Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 234, Decatur, Adams County, 4 October 1946 — Page 8

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Cardinals Take Playoff Series From Brooklyn New York, (kt. 4 <VP) Brooklyn's cup of grief overflowed today with "straight wry." There were a few faithful willing to rally around the traditional Flatbush cry "wait 'til next year." but there were ever ao many more who just couldn't understand Howie Schultz couldn't have smacked that homer with the baaes loaded yesterday in the dying moments of a dying cause It would have been a baseball miracle to be sure, but Dodger fans had come to expect the impoaelble In thia year of years for Flatbush. The fact that relief pitcher Harry ithe cat I Brecheen came in to strike out Eddie Stauky and Schultz to end the game and give the St. Louis Cards an * to 4 victory which put them Into the world series was what filled that cup of grief. For here were the Dodgers, l<*o to I longshots to win in even the most conservative book, trying to win a ball game in which they had started the ninth inning behind. 8 to 1. They hadn't gotten a hit since the first inning oft skinny Murry Dickson, and only one player had managed to hit a ball into the outfield l'p came Angie Galan, a world series veteran and a master at disregarding past performances Idke the others, he bad been unable to touch Dickson's slinky curve, but now he stepped into a pitch he liked and sent it to right center for a double. The 31.417 fans sent up a ripple of polite applause, glad for the gesture at least against the invincible Dickson. Dixie Walker, the Dodger clutch man didn't help matters any when he sent a toy fly to Terry Moore, but rookie first baseman Ed Stevens stirred a fewhearts when he tripled to deep center to score Galan. Carl Furiilo aroused a few more with a single which scored Stevens. Then it became apparent that Dickson wa< no superman after all be was just a good pitcher working the greatest game of his car eer and tiring pretty fast because of a bad cold. Ho was rattled when he uncorked a wild pitch that sent Furillo to second and he even upset Cardinal manager Eddie Dyer a little when he walked Peewee lleese. Dyer, unwillitv to surrender a pennant won lutin gs ago, called on Rrecheen and "the cat" started out shakily by letting rookie Bruce Edwards score Furillo with a single that sent Reese to third. Cookie Lavagetto. plrch-hltting for kidpitcher Harry Taylor, walked to fill the bases and then Brecheen cut out the foolishness. The next two batters were Stauky and Schultz, each representing the tying run at the plate. The left hander from Broken Bow. Okla., left the Dodgers broken bowed by giving those two batters all he had It was only a dream anyway, but a nice one while It lasted. Through the night

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In the Flatbu-h bars and chowder house folks Kept bringing up the fact that Schultz had hit a homer In the first playoff game at St. latuls "so why couldn't he do It again In Brooklyn?” For the Cardinals, there were renewed hopes that they would go Into the world series against the Boston R«-d Sox at the peak of their efficiency, playing the kind of ball that had been expected of them when they left the post last spring as the shortest priced pennant favorite in major league history. Os most importance was the 'act that they were hitting again and that they were smacking tne ball for extra liases. They collected four triples ami two doubles and made 25 hits In all In the two unprecedented playoff games a gainst Brooklyn. Stan .Muslal got a double yesterday and a triple in the first game at St. Unix. Erv Dusak, Dickson, and Enos Slaughter smashed triples yesterday while Terry Moore lashed a ground rules double that would have been good for a homer In moat major league parks. The Cardinals know that the Red Sox are relaxed and ready. They have been on anything but a Joy ride In their hectic drive to subdue the embattled "Bums" but manager Dyer thinks they are going Into the first game of the series Sunday "definitely on edge." It might be quits* a battle at that.

Durocher To Remain As Dodgers' Manager New York. Oct. 4 — (VP) — Lippy Leo Durocher turned his back today on the best managerial job In baseball — with the New York Yankees — to remain as nilot of the Brooklyn Dodgers "until I die." Leas than an hour after the St. Louis Cardinals had smashed his droain of another pennant for Brooklyn, Durocher confirmed his alleglam-e to president Branch Rickey of the Itodgers, for whom he hud needled and cajoled a makeshift ball club almost into the world series. "I'm staying/’ said the lip. "Branch itlckey is the finest man tn the world to work for. H<-'s been like a father to me since 1930 and I'd be happy to work for him until I die." Durocher’s sudden announcement, in answer to a “left handed" Query In his room at Ebets field, ended report) that he would move over to the Yankees to work for his one-time boas at Brooklyn. Larry MacPhall. When Durocher finally admitted reporters to the dressing room fter a 4S minute cooling-off period. he went through the customary amenities of beaten manager — praise for bls team, praise for the Cardinals. Conservation Club To Meet Monday Evening The Country conservation club will meet .Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Ht. John's school building All members are urged to attend. • »• • < rwbrAfnr

