Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1964 — Page 6

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Red Sox Hand Senators First Def eat Os Season

The Red Sox and pitcher Alan Busse handed the Senators their first defeat of the season in local Little League play Tuesday evening, as they scored a 3-2 vicIn the evening’s first game, the White Sox pounded out . eight hits and whipped the Yankees by a 10-1 tally. The loss for the Senators was their first after four wins, and left the league without an unbeaten club. The White Sox victory, coupled with the Senator loss, moved the Sox to within one-half game of the league lead. The Senators are now 4-1 for the year, and the White Sox 4-2. The Red Sox movedJo within one game of the league leaders, with their 3-2 mark. « All in One The Red Sox scored all three of their runs in the third inning and then weathered a last-ditch Senator rally for their nightcap victory. The inning started when Busse walked, but was forced at second by Greg Cook. Art Mankey then doubled Cook home and he scored n an error as Kenny Friedt reached base. Friedt later scored, on another error with what proved to be the winning run. Busse shut out the Senators on just one hit, a two-out first inning single by Duane* Moser, until the sixth inning. Moser got his second single with one out in the sixth and Rick Eloph reached base on a fielder’s choice, and both later scored, Busse shut the door, however, after the two runs to preserve the victory. Busse fanned nine and walked just one batter in recording his third win of the season. White Sox Win The White Sox scored in all but one inning in defeating the Yankees in the evening’s opener. The Sox scored once in the inning and added a pair of tallies in the third frame on a walk to Kurt Gerig, and singles by Ron Archer and Fred Schultz. Hie Sox added another tally in the fourth and two more in the fifth when Gerig tripled, Archer was safe on an error and Brett Lutes’ double. Hie defending league champs closed out their scoring with a four-run salvo in the sixth frame.

Major League Leaders By United Frets International

By United Press International National League G. AB ft. H. Pct. Williams, Chi 62 243 45 89 .366 Mays, SF 65 242 57 84 .347 Clmnte, Pitt 61248 41 83 .335 Torre, Mil 62 232 37 75 .323 Hunt, NY 63 231 30 74 320 Stargell, Pitt 44 172 26 54 .314 Boyer, Stl. 66 251 34 76 .303 Calison, Phila 63 252 38 76 .302 Alien, Phila 63 248 45 75 .302 Cepeda, SF 51187 27 56 .299 American League G. AB ft. H. Pct Oliva, Minn 64 273 48 93 .341 Fregosi, LA 54 174 32 57 .328 Rbnsn, Batt. 65 242 36 79 .326 Mantle, NY 54 164 31 53 .323 Hinton. Wash 68 267 38 86 .322 Allison, Minn 61228 49 72 316 Brssoud, Bos. 67 258 40 81 314 Causey, KC 65 254 34 79 .311 Howard. NY 58 215 26 66 .307 Aparicio, Balt 54 220 34 67 .305 Home Kuns American League’ Killebrew, Twins, 23; Allison, Twins, 17; Colavito, A’s, Wagner, Indians, and Powell, Orioles, all 15. National League* Mays, Gi--22; Williams, Cubs, 17; Howard, Dodgers, 16, Robinson, Reds, and Allen, Phils, 13 each. Runs Batted In American League: Stuart, Red Sox, 55; Killebrew, Twins, 51; Wagner, Indians. 50; Colavito, A’s, 42; Cash, Tigers, Allison, Twins, and Robinson, Orioles, all 41. ' National League: Mays, Giants, 53; Boyer, Cards, 49; Santo, Cubs, 43; Torre, Braves, 42; Pinson, Reds, and Stargell, Pirates. 41 each. Pitching National League: Farrell, Colts, 10-1; Mahaffey, Phils, and Bunning, Phils, 7-2 each; Marichal, ’Giants, 9-3; Buhl, Cubs, 8-3. American League: Hamilton, Yanks, 5-0; Ford, Yanks, 10-1; Arrigo, Twins, D. Lee, Angels, and Milder, Orioles, yll 4-1. r

