Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 135, Decatur, Adams County, 9 June 1955 — Page 7

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Tigers Defeat Yanks, Dodgers Keep Rolling NEW YORK (INS) —Bob Turley, who went through the depression at Baltimore last season, is beginning to find prosperity too much for him in New York'. The American League strikeout king lost 16 of his 29 games in ’64 because of no support by the Orioles. Today, he's eating high off the hog with the slug happy first place Yankees and the good life is almost not good. Casey Stengel’s ace righthander got off to an excellent start, winning eight out of nine decisions in little over a month. Then his wildness got the best of him and cost him three straight games, including Wednesday night's 3 to 1 defeat at Detroit. Bullet Bob swelled his strikeout total to 92. one more than Cleveland’s Herb Score, by fanning five Tigers. But he also walked ten men, three of them scoring, tn six innings. Turley has walked 23 in his last 21 1-3 innings and he leads the league with 83 walks in 97 1-8 innings. Bob lost Ae game tn the fourth Inning when he walked the bases full and two runs came across on a force play and Bill Tuttle’s single. The Yankees were backing Turley and Tom Sturdivant with eight hits off rookie Frank Lary while the winners managed only six. All told. 15 Tigers walked and 16 were left stranded, two under the record. Fortunately for Stengel, his 4ft game lead remained intact since Chicago had bowed to Baitlmoie, 3 to 2. In a daylight' contest and Cleveland, four percentage points behind the White Sox, dropped theirs to Boston, 5 to 4, in 12 innings. Kansas City topped Washington, 3 to 2. in the other AL game. Brooklyn boosted its National League lead totnine games |ver Chicago by 3 to 1, on Don Ne<wcomSe** four hitter. The Cubs bower to Pittsburgh, 2 to 1. and the New York Giants regained possession of third place with their ten inning, 5 to 4 decision over Milwaukee. St. Louis was rained out at Philadelphia. Jack Harshman held Baltimore to only four hits over the distance at Chicago but the fourth was an eighth inning, game deciding home run by Hoot Evers. Ralph Kiner, Al Rosen and Vic Wertz homered for the Indians, Wertz’s blast tying it up in the ninth inning. But Tribe shortstop FOR ATHLETES FOOT Vue T-4-L for S to 5 days. Watch the oM tainted skin elougti off leaving healthy, hardy skin. If not f (leased with powerful. Inetaru-dri-ng T-4-L. your 40c back at any drug store. Today at Kohne Drug

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Sam Dente threw wildly to first on a ground ball in the 12th, allowing Red Sox outfielder Jim Piersail to score from third. Don Mossi, relieving Bob Lemon in the ninth, was held responsible. Gene Stephens, subbing for the ailing Ted Williams, hit a three run homer for Boston. Williams is on the bench with a cold. Cloyd Boyer out-dueled Bob Porterfield at Kansas City, although one of his six hits was a CHnt Courtney home run. The A’s salter it in the ninth with Enos Slaughter’s baeew loaded pinch single. Undefeated Newcombe won his tenth straight for the Dodgers an-1 also contributed a run scoring single and a double. Newk held the Redlegs hitless for the last five innings, fanning seven and walking none. One of the four hits permitted by the 6 foot 4 righthander was Ted Kluszewski's 16th homer. Gerry Staley and Art Fowler were tagged for ten hits. The Cube lost theirs on a bad hunch by manager Stan Hack. The latter yanked Bob Rush tor a pinch hitter, who made the third out with a runner on second in the ninth. Rush’s replacement, southpaw Jim Davis, served the game winning homerun ball tp southpaw hitter Dale Long. Rush bad allowed five hits and struck out nine Pirates before ■ exiting. Back to back singles by Dusty Rhodes and Bobby Hofman chased Alvin Dark across the plate with the winning run for the Giants. Gail Harris, recalled by the Giants from Minneapolis, hit his first big league homer with one on in the sixth. Leading Golfers In International Match WASHINGTON (INS) — Fifty top notch golfers from nearly evtry sector of the globe begin firing today in the third annual Canada Cup international matches which are fast becoming recognized as golfdom’s “Olympic" competition. The nation against nation fourday event gets underway at suburban Colma bia Country Club with 25 two-Hua-Jjeams contesting for the coveted silver bowl won by Argentina the first year and Australia a year ago. In addition to the cup which goes to the low scoring team, a cash award of 32.500 is awaiting the individual medalist at the end of the 72 holes. For the U. 8., 1954 national open Champion ,Ed Furgol and PGA winner Chick Harbert will combine forces. The beet a U.S. team could do in the past two years was a third place finish a year ago and a sixth in 1953. To achieve an American victory Furgol and Harbert will probably have to outshoot the tandem entries from Argentina and Australia who are pre-tourney favorites. The defending Australian championship pair will be Peter Thomson, ex-Britlsh open crownholder, and Kel Nagle, who led the field

