Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 123, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1949 — Page 8

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Ralph Branca Hurls Seventh Win Os Season New York. May 25 —(VP)—The. many wearying moments Ralph Eranca spent throwing a baseball at four pieces of string this spring was paying the big Dodger right hander a nice dividend today. Branca was intrigued with the simple device at the club's Vero Beach, Fla., training base. It consisted of a rectangular frame of strings that formed an outline of the strike one. He put in extra hours with catcher Foy Campanella, trying to sharpen his control, trying to throw the ball just where he wanted it. Last night in Pittsburgh he won his seventh game without a defeat, 6 to 1. effectively distributing nine hits to remain the top pitcher in the major leagues. Although he walked four batters he was seldom in trouble and bore down brilliantly with men on base. It was the sixth Dodger victory in eight games in the western road trip. Jackie Robinson smashed two homers and a single to drive in four runs while Duke Snider got four hits and Spider Jorgensen three. A master veteran. Harry Brecheen, and a crafty rookie, Johnny Antonelli, battled bitterly in a great duel of southpaws at St. Louis and Brecheen was returned the winner over the Braves, 3 to 1, on the margin of Stan Musial's two-run homer in the fifth. It was Brecheen's third victory and Antonelli’s first big league defeat. A squeeze bunt by Ray Mueller • sent home Johnny Wyrostek in the 11th with the winning run in a 4 to 3 decision for the Reds over the Phillies at Cincinnati. Wyrostek walked to become the first Cincinnati base runner since the i lif h inning, then Ted Kluszewski. who had hit an earlier home run. i ingled him to third. It was the first defeat for the Phils against a western division National league team this year. The Cubs got' five hit pitching from Lefty Bob Chipman who defeated the Giants, 8 to 2, at Chicago. It was his third victory but■ his first in a starting assignment. Bobby Thomson and Willard Marshall hit homers in the ninth to spoil his shutout. Al Walker's kWVMVWWUUVWVUVMVVVVVI! THE GAS HOUSE CAR WASHING We'll call for and deliver Phone 1776 AAAMMVVVVMVWVVVVWVW Tonight & Thursday II 0 OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30 | BE SURE TO ATTEND! | o — -o ks I ALSO—Shorts 14c43c Inc. Tax —o Ft;. 4 Sat. — In Technicolor! “SOUTH OF ST. LOUI8" S.n. Mon. Teas. — “Ma A Pa Kettle" ~

Den 15 Winner Os Cubs' Track Meet Den 15, with a total of 21 points, won the Decatur Cub Scouts track meet, held Monday at Worthman field. Den one was second with 19 points and Den three finished third with 11. The summary: 50-yard dash — Nickie Secaur (Den 5) first; Terry Murphy (4) second; P. Ralston (15) third. Time 4.1. Backward race F. McDougal (15) first; A. Lehman (3) second;! T. Kelly (8) third. Time-12.4. ! Baseball throw — D. Strickler (10) first; Ervin Myers (1) second; | McComb (5) third. Distance — 136 ft. 4 in. 100-yard dash — Jack Andrews (1) first; D. Cooper (8) second; J. Bair (3) third. Time—l4.B. Blindfold race — R. Call (1) first; J. Bair (3) second; B. Smith (8) third. Time—9.4. Hop race — Jay Gould (11) first; Eichenauer (13) second; T. Kelley (8) third. Time-10.6. Strap race — Roger Eley (15) first; W. Werst (9) second; D.I McCurdy (1) third. Time — 15.8. 800-yard relay (Ist race) — Won by Den 1 (McCurdy, Andrews, Call, McCurdy); Den 8 second, Den 3 third. Time 1:06.4. 800-yard relay (2nd race)—Won by Den 15 (Ralston, McDougal, Eley, Robinson): Den 10 second, Den 11 third. Time 1:06.8. Broad jump — Roger Eley (15) first: Schrock (3) second; S. Alger (13). Distance 11 ft. 6 in. three run homer in the fourth gave Chipman all the margin he needed. In the American the Yankees stag d the biggest scoring inning of the major league season, getting 10 runs in the fifth on four, hits, two walks and three errors as they crushed the sad St. Louis: Browns. 13 to 3. Yogi Berra got 1 a three run homer in the big ln ; j ning and Bobby Brown earlier got I one good for two*tallies. Vic Ras-I chi pitched four hit ball to win his sixth game. Stan Spence getting the big blow off him, a two run homer. The Red Sox, battling uphill all the way, defeated the Tigers, 8 to 7 when Bobby Doerr hit a two-run j single in the 10th after Detroit i had scored once in Its half. The ■ Tigers also made two runs in the ninth to tie for the score after blowing an earlier lead. Doerr also hit a homer as did Ted Williams for Boston and rookie Johnny Gro h for Detroit. Chicago at Washington and Cleveland at Philadelphia were■ rained out in the American. Yesterday's star—Stan Musial of the Cardinals, who°e two run homer gave veteran Harry Brecheen a 3 to 1 victory in a duel with rookie Johnny Antonelli of the ■ Braves. REDS IN EFFORT (Cont. From Page One) , has taken*three lives and brought injuries to more than 1,500 persons. Acting under orders of western rccupation authorities, west Berlin police moved into all elevated staions in western Berlin, restoring i peace for the first time since they became strikebound at midnight Friday. If the farmer gave away his milk, it would cost the consumer 12 -en s a quart delivered to the door, federal experts estimate. f Smith’s wW Da ‘ ry Phone 1834 AAAAAMMAMVWWWVUWW CORT Tonight & Thursday SPECIAL ATTRACTION! All Spanish Talking Picture! All Dialogue and Singing In The Spanish Language! Mexico's Greatest Hitl “Juan Charrasqueado” With Pedro Armendariz, — Prices for This Show — 14c-50c Inc. Tax -0 Frl. A Sat. — Bill Elliott In “Tucson Raiders" -0 • I Sun. Mon. Tues. - 1 Retujn Hit! Disney's “So Dear To My Heart" mmjmAMMWWWMMAAAAAAA

