Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 212, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1948 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Drop Football Opener, 6*m

Jackets Drop Grid Opener To Bluffton Fumbling the opening kickoff proved dixaHlrouts to the Decatur Yellow Jackets in their tout ball opener Tuesday night, the Bluffton Tigers capitalizing on the break fol score the games lone touchdown and i rmerw on top by a 6-o <n ore Bluffton's opening ki. koff, a low,; bounding ball tough to handle. I bounced off a Yellow Jacket and I was recovered by Bluffton on the' 20-yard line. Roush raced around hfs left end to the two yard line on the first play Edington was stopped cold in a smash at the line but Melvin Day' slashed off right tackle for the' touchdown An attempted placekick , for the extra point was low. and Bluffton was out in front. 6-o. The Jackets, obviously jittery in the opening minutes of the game, fumbled the next kickoff, the ’llgets reioveting on Die Decatur 3i Four plays, however, netted only six yard- as the Jackets stiffened

Deiatur taking over on downs to halt the threat. Bluffton threatened again as the first quarter dosed, hut Dei at lit stopped the Tigers cold as the second period opened to take over on the Decatur 28. B was the last sot lulls threat Hie Blulftoli team made to score. Drive Halted Decatur's only real scoring drive developed late in the final quar ter but was finally stopped on the Bluffton 36 yard line whed the Jack ets' passing atta k was stymied Decaturs hid for at least a tie was launched from the Jackets' IS yard line With Kenny Grant carry Ing the .hall on practically every; play, plus a la-yard (cenalty against the Tigers for unnecessary rough-; Hess, the Jackets drove to the Bluff ton 37. with three minutes of the game left to play. Bluffton’s line stiffened at this point, however, and a pair of lona passes by Grant barely missed their, ■ ■■■■caaaoHM.

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| mark. Bluffton taking over on Its I own 36 to stop the Decatur threat. Outside of that opening kickoff break on which the Tigers capitalized. the teams were well matched, with neither eleven able to make a HUs'elned march. Decatur's next game will also ' be on a foreign field, the Jackets traveling to Auburn Friday night. Sept. 17. to battle with Zeke Young's Red Devils, defending conference < ham pion? Decatur's first home game will be Friday night. Sept 24. with the Garrett Railroaders furnishing the opposition. Decatur Bluffton Bogner LK Roth i Liliy • LT Jamison i Bowman LG Ireland Grote C Bauman Peterson KG Steffen Myers It I' Bowman Freeby It ■' Strum Wefel QB Edington Bair LH Day Jennings Hi! Roush Grant Fit .McAdams Score by quarters: Bluffton 6 " •’ 0 • j Decatur 0 0 0 o—o Scoring Touchdown Day Substitutes Iterator D. Smith. Busse. Thomas. I! Smith, Bassett Bluffton Miller. Harris, Speboer. sprunger, G>llium. .Markley, Stultz. Nash i Officials Bateman, Harman, g Gariett |

STATE FUNERAL (Coot. From Page One! ump Brnns’ iiiPinory.” “Word* are au;> -rfluom where action* apeak louder." the Communist premie* *ai<l "Benes' acta have built his monument io the heart* of our people." In Juat 25 minuet it was over. The H'ommunist government of the na lion Benes helped to build had paid ita brief reape t« in a ceremony that public affection for the former prealdenl had demanded Juat at 4 30 <9 Hl t'DTi. the cask e*. covered with the Czecliosluvakian flag, wan lairne down the museum step* and placed »n a black draped aryilery caisson. Almoat immediately the cortege liegan moling down Wemrslasis Square, a* the trumpeter* played the Jan lluacorale. Through ailent. sorrowing crowd*. Eduard Bene* rode for the laat I time through the streets of PraI gue. But there had lieen two anti gov-| eminent demori.tiaiion* earlier, of ao serfou* a nature a* to call for the atringent police regulation* by, the government, tine occurred laat night at Memorial Hall, when Bene* Is sly was removed after lying in atate there. The other took place in Wencealau* Square early today as the body reached the museum. Communist leader* had feared further demonat rat lona during the funeral and procession by member* of the Sokol, the Czech gymnastic society of whiytl Bene* wa* a lifelong memlier.' DEWEY WILL F’rnvn T • a <»»•••» "kickoff" speech in Itetniit last j night He listened to Stassen by radio and when the former Minnesota governor finished. Dewey called him by telephono.

