Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 19 June 1953 — Page 7

» FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1963

Decatur Will Be Host To Junior Legion Meet For Three Davs In Julv

Decatur will be host to an American Legion Junior baseball tournament July 6, 8 and 9, it was announced today by Bob Worthman, Decatur high school athletic directqr and chairman of the committee in charge of the local tourney. Seven teams will compete in the local meet, which is the south■ern division tourney. Three games will be played on opening day, Monday, 6, with semi-finals Wednesday afternoon, July 8, and the tourney final Thursday, afternoon, July 9. \ Teams entered in the tourney, all sponsored by American Legion posts in this area, include: Decatur, Berne, Geneva, Bluffton, New Haven and two Fort Wayne posts, 47 and 82. The winner of the Decatur tourney will meet the winner of the northern division meet for the Fort Wayne district title, and an opportunity to carry on to further laurels in Junior Legion competition. Other members of the tourney committee, in addition to Worthman. are Harold Schultz of Geneva and Harold Brubaker of Fort Wayne. The draw -for pairings for the tourney will be announced within a few days. The Decatur team, sponsored by Adams Post 43, American Legion, is managed this year by Gene Pettibone, former Decatur high school athlete. * r _ ' Major League Leaders By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE r Player <t Club G AB R H Pct. Goodman' Bos. 36 141 23 47 .333 Mantle. N.Y. 56 217 54 72 .332 Vernon. Wash. 58 224 39 74 .330 NATIONAL LEAGUE Player & Club G AB R H Pct. Schndnst, St.L. 58 248 51 86 .347 Robnsdn. Bkn. 56 198 46 67 .338 Crndal). Milw. .41 129 27 42 .326 HOME RUNS: Mathews, Braves 20; Kluszewskl. Redlegs 18; Campanella. Dodgers 18; Zernial. Athletics 16. RUNS BATTED IN: Campanella. Dodgers 59; Mathews, Braves 55; Mantle. Yankees AS. RUNS: Mantle. Yankees , 54; Schoendienst, Cards 51; Snider, Dodgers 49.' HITS: Schoendienst, Cards S 6; Veinon. Senators 74; Kuenn, Tigers 74; Mantle. Yankees 72. PITCHING: Lojiat. Yankees 8-0; Burdette. Braves 6-0: Surkont, Braves 9-1; Spahn. Braves 8-1; Ford, Yankees 7-1. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

THi RIGHT SHOES FOR MEN

Strawberries - V,,. . -1 ; EVERY DAY THIS WEEK! JUST RIGHT FOIT LOCKERS and CANNING CITY FRUIT MARKET N. 13lh Street—Between Chat & Chew and Zeslo

I Today's Sport Parade ( | (Reg. U. 8. Pat Off.) | By Oscar Fraley • |— U o ♦. NEW YORK UP I — The old timers aren’t going to like this but Fearless Fraley is going to bust a gusset today if such argumentive ancients as Dumb Dan Morgan, Pudge HeffeKinger and Rogers Hornsby keep sounding Off about the “good old days.’’ To hear the greybeards tell it. grandpappy was a fellow foaled in a blast furnace who grew up to he a cross between. King Kong and Paul Bunyon. I’ve always been surprised that the common horse got credit for pulling .the covered wagon across the plains. The old timers seem to doubt that the modern youngster can belt oyer a milkshake singlehanded. To hear them spiel, you 'wouldn’t think the kids could make it down to the Red Cross for a transfusion. 'Maybe Fearless Fraley can’t qualify for the current flaming youth, but I’ve got news for the old fellows. The kids toddy can do anything grandpappy could do i— and they can do it better. What brings this to mind is the chiding remark of former major league pitcher Mike Prendergast, who his 63 years by asserting that ball players today “don’t stay in shaped . Hah! It’s simply that tne ball player of today doesn’t have it nearly so good as the oldtimers what with a nightmarish life of day and night- games. Pitchers find it tougher because fences are pulled in and dirty baseballs and the spitter have been discarded. As for the hitter, defensive strategems are at a scientific peal, never before achieved. Walter Johnson, one of the greatest of the old heroes, admitted he never had a curve but depended on blinding speed alone. As Joe DiMaggio points out: “The batters today will hit a ball shot out of a cannon— unless the pitcher puts something On thf* ball.” *’ Personally, I'm ill and weary of hearing Dumfo Dan Morgan elevace Jim Jefferies to boxing’s top spot and charge that the battlers today don’t do enough road work. Jeffries had 23 fights in his entire career. Some of the moderns fight that much in one year. As for the roadwork. maybe Jeffries did so much that he just didn’t have time co fight any more. It simmers down ; to a question of selection. iHeffelfinger will tell you the kids of today are “soft.” Well, they I haven’t always played two-platoon football and fellows like Doc. Blanchard and Leon Hart, jijst to name a couple, could have played footsie witn Pudge and lived, I'm sure. The “big, example," of course, was the late Jim Thorpe. I’m not knocking the Indian iron man but we had a 22-year-old named Bob 'Mathias win the 10-event decathlon in the last Olympics—and he surpassed Thorpe handily in nine of the 10 events. A 17-.Vear-old named Milt Campbell was second—and he ' was better than the great. The : in eight Os the 10 events. .

