Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 144, Decatur, Adams County, 20 June 1955 — Page 6

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Klenk's Whips Club Manhattan In Fed Game ** Decatur Klenk’s pounded out 18 hits to hand Club Manhattan a 10-5 defeat in a Federation league game Sunday afternoon at Worthman field. Klenk's ran up a 6-0 lead after three innings and was never ,jn danger from the Fort Wayne nine. Crist and Minnich each drove out four hit*. to lead the Decatur attack. Crist, ss 6 1 4 0 O~ . j 0 } — Last Time Tonight — Cinemascope & Color! | “EAST OF EDEN" James Oean, Julie Harris | ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c 0 0 Tues. Wed. Thurs. O— — o I OUR BIG DAYS! j Continuous Thur, from 1:30s I BE SURE TO ATTEND! I , Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer! Based on the Best-Seller By nflßEKrr J I I rap DEW YORK COKHDEHUI Suutsted ks flit Miitiml hst-üßtr! BWCOICK VCHMO MARILYN CRAWFORD-CONIE-MAXWELL AM LCARROt MMfa Bancroft-naish ® / o—o Coming Sun.—“ Run for Cover” James Cagney, John Derek

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Rockfora took aver the league lead Sunday with a K-8 win over Colonial Oil while Van Wert wad losing to Monroeville. 4-1 In other games. McComb Construction downed Payne, 9-3, and American Linen beat Corner Lunch. 4-2. Klenk's will meet Corner Lunch in a league game at 8 o'clock Tuesday night at Dwenger park in Fort Wayne. Club Manhattan AB R H E W. Ware. SS 5 0 1 0 Wilson. 2b 5 0 10 Jones, If 4 0 0 0 B. Ware, c 3 2 2 0 S. Hunter, es 4 0 10 P. Hughes, rs ...i. 4 12 0 R. Hunter, If ...a.. 4 2 0 Dickey, 3b 4 0 1 0 Pinkerton, p 0 0 0 0 T. Hughes, p . 4 0 10 TOTALS 33 5 9 4 Klenk's *i AB R H E Williams, If 5 0 10 Oillig. rs .... 6 1 2.0 Hoehammer, lb ... 6 1 10 Reed, 3b 5 110 Bowen, cf 4 3 2 0 Rowdon, 2b 2 2 2 0 Baumgartner, 2b 2 11 0 Minnich, c , 5 0 4 0 Krueekeberg, p .. 5 10 18 0 TOTALS 46 10 18 0 Score by innings: Manhattan 000 200 111— 5 Klenk's 024 021 lOx—lo * — Last Time Tonight — BOWERY BOYS “JUNGLE GENTS’’ A “EAST OF SUMATRA” Jeff Chandler, Susan Ball ——o—O Tues. Wed. Thurs. MOW..WrehTbe Movies! ...Ml in COLOR! LUCIWE ARNAZ%k M-Q-M’l Marisas aaao* “THE LONG, LONG TRAILER* ALL IN COgCBOt S COLO* | ! MO*944WM*MMM«MMeMMNMeBMMIBMtMONOMMtMsitaMI|MMM K Cartoon On Every Program!

