Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 201, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1946 — Page 6

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• "WoMMS Cards, Dodgers Deadlocked As ’ Teams Divide — St Loiil , Mo. lug. 26 'I I’l. for onto Leo iThe l.ipi buroch< r w.i u'‘ talkin'.', today Ihirot'lxT soit'.’ii seclusion to ponder in ilf'iiie tin* falx of hi* Brooklyn luslgers who jog into Sportsman park toiiii-ht still | lied for tin h-ucne bad with their. Cardinal opponents The l.lp. yon may remeber, hit ■ town boasting that hi* Brooklyn | team would haul out of St lamia I full game« ahead of the Catditi.il by weeping the «erie« Yesterday'* -tdit double header i for either team, erupt to rake in the shekel* from .14.000 odd; five hour* ami 31 minutes of i dipsy do baseball didn't do much ' customer- and to slh-nce Burn ehi r. The |h>d?.er' l<.nk lite league i lead by ot>e .ante a tti a ito2 rirfoiy i'i lhe "tie -r But the I Cald iim b«o k to pt: iw-l the |n>:o ; 1 I to S in the ji •:.(< Sad Imrorhei lie Panned the pre s from fh<J lodger* dr«*sing room after the; game, ami afterward* managed to brush them off Brooklyn style Eddie Byer. Bo*smati of the Cardinal', told reporter* in a steady Terns drawl that he figured 1 this thing "could go right down | to the wire." He wouldn't Tie surprised, he said, tn nee the I lodger* and hi*j boy* fighting it out t<H>ih ami nail, base hit for base hit down to the I last game on Septenilier 29 JiiNt about everything happened 1 yesterday. The excitement was too much for at leant four j>er-oii*.| one of them a fatality. le*o, biding behind hi* wore. card, went Cookie laivagetto in as a pinch hitter and Cookie poked I over the winning run at the last minute (or the 3 to 2 triumph. In tiie Second game. Alpha Brazle, the pride of laiyal. Okla., allowed the I lodger* a single in the first frame of the second game Then he bore down and didn't glee up another hit until the seventh. when Jtyer jerked him after he got in a jam. Along came Ted Wilk-. who wa* a wild a- a cantankerous goal on a tin can spree, George .Munger who relieved him wasn't much better, and before l anybody knew, 11. the score Was eleven to eight, after Brittle had left hi* mates with a Bt-tt lead. Bitt the Cards, smelling victory, came bink with four more run*. And a* the •un went down and tlw four umpires liecatm* weary 1 and called It off at lhe end of the eighth, the final score was Card* 14. Brooks 8. Jack Benny, the radio funny man who was Burocher's guest behind the Bums dugout, got so

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I bored before ih<- end of the long afternoon that he took off hi* brown suede shoe, mol hooked lib feel over the rail. A* lhe I'lirtaln ciime down the l*>y In the pre-* ciMip < 10-i-k'-d ami found l.eo had -••ill 21 player* into the second glime In ull, io Dodger pili hers pumped in a wild assortment of pitches in the iwo games, mo-t of them to the liking of Stun i Musiul, the league's leading hit- . ter, who hammered out five to , lioo't hi- average io an evert , I’m Iturmher sent a note by a small Loy up t i the press Ihix saying h<' planned Io use Kirby lllgbe. - tin pride of Elat hush tonight | who ha* had only two day rest lligbi- will face Murray Hickson, who usually doesn't need much re t when Hie chips are down. At Chicago. Eordham Hank Bor owy tripled in th>> ninth inning and then raced home on Bob Sturgeon's single to give the third- ‘ place Cutis a 3 to 2 victory over the Giants, his eighth pitching i triumph of the season. bunny Litwhiler drove in five runs and got five hits In nine time* at bat to puce the Boston Braves to a doublelieader Victory over Pittsburgh. 7 to 5, and In to Litwhiler'* bigge t blow, and I his only one in the first game, was hi dvth homer In the first inning witti two men on base Veteran Joe Begg, pitched the C.H' innati Beds to a four hit, 7 to 0 victory over the Phils in the firm of two game*, but Ixiuis Thoma* Possehl, 20 year old freshman at the I'niversity of Illinois, •-venctl it up in the nightcap when he held the lied* tu one run ami five hits In the first even Inning* to emerge the 4 to I winner when the Phil* rallied for four runs in the lop of the eighth. It was PoNsehl's proses tonal pitching debut. Yesterday's: Star The St. Ixitii* Cardinals' Stan Musial, who got' five hits in seven official timesi at bat. knocked In four runs and j : scored three in his team's *pl' . with the Ilodger*. ~ — - Meet Today To Plan 1946 World Series Chicago, Aug. 26 tl’Pl Baseball commiK'ioiter A. B. i Happy| Chaudier wa« to confer with league presidents Ford Frick ami William Hatridge and representatives of six major league clubs here today to formulate plans fur the 1946 world seriee. The Boston Bed Sox. New York Yankees, betr it Tigers. St. Ixuiis Cardinal*. Brooklyn Dodger* and i Chicago Cub* have been invited Io send delegates to the session. 0 Transit System The nation's transit systems employ more than 242,000 people to operate and maintain their street cars, subways, trackless trolley coaches and gas buses.