Klenk's Scores 4-3 Triumph Over Paulding Klenk's of Decatur continued unbeaten in Federation league play Thursday night, edging out Paulding, O„ by a 4-3 score in a wellplayed game at Worthman field in this city. The Buckeyes took an early lead on G. Scrabrough’s single and Jr. Sinn’s home run in the third inning. Klenk’s bounced right back to take the lead with three runs in the sanie frame on hits by Compton, Reed and Bowen, plus three walks. Decatur plated the winning tally in the sixth on a hit by Andrews, who worked around to the plate on a pair of fielder’s choices. The opposing frurlers kept the hits pretty well scattered, with Sinn- fanning 11 Decatur batters and Doehrman whiffing five Paulding swingers. Klenk’s will meet Butler at Butler at 2 p.m, Sunday, and their next home game will be next Thursday night at 8:30 o’clock at Worthman field against Monroeville. Paulding AB R H E G. Scarbrough, 2b 4 110 Jr. Sinn, cf 4 12 0 Elston, ss 4 0 10 D. Sinn, 111 4 0 2 0 E. Adams, 3b __:J__ 4 0 0 0 B. Sinn, p 3 0 0 0 J. Scarbrough, c 4 01 9 D. Adams. If 4 1 F 0 Turner, rs , 3 0 1 o\ Totals ‘ 3< 3 9 0 Klenk's AB RHE Compton, 2b 4 110 Schuepf, If 3 0 0 0 Crist, ss —-J 3 1 2 0 Hoehammer, lbL_ 4 0 0 0 Reed. 3b 4 110 Andrews, c 2 12 0 Doelirman, p 3 0 ,1 0 Bowen, cf 4 0 10 Helm, rs 1- 4 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 8 0 Score by innings: Paulding — 002 010 000—3 Klenk’s 003 001 OOx—4 Senator McCarthy Rejects Bodyguard Committee To Call On New Witnesses WASHINGTON. (UP)—Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy rejected J the idea of a bodyguard or special protection today in spite of an alleged Communist plot to murder him. He said he never had received any special protection from police or the FBI, had not asked for any, and did not plan to request it now. Did he carry a gun when he traveled? “I’d rather not answer that\” McCarthy replied. The Wisconsin Republican announced that his permanent investigating subcommittee would call new witnesses next week to back up tqptimony Thursday that Communist leader Louis Bortz once said he had been assigned to “liquidate” him. Bortz declined to answer questions regarding the charge. McCarthy said one of the witnesses next week probably will be Steve Nelson, Communist leader under prison sentence for violating a Pennsylvania sedition law. But he would not say whether there was any evidence linking Nelson with the alleged “liquidation" plan. The story of the McCarthy assassination plot was told by Joseph Mazzei, Pittsburgh theater owner who was art undercover man for the FBI from 1941 until early this year. He said Bortz told a small Communist meeting on Dec. 4, 1952. in Pittsburgh that he had been assigned to “do a job in the liquidation" of 'McCarthy. , Bortz, who lives at Buller, Pa., identified himself as a 43-yegr old electrician who has held a variety of jobs before and after his arrays service during World War fl. Otherwise he said little. ♦ Cubs Are Still Last Despite Three Wins CHICAGO UP — The Cubs know how hard it is to get out of the c'ellar. They beat the seventh-place Pirates for the third straight time Thursday but still rquaiued last in.the National League by two percentage pointe.

