Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 172, Decatur, Adams County, 23 July 1958 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, JULY M, ISM

Yankees Take Over Lead In Little League The Yankees moved into a halfgame lead in the Decatur Little Leagile Tuesday night by blanking the Indians, 15-0, after the White Sox edged the Senators, 6-5, in the opener. The Yankees now have a season record of 7-2, while the Senators, with a 6-2 mark, dropped to second place. The league lead will be at stake Friday night when the Senators and Yankees battle in the second game at Worthman field, following the opener between the Tigers ano Red Sox at 6:30 o'clock. Feature of last night's twin bill was a no-hit, no-run game hurled by Dan Lose in the nightcap, whicif was called after four innings because of the league’s 15-run rule. Lose walked oply lour, fanned six, and was given errorless, support. WIICuiCSS plagUvtl lUUi linJicxix null' ers, as they issued 17 bases on balls. Six: runs scored in the first inning on eight walks and a fielder's choice. Two more scored in the second on a walk and hits by Lose, Bob Mies and John Eichenauer. Three tallied in the third on hits by Gregg Ladd and Mies, plus two walks and two errors. The Yankees wound up the scoring with four in the fourth on a hit by Ladd, and six bases on balls. The Senators’ battle to escape their second defeat of the season fell short after they scored four runs in the final inning and had the tying run on base. The White Sox scored once in the first inning on a double by Mike Kuhnle and Max Elliott's sacrifice fly. Two more scored in the second a .walk, fielder's choice, an error and hits by Craig Finlayson and Jerry Egly. The Senators scored their first run in the fourth on hits by John Custer, Benny Cookson and Gary Schultz. The White Sox came back 5 with three in the fifth on an error, followed by Eliotts home run. then a walk, an error and a hit by Roger Vanhorn. The Senators rallied for four runs in the sixth oh a walk, an error and hits by Donnie Feasel, Cookson. Schultz and Tony Kohne. League Standing W L Pct. Yankees 7 2 .776 Senators 6 2 .750 White Soxs 4 .556 Tigers — 3 4 .429 Indians 3 5 .375 Red Soxl 8 .111 White Sox AB R H E Kuhnle. 2b 4110 Egly. ss — 4 110 W. Putteet, c 3 0 0 0 Elliott, cf ---2 11 0 Minch, p 2 0 0 0 Harvey, 3b —• 110 0 Vanhorn. If 3 110 Ray. lb 10 0 0 Finlayson, rs 3 11 0 Totals 23 6 5 0 Senators AB R H E Feasel, p 3 110 Custer, 3b — 3 1 1.1 Cookson, ss 3 12 1 Schultz, c , 3 12 0 August, lb 2 110 Geimer, rs - 3 0 0 0 Kohne, 2b -— 3 0 12 Schnepp, If 10 0 1 Johnson. If 2 0 0 0 Gase, cf 2 0 0 0 Totals ■-25 5 8 5 Score by innings: White Sox ».— 120 030 —6 Senators i. 000 104 —5 Runs batted in—Egly, Elliott 2, Finlayson. Schultz, Geimer. Twobase hits—Kuhnle, Egly, Cookson 2, Schultz. Home run—Elliott. Sacrifice—Elliott. Bases on balls — Minch I,'Feasel 5. Strikeouts — Minch 6, Feasel 2. Winner—Minch. Loser—Feasel. Umpires — Pollock, Lord.

