Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 209, Decatur, Adams County, 6 September 1950 — Page 8
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I SPORTS
Wall Leading InfinabOf City Tourney Jim Wall, defending champion, took a one-up lead over Bob MeClenahan. challenger. In the first 1.4 hole* of match play for the eltv. golf ehamptonahlp at the Decatur courae Monday, with a gallery of about 50 fan*. The final 18 holes for the 1950 city championship will be played Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock, ■nlth the public Invited to attc#d without charge. At the conclusion of the match. Mayor John Duan trill present the championship trophy, donated by •he Decatur golf club In matches played In other flights over the Labor Day weektnd. Roger Schnepf was the winner of flight two, defeating Newt Striker, runnerup. S to 5. In flight one. Charles Ehlnger ».on from Gordon. Hooper. I up in 19 hole*, and will play the winner of the Harold Hoffman Everett Hirtker Sr., match to determine the winner. In flight three. Frits Faurote I* leading John Doan. Sr.. 4 up at the end of the first nine hole* in the final match. There were 152 players on the course Sunday and IGO on Monday. POWERFUL tCewttaseU ream rase <»•»» flooded with commercials from department and hardware store* selling lanterns, candles and other hurricane gear. QUICKIES by KenKoyiaxWe I . I .Cv tel *'«4**>.*> r OB9- -’..*4 ami I mippme. you’ll tell your wjh* that sinte , using the Democrat Want Ad* we limit only ONE to Vcustomer?”
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Fort Wayne Team In Finals Os Tourney Wichita. Kan.. Sept. 5. —fl’Pl— The Elk City. Okla.. Elks and the defending champion Fort Wayne, Ind. Capehart* square off tonight in the finals of the 16th national: baseball centres* tournament. No one wa» sure' 1 that tbelr meeting will be a championship affair. | however. The Capehart* took a final berth • in the double-elimination last night with a 6-1 by nosing out the Honolulu Brave*. 3 to 2. On the surface, the Oklahoma Champions with a S-0 record and needing to play no better than 50ft' ball to Win the title, would' appear heavy favorites. But recalling last year when Fort Wayne reached the title round against the Colden. Colo.. Coors Brewers in the same shape, observer* weren't so sure they’d close the books to-' night. However, neither were the tour rey officials who announced. following last night's game that a: play-off tilt will be scheduled for tomorrow night if the Capeharts come through to spill the Oklahoma ( hampions tonight Decatur Boy Wins Junior Boat Race William Bowers. Jr., of this city, won the class B 16 h.p. race in the annual Labor Day junior boat club 'aces at Sylvan Ijke Thin is the second year Bowers was entered in the race The clas* A race was won by Dave Narwohld of Fort Wayne, the ejass C event by Todd Wolfrum of Rome City. Jane Sink of Fort Wayne won the girls'
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Giants Score Two Shutouts Over Phillies New York, Sept. 5— il'Pi— A castoff and a refugee, just a couple iof hunks of baseball driftwood a i few months ago. were sparking the New York Giants today In a belated Ibld for the National league pennant. l Big Jim Hearn and Sal Maglie. , who were strietta dime; store merchandise around the base-1 ball trading marts, probably won't 1 win the flag but they may well give I the Giants second place a« well as I 1 winding up with the lowest earned! run averages in the majors for themselves. Hearn, the guy the St. Louis, Cardinals gave up for the piddling 210.600 waiver price, and Maglie. the exMexican leaguer who was! finally forgiven for jumping south ' of the border, gave the high slidmighty Philadelphia Phillies a dou ble whit washing. 