Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 18 June 1942 — Page 8

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Cards, Dodgers Io Open Series This Evening Undefeated Hurlers Oppose Each Other In Opening Battle New York. June 11. (VPl—The Brooklyn Dodgers and the red hot St. Louin Cardinal* renew their tlog tight today In the opener of a fiv-gume serie* expected to determine the course of the National I«ague race. lutrry French goes to the hill for the Flatbush flock and Howie Kri«t will toss them up for the Redbird*, who currently trail th |)o<lg-i> by game* and are riding the crest of a seven-game winning streak Both pitchers are undefeated. French with four victories and Krist with three. Interest is at fever pitch for this tin difled night game, which start* at 7 p. nt . and fe reminiscent of last seagon'* «tlrring stretch duel The Card* are closer to the Dodger* than they have been for six week* and draw confidence from the fact they won three of the four game* played against "dem hums" thus far thl* Reason Mort Cooper. a< e of the Cardinal mound staff, scored hi* eighth triumph yesterday, hurling St lanii* to it* seventh will in a row. He handed the New York Giant* a 3-0 shutout, allowing five hit*. Cooper also got two hit* a* Cliff Melton I and Ace Adams allowed nine safetie*. including a homer by G'Orge Kurowskl Kirby Highbe handcuffed the Chicago Cub* and the Dodgers regained their winning form with a 5-1 triumph It wax Hlgbe'a fourth straight and sixth win of the Reason. He yielded only four safeties Ik.lph Camilli laced hi* loth homer of the Reason, pacing a sevenblow assault on big Bill Lee The Cincinnati Red* took a pair from the Bowton Brave*. 4-2 and 4-3 (Il inning*t. Paul Ih i ring* r won his first game of a Bunker Hill day doubleh>-ader. scattering seven safeties Ray Starr scored life ninth victory nf the season in

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: the nightcap, although he gave up in safeties. Jim Tobin gave up nine hit* but couldn’t win despite an 11th inning homer by Max We«t Cincinnati hud pushed over two run* in Its half of the 11th Bob Klinger put the Pittsburgh Pirate* back on the winning path in a night game by holding the ' Phils to nine hit* for a C l decfelon The Hues rapp-d fur Phil liurlers for 10 safeties. in the American league the NewYork Yankee*' lead was i ut to nine game* when the champs dropp 'd a 1 " game t<> Detroit. Ned Harris' single with the banes loaded in the ninth gave the Tigers the decision after an eight inning pitcher*' battle between Paul Trout ad Marvin Breuer. Trout allowed the Yanks only five hit*, handing them their first hutoiit < fthe season Breuer gave the Tiger* six safeties Mike Chartak and George M<Quinn homered for the St Louis Browns in a H 3 win over the Bos ton Red Sox Hlden Anker gave up only six hit* including Bobby Hoerr's 11th hoiner fir hl* eighth victory The Browns hit three • Boston towers for 1«) safeties Phil Mart hildon hurled the Ath- | letlex a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. allowing inly five hits. Taft Wright drove in all the Chicago runs. The A'* got to John ny Humphries for nine blows In the single night game in the i junior circuit. Cleveland staged a three-run rally in the seventh Inning. defeating Washington. 5-4 Buck Newsom allowed nine hit*, three < f them coupled with two walk* giving th.- Indians their margin of vl< tory Washington made l''“iit* off Jim Bagby. Al Mlinar and Tom Ferrlck. Yesterday's star: Mort Cooper. St Loili* pitcher, who gave the | Card* their seventh win In H row and won his eighth gam-, shutting out the New York Giants, 3-0. — -O - - Fred Perry Retires From Competition Mexico City. June Ik it’P)-— Fred Perry, world's professional tennis champion and one of the game's greatest stars for more than a decade, retired from competition today because of an elbow I injury suffered at the star- of a h 1 barnstorming tour last winter. Perry, who led a British team, that won the Davis cup at Wimbledon from 1933 through IMfi. said he would not defend his pro title In the national professional championship* at Forest Hills. N Y.. tills Weekend The British )>orn athlete injured ' Ids elbow when he fell during a match with Bobby Riggs at New York's Madison Square garden last l»e< 24. No Irones were broken but j the nerves were injured o . — Anti-aircraft searchlights can I project a beam five miles. L —i —a ■■mbmbmbmb bbbbmmmbbm I cortl > * — Last Time Tonight — "MEN IN HER LIFt” Loretta Young. Conrad Veidt ALSO—"SPY SMASHER" 9e-25c Inc. Tax • 4 FRI. & SAT. JOHN MACK BROWN “MASKED RIDER” o—o Sun. Mon. Tues.—" Young America’’ A “Miss Polly." 4-H CLUB MEMBERSHit the 4-H Trail with Jane Withers and find advent are. tun and romance! "YOUNG AMERICA" • • to your story about you and year aetivitiea! It’s swell entertainment no don't mim it! SUN. MON. TUES. CORT