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a year ago by four strokes. Argentine partnership will consist of Roberto De Vicenzo and Antonio Cerda, who paired up to capture the event in 1953. The emphasis throughout the competition which concludes Sunday is international goodwill through golf. Thia was underscored at a pretourney banquet Wednesday night at which Vice President Richard M. Nixon spoke to an audience that included ambassadors from every country represented in the tourney. The international contest was founded by John Jay Hopkins, an

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ardent golfer and head of the firm which built the world’s first atomic submarine. Hopkins, speaking at a luncheon Wednesday, declared the international golf association which arranges the event is perfectly willing to welcome golfers from Russia, its satellites and even Red China, if they wish to enter in future years. New Y’otk — An average American has 39 horsepower available today as compared with about onehalf horsepower per capita before 1900.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Minneapolis .. 38 18 .679 Toledo .. 33 24 .579 5% Omaha .31 24 464 6Vi Louisville 26 25 .510 9ft Denver 28 30 .483 11 Indianapolis .. 26 31 .456 12ft St. Paul 25 31 .446 13 Charleston ... 15 39 .278 17 Wednesday’s Results St. Paul 3-4, Indianapolis 0-3 (2nd game 13 innings). Minneapolis 2-6, Louisville 1-5 (2nd game 11 innings). Toledo 6, Omaha 5. Charleston at Denver, wet grounds. “MAJOR Club W, L. PcL G.B. New York .... 36 17 .679 Chicago 29 19 .604 4ft Cleveland .... 30 20 .606 4ft Detroit 29 22 .569 6 Washington .. 22 28 .440 12ft Boston ....... 33 30 .434 13 Kansas City .. 19 32 .323 16 Baltimore .... 16 36 .308 19ft Wednesday’s Result* Baltimore 3, Chicago 2. Kansas City 3, Washington 2. Boston 5, Cleveland 4 (12 Innings). Detroit 3, New York 1. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club W. L, Pct G.B. Brooklyn 40 12 .769 Chicago 31 21 .596 9 New York .... 27 26 .509 13ft Milwaukee ... 26 26 .500 14 St. Louis .— 21 27 .438 17 Cincinnati .’... 21 28 .429 17ft Philadelphia .. 21 30 .412 18ft Pittsburgh ... 17 34 .333 22ft Wednesday’s Results Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 1. New York 5, Milwaukee 4 (16 innings). St. Louis at Philadelphia, rain. Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1. r 1 ■ ■ ■■ ■ If you have something to sell oi rooms for rent, try a Democrai Wins it hr<nv<

Chicago White Sox Sign College Star CHICAGO (INS) —The Chicago White Sox t xlay announced the sighing of Michigan State outfield star Bob Powell to a bonus contract believed to be between |30,000 and The former Flint, Mich., high school star, will' report to the Sox at Conusicey Patk- Friday , and then return to Lansing for final

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examinations. He will Join ilia palehose permanently June 17 In New York. Fort Wayne Pistons Sign Bob Houbregs FORT WAYNE, IND. Bob Houbregs, stalwart 6-8 reserve center, has signed bis contract with the Fort Wayne Pistons, first of last season's veterans to agree to terms.

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Houbregs, drafted by Boston when Baltimore withdrew from the league, came to the Pistons via the waiver route ia early December. He proved to be a competent and durable replacement for the Pistons' Larry Foust. He became the permanent property of the Plgtons about a month ago when rights to his contract were purchased from the National Basketball Association. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur