Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 189, Decatur, Adams County, 12 August 1950 — Page 8

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Playoff In Fed League Opens Here Sunday Playoff* in the Federation league to name the loop'* repreaentativa in the national tourna meat will open Sunday afternoon. The Decatur Blackstone* will stage their initial playoff game at Worthman field in thia city Bunday afternoon at 2 o'clock '• Blackstone’s toe in the first playoff serie* will be determined tonight. wheuHutetertown and Lain College areet- at Ihrenger park to determine the league* regular season champion. Under the playoff setup, the first sad fourth-place teams' meet In a twoof-shree aeries, with the second and third-place teams also meeting In a similar aeries. Blackstone finished fourth during the reason, and will meet the league champion in the first Mr- * les. Thu* Blackstone will play the winner of tonight’s Hunter-town-Lain tilt, while the loser tonight, thus finishes second, will

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'Rural Youth Winner In Softball league Rural Youth defeated McMillen. 7-5. In the only Decatur Softball league game played Thursday night at Worthman field. Two more league game* are scheduled tonight, McMillen meeting K. nt C. in the opener, followed by Rural Youth and VFW. Lust night’s scores: RHE MeMllkh . <*4 O*H S » 1 Rural Youth .. Wilt JOI x-7 7.1 Purrl.-h and Rowden; Landis and Oetrlng. meet Merch*nf-Moo»e. third-place finisher, in the other serie*, also op nunc Sunday The winner* ot these two aerie* will then meet In a hest-Offlve serie* to determine the league's ■ ntry In the national tourney. Klenk'* of Decatur and Albion were eliminated from the playoff spelt If yuu haw nutoM to ann ae reams fee real try a D*m**ru4 Want Ad. H bring* rsaulta. — Trade la a Good Team — Oecatur I

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I MINOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Rot. G-« Louisville 70 IS .SfS Indianapolis ... «7 St SSS JH' MlnaeapolH ... SI 54 .552 Sth St. Paul ... .'.ii Columbus .61 55 .526 7Mj I Toledo ... 51 US 3»5. I*H'*' I Milwaukee . . 17 65 .IOS 21 ,• | Kansas City ...’ I* YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Mlnn«ai»oUs 6. Columbu* »». , Louisville Lk Kftiwa« City I. | St. Paul 15, Toledo j. IndianHpolh at Milwaukee, /ain _ Monroe Boosters Win Series Opener The .Munroe Booster*, southern! 1-H boy* softball league winners beat the northern winners. Union Workers. lß‘l in the first game lb a two-out-of-three serie* at Mi-. Mtlleji field Thursday night: . The game was close until the last of the sixth when Miwwl scorid five runs Each team seri n hits. »I»tF.HTi«t;WKNT co* mi»« Notlutf in hereby given- that the Hoard at Publiu Work® and Safety •>f the <*i(y of i’eiatur. Indian t. wit! receive Healed bld* at the office .of the < ler.k'-.TreaHu.rer, until the hour of♦; kt on rhe 15th day .Aug HGO. (t'vfrtrd# Standard Time) it which ht.ur bid* will be ■puMtiJy '•pen»’d anti read aloud for., the f."|h.!AinK denerihed equipment: <»S’K PK Kl’P THl’t'K. i-oneiMtlnK ■ tf' ciil .'bed and ■ >.!*-!•« «*f'appro*l- - »* i-.n ♦ apathy < - ha-»>s nhall be equipped , With ovs»rload spring*, tire* >t»all be 5 sft * >ls 5 ply. and .standard three Hpemi traWnmi**ioh The tab phnll be equipped with ®l'iai uind-j*hleld wiper*, heater and defroster, dual aide mirr«r«----T.t** j engine eKalPbe with re- I placable type oil filter and oil bath I air < leaner ' ~ The - bed nha)l be approximately I 5 1 -.- feet in length The tru« k Bhall. If pf>*sible, be I -palntetl a dark green The hid price ah a) I. -he the total j th* above eqiiipn'.ent - the allowance I fur' the !<»<« Ford ?* ton pickup’ truck, now the properly ’of the < Tty j «•! Decatur. Indiana. Which ahalll become the property • of the hU» - I eaeful bidder | Hklder* ■6all auhmlt complete and information covering their equipment ae quoted In their bid At! bld* Nhall be accompanied with a bond «r certified check In the amount of |.m}.oo All bids Khali be filed with the' CHy (Terk-Treanurer oT the Cit y of I Decatur. Indiana, on general bid | Form No. Ss< a* prv*«*ribed by the State Board of Accouhta of the State of Indiana .TTTThe Hoard of PUHir Work* and Safety of the Cttv of Decatur. In dlana, reserve* the- right to reject any or all bid* THE.CITY OU DYCt'ATCH BY THi: BdAHD (>F PUIUJC--WORKS AND SAFETY H. trrnwn tarawd (TerkTreaxurer. 4 -11 Tonight, SAT. & SUN Continuous Sat. * Sun. Two Great Features! Technicolor Excitement! 1 “THE PALOMINO” Jerome Courtland, Beverly Tyler — end — ■, “JOAN of OZARKS” With JUDY CANOVA •nd JOE E BBfIWN Ohly 14c-30c Inc. T»*

