Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1945 — Page 6

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Senators Boot Chance To Tie For Loop Lead

New York , Sept. 11 (UP —No major league team ever won the pennant by finishing in second place, a fact that was becoming all to realistic today to the Washington Senators, who have been trying for exactly three months without success to dislodge Detroit from the American League lead. On June 11, The Tigers took over first place and they have been there ever since. Today they are on top by the bare margin of a game, but the fact remains that they are leaders and thus the best bet to win the pennant until sometiling changes that situation. Washington never had a better opportunity to close in than last night, but the Senators, dog-tired after weeks of doubling up on the schedule, couldn't make the grade. The Tigers had divided a doubleheader at Boston and when the Senators won the first game with the Chicago White Sox, 10 to 4. they were within a half game of the lead. A second triumph would have put them into a virtual first place tie. For a time it looked as if they would get the job done. Giving Marino Pieretti a 3 to 0 lead, they set the pace until the fourth but then Chicago, after six losing starts, toed off on Pieretti and Santiago Ullrich for seven hits and six runs, 12 men batting during the inning. T?ie 'Senators, who had a winning string of seven games, never had a chance thereafter. On the- encouraging' side was Emil (Dutch) Leonards performance in the first game when lie pitched his first complete job in a month, showing no sign of shoulded trouble which sidelined him his last time out. Dave (Boo) Ferriss, the Red Sox I rookie star, sidetracked the Tigers | 9 to 2 with a doubly-brilliant per-I formance in which he gave up only eight hits and hit two doubles and a single, driving in two runs. The Tigers won the second game, 2 to 1, when Ed Mierkowicz, subbing for the injured Hank Greenberg, doubled home Rudy York with the winning run. giving Frank (Stubby) Overmire the victory in a , pitching battle with Emmett O'Neill. Charley Keller’s bases full homer and Ernie Honham's five-hit pitching gave the Yankees a 5 to 1 victory over the Indians at New Yotk and put them into third place. Nick

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Etten also got a Yankee homer. The Browns dropped to fourth by dividing a pair at Philadelphia. They won the opener, 3 to 2, on Vein Stephen’s 41st homer, which gave Jack Kramer the decision over Russ Christopher. The A's took the second, 5 to 3, when Brown starter Newsman Shirley weakened after two innings. Luther Knerr was the winner, although Joe Berry relieved in the eighth. The Cardinals cut Chicago’s lead to two and a half games in the National with a 2 to 1 victory over

the Giants at St. Louis. Harry Brecheen won his 12th game, a sixhitter. Rookie Ed Wright of the Braves shut out the Cubs, 2 to 0, at Chicago handing them their third shutout in five games. The Braves bunched five of their nine hits in the first inning to score their runs, Tommy Holmes and Garden Gillenwater driving the min with singles. Brooklyn won an abbreviated game at Cincinnati, 3 to 2, rain cutting it short in the eighth and causing postponmeiit of the second game of the scheduled double bill. Goodwin Rosen, with three hits, paced Les Webber to the victory. The Pirates won another rainshortened game in seven innings, to move into fourth place, beating

the Phillies at Pittsburgh. 9 to 5. Nick Strincevich won his 15th game despite yielding 15 hits. Jim Wasdell hit a Philadelpha homer. Yesterday’s Star — Dave (Boo) Ferriss of the Red Sox, who Stopped the leading Tigers. 9 to 2, for his 21st victory, getting three hits, batting in two runs and making four spectacular fielding plays. —o Chicago Bears Play Washington Tonight Chicago, Sept. 11 (UP) -Sid Lmkman and Sammy Baugh hook up in anol her one of their famed passing duels tonight when the Chicago Bears make their 1945 gridiron debut against the Washington Redskins in a national football league exhibition gam" at, soldier field. The Bears, with Luckman back on a full-time basis since being discharged from the maritime service, will be playing their first game of the season. The Redskins were soundly trounced in their first warmup start last week-end by the Cleveland Rams. 21 to 0. Luckman and his old passing foe, Baugh, both will be operating from quarterback in the T-formation, but under widely different circumstance.-. Luckman, former Columbia University all-American, ie at home there, having made the Bears "T” the greatest in football before the war. Baugh, however, is a converted left halfback who has had trouble adapting himself to the “T”. He rose to stardom at Texas Christian

