Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 106, Decatur, Adams County, 5 May 1953 — Page 7

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Commodores J I ‘ i Lose To Berne During Rain In a game played during show- | ers and finally halted in the fifth inning -because of rain, the Deca- , A tur Commodores were defeated by the Berne Bears, 11-6, at Berne Monday afternoon, v | Berne made only two hits off = three Decatur pitchers, but the latter were; wild, attempting to con- . A trol the wet ball. Berne counted I five runs in the second inning and another five in ths third, all without a hit, and picked up its final c-V tally in the fifth, also without a i I safety. 1 , Z The Commodores'scored once in the second as Smith singled, stole | second and scored on an error. Their other four runs counted in ■ 4 1 DANCE at the HAYLOFT . BARN at HOAGLAND EVERY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY \ From 9:00 to 12:30

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the third, three on a home run by Ted Gage after a walk and ad t error. Hits by Brunton, Llchtle 5 and C. Voglewede, plus a walk, accounted for the other two runs. The Commodores will meet Huntington Catholic in a Central Int diana Catholic conference game at McMillen field in this city Thursday afternoon. Commodores AB R . H E York, p, ss 3 10 1 Gage, c 3 113 1 Brunton, ss, lb, pllO 0 ■ Gass, lb. p 2 0 0 1 Smith. ’* ; 2 2 10 ' Llchtle, cf 3 110 C. VOglewede, rf2 0 1 0 Schulte, 3b r ___ 3 0 11 J. Voglewede, 2b 1 2 0 0 0 Totals __j. 21 6 5 6 Berne > AB R H E Rawley, If u __ 1 0 0 Y 0 Hilty, p, ss 2 0 11 Kirchhofer, 2b 3 0 10 Jerry Sprunger, ss —- 3 .0 0 0 Kth. Reinhard, lb L--- 1 2 0 1 Lehman, c I__ 110 1 Jim Sprunger, ss -L__ 1 2 0 O’ Bixler, cf -I—i__ 12 0 0 > Schug, p 0 1 0 0 Nussbaum, p 110 0 Ken Reinhard, 3bl-10 0 rf 1 I*o 0 V >‘ ; Totals 16 11 2 3 Score by innings: Decatur 015 W— 6 Berne .... 055 01—11 Horseshoe League To Open Thursday The Adams county horseshoe league will open its 1953 schedule Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Eight teams are entered in the league' for the season. The opening night’s schedule: Berne at Pleasant Mills, Union at Salem. Preble at Monroe and Monroeville at Geneva.

