Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 89, Decatur, Adams County, 15 April 1946 — Page 8

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Major League Teams To Open Season Tuesday New York. April I* il'l’i Major taagttn baseball. liack at pre Pearl Harbor strength and expectins a record breaking neason. jump* off tomorrow on it* first |h.'| war campaign w.iicli for two of the 1* trama will lead to the world esr-rh In October * Given the favorable weather w itch the advance forecasts Indi rated, nearly 25".'» " f»nx .in- ex peeled to jam their way into th« eight parks whe;e the in.iururalwill be played The St. tauis Cardinal*, <>dd< on favorite to win the Nation.il Magui' pennant, will open at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates while the New York Yankees’ given a Kllaiit edge to win the Am erlcan League crown, will oppostthe Athletic* at I* iladelpbia. In the other National L< agu< openers the Dodger* will be at Bouton, the Phillies at New York and the champion Cubt nt t'liiiln nati. The world champion Detroit Tigers will open at home against the Brown*, the will meet the White Sox in Chicago and the Bed Sox will oppose the Senator.' at Washington where Prreident Truman will throw out the firs' ball. The largest cr wd is expet ted at Detroit where 55.000 ar.- scheduled to watch Hal Newhouser. the southpaw star wh » won 54 games while losing only IS in the pant two year*, attempt to put the Tigera off on the right toot in defense of their title. He will be opposed by Nelson I’.tte;-. who won 15 games while losing 11 for the Browns last year. The White Sox with John Rigney Opposing bullet Bob Feller forecast a crowd <f 25.000. A turnout of 32,000 Is exp” ted at Washington where Roger Wolff, the knuckle ball hurk-r. and Tex Hugh•it n. who was In the service last year, will hook up In a pitching duel. Spud Chandler is scheduled to pitch forth” Yankees while Russ Christopher is favored to get th« opening day assignment for Connie Mack's Athletics The .Vs anticipate about 25,000 fans. Second largest throng of the day l<t expected at the polo grounds where Bill Vciselle will hurl for the Giant. 4 and Oscar Judd for Ben Chapman's Phillies Th • Reds have aold out 30,000 for their opener against the Cubs in which Joe Beggs and Claud” Passeau will be the opposing pitchers. Breton expects only 15,000 for the Boston-Dodge is opener. Either Mort C» per or Johnny gain will go for Boston with Hal Gregg getting the call for the Dodgers At St. Louis, some 16.000 are scheduled to see Johnny Beazley, one of the Cardinals* prs-war aces, oppose the veteran Fritz Ostermueller,

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Pirate aouthpaw. Superbly couditi-tied after two a duous tiionilsi In the eouth and vest, <a< h of the 16 teams is going to th” barrier vastly strength- • tied over last season. In sharp contrast to lust spring when the cluls', training In the north, were wondering whether th-y would be aide to put nine men on the field, 'the task this year was to weed out I the surplus from Lord” of exsi rvit •ni'-ii. rookies and holdovers who reported for spring drills. Each manager had nine or 10 can ablate* for each post With few exceptions, ail of the pre-war etuis are back. Most of the minor leaguers and over-agent wh > made up the bulk of the wartime playirrt strength have yielded I their posts to the ex-G l.'s and rookies. A« are Alt. tans for the first time since 1941 again will see big time liaeeiiall. Th* caliber of play fell off considerably during the war but the game sti.l drew record breaking crowds Last season s attendance records. when b th the American and National leaguers drew more than 5.000,<W0 paid admissions, are expected to be shattered. The row de which flocked to exhibition gain* * this spring convinced the club owners fha' baseball's first post war Season Is going to be the best one in th” history if the game n Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Woman's League Victory Bur won three from Kraft; McMillen wons three from C ffee Shop; Mies won three from Smith Bros ; Dauier won two from A 4c P.; Hill Smith wi n two from Schafer; Central Soya won two from Vera's; Weber won two from Holthouse. Standings Duller 25 8 M Millen 22 11 Mies 21 12 Victory Bar 20 13 Cent ial Soya 20 13 Kraft 19 14 V A P. 19 11 Hill-Smith 19 11 Weber 1" 16 Holth use 15 18 Smith Bros 12 21 Vera's I N Schafer 8 25Coffee Shop 6 27 High series Schafer 515. High gamre: Moran 212. (.add 193. Gag” 191. Schafer 211, Pancake 182. Johnson 180. Mies 176. 173. Hilty 176. Dense) 174, MacLean 171, Rowd-n 173. Remarks —All team captains are requested to be at thu alleys not ater than 6:40 o'clock th's evening. o Buffalo Bisons Win In Hockey Playoff Buffalo. N. Y.. April 15-IL'P)— The Buffalo Bison*, whose chances for winning the Calder cup were not worth a Buffalo nickel a week ago, were American Hockey league playoff champions today because they refused to give up. The Blsoim ga'ned the cup for the third time in four yearn last night with a 5 to 2 victory over the Cleveland Barons before 9.445 fans at memorial auditorium. That triumph climaxed an uphill drive which started after the fourth game of the series when Cleveland led three games to one. _... o - The memory stored with Scripture is a bank that will never fall.

