Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 105, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1949 — Page 8

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Auburn Takes NEIC's Track Title Tuesday The Auburn Red DeviiS, piling up 61 points, won the Northeastern Indiana conference track meet, held at Columbia City Tuesday afternoon, with the annual meet featured by the setting of six new conference records and equaling of three others. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, finishing fourth with 25% points, played a good part in establishing the meet records, Roger Johnson setting a new mark in the 880-yard run, the mile relay team shattering the old record, and Norman Stiugely equalling his own mark in the 440-yard dash. One of the records broken was the shot put, which was set by Gene Myers, Decatur, in the 1946 meet. Other records broken yesterday were the high hurdles, high jump and broad jump. In addition to the first places captured by Johnson, Stingely and the mile relay team. Decatur’s other points were scored by-Gehrig, fourth in the 220; Thompson fourth in the 440; Peterson, fifth in the shot put, and Mills, tied for fifth in the broad jump. The summary;-100-Yard Dash—Beers (Al first: Stram (B) second; Holbrook (CC) third; Coy (CC) fourth; Nesbit (K) fifth. Time—lo.s. 220-Yard Dash—Beers (A) first; Stalf (CC) second; Colburn (NH) third; Gehrig (Di fourth; Stram (B) fifth. Time—23.s. 440-Yard Dash—Stingely (Di first; MHnturf (A) second; Refner (A) third; Thompson (C) fourth; Lindsey (W) fifth. Time—.s3. (Tied old record.) 880-Yard Dash — Johnson (D) first; Coy (CC) second; Housel (G) third; Lochner (A) fourth; Magley (B) fifth. Time—2.os.7. (New record.) Mile Run—Magley (B), Coy (CC), tied for first; Horn (W) third. Ladd (W) fourth; Wappes (G) fifth. Time-4.46.1. (Tied old record.) Low Hurdles—Aker (W) first: Derrow (A) second; McAdams (B) third; McGiffin (K) fourth; Steward (G) fifth. Time—23.6. (Tied old record.) High Hurdles — Schooley (A) first; McGiffin (K) second; Aker (W) third; Derrow (A) fourth; Steward (G) fifth. Time—ls.6s. (New record.) Shot Put—Bixel (W) first; Myers (A) second; McGiffin (K) third; Johnson (CC) fourth; Peterson (D) fifth. Distance—4B ft. 2 in. (New record.) Pole Vault—Bates (A), Adams (CC), tied for first; Parrot (CC) third; D. Michael (A) fourth;] Grindle (W) fifth. Height-10 ft. 6 in.

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High Jump—Burke (W) first; Schooley (A), Claus (NH), tied for second; Skiles (K), Phend (CC), tied for fourth. Height—6 ft. % in. (New record.) Broad Jump—Beers (A) first; Kirkwood (K) second; Nesbit (K) third; McAdams (B) fourth; Mills (D), Burke (W), tied for fifth. Distance—2l ft. 1% in. (New record.) Mile Relay—Decatur first (Bogner, Foreman, R. Johnson, Stingely), Auburn second, Warsaw third, Bluffton fourth, Kendallville fifth. Time—3:4o.4. (New record.) Hall-Mile Relay—Columbia City first (B. Coy, Tucker, Holbrook, Stalf), Warsaw second, New Haven third, Auburn fourth, Kendallville fifth. Time-1:37.8. * ' Jackets Lose First Game Os Season Tuesday The Decatur Yellow Jackets, their lineup weakened by sickness and ineligibility, suffered their first ] baseball loss of the season Tuesday afternoon, dropping a 12-9 decision to the Berne Bears on the Berne diamond. The Jackets had racked up six consecutive victories prior to yesterday’s setback. Decatur will play the Bluffton Tigers at Bluffton Friday. A bad first inning, when Berne tallied seven runs, put the Jackets in a bad hole to start the ball game. The Bears obtained only three hits but were aided by two walks, a hit batsman, a fielder’s choice and an error. Big blow of the frame was Krehbiel’s home run. Berne picked up a single tally in the fifth and counted tour in the sixth on only one hit to put the game out of Decatur's reach. The Jackets tallied three in the first on threelhits, picked up a single run in the third on three hits, two more in the sixth, this time on only one hit, and desperate effort to pull the game out of the fire in the seventh, counting three times before the side was retired. Busse led the Decatur hitters with three safeties, while Grant, Bohnke and Smith each made two. T. Lehman and D. Nussbaum each hit safely twice for the Bears. Thomas was unable to play because of illness and Jennings, also ill. appeared only as a pinchhitter. Ogg and Lehrman were declared ineligible for the game. Berne AB R H E Liechty, ss 3 2 13 D. Lehman, c 3 2 0 0 Winteregg, 2b, rs ... 1 2 0 0 Heare, rs 2 10 1 T. Nussbaum, 2bllo 0 T. Lehman. 3b 4 12 1 Krehbiel, lb 4 110 D. Nussbaum, If 4 2 2 0 Eckrote, cf 4 0 0 0 J. Lehman, p 2 0 0 0 •Eichenberger, p 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 12 6-5 Yellow Jackets AB R H E Plumley, ss, p 5 0 0 0 Wefel, 3b 4 2 11 Grant, cf 3 2 2 2 Busse, c r 4 2 3 0 Bohnke. p, ss 4 0 2 1 Strickler, lb 4 10 0 Sautbine, 2b 2 0 0 0 Jennings. 2b 10 0 0 Petrie. 2b 1111 Butler, rs 2 0 0 0 Myers, rs 2 0 0 0 Smith. If 4 1 2 0 Totals 36 9 11 5 Score by innings: Yellow Jackets 301 002 3— 9 Berne.’.2 700 014 x—l 2 One of the largest humans on record was a North Carolinian, Miles Darden who weighed more than 1.000 pounds.

