Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1946 — Page 6

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Brecheen Star As Cardinals Even Series ______ Aboard World Serio* Spi-i-la) En i route to Boston, Oct. x (I'P)Th- R»-d Sox and the Cardinal*, leaving Sportsman'* lark in St laruai where 'hey »plii the first tw > {taint*, headed for Boat >n • Fenwa) | Park today foi the third game 01 I the world «erie» And there wasn’t anyth! ig hut joy tiding with them Manager J<>" Cronin of the Red Sox. hoping for the hent, figured) that the vaunted power which hi* team showed at it swept to the American League pennant would i.e-o-rt itself again om- hit* boy* gut l>u< k home Eddie Dyer, the Im>h* of the Cardinal*, was just as sure that hl* Red Bird*. having proved that they belong in th- sam- park with the Red S x. would continue to do a* well away from home aa they did on their horn- grounds Dyer nominated little .Murry Dickson, a righthander with a lot of stuff, to go after that vital third gome tomorrow while Cronin bunked on Dave (Hoot Fern**, who won 25 games for him till* seaaon. It was in Fenway Park where the Hed Sox wo i tln ii pennant They were terrnrs-pliH on their < wn diamond in c ontrast to the Cardinals' record. The lied Blid«j didn't do text well at notne during the regular season but once they I got into enemy territory they exploded with the <■!.,.,* that brought them the National League pennant after a {day ff against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Dickson won the game which gave the Card* the pennant, beating j the Dodgers with the aid of Harry I (The Cat) Brecheen. the brilliant I southpaw of the lied Birds wboj got his team back on even terms | yesterday as he .dint out the Cronin ' men on f ur hits, all of them | singles, to win 3 to 0. Dyer wae expecting him to take up where Brecheen left off. The Cards may not win at Bos , ton. but they proved to a lot of’ skeptics that they had a lot of I class. It may not be enough to win the series, but no matter what hap- \ pens from here on out they’ve i

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Ilet the lied Sox know that they are I meeting a tough hall dub. Although he wasn't ut all unl.uppy. Ctonin. who had cautioned f.om the tart the' th*- Cards wen* to be rough to beat, was confident that Feriis«i, one of the greatest pile .u rs to c ome up m years, would d i all right before the home folks, i Cider normal eiii-unistan.es he would have pllchtd the youthful light hander yesterday. but de- ’< id'-d lie- could afford to gamble -lino big Tex llugh-ou won the I opening game fur him So Cronin hell him back, figuring he might go better lief re the home folks. The gamble turned out to be a bad one. For Mi) key Harris, ali though he hurled good hall, lost to the curving masterpiece- which Brecheen came up with. There have tx-en few world series game*, in w.dch a pitcher idominated the play to the extent I that Brec heen did yesterday, lie used his arm to keep the Hed Sox away from the plat- and his but to account for the only run he needed to win. That came in the third inning when his single scored lie) Hire, v. io in h'M first time at bat in a world aeries game had rifled a double down the left field line Brecheen was a keyman in the other two runs the Cards scored In th- fifth. His attempted sacrifice, after lllce again hud hit this Hine a single became quite 1 blow The veteran Pinky Higgins came In faet to scoop up >he bunt and fired it to second with plenty of time to catch Rice on a force. But the throw was wild and Rice w und up at third and Brecheen on second. ' Teny Moore, with an Infield hit, and Stan Mu-dal on a grounder ’ brought both men around. When he wasn't hitting or running the bases, Brecheen wa* using all th- pitching cunning in the Icook as he tured back the Bed Sax Inning after inning. He reached the heights each time he- faced Ted Williams. with the Card* using a modified version of the "Boudreau ! stiff against the -lugging lied Sox I star. _ Walter Johnson In 'lmproved' Condition Washington, Oct. 8 -tl'Pt—WaiI ter Johnson, the one time "big ; train ' pitching ace of th- Washington Senate r*. was reported in "improved’’ condition today in hi* fight for life- at Georgetown hos- ; pltai. Th« man whose fast ball dorniI noted the American League for two decades has linen suffering from a brain turn r since April. He took a turn for the worse Saturday night. Hospital authorities said that ! while Johnson is nt ill seriously ill, [ his condition Is a little belter 'han it was yesterday.

