Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1956 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1856

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Redlegs Drop Fifth Game Os Season Tuesday NEW YORK (INS)—What ever happened to the Cincinnati Redlegs, the big bad musclemen who were pegged for the first division this year? J",' The major league season is well under way and the tßedlegs are holding down the spot usually reserved for Pittsburgh in ufte Na. tional League—last place. t Tuesday night the Ohioans dropped their fifth game — and fourth straight in six starts to date—a 3-to-5 decision at St. Louis. The power was there. Ray Jablonski hitting bis fifth homerun of the week, but the pitching wasn’t. Birdie Tebbetts, predicting a six-team race, called "improved pitching and a better bench" Cincinnati’s strong points this year. If so, the Reds still are under wraps. The Reds have counted off a respectable 56 hits. Including nine homeruns, in three games against St. Louis and three losses to Chicago. But they have been rapped for 67 safeties in that time, including ten homers and unless Tebbetts pulls something out of his hat, his beleaguered mound corps is in for a real shelling from the top of the order — Brooklyn and Milwaukee * starting next week. the Cards tagged Pat Scantie- ■ bury, Don Gross and Hal Jeffcoat for ten hits Tuesday night, including Ken Boyer’s run-scoring single and three-run homer. blast followed singles by | Don Blasingame and Red Schoen-1 dienst and hiked the youthful! third-baseman’s batting average to ! an eye-popping .556. Southpaw Vinegar Bend Mizell ■ needed ninth-inning help from Ellis Kinder to record his second straight victory. Rain or cold weather wiped out

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most of.the card for the second straight day. The postponement* included Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Milwaukee at Chicago. New York at Pittsburgh and Boston at Baltimore. But the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers managed to get a couple of wins under their belts, New York downing Washington, 4 to 1, to spread its American League lead over Chicago to a full game. Detroit skipped into fifth place by defeating Kansas City, 7 to 4, • In posting their sixth decision, the Yankees beat the only pitcher who. had defeated them so far this seasbn— Chuck Stobbs. A/three-run homer by Hank Baua solo blast by Yogi Berra, his fourth of the year, beat the veteran southpaw. Johnny Kucks spaced seven hits to notch his second win. j Steve Gromek pitched a six-hit-ter for the Tigers, while Bill Tuttle, Ray Boone and Reno Bertoia supported him with homeruns. Vic Power connected for the A’s. McQuinn Will Head Speedway Officials INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —Harry McQuinn, of Indianapolis, was named today to head the Indianapolis 50b officials staff as chief steward for the fourth straight year. Harlan Fengler, of Dayton. 0.. will return as referee for the Memorial Day classic,' and Paul S. Johnson, of Los Angeles, Calif., as steward. The only major change in the staff was the appointment of C. E. Erickson, of Huntington, W. V., to the position of director of timing and scoring replacing Clifford Rigsbee. who resigned after the 1955 race because of failing health. Decisions of these officials, who served under the defunct AA contest board, will be subject only to a written protest filed with the US AC contest committee, headed by Col. A. W. Herringon, of Indianapolis, who also was on the AAA contest board.

Yellow Jackets Win In Triangular Meet The Decatur Yellow Jackets won a triangular meet at the Geneva field Tuesday afternoon, scoring 73 2/3 points tor first place, while the Geneva Cardinals were second with 55 1/6 point* and the Lancaster Central Bobcats third with 12%. Decatur won six Individual first places, tied for another, and also won the half-miie relay. Ivan Roth of the Jackets won the high hurdles and pole vault and tied with a teammate., John Dorwin, for first in the low hurdles. Harold Sommers, also of Decatur, was the only other double winner, taking both the 440 and 880-yard runs. The Yellow Jackets will compete in a meet at Portland Friday afternoon, and will entertain the Monmouth Eagles in a dual meet at 7:30 o’clock next Monday night. "Tuesday's summary: 110-yard dash — Macklin (G) fihit: Hutker (D) second; Strickler (D) third; Keffer (l 5 fourth. Time—ll.l. f 220-yard dash — Baumgartner tG) first; Macklin (G) second; Banks (D) tM'rtf; Keifer (L) fourth. Time —24.5. 440-yard run — Sommers (D) first; Yoder. (C) . second; Hershey (G) third; Strickler (D) fourth. Timo —56.4. 880-yard run — Sommers (D) first; Gould (D) second; Flora <D) third; Stahley (G) fourth. Time—2:l3.2. Mile run — Flora (D) first; Burke (F) second;- Butcher (D) third; Hullinger (D) fourth. Time —5:01.8. High (D) first; Eichhorn (L) second; Dull (G) third; Dorwin (D) fourth. Time —18.2. Low hurdles —Dorwin (D) and Roth (D) tied for first; Macklin (G) and Eichhorn (L) tied tor third. Shot put—Nevi! (G) first; Isch (D) second; Lobsiger (D) third; Fleet ter (L) fourth. Distance — 39 ft. 4% in. High jump — Alger (D) and Eichhorn (L) tied tor first; Murphy (D> third; Lobsiger (L) and Burke (G) tied for fourth. Height—s ft 6 in. Pole vault — Roth (D) first; Parr (G) second; Bauman (G) and Harnish (L) tied tor third. Height—9 ft. 9 in. Broad jump—Hylton (F) first; Murphy (D) second; Pgrr (G) ’< hlrtt f Srrtfttf (F) fourth. Distance —l9 ft. 10 in. Mile relay—Geneva first; Decatur second. Time —3:54.3. Half-mile relay—Decatur first; Geneva second. Time —1:43.2.