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Yankees AB R H E Reynolds, If 110 0 Baxter, If 0 0 0 0 Anspaugh, ss ...3 10 0 Ladd, c - 3 2 2 0 Lose, p - 2 4,1 0 Mies, 3b 3 4 2 0 Gonzalez, lbllo 0 Smith, rs ...1.,,.... 2 10 0 Litchfield, rs 0 10 0 Lehman, 2b —* 2 0 0 0 ■ Eichenauer, cf 2 0 10 ! Baughn, cf 0 0 0 0 ! , : Totals 19 15 6 0 Indiana , AB R H E 1 Canales, rs . 2 0 0 0 > Kenny, rs .... 0 0 0 0 * Cowan, If 0 0 0 0 i Rickord, If, 2b 0 0 0 0 ■ Kohne, c, p 10 0 1 ■ B. Blythe, ss 2 0 0 0 ■ R. Landrum, 2b, p.. 1 0 0 1 ! T. Blythe, 2b 0 0 0 0 Anderson, If .. 0 0 0 0 1 Ford, p, 3b 2 0 0 0 1 S. Blythe, lb. p, c- 2 0 0 0 1 Stultz, 3b, 2b 0 0 0 1 ’ Finlayson, cf- 10 0 0 Eiting, cfo -0 0 0 Totals 11 0 0 3 ' Score by Innings: " ' Yankees - 6 2 3 4—15 Indians 000 0— 0 Runs batted in—Mies 2, Gonzal--1 ez. Eichenauer 2. Sacrifice —Gonzalez. Bases on balls—Lose 4, Ford 5, Landrum 3, Blythe 8, Kohne 1. 1 Strikeouts—Lose 6, Blythe 5. Hits 1 off—Ford 0 in %, Landrum 0 in 0, 1 Blythe 6 in 3%, Kohne 0 in %. Win--1 ner—Lose. Loser—Ford. Umpires ' —Lord, Pollock. • Sammy Baugh Gives [ Testimony On Bill I WASHINGTON (UPD — Sammy ; Baugh, Washington’s greatest sports hero a decade ago, returns ■ to the Capitol today to testify on the football application of a House ’ approved bill to exempt proses- ? sional team sports from the antitrust laws. Scheduled to appear with Baugh are Arthur J. (Dutch) Bergman, one of Sammy’s former coaches on the Washington Redskins. Rep. William E. Miller (R-N.Y.) a cosponsor of the House bill, and Rep. John W. Byrnes (R-Wis.) The subcommittee, which will rule on the House measure that affects baseball, football, basket--1 ball and hockey, heard a plea Tuesday from Creighton Miller, attor- ' ney for the National Football League Players Association, for more protection than the House granted. Miller,, a former Notre Dame star, said the players’ “bargaining position would be weakened’’ because the House bill would foreclose their rights to resort to the 1 courts to correct grievances. ' He said if owners receive com--1 plete exemption from anti - trust 1 lawS-thcn "our protection from un--1 fair practices by club owners, such ' as possible blacklisting, mis-treat--1 ment of injured players and other 1 dictatorial policies, would be prac- ( tically nil.’’ MINOS . American Association W. L. Pct. G.B. Charleston .... 57 39 .594 — Denver _■ 58 40 .592 — Minneapolis 56 46 . 549 4 Wichita 53 47 .530 6 Omaha 50 52 .490 10 ' St. Paul 48 59 .449 14% Indianapolis ... 44 60 .423 17 Louisville 38 61 .384 20% Tuesday’s Results Omaha 6, Minneapolis 1. Wichita 2-2, Indianapolis 1-11. St. Paul 3-6,‘ Denver 1-5. Charleston at Louisville, postponed, rain.

Aaron, Willey Lead Braves To Win Over Cards By MILTON RICHMAN X United Press International ) The Milwaukee Braves fee they have a special pennant ba rometer in Hanjc Aaron, who, if finally operating on the sunn} side of the street after weathering some early season storms. “When Henry’s hitting, we’n always in good shape,” says Man ager Fred Haney, "and when he’i not, it suddenly looks awfu gloomy.” Luckily for the Braves, Aaroi is hitting better right now thai at any other time this season. H< soared to .305 when he enjoyed i perfect night Tuesday night wit! four straight hits in a 2-1 victor} over the St. Louis Cardinals. Aaron's fourth hit of the gam< was an eighth-inning single tha sent Eddie Mathews to third bas< from where he scored the winnin; run on Del Crandall’s sacrifici whose batting averag< wavered between .230 and .251 during the early part of the year couldn’t have picked a to start hitting as far as th< Braves are concerned. His stick work Tuesday night along witl rookie Carlton Wiley’s five-hi pitching effort, boosted the Brave: to within a half-game of the first place San Francisco Giants. Yankees Widen Lead Rain washed out the rest of th< National League schedule, caus ing postponement of games be tween the Giants and Phillies, th< Dodgers and Pirates, and th< Cubs and Redlegs. Over in the American League the Yankees widened their lead t 12 games by starting their west ern invasion with a 13-3 win ove the Detroit Tigers. Bob Turley made his 15th vic tory one of the easiest of the sea son by pitching a seven-hitte: while the Yanks clubbed lose: Paul Foytack and four reliever for 23 hits. Norm Siebarn led th' attack with four hits, including t two-run homer. Gil McDougald who also homered, had three hit: as did Hank Bauer, Jerry Lump: and Yogi Berra. Gus Zernial hi' a homer for Detroit in the ninth. Hector Lopez, Kansas City's ‘Handy-Andy,” belted a two-rur homer with two out in the nintt to beat Boston, 4-3. Hard-lucl Tom Brewer retired the first twe batters in the ninth, then walker Harry Simpson and yielded th< homer to Lopez. That blow mads his record 4-9 and brought re liever Tom Gorman his third tri umph. Jackie Jensen hit his 28tl homer for the Red Sox and team mate Pete Runnels also homered Pierce Wins 10th Reliever Turk " LoWn had t< choke a ninth-inning Baltimore rally to preserve a 4-2 victory foi Chicago. Southpaw Billy Pierce, creditec with his 10th triumph, appearec