Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 102, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1926 — Page 5

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[taAROOS HAVE IJ GAMES BOOKED Ihirklaiul High School Net ■ Team Has Many Open I Dates On Schedule t I coach Null announced, before his Hieuartura, that nine games had been Kheduled for the 1926-27 basketball i ■ caw „ for the Kirkland high school Kfaiigarooa. ■ T| b , opauing game will be played ■ , Ossian on October 15. Two games K, |V e been scheduled with the Ossian Kuintet for next season. These two Earn* met for the first time last fall End the Adams county team won. 25- ■,_ Games have also been scheduled gwfth Lancaster. Berne, Decatur and ■Hartford. I According to present indications, the ■Kirkland township school will again Eq ya * strong team in 'the field. F. ■Arnold, Luther Arnold, Meyer, and ■jelling, from this year's teatn, will be Stack Captain Lowell Arnold, Heller. Schlickman and Andrews were lost through graduation. The schedule: ( Oct. 15— Ossign, there. Oct. 2—Open . Oct 29—lAncaster, here. Nov. 5- -Open. Nov. 12-Open. Nov. 19 —Open, Nov. 26—Open. Dec. 3—Berne, here. Dee. 10— Ossian, here. Dec. 17—Hartford, here. Dec. 24—Open. Jan 7—Decatur, there. Jan. 14—Open. Jan. 21—Open. Jan. 28—Hartford, there. Feb. 4—Berne, there. Feb. 11—Open. Feb. 18—Lancaster, there. Feb. 25—Open. —— o Bluffton High School Interested In New Game Bluffton, April 29.—A new sport “Katchring" is being introduced into the activities of the Bluffton high high school at the present time. The game is played with rings and a mechanical tossing device, which is used in batting Jhe rings to the outer field. The game is' played in a field which is 30 feet long and 25 feet wide. In this space there are two bases and a home plate. The game may be played with as high as ten players on each team. The tossing device is made of wood aftd is in the nature of a spring board, which tosses a rope ring into the air as the flipping part of the Sevice is stepped on by the person at bat or in the home plate. As the ring is tossed to the opposite end of the field it is caught on spears, which the outfielders use in the place of gloves. The game was introduced in Baltimore only a short time ago and has from that time until now made a great hit in the various sport sections

of Baltimore. Devices for the new game are being made at the high school by L. E. Templin today, and it is expected to have the game being played here in only a few days. Rules as to the pjayin'g of the frame will be published as soon as the devices and fields are completed. This promises to be one of the leading sports of the summer season among the youngsters of the city. The new game, however, can be Played by the older citizens as well as by the youngot. o —— Indiana Beats Purdue In Baseball Game, 4-3 Bloomington, Ind., April 29 —Indiana defeated Purdue here yesterday,' 4 to 3, in the opening -conference game on the local field. Two walks, two singles and a triple, scored all of Indiana's runs in the fourth. Wilcox Os Purdue, was responsible for his team's runs, bringing runners across the Plate with his timely hitting in the fifth and seventh innings. Indiana .... 00040000 *—4s 0 Purdue .... 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 o—3 6 0 Vogjtech, Hurd and Belchor; Huls"itt and Wise. ■ —o — Boys Are Holding An Election Today •4 School boys today were voting in their annual city eoeltiou tor city of ficials who will govern the city a day during Boy's Week, next week. The election polls were open at noon today and will be open for an hour alter achool. There are there tickets iu the field.

Berne-Decatur Game h Postponed Until Tuesday IThe baseball game scheduled for tomorrow afternoon between Deact nr high school and Herne has been postponed until next Tuesday afternoon, t 11 "'‘‘’‘•announced today,. The Decatur diamonders will Ko to Fort Wayne Saturday where they will meet the 1 fast Central baseball team. -t -o BUILDING THREE BALL DIAMONDS I I ’Play Grounds Being Coni structed For Boys And Girls Os Decatur Workmen started today constructing three new baseball diamonds for 1 the spring and summer baseball activities among Dedfftur boys and girls J Two diamonds will he constructed on the Studebaker field near the South! Ward school and one field will be constructed on the Niblick field east of Deactur. The fields are being built by the Deactur high school athletic association, under the supervision of Principal Walter Krick. They will be used by all school children ind will be used by the teams in the Twilight leagues this summer, also. Locke To Make Another Attempt To Break Record Lincoln, Neb..' April 29 —(United Press) — Roland Locke, Nebraska dash star, who clipped off the 100 yatd dask in an unofficial 9 5-10 seconds last week in the Drake relays will make another record atttempt this week in a dual meet bettween the University of Nebraska’ and the University of Missouri. “Locke will break the record,” Coach Schultet of the Nebraska team said today. .“I am confident he is the fastest human in the world.” University authorities are planning to have official A. A. U. scorers here to catch Locke’s time as he complete the century. , — o — YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 9; Chicago, 4. Brooklyn, 5; Boston, 4. New York, 5; Philadelphia, 2. St. Louis, 5; Cincinnati, 3. I _ American League Washington, 5; Boston. 2. New York, 3; Philadelphia, 0. Chicago, 9; Detroit, 5. Cleveland, 7; St. Louis, 3. American Association No games played. , o COLLEGE BASEBALL Franklin-Butler, wet grounds. Duke. 11; Navy. 6. Notre Dame, 2; Northwestern. 0. Indiana. 4; Purdue, 3. + 4. + 4>4’4** , i.