Fleck Beats Hogan In National Open SA.N FRANCTSOO (INS) — Young- Jack Fleck, newly crowfaed notional open chajnpto*, let the Avay today Inta a new era of golf-*n-era without Ben Hogan, the; machine like Texan Fleck defeated tp win his title. Fleck, the “unknown" 38-yeat* old professional from Davenport, la., who came from nowhere to tie Hogan on Saturday, climaxed hh» almoat Incredible Cinderella story with a three-stroke win in the 18-hele playoff Sunday. He led all the way Thom the par 4 fifth bole, where Hogan took a bogey's, and H th* finish he had a one under par 0 over the “impossible" lake course at the San Francisco Olympic Club. Hogan, the four-time champion who missed his bid to become the only man la history to win the open title five times, announced after the playoff that he was retiring from- regular competition. In an emotional speech at the presentation ceremony, he eaid: “I love golf. That’s my life. I’m sorry to say I am through with competition. I worked bard for this tournament. Whether I won* or lost 1 wanted |o make a good shew. 1 hope 1 have done that." And as theso-called “Hogan Era” of golf ended, a new one began with Fleck in position to become its dominating figure. The lean, square jawed lowan who never won more than 31,306 in a single tournament before the 55th open, collected |6,000 for bis win. In addition, he stands to make about 360,000 out of the valuable open title. * > ■ '■ Uniontown Team Defeats Monmouth The Uniontown softball team downed the Monmouth team. 24-7, at the Monmouth diamond Sunday afternoon. The line score: - RHE Uniontown 633 302 7—24 20 8 Monmouth 001 114 0— 7 6 10 Jim Price. Jerry Price and Bowen; Wiseman and Fuelling. Race Drivers Meet On Tuesday Evening A meeting of all interested race drivers will be held at Cleon's lake Tuesday eveniftg at 3 p’clock. Plans for a series of rocihg cards at the ttacfc st the hike will be discussed. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club W. U Pet. G.B. Minneapolis .. 41 38 .584 Toledo ..41 29 .586 % Omahk 39 30 .565 2 Louisville .... 35 30 .50 4 Denver 0 35 .500 6% Indianapolis 33 36 .478 8 St. Paul 32 XJU.464 9 Charleston Is 49 .269 22 Sunday's Results Indianapolis 94, Denver 6-0. Omaha 2<7, Lotlisville 1-8 (2nd game 12 innings). . u Toledo 2-5, Minneapolis I*l. St Paul 65, Charleston 4-1. 1 Major AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct G.B. New York .... 42 23 .646 Chicago .37 22 .627 2 Cleveland .... 37 26 .07 4 Detroit 32 W .02 7 Boston 31 32 .192 10 Kansas City .. 24 37 .03 16 Washington .. 23 37 .383 16ft Baltimore .... 20 42 .323 20*4 Saturday's Result* Chicago C, New York 3. Boston 4, Cleveland 2. Detroit 7, Baltimore .0. ‘ • Kansas City 9, Washington 4. Sunday's Results New York 7-5, Chicago 1-2. Boston 11, Cleveland 7. Detroit at Baltimore, rain. Kansas, City at Washington, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct G.B. Brooklyn 46 16 .742 Chicago 36 28 .583 11 Milwaukee ... 32 30 .618 1* New Yotk .... 31 31 .600 W Philadelphia .. 27 33 .460 M Cincinnati .... 26 -32 .448 18 St Louis .... 25 S 3 .431 18 Pittsburgh U. 21 0' .388 25 Saturday's Results Chicago 4. Philadelphia 0. Cincinnati 4. Pittsburgh £ " Milwaukee 7, New York 4. St. Louis 5, Brooklyn A (10 innings). Sunday's Result* Brooklyn 1 St Louta 4. Milwaukee 3, New York 7. Pittsburgh 6-0, Cincinnati 3-4. Philadelphia 1-t, Chicago 0-8 (Ist game 15 Innings; 2nd 6% in* Bings, dMtnede j. '

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Yankees Regain Lead With Two Wins Over Sox NEW YORK (INS) — Ah eld Yankee custom of winning th* big ones had the Bombers back in first place by two games in th* American League today, and the Chicago White Sox knew what it was to throw a haymaker and get knocked out. Casey Stengel’s New Yorkers, dumbed into second place When the hustling Chiaox took the first two gam** of tbelt weekend Mt. Squared matters and regained the top slot they held since May- 21 by sweeping Marty Marloh's eratr, 74 and 6-2, Sunday. The high flying Sox, winners of 10 out of 12 before the Sunday twin bill at Yankee Stadium, had their brief stay in the clouds terminated when the Yankee oH and new "guard" rose up in combined effort to right the Bombers. IB the first game, a seven hitter by 36-year-old lefty Ed Lopat stuped the Sox. Rookie outfielder Elston Howard got a two-run homer and two singles and sophomore first baseman Bill Sltowtori contributed a homer, double and single to a 10-hit assault on Billy Pierce and two relievers. The Yanks broke a 2-2 tie in th* seventh inning of the nightcap when they scored three runs oh « solo home run by Gil McDougald oft starter Jack Harshman *M a two-run blast by Mickey Mantle off reliever Safady Consuegra. - Johnny Kucks. 