Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 137, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1945 — Page 6

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Boston Braves Defeat Giants In Twin Bill New York, June 11. — (UP) — There were almost as many bona fide pennant contenders as teams in the majors today, with the sevppth place club only six games oehlnd the leaders, indicating that last year’s great stretch battle in the American may he duplicated this time in both circuits. No team as yet has .showin ability to strike a consistent winning stride and only two, the fast failing Philadelphia clubs, have displayed definitely that they don’t belong in the company of the other 14 squads. Latest team to demonstrate that it can’t be counted out is Boston, w|iich climaxed a seven-game winning streak yesterday by topping tile league leading Giants twice, 84q 6 and 3 to 1, at Boston. Morton Cooper woin his third straight game for the Braves in the opener, and his fifth without loss for the season. Jim Tobin, rounding into the form that made him Boston's most effective pitcher last season, gave IIP linly five hits in the second game for his fifth victory which he Insured with a homer. Garden Gillen water also hit a Brave homer, Two 10th inning homers gave the Pirates a pair of victories, 8 to 6 and 4 to 1 at St. Louis against the inconsistent Cardinals. Ellsworth (Babe) Dahlgren hit a twonip homer to win the first while Jim Russell delivered the game winning blow in the second. The Pirates came from behind to send path game into extra innings, Pete (loscarart’s homer deadlocking the gpcond game at 1-all in the seventh. The Cards blew a 6 to 1 lead iin the first game as the Pirates tied it up in the eighth. The Cubs also came from behind twice to hand the Reds 10 to 7 and 7 to 4 defeats at Chicago. Mickey Livingston of the Cubs blasted the longest homer ever hit at Wrigley field, a 400-foot drive into the left field bleachers, in the second game. He was preceded by Bill Nicholson, who hit a threerun homer In the eighth, sewing up the game. The Dodgers, playing without Manager Leo Durocher, who was being held by police for allegedly assaulting a critical fan, beat the Phillies. 10 to 4. at Brooklyn. Rookie Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox came to the end of his remarkable eight-game victory string, losing 3 to 2 to the Yankees at New York. Winning pitcher Hank Borowy tied the youngster as the league’s leading pitcher. Each now has eight wins and a loss. The Yanks, by winning, regained first place in the American. The second game was rained out. The Tigers dropped to second, splitting their double hill with the

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White Sox at Detroit. They won, 3 to 2, behind Paul (Dizzy) Trout, while Orval Grove, with re’iet help from Ed Lopat provided the White Sox with a 9 to 4 triumph in the second. Lefty Weldon West gave the Browns a 4 to 1 four-hit win at Cleveland after the Indians won ihe opener, 2to 1, Jim Bagby finally gaining a 10-inning victory after five straight defeats. Frank Hayes spoiled a shutout for West by hitting his sixth homer. Bagby’s single, an error and Paul O’Dea’s single gave the Indians the winning run in the first game. The Washington at Philadelphia double header was postponed. Yesterday’s star—Yankee Hank Borowy, who outpitched Rookie Dave Ferriss to hand the Red Sox rookie his first defeat after eight wins and tied his league leading mark of eight victories and one defeat. — o ; Hoop, Jr., Winner Os Kentucky Derby iLouieville, Ky., June 11— (UP) — Hoop, Jr’s smashing eix-length Kentucky Dertby triumph in a wallow of mud was expected to make an oddis-on choice Ho score a repeat performance in the Preakness at Baltimore next Saturday, turf experts in the hard-flioots country predict! ed today. iThe /bounding bay colt, which won going-away from the big field of IS in the iblue-grass classic Saturday, may not win the three-year-old triple crown with victories in the Preakness and the Belmont stakes, but he already has established a place in tuitf history. (Bought (by 35-year-old Fred W. Hooper, Jr., a Florida millionaire contractor, he became the first ithorougWbred “purchase” to win the dedby, and he made his famed “Daddy”, Sir Gallahead HI, the world's leading money winning sire. The $64,850 winning return to Hooper brought the total winnings of the get of ithe French Horse to $3,224,389, surpassing the previous mark of $3,178,236 held by Man O’War. (And for Jockey Eddie Arcaro, the Covington, Ky., Italian boy who booted him home in front, Hoop, Jr., provided an opportunity to make new history among the riding clan. Arctaro's victory gave him three dertby wins, tying the records of 'lsaac Murphy and Earl Sande. Arcaro is at the peak of his career and probably will bet other derby chances. He has won the triple crown title once, with AVhirlaway in 19411, find can become the first, jockey to do it twice. Sande accomplished it in 1930 on Gallant Fox. Principal opposition in the Preakness may come from horses Hoop, Jr., did not face in the deitby. The naw comens include Pavot, t.wo-year-old chamlpion of last season who won iglit straight races, Docketader and Coincidence. Calumet Farms’ .Pot O’Luck, runner-up in t'he derby, and 'Col. C. V. Whitney’s Jeep are being sent to Maryland for the mile and ithree-Bixteenths run ait Pimlico, but in the 16-horse field may not go. Burning Dream, Bymealbond and Sea Swallow are three likely staiitens. If Hoop Jr., wins the Preakness it will leave him with only the Belmont mile and a half test to complete the triple crown won only by Sir .Barton, Gallant Fox, War Admiral, Omaha, Whirlaway, and Count Fleet. —■ —•■" ■ O ■' National League Player and Club G. AB. R. H. Pct. Holmes, Boston 44 189 413 73 .386 Ott, New York 4'7 167 37 62 .371 Rosen. ‘Brooklyn 38 150 3'2 54 .360 American League Cnccinello,Chicago 13 152 22 53 .349 Ettten, New York 45 160 29 54 .338 Case, Washington 40 163 05 54 .331

