Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 173, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1959 — Page 7

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Jim Tatum Os Gridiron Fame Dies Thursday CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (UPD — Jim Tatum, who built football powerhouses at Maryland and was hired by the University of North Carolina to revive his alma mater’s skidding football program, died here Thursday night: Doctors at North Carolina Memorial Hospital here did not give the exact cause of the death of the 45-year-dd South Carolina native but described it as an “overwhelming” virus infection complicated by uremic poisoning. Tatum’s wife, Edna, suffered a milder version of the same ailment and was quarantined at home with their three children. University officials said there was no sign of the illness among the children, Rebecca, 14, James Jr., 13, and Edna Reid, 7. Funeral arrangements for Tatum were incomplete early Friday. Tatum, who had been in Montreal with his family as guests of coach Douglas (Peahead) Walker of the Montreal Alouettes, had returned home last week following the sudden death in the same hospital here of his 54-year-old sister, Mrs. Agnes Tatum Brown of Laurinburg, N.C. Sister Died Last Week He was stricken shortly after his return and was admitted to the hospital Sunday for diagnostic studies. Another sister, Mrs. Margaret Tysinger of McColl, S. C„ said he had appeared to be "coming along well” until noon Wednesday when he “took a turn far Ahe worse.” Tatum was placed on the critical list Thursday afternoon but E. B. Crawford, associate director of the hospital, told newsmen early Thursday night that he was "holding his own.” A short time later, however, Crawford reported that Tatum’s condition was “going downhill." Shortly before 11 p.m. the colorful and popular coach died in his private room at the end of a dimly-lighted corridor on the sixth floor of the hospital. Tatum’s sudden death, two months before the opening of the 1959 season, left the Tar Heel football picture in doubt. This had been expected to be the season Heels to the heights and one national magazine recently ■ picked the squad as the third best in the nation. Had 100 Wins Tatum’s record over the past three seasons here had been a somewhat disappointing 14-15-1 and then had even been some mutterings among the alumni who had battled to bring him here from Maryland in 1956. Tatum’s overall college coaching record was 100 wins. 35 losses < H wl game of the |W ' K WEEK B || YORK ■ vs ■QI ■ DETROIT | j; WKJG— TV fll E SATURDAY 1:25 K CARMtK ■MRWIMB Os MPA NY mkovihi. tit. am» it. tevii, ao.

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Baseball Schedule Little League Friday (Worthman, 6:30 p.m.)— Yankees vs Red Sox; Senators vs Indians. and seven ties and he saw his teams compile a record of thr wins, two losses and one tie in six bowl appearances while coaching at Oklahoma and Maryland. Ironically Tatum’s first bowl victory, in the 1947 Gator Bowl, was against North Carolina State, the team which gave him some of his most unpleasant moments here. State’s Wolfpack was considered a “soft touch” for the Tar Heels but State defeated North Carolina in the season opener for the last three straight seasons. Dodgers' Star Out For At Least Week LOS ANGELES (UPI) — A badly-pulled leg muscle will sideline star Dodger first baseman Gil Hodges for at least a week, but his teammates and manager Walt Alston joined him in agreeing today it could have been worse. In fact, for an hour Thursday night it looked as if the 35-year-old Hodges, one of baseball’s finest fielding first baseman, would be lost for the remainder of the season with a broken right leg. A preliminary examination after the limb gave way under him while sliding into second base indicated a break two inches above the fibula. But X-rays at Daniel Freeman Hospital showed Hodges had pulled the leg muscle, with no break resulting. With some luck, the husky first baseman will be back in the Dodger lineup for the pennant fight in another week or so. Roger Maris Now One Os Most Dangerous KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) - Roger Maris has turned from Trill to spray hitter and, as a result. th e24-y ear-old Kansas City rightfielder has become one of the most dangerous men at the plate in the league and a threat to win the American League batting title. “I’m no daydreamer,” Maris said of his chances at the hitting crown. He is resting in second place within 10 points of American League leader Harvey Kuenn. “I’ll just keep swinging and hope they keep falling in there.” Though Maris has stopped pulling and started “swinging where they are,” his home run production has not fallen off greatly. He hit 28 last year and has 12 so far this season though he was out for 30 days during June for an appendectomy. That operation and long layoff makes Maris’ position among the hitting leaders double miraculous. He’s a slow starter and admits it. At the plate in spring training is a torture for him until he finds the groove. “Coming back after that operation was just like going through spring training all over again. My timing was off and everything seemed cockeyed.” Once he finds the groove, and he has done so to lead the A’s to eight victories in their last 10 games, Maris seldom goes into a slump. When he does, the only cure he has found is hitting practice, hitting practice and more hitting practice. Maris looked puzzled when asked where hurlers were pitching him or where his weakness was. “I don’t really know,” he said honestly. “I know I have a weakness, but I don’t know what it is.” “When I’m hitting all the pitches look the same and when I’m slumping I can’t hit any of them. It’s just a matter of timing.” Maris is in his fourth year in the majors after originally signing with Cleveland and coming to the A’s in June of last season.

