Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 113, Decatur, Adams County, 13 May 1953 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1903

Yellow Jackets Card 18-Game Schedule for 1953-54 Net Season

A complete 18-game schedule for the 1953-54 basketball season for the Decatur Yellow Jackets "was announced today by Bob Worthman, athletic director and head coach; of the Decatur high school. Only one change in the schedule from last year has been made, ■with Van Wert, 0., replacing Fort Wayne North Side. There will be nine home games and nine road games during the season, which will open Friday, Nov. 20. with the Geneva Cardinals at the .Decatur gym. Worthman stated that attempts are being made to enter the Yellow Jackets in a holiday tourney, although none likely will be held in Decatur next season. Worthman will face a tough rebuilding job next season, as only two lettermen will return from the 1952-53 squad. The returning lettermen will be Roger Pollock and Dave Halterman. Lost by graduation will be Gene Morrison, the team’s top scorer the past season; Eugene Vetter. Ferris Kohne. Kent Koons. Dick Duff. Joe Ditto and Bob Brokaw. During the past season. the Yellow Jackets won their first Northeastern Indiana conference championship. but failed in defense of their sectional title, which they had won four years ir. succession. The. complete schedule follows: Npv. 20—Geneva at Decatur. Nov. 24—Bluffton at Decatur. Dee, 4 —Concordia at Fort Wayne. I Dec’ B—Berne8 —Berne at Decatur. Dec. 11 —Fort Wayne South Side at Decatur. / Dec. 18 —Warsaw at Warsaw. Dec. 23 —Columbia City at Cor I'umbia City. Jan. B—Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Decatur. Jan. 15 —Auburn at Decatur. Jan. L6 —Central at Fort Wayne. Jan. 19 —Huntington at. Huntington. Jan. Wert, 0.. at Van Wert. < Jan. 29 —Kendallville at Kendallville. Feb. 2 —Bluffton at Bluffton. Feb. 9 —New Haven at Decatur. Feb. 12 —Portland x at Decatur. Feb. 13^—Winchester at Winchester. Feb. 19 —Garrett at Decatur. MINOR I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Kansas City 16 7 .696 St. Paul ... 13 9 .591 2)6 Louisville 13 10 .565 3 Indianapolis\ 11 11 .500 4)6 Charleston 11 12 .478 5 Columbus i 8 11 .421 6 Minneapolis - 813 .381 7 Toledo 9 16 .360 8 Results Tuesday | Kansas City 7, Indianapolis 5. Toledo 8. Louisville 3. Columbus at Minneapolis, posti poned, rain. 1.-Charleston at St. Paul, postponed. I rain. * - If you have something to sell or | rooms for 'rent, try a Democrat I Want Add. It brings results.

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Milwaukee Is Bolstered By Rookie Hurlers •NIEW YORK L'P — Jolly Cholly Grimm says it is a “nice problem” — like deciding 'which bank to deposit a million dollars in -- but the boas of (Milwaukee’s Braves had to figuse out today how to make room for seven good starting pitchers. Suddenly he came trp With two _4iew ones, rookies Bob Buhl and Don Liddle, who qualified sensationally by pitching two-hitters in their first major league starts. Buhl pitched an 8-1 triumph over the Giants Tuesday night after Don Liddle pitched a 4-1 victofy in the second game of a double sweep Sunday. — I Buhl, the ex-Gl from Saginaw, iMich., who pitched for Grimm when he managed Dallas in 1950. had a one-hit shutout until he tired in the ninth and yielded a run on Bobby Thomson’s double, two walks and a long fly. The slugging Braves gave Buhl 14-hit support, Del Crandall and Johnny Logan collecting three apiece. The Braves, by winning their third in a row are only half a game behind Brooklyn and a game behind the first-'place Phils. Now, along with his two new “phenoms”, Grimm has a «taff of starters that includes Max Surkont 4 —o, Johnny Antoneli 2—l, Warren Spahn 2—'i, Jim Wilson I—o,1 —0, and Vern Bickford o—2, but a consistent tough pitcher despite a slow • start. All that and Lew 'Burdette, who is acknowledged to be one of the league's ibest relief men. Buhl wasn’t the only star hurler Tuesday Whitey Ford, another ex-GI just missed a no-hitter when ’Flarly Wynn, his opposing ■pitcher, topped a slow roller down the third base side in the sixth inning as the Yankees drubbed Cleveland. 7-0. Ford just missed fielding Wynn’s ball, but it was a legitimate hit since he had it beaten when third baseman Gil McDougald gloved the ball. Irv Noren hit a two-ruh homer and Mickey iMantle a triple as the Yankees again humiliated their socalled closest contenders and Ford picked up his third straight victory. In other National League games, the Phils took first place by defeating the Cardinals, 6-5, and Chicago topped Brooklyn 6-4 in 11 innings. The Pirates were rained out of a 5-1 three inning lead at Cincinnati. In other American League games Washington topped (Detroit, 10-1. Chicago edged Boston, 9-7 in 10 innings, and St. Louis beat Phil adelphia 7-3. The Phils made five runs in the ninth, one bn a bases-loaded walk, two on an error by pitcher Stu Miller, and two on a double by Richie Ashburn to cushion Jim Konstanty to his. third victory. Konstanty and Karl Drews yielded four Cardinal runs in the bottom of the ninth, three on homers by

