Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1925 — Page 7

/ ■ If JL i.lf fl/A m foICKNAME FOR NET TEAM Catholic High To Hold Contest To Select Nick-name For Quintet Father Otto Peters, manager of athletics at Decatur Catholic high jchool, and France Conter, athletic cogch, today decided upon a contest to select a nick-name for the Catholic High basketball team- For the last two years there has been a de--Bire among fans and the players on the team for an appropriate nickname. Practically all teams have a fighting nick-name, which is short and snappy, and is easily worked into yells and songs. According to the plans for the contest agreed upon, all persons who attend the game between Catholic High and the Fort Wayne Blue Prints here Thursday night are entitled to submit a suggestion for a name. The suggestions are to be placed in a box at the door Thursday night. A committee, yet to be named, will go over the list of suggestions after the game and sometime within the next few days a title for the team will be chosen. To the person suggesting the name chosen, a season ticket to the home games to be plajed by the team this season will be given. Coach Conter has been working his men hard this week in preparation for the game Thursday night. Hie visitors are strong and a fast fame is expected. A good preliminary game will be played by the Catholic high second team and an opponent yet to be chosen.

Rockne Confers With Notre Dame Head Today South Bend. Dec. 15— Announce;- ■ meet that Knute Rockne will con- , tinue as football coach at the University of Notre Dame is expected to come from Rev. Matthew Walsh, president of that university, sometime tomorrow. Rev. Walsh and Rockne held a brief conference today after which the coach returned to his desk in the athletic) directors office and Walsh made a business trip to Chicago Both promised statements tomorrow o DePauw Ready For Indiana Game Tonight Greencastle, Ind., Dec. 15 —(United Prses)—Depauw university today anxiously awaited the coining of the strong Indiana university basketball team tonight. Coach Hughes’ squad is in excellent condition for the game. The probable lineups: Depaujw a Indiana Ward F.. Krueger Stewart F Beckner Byrum C Robinson PuckettGSponslor AtruckGWinston o Collier’s W eekly Picks All-American Grid Team New York, Dec. 15.——(United Press) —Collier’s weekly today announced the following all-American team picked by Grantland Rice* Ends—Thayer, Pennsylvania and Osterbaan, Michigan. Tackles—Chase, Pittsburgh, and Weir, Nebraska. Guards—Diehl, Dartmouth, and Hoss. Ohio Center—McMillan, Princeton. Quarterback —Grange, Illinois. Halfbacks —Wilson, Washington, and Oberlander, Dartmouth. Fullback—Nevers, Stanford 0 _ President Os Wabash College Resigns Today Crawfordsville, Dee. 15 —Dr. George Lewis Mclntosh, president of the Wabash college since 1907, today hand ed his resignation to the board of trustees of the college. The resignation was accepted by the trustees to be effective July JI next year. Dr Mclntosh gave ill health as the reason for his resignation. - ' o-*— Columbia Elects Madden ■ New York, Dec. 15—(United Press) . —Wm. Madden, sophomore halfback on .the Columbia varsity team and a star basketball guard, was elected football captain for 1926. ton.imam i 1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martz and Miss Leab Parker, of Monroe, were iu the . pity thl satteruoon shopping

WET BLOC DRIVE AROUSES SENATE TO FIERY DEBATE : I'loy half the population 1 lhe other half and then fa . "° lco constitutional amendment even n WM ble, require, too much tZ urnish the necessary in,,,,, r ' of improvement throuvh ’ V , B 'nents and modification of the 5 mg ] aWt existwade or beat the law." * t 0 Sale Os Hunting And I’'shing Licenses Grows n ß <nm h T tlng antlfish, “R licenses “ indiapa during October this V eat showed a marked increase over Occober « year ago, ami it f s expetted hat November sales will also exceed last November. George N. Mannfeld, >sh and game division superintendent reports to Richard Ueber, conserve ticn director of the state. These two months are the popular ones for the taking out of licenses, and conditions were improved this year aver last by very seasonal hunting weather, together with the presence >T large quantities of wild game. Last November's license sales numbered 52.273, and this figure was outmatched the third week in November this year. State game wardens in October ar jested 174 persons for alleged fish and game law violations, and 164 paid fines and costs amounting to $3,155.50. Nine cases are pendingn and one case was dismissed. Seventy-five of this number were apprehended hunting without licenses, while 42 took fur animals in closed season. Mannfeld reports that approximately 2,302 acres of land in Starke and

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taporte counties, formerly the bed of I the Kankukee river, and lying east ] and north of English latke for a distance of f. miles upstream, has come Into possession of the department I through an act ot the 1923 legislature. Tills land will be posted and patrqlled against hunters and used as a wild I life breeding ground and sanctuary. —— o—■ Latest French Cabinet , Crisis Goes Unsolved By A. L. Bradford <U. I’. Staff Correspondent) I’arls, Dec. 15.—The latest French •abinet crisis failed ot solution today. A meeting of the ministers terminated with nothing acc6mplished to quiet the uncertainity or to check the falling franc. Before the session, it is understood. Premier Briand declined at least temporary, an offer by Finance Minister Loucheur to retire if it would help Briand. ■ 0 | SEVENTYFIVE-YEAR-OLD IS "BABY” OF HER CLASS Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 15—(United Press) —Mrs. Mary L. Todd, 75 years >ld, is the "baby” of the Naomi class of the Central avenue Methodist church here. This class of Sunday school “kids" s composed of members who range beween the ages of 75 aryl 90 years. It was organized 17 years ago by Nicholas H. Davis, a retired minister, and lis widow, 90, is the oldest living member. Twenty-seven belong and heir combined ages make a total of 1,993 years. Genuine No. 3 Pocahontus Lump also Chestnut Coke. Telephone your order No. 25 Burk Elevator Company 1 294t6

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