Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 31 March 1951 — Page 6

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Predicts Reds - i? ■. ' - : A May Be Team In Nat League By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor Tampa, Fla., March 31.—(UP) — Manager Luke Sewell believes he tn ay have a sleeper in the 1951 Cincinnati Reds. ’‘The club is a . good long shot bet,” Sewell said, today, but he admitted he' could use "more power, and which team can’t?” “If two or three of our players should get hot and have a, good year we could> well’ surprise a lot of people,” he added. “But, of course, some other clubs arri-in the . same spot.” \ ) ' He predicted a , wide open race for the 1951 National league pennant with six clubs in the league—allexcept the Cubs and Pirates—having flag possibilities. His 1951 club appears strong in pitching, fair defensively and in speed, but short of 'power hitting. The Reds* only consistent long ball hitter is Ted Kluszewski, their 'big first baseman who hit .507 last season and batted in 111 puns. Only 26, Ted has been improving every year, although he stil| leaves something to be desired ds a fielder. ' Sewell hopes, he might find the right handed hitting power he needs to go along with Kluszewski’s dangerous bat in outfielder Joe Adcock, whom the Reds’ pilot I concerted into aft outfielder frdm a first baseman last season. \ ' Adcock will play left field with John Wyrostek, a .285 hitter. last aeason in right. Lloyd Merriman, who never has lived up to his bonus price promise, and Bob Usher, are battling for the centerfield job. The only infield position set is first bare, but it looks like it will be Connie Rvatu at second, Virgil Stallcup at and Grady Hatton at third. Rookie Roy McMillan, a .274 hitter with Tulsa, last year, has looked good at short and may stlck in a utility role. Bobby Adams will be available for either second or third base duty in case Ryan or J, Hatton should falter and Samtriy Meeks also is in the running for utility, duty. , y Three men are battling for the catching post with big Bob Scheffing just a shade ahead of John Pramesa and Dixie Howell, who [ divided the chores last season. As usual with Cincinnati, pitching Is the top department with Ewell (The Whip) Blackwell, the ace of the Staff. He won 17 and lost 15 last season as he showed definitely that' he no longer was hampered by the removal of a kidney which threatened to cut short his promising career. . k As Other starters Sewell will use Herman Wehmeier (10-18); Howie > Fot (l!l-8); Ken Raffensberger (1419) and Willie Ramsdell (8-14). Seven hurlers are fighting Tor the remaining berths on the staff, but Frank Snpth probably will' be the No, 1 bullpen hurler despite his bad SHAVER CLINIC April 11 SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 , DEAN MARTIN JERRY LEWIS “AT WAR WITH THE ARMY” With Polly Bergen — ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax —o— TODAY — “Branded” — Color Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman ALSO—Sheets 14c-44c Inq. Tax ' 1 i ' A lia ' -4B TODAY & SUNDAY Continuous Both Days TWIN ACTION BILL! “GENE AUTRY & THE MdUNTIES” Gene Autry 4 “Champion" —and — “FEDERAL AGENT AT LARGE” r Dorothy Patrick, Robt. Rockwell Only 14c-30c Inc. Tax

