Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 12 April 1950 — Page 8
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On WhiteSox Hiring Sass Naw Tartu April 11 —(CF>Fnr the record. wteaaaev Jack Onatow pleka hta Chicago White Box ta finish sixth Main thia year. Secretly, however. be believes the ctate has a good fighting chance to land ia the first divtaioa. It eoaM. toe. if he gets the first baseman he ta aftar-Mlekey Vernon of the Cleveland Indians. He know* he’ta going to have to do einarthlag la return-perhaps his star second baseman. Cass Michaels. • » As thing* stood now Onslow has only Charley Kreu Wha couldn t make the grade with the Mods. Outside of that berth, the etab ta pretty well not II ta Onslow's plan to southpaw the other 'clubs la the league to death this coming --- His present plans call for ata left handers on hta 10-mau pitching rtaff. The star trio comprises Bill Wight, who we* 14 games last year: Bob Kmmva. a nine game ■winner; and Billy Pierce, who captured eight decisions. Also oa the portside bo win have Mickey Haefner. Bob Cstn, a rook le Who won seven at Memphis last year and Jack Bruner, the expensive bonus baby who won is games with Waterloo. The team is not so well fixed with right handers with only Randy Gumpert an established major leaguer. Behind him Onslow has only little Marino Plerettl. who woa only four last year; Howard Judson, .who won only one while losing it and Ken Holcombe, who ■ ferae*.; snot her change in -tha. majors by winning Iff games with Sacramento. . Onslow believes his catching will be a big Improvement over last, season when the situation became so desperate he had to call in rookie Ed Malone from Loa Angeles before he was ready. The chances are Onslow will call on Phil Masi) the Boston Braves castoff, to open the season, and hta No. 1 receiver with the younger Matone eventually taking over. Back of them Is Bill Salkeld, who divided the Braves’ catching chorea with Masi If he isn't traded. Michaels, of voiirsi- wilt be at second, bus should he go. the veteraft- Luke
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Bene Com Honors Io Mott TW Oleh bcNoo! volivybaH teams iv«*t Um canty volleyball tournament last aight by taking both the boys* and the girls’ tiUee. Betwee* Md and <M including players, witaeeood the SMMNk After staving off a furious 1 Adams Central rally to win their first game 31-12. the Berne girls * easily defeated -Monmouth and 5 Hartford to lake the championship Eight high schools entered boys’ t teams. The Berne boys triumph " ed over Decatur Catholic and Hart s ford before meeting Adams Central > in the riaal match. The final match ■ was fast aad hard fought, but ■ Berne won 21-2. The game was much closer than the score tad) i into* j t Trophies were awarded to both the victorious trains Ribbons were , awarded to the individual team , players of the two champion teams , These awards were sponsored by t ' the participating schools and the county recreation department. A ; complete compilation of scores ta . ax follows: ——-*— —- Girls- Berne ft. Adams Central t id; Hartford 21. Pleasant Mills 2; Berne 21. Monmouth 13, Berne 21. Hartford 5 (final). Boys- -Pleasant Mills 22. Geneva 20; Adatns Central 21. Monmouth ' 12; Berne 21. Decatur Catholic 13; ' Hartford 21. Jefferson 11: Adams Central 21. Pleasant Mills Id; Berne 21. Hartford 12; Berne 21. 1 Adams Central 2 (flnah. [ Appling may be shifted to the bag . from his old shortstop post or t Nelson Fox. secured from the , Athletics could take over., Onslow could solve one of his , biggest problems by shifting Ap- , pling for It would leave the shortstop job open for Al Carraaquel. the high priced rookte purchased from the Dodger farm system. , Hank Majeski. a good hitler, and . Floyd Baker, a better defensive man. probably will alternate at I third base. — Only two outfield spots are setGus Zernial in left and Dave PhilI ley in right. ( Little Herb Adams Gerry Scala ( and rookie Jim Busby, who hit r .31S at Waterloo last year, are battling for the third garden post. i SENATE GROUP tCeatluwd Free) rase