Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 93, Decatur, Adams County, 20 April 1949 — Page 8

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Sewell Blanks Chicago Cubs In First Star! New York, April 20 — (UP) — Usually it’s hard to figure out overnight who will do tomorrow’s pitching, hut opening day honors in a great duel went to two old boy’s who were named for the job last Dec. 14. That was the day the Cubs bought 39-year-old Dutch Leonard from the Phils. “Now," said Cub general manager Jim Gaddagher. “Now we've got a guy who can beat that 41-year-old sc and so, Rip Sewell, on opening day. That “so and so” Sewell, Pittsburgh’s famed strawberry grower from Plant City, Fla., had made a lifetime career of beating the Cubs, not only on opening day but whenever he faced them. Last season he topped them seven times and lost to them but once. So it was old stuff when Sewell threw his old stuff past the Cubs once more yesterday, blanking them with eight hits in what was a scoreless duel with the equally effective Leonard until the Pirates scored in the ninth for a 1 to 0 triumph. The winning tally came cheaply on an error by shortstop Roy Smalley which put the marker or base, Ralph Kiner’s single, Wally Westlake's sacrifice and an infield out. Leonard gave up only five hits as Sewell marked up his 34th win over the Cubs, most for any pitcher still active over a single club in the majors. Bob Feller of the Indians is next with 32 triumphs ever the Athletics. Another oldster, 3Lyear-old lefty Ken Raffensberger, who pitched two one-hitters against the Cardinals last season, maintained his Mastery over them by hurling a fivehit, 3 to 1 victory for the Reds at Cincinnati, besting crafty Harry Brecheen. Errors beat the Cardinal lefty, however, Cincinnati getting all of its runs on miscues by first baseman Nippy Jones and third baseman Tommy Glaviano. Enos Slaughter homered for St. Louis' only run. The Braves, who had been blanked for 17 innings by the Phils, came from behind with a four run ninth inning rally that gave them a 4 to 3 victory, then went on to take the second game of a Patriot’s day double header, 11 to 2. Alvin Dark got two hits in the opener and three in the second game for Boston as relief pitcher Nelson Potter and Vernon Biekford. whom went the route in the nightcap, chalked up the victories. Curt Tonight & Thursday o 1 OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 Coi/inuo”s Thur, from 1:30 BE SI .<E TO ATTEND! o n pidvrtN with oil the drama 1 of the screen's new! ”’yJr\NEWS-lIEALISMy Starring YICTIB BICHARD BE tlllf •ua.iatr ••inters, Fred Clark ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax 1 O-0 ™ Frt. £ Sat. — Errol Flyrm, “Adventures of Don Juan" -0 Sun. Mon. Tjies. — Dan Dailey "Chicken Every Sunday"

MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York 1 0 1.000 Detroit 1 0 1.000 SL-Louisl 0 1.000 Philadelphia ... 11 .500 % Washington .... 11 .500 % Boston 0 1 .000 1 Chicago 0 1 .000 1 ’ Cleveland 0 1 .000 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB ’ Brooklyn 1 0 1.000 1 Cincinnati .. f ... 1 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 1 0 1.000 Boston 2 1 .667 1 Philadelphia ... 1 2 .333 1 i New York . 0 1 .000 1 : St. Louis 0 1 .000 1 Chicago 0 1 .000 1 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League i Philadelphia 3, Boston 2. Detroit 5, Chicago 1. New York 3, Washington 2. . St. Louis 5, Cleveland 1. National League Boston 4-11, Philadelphia 3-2. j Brooklyn 10, New York 3. Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 0. Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 1. Simmons had pitched one hit ball for the Phils in the opener until the Braves became aroused in the ninth, batting him out then teeing off on relief pitcher Ken Trinkle. Del lEnnis got a first game homer and Eddie Waitkus blasted one in i the second for the Phils. The Dodgers, stealing the home • run act from the Giants, cashed in I on round trippers by Carl Furillo. Jackie Robinson, and Roy Campan-, elia to score a 10 to 3 victory at I Brooklyn. Joe Hatten pitched steadily, scattering 10 hits includ- ■ ing a first inning homer by Bill Rigney, first of the major season. Veteran Hal Newhouser pitched his fourth straight opening day vic- i lory for the Tigers, a three-hit, 5 to 1 job over the White Sox at De-, troit, but he had offensive help i from rookie Johnny Groth who nit two homers and catcher Aaron Robinson, ex-White Soxer, whose two- ! run second inning homer gave Prince Hal all the margin he required. Bobby Feller’s bullets were all duds at St. Louis as the Browns batted him out in two innings for a ' 5 to 1 victory over Cleveland's ' world champions in which young [ Ned Cancer stole the pitching ' show with a-seven-hitter. I Delivering in the clutch as usual. Tommy Henrich hit a homer with ‘ two out in the ninth to give the i Yankees a 3 to 2 victory over the | Senators at New York. Eddie Robj inson hit an earlier Washington ’ I homer in a duel between winner Ed [ I Lopat and Sid Hudson. , Lefty Lou Brissie pitched his 1 second straight opening day i triumph for the Athletics over the I Red Sox. beating them 3 to 2 on seven hits. Eddie Joost helped him at bat with a homer. Yasterday’s star — Rip Sewell, C 41-year-old Pirate pitcher who gain hexed the Cubs with an eighthit, 1 to 0 victory. Tree, i* Goi-d Tojvn — Decatur l> ' CARRY OUT REER We Deliver RAY’S WEST SIDE MKT. Phone 56 ARRMMMWAWWVWWWW PRIVATE BUYERS! Good selection of privately owned ears, (late models at book price & older mode a.) Stop in today, ae'ect a good personal car. Al Schmitt * 11 St. r-hone 144 wallpaperl SSS7 CLEANER yy/ CORT THURS. FRL SAT. TIM HOLT “INDIAN AGENT’ Nan Leslie. Noah Beery Jr. ■■——o—o—- - Sun. Mon. Tee*. — James Craig, ‘Northwest Stampede" — Color -0 CLOSED WEDNESDAY MVMWWVWWMMMMNMMMI

STILL HANDY-ANDY ■ ’ By Alon Mover MDy Coakley, baseball coach OF COLUMBIA, ' r WHO'S NOW /N HIS 35 th SEASON (wfi-WL AS BOSS -W U X\ of THE L/ON bx. I H /N f s E&F. ||| HO < ..." J^COLKLE V MY HAVE • ' A // GO-r THE /PEA r STICKING SO ■■ ■W- Kk /«■ LONS MTN one TEAM FROM HIS v t old BOSS, Connie v n games fortne \ Z ' AS IN /9oc TO \/ / HELP CONNIE TO \Wa«W / NIS 2nd OF 9. ' 7 , PENNANTS' 1 \ /»' ’ fit W W • VS?/ I• / / Baseball is Columbia's ' /J / / OLDEST VARSITY SPORT, : - ■, / /ill THE FIRST GAME HAVING 1 / BEEN PLAYED/N1967" AND COLUMBIA/S ALSO M I rfie FIRST school K 9 TO PLACE TWO OF ITS FORMER PLAYERS IN r 7 / BASEBALL'S HALL OF )/ F r - ' FAME -EDP'E COLL/NS I- fa and Lou Gehrig/ —

Columbia City Beals Jackets Track Team The Columbia City Eagles regis-l ■ tered a Go-49 defeat over the De- j [ catur Yellow Jackets in a dual ! track meet at Columbia City Tues-1 ■ day afternoon. Decatur copped five first places : and both relay races, while Colum- [ bia City took six first places, in- [ eluding clean sweeps of high hurdles, the shot put and the pole vault. Stingely of Decatur was the meet's only double winner, taking both the 100 and 440-yard l dashes. Roger Johnson, undefeated this season in the 880-yard run, was unable to compete because of, a leg, injury. The Yellow Jackets will be hosls to the Monmouth Eagles and Ge- , neva Cardinals in a triangular meet at Worthman field Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. The summary: High hurdles—B. Truex (CC) first; W. Truex (CC) second; Lloyd (CC) third. Time—l7.s. 100-yard dash — Stingely (D) 1 first; Holbrock (CC) second; Mills j (D) third. Time-10.3. Mile run—Doan (D) first; Smitley (D) second; Kellog (CC) third. Time—s:lo. 440-yard dash — Stingely (D) first: Bogner (D) second; Parrett (CC) third. Time—ss. Low hurdles—Stalf (CC) first; Mac Lean (D) second; W. Truex (CC) third. Time—2s.l. 880-yard run—T. Coy (CC) first; Foreman (D) second; Binkley (CC) third. Time—2:l2.s. 220-yafd dash—Gehrig (D) first; Holbrock (CC) second; Gustafson (CC) third. Time-24. High jump—Phend (CC) first; Parrett (CC) second; MacLeaui (D) third. Height-5 ft. 8% in. Broad jump — McConnell (D) I first; Tucker (CC) second: Hol- ’ brock (CC) third. Distance—l 9 ft] I*4 In. I Shot put—Johnston (CC) first; j Wiight (CC) second; Crampton (CC) third. Distance—44 ft. 1 in. Pole vault—Adams. Phend. Parrett and Licky, all of' CC, tied for first. Height—9 ft. , Mile relay—Won by Decatur (Bogner, Thompson. D. Johnson, Foreman). Time—3:s6. SSfkyard relay—Won by Decatur * (McConnell, Mills, Gehrig, Stingely). Time—l.4o.