♦ WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD + [ Yesterday’s Hero —Felix, Brooklyn s ■ outfielder, singled in the ninth inn- Q ing and drove in the run that beat | the Braves, 5 to 4. The Yankees, after being held | scoreless through seven innings, a knocked Lefty Groves out of the box - in the eighth atid beat the Athletics, • 3 to 0. “ The Indians knocked Jonnard out I of the box and flopped the Browns j 7 to 3. I Jack Wisner, one of McGraw's a rookie pitchers, made his starl . of the season for* the Giants and stopped the I’hiilios by a score of a B to 2. * ■ i ■ O’Farreil’s homer in the ninth |j inning with one on enabled the j Cardinals to beat the Reds, 5 to | Thomas, one of the young White . Sox pitchers, issued nine passes and hit one batter hut the Tigers couldn't 0 hit him and lost 9 to 5. 1 Heavy hitting in the pinches coupl- p cd with Kauffman's wildness gave j ' the Pirates a 9 to 4 victory voer the . 1 Cubs. . j rpijp Seniors gave Wiltse, a rookie pitcher, a fine belting aud boat the Red Sox 5 to 2. J Decatur chapter Royal Arch Masons ‘ will meet Friday evening. April 30. I Mark Master degree conferred p LC. HELM. High Priest. 102t2x j 3, * , . „, - (y— s — * • I ’ The Dttib DemuvriM—Yvur Home 1

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Baseball Game To Be Play- , cd Tuesday Afternoon As Part Os Boys Week A baseball game will be played I Tuesday afternoon, Mny 4. between I the seventh and eighth grades of the Decatur public and parochial sc ools and the Decatur Rotary club, it was announced today. The gaino will be played on the day of Boy's week, per- • sonifying Boys' Day In Athletics, and has been arranged by Hugh I). Hite, 1 chairman of that day. The game will be played at 4 o’clock I Tuesday afternoon on the athletic field east of Decatur. The public is I cordially invited to attend the game. The Rotarians have premised to have a gang of old time hall .players in their lineup and the grade team will be equally as strong. Frank “Leather" France, of this city, will officiate at the gam e and has promised to “do” the job in old ' time form. The game will begin promptly at 4 o’clock. | o \ NOTED ATTORNEY RECEIVES LETTER FROM GANGSTERS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) lenge carried police today into Cicero. Chicago's W'est side and other known haunts of the beer warriors. Deputized to operate in any part of | Cook ounty, the law army set out with a dual purpose: 1 — Arrest the slayers of McSwiggin. 2 — Make Cook county safe from gang rule. Last night the county was quiet as the safety forces swung into action. Revelries which had existed in the roadhouses was calmed. The big gaming places of Cicero were darkened. Only a few persons stood about the saloons which recently have reaped most of the death fire of the ambushing machine guns. The underworld expected Crow'e’s army and they were not disappointed. The police—led by thirty trained Chicago police officials —gathered between 80 and 100 suspects for questioing into Tu|ehday’s mass 1 assassination. Foremost among the suspects taken was Ralph Capone, brother of Scarface Al Capone, the reputed war lord of the underworld whose commands meant death and blood shed. # 0 QUESTIONS RIGHT TO SUBMIT THREE FARM MEASURES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) pects of early action. The measure now is pending upon the senate calendar and Chairman Wadsworth, of the senate steering committee told the United Press that he would call a meeting of his committee probably today to give farm relief preference after four measures now in the program.

