Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 217, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1956 — Page 7

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1»56

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Braves Sweep Double Header To Boost Lead By MILTON RICHMAN (United Pre»« Sports Writer) Milwaukee had a two- game lead today and heroes by the handful but all of them were overshadowed by hammerin' Hank Aaron, who all but nailed down the flag himself single - handedly Thursday night. The 22-year-old Aaron, making a spectacular bid for the most valuable player award, was little short of magnificent in leading the Braves to a twi-night doubleheader sweep over the battling Phillies Thursday night. 1. He tripled home the winning run in Milwaukee's 13-inning 3-2 victory in the opener.

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2. He smashed his 25th homer in the 11th inning of the nightcap to put the Braves ahead and after Ted Kazanaki’s homer tied the score in the bottom of the frame, Aaron came up again and, 3, Delivered a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded to give the Braves a 4-3 triumph in the 12-In ning finale. All told, Aaron drove in tour runs and was such a standout that he easily eclipsed such other developments as Warren Spahn registering the 200th victory of his career in the nightcap and outfielder Bobby Thomson’s pair of spectacular throws which saved both the first and second games. Spahn gave up only six hits, including homers by Jim Greengrass, Andy Seminick and Kazanski in joining the ranks of the 200-game winners and posting his 17lh triumph of the season. Thomson, fined SIOO only last Wednesday for an unauthorized and unsuccessful attempt to steal home, threw out Willie Jones in the 12th inning of the opener when Jones tried to score on Del Ennis’ single, and then cut down Richie Ashburn at the plate in the ninth inning of the nightcap on another single by Ennis. Milwaukee Manager Fred Haney was so stirred by Thomson's defensive brilliance he hinted he might rescind the fine. Rookie Taylor Phillips, who- en tered the opener in the sixth in relief of Bob Trowbridge, blanked the Phils the rest of the way for bls fifth victory. Robin Roberts started the nightcap for the Phils but gave way after 11 innings and Ben Flowers was charged with the loss. The third-place Cincinnati Redlegs gained a half-game on the idle second-place Brooklyn Dodg ers with a 5-4 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Rookie Frank Robinson's ninth-inning single scor-

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W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 90 50 .643 : Cleveland - 78 60 .565 11 > ■Chicago .i. 77 61 .558 12 Boston . 77 62 .554 12% Detroit 72 67 .518 17% Baltimore 60 79 .432 29% Washington 57 82 .410 32% Kansas City 44 94 .819 45 Thursday’s Results Baltimore 4, Cleveland 1 Detroit 7, Washington 2 Chicago 4, Boston 3 (10 innings). New York 3, Kansas City 2. National League W. L. Pct. G.B. Milwaukee ~.86 55 .610 —— Brooklyn 83 56 .597 2 Cincinnati .... 82 58 .586 3% St. Louis 68 .507 14% Philadelphia ... 63 75 .457 21% Pittsburgh ... 61 8(f .433 251 New York 57 82 .410 28 Chicago 55 83 .399 29% Thursday’s Results Milwaukee 3-4. Philadelphia 2-3 (Ist game 13 innings, 2nd 12 innings)-. St. Louis 5, New York 0. Cincinnati 5, Pittsburgh 4. Only games scheduled. Redlegs Bring Up Pair Os Outfielders PITTSBURGH (UP)—putfielders (Robert Balcena and Art Schultz, purchased by the Cincinnati Redlegs Thursday as pennant insurance, 'will report to the club here Supday. Bhlcena batted .300 and Schult .310 with Seattle of the Pacific Coast League this season.

ed Ray Jablonski with the winning run. Joe Nuxhail gained his 12th win in relief while Roy Face was the loser. George Growe and Frank Thomas hit homers. In the only other National League game, Vinegar Bend Mizell of the Cardinals pitched his second straight shutout to defeat the Giants, 5-0. Rip Repulski and Ken Boyer each homered while a pair of ex-Giants, Whitey Lockman and Ray Katt drove in the other three runs between them. Al Worthington was the loser. The Yankees, continuing their cakewalk to the American League flag, defeated the Athletics. 3 2, to move 11 games in front again. Mickey Mantle's. 48th homer in the third inning, his first circuit clout this month, turned otlU to be the winning margin as southpaw Whitey Ford doled out five hits for his 18th triumph. I,eft-hander Billy Pierce of the White Sox became the American League’s first 20 - game winner with a 10-inning 4-3 victory over the Red Sox. Ron Northey’s pinch single in the 10th drove in Nellie Fox from second base as Tom Brewer was thwarted in quest of h is. 2Q.th triumph- Jim v-enth-inning homer gave Chicago a 3-2 lead but Jim Piersail's ninthinning homer sent the game into ?xtra innings. Two hoihers by Gus Triandos, his 17th and 18th of the campaign, naced the Orioles to a 4-1 decision over the second-place Indians. Triandos belted both of bis hqmers off rookie Hanjt Aguirre, a 24-year-old left hander Cleveland is expecting big things from next year. Lanky Connie Johnson struck out nine and gave up five hits, including a homer by Bobby Avila, in posting his eighth triumph. Ray Boone hammered out four hits and Paul Foytack hurled fivehit ball in leading the Tigers to their seventh straight victory,- a 7-2 win over the Senators. The triumph gave Foytack a season slate of 13 and 12. Chuck Stobbs dropped his 12th decision against 15 victories. Satchel Paige Aids Miami To Victory Bv UNITED PRESS A pair of playoff ‘‘rookies,” Satchel Paige and Pompeyo Davaililo. put the Miami Marlins back in business today in the International League playoffs. Davallllo's ninth inning single and Paige’s brief but brilliant relief stint, gave the Marlins their, first playoff victory over the Rochester Red Wings, 3-2, Thursday night. The Wings, however. stilUlea.d in the series. 2-1. In the other semi-final playoff set, Toronto made it two but of threSTn’ar c.ru shing IS-l win. by a, 14-hit-barrage on three. Royal pitchers.

