Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 175, Decatur, Adams County, 26 July 1945 — Page 6

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Night Tilts No Boon To Browns And Senators New York, July 26 —(UP) —The fans have 'the final say-so, of course, but as far as the players were concerned there was a preliminary indictment against night baseball today, at least in Washington and St. Louis. While casting about for explanations of the flop of the Senators at home after burning up the road on their western road trip, it would be less than logical to overlook that in general they switched from afternoon to nocturnal play. On the road they won 13 out of 19 games and played only five of them at night. Back home which should be the "unconquerable fortress” of the pennant contender, they were able to win only six out of 13 games, and played all but three at night. Moreover, they won two of the three day games and lost all but four of the 10 night tilts. At the same time in St. Louis, the not so robust Red Birds were supposed to be making their "annual'’ pennant bid. On a strict diet of night games except for Sundays, they managed to win only eight and lost seven. It also is worth pointing out that in their two Sunday double headers, they lost both games. That isn’t paradoxical, it just gets to be a little strange for a player to emerge into the heat and sunshine after a solid week of playing after dark. Moreover, the Cardinals also fared well on their last eastern trip when they won 16 games and lO.st only nine, playing a fairly steady ration of afternoon games. That moved them to a contending spot in the race, just a game and a half out of the lead, but during their home stay they weren't able to do anything but go backwards, and they now are four and a half games off the pace. The evidence isn't conclusive. There is much to indicate that the standard of night games Is as high as the daytime variety, but teams subjected to an every night ration of it are likely to get tired of the “upside down” living that it requires. That, it eventually reflects in their play is fairly definitely indicated. Carrying the case a step furth-

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er, the road record of the defending champion Brownies should be cited. Since leaving home and their every night game diet, they have won seven and lost five, not too impressive a mark, but nevertheless their best road trip of the season. And it came after they had dropped 12 out of 22 games in thejr longest stand at home. There were no major league games scheduled yesterday. o —i All-American Golf Tourneys Open Today Chicago, July 26.—(UP)— Byron Nelson, facing the toughest field he has met in three years, sets out to prove that he is golf’s “greatest player” today when he tees off in the rich All-American open, the feature attraction of George S. May’s triple header golfing classic. The $60,000 All-American, staged amid the clashing colors and circus ballyhoo of a county fair at Tam O’Shanter country club, are golfdom’s greatest shows. After three days of qualifying play, they get off to a rousing start today with simultaneous 18-hole medal play in the men’s open, the amateur tournament and the women's open. Nelson, although he must meet a field of prewar quality, is the defending champion in the men’s open, which he has won three times. A great competitor, a precision shot maker and currently the hottest golfer in America, Nelson shoots his greatest game when the stakes are high—and this one pays a record $13,600 in war bonds to the winner. The tall, ruddy-faced Texan with the nerves of ice has won eight straight individual tournaments, climaxing his record streak two weeks ago by taking the covetsd P.G.A. title. It was then that he was acclaimed the greatest of all time, but now he must prove it against two men who were not in the PGA—-Lt. Ben Hogan, the little Texas sharpshooter, and slammin' Sammy Snead, power swinging West Virginian. This is really a “comeback” tournament for Nelson. He is returning to the fairways after a week of resting an injured back. Snead has been on the sidelines for a month, ever since fracturing a wrist bone. And .Hogan is playing his first major tournament of the season. Counting Snead and Hogan, Nelson faces a field of 139, including the greatest collection of golf stars since 1942.>■ Whootttrg~agaTh3t'~li'nis will be Jimmy Demaret, Sgt. Ernest J. (Dutch) Harrison, Harold (Jug) McSpaden, the game’s No. 2 money winner behind Nelson; Sammy Byrd, PGA runner up; Johnny Revolta —in short, all of golf’s great moderns with the exception of one or two, such as Lawson Little. They were all exempt from qualifying play which ended yesterday when 40 pros qualified for the men’s open, led by George Payton, 22-year-old assistant pro at a Hampton, Va., club who .shot a brilliant four under par 68. The only stars who failed to make it were Newton Bassler of Carmel, Calif., and Leonard Dodson of Kansas City, Mo., co-holder of the course record here. Also starting off on the 72-hole grind today is a 32 woman field of top skill and a 27 man amateur field. o Bob Feller Defeats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 Great Lakes, 111., July 2S —(UP) —Coach Bob 'Feller, former Cleveland Indians pitching ace, hurled his Great Lakes baseball team to a 1 to 0 shutout victory yesterday over the National league leading Chicago Cubs. 'Feller showed the major leaguers he- had lost none of his oldtime fire as he'held the Cubs to three scattered hits and struck ou! 10 men.

