Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 87, Decatur, Adams County, 13 April 1959 — Page 7

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White Sox And Giants Leading Major Leagues By FRED DOWN United Pre«s International I The potent bats of Orlando Cepeda and Sherman Lollar have the unbeaten San Francisco Giants and Chicago White Sox off and running today in starts that take the edge off perfect getaways by the favored pennantcontenders. Neither the Milwaukee Braves nor the New York Yankees has lost a game but a look at the standings shows that each has ground to make up. The Giants’ three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals gave them a half-game edge on the Braves and the White Sox’ three-game wrapup of the Detroit Tigers has earned them a one-game lead over the Yankees. Standings at this stage of the race don’t mean much, of course, but the point is that two strong contenders not two heavily favored defending champions—have made the most of the few games played so far. Cepeda, , the National League “rookie of the year” in 1958 when he hit .312, delivered the key blow in a 6-3 victory Sunday after driving in four of the Giants' five runs Saturday night. The Giants had rallied to tie at 3-3 on Willie Mays’ two-run triple but the score was still tied when Cepeda went to bat with two out and Jim Davenport on base in the ninth. Turley Wins Opener Thi' 21-year-old native of Ponce, PR., snapped the tie with a triple that put the Giants ahead, 4-3, and Felipe Alou followed with a homer that gave them their final

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margin of victory. Lollar, who is hitting .533 and has driven in five runs in three games, drove in two runs Sunday as the White Sox beat the Tigers, 5-3. Lollar had three hits in each Os the White Sox' first two victories and has made eight safeties in 15 tries. The world champion New/York Yankees finally got underway after two rain-outs and beat the Boston Red Sox, 3-2, on World Series hero Bob Turley’s twohitler and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, in the only other games. Al Worthington, who took over in the eighth inning, picked up the San Francisco victory after lefty Mike McCormick yielded three runs and six hits in seven innings. The Cardinals scored all their runs in the first inning aided by errors by Alou, Cepeda and Andre Rodgers but Vinegar Bend Mizell couldn’t hold the lead against the hard-hitting Giants. Siebern Homers Lollar singled home 1 White Sox run in the first inning and then scored on rookie Norm Cash’s first major league homer but the Tigers pecked away at Dick Donovan until they drew even in the bottom of the fifth. The White Sox took the lead right back in the sixth on Jim Landis’ triple and ’ Dollar’s single and added an insurance ran in the eighth on two errors and Al Smith’s sacrifice fly. *? ' Norm Siebern, playing his first game at Yankee Stadium since his losing duel with the sun in the fourth game of the 1958 World Series, homered in the eighth to get the defending world '.'champions off to a successful start. Turley didn’t yield a hit until Pete Runnels doubled in the seventh and wasn’t touched for the seteond Red Sox hit until Vic Wertz singled with two out in the ninth. Singles by Siebern, Yogi Berra, Gil McDougald and Marv Throneberry produced a 2-0 Yankee lead in the first inning. Don Demeter’s two-run seventhinning double put the Dodgers ahead. 4-3, and a double by Gil Hodges and a single by Ron Fairly produced an insurance run in the eighth. Johnny Klippstein, who pitched the middle three innings, gained credit for the win although Clem Labine finished up. Labine allowed two hits and one walk and struck out one in his three frames. t Decatur Little League Will Meet Wednesday The Decatur Little Uagug f wffl hold an important meet! nj -a* « o’clock Wednesday evening at the city hall. All officers, managers and coaches are asked to be present. '

