Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 240, Decatur, Adams County, 11 October 1945 — Page 8

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Newhouser And Richards Led Tiger Victory Chicago, Oct il il’l’i The De troll Tlgdrw vain** to the end of the IBIS M.ij »r League- batbull season today. currying with them the World Benet gold and glory on a wing and a prayer. It meant more than money and the honor that goes to a e h.it -.ploti for the Tiger*. To the victor* in particular, and the bas> ball world in general. It proved that their boss, Burby Steve O'Neill had come bu k and made rood .1 the big time. And the boys who were Imdru mental In that su< <■>» are o'Nelllj wing and prayer. The wing I* that of lefthanded Hal .Newhou'e: who climaxed a brilliant -,-ason yesterday by defeating the Cuba ‘I to 3 In the seventh and deciding game ot thia richest aerie* of all time The prayer war catcher Pau! ID- < hai d><. far pant hi* prime but call rd upon to fill the hrea< h when servn-e calls out baseball inanpow er Richards was In Hie Min r« when O'Neill decided to take a chance on the veteran while pray Ing ferven ly that, untP the boy. come marching ba< k. the 36 yeai , old Richards would lio.d up. Steve's prayers tore- not in vain Richard's handling of pitcher, played a big part in the Detroit siiccese and his bat yesterday boomed out the base hit that brought the Tigers llielr second World Serie* victory in -even tries Their previou. victims were the Cubs, torr. That was b> yearn ago. It was rough losing for Chicago, hut It was generally agreed they lost to a better ball club. on< »• more it was a etory of American | la-ague power going f .r a big in I ning ofer the tight defensive play ’ of the National League. All during this monev series, the \ policy of going after a log ll.ning paid dividends. The richtv t reward of ail came in that first inning ye* terday when the Tiger* jumped on their old jinx. Hank Itorowy, and

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drove him from the box In tincourse of a five-run rally. Fordham Hank went out in an I attempt tn match the record of j night other hurlers who have won ■ World Series game* but that one, day of net between the sixth and . seventh games was not enough. In- ■ «lead of winding up with hi lit 11 victory over the Tigers, he w out of It with his fifth defeat. It war the old story with New I houser coming througa. Ml sea-on , long he had been tt'N'elU’- man in the clutch. And the 2a victories j he turned in meant the pennant j for the Tlgere Just a* his two! World Serine victories meant the ■ hampionshlp It wasn’t, of course, all Newhorn er and Richard' Huy* lik Hank Greenberg. Doc Cramer, Skeeter Webb. Eddie Mayo. Virgil Trucks and Dlz.vy Trout did their part, too Hut without Ne-whe-u-or and Richards it probably would have been a different -tory It was one of t ie most looeely I played World Serie* •■ hi. tory There was no out• .eliding hero in Hu- serie* and no out-t.inding Ignat Newhou«“ . G’ccllbcig and. Richard* turned out tc be 'he big. | gun for th** Tiger* and. although | I hi* fielding wa.l brilliant Andy: Pafko wa the big Chicago illsap-' pointment. p.i k i couldn't come through with ba. e lids when they were I •h eded Rut nether could big Bill I I Nic bolson amt some- of the other I renowne d Hugger* of the Cub*. Tile ChldeS would have been feO | jt i I that - oil guy* n- Rudy York, iireenla-rg. Roy Cullt-nbim-, Nichol . Lon. Phil <avai.e!l.i, p, mute Lo w i ey. and Pafko would have- d .ven i more than three trails out ot the I park in -even games. But a. it j happened, Greenberg got I W i aioli Cavarretta the other. It turm-d out that the Tige r* did 1 not med any more win)- tin- Cub* could well leave- used some- of that I homerun power they showed in I winniii-’ their way into tie eerie- j Many New Records In World Series Chieago. Oc'. 11 tl’l’i They ■ put a Im of new page* into the- . i world serie* record book today Never before has the re- be-e-n a I serie* that shattered as many - marks a« the- 1945 "big show" which bowed out yesterday at Wrigley field after seven games. The records included: Largest crowds- the 41.590 fan* I who at'ended yesterday's game I establi-hed a new world series »itI tendance mark, boosting the total turnstile registration for the sev-en-game 1945 series to 333. 157. The previous mark wax 338.051 set in 1920 when the Cardinals and Yankee* played a seven game match. Yesterday's -urnoiit alsoj wax the largest crowd ever to attend the- seventh game of a world , series. Total receipts -yesterday's turnout poured 1201.177 Into the coffers. hiking tin- total take for the--1915 series to f 1.592,151, and ,-racking the former mark of IL--322.328.21 set in 1940 during the seven game tussel between the Cincinnati Red* and the Tigers. Strikeouts - Hal Newhouser of Detroit in striking out 10 men to win the final game-, set a m-w modern aeries mark of 22 strike- ■ m’s. He had fanned 12 tm-n In 1:1* previous two series appearances. Th<- former record of 20 was held by three- pitchers while ’lie old time mark of 28 wax set by Billy Dineen of Boston In 1903 -luring an eight game series. Pinch hitters tin- Cubs, In using their 14th pinch hitter In yes terday's game, set a m w record for National league "late- entries.” Tin- Giants held the previous high with nine In 1923. Longest game -hi- sixth game, • 12 inning bath- on Monday, fasted three hours, and 28 minutes, breaking by 31 minutes the former high of 2'51 set by the Yankees and I lodgers in 1941. Most player* the Tigers and Cubs, in sifting 19 players into Monday's game, c racked the previous series record of 18 held by CORT o o — Last Time Tonight — "FIGHTING GUARDSMAN” Aneta Louise, Willard Parker . | ALSO—Shorts 9c-30c Inc. Tax | O O FRI. & SAT. GENE AUTRY “SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES” —o ?• n, Mon. Tues.—“ Caribbean Mys tery” & "Easy to Look At."

