Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1947 — Page 6

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Yanks Pinning Pennant Hopes On DiMaggio S'. Pete burg. Fla . Ma <i 1' i I pi Manaz. r l»ui key H ."I---pinn.-d the 1947 pennant hop* <>f the New York Yankee on 'the r« iiow" today 'lf I ... b._> follow i- > ,p« Io -fa ' plavin.* Miv 1 ami i I ■ !• zood y«ar wo will be In the >■ " the Low Yankee pilot declared in day But if w. han to .>t along -without him ;nm a lo!iz« : 'han that, or if lie doesn't g•' hack '■> li - ’ o war form. w.ll w. i o iid just ano hoc hall < lob 111 w .is i ofi r it . . of o' e Io Joo Dimazzu. t]p <lii k fielding and heavy aittin. outfield*- who i- rei iverinz ill Jolie Hopkins I I.'. pita! la II 'l' ia. '" I "in ' b»*l s.-iond operation Io th" i<«moval* O' .1- J>l|l f Olli II is loft *|O. I Ho undo wont ie tn i opet ition in Now Vo k on Jan ' How ii to Baltitnoi* from the > n kio, o.i Iv training i a.up in V* m- , znl.i when th" wound filled to: 10-al ' \!1 oiir i han. do .-nd on ti o Ida fellow il.i r n .o io ferrinz to Dma ■ i’y orb* tei in Wo i a ■ •d to i.i»o bin. ' in ther< t n hoi w i-o 11 u i . all set wit h his regular )inor> so the tom::.g‘ -o.imiii I ni's- d iolop nontu be Iw-en now and April II nwai t.ito any changes 'etween now and then, lire is iow th' ) tik.-.»- will take t|ie field aaiin-t the Senate s' in Washington forth ~pen).r. . anie Stirnwe;-*, 3 1". lien ii h. II! Keller. LF Rubins m < Berra. RF Lindell. t'F I | IliZZilto. SS chandler. Reynold • o Beve I' IJerra and Brown d‘finitely will bi in there for they have shown Illi'! > nutiKh to ttierit Ct< i ham <• Hat - mM Hi- w e refer:!',- to two of his p ,z- rookies, L.iwi>-:i<- B> i , who eanie up a< . lai her hut was shifted to th'' outfield, and Bohl" Brown the > hoolltoy Infielder* Berra who hits a lona hall. wa. anon a kli >t at the outfield w't-n Him aggio’r ilitury am! Henri, i shift to fi 111 base left iiai « short [ of Kurdeii strength Hs-inith wa- ■ assigned the regular fir»t base slot when Nick Etten failed in a

II — Last lime lomgnx — -NOTORIOUS Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Claude Rains. Louis Calhern , ALSO—Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Tan ° WED.& Tin [RS? V o 0 I (MR BIG DAVS! First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30" . BE SI RE TO ATTEND! U —. O THEY’VE GOT THE WOILD I* THE HEART 1 o I 1 I L J O—O Starting Frt. for • Days! I “TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL DY”

