Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 104, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1942 — Page 8

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Decatur Scores 9-5 Triumph At Wren Thursday Lynch Hurls Jackets To Initial Victory Os Season Thursday Poundmg six run* across the plate in 'h<- second inning the Decatur Yellow Jacket, < balked up their first triumph of the season Thursday afternoon. winning a '■> to 5 victory over Wren. Ohio, on the Wren diarn nd Lynch, making first etart of the season on the mound held th*- 1 Buckeye nine to seven hits but was I bothered by wildness, w.ifking nine of the Wren batter* Two singles an dfour bases on balls K'te Wren ,i three run lead i in the flrat inning HoW. Ver. the Jackets boum "I I back In the second frame count inn | six runs i ll singles by Andrews anil Cochran, a double by Lynch. Reed’s mnznznzr I J L KOCHER. Jr. 909 Mercer Ave. I Thu Mnbleffl of courtesy and sass driving it awarded to one car owner as tbit community each week day. txttvc CAREFULLY - SAVE A LIFE H I Beta Brewing Corp , Port VtyM, Ind

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| triple, combined with a walk to Fiuihti uni two Wren errors. The Ohio team scored a run in : the eei mid on three aingl* s and a I walk but with the liases loaded and 1 only one out. Lynch forced the next baiter to pup out and another to ground out A walk and a hit gave Wleu i'- final Ilin in the sevenlli Hits by Cochran and Lynch were good for another ion in the third and Ih-catur's final two runs tallied >n the fourth on a walk and hits by Ki< hhorn, Andrew and Fruchte The Ja< kets were s< lledllled to play at Portland this afternoon, 'and will play twice next week at Worthman Field, with Bluffton lier«> Tuesday afternoon and Wren , | here for a return game Friday Decatur AB R II E S< hliep|i. 2b I I II II Reed. 3b 4 2 14 Eichhorn, cf 4 110 Andrew*, lb 3 1 2 » i Fruchte. <• 2 I I it ’ Cochran, *s 4 2 2 1 Lynch. |i 112 0 Rlckord rs 4 o 0 0 Swartz. If 3 n 0 0 Totals 32 ‘J 9 1 Wren AB R II E . Byer. 3b 3 111 Baxter, 2b 4 111 Kt ugh. 2b 1 it II 01 i Kii lil. ss 3 II 1 11 Roh. y. i 3 110 I Jones If 1 I II II ' | Kirkleti, rs 2 0 0 0 j I Gehres, rs 3 11 111 I Bulk, lb 3 o 11 . ; Schaudt p 4 0 1 0 j Totals 29 5 7 4 Si on- by Innings: , Decatur mil 200 it 9 ' Wren 310 mm 1 r, | HOME RUNS 1 t'amllli. Dodgers 6i F McCormick Reds 5| i Lit w hilt r. Phils 4 i lioerr. Red Sox 3 ' York. Tiger-s 3 Keltner. Indians 3 . Marshall. Giants Elliott Pirates 3 Kt ten Phils 3 ! I Wiliams Red Sox 3 o The first passenger l» >at built in France since the beginning of the I present war was launched recently. ' i according to the Department of: | Commerce.

