Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1926 — Page 3

FANS MAY SEE | I BOTH y.ocal High School Teams J To Play (James At hitferent Hours Friday B Arrangement* were made thi* muriiwhereby the local basket bull fan* Kj Ul y see both local high school teams j BEn action Friday night. Both teams games scheduled to be played in j ■his city Friday night, the public high Kehool meeting Auburn and the Cath-j high school playing Cathedral of ■ndiann polls. The game between t’lilli-i K.ln high and Cathedral, at the t'uthohigh school gym. will start promptly It 7:45 o’clock and the game between X'catur high and Auburn, at the public dgh school gym. will start at 8:45 ■dock. The preliminary at the Cat ho. jc high gym will start at 6:45 o'clock, rhile the preliminary at the public ligh gym will get, under way about :30 o’clock. Both games are expected to be good mes. Auburn defeated Decatur at Au.mrn several weeks ago, but the locals Shave improved greatly since then and ■ they are determined to turn back the ■ invaders by handing them a defeat. ■ Cathedral high, of Indianapolis, is one ■of the strongest rivals of the local ■ Catholic teatp for the parochial school I championship of the state. The locals ■ defeated the Indianapolis school twice ■ last year by the scores of 27-18 and V 22'20. r — o I Preble Panthers Win Third Straight Game f The Preble Panthers easily de--3 seated the Linn Grove Independent I team at Berne, last Friday evening. J The final count was 40-22. The I winners held a 17-7 lead at the half. ■ "Buck” Corson was high point man ■ with 7 field goals and one free throw ■ to his credit. Shady played a strong 3 game at guard for the winners. StudU ler was high point man for the losers ,1 with seven to his credit. Lineups and summaries: 9 Preble (4Q) Linn Grove (22) 3 Hoffman F Studler I" Arnold F Runyon Smith C Baker Shady .G Schlagenhauf Corson G Reynolds Substitutions: North for Arnold. Ehrman for Smith. Smith for Ehrman, Ehrman for Hoffman, Arnold for Ehrman, Hoffman for North. Liby ■ for Runyon, Pyle for Reynolds. I Reynolds for Liby, Runyon for Reyn 3 olds. Field goals: Hoffman ", Arnold 2, I Smith 2. Corson 7, Ehrman 3. Stud- | lor 2, Baker 3. Schlagenhauf 1. Liby 1. Pyle 2. Foul goals: Arnold 3, Corson 1. Ehrman 2, Studler 3. Sehlagen- | bauf 1, Reynolds 1. Referee: Dale. Ellenberger. o *INT H E BASKET * ....by.... I IT NIT E D PRE S S ■ 4 * Evanston. 11l. —Northwestern's Wild I Cat basketball team had things its own way in defeating Mercer University, 57 to 24. Champaign, 111. — Illinois basket quintet staged a brilliant rally in the' second half and came through with I a 30 to 29 victory over the Kansas Aggies. Galesburg, 111. — Lombard's basketball team gave Loyola a 40 to 11 ; trimming here last night. Clarence Murphy led the victors with ten baskets and two free throws. Lafayette. Ind. — Purdue University today is celebrating its fifth consecutive basketball victory, a triumph over the Little Giants of Wabash, ancient rivals of the Boilermakers. The Lambert coached machine last night nosed out a 38 to 37 victory over the Vaughn crew. It was game replete with thrills with Purdue overcoming the 26 to 21 halftime lead of th e visitors to win. 1

