Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 17 August 1964 — Page 7

Yank Rookie New Stopper; Phillies Lose, Gain l /z Game

By GEORGE C. LANGFORD Un Sgrerfc Writer The New York Yankee farm has harvested its annual rookie ‘‘find*’ in towering Melvin Stottlemyre, a blond, 22 • year -old rigfcthanded pitcher from Mabton, Wash. Two weeks ago, Stottlemyre was Putting toe finishing touches on a 13-3 won-lost record and 1.42 earned run average at Richmond in the International League. He had never been to New York and had seen only one big league game. Today he is the Yankee stopper and a personification of the Yankee tradition. He has won his first two major league

Shraluka’s Slants By Bob Shraluka Eight days ago, we were fortunate enough to be in St. Loqis*on the day the first game of the 1944 all-St. Louis World Series was played. Well old timers’ version anyway. It was quite a treat to see the only World Series involving the two clubs from St. Louis replayed. In fact, it was a treat to just see the old Brownies in their white uniforms with the brown stripe down the front — even though the players were 20 years older than when the original first game of the ‘44 Series was played. - Nearly the entire squad of Brownies that dropped the Series in six games to the Cardinals were on hand, including second sacked Don Gutteridge, now a White Sox coach, Al Zarilla, Mike Kreevich, Gene Moore, Chet Laabs, pitchers Nelson Potter, Jack Kramer, Bob Muncrief, Denny Galehouse, Sig Jakucki, and others. Present also, for this was certainly their “big day” was the Brownie fan club out of Chicago. Yes, the Browns still have an active fan club, although the organization is in Chicago. These men form one of the most active organizations in the States, as they have held meetings once each week since the Browns were shifted from St. Louis to . Baltimore in 1954. ■re-.- <•'>•>. •- or a ,t<. ... . .-r ~’■ Laabs, a stubby outfielder, was the guy who belted two home runs on the season’s final day back in ’44 to help the Browns beat the Yankees and clinch the flag. The Browns swept a four-game series from the Yanka to close the season and edge Detroit for the A.L. pennant by the slim margin of one game. Denny Galehouse, who started the 1964 version a week ago Sunday, also started the first game of the 1944 Series, beatjng Mort Cooper by a 2-1 score. The Browns, however could win just one of the remaining five games from a potent Cardinal nine. The Cards that season, as in so many others, were led by Stan Musial’s .347 batting mark. “The Man” was on hand again Sunday, as were Whitey Kurowski, Emil Verban, Danny Litwhiler, Walker Cooper, Augie Bergamo, Blix Donnelly, Ted Wilks, and several others, and the Cards won the two-inning game by a 5-0 score. Red Schoendienst, who actually didn’t become a Cardinal until 1945, and 60-year-old Pepper Martin were also in the Card lineup for the old timers’ affair. The funniest event of the day came when Brownie leftfielder Gene Moore, now 55 years of age, tried to score from third base on a fly to the outfield. Moore had poked a solid double to leftcenterfield and went to third on a wild pitch. Mark Christian then lifted the soft fly ball to Litwhiler in left, and Litwhiler uncorked a fine throw to home plate as Moore was dashing (?) down the line. Ten feet from home Moore fell face first to the turf and Card catcher Cooper began laughing so much he almost forgot to tag Moore who was crawling on his hands and knees for the plate. The most thrilling play of the day, at least to this writer, was when old No. 6, Musial, lined a double off the wall in rightfield like "he had done hundreds of times in the past at Busch Stadium.

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starts, come within oqe put of pitching two complete games aqd personally stopped the Yankees’ slide from coptChtiOß in the American League pennant race, after ace starter Whitey Ford was forced to retire to the bull pen with hip miseries. Stottlemyre, who beat the second - ptace White Sox in hia debut last Wednesday, allowed the league - leading Baltimore Orioles five hits Sunday en route to a 3-1 victory which cut the Orioles* lead to 2 games over Chicago and 2% over New York. Misjudges Fly BaU A misjudged line drive cost the Orioles Sunday's game. It

