Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1949 — Page 8

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Yanks Add To Lead, Defeat Boston, 3-2 New York. Aug. 11. —(UP)— Bruiser-built Hank Hauer today bid fair to become Joe Di.Maggio's successor when the time finally cornea for biMag to quit the New York Yankees Such has been the plan of Yankee general manager George Weiss for the past three years, but only now is the six-foot-two Hank living up to the job he hopes to inherit. For one thing, he showed a definite deficiency In hitting curve ball pitchers when he first came up to the majors late last ! eason. He first proved his true value early this season He took over Tommy Henrich's spot in the outfield. allowing the old reliable to shift to first base where he wns sorely needed. Now Hank is hammering long hits when the Yankees are on the spot in the torrid American league race. He is hitting .285 and rising steadily. Yesterday his soaring single against the 315-feet left field fence at Fenway park brought in two runs for a 3-2 Yankee triumph over the Sox. That, and Cleveland's 5 to 4 loss to the St. Louis Browns, once again jolted the killjoys who keep waiting so anxiously for a Yankee < oilapse which may never come. Ail three Yanks runs came in that sixth. The Red Sox scored one in the first on doubles by bom Di.Maggio and Ted Williams. Ted could have had a triple on his <enterfield smash, but he loafed ..round the bases, expecting the ball to go over the fence. Vern Stephens homered for the Sox In the sixth. Dick Kokos' ninth inning homer, his 19th of the season, beat the Indians and handed Bob Lemon

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I' JwiwT' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB St. Paul 74 47 612 Indianapolis 72 49 .585 2 Milwaukee 64 56 53.3 9«4 Louisville 59 60 496 14 Columbus 56 63 471 17 Minneapolis 55 62 .470 17 Kania* City ... 55 65 .458 18»4 Toledo .1 43 76 .361 30 YESTERDAYS RESULTS Toledo 9, St. Paul 6. Minneapolis 8. Indianapolis 6. Columbu* 5. Milwaukee 0. Louisville 3. Kansas City 1. 1 " ■ ■ his eighth loss. The Brownies got three runs in the first and one in the second for a 4-0 lead Then Lemon and Ixirry boby homered in a four-run fifth for the Tribe to tie it up. Sherry Robertson's grand-slam I homer in the fourth inning was the chief weapon as Hie Senators beat the Athletics, s to 7. Three singles, a double, an error and a sacrifice gave the White Sox three runs in the loth for a 6 to 3 triumph over Detroit. The Card* and the Dodgers kept rolling along in their tie for the National league lead. Jackie Robinson was the Dodger hero when, with the score tied at 5-5 and two out in the last of the ninth, he homered with one on for a 7 to 5 victory over the Phillies. Al Brazel drew the plaudits for the Curds with his first shutout of the year, a six hit lacing of the Reds. 8 to 0. It was Brazle's 13th victory of the season and in it he permitted only one Red to get past first base Warren Spahn's five-hit pitching gave the Braves a 4 to 1 win over the Giants, and once again the lone Giant run in a ball game was a Whitey Ixx-kman homer. Chubby Doyle Lade of the Cubs also chimed in with a good pitching job, a four-hitter which beat the Pirates. 2 to U. Yesterday's Star — Jackie Robinson. whose Frank Merrlwell homer beat- the Phils in the ninth Inning. Merged Basketball Leagues Meet Today Chicago, Aug. 11. —(UP)— The newly formed National basketball association holds its first business meeting today. The association was formed by the merger of the basketball association of America and the National basketball league in .NewYork last week. Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a greater percentage of seat* between the goal posts than any other football stadium in the world Trade In a Gtod Towr. — Decatur

