Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 199, Decatur, Adams County, 24 August 1954 — Page 7

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, IM4.

Klenks-McComb Battle Tonight In Fed Playoff

This was just a hot, humid day in most pants, hut for Decatur Klen-ks, local entry in the senior baseball federation this is the day. Tonight at 8 o'clock, at Worthman Field. Fend Klenk. Decatur sports promoter who hue kept independent basketball and baseball alive in Decatur for a good many years will send his diamond charges against Fort Wayne McComb, another crack team. The winner of tonight’s game will meet Rockford Legion in a ■five game play-off series for the league title. The loser will join the other teams in the also ran column. The Klen-kmen, always a strong contender in independent baseball circles, will be at top strength tonight for the “must” game. Season records will be tabled, and the local management will shoot the works for a win. Gates at Wbrthman field will open an hour before game time, and a good sized crowd from the northeastern area is expected to be on hand to fill the stands. Klenk said today that he believed the Decatur entry was the best

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balanced beeebdll team in the league. This, he continued, was evidenced by the fact that Decatur has won two of three games from Rockford, present favorites, during the last several weeks. “Our boys will be in there scrapping all the way,” the Decatur promoter eaid. “And w’e all sincerely hope that a big crowd will be on hand* to help Decatur advance to the final playoffs.” Middleweight Scrap Is Won By McNeece NEW YORK (INS) —Billy McNeece, Central Islip, L.1., middleweight, registered a unanimous ten round decision over Garth Punter of Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday night at Eastern ParkwayArena. It was the 11th win in 13 fights for Me eNecdnaemat giendso—sar for McNeece and matchmaker Teddy Brenner said he is trying to the young middleweight with either Joe Giardello, Rocky Castellanl or Pierre Langlois for Oct. 11.

Marshall Shifts Skins Grid Staff NEW YORK (INS) — The toughest bose to work for in all of spoi todom must be George Preston Marshall, president of the Washington Red-skins in the National Football League. Marshall, in addition to being principal owner of the ’Skins, has the misfortune of -being a football fan. In combination, .those two properties have high octane explosive qualities. Like any ordinary fan, Marshall fancies himself as a coach, The difference is that he owns the ball club and thus find® himeelf in a position to express his coaching theories more effectively than a less happily connected fan. The result—six Redskin coaches in eight years. Not a prospect to lull the latest Mansdiall nominee, Joe Kuharich, with any false sense of security. The bewildered Kuharich signed on as an assistant last month and suddenly was told Sunday that he was “in charge.” But in the Marshall empire. Kings are dethroned as unceretnoniousiy as they are crowned. Curly Lam-beau, the man Kuharich * replaced, took over just as suddenly in 1952 when Dick Todd resigned on the night of the Redskins’ season opener. Todd, in turn took over when Herman Ball was demoted to assistant coach during the 1951 campaign. Ball had been drafted for the head coaching job when Marshall and Rear Adm. John Whetchel clashed midway through the-1949 schedule, Whelchel had taken over the hot seat from Turk Edwards at the start of the same season. That should give Kuharich a pretty fair idea of what to expect. The big problem in dealing with Marshall reportedly is his conception that the coach is only a sort of keeper of the keys and errand boy. The guy who really runs things, on and off the field is George Preston. In some past regimes. Marshall actually sent notes- from hi® box to the bench, instructing whoever was “coaching” at the moment to try a certain play or player. Supposedly, when Lambeau —a veteran of 31 seasons at Green Bay and two with the Chicago Cardinals - took charge It was with the understanding that Marshall would -cfliange his ways. That he would let Curly run the team. As a matter of fact, the partnership seemed to work pretty well two seasons. Last year, the Redrkins had their first wining record since 1948. a 6-5-1 slate. , said X man cjosd to the ‘Skin® just the other day, "waa that, for the first time in a long time, Marshall let Lambeau run things. He ought to have an even better club this year.” Three days later. Marshall shook off his self-imposed shackles. Lambeau is gone and Kuharich—or is it George Preston Marshall? — is “in charge.” Warns Victory Road Has Many Obstacles PITTSBURGH (INS) The junior senator from Ohio has warned delegates to the Italian Sons and Daughters of America convention in Pittsburgh that the road to victory in the cold w-ar against Communism is littered with obstacles. U. S. Sen. Thomas Burke, a Democrat, told the delegates in his keynote speech Monday that the free people of the world must take another look at themselves to determine their .progress in the struggle.

