Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 169, Decatur, Adams County, 20 July 1954 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JULY SO, 1954

Little League District Tourney Will Be Held In Decatur Next Week

Decatur will <be host to a district Little League baseball tourney next week, It was announced today by league officials. .It will be the second consecutive year that Decatur has been host to the district meet. The games will be played at Worthman field .Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. (Eight leagues in this section of the state are scheduled to send allleague teams to compete for the district tittle. Decatur will be one of the entrants. with the aM-league team ae selected recently by the managers of the four Little League managers representing the Decatur league. Other leagues assigned to the district tourney here are: Southeast Alleh; Maumee Valley; Blyffton 3 (American and National}; Columbia City 3 (American and National) v and Wareavv. R- O. Wyim, official of the local league, hag been named tourney manager by Walter Steblng, Auburn, zone commissioner. The winner of the Decatur district tourney wfll compete in the sectional tourney at Auburn, opening Aug. 2. Umpires for the tourney here will be assigned by the Fort Wayne umpires association. The schedule and definite time schedule for the tourney will be announced later this week. Denmark Champion Decisions Graham NEW YORK (IN8) —Denmark’s welterweight champion Chris Christensen, a 3-to-l underdog, outpointed Billy Graham of New York to score a split decision victory Monday night In a televised tenround bout at Eastern Parkway arena. If you have somelhifcg to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Slicers Leading In Soya Golf League The Slicers regained the lead In the Central Soya golf league by taking four points from the Bogeys. In other matdjps, the Putters won 314 points from the Divot Diggers, and the Duds took -2% points from the Ruffs. Don Bohnke won the award of the week for the closest to the pin shot from No. 7 tee. 'Highest mumt>er of the individual matches won: G. Laurent 8, O-Bolmke 7%, E. Hutker ,6%, JkWMfnan 6, A. Selki'ng 5Vi, D. lEddleman , the week: D. Hutker 40, G. **<s«>. Bohnke 42. G. I/aureiu' Hammond 43, J. CostelLeague Standing W L Pet. Slicers 30 20 .600 Bogeys 2714 2214 -550 Divot* Diggers. -26 24 .520 Dubs 26 24 ,520 Ruffs 23 27 .460 Potters 1714 3214 -360 Al Andrews Winner By Decision Monday NEW YORK (INS) — Al An drews of Superior, Wis., eighthranking welterweight contender, won a unanimous ten - round decision over France’s Sauveur Chiocca Monday night in the televised feature bout at St. Nicholas arena. Summer is the best time to take soil samples for testing, and you’ll get better service because the soil laboratories are less crowded now than at any other time of the year, says county agent L. E. Archbold. Trade in a Good Town — Decaiur

102 Adult Pheasants Released In County The release of 103 adult pheasants by the eight conservation clubs in Adams county was announced today by Jack Hurst, conservation officer for the area. The pheasants are breeding stock released, in wodded areas throughout the county by the representatives of the various clubs. Pony League Stars Downed hffourney The Well* county Pony League all-star team was eliminated in the opening game of the district Pony League tourney at Fort Wayne Monday evening. The Wells county team was defeated by Maumee Valley, 7-3, with a big fourth inning in which six rune were scored telling the story. The Wells county team rallied for all its funs in the final Inning but could hot overcome the big lead. Decatur’s two Pony League teams, which are member** of .the Wells county league, had seven players on the league all-star roster. In the other tourney game last night, Fort Wayne North scored a 4-2 victory over Southeast Allen. Regular Wells county league play will continue this week. The Cardinals will play at Oesian Wednesday night, and the Braves will meet the Moose at Bluffton Thursday night. Last night’s line scores: R H E Maumee Valley 001 600 o—7 10 0 Wells County.. 000 000 3—3 9 0 Richmond and Willets; Kable, Van Meter and Kreigb, Sbraluka. RH E Ft. Wayne North 121 000 o—4 6 2 Southeast Allen 000 000 2—2 5 4 Gordon and Renfer; Cask ill. Guenln and Miller.

MAJOR \^ea^ue^^tu£&\ AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet. G.B. Cleveland 61 28 .685 New Y0rk,.... 61 29 .678 % Chicago 57 33 .633 414 Detroit ....... 37 49 .430 2214 Boston . 37 50 .425 23 * Washington ._ 35 50 .412 24 Baltimore .... 32 57 .360 29 Philadelphia .. 30 54 .357 2814 Monday's Results ■Cleveland 4. Washington 3. New York 8. Detroit 0. Boston 9-8, Baltimore 7-5. Other clubs not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. G.B. New York .... fg ;;o .667 Brooklyn 54 36 .600 6 Cincinnati .... 47 44 .516 13** Milwaukee ... 46 44 .511 14 Philadelphia 43 42 .506 1414 St. Louis ..... 42 46 .477 17 Chicago ...... 34 52 .395 24 Pittsburgh .... 29 61 .322 31 Monday's Results Cincinnati 1, New York 0 (12 innings). I Chicago 9. Brooklyn 4 St. I-ouis 5, Philadelphia 1. Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 1. "V — L If you have something' to Mil oi rooms for rent, try a Dempcrat Want Ad. It bungs results.

