Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 166, Decatur, Adams County, 16 July 1956 — Page 6

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Yanks Win In Little League, Cardinals Win The Yankees defeated the Tigers. 6-3. in a Little League game, and the Decatur Cardinals downed Monmouth. 9-6, in a Pony League game, in a double header Saturday, night at Wortliman field. The Yankees took better advantage of their eight hits in the Little League opener to down the Tigers. Rambo had three for three, including a double and home run. to lead ttte Yankees to victory. The Cardinals, after Monmouth had pulled into a 6-6 tie in the top of the sixth inning, bounced back with three in the bottom of the sixth for their victory, scoring the winning runs on four hits, a walk and an error. (lay had three hits, including two doubles, in four "trips to the plate, and Schaffer also had three hits for Monmouth. A double header in the Pony League is scheduled tonight at i Worthman field, the Cardinals' playing Berne in the opener, followed by the Braves against Geneva. A Little League double header will be played at Worthman* Taesday, Ihe Red .Sox and Yankees meeting at 6 p.m.. followed by the Indians and Senators. TIGERS AB R H E Mclrtosh. 1f.... 1 • 0, 0 Ross. If 2 0 0 0 Cowans, cf 3 1 11 Kohne. lb — 2 6 11 Kauffman, ci...--- 2 12 >0 Landrum, p _j......... 3 0 10 Feasel, ss ... 3 0 10 Omlor. 2b A 11 1 Conrad, rs 2 0 0 0 Martin, 3b 3 0 10 TOTALS 24 3 8 3 YANKEES AB R H E G. Ladd, rs 3 *0 1 0 Scheiman. cf 3 10 0 M. Eichenauer, 2b .... 3 10 0 . Colchin. c 3 111 Rambo, 3b 3 3 3 1 __ ~ Marbach. p ,_. 2 -0 L-O. * Hoffmun/^s'2..*3 0 0 « Lose. If .... £.OIO R. Ladd, lb 2 ts 11 ■ » TOTALS 2...—.. 24 6 8 3 Score by innings: Tlgeys 0 10 0 1 I—3 Yankees \ 3 0 1 0 2 x—6 Runs basted in — Kauffman, Martin, Rambo 2. Two-base hits — Omlor. Rambo. Home runs—Rambo. Bases on Balls — Landrum I, Marbach 2. Strikeout* — Landrum 6, Marbach 7. Winner—Marbach. Loser Landrum. Umpires — Lord. Gehrig. Beal. MONMOUTH AB R H E Busick. ss .....3 2 0 0 Hoffman, c 2 10 2

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Buuck, If ....—— 2 12 0 Snyder, cf 3 0 11 Schaffer, 3b 4 13 1 Miller, 2b 3 0 0 1 U Bieberieh, lb 10 2 0 Gaunt, p ♦ 0 2 0 Bultetaeler, rs ...'2..— 2 12 0 Bauermeistef, rs ..... 2 0 0 0 TOTALS ... 28 6 12 5 • CARDINALS AB R H E Case, cf 3 12 2 Ralston. 3b 110 0 Gillig, 2b -*4 T 1 0 Gay. c 4 3 3 1 Corah, p. lb 3* 0 2 0 Gross, ss 3 0 10 Knodel, lb 2 0 0 0 Wolfe, p ....1110 Omlor, If 2 10 0 Macklin, rs 0 0 0 0 Gage, rs .. w . 10 0 0 Snyder, 1 11 0 TOTALS 25 9 11 3 Score by Innings: Monmouth 1 .0 0 3 0 2 o—6 Cardinals 2 11113 x-9 Runs batted in — Snyder. Schaffer 2, Gase, Gillig. Gay 2, Corah, Wolfe. Two-base hits—Gase, Gay 2. Home run—Wolfe. Sacrifices — Buuck, Gage. Bases on balls — Gaunt 6, Corah 8. Hit by pitcher — By Corah (Buuck). Strikeouts — Gaunt 4, Corah 2, Wolfe 9. Hits off—Corah 7 in 3, Wolfe 5 in 4. Winner — Corah. Loser — Gaunt. 1 Umpires—Gehrig, Krueckeberg. Bill Casper Scores First Golf Victory BOISCHATEL. Que. (UP) — Bill Casper Jr. tucked his first big paycheck in his pocket today and went fishing to celebrate winning Canada's richest golf tournament, the $26,800 Laßa.tt Open. "That’s all I want to do,” he said. "Fish and rest up for the Tam O'Shanter in Chicago in August.” The 25-year-old swinger from Chula Vista, Calif-., had just- finished with a 14 under par 274 for "2 holes over the Royal Quebec course. Casper finished two strokes in front of 46-year-old Jimmy Demaret. Kiamesha Lake, N. Y. After his first 13 months on the pro circuit he crashed through with his first pro victory—a $5,000 jackpot that’boosted- his. to more than $14*4)00 this year. Al Besselink finished three strokes back of Casper. The tall MerchafitY|lle, N. picked up i third place pay check of $2,100. „ Ted Kroll, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Dow Finsterwald, Bedford Heights, Ohio, trailed Besselink with 279’s for $1,400 prize money. Stan Leonard, Lachute, Que., picked up $1,285 for his 280 total. - j Major League Leaders NATIONAL LEAGUE Musial, St. L. . 81 806 46 100 .327 Player & Club G AB R H Pct. Bailey, Cinci. . 61 193 32 63 .326 Schndst. N.Y. . 55 193 26 62 .321 Boyer, St. L. 81 326 60 104 .319 Aaron, Milw. . 75 288 46 92 .319 AMERICAN LEAGUE Player A Club G AB R H Pct. Mantle, N. Y. . 79 293 75 103 .365 Maxwell, Det. - 72 239 51 84 .351 Kuenn, Det. .. 73 278 43 97 .346 Kell, Balti. ... 64 218 26 72 .330 Skowron, N.Y. 65 214 33 70 .327 HOME RUNS — Mantle. Yanks 30; Kluszewski, Redlegs 23: Banks Cubs 22; Boyer, Cards 20; Snider, Dodgers 20. RUNS BATTED IN — Mantle, Yanks, 74; Musial, Cards 69; Boyer, Cards 63; Wertz, Indians 62; Simpson, Athletics 61. RUNS — Mantle, Yanks 72; Yost, Senators 62; Boyer, Cards 60; ißobinson, Redlegs 58; Lopez. Athletics-. 58. 2 - HlTS—Mantle, Yanks 107; Boyer, Cards 104; Ashburn, Phils 100; Musial, Cards 100; Dark, Cards 98. PITCHING — Lawrence, Redlegs 12-0; Sturdivant. Yanks 8-2; Brewer, Red Sox 11-3; Freeman, Redlbgs 7-2; Pierce. \ White Sox. 13-4; Rucks, Yanks 13-4. Trade tar a Good Town — beet Ttt