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r ** *** I CIELD GOALQ P By MARK M. VPP kJ ■■■. jbmmL I*‘ IX,' I mi. - - —lT— »■ 1--- .'—- • 1 ~ . -«> We don’t mind getting beaten In a nlp-and-tuck bull game, and we don't mind friendly Jobs from fellow sport wt iters and fans, but we do hate to go to a game arid have to “land around out in the cold for forty-five minutes beI fore the gymnasium floors are opened for us Io get Inside. That's exactly I what happened ut Bluffton Saturday night. And we were among some fifty or sixty other tuns who felt about us hot inside and cold outside as we did. The doorp were opened jit 7:30 and Hie game started at 7:45. It's a wonder to us that any fans go to games in BlulTton, since the team loses a majority of its games and to top that oil, the management keeps the tans "wailing ut the church” iii the cold lor an hour before they lei them inside. ‘ll mu*t have been a terrible disappointment to that big crowd of Yellow Jacket fans who accompanied their hard court prides to Bluffton Saturday evening only to see them get taken into camp We'll admit it looked tor a while towards the last that Decatur might win after all —even after the Tigers had completely outplayed them in the first tw’enty minutes, but a final basket by Gerber saved the day We understand that there was little basketball talk at. Decatur ovet Sunday, most of Hie time having been devoted to the perusal of funny papers. Performs Too Late "Decatur backers expected great things out of Strickler, pivot man. who 'one visiting fun said was the only real basketball player on their team, but lie failed Io show any speed In the first period and that partly accounts ipr j Bluffton's comfortable lead although not discrediting the efforts of the'Tlger players. However, at the start of the second period Strickler became flashy and began rolling in baskets. A dangerous man. we’d say. Mark M. Was There "Mark M, Up, of the Decatur Democrat, was there and he said he enjoyed the game despite the way it turned out. Mark M. is really a nice, fellow, hut. confidentially, he gets paid for wilting those cracks on Bluffton, so as those who delight in grape-nuts know, there's a reason Come over again, Mark M. Pardon us. We just discovered we spelled your name wrong again.”—Rip Otis. Yep. Rippy, we were disappointed somewhat, but not nearly so much as a lot of BlulTton fans were when they wt nt home from Decatur last Tuesday I night. The Blufftonites went home humiliated, but we came home with the satisfaction of knowing that our team had played just as good as yours. "We'll have to take buck part of that prediction we made Saturday on ■: the score of the Tiger-Yellow Jacket fracas, but the failure of the Tigers to win by a wide margin does not detract in any way from their victory. A one-point victory is just as good as tiny although it is a little more nerve .racking to witness. Keep going Tigf-rs.”—Out of Bounds. A copy of the Fostoria. Ohio. Daily Review has reached our hands. The story of the Decatur Catholic-Fostoiia game in the Review has a few items i of interest not lound in the Daily Times' account of the contest, published in the Daily Democrat yesterday. The Review savs: “For the second time in the history of St. Wendelin High school her basketball team was defeated ' in a scheduled game. Likewise, this was the second time the Saints have I suffered a setback on their own floor.” “Every player was a star ou the Hoosier outfit. Meyers and WemhotT, forwards of last year’s team, were well over six feet and were in the game to win.” "It seemed strange to local fans that a bunch of huskies like Decatur Catholic, could come from a town of live thousand with another High School in the town, but that is what happened and it took every inch of these six feet to win.” “Coach France Center must he congratulated, as should “Cy” Scharf for turning out two of ( ih“ best teams that have ever played on a local court.” Cash Keller, of the Huntington Press, is devoting most of his column to the doings of Manchester College these day*, since the Vikings aren’t having much luck. Cash has even gone so far as to pick Manchester to win the state college title. t I Shootin’ ’Em and Stoppin’ 'Em has started his column in the Indfanapo- , iis News. Yesterday he announced bis annual platform for Indiana high school basketball. His platform coincides with our idea of the matter, so we print it herewith: ’ “1. No games indoors before December 1. "2. Ten players for all tournament play. s “3. Three days for sectionals and finals. I "4. Permission for state champion and one other team to be selected by 'vote of legislative board to take part in tournaments of national scope. 1 "In connection with the presentation of Shoot in' 'Em’s annual platform i for Indiana high school basketball attention is called to the swift current of criticism that followed the culmination of the 1925 football season. Friends of the game all over the country sensed something bordering on over--1 emphasis. "It is this very thing that Shoot in’ 'Em has in mind in his platform, f Basketball is unquestionably lie most popular sport in Indiana and it will be . well Io guard against overemphasis. "Four years ago a Vincennes team Chat had won ihirty-eight consecutive games lost-a thirty-ninth to a team it had twice defeated during the playing ,eason. It was obvious that exhaustion had overtaken the losers. I "Plank No. 1 in the platform submitted today calls for no games before . December L This leaves three full months for a playing schedule and one month. Match, for tournament activities. "Practice for the season could begin about Hie middle of November whicji would give every team fifteen days in which to prepare for the regu lur games. "Ten players for tournament play < itainly is not too many Three days lor sectional and final play would remove the possibility of any one team playing three strenuous games in one day, which almost every one will admit is not the best thing in tlie world for high school boys. "The idea of taking part in national tournaments should not meet with much objection. Those who have put their stamp of disapproval on this it: the past have advanced only one argufnent, namely that the Indiana championship should be the last word in titles. "Surely Indiana is bigger than tin's. Surely we are not afraid of outside 'competition. It has been suggested that the winner and the runner-up would not be able to make a good impression outside the state after our own state tournament. It has been said that the runner-up is not always the second strongest team in the state.” |,. | Berne's Fighting Five swings into action again this week-end in a game , with Chester Center, at Berne. The announcement was made this morning that the hours for the two basketball games here Friday night had bean arranged so that fans may attend both The Catholic high-Cathedral game will start at 7:45 o'clock and the Yellow Jacket-Auburn game will get under way at 8:45. Preliminaries will be played at both games, also. Today's question and answer: "Q Does the referee’s decision take precedence over Jhe umpire’s in calling a foul?. A -No.” This week’s schedule is as follows: Friday night- Auburn at Decatur, Cathedral of Indianapolis at Cetholic high, Monroe at Bluffton. Pleasant ( Mills vs. Kirkland at Decatur, Chester Center at Borne. Montpelier at Lan- | caster. Indianapolis at Bluffton. Rockcreek al Liberty Center. Ossian at Petroleum; Saturday night—Decatur at Kendallville, Hartford vs. Monmouth at Decatur. . If there are any mistakes in the above schedule, please notify us at once.

