Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 85, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1955 — Page 6

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Picks Yankees And Braves To Take Pennants By HOWARD SIGMAND (I. N. 8. Sport* Writer) NEW YORK GIANTB The oddamakers. the form charts and their practically peerless manager predict a repeat pennant tor the world champion New York Giants. But it wouldn’t be too fantastic a happenstance if the Giants were forced to take second money in 1955. Leo Dnroeher's dynamic sparked and spurred by Willie Mays, Alvin Dark and Johnny Antonelli, aren’t going to give up the National * League throne room without a struggle. They have too many weapons. But the writer picks the Milwaukee Braves to take the title away from the Giants, with the Brooklyn Dodgers finishing third after a hectic, no-quarter flag scramble. Bypassing the Giants isn't easy, but it is a question whether they’ll get the same sensational pitching which marked their triumph of last season. Sal Maglie is 38 and relief master Marv Grissom is 37, the ’’danger’’ age for ptichers. And will the club continue to get the amazing pinch-hitting it got last season from Rhodes and the others* Let’s look at the roster: Catching — Wes Westrum is great defensively, but he doesn’t hit. Ray Katt hits more than Westrum. but he isn’t too strong bethe dish. Third man in the picture is Micky Grasso, exlndian. Pitching — Maglie and Grissom are the main uncertainties. Antonelli and Gomez should have fin seasons again and Durocher looks for a comeback by Jim Hearn and added victories from Don Liddle. Hoyt Wilhelm. Grissom and John McCall will man the bullpen. Infield — First rate defensively. Dark at short and Henry Thompson at third are solid, but Durocber needs more hitting from first baseman Whitey Lockman and second baseman Davey W’illiams. Bobby Hofman, Foster Castleman and Bill Gardner are good reserves. . Outfield — A formidable trio in Monte Irvin, Mays and Don Mueller. Irvin should have a better bitting year. The second line includes Rhodes, Bill Taylor and rookie Bob Lennon, all good hit’terß - Consensus: Favored to win. Def-, initely in top three. CLEVELAND INDIANS Their quality-and-quantity pitching staff makes the Cleveland Indians favorites to win the American League pennant. In addition, the champion tribesmen have augmented their chances with rookie southpaw phenom Herb Score and home run belter Ralph Kiner. It’s difficult to pick against the team which won the flag with a record 111 triumphs last season. But the writer is selecting the New York Yankees to win the pennant. with Cleveland finishing second and Chicago third. The Indians may not .have the same scalping picnic 'with this year's improved "other five” teams in the league. And age is creeping up in spots (pitching spots, too) w-hile the team remains slow afoot. The Yanks appear to have more over-all balance. Catching — Jim Hegan is wonderful defensively, but doesn't hit enough. Hal Naragon and rookie Hank Foiles, who batted .338 at Indianapolis last season, also are

