Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1947 — Page 8

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Taylor Blanks Cards As Bums Win, 4 To 0 New York, July 3ft 4 VP» A year ago today, the Dodgers led the St. Louis Cardinal* by 3% game* and then lost the pennant In a playoff: today the Hodgera lead by eight game* and are Just daring history to try to repeat Itself. A year ago last night, the Dodgers edged the Cardinals in a bitter game at Ebbets field. 2 to 1: laist night Brooklyn defeated the Kedbirds at Sportsman's park. 4 to ft And therein Iles the cause of the Dodger optimism. When Brooklyn can win convincingly at St. Ixiuls. the Dodger morale hits a peak, and some critics think Brooklyn has nothing but morale They had nothing but Harry Taylor last night, and he proved to he just four runs better than the whole world championship Cardinal team. The 28-yearold righthander allowed only three scattered hits, batted in three Brooklyn runs aud scored the fourth himself, as he escorted the Dodgers to their 11th straight victory. On the other hand. Murray Dickson of St. Louis constantly was in trouble but managed to leave Ift Brooklyn runners on base. Once he was saved when a Dodger was pipped at the plate. But his tightrope act collapsed in the sixth inning when Johnny Jorgensen and Peewee Reese singled and Taylor squeezed In a run from third with a bunt. In the eighth Carl Furillo singled and took second on a sacrifice. Reese was walked purposely to get at Taylor. The pitcher tripled. Then he scored on Red Schoendienst's error. Tonight the desperate Cardinals will use their great clutch pitcher. Harry Brecheen. against Brook lyn's Ralph Brama In the second contest of the threegame series. lairry Jansen got his 10th pitching victory as the New York Giants defeated Cincinnati. 2 to 1. Willard Marshal hit his 26th| homer for the Giants' first run and two singles and a squeeze bunt brought home the winning tally. Cincinnati scored Its run In the ninth inning. Pittsburgh, coming back from a four-game losing streak, topped the Boston Braves. 6 to S. Frank Gustine made four hits to run his streak to 21 straight games, and Ralph Kiner got two doubles and a single. Phil Masi led Boston -£===» Ky A w "Jr aa ijointaMMi Tonight & Thursday o : o j OUK BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 ContinuouH Thur, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! o o HI FIGHTS UKI A WILDCAT!... LOVIS LIKE B?* AN OUTLAW! Xyc NjJB JON HALL VICTOR McLAGLEN RITA JOHNSON ANOT DEVINE AL?O—Shorts fcdOo Inc. Tax -0 Starting Frl. for S Days! “THE IGO ANO I”

with three hits Including a homer. The Cuds scored five runs In the seventh inning to beat the Phillies, 5 to 4. Charley Schanz walked in what proved to be the winning run after Al Jurisich dissipated an early 4 to 0 Phil lead. Boston’s Red Boz dropped 10% games behind the pennant-bound New York Yankees hy losing to Cleveland. 5 to 1. Ed Robinson hit two home runs to help Rob Feller ito his 13th victory. Feller gave up eight hits and seven walks before retiring in the ninth with a blistered finger. Three balks. ea< h of which brought in a run. featured the Bt. Louis Browns* 8 to 2 victory over Washington. Ray Scarborough made two of the balks and Bam ■ Zoldak of St. Ixniis, who went the route, committed the other. Vent Stephens belted three Brownie hits, one being an inslde-the-park homer. The Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago White Box. 5 to 2. but lost Hank Majeski, third baseman who was "beaned" by one of Earl Harrises fast balls In the fiverun fourth inning. Majeski was knocked unconscious and taken to a hospital. Winning pitcher Phil Marcnlldon helped himself with a two-run single. The Yankees and Detroit did not Play. Yesterday's star: — Harry Taylor. 28-year-old Dodger righthander who set the Cards down with three hits and batted in three runs in Brooklyn's I to ft victory. He scored the fourth run himself, as Brooklyn went eight games in front. 0 Two Exhibition Games Played Tuesday Night Two exhibition games were player) Tuesday night at Worthman field. The Bingen girls lost to the Geneva girls. 12 to S. Batteries for Bingen. Ostermeyer and Krauss: for Geneva. Burk and Myers. In the nightcap, the VFW whipped Geneva. 9 to 2. Potts held Geneva to two hits while the VFW garnered 11 blows Batteries for VFW, Potts and Conrad; for Geneva. Stauffer and Windmiller. The Bingen glrle will play Yoder in an exhibition tilt at 7:3ft p.m. Thursday, followed by the lA*gionBerne league game. o Legion Team Ousted In Softball Tourney The Decatur Legion softball team dropped a 1 to 0 heart breaker to the Five Points Case, thereby being eliminated in the Allen county sectional tourney. The game was played Tuesday night at Memorial Beach The Legion made four hits and Five Points three. Both teams played errorless bail. Bat-t-.rles: legion, Leakey and M. latdd; Five Points, Hemsoth and Barf ell. It has been estimated that 47. 000,000 work days were lost in 1946 by work injuries, the equivalent to the full production of 156,000 workers for an entire year. ICORT Tonight & Thursday ■MgiwFag HOTSHOTS Z n£«Mu MMian MS ALSO—•borts 9c 30c Inc. Tax O—O Frl. A tat.—• Mesgulteers “GUNSMOKE RANCH" —o Sun. Men. Tuee. “Millie's Daughter" A “Devil Thumbs a Ride"

