Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 92, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1960 — Page 7
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Loes Stars As Giants Deteat Cubs In 14th By MH .TON BKUMAN t'nited Pe*» teteraatteaal The Sam Ftaractero Gteot*. jMTud owner* at two quirk div I Um team unprodlaiabto Hilly Lm«. flow know ftranr to wbaotate|y aoftung wrong wflh hto Armor hto brt. tor ftw>< master. «Mtwr. Borne »kep*k* foft Lag* had kwt bu atuft wlwn the Baltimore Ol taca traded tom and Billy OEtell to the Gtante tart December for Jackie Brandl They thought the 30-yvflroid Lorn waa merely • "throw-in" to keep the Gflufts happy. He kept them happy, all right. Sunday and kept them in a ffr*tpfoce tie with the Dodger ♦ U» by patching hftteas ball to relief, producing a key tut and scoring Che wnning run to a H-inrtong< 4-3 vrttary over the Chicago Cube Low. credited with hto first National Uwgue victory stnee 1955 wta« be wws with the Dodgers took over tor Jack Sanford in the 12to and struck out four men in the last throe inmng*. Perfect At Bat Loes, who didn't collect a single hit with the Orioles all tart season, did a perfect job at bat also. He led off the 11th with a suwte to right off loser Ben Johnson. advanced to second on a sacrifice and scooted home on Jim Davenport's sing*. Orlando Cepeda tied the score at 3-3 with a two-run homer off starter Bob Anderson to the sixth. The victory was the Giants’ fourth to hve games and toe Dodgers kept pace with a 7-5 decision over the Cardinals, who dropped their fifth straight. The Braves beat toe Phillies, 8-4, and the Pirates swept a doublebeader front the Reds, 5-0 and 6-5 Home runs by Gil Hodges. Duke Snider and Wally Moon helped Los Angeles to its victory over the slumping Cardinals. Larry Sherry, the Dodgers’ relief ace of 1958, started for toe second time in • week and received credit for the triumph although lifted after six innings Stan Mustel and Alex Grammas homered for St. Louis. Ernie BrogMo was toe loser. Eddie Mathews led a Milwaukee assault on Robin Robflrts of the Phils with a. homer, triple and * double. Ray Boone highlighted a four-fan rally in the sixth when he drove to three- runs with a -double. Bob Buhl limited Philadelphia to six hits, including two homers by Harry Anderson and one by Bobby Del Greco. Pirates Win Two Pittsburgh won its nightcap against Cine innate the hard way. coming up with six runs to toe ninth inning after trailing 5-0. Hal smith socked a pinch' three-run homer during the uprising and Bob Skinner hit a two-run homer. Bill Henry and loser Ted Wieand bore the brunt of toe attack after Don Newcombe and Raul Sanchez blanked toe Pirates over the first eight frames. Bob Friend held Cincinnati to four hits in toe opener and Bob Clemente’s two-run homer to the first inning was all the margin he needed. Southpaw Joe Nuxhall was the loserAmerican League chibs wound up their exhibition season with the Red Sox defeating the Yankees, 2-0; toe Indians beating toe White Sox. 2-1; toe Tigers nipping the Athletics, 5-4, in 10 tontags, and the Orioles topping Richmond of toe International League, 9-2.