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on hand. Pitching — The best. Just look at the names. The big three of Bob Lemon, Early Wynn, and Mike Garcia — plus young 'Mr. Score. Bob Feller, Ray Narleski. Don Mosel. Art Houtteman. Hal Newhouser and more. Infield — Batting champ Bobby Avila on second and slugger Al Rosen on third are no problems. But Vic Wertz isn’t a defensive star at first and George Strickland isn’t a hitting shortsop. Rudy Regaldo, Sam Dente, Hank Majeski are the reserves. Outfield — Kiner’s homer bat adds power but he's weak defensively. Larry Doby owns centerfield and Lopez has quite an array in Al Smith. Wally Westlake. Dale Mitchell. Dave Philley and Dave Pope. Consensus: Generali favored to repeat. . NEW YORK YANKEES Over the years the New York Yankees have been almost mechanical in devising ways and means to win the American league pennant. The Yankees of 1955 will have to come up with some strong pitching to turn the. trick this time. . Here’s a position -by - position rundown: Catching — The best staff in the league with Yogi Berra and Charley Silvera. Stengel can also call on Elston Howard,- his prize rookie eateher-outfielder. Pitching — The loss of Allie Reynolds will hurt. But the Yanks still have a competent staff. Lefty Whitey Ford is considered as the ace and then there is Bog Grim, Bob Turley, >Ed Lopat, Tommy Byrne. Tom Morgan, and Johnny Sain. Yankees also have high hopes for rookie schoolboy discovary Johnny Kucks. Infield — Very strong even if Phil Rizziito "ain’t what he used to be.” The little shortstop is battling Gerry Coleman and Billy Hunter for the job. None of the trip is a slugger, but all are fine fielders. First base has been won by slugging Bill Skowron over Joe Collins and Eddie Robinsop. Gil McDougald on second and Andy Carey on third round out the inner works. Outfield — Solid and speedy with Mickey Mantle in center. Hank Bauer in right and Irv Noren in left; Noren has a bad finger at present and Bob Cerv may open the season in left field. Veteran Enos Slaughter and Howard are on hand as fill-ins. Consensus; Either first or second place. BROOKLYN DODGERS The Brooklyn Dodgers have the roster to win the National League pennant. They bad the roster to win it in 1954 and they finished second. The Dodger rundown: Catching — Campanella is the top — with two hands. He had only one hand last.season and batted .207. Uube Walker is capable oil defense. - Pitching — Should be better than last year but many question marks, perhaps too many. Carl Erskine is the No. 1 inan. An oldform Newcombe would be a big factor. Alston looks for improvements by Johpny Podres, Bill Loes, and Russ Meyer. Joe Black is seeking his old bullpen job to bolster Jim Hughes and Clem Labine. Biggest guy of all could be rookie southpaw Karl Spooner. Infield — Gil Hodges, Junior Gilliam and Pee Wee Reese take capable care of three-fo.urths of the infield. Either Jackie Robinson or Don Hoak will ‘play third. Alston’s feud with Robinson won’t help the club's chances. Don Zimmer and rookie Chico Fernandez are good infield reserves. Outfield — Top-notch no matter who plays left field. That’s because Duke Snider is in center and Carl Furillo’s in right Sandy Amoros. maybe Robinson, rookie Bert Hamric, Walt Moryn ‘and George Shuba are all left field possibilities. Consensus: A team than can fin ish first, second or third. Arson Is Suspected In State Park Fire WINAMAC. Ind (INS) —Arson investigators of the altate fire marshal’s office were at the Tippecanoe state park today investigating the cause of a fire that razed a summer cottage and burned more than 1,200 acres of forest in the park. The fire was conquered by park employes and 35 trusty convicts fro mthe state prison after a battle of eight hours. Reports 1954 Sales Os Homes At Record LAFAYETTE, Ind. (INS) —National Homes Corporation today reported 1954 sales and production set a new record that was 48 per cent over the previous year. Total sales for the parent company at Lafayette. Ind., the last six months of 1954 were 68 per cent over the corresponding period for the preceding year and 48 per cent over the overall 1953 figures.

Major Leagues To Open 1955 Season Today NEW YORK (INS) — The 1955 pageant bf major league baseball debuts in extravagant color on two fronts today, with history and the President of the United States ushering In the big show for millions of eager fans. President Eisephower bestows his official blessings on the great American game by pitching out the first ball when the Senators launch the American League's 55th season io a tradition-packed’ home opener at Griffith Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. The 80th National League inaugural takes place in Cincinnati, home of the first professional baseball team. There the Cincinnati Redlegs engage the Chicago Cuba. There was a question, however, whether the Cincinnati weatherman would cooperate with the N. L. moguls. A heavy rain fell during the morning and more rain was forecast for the rest of the day, threatening postponement of the Queen City opener for the first time in history. . All 16 clubs will be in action Tuesday. Before the final curtain on Sept. 25, the nation is expected to witness and contribute to what promises to be two of the most pulse-quickening pennant chases in many years and the biggest box office and attendance boom since World War 11. The world champion New York Giants are 6-to-5 favorites to repeat as National league kingpin and the Cleveland Indians go oft as even money choices in the American. But, according to the pre-season estimates, both incumbents are in for a rugged time. After Mr. Eisenhower, a left fielder in his days at West Point, finishes with his command performance, managers Charley Dressen of the Senators and Paul Richards of the Orioles —both debuting in new jobs—send their two sec-ond-division clubs at each other. The fifth-place Nats, seeking d’ more prominent station in the first division in 1955, begin matters by sending their righthanded ace. Bob Porterfield (13-15) against the "New Ix>ok" Birds. The seventh-place Orioles, retreaded and instilled with vim, vigor, and. they hope, victory by the lanky Richards, have awarded the inauguration assignment to righthander Lou Kretlow (6-11). A capacity crowd of 30,000 is expected to watch the contest and the pre-game scramble among the players for pitcher Ike’s souvenir flip. In Crosley Field, an overflow audience of 34,000 is anticipated when Cincinnati’s “Murderer’s Row" of sluggers bows in against the "spring champ’’ Chicago Cubs. Manager Birdie Tebbetts, blessed with a team with power and punch but with little pitching, sends sophomore righty Art Fowler (12-10) against Chicago’s veteran Bob Rush (13-15). Stan Hack’s Cubs, who finished their exhibition schedule with a 15-7. mark, best in the league, aren’t figured to be any better than a seventh-place team again wnile the fifth-place Redlegs hope to parley their power into a firstdivision berth. The Giants open their season Tuesday in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh is at Brooklyn. Cincinnati, is at Milwaukee and St Louis visits Chicago for the other openers. In the American League, Cleveland hosts the Chicago White Sox, Washington is at New York, Boston is at Baltimore and Kansas City enterrf the family by placing host to the Detroit Tigers. w Gary Roosevelt Star Is 'Mr. Basketball' INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Gary Roosevelt’s brilliant Wilson Eison has been named "Mr. Basketball” on the Indiana prep all-star team that will play Kentucky prepstars. At the same time it also was announced that for the first time in its history the game will be played on a home-and-home basis. The two teams will meet Saturday night, June 18. in the Butler Fieldhouse of Indianapolis, and oi Monday night. June 20, in the Louisville Armory. Players and coaches will be the same for both games. BOW I ING SCORES Major League W L Pts. Mansfield 20 ao 30 Hoagland Impl. .... 22 17 39 Mies Recreation 28 17 29 Painters 223 M 28 First State Bank 21 17 28 Midwestern 19 00 36 Burke's Service 17% 18% 24% State Gardens 19 20 24 Heart Club... 16% 22% 23% Beavers Oil 14 25 18 ®OO Series—-Leo Ulman -236-305-216 (668). 200 Games— Witte-200, Reinking -214, Moses-201, Engle-218, Mans-field-217, Oetting-212-205, Springer -200-002.