Two Novi Specials In 500 Mile Grind Indianapolis, Mar. 31 -A- (UP) — Entry vs the two powerful Novi Specials,' the “jinx” cars of the annual 500-mile auto sweepstakes, today boosted the field for the Indianapolis motor speedway Memorial Day to 23. Veteran mechanic Jean Marcenac, who has groomed fouV winners,Un the "500.” entered the cars for the Winfield Engineering Co., Burbank, Calif, i Shpw paid’ Chet; Miller. Glendale. Calif., a veteran of 13 previous speedway. Fatses, .would drive one of the lowysluftgi eight-cylinder, supercharged carp. His teammate was still to be named. /Although they haven’t brought luck to any driver since their first appearance here in 1946. the'Novis held qualificaticrecords until\ laat year and st ij hold some race marks. . \ ; ■ The late alph Hepburn smashed all existing;qualifying records by reeling off one lap at 434.449 miles per hour in 1946 and 'theLlO-mile test at an (average of 133,944 mph. Two years latei|, while warming up one of the Noyis for the race, Hepburn: was killed when the car crashed headon into a retaining wall. . ; I’ Duke Nalon 'broke all race records up to 50 miles vjth a Novi in 1949 befbre crashing on the noyth ttirri- The records still stand. year both cars failed to get int<4 the race because of mechanical trouble/ ’ Cliff liergere drove a Novi to fourth place in 1947 and Nalon was third ;(he following year for the Novis’ best 500-mile showing thus far. V I AEC STUDIES \ (Continued From Pane One) of charges Os improper activity in last fall’ls senatorial election. Chairman Guy M. Gillette. R., 'la . said “there Was no evidence to support”' charges-of Joe. Q. Ferguson, Re publican candidate’ for governor of Oklahoma lust November. Ferguson claimed Monroney influenced postal authorities ijn what he called "improper circulation” of the Stillwater (Okla.) Gazette during ,the campaign. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent., try a Democrat Want Ad It brings results fry A Democrat want j—' KANE PA,NT STORE 158 So. Second Phone 3-3030 h- A— 4 1

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■ * ■ , ■»...! * I WOMEN’S LEAGUE' Standings , W L Rosie :0.3 7 Fairway 22 8 Hill-Smith .. 20 14) Schafer Co. J. }l9 u Meyer v '..A.. 19 10 Bower _\_ 16 14 Old Crown4.l4 16 McMilleni a; a__ 14 16 Dpo Therm .*l4 is Lumber Co. ..113 17 Three Kings ...' 13 .17 IGA .A La 13 17 Niblick ; 13 17 BPW L J. 12 1R Kent 12 18 Bank ... 11 19 Sutton High series: Hobbs 500. High games - ,6dle 213, Steele~2o4180. Hobbs 103-182. Mac Lean 190, Halberstadt.,lß9-179, Schneider 188, R. Bultemeier 188, Moser 187, M. Fennig 185, Nelsoti 183, D. Ulman 176, Woodward 175, Hoile 175, Weaver 173, M. Miller 173. MINOR LEAGUE . Standings W L Pt®. Central Soya 27 9 36 Victory Bar ... 23 10 32 Moose 24 12 32 Adams 24 12 30

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' ] j■’• t "• 1 ■ ' Heart Club'..,lS 18 25 Three “Kingslß 15 23 High games: Bultjemeier 224;. Bracey, Jr. 202. Morgan 201. . MAJOR LEAGUE \ Standings W L Ptti. Pinney Ford Sales 29 7 38 Smith Bros. _.L 25 11 31. Ideal Dairy 1 22 14 31 Schafers L- 21 15 27" Lister's 19 17 26 Burk Elevator 20 16 24 Heyerly’s L. v —x. 18 18 23 Kelly’s _..LJiIS 21 21 Mies Rec. --.^ 1 14 22 19 High games: J. Cratris 203, Hoffman 212, Jim Ahr 213'. A. Meyer 212, Baumgartner 211- : 222, Conrad 224, Buuek 225, beßolt 201, Hilty 204. RURAL LEAGUE Standing® w l Doc’s Car Dockl24 12 Stewarts 23 13’ Shearers j|4kt. ...1 21 15 Nine Mile Lbr. 19 17 ; Heyerly’s ___ 4 \l9 17 Reynolds Ins. j 18 18 V.F.W, ... 17 19 Hoagland Hdwe.l4 22 Hayloft 4 A———'— 14 22 Oldt Crown .... 12 24 High games- August 201, Lepper 214, W. Lengerich 200. i YANKS CROSS | (Continued From' Pnite Ont) other blow today at Communist es-i forts to bring in reinforcements and supplies from Cotrimunist China. Ten smashed the bridgeacross the Yalu river border between Manchuria and tile northcentral tip of Korea at Lin-Chiang with 70 tons of bombs. Pilpts reported “fair to excellent results.") The rriid c|ame only 24 hours after 38 other superfortresses dumped 280 tops of bombs bn four more vital bridges across the Yalu river frontier in northwest Korea. '' J LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE V —l3ll — Election of All Officers > Tuesday Evening, Aqpl 3-8 o’clock Moose Initiation April 17—8 p. mJ If your dues are not paid up, do so at once, please. APRIL 15—DEADLINE (