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o 0 Today's Sport Parade By Jack Cuddy (Reg. IT. S Pat. Off.) I o —0 New York, Bopt. k IVP I — A* the flag-defending Yankees Invaded Boston today to plunge into the stretch fight tor their eighth American league pennant in 13 years, manager llucky Harris hop ed that help from rookies Hank Bauer and Bob Porterfield would provide the difference between vici lory and defeat Outfielder Bauer from the Kan sas City farm made u successful major league debut in Monday's doubleheader against the Athletics; and Harris announced that the youngster would lie in the line-up tonight at Boston as the signifl- ! cant three-game series opened Harris announ ed also that Porterfield. the young right-hander recently brought in from Newark, would he one of the three sinning pitcher* against the Red Ho*. Since . hia arrival, Porterfield has been credited with four victories and I one defeat. Bauer, who batted .30S with KanNa* City, will be used against eiher righ-hauded or south [law pitching. The injection of hi* hlght handed clouting into the lineup, mean* the benching of Charlie Keller for the first time without injury since King Kong rtarted with the Yankee* in i 939. Keller a operation during the off-season and his broken hand in June seems to have deprived him of ills power. Keller made 21 hits in l<>! trips since he returned to the line-up in early August. Against southpaw pitching. Harris' outfield will be Johnny Lindell, left; Joe Itimaggio. center, and Hauer replacing Yogi Berra in right. Against righties, the gardener* will be Hauer, left; Itimaggio, center, and Berra, right. Bauer told Harris on hjs ability

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Monday when he got four hits, drove in two run* and stole a base during the doubleheader. Harris believe* that the Yanks mu-u-s-t win two of.the three games n the current series in order l<> lave a reasonable chance of beating out Joe McCarthy’s Bosox for the pennant The Yanks were one and one-half games behind Boston tolay. and they faced an uphill fight for the test of the season. Twenty of the Yanks remaining 23 games are on the road- and. thus far, the Yanks have been a comparatively poor road team — playing at 1179; although they had a 619 pace at home. Jackets Quarterback Injured Last Evening Don Wefel. 17-yearold l>e<atur high school senior, is confined to the Adams county memorial hospital for observation and treatment of Injuries suffered in the DecaturBluffton football game at Bluffton Tuesday night. Wefel, regular quarterback for the Yellow Jackets, was injured during a scrimmage play. Extent of his injuries had not been determined this afternoon, pending further examination of internal injuries. Annual Pilgrimage To Knightstown Home The annual'pilgrimage of the American legion and auxiliary to he Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's home at Knightstown will be held Sunday. Dr. William R. Bolen of Indianapolis. department Knightstown home chairman, announces all plans are complete for the most spectacular Legion day ever held at the Knightstown home. Legion day is arranged for the an ertainment of the children of the home. Teade a Gned Tewn — *>seetur

Yanks Invade Bosox Lair For Crucial Series New York. Sept. 8 -HP)— The seething American league pennant sc ramble reached the boiling point today as the runner-up New York Yankees invaded Boston for a night game that opens a threegame series against the frontrunning Red Sox. The pressure, is all on the Yanks of course, because the Red Sox now hold a gatne-and a-half lead. Third-place Cleveland, four-and-a half gam<*s off the pace, opens a three-game series with Detroit in another night game. Today's action in the National league won't be quite as hectic with Boston's pacemaking Braves i and the third place Brooklyn Dod- , gers enjoying a day off. The sec- < ond-place Pirates attempt to tight- j en their hold on that slot in a ( night game at f'lnclnnal. The only action in the majors yesterday was in the National and the outstanding development , was the Pirates' seizure of second nlare by a half-percentage point over idle Brooklyn, It was old Fritz Ostermueller. the canny lefty who will J»e 41 years old on Sept. 15,( who hurled 1 the Pirates to a 6 to 2 night win over the St. Urals Cards at Pitts f burgh. Pitching a seven-hitter. 5 Ostermueller lost his shutout - in ( the ninth inning when I>on j I homered with Stan Musial aboard I The Pirates sprang a triple play. ; S their second of the year, in the p first inning. Al Schoendienst had ( led off with a walk for the Cards and he moved to second on Marty Marion's single. Musial lined a •'! i I and 2 pitch to shortstop Stan I Rojek. who stepped on second and I threw to Johnny Hopp at first for i 8

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