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Nats Edge Pistons For Playoff Title SYRACUSE, N. Y. (INS) — There definitely is no place like home to the Syracuse Nationals, world champaions of professional basketball. And the Fort Wayne Pistons will agree, all the way. The Nationals won the National Basketball Association’s title playoff Sunday when they defeated the Pistons, 92 to 91, in the seventh and deciding game before 6.697 fans at the War Memorial Arena. It was the 23rd straight win for the Nats over the Pistons on the Syracuse home court. Fort Wayne never has won in Syracuse. By winning. Syracuse became the first Eastern Division team ever / to cop ail the NBA marbles. The championship meant a 315,000 jackpot to be divided among the winning players. Fort Wayne received 112.500. George King sank a foul Shot with 12 seconds remaining to give the Nats their margin of victory. High scorer in the game was Larry Foust of Fort Wayne with Ji points. Truckdriver Seized For Shooting Spree Truckdriver Held For Mental Exams INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —A 37-year-old truckdrivqrs was held for mental examination today after he staged a shooting spree that had “apree-shy" Indianapolis policemen on edge tor a few minutes. 'William Bryon Coofc was taken from his home after police maneuvered into position for 45 minutes to prevent another “Elder Street" incident. Witnesses said Cook began shooting the place up when informed his wife had left him and his son had "borrowed" his car while he was on a fruit hauling trip to Florida. Last June 30, a former mental patient on Elder Avenue, in Indianapolis, went berserk and shot up his home. He wounded several policemen and civilians in a siege that lasted several hours Police Inspector Russell J. Carmichael, who was in on the Elder Avenue affair, moved inunder a window and handcuffed Cook when the tear-gassed man staggered outside. A neighbor, Joseph Lowe, 90, said Cook began drinking heavily when he heard his wife had left him and his son had driven off in the car. At length, he took down a .32 caliber automatic pistol and began firing at objects in Che house and at the ceiling floor. Lowe said Cook told him he would kill anyone who entered the house when Lowe tried to persuade him to Stop the shooting. Lowe left then and summoned police. Cook said after his arrest that the first he knew of the siege around his home was when the tear gas shells blasted into the house near midnight Sunday night. He said: “I was just trying to get some sleep. I didn’t know anybody was trying to get me out of the house."