* i oateba k attempt \» for Lindell, ho will lie in ' ent' i until th" b-• ellow is in hap, to play. lla, rl“eaid "Then it his tl.-t season in the \l.ljofhegin* to tell "It Be t'3, we <an shift fen 101 lto izht ' if., aid II own definitely would ')■ his third baseman although wa. not ■ t lookin Billy John 1 son. I am rroinir alonit with Brown be < .use 'to < itt bi a lo ll <d a hall j. (V. Hal' s • \pla tn d "He is really a r •at -'a in t o makitu f I know w hat Johnson ■an tin. but B own <an lie i fa .' ea'er player." Spud Chand r Ml ■ Reynolds ' .nd El" d Biuti- will three of , -'.irtitr.- pit< hr s and a- of to day Haiti i- -lire that Itookti Iton Johnson, a fas: !>all li.lii ii.ilide . will lie h s loti fit. John-on is iroihK te be the . i at. t ', -t hall pili her s|n< •• V. al'i'i Johns n. Haris' piedhled .mtd.titly IL aal h" hoped ba ... Un -o tin aid ■: !• hand • i wouid piiii. I out i s injuries -o • ■ uld oim hi- fifth sta tel ' o Negro Star Bidding For Brooklyn Job Balboa C Z Man his ' I l'i J.H kie hohinson. biddinu strongly for the til t I.as. joli on theBrooklyn Hod -i - and the honor of lieina the first neuro in th" , major I. urn- appeared today to . have a food i ham •• of m hievinu, ' bis objui tlve Robinson, at fir-f base for Mont leil. a It.iilaet farm, hit two singles! in four times up arratnst Brook lyn yesterday and scored his : t. am - i tin in Ito 1 He H*' 1 fielded i t rot les-ly and matle om : spectacular catch. Tigers St Petersburg. Fla . March IS 1 if l'i II ! N'Whouser top left 1 hamled pit- let iii baseball lot the ’ pa t tine.' year- pitched four hit 1 |. and tun'..-, inning- against t te New York Yankees yesterday But the Yanks won in the ilth! inning :! to J Braves Fort I. ml. rdah I’l i March Ik ! fITi The 80-toti Braves, still! sinartine from an * to 7 defeat at i the hand- of Milwaukee Brewers j today prepared Io entertain tht Philadelphia Athletii. her. \ two inn ingle by Skippy Koberu* . former Brave infielder ! < nabled Milwaukee to win out | yesterday in the huh inning. It I w .- tile fir t of a five game series j between the Braves and tlieiri Triple A farm dub. Athletic* West Palm Be.ii h. Fla . March . is dpi The Philadelphia Ath letiis punched out 13 hits ye-ter day for a 2 to it victory over the St Louis Brown» Indian* Riverside Cal March IS d’l’i The Cleveland Indians carried a reord of five straight exhibition game defeats against the Portland dub of the Pacific Coast league Her lowing to the f’CL's

WBBHWRRBWBRWR*' CORT O o — Last Time Tonight — -HIGH SCHOOL HERO” June Preisser, Freddie Stewart & "LONE WOLF IN MEXICO” • Gerald Mohr, Sheila Ryan 9c 30c Inc. Tax O— — O WEI). & THI RS. k Brooklyn Bobo '»WI native" in Manhattan 6T?> Jr NLt* Vt KXUO l| ... I Sown Frt. A Sat.—Jimmy Wakety. -Rainbow Over the Rockies"

Shelbyville’s Negro Center Ace Os Golden Bears' Five

lEditoi s note This f- the second " of foil etories on the finalists in Indiana's pip; 17 high « hod bask 11 . tball tourminient ■ n I Indiahapolis. March Hi HP' Snelbyvilb <> dden Bear* are II in file four team fin.il- of the Ind ana high school i.ask' tbii! totirna1 ment here next Saturday becaus.i of two things. First. Frank Barli»*«. the portly roadi of the Golden Bea a knows bow to get the most out of his mat 1 erial. and. secondly, l>ei ailse Barnes ■ has a pivotman named Bill Gar rest 1 tin a m.m to man basis, there are a! least la team,, ill the state who ’ <ould drub Shelbyville with r. dj’ilarit. But it's Shelbyville whidi! is I, epa. :n.: for .. 3<l ptn date with East chica to Washington’slob'.ole s in the tinul l ulled Pres* siat. wide rankings Barnes, who never got one of hie Jeff., -onville teams Olli of the • ectionai before he -witched to Shelby, has moulded his club a ' roun.l Garrett. The slender, six foot two in b negro ace i om<‘M aw ' fully lose io being a one-man team \ ound the backboard on of- ! fens". Ga roti i,i tally as clever as lonnny Wil-on. Anderson's great i eiitei of last season. 11. can't jump i lik" \\ i son. nor .b e he do much h will; his left hand. But he's deadly ' wiili a on* hander and ha d to han ;

die oil the pivot He dumped in J’7 points azainet Clinton last Saturday and < ante ! back with is against Lawrence 1 l.uiz at night H s season loti'.' aver aze is around L’» 't'iie Golden Bears, whole wui out of 2-S starts, dep.-nd on Gar left to do about everything but tie their slioe strinze The two guards. Emerson Johnson and Bill Brisk, s>n of the Shelby principal, are five foot seven and five foot nine, respectively. So. because Gar e't is fast enough, he drops back <|<ti kly on defence to handle a major shu.e of the de fetish,' backward work When the Bears come down the floor, they j seem to instinctively look for Gar-; i' tt and he usually brings it down On offen-e. he's most of the

