Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 95, Decatur, Adams County, 22 April 1947 — Page 6

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Both Chicago Teams Win In Monday Games New York. April 22. • UP) After one stirring w-ek of th** 1917 basebull season there was a distinct Impression today that there has b<**-i> a "new deil" In each major league with the National blossoming out as the slugging circuit and the American as »he hothed of fine pitching. If that trend should continue it would be one of the most st riling development* cd modem t ine since the American supposedly has been the haven of heavy hitters and the National traditionally lias had the corner on the better ph* Iv-rs for more than a quarter of a century. Vet In games to date, the Na I tional league batsmen have hit 42 homers or more than three times the 13 four base wallops that have been tallied in the American Moreover. The National has gone in for heavy scoring and in 23 games played to date has amassed a total of 237 runs for an average of 10 3 runs per game, or better than five per team. In the American there have been only 113 runs scored in IS games, an avenge of tl ,28 per game or a little more than three per team. tin the pitching side, the American league stands out with five shutouts by Ed laipat and Johnny Rigney of Chicago. Hal Newhouscr and Virgil Trucks of Detroit and Allie Reynolds of New York. There have been but two National league blanking jobs by Rip Rewell of Pittsburgh and Hank Wyse of Chicago. There was just a hint that things were getting back to normal yesterday. however, in the only two major league games played In the National, Wyse of the Cuba blanked Cincinnati's stir prising sluggers. 3 to 0 on three hits and had a one-hitter until the ninth. Lennie Merullo, usually the weakest hitter in the Cub lineup. led the attack with four of the j 10 hits collected off rookie Kent I Peterson and Elmer Riddle. Ray| Lamanno got two ot the Red hit* Newhouser had a rare wild' streak which got him into troubb in the first inning when he beaned outfielder Ralph Hodgin. walked! three batters and gave up one hit as Chicago scored three times and went on to beat the Detroit ace. 6 to 4. Hodgin was taken to a Detroit hospital suffering from a

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I brain concussion. He is expected to be out of the lineup for some time. The victory left Chicago as the only major league team still tinI beaten. The White Sox. who have played three games with two days of enforced idleness in between each one. have won them all. Frank Papish pitclied brilliantly in relief for Orval Drove to get credit for the victory. Luke Appling, who hit a double , ami two singles and Cuss Michaels. 1 wlr> drove in three runs with a double and single, led the White ( Sox at bat. All other major league games were postponed. Yesterday’s star Hank Wyse of the Cubs, who pitched a three hit 3 to 0 victory over the Cincin nati Reds o — Chandler Refuses Leniency Request Cincinnati. O. April 22 <VP> The one year suspension of Brooklyn Dodger manager l-eo Durocher was a dosed incident today as far as baseball commissioner A 11. i Happy» Chandler was concerned. Chandler turned do w n personal appeals for leniency yesterday which were made by Branch Rickey, president of the Dodgers; Ford Frick, president of the National league; and judge Henri L. t'ghetta -and Walter O'Malley, stockholders in the Brooklyn dub. The four men made a special trip here from New York to ask Chandler for reconsideration of the one year suspension he imposed on Durocher April 9 for 'conduct detrimental to baseball." After meeting with the men Chandler issued a formal statement of one sentence which said: "The commissioner declined the request, stating that the Durocher case was clotted." President Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees also had interceded on behalf of Durocher in a letter to Chandler.

