Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 28 August 1950 — Page 6

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Brwklyi, ted Sox Are Making TNags Hot h Their Leagoeo

New York. Aug H—(VP)— No, one can accuse Branch Rickey of j not knowing when to sink the needle into hi« “overly rich, self «ail»tted" Brooklyn. Dodgers 4 I Since the Dodger president used such phrases to describe his team, the National league champions have won 13 out ot 15 games They boosted their longest victory string ot the season to nine games last night by beating the Cincinnati Rads, 6 to b. A two-run homer by Jackie Robinson in the second inning gave Dodger right hander Don Newcombe all the runs he needed. Newcombe scattered seven hits and was helped by three- Brooklyn double plays as he scored his 14th victory against eight defeats Newcombes triumph also was the third straight full game pitching job by Dodger hurlers Despite their fast pace ot the last two weeks, the secund place Dodgers still were five games behind the Philadelphia Phillies The Phillies have won nine mil of their last 12 games and ran their latest victory streak to tiva by beatlhg the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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9 to 7. in a 15-innlng tussle at Forbes field last night A wild pitch Cliff Chambers with two out and a single by Jim Konstanty." Philadelphia's "iron man "' relief pitcher, gave the leaders victory. KWstsnry ip , pearing in relief for the 55th time, i hurled his longest stint ot the sea--1 son. He went nltfe Innings to win ; his 11th game l The pennant race tightened tn I the American league where the Bo«ton Red Sox beat the first place ■ Detroit Tigers. 6 to t New York • and Cleveland, only two percentage ■ I points apart in second place, moved • T within a game-and -a half of De j I! trait as the Yankees crushed the| St lanrls Browns, in to 0, and the J i Indians beat the 'Philadelphia ! Athletics, 8 to 2 ij The R«d Sox pushed their win- ■ tiing streak to 11 games—longest lin the' majors this year and snapt ped right-hander Ditzy Trout's personal winning streak at seven - games. Mel Parnell gave lip nine ■hits to score his third -.utory ot I; the season over the Tigers. • i ■ Kd Ford. New York's rookie left > hander, gave up only tour hits and , the Yankees backed him wjlh 16 for an easy victory over the last • place Browns Mike Garcia. Cleveland right hander, drove in his twin’s first two runs in the second Inning and' went on -to pitch eight-hit ball to keep the Indians in the pennant , drive. ' ■ . ‘ The Chicago White Sox beat the 1 ' Washingion Senators, 6 to 1. and 10 to 5 in a twl night doubleheader : Ken Holcombe won the opener as ,' Eddie Robinson, time Zernial and j Hank Majeski each, drove in two ■Chicago runs Luis A lorn a won the:, j second game after relieving starter 11 , Hilly Pierce in the fifth. The St. Louis Cardinals moved) to within a half came of the third! place Boston Braves tn the National' league by beating the New York* I Giants. 7 to 4 Al Brazle. who re"plgded Howie Pullet In the fourth. ' w»U> his loth victory In the only day game played yesiterday. th.- Chicago Cubs beat the Braves. 7 to 6 Hank‘Sauer hit his ! 32nd sod Jl’-rd homers for the winliners Dutch I-eonard. the third Cub i plt< her. scored ills third victory of the year. Yesterday s star Jim Konstanty. whose 55th relief" appearance, was j a nlnelnning stint which helped I (he Phillies gain a II Io 7. 15 inning ! triumph over. Pittshtmth Honor Pitcher Berne. Aug 2« — Roger. Flueckixei pin her for the Graber Produce ofiball team was awarded the port manship t'rophy given here annually by the Lier-htjc Jewelry Store to the player, who in thop.ynl n of the tans, showed the 'best sportsmanship during the local softball season. The award was made at the Thursday even Ing game between Graber Product • and Dunbar.

