Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1926 — Page 6

I Commodores -- AWAIT BATTLE Catholic High C'agers Are Ready For Important Game With C. C. H. S. The Catholic high school Commodore swill go through their final workout tonight in preparation for the allimportant game with Central Catholic high school at the local Catholic high gym Friday night. Coach Cooter announced today that his squad was ready for the invaders and are deter- ■ mined to send Coach Kochi's eagers home with the short end of the score, j The Catholic high gym will be taxed' to capacity tomorrow night. Every available seat in the gym has been sold out days in advance of the game, 180 tickets having been sent to Fort Wayne. Standing room will be sold to about 150 persons, but not until 8:15 o’clock. No one will be admitted before that time who does not have x ticket. The doors will be open at 7:30 o’clock in the preliminary game, between the Catholic high school girls and the U. T. D girls’ team of Fort Wayne, will start at 7:45 o’clock. The big game will’start at 8:45 o'clock. Coach Welbourn, of South Side, of Fort Wayne, w’ill referee the game. Mrs. Bittner, of Fort Wayne, will officiate in the girls’ game. The Commodores are very anxious to defeat the C. C. H. S. quintet to-1 morrow night, since the Fort Wayne team handed the locals their only defeat suffered so far this season, in a contest played at Fort Wayne two weeks ago. That contest was a great exhibition of guarding and the score was 14-11. A victory for the Commodores tomorrow night, by more than a three-point margin will practically assure them of the state Catholic championship again this year, providing, of course, they win the remaining games : on their schedule. A Fort Wayne news- > paper stated yesterday that the Commodores had been told they would not be taken to the national Catholic tour-* imrnent at Chicago next month if they’ lose to C. c. H. S. tomorrow night, 'j This is not the case, as they likely will be taken even if they lose. The C. (’. 11. S. team was taken to the’ tourney last year and the team had lost nearly half of its games during the season. : The Commodores will meet the ; fast Catholic high school team of Fostoria, Ohio, in a return game at 1 the Catholic high gym here next Monday night. The Commodores defeated the Budkeyles at Fostoria earlier this season by a score of 1110. A great game is expected here 1 Monday night. Geller will referee the game. o Discuss Formation Os New Pro Football League Chicago, Feb. 18 —(United Press) —Promoters of several large cities of the country are gathered here in a meeting with C. C. Pyle and Red. Grange to organize an American League of professional foctball clubs. So far the entries of four cities have been accepted and those of three others tentatively taken. Those accepted are New York, Phila- ! delphia, Milwaukee, and Newark, i Those taken on condition are St. i Louis, Cleveland and Boston. < Another meeting is to be held late i today out of which an entire league i is expected to come. The new league i will operate independent of the pres- < ent National League. ’ Milwaukee — Led by ‘Red” Dunn, Milwaukee's professional basketball 1 team will meet the Knights of Columbus five, of Fort Wayne, here tomorrow night. ■ j Are You All Run Down? 1 £ Many Decatur Folks Have Felt That ' Way. Feel all out of sorts? Tired, achy, blue, Irritable? Back lame and stiff? It may be the story of weak kid- i neys! ( Os toxic poisons circulating about Upsetting blood and nerves. There’s away to feel right again. I Help your weakened kidneys with Doan’s Pills —a stimulant diuretic. Doan's are recommended by many. Decatur people: Mrs. Jennie Strahm, 1515 W. Monroe St.. Decatur, says: "Sharp, shootng pains caught me in the small of 1 my back when I bent and it was hard < for me to straighten again. My back j was lame and stiff in the morning . and I was tired and weak. Spells of dizziness came on and my kidneys < were sluggish, too. Doan’s Pills rid I me of kidney trouble.” ij 60c at all dealers. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.

