Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1926 — Page 6

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BIG TEN Will DEFEND PLAYERS Schools Will Defend Ath- • letes Krom Non-(’ollege Organizations Chicago, Mar, 16. (United Press) Athletic- directors f the Big Ten Conference of the middle west have started a campaign to defend athletes from nin-collegiate athlete organizations as well an from professional leagues. The directors have sent a letter to Murray Hulbert, national president of th«* A. A. I’., asking his organization to take the same stand that pr fc donal footba,! interests did in forbidding the signing of college athletes before their campus careers were ended. Amateur athletic clubs operating under the A. A. U., have been signing college athletes as members of their clubs before the young men finished ‘ s -hc.nl, the athletic directors said and ’ pointed out that the athletes should be given a chance to finish their studies before "bothering with outside interests.' ’ In many cases, it was said, college athletes have joined such chibs as the I. A. (’.. ami the A. A.. in the middlewest and competed under o'.ub colors before leaving school. Three Great Athletes Perform In New York New York, Mar. 16.—(United Pre st —Probably the three most ver itile I athletes in the worl 1 will exhibit their ! talents tonight in the New Garden. | Charley Hoff, cf Norway, Har hl Os-j borne, of the I A. and Emerson i Morton, of Georgetown University, will i enter a test of seven events, the sea- 1 titre of the annual Knights of Columbus games. The seven events are the 60-yard dash, the running high jump, the 16p nind shot put, the running hr. ad jump, the 60-yard high hurdles, the pole vault and the 400-meters run. t Hoff is the favorite. o Central Fifth Grade Beats St. Joe Team The Central school fifth grade boys defeated the fast St. Joseph school fifth graders in an interesting basketball game last night. 21-16. St. Joe led at the end of the first half, lull.- 1 but the shatp-sliooting of ('. Hill, speedy little forward, gave Central the game. Lineups and summary: Central (21) St. Joseph (IG) i C. HillF . Meyers’ Buffenbarger . F Kit son, J. Hill C Lichtle • McNeal ... G ... Klepper Myers G Tanvas' Substitutions: Elzey for Myers, I Neptune for Tanvas. Field goals: C.l Hill, 4; Buffenbarger. 2; J. Hill. 2:' McNeal. 1; Meyers. 2; Kitson, 1; Lichtle, 2; Klepper. 3. Foul goals. ' Elzey, 1; Myers, 1; C. Hill. 1. o Beckner, Indiana, Leads Big Ten In Scoring Chicago, Mar. 16. —Arthur Beckner,' of Indiana, popping six baskets ahd a free throw in his final game against Wisconsin last Tuesday, shot himse’f - into first place in the conference individual scoring for the season Beckner’s tc tai was 110, three points more than the count ran up by Captain George Spradling, of Purdue, who led all season, until Indiana’s final game.; Beckner and Spradling tied for first in basket shooting, each looping forty- i three. Krueger, another Hoosier forward. was third with thirty-nine. Louie Behr, the Wisconsin sophomore, was Pleasant Elixir Ends Indigestion Promptly Acute or Chronic Money Back Plan There isn't any question about Dart’s Mentha Pepsin stopping acute indigestion, gas and distress after eating in just a few minutes. Other remedies have been known to do the same thing. But why bo satisfied with relief? Why not let Darr's Mentha-Pepsin put your stomach in such a fine and healthy condotion that it will digest the heartiest meal without fear of distress? And don't you know' that nine times in ten. nervousness, sick headache. dizziness, sleeplessness, sallowskin and dull eyes come from a disordered condition of the stomach and that Date’s Mentha Pepsin, a real stomach medicine will speedily end these ailments if yon will give it a chance. Try one bottle. If you are not thankful for the good it does you the Holl house Drug Co., or any druggist will return the purchase price.

