Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1950 — Page 6

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Semi-Finals In County Softball Meet Tonight Two Decatur teams and two Berne softball teems will battle at McMillen field in this city tonight in the semi final* .of the Adams county softball tourney. - McMillen and Knights of Columbus teams will meet In the opener . at 7:3* octoek. followed by Graber Produce and Dunbar, both of Berne. Winner* of tonight s game will meet for the tourney championship

at It o'clock Tuesday night at MeMillen taut Friday night results: . _• ...... MME VFW ......... '><«' 000 I—l' 4 '*•> Ounbar ...... <u»3 <HMI x - 3 1 1 Reef and Dull: D. N’eu»nschwander and Innlaer. RHE Berne Oil ..... 010.000 0--1 S 1 K, of f .....- »12 04” »—t 4 1 Myers and C. Lehman; J Gillig and I. .Hackman Saiurdav’a r»*ulii: RHE Berne Farm ..010 0”l 11 ■- 2 6 • McMillen .. 11l 362 X 14 13 It Nussbaum and M *-• '• Myers and Bbllenbachyr r h e ! Grufor Produce oo*i 12” 4 7 ? 2 Graber Tin . t»H’ 2 1 '"’j Fluecklgcr and I>. Lehman Kuhn > and Inch . • , - Yesterday's star .-Sh< id.c .torn - of the illant*., wljo pl:*h**l a one bit k tno to heat tin 1 » "■ to 11 giving N* *. York * - ‘ douhl*-h* ad. r utidf.Ch ■*.’■ ll* th* National Uiuiii. ’ If you nave ■oomej’’*'*? to a* 1 ’ •r, rooms for rent try .a Democrat. Want Ad. It brings results. AIR CONDITIONED < . Tonight & Tuesday - .. BIXG CROSBY “RIDING HIGH” SSisiiiFnatTr;;/"rZmyn v —G**y-. Pme-y Kdijride. ALSO— Short* 1 k 40c Inc. Tax __J_O_O Wed 4 -TAuri. atwe Lafloph” Jeain ..Sinrrncin's-—ln -Tec.hni color!. _ First Shpw. Wed at 6:30 ; Continuous Thupi. from 1.30 BE SURE To a+tENO' Coming- S<jn—Howling Hit' "My Xriend Irma Goes West”

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hSrWWms District Softball A 1 LThe Decatur VFW softball team hipped Fort Wayne Post 857, 114, at McMillen Held here Sunday afternoon to win the fourth district championship. By its district victory, Decatur will compete in the atate VFW tourney, which opens at Clinton Friday night Decatur drew the bye. and will meet the district nine winner at 2:3” pm. Saturday The tourney final will be played Sunday night. Harry Marti, district VFW softball director, stated that 13 teams are expected to compete in the state meet, with the winner repre-

*tatt. lIIVCV, ***»•• *■“»- ------- - r renting Indiana in the national tourney at Fort Madiran. la., in August .. Scat Harrah. Decatur hurler. limited the Fort Wayne team ta only one hit in scoring the district , win Sunday. Decatur pounded out' 11 hits and each team made one: error Harrah and Stoppenhagen formed the Decatur battery, with Clemens' and Owens working for j the losers. MiNok~ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G. 8.1 I Louisville ...... 58 42 .580 ~r,l ' Indianapolis ... '57 42 .576 ’k St Paul 54 33 .557 2S Minneapolis ... 5:1 43 .552 3 ( (‘ulu mbits 47 <7 '•<>♦> n r.ih.io 4i 5S 414 Hte Kansa* (’it) . 37"«&4 4<»7 IGS M>fwank»e hS l<»2 174 SATURDAY'S* RESULTS Kali-;*' (TO 46. Tukilo 2 3 ’ LoiiixvHjT* 1, f’plumbiK 6 .Milwaukee 4 ln<liinai><»li- 10. St Paul YESTERDAYS RESULTS lA>ui«viHe IT-a. Minneapolte 2-2. j St P.aul IfulianiipblK *1 i Toh dn Kanna* City 3-: j C.iliimbu- -■ I. Milwauk*# 1 I . -I Try A Democrat Want Ad-— It Pay* LIMBERLOST Drive -Ji Theater - GENEWA. INO, . / ~^o-,o— 7 . ' _ , ■■ Tonite—l-ist- Time - " • J4HIXXY UOI.IDA>" Tues, is ’Dollar per Car Nite’ .. Broderick Crawford Andy Devine in ‘SIN TOWN”