Cleveland And 1 Brooklyn Keep Up Win Streaks Indians Win 11 In Row, Dodqers Have Taken Six Straight New York. Muy I.— (t'Pi -The two hottest clubs In the majors are I the Brooklyn Dodger* and the Cleveland Indians, who can’t seem to do anything wrong Their managers, Let? Durocher and Ixiu Boudreau -a great old ehortstop and a great new one are nut afraid to try anything. They gamble and get away with it. They defy the old basebail tradition (don't br.ak up a winning eotnbln 'at ion ami laugh at their fates. The percentage playing manag- ' ~r» had better watt h out or Dur miter and Boudreau will steal the pennant from under their conserva I live noses Tin- Dodg'rs. with six straight laud 11 out of their last 12. moved I Into Pittsburgh today with a four (game lead The Indians— who Mid i they were going to miss Feller? have run off II straight, longest ‘ winning streak of the season, and I enjoyed a two-gume lead in the 1 American league as they squared I off against the Senators at Wash- ' Ington. i Tile Cincliina.; Rede, only a shell ’ 1 Os the team which won the world s i title in 1940. were hanging on the i ropes when the Dodgers departed • last night after sweeping a three- 1 i game series. Durocher Juggled his I | lineup throughout yesterday's game 1 until he found the winning com- : blnati n He used IS players and 1 j five pitchers .Swarthy Dolf Cam : ill! top. hed off moot of the dyna- : mite. 1 1 I Camilll lilt iwo homers and drove i in six runs as the Dodgers came 1 from behind for the second straight day and won in the ninth. 11-8. , With th. score tied. Camilll hit his ‘ I sixth h mei of the season and his I 1 fourth In three days with two 1 ! mates on ha«e in the nin.lt Cam- * Illi, who left a siik bed to play ill • the Cincinnati series, wrecked the 1 Reds. He made six hits, drove in 1 in runs In the series and Increas!ed Ills batting average from -250 ; to .311 Boudreau didn’t hndtate to bench i ■ Roy Weatherly, who drove In tour runs In Cleveland’s Wednesday triumph. in favor of right-handed hitt- , ing Buster Mills when the Athletics started southpaw Herman Hesse Milla came through with a single with the basivi loaded 111 the first inning and another run prodin • ( mg single in the fifth, pacing the India* to na 4-1 win over the A’s. Vernon Kennedy won his second straight start for the Tribe. Ernie Bonham brought the Van , kees out cf their slump with a four-hitter and the Bronx bombers I he-.' »h< H-'isru J« Waz B'JU hams thud straight Yankee second basemail Joe Gordon missed i his first game since April 25. 1929, When be was benched with a pull- i ed back muscle He hud played 471 straight games. Ted William* snapped Ills bait- > ing slump with his third homer and the Red Sox hammered out 13 hits i for an 9-3 vlctcry over the Tigers 1 Dick Newsome won his third vic- • ; tory. The White Sox plunged deeper into the American league cellar i when Earl Wynn outdueled fortyone year old Ted Lyons, giving Washington a l-o triumph over ■ Chicago. Stan Spence's triple and an outfield fly decided the game in the first Inning Howard Pollet. Cardinals' rookie > southpaw, had a one-hit shutout going into the ninth inning against * the (Dants and then gave up three ■ hits and three runs. St. Louis,' | nevertheless, coasted to a 7-3 vic- :.>■> ..nd tl-<l New York f t li.uitli place, each with a .500 average. Johnny Hopp, Card*’ star utility I man. will be out 10 days with a I i fractured thumb, injured in Wedj nesday’s game. Jim Tobin gave up only five hlta. ’ outpiti'hlng Claude Faeseau and the | Brave* swept the ihree-game ser-1 ie* with the Cub*. 3-2. Gremp and Ix.mbardl homered for the Braves. ■ Big Ed Hoerst aovthpawed the , Phil* to a 6-3 triumph over the Plr ate* Warren. Etten. Horthey and Litwhller hit homers for the Pflila Yesterday* hero: Dolf Camilll. Brooklyn Ant baseman who per tonally led the Dodger* to an 11* triumph over the Red* with two I homer*, a single and six run* batt- < ed ia. NATIONAL LEAGUE Nation*l League Player Club GAB R H Pct. : Pernandet. Bo*ton 17 73 9 26 356 , Brown. St Louis 15 57 220 Ml Murtaugh. Phila 14 43 715 349 I Walker. Brooklyn 12 43 2 15 249 Slaughter. St. U _ 12 42 I 16 223 Am«rl«an League ' Dickey. New York 13 46 6 21 439 Gordon. New York 14 54 7 22 .647 I Doerr Boston * 34 7 12 44* ( Spence. Senator* 17 72 15 2*> .389 Heath. Indian* _ II M U 21 M 2 >

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Today's Sport Parade (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Office By Jack Guenther *. - — — ■■■ « 1 l.oiilMVllle. Ky . May I. 'CPi — ' This one is called the question < mark derby co I'll ride along with j the *Oll of Questionnaire. Gentlemen, by request I give you ■ > Requested. I He is just a little bit cf a thing 1 A tiny mite as thoroughbreds go, I'll grant you Actually, he look* more like a pony than a home. His bone* are small, his back ia thin 1 1 and his stride is *hort. Bit. gentle- '' men. what th- re Is of thia Bequest- | ed la all horse, eolid. pure, honest- I to-Harry thoroughbred running' horse. He was bid in cheap. He was j Hold one hot August night In the i Hales rings at Saratoga SprlngH al- 1 most two year* ago When the rap of the gavel eplit the sultry hush if the deepening summer silence and tile autioneer sag out his chant | <>f "going, going, gone” to the 1 < rowd assembled at the ring, the final price was a paltry 11.300. Around the race track* a price like that I* considered peanuts To you. to me. or to the guy across the etreet it is pretty darn Impress--1 Ive money. It I* flu a week to tie taken out of the pay-check and lucked away in the bank for 134 i>u< to the men wno let their dollar* roll in the greatest gamble ot all. a price *uch a* that I* a *teal. I *aw him Hold, thi* Requested The date wa* August 14. 1940. He was a gangling, skinny fellow then' and he was known only by a number. He had no name, he had few irh-ndH and it aeemid that be had little of a future He was just one leggy youngster among many and on the o<lds by which such thing* ! -ire ruled he was destined to a career of obscurity. Not many of these Saratoga colt* make good in a real big way. Man t <>’ War was one who did And Gal ' lahdlon There are a number of other*, too. Hut a surprisingly ' small number. You pay your mon-' ey and you take your choice up at I Saratoga and If your investment return* any dividend* at all you be , <wne known around the track* a*

