Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 125, Decatur, Adams County, 27 May 1946 — Page 6

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Red Sox Now Six Games In lead In Loop New York. Muy 27 (VP) liu HhuH u busy historians wont ull the way back to 1945 today and catne up with u moral for Red Sot fan* who are already measuring the Fenway Park flay pole In Boston for a pennant. Just thia time a year ago, the Now York Gluntw were burning up the National league with 25 win* and only rotten defeat* for a per rentage of .781 through May 28. That Is even more spectacular than the lied Sok pace to date of 29 victories and nine defeat* for a .78.1 figure The Giants then were seven games in front and bookmaker* revised earlier odd*, making them heavy favorite* to win the flag. Ho what happened? They tai), epinned and In Im* than three weeks were out nt the lead, winning three game* while dropping 14. And they finished the *ea*on In fifth place. The parallel la one which should at least cause Red Hox follower* to temper their optimum Boston, now *lx game* In front, gained prestige with two victories out of three In it* serie* with New York. It* home winning streak was extended to 13 game* when Cecil <Tex) Hughson pitched three-hit ball to win yesterday's opener, 1 to 0. Yankee home run l»ower asserted h*elf in a 4 to 1 second game victory In seven innings. The Red Sox scored the winning run In the opener when Ted Williams walked with the banes full. Then Joe ItiMaggio ami Phil Rizzuto hit Yankee homer* to give Joe Page an edge over Mickey Harris in a battle of lefthanders. It was the first loss for Harris after seven victories. Rob* by RoerrU homer was the only Boston run. Third place Washington moved within a game and a half of the Yankees with a 3 to 2 triumph over the visiting Athletics, achieved on Mickey Vernon's homer and Gerald Priddy’s two-run triple. The second game was rained out. Ted Lyons fared better In hi* debut as manager of the White Sox than he had on previous Sundays as their onea-week pitcher. The White Sox topped Detroit twice. 3 to 1 and 2 to 1 at Chicago. Ix-sty Thornton Lee, out since May 13 with an ailing arm, shaded Dizzy Trout in a first game ; due) in which each gave up five i hit*. Hunk Greenlierg’s homer was i the only Tiger run. Wally Moses won the second game for relief I pitcher Karl Caldwell with a homer in the eighth after getting three of Chicago’s five hits in the opener. The Browns read the script ! wrong at St. Lottis, battering the ‘ tamed Bobby Feller for 15 hits , I

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to win, 8 to 2 after which the comparatively obscure Steve Gromek pitched Cleveland to a four hit' 2 to o triumph. Feller struck out only five, fit* low for the season and was tagged for a homer by Walt Judnlch. Brooklyn Increased Its National league lend to two and a half game* by topping the Phils, 3 Io 4 and 8 to 2 for a seven game winning streak In which three contest* have been won In extra Innings. The Dodgers won the opener In the 11th when Pete Raiser doubled, went to third on an etror and scored on Carl FurTrio's single. Reiser and Ed Steven* hit Dodger homers and Del Ennis of the Phil* hit homers. Brooklyn won the seven-inning second game with a four-run rally In the sixth, running its winning streak to 18 straight at Philadelphia where It* last beating wu* in the lust game of the 1944 season. The second place Cardinal* lost ground by dividing at Cincinnati. Joffre Cross, subbing for shortstop Marty Marlon, hit a two run double that started Ken Burkhart off to a 4 to 3 Cardinal victory In the opener, Cincinnati took the second game, 5 to 4 on homers by Al Liltko and Eddie laikon. Third ba*eman George Kurowski put men on base twice with wild throw* and each miscue was turn ed Into a run. The Giant* swept their four game set with Boston at New York, winning 12 to 4 and 7 to 0 with a barrage of 25 hits and six homer* for the day. Buddy Blattner and Johnny Mize each got two homers in the first game. One of Bltttner’s was with the bases full, the first grand *lam homer in the National league this year. Buddy Kerr also homered in the opener in which Bill Volselle coasted to his third victory. Willard Marshall hit the sixth homer In the second game, highlighted by Boh Carfienter's fourhit pitching. It was the rookie* first victory. The Pirates topped the Cubs. K to 2 al Pittsburgh boMnd Ken lleintzeltnan's six-bit pitching. Bill Salkeld and Jim Russell hit Pirate homers and Clyde McCullough got one for Chicago. The second game was rained out. Yesterday’s star—Wally Moses of the White Hox. who got three of bis team's five hit* In a 3 to 1 victory over Detroit, then hit a second game homer to assure a 2 to 1 win. o

