Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 182, Decatur, Adams County, 3 August 1945 — Page 6

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Benton Hurls Tenth Win 01 Year Thursday New York. Aug. 3—(UP)—lf the record of eight pitchers who have returned from military service to <he majors this season is any criterion, it’s time Io quit worrying about G.I. Joe making the grade when lie doffs khtfki and done flannel. Each of the eight was in the service last year and some came back after the current season began. Six of them have won more games than they have lost and collectively they have picked up 54 victories against 27 defeats for a .667 percentage. That's better than the first place percentage of the (lllicago ('tills and Detroit Tigers in their respective leagues, and it fen’t unreasonable to assume that if they were all on the same club they could win the flag without difficulty. The four in the American League are 'Dave (Boo) Ferris of the Red Sox (17-4). Al Benton (10-2) and Les Mueller (3-4) both of the Tigers, and Charley (Red) Ruffing of the Yankees (2-0). The National League returning mound vets are Van Lingle Mungo (11-5) and Jack Brewer (4-3) both of the Giants, Jack Kraus of the Phillies (2-2) and Vic Lombardi of the Dodgers (5-7). Two of them came through again yesterday. Benton, the Tiger right hander, who may set a new Major Leaearned run mark, gained his 10th victory and his fifth shutout, 6 to 0. over the Browns at Detroit. Eddie .Mayo’s two home runs gave Benton all the margin lie needed to fashion a seven-hit game. He has not yielded more than two runs in any of the games he lias pitched. Out for more than a month with a broken leg, tie appears to be as effective as ever now. Ruffing, the lion-hearted redhead of the great pre-war Yankees won his second straight game since

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coming back from two yea re in the army by beating the Red Sox at Boston, 3 to 1. Nick Etten set up the victory with a three-run first inning- homer. The only Boston run was unearned, it was New York’s eighth victory in 11 games. The Washington Senators, winning their second straight double header at home, moved into sole possession of second place with a couple of 2 to 1 victories oyer the Athletics. .Mickey Haefner, pitching a four-hitter, broke up his own game by singling in the winning run in the ninth in the opener. Pat Seerey, whose specialty is “Grand Slam" homers, delivered one to highlight an eight-run third inning for the Indians, who beat the White Sox, 13 to 7, at Cleveland. The victory moved Cleveland into fifth ahead of Chicago. The Indians made 17 hits and the White Sox 15 in the batting melee. Chicago’s Cubs went five and a half games ahead in the National with a "reverse” 1 to 0 victory over the Pirates to counter their defeat by the same score on the day before. Big Paul Derringer, pitching his best game of the season, gave up only three hits, two to Frank Colman. Hairy Lowrey produced the only run With a double which scored Don Johnson in the sixth, it was Derringer’s 12th win. There were no other National League games scheduled. Yesterday’s star—Alton Benton of the Tigers, who pitched his fifth shutout, a 6 to 0 job over the Browns for his 10th victory against two losses.

MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Chicago 59 33 .641 .... St. Louis 56 41 .577 5’4 Brooklyn 53 39 .576 6 New York 51 47 .520 11 Pittsburgh 50 47 .515 11’4 Cincinnati 42 49 .462 16’4 Boston 42 53 .442 1814 Philadelphia .. 26 70 .271 35*4 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Detroit 53 36 .596 .... Washington 49 41 .544 4*4 New York 48 41 .539 5 Boston 47 44 .516 ’ 7 Cleveland 45 45 .500 B’4 Chicago 45 46 .495 9 St. Louis 42 46 .477 10’4 Pliilaileliihia. JO ..60.....3.33... YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 0. Only game scheduled. American League Washington 2-2, Philadelphia 1-1. Cleveland 13, Chicago 7. New York 3, Boston 1. Detroit 6, St. Louis 0.

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Three County Teams In Softball Tourney Three Adams county softball teams, Kraft Cheese, Decatur Moose and Berne Legion, are still’ in the running for honors in the softball tourney at Bluffton, while McMillen was eliminated from the meet. Thursday night. In the first game last, night, the Decatur Moose edged out Young Drug of Bluffton, 2 to 1, in a game which went an extra inning. McMillen was eliminated in the second Thursday night tilt, losing to the Ossian Merchants, 11 to 3, as the winners counted in each of the first four innings. McMillen tallied all its runs in the third frame. The Legion team defeated Caldwell Insurance, of Huntington. in the final encounter last night, 6 to 1, chalking up four runs in a big fifth inning. Three games are on the schedule tonight, with Kraft meeting Model Engineering of Huntington at 7 p. m„ followed by Sealtest and Eagles, both of Huntington. The Decatur Moose will wind up tonight’s card, playing the Ossian Merchants. Two games will be played Saturday night and the tournament final Monday night. Last night's scores by innings: Moose — 001 000 01—2 Young 000 010 00—1 Gordon and Martin; McFarren and Wolfeale. Ossian 331 400 o—ll0 —11 McMillen 003 000 0— 3 Hoopengardner and Young; Keidel, Selking and McClure. Caldwell 100 000 o—l Legion 001 041 x—6 Hoover and Lawver; Neuenschwander and Liechty.