Seattle Hainers yesterday. 2 to I Hob l.aym*. Seattle's third base man. won the Kann* in the third inning when In* homered over the right field fence with Edo Yanni on base ami Al Get tie pitching Doug Eord and lion Pulford held Cleveland io Fix hits ami the liplians scored their only run in the third when Eord walked Eddie Bockman. Cubs Pasadena. Cal.. .March 18. ilpi The Chii ago Culm ami the Chicago White Sox begin* their annual spring exhibition series today and the Culm will be after their fifth straight spring training' victory. Bob Chipman and Bob .McCall pitched the Culm to a I to I triumph ye-terday over Sin Diego of the Pacific Coast league Henry Sechens' triple featured a three run first-inning outburst by the National leaguers. Sox pitcher John Higney gave his arm it*, first test of the season as the American leaguers downed Hollywood of the pc).. |n to •; Higney gave up four runs, in eluding homers by Tony laipien and Erank Kelleher, but claimed that his arm seemed fully recover ed from a January operation. Cardinals , Tampa. Fla.. .March 18. H’Pi The world champion St. Ixnilsi Cardinals, still unbeaten in training camp play, moved back to St. Petersburg today for their 're | news! of a series with the New I York Yankees. The Cards chalked up their fifth straight yesterday as they romped over the Cincinnati Beds. G to 3. * 0 Huntington Mon Is Killed In Accident Huntington. Ind. March IS ' H'Pi— Kichard M Miller. 24. was I killed yesterday when a coal conveyo- fell on him Dorman Baker. IS. suffered a leg fracture. Both men were employed by the As j bextiM Manufacturing Co. INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehingei FIRE — WIND — AUTO 720 No. 3rd St. Phene 579 [BABY TO Boaaow "Get «be «e»k yea eeeC •a veer eon ilyyfori Md security. ] Sorrewme mode WHfor ear efos i Imm erfveMv <w*de M cee-eeW • •ermy See M before yea barraa. FW* i wtorKM'HdMi wHhowt Sos hr Fmlov call, rkmi os warn LICAL LIAN CIIPAIV _ nan ssrsnsvse RSsVLT’ siF*»u*'*cu>i7i7 • •••M»A«M*aAA»M/AA*A*SSF

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I show' of i-oiime The slender negro i ! star doesn't play a strict pivot, being a lltlle to one side of the key hob' ami frequently ''floating" lor one-handers Loren Hemingway, six-foot-two inch senior forward. • gives the Bears a possible double phot, but because of the size of hi« guards. Barnes usually forgets" this so as not to take a chance on a fast break by the opposition Marshall Murray, a six foot-two inch oenlor. and like Johnson ami Garrett, a negro, pairs with Hem inzway al forwa d The "sixth man is five footnine Inch Everett Bur well, a junior. Aside from Burwell, though. Barnes l.a- little reserve strength Because Garrett I* a marked man. Shelby usually opens ft.* offensive with pint sized Johnson flipping !’ong shot-. If he dm* n't hit and he has a good eye the Bears have .• 50-aO chalice of having Garrett. Hemingway or Murray bat in a rebound Ami. more important, this pulls the defence out to give Gar- > tt more room to operate in < lose Shelby, making its second ap- ' pearance in the final four (the first ! one was in 1934-3al. ielies on a man Io nian defense most of the time. But Barnes springs a zone at fim.e as Clinton found out. Clin ton left the floor at halftime with I an IS all tie last week, hi the se•! cond half. Shelby went into a zon< and t!ie Wildcats gm exactly Hi shots in the final two quarters. The Bears hardly figure to beat Washington Satirday, but if the S'-nato - are careless enough to give Garrett anything approaching open shota. it might be a different story. In< Menially, Garrett seldom | fouls out because Barnes takes no I ihain es. placing him on the weakest man on tin- opposition Heres the Shelby roster:

