Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 165, Decatur, Adams County, 15 July 1955 — Page 7

FRIP4Y, JIM IS. 1»M

Little, Pony League All - Star Selections Are Announced today

An all-star team to represent the Decatur Little League In future tourney play . this summer, was announced today. The 14-player team was chosen by league officials and team managers. Each manager submitted his choices by position and the entire group then voted on the allstar choices. No definite dates or tourney sites have yet been released to local officials but the tourney is ■expected to start within a short time. Gerald Strickler, manager of the league-leading Indians, undefeated to date this season, will manage the all-star team by virtue of his team's leadership. His coach will be Roger Schuster, who is also a coach for the Indians. Members of the all-star team are: Thomas Johnson, Indians; John Cowan, Indians; Stephen Blythe, Indians; Allison Townsend, Indians; Jessie James Cancino. Senators; Philip Lose, Yankees; Jerry Lynn Rambo, Yankees; Donald A Agler, Red Sox; Tommy Grabill, Red Sox; Clayton Strickler, White Sox; Joe A. Morris, Indiana; Jerry Wayne Knavel, Indians; Robert G. Walters, Jr., Indians; Don Baker, Red Sox. Fresno, Calif. — An average vineyard contains 500 to 800 vines to the acre.

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TO PLAY SATURDAY With heavy rainfall Thursday night and this morning washing out tonight’s scheduled Little League play, officials announced that the games slated tonight will be played Saturday night at Worthman field, starting at 6 o’clock. Officials also stated that three or four double headers will be carded next week to make up previously postponed games. All regular Little League games must be completed by the first week of August or they will be cancelled. Baseball Washed Out Here Thursday Night > Rain washed out nasenall activity in Deeatur Thursday, with postponement of a Little League game at the Homestead and a Federation league game between Klenk's and American Linen at Worthman field. A Little League doubleheader is scheduled tonight at Worthman, weather permitting. Klenk’s will meet Rockford In a battle for the league lead at Rockforjl Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Two rained out games have been scheduled here next week, with Monroeville at 8 p. m, Thursday, and with American Linen Sunday, July 24. at 2 p. m.

The all-star team of the Adams county Pony league, which will represent the county in tourney play, was announced today by JR. O. Wynn, league president. The all-star selections were made by league officials and managers. The team will be managed by Al Gilllg, manager of the Decatur Cardinals. Gillig was chosen as his team is the league’s leader. The District 111 tourney is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 3. through Saturday, Aug. 6, and will be played at Zollner Stadium In Fort Wayne. The games will be twi-nlght and night games, with starting time probable at 6 p.m. The tourney schedule will be drawn at a meeting tonight at Fort Wayne, conduced by Clifford R. kraus, tourney director. . Members of the all-star team are as follows: Terry Holtsberry, Decatur Cardinals; Steven Dellinger, Decatur Braves; William Bracey, Cardinals; Max Egley, Adams Central; Robert Shraluka, Cardinals; Jerry Scheiman, Braves; Larry Dee Ritter, Cardinals; Clarence Mays, Brayes; Larry Daniels, Cardinals; James Bleeke. Cardinals; Gfcne Baumgartner. Adams Central; Michael Collier, Berne; John Frederick Ha b e gj£e r. Berne; James Reidenbach, Braves; Derryle Ph|rr, Berne. Four alternates were also named, to play only In event ofrnjury or illness of one of the regulars. The alternates are: Larry Geisel, Adams Central; Vinnie Gase. Cardinals; David Lee Isch; Adams Central; Raymond O’Campo. Braves. '■ | »—- VU Renovates VINCENNES, Ind. (INS) — Vincennes University is renovating an abandoned water company pamp house for a fine new auditorium.

