Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 186, Decatur, Adams County, 9 August 1954 — Page 7

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Klenk's Whips Payne In Fed Playoff Opener Klenk’s of Decatnf blasted out tl Mtt to wallop Payne, 15-0, Sunday afternoon at Payne as the Federation league playoffs opened. Ellenberger and Fredricks combined to shut out the Ohio team, allowing only four hits, scattered over as many Innings. Klenk’s put the game on lee in the second Inning, scoring seven runs on six hits, a walk and three

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Payne errors. Compson, Williams and Crist each hit safely three times to lead Klenk’s overpowering attack. Klenk’s will meet Kendallville in a second round playoff game Thursday ntgKt at 8 o’clock at Worthman field in this city. In other playoff games Sunday, Kendallville whipped Paulding, 81; Rockford blanked Monroeville, 6-0; Colonial Oil defeated American Linen, 8-4, and McComb edged Club Manhattan, 5-4. Other playoff games this week: McComb vs Colonial Oil at 8 p.m. Tuesday art Dwenger; Monroeville vs Payne at 8 p.m. Wednesday: Paulding vs zt’Jb Manhattan at 8 p.m. Thursday at Dwenge*. ilockford and American Litfen will be idle until Sunday. Klenk’s AB R H E Compton, 2b 6 3 3 1 Williams, If 4 2 3 0 McCrory, If 2 0 1 0 Andrew's, c 4 1 2 0 Melchior, c 1 0 0 <f Hoehammer, lb 5 1 2 0 Reed, 3b 4 0 0 0 Ellenbergpr, p, rs 4 3 2 0 Crist, ss 5 2 3 0 Gillig, rs 2 110 Fredricks, p ... 3 110 Bowen, cf 3 12 0 Platt, cf 2 ff 1 0 Totals .... 45 15 21 1

Payne AB R HE Smitley, If 4 0 0 0 Jones, 3b ... 4 0 0 0 Gremaux, 2t> 4 0 10 Ottenweller, ss 4 0 10 Moore, p 4 0 ff 0 M. Linder, Rosswurm, c, cf 3 0 0 2 Lopshire, rs J. Linder, 1b.... 3 0 0 1 Totals-. 32 0 4 3 Score by innings: Klenk’s 071 ffl2 013—15 Payne , 000 .000 00ft“ 0 ■ -,. 1 ■ Gavilon To Defend Title September 1 PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Kid Gavilan will defend his welterweight title against Johnny Saxton at Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia on Sept. 1. The 15,-round International Boxing Club event iwks originally booked for July 14. It was postponed at Gavilan’s request because of an old right hand injury. Promoter Herman Taylor said the champion has been training in Cuba for the past month and will fly from Havana to pen his name to a contract at 1 p.m. Tuesday. .1 ••'■ .• -. Despondent Hoosier Is Suicide Victim s SHOALS, Ind. (IN) —State Police said today that William O. Lee 52, of Shoals, committed suicide Sunday, probably because he was despondent over the suicide of a son a yean- ago. The father shot himself with a shotgun.

