Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 21 September 1949 — Page 6

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Cardinals And Dodgers Open Vital Series I St Louis. M<>., Sept. 21. -<UP) Brooklyn's now -or -never DodK-1 er*. second best in the odds and sc <>nd best in the Minding*. <>:»-n c I a three game series with the. St. Louis Cardinals today with a ! National league pennant to the winner and little premium for the runner-up. There wax a quiet, almost omi-! non* determination about the Dodg- I erx as they nominated their two aces. Rangy Don Newcombe and! i ed like Preacher Roe to pitc h against Harry ‘The Cat I Hrec heen and Max Lanier in todays day-* night doubleheader Brooklyn, a game and a half off! the pace and a 13 to 10 underdog for the games on the oddsmaker* slates, have an opportunity «rj hurdling the Red Birds within the next 48 hours. No Cardinal player had to be reminded of the fact How are you going to predict anything on a series like this?' asked St Lottis shortstop Marty Marion. "It's going to be the breaks that decide this series," chimed in Cardinal coach Terry Moore. "It's sure to lie a hard fight " St Louis manager Eddie Dyer maintained a strategic silence, as usual One thing did encourage bbn. however. That was the presence In the line up of Dodger di-structor Stan Musial. who pulled a tnusde in yesterday's game with the Phillies He left the contest but was ready for action ac-ain today. Mapes Stars New York. Sept 21 ll'Pt — They used to say Cliff Mapes looked every inch a big leaguer until )e stepped up to the plate; today they say Cliff looks every inc h a ; Big leaguer- period That injury Jinx which has ’ plagued Casey Stengel's crew all season forced Mapes to make good it was either that or the bushes He's still considerably shy of a 300 batting average it's 264 at the moment, but as the current fill-in fm DiMag young cliff is proving aj i

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Yellow Jackets At Garrett On Friday The Decatur Yellow Jackets will seek to reach the 500 mark for the season Friday night, when they battle the Garrett Railroaders at Garrett The opening kickoff is ached- * tiled for 7:30 pm The Jackets defeated Bluffton in 1 the season opener and then dropped contests to the Auburn lied Devils and the Fort Wayne Ccn-i tral Tigers. Ft (day's tilt with Garrett will be a Northeastern Indiana conference ! nt Th. Railroaders hav. play, d one game to date, losing to i the Warsaw Tigers. 34-12. last week. Decatur's next home game will be played next Tuesday night. | 'S.p' 27. against the Concordia i Cadets from Fort Wayne. The I Jackets are also scheduled for Fri--1 clay night, Sept. 30. playing at | Portland The Decatur and Bluffton fresle man sophomore learns will tangle it Wortliman field in this city , Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. No ' admission will be c harged and the public Is invited to attend payoff performer. It was his work at the bat which gave the Yankees a 3 to 1 victory ! lover the White Sox yesterday and made their magic (lumber eight- 1 any eight Yankee victories or Red Sox losses means the pennant. In the second inning the -Yanks got their two runs which spelled the difference. With Gene Woodling on base, i (Tiff rapped a ground rub- double to left to score Woodling. That was one of three hits Bob Kuzava gave In the game Mapes went to third when Gerry Coleman ground ed out and then scored on a wild pitch Meanwhile, the second-plac" 1 Boston Red Sox hung on in the American league race with a 5 to 2 victory over Cleveland for Mel! Parnell's 24th victory over the year That eliminated the Indians chances of winning the pennant outright but. mathematically, they still can tie the Yankees. Bob > Lemon had a no-hitter and a onerun lead for five innings for Cleve-1 i land, but Parnell led off the sixth j with a single and before the inning ■ended the Red Sox had all five I of their runs pete Slider's home run with two ' on in the eighth gave the Philadei i phia Athletic s an * to G victory over Detroit, and that definitely ’ eliminated the Tigers as pennant I contenders. I Roy Sievers drove in six runs with four hits for a 15 to 6 St. Louis Brown win over Washington. [ In the National league, the I St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooki lyn Dodgers set the stage for today's opening of their vital three- ! game series with victories. The Cardirials licked the Phillies. 7 to 5. and the Dodgers blanked the Cubs. 5 to <». The Cardinals built up a 6-1 lead in the first five innings. Two! Phillle runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh cut the marI gin to one run, hut the Cards tallied again in the seventh. Jack Banta's five-hit pitching won for the Dodgers. But what I was more important, the Brooklyn* I finally got the number of nemesis Johnny Schmits iHth a three-run blast in the sixth inning The Boston Braves scored three : runs In the ninth Inning for a 4 to 12 victory over the Pirates Vic la>mbardi had held the Braves to four hits and one run. and had retired 13 straight batters when the ' outburst came. The Reels at.d Giants were idle. Yesterday's Star — Mel Parnell ' of the Red Sox for his 24th win.