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Hearing Held Today On Riot Al St. Louis ST. LOUIS (IN) —National League President Warren Giles was expected to order stilt punish-, ment for S 4. Louis Cardinal manager (Eddie Stank y and three players today when he holds ah on-the-spot hearing into the freedor-all between the Cards and Philadelphia Sunday. Giles suspended Stanky and three other principals in the brawl Monday night and flew to St. Louis to make a first-hand investigation. Stanky. pitcher Cot (Deal and catcher Sal Wars of the Redbirds. and Phils first baseman Earl Targeson were ordered to sit out Monday night’s game, which the Cards won, 5 to 1, These four, Phila manager Terry I.MOore, coaches for both squads and umpires wUI huddle with Giles today to explain the brawl, which was touched off by an argument between Torgeson and Yvars and ended in the forfeiture of the second game of the Uoubleheadei- to Philadelphia. Cardinal general manager Richard A. Meyer requested Giles to investigate the brawl after he questioned the three suspended Redbirds. Stanky had protested the forfeiture to Giles. Moore, although he was the «rs/ member of either team to leave the dugout and join the tist-swing ing, escaped immediate punishment. p The riot, worst in Si. Louis since* the “Gas House Gang” days, brought into the open two fiehy personal feuds ■■*• one between the rival managers and the other between Yvars and Torgeson. - ■Moore and Stanley have been bitter enemies since Stanky fired .Moore ae a Cardinal coach in 1952. Torgeson and Yvars had tangled on July 1, 1952, when Torgeson opened a gash over the Card catcher's eye. The brawl began when Torgeson accused Deni of intentionally trying to hit him with a pitched ball. Yvars stepped up to Torgeson and the two players squared ofr to right it out* with their fists. Moore then dashed onto'the field and tackled Yvars. Stanky was close behind the grappled with Mo(£e. Soon players from both Breaming onto the field W mrjtteg*- it-ny»Tfm,v were broken up by police. Stanky came out of it with a mouse under his eye and scratches, and Moore suffered a scratch on his neck. •" When play was resumed, the game still was not an official one and darkness was setting-in. Under National League rules, lights cannot be turned on to complete games on Sunday that begin after 6 p. m. Stanky, whose team was trailing at the time, then walked out to the mound to re-place Deal with Tom Pohol-sky and plate umpire Babe Pinelli Immediately announced the game forfeited to the Phils, 9 to 0. Pinelli had warned Stanky of delaying tactics before the brawl. Stanky, in protesting Pinelii’e action. denied he was stalling so the game would have to be called beef darkness before it was an official contest. He asked Giles to I declare It a “no contest." t.lloore said be h id not protested to. the umpire about stalling on the part of the Cards. As for the brawl, lie said: “While we did not want the fight to happen, we were ail angry because we felt their pitcher was throwing at our batter. You just can’t take that." Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Indians, Red Sox Win This Morning The Indians defeated the Yankees, 10-7, and the Red Sox downed the White £ox, 12-1(7, in farm league games this morning at Worthman field. The line scores: : - v * R H E Indians 330 4 —lo 3 3 Yankees 004 3— 7 3 2 Caston and Gage; Scott, Sheets and Banning. \ R H E (Red Sox ■ 417—12 8 4 White Sox 145—10 7 3 i Frauhlger and Dailey; Coffee arid 3. Mclntosh. Redleg Rookie Hits Homer To Defeat Giants NEW Y’ORK (INS) — The Cincinnati Redlegs are doing their darndest-to make Birdie Tebbetts manager of the year in the Nar t tonal- league. 4 Tebbetts, who inherited a sixthplace club in- his senior circuit managerial debut, has the pesky Redlegs battling for honors with the first division big boys. The Redlegs downed the leagueleading New York Giants, 1 to 0, Monday night when reserve catcher Hobie Landritb "hit a home run In tire bottom half of the twelfth ■lnning, The victory,, behind a sparkling three-hitter by lefty Harry Perkowski. put the Redlegs in third place and kept them in strong contention with Milwaukee and Phila- 1 delphia for runnerup laurels to the Giants and Dodgers. The Redlegs, showing a marked improvement over their 68-86 record of 1953, sport a 47-44 record 1 so far and they’ve won 13 of their last 19 games. They trail the sec-ond-place Dodgers by seven games. bandrlth’s homer, his fifth of the season, came off Al Corwin, third Giant pitcher of the night. Don Ld&dle and Marv Grissom preceded Corwin in th'e duel with Perkow’The Giants, with Leo Durocher suffered his first ejection of the season, managed to maintain their six-game margin over the Brooklyn Dodgers, who oblingingly committed five errors and lost to the Chicago Cabs, 9 to 4. I Warren Hacker limited the Dodjjers- to five hits, including homers fcy Roy Campanula and jpujffi SniJim Wilson seventh straight game when he hurled the Milwaukee Braves to a 4-to-l win (Sver the Pittsburgh, Pirates. The veteran righthander allowed the Buce only three hits. (Rookie Brooks Lawrence won his fifth game as the SB Louis Cardinals downed tjje Philadelphia Willies, 5 to 1. Manager Ed Stanffy, catcher Sal Yvars and pitcher Cotton Deal of the Redbirds and first baseman Earl Torgeson of the Phillies all hare been suspended pending a hearing today before league president Warren Giles on Sunday’s forfeit game and free-for-all. Cleveland hung on to its halfgame lead in the American league. The Indians nosed out the Washington Senators, 4 to 3, while the New York Yankees blanked the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 0, behind Allie Reynolds. Dale Mitchell’s pinch single in the seventh scored the winning cun for the Tribe and Early Wynn’s 12th triumph .was preserved when three relievers combined to stop a Nat threat in the ninthReynolds, unbeaten since opening day, won his tenth straight game with a masterful three-hitter. It was the fourth shutout of the ■ season for the 37-year-old righthander who apparently has shaken off his bad back and had thigh does. Mickey Mantle and Willie Miranda homered for the Yankees. Home runs won thg Boston Red Sox a twin hill from the Baltimore Orioles. 9 to 7 and 8 to 6. Veteran catcher Mickey Owen capped a six-run mally In the ninth with a grand slam homer with two out to win the opener and the Bosox rapped out five homera—lncluding two by Jackie Jensen —to win the nightcap. Jim Piersalk hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, and Ted Williams and Jensen also homered hi this frame as the Sox made five runs. Williams, who also bit a roundtripper In the openar, has 12 for the season. The double victory places the Iled Sox a half game’ out of the first division. •