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Masters Title To Middlecoff By 7 Strokes AUGUSTA, Ga. (INS) — Cary Middlecoff has become goldom’s first "trustbuster." And like Teddy Roosevelt, he used a big stick to gain the title. The big stick was a putter. Middlecoff won the 19tb Masers tournament by seven strokes Sunday with a nine-under-par 279 —the widest winning margin the —the widest winning margin in the 21-year history of the classic. In doing so, he smashed a fouryear tournament monopoly held by Ben Hogan-Sam Snead, Inc. Until Middlecoff's thrilling win, Hogan and Snead had copped every title since 1951. The Great Bantam won the Masters In 1951 and again in 1953 with his record low 274, the only Score which tops Middlecoff’s 279. Snead won in 1952, and beat Hogan. 707Hqst year after they tied at the end of 72 holes at 289. But* despite his three impressive titles—doctor, master and trustbuster—lanky Cary Middlecoff had to let dignity surrender to a foolish grinning joy over his accomplishment. “I feel like a little kid who has wanted a toy wooden soldier for a long time and finally got it,” he said |n the clubhouse after winning. "I was beginning to wonder if I’d ever win a big one, again," said Middlecoff in the dressing room. Hogan, who placed second in the tournament at 286, felt Middlecoff played a “fine game” in beating him. He said: “I think the. course played easier this year and it helped him shoot the low round. My putting didn't help me. There were times when I was figuring which pitch shot would give me the best opportunity to three put.” Slammin’ Sammy placed third at 287. one stroke behind Hogan. Annual Road School Opens At Purdue U. LAFAYETTE. Ind. (INS) -Nearly 1,000 persons were on hand today for the opening of the four-day 41st annual road school at Purdue University. Represented were the various groups concerned most cloMly with the construction and maintenance of Indiana’s highways.

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Ministerial Student: Dies In Plane Crash WINONA LAKE. Ind. (INS) — Funeral arrangements were made today for Ralph Spillers, 32-year-old WJnona Lake ministerial student who died Saturday when his light plane crashed and burned on the farm of his brother, Clark A. Spillers near Covington, O. Spillers was enroute farm to spend the Easter holiday with bis family. His wife and two young daughters had gone to Covington by automobile Friday. Resume Rail Strike Mediation Efforts Strike Os 25,000 • Railmen Continues WASHINGTON (INS) —Government mediators today resumed their conferences with management and union official!) in an effort to settle the strike of 25,000 non-operating employes of the Louisville and Nashville and subsidileville and Nashville and subsidiary railroads. ’’ National mediation board members held separate meetings with company and union groups at the board offices. The talks had continued through Saturday, but were recessed over Easter. Board members are hopeful of working out some plan under which the walkout can be ended. It was intimated that this might mean getting the strikers back to work while the basic controversy, which centers around a health and welfare plan, is threated out. Since the strike started four weeks ago, the board is said to have explored every* angle for ending the walkout, including some arrangement for getting the men back on the job pending a settlement of the main issue. Cites Opposition To Rearming Germany MOSCOW (INS)—The Communist party newspaper Pravda said today there was “growing popular opposition” to the rearming of West Germany. The newspaper declared that "following ratification of the Paris Accords which will rearm the Bonn Republic, the public clamor for big power talks became “more and more insistent.'’ Pravda said in an article that the main concern of the world’s aggressive circles is to lull West European public opinion. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Czech Demand Is Rejected By U. S. Political Asylum For Border Guard WASHINGTON (INS) — The U. S, has rejected a demand by Communist Csechoslovakia that American authorities rpturn a border guard who fled to the west early this month asking for political asylum. The state department said the U. S. embassy in Prague delivered a note Saturday replying to Cxech government notes which requested return of the border guard, Jan Fojtik, who crossed into West Germany on April 2. The American note said: “The United States eannot accept this proposal and the ministry’s ..demand for Fotjok’s return IS accordingly rejected.” The note said Fojtik “escaped from for political reasons- He has requested auQ been granted political asylum.” Banker Will Speak To Decatur Lions Herman H. Krueckeberg. cashier of the First State Bank, will speak on “Coin Collecting.” and also show an exhibit of coins, at the weekly meeting of the Decatur Lions club Tuesday evening at 6:15 o’clock at the K. of P. home. Officers for the ensuing year 'will also be elected Tuesday and all club members are urged to be present; Livestock Judging Contest Thursday The annual Adams county livestock judging contest will be held Thursday morning, starting at Adams Central school at 8:45 o’clock. The quiz on livestock management will be given at the school. The livestock classes will be held as follows: beet cows at Lengerich Brothers, steers at Elmer Isch's. sheep at Chris Biberstein's and hogs at Ralph Bluhm's. William Journay and Eugene Sprunger are in charge of the contest. It you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad It brings results.

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Johnny Pesky Given Release By Orioles BALTIMORE. Md. (INS) — Johnny Pesky’s career as a major league baseball player appeared Sunday to be ended with his unconditional release by the Baltimore Orioles. Detroit Red Wings Take Playoff Lead Red Wings are within one kame of winning the coveted Stanley Cup, emblematic of the world championship of hockey. The Wings, unbeatable on the home ice, returned to Detroit Sunday night and won their third game from Montreal in the best-ot-seven series. The sixth game of the series will be played Wednesday at Montreal and the seventh and final game, if necessitated by a Canadien victory Wednesday, will be iced Thursday in Detroit.

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