2 to <> and 9 to 6. yesterday. However, the Phils, though badly humiliated before a : capacity holiday home crowd, didn't ■ ! lost an inch ot ground to the second place Dodgers, who also were | given the double dump. 11 to 4 and 3 to 2. by the Braves The Phils still are seven games in front of; Brooklyn with only 25 more toplay As far as the hotter American league race was concerned, the four contenders might Just a* well have gone fishing They all split twin bills A The Yankee* sta» two game* in front of Detroit, beating the Athletics. 2 to 1 on a homer by j Johnny Mix*- as Vic Raechl out-1 pitched Ix>u Brissie. thenWoslng. 4* to 3. despite another homer by Mi'it'and. two desperation last of the • ninth Inning home runs by Hank I Bauer and Hilly Johnson Detroit missed a great chance They heat St. Lodi* In the first ' game. 4 to 2. but blew a'3. to 0 second game lead when the Browns won. a to 4. by scoring h-ur lun* with a batrage of singles In the eighth and the winning tally on Hay. Colemans triple in the ninth The Red Sox topped the Senators! at Washington. 5 to 4. on gtssl■ relief pitching by Chuck Stobbs. but! Bob Kuxava came back to beat] them 5 to 3. in the second game. I despite four errors and the fact he had to drive in the winning run with a single himself The Red Sox are 3 % games out of the lead I The Indians saw their SOgamei winner. Bub Lemon. bounced for the third straight time as the White ! Sox-turned in a 7 to 1 triumph, but; ! Cleveland got a combination job of four-hit pitching from Mike Gan la ' and Sam Zoidak to win the second ! game. 1 to o Bob Elliott singled ftome the winning run In the last of the ninth ito .give the Brave* their ..set-md game win over the Dodg.-f». ai | though Warren Spahn served up : home runs to' Peewee Reese and I Bruce Edwards in the opener Vent i Bickford had it easy in winning -his i 18th game and his fourth In a row >" Elsewhere in the National league, j the once proud Cardinala dropped i 5 to I and 8 to I decisions to the running their losing streak to seven The Reds moved to within a percentage point ! of the sixth place Cubs, who also blew two. 5 to atiiTli to't>, to the ; Pirates. ... . .. I Yesterdays stars Jim Hearn and Sal Maglie. who turned in brilj liant 2 to <> and 9 to ushutouts fori the Giants over the- league leading Phillies
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League Bowling To Open This Evening - League Irowltng will start tie night at Mieg Recreation, with the Merchant league opening at 1:30 o'clock, and the Major league at I 8:45 pin Captain* are asked to have, their team* ready at the si heduled starting' time. The Rural league will howl at 9 p.m. Wednesday; Minor league, at 6:30 and the Classic league at! 8:45 Thursday; and the American i Legion league at 6:30 p.tn Friday Blackstone Is Defeated By Legion Nine The American Legion defeated Blackstone. 10-7, in a battle of.two Decatur baseball teams at Worthman field Sunday afternoon. _ A big sixtb"Ennlng'par4’(9rTiSTJe Legion, the winners counting six times on five hits, a walk and an error. McColly led the Legion’s atI tack with three hits, including two i doubles. Andrews and Abr each ■ hit safely twice. ] -Bulmahn's three hits paced Blackstone, with Getting and Gaunt | each getting two blows. - Amertean L*g(on AB—K—M—kvGlilig 2b 4 111 i Kahle. It. 3b ...— 6 11 0 McColly lb - 4 2 3 ll Werllng. c rs 4 2 I I Andrew*, rs. r ... .. 3 2 2 <> Reed 3b p .5111* I Abr, cf ... 5 <i 2 tf' Meyer. *s .5001! j Thomas, p. If 4 1 0 ti Totals . 40 10 11 4 Blackstone AB R H E Getting, ss 4 1 2 1 Bulmahu.. If 4 0 3 »j Korte, rs. c . . -. 4 0 11 j KruecketM-rg. rs. p ... 5 8 0 o| 'll Blent. Jb - . ... 5 V 0 01 Everett, 3b ....1 o 0 I.| V Pwhrman .lb .41 v o’l S< hliellkw 2b , 4 2 I. «1 C llienx. <». if • ™ — ■ 4 11 <•[ Gaunt, p. cf . 4 2 2 'b Totals .. 39 7 10 3 , Score by innings: j U-gion . too 036 000 lo I Blackstone o«l. olS.tiTO 7 70.000 CALLED <C«»ttawe4 From l*«*r <>■*> 50.000 unorganized reserve* and an- uiiHpei Hird nunihrr t>f organ-1 ' ir.rd rrs.-rvr and national guard >UDiU. - . . ■ ' Thr naw h.i< » iI!»h! up RR 000 of Hs _ . A Thr marines have ralle<i up .u unorganized" r«»M*rvps and an UTisp«< ified number of organiz rd reserve units
