Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 214, Decatur, Adams County, 11 September 1946 — Page 6

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Cardinals And Dodgers Keep Pace For Lead New York. Sept fl il'l'i There are »bori<iK> , n of many things In the big town today I" . r»UM' of the truck and shlpphi'- j s-trlkoc. hut the chief complaint t of visiting ball players I* the! nlxxa:dly ration of ba*- hl’s tiny are getting off I' I '■ pitcher? In th* past 15 saio-H Itodguri hurlers have- ti-d cipp ,:;!«•• batter* ju-t 86 hit* f.<r a:t .H'-ra"'-of $.73 per coiifoi That !* th ■ low*»t ma k for any imilai stretch by a major I'-as ■ pltc hi't," • staff thm st- icon and I* perml’tin;the Dodgers to win the <■!<••» low I run ball game* that are mi vital i uh they gird for their “payoff w • lea" with the St. Ixntis Cardinal 4 ! starting Thursday. During those 15 Kame*, the Dodger opposition han! made hut 3ti nine for an average| of two per contest. At the same time the cardinal 1 pitching staff. also rated a< high i' ly efficient, has given tin 112 hits', in 15 games for an average of j 9.0$ and a total of 59 r.ins. nearly i ' four i>er game or about twice uh ' many as Dodger opponents huv • ■ chalked up I Rangy Rube Melton turned In * the latest superlative job for the; Dodgers yesterday when h ‘ blank ed the Reda, 8 to ® on three hits 1 for hi fifth victory. It was the ’ sixth straight triumph for Brook lyn and the ninth In the last 10 1 games. .Melton might have had it 1 easier if he had chosen to do so., 1 since* Brooklyn took a 3 to 0 lead in the first Inning on rookie , Ed Stevens' double with the bases; loaded The Dodgers made In hits! Including triples by Augi<- Galan Ed Stanky anti Gene H>*rman>>ki.; and doubles hy Stevens. Galan and! Bruce Edwards. Tbt Cadinals maintained their;: two game first -place margin by | winning 4 to 1 at Philadelphia, as lefty Harry Br>< heen pitches! a six hitter. bike Melton. Brecheen also received a 3 to 0 first inning lead when th- Cards put together, singles by Al Sc lioendienst and; Harry Walker, a scoring fly by Stan Muslal, a triple by George' Kurowski and a single by Dick, Sisler. It was a sad day for the once ' mighty Yankees who dropped a 4 to 2 decision at Cleveland and thereby lost their last mathematic al chance to cJtch the first place , Boston Red Sox in the American j Learn* Steve Gromelr. who has, lost 14 games, found, the Yanks a; •oft touch in their hour of ignom j Iny. holding them to five hits tt-1

