Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 129, Decatur, Adams County, 1 June 1942 — Page 6

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Yanks, Dodgers Pull Far Ahead In Major Leagues Make Runaway Races In American And National Leaques New York. June 1 — tl'Pt — The major leagues took time out today to draw a deep breath and nee what could be done about the Y'ankeea and the Dodger*, who are running away with the pennant races. The Yank*, with an eight-game lead, look invincible, even with their power hitters. Joe Di.Maggio and Charlie Keller. In batting slumps. Di.Maggio is hitting .255 and Keller 237 The Dodgers, with a six game lead, can seem to do no wrong One of the main reasons why the Yanks and Dodgers have command Ing leads la their ability to knock off the weak dubs. The Yanks have won 21 of their 3! games from the White Sox. Senators and Athletics, the three bottom teams, and have lost only two to those three clubs. The Dodgers have copped IS of their 32 victories from the Cubs, Braves and Phils and have lost only two game* to that trio. Boston Is Brooklyn's deepdish apple pie. The Dodgers walloped the Braves twice again yesterday. 10-2 and 31. and didn't have to work up a sweat to do It. Every < lose decision went against Boston and finally the Braves got so hot and bothered manager Casey Stengel and catcher Clyde Klutzx were tossed out of the opener and short- i stop Eddie .Miller given the gate in the nightcap Max West was lucky he wasn't ejected, too. for the demonstation , he gave after umpire Rabe Pinelll called a ball hr hit over the fence good for only two bases Everybody In the park thought it was either a homer or a foul ball. It was the second time this season West had a homer taken away from him by the ump* Curt Davis, winning No. 7. and Whit Wyatt, winning No. 4. did the Dodger pitching Dixie Walker homered inside the park with tile bases "loaded In the opener. After running their winning streak to eight straight by defeating the Athletics. 11-7, In the opener. the Yanks had their string snapped when the Mackmen gra-ble rd the nightcap. 4-2. behind laiman Harris' four-hit pitching. Joe Gordon got three hits In the opener and his sixth homer In the nightcap. running his consecutive hitting streak to 15 games The St Louis Prowns knocked Cleveland into fourth place by taking a pair from the Indians. 5-4 and 5-3. Elden Auker hurled his sev-1 enth victory and started the win-1 nlng rally In the opener. Johnny Nlggellng hung up his fifth win in the nightcap. Chet laths and Vernon Stephens hit successive homers to tie the score. 3-3. in the opener and George Mcijulnn hit for the Tonight & Tuesday “KING’S ROW” Ann Sheridan. Robt. Cummings. Ronald Reagan, Setty Field ALSO — Shorts 9c 30c Inc. Tax O—O Wed. A Thura. — Brian Oonlevy, William Holden Ellen Orow in "The Remarkable Andrew" First Show Wed at 9:30 Continuous Thura. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o Coming Sunday — ' Ball of Fire” Gary Cooper. Barbara Stanwyck [CORT Tonight & Tuesday “BULLET SCARS” Regie Toemey & “SING ANOTHER CHORUS” Jane Frazee, Miacha Auer Evenings 9e-3*e 4ta- Tex —o Wed. A Thurs—"MOKEY" —o-o - Coming Sus. — “Fly By Night” a ~R<g*t te «*• Heart.” imidßrn HI 11 J ■■Rl

