Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 159, Decatur, Adams County, 8 July 1958 — Page 6

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Haney Defies Percentage In Naming Spahn BALTIMORE (UPD-Manager Fred Haney of the National League defied baseball percentage V’day when he called on left-hander Warren Spahn to face the powerful, righthanded hitting array of the American League in the 25th annual All-Star Game. “He does better against righthanded batters than against the lefties,” Haney declared confidently. “He'll give those boys a rough time.” Rival Manager Casey Stengel of the American League, who goes against baseball’s lpw of averages more than anyone in the business, stuck strictly to script as he named his fire-balling sight-' hander without a windup. Bob Turley, to start for his Yankeedominated squad. Turley has won 12 games thus far this year, against only three losses, while Spahn, at 35. seven years older than Turley, has won 10 and lost five. Spahn will be facing eight righthanded hitters—only second baseman Nellie Fox of the White Sox among the American League starters bats left handed. Rain Possible The righthanded Turley, “n the other hand, will face three left- : handed hitters — first baseman Stan Musial, who sets an Al-Star < record every time he steps to the ; plate since he is playing in his 1 15th All-Star Game: left-fielder ] Bob Skinner of the Pirhtes; and Spahn, who is one of the best hit- < ting pitchers in the business. There was only one discoufag- 1 ing note in this silver anniversary 1 of the mid-summer classic. It 1 may rain. The weather. forecast said it i w«uld be cloudy, hot and humid i with possible thundershowers in the afternoon. The rain, however, 1 may come too late to interfere 1 with the game, scheduled to start 1 at 1 p.m. e.d.t. " e If rain should prevent a start, t DECATUR/temrlf f TONIGHT & WED. J THURS. &FRI. « First Time Shown At Our Low Price of Only 50c * <• ■ t DAVID O. SELZNICK presents his production of < BI t -1 i i t i ROCK JENNIFER VITTORIO HUDSON-JONES-DESICA CinimaScoPE COLOR bvDE LUXE V o—o Coming Sun.—“ The Young Lions” 1 — Marion Brando, Dean Ma rtin

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an attempt will be made to play Tuesday night. The alternate dates, if the weather doesn't cooperate are Wednesday morning and then Wednesday afternoon. Expect Big Crowd A sellout crowd was assured. Baltimore, hosting its first AllStar Game, seats 47<000 in its Memorial Stadium, but there will be Standing room only tickets sold and because this is the first opportunity Baltimore fans have had to see the National League stars in action, the attendance may hit the 50,000 mark. Neither Haney n°r Stengel would reveal their pitching plans beyond their starters. Under AllStar rules, a pitcher can work only three innings unless the game goes into extra innings. It will mark the 10th appearance for Spahn, whose Al-Star record is 1-0. He was credited with the victory, pitching two innings, when the National League, which trails the American, 10-14, in the series, won in Cincinnati in 1953. Turley has been on two previous. American League squads, but'tvhen he pitches the first ball this afternoon, it will' mark his first action. Vice President Richard Nixon will throw out the first ball. Relief Specialist Evaluates League san’Francisco <upd — veteran relief specialist Marv Grissom took an evaluation of the National League clubs today and came, to the conclusion that they all “are about equal in hitting, but with Milwaukee having a pitching edge.” “These teams appear to be so evenly balanced that it is impossible to pick between them,” said the 40-year-old fireman. “The hitting on nearly every club in the league is just about equal. "The only difference I can see is that Milwaukee appears to have a bit better pitching.” Grissom, with a 5-3 record, already has appeared in 30 games for the Giants as he has fought to hold leads for the local club against the all-around slugging of the opposition. “I guess maybe the Chicago Cubs have been giving me the most trouble,” said Marv.‘*“They have a slugging line-up. Most of their guys can park the ball oyer the fence. Individually, Stan Musial of the Cards and Junior Gilliam of the Dodgers have been giving me the most trouble.” The “most surprising” club to Grissom has been his own — the Giants. He credits the resurgence of the Giants to the help from the big rookie crop. ‘The Milwaukee team is as strong this year as it was last,” says Grissom, “but every other team in the loop has improved. "The improvement has been brought about by rookies. When you get one r’ookie to come through in a key position, it inu proves the strength of a team immeasurably. “But when you get two or more (as in the case of the Giants) to come through, then you are going to be right up there battling the leaders.” In reference to the Giants, the youngsters making a big difference are pitchers Mike McCormick and Paul Giel, catcher Bob Schmidt, infielders Orlando Cepeda and Jim Davenport, and outfielders Felix Alou, Willie Kirkland and Leon Wagner. “That’s the reason we are fighting for the pennant this year, while last season we finished in sixth place,” said Grissom. Grissom thinks St. Loui, which lost a pair of hard luck games to the Giants during the weekend, is a “real solid" ball club. “They hit the long ball and have a good defense,” said Grissom. "They are going to be tough all the way.”

