Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 167, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1948 — Page 6

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Durocher Replaces Ott As Giants Manag

Burt Shotion To Return To Brooklyn Helm BULLETIN Philadelphia. July 16—(UP) —The Philadelphia Phillies office announced today that manager Ben Chapman had been released as manager and succeeded temporarily by Allen L. "Dusty" Cooke. New York. July 16 il'Pi Mel Ott resigned today a* manager of the New York Giant*. Leo Duroch er replaced him and Burt Shotton »a< named to take over the Brooklyn Itodger* in a sensational baleball swap The firxt part of the announce merit sat made In New York, when president Horace Stoneham of the Giants revealed that ott had quit to take a front office job and that Durocher would succeed him Then in Cincinnati president Branch Hickey of the Dodgers announced that Durocher would be replaced by Shotten. the same man who took over last year when Durocher was suspended for a year There had been a groat deal of pressure on Ott as the Giants tumbled from the National la-ague lead to fourth place. Durocher was under fire In Brooklyn for the Dodgers' poor showing earlier this season, although tin- team now is in fifth place and has won eight of the last 10 game*. But Durocher Insisted that he had resigned that he had not been fired He refused. haw-ver. to answer the question "Were you asked to resign?” Durocher was due to take over the Giants in Pittsburgh tonight Shotton was to take the Dodger helm at Cincinnati this afternoon , And Ott was headed for a month's | vacation before assuming a place , In the Giant front office. , Shotton has been serving as a “managers' adviser in the Brook | lyn organization But Ith-key al , ways held over Durocher the | I rump card- that he could call upon hi* old friend Shotton to take the Dodgers at any time, just as h» did last year, when he led the team . to the National League pennant . Ott had been manager of the . Giants since 1911. and was for ' 16 years before that a player with the club But he never won the ( pennant, his highest finish was third. In 1942 The bombshell announcement was made in the Giant New York ‘ offices while the club was on the road at Pittsburgh It was preceded by a flood of rumor* which began at mid morning

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Brewers' Winning Siring Is Broken By United Pre** Thirteen was unlucky for Milwaukee last night when Columbus broke the Brewers' 12-game winning streak, longest in the American association this season. During the drive in which .Milwaukee pitchers allowed only six tuns in the last seven games, the Brews chiseled seven games from Indianapolis' lead and were but a game from first place. However. Columbus would not he denied last night and clubbed . four pitchers for an easy, 12 to 6. t win. In other games. St. Paul blanked ( Indianapolis. 1 to e, in an overtime session, Minneapolis shaded Toledo. S to 7, and Kansas City advan —d to sixth place on a 7-to-2 win over Louisville Cat- her Joe Garagloia's three run homer In the fifth inning at Milwaukee. sewed up the game for the ■ K<-d Birds In the ninth, the Birds ; scored four Insurance runs. The Brews played their poorest game of the season afield, contributing five

errors. Morris .Martin bested the league and Indianapolis' winningest pitcher. Jim Bagby, in a mound duel at St. Paul, Both teams were blanked until the loth inning when the Saints shoved across the only run of the game. The .Millers took full advantage of their lo hits and two Toledo errors at Minneapolis to drop the Hens into seventh place. The Hens made three home runs and 15 hit* but couldn't get the winning tally. Dave Madison held last-place I Louisville to five safeties at Kansas City. Hank Bauer. Blues' home run slugger deluxe, hit one out of the park In the third to nail down the win. | SOUTHERN H'ont From fax** on*) rights program whi- h Mr Truman has again called on congress to adopt and whiih was pm in strong terms hi the party platform. ‘ l-aney. former Alabama Gov.l Frank M Dixon and Mississippi!. Gov Fielding Wright are among I those to appear here. Bussell I* not the only leader of the early days of the revolt who ' will not attend Gov J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who keynoted the first Dixlecrat meeting sevet'al weeks ago. will be tied IP by "previous engagements.” Florida will send “observer*," and Georgia may not participate even that far. States slated to take active part are Alabama. Mississippi, South Carolina. Texas and Arkansas Nobody official is expected from Tennessee. North Carolina. Virginia or Ijouisiana.

