Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1948 — Page 8

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I Hi ■ '■■ Red Sox Lead Is Reduced To Game And Half New York. Sept. l‘> fl’PI With tense American league per nant chase getting near the payoff the runner-up New York Yankee got a chance today to get back 01 even terms with the pace-aettini Boston Bed Sox Apparently whipped for the yeai when they lost three out of foui to Bos'on a week-and-a-half ago the Yanks are now in a position where they could gain a tie foi first place if they win a double header from Detroit and St Louin bests the Red Sox. The Yanks got this second chance when the tail-end Chicago White Sox rose up yesterday to down the Red Sox In a wild 17 to 10 game in Chicago The defeat <ut Boston s !ead to a game-and-a-half The White Sox registered the upset with an incredible Bt-run rally in the seventh inning As Chicago teed off on pitchers have Ferri# and Earl Caldwell for six hits and three walks, it was hard to tell which team wgs battling for the flag and which was hopelessly buried in the cellar Taft Wright was the star, driving .n five of the runs in the rally — four of them on a grandslam homer off Caldwell. Al Gettel. starting Chicago pitch er. emerged with the win while Boston starter Ja< k Kramer, who failed to survive a four run third inning, was the loser The Yanks were idle yesterday, along with the third-place Cleveland Indians Ferris Fain’s double to score Eddie Joost in the 12th inning gave the Philadelphia A’s an s to 7 win over the Browns in St. latuis Hrownie Gerry Prfiddy had sent the game into overtime with a ninth-inning homer The Tigers extended Washington's losing streak to 15 games by a 4 to 2 score at Itetrolt. Rookie I laiu Kretlow hurled a nine-hitter to get the win. white Milo Candini was charged with the defeat. Boston's Braves retained their

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five-game margin in the nations league by downing Chicago. & to 2 at Boston Southpaw Warren Spain was tagged for nine hits but scored his 14th win Four Cub errors play ed a big part In the Braves' scor lug The Pirates tightened their hold on second place with an S to 3 victory over the Giants in New York behind the seven hit pitching of Ernie Bonham. Whitey Lockman i and Johnny Mize homered for New n York, but the Pirates found Larry ”• Jansen an easy mark f’* The Dodgers split a doubleheader ,n with Cincinnati, losing the first •K game .1 to 2 as they were held to six hits by Howie Fox and winning ,r the second. 2 to 1. when Preacher ■ r Roe stopped the Reds with seven °- safeties. Roe lost his shutout when n Hank Sauer hammered his 32nd ,r homer l ‘" The Cardinals gained a thirdlß pla<-e tie with Brooklyn by winning a night game from the Phillies, J * to 0. ut Philadelphia George ißedt x Munger hurled a neat three-hitter I 11 to get the win. The Cards got one | 11 run in the second on Bill Baker's - * double and Red Schoendiest's sin-1 vie and another In the seventh on 1 ’ Stan Muslal's triple and Country| * Slaughter's single i> , s Yesterday s star — Taft Wright • I of the Chicago White Sox. who! *1 drove In five of the 10 runs scored I ” by his team in one inning, one on' ' a forceout and four on a grand slam I 1 home run i . Indians Pull Even In Playolf Series By United Press The record was all even today In■ both sections of the American Association's 13th annual governor's cup playoffs. Milwaukee and Indianapolis, losers in the first games Tuesday night, turned the tables in last \ night's games The Brewers tromped on the' Columbus Redbird#. 10 to 3, and i league champion Indianapolis defeated St. Paul. X to 2 Milwaukee just edged Columbus ' in the hitting department. 11 to 10. but the Brewers got them where they counted They stored all their run# in three big innings, the second. fourth and fifth. Milwaukee hurler Al Kpperly went the route to get credit for the win Indianapolis loosed 14 hits. Including three homers, to blast | three St. Paul pitchers off the mound. Outfielder Culley Rikard lomered in the third with one on. ind infielders Les Fleming and fete Castiglione both homered a-ith empty bases In the fifth Indian pitchers Jim Bagby and Jal Mclish allowed St Paul only ilx hits. Tonight the same teams meet in the third game of the best-four-jut-of-geven series After tonight'# tames the teams move to St. Paui »nd Columbus for the rest of the leries , WOMEN'S LEAGUE Standing W L Mirror Inn .... ..... J o .McMillen .... 3 0 lillSmith 3 0 Mlea 30 Decatur Industries ..3 0 'entral Soya 3 0 *> p w ciub 3 0 .... 2 1 loagland Lumber 2 1 lag Service ..... | 2 Mutt's Service ... 1 2 -outh-Bud ... 0 3 >uo Therm .. . 0 3 tanbar .. . 0 3 -ut on ....... 0 3 Cent Realty 0 3 lottschalk 0 3 'irat State Bank „ 0 3 High games Plasterer 217. Reytold# I*ol7o. rade in a Ue >a Yawn —• Oecatw CORT TONIGHT and FRI. & SAT. Genet Fleet Ceier Fiet ore I GENE AUTRY “STRAWBERRY ROAN” ALSO—“Black Widow" 14c-30c lac. Taa —O—O— Son. Men Tuea.—"Fighting Mad*' ’ A "O#ngeroue Years"

