Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1948 — Page 6

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Legion Downs Van Wert In League Game The Decatur American Legion baseball team, bunchbig It* five hit* to good advantage. defeated the Van Wert Burt*. 7 4. Sunday afternoon at Worthman field to pull up to a 50-50 standing in the Federation league. Meanwhile. Saxton and Zwick kept Van Wert * lit hits well scattered except for one inning. Decatur got away to a running start In the first inning. Faszler walked the first three hatters to face him Fry's long fly drove in one run Bidyard's single plated the second run and Hornberger tallied as Heckman grounded out Krauss opened the third Inning with a single and Hornberger walked Fry then lashed out a long triple, scoring Krauss and Hornberger, and Fry counted on Bolyard's infield out A pair of Van Wert errors, Fry's sa< rifii e and Bolyard’s long fly gave Decatur its final run in the fifth Single* by Poling and Will* and an infield out gave Van Wert ft* first run in the second inning An error, a walk and singles by Doan and Crone were good for three Van Wert runs in the fifth. The visitors threatened in the ninth, loading the base* with none out on two hits and a walk but Zwick started a double play, via the plate, and fanned the final batter io escape without damage In other Federation league, rarnes Sunday. Cecil, ().. edged out t 7 6 victory over the Fort Wayne Moose: International Harvester defeated Huntertown. 6-4. and Redkey whipped Bluffton 7-1. Decatur will play it* first road rattle next Sunday, traveling to] Huntertown for another league tilt : Decatur AB R H E Schmidt. 2b 3 1 0 0 Krauks. Sb 3 3 1 o| Hornberger, cf 2 2 0 01 Fry. ss 3 12 1 Bolyard. If 4 0 10 Heckman, rs 3 0 0 0 Bower, c 10 0 0 Andrews, c 3 0 0 0 E. Schultz, rs 10 0 0 gchnepf, lb 3 0 10 G. Schultz. 1b 10 0 0 Saxton, p 1 o (» o Zwick. p 10 0 0 Totals 29 7 5 1 Van Wert AB R H E Wille, cf 5 8 11 Bodkins, ss 8 111 Tobias, lb 4 12 0 Doan. 2b 3 12 0 Crone, c 5 0 10 Poling. 3b 5 12 2 Stewart, rs 1 5 0 0 0 Krugh. If 2 0 0 0 Kaelcler, p 0 0 0 0 Fleck, p 3 0 10 Total* 37 4 10 4 Tonight & Tuesday In Glorious Technicolor! “SCUDDA H(M>! SCUDDA HAY!” June Haver, Lon McCallister ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax —o Wed. A Thure.—“The Locket” Laralne Day. Robt. Mitchum First Show Wed. at 0:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o Coming Sun. — Full Length! "DUEL IN THE SUN” | CORT Tonight & Tuesday “HOLLYWOOD BARN DANCE” Ernest Tubb. Lori Talbott & “WOMAN FROM TANGIERS” Addle Jurgens. Stephen Dunne 14c-30e Inc. Tax 0-0 Thurs. Frl. A Sat. — John Mack Brown "VALLEY OF FEAR” —o Coming Sun. —“Each Dawn I Die A “Madonna of the Desert”

