Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 233, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1948 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Defeat Portland raninei®

Jackets Hand Portland Team 13-0 Setback After a scoreless fir t half, the Deatur Yellow Jacket# found their spark during the real period and came back to defeat the Portland Panther'. 13-a. a' Worthman field Fl i lay niglit for their fourth consecutive victory Taking the hall on the secondhalf kickoff, the Jacket< drove to a touchdown without 'osing pos session of the ball. Larry Jennings returned the kickoff to the Portland 40 yard line After George Hair picked up five yard* through the line. Jim Bassett raced irotind hi# left end to the 20. Jennings hit off tackle for nine and I tick McConnell crack ed over guard for a first down on the Portland seven McCon nell then racer! around hi# left for the touchdown Kenny Grant, regular fu (back, used only spar ing y becau e of injuries stiff red in the Concordia game Tue day plunged for the extra point. The Yellow Jackets scored their second touchdown early in the final period An exchange of punt# gave It catur the ball on the Portland -»<». Two successive forward pas es from Grant to Doyle Üby gave Decatur a firs' down on the Portland 11. Four cracks at the Portland line fina ly found Grant going over for the touchdown A p tinge for the ex tra point was stopped short. itecatur muffed a golden op por'unity to score In the early minute# of the* game. DeLan* Bauman recovered a Portland fumble on the Portland 32 on the second play of the game. A long pa*s from Neil Thomas to Jen ning# put the ball on the Portland nine bit four plays failed by a scant half-yard, th ■ Panth era taking ove r the ball practical ly on their goal line Portland here put on It# only sustained drive of the game, reeding off three first downs in a row before the Jacket# stiffened and forced the Panthers to punt. Decatur mi##e 1 what appeared to be a certain touchdown in Hullo Ing second# of the first half Taking the ball on down# on their own 2*. the Jacket#, on long run# by Jennings and Bassett, carried the ball to the Portland 32. Thomas' long p-tss in the end tone barely trickled off Dan Freeby's fingertips. Poitland taking over on downs. The Jackets had a good edge in the statistics, marking up 12 first downs to five for Portland Four of Portland's were in the first half, one of them on a pen ally Portland was p nallzed ;■ total of 25 yard# and Decatur 15.

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Two Decatur reguars. Ilogtier and Grote, were out with injuries and Grant played only a few minutes a' a time. The Yel'ow Jackets will return to Northeastern Indiana confer ence play n xt week, entertain ing the New Haven Bulldogs at Worthman field Friday night at I 7:30 o'clock. Additional bleachers, to seat too to 500 per on#, and which were ordered last spring, fai ed 1 to arrive tor last night's game, hut school officials hope that the extra seats will arrive before next Frldav. A crowd of approximately 1.400 person* witnessed las' night's game, the largest crowd to date 1 of the home season. Decatur Port'and Foreman LB ...Wilkinson Lfby LT .Aker J Mevers LG Hartley 'I Smith CPriest 'taumanv R G -—.Bec kdolt "••terson HT Delau’er Freebv RE Kesler D Smith QB Sink h Jennings .. LU Kunce Bassett R II Jet'er# Bair F B Gibson 1 Scon- by quarters: Decatur ... 0 0 7 6 —13 ■ '•ortland " 11 •’ ••— 0 Decatur scoring Touchclown# McConnell. Grant Point after •omhdown Grant < plunge). Substltul on Decatur Grant. I McConnel. Ogg. Busse. Thomas. Gehrig. Stucky. Fruchte Portand Schoeff. .Mcljiughlin. Deooy, Williamson. Robbins. Pit»er. Bishop Officials—Todd, Collyer, Gar rett. Detroit Slows r Indians March ' For Pennant ■ ( New York. Oct. 2— (UP) — An ( inproven rookie who failed miser- v ebly in two previous major league r •hances today tried to halt the fal- - erlng but desperately determined f 'leveland Indian pennant drive It was only three weeks ago that [ nite her Lou Kretlow was called up | •o Detroit from the Williamsport. "a , eastern league farm, but today , he was a man of destiny -Cleve- .. ’and'# destiny. ’ j Beaten by the Tigers. 5 to 3. yes•erday. the Indian# needed a vic•ory today to clinch at b-ast a tie for the pennant, ami a win both ■oday and tomorrow to cop the pennant outright without risking a tie with New York or Boston With that tense situation, young Kretlow took to the mound for ’ Detroit against fast-balling Gene '' Rearden at Cleveland seeking to ' make good under withering fire • v Veteran clutch hurler Fred Hutch- ' •nson. who beat the Indians only 'ast week, originally was scheduled - o pitch this vital game for De•roit, but he came down with Inf'uenr.a and a !<•!-degree temperatire last night So Kretlow. who was sent back down to the minors in two earlier tries at the big time, was thrown into the lion's den But victory for him would not ’ be without precedent. In 1940 De•roit needed one victory to clinch ( i he chamnionship and a rookie i named Floyd Giebell. straight from ' 'he hushes, beat Cleveland. 2-0. Unhappily, however, he never won another major league game While Cleveland fought for its life a game ahead of the field with 'wo to go. the Yanks opened their ■ eerie# against the Red Sox at Boston with both teams clutchinK for that last-straw, a mathematical | chance to stay in the race should Cleveland drop the next two to De I 'roit. This truly was a "little world teries" all its own. with lefty Tommy Byrne scheduled to pitch igainst Boston's Jack Kramer Byrne has won eight and lost four I this season including one win over I Boston, while Kramer has won-17; I and lost five, including three wins over the Yunka. The Yanks had one heavy anvil hanging over their heads -they've' > never won two in a row at Boston ; . this season Too. Boston has won 12 and lost eight in games with the New Yorkers. But the Sox and the Yanks act--taly had to worry as much about Cleveland's performance agaimit , Detroit as they did their own games. Bearden went Into the game today with a record ol 18 won and teven lost. Three of his wins were >ver Detroit—the only times he faced.the Tigers this season. It is far from inconceivable, however, that Cleveland might drop the next two contests; Lou Boudreau's team , has lost three in a row five times this year. Young Bob Lemon, a 20-game winner thia season, was the boy who went down to defeat on the mound for the Tribe yesterday, and i I ha cried in the dressing room after it was over That's understandable, ‘for It was a heart breaker He was only two onts from vic-

