Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 184, Decatur, Adams County, 6 August 1947 — Page 8

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Mize Is After Babe Ruth's Homer Record New York, Aug. 6 (VlM—Given h little luck and a whole lot of Philadelphia Phil pitching, big John Mize of the New York Giants may break Babe Ruth's home run record of 60 although the Babe doubts It. Fans who saw Mize clout his 33rd and 34th homers last night to lead the Giants to a 5 to 2 win over the Phils weren't so skeptical. Georgia Johnny, who has none of Ruth's color and most of his power, sent the ball far Into th" rightcenterfield stands in his blows off Bllx Donnelly In the sixth inning and Schoolboy Rowe in the eighth, and went ahead of the pace Ruth marked out in 1927. Ruth got his 34th fourbagger in his 98th game; it was Mize's 96th. Ruth, commenting at Indiana polls, said yesterday that his record probably was safe “because there's too much of the element of luck In hitting so many." "Mize has the best chance: he has everything a great slugger needs.” the Italic said. "But he'd have to go like hell to hit all those homers." In that statement Ruth was right To break the mark. Mize must hit one home run each two games for the rest of the season Ruth set the mark with a ire mendous burst of 17 fourbagger* in September. Mize's two blows and Willard Marshall's 28th homer last night brought the Giant season total to 151, Just 30 under the Yankee alltime mark of 181 for a season, and indicated a hew record of more than 200 will be set. The Giants play the last place Phils six more games in the next* nine days. Mize had a third "nomer" last night. In the first inning he singled to center field and Harry Walker let the ball roll through him to the fence as puffing Johnny came all the way home. Dave Kosio held the Phils to three hits for his 13th win. St. Louis. still doggedly chasing Brooklyn, finally made some headway, trimming the Dodger

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lead to six games by walloping Chicago 8 to 2, while Boston trimmed the Brooks, 4 to 2. Del Rice's grand slam homer and a two-run fourbagger by Whitey Kurowski paced the Redbird attack as Harry Brecheen won his 13th victory. Claude Passau was the loser, as the Cards won their fifth straight since losing three to the Brooks. Johnny Sain, helping himself miglftily at bat. stopped the Dodgers as he took his 15th triumph. Sain batted in the first Brave run and scored the second himself, and Hank Camelli's two-run double in the sixth sent Hal Gregg to the showers with the loss. Brooklyn got nine hits and Boston five, but the Brook blngles were scattered. Hank Greenberg paced Pittsburgh to a 12 to 4 victory over Cincinnati. batting In three runs and storing twice. Dlvle Howel] got three hits and tallied twice as the Hues battered four Reds pitchers The American league race became even more of a runaway as the Yanks trimmed Philadelphia. 8 to 5. to stretch their lead to 14 games ax both Boston and lost. Four runs on five hits in the ninth inning gave New York Its victory over the A’s. John Lindell and George Mcuinn each batted In two Yank runs. Walter Masterson of Washington defeated the Boxox. 3 to 1. with a seven hit pitching Job Dave Ferris* gave the Nats only five hits, but seven walks and two hit batsmen ruined his performance. In a twilight game. Cleveland came from behind to trounce Detroit. 8 to 4. a* every starter but pitcher Roh Isernon Joined In the 13-hit attack. Ixm Boudreau of the Indians hit two doubles to regain the league hatting lead from George Kell of Detroit with a .336 mark. Chicago's White Sox defeated the St. Ixiuls Browns, 5 to 1. behind Ed laipat's four-hit twirling Cass Michaels, with three hits, led the Chicago attack on Sam Zoidak Yesterday’s star—John Sain of the Braves, who pitched and batted Boston to victory over leagueleading Brooklyn. He allowed nine scattered hits and hatted in one rnn. then scored another after hitting safely. 0 The reason some men never re form Is that their penitence never becomes anything more than a regret. Christians are like tea: their real strength is not drawn out until they get into hot water.