Ezzard Charles To Seek Title Fight TOLEDO, 0., UP — Ezzard Charles cried for the next crack at the heavyweight crown he once held today following his' unanimous decision over a game Billy Gilliam in a 10-rounder. Charles indicated before the fight here Tuesday night that it he got by Gilliam, he would demand a bout with the winner of the Rocky Marciano-Jersey Joe Walcott fight to be held Friday at Chicago. Gilliam provided plenty of opposition for the former champ at the Toledo Sports Arena as the Orange. N. J., youngster \ steadily built up points in the first half of the fight. From:there on, Charles seemed to find himself as the two heavyweights battled to a standstill in the fifth, matching punph for punch. In the sixth, Charles caught his younger opponent with a number of good lefts and rights to the body, and the following round,Charles shifted to Gilliam’s head. Charles, weight to Gilliam’s 201 connected with a short right to the jaw in the tenth, sending Gilliam to the canvas. He took the mandatory eight count and weathered the storm.

Major League Leaders • \ :J < By UNITIED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE Player & Club G AB R H Pct Kell, Bostoff .... 20 80 18 32.400 Suder, Phila 14; 52 7 19 .365 Rosen. Clove. ... 21 73 12 25 .342 NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AB R H Pct Canupnla, Bkn. .. 22 86 18 34 .395 Wyrtek, Phila. 20 69 10 26.377 Abrams, Pitts. .. 17 59 9 22.373 Home Runs: Caijipane|lia. Dodders 10; IMafhetws, Biaves 6; JonesV 5; (Ennis. Phillies 5; Snider. Dodgers 5; Kluszewaki, Reds 5; Bell, Reds 5; Mantle, Yankees 5; Wertz, Browns 5; Gernert, Red Sox 5. Runs Batted lii: Campaneflla, Dodgers 40; Dropo, Tigers 22; Ennis, Phillies 21. 1 Runs: Mantle, Yankees 24: Minoso, White Sox 24 j Snider, Dodgers 22. > Hits: Kuenn, Tigers 37; Campanella. Dodgers 34: Philley, Athletics 3. ' - ‘Pitching;: Parnell, Red Sox 4—o; Surkont, Braves 44 0; Ford. Yankees 3*—o; lErskine; Dodgers JL4J4=» Stuart, Browns 3 —o. 1 ' •’■•'•l ’• ’ •Steve Bilko and iSolly Hbmus, but Andy Hansen extinguished the fire. Willie oJnes hit a Philly. homer. Dee Fondy’s two-jrun 11th inning homer gave the Cubs an uphill victory ask Roy Camipanella earlier doubled in two tallies for Brook lyn to bring his amazing runs batted in total to 40. Fondy drove in two more runs for a total of four as the Cub® .iron their second game in theiiJ last 12 j starts. The Cubs sept five pitchers to the mound and the last,' Dutch Leonard, was credited with the twin, his first of the season. WAiSfH INGTON Zi?.,pß— e-dsn Washington made 15 hits, including four by Wayp e Terwilliger and three ‘by Pete Runnels in its fifth straight victory, a fix-hitter for Connie Marrero. Chicago fought uphill to beat Boston on Ferris'. Fain’s twQ-run I double in the JOth after George j Kell tied it up with a two-run ■ homOr for the Red Sox in Ute ninth, i Al Carrasqutd earlier hit a j slant homer for Chicago and Dick I Gernert and Ted Lepico homered ■ for Boston in the bat battle, i It was Carrasouel’s first major i league grand slant homer. The j fleet Cu'ban shortstop saved the | game afield on two occasions, one of the spectacular stops turnings i into a double play with the bases ! loaded. With a game-winning i double against Cleveland Monday I night And other recent batting ' feats Carasquel was fast becoming ! one of (Manager Paul Richard’s ; top perforin ere. “He’s the only fielder 1 know of who doesn’t’hav c to hit for me,” Richards said receritfv when Chico was in a batting slump. < Bobo Holloman, shooting for a i second straight no-hitter against the A’s,: had nothing (but trouble as he gave up three hits, three walks, and two runs before\ going out with a .blistered finger iu the out with f second. But Don Larsen pitched five-hit relief ibaß to gain the victory over A’S. ace, Bobby Shantz. Les Gloss hit a homer and double in the 14-Hit Brunie attack. i t