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Sam Snead Winner Os Greensboro Open OmCENSBORO W. C <UP!>— tam *Md. already tovnired to the y«w'» tap MV ronsrorar** toft today wM» tt.Mft. Ma aavmth Qraator QmmMn grows*. flfld AJ sneer tor ftte Surmount Ftarogt Country Club cuuav Bn<-a<l birdied the last two teilr* Sunday tor a boat round 35-34 69 The two-under per gave him flrrt place with a 734mte total <rf ro Th* bnUh before a gallery of some 9.000 waa par for the end erf a Greeter Groanaburo Open Dow FTnatarwakl. 29 <rf Ttaques to. Fla , toe 1969 winner. ftatrtwd with a « far • 171 and second pfocc money erf $1,900 After win rung fort yw«r. when hr played with Snead in a final-round farcesome. Ftorterwakl indicated he would not return. He raid the gallery was so prruSncad that heckling by the Slammer's admirers interferred with his game ft was Snead's turn to expound thia year. •T hope ft will finally get to i Edward» Benjamin to do something about his golf course,” the White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.. star told toe amazed gallery. He had bean tended a mfcrojfoone connected with the public address system after carding his final round Sunday. Snead said the course was "'lousy" and. cocking his panama hat at toe gallery, added. "You droerve more than you’re getting ” The latter was in reference to the tack of "name" players at the tournament this year, including Masters champion Arnold Palmer’. Benjamin is president and main stockholder of the Starmounl Corp. - Don Whitt of Borrego Springs, CaW took $1,400 third money in with 'a 277. Lon Woodward of Svdney, Aurtralia, on his first I PGA tour, was fourth with 278 I far $1,200. Bradley Anderson of ; Greensboro was the top ranking amateur with a 293. All-Star Basketball Roster Is Completed INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana All-Star basketball roster was completed Saturday with the addition of five players to round out what is probably one of the most talented line-ups ever gathered to battle Kentucky’s finest in the traditional series for the benefit of the blind. The latest to be announced are: No. 6: 6-foot Mel Garland, highest scoring player ever at Arsenal Technical high school, the state’s largest high school. No. 7: John Dampier, 6-foot, 2inch long-shooter and probably the state's finest ball-handler from Muncie Central high school. No. 8: Phil Dawkins, 6-foot. inch hard-driving competitor who carried Washington of East Chicago past Muncie for 1960 state championship. No. 9: Big Jeff Blue, the rebounding-scoring star of little Bainbridge whose doorway is well-worn by college scouts. No. 10: Hot-shooting Emanuel (Manniel Newsome, a 5-10, 145 pound package of scoring wizardry from Gary Roosevelt.
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Harvey Kuenn And Colavito Swap Uniforms C3XV ELAND *VPI» —• Frank txflw tenth gut Harvey Kuran from DrtraM and now rtand* to art a tat more from Cleveland' UrM far tending wway <tew "prt" tome run Ntw Rocky Cotovfto I American Lraauaca gnrornlly | Agrvmt teatay <t*»4 the Tlgwa fog fln- better <rf tor rrap end Cfovntend kana WWC Mlf r * M. Thr Chrvclafbd PIWB fVported Art the rrarttan trf fan* | crtltag tn va> more ttuut 10 to 11 agatnrt ft* trade. It euuld tura out to bra rough drat for L*ne untaaa Kuran, the, IM* American Lragur lotteng rtnmptan. makes Orvrfond fans forget all about the home run heroics of the M-year-old Cotevito. That's gotng to be no mean j *** ladiaaa' Big Gtu> Cbtovito. probably the most popular and exerting player to appear in a Cleveland uniform since Bob Feller, bid farewell to the Indians Sunday by stemming a! home run to a 1-1 cxhitrtkxi | game victory over the White Sox! at Memphis. Tenn. The homer was bis eighth of the sfo ing. Rocky was the big gun to ftw Indians surge to seemd place text MMiron even though he batted only .257. Along with that mediocre mark, however, he tat 42 home runs to tie Washington’s Harmon Killebrew for the title and drove in 111 runs. The 29-vcur-old Kuenn, on the other hand, led the league with a 353 average, but the majority of his hits were singles and doubles He hit only nine homers and drove in 71 runs. Oasey Stengel, in New York, was among those who Uked the Tigers' end of the deal. Tiger* Get "D»ndy’’ •"Dyey sure got themselves a dandy in Cotavftn,” he said Yankee catcher Elston Howard couldn’t' understand Cleveland’s thinking on the trade. • How can thy give away a guy who hits 42 homers and knocks 1-1 111 runs even for someone like Kuenn?” he asked. "Hervey doesn’t hurt you like Colavito. Lane had been trying to obtain Kuenn all winter. Negotiations with Tiger President Bill DeWitt broke down several times, ohieflv because Lane also wanted a pitcher thrown in. But they were completed Sunday over the telephone with Lane speaking from Memphis and DeWitt from St. Louis. The ®wo players officially will change uniforms when the Tigers and Indians open tbeir seasons here. College Champion Boxer Dies Sunday MADISON, Wis- (UPD — Charlie Mohr, an altar boy who became <a Champion college boxer, died Easter Sunday of injuries The suffered a week earlier in the ring. The deeply religious 22-year-old University of Wisconsin senior was knocked out in the finals of the NCAA tournament here April 10 in defense of his 165-pound title. Charlie walked to his dressing room after the fight and collapsed. He suffered a massive brain injury and was unconscious until ‘his death at 8:40 am. Sunday. Mohr was a model for college boxing and a model individual. His coach. Venn Woodward, described Mohr as "angelic.” Former UW boxer Gene Rankin, a friend of Mohr, daid "He should have been >a priest. He was too good.” Mohr was kei* ali y e by medlc ® l science. His breathing was done by a resuscitator. His body temperature was controlled by hypothermia and a new drug called urea was used, to control pressure on his brain.