World Series Opens Sunday In St. Louis I] ‘ En Route To St. I. >'ils, Oct. I ’ —tt'l’i h‘* all <»»er -thin won- ’; dering who and today It looked r like a Texas rancher and a kid 1 with Mt Ingratiating smile and a 1 mighty left arm when the world •; series gets under way at Sports--1 man's Park Sunday. "j two happy ball clubs railroaded westward today. Indications '".were that it wauld be Cecil <Text 1 ' Huglwui on the mound for the ' Boston Red Sox ami Howard Pollet 1 tor the St. Louis Cardinals when 1 the gold and glory of the !»<♦» ’ classic g.-es on the line. It has been a long time coming. I with the Red Sox having coasted along for three weeks waiting to = eee who their opponent was going ' to lie. That Iwue wasn't decided 1 until yesterday when the Cardinals ' beat the Dodgers to win the Natl n--1 al league pennant in baseball's 1 post season playoff It was a beat ‘ two out of three game affair and St. Ixmls finished it up In two straight. With Hughson for the Bosox. the betting was 10 to 7 that manager ' Joe Cronin's American U-ague champions would win the opening game. Pollet, should his aching ' shoulder respond to treatment so he will lie able to start, would be a 5 to G underdog. On the series, the betting was prohibitive, with the Red Sox 30 to 7 choices. If you liked the Cardinals. |5 would get you 811 should they come out tn front in this best four out of eeven series. Neither Cronin nor Eddie Dyer. ' pilot of the newly-crowned National League champions, would commit themeelves definitely as to whom they would start In the first game. It was n-> problem with Cronin for his front-rank pitchers all were rested. Dave (Bo) Ferries and Mickey Harris, along with Hughson. were fit and ready. But In the Cardinal camp, the pitching situation was anyone'u guess, including Dyer's. His top rankers- Pollet, Harry (The Cat I Brecheen, Murry Dickson and George Munger—have been working day in and day out. It locked, though, like Pollet acklng tniMdex and all. would b< the opening day nominee for the Red birds in their own nest. For the tall, slender southpaw from New Orleans hurled the opening game In the playoffs which broke the backs of the battling Dodgers. The rent nlng was that if he was good enough to do that—beside* being the first left-hander since 1937 to win 20 games or more in a National League reason—he rated the call. Dyer wasn't worried about his overworked pitching staff. "It was g »d enough to win the pennant." he said. “For me It's plenty good enough to win the •eries.” Cronin, however, had different Ideas. "'lt will be either Hughson or Ferr'ss on Sunday and I'm aure either one will get us off to a winning start." Hughson was CrmlnW clutch pitcher all season long. So although Ferrkts had a better record. Cronin was expected to call on the •stringy right hander for the vital first game On paper the two clubs did not appear to be in the same class, wlh the Red Sox h iding an ap-

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parent vast superiority in all departments of the game. But there was that age old question of whether a team that waa driving at (he end to get In the serlrx would hold a fighting edge against a club which had coasted home md might have lost Its compel!ive spark while marking time There seemed nj d übt but that the Red Sox’ two Injured stars. Ted Williams with a bruised flow and Doni DlMagglo with a .ore thumb, would be in the atart.ng lineup the first day. "We hope to lie at full strength," Zronln said. "We are going to be facing pitching from a differen league and we're h ping that it f*n't going to bother us." The prevailing opinion was that it wouldr't. a*. • .— . Report Ted Williams Sale Is Considered Benton, Oct 4-(I’P) —Officials of the Boston Red Sox. New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers were unavailable for comment today on the Boston rec rd's repoit tha Boston clouter Ted Williams wan for sale and that the Yanks and Tigers had bid for hhn. rol--mn'st Dive Egan of the Record reported that the Yankees bad offered outfielde? Joe DlMaggh, third-baaeinan Bill Johnson, and catcher Aaron Robinson for Williams and that the Tigers had offered pitcher Hal Newhouser the American League') "most val uable player" of 1944 and 1945 snd slugging outfield Dick Wake field. General manager Eddie Collin < the Red Sox. now en route ta the world series In St. has rc peatedly denied that Williams Is tor s’le.

