Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 111, Decatur, Adams County, 11 May 1953 — Page 6

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Four In County Are Qualified For Regional • Two Decatur Yellow Jackets, one Geneva Cardinal and one Monmouth Eagles qualified for next Saturday's regional track meet in the sectional held Saturday afternoon at Fort Wayne North Side. The regional meet will also be held at North Side, with trials starting at 1 p.m. Sectional qualifiers from rFort Wayne, Elkhart, Huntington and Kokomo will compete in the £ort Wayne regional. Ferris Kohne, Decatur, tied for first place in the high jump with Gene Norris of Fort Wayne Central with a leap of & ft. 11 in. Roger Blackburn, Decatur, finished second in the 220-yard dash to Bob Ewing of North Side. who set a new sectional record of 22.2. Bob Schisler. Geneva, placet} third in the high jump at 5 ft. 9 in. for a regional berth, and Jim Fleming. Monmouth, involved in a fiveway tie for fourth in the pole vault, won a regional berth by lot. North Side took the lion's share of sectional honors with-a total of 76 1/3 points.. Other scores: Central. 46; New Haven, 19; Central Catholic. 17 1/5; South Side 16 J/3; Concordia, 16; Garnett, 16; Decatur. 9; Monroeville, 6: I Huntertown, 5 1/5; Leo, 5: Elm-1 hurst. 4 1/3; Geneva. 2; Harlan. , 1; Monmouth, 2/5; Pleasant Mills - 1/5. Four teams failed to score, Jefferson of Adams Coufity,\ Auburn, Butler, and St. Joe. The summary: lOff-yard dash Ewing. North Side, first; DeWald, Central Catholic, second; Huffer, New Haven, third; Sparks, Central, fourth; Time-pIO.O. 220-yard dash — Ewing, North Side, first; Blackburn, Decatur, second; Vore. North Side, third; Byrd, New Haven, fourth. Time--22.2. (new' sectional record, replaces 22.3 by Paul Bienz of Central in 1944.) 440-yard dash (first section) — Kowaiczwk, North Side, first; Early, Central, second; Witmer, Leo third; Gorrell, Harlan, fourth. Time—s3.l. i , 440-yard dash (second section) ' —-L. Snyder. North Side, first; Kacer, Concordia, second; Hull, Central Catholic, third; Piper, 1 New Haven, fourth. Time —52.7. ! SSO-yard run (first section) — j Bandt, North Side, first; Sparrow, Concordia, second; Kern. South Side, third; Whns, Central, fourth. * Time —2:04.0. ” 880-yard run (second section)— Norris. Central, first; Buffenbarger. Leo, second; Schmitt, Nqrth Side, third; Konger. Central Catholic, third. Time—2:os.2. Mile run (first section)—How*- , ard. Central, first; Roach, Central Catholic, second; Dyer, North Side, third; Schroeder, Concordia, fourth. Time —4:48.9. Mile run (second section—C. Snyder, North Side, first; Linnemeier, Concordia, second; Dixie, Central, third; Getts, Garrett,