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light hand'll ac« Spud < handler lost hi- eighth game Don Row* drove in three Cleveland runs with a homer anff a base* loaded single. Tommy H'-nrleh homered for New j York. At Detroit, the Tiger played a* ! if they Instead of ‘he Red Sox ■ we t about to clinch the p* tenant, i trouncing Holton, atoi a* Dick Wakefield and Hank Greenberg i hit homers to lend nl* hit attack ' n four pitch, i - Fr-ddle Hutch intern wild have had n ‘butnt hut I>r a trenic ndoiis home run by Ikul Williams Th" Red S-ix i iitid nave se wed up the flashy winning, but the Tigers. who took over mid plac”. still have la mathematical chtnce. Sho ty Marino Pi'-retti. making h < first 194* start, pitched Washi inrtoti to a4t > 2 victory at Chicago as G raid Priddy hit two homers The White Sr.x made only | four hits The Brown; topped the Ath , I |«ticH. f. to lat St. latuls, rookie ' cliff Fannin pitching an elgli'- ! ) liter and batting In. two runs. Jeff Heath made three hits so St I.ottls. Rocikh* Johnny Sain won his 17th game at Boston, topping the Chicago Cubs, in to 2 as the Braves moved to within three and a half games <>( third place Sain help Hl his own cause by driving In three runs The Pirates drew first blood in th" "battle of the brno-ment" by defeating the Giant'. 7 to 4 at New York to move w.thln four pt enlace points of seventh j seventh place Relief pitcher Al tlcih'-anser gained th" victory Yesterday's *tar - Dick Makfield of Detroit, who forced th* Red Sox to postpone “pennantclinching day by hitting a threerun first inning homer that stat ted th- Tigers to a 9 to 1 victory NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G. 8.! St. latul* .... 87 5" 635 .... Brooklyn *4 51 622 - Chicago 73 60 -54‘.* 12 Boston 70 61 .522 15’ s Cincinnati — 58 76 .433 2.'« Philadelphia 58 79 123 2!' New York ... 56 81 .TO 31 Pittsburgh 53 78 .405 31 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Boston .... 96 44 .686 Detroit 77 57 .575 16 New York 79 59 .527 16 Washington 67 70 .489 27'« Chicago 63 57 .45. 32 Cleveland 62 77 .446 33'» St. Louis 58 76 .433 35 Philadelphia 47 91 .341 48 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Rivoklyn 8. Cincinnati 0. Boston io. Chicago 2. St. lamia 4. Philadelphia 1. Pittsburgh 7. New York 4. American League Cleveland 4. New York 2. Washington 4. Chicago 2. St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 1. Detroit 9, Boston 1. H. $. FOOTBALL

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Wisconsin Badgers ! Are Still Under Par ; I I (Editor's note: This Is one of a >’ serlM on the prospects nt western b conterence (exitball teamo.l Madison, Wla.. Sept 11—(VP)— ’ Harry Stuhldreher, the Bantam f I nivc-rsity <f Wisconsin football;’ I coach, took h;s bumps regularly > during the war years when the f I Badgers were forced to operate 1 solely with civilian material and the end of the gridiron depression I lan't In sight. i i WiHcumdn will be stronger this 1 season than any time since Hr great combination of 1942. but ; there appears scant hope for the Badgers to figure serbausly in the i title picture. Stuhldreher has «ome of his bright pre-war stars back but looses i of players who had eligibility re maining have cut heavily Into the; ! Badger's strength. The loss of El- j I roy Hirsch and Pat Harder, two; of the Badgers* brightest iVais In 1912. to professional tea me re i maves much of Wisconsin's offen-1 slve threat. * ( The Badger squad list* 93 letter men. but 18 of those monogiam v Innetu are from definitely sub par teams of the p.at three season? ‘ when Wisconsin gained a total of only five conference victories. Fred Negus, an all conference | choice at center in 1942. again fig tires to be the key man «t Wiscon-1 sin's line. Negus wa>v without a superior as a line Stacker four seaeons ago. Farnham Johnson, a substitute in 1942. appears to have won an • end berth with a freshman. Eld * ridge Hintz, at th* other flank. t Dick Loepfe, i lettc-man five sea*H>ns ago, and Claude Esser, a tegular last season, are the top candidates for the tackle spots. Ken Currier, a fine all-around lineman, and Jerry Frei, a 1942 substitute, are the leading guards. Stuhldreher has been doing a daily juggling act In un effort to solve hbi backfield problems. Jack Wink, the clever signal caller of 1942. is back but an in I jured knee makes him a distinct 1 question mark. Wink Is playing with a brace on his knee and i Stuhldreher must groom a capable replacement in case the knee fails , to hold up. Stan Heath, a freahman who is