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Moose Scores 4th Suburban Loop Win The Decatur Moose softball| team scored its fourth Suburban league victory without a defeat Tuesday night, defeating the Bluffton Elks. 5-2, at Bluffton. It was a Decatur home game, but was ; transferred to Bluffton as the local i field will not be ready for play be- ' fore next week. Decatur scored once in the sec- ' ond on McConnell's single and two i Bluffton errors. Three more tai ' i lied in the third on singles by | I Shady and R. Ladd, Stoppenhagen’s { triple and an error. Harrah, Moose ■ hurler, closed out the scoring in I the fourth with a home run. Bluffton tallied both its runs in 1 the third on Grandlinard's single' [ the Elks’ only hit of the game, a walk and an error. Harrah fanned 11 batters while his battery mate, Stoppenhagen. led ! the Moose attack with a double, triple and walk. McConnell also collected two hits for Decatur. > Score by innings: RHE Bluffton 002 000 o—2- 1 3 Decatur 013 100 x —s 7 3 Bauermeister. Wilkins, Beatty and Bauermeister; Harrah and Stoppenhagen. Elderly Jeweler And Wife Robbed Gang Misses Rich Prizes In Diamonds Peoria, 111., May 25 — (UP) — Members of a five-man gang who tortured and robbed an elderly jeweler and his wife missed a rich | prize in diamonds, it was learned today. John F. Minder, 70. the jeweler, was bound, beaten and tortured with a cigaret lighter applied to . he roles of his feet Monday night ! after the robbers invaded his , home. His wife Minnie was beaten. bound and gagged. After a half hour of mistreatment, Minder gave the robbers the combination to the safe in his office. Two robbers guarded, the elderly couple and the others went to he office and looted the safe. Their loot, including 15 trays of rings and platinum mountings and 1 , a valuable diamond bracelet, was valued at "many thousands of dol-' lars.” ’ according to Howard ; Brooks, coowner of the company. 1 He said it would take several days to appraise the mi sing articles. Brooks said, however, that at 5:30 p. m. Monday he had taken a valuable shipment of diamonds ’ from the safe and delivered them j to a dealer in Canton. 111. Shortly after he returned home at 11:30 p. m. he was notified of the robbery. Minder told police that while two bandits held him under guard at his home, the three who were i opening the safe frequently telephoned the two guards to verify I the combination. He and his wife were overcome when they answered a knock at the door. Minder was slugged on the head with a pistol bntt. and Mrs. Minder was slapped to the I floor when she tried to rise. Consumption of meat in the United States declined from 155 I pounds per season in 1947 to 146 | ! pounds in 1948.

