Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 91, Decatur, Adams County, 16 April 1952 — Page 7

Wednesday, ApRiL is, 1952

SPORTS

Tight Hurling Features Major ' ! 1 J 1 '.. ■| League Openers Ney Apr.W-(ri>) -Don’t vorryl about] the liiely ball, it is. just as full of zip ias ever, only 7' this year’it may Isq doing tncjwl it r the pitchers, instead of the hitlers, . ' 1 ' \ The ball dipped, danced. ciirVed, ! swooshed, and generally baffled ■ the batters on opening day as the J took over and put on a shov>t. There was a three? hit shutout, & six-hit shutout, three ether six-hit] pitching -jobs and a w seven-hitter, while home. runs arj.il \ extri base bits, were at .a- rmini-I 'A mum. I i , - s--- ; .Mel Parnell, the lean lefty of the Red Sox. had a particularly lively with ’which he mystified j -- -the Senators. 3 to 0 for a three-hit J (triumph before President Truman -a tWashington. He beat the Nats j To ' the 16tlj straight time, -His showing was just a shade better 1 than that* of Ned Garver of the Browrrs who pitched a six-hit, 3 to 0 triumph.over the Tigers at De4’'plt. striking out nine batters I apd walking only one. And iEarlyt Wynn had 1(| all the way over the i AVnite Sox in Chicago vChere he pitched a six-hit, 3 to 2 victory against Lefty Bill Pierce, who also yielded Only six hits. , | I'Vln thp National league. Preach; - er Roe) edged Warren Spahn as tije Dodgers , topped the Braves, 3 to 2, at Boston on a seveA hitter in a fine duel of lefties. The Cubs defeated thei Reds. 6 to 5. at Cin- . ci.lndti in 10' innings, and the j Cavils defeat) 1 .! the Pirates. 3to 2. in Hie season s first night gaitie at St. Louis.! Twre might he significance, too. in tse fact it hat both pre-season Pennant favorites. the lmlian§_and Dodgers got off to winning starts I ’ ’ > I ‘ . I ; ■ .1 .

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I- while last year's champs, the Yan- | i ees and Giants sat on the Sidelines as their games were faijhed out The Yankee game was . pone.d in Philadelphia while! the ! Giants were rained yut in the Polo . (.rounds against the Phi|s. ■' But the. big show oi .the day wa< ; put on by Parnell. No Washington > tinner got past second and he t ! never had two runners on btjme at i. oiice. [ Walt Drotxi drove iii jthe two runs he needed Tor victory witli a 400-foot double,in the sixth, fed Williams hit a triple in the ‘ eighth anti Kaye Throneberry;, the j hot Red Sox rookie, drove in ,’the t 'iiial run with a fly Bob Pprterfield, in defeat, yielded only five 1 liits before elderly Bobo Netykoni c.une on in the ninth and gave ’.he Red Sox their final safety', NGarver had to be , good to to'p Lizzy Trout of the Tigers, wtiq al-. >0 wa-A a si.x-hit loser. Niftjf Neil ?L<o goutributed to liijs cijmsj? w.ith ■ i runUcoring single. I ! | Wynn, gvein a 3 so ed to victory. The Indians tapped Pierce for a run in the fourth; on a wjalk and Jim Hegan’s double! The other tallies came on three singles in the seventh by Hegan, Dairy Simpson, and Larry lioby. v inter- - persed with sacrifices by, Wynn nd Bob Avila. Shreman Lollra iiit a Chicago Homer. t I ! Roe yielded an ,early honker! to Sam Jethroe but the Dodgers whizzed back in front to stay with three rund in the fifth,l two on a single by : Rpy Campa,nellaj (toe 1 ehl Boston hillcss for tho last lour innnigs. •Gene Henmanski hit a |dii'chsingle. in the Tilth' to score Randy Jackson with the winning rhe f'ubs. over the Reds. Jai kson bit a home run earlier and Hank Sauer got a grand slam honjer! to account for the . other Cijicago runs. Lefty Joe Hatten was the witirier in a one-inning relief ji>le. I nder the St; Louis liglns. the Cards .jumped off to a 2-d lead • |iains; Murry Dickson in first iljning. one on. Red Schoendienst’s ■ omer. aid added the wimutig tally in the Ni'StS on two singles and

