Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 164, Decatur, Adams County, 14 July 1947 — Page 6

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Boston Braves Down Cubs In Double Header

New York. July 14 tl'P) Just what atari* Tommy Holme* off on a home run rampage was a mystery that wax baffling some of Hie lw»t mind* In the baseball business today. but while It goes unsolved the Boston Brave* are Improving their position in the National League picture. Holmes, a Brooklyn born Irishman, who ha* done little hut menace that beautiful borough since seeking his-baseball fortune with the Braves, hue hit five homers this month and before that he hadn't hit any all season, l-ast year he got only sis for the entire campaign, yet in 1945 he led both major league* with 28, more than twice as many as he ever had hit in one big league season. Holmes smashed a game winning homer yesterday as the Brave* took two from the skidding Cubs at Boston. 8 to 7 and f> to 5. The blast with a man on base provided the winning margin in the opener, while tn the second game Boston came from behind with three runs In the ninth, the last of which scored on relief pitcher Hank Borowy's wild throw. Barna Howell, Earl Torgeson and Nanny Fernandes of the Braves and Andy F’afko of the Cuba aloo hit homers In the double bill but the real hitting star was Harry (Peanuts! Lowrey, Chi cago third baseman, who got eight hits for the dav. five of them In a row In the opener. The Dodgers came up with a surprise package hi the rookie Clyde King who made his first start of the season and held the Rede to six hits In a 9 to 1 victory at Brooklyn. He also hit a two run double that started a four-run rally in the seventh off rookie Kent Peterson It was King’s first victory. The Dodgers held the National League lead, three games ahead of Boston The return to form of Howie Pollet heartened the Cardinals, wiio otherwise had little to get excited about in a split at Philadelphia

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The Phils won the opener. I to 2. as Ken Heintzelman held St. Ixtuls to five hits and two unearned run*, but Follett, a liability all season. ,ho wed up brilliantly in winning the second game. 3 to 2 In 10 Innings. He struck out nine and walked only one and had a flve-hlt shutout after the first when the Phils made both rut*. The Card* tied It at 2 all in the ninth when I Whitey Kurowskl tripled und scored on a long fly. They won In the 10th on Erv Dusak's single and Stan .Mu*lai's triple. The Pirates split wi..t the Giants at New York, winning 6 to 3 with a four run rally In the first that gave Frltx Ostermueller all the margin he needed, then losing 3 to las l-a’ ry Jansen held them to six hits. Bobby Thomson and Bill Rigney gave Jansen the run* he needed with homers. Ralph Kiner of Pittsburgh and Walker Cooper of the Glante hit first game homers. The Yankee*, working their new pitchers Bobo Newsom and Vic Rasch), won 10 to .' and •> to I decisions at Chicago to run their winning st teak to 14 games and increase their American League lead to 10H games Newsom, holding Chicago to five hits, survived a shaky fl ret Inning In which he gave up all three runs, to win the open er. The Yankees made IB hits, Billy Johnson picking up 5 while Phil Rlzzuto hit a grand slam homer. Raschi. with relief help, won the second game in which Tommy Hen rich h d the way with a double and two singles Five hit pitching by Virgil Titicks in the opener and a tle-hreaking homer by Roy Cullenbine in the second game gave the Tiger* 4 to 2 and 7 to 6 victories over the Athletics at Detroit which put them In second place Eddie Mayo led the hitting in the opener with a double and two singles, a feat duplicated by Dick Wakefield in the nightcap The Indians deflated the Red Sox 8 to 0 and 6 to 2. old Mel Harder blanking them with nine singles for his fifth victory and first shutout In the opener, while Steve Gromek and Ed Klieman collaborated on a five-hitter to win the second. Joe Gordon hit a first game homer while rookie Ed Robinson and Ken Keltner hit second game homers for the Indiana. A seven-game Brownie losing streak came to an end with a 4 to 2 second game victory at St. Louis after Washington took the opener. 3 to 2. on Sid Hudson's (Inn-handed six-hit pitching. He missed a shutout only Itecause Vern Stephens lilt two homers. Cliff Fannin was the second game victor and he also would have had a shutout but for homers by Buddy Lewis and Mickiey Bernon. Lewis also hit a first game homer.