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0 0 Today's Sport Parade By Jack Cuddy tßeg. I’. 8. Pat. Off.) 0 4 New York. Sept 16 — (CP) — The old timer* are moaning and groaning in the pro football locker room* today for all they are get- j ting is bump* and bruise* ax the new crop of hungry tookie* grab the headline* and pave the way for a new look on the cash and carry gridiron In both major profe“*ional circuit*. the national league and the •11-America conference, the theme song ha* been the name mournful dirge for the old timers no far this season And. while the NFL copped most of the ''name' collegians of last fall, the lesser storied lads fresh from Alma Mammy are stealing all the thunder in the AAC? The biggest splash has been' made by a youngster with the intriguing monicker of Yelberton Ab-' raham Tittle — known more simp ly as just "Y. A.” Tittle This former L. S. U. ace gave the New York Oamyankees .what for in beating them. 45-28. suh. getting four AAC records in the process. These onegame standards were 346 yards passing; 17 yards per attempted heave. 32 yaids per completion, and 354 yard* on total offense. On top of which. Y A. heaved for three touchdowns. Then there's Tom Casey of the Yanks, who is a cinch to break the A. A. C. record for total yards on punt returns rhe mark is 299 yards. Casey alre.tdy has brought the pumpkin ba/x 299 yards and the race is just under way Jim Cason. L. 8. V. and San Francisco I9'er*. is second in this department and Herman Wedemeyer of the lx>* Angeles I tons, third. They. too. are rookies. Tittle, that man again, has spark-: ed the longest play of the season, an Ito-yard pass and run with rookie John North of Vanderbilt. Buffalo’s rookie Bill Gomper* has the longest interception return. 53 yards, ind Baltimore freshman Reg Grossman has a record 63-yard field goal. The A. A. C.'s leading scorer among the ends is another first year man. lowa’s Hal Shoener, with the 49'era, and one of the ue*t looking linemen Is rookie George Sirobmeyer, Notre Darner with Brooklyn Rookies made a potential winner mt of the New York Giants who last season were bad enough to be -ailed lousy. Charley Conerly of Mississippi was a pip with !b* passes as the Giant* treat the Chicago Hears. Bill Swiacki. Columbia end whose pass catching broke Army'* long winning streak last year, was another star for the Jlnts. Johnny Lujack of Notre Dame tame showed in a losing cause that he can go just a* good tor real money as ho could for cakes The Detroit IJons have a pair to watch In triple tbroater Fred Enke of Aritona and Joo Watt of Syracuse Ray Evan*, the Kansas cyclpne. is •tirrtog the folk* in Pittshwrgh where he la giving the Steelers owe of the best single wing attacks tn history. AU in all. It shapes up as a tough season on the old timer*, the guy* who have made a monotonou* habit of reaping the raven. The new crop la ready, in this one sport at least, and the payoff should be in bigger and better thrill* for you foulks who foot the bill Trade la a Good Town — Decatur

