Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 98, Decatur, Adams County, 25 April 1958 — Page 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1958

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I Jackets Lose I To Comets In I NEIC Contest The Decatur Yellow Jackets I were handed their first Northeastern Indiana conference defeat of I the season Thursday afternoon, losing to the Kendallville Comets, 9-1, at Worthman field in this city. The Comets scored in all except two innings as they drove out 11 base hits and were aided by eightDecatur errors. Kendallville picked up single ■ runs in each of the second, third, fourth and sixth innings, and sewed up the loop triumph with five runs in the top of the seventh frame. * Decatur scored its only run in the sixth inning on a walk to Rcidenbach. a stolen base and a hit I by Lytle. The Yellow Jackets have three conference games scheduled next weeks two of them on the road. Decatur plays at Columbia City Monday afternoon, entertains New Haven here at 4 p.m. Thursday, and goes to Bluffton Friday. Kendallville I AB R H E Hawkins. 3b 5 0 2 1 Hanes, If .... 5 0 0 0 Fifer, p 4 0 10 Hoffelder. 2b 4 1 2 0 Miller, cf 4 0 0 0 S Brown, ss 3 3 2 0 Reidenbach. c 3 ’1 1 p Hedges, rs .. 3 11 0 Rollins, lb .3 3 2 0 Totals 34 9 11 1 Yellow Jackets AB R H E Reidenbach. ss 2 112 Moses, 3b 2 0 0 1 Cowan. 3b .... 2—... 1 0 0 1 I Lytle, lb 3 0 1 0 Shraluka, c , .3 0 0 2 Ballard, rs 3 0 » 0 Daniels, p 2 1'.?......''.'.. 2' 0 0 0 Baumgartner, p 10 0 0 May, cf 2 0 0 0 Holtsbcrry, If 3 0 1 0 Robert “Boober” Meyer D & T (STANDARD) PHONE < »ERVICE I 3-2510 13th & Monroe Sts. (f J/ey MM BLACK <X >^^LABEL1 >I I I Hd \/ A r 'Beer' See .. . ■ '' : - ( BASEBALL Game of the Week Philadelphia vs Milwaukee SATURDAY, APRIL 26 2:30 P. M. WKJG-TV - — —

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' Ritter, 2b - J-. L..... 2 0 0 2 Totals 24 1 4 8 Score by innings: Kendallville 011 101 s—B Yellow Jackets 000 001 0-1 Jackets Hand Portland Loss In Dual Meet Portland’s Panthers were handed their first track defeat in two -years Thursday night as the Decatur Yellow Jackets scored a 60% to 48% victory at Worthman field, avenging an earlier season loss. It was the first dual meet loss for Portland since April of 1956. Decatur was again led by Larry Moses, who won the 100 and 220-yard dashes, and the low hurdles, placed second in the high hurdles, third in the broad jump, and ran a leg in the halfmile relay. The Jackets held a scant lead of 1% points after individual events were concluded, but raced to victory in both relays for the triumph. Moses was the meet's only multiple winner. The Jackets swept all three places in the 440, with Tim Murphy, a junior, winning in his first competition of the season in this event. His time was 56.7.! the best by a Jacket this spring. The Yellow Jackets will host the Huntertown Wildcats in a [ dual meet at 8 o'clock Monday night at Worthman field. Deca-j tur will also compete in the relays at New Haven Saturday. The relays will start at 1:30 p. m.. with admission price of 35 cents. The summary: 100-yard dash—Moses 'DI first; Cline iP' second; Plumber 'Pithird. Time —10.7. 20-yard dash—Moses '.Dr first; Cline (P» second; Murphy <D» third. Time—22. .. High hurdles — Stan <P> first;. Moses ( D> second; Van Horn (D>, Williams <P' and Bashia (Pi tied for third. Time—l 9. Mile run— DuJardin <P> first; Franklin <Di second; Butcher <D' third Time—s:os.3 440-vard dash — Murphy 'D' first; Hebble (D> second; Sheets ■D> third. Time—s 6.7. Low. hurdles —Moses <D> first; +-W4U+a+n* *P*-- saeaod; Starr. cP) third. Time—23 880-yard run—Runyon <P’ first; Eichenauer CD’ second; Shepherd J 'P> third. Time —2:,13.2. Shot put—Hebble 'D> first; Pyle (P) second; Murphy <D» third. Distance—4l ft 8 in. Pole vault—McClung 'P) first; Rambo <D> second; Bond ’D> ( third. Height—9 ft. ' High jump— Elmorc <P) first; j Cosh (P> second; Eichenauer (D> third. Height—s ft. 4 in. i Broad jump—Lykins <P> first: ■j Hebble D' second; Moses (D> third, Distance—l7 ft. 10 in. Mile relay—Won by Decatur ' Hebble, Macklin, Sheets, Eichenauer '. Time—3; 56.7. Half-mile relay—Won by Decatur 'Butcher, Banks,- Moses, Murphy'. Time—l:37. Major League Leaders National League Player & Club G AB R H Pct. (Musial, St. Louis 834 11 17.500 Sauer. San Fran .7 20 7 9 .450 (Mays. San Fran 9 39 7 16.410 ! Gray, Los An 8 27 7 11 407 Banks, Chicago 8 30 10 12 .400 American League ; Robinson, Balti. 8 27 6 13 481 Colavito. Cleve 8 22 4 10 .455 Kuenn, Detroit 10 41 7 17 .415 McDgld. N. Y. 9 34 8 14 .412 Fox, Chicago 9 36 4 14 . 389 Hdtne runs: Sauer, Giants 5; Aaron, Braves 4; Mathews; Braves 4: Musial, Cards 4: Walls. Cubs 4; Jensen, Red Sox 4; Cerv, Athletics 4 <4 tied with 2'. Runs batted in: Walls, Cubs 12: Spencer. Giants 11; Musial, Cards ' 10; Ennis,Cards 9; Sauer. Gii ants 9; Cerv, Athletics 15; Jcn|sen, Red Sox 10; Power, —Athletics 8; Hunter, Athletics 8.(4 i tied with 7» Pitching: Buhl,. Braves; Podfcs, (Dodgers. Gomez. Giants; Purkey, Redlegs; Spahh, Braves; Friend, (Pirates; Larsen, Yanks; HarshIman, Orioles; Garver, Athletics; Foytack, Tigers; Byerly, Senators rail 2-0.