was hit by pinchbitter Elston Howard ana eluded rightfielder Sam Hpwtas tor a two- run double m the seventh inning. The Orioles had taken a 1-0 lead into the seventh but starter Milt Pappas was forced to leave the game with a stiff shoulder and the Yankees jumped on his, replacement, Steve Barber. Brooks Robinson hit his fifth homer in six days for the Orioles tally. In other American League games, Minnesota ripped Cleveland 13-2, Washington topped Los Angeles 4-1, Chicago shaded Boston 2-1 and Detroit stopped Kansas City 11-2. The White Sox scored the winning run on a wild pitch by loser Ed Connolly in the third inning. Bill Skowron singled home the other Chicago run in the first after Floyd Robinson’s triple. Joel Horlen with seventh inning relief from Hoyt Wilhelm, won his ninth game. Harmon Kflltebrew remained six games ahead of Babe Ruth’s record home run pace and five behind the 1961 progress of Roger Maris when he slugged his 42nd home run in the Twins’ 15 - hit attack against the Indians. Zoilo Versalles also homered for the Twins and pinchhitter Woody Held connected off winner Jim (Mudcat) Grant The Twins noW have hit 184 home runs. Don Wert drove in four runs, three with his seventh homer, and George Thomas also connected to help Dave Wickersham to his 14th victory for the Tigers. Wickersham was reached for two homers by Jim Gentile and another by Rocky Colavito of the A’s. Little Ed Brinkman powered his third homer in four games and Willie Kirkjand hit his first home run since coming to the Senators in support of rookie Buster Narum, who gained his eighth victory and first in nearly tiwo months. Whgt a crazy race they’re having in the National League, The Philadelphia Phillies suffered one of the their worst defeats of toe season at the hands of the New York Mets —of all people — and they still manage to pick up a half-game on their closest pursers, the San Francisco Giants. The Mets, who had lost 15 of 17 previous games to the Phillies this year, collected 17 hits and took advantage of five Philadelphia errors in whipping the league leaders 12-4 Sunday in their final meeting of the campaign. The M llwaukee Braves, meanwhile, took a pair from San Francisco 5-4 and 10-2 to drop the Giants 4% games behind the Phillies. Klaus’ Bat Hot Bobby Klaus, a recent acquisition from Cincinnati, cracked out four straight singles and tallied three runs for the Mets, who scored in six of eight innings against loser Art Mahaffey (10-6), Ed Roebuck, Bobby Shantz and Ray Culp. Shantz, picked up from the Chicago Cubs only Saturday, gave up four runs and six hits in five innings. Galen Cisco yielded nine hits, including home runs to Richie Allen and John Herrnstein, in breezing to his fifth victory against 13 losses. Eddie Mathews hit a threerun homer in the first game and Gene Oliver added a similar blow for Milwaukee in the nightcap to sink the Giants. The Giants hit five home runs in the doubleheader — all solo jobs. Willie Mays unloaded his 36th and 37th of the season in the opener, giving him eight in his last 11 games. Lary Gets Win Frank Lary, making his first start four Milwaukee since being obtained from the Mets, gave up six hits over the first six in-

Old 'Case' And Mets Treat Blind Youth

Bjr MJLTON RICHMAN UPI Sports Writer NEW YORK (UPD— When the organist at Sheas Stadium struck up the National Anthem ~. Oh say tan you see . . . oh, how one trembling little boy wished he could. Ten-yearrpid Aaron Tauber has been blind from the day he was born but he still was the happiest kid in the land Sunday because he was able to sit on the New York Mets’ bench before the game and chat with his idol, Casey Stengel. Casey waved everyone else away m the dugout so be could give all his attention to the frdil- looking, well- mannered and incredibly perceptive youngster sitting alongside him. Youth Was Hurt “It hurt me very much when

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uings of the opener to gain the victory. Tony Cloninger (12-11) scattered seven hits and contributed a two-run single in the nightcap. The St. Louis Cardinals blanked the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 after dropping the opener of a doubleheader 3-0, the Pittsburgh Pirates split with the Chicago Cubs, breezing to 7-4 victory after a 5-4 loss, and the Cincinnati Reds overpowered the Houston Colts 8-3. Koufax Wins 19th Curt Flood of the Cardinals collected eight straight hits in the twinbill at Los Angeles, including four against Sandy Koufax, who struck out 13 in posting his 19th victory in the opener. Flood fell one short of the major league record for consecutive hits in a doubleheader when Ron Perranoski fanned him in the ninth inning of the nightcap. Koufax dropped his earned run average to 1.73 in posting his seventh shutout of the season. Curt Simmons (13-9) limited the Dodgers to six hits and didn’t walk a man in the second game. The Pirates gained their split with . the Cubs on two- run homers by Donn Clendenon and Bill Mazeroski to ease rookie Steve Blass to his fifth victory of the season. Al Mcßean Pittsburgh’s ace reliever, lost the first game, his first defeat since July 27, 1963, when pinchhitter Jimmy Stewart singled home the tie - breaking run in the ninth inning. Chico Ruiz and Leo Cardenas each collected three hits while Frank Robinson knocked in three runs for the Reds. Joey Jay (9-3) limited the Colts to six hits and fanned nine.

