Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 109, Decatur, Adams County, 8 May 1947 — Page 8

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Boston Braves Take Second In National Loop New York. May 8 (I'Pi Th<-80-ton Brave# were tin* one bright spot today for baseball prophet# Almost unanimously. the fore caster said the world champion St Imuis Cardinal# would repeat a* National league champ#, hut the Cards are in the cellar; almost a# uniformly the seer# [d<k<<| the Boston Hod Sox in the American league. and the Sox are in fourth place Most frequently mentioned as dark horse was the 80-ton Brave squad, which wa# credited with ability to surprise the Cards or Dodger# if those club# should ha re I rouble Today the Braves are in sec ond pla< e only one came back of Brooklyn and six games ahead of St. lamia. Their 3 to 2 victory over Pittsburgh In a night game last night showed the Braves as a typical Hilly Southworth team fast, alert, hardhitting and hustling Opponents realize that a mistake against the Braves may quickly be turned into a run and this knowledge sometimes presses a jittery opponent into the very errors he i# guarding against But the Brave# have one serious weakness which they must con quer before they can think about the pennant they will have to find away to I,jut Brooklyn. Las’ year the Dodgers won 17 of 22 games and began this season with two straight over Boston. With the Cards off to a miserable start. Boston has become a legitimate pennant possibility and Southworth admitted he was giving a

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great deal of thought to a "beat Brooklyn" campaign Earl Torgeson. rookie first baseman. used n simple method to beat Pittsburgh last night He slammed ’ ait eighth inning home run that broke a 2 to 2 He and relief pitcher Anton Karl [note' ted the lead Karl came in during the seventh inning as the Pirate# whacked Mort Cooper for four hit# and their two runs. Edson Bahr and Hank Behrman gave Boston only five hit", hut Torgeson's good baserunning after a fourth inning walk enabled him to score when Ralph Kiner fumbled in left field Sibt>y Sisli'- hit batted <n another fo'irth-inning run St Ixiuis edged Brooklyn. 2 to 1. as 111 wie Pollet staggered to hi# first victory after being batted out three time Pollet allowed ; nine hits, eight walks and made a wild pitch, but four doubleplay# saved him and Terry Moores tworun bonier in the seventh gave him the runs lie needed Moore made a great catch in the ninth to save the game. Vic Lombardi and Clyde King gave the Cards only four hits The RedsGiant# and CubsPhillies games were rained out. Cold weather forced postponement of the Yankee Indians. Sena-tors-Tigers and Red Box-White Sox same# in the American league, but the night game at St latuis was played an unhappy decision for the Browns, who took a 6 to 1 pasting from Philadelphia and* dropped into the cellar as the Athletics took seventh place. Hank Majeski's three hits, including a two run homer, led an 11-hlt As attack Dick Fowler let the Browns down with seven hit# Yesterday's star: Earl Torgeson of the Braves, whose eighth-inning homer beat Pittsburgh. 3 to 2. — o V. S. Navy carrier pilots shot down 6 .484 enemy planes in World War 11 C S losses were 452.

Speedway, Drivers i Make Settlement - t Indianapolis, May 8. (UP) .The racing drivers and car owner# who wanted more prize money settled their dispute with Indiana I polls spedwsy. but were left with t out a race to run on Memorial Day. Tile American Automobile AsI sociation's contest hoard refused I to permit them to enter the 500 I mile Indianapolis speedway clasI sic. Board secretary James Lamb - said It "obviously” would refuse I to sanction a request for a rival . Memorial Day race nt Langhorn, i Pa. The American Society of Professional Automobile It a<■i n g. which had refused to enter its car# and drivers in the Indiana ’ [>oli# race, threatened to sponsor I an independent race, but decided t against it. If the board refuse# to sanction the Langhorn race, a spokesman said. ASPAR cars and drivers will not race on Memorial Day. He ignored a suggestion from triple A official# that the contestant.: ei.er smaller race# ached uled to take [dace in other cities throughout the nation .’lav 30. Settlement of ASPAH# prize money fight came when its representative# decided to accept the speedway's original offer of 175.000 purse phi# track president Wilbur Shaw# promise to pay a# much additional prize money "a# the traffic will bear" Shaw' said he could make no ' definite promise of additional prize money because “the speedwdy is quite a gamble.” ASPAR originally demanded that the purse be hiked to 1150.00 b. The settlement came at a Joint meeting yesterday of the contest board officials, a dozen ASPAR drivers and car owners, and speedway officials. The application for the Langhorn race still is pending. It wj# made by Jim Fratton. of Philadelphia. a few minutes after the AAA rejected a request for two 100mile races at Milwaukee Memorial