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MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. New York , 28 18 .609 Pittsburgh 26 20 .565 2 Brooklyn 25 20 .556 2V a Chicago 23 19 .548 3 St. Louis 25 21 .543 3 Boston 22 21 .512 4>4 Cincinnati 21 23 .477 6 Philadelphia .... 10 38 .208 19 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. GB New York 27 18 .600 .... Detroit 25 17 .595 % St. Louis 22 21 .512 4 Boston 23 22 .512 4 Cleveland 20 22 .476 Est Chicago 21 24 .467 G Washington .... 20 23 .4G5 6 Philadelphia .... 16 27 .372 10 SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 5, Cincinnati 1. Boston 4, New York 0. Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 8. Philadelphia 7. American League Detroit 7, Chicago 6. ■ New York 13, Boston 7. Washington 3, Philadelphia 2. Cleveland 2, St. Louis 1. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Boston 8-3, New York 5-1. Pittsburgh 8-4, St. Louis 6-1. Chicago 10-7, CincTnhati 7-4. Brooklyn 10, Philadelphia 4 (game called in the 7th, second game postponed). American League Detroit 3-4, Chicago 2-9. Cleveland 2-1. St. Louis 1-4. New York 3, Boston 2 (second game postponed). Washington at Philadelphia, rain. o Open State Forests To Hoosier Hunters Indianapolis. June 11. —'(UP) — Approximately 75,000 acres of Indiana’s total of 83,000 acres of state forest area will be open to Hoosier hunters in time for* the squirrel season beginning Aug. 10. Milton Matter, director of the Indiana department of conservation, announced today that the department had decided to open the forests to hunting after adopting a policy that state forests are public property and should be used in the best interests of the public.

