Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 130, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1947 — Page 6

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Eddie Miller Playing Best Ball Os Career ( J New York. June 3 (UP) There wan a distressing Item from Tampa. Fla., lAMt March 23 which said shortstop Eddie Miller wax through ' with the Cincinnati Reda, and the folk* who read it must he wondering today Just who tn thia fellow Kddle Miller, now play Ina ' shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds.i Any almilarity between the two , la not coincidental because they , are one and the same, although there la little resemblance be-; tween the hustling, hard-hitting ' Miller of thia campaign and the J dejected fellow who wanted to ' quit baseball after hatting .>941 J with the Reds last season. Today, the little 30-year-old vet-i eran la playing the beat hall of hia>' career. He has hit 11 homers which puts him within three of his highest total in any season in an 11-year major league career , He is batting 2.95 and If he keeps j' it tip will finish with the best 1 average of his life. And as always he is playing the type of hall ' afield which makes him rank with the best defensive shortstops of j modern times. Miller hurt his shoulder in 194 ft and he thought the injury figured to end his career. He didn't want to burden the Reds and even after club president Warren Giles persuaded him to come to spring training at Tampa, he was unconvinced. Ro Giles said he was trading Eddie for an outfielder. That was the day the report came out about Miller being through. The only catch was that no I other club wanted him. and Eddie didn't want to go elsewhere because he liked Cincinnati. As a last resort he worked out with Toronto and Syracuse and finally rejoined the Reds with a promise to "give it one more try." It was the wisest decision he ever made. Yesterday, he led the Reds to a 9 to 3 victory over rookie Clint Hartung of the Giants, who went down to his first defeat after four victories when Miller drove in four

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runs, two with a homer that broke an eighth Inning tie. The Reds won two qut of three over New York, which dropped to a first place tie with the Cubs and It was Miller who personally accounted for both of their victories since he hit a two-run homer in the ninth that gave them their other win. 5 to 3. Bucky Walters, bearing down when In trouble, stranded 13 Giant base runners to score his third victory. Hartung got a small consolation prise, his first big league homer while Joe l<afata of New York and Eddie l.ukon of the Rods also hit homers. Howie Pellet not only outlasted five Dodger pitchers hut wound up by driving in the winning run with a 10th inning single as the Cards won. 5 to 4. at Brooklyn. A single hy Eros Slaughter and Terry Moore s sacrifice preceded I Pellet's winning hit. He also touch-1 ed off a three-run rally which knocked out starter Joe Hatten in the fifth, hitting a sharp single. Slaughter got three hits and Eddie Stanky made three for Brooklyn. Cool relief pitching by Art Herring saved the Pirates in the ninth when the Braves put over two runs, hut fell one short as Pittsburgh won, 4 to 3. at Boston. Herring took over for Truettf Rip) Sewell who went out with finger numbness on his pitching hand in the rally after holding Boston to a single tally until the ninth. Pittsburgh put across what proved to be the deciding run in the eighth on a double by Hank Greenberg. | Frank Gustine’s sacrifice and Ralph Kiner's double. In the American league, Dave Ferriss pitched Boston to a 6 to 2 victory at Chicago after which the White Sox won the second game, fi to 5. Ferriss not only pitched seven-hit hall and gave up no walks, but drove in three runs with a single and triple. Losing pitcher Johnny Rigney suffered a wrist injury when hit by Don Gntteridge's Hner in the seventh. Jack Wallaesa paced Chicago to its victory, hitting two doubles and scoring three runs. Murrell Jones drove in four runs with two hits. Rookie Bill McCahan and Bohl Savage collaborated in a five-hit pitching job as the Athletics defeated the Browns, ft to 3. at St. Louis. T)ie A's scored three runs in the second inning. Ferris Fain hit a homer for Philadelphia in the fifth and Jake Early got one for the Browns in the same inning. Savage, who received the victory, pitched four scoreless relief

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Innings. The New York at Cleveland and Washington at Detroit double headers in the American were rallied out. No other National league games were scheduled. i Yesterday's star- Shortstop Ed- , die Miller of the Reds, who drove in four runs, two with a homer, in 1 a 9 to 3 victory over the Giants. I 0 Bowling Picnic To Be Held On Sunday The annual picnic and meeting of the Decatur howling association will be held Sunday at Sunset Park. The business meeting will atart at 12:30 p.m at which time election of officers and business of im|>ortance to all bowlers will lie attended to. The board of directors of the local association is comprised of u representative from each team ! and in case the captain of any Iteam cannot lie present, he should appoint an alternate from his team and provide him with a written statement to that effect. Adele gate is allowed only one vote and in case an individual should lie captain of more than one team, he should select a member of his team to represent the team In order that each team shall have a vote in the meeting. The present officers are Oscar Lankenau. president; Harry Young. Walter Hilty. Uo Hoffman and Gerald Vizard, vice presidents in order named; Herman Krueckeberg, treasurer; Don Stump, secretary, with Mandy Zelt, Chet Mclntosh, George luiurent and Bill Snyder comprising the hoard of directors of the executive committee All the officers are to be selcted for the coming year with the exception of the office of secretary, which has tw more years to go. as this office * for a three-year term. AU team captains are to invite their sponsors for the picnic which will start at noon, with refreshments and plenty of entertainment for everyone, which will probably include a aoftball game, horseshoes and pinochle, etc. Gerald Vizard has charge of the entertainment for the outing.