Puffer’s Divots: Eight Remain In City Match Meet

by Dick Reidenbach The second round has been completed in the ‘match play’ contest now underway at the Decatur Golf Course to determan the 1964 Club Champion, Luke Majorki, local PGA pro and owner, said today. Only eight quarter-finalists survive the original field of 32 golfers who began play two weeks ago for the championship crown. Sixteen golfers were sidelined the first week, now the field has been eliminated to eight. Low Medalist Beaten John Baumann, low medalist for the qualifying round with 69, was beaten by Bob Helm 3 and 2 in their match played Saturday. Another major upset occured during last weeks 18-hole matches. Jack (Doc) Tumlin upended Don Elder, last years city champion, 1 up, to advance to the field of 8 remaining contestants. Tumlin shot a 40 to go four holes up at the turn. Elder put on a last minute rally but fell short on the last hole as the two opponents halved the 18th. Both competitiors fired 79’s. Elder shot 44-35 while Tumlin fired 40-39. Opponents still playing in the tournament have one week to complete their next scheduled 18hole match. All matches must be

the Yankees let you go,” he Went on. “I didn’t think it was fajr at all, just because you didn’t win the World Series with Pittsburgh.” Casey smiled and put his arm ground the youth. “Thank you,” said the Mets’ Manager appreciatively. “It’s very kind of you to say that.” The boy sat quietly a moment, taking in all the sounds arouiid him and even recognizing the Met players when they were addressed by their teammates. “I hope you’ll be back with the Mets next year," he said suddenly to Stengel. “Oh, I’ll be around somewhere.” the old man answered. “They need to fix the grounds here and all that, and who knows, but maybe they can use some more help if you know

Grid Grind Gets Going GRIDDERS OPEN DRILLS — Decatur high school began football drills Saturday morning, and opened two-a-day sessions today. The team is practicing on the school grounds at Mellmont Park at 8 a m. and 6 p.m. each day in preparation for the season-opening jamboree on September 1. More than 60 candidates in the upper three classes turned out for first-day drills Saturday and portions of the workouts are shown above. ■ - • —(photo by Mac Lean)

finished by Sunday, August 23, including that day for play. Winners Listed The survivors of the ‘match play’ championship and the results of their matches include the following: ' Upper bracket: Bob Helm 3 and 2 over John Baumann; Bryan Trout 2 and 1 over Neil Highland; John Geels over Carl Honaker 4 and 2; Gordie Sowers 6 and 4 over Bob Frisinger. Bottom bracket results were: Gerald Morningstar 4 and 3 over Elmer Ehrsam; John Hammond over Norm Steury 2 and 1; Jack Tumlin 1 up over Don Elder; and Dick Reidenbach 4 and 3 over Gary Schultz. The eight opponents now meeting in the quarter-final 18-hole round are: Bob Helm vs Bryan Trout; John Geels vs Gordie Sowers; Gerald Morningstar vs John Hammond; and Jack Tumlin vs Dick Reidenbach. The wniner of the 36-hole playoff for the club championship will receive gift certificates totaling SSO and -a trophy. The runner-up will receive a trophy and a gift certificate. The quarter-finalists and semi-finalists also recevie certificates for merchandise.

what I mean.” Recognized “Stengelese” The boy smiled knowingly, recognizing pure Stengelese when he heard it. As each Met player walked by, either Casey or Dick Collins of the club’s public relations department would stop him and introduce him to Aaron. Finally, it was time to go, and the boy’s father helped him up the dugout steps. On their way back to the stands, they met outfielder Joe Christopher. “If I get a hit, today,” he told Aaron* “it will be for you.” "Thank you,” said the boy. “I hope you get more than one” Christopher went out and got three.