HUGE NEW STADIUM PLANNED BY N. DAK. Grand Forks, N. I).. Jan. 5. — (tnited Press) —Paul L. Samuelson, alumnus,; is chairman of a drive to raise funds for a new $500,000 Memorial stadium.; gymnasiuan and field at the University of North Dakota. 1 The new stadium, which will be patterned after that at. the University of Illinois, will be the finest in the North- ( I west except the one at the University' of Minnesota. i 0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ohio State, 43; University of Pittsburgh. 34. Illinois, 30; Kansas Aggies. 29. Northwestern, 57: Mercer, 24. Muncie Normal. 77; Indianapolis Col-J lege of Pharmacy, 22. , Tulane, 33; Georgia Tech, IS. Loyola University, (Chicago), 11; Lombard. 40. I Wesleyan, 20; De Pau w University, 37. ] i Purdue, 38; Wabash, 37. Bradley, 28; Cornell, 27,

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WELLS COUNTY STANDING W. L. Pct. Itbckcraek Dodgers 10 1 .910 Lancaster Bob Cats .82 .800 Liberty Center 7 4 .637 Union Center 5 3 .625 I Ossian .. 7 5 .583 I filuffton Tigers 7 9 .437 Petroleum Zippers 3 7 .300 Chester Center 3 9 .250 o ' Negro Bandits Kill Man In ' Filling Station Hold up Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 5.— (United 1 Press) —Police today were scouring ' the c’.ty for trace of the negro bandits'. I who killed Rufus Webster in a gaso- J 'line station holdup. Webster was shot when he attempt-. ed to res’st the bandits. He was shot' twice, once through the head and once * through the body. c The exact amount of money taken * by the bandits could not be deter- c mined. r 4

TO TAKE PART IN LEGION AFFAIRS Several Well-known Legionaires Os Eighth District Have State Offices Several well known legiomiires of the Eighth district will take n prom : nent part In American Legion affairs In Indiana during the coming year. They are: Robert Bushee, of Ossian, state athletic officer; Fred Wieeking. of Bluffton, new Eighth district executive committeeman; Arthur Ball, of Muncie, past state Legion commander, and now a member of the 'mporlant state finance committee, and Paul Haimbattgh, of Muncie, district child-welfare chairman. State officers of the American legion for 1926 began their duties officially at an installation ceremony held at Ijeglon headquarters, Indianipolis, Sunday. • Simultaneously, Clarence A Jacttson, of Newcastle, new state commander, announced the personel of the committees which will carry on the various branches of Legion endeavor during the next year. The ceremonies which marked the beginning of the new year were brief but impressive. Titos. S. McConnell, of Fowler, retiring state commander administered the oath of office to Commander Jackson and the corps of officers who will serve with him. Mr. .McConnell was in turn presented with a past state-commander's badge and a brohze plaque in recognition of his services during file past year. The meeting was followed by a dinner given for the old and new officers at the Columbia Club by Arthur Ball ■>f Muncie, past state commander. The complete list of new officers installed by the Legion Sunday is as follows:

Clarence A. Jackson, of Newcastle, Commander; Clay Phillips, of Terre Haute, first vice-commander; Cassius Hunt of East Chicago, second vicecommander; Robert Daggett, of Indianapolis, finance officer; Harry Muller, of Fort Wayne, Judge Advocate; Bowman Elder, of Indianapolis, National executive committeeman; F. A. Helnzle, of Tell City, Americanization officer; Robert Busher. of Ossian, athletic officer; Ray Dickman. of Evansville, historian; Janies Briscoe, of Rockport, sergeant at arms; and Fred R. Hill, of Milford, chaplain. New executive committeemen installed were Herschel Johnson, of Petersburg, first district; Leroy Badoiette, of Vincennes, second district; Charles Hunt, of Jeffersonville, third district; Robert G. Hass, of Greensburg, fourth district; Vachel Dunlop, of Clinton, fifth district; Charles Theders, of Connersville, sixth district; S. A. Bishop, of Indianapolis, seventh district: Fred Wiecking, of Bluffton, eighth district; Dr. R. A. Cooper, of Carmel, ninth district; Harvey ('. Varner, of Valparaiso, tenth district; Dr. C. Griffith, of Huntington, eleventh district; Ralph Rugman, of Auburn, twelfth district, and Dr. C. R. Wagner, of Warsaw, 13th district. o

