Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 22 October 1951 — Page 6
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Lou Boudreau ' ■ 1$ Manager Os Boston Red Sox Boton, Oct. 22. — (UP) — Lou Boudreau was named manager of the Boston Red Sox today to siic—ceed Steve O'Neill’. Boudreau’s contract’te for two >ears and the salary was not disclosed. O’Neill- resigned as manager to become s scout in the Red! Sok farm system, lie was manager' for a season and a half. - v The announcement came as no great surprise since it was assumed Boudreau was scheduledj fqt the post when he signed as a player in November, 1960, Now 34, Boudreau assumes a major maseball managership for the second time in 10 yeans. He was 24 when he took -over as “boy” manager of the .Cleveland Indians —a club he finally lifted to a world championship in 1948. Elevation of the likeable but exacting Boudreau was apparently the first step in a house-cleaning program by wealthy o4mer Tom Yawkey. Since the September collapse of the Sox’ it has been said (hat many of. the stars are on the block —Oven Ted Williams, . leftfielder of the 3100,000 salary.. Whether Boudreau was being used] as an axeman was not disclosed but he was known to be a man Who never has permitted sentiment to interfere with winning. - A clutch-playing shortstop. the ( dark-haired former University of Illinois athlete • wired and taped himself together so he could per : Zonally lead his Indians to their 1948 crown. - . When hired by the Red Sox after being dumped in favor of Al Lopez at Cleveland. Boudreau, signed a one-year contract . for -365.000 which said to be 1 second only to Williams. ! Black-eyed Boudreau, collegiate baseball and basketball star, has played virtually every position in the major leagues—including catching. / , , I Basically, however, he is a ' shortstop with few equals/having won that berth five times on American league all-star teams. I '>'\ ■ ‘ I ’ . $200,000 LOSS I (Coßtlßoed From !’■««■ Otte) ally was holding open house over the weekend —which was tested by the fire. . .. At no time was the water presiiure such that the city electric department had to switch on its booster pumps—a common practice formerly., The clt/s supply was barely touched in fighting the six-hour blaze. | Nd major injuries were record-, ed during the fire’s existence, which ! was termed almost “miraculous.” < Decatur volunteer firemen at one] time were on the roof and barely • missed death when it caved in under them. They managed to jump to another room in time to avoid following the crumbling roof to the ground, which remains the closest call to calamity. Members 4f the fire department’s auxiliary unit, and the Red Cross canteen weFe qu hand with coffee and doughnuts for the firemen in the evening, for the men who had -been fighting to control the blaze for hours. _ Firemen and other investigators were not able to determine exactly the cause of the fire, though they j know it started in the paint and varnish room, at the east eftd of the factory. An east wind spread ! the fire; once they bad made head-way, the flames became fire resistant and weakened the tile structure. , The structure was bujlt after the 1929 fire which razed the Schafer Saddlery company building on the same'site. - . Tonight & Tuesday ( ’ Technicolor Laugh Hit I / , ' BETTY GRABLE . “MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW” Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax o—o V ; ... Wed. A Thura.—Alan Ladd “Appointment With Danger” , First Show Wed. at. 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 ! BE SURE TO ATTENDI O—O►— Coming Sun, —Bing Crosby In "Here* Comes the Groom’’,
Freshman-Sophomore Game Here Tonight The Decatur* freshmen-sopho-more will battle the Bluffton team Worthman field in this city at 6:30 o’clock this evening. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend. Giants lone Unbeaten Team In Pro League New York/ Oct. 22.—(UP)— Coach Steve Owen said today that his undefeated New York Giants would have to “stop making silly mistakes” if they hope to beat the Cleveland Browns next Sunday in the first "big*’ game of the 4951 .National Football League season, The Giants defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 26 to 24. yesterday to remain tse league’s only unbeaten team but 'Owen said that only their youth and his halftime tongue-lash-ing enabled thiem to wipe out a 17-0 halftime deficit and remain in first place in the eastern division. "We’ll have,to stop making silly mistakes and - begin playing football for four quarters,” Owen said. "We’ll never get away with that kind of sloppy play against Paul Brown’s club pext Sunday.” The champibn Browns emphasized Owen’s remarks by taking advantage of every break to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 17\ to 0. and hot on the Giants’ heels. New York has three victories and a tie and the Browns are second with a 3-1 record. Philadelphia slipped to third with a 2-2 mark. The scrambling western division teams sliced their five-way first place tie to a two-team deadlock With the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears remaining on top. The Rams scored four times in the last 16 minutes to shut out the Green Bay Packers. 