Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 101, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1942 — Page 8

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Dodgers Face First Test In Circuit Swing Major Leagues Will Open Intersectional Engagements Today N»w York. April 28 lll*' The | major leagues' first intersectional games open today eastern National league clubs playing in the west ami western American Hague dubs swinging through the eaat When they are over May 7 these points may be dear Whether the Dodgers are the class of the National 1- agile or have been fattening up on the Phils and Braves, the circuit's small fry. Whether the Cardinals have been vastly overrated and lack the pun< It to storm the National league height* Whether the Beds have gradual j ly dlslntegrtaed amt are out of pennant consideration Whether the Yankees will stain 1

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pede their rivals and make a Joke of the American league race. Whether the Indians’ eight game winning -freak is, a flash in the pan or tin indlctaur that "baby pilot" Houdn-uu really has kindled the pennant fever in the Tribe Whether the It-d Sox have Improved their pitching enough to make a serious pennant bid These are only a few of the :things that will b<- cleared up. • 1 more or less t'p until now the | j clubs Tn both leagues have been | playing among themselves in their < [own sector. For instance. Brook ! I!yn figured to get away fast be- . cause of Its numerous games against the weaker eastern clubs, i The Dodgers have won it of their II victories from the Braves and , Phils and Jumped off to a threegame lead In the .Tational league The tough western dubs. Card . Inals Plriitee, Reds and Cuba, I have be* n cutting each other's throats and getting almost nowhere. The whole picture can change rapidly In a week. Almost the same Is true in the ' American league where th.- Yan--1 keen have grabbed six of their nine I triumphs from the Athletics and; ’ Senators, figured to be the league'* , 1 weak* st chibs The Red Sox have I been able to get a staroff In six games with the Yanks and that is ■ I taken to m--an in some quarters < i that the Bronx bombers aren't 1 i quite the dominant club they were a year ago Brooklyn's awing through the I went will be a real test for the ‘ i ''bums" because la-o Durocher's club is crippled It's possible that j Dolt Camllll. who's been nursing a heavy cold, and Arky Vaughan, benched by a charley horse, will return to the Duda* r infield in ('ln- 1 (Inn.itl today Outfielders Dixie Walker, who has a spike wound, and Augle Galan. left behind in . Philadelphia with a c;me of flu may be out cf action for a week , However, the ledgers' reserve ‘ | strength ha< been good In games | against the weaket Hubs and they have been winning with a pat. hed- ' up lineup Only Brooklyn player! who has played his position continuously sine.- the Megaton opened Is shortstop Pee Wee Reese. The Cubs moved into a tie with the third place (Slants by defeating I the Reda. 13. in 11 innings In the only major league game y. stertlay It was the fourth extra inning game tile Re<l« have played thia season Chicago scored an unearned run in the eleventh when Stanley Hack singl'd for his fourth hit. was safe at second when Eddie Joost dropped catcher Ray laitnann* 'a throw and scored on Len Merullo's single ; Relief pitched Paul Erickson was credited with the victory while the loss was charged to Johnny Vander Meer. Um Stringer homered with one on for the Cubs Yesterday's hero Stanley Hack. Cubs' third baseman. who got three singled and a double tn leading Chicago to a 4-3 victory over Cincinnati. o The government of Iceland keeps a record of all radio sets imported and names of person to whom sold, say-v the department of commerce.