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! MAJORJ AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland 13 6 .684 New York 15 7 .682 Chicago 14 10 .583 1% /Boston —: 11 10 .524 * 3 Washington 13 .458 4% .St.; Lotiis 10 12 .455 Philadelphia 10 13 .435 5 Detroit - 6 19 .240 10 Saturday’s Results Washington 6. Philadelphia 0. New’ York 6. Boston 4. /.Chicago 12, Detroit 3. Cleveland 3, St. Louis 2 (10 innings). Sunday’s Results Neu’ York 7, Boston 4. Cleveland 12. St. Louis 3. Washington 8,6, Philadelphia 0-2. Detroiit 8-5. Chicago 6-10. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn _i—l4 7 .667 k Philadelphia 13 7 .650 % Milwaukee, |1 7 .611 P/s St. Louis 10 8 .556 2V4 New YOrk j 10 12 .455 4ti Pittsburgh 913 .409 5% Chicagol- 612 .333 6lz Cincinnati - 512 .294 7 Saturday’s Results Pittsburgh 2-4. New York 0-6. St .LquiS 4, Cincinnati 2. Chicago 2|. Milwaukee 0. Brooklyn 7-4. Philadelphia 6-8. Sunday’s Results » Brooklyn 5. Philadelphia 0. New York 4-3, Pittsburgh 0-2. Milwaukee 6-4, Chicago 2-1. Cincinnati 4-5, St. Louis 2-2. I - < fourth. Time —4:36.7. - - 120-yard high hurdles —Dunton, | North Side, first; McAfee, North Side, second; Kendrick, Central, , third: Coe. New Haven, fourth: , Time—ls. 4. ( 180-yafrd low- hurdles — Long, j North Side, first; Dunton, North ( Side, second; Johnson, South Side third; Moore. Central, fourth. , Time —20.3 (new sectional record, , replaces 20.5 set by Duntdn in trial ( heat which broke previous record of 21.5 by Warren* Anderson of South Side in 1952). Broad jump—Chavis, South Side first; Long, North Side, second; Thompson. North side, third; f Greiser, Soil th Side, fourth. Dis : , tance —21 ft; 1 5/8 in. ; High jump — Kohne, Decatur, ( and Norris. {Central, tied for first , and second; Schisler, Geneva, third; Specjht, .Elmhurst, fourth. I Height—s ft. 11 in. /Pole vault—Lyons, North Side, ( Garrison, South Side, and Wilson Elmhurst, tied for first second and third; Young, Huntertown, Myers, Monmouth, Wolfe, Pleasant Mills, Sigi, Central Catholic, and Fleming. Monmouth, tied for fourth. (Fleming won regional berth by Shot put — Easterday, Garrett, first; Hyndman; Huntertown,! sec-/ ond; Dowdell, Central, third; Johnson South Side, fourth. Distance —48 ft, in. Mile relay (first section) — Central (Early, Kelso, Renner, Thurston); Concordia second; Central Catholic third; Decatur fourth. Time— 3:40.2. Mile relay (second section) — North Side (Schmitt, Taylor. Mosshammer, L. Snyder); Gartett, second; New Haven, third; South Side, fourth. Time—3:3s.B. Half-mile relay (first section) — Central (Sparks, Kendrick. Norris, Bouey); North Side second, Central Catholic third, Huntertown, fourth. Time—l:33.s. Half-mile relay (second ’section) —New Haven (Byrd, Longardner, Wissman, Huffer). Monroeville, second, Garrett, third, no fourth place, South Side finished second but Was disqualified for faulty baton exchange). Time —1:34.7. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. Tonight & Tuesday JOHN WAYNE DONNA REED “TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY” Chas. Coburn, Sherry Jackson ALSO—Shorts 14c-sOc Inc. Tax —o Wed. & Thura.—“Tropic Zone” - Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! O—O Coming Sun.—“Niagara”—Color Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotton

Dodgers Take Slim Hold On National Lead NEW YORK UP — The Brooklyn Dodgers regained a tenuous grip on first place as the National League teams invaded the western badlands for the first time this f season today? and the Cleveland Indians held first place by .002 points as the American League’s western teams prepared for their first ’lnvasion of the. East. With red-hot Roy Campanella driving in all their nips, the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0, Sunday while the Indians scored all their runs in the last two innings to swahip the St. Louis Browns, 12-3. j The immediate future promised a breathing spell for the Dodgers but the Indians play Monday night at home and then open a two-game series with the second-place New Yprk Yankees in New York on, Tuesday night. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7-4, Sunday but showed a .682 winning percentage compared with Cleveland’s .684 mark. Ray Boone hit a grand-slam, Al Rosen blasted two homers and pitcher Dave Hoskins hit a threerun homer In the Indians' late surge after Virgil Trucks had carried a shutout seven innings. Vic Raschi won in a rare relief appearance as the Yankees broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the seventh inning. The game was marked by a peculiar accident in which Red Sox outfielder Jim Piersail injured teamrftate Bily Goodman while attempting to restrain him from attacking umpire Jim Duffy. \ 1 . j Piersail threw his arms around the 15|)-pound Goodman and squee» ed so hard that Goodman’s ribs were bruised and he probably will be sidelined a few days. The Senators twice topped the Athletics, 8-0 and 6-2, as Philadelphia’s losing streak went to six games. In the' openier Bob Porterfield pitched a one-hitjter, yielded only one wals, and Hit a threerun homer. He had a perfect game until Eddie Joost singled in the sixth. Chuck Stobbs gained his second victory by scattering 10 hits in the night-cap as Jackie Jensen and Jim Busby homered for Washington. Detroit topped Chicago, 8-6 with a five run rally in the fifth that gave Billy Hoeft his second win, then the White Sox poured over nine runs in the first two innings and coasted to a 10-5 second game triumph, first of, the year for Saul Rogovin. Harvey Kuenn and Steve Souchock hit first game homers for ( Detroit and Sherman Dollar homered for Chicago. Brooklyn again took over first place in the National when Roy Campanella hit his fourth omer in two days, added, a pair of doubles and drove in all the runs in a six hit triumph for Billy Loes, who made it four wins against one defeat to top the Dodger staff. The Mil.waukdte Braves twice topped the Cubs, 6-2 on Max kont’s four-hitter for his fourth straight win. and 4-1, behind rookie Don Liddle's two-hitter. The two wins moved them into third place, Jack Dittmer drove in three runs in the first game, two on an eighth inning triple. The Giants also w’on a pair from Pittsburgh, 4-0. behind three-hit pitching by Sal Maglie, and 3-2, on a ninth inning homer by Bobby Hofman. Don Mueller hit a threerun homer and Davey Williams hit a bases empty blast in the opener to account tor all of the Giant runs as Maglie made it three wins with just one defeat. The'Reds, who have encountered rough going, rebounded to defeat' the Cardinals 4-2 and 5-2 as first Bubba Church and then Ken Raffensberger turned in strong pitching performances. Church scattered 11 hits as Jim Greengrass supplied a two-run homer, while Raffensberger doled out only six in the second triumph. { M/AtW AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 14 7 .667 St.. Paul 12 9 .571 2 Louisville 12 9 .571 2 Indianapolis 11 9 .55Q 2H Charleston (H 11 Minneapolis 8 12 .4W Colupibus ’7 11 .389 Toledo 815 .348 7 Saturday's Results Kansas City 13, Toledo 5. Columbus 11, St. Paul 3. Louisville 9, Indianapolis 3. Charleston 6, Minneapolis 5. Sunday’s Results Kansas City 5, Toledo 1. * • TtftflsWF T’TTnWna^TTs'Tir — Minneapolis 12-6, Charleston 11-1. St. Paul 7, Columbus 0. •- , The “pine tree shilling,” first New England coin, was designed by Joseph Jenks who in 1644 molded the first Iron made in America.

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Major League Leaders By UNWED PRESS \ National League Player A Club G AB R Pet. Wyros’k Phlla; - 19 64 10 26 .406 Camp’la, Rkn.' 21 82 17 32 .390 Abrams, Pitts. -L 17 59 9 22 .373 American League Player A Club G AB ft H Pet. Kell, Boston 19 76 16 30 .395 'Rosen, Cleve. 19 69 12 25 .362 Philley, Phila 23 94 12 33 .351 Home Runs: Campanella. Dodgers 10; Mathews. Braves 6; Ennis Phillies 5; Snider, Dodgers 5; Kluszewski, Reds 5; Bell, Reds 5; Mantle, Yankees 5; Wertz, Browns 5; Gernert, Red Sox 5. Runs hatted in: Campanella, Dodgers 38; Dropo, Tigers 21; Ennis. Phillies 21; Hamner, Phillies 18; Elliott, Browns 18. Runs: Mantlb, Yankees 23; Robinson, Dodgers 21; Snider, Dodgers 21; Minosb, White Sox 20. Hits: Kuenn, Tigers 35; Philley, Athletics 33; Nieman, Tigers 32; Campanella, Dodgers 32. Pitching: Surkont. Braves 4-0; Parnell, Red Sox 4-o,‘ Wynn. Indians 3-0; Stuart. Browns 3-0; Erskine, Dodgers 3-0. » ' : v — Indiana All-Star Starters Completed INDIANAPOLIS, UP—The Indiana high school all-star basketball starting five against Kentucky next month -was complete today with the addition of Muncie Central guard Charley Hodson. Despite the fact Muncie Central failed to survive the second week of state tourney play last March,j the 1952 champions grabbed two berths an the first quintet—the first time that occurred since 1850/ The other four starters are Hallie Bryant of Indianapolis Crispus Attucks. Marley Andrews of Terre Haute Gerstmeyer. Jerry Lounsbury of Muncie Central, and Tom Schafer of South Bend Central's state champs.