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Annnnnr a Palrumc nlillvllllVw lUllniyj For City Tourney Pairings for the annual men's: city golf tourney were announced: today, with 78 golfers filing entries. ’> The entrants have been divided into five flights. Preliminary rounds in each fti«9rt will be 18 holes, with the champlonsftiip match 36 hole®. ’ Opponents are to arrange their owh playing times, but are asked to play as soon as poseiVle. pl Trophies will be awarded by the Decatur Golf dub to the winner in each of the five flights. Everett Hulk er to the tourney medaltet with the low qualifying round of 75. The opening round schedule, with qualifying scores in brackets, is as follows: Championship Flight E. Hutker (75) vs Bob Andrews (SO); Jack Nefeon (77) ve John Hammond (82); Ken Gaunt (75). vs Don Koos (81); Chuck Ehinger (79) vs Fred Von Gunten (82) ;■ John Baumann (76) ve.fte Coetellu (81); Ed Peck (78) vs Harry Dailey (82); Bob McClenahan (77) vs Gaylord Stucky (82); Jerry Laurent (80) vs Bud Townsend (S 3 Fjrwt Flight Dale Schnepf (84) ve Paul WHkinson (87); Roger Eley (87) vs BCl> Mutschler (89); Paul Schmidt (86) vs Don Bohnke (88); Bob Frieinger (87) v« Stewart Schnepf (89); George Stuite (85) ve Howard Eley (88); Dike Eddleman (87) vs Bob Helm (89); Jdhn Smith (86) vs Don Bernard (88); Eu Wolpent (87) v» Bob Lane Sr. tSfi)- - *. Second Flight Gordon Hooper (89) vs Tom ■fTaTrtnHtt Wrr; G. Mornffig«ar79()Jvs Don Mac Lean Jr. (92): Newt Striker (90) vs WiMard Mcßride (92) Norman Steury (91) vs Bill Tutewiler (93); Jim Eichhorn (89) vs Ken Schnepf (92); William Seiinepf (9b) vs Dave T-erveer (93) John Thompson (9h) ve Gary Schultz (92X; Dick Wertzberger (91) vs Tom Smith (93). Third Flight Kan Nash (93) vs Bill Kuhnle t&8); Don Gage (97) vs Floyd Reed (100); Ed Archer (95) vs Paul Edwards (99); Fritz Faurote (98) vs Ed Tricker (102); Lowell Harper (94) ve John Doan (98); Bob Lane Jr. (97) vs Dr. A. Girod (101); John Bayles (95) vs Floyd Hunter (100); Frank Clear (98) vs Linn (102). « Fourth Flight Dick Macklin (102) vs Merle Affolder (107); Thurman Baker (103) vs Jim Parent (114) ; Dick MalcAssy. (102), re Elmer Graber -yo9) X ftpgea J3pme,(los>krew. bye; John Eichhorn (114) vs Paul Har.cher (117). •'* Wrestling Program At Fort Wayne Tonight FORT WAYNE, IXD.. Yukon Eric, 280-pound Alaskan giant, meets Hans Schmidt, the Terrible Teuton, in tonight's outdoor wrestling headliner at Fort Wayne's ZoUner Stadium. The pair will wrestle for an hour time limit, two of three falls to win. In the co-feature, The Great Yamato, Jap judo etar, gives young Steve Novak.' Pennsylvania coalminer, his first shot at the big time in another hour match, two of three falls to win. The opener will also have an hour time limit, in the tag team division, when Bull .Montana and Gino Angelo match up against Dick Torio and Danny O'SuUivan. it : .->iv - ■ MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland .... 76 32 .704 New Yprk .... 73 37 .664 4 Chicago 71 41 .634 7 Detroit 49 59 .454 27 Washington .. 46 60 .434 29 Boston 44 62 .415 31 Baltimore .... 38 72 .345 39 Philadelphia 37 71 .348 39 Saturday’s Results Cleveland 5. Philadelphia 1. Detroit 3, New York 1. Washington 4, Chicago 3. Baltimore 2, Boston 1. Sunday's Results Cleveland 7-5, Philadelphia 2-2. Detroit 10, New’ York 8 (10 in- . nings). Washington 7-0, Chicago 6-3. Boston 4-4, Baltimore 2-1 (Ist game 11 Innings.)

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NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct, G.«. New York ....60 41 .627 Brooklyn . 66 44 .600 3 Milwaukee ... 60 47 .561 7’4 Philadelphia .. 54 52 .500 13 tit. Louis 52 5.7 ...I? 1 16’4 Cincinnati .... 52 58 .473 17 Chicago 44 65 .404 24’4 Pittsburgh ... 30 72 .361 30’4 Saturday's Result* Milwaukee 4. New York 2. Cincinnati 5. Brooklyn 4. Philadelphia 8. Chicago 2. St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 6. • Sunday's Results Milwaukee 5. New York 2. Brooklyn 20. Cincinnati 7. PhiUiloUihia &-8. Chicago 4-U I'ittsbitigh 12-6, St. Louis 4-3.