headed for his fourth shutout o the campaign until the Oriole: knocked him out in the ninth witl two runs on Bob Nieman’s double Luis Aparicio’s error and thre< straight walks. Lown then cam: in and got Jim Marshall on < long fly to end the game. Jack Harshman gave up eigh hits, including a home run by Raj Boone, in suffering his eighth los: against seven victories. Cleveland and Washington spli a twi-night doubleheader, the In dians taking the nightcap, 5-3 after the Senators won the opener 4-2. in 12 innings. Rookie Hal Woodeshick was th< winner in the second game as Vi< Power and Earl Averill eael drove in two runs against lose: John Romonosky, who struck du 10 and hit a homer in a losing cause. Rocky Colavito hit a horn er in each game for Cleveland but the opener was decided whe: Norm Zauchin and Ken Aspro monte slammed successive horn ers in the 12th off. Cal McLish Reliever Dick Hyde gained hi: eighth victory. Detroit Lions Sign Top Ground Gainers DETROIT "TUPt) —The’ Octroi Lions have announced the signing of top'ground gainers John Henrj Johnson and Jim Doran and de sense specialist Jack Christiansen Still unsigned are defensive cap tain Joe Schmidt, and halfback: Jim David and Gene Godinan. "WUTY -J PHOTO FINISHING AH Work Left < Before Noon on ThursdayReady the qj Next Day, Friday, at HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO.

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Quinn Sees Dogfight For National Flag MILWAUKEE, Wis. (UPI) - "How’s your ulcer today?” That kidding remark is heard often in the front office of the defending champion Milwaukee Braves where men like General Manager John Quinn feel the pressure of an exciting pennant race as much as the players and manager on the field. ' Quinn seems to like his life in a pressure cooker. “I don’t enjoy not being competitive,” said Quinn. “And I want everyone in our organization to feel that way. You grow through competition?’ Os course, Quinn would like to see his world champions comfortably lodged in first place, but he considers them “fortunate” to be where they are because of so many injuries. » “I don’t suppose many teams in baseball history have had the run of injuries we’ve had this year afid last year. Until (Ed) Mathews was injured, only he and (Johnny) Logan had played every game the first half of the season,” said Quinn. Pitching Will Decide “Our bench has done a tremendous job. Felows like (Mel) Roach, (Felix) Mantilla, (Andy) Pafko ha ve risen to the occasion when we needed them,” he said. “The shifting around of placers and the fine pitching of youngsters Joey Jay and Carl Willey and, of course, Spahn and Burdette, has kept us in the race,” Quinn said. “And good pitching in the end will decide who wins this thing,” he added. He said he felt San Francisco would be a solid contender all season, and expected a dogfight right to the end. No Weak NL Clubs Quinn said he wasn’t ‘disappointed” that the Braves weren’t showing their heels tp the rest of the league like the New York Yankees—their World Series victims—are doing in the American League. “Our league is too tough. We’ve got no weak clubs. Cincinnati is in last place, but you wouldn’t call them a setup,” said Quinn. He hedged on a question about whether he felt the Braves would be far in front if they were playing in the American League. Quinn, who is regarded as the man who built the Braves into a contender and then a pennant winner, said the organization spends a “million dollars a year” in the never-ending search for new talent. * ’Keep the talent coming’ is our motto. A club that stands pat is complacent,” Quinn said. Cubs, Tigers Meet In Tourney Final The Cabs and Tigers will battle at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Worthman field in the championship game of the Morning league tourney. In first round games today, the Cubs edged the Yankees, 6-5, and the Tigers eliminated the Reds, 3-1, Line scores: RHE Yankees .—I 050-5 2 2 Cubs 006 x-6 3 1 Lehman, Smitley- and Miller; Haviland. Van Horn, Schultz and Fairchild. RHE Reds 100 0-1 4 3 Tigers 003 x-3 1 0 Ball, Beavers and Hunter; Melchi and Burger. Pick Lions, Browns As Pro Favorites LOS ANGELES (UPD—A magazine poll of sports writers has picked the world champion Detroit Lions and the Cleveland Browns as favorites in the National Football League Conference races this year. The magazine, Pro Footabll, polled 12 contributing sportswriters. "MAJOR National League w. l. pcT g'.b. San Francisco 50 38 .568 — Milwaukee 49 38 .563 % Chicago 46 45 .505 5% St. Louis 42 44 . 488 7 Cjncipnati 41 46 .471 8% Philadelphia 39 44 .470 8% Pittsburgh .... 41 47 .466 9 Los Angeles .. 41 47 .466 9 American League W. L. Pct. G.B. New Yofk X-_ 59 30 .663 %- Boston 47 42 .528 12 I, Baltimore 43 45 .489 15% Chicago 44 47 .484 16 Detroit 42 46 .477 16% Kansas City 42 46 .477 16% Cleveland 42 50 .457 18% Washington 39 52 .429 21 TUESDAY’S RESULTS National League Milwaukee 2, St. Louis 1. All other games postponed, rain. American League Washington 4-3, Cleveland 2-5 tlst game 12 innings). Chicago 4, Baltimore 2. New York 13, Boston 3. Kansas City 4, Boston 3.

