Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1944 — Page 6

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Boston Beats Yanks In First Till Os Series Cords Set Record In Winning 90th Gome Os Season New York Aug 29 -< I I* The fuel stepping D< ->ii Tigers today had ih«- Golden opportunity of mov- I Ing Into second place n the American League'* tight pennant run-! for the flrat time t'n.s -*-o*oll a* | their bitter rival* Now York and Boston. engaged in .* knockdown dragon doublehexde at Yankee stadium Detroit. in w tied for third place with the Yarik*, wax favored to h* at Cbi< ago'** ei-v.-nth pla • VY'iite Sox in .1 -Ingle z.im*- today A win would lift the 1.-- into eeeond S|*ot if th. Yank* •*•- and R--d Sox split their twin-hill a* to *-Xpet !* i ed Manager Stev,- O N-ill of tl*-.-Bengala Was exp. . '. I Io slioot Diz zy Trout to the mound after hi* 22nd vi* fory in an off..: - to nail down the rtinn* * up -po- With the exception of fine' ..nd -.-* ..-id pi the Tiger* have b-*-n In every other •pot In the ~.landings at one ' m*- . or another tins e*-ason. I Anything *an happ.-tt at the sta dlum as was evid.ro — I in y*--tei t

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lay -7 1 victory by Bouton. Manage- Jo«- Cron -i announced ’ha- he would atari hie two recen'v a <|U -I w •' coast, hurlc-r- Hex Cecil, who has won two and lost wo t i.. S.ix tn two w. • k*. and Clem D ■ x-ewerd. who will be tnaktlx- ’i.- 1. «d major l*-agu*- start a-g.ihi-t th* champions Yankee pilot Jo. M< Carthy wa** expected to open w. i Y’iey Donald and - art Ills new rook Floyd 11. -v* tis in the i ghtrap Tina with thr* rookisa figuring in starting assignment*, arid the Itil'er rivalry between the wo .lute a- tie pennant race *n--.-i. tin- home stretch, a .-p.it fizuri d be 'i. m d Itk' ly outcome. V. -t. •: day play looked like any--1 tiling bu that expected from dubs ■■ 1 llmttling for i flag. The Yank.; I got 2 men on base. six by hits. 13 m walks and one on an error, but . were able to bring but four home,, | three of them in the ninth Inning In four inn ng* they had the banes | loaded, largely through the wild-I tie-s ..f It-e'en pitch* s. Fourteen ,■ laiglit liallr. 12 by starter Yank I Terry, loaded the -acks with none out in the fourth frame. Cronin pulled Terry and called Oil Joe Bowman who threw two ball* be-' fore fanning Oscai Grim*-* and I Mike Mi. > h and get'ing Mikel (lai bark to fly out 1 . Sox •* k- I s'a: ■ Bill Zuber for four hit* and four run* in ■ i< fourth and added another pair tn the sixth to clinch tlie game Th.- only conte.t heduied in the i league Bowman wa* credited with | the triumph. In the national |. -ague the St. Louis Catdinal- bros* a record <•»■ I 'u. ci.'h. <1 on August 2h. 19*h>, by the | f '• l . '. > f'li '> . A l ..11 •ii. . V A.- ,

* in .iz-* < (»->■ * ,i*-n they i>-* aim-j I lory -o win their 9* th gain*- before* j that date by beating th*- Cincinnati I | R. iis, 3 2 Tin- i* -ord looked safe for eight i i Inning. .*- Harry Gtinsbcrt pitched j xhutout ball against hi* old mates ‘ i But after one run had scored in the i ntn'h. r* s*-rv*> - at* her K*-n (>l», .i. ’ hitting for Emil Verlian, pinc h hit .* ’wo run homer to give big Mort I Coo)** hl* 19th de* ieion and era* k ! t..e * utbs mark by a day. * mpei al- I lowed but three hit* in winning.’ tone of w.'in h wae . iwo run double I by C.iH inn.i- lauiiel R.,y Mu.-llei ! | in the seventh inning. I’lt .tburzii at Chicago, th*- only I I other national league gam*- e* he<l uled. wa. p< t .ip»:i*-,| b.-i au *• of wet .grounds Y*-terday'* Star Ken O'Dea, | second string catcher for the St 1.-i-i Cardinals wfitwe two run I I homer in th*- la.t half of the ninth lining ga.»- th*- league champs a I : 2 win over Cincinnati St. Louis Browns' Hurler Is Iniured St Ixitils, Aug 29 tCPi-The St Louis Browns' pennant hopes were shaken today when it was learned 'hat pit* her Bob Muni rief ; one of their mainstays this season, would be out of the lineup for at | least a week because of an elbow sprain. The injury was revealed In an •-xamination by Robert F Hyland , yesterday. Muncrief had complain-

