Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 27 March 1926 — Page 3

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■IS.B.ISEBALL I IfItTPRACTICE 1 I-»e- ■ tions On Team ■ hiKh a,b,P ' PB ar ° Htnlai « I,rk 1,1 for K ball """ H, ’ r,ng ’ Ap, ’ r, ” ; ' y.'i, t »,-ntv candidates for the Ut h!lvP been working out on W** 81 FVh! <a<h evening under the K'tlon of M« rs ‘’ all am ’| ■ Xtal high hool will not have M . g. team Hos spring, the school HLlur.ti'-s ha.. ng decided to devote MS o f the imie to baseball. New | Kiform have b. < n purchased for, ■L baseball team. The suits are, W*L ~/ very attractive bine and grey, Katsrial. with Decatur across the Kt in larg*' script letters. Twelve K, uniforms were purchased and ■*. am several old suits that are B]i ;noil condition yet. ■ Moser and Thomas have been trv- ( Ki out for the pitching job. .The ■iDnuer is said to have a fast ball, Hfbilt' Thomas has a bag full of ■trii'ky curves Hebout and Drawn ■ |rP working behind the bat. There ■is plenty of good material for the in-! ■{Aid ami outfield berths, it is said. | ■ The schedule is not. complete, so ■for. hut Principal Walter Krick statBed today that he hoped to have sev-, ■ era! games booked within the next ■ days. The first game likely will ■ with the faculty next week. ■Berne will he met soon, also.

—o .... — Wabash. Bedford And Bloomington Favorites In Wrestling Tourney Bloomington, Ind. Mar. 27. —(United Press I—Wa bos'll. Bedford and Bloomjagton today loomed as the leading contender- for the state high school lo tting championship, which is to be decided here tonight. Forty-seven youths survived the initial tests which were held last night, at the meet which is under the auspices of Indiana University. o - ■ Cambridge Wins Annual Boat Race With dxfoYd Ships Hotel, Mort 1,-ike, Eng.. Mar. K—(United Press.) —Cambridge todaywon the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race on the Thames while hundreds of thousands lined the river banks and shouted encouragement to the oarsmen. The time was 19 minutes, 29 seconds, an even minute slower than the course record of 15:29, established by a Gray Oxford crew in 1911. The crews embarked at 12:17 p. m., and the race started at 12:26. four minutes before scheduled time, but at just the right moment to take advantage of slack water at high tide. Cambridge won by about five lenghts. the greatest margin of victory since 1903, barring the fiasco of last year when the strangely designed Oxford shell virtually swamped and was three lengths behind when Cambridge crossed the finish line. The race was rowed over smooth vater, in a light wind and under a .sunny sky. The count between the Ivo universities, since the classic was Irst rowed in 1529, now stands: Cambridge, 37; Oxford, 40. One race, in 1877. was a dead heat. -I‘eterson I‘eterson Grade Team Beats Preble, 13-8 In a basketball game played at the Peterson school, Friday afternoon, O’* Peterson grade team won from the Preble graders of north of Preble •<we 13-8. Peterson led at the half, 11-6. Preble scored first on a field goal a nd then Peterson scored three twolinters in rapid succession to take e lead which they held for the reminder of the game. Ross led the " ,a ck for the Kirkland township ram with four baskets. Smith and ” nson also played good games for "e winners. Schoaff was the star " r the losers scoring all of their o,nta an 'l Playing a good defensive Sime together with Helmrich,. Both earns had difficulty in making their ° s cour >t. Both teams have won 6 game and it is probable that a '7 * ame will be played. « B °n (13) Preble (8) Sehimck v J ’ Newhard j-i,. Schoaff H “ BtOQ Helmrich G„..i. Newhard Rn« 7 g ° als: Smith it Schirack 1; *7 4 : Schoaff 4. ° UI goals: Smith 1.

I Berne High School Starts Spring Sports . . | | Berne, Mar 37.- Coach .1. J Dlltz has issued a call for candidates for ( the Berne high school baseball and 'trick teaiiH and a large nunlber of •athlete-, have responded, a meeting of the candidates was held Thursday | and the work of the two teanw was I'Utlined. The baseball team will start practice next week. Thera is good ma- 1 terlal available this year, although! several mainstays of last year’s team were graduated. Prospect# are good for a strong battery. The thinly clads have been practicing on runs for several days. TEAMS LEAVE TRAINING CAMPS I Two Wide Open Pennant Races In Prospects As Teams Start North By Henry L Farrell . (United T’resk Staff Correspondent) New York, Mar. 27. —Two wide open pennant races are in prospect as the major league teams leave the training, camps and start northward for the i pening of the season. In the National I/'ague the champion I Pirates, the New York Giants, the St. Ijoum Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reda appear, to be sure contenders' and the fight in the American League will Im made by the Champion Senators, the Philadelphia Athletics, the St. Louis Browns and perhaps the New York Yankees.

