Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1925 — Page 3

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L-J ■: \ □fS — —■*' ' . l i( -W “ ■ By ■ Mark .«• ' Pl’ - L B d ' >cs M,., BS „ .■ ,|, t.-. i .in' ll '" |,luy ,h '' ~.,.r K-nu-dy had, ngulars. they nn ■ in ' l "" 018 — !lh H T nrr tr->o doubt about m, ich team has won the right to of the tA ° quintets to r , sr nt Ind ana m the National high school tourney at lC :go cext spring Deactur '.■■athcue has licked the leading teams n the state and net tasted of defeat yet. I . ■ ■ tin in fam- - n ~ h"> rj :;. . '■ .. nr. 100. whir h but blasted t'l.-ir hopes. hB Another pe-fec y good unbrok st-mg of victories has been at last. Martinsville tack Shortridge of Indiart r jh». after the capcity lans had won twelve ■anight »,.• i-n us T.|i Off-;. ' wn v. •In i:e th- ■ J.ii ke: Hi' .1 Il 1..: I. I' till lit!'' record'd >O-11111 ill- even - : • lot it wa« an ' '' tit i”ri ni.-.i r iabo-jiK b v the false !!•.' tin- two teams will Thr no Tt| ; v. woiil. .'. «.ttr Tjgers meet Yellow i .r.'.iin this year ''""i-:'. -nJ th.‘in try the region W * slate ii ’ You lost a golden on December 2fi, obi If evidently admits superiority ~i tI IP Yellow Jar ka.- he i< a .on on t j )p subject. Van Wert here tonight. Let's |M keep up the winning pace. Yel low Jackets. ot Vincennes plays Catho|B H,gh 1,1 !l Monday night. Let's 'bat thirteenth fracas, gang. Go hoodoo. ■ *"' the Leaders and Borno mix it ■Phere Tuesday night. ■Jibanv Independents Team B Meets Be, ne A. C. Tonight Bld play the Albany Independents at K . n .‘ Khr A Preliminary gam<s » I- Played by the Borne Junior 8., h * h ° ol ra " P1 '« and the Decatur B hnllc Junior high lads. I HIGH sc hool basketball I Hugho S nP (p- 41; lilo °niington. 31. 81. (Cincinnati). 28; Aurora. I j,” lrer ' 29; Bourbon, 20. Ifc A sg ’ " G: Ru «hville, 34. I..XT «: ■ Svr,; ’ 29 ' Muncie, 39. I JeJX SP 23; Etna Gfeen, 2<k Ifayeue 1™ (Lafa - vel,e ». 21: West I.aI v“„ l ' arßon ' 57: Kokomo, 38 I K r ‘on- 46; Peru, 21 ■ ’South Bend 97. \ ■“‘Biidl, 26 ' Morton <°f RichI »“£"i ■»- H ' l Mlis), 23 4 ’ ll,rt|,|, iKP (indi- ■ "'X? 0 * 11 ' n w,nc ’>ester. 23. ■ A '«andri?36 J ' Kvu,,svi ‘'e>. 17. ■ 'Vella conn. . Summitville, 23. ■ iFlim n y laurnament: B. !»/ r °" ni,) Rluffton, 25; Chest- '\'^/ eUter ' 18 = Union Center. Mi< ' hißan ci, y. I". A ‘ «'* > tf27 0 1C (Evansville >. 30; Au ? u 8 23; Garfield, 19 1 Jol m E. wL 26; Van Buren 18 I Mar «aretlj' erre Ha,lte >. 22; New 33 ’ South Side (Fort (C< mtW, 41; Columbus, 39. j