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Charles Wins As Lesnevich Forced To Quit | New York. Aug II — (UP) Ezzard Charles, having battered Ous Lesnevich into apparent retirement, was ready today to defend his claims to the world heavyweight championship against Lee Savold or "any other man in the world.” Charles —a slender, coal-black negro from Cincinnati won a tech- . nlcal knockout over veteran Lesnevich of Cliffside Park. N J . at the end of the seventh round last night before a sweltering and dis appointing t-rowd of 16.630 in Yan kee stadium. Lesnevich, former world light heavyweight champion, could scarcely see out of either eye. and he was bleeding from gashes above and below his right eye and from a gash on his left cheek at the end of the seventh session Trainer Freddie Fierro turned to referee Ruby Goldstein as la-sne-vieh sat on his stool in the corner, and told Goldstein that 34 year old Gus was unable to continue. Ticfight ended in the seventh round, according to New York rules, for the bell had not rung for the eighth Charles. ' who is recognized a* world champion by the National Boxing Association, was making Ins first defense of the title he had won by outpointing ancient Jersey Joe Walcott at Chicago. June 22. Ezzaid risked the title more quickly than other previous champions making a first defense. In the dressing room. Lesnevich — in his 15th year as a professional fighter announced his retirement from the ring, latter, he said he would need a couple of days to think about retiring. However, manager Joe Velia said Gus was retired as far as he was concerned. Charles displayed much more savagery and aggressiveness last night than when he fought Walcott for NBA recognition as successor to the retired Joe Ixiuis. The New York Boxing Commission, which is not a member of the NBA, does not recognize Charles as champion And he must beat Sat old or some other outstanding contender before he can gain recognition from the New York commission and from the British Board of Boxing Control. Savold still Is matched tentatively to fight Bruce Woodcock of .England at London in October; however. Woodcock has been trying to withdraw from the match. If the match is called off, Savold may meet Charles at Madison Square Garden in October or November. The nation's turkey growers hope to increase production 25 percent in 1949 over the 1948 level. American farmers lost more than 85,000,000 bushels ot field corn In 1948 from damage by the European corn borer.

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Decatur Moose Win Way To Semi-Finals The Decatur Moose softball team won its way to the semi-finals of the Ossian sectional tourney Wednesday night by defeating the Berne Merchants, 2-0, in a quar-ter-final contest. Stoppenhagen. Decatur catcher, scored the only run netdtd sos victory in the second inning. He opened the inning with a double, advanced to third as McConnell filed out and scored after Harrah's outfit Id fly. Roily Ixidd added an insurance run for the Moose when he homered in the fifth frame, Harrah held Berne to two sin gles, both coming in the second inning The Decatur hurler fan ned 14 Berne batters and walked two. In Wednesday night's other game, the Bluffton Elks blanked International Harvester, Fort Wayne. 1 0. Quarter-round games will be con eluded tonight, with the Zollnei Reserves meeting Uniondale, and Ossian, playing the Fort Wayne G. E. club The Moose team (if this city will play In the first semi final tilt at 7:30 pin Friday, meeting the win tier of the Zollner-Uniondale game and the Bluffton Elks will meet the winner of the G E. Club Ossian contest. The tourney I Inals will be play ed at 8 pm. Saturday. Last night's score: RHE Decatur 010 Oil) o—2 5 2 Berne 000 000 0-0 2 0 Harrah and Stoppenhagen: R Flueckiger and L. Liechty. The Rural Electrification Ad ministration reports that almost 51 percent of Tennessee farms now have electric power. The first fire extinguisher might well have been the "siphon used In conflagrations.” described In the writings of an Egyptian ruler 150 years before Christ.

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(MAJOR "5 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York 66 38 .635 Cleveland 61 44 .581 5H Boston 60 45 .571 6H Philadelphia 59 48 .551 BMI Detroit 58 50 .537 10 Chicago 45 61 425 22 Washington - 38 65 .369 27*-» St. Louis 35 71 .330 32 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB St. Ixruls- 66 39 .629 Brooklyn 66 39 .629 New York—- 54 51 .514 12 Boston 54 53 .505 13 Philadelphia — 53 54 495 14 Pittsburgh 47 57 452 18'4 Cincinnati 43 64 .402 24 Chicago 41 67 .380 26Mi

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YESTERDAY’S RESULTS American League New York 3. Boston 2. Chicago 6. Detroit 3 (10 innings). St. Ixiuis 5. Cleveland 4. Washington 8, Philadelphia 7. National League I Brooklyn 7. Philadelphia 5. Boston 4. New York 1 ' Chicago 2. Pittsburgh u 11 st Louis 8, Cincinnati o. AMERICAN (Cueil. i-rotn I‘agc -M) days' work. “You might want to work for your family instead of paying for a gigantic bureaucracy." he said. - Think it over." The federal agriculture department says the first noteworthy decline in land values during the last ■ decade occurred during the four months which ended March 1. 1949. , ■ American and Alaskan fishermen : hauled in 4,600,000,000 pounds of ,: fish and shellfish last year.

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