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NEW YORK Aug. 15.— (UP) — ! The New York Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium were the last big J holdouts against night baseball to- ' day after a successful floodlight dej but in the White Sox’ Comiskey Park Chicago. Larry MacPhail introduced night ; ball at Cincinnati in 1935, but it J caught on slowly and none of the j other clubs adopted it until MacPhail ! moved to Brooklyn and brought the 1 arclights to Ebbets Field last year. ; It proved such an astonishing sucj cess that both Philadelphia clubs and Cleveland gave it a whirl this season. The White Sox got on the band-

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0 4. .j. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4- 4< 4* *1* 4* 4. 0 •!• FLVCASTLE + .•‘J. -I- 4- *1* *1* + + + 4* +■;•+++ 0 Mrs. Ollie Broom of Kingman, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glassgo Brittin. Curtis Mason and family spent Sunday with Russell Routh. Mr. and Mis. Leslie Stewart spent several days in Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams and Miss Juanita Williams spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dusenberg, Columbus Ohio. Miss Juanita stayed for a weeks visit with relatives. The Ivcaton reunion was held Sunday at the U. V. Church. Mrs. Maude Brothers and daughter, Betty, returned Saturday from a two weeks visit with her nephew, Mrs. Lee Sutherlin ami family of Cal well, N. Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Crodian, Indianapolis, called on James Hartman, I Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams at- 1 tended a class reunion, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Stewart, Danville, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Detro spent Sunday with relatives in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Surber and family have gone for a 2 weeks visit with relatives in Nebraska. USE DAILi MANNER ADVERTISING FIRST And Do a Real Selling Job

Greencastle, Indiana. PROFESSION A L CARD B. G. R. WILLIAMS, M. D„ PHYSICIAN A SURGEON Hours By Appointment For Appointments, Phone 120-M Elizabeth M. Williams 914 S. Locust Street,

wagon last night, and their $140,000 powerful teams Frankfort's smooth-

illuminating plant lighted the way to third place in the American League standings before a crowd of more than 30,000. With six clubs now equipped for night ball, it is only a question of a season or two before all except the Yankees and Giants fall into line, and they cannot withstand this progessive measure much

longer.

Twenty-seven night games this year have drawn 657,954 fans, an average of more than 24,300 per game. And these games have been played on the dullest days of the week when no more than 2,000 to 6,000 could be expected to turn out in most parks. Here are the night attendance figures to date: National Ix-ague Attendance Games Cincinnati 158,285 6 Brooklyn 150,969 5 Philadelphia 54.641 5 Total 363,895 16 American League Attendance Games Philadelphia 148,255 6 Cleveland 115,804 4 Chicago 30,000 1 Total 294.059 11 In their last week-day Chicago appearance against the Browns, the White Sox drew 6.000 to see a double header, and only 3,000 to see the single encounter the day befbre. These are the kind of figures that night ball has been upping to an average of nearly 25 000. The White Sox ousted the Cleveland Indians from third place when they scored. 5-2, over the Browns behind Johnny Rigney’s three-hit pitching last night. If Luke Appling, who was credited with only two errors, had not juggled no less than four double-play balls in the sixth inning, Rigney would have had a shutout. He pitched perfect ball for the first five innings, facing only 15 men, and the Browns got both their runs off one single in the sixth. He fanned 10. including Julius Suiters three times. The Indians were held to a split by the Detroit Tigers. After winning the first game, 8-4, on a four-run rally in the 10th, the Tribe was stopped, 10-3, by Schoolboy Rowe. The Cincinnati Reds increased their National League lead to 7 l /6 games by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-8 and delighting a night crowd of 23,044 at Crosby Field by pulling the game out of the fire with

working 1939 champions and an AllStar squad headed by George Crowe, Franklin's brillia.nt center — will clash at the Butler University field house Friday night in the first midsummer basketball game ever staged in Indiana on such a large scale. A near capacity crowd is expected to witness the encounter and the W'ell-drilled combination of Coach Everett Case is sure to be extended , by the brillia.nt array of players selected in a recent state-wide poll conducted by the Indianapolis Star. The All-Stars, coached by Tom Downey of Rossville and "Buck" Plunkitt of Southport, have been i staging double drills every day this week at the scene of the encounter. They are determined to win, and their individual brilliance and greater reserve strength is expected to offset ! Frankfort's smoother team play. Almost every member of the AllStar squad, regardless of position, led his team in scoring during the season, and the game looms as a dazzling offensive battL> with Lewis Cook and Charles 'Splinter) Johnson likely to give the All-Stars their : greatest trouble. Cook shattered all ; individual scoring records for tournament play during Frankfort's drive to the state title last March, and Johnson smashed Leroy Edward's long-standing North Central Conference mark during the regular season. As an added incentive to the players, who will receive suitable souvenirs of the game, an expensive wrist watch with a split-second hand and stop-watch mechanism will be given to the “star of stars" as selected by the sports writers in the press

box.

