Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 90, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1945 — Page 6

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Senators And Yankees Open Season Today BULLETIN Washington, Apr. 16. —(UP) —The Washington Senators today called off their scheduled baseball. game with the New York Yankees, supposed to have been the season's opener, because of rain. New York, April 16 — (UP) — Major league baseiball-wartime variety —pushes to the forefront of the American sporting scene again today,, its popularity as great as ever even with quality o e player talent at an all time low ebb. (During the off-season the leagues weathered a great manpower crisis only after their staunch friend in the White House, President Roose- | veil, gave them a provisional green . light to carry on in 1945, even if it 1 was necessary for the standard of play to drop to the sand lot level ■Now that provisional green light has become a mandate and nothing short of a national emergency could prevent baseball from completing the .course in 1945, even though far ..many teams the going will be roqky from start to finish. (The world champion St. Louie Cardinals, seeking their fourth straight pennant are definite standouts. in the national, even though internal troubles and lowered morale may reduce their efficiency. The obvious bitterness of their brother bgfltery of pitcher Morton Cooper and catcher Walker Cooper in threatening to quit because of salary dissatisfaction could mean that the Cardinals might beat themselves when no other team in the league, was capable of doing it. The Champion St. Louis Browns are well fixed for manpower in the American league and are favored to repeat their 1944 success saga when they amazed everyone including themselves by winning their first pennant. This time, however, they definitely are the boys to boiU. 'lf the Cards falter, the Chicago Cube, who fared well in acquiring talent from their farm clubs and ■ the Pittsburgh Pirates, outstanding I Stretch runners of 1944. are in best position to move in as title contenders. Detroit is conceded the best chance of ousting the Browns, and the New York Yankees are the “if" club of the American. Loss of five players now in 14A or undecided about reporting could make the Yankees a second division team, but if all were available from start to finish they might well win the pennant. (The Yanks and Senators get underway at Washington today. Tomorrow all clubs will bo in action with Detroit at St. Louis, Chicago at Cleveland. Washington at Philadelphia and Boston at New York in the American and St. Louis at Chicago, IPittslburgh at. Cincinnati. New York at Boston and Philadelphia at‘Brooklyn in th? national.

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BULLETIN St. Louis, Apr. 16. —(UP) — Baseball's stellar brother act, pitcher Morton Cooper and his battery mate, Walker, today announced that they would join the Cardinal club on schedule in Chicago tomorrow. — o Bumper Wheat CropForecast In State Lafayette, Ind., April 16 — (UP) — Indiana farmers look d forward to prospects for a bumper wheat crop this summer in the light of predictions today by Miner M. Justin of the Purdue agricultural experiment station and the U. S. department of agriculutre that a yield of 20 bushels per acre might he possible. Justin said that not since 1919 had the wheat in Indiana come through the winter in such fine condition. On the basis of studi- s made prior to April 1, he said it was possible the Hoosier yield for the year might total 33.300,1)00 bushels. ' Tractor Practice The common practice of starting ! the tractor motor before filling the cooling systejn, letting the motor idle until warm, and then driving it to the pymp for water- is particularly dangerous. Cold water on the hot metal block is very apt to cause damage. The correct procedure is to partly fill the cooling system of the tractor with warm water before starting the motor and then, after the motor is started, fill the system.

% in' 1 ■ - W LEON FRASER, 56, powerful figure In American and international banking, killed himself on the lawn of his luxurious estate near North Granville, N. Y., by firing a, bullet through his brain. He Was president of the First National Bank of New York and a former president of the important Bank for International Settlements of Basle, Switzerland. A note left by Fraser for publication said the suicide act was done because “I have been depressed mentally.” (International.) ■- o —

CRASHING OFFENSIVE (Continued From Page One) sive. It eent 1,233 heavy bombers to drop 2,374 tons of bombs on tactical targets south of Bologna. The fifth army drive was alongside the left wing of the eighth l army which attacked last week. Polish units of the eighth scored the biggest, victory of the campaign by capturing Imola, strategic transport center on the trunk railway 22 miles southeast ot Bologna. The Germans were fighting doggedly everywhere on the Italian front. Authorities said there was no sign that they intended to give up an inch of Italian soil.

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Indianapolis School Leader Dies Today 'lndianapolis, April 16 —<(UP) — Bertram Sanders, 62, vice principal of Manual Training high school, died of a hear; ailment today while riding a street car en route to the school.