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Jon McKenzie tripled with one out in the third and scored moments later for the lone Yankee run. Ron Kuhnle and Lutes shared mound duties for the winners, with Lutes working the last 3 2/3 innings and picking up the victory. WHITE SOX AB R H E Gerig, 2b - 3 2 11 Archer, 3b 4 4 2 0 Lutes, lb, p i 4 0 2 0 Schultz, C 3 0 10 Kuhnle, p. If 3 0 10 Gehrig, rs ... 12 0 0 Campbell, cf ......— 10 0 0 Hammond, cf- 2 10 0 Fisher, If, lb 3 110 Beelers, ss 10 0 0 Bracey, ss — 2 0 0 1 Totals 27 10 8 2 YANKEES AB R H E Hodle, ss .... 10 0 1 Bedwell, ss 10 0 1 McConnell, 2b — 2 0 0 2 McKenzie, If, lb .... 3 110 Fletcher, lb, p 2 0 10 Hess, p, c ~.. 10 10 Closson, rs ...— 2 0 0 0 Brown, rs 0 0 0 0 Patch, c 10 0 0 Gray, lb 10 0 0 Brazil], rs 10 0 0 Snyder, cf, 3 0 0 0 Baker, 3t> 2 0 0 0 , Totals V... J—— 18 13 4 Score by Innings White Sox 102 123—10 Yankees 001 000— 1 SENATORS AB R H E Cook, ss .-. 3 10 0 Mankey, c — 3 110 Barkley, 2b 3 0 0 1 Friedt, cf 3 10 0 Stonestreet, If .. 3 0 10 Snyder, lb 10 0 0 Massonnee, lb 10 0 0 Beery, 3b 3 0 10 Morgan, rs — 10 0 1 Hullinger, rs ... 2 0 0 0 Busse, p 10 0 1 Totals 22 3 3 3 RED SOX AB R H E Koons, ss 2 0 0 2 Pettibone, 3b 3 0 0 0 Moser, lb 3 12 0 Eloph, c 3 10 0 L. Razo, 2b 3 0 0 2 Landrum, p 3 0 0 0 A. Razo, If 2 0 0 0 Knittie, cf .. 10 0 1 Kester, rs ‘ 10 0 0 Harmon, rs 10 0 0 Totals 22 2 2 5 Score by Innings Red Sox 003 000—3 Senators 000 002—2

Major Leagues

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct GB Philadelphia .... 39 24 .619 — San Francisco -. 39 27 .591 1% Pittsburgh 34 29 .540 5 Cincinnati 35 30 .538 5 Chicago 31 31 .500 7% St. Louis 33 33 .500 7% Los Angeles ... 32 34 .485 Wz Houston 32 35 .478 9 Milwaukee 31 35 .470 9% New York 20 48 .294 21% - Tueaday’a Results Chicago 2-0, Philadelphia 0-9. San Francisco 6-4, Cincinnati 0-5 (2nd game 11 innings) Milwaukee 5, Los Angeles 2. Pittsburgh 5, New York 1. St. Louis 5, Houston 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE * W L Pct. GB Baltimore .i.... 40 25 .615 -rNew York 38 24 .613 % Chicago 35 26 .574 3 Minnesota 34 31 .523 6 Cleveland - 30 31 .492 8 Boston 32 35 .478 9 Detroit 29 34 .460 10 Los Angeles 31 37 .456 10% Washington 29 41 .414 13% Kansas City 26 40 .394 14% Tuesday’s Results Chicago 2, Boston 0. Baltimore 9, New York 8. Minnesota 6, Cleveland 2. Kansas City 2-3. Detroit 1-9. Los Angeles 2. Washington 0. Decatur Student Elected To Office Miss Cheryl Bollenbacher, of Decatur, was recently elected treasurer of Kaduceans, the student nurses organization at Indiana Central College. Cheryl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chalmer Bollenbacher, 910 Walnut street, was graduated , from Decatur high school in 1963.

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Culp Tosses One-Hitter To Defeat Cubs By JOE GERGEN UPI Sports Writer The lively ball is a dead issue in Philadelphia. It was murdered by the Phillies’ parsimonious pitching staff which considers a base bit a personal affront and a run inexcusable. Jim Burning, the- stingy dean of the Phils’ flingers, provided the club’s talented youngsters with a memorable lesson on Sunday when he pitched a perfect game against the New York Mets, and eager pupil Ray Culp wasted no time in putting the theory into practice.

