Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1925 — Page 8

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FARMERS DEFEAT MERCHANTS, 18-3 Large Crowd Sees (Janie At 11. S. Gym; Winners Are Challenged Before a howling crowd of i**''lera, which filled the high r.chool gymnasium almost to capacity, the Kirkland township farmer humiliated the Decatur Merchant n a basketball game list night, the final :core being 183. The Farmers had the better of the argument throughout the contest and never were in danger of defeat. Tin- first half ended 12 0. 0. 1.. Vallee, manager of the Met chants, stated today that he acknowledged the firmer*' clean-cut victory, hut the defeat of his team Was due to the fact that the players disobeyed training rules and were up late on the preceding night. He said he had them all on the green carpet this morning and told them that the next time they were out. the night before a big game he would reduce their salaries. The farmers made the first appearance on the floor last night. Led by the veteran fiddler, .lames Niblick, playing an old-time air. they paraded around the floor. The Merchants then paraded onto the floor, led by their red cross nurse, William O'Brien. After a few warming up exercises, Referee Earl Blackburn blew his whistle and the game was on. The Farmers soon started out to win the first quarter .(the game was played in quarters to accomodate the cigarette smokers who played on the teamsi the farmers were ahead, CO. The Merchants made three substitutions in .the second quarter in an attempt to stem the tide of battle, but they failed to score and the Farmers increased their lead to 12-0 before the half ended. It was during the second quarter that the most serious accident of the game occurred. Hugh Hite, forward on the Merchants’ quintet, collapsed under the goal during a lively scrimmage. The red cross nurse rushed to his side and soon Dr. Eichhorn local veternarian, was on the scene administering a shot in the arm. The stretcher bearers next appeared on the scene and carried Mr. Hite to the dressing room where he v..n "revived." The Merchant's first score came shortly after the second half had started when Charles Zimmerman, lengthy forward, caged a pretty field goal. The Merchants’ backers went wild with delight. Then Floyd I .'.by sank a free throw and it looked like new life had been instilled into the Merchants. However. Ihe rally was short lived and the Merchant ! w-,-e held scoreless for the rem tinder of Hie game, while the farmers increased their total to JS. Harve Beery was the scoring ace for the Farmers. He cagqd four field goals during the game. William Arnold contributed two field goals to the score and Harve Mankey and Ralph Spade caged one and two field goals respectively. Spade showed signs of turning the defeat into a massacre so the Farmers' manager Jerked him out of the lineup after he had caged two baskets. Mailkey was a Stonewall at backgnard. There were no stars in tb*» Merchants’ lineup. All showed the effects of the fast pace , set by the Fanners before they had played long. J' was necessary for the horse doctor to give Bill Liun a shot in the arm during the second half to keep him going. One of the stars of the game was the referee. Mr. Blackburn, who successfully evaded any fights and war, able to leave the floor unescorted following the game. The Washington townshin Farmers have challenged the victorious K rkland township Farmers for a game and the Preble All St irs have issued a challenge to the winner of that game for another contest. The city school teachers also issued a challenge to the winner of last night s game. The dates for the future games have not been set. Lineups and summary: Farmers (18) Merchants (3) Ed Arnold .. F Fred Kolter Bill Arnold F Hugh Hite Harve Beery C Ira Fuhrman H. Barger G C. Zimmerman Harve Mankey G . Harry Daniels Substitutions: Farmers — Ralph Spade for Ed Arnold, Charles Arnold for Spade; Earl Martin for Charles Arnold. Merchants -- Bill Linn for Daniels, Harry Knapp for Fuhrman. Felix Maier for Hite, Floyd Liby for Kolter. Field goals: Bill Arnold, 2: Beery, 4; Mankey, 1; Spude, 2; Zim merman, 1. Free throws: Liby, 1 Referee; Blackburn.