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Musial Takes Over National Batting Lead By UNITED PRESS Stan Musial took ayar National League battlig lead for the first time this season today In a powerful bid to make good his prediction that he'll win the seventh title of his career. The 35-year old Musial hammered out seven hits in nine trips as the St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Phillies Sunday, to. lift his average to .327 and take the lead from Cincinnati’s Ed Bailey by one point. Musial, who also leads the National League with 69 runs batted in, has walloped 12 hits In 20 tries for a .600 mark slnce_the All-Star interlude. Stan the Man drove in three runs with a single, double and homer to lead the Cardinals to a 9-1 win in the opener and had twx> duobles. a triple and a single in five tries although the Redbirds dropped the nightcap, 7-5. Murry Dickson won his seventh game in the opener while Saul Rogovin was credited with his fifth win for the Phillies in the second game. Alvin Dark, continuingjtis blazing post All-Star batting pace, supported Musial with three hits in the first game but was held to one hit in five attempts in the nightcap. A seventh batting title would en■abn> Musta! to'tie Rogers Hornsby and leave him one 'short of the National League mark held by Honus Wagner. Ty Cobb holds the big league mark of 12 batting championships. 2 The Milwaukee Braves, meanwhile. retained their two-game bold on first place in the NL when they downed the Pittsburgh Pirates. 3-2 and 4-1. Warren Spahn won his eighth game in the opener when Vern Law walked Danny O’Connell with the bases filled in the eighth inning while Bob Trowbridge and Taylor Phillips collaborated in a six-hitter in the second game. ißelief pitcher Buster Freeman pitched a total of five shigout innings to receive credit for both wins as the second-place Cincinnati Redlegs won a pair of extrainning, 4-3 decisions over the New YUHt Giants. '-'Bridges' livered his first hit and drove in his first run of the year to win the nightcap in the 11th inning after Bob Thurman singled home the winning run in the 10th of the opener. Freeman shut out the Giants for the four innings in the first game and pitched one shutout inning in the second game to pick up his sixth and seventh wins of the campaign. « Carl Furillo drove in six runs with a two-run homer and a grand i slam to help the Brooklyn Dodgers down the Chicago Cubs 10-8, and snap a five-game losing streak. Don Wycombe scored his 12th victor/ tfirps for the NL — although relieved in the seventh. Gene Baker hit a grand slam homer for the Cubs. , The New York Yankees increased their American league lead to 10% games when they downed the Chicago White Sox, 2-1 and 6-5. Whitey Ford outpitched 13-game winner Billy Pierce in the opener and Hank Bauer came through with a two-run single off Jim Wilson to take the 10-inning nightcap. The White Sox, who have’ lost eight straight, were within three putouts of a split when Fred Hatfield homered in the top of the 10th. Dave Sisler, aided by Ike Delock in the ninth, pitched a twohitter to give the Boston Red Sox a 3-1 win after the Cleveland Indians won the first game, 10-7. Ted Williams had two doubles for the Red Sox. in the. nightcap. Rookie Tito Francona snapped a 1-1 tie with a homer in the first game and smashed a grand slam in the nightcap to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-2 and 6-3 sweep of the Detroit Tigers. Ray Moore and Hal Brown picked up the wins for the Orioles, who displaced the Tigers in fifth place. 1 Homers by ?Ix>u Berberet and Jose Valdivielso paced the Washington to a 7-3 verdict Hf money 1H » ‘ 17 If JUST CALL . LOCAL Decatur, Ind. Phone 3-2013