FIELD GOALC JL By MARK M. UPP kJ Tomorrow night will be a big night in Decatur, basketballicly speaking. There are three headliners in the city, namely, Commodores vs. C. C. H. S., at Catholic high gym; Yellow Jackets vs. Columbia City, at D. H. S. gym; Kirkland vs. Lancaster, at the old gym. Just to make the Big Ten race a little more complicated (we can't ’hink of any other reason) the Purdue Boilermakers let the Chicagol Maroons lick them at Lafayette last night, 21-19. It begins to look like the first shall be last and the last shall be first by the end of Fort Wayne South Side has had a streak of bad luck. Noble Sprunger, star floor guard, was declared ineligible for further competition at the end of the first semester this year. Now the state high school athletic association has found that he was ineligible during the first semester and South Side has been ordered to forfeit all games in which he played this year and the school has been placed on probation in the I. H. S. A. A. until June, 1927. The Huntington Vikings have had their share of tough breaks, also, this week. Glenn Bummer, star floor guard, became 21 years old this week, and automatically became ineligible for further high school competition. Glenn is a good player, so Crowds on the Sidelines says, in the Huntington Press. Sure, he’s a Hummer. But, getting back to Decatur and Adams county, we’re going to have a busy evening Friday night First, we’re going to see the Yellow Jackets battle Columbia City, then hurry over to tne Catholic high gym and see the Commodores play C- C. H. S.. If the evening were longer and the playing hours were arranged properly, we'd like to take in the Kirkland-Lancaster game at the old gym, but that is out of the question. We see where Roy Chesterfield, of Brazil, Indiana, a star pitcher with the Danville, Illinois, team in the Three-1 league last summer has been called to join the New York Yankees in spring training at St. Petersburg, Florida, next Friday. Such popularity must be deserved. To start the week-end off correctly, the quintets representing the Zion Reformed and First M. E. church will clash at the D. H. S. gym tonight in the *irst annual contest between the two teams. There are familiar basketball names in both lineups and a good game is expected. The Berne Fighting Five closes its schedule Friday night, meeting Petroleum at Berne. Make it sixteen straight, gang. Pleasant Mills and Jefferson will do battle in the D. H. S. gym here Saturday night. This looks like a toss up. Today’s question and answer: Q —A captain claims that if his team does not use up the three “time outs” allowed by the rules and. the game results in a tie score, he can use the remaining time outs in the extra periods of play; is lie correct? A —YeS; overtime play is a continuation of the second half. |

Pleasant Mills To Play Jefferson Here Saturday The Pleasant Mills and Jefferson township high school basketball teams will meet at the Decatur high school gymnasium here Saturday night. Pleasant Mills triumphed over Jefferson in a game played at Berne early in the season by a two-point margin. A victory for Pleasant Mills Saturday night ’will pull the team out of the cellar 41 the standing of Adams county teams, while a victory for Jefferson will assure that quintet of finishing the sea'son out of the cellar. The teams appear to be evenly matched and an in- . teresting contest is expected Saturday night. There will be a preliminary game between the second teams from the two schools. I. o I. U. Denistry School To Have Baseball Team Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 18.—(United Press)—The Indiana University School of Dentistry today is anxiously awaiting the coming spring, planning to send a baseball team into the field of college competition for the first time. A schedule of ten games is being arranged and the players will begin practice at a local park as soon as weather conditions permit. o Otto Smith Rents Flying Field Near Linn Grove Otto Smith, of Monroe, instructor in aviation and a veteran flyer himself, has rented a field at the west edge of Linn Grove, on the west side of the river, and will conduct a flying field there during the coming summer. He will instruct student flyers and will give passenger flights. Mr. Smith conducted a flying field near Monroe last summer. o Stalling Gives Chicago Victory Over Purdue, 21-19 Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 18. — (United Press) —For the first time this season Purdue basketball fans were mourning a defeat of the Boilermakers, suffered on their home floor. Chicago turned the trick last night by setting down the Purdue boys to the tune of 21 to 19. An almost perfect defense and a stalling game that could not be broken up spelled defeat for the proteges of Ward Lambert. o Caseys Beat Detroit Pulaski Post, 24-15 Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 18.—. After holding a one-point lead at the end of the first half, the Knights of Columbus basketball team opened up a 1 bombardment of the basket In the sec- 1 ond frame of their game with the De- i troit Pulaski Post team at the South 1 Side high school gym here last night t and wou an American League contest,