One) I saihusette and that, candidates for ' office should not serve, on the • committee staff. , Banking Spokesmen for the ■ American ’ Bankers Association asked- congress to .veto a govern i merit'' reorvanizurion plan- which would put the comptroller of th»curreney directly un<l-r eon’ro of the secretary of treasury. Thev said the proposed change mlgh’ introduce "political Incentives" which could , IqaJ a future .secre tary to nationalise the banks. SECRETARY rf'ewrtwueU Faroe l-sae Oaei it develops the 10 men aboard the liavy plane dlcd'as a result' of a , nush With Soviet planes, the United States then could almost err tainly accuse Russia of being re puniible tor thrir deaths * FOR GOOD SHOES JLJ.ZELT RAWLEIGH PRODUCTS Phone 14201 243 Mercer Ave. Tlw Original ~~ ITALIAN SPAGHETTI 2 plates far 21*0 EVERY THURSDAY NITE THURS. FRI. SAT. TIM HOLT “MASKED RAIDERS” —o •uh. Mew. Tues. “Batoarv Pirate" A "Young Daniel Boone” -0-— CLOSED WEDNESDAY
Mflsr Takes Over g.. M,-d- M ror nmy i*wnon Houston. Tex.. April 12—(UP)— ' Burton Shotton laughed when the St. Louis Cardinals signed Eddie 1 Milter but Card owner Fred Beieh. Jr., and manager Eddie Dyer believed they have the last laugh today • Miller ta the Cardinals* ace ia I ■> the hole today white shortstop f Marty Marton to In Bt. Louis un- i t dergoing treatments for his soreii t rtwht knef. » Miller delivered aMg doable . > during test alaht’s 2 to • victory over the Cubs, coming In to score , ' in the ninth inning oa a single by r Red SchoendtensL At Memo I Cincinnati. 0.. April 13-(UP>— '• The Cincinnati Reds make their i ’ first !»• home appearance today I - against the world champion New - York Yankee* < The Reda, who woa IS at 33 , games la Florida, had lost four of | their last sevea games as they made their local bow. The Boston , Braves rallied-Bor. ata rubs ia the | ninth inning yesterday to beat , them, 10 to 4. and take the spring j series, six games to four. , Twin Surprises < Topeka. Kan.. April 12—(UF)— , Pitchers Jess Flores and Sam ( Zoldak were the twin surprises of , tbs Cleveland Indians’ spring ex- . bibitlon season today. Flores has been consistently effective and looks like a sure bet to be manager Loa Boudreau's No. ' 1 fireman. Zoldak. a JSo.imh) flop last season, eame through with a|' illck performance an the Indians I downed the New York (Hants; « to] J 1, yesterday and evened their; spring series at 7-7. Pirates vs Indians Indianapolis, ind.. April 12— (UPr — The Pittsburgh Pirates ' were scheduled to meet the Indianapolis Indians tn an exhibition game here today. The Pinites edged Atlanta of the Southern Association yesterday. 8 >o 7. overcoming an early 7-1 deficit. — AwaH krays 1 Durham. N. C.. April IJ—ll’Pl ‘ - The Washington Senators anal I ously awaited X-rays today to ‘ determine how serious to. the injury to Irv Noren’s right thumb The rookie outfielder, counted oh as a Senator sparkplug, suffered the Injury in Chariotte. N. C.j last night during the itenators’i 77 tie with the Philadelphia As when he was struck by a fast ball 1 hrown by A's pitcher Hank Wyse.j t- ' ~ TAFT CHARGES | tt-MVIaoeU From Fane owe) _ | departments.” Taft referred spw/fically to Mr. Truman’s recent statement ; that McCarthy has become the ' Russian Kremlin’s "greatest as set” in thia country. McCarthy, meanwhile, told reporters that he has copies es the ; affidavits, presumably from govs ernment files, rorertng- •what- Be- - dens "knows about the Lattimore case " He said Budenx will testify under oath that as a former communist himself, he know Lattimore as a party member under party, control. DIRKSEN TO tCMVIwoeU Freua Fwue One) lightest in years. Voting -ma<l)H)os nlace*..,_l»’--wide usage tor the first time at Chicago and East St. uouis in 11*1 many voters and slowed the procedur-. At ‘(test St Louis, some voters charged that the slow voting was a deliberate attempt to keep them from registering la favor of their candidates Twenty-three of the state's ?S congressmen sought rehominatlon Nine Democratic incumbents and ' seven Republicans were -unoppo. ed. In addition, nine non-lncum -ent - Democrats and one R>publi>an were also unopposed