'far out in front hi goals from the foul .line. He ran the fat total of f vrtyfour. i i It wis not a very pood scoring year. | Beckner’s winning total being Iwentyjthreo points below that of Johnny I Miner, Ohio captain, who led la -t year. I Players who scored fifty or more |i inis during the year: <;. B. F. TP l Beckner, Indiana 12 43 24 110 Spradling, Purdue 12 43 21 107 Behr, Wisconsin 12 30 14 104 < 'unnlngham, Ohio 11 37 20 94 Krueger, Indiana 12 39 11 89 Fi her, Northwestern ... 12 38 13 89 Ila -y, Minnesota 12 20 27 85 ’White, Northwestern ... 12 27 31 85 ' Sibley, Indiana 12 28 28 84 Harrigan. Michigan .... 12 31 15 77 Neuman, Purduo 11 27 18 72 t’hambcis. Mi higan .... 12 27 17 71 .Cramer, Purdue 12 29 10 GS .Zimmerman, Chicago .. 12 22 19 63 I Haines, Illinois 12 25 13 63 Daugherty, Illinois 12 23 16 62 iSponr. er, Ind'ana 12 23 13 61 I Doyle, Michigan 12 24 12 Go' i Reece, Michigan 12 22 15 59 Van Deusen, lowa 12 18 20 56 Dempsey, Ohio 11 '23 9 55 Hotchkiss, Wk-ennsin .. 12 IS is 54 Mauer, Illinois 12 21 11 53 I Tarbert, Ohio 11 15 21 51 O Berne ( enter Placed On Second All-Star Team , Bagley, center on the Berne high |school basketball, team, which represented the Decatur sectional in the regional tournament at Fort Wayne la- t Saturday, was placet! on the secfond all-regional team by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel sports editor. . Ellenberger, Berne forward, received ihonorable mention. Following are the Defections made by the News-Sentinel: First Team Pos. Scott (Central F Trembly (Columbia City) F iSwigert (Bluffton) F I Jasper (Central) C Riddle (Syracuse) C Baker (Central) G Auer (Syracuse) G I Troyer (Central) G Second Team Pos. Gerber (Bluffton) F I Stiegler (Central) F j Prentice l Kendallville) F Bagley (Berne) C loman (Cofujmbia City) c 'Cummins (Columbia City) G Baxter (Bluffton) G Douglass (Angola) G II norable Mention — Morrill (Central): Connelly (Syracuse I; Diehl (Central); El enbergerl Berne); Crosbie (Bluffton); Schreiber (Kendallville); Cramer (Angola); N. Schrack and Kennedy (LaGrange); Baxter | (Bluffton.) ( ——— « ———— (COMMODORES LEAVE TODAY FOR TOURNEY (COXTIM r.n i itoM PACK <>m:> student body and told the team that j every young person in Decatur had j hope and confidence in the Commodores. "Johnny Boy" Hain, mascot of the Commodores, predicted victory for iiis team. He appeared in his newuniform. which is an exact dnplica--1 tion of the new ones secured, recently. by the Commodores. He accompanied the team to Chicago. Mayor George Krick, representing the official city of Decat nr, assured the team that the whole community was proud of the showing which the j Commodores had made in basketball the last season and ho urged that I they enter every contest with a determination to win. Father Fettig then made a few reI marks and told the audience that he was sure the team would exert every effort possible to win the national title. I Announcing that no pep session could be complete without honoring Decaur’s premier basketball fan, three cheers were given for George i Wemhoff. who has been a strong supporter of all Decatur athletic teams i for many years. Cheers for the team were given by the school, led by the two able cheerleaders. Mary Colchin and Frod Foos. In closing, the school sang its school i song, “On, C. H. S.” o ’I Princeton, N. J., —Records of the I class of 1875 of Princeton Univer-itl | show that cf 20 men in the class who ! engaged in sopt.rts, 10 are still living and four have their names in "Who’s Who.” Os the ten best scholars, six j are still living and three are in “Who’s i Who.’ A 0 ’ Dance, Odd Fellows Hall, t 8:30 Wednesday. 61-2 t > 0 ' ■ “The Great Chicken Case,” H. S. Auditorium, Friday night.

