Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 157, Decatur, Adams County, 5 July 1960 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1960

Decatur’s Major Leaguer? Harley Has The Chance

Ry JACK HELLER , It’s a long way from the Decatur Little League to the world series, but that’s the road Harley Wolfe wants to take. And the big, strong) right-hander is over one of the bigi obstacles on that road. There are a lot of other blocks still in the way, but with a contract from the Cleveland Indians baseball club at ready signed, and a lot of determination, Harley plans to give it a “whale of a try.” Nine-years ago, Parley started playing organized baseball in Decatur with the local Little League during its first year.lf.wasn’t the, first baseball for the soft-spoken Decatur high graduate, .though. Brother Joe Wolfe, also a pitcher for the Yellow Jackets later, had already taken Harley under his wing and started his pitching education. Additional help along the way came from Rothe Ladd, Al and John. Gdllig, and Bill McColly. From Little League, the path led through two years of Pony League, three years of American Legion ball, and four years of varsity high school baseball. At present, Harley is pitching for the W and W Gravel team in the Fort Wayne Junior Federation League. It was here that Nap scout supervisor for the Indians, saw the local pitcher. The scout, tipped off by Bernie Coch, of New Haven, came to Fort Wayne to wptch Harley. Getting to finish up the game, Wolfe struck out seven of the eight batters he

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faced. He also blasted a 400-foot triple. The scout watched one more performance by Wolfe, and was at his home in Decatur the next day with a bonus and a contract. Long Time Dream The son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wolfe, Harley has been planning on playing baseball all his life. For many years, he was a New York Yankee fan, but Harley states with a grin that he recently changed the team he was rooting for: , All of his baseball career has been spent on the mound and around the shortstop slot. The shortstopping came when Harley wasn t pitching, and the coach

wanted to take advantage of his very potent bat. Scout Ross has already told Hbrley that if he doesn’t make the big time as a pitcher, he has a good chance to play somewhere else because of his big bat. This spring, with the Decatur high school team, besides being the pitching mainstay, Wolfe led the team in batting, made the alf-conference team and was elected team cap- . tain. A__ .316 . batting average strengthens the fact that he has always been a good hitter. Standing six foot three inches, Harley has the size to make the grade in the major leagues. Also, a rarity for a pitcher, he has never been troubled with a sore arm. Besides the four years of high school baseball, Wolfe played two seasons of football. He is presently employed by Decatur Industries. While he could not disclose the amount of the bonus, Wolfe's contract, beginning next May, will pay him $350 per month, plus expenses. He will fly to Daytona Beach, Fla., next spring for" the spring training cainp. From there he will either stick with the top team or be sent to one of the Indians minor league teams for more experience. Pitching Coach To help groom him for the potent major league bats, the Indians will send a pitching coach to Decatur this summer,to help Wolfe develop some different pitches. Right now, he has three different tosses

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—fast, faster, and don’t get in the ' way or it may kill you. While the fast ball will probably always be his best pitch, the Indians want ■ him to develop the curves, sliders and screwballs that upset the batters rhythm and make a good pitcher great. When asked what he would do with the bonus, Harley displayed his practical side. He has a car to pay off, and the rest goes in the bank. His. life’s desire has been to make the big time. When asked what his goal is now, he says, "first of all, to be good enough to stick. Then can come a no-hitter, a 20-win season and a world series —in any order.” It is stiH a long way away. But Harley has his foot in the door, and a lot of friends arpund Decatur will be rooting for him. Rooting for a modest young man with a strong right arm to pitch his way to the top. Fairway Par Fives Defeated At Wabash The Fairway Par Fives of Decatur lost their first game in the Wabash net tourney to strong Couty’s of Fort Wayne Saturday, 60-43. Although Gouty’s started 7-1 Mike McCoy, 6-9 Bob Blackledge, and 6-5 Tom Bolyard, Decatur held its own on the backboards. Norb | Witte took care of McCoy under the basket, and he rebounded well with assistance from John ’ Frey and Larry Foreman. The second quarter was the Decatur team’s downfall. Tom “The Bomb" Bolyard and Jimmy Rayl, the thin man from Kokomo, started firing and Gouty’s stretched a first quarter lead of 14-11 to 34-17. i Decatur played the Fort Wayne l team even the rest of the way but they couldn’t cut down on the 17 point lead. Gouty’s FG FT TP h Bolyard 7 2 16 i Barrett i 2 4 Blackledge 0 2 2 McCoy 7 0 14 Scott 3 0 6 Rayl 8 o 16 Stavreti 10 2 I 1 I Totals 27 6 60 Fairway FG FT TP HFrey ... 2 0 4 A. ConracP 0 0 0 Foreman 3 o 6 Witte 4 4 12 Walls 2 1 5 W. Conrad ..'0 0 0 Jim Price ■.2 2 6 Baxter 0 0 0 Jerry Price 13 5 Butler ....;0 0 0 Shraluka .... 2 15 Totals —. 16 11 43 Results Are Listed In Morning League The White Sox defeated the Senators, 11-3, and the Yankees whipped the Tigers, 20-6, in Morning league games today at Worthman field. Wednesday’s schedule: 8:30, Indians vs Red Sox; 10, White? Sox vs Yankees. Today’s line scores: RHE Senators 300 0— 3 5 5 White Sox 434 x—ll 7 2 Baxter and Azbell; Fisher and Birch. Tigers 112 2— 6 8 4 Yankees 980 3—20 12 1 D. Williams, H. Hutker, Magsamen and Raudenbush, S. Magsamen; Hilyard and Noack. ..

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McMillen Leading In Softball League McMillen has a one-half game lead in the City Softball league over Klenk’s, according to standings released today: ’ ’ W L Pct. McMillen 6 1 .857 Klenks 5 1 .833 Tonys 4 1 .800 Preble 1 6 .143 Merchants 1 6 .143 This week's schedule finds Klenk’s playing Preble at 8:15 tonight, with a doubleheader Friday pitting Tonys’ against Klenk’s and McMillen against the Merchants. The first game Friday starts at 7 o’clock. In league play last week, Tony’s Tap won two games and the Merchants won their first game of the season. Tuesday, Tony’s defeated the Merchants, 13-5. Lehrman and Busse were the battery for Tony’s and Worden and Werst hurled for the Merchants, with John McAhren catching. » Wednesday, McMillen defeated Preble Spouting by 8-3. Stevens did the pitching for McMillen, with Grafton catching and Mentor, Bultemier and Wefel were the lottery (or Preble. Tony’s won their second game of .the week defeating the Merchants, 12-1 Thursday. Lehrman and Fleming pitched for Tony’s and Busse did the catching. Andrews and McAhren did the honors for the Merchants. ’ In the Friday doubleheader, the Merchants defeated Preble 10-7. to win their first game of the season, and Klenk s edged McMillen, 7-6 in 10 innings. Worden pitched and McAhren caught for the Merchants and Bultemier and Mentor hurled for Preble with Wefel catching. In the nightcap, Hoopengardner and Rowden were the Klenk battery; Stevens and Canales hurled for McMillen with Bluhm doing the backstopping. “Major ' AMERICAN LEAGUE t W. L. Pct. G.B. New York .... 43 26 .623 — Cleveland 42 28 .600 1% Baltimore u.... 44 33 .571 3 Chicago 39 34 .534 6 Detroit -1..... 34 37 .479 10 Washington 31 38 .449 12 Kansas City 27 45 .375 17% Boston 26 45 .366 18 " NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. G.B. Pittsburgh .... 44 28 .611 — Milwaukee 40 31 .563 3% San Francisco 39, 33 .542 5 St. Louis '..... 37 37 .500 8 Los Angeles .. 36 37 .493 8% Cincinnati 35 37 .486 9 Philadelphia .e 30 44 .405 15 Chicago 28 .42 .400 15 SATURDAY’S RESULTS National League Los Angeles 6, Pittsburgh 1. Philadelphia 3, San Francisco 2 <ll innings). Cincinnati 13, Chicago 8. St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 1. American League Kansas City 10, Boston 6. Cleveland 12, Washington 2. New York 7, 6. Chicago 8, Baltimore 7. SUNDAY’S RESULTS National League Los Angeles 6, Pittsburgh 2. Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 3 (14 innlngs). — — -—j — Chicago 7, Cincinnati 5.. San Francisco 11, Philadelphia 5. American League New York 7-6, Detroit 6-2. Cleveland 5-11, Washington 2-5. Chicago 2, Baltimore 1 <ll innings) Boston 13, Kansas City 2. MONDAY’S RESULTS National League Cincinnati 5-2, Philadelphia 0-5. Milwaukee 7-2, Pittsburgh 6-7 (Ist game 10 innings). St. Louis 6-4, Los Angeles 2-5. San Francisco 4-1, Chicago 0-1 (2nd game tie, called alter 14 innings, darkness). American League Boston 10-6, Baltimore 7-8. Detroit 3-3, Chicago 0-3. Cleveland 4-7, Kansas City (M. Washington 9, New York 8.

