Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 27 July 1946 — Page 6

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Dave Ferriss Coasts To 16th Bosox Victory New York. July 27 H'Pt Th* Boston Red Sox. who would be halt a aeueon ahead of th* rest of the American League If they could hit on the road Jr they do at home, appeared to have that trouble (solved today, to thi* dismay of the Yun keen and Tigers. Boston's only lodng streaks thia eeaaon have been <>n the road, and almost every lo«« was (Uiieed by weak hitting rather than pitching failure. In one three-game losin" skein at St. Ixiulft. the Hosox got a total of I'l hits. I'nlree the embers have another and even worse toad trip on their prevent jaunt, the Yank chancer of catching them are hopeless, and Horton'* 15-hit S Io j victory over St. lauiie laet night destroyed much of New York's hopes. The Red Sox battered four pitch- < rs with equal eave a* Have Ferris* coasted Io hi* 16th victory, John Peaky got four hit* and Rudy York throe, and York hatted In four rune Ted William* got three walk*, making his reason total 103. but was hltlexn in two other appearance* at bat. New York stayed II game* liehind with a 6 to 2 victory over the Chicago White Sox for Floyd Bev ens’ 11th victory Chicago g>t an early two run lead, but three eingle. and two walk* off Ed laipat in the sixth scored four runs for New Yotk. and Aaron Robinson'* two-run homer in the eighth sewed it up. Detroit, atill hopeful of taking aecond place, stayed in the running with a 4 to 3 win over Philadelphia In which Virgil Truck* starred on the mound and at hat. Trucks gave up all three A'» runs in the fir«t inning on Buddy Kovar's triple, but Detroit fought back to tie. and then won In the sixth on double* by Paul Richards and Truck* Washington won from Cleveland, a to 4. on (’evil Travie' pinch single in the ninth inning which scored Mickey Vernon with the winning run. Mickey Haefner allowed 13 hits and Washington made three errors, but ihe Senators made effective iwe of their seven hila. Brooklyn's lead In the National la-ague was trimmed to one game over St. Ixnii* when the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates camo to life to whip the Dodgers. 5 to U. on Fritx Ostermueller’s seven-hit pitching The Pirate* got all their run* off Vic Lombardi, ace Dodger lefty. It was sweet revengo for Ostermueller, w-ho wa* waived out of the majors by the Dodgers when he was witbin two weeks of becoming u Ih-year man. The Pirates later brought him hack. The Phils got their aixth straight complete game from a pitcher when Frank iloerst set the Cubs down with olx hits In a 2 to 1 triumph. Frank McCormick droge in the runs with a tiases-loaded single In tb« aixth inning. It waa Chicago's fourth defeat In a row.

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New York edged Cincinnati, 3 to 2. with a two run rally In the ninth Inning. Bill Ilium y »ent th* winning run h >me with a single after Sid Cordon and Babe Young had singled and a- tin came in on u f elder's choice. Jidm Gee woe the winning pitcher .-nd Ewtll Black well the loser. Yesterday's star Frill (Jetermueller »f Pittaburgh, who snapped a six-game Brooklyn winning streak with u -even hit ehutout, and laid down a good bunt to help the Pi rah* in their big Inning. — <i Legion, 6 E. Club Score League Wins Legion Post 43 and the G. E. Club chalked up victories In Decatur softball league games Friday night at Worthman field. legion jumped into an early 6 to 2 lead over Yager Furniture In the opening play, only to hive the Berne team count eight times in the fifth to hold a 10 to 6 margin, la-gion picked up one run in the fifth and then <ame through with four runs in the sixth to edge out an II to io triumph G. E Club pounded in four runs in the opening inning <>( the nightcap and went on to register an x to 2 victory over Schafer The winners picked up two more runs in each of the third and si venth innings, while Schafer counted both its runs in Ihe third Scores by Innings: n n E Yager lin ««'• 0—I" •> legion 42(1014 x 11 7 4 Neuensch wander and Goodin; H.ery and Haugk. R H R G. E. Club.. 4»2 OtM' 2— 8 Hl 2 i'.chafer .... (t<»2 006 0— 2 5 3 Bauermelster and Andrews; Hoffman and Snyder. Week's Schedule Monday—Legion vs K. of C ; G E. vs McMillen. Tuesday- Legion vs G. R: McMillen exhibition Thursday — Moose exhibition; Ix-gion vs Waynedale. Friday—G E. at Berne. -— —o

