The Daily Independent from Murphysboro, Illinois • Page 3

Saturday, December 27, 1947 THE DAILY INDEPENDENT, MURPHYSBORO, ILLINOIS SECTION THKEfi ENJOY SUNDAY DINNER and DUMPINGS AT Kc who will make a wise i use of any part of his life, must allol a goodly portion of it to recreation OPEN ALLEYS ALL DAY WEDNESDAY Through SUNDAY Congress Alleys 211 WVst Jackson Street The MTHS Red Devils will hold a practice scrimmage session against a group of former school players tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the Murphysboro gym. The session is open to the public. MOFBROWNS ISEEN POSSIBLE ST. LOUIS. Dec.

George F. Kinkead of Louisville, I was expected to make a cash offer for the St. Louis Browns I baseball team today. Kinkead, who is in the 'bottled gas business, reportedly was ready with $1,500.000 for. the'Amer- ican League club' and its farm organization, James Dunbar, attorney for Browns' president Richard C.

Muckerman, said that "nothing definite" was decided at his conference with Kinkead yesterday. The Browns will remain in St. Louis if the deal goes through, Kinkead said. TROJANS QUIET BUT CONFIDENT F0RBOE PASADENA, Dec. California, trying hard to forget its lone 1947 defeat by Notre Dame, sought today to salvage some football glory for the Pacific coast by beating mighty on Williams Corraled Crowns Did Thorough Job Of Title! fourth consecutive campaign that Grabbing In American Tad topped the league InofTiia Flart -I WILLIAMS was below par in League, ridg nate only one department failed to NEW YORK Dec.

27-CUP)- steal a sin le base for the Sec0nd Gangling Ted Williams of the Red straight year thus tieing a major 15 6 league record for fewest stolen Sox did one of the most thorough Uridaunted by the odds-makers hittin in American League who have made them r.n ur.cb-c'o-; by 14 ,10 20 points, the are confident that Ihe cocky midwest disdainful opinions about y. ity of footba'l. Coach Jeff bpasted an unbeaten rscoi'd of seven victories and a tie prior to the Notre Dame game; hope to prove that the 38 to 7 setback by the Irish was a fluke and to refute the charge that the Pacific Coast Con- Yankees was "closest to Williams bases among players appearing in at least 150 games during a season. history during 1947, adding the runs-batted-in and slugging crowns to his batting and home run titles, the official averages revealed today. ctirley-haired Boston out- each wilh 95i fielder, who-led the circuit with Di Maggio- was 'third to Henrich in runs batted in with 97, followed by Murrell Jones of the Red.

Sox with 96 and Billy Johnson of the Yankees and Bobby Doerr of Bos-. however, had the unhappy a .343 batting average and 32 of hiujng into double plays homers, drove in 114 base runners I too The Red So econd and registered the loon's foremost baseman led the Jeague itv that de slugging percentage of .634. Out-; pa rteient, hitting into 25 twiri-kil- fielder Tommy Henrich of the Two me in bers of OBITUARIES Murphysboro FRED SORRELS Funeral services for Fred Sorrels, who was found dead in his hotel room Christmas morning, will be held tomorrow at 2:00 p. m. at the Roberts Residence Funeral Chapel, the Rev.

A. L. Cox officiating. Burial will be in the Dutch Ridge cemetery in Pomona. ference over-matched KS champion KKA.D TUB CLASSIFIED ADS I RUG CLEANING PHONE 79 203 West Walnut St Carbomlale, 111.

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meet the Big Nine title-holder the Rose Bowl. THE TROJANS will have one big advantage in that they'll be playing the game on th.e same sod where they already have won eight put of. nine previous Rose Bowl best post-season record any in the nation. S. C.

lost its only Tournament of Roses classic to Alabama in 1946 after beating Penn State in 1923, Pittsburgh in 1930 and '33, Tulane in '32, Duke in '39, Tennessee in 1940 and '45, and Washington In 1944. Southern Cal yielded only three touchdowns in beating six Pacific Coast Conference opponents go White Sox, Rudy York and Don to i rUnS dl iVen ln With 9 f' in llowa re ie for the runner- of extra base hits, Joe Di Maggio of the Yankees was runnerup xwith .522. hitting into 22 double- I plays. i The New York Yankees were i credited with most runs batted in, Williams, who drove in 100 or i 746, and Detroit batters received more runs for the sixth straight the most bases on balls, 762. Brown- season, also received 162 bases on ie batters struck out the most balls, only eight shy of Babe Ruth's'! 664, White Sox hitters hit all-time record.

It marked the i into the most double-plays, 142. DELBERT LEE COOK Delbert Lee Cook, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cook of Murphysboro, died in St. Andrew's hospital yesterday.

Besides the parents, survivors include one brother, Tnomas Alvin at home, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Cook of Murphysboro and Mr. and Mrs.