, MAJOR American League W. L. Pct. G.B. Chicago 3 0 1.000 — Cleveland 2 0 1.000 ft New York ——l 0 1.000 1 Washington 1 0 1.000 1 Baltimore 0 1 .000 2 Boston 0 1 .000 2 KaKnsas City .. 0 2 .000 2ft Detroit 0 3 .000 3 . Saturday’s Results Chicago 5, Detroit 3. Cleveland 3, Kansas City 2. Boston at New York, postponed, rain? Baltimore at Washington, postponed,'rain. Sunday** Results Chicago 5, Detroit 3. New York 3, Boston 2. Cleveland at Kansas City, postponed, rain. Baltimore at Washington, postponed, rain. ■ 11l I — National League W. L. Pct. G.B. San Francisco . 3 0 1.000 — Milwaukee 2 0 1.000 ft Philadelphia ... 1 0 1.000 1 Chicago 11 .500 Ift Cincinnati 11 .500 Ift Los Angeles ... 11 .500 Ift Pittsburgh 0 3 .000 3 St. Louis 0 3 .000 3 Saturday’s Results Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3. Chicago 6, Los Angeles 1. San Francisco 5, St. Louis 2. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, postponed, rain? Sunday’s Results San Francisco 6, St. Louis 3. Los Angeles 5, Chicago 3. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, postponed, snow. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, postponed, rain.

Association Opens Season On Sunday United Press International The Minneapolis Millers took the first step toward defense of their pennant, but Louisville and Fort Worth, the pre-season favorites, lost a pair of thrillers Sunday as the expanded American Association opened its expanded 1959 season. The Millers tipped Houston, 9-5, St. Paul Stopped Fort Worth, 8-6, and Indianapolis beattftewn. a latd ritlly to whip Louisville', 6-5.' Dallas clipped Denver, 3-2, in extra winnings in the only other game played as the OmahaCharleston game at Charleston was rained out. The association's 58th season four 10 teams battling for EastWest division crowns, with the division winners to meet at the season’s end for the league title. The American Association was expanded by two teams this year with the addition of Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston from the Texas League and the transfer of the Wichita Franchise to Louisville. In addition, the clubs will play 162 games this year, up eight over the traditional 154. Jim Gentile powered a 390-foot home run with one aboard in the eighth to provide St. Paul’s winning margin over Fort Worth. Larry Sherry allowed eight hits and fanned 11 to record the win. The Millers collected 13 hits, including a pair of two-run homers by Chuck Tanner and Art Schult, to down Houston. Minneapolis gave starter Nelson Chitturn six runs in the first three innings to propel him to his first win. Lloyd Merritt, who was knocked out of the box in the third inning, took the loss. Mike Roarke, Louisville catcher, slammed a ninth-inning home run, but it wasn’t enough to catch the Indians, who scored once in the eighth to ice the game. Bob Kuzava came on in the third inning to win, with Coolonel pitcher Ron Piche charged with the loss. Tuesday Is Deadline For D-Club Tickets Tuesday is the deadline for purchase of tickets for the annual Dclub banquet, which will be held Mriday evening at 6:30 o’clock at the Youth and Community Center. Bob Dro, former Berne athlete, now assistant athletic director at Indiana University, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend the banquet. Tickets, priced at $1.50, may be obtained from D-club members or from Officers of the Booster club.

