Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1947 — Page 8

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Cards Tops In National Loop For Fielding New York, Dec. 18 —(UP) —The St. Louis Cardinals were the National League’s smoothest fielding unit during 1947, but the Boston Braves supplied three individual defensive leaders in Bob Elliott, Tommy Holmes and Phil Masi, official averages revealed today. It marked the second straight year that the Redbirds won the fielding title, St. Louis registering a .979 fielding mark by handling 6,062 chances and committing the least errors in the circuit. 128. The Cardinals also had the most putouts, 4,193, and were deadlocked with Brooklyn for the most double plays with 169. In individual fielding honors, Elliott, the most valuable player in the league during 1947, topped all third basemen with an average of .956. He handled 451 chances and made 20 errors to beat George Kurowski of St. Louis by two points. Holmes ranked as one of the three best defensive outfielders in the league with a .988 average, and Masi, third Brav leader, topped the catchers with .989. Eddie Stankey of Brooklyn, who may be replaced by Jackie Robinson at the keystone next season, led all second basemen with a .9853 percentage. Stankey’s mark erased the old standard of .9851 posted by Lonnie Frey of the Cincinnati Reds in 1943. Johnny Mize of the New York Giants led the league’s first basemen with .996. He handled 1.503 chances and committed only six errors. Stan Musial of the Cardinals was runnerup with .994. Marty' (Slats) Marlon of the Cardinals was number one fielder among the shortstops with his .981 average, followed by Buddy Kerr of the Giants with .977. By playing the first 16 games of the season without an error, Kerr increased his own major league rec-

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Intramural League B Results Announced — e — The All-Stars defeated the Cats 15 to 7; the Pistons downed the Pistons, 15 to 12, and the Maroons IS whipped the London Bobbies in the lightweight division of the Decatur high school intramural league. All-Stars FG FT TP N. Blocker f 2 0 4 K. Runyon f 0 0 0 B. Lenhart c 1 0 2 Ralph Smith g 2 0 4 "F. Isch g 1 3 5 C. Cottrell f 0 0 0 \R. Bollinger f 0 0 0 ?F. Deck g 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 3 15 Cats FG FT TP ' B. Lane f • 0 2 2 ” B. Macy f 0 11 S. Danials c 10 2 I N. Hesher g 0 0 0 9 8. Smith g ... 10 2 s D. Cole f 0 0 0 1 TOTALS *2 3 7 1 Eagles FG FT TP 5 R. Winteregg f 0 0 0 1 D. Johnson f 113 > M. Smith c 2 15 i B. Strickler g 10 2 t'J. Thompson g 10 2 ! P. Johnson f 0 0 0 ! TOTALS 5 2 12 Pistons FG FT TP • L. Egly f 10 2 . R. Busse f 4 0 4 , C. Sommer c 2 15 . J. Doan g 10 2 . R. Johnson g 10 2 W. Brock f 0 0 0 B. McGill g 0 0 0 B. Callow g 0 0 0 TOTALS 71 15 London Bobbies FG FT TP T. Troutner f 0 0 0 J. Lobsiger f 0 0 0 H. Kitson c 2 0 4 D. Smith g 12 4 K. Durbin g 113 J. McDonald f 0 0 0 D. Sheets f 0 0 0 SkTOTALS 4 3 11 Maroons FG FT TP C. Jones f 0 0 0 M. Johnston f 13 5 M. Lister c 10 2 P. Merriman g 2 15 C. Smitley g 2 0 4 B. Kocher f 0 0 0 S. Gilbert g 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 4 16 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Decatur G. E. Girls Beal Anderson Five The Decatur G. E. girls, coming from behind in the second half, defeated the Anderson girls. 29 to 26, at the Lincoln gym in this city Wednesday night. Anderson held an 18 to 15 lead at the half but Decatur tallied nine points in the third quarter while holding Anderson scoreless to take a 24 to 18 margin. Terveer topped Decatur with 14 points, followed by Smith with 10. Eads led Anderson with nine points. Decatur FG FT TP Smith f 4 2 10 Goldner f 0 11 Terveer c 7 0 14 Arnold g ... 1 0 2 1 Striker g 10 2 TOTALS 13 3 29 Trade in a Good Town — Deentur

