Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1947 — Page 8

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Legion Downs Van Wert To Take 3rd Spot The Decatur l<eglon bane hall team took over undisputed possession of third place In the Federation league Wednesday night, thumping Van Wert, ill to 2. at Dwenger park. These teams had been tied for third with lit wins and five losses prior to last night s Ult - The Decatur and Van Wert teams will tangle again Friday night at liwenger. with City Light meeting Decatur at Worthman field in this city Sunday after noon to wind up the regular league schedule. The playoff series will open nest Wednesday night at Dwenger. The two Fed teams dueled through three scoreless innings last night before Decatur broke the Ice with a pair of runs In the fourth on R Ixidd's double and a pair of outfield errors Van Wert picked up single runs in the fifth and sixth Innings for their two tallies. Decatur put the game on the shelf with four runs in the fifth on hits by Heckman and Reed, a walk, an error and a fielder’s choice. Three more legion runs tallied in the sixth and Decatur wound up the scoring with a singleton In the seventh. Zwick held Van Wert to six scat tered blows while Decatur made 10. with Reynolds, Andrews. Heck man and I«a<ld getting two safeties each. One other league game was played last night. Post 47 downing the War Vets. 11 to 6. to strengthen Post 47's second place hold. Decatur AB R H E Reynolds. If 4 12 1 D. Schnepf. ss 3 10 1 Andrews, c 3 2 2 0 Heckman, rs 5 12 0 McConnell, cf 5 10 0 Eichhorn. cf 10 10 R. Ladd. 2b 4 12 0 Reed. 3b 3 2 10 J. Rchnepf. lb 2 10 0 Mingus, 1b 0 0 0 0 Zwick. p 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 10 10 2 Van Wert AB R H E Wills, cf 3 0 0 1 Ochele. cf .. 10 0 0 Holmes, lb ... 3 110 * Snyder, rs 4 0 10 Palmer, ss 3 0 11 Crone, c - 4 0 0 0 Doan. 2b 3 12 0 Raker. If 4 0 0 1 Uncapher. 3b 10 0 0 Calaway. 3b 2 0 0 0

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National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn .. . 62 36 .633 New York 40 41 544 9 St. Ixiuls 51 43 .543 9 Boston 50 45 526 Cincinnati 46 52 . 469 16 Chicago 44 51 463 16*4 Pittsburgh 40 56 .417 21 Philadelphia 39 57 406 22 American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 65 32 670 Boston 52 42 .553 IBi Detroit 49 43 .533 13W Philadelphia 48 46 .MO 16% Cleveland . 42 45 .4*3 IX Washington 41 50 .451 21 Chicago 42 55 .433 23 St. lamis 34 58 .370 28tfc American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 63 43 .594 Louisville 63 49 563 3 Milwaukee 56 49 533 6H Indianapolis 55 53 .509 9 Columbus 52 56 .481 12 Minneapolis 52 59 468 1S1« St. Paul 46 62 .426 18 Toledo ... . 46 62 .426 18 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 11, St. Louis 10 (10 Innings). Pittsburgh 5-5. Boston 3-8. New York 5, Cincinnati 4 (10 Innings). Philadelphia 9. Chicago 2. American League New York 8. Detroit 5. St. Louis 2, Washington 1 (11 Innings). Cleveland 13. Boston 7. Chicago 3, Philadelphia 2. American Association Toledo 13-6, Kansas City 64. Indianapolis 5. St. Paul 4. Columbus 6. Milwaukee 3. Minneapolis 5. Louisville 4. 0 Berne Junior Legion Team To Indianapolis Berne, Ind., July 31 — The Berne Junior American Legion baseball team will make a trip to Indianapolis Tuesday evening to attend a special celebration at Victory field, home of the Indianapolis Indians The trip Iteiug sponsor ed by local Legion Post 468 and A. J. Moser and company. The feature of the evening will be a ceremony honoring Babe Ruth, former Yankee slugger, who will lie there in peison. This will he followed by an American Association game between Indianapolis and Milwaukee.