MAJOR AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct- G.B. New York 6 1 .857 .. Chicago 4 1 .800 1 Boston 3 3 .500 2% Kansas City ... 3 2 -500 2% Detroit 3 4 .429 3 Washington ... 3 5 .375 3% Cleveland 2 4 .333 3% Baltimore 2 5 .286 4 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Milwaukee 4 2 .667 .. Brooklyn 4 2 .667 — Chicago 3 2 .600 % St. Louis4*3 .571 % New York 3 3 .500 1 Philadelphia 3 3 .500 1 Pittsburgh 2 4 .333 2 Cincinnati 1 5 .167 3 TUESDAY’S RESULTS National League St. Louis ’6, Cincinnati 3. New York at Pittsburgh, cold. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, rain. Milwaukee at Chicago, cold. American League New York 4, Washington 1. Detroit 7, Kansas City 4. Boston at Baltimore, rain-cold. Other dubs not scheduled. —si-— ■ K ' BOWLING SCORES Women's League W L Pct. Mobil Maids 36% 5% 49% Hoagland Lumber 32 10 44 Gages Tool Shop . -25 17 36 Mansfield 25 17 34 Kents 26, I 6 ’ 34 Jack’s Maratltpfi .24 18 33 Blackwell 23 19 32 Treon 22 20 30 Mies Recreation . 22% 19% 38% Adams Trailer ... 21 21 27 Gays .....1.. 18 24 24 h Drewrys 19 23 24 Old terown .. 18 24 22 First State Bank . 16 26 20 Adams Theater 10 32 12 Arnold Lumber ... 9 33 11 Harman's Market . 5 37 6 High series: V. Smith 571, McClure 529. High games: V. Smith 225-187, McClure 195,170, Rowdon 183. B. Moser 181, Babcock 180, Moran 179, J. Smtth 1179, Appleman 178, V. Gallmeyer 176. Kukelban 174, Bowman 171-170.- - • Trade In a gooc Town — Decafor

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Fred Ahr Turns In Top Singles Score Fred Ahr, of Decatur, turned in the top singles score of the day Tuesday at the American Bowling Congress in Rochester. N. Y., with a 619 on games of 212, 228 and 179. The Leland Smith team of Decatur rolled 2621 in the fiveman event Scores of the tea mmembers in other events: Doubles: Fred Hoffman (501)-GUbert Biens (557) 1,068; James Ahr (484) -Fred Ahr (MO) 1,024; William Tutewiler 1547)-Rolly Ladd (553) 1.100. Singles: Hoffman 520, Bienx 474; James Ahr 534, Fred Ahr 619, Tutewiler 488, Ladd 582. All-events: Hoffman 1555, J. Ahr 2558, F. Ahr 1669, Tutewiler 1556. Ladd 1631. Greyhounds Track Ace Is Out For Season Harold Dick, ace of the Adams Central high school track team, is lost to the Greyhounds tor the remainder of the season due to an injury sustained during the Adams county meet last week. Dick, who won the 440-yard run and the 100-yard dash, and placed second in the pole vault, pulled muscles near his kidney during the meet and is out for the season. Decatur Golfers Down New Haven The Decatur Yellow Jackets golf team defeatde New Haven, 7% to % at the Decatur Golf club Tuesday afternoon. The summary: Schmidt (D) over Myers (NH), 40-50; Zwick (D) over Bowers (NH), 44-45, tied in match play; Edwards (D) over Alter (NH), 47-59; Burk (D) over Pearson (NH), 55-61. Cub Scout Pack Will Meet Thursday Night Cub Scout pack 3061 will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lincoln school. Skits will be presented by den 8. Mrs. John DeVoss, den mother; and den 4, Mrs. Robert Boch, den mother; and displays by dens 2 and 10, whose den mothers are Mrs. Burdette Custer and Mrs. David Smith, respectively. Cub Scouts and parents are urged to attend. The Scouts will be interested in the announcement of Saturday's paper drive in the city. Tickets for thp .May,,B circus will be distributed so that the -entire pack mayattend as a group as a result of their paper drive efforts. Announcements will be made concerning the pack’s booth at the Scout-O-Rama May 11 and 12 at the Fort Wayne coliseum. A meeting of den mothers and committeemen will be held immediately following the .pack meeting. Commission Okays Plat, Dedication The plat and dedication for the Lewis addition to the city of Decatur at the northwest limits of the I city were presented again by Eugene and Harriet Durkin at a meeting of the city plan commission Tuesday night. Durkin reported to the commission that the easements have nowbeen included according to specifications. The council voted to recommend to the city council that the plat and dedication be approvA request by the Citizens Telephone company for permission to install a telephone booth in front of the company's office on Monroe street as also studied at last night’s meeting. The commission recommended that the request be rejected because the proposed booth ould obstruct the sidework. The rejection was made with the isuggestion that the company place the public booth somewhere else off the sidewalk. Plan Spring Concert At Adams Central The second ahnual spring con cert of the Adams Central high school music department will be presented Friday at 8 p. m. in the high school gymnasium. The five musical organizations, the senior band, senior chorus, junior band, junior chorus and beginner’s band; totalling more than 200 students, will participate in presenting the concert under tue direction of Don Gerig, high school music instructor. Both the senior band and senior chorus recently won excellent ratings in the district high school musiccontest. A special feature of the Friday night musical program will .be a piano solo by Paul Riley, a senior who will play "Prelude in C-Sharp Minor" and several other selections. Tickets for the event are available from all members of the music department and can also be purchased at the door on the night of the concert. The charge for admission is ,50 , cents for adults and 25 cents for students. ‘ , ■ -t , ',.. . . It you have something to Mil a’ rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings resuits.

Snead And Hogan To International Meet NEW YORK (INS) — The twoman team of Sam Snead and Ben Hogan will represent the U.S. in the 27-natlon international golf championships and Canada Cup matches June 24-26 at Wentwbrth In Surrey, Eng. John Jay Hopkins, foiindei- of the International golf association, announced Tuesday night that Snead would team with his longtime rival in the two-man jousts and also would shoot for the individual international trophy. Snead, at 44 still the most feared shotmaker in U.S. professional ranks, has won more tournaments and more prize money during his 20-year career than any other player. , The 1946 British open champion, three-time PGA titlist and threetime Masters winner has scored close to 100 major tournament victories, his most recent a sudden death playoff with Fred Wampler in the Greensboro open. Hogan, four-time U.S. champion, is best remembered in England for his British open triumph on his first try in 1953. Tension Mounts On Bus Desegregation Violence Feared If . Directive Followed MONTGOMERY, Ala. (INS) — Tension mounted in Montgomery today over orders to end segregated seating on buses amid predictions of violence unless the directive is withdrawn. The bus line owners called a news conference to explain desegregation orders which followed Monday's supreme court ruling that segregation on all public transportations! is unconstitutional. Negro leaders of the tour and a half months old bus boycott growing out of segregated seating on the buses scheduled a meeting for Thursday night to decide whether to end their protest. B. W. Franklin, vice president of National City Lines of Chicago, owner of the Montgomery City Lines, arrived in the Alabama capital Tuesday night. He said: “This company has no choice but to comply with the decision of the supreme court.” . > e There was no mixed seating in Montgomery buses and few negroes have ridden the buses since the desegregation order was issued. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.. 27-year-old negro Baptist minister, who has unofficially led the boycott since its Inception last Dec. 5, callThe minister predicted in an exclusive interview wfth International News Service that the- boycott will end soon “with our demands met and without violence.” Police commissioner Clyde Sellers, a member of the pro-segrega-i tion white citizens council, said Tuesday that anyone who violates segregation ordinances and laws of the city and state will be arrested and prosecuted, including bus drivers and passengers. Sellers said the supreme court ruling was directed specifically at South Carolina and does not affect Alabama. Many white bus riders interviewed bitterly predicted violence if the lesegregation order stands. Negroes were just as determined to continue boycotting the buses until they are assured Jim Crow seating arrangements are knocked down. The negroes launched the boycott Dec. 5 after a negro woman was arrested for violating the segregated seating arrangements.

