Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 225, Decatur, Adams County, 24 September 1947 — Page 6

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Series Shapes As Battle Os Age Vs Youth i Editor’s note — this is the first of four stories comparing the 1947 world series rivals.) BY LEO H. PETERSON 1 o (United Press Sports Editor) New York, Sept. 24. —(UP) — It will be age and experience against youth and speed when the I New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers square off at Yankee Stadium Tuesday in the opening game of the 1947 world series. The Yankees have the former, the Dodgers the latter. i Otherwise, the 1947 American • national league champions , stack up pretty evenly for there is , little to choose between their hit- | ting, fielding, pitching and catching. Each club may have a little edge ( in one department or another but ( in the final analysis the series j shapes up as a battle of age vs. (

youth. i The feeling is geneial that the Yankees and the DodgtU's are the weakest clubs to win their way into the series since the St. Louis Browns made it on the final day of the 1944 season. Neither club, the baseball experts feel, belong on the same field ae the 1946 pennant winners, the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. Neither has the power of pitching of the 1946 contestants. The Dodgers are an evenly balanced club which has players sitting on the bench who are just as good as those on the field. The same isn't true of the Yankees. The Yankees have some capable replacements — they had to to win the pennant with the : r epidemic] of injuries — but they don't measure up to Brooklyn's bench talent. The Yankees have a shade in power, their team batting mark of .274 being two points higher than the Dodgers. They have more long ball hitters with an aggregate of 112 home runs against Brooklyn's 82. The Yankees also have an edge in fielding, .982 against .979. But the Brooks have a better double play combination in Pee Wee Reese and Eddie Stanky than the Yankees do in Phil Rizzuto and George Stirnweiss. The Dodgens have come up with 170 twin killings against 150 for New York. In catching, the Dodgers in Bruce Edwards have a decided advantage over the Yankees. So it all boils down to age against speed. The Yankees, with

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pennant winners in 1941, 1942 and 1943. have the world series knowhow. the experience that means so much when the chips are down. But the Dodgers, who have five players from their la*st pennant winning club in 1941, have the speed which paid such handsome dividends for the St. Louis Cardinals in last year's Series and in their world championship triumphs before that. They take that extra base and Jackie Robinson, the negro first baseman. hae stolen more bases alone than the whole Yankee team. (Tomorrow — Pitching.) o- — Jackets Work Hard For Portland Tilt If a desire to win has anything to do with it, Decatur high school Yellotv Jackets should have easy sailing at Portland Friday night when they meet the Panther football team. Every player on the squad was exhibiting an anxious drive on offense and an extra effort on defense at Tuesday afternoon's long drill at Worthman field. Wefel,

Freeby, Peterson, and K. Grant were only a few of the players who were showing up good on defense. The second string offense failed to gain in a 45-minute effort against the regulars. Bruce Baughn, right end, was on the bench with a hip injury and Freeby was filling in at the end position. Coach Bob Worthman and Deane Dorwin were watching every move of the two teams. D. < Grant and Ray Lehman made some long gains on offense and George Gilbert looked good on numerous tackles. Another long drill was on the program this afternoon, with a somewhat shorter practice sched- ; I uled for Thursday. The team will leave for Portland late Friday afternoon in a chartered bus. Sev- ‘ eral hundred Decatur fans, believing that the long victory drought is 1 about over, will accompany the : team. • ’]f? r — o Three Former Jackets On Ball State Squad t Three former Decatur high ■ school footbaiT players, all lettermen at Ball State Teachers college, ‘ Muncie, are listed as probable ’ starters in the opening game of the football season next Saturday against Butler University at Ind- ' ianapolie, it was learned today. Bill Lynch, end. and two letter man at Ball State; Jerry Leitz, guard and Gene Melchi, tackle are listed as three probable starters as the team lines up Saturday against Butler. All three of the players are former Decatur high school regulars and each its at least a one-year letter man at college. In a feature article, appearing in Tuesday’s Indianapolis Star, there was a picture of Bill Lynch in a pre-game workoht.

