Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 6 July 1949 — Page 8

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Plans Progress For Semi-Pro Tourney Here Ticket* have b#«n placed on sal# f r the Ind.aria *taie »«m; pr- b»«" bail tournament, which *il’ bheld at Worthman field in thi* city July ISI7 and July 21-24 The season ti< k •*■’.*. pr: -d at ■ n'y fl s<>. are good for 'h*- entire ' ud*y* of the tourney, which prom i«et to be on* of th* outstanding sports attractions ever held m Dei a.ur These tickets may be ob'ained at the American Legion home Mie« Re-reation Decatur tt-wetand on '4 iditun street Ehler"* restaurant and the HAT service station on ll’h Street, as well as from mem hers of the Decatur team and other competing teams. Floyd Hunter recently appointed a.* commissiun#r for the stat# tourney stated today that levera! of the Mronaeet semi-pro team* m the state have filed entries for the meet and others are #xp#c#d before the deadline this week-end At least eight and possibly more teams are eapected to compete in the tourney The undefeated Orutut Amert can Lesion mn» as boat is on# of th» »nerie* in the bat le f>r ’he state title woo last year by the lA>*ansport Eagles, who are ex per-ed to defend their crown in the local tourney Hun’er also announced that 'he trophy to be presented to the winner of the state tourney is ex pee’ed to arrive here shortly and will be placed* on display prior to the meet The trvphv is awarded by the Fort Wayne COcaCola bottling works, as are all tournament awards ’.breach at the #»!H m vlby Coca Cola works The schedule for the tourney will be made early uex' week and an noumed through the pre** FOOD PRICE of these foods lie- line* in addition tn potatoes and lambs this week were in men ham lard and steers In- reaaea were reported in flour com rye. oats coffee cocoa. eg ~* and butter The all time high t> r the index was made on July 13. 1949 at |7 3'! and the all-time low on Jan 11. 1♦ "< at SI 49 THE GAS HOUSE Compete Motor Overhauling and Repairing. JOHNNY ELLER. Mechanic Phone 1776 MMMWWWMVUWWVIAWi ESSEX] Tonight & Thursday (H R BIG DAYS’ Fir I Show Tonight 6:30 Continuou- Thur, from 1:30 BE SIRE TO ATTEND: » — p I TUNE-SWEPT £t I TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL? -r?*liw~ "-a*w ■lCk£Y ClOFlh ROONEY-DeHAVEN ■Utu fUM WOT HUSION’MO’JM »U.W ahsrta i4«auc Bm. Ta* O O Fri. A *M Mm *f t*e Year’ -CHAMPiOSr—K<r* Deugias -—O-0 Stem. Mau. Two*—in Tecwaxoier' . ’•TREETg or LAREDO"

