Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 188, Decatur, Adams County, 11 August 1955 — Page 7

THURSDAY, AUGUST U. 1965

SPORTS

Berne tittle v ...... League Team Is Defeated The Berne Little League team was eliminated from further tournament play Wednesday evening, when the Berne all-stara were defeated by Lebanon, 4-0, In the sectional tourney held at Oary. The two teama were scoreless for four and one-half innings of play, but Lebanon broke through for four runs In the bottom of the fifth for the victory. Big blow for Lebanon was a home run by Willie Scott, big Lebanon negro, who blasted his round tripper with two mates on base and two out. Berne was held to four hits, including doubles by J. Nussbaum and Herman. Schwarts and Herman shared pitching chorea for Berne, with Graber catching. In the first tourney game, Hamtramck, of Detroit, defeated Evansville, 7-1, and will meet Lebanon tonight for the sectional title. Berne and Evansville will meet in

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• consolation game tonight preceding the championship contest Line score: n h i Berne 000 000 — 0 4 } Lebanon 000 ®4x — 4 7 o Two Adams County Studtnts Winners Two Adams county students, meg district awards in the fourth 41* tdh:t American Legion a miliary Americanism essay contest, it was announced today by Miss Margaret Biting, Americanism chairman of auxiliary number 43. Miss Nyla (Girod, eighth grade student at Monmouth, won first place Hi the district contest in the junior high school division, and Miss Marcella Gillig, Decatur Catholic high school senior, was awarded second place i* the senior division. The title of the essays was “One Nation Under God.' 1 The subject carries out the theme et the ohaage in the pledge of allegiance to the Dag. There were four awards made in the district contest and Adams county entrants won two of the four. Automatic Street Sweeper Displayed City officials were given a demonstration today of a new, modern completely automatic street sweeper. The machine, which Is j self-propelled, carries a suction tank which holds three cubic yards of dirt. Brushes are about the only wearing part on the machine. Completely automatic, the sweeper can be operated by one man. Use of it would materially cut down the number of men needed in the street cleaning department. An Indianapolis concern bad charge of the demonstration.

CARLGERBER HAS HIS NIGHT TO HOWL! Once a month Carl Gerber has his night to howl. Like any red-blooded grocer, Carl likes to visit W{/ JvH Hot spots and reakc«whnapgg. jp/ Jr''"" But he’a too busy on his night to howl, because that’s when he sits down and goes over all the bills from Wt. ~ F the wholesalers. /L So, if you’re walking by Gerber’s Meat Market some JflH-'' CT night and hear somebody howling . . don’t worry. It’s ■fca.wiilcw HP just Carl Gerber discovering that some wholesaler didn’t give him the lowest roekbottom price plus a special discount. And If Carl didn’t take a night off to howl, how else could he dish out values like these? FRESH 5 LBS. GROUND BEEF URD 3 ibs. s£.oo 69c PWHIC HAM I BACON ENDS I tenderized 35c 19c m- " PORK I j SMOKED TENDERLOIN SAUSAGE WHOLE Md| r HOME MADE °r HA I F .K n, ‘ Me**’ Canters 89c lb. 3 jEw* Gerber’s iSi 150 S. 2nd St. Phone 3-2712

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Carmen Basilio Is Winner By Decision NEW YORK (INS) —Carmen Basilio may want a crack at Bobo QJsos’s middleweight title but he’ll Up*# a few moi« tuue-ups before he can even risk his own welterweight crew®. The CanastoU, N. Y. ejouter scored a unanimous ten round, eou tip* decision over Halo gcortiChini of Italy at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night la his ftret start since winning tt» title June W from Tow Be Marco. But Carmen was so weary during the tend) round that he did some clack watching. Ha also required a saw stHches under the right eye from n cut opened in the Jfltb round by the light punching Its to. Basilio was gashed in the left eyebrow in the ninth and Scortichlni suffered a wound atop his head in the third. Basilio announced before the nationally televised (ABC) match that he intends to challenge for (Mson’a title. 'Td like to get the opportunity before Ray Robinson beats me to It," Basolio said, “because I think that the first good man to meet Olson for his title will defeat him.’’ Nixon To Make Two Speeches In State INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — When Vice President Richard M. Nixon comes to Indiana Sept 17 to address a plowing contest, Indiana GOP leaders expect him to remain to reap a sizeable kitty for the Hoosler Republican party. Nixon earlier had agreed to addreaa the national plowing contest at Wabash on that date. The Indiana Republican headquarters confirmed late Tuesday that he irtlj come to Indianapolis after the Wabash addross and make a second talk at a $l9O a plate fund ralaing banquet

