Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1927 — Page 6

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TWO GAMES ON G, E. SCHEDULE Electricians To Play Petroleum And Kirkland Whippets This Week Two games are on the schedule for tin- Decatur General Electric basketball team this week. On Tuesday night the electricians will play the Petroleum independents in the Decatur high school gymnasium, ami on Thursday night, they will meet the Kirkland Whippet-I in the third and deciding game ot the three-game series, in the Catholic high school gymnasium. The Peti oleum quintet defeated the G. E. eagers by a narrow margin in a game played on the Petroleum floor, recently. A fast game is expected morrow night. The game between the Electricians and the Whippets. Thursday night, is being billed as the Adams county independent championship game Tne two teams have met twice this season, and the Whippets winning the first game by a score of 30-19, ami the electricians taking the second by the count of 33 to 25. The first game was played cn the floor in the old gym, which is the home floor of the Whippets, ami the second contest was played in the Decatur high school gym, the electricians' home floor. It was decided to play the third and deciding game on a neutral floor apd the Catholic high gym was selected. Coach Herb Curtis, cf Decatur high school, will referee the game. He will officiate in the G. E.-Petroleum game tomorrow night, also. o Plan For Maloney-Pailino Match Hits An Obstacle By Henry L. Farrell, (U. P. Staff Correspondent I New York, Feb. 28. — (United Press) —Tex Rickard's plans to match Jim Maloney, Boston heavyweight and Pailino. the Spanish strong boy, for another number of his elimination tournament on March 25 have met with an unexpected obstacle. Dari Carroll. Maloney s manager, ad ; mi ted to the wri er that he would I not consider another big indoor fight I against any opponent, making it clear that he took that stand for business easons only. . “I think Paulino would be a cinch ■ for Maloii.-j- and so does Jim. but tic - doesn't want to sacrifice any more: money by fighting indoors," Carroll said, "We think we played ball by accepting the Delaney match inside when we could have gotten twice as much in a ball park, to become the champion and that he was not out for money alone.” Carro'l and Rickard conferred Saturday but it was understood no definite terms were discussed. Rickard merely wanting to know if Maloney would accept the March 25 date. Rickard has Maloney under contract to go through the eliminations but he intimated he wouldn't force him to accept a date that he didn't like. o — Bass Foundry Team Wins Tournament At Petroleum Bass Foundry of Fort Wayne won the independent tournament at Petroleum by defeating the Bowser team in the final s Saturday night by a score of 43 to 39. h'he two Fort Wayne teams staged a close game in the finals, being well matched in team play, but Bass showed greater ability to hit the basket. The score at the end of the first half was 25 to 15. Baas held a comfortable lead through most ot the second half, but Bowser threatened near the end when Durr came through with three baslMs in a row. He shot nine in all. Tlte Bass players all displayed good . scoring ability. Bass went into the finals by defeating Rockcreek, 58 to 29 while Bowser won over Petroleum, 33 to 29. Other games of Saturday were Bass 48. Kirkland 28,Rockcreek 30 Anthony Wayne Institute 27, Petroleum 58, Huntington Ancos 29. The tournament was managed and promoted by Chris Egley. Officials were Fred Mortis, of Bluffton rind Archie Heller, cf Geneva. o— — i Evansville—Alleging she was permanently injured when an elevator in the Terre Haute trust company jerked to stop, throwing her to the floor, Bertha B. Williams of this city, has filed suit asking $5,000 damages.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana, 31; Wisc.tnsln 23. D-nlmouth 27; University of Pennsylvania 21. Oklahoma 4.'!; Missouri, 20. Harvard 39; University of Maine 27 Kansas 34: Nebraska 21 Oberlin 38; Ohio Nori hern 21. IT. rd' Piltsburr 43. West Virginia 33 South ('a. lonia 32; Georgia Tech 13 Ohio I'. !!»>; Cincinnati 29. Georgia 27; Maryland 22. lowa 25; Citi' ago 2.3. North we-tern 33; Minnesota 25. North Carolina 28; Auburn 15. • Valparaiso U. 23; St. Mary's Winona 18. Muncie Normal 43; Huntington (*ol lege 25. BERNE SWAMPS KIRKLAND, 54-25 First Half Is Close But Fighting Five Runs Wild In Second Period Af.er a closely contested first half the basketball game between the Kirkland high school Kangaroos ant the Berne Irfgh s< holo Fighting Five at Berne Saturday night, was turned into a rout, with the Fighting Fiv< showering in field goals for a 51 tc 25 victory. The first half ended witt Berne holding a 19-14 lead. Many fouls were called on both teams during the game. Heller an< Gerber, of Kirkland, and Braun, ol Berne, left the game via the four per sonal foul route. Stucky. Berne for ward, was high point man. sinking nine field goals and two free throws All of these were made in the seconc half with the exception of one fiek goal. Smith scored six field goals foi Berne, also, while Myers and L. Arn old each scored four times from th. field for the Kangaroos. la the preliminary game, the Kirk land second team defeated the Berni reserves, 17-15. Lineups and summary: Kirkland (25.) Berne (54) Myers , F Stuck; L. Arnold F . C. Smitl | A. Smith C Thompsoi F. Arnold G Brail ' G Wintereg. Substitions: (Kirkland), G. Baur Mvn-s. Heller so- L. Ar old, Gerber for F. Arnold, Myers foi i , (.B.,ne), S. S ucky for Braun jField goals: Myers. 4; L. Arnold, |F. Arnold, 1; Stucky, 9; Smi h, t i'F' Jtnpson,. 4: Pra’jn. 4 Foul gn.i’Myefs, 1; L. Arnold, It A. Smith. 3 i Heller, 2: Stucky, 2; G. Smith, 2; Thompson, 3: Winteregg, 1. Referee Webb. Monroe. o ——m HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Pendleton 46; Manual. Indianapoll 25. Delphi 40; Feru 25. Attica, 36; Geisftneyer (Terre Haut 26. Goshen 43; Millerburg 21. Tech of Indianapolis 53; Jefferson o Lafayettb 26. South Bend high .31 Elkhart 29. Greencastle 40; Defianc O. 22. Cloverdale 31; North Terre Haut--28. Kentland 37; Earl Pirk 45. Danville 43; Clayton 16. Monrovia 36; Moorsville 14. Whiling 38; Laporte 29. Huntington 82; Reitz, Evansville 20 * Bloomfield 33;- Ellettsville 21. Vincennes 68; Central Evansville 23 Emerson (Gary) 32; Central (For: Wayne) 31. Central Catholic. (Fort Wayne 32; Anderson Catholic 19. Angola 45; Howe Military A. 41. O _ American Legion To Hold Meeting This Evening New York, Feb. 28.— (United Press) —Running through their wit-sharpen-ing exercises and eating lightly so as not to befog their cunning, 12 American masters of the humble game of checkers today prepared for an epochal two weeks struggle with Bri> ain’s best. It will be the first Anglo-American • checkers clash since that engagement in 1905 when our side lost It was a ■ crushing debeat, and for 22 years the i sting has rankled. Today at the Hotel Alamac the efforts to atone Bkvr I the nation's deep humiliation will bei gin. I Each American will play each British representative four games, making a total of 576 games. For eight .'hours daily, until March 12, strategy i will meet strategy. ‘ Among the dozen British players is ’ James Ferrle, checkers champion of Scotland, in 1894.