Annual D-Club Banquet Held Last Evening The annual D-club banquet, honoring the school's athletes,, was held l at the Decatur high school gym Monday evening, with a fine attendance of the Yellow Jacket lettermen, other students, parents, alumni, school officials, coaches and guests. Principal speakers were Emil (Red) Sitko, Fort Wayne, former Notre Dame and Chicago Cardinals football great, and Murray Mendenhall, former coach of Fort Wayne Central high school, and the Anderson Packers and Font Wayne Zollnes Pistons pro net teams, and last season coach at Indiana Tech in Font Wayne. Deane Dor win, speech instructor of the high school, and head base--l>all coach and assistant in football : and basketball, presided as toastmaster. The meeting with the invocation by the Rev. Dwight R. McCurdy, pastor of the Church of God. The delicious dinner was prepared and served by Mis® Qrmajene Steller and 1 dfeembers of her home economics classes. Dinner music -was provided by fiive members of the high school orchestra, Ronnie Robinson. Ronnie Murphy, Bob Ochsenrider, pjete Dalzell and 1 Mise Jane Rentz. Toastmaster Docwin introduced Dan Thomas, D-club member, And general chairman of the annual banquet; George Helm and Harry Irwin, members of the Decatur school board; Mayor John M. Doan; Pete Reynolds, sports editor of the Decatur Daily Democrat, . and ; Floyd l Reed. Hubert Zerkel, Jr..: and Jerry Leitz, m«mbers of the; coaching staff. Brief welcome® were extended by Ferris Kohne, president of the Dclub; W. Guy Brown, superintendent of the Decatur ' public schools; Gerald Cole, president of the school board, and Hugh J. Andrews, high school principal. Gerpld Strickler, former star athlete of the Decatur high school, now a prominent sports official, wa® spokesman for the DHS alumni. Strickler stressed the importance of good sportsmanship iin athletic® as a preparation for life, citing many experiences from his own career iboth as a player and an official. The principal speakers. Sitko and Mendenhall, stressed the fine character building which can derive from the proper attitude of players, coaches and fans toward high school sports, and urged the’ young athletes to train diligently, .and, work hard under the leadership of their coaches towards perfection in their sports. Bob Worthnran. athletic director anti head coach of the school, closed the program with a me® wage of appreciation to the ■school's athletes for their excellent record during the school season. ''' \ 1 City Bowling Dinner Here Friday Evening All Decatur city association bowlers are invited to attend the free bowlers dinner, sponsored by the association, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Moose home dining room. All those attending are reminded that they must have tickets. They are asked to call or see Molly Mies or Oran Schultz at once, as Wednesday night is the deadline for obtaining tickets. Swiss steak and fish will be served. z— _ I > ij If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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List Schedule For Lutheran League The echodule for the Lutheran grade school koftball league, sponsored by the Lutheran league, was announced''* today. There are eight teams entered in the league; Flat Rock, Preble, Bingen. Union. Fiiedheim, Qssian. Fuelling, and Decatur. *> Some of the games will be played on Sunday afternoons at 2 o'clock, others will be played at ntsbt at McMillen field in this city and at Hoagland; Night g-nies will be at 7 and B:3b o'clock. <h>ening league games were pfapM Sunday, with Flat Rock defeating Preble, 27-18; Union downing- Bingen. 17-8; Freidheim besting Owsian, 13-7. and Fuelling whipping Decatur, 28-3. Thetischedule follows: May lb—Preble at Unioh; Flat Rock at Bingen; Freidheim at Fuelling. May 17—Union at Flat Rock; Bingen at Preble; Fuelling at Ossian; Decatur at Friedheim. May 18— (Night at McMillen.)— Friedheim vs Union; Decatur vs Flat Rock. May 21—(Night art Hoagland) — Fuelling vs Bingen; Preble vs Ossian. • L i ' May 2*4—Ossian ats Union; Decatur at Bingen; Friedheim atPreble. May 26—-(Night at Hoagland)— Union vs Decatur; Flat Rock vs Friedheim. ] , May 25— (Night at McMillen) — Bingen vs Owsian; Preble vs lingMay 34—Union at Fuelling; Ossian at Flat Rock; Preble at Decatur; Bingen at Friedheim. June I—(Night at McMillen)— Ossian vs Decatur; Fuelling vs Flat Rock. '* | i BOWLING SCORES U.'l• ' '■ . AMERICAN LEGION' LEAGUE Macklin won three from Non Qoms;i Burke Standard wen two from Gunners; Bultemeier won two from Ashbaucher; Mies Recreation won two from Tankers. Team Standings \ W L Rts. Macklin 33 15 45 Burke Standard -- T -_„ 30 18 40 Bultenaeier __.J.27 ’ 21 37 Tankers 27 21 36 Mies .Recreation 24 24 33 Non ConfsL__J__p 22 26 30 Ashbaucher j_'J_ U> 33 19 Gunners ij .— j. 14 34 16 High ganvs: P. Murphv 20,7; BMutschler 221-237; E. Zwick 202205: C. Cook A. Burke 218; W. Blakey 200; D. Burke 253-202; B. Custer 200; A. Miller 221: W. Franz 201; E. Bultemdier 211. High series—D. Burke 635; B. Mutschler 649.

