Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 208, Decatur, Adams County, 2 September 1948 — Page 8

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Yellow Jacket Gridders Plan For First Tilt Decatur high school Yellow -la- k ,-t grldm**n teamed up last nlchi for the first full game scrimmage of the early season drill, and the varsity ui-zregaion looked good at times Coaches Bob Worthman Deane D rain and Hubert Zerkel Jr. were far from discouraged at the ocaxlonal ports of good ground ..lining and punting. The opening game Is r tied u fed for next Tuesday ni-ht at 7 ■l' l oiloik at Bluftton against the Tl gers of tha' high school Ihe Bluff ton game has lieeii a tough one the last fe* season' and hopes are b gti that the Ja kets may break the jinx this year and win the open- r In last night - drill, two regulars w re missing Foreman I* recover Ing from a fractured foot fione and tin attending physician stated that he could tart pra tire a rain today, hut In all probability he will miss the first game, pe erson. ’impound lineman, was absent from the scrimmage, but he will return to Decullir today and will be ready for the opener. Tile varsity team lined up with Bogner and Freeby at end post lions. Liby and Meyer nt tackle spots Busse and Bauman in guard positions and Jennings. Bair, K. (Irani and Wefel tn the backfield. Another backfield with a lot of strength Is composed of l> Smith, Thomas, McConnell and Bassett. Both ba< ktields worked at inter vals with the varsity line and both gained a lot of ground More daily drills are In store for the entire squad, which numbers more than f>». until next Tuesday, when the season officially opens This year's team Is heavier than the Ibis version, and local follows of the port believe that the ell tire squad is in better < >nditloti| Hint it was a year ago Texas has rt.a state forests: "6 state parks, and 500 roadside parks maintained by the state highway department for the traveling public

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SPORTS BULLfTIN Cincinnati. 0.. Sept. 2 —(UP) —Baseball commissioner A. B. Chandler today fined the Pitts burgh Pirates of the national league $2,000 and Ray L. Kennedy. the club’s farm system director, SSOO for violating the bonus rule. At t(ie same time he declared M. Dan Lynch Jr., of Dallas. Tex., to be a free agent and de- ‘ dared void a contract between the Pittsburgh club and M. Dan Lynch Sr. as a scout. The Pir- * ates and affiliated clubs were precluded from signing young Lynch for three years. t I Kramer Tosses 15fh Victory For Red Sox I New York. Sept 2 U’PI- The purchase of piti her Jack Kramer from the St. laiuis Browns last winter was paying big dividends for the Boston Bed Sox today as they continued to set the puce in the American league Kramer breezed to his 15th triumph of the year against only four losses yesterday in pitching

Roxton to a convincing 10 to 1 docixlon over Detroit. The big righthander. enjoying hit best xeaxon since breaking In with the Rrownx in 1939. s< altered eight hits and mastered the Bengalxl from start to finish. Tlie tame was decided in the xixth when the Red Sox bunched four hits and four walks for seven runs Billy Hitchcock. subbing for the Injured Bobby Doerr. was the hitting star for the second straight day. driving in three runs with three hits Virgil Trucks was the loser. Boston remained a full game rhead of the second place Yankees, who struggled to a 12-innlng. 5 to I I victory over the St. Ixiuis Browns The Yanks won on Yogi Berra's' 13th homer of the year In the 12th. smacked off Fred Sanford, who went the distance for the Browns and gave up II hits Vic Raschl started for the Yankees but 801 l Porterfield, who took over the hurling duties in the loth, gained credit for his fourth triumph. George Stirnweiss of the Yanks and Al Zarilln and Lm .Moxa of St. Louis hit homerx. Brooklyn widened Its National league lead to a half game hy beating the Chicago Cubs, 6 to 0. while the second place Braves split with Cincinnati. The ftodgerx. spearheaded by skinny Preacher Hoe and Jackie Robinson, licked their old nemesis, southpaw Johnny Schmitz, who had defeated Brooklyn five straight

times thia season. Roe scattered four hits In racking up his eighth victory and second successive shutout. Robinson collected two of the Hodgers' nine hits, drove In two runs and stole a base Gene Hermanxki hit his 13th homer in the fourth off Emil Kush. Cincinnati humbled the Braves in the opener. 3 to 1. but Boston laiunced back with an 11 to 1 victory In the nightcap Johnny Wy roatek's homer with Claude Corbitt on bane In the sixth inning helped southpaw Johnny Vander Meer gain his 12th victoryJn the first game The Braves were held to five hits by the veteran lefthander who outpitched young Warren Spahn It wan ntrictly "no content" in the nightcap an the Braves bombarded four Redleg hurlers for 21 hits, including Earl Torgeson's sixthinning homer with one on Tommv Holmen and Phil Mani »ach banged out four hits. Rookie Glenn Elliott, recently recalled from Milwaukee, wan the winner although he wan forced to yield to Clyde Shoun when he was Inlured in a play at first base during the fourth Inning. The Cardinals took over third Mace in the National by whipping the Phiilies. 4 to 2. In a night game CORT TONIGHT and FRL & SAT. ALLAN LANE “BOLD FRONTIERSMAN” *L 10—2nd Chao "Black Widow" lec-Ke Ins. Ten ..■■o.-0 i” Bun. Men. Tuee^—“Betrayed" A "Gated Pery"

