Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 86, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1958 — Page 7

FRIDAY. APRIL U, 1958

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Banks Blasts 13th Homer Os Spring Season By TIM MORIARTY United Press Sports Writer Ernie Banks and Willie Mays, two of the National Lea g u e’s finest hitters, were in a fencebusting mood today as they approached the final weekend of the spring" training grind. Banks virtually wrapped up the pre-season home run clouting title Thursday as he unloaded his 13th — tops for both leagues—in sparking the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mays hit two homers—his seventh and eighth of the spring—but also contributed a wild throw in the 10th inning that enabled the Cleveland Indians to down the San Francisco Giants, 15-14. Mays doubled home two runs in the top of the 10th to give the Giants a 14-12 lead, but the Tribe tied the score in the bottom of the same inning on a two-run double by J. W. Porter. Then Gary Geiger scampered home with the winning run when Mays grabbed Russ Nixoh’s pop fly in short center and threw all the way to the backstop. In Thursday's only other exhibitions, the St. Louis Cardinals edged the Chicago White Sox. 8-7. scoring their winning run in the ninth on a wild pitch by rookie pitcher Bill Dufour, and the Pittsburgh Pirates whipped Mexico City. 10-2. as Bob Friend pitched a two-hit shutout out the first six innings. Five games were washed out. Manager Casey Stengel of the Yankees chose Don Larsen over Whitey Ford as his opening day pitcher against the Red Sox. Mike Higgins already has designated Frank Sullivan as Boston’s pitcher against the Senators in the Presidential Washington ' next Monday. While Willard Nixon will face Larseri the following day. On other fronts, the Baltimore Orioles placed veteran pitcher Art Houtteman on the waiver list, and the Senators recalled infielder Oswaldo Alvarez from their Charlotte farm team Cincinnati Redlegs outfielder Frank Robinson, hit on the head by a pitched ball in an exhibition garMi ijyednasda>iy- was scheduled, to walk out of Christ Hospital today. Center On Logansport Net Champions Dead INDIANAPOLIS — (IP — Anson Charles (Jack Insley, 40, Center on Logansport's school basketball cKampions. died Thursday in St. Vincent’s Hospital here. ' „ Insley, who captained Logansport in 1935, was member of the team which racked up 29 straight victories, a school record. Hi’ later was a standout net star at —Western Michigan. ; - --- He was employed by the Indiana State Highway Department and made his home here.

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I Initial Report On Fishing Conditions INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-The Indiana Conservation Department today issued its first weekly report on fishing conditions and tips for the angler. The report was issued by districts. District 1 (19 counties in northwestern Indiana)—Water slightly muddy in most rivers and streams. Smelt starting to come in from Lake Michigan. Bass beginning to hit at Willow Slough State Game Preserve. Channel cat and crappies starting to bite at Twin Lakes near Monticello Some success with channel cat elsewhere in district, but weather still slightly cool for bluegills. Bass hitting best on live bait and using Johnson spoons with pork rind. Northern bass fishing only spotted, mostly in Kankakee River and Cedar Lake. District 2 (21 counties in northeastern Indiana^—Water clear, action good northern half but up and muddy southern half. Largemouth bass biting well in Yellow Creek, catches running 2 to 6 pounds. Smallmouth bass fishing good in Lake Wawasee and Tippecanoe River, also bluegills and channel cats being caught in most fakes and Tippecanoe River. Fishermen having success on bluegills, crappies, bass in Barbee chain of lakes. Pike being taken from Wawasee. Largemouth bass biting on small shiny spinning lures with pork rinds. Spear fishing good on Tippecanoe for those interested in carp and black suckers. District 3 (23 counties in southwestern Indiana —Water slightly murky.. Crappies and bass caught throughout district, particularly in gravel and strip mine pits. White being taken from east fork White River near Williams Dam in Lawrence County, bass from same fork at Hindostan Falls in Martin County. Bass and crappy fishing fair in most creeks, biting best on live minnows while white perch taking best to crawlers. District 4 '2l counties in southeastern Indiana) —Heavy rains causing streams to be murky. Fishermen having success on crappies and bluegills at lake in new Crosley fish-game area in Jennings ’County. Live minnows being used for bait Nice catches of channel cat. perch and suckers reported in tributaries to Ohio River with worms best bait. Fishing in tributaries should remain good witluOhio continuing to rise, Voicing fish back into Indiana streams. District 5 «8 counties in central Indiana) — Fishing will pick up considerably after warm spring rain. Water slightly high but verydear in lakes and streams. Fishing- excellent in lakes for bass but only fair for crappies. Suckers and a few bluegills being caught in streams. Bass hitting best on night crawlers, a few going for artificial bait. Suckers and small"mouth bass hitting on worms. Bass fishing with worms good in gravel pits, in Geist Reservoir and in some small streams. Beehive Activity HARTFORD. Conn: W - Hartford still collects 25 cents as a license fee for each bee hive. In 1957 the city netted 75 cents. j

