Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 178, Decatur, Adams County, 30 July 1956 — Page 6

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Klenk's Still In Running In State Tourney Klenk's of Decatur, after losing to Peru, <4, in their first start in » the semi-pro state tourney at Waterloo Saturday, night, came back Sunday to defeat Middletown, 8-5. and stay in the running In the double-elimination affair. It was the second loss for Middletown, defending state champions. and thus eliminated the champs from the tourney. In other games Saturday, Lafayette defeated Sullivan, 4-2; Franklin edged Richmond. 2-1, aid Waterloo walloped • Brookston. 11-1. Other Sunday scores: Middletown 12, Otter Lake .2; Angola 13, Richmond 6; Anderson 4, Franklin 3. Klenk's tourney record Is now 3-1. as the Indianapolis team forfeited to Decatur Sunday. Teams still in the tourney, with their records, are: Peru (3-0); Waterloo (24); Anderson (2-0); Lafayette (14; Angola (3-0); Decatur (34); Franklin (24), and the winner of the Union City district. Angola meets the Union City winner Tuesday and Waterloo plays the same team Thursday. Klenk’s next tourney game will be played Saturday, with the opponent to be determined in this week's play. Line scores of Klenfi’s games: RHE Peru 310 000 002«-6 • 3 Klenk’s ... 000 000 001—1 5 0

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Mugg and Frye; Dull, Sinn and Minnick. Jordon. RHE Middletown 112 000 100—5 10 2 Klenk’s 001 034 OOx—B 71 Snodgrass, Parks and Rector; Groves and Minnick.' Tam O'Shanter Meet Is Underway Today CHICAGO (UP) - The annual Tam O’Shanter “All American” tournament got under way today with more than 200 men amateur golfers, women pros and women amateurs teeing off in qualifying rounds. „ About 175 men amateurs will vie for 17 places in the official tourney which starts Thursday. Some 25 women pros will seek 12 places and about 25 women amateurs will play for eight places. » Each division will have exempt players who automatically begin play Thursday in the 72 • hole medal score test without qualifying. The men professionals, with about 60 exemptions, will enter play Tuesday and Wednesday with the low 60 and ties qualifying for the tourney.

Arnold Palmer Wins Eastern Open Meet BALTIMORE, Md. (UP) - Arnold Palmer owns the Eastern Open golf championship, but Dow; Finsterwald today took over a title much dearer to the hearts of all play-for-pay divot-diggers — the title of leading money winner for the year. • Palmer, former national amateur ehampion from Latrobe, Pa„ gained the Eastern crown Sunday with an 11-under par score of 277 for 72 holes, the fifth big tourney he has bagged since turning pro less than two years ago. A check of 33,860 went along with the title, boosting Palmer to $12,709.41 in earnings this year on the official PGA list. Finsterwald. who finished two strokes behind at 279. pushed his earnings up fb $23,821.85. ? U.S. Open champion Cary,’ Mfddleeoff,«who money race, now stands second behihd Wife Bedford Heights, Ohio, kt* With $23,220.17. ,V . 4 • Palmer, 26, matched even’ par 72 Sunday in his final swing hround the Municipal Mount Pleasant cobrsh, the first time in the tourney he had failed to break regulation figures. Finsterwald closed out with a two-under-par 70 but had to settle for second. Tied for third at 281 were Bob Rosburg of San Francisco and Jerry Kesselring of Toronto, Ont. At 282 were Bud Holscher of Apple Valley, Calif., and Jay Hebert of Sanford, Fla. Tied at 283 were George Bayer of Grossinger, N.Y., Dick Mayer of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Art Wall of Pocono Man-or-.-Pa. ■'' -■— H At 284 were George Faelo of Philadelphia, Bill Nary of Wayne. Mich., and John Knight, first-round leader from Springfield, HL