Home Runs iLomlbaiMi, Giants 13 AV-eiutraulb' Giuiwa 8 Out, Giants 8 — —0 New Conservation Officer Is Named Announcement lias been made by the Indiana department of conservation that Ward Bowman, of Somerset, has been named the new conservation officer for Adams county. He will begin his duties July 1. Walter Krienke of near Bryant has been officer assigned to this county. Forty-two appointments were announced by the department. o John F. Nash Dies At County Hospital John F. Nash, 81, retired carpenter of Chattanooga, Ohio, died at the Adams county memorial hospital Saturday following a week’s illness with a heart ailment. The deceased was born at Piqua, Ohio, Oct. 25. 1863,‘the son of Charles and Rebecca Nash. His early life was spent in the Portland community and in later years he lived in Adams county, until he moved to Chattanooga, Ohio. He was married to Miss Dora Hisey Dec. 26, 1888 in Adams county. Mr. Nash is survived by one daughter, Mrs. John Leistner, near Chattanooga. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Bethel Brethren church, east of Berne. Burial will be in the Kessler cemetery, soutll of Chattanooga. The body was removed from the Yager mortuary to the John Leistner home Sunday evening. Two Men Killed As Monoplane Crashes Greenup, 111., June 11 —(UP) — Authorities attempted today to locate the home base of a twoseated monoplane that crashed near Greenup last night. A former army captain and a Joplin, Mo., physician were killed in the accident. The victims were Tex Boggers, Tex., the pilot, and Dr. Ellsworth Moody. Coroner Don ftallihan said a ticket in Moody's pocket showed the plane had been refueled at Indianapolis shortly before the crash.

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Hollywood Honors Pation, Doolittle Wild Celebration Is Given Generals Hollywood, June 11. —(UP) — Gen. George Patton, Jr., and Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle began their military leaves today after basking for two days in the glare of all the kleig lights Hollywood could muster. Patton went home to San Marino and Doolittle stayed in Los Angeles. Both planned to get the first -rest they had had since their arrival here Saturday. “We’re just a coupla lucky old bums,” Patton said, at the end of a wild two-day homecoming celebration. “The men deserve all this honor.” Hollywood'had outdone itself to fete the third army commander and the eighth air force leader during their “recess between wars.” The celebration was climaxed with a jubilee Saturday night in the Los Angeles Memorial coliseum and ended yesterday after the generals attended church services. Nearly 105,000 persons jammed into the stadium Saturday night to watch .Hollywood’s celebrities entertain the heroes. Patton burst into. tears as he tried to encourage families with wounded sons. “There’s less risk in going to war today than there is in getting into a slippery bathtub,” he said. “But God damn it, it’s not fun to tell men you love to go out and die,” he shouted. “But by God they did it!” Patton also spoke to 200 Sunday school children at his Episcopal church in San Gabriel yesterday. “You kids are the soldiers, sail-

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o —- c j Today"s Sports Parade | By JACK CUDDY Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) h — O New York, June 11 — (UP) Reporters trooped into the drossing room, ready to sing the blues with Dave “Boo” Ferriss, the Red Sox story-book pitcher whose winning streak had just been snapped at eight straight by the Yankees, , “That was a tough one to lose,” said a reporter, with sympathy dripping from his tongue. “You certainly got. some bad breaks.” “But I got a lot of good breaks in the eight I won,” grinned the big, handsome, dark-haired flinger from Shaw, Miss. He was stripped to the waist and sitting on the rubbing table as trainer Win Green massaged his right flipper with a lotion that smelled to the newsmen delightfully like alcohol. Another journalist mourned, “too bad the team didn’t support you with more hits. They could’a given you at least two more runs.” Young Ferris took a bite of the chocolate-coated ice cream “pop” he held in his left hand and .chuckled: “They gave me more hits and runs than I deserved in some of the games 1 won —particularly when I gave up 14 hits, myself, to Philadelphia. A fellow can’t expect to be that lucky all the time.”. One of the sympathizers remarked that it was a “crying shame” that poor Ferris and his asthma (which had caused him to be let out of the army) had to be out there pitching against the Yanks in a drizzling rain. “I’ll admit it was the wettest game I ever pitched,” said the Mississippi mudcat. “But I felt fine, and my arm felt fine.” Trainer Green, a genial fellow, laughed good naturedly at the reporters and said, “You boys are getting nowhere fast. You're trying to dig an alibi out of him for losing. But you’ve got the. wrong guy. He’s not an alibi artist.” Ferris, in his soft Mississippi drawl, agreed with Green: “Hell, no, I've got no alibi. I just lost —that’s all.” Now that his winning string had been broken, it might, be better for Ferris—because the pressure would be removed, one of the baseball bards ventured. This tickled big “Boo.” What pressure was the reporter talking about? Ferris said he never felt any pressure — any nervousness, as his victory string lengthened.

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