Decatur Moose To Receive League Award B* -JRL JSSI v mL The D vattir Moose roftball team, . hampion# of rhe Suburban lexgne. w|ll r celve e trophy at th** annua, awards dinner mooting <>• the. Lin Auto . J * iiim*. Trophies will be awarded to the winner# and runner up in the Suburban. Major ami (...timer, .al leagues, a I sponsored by the Main Auto. .Member# of the Moose team, above, are: it..r-„nn»ll Sal Mvers From row left to right lay Moser .-<> manager: Sephu# Jackson . John McConnell, Sal Myers. mascot; Robert Davl«, Paul Harrah Kd S opp.-nh .gen Jack Bee. 1a th J-*' r ... ( . p rw « er . p, r r(IM | o j-'k'h it <> Wvnn. emmanager; Q .en'i:i < ri«t. Don Hirschy. Ervin Graft, fr .ter lek Graft Floyd Resd. Junior McClure. Ra ph Royer. Jo .ph Hunte-, scorekeeper and property man. Moose Boast. Crest Record The Moose team compiled a great recor.l during the eea on just concluded, winning 4" gamos and lo.inl six o?er he emir summer These game# i m ud.M the strong Marion Draper tarn, which woi the sule ASA rourney TbT district ASA. and went the final In the national ASA at Portland. ..... l.e rtir ilefeatf-d The Draper team riel t.'*‘! the V o-t e. 3-1. ° Plan./for m * year for the Mot.se Include joln nu the In Ilana l< ague, forme lof Decatur. Marlon. lntH-in>.»oli«. Mun-le and Richmond >•“ ,wo: “’ urn “ ra ' n ‘ Mtmse scored 117 run# on 139 bits atpl <omml"e<l 31 errors, in 14 exM»>ltlon game- made 72 runs. 112 hit# and 22 error-: and In ei.ht tournament games, made 61 runs. 70 hits 11 The team was led by 4'apt lid H'oppenhagen. catcher, and Paul Harrah, pit. her. ,

tory a 3-2 victory when Detroit cut loose with three runs in the ninth inning First. Eddie Mayo beat out a single ami went to second when U-mon's throw hit him Then Johnny Groth and Myron Ginsberg walked to load the base# Lemon was yanked for Russ Christopher, who walked Johnny Upon, f >rcing in the tying run Groth was forced at the plate on Connie Berry's grounder, but Berrv was safe at first when Walt Jud n!ch dropped the double play throw Then Jimmy Outlaw singled in Gin#berg and Llpon In other game# yesterday St Louis split with Chicago, winning 4-0 and losing 3 2 in the American, and Boston beat Brooklyn. 3-1. Pittsburgh downed Cincinnati. 2 1. and Chicago blanked St. Louis, 4-0. in the National. Yesterday's star Jlmtny Outlaw of Detroit who singled in the winning runs against Cleveland. No More Free Chow Traverse City. Mich (VPt With food prices xocming muni cipal Judges here have decreed a bread and water diet for vagrants who court arrest for a few good meals. H. S. FOO r BALL Bluffton 19. Columbia City IS. Garrett 14. New Haven 0. Auburn 39. Hartford City <•. Huntington 24. Warsaw 6. Fort Wayne North 30, Fort Wavne C C 0. Fort Wayne Con ord a 51. Payne (0.1 0. • Mun ie Central 20, Indianapolis Tech «. Evansville Reitz 32. East Chicago R<M>sevelt 6. Elkhart 14. I-al'orte 7. Kokomo 7. Elwood 6. Marion 25. Anderson 13.

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| AMER'CAN LEACUF. W L Pct. C.B. Cleveland - 95 57 .625 New York 94 59 .618 1 Boston 94 58 .618 1 Philadelphia ... *4 fit;# .553 II Detroit - 77 75 .607 18 •St. l#)Ui# 59 9.1 .388 36 Washington 54 97 .358 40 ’ Chicago 50 Jot .331 44’-. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. ' Boston 89 61 .593 St Louis 84 68 .553 6 Brooklyn *• 69 346 7 Pittsburgh 83 70 .542 7*» New York 77 71 .510 12*4i Philadelphia ... 65 87 42s 25 'Chicago .. . — G 3 89 .414 27 Cincinnati 89 .414 2> YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League St. Ixtuis 4 2. Chicago 03. 1 Detroit 5. Cleveland 3. Only games scheduled. I National League Boston 3, Bntoklyn I. Pittsburgh 2. Cincinnati 1 Kt. Louis 6. Chicago 4. Only games scheduled. PRO FOOTBALL All America Conference San Francisco 31. Chi ago 14. I s MINOR LEAGUE Macklin's Royals won four points 0 from Joe's Barber Shop; McMillen won two points from Central Soya; Kelly's Cleaners won two points from Hoagland Co-op; Man#field

won three point.* from Adams Co. Lumber. Standings W L Pte. Central Soya .. 9 3 11 1 Macklin 8 4 H Kelly 7 5 9 Adams Lumber .. 7 5 9 M Millen 5 77 Joes .... 4 8 6 Boagland .. 4 s 6 Mansfield 4 8 5 High games: Azbell 204, Max lieare 201.

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