Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1958 — Page 11

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Mays Leading In National's Batting Race By FRED DOWN United Press International It’s Willie Mays out in front and Ted Williams coming up fast in the only major league races left—for the National and American league batting titles. Mays, San Francisco’s pride and joy, is on top in the N.L.’s four-cornered race today with a .346 average while Williams, Boston’s controversial star, is only three points behind teammate Pete Runnels with a .320 mark. Mays connected for a triple and a double in the Giants’ 10-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs Wednesday to take over the lead from Philadelphia’s idle Richie Ashburn, who is hitting .344. Willie's average has soared 14 points in a week since he stopped “swinging away” and began, to go for short hits. Williams, who never has hit below .317 in his major league career, had a double and single as the American League champion New York Yankees snapped a sixgame losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Red Sox. Runnels, meanwhile, dropped a point when he had only one hit in four tries. The Chicago White Sox clinched second place with a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Senators, 2-0. and the Kansas City Athletics outclubbed the Cleveland Indians, 7-4. in other American League games while the Los Angeles Dodgers edged out the St Louis Cardinals, 4-3, in the only other National League game. Bobby Thomson smashed his 20th homer and two singles to lead a 14-hit Cub attack on six San Francisco pitchers. Thomson joined Ernie Banks. Dale Long, Lee Walls and Walt Moryn as 20-homer-a-season men, tying the major league record for one club. The Dodgers made three double plays to set a new National League record of 195 in one season and also raised their home attendance to a new season mark of 1,807,785 — topping the previous club record of 1.807,526 set in Brooklyn in 1947. Minor League Phfoffs International League Montreal 11, Tornto 10 (Montreal wins final series. 4-1 >. WANTADS

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MAJOR J National League W. L. Pct. G.B. x-Milwaukee ... 90 61 .596 — Pittsburgh 84 67 . 556 6 San Francisco - 78 73 .517' 12 Cincinnati 75 76 .497 15 St. Louis 71 80 .470 19 Chicago 70 81 .464 20 Los Angeles 70 81 .464 20 Philadelphia — 66 85 .437 24 • x—Clinched pennant. American League W. L. Pct. G.B. x-New York .... 90 61 .596 — Chicago 80 70 .533 9% Cleveland —— 75 75 .500 14 Vz Boston 75 75 .500 14 Vz Detroit 75 75 .500 14% Baltimore 73 77 .487 16% Kansas City ... 72 79 .477 18 Washington .... 61 89 . 407 28% x—-Clinched pennant. WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS National League Chicago 10, San Francisco 3. Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 3. Only games scheduled. American League New York 7, Boston 5. Chicago 4, Detroit 3 <lO innings). Baltimore 2, Washington 0. Kansas City 7, Cleveland 4. Major League Leaders National League Player & Club,G. AB. R. H. Pct. Mays, S. F. 149 587 116 203 . 346 Ashburn, Phil. 149 602 93 207 . 344 Musial, St. L. 132 459 63 154 .336 Aaron. Milw. 150 593 109 196 . 331 Skinner. Pitts. 141 516 90 167 .324 American League Runnels. Bos. 143 549 98 178 .324 Williams. Bos. 126 400 76 128 .320 Kuenn, Det. 135 546 70 173 .317 Bovd, Balt. 122 396 58 124 . 313 Power, Cleve. 142 578 97 180 .311 Home Runs National League— Banks, Cubs 47; Thomas, Pirates 35; Robinson, Redlegs 31; Mathews, Braves 31; Aaron, Braves 30. American League— Mantle, Yankees 42; Colavito, Indians 39; Sievers, Senators 38; Cerv. Athletics 38; Jensen. Red Sox 34. Runs Batted In National League— Banks, Cubs 128; Thomas, Pirates 109: Aaron< Mays; Gianti 94; C e ped a, Giants 94. American League— Jensen, Red iSox 120; Colavito, Indians 107; t Sievers, Senators 105; Cerv, Athletics 103; Mantle, Yankees 96, Pitching National League— Spahn, Braves 21-11; Burdette, Braves 19-10; Friend. Pirates 22-13; H obb ie. Cubs 10-6; Rush, Braves 10-6. American League— Turley, Yankees 21-7; McLish. Indians 16-7; Ford, Yankees 14-7: Delock, Red [Sox 13-8; Pierce, White Sox 17-11.