BASEBALL RESULTS

AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct G.B. Ronton .... 67 27 .713 New York ... 55 3? .598 11 Detroit .. 51 39 .567 14 Washington 47 43 .522 1* | Cleveland 44 48 .478 22 St Louis 39 52 .429 26 H Chicago 36 55 .396 29'i Philadelphia 26 64 .289 39 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 55 35 .611 St. Louis 54 36 .600 1 Chicago 47 41 .534 • Cincinnati ... 43 44 494 HP. Boston 42 48 .467 13 New York ... 40 50 .444 15 Pittsburgh 36 53 404 18'» AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. G.B. Indianapolis 61 42 .592 Loulsßlb* -- 60 44 .577 11-.I 1 -.- St. Paul 57 47 .548 4’ a Kansas City ... 51 52 .495 10 Milwaukee .— 50 51 .495 10 .Minneapolis 46 54 .460 13’j Toledo 44 61 .419 18 Columbus .... 40 58 .408 18*■> YESTERDAY’S REStTUTS National League Pittsburgh 5, Brooklyn 0. Philadelphia 2. Chicago 1. New York 3, Cincinnati 2. Only games scheduled American League Detroit 4. Philadelphia 3. Washington 5. Cleveland 4. New York 6. Chicago 2. Boston 8. St. Louis 5. American Association laiuisvllle 3. Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 3. Indianapolis I. Columbus 4, St. Paul 3. Toledo 6. .Minneapolis 2. Maior Leaaue Leaders Leading Batsmen National League Players A Club G AB R H Pet Hopp. H alon 77 278 50 106 .381 Walker. Brook. 83 323 49 120 .372 Musial. St. L. 89 363 71 131 .381 Mile. New York 89 336 60 112 .333 Gordon. New Y. 72 241 38 75 .311 American League Players A Club G AB R H Pct Vernon. Wash. 81 333 60 120 .360 William*, Bost. 96 338 95 120 .355 Edwards. Close 70 258 43 87 .337 DiMaggio. Bost. 85 320 53 It’S .328 Berardino. St 1, 89 364 47 118 .324 Home Runs Williams. Red Sos 27 Greenberg. Tigers 23 Mite. Giants - 20 Keller. Yankees 19 DLMagglo. Yankees 17 Pitching Newhouser, Tigers 19-3 .864 Ferris, Red Sox — 18-4 .800 Harrta. Red Box 13-4 .768 Foliar, Indians IM .750 Chandler, Yankees 15-5 .750 Pallet, Cardinals —l2-4 .750

NEW CAREER AT 40 - - By Steve Bishop Jdtecid ' CY ibuNCr -Pitch ) .Good / /mK - i 43j“—/ _L Coach ' V*. .. t. -Pitcher— 4 J At THE A&e I* i / OF 40 i .iW f i’ ■ *' s I?ALPHWITH ft SHAK9 PITCHING- Z* O STAFF,mEkOTT HftS NO f\ W'T" X A Alternative But ANYTHtNcT INStOHT T-HHT LACKS MKE A PITCHKK. ftW"* % 7 IT Z 1 l/a Hi/ - ufIMRC € THfSf BRAND NEW 1016 automobiles won’t help you a bit-marked for export, they're bcinj loaded into atcamers at a New York dock. This year 37,440 passenger cars have been shipped to markets la enable manufacturers to meet competition. (Inttrnatioml) . *y JOHN HOFFMAN Is shown right as he told police that Kenneth Hanley, 25-year-old ailing war veteran of Norristown, Pa., had shot himself and his companion, who was Hanley's estranged wife, Helen, 22-year-old mother of three children. The two were shot as they sat in a car at 4 a. m. Mrs. Hanley died immediately and Hoffman, also a veteran, succumbed shortly after the above photo was taken. Pc4.ce are searching for Hanley. (International Soundphoto)

As Truman Signed Revised OPA Bill Hi i i i i i i 1 I I I i i aiamima th. »vi««t OPA bill in Washing ton. President Truman smilingly poses for photo- i J"Je"r. At'?h? fen ITm " OPA adminfctrator. Th. new bill resurrects. OPA from a 25day coma and keeps full rent and some price controls in eßecl until next June JO.

