Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1947 — Page 8

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Four Homers By Cincinnati Defeat Cards New York. April IS. (UP) Cincinnati fan* were rubbing their eyes In amazement today and beginning to believe that their new manager. Johnny Neun, wasn't kidding when he laid he wax going to "get some punch into this club." The Reds, the poor old punch- f less Reds, were the number one "slam bang" team In the majors with six home runs in three days and all of them smashed against the supposedly stellar pitching of the world champion St. Louis Cards The fans Just couldn’t take Neun seriously at first when he said that he was going to try to’ Install American league slugging tactics—they had seen too many good defensive Clin y clubs fall apart for want of a few tlmoly’ base hits. “We’re going to try to hit a I little more and run a little more even If we have to sacrifice a little on defense," said Neun. ”1 don't know Just where well get the hitters but we'll keep trying until we find them." The current crew may lapse Into! the old nit of being a "good field, no hit" club for Neun is operating with untried rookies in key positions and it would be surprising if they kept up their early spring slugging. But the Reds made four homers yesterday, two by rookies Clyde Vollmer and Frank Baumholtx and two by veterans Angle Galan and Ray Lamanno in their 10-hit. S to 4 victory over the: Cardinals. Another rookie, pitch-! er Kent Peterson, took over with one out In the first inning and held the slugging Curds to three hits the rest of the way. Starter Everett Lively was batted out when St. I-outs picked up three quick runs. Cincinnati made seven runs in the first three innings off the usually reliable Murry Dickson. Brooklyn had a hitting field day against Boston, winning 12 to « at Ebbets field and rookie John Jorgensen, accounted for the margin of victory all by himself With a homer and two doubles, batting in six runs. Hank Greenberg hit his first National league homer to pace Pittsburgh in a 7 to 1 victory over the Cubs at Chicago. As in their opener, the Pirates got brilliant pitching. El win (Preacher! Roe giving up only five hits to make it two straight for the Bucs over

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BULLETIN St. Louis, April 18.— (UP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have sold Johnny Beazley, a righthanded pitcher, to the Boston | Braves for cash, the front | office announced today. No terms of the deal were made public, and the Cardinals said no other players were Involved. I the Cubs He had a shutout until the ninth when the Cubs made two bits and their lone tally. The Phils topped the Giants. 11 to 5. at Philadelphia getting 15 hits a* New York made three errors for a total of eight In two days Frank McCormli k led Philadelphia with a homer and two (■lngles . Pinch-hitter Paul l/shner. a rookie, singled with the bases loaded in the luth to give the Browns a 4 to 2 win over Detroit at St. ixiuis Jack Kramer was the victor over Paul (Dizzy) Trout, whose homer sparked a three run fifth inning rally for the Tigers. Floyd Revens held the Athletics to three hits as the Yankees won a 2 to 1 decision at New York and the Red Sox won their second straight from Washington. 4 to I at Boston Cleveland and Chicago were not I scheduled In the American. Yesterday's star Rookie John Jorgenson, who drove in six runs with a homer and two doubles as the Dodgers defeated the Braves. 12 to fi. Build Rifle Range In K. P. Basement The rifle range of the Adams county rifle and pistol club, being erected in the basement of the Knights of Pythias lodge home, is ; nearing completion, it wan re-} i ported today The entire basement of the lodge homo has been renovated and remodeled, with the rifle club members having done most of the work in their spare time. A new cement floor has been laid, bullet traps have been in- . stalled at the west end of the room and five firing points have been set up A new ou'Alde stairway has also been erected. " Although the range is now being | used by the cluh members, all work is not expected to be done for several days. Appromimateiy 30 rille and pistol enthusiasts of the community, many > of whom became interested dur ing the pre-induction program In stituted early in the war. are enrolled in the organization. i Henry Neireiter Is preslhent of i the dub Harold Shoaf is secretary ■■ treasurer.