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NATIONAL LEAGUE „ W I. Pct. GB Brooklyn 23 10 .697 .... 8 ‘ *'OUI" 20 12 .625 2% Cincinnati .... 15 14 .517 s Chicago 15 15 .500 6% Boston ic 17 jgj 7 Now York .... 16 is .477 Pittsburgh .... 13 16 .488 8 Philadelphia .. 8 24 .250 14% AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Boston 29 9 .763 New York .... 23 15 .605 6 Washington .. 19 14 .57s Detroit 19 18 .514 9% Lottis 16 20 .444 12 Cleveland .... 16 20 .444 12 Chicago 12 20 .375 14 Philadelphia .. 9 27 .250 19 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB St. Paul 24 )6 .600 .... Indianapolis .. 19 13 .594 1 Louisville .... 21 15 .583 1 Toledo 17 19 .472 5 Kansas City ... 16 18 .471 5 Minneapolis .. 15 20 .444 « Coinaibua 14 20 .412 7 Milwaukee .... 13 19 .406 7 SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League New York 5, Boston 3 Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 1 Chicago at Pittsburgh, rain i Only games scheduled. I American League Boston 7, New York 4 } Washington 43. Philadelphia 1-2 I Cleveland 1, St. Louis 0 Detroit at Chicago, rain. MN LOANS I Tali Is New Meeb I Ym Need I aa Ab I Mede Term iwriwxi: sstss® VINT AUt — « i'H THIS VALUABU snvict OereMee epeedeSy •••• CLIP AND MAIL TODAY—- • Over Schafer Store • Deeoar. M4 • Seat at FREE INFORMATION • • N —.... • * Addrat* . , J i Ch*i—- -State •

Anderson Indians State Track Champs ■,-T-r nn Indianapolis, Muy 27 — (HP) — Anderson's Indiana today ruled i supreme In state prep circle* after adding the Hoosier high school track title to their 1948 basketball championship. I«ed again by Johnny Wilson, j the Indians raced to their second straight track championship Saturday on the Tech .high school field. The Indian* nosed out Hammond High in a granitand finish ' in the second half-mile relay. Hammond led the field by <me point, 21-20, with Anderson second with only the half mile relay remaining on the card. Wilson, the flashy negro who I paced the Indian* In their hardwood campaign, got them off to a fust start In the first 324-yard lap. Hammond recaptured the lead briefly but Dick Adams breezed across the finish line to put Anderson ahead 30-35 after Jack Blair tripped and fell near the finish line. Fails To Qualify Paul Bucher. Decatur's sole ' entrant in the state track meet, ' failed to qualify in trial heats of the loOyeurd da»h. Bucher won this event In the conference meet at Fort Wayne May ■ 17, Third place went to Fort Wayne North Side with 21 points. Gary i Froebel was fourth with 19, Everett Veregge, Richmond star, raced over the 20U-yard low hurdle' course In :24.4 to set the only new ' , record In the meet. He bettered' the old record time set by Tommy Harmon, former Gary Horace Mann hurdler in 1937 by two tenths of a second. Only *3 of the 101 competing . team* •> , oke Into the scoring. The ( team scores: Anderson 30. Hammond High 23, Northside Fort Wayne 21, Gary Froebel 19, Ind- ( lanapolls Tech 15, Muncie Cent- , ral 14. Richmond 14. Indianapolis ( Crispus Attacks 14. Evansville H Reitz 11, Elkhart 10, Indianapolis Howe 10, Hammond Clark 9. , Bloomington 9, Gary Emerson 9. Evansville Lincoln 9. South Bend Riley 8, Marlon 6. Mishawaka 8. i Terre llanto Wiley 6. Michigan City 5, Rushville 5. Evansville , Bosse 4, Hammond Tech 4, Hobart 4, Muncie Burris 3. Terre Haute Garfield 3. Gary Uw Wallace 3. Fort Wayne South Side 3, Albion 2, laifayette 2. Terre Haute' Gerstmeyer 2. Plymouth 2. Indianapolis Washington 2, Auburn. Cambridge City, Frankfort. Gary Horace Mann, Martinsville, pike Township, Indianapolis Shortridge. 1. South Bend WashingtonClay, and West Lafayette, H point. — o The new postwar passenger cars on British railways incoi porate several new features. Including seats scientifically designed to assure comfort, diffused lighting, and electrically heated foolwarming panel* beneath the rugs. American Association Indianapolis 4, Toledo 3 Kansas City 15. Minneapolis 3 Louisville at Columbus, rain YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 8, Chicago 2 (2nd game rain) Brooklyn 5-8, Philadelphia 4-2 (Ist game 11 Innings, 2nd game , called 7th, curfew law) New York 12-7, Boston 4-fl. American League Boston 1-1, New York 0-4 (2nd game 7 innings, rain) Washington 3, Philadelphia 2 (2dJ game rain) 1 Chicago 3-2, Detroit 1-1 ! Hi. Louis 84, Cleveland 2-2. American Association 1 Indianapolis 1-4, Toledo 00 EL Paul 3-0. Milwaukee 1-3 Louisville 7-3, Columbus 3-4 Minneapolis 12-7, Kansas City 7-18.