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Bill Trombley Leads Fort Wayne Tourney FORf WAYNE, Ind. (UP) — Bill Tronibley, Dallas. Tex., led a field of 144 into the second round of the $15,000 Fort Wayne Open golf tournament with a seven-under-par 65. Trombley’s first round 65 was three strokes off the course record of 62, which was almost matched Wednesday by Dick. Mayer, who fired a 63 in the $2,000 pro-amateur tuneup. Thirty-eight golfers broke par Thursday. But close behind Trombley—a relatively unknown prowere Jim Turnesa. Spring Valley, N. Y„ and Gardner Dickinson Panama City,' Fla;, with 665. Top amateur score was carded by John Carlson, Palos Park, 111., who had a 67. Dick Flnaterwald, last year’s champipn, finished the first round with a orie-over-par 73 while Ed Furgol, St. Louis, Mo., the pretourney favorite, scored a 68. Trombley carded three birdies on the front nine and four on the back nine, He . was among the early finishers and had a long wait to determine if his 65 would give him the lead. Five golfers were bunched at 67 —Marty Furgol. Lemont. Ill.; Bud Holscher, Apple Valley, Calif.: Bob Rosburg. San Francisco; Mike Fetchick, Mahopac, N. Y., and amateur John Carlson. Openings Available in Women's League The Women s bowling league opened the season with bowling last Monday night to establish averages. Bowling to establish averages ■ will also be conducted Sunday afternoon at Mies recreation. Any person still interested in joining the league may contact Mrs. Xjeorge Laurent, secretary.. or visit the' alleys Sunday afternoon. —— — Regular league competition begins Monday night. High games bowled last Monday were Vera Laurent, 191; WillidiUe Schroeder, 191; Pauline Clark, 186; Alvin Trosin. 184; Helen McClure. 182; Wanda Bailey. ISO; Ruth Frauhiger, 175; Gladys Reynold, 172, and Mary Jane Gage, 172. Over Four Million In Checks Missing DENVER (UP)—Postal inspectors today sought more than four million dollars worth of government cheeks missing in the mails. The Rocky Mountain News, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, re ported in a copyrighted story that the missing checks had been mailed from the treasury department's division of disbursement and central accounts here Officials said the checks were mailed ' Friday to contractors throughout the nation wlio have completed projects for the atomic energy commission.

Third Party Opens National Convention MEMPHIS. Tenn. (UP) — A "third party” claiming it holds the balance of power iu the presidential race opened a national convention today with 2.500 delegates on hand from 23 states. The States’ Rights party, a mingling of bolting .Southern conservative Democrats and northern antifederalists, is offering independent electoral slates. Clarence E. Manion, former dean of the Notre Dame law school, will make the keynote address tonight The convention ends Saturday. i.

National Amateur Into Semi-Finals LAKE FOREST,. 111. (UP) — Youth battles experiences in payoff semi-final clashes of 'the National Amateur golf tourney today with Jerry Magee against Kocsis and Joe Campbell facing' defending champion E. Harvie Ward. Both Magee, 22, and Campbell, 20, were newcomers to the round of four of the annual simon-pure battle. Kocsis, while making his first appearance in the semi - finals, once was a professional, won the national collegiate title in 1936, twice played on the Walker Cup team, and has qualified for this event 13 times, more than any other player in the Initial starting field of 200. Ward. 30, trying to become the Seventh player in history to win the aged tournament two years in a row, has captured two other major tournaments, the British Amateur in 1952 and the Canadian Amateur a year ago. Against these impressive records Magee can offer only his Ontario Amateur title last year and a second place finish in the Canadian Amateur this year, while Campbell won the national collegiate crown last year and the Big Ten title this spring. p

