Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 150, Decatur, Adams County, 26 June 1962 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JUNE M, 1862

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Jackets Score Third Win In League Monday Decatur high school extended its unbeaten string to three games with a 6-3 win over Geneva Monday night at Worthriian field. A four-run fourth inning, after each team had scored once in the first frame, gave the Jackets a 4-1 lead and Dave Gay and Denny Cookson, who shared hurling chores checked Geneva the rest of the way, giving up only two more runs. Geneva drew first blood when starting pitcher Roger Lautzenhiser walked to start the game, stole second and third, and scored on an error. Decatur evened matters in their half of the first, however, when Cookson singled and went to second on an error, scoring moments later from third base on a passed ball. Score Four Decatur broke the "'contest wide open in the third when John Custer reached first on an error and Cookson got to first on a dropped third strike. Greg Ladd singled, and brother Bob, who had a perfect night >t the plate followed with a, triple. Bill Conrad scored Ladd from third with a single. The winners added their final tally in the fourth when Custer singled, stole second and scored on an error. Geneva came to within three runs when Lautzenhiser and Newcomer hit back-to-back doubles leading off the sixth and Lautzenhiser scored on an error. Hirschy doubled to start the Geneva seventh, but Cookson toughened and struck out the next three batters. The Jackets return to action Friday at 8 p.m., entertaining Adams Central at Worthman field. Geneva AB R H E Lautzenhiser, p, ss2 2 1 0 Newcomer, ss, c 3 4/1 2 Walker, c, 2b 3 0 0 1 Thornton, cf „ 3 0 0 0 Buckingham, 2b, p 3 0 10 Hirschy, rs .J 3 0 1 0 Brubaker. 3b CA 2 0 0 0 Boilenbacher, If 2 0 0 0

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Practice Wednesday For Non-League Boys Practice will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock for all boys who did not make either a Little League or morning league team. Worthwan field supervisor Jerry Mitchel holds the practices for boys who did not make a team, giving each a chance to practice every Wednesday. Any boy who did not make a team is urged to attend Wednesday’s practice ses s i o,n. which runs from 9 a.m. tp 11 p.m. Club House Chatter City League W L Morningstar Sales 62 34 Habegger-Schafers 57 39 Decatur Industries 55 41 Gerber’s Market 53 43 First State Bank 50 46 Holthouse-on-Highway 45’ 51 Sherwin-Williams . <43 53 Leland Smith 1n5.41 55 Shriners 41 55 Fortney Shoe .... 33 63 Low scores: J. Bauman 36, R. McClenahatf 37, M. Affolder 37, D. Elder 38, T. Custer 39, G. Morningstar 38, J. Irwin 40, Wm. Mcßride 40, B. Trout 41, B. Lichtle 41, B. Helm 41, R. Stevens 41, N. Highland 42, B. Frisinger 42, J. Smith 42, E. Ehrsam 42? T. Hill 43, B. Tutewiler 43, H. Hoffman 44, J. Cowens 44, C. Adams 44, H. Niblick 44. July 2 schedule: Shriners vs Holthouse on Highway, HabeggerSchafers vs Decatur Industries, First State Bank vs Leland Smith Insurance, Sherwin-Williams vs Fortney, Gerber's Market vs Morningstar Auto Sales. Hanni, lb 2 0 0 1 Totals 24 3 4 4 Decatur AB R H E Custer, ss, 3b ... 1 4 2 2 0 G. Ladd, c 2 111 Cookson, 3b, p - 4 2 10 Maddox, If 3 13 0 Conrad, rs — 3 0 10 Gay, p— 3 0 0 0 Egly, 2b - 0 0 0 1 Martin, cflo 0 0 McClure, cf 10 0 0 Rieff, 2b, ss 3 0 0 0 Totals ... 28 6 9 2 Score by Innings Geneva * 1 0 0 0 0 2 o—3 Decatur 104 100 x—6

Baseball Schedule LITTLE LEAGUE Tuesday: White Sox vs Indians, Ip. m.; Tigers vs Senators. Thursday: Indians vs Tigers, Ip. m.; Red Sox vs White Sox. PONY LEAGUE Thursday: Cardinals at Adams Central 8 p. m.; Monmouth at Berne, 8 p. m. Friday: Cubs at Geneva, 6 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday: Pleasant Mills at Adams Central, 8 p. m.; Berne at Monmouth, 6 p. m. Friday; Adams Central at Decatur, 8 p. m.; Pleasant Mills at Berne, 6 p. m.; Geneva at Monmouth, 6 p. m.