Culp, a 22-year-old rightnanaer pitching in only his second major league season, tossed a brilliant one-hitter at the Chicago Cubs Tuesday night, 9-0, and salvaged a split of the twinight doubleheader * after the Cubs had taken the opener, 2-0. Phiiakelphia, which maintained its 1% game National League lead over the San Francisco Giants, now has allowed only four runs and 10 hits in its last four games. Gabrielsen b Spoiler Reserve Len Gabrielson, who entered the game in the third inning as a pinchhitter and stayed to play first base in place of Ernie Banks, a line single to right in the sixth inning to mar an otherwise hitless performance by Culp, who appeared in the AllStar game last year in his rookie season. The 200-pound Texan permitted only one other baserunner in the game — Andre Rodgers, who he walked in the first inning. No Cub reached second base and Culp struck out seven whiffing the side in the fifth frame. Culp is now 4-5 and has won his last three decisions. The Phils, meanwhile, assaulted five Chicago pitchers for 17 hits, including Wes Covington’s seventh home run and three doubles by rookie Richie Allen before a' crowd of 35,483 in Connie Mack Stadium. Chris Short and Jack Baldshcun permitted only six hits in the first game, one more than southpaw Dick Ellsworth allowed the Phils. Banks scored one run and drove in another to provide Ellsworth with his ninth victory in 15 decisions. Giants Lose Second The Giants lost a chance to gain gronud on the leaders when they lost the nightcap, 54, on Marty Keough’s llth-in-ning home run after they had beaten the Reds in the opener, „ The Pirates scuttled the Mets, 5-1: the CartE clipped the Colts, 5-4; and the Braves subdued, toe Dodgers, 5-2, in other National League games. In American League action, Baltimore moved back into first place by overpowering the Yankees, 9-B; the White Sox blanked the Red Sox, 2-0; the Angels captured their seventh win in a row by nudging the Senators, 2-0; Minnesota massaged the Indians, 6-2; and the Tigers drubbed Kasas City', . 9-3, after losing, 2-1. Keough, subbing for the ailing Frank Robinson, crashed Gaylord Perry’s second pitch of the 11th inning for his third circuit of the year. It came after the Giants had battled back from a three-run deficit to tie the count on Jim Ray Hart's two homers and double. Sammy Ellis, who toiled one inning, gained his fourth victory. Marichal Pitches Shutout Juan Marichal pitched his third shutout of the season in the first game, scattering seven hits for his ninth victory in 12 decisions. San Francisco cuffed loser Jim Maloney for all their runs in the third inning on three singles, two doubles and an intentional walk to Hart. Light-hitting Dipk Schofield of the Pirates turned tiger with a three-run homer, two singles and four runs batted in to ease Vein Law to his sixth win. Law gave up one unearned run through the first 7 2-3 innings before he tired and* Al Mcßean mopped up. The Cardinals’ winning margih was the gift of Houston first baseman Rusty Staub, who dropped two throws in the seventh inning and permitted St. Louis to . break the deadlokc. Ken Boyer cracked his 12th (tamer with a man aboard and Ron Taylor gained his first triurpph in relief. The Braves snapped a sevengame losing streak when they poured acrqss three runs after two men were out in the seventh stanza. ' Doubles by Hank Aaron and Felipe Alou sandwiched around singles by Lee Moye and Joe Torre accounted for the three Milwaukee runs. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get 810 results.