Pro Net Leagues Reach Agreement Detroit, June 3 —(UP)— A working agreement between the nation's two major professional basketball leagues wu put into effect today and it was believed that It would lead eventually to a post-season “world series." , The agreement made no mention of post-season competition but officials of both circuits, the basketball association of America and the national backet ball league, stressed that there wax close harmony and that it was “a great forward step for thy sport." The leagues, making a joint announcement. eaid that they had worked out the drafting of more than 100 college players from all over the nation, patterning the agreement after the national professional league football draft whereby clubs players are awarded exclusive bargaining rights to their services. The draft lists were not made public and it was understood that each team would announce Its selections as the players were signed SAYS HOUSE BILL (CawflMed from Page It The senate bl j authorizes individual landlords and tenants to agree ' voluntarily and in good faith" to Increase rents 15 percent above Sept. 1, 1916 levels when the landlord gives a lease extending through Dec. 31, 1949. The house bill contains a similar proviso.

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National League W L Pct. G.B. New York 22 16 .579 Chicago 22 16 .579 Boston 22 IS .550 1 Brooklyn 21 18 .538 1% Pittsburgh 18 19 .486 3A& Cincinnati 18 23 .439 5% Philadelphia .... 17 23 .425 6 St. Louis 16 23 .410 644 American League W L Pct. G.B. Detroit 24 14 .632 New York 21 17 553 3 Cleveland 16 15 .516 4tfc Boston 20 20 .500 5 Philadelphia 19 20 .487 544 Washington 16 19 .457 6** Chicago 19 23 .452 7 St. Louis 15 22 405 844 American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 22 14 .611 Toledo 21 18 .538 244 Louisville 24 21 .533 2*4 Indianapolis 23 21 .523 3 Milwaukee 17 18 .486 4>4 St. Paul 20 23 .465 5% Columbus 19 23 .452 6 Minneapolis 18 26 .409 8 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 4. Boston 3. Cincinnati 9. New York 3. St. Louls's, Brooklyn 4 (Iff innings). Only, games scheduled. , American League Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 3. Boston 6-5. Chicago 2-5. Other games postponed. American Association Louisville 4. Minneapolis 0. St. Paul 4-3. Indianapolis 1-6. Other games postponed. It is glorious to be a "leader of men" but there's nothing more beautiful than to be a leader and friend to your children.

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BULLETIN Philadelphia, June 3.—(UP) —Champions Bob Montgomery . and Ike Williams, rival claimants for the world's lightweight boxing crown, were signed today for a 15-round bout to decide the five-year title dispute st the Municipsl stadium here, Aug. 4. 0 To Probe 'Political* Postal Appointments WHWO4OM* Washington, June 3 —(UR) — Dividing 6 to 3 on party lines, a" senate civil service committee voted today to investigate "political" postmaster appointments. Nearly 800 nominations for first second, and thlrd-ciaxs pent masters have l>een held up by the committee pending such an inquiry. o . Trade In a G«wl Tuhb — lleealnr

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0 7-0. Today's Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley (Rap. U. B. Pat. Off.) 0 o New York, June 3 — (UP)— Baseball's rookie sensallotw of 1947 had little today on the flowers which bloom in the spring. Only six of the f eshmen wonders are living up to their training camp buildups and already almost three times that number of the heraled starlet* have fallen by the major league wayside Practically every dun had great expectations for ut least one first year man as they went through their paces in the south. But of the boys who receiv'd the ruve notices only Earl Torgeson of the Braves, Clint Hartung of the Giants, Sam Mele of the Busox. Frank Shea and Yogi Berra of the Yanks and Ferris Fain of the A’» have been outstanding. Many wilted under the heat of the big top. The Dodgers entertained high hopes for John Van Cuyk. IN-game winner at Fort Wurth, and Ed Chandler, strikeout king of the Texas league. Van Cuyk is in Montreal now and Chandler is riding the bench The Cubs had a "can't miss'' hurler in Cliff Chambers — but returned him to the Pacific coast league. The Reds were up in the air over Ted Kluszewski. former Indiana star, but he's dofcn at Memphis now. The Giants praised without restraint pitchena Earl McGowan and Bill Ayers, who won 22 and 21 games respectively at Atlanta. McGowan is back In the minors and Ayer* is picking up Giant splinters. The Phils grabbed headlines with shortstop Ralph La Pointe and infielder Willie (Puddinhead* Jones. ImPointe went down to Baltimore and Jones to Wilmington. Pittsburgh delightfully drafted Steve Nagy from Montreal, and now has him optioned to Indianapolis The Cards had Tom Glaviano as a successor to Maity Marion. "Slats" is still at short; Glaviano at Houston. Frank Shofner was supposed to solve the Bosox' third base riddle. He's back in Louisville. Cleveland's pride. Dale Mitchell, went back to the bushes and Detroit's George Vico — labelled as Hank Greenberg's replacement — is back on the coast Speed ball artist Don Johnson is only so-so with the Yanks while headliner Bobby Brown came close to being a bust. The Browns have heralded Jerry Witte on the bench and Washington'* prize, Scott Cary, is used only In relief. Meanwhile, unrecognized talent which was, brushed off in the spring, has often proved more hardy than the prize plants. Ralph Houck of the Yankees was an overlooked eighth stringer in the spring but Is right up there

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now. Pitcher Harry Dorteh of the Bosox, a mediocre performer at Memphis. The A’s Joe Coleman is only 1-3 hut Connie Mack admit! now that he Is a "comer." Perseverance with outfielder Paul Lehner is paying off for the Browns and the Dodger dandy l« Harry Taylor, winner over the Gians and Cards in his last two starts A Cub surprise was stocky Doyle Lade, who could do no better than split even at Shreveport hut is 3-1 now. And the Reds were shown by huaky Frank Baumholtz, now a regular outfielder. The Giants thought little in the spring of Bobby Thompson and Joe Lafata, but they're regulars now, while Pittsburgh got an unexpected regular outfielder In Wally

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