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Day. I.enckl charged that "under the rules" the triple-A could have per mltied the boycotting driver# and owners to enter the Indianapolis race, blit declined to do so. Arthur Herrington. AAA contest board chairman. said ASPAR# i. i petliton for a spec ial ruling to reopen entries was denied "in Justice to the 34 who filed their entries by April 15." I The board ruled that the 22 ASPAR members could not enter the race unless the 34 racer# who I entered before* the April 15 dead line would agree unanimously on "post entries" Shaw said there , was no chain e this could happen. , 0 —— Shoot Is Planned Sunday Afternoon ■ i The f’outry Conservation club - will sponsor a shoot Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Leo King ' home The public i# invited to partI icipate. o Freshman Work At 1 Purdue Extension Hludent* in Fort Wayne and «urrounding territories may take fresh man work at the enlarged Purdue extension center thin summer. A full eight and one-half weeks term for university credit will lie given from June 20 to Align#' 16. ('liaise# will meet each week for twice tile number of hours that they do during the regular semester. This is because an entire semerater's work will be given in half the time required in a winter or spring sencion The normal summer load should not erceccl 10 semester- hour# for each student — . _ o — _ Marine Recruiter In Decatur Friday There will be a marine recruit-1 ing ccergeant at the post office Fri-1 day. between the hour# of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., who will interview and accept application# from young men who desire to join the United State# marine corp#. High school graduates are invited to contact the sergeant. I

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# National League , W L Pet. G.B. Brooklyn I" * '*< .- Boston •> I i- Chicago 9 •'• 000 I’4 r Pittsburgh 8 7 531 2’4 Philadelphia 8 » -471 2 Cincinnati 81" 441 < r New York 5 8 .385 4'4 r, St. Loul* 4 12 .26® 7 I American League ii W L Pct. G.B. r i Chicago 10 •'■ -325 j Detroit 9 6 -««'» * Cleveland 7 *i 538 I'4 i Boston » 8 -52® 1% New York 8 « -50® 2 ! Washington 6 •> -6®® - Philadelphia 610 .375 4 ‘ St Loul# 611 .353 4'4 American Association W L Pet. G.B. 1 ' Columbus IB 5 567 1 Ixiuisvllle 10 6 .625 ’4 ' Kansas City 7 5 .533 I'4 Milwaukee 6 6 .500 2’4 Toledo 6 7 .462 3 St. Paul 811 <2l 4 Indianapolis 6 9 .40® 4 .Minneapolis 5 9 .357 4’4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St Louis 2. Brooklyn 1. Boston 3. Pittsburgh 2. Other game# postponed. American League Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 1. Other games postponed American Association Louisville 10. St. Paul 7. Other game# postponed. 0 Ralph Hamilton Is Unanimous Choice Chicago, May S —(UP)— Ralph Hamilton, Indiana forward, wa# the only unanimous choice of western Iconfetence coaches for the 1947 all big nine basketball team, league offices announced today. Othern placed on the first team were Bob Cook. Wisconsin, forward, Jim Mclntyre, Minnesota, center. I and Herb Wilkinson. lowa and (Henn Sellto. Wisconsin, guards. —o — Aged Indianapolis Couple Found Dead Indianapolis, May 8 — (UP) — Deputy coroner William Kelly said today that a verdict of natural death and tcuicide would be returned in the death of an aged couple whose bodies were found In their home yesterday. The bodies of Edward and Llrfda Connell,'married for more than 50 years, were found by James White, a meter reader for the Indlanapoli# Citizens Gas and Coke Utllltyz The deputy coroner said a preliminary autopsy indicated that the man had died of a heart attack Mr<<. Connell apparently turned on the jets of the gas stove “to be with her husband.” Kelly said both had been dead for more than 24 hour# when their Imdies were found. o Rams And Lions To Meet In Indianapolis Indianapolis, May 8 —(UP) — The Los Angele# Rams and the Detroit Lion# of the National. Professional Football league wRI play a benefit game Sept. 13 at the Butler university stadium. The game will l>e the first ot a eerie# of annual contest# for the benefit of the police athletic clubs in Indianapolis sponsored by the Indianapolis News. o Escaped Federal Prisoners Caught Knightstown, Ind . May 8 —(UP) — Three escapees from the federal prison al Chillicothe, 0.. were captured near here today after a wild automobile chase over deserted roade. The men were identified by state police as Lee Mclntosh, Robert Cobb and James Howell They escaped from the Ohio, federal prison yesterday

