Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 205, Decatur, Adams County, 29 August 1952 — Page 7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1952

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Preble Takes Softball Loop Tourney Title 'l' ... ;. ' . '’ ■' V / I- - ’! The Preble Merchants won the Decatur Softball league tourney championship Thursday night at Worthman field, defeating the Decatur Merchants, Macke held the Decatur team to only three hits, one each in the first three innings. Preble put the game on ice with four runs on as many hits in the first inning, and tallied a pair of insurance tallies in the fifth. , Following the final game, trophies were presented. The first game of the playoff Pistons, Midland In Final Playoffs Midland's bow Chemicals and Fort Wayne's Zollner Pistons, phampibns X)f the Northern and Southern Divisions of the National Industrial Fastball League, start their championship three-of five playoffs Sunday night at Zollner Stadium. 1 ' i ? Yhe Pistons,! with a 32-1 league reCord in the Southern half, and 1 the Dows, with their 26-6 record in the Northern met in a similar series last yehr.

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series for regular league championship will be played at Worthman field next Wednesday night at 8 O’clock. » Competing will be the VFW team of Decatur and Dunbar of Berne, who tied for the league during the regular season play. The second game will be played at Berne next Thursday night, and site of a third game, if necessary, will be: determined .after the second tilt, . Last night’s score: 4 ' t ' A‘ - RHE Preble 400 020 o—6 10 1 Decatur 000 000 o—O’ 3 4 Macke and P. Busse; Gillig and Knittie. Charges Slurring Remarks To Truman NEW YORK, UP — A top adviser to Dwight D. Eisenhower accused President Truman of making “slurring remarks’’ about veterans because the American Legion wants secretary of state Dean Acheson fired. Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas said the President offended war veterans by sarcastically referring to them as “young boys.’’. President told his weekly news conference Thursday he has no intention of lowing to Legion demands and said Acheson would remain as secretary of state as long as he, Mr. Truman, is in the White House. Trade in a Good Town —Decatur

Golf Title Match Sunday, Monday John Baumann and Bob McClenahan will battle Sunday and Monday for the Decatur city golf championship, with 18 holes at match play Sunday and another 18 holes Monday. Baumann, who qualified with a 74, reached the. finals by defeating Eichhorn 6 and 5, Laurent 4 and 3 and Peck 3 and 1. McClendhan, who had a qualifying score of 76, defeated Hoffman, 7 and 6, Gaunt 6 and 5, and Parrish 3 and 2. Neil Thomas Will play the winner of the match between Dwight Girod and Joe Costello for the first flight championship. Ken Schnepf won the second flight title, defeating Clarence Smith in a closely contested final matciL The finalists were tied at the end of the regulation 18 holes, with Schnepf winning on the, first extra hole. Winteregg will meet the victor of the MacLean-Steury match for third flight honors. O — O | Today's Sport Parade ( j (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.} | By Jack Cuddy !•" * . NEW’ YORK, UP > — The last chance is the biggest chance for beanpole Ewell Blackwell. He’s a Yankee as of today, and they say that a ball player undergoes a great change wh6n he pulls 'on the togs of this club. His bearing of a champion, and his performance on the field must match. Ewell Blackwell is due for such a overdue, in fact. He was the toast [of baseball in 1947 when he won Z 22 games and, for good measure, threw one no-pitter and came withih two cuts of a second. \ But then fate stepped in. A shoulder cold in 1948, and a kidney operation in 1949 seemed to snuff out his Career. Yet he won 17 games in 1950 and 16 games in 1951 to prove that there was sting in “the Whip” yet. Thep came ’§2 —and the demise of the Blackwell legend. He has won three and lost 12. He hasn’t starred since Aug. 8. He was through—until he was born anew Thursday with his trade to the Yankees. \ Now copies the last chance — and the best chance. Johnny Mize was “through,” too, when the Yankees picked hlin up on just this sort of “pennant insurance” dqal in 1949.' Ditto Johnny Sain last y<£:ir. The odd thing about Blackweb is that he became- a pitcher because he threw too hard to. be a third baseman. His father was a third baseman, and -'many was the time that the old man hauled the stringbean kid ;put opto the main street of San Dimas, Calif., for a little throwing. Ewell would whip the ball at his pop until the old man’s hands were stinging and red. ’ Not so hard, son," he would say. "If you’re going to throw lik'e that, you’ll have to pitch. Don’t you w-ant to be a third baseman, like I was?” Ewell tried, but the ball just ■ zinged. So he became a pitcher. He was a cocky kid. H e would have signed with the Dodgers, except he w-anted to report right to the -major league club without miI npr league training. The Reds ■ Would give him such a chance, iSo hg signed with them. Yet he , regretted his\ decision. He was l warming the bench too much, and finally asked to go to the minors. He was sent to Syracuse. That was his only minor league season. He won 15 lost 10, and was jerked back up to the big-time where he has resided except for a three-year wartime staut in. the army. He has reached the crossroads nbw. Ex-Reds manager Luke Sewell says, “there’s nothing wrong with him physically. He’s just not doing \ Majhe a change of scenery is the need. Somehow the sight of that big chunk of Bronx real estate called Yankee Stadium changes men? • And when a pitcher like Ewell Blackwell has a 3-12 record, this is, indeed, the time for a change.