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Phils Replace Brooklyn In League lead YORK, UP — Roy Campa nellaJ who sounded like Benny Goodrian praising a rookie clarinet player, singled out kid catcher Dei Crandall of the Braves today afc one of the great future stars <>f the game. It was praise from an old master and Campy waxed enthusiastic as he the youngster's catlike quickness in the pre-game practice. A while later he watched with a little less enthusiasm as Crandall whacked a terrific threerun hbmer into the upper left field deck to sew up a 9-4 Milwaukee decision that ended a six game Brooklyn , winning streak. Crandgll played brilliantly behind the bat and also contributed a double in the 15-hit explosion that also included three doubles by Johhny Logan, another double by Sid'Gordon, and triples by Andy Pafljo and Ed Mathews. Campanella, the major league leader in runs b|tted in, added four more with a three-run homer and a pair of singles. The took over first place by themselves with an 8-4 victory, over the Cubs, who lost their si|cth straight, and the Cards stopped? the Pirates* excursion into! paradise with a 5-0 victory that snapped a five-game winning j The Giants drubbed the R2-4, then were drubbed in turn, 9|5. In the lone American league jgame, last place Detroit pounded out 18 hits to upset the Yankeej, 10-8. Boston at St. Louis was rained out and the other teams &ere not scheduled. Jim Konstinty pitched shutout ball seven innings and gave only earned run in winning his second game in his new role as a starter?for the Phils. Del Ennis hacked bim up with five runs batted ii) )m a homer and a double s and Willie Jones also hit a homer. Vineg&r Bend Mizell stopped Pittsburgh with a two-hitter, yielding his |irst so Carlos Bernier with one oyt<in the sixth and the other to Frank Thomas in the ninth. He struc)| Out nine and drove in two runs with a single. Solly Hemus hit a St. Louis homer and Ray Jablonski got a triple and two singles. There were 53 hits in the slambang cfoubleheader at thfe Polo as Gus Bell of the ißeds set the pace, driving in three runs \in the and five in the second. He hit two homers, his one In the second game coming with the bashes loaded. Daryl Spencer also tiitj a grand slam hbmer for the Giapts in the opener. Monte Irvin al|o homered for York In, the opener and in the second ! game Ted Kluszewski of Cincy .and Bbbby Thomson of .the Giants also connected for round trippers. The Tigers scored early and often agaihst soar Yankee throwers as Fred Hatfield, Bob Nieman, and Don Liind collected three hits apiece. -Nieman got a triple and Lund ttfro doubles. Johnny Mize and Irv| Noren homered for the Noren's coming with two men: on base. Matt Batts drove in four Detroit runs. Major League j Leaders z . Z W UNITED PRESS | ' National League Player 4 Club G AB R H Pct. Wy'tek. -Phila. 16 54 9 23 .423 Snider, ißkn. 16 67 17 25 .373 Jab'ski, St. L. 14 .47 7 17 .362 American League Player 4 Club G AB R H Pct Kell, Boston —l6 65 15 27 .415 Philley, |Phila. 17 71 11 27 .380 Rosen. Gleve. 15 50 9 13 .380 Hinoe? runs: Campanella. Dodgers 6; Mathews. Braves 6; Ennis, Phillies, 5. ,Runs Batted In: Campanella, 26; Eutiis, Phillis 19; Elliott. Browns 18. Runs!;Mantle, Yankees 19; Gilliam. Dodgers 17; Robinson, Dodgers 17. ; Hits: Philley, Athletics 27; Kell, Red Sox; 27; Snider, Dodgers 25,

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Truckers Winners Os League Roll-Off The Truckers bowling team, Mb. and Mrs. Everett Hutker, Mr. anti Mrs. Layerl Shjirpe, and Leroy Hoaglapd l defeated the Master Miners team composed of 1 Mrs. Rofi Way’, Mrs. Lavern Bowman, Mrsi. Robert Judt, Mrs. Clarence RoWden, apd Mrs. Jesse Scbßckmaji in a roll-off for total pins 2,324 2.146. The Master Mixers were first half winners of the Soya League schedule. The Truckers won th! right to compete Jn the leagueJgjayi

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offs by winning the second season competition. The play-off Was rolled at Miss Alleys Sunday. Everett Hutker rolled a series total .of 613 pins with games of 23ff, 201, and 176. Both teams wilk enjoy a dinner at the Fairway in the near future. T. C: Smith is also a member of the Truckers Team, but was unable to compete in the roll-off. 1 Mrs. Robert Johnson is a substij tite on the Master Mixers. ;j Hamburger. Sandwiches, j 15c, Ehler’s Restaurant. , 106t3