Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 30 April 1953 — Page 7

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1053 .

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Warsaw Tigers Retain NEIC Track Crown The Warsaw Tigers repeated as tjack champions of the Northeastern Indiana conference; Wednesday afternoon, winning the annual conference meet, held -at Columbia City. ' ’ Warsaw scored 53 points to take} the championship, with the New Haven* Bulldogs second with 41 points. Other scares, were: Kendallville, 36; Columbia City, 30; Garrett, 24; jjluffton. 19%; Auburn, 11%, and Decatur, 10. Three hew NEIC marks were set: Ron Huffer, 'New Haven, running the 22(£yard dash\in 22.6 seconds; Fred Meyer, Blurftont taking the lbw hurdles in 20,6 Seconds, and

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Phend, Columbia piiy, 11 ft. 4 in. in the pole' vault. | Ferris Kohne scored Decatur’s only first place, winning the high jump at 5 ft., 6 in. Other Decatur points were third in the mile run by Jim Engle and a fourth in the 440-yard run by Phil -Krick. The summary: i - J 100-yard dash +- Huffer (NH) first; Vaughn (K*) second; Lantz (G) third| Morgan! (W) fourth; Byrd (NH) fifth. Time—lo. 2. 220-yard dash — Huffer (NH) first; Vaughn (JK) seeded: Bowman (G) third; Morgan (W) fourth; fifth. TimeP22:6. (new record), replaces 22.7*s“et by Bucher •ot Decatur in 1945 and Dobbins of Warsaw in 1947. 44(>yard run — Morehead (W) first; Piper (NH) second; Green (G) third; Krick (D) fourth} Beitinger (B) fifith. Time—s3.s. 880-yard run—Heston (W) first; Gfeiling (K) second; Gerber., (B) third; Egolf (CC) fourth; Balyeat (CO fifth. Time—2:l2.3. Mile run—M. Truex (W) first; D. Truex (W) second; Engle (D)

third; Gorrell (A) fourth; Getts (G) fifth. Time—4:42. \ High hurdles —Meyer (B) first; Coined (K) second; Coe (NH) third; Roth (B) fourth; Lawson (CC) fifth. Time—ls. 9. Low hiirdles —Meyer (B) first; Cotner (K) second;- Stackhouse (W) third; Henderson (NH) fourth; Roth (B) fifth. Time—2o.6 (new record, replaces 20.9. set by Bell of Warsaw in 1962). J Pole vaults— Phend (CC) first; Deutsch (CC) ,second; Miller (W) third; Brand (G) and Scott (A) tied for fourth and fifth. Height—--11 ft. 4 in. (new record, replaces 11-3% by Lehinen of Columbia City in 1952). High jump—Kohne (D) first; Rondeau (CC), Lawson (£C), Meyer (B) and Bowmar (G) tied for second. Height—?s ft. 6 in. \ Broad jump — Rondeau (CC) first; Wissmaii (NH) second; Phend (CO third; Marti v (K) fourth; Lantz (G) fifth. Distance — 20 ft. 9U in. Shot put—Knee (W)-first; Knisley (A) second; Easterday (G) Brand ’(G) fourth; Joyner (W) fifth; distance—44 ft. 6% in. Mile relay — Won by Warsaw (Morehead, Miller, Hall and Heaton; Kendallville, second; New Haven, thirdly Colufnbia ' City, fourths; Auburn, fifth. Time—

