Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 213, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1955 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose Grid Season Opening Game To Auburn, 14-0

The Decatur Yellow Jackets lost the opening game of the 1955 football season to the Auburn Red Devils at Worthman field Friday night by a 14-0 score. The Jackets after playing the northern team even for the first half, suffered a relapse in the third period as Auburn pushed over two quick touchdowns and sewed up the game. The Jackets failed to get a sustained drive going during the game and their best scoring chance was lost as time ran out in the first half. The Red Devtis kicked off to Decatur to open the game and after Rocky Strickler returned the ball to the Decatur 38, the local boys displayed the first game jitters by fumbling and Auburn recovered. Three straight losses forced the Red Devils to punt to the Jacket 10- line. The rest of the quarter was about the same with Decatur getting an occasional first down, but not able to put many together. The second quarter was highlighted by drives by both teams with a fumble stopping Auburn’s threat and time stopping Decatur’s. The Red Devils put together three first downs to push to the Decatur 11- line, but a five yard loss on a fine defensive play by Stan Kirkpatrick and a recovered fumble on the next play by the same • player ended the threat. After an exchange of the ball, Kelly fired a pass to Terry Murphy good for 11 yards to the Jacket 46 and Gene Baxter tossed another pass to big Murph for 29 yards and a first down on the Auburn 26. The half ended on this play and the local offense did too. .

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High School Football New Haven 13, Garrett 6. Bluffton 26. Kendallville 6. Fort Wqjme Concordia 20. Fairmount 1. Fort Wayne North 13. Elkhart 0. Fort Wayne Central 26, New Castle e. Mishawaka 26, Fort Wayne South 0. Anderson 27, Fort Wayne Central Catholic 7. Portland 47. Winchester 0. Hartford City 20. Tipton 14. Cary Froebel 48. Rensselaer 0. Richmond 14, Indianapolis Shortridge 0.Muncie Central 41, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 13. Logansport 38, Peru 7. Marion 25. Huntington 13. Auburn didn’t waste any time getting started in the second half. After receiving the Decatur kickoff and bringing it back to their own 35, the Red Devils got one first down and on the fourth play of the half, John Sherwood bolted 49 yards off tackle for the touchdown. Gary Scott kicked the extra point and Auburn led. 7-0. The Yellow Jackets failed to go anywhere with the ball after Auburn kicked, and were forced to punt. A long pass to Beers, good for 29 yards, took the ball to the Decatur 16, and four plays Jater Jerry Heffley went over for the second TD. Scott again made the conversion good and Auburn led 14-0. The rest of the game was an exchange or the ball as neither team was able to muster a sustained drive. The Yellow Jackets had the ball on the Auburn 41 as the game ended. The Yellow jacaets next game is Friday, September 16th at New Haven. Decatur Auburn US Murphy George LT Hebble Boger LG Martin Hurni C Krueckeberg Predmore RiG Agler Baxter RT Corey Shull RE Hutker ■ Beers QB Kelly Scott RH Roth Heffley FB Strickler Rieke LH Baxter Sherwood Score by quarters Decatur 0000 0 Auburn 0 0 14 0 14 Babe Zaharias Is Greatly Improved GALVESTON, Tex. (INS)—Babe Didrikson Zaharias is winning her second bout with cancer. . The famed woman golfer’s condition is greatly improved, according to doctors |it Galveston's John Sealy hospital. They said present plans are to discharge Mrs. Zaharias from the hospital early next week. San Francisco Wins Over Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (INS) — The San Francisco 49ers unleashed an explosive passing attack and a slashing running game in the Coliseum Friday night and overwhelmed the stubborn Los Angeles Rams, 31 to 10, in an exhibition pro football game before 65.633 fans. San Francisco scored in every period, adding 14 points in the final quarter. The-Rams scored 10 in the second period and were held scoreless for the rest of the game. ~ Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Playoff Results International League Toronto 8, Havana 4 (Toronto, leads best of seven series, 2-1). American Association Omaha 12, Louisville 5 (Omaha leads series, 2-1). Minneapolis 9, Denver 7 (Minneapolis leads series, 3-0), Indians Beal Bosox To Keep Lead Over Yanks NEW YORK (INS)— The Boston Red Sox are mad at Ford Frick for not giving them permission to print World Series tickets but he may very well have saved the baseball commissioner's office 310.000. Mike Higgins’ Beantowners are beginning to do a slow fade in the tour power war for the American League pennant. Unless they make up four games in the loss column pretty quickly they'll be standing in the ticket line with the rest of them at Ebbets Field. The Bosox, who must face the A. L. triumvirate in ten of their 16 remaining contests, were shoved five games down in fourth place last night on a 3 to 1 loss to kingpin Cleveland. The Indians took back their slender half game lead after New York had temporarily tied them by defeating Chicago, 5 to 4. Detroit- bowed to Baltimore, 8 to 3, and Washington split a twinighter with Kansas City, winning the opener 6 to 5, and dropping the nightcap, 7 to 6/ National League Champion Brooklyn and Chicago banged out a total of 13 home runs in a twin bill as the Cubs won ’ the first game. 11 to 4, and the Dodgers took the second, 16 to 9. Milwaukee defeated Pittsburgh 3 to 2; SL Louis topped Philadelphia. 11 to 2, and Cincinnati blanked New York, 5 to 0. The Indians scored all their runs on home runs by Al Smith, Ralph Kiner and Al Rosen. The Red Sox grabbed a quick one run lead in the first inning but Smith’s homer tied it in the sixth, Kiner's 17th put the Tribe ahead in the seventh and Rosen’s 21st in the eighth iced it Bob Lemon, then Ray Narleski and finally Doir Mossi matched pitches with loser Ivan Delock and Tommy Hurd. It was the 18th time in a row since May 30 that Lemon had failed to go the route but he gained credit for his 17th victory. Joe Collins pounded two homers for the Yankees but the straw that broke Chicago’s back was the seventh inning run on Phil Rizzjito's pop fly single, a sacrifice and Yogi Berra’s double. Don Lar sen shut out the White Sox for six innings but had to give way to Jim Konstanty, who in turn yielded to Bob Grim. Dick Donovan was the losing pitcher.

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Bill Wight’s eight hitter and Cal Abrams’ three singles highlighted Baltimore’s triumph over Detroit. Maurice McDermott beat the A's practically singlehanded in the first game with K. C. He limited the A’s to six hits, hit two singles and a double and drove in three runs. Roy Sei vers clubbed two homers for the Nats in the nightcap. The Cubs handed Don Newcombe his fifth defeat in 25 decisions as Dee Fondy, Ernie Banks and Ed Miksis homered in the first inning and Ransom Jackson clouted one in the third. Bob Rush scattered five hits, one of them a Gil Hodges homer. The Brooks pulled out the second game although outhit, 17 to 8. Don Zimmer grand slammed in the sixth and hit a two run homer in the seventh. Walt Moryn and Clem Labine also homered for the Brooks and Banks hit his 42nd for the Cubs. Baker, Fondy and Jackson also collected their second four baggers in the evening. Warren Spahn posted an eight hitter and Del Crandall homered for the Braves against Pittsburgh. Stan Musial homered for the Cards as Will Schmidt scattered six Phillies hits. Wally Post and Gus Bell homered for Cincinnati as Joe Nuxhall blanked the Giants on four hits. Cisco Andrade Is Winner By Decision . NEW YORK (INS) — Cisco Andrade, ninth ranking lightweight from Compton, Calif., scored a unanimous ten round decision over favored and fifth ranked Orlando Zulueta of Havana Friday night at .Madison Square Garden. Trade in a Good Town — Decatut

50-Yard Line Flashes By Jack Heller It was a pretty good game even if the home team did lose. At least the boys showed that they wanted to plSy football and weren't afraid to get in and mix it up. It's a rough deal opening with a team like Auburn, but that’s the only way the Yellow Jackets can keep the northern team on their schedule since the Red Devils dropped out of the NEIC. The defensive team played a whale of a game with the exception of two plays in the third quarter. The touchdown play by John Sherwood was a nice fake to both the other backs off the right side and then a hand-off to Sherwood offtackle on the left. The fake pulled the Decatur defense in to one side and Sherw-ood had an easy road the rest of the way. The other play was the pass to Beers, but even the pros have passes completed against them. Several boys stood out on defense with John Isch, Stan Kirkpatrick. Fred Schott, Gene Baxter, Bill Roth and Terry Mutphy looking very good. Bill Roth was hampered by an agrivated muscle in hfs leg which was pulled several years ago, and acts up now and then. The Jackets stayed even with Auburn in the first downs department as each team got eight. Auburn out-gained the locals 4n the ground 137 to 62 yards, and Decatur had the edge in passing, 71 to 39 yards. Bill Roth handled the ball six times and had a net gain of 15 yards. Gene Baxter carried four times and gained a net of 17 yards. Rockey Strickler was the workhorse* in the backfield, handling the ball seven times and gaining 29 yards. Tony Kelly ran the ball twice and gained 19 yards, and Terry Murphy caught three passes good for 52 yards. The ball handling for the backs includes passes caught, but does not include punt and kick-off run backs. Rocky Strickler received all three of Auburn’s kick-offs and averaged 16 yards gain. Tony Kelly returned both of Auburn's punts and gained about 12 yards each time. Decatur connected on seven of 15 passes attempted and had one pass intercepted. The Red Devils hit five of seven tries through the air and had no interceptions. MYSTERY (Continued From Page One) Silver 7s held for the grand jury Monday, he will arrange to have her brought to trial "as speedily as we can." The woman, meanwhile. remained in seclusion under medical care at her home. Her daughter became ill and died in a north Philadelphia apartment in Aug. 24. Pathologists reported that death was the result of an injection of a powerful drug intended to induce an abortion. Trade in a Good Town —Decatui

