Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1955 — Page 7

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Pennant Fever Grips Boston Over Red Sox NEW YORK (INS) — Everybody said It would be a good thing for Boaton when the Braves left for Milwaukee. But they never dreamed'ttvwould be that good. The city's American League team still is in fourth piaee, like it was when the Braves left, but the whole town Is jumping with pennant fever. The Red Sox crept to within 6% games of the first place New York Yankees last night by defeating Washington, 6 to 5. It Was the seventh straight for the redhot Sox and their 2t6h in the last 31. And the Red Sox did it with relief pitching, the new wrinkle in their success formula. Backing Frank Sullivan, Tom Brewer, Will Nixon, Ivan Delock, Mel Parnell, et al, is a front line relief wall. Guys like Ellis Kinder, Leo Kiely, Tommy Hurd and George Susce are saving them all over the place when they’re not actually taking the credit themselves. One or the other has appeared practically in every game and the four-some has come off with ten of the decisions. : When the Nats knocked Bill Henry out with three game tying runs in the sixth inning last night, Kinder calmly walked out and doused the fire, The Senators eventually got to him for two runs in the ninth so Susce took over to give Kinder his third decision. Norm Zauchin accounted for thyee Boston tallies with his 18th home run in the first off Bob Porterfield, who now has lost 13 of 29 decisions and eighth in a row. Grady Hatton, who got three hits, was responsible for two more runs and Jackie Jensen singled In the other. Idle New York, meanwhile, had its lead trimmed to four games with Cleveland's 9 to 1 victory over Kansas City and Chicago stood five Faroes out on the strength of its 12 to 1 rout of Detroit. In the only after dark National League game, Cincinnati lost to ■\cHened to 13% ar ref the Dodgers beat Pittsburgh, 4 to 3, and Milwaukee took over second place by nosing out Chicago, 3 to 2. New York beat Philadelphia, 8 to 5. Larry Doby smashed his 11th and 12th homers and Al (Rosen socked his 11th as the Indian* scored all nine runs in the last three Innings. Winner Mike Garcia gave up four hits until Don Mossi relieved him in the eighth to limitodhe A's to two more. Dick Donovan pitched a five- '• hitter for Chicago and contributed three of his team’s 16 hits in ret cording hh llfcxJjl.JMSa.ißAfcOte two-losses. The rookie righthander missed his fifth shutout when he give up a sixth inning homer to Fred Hatfield, Walt Dropo drove in five runs for Chicago with his 10th homer—a sixth inning grand-slam.

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The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth Inning and held on doggedly before 11,527 rain soaked fans at Crosley Field. Ken Boyer and Bill Virdon homered for the Cards and Sam Mele plnch-hit a two-run homer for the Redlegs. Bobby Thomson singled home Bill Bruton in the eighth to give Milwaukee its win and Sam (NoHit) Jones his 10th setback, against nine wins. One of six hits off Jones was a homer by Andy Pafko. Bob Buhl held the Cubs to five hits for his sixth win. Jim Gilliam paced the Dodgers to victory with a home run and triple, driving in two runs and scoring a third. Preston Ward homered off Billy Loes, who won his ninth against two losses. The Giants scored all their runs on homers by Willie Mays, (two for him), Hank Thompson, Al Dark and Gail Harris. Richie Ashburn homered for the Phils. Mays, who has hit ten homers in his last ten games, now has a total of 27 — one short of the major league lead held jointly by Ted Kluszewski and Duke Snider. Tigers Leading Morning League The Dodgers edged the Indians, 2-1, and the Tigers blanked the Cubs, 2-0, In morning “big league" games Thursday at Worthman field. The schedule for next week follows : Tuesday— 9 a.m„ Tigers and Indians; 10:15 a.m.; Cubs and Dodgers. * Thursday — 9 a.m., Indians and Cubs; Tigers and Dodgers. Yesterday's line scores; \ RHE Indians 001 o—l0 —11 3 Dodgers 001 I—2 5 1 Strickler and Hebble; ißeed.and Kable. I RHE Cubs 000 o—o OK 2 Tigers 110 x—2 3 \ Baumgartner and Bowman and Flora. / League Standing ‘ W L Pct. Tigers ... 5 0 1.000 Dodgers 3 2 ,600 Indians 1 4 ~200 Cubs 1 4 .200 Little, Pony League Games Are Postponed Thursday afternoon’s -welcome rain washed out scheduled Little League and Pony League games Thursday evening. In the Little League doubleheader at Worthman field tonight, the Yankees, will play the Indians at 6:15 o’clock, followed by the Senators and Red Sox. In the Pony League, the Braves will play at Adams Central at 6 o'clock, and the Cardinals will play an exhibition game at Ossian at 7 o’clock.

MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B. New York.- 52 28 .650 Cleveland —- 48 32 .600 4 Chicago 45 31 ,592 5 Boston 46 35 .568 6% Detroit 39 38 .5(16 11% Kansas City — 34 44 .436 17 Washington _ T 26 51 ,338 24% Baltimore —. 22 53 .293 27% Thursday's Results Cleveland 9, Kansas City 1. Chicago 12, Detroit 1. Boston 6, Washington 5. Other clubs not scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club W. 1. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 57 24 .704 Milwaukee 42—36 .538 13% Chicago x. 44 38 .537 13% New York 40 40 .500 16% Cincinnati „36 39 .480 18 St. Louis .... 36 41 .468 19 ‘ Philadelphia .. 34 45 ,430 22 Pittsburgh J... 28 54 .341 29%« Thursday’s Result? New York 8. Philadelphia 5. Brooklyn 4, Pittsburgh 3. Milwaukee 3, Chicago 2. St. Ixiuis 9, Cincinnati 8..

Agitation For Supervisor Os Loop Umpires By JOHN BARRINGTON (I. N. 8. Sports Editor) NEW YORK (INS) —There Is increasing agitation in the National League for the appointment of a supervisor of umpires, and chances ara the circuit will have such an official in 1956 for tbs first time el nee -the heyday of the late Bill Kiem. The American League has an efficient boss umpire in Cal Hubbard. the mountainous former pro football star, who travels around to the ball parks and watches the various umpiring teams in action. Knowing that Cal is likely to drop in on them helps keep theumps on their toes. Moreover, it makes for a uniformity in calling 'em that the National League seems to lack. Klem, the famous oldtimer who used to say, “baseball is more than a game to me-R’s a religion,” died in 195 d. and hrs position had been a more or lees honorary one for a few years before that.

The duties of umpire supervision have been shouldered by National League President Warren Giles and his staff. Without impugning the abilities of elgher Giles or his assistant, Fred Freig, critics feel that handling the umpires should be a full time job for someone, and that 4t should be filled by a man with umpiring experience. It is reliably reported that Giles stalled on promoting one of his umpires to the hose role because he didn't want to jump the of bis choice over the heads of others with greater seniority. Now, it seems, the problem nolonger exists. By next season, the umpire in chief may be designated and exposed to the headaches such a job entails. These have been numerous instances recently of just why many agers and club executives are cal ling for improvement in the senior circuit's umpiring situation. Last week. Leo Durocher grumbled that “you have to be -a Houdini to keep up with them.” Leo beefs a lot on general principle, but in this case, he was talking about the face that the men in blue are inconsistent. There is a rule on the books this year that a man who gets ancry and tads wny p*ce o£|is clotfifffg or *on the ground is to be ejected. The Giants’ captain, Alvin Dark, was tossed out of an early season game in the first inning for tossing his protective helmet . after being called out on strikes. A week or so ago, however, Harvey Haddix slammed his glove down \after a close decision at first base went against his team, the Sy Louis Cardinals. . Haddix was. pitching brilliantly, and Angle Donateli, the head umpire, didn't throw him out. Why? - “I didn’t want to mess un. the, A few days later. Manager Fret) Haney of Pittsburgh bashed his hat on the ground sever*! times during an argument. He, too, stayed in the ball park. There are some umps who will call a game at a mere hint of moisture in the air; Others will iet plpyers, fans and themselves practically drown before they stop a contest.