Moose Team Enters Semi-Final Round The Decatur Moose, with Bauermeister tossing a no-hitter. Tuesday night defeated the Bluffton Legion, 4 to 1. and thereby advanced to the semifinal round of the Bluffton sectional tourney. The Moose team will meet Habegger of Berne in the first semifinal game Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock, followed by the winners of tonight's scheduled games. Habegger defeated Graber, also of Berne, In the other Tuesday night tilt. Games tonight to determine the other Thursday semi-finalists are Tocsin vs Ossian and Bluffton Elks vs Uniondale. While Bauermeister held the Bluffton l-eglon hitless, the losers spoiled a no run game in the fifth on three errors and a hit batsman. The Moose put on one big inning for all their runs, counting four times in the fourth on four hits, with Crist's homer climaxing the attack. Score by innings: RHE Moose 000 400 0 4 5 4 Bluffton 00ft 010 P-10 0 Bauermeister and Stoppenhagen; Pearson and Pett. 1 > National League W L Pct. G.B Brooklyn 61 36 .629 St. Units 51 42 .548 8 New York 48 41 .539 9 Boston 49 44 .527 10 Cincinnati . 46 51 .474 15 Chicago 44 50 .468 15% Pittsburgh 39 55 .415 20% Philadelphia 38 57 .400 22 American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 64 32 .667 Boston 52 41 .559 10*4 Detroit 49 42 .538 12% Philadelphia 48 47 .505 15% Cleveland 41 45 .477 18 Washington 41 49 .456 20 Chicago 41 55 .427 23 St. Louis 33 58 .363 28% American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 63 41 .606 Louisville 63 48 .568 3% Milwaukee 56 48 .538 7 Indianapolis 54 53 .505 10% Columbus 51 56 .477 13% Minneapolis 51 59 .464 15 St. Paul 46 61 .430 18% Toledo 44 62 .415 20 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Chicago 5. Philadelphia 4. New York 2, Cincinnati 1. Pittsburgh 6. Boston 5. Brooklyn 4. St. Louis 0. American League Cleveland 5, Boston 1. Philadelphia 5. Chicago 2. St. Louis 8, Washington 2. Only games scheduled. American Association Kansas City 11, Toledo 8. Columbus 4. Milwaukee 3. Indianapolis 6. St. Paul 4. Louisville 6-5, Minneapolis 2-11. 0 Two-Night Program At Fort Wayne Speedway Fort Wayne, Ind., July 30 — Some 6,00 ft racing fans can't be wrong. That's the num Iter of speed patrons who viewed last week'* racing double-header at the Fort Wayne Speedway. Another thrilling two-night program is planned for the California Road oval this week. The mighty midgets will roar Thursday night at 8:30 p.m and the stock cars will run again Sunday night, also at 8:30 p.m. o_ More Geese Thia Year Portland, Me. (UP) — The annual census by the U. 8. Fish and WiMlife Servlcjz showed 12,549 geese flew north to Canada this year, an increase of 1,755 over last year.

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Decatur K. Os C. In District Tournament The Decatur K. of C. softball team has entered in th*- state K of C. tournament, which will <>|*en with four district meets Sunday. Decatur will meet Huntington at 2:>o p in. Sunday at Wabash. Fort Wayne will play Wabash at 1 p.m., and Pont will meet the flist game winner at 4 p.m. The two surviving teams will meet Sunday, August 10. for the district title, with the elate finals at Elwood Tuguxt 17. o Speedway President Plans Europe Trip Indianapolis, July 30 —fl’P)— Wilbur Shaw, personable president of the Indianapolis motor speedway, leaves here tonight on the first leg of a European trip bill rd officially tie a "good will tour" but which Shaw hopes will satisfy his craving for more auto racing. Shaw, a little guy with a neat mustache and a flair for fashion plate dressing, hasn't raced since the 1941 Memorial Day 500-mile classic at the epeedway. He was within reach of an unprecedented fourth victory when his racer smacked into the north wail. His injuries, which were not too serious, didn't force Shaw to quit competitive racing. There was no auto racing during the war and in 1916, when the speedway race was revived. Shaw was ite new president and general manager. “It just wouldn't have been right for me to race here." he explained. "and there's no other track In this country that I would consider racing on at my present age because the speedway is the only one that isn't a dirt track.” Shaw, who's 45 but looks 30. will leave tonight by train for New York. He bourdri the Queen Elizabeth there tomorrow and will land at South Hampton. Eng. He plans to leave South Hampton Sept. 4. After England. Shaw will visit France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany. He doesn't know whether he will be aide to race on the continent "because. since the war, they've just been setting up a race and running it a couple days later." "But. al! they have to do is have a race while I'm over there, and give me a car. and I'll be driving like mad." Shaw added Shaw said he had offers from both the .Maserati and Alfa Romeo automobile race car builders to drive one of their cars.'