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MAJOR” NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. C.B. 1 Boston Hl 58 .M 3 Pittsburgh 774 61 .548 5 : Brooklyn 75 63 .543 s>e > St. Louis 75 63 543 s«e I New York 73 64 .533 7 I Cincinnati ST fl 41'» 22 1 -, Philadelphia 58 *1 417 23 i Chicago 57 81 413 23 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. t Boston 87 51 630 New York 85 52 .620 1% Cleveland 84 55 604 Philadelphia M6l 570 8 I Detroit 67 68 486 jSI Ixtuia 54 82 .397 32 Washington 49 92 348 39 U Chicago 46 92 .333 41 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League St I>>ulh 2. Philadelphia o Cincinnati 3-1. Brooklyn 2 2. Boston 5. Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 8. New York 2 American League Philadelphia 8. St Louis 7 <l2 i j inning* >. Detroit 4. Washington 2. Chicago 17. Boston 10. Only game* scheduled Decatur Moose Win First Tourney Tilt The Decatur Moose softball team, -defeating the Ottawa. O. American Legion team. 12-2. Wednesday night, won it* first start in the Invita tional tourney at Convoy, O. Decat ur will meet the Fort Wayne Pen nay team in it* nest game at 7:36 p m. Sunday. Kids' Parade Feature For Berne Festival Berne, Sept. 16 — One of the feature* of Berne's fail festival which will be held October 7, 8 and 9 will be a kid’s parade Cash prix e* will lie awarded The parade will lie incorporated in a mammoth par ade to lie held Saturday noon. October 9 The festival will feature lives ock show*, pulling contest* industrial and home economics os- . bihits, and concessions and ride* will lie on the street* here II Reports Deer On Farm Near Berne Bom*. Sept |6 — Bam Nussbaum , local real estate agent, reported yesterday that a Tull grown deer ba* , »ieen on -his farm southeast ot Berne, in Jefferson township, al , summer The deer i* making Its borne in a wood* on the farm and . has become quite tame. The ten , ant on the farm. Dore Brewster, rei port* seeing it Loqueatly. Butcher Guilty Os I Charging For Air I I Lo* Angeles. Sept. 16 — (t’P) — Butcher Edward Renert, 46. faced ( a Slso fine or M day* tn jail today , for charging a customer for 16 cent* t worth of air He plead»<i guilty ye* ( terday to training an electric fan on hi* meat scales so that the r breese added 3-’< ounce* to the , weight of a 52 65 roast. BUaded to War Fifteen hundred American eerv- : tettDtn loM thdij fight during World r War U.

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SOVIET RAIDERS tCont. From "age (*••• ->ec nr Imundary juM south of the Potsdarner Platz, scene of frequent east-west friction An American patrol was sent to the area and the Rurslans retreated The third Russian stab across the Imrder occurred in the Llchtenraderstrasad on the far southern edge of the American sector German police said the Russians returned to their own lecy when an American military po Ice pa trol appeared. other reports of unrest In the Soviet area said German youths stoned police In the Russian sector of Berlin, and that anti-com-munist German political leader# wer • fleeing from eastern Ger many to escape a purge American sources reported that at least 125 German political chieftains from the Soviet occupation zone had asked sanctuary from a Russian campaign to wipe >ut dissident elements In the east Germ >n sources said an estimated .5.C00 specially trained Peace At Last From PERSISTENT ITCH! No wonder thousands toosod b> Itchy torment blrss the der they rhansed to Resmo. Herr s quick action front r..-»t moment—a Idlsetui sense of peace that lasts and lasts, thanks to B active soothina arents In a lanolin base that atays on Don t be content with anything lass eflecllvs than Resinol ointment. Beller Footwork in "CASER” I. i '<S d This shoe is really built - it II gels your feel into the game--F- gives nmiliwt i« grnrral active .. wear. Features are: slip |iroof e molded sole, shockproof tluahion Arch and insole, erieiilifir last, breathable P up|>era. W aUiable. 'oKeds aw •MMRRNL ? LINN'S

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