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Legion Nine Loses To Van Wert, 3-2 The Dccalur American Legion baseball fenni unstained It* second Io * of the Mention Sunday after noon, a pair of error* In the 13th inning handing the Van Wert Burt* a 3 to 2 decision on the Van Wert diamond. Van Wert took an early lead, scoring twice In the second inning on three walk* and a pair of hit*, but Decatur tied the score In the seventh frame on u walk, two Van Wert error* and Jackson's Mingle. The two team* then battled on even terms until the lust of the I'lth. Elder, first Van Wert batter. survived on Heed's error and advanced on un infield out. Lee, then fanned for the second out but the winning run tallied when it. Schnepf ,-rred on Will*' offering. Each team made five hits, with Van' Wert committing four errors and Decatur three. The box sore: Van Wert AB R H £ Wills. S* .. i 0 It II Hehnepp, in 5 a ii ii Palmer, rs 6 ii u o Snyder, c SOI i Brown, 2b ... 5 0 0 1 Stewart, cf .. 4 I o 0 Elder. If 5 2 o 0 I'ncapher, 3b .. 6 0 2 2 la-e, p .. 3 0 2 0 Total* .... 44 3 5 4 Decatur AB R H E b. Schnepf, ss .. 5 0 o I Heed, i'.b 4 10 1 J. Schnepf, If .. 5 1 Io Andrews, c .... 5 0 0 o Jackson, rs 4 o 1 o W. Schnepf. rs .. I o o 0 Eichhorn, cf . .. 4 0 1 o Ter veer, lb 5 0 o o Cochran, 2b ... 5 0 o 1 Buyer, p 5 0 2 0 Total* .. .. 4’ 2 5 3 Scores by innings: beiutur ... noo 000 200 000 0-2 Van Wert 020 000 000 000 1 3

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NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 71 46 .617 St. I xmls 71 46 .617 Chicago 64 54 .542 9 Hunton 59 47 .509 13 Cincinnati 54 66 .450 20 New York 52 66 .441 21 PMIaMpMa 49 69 .415 24 Plttsbuigll 46 68 ,4*4 25 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Boston 97 38 .696 New York 72 51 .585 14 Detroit . 67 52 .563 17 1 Washington 61 62 .496 25 1 Cleveland 57 67 .460 29% Chicago ... 46 68 .452 30% St. Uiuis 51 70 .421 34 I’hiladrlphlu 40 S 3 .325 46 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. G.B. l»UHVille 82 55 .599 Indianapolis 8" 58 .590 2Mi St. Paul 73 65 529 9% Milwaukee .. 68 69 .496 14 Minneapolis 66 71 .482 16 I Toledo . 63 75 .457 19%' Kansan City 61 76 .445 21 j Columbus 57 81 .413 25% SATURDAY'S RESULTS National Lssgus Chicago 8, Boston 2. Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati 4. New York 8, Pittsburgh 1. St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 1. American League Boston 61. Chicago 5-3. St. IxmW 9. New York 2. Cleveland 5, Philadelphia 0. Detroit 8. Washington 4. American Asseciatien Culutnbu s 5, Milwaukee 1. Only game scheduled. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 3-8. St. l-ouis 2-14. Boston 7-10, Pittsburgh 5-5. Cincinnati 7-1, Philadelphia 0-4. Chicago 3, New York 2. American League Boston 2-13. Cleveland 1-6. Chicago 4-5, Philadelphia 2-6. Detroit 7. New York 2. Washington 5, St. Login 4 (12 innings). American Association Indianapolis 8-3, Columbus 1-1. Toledo 8-1, Ixtuisville 6-3. Minneapolis 8-5. Milwaukee 6-7. St. Paul 21, Kansan City 1-4. o —" South Bend Mon Dies Here During Reunion Funeral services are being arranged for Harvey C. Studebaker, 55, of South Bend, who died suddenly of u heart attack while attending the Buckley reunion Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Han-na-Nuttman park in this city. Coroner Robert J. Zwick of Decatur was summoned to the park, when the former Fort Wayne resident slumped over and died while participating In hte picnic festivities. The body was removed to the Zwick funeral home here and then io the Harry Wilson funeral home in Fort Wayne, to await completion lot funeral cervices Surviving the I deceased ar* the widow, six daughters and fear sous, most of whom reside lg Fort Wayne. Several distant retativns reside In this community.