in® DtoOAWR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DfcCATtJR, INDIANA

Bosox Pile Up 23 Runs To Beat Detroit Tigers NEW YORK UP — Don’t be surprised if the Red Sox pile up 20 or more runs again today in that hitter's heaven called Fenway Park. It could be like 1950 again when they almost tore down the park with 49 runs in two days, winning 20-4 on June 7 against the Browns and setting a modern high for tallies with a 29-4 victory'over them the next day. Thursday they broke four modern major league marks when they piled up 17 run's in one inning, the seventh, in a 27-hit, 23-3 victory over dismal Detroit. That followed a 20-hit 17-1 victory on Wednesday. That wild spree Thursday broke the previous major league high for runs in a single inning, 15, by the Dodgers against Cincinnati at Brooklyn last year, and the 14 hits topped the old high of 12 held jointly by the 1931 White Sox, 1925 Cardinals and 1902 Athletics. Detroit made five errors, but none came in the big rally. Steve Gromek and Dick Weik, the* pitchers picked up from Cleveland Mon? day, yielded 13 of the runs and ,10 of the hits. The inning lasted 47 minutes and 23 men batted. Ed Lopat pitched his eighth victory in a row and his 13th straight over two seasons in the opening -0 triumph over the Browns. Jim McDonald with two innings of hitless .relief help from Tom Gorman turned in four-hit pitching for his third victory in the second game as Billy Martin drove in two runs with a homer and single. The Yanks took it 3-0. The Cardinals handed Brooklyn its third straight defeat at St. Louis, 12-4, .with a 12-hit attack that included homers by Solly Hemus. Ray Jablonski, and Rip Repulski. The Giants topped Cincinnati 6-3 and Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 8-4. ! ' In night games. Cleveland beat Philadelphia. 6-4 and, Chicago defeated Washington, 8-4.

AMERICAN W L Pct G.B. Indianapolis 36 28 .563 \ Toledo 36 28 .563 Kansas City i 33 26 .559 St. Paul 33 28 .541 Louisville 29 29 .500 4 Charleston 27 33 .450 7 Minneapolis 26 36 .419 9 Columbus 23 35 .397 10 Results Thursday Columbus 3*6. St. Paul 1-11. Louisville 5, Indianapolis 4. Toledo 9, Kansas City 8. i Charleston 12, Minneapolis 3. MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. New York 44 12 .786 Cleveland 32 22 .593 11 Chicago A., 32 27 .542 13% Boston —____\_ 32 28 .533 14 Washington 30 28 .517 15 Philadelphia 28 31 .475 17% St. Louis 20 41 .328 26% Detroit 14 43 .246 30% Thursday’s Results Boston 23, Detroit 3. New York 5-3. St. Louis 0-0. Chicago 8. Washington 4. i Cleveland 6. Philadelphia 4 (12 innings). i | NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct G.B. Milwaukee 40 18 .690 > Brooklyn 36 20 .643 3 St. Louis 33 23 .589 6 Philadelphia 29 23 .558 8 New York 28 29 .491 11% Cincinnati2l 33 ;389 17 Pittsburgh 20 42 .323 22 Chicago - ... 17 36 .321 20% Thursday’s Result* New York 6. Ciucinnati 3. St. Louis 12. Brokolyn 4. Chicago 8. Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, rain. Trade in a good Town—Decatur