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Decatur Bowlers. Win $7,500 Prize The Decatur General Electric bowling team won second-place of 87,500 in the largest team handicap • bowling tournament in the world. A total of 29,200 bowlers from 5,840 teams participated in the $116,803 tournament, the Journal Herald National Industrial bowling tournament of Dayton, The, first prize, of $15,000 was also won by an Indiana team, the IBM TJiinkens from Greencastle. The. IBM team scored 3J57, compared with thd Decatur team's 3,154. ' ‘ ' Lucky winners of the money are Eddie Hammond, Robert McAfee, Charles Cook, Robert Lord, and Guy Koos. The men do not regularly bowl together, but all work at the local GE, and were one of two local GE teams entered in the industrial tournament. They bowled April 19. The Thinkers bad bowled their 3,157 the fourth week of the tournament, which ended last Sunday, and the local team bowled against that record. For a number of weeks a Springfield team was carried in second place, but was ■ disqualified, apparently, before the end of- the tournament. Third would have meant just $4,000 for the team. This wqs thf first year me men had bowled together. Youthful Bicyclist Is Killed By Auto BY United Press International A young bicycle rider Tuesday became Indiana’s second traffic victim since the weekend, raising the state’s death toll to at least 540 compared with 539 on this date last year. James Pine Jr., 14, R. R. 1, Camby, wais killed Tuesday when a car struck his bicycle as he rode along Indiana 67 two miles north of, Mooresville. State police identified the driver of the car as Ruthie Robinson, 28, Detroit, Mich. Driver's Licenses * Ordered Suspended James Scott Anderson, of route 5, Decatur, has received a two month suspension of his driving privilege, according to the latest driver suspension list issued by the bureau of motor vehicles. Anderson’s suspension, due* to a conviction of x reckless driving runs from May 25 to July 25 of this year. The list also included the suspension of Phillip A. Luginbill’s driver’s, licens.e. Luginbill’s suspension is for a one-year period, from June 18 of this year to June 18, 1965, due to matters appearing on record. , • • >• . i ... Girl Is Killed By Truck ATTICA, Ind. . (UPl)—Billy Jo Shonkwiler, 2-year-dld daughter of the William Shonwilers, was injured'fatally by a truck Tuesday night Attica police withheld details pending' further , bivestigation. They "indicated jt , had not been determined 'whether- the accident ‘ happened on a public street, makihg. it a" traffic fatality,’ or on private property. The child died in an ambulance enroute to a Lafayette hospital. She first was taken to Community Hospital at Williamsport.

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Week's Schedule little league Thnnday Senators vs. Tigers, 6 p.m.; Red Sox vs. .Indians, at Worthman Field. PONT LEAGUE Friday Cubs at Geneva, 6 p.m. Monmouth at Berne, 8 p.m. Cassius Clay Back From African Tour NEW YORK (UPD—Cassius Clay, who cut short his African “good will’’ tour because he was “too tired,” relaxed in New' York today and prepared for a .meeting with Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammed Sunday, . • “People have been mobbing me,” Clay said on his return to the * United States Tuesday night. ‘"lTiey’ve been killing me. I’m tired.” Clay said he was treated more like a politician than an athlete during his five-week tour of Ghana, Nigeria and the Uni.ed Arab Republic. -“I hope I created the proper impression,” Clay said. “I just wanted to show them that I’m a clean living person and a Muslim. I wanted to let them know they have thousands of brothers in America.” Clay said he plans to meet Muhammed Sunday afternoon at the 369th Armory in Harlem. “I’m nervous every time I go around him,” Clay said. “He’s so big and so wise. It’s like being next to God.” Committee Defers Action On Medicare WASHINGTON (UPD — The House Ways and Means Committee today junked efforts to pass President Johnson’s medicare bill. Rep. Cecilß. King, D-Calif., one of the bill’s supporters, said the committee adopted a motion deferring action on the legislation and it aside for further study. King said he introduced the motion because the bill did not have enough votes to gain approval in committee. “I don’F want ever to have an adverse vote,” he told reporters. The legislation proposed a health insurance plan for the aged financed with Social Security taxes. In addition to deferring action on medicare, the committee voted to study further any changes in federal-state plans providing health insurance for. the aged under the so-called Kerr-Mills law. Two Remes Ask To Consolidate INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Two rural electric cooperatives which serve the same general area ask serve the same general area asked the Indiana Public Service Commission Tuesday for authority to consolidate. Hie Allen-Wells Rural Electric Membership Corporation and the Huntington REMC said the plan to merge as the United REMC already has been approved by their own members, the Rural Electrification Administration and the Indiana Statewide Rural Electric Cooperative. “The consolidation will enable the corporation to effect substantial econimices and will result in better and more efficient service,” the petition said.