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Today's Sport Parade Reg. U.S. PatTofC By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International NEW YORK (UPI)-One of grandpa’s favorite songs was a rollicking ditty called "Camptown Races” which related how he wagered his funds on a “bobtailed nag while somebody bet on the bay.” But grandpa—and rural America—never had it so good as the city slickers of today who want to lay a few bob on horse and buggy races. 1 Proof of this is a new 18-mil-lion dollar harness racing plant at Yonkers which starts a 104night meeting on Aug. 1. And the “bob-tailed nags” will be moving there from the 20-million dollar plant at Roosevelt Raceway. Even with a devaluated dollar, any horseman will tell you that ain’t hay. And it’s a fary cry from the Yonkers Raceway which was opened in the same spot on Sept. 4, 1899. Back then it would accommodate a mere 7,000 spectators. And in that era prior to the horseless carriage the “sports” got there in light road wagons, heavy victorias, landaus and other equipages. Spot Nearly Died Those were the days when mounted police collared the speeders, the Dreyfus case was in headlines, Sousa’s band was wowing them at Coney Island, Mark Twain was being interviewed about his future plans, men’s shoes could be hand for $1.65 and suits for $lO, coffee was 10 cents a pound, brandy brought sl.lO a bottle and a five-pound pail of butter sold for $1.04r Harness racing had evolved from a question of which man had the fastest horse in town and it wasn't until 19831, at Philadelphia’s Hunting Park, that the first organized harness race was staged. After that it developed into a feature of the dusty countyfairs and such promotional projects as the original Yonkers Raceway of 1899 became a highlight of the American sporting scene. Then came the automobile. Harness racing for a while virtually disappeared except for its continuation at county fairs. The way was paved for its return in 1938 with formation of the U.S. Trotting Association and in 1940 the far-seeing owners of Roosevelt Raceway hit the jackpot. They pioneered night harness racing. A Slot Start It was a desperate struggle at first. Roosevelt Raceway is some 30 miles from New' York, on Long Island, and facilities for reaching it were not the best. That first year, Roosevelt drew a total of only 75,000 fans during a 27-night meeting. They wagered a total of “only” $1,200,000 for that entire period. It is significant that this year, on one night, Roosevelt set a record with a handle of $2,588,000. It is equaly significant that Yonkers, easily accessible from the New York and New Jersey population centers, expects to top that one-night handle. There are estimates that one of these August - through - October eve-

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nings the "sports” on hand will bet a total of more than three milion dollars. Yonkers 'js looking forward to an average nightly crowd <sf more than 25,000 and an average handle of around two million dollars per night. That figures out to wagers totaling 200-million dollars for the meeting. That’s the reason behind construction Os a $9,500,000 six-level air-conditioned clubhouse and a $3,500,000 four-floor parkadrome. Grandpa’s ‘bob-tailed nag” was a piker. Junior Legion Team To Practice Thursday Bob Worthnian, coach of the Junior American Legion baseball team, this afternoon announced today's scheduled double header -with Angola has been cancelled as Angola was unable to bring a team here. The Decatur team will hold a practice session at 1:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Worthman field, and all team members are asked to be present.'