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Byron Nelson Wins J In Tam O'Shanter Breaks All Money Records For Golf I Chicago. Aug. 29 tl'lT’l Gold was first dls*-over*-d In the hills of . Tam O’Shanter golf course in 1911, , ■ and today three yearn later , I Hymn N* Ison had work*-*l the hill* . i for ,15 150. . I He set himself up a> the No, 1 , ' prospector yesterday when he shot a thtce iinder par 69 for an ugg-*- . p!a<- in tin all Am*-! icon open. . gate 72 hob- score of 2M* and Ills' world 113,162 In war bond* ifb'.lf" in cash). Ills'2**n. eight under par Williamton Fourth Bud Williamson, pro at the Decatur Country club a number of y. ars ago. firil«h*-<! well up In the mon.-y at the AllAmerican open tourney, emerging In a three way tie for fourth plat.-, good for *2.477 each In cash Wflliam«on. who in now the pro at Lincoln Neb. married Miss Cecelia Appelman. daughter of George Appelman of this city. and five tinder Ed Dudley, second j place winner, gave Nelson a new I all-time money winning mark of ! 125.1*1* for one year and th*- fourth check from George t May. the golfers' friend who sponsors th*all Americ an tournaments at Tam ■ O'Shanter. The other two championships of the trfpleheader all American were I played yesterday, but everything i was incidental to Nelson, his golf I .cud his winnings. 8.-tty llick». Txtng Beach. Calif, moved up a notch from her runtn-r- --! up position of last year to win the I all American women's open by one drake from Philadelphia's Dorothy I Germain, while the amateur ended ■ in ,c three-way tie at the end of i 72 holes between a policeman from Miami. Fla. a mailman in a DeI troit defense plan' and a chemlit from St. laiuis. Earl Christiansen, th.- policeman; i Ed Furgol. the mailman, and Ken I'ellemann, the chemist, ftnished with 295 each, and will go through an anti-climac tic IS hole match today to end eight days of the crazj iesl golf eVer. Ev.-rythlng else went by the i ' board* yesterday In a grand, hectic rush, as Nelson, the confident p*, f--* tionist from Toledo. ().. broke anif made records. The Tam O'Shanter golf book looked something like this today 1. Nelson broke the all-time i money winning mark of 319.534 ac-1 c umulated by Sam Snead In 19381 as he ran his 1941 winnings to 125.Hl* in c ash 2. He was paid off at the rate of *36 in cash per stroke for 280 shots. 3 He won the richest golfing tournament in history for the third time, bringing his tola! all American winning to *15.350. He won the embryo 1911 tournament for *2,000; th*- I**l2 eliampionshlp was his for ,2,500; tied for third and ,750 in cash In 1913; and won *lO,100 in cash flits year. 4. He shot 278 in the 1941 all American; 280 for 72 holes In 1942 and 1914 and 283 In 1943 to be paid , off -at the rate of *13.60 per stroke j over the four year period ■-ii of a sore arm for about a month j He was knocked out of the box In Sunday's game against the Detroit Tigers, the fifth consecutive time lie had been unable to go the route. .Muncrief has won 12 games this season.