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Moose In Finals 0! Uniondale Tourney The Decatur Moose softball team ■ will tangle with the Bluffton Elks in the final game of the I'niondale invitational tourney tonight The Moose, defeated by Bluffton in the first game of the double | elimination meet last week, stayed in the running Tuesday night by defeating Bluffton 21. thus necessitating the championship game tonight. | Last night's game was forced Into an extra inning as the teams were tied at 1-1 at the expiration of the regulation seven Innings Mc-Colly opened the eighth by being hit by a pitched ball, and ■ scored after singles by Graft and Stoppenhagen. Decatur's first tally in the open- | ing frame also resulted from a hit : batsman. Reed, as first up. went j ' to first when hit by Bauermeister. stole second and scored on Stop penhagen's safety. A double and triple gave Bluffton the tying run in the fourth but Harrah allowed only one other hit during the game. Graft and Stoppenhagen obtained four of Decatur’s six hits Score by innings: RHE Dec atur ItiO <>oo «1 2 6 c Bluffton .... 000 100 00- 1 2 1 Harah and Stoppenhagen; Bauermelster and Rieddle MAJOR 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB St Ix.ui* 92 52 .639 Brooklyn 91 54 .628 l'i Philadelphia ... 77 G 9 .527 1G I Boston 71 74 .490 21', ! New York 69 75 479 23 Pittsburgh 63 81 .438 29 Cincinnati 58 85 ,4“G 33', Chicago 57 88 .393 35', AMERICAN LEAGUE W L P:t. GB New York 92 51 643 Boston 9o 55 ,621 3 Detroit 84 63 .571 10 I Cleveland 82 62 569 10ty Philadelphia ... 78 68 .534 15'Y. , Chicago 59 85 .410 33’, M Louie . ... 66 97 ,M 044 Washington .... 45 99 .313 47’k YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Brooklyn 5. Chicago o. St 7. Philadelphia 5 Boston 4. Pittsburgh 2 Only games scheduled American League Boston 5. Cleveland 2 New York 3. Chicago 1. Philadelphia 8, Detroit 6 St. Louis 15. Washington 6. Injuries Fatal To Auburn Race Driver Fort Wayne, Ind.. Sept. 21 -IVID — A 23-year-old Auburn race ear driver died yesterday in St Jos- ' eph's hospital of injuries he received nln- day* earlier in a racing accident. Robert (Rocky) Robbins, win drove midget, “hot rod." stock and standard racing cars, was injured at the Tort Wayne speedway when hl* car skidded and overturned during preliminary time trials Sept 11.

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Riverview Loses Shuffleboard Match The Riverview Gardens shuffle- I I board team* lost their first match i of the season Tuesday night, with; 1 Pete and Beck's of Fort Wayne scoring an 18 6 victory. The defeat dropped Riverview to second! place in the Jdnnny Appleseed shuffleboard league The next match will be with Ranney's of Fort Wayne next Tuesday night Saints Ousted From Association Playoff By United Pres* Milwaukee eliminated St Paul from the American association: playoff* last night by thrashing them 15 to 6 on the Saint's home I i grounds while Indianapolis evened I , up its series with Minneapolis with a 7 to 6 victory. Milwaukee will meet the winner of the Indianapolis-Minneapolis game to decide which team repre- I sems the Association in the "little j world scries" with the Internation-1 al league. St Paul took a first-inning lead j . with two runs. The Brewer* got three in the third and St Paul add-1 ed two more in the same inning. Milwaukee then went into high gear and added four runs each in the sou rth. sixth and ninth innings. St Paul scored twice in the seventh The hapless Saints, who won the Aerociaticn title in regular play, used seven pitchers in ttvlr attempts to halt the slaughter Indianapolis had dropped three games to Minneapolis bi fore start- ' ing a winning spurt of its own Four Miller runs in the fourth put Minneapolis ahead but the Indians i tied It up in the sixth The Red Men took a one run lead next inning and the Millers evened it in the eighth. Indianapolis then scored two men in their half of the ninth and snuffed out a Miller rally after on» man crossed the plate. The two teams will meet for the deciding game at Minneapolis tonight. Frankie Parker May Turn Professional New York. Sept 21. <UP) Veteran tenni* star Frankie Park er today was reported considering j an invitation to turn professional | i.nd tour with I'. S. National Aina- i teur champion Richard t Pancho) Oonzales and former champion Jack Kramer. Gonzales revealed yesterday that he has turned professional for the tour beginning In New York Oct. 25. and that he will play Kramer on the tour. Bobby Riggs and' Francisco Segura also were signed up for the Jaunt, and Riggs said another “outstanding player" ha* been invited. That player reportedly wa» Parker. i _____ Pheasant Hunting Season Nov. 10-12 Indianapolis. Sept. 21 — (VP) -- State conservation director Kenneth M. Kunkel announced todav that the 1949 Hoosier hunting season would be from Nov. 10 to Inclusive, and warned that only cock pheasants were legal game. Those who shoot hen phea*art will be prosecuted. Kunkel said.

Willie Pep Scores Technical Knockout Waterbury. Conn. Sept. 21 - (UP) Featherweight ihampion Willie Pep. after treating hi* Conn< < ti< lit In me fan* to a lot nd ''' :l

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