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Maior Leaaue Leaders leiding Osttmen National League Player A Club C AB R H Pct Mifslnl, St. L. 122 179 96 I*2 .380 Hopp. IhMton 96 334 5* 122 363 Walker. Brook 111 431 5M ifi! .350 Mlxe. New V. list 375 70 127 .139 Gordon, New Y 100 342 19 107 .313 American League Player A Club C AB R H Pct Vernon, Wash. 117 462 72 159 311 William*. Ihi* 124 433 124 147 340 Pesky, B ist. 126 5)5 107 174 33* Appling, ( bl. 119 460 52 151 .32* BlMagglo, Bos. 115 433 72 142 32* Home Runs Williams. Bed Sox 33 Greenberg, Tigers 27 Keller, Yankees 24 biMagglo, Yunkeio 22 Mize. Glint* 22 Pitching Ferris*. Bed Sox 23 4 .862 Newhouei r. Tigers 22-6 .7*6 Hlgl>e. Dodgers 12 4 ,?M Caldweil. White Sox II 4 .733 Bi< kson, Cardinal* 11 4 .733 Bowe. I'hillh ' II 4 .733 li Sees Alleviation Os Europe Food Problem Hanover, Ind., Aug. 26 H'PI Europe's food problem will he alleviated ahis year with the aid of the Vnited States, Britain. Swiss and Swedlah governments, Mrs. Albert G. Parker Jr. wife of thn president of Hanover college, predicted today. Mrs. Parker recently; returned from an extensive ioweek tour us eight Eur< pean countries to study reconstru< lion prob letns of the proleslant churches In Europe. She said the study was made In connection with a 127,000,060 fund Vnited States Presbyterian churches are raiding to aid world-wide i hurch reconstruction 4 i . - MMwl mm UUS R&MM, New York socialite. U ahown with hor daughter shortly arter thsir arrival in London «n route to Parte to dol nwiid a Mat at the peace conference. A delegate from the wom- ' en’s party of equal rights, she plana to urge that "the half of the human racs which most heart• 1 Uy hates war sad takes no part In planning It should be allowed to help in planning of the peace. 1 * ffaternsrteaeD _

