Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1944 — Page 6

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Close Finish In American Race Excites The Fans St. Louis Browns Again Regain Tie Defeating The Sox .Xew York. Sept > cl P> It's safer tu bank on two handy winners I diac Pau! Trout and Hal Ncwhous er than lu depend on tradition, but It was tai rd today to net beyond the fact that the Detroit Tigers have furnished the only three ex ceptloim In 20 years to the Amer lean leagu*'s axiom that the team in first place on July I Inevitably wfbs the |h -nnant •Tlie Tigers, traditional strong finishers. have won only three pen naata in thoxe two decades, but each lime they came from behind to take file lead after July I No other team In that time has been able to defy that unwritten rule There is a further parallel In the fact that in each of their previous pennant triumph' they had two big winning pitcher-. In ifH", lanii* (Robot Newsom and Lynwood (Schoolboy t Rowe combined to wiu 37 games, in 1935 Rowe and Tummy Bridges earned 40 wins and In 1934 Rowe and Bridges won 4G. Thus far. Newhouaer and Trout have totaled 47 triumphs to top ail their predecessors. although until lately they haven't gotten tix> much help from the rest of the staff which ha-i combined to give the Tigers the ir other 26 game s, mean Ing that the burden ha« been heavy on the two aces. The Tigers, who haven’t reached

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first place yet this year, were only a game out today, behind the dead, locked St. lattils Browns and New York Yankees in the- beetle race Trout moved them doser yesterday with a threehit. 3 to <>. shutout over the visiting Cleveland Indians He took only 95 minutes to gain his 24th victory and sixth shutout while the Tigers werft after Jim Bagby tor lb hits ty win easily. Th« Browns regained a tie for tb<> bad in a story book manner at Chicago last night, scoring three runs in the ninth to win 5 to 4 Errors hud given the White Sox three unearned tallies. The Browns worked on Orval Grove and Gordlon Maltlberger. filling the bases ' i before Mike Chartak singled home "'■ two runs. Gene Moore then scort ed the wining run with a long fly . Relief pitcher Tex Shirley gained the victory after Dennis Galehouse ( i and Sam Zoldal were* Ineffective. " MAJOR LEAGUE f A STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE I W L Pct G B St. Louis 94 35 .729 . I Pittsburgh 76 52 .594 ITS | Cincinnati To 56 .556 22*4 1 Chicago 59 68 4<1034*2 New York fie 71 458 35 Boston 54 Th |o9 41> 2 Brooklyn 5.3 T 9 .402 42> s 1 ' Philadelphia 51 TT 399 42'-, I, AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pct. G B New York T 4 59 556 St Louis T 4 59 .556 Detroit T 3 60 .549 1 Boston 71 62 534 3 Cleveland 64 To .479 10' 2 Philadelphia 63 T 2 467 12 Chicago 63 To .451 14 Washington 55 T 9 .410 19' 2 I YESTERDAYS RESULTS National League Philadelphia 7, Brooklyn 5. .Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh I. I St Louis 3. Chicago 2. New York 9. Boston 3. American League St. Louis 5. Chicago 4. Detroit 3, Cleveland ». only gamea scheduled. — o — i The- human brain contains about , | 12 million nerve cells

