Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1950 — Page 8

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Tigers, Yanks Open Crucial Series Today New York. July SI — (UP) - Th* Detroit Tiger* and New York Yankee* begin their flrst-plac-showdown tonight In the flrat clash of three-game aerie* while two uninvited guests hope to traah the pennant party.— Both the hart-driving Cleveland Indiana and explosive Boaton Red Sot planned to break into tbe flat atraggte in -a big way while th* ’-wo feeder* ent their own throat < in hand-to-hand struggles. A tourwag rare, similar to the National league'* mnd&le was a poselbill' by Sunday night. Herd’s how the American bet , gun's "bigfoar" shaped up: . | The Tigers still held a 21* game lead ever the Yankees bat. baa given ground to both New York | and Cleveland since the July t theoretical halfway point of th’' race. The. Yankees had won 11 n-' l 14 games and sliced two games of:, Detroit's lead while Cleveland's lh-5 pace had cut a half game of , It. The Tigers have won nine of 1 < -Ince July 4. - ; The Red Sox were St* games off the pare and had split 14 games since July 4 but were in much the, same position as a year ago today

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when their drive <m first place was gaining momentum. Their first-place deficit, in faet, waa exactly 81* game* a year ago — the same as it 1* today. Th* Sox showed they w*ren\ ready to roll over and play dead yesterday when they spotted Art Houttaman and Detroit a 5 to 0 lead and came on to win, 4 to S. on Doin DiMaggio’*. Uth-inning double which tallied Billy Goodman. Walt Dropo and Bobby Doerr blasted homers for the Sox while Pat Mullin Mt an inside-the-park homer for the Tiger*. Relief pitchers Chuck Stobbs and Ellis Kinder held the Tiger* to one hit through the last eight inning*, with Kinder picking up bls ninth victory of the season. Cleveland beat the Philadelphia .vs. 3 to .2 in 11 inning* tn the cnly other A. L gam* yesterday to advaneb th within 4 H gamea ,t the Tiger*. Sad Sam Zoldak. who relieved Steve Gromek. won his own game with a single after Bob , Kennedy's ninth-inning homer tied ! the score. -- The pressure of the four-way I National League scramble began no shclw unmistakably on the contender* -a* the Cardinals. Phlllfex and Dodger* all bowed to second division teams. i The Dodger*, suffered the most hitter hlow —a twin defeat at the hand* of the reincarnated Cincinnati Reds last night. Ken Rafen*berger held the Dodger* to eight hit* to beat Don Newcombe 3 to jl. in the opener and Ewell Black-, well threw a »even-hltter to win | the 'second game ft to 2. The Reds

Resume Phy Tonight In Soffknll Tounwy Play will be resumed in the Adam* county softball tourney at McMillen field tonight, following a two-day Interruption of play because of rain. Game* originally scheduled for Wednesday will be played tonight, with Dunbar meeting VPW In th* opener at 7:30 o'clock, followed wy Berne OU and the K. of C. Two more games will be played ’ Saturday night. Berne Farm E*Ulp ment tangling with McMillen at 7:30. followed by Graber Tin A Plumbing v* Graber Produce, winners of the opening games Tuesday. There will be no tourney game* Sunday. Monday night, tbe winner of the Berne OU-K. of C. game will meet the winner of th# - Berne Farm Equipment-McMillen tttt. followed by' the Dugbar-VFW winner against: the Grtber Tin-Graber Produce winner. — c I The final tourney game will be I > played at 3 o'clock next' 'Tuesday ■ night, J ~ The county tourney is «pon*6red by the Central Soya employes recreation association, with Ross Way, recreation director, as tourney , comml"sioner I '.No Games Tonight j In Softball League . No games will be played to-' ' night in the Ifecatur softball lea gue at Worthman field, it was an ; nounced this morning. Teams 1 which ware scheduled to play to ■ nljtht will be competing in the 1 county tourney at McMillen field. 1 resulting In the cancellation of the league schedule. —hottest team in either league—have now. won 21 of 2S games, a .724 pace and within a half gam* of the sixftl-place .Giant*. ■ The Reds'settled matter* in th--, first game with * twvcrtin rally Ih the firs( Inning and snapped a 1-2 tie'in the seventh inning of the nightcap when catcher Bruce Edi ward* let relief pitcher Joe LanI drum's thro* to the plate get a way from him With the bases loaded and one out. The Giants rocked George Mnnger In an eixht-riin third Innlnx and went on to le-at the Cardinals ,3 to 3, behind liave KoaliVa steady nln. hit pitching. Roy. Weatherly and Don Mueller knocked in three runs each Stan Musial singled in his only appearance to stretch his trirrtnir streak throughgam -w ' -ev- l-tvr wR-heW.-JsfegWeo-lhH r , rear. ' . Ralph Kiner unloaded, homer *o. . sii- a»- lite-Wttsbufgh cPirur-e <»»> slugged the Phillies., I‘> to Mur .Fy- Dickson last of three Pirate pitchers received credit for the victory while Blix Donnelly was charged with the loss Yesterday s Star Bob Kennedy who scored all three run for the Indians in their 3 to S.-11-fi.ning win over Philadelphia, In eluding a game-tying homer in the ninth Try A Democrat Want Ad —It WJiys