slams Defeat Giants In Grid Exhibition PORTLAND, Ore., (HTS) — Norm Van Brocklin’s passing and Deacon Dan Towler’s running powered the Los Angeles Rams to an easy 30 to 7 win over the New' York Giants is a National Football League exhibition game at Portland’s Multnomah Stadium Sunday. A crowd of 26,000 saw the Rams score once In the first period and twice in the second to wrap up the victory. New York was shut out until the fourth quarter. Bogeys Take Soya iWtnl I I Wtl LvflliJUv (The Bogeys won four points from the Slicere to take over the lead in the Central Soya golf league by half a point. Other results: the Putters won four points from the Divot Diggers, and the Dubs also won four from the 'Ruffs. K. Nash won the weekly away with a 3ff-foot putt on No. 9 green. Low scores for the week: G. Laurent 38, J. Hammond 40, R. Eley 40. T. Baker 41, D. Bohnke 42, H. Eley 43, G. Schultz 43. Most individual matches won are: t). Bohnke 9%, G. Laurent BMe. and R. Friend, E. Hutker, 0. Eley and D. Eddleman, 7% each. Standing* W L Bogeys 39% 25% Slicers 39 26 Dubs .... 33 32 Divot Diggers 31% 33% Ruffs j..... 27 38 Betters 25 40 ferry Barber Wins AlLAmnriran Maaf Mil WllvlTVili! I tvvl . CHfCAGO (IN) —Jerry Barber of Lacenade, Calif., says the birdies tie made on the 10th, 15th and 17th greens at the Tam O Shanter Country Club Sunday were the ■’key" holes which led to hit victory in the $25,000 All-American golf tournament. The one-time Peoria, 111., resident (Sipped three strokes off the then’s course in a 69 final round to win the 14th annual event with .a.72-hole score of 277 - 11 under The 38 - year -old Barber edged out youthful Gene Littler of 'Palm Springs, Calif., by a single stroke. Littler, who finished second in this U. S. open, also carded a (Murtii rdtfnd 69, picking up the $2,300 prize money. Peter Thomson, 1954 British Open titaltst from Melbourne, Australia, faltered l>adly the closing day, turning in a 73 for third place and a 279 score. Thomson went into the fourth round with a 206 margin, two better than Barber, apd three strokes up on Littler. Barber. In winning his first tournament since the Azalea Open in Wilmington, Del., April 1953, pocketed first prize money totaling |B,420. Thus the five feet five inch tournament trial hoofer, booster his 1954 earnings to a whopping $14,867. He explained that the 10th, 15th and 17th greens-which he birdied resulted from "key” putts. He added: "1 knew I had to get those birdies to win and everything went right. I was on the green in two on all three lioles." Thomson, steady playing compatltor f/pm Aussielaml got $2,000 for third place. Peter Cooper of. Tampa, Fla., aud Bob Toski of Livingston, N. J„ finished in a deadlock for fourth place with 281 totals. Each player collected $1,600. Four players finished with 283 scores including defending champion Lloyd (Mangrum of Niles, 111. *rHe others Were Wally Ulrich, Austin, iMinn., Mary Middlecoff, Kiameslta Lake, N. Y., and Flory von Donck, St. Genese, Bilglum. Association Star Game This Evening INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indianapolis Indians, who hold an American Association lead of 16% game tonight face a fan-picked glygregation of stars from the other seven AssociVion clubs before a capacity crowd in Victory field unless rain Interferes. Herb Score, the Indian*’ topnotch pitching star who leads the 'league with 18 victories, is expected to start on the mound for the host team,

