Huntington, and has liern inaugur-' ated on V. H 30 east through the : . I calgment Area, and on I' H. 4o bei tween Indianapoli* and Richmond I Al the same time the State High- i -way Commission is widening and I improving surface* on many other I 11 mile* of highway*. I* replacing ole I solete bridgea. widening •boulder- i and carrying on a statewide high-! modernization pr-)gram a» exten■ive a* fund* available will permit. will issue a statement: "Wa have a gmul ball club. They have a good ball club, tub Both ! '' of u* are well balanced. Give us *ome break* and I think we will win Ruffing will start for ue tomorrow." In the event It is the beloved bum* of llrcHrklyn who are conteat- i iiik the world serie*, manager l*eo I Durocher also will Issue a state-< meiit , I "It's Wyatt tomorrow. Higbe the next game. We’ll knoc k their' brains out. W* got the punch to | do It. Don't make me laugh by | I telling me that we're worn out by I the fight down th estretch. We re " In good ahape and ready to go . : Don't say I didn't tell you.” And if it’* the Cardinal*, manager Hill Hoitthworth: "W* have a good ball club. They , have a good ball club, too. Both of ; tin are well balanced. Give u* some { i break» and I think we will win I i 1 White will Mtart for u* tomorrow." I At 9 46 p m. on the day before the serie* starts a Brooklyn fan I will carry a blanket, a pillow, a ' ■ thermae jug full of coffee and three ' i ■ cheese sandwiches to the bleacher j ' entrance ot the stadium. He will' he photographed sitting down. . ' standing up. lying down and lean- 1 - Ing He will Ire a cab driver with I a wife and two kids and he will . make this statement: i "Thl* 1* th* Ihold seerlse I seen. ; I been hacking in Brooklyn for ■ eight yearn. The bum* gotta win no wor never. Hello to all my i. friend* cm Atlantic avenue.” 11 Just before the first game start* I two of the umpire* will walk to • 1 home plate, and eye the fence* and i foul line* critically. Then the fol-

lowing dialogue will en*ne I • Where *hall we eat tonight "| feel kind* Uh* a steak HnW I alxuii Eddie ■ place ■ Okay be me," Between the third »nd fourth In-1 ning* an announcement will cornel lover lhe loud«p.aker system that [ "Dr Zilch I* wanted at the main i I grandstand gate immediately " Dr Zih-h will Iw a denll»t who walked | out of the house with the key* to I hl* car and the p-r*on who want* I I him will be Mr. 7.ihh who figured ion using th* car to take the kid* to the beach There Will be hell to I pay at the Zilch home that evening. At the end of ’he seventh inning I n man In rumpled blue slack* and a yellow pohr shirt will *lug another man In eeat 17. row IS. section i Hl. The man In th. polo shirt will I he a Brooklyn fan who became I angry tai becau** the bum* aren t I in the world series thl because : they are in the series and are lo* I mg the game, or «cj because the man In seat 17 stood op and block- ! ed hl* view just aa J<«* DlMagglo | busted one Into the left field stand* No matter where they are sitting. 62.654 fan* will be diaMfisfied with | their seat* and »wear that th*v n*v*r will attend another ball I game All of them will b* out | early the next day for the second ! gain* THE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W I- Fct OB Brooklyn 92 M .64* Hl. Ixrtll* *9 5! .636 2 . t'lncinnatl ... 76 64 543 15 I’ißeburgh 77 65 .543 15 New York 64 74 .464 26 t'hlcago 65 77 .459 27 Boston 59 92 .414 33 i Philadelphia 40 99 29c. 5o AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. G B New York .96 49 662 Boston 711 66 .542 17*h Chicago . 73 73 .500 23’* | Cleveland 70 73 .490 25 Detroit 69 75 .479 26 St. Loul* 64 77 .454 30 Washington 62 79 .440 32 Philadelphia 62 92 .431 33H YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National Laagua Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 1. lit her* not scheduled American Laagua Boston 6. Chicago 1. New York 4. Cleveland 2 St. larula 4. Philadelphia 3. Washington 9. Detroit 5. -.-o Alleys Available For Open Bow ling No leagues will Ire In action tonight *1 Mie* Recreation and the I alleys will lie avaiable for open I fwwling.

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IPERSUNSHAH QUITS THRONE Abdicate* Iran Throne: Britfah, Reds Move On Capital Tehran. Iran. (Persia). Hept 16 tl'Pl Premier All Furughl announced the abdieCon of Nhah Riga Khan Pahlevl tn parliament today a* Rrltlsh and Russian troop* moved closer tn the capital (The I'nlted Pres* listening post in New York heard the British radio say that Russian troops were within 3u minutes march of Tehran where "They have a render vou* with the British forces") The Hhah. who Will lie succeeded 4>y hl* son. Crown Prince Mohammed Rita Pahlevl, SI. has proceeded to Isfahan. 818 mile* south of Tehran the Hhah said poor health wa* the reason so rhla abdication tl'nited Pres* Moscow dispatches reported Huoslan denunciation of the ; Hhah on the ground that he had dealt dishonestly with the Rusl *lan« and British and ha I caused "liHoleraJde delay" In ousting German and Italian agents from the country i. As the premier told a special ses- , ■ion of parliament of the Hhah'* alidicatlou Russian meupation forces advanced to Waraj. 22 mile* from th* center of Tehran, and British armored forces were advancing from the south toward* the outskirts of the capital. tlamdon dispatches said that the news of the Hhah'* abdication call*ed grmt aatlsfactlon In authoritative British circles. The British •aid that dissatisfaction with th* Shah'* regime had been growing In 1 Iran the British weie repreaented as sharing popular Iranian desire* for constitutional reform*, which wen- described a« overdue. , (Home dotrlit wa* expressed In ( larndon that the crown prince would Ih- able to remain on (be , throne The British were discussing the idea of a regency council to rule Iran with great influence being , exerted by lhe premier.) It was reported that the new Hhah soon would attend a session ot parliament and would la-gin hi* duties immediately. The crown prince now is In the capital and with alidication of hi* father he automatically took over command of the Tehran garrison The capital remained caim and business proceeded a* usual although new* of the premier's announcement to parliament spread •luickly and wa* discussed by small r group* of people In th* bazaar* and on street corners. It was believed that the advance- - of Russian and British troop* on i lhe capital was the «lgna'. for the announcement of th* Hhah'* aluiica-

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