Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 25 June 1948 — Page 8

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Legion Meets Huntertown Here Sunday The De< atur American Legion baseball team, tied for the lead in the Federation league, will meet Huntertown in a league battle at Worthman field Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Huntertown, after getting away to a alow star*. scored a pilr of victories in the pant week, defeating both the Moose, and Harvester teams, and is expected to give Decatur a tough struggle Sunday. De< atur's ached tiled game last night with Van Wert at Dwenx»r park In Fort Wayne was postponed because of wet grounds. Peat 47, who suffered its first league defeat last Sunday at the hand" of Decatur, dropping the Fort Wayne team into a first-place tie with the local team, has an easy foe Sunday In meeting the cellar dwelling Bluffton team, loser of all seven league starts. In the only league games played this past week between rains. Huntertown defeated Harvester. 5-3. and Redkey swamped Bluf*ton. 27 3. League Standing W L Pet. G B Decatur 71 .875 Post 47 7 I .875 Redkey 8 2 .800 Huntertown 3 .1 .375 4 Harvester 3 6 .333 44 Moose 1 6 .143 54 Van Wert 4 3 571 24 CM il 3 5 .375 4 Bluffton 0 7 .000 6lj Week's Schedule Sunday Huntertown at Decatur: Post 47 vs Bluffton at State School; Harvester at Cecil: Redkey at Moose Monday Van Wert vs Post 47 at Dwenger Tuesday Redkey vs Harvester at Fort Wayne McMillen Wednesday—Decatur vs Cecil at State School; Moose at Bluffton Wet Grounds Prevent Softball Play Here Wet grounds prevented play in I the Decatur softball league Thursday night. Two games are scheduled tonight The 0. K. Club will meet the K. of C in the league opener at 7:30 o'clock, followed by an exhibition game lietween the Decatur Moose and the New Haven team. Science la Wonderful Lorain. O. (VP) — The Baltimore A Ohio Railroad has a new mechanical marvel that picks up 70-ton coal cars and dumps them alioard ship at the rate of one a minute B. a O. engineers say the electrically-operated dock needs only a penny's worthy of current to dump five tons of coal |gln« •• FRIED RABBIT

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o o | Today's Sport Parade I By Oscar Fraley | I (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.) I O O New York. June 25. (VP; There's one thing sure aboiti these Joe Ixiuls-Jersey Joe Walcott aquatics. Jupe Pluvlus can lick both of those hums. There were several thousand fans ' alredy In Yankee stadium last night when the rains came. It didn't sprinkle, brother. Jupe gave 'em both barrels. The champ was first on hand for the regatta. Walking through the concrete corridor which runs past the Yankee dressing room, Joe pointed out the tunnel to the field. Down the steps nine the replica of a mountain torrent. Sana Trout. The champ said two unprintable words, put his head down again and plodded on to his dressing room. He was in the doghouse right from the start. They put him In the old umpires' dressing room. Walcott waded in a few minutes later He took the visitors' dressing room. Most relatives should stay Just about that long. I'p in the front offices in a huddle were Mike Jacobs and Sol Strauss of the Nth Century sporting club and Tom Gallery of the Yankee organization. A cordon of policemen guarded the room closer than the gateway to Fort Knox. The Ixiard of s'ragegy was phoning all airports within a radius of 50 miles, checking on the water I output They didn't want anybody to know they were calling off the fight. It might have cost them a few |5 tickets If they decided to switch at the last minute. They should worry if they could save a few thousand people from getting wet. Finally they took the plunge and set It for tonight. This time you use the stull of your ticket, which will lie torn in half aggin. if another postponment is necessary, it goes Into quarters Eventually all the ticket takers will Ice provided with microscopes. MINOR I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Indianapolis 46 25 .648 Milwaukee 4! 26 612 3 St Paul 41 29 .686 44 Columbus 37 30 .552 7 Minneapolis 33 35 .485 114 Kansas City 27 40 .403 17 Toledo 27 45 .375 194 Louisville . 25 47 .347 214 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 10, Indianapolis 6. Columbus 3. Kansas City 2. St Paul 2. I>iu is Ville 1. Minneapolis at Toledo, rain. All-Doy Conference Is Planned Sunday Mem tiers of the Third Order of iSt. Francis and their families have been Invited to an all-day conference Sunday at St. Felix Monastery. Huntington, lieginning at 8:30 o'clock. Those attending are asked to bring a basket lunch. The first known distribution of milk in glass bottles, started 60 years ago. is claimed by Ogdensburg, N Y. which will observe the 200th anniversary of the city's founding next August. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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MAJOO AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. G.B. 1 Cleveland 35 21 .625 New York 35 24 .593 1 4 Philadelphia 36 26 .581 2 Boaton 29 27 .518 6 Detroit 28 30 .483 8. Washington 27 32 .458 9 St. lx>ul» 22 35 .386 134 Chicago 18 35 .340 154 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B Boaton 34 25 .576 St. Loula 33 25 .569 4 Pittsburgh 32 26 .552 14 New York .. 30 27 .526 3 Brooklyn 26 29 .473 6 Philadelphia 28 32 .467 64 Cincinnati 26 35 .426 9 Chicago 24 34 .414 94 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League New York 4. Cleveland *O. Chicago 3-5. Boston 1-8. Philadelphia 6. St. Louix 5. Washington at Detroit, rain. National League St. l»uia 11, Roaton 2. New York 3-2, Chicago 2-11. Brooklyn 6-8. Pittsburgh 2-6. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, rain No Moro Glare Boston (VP) — Glareless auto- - mobile headlights are to be seen on highways everywhere soon, according to a Cambridge scientist Dr. Edin H. IJind says use of a new polarizer can do it. Containing only carbon and hydrogen, the new polarizer “combs out” the glare.. I-arge Cuban Pineapples. Plenty of ripe Cantaloupes.-* Hammond Bros, on the highway. Itx