D. W. Jones of Sperry, Okla. Funeral services will be held the Meyer- Funeral Home, Fleta White officiating. Burial 'will be in Tower Grove DeSoto LIZZDS HARPER CARPBNSER Miss Lizzie Harper Carpenter, S9, died at her home in De Soto last night.

She was born in LaSalle, 111., Lindsay Says Use Of Name Not Authorized Newspaper publisher Edward E. Lindsay said today that he had not authorized use of his name in connection with any political office. He made the statement in answer to an Associated Press story quoting the Chicago Tribune as saying that the Democratic slatemakers were considering the addition of his name to the Gubernatorial candidate possibilities. "I have not authorized the use of my name in connection with any political office, nor am I a candidate for any office," Londsay said. "I am not sure which party I belong to.

I -believe a newspaper man should be genuinely objective and politically independent." Lindsay, in addition to newspaper interests in Decatur, East St. Louis and Champaign, is publisher of the Carbondale Free Press, Daily Independent in Murphysboro and the Herrin Daily Journal. BIKTH AXNTOUNCESIEXT Word has been received of the birth a daughter on Saturday, Dec. 20, to Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Brandon of Bethany, Okla. She weighed seven pounds, 14 ounces, and has been named Sharon Kay, Mrs. Brandon was the "former Mildred Alice Stanley of Oklahoma City and Mr. Brandon is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

Ralph Brandon of 604 University Carbondale. WILSON FUNERAL HOME AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 58 AVA, ILLINOIS TO READERS Emiel Law said today it was incorrectly reported yesterday that a truck was involved in a collision in which two motorcyclists were injured near New Kill Thursday. ROY S. HUFFMAN Civil Engineer and Registered Illinois Land Surveyor Telephone Murphysboro 51 Residence Office 658 Authorized Dealer Ssles Sarvico ELECTROLUX Vacuum CLEANER AND AIR PURIFIER PHONE J13-W GLEN EDDLEA1AN, JONES3ORO, ILL. and had lived in De Soto most of Law said the vehicle was a her life.

Survivors include two sisters, Tudor occupied by himself and his two of her aunts, and Joe MrT'Edward Boucher Pa ne and owned Rose OIden and Mrs. Nellie Everett of Arnold. 201 S. Fifteenth Murphysboro. Interest in tonight's practice gain undisputed possession of the scrimmage session between the West Coast crown.

The Trojans i aresent and past Red Devils in the walioped Washington State, 21 to MTHS gym wcnl soai ing Ulis week Oregon State 48 to California, when word camo rj om un announc 39 to 14; Washington, 19 to ed solu ces tnat the were Stanford, 14 to 0, and U. L. 6 to 0. In intersectional classes, the Tro- jfms'were tied 7 to 7, and beat Ohio' State 32 to 0, besides their ignominious trouncing by Notre Dame, giving the school team all it want-1 ed. i SOUTHERN PREP TEAMS RETAIN MASTERY OVER I CHICAGO AREA SQUADS SPRINGFIELD, Dec.

Downstate Prep basketball wore another feather in its cap at the expense of Chicago today after Kewaneo defeated Chicago Wells, 52 to 43. this season Chicago Tilden! lost-to Collisville and Chicago 'South' Shote was humbled by Decatur and Pekin. Canton, which fell from first to ninth in. United Press downstate ratings this week after losing to Robinson, turned in a convincing 46 to 33 win over Moline last night, Decatur, another of this week's "top 15" clubs, toppled Peoria Central in a Big Twelve contest, 50 to 41. In fact, the reports indicated that the present Devils had been taking a decisive licking almost every day that the former players came to the school for a practice scrimmage.

ILLINOIS FARM CROSS HIT NEW HIGH IN CASH VALUE, REPORT REVEALS SPRINGFIELD, Dec. value of Illinois farm crops du'r'ing 194T. jingled' to a nevy record high despite sharply reduced production of corn, soybeans and oats, the state and federal departments of agriculture reported today. The cold, wet spring or summer drouth held the corn harvest to a third below 1946, soybeans, 16 per cent, and oats, 29 per cent. But farmers reaped an estimated $1,300,000,000 from gilt-edged prices.

The state's harvest value was estimated to be about 'eight per cent above last year in the face of reduced yields and a slight reduction in harvested acreage, departments said. Although Illinois' corn harvest dropped to 343,000,000 bushel drop from last year' all-time record production. The soybean harvest stood at 65,000,000 bushels, 16 per cent be- Tonight's affair will get under- low Jast year's record harvest al- We heard from a reliable source that Johnny Borgsmiller looks like a different player than when in high school, and that he has lost all of the awkwardness he had and is now a poiished offensive star, Norris is reportedly a "streak of lightning" and Ozburn is said to be hilling the hoop in comparison with his hottest nights when he wore the Crimson and Corn. and Mrs. Nellie Everett of Arnold, Md.

She was a member of the Christian Science Church. The body will remain at the Carbondale Funeral Home from 2:30 today until the hour of services. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. at the funeral home, Mrs.