28 to 0. and the Bears defeated the San Francisco Forty-Niners, 13 to 7. The Rams and Bears now have 3-1 records. The New York Yanks held the favored Detroit Lions to a 24-24 tie in the other western division game. In the remaining eastern division game; the Washington Redskins beat the Chicago patdinals; 7 to 3, to make Dick Todd’s debut as acting head coach a success. , Dan Tqwler's 79-yard run. Bob Waterfield’s pass to Tom Kalmanir. Norm , Van Bropklin's throw to Elroy’ Hirsch' and Jerry Williams’ plunge ac/ounted for the Los Angeles touchdowns before a crowd of 21.383 at Milwaukee. The Bears’ victory was costly. Quarterback Johnny Lujack was carried off with an injured right ankle after passing to John Dottley for one TD and plunging a yard ■ ■ -.H , | ’ : Box Office Open at 6:30 • r 11 i & Last of the Season! Tortight & Tuesday BROS! New I i '/il T ATvn ni T » MIIIAvKON isSfe, jTECHNK»LQg| Bind nml ■F-’tf ROBERT STACK I y JOHN ROONEY | Wed. & Thurs. —‘Ruaty’e Birthday’ & “Boy From Indiana.” * i-..... • S'. , i - Sun.—First Decatur Showingl “Her first Romance” With Margaret O’Brien Children Under 12 Free! v
Indiana Whips Ohio State In Major UpsetChicago, Oct. 22- (TTP)—Michigan’s Wolverines, apporently'clicking In old-time style to lead the Big Ten, face an unexpected test this weekend In improving Allhnesota. The Wolverines, who lost to Michigan State and Stanford in the first two games of the year, rebounded to trounce Indiana, 33 to 14, and Saturday showed even more power in a 21-to-0 licking of lowa. Minnesota, defeated three times this year, bounced back Saturday with .sophomore Paul Giel at tailback to trip Nebraska. >39 to 20, for its first win of the year. The Gophers will he at a peakjor the scrap with traditional rival Michigan. \ Even last year, when Minnesota was demoralized by its poorest showing in history, the Gophers tied Michigan 7 to 7; Michigan this season boasted a strong line going into combat, but its backfield was a problem unpl Don Peterson came up as a passing and running threat to spark the Wolverines Saturday. Tlie contest will be the highlight of a four-game conference program. In other league frays Illinois, also undefeated in Big Ten play, appears at Indiana. lowa travels to Ohio State and Wisconsin plays at Northwestern. Purdue goes to Notre Dame for non-league engagement and Michigan -State entertains Pittsburgh. Peterson was the star Saturday for Michigan against runnihg 20 yards for one touchdown ahd scoring the second on . a 1 short plunge. ' | Indiana pulled the major surprise, upsetting Ohio State, 32 *o 10, as Lou D’Achille riddled the Buckeye defense With passes and Gene Gedtman ran for two scores. Wisconsin. with freshman Alan Ameche amassing 148 yards In 225 carries, whipped Purdue. 31 to 7. with the Badger defense accounting for two safeties. Illinois downed Washington, 2“ to 20, 4s sophomore quarterback Tommy O’Connell sparked a last period drive for the winning score. Giel scored twice, passed for one toiichdown and set two others in Minnesota’s triumph, while Northwestern. with touchdown runs of 88 and 69 pards by Chuck Hren and Dick Alban, whipped Navy, 16 to 7. Notre ■ Dame, with John Mazur passing to Bill Barrett for two touchdowns and scoring twice himself. dropped Pittsburgh. 33 to 0. while Michigan State came from behind to beat Penn State, 32 to 21? for the other. Y. A. Tittle* passed to Gordie Soltau for the San Francisco touchdown before 43,427 Wrigley Field fans. A 49-yard pass play from Simmy Baugh to George Thomas and three fine goalline stands enabled Washington to beat the Cardinals before 22,690 fans at the capital. 'Ventan Yablonski's 31-yard field goal was the only score the invaders could muster. . NEW TERMS ' (Coatfnued From Pa*e One) uniforms for the Monday meeting with the signing of the agreed “ground rules” for the truce conference the only? business on the agenda. CITY'S YOUNG (Continued From Pane One) other church in Decatur and vicinity. “It is time that we moved up from talking good will to acting out our good will," remarked one member of the host organization. Young people -may come to the "Trick or Treat” either masked or “normal.” When they have covered their assigned city block, they will return to the Presbyteritn basement, where games and refreshments will complete the evening. Refreshments have been furnished by the church, so that all money from the milk bottles and cartons will go to the United 'Nations agency and the hungry children.