circut with two mates on m the nightcap. • Although losing to the White Sox. lieiroil gained second place. A five-run rally in the 10th enablled Chicago to trim the Tigers. 194. with Ted Lyons helping win his own game with a two-run , single. The second game was . cancelled. The Boston Red Sox grabbed a doubleheader from Washington 11-1 and 4-3 (8 innings, called because of Sunday law), moving Into third place. Scoring six runs off Buck Newsom in the first Inning the Red Sox hammered 14 hits for 22 bases. Joe Cronin homered ‘ with two on. Pinchhitter la»u ’ Finney's single with the bases ■ loaded in the seventh won the ’ nightcap Howard Pollet out-dueled Vern Olsen for a St. Louis Cardinal 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Weather halted the second game 1 in the first inning Although tapp--1 ed for 10 hits Pollet kept them ' widely scattered Johnny Hopp's ‘ single drove In the big run. Stan .Musial. Card outfielder, twisted ' his ankle sliding into home and had to be carried off the field. He ■ may return to the line-up against . Boston tomorrow. i With Bucky Walters and Ray i Starr pitching beautiful ball. (’lni cinnati swept a twin bill with, I Pittsburgh. 8-2 and 3-0. The Plr- . ates have now lost nine straight. • Walters allowed five hits for his ■ fifth win and Starr six for hl* i sixth. Clyde Vollmer, rookie outi fielder called In from Syracuse i because four Reds outfielders are crippled, hit a homer for the deciding run in the nightcap. The Giants shared fourth place with the Reds, taking two from , the Phils, 32 and 7-1. Willard .Marshall hit homer No. 7 with two on In the nightcap. Bill laihrman tossed a four-hitter and Bob Carpenter a seven-hitter. Yesterday's star Mel Ott, who drove in a run in each Giant game and tied Rogers Hornsby's life- i time runs batted In record with a total of 1.582. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pct. G.B Brooklyn 32 13 .711 St Louis 25 18 .581 6 Boston 25 22 .532 8 New York 23 23 .500 94 Cincinnati . 22 22 .Soo 94 Chicago 21 24 .497 11 Pittsburgh 19 27 .413 124 Philadelphia 14 32 .304 184 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. G.B. New York 31 11 .738 Detroit 26 22 .542 8 Boaton 23 20 .535 84 i Cleveland 24 21 533 8», j St lamia 23 24 .489 104 Chicago — 18 26 .409 14 Philadelphia 19 30 .388 154 Washington 17 27 .386 15 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St. Louis 3. Chicago 0. I Brooklyn 10-3. Boston 2-1. Cincinnati 8-3, Pittsburgh 2-0. New York 3-7. Philadelphia 2-1. American League Chicago 9. Detroit 4. New York 11-2, Philadelphia 7-4. St Louis 5-8. Cleveland 4-3. Boston 11-4. Washington 1-3. - - w Dance Wed. Nijcht Mcßrides ()rche*lra — Silver Pavilion You can borrow 810 to |SOO from us in any of these ways: 1. Call at office—where we will be glad to explain. 2. Phone applications re- , reive prompt attention. 3. Tear out ad—write your® name and address across it, and mat 1 to us. Full detail* gladly furnished j without cost or obligation. Loans privately made on year own signature and security. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY, INC. tar smmr awn IMH taw SmmS Stat Sta* *-*-r Mcatua teetae* Lmse w* srwswo wwssml is Aseasa. 1 Me. Ata ta w«a Cen seai 1

Junior Softball i leagues Formed Captains To Meet Wednesday Afternoon Plans for the organisation of - the junior sofethall leagues as a 1 part of the recreation program at 1 Worthman Field this summer were announced today by Deane Dorwin. playground supervisor. Softball captains In the league composed of boys under 13 years of age will meet Wednesday after--1 noon at 1 o'clock at Worthman Field. Those who cannot serve as captains are asked to phone Mr. Dorwin by 11 a. m. that day. Captains in the league composed of boy* over 13 will meet at the same place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. If any boy cannot nerve he is also asked to call the supervisor by 11 a. m. Any boys who wish to play and have not signed must do so by that hour. Captains In the younger league are. Stanley Mcßride, I’aul Bosse. Ronald Hill, Robert Haley. Neil Thomas, George Gilbert, John Gillig and Robert Gage. Those In the older league are: Leigh Nekton, Bill Marbaugh. Owen Wemhoff. Tom Terveer, Max Ogg and Jim Cochran. Meanwhile preparations to open the full recreation program at ■ Worthman Field at underway. Mr. Dorwin stated Some of the equipment has already been Installed ■ and activities will be intenslfled next week upon the dosing of the. Catholic schools. Sammy Snead Wins Open Golf Tourney Comes From Behind To Defeat Turnesa Atlantic City, N. J. June I.— (UPI- Samuel Jackson Snead, the stope-shouldered hill-billy who came j down out of the mountains of Vlrj ginla with the smoothest swing in 1 golf history, prepared today for induction Into the navy after winning I golf's greatest! prise—the PGA | championship. Only a few hours before he was I to he called to the colors - and after seven years of trying — the . sweet swinging mountaineer finally crashed through to a major golf championship at Seaview country < lub yesterday when he defeated Jimmy Turnesa, the little corporal from Fort Dig. N. J.. 2 and 1. This victory was particularly sweet to Slammin' Sam. one of the game's longest hitters. His blowups such as that eight which cost him the 1939 national open champ- - ionship—had earned him a reputation ae strictly a front runner. But the Hot Springs. Vs., professional threw the Be at his critics before a gallery of 4.000 persons in yesterday's finals. Snead made them more than eat their words. For he was three down half way through the 36-hole final with the steady little corporal, a giant-killed who had turned back two favorites — little Ben Hogan and big Byron Nelson. The Virginian refused to yield, however, and he evened the match at the 27th and then won In the stretch. The shet that gave him the title was probably the most sensational 1 of the silver anniversary tournana nt in which 102 professional* I teed off a week ago. Snead had the conquering corporal dormied on the 34th. two down and two to go. But this was the same spot that Nelson, out-