Quarter-Finals Os Masters Net Meet JACKSONVILLE,' Fla. (UP)Venezuelan lyo Pimental bid for a second upset today when he met second-seeded Luis Ayala of Chile in the quarter-finals o fthe Masters tennis championships. Pimental strocked his way Thursday to an unexpected and easy victory over Warren Woodcock of Australia, winning 6-1, 6-3 In today’s other featured match, third-ranked Bill Quillan of Seattle went against Francises Contreras of Mexico. Mexico’s only other threat" in the men’s singles was eliminated when Jack Frost of Monterey, Calif., upset Mario Llamas, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 in a tense match. Top-seeded Mervyn Rose of Australia advanced easily to the semi-finals by downing Bill Alverez of Colombia, 6-0, 6-3. The women’s finals, scheduled Saturday, were set up with victories Thursday by top-s ed e d Maria Bueno of Brazil and sec-ond-ranked Karol Fageros of Miami. Miss Bueno eliminated Louise Snow, Oakland, Calif., 6-3, 6-1, and Miss Fageros defeated Laura Lou Kunnen, Clearwater, Fla., 6-2, 6-4. Silky Sullivan Runs Last Pre-Derby Test ALBANY. Calif. (UP) — Silky, Sullivan, the horse with the jetpropelled finishing spurt, takes his final West Coast pre-Derby workoyt at Golden Gate Fields to* day when he goes to the post as a probable 2-5 favorite in a $lO,000 allowance race. The powerful chestnut, winner of seven out of 12 starts in his short career, will be faced by seven other three-year-olds in a onemile test over a lightning fast track. He will pack 122 pounds. His rider will be Willie Shoemaker, who also will be up when Silky goes to the post in the Derby at Louisville May 3. For a three-year-old who has won only one major race in his life. Silky probably has had more written about him than any horse in history. But that is bpcause he is unorthodox His style is to let the rest of the pack get ahead.of him anywhere from 20 to 45 lengths. Then he turns on the steam and comes up to win or come close in the last few strides. For his airing here, he’ll attract a record week-day throng of around 20,000 through the turnstiles. Ordinarily, week-day attendance ruhs between..^,ooo and 10,006. crowd here was set a decade agd w’hen 12,598 attended. Trainer Reggie Cornell says that Silky will be allowed to run his usual race. ""He likes to do it that way, and as long as he keeps winning that's the way we ll let him run,” said Cornell. Falstaff Team Ngar To All-Time High SYRACUSE, N, Y. (IP) — Falstaff Beer of St. Louis bowled an effort only 14 points shy of the all-time congress record Thursday night to take the lead in the Open Division of the American Bowling .Congress championships. The Falstaffs hit games of 1060, 1034 and to come close to the ABC record of 3224 rolled in 193 S by Burke Bros. Brewing in Chicago. i " OSI f -j- : Arraignment Date Set For Salesman Donald J. Phillips, 36, Celina. 0., salesman charged here with public indecency, will be arraigned at 10 a.m. April 21. Judge Myles F. Parrish ordered today—after a conference with the prosecuting attorney. Phillips is free on bond, charged with exposing himself while making indecent approaches to a 14-year-old girl on Indiana street in Berne. He confessed to three of four recent incidents of this type in Adams county, one involving a married lady, and the other an eight-year-old. Phillips was freed Wednesday evening when his father and father-in-law posted SSOO cash bond for him’ He is the father of three small children. Many men wise enough to achieve great power have not had great enough hearts to use their Lir Leaguer PI2EPAREP HEfefr I Wt-pg- ' — , ‘‘Don't miss the opening game ' j of the season!”