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Detroit Boss MAJOR Says Yankees • . T I* < 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Team To Beat : a “ , New York ...... 55 JS 635 IM „ . Cleveland 54 34 .400 33k New York, July «■—<l P>— fl<>l! e on 51 3» 547 6H M.n«er Red Rtrife .nd bls Detroit WaaM „ „_ 40 4(! , 4<5 15% Tiger, thankfully left the Mg town CM( . W s7 r>4 m « todv with a IMWje 1 7 , ‘/’’’J**’ Philadelphia ... 32 54 .456 25% American league field and a healthy S( __ 3o 5g 141 respect for the challenging New national' LEAGUE York Yankees because “they've got "* ,w " u w L Ret C B a few things whlck we haven't." philadelphla j„ 51 ;17 , sgo "I onee thought the Red Sox were M m H the team we had to beat for the Brooklyn 46 3fl , 561 t pennant, but that was before Ted ... 47 3g ; 5M 2H Williams wax hurt.” Rolfe said y**| N< , w Vork .... 41 4S , 47t terday after the Tigers had rallied ! rhi „ _ 3S 44 47ft pt, with two out in the ninth Inning to ( . IBtlDnatl . 37 50 425 13% edge the Yankee*. 4to 5. and re- p ;ttaburah 31 54 3 « 5 i»% talnjhelr league lead. gATURDAY'g RE»ULT» "Now I m convinced we II have to *«««. ■ ------

beat the Yankee*. 1 * he continued. "They have the steadiest pitching in the league and gome guys who can hit the long ball. We could use both. i . "Our pitching is good." he empha- ' sired, "but lt'» been spotty The Yankees, with fellows like Lopat, Rasrhi. Reynolds and Byrne, can j expect a good .game almost every | time out. What’s more, we need a I long ball hitter, especially with Vie I Werti out We’re only fifth in the ; league in home runs. And look who the Yankees have—DlMagglo. i Mlle; Hauer and Berra." The Yankee home run pbwer was In evidence yesterday but the pitch t Ing was not as the'Tigers rallied to I win just when it seemed they wiiuld I have to relinquish thefr league lead. I The Yankee* had won the first two ! games nt -the series. Trailing by. a run with a man on first, two out. and two strikes on, , the hatter. Hoot Evers and Gerry Priddy siaglad to lie the score. I knocking out AIHe Reynolds and bringing ,ln Joe Page Don Kolbe stay slapped Page’* first pitch for a single which brought In the win- ; uhi* run s • Saul R'og.n-la Ttfler*’ stktter.hit a grand vism home run in th* second inning, but the Yanker-i forged ahead on a ihree-run homer; by Hank Bauer .In the third andi successive bases empty home runs I by Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra in the sixth Art Houtteman. who pitched hitle»* ball over the la*t two innings, won his 12<h game In the National lea/u*. the Phll'r delphia Phils broke out of a firs’ place tie with the Cardinal* by .heating'Hit ftkctomrti R**?* ”*!?*'• 12 to 4 and 7 to 4, while St Isstb won < single nme from the Boston Braves, s tir~3 The doubleheader sw.ep gave the Phils a half-game —“f-'-nrE HtermoUa—gmUteted...it* nits._ for his fth victory, and Willie I. • I'll , two hotui* pie opener’ Jim Kotistatrty final hi!l»-s.. innings to saw the nightcap "for starter Huss Meyer a- Eddi* Waltktts' collected five hits in .a* many tiroes at bat Al * Bed > Si hoendiettst broke his - own National league fielding record 1 for second basenuh when he hand

