Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 112, Decatur, Adams County, 12 May 1955 — Page 7

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" ' " ”T Commodores Are Defeated By Marion, 9-1 Marion Bennett Smoved Into the Central Indiana Catholic conference lead Wednesday by marking up a 9-1 triumph over the Decatur Commodores at Marion. The winners now have a 4-1 conference mark. The Commodores were limited to two hits and scored their lone run in the sixth on a walk to Mowery and Voglewede’s double. Mowery hurled creditable baJP for tile Cnmjfftrfffiy«w4| from shaky. hii mates, who eight 'Errors. Marion stored in every inning except the fifth. The Commodores will play St. Mary’s at Anderson Friday afternoon. Commodores AB R H E Beal, 2b . 4 0 0 1 Mowery, p 3 10 0 Reed, cf, lb .. 2 0 0 1 Voglewede, c 3 0 10 Kable, 3b, ss 2 0 0 2 T. Meyer, s 2 0 0 2 Heimann, lb 10 0 0 Meyer, rs ._ 3 0 11 Costello, 3b, cf ...2 0 0 0 Omlur, If 3 0 0 1 Totals ...25 1 2 8 Marion AB R H E N. Guerrero, 3b *4^/2. -1 B. uetrero, 2b Roark, ss 4 ? I'o Castillo, c 3 2 0 0 Aguilar, cf 4 110 Orr. rs ____■_4 12 0 Raith, If 3 0 0 0 Raith, lb 4 2 10 Stolts, p .... 3 0 0 0 Score by innings: Commodores 000 001 o—l0 —1 Marion 212 103 x—9 If you nave sometnmg to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. ATHLETESFOOT GERM HOW TO KILL IT. IN ONE HOUR If not pleaded, your 40c hack. This STRONG fungicide SLOUGHS OFF the outer skin to expose buried germa. Kills It on contact. Get GreSmeleas, T-4-I. at any dntrg store. TroUay af-Roline Drug Store.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B, Cleveland ... 19 7 .731 Chicago 15 9 '.625 3 i New York .. 14 10 .583 4 Detroit 15 11 .577 4 10 14 .417 8 i n .10 15 .400 B’4 .... 10 17 .370 9(4 8 18 .308 11 IONAL LEAGUE w. l. Pct. g.b; .... 22 3 .880 ' i ... 13 11 .542 B(4| .. 18 .520 9 ' J-Ufficago I_— 13 14 .481 10 | St. BouisX— 10 12 .455 10(4 Plttsbqrtfh 11 14 .440 11 Cincinnati ... 9 16 .360 13 Philadelphia . 8 17 .320 14 WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 10, Brooklyn 8. Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 3. New York 6, CidMnnati 3. St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4, New York 3. Boston 4. Chicago 3. Detroit 7. Washington 0. Kansas City 2, Baltimore 0. BOWLING SCORES Classic League Final Standings w l Pts. Leland Smith Ins. . 39(4 11 (4 56(4 West End 31 20 ’ ‘4-1 Ateker’s Cement _y 26 25 35 Peterson Elevator 24 27 33 Drewry’s 24*4 26(4 32(4 Riverview Legion Post 4®oi_ 17 ’54 22 Habegger H’ware .. 18 33 21 High Series (Double Shift) :Bill Tutewiler 641 (211, 212, 218), Ed Korte 631 (211, 219. 201), Roily Ladd 628 ( 236. 200. 192). Neil Richard 607 ( 201, 317, 189), Andy Appleman 607 (202. 200, 205); Bill Tutewiler 605 (i 166 202, 237). High Games: W. Meeee 210, 203, O. Goelz 202. 219, G. Hooper 203, D. Terveer 227, R. Werling 202, A. Buuck 206, 221. W. Petrie 203, E. Bultemeier 232. G. Bienz 205, P. Bleeke 227, L. Ulman 225, C. Mies 211, A. Tientaous 223, R. Lord 225, J. Ahr 214, F. Ahr 225. Notes:-Ixrifed league title by winning both halves.

Chicago Cubs Half Dodgers' Winning Skein ■L (INS) —The Cleveare doing just what >ez said they must '<ew._York Yankees, at a faster me that carried them LI triumphs last seaJasey Stengel's- club, inesday and moved head of the pack. The Indians and Yankees were I’l-11 last season. But whenjlfirly Wynn bested Yankee are_Bob Turley Wednesday, the Indans took a 3-1 lead in this Season's play. The third place Bombers trail them by four games. ( Turley, Stengel's “big guy” righthander who had won five Straight games, allowed the Indians only three hits atfd struck out 11 men, but the fireballing hurler walked eight and made a costly jwild pitch that contributed to his/lcjjpnfan. Wyrfa chalked up his third victory against no losses with a five hitter that included home runs by Andy Carey and Mickey Mantle. While the Indians kept their streak alive, the Brooklyn Qodgers were brought down to earth - at least for the time being' - and their 11 game winning sueak was ended by the Chicago Ci'"’ A The Bruins topped tn »ooks, 10 to 8, and defeated a fellow who had their £»iiber 17 straight tidies. The setbffj was only the third in 25 ganrl for Walter Alston’s space cadefl and their National League leads was “reduced” to 8(4 games. Boston's Red Sox, apparently hypoed by the news of Ted Williams’ return to baseball, shook a five game losing streak and bested the second place Chicago White Sox, 4 to 3. The Detroit Tigers blanked the Washington Senators, 7 to 0, behind a three hitter by Ned Garver and Alex Kellner and Bobby Sbaiitz helped break a five game skid as they hurled the Kansas City Athletics to a 2 to 0 shutout win over-the Baltimore Orioles. In the National League, Jim Hearn won his fifth game as the second place New York Giants defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs, 6 to 3; Milwaukee’s Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates for the first time this season, 8 to 3, and the futile Philadelphia Phillies their

