Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 30 August 1949 — Page 8

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Moose Nine Is Sef For Benefit Game On Friday Ih< Decatur Moon* softball ag grtgxtion. one of the iiiidw, si-lo-i i* h fid) io '•< off againxt th« Jot Ixiuia Puncher* from Klin' Mich hti< Frida) night a' M< Mil'll fit Id The I’umhet.- ai*o kt >wu a* :In Blown Bomber*, are or. of Hit- top team* In the pro ft--i-iisal softball leagut and aniom i lh.i ,» i ornpllxhmefl!*, they have ....I il.. / 'liner Ph' ■! ■ .1 tliju or two lhi* j’ii . i .d- <t the Friday night r . will b. turned ov< r io the ‘it ,iu- county hunter of the Na th lul Infantile Paraly.-h Founds) lion, Moo*e offii iai» announced Tliketa are on -ale by member* ■ f the De< atui M..oi-. lodge and .., at tl.. M0.,-, horn- Tiny at. ~ in* for 73 itnt -sot adul x and . in- fm thildrtn Staling lapa- ity will be < nlarged a« tin fi« id to tak - ii' of a m oid t iowd sponsor- -aid Tit he's also un> b< purchased an hour before y ./in tim* wLu ii i* * ■" o 'i. k Ui the field Lcte At Bluffton Tii. M. • ■< ii.itu wu- eiiiuinat.il from the Bluffton Kik- invitational loutney in the fii-t round M.nday night with International H tiv.eier . ' *■ I,|l w eV lie ..ring a 11 vic lory over the Drcatur nine ii. Foil Wayu* team tallied I I » in th. fir -st it tin .' an t t<td< >1 single run* in the third and fourth frame- Doa'ui lone run came in the fourth on Bavin flllg l ' the <ii . till mud. by the Moo-e team lh>.i iir piay.d wi h.ii' the »rv I .» of it* tegular battery Harrah i i.d Moppelihiige n who played wi h IB hniond in th. -ta'. ,-oftball t< m y at laiganeporf St ore by inning* RHE in einatlonal 201 1"" ' I 6 o Moo-t mm I 1 1" "111 Utter .111'1 H.o.tdoin |I by i. t.iat and baviI lilted Stale- w'athei liiii.-iU-lave 2 oli*. it ma stations in the westeri. -t.it. «

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Amateur Golf Meet Into Second Round Ro'hexter N Y. Aug 30 tl’P) The big gun- of American ama ttur go's wei. thundering a threat eniug tie x. endo to foreign hope* a* the field moved into the second round of the I S amateur golf i-h,.m;iio' -hire at Oik Hill country club today z Headed by the landel.de victories of such homebred ate- as sturdy Skee Hhgel of Tulsa and Toledo'* Fiank Stranahan, the main Am er I < ai. choices moled forward effortlessiy m yesteiday'a opening round as three of nine challengers from tin British Isles were blasted to the sidelines A driving rain which caused at. hour, suspension of play sent the .tore- rocketing, but Hiegel, won . .nd i. ..nd Stranahan sailed home : 7 and ’ to move up even with de fending champion Willie Tnrnesa of New York who drew a first round bye Not nm. Britain’s Hal Hilton w<>n tl> .town in 1911 has a for ligmi topped Hie coveted I’. S ama'. or ti >wn And three invad .i- wer. eliminated early when t..laid M.-klem Ernest Millward and Jim Blue n the- 1916 British ainat. oi king, all bowed hi open ing play Chat I'f' >i* foreign challenger* three of them British amateur thump Man .McCready, young Arthur Be tow ne and Dublin'* Joe Carr won their opener* handily Three Others Ronnie While. Ken Thom and Laddie Luca* drew bye* and so made their first starts today It was young Mac Hunter, son of California pro Willie Hunter. win stopped the competent Micklem lb did It handily too 5 and 3 Another 21 year old unknown.' George- Bigham Jr. of Kansas <i y Mo. belted Bruen, Britain's numbei two Walker Cupper 2 and I And Hal Foreman. Jr . of lilciicoe 111, who tails himsell •just a weekend golfer.'' swatted aside England's Ernie Millward Foreman tested Turtle**'* fore I own today And in the sum* in ote r of the draw, slender Itay Billow- of Poughkeepsie N V three-time- runner up who twice won New Yoik alate title* at Oak Hill went against Gene- Bates of Portland Ore Billows moved