While Sox Winners American Tourney The White Sox, edging out a 65 10-inning victory over the Senators Thursday night at Worthman field, won the final game of the American division tourney of the ■summer recreation league. The White Sox came from behind with two runs in the fifth inning to tie the score at 2-2 and the teams battled on scoreless terms until the last of the 10th when Gehrig, White Sox hurler, doubled to drive in the winning run. The Sox made nine > hits and the Senators five. Scoring in every inning after the first frame, tlug jpeca.tur G. E. girls defeated Mqijn $L Service, 9 to 5) Im’ the Xl’fLlpvalidjaunded out 11 hits to eight for the visitors.

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0 — O Today's Sports Parade By Carl Lundquist Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) ° ° New York, Aug. 3. —(UP) — Within a month college kids all over the land will begin training for what may be the most interesting football season since Pearl Harbor. As soon as they get back to their campuses the national gambling syndicates will be ready to resume full-scale operations. The 1945 season is almost certain to be a record-breaker for bigtime betting because American pockets and purses are bulging with inflation . dollars. Also the average home front citizen is a little jaded and seeks excitement and there is bound to be increased interest in the sport itself. , The trend already has been established. Betting at race tracks is at record proportions. Each holiday or special event and baseball pool operators report almost doubles the volume of business they have handled in any previous year. , All of this wouldn't be alarnjing ff there, weren’t |bo fvenprcient danger that-‘some. gamblers, nut content with the easy money that is certain on their long-odds cards, will try to make a “killing” by fixing a game.

The reminder of what happened last winter to the Brooklyn College basketball players, who were lured into accepting bribe money, should be fresh enough in the memory of | every college official to increase vigilance against a recurrence. If anything has been done it is a well-kept secret. Already the syndicates are lining up their on-1 eratives on the various campuses, who work their way through school | and supply information by telephone that usually is not made available to newspapers and press associations. The campus representative, usually well acquainted with the players or the coach, goes beyond the smoke-screen of pessimism and tall tales of injuries that seep out just before a big game. He isn’t interested in any psychological war of nerves between coaches. His big job is to find out the true physical and mental condition of the team and his future as a representative of the syndicate depends upon him getting it right. It is on this information, supplied several times a week, that Scores by innings: ; • R. H. E. Senators ...131 000 000 o—s 5 3 White Sox 16*2 020 000 I—o 9 3 iHiatt and Pollock; Gehrig and Braun. I Portland 011 001 2—5 8 5 G. ®. Girls 023 211 x—9 11 6 Brown and Davidson; Moser and Bower.

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the syndicates base their pre-game odds. These odds have been uncannily accurate in the past with syndicate operators often able to boast of a higher average of correct Selections than the most veteran football forecaster. At most colleges the syndicate representative makes no secret of his work. At times he lias been able to supply more accurate information on the next opponent than the coach or players have been able to get elsewhere. His job is considered a legitimate one and it helps him to get a college education. Legislation against such operatives by college associations probably would only serve to put them on an underground basis. Except where state and municipal laws rule out football parley cards and betting pools, there seems to be no tangible way of combatting the problem. Coaches everywhere are aware that high stakes ride on every game played by their team and generally they agree that the important thing is to keep high in the mind of every player that the reputation of the college may depend on how hard and how well he plays. After the Brooklyn college epi; sode, there was a constant undercurrent of gossip over basketball games allegedly thrown. Every player w’ho was off form or showed a touch of indifference was singled out for abuse by galleryites, who were sure that there was something “flshy” in the wind. Actually there never was one iota of evidence that any game was thrown and the one involving the Brooklyn college players with the gamblers never was played. It would be too bud *f u sport as clean a record as college football should be besmirched. And the odds—to use a gambling term —are high that it won't if the kids keep right on blocking, running, and kicking as hard as they have in the past.