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Kansas City Boosts Lead In Association By Vnlted Press Kansas City strengthened its American Association lead to five games last night after whipping Louisville. Its nearest pursuer, twice. The Blues shut out the Colonels 4 to 0. In the first game at Louisville and then beat them, 6 to 2. In the nightcap. In other games, Indianapolis climbed to within a game and a half of third place by shading Mil waukee, 3 to 2, Columbus edged St. Paul. 2 to 1, and Toledo measured Minneapolis. 6 to 3. Marius Russo fashioned a five hit Job in blanking laniisville while Kansas City hammered a pair of pitchers in the first game for nine blows. Cal McLish. Blues pitcher, extended the Colonels string of scoreless innings until the ninth of the nightcap. Then with a 6-0 lead, McLish. who pitches with either hand, yielded a pair of runs. (fanxa* City made all of its runs in the sixth inning. Royce Lint southpawed the In dians to a five-hit performance over Milwaukee at Indianapolis. Despite allowing 12 hits, Lee Ross kept the Brewers in the game until the final inning when he yielded the winning run. Brewer first baseman Heinz Becker and Iridian catcher Leroy Jarvis hit home runs. With Jerry Witte and Dick Kimble sparking the attack by hitting home runs, the Hens drew within a game of seventh place at Toledo. Witte got his with a man on base In the first Inning and Kimble tallied the eventual winning run In the third. Ray Shore was the win ning pitcher, allowing the Millers seven hits. The Red Birds came from behind to score twice in the ninth inning to win at Columbus. Wayne Mc!<eland held St. Paul to seven base knocks while Columbus could get only five blows off Leroy Pfund and George Coffman. Coffman relieved in the ninth after Pfund weakened. 0 VFW Softball Team Wallops Zanesville The Decatur VFW softball team walloped Zanesville. 13 to 1. in a game Tuesday night at Zanesville. The winners made 11 hits, including two homers by Reef and one by Summers. The losers collected only three hits. Batteries: VFW. Potts and Conrad: Zansevllie. Waion. Frelherger and McCratprey. Miami Airport Scene Os $2,000,000 Fire Miami. Fla.. Aug 6 —(UP)— Six large passenger planes and an undetermined num l»er of small craft and 50 airplane engines were destroyed today in a spectacular fire that gutter! a huge hangar at the 20th street airport. The fire burned for almost two hours into the dawn. A paint shop housing Inflammables spread the flames and sent billowing smoke high into the air.. An airport official estimated damages at almout 12.0M.000. ■... ...a Harvester Contract Extended To Monday Fort Wayne. Ind . Aug. 6 -(UP) — Negotiations continued today between the International Harvester Co. and local 57. tifiited Automobile Workers (CIO) following an extension of the old contract until next Monday. In a Joint statement late yesterday works manager Hugo A. Weissbrodt and union president Eugene Snouffer said they had both agreed on the extension and that the agreement may lie extended even beyond Monday. o Protection Everywhere — Decatur Insurance Agency. Established IHH7. 183i4

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National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 64 4U .615 St. Louis 56 44 .560 6 New York 53 43 .552 7 Boston 53 49 ,s4o 10 Cincinnati 51 55 .481 14 t'hicago 47 54 .465 1&H Pittsburgh 42 60 .412 2! Philadelphia 40 61 .396 22'i American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 69 34 .670 Boston 53 46 .535 14 I »-t roil 51 45 .531 14!4 Philadelphia 52 51 .60S 17 Cleveland 45 48 .484 19 Washington 44 52 .458 21H Chb-ago 45 57 .441 23>g St. Loui* 36 62 .367 30% American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City ....’. 69 44 .611 Ixmisville 67 52 .563 5 Milwaukee 57 54 .514 11 Indianapolis 57 57 .500 12% Columbus 56 59 .487 14 Minneapolis 55 63 .466 16% St. Paul 50 65 .435 20 Toledo 49 66 .426 21 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 12, Cincinnati 4. St. Louis 8, Chicago 2. New York 5. Philadelphia 2. Boston 4, Brooklyn 2. American League New York 8, Philadelphia 5. Chicago 5, St. Ixnils 1. Washington 3, Boston 1. Cleveland 5. Detroit 4. American Association Kansas City 4-6. Louieville 0-2. Indianapolis 3. Milwaukee 2. Columbus 2, St. Paul 1. Toledo 6, Minneapolis 3. 0 Success and serenity of life depend upon our ability to think of both its ad van I ages and disadvantages and keep them in the propel 9 perspective. 0 O —O Today I sSport Parade I By Jack Cuddy I I (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) I O O New York. Aug. 6 — (UP «— There Is a strong feeling among the patrono of Larry MacPhall’f pop-fly and cocktail emporium in the Bronx that the reaion the Yankees don't steal bases these days U that they'd get badly braised with those horse shoes In tbeir hip

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holm) Newsom, and rookie . Raschl as the <>nlv front line er* without one kind of misery or another. .. The fact that Newsom tt nd Ras< hi are with the club at all indicates In Itself what kind of luck the Yankee* have been enjoying Newsom, a dugout orator who can make u career as u travelogue lecturer when he quit* baseball, times in 12 starts with Washington bad been batted out of the ia>x 11 yet when he came to the Yankees via Waivers he turned right around and won four straight. Rax<|il, just a »<»•»'» prosi'M't whom the Yankees optioned out to Portland. Ore., was recalled at the time New xom was acquired an I won fi*’ straight. Together they took up the slack caused by the absence of staff aces, veteran Sud Chandler and rookie Frank Shea, both out indefinitely with arm trouble. It would have been hard to believe that they could win nine games without a defeat but that is Just what happened They aren't the only pitchers with troubles. Charley Wensloff also has arm lameness, Allie Reynolds an ocaslonal stiffness.' Joe Page as a relief artist is weary and at times Ineffective and Newsom • himself hae been suffering from a heavy cold. As for the rest of the team the Injury list is almost unbelleveable. Joe Dimaggio, the "big man." was out at (lie start of the season re covering from a heel operation and now he is laid up again for an Indefinite period with a torn muscle In his neck. Charley Keller only yaterday left the hospital after a serious spinal operation tor removal of an obstructing disc and he will be out. for the season. Among the others who had various incapacities were Infielders Hobby Brown. George RtlrnweiM, Phil Rlzzuto and George McQuinn. Brown had a broken finger. Stlrnwelss and Rlzzuto were laid up with lame legs and McQuinn takes treatments for a chronically aching back before each game. Outfielder Tommy Henrich had a wrist injury and a sore arm mak-

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