, ahead easily with a 7 and 5 win Horseshoe Tossers Defeat Zollners A horseshoe team composed of , Ad.iiim ■ <>untj piti hers defeated a Fort Wayne Zollner PlMtuns teau I'ridav evening at .Monroe The winning team composed mostly |of Munroe players, won seven ' ramex out of nine Approximately .1 ISo jiei.ple watched the contMl Hairy Ibltler, manager of Hie Monroe team, report* that a return matt h witli tlie Zollner Pis ’ tons will be played at Sweeney I'ark in Fort Wayne, although no I .lefinlte date lias yet been set Following are the scores of the games i Rickey Walston tZi 52. Knittle Beiller (Ml 19 K lilt He Beit ler .Mi 51 Hwukovaki High tZ) 19. Knittle Beitler t.Mt 50, JessupHiel.er iZi 17; I'hrlstenei Rupert iMt 51. Hwokovski High tZt 20; 1 lessup-Hieber tZt 51. I'hristensr Rupert i .Mt 23. Christeuer Rupert iMt 51 Rli-key Walton tZt 33 visit lent .erber (Mi 53. Hickey . Walton tZ) 20; MaJtlen-Gerlier I Mt 53. Swokovski High <Z) 3 * Maltlen-Gerber tM t W, HieberI .essup tZt 23.

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Indians Hand Boston Double Defeat Monday New York, Aug 30 'CPI ■'Pickup*' gave Cleveland the pickup it needed today, shoving the Indian* back into the thick of the American League pennant fight. Those pickup* play er picked up from other mayor league club* during the past two season* spurred the Tribesmen to a threegame sweep over the clamoring Boaton Red So« That hoisted them to within a game and a half 'out of second pla.e in the stand- > Inga, and five and a half game* j out of first Jim Vernon started the come taik flatter Sunday. He i* the anemic looking lad secured from Washington in a trade for Eddie Robinson. Hi* home run started the Tribe to it* 2-1 win over the Boaox in the first game of the vital serie*. Bob Kennedy, picked up from the Chicago White Sox. continued tile trend yesterday in the first game of a dotil.leheadei when hi* three hit* and two runs-batted-in topped a 5 to 2 conquest of Boxton for Bob Feller The second game was more of the same With two out in the 10th inning. Cleveland manager Ixiu Boudreau walk e d Kennedy doubled him to third and then Mike Trexh who also was pick ed up from Hie White Sox singled his boss home for a 5 to 4 triumph and the three-game sweep The Indian* hud scored two in the ninth to tie it up And who wax the victorious Cleveland pitcher this time? Why. still another < hap plucked from the rosters of rival* — big Al Ben ton, who toiled nine seasons for Detroit before they cut him loose ax "washed Up The Yankee* remained station ary because they, and the White Sox, were idle The seventh-place Brown* got in a lick for their au»e with a 2 to 1 victory over Washington Dick Koko's single with the base* loaded and one out In the ninth settled the issue Detroit also got a victory with a late-game hit Pat Mullin's single scored Eddie Ixcke from second In the 10th for a 1 to 3 win over Philadelphia the Tigers eighth straight win In the National l-eagua, both St lamia and Brooklyn won and so the Cards remain two and a half games in front Ron Northey's grand slam home run In the seventh inning headed a seven run rally for an H to 2 win over the itoston Brave* for St i-otii* And Brooklyn continued its habitual ashing of Pittsburgh, this one a 5 to I triumph featuring 24-year-old la< k Banta's first complete game a* a major league pitcher It’s apparent that the Card Brave and Dodger Pirate series will de. Ide nothing, for the pen-1 num contenders can do no wrong itgaiiist those clubs. The St. i-ouls win yesterday wax the third straight Al Brazle allowed six hits for hi* 14th victory Banta, like wise, gave only six hit* in his win The Giant* are in no pennant

BENEFIT GAME JOE LOUIS PUNCHERS VS DECATUR MOOSE FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 2 mcmillen field -8:30 p.m. ADMISSION 75c . 25c ENTIRE. PROCEEOr TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE LOCAL POLIO FUND.

NO TICEI f&OWLJ to —M. ALL BOWLERS ! Bowling Prices Will Bo The Same as Last Year! LEAGUE BOWLING 90c AU leagued start Sept. S. There are still several openings for league teams and individual bowlers. MIES RECREATION See Molly Mien at the alley*.

