Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 15 September 1947 — Page 6

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Moose Team In National Meet Next Weekend The- Decatur Moose softball team, state champions, will compete in the national Moose tournament, which will be held at the new Zollner stadium in Fort Wayne Saturday and Sunday. The Decatur nine copped the state title in the tournament held recently at Goshen, the local lads breezing through this tourney with three easy victories. Twelve teams are expected to enter the Loyal Order of Moose national tourney this coming weekend, with seven of the teams already certified. -Teams entered to date include: Decatur, Des Moines. la.. Ludington, Mich., Decatur. 111., Parkersburg, W. Va„ Dayton. O„ and Ithaca, N. Y. The tournament will open Saturday morning, with the semifinal contest. Sunday afternoon and the national championship battle Sunday night. The Decatur Moose lodge will take both Decatur high school bands to the tournament, having chartered buses for the occasion, and the local lodge’s drill team will also attend. Prior to the final game Sunday night, the Moose patrol and drum corps will present demonstrations and a giant fireworks display will follow the final tit. The Decatur bands will present concerts preceding the games. The local Moose lodge is planning to form a caravan of all autos to the tournament, the caravan to leave the Moose home at 12:30 p. tn. Sunday for the semi-finals and final games. The drawing for the tournament will be made later this week. Golf Greenskeeper Slain At West Baden West Baden. Ind., Sept. 15 — (UP) — Police believed today that robbery was the motive for the shotgun slaying of Glen Moore, 27, golf course greenskeeper for a Catholic college in thia southern Indiana spa area. Moores body was found yesterday beneath a mulberry tree in a wooded ravine near the home where he lived with his brother. Clarence. 36. The dead man was employed by West Badan college, a Jesuit school for training priests. There was a shotgun wound in his back. Moore’s brother believed the dead man had a large sum of money in his pockets, but police said there was no money on his person when they examined the body.

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Jackets Will Play Auburn Here Friday Coaches Bob Worthman and Deane Dorwin sent Decatur high school Yellow Jackets through the first of a series of workouts today in preparation for the toughest game on the eight-game schedule next Friday night at Worthman field at 7:3(t o’clock. Coach Zeke Young brings his Auburn Red Devils to Decatur for a northeastern Indiana conference game. Auburn is regarded as the best team in northeastern Indiana and the Red Devils have lived up to their reputation in their first two encounters. They defeated Columbia City 39-2 and last Friday ran through Concordia 50-0. The Yellow Jackets lost a heartbreaker at Garrett last Friday, but no injuries were reported and Freeby and Foley, who have been on the injured list for several weeks saw action during the game. Weight apparently spelled the difference in the two teams last Friday, the Garrett line averaging' 174 pounds and the Jacket forward wall having a 153-pound average. Auburn has a heavy team of veterans, and the Red Devils play a driving game on offense and use a seven-man defense. The game here next Friday night will be the last home game until October 10, when the Jackets entertain Columbia City. After the Auburn game, Decatur will meet Portland September 26 and New Haven September 30, both away from home.