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Rater Johnson Wins Decathlon Crown CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind. (UP) —Robust Rafer Johnson of UCLA, and Milt .Campbell of the navy, two dead-game, never-say-die athletes, today gave Uncle Sam a powerful one-two punch tor the Olympic decathlon title at Melbourne. Johnson copped the national AAU title and Olmplic trials Saturday night with 7.754 points In the 16 events—the toughest grind in track and field — despite ,a, knee injury suffered in the high jump Friday night. It was the fourth best in worl*l decathlon history. Campbell, the former Indiana football and track star who Just missed qualifying for the Olympic team in the 110-meter high hurdles, finished second with 7,555 points, 199 back of Johnson. Johnson missed the world record of 7.895 he set 13 months ago by 231 points and Bob Mathias* 1952 meet mark by a scant 71. But he paced the bulky field of 39 from the very start find refused to* surrender the lead despite the fact he already was a member of the Olympic broad jump team and could still have placed in the top three by letting up. He rated a good chance to smash his world mark, scoring 98 points ahead at the half-way point, but Saturday the knee injury took its toll. He began limping hi the dicus, which he won with a toss of 149 feet, 5 Inches, and favored his left leg in the tough 1.500meter run, the final event. He finisbed the metric mile in 5:12.4 and collected a “cushion” 186 points. 1 Johnson’s other firsts were in the 100-metet dash, .10.6. 400-meter. dash, .47.9, in a record — breaking tie with Aubrey Lewis of Notre Dame and broad jump, 23 feet 2% inches. Defending champion and threetime winner the Rev, Bob Richards of Los Angeles, who indicated he will withdraw from decathlon conn petition to concentrate on the poie vault, finished third with 7,054 points. However, he said he may relinquish the decathlon berth to fourth-place Bob Lawson of Southern California, the runner- up last year who scored 6,885 points. Richards, who soared 15 feet, % inch in his garnered puihisf For rhe' best IndiiTdual ‘performance of the two-day event. It was the 98th time he cleared 15 feet fitftl also was a decathlon record. He tytid U.S. Olympic officiate Will decide whether he can drop out of the 10-event competition in favor of Lawson. Johnson bettered his 1955 performances in 4 of the 10 events. Besides his 400-meter record, be tossed the shotput 49 feet, % inch, skimmed over the high hurdles in .14.4, both good for third place, and soared 6 feet, 1 inch in the high jump. He won the broad jump, his best event, at 23 feet. 2% inches, more than 2 feet short of his best. On his second try he hit 24 feet, 6 inches but fouled by half an inch? Campbell’s only first was in the high barriers Saturday, at .14.1, good for 1,086 points. Other winners Saturday were Sam Adams of the Santa Barbara. Calif., AC, who hurled the javelin 219 feet. 4 inches, while Tom Millett of the Aberdeen, Wash.. , AC, took the 1,500 meters in 4:32.5. Adams finished fifth with 6,884 points, followed by Charley Pratt, Army, 6.795; Phil Mulkey, Wyoming, 6,795; Phil MulkeyETAOLming, 6,513; Lewis 6,425; Ken Kelley, Army, 6.225, and Perry Moore, Maryland, 6,197. after Wally Burnette spun a sixhit shutout in his big league debut to give the Kansas City Athletics an 8-0 triumph. Burnette, 27-year old right-hander recalled from Denver last Thursday, struck out four and walked only one. It yon nave something to sen o> rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. tv reamu INSURANCE I AUTO LOW COST BROAD FORM FIRE WINDSTORM BURGLARY LIABILITY COWENS Insurance Agency L. A. Cowens James Cowens 209 Court St. Phone 3-3601 “ — --