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Cubs Take Measure Os New York Yanks - By United Press \ Phoenix, Arik., Mar. 31—(UP) — Tt was only an exhibition victory, but it was one of the sweetest in .the) career of Frank Hiller, the Chicago Cubs pitcher who was .caat off by the New York Yankees. The 30-year-old right-hander, aiming to prove the Yankees made a mistake in selling him, scattered nise 'hits in going the. nine-inning distance yesterday as the Cubs the world champions, 5 to 2. Hiller allowed only four bits atid ndCruns in the last six Innings. Hank Sauer'sent Hiller'off to a good lead when he hit a two-run hogner off Yankee starter Tommy Byrne in the first inning. One of ths. hits off the chunk Cub star was Joe DiMaggio'p first triple of thos spring season., Other Exhibitions Orlando. Fla., Mar. 31—(UP)— There's still plenty of power in thig bat of Jimmy Bloodworth, the Philadelphia Phillies' 33-y ear-old utility infielder. Bloodworth walloped two home funs as the Phils beat the Washington Senators, 8 to 5, in 10 innings yesterday at Clearwater. . Tucson, Ariz., Mar. 31 —(UP) — Eaj-iy Wynn of the Cleveland Indiqhs is id top form—not only in pitching but also at the plate. ‘ )Vynn gave up only Ywo runs in a seven-inning stint and drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double yesterday alj the Indians defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 3. ' St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 31 — (UP) —Rookie [catcher Ray Noble was lost to the New York Giants tdday for abdut two weeks be-, cause of a sprained ankle. .Noble was injured' when he was thrown out at-home while trying to score on Jack Lohrke’s double a$ the Giants i lost to the Boston fled yesterday, 7'to 4. \ * ’Miami. Fla.j Mar. 31—(UP)— Warred Spahn and rookie Dick Donovan combined their efforts. in a neat; whitewash job last bfght as the Bpstpn Braves blnaked the Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 to 0. Joe Hatten started for the Dodgers, but retired in the second iriding after being spiked by Spahn. Hatten’s scoreless string of- 12 innings was broken when the Braved sedired in first inning. Lakeland. Fla.. Mar. 31—(UP) Johnny Lipob and Jerry Priddy led\ a yesterday as the Detroit snapped a threc-game exhibition losing stpeak with a 10 to 4 victory of the St. Louis Cardinals. ( ' Lipon drove in five runs with two doubles 'and a single, while Priddy also hit two doubles. Pahl (Dizzy) Trout of the Tigers yielded only one single in the laet thHee inriings. i i . J Gavilon Is Winner 1 Os Tune-Up Scrap Hew York, March 31. — (UP) —‘ Flefet, Hailing Kid Gavilamsaid today he will follow up hla lusty victory over Eugehe (Silenv) Hairston with one more tuneup fight before he meets Johnpy Bratton ; for the Welterweight championship. “Sometimes,”: said the keed, “money no medn nothing. Thia is , etti The championship. I need one more fight before." Gavilan was smart, fast and stinging when lie snapped Hairston’s 13-fight winning streak with a unanimous decision before 7,617 last; night at Madison square garden. Although he had to rest himself in the eighth round so he could finish fast in tho 10-rounder, he appearked of championship caliber then. < If you have something to Mil or *oom« for rent i try a Democrat Want Adv. It hrlngo results.

