Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1946 — Page 8

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Ferris Scores 22nd; Bums Win, Cardinals Lose New York, Aug. 22. (t’P» David (Boot Ferries of Shaw. Miss, and th* Boston Red Sox became th* winning'**! pitcher In major league haaebell today ax Id- continued to make hay while the Him shittex a neat trick for a hay fever sufferer. While his famous rival*, Hobby Feller and Hal Newhouser remain ed deadlocked at 21 gam-s. defeated In their last outings, Hie B >aox« sophomore ace gained hue 22nd victory of the Heaton and I th in a row although he needed the help of Bob Klinger and a slugging salute by hi* teammate* to quell the Brown* yesterday. 12 to •. "Boo" now Mtande a good chance of winning .'lo game* in hi* second year on the big at*m. Through treatment* by Dr. Francis Rac kemann. celebrated back hay special--Ist, Ferris* apparently has over'come the "sneezes" which laet season hit him in mld-August harder than any opposing hitter In a 35-ait slugfest with th* Brown*, the Bed Sox gave "Boo" tremendous batting supp »rt a* Ted William* hit three for three and both lludy York and Bobby Doerr batted In their 100th run of the year. York adding another later. Starter Bob .Muncrief of the Brown* took his uhower In the second, when the Red Sox sc red seven times, while Klinger pitched the last three and two-third innings for the Sox. Billy (The Kid! Southworth made hU last 1946 appearance at St Louis a winning one. once again proving his mastery at picking spoui for his pitchers. He sent 37-year-old SI Johnson against the Cardinals and the aging right.isuuer. making his flmt stark since July 31, went the route to hurl the Boston Braves to a 4 to 3 victory over St. Louis, dropping he Redbird* a game and half beaind the Lodgers who routed Pittsburgh, 8 to 2. In winning hla second game of the season, Johns n drove in Nanay Fernandes with what proved to . » IS at. - am W.I ■ AIK CONDITIONED —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 “TARS AND SPARS" Janet Blair, Alfred Drake ALSO Shorts — 9c-40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND O—O FRI. & SAT. Continuous Saturday from 1:45 ■L ’:*• Ik I* (xa MVnßui twsro ARNOLD mn HARDING mow nW -iHHKurejimaw ms VINCfNT SHFR.MAN Bun., Math. Tore.. “KITTY" Rav Milland, Paulette Goddard

