Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 202, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1954 — Page 7

FRIDAY, AUGUST 2?, 1954.

Play-Off Game Is Here Tonight; Teams Are Ready

Rain won last night bat Decatur Klenk’e and Rockford, 0. Legion will baittJe it out at 8 o'clock tonight at Warthman field in the finst of a best in five series for the Fort Wayne baseball federation cliempionahip. Sponsor Ferd Klenk of the Decatur entry said today that both teams ere ready for the opening tilt and a great series is predicted. Indications are that the Ohio entry in the play-offe will bring a big delegation to Decatur tonight. Ellenberger, Decatur pitcher is reported ready for the opener, and all Decatur regular* reported today to be on hand when the playoffs start. Ticket sale will start an hour before game Ume, and plenty of seats are available for the sane. Rockford and Decatur are oM rivals in the top flight teams of the area. Decatur won two regular season games from Rockford and the latter then trimmed the locale last week in the first round of the play-offs. Tuesday night the local team back In the “do or die" game with McComb Construction and won the right to enter th’e championship flight. Annoaacement of the date for the second play-off game will be made tonight. If yon have something to sen or rooms for eut, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

FEDERATION LEAGUE PLAYOFF Ihisehiill tonne TONIGHT ///7 KLENKS vs ROCKFORD, 0. W WORTHMAN FIELD EaViTil SUN.MON.TUES. Sjk w \ 1 f * I .i Continuous Sunday From 1:15 aYLMwMV ONLY 15c-50c m-g-m presents . the first great f musical ClnemJß&e7 ROSE MARIES ( r k -Jf I 1 COLOR GLORY! wA . . SONGS TO THRILL! wek Tvit MS£ MAme SMC Os THE MOUNTIEB * "■ J IMOIAN LOVE UU I HAVE THE LOVt IMMG-M ItMKd Ntanl A • ANN BLYTH -HOWARD KEEL-FERNANDO LAMAS BERI LAHR - MARJORIE MAIN - ( ——o—-o— *— TONIGHT & SATURDAY NOTE — First Feature Tonight Begins at 6:40 Brought back in Observance of the Marian Year — The Superb Production that Won 5 Academy Awards! • The Tremendously Moving Story of the Maid of Lourdes and Her Vision of the “Beautiful Lady” “SONG OF BERNADETTE” JENNIFER JONES. Wm. Eythe, Vincent Price, Lee Cobb No Advance In Prices — Only 15c-50c

Four Teams Meet In Soft-Ball Playoffs FORT WAYNE. Ind. (INS)Four softball teams will begin doubleelimination round-robin play tonight in the Zollner Stadium for the right to represent Indiana in the west central regional*. First round play tonight sends Plymouth’s Franklin Scrappers against Kenny's and Bob's of Richmond in the first game and the host Zollner Pistons against the Seymour Roddick’s Garage team in the second game. ' AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pct G.B. Indianapolis ... 86 49 .637 Louisville 73 61 .545 12% Columbusp 68 67 .504 18 Minneapolis ... 66 66 .500 lUi St. Paul 64 71 .474 23 Toledo 64 71 .474 22 Kansas City .. 63 70 .61422 Charleston .... 52 81 .391 38 Thursday’s Results Columbae 6, Kansas City 0. Louisville 5, St. Paul 4. Toledo 9, Minneapolis 6. Only games scheduled;

REAL COMEBACK - - - - B»* Alan Mover reason since wWwLBW HE WON 20 . jflCTpKOlap .4 M tor the > Sth place, k 'Sjr' *A | /I to rejoin the 20-wiN Fa „ ASM club, but should ■sSI HAVE Hi* 2np BEST w/tP* i W/N TOTAL, AND /N&ZST (W | WOULD HAVE HAD 1 PLENTY MORE MtH A LITTLE BETTER f V* LUCK-HA* BEEN ■ fii /CT \ \ > MAKING A STRONOnt / \ B/P TO LEAP LEAGUE LN THE A \J i EARNEP-PUN DEPT *. > HOVERING NEAR 2.20. ■ .... 1— Hh'ilrWßiiiliiiwa* .