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MINM !' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB I Indianapolis ... 1 0 1.0(H) Louisvillel 0 1.000 Toledo 1 0 1.000 Kansas City ...., 0 1 .000 1 Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1 Minneapoliso 1 .000 1 Columbus 0 0 .000 St. Paul 0 0 .000 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Indianapolis 8, Kansas City 2. [ Louisville 4, Minneapolis 3. [ Toledo 10, Milwaukee 6. St. Paul at Columbus, postponed, cold.

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RURAL LEAGUE Standings W L Heyerly 37 8 Heart Chib 28 17 Hi Ho 26 19 Fric-kle’s 24 21 Shearer 21 24 Old Crown 19 26 Bob’s 13 32 VFW 12 33 High games: W. Franz 245, Moe)lering 227, G. Bultemeyer 205, J. Nahrwold 200, H. Gallmeyer 219. MERCHANT LEAGUE Standings W L Nine Mile ...: 27 15 Meyers 26 16 Schafer 22 20 Lybarger 20 22 ! Riverview 20 22 Decatur Cab 20 22 Stewart 19 23 , Red Rockls 27 I High games: P. Miller 223. Heg- [ gerfeld 208, Selking 205, C. Getting .1203. MOOSE LEAGUE Standings W L i West End 33 9 . Moose 4 30 12 ■ i Moose 2„.... 22 20 ’ Moose 6 21 21 I Burke 19 23 ’ Moose 1 15 27 • i Moose 5 14 28 ‘Moose 3 14 28 High .games: Lord 210, J. Aar ’ 221, Strickler 209. Mies 202, Appelman 205. Laurent 203

Ahr-Ladd Leaders I In Doubles Meet ; Fred Ahr and Roily Ladd are cur- : rent leaders in the doubles tour- ■ ney at Mies Recreation, which will ’ be concluded this coming weekend. Ahr and Ladd took over the lead by firing a 1733. Ladd had games of 170-223-266 and 200, while Ahr racked up scores of 180-174-207 and 177. While the tourney will close Sunday, there are still a few spots open for entries, which may be made at the alleys. Scores to date are: Ahr-Ladd 1733; R. Hampson-J. Patton 1657; P. Allspaw-H. Hilty 1652; Weinley-Dolan 1647; P. Hoffi man-L. Hoffman 1646; B. Werlingi G. Baumgartner 1640; A. Baden-L. j Moats 1628; Faulkner-D. Stump ! 1627; A. Baden-I. Hull 1622; L. Gross-R. Hampson 1615; N. Niche-len-E. Cozad 1614; E. Frauhiger-C. Auer 1610; M. Middaugh-E. Call 1602; H. Smith-G. Frauhiger 1601. Horseshoe League May Be Organized All persons interested in forming a county horseshoe league for adults are urged to attend a planning meeting in the county extenI sion office in the post office Friday at 7:30 p.m. How many players should be on a team, the number of teams to be allowed, and the schedule of the prospective league will be some of the subjects discussed at the meeting. Decatur. Monroe, Pleasant Mills, and two Wells county communities,' ' Craigville and Tocsin, have already indicated they would like to enter teams in the horseshoe league. Commodores-Convoy Game Is Postponed Wet grounds Tuesday forced postponement of the Decatur Com-! modores-Convoy, O. baseball game, [ scheduled to be played at AlcMil-1 len field in this city. The game has j been rescheduled for 3:30 o’clock' this afternoon. I The Commodores are scheduled' to play the Berne Bears here Thurs- j day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.' ' Coach David Terveer also announc- | ed today that the game with Ge-' neva, at Geneva, has been changed 1 ’ to Tuesday, April 26. and the Commodores will play Monroe here at 3' p.m. Thursday, May 5, . West End Team Wins Shuffleboard Match The West ’End shuffleboard team scored an 8% to victory over Mies Recreation Monday night at Mies. Points scored by the winners: Barber-G. Appelman 2H; RydellFlaherty 1; Holthouse-Davidson 3; 1 Wolpert-Osterman 2, Scoring for ! the losers: Gallmeyer-Klelne 1%; 1 Gekrke-Bultemeier 3; Bohnke-Ahr • 1; Lengerich-Franz 2. Endurance Fliers Are Still Up In Air ; Fullerton. Cal., April 20 — (UP) | - Endurance fliers Bill Barris and ) Dick Riedel were less than 200 ! hours away from their goal of 1,000 I hours in the air as they cruised’ ! over southern California today. I The pair completed 825 hours m ’ the air at dusk yesterday and sent . down word from their Sunkist [ that they felt confident of setting the 1,000-hour mark next week. Barris and Riedel last Thursday broke a 10-year-old mark of 726 . hours in the air. 1 - COUNTRY ■ TAVERN Has Added Another Service For Your • Convenience — — WE DELIVER HOURS: 3-6-9 MON. THRU SAT. Rcvetweeu