Clinton, 31. Siillivan. If., Wiley (Terre Hauiei, 19; I'.r.izii, TWO GAMES HERE WEDNESDAY NIGHT; Kirkland Elfs Play Andrews; Two Teams Os Farmers Meet The Kirkland Elfs, epeedy independent not team from Kirkland 1 township, will play the Kithon Maid 1 factory team from Andrews. Indiana 'nt the old high school gymnasium on Not th First street next Wednesday 1 night. Another big attraction at the old gym that night will be a game between the Kirkland township farm- I ers and the Washington township farmers. The fanners’ game will be played first, starting at 7:30 o'clock, and the other contest will start at 8:30. The Elfs have dropped two hard fought contests tp the Kitchen Maid team this season, one by a five-point margin and the other by twelve points. Th<; Kitchen Maids defeated ( the- fast Warren Recalls recently, j The Elfs' lineup will bo strengthenI eel for the* game by the addition of J Crist, Andrews and Oliver, of the D< catur Leaders. I Th“ Washington township farmers ( issued a challenge to the Kirkland . framers for a game after the latter had defeated the Decatur Merchants in a contest played here recently. The Washington farmers have been practicing hard and feel confident of conquering the Kirkland men. The Kirkland linsup will be practically the same as the one that defeated the merchants. o G.E.DEFEATS ’ MUNCIE QUINTEI I 1 Locals Win Fast Game, 37 To 30; G. E. Girls Lose To Auhum The General Electric basket ball i I team, with a lineup of caging stars, ( on the floor, downed the Muncie Merdiants at the higif'school gym in a well played game last night, score t 37-30. The first half was all Decatur. the (1. E. leading 22 11 at the rest lieriod, but the visitors tigl.ened up ( in the second period and made things I ineresting. They almost tied the score near the close of the game, but ’ Armstrong and Gale hit the basket for field goals and put the locals out , in front. In the preliminary game the* Au-1 burn Y. W. A. girls defeated the General Electric girls. £S to 9. The visitors displayed splendid eamwork and passing. The Auburn team is considered one of the strongest girls' ’ teams Ui the state. In the big game, the electricians I got away to a big lead at the start when Gale sank four field goals in quick succession, while the visitors couned one. Armstrong began hitting the net then and the locals led 22-9 just before the half ended, and i . then the visitors counted again, making the score 22-11 at the half. The locals held this advantage until about v the middle of the second half when the visitors started a rally. They brought the score up to 29-27. Decatur leading. Armstrong then caged two baskets and Oliver and Gale sank one each. Armstrong and Gale led the Decatur offense with eight and seven field ipals respectively. Oliver counted three times from the field. Crist i and Clark did good guarding. Thornburg and Harrold played best for the visitors. Lineups and summary: G. E. (37) Muncie (30) Oliver G Thornburg Armstrong F Gibson Gale C White 1 Clark ... G Harrold Crist g Jackson Substitutions: Barkman for Gibson. Field goals: Oliver, 3; Armstrong. 8; Gale, 7; Thornburg. 4; Gib- ' son, 1; Harrold, 4; Jackson, 1. Free throws: Gale. 1; Thornburg. 4; Harrold, 3; Jackson, 3. Referee: Yager. « _ 1 Bluffton Phi Delts Lose To Michigan Five — Hillsdale, Midi., Jan. 30. — The 1 Hillsdale Bear Cats defeated the ( ; Bluffton Phi Delts here last night. ( '39 to 17. Gil Ely. former Michigan 1 all-conference star, led the Hillsdple j attack with six baskets. Reece fol- f lowing with five. Meyer and Cum- ( mins starred for Bluffton. I | o |

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YELLOW JACKETS BEATBEIINE.24-16 Many Fouls Called On Both j Teams; J). 11. S. Girls Lose, Decatur liirh sehobl':i Yellow Jack < t:1 df-fi-nii-d the Heine high school I' r.i. winner ,of Hie Adams county I lournaiiient, al Rorne last night by a score of 24 to 19. The glime was featured by the largo number of person :il foul called on both teams by the refi ree. The Decatur girls were defeated by the Berne lassies in the preliminary game by :i score of 2G to Ifi. Coach Kennedy started Captain 1 Miller and Dierkes at guard, Andrews at tenter, and Swearinger and Leonaid at forward last night. Miller wtis ejected from the game via the four personal foul route before the I first half was over, and Andrews was I sent to the showers by the same route several minutes before the game ended, leaving an entire team of second string players on the floor I for Decatur. I The first half ended 13 11 in favor of Decatur. The scrappy second stringers put up a great fight last night and won a deserved victory, Thn Berne team played a good game and was never far behind the lead I ers. The fans and speciators thought the referee called the plays too closely,' but he was fair to both b ams. The ability of the Yellow Jackets to score on free titrows, after they had been fouled while attempting to shoot field goals, enabled them to win. The Yellow Jackets will play Van Wort high school at the local high school gym tonight. A preliminary game wil start at 7 o'clock and the big game about 8. . It was impossible to find the Deca-' tut score book today' so the lineup and summary of the game was unavailable. CATHOLIC HIGH BEATS CATHEDRAL j Local Capers Win Twelfth Straight Game At Indianpolis, 22-20 ;— • Cntbclie high tchfiors gr m clad. ! baskeleers took a motor trip to In-1 ■ dianapolis .yesterday afternoon and i last night administered a 22-20 defeat (o the Cathedral high school tossors, the second time this season that the Decatur lads have won from the capil-1 city boys. Incidentally. | Hie victory was the twelfth sraight win of the season for Catholic high and the wearers of the green have I yet to taste of defeat. The referee called seventeen personal fouls on the Decatur eagers and lour of them were put out of the i game on personal fouls in the last half, but Coach Center's substitutes carried the battle on in great style and pulled out winners. The Cathe- ’ dral team scored ten points on free throws. Decatur scored eight field goals to five for Cathedral. The first half ended with Cathedral leading by one point, 13-12. Three personal fouls each had been I . called on Holthouse. Meyers, Christen and Gass during the opening session and soon after the second period started those four began leaving the game one by one, with four personals charged against them Mylott Laurent, Schulte and Art Voglewede were rushed into the battle to substitute for the regulars and they continued the fight. Captain Bud Vogle wede went through the entire game wihout having a personal foul called on him I Meyers was high point man of the game with three field goals and four | free throws, a total of ten points, to | his credit. Costello led the attack for the Cathedral team, scoring three times from the field and three times from the foul line. This was one of the hardest games of the season for Catholic high and the coach find players were showered with praisj when they returned from Indianapolis at noon today. The locals will play Gibault high school of Vincennes here Monday night and Wil! attempt to get by the unlucky thirteenth game without having their winning streak broken. Lineups and summary: Decatur (22) Cathedra (20) Meyers f Gill F Costello R. Voglewede. ,c Fitzgerald Christen .G Dougherty ~ *7 Kiers Substitutions: Mylott for Meyers. Laurent for Holthouse. Schulte for Christen, A. Voglewede for Gass Corridon for Dougherty. Field goals: Meyers 3, Holthouse