American League W. L. Pct. G.B. New York 7 2 .778 — Kansas City ... 6 3 .667 1 Detroit 6 4 .600 1% Washington .... 4 3 .571 2 Cleveland 5 5 .500 2%. Baltimore 3 5 .375 3% boston 3 7 .300 4% Chicago 2 7 .222 5 v ; j National League W. L, Pet. G.B. Chicago 6 2 . 750 — San Francisco .. 6 3 .667 % Milwaukee 5 3 .625 1 Cincinnati 4 3 .571 1% 1 Philadelphia ... 3 4 .429 2% Pittsburgh 3 5 .375 3 Los Angeles -... 3 6 .333 3% St. Louis ....ji- 2 6 .250 4 ( THURSDAY’S RESULTS American League Boston 4, Baltimore 3 (10 innings). Cleveland 6, Chicago 4. Kansas City 7, Detroit 2. New York at Washington, postponed. rain. National League San Francisco 6, St. Loyis 5. Chicago 15, Los Angeles 2. Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh 7, Philadelphia 4. 49th Annual Drake Relays Opening Today DES MOINES (UP) — Records should be threatened in 5 o fthe 11 individual events and in nearly every relay race at the 49th annual Drake Relays, it appeared today. The relays get under way this afternoon with finals slated in four individual events, the two mile run, the broad jump, discus and 440 yard hurdles, and in three relays, the sprint medley, distance medley and the four mile. It was likely that meet records could be broken in the two mile, the discus and the hurdles since ' each event has at least one performer rated capable of a record i performance. In the two mile lowa's Deacon Jones. Hie defending champion, will run against Bud Edelen of Minnesota and possibly Alex Henderson, a from Arizona State ana ”erty] Smartt of Houston, if the latter are not scratched due to relays commitments. All four have posted times bettering the current relays record of 9; 10.0 by Greg Rice of Notre Dame in 1939, with Jones boasting an 8:57.6 for his NCAA performance last year. He has 8:58.6 for his best time this year. The discus record of 177 feet 10 inches was expected to topple to Al Oerter of Kansas, who has won the event for the past two years and who set the record last year. This season he has a toss of 202 feet 6 inches for his best performance and has been over 197 feet on two other occasions. However. Oerter could get competition from Rink Babka of Southern California who had one toss of 201 feet 2 inches this season and six others over 182 feet. Gene O’Connor of Kansas State, who won the 440 hurdles in the 1956 relays and ran second last year to Aubrey Lewis of Notre Dame, looked like a potential record beater, this year, although Cliff Cushman of Kansas could give him competition O’Connor ran the event in ;51.3 last weekend compared to the .record of 52.4, while Cushman also has bettered the record time. I It was expected that records in the other three individual events would be in danger Saturday, the final day of the meet, Jones, the only double winner last year, also will try to retain the mile title against the challenge of Jim Grelle, Oregon, and possibly Henderson and Gail Hodgson, a South* African sophomore at Oklahoma. All four have had better times than the current Drake record of 4:10.7 set last year by Jones Decatur Athlete Hit By Shot Put John Shaffer, Decatur high school athlete, suffered a painful injury when he was struck in the face by a shot hurled by one of the Portland athletes competing in a dual meet q,t Worthman field. Shaffer was taken to the Adams county memorial hospital? for treatment, but returned to school this morning. / Hunters killed one thousand less deer in New Hampshire in 1957 than in 1956 when more than 10,000 were accounted for. Authorities attributed the decease to “bad hunting weather on weekends.”

