Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1947 — Page 8

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Tiger Outfield Chief Problem For O'Neill i New York, April .1 tl’P)—i Steve O Neill'* outfield probably wil determine how fur hi* Detroit Tigers get In their quest of the American pennant Steve himself, confident he is, going to have the best pitching in the major*, doe* not «eem worried i He believe*, a* do the player* that; the team i» good enough to beat out the Red. Sox and that the outfield will be all right Rut unlew* there is :( det ided change in the way the picket men field, throw and hit before opening day. aii th <t expected brilliant i pitching from Newhouser. Trout Truc k* and company may go for naught For Dick Wakefield. Pat Mullin and Hoot Evers. who probably will win the regular berth*, have shown to anything but advantage thus far. Their fielding haw been erratic, they have been throwing to the wrong bases and they haven't been asset* at the plate Perhaps expert couching and work In the next Iff day* will bring them around, but if it doesn't. the Tiger pennant chances will drop materially. To take up the *lack left by the departure of Hank Greenberg and hi* booming bat. O'Neill is counting on Wakefield and Ever* to hit anywhere from IS to 20 point* better than they did last season O'Neill doe* not think that is ask-i 1 ing too muc h of them and no one I know* better than he that that i much improvement 1* necessary J us a minimum. j Wakefield, never much on de- I tense and displaying no sign* of | improvement, hit only .268 last | *ea*on. Evers, expected to be the rookie of the year, broke his ankle just before the season opened and was plagued by other injuries. He batted only .266. But there was a stretch of 12 games when Evers was at his best and in eight of them he batted In the winning run of runs. Mullin, returning from service, also slumped badly, winding up —ll - - .I———• —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 “BLONDIE’S l« BIG MOMENT’ Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake ; ALSO—Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Tax I, O—O FRI. & SAT. Continuous Sat. from 1:30 h I Yj 4 V| w V *m£| |fl \ 0 But ALL agree that the romantic story of her struggle to help their children makes one of the most mag* nificent H pictures ■ y*° r! (Stem . Jgj* . M Sun. Mon. Tuos.—Wallace Beery,j "The Mighty McGurk"

with a measly 245. The veteran Roger Cramer far past his p*»k at 41. and Clinton Conatser. a rookie who hit .280] with Dallas, have been looking) good in the outfield and then there is Jimmy Outlaw who was with the club last year, but there isn't a potential 300 hitter In the lot. If things heroine too bad. O'Neill may shift Roy Cullenblne to right fl< Id, providing he can find some one to replace him at first base ) The chances are Cullenblne will' open the season there although. George Vico. Johnny McHale and Johnny Moyer still havg a chance to win the job Everyone who has seen Vico Is high on him. especial i ly as a fielder, but the chances are I he will be sent out for further sea ? noning McHale and Moyer have, failed to make the grade in prev [ ioti- trials. The rest of the infield i* set with Eddie Mayo at second, Eddie Lake at short and George Kell at third Mayo apparently ha* recov ’ ered completely from the Injuries | which kept him on the bench most | of last season. O'Neill's only pitching problem is one which every manager would like to have so many starters he doesn't know which one. to pick But Hal Newhouser, who won 26 last year; Dizzy Trout, who de ) spite an in and out season notched 17. and Virgil Trucks, whose fire i bill accounted for 14 games, are’ certain of regular turns Freddie Hutchinson. Ha) White. Al Benton. Al Houttetiman and Stubby Overmire probably would be starters with most major league clubs. O'Neill believe* White can “be as good as any of them" and that Hutchinson is going to better hl* 14-11 1946 record. White showed | CORT O o — Last Time Tonight — -BRINGING UP FATHER" Joe Yule (Mickey Rooney's Dad) ALSO —Shorts 9c-30c Inc. Tax O — o FRI. & SAT. 3 MESQUITEERS “COME ON COWBOYS” Sun. Mon. Tues. — “Decoy" 4 "North of the Border."