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Michigan And Army Meet In Grid Feature Chicago, Oct 7 tl'Pl Michigan, whose football tradition is bulwarked by one of the longest victory streaks In gridiron history, today sought the distinction of putting an end to the game's lengthiest current winning mark that of the mighty army combination. Michigan faces the conquering Cadet* Saturday it Ann Arbor and a capacity crowd <>f 85.000 fans will lie on hand tor one of the season's outstanding games. Under the late Fielding H (Hur ry l'p) Yost. Michigan rolled up the first great football streak of the < urrent century when it was unbeaten in 57 games from 1901 until the final contest of the 1905 season The I'niv-rsity of Chicago, which long ago abandoned the sport, broke that great .Michigan victory march by defeating the Wolverines 2 to 0 in th- final battle of the 1905 campaign. liver that brilliant stretch when Michigan wa* sparked by the Immortal Willie ll'dton. the Wolverines rolled up the amazing total of 2821 points while permitting the opposition a mere 40. Football has come a long way* since those times. Schedules and opposition are far tougher and the percentage is all against long winning streaks when a top foe must be faced Saturday after Saturday. Yet Army is eyeing its third straight unbeaten season and has won 21 games In a row. Y tit's Michigan teams of that by-gone era were football's first “point-a-minute" combination. For the stretch of five season* the Wolverines averaged 50 points per game. hi rolling up its great streak Army has rivalled the offensive rec rd of those historic Michigan outfits. In its 21 straight triumphs. Army has piled up 1011 points, for an average of 48 |>er game. The Cadets have been scared on 11 time* during the streak, but the opposition points total only 109. Michigan was victim No. 12 in the Army list as the reoult of its 28 to 7 loss to the Cadets early last .reason at New York. While Army this year lias beaten Vlllunova 35 to 0, d rwned Oklahoma 21 to 7 and toppled Cornell 46 to 21. .Michigan has won from Indiana 21 to 0 and edged lowa 14 to 7. With Felix (Doc) Blanchard. Army* great all-America fullback, slated to return to action this week after sitting out the past two contests because of a leg injury. Army undoubtedly will enter the game as th- favorite, but the makings of a grea: upset are here. Michigan ha* a far more experienced and versatile team than the one which bowed to Army by a three touchdown margin a year ago. While without an individual to match the brilliance of Blanchard or Glenn Davis, coach Frit* Crisler has a fin- array of backs led by Bob Chappui*. Paul White and Bob Wiese. In other games involving midwest teams this week: Notre Dame plays Purdue; Indiana meet* Illinois; lowa engages Nebraska; Northwestern entertain* Minneand Wisconsin tangle* with Ohio State.

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Card Catcher Sparks Red Birds To 3-0 v A IMLa w. I HTvC* \A CATCHER DEL RICE of the St Louis Cardinals lopes in with th- first and winning run of the second world series game played in St. I<ouis. Him- is shown scoring on Pitcher Harry Bret-heens *ingle to right field. Brecheen shut out the Boston Red Sox allowing but four hits. Card Bat Boy Scanland and Second Baseman lied Schoendienst welcome Hie-' at the plate, t’niplre Cal Hubbard looks on.

Chappuis Big Nine Leader On Offense Chi< ago, Oct. 8 (I'Pt Bob ChappuU of the t'niversity of Michigan today ranked as the western conference's leading individual offensive star. The first official Big Nine statistics show the Wolverine half back with an aggregate of 254 yards to his credit in two league games against Indiana and lowa. Chappuis has gained 192 yards from scrimmage in the two contests and averaged 7.1 yards on each ball carrying attempt. In addition. In- completed five out of eight pane* for a gain of 62 yards.. Chappuis' dosest rival i.i Perry Moss of Illinois. Moss turned in a brilliant performance against Purdue to rank as the runner-up with a game average of 125 yards. He run for 48 yards and passed for 77 more. Vic Schwall. who k-d Northwestern to its surprise triumph over Wisconsin is third with 99 yards, all gained by rushing. His teammate. Frank Aschenbrenner. is fourth with 31 yards by rushing and 41 more on passes. Kmlen Tunnell <-f lowa rounds out th-.-leaders with 82 yards l>y rushing and 54 by passing, for a total of 136 yards and a per game mark of 68 yards. Ben Haimondi of Indiana was the confereme’s h ading passer in 1945 with 31 completions in 62 attempts for a .500 mark. He's found the going toucher this season. hitting only 10 out of 28 for a 357 average. Bob DeMoss of Purdue, who led the conference in yards gained by aerials last season, with 38 completions that were good for 487 yards likewise has been having his troubles. DeMoss has completed 16 out of 36 passes thus far for a 444 average. Chappuis is tops in the department with a .625 mark on five out cf eight tosses. Ix)ti Mihajlovich of Indiana and Bob Phillips of lowa share the lead among pass receivers. Flach has caught four. Lou King of lowa leads In interceptions with three. On team statistics IBinota lead* offensively with 347 yards In their conquest of Purdue. Indiana is the defensive leader, yielding an average of only 150 yards per game by rushing and passing to Michigan and Minnesota. !owi>. leads in pass effectiveness with an average of .643 for completions and Illinois is the punting leader with an average of 46.6 yards. o Attorney Speaks To Decatur Ministers * "Relation of church and *tate" was the subject of an rddres* given Monday morning by I*-wis Lute Smith before the regular monthly meeting cf the Adam* county ministerial association. Mr. Smith outlined the various dutiee of the church In relation togovernment affairs. 0 Hearing Held Here For Appropriations * The State tax hoard conducted a hearing In the county assessor's office late Monday on additional vpproprlstlons asked by nine different township* in the county. No objectiona were raised to the appropriations. Charles Leaveß, WtaeMßtar. field representatlva of the baard, conducted the hearing.