BULLETIN Beverly Hille. Cali*.. Oct. 4. —(UP)—Barney Oldfield. 69, one-time auto speed king of the dirt tracks, died at hie home today, apparently of a cerebral 1 hemorrhage. Oldfield, who was the first man ever to travel a mile a minute, was found dead in hie bed by his wife, Bessie, whom he remarried 10 menthe ago after a eeparation of 21 yeare. 0 —■ 'T J CENTRAL 80YA LEAGUE Blue Prints won three from Prot«ln; Master Mixers won three from Truckers; Pencilptishera won two from Dubs; M A R won two from Better Halves; Traffic won two from Analits; Erasers won two from Exjieller. Standing W L Penclipushers to t> M k R 10 5 Traffic .. 9 6 | Erasers 8 7 1 Analita ...... 8 7 I Better Halves .... 8 7 Dubs 8 7 Blue Prints 8 7 Expellc-r .. ....... 6 9 Master Mixers w 6 9 Prnteln 5 10 Truckers 4 11 High games: Men—Rowdon 209, Xatt 205, Eley 201. Women — ’chafer 199. • High series- Men — Rowdon 30, Burk 5 2Visa rd 522, Eley 20. Antilia 501. Phil Dolby bowling with the Erasers, rolled "three of a kind" when he racked up 108 for each -<aiue on alleys 1 and 2. o — High School Receives 'SHAA Distribution ■sawr-eewew The Decatur Junior-senior high school has received from the Indiana state high school athletic association a check for 880 — the school's share of the third special Hstrlbutlon, It was announced tolay by principal W. Guy Brown Other distributions were made us follows: first and second special dlstrlbuti.n, |79 and 8100; and the following regular distributions: 1932, 860; 1935, 848; 1938, 860; 1941, 860 and 1944, 8100 for a grand total of 8527 to each member school qualifying in all points. The newly received dlstrlbr.'lve share will be credited to the school's athletic association, Mr. Brown stated. o Bosox Beat All-Stars In Exhibition Game Boston, Oct. 4.—(UP)—The Boston Red Sox, betting favorites in the world's series, were on their way to St. Louis today bolstereu by the comfortable feeling that the time they spent waiting for the Cards and Dodgers to settle their differences had not been wiuted. The Sox "kept their bands In” by thumping a collection cf American League all-stars two games out of three in an exhibition series at Fenway Park. Boston won the first game, 2 to 0, dropped the aeeoud. 4 to 2. and yesterday beat Hal Newhouser In the rubber game, 4 to 1.

Michigan-lowa Tilt Big Nine Headline Chicago. Ort. 4. (IT! MichlK4II u perennial contender but v. it host un undisputed western conference football championship to iu credit since I»3X ••tempto 10 move a step farther along the title path tomorrow when it (»<*» lowa ill the headline gum- of the hlg nine schedule. The Michigan l"*a contest fenlure, the first full conference program of th<- young season. In ether league games. Wl«onain meets Northwestern at Evanston; Purdue faces Illinois at Champaign; and the defending champion. Indiana, tangles with Minnesota at Minneapolis. Outside big nine ranks. Ohio State engagr* Southern California at lx»s Angeles and powerful Notre Dame tak«e on Pittsburgh at South Bend. , _ Michigan made an imprest*c nference debut a week ago when It humbled Indiana 2! to 0 The Hoosiers thwarted Michigan’s title blds for the past two seasons, but the Wolverines handled Bo McMillin’s proteges without great difficulty last week Fritz Crlsler has a great array >«f backs who possess speed and power that Ijwa does not figure to match. lowa pulled an early season surprise with Ils IG to 0 victory over Purdue, but the Hawkeyes will lie up against a much stronger foe tomorrow Wisconsin's game with Northwestern will help solve one of the big nine's loughtwt early season puzzles. The Badgers were lightly ranked at the outset of the campaign. but decisive victories over Marquette and the Vnlveralty of California brought revisions In the rating. If Wisconsin can hurdle Northwestern. c-acb Harry Stuhldreher'e outfit will bounce into position as a title threat. Illinois, disappointing both in Its victory over Pittsburgh and in the loss to Notre Dame laat Saturday, has an opportunity to recoup some of it* lost prestige In meeting Purdue. Coach Ray Eliot has juggled the Illinois lineup in an effort to get the team rolling Julie Rykovich. an outstanding performer on Notre Dame's champl.nshlp eleven of 1943, h one of the four starters of last week to be benched. Paul Patterson has replaced him at right half. Illinois' hope* of reaching its expected form still rest mainly with Buddy Young, the fleet negro halfback. and Perry Moss, its quarterback and pawing expert. Neither licked effectively in the Notre Dame c ntest. Indiana, beaten by Cincinnati and Michigan, has a much better team than the record indicated. fThe Hoosier* face the necessity of beating Minnesota or abandoning all hope of making a stiff defense of the only conference grid crown they ever won. Ohb State, disappointing in It* opener when held to a 13 to 13 tie by Missouri, faces one of the Padtop ranked teams in Southern California. Notre Dame, with the champlotwhip stamp on every cog <4 its powerful grid machine. figures to romp easily over Pittsburgh.

