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Red Sox Wallop Washington To Tie With Yanks Boston, Yankees Open Season In New York Today New York April 17. H P> When the draft took five player*, fu-fty Grove retired and J< <• Cronlax be* am* a l>emh plot, tin- Bostpn Red Sox M ettled headed tor the iu-.iti l it! whet: ! te Huh < hl,b< playthe Yankee* In New York's home opener /oday. 70.000 fans will *•••■ two prime p. nmint pa* ed by h<;-.ebair« most *|e*|i u» > Ivihitt. £ The caljWer . f opposition th.it ha* leHi-ted Boston and New *rT baiAitiK during the ti —• three games ha* been weak But certainly m-lthei the Washington Senators no l th*- l*hlla*t*dphl" Xth let les can he the complete pu-h overs the Yankees and their perennial runnerslip hare made them app- ar Op/ning d.i'i . uni - ,*!w;*y hav* that certain something that makws the turitt-iii*- -pm but today's R*-d N?*x-Yankees hooking at the -tad Ittoi is a bona fid*- r»t.‘ural. f. - i either team sot th*- '.an.'-I * ■ -.th hecatf-y* both squads each with one outetamtlng Individual hat* le-eti similarly potent. Outfi J*- tMMMgio of the Ya;.k* and outfield* t Ted Wil Ham have staged batting spre -. Os the two Williams’ i» th* mist ■maxing average. In in official times at hat. ho has ‘ eiatnmed out six hit* Ir.tludUr two horn** run driven in nin*-j runs ad sZ-or* d five to compile a 604) average IM Maggio ha« reglsl-«-r*-d an average of only Sos hut In 13 time* at bat has belted four hit*. Including a homer and a I double. scored four runs and drlv-: en In *ix. Today** game with | rimkie Oscar Judd on the mound ■ fur th* Red Sox ■ zsltwt th- Van k*-es’ Ernie Bonham should be

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1 something to see. Boston exploded their biggest run-making barrage in two years >< iterday. trampling the A's, 19 1 , Their 21 hit spree Included two I tiom* t and it;:* ■*■ doubles and was their bigg *-t scoring burst «ijjfe 'th* y tan up 24 rumf,on the i or* bn Sept 27. 194" William* hit i his second homer with on*- on and tw mor* singles to drive in four , tuns and score four. Every malt I ti th» lineup bur Sox pitcher Charley Wagner hit safely with Jim Tabor .*m! I’>-ty Fox landing on two Friisdelphla pitchers for four hits each. Wagner halted the A's with eeven hits. George Selkirk's pinch single In ■he ninth drove In two runs ami lifted the '.Yankees to an ‘w in over Washing! "tt. Jo. Gordon singled ami Bill l)i; k*-y *j»tibl<-d <it rookie Hardly Cathey to set the stage for tS/dkrik's blow Lefty Gotnez retire*! in favor of Marvin Br.-n.-r. tin- winning pitcher, after allowing a run itYZ-a* It of th. first five inningit s kie f'Crnou Stephen. hit his second ninth inning homer in as many d‘4's and llarlond Clift roti-trii-H'd another a the Browntripped tin- White Sox at Chi* *;-> 13-3 The Browns slummed two pitchers for it hitDon Ross' In liter Into the left tl- hi stands at Itetrolt in the eighth broke a tall tie and gave th*- Tigers a 5-j triumph over the Cleve- i land Imßfins Tommy Briilg*** went the route for the Tiger* ami allow ••d eight hr- Only two of tl>4 In dians' runs were earned, one coining on Jeff 11.-allh's Rudy York homered for itetr.nt Cincinnati «-ra*k*-d through at last sot its first National league m toi'y by -hading th*- I'.t'sbu-.l* I’irA'r*. *7. In 12 Innings Aldon Willi*- and hi- rein <r, Max Bit..ller, * *ch pit* heif two balls to Eddie I , Joost and walk’ d h tn*- the winning ‘ run after Gerald Walker., had horn .-red to tl*- th e-coie in th*- nith. Rookie Stan M-i-i.-l and Ray .--and*-' p-rced the St I. ml- C id Inal* to an. II *'- triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Mu-ial, with a bom. .nd t»n sln*rl*--. ittd Smd I er*, with double and tripl*-, 1.-d i :.» 1 f hit St la in- att--. k that son | the gam*- with tour rttfw in the I 1 fourth. Two lucky ninth Inning runs enabled th*- Brookiyn Isslg.-rs to ttip