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Major , AMERICAN LEAGUE W ~Pct. GB Cleveland .— 66 46 .695 -jr' Chicago 64 44 .598 *\% New York .... 66 46 .589 Hi Boston 64 47 .677 2 Detroit 49 62 .532 7 Kansas City 47 65 .420 19% Washington .. 40 70 .364 25% Baltimore .... 36 78 .330 29 Wednesday’s Results New York 3. Boston 2 (13 Innings) Kansas City 5, Chicago 4 Cleveland 6, Detroit 4 Washington at Baltimore, postponed, wet grounds. NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. GB Brooklyn 76 36 .679 — Milwaukee 61 51 .545 15 New York 59 65 .518 18 Philadelphia .. 58 59 .496 20% Chicago ...... 57 60 .487 21% Cincinnati .... 54 60 .474 23 St. Louis ...1 47 61 .435 27 Pittsburgh ..... 43 73 .371 35 Wednesday’s Results Cincinnati 7-6, Chicago 2-3 Brooklyn 5, New York 4 (called after 6th. rain) Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 2 . (10 innings) St Louis 7, Milwaukee 2. MINOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pet. GB Minneapolis .. 73 52 .584 — Denver 72 55 .567 2 Toledo 69 55 .567 3,% Omaha _! 70 56 .558v-3% Louisville 64 59 .520 8 Bt. Paul 62 62 .500 10% Indianapolis .. 52 72 .419 20% Charleston ... 37 88 .296 36

World’s Richest Golf Meet Opens CHICAGO (INB) —The lure of a $50,000 first place Jaakpot drew 105 of the world's outstanding -male golfers to Chicago's Tam O’Shanter Country club today for The opening round at the richest tournament ever staged. The annual chase for the pot o' gold in the ninth world tournament of golf got underway shortly after dawn and the fairways were expected to be crowded with players until late in the evening. Golfers from 21 countries are competing for the gigantic jackpot and an additional $57,000 in tournament tours (hat goes to the eventual winner. A total of $17,000 In prizes will be distributed to the finishers in the men's and women's ranks in both pro and amateur divisions'. Doug Ford of Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., has been conceded the favorite’s role in the 72 hole tourney by virtue of his brilliant play the past three weeks. The 33-year-old one time amateur baseball player, however, will be swinging against the biggest' names in golf-American and foreign. Only batam Ben Hogan's and Bobby Locke's names failed to appear on the list of entries. Included in the male ranks are Cary Middlecoff of Kiamesha Lake. Roberto de Vicenro of Mexico City and Jack Fleck, the U. S. Open titalist w-ho failed to qualify after the halfway mark of the AllAmerican. In the women's pro ranks, Patty Berg of St. Andrews, 111., will defend her world title. • <,

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Pony League Season To Close Next Week Play la scheduled to wind up in the Adams county Pony League early next week, aoording to a, complete card of rained out games announced today by R. O. Wynn,, league president. The Decatur Braves and Berne will meet In a pair of five-inning games at Berne at 6:30 o'clock this evening. The Decatur Cardinals and Berne will play two fiveinning games at Worthman field Saturday, starting at 6:30 p.m.; A double header will be played at Worthman Monday, Adams Central playing the Braves at 6:30 p.m., followed by Berne and the

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Cardinals. The season trill close Tuesday, with the Braves and Cardinals meeting at 7 p.m. at Worthman field, and B6rne playing at Adams Central at 6 p.m.

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