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Robinson Leaves Little Doubt Os His Fistic Prowess I Srranion. Pa.. Auk 26 (UP) - I Ray (Sugar) Robinson left this | aport-mindrd coal mining city, today with his debts paid and still j holder of the Pennsylvania version 1 of the world middleweight championship. The brown-skinned New York 1 battler. who is undisputed king of rhe welterweights, knocked out' ■ Jose Basora of Puri Ch Rico lust | night in .52 seconds of the first round of a scheduled “I>roTind bout. | llasora, who weighed L*»‘J •'». was out for six or seven minutes afterreferee Johnny Kelly stopped counting Robinsoni jKeighed 154 '» Robinson is recoimixed as middle* j weight champion in Pennsylvania because titleholder Jake l«amotta has'. ie(use4 -teffirfend again** him He eijrjird the till* ■” li'y“<7uipimr ing Jtobrrt Villemain 4* June Scheske Impresses Vandalia. O Aug 26 -ll'l’l Folk* In thia Hille Ohio town -till were talking about flic calm and, collected nnannrr In which (t-car Scheske of Belleville. 111. walked ; off with the grand Am* rican handicap. the most coveted prize in trapshooting. Sih ewk e gained the title yesterday by smashing !•'" straight flying clay targets ft was tin* •ixth pi rfect score turned in during the 51-yeat history of the ‘roanni grand ' ~ - I The first train from the east mtered t'hicago over the Northern Indiana Railroad lm>»- the New York Central 1 in 'he spring of 185'2.

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House Works On i Budget For War | Washington Aug. 26. —(UPU— The house *us summoned to an extraordinary Saturday session today to-wind up work on a >52 billion budg’t keyed lo rearmamenu The chamber passed the biggest | I part of the spending program last (( ‘ Light when it okayed a $36,153.- ; i‘m.425 (Bi general appropriations measure. Still awaiting house ac' ( ition was a wiiopping $16,771,000.- • imhi <B) emergency defense bill 'requested by President Truman ■ since the Korean war began . The emergency measure would ! begin paving for the (ar eastern ’ conflict and for the nations step->»ed-up d«*f**n*»* program against worldwide communist aggression t Among other things, it provides finstrengthening the armed Kervi<e> with new supplies, manpower aijd i late :no<itd airplanes Elsewhere in Congress Controls - Sen. John I Spark . man. I) Ala. said -there is re.ii j danger" that house s»mat A router • es will ki>uLiu-mU,.»:4Kti-,aiid.ur,i«x . Icimtrol authority from the eronotn*.c control bill. • r—- , Taxes Administration s|wkes men sftid their studies shokr that Ja* majority of l>emo< rafir senators # wilt vote for an excess profits tax when * the issue cotnoß up next week X ray Rep. Henry O. Talle. r lt. la demanded a congressional investigation of reports that do<’tors are profiting on x-rays of I inductees 1 Judges Srq. William Langer. R , N h . urged congress to conduct an Inquiry to see jf any federal judges are communists'. Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pays