Ted Williams Is Back h Hamess NEW YORK (INS) —The “Splinter” has lodged himself in the record books again but just how many more marks did his war service and broken collar bone cost him? Ted Williams belted his 24th homerun last night in Boston’s 5 to 3 loss to Baltimore. The 400foot smash into the rightfield bleachers gave him a lifetime total of 961 and tied him with Joe DiMaggio as the fifth most prolific homerun hitter tn history. Only the mighty Babe Ruth. Jimmy Fox, sMel Ott and Lou Gehrig -in that order-have blasted out more homers than Boston's 1100,000 slugging outfielder, in nine full seasons dlnce breaking into the majbrg«sl«».Mßrßs- - rangy six-footer averaged 40 homers per year. On that basis, his five years of military service have cost him 206 more, which would boost hte present total to 561 and make him the second greatest hitter of all time. Aad that is without considering the wearying effect of lengthy war service and the passing years on muscles and reflexes. Ted, who’s keeping mum on possible retirement at year’s end. also may have lost the American League batting crown this season for his late start He's presently hatting a neat .349 with 97 his and 75 runs but that was only in 278 at bats in 87 games compared to leagueleader Irv Noren’s .341 in 361 times up. The Korean combat veteran started a month late, getting eight hits in nine trips, including two homers in the doubleheader on his first day back. But then in June he was sidelined again with a virus

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infection of the lungs that bordered on pneumonia. Williams, last major leaguer to hit over .400 .406 in 1941, slammed his homer in Che eighth inning off Bob Turley, who pulled the Orioles cut of a 14-game losing streak. Thd Birds were five games shy of the league record losing streak set 48 years ago by Boston. The Orioles gave Turley a threerun cushion in the first Inning off Sid Hudson and the firebailer proceeded to yield seven hits and fan four to raise his season's strikeout total to 139. Legionnaires To Hold 6olf Meet Prizes for the American Legion Golf Tourney, to l>e staged this Sunday between 10 a. m. and 4 1 p? m’ rtf ttW “Course', were announced today by John ABaumann, chairman of the prize committee as follows: Ist prize-blind bogey; 2nd prizeblind bogey; 3rd priae-Lpw score; 4th prizeCiosest to pin on seven; sth prize-Longest drive on one; 6th prize-second lowest score; 7th prize-Closest to pin on four; Sth prize-Longest drive on eight; 9th prize-Most Identical score: 10th prize-all bogeys. The honor system will prevail in the scoring department, with markers placed so that earn contestant can tell who has beau the closest, or made the longest drive. If a player comes closes, or makes a longer drive, he should write his name on the marker, and move the marker to the position where his ball landed, Baumann said. Bill Kuhnle will have charge of the registration, and Don Koos beads the refreshments committee. The chairmen asked that all scores be turned in by 4 p. m. Sunday.

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct, G.B. Cleveland 90 35 .720 New York 86 40 .683 4% Chicago S 3 46 .643 9 Detroit 55 70 .440 35 Boston 54 69 .439 35 Washington ... 51 72 .415 38 Philadelphia ... 42 83 .336 48 Baltimore ...., 40 86 .317 50% NATIGNAL LEAGUE W L Pct G.B. New York ...., 78 45 .634 Brooklyn —.... 75 49 .605 3% Milwaukee . — 71 51 .582 6% St. Louis 59 65 .476 19% Philadelphia, ... 58 64 .475 19% Cinctaaati 1.... 59 66 .472 20 Chicago 49 76 A92 30 Pittsburgh 46 79 468 33 Thursday's Results NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 4-1, New York 3-2. Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 2. Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York IL Detroit 2. Cleveland 2, Washington 1. Chicago 8-1, Philadelphia 1-4. Baltimore 5, Boston 3. Branch Rickey Has Fainting Spell NEW ORLEANS (INS) Branch Rickey, general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, fainted Thursday night at Pelican Stadium in New Orleans and was taken to his hotel. It was reported Rickey is suffering from an Illness of the inner wter ~ He was to have attended a Southern Association game between New Orleans, a Pirate farm club, and Atlanta. • Attendants said the 72-year-old baseball executive was restiag comfortably and that he probably would not require hospitalization.