Defensive Edge To Yankees In World Series (Editors: This is the second of three dispatches comparing the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees for the 1958 World Series. This dispatch deals with defense; Friday’s final story will cover pitching.) By MILTON RICHMAN United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) — Manager Casey Stengel’s stronger bench and the versatility of several of his players give the New York Yankees a defensive edge over the Milwaukee Braves for the World Series. Baseball men generally agree there is not a defensive weakness in the Yankee lineup. Although the Braves’ defense is rated “good,” it does not measure up to the Yankees’, especially at first base and in the two outfield posts where Bill Bruton and Wes Covington are playing on gimpy knees. The one position where Milwaukee may be rated stronger is at shortstop, where the experienced Johnny Logan must get the call over young Tony Kubek, but even there the difference is not too big. Advantage Important It is pn the bench and in the matter of versatility of certain key players where the Yankees maintain a decided advantage. And this is especially important to Stengel for his pinch - hitting strategy and lineup manipulations. Gil McDougald, for example, has played second, third and short within recent seasons and was rated by rival managers as the best defensive player in the American League at each position. Elston Howard plays outfield and catcher; so did Yogi Berra this season; Kubek is at home in the infield and outfield; and Bobby Richardson can play second base and third. The remarkable thing about it is that Stengel can make these fielding switches without hurting his defense the least bit. Has Big Edge In evaluating the rival outfields, right fielders Hank Bauer and Hank Aaron are rated about even. Mickey Mantle has a big edge, particularly in throwing, over | Bill Bruton, who is not as fast as he was before an off - season knee operation. And in left, steady Norm Siebern can cover more ground in expansive Yankee Stadium than Covington, whose ailing ' knees must be operated on after ■ the season ends. The Yankee supremacy is just as clear - cut In. the- infield. Conceding Logan over Kubek at short, New York must be favored at the three other starting positions—if Joe Adcock is the Milwaukee first baseman. Bill Skowron. although he won’t make anyone forget Hal Chase, is far more agile than Adcock. However, Frank Torre, the Braves’ reserve first baseman. is the best "glove man” of the three. Better Bench Strength At third. Andy Carey is steadier I defensively than Ed Mathews. \ Red Schoendienst at second is an i “old pro" who knows how to play !the hitters, but he has been hobbled by injuries this season and does not have as strong a I throwing arm from deep positions ias does- McDougald. Behind the plate, there is not i much to choose defensively among Berra, Howard and Del Crandall. The most highly - regarded re- ; ceiver in the Series dugouts will be 35-year-old Del Rice, who is not likely to see much action. I oWhen it comes down to a comi parison of bench strength; the Yankees' Howard, Jerry Lumpe. | Richardson, Enos Slaughter and Marv Thorneberry are given a 'big edge over Torre. Felix Man- ! tilla. Andy Pafko. Casey Wise and | Harry Hanebrink. Marion Wins CIC Cross Country Meet Marion Bennett won the Central ' Indiana conference cross country championship in the league meet held at Marion Wednesday afternoon. Huntington Catholic was second with 34 points, -St. Mary's of Anderson third with 59. and Decatur Catholic, in its first cross country meet, was fourth with 107. NEW SKATING SCHEDULE PUBLIC SKATING TUE. WED. FRI. SAT. SUN. 7:30 to 10:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON 1:30 to 4:30 PRIVATE PARTIES MON. & THURS. HAPPY HOURS , ROLLER RINK i Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Miller, (Owners)