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Yellow Jackets To Open Season Today Decatur baseball coach Bill McColly announced today that two home games have been added to the 1950 schedule, bringing the card to nine home, nine away games. The only night game of the season was brought about with the addition of Willshire, 0., on May 18, at 7:30 p.m. at Worthman Field. Hartford City was the other addition, slated for May 12 at 5 p.m. here. The Yellow Jackets open the baseball campaign today with Portland, starting at 4 p.m. at Worthman Field. McColly also announced a tentative line-up for today’s opener. IB—Steve Lytle. ZB—Tom Grabill. 3B—Jim Reidenbach. SS—John Cowan. LF—Terry Holtsberry. CF—Steve Dellinger. RF—Richard Canales. C—Bob Shralulca. P—Larry Daniels. Finsterwald Winner Os Greensboro Open GREENSBORO, N.C. (UPI) — Dow Finsterwald, unhappy at his treatment by the gallery, says he may not come back here next year to defend the Greater Greensboro Open golf championship he won in a rain-soaked finish Sunday. Finsterwald, of Tequesta, Fla., picked up $2,000 as a result of his six-over-par 77 on Sunday’s final round which gave him a total of 278 strokes and a two-stroke margin over Masters champion Art Wall of Pocono Manor, Pa. The new champion came in saying he thought the gallery had been “impartial to everybody but me.” “I think maybe I’ll give them ‘the GGO) SSOO and not come back (to defend) next year,” he said. Wall started the round over the par-71 Starmount Forest Country Club course five strokes back of Finsterwald but was unable to catch the 29-year-old 1958 PGA champion. Only two players broke par for the day, Slamming Sam Snead and Doug Ford of Paradise?’Fla., a pair qf tournament-tested veterans, firing 70s. Snead’s 70 jumped him from 17th place at 54 holes to a tie for third at 281, while Ford’s 70 gave him a tie for eighth at 284. Snead Ws ld'Stbokes behind Finsterwald at the beginning of the final round but finished just three strokes back. Billy Casper of Apple Valley, Calif., who came in with a fourthday 72, gained a tie with Snead for third at 281. Two strokes back at 283 were Tom Nieporte of Bronxville, N.Y. Peter Thomson of Melbourne, Australia, and Billy Maxwell of Odess, Tex.

London Arrives For Bout With Patterson NEW YORK f UPl)—Brian London, the Englishman who says he hates boxing but likes the money, was making preparations in New York today for his May 1 heavyweight championship bout with Floyd Patterson at Indianapolis. London arrived here by plane Saturday in defiance of the British Board of Boxing Control, which does not consider him a worthy challenger for Patterson’s world heavyweight title. No indication was made, however. as to when London will arrive in Indianapolis. He said he planned to hire U.S. sparring partners and train in the New York area for a few days. London, who lost his British and Empire heavyweight titles to Harry Cooper in January, was accompanied by his father, Jack, and his brother, Jack Jr. London’s brother always works as a second when he fights, Patterson has been training at Summit, N.J., for his bout with London and the June 25 match with" Sweden’s Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium. Most boxing observers believe Patterson will make short work of London. But the 216-pound Briton, who will receive $75,000 with Patterson getting $175,000, was in high spirits. “I think this is the greatest thing that ever happened to me,” London said. “I think I have a good chance. I’ve only. seen Patterson on film. He’s fast, but he’s no killer. I think I have a good chance to stop him.”

Please, For Our Sake, Be A Good Neighbor And Vote Tomorrow TO SELL CITY LIGHT! ' U. ' ", ’ ■■ ’■’ There has been a lot of discussion the past few months about the Decatur Light question. In one last appeal we would like to give you again our side... the farm side... and tell you just how we feel about this controversy that will be decided at the polls tomorrow. We call ourselves your “country cousins,” because in a very real sense that is just what we are—some 1,000 rural families who live outside the city but consider ourselves part of Decatur. We trade in Decatur, bringing a large volume of business to town each year, and although we don’t have a vote in this question we probably have as big a stake in it as any group. For years we have paid one of the highest electric rates in the state, and for “very poor” service. We haven’t been able to electrify our farm operations the way we should to make money because of the kind of electric service we have in rural areas. How would you like to come home every evening and find a burntout motor or low voltage or even your service off so you can’t operate the electric milker? How would you like to have to buy new television tubes and light bulbs because they blow out due to irregular voltage? How would you like to buy new appliances and then not be able to operate them because of faulty voltage? You people in town haven’t had much of this. We are appealing to you to please vote to sell City Light sincethat is the only way we’ll get better electric service, and at lower you know that we even had to pay for our own electric lines and then turn them over to the city which was to maintain them. This cost us thousands of dollars, and we don’t even have good service! We have gone to the Public Service Commission for relief, but even though the City Light was given a year to do something for us, they haven’t been able to. We rural people feel we are entitled to better service and lower rates. Please think of us tomorrow when you vote, and vote Yes for the sale of City Light. DECATUR’S ~ — — — — : r-4 ; — - - '?/'«, “Country Cousins”

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