Important Meeting I Mon., May 27 - 8 p. m. j All members are urged to attend. American Legion |

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Major League Leaders LEADING BATSMEN Nstional Lesgue j Player A Club GAB R H Pct. Kurowskl, Rt. L. 24 81 17 31 .383 j Walker, Bklyn. 27 103 18 38 .389 ' Musial, Rt. L. 32 127 24 48 382 Heme, Bklyn. 33 115 20 41 .358 ; Mlle, N. Y. . 33 120 21 42 .330 American League Vernon, Wash. 27 111 24 45 .405 I Williams, Bn. 38 134 34 47 .351 i Peaky, Bn. 37 159 37 55 346 Berardlno, St.!,. 34 138 14 48 .333 Dl.Magglo. Bn. 31 111 22 37 .333 Home Rune Mize, Glunta 10 ; DiMaggio, Yankees Hi IGreenberg, Tigers ..... 8 ' Williams, Red Hox 8 K»-I!er, Yankees 7 Pitching Ferri**, Red Rox 74 I Lanier, Cardinal* 8-0 I Hegg*. R»-ik» <4 1 ta*->nard, Senator* 4-0 Johnson, Red Rox . 3-0 Kueh, Cubs 3-0 0 Hepburn Smashes Speedway Record Indianapolis. Ind.. May 27—(UP) -Gray-thatched Ralph Hepburn, who has tieen chasing automobile racing's rainbow and it* pot of gold since 1*33, was Installed today us the solid favorite for the 500-mlle Memorial Day race at th** Indianapolis speedway. Hepburn gained the ro'e yesterday with u record smashing qualifying run of 133.944 miles per hour. The 50 year old Vannoys. Cal., driver broke the all-time Speedway mark set by the late Jimmy Snyder. The old record, set seven years ago, was 130,138 mile* per hour. On a dark, damp day during which a brisk wind swept across the speedway oval, hopburn wheele<| out the trim eight cylinder Novi Governor special which had failed him In one previous trial In the qualifying tests. Though conditions were unfavorable. Hepburn soon had rival drivers and 15.000 spectators blinking at his blinding speed. The Californian wheeled around the two and one half mile track al slightly better than 131 mile* per hour for his first lap. The next two laps were In excess of 133 miles ju-r hour. Ou the fourth and final lap. Hepburn "gunned" it and was clocked at 134.449 miles per hour, the fastest single lap in speedway history. "I've always dreamed of a 132miles per hour lap," he said after the trial, "but never thought I’d hit 134 miles per hour—WOW!" Hopburn estimated his speed on straightway* as approximately 175 mile* per hour. Hepburn’s record-breaking run completely obscured the successful qualifying efforts of three other driver*. Also winning starting berths were: Henry Banks of Lynwood, ('al. at 120.220 miles per houi; Ixut Tomei, Glendale, Cal., at 119.193 miles per hour, and Rill Canton of Indianapolis, at 122.432 mile* per hour. Yesterday’s four qualifier* brought the field to 23. Ten places remain open. By a special ruling qualification tests were scheduled today In addition to tomorrow's regularly programmed trials. Three foreign drivers were on the track yesterday testing cars. They did not, however, undertake qualification trial*. The foreign driver* were Rudy Carrachiola. the European champion from Rwlt zerlsnd, Achille Varzi. 41 year old Milan. litaly Star, and Gigi Viilores), the Italian racing champion. Carrachiola tested the six cylinder. rear drive owned by Joel Thorne, wealthy west coast sportsman The Swiss has not been signed to drive the creation, but _Thort>e_sai«[ “He can have it if

