Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 163, Decatur, Adams County, 12 July 1947 — Page 6

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Junior Legion Eliminated In District Play The it'll lullior l.edon .<-<■ all n-.i’ii *a« •• riiina’cd from the <! -Irii t double • I milia’ o! tmirnev F d.t v afternoon, |os I• a 7 Io I <l> inion to Poet Kort \\ >yne. at Worthman held It wa - th< eeond ’ime I'o.-t ‘2 bid il'-f'-ated Dei util I Ini’* d oppinr the lo< ala out of t i> i unnin.’ post ».! ind Heim- will m>i t so the title of the south ret 'loti > ■ 'he dl“ tint with the winn»r io meet the north section later for the iuht to • ompeit m the state tourney ’Pe d h irltn • I,'. Itoehrman. Post *2 |,.tt he' downed ’he lleratur ’ell'll a« hi held the locale hitlers Decatui only run ’al'ied in the MXlh on a walk anti an < rro Kort Wayiie jm ked up 'ingle tai lien in four tlifft nnt inniti-’s and put the name on i< with a three run burs’ in the seventh Deane Itoruin. coach of ’he I»»• tatur team, ilinouli.il 'his morn tor that more games i-r planned t the lot al nine Fort Wayne AB RHE I tick yer tn 3 2 2 1 Halley, if 3 11 Itoehrman. p I 1 3 ” Brockman, t 3 ” ” 1 Wn k. rs 1 " " 0 Zink. 3b 111 0 Money. If 3 11 It Porte, 2b 2 ” II 0 Goegleln, lb ! 1 ” <1 Totals 7 s 2 Decatur AB RHE Meyer*. 2b . 1 " •’ 0 I Boh like 2b o 1 tt n Jackeoii. s '! a 0 ” Gillig. ts. p 2 ” n 0 Helm, lb 3 i) 0 I Busse. c ! 0 It ti (Irani, If 3 <’ ” ” Klee, if 2 0 0 n Mm Lean rs I n tt ti ' Everett, 3b 1 n it ” I Wefel, 3h n 0 ” 0 Ladd. p, i f 2 ” ” (i , Total* 21 1 0 I’ , Score by innings Fo:t Wayne 110 110 3 7 Decatur ”"l o I o Elks Convention Opens In Oregon Portland, tire July 12 il’Pi Grand lodge officer of the Bene volent Protective (t iler of Elk' have arrived from Chicago for the Elks '’rd annual convention open I mg here today The officers' contingent was headed Ity (Irani! Exalted Ruler < barite E Broughton, editor anil pultli.'ht of the Sheboygan. Wis., Pless Approximately 25 i"tn Elks and their families We'e expected to a’ tend the lonventloti which will ex tend through next Thursday I A two pound steel hall dropped from a height of six feet will bounce when it strikes a tough new heat tempered glass developed by i.lhhyOwens-Ford " W JI ‘UnmUj TODAY and SUN. .MON. TUES. Continuous Today from 1:45 Continuous Sun. from 1:15 In Glorious Technicolor! "THE YEARLING” Gregory Peck. Jane Wyman and < laude Jarman, Jr„ as Jody ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax I'CORT SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 “STRANGE JOURNEY” Paul Kelly. Osa Massen & “DICK TRACY v*. CUEBALL” Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys 9c 30c Inc. Tax O—O TODAY—“Riding the Lone Trail’’ ■ob Steele. ALSO — “Son of Guardsman" - 9c 30c inc. Tax