Cardinals Are Handed First Pony Defeat Denny Baker tossed a five-hit shutout as the Decatur Braves handed the Decatur Cardinals their first loss of the season Friday night, by a 5-0 score. The Braves connected- for only one base hit off the combined hurling of Tom Lose and Terry Myers for the Cards, but the blow was a big 6ne, a three-run home run by Tony Kohne in the first inning that gave Baker plenty of working margin. Hie big righthander struck out 11 Cardinal batters in the game that was called after six innings due to the curfew, and walked eight. Baker gave up at least one walk in every inning, and was in and out of trouble, but each time bore down and preserved his shutout. Kohne Homers Gary Myers and Gary Pettibone walked to open the first inning for the Braves, and after Lose retired the next two hitters, Kohne connected for his circuit clout to leftfield. The Braves added a fourth run in the third frame when Jim Miller walked, stole second, and scored on an error, and tallied their final run in the fourth off Myers when Gary Myers walked, stole second and third, and scored on a passed ball. The Brave righthander worked out of a jam in the second inning when he picked Myers off second base and catcher John August threw out Jeff Zimmerman attempting to steal second. First Hit Lose got the Cards' first hit in the third inning with one out, and Sim Hain walked and Rick Sommers singled to load the bases. Baker got the next two hitters on strike outs to end the inning. The Cards put up a serious threat again in the fifth when Hain walked and Sommers hit his second single, with no one out. Baker fanned the next two batters, before walking Myers to load the bases. Again, the shutout was preserved, when Zimmerman

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Major Leagues NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Los Angeles .... 48 27 .640 — San Francisco .. 47 27 .635 % Pittsburgh 41 31 .569 5% St. Louis 39 31 .557 .6% Cincinnati 38 31 .551 7 Milwaukee 35 37 .486 11% Houston 31 38 .449 14 Philadelphia .... 31 39 .443 14% Chicago 27 46 .370 20 New York ....x. 19 49 .279 25% Monday’s Results St. Louis 6, Chicago 4. San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 1. Philadelphia 4, Houston 3. Pittsburgh 13, New York 3. Milwaukee 6, Los Angeles 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct. GB Cleveland 40 28 .588 — Minnesota 41 32 .562 1% New York 36 29 .554 2% Los Angeles .... 38 31 .551 2% Baltimore 35 35 .500 6 Chicago 36 36 .500 6 Detroit 33 34 .493 6% Boston 32 38 .457 9 Kansas City .... 32 40 .444 10 Washington 24 44 .353 16 Monday’s Results New York 2, Detroit 0. Only game scheduled. White Sox, Senators Win This Morning The White Sox edged the Indians 8-7, and the Senators downed the Tigers, 14-8, in morning league I<ay today. Bedwell and Call formed the Indiana battery, with Kuhnle pitching and Hower Catching for the Sox. Bedwell and Shady were the Tiger battery, with Landrum for the Senators. Thursday, the Indianas will meet the Tigers in the first game, with the White Sox meeting the Red Sox in the second contest. grounded out to end the inning. The Braves now own a 5-1 record, the Cardinals a 4-1 mark. The Cards play at Adams Central Thursday, and the Braves don't play again until next Monday. Braves AB R H E Myers, If 12 0 0 Pettibone, lb 2 10 0 Bolinger, 3b 4 0 0 1 Miller, 2b, ss 2 10 0 Kohne, ss 3 110 Alberding, 2b 0 0 0 0 August, c 3 0 0 0 Conrad, rs 3 0 0 0 Hammond, cf 2 0 0 0 Baker, p - 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 5 11 Cardinals AB R H E Hain, 2b 2 0 0 0 Sommers, c 2 0 2 0 Mankey, ss 3 0 0 0 Green, If 3 0 0 0 Myers, cf, p- 2 0 11 Zimmerman, lb .... 2 0 0 0 Werst, 3b, cf 3 0 0 1 Sprunger, rs —lO 0 0 Anderson, rs 10 0 0 T. Lose, p 2 0 11 TOTALS 21 0 4 5 Score by Innings: 5 Braves 301 100 0-5 Cardinals 000 000 0-0