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A HAPPY Leo Durocher walks out of a Cincinnati hearing with his boss, Horace Stoneham (lower right), after baseball commissioner A. B. “Happy" Chandler (seated-above) gave newsmen the news'that Leo had been reinstated as New York Giants' manager. Durocher had been under suspension pending the hearing into charges of a Brooklyn fan that Leo tripped and kicked him after a recent ball game.

Senators New Slugging Stars Os Junior Loop New York, May 4 — (UP) — It just 'doesn't make sense, it's like Lefty Gomez trying to break Babe Ruth’s home run record, but just the same it is true, the Washington suddenly are the new slugging expets of the American League. Hitting an all-time team high of seven homers in one game yesterday. the Senators shell-shocked the White Sox at Chicago. 14 to 12, in 10 innings to amaze everyodyi who ever looked at a box score. The Senators supposedly are the powder-puff batsmen of baseball. Traditionally, they hit fewer homers than any team in the majors. Last year they didn’t get their seventh homer fop the season until June 8. And today they lead the American League with 15. A year ago they didn't get their 15th homer until July 30 when the season was more than half over. A partial explanation for yesterday's outburst — in which Clyde Vollmer got two homers and Ed Stewart. Eddie Robinson, Mark! Christman, Al Evans and Gil Coan. picked up one apiece — is the chicken wire girdle around the outfield in the White Sox park. To s ep up home run production in Comiskey park, the foul line distances ftere cut 20 feet from’ 352 to 332 feet and it is significant that to date this year there have been 18 homers hit there as against nine for the same period in 1948. Four of the seven Washington homers dropped short of the old barrier. With the score tied at 12 all. Washington clinched things in the 10th with the homers by Coan and Evans. Chicago also got two homers, by Joe Tipton and Gus Zernial. The Yankees, winning their 11th game in 14 starts, topped the Browns. 5 to 3, at St. Louis with an eighth inning rally in which a I double by Tommy Henrich and a| single by B#bhy Brown provided the winning edge. Lepy Joe Page | pitched three hi less relief innings ■ to win his second game. The Red Sox and Tigers battled i to a 13-inning. 14 to 14 tie in a slugging bee at Detroit called becaused of darkness. Vem Stephens 1 rot five of Boston's 20 hits includ ing his sixth homer — lops for the majors. Rookie Johnny Groth of Detroit got his fifth homer and Ted Williams of Boston and Aaron Robinson of Detroit alsb hit for the ‘ circuit. In the National, riflin’ Ralph Branca of Brooklyn became the first big league pitcher to win four games when be shut out the Reds. , 3 to 0 on eight bits. Jackie Robinson hit a Dodger homer Walt (Monk) Dubiel of the Cube nitched a five-hitter * under the lights at Boston to boat the Braves 4 to 0. and cut their league lead to a half-same. Dubiel issued no walks and struck out four as Phil Cavaretta hit a homer to pace Chicago in Its nine-hit st ack on Vera Bick I ford and Red Barrett. Home runs by Willard Marshall.

