Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 115, Decatur, Adams County, 15 May 1946 — Page 6

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Cards Defeat Dodgers, Cut lead To Game New York. May IS (IP I Eddie Dyer, the man on the tire, wasn't mooning much today about the alow atari of hla Cardinal* and after an il-lnnlng look It wax easy to aee why. Dyer hruabeil oft thought* that he might be roasted alive If St. l-oni* fail* to come through after being the hottest pre season pennant favorite In either league. And the Cardinal* with a stirring, 7 to 5 victory over the frontrunning Dodgem in extra inning*, made It plain that any attempt to read them out of the race at this early date b extremely premature. They ran for the extia base and made It, they parlayed hustle and cl*a* afield to cut off the Dodger* when they tried the same thing. They gave lefty .Max Lanier a 5 to 0 lead In four inning* a* he employed hi* longstanding hex to beat the Dodger* for the 21*1 time agulnnt seven louse* since coming to the card* In 1939. Then when Lanier tired and Brooklyn tied the score, Martin Marion came through with a tworun single in the 11th to clinch the Mme. It wa* laittler’a fifth etraight victory without a defeat. The Card* made 15 bit*, George Kurownki getting four to net the puce a* Brooklyn * Untt plart* lead wa* cut to a game. At Ballon, Billy Southworth'* Breve* Won their fourth straight beating Pittsburgh. 5 to I at night to stay a game behind the Card*. Lefty Jim Wallace faced or.lv 31 iuitter* In pitching a four-hitter in which he struck out six. Four slnglwt, an error and a walk gave Boston four run* In the fourth and a triple by Hama Howell fol lowed by Tommy Holme*' double produced the other in the seventh Dave (800 l Perrla* won hl* fourth straight game, beating the White Sox. 3 to 0 on two lit.* at Chicago to keep Boston five-

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and-a half game* ahead In the American. A two-run homey hy Rudy York gave Ferri** all the margin he needed for hie fourth straight victory. The Yankee* made all their runs on homers by Joe DiMaggio, Bill Dickey and Joo Gordon In a '! Io 2 triumph over the Brown* at St. Uiuls. Backed by all that power,. Floyd Devens Hratterel rgne hila to win hie second game with a minimum of trouble. DlMagglo'a homer, which produced three run*, was hl* seventh. Washington went to extreme* to snap Detroit's eight game winning streak, getting 20 hit* in a IS to I victory In the moat lop-sided Major League tilt this y<ar. Buddy LcwU drove in five runs with a homer, double, and single and stored three himself while Jeff Heath got three double* and a single to drive in four runs. 800 kie Arise Moore robbed Roger Wolff of a shutout with a ninth Inning homer. Other Major League garnet were tallied out. Yesterday** etar -- Dave (Boo) Ferris* of the Red Sox. who pitched hk* second nhutout and fourth straight victory, beatin,' the White Sox. 3 to " on two hits. •—* - —o— California Bowler Takes Top Honors Buffalo, N. Y., May 15 -(UP)— Leo Rollick of Santa Monica, Cal If., took home top individual honors from the 43rd American bowling congress champioships today with first place |y the singlet, second In the all-event*, the only 300 game of the meet, and his share of the purse as a member of the team champioa Lio Da Mar*. Rollick, a traveling salesman who is only five feet, six inches tall, posted a single* score of <37, fourth hlghext in the history of the tournament. His perfect game was the first In the ABC since IML He won S3OO in the single*. |>.’n In the all-events and S3OO a* a member of the championship team. First plage In the all-events competition went to Joe Wilman of Chhafu. whoae 2,054 was only two pins better than Mollick's second high total of 2,052. Wilman drew first money of S3OO. The doubles championship went to Henry Kmidowski and John Gworek. two home (owners from Buffalo, who had a total of 1.360 and shared s6oo prize money. Second wont to Ed Eggerding and Nlek iteppa of Norwood, ().. whose 1.351 netted them a $550 prize. For the first time in a decade.

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Chicago, "Home of champion*" in the pin game wa* without a rep resentatlvo among the high 10 team loader*. However. Wilman. the national match game champion, r*n Rollick a strong second for Individual .honors. The pin derby ended after 62 day* last night with competitor* In the final day's program of Mingle* and double* event* falling to come close to the high 10 leader* In either division. At the finish, floe main tourney topics were the depth of the $209,isw prize list and the unprecedented sucres* of leasthan average "booster" bowlers.