Two Softball Games Played Last Night The K of C d*f ♦*&(**! Bingen. XI * in i gMme. ai«<l the Moow* downed the Herne Merchants. I ma Su /urban loop Mt. io games Tuesday n <ht at Wurtuty,jp t le ftret thr*e inntnrs to 4 «or* 13 Tra Un/ I 1 after f ve inning* of <ixth to «*OF* their *in over n# , r’’* Q a tame p* atponed earlier in th* league The Moo*e w 11 play at Thursday night, the Deeatur will play Ll at * '*» * • at Worth »nan field in an Eastern Indiana league tame Liberty edged <it the Id. in a *3tnn n< thri i*»r at Li >erty Sunday night and th* lotalf hope to even the < ore tomorrow. T* !»• * atur loop game* will played Friday The K of <’ wi’l meet the VFW :n the first game at 7 J*» p m ?«>How*»! by the Rural Youth and MMillen La*£ night * <» <»r*s RHE Bingen I’il 13 J•> ' * > K of r •‘♦■l 1 U ll 3 ll R* nking C Getting and A Krai:** Peterson and L Hackman T f!«lling»r RHE Hern- 3***l 0-1 •? I M-- <•* l'»> x * *> 2 L. S*uen.«< hwander and L. LiecisZONING if*>nt. Fr- ”> Pag- '»*' quarter ton tru«-k * 11 bw parcbes»d from the Saylors Chevrolet Sale* for flJbl 53 A <4nt ■ laim deed to Hanna Natt--1-* *>• li a : a”-r record at laat night s coutci! meet ing The orwinal deed aut.ionzed the land to be sted a.* a park only The city wanted to build on the park site *• a new deed was mad - signed by the heirs of estate Th** deed was started on its jouruev tn April, and travel*! through five states to pick up the signatures of the eight living heirs The new deed allow* i ll buildings to >e .uiit on the park site* The city of Decatur terminated its agreement with th* Indiana Michigan Power company effect.*e in Jun**. !’>>>> Decatur ha* pur'-lsa*--d part of i’* ele>trieity from Ind tana Michigan company for several years One city councilman. Adriai Park* was unable to attend After r he main boninenn wxs taken eari of the bills were read and approved Th» sixth International Council of Conrreua’ional Churches wits delegates from all par's of the word w ’I meet June 17-21 at We! lesley College Wellesley. Mass. The pr tgrani will include listing uished leader* of chur-h and state from many lands. su< h as Sir Oliver Frank*. British Ambassador to the V nited States; Rev Ku landrun. a Bishup of South India. Dr Reinhold Niebuhr, of I'd A. and other*. "JTCH - See ♦ Seffer Aeamer Misete ■e carter now wng sou nave autwreO or Mw Stell/ wre-l.n row nave tnoU ter tkw Hefting ■»« counawa .-.-xetna. mteotMWh. om.«e> toot m ocmt «■- wraaiiy esused wun wr.taeoow-you <aa r»*m<lert.J rsaults from tte see ot lUStJt lAX.W • wsr tune discovery Deseteoed «e» Uta Uys m We Armynew tor dta u M taiko. Se oeida. no oconoi. no ywaftd Meh rattan W©TCg> SALVT Io wane. P’aw esa. earn .-allowing and an-.wpEc *»■ uety apooanMicw Gs. WOXDUI hAL’ig gH taw. a. It Io wuaaerftaL Sold in Decatur by Smith. Konno and Holt bouse Drug Store*. w / Smith’s ® a ’*Y JfcSrSdS Pfrme IKU I 111 WJWII IWFIWIIHH —I CORT Tonight & Thursday Soarook Talhiap Picture' “LA VALEMCIA" ’«c 5C* lac. Tas -0 i Fn. A tot. jMm Mack Bremw “HMOew Oa-pero’ A I tteopec -0 »•*- Mem Toe*. — -Arkaeoao JwU«e' A “Duke es Chief ’

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Cards Narrow Dodger Lead To One Game N#w York. July 4 *CPi— How ie Pellet, who found his relief in relief, was th# 3*--* rd:# darling cf th# St. Louis cardinal* today He ha# risen from a !<>*s-*plat-t#r#d vhowerbath ptti h#r to a dependable clutch man in the short <pa e of two months, as witness bis loth victory of the *#**>n yesterday when th# Cards bested th# Cbi< ago Cubs. 3 to I. in bl innings That, coupled with Brooklyn's 7-2 loss to th# Philhes. left the Redbird* on# game out of first place in the National League A 2'-game winner in 1944. Pollet suffered arm trouble in 47 and *eemed doomed to the .-niaors for sure when he lost bis first two starts this season But Eddie Dyer decided to give him a crack at relief pitching That was the beginning of the comeback saga. In three relief tricks be gave up oniv one bit and one run in nine innings Imnressed. Dyer gave him smith •r star'ing assignment. That was May 11 against tne Pirates, and handsome Howie won it. 3in<-e rhen he has been a mainstay in th# sometimes fattens* bat always tenacious Card chase after th* Dodgers. It was in relief for Harry Bre i’been that Pollet won th# game yesterday Victory cam# for the Cards in the loth inning on Al Schoendienst * single. Marty Marbin * ongle and Stan Musial's force-out. The Daaigers defeat can be blamed >u MW Phil'te* Ken Heintselman. just as three other Dodger loss#* are charged In winning his loth of th* seasno. th* southpaw allowed seven hits and pit h#d shutout ball after Gil Hodges tworun double in the Joe Hatten starting for Brooklyn yielding six runs ia bis first inning before be was yanked There were no other games scheduled la the Natiotiai la th* American, the Bost >s Red Svi finally ended their iußfug streak at eight gam*s when they

