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Bond Baseball Day In Hew York Aug. 26 Former Stars Will Appear On Program New York, Auk 3 IP) The glorious day* of the pas! will come to We in New York’s polo ground* on August 26 It's the big war itoitd bsselwll day when a picked team of New York Giant*. N«-w York Yankees and Brooklyn Hod ger* will meet a crack service i team. And there will be other leant* on th« field that afternoon—to throw the ball around and make a jfew speeches. A team that will make the fan* go back to their record books. How would any major league manager like to have a battery composed of Walter Johnson and Roger Bresnahan You may not have heard of Roger but he was one of the forme r greats of the New York Giants The rest of the dream team will ice made up of at least seven fellows who have landed in baselial’s hall of fame. How many fans will forget the twinkling play of George Staler at first base There weren't many play* that got by George's snappy grasp. The rest of the Infield reads like n manager's dream at second there will lie Eddie Collin* a fellow who has sparked many a doubts) play Shortstop will be held down by the king of them all Hotm* Wag nrr. Bonus in his prime made tin

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hardest hit ball look like tin easy roller There weren't many batter* in the National League who could bit one inert the old master when hi- leg* were In shape. The hot corm r will be held down Icy a little guy named Frankie Frisch who lncld< ntully I* Wagner's bos* right now. Frankie is manager of the surging Pittsburgh Pirate* and Honus I* one of the , coat he*. And. for power hitting there will , be three of the Killies greatest . outfielders. They answer to the name* of Ruth. Cobb and Power than any major h-agii- ball dub ever ha* had at one time. Babe Ruth's phenomenal feats I with the New York Yankees have gone down in baseball history. He still hold- the major league record for hitting the most horn.- runs during a single season But don't sell those- other out fielders short Tris Speaker and . Ty Cobb have done their fair share of batting the ball around and out | of the lot. too. And. there are those who Insist that no greater| fielding outfielder ever lived than Ty Cobh the Georgia Peach. However, be that as it may. the boy* really would have a powerful ball dub If they could tak- a dip in the fountain of youth And. with a fellow like Big Train Walter Johnson throwing them tip to the plate they probaldy wouldn't need as many runs to win a ball game at that. Tin- mm man who hasn't been mentioned I* perhaps the greatest o! them all That's affable Connie Mack the perennial manager of the Philadelphia Athletics who I also will make an nppernce. Wouldn't It be a thrill if those grand old players could only go hack a few years just for the afternoon of August 26 and play a ball game against the big leagues. It would be an Interesting game to J say the Toast. Pirates Increase Second Place Lead Hold Two-Game Edge Over Brooklyn Nine lily United PrcHsi Those pirate* did It again they I up and stole a ball game right from under the noses of tile Boston Braves. And a good game It was. too. i Frank Gustine broke- It up in the I home half of the ninth inning with a single- that scored Elbie Fletcher from second and gave the Pirates a 5 to I win. The victory pushed the- Pirates another half game ahead of the Brooklyn ledgers who arc roosting in third place in the national CORT _____________________ Last Time Tonight "TONICHT WE RAID CALAIS" Annabella. John Sutton , and "YANKf AHOY" William Tracy. Joe Sawyer 9c25c Inc. Tas ♦ ' —♦ Wed. and Thurs. , WOW-ftft/ In Broadway's Wide . Open Placwsl , . «■ Ji Isk* l ■ || ° W i J L EH* . ’ J Coming Sun—"Rtderw of North a west MountMl and "Rodhead from Manhattan"

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league. Pittsburgh now lead* the Dodgers by two games. Hunk Gornicki came on in the I ninth for the Pirates to get credit | for the victory after Bob Klinger had pitched the first eight innings the beer was Charlie Barrett, who was summoned from the bull pen in the seventh to replace Manny Salvo ,1s) the American league, the Philadelphia Athletics defeated Chicago. 5 to 3. as Wally Moses stole three liases to raise his total to 33. Philadelphia broke a 3-3 tie In the eighth inning to push across the winning runs. In Washington, the Senators made it four In a row over the St. larui* Browns by winning. 4 to 3 .Milt Haefner went all the way for the Senators and he managed to hold off a St. Louis rally in the ninth Inning. Q .... —■ Browns Winners In Recreation League The Brown* defeated th*- White Sox. 10 to 6. in a Recreation leaague game Monday at Worthman field. Gilbert and Pollock formed the Browns battery, with Haley and Mills the While Sox battery. - o -- Squirrel Season To Open Next Tuesday With the opening of the squirrel season only a week away, local hunter* today began worrying in earnest atwiut the ammunition situation. Although the open season extend*) from August 10 to October 8. inclusive, enlhu-lasts here know that war reatrictlomi on ammunition will curtail their hunting considerably. too, some have pointed out. ino-qultmn are so thick in Cue woods this year that many are not

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anxious to tramp through them searching for the elusive little fellows. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G B. St. Louis 62 31 .667 Pittsburgh 52 42 .553 lOty BriHiklyn ■>-' (6 531 13 Cincinnati 50 45 .526 13 Chicago 45 49 .479 17*4 Philadelphia 44 54 449 Boston 39 52 .429 22 New York 35 60 .433 28 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. GB. New York 57 35 .620 Chicago 49 45 .521 9 Washington 51 47 .520 9 Detroit 46 46 .500 11 Cleveland 45 47 .489 12 Boston 46 48 .48912 St. Louis 42 49 .462 l4<-i Philadelphia 39 58 402 20ft YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 5. Boston 4. Only game scheduled. American League Philadelphia 5. Chicago 3. Washington 4. St. Louis 3. Only games scheduled.