Prior to the contest, a free basketball clinic is planned at the fieldhouse, starting at 2 o'clock, with the staff of instructors consisting of Ward 'Piggy) Lambert of Purdue, Glenn Curtis of Indiana State, Everett Case of Frankfort, Archie Chadd of Anderson. Orville Hooker of Marion, Chet Kessler of Hammond, and Frank Barnes of Jeffersonville. Arrangements also have been made to display the new stream-lined concave backboard as an added attraction for the coaches, players and fans who attend the clinic.

Tuesday, Angus) 15 7:00 p. m. University vs. Zinc Mill 8:30 p. m. Russellville vs. Kroger’s Wednesday, August 16 7:00 p. m. Cota Cola vs. Northern

Ind. Power

8:30 p. m. Lone Star vs. Fillmore .! Thursday, August 17 7:00 p. m. Morton vs. Colored

Giants

8:30 p. m. Putnamville

Mill

Friday, August 18

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FIRST ROUND OF PLAY COMPLETED IN SEVERAL DIVISION'S FINALS IN BOYS DOUBLES

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The battle to determine the winners of th handsome Sun-Ray trophi a '. aided jointly by the Rotary

vs Zinc antl Kiwanis is on and the first

round of several of the divisions has

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7:00 p. m. University vs. Kroger’s The second round will also be play8:30 p. m. Russellville vs. Northern ed <> ff this week as far as ' , ” 3SlbIe s ° Ind Power that by next week the final rounds

in all the divisions should be under

way.

LAST BALLOT TO ENTER TOURNEY HORSESHOE ENTRY BLANK Check both places if desired. ( ) Singles Name ( ) Doubles Partner’s name

Smith to determine the trophy winners. There are also the Mens Doubles and the Womens Singles but the first round of play has not been started as yet.

Horseshoe fan have a clay in which to sign thi ballot, get it in to Robe A,an park >1 the Banner office, and take part b morrow night in the tournament whii h will take place on the lighted court. at the park. There will be singles and doubles, and from the looks of things now there will he many contestants. To the winners there will be a set of new regulatic 1 horseshoes. This is your la J chance so you betI ter sign and get in the tournament.

Name New Coach For Putnamville Hi^h Mentor at Warren Township’s Putnamville High School this coming school year will be Verner Piety, graduate of Indiana State Teachers College in 1938. Piety has had one year's experience at teaching in Martin County before coming to Putnam County. NEW WORLDS TO CONQUER PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 15 (UP) Light Heavyweight Champion Billy Conn of Pittsburgh, who won the 175-pound title on his first start in that division, looked today for new worlds to conquer after defeating j Gus Dorazio of Philadelphia at Shibo Park in hi's initial heavyweight ven- j

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a four-run rally in the ninth. The i Reds sent 19 men, including six pitchers, into the lineup after spotting the Bues a seven-run lead. Singles by Dick West, just recalled from Baltimore, and Lew Riggs, pinch-hitting for Pitcher Junior Thompson, drove home the tying a.ul winning runs. , The Reds gained a full game on the St. Louis Cardinals, who were blanked, 4-0, by the Chicago Cubs. Larry French, who had complained of not having enough work recently, let the Cards down with four hits. The big blows in the Cubs’ seven-hit a attack were Stan Hack’s double which drove in two runs, and Rookie Bill Nicholson’s homer.

1500 Eicon >es Sold In County To Date In the office of the county clerk records show that there have been 1500 licenses sold to hunters, fishermen, trappers, etc. Of this number approximately 260 have been sold to

| women.

The total number of 1500 is an increase over the sale up to this time

last year.

There have been a few hunters that have shot squirrels this season. The supply should be plentiful but reports have it that many of the 1 squirrels are not working and that

they are hard to find.

Later in the season the supply ] should be more plentiful as they will start traveling and working and 1

hunters will not have as much Crump and L. Brendle who played D. trouble finding them. j Densmore and Leona Kestner. The We have heard a few tales of i Densmore-Kestner team won in a hunters having shot one or two but fast two sets 6-0, 6-1. These winthey seem to I few and far between. , ners will now meet n Rttor unH 1

Boys Singles In the Boys Singles there have 1 been fiv matches played off of the first round. In the first match Junior Frye defeated Harold Quebbetnan 9-7. 6-2. In the second match D. ; Agnew met to defeat F. Cartwright 6-0. 6-0. Agnew will now meet Frye to determine the winner of the

I bracket.