MAJOR LEAGUE fx STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W I. IM GB Boston 3 o 1 otto Pittsburgh 2 1 .667 1 Brooklyn. 2 1 667 1 St. Lout* 2 1 667 1 Chicago I 2 .333 2 New York 1 2 .333 2 Cincinnati 1 2 3.33 2 Philadelphia « 3 <>oo 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G B NW York 3 (• 1006 St Umls 3 o 1 000 Boston 3 0 1.000 Detroit 2 1 .667 I Cleveland 1 2 .333 2 Chicago 0 3 000 3 ■ Philadelphia 0 3 .000 3 YESTERDAY S RESULTS National League Boston 2. Philadelphia 1. It ookiyn I N*-w York 2. Cincinnati x. Pittsburgh 7 112 in nings». St laiuis 11. Chi* ago 6 American League Boston 19. Philadelphia 4 Detroit 5. Cleveland 4 St. la.uis 13. Chicago 3 New Yo;,fc X. Washington 3. • ♦ Today's Snort Parade • Reg. U. S. Pat. Office By Jack Guenther Nt- i April 17 lit' Th th. I*. - >kle y and gin mill- of thi- -*-lf appointed b.i-v,.,dl . .qiital of th.- world • SSJ.I r',/y - ■ nor I'♦ it a y. - M-iy-.r Er.ini, ll.r fie finally Is l<i-tig his - rip Eor th* first i time in eix season*, his honot ha* failed to go*d the admirer* >*f the Jer*ey City Gi.-nts to u new all-1 i time attendance record. The 1942 International leag't* -eason opened here yesterday with i game between the Giants and the i Montreal Royal*. As is hl* custom th* Hon Hague celebrated the ** 1- with another of hie widely I herald**! marching and chowder; patties, but what should have been ! a wildly gala event was just an >-m barr***lnc flop Only 53,21’ ticket* i were sold. Tn ’he casual observer who re membets that th*- biggest of Ttt-s day major league inaugurals New York <i Itrcoklyn drew only 42. 653 customer*, it might appear - that hl* honor did tttore than all I right. Well, de spite the greatest ■ show Us pressure *«’*-n anywhere | wliic-e Jo*- Stetc her abandoned the scissors grip, te- d'cln t. H*- was far »hy o! bls own mark of 61.164 Ever since- 1937, when th*- mayor | I built himself a ball psik with WPA i funds, th*- local league opi ning* : have* b* en ataged on a sc ab- of •heer grandeur unapproached by I Billy Rose, John Kingllng North or Cecil B Ih-Mill* They ar*- built ; around the mayor'* entrance and they are terrific, eenaational and i utterly phon*-y They are ph*»ney he* au*e Roose- ! velt stadium actually seat* only I 24.500. The mayor, ever re»ourcej ful. straddle* that technicality I neatly. Attendance is not bacied lon the people in the phrk. hut on the number of ticket* told Ho the Hon Hague annually sells th kets for 24.660 actual seats and ticket* for another 30.000 seats which don't • Impossible?' -ti you aajr that. *1 brother, you know not. Nothing is i itnfpsslhle fur Hague In Jersey City. His hen* hmen take charge of the tickets The ticket* are i sold Ho every year the i mayor come* up with another allI time attendance record. What happened yesterday, noj body knows* but either Hague is [ losing hi* hold on the town's loyal . D’-moc rat.or he i* losing his faithi ful to the army Even though half I the f»n* were children — they are I excused front school if they prom- - isc- to return to das* with a etub proving their presence at the game —be laeked the 7.000 client* he ; needed for a new mark. j The folk* who didn't attend missed a touching spectacle. An j hour before the game the stands the New York Giants. 6-1. Two 1 tingle* and a walk filled the bases i and Htan Rordsgarsy walked, forcing home one run. and Lew Riggs was passed, to send in the other Ernie Lombardi broke up a pitching duel between Tom Earley and * Tom Hughe* with a loth lantng single giving the Boston Braves a 2- triumph over the Phil* Hughes I held Boston to five hits and Earley allowed six Testerday's hero Ted Williams Boston Red Box out fielder who hit s homer and two singles, drtvlar In suer runs and scoring four more ■st the Sox wailopew Washington I tM

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR. INDIANA

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wi re filled ami the fans waited Impatiently for their annual treat, lioy, did they get it! Sirens ... i-amed Horn H «ted Stocg* cheered. With a screeching of tires and amid loud nuzzuh. th<y> mayor arrifed at the wide gate in <-etlt* r flelfi. ;*'he second ward boy*' *4f;ib b.fitd strx*k up "AnterUa'' in swingtime. Th*- tw*a t*an* -histed. wheeled and *.*me up it* a V-for-Victory. Five girl drum majors began g.xne-stepplng down tlt *• base paths Then, surrounded by underling,* and flanked by guard*, the Hon. 11-gu*- began the graml march to hi* box. While a stiff wind shipped in from the mud fiats of Newark bay, liis honor trotted briskly. ■ Every 1" step- he doffed his hat Io t*.e iro.il a *1 ;u**-pl*-*l the homage of hi* *tll>)e* t* After a, period tbU si-<-m* d *o last hour*. - he reached his box There he pos* *1 majestically for the solemn ritual of tossing out th*I first ball. One* seated a’-d sufll * iently photographed, he surveyed i the hou***- Out of what must have been pure shame at the fact that the c'.owil dropped Io 55.006, he , b»-at a ijiiii k retreat to the pres*