Wickard Challenges Claims By Benson Says Soil Bank Is More A Vote Plan INDIANAPOLIS (UP) —Claude R. Wickard said today the Republican soil bank plan ‘‘seems more like a vote bank plan.” ture Ezra T. Benson’s Thursday Replying to secretary of agriculnight speech at Lebanon, Wickard said he challenged Benson ‘‘who boasted of the soil bank last night opposed the plan in 1954 and 1955| to tell Indiana farmers why he and only gave his approval in the election year of 1956.” "1 challenge him to tell what benefits the people of Indiana are deriving from the $10,133,392 he is spending in the state in the -oil bank plan. It seems more like a vote bank plan to the farmers.” Wickard, Democratic nomineefor ihe senate and former agriculture secretary, also took issues with Benson’s claim that fatm prices have been increasing ‘‘since the first of the year." / “His own depaftm'btll' l reported at the end of July a dpop of one point in the farm ifrice .parity ratio and a further drop of three percent was revealed at the end August-—the sharpest _in over two years."

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Fort Wayne Dairymen Take Global Series MILWAUKEE (UP) — The Fort Wayne, Ind., Dairymen won the Global Series ot baseball title for the United States Thursday night with a 2-0 triumph over Hawaii. It was the second straight year the United States beat Hawaii for the championship. Lanky Pete Olson pitched a three-hitter for Fort Wayne, the team whirl) only a few days ago won the Natibnal Baseball Congress “world- series” at Wichita, Kan. Fort Wayne scored lone runs in the first and seventh innings. John Kennedy scored the first from third base on a hit by Wilmer Fields. In the seventh, Ed Wopinek drove in a run on a fly to leftfield with runners on first and third. Olson, aftj-toot 4-lnch southpaw struck out 10 batters and walked four. Cris Mancao- gave up only six hits to Fort Wayne in the nearly seven innings he worked. H. S. Football East Chicago Roosevelt 33, HamMond Clark 7. Gary Froebel 21, Valparaiso 0. South Bend St. Joseph 13, Hammond Noll 0. Terre Haute Wiley 13, Brazil 0. Stan Musial Plans To Retire In 1958 NEW YORK (UP)—Stan Musial of thh Cardinals said today he plans to retire in 1958 after he achieves his goal of becoming the seventh player in modern baseball history to collect 3,000 hits. The 35-year-old Musial who got the 2,763 rd hit of his major league career against the New York Giants Thursday night, insisted hf definitely will continue playing next season. “Getting 3,000 hits is the one big aim I have left,” he said. “When I finally get that one I will have had enough. But that should take me until somewhere around 1958." Equipment Is Stolen From Washington Team KANSAS CITY. Mo. (UP)—The Washington Senators were out $454.5(1 today because someone forced open five of their trunks in Detroit and stole equipment in that amount. Missing were two dozen baseballs, seven jackets and 16 caps. Denver Bears Score First Playoff Win . By UNITED PRESS A fist-swinging brawl highlighted Denver's first win over Omaha, 6-0. in a best-of-seven series playoff in the American Association Thursday night while I iidianapolis took the lead in its series by downing Minneapolis 5-4. Both the Indians and Omaha held 2-1 leads in their playoff series. Infant Suffocated In Apartment Fire ELWOOD, Ind. (UP) — Cheryl Ann Slayton, 11 months old, suffocated Thursday night in a fire which swept an upstairs apartment. Firemen said the baby's mother, Mrs. John Slayton, was chatting outdoors with a neighbor when she saw flames through a window. She could not get back inside because of the flames. Tne baby was found dead in her bed by firemen. Woman's Blqst Death Is Believed Suicide NEENAH. Wis. (UP) — The death of a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman in a fiery explosion in her car was believed by police today to have been a suicide. Police chief Irving Stilp said Helen Olson apparently set fire to a can of gasoline in the rear seat' of her car Thursday. The explosion destroyed the car and part of the garage where the auto had been parked.

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Schndst*. N.Y. 117 434 53 137 .316 Musial, St. L. 140 534 75 166 .811 HOME RUNS — Mantle, Yank* 48; Snider, Dodgers 38;,Robinson, Redlegs 38; Adcock, Brave* 37; Mathews, Braves 35; Kluaiewski, Redlegs 85. RUNS BATTED IN — Mantle, Yanks 119; Kaline, Tigers 116; Kluszewski, Redlegs 101; Adcock, Braves 99; Simpson. A’s 99. RUNS — Mantle, Yanks 122; Robinson, Redlegs 116; Snider, Dodgers 103; Aaron, Brave* 103; Fox. White Sox 99. HITS — Aaron, Brave* 181: Fox, White Sox 177; Kuenn, Tiger* 176; Mantle, Yanks 175; Kaline, Tigers 170. PITCHING — Newcombe, Dodgers 23-6; Ford, Yanks 18-5; Pierce) White Sox 20-7: Freeman, Redlegl 13-5; Kucks, Yanks 18-7.

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