Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1949 — Page 6

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Legion Rejects National Bid; Tourney Today The Decatur American Legion baseball team, engaged in tho mate Iz-gion tourney here this afternoon. has rejected an invitation to participate in th* National Baseball Congress at Wichita. Kan., it was announced today The executive committee of A'R ami Post 43. meeting Friday ntght to consider the hid. stated that arrangements for taking the Decatur team to he national tourney could not be completed on such short notice. The legion head* held it impos- | sible to line up other players to round out the large squad necessary to compete in the national meet, which is a double elimlna-1 Bon affair, or to make arrangements at such a late date for the regular Ix’gion players to obtain j time off from their regular work to make the trip. The tourney opened in Wichita yesterday, and Decatur. If accepting the invitation, was scheduled j to play its first game Tuesday State Tourney Here The state legion tourney, with Decatur as defending champion, will open at Worthman field here this afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Dillsboro battling East Chicago in the first game. Decatur will open defense of its title, playing Evansville in the second game, to be played immediately on completion of the first game. The stat- championship game will be played at 2 p m. Sunday, with this afternoons winners clashing for the Indiana Legfofl crown. Admission prices will he 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.

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Bingen Beals K.C. Here Friday Night The Bingen Boosters defeated the Knights of Columbus. 8-3. In a ; Decatur Softball league game Fri ' day night at Worthman field The winners bunched their eight ' hits in three innings to chalk up 1 their victory * In the second scheduled game. McMillen forfeited to the VFW 1 when an insufficient number of I players appeared to form a complete team The regular schedule will be ' completed next week Monday night. K. of C will play McMillen at 7:30 o’clock, followed by Bingne and Hural Youth Tuesday night. Bingen will meet Hural Youth at j 7:30 o’clock, followed by the Moose : vs Ossian in a Suburban loop tilt. The K of C team has won both rounds of the league schedule, but a playoff may be necessary later next week to determine second place. Last night's score: RHE i K of (’ ""I ""1 I—3 5 3 Bingen 2»2 004 x—B 8 1 J. Glllig. McGill and L. Hackman: A (letting and A Krauss. Dodgers And Cards Again i Tie For Lead New York. Aug 20 —(UP)— If the St. Louis Cardinals muff the National league pennant this year, they could easily blame the pesky Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates today were the only club in the loop to hold an edge over the Cards in the season series, eight games to seven They gained the edge last night with an 8 to 2 victory that knocked the Cards , back into a first-place tie with the. Brooklyn I lodgers. That mean* the Pirates'■have beaten the Cards six times In their last seven meetings—just about the only thing that has kept the 1 Redbird* from opening a sizable . lead. The Dodgers took advantage of I this latest "Jinx" game by beating the Braves. 6 to 4. in 12 innings at Boston Cliff Chambers of the Pirates. - who shut out the Cards last Suni day. stopped 'em again with a seven-hitter His mates rose up against Gerry Staley In a six-run fifth inning, highlighted by Ralph Kiner’s three run homer It was the 33rd circuit blast for Rammin' Ralph, who leads both leagues. Duke Snider won the Dodgers’ 1 game with a booming double that I scored Peewee Heese and Marv j Rackley to break a 4-4 tie. Joe ' Hatten blanked the Braves for | eight frames, but was driven out i when Boston scored four times in i the ninth to tie Carl Erskine was ’ the winner, coming up with the dramatic highlight of the game when he turned Ed Stanky's attempted squeeze bunt with the bags loaded in the 11th into a popI up double play. The Phillies finally caught up I with lefty Dave Koslo of the Giants and beat him, 7 to 1. in ' Philadelphia Koslo never had lost I to the Phils and beaten them 10 | times since entering the league in 1842 This time they belted him with 10 hits and five runs in five innings The Phil fans gave injured Eddie Waitkui a "night" with many gifts, but Ed’s sub. Dick ■ Sister, had a night for himself with | two doubles and a single. A five-run rally in the ninth inning, built around an error by Grady Hatton, gave the Chicago Cubs a 7 to 5 win over the Reds In Cincinnati. Cub manager: Frankie Frisch didn't see the wind- : up. having been bounced in the | j third inning for squawking on a ' j play at second base J The Yankees whipped the Athletics, 7 to 4. in New York to preserve their four-game American league lead. Tommy Henrich broke a 4 4 tie when he singled to score two runs and later bit his 22nd homer for the clincher. The second-place Red Sox kept pace with a • to 0 win over the Senators in Washington as Ellis Kinder hurled three-hit ball for bls 15th victory. Kinder struck out six ’ in chalking up bis third shutout. ' Today, before their regular game, 1 the Sox and the Senators will finish—by order of the Ibague—the game of July 7. The game will resume at the top of the seventh inning with Boston leading, S-l. we I Smith’s : Of® D,irv ( «XaX*a*A riMM i»34

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the situation existing when the] game was stopped to allow the Sox to catch a train At Chicago, Mike Garcia and Al Benton combined last night to give the Cleveland Indians a 2 to 0 win over the White Sox on a seven hitter Bob Kennedy homered for one run; Garcia doubled and Dale Mitchell singled for the other. The Browns and Tigers split a twi-night twin bill at St. Louis. The Browns took the opener. 4 to 3. a* Dick Koko* batted in all four runs on a double and a homer. Detroit took the nightcap. 4 to 2. in a game halted by rain after six innings Hal Newhouser gain ed his 12th win Yesterday's star— Righthander Ellis Kinder of the Red Sox who allowed only three hit*, struck out six, as he beat Washington, fru for his 15th win and third shutout. Arnold-Klenk Plays Columbia City Here The Arnold A Klenk basebat! team will play Columbia City at McMillen field in this city Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. No admission will be charged a*J the public is invited to attend. GOV. SCHRICKER (Coot. From Page Oi.et ment on a charge of second-degree > murder.