J. Moore and F. Huestis still have their match to play off anti the winner of this will meet J. (IcAnally who def ated Billy Grimes 6-0, 6-1, ir. the first round. In the bottom bracket H. Decker ("iik J Rir.ker in two straight sets 6-0 6-0. Decker meets J. Bamberger who did not have to play in the first round us he had no partner in his bracket. Boys Doubles In the Boys Doubles Den Agnew and H. Decker met Junior Frye anti P. Giddings to defeat the latter 6-3, 6-1 They meet Jack Rinker and J. McAnally the winner of the lower bracket this afternoon. Rinker and McAnally won the right to play in I the finals for the Boys Singles tro- ' phy by defeating B. Grimes and F. ' Huestis 6-0, 6-1. Mens Singles In the first round of the Mens Singles there have been about half the matches played off. B. Agnew met and defeated B. Forepaugh in two fast sets. He won by a 6-2.

6-0 score.

Hans Grueninger won his match on a forfeit by J Gillespie. Grueninger will now meet Agnew in the second

round of play.

Kenny Smith bowed to the tune of 6-2, 6-2 when he met R. Brown. Brown will now meet Bob Longfellow

who defeated B. Cook 6-0, 6-0.

The first round in the mens singles

will be finished off soon.

Womens Doubles

Vicing for the trophy offered in the Womens Doubles there were E.

Soft Ball Teams Resume Play

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.MORTON UPSETS PUTN.VMVTLE: BAINBRIDGE WINS ON LAST INNING RALLY

Resuming play after a rest of a week and a half the local soft ball teams again met at Robe Ann park last night and this time there was a real upset as the Morton lads defeated the hard hitting Putnamville ten 7 to 4. In the other game of the evening Baihhridge took the Colored Giants to make the sixth straight league loss for the colored lads. The first game of the evening was the Bainbridge-Colored Giant game. Both teams got oif to a good start to make it a real slug fest for both sides. Extra base hits were plentiful with the Colored Giant’s Howard, Miles and Williams hitting doubles (Miles hitting two) and Earnest getting a triple. For the Bainbridge ten Harmless, Spencer, Stulz and Fisher hit doubles and Fisher also got a triple. Dickson had two homers chalked to his credit before the game was over and Harmless, with a double already on the books came up to hit a homer and aid his record. Comer also had a home run. Score by innings: R Bainbridge .. 1 3 5 4 3 0 6--22 Colored Gla. 4 0 2 0 5 3 4-18 Batteries: Etcheson, Ousler

Dick.". -Mil's I for Ti- R p ' 1 SOU’ showed piwi creai ability iges Hi!"' The the Putn x, , Cor of thi 1 - t I n 0! 0,00( season. d th Pigg Putnam V i:., s eatei his two doubles and I'.ui The tionim I PutnaniVi . nu,,, Morton 1 Batten Jones \\ s 6n * 1 ing irkei TOKRAM 1. !u|\Jprop CHICAG' Auj. Ton n net Dym< Univemiv .ithleti ar. WPi joined t ( 1 . ,1. . Us ii tional Pn .■..son ed s: He mi . r ski play tii" isser His ", two . 1 iw / mr 1 •'ll2 t* a 312 pounds G 'Wor

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W L N. Ind. Power 2 0 Coca Cola 4 j Bainbridge 4 4 Putnamville 4 2 Kroger 3 j Russellville 3 2 DePauw U 2 2 Zinc Mill 1 2 Fillmore 4 3 Lone Star 4 3

NEW JOB—Her'lm*/ of California. chairman of tfe 'V mission, who har^H oath of office Secretary of ST coeds Francis B ivl oointedbyPres ligh CommisS'C’iJ

Yesterday’s Hero: Jimmy Wilson, who as acting manager of the Reds after Bill McKechnie was banished ( in the fifth, shoved 19 men into the . lineup to overcome a seven-run handicap and beat the Pirates.

to the Cubs and then to the Pirates, ho suddenly has tal e ' to hammering out a .400 clip for tho Piraic*. • 1

OLD FARMER GABLE—Clark Sable, movie star. a / , parole Lombard, look over the flock on their new 25" nemo. Cal. In the San Fernando Valley sunshinC' mg from their screen duties.