Today's Sport Parade (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY UPI Sparta Writer NEW YORK (UPI)—It can be reported with a bet-a-million certainty today that nobody, particularly Roger Maris, is going to break whichever of those two home run records you hold clearest to your heart. One, of course, is the 60 which Babe Ruth hit in a 154 - game scramble back in 1927. The other is the 61 walloped by Maris in last year’s elongated 162 - game card. ——- Os this you can bet all the tea in Chinatown or whatever you can raise from the local loan sharks. While major league pitchers still are serving up home run balls at a fantastic pace, it’s turning out to be a tough season for anybody who had his eye on either or both of thq#e marks. And the chief victim js* Maris. After the weekend festivities, Maris was 14 home runs and 24 games behind his 1961 pace. At the same point last season, in' 64 games Maris had swatted 26 home runs. That had him two ahead of Ruth's pace at this stage of the proceedings. After the same number of games this time around. Maris had a grand total of 12 homers—not half as many as last year—and even was eight back of the American League leader, Leon Wagner of the Los Angeles Angels. Mantle Chances Circumstances There are, of course, two mitigating circumstances. One is Mickey Mantle’s right leg. Hie other is his left leg. The muscular miseries which affected both of those items also have ruined the Maris home run output. For with Mantle either out of the lineup, or playing at greatly reduced Efficiency, the pitchers have gone to work on Maris with a vengeance. This is not to count Maris completely out of the home run derby, although he is nine in arrears of Willie Mays’ and Ernie Banks’ leading 21. But it must be remembered that even with his fine getaway last season he still missed matching Ruth’s 60 by one over the Bambino’s distance and peeded all 162 games to get his 61. d Whether you compare the current home run leaders with the pace of Ruth or Mantle, you find them all laboring at a disadvantage. Mays and Banks with 21 blasts each in their first 73 games, are seven back of the Maris pace for that same distance and five behind Ruth's rate of progress. Wagner is in exactly the same boat. Among the other leaders, Roman Mejias of the Colts with 18 in 68 games trails the Maris pace by nine and Ruth by six; Jim Gentile of the Orioles with 17 in 70 games is 10 and eight respectively off the two record paces; and Orlando Cepeda of the Giants in 73 games is nine off both. Losing Pace Hurt Through the years in which first one and then another took a losing shot at the Ruth record, it always was the Babe’s terrific closing pace which killed off one hopeful after another. The Babe hit 17 during his last 26 games in September. What pulled Maris through was that he outdid the Bambino in the earlier months by a solid margin. He ran up a good cushion by smacking 13 in July and 11 in August, against a total of 18 in those two months by Ruth. Maris hit only eight in his last 26 games—against Ruth’s 17 over that same stretch — still falling one short of the Babe in the old distance of 154 games. Some guys are going like gangbusters, just .to prove that the ball is as lively as ever. Richie Ashburn, as example, with five for the season already has more than he ever hit in an entire single season. But it's a cinch by now that nobody is going to make a run at either one of those two records. It looks like a comparatively dull September.

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Major League Leaders MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS By United Press International American League • Player A Club G. AB R. H .Pct. Jimenez, K.C. 66 233 23 f BO .343 Runnels, Bos. 68 254 38 84 .331 Rollins, Min. 73 287 36 94 .328 Robnsn, Chi. 68 267 3884 .315 A.Smith, Chi. 59 215 30 67 .312 Power, Min. 56 235 28 73 .311 Snyder, Bal. 63 172 25 53 .308 Esegian, Clev. 47 156 32 48 .308 Siebern, K.C. 72 270 51 83 .307 Moran, L.A. 68 281 40 84 .299 Cunghm, Chi. 67 234 46 70 .299 National League T. Davis, L.A. 73 301 54 103 .342 Musial, St.L. 56 184 27 63 .342 H.Aaron, MU. 72 275 58 91 .331 F.Alou, S.F. 67 252 42 82 .325 Altman, Chi. 65 240 32 78 .325 Mays, S.F. 74 281 62 91 .325 Wiliams, Chi. 73 286 56 92 .322 Groat, Pitts. 72 302 32 97 .321 Clmnte, Pitts. 66 243 45 78 .321 Flood, St.L. 68 304 45 96 .316 W.Davis, L.A. 70 256 51 81 .316 Home Runs American League—Wagner, Angels 20; Cash. Tigers 19; Gentile, Orioles it;. Killebrew, Twins 15; Colavito, Tigers 14. National League—Banks, Cubs 21; Mays, Giants 21; Mejias, Colts 19; H. Aaron, Braves 17; Cepeda, Giants 17. Runs Batted In American League — Robinson, White Sox 56; Wagner, Angels 54; Siebern, Athletics.so; Romano, Indians 47; Rollins, Twins 46; Kirkland, Indians 46. National League — T. Davis, Dodgers 75; Mays, Giants 65; H. Aaron, Braves 62; Cepeda, Giants 62; Robinson, Reds 56. Pitching American League—Donovan, Indians 11-2; Foytack, Tigers 5-1; Wickersham, Athletics 8-2; Belinsky, Angels 7-2; Pascual, Twins 10-4; Wilson, Red Sox; Zanni, White Sox; Aguirre, Tigers all 5-2. ! National League—Purkey, Reds 13-1; McLish, Phils 5-1; Bruce, Colts 5-1; Pierce, Giants 8-2; Koufax, Dodgers 10-3.

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A Pony League rained out game will be played Friday before the high school game, with the Decatur Cardinals entertaining Adams Central. The game will begin at 6p. m. If you have something to sell Or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.