r Übl.h-w Give Watch To Retiring Coach il’o-il.ind, .lan 22—At the weekly -meeting of the Rotary club held at tin- Frei bvtei'inii i bill' ll Tuesday evei inn. member-, of the the 1921 High I bool ftsdhall team, Were guests of tin- dull The meeting was also In the nature of ii farewell event for ('each Georf’.e Cady, Ipentor of the grldiyon activities ol tin- High achooi forth" fi.i»t two and one-halt years, '• ;.i-■> ; ni*-inber of the Rotary club. '' who given up his work here on Monday, .hiniiniy 2t> to enter Chicago I'ni- ■ versify, where he hope, to obtain his ’• Marler* Degree. r> Coach Cady wui presented with a gold watch and chain by the member-, of the football team us a token of the'r esteem for him Mr. Cady will b<* nuc<-eed‘'tl by Rufus Scales, Ded’.iuw football star, who will assume his now dutii -i here on January 2ii. ' ; Field Goals By Mark M. Upp i . 1 The man at th" next desk suggests that the Decatur Merchants challeng* the farmers to a cross-word puzzl contest or some other game fe i rough than basket ball. The Kirkland Elf*. . are stepping along at a lively pace recently. They are good enough to step out in fast com pany. Columbia City high school's basketball teams come to Decatur to play the local high school boys and girls Friday night. Much depends cn how well the Decatur teams perform as to whether or not the fans like the games and equally as much depends on the pep and enthusiasm of the fans as to whether or not the trams ncrform in good fashion. Why not cooperate from the first whistle to the last. There should be an outburst of yelling and enthusiasm just the minute the Decatur teams come on the floor which will last until after every fan has left the big gym-aft*:-the games. If that is done, you can rest assured that the players will put every ounce cf their energy and all their ability into the g-rrs' '*/i"i. This ‘•ort of co opera Don has been sadly lacking in the Decatur high j school this v:a.- and last and until it i shows up. the Purple and Gold will be trailing along in the dust cf defeat and obscurity. And don't anyone get the idea that razzing the referee or "kidding" the players or coach is school spirit or livewire sportsmanship. The fan who sets as still as a spinx and says nothing is far nearer to real sportsmanship. Lets make Columbia City glad they came lo tov.-n, do oureelves urewn as real sports, everybody yell and show signs of life refrain from razzing and “kidding," and BEAT COLUMBIA CITY. s— G. E. vs. Portland Independent*! horn tonight. Don’t forget. While the Yellow Jaelt'-ts tire battling Columbia City here Friday night. Catholic High will bo at Bertie seeking victory No. 10. A still tough-.’ assignment awaits them on Saturday night when they go to Fort Wayne to meet C. ('. IT. S. Put th" old fight into it. gang, and keep your slate clean. The big county tourney opens Friday night with tire eighth graders firing the opening gun.. The high school qu'ntcts and sextets get started Saturday morning.. Lets all have a good time at the tourney. Another fan has forwarded to us h's "dope" on the county tournament. It is as follows: "Eighth grade—Berne to bait Preble: Monmouth to beat Monroe; French to beat Hartford; Kirkland to beat Decatur; Berne to h est Monmouth; Kirkland to beat French; Kirkland to beat Berne. High school girls—Kirkland to beat Pleasant M ils; Berne to beat Mon- ( roe; P *rne to beat Kirkland. High r school boys — Kirkland to beat Pleas- ? ant Mills; Monmouth to beat Jefl’er- ' son: Barne to beat Monroe; Kirkland to beat Monmouth; Berne to beat 1 Hartford (?); Kirkland to heat ® Berng. W A S." n s Berne Girl Making Good r U. College Basketball i, ir Berne. Jan. 22. Miss Edna van tier ; SmiHsen, star forward on la *t nrcar's 1- girls' basketball team of the Berne 1. high scchool is making good as a forward on the Bluffton College (Ohio)