Dodgers Beat Cubs, Add To League Margin New York. July 12 il'l’l N"* York Giant manav'-i M«l <>tt was I,a. while he 'tutted today Wotl derinc it Clint llartumi is a pl’chI I all outfit Idel or lieithi I Tin 21 ye.n old Texafi. who cam. out of the army to the Giants in a blaze oi publicity whi< h itidi . ated h» was the hotte t tiling to hit baseball dme Pep [hi Marlin ■mid. at band gave ntt fit- as In played the outfield like laoti Etroi op roller skate It it lie did hit . hard a I” i publicity ll* had won 25 garni - as ati army pit. her so ntt put Hartung on tin hill Tin "phenom won font In a mw then I lost till''He Started ag.’i-’ ’he Cardinals; Thursday night and was hatted out i in the second inning Yesterday he came on in relief in the second | game of a twin bill and again was batted out But while he was itl i the game lie hit a two Hill hottlet Tin- Giant- have plenty of hornet hitters who work regularly at the trade, but there's always mom I for one more, especial!) again-t the Cardinals. So tltt had the problem of I lai tung in ins lap again today Hartung's homer came in tin ' course of a wild first inning in which St Louis got five run* and New York got eight Sid Gordon hit a three run homer before Hui tung blasted his foiirbaggt-r. and I Bill Rigney followed Hartung with ; another homer Gordon, Rigney and Willard .Marshall later hit two run homers i the Giants scooted to al7 to win St Ixiuis won the first game, l to 3. on a three run homer by Bel Rice and a homer by Ron Northey Have i lioslo. who started the first game ! tor the Giants and was lifted, won the Second game ill relief Brooklyn ran its league lead to : three game* by whipping Chicago's cub*. 5 to o. on Vic Lombardi’s 'tour-hit pitching Every bodgi-r ' got at least one hit as Brooklyn. ; won Its fourth in a row and sev i etith straight from Chicago Ewe|| Blackwell of ’he Cincin jiiali Reds staggered to his 13th ■ victory In a row, beating Bo ;tot. in to il as the Braves made six errors and allowed six unearned run-. The Red* got 12 hits off loser John Sain and his siii-ce*-I sors and Blackwell allowed II hits jin winning his 15th victory against two losses Pittsburgh beat Hie Phillies, 7 to 2. on Ernie Bonham’s six-bit hurling Ralph Kiner hit a tworun homer for the Pirates, his 21st fourbagger, and l»e| Ennis and Andy Seminick got Phil homers The New York Yankees stretch ed their American league lead to nine games with a 3 to 1 conquest .'of the St Louis Browns. The Yanks got only three hits off Ellis Kinder, but one blow was John Lindell's two run double after a single and a walk Allie Reynolds held St. Louis to six hits. Detroit and Boston split The Red Sox won the opener, 4 to 3. on two-run doubles by Bob Doerr and Wally Moses, but the Tigers regained second place by one percentage point ax Erank Over mire shut out Boston on four hit* in the nightcap. 3to 0 Hoot Evers batted In two runs In the sixth inning with a single, and Hal Wagner homered Washington took sixth place from Chicago by edging the White Sox. I to 3 Doubles by Joe Grace and Ml< key Vernon in the eighth Inning provided the winning run Tlie Athletic* ended a six-game losing streak with a 1 to 2 victory over Cleveland George Rinks homered for the winners, and the deciding run scored in the seventh inning on Sam Chapman's single Ed Robinson homered for the Indians Yesterday's star Vic launbardi of Brooklyn, who shut out the Cubx on four bits to gain hi* first victory as a ■ tarter thi* season 0 Indiana University Trustees Are Named Indianapoliß. July 12—(UPi — Three vacancies existing on the Indiana university board of trustees wince July 1 were filled today. Governor Gate* announced the appointment of Dr Dillon Geiger. Bloomington physician, to succeed Paul Feltua. Bloomington newspaperman, and the reappointmenta of William A Kunkel of Bluffton, publisher of the Fort Wayne JournalGaxette, and Frank E Allen, superintendent of South Bend Public schools

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K. Os C. And Legion Tie For League Lead Tlie Knights of Columbus ami! American Legion softball team' finished the first half of the Dera tur Softball league s< hedtile in \ a deadlock for first place ea< b, with five victories and otn- defeat The VFW finished third with two triumphs and four losses Gameplayed by the Moose team do Hill figure in the league standing as the Mo.ise have player- ineligible for the Decatur league Inn eligibl. for the Moose league Tin- K of C and legion team will tangle at 7 30 pm next Friday in a one-game playoff for the first half title The Berne All Stars have enter ed the league for the second round which will open Mundav i night Next week ' scliedille Monday Moose vs VFW, Leyion <Suburban leaguei Thursday Berne All Stars v K of (' ; Li-ylon vs Ossian iSltb urban league) Friday K off' vs legion t first | half playoff); Moose vs Fort Wayne Moose t Moose leai’iiei In tlte first game last night, the Legion moved into tin- fir-’ round tie by defeating the VFW. 7 to •. scoring lh<* winning run In tin last of the 'i-ventli. In the nightcap, tin- Moose ral lied for five runs in the last of the sixth to defeat the Bluffton Moose 7 to I. in the official opening game of the Mose district league The winner and runner-up in, this Northeastern district league will participate in the state Moose

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! tournament, win h will be held at IGo-lien early in September. Last night's scores RHE VFW L3> t’22 t> tl x 5 j Legion "5" ""I 1 71” 2; Johnson and Sapp; Meyer and Haitgk RHE Bluffton on” 22” ” I 3 .31 Decatur Mouse 2”5 X 7 6 4 Durr and Swartz; Buuermeister I and Slop|» nli.u’im i> National League W. L. Pct. GB. Brooklyn 15 31 .592 .. Bo ton (I 33 .551 3 New York 3!t 32 .54!) 3‘.»l St Loins 3!) 3G 52” 5';.! Cincinnati 3!> 39 .sm> 7 i Chicago 3)1 39 .4MO ! Philadelphia "2 45 11’1 |3' a i Pit'-burgh 29 -15 ,392 15 i American League W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 19 2f> .1153 .. Detroit 3s 33 535 9 Boston 39 34 .534 9 i ('lev ehind 33 33 5”” 11 L Pli luh P> ii.i 37 '!' 193 IA WiiehitiL'tim 3s u;.-, || ii'iiii igo 12 155 |5 St Loui 25 15 357 21 'i '! American Association W. L. Pct. GB. Kansas (Tty 50 31 ,t;i7 Loui-ville 19 II .511 5'.! Milwaukee II II ,519 s Imlianapol ■ || n ,suo f»’-u , Minneapolis 12 17 172 12 L 'Columbus I” I’l 465 I2’£-I Toledo 39 46 459 13 L St Paul 17 49 .430 15'-i I