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Indians Boost lead To Four Over Yankees NEW YORK (INS)—The medicine men in the war camps of the Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Bravee are brewing a possible all-tribal World Series potion — using slightly different formulas. With seven week® to go in the season, Cleveland is filling it» pennant pot with also-rans and Milwaukee is hastily making up for lost time by beating the top-grade contenders. The Indians ballooned their American League advantage to four games Sunday when they swept the Philadelphia Athletics in a douhleheader, 7 to 2, and 5 to 2. while the New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers, 10 to 8, in ten inning's. The surging Braves, 15 games thataway on July 21, moved to within seven and a half games of the top tn the Natioml League when they downed thefalterind New York Giants, 5 to 2. This gave the Grlmm-mighte a sweep of a three-game series with the Durochermen. More than that, it the 14th win in the last 16 games for the Braves and gave them a 9-1 record in their last ten game* pmyed with the Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. They have taken the .Gian's six in a row and beat the Brooks three out of four on their torrid current eastern swing. On the eeaaon. the Brave* are now 9-8 over the Giants and 10-0 over the Dodgers, who edged to w’thfn three games of the Giants Sunday by walloping the Cincin:aii Redlegs, 20 to 7. Cleveland, on the other hand, is doing: it a different way. By sweeping the Macks tn a four-game oet. the Indians extended their record over rhe second division to »6 lb for the season. T£e Indiana, who now need only 24 wins in their remaining 46 games to hit the century mark, hove won 20 Os their laet 25 games —tv a veiling et a fantastic .Sftt) clip. Yet, their overall record against the contending Yankees and White Sox is on the losing side, 7-9 with the Chisox and 8-9 with the Bombers. In other American League games the WliHe "Sox gained an even break by blanking the Washington Senators. 3 to 0, afte? the Karts won thy opener. 7to 6. The Boston Red; Sox ‘opped the Baltimore Oriole® twice, 4 to 2. in eleven innings and 4. to I. In the National Leagve. the Philadelphia Phillies toi>pe»i thf Ghtcapo Cubs twice, 8 to 4 and 8 to 3 and the Pittsburgh Pl-ates won a pair from the St. Louis Cardinals. 12 to 4, and 5 to 3. Bob Lemon and Larry Doby belted decisive homers the Indians made it 15 wins in 18 games with the Mackmen. Lemon, winning hie 15th game and sixjh In a row, walloped a two-run homer In the. first game and Doby s 26th Jrpmer. a thiee-run sdi<t in the first inning, wrapped up Art'Houttinrank lltb in the afterpiece.

Don Bpllweg accounted for botn Athletic runs in the nightcap with a bomer and a sacrifice fly. Jim Delsing’s two-run pinch homei off reliever Johnny t’hin with cne out in the tenth brought th" Bengal® their win over the Yanks. Ste«=' Gromek, thirl Tiger nurler, was credited with his 13th Trtrr: — *— The Tigers made 18 hits Including n three-run homer by Hay Boone, while the Yankees socked 13 .>Hs, including .feur-baggo » i>y Gil McDougald at>d Mickey Mantle. Wanes Sp-’hn won his 42th wire with r. rix-hUter and Eddie Mathews sing. el one run across rit his 3Ji.‘. hotr.v,’ for another •■’ the Braves ueat Sal Mae|> '.i'’y Pafko’s blag 5 trnite a 2-2 tie - ’be eigfita end Hauk Attr.m 4 . fled across t v > lourahce runs i.r •) e ninth. The Dodgers set a National League record by ecoring 13 runs in the eighfih inning. Nineteen mem went to bat against four Redleg pitchers and the rally was capped i.y a grand-slam homer by Don Hoak. Twelve of the .runs were unearned —as third baseman Chuck Harmon opened' ift* gates by erring with two *iHs and the Roy Stevens’ second homer of rhe game, in the nhv.Mi Inning, gave the Nate their triumph over rhe Chieox. But Lefty Jack Harsh■*t*n blanked the Senators with seven hits to gain the split. George Kell, who drove In four rune th the opener, singled home the winning margin in t’«e fourth. An error and a single by I?iE Coirtolo helped the Red Sox win

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the overtime first game frotn Baltimore and Frank Sullivan notened hia eighth triumph in the nightcap. Robin Roberts won hi« 17th — tops in the majors—for the Phillies and the second game was featured by triples by Gran Hamner. Danny Schell and Herm Vchleague record. Harvey Haddix was routed as a ntester and reliever in St. Louis' double lose to the Pirates. The Burs smashed out 15 hits to win the opener and Ed Pellagrin! won the nightcap with a baser-loaded single in the eighth. The Bucs took four of a five game series from the Red birds. Trade in a Good Towr — Decatur mwamm