Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 179, Decatur, Adams County, 31 July 1954 — Page 6

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Braves Wallop Dodgers, Blh Win In Row NEW YORK (INS) -4 Even the most acid cynics began to see some truth in Grimm’s fairy tale * today as the Milwaukee Braves blasted their way back into contention for the National league pennant. < Manager Cholly Grimtn. even in the face of early disappointments like the injury to Bobby Thomson, has insisted right along that the transplanted Bostonians would show the spark that made them the miracle team of 'S3. ) Now Grimm feels like the playwright watching his story unfold for the firat time on the stage. His charges currently are the hottest team tn the league. "W Last night they dropped Brooklyn three games behind the leagueleading New York Giants by spotting the Bums three runs and then winning. 9 to 3. for their eighth straight. The third-place Braves now have won 13 out of 17 since the all-star break—a health .765 clip. They have gained six games on the Giants and three and a half on Brooklyn and stand nine games out of first and six out of 2nd. The Braves have beaten the Giants six out of 14 times and the Dodgers eight out of 13. The Braves must have boned up on Carl Erskine’s piece in a national magazine released twx> days earlier. Carl, who purported to give away some of his pitching secrets in the article, did not allow a hit until the fourth but that was a two-run homer by .Joe Adcock that led to Erskine's undoing. The Braves wiped out the Dodgers’ first-inning lead of three runs with two more tallies in the fourth on Andy Pafko’s bunt, Johnny Logan’s triple and Del Crandall’s single. Adcock also delivered a double that drove in another run and a single. Danny O’Connell slammed a three-run homer in the .sixth, where Erskine exited for Ben Wade and his 10th defeat in 22 decisions. Ernie Johnson entered the game in the first and tu'rned in a magnificent relief job, holding the bodgers to just two hits and no runs, through eight and one-third innings after Bob buhl had given up four safeties and the three runs. — • The Giants capitalized by whipping Cincinnati. 6 to 1, and dropping the Redlegs out of a fourthplace tie with St. Louise. The Cardinals walloped Philadelphia. 12 to 3. Chicago split with Pittsburgh, losing 8 to 6, and then winning, 8 to 5. Cleveland stretched its American League margin to 2)4 games by beating Washington. 8 to 3, while the New York Yankees were being shutout, 10 to 0, by Baltimore. Chicago .dropped the Philadelphia Athletics into last place, 4 to 2. and Detroit blanked Boston, •5 to 0... t -Ruben Gomez allowed Cincinnati five hits and blasted his first major league home run in a contest that ran just one hour. 54 minutes. The homer drove in Wes Westrum who homered earlier off loser Fred Baczewski. Giant horn-' ers number three and four came

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in the sixth inning with Don Mueller’s solo blast and Hank Thompsop's, two-run effort. '■ The Cardinals exploded for 17 hits, including Rip Repulski's 16th homer, while Harvey Haddix held the Phils to six hits. Catcher Stan Lopata drove in all the Phillies rims with two homers. Haddix won his 15th in 22 decisions. Hank Sauer hit a two-run homer in each game for the Cubs —his 31st and 32nd. He was forced to leave the second after being hit by a pitched ball. Bob Purkey chalked up the Pirates win and Howie Pollet the Chicago decision. Bill Serena also hit a tworun blast for the Cubs in the secSi’ and Frank Thomas homered the Pirates, The Pirates optioned right-hander George O’Donnell (3-8) to Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League. Art Houtteman pitched 'his 10th victory tot- Cleveland, settling down after he was nicked for three hits in the first inning. One was a two-run homer by Roy Sievers. Larry Doby ’hit his 21st homer for the Tribe and Jim Hegan his ninth. Allie Reynolds' streak of ten straight victories was broken at Baltimore. His only other defeat came on opening day at Washington. Don Larsen, who hadn’t won a game since May 30th, breezed to his third victory in 16 decisions. He scattered seven hits and held league-leader Irv Noren hitless in four trips. Bob Kennedy paced the Orioles attack before 27,385 patrons with a grand-slam homer and six runs batted in. The crowd boosted Baltimore's attendance to 719.394 and broke the 32-year-old single-season record of the old St. Louis Browns. Bob Keegan drove in two runs and pitched his 13th victory for the White Sox. Ned Garver limited Boston to four safeties as Al Kaline helped the Tiger cause with a three-run homer. To Blacktop 101, North Os U. S. 224 State highway 101 between federal lyghway 224 and a point two miles south of Monroeville will be closed for one week for blaektopping. True Andrews, superintendent of the Bluffton sub-district of the state highway department, said today. . The highway department has just finished blacktopping state highway 124 from Coppess Corners to highway 101, \ Andrews said. This will mean that 50 miles of blacktopping in Adams, Wells, and Huntington counties, and 200 miles of sealing with hot oil and stone have been completed this summer. .... The bridge just two miles south Os Bobo has been temporarily repaired, Andrews stated, and will carry up to a five ton limit. A new bridge will be put in later, he said. MINOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Indianapolis ..-71 39 .645 Louisville 58 51 .532 12)4 Kansas City .. 54 52 .509 15 St. Paul 54 53 .505 15% Columbus .... 51 55 .481 18 Minneapolis 49 45 .471 19” Toledo 49 62 .441 22)4 Charleston ... 45 64 .413 25)4 Friday's Results Toledo 14. Kansas City 7. Indianapolis 8. Louisville 7. Columbus at St. Paul, rain. Charleston at Minneapolis, rain. ‘