Warm, Mostly Sunny Weather Predicted INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Mostly fair weather for the state fair was the weathermen’s slogan today as they predicted continued warm and mostly sunny during the next five days. fc Labor, Day weekend travelers and picnickers were promised good weather with no rain in sight until Sunday night or Monday. Showers were expected again about Wednesday. Nation's Highways The nation’s highway system includes some 415,000 miles of state highways, 2,400,000 miles of counter, township and village roads, and 250,000 miles of city streets. Os thia 1.415,000 miles are unsurfaced. ’

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Annual C. C. Golf Tourney Sept. 4 The thid annuaf* Chamber of Commerce handicap golf tournament and picrite will be held Thursday, Sept. 4, ,at the DecatuA Golf course. The change of dates was due to conflicting activities by several local organizations during, th® rest._,df September, it was announced by G. F. Laurent, chairman. Chamber of Commerce officials decided to make this year's event an ■■ open tournament, inviting all golfers of the area to play, regardless of whether or not they are members of the C of C. The entry fee has been set at sl,,which entitles the entree to a chicken picnic lunch beginning at 5:30 'p.in, at the Hanna-Nuttman park pavilion. k All prizes will be furnished By the C of ;C, except the C of C championship trophy, which is a permanent trophy donated by the Schafer Co. Thri championship trophy can be won only by C of C members, but all other prizes may be won hy anyone who competes in the tourney. The championship trophy is now held by Glen Oswalt, the 1951 C of C champion. The contests are so arranged so all golfers, regardless of skill have an equal opportunity to win. Thei-e will also be putting contest with several prizes for non-golferß. A system of handicapping jwill be uded to give all competitors an dqual chance for low score prizes. The tourney will begin at 1 p.m. Sept. 4, and continue thrQUghout the The tourney will be a 9-hole affair, but players may play as mapy holes as they wish. Each gojferi must arrange for his own Yees. Prizes will be’ awarded to the winners at' approximately 6:30p.m. during the picnic following the tourney at the Hanna-Nuttman Park pavilion. Tickets may be obtained from the Decatur Golf course club -house. Holthouse' Drug Co., Boh Holthouse, Gppdyear Store, Glen Oswalt, Chamber/ of Commerce office. Cental Soya Co. (from Dike Eddleman), The Schafer Co. (from Harold Eiigle), and the G. E. Co. from (G. F. Laurent) or from Ron Parrish, Dr. IL R. Frey and Jack K. Helm. The deadline fa entries has been set for Wednesday, Sept. 3 so that arrangements can be made for the picnic lunch.