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the son of Mickey ll•■ulh. former major and minor league baseball star, hue been shift> <1 to quarter to aid Wink. Although Inexperienced. Stuhldrehvr believes the Milwuu kee youngster will fill the bill If Heath doesn’t m-asure up. the job may fall to George Fuchs, a regular last season. Don Kindt, a powerful runner who was a Badger standout last fall, is the likely right halfback with Wally Dreyer, a 1912 fresh man; Frank Granltz, a 1941 letter man, or f.ttiman Lisle Black liourn at left half. Earl Maven, a letterman who has been gone for three seasons. ha< the inside bld for the fullback berth. W wonsln opens its season Sept 2! against Marquette and the following week got.; to the Pacific coast to play California. A— Reigel Is Medalist In U. S. Amateur Springfield, N. J.,' Sept. Ift—(UP): —Happy-go-lucky Skeo Riegel of Glendale. Calif. par-buster supreme in the hottest field ever to qualify in the U. S. amateur in Id championjship. led 84 survivors into a double rourd of matchu; today while most iof the favorite* wore protesting a : uizzy draw which may wreck their i hopes before night fa'l. Five shots better than his near ext rival with a record medal score of 69-67—136 in the qualifying hounds. Riegel collided in his first match with rugged Bob Babblsh of Royal Oak. Mich., whos-e 73-6 - 141 was good*for a second place tie with Smiley Quirk of Inglewood, Calif Quick, national public links champion, met Canad.an amateur champion Henry Martell of Edmont.n, Canada, in the first round and if both he and Riegel come through they’ll have to meet in the afternoon. That eliminates one favorite and box office draw In a hurry. The lower bracket also had a situation which had the hot-shot* buzzing. Frank Stranahan of Toledo, 0., No. 1 choice for the title, met Bruce McCormick of Hollywood. Calif., in the opener and dura tion champion Marvin tßudi Ward of Spokane. Wash., wau scheduled against Johnny Slerge. Watchung. N. J. "It was all the luck, er maylM bad luck, of the draw.” said Joe Dey executive secretary of the UJL golf association. "The names came out of a hat and that’s the way we paired them.” Both rounds today and tomorrow will be at 18 holes which the favor Itea fear because the abort dis tance leaves little margin sorer ror. Semi-final matches Friday and Saturday will be at 36 holes. Big Cor Races At Montpelier Sunday ■ Another program of big car ante races will be held at the Mantpeliei race track Sunday afternoon. Sev ' eral new cars and drivers havi been signed for the event, whlcl , will be the last cne of the aeaaot st Montpelier. Big Industry Agriculture in Illinois Is In the four billion dollar bracket

Complete Roster Os Decatur Football Squad Is Announced |

Hill Merriman, student manager Cf the 1946 Yellow Jackets foot t, lt ]| team, ha* furnished th- Dally ix-moc ra- with " fomplete roster of the gciuacl and also the numbers of the first 22 players, who pro baldy will •< •• act lon Friday nigh' Following Is th- complete *<»»•«• Herman Andrew. Jay Harnett. Stanley M Bride. G.-ne Moser. , Bruce Huua.in. Tom Bayles*. Norman Burnett, Dwight Egh-y. Bob Franklin. Don Grant. Jim Cowena. Jack Heller. Duane Holme-. Ken i Jennings. BUI Kingsley. Ray-l-eh I man. Dave M<x.re, Doyle Myers. Jack Reynolds D&n Slusher. Sum Yost. Marcus Foreman. Kenny G-ktit. Doyle Llby. Dick McConnell. Bub Smith. Dun Wafad. John Donn. Nell Hesher. Ltrry Jennings. Carl I