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and with the Redskins at left halfback and when Coach Dudley Do Groot switched to the "T” last year. Baugh had difficulty the change. The Beans’ line is identical to last year’s except for the loss of all-league "Bulldog" Turner at center. Turner now is in the army and Johnny Schiechl, giant Santa Clara star, hiw taken over his old position. The Chicagoans* starting backfield will be composed of Jim Fordham at fullback, Al Grygo and Henry Margarita at halfback and Luckman. o lowa Grid Hopefuls Hold First Workout

Chicago, Sept. 11 (UP) Around the midwest grid circuit. The University of lowa, last big ten school to begin its tall football drills, held its first workout yesterday at lowa City where 33 players, including nine newcomers, reported to new head coach Clem Crowe. Five lettermen are back from the 1944 team which dropped I all six conference games to finish last. At Ohio State, Jack Roe, rugged reserve center on the Buckeye’<s 1942 national championship team, reported to coach Carroll Widdoes following discharge from the army. Roe is expected to take a varsity position as Boon as he works into shape.

Michigan, preparing for the opening of its 10-gatne schedule against Great Lakes this Saturday, received another setback when 218-pound Jim Rehberger of West Allis, Wis., suffered a pulled muscle which will sideline him for 10 days. He was scheduled to start against Great Lakes. Coach Ray Elliot moved fullback Ray Stone of Indianapolis into the first team backfield at Illinois. Stone now ranks with Jerr< Cies, last year's regular fullback. and the two may be used alternately. Coach Lynn Waldorf nominated a tentative starting backfield for Nor t h western'd opening game against lowa State at Evanston, 111.. Sept. 22. The quartet consisted of three lettermen and one freshman. quarterback Don Laser of Hollywood, 111. Indiana received disheartening news in the report that fullback John Cannady’s inIjured leg probably will not be ready for the Hoosiers’ opener against Michigan, Sept. 22.

MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Chicago 84 50 .627 St. Louis 82 53 .607 2% Brooklyn 74 59 .556 9% Pittsburgh 75 65 .536 12 New York 73 64 .533 12% Boston - 59 77 .434 26 Cincinnati 54 80 .403 30 Philadelphia 42 95 .307 43% AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Detroit 79 57 .581 Washington 80 60 .571 1 New York 70 65 .519 8% St. Louis 71 66 .518 8% Cleveland 67 65 .508 10 Chicago 66 72 .478 14 Boston 66 72 .578 14 Philadelphia 47 89 .346 32

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2 (7 innings, game called, rain) Boston 2, Chicago 0 St. Louis 2, New York 1 Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 7 (7 innings, game called, rain) American League • Washington 10-4, Chicago 4-9 New York 5, Cleveland 1 St. Louis 3-3, Philadelphia 2 5 Boston 9-1, Detroit 2-2. o LEADING BATSMEN National League Player, Club G. AB. R. H. Cavarretta, C. 113 426 86 152 .357 Holme*, Bn. ..137 565 118 200 .354 Rosen, Bklyn. 126 527 110 176 .334 American League Cuccinello, C. 110 373 47 115 .308 Boudreau, Civ. 97 346 50 106 .306 Moses, Chil29 519 76 158 .304 Home Runs Hplmcfl, Braves, 28. Adams, Cardinals, 22. Workman, Braves, 22. H. S. FOOTBALL South Bend Washington 58, South Bend Catholic 0. Anderson 36, Elwood 0. o Mrs. Dollie Speheger Dies Monday Evening Mrs. Dollie Speheger, 63, of Welte county, died Monday night in the WelU county hospital at Bluffton. Surviving are a brother, Clarence Gottschalk, and three slaters, Mrs. Barbara Shoemaker and the Misses Lillie and Edna Gottschalk, all of Wells county. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Defenseless Mennonite church, west of Berne, with burial In the Old Salem cemetery, Wells county.

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Indiana Basketball Schedule Announced Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 11—(U. P.)—lndiana University's western conference basketball schedule for 1945-1946 was announced today by Coach Harry C. Good. The 12-game schedule included two games each with Michigan, Chicago, Minnesota, lowa, Purdue and Ohio State. Good announced dates as follows: Dec. 22. at Michigan; Jan 5, at Chicago; Jan. 7, Minnesota; Jan. 12. Iowa; Jan. 16, at Purdue; Jan. 19, Ohio State; Jan. 21, Michigan; Jan. 26, Chicago; Feb. 9, at Ohio State; Feb. 16, Purdue; Feb. 23, at Minnsota, and Feb. 25, at lowa. Good .aid that 10 additional games would be played against non-eonference foes, but dates were tentative.