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I MAJOR NATIONAL LEAGUE . / W L Ret. G.B. Philadelphia ... 80 49 .620 Brooklyn 7« 53 .569 7 ] Boston 2* M -SM -«Bfc I New York 68 58 !540 St. Louis 65 62 .512 14 Chicago . 54 74 422 25% Cincinnati 53 73 421 25% Pittsburgh 47 82 3«4 33 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Ret. G.B. New York 83 47 .638 I Detroit ... 80 48 625 2 Boston —“. 80 51 .611 3% Cleveland 79 53 598 5 Washington .... 57 71 .445 25 Chicago . ... 51 SO .389 32'j. Philadelphia ... 46 86 .348 38 St. Louis 44 84 .344 38 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS National League ’ Pittsburgh 5-3. Chicago 3-0 New York 29. Philadelphia ft-41. Boston 11.-3, Brooklyn 4-2. Cincinnati 58, St. Ixtuis 4-4. American League New York 2-3, Philadelphia 1-4. Boston 5-3. Washington 4 5. Detroit 4-4, St. Lotria 2-5. Chicago 7-0, Cleveland 11. START TESTING (Caatlawed Fraas Face Owel ' holds the tine. " ——H The new improvements by the 1 company, which have taken four ' year* to complete. will cost I 2*00,000, Ehlnger stated. I The testing which start* thi* , week will include ring te*t*. talk- | Ing tests, and hu*y signal tests on all of the 1.300 line relays and 2,300 connecting terminals These service the Decatur portion of the more than 5.000 telephone* In the fit lien's system More than 5 million connect lot*, I are necessary to change from op I erator-type " service to automath 'service. Ehlnger explained .&uh ] number in the new five digit telephone number system will control :i separate machine, so that one ' person making a chH- will really i Use many receiving machines in , | the new equßHnent Enough re-j (-elvers have been Installed for first da - service, Ehlnger-prom-ised. Firemen Called As Roof Catches Fire Decatur firemen were called to a j residence on Patterson street 'shortly after noon Monday to ex tinguish-a small robs fire. A small hole was "burned In- the roof. The fire is IK-Ileved to have been < ; au* , yd by faulty airing. Democrat Want Ad* Bring R«*ult*
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M/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L FcL G.B. i Minneapolis .... 83 61 574 Indianapolis ... 82 63 566 1% «t Paul ------ 79 <4 .552 3% Columbus 78 <7 .538 5% Ixiulsville 78 67 .538 5% Toledo 64 82 .438 2« Milwaukee 63 81 .438 2f> Kansas City ... 51 93 354 32 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS St. Paul A5, Minneapolis 3-1. LouisvUle M, Indianapolis 2-3. Tolicfo 9-3, n>lumbus 3-2. Milwaukee Alb, Kansas City 27 : Try A Oamacrat Want A<—lt Part ■] TWO V by 8* Kan* Army .'leadquart er* at , marching elthat'll help HieV ■Bgaggg their I, minds off their r Army ha* plenty ot melodies now , . but most of them ar* too definito. Thoy belong to the Tank Corp*, the Infantry. th* Engineer*, or one of the other division* What the top bra** wants I* a ditty that, will I iHwrie and will be as universal a* I -aosqulto bite* at a mountain re-! : Mtrt So. if you have a callous concerto tucked away In an old ] i duffel bag, pull It out, polish It - up and send it off to the Army. ,You may happen to have the lost : chonTiTtheyre Sherlocklng for In Paris, a man tried to commit snh-hle by swallowing suspend ' , er* ■ . but-be failed . Anyway, i Ithe suspense must have been ter rifle Re»t assured, you won't tail j to find just what you need In the way of competent advice about j making your painted or wallpaper ed interiors tasteful and attrac-' five when you come to the KANE' PAINT A WALLPAPER STORE 158 South Second St., where you can buy interior and exterior ] paint supplies of all kinds Phone ; 197 tor Informatiotg. adv . INSURANCE Leo “Dutch” Ehinger FIRE — WINO — AUTO 720 Nil 3rd St. Phone 570
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