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DiMaggio May Be Benched For Weak Hitting New York. Aug. 11. — (UP)— Joe DlMaggk) we* shout to be l.en<‘hed today for the first time in hi* Tong lustrous caraer-becauw he Isn’t hitting. Yankee manager Casey Stengel admitted he hadn't come to a final decision yet and “I'm going to have to sleep on it before I make «t> my mind-but something's got to te done.” “The guy needs a rest IB the first place.” Stengel said "I wanted to bench him Sunday when we played Claveland but he hit so well there I figured (Ito might have » good- day and snap out of It. Well, he did, so then I thought t’d «*t him when we came homo, but -he's Just plain murder Igainat the Red Box ordinarily so I kept him I* tor those two games. Stengel said that "it is a big decision and I don't want to do the wrong thing but he need* a rest •nd we’ve got guy* on the bench who might go great for awhile ltthev had a chance.” | Yesterday. DiMaggio had seej oral opportunities to break the . game wide open as the sad AthI leties scored a 5 to 3 victory or . the seven hit pitching of lefty jAUx Kellner. Paul Lehner bed Bam Chapman hit homers aad Eddie Joust and Kermit Wahl hit triple* to account for all of the j Athletic*'runs. | The Detroit Tigers missed a . < hance to take an almost commandling lead when they battled to t ,j' 4o- 1 rain-shortened, tie with .the ■White Sox at Chicago after winning the opener 16 to ff. The Tiger* went four full games ahead of the Yankee*. The Cleveland In- ! dlan* moved into second place, three-and-a half games behind, by beating St. Louis. 5 tp 4. while. ; Boston spill a twi night dpableheader with Washington, losing the opener. 11 to 2, and winning the -seiond 1 to S. I In the N'athma) league, the Phll•rdelphla Phils heat the New York ! Giants 6 to 5. in 16 inning* to gp I six full game* ahead; Brooklyn, | beat Borton, I to 3; and Pittsburgh ' trimmed Chicago. 7 to 4. Cincinnati and St. Ismis were idle. The Indians' narrow victory gave ; P,oh Lemon his ISth win. tops in the Majors | The Senators erupted for eight run* in the second Inning to beat ’ the Red Sox In the opener. Walt Ma&terson's slxhltter won the nightcap for Boston. The Dodger* moved into third -place as they broke a four-game losing streak. Yesterday’s Star — Cranny Hamner of the Phils who cracked four bits, including a homer and scored the winning run in a 5 to I win against New York. Try 'A Democrat Want Ad—lt Rayt