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Io- — 7~° ■ Today's Sport Parade By Oscar Fraley (R«g. U. 8. Pat. Off.) O — 0 New York. May 3.—(UP) One bah game doesn't make a pennant, particularly one which was wrapped in four leaf clovers, hut you can’t tell that to the St. Louis Cardinal# today despite the fact that they still were buried seven games under he National league cellar, They'll be a bit more like the old time terrors of the senior circuit tonight when they go against the Brooklyn Dodger# because; th«*y hud squared their feud ufl nt one game each and were convinced that once again they have the Indian sign on the beloved Bums. These were the old Cardinals, noisy and exuberant, after lopping the Dodgers yesterday by a 2 to I count. They realized they had plenty of luck In doing It. but they felt it wa# time the lady should smile their way, "Holy Joa," breathed big George; Munger a# they Mtreamed into the clubhouse, chattering and i Hiapping each other happily. That pretty well expressed the, relief in all their face# that they j had won (hi# crucial game from; their arch rival#, it had been a, tough one. for southpaw Howie Pollet was plenty wild as he walked eigjit men and gave np nine hits. But the Cardinal infield came up with four double plays to save him and Terry Moore, who hit the winning tworun homer, came through with a game-saving catch in the ninth. "Great work, Cap," they shouted as they crowded around Moore much a# if it had been a world > secies game. Pollet, the handsome Ixtulsiana; lad, stepped up in hl# shorts and made Moore a deep bow. "Our infield pitched a great, game for you.” Moore kidded him. i "And on a slow track, too," #aid j Harry (The Cat) Brecheen. "Well, we had the horse shoes to do it.” chimed In skinny Riat# Marion, slugging a bottle of soda “Now if we can just keep going and reach that first division by the time hot weather rolls around we'll show them." They all were busy now getting undressed and heading for the showers. All except Del Rice, the young catcher who had a busy afternoon saving Pollet from numerous wild pitches. "Boy,” he breathed tiredly. “I feel like I've been working in the mines." Whitey Kurowski's five-year-old son. "Sluggo." shed his tiny mascot's uniform, ducked into the shower and then crawled up on the rubbing table. "Alcohol rub, dnc.” he lisped to!

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I trainer Doc Weaver. The player#, towelling them ! selves, stood around the bench laughing at the youngster a# Wen ver complied seriously. A short time earlier, when the game was delayed by rain, tiiey had fretted In the clubhouse. #oowilng blackly Now they were as high m a kite "Man. how we needed this one." manager Eddie Dyer sighed with relief, recalling his eighth inning gamble. That was when he almost took out pollet. There were two out and Pollet walked the winning run to flr#t base with Pee-Wee Reese up. the Maine guy who had hit a defeating homer the day before "But I figured If I pnt in a right-1 handed pitcher they'd put In n left handed batter, so I rode with Pollet,” Dyer said. “For once It paid off. You know. I feel thi# shot in the arm I# going to mako us.” And from the way those Cardl nal# were acting, it Just might do the trick, too.

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