Orioles Rally To Beat Yanks And Take Lead By JOE GEBGEN UM Sfrtote Writer The mri-malicted American League can breathe a little easier today because Hank Bauer’s battling Orioles have proven to be no day pigeons. The Baltimore youngsters, expected to fold before the bendlong rush of the New York Yankees, saved the league from total embarrassment Tuesday night when they scored seven runs after two men were out in the eighth mnmg to edge the Bombers. M. and hop back into first place. Coming on the heels of the complete collapse of the Chicago White Sok in then- head-to-head series wtth the Yankees, the Orioles* victory reclaimed some vestige of hope far an exciting pennant race — at least temporarily. I The Yankees had won 13 of their last 15 when they arrived in Baltimore and appeared poised to make a dramhirs of the AL race once again. The Orioles did nothing to allay these fears in the first seven innings as New York treated rookie sensation Wally Bunker with contempt and jumped to a '7-2 lead. Gives Game Back Pete Mikkelsen. the Yanks' outstanding relief pitcher, took over from a tired Roland Sheldon in the eighth and proceded to give the game back to the Birds- Pinchhitter Charlie Lau and Jack Brandt opened the inning with singles before Mikkelsen retired the next two batters. After a walk to Norm Siebern, Baltimore followed with a single, double, single to chase Mikkelsen. Jery Adair greeted Ralph Terry with yet another single and Lau. who started the whole thing, ended it up with a double into She left field corner Stu Miller preserved the win for Chuck Estrada an the ninth although he gave op a soto . homer to Roger Maris. Mickey Mantle also hit a round-tripper for the defending league champions and big Boog Powell busted two for the Orioles. The White Sox recovered from shock in time to blank the Red Sox. 2-8: The Angels scored their seventh consecutive triumph over the Senators, 2-0; the Twins trammed Cleveland 6-2; and the Tigers toppled the Athletics. 3-3. after losing the opener. 2-1. in other American League games. „ NL Actanx ' Over in the National League, the Phils split a daubfoheoder with the Cubs, waantog the nightcap, 9-0. after tang the first game. 2-0; the. Giants divided with the Reds, winning 4-0, before dropping the second game in 11 innings. 54; the Pirates thrashed the Meis. 5-1; the Cardinals edged the Colts, 54; and Milwaukee outscored the Dodgers, 5-2. Rookie Fred Thibet scattered eight hi’s for Chicago and Pete Ward hit his eighth homer as the White Sox braked a fourgame losing streak. Jack Lamabe took the loss, his sixth, for Boe'ora. which now has lost six of its seven games with the White Sox. Dean Chance, making has first start since he received a raise from the Los Angeles management, twirled a fourhitter and struck out seven for his third shutout and fifth victory. Willie Smith, a converted pitcher, broke up the game in the eighth inning with a tworun homer off Washington's Bennie Daniels. The Angels’ victory gave them ttpe longest winning streak off any major league club this season. Takes Lead Harmon Ktllebrew took over the major league home run lead with his 23cd and Jimmie Hall hit his 14th in the Twins' triumph. Jim Kaat gained his seventh victory after patching, out of. a ninth-inning jam. He allowed five hits and struck out nine. Dick McAuMTe’s grand slam home run and Al KalmeV three runs-batted-im made things easy for Mickey LoHieh to the nightcap as the southpaw wan his seventh game against five defeats. Rocky Coiavito’s two-run single in the fifth inning of the opener was all the As needed, with ‘-John O’Domoghue getting the win although he needed relief help from Wes' Stock and John Wyatt.

