Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 215, Decatur, Adams County, 12 September 1951 — Page 8

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VFW, Dunbar Close Softball Season Tonight p|ecatur VFW and Diinbarsof Berpne will battle at McMillen field at 8 o’clock tonightin the finals of ihe Decatur Softball league payoff.) " t These same teams met recently in a playoff for the regular league title, with VFW emerging the vfctorikt that time. Fallowing tonight’s final softball game of the season, trophies will be presented. The Dally democrat trophy will go to the VFW tpam for: its- league championship, and the! Vim- trophy to Dunbar. The league will present d trophy to the winner of tonighjVs game. \ 'jVFW advanced to tpnight's fiial by, defeating Preble Restaurant hn the first plhyoff ganie Tuesday night. The winners ; tallied thcee times in the first inning and picked UP single tallies in the second andi third. Preble \ounted .once|in the Jfiftli and twice in the,sixth. 1 The nightcap was a free-scori|iK affair, with Dunbar edging out -McMillen, 9-8. The teams were tied at 5-5 after five innings of play. Dunbar tallied four times in tlte sixth but barely staved off Millen in the seventh which fell Jone run short of a tie. ft | LAst night’s scores* i' - ' L Ri H E Preble 000 012 0-3 7“ 3 VFW 311 00 x—s 5 3 Boatman and IL Galkneyer; Mercer Butcher. ■ ,R H F McMillen 002 030 3—B BJI Dunbar -*9 6 |3 Rhoades and Pettibone; Neuenschwander and Habegger. \ ' | ; —-V- | | 11 Is Now Magic Number For Dodgers I ■ j? ■ • l. New Y6rk. Sept. 12. —(UP)—Tiie.' “magic number” for the Brooklyn Dodders dropped today to 11. | Thftt means any combination |f Dodder victories or -Giant defeats tat adds up to il will give tl|e thatjadds >up to 11 will give the nantl Reason: If i the Giants wjh all ft 4 of their remaining they: will finish with 98 victories, and the Dodgers -need to win only li out <af 18 to beat that 99. j ‘ The magic number had been |3 before .the Dodgers won a night gamh from the Reds last nigtf. 7-0, While Giants split a do|blehbader with the Cards. f \\ \jj;| ; (AIR CONDITIONED) . < Tonight & Thursday o—l0 —I —i ;—: —l9 I OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 H Continuous Thur, from ! :30 SURE TO S7T • I gid Sl. W’s g ; pri! B I ’li ■' X, / I Mfll ' tIs OStPH ; iwt . RUUKOISE NSAY ftfi ■* JESSICA TANDY ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tstx f - o—O ;ft ffrl- & Sat —Fred MacMurrayft j **A Millionaire for Christy’’ . O—O Sun. -Mon. Tues. —“The Frogmen”

Monmouth Defeats Adams Central, 6-5 The Monmouth high ball teanK defeated Adanik Central. 6 5, at Monmouth Tuesday \afternoon. The' Winners made nine hits and Adams Central seven, while each team committed three errors. jWerling and formed the •Monmouth battery, and St'hindlier jctjd Riley ithe Adams Central ■battery.. ft; ft i Browns Defeat Yanks Twice; Indians Lead ■ NeWYor.k, Sept. 12.— (UP)---Sec-ond division teams appeared today |o be more interested in who'wins the American league flag thap the Contenders themselves. ;ft ft I | j: , The big contenders suddenly are | treating first prize as\if it were a tawdry bauble they shouldn’t bother ( to claim. Such as last night when ; the Browns rose up from the frus> I tration of accumulated years and twice knocked out the Yankees, 4 to 3 and 6 to 3, winning their first j doublefieader ip Yankee Stadium ' (tinee Sept. 19, 1945. . I ■ But did that help the Indians, i even though they regained first place? They had a grand ohgnce Ito take a comparatively firm hold On the lead in Philadelphia. And (hey acted like champs by coining ' irons behind to top the pestiferous!* jkthletrcs.J fi to< 5, in 11 innings in the opener. Then, leading 5 to 4 by . also coming frorh behind with (our runs in the eighth inning of |he second game,.they Suddenly be-, tan to act as if it really didn’tmatter who won the pennant. They (et the sixth place A’s score five! runs in jtheir half and go on to win,. | to 5,, So instead of taking |wo games in front they have only! a single ganie, lead. : , I | Boston was the only contender |o show a splid profit for; the day, I'et the mighty Red Sox sludgers lould muster only three hits in heir 4 to 3 win over .fifth place Deroit. And the Boston boys still I have faces as crimson as their sox j hveb t|ie two-way hiimiliaton they 1 buffered from (he Athletics Sun- ' ’day. ■ ■ The Browns had the most; fpn in Their sweep of the Yankees. Rookie Hm McDonald won his owp k an,e ' >y singling in the winning run of he opener with ,twh out in the I linth. Then two especially frustrated ex-Yankees. cfiff Mapes, and Tommy Byrne, went to Work in he second game. Mapes hit a three-run homer to put the Browns n front for good anq Byrne,receivd credit for his fifth victory, even hough Satchel Paige had to come tn and pitch oi\e-hit relief ball for he last 3j l / 2 innings. The Browns teat rookie Tom Mprgan and ace Mlle Reynolds, treating Reynolds ike a second rater Until they finaly knocked him out. Yogi Berra hit i homer in each game to bring his teason total to 26. Ben Taylor and Qari Rapp homerdd 4 -for St. Louis

