Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1927 — Page 5

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SPRING SPORTS OPEN AT Di Ht Si frack And I' ield Spring athletics are getting under ~y ,t Decatur high school. despite .ho high waters and bad weather that , 8 been prevalent this week. With a e< nice days, baseball and track practice will be in full swing. A squa( i of thirty-one athletes an s ,ered Coach Curtis’ call for baseball candidates. The only practice that they have been able to hold, so far, ja a (P w hours of tossing the ball around. They have not been out on the diamond, yet. There are no veteran pitchers back in school this year, Strickjer and Thomas, last year s hurlers, having been graduated, but there are several rookies ready to try out for the job. Six or eight games have been scheduled, so far, aud more likely will be added. At present, the Yellow Jackets have two games each scheduled with Bluffton, Huntington and NewHaven. Nineteen athletes answered the call for track and field candidates. More are expected to join the squad as soon as outdoor workouts are started. Every member of the basketball squad, answered the call for track and field, candidates. A dual meet has been scheduled with Bluffton, to be held here, and the Yellow Jackals likely will take part in a triangular meet ' with Bluffton and Huntington, at Huntington. The locals will enter the sectional meet at Fort Wayne, also. Coach Herb Curtis will have charge of both baseball and track. His assistants will be Marshall, Tyndall. Thomas and Gibson. o Evansville — Charles Hosse boasts one of the few flocks of “sea going" chickens in captivity. Hosse lives on a house boat. So do the chilkens. They feed on the shore each day and at night they walk a narrow plank to their roosts aboard the boat.

' Tr-y u|) if ' s lr ■ mwmMnK I But a woman knows beffer— A num may be eyer-so-well drilled in lit anti fashion—but his wife or fiancee can spot the smallest wrinkle ami knows the newest wrinkle miles away. And the better the dresser, the belter he knows that “a woman knows better." In coming here this Spring why not bring III'- wmnaii of your choice for if she passes on your choice—you’ll be that much better to look at. i A happy gathering here every afternoon ol nicn and women btxause a woman knows belter Spring suits and a belter place to see them. BY MICHAELS-STERN $20.00 ,o $42.50 Bostonian Dress Shoes Smith Smart Shoes Red W ing Work Shoes OCR BOYS SHOES ARE BETTER. T : "’•fc John-T-My&u & Sou r tLOTHIXo AND SHOES J FOK DAD AND LAD- < DECATUR. < INDIANA*

BASKETBALL LEAGUE Last Night’s Pesi Its Fort Wayne 47; Baltimore. 30. New York, 2»; Chicago 24. Tonight’s Schedule Foil Wayne at Philadelphia. Washington at Rochester. o TOOL ROOM WINS IN CLOSE MATCH Earl Blackburn Rolls High Score In G. E. Bowling Tournament In an inteersting first round match lu the Genera lElectrlc bowling tournament, in progress on the alleys in the Pythian Home, the Tool Room team defeated the Punch Press outfit, last night, by a score of 2,228 to 2,119. Earl Blackburn, of the winners, turned in the highest game score made by anyone in the tournament, so far. He rolled a score of 207 in the second game last night. His total score for the three games was 497. The last match of the firpt round of the tournament will be rolled this evening, when the Assembly Room team meets the Flanges. In the three matches rolled so far, the Tool Room and Automatics , have turned in the highest scores and I appear to have the best chance to ! win th etournament. The winner will I receive a silver trophy. Score of last 'night's match: Tool Room ■Schafer. 170 135 143 Beery 113 160 R. Bogner 147 192 128 Blackburn 125 207 165 U Bogner 127 129 177 1 Stanley 110 Total 2228 Punch Press Brown 98 155 149 Miller 121 142 164 I Gass 119 136 138 Woods 135 147 172 j Meyers 157 129 157 Total 2119 o The Rev. E. P. White, of Bobo, was a business visitor in Decatur, today.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1927.

Indiana University To Lose 11 Winter Athletes Bloomington, Ind., March 24—hid' ianu University will lose eleven winter athletes by graduation this year. These who have participated in their last winter campaign are: Basketball Krueger, Bloomington; and Sibley, Gary. Wrestling—Wilson. Evansville, Fisher. Medora'; and Wampler, Bloomington. Swimming — Zalser, Indianapolis, and Royer, Akron. Track—Pepper, Bloomington; Pope, Greenfield; Benzel Bedford; aud Abell Napanee. ■ ■ o “Tack” Prentice Receives Letter From Jake Gimbel "Tack" Prentice, who won high honors at the state basketball tourney held at Indianapolis lust Friday and Saturday, received a letter, by air mail, late yesterday afternoon from Jack Gimbel, of Vincennes, donor of the Gimbel. medal. Mr. Gimbel, who is now in California said, in part. "Os course you are to be congratulated and as the donor of the medal wants to be among them. You do not realize but will later on what it means to win this high iudivdual honor and, my boy, everyone will be proud of you. 1 hope it will be the means of opening a new field to you aud prove that mental attitude is one of the greatest subjects that must be considered to be a success in life. May this be the beginning of an eventful life for you. crowned with fame, honor and success. Os course you want to know about me. I am a bachelor, 50 years old and weigh 160 pounds. 1 hope your parents are living and sharing this pleasure with you and if so tell them that they should be proud to have a son worthy of this honor. Never forget theiu for remember they too shared in training you for this result.”

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Logansport Wins State Free-Throw Tournament i Bloomington, hid., March 24,—(Unted Press! - For the fourth time in that many years Logansport today was awarded first honors among boys teams in the annual state free-throw tournament conducted by Indiana university.

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The Logansport high school team, champions in 1924-25 and 26, repeated their victory this year with a total of 446 out of a possible 506 points. • Sullivan High schol first In the girls' tournament with a score of 356 out of a possible 500. Ralph Tucker, Logansport and Carl Robbins, Jamestown, took Individual

, honors among the boys each turning 1 in a perfect score of 50 points. t Mias Dorothy Kellams, Sullivan, for the second consecutive year, won first t place among the girls with a score of ; 46 out of a possible 50. Entries in the annual tournament I do their shooting 1 nthelr own school I gymnasium under direction of school authorities and the results of the ten

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best are forwarded to Indiana for compilation. • - o Mrs. Fred Hammond, of east of the city, was a visitor In the city today. The Misses Josephine Myers, Marcella Hower and Helen Stephenson saw the "Jordan River Review" in I the Shrine auditorium at Fort Wayne i last night.

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