OZARK IKE ' L ■ F ar a. .a I GOTTA ADMIT I rWARR WF KWrTAtt ‘ ,rLh63 RIGHT, A 1 ? . I OZARK r THEY QUIT PLAYIN* • I sSmihpro ball z ...— 11l / ONLY CUT A YEAH, 1 ‘ I ©OWN TO YO SIZEy,~3O IF YOU ) ■ /J* BLINKYZA KIDSIL PROMISE T LAY OFF / , y<W9U,TN'FUST AM LUBE BACK X lV J (CHANCE AH GIT jU Skr WITH A POCKETFUL V. I 4 $ \ AH* GONNA• / ; /9 l 9 /UF BASEBAWLS AtcTM 1 I \ TRY AN' < , / MEASUREAMJNTS FER A X. I kl ( L % N rr V > H - I I I.- -■■ ■ ■.— I. »»■■■ ■*— ■ I— ■ „ ■ . ■■ ■ - - ...... - —

• HITTING AND HAPPY - - By Ahn Mover •ter i , ...."y Bal $ ’ VWk* ' ‘Mt W WP£STO - /• ■ /ftI avo/d an/ v L; 'FUTURE SLUMPS • 'i— X ■ YORK 'Uluti FROM XA. ; A UUENV/a&LE - 7)LE ENO of Al REC ORO OF BE/NO \ TtfE ' <SEASOM I Nor To GET A \approacM r \OF JUrtE HE / VEARrt£H/Tt I STARTED /ST \>\ HOM ER ANO PROVE susTLrte out /py r/ .ALL O V e R. U | /FArtD PROVE /N2E.

—I Finals In Lutheran | Tourney On Sunday i The final game of the Lutheran school tourney will be played at j p.m. Sunday at the Hoaglau'J diamond. . M Dbcatur, a team which failed L> win? a game this year in regular seagon play, will oppose Flat Rock, uudibfeated for two seasons, in Sunfinal. ” Stores of the first round of the tourney: Decatur 5. Bingen. 4; Fuelling 38. Friedheim 20; Flat Roc|c, 17. Union 8; and Preble 8, Oss|an 0. ,ll| semi-final games, Decatur defeated Fuelling, 16-12, and Flit Rock eliminated Preble in eight innings, 12-10. T|e league is sponsored by *he Decatur sone of the Lqtheran Lay* metxls League. <4 I : ! IL" Indians To Honor Allie Reynolds NEW YORK UP — The Yankees are hiving. Allie (the Chief) Reynback to the Indians next day j— but it’ll be a “short loan." 1 A|ie. star firebailer of the fdunworld champions, is beind honored as the outstanding Indian athlete of the year by the Order; of tie Arrow before a doublehqader w|fth the Tigers. -.. ’ 1 Manager Casey Stengel is putting “theiphief" at the disposal of sonje 300 Indians, who will be’ here tohonor Reynolds, but Casey’ll have Allis( ready to start and—or relieve once; the ceremonies are completed. • S am Hr i / 1 MAJ. GEN. Blackshear M. Bryan, U.'j S. 16th Army Corps com* majnder in Japan, has been named by Gen. Mark Clark as senior allied member of the military armistice commiasioa tor Korea. Four other members will serve with him. (IntemaiitMal)

Beavers Oil Winner In Softball League Beavers Oil defeated Columbus, 7-4, in a Decatur softball league game Thursday night at McMillen field in this city. The winners bunched their six hits in three innings for their runs, while K. of C. tallied all their runs and both hits in the second inning. Two games will be played in the league each Monday night at Wprthman field', beginning at 7:30 o’clock, and one game will be played at 9 o’clock each Thursday night at MdMillen field. The schedule for the balance of the first round follows: VFW vs Beavers. June 25—<McMillen vs VFW. June 29—K. of €. vs VFW; Merchants vs Beavers. July 2—Merchants vs McMillen. July 6—K. of C. vs Merchants; Beavers vs McMillen. Last flight’s score: R H E Beavers 002 300 2—7 6 1 K. of C. 040 000 o—4 2 1 E. Dick and Landis, Garton: Coffee and R. Braun. Louisiana Negroes Must Ride In Rear BATON ROUGE. La.. UP —Bus service, disrupted for four days because of a segregation dispute—was resumed here-today after an attorney general’s ruling that Negroes must take a rear seat. Night Watchman Is ] Beaten To Death ' GARY, Ind. UP — The body of iGeorge Mirich, 60. East Gary, who was beaten to . death with a club, was found today at the Clover Leaf Dairy company where he was a night watchman. ( His hands and feet were tied with an electrical light cord and police isaid marks on his skull indicated he was beaten with a blundMfistruiment, probably a club. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. v