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Fishing Holiday In Stale Opens Friday UN'DEANtAPOLIfi UP — A 15-day fishing “holiday" will begin in Indiana Friday for all bi it trout fishermen, and conservation depantmenit officials expect heavier fishing pressure on trout streams as a result.- . ' I The pan fishing season closes at midnight tonight for the first time in many years, but Will reopen May 15. The game fish season, which also ends tonight, will reopen June 16. And frog hunting will be banned from now till 10. Conservation spokesmen said 3,900 trout stamps were sold last year, and they expected anxious Hposder anglers to turn out in even larger | numbers this year. The required trout stamps cost $1 and are affixed to regular fishing i, licenses.. ■' The department recently completed planting more than 15,500 legal size, or\seven-incn or longer trout in streams and lakes of 14 northern Indiana and two southern counties. a . < The trout counties are Allen, Decatur, DeKalb, Elkhart, Jasper, Kosciusko, La Grange, La Porte, Marshall, Noble, Porter Steuben, iSt. Joseph, Washington, White and Whitley. Tickets Available For Chicago Trip of a chartered-bus trip to- Chicago this coming weeken'd today reported there are five or six tickets still available. The cost, sl6 per person, covers box seats to the White Sox-Yankees game Saturday, box seats to the White SoxAthletits double header Sunday, hotel room, Saturday night at the Morrison. Any one interested in attending is asked to call Qran Schultz for reservations. \ Farm Prices' Drop v - Jolfs Government Two Percent Skid \ Noted In Period WAJSUHNGTON UP — A new drop in\ farm prices' jolted adanipistratiion\ hopes today that the longdeclining market had stabilized. tA inontn ago agriculture depart‘Tneiit crfiftdlais hailed a slight wpturii in prices received by farmers as a sign that a two-year downtrend finally had -been arrested. They predicted farm prices ivould remain fairly steady for the rest of the year. ‘\ Burt a new report issued Wednesday showed farm prices skidded another twp per cent during the month emldng April 15. Parity ratio : — the government's measuring-stick of “fair” farm (prices—stood at the lowest level since before the start of * World War II 12 years tuge. Secretary of agriculture Ezra T. Benson declined immediate comment. Other officials were frankly surprised by the drop but to minimize its importance. One department spokesrman said the drop was “not significant” and next month’s report might show ”a new direction.” Another official ffoted that th e decline for some commodities was The report showed that cat'l; prices declined for the eleventh month in a row. The level of all farm prices was, more,than 10 per cent lower than a year ago. -" \ 3:45.7. [ > Half-mile relay—Won, by New Haven (Byrd, Longardner} Wiseman and Huffer); Warsaw, second; ! Kendallville; third; Garrett I fourth; Columbia City, fifth. Timt ,i -1:37.7. v

Record Homers Abound, Rabbit Ball In Use? '! , . A ' " , f. A ' NIEHSV YORK — (Maybe they should put a picture otf Peter Rabbit on major league baseballs thi< .year, along with the signatures of league presidents Warren C. Giles and William Haridge. , Because the bunny definitely seems to be in the ball with longer and loftier home rpns being socked on all fronts. In fhdt, it is a dull day any more when somebody doesn't get out a tape measure to record the distance of the latest sock. ■ , -A a \ \ f ■■■ A '■ On Wednesday, Joe Adcock of the Braves dented one of the National League spheres -jfot a tremendous home run in ®e Grounds, the bAll clearing the center field bleacher wail, 475 feet from home .plate. It was_ihe first time that “'©ver had happened in a major league game there. Even with the two-run blast that caine after an Andy PaKfco singla, lef jy Warren Sipahn needed an* unearned run in the, ninth to givfe the Braves their second straight victory over the Giants, 3-*2, as the New Yorkers went down to their eighth defeat in the past 10 games. Adoodk was safe on Al Dark’s error to start the ninth and stole second, going to third when Sammy Calderone’s thtbw went into center field. He scored on a wild pitch by reliever Hoyt Wilhehn. making his eighth appearance tn th e teat eight games, and being charged wth she defeat to boot. (Elsewhere in the National lyeague, the Cardinals defeated dart Simmons and the Phillies, 1-0, in, 11 innings;, and the Pirates snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. In Brqofclyji, the Dodgers alsq put on a ninth itming rally to totp the Reds. 6-5, on catcher Hobie Landrrth’s passed, ball. >, Cleveland cashed in on four-hit pitching from Early Wynn to hand Alex Kellner of the Athletics his first loss, 2-1, while, Rob Porterfield \orf Washington blanked Chicago on five hits, 5-0, and Boston poQgided out 17 hits to defeat De troft again, 10-4,- in American lyeqjpie games. The Yankees and Browns got h chance for theif tempers to cool Loft when their game WAs rained out St. Louis,