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Boston Bruins Beat Montreal To Tie Series MONTREAL (UP)— Goalie Don Simmons, a disappointment in the Stanley Cup finals a year ago, today was the toast of the Boston Bruins camp for his second . straight “sensational” game against the Montreal Canadiens. The 26-year-old lefthanded netminder turned back 31 shots, many of which appeared to be sure goals, as the Bruins upset the Canadiens, 5-2, Thursday night to square the best-of-seven finals at a game apiece. The series now moves to Boston where the third and fourth games will be played April 13 and 15. ' Simmons has been the biggest surprise of the series so far. Tuesday night he was also outstanding, stopping all but two of the 44 shots he faced. The Bruins gave Simmons a big 3-1 first period lead to work on the at one time led, 4-1. Bronco Horvath, a major disappointment himself in the semi-final series against New York, led the Bruins with a pair of goals, including the one which proved to be the winner. Rookie Norm Johnson, Don McKenney and Larry Regan also beat goalie Jacques Plante. Bernie (Boom-Boom) Geoffrion and defenseman Doug H a r v e y were the only Canadien marks men to beat Simmons. * ~ ! t Little Progress Made By Roy Campanella GLEN COVE. N.Y. (IP)—They're still keeping a good man, Roy Campanella, down in the hospital here but the painfully slow progress of his battle against paralysishas failed to dampen Campy’s spirits. , ""His morale remains excellent and he listens to every baseball game that is broadcast,” Glen Cove Community Hospital announced in its latest bulletin on the condition of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star catcher Thursday. However, the hospital had to admit that Campy has made only a little progress in the last month — the fact that “sense of feeling” now has returned tq.his lower ab- ' domen, whereas thdßimit a month ago was the upper abdomen. Campanella has been paralyzed . since Jan. 28 when he suffered a ktwoken neck in an auto accident. ■■ Ezzard Charles Is Pronounced As Fit CINCINNATI. Ohio (IP) — For mer world heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles, who is planning a Comeback, was pronounced “fit and in excellent shape” today by Dr. Giles, Decourcy. Charles, who scaled 194 pounds, is expected to make his first start against Buddy Thursman at Houston, Tex., on April '29. Tells 01 Frequent Checkings On Wife Whitaker Returns To Witness Stand TERRE HAUTE (IP) — Thomas Whitaker, accused slayer of three persons, today testified he made frequent “checks” on his wife after their divorce to find out if his children were being mistreated. Whitaker, 38, is on trial for the slaying of his daughter, Regina, 9, in the Stewart Martin home here last June 25. Also killed in the wild shooting spree which climaxed a strange wife-swap between Martin and Whitaker were Whitaker’s former wife. Mrs. Alma Martin, 36, and his son, Jackie. 11. Whitaker, on the witness stand for the third' straight day,- was subjected to vigorous cross-exam-ination by prosecutor John R. Jett, During the cross - examination. Whitaker admitted he “frequently” drove past the home where his divorced wife was living "to see if my kids were out running the streets.” “Weren’t you actually spying on Alma?” Jett asked. *.‘Np sir,” was Whitaker’s reply. Jett then asked the former truck driver if he was afraid his children were not being given the proper care. He said he believed they were, but “was just making sure.” He told the Vigo Circuit Court jury that on one occasion he followed Alma and Martin to Paris, 111., and back again. Asked why he did that he said: “To put the fear of God in Stew Martin and make him stay away from my children.” Jett asked Whitaker what reason he had to believe that Martin would hurt his two children. "There was no outward reason, biit the chance was there,.” Whitaker answered. Earlier Whitaker had testified that he had ffo rccbfte'Ctidn of i shooting his family. i