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Major Leagues Trim Rosters By Midnight NEW YORK, UP Walking papers for 18 players already were in the mill today and by njidnight tonight they will have been instructed to ’’clean out your locker” as the big league clubs juggle their rosters to meet the 25-man deadline. The Washington Senators got a J’tgjump Tuesday when they sold infielder Floyd Baker to the Red Sox, pitcher Sandy Consuegra to the White Sox and optioned pitcher Dean Stone to Chattanooga. That brought (hem down to the prescribed 25-player limit hut they bought southpaw Johnny Schmitz from the Yankees Tuesday night and now\ must still reduce their roster by one man. By selling pitcher Rogqr Bowman to Pittsburgh and asking waivers on pitchers Max Lanier and George' Spencer f<j>r the purpose of releasing them, the New York Giants cleared the way tb ttjget>tonight’s deadline. I, Irr addition to acquiring Con- \ - T -ii.-

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suegra from the Senators, 1 * the White Sox also > bought outfielder Allie Clark from the Athletics, thereby putting themselves two men over the 25-man limit. Despite their disposal of Schmitz the' Yankees, who will be permitted to carry 27 men because Whitey Ford and rookie outfielder Art Schult are returning servicemen. still have to pare three -more players. Among those likely to go arri infielders Frank Verdi, Jim Brideweser and outfielder Bob Cery. Dom DiMaggio’s decision to s quit baseball left the Red Sox over the player limit while the Pirates, Athletics and Browns each remained two men over the limit. Brooklyn,: one man over, report-

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edly was oh the verge of making a deal with the Chicago Cubs, who already are within the limit The Dodgers hre interested in added pitching strength while the Cpbs have, their eyes on Brooklyn infielder Bobby Morgan. The ißeds, with one player too many, wete expected to cut loose one of their catchers. The St. Louis Cardinals also 1 will be forced tb reduce their roster by one player. , In addition to the Giants and Cubs, -the Phillies, Braves, Indians and Tigers all were at the limit or below it.