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■ *VIJ,f •1 B M A}l Hy J 1 National League . W L Pct. G.B. I Pittsburgh S 1 .833 ~ | Philadelphia 4 2 .667 I Brooklyn 2 2 ,500 2 /Chicago 3 3 .SOO 2 ’ Boston 2 3 400 2'.. Cincinnati 3 3 .275 3 New York 2 3 .400 2'4 ’ St. Louis 2 4 .333 3 American League W L Pct. G.B. , Chhtagp 3 o LOOP Boston 4 1 .SOO New York 4 2 .657 ’4 ’ Detroit 2 3 .4<nr 2 ' Washington 2 3 .400 2 , 1 St. Louis I 2 .333 2 ■ Cleveland 1 2 .333 2 Philadelphia 1 5 .167 3H American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 3 0 1.000 . Minneapolis 1 0 LOOP 1 Columbus 3 2 .600 1 Louisville 2 2 .500 1U Toledo 11 -500 I’A Indlanjpolls 1 2 .333 2 St. Paul 2 4 .333 284 Milwaukee 1 3 .250 2'V YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 3. Cincinnati 0. Brooklyn at Boston, rain. Philadelphia at New York, rain Only games scheduled. American League Chicago 6. Detroit 4. , Boston at Washington, rain. Only games scheduled. American Association No games scheduled. Major League Burk Elevator won three from Smith Brest.. Babcock Standard * won three from West End Restaurant; State Gardens won two from Burke Standard; Habegger , won two from Moose; Koeneman Hardware won two from FoleyHigh aeries: Baumgardner 629 , High games; w Gallmeyer 223- ( 203. P. Schroeder 229. D. Hoffman 215. Inniger 209. Grover 212, Lankenau 200. Wolpert 201. V. Bleeke -‘l«. P Bleeke.2ll. .1. Habegger 205, Schindler 202. Burke 205. Merchant League Schafer won two from Kraft No 2; Riverview won two from Brant Motor; Decatur Industries won two from Kraft No. 1; Three Kings Tavern won two from Engle k Kiess. Schnepf 211, J. Ahr 200. Buttck 204. Gallmeyer 201. Alton 201, Koeneman 211, Bovine 202. Rural League Werling Insurance won three from Moellering; White Spot won two from Palace Bar; West End Texaco won two from Hi Ho Inn; Steury Abbatoir won two from Red Rock Cola. ! High games: Hoffman 2?5. Hurst 204. Minor l,eague I Babcock Standard won three from Ahr's Market; McMillen won three from Macklin Super Service; Gambles won two from Central Soya; Bud'rf Place won two from Kraft. High series: Schultz 605 (209-242-154) High games: Eley 222, Karjaia I 213, Alton 211, Snyder 204, Odle .1203. Miller 233, Bracy 231. Two Players Are Dropped By Cubs Chicago, April 22 —(UP)— The ■ Chicago Cub's roster reduced today to 27 players. The Cubs yesterday optioned pitcher Bob McCall to Lok Angeles and third baseman Cy Block was released outright to Nashville. —o—_____ Conservative Trend In Japan Election Tokyo. April 22 —(UP)— Complete unofficial returns for Sunday's election — Involving 150 prefectural district seats in the new house of councillors — today showed a strung conservative trend among Japanese voters The unofficial count gave seats to 32 Liberals. 29 Social Democrats. 25 Democrats, 53 Independents and only one communist, with the remainder going to minor parties. —o Scarlet Fever In Kosciusko County Warsaw, Ind.. April 22 —(UP)— Kosciusko county health officers today planned a campaign to check the spread of scarlet fever which has reached a mild epidemic stage in this area. Clyde Conrad Harris, 4. Warsaw, died late Sunday of the disease. He had contacted it from his brother two weeks ago. Another brother came down with the illness yesterday. Dr- C. C. Dubois. Warsaw health officer, reported two other cases in Warsaw. o FBI statistics show approximately five times as many men as women are arrested annually for violation oHawa