21-year-old rookie righthander, and Jim Konstauty, 38-year-old relief specialist, did a six hit job on Marty Marion’s crew in the afterpiece. Kucks had a one hitter for the first six innings and Konstanty closed the door after the Sox tied the score in the seventh. The red hot Boston Red Sox made it three out of four over Cleveland and dropped the Indians four games behind the league lead with an 11-7 decision over the Tribe. Ted Williams collected two of four Boston homers to help the Bosox - score their 11th victory ifa their last 13 starts. AL doubleheaders between the Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Ahletlcs and Washington Senators W4n* rained out. The Brooklyn Dodgers m«Mtained aft 11 game lead in the Nitlona) League hy beating the ISt. Louis Cardinals, 7-4. The Milwaukee Braves edged th* New fork Giants, 8-7, as Willie Mays whs benched for the first time in hib major league career. The Chicago Cubs edged the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-7, in a six and' a half-inning second game, called because of darkness after the Phils won a 15-innlng opener, 1-0, when Willie Jones doubled home Marv Blaylotk from first base. ' : The Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Cincinnati Redlegs, 5-2, but lefty Joe Nuxhall got the RedlegS even with a 4-to-0 shutout in the second game. Williams, held hitless for thre* straight games; hit two tremendous homers, one off rookie fastball sensation Herb Score, WHO was driven out as the Red Sox tallied five runs in the fifth inning. Big Ted also walloped a homer off former fast ball king Bob Feller in the eighth. The Splinter now has eight homers and 19 iRBI’s in the 18 games he’s played since rejoining th* Sox. Jimmy nersan nomered and drove in four runs and Norm Zauchin also connected for a homer as part of Boston's 16 hit attack. The victory, hts second of the season, went to veteran Boston southpaw Mel Parnell, who was relieved while leading, 8-7 at the start of the seventh. Al Smith and A] Rosen hit homers for Cleveland and Smith also chipped in a pair of doubles and a single. The Dodgers used a 15-hit attack to subdue the Cardinals. Rookie lefty Karl Spooner won tor the first time in 1955, turning in a neat relief stint after replacing starter Carl Erskine in the fifth. The Braves completed a thre» game sweep of the Mays-less Giants as winning reliever Ray Crone registered he winning tun from third base in the eighth on Al Dark’s boot of a ground ball. The Braves had started the game with a five-run first off Ruben Gomes. Hank Thompson’s three-run homer in the fifth off Lew Burdette put the Giants ahead, 7-6, and Del Crandall tied the score with a homer in the bottom half. Hal Jeffcoat who. took over for Jim Davis in the Uth, suffered his first loss of the season against six wins when Blaylock singled and Jones doubled in the four-heufr marathon. Johnny Meyer, who scattered four hits in seven innings, after relieving Ron Negray, was the victor. . i Del Ennis hit a three-run homeland Stafl Lqpata a solo smash in the afterpiece while Randy jack* son homered for the Bruins. Nuxhall scattered six hits blanking the Pirates. In the first gam* Buc first sacker Data Long

Sautbine-Simerman Team Wins. 18-9 Sautbine and Simerman of Decatur whipped Franklin ElectHc of Bluffton, 18-9, in a B & L league gatoe Sunday afternoon at McMillen field in this city. Included in the Decatur team’d 14 hits Were a homer by Conrad, three triplets and a double by R. Plumley, a triple by Petrie and doubles by Conrad and Reinking. The Decatur team has an undefeated league record of 4-0. They Will play Geneva in a double header Sunday. Franklin AB R H E Edris. cf 4 12 1 Morgan, If 6 110 ttuat, p, 4 2 10 Bordnef, lb 4 2 3 0 Keller, c ... 5 2 2 0 fclsey, 2b 6 10 0 Arnold, 3b, p,.5 0 11 Borrot. ss ..; 5 0 0 0 timer, rs t ... 