Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 6 April 1949 — Page 8

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Commodores Open Season With Victory The Decatur Commodores launched their first baseball season in 20 years on a victorious note Tuesday afternoon, defeating the Convoy, 0., high school nine, 10-4. on the Convoy diamond. Held without a hit or a run for the first three innings, the Commodores broke loose for four tallies in the fourth frame on as many hits, picked up two more runs in the fifth, one in the sixth and wound up with a three-run flourish in the final inning. Convoy was first to score, plating two runners in the third on three hits, and adding single tallies in the fourth and seventh frames. Max Peterson was the leading hitter of the day, pounding out two doubles and a triple. Pete was the only Commodore to hit safely more than once. D. Wagner and McDaniel each obtained two blows for the Buckeye team. The game was marred by 14 errors. Dave Gillig, Decatur hurler, walked only one man and struck out four. Wyandt, Convoy pitcher, fanned six but walked five. The Commodores will play their first home game Friday afternoon, meeting the Geneva Cardinals at McMillen field at 3:30 p.m. Commodores AB R H E Laurent, 2b 4 1 0 4 Meyer, ss 3 2 12 Kable, c 3 2 10 D. Gillig, p 3 2 10 Peterson, lb 4 13 1 B. Gillig, cf 3 110 Gage, 3b 3 10 1 Coffee, If 4 0 10 Hackman, rs 3 0 0 0 Totals 30 10 8 8 Convoy D. Wagner, rf4 12 1 May, 2b 4 110 H. Wagner, cf 4 0 0 1 McDaniel, c 4 12 0 Copper, If 4 0 10 Garver, lb 4 0 12 Wyandt, p 4 10 1 Hyatt, ss 3 0 0 0 Knittie. 3b 3 0 0 1 Totals 34 4 7 6 Score by innings: Commodores 000 421 3 —lo Convoy 002 100 1— 4 PRIVATE BUYERS! Good selection of privately owned cars, (late models at book price & older models.) Stop in today, select a good personal car. Al Schmitt 201 S. Ist St Phone 144 ( ,

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Baseball Meeting Here Friday Night A baseball meeting, aimed at possible affiliation of a Decatur team with the National Baseball Congress of America, will be held at 8 o’clock Friday night at the American Legion, home in this city. s Representatives of other Indiana i cities are expected to attend Fri- • day's meeting, with O. K. Blau- ■ velt, of Fort Wayne, supervisor for . Indiana for the national organization, expected to preside at the ses- ' sion. Adams Post 43, American Legion, sponsored an outstanding baseball team here last season, finishing j first in the Fort Wayne Federation ' league, but passing up participation in the league playoffs to compete in the state Legion tourney, which the Decatur nine won, with tlje regional, semi-finals and finals held at Worthman field. Persons interested in furthering regular baseball here this summer j are invited to attend Friday's meet-| ing. I Lancaster Winner In Triangular Mee! The Lancaster Bobcats copped a I triangular track meet, held atl Monmouth Tuesday afternoon,: with the Berne Bears finishing sec- ’ ond and the Eagles third. Lancaster scored a total of 55% j points, Berne 43% and Monmouth I 18. Lancaster and Berne each cop-' ped four first places and one re- j Hay race, while Monmouth took, only one first. The summary: lOOyard dash—Nussbaum (B)|first: Worden (L) second; Eichen-j---herger IB) and Graft (Ml tied for ■ third. Time-11. Mile run—V. Gerber (L) first; L. : Gerber (Ll second; N. Bultemeier (Ml third. Time—s:26. 1 440-yard dash—Singleton (M) first; Yager (Ll second; Lehman;: (B) third. Time-55.5. 880-yard run—Bryan (L) first; [ Merriman (Ml second; Sprunger; (B) third. Time-2:31.5. 220-yard dash— Nussbaum (B) first; Singleton (M) second; Bright (L) third. Time—24. High jump—Habegger (Bl first; < Augsburger (B) and Stern (L) 11 tied for second and third. Height— 11 5 ft. 2 in. Shot put— Heare (B) first; Yager (L) second; Stern (L) third. ; Distance—3B ft. 6 in. Pole vault—Yager (L) first; Mankey (L), second; Sthol (Ll and Graft (M) tied for third. Height—B ft. 9 in. Broad jump—Worden (L) first; 1 Habegger (B) second; Graft (M) third. Distance—l 9 ft. 5% in. Mile relay— Lancaster first; • Berne Second; Monmouth third. ■ 880 yard relay—Berne first; Lan- 1 caster second; Monmouth third. ( Time—l:4l. 4 Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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MOOSE LEAGUE ' Standings W L W est 'End 29 7 Moose 426 la Burke 17 19 Moose 617 19 Moose 2...17 39 Moose Ili 22 Moose 313 23 Moose 5H 25 High series: .March 602 (222-180-200). High games: .Lord 200, F. Ahr 204, Appelman 201, Vizard 204. MONDAY NITE LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Office won two from Flanges; Rotors won two from Shafts. Standings W L Office 22 11 Rotors 20 13 Shafts 13 20 Flanges n 22 High games: Laurent 214, Cook 263, Murphy 225. FRATERNAL LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Moose 1 won three from Moose, II; K. of C. won two from G. E. 1 Club. Standings W L< Moose II 27 12 Moose I 23 16 K. of C 2O 19 0. iE. Club 8 31 High games: Laurent 235, Lord 214, Babcock 214, A. Miller 204. MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE (G. B. Alleys) Hiltys won three from Basharas; Laurents won three from Schultzs; Nelsons won two from AppelmanFaurote; Bakers won two from Murphys. Standings W L Murphys 49 23 Laurents 43 29 Nelsons 39 33 Hiltys u . 39 33 Schultzs 38 34 Appelman-Faurote 37 35 Bakers 23 49 Basharas 20 52 High game: G. Laurent 212. For a Colder Cold, try the Westinghouse refrigerator. Now at Arnold & Klenk, Inc. I