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7 Ahab Injury Clouds i Picture For Derby Last Derby Tune-Up Is Scheduled Today Umlsvllle. Ky,. Apr. 28 -(UP)— Tin- last of ibe four major Ken tu<k> derby tune-ups the derby trial brought together a mysteriously ailing Alsab and 10 lesser hopefuls today for a leal which can produce a "big horse” for the - 68th renewal of America's favorite i race or throw It open to anything ; with four legs and a heart. The fans who congregated at ! Churchill Downs for this mile gallop which marks Alsab's seventh attempt to -core his first 1942 triumph were pretty certain the | son of Good Goods had the heart Inti they were undecided whether he had four legs or Just three. One of his legs has been cut, hut how badly nobody knows. Al.'ab was cut while being shod Rome reports had him virtually out of the derby. Others held he was merely pricked and the Injury was entirely superficial. Trainer Surge Swenke. holed out at some obscure lodging house, was not available for comment but these | facts were established: I—The1 —The horse was cut but he was not wrapped in a pack. He won- only the usual four bandages ; all good horses wear In their stall while resting, 2 The groom, one "Ygboome." vigorously denied the injury was at ; all significant and Insisted Alsab 1 would take his place in the gate If the 1941 Juvenile champ does show up today for the attempt to make his seventh start, the lucky one. he 1s certain to be favored to at last fulfill the promise he ■ showed a year ago and to hack down the bulkiest derby field since 1837 to reasonable else. At the moment, that field Includes at least | 15 starters and possibly 20. Only three of Alsab's rivals in ( the mil*- trial, which annually I completes the del by preliminaries, j ; were given more than an outside! chance to beat him They were' Valdlna farm's dark horse Buo of I Valdina Orphan and Hollywood and Calumet's Sun Again, a real good horse whom trainer Ben Jones says mat not be quite fit. Alsab and Sun Again shared high weight of 118 pounds on the fast track while the Valdlnas, Man's Man. Captain Fury. Boot and Spur and the entry of Radio Joe and Cloak came in at 110. Wlnwlthtne and Cold Princess, both of whom were expected to be scratched out of the feature, were given io* pounds and I<>s in 'hat order. An Alsab victory could do much to narrow the top heavy field. Although he has failed to win a race this season, he still rates as a cofavorite with Ben Whitaker's Requested at 4-1 In the derby future books and a trial triumph Is certain to knock that price down. On the other hand, another defeat for Alsab *«nd the derby will look something like a cubistic conception of hoarding house hash. Fifteen owners or trainers have definitely stated their Intention of shooting for the f75.(t00 purse of 'he «Bth derby and the chances of the other five were centered in the big tune-up today The thoroughbred population of , the Downs was upped by four this I morning when Requested. Apache. First Fiddle and Fair Call — the I first, third, fourth and fifth finishI ers In Saturday's Wood Memorial - arrived from New York. Th* second Wood horse. Bleu D'Ot. was declared out of the derby yes- ■ terday but the other four definitely | will go On the grounds are all the othi ers They are topped by the Greentree Coupling of Devil Diver and Shut Out both of whom will run: with Regards. Fairy Manah. Sweep Swlnoer. Sir War and Dogpatth Boot and Spur will be j given his chance on Saturday too. along with any others who display j a bit of class In the trial.

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HOME RUNS Marshall, Giants 3 Eliott. P'rates ... 8 l.nwliller, Phils 3 F McCormick. Reds 3 Doerr. R<-*l Sox 3 York. Tigers 3 Keltner. Indians 3 o LEADING HITTERS American League Player (Tub GAB R H Pct. Gordon. New York 12 47 « 21 .447 Dickey, New York 10 38 6 16 .421 Spence. Senators 14 59 11 23 .390 Estalella. Senators 12 41 10 15 .366 McCosky. Detroit 15 58 11 21 362 National League Moore. St. Louis 12 41 815 .366 Walker. Brooklyn 11 42 9 15 .357 daughter. St. L 11 37 7 13 .351 Goodman. Cln 9 38 5 13 .342 Ott, New York 13 43 13 14 .326 o • — 11 # Today's Sport Parade i Reg. U. 8. Pat. Office By Jack Guenther • 4 laiuisville. Ky.. April 28.—(VP» —A IMiir of piercing blue eyes looked ahead today through the dusty pall of gloom which has slowly been settling over the world of i sports and they found no reasons for tnis-givlngs. Col Matt Winn, the dean of the DoWM. believes every cloud has a silver lining--and. maybe, sometimes even a lining of gold. He is a fabuloua old gentleman, the colonel. He 1s heading towards 81 and to say that his looks belie his years iri an understatement. He has moat of bis teeth, some of Ills hair and all the wisdom you'll ever find in one head. He has something else. too. He has undaunted faith In what he saye Is the greatest nation of all. I paid a visit to Colonel Winn today, his gracious box overhanging the chalk-stripe finish line of America's favorite race course, and once again I was convinced that here was my favorite sportsman and my favorite man. For the colonel, who should be an advocate of yesterdays, is strictly a man of tomorrow. ‘'Son." he said the bright K* n- | I tucky sun outlined the faint stripes , lin his dark blue suit. “I've been | through four wars I was horn in - the first year of the Civil War. I i have weathered two others and 1 now I'm In my fourth. And the ; one thing I have learned is that I you should never sell America 1 short nor America's love of sport I short. "You take this race track. Now, I'm not talking about Saturday's J derby, because Saturday’s derby; will Im- the biggest of all. I thought ! my dream of 100.000 people would | come true last year but there were ' only 95.000. Rut I know my dream will come true thisi year because we can't fill the demands we have 1 had for tickets-from 50 cent tic-1 kets to 8125 tickets. "To me. this derby Is already | history. It Is the 1943 derby I am I planning now. And do you know ! what I'll tell you thia minute? Son. I I'll promise you the 1943 derby will I be even bigger then this one Gasoline shortages? Tire scarcities? America can take them in stride. America will come here —and America will go other places If America forced to walk." The colonel sat there, then, and he turned his memory back almost 30 years to the day he was operating a race track 'n Juarrg. a hedgehop across the border in Mexico. In those days, he aald. there was a revolution fought every day. there were raging fevers and there were all conceivable sorts of setbacks. Rut every day the Juarec track had a crowd. ''Men. women and children flocked to Juarez In those days and they flock to Churchill Downs these days.' he explained "Consider the weather we have nad in prevtona years. Consider the conditions we j are undergoing thia year. Why. shucks, son, a» iong as people will turu out like this for the derby there Isn't anybody in the world can beat them " Old Matt has done everything he can to ansure himself that nobody in the world can beat them. He has written Churchill Downs down I for |sb 000 worth of war bonds, be has contributed heavily to l<M*al I'harities and he has shucked out

