Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 28 June 1944 — Page 6

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St. Louis May Set Up Record For Early Win Caidinals Could Take Pennant On August 24 If Get Right Breaks N«w York, June 28 — (UP) —; A check of National league stand-j ings and some slide rule mathe-| matlcs today revealed that the St.j Ixsulx Cardinals possibly could I clinch the pennant on Auk 24— 23 days earlier than the senior circuit pennant ever has been won In a regular 154 game schedule. The hauls for computation was formed on performances to date and on the sleiid -r assumption that the leading dubs will continue to play the same percentage of winning baseball that they have exhibited thus far in the campaign. Nevertheless, It is an Indication that the Cards will set a new record for early pennant winning this season The earliest date the National league has been positive of Its WTyfTVVWTVwWYfnw I MICHELE RICCARDI • ! N. 7th St. | This emblem of courtesy and safe driving Is awarded to a car owner »f this community every week. MMVM CAMFVLLV - SAVI A UPC DhwO* Ccr>, Fort Vw*s. fed. <- 11. ■> ■MWMBMMRIFV Comfortably Cool Tonight & Thursday r~ OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 Continuous Thur*, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! • « fir public Picture prrirnli JUNE HAVOC fjjllfil DALE EVANS < OATiIOH tUCISN K*W ' UVTliElll* .. IAN KIITH WM Y appts imho* t rW ■ >lilX Ac 1 —ADDED HITS—INVASION! Actual news rati pictures of U. *. Soldiers storming Franco I PLUS—"Msmphl* B*H*"-4n Color Set An American bomlror dropping blockbuster* on Barlin! 9c-40c Inc. Tax O—O Fri. A Sat.—" Heavenly Body" William Powoll, Hody Laman O—O Bun. Mon. Tuoo. — "Lady In the Dark" Ginger Rogsru.

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world series representatives in other years was Sept. Id, that dale being hit by two dubs us pennant clinching day. The 1919 Cincinnati Reds and the 1931 St. Louis Cardinals shared the record. The Chicago Cubs cinched the flag on Aug. 25, 1918, but t|pit season closed on ixibor Day. and in 1902, the Pittsburgh Pirates won the flag on Sept. 1, but the season called for only 140 games at that time. Currently the Cards are playing .719 ball with 41 games won and 16 lost. Nine and a half b>-h(nd are the Pittsburgh Pirates In second place with 31 Kames won and 25 lost with a percentage of ; .554. Possible Score | If the two league leaders con- | tlnued to play that brand of ball. I the pennant race would end Auk '24 with their lines reading: W L Pct. St. Louis 86 33 .723 Pittsburgh 66 53 .555 It Is even feasible that the Cards could be assured of world series competition tarlier than that. If Pittsburgh. New York and Brooklyn, the rest of the first division, start knocking each other off and the Cards continue to win. the clinching date might be several days earlier than the current pace predicts. Before Cardinal rooters order series tickets, however. It should be pointed out that greater leads than theirs have been dissipated and greater deficiencies than those displayed by the last place Chicago Cubs, have be»n overcome between mid season and the end of the campaign. The Dodgers of 1942 blew a midseason lead of greater proportion than the Cardinals now boast and. on the other hand, the "miracle" Boston Braves of 1914, were In last place as late as July 19. and came on with a winning streak that won the pennant by 10*4 games and took the world series In four straight. Blue Jackets Wallop Chicago Cubs Tuesday Great l<akea, 111., June 28.—(UP) —Bunching three runs In the ninth inning, the undefeated Great Lakes Bluejackets copped their 21st victory yesterday, winning over the Chicago Cubs. 3-2, before 12,000 sailors. Bob Klinger was the winning pitcher for the Bluejackets. Paul Erickson, who held the Cub* to three hits In the first eight Innings and alfbwed three In the ninth, was the losing moundsmun. "Which Is It?" Asks Dewey On Nomination lAHnny. N. Y.. June 28. — (UP). Gov, Thomas E Dewey, congratulated by newsmen on his nomination as Republican presidential | CORTI Tonight & Thursday Bk * I&tßopfe Ami *1 NOW—On (very Wed. A Thgrs. program—a hilarious 2-rool oom •dy Vow'll how* et Hugh Herbert in “Oh Baby." •e-DOe Inc. Tax O—O tri. A tat.—Chea. Starrett In “RIDING WMF o—o tun. Mon. Tues.—“TROCADERO" A “NANONGA."