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Free-Scoring Tills Mark Softball Play Free-scoring games marked noflball play at Worthman field Thursday night. The Geneva girls defeated the Bingen girls. IM. In the opening I exhibition tilt, halting a last inning rally by Bingen. In the regular league game, the I (J. E. Club edged out at 3-12 victory over the VFW in a battle which wen: nine Inning* before the winning run was scored. G. E. scored seven run* In the first inning but the VFW battled back, finally tying the score with two runs in the seventh. In an exhibition game at Berne. last niiht. the Decatur K. of C. broke loose for six runs In the loth j Inning to defeat the Berne AllStars. 10-7. Berne had tied the game in the last of the seventh and ' again in the last of the ninth. Two games are scheduled tonight. the K. of C. and McMillen teams meeting in a league tilt at 7:30 o'clock, followed by the Decatur Moose and Muncie Main Case In an exhibition tilt. I.ast night's scores: RHE Geneva 401 103 0 — 12 8 7 Bingen 500 200 2 — 9 11 6 Burk and Hart; B. Ostermeyer and I. Krauss. RHE VFW 300 331 200— 12 1« 7 G. E. 740 100 001 — 13 15 kJ Ralston. Reef and RaudenbuA; (letting. Lord and Pettibone. RHE K. C. 000 300 001 <— 10 15. 0 Berne 100 100 101 3 —7 13 0 Peterson and L. Hack man. O. Habegger and Balsinger. In 1884. when Grover Cleveland I was elected President, the Demo cratlc national plurality was but 23,005 of a total vote of 10.052.706

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Indians Whip ' A's Twice To ' Increase Lead New York. July 16- tl'l’t I Even without Ted Williams that I new baseball "nocksess story in Boston made pretty good reading today that is for everybody but Amerl an league pitchers. Blasting the Tigers for 13 to 5 ' and 3 to 1 victories yesterday, the 1 belting Bostonians won their fifth game in six since their big man, Williams, was forced out of the lineup with injured side muscles. During these six games the Bed Box have gotten 42 hits, not a spectacular number until it is revealed that exactly half of them were for extra base hits. Os the 21 lonus blows. IS were doubles, five homers, and one a triple That sound- like Thumpin' Theodore wa* still In there but the "Soxcess story” goes on without him. Increasing their lead over the fifth place Tigers to three full games the Bed Sox rudely interrupted their seven-game winning streak by getting seven runs in the seventh inning of the opener as Jack Kramer scored his eighth straight victory and his 10th of the season. Bohby Doerr hit a Boston homer and Dick Wakefield got one for Detroit. The Bed Sox made only four hits in the second half of the “two games for the price of two” day and night double bill, but three of them were third inning doubles off Dizzy Trout by catcher Matt Batts, pitcher Mel Parnell, and Johnny Pesky, accounting for three runs. Parnell gave up six hits to shade Trout in a fast-moving duel play-

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ed in an hour and 22 minutes. At Philadelphia, the Indians pulled away to a 2-*4 game first place lead by trimming the sen-mi place | Athletics. 6 to 1 and S to .7 as Steve Gromek and Satchel Paige chalked up the pitching victories Gromek pitched four-hit ball to win the opener while Paige, the aging negro star chalked up his first big league victory in a relief role for starter Bob who retired after being hit by a thrown ball. Paige was helped to victory by Larry Doby. his negro team mate, who hit a twee run homer, and by K»-n Keltner. who got his 21st round trip smash Earlier in the game Jim Began of Cleveland and Hank Majeski of the A's hit homers, while in the first game Buddy Rosars homer lobbed Gromek of a shutout. Hank Edwards homered in that game for Cleveland Spectacular fielding. mainly by shortstop Phil Rizzuto. cut oft several Brownie hits and runs as the Yankees topped St. Louis. 4 to 2 at New York on Frank Hiller's seven-hit pitching. Hiller missed a shutout when Whitey Platt hit a two-run homer for the Browns. Cliff .Mapes. Tommy Henrich, and George M-Quinn hit Yankee triples in the 11 hit winning attack. Ray Scarborough also missed a shutout at Washington when Tony Lupien hit a homer in a 4 to 1 losing cause for the White Sox. who got seven hits and six walks but couldn't score except for his blow. The Braves went six full games in front in the National when they defeated the Cubs. 2 to 1 as Johnny Sain pitched seven hit ball to win his 12th game, then battled to a 13-lnnlng 1 to 1 tie in the second game.- whii h was called because of darkness Bill Voiselle and Bob Rush put on the nightcap duel The Braves got both of their first game runs In the first Inning off