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MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. Cleveland 88 34 .721 New York 83 40 .675 5% Chicago 80 45 .640 9V4 Detroit 54 68 .443 34 Boston .53 67 ,442 34 . Washington 51 69 .426 36 Philadelphia 40 81 .331 47»6 Baltimore 39 84 .317 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. G.B. New York 76 44 .633 Brooklyn 73 49 ~598 4 Milwaukee 68 51 .571 7% Philadelphia 58 61 .487 175 b Cincinnati 59 64 .480 18% St. Louis —— 5863 .479 18% Chicago 48 74 .393 29 Pittsburgh JL-. 44 78 .3MmKmi Monday’s Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Milwaukee, postponed (rain). Only game scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 8-10, Philadelphia 5-3. Only games scheduled. Af/W AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct. G.B. Indianapolis 85 48 .639 Louisville „71 60 .542 13 Minneapolis 65 64 .504 18 Columbus 65 67 .492 19% Kansas City"— 68 68 .481 21 St. Paul 63 69 .477 21% Toledo 62 70 .470 22% Charleston 52 80 .394 32% Monday’s Result* Columbus 7, Kansas City 3.

Charleston 7, Indianapolis 1. Louisville 10, St. Paul 5. Minneapolis 6, Toledo 5. Varona Gets Nod In Welter Fight NEW YORK (INS)Cuban welterweight Chito Varona won a split decision over Hawaii's Frankie Fernandez Monday night in the feature ten round bout at St. Nicholas Arena. Trade in e Good Town — Decatur

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Casey Still Has Hopes For Yanks NEW YORK (INS) —“We’re not Helpless yet.” That was Casey Stengel’s optimistic outlook as hie New York Yankeee tried to right themselves in the American League pennant race by opening a nine-game home stand tonight against the last place Baltimore Orioles. “This team will get on its feet again,” Stengel predicted. "And don’t forget, we still have five games left with Cleveland." Casey scoffed at the thought that time and the Indians were running out on hie winded’ Bombers, who trail by five and a half games with 31 remaining. ■A couple of etreaks are up for grabs in tonight’s game. The Yankees have lost three straight to the Boston Red Sox and the Orioles have a string of 12 straight losses. The Bombers hold a 14-4 season's edge over the Birds. The Yankees, beset by various physical and pitching ailments, can’t look forward to any immediate outside help In their big chase of the Trilie. - - - - -—----- — The Indians launch their eastern swing tonight in the very brotherly city of Philadelphia against the friendly Athletics, a team they’ve beaten 15 times in 18 meetings. In Boston, the Red Sox carry a six-game winning streak into their battle for fourth place with the Detroit Tigers and the third place Chicago White Sox, trailing by 9>4 lengths, visit the Washington Senators under- the arcs. The New- York Giants', working on a six game winning tear and a four game bulge in the National League race, open their tour of the west with a day game in Chicago. Leo Durocher thinks his Giants “are in, if we can win 20 of our 34 games.” The Brooklyn Dodgers, given another extra-curricular batting session before moving west, go up against the slugging Redlegs at Cincinnati in a night game. I Milwaukee's Braves, trailing by

seven and a half, play host to the Philadelphia .Phillies under the county stadium lights while Pittsburgh visits St. Louis. The Braves were rained out of a night game with the Redlegs last night in the only scheduled National League action. In the American League, the senators swept a doubleheader from the Athletics, 8 to 5, and 10 to 3, socking out a total of 30 base hits. Chuck Stobbs and Gus Keriazakos turned, in full-route jobs for the Nats. Stobbs gave up twelve hits, the same amount garnered •by his mates, to chalk up his eighth win. * i Keriazakos went the distance for the first time Jn his major career to win his second game. He allowed eight hits. Clyde Vollmer paced Washington’s 18-hit assault in the nightcap

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with four hits while bonus rookie Carmen Ki He brew contributed three hits and two rbi’s Marion Fricano and Alex Kellner were the losers for the Mackmen. Postal Inspectors Ask Stern Measures MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (INS)The nation’s postal inspectors have directed stern measures against two of the postman’s major toes-dogs and unruly children. At the group’s annual convention at Miami Beach, the inspectors passed a resolution Monday urging that it. b* made a federal offense to assault a postman while on duty. It was assumed the courts would decide whether the owner of a dog with a taste for mailmen would be liable for the activities of the animal.