be the wl.tning run in the top half of the ninth and then survived a shaky last hulf of the ninth when Enoa Slaughter slammed his 10th homer of the season lo pull the Cardinals lo within one run. Th* Dodger*, turning on the ; pirati'* who walloped them Tues I day. to t > o backed up southpaw Joe Hatten's eight-hit hurling with ' 11 hits. Including Howie Schultz' I single and Bruce Edwcrd*' doubt* Ihi the big three run eighth. hi the American League, the i Athletics drove Virgil (Fire, Trucks to the showers n the sixth i:nd went on to defeat th* Itetroit Tigers, 4 to I. It was Detroit's fourth defeat In a row, the world champion*' longest losing streak since early May when they dropped seven straight The second place Yank*** moved three and a half gam** ahead of the Tigers by sweeping a doubleheader from th* White Sox. lo to 1, and 5 lu 4. Spud Chandler gained hi* 16th victory in the opener, aided by Joe Di.Magglo's 21st, Aaron Robinson's 15th ami Charley Kel-| ler's 24th hitniem whlh pinch-hit-ter Nick Ktten'* single in the 12th Inning won th* nightcap after Di- . Maggi > hit his 22nd homer earlier in the game. In u night game at Washington, , the Senator* defeated Cleveland again. I lo .1, behind Early Wynn's < lght hit hurling, while in the National laagu* Hugh Mulcahy shut cut th* Cubs on tour hits to hurl the Phillies to a 1 to (i victory, hi* third. Rookie Grady Hatton smashed Ida) 14l't homer of the season, with a man aboard, in the seventh to help the Cincinnati Reds take a firmer bold on fifth place by defeat-1 Ing the Giants. 7 to 2. Yesterday's star: SI Johnson, 87-1 > car-old Marseilles, 111., righthand-i er. who pitched the Biaves to a 4 to 3 victory over the Cardinals, .'rapping them a game and a half behind Brooklyn. 0 v.y vsY ■■B• i 4 w 118 11 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. -rooklyn 71 44 617 St. laOUls 69 45 .605 1% Chicago 61 53 .535 9*6 BBostan ... 56 55 .605 13 Cincinnati 62 63 .452 19 New York 50 64 .439 20% Philadelphia 48 64 .429 21% Pittsburgh 45 64 .413 23 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Boston M 36 .700 New York 69 49 .585 14 Detroit 61 51 .557 17% Washington 59 60 .496 24% Cleveland 56 63 .471 27% Chicago 53 66 .445 30% St. Lout) 5o 66 431 32 Philadelphia 37 Hl .314 46 AMERICAN STANDING W. L. Pct G.B. Louisville SO 63 .602 Indianapolis 77 57 .575 St. Paul 71 63 .530 Milwaukee 64 67 .489 Minneapolis 61 G 9 .481 Toledo 61 73 ,45.» Kama* City 59 74 .444 Columbus 56 76 .424 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Boston 2, St. Louis 9. New York 10-5, Chicago 1-4. Philadelphia 4. Detroit 1. Washington 4. Cleveland 3. National League Brooklyn 8. Pittsburgh 2. Cincinnati 7. Now Work 2. Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0. Boston 12, St. Loui* 9. American Association St. Paul 9, Indianapolis 8. Ij.uixvllle 5. .Minneapolis 4. Toledo 3, Kansan City 1. Milwaukee 7, Columbus 4.

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Card Prospect Gets Life Suspension Bet Against Own Team Ends Career Durham. N. C„ Aug 22. (CPI Th* baseball career of one of th* St. Lmtla Cardinal*’ most promising prospects apparently was fin l*h*d today when outfielder Hooper Triplett wia suspended for Ilf* for betting against hh own team, the Columbus, (la., club of th* Houth Atlantic la-agii*. Minor League President W. <l. Bramham announced he had expelled Triplett from organised basebull for all-time on evidence that (he hard hitting outfielder had wagered 820 on Columbia. S (’., in a , game With Columbia). Aug. 3. Triplett, a brother of Coaker Triplett, former major leaguer now with Buffalo in the International league, earlier wan fine)! |SOO and suspended indefinitely hy Sally league officials despite hl* protests that he was "only foiling : around and had n» malicious in-, j tent" wh*n he bet on the South Carollnans. Bramham, pointing oct that Triplett had the right lo appeal hi* decision to the Minor League executive committee, said he believed lbs lifetime suspension would Inbest for both organized baseball and the player. Triplett was one of the rising young stars in the St. I<ouis Card-! Inals' farm chain, of wnlch Colum-; bun is a member. A loose-swinging distance hitter, Triplett showed great promise al Columbus In-for* the war. Discharged from the army thin spring, Triplett had picked up hi* fast pace and wa.t batting . .315 when suspended.