Softball Meeting Thursday Evening Steve Everhart today called a meeting fbr 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Decatur high school for all persons interested in organizing a summer softbdll league here. MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. New York. 16 7 .696 | Cleveland Jl3 8 .619 2 Chicago 16 10 .615 )1% Boston 11 11 .500 4% Washington 12 13 .480 |5 St. Louis 11 12 .478 5 Philadelphialo 14 .417 6Vi Detroit 6 20 .231 1V& Tuesday's Results St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 3. Washington 10, Detroit 1. New York 7, Cleveland 0. Chicago 9, Boston 7 (10 innings). NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Philadelphial4 p 7 .667 Brooklyn 14 8 .636 | % Milwaukee 12 7 .632 1 St. Louis 10 9 .526 3 New York 10 13 .435 5 Pittsburgh 913 .409 ,5% Chicago \ 712 .368 6 Cipciiinati 512 .294 7. Tuesday’s Results Chicago 6, Brooklyn 4 (11 innings). Philadelphia 6. St. Louis 5. Milwaukee 8, Nelw York 1. Pittsburgh-Cincinnati, postponed. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Jackets Use To Berne By 9-3 Score ■ _ ' ' \ The Berne Bears, overcoming an early deficit, defeated the Decatur Yellow Jackets, 9-3, in a §§ine' at Berne Tuesday afternoon? which was halted after five innings because of rain. | ' p The Jackets tallied all of their runs in the first inning on hits by Plumley and Conrad, a (Walk, a wild pitch and a long fly. Berne counted two in the first on two hits, five in the second on three hits and two more in the third without a base knock. The Jackets were scheduled to meet\ the Blufftori Tigers in a Northeastern Indiana conference game at McMillen field here this afternoon, and will travel to Warsaw Friday for another NEIC contest. A game scheduled with Van Wert Thursday has been cancelled as Van Wert is competing in ths Ohio state tourney. Yellow Jackets AB RHE -McDougal, 2>b 3 0 19 Pollock, lb 2 1 0 2 Plumley,' e 3 112 Conrad, 3b p.. 2 12 0 Duff, &s ... i: 2 0 0 1 Rowley, If a...;,,?2 0 0 0 Lehrman, cf 2 0 11, Wolfe, p 0 0 0 0 Custer, rs ,\<2 0 0 0 Knittie, p cf 2 0 0 0 TOTA!Li/..A‘ 20 35 6 Berne AB RHE G. Hilty, 3 2 0 0 KirscbhofCr, 2lb 4 10 0 Rawley, If 4 110 J. Sprunger, ss 2 10 0 Reinhard, ilb 3 12 0 Lehman, c 2 10 0 Bixler, cf ' 2 0 10 S. Sprunger. rs 3 0 0 0 Flueckiger, rs 0 0 0 0 Schug, p :...; 0 0 0 0 Nussbaum, <p .....l-P'...... 2 2 1 ! ) i \ TOTALS ... 25 9 5 0 Score >by innings • ? iDecatur 300- 00 — 3 | -Berne 252 00 — 9 It you have something to sell or rooms sot rent, try a Democrat I Want Ad. It bring® 'results.

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Practice Sessions Called For Indians ■i ‘ I';' ■ p ■ t Gerald W. Vizard,, manager of the (Indians in the Decatur Little league, today announced practice sessiqns for the ieam members. AH are asked to, report at MpMillen held' at 6 p.m. Thursday and at 1 ' p»m.-Saturday. ' ; 30WUNG SCORES G. E. ALLEYS / G. E. Fraternal / ; Final Standings (2nd Half) Teeple Truck Lines . 21 / 20 West End Restaurant .... 39)6 21% Peterson lEleator 28% G. IE. Clnb 25 26 Casablanca ?2'4 27 Klkk J.V-.../ 23 28 V, (Menke-Burke ....i 22 29 « K pf C L. 20 31 j 690 series: Faulkner 640 (2452121183) . / - . . 260 scores: Beery 205-205, I-aur-ent,: 229, D. (Moses/204, (Bayles 234, Feasel 202, J. Shickley 203, House 233-205-292. Pillay's 205, Bruick 202, Steury 201, .Baumgartner Schuster 204, iPetrie 207. ' G. E. WOMEN i” Final Standings (2nd Half) Team No. 4 /,i|, 28’6 22% Team No. z!.... 28 23 Team No. 1 .....1........ 23 . 28 Teajm No. 2 i 2216 28% •High series: M. Miller 537 (179-135-223) , High scores:-'E. Kukelhan 169Plasterer 175, A. Reynolds 164, Klelhhen? 165, Bashrira 160. Btiede 168-160, G. (Laurent 163470, -WelYhiati 170,1 D. Ku-kelh-an 162, Stults 172? - 1 I z (Members of twinning team: lEvdjyn Plasterer, Emma (Lou Ku(celiian, Nyla Wilkinson, Dorothy Kufcelhan. Mary Miller. , • Mary (Miller with a 152 average was,the highest average bowler in the Jeaigue. Trade in a good Town—Decatur

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