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Dodgers, Yanks Both Defeated Thursday Night NEW YORK (INS) — Major league sluggers are beginning to eat up the pitchers alive and among the clubs screaming for help are the two worst offenders, ilhe Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees. Both the Dodgers and Yanks', who lead their respective National and American leagues in the production of home runs, launched ithe second half of the season Thursday night hopeful of coasting to their sixth World' Series meeting. But their pitching continued to sag. The Dodgers lost their 10th in the last 18 games and the Yankees their fifth in the last six games as the sluggers • continued their assault on the homer records. Twenty six homers in all were hit, two each against tlie Brooks and Bombers. The 11 in the National League raised the senior loop's total to 728 in 670 games or close to 1.09 per game as compared to the 1953 record pace of less than one percent/ The 15 In the American circuit hiked its total to 542 la 621 games for a 1.14 average as compared so the AL pace of less than ji homer per iu 1950. Stan Muslal and Wally Moon blasted homers as St. Louis topped Brooklyn, 6-1, and reduced the I Dodgers' still formidable lead to 10% games over Milwaukee. Larry Doby and Al Rosen helped Cleveland sink New York, 5-4, and bring the Indians to within four games of the top rung. , The Dodgers, who may put out an emergency call for Don Bessent down in St. Paul today, tried starting Johnny Podres, who has had arm trouble along with Carl Erskine, Karl Spooner and Russ Meyer. But Podres’ flipper gave out on him in the seventh after he had yielded three runs, Including Musial's 20th poke of the year. Musial, who also popped out, walked and was hit by a pitched ball, opened the scoring In the fourth inning by blasting one into Bedforde avenue. It was the fourth homer in the last four games jtor “The Man” but his fifth if you count his big one that won the All i Star glime for the National League Tuesday.The CartW-Whrtfty the sixth when Rip Repulski stalked. Bill Virdon singled and Alex Grammas doubled them home. Moon’s two-run homer iced it ini' the seventh. Rookie righthander i Larry Jackson had a two-hit shut- | out with one down in the ninth I when Jackie Robinson doubled and I Carl Furillo singled him home. Furillo, Roy Campanella and I Sandy Amoros quit the sick fist j but Duke Snider was the latest casualty with Influenza. Wally Post clouted two for Cincinnati as the Redlegs ripped I Pittsburgh for 21 hits and a 19-1 I victory; Milwaukee beat Philadeli phia, 7-1. and New- York edged Ip other AL action, Chicago moved to within a half game of second place by taking O two from Washington, 13-4 and 5-2; Boston's i nine game winning was snapped. 6-0, by Detroit but the Sox crept to, within 6% games of the Yankees by taking the nightcap, 7-8; and Baltimore came fronf i behind in both games to defeat Kansas City, 10-7, and 6-4. I . Smokey- Burgess also hit a horn- ! er for Cincinnati as Jackie Collum I kept* the Pirates helpless on six ' hits. One of them was Frank Thomas' 12th homer. Bot( Buhl struck out 12 andpitched a five hitter as Milwaukee i chalked ■ last 17 games. Hauk Aaron (18) ’and Bobby Thomson (9) homered i for the Braves and Andy Seminick ; (8) for the Phils. The Giants won theirs when Dori Mueller, who had homered the inning before, singled in the third J behind Hank Thompson's walk and steal. Ruhen Gomez rationed ; out six hits, one a Jim King homerun. The largest evening crowd of I the season. 13.DGG. watched the Yankees drop their’fourth straight at Cleveland when Rosen belted an eighth-inning homer off ace re- : liever- Jim Konstanty. The clinchI er followed on Hal Naragon's sin- ■ gle. George Struklapd’s force and ■ singles by Ray Narleski and Al ‘ Smith, Konstanty dropped his •I first df the year after racking up I six in relief. ‘' ■ Chico Carrasquel connected for | a homer in each game Chicago, i with Roy Sievers hitting one for i Washington in the first game and | Sehrtn Loliar, -contributing another for the White Sox in .the nightcap. I Rookie whiz Dick Donovan notch- | ed his 11th win - against two losses ■ in.the second game. •. Another rookie righthander. Frank Lary. shut out the Red Sox on six bits but George Susc'e did a turnabout in tlie afterpiece, in Which Ted William (13) and Jackie Jdtticn (18) -homered for i the Bosox.-. 1 , I The Orioles and Athiet m s elottt; I ed a total of seven liters m Kan a

aas City, Gus Trlandon getting two for the tiirda in the opener. Hal Smith alao hit one In that game for Paul Richards and Harry Stopson connected for the A’a. After the Athletics had taken a 4-0 leaden the fourth inning of the nightcap on back to back toutbaggers by Vic Power and Hector Lopez, the Orioles came up with five-run eighth Inning which featured Dave Phllley’s two-run blast. Toledo Is Leading Association Race By International News Service Toledo holds a two game margin over Omaha for the lead in the American Association with Minneapolis a halfigamf? behind the Cardinals and Denver four games out. The floundering Millers dropped a 5-3 decision Thursday to Denver while Omaha geat St. Paul 6-3, and the league leading Sox and Indianapolis were rained out. Louisville holds fifth position after knocking off Charleston by a score of 6-3. The MiUers granted the Bears their first wih of the season at Minneapolis with Wally Burnette getting his 10th triumph and first sacker Marv Throneberry his 20th roundtripper. Double plays helped Burnette who was in trouble all the way. Omaha bunched four runs in the first inning against,, the Saints, with Pete Riggan providing the stickword with a solid double. Riggan added one in the eighty with a home — Ms third in is many games. Plm Pearce scatternine hits in the 6-3 win. It Was the first victory for the Cards over the Saints in the last seven starts Louisville got its win the same way, with a quartet of runs in the third inning plus two more in thr eighth. Charleston hitters worried Jerry Casale throughout the game but were retired with bases loaded in the eighth by reliefer Duane Wilson. J)oday's schedule has Denver at Minneapolis, Indianapolis at Louisville. Toledo at Charleston and St. Paul at Omaha. Two Autos Collide On Highway Bridge Two cars were damaged in' an accident which occurred this morning at the Wabash River bridge on state highway 116 east ot/fGeneva. jcars were driven Jjy Mrs. P*HK>»<StoltZf. 48»i o£ Bryant route one, and Steve Armstrong, 34, of near Geneva. The two cars approached the bridge from opposite Mrs. Stoltz applied her brakes and” skidded into the path

