Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 274, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1947 — Page 8

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Elliott Named • Most Valuable In National New York, Nov. 20 —(UP) — Boh Elliott, rising to the peak brilliance of a long career in his first season with the Boston Braves, today was named the most valuable player in the national league, the first third baseman in the history of the majors ever to he selected tor such an honor. Elliott, whose fellow players affectionately nicknamed him “the team" because of his all-around proficiency, did not lead the league in any department of hitting or fielding, but his .317 batting average was third highest among national league regulars and the best he ever compiled for himself in a nine year career in the majors. The six-foot, 185-pounder from Plaster City, Cal., “plastered” opposing pitchers for 176 hits including 35 doubles, 32 homers and live triples, and had the highly respectable total of 112 runs batted in. Coming to the Braves after eight years with the Pirates in which hq had a lifetime major league average of only .292, he immediately clicked with Boston idiot, Billy Southworth, and broke up ball game after ball game with timely slugging. lElliott got nine first place votes out of 24 in balloting by a special committee of baseball writers, three from each national league city. On the basis of 14 points for a first place vote, nine for second, eight for third and so on down to one point for 10th, Elliott received 205 points, giving him a comfortable margin over pitcher Ewell Blackwell of Cincinnati, who was second with 175 points. First baseman Johnny Mize of New' York was third with 144 points, catcher Bruce Edwards of Brooklyn fourth with 140 and rookie Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn, star negro first baseman, fifth with 10G. Others in the first 10 were outfielder Ralph Kiner of Pittsburgh, 101 points; pitcher Larry Jansen of New York, 91, shortstop Peewee Reese of Brooklyn 80, third baseman George Kurowski of St. Louis, 45, and outfielder Harry Walker of Philadelphia, 45. Others who received first place votes besides Elliott were Edwards. 4, Reese, Mize and Blackwell, 2 each, and Robinson, Jansen, pitcher Emil Leonard of Philadelphia, and outfielders Willard Marshall and Dixie Walker of the Dodgers, 1 each. Last year’s award winner, first baseman Stan Musial of the Cardin-

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Geneva at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at St. John’s of Lima, O. Monroe at Kirkland. Huntington Catholic at Monmouth. i Pleasant Mills at Hartford. Jefferson at Poling. . als, got only two seventh place j votes, one eighth and one 10th for! a total of 12 points in this year’s I balloting. —o Curtis Resigns As Coach Os Kautskys Indianapolis, Nov. 20 —(UP ) —I The Indianapolis Kautskys of the! National Professional Basketball league was in the market today for a new head coach after Glen Curtis resigned “unexpectedly.” Paul Walk, general manager of the team, said last night the resignation had been accepted, but said he could make no further comment. Curtis, who moved Finto professional basketball after coaching Indiana high school pnd college teams, resigned after the Kautskys dropped a tight contest to Rochester, 56 to 53, Tuesday night. The team has lost two out of three home games, but has won their only league contest on foreign courts. The Kautskys won the Chicago Invitational tournament last year and it was reported that owner Frank Kautsky, Indianapolis grocer, was disappointed with the team’s current showing. Leo Klier, team paptain and former Notre Dame star, will take charge of the team in its game with the college AA-Stars at Chicago next Monday and will continue to handle the team until a successor to Curtis is named. Curtis coached the Martinsville, Ind., high school team which won three state championships and later became successful head mentor at Indiana State Teachers college ■ at Terre Haute. He came to the 1 Indianapolis team at the close of ‘ last season after resigning as 1 coach of the Detroit Falcons of the ■ Basketball Association of America.

o Cleveland Indians Buy Browns Players Cleveland. Nov. 20 —(UP) — The Cleveland Indians today acquired 'outfielder Wally Judnich and pitcher Bob Muncrief from the St. Louis Browns in exchange for outfielder Joe Frazier and pitcher Bryan I Stephens and cash. Tribe president Bill Veeck said the cash would run into “five figures.” He also will give the Browns another unidentified player at a later date. O : George Mikan Signs With Minneapolis Minneapolis, Nov. 20 —(UP) — Lofty George Mikan. one of. the most sought after players in professional basketball, signed a Minneapolis contract early today for a reported $15,000 a year. The six-foot, 10-inch former all American from De Paul University, and late of the Chicago Gears, will play for the Lakers tonight at Sheboygan in a National Basketball league game.