BASEBALL RESULTS

National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn ■ 89 54 .622 St. Louis | 80 59 .576 7 Boston 79 66 .545 11 New York 72 67 .518 15 Cincinnati 69 77 .473 21% Chicago 64 77 .454 24 Philadelphia 58 84 .408 30% Pittsburgh 58 85 .406 31 American League W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 90 53 .629 Detroit 77 65 .542 12% Boston 75 64 .540 13 Cleveland 73 67 .521 15% Philadelphia 71 70 .504 18 Chicago 65 75 .464 23% Washington 59 82 .418 30 St. Louis 53 87 .379 35% YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Philadelphia 7-9, Pittsburgh 3-7. Boston 1-1, Chicago 0-6. Brooklyn 13-6, Cincinnati 2-3. New York 9, St. Louis 1. American League Detroit 16-8, Washington 6-4. New York 6, St. Louis 4. Philadelphia 11-4, Cleveland 9-4 (2nd game called 9th, Sunday law). Chicago 1, Boston 1 (tie, called 7th, rain). 0 Zollner Pistons Win Two In Tournament Cleveland, O„ Sept. 15 —(UP)— Fort Wayne’e Zollners, defending champions in the world softball tournament, held a 2-0 no-hit, norun victory over the Cleveland Tucker Blue Grass club today. The victory, an achievement of pitcher Elmer Rohr who fanned 20 and walked one, came as the clubs replayd a game protested Saturday after the Fort Wayne team’s first win set aside because of the use of an ineligible player. The Zollners also came through in a night game to defeat the Grumman Aircraft nine of Minneola, N. Y„ 2-0. o LaGrange Resident Is Killed In Tavern La Grange, Ind., Sept. —(UP)— A tavern operator was held for investigation today in the revolver death of Richard Harold Holcomb, 23-year-old marine corps veteran. Holcomb, a LaGrange resident, was killed Saturday night in a tavern. Charles Dickinson, 38, the tavern owner, was held. Police said he admitted firing at Holcomb during a quarrel in which Dickinson was quoted as saying the ex-marine threatened him. Hard Time Dance at Geels Music Ranch Wed. Nite, Sept. 17th Everybody Welcome. Children Free Free Prizes.

. ~ i ’ 1 i La .w I J d w* it •' - i MB Oui la yjß-/jgl / jUiaLt Pictured above are members of the Decatur M oose softball team, winners of the state Moose tournament, and who will compete in the national Moose tournament at Zollner stadium in Fort Wayne Saturday ami Sunday.

Louisville Colonels Near Final Playoff 1 By United Press The Louisville Colonels were ( one game away from the final playoffs in the American Association and the champion Kansas City Blues had pulled even with the Milwaukee Brewers today after a weekend of play in the best-of-sev-en series. The Blues, who finished the regular season eight games out in front of the second plact Louisville , club, finaly got rolling in the playofs after dropping their first tw r o games. Kansas City bowed to the Brewers by one run in the two opening ' contests while they played in their own park, but when the teams moved up to Milwaukee, the Missourians suddenly found the range. They collected 14 runs off three Brewer pitchers Saturday night while Frank Hiller was holding Milwaukee to two runs. Yesterday they continued their winning ways as they dropped the Wisconsin team 5 to 2. The fourth place Millers found themselves really on the spot today. It was a case of win or else, with Louisville holding a three to two edge. The Colonels moved up to Minneapolis with a two-to-one advantage and took the Saturday night game at Nicollet field, i 8 to 7, but the Millers won yesterday’s game, 5 to 1, to stay in the running.

Playoff standings: W L Louisville 3 2 Kansas City 2 2 Milwaukee 2 2 Minneapolis 2 3 0 Three Men Wounded In Tavern Quarrel Brookville, Ind., Sept. 15 —(UP) — An Ohio man was held today for j questioning in the shooting of three Brookville men after a tavern quarrel early yesterday. The wounded were Alvin Lanning; his brother. James, and Paul Wolf. All were taken to a Batesville hospital with leg injuries and James Lanning was shot in the abdomen. Donald Barnes, 28, Harrison, 0., was held for questioning. Barnes was quoted by police as saying the three men and four others threatened him, his wife and hid brother-in-law. K & - kJ 4 .. wir '' ' - • - r Tr . lit ATTRACTIVE Dorothy Langan of Woodbridge, N. J., has been chosen from 300 girls to reign as Queen of the New Jersey State Fair, which will be held in Trenton Sept 21-28. As official representative of the fair, Dorethy will make appearances in New York City, New Jersey and . hiladelphia. (International)

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H. S. FOOTBALL Gary Roosevelt 21, Gary Mann 0. Fast Chicago Roosevelt 35, Gary Tolleston 13. South Bend Adams 20, South Bend Central 19. Toledo, O. Sctott 26, Fort Wayne South 7. Whiting 38, Lima, O. 6. -Evansville Reitz 26, Henderson, Ky. 13. 0 Suburban Playoff To Open Thursday The Decatur Legion softball team and Roanoke will open a three-game playoff series for the second half title of the Suburban league Thursday night. The first game will be played at Zanesville Thursday night with Decatur as the home team. The second game will be at Roanoke Friday night, and the third game, if necessary, at Zanesville Saturday. All games will start at 9 p.m. The winner of thfe set will then meet Ossian in a five-game series for the league championship. o — Corn Prospects In Indiana Better Lafayette, Ind., Sept. 15 — Corn prospects in Indiana as a whole improved materially from a month ago, it was reported today by Purdue University and Federal crop; statisticians. The September 1 forecast of 186,233,00(1 bushels is 20 percent les,3 than last year but about the same as the 1936-45 average production the report shows.