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Results Are Given In Wildcat League The Giants downed the Phillies by a 3-0 score in Southeast Kat league play Tuesday behind the shut out hurling of Kitchen. The Giants gave Kitchen all the runs be needed in the first : nning when they scored a pair of runs. The Koufaxs scored seven times t »in the last two innings to post a 7-2 win over the Erskines in a Kitty league game at Southeast yesterday, and the Panthers edged the Bobcats 10-8 in a Pee Wee league contest. Line scores: RHE . I RHE RHE Giants 20 0 1 o—3 3 0 Phillies 000 0 o—o 3 3 C. Walters and J. Wdkiy; B. Kitchen and K. Moore. R H Koufaxs 0 0 4 3—7 4 Erskines - 0 0 2 o—2 1 Eash and Faurote; Christian, Geimer, Christ and Spaulding. RHE Panthers 0 5 0 s—lo 13 3 Bobcat's 062 o—B 9 3 <Pee Wee league players hit off batting tee.) Score Victories In Adams Central L L. Master Mix romped to a 14-0 victory over Stuckys and the Lifers edged Funks by a 16-14 count, in the Adams Central Little League Tuesday. Steve Zurcher was the star for Master Mix, as he walloped a basesloaded home run and a double, in addition to tossing a one-hit shutout. J. Wittwer had a pair of doubles and R. Mailloux also doubled for the winners. Striker, ■ Cook and Arnold each whacked a triple for the winning Lifers, while S. Tullis had a pair of three-base hits and D. Filler a double for Funks. No score by innings was given for this game. Cook and Striker formed the battery for the Lifers, with Gilbert, S. Tullis and Strait hurling for Funks and D. Fisher did the catching. R H Stuckys — 0 1 Master Mix 365 x—l 45. Adams Central Jets Win Over Pennville The Adams Central Flying Jets whipped Pennville by a 7-2 score in a high school baseball game played at Pennville Tuesday. A four-for-four performance by catcher Hill led the Jets to their victory. Rash and Case chipped in with doubles for the winners. Steve Smith went the distance for the winners to pick up the victory. jRH E J Adams Central 321 001 I—7 8 2 ; Pennville 000 001 I—2 4 4 J Eclipse Os Moon = To Be Seen Tonight i NEW YORK (UPD — The 7 moon will be eclipsed tonight in - whatsis expected to be a rareexample of “vanishing eclipse” - caused by ashes from the Mount - Agung explosion in Bali last J year.» ~ Scientists anticipated the enly show, visible throughout the~ world, with excitement because the valcanic ash probably will - make the eclipse as dark as ever recorded. w The ash will reduce the faints reddish glow which surrounds the earth’s shadow as it blots - out the moon. Authorities at the American 5 Museum — Hayden Planetarium - said dark eclipses followed the = great volcanic explosion of Ka-7 rakatoa, near Bali, in 1883, and 2 the Katmai, Alaska, explosion - of 1912. Sunset observations in-q dicate that, the tremendous vol--ume of ash spewed by Mount Agung has now spread the .world. . ;.,.q The eclipse will be visible ~ “from about B:3u p.m. EDT” until S shortly after' midnight EDT. = The best view will be had byJ residents of South Africa. «

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Willie Smith Is Converted To Outfielder By ALEX KAHN UPI Sports Writer LOS ANGELES lUPD —That bewildered look that sometimes comes to Willie Smith’s eyes these days is the result of the sudden change in his baseball career from pitcher to outfielder. The switch made by Los Angeles Angels Manager Bill Rigney recent that Smith catches himself heading for the bullpen just before a game and has to halt and tell himself he no longer is a relief pitcher but plays the outfield. Clutch hits by Smith have spelled the difference between victory and defeat for the Angels the past two nights in a row. Monday night, he doubled to break a 2-2 tie with Washington. And Tuesday night he did it again with a two-run homer in the eighth. There have been a few pitchers who have made good as fielders. 'Die most notable example, of course, was Babe Ruth Who switched from being an outstanding pitcher to the home run king of baseball. “I'd always been a pretty good hitter,” Smith admits. “But that was mainly in the minors., I batted around .380 at Syracuse but mostly I was considered a pitcher, although I did pinchhit every once and a while and didn’t do badly.” The Angels obtained Smith primarily as a relief pitcher, trading Julio Navarro to the Detroit Tigers for him. Los Ang eles needed a lefthanded reliever and they were aware he was better than an average hitter for a pitcher. And when the Angeles were on the road, Rigney needed lefthanded pinchhitting so he turned to Smith. The 25-year-old responded Mth gusto. In his ‘first 11 -appearences as a pinchhitter he gleaned six hits. So the unorthodox Rigney took a chance and started Smi’h in the outfield at Detroit. Smith came through with his first major league home run. As a result, Smith a few days later against Washington started and had the cleanup spot in the batting order. “It's remotely possible that we may be so lacking on relief pitching that Willie will go back to throwing,” Rigney says “but as of right now he’s one -of my outfielders and le/thandJ ed pinchhitters.” “Old Time Revival : Underway At Monroe Z An old time revival is being “held every night at the Monroe “ Gospel Holiness tabernacle. The i> revival - will conclude Sunday = night. The public is invited to - attend.

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