Score by innings: Van Wert 010 030 000 -4 ii..atur W 3 Sts 7l MWM I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. St. Paul 21 9 .700 Indianapolis 20 11 645 I** Minneapolis 19 11 .633 2 Milwaukee 16 13 .552 4*4 Columbus 13 13 .500 6 Louisville 12 21 .364 l«*i Toledo 11 21 .344 11 Kansas City 9 22 .290 12*» YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Indianapolis 8-4. Louisville <M. St. Paul 9. .Minneapolis 7. Milwaukee 8-7. Kansas City 7-5. Columbus 6-5, Toledo 26 —o Major League Races Appear As Wide Open »»■ York May 17 (UP) The • Yankees and Cardinals are the i teams to beat but the Indians and < Athletics in the American and < practically everybody but the Reds < in the National are going to bear , plenty of watching, it appeared to- i .day after one month of major I league competition. Now that ail teams have met | each other in both leagues, it is i possible to make revisions in the pennant picture and the first con i elusion is that there will be no runaway races i The National league, particularly ' looks wide open with the edge, if any. going to the Cardinals If they , can hold their first line strength I together Weak on reserves they are getting the pitching that bogee<! down last year and slammin' Stan Musial looks like a good bet to regain the batting crown he r surrendered to Harry Walker of the Phils The (Hants are sti>! getting ter rifle hitting, fine cut field play and better pitching than expected and must tie given serious consideration The- Braves have excellent pitching and hitting, a nifty infield but the outfield is slow for a pennant team. The Dodgers should get rolling shortly but dissension, too much lineup experimenting and um’Prtain pitching have held them hack thus far. i The Pirates are the surprise , team and will cause trouble all i the way with their "old man" > pitching staff and capable players , bartered and bought from other ( dubs. The Phils have plenty of , zip. occasionally good pitching and , solid hitting. Charley Grimm is getting a lot of help from his I rookies with his Cubs, but the Reds just don't have it. Even with Ewell Blackwell, their ace ' pitcher, they were only so-so but without him they' are terrible and he may be gone some time with a i shoulder injury The Yankees, der.plte Saturday's ' double defeat by the astonishing i Athletics, still look and act like champs. There is great team | spirit, the players are cocky and I noisv and they are good in al) de | partments. The Athletics can't be laughed I off with what looks to be the best pitching staff in baseball and good, solid punch. The Indians and their home run mania must be reckoned with though the pitching beyond Bob Feller and Bob Lemon isn't strong. The Red Sox. off to a slow start in which poor hitting and spotty pitching held them back, are improving and should get better. The ,! Browns are a lively club, inter- , J esting to watch, one that makes m. stake* but which will be more ; troublesome than last year's sad assemblage The Tigers are the I disappointment of the season to date and may stay in the second division, if as reported. Hal Newhousers fast ball Is gone. Washington is okay when it gets good | pitching but strictly mediocre on days when it doesn't. The White Sox undoubtedly are the worst club in both leagues. The Cards played like men of destiny yesterday in a 6 to 5 10innlng victory over the Pirates at St Louis in which they came from behind with four runs in the eighth then won the game in the tenth The Reds won a 10-inning battle of bats from the Cabs. 13 to 11, at Chicago and Virgil Staßcaps 1 single provided the winning mar* gin. Andy Pafko got five hits including two homers for Chicago Rookie Whitey Platt had a big time in Detroit, hitting • homer.

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triple and double as the Browns edged the Tigers. 3 to 2. He scored the winning run in the ninth when he hit a 440-foot triple and came home on Roy Partee's single as Bryan Stephen* got credit for the victory in a relief role. The White Sox ended a ninegame losing streak winning 6 to 4 in lo innings at Cleveland but the Indians came itack to make 13 hits! and give rookie Bill Kennedy a I victory in his first major league ■ start in the afterpiece. Ken Kelt-1 ■ ner got his 12th homer and Allie I Clark. Eddie Robinson. Joe Got don and Pat Seerey also homered : for Cleveland in the double bill, bringing the club's total to 36 for,' 19 qames. The Re<i box got 19 hits to top the Senators. 14 to 5. at Boston, relief .pitcher Earl Johnson who gave up two hits and no run* in 'six innings was the winner. The New York at Philadelphia doubleheader, and Boston at Brooklyn in the National, and Philadelphia at New York and the second Washington-Boston game at Boston were rained out. Yesterday's star—Whitey Platt, who hit a homer, triple and double to lead the Browns to a 3 to 2 victory over the Tigers. g RECENT ATOMIC (font From Pa<re Onet for reporters on what the commission told Mr. Truman. He said ad ditional statements may be made by Mr. Truman and by Lt. Gen. John E Hull, commander of joint task force 7, which conducted the tests. The task force is due to reach Honolulu tomorrow from Eniwetok. 0 Rent Representative Here On Thursday A representative from the Fort Wayne area rent office will be at the Decatur post office Thursday from 9 a m. until 3 p.m. to interview resident* of the Adams county area in regard to rent control.