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Ellsworth Vines In I Bid For Golf Fame I I I < lihiivfF, July 2T H'l’i L'iiiky. bi in < i.h h<l E!l v *<n‘ih Vines who alumdonod a career as one of the world - greatest ill* players because there wen i <it any iineonqtiered m I field*, to day reached the goal ret for him i •If six year* ago when he deter 1 mliied to Income one of tit* Lou'* ranking «<dferVine* .was bidding f-»r one of bi. imc golf’s mu-1 coveted and ' liuruiive chum |>ion> hips u* th'' field teed off fol the third round el the fou.'imi All Vini-riian lonrna < ment at tin- Tam (J'Shunler >oiin 11 •ry dub. The one time amateur and pro (<.- ioii.il teniii king was in *e i Olid place hl this Zany lonrna ment with a i',o hole aggregate of lin stroke olle buck of tile pace etllng Herman Barron of \Vhlt« Fl,.in* N. Y. Vim- won a minor < hanipion -hip ti month ago when he took , ihe Massachusetts open but this Is hl* greatest bill for major title. Whether Im goes on to win or not his showing to daf* i- a jnstiflea I.<ni for the Ida t’.imble in.ide. ( in (u when tin decided to abandon a port in which he was a key figure to become Io I in tile shuffle of th*- links "duffer ." "George Lott and Wilmer All! on. two old ictmis ironies tinie pon ilde for my Initial inter eM in golf," Vines aid, "I wa* a i 120 hooter who wat so bail that they refused Io let me play with I them <i I determined I make my gome gootl ettoit tli to shoot with them." After giving up a court career, the lanky t'alfortiia who now re- . i ter* from Chicago, played amateur golf for three years ami then turned professional in I**l-’ Vines has gone through the "hungry Htagn" that plagues most newcomers to the higiinie tournament grind, but now appears ready to move in with the top ranked performer lie had a fir-1 round 71. one tinder par and then shaved three strokes from regulation figure yesterday with a 6!t. Barron hail a sei-ond round 71 Io collide with his opening 6X. Melvin H'hicki Harbert, Northville. Mich.; Claude Harmon. Mamaroneck. N Y. and Dick Melx, Wilburton. Okla, wire tied for 'hint place with 142's. A stroke back of the trio came Henry Ransom. Dallas. Tex ; Oley Chrlsma'i. Miami Death. Fla.: Um Worsham, /telhcseda. Mtly and (Ttandlcr Harper. Portsmouth. Va. I'm the final two rounds to- ( day and tomorrow, the field wast ent to the low 100 scorers and ties. It took a I*6 hole score of 153 I ot better to make tin- grade Promt | iient stars who failed to qualify i included national open champion Lloyd Mangrum: Ky Laffooti. | Craig Wood, Willie Coggin, and I Mike Turneia. Woman Is Held For Attacking Husband Richmond. Ind.. July 27 —(I'l’i — Police today held Mrs. Orville McKii b y for invcotigallon after her I ln:*l>and complained to police tlipt | she woke him up to drink "offeo at 2 o'clock In the morning. That wasn't so bad. McKinley, ' fid. told authtrities. But when he I I refused the Invitation, he charged | that Mrs. McKinley hit his head . with a hammer anti then ehot him ' In the back with a rifle. it | That a man has made a lot of | money does not mean h<« is entitled to It.

Confer On Terminal Leave Payment Plan ■ Ilin I I Determine H Cosh Or Bond Payments Washington. July 27 'l l’' v .eltate lou*e met today to determine whether [ ti-nnlmil leave payment* to dis ( Jilfged Gl'e should be made in cash or government bond* ihe payments, to be made t 1 a| * ixt.mated IL"""" 11 " former *eiv ;,.,-inen would be computed on a I.U-is of leave dH Iturxed Ill's wi re entitled to but didn't r-<«ive while in service. Tbe < iiifetei-i ate fair-1 with two radically dilf- n ut approach''! to the problem. The hou •• recently li-'' 4 " 11 ’ tni aeiiie t" grant *ervi- i men about t:< t uujiiHi.iHiii in immediate cash payment-, computed •> cover two and mie half days for ■ ach month of senice. I' * leave actually re celved. The *<-ll lie. 11l a b.;l de-t'.'lU-d to meet the demands of President Truman, provided for laynietit in lion tiegoilald'- bond,- bearing int'-r i-rt at two and one half percent annually, and maturing m five years after their recipients were dlsi-aarged

DR HENRY M GARSSON, president of the Batavia. TIL, Products company and under scrutiny of the Mead committee, is shown In his Chicago office after announcing that he had fevered relatione with the Batavia company. Examining a 4 2 mortar shell built by his company. Dr. Garsson claims dcfi-ctiveneas of theae ahcllx could not be the fault of hi* company •""■* they did not manufacture fu»M which control ahell'a timing. (Internaiionah

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i He l l I ? fr v i 11 a. aSjI ' \ 1 I-! !-< ' W 1 s ‘ 7E. '■ II « :■ ’ffi tH IN THE PARTY that toured Bikini island six hours blast measuring radio activity In the area was Ining Baltimore, Md. shown on hood of n leeo with ment in his hand.

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