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Walls Blasts Three Homers For Cubs Win By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer Lee Walls, a “lousy golfer,” used the Los Angeles driving range to hit three perfect “nineiron shots" that had the Dodgers plenty teed off today and the surprising Cubs sitting pretty atop the National League As a golfer, Walls shoots in the 100’s, and as a hitter he totaled only six home runs and 33 runs ana 33 runs batted in last sea-, son. But the Cub outfielder really takes to that Coliseum “course,” especially the friendly left-field screen which is only 83 yards from borne plate — an easy nineiron shot for any pro. He liked it so much Thursday that he blasted three home runs over it and drove in eight runs in a runaway 15-2 victory over the Dodgers. Walls didn’t play any favorites, either. He socked his first homer off loser Don Drysdale with one on in the first inning, his second off Roger Craig with two on in the fifth, and his third off Ron Negray with two on in the seventh. Bobby Thomson also homered for the Cubs. Rookie Gene Fodge shut out the Dodgers until Charley Neal hit a homer in the seventh. Don Ziinmer also connected in the eighth. What burns the Dodgers so much about that ' censored I screen is that some joker told them it would work out to their advantage. It certainly hasn't so far. Opposing clubs have hit 14 homers at the Coliseum while the Dodgers have hit only nine. Three of those enemy clouts were off Drysdale, who dropped his third straight game Thursday. Snider Plays Six The only consolation the Dodgers had was that Duke Snider played six innings and got one hit in three trips Snider had been fined a day’s pay for spraining a tendon Wednesday night while trying to toss a baseball over the rim of the Coliseum. In other National Le ag u e games, Warren Spahn and Hank Aaron combined to lead the Braves to a 6-2 triumph over the Redlegs; the Giants came up with two runs in the ninth to beat the Cardinals, 6-5, and the Pirates defeated the Phillies, 7-4. The Red Sox Climbed out of the American League cellar with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles in 10 innings; Kansas City retained sec- i iond place with a 7-2 decision over 1 Detroit, and the Indians dumped the White Sox into the basement ( by beating them, 6-4. Rain post- ( poned the Yankees - Senators game. ( • Spahn, who beat the Redlegs six , games out of seven last year and ] holds a 46-15 lifetime edge over . them, held Cincinnati to seven • hits while Aaron connected for his third and fourth homers of the campaign. Brooks Lawrence yield- , cd Milwaukee’s first three runs ] and WSs charged with the loss. j The Giants won their game , from the Cardjs when Daryl Spen- ( cer beat outan infield hit with j the bases loaded in the ninth. Ex . Giant Ray Katt had put St. Louis , ahead with a homer off winner Ray Crone in the top of the ninth , but Katt's error allowed San , Francisco to score the tying run , in the bottom of the frame. Hank , Sauer hit his fourth and fifth ] homers of the year off starter Wilmer 'Vinegar Bend' Mizell but ] reliever Billy Muffctt was the . loser. Win for Friend ( Bob Friend was credited with Pittsburgh's victory over Philadcl- < phia although he needed Roy ( Face’s help in the ninth. Friend j blanked the Phils until the ninth j When he ran into a pair of sin- , gles, a double, triple and Bob , Bowmans two-run homer. Face , came in, served up one pitch , which Harry Anderson hit back to him for the final out- Dick Groat j and Bob Skinner each had three hits to account for half of Pitts-1 burgh's 12-hit total. Curt Simmons j was the loser. j Pinch hitter Dick Gernert sin- . gled home Gene Stephens with the , bases loaded in the 10th inning j for Boston’s win over ] Gernert struck his blow off Billy O Dell, who took over the Orioles’ j pitching in the eighth ininng. Mike Fornieles gave up seven hits in going the route for the Red Sox. . Milt Pappas started for Baltimore j and gave up two runs, including f a homer by Jim Piersall, before j leaving in the seventh. Vic Power drove in three runs , in leading the A’s to their vic- ( tory over the Tigers. Wally Burnette was the wirining pitcher al- , though he needed relief from Tom ( Gorman, who checked Detroit on one hit over the last 2 2-3 innings. Bob Shaw was the loser. A fine relief job by Don Mossi of the Indians sent the White SoX down to their fifth loss in a row. Mossi came to Dick Tomanek’s rescue in the fifth, gave up two hits in that frame and then limited Chicago to two hits thereafter to gain the victory. Jim Wilson started for Chicago and was rapped for five runs in three innings. Russ Nixon and Minnie Minoso each homered for Cleveland ' ( If you have something to sell or ' rooms for rent, try a Democrat i , Want Ad— they bring results.