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American vsapue New York-16, Detroit 4. Boston 11. St. Louis 2. Chicago 6. Philadelphia 1. Cleveland 5, Washington 3, National Leafue New York 7, Chicago 0. Philadelphia 2-1. Cincinnati ”6. Brooklyn 12, Pittsburgh 3. Boston 8-7. St. Louis 5-11. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS American League Detroi,! 6. New York 5, Cleveland 6. Washington 2 Boston 6. St Ixtuls 2 Philadelphia 25. Chicago 14. National League ' St. I.duis 8. Boston 4. Brooklyn 11. Pittsburgh 6. Philadelphia 127. Cincinnati 4-4 New York 53. Chicago 3it , led his ,286th chance without an error against the Braves. Stan Musial ran his hitting streak to 2‘‘ games' and Harry Brecheen retired the la«t batter to save for Jackie Robinson and <lll Hodges each hit a homer and drove in foui rtin* a**Th«y-led rite Brooklyn Dslgirs til'yn II to t> triumph over the I'Br-banifi Unit. - A fMirnifi rally in the «tgh<h broke a dull tie and Kay<- Hex Harin y -Jlie Victory I The New York Giants moved ilito I fifth place by one p.pentane point heatitiK the I'hi. ago Cub*. . 5 to :: arid : to ii Sheldon Jone* gave up only one hit in the nightrap. hue Inga tto-hltt.r when Al Walker doubled with two our in the eighth inning I The Cleveland Indian* remained 3% game* behind first place tn the Ametican' league by beating the tSashington Srnal.tr* t» ti>~-2. Hob le*t)ion became r h.-•-firs-t ' major league- pitcher,Jo win I.’- game*.. 1 scattering tune lilt* for *an easy wav tTfirgti wit-)! *»h as th»* llaston it<tf S<»X brn! * the_ ? S f - ;A:r • Ill»4- I tin ri: •’ mi/iiiu • Infiie r by., Bobby I>o» rr. helpnj Kind* r uain lit« pith victory Th.' Phikid* Iphia AthMir* climb * ed out of lasi pla<;#» by beating the - Chi< ago x twi< ♦, 2 to 1 and ’• to I Hank Wysr held Hb» Sox to five hiss and batted in (lul winning run in th»- opener Paul* Termer s single with the ba*e<»' loaded in th»-ninth hmingthe nightcap Legion Team Loses To Muncie Sunday The I*ecatur American Legion team dropped a 4 1 decision to the Mitmie Moose team at Muncie Sunday Wooten held Itei atur to thr* -* scattered hits. »hile Muncie obtained seven off Hall. The line score: . p h -EDecatur ””«> W lis' -l 3 3 Muncie <>”V 100 ”2x 4 7 5 Hall anil Wirling; Wtartea and Bugg* Giants, Dodgers In Tourney Final The Giants the lied Sox. i 1 > .on! th.- Dodger* ilowti- ’ •d the Cardnialk. <-3 ih. 'league tourney, this morning at ’ W<»rf4mrah HeJd - - The Giants will meet the Ikxf | gers as 44 a m Tu» sday .JUT the | tourney final, with fte<! Sox 1 amt Cardinal# follojrthg in the consolation j 2 1; RHE. ! itarrtTr-j^-r-^l'l, * i» 1 11 • “ ' H-! “ t 1 •’ ” S " Baxter and Andrews; " Hebble ami Ramie* i *R H E - o • ('an!ilia!*- *» (♦ 3 "ft 3 f 0 Wolfe ami Franklin .My* r# .ind (Yxsner

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doubles by Kraechebncc, Krueti man and Hartman, who obtains! thr«B hit* in as many trips to the plats, paced the Rlackatons attars, tjdn blasted out 21 hits and scored In all Hut two innings to Whip Klrnifs, -Wfr.’-etwr trttt tn xtr tripe by W. Doehrman featured the Lain attack. r ' . x , Laeeue Vtandlnea __L W L Ret. diuntertown « • 8 .633 iain 8 6 .571 lackatnne 9 8 .528"“ Merchant 8 9 .471 * Albion 7 9 .437 Kleak’s ?n .389 Blackstone AB R H E Voorhees, aa ... -5 0 t o Bulmahn. If ....... 5 2 1 » Krusckebsrg. of Slid Kruettmaa.m.. 5 1 I'4 Hartman, rs .... 3 0 3 3 Korte c .... ... 4 0 0 0 |G. Rienx. lb .. .. 4 1 0 0 Schnellker. 2b .3210

MBaWBWRBIWWW EHenberfer. p ....... 3 0 0 ol I — r _. Totals .. 37 7 10 0 Albion I AB R H « 1 Weber, e 4 0 0 C * Devhti W . . * 1 Blomeke. cf. p 4 0 14 Franks, 2b .... 3000 Kiester as :.. 3 0 0 0 Munk 3b,,.._.— 3 Q « 1 Weric’k, rs 2 0 0 9 Gage, lb .... ..*3 0 0' 2 Imes. p 1 0 9,9 Donat, cf ... .7../.. 1 4 0 e < — Totals 28 0 2 3’ ...Score by Innings: — Blackstone 202 102 000—7 ‘ Albion 000 000 000- 0 > Lain A> R H E 1 Miller, aa 3 4 2 1. 1 Bauserman, cf 12 4 0 1 Taylor. 2b 4 3 3 0 i Schroer. 2b 1 8 11 > Grant, lb 5 3 2 0

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|W. Doehrman. 3b .. 6 4v5 1 I Web*. P « C 2 «” j Kestner p 1,0 Q i Rushby.'rf 4 2 0 » Hoover, If 5 2 2 0 V. Doehrman. e ....... 5 2 4 C __ Klenk'a ■ AB R H t__ Reynolds. 3b ... 4 111 I.avis, 2b .. .. 4 0 0 1 Helm lb .5010 Miller, aa,.. .. 5 0 0 2 Apr. c - 4 2 3 0 F>ow«n. cf ... .. 3 0 0 0 Stevens, rs — 4 110 1 Arnold If .... 4 2 3 0 ' Zwick p 3 11-1 Knittie, p . ...... 0 0 0 0 Totals i. 34 7 10 6 Score by innings: ' Klenk'a - <«M» <«1 102— 7 , Ijfln 431 841 00x 21 If You Have Something To Bel' Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Raya ,