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rwm * AMERICAN ASSOCIATION — W L Pet, G.B. IhdianapdTls .. 65 83 .«33 Louisville .... 56 43 .566 9Vft St. Paul ...... SI 44 .537 12% Kansas City .. 48 49 .495 16 Columbus .... 45 60 .474 18% Minneapolis 45 50 .474 18% Toledo 43 67 .430 .23 Charleston'' ... 37 62 .374 28% Monday’s Results Indianapolis 12, Toledo 8. Louisville 6. Kansas City 1. Charleston 6, St. Paul 3. Minneapolis 6. Columbus 3. Conservation Head Seeks Tax Retuyi . ! INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Retunf of federally-collected tax to Indif ana was sought today by Harley O) Hook, director of the Indiana department of conservation. ; Hook sent to Indiana member! of congress copies of a conservajtion commission resolution det manding distributing to the state a surplus of *13,500,(T00 which vra* collected from a tax on firearms and ammunition under the Pittj-man-iR obertson act of 1937, which established federal aid to thie wUa» life restoration program. The program is.,carried on Jointly.by federal. and state governments. j Federal funds for this work are obtained from an 11 percent excisp tax on firearms and ammunition. Under the original terms 'oit thje law, the money collected in this way was to be distributed among the states. The share of each statfe is determined by one-half of the. ratio of the area of the state to that of the total area of the United States, and one-half by the ratio which the number of paid hunting licenses within the state bears to the total number sold in the nation. The federal government provides 75 percent of the cost, while the state contributes 25 percent.

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Vic Seixas Takes First Round Match •».- -* ’ • . <2. •-' ' HAVERFORD, Pa. (INS) — Vic Seixas won the first round In the defense of his Pennsylvania State lawn tennis singles championship, Monday by defeating David Setter, of East Orange. N. J., 6-2, 6-3. Seixas, five times winner of the Pennsylvania title and former Wimbledon tltleholder, combined bis powerful twist service and keen volleying to down the Yale University star. The fießl -of 64 was reduced *o 33 after the first round. Hal Burrows, _ Charlottesville, Va. the only one of three U.S. Davis. Cup players who beat the ; British West Indies last weekend to see action, won over Jerry Setter, formerly of Princeton, 6-0, 6-3. The other two Davis players, Straight

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Clark and Hamilton Richardson, won by default. In the women’s singles, Louise Brough, Mrs. Mdfgaret duPont, Mrs. Betty Pratt and Mrs. Beverly Flelti advanced to the next round. The last match of the day produced the biggest upset. Althea Qibson, seventh ranked women’s player nationally, was defeated by' Janey Hopps, Seattle, Wash., H, 2-6, 6-4. ~ If you have something to eell or roopw for Tent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. '■ ' '

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