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Football Season Is Off To Good Start Jim Walters Takes A Look At The Teams Indianapolis, Sept, s — <l'Pt Schedule* makers arranging this weekend's first program of i 944 Indiana high school foothall seemingly ignored the tradition requiring football elevens to open against weaker opponents so as to get the season off to a brilliant start. Tonight's card featured such customarily lusty encounters u» Wabash against Kokomo. latPortc* against Michigan City. Gary la*w Wallace* at South Bend Riley, Fort Wayne North Side against Fort Wayne Central unci South Bend Centra! at East Chicago Washington. Then as added seasoning, the schedule make rs tensed in laigansport at Monticello, Hammond Tech at Whiting Warsaw at Gohen. Marion at Huntington, South Bend Adams at Mishawaka. Huntingburg at Bloomington and Plymouth at Peru. Most of the state's IHi-odd prep elevens will not begin firing at Washington's title until next week. Other games tonight Include: Valparaiso at Crown Point; Co-1 lumbiu City at Auburn: Decatur at ’ Bluffton. Portland at Garrett; Hobart at Gary Froebel; Boonville* at Bicknell. South Bend Central Catholic* at Hammond; Dugger ct Linton; Warren Central at South|w>rt. and New Augusta nt Indianapolis Sac red Heart. LEADING BATTERS National League Player Club G AB R H Pct Walker. Denig 126 459 71 165 359 Mtlslal. St L. 132 514102 IM .350 Medwick. N. Y 115 443 62 152 343 Hopp. St lactibc 116 440 9T 150 .341 Weintraub. N.Y* 97 333 52 American League Doerr. Boston 125 46* 96 152 325 Fox Boston 107 439 64 142 324 Johnson. Bost 123 441 96 142 322 Stirnweiss NY 133 557 109 177.313 Boudreau. Clev. 129 563 79 159 316 HOME RUNS 1 Nicholson. Cubs 31 (Mt. Giants 26 Etten, Yanks 18 Northey. Phils 17 Stephens. Browns 17 —— — o ■ - — Seeks Franchise To Operate A Bus Line The petition of William 11. Mil b*r of Geneva, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate motor vehicles as a common carrier of passengers, will be heard by Public Service Commission of Incliana on October 2. The hearing will be held at 11

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MARSHAL TITO, head of Yugoslavia’s National Liberation Army nnd Partisan detachments, and U. 8. Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, are shown in Italy where they met during Patterson's recent tour us war fronts. Army Air Forces photo. (Intttmuoaal)

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UOHYNINO RUSHAN AOVANCIS at two point* add to Germany’s mounting peril. Map shows: (1) Red thrust Into Yugoslavia which outflanks Carpathian defenses in attack on Hungary; (2) Russian advance outflanking Warsaw and Increasing th* serious threat to East Prussia, which fears imminent invasion. (International)

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Yellow Jackets To Meet Tigers Decatur At Bluffton For Season Opening Poach Perry will take his Yellow Jackets to Bluffton this evening to meet tbe Tigers there In the Opening of the high school foot4>all deacon. The game lx scheduled to «uart at Wilson Field at 7:30 and 'he usual large crowd will lie there to witness the annual classic lietween the two old rivals. The game will give football sane the opportunity of sizing up the locals. Thw eleven here io so new that it will require a game or two for the coach and trainers to decide what they have Coach Templin of the Bluffton team has eleven of his old .iquad and thirty new ones and i>< confident of a good record for the iv-ason. Every Yellow Jacket fan who can borrow or steal or otherwise get a ride will lie on hand to cheer. The locals defeated the Tigers twice last yixir. WtJ

OPENING RALLY ■ TONIGHT ’ Democratic Headquarters 7 OAN O’CLOCK — BUILDING «VV ACROSS FROM COURT HOUSE State Senator CHARLES FLEMING, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State will be the speaker. REFRESHMENTS Everybody Welcome

MAN HELD HERE IS 7watlausd >rom race I) held at the request of the FBI. until It is learned why he does not have a draft card. BRITISH CONTINUE tCoatlaawd race I) troop, on the roaat advanced through captured Rlccione .Marina and a mile beyond, approaching to wirhin four miles of the prize port city. Other formations further inland reached the Marano river. Trmy is still (CoatlatMd View Paas II our reemployment responsibilities to the returning veterans, coupled with the normal operation of classincat ion and selection procedures, require our continued efforts." Hershey's order underscored his statement to the house military affairs committee yesterday — that there was no evidence now that the number of inductions in the future could be decreased to any eltent. Other draft officials explained

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' • 11 ■ that future need* lould not b*c certalned now b-<anse no •« knows when the war with <k» many will end what the »;tutis Will lie iii area, <n he occnpMal how many member* of the rant forces would want to renaii I service. Chairman Andrew J May ft Ky.. expressed a personal beg that inductions could b* •' ws by .May 15. ISIS. when the v-M draft expires, but this did wt »> i pear to be the present hmfffttl either the army or navy The army insist- that indsdas | must conttnu<- in-letinitely to Telieve battle weary .ettffil and others who haw served IM hitche and th-- navy Is -tntutS ing on an expansion progrstste t will add a net of 3""#»» ** I to Its present force of J,.! M ■ This includes marine rorps . coast guard. —- —— (ft— —' • Him******** t>.U73 r IM wands »t R trisb MP*r wtU nuke Ml BVjfl 75- mm. shell KM K ••btalners •tart savin* I