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FIELD A GOALS £* S Z J By tR Mark M. Upp The Berne Fighting Five had a mighty wallop left for the final game on the schetlulel and tlfa Kirkland Kangaroos felt the full force of the blow. The final count was 54-25. And now for the tournament. In rider to bo impartial and fair to all teams in the tourney, th<» writer will refrain from "doping" the various games, but any and all readers of thts column are invited’ to pick the winners and send in their selections. Now listen to Rip Offs and Out of Bounds, the Bluffton columnists, rave, since the Bluffton Tigers handed the Auburn *cagers □ good drubbing Saturday • night. But on the level, boys, don’t you think the Yellow Jackets helped you lick ’em by doing their bit on Friday night? Substitutes too often fail to get due -■red it for their work, but a Kokomo ifgh school sub won a lot of praise ast Saturday night wj»°n after entering the game at Rochester in the 'osing minutes when the mighty Tuddleson was sent to the showers ir fouling four times, he sent the all sailing toward the Rochester asket just as the tin.il gun cracked Rochester was leading 21-20 when the ball started on its course and when he gun cracked. When the tall hit he floor, Kokomo was lead ng 22-21 nd the Wild Cat* took the victory lack to Kokomo. Speaking of sabstitutes, reminds us of a story told by Coach Curtis, recently. Prior to their final football game of the season, the members of o certain team were seen rubbing resin on their hands to help them in holding to ♦he ball. One player attracted attention by rubbing the resin on the seat of his pants. When asked why he was applying the resin to his moleskins, the player replied: “I’ve sat on the bench all season and I don’t want to slide off in this last ■ me.'” The co<ch knows some mo good ones. A few weeks ago, Rushville had the brick and had one deal of time golfing rid of it. This week, he Lions hold the victory brick, 'hat’s improvement. Rising from the worst” team in the state to the best” one in the short span of a few weeks is noteworthy. Invitations to the national Catholic school tourney at Chicago next month are expected to be issued this week. lAfact, two or three schools have already re- / ceived their invitations. The Decatur Commodores have certainly merited a bid this year. Central, of Fort Wayne, put up a nice game against Emerson, of Gary. Saturday night, losing by a single point 32-31. The Central Tigers scored three baskets in the last two minutes, but the timer's gun stopped the ally one-point short. ■ ’ Thq Big Ten basketball race has i developed into an "if” contest. Any ne of five or six teams can w.iu the , championship, “if." j “Fans will get an- lde£ in tonight's j game with Auburn of the comparative trength of the Bluffton and Decatur -lulnte'is," Olivered Rip Offs in the , Bluffton News, Saturday. The best t way to get the best idrof the com- , paralive strength of two teams is to 5 lei them play each other. Rip Offs. ? evidently/ has forgotten the littje ’ engagements the Tigers had with the Yellow Jackets on Dec. 10 and Dec. 29. FAMOUS LAST LINES: “WE COULD HAVE WON THE TOURNAMENT EASILY IF WE HAD HAD ’ THE SCHEDULE YOU HAD.” «c n. — i ’ Last dance before Easter at £ K. C. hall Monday night. Public. 48t3