DANCING EMILES PARK MINSTER, OHIO 9:00 to 12:00 SATURDAY, JUNE 20th L— Shepard O rc° E s™*

TV Football Schedule For 1953 Released NEW YORK, UP — Television’s football schedule for the 1953 season was released today by the National Broadcasting Company. Under the NCAA controlled television plan, the games listed are the only ones to be televised. They’ll be on the ooast-to-coast network. ■ v Twice during the season TV will present “panoramas'* instead of a full game. In these cases, four games are on the schedule for the same day. Cameras wdlDbe trained on all four at the same time. A director will watch all four—and will put on the air the highlights of each games as the action develops. The full schedule: Sept. 19 — Nebraska vs Oregon at Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 26 — Dartmouth vs Holy Cross at Lynn, Mass. Oct. 3 — California vs Ohio State at Berkely, Calif. .•« Oct. 10 — Tfexas vs Oklahoma at Dallas, Tex. ™ .. <A:t. .17 — Alabama vs Tennessee at Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 24 — Panorama: PrincetonCornell, Arkansas-Mississippi, ll-linoiS’-Syracuse and lowa-Indiana. Oct. 31 — Minnesota vs Pittsburgh at Minneapolis. Nov. 7 — Panorama: FloridaGeorgia, South Carolina - North Carolina, Northwestern - Wisconsin ■ and Kansas-Kansas State. Nov. 14 — Michigan State vs Michigan at East Lansing. Mich. Nov. 21 — Southern California vs California at Los Angeles. Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving Day) — Utah vs Bringham Young iat Salt City. Nov. 28 — Army vs Navy at Philadelphia. | Dec. 5 — Notre Dame vs Southern Methodist at South Bend, Ind. —— ■ . v If you bave sometning to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

—r/B IT LAST—SOMETHING NEW IN ROOFS... Double Coverage, Windproof Shingles » Different from any shingles you’ve rver seen, the new Dubl-CoverageTit*-sns underlap and interlock to form a ■oof that gives a complete double coverage and is wMK/preqf as welt It’s urd to beat these new shingles for 11-over protection, distinctive appear* mce, greater value for your money. 1 Come in for aa estimate today! ClH=lJb!l.b DVBI-COVtAAGt rm-on sf/ufeas Ashbaiicher’s Tin Shop 116 N. FIRST STREET PHONE 3-2615 -

PAGE SEVEN

Why not swap away the yeara on your old truck for one of these sparkling, late-model buys? ’ Here are just a few of the many used trucks — all with that h ftct«ry .frtth ’ * fttl — awaiting your selection at our trading center! / 1952 GMC DIESEL TRACTOR Complete , with sth Wheel 1950 FORD - F'fi 2-Ton Long Wheel Base 8:25 x 20 10 ply Tires * 2-Speed Axle. \ Very Nice. '‘j. ■' ' ' ' ■ s 1951 CHEVROLET 2-Ton Long Wheel Base New Tires - 2 Speed Axle Low Mileage L ■ ’ ■ j* ’ 1 h . 1945 FORD . Ton Short Wheel Base With Platform Base ■V- ’ J > ' - I ' -R I / ' ■■ S' 1 < ‘ - 1940 FORD V/t Ton i With Covered i Bed. 1947 FARMALL B TRACTOR Complete i with Cultivators, 10” Tires. \ j Very Nice. Priced for • Quick Sale! Butlers UUGE *2B S. FIRST ST. USED TRUCKS GET MORE "RUN'* 2 FOR YOUR MONEY!