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24-15. Uncanny accuracy on long shots and perfect teamwork on shorts shots gave the Caseys a commanding lead throughout the second half. Homer Stonebraker, veteran eager, thrilled the large crowd of fans with two sensa-| tional field goals from the center of the floor. Stoney and Shimek connected with the basket for three field goals each during the game. Ely and Unger, scoring aces for Detroit, obtained only one field goal each. .. 0 — ■■ Zion Reformed To Play Methodist Cagers Tonight The basketball teams representing the Zion Reformed and the First Methodist church will meet this evening at the Decatur high school gymnasium. A preliminary game, between the junior team from the Reformed church and the fifth grade of the Central school, will start at 7:15 o’clock. The big team will start at 8:15 o’clock. The lineups of the two teams include several well-known Decatur stars and a fast game is expected. o BIG TEN STANDING W. L. Pct. ! Wisconsin 4 2 .667 Illinois 4 2 .667 Indiana 4 3 .571 Purdue 4 4 .400 Ohio State 4 4 .500 lowa 4 4 .500 Michigan 3 3 .500 Chicago 4 5 .444 Northwestern .. 3 4 .429 Minnesota 2 5 .167 o Several Teams Enter Tournament At Berne Berne, Feb. 18. — Indications are Chat a large number of teams will take part in the amateur basketball tournament to be held in the Berne community auditorium February 26, 26 and 27. Contracts are coming in in every mail. Managers of teams who wish to enter the tournament should get in touch with either Emil Aeschliman. or L R. Schug. An entry fee of $3.00 is charged each team, however this will be refunded plus two dollars to every manager who appears on the floor with eight uniformed men. The winners of the tournament will be given $50.00 and the team ranking second will be given $20,000, while to the player making the greatest number of Held baskets a crisp five dollar bill will be given. The games scheduled for the B. A. C. quintet for the remainder of the season were announced yesterday by Manager Aeschliman. The games to be played are the Fort Wayne Red Crowns, Feb. 29; three-day tournament, Feb. 25, 26, and 27; Anthony Waynes, March 6 and the Huntington Red Tops, March 13. Omaha — Coming from behind in the latter part of the game, Creighton Ipsketeers overwhelmed Kansas Aggies, winning by a ucore of 27 to 21. The Kansas Aggies led at the half, 14 to 9. |

YELLOW JACKETS READY FOR CAME D. H. S. Quintet Seeks Revenge In Game With Columbia City Here Undaunted by their long string of defeats this season, the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets are anxiously i awaiting their battle with the Columbia City quintet here Friday night. Coach Kennedy’s men are anxious to turn In victories in their last two games on the home floor this season and tomorrow night they will be out. to avenge a defeat suffered at Columbia City during the Christmas Holidays. The Yellow Jackets had an off night at Columbia City, after defeating the Bluffton high school's Tigers here a fgw nights previous in a great game. They returned to form the night following the Columbia City game. I however and gave the Bluffton Tigers I another great fight, losing by one point on the Bluffton floor in the last minute of play. It is doubtful if Bob Strickler, the Ye’low Jackets’ star pivot matj, will be able to play the entire game against Columbia City, as his knee has not entirely, healed from the injury sus-, talned In the game at Van Wert two; weeks ago. The coach will save the • big boy as much as possible and take no chances of his knee being Injured again and keeping him out of the sectional tournament. The remainder of the squad is in good condition. The varsity has been going good in practice this week, probably the best it has pliayed this season. The second team has been snowed under a topheavy’ score In scrimmage every evening and the varsity's offense has shown much improvement.