4f/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. GB Milwaukee _____ 90 50 .643 » Kansas City.-_u_ 81 59 .583 8% St. Paul 75 64 .540 14% Minneapolis 74 66 .529 16 Louisville 70 «<7O .500 20 Indianapolis — 65* 76 .461 25% Columbus _____ 62 79 .440 28% Charleston 43 .307 47 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Louisville . 4-0. Charleston Columbus St.- Paul 10/ Kansas City 2. Milwaukee 14, Minneapolis 3.

MAJOR | NATIONAL league W L Pct. GB Brooklyn 82 40 .672 New York 73 50 ,593_ ")l% St. Louis 72 55 .567 12% Philadelphia 67 57. .540 16 Chicago 62 W .484 23V Boston -54 69 '.4'39 .28% Cincinnati 55 72 .433 29% Pittsburgh 37 93 .285 49 ■ ' ' - AMERICAN LEAGUE nj. w L- Pct. GB New' York —— 74 53 .583 Cleveland —— 72 55 .567 2 Boston 68 55 .553 4 Philadelphia 65 59 .524 7% Chicago : 66 61 .520 8 Washington 65 61 .516 8% St. Lodi? 52 77 .403 23 Detroit i; 8< .339 31 j —lx—_ YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ; National League A Brooklyn 9, Chicago 6. Ndw York 14, Pittsburgh 7. Chincinnati 5, Boston 4 (11 innings). ' * Pniladelphia 10, St. Louis 6. , ' ,r ' American League Philadelphia 6. Boston 4. : Cleveland 9-1, Detroit 3-4. f (Only-games schedriled).

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Loyal Detroit ■ Fans Flock To Detroit Park By UNITED PRESS Take a back-seat today, you pennant contending guys, and give a cheer for most loyal fans. The followers of the last place Tigers set a season Attendance record as a welcome home for a club that has been wiped out of the race. The Tigers returned to Detroit Thursday night still well-imbedded Im-last place where no Bengal club ever has finished before. Yet an ipcredible crowd of 53,988, largest, of the year in Detroit, and largest anywhere in the majors this year except at Cleveland, turned out. Their loyalty was well-rewarded. For after ener of the twin-bill 9 to 3, Prince Hal Newhouser flashed the form that him a hero in happier years and set back the Indians 4 to 1 on eight hits. The split left Cleveland still two Hull games behind the first place Yankees who had an off-day. behind Early Wynn, who pitched a six>hitter for his 17th victory in the opener as Al Rosen drove in four runs with four hits. But the Tigers, who are 31 games out of first place with only 27 to play, rebounded as Newhouser, a native Detroiter, outpitched Steve Gromek also a> Detroit boy from the industrial suburb of Hamtramck. Cliff Mapes gave Newhouser ail the help he needed with a two-run second inning homer and the lean lefty never again trailed as he won his fourth in the last five. Rosen hit a homer to rob him of his shutout. The Athletics snapped the fivegame winning streak of the Red Sox 6 to 4 by coming from behind in ; the rain with four runs in the 4ig%th inning, three on a baseclearing double by Cass Michaels. The rally was enlivened by a fistfight ip which rookie catcher Sammy 1 White of Boston went after Billy Hitchpock. Umpire: Bill McGowan fired White from the game for uncomplimentary remarks about not halting the game because of the\ rain and whfn Hitchcock laughed at his plight, White started