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»■—— ....—X...—,1 .... * -*--~- girls’ team where Mbs Edna i» • ' Freshman Tjmi Friday the Bluffton k i -.liege learn played th** P*ll** r <?ent r teura <*n the latter*’ floor nn*l were d*f*ated by a dose score *.*t it* to 14 1 Min van der Pmisser* was a star • of the game and scored all of the fourteen points for Blufftou accord ' ing to the Witnuwsuin, ihe Rlnfftrfti 1 College news publication. The game Friday was the first the Bluffton girls 1 played this year ami the game was f also the first college game Mir ’ van ' der Hmlssen played i I'oolball In West Is Ti iuniph For Midtile ( la • ; "Why do Western team”. v. in the majority of Inter cellor.al football ' games? The real truth is. th*' West triumphs because the East 1- too ’.soft’ to Avin'." This is the view of Ktilllc Roel.no. Ihe veteran Noire Dame coach, who*** loams probably are the loading intersectional players of Ihe <ountry, in a discussion of Western vs. E*i.*-t'-rn football tn this week's issue of 11'0 ’ magaxiin- Liberty. ' "Western football is superior Io Eastern in every department ex<*-pt Hie kicking," sajs Rodina. "The* great difference is that in the West the coaches give mofe latitude to plays and give more scope for imag- i ination and daring. Wo still see rem hi

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i 'nann cf ol.t traditions Ir.fiuesclnc th* i r.l ,-, i.i some r.mt*in tenma. ■ "I r*m*n>blr "D* Eastern tv-nm I againM which Notr* Itam** played , v\ •• were leading, with a short time m ptav and th** Eastern team tad a * hance io beat iia by sronng a touch * down but kicked on the tin'*! down, lultawinr. tradition, siiri-’iiderinu ih** i hall io ii our team was very lli''*l , ami miglii have been beaten. 4o Western eli-ven ever would hove made tuuh a play nt that stage. "Bui l» hind Hiyl* -i of play there is a basic dlfferenie. To express it lihintv, Western supremacy in foot ball is a triumph of the middle class over the rich. "Eastern college men mosib are ns of wealthy people, many Hom l!:e W. S’ a . well as the East. They ( work in a summer, it is true. Iml it is largely office work and soft Jobs, while the majority of our mid W*-st-*-rn boys are al hard wqrk chopping , trees, delivering ice, plowing—doinp ' real manual work. They com** back * to school physically fit. and can l>* I J**uruing foothall whllo tin* fellow I who has had a soft summer is getiint* into condition to play.’ 1 * I o j 'Portland Team Plays G. E. Here This Evening The l*ortland Independents will I nn-i’t ihy G. E. basketball team at the a Hgh school gymnasium here tonight, a

A fast and interesting game is er peeled. The Decatur Wonder Five 'and De* Fryback's Merchants tv ill | play the preliminary game - Kirkland Ell’s Pile I P Big Score On Linn (»rove The Kirkland Elfs bad little difficulty in piling imp u big score on ih** linn Giove Stonebreakers. in a*, basketball game played ut the high | school gym last night, following the content between the Decatur merchants and the Kirkland town ship farmers. The final score was U 6 t<> IW. The Elfs led all the way and were far out In front ut the halfway mark. Eberhart, eenter for the win tier, was high javint man nnd star of the game. ! o— HAWKINS TO BE RETURNED I Loses Fight To Escape Return To Federal Court At Indianapolis Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 22.—(Special to Daily Democrat)--Morton S. Hawkins alleged "muster mind" in the so call- > nl Hawkins Mortgage l/jans, swindle'

Os Portland Indiana, went hack to ( jail today. I Hawkins fought and lost in hl« 'hearing before o*ll*l Wales Commit)I ,ioper Andrew Iddllngs. who ordered 'him held for removal forth with to federal 'outt at IndiauapolP and fixled bls bond at |2O.(M. Th** amount 'put up sometime ago by friends, when he was arrested ns a fugitive from justice. j , I 1 Blainvllle. - John Tucker will be I

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