Colonels, Millers Win Playoff Openers By United Prraa Minneapolis and Loulavllle »“ n the opening gam'* of the American Atao< latloti playoffs last night. The first place Colonela defeated St. I’aul. 12 to 0. at IxJulsville while the Millers were sque-xing out a 12-lnning victory over second place Indianapolis. 2 to 1. Th- Millers, who finished the -cMon In fourth place won tho gdme iti the 12th when Bud Maynard tripled to right and came i home on Bruce Campbell s fly to center field. The game was a pltcbons’ duel l>etween Rube Fiache.- and Indian veteran Paul Derringer. The Indians. who finished sec-nd In the association, scored their lone run on two Miller errors In the seventh. Catcher Hugh Poland got to second on CampbeliU two-base er- ! ror and scored when Ernie Andres, Miller third baseman. let Derringer's grounder go through. Campbell'S home run over the right field wall tied It up In the next inning. At Louisville, pitcher Harry Dorlah recorded his first shutout of the year In hanging un his 12th victory after pitching the Colonels ta three wins in the fix nights of the league ra.-e'a final week. Eleven Events Will Feature Horse Show Hanna-Nuttmon Park Site Os Show Sunday Eleven events to feature the horse show of the Adatns county riding club Sunday at 1 p. m. at Hanna-Nuttman park were listed today by club members In charge. Following Is a Hat of events: pony race, western pleasure class, musical chair, 'carrying mail, musical chair for children, scoop shove) race, quarter mile race, ' English three-galte-J class, stock horse, three-legged sack race, half mile race. Four rlblxms and four cash prizes are tn be awarded first : four place winners in each event. ' Roy Chilcote is general chair- ‘ man of the show. Other members of the committee are Edward Archer, president of the club, and Reinhold Koideway. who will serve as secretary of the show. 1 George Morris will act as ringr master and Ed Maxwell of Woo--1 I ster, Ohio has been secured to I judge the events. Admission price e is 50 cents for adults. Children e will l>e admitted tree. In event of rain, the horse show i! will be staged on the following Sunday. September 23 at the a same hour. si »- — . Three State School 'j Escapees Are Nabbed d Three youths, escapees from the , Fort Wayne state school, were apprehended here shortly after noon . today by police chief Ed Miller e and sheriff I-eo Cilllg. The three, who were identified as rt McCoy. 15; Richard Klep fer, 16. and George Phrgrlns. 16, were picked up by the ayjhoritles. * east of Decatur on federal road 224. r J They were walking along the B road toward Decatur when located r by police. After being apprehended, they were taken to the county Jail d and late this afternoon they were still held there awaiting the arriving of Fort Wayne authorities to return them. 0 Local Man Escapes From Sanitarium ;o ; »r Authoritlas here today were gskv- ed to be on the lookout for a Decatur man, who escaped from a sanah tarimn near Chicago, where he had >n been receiving treatment for • mental ailment. Attaches of the institution, who placed the call, advised protection g i for members of the mana family and notified police

Peterson. Tom TroUlMf. GeW Ziner, Hill Ll< htensteig-w. Harold Nash. Gerald Multi, Jim Bassett. ( halmer I’lumk-y. v ‘ r p " rt ® r> J*®’ . Kuittle Don Hlack. Delaae Ho* man , Kenny Roop. Wilmer Grote. Sam Bogner. Hub Rtults Kenny i Durbin. Players with Numbers Here ure the 22 play* » with numbered shirts »ln> will probably ( s.-e nd lon In Fridays game; Holmes. 60; Myers.. 69. MiHrid*. ( 53. Heller. 71; Franklin. «<- Mose 54. Reynolds, 57; Baughn. M. K Grant. 62; D. Grant. 67; ( la-hman. 59; Bogner. 55; Burnett, cl; Wafel. 66. Barnett. 63; Li' h tsnstelger. 61; Bob Smith. 52; Egley, 68, Foreman, 51; Slusher. 58; M't'onneH. 50; Kingsley. 25