NOTICE I Due to the prevailing circumatances requiring the saving of time, tires and materials, t trust that this moans of asking your consideration of my candidacy 1»r re-nomina-tion to my second term as your Senator meets your approval. Therefore. I wish to apologise to the many loyal supporters and voters for my not being able to call upon you personally, which the above reasons forbid. However, be aeeured that I shall certa'nly appreciate your efforts in my behalf :f you see fit to support me. Thanking you. I am Von A. “Pat” Eichhorn Democritic Candidate for Joint State Senator Phi Advt

a shrewd buyer. Ben Whitaker was that sort of a buyer. He chunked In hi* 81.300 because he had i- weakness for the »lre of Requested'* dam. Fair Perdita. The sire is known as Etern-1 al. and hl* reputation Isn't wide. But Whitaker, a glint-eyed Texan who never blink* if he loses a bet or win* one. thought he knew a good thing whe he saw it. And he saw It. Requested debuted on the track* ' last summer and he made hl* mark I in a burry. Before the year wae out he ran 16 times He finished out of the money only twice and In stake race* he never was worse than second But it was hl* bad luck to be running during the year which will be remembered for a horse named Alsab lA. a juvenile, he was merely second best. 1 But the gap between the ages of two and three I* one that few horses manage to bridge. Apparently. the task has been two much I for Alsab. And. also apparently. I It is one which Requested has tak en in stride Al three, he is much more horse than he was at two. So much more that to me he is the winner of the 68th Kentucky derby by at least three length* I don't think I am prejudiced on this horae. laist yeur 1 didn’t cotton to him at all Thl* year I didn't see him when he spun to hi* most brilliant victory—the fourlength triumph he acored in the $25,000 Flamingo stakes after be- ; ing left at the post, knocked almost to his knees and forced to run wide for more than a mile. I But 1 did see him In the Wood memorial in New York and in the Chesapeake in Maryland And I have seen him hen- in the' blue grass land itself I have talked to his jockey. Buddy Haao; I have jchatted with hl* owner. Ben Whitaker. and I have argued hl* chanc|e* with hl* trainer, the 55 year-old. silver-haired Blackie McCool. j We think we have the winner bej cause we know we are riding with ( the only horse in the race why. has proven hi* pure, homely guts. No 1 matter what Devil Diver may do | or Valdlna Orphan may do. I know what the little fellow has done and ( will do. He will go out of the gate with one thought, one duly and one

MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct G B I Brooklyn 14 3 .924 I Pittsburgh 9 6 600 4 Boston 9 8 .529 5 .Now York 8 8 .500 5’4 St. Louis 77 500 5«4 Chicago 7 9 .438 6*4 Cincinnati 5 1" 333 8 Philadelphia 4 12 .250 9Mt I ■ AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L Pct. 0 B Cleveland 12 3 .240 New York 10 5 .667 2 Detroit 11 7 .611 2*4 Boston 9 6 .600 3 Washington 8 9 .471 5 St Louis 711 3x9 r.'-a Philadelphia 5 12 .294 8 Chicago 3 12 .200 9 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Philadelphia 6. Pittsburgh 3 Boston 3. Chicago 2. 4 St. Ixnils 7. New York 3. Brooklyn IL Cincinnati 8. American League Cleveland 6. Philadelphia 1. New York 3. St. Ix>uis 4. Washington 1. Chicago V. Boston 8. Detroit 3. 17 Horses Entered In Kentucky Derby • Ixitilsville. Ky . May I—(CPI — The largest and most open field in i a half dogen year* —17 of the finest I three-yearfold horses in America ; was named officially today to run tomorrow in the 68th Kentucky derby. goal to run as far an his legs will I I take him. Maybe they won’t take him far ' I enough Who knows? No owner. ( trainer or jockey knows for certain I how far an yhorse In this 68th Kentucky derby can run But as Texas , Ben Whiiaker could tell a horse ( when he saw one. I know a heart when I see one and to me there 1s no question about the son of Qm*lionnalre.

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Maple Rumblings Two double century count* topped all other effort* in the Merchant League at Mie* Recreation la«t night They were a 206 by C. Smith and a 236 by D. Friainger. Result*: Stoppenhagen won three from 7-t’p. Stltaer’s two from Blue Creek. Schafer’* two from Athbavcber’a. Po»t Office two from Mie* Recreation, Andrew* Case two from Shearer’*. Ossian Tin 1 three from Paul’* Lunch. The standings: W. L Andrew* Case - 33 15 Shearer's - 17 Stltaer’s 31 '■ : Post Office- 28 20 i Paul’s Lunch 25 23 Mies Recreation 25 23 Sdiafei’* 24 24 7lp M -I A»l»baucher's ... 21 27 Oeatea Tin 19 29 _ — — gigaaßaM g aaaMß^aaßaß aMM ßß aawMiiMMMh*aam*

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