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-at th# Yank###. 4 to 2. Lefty Maurice McDermott gave up only four hits, two of them by Joe Di Maggio who had a perfect night ar th# plate. Home runs prove,! the margin of victory for the R«l Sox With th* *< or# tied at 2-2. Tommy O Brien bit his first American League round-tripper in th# seventh to give th# Sox a 'ead and then in th# eighth Dorn Di Maggio added . th# n ii#r with his hom«r his i fifth of the mmkmnl ; The Cleveland Indians, not yet sunk in their battle to retain . their AL hampionship. completed . a sweep of the three-game series ■ w.th th# Detroit Tigers, winning ( 3 to I. That, coupled with the i Yankee loss put the Indians six I games off the pace Joe Gordon . bit his 13th homer of the leaaon i and batted in a total of three runs i tor the Indians <’lev»iand totaled :11 btts off three hapless Tiger pitchers. And for the ho-hum department. I the Brown* beat the White Sox, • 9 to 5 , Washington and Philadelphia ■ were not scheduled. Yarierdav * Sr»r — Maurice Me- * Dermott, whose four-hit pitching : snapped the Boston Red Sox losing streak MIWK AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct GB St Paul 49 31 413 Indianapolis ... 43 32 .400 1 Milwaukee 43 3$ .545 54 Minneapolis .... 40 33 504 34 Columbus... 33 41 483 10 Kansas City ... 35 44 432 144 Louisville 34 44 425 15 Toledo 31 43 332 1?H YESTERDAY'S RESULTS St Paul 14. Minneapolis 4 Kansas City 34 Mllwa’ikee 1-4. Only games scheduled Daises Beat Tigers Here This Morning The Daisies edged oat the Tigers. 9-7. In * boys' Major softball Iragu# I game this morning at Wurthman p field. r ---— — fra#, m • <•«#* Tvw*

Junior Legion Nine Loses To Post 82 Team The Decatur Junior LAgion baseball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Fort Wayne Post S 2 In a district Legion came Tuesday afternoon 1 at Worth man field Decatur will play Pf*' *■ ai *° j of Fort Wayne, at the local dia mond at 3 o’clock this afternoon Four consecutive hits gave the Fort Wayne team two runs in 'he first inning and what proved to be the winning tally way scored i in the third on two hit* and a stelen baa* The Decatur lads were unable I to take advantage of good scoring opportunities in the early innings > counting their only runs in th# fifth frame on hits by tAdd ami Voclewede. a walk to Busse and a fielder s choice. Pott 82 AB R H E Rudney cf g •) 0 0 Hxsgfard lb 3 I I ♦ Klein, ss. If 3 12 0 Mays c 2 1 H-minger P 3 0 2 0 Rushion. If 2 0 0 0 Romiot ss I 0 0 0 Boyland rs- J 0 0 « Noll lb 2 0 0 0 J Henry 2b 3 0 0 0 Total* 2d 3 4 0 Decatur AB RHE lAurent. 2b 2 10 0 Busse. 2b — 0 0 0 0 Petrie, »s 3 0 0 0 Mey**rs. 3b 4 12 0 Ladd p 3 •> I '> Bowman, rs 3 0 10 Smith, c 10 0 0 Jennings. If 3 0 0 0 Kohn# lb 3 0 4 0 Toglewede. cf 3 0 2 0 Totals 23 2 4 0 Scor# by innings Post 8* 301 000 o—3 Decatur 000 030 o—2 Recreation Night At Monroe Thursday A family recreation nigh: will be held at the Munroe playground between 4 30 and 8 30 o clock Thursday night. The entertainment will include a croquet tournament for mixed doubles, tennis, volleyball, for adults, and sack races and balloon blowing contests for the children All residents near Monroe are x*k#d to parti-ipate Myron Knauff. playground director, will take charge of activities This! Thursday recreation night is a