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L; MAJ 2L ! NATIONAL LRAGUR W L Pet. 08. Philadelphia ... 66 41 .dll Boston ...—.. 53 46 .558 • Brooklyn 55 44 .55< St. Louis 57 4< .553 New York 53 48 520 10 Chicago 4J 58 426 IJ\* Cincinnati 43 58 .4N 1»H Pittsburgh 35 67 .343 28 ” “ AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pot. G.B. Detroit 66 3< M7 Cleveland 64 41 .<lO 3H New York 83 41 (tod 4 Boston ----r — ** ** Washington .... 4< 58 .451 3d j Chicago 41 M 38d 17 Philadelphia ... » « .171 18% St Urals 37 M 35» 33% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National Ltasus Pittsburgh 7, Chicago 4. Ilraoklyn 4 Boston 3 Philadelphia 6. N»P York 5 (IS innings i. only games sckedaled. AnmHcah Philadelphia 5. New York 3 Detroit IM. Chicago 6-1 (Ind game lie. called 7lh. rain) Weshlagton 11 3. Boston Id. Cleveland 5. St. Louis 4. tsnm ow eAi.B or www <«•' k M'NOOI. NO4MI awn 14th Nolle* i« h*r»uy given tbav tn* undrr*brn»4 TruM*e Harftori * hool T©wdrMd, Adams county. In ■ dlana. wW far MH,u> th* ■iiMfhe-wt and heat bhMer. at S o -clorM «* M on Saturday, the l»th day ol August |W. the fullawiuf'iwrw* - M Ijind and nrhmvl building: (Land! Commenring at a ata we •»« the north line of the ptthllc higui way <known hr the Heynoida <lr;»vel Road) which atakr la «» feet ‘ acpulhweat of the ao«Hhwr«t corner > nf Inlot in Itobert Slmi.aon ■ Second Addition tn Huena VUia ■ (Linn Growl in nald »-d»unty. run- ■ ntng theme northwe«l on a Hne parallel with aahl addition 3 chain* ' and B-H link* to the aouth line of I »he SlmUon Helra* Addition tn Buena f lata, thence *outhwe*i on the anut** ilna 4>f Mid h»at named addition IJJ feet, thenca Noutheaat parallel with the first line 3 chain* and ' links t« the north line of aaid highly thenca n<»rthagat <»n the north line nf said highway to the place of heiHnniu* — — t i *. (Build Ing) The two atnry brick tuement faced) achool building »itu« ate-l on Raid tract nf rf«l.e"tate. Hid* Will be Ctknaldered for th* land and s» h »ol buitdtalt■«« » whole lor the nurtti feet <»f the land (Which doea not ipitrte any lng». and the land_twithout «a»«l •‘•6 teett and the m-hool buHding. j The reaervea tha right io reject any or all bld*. Term* An abatrart of title wilt I •>e fumlahed with each tm«;t,qf real j atate aold separately. of tar i pur* h.»Mr price to be p.»td in. < 4*h j upon a« * e|»tanue of bid balance to ; r-r paid in <a»h within <0 dava frotn dav of sale, upon delivery of deed land ahatract I !f the land and property or any ; Musr t the re tkC .ed, the wale will he < ontioued as (»> I the unsold part from dav to dav thereafter until all ia w»ld. ThH ‘ nroperty la being , now offered f»r !«ale with the. approval of thg Ad« | vlaory Board of aaid townahip. Ralph MHlrr. Truatea of Hartford T»»wnahlp <Adder** Geneva. Indiana; hr n Neary B. Heller. Attorney. IbM’jrtur, Indiana. _ JULY M-AINI I II Etewatnr C*. Dscstx* . *M»r*ss ■ Msac-s

College Stars And Eagles to Meet Tonight Chicago. Aug. 11. —(UP)— Ed- , die Anderson’s 13S0 Collage All Stars face the elaaey Philadelphia , Eagle* before nearly IM.om fans i tn Soldier Field tonight, attempting to halt the professional string of three Consecutive victories in . the 17th renewal of the annual lootball classic. The Eagles, winners of the National Football Magus championship for the past two years, tbs I recond team ever to repeat for tip crown, were favored by two or i throe touchdowns t But the Collegians, coached hr Anderson for the second time in 16 years, boast the biggest squad since the event hogan, and while ‘the All-Stars might not srin, there 1 was little prospect that the Eagles would be able to equal the recordmaking 38 to 6 count by which the proa won the clash last year. The weather forecast for tho game was the most favorable in recent • years with a forecast of a fair and cool evening with the temperature running In the 60’s, no rain and only slight coollnE I winds. Anderson today announced hl* starting lineup, including Southern Methodist’* star baekfieldar., Doak Walker, at toft half. Others is the offensive backfield for the Collegians will be Auburn's Travis Tidwell at quarterback. Fred Morrison. Ohio State, at fullback, and Hall Haynes. Santa Clara, at right > half. — ' . Tidwell and Morrison, since the first week of AU Blar practice.

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have ratod as thu ptobahto atartsrs. hut Walker had to beat oat North Carollaa’s Charlie Justice aad Notre Dame’s Red Sltko for the starting berth while Haynes, a driving runner, woa tho nod over Lyaa Chadnois. Michigan State, and Larry (’outre, Notre Dame. Anderson announced tho All Star offensive line as Art Weiner. North Carolina, and Jhn Martin. Notre Itome, at ends. Dote Crampora. College of Pacific and Leon Itartey. Oklahoma, at tackles, Pbrter Payne. Georgia, and George Hugh•s, William and Mary, at guards, and Clayton Tonnemaker Minnesota, at center. gw ■PgMHNM ou growing government stocks of surplus food. Agri- ’ culture Bscretary Charles Brannan denounce* price inersaate and hoarding of food in teetimony before House agriculture committm in Washington. ffnfenMftoMU