Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 114, Decatur, Adams County, 14 May 1945 — Page 6

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White Sox Win Double Header To Regain Lead

New York. May 14.—(UP)—The best minds in baseball were having little or no luck today in solving a mystery within a mystery —the baffling case of the first place White Sox and pitcher Thornton Starr Lee. The first part isn’t too tough to solve—Chicago is pacing the pack iU the American league with fine pitching, timely hitting and the ftianager Jimmy Dykes brand of hustle. But it’s the "why ” of that superior pitching, particularly as regards lefty Lee that calls for datettive work. It was surprising in the first place that Dykes kept Lee after three bad seasons in which he won 10 games and lost 25. The rangy resident of Phoenix, Ajiz., had a great year in 1941, winning 22 games. Then he developed arm trouble and became a lefthanded liability. Operations for removal of elbow bone chips and a shoulder growth didn't help and finally in 1943 he was signed to a $1 a year contract, pending recovery of his one-time form. He came back temporarily, enough to get back on the payroll, but last year he elumped again, winning only three and losing nine. This year, with no more operations and no plausible explanation. he has regained his form and today after a 5 to 1 victory over the visiting Washington Senators, is the team’s top winner with four victories and one defeat. He had all his old guile, sweeping curves, change of pace, and excellent couttol, walking one batter and scattering 10 hitg harmlessly. With another veteran, Orval Grove, who won, 4 to 2, in the second game, he collaborated in the day’s only double triumph, moving the Sox back Into first. Guy Curtwright. with a second game homer, and Oris Hockett, with timely hits in both games, provided the batting punch. The best pitching in the majors yesterday was on display at Detroit where rookie Dave Ferriss won an 8 to 2 victory for the Boston Red ♦ Box and Alton Benton pitched a three-hit 2 to 0 shutout for the Tigers. The St. Louis Browns salvaged their second game at Philadelphia with a seven-run rally in the eighth to win, 8 to 2, after the Athletics won the opener, 4 to 1. Alley Donald maintained his “hoodoo” over the Indians, pitching the Yanks to a 1 to 0 victory in 10 innings at Cleveland Tor his 13th win against them since 1939. He has lost only once, to Bob Feller in 1941. Yielding seven hits, he outduelled Cnarley (Red) Embree, who gave up only five. The Indians knocked the Yanks out of the league lead, winning the second game, 4 to 2, with a four run rally In the tihrd that gave pitcher Steve

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Grotnek a working margin. The decisive blow was Jim McDonnel’s double With the bases full. The New York Giant winning streak ended at eight, hut not until the National league leaders had topped the Cards, 4 to 3 in the | opener. St. Louis won the second, 6 to 5. The Brooklyn Dodger-eight-game .streak remained intact after a 10 to 3 victory over Cincinnati behind veteran Curt Davis, who gave up 11 hits but distributed them weli. Rain ended the second in the fourth with the Reds ahead, 2 to 1. Vince DiMaggio drove in three runs to give the Phillies a 6 to 5 victory and an even break over the Pirates at Philadelphia, Pittsburgh winning the opener, 9 to 6, behind Truett (Rip) Sewell. Bill Lee was the Philly winner in the second game. The Braves topped the Chicago Cubs, 3 to 2, in a seven inning game halted by rain at Boston. Nate Andrews outpitched Claude Passeau. The second game w:m called off. Yesterday's star: Alton (Zero) Benton, Tiger ace back from the navy, who gained his third shutout in five victories, a 2 to 0 three-hit-ter over the Red Sox. White Sox Rookie Taking Army Exam Chicago, May 14— (UP)—(The 4-F classification of Bill Nagel comes up for review today when the Chicago White Sox rookie finst tracemah reports for a second examination at the Chicago pre-induction center. Nagel, 29, Married and the father olf two sons, previously was rejected for military service because of a foot injury. It is Navel's first season with theiAmerican League clulb. He hit .308 with the 'Milwaukee Brewers last season. o . - Used Clothing Is Sent To New Castle The used clothing gathered in the county last month during the national used clothing drive, 22,055 pounds, packed in 459 boxes, was shipped today via Pennsylvania railroad to New Castle, Clarence Ziner, county chairman, announced. The boxes were transported to the local railroad yards and loaded in the box car by employes of the county highway department. The car was billed to the U. S. Treasury, Procurement Division. New Castle, one of the terminals in the state where the clothing is sent for overseas shipment. Mr. Ziner again expressed his appreciation to the Red Cross women, church organizations, city and county officials, Phil Sauer, Paul Hansel and others who donated, gathered and helped sort and pack the huge amount of good used clothing for the war refugees of Europe. o • Improves Soil During normal times with moder ate prices for crops, limestone on acid land has returned four to five times its cost.

MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE Teams W. L. Pct. GB. New York 16 5 .727 .... Brooklyn 13 6 .684 2 Chicago 10 8 .556 4’j, Pittsburgh 9 10 .474 6 St. latuie 9 10 .474 6 Boston .9 10 .444 6’5 Cincinnati 6 11 .353 8 Philadelphia 5 16 .238 11 AMERICAN LEAGUE Teams W. L. Pct. GB. Chicago 12 6 .667 New York 13 7 .650 ... Detroit 11 7 .611 1 St. Louis 9 9 .500 3 Washington 10 12 .455 4 Philadelphia 9 12 .429 4’/a Boston 8 12 .400 5 Cleveland 6 13 .316 GVz SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League New York 6, St. Louis 3. Chicago 13. Boston 12. Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 3. Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 3. American League New York 7, Cleveland 3, called seventh, rain Washington 3, Chicago 0. Boston at Detroit, rain, St. Louis 8. Philadelphia 2. YESTERDAY S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 9-5, Philadelphia 6-6. Boston 3, Chicago 2. Brooklyn 10, Cincinnati 3. New York 4-5, St. Louis 3-6. American League New York 1-2, Cleveland 0-4. Boston 8-0, Detroit 2-2. Philadelphia 4-2, St. Louis 1-8. Chicago 5-4, Washington 1-2. LEADING HITTERS National League Player Club GAB R H Pct. Holmes, Boston. .. 19 80 19 32 .400 Utt. New York 22 70 24 28 .400 Olmo, Dodgers 17 61 9 23 .377 American League Cuccinello, Giants 17 60 9 22 .367 Stephens, St. L 17 61 17 22 .361 Case, Senators 22 89 15 30 .337 o HOME RUNS Ott. Giants 6 Stephens, Browns 6 Lombardi, Giants 5 —_.q - Diplomas Awarded To Bth Grade Graduates Diplomas were awarded to 214 eighth grade graduates at the county school commencement exercises in this city Saturday afternoon at the junior-senior high school auditorium. Barton Reese Pogue, poet and humorist of Upland, gave the address. His subject was, "The better half of life,” in which he referred to youth as having the better half. The diplomas were distributed by Lyman L. Haun, county superintendent of schools, who was chairman of the program, and the township trustees. o Coat .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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A famous sea-going crew of musicians —the U.S.S. Helena band will be the headline act in the Navy War Bond Review, which will appear in Decatur on May 28 at the junior-senior high school, in cooperation with the county’s Seventh War Bond campaign. Survivors of the sinking of the Helena in the Battle of Kula Gulf on July 5, 1943, the musicians are now stationed at the U. S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, 111. Three members of the original band were lost in the sea engagement yvith the Japs, while three others have been medically discharged since the band’s arrival at

1 B • J’ j : Vv J ■■ pU ~7 ft ' Jt#' 5; W'i SMILING Mrs. Margaret Natterman, Louisville, Ky., is kissed by her son, Corp. Oscar Natterman, shortly after she had been named “American War Mother of 1945” by the American War Mothers. She has six sons and three daughters in service and another son who was recently honorably discharged from the army. (International Soundphoto) 686 Insured Loans By FHA In County iR. Earl Peters, state director of the federal housing administration, today announced that since thej>eginning of the administration of the FHA in Indiana 686 insured loans have been made to Adams county families, aggregating $1.09i2.767. Os that amount 433 were Title I loans for repair and improvement nf existing properties totalling $173,167, and 213 for small home mortgages amounting to $745,160. Forty applications for defense home mortgages 'were accepted totalling $1.7'4,500. Director Peters pointed out that the FHA does not have any reposs seed properties on hand in Adams county and only three in the state. — o Say to 'mothers, what a holy charge is theirs, with what a kingly power their love might rule the fountains of the new-born mind. — Mis. Sigourney. 0 O O Today's Sports Parade i By JACK CUDDY | Reg. U. S. Pat. Ottv) b O New York. May 14—» (UP) — Let’s save the world series. Let’s make it a classic for service men and gals only. Let’s save the series at a fan cost of about 15 cents —the price of a hot dog at many major league parks. J. Monroe Johnson, director of •lie office of defense transportation. says the 1945 series can not be held unless (Ik the competing teams are from the same city, or (2) the Japs surrender in a hurry. Chances are that neither of these conditions will be met. So —let’s try to save the series in a fashion that will benefit both the game, itself and the thousands of service men and women who are interested in the game. Our suggestion is this: Let the

Great Lakes. The ship’s crew recently was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation, first decoration of its kind given by the Navy Department. Approximately all members of the band were in the Navy Before the outbreak of war, studying in the School of Music, Washington, D. C., in 1940. They were graduated in June, 1941, and sent to Pearl Harbor, where they were stationed at the time of the Japanese sneak attack. They participated in thirteen engagements in the Southwest Pacific before the Helena was sunk in Kula Gulf.

series be held in the home cities of whatever teams win the National and American league pennants. But restrict attendance at all games to service men and women based or home-furloughed or home-discharged within a radius of 100 miles. And let them all in f-r-e-e. Let service people or ex-service people in free — those who live within a radius of 100 miles of the home park. But do it in a manner that will not prevent the successful ball players from getting the financial plums at which they shoot season-long. Nor take away the rewards from top-flight club owners. Nor deprive* the baseball commissioner’s office of its share of the receipts —a revenue that helps mightily in keeping that office alive. It can be done for about. 15 cents. Let the 16 club owners empower commissioner Happy Chandler to levy a fee of about 15 cents for each ticket sold at a major league game after —say June 1. The total take on this levy will approximate $1,090,000 by world series time, based on last year's total attendance for the season—--8,976,802 persons. The total gate receipts for last year’s six-game

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