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world* of promise before gedng into service and won one while losing one after coming out late last year Benton and Overmlre ' won 11 and five games respective ! ly while Hotitteman. a rookie, scor ed 16 triumphs for Buffalo. Behind them th* TUera have Ruffu* Gentry, ixmls Kretlow, John Corsica and Ted Gray so its I easy to sec- that there are no Detroit hurling worries. There Isn't any doubt'about the catching either with Birdie Teb betts doing the bulk of the work and Bob Swift his chief relief, i Three rookies—Joe Etuutt. Willie Mathis and Haney lliebe with the latter having the inside track ' at present, are battling for the ) other berth 0 Yellow Jackets Card Eight Track Meets • Decatur high school Yellow Jac kets will take part in eight track and field meet* this spring, coach Harry Daily announced today Then- are 55 candidates for the ! squad and only two of them are I seniors, according to the roster The first event- of the spring I season will be held at Garrett Friday. April 11. according to the schedule. Returning lettermen from lust year’s track team in elude Sharp. Baughn. Lehman. Me Connell and J Heller. The complete schedule as announced today is: April 11. at Garrett: April 18.. at 1 Columbia City; April 22. at Auburn: April 25. Kendallville and Central Catholic of Fort Wayne u! Kendallville; April 29. at Bluff ton; May 1. at Huntington: May 8. N. E. I C meet at Columbia City, and May 16. sectional meet at Fort Wayne Tentative plan* have been made for an inter-da** meet *ome afternoon next week before the regular schedule starts, provided the ■ weather is favorable. If this event ' is held it Will be the only opporI tunity for the local team to per ) form nt home. n — Six Decatur Bowlers To National Tourney Six Decatur men member* of the Swearingen Dairy bowling team, will leave by automobile Friday morning for Los Angeles, Cal. where the team will take part In the American Bowling Congress now in session in the western city The Decatur men will bowl sin glee, double* and team competition April 11 and 12. They plan on being away from Decatur a little more than two weeks Those making the trip include: A. J Zelt, Rolla Ladd. Fred Ahr. ' Bill Tuteweiler, Marion Hoagland ) and Harold Murphy. The local ) team averages more than 90ft pins per game

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Two Illinois Stars Signed By Zollners I Fort Wayne. Ind.. April 3—(VP) -The Fort Wayne Zollners. > champ* of the professional basketball world for the last three years. • today obtained the services of two . members of the famed Illinois "Whiz Kids.” Team manager Carl Bennett announced the signing of Jack Smiley and Ken Menke to bolster the team s strength th the coming weekend tourney for the!947 pro (-hampionship at Chicago. Bennett : l-o announced that Ralph Hamilton. Indiana t'nlver-j kity's all-big nine conference net star, had agreed to play in the Zollner lineup in an exhibition game. He also hoped to put Hamilton under contract. All three collegiate players will make their first appearance In the pro ranks tomorrow night when the Fort Wayne team entertain* the New York Rens. Bennett said the Plsttma would : take a 12 man team to Chicago J Saturday, including the two new, player* and 10 veterans. i H>- said Hamilton agreed in a telephone conversation to play In , the exhibition game, but was noncommittal on signing a ■ with the Zollners. o 518 CLOSED I (Continued From Page on.) , 1- —— ' have ordered the Centralia mine J closed. I I "Krug is now doing what he should have been doing all along.' ' Lewi* said. “He's starting to en i force his own safety code — hut J only after 111 men Bed by default > at Centralia." ! Lewla said In a low voice: [ "Now on this particular day ot i cur Lord. Mr. Krug finds 518 I mines that are unsafe May Cod > in Hl* heaven forgive him for not I finding those mines liefore and ’ closing them before those men ! were killed." I Th* government telegraphed . erators of the 518 mines that while federal inspectors did not find “immediate danger" in the mines, safety conditions were so poor as to make "operation hazardous.” Th* operator* were dl rec ted to halt operation* until either the union mine safety committee Joins in certifying the mines as safe or there is another federal inspection certifying the mine*. fn the case of the other 2.013 mine*, the mine worker*' safety committee does not have to join In certifying the mines as safe, hut must he consulted These 2.013 mines are not considered dangerous. It was assumed they would open shortly after |he mourning i

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— period end* al Sunday midnight. Lewis charged that the state' of lllinoi* did not enforce its own mine safety regulations at Cen tralia “due to the political pressure of the coal operator and con tribution* to various political campaigns." "That's the reason.” he said, "we asked Krug to keep them safe. And that's the reason we thought Krug promised to keep them safe. "The miners know now that he was lying. And they join me in asking that he be removed from hl* high office." 0 ■ - . The Tammany society of New York was first organized May 12. 1789. and known at that time as the "Columbian Order." In 1805 it was chartered a* tie "Tammany Society."