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Merchandise Shoot . Is Held By Club . TwentyHhree,. <:omt peted in the merchandise shoot sponsored by the Limberlost archery and conservation club Sun- . day afternoon despite the bad . weather. The merchandise winners in the • men’s division were, Ist expert, i Al Huston, Decatur, who received -a hunting knife, Ist bowman, Wili liam Stults, Dunkirk, a fish arrow; s Ist archer, Hubert (Jerry) Wheelt er, Linn Grove, a compass; Ist (novice Dick', .Rfombcq Decatur, 1 arm guard. In the intermediate 5 division. Ist expert, Tom Potts, Huntington, a hunting knife: junt ior division, Ist expert, Jimmy • Mong, Huntington, a pocket knife; women’s division, Ist expert, Mrs. ! Harold NaSh,' Decatup, a belt 1 purse. ” ( | ! Ribbon winners of each class; . were, men’s 2nd expert, Dick; ‘ Mong, Huntington; 3rd expert, ■ Max Rauch, Berne; 2nd bowman, • Lester Mitchel, Decatur; 3rd - bowman. Gene Ziegler, Dunkirk; • 2nd archer. Bob Wendel, New 1 Corydon; 3rd archer. Chuck Reed, > Portland; 2nd novice, Wayne Doenges, Fort Wayne; 3rd novice, 1 Harold Nash, Decatur; intermeriates, Ist bowman, David Mitchel, Decatur; juniors* Ist bowman, Tom Drake. Decatur; Ist archer, Allen Mong, Huntington. And in the women’s division, Ist bowman, Mrs. Didc Mong, Huntington. and iM*arclferf‘Mrs. John Winkler, Willshire, Ohio. July 20 is the date for the next club shoot which will be Redlands round, a standard field round with different scoring. Plans Amendment To Sports Measure WASHINGTON <UPI> — Sen. , Karl E. Mundt, a sponsor of a Senate sports biH, disclosed today he is drafting an amendment to keep club owners from “thumbing - their noses at the public” in franchise shifts. * ; The South Dakota Republican said he has asked the Senate draft- ] ing experts—its legislative counsel ] —to prepare language requiring < that executives of professional teams “assume certain responsibilities to the public and consider i the public interest” in moving from 1 city to city. Mundt was the first “legislating senator" to speak out Monday against plans to move the base-ball-playing Senators from Washington. He suggested owners $ the team “take another look at their obligations.” Mundt said he is not withdraw- 1 ing his sponsorship of a bill which , would grant broad anti-trust ex- ( emptions to professional team j sports. , "But Congress should not extend j special treatment for baseball , clubs to accept with one hand and let them barter it off with the oth- j er for a greedy personal profit,” ] he said. < < —— < I MINOR | American Association W. L. Pct. G.B. 1 Denver ;-.. 52 32 .619 — Charleston 51 33 .607 1 Minneapolis ... 49 39 .557 5 Wichita , 45 42 .517 8% Omaha 44 45 .494 10% St. Paul 39 53 .424 17 Indianapolis ... 36 54 .400 19 Monday's Results Louisville -34 52 .395 19 t Wichita 6, Indianapolis 4. Denver 12, St. Paul 7. Minneapolis 4, Omaha 2. Louisville at Charleston, postponed, rain.

