Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1927 — Page 6

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ANNUAL EIGHTH GRADE TOURNEY IS IN PROGRESS Kirkland, Monroe Township And Decatur Win Games Played This Morning F INAL GA M E THIS EVENING The annual Adams county eighth giade basketball tournament got under way this morning, In the Decatur high school gymnasium. Three games were played this morning, Kirkland, Munroe township, and Decatur Central emerging winner. Kirkland defeated Berne in the first game of the tourney, 22-6. Monroe township won a slow game fiom Geneva, f* 4 and the Decatur Central quintet ended the morning round by winning a fast and interesting game from Monroe, 25-18. In the first semi-final game this afternon, starting at 2 o'clock, the Jefferson township team, which drew a bye in the first round, was to meet the Kirkland quintet, and Monroe township was to play Decatur Central at 3 o’clock. The winners of these two afternoon games will meet tonight at 8 o’clock to decide the county championship. (’each Windmiller, of the Hartford township high school, is refereeing the games. In a preliminary game this evening, the teachers of th northern half of the county will play the teachers from the southern half. Both teams boast a strong lineup and an interesting game is expected. Lineups and summaiies of the morning games: Kirkland, 22; Berne 6 Kirkland Berne Beery FRawley Zitnmetman F Wittwer Gerber C Lantz Barger... G Isbell McKeanGM. Habegger Substitutes: (Kirkland) Scherry, Sautbine and Martin; (Berne) Smith and C. Habegger. Field goals: Beery. 1; Zimmerman, 4; Gerber 2; Saubiue. 3; Rawley, 3; Foul goals: Beery 1: Sautbine, 1. Score at half Kirkland 12 Berne 2. Monroe Township 9 Geneva 4 Monroe Geneva Lcbsiger F Runyon El nit F L.'tig Laisure C ..A Augsburger Meyers G Finch BanmanG .. ’ Augsburger Substitutes; (Monioe <ovvnship>Baumgartner (Geneva) Lough and Howe. Field goals: Lobsiger. 1; Laisure. 2. Foul goals Lobsiger 1; Laisure, 2; Long 1; B. Augsburger 3. Score at half: Monroe township 5 Geneva 2. Decatur Central, 25 Monroe 18 Decatur Monroe Snedeker F Andrews R. Biown F Huffman Andrews C Brandyberry Debolt G Osterman F. Blown G Rayl Substitutes (Decatur) Neal. C. Hill J, Hill: (Monroe) Stucky Held goals Snedeker 3; R. Brownl; Andrews 1; Debolt 5; C. Hill 1; J. Hill 1; Andrews (Monroe) 2; Huffman, 3; Brandyberry 2. Foul goals Deßolt 1; Huffman, 2 Brandyberry 1; Rayl 1. Score at half Decatur. 9; Monroe 4. Bud Taylor To Defend His Ring Title Tonight Chicago, March 26. —(United Tress) —A two fisted, smiling resident of Terre Haute, Ind., Tonight will attempt tp prove his right to the Bantanweight boxing championship of the World. Bud Taylor recognized champion in 19 states, will meet Tony Canzoneri, N. Y., in a 10 round fight with the title and a Diamond Championship belt at stake. New York alone has failed tn recognize 'Taylor. Both fighters reported in good condition this morning. Trainers of both decraled their men under the 118 pound limit. They will weigh in at 3 F. M. today. Tonight's fight will be the pinnacle of Bud Taylor’s career. For years he has geen knocking on championship doors, but an unmindly fate has kept him oct of the titly several times. Last summer he seemed ready for the championship when he was matched to meet Charley Phil Rosenberg, title-holder. They were to have met in Chicago but Rosnberg failed to post forefit money and the fight was called off.