Maior Leaaue Leaders Leading Batsmen National League Player A Club G AB R H Pct Musial. St. U 137 546 107 199 .364 Hopp. B<’ -H< 393 66 134 341 Mlxe. N. Y. 100 375 70 127 .339 Walker, Bklyn 128 4X9 66 161 .329 Holmes. Bo ... 129 491 69 154 .314 American League Playtr A Club G AB R H Pct Vernon. Wash. 131 617 74 178 .344 Pesky. 80. 141 575 113 194 .338 Williams. 80. 139 481 137 162 .337 DiMaggio. 80. 130 494 79 162 .328 Kell. Detroit 114 446-49 144 .323 Home Runs Williams. Red Sox 26 Greenberg. Tigers — 32| Keller, Yankees — 26 j DlMagglo. Yankees 23; Seerey. Indians 23 Pitching Ferris. Red Sox ...... 24 5 .828 Newhouser. Tigers .. 24 7 .774 Gumpert. Yankees D» 3 .69 High*. Dodgers >5 5 .750 Caldwell, White Sox 12 4 .750 ■ — —o — Stone Quarry Killer Faces Trial Nov. 12 Spencer. Ind.. Sept. 11—(I’P) — The trial of Joseph Luther Woolridge. 29 year old negro acctmed of| first degree murder In the Bloomington stone quarry slayings, will l»e held here Nov 12. The trial date was set hero following a change of venue from .Monroe county last May. Woolridge was held In the deaths of Mrs. Phyllis Coleman and Russell' Koontx in March. Their bodies were found in an abandoned atone quarry. Wool-’’ ridge signed a c-jnfessiun but later repudiated his statement and enter- 1 ed a plea of not guilty. ' - 0 1 -- Young Ligonier Girl Is Killed In Wreck Ligonier. Ind.. Sept. 11—(UP)— Funeral arrangements were made today for Sally Griffith. 19, who was fatally injured late yesterday when her car skidded and overturned on a newly-grav» led country road near here. MUs Griffith, a sophomore at Miami University," Oxford. Ohio, was thrown through the wind ] shield and suffered a severed artery ■ jln the thigh She had bled to death; ; when a school bus driver found, , her. Holiness Group To Meet Sunday The monthly meeting of ts>u Adams county holiness association will be held at the Monroe taber- , nacle Sunday afternoon at 2:15 i o'clock. The Rev. Corman Cox, , of Winchester, will be tae guest speaker and (he public Is Invited to - attend. r ■ mi ,■ im ft.'.- I, , ’ New Carlisle Man Is Killed By Truck South Bend. Ind., Sept. 11—(UP) —Joseph Elvln Mell. 40. New Cari lisle, wm injured fatally late yesterday when he was struck by a ’ truck driven by Carl Kremble. 46, '; of Kalamasoo, Mich. i ■ r GAYS J •! MOBIL SERVICE i MONROE and 13th Sts. PHONE 318 ! ■Seem when '■ in need of j I ♦ Complete Lubrication O Oil Change ♦ Wash and Wag ♦ Pan Bolte • Batteries ' A nadiatere Flushed k j. ♦ Tiros and Tire Repair 4 ♦ Wheels Bslsnesd s ♦ Recapping Service. » PROMPT and “ COURTEOUS 7 SERVICE

Jackets Work Hard I For Garrett Battle Coach Dan I’erry sent his squad of 45 Yellow Jacket grldders j through a second hard workon' ■ Tue day afternoon in in-cpara I Don for the opening of the home, football season at Worthmun field! Friday night al 7:30 o'clock. Gar ! rHt high school Railroaders will' furnish the opposition. Th* sipiad was divided Into! teams and every player got a shut at both offense and def<-n«e ; Coach Perry is stressing defense this week In an effort to plug | up a couple of holes through which the Bluffton team scored last Friday. On offense, Baughn, D Grant. K. Grant. Lehtnaa and McConnell looked good as they tore through i the line lor consistent gains in the long drill. Bevcral of the squad members who failed to see action in the l Hluffton game have shown marked improvement and indications are that there will be several new faces in the local lineup Friday A lack of weight In the line is the worst headache for Coach Perry and be Is drilling the lines men hard every day on basic de sense nianuevers. The home opener will get under way Friday night at 7:30 o'clock promptly. Season tickets for the four games are now on sale and single game tickets may b» obtained at the gate at Worthman field Friday an hour before game time i , For the early arrivals, the Decat- ' ur high school band will furnish music and a largo crowd Is ex I [tected. Seats are helng erected on 1 each side of the field, which will accommodate several hundred spectators. There will be plenty of; parking space available. Garrett opened Its season last | Friday afternoon by defeating, Portland high school Panthers 260 In an afternoon game, and then moat of the Railroader squad journeyed to Bluffton to see th* Decatur Bluffton game at night The Garrett ployers will outweigh the locals about 25 pounds a man Washington School House Is Auctioned Washington school Lou*" No 3 was sold at auction to Ira Mcßride fcr 12.500. it was reported today by John B. Stoneburner. Washing- | ton township trustee. H H. High

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