Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 96, Decatur, Adams County, 23 April 1945 — Page 6

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Chicago White Sox Leading In American Loop CHICAGO WHITE SOX F;.s4anß New York, Apr. 23. (UP) The wail of a week-old baby girl more than the roar of the crowd spurred Paul (Dizzy) Trout of the Detroit Tigers today in putting his pitching time table more than two weeks ahead of a year ago when he won 27 games. The Infant with the lusty lungs is Diane Ruth Trout, who arrived lasi week only a few hours before her daddy pitched his first vlcto.y of the 1945 campaign, an 11 to 0 shutout over the Browne at St. Louis. Yesterday he notched victory number two, a 6 to 3 six-hit job over the Cleveland Indians before 23,063 appreciative home fans.

Continuing their role as the suryrlsp team of the early season, the White Sox won a double bill at Chicago from the St. Ixtuis Browns. 4 to 3, and 5 to 3. Almost as surprising was the losing streak <>T the Browns, who have dropped five in a row after winning their opener, a fgr cry from the 1944 pace of nine straight triumphs at the start of t||e season. Steady 'pitching paid off In both White Sox victories, Joe i and Orval Grove each gojpg the route to turn in eight-hit i Ms. 'pie New York Yankees won their | fifth game in six starts at Washing-! tion defeating the Senators, 5 to 2, on a three-hit pitching stint by Borowy—his second victory. The Yanks sewed it up with three runs in the first inning on an error, a s|pgle by Johnny Lindell, a 4pi)|)ie by Nick Etten and a single by Jluzae. Russ' Christopher won his second game for the Philadelphia A’s. 6 to 1, holding the Red Sox to five hits as they lost their sixth straight at Boston. Three fast double plays kept Christopher out of trouble as his mates made 12 hits. The Chilcago Cubs set the pace in the National, upsetting the Pirates in both ends of a double head er at Pittsburgh, 3 to 0, and 5 to 2. The Barves and Phillies split at Philadelphia, Boston winning the opener, 3 to 2, on a single and a steal in the seventh by Tommy Holmes and another single by Carder pillenwater. Elmer (Butch) ,||pmail’a two mu homer for the Braves in the ninth of the second game went to waste when the Phillips jnade three runs in their half to 7 to 6, on two walks, an PHOT, a double by Buster Adams, Slid & long foul fly by Johnny cockThe Dodgers salvaged the final game of their series with the Giantfl at the Polo Grounds, winning, 3 to 1, on the fine pitching of Curt Davis, who has won two of the (Jneo Brooklyn victories thus far. He kept the Giants out of .scoring rllnge most of the time, although allowing 10 hits. The Giants remained in first place, however, a half game ahead of the Cubs. The Cardinals dropped to third by splitting a double header with

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Cincinnati at St. Louis, winning the opener, 2 to 0, as sophomore Ted Wilks took a duel from the veteran Bncky Walters and rookie Frank Dasso. The Reds pulled the second game out of the fire by scoring three unearned runs in the 10th to win, 9 to 7. Two errors, a rarity for the smooth-fielding world champions, set Ihe runs. Yesterday's stars: Kerby Farrell and Mike Tresh of the White Sox, ' whose timely singles produced the winning runs in a double victory over the Browns. o Anderson's Indians Favorites In Track I ’ ANIDDRSOON’S INDIANS 'lndianapolis, (April 23 — (U'P) —.Hoosier high school track fans, chocking goinge-on at 'he Indianapolis, IMuncie and 'East Chicago relays, today concluded that Anderson's Indians etill were the team to beat for t'he atate championship and that. Fort Wayne North could not b- counted out of a contending position 'because of its fizzle in the Capital City meet. The Tribesmen. who are li-nt on giving the North Central conference its first state track and field title since Kokomo triumphed in 1937, breezed through a strong field at 'Muncie Saturday. The final flcore gave Anderson 39 pointe Ito 23(A for its closest competitor, Muncie Central. I Anderson’s victory was more conclusive than even the score would J indicate. The Indians counted in every event and took six first placefl in class "A" competition against a field which included five of the other (better Hoosier track comlbinations —Fort Wayne South, Goshen, Kokomo, 'Elkhart and Muncie Central. Meanwhile. Hammond high’s Wildcats moved up to the No. 1 challeging spot to AndarSon’s title hopes by routing a I's-ts am northern Indiana field in the Eaet Chicago relays and Fort Wayne North’a Redskins took a surprise licking from 'lndianapolis S'hortridge in the 'lndianapolis relayfl. Hammond high tot-ale I 7'B points against 65 second-place Gary Roosevelt and 32 for third-place Gary Emerson. Ronnie Hanock, t'he Wildcats’ dash ace, staged the day’s biggest surprise by sprinting to victory in the 100-yard dash, while Harold Morris O’s Hammond Clark —-who 'boasts of a :10 flat time—came in fourth. A-t 'lndianapolis, North Side took a sound thumping from Indianapolis iShort ridge, losing 61 3/k8 to 46 1/6, with Indianapolis Tech, Lafayette Jefferson and Indianapolis Washington rounding out the first five. IShortridge’s strength, however, came in such events as the quar-ter-inile relay, 'Which is not a part of the state mtet card. North Side, too, was handicapped by the absence of its three dash men—Charley PabttiHon, Ken Marlowe and Bill Laney.