Prep Athletes Contest In Meet At Northwestern Evanston, 111., Mar. 26. — (United I’less.) — High school .uhletos from piuetically every section of the coun--11 ry were gathered hero today for the ( finals of Northwestern University's annua) prep track and swimming meets. The preliminaries, hold yesterday brought out some fine performances including a new record set by the Medley relay swimming team of Wilmington, Del. The eastern team reduced the mark to 2:10 1-5 to 2:07 7-10, -— n ■ - OSSIAN TOURNEY TO ENO TONIGHT Semi-finals In Independent Basketball Meet To Be Played This Afternoon The semi-final games in the independent basketball tournament at Ossian were to be played this afternoon Petroleum was t > meet West Union and the International Motors team, of Fort Wayne, was to play the Bluffton Junior Moose five. Scores of the games play last night were as follows. West Union. 33; Ossian Merchants. 17; Petroleum, 2 East Union, 0 (foiefit) International Motors 12: Bowers of Fort Wayne 10: Bluffton Junior Moose. 41; Ossian A. A. 12. In the first round games, played Thursday night, the following scores were turned in: Ossian A. A. 25; First Evangelical of Fort Wayne. 11; International Motors. 24; Wayne Street M. E. cf Fort Wayne, 13; Bowsers 29; Zanesville, 17. Two Frenchmen To Meet In Tennis Tourney Final New York. Mai. 26 —(United Press) —A Frenchman again will win an American tennis title today when the final round of the national indoor tennis championship is played at the Seventh Regiment Armory here. Jean Borotra, the favorite, will meet ilia fellow-countryman, Jacques Brugnon. The invaders then will have an opportunity to annex another crown when they meet Francis T. Hunter and Dr. George A. King in the doubles final. Borotra, defeated Hunter yesterday in the semi-finals. 7-5. 7 5. and was not as pressed as the score might indicate. ; . onion 1 t !i< ’ : ? ; ...by de leafing .John Van Ryn of Princeton, 6-4. 6-1. O4*O*****«*O< ■fr SPORT TABS ♦ *++*+*+++++++++4 By United Press. Plant City, Fla.—A two run rally in the nin h inning gave the Brooklyn Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the Columbus American association club. St. Petersburg, Fla. — Vangilder weakened in the ninth inning to allow the Braves to score three runs and defeat the St. Louis Browns, 4-2 West Palm Beach, Fla. —The Indianapolis American association club found the offerings of Kolp and May to their liking and defeated Cincinnati, 5-2. Indianapolis scored four runs in the eighth. New York. —Edvin Wide, Swedish runner, will attempt to set a new twomile record tonight, when he races Willie Ritola and Willie Godwin that distance in the feature event of a track meet for the benefit of United Swedish charities. Bradentown, Fla. —Jack Scott, form er Giants’ pitcher, has agreed tc terms and signed with the Philadelphia Nationals. New York—Yale University qualified. eight entrants in elimination trials of the intercollegiate swimming asso elation championship. Darmouth, Rut gers and Syracuse, next in line, qual ified four each. o State High School Wrestling Meet Opens Bloomington, Ind., March 26. —(United Press.) —Fifteen high schools were represented by 112 athletes today in the annual high school wrestling contest at Indiana University. Preliminaries were started last night and will be completed this morning, with semifinals this after noon and finals tonight. Elwood won the meet last year and Wabash finished a strong second.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1927.

