Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 17 July 1947 — Page 8

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Spahn Blanks Cardinals For Fourth Shutout New York. July 17 (VP) It was time today to give credit to four pretty girls from Buffalo Marjorie, June, Gertrude and Eleanor Spahn for their part in making the Boston Braves the redhot pennant contenders they have been all season in the National league They are sinters of lefty Warren Spahn and while they aren't I going to challenge any big league catchers for their Jobs, the ace of the Braves’ pitching staff Insists that he wouldn’t have his treat winning record of 13 victories and only three defeats without their help When Spahn first was headed for stardom as a big leaguer, he had trouble with his control and It was only when his sisters took turns at sharing the big mitt in their back yard at Buffalo, that he was able to work long hours In getting his delivery perfected. Spahn said there was ‘‘nothing sissy'' about the way he threw to them either and that they could handle any pitch in his repertoire without flinching in just as efficient a manner as Braves' catcher Hank t'amellf did in Spahn's 3 to 0 shutout over the Cardinals last night. Spahn’s shutout was his second in a row and his fourth of the season and he ran his string of scoreless innings to 25. He also made two of Boston's 11 hits off Murry Dickson, who had pitched a onehitter against the Giants his last time out Spahn drove In one run, an error by Marty Marlon set up another, and doubles by Camelll and Johnny Hopp produced the third Spahn gave up six hits and walked only two. The Dodgers ended a three-game

losing streak and stayed 2’4 games ahead of the Braves in first place by drubbing the Pirates at Brooklyn. 10 to 6 on the strength

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of a six-run sixth Inning in which Carl Eurillo sent pitcher Ernie Bonham to the showers with a two-run triple. Hank Behrman scored his first win of the season Jackie Robinson boosted his average to 310. fifth highest in the league when he got two doubles and a single to bring his hit total for the season to 100, Jimmy Bloodworth hit a Pirate homer. The Giants got another well pitched game, their fourth in a | row, as Montla Kennedy topped the Cubs. 6 to 3. at New York although he weakened In the ninth when he gave up all of Chicago's | runs and lost a shutout. Bobby I Thomson drove in four runs with a two run homer and a double with I the bases loaded Kennedy beat Hank Borowf. who shut out the Giants In his last start against them Aging Emil I-eonard gave up only three hits to register his 10th victory against four defeats as the Phils took a 4 to 1 decision from Cincinnati at Philadelphia Del Ennis, with three hits, led the Phils’ 11 hit drive. The Yankees scored their 7th straight victory, an 8 to 2 decision over the Indians at Cleveland i which put them within two of an all-time American league mark of 19 set by the White Sox of 1900 It also enabled them to top their all time team mark of 10. set In 1926. Tommy Henrich gave Char ley Wensloff the working margin he needed with a two-run homer in the first inning and latrry Berra added another homer later. The Tigers dropped 11H games behind the Yankees by splitting a double bill with the Senators, winning 9 to 8. then losing 10 to 1. Dick Wakefield drove In five runs with a homer, double and single In the opening slugfest in which Mark Christman got a Washington homer Little Marino Pleretti held the Tigers to five hits as the Nats made 16 to breeze to the second game triumph. Buddy I-ewls hitting a two-run home In the , first. Hal Newhouser was batted out of the box in the second inning of the opener. ( The Red Sox ruined the come-

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back debut of Charley (Red) Ruffing. 42-year-old dean of major league hurlers at Chicago, topping him. 7 to 2. In his first appearance since May 4 after recovery from a knee injury. Ted Williams led the 11 hl*, attack with a homer and two singles as uncle Denny Galehouse scored his fifth victory and his fourth since coming to Boston from the Browns. 0