MAJOR ’ AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland . 68 30 .694 New York .... 67 34 .663 2% Chicago 63 39 .618 7 Detroit 45 54 .455 23H Washington .. 42 53 .442 24H Boston 39 58 ,402 28*4 Baltimore .... 36 64 .360 33 Philadelphia .. 35 63 .357 33 Friday’s Results Baltimore 10, New York 0. Chicago 4, Philadelphia 2. Detroit 5, Boston 0. Cleveland 8, Washington 3. NATIONAL LEAGUE ■ * W L Pct. G.B. New York .... 64 87 ,634 Brooklyn 61 40 .604 3 Milwaukee ... 54 45 .545 9 St. Louis 49 49 .500 13ft Cincinnati -.... 50 52 .490 Philadelphia .. 4? 50 .485 15 Chicago 42 57 .424 21 Pittsburgh ...32 69 ,317 32_ Friday’s Results New York 1. Milwaukee 9, Brooklyn 3. St. Louis 12, Philadelphia 3. Pittsburgh 8-5, Chicago 6-8.

Good Old Days of Baseball in Nashville ■*< V r i ■Kk * EP* > SL ! rV\< > iRL 118 ’■ >\ jfcK I’’ ■ t On a recent vacation trip to Nashville. Tenn,, Carl H. “Molly” Mies, (right) local sportsman and proprietor of Mies Bowling Alley, met ’’Red" Lucas, with whom he played professional baseball in the early twenties. Naturally their conversation turned to baseball and players when they were stars in big leagues. ' The above picture shows the two men seated in the Dell, baseball park in Naefaville, home of the Vols. Mies was a pitcher for the Vola in 1920-21. In professional baseball for 15 years. Mies gained fame as pitcher of a no-hit-no-run game in 1922 when he was on the mound for the Rockford, 111., team. The shut-out team wee from Terre Haute, in the 3-1 league. The Decatur sportsman also pitched teams in Louisville. Galteeton, Toledo and Minneapolis. In 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Mies moved to Decatur. He opened the modern bowling alley in this city. They reside at 431 Sunset Lane.

British Champion Defeats Matthews SEATTLE (INS) — Britain’s heavy-weight champion Don Cockell hammered out a TKO triumph over Harry (KM) Matthews after seven rounds of bloody fighting Friday night before a crowd of 16,000 in Seattle’s baseball stadium. - Referee Jim Braddock, the exheavyweight champion, called it a TKO in the eighth when Matthews failed to respond to the bell at the beginning of the round. Manager Jack Hurley said Matthews suffered a recurring back ailment in the third round when his sacroiliac slipped out of place and caused him considerable pain in addition to the punishment dished out by Cockell. Burley said he refused to let Matthews answer the gong to resume combat, but doctors who were examining Matthews between rounds probably would have arrived at/ the eame decision as a result of Matthews’ bloody condition. It waa ths tlhirtl Victory for Cockell in as many fights with the Seattle heavy. The British champ, ranked No. 3 internationally, took a split decision that caused a howl in geattle last year and won a close decision in London early last month. In the minds of spectators, judges and referee there was never any doubt as to the eventual winner after the second round. Ringside scorers called the first round even and gave all the rest to Cockell by a wide margin. Cockell ecored repeatedly with lefts and rights, most of them delivered in powerful counter thrusts that all but decked Matthews. In the fifth round the Britisher opened cuts under Matthews left ear and left eye with staggering lefts. ini' the sixth it was obvious that time was running out fast for Matthews and he just did get through the seventh under Cockell’s hammer blows. Matthews weighed ip at 180 and Co< kell tipped the beam at 219)4. The 16.000 sane paid 1100.900 to watch the battle. DR. SHEPPARD (Costiaoeg Ff ****** O»e) ’’full responsibility” of Bay Village. They threatened to wash their hands of the case If Mayor Houk and bis police officials didn't shed "their coat of protection” around the doctor, and arrest him.