Veste day’s star Harry (Peanuts I Ixiwrey, who made eight hits in 10 times at hat in a lodng cause as his Cubs dropped a double head er to the Braves. -—.— Sunday's Twin Bill Prevented By Rain Heavy rain Sunday washed out the scheduled double header at Worthman field. Federation league tilt* between the Decatur legion team and the City Light of Fort Wayne. All other games in the league were also rained out Sunday, as were all Junior Federation league tilts.

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National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 48 31 .608 Boston 44 33 471 3 New York 40 35 .533 6 St. Louis 42 37 .532 C Cincinnati . 39 41 .488 !»’- Chicago 36 43 .456 12 Philadelphia 34 46 .425 14'-, Pittsburgh 29 48 .377 18 American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 53 26 .671 Detroit 40 34 .541 Iff’i Boston 40 36 .526 11'4 Cleveland 36 34 .514 12'4 Philadelphia 38 41 .481 15 Washington 34 40 .459 16'4 Chicago 36 44 .450 17H St. Louis 26 48 .351 24 H American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 52 32 .619 iaruisville ... 52 41 .559 4'4 Milwaukee 47 41 .534 7 Indianapolis 47 44 .516 B'4 Columbus 41 48 .461 13H Minneapolis 42 50 .457 14 Toledo 39 49 .443 15 St. Paul 37 52 .416 17’YESTERDAY S RESULTS National League Philadelphia 4-2. Si. Ixiuls 2-3 (2nd game 10 innings). Brooklyn 9, Cincinnati 1. Pittsburgh 6-1. New York 3-3. Boston 8-6, Chicago 7-5. American League Detroit 4-7, Philadelphia 2-6. Cleveland 8-6, Boston 0-2. Washington 4-2. St. Ixruis 2-3. New York 10-6. Chicago 3-4. American Association Louisville 7-4. St. Paul 6-3. Columhus 10-4. Kansas City 5-7. Milwaukee 5-8. Toledo 0-5. (ndlanapoVs 14-4, Minneapolis 7-1.

0 G. E. Girls Net Team Honored At Banquet Saturday And stlli baiketball stories are new*. "Due to shortage* and other contributing factors, the basketball Jacket award* to he members of the 0. E. club Girl*’ team Just arrived last week. The heat and the season did not stop the celebration as planned for early May. A chicken dinner for the players, manager, coach, assistant coach, and invited guests was served at the gayly decorated C. L. of L. hall. Marcia Martin acted a* toastmaster and introduced Jason Moser, club president, who presented the Jacket awards. John Welch, assistant plant manager, expressed the company's interest in employes’ sport* activities and wished the team even greater success during the coming season. Players who received awards are: Billie Hurless, Hermenla High. Phil Switzer, Kathryn Hoffman. Audrey Painter, Kate Noll, Mary Martha Terveer, Barbara Roop. VI Smith, Wanda Busse. Marcia Martin. manager. Dick High and Don Huiles*. coaches. —- 1 0 ' Junior Legion To Bluffton Wednesday The Decatur Jtonior Legton baseball t«*m will play a double beader against the Bluffton team at Bluffton Wednesday afternoon at 4 p*-