Morey Withdraws From Amateur Meet FRENCH LICK (UP)-A brandnew champion was assured today as the 23rd annual Midwest Amateur golf tourney opened with a field of about 150. The 54-hole grind became “wide open” three-time winner Dale Morey, former Walker Cup* per from Indianapolis, withdrew because of a virus infection. Morey previously was installed ’as the player to beat Another prominent Hoosier shotmaker, Dr. Wendell Aldrich of Angola, withdrew because of the pressure of his dental practice. ■Die medal-play tourney will wind up Sunday, weather permitting. Heavy rains cut it to 36 holes last year and Pete Dye of Indianapolis was declared the winner. Dye is playing in the Western Amateur in Florida this weekend. Swingers from Indiana, Illinois. Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan and other states will compete. Other Hoosier golfers conceded a good chance to win included Fred Burnside, Tom Matey, Bob Heppenstall and Gene Pulliam Jr., all of Indianapolis, and three

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members of the Indiana University, golf team—Sherrell Johnson, Linton; Ron ’Royer, Crawfordsville, and Tom Coble, Bedford. Eisenhower Leaves • For Golf Holiday WASHINGTON (ffl — President Elsenhower flew to Augusta, Ga., today for a three-day golfing holiday. The President took off aboard the Columbine 111 in misty weather. > The Weather Bureau here said the President could look forward to a partly cloudy but fair and mild weekend for golf. Temperatures will be around 70 degrees at Augusta on Saturday, the bureau said. Murder Charged To Indianapolis Man INDIANAPOLIS (IP — Indianauolis police said today a preliminary charge of murder has been filed against Randolph Scott. 42, Indianapolis, in the fatal stabbing of his roommate, Earl D. Follies, late Thursday. Follies had been dead more than 12 hours when found by a finance company collector in his room.

Jackson, Kay Lead Qualifying Trials DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (UP)— The make -or - break qualifying round of the Western Amateur golf championships are due today with James Jackson and Billy Key on top and a number of hot pre-tourney favorites battling to stay in the tournament Jackson, former Walker Cup player and trans-Mississippi titleholder from Kirkwood, Mo., and Key, former Florida collegiate champion from Columbus, Ga. shared the lead after the first round of qualifying ThursdayThey were the only two in the field of some 121 of the nation's top amateurs to beat par on the windswept, 7,200 - yard Country Club of Florida course. The entrants will be cut to the low 50 and ties after today's round. That group then will play the final 36 holes of the 72-hole qualifying Saturday. Match play for the coveted Western title opens Sunday among the 16 chosen from the championship flight. 1 A stiff crosswind over the 1 course Thursday sent scores gen- ' erally upward.

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Four tied par of 72—Don Bi*plinghoff, Miami Beach; Paul Tarnow Jr., Tampa, Fla.; Raymond, Miami, and Ben Smith. Birmingham, Mich. Defending Champion Edgar Updegraff, Tucson, Aria., led a group, knotted at 73 that included Mason Rudolph, Fort Chaffee, Ark.; Eddie Hopkins Jr., AbUane, Tex., and Pete Dye, Indianapolis But such stars as National Amateur champion Hillman Robbins. Memphis, Tenn., and Chick Evans Jr., eight-times Western tourney winner from Chicago, will have to go all out today to stay in the running. Robbins blamed poor putting for a six over par 78. Evans had all kinds of trouble and scored an 18. ~ . Cincinnati Sends Morjon To Havcfna CINCINNATI, Ohio —• W> — The Cincinnati Redlegs, who havg to, cut two more players from their roster by Tuesday to get down tto the opening day limit of 28, sent outfielder Dan Morejon to their ! Havana club in the Interniational ’ League Thursday night.