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Wilbur Petrie Heads Decatur Booster Club Wilbur Petrie, local businessman and sports enthusiast, will be the new head of the Decatur . Booster club, starting August 1. L. A. Anspaugh, retiring president, announced the complete list of newly elected officers. Serving as vice president will be James Moses, Sr., with Ray Eichenauer as secretary, and Norman Steury, treasurer. Elected to the board of directors i were Gerald Strickler, for a term of three years. Herb Banning for two years, and Bob Gay, one year. Anspaugh expresed his appreciation to fellow officers and members for their co-operation during the past year. It was announced that the new officers will hold an organization meeting soon. More Franchise Charges Likely In Major Loops BALTIMORE (UPD— Major league clubowners turned baseball’s annual All-Star “outing” into a big business meeting that ultimately may alter the map of the game. They’re playing the 25th annual All-Star'Game today but it’s only a sideshow in the minds of baseball men. The big topic on their lips involve Monday's momentous meetings which made it plain that expansion still is the clubowners’ favorite form of amusement. Almost simultaneously, the American League called on Calvin Griffith «f the Washington Senators to present a concrete proposal to transfer his franchise from the nation's capital and the National League went formally oh record that it wants to return tp New York City. The American League's action means the Senators almqst certainly will eventually leave Washington while the National League’s means some team almost certainly will give New York City a franchise to replace the departed Dodgers and Giants. Almost Certain The American League officially announced that “the Washington club did not request permission to transfer its franchise” but United Press International learned Griffith’s request was rejected only because it was not concrete enough. If Griffith can produce a “concrete proposal” at a more propitious moment it is almost certain it would be approved. Th National League, meanwhile, accepted New York City’s offer of a $12,000,000 stadium seatt ing 52,000 fans with the official warning that “nothing is imminent” and. “expansion is somewhere in the unseeable futunre.” “As a result of our talk with Mayor Robert Wagner and William Shea fehairman of the mayor’s advisory committee) we drew conclusions that if by some process — transfer or expansion — we desire to locate a franchise in New York, the mayor’s committee and the city are willing and able to provide modern baseball facilities under an.... outlined arrangement which we consider very fair,” said N.L. president Warren Giles in a formal statement. Four Cities In Line The Senators were considering transferring their franchise to one of four cities—Minneapolis, Toronto. Houston or Dallas. Minneapolis, which has been seeking a major league franchise for years, was not officially represented at the American League meeting, but let it be known to the club owners that if it had a choice, it would rather have Cleveland than Washington. General Manager Frank Lane of Cleveland officially denied the Indians’ owners were interested in moving, but it was known some of the Cleveland owners have been considering movjjig. ♦ MAJORS American League W. L. Pct GB New York 48 25 .658 — Kansas City ---. 38 37 .507 11 Boston ... 38 37 .507 11 Detroit 37 37 .500 11% Cleveland 37 40 .481 13 Chicago 36 39 .480 13 Baltimore 35 40 .467 14 Washington .... 31 45 .408 18% National League W. L. Pct GB Milwaukee .... 40 38 .548 — San Francisco 41 36 .532 1 St. Louis sr 37 35 .514 2% 1 Philadelphia „ 36 35 .507 3 Chicago 39 39 .500 3% 51ncinnati .... 36 37 .493 4 ittsburgh 36 41 .468 6 Los Angeles .... 33 42 .440 8 MONDAY’S RESULTS American League No games scheduled. National League No games scheduled. ■_

| Today's Sport Parade | ?, (Ref. U, 8. Pat Off) ' A By OSCAR FRALEY 1 United Press Interrnational BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD—The . minor leagues are sitting hungrily , on the sidelines at the major f league All - Star Game today ; wondering where their next dollar - is coming from — *and figuring i that 100 cents of it will have to , come from the big leagues. “Complete subsidization of the i minor leagues is the only way i the minors can survive,” said ■ Dick Butler, president of the . Texas League. “And I mean com- - plete.” The situation is so desperate ip ; the minors Butler admits withI out equivocation that: t “Under the current setup. It is impossible for the Texas League to operate next year.” He also asserts there must be a “general realignment” of the entire minor league setup next year. Urges New Triple-A Butler eventually would like to see a Southern Association, boosted to Triple-A classification instead of its current Double-A ranking, composed of Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans and Memphis of the present Southern Association; Houston. Dallas and possibly Fort Worth of the pre- • sent Texas League, and Jacksonville of the Sally League. t ‘I certainly don’t know what is ‘ going to happen." he said, “but I do know we can’t operate one 1 single year more under our current mode of operation.” Grayle Howlett, owner of the Tulsa club of Butler’s Texas ; League, suggested recently the 1 major league clubs pay the salaries and expenses of players they have farmed out with minor league clubs. “That’s not enough,” Butler says adamantly. “They have to pay the whole minor league freight — and if they don’t there isn’t going to be any minor league baseball.” One major league club owner told him recently, Butler disclosed, the majors were resigned to the fact they eventually would have to take over minor league baseball completely. Foresees 20 Leagues “I figure that the time will come when there are 20 minor leagues completely subsidized by the majors,” Butler analyzes. He figures it out this way: There are 16 major league teams and each one of them will have one farm team in Triple-A ball and one in Double-A ball with two teams in the A, B, C and D classifications. This runs to a total of 160 minor league teams and,* with eight to a league, a total of 20 leagues. It also means there would only be two Triple and Double-A leagues with four leagues each of A, B, C and D classification. “The major leagues simply have to take over,” Butler explains. ‘lf they don’t, there isn’t going to be any minor league baseball. The minors simply can’t keep on everlastingly losing money because of the invasion of their territories by major league broadcasts and telecasts.” The tragic result is that fans in the minor leagues would rather stay home and see or hear about the Mantles, Musials and Willamses than attend minor league games. “The end result,” concludes Butler, “is that the majors will have to subsidize every single minor league team — right down the line — or they won’t have any place from which to get their players of the future.” u vou have something to sen oi rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring results.

