Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1945 — Page 6

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Boston Braves Tabbed Surmise to Team Os Year Now York, May I ill’) Around the hotel lobbies wh« ■<■ i most of the baseball is being "play-| ed" the rainy afternoons, they w 1 tabbing the Boston Braves today "s the St. Lottis Brown,s of 19l'> an-i | manager Bub Coleman a the n- w | “miracle man” of the ma ■“ The mo lest Hoosie -barn bos s o' I the Braves disclaims both app'i lotions and says only time will tell | whether his spirited collection of i k ids and oldsters can niu inn: I n Up-I r present sparkling, pace in !.-;•• National league race. Maybe it's wishful thinking ;:’) Boston way. but there is a high degree of hope that Coleman will bring the intis their tir- Nalio:m!| league pennant since the originall miracle man. George Stallings did | it with bis motley lot ; n Hil l Cor I years, the fans gave up on the! the free-spending Turn Y:iwk--y. Braves and pinned then faith in I owner of the Rod Sox. who til to land an American league pen-1 riant by wiifing iir'.itied ch-ck, Now they have a hope that Co man, working wonders with a team that seemed destined for a om- way trip to nowhere, may do what Yaw j key couldn't do with mote than al million dollars. Ami if turn-about is lair play, I tile Boston fans have got a pennant ' coming before any other club a eithe; league. Ail of tin- other seven clubs in the National league' have won pennants since I'm-1 Braves did in 1914 and all of tin- [ other seven in the American have I done It since the Red Sox won in j 1918. Coleman insists the pennant bee; isn't buzzing in bis button-topped | baseball cap yet. But if (he team keeps going as it has to dale he I may have to revise his views ami I nothing would please him more, "I gliess We're a lot like 'lie' Browns were last year." lie gall I "First of all. no one expects its to | win the pennant and that is a big I help. Next we have some steady old timers, but more important we have some great kids." What haa impressed the fellow.: who is the youngest major league I manager in point of service, is the I team's fighting spirit. "We have had a terrific siege of I injuries and illnesses,” Im said.; "We've had three second baseim i Eddie Joost. Frankie Drews and | Whitey Wietelmani). two third j basemen. Tommy Nelson and Wally 1

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I Wallen, and Iwo pitchers, Al Jarcry and Nate Andrews, laid tip i from time to time ami 1 gin-os none late in top shape yet,” he said. All major league games Wee rained out yesterday. o — New Baseball Czar i Plans Siem Rule ('hieago. May -I 11' I’t "Hippy" ('hamtie", the jovial senator -Kun I Kentucky. plan- to rule baseball I with the I .one ;;l ertl I e-olve by • which the kite Judge Kenesaw M 1 I.an lis i burled the cont -e of Am ■ erica's I,i voi. e pact ino for 23 i yea rs. Chandler, appointed to succeed | I Landis as baseball commissioner to days ago, h-l it be known today tha* •in easy going Kentuckian can Im as hard-hitting when chtimpionln-.' I ;he cause of r'gh'eoiisiies- as w-m I the crim-visaVed fedei -I illdre so n I Illinois. "I have absolute authority over I the "am--." Chandler said duria;- I . an interview. "And I plan to use' [ it for the good of Aim i ii a. baseball ' | and tln- people." Numerous critics have cimti-nde i that in choosing Chandler, baseball I selected a good will ambassador! i rather than an eagle-eyed ruler: i who would vigilantly see that no 1 wrong was dime to America a grant i oi l game. Sounding hi® famous politiwil i I battle ciy. “I may lie wrong lint 1 11 ' : never be in doubt." Chandlei said: i "Remember, 1 can punish anyone I doing anything ib trimeiital to base- ; . ball and I will. There never wid 1 I be any doubt in my mind if a Ser-1 i ions wrong i dou--. '! !:< offender! | will In- shamed, disgraced and run | i out of baseball." No matte - whom it hurta—club! I owners included that's the way j I it's going to be. be said. To emphasize his point, the 4G- 1 I Vearold senator borrowed a phrase I ; from Lan iis. "if my decisions don't i I stick, they (the club owners) can j havy t he job back." Chandler has practically the same ; powers admin’oti ied by Land . ' | The only important change is. thai j the chib owners can pass legisla-: I (ion, subject to tlie commissioner's I veto, which they can override, j Formerly, the commissioner'' w.i.d i I was law. Chandler announced yesterday ! that the commLoionei s ofli, c wonl I be in Cincinnati with prob j ably a branch oflh e in Chicago; ! that Leslie M. O'Connor, seereta y lof Landis for 2”. years would be I , his "special assistant” ami handle the Chicago office, ami that Wa'ter I W Mulbry. a college classmate an 1 I his secretary for the past io yeais. 1 would take O'Comtor’ri former posi-

