Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 122, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1956 — Page 7

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Braves Defeat Dodgers To Stay In First Place BRAVES DEFEAT NEW YORK (INS) — Charley Grimm has everything going for hia Milwaukee Bravea, including the weather, but he still sees a five-team dogfight tor the National League pennant. - “it's a scramble that will take a long while to untangle, ’’ said Grpnm Tuesday night before his club thrashed Brooklyn. 7 io 3, to maintain a percentage toehold of .023 points on first place.' “Five ball clubs are under a handkerchief, so to speak, and .It’s my guess that weeks will pass before any of them drop out of contention,” the easy-going Braves manager said, adding:. ‘‘Last year the league was fighting for second, place. The Dodgers just had a fantastic start. Now it's different. The league is very well balanced and It’s too early to count anyone out." Grimm said the world Champion Dodgers still are the club to beat but included Cincinnati, St, Louis and Pittsburgh among the contenders. /. “Cincinnati will be tough all rjght,” conceded Grimm, “if the Redlegs get enough pitching, but the team that has looked really great against us is the Cardinals.” This points up the dog-eat-dog struggle in the’ NL first division since the Dodgers have" beaten the Cardinals in three out of five and (Wscoupt the two defeats in St Lokjs aS the product of their own batting Jump, » ‘ The Cardinals, in turn, have beaten, Milwaukee three out, of five and the Brave? have taken both their games against , Brooklyn. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh Jias' made an impression on both the Braves and Dodgers, taking both ends of doubleheaders against each. Pittsburgh, says jolly Chpljy, is a good team with speed and pitch-

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ing. “You can’t make mistakes against them and get away with it any more.” Grimm, meanwhile is basking in the thought that his ace righthander. Gene Conley, is recovering from a prolonged arm misery. “He’ll be back on the active list within a week," said the Milwaukee skipper. And with two other question marks, Danny O’Connell and Bob Thomson, delivering, the Braves are getting set to camp permanently in first place. Dame fortune also has smiled In their direction during Conley’s absence. Their rash of rain-op ts at the start of the season permitted the Braves to use their best pitchers all the time. ~ 1 . Tuesday night they started Bob Ruhl and he beat the Dodgers for the second time this season, with some eighth-inning help from Dave Jolly. Buhl was supported by a 13his attack that, included home runs by Hank Aaron, who also collected two singles and a* double in five trips. Johnny Logan and Eddie Mathews. Sandy Amoros connected for the Brooks. Clem Labine, kayoed for the first time this season after pitching 14 scoreless rounds in eight previous relief appearances, assured Carl Erskine of his third defeat when he was rapped in two innings for twp homers and four doubles, good for five runs: St Louis remained hoi on Milwaukee’s trail by beating Pittsburgh, d.tq.3, and Cincinnati took back third from the Dodgers as a result of its 6-to-3 daytime win over New York. Chicago was rained out at Philadelphia. New York dropped a 3-tp-2. daylight deciaon to Detroit but retained Its 2 H-game American lead oyer Cleveland when the Indians Jost to Boston, 5 jto 3. Kansas’City defeated Washington. 6 to 1, and Baltimore was rained out at Cbl‘W- ' . ’ The largest night crowd in four years, at Forbes Field, 19,316, saw Jackie Collum quiet the Pirates after Lee Walls’ ,seyenth,-lnnijig pinch double routed wipnfer Hfenh Wehmeier.’ the Cards pecked kway M Vternon Law and three reliefers for’ it hits, nine of them singles, while the Ptrates swatted ten, Including x— - : »— ■ 1