Beginning Os The End-Richards* Hit In First 1 . 1 9 - • .1 WHEN PAUL RICHARDS. Ti-er c atc her, hit a doubl- with the base* full In the- first inning of the *■ nil h and final world M-rb ' miik- in Chicago It wc< tin- lu-ginning of the end for tin- Cubs. Three Ilin -cored on the hit Cl.inui already had a ortd. Culh nl-itle l< crossing the plate. Outlaw 1* heading for third and Richard* I* moving toward m-cimd. Th • Tia> i-> w->n the game, !i..3.

the 13.;', Giant Tin- overall to’c.l of 38 rm pax -> d the previous *er ie* 'wo leant liii-li of 29 by Hi*- Giants Senator.! in 1936. Columbia City To Oppose Jackets On * Local Field Friday Two perfec t lei o d team* w ill rla-ti at Mo. fliman field Elide, night at * o'clock, wlu-ti the Decatur Yellow .lac k'-tv c-nterlain. the Columbia city Ea:l<- in a Noitbe.i-ti-rn Indiana coiV'teti x tilt. The Jackets have yet to core a victory in six starts this y-ar. ••11,1.- at... 1 . I laa X . u-a.ta lik <

while- the I-..ikJc* haw well th.iiihlchlm without a setback, tlic-i lale-st Vie t cry a ”ti Io 13 'i|rpri-‘ win ove-i Plymouth Tm -d.ey nigh: Ib-catur will play Its Lmrih gum- in 11 <lay» n<-xt Ticsday ni.jii. nie-c-Hni: the- N-,w Haven Bulldog* in th<- Jacket* Anal home game* of lib- se-ason, IP-e-atur w.ll wind up it* sc.i’em al Blufitoii Friday night. Oelobe-r 19. o Re-cord* of the- Ne-w Yolk St.i •• Conse-rvation In-part tin nt ■ how that tagged tixh may ’rave-1 In to 2 > mile* from :he point whenthey were- liberated: that many nn-eeeerx return conxisfen ly to the- satin- spawnlbg ground where they were first caught anti lagged, and ’hat occasional individual!' are able lo outfox anglers who have- be-e-n visiting lie- ranie h<-av-ily lislo-el waters for year*. What may prove an advantage to a house-wife In her kib-he-n, I* no'hhtg but a headache- to an army mess sergeant in the heat of a "ropical jungle*. One of thebiggest problems facing army food exper's when desert ani tropical warfare began was how to take th • "melt" out of butter. Two spreads, with a high percentage of butter, now successfully resist the sun's ray*. On-- wa* de-velop*-d ley the- army and Is G 5 percent butter. The- other, a < ecinni'-rci il product called Carter's spread. Is 85 percent blitter blit melts at a lower temperature.

