Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 196, Decatur, Adams County, 20 August 1955 — Page 6

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All Top Teams Win Friday In American Loop NE WTORK (INS) —The National League, ready to concede the pennant to Brooklyn, has nothing to match the center ring spectacle being staged by the American League but it’s doing pretty well with a sideshow starring the two •••■ most feared pitchers in the business. Ab a matter of fact, a total of 57,000 customers has turned out, to watch the last two mound duels between Philadelphia's Robin Rob* erts, the season's first 20-game winner, and Brooklyn’s Don Newcombei bidding to becothe the next. Better than £I,OOO watched Roberts foil a third straight bid by Newcombe for victory No, 10 last Sunday at Brooklyn and Friday night the largest Connie Mack Stadium crowd of the year, a capacity 35,444, watched Robin do it again by the same, score, 3 to 2. The defeat clipped the Dodgers'. lead over Milwaukee to 13 games as the Braves shut out Chicago, 7 to 0, <>a Lew Burdette’s six hitter. Pittsburgh beat New York, 8 to 3, and Cincinnati topped St. Louis, 7 to 5. The status remained quo in the A. L. with New York preserving its one game lead over both Chicago and Cleveland by blanking Baltimore, 2 to 0, dn Whitey Fgjd’s two hitter. The White Sox remained just five percentage points behind by blanking Detroit, 3 to 0, on Billy

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Pierce’s six hitter and Cleveland stayed eight points off the pace by outlasting Kansas City, 2 to J, in 11 innings. Boston kept 3Mi games back on Frank Sullivan’* six hit, 8 to 0 triumph at Washington. While four shutouts were posted Friday night, the biggest pitching show came off at Philadelphia as Roberts became the first man slice Left Grove of the old Phila- ’ delphia Athletics to poet 20 or ' more victories six years in succes- : sion. Grove wound up with a seven ‘ year streak in 1933. Roberts didn't win his 20th last ' year, when he topped the majors ■ with 23-15, until Labor Day. The ’ 28-year-old righthander is three 1 weeks ahead of his pace with 20 and 9 for the current season. Friday night’s triumph, a seven hitter, was his fourth straight and fourth over the N. L. paceseters. No other hurler can claim more than two such wins. Newcombe went into the game with a 12-1 road record and an eight game winning streak in Philadelphia dating back to June 30, 1950. After limiting the Phils to two safeties for seven innings, the 29-y ear-old righty folder at the finish to allow all three tallies and six of the eight bits In the last two rounds. % . The Dodgers provided Newk with a two run lead as Sandy Aunoros drove in one with a fifth inning double and Roy Campanella cracked his 27th home run in the seventh. After 15 Phils were retired in a row, Eddie Waitkus, Jim Greengrass and Andy Seminick hit successive* single for one run In the eighth. Bobby Morgan doubled in the ninth, Granny Hamner singled and Morgan scored when Dei Ennis bit to the box and Newk threw wfld to second trying to start the double play. Willie Jones, who drove in he winning run in the 10th Sunday, repeated with a single. i Burdette’s shutout pitching and home runs by Del Crandall and Hank Aaron, No's 21 and 25 respectively, sparked the Braves to their win over Chicago. New York’s 20 game winner of last season, Johnny Antonelli, went down to his 15th defeat in 25 deetalons; In the game at Pittsburgh. Antonelli and Willie Mays homered, No. 38 for Mays, and Bob Cle- » mente hit one for the Pirates. Gus Bell's 22nd homer and Wally Post’s 30th sparked Cincinnati's win over St. Louis. The Yankees had it sewed up as early as the first inning against Baltimore when Gil McDougald and Mickey Mantle pumped home I runs off Jim Wilson. Mantle’s 31st •_ round tripper qualified him as the i most prolific homer hitter per season since Joe DiMaggio. Yogi Berra held the club record since, with I 30 in 1952. ' Ford walked seven men while * registering his 14th victory, and [ fifth shutout, in 20 decisions. Walt Dropo gave the White Sox 1 all they needed when he clouted his 16th homer, with Jim Rivera on base, in the fourth inning. A crowd of 36,473 in Comiakey Park watched Pierce best Detroit's Steve Gromek on the mound for his 10th win against eight losses. Ray Narleski won in relief at Cleveland when Tom Gorman, who replaced Vic Rasch! to hold the Indians scoreless fbT six innings, wilted in the Uth to allow singles to HakNaragon, Ralph Kiner and pinch hitter Dale Mitchell. Boston stringbean SulHvan became the third winningest hurler behind Roberts and Newcombe when he posted his 15th against 11 setbacks. Sammy White's sixth inning home run off Bob Porterfield was enough to beat the Senators. e