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Baseball Writers Vote Rule Changes ‘ BALTIMORE, Md. (UPD— The . Baseball Writers Assn, has adopt- , ed three rules changes to, clarify . future records on' individual playing Mid Hie changes were voted by the writers, 26-8, at their annual mid- , summer meeting Monday night in ; connection with the major league i All-Star game. They arose from , disputed cases in the Here are the changes: 1. In regard to Streaks ,on consecutive games played, in order ‘ for a player now to get credit for an appearance in a game for streak purposes he must either have one at-bat in which he is retired or reaches base or he must play at least one inning in the field. An appearance only as a pinch-runner shall not be considered as prolonging a streak. The only exception to this rule shall be when a player is ejected from a game by an umpire before he has a chance to fulfill the requirements. 2. A consecutive times-at-bat or games batting streak shall not be broken by at-bats resulting in bases on balls, hit by pitcher, or a play on which the batter is awarded first base because of interference. After much argument, the writers decided not to include sacrifice flies among these exemptions. 3. AU performances in a game which is . and then completed on another shaU count as having been performed on the original playing date for streak purposes. Many baseball observers expressed the opinion that the new rules will make it almost impossible ever to break such records as Lou Gehrig’s major-league mark of playipg in 2,130 consecutive games or Stan Musial’s National League consecutive - game record of 895. Gehrig and Musial both included in their streaks games which might not quaUfy under the new rules. However, it was also believed that the new record would make it somewhat easier to break such a record as Joe DiMag‘gi<’’s mark of hitting safely in 56 straight games. Now a better need no longer fear that his attempt to ■break this mark wiU be broken by a game in which he is walked three or four times. Klenk's Play Cantina Team Here Thursday Decatur Klenk’s will meet Tony & Jim’s Cantina in a Federation league garrte at Worthman field in this city Thursday night at 8 o’clock. The game at Waterloo, listed for Wednesday, was played previously, and Klenk’s wiU be idle Wednesday. A home game is also slated here Saturday night, with Decatur’s opponent to be named. Lil" Leaguer I'® —— - 1 ■ * “Nobody’s going to steal favorite bat!”

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Davis Cuppers Play T Canada Thursday TORONTO, Ont. (UPD — The United States David Cup tennis team was due here today to begin workouts prior to meeting the confident Canadian squad Thursday in the North American zone semi-final. The U. S. team, led by nonplaying captain Perry Jones, is composed of Barry. Mac Kay, 22. of Dayton, Ohio, who is fifth ranked in America, Sammy Giammalva, 24, of Houston, Tex., Whitney Reed. 25. of Alameda, Calif., Jack Douglas, 21, of Santa Monica, Calif., and Earl Buchholz, a 17-year-old whom pro Jack Kramer has called the “best junior prospect in the United States.” Willie Dockery Is Winner Monday Night NEW YORK (UPD — A 30-day suspension for face cuts will prevent middleweight Willie Dockery from being rewarded with another TV fight at St. Nicholas Arena, Aug. 4. for Monday night’s upset victory. Lanky Willie of Brooklyn, a 3-1 underdog, came from behind in the late going of the excellent 10rounder to win a split decision over slugger George Benton of Philadelphia, unbeaten in his previous 11 starts. Tenriis Tourney Delayed By Rain INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UPD — The opening round of play in the Western Amateur tennis tournament was slated to get under way today after a postponement forced by rain. Bernard Bartzen, Houston, Tex., is seeded No. 1 in the tourney which will end Sunday. TTrade in a good town — Decatur.

TUESDAY, JULY 8. 1958

Query Hotel Staff On Jones' Beating Crowley On Trial In Japanese Court TOKYO (UPD — A member of the Imperial Hotel staff told a Japanese court today there were bloodstains and signs of violence in the Royal Suite where socially prominent T.A.D. Jones Jr., was found fatally beaten two months ago. » Jones’ brother-in-law, Connecticut businessman Joseph Crowley, is being tried for causing “death resulting from bodily injuries,” a charge tantamount to manslaughter. The three-member Tokyo District Court which is hearing the case took hotel staff members’ testimony in a closed session in the suite where Jones died. The court asked the hotel to reconstruct the scene of the alleged crime in the luxurious suite the mn occupied. The public and press — and Crowley’s wife and 17-year-old son who flew to Tokyo for the trial—were barred from today’s session. Floor supervisor Toshiko Takeya was the first witness as the proecution tried to prove that Crowley beat Jones to death during a drinking bout in the room last May 8. Miss Takeya testified that there were bloodstains on the floor, walls, curtains and chairs in Room 202 where Jones was first found injured. She said the glass shade of a floor lamp was shattered, an ice pick was broken in two and an ice tongs bent. Jones sharedr the hotel room with Crowley and Maryland accountant Frederick Kissinger. Kissinger was permitted to return to the United States after police took his statement.