MMtW AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. G.B. Denver 6 (I 1.000 .. St. Paul 5 2 .714 1% Louisville 4 3 .571 2% Minneapolis 3 4 .429 3% Omaha 3 4 .429 3% Wichita 3 5 .375 4 Charleston .... 2 6 .250 5 Indianapolis ... 1 3 .250 4 Tuesday's Results Louisville 4, Omaha 3. Denver 12. Charleston 1. Wichita 5, Minneapolis 3. Only games scheduled. -

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Adorns Central Wins Ping Pong Tourneys Adams Centray swept nonors in the county ping pong tonrney, which was completed at the Adams Central gym Tuesday night. Jerry Sprunger defeated Wayne Meyers, Monmouth, tor the single title, and Jerry Mitchel and Dick Landis, also of Adams Cetitrat, downed Tom Ehrsam and Leon Gould ot Berne for the doubles crown. Seven schools competed. A loaches and principals tour-iwy-was also conducted, with Lpr/bn Jones, of Monmouth, defeating Ji® weikel, of Jefferson, for this championship. Soil Bank Showdown Is Likely Next Week Republican Proposal Is Termed Political WASHINGTON (INS) — House Democrats sought to toss an initial roadblock today into the path of Republicans bent upon puttin’g soil bank payments in farmers’ pockets before the November election. ' Democratic leaders were expected to ask the powerful rules committee to permit house votes only upon a |1 billion, 20Q million , appropriation and Democrat-spqnsor-ed soil bank legislation to accompany it. Until Tuesday, Democratic leaders maintained that the administration already had- the power to put a soil bank into effect provided Congress appropriated the’ money. A showdown on the soil bank plan in the house now is not expected until late next week. Republicans hope to amend the appropriatioh to include the full administration soil bank plan, with the provision allowing agriculture secretary Ezra Taft Benson to make payments to farmers this fall for crops they cut back next year. Democrats claim the latter proposal is designed only to buy farm votes this year. Republicans retort that their opponents continually have urged immediate financial farm aid for farmers and now have an opportunity to provide it by supporting the pre-payment system. Following a GOP conference late Tuesday, minority leader Joseph W. Martin (R Mass.), confidently stated his party has the votes to push through the administration plan — including the advance payments. . ■' ■■'-■J*;- ■- Democrats, meanwhile, moved to stave off a showdown until next week, although a final vote originally had been slated for today. In a last-ditch attempt to keep Democrats in the driver’s seat on the important election-year legislation, house agriculture committee chairman Harold D. Cooley (D N.C.), introduced a bill embodying most of the administration's proposals. The Cooley plan, however, did not include pre-payments, and also excluded a provision that farmers who cut back production could be paid in surplus commodities rather than money. The Cooley bill is the one Democrats wii Itry to push through. Assistant house minority leader Charles A. Halleck (R Ind.), con-' tended the Cooley bill does not protect farmers and ranchers in gracing areas nor tenants and sharecroppers. • , r ' ' • ' ' i Trade 'n a Good r->wn — Decatut i

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British Champion Licked By Unknown LONDON (INS) — If Rocky Marciano didn’t quash Don Cockell’s world heavyweight title hopes last May. a 22-year-old unknown from the South Sea island of Tonga has and wiht convincing authority. Kit Lave floored the pudgy British champion five times Tuesday night and then knocked him out with a crashing right to the law in two minutes, 17 seconds of the second round of their scheduled 10-rounder. Lave spotted his opponent 11% pounds, at 20014, for the non-title affair before 14,000 fans at Earls Court but hit him with sledgehammer. combinations that had Cockell uown for the count of four just after the fight began. f In the second round Lave dropped Cockell twice for seven counts, another. time for six and one for eight before finishing him off, The crushing defeat ruined promoter Jack Solomons’ plans to stage a British championship bout May 28 between Cockell and Jack Gardner. In what was billed as the feature bout of the night, Cuba’s Kid Gavilan avenged a previous loss to Peter Waterman of England with a ten-round decision. The 30-year-old ex-welterweight champion floored 21-year-old Waterman for a count of eight in the fifth round and for a one-count before the fight ended to reverse the disputed decision of Feb. 7. Trade in a Good Town — Decatm

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Engineers To Study Lease Os Preserve Governor To Name Group Os Engineers INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Oov. George N. Craig is expected to announce soon the names of a committee of engineers who will have the burden of deciding whether oil drilling can be carried out at Hovey Lake state game preserve without ruining the natural life and water resources. Members of the state conservation commission met late Tuesday with Craig in a closed-dg>or session on the subject of a lease to permit oil drilling at the state game preserve in Hoosierdom’s southwestern “toe”. The commission had voted last week to give Mulzer Brothers, ot Tell City, a lease to drill for oil under Hovey Lake, with the state to get one-fourth of the receipts. Doxie Moore, Craig’s administrative assistant, had said the vote was three to one, with Al Kiltz the holdout. However, Raymond Keim, of Chili, said after the Tuesday meeting that he had said only that he would agree to the lease if it were shown that Hovey’s wildlife would not be harmed. He opined that he doubts, after a visit to the area, that drilling can be done without contamination. However, Craig told newsmen that he considered the vote still stands 3-1 because it was not reconsidered Tuesday. Democrat Want Atta Results