Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1947 — Page 8

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Pirates Take Six Os Nine last Battles New York. July 24 (UP)— Pittsburgh Pirate plus power promised pecks of perturbation but probably no pennant today. The Pirate*, who started the seamid with a new owner and virtually a new team, bused on the longdistance hitting of Hank Greenberg and Italph Kiner, promptly dived into the cellar when the hurling proved weak and both Kiner and Greenberg started slowly Pittsburgh still Is in last place in the national league, but, like Peter Piper, who ate a peck of pickled peppers, the Pirates are hot now. They won six of their last nine games, and in five contexts the Pirate starting pitcher has lasted the route Jim Bagby and Mel Queen each went the route as Pittsburgh beat league-leading Brooklyn three of four games, and Kirby Hlgbe and Frltx Ostermueller pitched full games as the Hues won two of three from secondplace Boston. Frank Gustine. Buc third baseman, it) second in the league In batting with .322. and Kiner, hitting over .300, Is among the top five in home runs, tuns butted In and runs scored. Latest payoff combination of pitching and power came last night as tiie Pirates whipped the Phillies. 6 to 2. on two-run homers by Kiner — his 24th tind 25th to tie him for second in th lx department with Willard Marshall — and a four bagger by Greenberg, his 16th. Gustine got two hits. Ernie Bonham scored his eighth victory and fifth over Philadelphia, scattering 11 hits. The Pirates new are only a halt-game behind seventh-place Philadelphia. The Cardinals maintained their threat to the Dodgers by beating the Giant*. 6 to 5. with a four-run rally in the ninth inning Dave Koslo. leading 5 to 2 as the last inning started, allowed two hits, a walk and forceout to score one run, Del Wilber's double brought in an other and then, as Giant manager .Mel Ott frantically began to warm up a pitcher. Bed Schoendienst rapped Koslo for a two-run single. Boston moved past the Giantx into second place, five games out. by drubbing the Chicago Cubs. 12 to 4. Bob Elliott hit a grand slam homer in the first inning and Phil Masi got a three-run fourbagger in the sixth inning as‘.Johnny Sain

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coasted to his 12th victory. Dixie Walker drove in three runs u« the Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 5 to 2. to run the Reds' losing streak to five games. Ed Mlksis broke a 2 to 2 tie In the eighth with a run producing single and Walker doubled home two runs In the ninth. Hank lieh man was credited with the victory. Boston's Red Sox gained a game on both the New York Yankee* and second-place Tigers in the American league by winning a 14Inning 8 to 7 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Don Gutteridge* perfect squeeze bunt brought Bob Doerr home with the winning tun. Doerr opened the 14th with a single, stole second and took third on an out. The St. Ixtuia Browns topped the Yankees. t> to 2. on -Ellis Kinder's six hit pitciiing and hard hitting by Jeff Heath and Willard Brown. Heath whacked a two-run home: in the first inning and Brown, newlyacquired neg:o, got four hits in five trips and batted in three runs. Frank Shea, who retired in the third inning with a sore arm, was the loser. New Yo-k still lead* l»e---troit by 101% games and Boston by im. For the second stalght day, Detroit ran Into a fine pitching job by a Washington Senator hurler. Rae Scarborough gave up only six bits in winning, 5 to 0. Washing ton bundled four hits in the last half of the eighth inning for four runs. • « Eddie Joost's three-run homer carried the Athletic* to a 6 to 3 triumph over the Cleveland Indians. beating Don Black, who* piched a no-hitter in his last previous start against the A's. Yesterday's star:— Ralph Kiner of the Pirates, who batted in four runs with two hometw. his 24th and 25th. as Pittsburgh beat the Phils. « to 2. Q. Braves To Conduct Fort Wayne Clinic The Boston Braves will hold a clinic for young players between the ages of 16 and 24 at Dwenger park in Fort Wayne July 31. August 1 and 2. Tryouts will be held each day at 10 am., Leslie Mann, director of the Braves tryout school*, announce*. The clinic is free, with the Braves supplying bat*, balls, bases and catchers' equipment. However, players must assume personal expense* for travel to and from the ball park. John Clancy, the Braves’ chief scout in this area, will sign any promising players to contracts. 0