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Report Sam Breadon Is Seriously 111 St. Louis, April 6 —(VP) — Sam | Br.adon, former owner of the St. • 1 Louis Cardinals, was reported in ; serious condition at St. John's bosI pital today, but attendants refused 1 ' to disclose the nature of his illj ness. I They said he was given a blood transfusion last night, and described his condition as serious but not | critical. I Breadon entered the hospital late I last mouth for a physical checkup. Spring Horse Show At State Capital The second annual spring horse show will be held May 13, 11 and 15 at the coliseum of the state fair grounds at Indianapolis, with more than J 7.000 in premiums to be dis- , tributed by the Indiana saddle ; horse association and the Robisonj Ragsdale Post 133/American Le- ’ gion, Indianapolis, co-sponsors ot 'the show. Nearly 500 exhibitors ' are expected from seven midwestI ern states. | Roy Price, president of the ; Adams county saddle club, is assisting with plans for the show. '4 High School Teams Lions Club Guests Rodger Nelson, publicity direc--1 tor of the Fort Wayne Zollner Piston basketball team, and Bob Tough, player on the team, were featured speakers at the weekly club meeting held in the K. of P. home Tuesday evening. A movie ■ of Bhe Plstons-New York Knicker--1 bockers game in Madison Square Garden was shown. Honored guests Dave Terveer . aud Bob Worthman Introduced 1 their respective high school basket-' I ball squads. W. Guj’ Brown also 1 I was a guejt.' * ———————— ‘ Heart Attack Fatal » To Athletic Director > Indianapolis, April 6 —(UP)—. Funeral services will be held Fri- * day for Edgar F. Diederfch, 47. athletic director at Broa<J Ripgle high ; school, who died yesterday of a . heart attack. f Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