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150.000 of the derby day profits to the Red Cross, and, in his heart he doesn't think he hag done enough | "We aren't very rich here at j ' Churchill Downs.” he said. "Be- ! cause we run what amounts to a I one-day meeting. But I couldn't sit back like so many of these track owners and Just try to hold what I had Those men don't reallre there Is a war being fought. Else, they didn't go through what I went through in thr big floods we had here a few years ago. "When Kentucky had those floods, the Red Cross didn't ask any questions. They came In and with them they brought food and bandages and money. They took care of almost 1.000 refugees here at our track and 'hey didn't ask a nickel in return. I did a heap of thinking when I saw 'hat and I said. Matt, some day you are going to help those people continue their work." That some day Is Saturday. He really doesn't make much money here at Churchill Downs, the colonel doesn't. But to dale he has given more of what he has than any race track operator In the United States He has given from his heart, hut he has given from his wallet, too. So can you wonder why I'm hoping that this is his biggest dreby of all?—. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. G R. Brooklyn 11 3 .786 Pittsburgh 7 5 .583 3 New York 7 « .538 3kfc Chicago 7 6 .538 3»4 St UrniM a « 455 4>i Boston « 8 429 5 Cincinnati 5 7 .417 5 Philadelphia 2 10 .167 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct G B. 'Cleveland 9 3 750 I New York » I .760 ; Detroit 10 5 .687 ! Boston 7 5 .583 2 Philadelphia 5 9 .357 5 I Washington 5 9 .357 5 ISt UMrifl '• 1® .333 s>, t lneagu 3 9 .250 fl YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 4. Cincinnati 3 (11 ln- ( ningsi. Only game scheduled. American League No games scheduled. Hold Coon Dog Field Trials Here May 30 Plane for the annual coon dog Held trials, sponsored hy the Adams county fish and game conservation league at Sunset Park, two tni'es south of Decatur on U. 8 33. were announced today. The trails will I>e held on Decoration Day. May 30. and will Mart promptly at II o'clock In the morn ! Ing. Prise money totalling 8100 1«. guaranteed rain or shine, with first line getting |3O. second I'ne |2o. first tree >3O and second tree 820. Heat money will also 4u* paid. Entry fee will -be 8? and rules will he posted on the ground* Lunch wiH he served all during the day Karl Wilt will act as field man- j ager o Man Arrested For Setting Bed Afire Franklin. Ind.. Apr 28—(UP)— Harold R Gregory. 41. Evansville, was arrested yesterday while working at ('amp Atterbury after It was discovered that his room in an Edinburg private home was burning Gregory was booked for arson Police charged he deliberately set bls bed on fire.