The probable yield of 43.0 bushels per acre is one bushel below’ the 1935-46 average. The soybean acreage expected to be harvested for beane is 1,445.000 acreas or 6 percent above last year. The reported yield of 18.0 bushels per acre is one bushel below last year, but the production forecast of 26,010,000 bushels fa I three percent above last year and about 60 percent above the 1946- . 45 average. , 0 Trade In h uood Town — Drcntnr i T Off For Safety IT COSTS so little to have your fire insurance extended to cover your property against other perils, that you can’t afford to run the risk of paying hundreds of dollars of your own money if you have a loss, say, from a windstorm, or an explosion. For security, ask — s The Suttles Co. Phones: 194 - 358 Niblick Block Decatur

Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court Bonnie Lou Frantz was awarded a divorce from John J. Frantz by Judge Earl B. Adams in circuit court here Saturday, in the ejectment suit of Harold and Ella Markland against Joseph and Dee Etta Miller, the defendant was ruled to answer. 0 WORLD FOOD (Continued from Pn»e 1) This poses a particular problem for this country, officials said, because western Europe has been leaning heavily on U. S. grain shipments. If these shipments have to ■be cut, it was said, the Communists are likely to make political capital of it. 0 YOUTHS ONLY (Continued renin Case ») front wheel locked. The car rolled over in its side, slid about 25 feet and the rear end slid up the metal bridge bannister, where it hung suspended, the sheriff said. Traffic was momentarily tied ip by the suspended vehicle, which was badly damaged. The vehicle is owned by Richard Mies, also of Decatur. He was rot an occupant of the car. 0 DR. THOMAS MCKEAN (Continued from Pagre 1) cine at Indiana University; and four brothers, J. P. McKean of Granite City, 111., William and Charles McKean, both of Monroe, and Homer of Waterloo. Two brothers and four sisters are deceased. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Montpelier Methodist church, with the Revs. V. O. Vernon, S. P. Stapp and Robert Holston officiating. Scottish ! Rite services will be conducted by Sam Geake, secretary of the Fort Wayne chapter. Friends may call at the Walker funeral home in Montpelier until 1 p.m. Thursday, when the body will lie in state at the church until time of the services.

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Dodgers Hike loop Lead To Seven Games New York, Sept. 15 —(UP) The ho-hum American league pennant race was just about over today with the New York Yankees one game away from clinching their 15th championship, while in the noisy national league the Brooklyn Dodgers were seven games ahead and only seven games away. This could easily be “C” day — clinching day —for the Yankees, who yesterday assured themselves of at least a draw for the flag by beating the last-place St. Louis Browns, 6 to 4. One more Yank victory — they are playing the Browns today — or one more Red Sox defeat — they are playing the White sox in a doubleheader — will wrap up the pennant. The Red Sox dropped to thirdplace yesterday when their twinbill against Chicago was rained out after seven innings of the first game with the score tied 1-1. Detroit won a doubleheader to take second, but the Tigers, with 77 wins and 12 games to go, cannot match the Yanks’ 90 wins while the Sox, with 75 wins and 15 more games, still have a mathematical chance to tie. Tommy Henrich’s 16th homer with two men on and Johnny Lindell’s 10th with the bases empty were the Yanks’ big wallops in yesterday's win. while Lefty Joe Page turned in a top-notch relief job to save the victory for Vic Rashi The Dodgers picked up a game-and-a-half yesterday by taking a doubleheader from Cincinnati, 13 to 2 and 6 to 3, while the St. Louis Cards took a 9 to 1 beating from the highpowered New York Giants. Lefty Joe Hatten was the winning pitcher for Brooklyn in both games, going all the way and giving seven hits to take the first and permitting oniy one hit in five-and-onethird innings of relief in the nightcap. Peewee Raase homered for the Dodgers in the second game. Giant rookie Larry Jansen beat the Cards for his 19th win of the year. Walker Cooper and Bobby Thomson exploded homers in his support. The Cards and Giants meet again today, while the Dodgers have an offday. Joe Dobson of the Red Sox and Ed Lopat of the White Sox were locked in a mound duel when the rains came. Replay of the doubleheader created today’s twin bill and another bargain card tomorrow. Detroit socked Washington twice, 16 to 6 and 8 to 4. with a total of 31 hits in the two games. Fred Hutchinson got his 12th win in the opener and Dizzy Trout won the second with help from Al Benton. The Philadelphia Phils also won a doubleheader, beating Pittsburgh 7 to 3 behind the six-hit pitching of Dutch Leonard and 9 to 7 for Schoolboy Rowe. Harry Walker, the national league’s leading batsman, had four hits in six tries. Warren Spahn gained his 18th

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victory for the Boston Braves, beating the Cubs 1 to 0 with a ninehitter in the first game of a doubleheader, but Cute came hack to take the second behind Johnny Schmitz, 6 to 1. Coming up with nine runs in the eighth inning,' the Philadelphia A’s beat Cleveland, 11 to 9, in the first game of a doubleheader, and they came back with a . run in the ninth to tie the second 4-4 when curfew ended the game. Yesterday’s star — southpaw Joe Hatten of the Dodgers, who gave up only eight hita in 14’A innings to win both games of a doubleheader that boosted his team’s league-lead to seven games. Violent Death Toll Is Light In State By United Press Indiana's week-end accidental death toll was comparatively light today. A checkup showed there was one traffic death, two drownings, a fatal fire and three from miscellaneous causes. Ruth Lee Stiles, 10-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlee Stiles of Cannelton, was killed and her parents and three others injured in an auto collision at Cannelton Saturday. Mrs. Olga De Hart, 25, Indianapolis, burned to death and her husband and two children were burned seriously’ when their trailer caught fire from a stove explosion Sunday. Colonel Burton, 56, Portland, died Saturday when a saw broke as he cut wood. A metal part from the saw’ flew off and hit him in the head. Frank Kurtz, 34, Harvey, 111., drowned Sunday in Bass lake near Logansport. His motor boat was upset by a high wave. Francis Burkhart. 34, Princeton, drowned in the Ohio river near Evansville when a boat containing six persons capsized. The five others clung to therfiverturned vessel and were rescued. Teddy Klooz, 30, Lafayette, died in a Kokomo hospital today of injuries suffered when his midget

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Kaiser Urges s| ee | Expansion —. Industrialist Sms Shortage Mount,, Washington. Sept ,- 3 Henry J. Kaiser west’tj dustrialist, the federal government write a national steel Jw program as a "guarantee® depression.” He issued a formal Bt J proposing a return to I tax policies which permits steel industry to write ,» cost of new equipment j n > five years. Kaiser said he did Mt the government to get J steel business. But he , ald end of the steel shortage Wll in sight and that failure to rand production facilities i prescribe a depression ” 1 Expansion, he said, i&, , s sibility "which must be shod ed by the government because other person or group is w ful enough to shoulder I[M The wartime plan which ser asked the government u institute permitted industries claim income tax exemption depreciation of new proper at a rate of about 20 to 25 cent per year instead of peacetime rate of four pert® This plan, he said, left tbs dustry in a healthy state st end of the war. And the g "protection” is necessary s he added, because the steel age is growing worse. Kaiser said the shortages “Mocking the return of w prosperity” by forcing maul turing costs up and lowed purchasing power through spi die lay-offs of employes. racing car crashed and bumedi the Kokomo speedway last tip John F. Hill, 70. Pulaski cm carpenter, died of injuries siifi ed when a windmill on which! working collapsed.