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in the opener. { ’ • J ' i The Indians won the opener when relief pitcher Early Wynn tripled to score the tie*breaking run and receive credit for his 18th victfory. In the second game after Luke ter's tworun double highlighted the four-run Cleveland rally, the spoiler A’s burst loose with a succession of singles and . won going away, Bob Hooper getting his 10th triumph in relief. The Red Sox Scored three runs in the eighth after Detroit had used a triple-play to cut them; off in the previous -frame. Ted Williams delivered a two-run single for the keV blow as rookie Leo Kiely won his sixth game although he needed a little help from Ellis Kinder., In the only other Anrerican league game! Sam Mele singled home the winning run in the 10th for a 7 to, 6 Washington victory over Chicago that broke a ninegamd losing streak. In the National league, Brooklyn went; six gfames in front of the Giants when rookiej Clem Labine pitched a six-hit. 7 to 0 victory over the Reds as New York was splitting at St. Isiuis, winning 10 to 5, then losing. 4 to 3. The Phils edged the 3 to 2. as Robin Roberts j pitched a five-hitter tor his 19th victory, while the Cubs outthe Braves, 13 to 11. Andy Pafko paced the 10-hit Dodger attack With three singles as Labine struck out four and yielded nb extra base blows. Wes Westrum’S third grand slam homer of the yeai- set the pace for the Giants in their opening victory as Dave Loslo won his eighth game, but Cliff Chambers held the; Giants to five hits in the second 'game

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wtiild the Cardinals made 14, giving up| only two safp blows] until the niiilh when Bobby Thpni.son humor|d: to spark a three-run rally. ! t ] - \ MAJOR ’ NATIONAL LEAGUE ;] W. L. Pct. G.B. Brook®) .88 48 .647 New Y||k -L 84 56 .600 6 ■St. I,oUis . _ 71* 64 .529; U‘, BostOdlfe-l+ - lift 68 .500; 20 I’liil.iddlpiii.i . __ B lii; 73 .475 ] 23ft> (’im-uumli 60 80 .429; 30 Chl< ago 58. 81 .417 ! *Jl’.ft Pittsburgh 57 83 .407 33 AMERICAN LEAGUE J W. L. Pct. G.B. Ch veltmd S 9 52 .631 Nevy t York 86 51 .628 1Boston ■ ; - 81 54 .(>utl; 5j Chicago . 75 6 1 ,51<i 13 Detroit! - 63 75 .457 ; ;24k' Philadelphia 60 ,81 .426 29 Washiiiigion 54 81 « .400, 32 St. Louis 43 93 .316 43’-> YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ftft National League Chicago 13, Boston 11., New York 10-3, St. Louis .">4. Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh ]?. ] ; Brooklyn -7. Cincinnati 0. •f •’ American League 4,.Detroit 3. St. lasuis 4-6, New York 3/11 ft Washington 7, Chicago 6 (10 innings i. ‘ i Cleveland 6-5, Philadelphia !&9 (Ist game 11 innings).

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Milwaukee Brewers Win Playoff Opener ft : ‘ r ■' . ’' ■■ f ,’ i: By 'United Press j tithe champion Milwaukee Brqwerk were in good shape to romp to victory in the American associatidn playoffs today with one win already udder their belts. 0 The Milwaukeeans slugged otit a 10 to 7 victory over the third pl&O Kansas City Blues yesterday ai|s. Were scheduled to take them fop; agairi today ! and tomorrow. Mt. Paul’s' game with the Louisvllte Colonels, was called at the fenq of seven \fnnings at St. Paul. Tlie teams were tied at five-all When rain halted, the proceedings. 'Fhe l ßrewers did most of their damage to the Blues iid the Ijig second and third, innings. * They srored ' five times off Bob W.fesler in the second 1 pnd four moire times in the next inning. ■ ££ ! ! t ?fhe linescore: Kansas City 000-005-002 7-14-1 Milwaukee 054-001-00 x ;• wiesler, Peterson -(2); 16) and Courtney; Johnson, Jes(6) and Unser. Home runs— Marquis; Crowe. ; ' — " ftoadside mirrors in FrAhce, qast in fa convex shape, let motorists S'H? around corners at tad intersections. H ‘

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