Minoso Cracks Grand Slammer To Beat Yanks ! By FRED DOWN United Press International Minnie Minoso insists he can ; outtalk Frank Lane so don’t • laugh if he says he can out-hit i Frank MerriweU. . Frank MerriweU? The Cuban . speedsfter probably never heard of America’s legendary schoolboy I hero but Lane would be among , the first to concede: “Minnie , writes his own stuff anyhow.” i And, what the 35-year-old out- ; fielder’s writing these days is a . brilliant success story for "Papa : Lane” and the Cleveland Indians. I Brought back to Cleveland "to . put. some life in the Indians,” t Minoso is swinging a loaded bat in the Indians’ amazing battle to win the American League pennant. He’s hitting .289, has knocked in 60 runs, connected for 15 homers and is delivering the key blows when they’re needed most. Minoso came through with his most important hit of the season Thursday night when his grand i slam homer capped a seven-run ■ rally that produced an 8-5 Clevei land victory over the New York , Yankees. The win enabled the In- • dians to take the series, two ■ games to one, moved them within i a half game of the idle firstplace Chicago White Sox and dumped the Yankees back to the r .500-mark. Tremendous Victory > Monoso’s heroics represent a , tremendous victory for Lane who • experts said “gambled the frant chise” when he traded Early i Wynn and Al Smith to the White • Sox for Minnie, Dec. 4, 1957. i That’s when Minoso—whose sal- ; ary squabbles with Lane helped keep the phone company in the black during the winter—promised 1 to play “good enough to keep 1 Papa Lane quiet.” > Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline . each had four hits as the Detroit- > Tigers routed the Washington • Senators, 11-2, and Roger Maris : and Bob Cerv each had three hits as the Kansas City Athletics beatthe Baltimore Orioles, 9-3, in the other American League games. i The San Francisco Giants re- ’ tained their 1%-game National League lead with a 5-1 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-3, but the slumping Milwaukee Braves sufered a ■ 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. 1 The Braves now trail Sdh Fran- • .cisco by 4% games anfl Are <mly r one point ahead of the fourtn- - place Pittsburgh Pirates. - A crowd of 36,560 at Cleveland 1 saw the Yankees take an early ■ 4-0 lead but the Indians staged a lash raUy against Ralph Terry and rookie Eli Grba in the sixth. J Singles by Tito Francona and j George Strickland, a double by Rocky Colavito and a sacrifice bly produced two runs and chased ’ Terry. Grba yielded a hit and two [ walks, farcing in Cleveland’s third run, and then Minoso unloaded with his game - winning • blast. Rookie Jim Perry, who - pitched the middle four innings, ■ won his fifth game for the In- • dians. Kuenn lifted his average to ’ .347 and Kaline sent his to .340 in pacing a 15-hit attack that enabled Jim Bunning to win his ninth , game for Detroit. Bob Allison hit his 26th homer for Washing- ' ton’s run. Ned Garver pitched a seven- ’ hitter for his eighth win behind . the 16-hit Kansas City attack that : gave the Athletics their fourth ; straight win and their eighth inf . 10 games. Harry Chiti and Dick ; Williams homered or the Athletics and Billy Klaus connected for the Orioles. Sanford Takes The Win ; Jack Sanford won his first i game since June 11 for the Giants who took advantage of three St. Louis errors to score four unearned runs. Victim of the sloppy fielding was Vinegar Bend Mizell, now 11-5 for the year. Orlando Cepeda, Jackie Brandt and Bob Schmidt had two hits each for San Francisco. Gil Hodges’ two-run homer was the big blow for the Dodgers but the big first-baseman later suffered an injury to his right leg that may sideline him a week. Don Drysdale, ace of the Los Angeles staff, relieved Larry Sherry when the Cubs scored two runs in the eighth and yielded only one hit over the. last 1 2-3 innings. , Willie Jones’ eighth - inning grand slam homer ended the Braves’ “winning streak” at one < game and brought Brooks Lawrence h£s fifth win. Joey Jay, who had shut out the Reds for seven innings, was the victim of the blow and the Reds added an insurance pair against Don McMahon in the ninth.