2000 Bunch, rs x 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 43 9 10 I Decatur AB R H E R. Plumley, 3b .... 5 5 4 1 Satttbine. 2b 4 3 0 1 Busse, c 3 12 0 Ladd, p 4 2 2 0 Conrad, ss 4 2 2 2 I). Plumley, If, c 4 1 0 1 Knittie, cf, p 4 2 2 0 Thieme, rs 2 0 0 0 Betaking, lb, p .... 6 110 Lehrman, cf 1000 Arnold, rs 2 10 0 Petrie, ss 4 0 11 TOTALS 39 18 14 6 Score by innings: Franklin 000 002 250— 9 Decatur ... 411 145 lljt—lß to Morning Leagues To Begin This Week Play will open this week in morning baseball leagues at Worthman field, according to an announedment today by Robert Worthmln, supervisor of athletics at the field in the summer recreation program. First game in the Pony league will be played Thursday morning at 9 o’clock, and hereafter on Tuesday and Thursday of each week. There are two teams in the Pony league. The roster of players follows : Dodgers — Jim Bautngatyner, eaptain; Bob Banks, Dave Rabla Phil McDonald, Dale Ilakd, Tony Vergara, Alvan Hackman. Dave Reed. Vahce Krick, Ron Highland, Jack Dailey. Cubs — John Hebble, captain; Don Case. Phil Reed, Bill Beal, Dan Johnson, Dave Vanhorn, Larry Fravei, Nick Conrad, Jay DeVoss, Waldo Snider, Jerry Mclntosh, Herb Banning. The first game in the Little League will be played at 9 a.m. Wednesday. (Ron August is captain of the Whites. Rosters of these {earns were announced previously. PEACE PLEDGE (Continued from Page One) The western Big Three foreign ministers, who are acting as host for the meeting, will attempt to pry from Molotov soibe indication of which way Kremlin leaders ares thinking on cold war problems. They are primarily interested in discerning whether Russia’s professed willingness to ease world tension by making concrete concessions is genuine or anchored in false hopes of the free world. PERON FUTURE (Continued from Page One) “the shirtless ones,” as he put it—to strengthen his position. 2. Reference in recent Peron pronouncements to "we” instead of the singular “I” he formerly employed. DEATH TOLL (Continued from Page One) for him. Ronnie Forker, of Goshen, recovered the body. Edward had been visiting an uncle and aunt in Goshen. Another highway fatality was recorded. Bernard Ammerman, 51, of Noblesville, was killed in a cartruck accident one mile east of Noblesville, on Ind. 32, Saturday If you nave oometning to sell 01 rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad It brings results. hit two homers and drove in three tuns while making four hits. .Nuxhall whiffed him three times in the second conest.

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I ..... Ladies Golf League Results Are Listed Isabelle Gerber shot the low score of 50 in the Decatur Ladies golf league last week, and Dee Holthqufe retained her putting ■low of 35. ' Other low putting Scores were Li| Mac Leah. 18; Isabelle Gerber, 13; and Helen llutker, 16. Scores of the first flight were: Isabelle Gerber 50, Marguerite Saylors 55, Mary Jane Gage 55, Helen Hutker 55, Lil Mac Lean 56, Mary Mart Terveer 66/ Mardl Kleinhenz 57, Fran Engle 57, Ethel May Sanmann 58, Maxine Bauman 62, Honora Haugk 64. Scores of the second flight were: Eleanor Schpepf 60, Dorothy Schnepf 61, Gladys Reynolds 66. Becky Worthman 65, Dee Holthouse 68. Helen Kollman 68, Alice Moses 69, Ethel Halterman 69. Lauri Macklin 70. Berry Terveer 71, Edna Hite 72. Eva Bales 84. All substitutes are urged to play ®aeh Wednesday, and uny ladies interested in' playing golf are invited to join the league players each Wednesday afternoon. Tigers To Practice Here This Evening The Tigers of the Little League will hold a practice session at 6:30 o'clock this evening at Stratton Place. All team members are asked to be present. Reports Americans In Russian Camps Released Austrians Report Three Held VIENNA (INS) —Presence of three Americans in Russian prison camps was reported today by former Austrian war prisoners and civilian internee* just released. The repatriated Austrians, greeted by chancellor Julius Raab on their arrival at a nearby Wiener Neustadt, reported seeing Mike Flnegage of Brooklyn, N. Y„ air force Capt. Jimmy Hopkins (hometown not given) and- Capt. Jimmy Fabian (hometown not given). The Austrians said U. S. diplomat Charley Brown died in 1952 at Camp Werchny. Finegage was reported to have be|n. arrested in Prague in lO4S and now located at Camp Alexandtofsky Centrale. Hopkins was reported at Camp Werchny and Fabian at Schuf. The former Russian prisoners ■aid many bther totelgnere, including 400 Japanese, 800 Hungarians, three Belgians and two Danes, are detained in various Soviet camps. Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting AB H Pct Kaline, Detroit .... 232 88 .379 Kuenn, Detroit 204 70 .343 Fox, Chicago 240 79 .329 Home Runs — Mantle, New York, Wf Zernial, Kansas City, 15; Jensen, Boston, and IRobinson, New York, 18. Runs Batted Tn — Mantle. New York, . 47; Kaline. Detroit, and Jensen, Boston, 46. Runs — Mantle. New York, 59; Smith, Cleveland, 52; Kaline, Detroit, 47. * Stolen Bases —*Rjvera, Chicago, 9; Minoso, Chicago, 8; Jensen, Boston, 7. Pitching—Based on most wins— Lemon, Cleveland, 9-5; Wynn, Cleveland and Donovan, Chicago, 8-2; Sullivan. Boston, and Turley, New York, 8-6. NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting AB H Pct. Ashburn, Phila. .... 193 68 .352 Mueller, New York 4 242 82 .339 Klusiewskl, Cin. '.. 227 76 .335 Long. Pittsburgh ._ 161 64 .335 Home Runs — Snider, Brooklyn, 23; Kluszewski, Cincinnati, 21; Campanella, Brooklyn, 19. Runs Batted In — Snider, Brooklyn, 68; Campanella, Brooklyn. 63; Ennis. Philadelphia, 48. Runs — Snider, Brooklyn, 59; Bruton, Milwaukee, 50; Giljiam, Brooklyn, 49. Stolen Bases — Boyer, St. Louis, 14; Gilliam, Brooklyn, Iff; Temple, Cincinnati, 8. Pitching—Based on most wins— Newcombe. Brooklyn, 11-1; Roberts, Philadelphia, 9-6; Erskine, Brooklyn, 8-3; Conley, Milwaukee, 8-4.

Indiana All Stars Win Over Kentucky LOUISVILLE, Ky. (INS)—lndiana high school all stars move to the armory in Louisville tonight for a return game with victory starved Kentucky prep basketball stars. The Hoosiers roared back after trailing three quarters Saturday night to win their 10th straight game of the series vyhlch began in 1939. The scoreboard showed Indiana ahead 94-86. The winning total was a record; the winner’s and loser's scores were records; Indiana’s 35 field goals ties the 1947 record; the 65 field goals total broke an old record; ; Kentucky’s 30 field goals set a new. loser's record, and Kenny Kuhn of the Bluegrass state set a new free throw mark With 13. Jim Henry, of .New Albany, had 11, to beat the old mark of nine held by Linville Puckett, of Kentucky, last year. , In addition to scoring records, the paid admissions totaling 13464 set a new mark in this annual game to aid the blind of Indiana. Tonight’s contest will aid the blind of Kentucky. Kuhn, named star of stars after the Butler Fieldhouse showing in which he scored 25 points, will lead his team against the same Indiana crew the Kaintuckians faced SatuMay night. Hoosier bench strength paid off in the Saturday night battle as Coach Angus Nicoson's boysseta new one quarter scoring record of 38 points in the third quarter to pull up within one point as the final frame opened. Attend Conclave Os Lions International Ron Parrish, state comptroller; and Roy L Price, international councilor; are delegates to the International Lions convention being held this week in Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. Roy Price accompanied her husband and Parrish to the convention. They left this afternoon. FLOOR SHOW SATURDAY NIGHT MOOSE

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Rural Youth Softball Team Wins Sunday (The Adams county rural youth boys softball team won its first game .in defeating Huntington county Sunday at Heier's Park in Huntington. The score was, 16-10, with Ray Wordon pitching tfie Ad>»m» County team to victory. Worden also hit the only home run of the game. The Adams county team will meet Grant county in a game to be played soon. Winners will compete for the district softball championship at the district picnic in July. Members of the Adams county team were: Ray Worden, Bob Heare, Bob Drew, Larry Worden, Dal Neuenschwander, Sherman Arnold, Jim Schmiege, Carl Bluhm and Bob Yoder. Washington — West Virginia is said to produce more coal per year than any oth/sr state. It amounted to 133 million tons in 1953. Trade In a Good Town — Decat-.r steeple MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance PHONE 3-2607 INSURANCE AUTO LOW COST BROAD FORM FIRE WINDSTORM /. BURGLARY ' LIABILITY COWENS INSURANCE AGENCY L. A. Cowens Janies Cowens 209 Court St. PHONE 3-3601