Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 224, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1947 — Page 8

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Decatur Moose Win National Championshi

Down Decatur, 111., In Final Game Last Night 3-0 For National Honors

Local Moose Team Survives Field Os Nine Teams To Win National Tourney THE CHAMPIONS! The Decatur Moose softball team, Indiana Moose champions, capped a great season by soaring to the heights Monday night to nail down the Moose national championship in the final game of the national tourney, played at the Zollner stadium in Fort Wayne. The local lodge-sponsored team blanked their sister lodge team from Decatur, 111., 3 to 0, to bring national honors to this city, the first national title ever won by an athletic team from Decatur. In their march to the crown, the local team scored two shutouts and the only run scored against Decatur, in the first game Saturday. was unearned. The lion’s share of honors go to Paul Scat' Harrah. Decatur hurler. who tossed all three games, allowing only four hits and fanning 33 opposing batters. Several hundred local fans braved last night’s frigid weather,, far more suitable for football, to see Decatur take down the honors. Following the final game, the Decatur junior-senior and Catholic high school bands, the Decatur and Fort Wayne Moose drill teams presented a drill on the diamond, and the tourney concluded with a gigantic fireworks display. Win In Third The national champions scored all the runs needed last night in the third inning. With one out. Bob Davis and Floyd Reed both beat out bunts for basehits and after Royer fanned, both Davis and Reed scored when the Illinois catcher threw wild to first on McClure's bunt. An insurance run tallied in the eighth on Junior McClure’s double, a wild pitch and Harrah’s single. Monday afternoon, the Decatur team copped the semi-final tilt, interrupted by rain Sunday, by running wild for two runs in the sixth

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and four in the seventh to chalk up a 6 to 0 victory over St. Cloud. Minn. Neither team had scored in four and one-half innings of play Sunday, but Decatur started a bunting game when play was resumed Monday, scoring twice in the sixth on hits by Davis and Reed and a wild throw by St. Cloud’s third i sacker. A double by Harrah and a single by McClure, mixed with a walk, an error, a wild pitch and some inept play by St. Cloud gave Decatur four more runs in the seventh. The Minnesota team failed to get a man on base against Harrah in the three innings. McClure Leads Hitters McClure, Decatur left fielder, paced his mates at bat during the tourney with four safeties in eight trips to the plate. Ed Stoppenhagen. easily the outstanding catcher in the meet, cracked out four blows in Iff trips, Bob Scherer and Davis each had three for nine, and Harrah made three in 10 appearances. Great Season The national crown capped a great season for the Decatur team. Playing 55 games during the season, the local softballers won 50 and dropped only four decisions. Les Bauenneister. workhorse of the staff who did not see action during the national with Harrah red hot. won 39 games during the year and sustained only two defeats. A beautiful trophy, presented to the champions by Carl A. Weis, of Mooseheart, is on display in the Moose home here. The box scores: Decatur AB RHE Reed, lb 3 2 10 Royer. 2b 4 0 0 0 McClure. If 4 0 2 0 Graft, rs 4 0 0 0 Harrah, p 3 0 0 0 Stoppenhagen. c 3 110 Scherer, cf 3 0 ff 0 Crist, ss 3 110 Davis, 3b 3 2 10 Totals 30 6 6 0 St. Cloud AB RHE Schaefer, 3b *... 2 0 0 1 Zierden, If 3 0 0 0 Miller, cf 2 0 0 0 Streltz, rs 3 0 0 0 Saatzer, 2b 3 0 10 Seymour, lb 3 0 0 0 Roske, ss 2 0 0 0 Spiering. c 10 0 1 Zine, p 2 0 0 0 Totals 21 0 1 2 Score by innings: Decatur 000 002 4 —6 St. Cloud 000 000 o—o Decatur, IND. AB R H E Reed, lb 4 110 Royer, 2b 4 0 0 0 McClure, If 4 12 0 Graft, rs 3 0 0 0 Painter, rs 10 0 0 Harrah, p 4 0 2 0 Stoppenhagen, c 4 0 10 Scherer, cf 3 0 0 0 Crist, ss 3 0 0 0

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Davis. 3b 3 12 0 Totals 33 3 8 0 Decatur, ILL. AB R H E Bergbower, 2b 4 0 0 0 Deardorf, cf 4 0 1 0 Bradford. 3b — 3 0 0 0 Rex, rs 3 0 10 Travato, lb 2 0 0 0 C. Milo, ss 3 0 0 0 Rheinhold, c 3 0 0 1 G. Milo, If 3 0 10 Nicols, p 3 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 3 1 Score by innings: Illinois 000 000 000—0 Indiana 002 000 Olx —3 0 —o Louisville Colonels Even Playoff Series Milwaukee, Sept. 23. —(UP) — Louisville and Milwaukee, finalists in the American Association playoffs, were squared away today at two games apiece. The Colonels evened the series last night by beating the Brewers here, 4 to 1. Jack Griffore sparkled on the mound and at the bat in giving the Kentuckians an even split in the four games played. In addition to pitching four-hit ball, Griffore drove in two runs with a double. Three Colonel runs tallied in the second inning when Chuck Koney walked, Ed Lavigne singled and Jimmy Gleason walked, filling the bases. After one run scored on an infield out, Griffore pickled a fast ball for two bases and more than enough runs to win the game. Vern Bickford, who was making a bid for his third straight Brewer victory in the playoffs, was driven to the showers in the third inning. Jim Davis finished for the Brews after the Colonels scored their fourth run. Al (Sklppy) Roberge was the only Milwaukee hitter who could reach Griffore consistently. He got three of the four safeties Griffore allowed. Carden Gillenwater made the other single, driving in the lone Brew tally. Cool weather limited the crowd to 4.926. In the fifth contest tonight, Al Epperly will oppose Jim Wilson on the mound for the Colonels. 1 0 Kirkland Defeats Hartford, 18-11 The Kirkland high school sofball team defeated Hartford high. 18 to 11. in a game played at the Hartford diamond Monday afternoon. Electron tube manufacturers last year produced 205,000,000 radio tubes, 15C,000,000 of them for new sets. The summer institute of linguistics at the University of Oklahoma features methods for forming alphabets, preparing primers, dictionaries and grammars, and is especially designed for missionaries.

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Zollner Pistons Win I Third National Title ; Cleveland, Sept. 23 —(UP) — The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistone, who last night won their third straight world softball championship, today . announced their retirement from' tournaments of the amateur soft-1 'all association. The management of the Pistone 1 said their decision was based on ; the intention of concentrating more J in national and American softball : 'eague affairs and the effort to 1 ,-nake these two leagues the “peak I 1 if softball competition for the enire country.” “Our relatione with the ASA have been very fine,” sponsor Fred Zolller said, “but we feel that it will >e mutually beneficial for our learue and the ASA for our retirement: ,'rom the tournaments. Our retire-1 nent will leave the tournament vide open for other leading soft- i all clubs. “Today we return to Fort Wayne i i play the Aurora Foxes in the: inal playoffs of the national leaue. The winner of this series will ualify for the right to meet Rohester, American league champs, or the world series title.” The Indiana team gained their hird crown in fancy fashiqji last night when Bill West pitched a i no-run, no-hit game to beat the: Toronto Peoples Jewlera, 4 to 0.! West struck out 17 batters and isued two walks — both deliberat-1 ly to Toronto’s leading hitter, oug Adams. But the Pistons’ feat was not ithout parallel, for the women’#

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championship went to the New Orleans Jax Maids for the third straight year, the fifth time in the last six years. The Maids won their final game from the Phoenix, Ariz., Ramblers, 6 to 4. o National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 91 57 .615 St. Louis 83 64 .565 7% Boston 83 67 .553 9 New York 78 69 .531 Cincinnati 72 79 .477 20% Chicago 67 82 .450 24% Pittsburgh 61 88 .409 30% Philadelphia 60 89 .403 31% American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 94 55 .631 Detroit 80 69 .537 14 , Boston 80 69 .537 14 Cleveland 78 70 .527 15% Philadelphia 75 73 .507 18% Chicago 68 81 .456 26 Washington 62 86 .419 31% St. Louis 57 91 .385 36% YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis 4-3, Chicago 2-6. Only games scheduled. American League Detroit 6-2, Cleveland 4-7. St. Louis 4-0, Chicago 2-4. Washington at New York, rain. Only games scheduleji. — Dry Climate The average relative humidity in Phoenix, Ariz., is 57 per cent In the morning, 30 per cent at noon and 28 per cent in the evening.

Yellow Jackets Play At Portland Friday Decatur high school Yellow Jackets all reported in good physical condition yesterday afternoon, after a tough game against Auburn high gchool last Friday Coach Bob Worthman immediately started plans for the game at Portland against the Portland high school Panthers Friday night at 7:30 o’clock. Hopes still are high that the Jackets will hit their stride and there is a lot of talk among the squad that the losing days are over and the local team should win the remaining five games. Most of Monday’s drill was an effort to take the rough spots off the defense. Several of the second string line players are showing improvement and after a few more scrimmags will make it hard for the regulars to hold their positions. The Portland team is said to be weak on offense but strong on defense, however. Worthman is taking no chances and has planned several drills before Friday which will emphasize both offense and defense. Several hundred local fans are planning on attending the game at Portland. 0 « “Cheating at traffic lights is gambling with death.” Kenneth Runyon.

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Dodgers Take Flag As Cubs Defeat Cards New York, Sept. 23 —(UP) — The fourth pennant in Brooklyn Dodger history was securely tucked away today, and the bum’s home borough was getting back to normal after a celebration nontheless hilarious because it had been delayed five daye. Since last Thursday the one victory that would have meant the flag eluded the Dodgers, but last night the second-place Cards, playing while the Dodgers were idle, eliminated themselves by losing a night game to the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 3. Earlier the Cards had prolonged the race by beating the Cubs in an afternoon game, 4 to 2. The Dodgers now have 91 victories. and it is impossible for the Cardinals to match that figure since, with 83 wins, they have only seven games to play. The Cards were beaten in the clinching game by southpaw Johnny Schmitz, the same pitcher who defeated them in the final game of last season and forced them into the famed playoff series with the Dodgers. Schmitz relieved starting pitcher Erickson when the Cards scored two runs in the third inning, and the lefthander held the retiring world champions to a single run In the rest of the game. It was Schmitz’ fourth win over the Cards this year. Cliff Aberson led the Cub hitting with a two-run homer. Harry Brecheen was the winning pitcher for the Cards In the afternoon game, making three hits in his own support. This night-and-day doubleheader was the only action in the national league yesterday. In the American league, the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians split a doubleheader, the Tigers taking the opener, 6 to 4, behind rookie Art Houtteman, and the Indians winning the nightcap, 7 to 6, on Hank Edwards' pinchhit three-run homer in the ninth inning. The St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox divided a twinight doubleheader, the Browns winning the opener, 4 to 2, as Sam Zoldak pitched a four-hitter, and the White Sox winning the second, 4 to 0, ehind the eight-hit chucking of Joe Haynes. The Washington-Senators —New York Yankees game was postponed on account of rain. The other American league teams were not scheduled. Yesterday’s star — Johnny Schmitz of the Chicago Cubs, who allowed the Cardinals only one run and six hits in 6’6 innings to gain his 12th victory of the year. o Bowling Shoes for men. Miller-Jones Store. T

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