1. fl Voglewede 2. Christen 1, Laur •nt 1. Gill ], Costello 3. Corri Jen 1 Fn e thrown: Meyers 4; R Vogle•do i < liri"(.-n i; Gill Costello} . Fit?i , raid I; Dmit'liert, 1; Corn •ten 1; Elr-rs ). F.-f. tee; Dfll, E.ulhain. -- -o Kirkland Elfs Swamps Wonder Five, 38 To I The Kirkland Elfs swamp'd the De.atiir Wonder Five at the old r ymnasiuni here la t night, the final | score being 3s to |. Th,. fi r t hall | was a walkaway, the Elfs leading 21 to oat the rest period. The Worn! < r Five braced somewhat in the last , half. Lineups and summary: Elfs (38) Wonder Five (11 Sautbine p West Yaney F white Everhart e .... Fee V. Arnold G Gass Rayl G Eckrote Siibstitutions: Andrew for Sautbine, Sautbine for Yaney, Hoffman for Arnold, Frisinger for Eckrote. Eckrote for Fee, Fee for West. Field I I goals- Yaney, 5; Everhart, 3; Rayl. 1; Arnold. 4; Andrews, 5; Fee, 1,1 Eckrote, 1. Free throws—Arnold, 1; ' Andrews, 1; Eckrote, 1; Fee, 1. I ' ——- ■ O 1 — Decatur Plays Van Wert Hitfh Here This Evening j Decatur high school's basketball team will play the Van Wert, Ohio, (•am at the high school gymnasium here this evening at 8 o’clock. A preliminary game will be played by the } high school seniors and sophomores, starting at 7 o’clock. The Van Wert eagers has been winning most of thelri ! games this season and have defeated one of the Lima. Ohio, high schools.l' Lancaster And Rockcreek Win Tournament Games Bluffton. Jan. 31.—The scores of | the morning games in the Wells county basketball tournament being;, [hayed here today, were: Lancaster., ; 29; Petroleum. 11; Rockcreek. 32; < Ossian. 18. !; Q j

Fifteenth Anniversary Week Celebration of the Boy Scouts of America, Most Notable Event ■ == . ikr .. ’'j V\x\ ' * -■ < < . ■ .. x /fww: - jawrs GOING /NW SVMMER CAMAS &A/D&E ' ' ’’ -ASV ; if • ' '’A-PW ; w-w* i !■> < /' fl myib J ui: w ap \ Scour I ‘ sis VW B AWz CAAA&IE I W ms JCT''B Ox- \>'J '' w 7/ZAPF/C ML Ms wl. ..y*pr-T=jj yW” /O/./CEMAN Week of February Bth. an Epoch in the History of Seoutrlom in this Country, with 21,977 Troops with a Membership of 700.000 Participating in Nation-Wide Observance

m HE Boy Scouts of Americai 1 was founded on February ! “ 8, 1910. Its primary purpose was and is, "to tester the character-building and cittzenship- ' training of all boys, regardless of race, nationality or creed.” To-day, after fourteen years the organization is composed of 580 Councils in all states of the union, with [21,977 Troops, having a member'ship of approximately 700,000. Observances Nation-Wide j Anniversary week always is a i gala time in Scoutland. The observances are nation-wide. Rallies, hikes, patriotic pilgrimages, Father and Son banquets, services in: churches and schools—these are I only a tew of the events that make j —- every recurring anniversary week ia delight to eve, y American youth, be he a Scout oi not. On these annual observances, on February Bth. the Scouts renew, their oath to do their duty to God nr. l country, to obey the Scout 'Law to help others at all times,' •

GLORIA S HUSBAND F V j ■ r ■ ®Si jh SmARQVIS de LA I'AI.AISE ET DE COUDRAY Paris—Herewith we present the Marquis'de la Falaise < t do Coudray, who married Gloria Swanson, famous movie qu"on. in Paris on Wednesday Jan. 28.