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Branch Rickey Is Elated Over Dodgers 'Kids' New York, Sept. 25. —(UP) — Baseball fans who blinked in amazement when Branch Rickey installed his "youth movement” in Brooklyn "ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” That was what the proud father |of "farm system baseball’ had to say today about future Dodger pennant prospects after chortling with understandable delight over his 1947 squad which W’on the National league flag a year ahead of his schedule for a Brooklyn championship. But the enthusiasm of the beetlebrowed baseball genius actually waxed greater over his "second team” which took over midway yesterday in a 6 to 1 triumph over the Giants, than over his regulars who were given a well deserved rest. "Those boys on that second team may be the Dodger stars of tomorrow," he said. “The oldest man is shortstop Stan Rojek, who is 27. Tommy Brown at third base is the youngest at 19. Second baseman Eddie Miksis and outfielder Duke Snider are 20. Catcher Gil Hodges and first baseman Ed Stevens are 22. The other outfielders. Dick Whitman and Gene Hermanski are 24 and Dan Bankhead, negro pitcher, is 26. Rickey emphasized that there were other youngsters who may be just as impressive, many of whom are still in the minor league farm system. The Brooks, displaying their old speed and hustle after an expected letdown, sewed up the game for starter Joe Hatten on Johnny Jorgensen’s two run single in the fourth. From then on. the kids took over and in the sixth they scored four more. The Yankees, too. were impressive. winning 2 to 0 and 3 to 1 victories over Washington at New York as pitchers Allie Reynolds and Frank Shea tuned up for world series work with fine performances. Reynolds, who yielded six hits in the eight innings he worked. won his 19th game and his sixth shutout while Shea held the Nats to one hit and no runs until the eighth when a pop double and two infield outs gave Washington its first run in 16 innings. Hal Newhouser hurled the Tigers back into second place with his 16th victory, 4 to 1 over the White Sox at Chicago as the erratic Red Sox split a twin bill in Boston. The Red Sox dropped the opener with the Athletics, 9 to 3. but took the second game, 6 to 5 by making an early lead barely stand up.

The Cubs scored seven runs in the fourth to top the Reds. 7 to 2 at Cincinnati and prevent them from clinching fifth place. The Cardinals strengthened their hold on second place with an 8 to 4 triumph at Pittsburgh in which Ralph Kiner hit his 51st homer for the losers. The Indians scored a 7 to 4 victory over the Browns at St. Louis, clinching it with a three run seventh in which Dale Mitchell drove in two tallies with a triple. Walt Judnich hit a St. Louis homer. Yesterday’s stars — Allie Reynolds and Frank Shea of the Yankees who tuned up for the world series by pitching brilliant, 2 to 0 and 3 to 1 triumphs over Washington. 0 Fort Wayne Speedway Planning Two Races Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 24 — The midget racing world's fastest cars, the lightning-fast Offenhausers, are scheduled to put in another appearance at the Fort Wayne Speedway Thursday night, part one of a two-part weekly program at the California Road oval. The Mutual Racing Association will stage another of its stock car racing programs at the Speedway Sunday night. The midgets will have time trials, starting at 7 p.m., with regular racing getting under way at 8:30 p.m. Stock car racing will etart at 8:30 p.m. The MRA does not run time trials. o Milwaukee Brewers Take Playoff Lead Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 24 — (UP) — The Milwaukee Brewers attempt to clinch their first American association playoff title since 1936 tonight when they meet the Louisville Colonels in the sixth game of the final playoffs. Ewald Pyle will attempt to put the Brewers in the “little world series” for the first time in more than a decade. He will be opposed by Jim Wilson. The crippled Milwaukee team took a three to two lead in the series last night with a 10-innins 3-to-2 win

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Cross Country Race Here On Thursday Decatur high school cross country team will open its home stand Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the local course at Hanna-Nutt-man park, with Garrett high school harriers furnishing the opposition. The meet will be held as a preliminary to the freshman-sophomore football game between the two schools, scheduled for 7 o’clock Thursday night at Worthman field. The local team defeated Garrett in a close meet 10 days ago. The Decatur course, which is two miles in distance, is regarded as a tough one. The start and finish are near the east entrance to the park. The Yellow Jacket runners have been drilling for several weeks and it is highly probable that Coach Harry Dailey will send his entire squad into the race. Only the first five finishers on each team count in the final score, but each runner must finish in the first 10, or he is set down a point for each position he is behind. The meet Thursday will be the second for each team and will be Decatur’s first home meet of the season.

BASEBALL RESULTS

National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 92 87 .615 St. Louis 84 64 .568 7% Boston 83 67 .553 9% New York 78 70 .527 13% Cincinnati 72 80 .474 21% Chicago 68 82 .453 24% Pittsburgh 61 89 .409 31% Philadelphia 60 89 .403 32 American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 96 55 .636 Detroit 81 69 .540 14% Boston 81 70 .536 15 Cleveland 79 70 .530 16 Philadelphia 76 74 .507 19% Chicago 68 82 .453 27% ■Washington 62 88 ,413 33% St. Louis 57 92 .383 38 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 6. New York 1. Chicago 7, Cincinnati 2. St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 4. Only games scheduled. American League New York 2-3, Washington 0-1. Philadelphia 9-5. Boston 3-6. Detroit 4, Chicago 1. Cleveland 7, St. Louis 4. 0FOUR DIE, NEAR * <Continued from Pnv* 1> swirled up as the tanker caught fire. Crewmen said» the coal barge continued down the river and the tanker put into shore near Waddington. Ambulances and private cars rushed injured men to hospital at Massena and Ogenburg. o - Trade in n Good Town — Decatur