Finals Today In National Amateur Golf MlnneapoUx. Auk. 36— «7P> — Fraak Stranahan, a mllHonaln’k »<>n. and Sam t’nwta. a janitor * nun. tanzlt-d today forth» soth national amateur aolf champion, xhlp. Handsome Stranahan of Toledo. O. said he'd dreamed all his life of winning the choicest prize In ■ amateur golf. I'rzetta. a shy lad i from Rochester. N. V.. said he’d inner dreamed he'd have a shot a it. | Stranahan, the favorite, made the I finals yesterday by edging plucky John Ward of Clay. N Y . 1 up. In a JG-hole semi finals match that went to the last green. Smiling Sam did it the easy way. routing Bob Knowles. Jr., of Brookline. Mass . 6 and 5. with a brilliant display of driving and putting that had hl* small Minneapolis golf club gallery gasping Stranahan, who hopes to add to day's title to the British amateur | crown he won earlier this year, had I some bad moments before subduing the 3S-year-«ld lawyer he was I supposed to beat easily. Ward held a-one-up lead after j nine holes and stretched It to I three on the 15th before Stranahan got out of his system some of the wildness that sent his drives spraying Into rough and traps .on the , first round The 34-yearold llrzetta was as sharp with his golf clubs as with the basket hall he used to win the , ' intercollegiate free-throwing cham I pjonship at St Bonaventure Vniver- | sity two years running. j MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Ret G.B. ftetrolt 71 42 «;is 1 New York 74 45 622 l’ a ! Cleveland .... - 75 46 620 I** Boston 73 48 603 3’> Washington — 5o 66 .431 24 Chicago 4* 72 4u5 27> s Philadelphia . 41 79 ,342 3} St. ; lx uis 30.77 336 35 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Ret. G.». Philadelphia . 74 45 622 Brooklyn .. 66 47 *.554 5 Boston 6-1 ,53 . 543 k'-g St. Ixmis . 63 54 .536 JO New York *•" 55 .522 12 Chicago 52 66 441 21% Cincinnati 47 69 405 25% Pittsburgh 41 77 .347 32% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS -American League Cleveland « Philadelphia 2. . B * on '6. D»triiif 2 New .Yota 1". St Ixiuis o flu* :ig*.* 6-10. Washington 15 National League Chicago 7. Boston 6 9. Pittsburgh 7 (15j innings i Si Uiuls 7. New York t Biooklyn 6. Cincinnati 0. EIGHTY DEAD tCeatlnwed Froa* race Uael rammed together In the pea soup fog as the Benevolence returned from Ils final shakedoWn cruise after being hauled out of moth halls for duty In the Korean war I was in the wardroom waiting for dinner when I heard a big crash," said Lt Gail Matthewg. a i nurse from Scranton. Pa "I went to the jairthole arid I saw a ship aft on the port side, sliding away.“c I.t, Eleanor Harrington, the ship's chief nurse. Mild the Benevolence immediately began to list to port , ' - The. girls joined crewmen and other ship workers in sliding Into’ the water as the ship heeled overonto Its side.. Ten of the girls, lashed together by a ship's,offi-J cer. climbed onto a raft. They -sang songs and prayed un- i til an army tug picket! them up • One girl dieil Just as she was taken almard the rescue vessel. Captain T R. Wirth, in charge of rescue operations at the 12th . naval district, said, "thank God i thia ship wasn't returning from, Korea .Normally. Ihere might' have been I.smi patients ahoard. and 3.006 if need be.”

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION j W L Pct G.B.;| Minneapolis 76 56 .576 Indianapolis 75 5* .560 2 Columbus 73 60 .549 3%J laruisvllle 74 63 .544 4 St Paul 73 61. 541 4% J Toledo 58 77 430 19% | Milwaukee 56 75 .437 19% Kansas City ... 49 S 3 .371 27 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Indianapolis 36, Kansas City 1-1. I Toledo 10. MinneafMiHs 2. St. Paul 4. UolumbiiH 3 i IwOuiMVilk 4, Milwaukee 2 I 2 The navy seeking to pin down' the exact number of mlßainK and ! »aved. appealed to xuryivora -o | report and identify themaelvfw d immediately to the 12th naval dietrirt headquarters. The ir».4iMhtoti Benevoleme re--| rently was taken out of the moth-ii l>all fleet and readied for wet vice ' in Korea No imtients were aiward. The ahipa collided about 6 p. m. i CST yeaterduy Four minute* I later, the Benevolent e went a tenie j men «age: At the time, many aboard the ship were alt ting down to their : evening meal. The navy said the paHsenger* Included 33 medical officers. 15 of them nurses; 156 hospital corpsmen; 10 officers anti 60 crewmen; 100 or more military Fea transport service personnel and LI- Mare workers "We Were eating supper when she (the MaVy Lu< kenbarht ~hit ns.-" Ronald Bad kirk, civilian chief • arpenter. said. “I went up on | det k and jumped in the water and !• swam to a raft “These w,vr.e .about 20 people on the raft when a navy tug showtul up.*’ The fjr-t man to land from an army -tug was James II Rasch. I‘*. a naval corpsman from Utoton port. La Ila was in the water more than an hour ‘I was k»>rng over the side and a life raft hit me " he said The Benevolence was about half in the wafer when I last saw her “The two ship* hit with a hell of a crash ' MAN CHARGED <C—llwwea Fh* INine <*■»> ice of peace — A Chevrolet sedan belonging to Helen Rydell. Decatur route 5. was reported stolen from the park ; ing lot at the rear of the Decatur 1 sale barn on Monroe street Fridliy night betipeen R aad 10 o'clock The theft was broadcast .to all police station* in northern Indiana. I ' I " I According to The Christian Her* • aids annual relxirt <>n church membership in the t’.S.A during 1949. the churches id all faiths in Continental C.S ttn which this report la limited I made a total ■ net gain of 2.426.723 members i That brings church membership l in this land tb the Impressive total of 91.862.128. or 54.2% of the ‘ entire population