Hgt. Wgt. Class Marshall Mur,ay. I 6.2 Hi" Si Loren Hemingway, t 6.2 180 Sr. Bill Garrett. < • 6 2 165 Sr. Emerson Johnson, g 5.7 130 Sr. Bill lire. k. g 5 9 150 Sr Everett Burwell, f 59 15" Jr. Bill B eedloie, f till 15" Jr. Don Cliambets. c 6" II" Jr Louis Bower, g 511 16" Jr Don Robinson, g 5 9 155 Ji i

Monroe Nets $502 In Regional Meet The Monroe high school. Adams lounty's representative in the Huntington ie; u>u,il oui n:.in. ti' Match * received 35"2 as sliare ; of regional teceipts. accor ling to I a ieport prepared by Harold S. Johnson. Huntington principal. The regional netted a total of i 36,310 I" in tile sales of .1.911 tickets at 31 6" each Totals received! by the other participating schools I were Huntington. 31.019.77; ' t Chester Center. 3486 99: Portland $«45 3<t Elks To Elect New Officers Thursday The Decatur B P O Elks lodge will hold the annual election of [officer* at the regular lodge meeting Thursday evening at 8 o'clock 'at the home on Ninth Second street Lunch and refreshments will i »ie served following the meeting, and all members are urged to lie present. o

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List Prize Winners For Mies Classic I » ; The Swearingen Hairy bowling' • team of this city won first place, in the 12th annii.i! Mies classic.; held recently at Mies Recreation, . alleys. Th< team's winning tilt of, f 5153 pins, including handhap. re- ' turned |2<w for first place y.rize i The Swearingen team is com prised of Bill Tutewiler. Marion • Hoagland. Bun Keller. Fred Ahi I and Roily Ladd A total of 13*> teams participated this year, an increase of 2»i over into. Carl Mies, alleys manager, an nounced a doubles tourney will be held early in April The trims who won cash prizes in the tourney are a« follows: Swearingen. 3153 pins. f2C". Motor Grinders. Troy, O, 3131 iltm; Floorpolishers. New Haven. 3113. f!i<': Diehl Beer Def..ini' <• 3110. 380: IHA\ Dept 20. Fort Wayne. 3101 |75; Apparatus 3. G E Club. Fort Wayne. 30*3. V>.*>; Ossian Tin Shop. Ossian. 30k2. !•;(•: Ritz Sporting Goods. Muncie. 3081. faf>; 71 Frame. Fort Wayne 3078. 350; Foley. Preble. 3072. 335; VFW. Huntington. 30fi!t. 343: Hick nun A- Clark. Fort Wayne. 3065. Hl: Brooksid" Dairy. Wapakoneta (I. 3oJ‘i. 339: Foresters. Lima. O. 3043, 337: Eager Beavers. New Haven. 3o|o. 335: Tommy's Tom Cats. Mumie. 3035. 332: Bob's Sport Shop. Lima, 0.. 3ii26, |3<>. Guzzly Brake Lining. Paulding, o. 301?». 129; K. of <’.. Decatur. 3C16. 326; Plistic Product*. Wapa koneta. <». 33010. 324; .Maxton Chevrolet. Butler. 3004. 322; Elks i <». 2997. 320; Wolff Hardware. Monroeville. 2996. 319: Bob Inn Lunch. Fort Wayne, 2995.! ' HS; Walking Shell Service. Fort Wayne. 2991. 317; Miuise No. 1. Van W. rt, <> . 2959. 316; 5 K's. Wapakoneta. O. 2985. 315; Sen IT* Store, Berne. 298.1. 314; M.iu mee Beer Supply. Fort Wayne. 2983. 314; Doughboy*. Decatur. 2980. 313, National Bank. Fort Wayne. 2977. 312: Enler's Restau rant. Decatur. 2975. 310. Mel’s Market. Lima. <>. 2972. |10; Ten Pin Recreation North Baltimore. (». 2969. 31" 0 — Recruiting Station Moved To City Hall The permanent t'. S. army re-1 (■rutting substation, opened here recently at the pod office building. ! h. .< been moved to the second floor lof the city hall building, it was announced ("day • Te h Sgt. Ray Girdler is in charge and the station will remain : open daily. Monday through Sat- ' unlay, from 9 a tn. to 5 p in. It i* NOT true that the Shamrock I* found only in Ireland! Shamrock Is the name attributed to several plants that are native* of Ireland and some that are not. ————————— LEE Hats I! /v' z i I : • Kuma. Silrrr l.uffl 3/2JO - California born and bred! Intplrrd by the vivid California landx a|s- . . . the color* of this hat breathe au air of outdoor loin*. Widely bound brim adds to the flavor of lki> fiattena*. inionuai-typo hat Lee Pre-Nkapad or regular Dua't take I*** than • I**! j* Cal E. Peterson Clelhier