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KCJMteMMt Will Open Saturday Lafayette. Ind.. April 12. - Eighty-five Knights of Ctonmbus howling teams wffl eonvargn here over * three - weskend period to decMo Hooeierdom’s top K. of C. kecler*. RoilißC Ui tIM sixth annual meet op*ns SaiuMay and Sunday, and the champion will be crowned following April M *Ol ri ties To be operated under ABC earn tion rules, the tournament Is dpen only to third degree knights. Aurora Council 271* I* defending champioß. Horseshoe League Will Be Organized All persons Interested In epe*soring a horseshoe team thia summer are asked to meet at 'Ttj’) p.m. April 1» al the ronnty ru creation office, now located on t*e ground floor of the puMic Itorany buUdiag In Decatur. \ Enough teams are expected to enter this year to warrant the tormatloa of two leagues. Im*t year !• teams entered to a single league and played through a n ■week achedule. with games on Thursday evenings. The isl teams were: Burke’s Service Station, Craigvillo. Geneva, Honduras, McMillen Feeds. Montoe. Pleasant Milla. Preble. Tocsin, and Union township- i' Every community, firm, or organixation desiring to enter a team should be represented at this meeting. A team consists of six players. A new election of eounty league officers will he held. B-29 FALLS AT (Canttees* Frost Pane weei utev. the entire plane burned virtually to a skeleton.” Flames still rose from the ship three hour* after IW crash.. List Victime Roswell. N M . April 12.—(DP) —Whlker air force base today re leased the following list of vic time included ta last night's to 2D crash at the Sandia atomic vuea, pons base near Albuquerque. All of the men .were, killed Capt John R Martin. West Frankfort. HL. the pilot. * Caps flavid II Foust. FsyWO. Mich. First Lt Ralph E Farmer, On trails. 11l First Lt. Thbmas J. Stnltx. Russell. Ky Staff Sgt. Walter C. Boedeektr, 1 Danville. 11l i Hunting accidents claimed the I Ilves of 28 Oklahomans during 1949 I There were 92 hunting accidents. with .22 caliber rifles most often I responsible. tv You Have Somevn>ng io Sell.Tn A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays.
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AU |U»lr Ulu* I ’Em h As Mbs Dallas. T«L. April It—(UP)— 1 Venerable Ty Cobb, who hasn't swung a baseball bat In 2* years, •till has the eagle eye which euf 'iiblMtime hitting average In major league history. The immortal Cobb, on* es nine famed ototlmera who donned uniforms for the first time la many years as a highlight of the Dallas Eagles' opening Texas league ga»last night, proved that tact before the eyes of MJM sane, largest crowd to ever see a minor league baseball game. Squinting a bit behind his rimleas glasses, the old waYrtor of the base paths calmly laid down three perfect bunts ta batting practice. The activity occurred aa 44-yvar old Cobb and the others Ignored creaking joints The "others" included outfielders Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis, first baseman , Charlie Grimm, second baseman Charlie Gehrlnger, shortstop Tra via Jackson, third baseman homerun Baker, catcher Mickey Cochrane and pitcher Dlssy Dean. They played for Dallas in the opening play of the season. Dean walked Tulsa Oiler Harry Donabedian. and that was all for the old-timers. They moved Into the .stands then and watched Tulsa win, 10 to 3. Dean, after letting his 32 pitch miss the plate by an tach or two. didn’t sound like the Dlx of old. He didn't squawk a bit. . ”1 missed it,” he said, "but it was close. I goes* i'll really develop bursitis vomewhere now after this chuckin' in cool night air." Cochrane, who handled Dean's six pitches flawlessly, said the former _BL Uinta Cardinal-Chicago Cub ace had his sidearm pitch "breathin' tn there." "He looked pretty sharp." Mlc key said. But. Donabedian never took his hat oft his shoulder as Dean yundwlched two strikes-into hta delivery. .Cobb, who had been announced ns lh< center fielder, rieftered that
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