Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 24 April 1945 — Page 6

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB. New York 5 2 .714 . Chicago 4 2 .667 y, St. Louis 3 2 .600 1 Cincinnati 3 3 .500 I'i Brooklyn 3 3 .500 l‘/ 2 Boston 3 4 .429 2 Philadelphia 2 4 .333 2Vi Pittsburgh 2 5 .286 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L, Pct. GB. Chicago 5 O 1.000 New York 5 1 .833 V 2 Philadelphia . 4 2 .667 l l / 2 Detroit 4 2 .667 iy 2 Washington 3 3 .500 2'/ 2 Cleveland 1 4 .200 4 St. Louis 1 5 .167 4% Boston 0 6 .000 5Vi YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League No games scheduled. American League No games scheduled. — ——o — Nobody Wins Angling is a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.—Samuel Johnson.

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New Baseball Czar Sought By Major Leagues Cleveland, Apr. 24. —(UP) —-Major league baseball begins its own “San Francisco" conference today when the 16 club owners begin deliberating again in an effort to select a high commissioner who may rule the destiny of the sport for many years after the war is ended. They met considerably less hopeful of accomplishing their purpose than the world diplomats who will begin their momentous conference tomorrow at San Francisco. Chances of agreement upon one man who can muster the 12 votes necessary to eleet a commissioner hinged upon a last minute compromise. Failing in that, the owners are almost certain to delay the selection of a successor to the late Judge Kenesaw M. Landis until after the war. There were two distinct factions, both equally reluctant to relax their demands. One, led by Col. Larry MacPhail, new head of the Yankee organization of New York, wants no further delay in the selection of a man. MacPhail and his adherents publicly have acclaimed Ford Frick, president of the National league, ae the top choice, although they probably would settle for former postmaster general James A. Farley, now a soft-drink company ex1 ecutive.

The other group led by Clark Griffith, head of the Washington Senators, and having most of its strength in the American league, want to table action until after the war when a dominant national figure, possibly a returning war hero or an outstanding statesman, would be available. The executives will hear the report of the four-man committee which was appointed after a previous deadlock in New York, to sift the field of candidates and reduce it to a workable number. .The committee members. Phil Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs, Sam Breadon of the St. Louis Cardinals. Donald Barnes of the St. Lou's Browns aud Alva Bradley of the Cleveland Indians have not revealed what candidates are under consideration, but there was little doubt that chances for unanimity on one man were slim.

Failing to elect a commissioner, tlm majors will remain qpder the direction of the three-man commission which has ruled the game since Landis died last Nov. 2<>. It consists of Frick, William Harridge, president of the American league, and Leelie J. O’Connor, secretary to Landis. O’Connor, like Frick, is a leading candidate for the job although he has expressed unwillingness to accept it. Frick, on the other hand, has campe’gned for it actively. MacPhail said he would insist that the meeting remain in session until a man is chosen, “no .matter how long it takes to settle on a candidate.” Among the other candidates suggested by baseball men were Harridge, former Mayor James J. Walker of New York, Sen. Albert (Happy) Chandler, D„ of Kentucky, and John W. Bricker, Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1944. o —— White Sox Surprise Major League Team Chicago, Apr. 24. — (UP) - The White Sox, a blend of eight old en and a 19-year-old infielder, were the unexpected darlings of Chicago today. As major league baseball heads into the second week of the 1945 season, the Sox are the only undefeated team in he big leagues with five straight victories. To turn the trick, manager Jimmie Dykes’ gang of castoffs have become hitting terrors and Chicago loves ’em. The Sox, even with 19-year-old Cass Michaels at shortstop, average more than 30 years of age. In preseason ratings, experts labeled tuem a faltering second division team. Even the eloquent Dykes, chewing hard on a cigar, said, “we’ll probably finish where we did last year—seventh.” But the Sox have been running wild. They opened against Cleveland and won two games there before returning to Chicago and taking three straight from the St. Louis Browns, American league champions. Players who usually hit in the .200 circle, are hitting above .400. An infield which Dykes admitted had several holes has been Impregnable. The weary arms of an old men’s pitching corps suddenly have come to life.