TOOL ROOM TEAM SEATS FLANGES First Semi-final Match Rolled In G. E. Bowling Tourney Last Night The Tool Room team won the right to contest in the final match of the General Electric bbwling tournament by defeating the Flange, team in the first'of the semi final matches, on the alleys of the Pythian Home, last night, by a margin of 144 pins. The final st ore was Tool Room, 2.224; Flanges, 2,080. A new high score for a single game in the tourney was sot last night when Schafer, of the Tool Room team, rolled 223 in the second game. The previous high score of the tourney was 207, rolled by Earl Blackburn, of the same team. Blackburn had an off night last night, but managed to turn in a creditable score. This afternoon, the second semifinal match was to be rolled. The Automatics were to meet the Maintenance team. The winner of this match will meet the Tool Room team in the final match at 7 o’clock this evening. A large crowd of fans has been on hand each evening to see the matches. No admission charge is made and fans are invited to come to the matches, as long as there is space to accommodate them The scores of the match last night were: Too! Room Schafer 138 223 189 Beery 126 114 154 R. Bogner 148 149 149 Blackburn 136 168 118 L. Bogner 132 140 140 Totall 2,224 Flanges f'oppess 114 121 120 Gallogly 160 159 141 Warren 123 127 188 Huber 136 176 140 Teeple 134 12S 113 Total2,oßo BOBBY JONES LEADS GOLFERS Atlanta AmateurJHas Commanding Lead In Southern Open Championship By E. W. Lewis (United Press Staff Correspondent) Atlanta, Ga.. March 26 —(United Press) —Final rounds of the souther;; open golf championship will get unde; way today with Bobby Jones, the hc-m---town golfer, in the lead. .iones 'took a commanding position in the Rich championship when lit turned in a 66 for the second 18 yes terday. This gave him a total of 13! for the first 36 holes and a clear cut advantage. The closest competitors of the At lanta Amateur are Johnny Farrell New York, and W. H. Livie, Clevelant oho have 143 for tne 36. Jones yesterday proved why he if rated as America’s greatest amateur His 18 hole performance was a mon otonous round of brilliancy it was t round made up of touts and threes •.here was one two ami only once die he slip over for a five. The field playing the difficult east 'ake course today was bunched foi he final round. Just a few stroke) ••epaiate the ten leaders and the Rich contest is still wide open. There is ;12.500 prize money to l>e divided a nong the winners provided a proses sional wins the title and a silver set for the amateur. o— Girl Dons Bathing Suit Preparing For Suicide Harbin. Manchuria (United Press) A beautiful young woman, clad in an expensive fur coat, dropped on the nain shopping street of this city to lay. fainting in the sight of many. The first WuO Hislled (ip to give assis since were startled to find that tnder the fur coat the young lady wore nothing except a bathing suit, which is not a costume usually seen n Harbin in mid-February, At a nearby hospital it was discovered that the girl was suffering ’rom a dose of poison. It developed ater that she had quarrelled with her husband, had decided first to kill herself with poison and that, when this was slow in acting, decided to go out, ftad a hole in the river ice and irown herself. She donned her bathing suit, powdered her nose and started for the river, only to fall en route when the poison got busy. She will recover. %

Michigan Swimmers Doped To Win Big Ten Meet — Champaign. 111., March 26. — (United Press ) — Michigan swimmers stood out today as the most probable winners of the western conference meet, ( in progress here. Finals will be held today. The Wolverine swimmers succeed ing in qualifying the largest number of men and inasmuch ns most of the Michigan men made good marks, the team was looked on as a heavy favorite. Sewn new conference records were made during the preliminaries ami two new national collegiate marks | wt re registered. <> FISHING OUTLOOK Prospects Good For Fishing In Indiana Now - ( Indianapolis. Ind. March 26. —(Special to Daily Democrat)—Prospects are exceedingly good for fishing in Indiana waters this season and already some excellent catches of bass ate reported. Information reaching George N. Mannfeld, superintendent of the fish and game division of the state conservation department, show that ice is out of the northern lakes much eailier than in 1926 and that in several instances fishermen reaped excellent rewards for their early activities. . Mannfeld called attention that at this time of the year fish in the lakes ale likely to be congregated, as a result violators know where to ply their nets, so wardens are very busy to present this ilegal and unsportsmanlike form of fishing. Eight years of continuous propagation of baby fish in state hatcheries and planting in public waters