Public Sale Ar I have decided to discontinue my farming operation and devote my full time to my business. I will sell at public sale my personal property at my farm located 4 miles east of Decatur on State Road 224 and mile north and »«, mile east or l*i ml lea south of the Bleeke church and *, mile eaat on the old Van Wert-Decatur road, on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 1944 Sale to start at 1:00 P. M. S—CATTLE—S Brown Swiss cow. 3 yr old. due Mar. 6; Guernsey cow, 7 yr. old. due Mar 3rd; Holstein A Guernsey. 3 yr. old, due Mar. 16; Holstein cow. 4 yr. old. paature bred. All of the alcove in good flow of milk. 25 — HOGS — 25 Spotted aow bred to farrow in September; 2 Black sows bred for October littera. Berkshire Male Hog 21 Feeder ahoats. 60 to SO lbs. — HAY — 25 bales of good timothy and 150 bales of exceptionally good clover. — IMPLEMENTS — 12" John Deere tractor plow; Moline manure apreader; steel wheel dump rake; 5 ft McCormick mower; Dunham cultipacker; Turnbull wagon with good grain box and scoop board; hay laddera; wagon gear; 7 ft. Milwaukee binder; 2 spring harrows; spike harrow; Oliver breaking plow; corn planter; hand corn eheller: Burr grinder; grapple fork; 2 shovel cultivator; corn cultivator; mud boat; power rip saw with marine motor. MISCELLANEOUS 12 ft. metal brooder house; Welter hog house; Model W-M BriggsStratton motor; Haul shallow well waler system, 500 gal. cap.; Feed cooker; 2 Lawn mowers; Oil heating stove; Iron kettle; laird press; Sausage grinder; 12 Lard cans. Cane Mill equipment. Including Power Cane preen. Speed Jack, evaporating pan. Cooker furnace, 4 Fuel barrels, and many small items too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. FERD KLENK, Owner Auctioneer—T. D. Schieferstetn Clerk—Ed Krueckenberg

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS I NATIONAL LEAGUE W I. Pc t. G B St Ixiuis 90 30 .750 Pittsburgh 7o 47 .598 18 H Cincinnati 67. 50 .573 21H ! New York 56 66 ,159 35 Chicago 51 61 .143 36'x Philadelphia 4s 70 .407 41 Boston 19 73 .102 42 Brooklyn 46 77 .374 454 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet G B St Louis 70 54 .565 Boston 67 58 536 34 New York 65 57 .533 4 Detroit 65 57 .533 4 Cleveland 6o 66 .476 11 Philadelphia 60 67 .472 12 Chicago 57 66 463 124 Washington 62 71 423174 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St Louis 3. Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh at Chicago, rain, tinly games scheduled. American League Boston 7. New York 4. Only game scheduled. Bears And All-Stars In Final Workouts To Play Wednesday In Annual Battle Chicago. Aug 29 (UP)- The College All-tStam and the Chicago I Bears went through their final workout* today as odd* shifted hack and fourth on the outcome of the 11th annual foolball cliMialc at Dyche stadium. Evanston. 111.. I tomorrow The CollegiatM, who will use head coach Lynn Waldorfs single wing lui-k formation against the profac sional champion*, will he led l>y Capt. Dick Barwegen. regular guard ■on Purdue's undefeated 1943 football team which shared the Big Ten title with Michigan Barwegen was ' elected l>y hat teammate* yesterday I with Glenn Ddbb*. Tusa I'niverclty's All-American back, placing second in the voting. •Three halfbacks have beengroomed to handle the Collegians' offensive. Including Doitb*. the great kicker and paoser who wa* a kingpin in the defeat of the Washington Redskins In last year’s game. Sharing offensive chores with Dohlm will be Billy Hlllen brand, former All-American at Indiana. and Charley Trippl. a proven passing and running star from Georgia university. The Bears broke training camp i at Collegeville. Ind . ytviterday and will take their final workout today at Dyche stadium, where over 60.j 000 spectator* are expected to witness the game. The Bear*, a shaI (low of their former gn-atnexs. have built their offense once again on the right arm of Ens. Nld Luckman, although this time there Isn't the great line and supporting backfield cast to aid him In addition to the annual presen-