Liechty Bros. Low On County Boilers Liechty Brothers of Berne received the contract on new boilers for the Adams county home at a special session of the county commissioners today. The same firm was contractors on the original boilers. The board of commission ers awarded the new contract to the Adams county firm on a bid of |4,065. There were three other bidders on the project. Their offers were: W. P. McDonald, Co., Fort Wayne, $4,690; Haugk’s, Decatur $4,650; Baker Plumbing, Decatur, two bids on two makes of boilers, $4,875.07 and $4,629.07. The board indicated that the contra<H. would be signed immediately for the purchase of the boilers from the low bidders, installation is expected to be complied before cold weather arrives. l STATE PRISON UNDER <Cantl»nea W ewre Owe* all 31 injured hid been taken off the critical list. Gne of the injured was a boy. George Ochs, 11. He was in the area watching his father, volunteer fireman Herman Ochs. Six of the vohuiteer firemen killed were from the Dumas fire department, and four were from the Sunray department. Both the Sunray fire chief, Ray Biles, 40. and Dumas fire marshal. Pascal Pool, 31, died. The other dead were Shamrock Oil company employes except for one man listed as a pipeline worker. > ■ The blast Ignited three other storage tanks, one containing 86,000 barrels and the other two 10,000 barrels of oil. but by late Sunday night the only tank still burning was the pentane tank. Flames flared 100 to 200 feet into the air as flremea waited nearby for it to burn out.

Pony League Tourney To Open Wednesday The annual Pony League baseball tourney for tftetfftf three will open Wednesday night at Zollner Stadium, Fort Wayne where all tourney games will be played. The Adams county Al-Star team will make its first tourney start at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, meeting the Fort Wayne South winner. No games will be played Thursday, with the final games schedule)! at 8 p.m. Saturday. » The tourney champion wi?l advance to the regional meet at Hamtramek. Mich., Aug. 13, 14 and 15. The Adams county team will play a team of other Pony League players from the county in an exhibition game at 7 o'clock this evening at Worthman field, and the All-Store will hold a practice session at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at Worthman field. Al G-lUlg and John OUlig are managers of the Adams county team. Members of the tetem, selected by league officials and managers, are as follows: - 1 James Gay. William Wolfe, James Gaunt, James Corah, Larry Hoffman, James Blum. Gerald Gillig, James Reidenbach, Doyle Long. John Habegger, Vincent Gase, {tonaid Maines, Larry Geisel. Stephen Omlor, Roger Graber. Alternates, who will play only if the regulars are unable to play, are McCune, Vernon Call and Foreman . Three Withdraw From Sugar Bowl Tourney NEW ORLEANS (UP)—Dayton, Notre Dame, and St. Louis withdrew from this winter’s Sugar Bowl basketball tournament because of Louisiana’s new racial segregation law. ‘

Former I.U. Athlete Is Token By Death TOLEDO. Ohio (UP) — Ralph (Buck) Weaver, one of Indiana University’s greatest athletes, died at the age of 50 during the Weekend here. ' ’’ Wedthr,” H Wresytt'’and football isidtinb iPdisoninttHa fi(Bfwredfr|lg heart a|stack h f wrestle®at wfohtpelier, Bad. I Ind. -

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Redlegs Take - Twin Bill To Gain On Braves By FRED DOWN (United Press Sports Writer) The Cincinnati Redlegs today moved into a strong spot “to get healthy” while the Milwaukee Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers may split each other’s throats. The Redlegs gained ground on both contenders when they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-1 and 3-2,1 Sunday. Now they face the Bucs ind last place New York Giants while the Braves and Dodgers play a four game series. The Redlegs have an 11-5 ser son’s edge over the Pirates, whom they meet tonight, md a 9-5 margin over the Giants. Brooks La wre nee won his 15th game and Buster Freeman his eighth as the Redlegs beat the Pirates and sliced the first-place Braves’ lead to 2t4 games. The Dodgers, four games behind Milwaukee, split a drubleheader with the Chicago Can. while the Braves lost to the P.nl.fidelpbia Phillies. 5-2. Lawrence yielded only tour hits and no walks in besting 12-game winner Bob Friend. The Redlegs backed him wim a nine-single attack that included three blows by Ted Kluszewski Smokey Burges# doubled home Gus Bell in the ninth inning to win the nightcap and extend the Redlegs’ winning streak to four games.

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