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I 2 tn 1 and II to 6 Two homers by Bobby Doerr lhe second with two out In the ninth won the first game, ouiwt-lshing Tom I Jordon's homer. The llo*iix scored •lx runs in the fourth Inning of the nightcap to grab the victory Four singles, two walk* and an error figured in th* scoring. Dave Ferris won hi 23rd victory In the opener. The Chicago While Sox and Philadelphia Athb-iies split. Tin Sox won lhe first. 4 to 2. on Ld I'Offoi * nine hitter and the hut ting of Thurman Tucker, who knocked In two run* with three hits. Pete Sutler doubled Elmer Vaio home With the winning run In a 6 to 5 A* victory in the nightcap. Washington defeated St. Ixmis in a 12-itwting game, 5 to 4. on Sherry Robertson’s 4rlpb- ami a single by pitcher Early Wynn. Yesterday's star Hal New houst-r of Detroit, who pitched a five hit victory over the Yankees his 32nd vlctorv of th«» season and hit a homo fun and two single ... — o Delroit Tigers In Drive For Second New York, Aug. 26 <VP> Almost forgotten in the exciteI ment and uncertainty over the i new National league king, the old monarchs of all baseball, the world champion Detroit Tigers, today were making what may be their final challenge for second place in Hie American la-agtie The Tigers, winner* over the New York Yankee* yesterday by ■ 7 to 2 margin us Hal Newhouwr and Hank Greenberg enjoyed field days, need victories today anil tomorrow to cut Into the three-game margin by whi< h the Yanks hold the runner-up spirt. Should the Yanks win Iwth. increasing the bulge Io five games, the Tigers' chance* of catching them In the final month would l>* *Hm. All hough Newhouscr stopped them with five bit* yesterday, the Yank* have been hitting well re cently. and Joe Dl.Maggio. Phil Ktzzuio, Joe Gordon and John Lin dell all have begun to pull out of Hliimp*. The Tigers cannot afford to spot a revived Yank learn five with only 30 days to go in the season. Newhouser got a home run and a two-run single in yesterday * game, nearly stealing slugging honors from Greenberg, who got a homer, double and single. The Detroit lefty struck out 10 a* he won his 22nd victory, achieved be fore a crowd of 42.908. which brought lhe Yank home attend ante to 2.027.087 the first time In history that any leant ha* drawn two million spectator* in a year. The Boston Beil Sox Increased their league lead to 14 game* a gain by beating Cleveland twice. —0 r ~~. ' Todoy's Sports Parade | By Al Bchacht (The Cloun Frince of Baseball) j (Beg. V. S- Pa' <**•» ! O 0 (Editor * note Guest columnbits will take over today's sport parade during Okcbi* Fraley's vara

•*" n > • ... i-m il New Virk. Aug. 26—till I hin,. around liaseh.ill a long time ami you •'«" readily *»* from my own personal background Bi.if I have come in contact with a great many "r.uirm let*." \ <har act. i is a petron who may be the rin.jsl kind of guy lit the world but |« to .ay the least «otm what more of > N »•( ' ♦•III I prtbuhly the greater! character I ever came ;u ro » was Sno ad Jolley, wlm played at outficlding and other departments with the Bo*t>m lied Sox eono* lime ago. Jolley WIN exactly whul hi* name signified, u likeilde. jolly fellow who could hit a hull a* hard a* tinylsidy but that was nil. In Fenway park, with a short left field fence and a liiH going up tn it. they found an Ideal spot for Jolley or so they thought They felt that the spirt gave Jolley less ground to cover and left lewmargin for error. But Jolley wa* persistent Every time he started to climb the hill after a fly ball. h»* w mid stumble and tall unii. it beiaiii" <|ult« a ridiculous situation both for Jolh-y and the lied Sox . Finally, In desperation, they took Jolley out to the park early morn Ings and trained him thoroughly in the art of climbing the hill. Smeud's trouble with the hill hecain» Hie American laaglte joke but Jolley was p-rsi-fent. One day. the Washington dub came to Boston for a series and kiddingly I approached Jolh-y and said: "Hey, Stneadle, how’re you doing with hill 66." "(io ahead and laugh, Ginny." he shouted, "wait'll you m»- me from now on." in an mrly inning, a high fly lull was hit to left field. Jolley judged the ball perfectly, raced up the hill with rythmic stride*., went a little too far up und as he started down th* hill, he s'ambled anil fell (lai on his face. Bed-faced and . attgry, he stormed to the dugout at' the end of the inning and with hands on hips h- streamed for nil.

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to hear: "You're jm‘l • bunch of win* guys. You lake urn mil for hours in the m ruing and leo h me how Io go Up the hill but not Otte of you had the lira ill to show me how Io get down.'' Seeing the lirl|divisltess of keeping Jolley in the out field, where he was losing too many vume* for the Fox .the management deeded to make a cutclm out of him, so dial they could still Like advantage of hl* heavy hitting. IB' was first used in that eupin Ity against WashiiHtoti und when Joe Judge, quite a kldder In hi* own right. < am» to hat. he asked Jolley how he liked hL* new job. "Well, I'll tell you. Ginny." said smead he Itflied everylHsly Gin ny "at least you've got somelioily to talk to wlieii you're buck here, but when you play the outfield, you just talk to yoitiwelf.'' Just 'hen, the bull wa* pitched und Judge hit u high fly right over the home plate. Jolley, frantically threw off his mask but Ills cap came off with it. Instead of making for the ball, b»» put lhe catcher's mit lover hl* head and yelled to the third baseman: "Come on, Ginny, lake it. It's all yours." It seems Jolley wa* almost completely liald, and very sensitive

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