Dodgers Beal Cards, Boost League Margin New York. July 31—(UP) There still was some doubt about a “nickel world series" this year, but the doubt concerned the fare, not the participants. Brooklyn and the New York Yankees appeared to be “In.” The subway fare is “up in the air” as city fathers wrangle over whether they shall continue at a nickel, or make it eight cents or a dime, or l>oth a nickel and dime at different times. They hoped to settle the matter by application of common-sense arithmetic, and it was the same* simple arithmetic which enabled fans to place the Brooks and the—Yanks In the series. When Brooklyn scraped past St. Ixiuis last night, 11 to 10 in 10 Innings, It stretched the Dodger winning streak to 12 games and their National league lead to nine games. And when the Yankees beat Detroit, 8 to 5. while Cleveland drubbed the second-place Red Sox. 13 to 7. New York’s lead swelled to 11-K games. The Yankees have 57 games left and Boston has 60. In the other race. Brooklyn has 57 and the Cards 60. in round figures, the second-place teams would have to play .667 ball for the rest of the season while the leaders slumped to .500. If the Bosox and Cards are to get a replay of the 1946 world series. The Card average now Is .543, the Red Sox .553. There can be no doubt the Cards will battle spiritedly until the end. Mst night, with two out in the ninth inning and Brooklyn six runs ahead. St. Louis rallied with a rattle of singles and tied the score But In the 10th Inning Gene Hermanski doubled and Peewee Reese delivered the big hit to score him. and Clyde King held the lead. Jim Hearn, sixth Card hurler. was the loser. George Kurowski, who walked in the big ninth, hit a three-run homer In the sixth inning. The Yankees jarred Detroit. 8 to 5. with Larry Berra’s grand slam home run the big blow as New York came back from a 3 to W deficit to beat Paul Trout. Phil Rizxuto got three hits for the Yanks, including a homer. The Giants, protecting the record of 19 straight pitching victories set by Tim Keefe of the 1888 New Yorkers and tied by Rube Marquard of John McGraw’s 1912 team, halted Kwell Blackwell's winning string at 16 games as they heat the Cincinnati Reds in 10 innings. 5 to 4. Walker Cooper and Willard Marshall hit home runs off Blackwell to keep New York in the game, and in the 10th the star righthander walked Bob Blattner. who took second on a sacrifice and scored on Buddy Kerr’s single. Monty Kennedy held the Reds in their half of the 10th. It was Black weii's first loss

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since the Phillies beat him May 4. and made his season record 18 won and three lost. The Philliex, paced by John Wyrontek’s three-run homer in the first inning, defeated the Chicago Cubs, 9 to 2. It was the Phils’ second win over the Cubs in 15 games this year. The Braves and Pirates split a pair. Kirby Higbe’s five-hit hurling gave Pittsburgh the opener, 5 to 3. as he settled down after Bob Elliott touched hl in for a tworun first inning homer. Boston won the second game, 8 to 5. tak ing advantage of three Pirate errors in the third inning to get three runs and then hold that lead Frank Gustine’s hitting streak was stopped at 21 games by Charley Barrett in the opener. Cleveland walloped the Bosox, 13 to 7. on two big Innings -six runs In the first Inning and seven in the sixth. Joe Gordon's tworun homer climaxed the first Inning. "Ed Robinson and Ken Keltner each batted in three runs. The St. Ixnils Browns beat Washington, 2 Io 1. when Eddie Yost fumbled a ground ball In the 11th inning and allowed Paul ner to score from third base. Washington made three errors and each hurt Walt Masterson, who allowed only five hits. Rudy York's two-run homer in the first inning and a triple by Cass Michaels in the fourth Inning provided the Chicago White Sox with a 3 to 2 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Yesterdays star: — Peewee Reese, whose 10th Inning hit drove in Gene liermanskl with the winning run against St. Ixtuis in a game which might have had a tremendous psychological effect on the pennant race had St. Louis won after its six-run rally in the ninth inning. 0 -.Jf IK Wr 11 REPRESENTING the U. 8.. Mrs. Margaret A. Hickley addresses the ’ International Congress cf Women of Liberal Professions in Paris. Congress is sponsored by UN economic, social and cultural organization. ( I ntKnational}

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Tigers Nose Indians For Tourney Title The Tigers, nosing out a 15 to 14 victory over the Indians, won, the Championship of the recreation softball league tournament in the final game this morning at worthman field Line score: R H E Indians 336 H H 4 Tigers .... 381 21 15 6 2 Secaur, Brunton and Roop. Morrtoon; Murphy and Johnson. Legion Softball Team Downs Convoy, 4 To 2 The Decatur Ix-glon softball team registered a 4 to 2 victory over Hauler elevator at Convoy. 0.. Wednesday night Arnold s long home run with two on base in the sixth brought victory to the Legion. Each team made five hits and committed one etror Sharp and M Udd formed the Decatur. battery, with Kinsey and Martin In the points for Convoy. Star Hitched to Floor Pittsfield. Mass. (UP) Th<Pittsfield Welding Co. which ad verities that “we weld anything” bad a chance to prove it—on a shooting star. The Berkshire Museum was perturbed because visitors continued to test their muscles on the 143-pound meteorite H now Is securely anchored to the floor. The Romans considered the month of May unlucky for marriages because the festival of the unhappy dead was celebrated at that time. Perilla Is of the mint family. The seed produces a rapid-drying oil used in paint and varnish.

Newsboy Team Whips Monroe, 15 to 5 The Joumal-Ougette newalmys rtlatmned out 16 hits to defeat Monroe. 15-5. at Worlhman field Wednesday evening Bumbo Myers pitched airtight ball, limiting Mon((M. to a single safety, but poocontrol proa’dy cost him a shutout. since he Issued 15 free passes While Striking out 12. Slugging power of the Journal I ladrt was again the highlight of the 1 game Norman Kotine pounded oat four singles and a double for a perfect night at bat P Johnson chalked up two singles and a homer, as did Medford Smith. Myers, himnelf. got three for four. Line score: RHE Monroe 000 4M>l 310 —1 5 Journal 602 311 <»2x —ls HI 2 - - — The cow supplies nearly onefourthof all the Raid consumed by American families.

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