More fines Handed West Coast Schools MORE FINES HANDED NV VICTORIA, B. C. (INS) — The Pacific Coast Conference hag plastered more fines on member schools for violations of the code regarding recruitment of athletes. Faculty representatives and athletiq directors, meeting in Victoria, levied fines ranging from $1,560 to $250 for various violations Tuesday.' Npne of the amounts approached the sum levied against UCLA and the University of Washington in earlier disciplinary action for “un-der-the-table" payments to athletes. The University of California got the top fine of sl,ssff for “irregularities in the campus labor program for athletes," improper issuance of complimentary tickets and off-campus interviews of athby members of the football coaching staff.. Other fines tor similar offenses: Idaho, $1,000; Washington. $250! Oregbq fftate. $650; Southern California, $500; University of Oregon. $350 &tctA,, $356 i ' and Stanford, $250. . , ■ The only school which escaped a penalty was Washington State college.,, j.-.‘ UCLA stands to lose another $98,000 in Rose Bowl shares during a. probation period of three years and Washington will lose an estimated $52,000 for two years of probation. v . Wet Grounds Prevent Jackets Final Game Y?et grounds prevented the scheduled, game Tuesday afternoon between the Decatur Yellow Jackets and Columbia City Eagles. AVith both schools closing this the game was cancelled, ending the season for both teams, ;<• ?■ * T” ' 1 ■"« XJi f 31X1 m* a. »’•* : ** -,A.\ A double, single and homer f?d. 10 by Dale now leads the league wUh "a batting average, i " Southpaw Jpe Nuxliall pitched a ifqur-hitier Joy the ftedlegs. two of the blows. home funs fey Daryl iSpencer and ’Willie' White, while his metres. beat Ruben Gomes with two-run, hdii\ers by Roy ftfcMlilan and Frank Robipson in the seventh inning at Polo grounds. Jigqr'catcher ißed Wilson, who had had ,ouly i six hits all season, 1 slammed a' two-ru n bom er tn the ‘ ninth Ijjiiing 1 to end pjx-game winiriihg slfeaks for b<hh the',Yankees and Whitey Ford. Thh~ Yanks ffot _twjo„xuns off -Frank Lary in the ■JicaX -uuuiig. -Etat the lanky - righthander faced only 19 batters after the third inning to post his second' win in seven decisions. Tom Brewer needed ninth-inning help from Dave Staler but downed the Indians for the sixth straight time. The Red Sox scored, three unearned runs in the first inning and beat Early Wynn with two more in the seventh on Billy GoodJfiaif*B home ruh.*“" ' Troy Herriage pitched a threehitter for the Athletics while his teammates squeezed six runs out of four hits yielded by a quartet of Washington pitchers. Ex-Sena-tor Johnny Groth clubbed a sev-enth-inning homerun for the A’s. Herriage fanned sL" and walked five as he pitches his first major league victory.