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Schultz Is Flight Winner In Tourney Gary Schultz won the third flight of the city championship golf tourney, defeating Dick Maloney 3 and 2. in the finals of the third flight Bob Frixinger and George Stultx are scheduled to play this week in the finals of the second flight in semifinal matches. Frislnger eliminated Carl Gerber. 6 and 5. while Stults defeated lion Baum partner. 4 and 3. Four contestant* are still in the running in the championship flight In semi finals. Ed Peck will meet Da e Schnepf and Clarence .Morgan will play Jim Wall. Peck deflated Harold Niblick. 4 and 3. S< htiepf eliminated John Bau i mann. 1 up. Morgan downed Dick Saylors, 5 and 4. and Wall defeated George laiuient 4 and 3. Handicap Tourney The city lian<ti< ap tourney will . open at the Decatur course next .Sunday A larg- number of local men have already signed for the meet, and others planning to enter are asked to register at once, in order that pairing* may be made Bowling Leagues To Meet On Wednesday Final organization meeting* of the Rural and Merchant bowling leagues will be held at X o’do k 1 Wednesday evening at Mies Re<teation. All team* are urged to. have representatives present, a* league bowling will ojieu next w eek Pete Hoffman has been elected president and <>*<ar lavnkenau secretary of the Major league ' which will open it* season next ; week, bowling at 5:45 p. m on ’ Tuesdays. race, but Larry Jansen proved he has "cousins" t<Mi when he licked the Reds for the fifth straight time, this one by 3 to 2 Home run* by Stan Ixtpata and Andy | Seminick gave the Phil* a G to 5 ‘ decision over the Cub* Yesterday's Star Ron Northey of the Cardinals, whose grand slam home run sparked an tv-2 win «v er the Brave* Protest Television Bon At State Fair Indianapolis. Aug 30 tl'Pt ' The operator of an Indianapolis television station today protested • a ruling against TV at the Indiana state fair, which open* Thursday. Harry M Bitner, president of WFBM TV, said he asked more than a month ago for permission to televise grand circuit harness tacing and otter activities at the fair Bitner *aid hi* request was not denied immediately, and he then ; had gone ahead with plana for the TV programs under the assump-1 lion Hist permission would lie granted. Tour Called Off Weymouth. Mas* tl'P) A few hoifl’s after Cod Earl Ri< hart of : the I’ R Army bought a 1949 auto ' mobile for a lour of the nation, his , parked car slipped its brakes, roll ed down a hill, plunged over a 23ftsd embankment and was wreck, d .

; MAJOR national league W L Pct. GB ' Si. Loui* <• Brooklyn "a 49 <®s 2 1 -.- Boston 61 b” •■’l6 l-. I >z Philadelphia ... 64 62 s<'k Hht New York 62 62 ,s**6 15*-» ! Pittsburgh 5“ 66 <63 Cincinnati 50 74 4**3 2.S | Chicago 49 79 353 3«4 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB i New Yoik77 17. .631 : Boston — 75 51 .595 4 ! Cleveland 73 52 .594 j Detroit 72 56 .563 k i Philadelphia — 66 58 532 12 Chicago 51 74 4t'k 2.6* j St. Louis 45 82 37.4 34 i Washington - 41 *2 333 !6’v YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League St Louis k. Boston 2 Brooklyn 5. Pittsburgh 1. New York 3. Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 6. Chicago 5 American League Cleveland 55. Boston 2 4 '2nd game 16 innings i. Iretroit 4, Philadelphia 3 (lo inn ing* t St Louie 2. Washington 1 Only games scheduled ! MINOS \ /eajjueßeMifltZ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct GB St Paul 86 54 .614 Indianapolis 82 57 .590 3lj Milwaukee7l <5 .522 13 Louisville 66 71 .482 Minneapolis 65 72 .474 1968 Columbu* 65 73 .471 20 Kansas Cl:y ... 63 74 460 21H Tohdo 53 85 384 32 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Indianapolis 16. L ouisville 2. Toledo 59, Columbu* 1-2 Milwaukee at Minneapolis, rain Only games scheduled Evansville Winner State Girls' Meet Logansport, Ind., Aug 30—(UP) Evansville scored ail il* tuns in the seventh and last inning last night to beat Kokomo. 5 to 1, and win the state girls' softball champlonahip. Trailing 1 to u going Into the final frame, the downslaters were led by Novella Hinton's double in their rally. Kokomo beat lx>gan*port in the semi finals, 1 to b In the men's division. Columbus edged Richmond. 2 to 1, to move Into tonight's finals against unbeaten Peru Columbus previously lost one game.

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Fort Wayne Voltmen Unbeaten In Tourney Wichita. Kan. Aug 30—(VPt— The defending Fort Wayne. Ind, General Electrics were fourth, round contenders in the national, baseball congress tournament to dav with a perfect retard The Indiana standard bearers 1 nipped the previously undefeated Weimar. Tex . Trucker* 4 to 2 in the first of two games here last Fort Wayne exploded a six hit atta< k in tbe opening inning of the first game to score four runs and give negro righthander Bill Kicks i * lead that he guarded cautiously, through tb' r «‘” t of ,h ‘‘ Happy Warriors In Softball Victory The Preble Happy Warriors 4-H I softball teain triumphed 11-4 over' the Kirkland Future Farmers team I in a five-inning contest Friday ev- j ening The game, played on the | Preble diamond, wax a grudge j match between the two teams, as j each had won one previously. The I winning battery for Preble wax lx- | Roy Werling. pitcher, and Donald j Gallmeyer. catcher. The unpardonable sin is one. ihat seek* no pardon.

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