Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 126, Decatur, Adams County, 28 May 1947 — Page 8

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Tigers Defeat Bobby Feller, Increase Lead New York. May 28 lUPi American league batter* will howl in disbelief but the cold, impersonal figures showed Hal Newhouser today as the seventh bint plcher on the Detroit staff, which is as good a reason as any for figuring that pennant fever in Tiger town Is strictly legitimate. Hurricane Hal got off to a slow start and his pitching timetable Is far behind the schedule which enabled him to win KO games In the past three seasons, but while he was loitering the way, the other Tiger twirlers were carrying his load. Hence the figures which show Alton Renton with a 3 and n record. Freddie Hutchinson at 5 and 1, Dizzy Trout. 5 and 2. Virgil Trucks. 3 and 3. Stubby Overmire, I and 0. and Hal White, 1 and 0. all better than Newhoueer's 4 and 5 which makes, him the only pitcher on the staff under the 500 mark. That the Tigers could acquire the highest percentage in either league, 22 victories and 12 defeats for .647 without Newhouser as the pitching big wig. speaks for the strength of the Detroit staff, and means the team should be even more difficult to top now that Hal has hit stride and has won three of his last four games. The Tigers cleared one of the tougher hurdles along the way yesterday when Hobby Feller of Cleveland was treated to the indignity of being batted out as Benton gained credit for a 4 to 2 victory. George Kell, with four single, drove in three runs and scored the other himself, to lead the 10-hll Tiger attack which squared accounts for a 6 to 0 beating that Feller administered to Newhouser a month ago. The Red Sox, soaring in on Rip Russell's three-run homer, ended a four-game losing etreak and handed the Athletics their first night gams defeat after seven straight victories, 4 to 2, at Philadelphia. Lefty Earl Johnson pitch ed one-hit relief bail for six innings to gain the victory Ruddy Ix-wis hit a two-run homer in the third to start the Senators on an uphill drive to victory in which they overcame a four run deficit to defeat the Yankees at Washington 5 to 4. The White Sox divided with the visiting last place Browns, winning 5 to 2 by making their six hits count for more than the 11 St. Louis got, including a homer by Wait Judnich. Cliff Fannin pitched brilliant three-hlt ball to give St. Louis the second game victory, 2 to 0, striking out eight batters and holding Chicago hit less until the .seventh. The mill-slumping Caulinals suffered their worst defeat of the year at St. Louis as the Cubs drubbed them. 10 to 3, to go into first

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place, handing Howie Pullet his sixth defeat against two victories. Lefty Bob Chipman scattered 11 hits for his fourth victory as Phil Cavaretta, Ed Waitkur. and Hob S< hefflng paced Chicago with three hits apiece Ralph Branca. Biooklyn’s young fire-ball pitcher, cooled off the Giants in what was to have been a triumphant homecoming at New York, winning 7 to 3 as he struck out 10 batters He would have had a shutout but for two homers, number 13 by Johnny Mize and number seveh by Willard Marshall Peewee Reese hit a three-'un Brooklyn homer In the third to give Brama a 5 to 1 margin, all that he needed. Another pitching speedster, Ewell Blackwell, won his fourth straight game and his sixth of the season when lie topped Pittsburgh. 5 to 1. at Cincinnati He held the Hues scoreless with two single* until the ninth when they got their only tally after Wally Westlake and Hank Greenberg struck out. The Reds clinched the victory with a five run rally in the fifth in which Bert Haas and Eddie Miller each drove in a pair. Earl Torgeson, the Major league leader in runs batted in, added four more to make his total 36 as he hit a homer and single to h ad the Braves to a 7 to 3 victory over the Phillies. Bob Elliott also started, hitting a triple and two singles as Johnny Sain breezed to his fourth victory. Yesterday's star — Substitute Rip Ruesell of the Red Sox, whose three tun homer produced a 4 to 2 victory over the A's for their first night game defeat after seven victories. o Fort Wayne Speedway Opens Season Sunday Fort Wayne, Ind.. May 23 — The Fort Wayne Speedway will open its 1947 racing season Sunday, June 1, with a big car raca, featuring many of the nation’s leading drivers. Charles McKinley, Speedway owner, has affiliated his big racing plant with the famous AAA, one of the nation's so emost racing organizations. The connection will assure McKinley of topflight cars and drivers at all of the five car races he will stage this summer. In addition to the big car programs. the Speedway is to be the site of midget auto racing every Thuisday night, with the first program tentatively plated June 5. The trials for Sunday's big car opener will start at 4 p.m (CDT). The regular races, six in all, will start at '2:30 pm. (CDTt. O— Formosa has the highest shoreline cliffs in the world—rock walls rlsiug in places to five times the height of the Empire State Building.