Bob Kelly Again To Leave Notre Dame South Bend, Ind . Oct 8 (I'P) Star halfback Bob Kelly, who has been affiliated with Army. Notre >'Dam<*. Navy and Note* Dame in [ that order, is leaving Notre Dame • again, It was learned today, thi* ■ limo to enlist in the I'. S. army. Kelly decided to enlMt. after re- . i ••Ivina an erder from his draft board to report for a physical I examination, it was learned. o— I Yellow Jackets Play At Columbia City t * C lumbia City is n’xt on the i football menu ' Decatur high school Yellow Jackets. showing marked improvement ' each game but Mill fighting to ; croM into the win column, will take i on Columbia City high echo I grid- : ders at Columbia City Friday night ut 7:30 o’clock. Coai'.i Dan Perry attended the Bluffton-Columbia City game at Bluffton last Friday night and he firmly believes that the Yellow Jackets have a SO-50 chance of coming back home next Friday with a win tucked away. A long drill schedule Is on tap for this week in preparation for the contest. Several new linemen in (he Jacket lineup are getting in a lot of hard work at tackling and ‘ blocking, and th •• backfield. ’ strengthened by the return of Kenny Grant, la drilling on ground , tday*. Holme*. Decatur end. who ha* been out cf the lineup for two weeks, probably will be ready for the Friday night scrap. He hae a good season's record at snagging paine*. O'her local player* with minor injuries are taking it easy . the fimt few practices, but it is believed that Decatur will send its strongest team of the season against the northern Indiana team. Three game* remain on the local schedule. Following the Friday night game, the Jacket* will play Warsaw at Wareaw October 18. and will close the seuon at home against Hartford City October 23.

Tight Defense Stops Red Sox flw gK ' 4fl MARTY MARION, St. Louis Cardinals abort stop, tags second forcing out Tom Mcßride of the Boston Red Sox and then toeae* to First Baseman Stan Muiial who tagged out Don DiMaggio for a double play in the first Inning. Arrow point* to ball over Mcßride* *houl der. it wa* auch tight fielding as this that etopped <he Rod Sox cold ? *^ n ?,. g ? rae . of Wor,d ’’’•Y®* l ,D #b< s woa by the Red Birds, 3 to 0

Rain May Postpone World Series Game Boston, Oct s-(I P)-Possibil-ity of postp iiement of the third game of the world series arose today with the prediction by the Bceton weather bureau that there would he a rainstorm in Boston tom rrow. The otorm is thought to be a backlcch of the Florida <<mst hurricane. 0 Local Lady's Father Dies At Portland John Wektel. C 5, retited Portland grain and coal elevator operator, died suddenly of a heart attack Monday afternoon. Surviving are the wife. Clara; two daughters. Mm. Mary I-a,i<l of Decatur and Mies Frances Weisel of Muncie; one son. Ward, of Portland, and a ■ ister, Mr*. Huth Gre-n cf Portland. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. <> | -II - - Uli ■■■■■■■ w II | • Today's Sports Parade By Oscar Fraley I Reg U. S Pat. Os.) n n Aboard world series special enroute to Boston. Oct 8 — (UP) — Everybody figured today that the kid is about ready to explode. The kid, of course, is Ted Williams. strangely silent siege gun of tiie Boston Red Sox ball busters. At the moment, the slim guy with the quick, nervous gestures Is in an unusually anemic state, in seven official times at bat in the two gam<-« of this world series he has clubbed but one weak single for a sickly batting average of 143 This doesn't include two other trips to the plate in which he disgustedly drew walk*. So ns they head homeward for the third game of the classic, the Rod Sox were waiTlng hopefully for the kid to erupt. And the rival St. Louis Cardinal* were standing by with all the aplomb of a first timer in the maternity ward waiting room. Similarly, they know all this waiting can only go on so long. With the kid on.deck the Card*

have been playing them mighty close to their vest. For the first lime in world series history they pulh d practically all of their t»ani over Io lhe right side — wberel Williams always hit* — to plug all I poMilble base hit loopholes It wasn't their own Idea but: something they were quick to snap! up from the harried American L'-ague. lani Boudreau, manager of the Cleveland Indian*. d'*vi*»*| it first during regular season play and it proved about ax effective I as unythipg can be against a William * drive. When Ted tees off on n ball It' isn't like an ordinary grounder in I which the infielder has a chance I to take a few steps. He Wallops unci if you aren't directly In front of it the ball rocket* through into the outfield for a base knock There really I* that much poser in his drives. So Cleveland camo up with the "Boudreau shift" in which only the right side of the infield is protected. Manager Eddie Ityer <>( the Cardinals uses a ’'modified Boudreau shift" in which be leave* shortstop Marty Marion in position hut pulls Whitey Kurowskl from third base to the normal secoud base position. He thus provide* additional support In the slot be-

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