Anderson FG FT TP Lucas f - 113 Eads f ■ 5 0 10 Mikels c 4 19 Moore g 10 2 Hoover g ...... 10 2 Jones g 0 0 0 Benefiel g - 0 0 0 TOTALS 12 2 26 Referee: —Arnold. i 0 Spartans-Kangaroos Game Is Postponed Hansel Foley, principal of the Pleasant Mills high school, announced postponement of tonight’s scheduled game between the Spartans and the Kirkland Kangaroes, carded for the Pleasant Mills gym. Road conditions caused postponement of the game, which has been rescheduled for next Monday night, Dec. 22. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Propose Notre Dame And Michigan Meet Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. IS —(UP) — A newspaper and radio station today proposed that Notre Dame and Michigan meet in a football “game of the century” in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Jan. 10. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette and radio station WKJG suggested that proceeds from the game be donated to “care” — cooperative for American remittances to Europeans. Hilliard Gates, station manager of .WKJG, said in announcing the proposal that the game probably would furnish almost $500,000 profit for the relief agency. He said the Mutual Broadcasting System had agreed to air the game on a coast-to-eoast basis if it were arranged. Gates pointed out that Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy had on "several occasions” issued a challenge to Michigan to mee* his undefeated Irish “anytime, anyplace.” — o H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Recovery (O.) 44, Portland 41. Fort Wayne Concordia 50, Fort Wayne C. C. 31. Ossian 37, Lancaster 35. Huntington Catholic 47, Roanoke 36. Muncie Central 45, New Castle 31. Brazil 43, Sullivan 26. Noblesville 57, Greenfield 40. Gary Roosevelt 47, Dusable (Ill.) 32. West Terre Haute 34, Marshall (Ill.) 32. Batesville 46, Scottsburg 42. 0 VFW Team Seeking Net Games In Area The VFW basketball team of this city is seeking games with teams of the area. Managers wishing to schedule a tilt are asked to telephone Bill Fisher at the VFW post home. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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WOMEN’S LEAGUE Kuehn won three from SuttonThree Kings won three from Hill- > Smith; B & T won three from Duo ™ Therm; McMillen won two from e Victory Bar; Dauler won two from Mies; Central Soya won two from s Gass, Standing e . i• W L . Mies 29 16 Central Soya 29 16 r McMillen 97 1S Gass 26 19 Dauler 24 21 [ Victory Bar ’ 23 22 z Three Kings 2 3 22 t B & T 22 23 Hill-Smith 2 1 24 , Duo Therm 17 28 Kuehn 16 29 Sutton .......................................... 14 3i High series: Odle 526, Woodward 3 511, Steele *506. , High Emenhiser 219, . Steele 198, Babcock 197-170, Mar . bach 198, Way 192, Moser 191, ■ Woodward 185, Mussel- 184, Odle 183-172-171, Miller 176, Moran 171, Webber 170. . — 0 Michigan Gridders Leave For Rose Bowl Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 18 — (UP) — The University of Michi- ( gan football squad left today for Pasadena where it will meet the , University of Southern California in the Rose Bowl. Head coach Fritz Crisler sent his charges through their final drill in the Michigan field house yesterday and appeared satisfied [ that the squad was in top fighting shape for the Jan. 1 encounter. The Wolverines will arrive at Pasadena Saturday morning for 10 more days of intensive training. o Jefferson-Madison e Game Is Postponed > Weather conditions forced post- • ponement Wednesday night of the Jefferson - Madison basketball game, scheduled to be played at I Berne. New date for the game has • not been determined.

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