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I Taliaferro Unlikely To Play Saturday I Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 20. — ! (UP) —Coach Alvin (Bo) McMillin , indicated today that Indiana UniI versity may have to meet Purdue without the aid of George Taliaferfb Saturday. Taliaferro, injured in the Michigan game, was forced to leave the i practice field yesterday after eight ! plays. Chest injuries hampered his breathing. Purdue Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 20.—(UP) I —Another heavy workout was ! scheduled for <he Purdue Univer- ■ sity football squad today in preparation for the old oaken bucket i contest against Indiana this weekend. Coach Stu Holcomb said he would stress kicking practice for Art Haverstock, reserve guard, and George Papach, long-distance punter. He added that he expecter his Boilermakers to be at their “peak” for the Hoosiers. Minnesota Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 20. — (UP)—Coach Bernie Bierman kept | University of Minnesota football players guessing today about who would get the nods to play against Wisconsin here Saturday. Bierman shifted players from squad to squad during practice today while he searched for "eleven men who want to play ball.” The Gopher mentor accused the team of sluggishness in its loss to lowa last week after Minnesota outscored the Hawkeyes in first downs and total yardage. Ohio State Columbu, 0., Nov. 20. — (UP) — “We’re going up to Ann Arbor and battle our heads off,” coach Wes Fesler of Ohio State said today despite the fact that four of his pigskin stars will be out of the tilt because of injuries. Joe Whisler will be out with a bruised shoulder; Rod Swinehart with a bad charley horse; Chuck Fazio with a broken hand, and Alex Verdova with a torn cartilage in his leg. Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 20.— (UP)—Chances for a Michigan upset at the hands of unTTerdog Ohio State were minimized today by I Wolverine coach Fritz Crisler. “It means as much to Michigan football players as to me and the fans that they finish the season I undefeated.” Crisler said. He added that the squad continued to prepare fbr the Buckeyes J just as they did for all other games - I o Telephone Wires To Store Are Cut City police early today were continuing their investigation at Hi’s Package Liquor store on Thirteenth street, where they found telephone wires from the store had been cut. Herman Meyer, owner and operator of the store, informed officers Roy Chilcote and Robert Hill about 12:30 a.m. today that his telephone was out of order and that he heard someone prowling around about 10; 30 o’clock last night. The officers found the severed wires on the outside of the building. Some partly obliterated tracks were also found around the store. The liquor store is the scene of a recent robbery in which a 2,000 pound safe, several thousand dollars in currency, bonds and liquors were stolen.

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| Today 1 s Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley I (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) I O 0 i New York, Nov. 20—(UP)—Not for betting purposes (a necessary prelude with the D. A.’s gunshoes glomming the gridiron) hut simply a rating of collegiate character building—Fraley’s Follies or the weekehd football winners. National Southern California over UCLA —The Trojan horse is built like a Percheron but it moves along like a thoroughbred. The scurrying sharpsters make it Southern Cal by T-’/t, which doesn’t seem enough. Midwest Missouri over Kansas —The blueplate special. Michigan over Ohio State —Best bet. (Ooops.) Notre Dame over Tulane —Money in the bank. Illinois over Northwestern —Oh their aching backs. Purdue over Indiana —Hoosier hangover. Wisconsin over Minnesota- Back to the old Badger game. Oklahoma over Nebraska—Less the sooners are later. Southwest S. M. U. over Baylor—Smoo too smooth. Rice over TCU —Hoooo? Texas Tech over New Mexico — Easily engineered. Detroit over Tulsa —Blow gently, etc. South of Kiska Stetson over Mississippi College —Keep it under your hat. Devens over Mohawk —Blast of the Mohicans. Hiwassee over Ashe-Biltmore— Okay, I’m anti-social. East Penn State over Pitt —But needs a fast track. Columbia over Syracuse—Come in, Dan’l. Boston College over St. Mary’s— What ever happened to Presto Podesto of Modesto? Princeton over Dartmouth —Lo, the poor Indian. Also: West Virginia over Temple; Holy Cross over Fordham; Colgate over Boston University and Yale over Harvard. South Alabama over LSU —Run for the i hills. Kentucky over Tennessee —But the Vols are coming.

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