School Boooster Clubs Select New Officers New officers have been elected by the athletic booster organizations of the Decatur junior-senior high school. Mixa Phyllis McClure was elected president of the Pep Champs, girl’s bolster organization, with other offlcens a* follows: Miss Hue Harper. vice president; Mias Barbara Anspaugh, secretary; Miss Betty Rose, treasurer. Miss Eleanor Pumphrey and Mta Catherine Weilder were selected as cosponsors. Gene Moser was chosen president of the Howling Hosts, boys' booster organization, with the other officers: Jay Barnett, vice president; Don Grant, treasurer; Bill Licbtensteiger, secretary. Hugh Andrews and Harry Dailey were named cosponsors. o— Negro Paces Montreal Into Lead In Series Montreal. Oct. 4 — (UP)—Unless the Louisville Colonels find away to stop Jackie Robinson in to. night's sixth game of the "little world aeries,** It appeared likely that Montreal woud win Its first series championship. Robinson, leading hitter in the International League, hit a double, triple and single last night as Montreal edged the American Association champs, 5 to 8, to get a three-to-two lead In the bwt four-of-seven-gamea series. On Wednesdsy night his lOthdnnlng single won the game for Montreal and pulled the Royals even In games Holds Pat A little salt sprinkled In the pan before putting in the fat helps to prevent the fat from spattering whan meat la tried.

Pleads Not Guilty To Murder Charge Monticello, llld., Oct. I (('p)_ Rolmrt I lout hln, 13, nccuseil of the fatal shooting and clubbing of his 2V year-old foster mother last July, entered a plea of not guilty In White circuit court today. The youth wtw Indicted on a first degree murder charge in connection with the death <>( Mrs. Imogene Ixiuderback of Idaville Attorney Frederick Hanna filed a petition asking that Honchin be admitted to th* state hoys' school at Plainfield. Hearing for the pet|. lion was set for Tueadtiy. 0 0 I Today's Sports Parade , By Oscar Fraley Rag. U. 8. Pat Os.) |

Enroute to St. lamia, Oct. 4 — (V'p> — The crowd had been quiet, almost sullen, all day and now It was roaring with all the blood-thirsty ferocity of ancient Romans watching the kill. It was a home crowd, such ax you see only at Ebbeta field. They come In all shapes, sizes and uatlonaßties there, for it Isn't very far from where the boats dock and people new to a land settle down. They are an primitive there as you’ll find them anywhere. They love a manager who storms out on the diamond an If to tear an umpire limb from limb. They adore the wacky and the truculent — as long ax it is matched by courage and skill, it Is a wild, frightening place to a stranger. Harry Brecheen. fortunately for him and the Ht. Ixnils Cardinals, was no stranger, lie admitted as be wan riding home today. He had been there before In this strange, almost unbelieveable spot and had heard the roar as from the throats of a thousand wolves. "But It felt like being under a microscope with a million horns blowing in your ears,” he recalled. He got that feeling, thin slim, thin-faced man from Oklahoma, as he walked to the mound In the ninth inning at Ebbeta field yesterday. Plodded out there, he did. without any emotion on his face but with a storm raging In his heart. It was a long walk from the bull pen out In left field. Mere than 3d,(MH> pairs of eyes were glued on him — and most of them were bitterly hostile and hopefully

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