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MAJOR 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. .4LB. New York .... 22 11 .667 — Cleveland .... 18 12 .606 2% Boston 17 12 .586 3 Chicago ... 12 13 .480 6 Baltimore .... 15 IT .469 * 6% Detroit .13 17 .433 7% Washington r . 12 19 .387 9 Kansas City .. 11 19 .367 9Vi NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L.t Pct G.B. Milwaukee ... 14 8 .636 % St. Louisl9 12 .613 — Cincinnati .... 17 12 .586 1 Brooklyn 16 12 .571 1% Pittsburgh ... 15 13 .536 2% New York 13 17 .433 5% Philadelphia j. 9 18 .333 8 Chicago 7 18 .280 9 -e» TUESDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 6, New York 3. Milwaukee 7. Brooklyn 3. Chicago at Philadelphia, rain. St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 3. American League Detroit 3. New York 2, Boston 5, Cleveland 3. Baltimore at Chicago, rain. Kansas City' 6. Washington 1. Washington Owner Denies Team Shift f ■ WASHINGTON (INS) — Pres. Calvin Griffith has flatly denied' that the Washington Senators baseball team will be transferred to Los Angeles or “any other city." Rep. Patrick J. Hillings (RCalifJ raised the prospect of such a transfer in a telegram to Los Angeles Mayor Norris Poulson. He said Washington is “facing serious crisis" due to “very poor attendance at home games* rt Pintring a “baseless” and “without foundation" label on “these; chreless rumors.” Griffith said the Nats have drawn 123,295 during 18 home games this year, compared with 118,330 last year, and all in the face of declining attendance elswhere. • -Rumors have cropped up repeatedly in recent years that a major league franchise will be transferred to the populous Los Angeles area. However, in December, 1953, before the St. Louis Browns’ franchise was shifted to Baltimore, LOa Angeles made a bid tor the .team but was turned down because of the lack of financial guarantees and the city’s failure to supply a suitable stadium. As for Washington. Griffith emphasized that the club ‘faces no crisis whatsoever” and added that a rebuilding program "te inuferway which ‘‘will ultimately bring this city a contending team/’ Elmer Vaio Siqned To Play With Thiis PHILADELPHIA (INS) — Elmer Vaio, 14-year veteran of the majors, makes his debut as a National league member tonight in a Phillies’ uniform against the Chicago Cubs. Vaio, released test week by Kansas City, spurned feelers from Brooklyn and Baltimore to sigh with the Phils. A spokesman said he received- a "slight bonus." The outfielder hit .364 last year in parttide duty. Butler Is Winner Os Little State Meet CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind. (INS) —Butler University, rated as cofavorite with Hanover College, won the little state track meet Tuesday at Wabash College. Bill Etienne, of Butler, led the Bulldogs to victory with a double win, capturing one section of the 440 and winning the 880 while the relay team won the mile. Ball State finished fourth and Hanover, the ultimate runner up, failed to place because of a dropped baton. Decatur High Band Thanked By Veterans Clint Reed, band director of the Decatur public schools, has received a letter from Harold McGinnis, chief of special service at the Veterans hospital in Fort Wayne, thanking Reed and his high school band for the entertainment provided to hospital patients May 16. McGinnis aaid the program was well-planned and finely received by the hospitalized veterans. 25,000th Couple At Niagara Falls NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (INS) — Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cudahy, of South Bend, Ind., hit a jackpot today when they became the 25,000th honey mooning couple to register at the Chamber of .Commerce bureau in'Niagara Falls. They became guests of the city and re ceived many gifts from merchants. Traue in a Good Town — Decatur 1

Israeli Soldier Is Killed In Zone AMMAN, Jordan (INS) — Arab Legion headquarters reported today that an Israeli soldier, had crossed into the demilitarized sector of Jerusalem this morning and .Bad been killed by Jordanian frontier guards. The Jordan government complained to the Israel-Jordan mixed armistice commission that the Israeli had violated the frontier. Claim Arab Border Tribes In Revolt CAIRO (INS) — The govern-ment-owned Cairo press said that Arabian border tribes had revolted against “British imperialism" in Britain's strategic Red Sea protectorate of Aden. The article in the newspaper Al Goumhouria appeared to signal another phase in Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser's campaign against Britain in the Middle East.

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M/W I AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. G.B. Denver 24 10 .706 — Minneapolis .. 21 12 .636 Louisville .... 17 16 '.515 6% Indianapolis „15 15 .500 7 Omaha 16 16 .500 7 St. Paul 13 18 .419 9% Wichita 13 18 .419 9ft Charleston ... 9 23 .281 14 TUESDAY’S RESULTS Charleston 6. Louisville 0. Wichita 12. Indianapolis 3 (called end of Bth, rain). St. Paul 4, Denver 1. Minneapolis 5, Omaha 3. i Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

Action Delayed On Round Robin Card GRAND RAPIDS. Minn. (INS)— Big Ten football coaches and athletic directors have delayed fur- ■ ther action on drawing up a round robin football schedule for the 1959 season. The group had voted Monday to seek approval of a 10-game schedule, including nine conference contests, for 1959 and 1960. But it found Tuesday that previous commitments for non - conference games prohibited putting the round robin plan into effect until 1961. The group still plans to submit the 10-game proposal for approval to the joint meeting of Big Ten faculty representatives and athletic directors in Minneapolis Friday

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and Saturday. . However, it acknowledged that an eight-game conference alate now la its goal for 1959 and IMO. The group appointed a five-man committee to draft the eight game schedules if approval is obtained at the weekend meeting. Li7 Leaquer / IN CASE YOU CAN'T (jIND YOUR WAY HOME-• .* 2? - * ■*>** ji) I, kA .—•yWH M I idR if I M»B***_J