Big 10 Choices In All-Star Backfield Expect Bo To Start Hunchy, Hillenbrand ■” - ■■ Chicago, Aug. 22 — (UP) — Coach Alvin (Bo) McMillin of Indiana will start an almoat unnnimons Big Ten backfield for he college All-Stars In their game with the Loe Angelea Rama in Soldier field tomorrow night. McMillin, whose Indiana team won the western conference title laat year, named hla starting lineup after a spirited workout yeaterday. The Rams, champions of the National Football league, arrived yesterday and went direct from the train to the field for limbering up exercises. Coach Adam Walsh ’aid he would put his 40 players through a final practice tonight under the lights. McMillin named for his offensive back field Bob (Hunchy) llorarn-j rchemyer of Indiana at quarterback. Billy Hillenbrand. of Indiana at left half. William Jones of Tulane at right halt and Pat Harder of Wisconsin at full back. If the Rams receive the kickoff, the Collegians' defensive backfield will include Jones. Otto Graham of Northwestern at quarterhack. Elroy Hirsch of Wisconsin at left half, and Lou Saban of Indiana at fullback. Coach Walsh named Eberle Schultz. 26«-[»ound tackle, as the Rams' cantaln for the costest. Walsh pronounced his squad in top condition with exception of Kenny Washington, former ULCA star, and Tom Harmon, ex-Mlchl-gan all American. Both were injured during practice drills but may yet see action. Bob Waterfield, quarterhack. Fred Gehrke and Jim Gillette, halfbacks and Pat West, fullback, will make up the Rams' starting backfield. The Rams will engage In their final practice session in game uniform tonight. Walsh indicated It would be a light drill, with no contact work. Start Search For "Big Cat" Killer Os Lebanon Stock Lebanon. Ind., Aug. 22 —(UP) — Harry McCiain, a slight-built elderly man from Indianapolis who hardly looks like he could lick his weight In wildcats, began a search oday for a “big cat" which farmers claim has devoured a 500-pound calf, dogs, chltkenr, caU and guinea hens in recent weeks. McClain, who boasts of an Impressive record of snake and wild animal catches, was armed with a 'O-callber rifle, un assortment of nets and a commission from mayor Louis 8. Sterling. "HI bring that critter back dead or alive” McClain-promised. Hie plans for the wildest include getting close enough to drop a net over It. "Bt if It turns on me. I’ll shoot its head off," he added. — Trade In a Good Town - Deeatur

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“Mr. Football” Succumbs I J • 1 i Wr 1 W W m — FIELDING H. YOST, 75, grand old man of Michigan football, is dead ar hi* Ann Arbor home after u 40-year career a* coach ami athletic director at the I'niverslty of Michigan. Yost Is shown aliove a* coach, and in recent year*. He became head coach In 19<il and remained as *uch for 23 years.

Search In Chicago Area For 1 Thugs Shoot To Kilt Order Out For Teen-Agers Chicago, Aug. 22 — (UP) - A "shoot to kill" order went out today for two teen-age bandit*, inrpeds In the slaying of a former army flyer, who have eluded police for the past month whll* carrying out a series of bold robberies. Police said the youths. Richard Schultz, 16. and his xandy-haired accomplice. Anthony Kapxis, 17. terrorized the kitchen of an exclusive suburban restaurant last night, shot the owner and a wa'tres* and escaped with 8250 In their most brazen holdup to date. Kapsi* and Schultz, members of the so-called “green car gang," have been the objects of an intensive search by five detective bureau squads since Lewis Zeins. 26. an air force combat veteran was killed In a "lover's lane" holdup last Aug. 8. Despite reinforced police squadx assigned to the neighborhood* In which the youths operate, they have evaded arrest with what police describe ax "almost umanny ability." The "shoot to kill" order wax Issued yesterday by acting chief of detective* John Warren, who told newsmen: "I've ordered my men to take I them alive if possible, but if they [ offer any resistance, my men ure instructed to shoot to kill." Robert Miller. 39, owner of the fashionable county fare restaurant north of Chicago, identified Kantla as the youth who fired at him <*lth a .38 automatic after taking <250 from the cashier's desk In the kitchen. Miller underwent surgery late last night at High land Park hospital, where he was reported in critical condition. Other employee also recognize.) Kapsls and told police he once