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Indians, Brewers Beat League Leaders Bf United Pres* Milwaukee and Indianapolis knocked off the American association leaders last night while Ht. Paul quit the cellar for the first time in more than a month. The Brewer* edged lAJUisville, 4 to 3. at Milwaukee to cut the sec-ond-place Colonels' lead to IMi games and fourth-place Indianapolis trounced league-leading Kansas City, 8 to 3. St. Paul pushed Toledo onto the lowest rung in the standings with a 7 to 5 pasting and Columbus beat Minneapolis, 9 to 7. Ewald Pyle and Mel Parnell dueled nine Innings before Milwaukee shoved across the winning tally in Its half o’ the final inning. Pyle allowed 11 hits but showed good control in holding the Colonels in j check with men on base The Brewers picked up seven hits off Parnell. A ninth-inning, three-run homer scored all of the Blues runs at Kansas City. Glen Fletcher had a shutout until Blas Monaco pasted a good pitch over the fence with two men on base. One of Indiana-; polls' nine hit* was a homer bv | Andy Andres and three Kansas: City errors helped the Indians get the most out of their blows. It wax the first time in several weeks that Kansas City dropped below a .600 average Toledo's late-innings rally wasn't enough to catch the Saints early lead at St. Paul. The Saint* pound ed home five runs in the first inning and flien added a couple of single markers. The Hens didn’t make the scoring column until the eighth inning when they scored two rutw and finished up with three more in the ninth. The game at Minneapolis was one of big bats, five home runs marking the contest. Bill Howerton and Muzz Mozzali hit round tripper* for Columbus while Cleston Ray. Harry Gilbert and Wes West rum did the heavy stick work for the Miller* Ray * homer came with two men aboard but it only served in keeping the ecore close. After a four-run fifth inning the Red Birds got the winning counters on Mozzali* two-run homer in th«t sixth. o Sleeping car service was finst used in the United States in 1847 , Harrisburg-Chambersburg line, tec ted cover that turns any standard 10-quart galvanized pall into an auxiliary refrigetator ba* been produced.

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i q»ji i UiijimxJ National League W L Pct. G.B. I Brooklyn 55 36 604 1 Boston 48 39 .552 5 ’ New York 45 38 .542 6 St. Ixnils 47 41 .534 6'4 ' Cincinnati 42 48 467 12M Chicago 41 47 .466 121% Philadelphia 37 51 .420 16'4 Pittsburgh 36 51 .414 17 American League W L Pct. G.B New York 60 30 .667 Detroit 47 38 .553 1016 Boston 67 40 .540 111% Philadelphia 44 44 .500 15 Cleveland 38 43 .469 1714 Washington 38 47 447 19M Chicago 39 50 .438 201% St. Louis 32 53 .376 2514 I American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 57 39 .594 .Louisville 57 45 559 3 Milwaukee 53 44 .546 4% Indianapolis 50 49 .505 81% Columbus 47 52 .475 1114 Minneapolis 45 56 .446 14 M [lt Paul 44 55 444 141% Toledo 43 56 .434 1514 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 6. Philadelphia 2. Boston 12, Chicago 4. Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 2. St. Ixmis 6. New York 5. American League St. Louis 8, New York 2. Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 3. Washington 5. Detroit 0. Boston 8. Chicago 7 (14 innings). American Association Milwaukee 4. Louisville 3. Indianapolis 8, Kansas City 3. St. Paul 7. Toledo 5. Columbus 9. Minneapolis 7. 0 Big Car Races At Winchester Sunday Winchester. Ind., July 24—The third big car auto racing program of the season for Funk's Speedway here will be run Sunday. July 27 as a postponed date. Rain halted the running of the program on the originally scheduled date. July 13. during the time tr'als. Officials have announced that time trials which were run on July 13 are cancelled and that complete qualifications will be run Sunday starting at 12 o’clock. The first competitive event I* scheduled to get under way at 2:30, (C. D. T.). 0 TrsUr Ib ■ <Oh»S 'lnns — l>eee»w» '