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SPORTS BULLETIN PLAY TONIGHT Bob Worthman, supervisor of Worthman field, announced this afternoon that the Little League double header will be played as scneuuieG tonight, unless more rain falls before game time. The Yankees meet the Red Sox at 6:30 p. m., followed by the Senators and Indians. Pastrano, Johnson On TV Bout Tonight LOUISVILLE, Ky. UPD — Tonight’s fight between Willie Pastrano and Alonzo Johnson should be a lulu, according to most predictions here. Sherman Williams, of Louisville, Ky., a full - fledged lightheavyweight, who has sparred with both of tonight’s contenders, said, “It’s going to be a tough one, all the way. He gave a nod of approval to Pastrano, though, an 8-5 New York betting favorite, on his extra speed and finesse. The two fighters are scheduled for a 10-round nationally beamed bout at Freedom Hall. Pastrano, who has beeii resting up after a European tour in which he won four and lost six fights in England and Italy, has the edge in experience over the replacement for ailing Argentine heavyweight Alex Miteff. A kidney infection prevented Miteff from keeping the date with Pastrano. Johnson, too, has had plenty of training and is well in shape, however. He said, “people often say fighting is a helluva way to make a living. Fighting is nothing. I wouldn’t mind if I had a fight once a week. It’s the training that gets you.” Morning League Title Game Slated Monday Wet grounds today again delayed the championship game in the l Morning elague tourney at Worthman field. The final game, between the Dogs and Bears, is now scheduled for 9 o’clock Monday morning. 956 Paralytic Polio Cases In Nation WASHINGTON (UPD —The Public Health Service today reported there were 166 new cases of paralytic polio last week—the most for any week this year. Surgeon General Leroy Burney said the newly-reported cases brought to 956 the total number of paralytic cases this year. During the same period in 1958, there were 437 cases of crippling polio. Dr. Burney said however that in 1956—the first year the Salk vacine became available — more than 1.50 Q paralytic polio victims had been stricken by mid-July. Indiana Secretary Third In Contest MIAMI BEACH (UPD — Agnes Brown, Indianapolis, placed third \n the first annual “Secretary of the Year” contest at the annual convention of the National Secretaries Association Thursday night. She is secretary to Edward F. Gallahue, president of American States Insurance Co. The contest was judged on the basis of education, experience, appearance, poise and oral answers to three questions dealing with difficult office problems involving the the secretary. AfW American Association Eastern Division W L Pct. GB Minneapolis ...- 64 41 .610 — Louisville 62 45 .579 3 Indianapolis „62 49 .559 5 Charleston 54 55 .95 12 St. Paul 53 55 .491 12% Western Division W L Pct. GB Omaha 53 57 .482 — Fort Worth 51 56 .477 % Dallas 50 56 .472 1 Denver 47 59 .443 4 Thursday’s Resutls Denver at Louisville, 2, Houston 43 66 .394 9% postponed, rain. Omaha at Dalas, postponed, rain Indianapolis 5, Mineapolis 4. Charleston 2, St. Paul 0. Houston 6, Fort Worth 4.