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llth straight loss, I to 5. Ernie Banks banked out a grand slam homer off Meyer In the first inning as the Bruins got oft With five runs and Dee Fondy hit a three run homer off Clem Lablne in the third. The Cubs managed to hold on by making five double plays. The Red Sox, who had lost 11 of It, won on the strength of a tWo run homer by Billy Klaus in the sixth, his first in the majors. Ellis Kinder preserved Frank Sullivan’s third win with a nifty ninth inning relief rescue job. Virgil Trucks was tlje Jpaer for ChiJfojners by Monte Irvin and Whitey Lookman accounted for five runs in the Giants* win over Cincinnati. Hearn gave up eight hits, including a homer by Wally PoeL - Thfr\Braves, who had lost sous games to the pesky youjjg.Bucs, beat them on a three run bother by Eddie Mathews and a two run double by Joe Adcock which got Chet Nichols his third win. The Catgjpafs scored three times in the bottom of the eighth to oyercome a 5-3 Philadelphia lead. Doubles <by Harry Elliott, Stan Musial and Rip Repulski were the big blows. Musial got three hits, including a bases empty homer off starter Robin Roberts in the third. The victory went to Herb Moford, third Redbird hurler. Activity Grows At Indianapolis Track INDIANAPOLIS INSj Gasoline Alley was nesrty filled today as a count of steering wheels showed 51 of 5.7 Hrs entered for the 39th annual 500 mite race on hand. Activity increased as the first day of qualifications neared and as many cars as possible prepared to take a crack at Jack McGrath’s one and four lap records and a race day ride from the pole position. The Inglewood, Calif., speedster said he planned to break his own records in first day of qualifications this Saturday. About a dozen others also are set to ride Saturday. Three more drivers turned a 140 mile per hour plus lap in practice Wednesday-Bob Sweikert, of Indianapolis; Pat O’Connor, of North Vernon, Ind., and Sany, Jlaqks, of Burbank, Calif. ’ Bill Vukovich, 1953 and 1954 winner, was close at 139.880 in Ws new’ car and it’s likely the Ftjsnb. Calif., flash will try for the pore position from which he won the 1953 race. Troy Ruttman, of Houston, Tex., who drove Vukovich into the wall in 1952 and prevented, as it turned out, Vuky’s becoming the first three straight winner at the Speed way, hasn’t been getting the hoped for zip out of the powerful Novi eight'but there's plenty of time. Although 31 cars took to the track Wednesday, there were no slides such as the three that sent railbirds scurrying for cover Tuesday. Only the brief fire in a car, quickly extinguished, caused any excitement. ■■ Major Leagues Cut i Down Player Roster NEW YORK (INS) —A trio of former stars headed the list and I the Kansas City Athletics did the I most business Wednesday when I fnajpr league clubs met the 25 I player limit deadline. The three one time stars are I pitcher Hal Newhouser and John- I ny Sain, and outfileder Enos I Slaughter. The Yankees J cash traded Sain I and Slaughter to The Athletics for I righthatided pitcher Sonny Dixon I and the Indians gave 207 game I winner Newhouse? his release. I . The. Indians also sold outfielder I Harry Simpson to Kansas City, I while the busy Athletics bought I pitcher Ray Herbert from the Ti- I gers and sent second baseman I Spook Jacobs to Columbus and I recalled infielder Hector Lopez 1 from the International League en- I try.. ... The A’s sent pitcher Charley I Bishop and first - baseman Don I Bollw?g to San Didgo in the Pa- I cific .Coast League. Tylie Yankees IssignctLDixonyrtfirj .\rj. Larsen to their I •in the Anferican Association and I SO|d lefty Art Sefitdlock to Ballimo>e. '. (Cleveland gpj/liown to the limit I by umimijrig rookie first .baseman I Joe Altobelli to yndi’angpUs in the I American Assciaftion. i How others Clubs paired down: catcher Mickey I Grasso. j \ -fl I RedlegsiPistchpir Fred\ Baczewski sent to St.«Faul oti 24 hour> recall option.. Pitcher Jerry Lane was optioned to Nashville. Pirates) - OiitiQited piteh.er Al GrunwaTn to Mexico City in the class Double jA 7 Mexican League. Braves-OptioHc'd— pitcher Ray Crone to T,oJe<)o. Phillh’s-Optioned outfielder Mel j Claik to Syracuse' 1 and infielder 1 Luis Orjtx to Seattle. | if you have sometmng to,sell or j rooms for rent, try a Democrat ' Want Al 11 brings teiullj. -