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Attendance Higher In American League Chicago, July 26. —(UP) —American league president Will Harridge said today that 370,705 more fans paid admission to games this year through July 22 than was recorded by league attendance figures for a corresponding number .if games last season. Harridge said the increase prevailed despite unusually adverse weather conditions which generally held down home attendance, particularly in New York, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia. Including games of July 22, 2,796,468 (M) American league fans have watched the clubs play this season. Attendance in 1944 totaled 4,798,158 (M) paid, plus 197,075 spectators at war relief games. The league’s all-time season record attendance is 5,433,791 (M) paid, set in 1940, when Detroit won the pennant. Detroit’s Tigers have brought more fans to the stands so far this year than any other club, although New York, a close second, can claim the season’s largest crowd, 63,213. on May 30 In the Yankee stadium. MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Chicago 53 32 .624 .... St. Ixmis 50 38 .568 4% Brooklyn 49 39 .557 5% Pittsburgh 48 42 .533 7% New York 47 45 .511 9% Cincinnati 40 42 .488 11% Boston 41 47 .466 13% Philadelphia .... 25 68 .269 32 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Detroit 47 36 .566 .... Washington 44 39 .530 3 Chicago 44 41 .518 4 Boston 44 41 .518 4 New York 42 40 .512 4% St. Louis 41 40 .506 5 Cleveland 40 43 .482 7 Philadelphia .... 30 52 .366 16% YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League No games scheduled. American League No games scheduled. 0 LEADING BATSMEN National League Player and Club G. AB. R. H. Pct. Holmes, Boston 90 375 84 138 .368 Rosen. Brooklyn 83 348 74 127 .365 Cavarretta, Chi. 87 330 68 IJ6 .351 Cuccinello, ChiJSpj27| 38: $0 ,325 Case, Wash’ton 7» : 324 48 lt)2 .315 Cake, ’ Boston 63 218 43 68 .312 Home Runs ‘ Holmes, Braves, 16. • ; Lombardi, Giants, 15. Workman, Braves, 15. ——— o ——■—— Playoff Series To Open Here Tonight The opening game in the playoff for the first half championship of the City softball league will be held tonight at Worthman field, with the Kraft and Legion teams tangling. The second game will be played at Berne Friday night at 8:30 o’clock. The Moose-Legion tilt, scheduled for Friday night at Berne, will be played at a later date. DRASTICSHAKEUP (Continued From Page One) the charges leveled at them by the attorney general. Dethmfer’s reports climaxed four months of secret investigation, and assail the prison's administration on 30 separate counts. —: o ; OVERWHELMING (Continued From Page Ore) Britain’s first labor premier. Ramsey MacDonald. For years he lived among the tough dockside workers and cockney warehousemen along the wharves of the lower Thames. He knows the poverty and problems of grimy dockland probably better than any other man in British public life. No orator, Attlee speaks slowly and quietly, choosing his words carefully and with deliberation.

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Policemen, Firemen Threaten Walkout Pay Raise Dispute In City Os Brazil Brazil, Ind., July 26. —(UP) — This city of 8,000 got a letdown today, for Mayor Clint Wilson said it probably won’t have fire lassies and women cope after all. But-there was a first class dispute between the city fathers and Brazil’s seven firemen and eight policemen over pay raises, and the mayor was caught in the middle. Wilson refused, however, to get excited over the threat of firemen and policemen to strike Aug. 1 unless they get a 30 percent increase to $l7O a month. “I’ll take care of that when the time comes,” Wilson said, “and I won’t have to hire women. We are going to have full flue and police protection, too.’-’ Townspeople had looked forward to women “manning” the fire wagons and toting guns and bill clubs. The possibility was publicized in the daily newspaper. Wilson said that the firemen and policemen felt that they had been mistreated because the 1945 legislature raised the salaries of police and fire chiefs to $290 a month. The firemen and policemen hired a lawyer and went before the city council, asking the hike. The city council offered a 15 percent raise. “This is a small town,” the mayor countered. "That’s a lot of money to pay our firemen and policemen.” Wilson refused t o speculate about the source of necessary manpower if the strike comes off, but he was "pretty certain" that he wouldn’t have to hire women.

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Boyd Gurley Death In Mexico Reported Announcement has been made In Indianapolis of the death of Boyd Gurley, 65, former editor of the Times in that city, and who in 1928 won the Pulltizer prize for his newspaper by writing a series of articles on the influence of the Ku Klux Klan on the state government. Mr. Curley died in Mexico on June 12. He had been ill more than a year. He was editor of the Times from 1926 to 1933. The famous editor was, well known in Decatur, having delivered the commencement address at the local high school graduation exercises in May 1929. He was a forceful speaker. oSENATE IN 4TH (Continued From Page One) ham. D., Nev. Carville said he flew to Washington to take the oath immediately because he wanted to lie on hand to cast life vote for ratification. Meanwhile, it appeared that at least one major question in connection with the charter had been settled. ,Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., said the debate so far had ruled out' the possibility that the President alone could decide what American troops would be placed at disposal of the United Nations security council. 0 SPECULATION ON (Continued From Page One) conference agenda. With Mountbatten’s return to London, the military phase of the Potsdam discussions appeared to have ended, at least temporarily. The southeast Asia commander

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