Tigers, Indians In Tourney Final The Tigers and Indians will meet at 9 a m. Thursday at Wortlrman field in the final game of the recreational soft lia 11 league tourney, following vlcto. les scored this morning. The Tiger, upset the White Sox. winners of the regular league schedule, 15 to 14. in the opener, and the Indians whipped the Red Sox, 9 to 2. Line scores: RHE Tlgejs 623 04 —ls 15 0 White Sox 109 31 — 14 14 0 Murphy, Duff and Johnson; Conrad. Pollock and Smith, Halterman. RHE Indians 304 11 — 9 6 0 R*-d Sox 002 00 — 2 2 0 R. Secaur and Roop; Hackman, Sharp, Foor and N. Secaur. ■ ■■,...0 — — Two Decatur Youths Fined For Speeding Two Decatur youths, arrested here Monday night by sheriff Herman bowman on speeding charges, were fined 11 and costs, totalling *7.10 when they pleaded guilty to the charge before Justice of peace •Ernest Stengel late Tuesday. The two are Ed Boknecht and Anselm Hackman, Jr„ who were allegedly "racing" through downtown Decatur.

Today's Sport Parade By Oscar Fratsy (Reg. U. S. Fat. Off.) O 0 New York. July 3" 1 Charley Keller smiled up sadly 'from the rumpled whiteness of •* hospital bed today anti disclosed that there was no possibility " f his return to the New York Vankees In time for the world series. "Not a chance," Charley said bitterly. "The only thing I can hope i for Is to la* ready by next spring land that I won't need further operations which would take a whole year out of my baseball life.’ This wasn’t the burly, deep-chest-ed Keller whose murderous stance at the plate thrilled the fatM and bonified major league pitchers He was wan and weak, the one-time Maryland strong boy, and his powerless right leg was propped up motionless on a blanket. The swift, deft strokes of a scape) in the hand of Dr. Thomae linen on July 18 saved him from being a cripple for life. But there still Is a possibility that another, and far more serious, operation may Ire necessary. “We won't know until I try to work out again — which won t •>“ until next spring." Keller said. "They have been treating my leg in a therapeutic whirlpool and I tried to hobble on It a bit today for the first Hine. I'll be here in the hospital another week and then I'll spend alsiut six weeks at my home in Frederick (Md I la-fore returning for another examination "It's definite that I won’t be playing ball anymore this year." Keller's brown eyes went blank as he said that and thought of the Yankees probably entering the series without him. A star with the Yankc for seven years, he has been a series standout four times. Charley was forced out of action the first week of June, at which time he was leading the league in home tuns and runs batted in. "I was caught in a rundown at Detroit and something snapped.” he explained. "After that I just

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couldn't run.' i The reawon was a ruptured inver , I lebral disk In the spine. »inl »« • operation was ordered. The dis I was a wafer-thin fibrocartilaginous ' disk, smaller than a dime, which Is filled with a gelatinous substan* •• and acts a.* a cushion la-tween two r vertebra*-. The substance had «<»«• i ed out and when he tried to run I the rubbing vertebrae caused a f sciatic nerve Irritation. •'Even now," Charley explained. , "there's no assurance that this I operation will clear up the trouble • I may have to have another in I which they would fuse the two vertebrae and that would take al- ' most a year.” The spinal disorder rained a re ■ action on the main nerve of the ' right leg and al present the limb; I is sore aud powerless, i "It will lie a couple of months rHBHWSX J. WII.I.LH 1311 W. Mesror St. krYm 11 j ■ a,m rrrrv hoff-brau —the beer that treats you rijfht / — SMB* JBL p pair II MBns Bitwisg Corp.. Fort fad.

probably itefore I can walk all tight." Keller said. And It will be e'en longer before 1 can run and think of playing baseball because you have to go through so many etrenuous motions and there's no use taking chances " Meanwhile, the 3ftyoar-old outfielder dreams enviously of his Yankee mates ns they roar toward their first pennant since 11943. The fellows are playing great ball.'' he grinned wistfully. "They <-«>me in he e to see me and tell me how lucky I am. to be able to Be in Imhl and not have to play ball In that hot sun. • But what I’d give to be out there with them." The Yankees would give a lot, too. They are winning, but it would come a lot easier with "King Kong" up there at the dish taking his licks. — o— — 20-Game Basketball Schedule For Purdue Imfayette. Ind . July 30 (UP)--|>u dm- university today completed a 20-game basketball schedule for next season The Bollermakew open Dec. 6 at home against Xavier, and play Ne-bra-ka. Marquetie, Pittsburgh,

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