tion us secretary-treasurer. Chandler said it might he inoi than Hi) days before he would resig! his senate seat to lake his net i post. I'nlil he formally lakes ollici ' baseball's tln i e-mail advisory co.i • inittee president.-! William llarridg' of the American league, Ford Friel , of tie National league and O'Co'i , nor. will guide the sport. Warsaw Wins NEIC Track Championship WARSAAW W INS NEIC A'n-Ai Warsaw, newest member of tliNortheuslern Indiana conference • won the track and field champion ! Lip of ihi loop Thursday afP'" I noon, in the annual meet, held a ; Columbia ('ity. | Kendallville placed -<-i ond, Au I bion, defending champion, was - tid'd, amt Garrett fourth. , All conference schools, with the | exception of New Haven. also a 1 m w member, participated in tile I contort nee. Bin her, Decatur da-liman. sP“-l i to a new conference record ill 111-’ I 22>i yard dash for the only first I place garnered by the Yellow Jar i kets. Bucher's new record time j w.'._ 22.7. Decatur'- only otii'-r ' points were collected by Myei-. ! who finished ,second in the shot pul. I'otir new conference records. ‘ were es.’ablished Thursday. In addition to Bucher's 220-yard mark. I other new records were set by Wa:i tier t Aubin n ) 11 '• 1 in the pole : vault; Baker (Bluffton) 2u'-3" in ' ihi broad jump, ami Bartol (Waraw i in 1 in the liin-yard dash. The complete summary of the ; mt > : wa< not available today but the winners in each event were as , follows: 100-yard dash Bartol (W). I 220-yard daoh Bucher 11 •t. 410 yard las.h Bartol tW .) ssu-yard run Ivy )K ). Mile run— Ivy IK.) High jump Hines tA) and Wat1 : r *A ) tied. I Bole vault Wall ier (A I. Broad jump Baker < B). Shot put- Wat tier (A). | Mile relay Warsaw. Hall'-inile relay Kendallville. Roller skating every Friday and Sunday nights. Sun-Set.

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Teams W. 1.. Pct. GB. New York 9 4 .692 Chicago 7 4 .636 1 Boston 7 5 .583 1’ ■_> St. Louis 6 5 .545 2 Brooklyn 5 6 .453 3 Cincinnati 5 6 .453 3 Pittsburgh 5 8 .385 4 ; Philadelphia 3 9 .250 5’- 2 I AMERICAN LEAGUE I Tea me W. L. Pct. GB. New York 8 4 .667 — Chicago 6 3 .667. ’ 2 Detroit 7 4 .636 ' 2 Philadelphia 6 6 .500 1’ 2 Washington 6 7 .462 2 St. Louis 4 6 .400 2' 2 Boston 5 S .385 3 Cleveland 3 7 .300 3’ 2 : YESTERDAY S RESULTS — National League All games postpone 1. rain. American League Philadelphia at New York. rain. ■ Chicago at Detroit, rain. o — ( Theaters Entertain ’ Many Service Men i i .Although Decatur has no U. S. (). ■ or canteen for visiting service perI sound, many thousands have been I given free enter'ainment during the I padt four years at the Adame and 1 Cort, theaters. Records show that ! during the past 12 months alone I m ire than 3,000 membra of the I armed forces have been accorded I admission without charge to the | local movie houses. | lEver since the first draft conI ting' nt left thio county long before I Pearl Haiibor, I. A. and Roy Kalver, I It is estimated that during that 3 tlrater owners, established the polS icy of never p* emitting a service J] man or woman to purchase a ticket. I time, more than lo,:00 soldiem. sailois and murin'a have (been entertained free of charge. 0 Chicken Dinner Sunday, i 11 to 2—5 to 11. EHLER’S.