Jealous Man Slays Three Daughters Kills Three Small Children And Self Santa Monica. Cal.. April 28 — Il’Pt Jealousy drove Harold A. Fletcher. 48. to kill his three small daughters and himeelf after he had "made a good start" by wounding a friend of his estranged wife, po- , lice said today. After his housekeeper had called to report the triple murder and suicide, police pieced together this story of Fletcher's last violent hours: Fletcher, a trailer camp operator, met hM estranged wife. Joan. 26, whom he married six years ago, yesterday afternoon and took her to visit their children. They stayed with the girls for an hour and went to a restaurant for dinner They quarreled so Mrs. Fletcher took a taxicab to the home of Mrs. Ollie Roberts, where she had lived since ahe left her husband last January. She was talking to Mrs. Roberts* son. John Carder. 26. when Fletcher walked Into the house a few minutes later. He asked Carder to step outside "to talk.” Mtw. Fletcher heard three shots and fled through the back door. Carder, an aircraft factory worker. fell to the ground with two bullet wounds in the neck. He was taken to Santa Monica hospital, where physicians said his wounds might prove fatal. Fletcher drove to his home and called to his housekeeper, Mrs. Dorothy Pate. 26. "I'm going to fix it thin time." he said "I've already made a good start." He walked into the bedroom and ; shot his 'laughters. Arline, 5. Caro- i line. 4. and Rose Marie. 20 months. "Then he came out and wrote a will and forced tne to sign it as a witness." Mrs. Pate told police.' "He went hack to the,bedroom and committed suicide." Mrs Fletcher, who had returned to the Roberts home, learned of the shootings and rushed to the hospital where her children had been taken They were already dead. Tells Businessmen To Aid War Effort Single Platform To Achieve Victory Chicago. April 28.—<UP>—Benjamin H. Namm. Brooklyn, N. ¥.. department store owner, asserted today that "the time has come for us to develop buslntws statesmanship" and suggested that "a general staff of business" draw up "a general plan tor victory" over the Axis. Namm, chairman of the board of A. 1. Namm * Bon. told the United States Chamber of Commerce convention that bnstneiwm>-n "must agree on a single platform upon which a united nation may stand." "It is no longer enough tor us businessmen to du good. Individual Jobs," he said. "AH other purposes pale into Imtignlflcance" alongside i“the simple, but far from achieved, purpose of national unity for victory." To achieve this unity, business-1 men must "face the facta and act upon them fearlessly,*' he said. "The facte as 1 see them are as follows: I. "Business as usual Is completely a thing of the past and the 1 war has taken over our economy 2. "This is undoubtedly going to be a long and gruelling war . .. only American Industry can produce the overwhelming array of planes, tasks, ships, cannons, and other supplies necessary to overcome the military headstart gained by the Axis ... 3. “We cannot win this war by using the methods that became obsolete with the last war . . 4. "We cannot win this war without making use of the best brains, the bravest hearts and the

strongest hands in the country today: and putting these men in high places Is not enough. They mus> be glv«n full authority and i unqualified support by government. | business and the public." The public "is awake, realistic i and prepared to make every sacrifice necessary to win the war.” but "leadership has been lacking," he said. "Ijet ue hope that. In the future, business men will od their full part in supplying that leadership. “To prepare for thia, however, there h one thing that we of bus- ' Iness must do quickly. W»- must j 'elewe ranks,' end all petty bicker- ' inga and agree as to a simple platform upon wbic ha united nation may stand ... I have repeatedly seen the leading business associations of our country lined up on opposite side* of. questions that seem vital to the continuance of our American way of life . . . "I would like to see the representatives of all our leading trade associations get together in one convention hall, determined to remain In session until they found the best approach to national unity, a realistic answer to the threat of inflation, a sound formula for our labor problems and the right pattern for a fair and equltabl*- system of taxation.'* House Votes SIIO,OOO For Dies Committee Washington. Apr. 28 — (UP) — The house, by a vote announced as 29U to 64, today approved an appropriation of 1110,000 for the Dies committee to continue Its Investigation of ttn-Americssi activities until next January. The vole was on motion by chairman John CochrM, D., Mo., of the accounts committee, which had agreed to recommend a |llo.»-"i appropriation. S. tonight, H p. m. Adm. 25c

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