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Ralph Hamer on two walk*, a single by Duke Torgeson and Jeff Heath's scoring fly. The Dodgers topped the Reds for the fifth straight time at Cln jcinnati. 5 to 3 on Rex Barney's five hit job. Rookie George (Shotgunt Shuba provided the clincher for Harney, a two run double. Th- Giant* came back to beat the Pirates. 16 to 3 after losing the opener. 4 to 3 when Gustine and Ralph Kiner laded homers in the eighth and Stan Rojek singled to drive in Ed Fitzgerald. who had tripled, with the winning run in the ninth. Walker Cooper hit a first game New York homer and Johnny Mize got a three-run round tripper in the night, ap. his 19th. Wally Westlake also hit a three-run second game homer for Pittsburgh. The Phil* handed the backsliding Cardinals their sixth defeat in seven games. 3 to I on the| margin of a two-run homer by Del Ennis as Dutch Ixmnard pitched four-hit ball to win his eighth game. Yesterday's star— Phil Rizzuto of the Yankees, whose spectacular fielding at shortstop saved more runs than the Yankee* made in a I to 2 victory over the Brown*.

M/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION" W L Ret. G B Indianapolis 57 35 .620 Milwaukee 55 35 <ll 1 Columbus 54) 41 .549 6% St Paul 49 41 .539 74* Minneapolis 45 43 .511 10 Kansas City 35 51 .407 19 Toledo 3S 57 .400 20ty Ixruisville 34 59 .366 23*,, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Columhu* 12. Milwaukee 6. St. Paul 1. Indianapolis 0. Minneapolis 6. Toledo 7. Kansas City 7, 'xrulsville 2. - ■ - -- MARKS

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EXECUTOR'S SALE OF REAL EST.II Public Audio i The undersigned executor of the last will and I Marth. deceased, hereby gives notice that by virtue <-f au <*• Adams Circuit Court he will at the hour of •P. M n JULY 23,194 (Note change in date) at 522 North 13th St. — in the city of Decatur. Indana. offer for sale at public uai I interest of said decedent in and to the following described ?«* TRACT No. 16 room semi-modern home at ■ <Surs 2 street. Decatur, Indana. the same being situate <n IsjdJ 158 In Homewood Addition to the town, now city <*■ Adam* County. Indiana. ■ J An ideal location for a home and In a good state of W Possession on or before September 1. 184* , , TRACT No. 2—3 room semi-modern house at *l* street, Decatur. Indiana, the same being situate Is* 156 in Homewood Addition to the town, now city, cf (*■ Adams County. Indiana. .. This house is located immediately south of Tract No • the purchaser will receive Immediate possexshm "f The above real estate will be offered for sale 15 * *'<* separate parcels, the executor reserving the right to d»w»e highest or best bid. and subject to the approval of the Court for not lees than two thirds (2/3) of the full appt*" and upon the following terms and conditions: . u At least one third (1/8) of the purchase money a** l '* balance upon the delivery of an executor's deed and ab»tr»« showing the same to be free of all liens and encumeran * * 1948 laxea due and payable tn 1*49. The following PERSONAL PROPERTY will also i-e * “ One ice box; one 3 burner oil stove one cupboard dishes; one coal burning stove, one library table <>ne d»»«* sideboard; pots and pans, one single bed 5 stra.ght one rocking chair; one dresser and other mlscellane-u- »r’« - of this property will be for cash. Nathan C. Nelsoi KM DeVoss ft Smith—Attorneys ! f Roy 8. Johnson ft Son—Auctioneers

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