Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 185, Decatur, Adams County, 7 August 1947 — Page 8

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Cards Within Five Games Os National Lead New York. Auk. 7. (UP) l«ast year's pennant winners, the St Louis Cardinale and the Boston Red Sox. both were in a headlong j rush today—but the Cards were going up and the Rosox were hurrying down St. Louis trimmed Cincinnati last night, 6 to 3. to cut Brooklyn's , lead to five Kames, while the Red Sox were kicking away a 1 to o' Kame to WashlnKton. which koi only two hits. It was the seventh loss in eight games for Boston, which appears determined to present the American leaKue pennant to the Yankees virtually by default and cost the Red Sox second place as Detroit Jumped ahead of them For St Louis, last night's tri umph was its sixth straight, and 13th in the last 18 games Included in that string were three straight defeats by Brooklyn, which de parted from St lajuis 10 games in front But the indomitable Red birds refused to stay dead, and the National league race still is a threeway fight, for the New York Giants cannot be ignored. The situation was Just the opposite in the American league The Yankees seein to be the only ones I willing to accept the flaK H Two weeks ago the Yanks led by only nine Kames, and since they s|ar pitchers Spud Chandler and Frank Shea haven't thrown a ball, outfielder Joe Di Maggio has been sidelined, the team learned that i

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ChaVley Keller probably won't be back this season, and minor hurts have plagued Bob Newsom and George McQuinn. Yet the Yank lead has grown to 14 Kames as the Tigers and Red Sox faltered Last night's Red Sox Washington game appeared to l>e the knockout | blow to faint Boston hopes The ' Nats didn't get the ball out of the infield on its hits Eddie Yost hit a grounder to Bobby Doerr and beat it out Doerr threw wildly trying for the out Then Buddy Lewis bunted safely to move Yost lto third and Yost scored on a double play Earl Johnson was the loser and Mickey Haefner, who gave up five hits, was the winner The Cardinals took advantage of three Cincinnati errors to score three unearned runs the margin of victory Stan Muslal anil Terry Moore humored for the Redbird*, and Ed Lukon got a two-run homer for the Reds Cincinnati outhlt St laiuls. nine tn six. Warren Spahn pitched Boston to a 7 to 3 victory over the stricken Brooklyn Dodgers, their fifth loss in six games A three run home run by Rob Elliott and a two run double by Nanny Fernandes gave the Braves lefty all the runs be needed for his 14th win. Joe Hatten was the loser The Giants beat the Phillies. 5 to 2. to come within six games of Brooklyn Three runs in the first inning, on an error, a single, a walk and Walker Cooper's double, gave Jansen enough for his 12th victory. The Giants got six hits, none of them homers. In winning for the ninth time in 12 starts. Pittsburgh walloped Chicago, 7 to 2. as Roger Wolff won his first National league victory with an eight-hit Job Jim Russell batted in four runs with a homer and double

The Philadelphia Athletics dumped the Yankees. 5 to 3. on Bill McCahan's five-hit hurling. ,Be bo Newsom was the loser when he yielded four singles. a sacrl-I flee, and three walks In the sixth inning Aided by a Yank error. ’ the A's made four runs in the Inn 1 Ing. Al Clark. Billy Johnson and 1 Sam Chapman hit home Tuns 1 Detroit hurdled ove'r the Red ‘ Sox into second place by heating Cleveland twice, 13 to 6. and 7 to i S. The first game was settled by l a nine-run eighth Inning Itetrolt > had batted Bob Feller out in the > seventh and then sent 13 men to bat in the next Inning The Tigers I continued to hit hard In the first -two innings of the nightcap, get- - ting all their runs in those innings Ten home runs were hit In i the two games. Hank Edwards ■ and Hank Ruxowskl, both of i Cleveland each got two. The White Sox licked the St. . Louis Brown*. 7 to 3. with a five- ■ run burst in the second Inning i Ralph Hodsin tripled with two men - on to highlight the Inning. Yesterday's star Bill McCahan of the Athletics, who held the league-leading Yankees to five i hits in scoring a 5 to 3 victory. 0 Biq Car Races At Winchester Sunday Winchester. Ind. Aug. 7— An ' other big car auto raring program has been scheduled for Funk’s , Speed way here Sunday. August 10 1 under the banner of the V A. \. contest board with several of the i 500 mile Indianapolis race drivers entered. i A full purse was paid to the drivers here when the program was halted by rain jUHt before the sea- , lure race on July 27. under the rules of the A. A A. contest board: , however since the feature race that day could not lie presented, fans holding rain check* will he ad1 mitted for one-half fare for the 1 event Sunday. Time trials are scheduled to start at 12:30. and the first competitive race is set to get under way at 2:30, (C.D.T.L o Fort Wayne Speedway Planning Two Races Fort Wayne, Ind . Aug. 7— The usual program of unueual chills and thrills is offend ra< Ing fans by the Fort Wayne Speedway this week. It's to be another double feature week, with the mighty midgets roaring Thursday night and the stock cars racing Sunday night. Both programs start at B:3U pm o May we have the wit to discover what Is true, and the fortitude to practice what In good.