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Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities MIES ALLEYS Major League Mutschler won three from Me Millen; Home Grocery won three from Smith Bros.; West Eml wen two from Kraft Cheese; Stand rd Oil won two from Kohne Ding. Standing W. L. Home 33 21 West End 32 22 Kraft .... , 30 2 1 Mutschler . . . . 30 24 Standaid .... 27 27 Smith Bros. 22 32 j Kohne 22 32 McMillen . . - 20 34 High series: Reinking 602 (201-170-231 ): Appelman 616 (233-180 203); Hoagland 632 (182-234-216); Ladd 626 (202-189-235). High scores: Hofmann 236. Tope 214, Laurent 201-201. Zelt 202, Hoffman 210. Petrie 235, Ahr 203-201. j McClure 201. There will boa roll-off next Tues day al S p. tn. between Kraft Cheese, first half winner, and Home Grocery, second half winner, for the league championship. Prize money will be distributed at the bowlers’ picnic, which will be held at Sun Set park Sunday. May 27. All captains are requested to check up with Don Slump, association secretary, on picnic tickets as soon as possible. —— 0 —— Legion Cancels Boys' State For This Year H. Vernon Aurand, chairman of the committee of the American Legion which sponsors Boys’ State at the Indiana .Mate fairgrounds each year, has received word of the cancellation of the evut this year. The American Legion cancelled I Boy's State at the request of the government, for r ason that there is a than on meetings and conventions where more than 50 from outside of Indianapolis. Three Decatur youths had already been enrolled for Boy’s state next month. Mr. Aurand stated. Cooking Macaroni Always put macaroni into boiling salted water to cook it, and keep the water boiling. The hot water drained oil is rich in nutrients and may be used in soups and sauces

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iAG OF FORMER important German leaders continues to grow with each passing day. Here are more of the one-time Nazi bigwigs now in Allied hands. They are I’ield Marshal Karl Gerd von Btedt deposed former commander-in-chief of the German armies on the western front, captured Bad Tolz by troops of the Seventh Army; Hans von Mackensen, German ambassador to Italy, gave himself up to the Allies near the Swiss frontier, and Lt. Gen. k rederick von Boetticher, military attache ia Washington in 1933.

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THREE NEW WHITE HOUSE appointees are shown kbove with President Harry S. Truman, center, Justice William O. Douglas, on the president’s left, who administered the oaths of office in the ™ el executive's office. Left to right, are Edward D. Meßim, senior advisor to the president, h'..".n ley, American member of the reparation committee; President Truman, Justice Douglas and John Snyder, federal loan administrator. Internationa/ s’oundn!iot9« _ -rrrr-r''"aF‘

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A JAPANESE TANK trap on the beach at Tarakan island, oft the east coast o ' own using Australian light tank. Engineers of the Ninth Australian Imperial Forces di •= gt photos W another armored vehicle in an endeavor to free the crippled tank. This is one o -p ara kan leased on the Borneo invasion that was made after Japanese defenses on he °* signal CM 3 been shattered by a continuous four-day naval bombardment. This is aU- • 1 n j p /wto) radiophoto.

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