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25 Rabbits Killed By Pair Os Dogs Dogs, belonging to Doyle Barge-, residing in Wells county Juat across I the line west of Decatur, raided the' rabbit pens of Richard Andrews of I Adams county, young rabbit fan■ier. and destroyed 25 of the animals. The raid occurred some time during the night and was conducted by two dogs. Loss was estimated ct more than 850. Several of the rale >its were pedigreed and were used 1 as breeders. Sheriff Herman Bowman visited the scene this morning and stated that Mr. Barger told him the loss would l>e restored 1 ARMY 548,000 dfo < T 0 uM f I 837,000 NAVY n 469,000 ft T 0 / Vs 666882 'jj AIR FORCE 382,000 g T 0 ra S| 502,000 I BETWEEN 200.000 and 225.000 inductees 19 to 25 are expected to be drafted the first 12 months under the new defense program passed by Congress to bring Army, Navy and Air Force up to strengths indicated. New law fixes armed forces' manpower at 2,005,882. (I nttr national)

Dodgers Come To life, Beal Pirates Twice New York. June 25 (VP) — A lot of so-called loyal fans have given up on Brooklyn's bedraggled Bums but Boss Branch Rickey insisted today that the outfit under the fearless leadership of l-eo Durocher still had a fine chance for the National league pennant. Rickey, discounting the team's pitiful showing In the early stages of the pennant race, said he thought the return of outfielder Pete Reiser and cat. ner Bruce Edward* would ''make the eiub.” Furthermore*. Rickey defended Durocher publicly, stating that "Leo Just got through making a speech in which he said he thought this year's team was better than the one which won the pennant last season.” "He isn't alibiing, he bad the courage not to do it. but I'll do it for him,” Rickey went on. “He would be In first place right now if fellows like Reiser. Edwards. Hugh Casey, Spider Jorgensen. Harry Taylor. Jackie Robinson and a few others hadn't been hurt!” Rickey, who personally ’ predicted two years ago that the ikidgers would win the flag this year, was on hand yesterday as they trimmed the Pirates, 6 to 2 and 8 to 6 for their greatest day of Jhe year It was the first time this year 1 they had won a double header land they did it In fiction fashion ' Robinson broke up the opener I 1 with a grand slam homer in the ninth, while In the second game, caiied after 74 innings. Rex BarI ney vilchej six hitless innings

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I Lindell, and Joe DiMaggio hit for J the route, gave the Yankees a 4 to’ 1 U victory over the great Bobby: I Feller at Cleveland. Raschi yield ed but six hits In Winning his i ninth game. Feller gave up only five hits and struck out eight, hut ’ three hits were homers so he went down to his eighth defeat against ( six wins. The Philadelphia A s rallied for i four runs In the eighth Inning to , beat the St. Louis Browns. 6 to 5. I in a night game. Ferris Fain's t triple was the big blow In the I winning rally.

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