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Milwaukee Beats Columbus Outfit Toledo, Minneapolis Also Win Their Games By United Press A two-run rally In 'he ninth Inning |>av--d the way for the leading .Milwaukee Brewers to score a 3 to 2 13-lnnlng decision over i the second place Columbus Redbirds In the American association yesterday. In other association games Toi l<do whipped Kansas City lb to 3. Minneapolis treat Louisville 19 to 9 and St. Paul edged out Indianapolis 5 to 4. Ken Burkhart hurled shut-out hall for the Redblrds until the ninth Inning when Milwaukee scored two runs to tie the score. Burkhart pitched for another inning when he was replaced by Stan Partenheimer. Columbus scored both Us runs in the sixth inning off Charlie Gassaway, who was relieved in the eighth inning by Jack Farmer. The Toledo Mudhens blasted out 12 hits to score a 10 to 3 win over the Kansas City Blues Both sides made five errors. The Minneapolis Millers collected 21 hits off four Louisville hurlera to whip the Colonels 19 to 9. Fourteen of the Millers runs were shcred In the big second and seventh innings. Today's schedule: (al! night games! Milwaukee at Toledo, 2 games: Kansas City at Columbus; Minneapolis at Indianapolis; St. Paul at Louisville, 2 games. • - Today's Sports Parade ■y JACK CUDDY (Reg. U. S. Pat Oft) ♦ 0 Pittsburgh, Pa.. June 28.—(UP! — Jake Mints, greatest "character" in the current fight game, says that Hitler and Tojo made the biggest mistake in history when they squared off against the U. S. A. just when out country was completely "slug nutty." Mints, who has an authoritative finger In Pittsburgh's pugilistic pie, says the Ash rati hi made the mistake of belting us around just when the U. 8. A. reached the raw-meat stage In sports when fans demand ed the "kill*' In nearly every branch of athletics —the home run in base bail; the kayo In boxing; the skyscraper knock-in in baseball; the biasing smash In tennis, and even the killing kick at the end of the candidacy, remarked today: "Congratulations or commiserations, which io Itr nr A LOAN WILL HELP YOU—don't hesitate to coma in and talk with us. There wtlfbe no obligation it you do not take a loan. SPECIAL SERVICE It you naad a loan and are unable to call at office during day, wo can see you any Tuesday or Raturelay evening Just write or phono uo the time you want to see us. Ovw SeSaftr Mon - Tatestooe M 4 SZCATUS. ISetA«U

mile run. Mints Is matchmaker for the Rooney-McGingley sports enterprises in Pittsburgh. Home say he is a silent partner in the enterprises. We can assure you that he Is no 8-I-L-E-N-T partner. Our attention was first attracted to Mints at the Union grill in the Hotel Pittsburgher when the head waiter approached the unsuspecting matchmaker at the bar and said, "Mr Mints, the big table is ready now for your party of 14." Mintz forgot completely the mounting bill as he battled vociferously with a supposed outsider —a heckler who accueed him of packing Monday night's Zivic-Bell fight card with old men who needed crutches to get into the ring. Mintz smashed platen and broke water glasses in his violent attempts to get at the heckler, who happened to be an editor known to everyone in Pittsburgh- except Mintz. Jabbering Jake nays he is 45; he has been promoting and matchmaking in Pittsburgh for 12 years, during which he started Fritzie Zlvic, Billy Conn, etc., on the lumpy road to success. He staged more than 300 bouts, most of which he claims were "colknuiical." He tried to enlist in the urtny when war broke out. but was rejected because of "preferred ear drums." It seems that his early fighting days affected his ears, an well as his nose. He became flyweight champion of West Virginia. While demonstrating a carpet sweeper at a 10-cent store at Charleston. W. Va.. he attended a dance where he had an argument with a certain party, who ultimately was stretched on the waxed maple. The local boxing promoter witnessed this encounter, and asked little Jakie, "are you a pug?" Jake when on from there, sweeping opponents to the carpet instead of demonstrating carpet sweepers. MAJORLEAGUE sjffles NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. (18. St. Louis4l 18 .719 Pittsburgh 31 25 .554 9H New York 82 29 .528 11 Brooklyn 33 30 .524 11 Cincinnati .... 31 30 .508 12fc Boston 27 38 . 429 17 Philadelphia 22 35 .388 19 Chicago 19 35 .325 20% AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. 08. St. Louis — 38 27 .585 Chicago 30 27 .528 4 New York 31 29 .517 4H Boston 33 31 .518 4% Washington 30 33 .478 7 Detroit — 30 34 .469 7fc Philadelphia 29 34 .460 8 Cleveland - 29 35 .453 6% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League No games scheduled. American League No games scheduled. o—— Locks of the Panama canal will accommodate a ship 1,000 feet ong and 110 foot wide.