Toledo Threatening Louisville's Lead By United Press Toledo wa* threatening Ixiulsville's ffrst place lead again Balay as it kept pace with the Colonel* In American Association game* yesterday and Bt. Paul took hack the third spot from the Indian*. The Colonel* thumped the Miller*, 8 to 3, at l*oulsvllle last night to maintain a half-game margin at the top and St. Paul shutout the Indian*. 9 to 0, at Indianapolis. The Hen* defeated Kansas City. 5 to 1, at Toledo and Milwaukee and the Red Bird* rested on their ours at Columbus because of wet ground*. Two big inning* by lonilsvllle wa* more than enough for lefty Ro** Wilson to subdtta the rampaging Mdler*. He limited Minneapolis to nine blow* while the Colonels jumped on the southpaw slant* of BUI Lefebvre They made four run* in the second and drove laifebvre to the shower* with another four-run burst in the sth Bill web held the leader* safe for the rest of the distMce. Hairy Taylor hurled a two-hlt masterpiece in shutting out the Indian*. Meanwhile, Ft. Paul wa* scoring nine ntns on 11 hits, garnering five of it* score* in the 6th Inning. Eddie Businski, form er Brooklyn Infielder, homered In the Sth with two on base. Indianapoll* used three pitcher* in an effort to stem the Saints but had to yield third place to Taylor's superlative pitching. A four-hit twirling job hy Earl Jone*, who portsided for the St. !*ouls Browns last year, kept Toledo In the thick of the first place light. The Hen* made one run in th* thick of the z nr*t plare fight. The Hen* made ofle run In the 3rd. three In the 4th and one In the Sth on nine hit* to sew the game up early. Kansas City Mlaried with Carl Deßose, followed hy Johnny Bianco on the mound but both were gone before the sth inning ended. o Red Sox Are Second Major Team To Fly Chicago, May 15— (UP) —The Boston Red Sox baseball toam take* to the air today, traveling hy plane to St. (.Alls to meet the Brown*. The Red Sox will Imi the aecond Major League team to fly. The New York Yankee* initiated air travel Monday when they flew I from New York to St. Ixrul*.

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10 Decatur Youths In Sectional Meel Ten member* of the Decatur Yellow Jacket* track team have been entered In the annual sectional track moot, which will be held at North Side In Fort Wayne Friday afternoon. Fort Wayne South Side &i* the largest entry Bat with 27. f<dlow- • d by North Side with 24. At total of 232 boya from 19 achoola have been entered In the meet. The sect ionol wIM start at 2 o'cloik. with the 100-yard dash trial* and all Held event*. Marlon Crawly, coach at Lafayette Jefferaon high achool, will be official starter, and other official* are Hyrle Ivy. head field Judge: John Meries, clerk; Harold McSwane. head finish Judge; M. J. Abbett, head timer, and Clair Motz. scorer. Points will be scored for the first three place* with live point* for first, three for second and one for third. Relay* will coupt double Flr*t and second men in each event will qualify for the state final meet, which will he held at Indianapolis May 25. Only the winning relay teams, however, will qualify for the stale. The Decatur entrants are: Baughn, Bucher, Heller. Holmes, Ketchum. McConnell M y«• i * . Sharp. Stingely and Wefel

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Babe Ruth Is Offered Mexican League Job New York. Muy 15-(UP)-B»be Huth, former New York Yankee home run king, was scheduled to leave New York by plane today for Mexico City, where he will confer with Jorge Paaqucl concerning an Important joh hi the Mexican baseball league. It was reported that Huth would be offered either the presidency of tin* league, a Job now held by Pasquel, one of the five brothers who own the league, or a managerial post with one of the eight teams. , o - —— Bippus Baseball Team Seeking Games Here The Bippus Merchants baseball team (hardball! hao lieeff organised and Is seeking games with (Sher teams in tbki area. Teams interested should write to J. M. Bippus, Bippus, Ind Auto Safety Program Launched In Indiana Indianapolis, May 15 — Hoosier police departments opened a fivepoint car safety check program today to stem a nearly 50 percent upward swing in traffic fatalities, according to Sgt. Lloyd l>. Hickemon, stale campaign coordinator, Figures showing a 49 percent Increase In Indiana traffic fatalities and a 22 percent Increase in reported were released by Col. Austin 11. Killian, ata'e police superintendent, as the direct action program by police got under way. —G — Albert Buckmaster Dies In Massachuesetts Funeral services were held Tuesday at Ashley. Mass., for Albert Buckmaster. 54, formerly of this community. The deceased was born near Decatur and had resided here and at Fort Wayne until about 17 years ago when he moved to Aehley, where his death occurred. He Is survived by the widow, a eon, daughter, brother and sinter. A number of relatives. Including nephew® and nieces, reside in this community.