TRADE IN A GOOD CITY—DECATUR * . : . ' ■ ■ _ - ■- I • CHICKEN • STEAKS • CHOPS |WW H HOME-MADE PASTRIES • ? Ff K I We bake our own pies, biscuit,, noodle*. .» , JFjC. I I etc. . . Real homemade flavor, really ■ I fresh! Come in. bring the family VI j* ■ RICE HOTEL COFFEE SHOP SW H J OREN 6UNDAY6 6 A. M. —-.W | Fill the of | I Parts On Hand | I No Waiting! i H H There’s never any long wait for parts when you have your refl pairs done at our shop. We I either have what you need in - stock, or can get it on short notice. Prices are always moderate. Drive in! , I BUTLER ’ S garwe l 1 jHpbpHfflSl PHONE 505 fl s FirMl SL || ,11 . —... *1 .Wf* •* 1 «!. I— Public Auction H HEAD GOOD DAIRY CATTLE — HAY FARM EQHPMENT — HOI SEHOLD GOODS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1-1:30 P.M. LOCATION: 1% ’miles Norihru-' <‘f lh-*atm Indiana Or, % mile East of tlm Jtrnt St Iliad Corn.-i 8 HEAD CATTLE: GUERNSEY COW. '■ yr ;old, 6 Gal Cow fresh In June HOLSTEIN COW yrs old,, 5 Gal < *■*•. HOLSTEIN 3 yrs ■old. 7 Gal Cow fresh September IStli HOLSTEIN A GUERNSEY 4 yrs old 7 Gal -Cow Fresh Sept 15. First Calf Helfer fresh Sept 15th. I'liie Bred Heifer fresh Feb I'. Two Pure Bit-*! Heifers coming 2 yrs. old EXTRA GOOD HERD. ALL T. B. AND BANGS TESTED. 300 BALES MIXED HAY. 60 BALES ALFALFA HAY. FARM EQUIPMENT One unit HINMAN Milking Miu bine. 1« Stall Corks;' II <l*l Electric Hot U’ater Heater; Milk Buckets. 6 Milk_ <’ans; COZY INN Brmaler House IJJxId. Nearly New ti (’hl.-kenTFeoT era and fountains. 10-15 Nexts JAMESWAS Clu* ken Nests. (2.1. Garden tools: Metal Milk Stool; 'Ft Slock Tank Cream Seperator. Fanning Mill. Corn Sheller; Platform Scales; MOLINE Mpwipg Mai.lilnec Manure Sprea'der; Single an* 1 Double Shovel C.artlep Pio*. lavn Mower 2 • in Red Rolla Woven Wire; New Steel. Posts; 25 Gal Halt haring Kettle. Oil Brooder Stove. 500 capacity; 8 Hole liflll. ? Shovel Garden Plow. Hog Self Feeder and many other articles. . SOME HOUSEHOLD GOODS including 9x12 Rug and Pad China <Tos ! et ami Buffet; PorceValn Top Table; Glass Fruit Jars: Walnut Rocker, lee Cream Freezer; Folding Table ami many olh'ei ' articles. *» TERMS CASH. MR. and MRS. JACOB C. BAKER Owners ;J F. Sanmann —Auctioneer - | Sale Conducted by Midwest Realty Adi l fori Co I Decatur. Indiana .. 22 26 3*i

SATURDAY. AVOrsT 26. 1950