Yellow Jackets Beat Willshire Nine, 21-2 The Decatur Yellow Jackets, pounding out 13 hits and scoring in every inning, swamped the Willshire, O. team on the Willshire diamond Monday afternoon, 21 to 2. It was Decatur’s first victory in three starts. The Jackets are handicapped by lack of a diamond this season, with repairs being made at Worthman Field, necessitating the team to play all games away from home. Decatur got away to a flying start Monday, counting four times in the first inning on only one hit, four errors and a passed ball contributing to the scoring. The Jackets had two other big scoring innings, tallying five runs in the third and four in the fourth. Willshire tallied its runs in the sixth inning on a double by Geary and Giesler’s home run. Eichhorn, who limited Willshire to Ysix hits, pounded out three hits, one a double, and walked twice. Knittie smashed out a single, double and triple and Steiner chipped in with two singles. The Jackets played errorless ball while Willshire committed eight errors. Decatur AB RHE Knittie, rs 4 4 3 0 L. Arnold, rs 10 0 0 Fennig, lb 4 2 10 Steiner, ss 6 2 2 0 Arthur, If 5 2 10 Helm, c ... 3 110 Ahr, c 10 0 0 Gaunt, cf 3 10 0 W. Arnold, cf 110 0 Taylor, 3b 5 0 10 Lichtensteiger, 3b .... 4 3 10 Eichhorn, p 3 5 3 0 Totals4o 21 13 0 Willshire AB R H E Geary, 2b 4 111 Carr, lb, p 3 0 0 0 Reichard, ss 3 0 0 0 Giesler, p, c 2 11 2 Leistner, c 2 0 0 4 Schumm, lb 10 0 0 Shoffner, cf 3 0 2 0 Myers, 3b3 0 0 0 Voltz, If 2 0 0 0 Kreischer, If 0 0 0 0 Lautzenheiser, rs 3 0 2 1 Totals 26 2 6 8 Score by innings: Decatur - 435 421 2-21 Willshire 000 002 0 — 2 Sunday’s doubleheader with the Browns, almost cancelled because oi inclement weather, drew 13,781 fans in 50-degree temperature. Dyke’s hardy gang goes after victory No. 6 today against the Tigers and an “exceptional Tuesday crowd” is forecast by vice-president Harry Grabiner. When asked what was the secret of his magic, Dykes grinned, crossed his fingers and didn’t say a word. The answer is found in the batting averages.

The team is hitting .352 and the outfield is blasting the ball at a .420 clip. Playing a major role has been Michaels. Up from Little Rock last year, he hit .176 for the Sox at the tail end of the season. So far this season, the Michigan youth has been performing brilliantly afield and is hitting .421. The big push, however, hae been supplied by the eight old-timers. Here are their ages and batting averages: outfielders Oris Hockett, 31, .435; Johnny Diekshot, 33, .435, and Wally Moses, 33, .391; infielders Tony Cuccinello, 36, .385; Bill Nagel, 27, .250; Leroy Schalk, 33, .304; Joe Orengo, 28, .000, and catcher Mike Tresh, 31, .313. Orengo, although hitless so far, played sensationally afield as the Sox took Sunday’s doubleheader. o Improves Soil During normal times with moder ate prices for crops, limestone on acid land has returned four to five times its cost. I Cr ‘ Ml I F V" r JM V ' JU ONE OF THE FIRST Nazis to be sentenced to prison in Germany is Joseph Mingels, former assistant chief •f the Hitler Jugend of Cologne. He received a seven-year term and was assessed various fines for destroying the files of his group and lying to Allied Military Government officials. He will be imprisoned in an «z-Gestapo jaiL (International)

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