Braves Defeat Adams Central Tuesday Night The Decatur Braves staved off a late inning rally to edge Adams Central, 17-14, in an Adams county Pony League game Tuesday evening at Adams Central. The Braves held a 17-5 lead after five and one-half innings of play, but Adams Central rallied for four runs in the sixth and five in the seventh and had two runners on base when the game ended. The Braves scored four in the first inning, three in the third, eight in a wild fourth inning, and wound up their scoring with single runs in the fifth and sixth. Adams Central bunched all its scoring in three innings, five in the third, four in the sixth and five in the seventh. The Braves’ 17-hit attack was led by Ron Kleinknight, who had four‘hits in as 'many times at bat, Max Eichenauer with three safeties, and Fred Kauffman, John Kohne and Jerry Rambo, each with two. The Braves will play at Berne Thursday evening at 6 o’clock. Braves AB R H E Strickler, If. 3 11 0 Schrock. If, 2blo 0 0 Beery, cf 3 2 1 0 Elliott, cf 0 0 0 0 Rambo, 2b, p 5 2 2 1 Eichenauer, ss 4 2 3 3 Kohne, 3b 5 12 0 Ro. Kleinknight, lb.. 4 3 4 1 Kauffman, c 4 12 0 Gause, rs 2 110 Ahr. If .. 0 2 0 1 Hakey, p 2 110 Conrad, p, rs 10 0 0 TOTALS .34 17 17 6 Adams Central AB R H E Rowden, ss ...3 2 1 2 McMillen, 3b 3 2 10 Parrish, 2b 4 2 10 Knittie, p. lb 3 2 0 0 Arnold, cf 3 10 1 Schwartz, rs ._ 4 11 0 Owens, c ... ? 2 2 1 Mann, lb. p... 3 1 0 0 Ehrsam, If 4100 TOTALS 30 14 6 4 Score by innings: Braves 403 311 o—l7 Adams Central. 005 004 5—14 Over 2,500 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur I each day. 4 . x

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World Lightweight Title Bout Tonight HOUSTON, Tex. (UPD —Kenny Lane, the pride of Muskegon, Mich., gets his long sought-after crack at Joe Brown’s world lightweight title topight in -the Sam Houston before a nationJ wide TV audience. • The bout probably will be wit- ' nessed by the largest crowd ever to see a fight in the South. A near sell-out gate of 11,000 fans was . expected. f Lane, a southpaw, hopes to use I his youth as his main weapon to i tire the 32-year-old champion. At 26, the Michigan speedster, • who advances constantly from a stand-up position, is at his peak , and has worked long and hard for the chance at the lightweight [ crown. , Brown, classed by some as the greatest lightweight to hit the ring in many years, has a swift one-two 1 combination that has knocked out 1 32 opponents in his long career of ■ 96 professional bouts. Brown was a 12-5 favorite. 1 Major 1 emue Leader National League , Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pct. Musial, St. L. 83 297 44 106 .357 Mays. S. F. „87 343 69 11$ .344 Ashburn, Phil. 85 339 53 111 .327 Dark, Chi. 73 291 35 95 .327 Walls, Chi. 91 364 63 115 .316 American League ) Goodman, Chi. 58 227 24 76 .335 • Runnels, Bos. 83 315 55 105 .333 1 Power, Clev. 84 336 57 110 .327 ) Cerv, K. C. 81 302 58 98 .325 1 Fox, Chi. 92 366 50 118 .322 > Runs Batted In > National League— Thomas, Pi- . rates 74: Banks, Cubs 73; Cepeda, > Giants 60; Anderson, Phillies 59; • Spencer, Giants 56. American League— Jensen, Red • Sox 85; Cerv, Athletics 66; Sie- • | vers, Senators 61; Lemon, Sena- ; tors 58; Malzone, Red Sox 56. ’ 1 Home Runs ,1 National League— Banks, Cubs ■ 26; Thomas, Pirates 26: Walls, ■jCubs 21: Aaron, Braves 20: Ma'i thews, Braves 19; Cepeda, Giants 'l9; Boyer, Cardinals 19. I American League— Jensen, Red ' Sox 28; Sievers,:. Senators 25; Cerv, Athletics 24; Mantle, Yan- • kees 24: Colavito, Indians 18; : Lemon, Senators 18. Pitching J National League—Spahn, Braves 12-6: Semproch, Phillies 11-6; Purr key, Redlegs 11-6; Koufax, Dodg- ! ers 7-4; Worthington, Giants 8-5. American League— Delock, Red , Sox 10-0; Turley, Yankees 15-3; r Hyde, Senators 8-2; Ford, Yankees 12-4; Sullivan, Red Sox 8-3.