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Await Court Ruling On Banning Fighter NEW .YORK (INS)—The state supreme court will hand down a decision either today or Monday on the New York state athletic commission's authority to ban a tighter while his manager is suspended. Commission chairman Julius Helfand made a personal plea before state supreme court judge Martin Frank Thursday Mr support of the ruling, which Danish welterweight Chris Christensen is contesting. Christensen's manager, Charley Bauer, is under suspension for refusing’ to testify at recent hearings into the affairs of the International Boxing Guild.-, Helfand kaid the commission “might as well close its doors” if the court upholds Christensen's petition. Allowing a fighter to represent himself in such cases, he said, is a "subterfuge" because he could “go around the corner after the fight and pay Bauer the manager’s cut of the purse/’ Carmen Basilio To Fight Scortichini NEW YORK (INS) —The International Boxing club has signed welteirwipighjl chatnpion Ckrmen Basilio and Italian middleweirh’ Halo Scortichini to a 10 round, nontitle bout at Madison Squaie warden on Aug. 10. It will be Basilio’s first fight since winning the title in June from Tony De Marco. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Toledo 56 40 .582 Omaha 55 43 .561 2 Minneapolis .. 54 43 .557 2% Denver 53 45 .541 4 Louisville —4B 44 .522 6 St. Paul 47 50 .485 9% Indianapolis.. 41 56 .423 15% Charleston ... 31 64 .326 24% Thursday’s Results Louisville 6, Charleston 3. Denver 5, Minneapolis 3. Omaha 6, St. Paul 3. Toledo at Indianapolis, rain. of the Armstrong car. Damage- -waa- estimated- at to the Stoltz car and >250 to the ' Armstrong vehicle. Armstrong’s | right arm was slightly injured.; The accident was investigated by I Preston Pyle, Geneva marshal. I

Middlecoff Leading Milwaukee Tourney MILWAUKEE (INS) —Masters champion Dr. Cary Middlecoff takes a one stroke lead today into the second round of the >35,000 Miller Open golf tournament at Milwaukee. The Memphis. Tenn., dentist set the pace Thursday with a sizzling six under par 64, which tied the Blue Mound golf and country club course record. His 29 on the back nine also matched a course mark. MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B. New York .... 55 30 .647 Cleveland .«... 51 34 .600 4 Chicago .. 49 33 .598 4% Boston 49 37 .570 6% Detroit 42 41 .506 12 Kansas City .. 36 48 .429 18% Washington .. 27 56 .325 27 Baltimore 25 55 .313 27% Thursday’s Results Cleveland 5. New York 4. Chicago 13-5, Washington 4-2. Detroit 6-3, Boston 0-7. Baltimore 10-6, Kansas City 7-4. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club > W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 58 27 .682 Milwaukee -..,47 37 .560 10% Chicago 45 41 .533 13% New York 43 41 .512 14% St. Louis 89 42 .481 17 Cincinnati .... 38 43 .469 18 Philadelphia .. 37 48 .435 21 Pittsburgh 30 58 .341 29% Thursday’s Results St. Louis 6, Brooklyn 1. New York 3, Chicago 2. Milwaukee 7, Philadelphia 1. Cincinnati 19, Pittsburgh 1. Trade In a Good Town — Decatm

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Major League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting AB H PctCampanella, Bkn. . 245 83 .339 Ashburn, Phlla. ..284 93 .324 Burgess, Cinti. 213 <9 .324 Home Runs — KlussewskL Cincinnati, 29; Snider, Brooklyn, 28; Mays, New York, 27. Runs Batted in — Snider, Brooklyn, 89; Musial, St. Louis, 66; Kluszewski, Cincinnati. 65. Runa — Snider, Brooklyn. 74; Bruton. Milwaukee, <4; Gilliam Brooklyn. 63. Stolen Bases — Boyer, Bt. Louis. 15; Gilliam. Brooklyn. 11; Temple, Cincinnati, and Bruton. Milwaukee, 10. Pitching — Based on most wine —Newcombe, Brooklyn, 14-1; Roberta, Philadelphia, 13-7; Conley, Milwaukee, 11-5. AMERICAN LEAGUE i Batting AB H Pct. Kaline, Detroit ... 335 124 .87® Fox, Chicago 336 HO .327 Kuenn, Detroit .... 310 101 .326 Home Runs — Mantle, New York, 21; Kaline, Detroit, 19; Jensen and Bauchin, Boston, 18. Runs Batted In — Jensen, Boston, 73; Kaline, Detroit, 68; Berra, New York, 62. Runs — Kaline, Detroit, 76; Mantle, New York, 75; Smith, Cleveland, 70. Stolen Bases — Rivera, Chicago, 13; Minoso, Chicago, and Jusaen, Boston, 9*. Pitching — Based on most wins —Lemon, Cleveland, 12-6; Donovan, Chicago, 11-2; Wynn, Cleveland, 11-4; Turley, New York, and Sullivan, Boston, 11-7. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur Stop That Cough USE “OUR OWN” COUGH SYRUP KOHNE DRUG STORE