Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 117, Decatur, Adams County, 18 May 1949 — Page 8

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Commodores Defeated In Closing Game The Decatur Commodores closed •Mr baseball season on a sad note Tuesday afternoon, losing to St. Gary's of Anderson on the Anderson diamond, 21-1. Yesterday's defeat brought the Commodores record for the season, their first in 20 years on the diamond, to eight victories and four losses. Anderson broke away to a rousing start, scoring 12 runs in a wild first inning, during which the Commodores booted the ball five times. St. Mary's scored four times in each of the second and third innings and once in the fifth. The game was called at the end of the sixth frame. The Commodores' only run was tallied on a home run by Dave Gillig in the fourth inning. Anderson AB R H E Kempher, ss 2 4 10 Peters, c 5 3 2 0 Casey, cf 4 2 2 0 Strader, 3b. p 4 2 3 0 Crull, p, 3b 5 2 1 0 Hexamer. lb— 4 110 St. Clair. 2b—. 4 2 3 1 Nuce, 2b 0 0 0 0 Olesky. if 3 3 2 0 Mock, rf3 2 1 0 B. Crull. rflo 0 0 Totals 35 21 16 1 Commodores AB R H E Coffee, cfl 0 0 2 Coyne, cf 2 0 0 1 Meyer, ss, p 3 0 0 1 Peterson, lb 2 0 0 1 1). Gillig, p, ss 1111 Kable, c 2 0 0 1 B. Gillig, If 2 0 0 0 Gage. 3b2 0 11 Voglewede. rs 2 0 0 1 Schulte, rs 0 0 0 it Schmitt, rs n 0 it 0 Laurent, 2b 2 0 11 Totals — 19 1 3 in Score by innings: Commodores o 00 100— 1 Anderson (12J44 010—21 North Side Wins Fort Wayne Meet Fort Wayne. Ind., May 18—(UP) —Fort Wayne North's high school track squad rolled up 52 points and set two of four meet records last night to win the city track meet. Fort Wayne Central was runner up wi h 4? pojnts and defending champ South third was 32. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Bob Lemon Out At Least 10 Days Cleveland. May 18—(UP)—Pitcher Bob Lemon’s hopes of joining his Cleveland Indian teammates in the east this week were spiked today by doctor’s orders. Lemon, suffering from a pulled rib muscle, will remain out of action for "at least" another 10 days, , Dr. Edward Castle said. Decatur Moose Win I Extra Inning Tilt The Decatur Moose softball team won its third Suburban league game in as many starts Tuesday night, edging the Bluff- j ton Elks. 1-0, on the Bluffton diamond, in a game which went nine innings. After the teams had battled through eight scoreless innings,! Butcher opened the ninth with a triple and scored on Bluffton’s only error of the game for the; contest’s lone run. Harrah limited Bluffton to one hit, a single with one man out in the last of the ninth. The Moose hurler fanned 21 batters. Bauermeister held the Moose to three hits. Score by innings: R II E Decatur ... DOO 000 001—1 3 2 Bluffton ... 000 000 000-0 11 Harrah and Stoppenhagen: I Bauermelster and F. Graft. MAJOR ! NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New Yorkl6 10 .615 Boston 16 10 .615 Cincinnati 14 12 .538 2 ! Brooklyn 13 13 .500 3 j Philadelphia ... 12 15 .444 4’4 Pittsburgh 12 15 .444 4V. St. Louis 10 13 ,435 4% Chicago 10 15 .400 5% AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York 17 9 .654 Detroit 15 11 .577 2 Philadelphia ... 15 13 .536 3 Chicago 14 13 .519 3% Washington .... 14-14 .500 4 Cleveland 10 11 .476 4’4 Boston 11 13 .458 5 St. Louis 8 20 .286 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 3, New York 2. Brooklyn 8. Chicago 5 (11 innings). Cincinnati 5, Boston 4. Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 4 (12 innings). American League Boston 4, Chicago 3. New York 4. Cleveland 3. Detroit 4, Washington 2. Philadelphia 9. St. Louis 2. "AMERICAN" ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB St. Paul 19 6 .760 Milwaukee 14 8 .636 354 ndianapolis ... 15 11 .577 414 Minneapolis .... 15 11 .577 4% Toledo 12 14 .462 7ss vansas City .... 11 15 .423 8% Louisville 8 18 .308 11*4 lolumbus 8 19 .296 12 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS St. Paul 12 5, Toledo £6. Louisville 3-5, Kansas City 1-0. j Columbus 8, Milwaukee 2. Minneapolis 11, Indianapolis 8. Trade in a Good town — Decatur >7/ Smith’s JJgt Dairy Phone 1834 MMMMMMWMMWWWV CORT THURS. FRI. SAT. CHAS. STARRETT I “QUICK ON THE TRIGGER” With Smiley Burnette -O-O— Sun. Mon. Tues.—“ Rusty Saves a Life” & "Homicide for Three" —O-O—-CLOSED WEDNESDAY