Reed, Fennig 'Shoe Champs

Floyd Reed and Troy Fennig, members of the Riverview Gardens team of Decatur, copped the doubles tournament championship of the Adams County Horseshoe League last week. Reed and Fennig needed a playoff game to edge the team of Fred Dellinger and James Johnson of the Johnson Studio team, as each won seven games and lost jyst one in the tourney battling. Lorenz Steele and Charles Schlemmer, also of the Johnson Studio team, copped third place in the doubles meet, and Dale Gresley and Elmer Bufyemeier, of Three Kings No. 1, took fourth spot. Win Monday In Monday's action last week, Dale Gresley and Elmer Bultemeier, Harley Quackenbush and Joe Rush, and Lorenz Steele and Charles Schlemmer, were victorious. Tuesday winners were Reed and Fennig, Louis Landrum and Woody Call, and Kenny Ellenberger and Robert Neaderhouser. Wednesday winners were Johnson CBS Defends Yankee Purchase To House NEW YORK (UPD — Rep. Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., drew a fast reply from the Columbia Broadcasting System today re-* garding whether or not the network’s purchase of the a New York Yankees may have violated several anti-trust laws. “Before reaching its decision to purchase a majority interest in the Yankees, CBS was advised by counsel that the acquisition would in no way violate the anti-trust laws," Dr. Frank Stanton, the network’s president, said in a prepared statement. Stanton also reiterated that ‘‘pay television was in no way a motivating consideration in our decision to invest in the ‘New York Yankees.” Celler, who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, suggested Sunday in Washington that if the networks change their opposition to pay-TV, "CBS would surely have put itself on the inside track to obtain exclusive rights to American League b, cadca-sts" through ' its purchase of the Yankees. Gary Nine Wins L. L. Title This Weekend GARY, Ind. (UPD — East Glen Park of Gary will represent • Indiana in the Northern Regional Little League baseball playoff this week at Indianapolis. East Glen'Park defeated Indianapolis Garf|eld, 8-7, Saturday to win the state championship here. The local team built up an 8-1 lead and then survived a six-run Indianapolis rally in the final inning.

and Deilingen? Robert Neaderhouser and Logan Baumgartner, and Al Buuck and Rollie Ladd. The league’s singles tournament opens tonight with the Class E competitors taking the courts at 7 o’clock sharp. The singles tourney, as the doubles firing, will be round-robin play also. Calss D will play Tuesday night, Season Grid Tickets Are Now On Sale Season football tickets went on sale today and persons wishing to /remain their reserved seats have until the middle of next week to call for them, according to an nnnuoncement this morning by Decatur high school athletic director Bob Worthman. Tickets are priced at $3 for adults and $2.50 for students, good for five home games, and are on sale at Holthouse-on-.the-Highway and at the superintendent’s office in the school. Worthman said that fans who had season tickets in the reserved section last season have until Wednesday, August 26, in which to confirrp their desire to retain the same seats. This may be done by contacting Mrs. Annie Alton at the school, Monday through Friday, from 8 p.m. until 4 p.m. Also, anyone who would like to secure reserved seats should contact Mrs Alton during the same hours at the school. The season ticket provides an adult a chance to see each of five home games at a cost of 60 cents per game, and student.; a cost of 50 cents a game. Included on the home schedule, which opens Friday,, Sept. 11, is New Haven, Portland, Garrett, Concordia and Angola. All but the Portland game are Northeastern Indiana Conference engagements.

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Class C on Wednesday, Class B on Thursday and Class A on Friday, each starting at 7 p.m. Special Awards In the special awards 'for the year, Harrison Maitlen of the Poplar Drive-In team of Berne copped the award for the highest average during the regular season, with a fine per game average of 107. David Allen of the F 8c S Floor Covering team of Van Wert won the award for the most improved player, by improving his average six points during the second half of the season. The most Improved "old" player was won by four men, who were tied with an increase of ten points over last year’s average. They were Ted Eyanson of Lengerich Butchers, Elmer Bultemeier of Three Kings No. I, Alvin Myers of Preble Gardens, and Ed Brandtmueller of Three Kings' No. 1. A week from tonight, at 8 o’clock, Riverview Gardens and Preble Gardens will battle in a match to determine the league championship. HAY FEVER Sufferers H««’» good news for you ! SYNA-CLfAg Decongestant tablets work FAST and continuously to dram and clear nasal sinus cavities. One “bard core” tablet gives up to S hours relief from pain and pressure of congestion Allows you to breathe easily stops watery eyes and runny nose. You can buy SYNACLEAR at all Drug Stores, without need lor a prescription. Satisfaction guaranteed by maker. Try It today I Smith Drug Co.