Limberlost Archery Club Adds Members Four hew members were registered in the Limberlost Archery ' club at a recent meeting, bringing the total membership to 18. The hew members are Jerry Wheeler. Linn Grove; Dr. Robert Bote. Berne, and Dwight Whitacre and Ed Edwkfds, Decautr. Other club members are George Stults, Dick Cottrell. Jerome and Dick .Gaskill, the Rev. Lawrence Norris. Latin Miller, Marion Robison, Frank Sardella, Rex Werst. Merle Affolder, Robert La Brun. Carl Wolf, Hubert and Sherwood Sprunger, and Dick Miller. Additional visitors at the meeting included Walt Werst, Fred Dellinger, Dick Rambo, Jerry Kaehr. Stan Alger, Sheldon Davidson, Ray LeBrun, and Bob Shaffer and Luzerne Guthrie of Bluffton. Enthusiasm ran high over the 14-target course, with nearly all present trying It out. Bob Shaffer, last year's junior state champion, archer for boys on a field position, when asked what he thought of field archery, replied, “It’s tough, but it’s a challenge and I’ll be back.” Sun Alger, local Explorer scout, had a good score for his first experience, and now has bought some new field point arrows. Some of the old hands who have known the thrill of bringing down a buck in the north woods, found they will need practice to stay out of the novice class. A tourney will be held in the near future and will be open to ail archers in the area, with awards to be made to winners in various classes, and using NFAA rules. A committee was named and details will be announced soon. Plans also are being made to set up a practice range tor novices to learn to shoot and for women and children tyefore attempting the tough field range. Anyone wishing to know more about the club, its activities and membership, may inquire from any member, or from 'George Stults at his cigar store or from Marion Robison at the Why store on North Second street. Legal Counsel Wins Race At Kendallville Legal Counsel, owned by Dr. R. K. Parish of this city, won the 2-21 pace at Kendallville yesterday. He traveled the second heat in 2:09. setting a tract record and a trophy from the fair association. He is a real pacer and many local sportsmen are enjoying his speedy performances these days. Philadelphia Eagles Beat Detroit Lions : ... DALLAS. Tex. (INS) —Doak - Walket got a new car but no touch- - downs and as a result his Detroit i Lions were beaten, 14 to 8, by the Philadelphia Eagles in a National s Football League exhibition Friday I night. A crowd of 48,000 turned up al t Dallas’ Cotton Bowl to honor theii I hometown hero who has announced i he will retire at the end of this . season. I Major, Minor League Drafts In Columbus 1 COLUMBUS, O. (INS) —Bott , major league and minor league drafts will be held in Columbus ; this year. I (George M. Trautman, presidenl of the National Association of Pro . fessional Baseball Leagues, said to . day that the drafts will take place > during the annual minor league . convention Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. t Trautman said the major league . clubs will make their selections . Nov. 28, and that the minor league drafts will be made the foliowin? two days.

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— » ■ —— Palmer Has Five Stroke Golf Lead w TORONTO (INS) — Arnold Palmer, 25-year-old golfing star from Latrobe, Pa., looks to be a cinch to make the 46th Canadian open golf championship his first win since joining the procircuit last January—and possibly set a new all-time record for the tourney. All Palmer did at the par 72 Weston Club Friday was shoot his second round of 64 in three days. This, together with his 67, of Thursday, gave him a total of 195 at <ha three quarter mark of the 72 hole battle for the Seagram Gold Cub und the $3,000 first -prize. Jack Burke, Jr., of Kiamesha Lake, N. Y., is the closest contender, 1 five strokes behind. • The 195, lowest ever recorded at this point in Canadian open his- ' tory suggested that Palmer could be on his way to fracturing the 263 total registered by Johnny Pal- ' mer, of Badin, N. C., in winning the tournament at Winnipeg it 1952. To break the record. Arnold. 710 relation to Johnny, will have to shoot a 67 on today’s final jaunt over the 6,428 yard layout. Only other pair who had much chance of catching Palmer, if he blows up, are Fred Hawkins, of St. Andrews, Hl., and Art Wall, Jr., of Pocono Manor, Pa., each boasting totals of 202. American Farmers End Russian Tour MOSCOW (INS) —A 12 man American farm delegation ended its month long tour of Russia today with a report to the Soviet ministry of agriculture. Americans will leave Moscow Sunday morning far Berlin and home. They arived here Friday by plane from the Siberian frontier where they studied Russian efforts to change the vast wasteland into j a corn and hog producing belt. Five Charged With Narcotics Violation (INS) —Five men charged with narcotics law violations are to appear in Indianapolis municipal court today. Louis Bolling, 37, and Donald Parker, 22, were arrested in a raid on Bucks Pool Room on Indiana Avenue. Bolling was charged with keeping a dive and Parker with the same court plus narcotics charges. Police said they saw Parker sell three capsules believed to contain heroin to a woman. Three others were arrested in a raid on an apartment in which police said they found four hypodermic needles and four syringes. The men allegedly admitted being addicts. They are Carl E. Killebrew, 24; Delbert Boyd, 18, and David Smith, 20. They also faced preliminary burglary charges. St. Louis — Consumption of frozen strawberries has increased by about 200 percent since Wortd War 11, but demand for fresh strawberries has decreased by about 50 percent in the same period. San Francisco — Americans drink, on an average, one pint of wine per week. By comparison, Frenchmen consume about one pint of wine, on an average, each day. Trade in a Good lowa — Decatur

Cincinnati Redlegs Player Threatened CINCINNATI (INS) —A letter threatening Cincinnati Redlegs utility player Charles (Chuck) Harmon has been turned over to postal authorities and the FBI. The letter mailed from New York City said: "The next time you are in New York you’re going to get shot in the head.”