I National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 2 y limo Pittsburgh 2 o Looo Philadelphia 2 n l.tmu Cincinnati 2* 1 .887 % I St. Louis 1 2 .333 1 S I New York 0 2 (MM) 2 Boston it 2 .mm 2 Chicago o 2 000 2 American League W L Pct. G.B Boston 2 if 1.000 Chicago | o J.<ool ’» Detroit | t ,SOO 1 New York 1 ) .500 1 St. Ixmis J. I ,500 1 Philadelphia 1 I 500 1 Cleveland (I I .0110 jc* Washington o 2 000 2 American Association W L Pct. C.B. Kansas City 2 o 1,000 Minneapolis 1 0 1 000 *i Toledo 1 0 1.000 ’j Columbus I ! 500 1 Indianapolis I I .500 1 Louisville _ 0 I .000 1 Milwaukee 0 I (too It* St Paul 0 2 .000 2 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 12. Boston fi. Cincinnati 9. St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh 7. Chicago 1. Philadelphia 11. New York 5. American League New York 2. Philadelphia I. Boston 4. Washington 1. St. Louis 4. Iletroit 3 <lO innings). Only games scheduled. American Association Kansas City 10. St. Paul 3 Minneapolis 11, Milwaukee 8. Toledo 7. Louisville 2. Indianapolis 3. Columbus 2. 0 BULLETIN New York. April 18.—(UP) —Burt Shotton, veteran major and minor league manager, today was appointed manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, succeeding the suspended Leo Durocher. Shotton's appointment was announced by president Branch Rickey of Brooklyn just before the Dodgers took the field against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds. Shotton will be in charge of the team for the game. Since 1 Durocher was suspended for the 1947 season by commissioner A. B. Chandler for conduct "detrimental to baseball," Clyde Suekforth had been acting pilot of the club. [CORT SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 TWO ACTION HITS! ' - ... 1 1 • a Vw 4 ■MWra — ADDED THRILLER — cmmt » mr numuf _ i otnasßV .TOLBR CL-jM: CHARLIE CMMU I MM TOMMA £*■ _ CMAMMUB a MONOOtao 9c-30c Inc. Tax O—O Tonight & Saturday JIMMY WAKELY “SONG OF THE SIERRAS” ALSO—"Daughter of Don Q” . 9c 30c Inc. Tax

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More Prize Money 1 I In Speedway Race Indianapolis. A? :l 18 (UP) — More prize money for the 500-mllej Memorial Day speedway race wa« [ promised today but ft was too late i I for the 31 drivers and ownetw who 1 demanded an increased purse be-'t tore they en!er<-<l th- classic of- > ficlally. i I One loophole in the ruling of speedway president Wilbur Shaw. ' however, offered some of the boy- ' cutting group a chance to get into , the race by making deal with the | approved entrants But the way llalpli Hepburn, president of the American society | of proftesional automobile racing, interpreted Shaw’s decree none of: the holdouts would participate. The' 3J diivers are society members ; 1 Shaw announced thirty-two en-, tries. The normal starting field Is I 33 All made, the April 15 deadline. | ‘ Shaw said he would not invite i any more entries, although speedway regulations permit him to make Another deadline comes up May 15. It is the last date for naming pilots of automobiles einered. Specindications of the cars also can Inchanged until ’.ben , Sixteen ot tee 32 cars nomin- i uted for the race did not list a dtiver and speedway officials made it plain that thki was tne way for members of the boycotting group to get on the track In announcing the final list for the race, Shaw virtually promised an increase in the 473,000 prize money of last year. He did not indicate how much. The members of the Aspar have demanded 4150,000 in awards Shaw said: "The management is more determined than ever to pay a larger purse this year than han ever

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BODIES OF THE DEAD, placed in an improvised morgue at Texas City. Tex., receive the last rite* of the Ca holic church from Rev. Fr. McCarthy of St. Thomas high school, while Rev. Fr. Reese (In white T-shirt) also of St. Thomas school, assists In the rescue work. The dead are a view of the ii.-.rbor explosion victims.

been paid for any automobile race in the world The guaranteed prize money will be adjusted each year that conditions warrant." Legion Practice Is Postponed To Sunday Carl Mies, manager of the baseball team of Adamo Post 43. Amer-; lean Legion, today announeed a change in the opening practice session for the squad. The Initial pra tin- will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at W(c tlunati-. field, instead of Saturday, as prev * luttsly announce.). O Ol Today's Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. 8. Pat Off.) O O New York, April 18 —(UP)— First baseman Ferris Fain of the; I hiladelphia Athletics, a jockey's son with a whiplash tongue, had a silencer on his "bat" today and a bit more respect for the fielding proclivities of hLa pitchers. Fain is a young mar. cf 25 with a split personality. Off the field h ha modest fellow. On : the field he Is a yackety-yack guy who blithely ignores Insinuations that a rookie should be <ieen only: considers the wheue infield his ten story and — as of yesterday | I —cheerfully berated the luckless ' pitcher who was slow covering the bag. The pitebors may have it a bit easier from now on. though. With the Y«nkeeo-A's game squared at 1-1, two out and a rncn on third. Yogi Berra Iwurfced a hard one to Fain in the eighth inniifg. Pitcher ! Dick Fowler, mindful of the way Fain wields the whip, hustled over to first — and the rookie lofted the relay far over his head to let in the winning run. it's a costly way to squelch a rookie but then there have been rumors that the A's aren't going *