Cubs Trade Lee l-or Phillies’ Catcher Mickey Livingston Obtained By Cubs Chicago. Aug 3 IP)-The < hlcago Cubs have traded veteran Pitcher Bill Lee to the Philadelphia Phils for Catcher Mickey Livingston. The transfers will take place at once. Lee Is 33 years old ami has been with the Cuba since the close of the 1933 season when he was purchased from Columbus in the American Association. He quickly established himself as one of the National Ixtaguv's great right handers and helped hurl the t ttlis to pennants in 1936 and 1938. He won 2o games against ix d--fe;its In 1935. and scored 22 triumph* as against nine losses In 193 k. laist season, la-e had a record of 13 victories against a like num her of defeats, but most of this season he has been Ineffective, winning only three games while! osing seven. Livingston Is 26 years old and is playing hi* third season In the majors. • —-o JAP GARRISON (Contlauwd From Fag* 1) most of their power to the Dutch East Indies. Guard has just returned from an extensive air tour ot General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific command. ami he says the Japs have built a mighty bastion In the East Indies. Presumably the enemy is mustering all available forces to meet an anticipated Allied drive. ■ - -o — State Conservation Officer In Decatur ('apt. Charles Wese of the Indiana conservation department, visited in Decatur la*t night. Wese is one of four captains of conservation officers in the state and was recently argigned to this section lie served as a southern captain for the pa-t 19 months. Harold Harvey Is the conservation officer for this county. o DRAFT BOARDS tCoatlnuwd Prom Pag* 1) atcr Wheeler of Montana, would d.fer the drafting of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until January L IM4. The only congressional comment on the llßliik of the draft ban was adverse. Said Senator Eilleon Smith of South Carolina —"We've got more soldiers than we need now." He added: "If we induct fathers we break up the family and make the family d» pendent on the state. Then, our next generation of rulent will be raised In incubators." November In Indiana Indianapolis. Aug. 3. — tl'Pl — Indiana's selective service director has announced that pre-Pearl .Harbor fathers in the state will not be drhfted before November. Colonel Robinson Hitchcock made this disclosure following manpower 1 director Paul McNutt's order auth--1 orixing draft boards to begin reclassifying fathers of children born I before September 15. 1942. These men are to be made subject to Induction after October 1. Hitchcock expressed a hope that Induction of Indiana fathers could be delayed until December. But be said this would depend on the quotas which draft boards would be asked to fill during October and No-

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6. E„ Jt Mary's j Win League Games Defeat McMillen And Schafer Teams A pair of free-scoring tilts marked Monday night's play in the (Tty softball league at Worthman field. G. E. (Tub outlasted McMillen in the opening game to edge out a 10 to 9 triumph, the winners halting a McMillen rally with the tying run j on haw in the seventh inning. In the nightcap. Bt. Mary s dei seated Schafer. 9 to 4. with the losers scoring three of their runs in the final Inning. Scores by innings: R H E McMillen 2(W» 101 5— 9 12 4 G E Chib 112 105 X 10 11 0 Arnold. Vixard and Snyder; Gordon and Holtsberry. Schafer 000 010 3—4 6 2 St. Mary's 220 014 «-• 6 1 Selklng. H Scherer and Stoppenhagen: R Lengerich and Faurote. I BRITISH SHELLS (Continued From Facs 1) went over later to inspect the damage. but it was not yet known whether the roads had been blocked for good. In any event, the Germans will have a hard time cleaning up the mess and clearing the road and railway. HEART Os RESISTANCE (Continued From **«• I' Americans drove the German* Into the northern tip of (he Sicilian coffin corner. Great armadas of enemy shipping are massing near the Messina straits, but It la still not clear whether the enemy is planning an vember. The Hoosier selective aervice director called attention to the fact that national plans Indicate that only 300.000 pre-Pearl Harbor fathers will be Inducted. Vnder such plan*. Hitchcock said. Indiana's quota Would be 5.0U0 or fi.ooo.

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evacuation or still means to potir reinforcements Into Its dwindling garrison* on Sicily. But Ixiudon military observers believe that the overwhelming Allied military superiority doom* any major move across the straits. With Axis air resistance mysteriously absent. United State* fighter bombers yesterday carried out low- ■ level attack* on the docks at Ml- ‘ lazxo and Messina, on the north western corner of Sicily. And they crossed over to the Italian mainland to hit nearby Reggio Calabria Allied warship* are closing in for the final strangle-hold. A big British warship today knocked thousands of tons of debris across the main road and railyway that is the German retreat route to Messina. It lent clear If the roads have l>een blocked Iteyond repair but with the Allied steamroller roaring down on them, any delay for the Germans is almost bound to bo fatal. Up In dissension-ridden Italy. Britl*h bombers have given Naples Its second attack since peace negotiations broke down. Reports from Madrid Indicate that the Allied warning of more and more bombing* 1* having Its calculated effect. Italians are said to be deserting factories In wholesale tots. From Madrid also comes word that the Italian government met to discuss peace terms, but that the meeting broke up In a general disagreement. Whatever new riots are fomenting within .Marshal Radoglio's Itlian government are being kept from the rest of the world by a strivi censorship. But a left-wing manifesto la said t« ba»e ml I **: tinon the army to oust Badoglio and make peace. The Rome radio still is playing Its comic opera role of discussing the possibilities of peace and then tossing belligerent threats at the Allies. An Italian broadcast speaks of an alleged seven-point armistice proposal by President Roosevelt. It Is supposed to call for the end of collaboration with Germany, the withdrawal of Italian troops from other countries, surrender of all i war material, arrest of war criminals and an Allied administration in Italy for'lhe rest of the war. The broadcast says these terms make It clear that the Allies have

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