Indiana Quintet Beats Wisconsin Five, 31-23 Bloomington. Ind, Feb. 28.- Indiana poked Wisconsin's chnmplomflilp us plrations by winning a close game bore Satin .lay night. 31 to 23. After the oponing.miiiulo of play Indiana gained a lead which is relinquished only one. Superior floor play netted many short attempts lor the Hoosiers. Miller open ed the scoring with a foul goal for Wisconsin, but baskets by Krueger, Beckner ami Sibley sent Indiana into a lead which it hold at half time)- 15 to 13. Barnum gave the Badgers' the letid at the opening of the second period with a fml and a field goal, lint Krueger and Beckner regained the tango and put Indiana out in front Behr and Kowalczky looked best for Wisconsin, although the latter was ejected on personal fouls. TOURNEY TICKETS ON SALE TUESDAY Plans For Sectional Tourney Here Friday And Saturday Are Announced Season tickets for the high school ectional basketball tournament to be held in th? Decatur higli School gymnasium Friday night). Saturday and Saturday night, will go on sale Tuesday it was announced today. The tickets were being sent out to the various high school in the county today. Decatur fans who wish to buy season tickets are requested to call at he high school building between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock Tuesday evening and get th«'r tickets from Principal Walter Krick. The season tickets will sell for $1.50 each, for children ir adnlts. Single admission tickets, dmittiirg the holder to any one session, will sell for forty cents each. No seats will be reserved, but per- [ ons. hold'ng season tickets will be | guaranteed admission if they arrive before time for each session to start. The money derived from the ale of season tickets sold before I'ri’ay morning. 'Will be distributed' ■■mong the participating schools on I the basis of the number of tickets' '■old by each school. Tickets .sold -f'er Friday morning, will not count n this distribution. The players of the different teams •will he quartered ! n rrlvs’e hemes ’n Decatur on Friday night. Ralph Tyndall, high school teacher, is in charge of the entertainment commit tee. Persons who have rooms and wish to accomodate some of the players are requested to call Mr. Tnydall, during the day time at the high school, phone 725, or in the evening, at home, phone 109. • o — RUTH'S CONTRAOS Col. Ruppert Admits Babe May Get Increase New York. Feb. 28. — (United Press) is likely to be some change made in the contract which we offered him.” Col. Jake Ruppert, owner of £ the New York Yankees, said today in discussing the demand Babe Ruth made for a two-year contract at SIOO,000 a year. Yhe Colonel was asked if the Babe lou'd expect a raise above the $52,000 ’ that was offered in the first contract mailed to him in California and he replied that i- was possible. He would not commit himself, however, on how much the slugging star could expect. “That is a matter to be set led be- . tween us and I am sure that we will . have no difficulty in reaching an agreement, it would be safe to bet •hat Ruth will be playing in right field with the Yankees when the sea- , son opens,” Ruppert said. While he would not comment direct- . ly on the demand of the Babe, it was , understood from his close friends that I the Yankee owner thinks- a salary of SIOO,OOO a year for two years is too 3 much. It was a bet around Broad wry to- , day that the Babe would get preUy » close to what he wants if he doesn't gel everything he demands. Martinsville — Another sign that spring is just over the hill was noted 1 when a farmer residing near here dis- .- covered a large copperhead snake ) which had crawled out to enjoy the sun. The snake soon learned it had made a mistake. ‘ Elkhart —One hundred and ninety * nine certificates were presented to . graduates of the Elkhart night school 3 at the graduation exercises held here.

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MICHIGAN LEADS Wolverines On Tdp Ol Big Ten Heap Again - Michigan again rested the Big Ten | basketball ladder today, with apparently but one stumbling block )>etween I the Wolveiinea and the championship, j Michigan meets one of this season's

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