Decatur Team Loses To Geneva, 9 To 2 Sautbine * Simerman Honw Builders, of Decatur, dropped a 9-2 decision to Geneva in a B A L league game Sunday afternoon at Geneva.' Jt was the flrat league loss of the season tor the Decatur team. John Kichhoter limited the 8 A S team to three hits and struck out nine batters. De-atur scored its only runs tn the eiht inning on two walks and Conrad's hit. Geneva bunched its 11 hits effectively with five Decatur errors for the easy triumph. The SAS team will play at Liberty Center next Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Decatur AB R H E R. Plumley, c 10 0 0 McDougal, c 110 0 Gnunt, cf 5 0 0 0 Conrad, ss ... 4 0 .2 2 JBusse, lb —4 0 0 1 C. Plumley. 3b 3 0 0 0 Knittie. p — 10 0 0 D. Plumley, If 10 0 0 Pollock, if 1 0 I t) Reinking, rs 10 0 0 Ballard, rs —... 0 0 0 1 Lehrman, 2b 10 0 0 Sautbine. 2b 2 1 0 1 Brunton, p 2 0 0 0 Totals 27 2 3 o Geneva AB R H E Blowers, cf- 5 2 3 0 Hendricks, c 5 110 Haines, lb 3 2 0 0 Weaver. 3b 5 0 2 0 Huitt, ss 5 0 10 Bergman. 2b 4 2 10 Krickhafter. p 4 11 (I Snow, If 2 1 I 0 Schisler, rs 4 0 10 Totals 37 9 11 0 Score by Innings Totals Decatur .... 000000020 2 <leneva _... 1 20 2 1 t 0 14 9 Two Os Notre Dome Gomes Are Sellouts SOUTH BEND (UP)—Two Norte Dame football games were sold out during the weekend, the earliest sellout date tor a game in Irish history. The games were against Michigan State Oct. 20 and Oklahoma Oct 27. New Scoreboard To Be Presented Tuesday today tSat the new scoredboard atWorthman field will be formally presented to school officials Tuesday night between games at the field. The fund has now reached 32,124. according to H. H. krueckeberg, ■ who Is acting as treasurer for the cmomittee. It is expected that late additions to the fund will enable the group to approach the original goal of 32.500. This project was made possible through the cooperation of a group of voluntary solicitors who saw the need for this improvement. MAJOR ; nationalTleague W. L. Pct. G.B. Milwaukee ... 47 30 .610 —-- Cincinnati .... 46 33 .582 2 Brooklyn 43 36 .544 5 St. Louis ..— 41 40 .506 8 Pittsburgh .. .37 42 .468 11 Philadelphia .. 36 44- .450 12% Chicago 34 43' .442 13 New York .... 30 46 .395 16% SATURDAY’S RESULTS Milwaukee 3, Brooklyn 2 (10 innings). Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 5, New York 2. Chicago 6-6, Pittsburgh 2-5 (2nd game 10 innings). SUNDAY’S RESULTS Milwaukee 3-4. Pittsburgh 2-1. Cincinnati 4-4, New York 3-3 (Ist game 10 innings, 2nd game 11 inpings). St. Louis 9-5, Philadelphia 1-7. Brooklyn 10, Chicago 8. AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. New York .... 57 26 .687 Cleveland .... 45 35 .563 10% Chicago 43 35 .551 11% Boston 44 36 .'550 11% Baltimore 37 44 .457 19 Detroit 36 45 .444 20 Washington .. 33 53 .384 25% Kansas City .. 30 51 .370 26 SATURDAY’S RESULTS New York 2-6, Chicago 1-5 (2nd game 10 innings). Cleveland 10-1, Boston 7-3. Kansas City 8-3, Washipgton 0-7. Baltimore 7-6, Detroit 2-3.

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Joe Campbell Wins Third Title In Row ANDERSON. Ind. (UP)—Twen-ty-year-old Joe Campbell’s reputation as Indiana's top amateur golfer was strengthened today as he added his third straight state title. The Purdue senior defeated Nick Garbecz of South Bend Saturday, 3 and 1, to become the fourth swinger in the 56-year history of the week-long grind to rack up three In a row. Babe Is Recovering , Following Surgery GALVESTON. Tex. (UP)—Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was recovering "with jno complications” today from long surgery last Friday to ease the pain of cancer. The famous woman athlete was allowed to have family visitors Sunday and her sister, Mrs. Lib han Grimes of Beaumont, visited hf The 42-year-old Babe, who first won fame in the 1932 Olympics and then became the natipn's top woman golfer, is in John Sealv bonnital, fighting her third battle against cancer. Lad Drowned While Helping Drag Lake GREENSBURG, Ind. (UP) Porter Lee, 20, Greensburg drowned Saturday while helping drag McCoy for the body of Diana Wright, 14. Greensburg, who drowned a few hours earlier. Police said Lee tumbled from a boat and drowned in 25 feet of water three miles east of here. Authorities recovered Lee's body then resumed the search for the girl's body Sunday. i The girl slipped from an innertube ahd drowned while paddling in the lake with two girl companions. Trade In a Good Town — Decatux

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