Major League Teams Draw Good Crowds MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS —;L New York, Apr. 23.—(UP)—Major league baseball, which in late January considered giving up for the duration because of manpower shortages and possible public disapproval, drew 409,287 paying spectators and thousands of non-paying servicemen during the first week of the season, a United Press survey revealed today. The national league drew 214,227 fans to 25 games and the American league 195,000 to 23 games. The average of better than 8,500 fans per game was considered highly satisfactory in view of the weather, which in many cities has been,cold and damp. Last season the weather forced many postponements. At this same time only 31 games had been played before approximately 288,000 fans. However, on average attendance. the 1944. mark waa a little better with crowds ranging about 9,500 per game. Largest crowd of the young 1945 season was 30,671 which attended the Brooklyn-Giant game at New York’s Polo Grounds yesterday in near -freezing weather. The 30,069 at the Cincinnati opener was a close second. The Giants are far ahead in total attendance so tar with 53,600 present for three games. — o — Flushing Animals Flushing ewes and sows before breeding helps produce larger and stronger iambs and larger litters of pigs. Flushing consists of feeding animals for two or three weeks before breeding in such a manner that they are in a healthy, thrifty condition and are gaining weight at Jime of breeding.

MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE • W. L. Pct. GB. New York 5 2 .714 ... Chicago . 4 2 .667 % St. Louis . .3 2 .600 1 Cincinnati 3 3 .500 1% Brooklyn 3 3 .500 I’/i Boston 3 4 .429 2 Philadelphia . 2 4 .333 2(4 Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. Chicago 5 0 1.000 .... New York .... s'l .833 ’4 Philadelphia ... 4 2 .667 I’4 Detroit 4 2 .667 I’4 Washington 3 3 .500 2’/s Cleveland 1 4 .200 4 St. Louis 1 5 X IG7 4’4 Boston 0 6 .000 s’/i YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 3-5, Pittsburgh 0 2. Brooklyn 3, New York 1. Boston 3-6, Philadelphia 2-7. St. Louie 3-7, Cincinnati 0-9. American League New York 5, Washington 2. Detroit 6, Cleveland 3. Chicago 4-5. St. Louis 3-3. Philadelphia 6, Boston 1. ——o 0 o Today's Sports Parade i By LEO H. PETERSEN Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) O o New York. April 23 —(UlP)—The First returns are in from the 1945 major league pennant races and wit'’.) but two exceptions they are not surprising. It is, of course, far too early to draw an accurate line from the few games played thus far, but it looks like it ie going to be pretty much the same old story — with both American and National League strength- again centered in the west. They may only be flowers that bloom in the spring, but the Chicago White Sox and their cigar smoking manager, Jimmy Dykes, are at the top of the American league standings— a position far loftier than had been forecast for the j hitless wonders from the south side of the Windy City. And as surprising as their success has been, the performance of the Champion St. Louts Browns has been just as dieappointing. Last year, manager Luke Sewell broke the Browns off the barrier with nine straight victories. Baseball men called them the usual spring morning glories and pointed out that,games won at the start of the sason didn't mean two much. Maylbe not, but those nine straight in the long run meant the pennant for the Browns. This year they

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have been able to win only one out of six bames and if another tight race develops like tile 1944 champion those early losses would mean the difference.’ The White Sox, on the other hand, were considered t'he weakest of the Western Clu-lis. All they hyve don? thus far is to -win five straight from Cleveland and St. Louis. Otherwise the American league standings today are pretty much in accordance with the preseason predictions. The New York Yankees have 'been feasting on the relatively w aker eastern opposition, beating Washington and Boston. The chief resemblance of those two teamfl to major league clulbs is in their names. They would have a hard time finishing in the first division of the pre-war double A leagues.

The rest of -the clulbs in the junior circuit—Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cl veland—have been performing about as expected. In the national, to the surprise of no one. the world champion St. Louis Cardinals again have shown their usual power although they aren’t in their accustomed position, first place. But it may not Ibe too long before they take over the lead. The Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates still look like th- clulbs which will give the Cardinals their most trouble, although Frankie Frisch’s crew dropped five of its first seven games. But the power is there and eventually will show. o , Bremen Raided Twice By British Bombers London, April 23 —(UP) — RAF bombers have smashed at Bremen twice in the past 24 hours in support of British armies assaulting the great G man port, it was announced today. •A second raid was made on Bremen during the night after an attack yesterday afternoon by bomlbfr command Lancasters supported fighter command Mustangs. Kiel also was attacked last night. The air ministry communique also reported RAF intruder aircraft attacked German airfields. Two bombers and one fighter were missing. Indians, Colonels Win Double Headers By United Press Indianapolis and Louisville both took do-übleheaders in the American Association yesterday, the Indians beating Toledo 6-4 and 1-0, and the Colonels whipping Columbus 6-1 and 3-0. Doubleheaders between Milwaukee and St. Paul and Kansas City and Minneapolis were postponed because of rain. Coal Shipment In 1240 the first shipment of mined coal was received in London, and by the beginning of the 17th century the industrial use of coal in England was well established

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Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s desk in the White House has been moved to his ancestral home along the Hudson river 'ht Hyde Park, N. Y., along with Fala. his black Scottie pet, shown at left in a familiar pose by the radio. President Roosevelt used the above desk during his more than 12 years as Chief. Executive and • on it he signed more historic legislation than was ever passed by a congress in the nation's history. As is customary, the nation presents the desk to the Chief Executive, in this case to Mrs. Roosevelt, at the conclusion of his term. Symbolic of his versatality of interests, the desk is littered with tnomentoes of his 12 eventful years. Paia is waiting to hear his master’s voice, probably not realizing that it is stilled forever.

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