Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 153, Decatur, Adams County, 29 June 1948 — Page 6

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Major League Leaders Play Better On Road Ne» York. June 29 <UPs May-l l.e there's Im place like home but. you couldn't prove it today to most) major b-ax-ue baseball teams which u;» i oinpi irnr strange records in which they win more ga.m»s on the road than in their i.wn parks.) It :■ an axiom of lone standing) that a team <an win the pennant) by breaking even on tin road and piling up its victories at home But just look at Ole Cleveland Indians) and the Boston Brave*. th<- respective league leaders on this off day when all 16 tlnbs were traveling The Indians have won 22 games and lost * away from home for al sensational percentage of 733 But In spacious Municipal stadium' where Bill Vee< k tailoired the. boundaries to fit Cleveland hitters, the Indians have just broken even with 15 wins and 15 losses, fur a] ,smr figure Away from home cooking the Braves have- compiled a mark of 201 victories and only '■> defeats for a) mark of Vet at home they, are operating on a minus basis for the season with 16 vie terries and 17 defeats or a I's percentage The trend isn t confined to the league leaders either In the National league, ordv two teams, the Cardinals and the Pirates have plus records at home with all of the others having lost more games than they have won in their own parks And on the road five clubs, the Braves. Giants, Dodgers. Cardinals. and Phillies have won more games than they have lost In the American it is the same story with five clubs, the Indians. Athletics, Yankees. Tigers, and Bed Sox all showing winning re< ) ords when they "put the show on the road." Best home club in the majors is the world champion Yankee outfit with 19 wins and 10 defeats for a '155 mark Yet that is a figure considerably below other years when at times the Bronx Bombers have gone close to the ,800 mark Three American league teams, the Yankees. Athletics, and Red Sox

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have plus records at home, while three others, the Indians. Senators, and Browns are exactly even. The Tigers have a disappointing 11-17 mark at Briggs stadium and the White Sox are just terrible both at home and away. The players themselves have no special explanation for this para dox and figure that the trend may change in the later stages of the race. Indians Increase Association Lead By United Press Indianapuli c strengthened Its Vmerhan association lead to six and one-half games over Milwaukee last night with approximately half the season gone-. The Indians trimmed Kansas ) city. 3 to I. while Columbus trounced Milwaukee. 10 to 2. Columbus' victory coupled with St. Paul's loss to Toledo, put the Red Birds I in third place, one game behind II he Brewers. At Toledo, the Hens battled 11 innings before beating St. Paul. '» to 6 Minneapolis blanked latuisville. 5 to 0. tn the other game played Cal McLish held Kansas City to ; six hits at Indianapolis. Three ; misc ues by the. visitors helped the Indians' run production. The league leaders made nine bits off Bill Woop and Joe Beggs Six runs In the seventh inning at Columbus, clinched the game for the Birds Milwaukee's runs were a result of Jim Gleeson's tworun homer Charlie Stanceu earn ed credit for the victory, allowing the Brewers eight scattered hits St Paul knotted the score with a four-run outburst in the eighth Outfielder Hick Kokos homered twice, the escond time with two men on base for Toledo's deciding margin in the 11th Bill Ayers shut the Colonels out |at Ucttisville on three hits Elbie 1 Fletcher, Minneapolis first baseman. homered with a man on base in the fourth. TITO REPLY TO Prorn Pnire the few hanking leaders of the regime in Belgrade Top officials for the most part had been out of town for the last week. t’p to last midnight, no word of the cominform breadside at Tito and his cohorts had been made public in Belgrade The city was reported going alcout its normal bus! , nets. with no sign of anything unusual. Foreign Minister Stanoje Slmic tefused to talk to the foreign press The cominform statement was published here yesterday by the newspaper Rude Pravo. It was lias ed on a meeting of the cominform somewhere in Romania aliout the middle of the month. Yugoslavia was not represented, although it was one of the charter members of the cominform, founded last fall 1 at a meeting In Poland Some observers here doubted that the statement told the whole story. They suspected that Tito might have been too free with disregard I us orders from Moscow, or perhaps had refused to agree to some new adventure cooked up on the east side of the irefh curtain. bispatches from Trieste said newspapers predicted that "grave events" might be in the offing The communists there met in emergency session, but said nothing afterward. Yugoslov refugees were reported to be celebrating in Trieste bars, toasting the "downfall" of Tito and boasting that soon they would go home. Swim, Picnic Are Enjoyed By Cubs Sixty Decatur Cub Scouts and their leaders were guests of Ben Shroyer at a picnic and swim Monday afternoon at Shroyer lake northeast of Decatur. Swim sting was enjoyed late in the afternoon. followed by a picnic luneh.

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0 —o Today's Sport Parade || By Oscar Fraley I (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.) I 0 0 New York. June. — I UP) — Michigan's Bob Chappuis. one tis the most coveted backs of the last ; college football season, was in the) pro fold of the Brooklyn badgers oday and coach Carl Voyles was breathing normally again Voyles, who left Auburn to take over the trailing Dodger reins, need . ed a passer and runner of the cali ) bre of the wolverine all American ! But it looked for a time as if hr wouldn't get the lioyish 25-year-oid from Toledo who led Michigan to its Rose Bowl triumph last Jan. 1. First the 190-pound Chappuis declared he wasn't interested tn pro football. Then it looked as if he would go with Pittsburgh of the rival national league 8o much so. that a national magazine has gone to press with a story about how Pittsburgh would fashion its whole offense around him this fall. "So i went to see him when he reportedly signed witli Pittsburgh and my heart did a flip when I saw him in a new car.” Voyles recalled "I thought he had his lionus money already. But it was only a present from his dad." Chappuis piidted the Dodgers, finally, and decided to play pro football, because he wants to get Into radio announcing New York, he figures, is a good spot to get his break. The tail, self-composed football player is one of those athletes whose careers was interrupted by the war. He played freshman football at Michigan In 1941 and was the l|ig gun as Michigan upset Great Lakes and best Notre Dame in 1942. Then he went into service. When he came back, he returned to the game and was one of the big nine's best during 1946 and 1947. New Year's day his Michigan team won the Rose Bowl game and tie«l Notre Dame, also undefeated for mythical national hotiors.