Three Players Expelled From Huntington Quintet] i Huntingtqn, Jan. 5 — The large Huntington, high scfhpol basketball squad was reduced in number last night when three players. Carl Newell, Don Miller and Donald Kindlev were asked to hand in their suits and leave the squad. The boys were expelled from the team as a result of improper conduct while on the Elwood trip last Friday and because of disregard of training rules, according to a statement made by Coacn Kinsey, Monday evening. Two or three other members of Ute team may be asked to turn in their suits tonight while a few other, first team players will be reduced to] the Reserves under the jurisdiction of Assistant Coach Cross, it was said. Regular practice will be held it i lie school gym this afternoon and the disciplinary measures will be taken at that time, it was indicated. The boys who were asked to leave the team may be taken bacn within two or three weeks if they show the proper attitude, or they may be dropped for good, Kinsey said. | All three of the dismissed players were me*mbers of the first ten and had played in nearly all the games this year. Newell was regular center, Kindler substitute forward and Miller substitute floor guard. Kindler was high point man in the Elwood gdme played last week. I —————o Bandits Injure Aged Soldier During Hold-Up ‘ Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. s.—(United Press)—Frank Donovan, aged inmate of the Soldiers’ Home a t Danville, Ind., today is recovering from injuries received when lie was attacked by two negro bandits and robbed of $65 1

Schaefer Wins First Block Os Title Match 1 Chicago, Jan. s.—(United Press) —j A brilliant rally tn Hie eighth inning with 243 billiards, failed to suffice and Edouard Horemans, world's champion balkline player, finished the first block of his 1,500 point match with Jake: Schaefer on the short end of a 500 to 375 score. Schaefer, who lost Hie Hile to Horenuins only n month ago and is now attempting to win It back, played consistent billiards, fulling only one inning to make at least point. His best run was 135. The champion atql challenger will' play their second block tonight and then settle the match tomorrow afternoon.

Leaders Meet Caseys In Local Gym Tonight The Fort Wayne Knights of Coli.mbus will play the Decatur Ix-aders at; the Decatur high school gymnasium' this evening. A large crowd of fans is expected to see what promises to, !be an interesting contest. A good pre-' liminary game will be played, starting at 7:30 o'clock. The big game will start at 8:15 o’clock. o Break-up Os Klan In New England Is Believed Near New Haven, Conn., Jan. 5. — (United Press.) —The complete break up iof the Ku Klux Klan in Connecticut and possibly in all the New England states was keen here today following .announcement that the New Haven * chapter lias disbanded because the national order has "become tin Amer- 1 lean and a menace to the country." i Reports here today indicated that the klan chapters in Danbury. Waterbury, New London, Bridgeport and possibly other cities are preparing | either to disband or renounce the national order. The chapter in Hartford ceased to function some time ■ago. The split in the ranks of the Connecticut klansmen started when D. E. Rhodes was sent here from Atlanta to take charge. I . — 0 Irving Berlin, Jazz Song Writer, Slips Away And Gets Married Atlantic City, N. J., Jan. 5. —(United Press )—While all New York wondered “wher e are you and how are I you,” Irving Berlin, jazz song writer, was located in Atlantic City today, but not "all alone.’’ With the former singing waiter of > “Nigger Mike’s” was his bride, the former Ellin Mackay. The honeymoon coiijde, who disappeared from New York late yesterday following their marriage at the city hall, were loe.itled at the Ritz Carlton hotel. The I heiress to the Mackay millions, and the now wealthy song publisher as well as writer, had motored here and j occupied a suite which was under- ' stood to have been engaged by Miss Mackay yesterday.

Stated meeting of Decatur Chapter I Royal Arch Masons, Jan. 5, 1926. Installation of officers and other important business. L. C. HELM, H. P. 3-2 t. .: o Laugh with the whole town at Central school play “His Uncle’s Niece,” High School Auditorium, Wed and Thurs. 0 Daily Democrat Want Ads Get Results

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