Among the officials who are optimistic alymt the -coming season, John A. Heydler, president of the National League, is mast enthusiastic. “Competition,” he said, “develops interest in the game and there should • I be plenty of competition in each league ’[this season. I notice a disposition of •.the critics l|>.consider only four teams 'I in our league, but I will go further than that. 1 think that the Brooklyn and that the Boston clubs are among ‘ the contenders. • “Practically every team in the league ’ has been improved by the addition of one or more good young players. The Pirates didn't need much improvement 'and neither did the Giants, but they are ' I better clubs than they were last year. “The Boston club is being almost entirely rebuilt and it is a gopd club of young hustlem, under a smart manag- • or. The Brooklyn club has infield troubles. But it has a remarkable pitching staff. "I wouldn't attempt to pick the pennant. winner in our league because 1 don't know and I don't believe any one manager in the league is certain that he is going to win the championship.” General opinion expressed in the -.earth favored the Senators, Athletics and the Browns to fight it out for the American League pennant, but the Yankee's have developed so well that they look like contenders. Th Yankee pitchers have come along fin and Konig and Lazweri apparently have Salved the infield problem.

Kirkland Alumni Defeat Monroe Grads, 18-16 In a basketball game played as a preliminary to the contest between the Zion Reformed church team of this city and the Salem Reformed church eagers of ort Wayne, at the D. H. S. gym Thursday night, the Kirkland high school alumni defeated the Monroe high school alumni. 18-16. The game was closely contested throughout. Monroe took an early lead and led throughout the first half. The half ended with the score 11-7 in favor of Monroe. Kirkland rallied in the second half and forged ahead when Coppess and Mitchell, of Monroe, were forced out of the game via the four personal foul route. o Middlewest Takes Honors In Texas Relay Games Austin, Tex., Mar. 27. — (United Press.) — The middlewest took off most of the honors in the Texas University relay games. Illinois took the half mile relay and the University of lowa relay team went out in the middle and outstepped the Georgetown team by inches, to provide the biggest upset of the day. Guthrie of Ohio State took the pentathlon taking four first places in five events. He also won the 120 yard high hurdles. — o__. 0 __. BIRTH Barbara Jane is the name of the girl baby born to Mr. and Mils. William F.j Kohls, of Nuttman avenue this mornling. k

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Cheers! A C •/*. .J 1 , ■ < W V I O? r. • ■ <•<%,;.’.*» ' / Babe Ruth training a la Helen , Wills, who clouted his first homer of the season while in spring [training at St.(Petersburg, Fla. MOST FROSTS ! NOT KILLING I State Entomologist Savs

I Fruit Growers Should i Continue Spray Program Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 27. —(United I Press) —• Stories of killing frosts have > caused greater lasses to the fruit grow-| ers of Indiana than any frost that ever 1 struck this state, Frank Wallace, state ttold the United Press 1 tqp'iy. i ', /‘‘Not one frost in five that hits Indiana really kills the apples," Wallace ' said. | He declared that as soon as there is a frost newspapers, acting on information from persons who really are not (acquainted with the situation pub- 1 lish stiories to the effect that “the* ' crops are ruined.” j These stories the entomologist .declares, frighten the farmers and fruit growers who immediately throw up their hands in the belief that their crop already is lost. | ‘Four times out of five,” Wallace declared, “if these fruit growers would go ahead with their program of spraying. as they hive it outlined, they would save their crop.” One of the hardest things of Wallace's department, which has general supervision of all the orchards and nurseries in the state, has to combat, he said, i's the hysteria on the part of the orchardists ,as soon a.s there ha<s been a frost, even a light one. , “If they would go ahead and tspray their trees, just as though nothing had

happened practically every one of them would have a good crop," he said. ' j Wallace declared he did not blame the newspapers for publication of the 1 stories, because “they gave the people 1 the information that is handed to ► them." He said the real blame should ' be placed on the men, who with little ' cr no knowledge of the conditions give ! out the information. “I have seen apple trees, with the 1 ' buds coveted with a coat of ice in the 1 spring,” Wallace said. "In the fall ' these same trees, if the orchardist ; carried out his spraying problem, would have an excellent crop." Disregard stories of killing frosts 1 was Walloce’s advice to the orchard men. and then go atmad with the program for producing a good crop jtut as though nothing had happened. | | “However, if there has been a frost,” ( the entomologist said, “and the orchard f men immediately stop all work on the t trees it is certain they will have no f crop.” Although the peach treespf the state ‘ are more susceptable to frost than the apple trees, there is seldom any occa- , sion for alarm among peach growers f even in case of frost, Wallaco said, provided of course, that “the proper precautions are taken.” i 1 "It is just about time for the frost I stories to start rolling in,” Walkice i said, “and I certainly hope that the o fruit growers will pay less attention ! to them than in the past. | > | “There really is seldom any occasion for a heavy loss of fruit crops as the result of fnost.” 0 ' Miss Marjorie May spent the day in Fort Wayne. j