65 Are Entered In 500-Mile Classic Indianapolis April 16— (UP) — Arrival of three more nominations for the SUO-1 die race at the Indianapolis mo or speedway May 30 and withdrawal of one V-12 Ferrari froyi Italy teday brought the field of entiies to 65 in the 36th. annual grit-and-grind endurance classic. i\ The Ferrari withdrawal, necessary because the car was wrecked during a recent race at Turin. Italy, pares tly? number of Italian-built ciark to Tour. .Guiseppe Farina.'wjio was drlVjng when it crashed through a hairier, escaped without injury. J The new entries came from Ed- ! ward Gdula. Hamtramick, Mich., Albert Scully]. Chicago, and Charles Hellin. Detroi . All are four-cylinder real-drive ri.cers. Detroit rookie Peter Hahn will drive for Helin. but the ofhei two new entries still are without pilots. Another rookie, “Doc" Slianebrook. Gary. |ud., also was added to the list of drivers assured of cars. He will be in the cockpit of Parks special. ; . Fourteen cars still were "driverless,' and raje officials said many of the empty cockpits also will be filled by rookies when, qualifica-j lions open in four weeks. Thus far, 18 of the pilots entered never have participated in a 500-inile face. Speedway president Wilbur Shaw said (fven with anticipated last minute changes “the field already is the strongest in the history of the race . . . the known ability of the rookiss makes it doubly interesting thii; year.” This year’s, race alsdt has an Internation flaVor for the first time since The experts were predicting lead-footed struggle between the conveihional American four-Cyliijder Meyer-Drake engines ~and the reimtiniiig four 12-cylinder to be driven by an Italian and t|iree Americans, including 1950 speedwt.y winner Johnny Parsons. ■ — rlel Rice's liy. The Pirates got two runs, off Gerry Satley in the seventh, one on Ralph Khierls homer, but Al BrazleTame in to choke off the rally.

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BOWLING SCORES CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings W L Pts. Burk Elevators 9 34 78 Fairway ;,| 3!» 74 West End 4j| 44 67 Mansfield's 243 45 61 Wulf’s H’ware 4| 46 61 Ohl Ci‘own;4l 52 53 t’asablamaj 34 56 50 Smith Ins. + 39 54 48 High series: Tutewiler 615 (221. ’-71. 223); R. Hobbs 609 (185, 239 f 185); Petr<i 60S (204, 201, 20%)

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Detroit Red Wings Take Hockey Title Detroit, April 16 —(UP)—Weary but happy Detroit Red Winghockey players headed home today holders of the Stanley cup add the National Hckey League championship, plus a couple of playoff rec ords for good measure. The Red Wings completed the greatest rout in playoff history last jnight by dwning the Montreal Canadie.ns, 3-0; Dotrit thus became the first team ever to sweep through; the playoffs in eigh» gamjes, the minimum number possible. Teammates mobbed goalie Terr/ Sawfehuk as the Olympic organist played “Auld Syne,” denoting ithe end of the long Ice season. Siwchuk, by virtue of his final whitewashing, equalled a playoff record of four shutouts. Tie blanked yorojito twice in the semi-finals and added a pair of shutouts against Montreal. F’ank McCool of Toronto and Dave Kerr of New York were other net-minders to administers four gooiie eggs in playoff competition. Hwever, McCool needed .13 games and Kerr nine games to (lo it. Sauchuk had only eight \chances. Metro Prystai, a center turned right wing, <was the hero of the big He blasted the puck past Gerry McNeil into the Montreal Cage twjjce last night and helped push it home a third time. With? their backs to ' the wall, the Capadiens came out skating

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hard and fast, but Pryetal stopped them in their tracks with a scoring thrust at 6:50 of the opening period. His first marker came only nine seconds before) Maurice (The Rocket) Richard stepped out of the penalty box to jiut the Canadiens back at full strength). Alex Delvecchio slipped the puck to Prystai out of a Corner scramble and, it was quicker converted into goal No. 1. Glen Skov got Detroit's second scpre at 19:39 pf| the middle period as he tapped in Prystai’s rebound. And Prystai came back at 7:35 bf the final period on a solo to fool McNeil from 2tf feet out —— L-— | 8. . Elks Lodge Meeting Postponed One Week The regular meeting of the Decatur B. P. O. Elks lodge, scheduled for Thursday evening, has been 'postponed o(ie week, to Thursday, -April 24 at 8 p. m. --. ■ ’’ * ■ . : ' ' - Doubles Tournament Will Open Saturday A doubles handicap tournament will be held at Mies Recreation in this city, bzeginning Saturday night. The tourney I will continue for three weekends, concluding May 4. ' ’ 'Q 1 It will be a 70 percent handicap, with top prize of $l5O to the win ning team. The entry fee i» $6 per team, with 34 foi* bowling and tournament expenses. ■ —I" y -y-—, ’ I Democrat Waht Ads Bring Results

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JBF ® I f ‘TI '“-X jffl| ✓ f - I ” ■ M ImCrk B,jbb* 1 MARGARET AUERS pickets a Los Angeles telephone exchange wearing a borinet decorated in a strik-, Ing fashion. The first break in the nation-wide phone strike affecting 43 states came when 18,000 Michigan operators and other employes accepted a compromise wage settlement and returned to ’ work. (Interna|tional Soundphoto) , _——‘ —X-T. .y / _ Eight hiillion persons spent 3100,ouo.oot) for dancing: lessons in the United States Igst year. | .