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Lesnevich Rallies To Defeat Mills lamdon. May 15 — (UP) —British boxing fan* acclaimed Jersey. Gu* U-du-vlch a "genuine chant-1 plot* Imlay because they had seen the game, blood smeared American rally from the brink of defeat to retain hla world light heavyweight title by a loth-round technical knockout over Eng land'* Freddie Milla. The champion's dramatic rally In the gory brawl at Harrlngay arena last night will long be ren.emiiered by the sellout crowd of 10.700 who provided a record British boxing gate of approximately $200,000 , During the furious fighting. 31-year-old l*esnevlch wa* battered Into a bloody hulk by rugged, bull • shouldered, black • haired Mills, who rose frwn the conva* five lime* before he wa* Stopped fort he first time in hl* 10-year career. The (hampion — with blood streaming from cut* above til* left eye, hi* nose and his mouth, nod with hl* left eye tightly closed— achieved victory at 2:56 of the 10th round. Referee Eugene Henderson, former British tunaDur welterweight champion. Btopped the bout which had been scheduled for 15 round*. 'Mill*, npparently stunned, was drape:! over the second strand «f the ring rope*. He had heen knocked half-way across the ring by a final straight right, after rising twice In that se*sion from ctawita of neven and nine. Fearless Freddie'* earlier spills occurred In the second round for count* of six, eight and niae. Leaoevlch had entered the ring a 6-4 betting favorite over Mills, who returned recently from the royal air force. But In the seesaw battle. Mills' sweeping hook* had battered him into a 2-1 underdog before the 10th opened Thai's what the Idg-tlme gamblers were wagering In their s*•"> ringside seats. The champion from Cliffside. N. J„ making his second defense of the crown he won In 1941, scaled exactly 175 pounds, the light heavy limit, after being forced Io sweat off an ounce at the weigh in. Mills registered 172. —— 0 ,— — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn -15 R .652 . St. Uiui* 13 H .619 1 Boston 13 10 ,565 2 Cincinnati 11 10 .524 3 Chicago « 11 Hi .524 3 New York It 13 .458 43k Pittsburgh 13 .4'19 5'4 Philadelphia 5 16 .Ml » American League W. L. Pct. G.B. Boston 23 *4 .852 New York 17 9 .654 5<4 Detroit 15 11 .677 7'j Washington 11 12 .478 1<» St lamin 11 15 .423 Cleveland 8 15 .348 13 Chicago 7 15 .318 13'. Philadelphia 7 18 .280 15 American Association W. L. Pct. G.B. lavulsvlllo 16 10 .615 Toledo 15 io .6'o •- St. Paul 16 12 .571 1 Indianapolis 13 II .542 2 Minneapolis 13 1.1 .464 4 Kansas City 10 12 .435 4% Columbus 10 16 .385 6 Milwaukee 8 II .364 6 Yesterday's Results National League St. land* 7, BrooHyn 5 (11 Innings ) Boston 5, PI Us burgh 1. Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. Cincinnati at New York. rain. American League Boaton 3, Chicago 0. New York 6. St. Loui* 2. Washington 15, Detroit 1. Philadelphia at Cleveland, rain. American Association latulsvllle 8, Minneapdla 3. St. Paul 9, IndiMKipolls ", Toledo 5. Kan*a* City 1. Milwaukee at Columbus, wet ground*. __^_o —- —— Major League Leaders Leading Batsmen National League Player and Club G AB R H Pct. Muaial, St. Loot* 21 85 10 33 .388 Romw, Brooklyn 23 79 14 30 .380 Walker, Brooklyn 21 77 16 2!' .377 Herman, Brooklyn 19 72 15 27 .375 Mize, New York 23 83 17 30 .361 Cavaretta, Chic. 21 72 15 26 .361

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