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Predict Short Field For Speedway Race Indianapolis, May 23. (UP) — Officials of the 31st annual 500 mile Memorial day speedway race predicted today that fewer than the permissible starting field of 33 would run for the guaranteed purse of 175.000. Earlier the full field had seemed assured after holdout members of the American Society of Professional Automobile Racing accepted compromise terms offered by the speedway. Seventeen cars have been qualified thus far and although 25 others were at the track, there was uncertainty whether the 16 necessary to complete the field would be able to make their 115-mlle-an-hour 10-mlle runs in the eight remaining hours, particularly since rain was forecast for today. The track will be open from 11 a m. to 7 p m. C. D. T.. under super vision of the American Automobile Association contest board, which must make the final decision whether additional time shall be granted to qualify 33 starters. Chief Steward Jack Meehan of the contest board said that in the event of a day-long downpour qualifications would be permitted after the track closes tonight. He estimated that a field of 25 would be reached before dusk. Speedway president WII bu r Shaw, three-time winner of the Memorial day classic who once qualified on the morning of the race, said the decision would be left tn the contest board. He fore saw little possibility that time trials would be permitted Friday and pointed out the track must be scrubbed clean of accumulated grease, oil and dirt before the 500mile run. Os the unqualified cjrs at the track, some awaited parts to put them in running order and others still were undergoing final adjustments by particular mechanics. Eight additional entries have not yet arrived at the track and it was doubtful if any could qualify unless they appeared early today. Two drivers qualified in the closing hour of the time tests yesterday after overcast skies and intermittent rain prevented any running for the record during most of the four hours official timers were on duty. Hal Robson, brother of the late George Robson who won the race last year, set the eighth highest mark in time tests this year, 122.096 miles per hour for thelo-mile tour, to become the 16th man in the starting lineup. Driving a fourcylinder Palmer Special, he made his venture only 45 minutes before the track closed. Pete Romcevlch, Gary, Ind., recorded the slowest mark of the season. 117.218 miles per hour, to take the 17th place in the starting field. His run was completed after the track was closed, but it was counted because he had reported "o the judges prior to the 6 p.m. closing time.

0 Teen-Age Boys Admit Theft Os $1,250 Indianapolis, May 28 —(UP)— Two teen-age boys who admitted a 11,250 theft in war bonds and 1 cash were scheduled to appear in juvenile court today. The boys, age 13 and 14, told officers they entered the home of Millard Martz. 935 Dorman St.. Monday and took the money from a cedar chest Then the 14-year old took officers to his home where he had hidden f 1,200 in war bonds beneath a coal pile. The remaining cash was found in an old talcum powder can along a creek bank and the boy» explained that most people ’never look in the obvious places to find hidden money." Capehart Denies Seeking Nomination Bedford, Ind. May 28 —(UP)— Sen. Homer E Capehart, R., Ind., denied reports today that he will seek ”o presidential nomination in 1948. Capehart had three telephone conversations with Bedford residents yesterday after his former secretary, James E. Armstrong, circulated a letter urging him to seek the OOP nomination. The letter, signed by 80 persons, was unauthorized. Capehart said “it has put me squarely in the middle of a situation over which I have no control.” the senator explained. “I have no intention at all of running for president.” —* Dance Sunday Nite Joe Geel's Barn.

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Annual Horse Show Here Memorial Day County Riding Club, Lions Sponsor Show Plans for the third annual spring horse dhow, to be staged Memorial Day nt Hanna-N'uttman park at 12:30 p.m. by the Adams county riding club and the Decatur Lions club, were completed today. Dale D. Muses is general chairman of the event this year and Herman Lankenau will act as ringmaster. Net proceeds derived from the show will be divided between the two sponsoring organizations, ixist year there were 120 horses enter ed. This year an even larger entry Hat Is expected. The track will be treated to lay the dust and bleachers have been erected. Ample parking space is assured. A refreshment stand will be set up on the grounds. Ralph Peck of Marion will judge the saddle horses and Fred Robison of Howe will judge the western classes. Sound equipment will lx- set up by the Publix Service company. Tickets may be secured from members of etiher club or at the gate al show time. 0 New Payroll System Delays State Checks Indianapolis, May 28 —(UP) — Employes of the state faced a sixweek period without pay today while the state adopted a new payroll system. Under the old plan, state auditor A. V. Burch said the state’s 10,000 workers were paid on the first of the month for the following months' work However, the state legislature adopted a system whereby checks are made out at the end of the month. Burch said the workers will get their June pay at the first of the month but will have to wait until August for their July checks).

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Muncie War Veteran Mercilessly Killed Kokomo. Ind, May 23 —(UP) — Authorities feared today that a 130-year-old Muncie World War II . veteran was mercilessly killed and thrown out of an automobile on a lonely road. • Claude E. Adams was found dead near Greentown Sunday. Dr. L. D. Montgomery Muncie pathologist, said after performing an autopsy that the victim died of head and chetft injuries before he was dumped from the car.

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National League W L Pct. G.B. Chicago I 9 14 .576 New York I7 13 .567 Brooklyn Ik 14 .563 % Boston Ik 15 .546 1 Pittsburgh 15 15 .500 2'4 Philadelphia 16 19 .457 4 Cincinnati 15 W .429 5 St, I gulls 13 21 .332 6'4 American League W L Pct. 08. Detroit New York 1" 15 .531 4 Boston 18 16 .529 4 Cleveland 13 13 .506 5 Chicago Ik 19 .4x6 5’4 Washington 14 16 .467 6 Philadelphia 15 Ik .455 6'4 St. Louis 12 20 .375 9’4 American Association W L Pct. O B Kansas City 21 12 .636 Toledo Ik 16 .529 3H Umlsville 20 Ik .526 3’4 Indianapolis 19 19 .500 4’4 Milwaukee 14 16 .467 5Mi Columbus 16 19 .457 6 St. Paul 17 21 .447 6»4 Minneapolis 17 21 447 6*» YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 7, New York 3. Chicago 10. St. Louis 3. Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 1. Boston 7. Philadelphia 3. American League Chicago 5-0, St. Louis 2-2. Detroit 4, Cleveland 2. Washington 5, New York 4. Boston 4. Philadelphia 2. American Association Kansas City 4. St. Paul 0. Toledo 6, Indianapolis 5. Columbus 7. Louisville 2. Minneapolis 4, Milwaukee 3. —o Girl Killed In Fall From Father's Auto Ixtgansport. Ind., May 28 —(UP) - Janet Kay Handy, four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mns. Orma Handy, was killed last night when she fell from the rear door of an automobile driven by her father on Ind. 24 near Ixrgansport. Trade In n Tonn — Derater o 51 Guage full fashion Nylons, >1.35 up. Miller-Jones.

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