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() o I Today's Sports Parade j By Oscar Fraley | Reg. U.S Pat. Off.) | o o Chicago, Oct. II H'Pt Paul Rapbr Rii i’ I. the I'.-ed Tig r > ,tc ta r wh -<e fir t Inning double •* app< I up th- 1915 World Serie--liinpc I back to Te xa-c t »day to ■just *t and wa';h those pecan* Rb-hard wi- an mil-f inding member of tin "e ght old men” fom In tn.lt who finished the business of xkinnlng th-- Chl-ago fiil-c ye terday. Ytid take it from Paul, he. at le-a-t, just made It. "if there- had been one more

game t m.iybe eve n one- mote in ninr I don’t think I'd have made 1 It," Paul sail as It'- slumped down in front e>f his locker in the riotous T -e-r dr*-s> Ing room. Paul took no pert in th- wild celebration and even ignored Hank Greenberg who. Irmtead of think,ng about t ie w .;ld championship ' ju-t won. w i griping about know te.t'iing > oreio who markel ani • or against him In th- 12 iitiimlose two el eye before. Although he- was th“ man wkiio .tad e|o* th- most to will the hamplotchip fir th-- Tig re In this final game. Paul epiletly litre .id*-1 h>< way to lie xli.ewerx, . acknowledging congratulations hi ' i.i>< pl -1 ant and almost surprised ■ R ■ la wautt Itoco ’ tme, ' aii I that w.is the- uppermost 1 thought just unde r his • II k bln k J.al.-. ; It was the *-nd of I'D gre-ateat 1 i-ason in I possibly of hl- playIng career. G-ttittr- to this paint 1 sas more- ihan I for: isome guy , eie-r had d ■■. lined of ami it was ' one of tiios■• on < in a-minimi hap ■ peninga. ' Bi- aus<- Rle hardet was just a ; minor league manager three years ■ ago after kno king around with Brooklyn, the Giants and the Ath- 1 letlcs He had been managing At- ' l.inta four years, and doing a Imnaup Job. when the Tigers hired him in 1943 iirt a coach. Then came the break which, long after Richards J.ad resigned himself, was to tak<-

him one of the brightert stars in t game. > Dixie- Pa-c- e:ia wax slated to do the Tiger catching in 1913 and when he came tip with a lame arm. Paul suddenly found himself In-hind the mask with a mitt <>n life hand. He's been there- ever Mince, with hi. unorthodox stance of projecting one leg Ice-c ause of 1 an cell Injury, and It pah! off In 1 a pennant for the Tigers. It was lib hards who steadied the Bengal pitched; who tamed young Hal Newhouser, once a Tiger terror, and who in addition al- ' ways was right there- in the clutch. A spot, for Instance, as In the- first g ,-e-cterday when, with three

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men on have. Richard, tame I through With the double that clear-,-d the bases ami broke the <'«"» I collective luicke. After that one Chicago's hopes were wrecked and the Cults knew It. •I never thought Paul would be such an Important factor." Happy Steve O'Neill, the Tiger manager, said after the game. But If O'Neill was surprised, hl* astonishment was no greater than that <>f the 37 year-old catcher from Waxahachie. Tex. For Richards. hU finger split by a foul Up In the- eighth, knew he wax playing on borrowed time. It Is highly improbable that Richards will be back of tbo bat next year. Paul knew that ns he slumped on the bench after that tinal game and he dldn • want to talk about It. But his cut of the biggest World Serie* ph- In history. and Hu- knowledge that he finally forged to the top. should : make Paul's dreamt very pleasant a,« he anooxes under those pecan tree*. Louisville Colonels Win Third In Row .Newark, N. J., Oct. 11 H'Pt The Louisville Colonels and the Newark Bears were enroute to Louisville today for the fourth ! game of the “little world series” Friday night, with the jubilant i Colonels confident of ending the I series with that game. Louisville holds a 3-0 lead In ’ games, and their convincing 8 to i 3 victory last night made them • overwhelming favorites to win the ( aerira. Odds were even that they , could do it ill straight games. i Poem Lighting I A room painted in deep blue or I grcea requires much more light for iiluminatiu:i than the same room painted white or cream. The dark color* absorb several times as much light as the Brighter colon, which reflect most of the light back Into ■; the roof*

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