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All Star Pony Candidates Are Listed Today ; Managers of the six Adams ( county Pony League teams have t announced their candidates for the I league’s all-star team, which will ;I again be entered in the state play- . offs. The first practice, session for , these all-star candidates will be held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Worthman field, and * all candidates are requested to ’be present. From this group, a team of 15 players will be selected, plus three alternates. Candidates, as selected by their managers, are as follows: Monmouth — Don Brown, Gene Bnuck, Kenny Scherer and Terry 1 Battenberg. Berne — P. Habegger, Fred Clauser, R. Lautzenheiser and Daniel. Decatur Cardinals — Grdg Ladd, ; Danny Lose, Jim McGill and Dave Anspaugh. Monroe—Tony Ehrsam and Jim Hill. Geneva—M. Newcomer and J. . Walker. ’ Decatur Braves — Ed Kohne, . Max Elliott, Ron Rowland, Denny Cookson, Dick Omlor and Len Cor- , ral. • Baseball Schedule l LITTLE LEAGUE I Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.—Senators vs* White Sox, Tigers vs Yankees. Thursday, 6:30 p.m.—Red Sox . 1 vs Indians, Yankees vs White Sox, [ Farm Teams , Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.—Senators vs White Sox, Tigers vs Yankees. Wednesday, 8:30 a m.—lndians vs Red Sox, White Sox vs Yankees. Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—Red Sox vs Indians, Yankees vs White Sox PONY LEAGUE Tuesday—Braves at Monmouth, Berne at Monroe. Thursday—Braves at Berne. Friday — Cardinals at Monroe, Geneva at Monmouth. New National Record On $2 Bet Playoff SALEM, N.H. <UPD — The New Hampshire Jockey Club today claimed a new national record for a payoff on a $2 bet. The club reported that a bettor Monday collected $33,149.40 under the pic - six” type of wagering. The winner picked six winners out of six races at Rockingham Park. Lennar Leaders By United Press International American League Player & Club G. AB R. H. Pct. Runnels, Bos. 69 274 48 92 336 i Gentile, Balt. 70 174 33 57 328 Minoso, Chi. 73 276 43 90 326 Lopez, N. Y. 55 177 31 57 . 322 Mans. N. Y. 66 249 51 80 .321 Kuenn, Clev. 66 253 42 81 320 Skwrn, N. Y. 63 243 24 77 317 Smith, Chi. 72 277 40 87 . 314 Power, Clev. 64 251 31 76 .303 Piersal, Clev. 61 214 37 63 .294 > National League Mays, S. F. 73 280 66 104 371 Larker, L. A. 58 173 25 59 341 Groat, Pitts. 73 318 49 105 .330 Ashburn, Chi. 71 268 54 87 . 325 Clmnte, Pitts- 70 287 46 93 . 324 White, St. L. 73 290 42 92 . 317 Wills. L. A. 70 192 28 60 .313 Skiner, Pitts. 72 275 55 85 .309 Walters, Phi. 65 233 29 72 309 Krklnd, S. F. 73 269 33 82 . 305 Adcock, Mil. 59 220 24 67 .305 Runs Batted In American Yankees 64; Gentile, Orioles 55; ■ Skowron, Yankees 51; Minoso, White Sox 50, 1 _ National League — Banks, Cubs 69; Mays, Giants 64; Aaron, Braves 62, Cepeda. Giants 56; Clemente, Pirates 53. Home Runs American League— Maris, Yankees 25; Lemon, Senators 20; Mantle. Yankees 20; Held, Indians 14; Williams, Red Sox 14; Colavito, Tigers 14. National League — Banks, Cubs 23; Aaron, Braves 22; Boyer, t Cards 19; Mays, Giants 18; Mathews, ‘ Braves 16; Cepeda, Giants 16. . Pitching American League— Coates, Yan1 kees 9-0. Brown, Orioles 7-2; Per- , ry, Indians 9-3; Grant. Indians 6-2; Daley. Athletics, 11-4. National League — Roebuck, 6-1; Law. Pirates 11-3: Williams, ; Diggers 7-2; F.am-11, Phils 6-2; Buhl, Braves 8-3; Purkey, Reds 8-3.

Winners Are Listed For Archery Shoot Winners in (he American round shoot held by the Limber lost archery and conservation club Sunday at Worthman field were awarded medals in the first, second and third places in each class. In the men’s instinctive division, class A, winners were Jack Householder, Fort Wayne; Larry Stevens, Decatur, and Al Huston, Decatur. Winners in class B were Dick Rambo, Decatur; Ed Kime, Fort Wayne, and Harold Nash, Decatur. Winners in clas§ C were Eon Laßrun, Rockford, O.; Bob Beatrice of Redkey, and i Bob Wendel of New Corydon.

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In the women’s instinctive division, Mrs. Ed Kime, Fort Wayne, was the class A winner and Mrs, Bob Beatrice. Redkey, the class B winner. In the junior boys’ instinctive division, Eryein Lengerich, Decatur, was the class A winner, and Phillip Lengerich, Decatur, the class B winner. Frank Sardelta, Bluffton, was the winner in the men’s free style (low sight) division. The club’s next shoot will be held Sunday. July 24, at the outdoor range west of Decatur. Further details will be announced later. Straighter Pictures Pictures won’t slip and hang crookedly if you wrap a little ad- : hesive tape around the center of 1 the picture wire. - , 1- .- ,