Speedway Attempts \. Opening On Sunday FORT WAYNE, Ind. — With rainy April out of the way, the? Fort Wayne Speedway will make' another attempt to open ita’ 1053 racing season Sunday. Midwest ' stock car drivers are eager to get on tht paved five-eighths mile track I where they can compete forthe 1 guaranteed purse of $1,500. One of the features on the 10event program will be* the assault on the trsick record of 28.23 seconds, If the record is not broken, free general admission tickets for any future race will be given all patrons. , Feature event on the program fill be the' 40-lap finale. Time trials\ will start at 121:30 pin. (Central ’ Daylight Time) with the first race scheduled for 2:30. Other events on the program include: Assault on track reebrd iby six fastest cars; four 10-lap [heat races; six-lap match race by the fastest six cars; two 15dap consolation races. MAJOF »- ™ i z. ■ >— I , NATIONAL LEAGUE I V \ W L Pct. Q.B. Philadelphia 9 4 .892 Chicago 5 3 .625 1% Brooklyn 8 5 .6151 1 Milwaukee 6 4 .600 ,1% St. Louis 6 4 .600 1)4 ; New York 4 9 .308 5 ; Pittsburgh 4 9' .308 5 CHfcinnati 2 6 .250 4)4 Wednesday's Results Milwaukee 3, New York 2. Brooklyn 6, Cincinnati 5. Pittsburgh 4, Chicago 3. St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0 (11 innings). , AMERICAN LEAGUE ‘ \ W L Pct. G.B. New York 10 3 .769 Cleveland _? 8 3 .727 1 Chicago 8 5 .615 2 Philadelphia 7 6 .538 3 St. Louis v _. 6 6 iSOO 3% Boston 6 6 .500 Washington 4 9 .308 6 Detroit 4 2 13* .133 9 Wednesday's Results Washington 3, Chicago 0. Cleveland 2, Philadelphia 1. ' Boston 10, Detroit 4. New York at St. Louis, postponed, rain. TEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance PHONE 3-2607

Major League Leaders By UNITED PRESS \ leading BATTERS I ' National League • Player A. Clpb GAB R H Pcjt. Wyrostek, Phila. 1£ 41 7 19 .463 Campanella, Brk.; 13 .50 9 20 .400 Jackson, Chi. ___\ 8 30 4 12 ’ American League \ Player & Club G AB R H Pct. Kell, Boston 12 46 13 21 .457 Woodltng, N. Y. 13 39 517 .436 P|iilley, Phila? 13 56 724 .429' .. " \ Home Runs Braves, 6; Campanella Dodgers, 5; Ennis, Phillies, 4; Dittmer,'Braves, 4; Gernert, Red Sox, 4. L Runs Batted In Campanella, Dodgers, 22; Mathews, Braves, 16; Ennis, Phillies, 13; Snider, Dodgers, 13. •' Runs U - Gilliam, Dodgers, 15; Robinson. Dodgers, 14; Ryan, Phillies, 13: Snider. Sox, 13; Mabtle, ;\ 7 Hits Philley, Athletics, 2t; Kell, Red Sox, 21; Kuenn, Tigers, 21, Af/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. St. Paul7 3 .700 \ Indianapolis 6 3 .667 % Louisville -47 V .636 % Columbus .J 5 5? .500 2 Charleston 5 6 .455 2% Toledo 5 7 .417 Kansas City 4 7 .364 .3% Minneapolis 3 7 .300 4 Results Wednesday Charleston-12, Columbiis 3. Toledo 3; Indianapolis 2. Kansas City 3, Loutsvllle 2. Only games scheduled. + Trade In a Good Town—Decatur I

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