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standing tournament favorite, had had Turnesa in on the previous day. Slammin' Sam's drive on this 34th hole was over the green, behind a found. 60 feet from the pin. Turneea drove the green on this short hole and was laying 25 feet from the cup. It was then that the hill-billy hustler chipped one into the cup tor a birdie two and conceded Turnesa’s putt for a 2 and 1 victory. The defeat was no disgrace to Turnesa. sixth In a line of seven golfing brothers. Competing on a 10-day furlough, the 29-year-old draftee placed eecond among 32 match play qualifiers with a 139. five under par. Snead, whose victory was worth 32.000. made the most of his last few civilian days, in hl* man-b to the crown, held last year by Corp. Vic Ghezzl of Fort Monmouth. Snead eliminated the highly-regard-ed Sam Byrd, former New York Yankee baseball star; Willie Goggin. PGA president Ed Dudley: Jimmy DeMaret and finally Turneaa. Snead twice had advanced to the finals of this tournament hut both time* had been turned back. The first time was In 1938. when he lost to Pau! Runyan. 8 and 7. The last time was In 1940, when Nelson defeated him by a 1-up margin. And yesterday It looked as if once again Snead was to be denied. Turntwa fired a 34 on the first nine and was one-up against Snead's 35. Then Turnsa had an incoming 36 for a 70 and went three-up while Snead <ame In with a 38 for a 73. Turnesa * lead was cut. to two-up when Snead dropped a winning putt on the 24th and Sam explained ’ later he felt then that "I could and would win.” Snead shot a 36 on thia third leg against Turnesa'* aquaring the match. Starting the Anal nine holes. Slammin' Sam won the 28th and 30th holes, to go 2-up and he never tost hl* margin.

Jimmy Foxx Sold To Chicago Cubs Boston, June 1 —<UP>— First baseman Jimmy Fox was sold today by the Boston Red Sox of the American league to the Chicago | Cube of the National league for an unannounced cash sum. -His sale to the Cubs meant that the other seven club* in the American league and Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Phils, both lower In the senior loop standing than Chicago, had -waived on him Although the sale price waa not disclosed, it prdbaibly was consldcreably higher than the-waiver sum of |7iot). - '"O — LEADING HITTERS z American League Player ('lub G AB R H Pct. Gordon. Yanks 39 150 22 57 .380! Doerr. Boston 36 146 19 55 .377 Dickey. Yanks 27 96 10 35 .365 Spence, Senat?rs 43 175 27 63 .MS' Pesky. Boston 38 161 43 55 .342 National League Phelps. Pirates 31 83 10 31 .373 Reiser, Dodgers 36 140 31 48 .3431 Umbardi. Boston 32 98 14 33 337 W Cooper. St L. 30 102 12 33 .324 1 Medwtek. Dodgers 40 143 20 46 322 o _ HOME RUNS Wllliatna. R*d Sox 15 ‘ York. Tigers 12 ‘ DiMaggio. Yankees — 9 Doerr. Bed Sox 8 ! Camllll, Dodgers 8 CEILING PRICES TO (Continued From Page I) that each applicant know the amount of quarts that were canned last year and the amount of that canning remaining, among other things. No. 3 sugar stamp is now being used by sugar consumers from i their ration book No 1. Th* third | stamp will be good from May 3! to June 13. Sump No. 2 expired at | * midnight. May 39.