Greensburg — Over 1.000 persons joined in a fox drive m ar Greensburg and oaplurt d two fox< .;. One escaped the hunters- The pelts brought $43.75. Surprise— The canning factory, here, which was owned by W. W. Patrick has been reorganized and incorporated at SI,OOO with the stock subscribed by farmers. Greensburg—The Rush Post of the Greensburg American Legion will bold Sunday afternoon public meetings in an effort to create a larger interest in the organization Montpelier—Grieving over the loss of his son. Roscoe. 21. who committed suicide. E. P. Coleman prominent coal dealer was found in night attire at his son's grave by a party of searche-rs.

I and to keep themselves physically, strong, mentally awake and morally upright. The slogan of the 1925 celebration, “Once a Scout, Always a Scout," has served to rally under the same banner the 2 000,090 former active members who have outgrown their boyhood, but whose sympathies are and always will ;e ( with the Boy Scouts of America. Co-operation is General In all sections of the country, the churches, schools, patriotic societies and individuals, have contribut- < ed their best efforts in making the fifteenth anniversary celebration a j highly memorable event. About) | 53 per cent of the 21,977 Troops' are sponsored by the Churches of America. Every denomination is) represented in the membership. During anniversary week many of [the schools are turned over to the Roy Scott's for their various ae'ivities, the teachers serving a scout leaders The Scouts Ihi involves render highly efficient traffic and patrol service and do much

BAN CIGARFTS ' ■(■» miß!■■■ mi I. .... MF* ■ • I Wl ■« ‘ Ib < O ■ J- ’’ . ! i ,•. .>,.5. .JT.<!KBFiW t / _ ■ F. Louise Mardin J Madison, wis.-Tbis photo presents I Miss F. Louise Mardin, dean of women at the University of Wisconsin, i who has put the co-eds'on their honor by stating. “No woman need come to the university if she cannot be happy j without cigarets."

1 Greensburg—Six head of cattle ‘ five steers and a bull figured in an ; a< cident when the bed of a stock truck belonging 40 the Hohenberger farm, fell off the ehasla in a. public square here. The stock was not ser-1 iously injured. Tipton—The Tipton poultry show; came to a halt when a soot clogged , flue forced dense smoko into the! show rooms. Quick action in opening windows saved valuable fowls from suffocation. Judging of stock was hold up until the chimney was ■ cleaned. Rushville —Officials of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction company have purchased the motor bus line between Indianapolis and Shelbyville. The present bus schedule is be maintained.

Ito relieve congestion and render, the streets and crossings safe for women and children. Gnat Progress Last Year The record of the National Scout' ' office show that last year was one of outstanding progress. In 1924, [ [the Lone Scouts were merged with i the Boy Scouts, thereby increasing the membership of the latter organization to the extent et 45,000. To tha Scouting curriculum which! ' now numbers seventy vocational I subjects, foundry practice, the' | study of Insect life and the making! I ot textiles, were added. Sea-scouting gained great im-1 I pet us. It features seacraft, and' h.-.s a membership of 1,240, with seventy ships. Plans for a nation-1 ' al sca-scoutlng training center are progressing favorably Boy Scout scholar ships are now being offered six colleges and universities. Bi’ Fund foi Enrolling Boys IT” National Pouncil, alive to Hw importance of Scout training for the 5.1)90,099 boyS not yet ell-.

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The above Telepix photos show three phases of the moon's course across the sun as snapped at New I Haven. Conn. Top to bottom, the eclipse is shown at 8:20, 8:30. and 9 o’clock Saturday mornipg, Jan. 24 Brazil —George Kidd, of Brazil, a student at Indiana '.iniversity, has been awarded sls in recognition of having written the largest number of "best, stories" for the Indiana Daily Student, the school publication.

, rolled in the organization, has started a $19,000,1)00 fund for the purpose stated, with highly gratifying results. A unique award known as the "Achievement Badge,” for boys who are physically handicapped, though menially I progressive, was recently authorized. More than 1,000 medals for life-saving and certiflcates of heroism. haw been awarded to Boy I Scouts to date. The parents of boys throughout ithe country, who appreciate the i value of Scout training, never fail | to co-operate with the youths on | the occasions of the anniversary ' observance. Scout Mother Auxilliaries and Father and Son hikes | and banquets tire the occasions for festive gatherings. Thousands of troops render programs of imposing proportions and never was the spirit more general to make the | 1925 celebration, the banner event |in ; he annals of the organization. That their efforts found the heartiest response among all classes. ti>evidence unquestionably prove:.*