Major League West End Rrwtaurant won three from Smith Bros . Moose won two I from Koeneman Harwate; State <;.iid» iis w<m two from B.*ie •* k Standard HabeM« Fu.niture tyon two from Foley; Burk Elevator, won two front Bu ke Standard High -cries Tutewiler 6.2 <232 , 2'16-2311 High games: Schultz 2J I, It. Ahi 235. Hilly 2"4. Boenker 221. Lo d 2«» l. Faili’Ote 2Jo. Lalikenail 2'ts. Petrie 255. Andrews 211 Minor League Macklin won three from Kraft Food-. Alii Market won three from Gamble's; Central Soya won three from Babcock Standard: McMillen Aon tw i from Hude Place. Hiah series Eby 635 <223-2221-> 19M J Ahr 611 <177-207-227). High games: S(i ury 212. Snyder .19. Stuckey 213212. Berry 203. \|lo:i 207. Marbach 2<'s. Heare 213. S.ifid'- s 2"'l. Shoaf 212-237. Rural League W< : End Texco won three from Moellering; Palate Bar won three from Red Rock Cola. Hi Ho jnn won tw i from Werling insurance; Waite Spot won two from Steury A bbatoi High series: Holbrmk 646 <2"" 231 215'. High games: B. Hoagland 212. Bub meier 213. Nah: wold 205, Hurst 201, F. Hoffniuii 216. Merchants League Three Kings Tavern won three from Brant Motor; Riverview Gardens won three from Engle A Kiess; Kraft No 1 jxon two from [Schafer Store; Decatur Industries won two from KKraft No 2. High games: Strab’e 2"l. It. ! Feasel 212. Sovfno 222. o Leroy G. Coplen To Be Speaker Thursday la-roy G. Coplen. field repre-1 sentative of the Indiana artificial breeding association will be the speaker at a dairy meeting at 7:30 I p m Thursday at the Lincoln school. Mr. Coplen will discitswhat artificial insemination is. its purposes and advantages, also the I purpose of the Indiana artificial breeding association and the qnal-: ity of the bull* it maintains. (y God seeks to develop perfect human beings, supetior to circumi stances, victorious over Fate Barton

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Beer Distributors Name New Officers Indianapolis. Mar. 18 il’P) — Edmund J Luther. South Bend, today headed the Beer Dlstiiliu tors of Indiana Inc. as newlyelected presid' n' Other officer, fmlul'd Donalu • I jeppi-r. Huntington, first vice president Frank E. Wiirmu'li. New Albuiiy. second vice presilent, and Thoma* F Williams. Sr. Jeffersonville, treasurer — . <> — — Trade In a Good Town —Decatur - —■> Calvin Bauman Back From Naval Cruise Calvin Bauman. 19. son iff Adolph Bauman, of this city, is believed to lie the first Adams uiunty ex naval serviceman to take the two weeks crulae required of tho'e w|i i reenter tin reserve navy

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