Paul Waner Nearing 3,000-Hil Figure Veteran Outfielder Needs Only 11 Hits .New York. June I.—(UP)-Paul Waner ha* always been one of baseball's rugged Individualists. His mysterious training routine Is a mystery and hl* merry disposiI tk n make* him almost unpredlct- ! able but today. undi*cipline<! or I not. he has come close to the supreme moment of a memorable career. Waner taught himself to hit corn i cob* with a broomstick so accurately during his Oklahoma school days that he became one of baseball's best hitters and now the wiry Boston Braves' outfielder needs only 11 hite to reach the 3,000 mart The tiny marksman sat in the lobby of his hotel last night after his team had dropped two gam** to Brooklyn and admitted that such an achievement attained only by six other major leaguers — would just about cap 17 years in the major leagues ; "I honestly can say that I don't usually get excited almut a recorfl." Waner said, "but this one will be a real thrill. •'l’ll tell you something, though, which may not be generally known despite all those hits, I actually can't see the fences In the outfield. “Yep. I know It's hard to believe. Sure. I know what some of those signs say because I've read them when I've been out there but I j have to guess at the rest of them. Remember that red arrow on the big tailor's sign at Ebbets Field? i Well. I can't read that.” The letters in that sign are about a foot high and can be read from almost any spot in the park. Waner's near-sightedness has not taken the edge off his hitting. When he reaches his goal, he will join Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker. Eddie Collins. Cap Anson, Larry Lajole and Han* Wagner, only National leaguer in the group. Paul has worn glasses since he war a kid In high school hut only for reading—never for baseball. He tried them briefly one spring but said they didn't help enough to adopt them premanently “You see it works out this way.” Waner said. "The closer the ball gets to me. the better 1 can see It.' . When It finsliy gets up there it j looks as big as a balloon—and who can't hit a balloon? When I wear glasses the ball looks too small.” Oldest active player in point of National league service, he passed his 39th birthday April 16. Teammate Johnny Cooney is 41 but was out of th league for six years at one stretch Waner has changed little over the years. He weighs 153 in street clothes, just the same as he did the day he first reported .to Pittsburgh in the spring of ] 1926 The Braves have nine games to play before they reach J’lttaburgli. I and as Waner expressed it, it uure i "would be great" if he could get i that 3.000th hit in the city where he played for 15 years. THREE JAPANESE (Continued From Page 1) the harbor. "The guns started firing at once. Siren* of the ships around us started to shriek. Our ferry boat captain was faced with an Impossible situs I ion The submsrlne i was dead ahead and he could not | go forward at the riek of the Ilves ’of all his passengers. There was | a gun firing just behind Us and I he could not go back. "Then we heard the scream of a heavy shell and there was a terrific exploeton "The submarine, its periscope j end conning tower showing gray Smmwim>Wiluams W ASHABLE WALL FINISH taputa*. Yew " •ssl •••*» • Gallea •Ti’ii B. J. Smith Drug Co.

Golfers in P. G. A. SpotlJl I I 1 I i I Us * 1 ' ' I I I 9 & I B I I 1 Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan | Two of the leading professional golfers competing In the P J tourney at the Seaview Country club, near Atlantic City X t■ shown on the course. Gene Sarazen, left, is examining the'( JI wrist of Ben Hogan, who showed his skill by shooting * the injury. Sarazen's qualifying round wu a W |

In the dazzling white beam of the searchlight, started slowly to submerge." A farmer said he believed the submarines had been lurking outside the harbor since afternoon, awaiting their chance to enter. "I was outside the harbor heads, returning from a fishing trip.” he said. “I was puzzled by bubbles which I saw coming out of the water, without apparent reason "When 1 first noticed them they were about 50 yards ahead of me. They were not moving—and I passed right over them." Two hour* before his announce ment of the Sydney raid. Mac Ar thur had issued his regular communique. No. 45 from hl* southwest Pacific United Nations head quarters, reporting big Allied plane raids on three of the chief Japanese Invasion bases—Dill and Koepang. the chief towns respectively of Portuguese and Netherlands Timor Inland, and Lae on the north coast of New Guinea. —e LEHMANFUNERAL (Contf-sued From Pace 1) before his death. The pneumonia was attributed to complications foltowing a back injury which he suffered In a fall at his hottie. Surviving are the widow: four sons, Gilbert of Harmon. 111.. Carl and Myron of Berne. Palmer at

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