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Klenk’s Scores 15-1 Victory In League Opener.. ■ Steady three-hit hurling by Wit He Doehrman and a 10-run blast in the sixth inning carried Klenk'j of Decatur to a One-sided 15-j romp over the Fort Wayne Merch? ants in the Federation league opener Sunday afternoon at McMillen field in this city. Doehrman fanned |9 and walked none as he kept Fort Wayne’4 three singles scattered over many Innings, and an error led to the Merchants’ only run. « Four walks, an error and Campton’s single gave. Klenk’s three runs in the secondjnning. A wall| to Compton, his steal of second and Hoehammer’s’ 1 bge-baser accounted for another tally in the! fourth. Decatur put the game far out of reach in the sixth when 10 runs clattered across the plate on only four hits, a single by Crist, a home run by Reed, and singles by! Schnepf and Compton, Klenk’s obtained 10 hits, with’ Compton, Reed and Bowen each hitting safely twice. Only extrabase blows of the game by —

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O o I Today's Sport Parade ( (Reg. U. S. PaL Off.) | By Oscar Fralay • |~ * H « NEW YORK UP —• Jersey Joe Walcott tries to get. the heavyweight championship of the world iback from Rocky Marciano at Chicago Friday night and ib this corner it looks as if the ancient war rior will hammer out a new chapter in boxing history.- r-yt' No man ever has able to recapture the title. This -includes such immortals of the ring as Gentleman. Jim Corbett j RiUhy Bob Fitzsimmons, giants Jim Jeffries, hard-roc-k Jack Dejiipsey and the destructive Joe Louiss.- ! Old Jersey Joe may not match their stamp but the theory here is that he Will do something they couldn’t. ' j Because Joe, at 39. is into this one without the menial burden those famed battlers- carried. In rjnost of their ca’ses they'had been out of action for a-long period ojuL When the big moment came, they were riding on faded publicity clippings. -I £ No so, Joe. Here is the physical /marvel of the fighting ages, a man better niuscularly and mentally than he was at 29. A man dedicated, you might siay, tb doing the Unexpected. They are quoting the odds him at 18 to 5 arid they’re Almost right when they (fall it the

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—>■ j i overlay of the year. It isn't quite, when you remember a rol< catted park Star who returned |51.80 for a delfcb by beating Native Dancer |n the Kentucky Derby, ? But the situation is strikingly similar. For here yon have another Dark Star With the same plan of bat’tlegei opt (front and stay there. If you saw Old Joo training for this one you quickly pegged the sunprising fight you thought heiwas going to make. He wasn’t down flat on his feet pounding the big bag as if for a knockout. He was Up on-his toes and digging for the distance. 1/ , They; used a smaller than regulation ring and they put him in with a blinding fast middleweight. Jersey didn’t thr{ow r a punch. He simply stayed up on his toes and tried to avoid the punches thrqwri at him. and he could gd six or eight i rounds iwithou' drawing a deep breath. ; L • y So there is a hunch here that yoh'll see him doing {mat old familiar double shuffle >nd a fast off-to-ButTalo against the freeswinging Rock, it could be something like his first figtit Joe Louis, when Old Jersey gave hint the ohve over lightly in fox time arid lowered the boom with power in unexpected flUries. /Unless (Marciano catches him. as; he did in the 13th last’;September. they could win it back for the old guy. '' 1 iL. -