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Northwestern Sinks Middies 16-7 \ Jut iii 808 ZASTROW '(I6). Navy’s quarterback, throws a first quarter pass to Frank Brady (44£ for a 34 yard gain, as N.U.’s George King (60) chases Brady in an attempt to break the play. The Wildcat’s went on to win 16 to 7 before a crowd of 40,000 at Dyche Stadium in Evanston.
Yellow Jackets To Play Tuesday Night The Decatur Yellow Jackets, who closed out their home f seasoQ, last week, will travel to Hartford City Tuesday night to meet the Airdales of that city. < Kickoff time tomorrow night Will be at 7:30 o’clock. Coach Bob Worthman stated this morning that Jim Moses, veteran halfback,j is out for the season with a leg injury. Jim Rowley, sophomore fullback, out last week because of illness, has returned -to school and may see some action Tuesday. ;"I “ ’ J ' S High School Football Lima (O.) South 39. Fort Wayne South 6. Evansville Central 33, Jeffersonville 0. South Bend Riley 0, LaPorte 0 (tie). {Lexington (Ky.) Dunbar 9, Evansyille Lincoln 0. PRO FOOTBALL New York Giants 26. Philadelphia 24. j . Cleveland W, Pittsburg 0. Los Angeles 28, Green Bay 0. Chicago. 'Bears 13, San Francisco 7. ‘' 7 . ■ ' ■■ . ' Detroit 24. New York Yanks 24 (tie). Washington 7, Chicago Cardinale 3. 10-Year-Old Boy Commits Suicide \ Marion. Ind., Oct. 22 —(UP) — Services were held today for 10-year-old Darrell Lee Karshner, who hanged himself on the back porch of his home at Van Buren. Coroner George Daniels said he learned the boy was moody because he was “if" so often during games with play mates. Death Car Driver x Given Prison Term Greenfield, Ind., Oct. 22. —(UP) —John Hook. 24, Shelbyville, began a six-months term of the Indiana state farm today for reckless driving in a fatal traffic accident. A Hancock county circuit court jury found Hook guilty in connection with t'he death of three-year-old Loretta Hamner in Shelbyville last November. Youth Fatally Shot By Target Pistol Richmond, Ind., Oct. 22 —(UP)— Thomas Paul Lathrop, 20, was killed yesterday when a pistol he and a Companion were firing jn target practice at a gravel pit went off When they tried to dislodge a jammed bullett with a piece of wire, pathrop’s companion was his br<i ther-in-laW, Oliver Wood, Jr. T Burns Are Fatal To Indianapolis Man Indianapolis, Oct. 22 —(UP)— Timothy Miller, 57, died of burns suffered in a fire at his home here Friday night.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Indiana 32. Ohio State 10. . Wisconsin 3J, Purdue j. Michigan 21, lowa 0. Minnesota 39, Nebraska 20. Northwestern 16, Navy 7. Illinois 27, Washington 20. Notre Dame 33. Pitt 0. Michigan State Penn State 21 Indiana State 0, Ball State 0, tiej Valparaiso'34. Carroll 7. DePauw 33, Kalamazoo 31. 1 Earlham 58. Anderson 26.
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Evansville 14, Murray State 13. Indiana Central 20, Cedarville 6 Hanover 12. Manchester 7. St. Joseph’s *l2, Butler ’6, Rose Poly 14, Eureka 7. Taylor 14, Franklin 6. Wabash 41. Olivet 6. Oklahoma A & M 27, Drake 14. Lehigh 31, Rutgers 6. Dartrflouth 14. Syracuse 0. Cornell 27, Yale, 0. r Harvard 22. Army 21. J; Colgate 32. Brown 14. Maryland 14, North Carolina 7.
Mississippi 25. Tulane 6. Tennessee Alabama 13. Kentucky 35, Vlllanova 13. Louisiana State 7, Georgia 0. Georgia Tech 27, Auburn 7. Arkansas 16, Texas 14.
NOTICE I —TO THE- <. l ' r ' Property Owners and Residents OF DECATUR < ' ■'• v • ? ■ ■ . ' It Is Unlawful to Burn Leaves On Black-Top or Asphalt Streets At Any Time . h. .’■’ ./I• /' ■' ' J-. A ~ ‘ v ■ A. ; ' A- '.:. ■ -■ 1 I ! RAKE YOUR LEAVES to the curb and the Street Department will see that hauled away. PROTECT YOUR STREETS and your interests by not burning leaves on streets that can be damaged by the heat. i CITY OF DECATUR Street Department—Floyd Acker, Street Com.
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\. Tulsa 27, Marquette 21. ’ Rice 2S, Southern Methodist 7. Southern California 21. California 14. "j UCLA 41, Oregon 0. Stanford 21, Santa Clara 14.