I- c * •?» f I 1 ■ XX Kb - LA " F Z v I M HOUYWOOOIMIROINCY MOSMTAi, Dr. S. V. Martchenko and Nunw Hattie Amundsen administer medical aid to Jimmy Utley after he had been slugged by gunmen In a fashionable filmland restaurant while they bald famed movie stars at bay. Utley, bingo boss aboard the gambling duo Lux. suffered a severe concussion. (International Soundphoto)

had worked nt the restaurant as | a bus boy but had been discharged fur stealing money. After robbing the cashier, witnesses said, Kapsi* Jaihmed Lis pistol against Miller's stomach. Joseph Thayer. 17, a pantry boy, struck Kapsls with a plate, and Kapsls fired, dropping to the floor, dazed, a* Miller fell. The other bandit then opened fire with a .22 caliber rifle, one bullet striking Grace Swanson, 24. a waitress, in the shoulder. Kapsls staggered to hl* feet and the two fled through a rear door. Warren's order to his men followed the theft of an automobile yesterday by two Juveniles whose description tallied with that of Schultz and Kapsis. The owner, salesman Charles Todt I ebon. Jumped on the running board as they drove away, but leaped to the ground when the youth Identified a* Sc hultz flourished a pistol Schultz and Kapsls are the only member* of the "green car gang" •till at large Three other metnbera of the gang, named because it usually stolc> green automobile*, were captured Aug. 1 after a twoday aerie* of holdup*. The three captured yonths Implicated Schultz and Kapsls and told police they In-gan stealing to "get money for shows and good time*.” Zeinz. a veteran of the Chiu-Burma-India (beater, was shot to death and his fiance. Mias Ingrid Larsen. 23, wounded three weeks ago in a "lover's lane" holdup in a suburban forest preserve. 0 Tents Start Up For State Fair Pion For Opening Day On August 30 Indianapolis, Aug. 22—(UP)— Preetate lair activity hurst loose throughout the state lalrgroundr today, forerunning the opening of the elghtxiay Indiana state fair

'“Tents iH gan to rise all o** r ground* a* con. .«*lonatre* *lw* « Ip among arrival*- T* • illr ,. illly lU , included these for food stand* a* well a* for farm ma« h ,ry exhibit* on machinery fl*M First llve«to<k alm* arrived, u shipment of 22 head of * l '®* ‘“’7** owned by Lbyd Tester of ( hl< ago. [Race horses were showing up In | increasing numbers to finish tru.n-, log for racing events of W«and Hept. 2 through Hept « (Irval <’• I’raft, state fair manager said that entry list* as a whol* broke all previous record* J I Entries closed Aug. 14. 1 0 Lad Kills Fox In Blue Creek Township Junior White of Blue Creek town J .-.hip claimed hi* |5 bounty from the h county this morning after killing I a fox on the farm of hi* father. | Gb ii Whl’e. yesu-nlay ! Today's Sports Parade ’ By Bert Bell | National Football League President | (Reg V. 8. Pat. (Iff.l I (Editor's Guest column- | Iwt* will take over today's sport parade while Oscar Fraley is vaca | Honing • New York, Aug. 22 (t’PI | Orgunlieil professional football,' amply fortified to meet any chai- | lenge through the signing of the major-minor league agreement*, i swing* off into the 1946 season with every indication of surpassing servicemen. Players reporting Much of the increased Interest in professional football can be ; traced ilire.tly to the major-minor; ■ league agreements. It Is in these ' agreements that the Dixie league, the American league and the Pad-, sic Coast league recognize the old established National a* the only major league. From them the minors get protection against raiding of player* and infringement of territories by the major league clubs. Competitively, all teams will be stronger, principally because of better reserve strength, with many of the pre-war star* coming back to take up their careers where | they were interrupted There were; four seasons right after Pearl [ Harbor when coaches had no choice at all. Their problem was not one of picking the best eleven. > but finding 11 of any kind who. would be available at game time. This year the training camp dispatches again are full of the dlfflcult les coaches are having on deciding which players to keep. Football. al*o finds it*elf In a little different position than other sports, in the mutter of returning servicemen. Player* reporlng to National league clubs have been out of service for some time, and have been deprived of that period of readjustment and conditioning so essential to an athlete who has ( been away from his game for any I length of time. Football's serviceman problem also will be helped out by the

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