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,0 ®| | Today's Sport Parade I By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) j i a- —o| New York, April 20 — (UP) - The Babe joined Little Hug and the; Iron Horse today, three watchful bronze faces to hearten the Y ankees of the future. It was a brief ceremony as they unveiled a plaque to the bambino out there in center field under the Yankee stadium flagpole. It's right next to one in memory of the tiny Miller Huggins, in a row with one for the durable Lou Gehrig. To most people they'll be granite markers blending into the background. To the Yankees of today ‘ and tomorrow those sentimental shafts are box seats for posterity. : Mrs. Ruth pulled a cord which dropped the white covering and bared the Babe’s bronze profile. A governor and a mayor who will be forgotten when the Babe’s name still is a magic memory, spoke a few words. Flowers were laid in front of each monument, and the police band blared “Auld Lang Syne." That was an. The band and the ball players marched back to the infield and up to home plate. And the kids who | play on the baseball team at St. j Mary’s industrial school for boys, in Baltimore — where the Babe made the conversion from an apprentice tailor to baseball’s greatest star — shuffled out in an uncomfortable group. They were the guests of honor as the Babe came home to the Y’ankee outfield. Nobody was looking anymore at ■ (those distant plaques. But the sun glinted on the bronze out there in centerfield. The plaques didn’t shine so brightly as the game progressed and you could imagine why. Maybe Huggins had an unheard commeht on that, too. "Good gravy, what happened to our power?” The answers flanked him in an . immovable bronze reproduction of [failing flesh. The Babe and Bron 1 1 ou could watch, hut they couldn’t | j help. Neither could those young 'upstarts, Joe Dimaggio or Charley I Keller, for they both were on the ( sidelines. | But you could almost feel that' all three of those metal faces were .scowling as the innings rolled by pnd the only extra basehif was a home run by the supposedly imno- ! tent Washington Senators. For the sun was shining but there were no I glints off the bronze as the Yanks i went into the ninth tied up at two all. Then Tommy Henrich produced

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‘Prizes Awarded To Winners In County Shuffleboard Meet • Norbert Molthan and Robert Hegerfekit, playing for the Chat and Chew, won Adams county’s first shuffleboard tourney Tuesday night, copping the honors in the meet held at Riverview Gardens. Mike Zimmerman and Baumgartner, playing for Preble Restaurant, placed second, and Russell Acker and Floyd Straus, of the Acker Cement Works, were third. The trophy for the winners was contributed by Riverview, and other individual prizes, totaling approximately [s2so, were presented by business ; firms. The awards were made by Mayor I John Al. Doan. : some of that famed Yankee power. He laid into a pitch and sent it I crashing into the seats for a home run which won the ball game. ■ Those bronze faces were shining now. Opening day was a success, and because of the Babe's own traditional trade mark — the home run. The Bambino's home coming was a success. BRITAIN SAYS (Cont. From Page One) any campaign at this time to try !to force speedy UN action on Israel’s membership bid in the hope favorable action can be attained later in the current session. Trade in n Good Town — Oren 1 n

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