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MAJOR NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Boston 20 13 .606 New York 19 13 .594 % Brooklyn 18 15 .545 2 Cincinnati 17 15 .531 2% Philadelphia — 15 16 .484 4 St. Louis 13 17 .433 5% Pittsburgh 14 19 .424 6 Chicago 11 19 .367 7% AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York2l 10 .677 Philadelphia ... 19 15 .559 3% Boston 16 14 .533 4% Chicago 17 15 .531 4% Washington .... 17 17 .500 5% Detroit 16 17 .485 6 Cleveland 12 15 .444 7 I St. Louis 9 24 .273 13 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 8, New York 2. Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 (11 i innings). St. Louis 3, Boston 1. Brooklyn 6, Pittsburgh 1. American League Boston 8. Detioit 7 (10 innings). New York 13, St. Louis 3. Chicago at Washington, rain. Cleveland at Philadelphia, rain. JifflWW ] ** / y, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB Milwaukee 20 10 .667 St. Paul 20 12 .625 1 | Minneapolis .... 19 13 .594 2 Indianapolis ... 19 14 .576 2% I Toledo 14 17 .452 6% Kansas City ... 14 19 .424 7% Columbus 12 22 .353 10 Louisville 12 23 .343 10% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 8, Indianapolis 2. St. Paul 4-1. Louisville 3-3. Toledo 14, Kansas City 6. Minneapolis 13. Columbus 7. Men outnumber women students at the University of Minnesota by ! more than three to one. I ■ MENU FOR THURSDAY NOON DAY PLATE LUNCH • PORK AND KRAUT • BEEF SHORT RIBS sOc j DINE IN COMFORT AT THE AIR CONDITIONED VICTORY BAR

| 0 ’ Today's Sport Parade I By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) 0 0 Richmond, Va., May 25—(UP)— Led by the irate Sammy Snead, the progolfing stars complained today as they teed off in the annual P. G. A. tournament that the host Hermitage Country Club was "another miniature course" which subjugated the championship for profits. "This is just a pitch and putt lay- j out,” snapped Snead, the West Virginia hill-billy established as the man to beat. "It is not a true competitive test because you hit good shots and get nothing. The scramblers have all kinds of chances.” It has been a constant complaint of the tournament-hardened veterans for years that the P. G. A. fathers are interested only in getting a $30,000 guarantee for the championship. The course, which should be the prime factor, is secondary. “If they could get the money they'd play it on a driving range,” ranted Vic Ghezzi of Englewood, N. J„ the 1941 king., The Hermitage course has been lengthened 500 yards to an extreme distance of 6.777 yards. It isn't necessarily false yardage but because of its physical features Hermitage doesn’t play anywhere near that long. By cutting corners most of the long-driving pros can save as much as 100 yards on several of the holes. Ed Dudley, P. G. A. tournament committee chairman, was asked by Hermitage members how he liked the course. "Best since Plum Hollow at Detroit," Dudley replied lyHe didn’t add that he was giving them a one-year complement. At Norwood Hills in St. Louis last year the pros also complained

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about the miniature course. Lou Worsham, who had the low practice round, estimated that the low 64 who survive two medal play rounds for the match play starting Fridav would have to shoot 146 or better.” That means a pair o 73’s_while even at lightly-regarded Norwood Hills it took 149. But the real sufferers on this type of course are the long hitters, the battled-hardened tournament veterans who can play all the shots. dl ow s w W S* wR! BACK IN UNIFORM for first cut at the ball since he reinjured his right heel April 11, Joe DiMaggio takes a healthy practice swing at Yankee stadium. Notice absence of spikes on heels of his shoes, a move to favor the lame right heel. (International) Trade in a Good Town — Decatrn

Laundry Strike At e Capital Spreading l’ » Indianapolis, May 25—(UP)—A ’[strike of CIO laundry workers f spread to four laundries today but lithe plants continued to operate. I Picket lines were established at sjthe Fame, Sterling and Tiffany | laundries this morning. Earlier, t pickets marched at the Progress : . laundry since last Monday. The walkouts were blamed on a[ seven-year contract signed by 27 j I laundries and the AFL laundry! I workers union last March. CIO members charged the contract was signed before the CIO had a chance to bid for collective bargaining rights. TWO YOUNG THIEVES (Cont. From Page One) boys, fast. The judge is reported to have [ said the seriousness of the charI ges against the two justified their • being sent to the boys’ school at i Plainfield. However, since this ! was their first offense, he said he i would show clemency, and placed i them under probation until they reach 21 years of age. He also | ordered them to make restitution

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