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CENTRAL SOYA LEAGUE Traffic won three from Pencilpushers; Truckers won three from Master Mixers; M & R won three from Feed Mill: Research won three from Dubs; Blue Prints won three from Wonders; Bag Service won two from Solvent; Better Halves won two from Erasers. Standing W L Research 8 1 Blue Prints 7 2 M&R 7 2 Truckers 7 2 Pencilpushers 6 3 Bag Service 5 4 Traffic 5 4 Erasers 4 5 Better Halves 3 6 Solvent , 3 6 Wonders 3 6 Dubs 2 7 Feed Mill 2 7. Master Mixers 1 8 High games: Men-Eley 212. Women—Way 172. High series: Men —Andrews 586. Eley 558, Azbell 545. Women —Mac Lean 447.

Columbia City Horse Show This Weekend Columbia City, Ind.. Sept. 24 — Devotional services at 10 a.m. Sunday, with Foster Jones, the minister, and his congregation mounted on horse back, will be one of the unusual features at the big horse show to be held at Columbia City this weekend. Premiums and trophies amounting to more than $3,000 are offered for this 2-day event which starts Saturday. The Hoosier Cavalcade and the state Palomino show are combined, under the auspices of the Indiana saddle horse association and the Columbia City saddle club. The show will be held on a 122 acre farm, one mile north of town, where a natural amphitheater has been terraced out of the face of a bluff. More than 5,000 spectators can be comfortably seated on the terraced. Box seats are around the ring. Police Chief Back Following Vacation Ed P. Miller, city police chief, returned today to his duties on the force after a two weeks’ vacation, during which he and his wife motored through northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The chief is the last of the city officers to complete his vacation. UN COUNCIL (Coni Inued from t-agr 1) in the hour. But the first test of UN voting a» this assembly showed that the strength is on the U. S.’s side. Russia was overwhelmingly de* tested on each attempt to prevent the assembly from debating Greece. Korea, and revision of the Italian peace treaty. It showed that Russia still only has six sure votes on any basic issue out of the 55 total.

Man Arrested For Running Stop Sign Police chief Ed Miller arrested L. A. Graham, of this city, about ,7:45 a.m. today on a charge of running a stop sign at Jefferson and Third street. The defendant is to be arraigned in justice of peace court to answer to the count. O—7 Pfc. Don Wolfe In Japanese Capital With The Eighth Army In Ota, Japan. Sept. 24 — Pfc. Don Wolfe is now serving with the famous first cavalry division in the present occupation of the Japanese capital. Overseae since December. 1946, Don is assigned to the 61st .field artillery battalion. Ist cavalry division, as number three man on the howitzer. He entered the army in Septem her. 1946 and received basic training at Fort Bragg. North Carolina. His father. Paul Wolfe, reside* at High Street, Decatur, Ind. o Automobile Stolen Here Last Evening A black 1947 Chevrolet auto, owned by Frank Carroll, was reported stolen last evening from a parked position in the 100 block on North Third street. The car was later rerecovered on Second street by sheriff Herman Bowman and officer Robert Hill. o Decatur Soldier Is Assigned To Bermuda Westover Field, Mas*.. Sept. 22 — Pfc. Donald R. Stough of Decatur, Ind., a postal clerk at this Atlantic division, ATC airbase, has been assigned to the Bermuda base command, and left today on a 10-day delay-in-route furlough at Decatur, prior to his leaving the United States for his new assignment. Pfc. Stough, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Zaphe, wan an electrician prior to service, and attended Westport school. He joined the air corps November 5, 1946. o Light Aids Hens Artificial lights which will make the day 13 hours long will help hens lay more eggs during the winter months, o “Cheating at traffic lights is gambling with death.” Kenneth Runvon. 224-3 t HEATERS for All Cars. Hot Water and Gasoline. DICK MANSFIELD MOTOR SALES 141 S. Second St. DR. H. R. OPTOMETRIST 104 N. Second St. (above Democrat office) ♦ Eyes Examined ♦ Glasses Fitted HOURS: 9 a. m. to 12 noon 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Saturdays till 8 p. m. Close each Thurs. afternoon Evenings by appointment. Phone 27

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