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AMERICAN AMOCIAYION W L. Bet. G.B. Indianapolis — 54 40 .533 Minneapolis .... 53 33 .583 % Louisville 54 42 .54? 14* SL Paul 42 543 3K Columbus 44 47 .484 Milwaukee 3* 55 .415 1< Toledo 3» 54 .411 Kansas City — 35 52 403 144, YCbTKROAY’g RESULTS Indianapolis 4. Kansas City 0. St. Paul ». Minneapolis 3. Milwaukee 4-2. Louisville 1-7. Only games scheduled. Teeple Bowlers Are Nafianl Champms The Teeple Truck Line bowlfwg , team, state Moose bowling champion* for 1350 bar* received wort that they have also been deelaPM Moose national champion for tbe year. The Teeple team rolled a 2320 series to win the state tonrney »t Muncie a few weeks ago, and thi< v retire, used as.,a comparison who score* of champions from other states, determined the Decatur beam as national champion. | Team members and repreuenta tives of the sponsoring firm weft recently honored by the local Moose lodge and were presented with a beautiful trophy. emblemaL !c of the state championship. Member* of the state and national championship team are Everett Faulkner, Jr . Rolland Ladd. Harold Murpby. George lauren’ and Don Stump. The team's picture will appear in an early Issue of the M«o*e national magaxine. BREAKIN rVdwwd Parr minimum fine in the Herne JU < ourt All arrest# were made In an hour and a half period ThiirMa’f moinine. the sheriff reported If You Have Something To tel» ; Try A Democrat Want Ad —It Pays

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ijMAJORj . NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Bet. G.G. St. Louto 48 35 .678 Boston 48 35 ,588 1 Philadelphia ... 47 34 5M 1 Brooklyn 43 38 544 3 Chicago,.. 38 41 .481 8 New York- 3? 48 -448 H Cincinnati 34 44 438 11H Pittsburgh 31 51 .378 144 i W L Pct. O.G. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit — 55 2* .455 New York 53 32 .824 3H Cleveland 53 35 .s*B 4*4 Boston 48 38 .553 BMt Washington .... 38 44 .470 15H Chicago 34 51 .414 301* St. Louis 30 55 353 255* Philadelphia ... 38 57 .337 27 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Natlanal League Pittsburgh 10. Philadelphia 8. Cincinnati 3-4. Brooklyn 1-3. New York 13, St. Louis 8. i Boston at Chicago, rain. — Am«ric*a Laagu* Boston 4. Deiroit 5 (11 innings! Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 2 (11 innings*. Chicago at Washington, rain. - Only games scheduled. NON-DIVISIONAL tt'Mtlaued Wm* Paee Oaei respectively. They now have 468,1 000 and 454.0(0*. The army, he said, plans to expand from its present Mrength ot 584,000 to Just short of the legal limit of 837.01*0. NORTH KOREAN <<-**tl**eU Frew r—e Oswi losing Taejon. The 21st regiment began digging Into the new defenses below Taejon fest ’Sunday long before the reds launched their climactic assault on •W <aiyr~'.T~" ’ - ■ ■ -'•■■■ The American* finally pulled nut of Taejon last midnight, but some units cut off by the lightning red' L —— — —. . -

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