Major League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting AB H Pct. Ashburn, Phila. .... 264 91 .345 Campanella, Bkn. 313 81 .335 Snider. Brooklyn 301 98 .326 Home Runs — Khiszewski, Cincinnati, and Snider, Brooklyn, 28; Mays, New York, 27. Runs Batted In — Snider. Brooklyn, 87; Campanella, Brooklyn, 64; Mays. New York and Kluszewski, Cincinnati. 63. Runs — Snider. Brooklyn, 71; Bruton, Milwaukee, 63; Gilliam. Brooklyn. 61. Stolen Bases — Boyer, St. Louis, 15: Gilliam, Brooklyn, il; Bruton, Milwaukee. 10. Pitching ■*— Newcombe, Brooklyn. 14-1; Roberts, Philadelphia, 12-7; Conley, Milwaukee, 10-5. AMERICAN LEAGUE BattingAB H Pct. Kaline, Detroit .... 312 117 .375 Fox. Chicago 316 1(16 .33T Smith, Cleveland .. 332 107 .322 Doby, Cleveland 261 84 .322 Home (Runs — Zauchin. Boston, Mantle. New York, and Kaline, Detroit, 18. Runs Batted In — Jensen. Boston. 69; Kaline. Detroit, 65; Mantle. New York* s|. Runs — Mantlb, New York.-69; Kaline. Detroit, and Smith. Cleveland. 68. Stolen Bases — Rivera. Chicago. T 2: Minoso, Chicago, and Jensen, Boston, 9. . Pitching — Wynn, Cleveland. 113; Sullivan, Boston, and Lemon. jCleveland. 11-6. If you nave souietntng io sell or rooms for rent, try a .Democrat Want Ad. R bru;i re&ulU.

U. S. Chess Master Challenges Russian MOSCOW (INS) — U. S. chess master Samuel. Reshevsky awaited Moscow’s decision today on his challenge to meet Russia’s world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, in a non-title match.An earlier effort to gain a title match was rebuffed. The latest challenge of the prlng Valley, N. Y., ace, who won ofte and’ drew three other games with Botvihnik in their just completed matches, was issued Thuffcday night during a buffet gathering of the tournament chessmen in Moscow’s plush Metropole hotel. (Rosser Reeves of New York made the proposal in Reshevsky’s behalf in a private chat with Soviet sports vice-president Dimitri Postnikov after Reeves’ title bld t met with stone wall resistance i 1 earlier in the day. Russian chess officials retreated behind international chess federation rules, which require the champion to defend only once every three years against a challenger established by a series of global eliminations. Votvinnik last defended the world championship in 1954 against a fellow Russian. Vassily Smyslov. The two drew, but under the international rules, Botvinnik retained the crown.

MINOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION -Stab— - -W.—L.- Pct. -G.B. Minneapolis 51 37 .580 Omaha 51 37 .580 Toledo 51 37 .580 Denver 49 40 .551 2% Louisville 42 41 .506 6% St. Paull. 39 48 .448 11% Indianapolis 40 50 .444 12 Charleston 27 60 .310 23% Thursday’s Results Indianapolis 4, Charleston 0. Denver 13, Minneapolis 10. Omaha at St. Paul, rain. Only games scheduled. Lopata Is Named To Replace Campanella CINCINNATI, O. (INS) — National League All-Star and New York Giants manager Leo Durojcher picked Stan Lopata of (the Philadelphia .Rhillies.uto replace Roy Campanella in the lineup for the July 12 classic. Durocher’s selection was announced by National League president Warren Giles at NL headquarters in Cincinnati. Campanella is out of the game because of an Injured knee. Klenk's-Monroeville Game Is Postponed Wet grounds forced inent of Thursday night's game at . Warthman, field,■ between. Klet»k’« of Decatur and Monroeville in the Federation league. The Decatur team will play at Payne Siinday.. afternoon at 2 o’clock. and meet? American Linen at Dwenger park Tuesday night. The regular league schedule will wind up Sunday. July 17, with Klenk's playing at Rockford. How-1 ever, the league has a number of] postponed games to. play before i the schedule 4s- completed. Ferd Klenk, manager of the Decatur team, is seeking to schedule one of his rained-out games for next Thursday night Wortlnhan field. f Washington Prison ' Returns To Normal Probe Underway In j Prison Rebellion WALLA WALLA. Wash. (LNS) -The Washington state peniten- : tiary was returning to normal to- ! day but an investigation is in pro ] gress to determine how, convicts 1 managed to stage a 27-hdur rebellion. Unarmed guards marched into! the cell blocks Thursday to search i for knives and clubs which a croup of maximum security prisoners used when they rioted Tuesday. The guards were ordered to search for the key to wing No. 1— housing the rebel ringleaders. This key gave them access to the prison control room containing electrical devices for, opening doors. The revolt ended, when prison authorities approved a nine point program for better treatment of the ‘convicts South Bend Workers Idled By Rainstorm SOUTH DES'D. lint. = HIT hundred workers were idle at the gtudebiikcr 1 Packard Corporation plant today- as a result of 50f).0im gallons of witter which flooded the foundry duriur ThureJft?-’« flm sipm. . - •

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Three Tied For Top In British Open Tourney ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (INS) —The., final round of the British open golf tourney got under way today with defending champion P«t«r Thomson of Australia in a thkee-way tie for the lead. All five American entries were virtually out of the running as the 50 survivors went into the final 36 hole play in brilliant sunshine without a cloud in the sky and only a little breeze. The 25-year-old Thomson shot a four under par 68 on St. Andrews’ royal and ancient course Thursday for a 139 total that tied him with Eric Brown of Scotland and Dennis Smalldon of Wales for the lead. * Brown who had deadlocked for the first day lead with a 69. had a 70 while Smalldon shot a 69. The disgruntled American delegation had no such luck on the treacherous centuries old course, which 1954 U. S. champion Ed Furgol indignantly said “needs a cleaning and press job.” The five players barely squeezed into the low 50 scorers, as 44 players with 149 or more were dropped. Johnny Bulla, giant- Pittsburgh pTMßsstonal who had the highest U. S. score starting Thursday’s

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18-hole round, became low man with the 70 that gave him a 145 total. Bryon Nelson, former U. 3. champion from Roanoke, Tex., with a 75, and Furgol, with a 76, were bracketed at 147. Also shooting 76’s, amateurs Joe Conrad of San Antonio, Tex., and Jim McHale of Philadelphia slipped back to 148 aggregates. Furgol, who complained of “sandy" fairways the day before, came away Thursday growling about “uncut” greens after he had to sink a spectacular putt out of a grassy hollow to salvage alive on the 17th. / ■ Don Schlundt Passes. Up Pro Basketball INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Former Indiana University All-Ameri-can Don Schlundt will pass up professional basketball for a career in life insurance. The South Bend boy, who broke practically every scoring record IU and the Big 10 had. returned a contract unsigned to the Syracuse team of the National Basketball Association-. Schlundt -Will work for the Indianapolis Life Insurance company. He will work in Bloomington, which he has decided to make his permanent residence.

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Medic Sues Dodgers For Half Million NEW YORK (INS) — Dr. Samuel Shenkman, neuro-surgeon who operated last winter on catcher Roy Campanella's injured hand, has served notice of a 8500,000 damage suit on Brooklyn Dodger President Walter O’Malley. Dr. Shenkman is suing Campanella for 89.500 for the operation,

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a bill Campir refused U MX « Tba aurgwon’a n*it against O’M|Uer chargea that the Dodger president damaged hie reputation by stating that apparently Dr. Shenkman “thought he was operating on Roy’e bankroll." O'Malley said: "It always is open season on the Dodgers. 1 will say nothing more at this time that would add to the notoriety of this ridiculous situation.” , ■ Trade in a Good Town — Decatur