Seguro Heads Tennis Survivors In Tourney • II II! ■ in. IM Georgia Tech Has Two Men Left Among Eight Evanaton. 111., June 28.-. (UP)— FrancUco (Pun co) Segura, university of Miami tennta *tar from South America. Iteaded a lint of eight survivor* In the national collegiate lentil* tournament toduy after defeating Dale Lewis, Utah State, 6-1, 6-4) yeaterday. Segura won the match handily a* hl* accurate placement* chatted the lauky Lowi* all over the Northwestern court*. In the last game. Lewi* Iwd the national collegiate champion 49-iove. -But the irreprtvelble Ecuadorian bounced back to make It a love get. Georgia Tech, a dark horse, continued to Are a strong cont -nder for the team title when it* two enIran*. Howard .McCall and Joe Willett, won their matches. The Tech threat overshadowed Notre Dame's early bid for the team champiotMhlp after the four-man It’lah squad was cut to a ixrne survivor when Charles Samson defeated Bcf!> ia*wi* of Utah 6-4, 6-2. — 0 ■ Powerful Attack Is Begun In Normandy '■Allied Supreme Headquarter*, iaindon, June 28 — (UP). — British force* opened a powerful n«w attack north and northeast of Caen ’t»day in concert with a flanking drive southwest of the German anchor base, which surged forward to within I»mm than three mile* of the Nazi*' Orne river defense line. First gold in Alaska was mined near Juneau in 1880

iNiwinwnfiKnnirDiiiiiiiiiiiiLJiijji I Conserve Water I DON’T SPRINKLE LAWNS The City appeals to citizens to conserve water by not sprinkling their towns. I . Here is the reason . . . with the pumping i of five wells ... all that the city has ... the consumption of water is greater than the , production. luwt night the two reservoirs were drained eight feet and the pumps cannot deliver sufficient water to keep up the reserve. I • 1 With the hot weather the use of water increases and there is enough for ordinary use and fire protection, but not for sprinkling. Don’t Turn On The Hose Tonight! City Water Dept.

G. E. Scores Win In Only Softball Game Runs In Second, Third Innings Give Victory The General Electric team beat the Moose nlpe 2 to 0 in the only game played In the softball league Tueaday night. Ossian, which was to have played an exhibition game with the G. E.. failed to show up at the field. The General Electric played a perfect brand of ball with no errors chalked up against them while the Moose team had two, Runs were scored by Jackson In the second inning and Andrews In the third to win the game for the General Electric. RHE G. E 011 000 0-2 2 0 Moose 000 000 0- -0 2 2 Gordon and Windmiller; Strahm and Bultemeler. STRIKE NAZI'S (Contlnu*U From Pax* H 45th communique said "good progress” is being made. British Advance The British swept across the Od on liver, captured Tourville and were headed for the Orne, which Hows through Caen. The advance flanked Caen from the southwest, engulfed high, wooded ground providing excellent gun positions, and carried on to a plain five to six miles wide between the Odon and Orne Richard D. McMillan, United Press was correspondent, reported from the front that the Germans showed signs of being near the cracking point in that area. The British were well-supported by the air forces, which among other achievements demolished a German army corps headquarters, 14 miles east of St. Lo. helping to disrupt the enemy’s organization. At the northern end of the peninsula. American forces were mopping up isloated enemy pockets east and west of Cherbourg. Within the liberated port, all resistance had ceased except for an occasional snipor. Engineers were at work ruatoring the partly wrecked harbor. Soviet* Rush On Soviet dispatches from the White Russian front declared today that the German defeat was a rout and that “the road to Minsk lies open." Violent street lighting was In progress in Mogilev and Bobrulak, last st rungholds of the shattered German “fatherland line.” Vitebsk, i Zholbin, and Orsha already had I been captured. The Russian* were attacking with an estimated l.lMiO.OOt) men. and the enemy’* pill box and “hedgehog" defense* were simply being overwhelmed. The Russians knocked out five enemy division* In a pocket outside Vitebsk, k/lling more than 20,000 and taking 10,000 prisoner*. Another five division* were surrounded at Bobruisk and facing a similar fate. On the Finnish front, Soviet forces advanced 18 miles along the Ix-nlngrud-Murmansk railway aagalnut weakening Finnish resistance. Nevertheless, the Finns had made an agreement with Germany to stay in the- war. and Swedish reliorts avid todarthat German troop* were marchinc into Helsinki to bolster Its defe ues. In Italy the were fighting a desperah rear guard action in the hills from the west coast half way across the peninsula, trying

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