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MAJOR I NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Boston 9 6 .600 Cincinnati 7 6 .538 1 ■ New York 77 .509 1% Brooklyn 77 .500 1% St. Louis 6 6 .500 1% Philadelphia ... 7 8 .467 2 Chicago 6 7 .462 2 ! Pittsburgh 6 8 .429 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York . P .... 11 3 .786 Cleveland .' 6 4 .600 3 Detroit 7 5 .583 3 Chicago 8 6 .571 3 Philadelphia .... 8 7 .533 3% Boston 6 6, .500 4 Washington .... 411 .267 7(4 1 St. Louis 311 .214 8 I YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 4, Boston 0. Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 0. New York 5, Pittsburgh 3. Philadelphia 7, St. Louis 3. American League , Washington 14, Chicago 12 (10 ininngs). New York 5, St. Louis 3. Boston 14, Detroit 14 (tie, called 13th, darkness). Only games scheduled. ! Sid Gordon, and Mickey Livingston. all of them off Murry Dickson, led the Giants to a 7 to 3 night win over the Pirates at New York. Leo Durocher was not present, not having returned from Cincinnati in I time. The Phils got only five hits, taut used three of them along with three walks and a hit batsman In the seventh inning to score six runs and beat the Cardinals, 7 to 3. at Philadelphia. Phillie Ed Waitkvs stole home. Cleveland and Philadelphia in the American /were not scheduled. Yesterday's Star — Riflin’ Ralph Branca of the Dodgers who became the first four-game winner In the maiors this year, blanking Cincinnati, 3 to 0.

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Commodores Defeat Eagles By 22-10 Score Battering out 19 hits, the Decatur Commodores whipped the Monmouth Eagles, 22-10, at Monmouth Tuesday afternoon, for their fourth consecutive victory. The Commodores will entertain the Monroe Bearkatz at McMillen field in this city Thursday gternoon for their third game of the week. The Decatur team scored in every inning, with the big frames the fourth, fifth and sixth, when a total of 15 runs tallied.

A pair of home runs featured the game, Peterson driving out one with a man on in the fifth, and Bultemeier of Monmouth smashing a round-tripper with two aboard in the fourth. Bill Gillig drove out four’hlts for the Commodores, Petersen and Gage each obtaining three. The Commodores used 'three pitchers, Dick Gage, Dave Gillig and Bill Schulte. Commodores AB R H E Coffee, 3b, c 5 3 2 1 Mever, 2b, ss : 4 2 2 0 Peterson, lb 5 3 3 1 D. Gillig, ss, p 3 4 2 1 Kable, c, 3b 5 3 2 1 B. Gillig, If '.. 5 2 4 0 Adams, cfl 0 0 0 Gage, p, cf — 3 3 3 0 Laurent, 2b 3 112 Loshe, cf i..„ 2 0 0 0 Schulte, p 0 0 0 0 Schmitt, rs ( . 2 0 0 01 Coyne, rs 1 0 0 0 Kitson, rs 10 0 0 Case, nf 0 10 0 Totals 40 22 19 6 Monmouth AB R H E Bultemeier, p 4 111 1 Graft, 3b ..-. 2 2 0 21 F. Selking, ss 3 2 11 Stoppenhagen. 2b Singleton, c 3 0 0 1 Segldon, c, lb 0 0 0 0 Fuhrman, of 10 0 0 Selking, cf 2 0 0 0 Bultemeier. rs 10 10 G. Kiess, rs 2 2 10, Christen, If 1 0 0 0 L. Kiess, If 2 0 11 Ehlerding, p 0 0 0 0 Werllng, lb 0 10 0, Totals 25 10 7 6 Score by innings: Commodores 212 456 2—22, Monmouth 020 602 o—lol i Yankees Purchase Washington Hurler St. Louis, May 4—(UP)—Righthanded relief pitcher Ed Klieman has been purchased by the New I York Yankees from the WashingI ton Senators, it was announced to--1 day. The SIO,OOO waiver price was paid for the relief pitcher for the ; world champion Cleveland Indians last year. He won three games and lost two, although he partici--1 paled in 44 games. His earned run ] average was 2.59. Klieman and several other players were traded from the Indians to Washington last December for inf ielder, Mickey Vernon and pitcher Early Wynn. Fm/w AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct GB St Paul 12 0 1.000 i Minneapolis .... 10 5 .667 3% Milwaukee 8 5 .615 414 ] Indianapolis .... 8 5 .615 4% Kansas City 6 7 .462 6% Toledo 4 9 .308 8% Louisville 4 9 .308 8% Columbus 1 13 .071 12 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS St. Paul 7. Toledo 4. Milwaukee 7, Columbus 6. Louisville 7, Kansas City 4. Indianapolis 13. Minneapolis 12. Anachoreslphobia—fear of backing up—is one reason why improper backing up leads all other causes of trucking accidents, according to a psychologist of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company.