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Pat Seerey's Bal ' Cheers Cleveland Tucson. Ariz . April 3 The Cleveland Indians, expected j t> make their American challenge on the pitching of Bob | Feller, found today tha- they have j :l ■>.- ret weapon." and perhap* a more potent on- Pat Seereytbat. It wa Seerey's om -base blow with the bases loaded iu the ninth . j iliums which gave Cleveland a ' I vi t >ry over the Chicago White Sox yesterday. Murrell Jones had! -put Chicago In tlie lead *with » 1 three un homer in the sixth. Red Sox Little Rock. Ark. April 3 (t'Pl : - Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams, who starts almo't as, I many shifts as a college quarter-j back, doesn't expect the Little Rock ' 'duh of the southern association to show him anything new today! !- not after the shift the Tex;u«j League's Dalia* team pulled on him j yesterday. When Williams batted for the first time, all tha Dallas fielders except the pitcher and catcher ’trotted into light field, vaulted the railing and sat down in the bleachers for several minutes while the amazed Sox batter waited at the plate Then they ran back on the field. Later they jumped on veteran plUher Mickey Harris for seven hits and five runs in the fourth and fifth innings and went on to ; whip the American League champs,; )7 to 4. playing it straight. Senators ( Orlando. Fla . April 3 H'Pi Rookie pitcher Scott Cary was lie ing given added consideration for a regular berth with the Washington Senator-) today after (fltchlng perfect ball against Toledos American urtsodation Mud Hens yesterday Cary allowed nary a Tdedo latter to get to first ba* > in the four innings he worked while Bobo New ( som. who relieved him. yielded one hit in the eighth to Glenn Wllliard as Washington chalked up a 2 to ji> triumph. Cubs Phoenix. Ariz. April 3 — (UP)— , The Chicago Cuba today sought to even the score against the .NewYork Giants, who defeated them 9

to 1. ywterday behind the eight hit hurling of Bill Voiseiie. Johnny Mlvand rntdtle out Welder Lloyd Gearhart hit homera for the Giants. Braves Mobile, Ala., April 3 —(L'PI— The Boston Braves and Tigers each boasting two victories j in thier spring series, were elated to meet in the final and "rubber" game today. Boston won 3 to I yesterday. 0 WOMEN'S LEAGUE Central Soya won two from Web-, ber; Blackstone won two from Schafer; Mies won three from Smith Bros ; Ilili Smith won three from Victory Bar: McMillen won two from Dauler; Daisy Mae won two from Beam Super Service. Standing W L M< Millen 28 11 Daisy Mae 26 13 Central Soya 25 H Mies 25 14 Webber 20 19 Dauli-r 20 r.i Hill. Smith 20 19 Smith Bros. 19 20 Blackstone 17 22 Victory 14 25 Schafer . 14 25 Beam .. ’ < 31 High series: Sdielper 570. Emenhiser 527, Mada-an 510. High games: Schelper 220-201, Mac Lean 211. Helm 192, Emenhiser 185-176. F. Reldenbach 182. Hill 182. Wherry 181, Reldenbach 181. Odle 177-171, Rose 170. Classic League Mies Recreation broke even with the Decatur Super Service outfit by winning two games. Al Buu< k contributed a 598 series on 243 and 202 Mclntosh snagged a 202. | Swearingen Dairy added to their kitty by winning all 4 points from 1 Smith Insurance, with Hoagland getting a 601 on two games of 201, i Keller finished with a 224 game. Tutewiler furnished a 214 for 407 for 2 games Pete Miller bagged a 226 and Harold Shoaf a 235. Swear- j ingen won the first game by 3| rticks > The perpetual battle lu-tween the West End Restaurant and Ehier's Restaurant found Ehler's having the edge by snagging two games

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