Pick Chicago While Sox For Cellar finish New York, April 6 — (UP) — Os all the new major league managers, none has a harder task than Jack Onslow of the Chicago White Sox. His material is pretty thin and to make matters worse there are reports of dissension among the White Sox players because of the iron hand with which Onslow rules the club. Those two factors lead most baseball men to believe that the White Sox are doomed to finish in the cellar again. In 1948 they were buried in last place, 44% games ofU> the pace. Starting in the front office, the White Sox have ebarked on a rebuilding campaign, but they do not expect it to pay any dividends this year. Frank Lane was installed as general manager in place of Leslie O'Connor and Onslow, with a minor league background of experience, was named to pilot the team. They have made changes in their playing talent and are working with a group of rookies. Onslow believes his team is better than generally rated. He is looking to two rookies, outfielder Gus Zernial and first baseman Gordon Goldsberry, to provide the team with the spark it needs. Zernial. who hit .322 for Hollywood last year, and Dave Philley, a holdover, are the only outfielders who have won regular jobs. Another rookie, Grover Bowers, a .346 hitter with Memphis in 1948, has the inside track for the other job with Pat deerey and Herb Adams, another rookie, in reserve. Goidsberry, who hit .289 at Memphis last year, will open at first, but the rest of the infield posts still are open. Despite his 40 years. Luke Appling appears to be the No. 1 shortstop and Floyd Baker, who hit only .215 last year, has been drawing' the third base assignment. That I leaves Don Kolloway and Cass | Michaels for the second base joh with the former sure of seeing regular service somewhere in the inner defense. Steve Souehock, a Yankee castoff, will be retained to take over at first if Goldsberry should falter. Ralph Weigel, who saw service in 66 games last year, and Joe Tipton. obtained from Cleveland, probably will share the catching duties with two rookies, Don Wheeler and George Yankowski battling for the third spot. Pitching promises to be Onslow's biggest headache. He doesn't have a hurler on the staff who had a winning percentage in the majors last year. Bill Wight, Howard Judson and Orval Grove are the only hurlers sure of starting assignments. Behind them are Al Gettel, a failure with the Yankees and Indians: Walter Pierce, who couldn't make the grade with the Tigers; Marino Pieretti, who couldn't stick with the lowly Senators; and Randy Gumpert, who won only two while losing six last year. Bill Evans, who won 17 for Muskegon last year; Matthew Surkont. a 15 game winner with Rochester;

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James Goodwin, up from Memphis where he won 10; John Perkovitch, another Memphis grad and Ernie Groth and Bob Kuzava, .both up from Baltimore where they won 12 and nine games respectively, look like the best of the rookie crop.. But most of them appear to be at least a year away — and so do the White Sox so far as a fighting chance for a first division berth is concerned.

Sid Gordon Leads Home Run Hitters Houston, Tex.. April 6 —(UP)— The home run. championship for baseball’s spring season today boiled down to a one-man affair — slugging Sid Gordon of the New York Giants. Gordon blasted his 10th homer of the exhibition season at Lubbock, yesterday to help the Giants beat the champion Cleveland Indians, 8 to 4. Browns Edge Cubs Dallas, Tex., April ft —(UP) —: Ned Garrer became the first St. i Louis Brown pitcher to hurl nine innings yesterday when he beat the Chicago Cults, 3 to 2, at Austin. Garver yielded only seven hits While the Browns collected 10 off Boh Rush and Dwain Sloat. Undergoes Operation Orlando, Fla.. April 6 —(UP) — Pitcher Walt Masterson was rest-; ing comfortably today following an emergency appendicitis opera- ; tion, but the Washington Senators' resigned themselves to .being without his services for at least the I next four weeks. Masterson was set to pitch against the Chattanooga Lookouts I yesterday when he was stricken. The game never came off. anyway, rain cancelling the contest. Kansas City of the American As-

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sociation today will oppose the Senators. , Dodgers Win Tulsa. Okla., April 6 — (UP)— Shortstop Billy Cox, filling in for the ailing Pee Wee Reese, and rookie Cal Abrams each chipped in with three hits at Oklahoma City yesterday to pace the Brooklyn Dodgers jo a 7 to 5 victory over Oklahoma City of the Texas league. Ralph Branca went the distance for the second time this spring. Bad Start St. Petersburg. Fla., April 6 — (UP)— One of the New York Yankees' principal problems today was pitcher Frank (Spec) Shea. Shea made an inauspicious spring dehut yesterday'when he was raked for seven runs, five hits and five walks in two innings of an in-tra-squad game. Manager Casey Stengel, however, blanied high

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