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Bag-Ettes Leading Ladies Golf League The Bag-Ettes. with 31 victories and 19 losses, are leading the Ladies golf league. In matches this week, the DubEttes won four points from the Bag-Ettes. Par-Ettes won four from Fore-Ettes, and the DriveEttes won 3)4 from the Slic-Ettes. Low scores of the week: Terveer. 51, Mac Lean 51, Gage 52, Hutker 53, Engle 54, 'Kleinhenz 54. Haugk 55, J. Lane 55, Sanmann 57, Archer 58. Standings W L Pct. Bag-Ettes 31 19 .620 Dub-Ettes 29 21 .580 Drive-Ettes 26 24 .520 Par-Ettes — 24 26 .480 Fore-Ettes 23 27 .460 Slk-Ettes —l7 33 440 BLOOMINGTON (Caatlaard From Page <H»e> faction comeback after its defeat ■by the governor in the GOP reorganization fight. The sdccess or failure of the governor's program in the 1955 general assembly will give some clew to the standing of the two factions because the politicos who nominate governors are prone to line up with winners. SEN. KNOWLAND » (Ceattaae* From rage Owl being debated and Know land said the issue may not be settled for several days. Knowland, who announced he will vote against the motion, made it clear that the battle has been joined and that it will be waged 1 until some decision is reached. Asked about the restilt, he said: T just don't know.” Sen. Guy Cordon (R-Ore.) said he intends to ask the senate to send the resolution to the judiciary committee. He sair the senate should act as “a judiciary body and not as a mob.” At one point, the senate by voice vote agreed to take up the motion. It later backtracked when Cordon asked permission to speak on his proposal. Packed galleries and many senators were on hand to witness the first attempt to secure a senator hr 25 years. Among the spectators were Mh£ McCarthy and Mrs. Flanders, who sat in nearby seats but did not meet. Democrat Want Ads Bring Results

V r-r — Yankees And White Sox Win Friday / The Yankees whipped the Red Sox, 14-3. and the White Sox edged the Indians, 10-9, in Little League games Friday night at Worthman field. The Yankees held only a 2-1 edge after four Innings of the opener, but broke loose for three runs in the fifth and nine in the sixth for their easy victory? In the nightcap, the two teams were tied 5-5 after four innings. The Indians counted four times in the top of the fifth, but the White Sox bounced back with five runs to take the lead, and the game was then halted because of the league's 9:30 o'clock curfew rule. Games Tuesday night will send the Indians against the Yankees at 6:15 pm., followed by the White Sox and Red Sox. Yankees AB R H E Eichenauer, 2b 2 2 0 0 D. Scheiman. if 2 2 0 0 DelHnger, 3b - 5 12 0 Kinerk, c 4 3 11 Wolfe, p 4 3 4 0 Ralston, es 4 112 Lose, lb -- 3 2 0 0 Beery, rs 2 0 0 0G. Ladd, rs.. 10 0 0 R. Ladd, If 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 85 14 8 3 Red Sox AB R H E Grabill, rs 3 0 0 0 Clark, ss. p. 2b 3 11 0 Omlor, c 3 112 Gillig. p. ss 3 12 1 Conrad, 3b 3 0 0 2 Agler, 2b, cf.. 3 0 11 Ro. Kleinknight, cf ... 0 0 O 0 Werst, cf, p:..... 2 0 0 0 Swygart, 1b...... 3 0 0 1 Ru. Kleinknight, If ... 1 0 0 0 Schrock. If 10 0 0 TOTALS 25 3 5 7 Score by Innings : Yankees r . 002 039 — 14 Red Sox 100 002 — 3 Runs batted in—Dellinger, Kenerk 2, Wolfe 2, Gillig 2. Agler. Twobase hifs—Dellinger, Clark, Gillig. Bases on balls—Off Wolfe 1, Gillig 3, Clark 3, Werst 4. Hit by pitched ball—By Gillig (Kinerk), by Clark (Lose, Wolfe, D, Scheiman). Struck out—By Wolfe 14, Gillig 1, Clark 1. Losing pitcher— Clark. Umpires— Bean, Strayer. Indians AB R H E Knavel, rs— 3 111 Blythe, If 3 110 Call, 3b, p 3 0 1® Hess, p, 3b 3 3 3 0 Landrum, cf.... 10 0 1 Johnson, cf —1 1 0 0 Cowens, lb 2.....1—. 2 0 10 Cowan, ss, c 1 110 Morris, c ‘ ...10 0 0 Wietfeldt, ss .... 1110 Kohne, 2b 3 11 1 SOUND REASONING HAS CONQUERED MORE MEN TVIAM FISTS OR GUNS > EVER DIO. y- < * Men. let us help you equip your barn for faster, easier chorea. We bring yon a full line of Louden Barn Equipment, as well as DeLavak dairy equipment . . will come out to your farm . . draw up plans to equip that bam Just the way YOU want it!

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