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Merle Shoemaker Quits As Montpelier Coach Hartford City, Ind., May 4—(UP) —Merle Shoemaker, for four years basketball coach at Montpelier high school, said today that he would resign at the end of the present semester. Shoemaker said he had accepted a position as mathematics instructor at Mississinewa high school beginning next fall. He formerly coached at Hartford township in Adams county. In humid wea her an automobile engine runs more smoothly than in dry weather and often the combustion is improved, giving better | fuel economy. PLANSDROPPED (Cont. From Page One) $L648,465.93. Mayor Doan and members of th? council, the latter approving the decision of the board of public works, stated that the reason for dropping the building plans was that the venture could not be financed. “We were informed that bonds necessary to finance such a large expenditure would not be approved,” the officials explained. Following the explosion of a 3,000 K. W. turbine at the plant in June, 1942, the city contracted with the electric utility in Fort Wayne, now known as the Indi-ana-Michigan Electric company, for extra current needed to meet local demand. This contract has been extended on a year-to-year basis, and will run until July 1, 1950, Mr. Pettibone said. Temporarily at least, the city will continue to purchase some of its power needs from the I-M. The I-M agrees to furnish a maximut* I of 3,000 KWH's for a minimum of $3,825 a month, Mr. Pettibone stated.

Further action in negotiating a longer contract will be up to the board of works and the council. Proposals for a 10-year agreement, wi’h a probable extension of an additional three years, have been discussed with the city. Will Investigate Deisels In the event that the administration decides to enlarge or revamp the electric utility, investigation will be made of deisel engine powered plants. Preliminary investigation has already been made by Mayor Doan, Mr. Pettibone and members of the board of

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1 works. They visited the deisel plants at Paulding and Bryan, Ohio last week and are planning a trip to Milwaukee, Wis., 'and Marshalton, lowa, where tests of deisel engines will be given and plants shown in operation with oil-fired boilers. Mr. Pettibone tsld the council that unofficial estimates for a twin 3,500 K. W. deisel plant, including building and equipment, totaled $1,300,000. A revised estimate for a coal-fired boiler and a steam operated, turbine at the old plant, made last February, totaled $1,922,300, Mr. Pettibone said. This proposal was for a 5,000 K. W. turbine and one boiler of 400 pound steam pressure capacity. The councilmen lean favorably to the deisel engine proposal. If stfch a plant is constructed , for stand-by purposes and to supply extra current, as demands would require, it prpbaoiy would be located on the city's property on Nor h Seventh street. The city owns more than a block of ground, running parallel with the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. It is largely used for a coal dump and terminal for the car barn. In 1948, the electric utility generated 37,379,000 KWH's and purchased an additional 7.622,000 KWH's from the I-M. For the first three months this year the plant has generated 9,445,000 KWH’s and has purchased 1,540,000 KWH's from the Fort Wayne utility. Due to reduced industrial consumption this year, the quarterly ! output of electric current is under •the amount produced and sold I during a corresponding period in 1 1948, Mr. Pettibone said. SAFETY CAMPAIGN (Cont. From Pag# One) paign will be given a free picture show during the campaign and admission will be by each child

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