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| MAJOR J| NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Brooklyn 44 23 «»»3 St Louis 43 30 533 1 Philadelphia 4'* 35 533 4**u , Boston 40 25 .533 5 New York 3« 34 MA 7H i Pittsburgh 31 40 437 12 Cincinnati ----- 23 41 414 Chicago 23 4 4 378 14S AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York- 43 24 440 Philadelphia ... 44 30 535 4 Cleveland ..— 41 31 u 49 4 Dutroit ....... 33 34 ’2” Boston 34 34 5w 11 Washington —. 32 33 451 144 Chicago 30 45 400 134 St. Loui* 23 50 315 244 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Philadelphia 7. Brooklyn 2 St Louis 2. Chicago 1 <lO Inn toga*. Only games scheduled Amenoan League Boston 4. New York 2 Cleveland 8. Detroit 1 St Louis 3. Chicago 5 Only game* scheduled BRITAIN <Pm t. From P» t» -*n*> sfiii on dollar spending It will b# continued for at least three months Only the moat essential dollar imports will be allowed, "and then at a reduced rate.” 5. A new import program will be draf’ed this summer It contemplate* farther reduction *n tae British consumption of selected foodstuffs and of certain raw materials now obtained from the United States 4 British industry was asked to step up production, cut down production costs, and give preference to sales in the dollar countries. 7. Cripps ruled out any thought j of higher wag*’* at this time for anyone in this country. Thu* he criticised indirectly a current wave of strikes for more pay. 3. Cripps admitted that Britain klone could not solve her problem He said commonwealth finance del-gat#* would begin a conference aeit Wednesday The house did not debate the! crisis today Anthony Eden, act- > tag leader of the conservative opposition. thanked Cripps for his statement Eden described It a* | "of the utmost gravity." and sug-1 gested that Thursday of next week be set aside for full debate. * regular summer feature of the Monroe playground. Trads in a Good Town — Decat i*

BIG STEEL ICont. Froo> Pa«- <W | mands. X Th# negotiation* cover some l»0 - , m*) »te#l workers employed by U , S Steel's six subsidiaries, but the ; result* will form th# basis for set tlements in hundred* of firms Trade in a Good Town — Cecatur ENO TESTIMONY iCooL From Bags Ut.*i b*r 15, charges- that Hiss lied twice to a federal grand jury investigat ■ ing communist espionage The first count alleges Hiss swore falsely in denying be ever turned over docu ments to Chamber* The second 1 charge* he lied in denying he ever h*<t seen Chambers after Jan 1. 1 IM7. Speaking softly and slowly, oc ’ •asionally slapping the wooden rail for emphasis. Stryker who is one of th# country's leading trial lawyers, took as hi* them# a statemen’ made to the jury by assistant U S attorney Thomas F Murphy at the opening of the trial He read .Murphy's statement: “If you don't believe Chamber*, j then we have no case under the fed-rai perjury rule.”

IDECATUR MOOSE 9 Member of Eastern Ind. Softball League B M'NCIE—MARION—LIBERTY B ttWOOD—CONNERSVILLE—KOKOMO—RICHMOND I THURSDAY, JULY 7 I MOOSE vs LIBERTY I At Worthman Field || ADMISSION: Students 10c Adult* 25c. Tax Inc. TICKET OFFICE— .mgu GAME— ——P. M OPEN AT < evStl. TIME®-"«iW O S. T. Walt's Root Beer Stand North on 27 CITY LIMITS 8 oz. Glass ROOT BEER HOT DOGS 10c CIGARETTES — CANDY Come on out — — cool off with ! a large gia.v» of ice cold Root Beer. ■ _ y _ ■■■"■ ’ For Your Enjoyment TELEVISION ARTHUR GODFREY Coms* on at 8 o'clock tonight. p « Riverview Gardens *f | MAMMW*nnnnn*WWMMAmMWMMMAMIMMMIAM*AAM T1 W* > T REGULAR I k\ LODfiE ■ DUIIU| MEET | N g I Thursday Nite • Jn!y 7 H TIME 8 P. M.

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