Columbia City Beats Jackets By 5-3 Score The Columbia City Eagles, scoring four runs on only two hits in the fifth Inning, defeated the Decatur Yellow Jackets, 5-3, in a Northeastern Indiana conference game at Worthman field Wednes day evening. Two hits and an error were good tor the Eagles’ first run in the opening inning, and they went back, Into the lead in the fifth on two hits plus two errors and a fielder's choice. The Yellow Jackets counted in the second on a pair of Columbia City errors and took the lead with a pair of runs in^Ahe'fourth on a by Ballard/ a sacrifice by Ktrlfjatriek. a double by’ Wolfe and another Eagle xer;or. A seventA-inniHgVrally by the Jackets failed after McDougal and Bakter hit safely. The Yellow Jackets will meet the conference leading New Haven Bulldogs at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon at Worthman field. Columbia City AB R H E Yant, 2b 2 0 10 Martin, If 4 2 10 Bridge, 3b 4 112 Kohne, ss 3 10 1 Whetstone, p 4 0 10 Deutsch, cf 4 0 0 0 Caxpenter, lb 3 0 0 0 Crampton, lb 10 0 0 Jones, rs 2 110 Barnum, c 2, 0 0 0 Totals 29 5 5 3 Yellow Jackets AB R H E McDougal, c 4 0 2 0 Bowman, cf 3 0 0 0 Baxter, 2b 4»o 1 0 Ralston, If 1 0 Kelly, 3b p 3 0 0 3 Ballard, lb 3 110 Kirkpatrick, ss 2 10 2 Schafer, rs 2 0 0 0 a—Myers ... i o 0 0 Schrock, rs o tys’o 0 Wolfe, p, 3b 3- i i o Totals 29 3 6 5 a—fanned for Schafer. Score by innings: Columbia City 100 040 o—s Yellow Jackets 010 200 o—3 Adams County Golf League Scheduled To Open Monday ' -Six teams have cOnmjeted their rosters sos- Adams county golf league, which is scheduled to open the season next Monday at 5 p. m. at th£ Decatur Golf club. Teams are lined up for the season are Central Soya, General Electric, Berne, Post Office, Shafer Store and Steffen Motors. Several players have registered for teams not yet formed. Four fore four-man teams are needed to round out yie 10-team league. Golfers are urged to line up the remaining teams at once in order that the league schedule can be drawn up in time for Monday night's opener.

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r AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Minneapolis .19 9 .679 Omaha 16 10 .615 2 Louisville .15 12 .556 3H St. Paul 14 13 .519 4% Toledo. 14 13 .519 Denver 13 17 .433 7 Charleston .— 10 18 .357 9 Indianapolis .10 19 .}45 9V4 WEDNESDAY'S RESULTS Denver H-IJ, Charleston 10-10. Toledo 6, Omaha 2. . Minneapolis 9-1, Indianapolis 11. ■. . , Louisville 11, St. Paul 7. < ■ 1 . ? —- Association Plans For All-Star Game - DENVER (INS) —Plans were announced today for , the -19§5 American Association tall - - star game between a’equad'Of popular choice stars and the league leaders as of July 10. • • Initial plans call for the game to be played in the park of the city holding first place in the standings and on either July 21 or July 22, depending on the weather. fl _ Hot Springs Tourney Is Underway Today HOT SPRINGS. Ark. (INS) —A total of 115 pro and amateur golfers tee oft today in the 315,000 Arlington open • tournament-the first in Hot Springs in 26 years. A heavy rain which fell on the parched course Wednesday is believed to have made , the course nearly ideal for tourney play. Top players entered include Ed Furgol,„St. Louis; Dr. Card Middlecoff, Riameshq Lake, N. Y.; Julius Boros,’Mid N. C.; Bryon Nelson. Roanoke, Tex., and Frank Stranahan, Toledo, O . v Find Dynamite Caps On Garbage Truck BLOOMINGTON. Ind.’ (INS) — Police at Bloomington today examined dynamite caps found on a city garbage truck as a lead in the bombing of a root of an empty warehouse. A blast Monday morning blew a hole in the roof of the Roy Burns wholesale grocery warehouse and blew out win do wHffltr.hlarkju«W!wi*ar No motive could be found for the dynamiting. Parker Man Killed As Autos Collide MUNCIE. Ind. '(INS) —Merrill T. Marshall. 47, of Parker, was killed today in a two-car accident at a Muncie street intersection as he drove home from work. Injured was Jack Conley, 22, of Dunkirk. Conley said he stopped but entered the preferential street without seeing Marshall's car and struck it broadside. I

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