Hale America Golf i Tournament Opens Nelson, Hogan Are Tourney Favorites 1 Chicago June 1* (VP) -A field , <>t 105 golf stars tee* off in the Hale Ymerlca tournament at the Ridgemoor country club today with It* eye* on the "Togas Twin*." Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, who have been picked ax the men to beat. Their competitive recorJa made Nelson and Hogan the favorite* for | the 72-hole medal test, th.- waryear successor to the National Open, but both may be aUo-rans in a field which Includes nearly every golf star of recent year*. ; Nelson, a dangerous contender in I every major tournament since he I won hi* first important title in the I 1939 National Open, is tated by ■ many as the world'* best goiter. Hr won the coveted Masters' invita- ! tional tn April In a play-off with Hogan and the Hah- America may, produce a repetition of that duel Hogan has been golfdom'* bigge*t money winner and low aver--1 age scorer for the past two year* ' , He lead* both divisions again this season and the winning slice of the I'l.ooo prtxe fund would go 'ar towaid clinching the hoonrs for a third consecutive campaign. Nelson and Hogan aren't the only entrant* with solid support however Other star* rated prominently in the title picture Include Craig Wood, winner of the 11*41 National open; Lawson Little, the long-hitt-ing former amateur champn n who teamed with Lloyd Mangrum to I : win the Inverness Round Robin tournament at Toledo las' week. . Harry Cooper of Minneapolis, surprise performer in the recent P. G. | A. meet at Atlantic City who appear* to have regained the brilliant : form that made him the links' top man in 1937; and Johnny Dawson, the Hollywood. Cal., amate.ii who forced the "pro" brigade to look at hi* heels in the Rancho Santa Fe tournament last January "Slamming Sammy" Snead, winner of the 1942 I'. G. A. crow;, who was certain to be among th- favorites here, was a late withdrawal. Knead is in the navy and undergoing "boot training" at Norfolk. Vs. Another srevice man unable to get a furlough to play was Corp. Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane. Wash., the reigning national ama j teur titlist- • A popular gallery favoii'e. but' not too serious a title contender I | I* Hobby Jone*, golf's one-time emperor who I* now a capiat-) In the I ('. S. army air corps. ♦— — “ — — — ♦ Today's Sport Parade • Reg. U. S. Pat. Office By Jack Guenther New York. June 18. — (VP) —' Brooklyn and St. !*>ul« come to j grip* today in the firwt gam- of 1 - what unfailingly is labeled a “cru- < ial series " and for just this once - the gaudy hilling constitutes no : other statement Bold BID South- i worth, the Cardinal manager, ad- j mtts as much hlm*elf. In the came ' WPB S-VS BOTTLE CAPS 30% But You Con Still Enjoy the Some Amount of FOX DE LUXE if You Buy the 32-Oz. QUART The WPB has cut the nee of bottle cape by for Sil breweries. Our answer is the Quart which holds almost three times as much as the regular 12-«. bottle, yet requires only see cap. The saving is obvious. Therefore.we urge you to buy the quart so that you can continue to emoy your jsual S amount of good old k Fox De Luxe. L NOW BREWED FOR YOU Mk IN INDIANA 9* teee Snag. U M ou A « T \ Ml Contains I Ml.. e riu i »LA»M» /

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breath, he promises ’that the ho*tilitie* will he anything hut dull. "Why. I'm amazed at all this loose talk that we have conceded the pennant and that the Dodger* are getting set io prlnt.world serif ' keis." the hard bitten little fellow In the bright red blaxer grunted indignantly "Who ever heard of a St. Ixmi* club conceding anybody anything *o long a* it held a mathematical chance. Certainly. I haven't. "Brooklyn is a good ball club. I'd be silly to deny that But the Dodgers are no champions yet. They aren't even champion* over the Cardinals. We have defeated them three time* In four games and we are only four and a half game* out of the lead. Concede now? Why that fe ridiculous, positively