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r.”' T -n~ -C* , .***7 '* .-T- - » -- - - 1 , —, ' FIELD GOALC JL Ry MARK M. UPP kJ ' *l. —’ " * - • _ - —•-_ ■ • E.T ■— ’■ —— ■~‘2£— — _ 7. ... y ’file Commodores have headed their good old ship toward Lake Michigan ’ with Chicago a their de fin ition. They export tn bring home a <;.rri labeed . "National Catholic (’humps." I The boys su-e oot a nice send-off today. There will be several | I Decatur fans on hands tor their opening game Friday afternoon, but if the Commodores get by their first two games successfully, there i will be a great delegation of Decaturites there for the third round game, which likely will be with Fort Wayne or Marquttte Academy of ( Milwaukee. Rip Offs and Oat cf Baundi, the columnists in th«* lilufftnn News and i Bluff: a Banner, respectively, called it ,-i • asen yesterday and signed <>l". Tilt ce hoys w. rk hi’<l while they’re at if. but they don’t bell-ve in putting in any vertime. We v.i-h they could get jus: as enthusiastic during the. ' L ';tb: ll season. Rip Offs gave us ,t paragraph in his fadeaway column, which we greatly appreciate. Here 'tis: "Pardon us, Mark M., we almost forgot you. As a colyum conductor in Adams county you seem to be a little nearer to us than the rest. Although we've done considerable scrapping back and 'orth, hither and thither, during the winter season, you know and we know that even brothers do that in the best regulated families, so we now want you to know that we entertain naught but tender feeling for you. (Doesn't that sound poetic.) Anyway. Mark M, we surely want td congratulate you on the excellent colyum you have put out all year and invite both you and Dick Heller (if Dick will leave the j girls alone for a while) to come over for a friendly visit and we won’t I talk basketball, either.” Thanks for the ni o words, R’pjy. The m’s our sentiments ahcut you, toe. And. ay. w<> may take you up n that invitation fcr a friendly visit., Whi e the ixtei'i lean..; that survived the r gion cl pl ay last Saturday' are battling for the Indiana high sc'.iool champ nship-at Indianapolis nexi ( Friday and Saturday, the Ohio a-id Illinois state championship finals will lie n progress at Columbus and I'r’uiw. respectively. In Cilia, there a-• eight Class A teams and e’ght Cla-.c B team' hf, in the running fcr the tat" title. In llinols. nly four teams are .-till in the race. I The Class A team-; in Ohio inc. ii le: Hughes of Cincinnati: Portsmouth; Fast High f Columbus; Zanesville; South and East H : gh, of Akron; South High of Lima: and Wav eon. la Cl i ; B are: Miamisburg; Broclervil'.e; G-.anville: Jen! - High, vs Marietta: Oberlin; Ravenna: Ney and St. Ros ■ high f Lima. The final round for the championship will lie p’ayed in th a Coliseum at ths state fair grounds in Columbus. Friday and Saturday. In Illinois, the four teams left in the race are Canton. Flora. Athens and Freeport. The sectional tourneys were held last weekend. The finals will be played in the University of Illinois gymnasium. Nearly 700 teams started in the chase for the state title. Canton meets Flora and Athens plays Freeport. Friday night. The winners will meet in the title game on Saturday night, ihe two losers on Friday night will play Saturday night in a consolation game. Here’s what “Sporting Noto?," i:i the Peoria. I) .. Journal has to say about the Indiana stite touiney: ’lndiana’s tat.' final ; at Indianapclis ;nra a! ■<> t> bo hold thn week. Sixteen teams, however, instead f sou-. as in Illinois, will compete f>r the champi'asl’.lp Imimr- Th- In lanapo'is event ar.a . lly draws a-owd ; which na-a the hiO.UDO mark in total attendance. In the final strugg.e vi ar. clns»‘ t ) 25.n00 sjr ( tui.t. - v»ere me ent. Caaches Rogers and AUnnen, of i'l-adley, plan to attend the spectacle this week." It’s not too late t send In a few contributions. It’s going 1 > be harder than ever to keep the old column rcing now ince Rip Offs and Ont m Bounds have ung the Swan Seng. , Looks like Hie state tournament was going to be a horse show this vear with all of those dark horses on hands.