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Freakish Weather Thoroughout Nation Place Radio Beacon In Hurricane's Eye United Press International Weathermen climaxed a year’s development in hurricane-tracking by planting a radio in Hurricane Helen’s eye, but local forecasters foced the age-old problem of freakish weather patterns. A hurricane research plane placed a alloon-orne radio eacon in Helen’s eye Wednesday. It now transmits a continuous report on the storm which early today was about 390 miles east of Cape Canaversal, Flat, and carrying top winds of 80 miles an hour. Forecasters said Helen would probably maintain its northwest course most of today and “conceivably could affect some of the areas of the south Atlantic Coast." Meanwhile, a rare tornado zipped across the Arizona desert near a mesa east of Phoenix Wednesday. Although there were no reports of damage or injuries, the U. S. Weather Bureau kept tornado warnings up for a halfhour. In another example of unusual weather, temperatures in the upper 70s were common in the normally brisk portions of lower Michigan; while readings in the 60s occurred at Tucson, Ariz. A warm humid air mass lanketed most of the eastern third of the country, while a sharp cooling trend was noted from Lake Superior westward. Temperatures dropped 15 to 30 degrees in parts of Minnesota and Colorado in a 24-hour period. Elsewhere in the region, 40-mile-an-hour winds scattered the cool air mass across parts of Colorado and Kansas. i Today's Sport Parade I (Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International NEW YORK <UPI> •— Fraley's Follies and the weekend football . winners — along with some reflections on sports in general. Game Os The Week . Ohio State over SMU — Ulis ; game will give a good line on the Buckeye juggernaut expected to be the nation’s top team. They , just might pour it on to get off [ winging. The East Army, over South Carolina — ■ Snowshoeing is extremely difficult t bare-footed. 1 Pitt over Holy Cross—Top dash r men reach a speed of 22 p.p.h. > . Penn State over Penn—Can any- . body tell me who is the dog sled ; racing champion of Florida? Also: Navy over W. & M.; Princeton over Rutgers; Cornell t over Colgate; Brown over Colum- - bia; Syracuse over Boston Col- , lege; Dartmouth over Lafayette; ; Boston University over Massachuf setts; Yale over Connecticut; VMI 2 over Villanova; Harvard o ver - Buffalo; Bucknell over Gettysburg 2 and Lehigh over Delaware. 2 The Midwest Notre Dame over Indiana —Does ? the America’s Cup make you B wonder what ever happened to the tug of war? lowa over TCU — All - bore r champs aren’t confined to skeet . shooting. a Michigan over USC — Good y fencers should be great at toasting a marshmallows. n Also: Illinois over UCLA; Michia gan State over California; Washs( ington State over Northwestern; Purdue over Nebraska; Missouri t over Idaho and Colorado over ’ Kansas State. The West Washington over Minnesota — 1 The guys who built the pyramids 5 were the world’s greatest weight lifters. Stanford over Rice—The blue3 plate special. Oregon State over Kansas — 1 Channel swimmers are marathon i runners who hate dust. Also: lowa State over Arizona; i COP over Arizona State; Denver over Utah State; Brigham Young over Utah and Wyoming Over Montana. The South Auburn over Tennessee—A good follow through makes golf’s trap . shot easy. Miami over Wisconsin •— Good , dancers usu all y make good 1 bowlers. Mississippi over Kentucky — ’ Guys like me, with two left feet. • make better spectators. 3 Also: Texas over Tulane; Van- ’ derbilt over Georgia; Duke over Virginia; Mississippi State over , Florida: North Carolina over Clemson; LSU over Alabama: North Carolina State over Maryland and Georgi a Tech over Florida State. The Southwest - Oklahoma over West Virginia—- • Penn's Billy Carr was the alltime picture runner. Arkansas over Tulsa—Watching I fights on teevee, I usually disagree with the officials. Baylor over Hardin SimmonsNow you can second guess me. Also: Texas Aggies over Houston; Oklahoma State over North Texas State and Texas Tech over West Texas State., • The Pros Cards over Giants; Bears over Packers; Eagles over Redskins; Colts over Lions; Browns over Rams and Forty - Niners over • Steelers.

Admits Attacks On Fort Wayne Girls JACKSON, Mich. (UPI) — Authorities today held on a parole violation charge a man who confessed the rape of two young girls at Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 5. Police said James Fred Bommersdach, 24, Kalamazoo, Mich., admitted the crime. Bommersdach told authorities he pretended to hold a gun on the two girls, aged 13 and 14, while i they were walking to a school party. He told officers he taped the girls’ eyes and hands, tossed them into the trunk of his car and drove out of town where he raped them both. Sonny Ray Is Winner Over Jesse Bowdry CHICAGO (UPI) — Sonny Ray threw away the form sheet Wednesday night and knocked Jesse Bowdry, a high-ranked light-heavy-weight, into a state of shock and the hospital to greatly improve his own chance to move into the 175pound title picture. Bowdry, TKO’d in the ninth, was delirious in his dressing room for more than an hour after the TV bout ended. Dr. Irving N. Slott of the Illinois Boxing Commission or- . dered him taken to a hospital as a . “precautionary measure.”

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