An tour before Mohr’s death he had to pulse or blood pressure. Damaged mid - brain tissue foiled to respond. The tody wil 1 be taken to the Fulton and Son Funeral Home, Freeport, Long Island, and burial, will be at nearby Merrick, N.Y., where the Mohr famiy lives.
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Fort Wayne Komels Even Playoff Series FOftT WAYNK. lad <UFI> - TX* Tunwt Cup will b* *t *l*k* tonight «h*B Fort Wayno'e Kom*<* belli* 81 P*ul'» Salat* la. Uk* **v«ath aad final g*m* of tb* IfltorMttaaal Hockey League playoff. Furl Wayaa '• aMtern dlvtataa and owrail teaguc champion* durtag the regular aofl*an. trailing •t Fate* w•al •» a diviatoa j champ* throughout the *erlea, deadlocked the playoff* at three game* •piece Sunday with an aa*y S 4 triumph Fort Wayne taat the Rrat two gam** at St Paul, and the Saint* gaaumed * 3-1 lead la*t week before th* K«met» rallied to take the next two. thua *ctting the atage for tonight'* finale. Led by Bob McCu«ker * two goal*. Fort Wayne broke a 1-1 Ue la th* flrat period Sunday The Kornct* then *cored two more talllc* in rapid *uccc»»ion and were not again threatened. Aggie Kukutowicz paced the Saint* with two goal*, running hl* playoff total to six. Lamar Lundy Signs Rams' Contracts LOS ANGELES. Calif. <UPD - Lamar Lundy, former Purdue Univeriity football star from Richmond. Ind. ha* returned signed contracts to the Lo* Angele* Ram* for the 1960 and 1961 seasons, ft was announced today Lundy is a veteran of three seasons with the Rams and has been I playing both offensive and defensive end.
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Give Courtney Until May 10 To Recover BALTIMORE. Md <UPI> — The Baltimore Oriole* have given catcher Clint Courtney until May) 10 to recover from a finger infec-; tion and join the club Otherwise he will be returned to the Washington Senators. General Manager Lee McPhail of Baltimore said Sunday Courtney was suffering from an infected index finger on his throwing hand when he and infielder Ron Sam-
ford were recently traded to the I Orioles by Washington for infielder Billy Gardner Little Leogue Meets Thursday Evening An important meeting of the Decatur Little League will be held .lat 7 30 o'clock Thursday evening |at the city hall L. E Beal, president. asks all officers, managers • 'and coaches to attend this meeting, I and also extends a special invitaI tion to any one interested in the -! Morning league to be present.
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■i 12-Year-Old Boy Is Killed By Train NORTH VERNON. Ind (UPDMickey Rine. 11. Butlerville. heard a horn sound while he was fishing at a pond near his home Saturday . and believed it wu his mother s , prearranged signal for calling him from her car. 1 Mickey ran up a steep railroad • embankment into the path of a -1 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fart freight train. He was killed.