O o j Today's Sports Parade i By LEO H. PETERSEN I Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) O O New York, Apr. 16.—(UP)—The baseball writers, operating on the theory that the champions are good enough to ride with until they are dethroned, pick the Cardinals and Browns to win the 1945 National and American league pennants. Os the 35 writers canvassed in a United Press poll, 24 of them picked the Cardinals to win their fourth consecutive National league pennant while 22 selected the Browns to make it two straight in the junior circuit. | The selection average showed the Cardinals favored in .706 percent of the picks, the Browns in .629 percent. Part of the difference was made up by the fact that one writer confined his pick to the American league. In the National league, the Pittsburgh Pirates received seven first, places votes, the Chicago Cubs two and the Cincinnati Reds one. In the American, New York ran next to St. Louis with seven ballots, followed by Detroit with four and Boston and Washington with one each. Here is how-the men who write about them picked: Tom Swope, Cincinnati Post — Reds and Tigers. Dan Daniel, New York WorldTelegram—Cardinals and Yankees. Alex Zirin, Cleveland Plain Dealer—Cardinals and Browns. Stan Baumgartner, Philadelphia Inquirer—-Cardinals and Browns. Harry Crass, New York Herald Tribune—Cardinals and Browns. John P. Carmichael, Chicago Daily News —Cardinals and Tigers. Harold Burr, Brooklyn Eagle — Cardinals and Browns. John Drebinger, New York Times —Cardinals and Yankees. Sid Keener, St. Louis Star-Times —Cardinals and Browns. Ken Smith, New York Mirror — Pirates and Tigers. Tom Meany, PM —Cardinals and Yankees. Ellis Veach, East St. Louis Journal —Cardinals and Browns. Bob Yonkers, Cleveland Press — Yankees (No National league pick) Milt Woodward, Chicago Sun — Cardinals and Browns. Jerry Nason, Boston Globe —Pirate and Browns. Jack Smith. New York News — Cardinals and Browns. Chet Smith, Pittsburgh Press — Pirates and Browns. Mick Gaven, New York JourmflAmerlcan —Pirates and Browns. John Drohan, Boston Traveler — Cardinals and Yankees. Herb Simons, Chicago Daily Times —Cardinals and Browns. Charles Segar, New York Mirror —Pirates and Yankees. Don Brees, St. Louis' Star-Times —Cardinals and Browns. Ed Muiizel, Chicago Sun —Cardinals and Browns. Joe Trimble, New York News — Cardinals and Yankees: —o— — ■ — 50 Red Cross Men Now On Okinawa * Washington, D. C. April 16—(At least 50 Red Cross men ar.e on Okinawa with the invasion forces, according to a cable received from Stanton Griffis, American Red Crees commissioner of the Pa'cific Ocean area. The men went in early stages of the landings to give their services ‘to the troops, in the same manner as workers did in the Marianas and on Iwo Jima.

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RUSSIANS OPEN |’ j (Continued From Page One) I portion of the German army still fighting in the reich. Allied obsetJ vers believed as many as 90 Ger- ’ man divisions — 900,000 men-hatl 1 been waiting on the eastern ap- ' proaches to Berlin for the Sovi-t offensive. The Russians already had hurdled their biggest obstacle on the 1 eastern approaches to Berlin- the 1 Oder river. They held an many .is 1 six bridgeheads across the 45 mile 3 stretch of the river from which the 3 Germans said today’s offensive was 1 launched. The biggest was opposite Kites--1 trin, 38 miles east of Berlin, on the direct super-highway and trunk 1 railway from Warsaw. Kuestrin 3 was captured by the Russians more than a mouth ago. Ernst Von Hammer, commentator for the official Nazi DNB agency, ’ said the Soviets attacked along the oder river front from a point north ’ of Kuestrin, 38 miles east of Be.1 lin, to one south of Frankfort. 33 miles east. Other Nazi broadcasts indicated the offensive got under way be- , tween Wriezen, 23 miles northeast of Berlin and 22 miles northwest of Kuestrin, and Fuerstenberg, 42 miles southeast of Berlin and 15 . miles south of Frankfurt. "According do reports so far available,” Hammer said, “the Soviets were halted by violent Geri man barrage fire in all sectors with the exception of one Soviet local I penetration.” Simultaneous with the main push, • Hammer said, other Soviet troops . this morning began “major attacks” in the Forst area 60 miles southeast of Berlin, 14 miles east of the junc- ■ tion city of Cottbus and 90 miles from American first army spear- ; heads. o Decatur, a good town to trade in

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Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities MIES ALLEYS I Major League Smith Bros, won two. from Standard Oil; West End won two from Mutschler; Kraft Cheese won three ! from McMillen; Home Grocery wo.i , three from Kohn Drug. Standing W. L. Home ... 27 18 West End ’. 25 20 ( Kraft 25 20 I Mutschler 23 22 Standard ... 22 23 Smith Bros. 22 23 , Kohne 18 27 . McMillen 18 27 , High series: W. Hilly 609 (164- ' 181-264), Tope 650 (245-169-236). . High games: P. Blceke 223, Reink- ’ ing 201. Hoagland 214, Mutschler 224, Stump 212, Dysert 203, Laurent 212, G. Schultz 201, McClure 235 216. i Central Soya League

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