Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1925 — Page 6

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LEADERS BEAT G.E. TEAM, 31-21 Even City Championship Series By Taking Holly Contest Game The Decatur Leaders evened the cries with the General Electric carters for the city independent ha hetball championship by taking the electricians into camp in a well played ya me last night at .the high i-nool gym by a score of 31 to 21. The G. E. team won the first game of the - cries a week ago by a score of 23 to 23. One more game will be played ami the team that wins that contest will be crowned city champions. The winners led most of the way last night. They took the lead soon after the start on two held goals and two free throws, leading 6 0 before the G. E. scored on a field goal by Durr, star forward on the l.mcaster high school team which won the sectional title here. Lindeman, another member of the Lancaster high school (••am, played with the G. E. last night, also. Both will be graduated litis pring. The Leaders held the lead throughout the first half, although they were crowded all the way. The score of thv’lTalf was 16-13. The G. E. quintet rallied at the start of the second period ami took the lead. IS 16, but the leaders soon came back ami regained the lead, which they held for the remainder of the game. During the last six or eight minutes, the Leaders contented themselves with passing the hall around in the G. E. territoiy and taking few shots at the basket. The G. E. players fought hard to break up the passing and succeeded in getting possession of the hall occasionally but lost it when their shots went bail. Mendenhall, with six held goals ami three free throws was high point man. Lineups and summary: leaders (31) G. e. (21) Andrews F Durr Shirk _ E Gale Mendenhall ... <’ Izitnmiman Kennedy G Clark t'rlst G Lindeman Substitutions: Myers tor Andrews. Teeple for Lammiman. Field goals Andrews. 2; Shirk, 4: Mendenhall. 6: Kennedy. I; Durr, 1: Gale. 4; l.ammiman, 1. Free throws: Shirk. 1; Men denhall, 3; Kennedy. 1; Durr. .8; Gale,; 1. Referee "Bruff" Cleary, Fort Wayne. , ■ O T Field Goals By Mark M. Upp The Catholic High eagers are now in Chicago. ready to battle for the national Catholic title and to put Decatur on the. map. Luck to them. Win or lose, the Decatur lads will make their presence known to the thousands present. Yes, we’re still picking Vincennes Io get knocked off. Our pick for state champions is a toss up between Frankfort and Martinsville. Guess we'll flip a coin. Martinsville won; the flip, so we’re picking Martinsville. In spite of the fact that we’re picking Martinsville, we hope Frankfort wins. Gangway Spaulding, Decatur is coming. —o — Slab Os Veal Causes Nurmi To Lose Race — (By Henry L. Farrell, United Press staff correspondent) New York, March 18 —(Special to Daily Democrat) —One good meal of his pet dish—a large slab of veal — cost. Paavo Nurmi his greatest triumph before a crowd of 10,000 that packed Madison Square Garden Hast night with the hope of watching the world's greatest runner beat all his

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rivals. Nurmi was more than half a lap In from ol Willie Hitohi, his arch rival. Iln tin fi.mto iiK'ieiynice He htyi pone around the track 30 times and had ■ only four more laps to go when he’ i i.irt'i i'd from the trmk and quit. .» Physicians from the A. A. U. exainined him and gave some kind of a I Ion; name fur his ailment, explainii - that tn ordinary language he itad suffered a spasm of the stomach He was unable to leave his dressing room tor more than an hour and he was forced to withdraw from the mile rm • in which lie had promised to '* make an effort for 4:10. '*| There was no doubt that he was In ' dlstre s wlien he quit the track. He was holding his stomach early in the Sj > I lace and he seemed to lie in .pain' 1 ' 1 long before he withdrew. There was 1 no question about his courage beI cause he was running so well nnd 1 was so far in front t.,»i if looked as 1 if ho would finish a whole lap in * . front of Ritola. It was the first tfw.e that Nurmi v had been beaten in a race from r m-iatch since Guillemet, the French ,siar, defeated him in the f>,ooo meter I r I race at the Olympic games in Ant 1 . werp in 1920. ■ | Joie Hay. the little Chicago star. | was all primed for Nurmi in the mile, 1 race. as was shown when he made a' 1 m u indoor record of 4:12. Ray ran the greatest race of his career ami, (lie would Have given Nurmi a great | ’ hattie. CATHOLIC HIGH FIVE IN CHICAGO 'Several Eans On Hands To See Team Oft’ For Tourney Early Today Accompanied by a few loyal fans. Coach (’outer and Father Otto Peters. nine Catholic high school basketball players boarded an Erie train at 2.22 o’clock this morning and headed for Chicago where they will participate in the national Catholic interscholastic tournament which starts tomorrow morning and ends on Sun day. Forty or fifty fans were al the; station to see (he team oh' at the! early hour this morning. I The team was to practice on the! Loyola University floor where the [ tournament games will be played, sometime today, and tonight will attend a game between two Chicago (earns n which the rules will be expained and demonstrated. Their fust game will be with Spaulding Institute of Peoria. Illinois, nt 11 o'clock Friday morning. Several Decatur fans will leave lor Chicago at 2:22 o'clock tomorrow morning and others will follow at some later time. If the Decatur team

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'is succesful In winning its first game, many more fans will be on hsnd« to i'cheer (hem on in their next contest Preble Independents Dclcai Wonder Five J 'Plio ITeble Independent defeated the Decatur Wonder Five In a game ■ played as a preliminary to the 0. E-, leaders game nt the high school gym lust night, bv a score of 34 to 17 I This was the second straight defeat suffered by the Wonder Five nt the, .bunds of the Preble lagers, Preble | having won the game ptnyr-d last we< k by a score of 29 Io 2.' Lineups and summary: Preble (34) Wonder Five (17) | Huffman F z . Fee 'Airman F. Frlslngeri Smith .. C. . Bowen l Shady G Eckrotej , Lindwna:) .O , Smith, i Substitutions: Bhberiih for Air Itnan. Field goals: Huilmaiv 6; Airmen 4; Smith 2; Lindeman 2; Fee 1; Frisinger 2; Bowen 3: Smith 1. Free throU : Hileman 2; Airman 1; Smith 1; Shady 1; Lindeman 1; Fee 11; Eckrote 1; Smith 1 Referee: Beal,

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D. IL S. Thinlv ( I.«L To Eiihi t/iiadiiinviiliH Mecl — ■ l( »a announced today that the Decatur high whool track team will mmp«ie in a quadrangular meet to be held nt the South Side high school atud.um on Saturday, April 18 The 1 schools which will take part in the; , inc. I are Fort Wayne (’• ntriil, Port i laid. Auburn and Decatur. It is like'lv that a dual meet will be : • !(• doled ■ for the Decatur thinly clad* They nill take part in the county and die t( :• t ine.-i . also Poach Kennedy ,'lui- 'farted track practize Only a small number ure <uit for track Ro far. since • viral of (he athletes arc cut for spring foolball practice, but tliey will he hut for track as soon as I th- football practice is over in an i;l 111 I week or two. Dougla-i Haney made a Imsines.i I '(rip to Tort Wayne this afternoon, j ,, | I. • I

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1 T Zion Reformed Church l.enten service tonight at 7:301 ■ o’clock with a message on the sub | ject, "I'asover and Redepnptlon. These services have been we)) attend j ed. You are cordially Invited to come again. The choir will meet for re i heiirsel immediately after the service and all members are urgently request red to be present. o — Sahiitlav is Gift Day in Decatur. Call at the Daily Democrat <>l!:ce and renew your sithscripii<m. \S c give tickets. <»<>t3'

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