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ridiculous. The season Isn’t even half over yet.” Southworth was voicing no loud opinions of the devastation his youngsters will wreak at Ebbets Field. That Isn’t the habit of the quiet, serious veteran who has been up and down often enough to realize that today's Jubilant boast may be tomorrow's verbal boomerana. Hut in hU own relaxed manner. he is confident the boys will take care of themselves. "Check over the record books and you'll find that I have little cause for alarm." he said. "We I are playing very good ball. Something the record books may not dieclose Is that we have the lowest earned run average in either league. We have the pitching and recently we've been getting the hitting When you have both, you are mighty tough to beat—mighty tough." The records bear out Southworth's contention. At the moment the Cards are sprinting. They have won seven straight and 15 In their last Ik games. The three they lost were heart breakers —two by one run and the third by two runs. The defense has given up as many as five runs only once since .May Ik. Pitching and a good Infield accounts for that. The pitching now is very fight. Mort Cooper won bio eighth game yesterday and John Beazley and Lonnie Warneke each won his fifth earlier in the week. Revamped outfielder Johnny Hopp has first has- under control and George Kurcwski has plugged a gap nicely at third. As for the offensive, well. Enos Slaughter 1s knocking 'em high, wide and handsome again. Bold Bill bellevM moat of the chatter concerning the Cardinals' willingness to concede was inspired by their laborious start and • rather wild rumor As yen remem ber. the Cards left the gate very slowly They barely broke even In 30 games while Southworth was smoothing over the rough edges The rumor? That was the one about the New York Giants. "The way I heard it Horace St.neharn was headed for St Ixutis with a freight car full of 120 bills and an option on Mort Cooper." Southworth related in tones implying that the whole thing was dreamed up at the national convention of the opium eaters' union. "Why that was Just plain silly. We ■I! ■ > i i 01 I You can borrow $lO to S3OO from us in any of these ways: 1. Call at office—where we will be glad to explain. j 2. Phone applications res eeive prompt attention. 3. Tear out ad—write yoor* nooae and address across f», and mail to us. Fnii details gladly furnished without east or obligation Ix>ana privately marie on your own signature and security. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY, INC. Saw SMW Stet imh aww sew. Ptau s-a-t II PSCAvya Um t n am w«e< u »«swi. L w, asm ate w«a Onates

Louis Must Complete I Basic Army Training I Secretary Os War Announces Ruling Washington. June 18 — <VP> - The war department ha* ruled that heavyweight champion Joe l»uis must complete hl* basic army training before it will consider allowing him to participate in any further public appearances, secretary of war Henry N)tm*on said today. ' dxrais' public appearances have j made It impossible for him ;o com-' plete his army (raining and this 1* I unfair to both Ixtuls and th'- army, the secretary said. “This is the j reason why we have made this ruling." Stimson said he did not know how long It would Im- before !x>uis , completes hi* training. However, ; the full basic training period take* 13 week* and Ixiuis already ha* j completed part of the required time. Stimson declined to elaborate In response to repeated press conference questions but he left the distinct impression with reporters thst the army might permit to fight when he completes his basic course* That, presumably, would be later this summer, in time for an outdoor bout in a big arena. Ix>ul* is understood to be de*irous of engaging In at least one more defense of his title so he can pay off approximately some of the 1170,000 he owe* the government in income taxes. aren't welling Cooper or anyone at thfe point.” In fact, the Cardinal pilot can hardly remember a season during which there were so few trades and talk of trades. “Oh. I probably could use a DiMaggio, maybe.” he grinned. “Yes. we'd try to find space for a DiMaggio, all right, but who wouldn't? Offhand, however. I can't think of anything we need. I'm set and the boy* are »e’t—for Brooklyn. We'll play each ot these five Dodger game*, a* If it were a battle all by itself, and each one wDI be a battle, too.” o Tuberculosis kills more persons between (he ages of 15 end 34 than does any other disease. Census figures reveal. It also cause* 14 percent of all deaths of person* aged 25 to 44.

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MAJOR LEAGUE SUHMNGS ' NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G B Brooklyn 39 IB .709 St. Louis 34 20 *.830 4>£ Cincinnati 32 27 .542 9 New York 30 30 .500 1114 I Chicago 29 32 .475 13 ■ Pittsburgh 28 31 .475 13 i Boston 27 38 .415 17 j Philadelphia 17 42 .288 24 AMERICAN LEAGUC W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 42 15 .737 Boston 32 24 .571 9>4 Cleveland 32 28 .533 life Detroit 33 31 514 12ft St. Louis 2» 32 .475 15 Philadelphia 2C 37 .413 19 Chicago 22 34 .393 1»H Washington 22 37 .372 21 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League < Brooklyn 5. Chicago 1. St. Louis 3. New York 0. . Cincinnati 44. Boston 2-3. Pittsburgh 6. Philadelphia 1. American League Philadelphia 4. Chicago 3. St. I*oul* 6. Boston 3. Detroit 1, New York 0. Cleveland 5. Washington 4.

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