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National League W L Pct. GB. Brooklyn 49 34 .590 Boston 45 35 .563 2% New York 43 35 551 3'A St. Louis 43 39 .524 life Cincinnati 41 42 494 8 Chicago 37 45 .451 11'4 Philadelphia 36 47 .434 13 Pittsburgh 32 49 .395 16 American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 56 26 .683 Detroit 42 35 .545 11% Boston 42 37 532 1214 Philadelphia 40 42 488 16 Cleveland 36 38 .486 16 Chicago 37 43 451 19 Washington 35 43 449 19 St. l-oills 28 50 .359 26 American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 55 34 .618 Ixiulsvllle 54 42 .563 4<4 Milwaukee 49 4 3 533 7% Indianapolis 47 47 .500 10*4 Columbus 43 50 462 14 Minneapolis 43 52 .453 15 Toledo 41 52 .441 16 St. Paul 40 52 .435 16 *4 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 6. Chicago 3. Brooklyn 10. Pittsburgh 6. Boston 3. St. Louis 0. Philadelphia 4. Cincinnati 1. American League Boston 7, Chicago 2. Detroit 9-1. Washington 8-10. New York 8. Cleveland 2. St. Louis 5-1, Philadelphia 44 (Ist game 11 Innings). American Association Milwaukee 15-12. Columbus 7-9. St Paul 7. Indianapolis 9 Louisville 8. Minneapolis 4. Kansas City 2-1, Toledo 1-5. 0 DDT is the most satisfactory insecticide for eliminating leaf hoppers on beans.

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Decatur Splits ■ Double Header With Bluffton Decatur and Bluffton Junior Legion teams divided shutouts in a double header played on the Bluffton diamond Wednesday afternoon, the Decatur team (Jusiors) blanking Bluffton, 3 to 0, In the five-inning opener, and the Bluff tin team (Seniors) shutting out Decatur in the sevln-lnning nightcap. 4 to 0. Myers limited Bluffton to one hit. a fifth-inning single, in leading Decatur to the 3-0 triumph in the opener Three hits and a walk gave Decatur two runs in the first Inning and another counted in the third without a hit. Craig kept six Decatur hits well scattered in the game to lead Bluffton to a 4 to 0 win. The winners scored twice In the third inning on only one hit and repeated the performance In the sixth. The Decatur and Bluffton teams will stage another double header next Wednesday at Worthman field In this city, with the first game at 3 :30 o'clock. Junior Game Decatur AB R H E Voglewede, cf 3 0 10 Laurent, 2b 2 10 0 Rowden, 3b 2 10 0 Busse, c 1112 Wefel, c 10 0 0 Myers, p r 2 0 10 Kohne. lb 2 0 10 Pollock, rs 10 10 Lenhart. If 10 0 0 Petrie, ss 2 0 0 0 1 Gass. If 1 0 0 0 I Itch, rs 0 0 0 0 I I Totals 18 3 4 3 I Bluffton AB R H E I Kyle. 3b 10 0 0 Waters, 3b 10 10 Johnston, ss 2 0 0 0 < Noble, ss i o 0 o't

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K Speheger. If 10 0 0 Harvey. If 10 0 0 Mertz, p 2 0 0 0 N. Speheger lb 0 0 0 0 Miller, lb 10 0 0 Santon. 2b 2 0 0 0 Kile, rs 2 0 0 0 Costello, c l x o 0 0 Nash, cf 2 0 0 0 Totals 17 0 1 0 Score by innings: Decatur 201 00—3 Bluffton 000 00—0 Senior Game Bluffton AB R H E Garrett, 2b 3 10 0 Mertz. 3b 3 12 0 Huffman, lb 3 10 0 Markley, as 3 0 0 0 Karch. c 3 0 10 Craig, p 3 110 Humrickhouze, lb 2 0 10 Paxon. cf 3 0 0 0 Pritchard, rs 10 0 1 McAdams, rs 10 0 0 Totals 25 4 5 1 Decatur AB R H E Jackson, ss 3 0 2 1 Rice, rs 3 0 10 MacLaan, rs 10 0 0 Giilig, cf 3 0 10 Helm, lb 3 0 0 0 Busse, c 3 0 10 Wefel. 2b 2 0 0 1 Meyer. 2b 10 0 1 Grant, If 3 0 0 0 Everett, 3b 3 0 0 0 Ladd. p 3 0 10 Totals 28 0 6 3 Score by innings: Decatur 000 000 o—o Bluffton 002 002 x-4 0 Legion Team To Play League Tilt Tonight The Decatur American Legion baseball team is scheduled to meet the Bluffton nine in a Federation league game at 8 o'clock tonight at Dwenger park in Fort Wayne. Membens of the Decatur team are asked to meet at Mies Recreation at 6:30 pin. o Sen. Irving M. Ives was captain of the 1920 Hamilton college tennis team.