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American And Aussie Stars lit Semi Final FOREST ’ HILLS. N. Y. (INS)The Davis Cup challenge round gets a television replay today when defending champion Vic Seixas meets Australia’s Ken Rose wall and top-seeded Tonjr Trabert tangles with Lew Hoad in the semi-final round of the national tennis championships. .Seixas and Trabert, the two U. S. cuppers who went down before these very same 20-year-old lads from down under in the first two matches for the precious big bowl, get a chance to regain some lost prestige, both for themselves and Uncle Sam. Trabert, the Wimbledon and French champion, reached the semi’s Friday when his big power game obliterated eighth • seeded Herbie Flam, the little spray hittre from Beverly Hills. Calif., 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in a quarter final test. Hoad, the temperamental but terrific blonde bomber, gained a Tony by Tiattling' to a 6-3, 6-2, 5-7. 6-3 win over dark horse candidate Sammy Giammalva, one of Uncle Sam’s future hopes from Houston, Tex. Thus set up for a nationwide videa audience and the world of tennis in general are a couple of return battles. The question is. will the picture be different this time? (Rosewall, top ranked among the invaders, holds an 11-2 edge over the 32-year-old Seixas and Hoad has defeated Trabert in three out of five previous meetings. All members of the world’s “big tpur" hkvb been impressive in their drive to the payoff rounds. Both Trabert *nd Seixas have been at their peak form. Neither has dropped a set in the 75th annual netfest and both are seriously intent on keeping the most valued individual net prize stateside. Rosewall and Hoad each have lost one set in their seemingly allout drive to make off with everything American but the Washington Monument. Pint sized Kenny was extended to four sets by Ham Richardson in the fourth round and rocket serving Hoad dropped one Friday to Giammalva. Otherwise, the two Aussie hotshots have displayed the same sharpshooting technique which marked their masterful play in the challenge round rout. The semi-final round in the women’s bracket boasts the perennial presence of defending champion Doris Hart of Coral Gables. Fla. But this year it’s “new faces” among the distaff swingers reaching for the big pot of gold. Miss Hart takes on fourth-seed-ed Dorothy Head Knode of NewYork City and 17-year-old Barbara Breit of Hollywood, Calif., plays England’s elongated Pat Ward in the other semi-final.

MAJOR ' AMERICAN LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Cleveland 86 54 .614 New York —— 85 54 .612 % Chicago 82 57 .590 3% Boston 80 58 .580 5 Detroit 71 69 .507 15 Kansas City 57 Washington „ 49 87 .360 35 Baltimore „„ 43 92 .319 40% Friday’s Results Cleveland 3, Boston 1. New York 5, Chicago 4. Baltimore 8, Detroit 3. Washington 6-6, Kansas City 5-7. NATIONAL LEAGUE Club W. L. Pct. G.B. Brooklyn • „ 93 47 . 664 Milwaukee 77 64 .546 16% New York .... 73 67 .521 20 Philadelphia 72 70 .507 22 Cincinnati 69 75 .479 26 Chicago 68 76 .472 27 St. Louis 58 81 .417 34% Pittsburgh 55 85 .393 38 * Clinched pennant. Friday’s Results Chicago 11-9, Brooklyn 4-16. Cincinnati 5, New York 0. Milwaukee 3, Pittsburgh 2. St. Louis 11, Philadelphia 2.

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Big Fine, Senfence On Traffic Charges Record Fine, Jail Sentence Imposed INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — A 22-year-old ex-marine who had acQuired six charges of speeding, reckless driving and operating a motor vehicle without a license since he came from California seven months ago, today faces a record fine and jail sentence. Judge pro tern Thomas J. Faulconer of municipal court handed Earl E. Ellis, now an Indianapolis factory worker, a sentence of six months on the state farm and a fine of 3764. In the event Ellis were unable to pay the fine, the term could conceivably extend more than two years at the usuhl rate of $1 a day. Ellis’ sentence on five of the six charges amounted to a total of 720 days, but Judge Faulconer ruled the time should be served concurrently. . * The defendant s young wife is expecting a baby in about two mouths. ----- Ellis told police his license had been suspended in California. He was serving a 10-day jail term on a sixth traffic charge at the time police discovered they already had five arrests on traffic violations against him. UNITED STATES (Contlnuee from Page Ono still held in China, three have been under house arrest and the others imprisoned. There are three women.. < Twenty of the 28 missionaries of various denomination, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist and Lutheran. Two persons are Fulbright scholars. There are a few businessmen" and also two men who were sentenced at the time that the 11 airmen, since freed, were jailed. The two ate John T. Downey, of New Britain. Conn., who was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Richard. G. Fecteau, of Lynn. Mass., who received a 20-year jail term. The man listed among the group as held longest by the Chinese is Lawrence Buol, of Stockton, Cal., who was working with the board of China air transport. He has been held since January, 1950. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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