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nKKBBiBKia'* JiMM'iiiaW'a : COURT HOUSE * laiMuiaiwaiuiKmaiiiia'SSult To Foreclose Lien A suit to foreclose a mechanic's lien was filed in the circuit court today by Clement F. Green against Henry McAtee, receiver of the Aspy OH and Oos company and others. Judgment fob $541.10 is demanded. The plaintiff alleges that the above sum is due for labor and materials furnished on oil and gas wells on the defendant's’ propeffiiy in Waln/h townslhp. Marriage Licenses George Dallas WJttgenfeld, insurance salesman, to Naomi Stults, both of Decatur. Jay Mlnger, truck driver, Craigville, to Edith Mallonee, Adams; county. Case Continued The introduction of evidence In the trial of the case of the Town of Geneva vs. Reuben R. Bradford was completed yesterday afternoon, and by agreement of the parties, the case was continued until a later date for the arguments. Third Negro Convicted For Attack On White Girl Madisonville, Ky., April 29. —(United Press) —Columbus Hollis, the third negro tried here for the assault on a 16-year-old white girl, today was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. Bunyon Fleming and Nathan Bard, two negroes who wer tried before Hollis, are sentenced to be hanged for the attack. It took a jury 8 minutes to find Bard guilty, while Fleming was convicted in 10 minutes 0 Sickness Drives Two Aged Persons To Death Louisville, Ky., April 29. — (United Press) —Sickness drove two aged persons to death here. Francis M. Chappell, 69, formerly of Kendallville, Indiana, shot his wife as she lay in bed here, then sent a bullet crashing into his brain. Both were dead when their son forced hfs way into their house. The son, John, was with his parents late the night before. At that time his father said to him: “I don’t see how 1 can stand it much longer.” o -... 'Liquor Ration Defended As Temperance Measure Stockholm, April 29. — (United Tress)—A prohibitionist petition to curtail the privilege of every Swedish family head of approved -standing to buy a limited amount of liquor each week has been turned down by the government’s Liquor Control Board, which declared that “in the interest of temperance" the ration should not be made smaller. The smuggling of contraband, foreign made spirits has recently been reduced and as the majority of drunkenness cases have been traced to this source, the board fears a revival of the bootleg trade should the legal amount be further restricted.

New Diesel Engines Made For Government San Francisco, April 29 — (United i Press)—CqQpatmetiOß of the flrat of three 3,000-horsepower Diesel engines to be built for the shipping hoard in 1 connection with the government’s $25,- ■ OOt.OOO conversion program. Is being I completed at the Pacific Diesel plant I here. Those engines, with 22 150-horse-lower auxiliary motors, will be used on some of the 14 steamers selected by shipping board to be converted into motorships. Actual work of changing the engines of the vessels will begin in a few months. o — FRANCE’S REPLY EXPECTED TO BE RECEIVED TODAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) ed soon. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon suid today. Further discussions toward a settlement were deferred until the commission hears from Henri Berenger. French ambassador, Mellon said. It was hoped Berenger would be ready to meet with the commisisoner late today or tomorrow, since, according to United Press Paris advices, he has been authorized to offer five initial annuities of $31,000,000 each in place of the originally preferred $25,000,000. o Advertising Firm Moves The Decatur Art and Advertising company has moved its quarters from above the Callow & Kohne drug store to a frame building on South Second street. They are now open for business. o Indianapolis. Ind., April 29.—(United Press.)—l. N. Taylor, president ot the Indiana State Federation of Labor, today issued a call, to the labor vote to turn out in force for the primary election next Tuesday. The voter who fails to acst his ballot without good cause for remaining away from the polls is a Blacker, Tayl or said. - Mrs. Hattie Obenauer returned Wednesday afternoon from Bradenton, Florida, where she has been spending the winter months. A Good Stomach Means Long Life Keep It Clear and Free From Gas and Distress With Dare’s Mentha-Pepsin Money Back Guarantee From Holthouse Drug Co. Indigestion or gastritis or dyspepsia or anp stomach sickness whether acute or chronic disappears like dew before a summer sun when quick acting Dare’s Mentha Pepsin gets in action. If you have any stomack trouble or any ailment such as dizzy spells; headache, biliousness, nervousness,, sleeplessness, do as thousands have done and one bottle will show you the way to stomach health or Holthouse Drug Co., or any druggist will return the purchase price. Be sure and ask for Dare's Mentha Pepsin—there is nothing just as good. — o —

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