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: Game Rally By Graziano Wins Boxing Title —I 11 ■**■ > Chicago. July 17—(VP) Rocky Graziano, a desperate, dead end guy from the streets of New York, war middleweight champion of the world today because his luck and his gameness had enabled him io tu:n seemingly certain defeat Into a technical knockout victory In the sixth round over gallant Tony Zale in tbelr tumultuous return title match before 18,547 at Chicago stadium last night. Rocky was lucky because he got the licking of his life in at least the flrst three rounds, after which Dr. John J. Drammis, the boxing commission physician, came Into the ring to Investigate whether challenger Graziano — with the de°ply gashed left brow and nearly ' closed right eye - should be permitted to continue. It seemed at the end of that third round, in which Graziano had been driven to one knee for a "one count’* by a terrifle right to the chin, that Rocky must lose on a technical kayo-must suffer his second knockout at the hands of the champion from Gary, Ind. who had belted him out for the full count at 1:43 of the sixth round in their flrst title brawl at New York's Yankee stadium last Sept 27 But Sheldon Clark, chairman of the Illinois boxing commission, received the physician’s report and ordered the bout to continue. This gave 25-year-old Gtaziano a new lease on his pugilistic life in this make-or-break battle with 33-year-old Zale. It enabled the des perate “Happy Hoodlum" to con tlnue the battle that might win him the world's 160-pound crown and might get back his license to flgh* in his home state of New York, where he had been barred last Feb. 7 because of his failure to report three offers of 1100,000 bribes. When the awkward, muscular, square-shouldered New York Italian, with the mop of unkempt brown hair, entered the ring a 6*i to 5 underdog last night, be knew that bis career was at stake; for IJ he loot he bad no chance of getting back his New York license Ho knew he would be washed up on the big time. And this would have been a bitter result for the glory-loving former "Golden Boy" Jacobs' promotions.

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Although Graziano was on the verge of "queer Street" at the end of the third round, he rallied Io fight hack with surprising strength In the foti th session and to slow up Zale with laxly blows and head hooka, although he lost that round by a slim margin. Perhaps Rocky was heartened In that fourth session by the sight of the usually accurate Zale missing a punch and falling to the floor. Anyway. Rocky came storming out , In the firth with such a barrage of , heavy hooks to the bead that he , had the champion staggering oev- , eral times and bleeding from a I gashed lower lip. , For the many experts who had witnessed last Septembers bout . and had seen Zale come back from an Inhuman head-beating In the , fifth round to win on a knockout in. the sixth. It was still anybody's fight when they entered last night's coincidental sixth round. But this was a desperate, grimly I determined, blood-tmeated Graziano who was fighting last night. He > swung his fists like a hammer slay- . er on the loose as he went after Zale for the "kill." He shook off Tony’s counter punches to the body and shook the champion with allout hooks to the head that had the veteran swaying this way and that. , He smashed Zale Into a neutral , corner, where Tony surely would , have fallen on his back, had not I the helpfully angled ropes held , him up when he was slumped half- > down. , Zale managed to lurch out of the I corner; but Rocky was after him. , bludgeoning his head with blows i that might have felled an elephant. A succession of those punches spun > Zale and sent him slithering side ways into the ropew and left him draped over the second strand of the ropes face down, while savage Graziano continued to smash away at his body. o Two Softball Games Scheduled Tonight Rained out for throe consecutive < nights, another attemnt will be I made at softball play tonight at I Worthman field. In the opener to- I night, the Berne All-Stars, new en- I try in the Decattfr league, will meet I the K. of C.. followed by a Subur I ban league game between the De- I catur Legion and Ossian. The K. of C. and 1-egion are < scheduled to meet in Friday night'e I opener in a one-game playoff for I the first-half title, followed by a I Moose league tilt between the De- I catur aud Fort Wayne Moose I teams. 0 TrsSe lx ■ T.w. — Itoeatay I

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