LEADING BATSMEN National League » Player and Club G. AB. R. H. Pct. Holmes. Boston 97 399 9l> .147 .369 Rosen, Brooklyn 87 361 81 133 .368 Cavarretta, Chi. 94 356 70 123 .336 American League Cuccinello. Chi. 83 291 38 96 .330 Case, Waeh’ton 86 351 49 111 .316 Lake, Boston 69 242 48 76 .314 Home Runs Holmes, Braves, 17. Workman, Braves, 17. Lombardi, Giants, 15.

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Ward Co. Official Defies WLB Orders : Says Firm Will Not Comply With Orders Washington, Aug. 3 — (> P) — An official of Montgomery Ward & Co. told the war labor boaid today that his company would not comply with WLB orders because they are "unfair, uneconomic and illegal.” . John A. Barr, manager of Ward’s labor relations, said that the board’s orders “violate fundamental principles of liberty." “They also violate the standards laid down by congress in the war labor disputes act,” he said, “and the constitutional guarantee that no one shall lie deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law.” Montgomery Ward had been ordered to appear at a public hearing before the board to explain why it had not obeyed WLB orders involving maintenance of membership dues checkoff, wage increases and other union benefits in seven of its plants. The plants are at Baltimore, Barre, Vt.', Washington, Pa., Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kan., , Trenton N. J., and Pueblo, Colo. Eight other Ward plants are now under control of the army because of the firm’s past noncompliance with WLB orders. Barr charged that the war labor board “has used deceit and untruths” to attack the company. o PEACETIM£ DRAFT IS (Continued From Page One)

ficient officer candidate material for whatever military power we may need.” Congressman Gillie advocated that discipline, which admittedly is needed, could best be given through the church, school and home. Following Mr. Gillie’s reading of his paper, questions were asked by members of the club. Discussions followed on the fact that the American Legion had endorsed the compulsory military training program and that a larger army was needed to enforce the peace and prevent war, as outlined under the United Nations’ charter for world peace. Gordon Harvey was chairman of the program and introduced the speaker. o Alfred Jessup Heads Indiana Boys' School Indianapolis, Aug. 3 — (IUP) — Governor Gates today announced the appointment of Alfred IL (Pete) Jessup, Plainfield, to succeed Dr. E. M. Dill as superintendent of Indiana Boys’ School at Plainfield. Dill’s resignation will become effective Aug. 15, the Governor said. Jescsup will serve for a four-year term.

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DECLARATION of (Continued From Pago Ons) ~ final decisions except on the future of Germany approved. Five major decisions stand out. _ 1 Definition of the kind ol fu- ( ture in store for ; plete disarmanent and demilitari- s zation, elimination or strict control of all potential military industries and a specific prohibition against manufacture of airplanes or sea-going ships. 2. Agreement on a formula ,ioi extracting from Germany—in materials, machines and equipment — reparations to compensate for the loss and suffering inflicted by the of big five council of foreign ministers to draft peace treaties with the defeated nations for submission to all the United Nations. The German peace treaty will be postponed until a central German government is formed. That is not an early possibility. 4. Tentative agreement on the western boundaries of Poland, the eastern boundary was settled at Yalta. The Berlin decision would give the former capital of East Prussia —home of the Junkers and |,he surrounding territory to Russia. The rest of East Prussia, the free city of Danzig and all of Germany east of the Oder and the Neisse rivers, which includes min-eral-rich and heavy industrialized Silesia, would go to the new Poland. 5. Promises to the defeated Axis satellites and all neutrals, except Franco Spain, to support their applications for admission to the United Nations. The former satellites must form Democratic govern- , ments to qualify and the neutrals ' must be willing to meet the requirements set forth in the United Nations Charter—acceptance of 1 the obligations and a willingness ■ and ability to carry them out. The Big Three, in effect, made 1 a joint moral break with Gener--5 alissimo Francisco Franco of Spain 1 when they served notice that the present Spanish government was f considered an outlaw.

“Its origins, its nature, its record and its close association with the aggressor states” disqualify the present Spanish regime ‘for membership in the United Nations, the Big Three decreed. Some quartern saw in this the end of Franco. In the United States there arc no fewer than 48 mountain peaks that are more than 14,000 but less than 15,000 feet high. They range from Mount Stewart in Colorado, 14.032 feet to Mount Whitney in California, 14,495. Go Bathing at Shroyer Lake Beach. NOTICE My office will be Closed week of Aug. 6. ’ N. A. BIXLER

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