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.MAJOR NATIONAL LEAGUE W L PcL GB St. Louis 69 43 .616 Brooklyn 69 43 .616 New- York 57 55 .509 12 Boston .... 57 56 .504 12*g Philadelphia ... 58 57 504 12*i Pittsburgh 53 59 .473 16 Cincinnati 46 68 .404 21 Chicago 44 72 .379 27 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB New York 72 41 .637 Boston 69 46 .600 4 Cleveland 68 47 .591 5 Detroit 64 54 .542 10H Philadelphia ... 62 53 .539 11 Chicago 49 66 426 24 Washington .— 38 74 .339 3314 St. Mtuis 38 79 .325 36 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh 8. St. Louis 2. Philadelphia 7. New York 1. Brooklyn 6. Boston 4 (12 Innings). Chicago 7, Cincinnati 4. American League St. Louis 4-2. Detroit 34 (2nd ' game called 6th, rain). New York 7. Philadelphia 4. Cleveland 2. Chicago 0. Boston 6, Washington 0.

Jackets Drill Daily For Grid Opener Sept. 6 Quick to take advantage of a coach’s prerogative to pessr.nis' ic, Yellow Jacket coach Boh Uor'l' man stated today that this yeafootbhll team at the Decatur hl : ’ school will be "only fair " He ba. k* up this prediction hy saying that the schedule is tough and there Jus' aren’t enough first-rate substitute« to bolster any team he puts on 'he field Os the 62 candidates reporting for early practice, there are but six returning lettermen. These six. of course, will be the nucleus of this year's team which opens a back-breaking stheduc* with the Bluffton game to be play’d the opening day of school. September 6. Three night later the Jacket-’ host Auburn, last year’s co-champs in the N.-’I conference. Eater in the schedule Decatur plays three gam s within eight days, beginning with Garrett on the 23rd of Septein »er and ending with Portland on the 30th. Concordia comes in on the 27th. Other games are with Central. September 16; New Haven. Oct 7; Warsaw. Oct. 14; Columbia City. Oct. 21. and the season ends with Hartford City. Oct 25. Thursday evening Worthman held

first scrimmage for the squad, but i next week he hopes to scrimmage daily when the team will be able to work out under the lights. To date there have been morning and evening sessions, stressing fundamentals. Though coach Worthman has not as yet been able to get a full line on the boys reporting, he does say that the team will be heavier than last years. Worthman will likely retain the T formation which he used so generously last year, with the experienced Don Smith again working under the center. Seniors on the squad inlcifde lettermen Larry Jennings. Jim Base j ett, Dick Peterson, Ilelane Bowman, j Max Myers and Smith. Other sen-1 iors are. Fred Inch. Richard John- | son. Bob McGill, Bob Strickler. , John Doan. Tom Gaunt. Gene Ziner, Marvin Stucky, Leonard Egly. Chai Plumley and Jerry Gehrig. Juniors are: Letterman George Bair. Dwight Sheets. Grover Odle. Ned Myers, Ralph Busse. Sam Gilbert. Bob latne, Harold Bohnke. Floyd Mcßride. Lee Sautbine. Roter Fruchte. Ralph Bollinger. Curtis Jones. Vic Strickler, Jack Petrie. Bob Itoan and Bob Gray. Sophomores: Norm Schieferstein. Norm Pollack. Jim Moses. Jerry Kolter. Dick Heidenbach, Ed Gilbert. Tom Butler. Ed Stocksdal", . Luther Schrock. Merit Cray and I Norman Andrews. Freshmen: Russ Plu.nley. Don

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Disgusted Golfers Blamed For Cutting Limbs Os Elm Tree Every golfer who ever played at the new Decatur course Is under suspect by club officials and th* sheriff’s office for disfiguring one cf the trees along the fairway* Shtriff Herman Bowman was called io the club early today to investigate the case of th* sawed and e hopped off limbs. Ilie elm tree in question had stood the .g.t- »f lime and the assaults of many golfers, without once flinch tr.g Finally, in desperation, some golf.r* gathered with saw and axe and. during the night, feverishly , u otf me limbvof the tree that had been causing so much trouble

After club officials regain their , er mposure they will probably ad j mit the effort will aid golf scores by any number of stroke*. Some golfer* in the past have been known to get behind this particu lar tree and swing at length. Though one tree properly placed might prove disconcerting to the fanatical golfer. It i* highly unlikely, even though the obstacle, has been removed, that the status I of th* dubs will be changed. Dale Don Roop. Bob Brokaw. Bolt Dan Thomas. Junior Conrad. Lisle Knlttle. Bob Kiser. Eugene Morrison. Jerry Carter. BiU Troutner. Ronald Secaur. Dick Duff. Allen Cole and Ronald Murphy.

Moose Bowlers To Meet Monday Night All Moose bowlers ahd last year's team captains are requested to meet at the Moose home at 8 p. m Monday to organize the year's a.-: tlvlties All member bowlers are urged to be present. Even in a Tractor Ottawa. Kan. (VP) Failing to | stop for a red traffic light. Janie* Wai burn was arrested and charged with drunken driving He was at , the controls of a tractor.

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