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National League W L Pct. C.B. Brooklyn 61 41 .610 St. I.oiilh 57 44 .564 5 New York 54 43 .557 6 Boston 54 49 .524 9 Cincinnati ' 51 56 .477 14 t'hh-ago 47 55 .461 15* ; Pittsburgh 43 6o .417 20 Philadelphia 40 62 .392 22% American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 69 35 .663 Detroit 53 45 .541 13 Boston 53 47 .530 14 Philadelphia 53 51 .510 16 Cleveland' 45 50 .474 19% Washington 45 53 .464 20% Chicago 46 57 .447 22% St. IxtUia 35 63 .364 30% American Association W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 69 44 .611 U.uisville 67 52 .563 5 Milwaukee 58 55 .513 11 Indianapolis 58 58 .500 12% Columbus 57 60 ,487 14 Minneapolis 55 64 .462 17 St. Paul 51 66 .436 20 Toledo 50 66 .431 20% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St. Louis 6. Cincinnati 3. Boston 7. Brooklyn 3. New York 5. Philadelphia 2. Pittsburgh 7. Chicago 2. American League Philadelphia 5. New York 3. Detroit 13-7. Cleveland 6-k Chicago 7. St. Louis 3. Washington 1, Boston o. American Association Indianapolis 5-5. Milwaukee 4-7. Kansas City at Louisville, rain. Toledo 9. .Minneapolis 8. St. Paul 5. Columbus!

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Decatur Elks Compete In State Golf Tourney X Twelve members of the Decatur ! B. P. () Elks lodge will compete in tiie annual Indiana Elks state golf tournament, which will be held at the Elks golf course at Lafayette Friday. Saturday and Sunday. Decatur men who will participate are: Charles D. Ehlnger, R. J. Macklin. Norman Steury, George Alton, Ed Engeler, Mae Locke, Andrew Appelman, Dr. Ed Peck. Jack Nelson, Robert Holthouse. Robert Andrews and George Laurent. Fort Wayne G. E. Wins State Semi-Pro Title Kokomo. Ind.. Aug 7— (UP) — The Fort Wayne G. E. baseball club battered three Terre Haute pitchers for 22 him last night to win the 1947 Indiana semi-pro championship, 16 to 2. Fort Wayne will meet Hills Ford. Oak Park, 111., the Illinois semipro champion, in a liest two out of three Kames this weekend. The ’ first Kame will be played at Fort 1 Wayne Friday. Saturday the teams move to LaKrange. 111. 0 100 Pheasants Are Released In County Gaine warden John Hoffacker and Robert Hill, president of the Adams county conservation club, today supervised the release oi 100 pheasants in various parts of the county. ——j iTrnilr In a Good Town — nerntnr , ■—i. i -

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Legion Team Loses To Moose, 9 to 2 The Decatur l-e«i«'n baseball team lost to the Fort Wayne M.mse, !• to 2. Wednesday mxl.i Fori Wayne, in a game for third place in the Federation league By tYis defeat. Decatur will n«w play Van Wert at Dwenger park Saturday night In Hie Hrsl o! the playoff series to determine the team to represent the Federation league in the uutional tournaineii’. oEscapes Injury In t Unusual Accident Berne. Ind-. Aug 7 Lewellyn Stucky, manager of the Berne Lumber company, escaped injury late Tuesday in an unusual mishap on federal road 27 a mile -oiitli of l»«catur Stucky was driving a light truck when a rope stretched across tin- highway hooked onto the hood of the truck, pulled It out of jsmiHon and flipped it into the air The truck suffered minor damage Stucky said some workmen were moving a house and Hie rope was attached to wires to pull them to the side. This rope dangled to a bout two feet above the pau-metil Stucky did not oee It until It had hooked to his truck o Eastern Cuba Shaken By Four Earthquakes Santiago De Cuba. Aug. 7 (UP) • Four earthquakes shook eastern Cuba during Hr* night, leaving one person dead and ten injured. The tremblors, lasting up to 15 seconds each, cracketl buildings in Santiago De Cuba, and sent hundreds of persons fleeing to parks to sleep out the night. Other localities in eaitern Cuba reported feeling the shucks, but the only casualties were reported in Santiago De Cuba. a*city of 62. 000 |iopulatiun The lone fatality was attributed to a heart attack, but falling debris was blamed for injuring others, two seriously. Electric power in Santiago' De Cuba was knocked out for one bour and 40 minutes. In 1933, an earthquake in the city took many Hvcm and caused extensive property damage. o In every ton of milk sent off the farm there are 14 to 18 pounds of mineral matter, mostly lime and phosphate. Give to the world the best you have and the liest will come back t 6 you.

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