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Today's Sport Parade (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (UP)-Juan Fangio is the greatest road racing driver in the world but he doesn’t have a chance of winning the Indianapolis 500 in his May 30 debut over the classic bricks, former champion Lee Wallard predicted today Wallard, the 1951 winner, has no doubt but what Fangio can pass his driver's test and even qualify among the 33 cars which will start the grind on Memorial Day. But he figures the Argentine master is a cinch to trail such veterans as Jimmy Bryan, Pat O’Connor, Roger Ward and Jimmy Reece. “No rookie has ever won this in his first Indianapolis start and I don’t see even the great Fangio doing it the first time around,” Wallard insists. “He’ll find sitting on that/dish a lot different than riding the roads." Most Pass Text Fangio, although he is a fivetime world champion of the road racers, must pass a driver’s test just like any other Indianapolis rookie. This means completing 10 laps at 115 miles per hour, and 10 laps each at 120, 125 and 130 miles per hour in which nis speed cannot vary more than one mile per hour eighter way. Without a speedometer, this means learning to drive bv the gauges. Then, on his last time out, eight veterans of two or more years experience at Indianapolis check his driving tactics in “traffic” from the observation tower. They compose the final jury on wheth er he can compete. Some of racing’s best drivers, both American and foreign, have been told to come back next year. “I don’t imagine that Fangio would fail his driver’s test because he is the greatest race driver in the world when it comes to road racing,” Wallard lauds. “But the varying conditions, as he proved in 1951, but he showed his class and his courage to an even greater extent just five days after his Indianapolis triumph. He was driving down the stretch in a race at Reading, Pa , when his machine burst into flames. Lee could have jumped but the car would have plowed into the crowded grandstand or swerved into the pits. Lee stayed with the blazing car until he passed completely through the stretch and could wheel it safely into the infield. Career Ended The burns he suffered ended his racing career. But today he is teaching that same sportsmanship as the senior member of the champion highway safety program team which includes Ward. Reece, Johnny Parsons, Fred Agafeashian, Jimmy Dajiwalt and Bob Veith. Another factor, he hints, which probably will weigh against Fangio is the unwillingness of the foregn driver *to believe the sportsmanship of, the American race driver. “Alberto Ascari, who came here in 1952, was one of the best drivers of all time,” Lee explains. “He used wire wheels and all our fellows tried to tell him they wouldn’t tak? the Indianap-

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Kendallville Downs Decatur Golfers Decatur high school golfers were defeated by Kendallville, B*4 to 514, Thursday afternoon at the pecatur golf club. Leamon, of Kendallville, was medalist with a 40, and Steve Edwards was low for Decatur with a 42. Decatur meets the strong Elmhurst team at the Decatur club this afternoon. Results Thursday: Leamon (K> defeated Edwards (D), 40-42; Patterson (K) over Beery (D), 42-45; White (K) over Dailey (D), 48-50; Matthews (K) over Fleming (D), 47-55; Burk (D) over Payser (K), 51- Sheets (D) defeated Newton (K) in medal play, 56-60, and halved the match play; Cravens (Di defeated Wehmeyer (K), 52- ' Bowling Banquet Is Reported Postponed Erv Bultemeier, president of the Decatur city bowling association, today announced postponement of the annual association banquet and meeting, which had been scheduled for May 3. A conflict in engagements necessitated postponement of the annual event. A new date will be announced in the near future. JU/W 1 JeayueßeMifiK- i American Association W. L. Pct. G.B. Minneapolis .... 8 2 . 800 — Denver 6 2 .750 1 Charleston 7 4 .636 Indianapolis ... 4 3 .571 2*4 Omaha 4 4 . 500 3 St. Paul 4 6 .400 4 I Wichita 2 7 .222 5% Louisville 1 8 .111 6*4 Thursday’s Results Omaha 5, Wichita 1. Charleston 12, St. Paul 1, Minneapolis 3, Louisville 2. Indianapolis at Denver, postponed, i wet grounds.

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