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Zale, Graziano To Battle Wednesday Chicago. July H tl’Pl Although Chicago is the only major boxing city in which the knockdown timekeeper yells his count into a "mike" so that every fan In the stadium may hear It. Ro' ky Graziano wants a personal check on the count Wednesday night. When the New York challenger crawls through the stadium ring ropes for his second attempt to wrest the world middleweight championship from Tony Zale. he wants to have a man from his own entourage sitting with stopwatch In hand -right next to the timekeeper, to prevent a long count for Zale or a short count for himself. That's what co-manager* Irving Cohen and Jack Healy announced today a* the nation's fight clan began assembling in the windy city for Wednesday's 15-round bout which is expected to set for the fight game a new indoor gate record of approximately $425,000. Blond Cohen explained. “Gene Tunney got a long count 1.1 Chicago in his second heavyweight title fight with Jack Dempsey in 1927 And we believe Rocky got a short count in his first bout with Zale at New York’s Yankee Stadium last September, when Rocky was knocked out in the sixth round. We want Wednesday's count to he absolutely exact — regardless of the winner -so there can be no dispute about it later." Co-pilot Healey — who Is dark, debonaire and diminutively mus-tachioed-agreed, "that's right, the knockdown timekeeper will be the most Important official at the ringside? Because this is one fight that's sure to end in a knockout. The count will be the thing and its got to be right." Rocky was scheduled for road-

work today and tomorrow, but whether he would take limbering exercises at the ringside gymnasium would depend upon th* *<• feet of current hot weather upon hi* weight, trainer Whitey Himstein explained. He hope* to weigh In Wednesday at 1-56. two pounds more than last September. He appeared razor sharp after five rounds of bag punching and sha dow boxing yesterday Zale loafed yesterday at a suburban home, but he was scheduled for light workouts today and tomorrow at the Catholic youth gymnasium to keep his weight Just under the 160-pound limit Zale was still favored at 7-5 In man-to-man betting; but the Graziano crew was extremely con fldent of an upset.

0 - «■ -— I -.— —J, Today's Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley (Rtp. U. •- Pat. Off.) 0 o New York. July 14— (UP! Okay brother, call me rat, but with the good dory Detroit a seasick 10-H games in the backwash It seems about time today to Jump ship and admit that the New York Yankees are destined to steam triumphantly into port In the American league pennant chase. Maybe the impetus has come from the wind in the lungs of loquacious l-arry Macl’hail. Or perhaps the propulsion is due to the gale stirred up by Joe DI Maggio’s bat. But whatever the cause, we capitulate, strike our colors and hamstring the halyards in bowing to the irresistible force. It couldn't happen to a worser guy or a nicer bunch of fellows. Concerning MacPhail. the uncheered untouchable, the less said the better. Nobody in baseball. Including his own employes, wish him any luck. But for the fellows who make it possible for him to clip coupons, we will now stand en masse and sing a song to the

shades of Joe McCarthy. I'ncle Joe must have left a lot of the little people concealed under the davits.at Yankee stadium when he shuffled off to. Buffalo. For the Yanks weren't conceded any belter than a third place finish last spring and yet here they are pulling a walkover ala the 1948 Red Ro*The real reason Is one Stanley (Mucky) Harris, a gentleman, a scholar, and despite those tributes an all-around nice guy and a first <lass manager. Anything nice which happens to Hucky isn't good enough. The only shame felt by baseball and baseball men Is that the cream of the profits must go to the front office. But Jtucky has done a real Job. Just n short lime ago the man characterized by one New York columnist as "L. H. MacGenlus" threatened to fine some of «hls baseball players for refusing to make plane hops and public nppoarances. His publicity man managed to hush It up and. because the ball players were within the limits of their limited contractural rights, they didn't plane up or pay up. Bucky got the mess straightened out. So It’s no wonder (hat a third place crew Is playing first place ball for him. and playing it so convincingly that they are in like Flynn. Off his savvy and strategy, the club has won 14 In a row which is but two short of the hlghwater mark reached by the Bostons as they waltzed to the flag last season. It also is only five games from the record of 19 established by the Chicago White Sox in 1908 Put the bunting up at Yankee stadOim. lads, and order your series tickets today. The good ship Detroit is officially abandonedq Give folk the benefit of your convictions and keep your doubts to yourself.

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