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Minneapolis .. 81 53 .604 Denver . 76 60 .559 6 Omaha .. 74 62 .544 .8 Toledo 72 62 .537 9 Ix>ulsville 70 62 .530 10 St. Paul 66 69 .489 15% Indianapolis 56 76 .424 24 Charleston —. 42 93 .311 39% Friday’s Results Denver 12, Omaha 6. Charleston 9-4, Toledo 7-3. St-. Paul 3, Minneapolis 2. Indianapolis 5. Louisville 1. MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B. 1 New York .... 73 47 .608 ’ Chicago 70 46 .603 1 Cleveland .... 72 48 .600 1 Boston 69 50 .580 3% Detroit 62 57 .521 10% Kansas City „ 49 72 .405 24% i Washington — 41 75 .353 30 Baltimore 37 78 .322 33% Friday’s Results 1 Chicago 3, Detroit 0. 1 Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1 (11 innings). Boston 8. Washington 0. New York 8, Baltimore 0. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club W. ta Pct. G.B. ! Brooklyn 78 40 .661 ’ Milwaukee — 67 55 .549 13 ’ New York .... 63 57 .525 16 Philadelphia 16 61 .500 19 1 Cincinnati , 59 63 .484 21 1 Chicago 60 65 .480 21% ■ St. Louis 52 66 - 44126 Pittsburgh 45 76 .372 34% Friday’s Results Philadelphia 3, Brooklyn 2. Pittsburgh 8, New York 3. Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 5. Milwaukee 7, Chicago 0. Chicago — Consumption of lettuce in the U.S. has increased by more than 40 percent since the ; close of World War 11. St. Louis — The Mississippi Vai-

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Warns Giants May Also Move Team NEW YORK (INS) — Possibility of a one-team city loomed in New York today after Brooklyn Dodger- President Walter O’Malley warned that the New York Giant* would follow suit if the Dodgers leave the city for a more suitable park. O’Malley exploded the bombshell Friday at a meeting of New York city officiate in Mayor Robert Wagner’s office to discuss the possibility of building a city-owned stadium to keep the Dodgers in I Brooklyn. The parley was called after the Brooks had announced they will play seven home games in Roosevelt Stadium at Jersey City, N. J., next season and will vacate their Ebbets Field bandbox after the ’57 season for a more modern home in Brooklyn, Long Island or New Jersey." "Personally, I believe the problem is bigger than the Dodgers’ alone.” O’Malley told the.opening session. "If anybody went, the two teams, the Giants and Dodgers, would go ...” As the meeting neared it» end. Wagner read a telegram from Giants President Horace Stoneham which said his club had similar stadium troubles and suggested a , "meeting on a more general basis" than Friday's, which was limited to the Dodgers. | Wagner agreed to oak the board 'of estimate for a $50,000 appropriation to survey the problems involved in moving the team to a new park. Schedule Meetings At Spanish Church The Rev. Alvaro Crus, pastor of a Spanish church in Chicago, 111., will be in charge of two meetings tonight and Sunday at the Templo la Hermosa, Asamblers de Dios, at 803 North Tenth street | An invitation has been extended to the public to attend the meetings which will feature prayer services for sick people. The Rev., Margarita Canales is the local pastor. State Gross Income Auditor Dies Friday INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Funeral services will be held in Indiaflapolte Monday morning for Charleg A. Gould, of Indianapolis, an auditor of the Indiana state gross income tax division who died Friday after a short illness. Gould was born in Lawrenceburg. He had been chief accountant for the Marion Development company. DEATH TOLL OF (Contin ueo rrom t»age One) track and smashed into the nearby box cars. * Most of the casualties were in the chair car which halted at a 45-degree angle. None of the derailed cars overturned. ■ 4 Baltimore — About one of 16 persons in the 11. S. has some form of heart or blood vessel disease and this includes about 500,000 grade and high shool children who suffer some such ailment. saa— WwyßSFßggjJt. Three persons working together to protect your health ° ... Your Doctor, Your Pharmacist and Youl We prepare Prescriptions ‘‘just as the Doctor ordered” .. . For You! W»TiM I i* H

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Rescue Girl After , Fall From Mt. Hood PORTLAND, Ore. (INS) —A 25-year-old San Francisco girl who plunged into a snow filled crevasse was treated at St. Vincent's hospital in Portland today for injuries believed to be serious but not erlt-

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