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ANDREW J. MAY AND * (Continued Fiotn Page One) 578.066.006 Garssons munitions empire. May. who last summer was stricken with heart disease on the eve of his stheduled appearance before the senate war investigating committee, said he was "feeling pretty good." The 71-year-old former rtuirtnan of the house military affairs committee was defeated for reelection last November. May. former Democratic representative from Kentucky, was charged with using his influence as house military affairs committee chairman to put pressure on the war department to gain favors for the Garsson interests. The indictment states specifically that May allegedly accepted $53,634 in cash, checks, land and favors from other defendants. if convicted, the defendants face maximum penalties of eight years imprisonment and $4»,000 fines each. May, in addition, could be barred from ever again holding public office. The Garsson case first hit the headlines last summer during a series of sensational bearings by the senate war investigating committee. Witnesses told how Henry Garsson paralyed a borrowed letterhead and a gift of gab Into an enterprise that got $78,600,606 worth of orders for shells and other war materiel. Key firms in the combine were Erie Basin Metal Products. Inc.. Elkin. Hi., and Batavia Metal Products, Inc., Batavia. 111. The defendants have steadfastly denied any wrongdoing. ■»■■■—» I NEW EXPLOSION /Continued From Page One) plosions." Hill said police were broadcasting warnings to all workers hunting the bodies of last Wednesday's victims to seek shelter at once. "Stand by and keep under eov' er.” blared loudspeakers in the wrecked waterfront area. Tile tell-tale brown smoke of flaming nitrate struck new terror in the hearts of survivors of last week's explosions. Police were herding residents —many of them still wearing bandages—out of all portions of the city south of Sixth street, the Texas City main business street. No attempt was made to fight the Games. Texss City lost Its volunteer fire department in Ute attempt last Wednesday to halt the fire almsrri the Grand Camp. No one knew. Hill said, how the new Gres started. The ammonium' nitrate had been buried under rubble In the waterfront area since the initial blast. The new alarm was Gashed as battered Texas City began a reconstruction program six days after the Grand Camp explosion. Still hurled In the tangled and charred debris of the Monsanto Chemical company — where the new Gres were centered — were bodies of those who died lasi* Wednesday. The final death toll was expected to reach 575. according to Roy Wade of the department of public safety, who was designated head ot the toll tabulation committee.

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Indiana Service Plans Expanded Facilities Fort Wayne, Ind . April 22 tUI'l -The Indiana Service Corp today planned an expanaion of its electric power facilities in Fort Wayne and vicinity that may coat j sl6, not) 000. The expansion program wax announced last night by president C. V Sorenson At th t same time. Philip Sporn, nn executive of the American Gas and Electric Co., who recently bought the ISC, said his company planned a 1206,hot),000 expansion program. - The Thousand Islands are located in the Saint Lawrence river, just below its emergence from [ Lake Ontario. The group contains between 1700 and DiOtf islands. 0 0 o Today s Sport Parade By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U, 8. Pat. Off.) 0 O New York. April 22—(UP) Fearless Fraley's facts and figures: United States* Olympic hopes have been receiving damaging i bumps and bruises of late with at least three potential jvoint winners —two of them virtual first place eiut'hes-going over to professional ranks. Cornelius W’armerdam, the only 15-foot pole vaulter In track history. is an assistant track coach on the coast; Elmore Harris, national quarter-inile king, has turn-: ed to pro football, and Dewitt (Tex) Coulter, whose 54 foot, inch shot put was the best performance of 1946, in with the pro football Glints . . . sure, it's only money, but somehow “very essential . . . You may have heard this, yet ■ it bears repeating. They were complimenting Connie Mack on the beating his team handed Yan-I kee Spud Chandler, a 20-game winner last season. "Sb what If he did win 20 games," Mack exploded. "That fellow's getting old and in this business you can't go on forever." Note: Connie is a young 84 and in his 63rd year of baseball, i Chandler a rickety 37 and in his I 15th year of baseball ... '

Joe lamis comes back to town Thursday to consider whether he should revive Ills "bum of the month" dub with the undent JerJorgensen. Rojek, like a lot of would be n scandal to the Jay birds if they permitted this one to go through. Walcott couldn't even lick a guy with one arm, splitting decisions with Elmer (Violent) Ray a fighter he and his camp choose to call a "bum.” . . The question la, who would carry Joe back to Jersey? . , , Stan Rojek. Dodger infielder sought by the Phils, Cubs and Braves but who can't crash his own lineup, has been shoved further down the bench by Jack Jorgensen. Rojek. like a lot of other guys, gets new faith from his mother. "Every time I get fed up sitting on thg bench, my mother writes and tells me to be patient." he grinn>-d impatiently. "I always listen to her even though I'd give anything to be playing regularly." ... If that's com, we'd all be better off for planting a capacity Crop . . . Rantin' with the rookies: Don Johnson of the Yanks gave up 11 hits winning his debut. Said manager Ducky Harris: "I had Tommy Bridges. Schoolboy Rowe ■namMBMSWUaBMMMWMBWMIIIMWMMWIMIBMMM*

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