Van Wert County Fair September 1-2-3-4'S ’52 FIVE NIGHTS! FIVE MTS! i ' r . —— A great Racing ProIncreased Purses Monday, LabOi Day, Sept. Ist Harness Races, and DERBY DAY will again be featured on Labor Starting Gates for Thrilling and p a y at £ he V an Wert County Fair. Seven (7) Ru " n ®? b*"° Educational Night Running Races will go Rain or Shine. Six (6) "®“ u°Zo± ° Shows and Fro. Free Actß , , . V FJn »h and *««•«■ Attractions. *. ' - A ~ tuels. Oiled Drives and MONDAY NIGHT Staples All-Star Cham- Automobile and MaMiriu/ovt " ' Pionship RODEO complete with Scenery. Plenty c hinery Display. Ground, and of Cowboys, Cowgirls and Wild Stock Not a Merchants F.xhißits Buildings Sprayed 1 moment all evening. Thrills, Chills and junior Fair and with DDT - ~ -- ' it. Tuesday, September 2nd Wednesday, September 3rd a “ „ ~ and 17 Class Paca. Thrae (31 Pony Races sukc ■ 3.¥*Xm-pSo“‘ Sink ’ U & and a County Run lor Afternoon Races. »““• ” c “* County Horseshoe PUchtng Conteat. Judg- LXte S«X £.TaS "tUESDAV NIGHT - Stanles All-Star WEDNESDAY NIGHT - < H Club PagChlm““X RoJbo wRh P change 01 rant celebrating tiny year, ot 4-H C!ub . Acts. . worK ~ f Thursday, September 4th Friday, September Sth Grand Rarade of Junior Clubs and Free-for-All Horseshoe Pitching Contest Floats followed by Grand Parade,of Live- p our (4) Harness Races: 20 Class Pace; 20 -stock at 10 A.Mi Election of Directors from c ' laßg Trot; - Free-for-All Pace and Free-for-10 to 12 noon 1 to 3 P.’M. Four (4) _a.ll Trot. Free Acts. Junior Fair Live Stock Harness Races: 2-Year-Qld Pace, Stake; 3- ' x >. Sale. Year-Old Trot, Stake; 24 Class Pace; 2| ’ FRIDAY NIGHT — Championship TracClass Trot. Six (8) Free Acts. tor p u m nB Contest*. Classes for Light THURSDAY NIGHT — Final Showing of Medium and Heavy Tractors. Staples All-Star Championship RODEO. One of the big features of the 1952 Van Wert County Fair is the Grand Interdenominational religious program held in the grandstand from 7:30 to 9:00 o’clock on Sunday evening preceding the opening of the Fair. A massed choir under the direction ofJHerb” Jones, Director of Music in the public schools, will lead the large audience in the singing of many hymns. The Ministerial Association has selected as your speaker this year, Dr. Herbert Gordon May as The Graduate School of Theology, Oberlin College. Dr. MUy got his Ph. D at Chicago University and is Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Oberlin College. Come early for a good seat. > Be a Booster! Be An Exhibitor! Plan to Attend this 96th Annual Fair Admission 50c Family Tickets $2.50 WALTER KEITH, President N. E. STUCKEY, .Secretary

swinging. The second game was rained out. In the National league the Dodgers put on two big four run inmings to defeat the Cubs 9 to 6, staying 9H games ahead of the Giants who must be convinced autumn is here since they won their second straight 14 to 7 “football score” decision from the Pirates. The Phillies handed the Cardinals their sixth straight defeat 10 to 6 as Robin Roberts breezed to his 21st victory. The Reds spoiled Boston Manager Charley Grimm’s st4h birthday party by defeating the Braves 5 to 4 in 11 innings. Robetrs, fortified with a 5 to 0 lead in the first two innings, coasted'to \ a 12-hit victory at St. Louis as the Phils moved within' 3% games- of the slumping third place Cards, Red Schoendienst hit a three-run St. Louis homer.

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Methodist Men To Meet At DePauw An estimated 250 laymen of Indiana Methodism will meet on DePauw University campus, Sept. 5, for a three-day meeting of the second annual institute for Methodist m4n. “s Begun dakt year at DePauw, the Institute is designed to encourage lay participation in church affairs and to provide leading laymen with practical information on church affairs. Among the major speakers at the conference will be Bishop Richard C. Raines, of the Indiana area, and Dr. W. Vernon Middleton, executive secretary, board of national missions, New York City. Trade in a Good Town —Decatur!