Junior Team Loses, Ties In Twin Bill Decatur Junior Legion baseball team, spilt Into Junior and senior squads, lost one game and gained a tie in a double header played with the Bluffton squad at Worthman field Wednesday afternoon The Junior team* battled to a 3 to 3 standoff In the six-inning opener. Bluffton tallied all Its runs in the first inning with the aid of three Decatur errors. Decatur came back with two In the same frame without a hit and tied the score on a pair of hits in the third inning. The teams played an extra inning but neither could score. The Bluffton senior bunched hits effectively to score a 6 to 3 victory over Decatur. The winners tallied four runs on three hits and a pair of errors in the second inning and added their final two tallies in the third on one hit, two walks and an error. Decatur scored single rune in the third, fifth and sixth frames. The local team was scheduled to play at Berne this afternoon in the final game of the season. Yesterday's line scores: RHE Bluffton (Jrs.) 300 000-3 4 2 Decatur (Jrs.) .... 201 000- 3 4 3 Mertz and Costello; Bobnke and Smith. Busse. . RHE Bluffton (Srs.) .. 042 000-6 7 0 Decatur (Srs.) .. 001 011—3 5 4 Craig and Kerch; Glliig. Meyer and Busse, Everett. Hearing Slated In Indianapolis Today A hearing was scheduled by the alcoholic beverage commission in Indianapolis today on the complaint of an szeise officer, concerning an alleged Infraction of regulations at Frickla’a Place here some time ago. An excise officer and officer Robert Hill were summoned to appear at the hearing after they reported a bartender and several other local young men were staging a party in the establishment about 2 am. on a Monday morning several weeks ago. 0 Berne School Board Member Appointed Berne, July 24 — Dr. Edwin

Nyffeler. local chiropractor, was renamed to the Berne school board Monday evening by the Berne town council. The appointment Is for three years and is effective Aug uhl j, when the board will reorganise Dr. Nyffeler is president of the Isoard at this time. This I* his third consecutive three-year term. Other members of the Ixmrd are Clifton H. Sprunger and C. T. Michaud. . I——oPostal Receipts At Berne On Increase Herne. July 24 Postal receipt* at the Berne post'office showed a decided increase for the second quarter of 1947 compired to the same quarter in 1946, accordlag to figure* released today by Mrs. Rena Zehr, local postmaster. The receipts for the quarter this year totaled 18,401 45 compared to 177036.45 for the same quarter last year. The receipts for the fiscal year from July 1. 1946 to June 30, 1947 were also well above the receipts of the previous fiscal year. o Berne Democrats In Convention Saturday Berne. July 24 — C. H. Mme-I-man, Democratic town chairman, announced today that the Democratic town convention will be held Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the town hall. The Republican town convention will be held this evening. The purpose of these conventions 1* to select candidates for the town offices, including three trustee* and town clerk treasurer. o Careful Driving Pay* Pittsburgh | UP)—Many Americans have a hard time hanging on to their drivers' licenses, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators report*. Last yesr 318,000 motorists lost their privilege to drive. The suspensions range from three days to life. 0 o o Today's Sport Parade By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.) 0 0 Goshen. N. Y~July 24—(UP) — The Hambletonlan trotting classic comes of age Aug. 6 with It* Bist renewal and the theme song as the farmyard frolic reaches its majority will be "the old gray mare ain't wbat she used to be." tloshen and the corn tassel derby once provided a tiny, nostalgic center of the paat. City slickers, tired of ihe rush of modem life, came to relax in the serenity of this dusty little hamlet. They wandered through the cool, pungent barns and sprawled comfortably between races in the

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shade of huge old trees as the heat seasoned the sweet ordor of new mown hay wafted In over the infield. Nearby a big striped tent yawned invitingly, where Inslds <he ladies aid society of this church served Plate* piled hitch with steaming chicken dinners. But most of that Is gone now as the classic comes of age with a modernistic rush. Speed and high pressure methods have replaced the easy pace of old Hawkers and streamlined booths dispense Ihe typed "refreshinent*'' which < ause gastronomical distress at most sporting events and gone Is the old striped tent with Its tasty chicken dinners and steaming mugs of coffee. Those dinners once served by the ladles aid cost 11 50. It seems that the ladies were so handy with Ihe skillet that despite the tariff there were plenty of customers They made so much money lhat they soon paid off the mortgage on the church. Now they don't want to work anymore - which costs the Hambletonlan one of it* traditions. Good time track, where the race is held, was one of the last holdouts against the modern starting device* with which they send the harness horses away. But once the kite-shaped oval abandoned the

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