anywhere anyhow this SMxon. S" the leant they can ask is u Utile peace In their (>NP midst, even If Connie Muck doe" think Fain might wind up a" the rookie of the year Certainly, for a fellow who ad •/ mitx he la strictly a "single" hitte . Fain came highly recommend ed. He wax the first draft choice nf the A's when they pulled him in from Bah Francisco Born in Texas. Fain wan taken 1 at an early age •” California. H4r lather had been Jockey, riding Duval t<> place honors behind the favored worth in the 1912 Ken tacky Derlijr But soon the eld«-r Fain ate hlm elf out of the saddle mid after a crack at being u fly weight boxer. decided Oakland was a good place raise his family. Ferris, who also kt known as "burrhead" because of his closelycropped hair, earned the enmity of the home folks by trekking across the bridge to sign with the San Francisco Seals. You can only get the significance of that when you realize that the Oakland Frisco rivalry in akin to the Dod ! ger-Glant sued. Playing with San Francisco in 1940. '4l and '42, Ferris spent the next three years witfc the seventh air force and attracted attention playing with the same service team as Joe Dimaggio in Honolulu Pitcher Luman Harris tipped off the As and. when Fain returned to the game last year. Scout Tom Tis tier recommended they grab him. | The five foot, li inch Fain hit | .301 last iieason and the A's did Just that. But it took them a long While to get their first peck at him For on his third day in spring training camp. Fain suffered recurrence of an old kne" injury and was on the sidelines a month. But once back he proved the faith which Mack had placed in him. although someday it may cost him some bridgework. For Fain loves to charge the bail, and has gone clear to the third base side for a bunt. That’s when the pitchers caught it ilf they failed to cover first. Still. Fain had something to look i forward too. even after yesterday’s I debacle He went home for a first look at his one-month-old (ton. Dennis. But he was no conquering hero. The knee was okay, but the tongue probaldy will l>e some time recove: Ing. o ' Jackets Play Convoy Saturday Afternoon The Docstur Yellow Jackets will play the Convoy. O„ high school baseball team at Woiihman field Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, It was announced today by Deane Dorwin. Jackets coach. The Jackiets were to meet the Geneva Cardinals at Worlhman field late thin afternoon in the first home game of the season. o 'Tiny' Horton Signs As Martinsville Coach Martinsville. Ind.. April 18 — (UP)— Burchard "Tiny" Horton today was signed to a three-year contract as basketball coach of Martinsville high school A native of Morgan county, Horton was in (he Martinsville school system 10 years ago as assistant coach to Glenn Curtis Horton returned to Martinsville from Mattoon. 111., where his high i school basketball team was runner- | up two yearn In a row in the state finals. Horton is well known in Decatur, where he served several years ago as head football coach and assistant basketball mentor during the regime of the late Herb Curtis.

Bird House Building Contest For Cubs J I Plann for a’ bird house building contest, open to ull Cub Scouts of the community, were announced here today. The contest Is being sponsored by Den 5 of the Cub Scouts under the supervision r»f Mrs Kenneth Se.-aur. who xiinoum ed that three (ash prizes of 42. |1 and 5o cents, will be klven win ners of first three places All Cub S ouls, excepting thioe in Den 5. are Invited to build a bird bouse and take it to th/ Se caur furniture’ repair atore, 134 East Munroe street, on or before April 30 Winners will he announced and prizes awarded on May 3 All bird houses built by the Cuhs will be returned to them at the close of the contest. o Trade In a Good Town —Decatur | — o CHARGES RUSSIA - i—■nimw • (Continued From Pcge One) quealion of what Gfrman assets In Austria should be regarded as available for reparations. “It has heretofore been Impossible to resolve this question." Marshal isaid. "The time has now come definitely to resolve this question. Past misunderstandings and arguments should not be perpetuated and elabora) ed but on the contrary we should ’ I Pnoteet j I fywi j I Bl We Call For and Deliver I I Sheets Cleiners 1 S Phone 359

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