World Series Opens Wednesday, Od. 4 Cards' Park Scene Os Series Opener Chl.ago, Aug. 29 ll’P) The St. lamb* Cardinals will open their eighth world series campaign Wednesday. Oct 4. six weeks f-om to morrow when they meet ih< Amet lean league pennant winner at Sportsmen’s Park In the opening I game of what may be St. Louis’ first cross-town series Although it still is possible for the Cardinals to lose on’ In th* f National league race, the posslhil , Ity is so remote that the second-1 place Pittsburgh Pirates, who are 18 games behind, did not even have a representative at the worlil ser latfon of the star* Elmer Layden, national football league commissioner, will present the Joe Car ■ memorial trophy to quarteiback Lucktnna. who was named the mc*vt valuatble professional player last year. Pvt. Marlin tl’att Harder of the Marines, who teamed with Itobbs last year to rout the Redskin*. 277. will receive the silver trophy awarded him a year ago as the most valuable player in the loth annual All*Star game Harry Stuhldreher, Harder's coach at Wisconsin and coach of the 1943 All Stars, will make the presentation. Meanlhlle odds varied on the game, with an early trend favoring the Bears later t.whching hack to even-up A few observers still figured the Bears as two or three points better than th*- Collegian*.

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, i., *,i -. n ludg* >'• • * '*• J Landis' office yesterday ttn the oth*-- hand, th* Ameri.ai* ■ j I* agu. was represented by all four of tin- fit st division teams, the h ading Nt. Louis Browns who stand I 3*g games ahead «»f th*- second- 1 pla* *• Boston Red Sox. the N'--w|* York Yankees an*l th* Is-trolt Tig- 1 its, who are tieil for third place. 1 four games aft of the Browns * If th*- • lie* Is an .11! Nt Louis i affair, It will be plny*-d th • 5. * 6. 7. 8. 9. ami II Th*- games of <>* t. 4 5. 9 am! II would be con- ! *i*|en-d horn*- games forth* 1 Cards, although al! contests will be played at N|siitsm*-n’s Park If Ih-troit opposes th*- Cardinals, th*- Tigers would play at St Lottis on Oct. 4. .5 and 6 and then th*scene would l»- switched to l*»troit for the final gam*- <•*' 8, 9. I It) and 11. if th.- full seven gam s I are required. Should the Cards’ oppon* nt be either the Red Sox or Yank* *- th*first three games would be played at St. Ixtuis O* t I 5 and 6 and then the locale would h*- -.witched - to th*- east for the (Ina! games Oct 9 10. II and 13. Regardless of which teams *om pete, the series will he a one-trip affair In compliance with a request of th*- office of defense transporta tion to mt travel to a minimum. The third, fourth, sixth and seventh games will b*- playd for the benefit of wai relief and th*- servicemen's fund, while the *IOO,OOO to be paid for broadcasting rights also will go to servicemen. Izist year, the sum donated to the servicemen's fund amounted to *308,-| 373 ,———o I Os the net revenues received from Kansas' cigaret stamp tax collections about 75 percent goes to the cities and counties.

G O P. Governors On Air Tonight, Friday New York. Aug 29 (CP)— The; Republican party s presidential iwmjiaign moved Into full swing today. with three governors scheduled to broadcast tonight and three more on Friday night on coast to coast radio networks in behalf of Gov Thomas K Dewey of New York. Govs l-birl Warren of California. Dwight H Green of Illinois ami Raymond E Baldwin of Con nectlcut will address the nation tonight at 9 15 p m (CWT) over the blue network. On Friday night. Govs Edward Martin of Pennsylvania. Andrew Schoepel of Kansas ami Edward J Thy*- of Minnesota will speak over the National Broadcasting Co network at 9 :*> p m (CWT.)

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Kansas C.ty Hol* * Milwaukee To S p | lt '’’yVnitedp, Scoring an fiv< . Inning, the low, tom spot m , h „ 3 ,s »'hj elation, wallops , h( . 4 Waukee Brewer, 4 ‘8 ihe first gam., ls a , Brewer, won (b - B | rt , r 1 In other Amoc-Hho. 2 * »’-> -hut on. first game 64) * finale to th- Miller. . 4 I Olis heat LouNv-Ille 32. and Toledo ( . "*J ; 6-3. Munieipalitle, iTh '~7 permitted t „ * ooper.t. h 7* J police protection under J, *'f legislation . t ,. t |n