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The Yellow Jacket second team will play the Rockcreek reserves In a preliminary game, starting at 6:30 o'clock. The big game will start at 7:30 prompt, so that it will be over before the start | of the game between the Catholic high school and C. II- S. of Fort I Wayne .at the Catholic high gym iGeller will referee the big game. o— Indiana Quintet Meets Illinois Friday Night Bloomington, Ind , Feb. IS.-—(United University’s basketball team will have ,a chance to start upward again in the Big Ten basketball championship derby Friday sight when Illinois invades Dean's quintet on the Bloomington court. A victory for the '‘Scrappin Hoosiers" will put them back into the running. The mini scored a triumph over Purdue a week ago today and to put | a crimp Ln Coach Ruby's dreams of a verdist over Indiana will be a mighty task for Indiana's quintet of native sons-. Ruby started the season with exactly seven letter Coach Dean broke into the chase with only tour. All of Illionois’ men are ranking high in the Individual scoring list while a trio of Hoosiers are within the first six conference leaders. Beckner's scoring against Purdue last Saturday night sent him up among the top position athletes. He has totalled 67 points this season in seven I games, an average of over nine points per game. Kreuger and Sibley are only a few points behind. Indiana tops the list in scoring ability as a team, averaging within a fraction of 32 points per game for a total of 221 points for the conference title. Outside fans who desire to see the “Scrappin’ Hoosiers" sail against conference opponents this season should mail for their ticket reservations at once. Ticket Manager Fisher will put on sale 400 pasteboards for each of

the remaining skirmishes and the early birds will receive first attention. Saturday night Purdue’s wrestling team will exchange grip* *lth the Indiana matmen here. The Rollermakers have been travelling at a dizzy pace In conference meets this season} and should give Jack Reynolds’ grap-, pl,-rs one of the hardest battles of the year. ( — —o ■ — Yellow Jackets On Fort Wayne Football Cards I The Decatur high school Yellow , Jackets are included on the football schedules of the Central and new-’ North Side high schools of Fort Wayne for next fall. Central will play here on October 16. and the Yellow Jackets will m et North Side In Fort Wayne on October 23. Following are the schedules of the two .schools: North Side Sept. 18-Open. Sept. 25— Open. Oct. 2—Hartford City. here. Oct. 16—Garrett, here. Oct. 23 —Decatur, here. Oct. 30—Mooseheart, here. Nov. 6—Kendallville, there. Nov. 13- Logansport, here. Central Sept. 18—Open. , ; Sept. 25—Laporte, there. . ' Oct. I—Bluffton, here. Oct. 9 —Open. Oct. 16—Decatur, there. Oct. 23—Portland, here. Oct. 30—Elkhart, there. I Nov. 6—South Bend. here. —o 350 Athletes Entered i In Purdue Relay Carnival i Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 18.— (United • Press)—Three hundred and fifty alI rmeady have entered Purdue’s annual : ready have entered Purdue’s annual t the Memorial gymnasium here Februf ary 23 and 24. according to an an-

*■• ■ ** ~ nouncement mad* today. In making the t Clavett, assistant athletic < IN 2 n ,7 dared that more than $2 50 Z, ’ 1A being Offered the conteMaiX Fifty-four teams win '.seven champloo.hlpe 1 Q n, in the ’’Silver Derby." contest, will be furnished to brighter L I program. , “ Among the other event, are the university wTMtllnr--J. plonehlp;- the boglng meet- gft and quarter mile chgtaploMhi|. 7 ; tortball free throw events; 'ami fencing meet apd the ' . Championship, between the wij ‘ the Independent league aß( | . -ternlty champions. T 1 'O— ——jl Many Athletes Enter $ Illinois Relay Cajr»i v *l Champaign, HL. Feb. 18. pre,,)-The ninth annual Illinois r(h lay carnival, to be held herein 2 . gives indications of being Mt track and field meet in thlhlgtwy of mlddlewestern colleges. • A, the meet approaches. tU entry list begins to look as if It wfllJe f || We the record number of entrlei’of laat year, when 64 leading unpSeraities sent 717 athhtes tor the 19 The mala meet this yearr-kvlll b, held at night. The tb e b|ll will be the four university relay raceg. Other night eyent, Ve: 75. yard dash; low and high hur^» ; and 1,006 yard rung; 1,500 meter runs; high and broad iumps; shot, put and pole Officials will attempt to ran the I Mt. Vernon — Grove Flesher's vis- - ions of an oil gusher in his back yard 1 faded qultkly. A jet of fluld.Tesemb--1 ling oil shot skyward when he’jrovr a - timber into the ground. He had only - pierced a water main. 1 1 ■ I