Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 141, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1954 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1954 *

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Klenk’s Beats McComb To End Losing Streak Klenk’s ended a brief two-game losing streak Tuesday night, whipping McComb Construction, 9-1, at Dwenger park in Fort Wayne, in a battle for second place in the Federation league. — —■*— These same two teams will vie agafn Thursday night at Worthman field here at 8 p.m. Lgst night’s tilt was a close battle for seven innings, but Klenk’s broke throUgh for six runs in the eighth to put the game on ice. Decatur scored twice in the fourth when Crist singled, stole second , and came home on Andrews' double. Hartzell singled Andrews across.

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McComb picked up its lone run sin th* Mtb or a bit and an error. .» Hits by Andrews, Platt and Williams were good for another Klenk run in the seventh, and the Decatur lads sent 10 men to bat in the eighth, counting six times on four walks and three hits. Platt, a Huntington College star, held McComb to five scattered hits and fanned four. P. Meyers started tor McComb and was relieved by J. Myers in the seventh. Klenk’s AB R H E Williams, If 5 12 0 JJoWen, cf . 5 0 1 0 Crist, ss4 2 11 Hoehammer, lb 5 0 1 0< > Reed, 3b ..„-5 0 1 0 Andrews, rs 4 2 3 0 Hartzell, c 2 110 Kable, 2b 4 2 11 Platt, p 3 110 —*,■■■"■ 11 — Totals .... 37 9 12 2 McComb AB R H E Kennedy, If .. 3 0 10 Wagn«r, If ... 10 0 0 Koehle, 3b 4 10 0 Ludwig, ss ... 4 0 10

J. McComb, cf 4 0 0 0 Brendle, rs 3 9 10 Wright, rs ...-7- 1 0 I s 0 Butz, c .i. 4 0 0 0 Miller, 2b 3 0 10 D. McCorhb, 2b 0 0 0 8 Purviance, lb 3 0 0 0 Adams, lb 10 0 0 P. Myers, p 3 0 0 0 ■J. Myers, p — 10 0 0 Totals - T 35 1 5 0 Score by innings: Klenk’s 00Q 200 160—9 AfcCpmb 000 MO 000—1 Red Sox Edge White Sox In Extra Innings Decatur’s Little League had its first pxtra-innlng game of the season Tuesday night, with the Red Sox edging the White Sox, 8-7, in bine Innings. The second scheduled game between the Yankees and Indians was postponed to a later date because of the league rules which prohibit any inning starting after 9:30 o’clock. These team* played three practice innings. The Red Sox took a 5-0 lead in the first two innings last night, but the White Sox came back for four tallies in the third and tied the score with one in the sixth, after two were out, to send the game into extra innings. After two scoreless innings, the White Sox counted twice in the top of the ninth on a walk and two hits, but the Red Sox canSe back in the last -of the ninth for three runs and the ball game on three walks, one hit and an error. White Sox AB R H E Odle, rs 11 0 0 Air, rfl 0.0 0 Kitaon. rs 1 0 0 0 Raudebush, rs 10 0 0 Miller. 3b ... 5 1 2 0 Snyder, 3b, c 4 2 11 Gross, p, lb. 3b .... 4 0 10 Corah, lb, p 5 13 1 Gay, c, 'lb 4 0 0 1 Nelson, ss, cf 4 0 10 Sharpe, cf 2. 11 0, Rambo, If 2 0 0 « |. Elliott. If 1,0 0 0 Strickler, ss 110 0 TOTALS 36 . ? 9 3 Red Sox AB R HE Clark. 3b3 10 0 Omlor, c r ._ 4 2 2 0 Giilig, p ..4 2 2 0 Baker, ss 3 0 0 0 Ccnrad, rs 3 10 1 Swygert, lb 0 0 0 0 August.-k - »-9i" O A Carpenter, cf 2 d 0 (F (Xrabiii,. 2br XXI Reed. If 0 10 1 Ro.-Kleinknight. If __l 0 0 0 Custer. If 10 0 0 Sch(irger, If .. 10 0 0 TOTALS 27 8 4 2 Score by innings: White Sox 004 001 002—7 Red Sox. 320 000 003—8 Runs batted in—Miller, Snyder, Gross. Corah 3. Giilig 2. Two-base hits —Gross. Sharpe. Omlor, Giilig Sacrifice —Clark. Bases on halls —Off Giilig 5, Gross 5, Corah S'. Strikeouts—By Giilig 9, Gross 3. Corah 11. Hits—Off Gross . L Ccrah 3. Runs- —Off Gross 5. Corah 3. Umpires—Strayer, Strickler. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur. -