1 MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE L W L Pct. G.A. Cleveland 37 23 .117 ' Philadelphia 40 24 .404 New York 17 25 .597 I . Boston 31 28 525 ’ Detroit 29 32 .475 2M Washington 29 34 .44® » . St. Louis 23 37 .383 14 Chicago 13 39 .314 17Afc NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.A. Boston ... 24 24 .s*l St. Louie 35 24, .574 H Pittsburgh 23 28 .541 New York 31 29 .317 4 I Philadelphia 31 33 .484 4 Brooklyn 27 31 .444 7 Cincinnati 28 34 .432 9 Chicago 25 37 403 11 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League I No games scheduled. National League No games xhodulod. Intolerance. if not corked, soon forms a route which loads to tyranny. We grow In wisdom when we correct and de not repeat our errors. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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miwh AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB : Indianapolis 50 25 .667 ■ Milwaukee 42 3o .583 6>i Columbus 41 31 569 7>g' St Paul tttt MS 7'-I Minneaisdis 36 18 ,4M 1 ; Kansas City 29 43 .403 19’ g ) I Toledo 30 48 .385 21 Ml I ! Mtuisville 27 50 .351 24 I YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Indianapolis 3. Kansas City 1. i Columbus 10, Milwaukee 2. Toledo 9. St. Pau) 6 Minneapolis 5. I>>uisville ff. Tigers, Browns Win In Summer League The Tigers defeated the Yankees. 71. and the Browns downed the Dodger*. 9 4. in summer recreation softball league gamea this morning at Worthman field. Scores by innings: R H E Tigers 232 00—7 9 0 Yanks 000 10—1 3 0 Johnson and McDonald; Baker. , Ham her and Lehman. R H E Dodgers 10u 03—4 1 0 Browns - 301 5x - 9 7 0 McDougal. Vhtard and Ralston. Sand4s; Dick Rambo. Doug Ram- ( la> and Johnson. 'Knot Hole Gonq' Cords Are Received Momberablp cards and buttons for the Zollner Pistons "Knot hole 1 gang" have been received and may l be obtained at Wortbman field anytime Wednesday morning. Deane • Dorwin, recreation supervisor, anI nouneed today.

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Robinson Defends Title By Decision Chicago, June 29 (UP) Ray "Sugar" Robinson, a dusky brawler whose punches with either hand puck the kick of bottled in bond, still held his welterweight boxing < hamplonshkp today but said he "Just didn't have it" in outpointing Bernard Docusen last night The mauling brawler from New York, who won the title from Tommy Bell Dec 20. 1946 and who defended it for the third time against 21-year-old Docusen of New Orleans, admitted his plight when he stepped into the dressing room. "I just didn't have It, George.” he mumbled to his manager. George Gainford, as he slumped on, the dressing table. "I knew 1 didn't wh»n I had him down. I didn't know I had him down until I saw him on the floor." That was the only knockdown of the fight, but it was enough to keep the speedy |»uisiana scrapper. who had lost only twice before in his 58 fight career, from taking the title Until Robinson unleashed his slamming right hook which floored the challenger for a nine count, it had been a nearly even brawl Outweighed by an even pound at 145- » compared to Robinson’s 146- Docusen relied on speed and boxing skill to keep Ray at bay. He kept the champion nff bal Mice with skillful lint light left jabs to the chin. Occasionally he powered through a right. Rut he never staggered the title holder, and that was his mistake Ray took everything the crowd Ing challenger could offer. Then in the 11th Robinson slashed in with both fists, and that was more than enough. From there on Docu sen. groggy, managed to stay on his feet Rut that was all. Still it was a great fight. Itocusen showed that sometime h6nce he might win the title, but prole ably not from Robinson Sugar Ray. wlto said Itocusen was "a g<M>d boxer, but not a hard hitter.” has designs on a larger target. "I'm willing to give up my championship.” he said, "but not until I get a match with Tony IZale.” Zale who recently recaptured the middleweight throne from Rocky Graziano, has been Robinson's alm for months, ever since he discovered he would have trouble staying within the 147 pound) limit of the welterweight class. He) had to diet for a week to make the weight for the Docusen brawl, but he did it. and he was strong enough to come on and win in the final five rounds. For that he was paid 25 percent of the gate, which grossed $46.640.24. or 18,776.97. Docusen received 17.021.37 and it was a bad night for promoters Irving Kovin and Michael Gerrard who had needed a 170,000 gross to break even on the twice-postponed show Only 8.883 fans were in Comiskey park for the card. Autos Collide At Street Crossing Two automobiles collided at 10:15 this morning at the intersection of Monroe and Seventh streets, with damages totaling 4125 reported Brice K, Howder of 1063 Winches ter street made a left turn at the Intersection and hit t*e automobile driven by Raymond R. Itieti of Indianapolis. itamage to Howder's ar was estimated at 125. • If you are worrying about overdue bills, why not borrow the money from us to pay them. Cost of a loan very reasonable. Consolidate your debts with us where one convenient monthly payment will pay them. No embarrassing credit inquiries. All loans privately made. A tmaU part of pour income each iocti LOAM COMrANY > iNcoaeoasvso atCATUa, IMStASA

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