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Former Pitching Ace Is Released By Cubs Tucson, Ariz., March 31. —(UP) —Johnny Vander , Meer, only major leaguer ever to pitch two consecutive no-hit games, was looking for a new job today.' He was fired by manager Frankie Frisqh of the Chicago Cubs yesterday for "loafing." Frisch found the 36-y'ear-pld left-hander sunning himself, stripped to the waist yesterday after having ordered to run several conditioning laps around the field. The irate Frisch promptly told Vander Meer ; to turn in his uniform and announced that the Cubs would ask for waivers on him for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. “I don’t want any lackadaisical players on my club,.” Frisch growled. Exhibition Baseball Boston (A) 7. New York (N) 4. Chicago (A) 3. St. Louis (A) 1. Cleveland (A) 6. Pittsburgh (N) 3 - . Detroit (A) 10. St. Louis (N) 4. Chicago (N) 5, New York (A) 2. Philadelphia (A) vs Baltimore (INT) at Hollywood, Fia., cancelled rain. y [ \ \ ' Philadelphia (N) 8. Washington (A) 5 (10 innings). Boston (N) 4, Brooklyn (N) 0 (night. . — BIG 4 (Coatlnned From Page One) and in other countries of Europe and the near east.” 3. The Italian and Balkans peace and treaties and big four agreements on Germany and Austral. including “denazification, democratization and war criminals." The western deputies believed Gromyko had submitted the items as a bargaining gesture to force the west to withdraw agerida items objectionable tp the Soviet Union. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent try a Democrat Want Adv. It brings results. ■ -k— • CASUALTIES (Coatlnued From Page One) lows: Greece, 89 total casualties, 28 killed; Canada, 68 casualties, 17 killed; Philippines, 55 casualties, 6 killed; New Zealand. 9 casualties. 4 killed, and South Africa, 6 casualties, none killed. Belgium and Luxembourg, the other two countries with forces fighting on the UN side in Korea, had no troops in action before March 9, the base date of the report. , U V

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Latest figures showed that the U.S. had contributed 48 percent of the troops lighting for the U<N in Korea. MANY HATS (Coatinned From Paar One) L. Bayt, who inherited the office at the death last year of Mayor AU Feeney, -was locked in a twoway battle with plumbing contractor -George E. Freyn for the Democratic nomination. Fouk Republicans sought to oppose the winner. I . j,, Other incumbents runriing f>r renomination included Mayors George A. Schock. South Bend; Ralph Tucker. Terre Haute; Albert J. Krabbe. Henry E. Branning, Jr., Fort Wayne.; * v . *

-vt -- —7-"--- •-. ■ V. American Gets Highest Honor iBBKBBBIbi r i-’Of- 1' ..LJHBk "F”^l * ■' a I 4c f 1 MWRBf 2 MRS. NELLIE CLOUD (center) of Friendship, Wis.. reads the Arniy notification of the posthumous award of the Medal of Honors to her sonV Corp. Mitchell Red Cloud (inset upper left), ai full blooded* Indian, for outstanding herpistn in Korea. Mrs., Ret) Cloud will goSo Washington on April 3' the award from Gen. Omar N. Bradley at a Pentagon ceremony. At the rigbft is Merlin,' brother of the herb and at the right, Mrs. Sadie Leach, a cousin. \ , ELKS CLUB SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT Sponsored by Emblem Club ' SATURDAY NIGHT 9:30 SHARP

[Frahk J. Migas, Etiist Chicago; (’. Pralle Erni, New Albany, -and Roy Howell, Huntington, all Democrats. ' 1 “ Independent tickets were filed in twO Lake) county cities. Lee Ro.Ae filed for mayor of Hobart aS a “Liberty" candidate, and Michael L. Raseta, a. real estate broker, as an independent in East Chicago. ■ ' , \ [This year also is election time for city couii<“ilmen, clerk-treasur-ers, and municipal judges. And more than 400 towns will elect boards <ajid clerk-treas-I urerft, many’ on non-partisan basis.,' . , In the City filings, many.present councilmen put in their bid for mayor in attempts to climb up the municipal office ladder.