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Horseshoe League Results Listed Last week’s results in the Adams county horseshoe league: Preble 6, McMillen 0: Berne 6, Monroeville 3; Monroe 7, Ohio City 2; Salem 6, Salem Jr. 3; Geneva and Union postponed. The 10 high percentage players: Maitlan 69, Christner 56, Knittie 54. Van Mater 52, Green 51, C. Landis 49, Schwartz 49, Landiz 48, L. Steele 46, T. Morningstar 46. Thiz week’s schedule: Geneva al Salem, Union at Ohio City, Salem Jr. at McMillen; Monroe at Monroeville; Berne at Preble. League Standing W L Pct. Geneva .2. 5 0 1.000 Monroe 5 1 .833 Berne .. 4 1,80 ff Salem 3 1 .750 Preble .... 2 2 .500 Union — 2 3 .400 Ohio City 2 r .333 Salem Jr... 1 5 .167 McMillen 1 5 .167 Monroeville 0 4 .000 Yankees Practice Thursday Evening Roily Ladd, manager of the Yankees. in the Little League, has called a practice session for 5 o'clock Thursday evening at the Homestead diamond. All team members are requested to be present. Inter-Conference Meet To Big Ten EVANSTON, 111., (INS) — The Big Ten ended a track and field monopoly maintained by the Pacific Coast Conference by winning the 13th annual inter-conference dual meet, 74 to 58, Tuesday night in Evanston. . ■» The western conference victory, sparked by five first place victories from Illinois team members, broke a three-yeas winning streak by the PCC. The series now’ stands at eight triumphs for the PCC and five for the Big Ten. MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland 39 17 . .696 Chicago 36 20 .643 3 New York 36 22 .621 4 Detroit — 26 29 .’47312!% Washington ... 23 32 .418 15% Philadelphia — 22 34 .393 17 > .Results... Cleveland 9. Washington 3. Philadelphia 11. Chicago 4. New York 6, Baltimore 4. Detroit 4, Qoston 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. New Yolk 35 21 .625 Brooklyn —... 34 22 ,607 ’ 1 Milwaukee ... 29 24 .547 4% Philadelphia —2B 25 .528 5% St. Louis 29 28 ,509 6% Cincinnati .... 26 29 .473 8% •Chicago 23. 32 .418 11% Pittsburgh ... 18 41 .305 18% -'■* Tuesday’s Results 4 New York 5. Cincinnati 3. Milwaukee 7, Brooklyn 6. St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 1. Other clubs not scheduled.

JEW* AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Indianapolis .. 37 23 .617 Louisville .... 31 27 .534 5 Columbus 31 28 .525 5% St. Paul 30 28 ,517 6 Minneapolis .. 28 28 .500 7 Toledo ~,28 32 .467 9 Kansas City .. 25 31 .446 10 * Charleston ... 24 37 .393 13% Tuesday’s Results , Minneapolis 10, Charleston 3. Louisville 10, Indianapolis 1. Columbps 3, St. Paul ff. Kansas City at Toledo, rain. Major League Leaders National League Batting AB H Pct. Snider, Bkn 221 84 .380 Hamner, PhHa. ... 205 75 .366 Jablonski. St. L. .. 240 87 .363 Musial, St. L. .... 223 81 .363 Home Runs—Musial, St. Louis, 21; Sauer, Chicago, 20; Mays, New York, 17. Runs Batted In — Musial, St. Louis, 69; Jablonski, St. Louis, 51; Hodges Brooklyn and Sauer, Chicago, 50. Runs — Musial, St. Louis, 56; Moon and Schoendienst, St. Louis,

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