Gene Stratton Porter Memorial Society Files Incorporation Papers The Gen* Stratton Porter Memorial Society of Indiana, (organized for the purpose of acquiring Mrs. Porter's former home at Rome City for n state park, filed articles of Incorporation with the secretary of slate Wedntisday. Ac<ording to Mrs, Pauline G. BittenKer, a director |>f the organization, the society will make efforts to raise a fund of <60,000 to 'buy the home and site from the Porter family. As soon as the purchase Is made the property will be deeded to the state department, of cen arvaHon for a stale park. The Ir.rter society, a'cording to Mrs. Pittenger, already hat\ a part of the fund promised. As a means of raising further amounts, she organization will sponsor the showing of the moti tri picture, "The Giri of the Llmberlost” throughout Indiana and other states. The film qontain# pictures of Mrs. ' porter and several of her homes. Directors of the organization are Miss Gertrude E. Wirtz and Miss Adelaide C Gastineau. —: ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + SPORT TABS ♦ + + + ♦♦♦♦♦ + + + ♦♦♦♦ Northwestern University has sixty members on its women's rifle team. The Hoboken Model Yacht Fifth, organized in 1840. was the first in America. The Western League has decided to give three prizes to the clubs having the largest opening day attendance this year. The first national association of lacrosse clubs in the United States was organized in 1879. with Herman Oelrichs as president. Jack Delaney, who in his early career as a pugilist showed few signs of rising to the ton of the heap, has cleaned up 65,000 in four of his recent bouts. Dr. Ben F. Roller, former wellknown heavyweight, wrestler and who at one time tried his hand as a professional boxer, is now a promin- . ent surgeon in Seattle. In America, the ski first came Into something like general use in the California mountains, where it was introduced probably by Norwegian i miners in 1849-50. Carl Anderson, coach of the Newark A. C.. is planning tol take about I a dozen American athletes to Europe this summer to compete in meets to be held in England. France, Germany and Sweden. I John Risko, the Cleveland heavy- ' weight whose decisive defeat of Paul Berlenbach has boosted him several ' rungs up the pugilistic ladder, is twenty-two years of age and a baker by trade. The record winning pari-mutual I odds for all time paid at an American race track were those at the Latonia spring meeting in 1912, when Wishing Ring won a race at odds of approximately 941 to 1 to win, 321 to 1 to place, and 85 to 1 to show. Harness horse followers the country over will learn with regret of tho final passing of the famous old Readville track near Boston, which has been sold for conversion into railroad yards. Readville will live in trotting "records as the scene of the first two-minute mile race. Canoeing, as a recognized recreation, is definitely traced back to the time when John McGregor, an Englishman, concieved the idea of building a boat that should combine the sea-going qualities of the Esquimau kyack with the constructional strength and nice finish of scientific workmanship. The announcement that Oxford University has decided to give a full Blue for hockey is the latest official recognitioa of the place which this great game has won among winter sports in England. But it is, perhaps, a little belated; Cambridge University conceded the full Blue to hockey eighteen years ago. The first hockey match between the two universities was in 1890. Basketball Gaine Tonight The Berne A. C. basketball team and the quintet from the Anthony' Wayne I Institute, of Fort Wayne, will meet in j the third and deciding game of a three- j game series at the Decatur high I school gymnasium this evening. The game will start at 8 o’clock, with a good preliminary scheduled to start at 7 o'clock. Each team has won pne game from the other this season. o Connersville —Frank Wagner caught his hand in a saw' at the Connersville Lumber company. The fingers and a part of the palm of his hand were cut off.

Noted Author Dead on ■’l dr k ’/'j, flh t wW I * ■■ r UiJ W. L. George, author and newspaper writer, who died suddenly in London of a heart attack.

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PALM SUNDAY SERVICES TO BEHELDTOMORROW (<ONTIM l’.r» I HOM F.4GE ONBD | ■ -W. I Joyfully greeted. Historians trace I the observance of the day back to the sixth century. With the spread of Cliristianlty to the West, and particularly Io the Lutin countries, some of the rigid eeremonitils gaYe way to more joyful observance, and the day became a floral festival second only to that of Easter. Among the Spanish it wus known as Pasqua Florida. Spanish explorers having on Palm Sunday, 1512, discovered what is now the Stato or Florida, gave that, name to the land In honor of the festival. o- — The Daily Democrat for Job Printing

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