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Fishing Conditions Good In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Fishing conditions remain good in the north and are picking up in the south, according to the weekly fishing report issued by the Indiana Conservation Department. The report for 17 northwestern counties indicated bass and bluegills are biting good at Willow Slough and catfish and largemouth bass are being taken on the Kankakee River. But anglers are having only “fair” luck on Marshall County lakes and fishing along dams on the Tippecanoe River around Monticello is “poor.” The report for 21 northeastern counties was optimistic. Bluegill, crappie, rainbow trout and bass are being taken on Lower Long, River, Bixler, Knapp, North Twin, Big Long, Big Barbee, Wawasee, , George, Big Crooked, Pleasant Big Turkey Lakes. Bluegills are being taken in deep water about 18 to 20 feet down. Pike fishing is good in LaGrange County, but heavy rains have made the Wabash, Mississinewa and Salamonie Rivers high and muddy. Trout line fishing in 20 southwestern counties is “fair to good.” Some channel cats and perch are being taken in Knox and Lawrence Counties, but rivers are low and fishing is generally poor in Perry County. Bass, bluegills and some large cats are being pulled from Lake Griffy and Lake Lemon. Warrick and Dußois Counties report fishing poor. The Wabash River in Sullivan County is producing more channel cat. Fishing is “generally good” in the 16 southeastern counties. Starve Hollow Lake is the scene of good bluegill, crappie and bass catches. Water conditions are clear and low in streams and conditions of lakes are good. Conditions are improving in 18 central counties. Some cat and bluegill are being pulled from Geist Reservoir, but crappies are running small at the Morse Reservoir. Cat and bass are being taken from Flatrock River in Shelby County and several good catches of cat have been reported in Sugar Creek and Driftwood River in Johnson County. Federation League Game Rained Out Rain washed out Thursday night’s Federation league game between Decatur Klenks and W&W Concrete at Worthman field. Ferd Klenk, manager of the Decatur team, is attempting to revise the schedule in order to play Sunday, but at noon today had been unable to reschedule a contest. Trade in a <roor sown — Decatu

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Major League Leaden United Press International Allison, Senators 26; Maxwell, TiNational League ««« 22; Triandos, Orioles 22. Player A Club G.ABR. H. Pet Pitching Aaron, Milw. 90 369 66 132 .358 National League—Face, Pirates Cunghm, St. L. 86 275 38 94.342 Antonelli, Giants 14-5; MiWhite, St L. 89 327 51 m .339 zeU ’ Canls 1M; Robnson, Cin. 92 343 72 114 .332 n _ s . Drysdale, Dodgers 12-6; Logan, Milw. 78 26532 86 .325 Newc ombe, Reds 10-5. American League Kuenn, Det. 89 352 61 122 .347 American League— McLish, InKaline, Det. 78 303 52 103 .340 dians 12-3; Shaw, White Sox 93; Fox, Chi. 92 379 51 126 .335 Wynn, White Sox 12-6; Pappas, Woodling, Bal. 86 278 40 93 .335 Orioles 10-5; Wilhelm. Orioles Runnels, Bos. 88 345 54 111 .322 10-5; Fischer, Senators 8-4. Runs Batted In ' National League Banks, Cubs . ——— 89; Robinson, Reds 88; Aaron, Dll I9© Braves 77; Mathews, Braves 70; DILL v Cepeda, Giants 69. nAUTftAU American League — Killebrew, I UNIUUn Senators 80; Jensen, Red Sox 72; mm* Colavito, Indians 70; Maxwell, Ti- RIDE gers 65; Lemon, Senators 62; Allison, Senators 62. D Home Runs AW National League — Mathews, Braves 29; Banks, Cubs 26; Rob- Qaololla I aItA inson, Reds 24; Aaron, Braves vßUulv L9rv 24; Hodges, Dodgers 19; Cepeda, I Giants 19. Dpcafur, Ind, Starts today THRIFTYBIIYER QI I Eat your Mercury uflLLDealer Cut your costs- save a bank-full on a 1959 MERCURY This is the sale that price buyers have been waiting for. And it’s only at our Mercury showroom! It’s that time of year when your savings are highest. Here’s your chance to get the best-built car in America today—a 1959 Mercury—for what you might pay for a car with a low-price name. Hurry while this sale lasts. Stop in today. DON'T MISS OUR THRIFTY-BUYER SALE SCHWARTZ FORD CO., IMC. - '

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