Myron Phillips, reader for the Christian Science church, in charge. Burial will be in De Soto cemetery. lisle Williams Killed As Truck Leaves Highway Carroll Porter won't be here tonight, but Ben Daniel, J. K. Wharry.

Bill Hillor anil Art Marcliikoska are slated to round out the vets' team. way around and the doors will be open to ail fans who wish to compare the present Devils with the boys who have formerly played for MTHS. There will be no admis- Freeport beat East Molinc, 32 on cr a rge at the gate but a free offering will be taken and split between the Supporters Of Sports and the Club. to 24, and Di.xon tripped Rock Island, 47 to 44, in an overtime game. Holiday tournaments continued at Macomb, Litchfield, Harvard, Palatine, La Salle and Newman.

Tourneys will get. underway Monday at Cenlralia, DeKalb, Vernon, Paris, Johnston City, Clinton, East St, Louis. Jacksonville Galesburg and Calumet City. TWO GRASS FIRES Murphysboro firemen were called to grass fires at Sixteenth and Pine and Twenty-second and Dewey at 1:40 and 2:15 p. m.

Friday, respectively. The fire off Pine St. had fired a frame house owned by Tom Cardwell, automobile dealer on Walnut St. There will no official organization us official scorckecping-, regular playing periods, registered officiating, the school is not allowed schedule more than 20 regular games in one season, and that figure has already been reached. though it was 30 per cent larger than the 10-year average, the departments said.

However, the fans are promised Man Who Wanted Wife Slain Facing Charge St. LOUIS, Dec. Chester B. Winkler, 47-year-old salesman, was free today'on $13,000 bond, charged in a misdemeanor warrant with "siliciting another to commit murder." The misdemeanor charge was filed by the prosecuting attorney's I office after the circuit attorney I ruled that Winkler committed no felony when he contacted a city detective by mistake and offered good show and the piay will ap- I him to kiu his i fe proximate a regular game very closely, "Ridge" Weatherly and Charley Daniel are slated to do the ing, and the score will Ice cream was first served in the United States in 1S09 at a White House dinner, World Book Encyclopedia reports. ENJOY SUNDAY DINNER CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS AT be kept just to show how the play is going along, It's just another of those instances the fans can't go doesn't cost anything ami if the fan feels giving something, his will be used for sports promotion and advancement in the town.

LEGAL NOTICE; THE Marion Baking Co. 1)5 East Main St. Marion, 111. Invites you to visit their Retail Sales Room for the largest varieties of CAKES and PASTRIES In Southern Illinois When In Marion, Stop in and Try one of our Famous RUM CAKES. NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Estate of Jeff B.

Eloodworth, deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons that Monday, February 2, 1B4S, is the claim date in the estate of Jeff B. Bloodworth, deceased, pending in the County Court of- Jackson County, -Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said date without issuance of summons. Clara D. Bloodworth, Administrator.

Elmer Medlin, Attorney. If convicted of the charge; Winkler faces a maximum penalty of S100 fine and 60 days in the city workhouse. PAYS DISTURBANCE FINE was discovered and. reported by a passing motorist. Glen Wright, McClure, the scene a short time later, found the occupants, and drove to Wolf Lake to summon help.

The Norris ambulance from Jonesboro was called to the scene. Since the truck bore the name of I. Williams, Murphysboro, on the side, the decision was made to bring the pair to the St. Andrew's Hospital. CHARLES was home for his Christmas vacation from his job in an automobile assembly plant in Rockford, 111.

The Williams own the old Me- Bride farm in Somerset township. Itsle Williams was born in Mur- physboro in 1S95 and lived in this area all of his life. Ho was married in 1920 to Ruby Ballard, who survives with one son, Charles, four grandchildren, one brother, Erney Williams, two sisters, Anna Lunton and Edna Williams, and the mother, Mrs. Maud Williams, all of Murphysboro. Funeral.services will be.held at the Crawshaw Funeral Home tomorrow at 2:00 the Rev.

E. L. Carter officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Memorial cemetery. Television On Theater Screen For Roses Tilt HOLLYWOOD, Dec.

A television set builder announced today he will put television on a senior-size screen in a big theater like a the first time New Year's day. And, so far, nobody's mad at him for doing it. The radio-television station, people just scratched their heads when they heard that Bert D'Orsay was an ordinary set in the' Shrine Auditorium. He'll pro- ject the image on a big screen and invite 6,700 paying customers in to see the Tournament of Roses Russell Rogers of the Alto Pass parade and the Rose Bowl game, area paid a fine of S10 and costs in Judge Manning Held's court in The prices at the big television show are $2.40, Sl.SO and $1.20. Murphysboro Friday on.

a charge Profits go to veterans' hospitals, of disturbance of the peace. Rogers D'Orsay said. had trouble with relatives with whonr he resides, according to sheriffs. Read the Classified Past. The world's horse population I dropped from iu 000 during World War II, the U.

S. Agriculture Department reports. BENEFIT CARD PARTY AT THE V. F. W.

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