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Yanks, Cards Favoriles To Win Pennants New York, April 15 <1 P) There'S many a slip between the first pitch in April and the last out in September, bitt despite the uncertainties ahead, there Was no alternative today but to pick the St Ixjuls Cardinals and New York I Yankees to win the major league flags In fact It appeared to be a safer bet today to bank on these two longstanding rivals to play in the world series, than it would have been to have tiled to pick the ( winners of last year’s flag races In I the last two weeks of the hectic. 1945 tampulgTi*. Both the Cardinals an I Yank eer. abound in pre war talent, each club has only one recognised weak ness. tack of talented catcher mlgfit cause ity Cardinals a bit of trouble, while the Yankeees are, short In proven first line pitching st length. Assuming that strength in other departments will be suffle lent to offset these deficiencies, th” pre season odds of 13 to 29 on the Cardinals and 7 to 5 on the Yankees appear to be in line with the comparative strength of tic leagues Although the hazards cf long: range forecasting must be emphasized, a detailed analysis of the pre-season play suggests the fol-' lowing final alignment of teams at the end of the campaign in temberAmerican League 1 New Yoik Great hitting, superb defense, excellent reserves, fair pitching. 2. Detroit strength at most positions, best pitching depth In league 3 Boston — Excellent hitting, Improved pitching, fair defense 4 Washington — Solid lineup except at thhd bate, tricky pitch lug. fair punch. 5. Cleveland — Baseball's best pitcher. Bob Feller, but too many other weaknesses. 6. —Chicago — Experienced veterans may be too tired for long haul. ' 7.- St, Louis — Not enough improvement from war years to figure. B—Philadelphia — Very little better than weakling team of 1945. National League J.—St. Loots Best pitching in majors, two sets of pre-war outfielders. good hitting, superb fielding. 2—Brooklyn — Could be very good, or very bad. Manager Leo Durocher must decide on whether to use young rookie stars or establlshed veterans. 3. -Pittsburgh — Greatly Improved In spirit and quality, may be surprise team. 4— Chicago — Can't win flag on team that took war year,, pennant in 1945. 5 — — New hustle by manager Billy Southworth may make Braves contenders. 6— New York — Morale low. pitching mediocre, hitting probably terrific 7. -Cincinnati—Typically strong • defensively with good pitching, very weak hitting 8. Philadelphia — Team has plenty of well wishes, some Im-, provement apparent but not enough. This observer had the good fortune and luck to pick last year's flag winners, the Cubs and Tigers. It should be easier this year, but too much can happen In a 154game campaign to depend on It. ■— ■ o Trade In a Good Town -- Decatur

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Decatur Track Men In Triangular Meet Decatur high achool thlnllro will participate In a triangular track meet at Concordia high field Tuesday at 4 pm. It wan announced today by Coach Dan Perry. The Boat ' echool and Centra’, of Fort Wayne will furniah the opposition for the local*. . n — Brownies’ Catcher ’ To Mexican League Mexico City. April lf»—(i'Pi — i Catcher Myron Hayworth of the St. Louis Hruwnx. angry over his denotion to a minor l-ague firm club, the Toledo Mudnenn, moved Instead today to the Mexican league for a three year contract at 113.500 a year. Haywirth was assigned to the Torreon club, which .Mickey Owen who jumped from ths Brooklyn Dodgers, had been signed to han die an catcher-manager. However, when Owen went back to Mexico after returning briefly j to the United States to discuss his status with the Dodgers, he wau assigned to the Vera Crux club. Meanwhile, the Paaquel brothers, who operate the Mexican league were reported to be dickering with Van Lingle Mungo, veteran New York Giant pitcher, who was sih--1 pended Indefinitely last week for ' breaking training rules. Hayworth, who caught regularly for the Browns during the 1944 season when they won the Amerii can League pennant, uaw only part time duty last year. He worked in 55 games and had a batting average of only .194. ■ ■' — o An annual meeting of the Southwest District. Wyoming Education Assn., slated for Jackson, Wyo., in October was called off because of the large amount of hunters and tourists In the area.

Record Exhibition Crowd At Boston Boston. April 15—(UPl—The hitting of the Boston Red Sox gave little comfort today to the American league pitchers who must face them In the pennant race which begins Tuesday. 1-ed by Bobby Doerr, who drove in seven runs on a triple, double, and two single*, the Red Sox battered the Braves. 19 to 5 yesterday before a record exhibition game crowd of 34,008 fans at Fenway park. Yankees Newt York. April 15- (UP)—The

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Brooklyn Dodgers wondered today whether It pay* •" «*” J*'” the New York Yankees The Dodgers. Who I*o4 the Yankees In 12 Innings Saturday on a steal of home by rookie Carl Furlllo. took a merciless beating yesterday. U to •» with the Bronx bombers getting 15 hits. Jw DlMagglo, Oscar Grimes, and Aaron Robinson hit homers. Athletics Philadelphia. April 16-(VP)-The Philadelphia Athletics, almost unanimously picked to finish the season In eighth place, picked up M consolation honor as city chain pions today that won't do them mmh good in the American league •wnipalgn. The A s gained the distinction yesterday when they beat the Phillies for the second straight time in a tune-up game, 7 to 4 befort 20.118 fan*. White Sos Chicago. April 15 (VPI-lt was like old limes for Chicago's south Elders yesterday. 45-year-old Ted Lyons, the Sunday pitcher for the White Sox made hie first appearance here In four year* and heat the National league champion Cubs, 8 to 2 In their own park before 24.911 fans. He went five innings and held the Cubs to five hits and one run. The White Sox made 11 hits off Hank Borowy. Johnny Schmitz, and Paul Errickson including six doubles and a homer by Bob Kennedy. Harry Lowrey got a homer for the Cubs. Cardinals St. Louis. Mo . April 15 (UPI— The St. tauis Cardinals, who won most of their exhibition games this spring by comfortable scores, proved today that they also can

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