has made Indiana one of the best states in the Union for this aquatic sport, Mannfeld contends. “We have much better fishing waters than either Illinois, Ohio or Kentucky and the fisherman of these states are beginning to lealize this, as demonstrated in the number of non-resident fishing licenses issued. In 1918 only 3, licenses were taken out, while in 1926 a total of 14.637 licenses were issued." despite the fact that last legislature raised the non-residence liceses from $1 a ■ year to $2.25, conservation officials feel that the number will not be lessened as fishermen have come to depend on Indiana for game fishing. Muiihfeid pointed out that some organized sportsmen o tit’s state were insistent that the non resident fishing license be placed at $5, but after counsel with the conservation department it was decided to place it at $2.25. The department took the position, he said that we should welcome all out-state tlrsherinan, and while it was essential the license fee be raised, the figure should not be so high as to discourage visitors. The desire of the fish and game division is to keep all public waters well stocked and is proceeding along well defined lines of propagation several million baby fish each year, enforcing the closed season and Illegal use of nets, spears, et cetera and educating the publip to cooperate with the department. As a result the state’s ninety streams and rivers, and more than 200 lakes that contain bass and other game fish, offer unexcelled fishing which the department hopes to even improve each year. ■ o— Condition Os National And State Banks Sought Washington, March 26. — (United • Press.)—Comptroller of the Currency Mclntosh today issued a call for the I J condition of all National banks, as of 1 the closing of business on March 23. Indianapolis, March 26. — (United Press.) — The state banking department today issued ac all tor the cons dition of all state banks and trust companies at the close of business March 23. t - oGeorge W. Butcher Dies At His Home Near Bryant i r George W. Butcher, 76, one of the ■- oldest native residents of Jay couns ty, died at his home east of Bryant „at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. Mr. 1 Butcher had been ill from a complication of diseases for the last three ■- weeks. e The deceased was born in Jay B county, on January 18, 1851, near Bryant, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Butcher. In 1«?2 ho was united in marriage to Sarah Catharine Cross, and to this union were horn nine children, six of whom are living, ns follows: A. W. Butcher, of Santa Ana, Calif. H. E. Butcher, Muncie; N. E. Butcher, Omaha, Neb.; George E. Butcher, of Wichita Falls, Texas; Mrs. Joe Taifer, of San Angelo. Tex,; Mrs, Quincy Jefferson, of Sherman, Texas; two brothers, S. J. Butcher. of New Haven, Ind . and E. J. Butcher, of Chattanooga. Ohio, and for sisters, Mrs. Sarah Fifer, Dolma Butcher, and Mrs. W .11. Elberson, all of Portland, and Mrs. John Anderson. of New Haven. Ind. Three sons and a daughter wore at, his bedside -when death camo Funeral services will bo held Sunday at the Limberlost Christian church, the time not being arranged as yet. o Radio Interference In V an Wert Is Reduced Van Wert, Ohio. Mar h 26. —Steps were taken today to eliminate interference witli radio receptions in Van Wert, which was caused by Western Union telegraph equipment. C. L. Daniels, radio interference expert, employed by the Western Union made tests with a receiving set along the route of the telegraph wires, which follow the Pensylvauia railroad tracks through the city. He said his set picked up the clicking sound of telegraph sending from the local station as far away from the wire as 400 feet. Following the tests Daniels installed condensers with resistance wires on the sending sets in the Western i nion office, which, he said, will eliminate all interefence with radio reception from that source. Daniels, who travels over Ohio and Michigan for the Western Union to aid in eliminating radio interference, was planning to go to Delphos this afternono after a conference with W. G. M< Keddie, president of the radio' dealers association here, to make sug- 1 gestions on how radio inference may be fuither deuced. o— Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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Bluffton Street Fair Officers Are Elected Bluffton. Match 26 Frank McDowell was re-elected president of the, Bluffton Free Street Fair association Friday ufternon at a fairly well attend ' ed meeting of the business men of the committee. The fair last year proved a great success under the leadership j of Mr. McDowell and Bluffton is ns-: sored of a bigger and better fair for, 1927 with Frank again showing the way. A few general matters pertaining j

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