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St Louis 4-9. New Yolk 3-17. Pittsburgh 7. Philadelphia 2. . Cincinnati 1”. Boston 6. Brooklyn 5. Chicago •. American League Biutoti 40. Detroil 33. Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 2. Washington 4. Chicago 3. New York 3, St Louis 1 American Association Indianapolis 2-7. Milwaukee 0-7 (2nd game tie. lulled 12thj. Kansas (Tty 136, Louisville 3 2 Minneapolis 3-14, Toledo 2-5. St Paul at Columbus, rain. o — — Foreign Students Win Honora NFracuge, N. Y. (UPl—Syracuse University has awarded ten of its 1947 graduate fellowships and scholarships to students from foreign countries Five went to students in Chinese universities, two to Canadians and the remainder to students in India. Hungary and Egypt _ o In 1946, forest and wood fires destroyed more than 130.000,000 wo th of timber enough to build more than 215,000 five room homes. A piece of adhesive tape on the < iid of a curtain rod will make it easier to run Hie rod through the hem and prevent tearing of the! curtain. In ancient Gieeee. mothers pacified their crying babies by giving them a piece of sponge soaked in lioney. according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Berne Horse Show To Be Held On July 25 Berne C. Os C. Is Sponsor Os Show The Berne horse show, sponsored by the Berne Chumbei of Commerce. Will be held at ’he H hoi’l ground* in that city Friday. July 25 at 7 3t’ p m No ent y fee will lie charged Entry blank* will be mailed next week and anyone wiehing to etttei Who does not receive a blank may obtain them at the Berne Witnexn or the Berne Equity. Piiz.es and l iblions Will be I warded for ’he first six places Menno kite/ is general i-hai • man of the show, and will be assisted by Victor Stucky, Glen Gifford. Roy Price and William Reichert John Underwood of Wabash will he judge of the ehow Rub* of Ho- show are ax fol low «• Class 1 Ponies tidden by children II year* and under, ponies to be 52 inches high <n under. To be Mhown under saddle and pet forming at a walk, trot, and canter Judged for conformation, manners and performance Clace 2 To be shown at walk, trot and canter Englhh and western Judged for similarity or conformation. color and performance Pair-das* (Tas* 3 Obstacle race for western bonne Rules to be announced on grounds Class 4 English pleasure class, English equipment only. ho:se must do three distinct gait*

Clase 5 Ponies in harness, driven by children 12 years and under Class 6 Musical chair. Rules to l>e announced Class 7 Pleasure horse, western equipment. To be shown nt walk, trot and canter. Physical condition 40%. performance 60'5. Claxe k Five gaits horses Must do five distinct gaits, walk, trot, canter, rack and slow gait. Conformation 40%. performance 6”‘”<. Class !• Jumpers two hurdles Horses to enter ring at a eante* and jump at first approach to hurdle. a tick not to count Must knock pole down to be eliminated Clase 1” Junior horsemanship. 16 years and under, 40% confotmation, 60'7 on performance Class 11—Ladies Pleasure das*. 1 English and western horses includied 40'7 condition of horse, 60% 1 performance. Three Persons Killed As Train Hits Auto Indianapolis. July 12—(UPI Three person* were killed shortly before midnight when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania express train at a city street crossing. The dead wore identified at (Tty hospital morgue a* Ruseell Duffy. 1 45. and Hobett Ryan. both of : Indianapolis, and a woman believed to be Ryan’s wife. The bodies were so badly mangled that police believed for hour* that there were four victims instead of three.

mH p? 'Jv ■ M ~ Iteli kitl L_ i ,e< ' Del Ijr ' T « L 2. ‘ ■ ■ - esldet PRESIDENT TRUMAN signs pna lamatii ii so’h aiitiivi I'Hty of Hie Air Force, naliimal Seated with the pierid'nt are James Doi.i/i . . ?** tlie Air Force asKOclation. and Stuart Symiini. 'wets of war lor air Stan ling are Lt Gen II \ d»T tl deputy commander AAF and Maj. Gen laniti Mr. 1 plan- ami operation* on war department y.e wai

i ft'» I WEEPING in a Loa Angeles court is Ruth McKenzie, 29, after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges. The girl states she was only playing when she fatally stabbed her fiance, Jack C. Flogd, during discussion of their wedding plans March 12. (Internatioaall I

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