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in St. Ijoulx. Two of Card runs were walked across by rookie pitcher Hob I n Roberts Ron Northey of St laiuix and llama Rowell and Andy Seminick of the Phils hit homers. The Giants knocked Pittsburgh out of third place ax they ended a seven-game losing streak with a 3 to 1 win under the lights in Pittsburgh. Motitia Kennedy pitched a five-hitter for New York, striking out nine batters and losing his shutout in the ninth inning on an unearned run The Giants got all their runs off Ernie Bonham in the fifth, one on a forceout and two on Sid Gordon's single Bobby Feller gave one of his old exhibitions, striking out nine bat-' terx as he pitched the Cleveland Indians to a 8 to 1 win over the Athletics. The win left Cleveland a game and-a half out of first place. Philadelphia five-and-ahalf. A three-run rally in the eighth inning gave the Washington Senators a 5 to I victory over the Chicago White Sox and put the Sena tors in sixth place. Chicago stag ed a three-run rally in the ninth which failed when Ralph Weigel Itounced out with the bases loaded Yesterday's star — Pitcher Preacher Roe of the Dodgers, who gave up only four hits and no walks to beat the Chicago Cubs. 8 to 0. for his second straight shutout. I

tmwiU AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Ret. G.B. Boston 77 43 .<lB . New York 78 49 .80S 1 • Cleveland .... 78 SO 603 1H j Philadelphia 73 SS S7o 5H Detroit 59 82 .438 18 Washington 49 77 .389 28H St Louis 47 75 .MS 28kx Chicago 42 33 338 35 ' NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Bet. G.B Brooklyn ’. <9 53 568 Boston 71 58 .559 H St Louis <9 57 .548 2 Pittsburgh 85 55 .542 3 New York <1 <0 504 7>.. Philadelphia S 5 89 . 444 15 Cincinnati S 3 72 .424 17H Chicago 52 73 .418 18ft YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Washington 5. Chicago 4. Cleveland S. Philadelphia 1. Boston 10. Detroit 1. New York 5. St Louis 4 (12 inn Ings). National Lssgue Brooklyn S. Chicago 8. Cincinnati 3-1. Boston i-11. Now York 3. Pittsburgh 1. St Louis 4. Philadelphia 1 # Feed Mill Winner Os Central Soya League Finals of the Central Soya softhall league were played Wednesday night at McMillon park, with Langh roe's home run la the last of the seventh giving the Peed Mill deparmoat aa 8-7 victory over the office force. There are few poiaoaooe snakes 1a Oklahoma The copperhead and . coitoamoath, or water moccasin are moat common Rattlesnakes t are more acarce.

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iuinm AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. CB. Indianapolis 95 48 .881 Milwaukee St M 582 12 Columbus 77 65 .542 17V» St. Paul 77 65 .542 17H Minneapolis 72 70 .507 22*4 Kansas City 6o 79 .432 33 Toledo 53 M .376 41 Louisville 50 93 .350 45 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS i I-ouisville 2. Toledo 0, St Paul 7. Milwaukee 0. Columbus 11. Indianapolis 1. ! Kansas City 7, Minneapolis 4. Plain Ben Franklin was a fancy | dresser. At the Maxxacliusetts Historical Society headquarters is displayed a suit he wore in Paris made of lilac poplin with cuffs of pleated lawn. i

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Berne Bowling Alleys Will Open Saturday Berne. Sept 2 The Berne bowling alleys, located In the auditorium basamnnt. will onen to the piiblli next Saturday. The alleys have, been refinished and resanded Lea | gue bowling will start September) 13. Sixteen men’s teams and six ladles’ teams ure entered hi the local leagues. Classic League To Organize Friday The Classic league will be organized at a meeting Friday evening at s o’clock at Mies Recreation. Carl Mies, proprietor, also announced plans for a Thursday afternoon league for business men. and a Wednesday afternoon league for women I'eisons interested in these leagues are asked to contact .Mies Central Soya Bowling League Opens Sept. 8 The Central Soya bowling league will open its annual schedule next Wednesday. Sept. 8, at .Mies Recreation. with 12 teams entered.! League bowling a ill start promptly! at 6:30 p.m. All in Knowing How Clinton. .Mass. (UP) — While,' Edward Lewis of West Virginia | was driving through here the carburetor overflowed and caught fire. As st<M>d helplessly by, a spectator ran into a restaurant. 1 seized a handful of coffee grounds < from an urn and dashed it on the , motor, quickly (Hitting the fire out. j

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Holiday Motorists Warned By Sheriff LalMir day weekend motorists who fail to look out for the safety of themselvgs and others on the road will pajrheavily for their negli-, genre, sheriff Herman Bowman ue-i

! < iared today. The sheriffs office will lie cracking down on traffic regulation vio- , lators over the entire weekend, he said, in an attempt to keep the , county s highways safe for the holiday. i Similarly, state laolice have been

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