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DiMaggio To Don Uniform Next Week New York. May 18—(UP)— Ailing Joe DiMaggio will don a New York Yankee uniform for the first time since April Id "sometime next week," but whether he’ll be trying it on merely for size or for regular duty remained a perplexing question today. The Yankees said the 34-year-old outfielder underwent X-rays yesterday which revealed his bad right heel to be greatly improved. DiMaggio will test the heel next week, club officials said, and if it responds, Joe likely will be reinstalled into the regular line-up. The decision permitting him to remain on the active list met with DiMaggio's full approval. He urged that he be given a chance and manager Casey Stengel was all for it. But while DiMag was granted a "stay." four other Yankees were headed for distant points as Stengel promised to shave the 29-man squad by the deadline of midnight tonight. Most likely candidates to be dropped are Mickey Witek, Clarence Marshall, Ralph Houk and Charley Keller. Keller may be placed on the voluntarily retired list. Brooklyn disposed of outfielder Marvin Rackley to the Pittsburgh Plratft for outfielder Johnny Hopp and a reported $25,000. The Pirates pared down to the 25player limit by optioning speedy Cramer (Ted) Beard, a 28-year-old outfielder to Indianapolis of the American Association, subject to 24-hour recall. Beard joined the Buccaneers at the tail-end of the 1948 season after batting .301 in 142 games for Indianapolis. In 14 games with the Pirates this season, he collected only two hits in 24 trips to the plate tor an average of .083. The St. Louis Cardinals, who still have to let go one more player to comply with the legal limit, optioned pitcher Floyd Boyer to the Rochester Red Wings of the International league subject to 24 hour recall. Trade in a Good Town — Decatui

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Kiner Seeking Ruth's Record For Home Runs . New York, May 18 -(UP)-He doesn't talk much about it but one big thing Ralph Kiner dreams aj bout is breaking Babe Ruth's home I run record, and if it ever is to [ happen this might be the year for it. ■ The handsome husky slugger of the Pittsburgh Pirates is blasting i the ball with almost unbelievable] force this year and along with his seven homers that tie him for the i National League lead, he also has, 'a .361 batting average, third high] in the loop, and his 22 runs batted | in are the fifth highest total in. the, majors. j In 1947 when he hit 51 homers to' come within nine of Ruth's allj time high of 60 for a season set in I . 1927, Kiner had only three at this stage of the race. But the big thing to Ratnmin' Ralph is that he now has a long home stand com-: ing up and it is in park where he collects most of his. route clouts. Last night he got another homer ] as the Pirates topped the Giants, 3 to 2. Eddie Stevens broke up the game with a bases-loaded single in the ninth, scoring pitcher Bob' Chesnes, who had led off with a] triple. Chesnes pitched six hit ball [ and retired the last 10 haters in | a row. Clint Hartung, the loser, hit a Giant homer. Ralph Branca of the Dodgers became the first big leaguer to win six games, beating the Cubs at Chicago, 8 to 5, when his mates' scored six runs in the 11th, two on a homer by Roy Campanella. Branca had pitched shutout ball until Smoky Burgess hit a two run homer to send the game into extra innings in the eighth, but he tired after Brooklyn's big inning | and the Cubs got three'runs on homers by Andy Pafko and Hank Edwards. Edwards got his off relief pitcher Bo Palica. At Cincinnati. Ted Kluszewski I drove in three runs with a double and single in a 5 to 4 victory which snapped the Braves' five game winning streak. Warren Spahn lost] USED CARS & TRUCKS • 1946 Chevrolet Fleet master, 4 Door Fully Equipped • 1946 PONTIAC Streamliner, 4 Door Equipped. • 1946 FORD Convertible Fully Equipped. • 1941 Chevrolet Sedan. TRUCKS Late Model Chevrolet 114 Ton Heavy Duty, Cab & Chassis, Short W. B. TruckS“Older Models • 1947 Chevrolet Extra Long Chassis • 1936 Chevrolet School Bus. SAYLORS DECATUR Chevrolet ■ Buick

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I for the frst time since April 23. The Phils pulled one out of the fire in 12 innings at St. Louis, topping the Cardinals 5 to 4 as Robin Roberts pitched three scoreless relief innings. Bill Nicholson hit a Philly homer to send the game into overtime and successive singles by Eddie Waitkus, Del Ennis and Andy Seminick won it. The Yankees pummeled Gene Bearden for 16 hi s but even so got only enough runs for a 4 to 3 victory over the Indians at New York. Tommy Henrich’s homer gav£ the Yankees just enough margin to offset late homers by Larry Doby and Mickey Vernon. Lefty Ed Lopat held Cleveland to seven hits for his fourth straight victory. Pat Mullin auu jouihi/ Liponj I got hack into the Detroit lineup and set off late inning rallies that 1 produced a 4 to 2 victory at Washlington. Mullin’s single sent in the [tying run and Lipon’s single in the ninth put over two more runs, j Relief pitcher Marv Grissom was I credited with his first big league triumph. | Relief pitcher Alex Kellner won his third game in four days with six scoreless frames in Philadelphia’s 9 to 2 victory over the St. I Louis Browns. Hank Majeski drove ] in five runs with thelbseo uder - in five runs with three doubles to 1 I pace the attack. Vern Stephens’ ninth homer-—1

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Tops for the majors - drove in r he ■ tying and winning runs for the Red I Sox, who beat the White Sox, 4 to I 3 at Boston as Lefty Mel Parnell : pitched seven hi: ball for his fifth ' victory. Yesterday’s Star-ni Cll er“RaTp h Branca of Brooklyn, who beat the Cubs, 8 to 5 in 11 innings to become the first pitcher in the map ors with six wins. Legion Bowlers To Meet On Thursday ! The American Legion bowling] league will hold a business meet ing at the Legion home Thursday! evening at 8 o’clock. Following the' i meeting, which all league bowlers are urged to attend, refreshments will be served. Auburn Star Accepts Scholarship To I. U. Jim Schooley, Auburn star hasjwho will graduate next week ,tur ] ketball player and honor student, who will graduate next week from Auburn high school has accepted a scholarship from Indiana University for next fall. Schooley was in- ] vited to accept scholarships in al-[ most every (jiidwestern school. He! | is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. (;. J Remy Bierly of Decatur.

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