Association Playoff ■ Will Open Tonight 1 By United Press j First division teams of the American Association clash tonight in * initial contests of a playoff series I to determine the league’,, entry in | the “lit’le world series.” | The Milwaukee Brewers, pennant winnerfl for the third consecu- ' tive year, take on the third-place I Louisville Colonels on the Brew- | ers’ home diamond at Milwaukee. . In the second bracket, Indiana- - polis, which finished in the num- I her two spot this year, meets | fourth-place St. Paul. The Indiana- j polis Indians ended the season two ( and a half games behind Milwaukee after one of the closest pen- I nant battles in recent years. | Joe Sheeketski To Coach Irish Backs South Bend, Ind., Sept. 11 —(U. P.) —Joe Sheeketski, ’ Notre Dame halfback in the early 1930’is, today returned to his alma mater as backfield coach. Sheeketski, a native of Shadyside, 0., starred on the 1931 and 1932 Irish varsity squads. Sheeke'ski became assistant to Eddie Anderson, Ii ea d football coach at Holy Crees, in 1933. In 1939, he moved into the head coaching job when Anderson went to the University of lowa. He joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation three years later, resigning last January to enter private business in Cleveland. Plan Strike Vote Os Union Tug Crews Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 11—(UP)— Two labor leaders said today that they planned to call for a striae vote among union tug crews on Great Lakes vessels. August A. Wolf, grand president ■ of the firemen, linesmen, watchmen and oilers of America (AFL), said he and Fred B. Gerard, president of the Buffalo local of the 11- . censed tugmen’s protective associi ation planned to petition for the . strike vote under the War Labor Board disputes act. Meanwhile, tug crewmen entered the sixth day of , a strike at the Buffalo harbor. The tug crews left their jobs when two . crews reportedly were disciplined for refusing to obey orders.

Ward Company Head Prolesis Army Delay Demands Properties Return To Company Chicago, Sept. 11 —(UP) —Montgomery Ward & Co. board chairman Sewell Avery today awaited a government reply to hie latest demands that “the company’s properties be returned to the company’is possession.” Avery wired Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson last nigh: protesting the army’s delay in releasing Wards for priva’e management. He discredited government au-

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thority to withhold the release | claiming Washington officials hud | •mid it was necessary because gov eminent operated properties had not earned enough to pay retroactive wage increases. The wage boosts were ordered by the Wat Labor Board "No act of congress authorizes the President to give away bus!ne.3B profits to those who have no legal right to them," Avery said in the telagram. “According to the you now propose to pay the approximately JL'ld'i.miO of retroactive Increases out of public funds. If this is done it would be equally illegal . . . he .-aid. Avery said that Wards fully accepted unionism and was anxious to pay fair wages. "Ward’s single purpose has been to defend its freedom and the freedom of its employee against the coercion of the closed shop,” he said. "The excuse that the war effort would "be unduly impeded or delayed’ unless Wards properties were seizzed no longer exists,” he said.

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Navy Makes All-Oul Enlistment Drive Navy recruiting .stations all over the country are initiating an allout drive for voluntary enlkst-1 ments, particularly in the regular, navy, among men in the age group j of 17 to 30 inclusive, who are now ieligible by executive order of President Truman. Thia orders lifts the ban against voluntary enlistments in draft ages. Tlie navy's recruiting drive is] designed to speed demobiliza ion of men with long war service, to reduce the navy’s calls through selective service and at the same time ho enable the navy to fulfill its extensive respondbilitiM through the transition period and beyond. During August, despite the ban on recruiting men between the draft ages of 18 and 37 inclusive, the navy enlisted more than 16,000 men in the 17-age group, with parental consent. Os this number 6,300 joined the regular navy and the balance entered the naval reserve.

Now that the bars are raised permitting the armed services to reach info the draft age group for voluntary enlistments the navy is endeavoring at least to triple the August figures in coming months. Men who have not been in uniform as well as those recently discharged through the army and navy demobilization plan are sought through this recruiting drive. Navy poketimen announced that already a number of World War 11 veterans are signing up for the regular navy. It is anticipated that this number will greatly increased as the demobilization program progresses. Navy officials point out that such further service is (solely a matter of voluntary action on the part of those who want to follow the navy as a peacetime career. Many veterans have embraced this opportunity after spending long awaited furloughs and leaves at home. The term of enlistment in the regular navy is now reduced from six years to four. Physical standards are lowered in the light of war experience. Men changing to the regular navy from the naval reserve and men re-enlisting in the regular navy not only retain-their rights to mustering out pay. but also are entitled to full credit for past active duty, a special cash re-enliolment bonus, and up to 60 days’ leave at home. Democrat Want Ads 'iftt Results

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