inis year, wi. n <j‘» w Star Basketball Player Os Sheridan Team L • ! Sheridan, Ind . March 16 —(United Press)—Physicians were doubtful today of the recovery of Beeson Harvey. star player on the Sheridan high school basketball team. Harvey' is suffering from influenza contracted a short time aft-r participating in the sectional tourney at Tipton. He also has an infected foot as a result of an injury suffered in the games.. /Washington Senators Are Popular With Tampa Fans* Tampa, Fla., Mar. 16—(United Press) —Washington will have to win another American League pennant this seastin or break the heart and bank roll of the entire city of Tampa. Unlike the people of cities in which the other major league teams are training in this section, those of Tampa have taken almost exclusive property rights to Bucky Harris and his band of Senators. Those who haven’t the time, take the time, to go to the ball park and show their claim to a personal connection with the team by addressing the players each by his first name, i I Harris, who is ranked socially as one of the first citizens, feels sure that his team will deliver without too ' much exertion. i “No other team in the league has

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Purdue Supplies Many Executives To Electric 1 Railway Industry Os I •S. Lafayette, Ind, Mar. 16. — (United Pre a) Purdue University rank third among the schools of America In th” number of executives supplied lh» electric luilway industry. According to a table in Hie Area, ol ficlal organ of the American Ril way Association, Cornell University. Is first i with 59; Massachusetts Institute of , Technology, se ond with 49; Purdue, 44; University of Wisconsin. 25. and ihe Univeriity of Pennsylvania, 21. ; I Purdue was recently announced a-; having the largest electrical engineering school in the world. _ .. <y — STECK IS WINNER OVER BROOKHART (COXTIVI 1I!> I'HOM PAGE OM'.I ]>c:t by at least a majority of the full committee was deemed certain in view of the unanimity of the sub-committee in it.i findings. The sub-committee was c imposed of two democrats and tw 1 republicans. I Tile senate must act on the committee’s report. Brookhart indicated he would fight the issue on the floor. Valparaiso Marriages Are Becoming Popular With Chicago Couples Chicago. March 16 (United Press) —Valparaiso. Indiana, marriages are becoming so popular witli young Chicago couples that Hie Pennsylvania rai'road is contemplating giving several of its trains such names

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I Huntington comity; | t Pyrmont, t’olhurn. Amcrieu, It J ' H Ockley. Pettit. ||„ Hlh A '’ Uan '*. | , jMonitor and Dayton | n - n I ( county; Burlington in Carrol Z? H Kirklin In Clinton county Mwt h I ; in Grant county; Sununlivit’; I , Madison county, and i. |llan(1 ( | county are Involved. H ’ | [(.overnor ( alls Highway I Commissioners lor Meeti n . r I f —— h f Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. lfi.-(f nit I ( Press)--Governor Jacks in today I the members of the state I • mission tn confer with him tomorrow I I It Is understood ihe governor wlUy,, I to’ dheu-s the 1926 paving I ! with the cttnimlssion members a ,.,] I , make several rec tmifiuiaiicms f : ,' r 1 ( changes in policy. I o | 'Unidentified Man Killed I ' By Train At Indianapolis : Indianapolis, Mar. 16. — (United . Press.) — Police and county ar.tir, r . 1 ities today were seeking to iq«ntit,- a man who was hilled by a railroad t.ain in this city late last night. The man with both legs severe! w-as found along the railroad rig’c ~. . way. He was still alive when picked 'up but <ll-d on the way to a hospital. .— I o I Evanston, 111. — Men study much i more than women lint at the sir.w | time do a lot more heavy eating than : the fair sex. according to the su wy just completed by the Y. M. (’. A. II .—1 o_ Attend ihe nlay given by I). U.S. Football team Friday nifn.. 1 I). H. S. Football team bunc1 fit play, Friday