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MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. G.B Philadelphia 16 6 .727 Cleveland 13 6 .684 I’-i New York 13 8 .619 2H Boston 11 11 .500 5 Detroit 11 14 440 6*4 St. Louis 8 11 .421 6*« Washington 913 .409 7 f'linago 4 16 .ZW 11 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. St. Louis 13 7 .650 New York 12 8 600 1 Poston 11 10 .524 2*4 Pittsburgh 12 11 .522 214 Philadelphia- 12 11 .522 2*4 Brooklyn 11 11 JM 3 Chicago 813 .331 5*41 Cincinnati 9 17 .316 7 SATURDAY'S RESULTS American League Philadelphia 3-8. New York 1-6. Boston 5. Washington 0. Cleveland 7. Chicago 1. • Detroit 4. St. Louis 1. National League Boston 1. Brooklyn 0. Philadelphia 7. New York 0. Cincinnati 5. Chicago 2. St. Louis 8. Pittsburgh 3. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Boston 14. Washington 5. Chicago 6-2, Cleveland 4-9 (Ist game 10 Inning*) St. Ixnila 3, Detroit 2. Philadelphia at New York. rain. National League Cincinnati 13. Chicago 11 (10 innings). St. Louis 6. Pittsburgh 5 (10 innings). Other games postponed, rain. OPTOMETRIST (Above Democrat Office) HOURS: 9 to 12—1 to 5 Sat. til S- Clom Thurs. P. M. Phone 27

Ralph Hepburn Killed Sunday As Speedway Indianapolis. May 17 — (UP) Ralph Hepburn, who bad liven piloting big rat e car* almost since ihe sport began, was killed ye*terday while warming up for the 194 k s<*bmile IndianajHili* speedway race. Hepburn, one of the smallest driver* in the business but a* tough as they came, stepped on the ga* as he roared out of the northwest turn at 130 mile* per hour. His Novi Spec al lurched into a spin and hanged Into an inside retaining wall Hepburn was crushed in the cockpit. Although the 35.000 spectators didn't know it at the time, he had become the 39th fatality since the track was built in this veal's classic. Dr E. Rogers Smith, track doctor. said Hepburn died of a crushed chest and fractured skull. The 350,00q car. owned by Lou Welch of Novi. Mich., was damaged so badly Welch said he would not enter it in the race. Hepburn gayly told reporters he was just out for a "few practice spins” when he climbed into Novi Special just before 1 pm. He wanted "to see if the car feels right,” he said. The 52 year-old Hepburn was certain he would win this year He had set two track records in the many year* he had raced at the speedway, including the 134 MPH lap record which still stands. He thought he would have won last year, until he lost his car for leading a drivers' revolt. He was president of the American Society of Professional Automobile Racing when that group had a row with the track. He Is survived by his wife. Ida. and !6-year old daughter. Joanna. The last racer to be killed at the track was Bill ''shorty” Tantlon who spun into a wall on the southwest turn last year. No driver had l>een killed since 194) when George Bailey of Detroit hit the southeast wall and was burned to death. Joie Chit wood of Reading. * Pa. was the only driver to qualify yesterday. He shoved his Nyquist Special around the Id-mile qualifying route at an average of 124 619 M. P H. to become the 16th pilot to win a post in the May 31 Marathon. Chitwood, a full-blooded Indian and a veteran pilot, was driving the same car in which Wilbur Shaw, the track's president, won the race

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Vet Racer Killed Os mgs Ralph Hepburn. 52. of Van Nuys. Cal. long a star of the an nual 500-mlie auto races. was fatal > injured at the Indianapolis speedway on Sunday, when in a practice spin, his Novi-Governor special crashed Into the north turn retaining walls and pinned him in the wreckage. He suffered a crushed chest and fractured skull. Witnesses said he was traveling more than 130 miles an ■ hour when the crash occurred. He Is married and the father of, two children. In 1937. Nine cars qualified Saturday and 23 places still remain to be filled. I Qualification trials are scheduled to resume next Saturday. Booker T. Washington, noted negro educator, was born in ISSK. at Hale s Ford. Va. You can borrow ready cash from us for any worthy purpose. Loans privately made —just tell us amount of cash that you may need. Autos and appliances financed. Also refinancing of present obligations on small payments. Consolidate your debts with us. A xmall part of vour incoms rach month will repay a loan with tu Your name U the chief eecunty for a loan here. LOCAL IOAN COMPANY INCO«FORATrO Rf»«fc Mere Flobrb DECATUR. IN3IAMA : 3 A A Safe... t But How Sane? KEEPING your furniture, clothing and other belongingN in a wall uafe, even if potwible, would limit your enjoyment of thin property. A more practical way to protect this investment is with a strong insurance policy . . . the Personal Property Floater. Ask us about it today. THE SUTTLES CO. Hartford Flro Agent Nlfellek Stere Bldg. Decatur, IM.

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