HARD TOP RACES EVERY SUNDAY (Also Powder Puff Race) LAKE VIEW SPEEDWAY Clem’s Lake Time Trials 7:30 P. M. RACE 8:30 P. M. Sanctioned By Decatur Racing Association

NOTICE OF SPECIAL .MEETING OF THE ADAMS COI'NTY COI XCIL II AND Pl BMC REARING IX THE MATTER OF 1 EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION* I •Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of Adame Countv, Indiana. I that the Comity Council of said county Mill meet *t its uxsal meettn* I lilace in the Courthmise in the city of Decatar, Indian*. at the hear of I 9:00 o'clock Alt. on the 7th * Sth days of September, 1954, to eonsMler I the following additional appropriations and reduction of appropriations I which the Board of County Commissioners considers necessary to meet I the extraordinary emergency existing at this time, which were not in- I eluded in the current budget: ■ ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION* f COL'NTY fl Sheriff ■ 103* Special Deputies _X 50.00 fl 30S Meals for Prisoners ~...... 300.00 fl School Superintendent ■ . 100* Salary of School Superintendent 37-5.00 fl " 101 b Salary of Attendance Officer 45.00 fl 102a Salary of Clerk . .. 57.00 fl County Agent > ■ 200 Operating i 250.00 fl 600 Properties .._ ... 250.00 fl Court House .1 ■ 101 Janitor 300.00 fl • 102* Matron . 130.00 ■ Jail . . fl 200 Repair of Boiler „u.-.'il.. . 100.00 fl County Hume t ■ 10< Salary of Attendants 1035.00 fl 200 Operating 6000.00 fl County Conunisidoners ■ 423 Social Security * 500.00 I HOSPITAL - ■ inie Salary of Bookkeepers 2000.00 ■ 201b-4«le Salary of Cooks, Maida, Laundry, and Janitors 6000.00 ■ 202 Stove. Silverware A Trays . 4000.5e ■ 600 Medical, Surgical & Dental 3000.00 fl 002 Delivery Table ...«... 2000.00' fl 70lb Salary of Nurses and Aides 10000.00 fl 803a X-Ray Equipment . . 200.00, fl »03 Laboratory Readings 300.00 I WELFARE f 403 d Assistance for Crippled Ctrfldren-Placed 2000.00 ■ 403 h Assistance for Dependent Children in ' ■ Custody of Relatives ,J 1500.00 fl 4031 Assistance Crippled A Sick Children and ■ Adults Committed to Hospitals . 1500.00 fl REULCTIONS IX APPROPRIATIONS It COLMA n County Agent ■ 102 b Clerical Assistant t . 500.00 fl HOMPITAL ■ 203 Foods 1000.00 I 503 Maintenance A Repairs, Bldgs., A- Eqtifp 2000.00 fl 303 b Repair of X-Ray Equipment 200.00 ■ 902 Laberitory Supplies 300.00 fl WF.I.FAHI'! B 403a Old Age Assistance ■ 1500.00 ■ Taxpayers may appear at this meeting and shall have the right to be fl heard on the necessity for' such emergency appropriations. Any enM-rg- fl cncy appropriations finally determined upon will be automatically refer- fl red to tile Stale Board <>f Tax Commissioners, which Board will hold a fl further hearing thereon within fifteen davs at the Countv Auditor's fl office. At such hearing, taxpayers desiring to object 10 such emergency fl appropriw tlon* may !»<• hoard, and any Irrf <*re*tvd tHjqmyerM may inquire B of the County Auditor alien suib hearing- a 111 he held. ■ Dated thia 27th dky of Aiiguat. 1954. ■ FRANK KITSON ■ , ... Auditor Adams County, Indiana, fl Al t! 27 SEPT. 3 ■

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Representatives To Plan World Series NEW YORK (INS) Representative* of the top three clubs In the National and American Leagues will meet Sept 3 in the office of Basehall Commissioner Ford Frick to arrange plans tor the 1954 World Series. Frick yesterday Invited representatives of the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves in the National League and the Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. Alabama Man, Wife End Life In Gary GARY, Ind. (INS) Ah Alabama man and wife were found shot te death in their Gary apartment Thursday night with suicide notes lying nearby. Police identified the victims as Kenneth McLeroy, 40, and his wife, Faye, 28. They said the couple was believed to have two children in Alabama but had no hometown.

. x J* AN AIR FORCE inquiry board Is probing the cause of the air accident at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., which took the life of the world’s top jet ace, Captr Joseph McConnell, Jr., 33, of Apple Valley, Calif. His chutes failed to open when he abandoned Ms Sabrejet during a test flight. (International j

It is believed the husband shot the wife to th* head and then placed the muizie of the .22 caliber I ■

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. rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. The couple moved t»<Gary from Alabama thia summer.