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box and watched the gam.- In the company of that genial, beloved exmanager Col. Will Terry. for the game, well, the Utt!*Giants won. 32 A farm team of »'the New York GZ.Ail’-. J*- • > Cl’>? ovenam. a two-rmi lead Ix-Id lip M •stri.al, a farm team of the fVooMyu I%i*lg*-rs. la the loth Inning. But by that time the cheer mg. enthusiastic fans were gon*Wl** n nlm* Innings were finished their duty was done and they went home to dinner —tie score or no. When the winning hit was mad* 1 , there were not more than 14.060 In the studs. And starting today th*will drop to it* regular 3.000 average. Jt was all very wonderful—and | just a bit frightening. Q. - BULLETIN New York. Apr 17—(UP> — Plan* were initiated today for ths champion major league allStar team to play a team of all (tart from the army, navy and marine* at Cleveland on the night of July 7. Th** wa* announced after a conference of top batsball official* and service representative*. pre**ded over by commiMioner Kenesaw M Landis.

Columbus Trounces Indians In Opener Minneapolis And Toledo Also Win By the United Press The Columbus Redbird* were oft | to a*; Impress *e start to*l.>v in, i their defense of the Amerlcaj asxo- 1 i * iation baseball pennant. The champions registered the on- , ly lop-side'* Victory in the league's . I opening games yesterday by slugg-, Ing Indianapolis. 13 to 2. Columbus i batsmen hit Oral Hildebrand for , five buns in three inning* and forced litdianappli*' new manage Gabby Hartu*-fi. to send n two I more hurier* before the -feigfesl , i ended. It wa* Indianapolis’ first defeat ’ in a seasonal" opener since 1931. Toledo and Mlnneapo « also | I dampened festivltii-s for opetV.lig ; day crowds at Louisville and Kan:> sas City, respectively. S’. Paul a > openftlg gam*- with M Iw.itik*-.- was j |MI- 4* -’ ll The .Mudhen* combined two I singles, a double, a walk and an error for three run* In tIE' I I Inning ami went on to beat Louis- , * ville. 4-1 Harry Kimherßn held ■ the Colonel* to eight hl’<. while ' his mates were touching Nrison - Potter for 11. Minneapolis■ i»r*r.*. - City. 3-2 Harry Kelley, veteran 'noundstnan. saved the day for the .Millers, I after Kansas City batsmen began to solve Mickey Haefner, starting pitcher, and fled he th* ■ seventh. Kelley e»se<l tl'-. rally and held the Blues hltle s In th- *->,:J«th and ninth while a double by Frankie Tfei hock and » single by Bill Marnacle drove In the winning run in the eighth. Games today c»lur»b;i- .y fttdlatl y’-Jf. Toh Jo at iZMlisvilb- S’. Paul at V ,lw:iuk<4- Minneapolis u' Kau-a* City. ... ..... o Maple Rumblings IX-1 Five double century coun<* were rolled last night ftt the Merchant league al Mie- Recreation • They were: D Frisinger. 220; Andrews, 226; <* Bultrtemei-i, 214; E Reinking 211. Dytu-tt. . 1 Andrew* Case won thr* • from Post Offil*'. Shearer's two from Paul* Lunch. Mies recreation two j from Ossian Tip Shop. 7-1 p two from Schafer's. Asbbsueher'* three

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Mussolini Purges Hundreds Os Parly Some Os Highest Officials Ousted By I’nited Press The biggest purge in the declining career of Premier Benito Muz-' i solinl I* sweeping out some of th*- ! highest officials of the Fascist I j party, private advice* from the con ' : tlnent -asd today. Hundred* of Fascists are Involv-i j ed. afiil. It was indicated, they Include ministers, undersectytarle and espeillaly. pw sidents of Italy's from Htoppenhagen. Schafer’* three from Blue Cre.jA. The sandings: #. L j Htltaer’* 2» 13 | Shearer's # 29 X 4 I Andreev** Osfe VS II p»st Offtce 24 is ' Mies Recreation 24 lb . Paul's l.uxi’d- S 4 IS ; 7-1 |. 21 31 ' Ashbatft-her's lo ?! S*li.*f.»'s — W id* I Ossian Tin - 15 27 St »pp*-*iiiag*-n 13 29 ! Blue Creek « 34

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