mi —wa |he likes It." The Italian entrants i will pilot .MaHHratien. ■'-■O' * Conference Tourney i Delayed To Tuesday , W«-t ground* today again forced '. postponement of the annual NorthJ eastern Indiana conference haaeball tournament, originally ached- . tiled for Saturday at Worthman I field. Decatur coach Deane Dm win anJ nouneed that Ute tourney will be . played here Tueeday. weather permitting. Itecatur and Bluffton will ( meet In the first game al 1 p.m. , tomorrow, with Hie winner meet- ! Ing New Haven at 3 o'clock for , the conference title. I I O- — - ■ 29-Pound Carp Is Caught Here Sunday Neighbor* of laiwrence "Sammy" McDonald of Grant street, claim i that he Is the champion fisherman ! in the city . . . and he has the evidence to support their cluinu*. Yesterday while fishing In St. j Mary’ti river, near the old packing’ plant, Mr. McDonald caught a 29-1 pound carp, which ta a whopper on : any scale. Harry Stulln, a neighbor, took a picture nt the hig fish and will have pliotiM ready in a day or two, he said. 0 Shroyer Lake To Be Open Thursday Shroyer luike and picnic grounds will be formally opened <»n Memorial Day for the 1948 season, It was announced today. For aeveral months work ha* been going on In getting the recreation center In shape for summer Me and everything is In readinew for the holldqr opening. In addition t> boating and fiehIng, the place offers the added feature* of cottage* and the use of, the grove, adjacent to the lake. Many family reunions and Sunday acbool class meetings are planned at the lake this summer, Mr. and Mm. Ben Shroyer, owners of the rtwort, stated. Ix>* Angeles covers 451,867 square miles, the largest city area in the world.

I Heard about \ June 30 th , JoeT \ Here’s the story. June 30, 1946, is the last day on which 1 you can enlist... or reenlist... in the Regular Army and I still be sure of retaining your old grade and family allowance f for the duration of your enlistment f Those are two very important points. First of all, if / you have served with the Army and earned a stripe or two, / you can enlist within 90 days a/fer discharge and before / July 1, 1946, and be sure of keeping your grade. f And if you have a family and dependents, you can enlist f before July 1, 1946, and make sure the family allowance I will be continued for a 1 l /a, 2, or 3 year enlistment period, f Those hard-earned stripes mean extra pay. Why throw f them away? And your family will live comfortably if you f enlist now and get the advantage of the family allowance

f benefit f So think it over and act today. These two points mean opportunities for advancement and added pay as well as that all-important security for your family. Stop in at your nearest Regular Army Recruiting Station today. They’ll 1 give you al! the information you % want on that very important date \ ... JUNE 30, 1946.

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Lou Klein Arrives In Mexico City Mexico City. May 27-(UP) — Second Iweeman lx>u Klein, who Jumped the SI. Ixmls Cardinale to play baseball In the Mexican league. was assigned today io the last place Veracruz Blues, where he U expected to break Into the lineup right away. Kirin arrived by plane last night with Bernardo I’asquel. vice prmldent of the league, who reportedly pemuaded him to Jump ulonx with two other Cardinals, pitchers Max l-nnler and Fred Martin when the team was In New York la»t week. I'usquel said Lanier and Marlin Ltlll were In St. Louis and that they planned to drive to Mexico City. —— Almost one-third of the potential water power of the U. S. I* located In the region drained hy I the Columbia River, according to the Encyclopedia Hrltannicu. o— -———— O Today's Sports Parade by Oscar Fraley Reg. U.S. P*L Off.) I ® ° New York. May 27— «l'P» — Weekend line drives on the hase paths: Who said th« umpire always wins the argument? The Washington Senators have been doing a pretty fair job copping the duke over Art Passarella. Buddy lx*wi«, trying to beat a throw to first, bowled Paesarelia over and out of the game yesterday. Two week* ago at Philadelphia, Mickey Vernon of the Senator* dislocated Art's jaw with a foul tip. And earlier in the month. Art was disabled by another Senator foul tip . - - stop picking on the guy, willya? . . . Veteran Ted Lyons’ first day as a Major la-ague manager was a complete success. The White Sox. who coasted for so many years on the old man’s strong right arm. d'shed it out for him to seep a twin bill -and with Detroit . , . the surprise casualties were Virgil (Fire) Trucks and Paul (Dizzy) Trout, too. The Yankees are doing a good i job of streak busting against the j

;Red Sox. even If It doesn't hwln them pick up any ground on Beantown leaders. Thres ago they blasted Boston * all t| m „ 15-game win streak and y^* t ,. r day ended a 13-game home *i rin . but still no profit. One of the big reason* I* u y<»u nfr fellow named Early Johnson To ' win a pennant a cluh need* a cup able relief artist, and .l<dm* on h liMt that. He hits won three lin ,| lost none pitching no-hlt. norm, basehall in his last straight n | rr nlngs ugalnst the Yanks, Tiger, and the Yanka again , , , u hjlI|() chap to have aroud. And another the Boston* would like Is third baseman Billy j olin . son, current a parn tire whh lh „ 5 unk*. Ihe experts agree preety readily, however, that If the n„*. ton got him II would Im- j u *t Ilk,, nailing the flag up right now ut Fenway park . , . The R,. (J S „ M hoprs of getting him are listed in the futile dream* department. Celebration division; Eddie |, M . kon'a game-tying boner for (| n clnnatl against the St. Louie Cardlnais in a game the Redn went on to win wu* hl* first hit since 0p,.,,.

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