Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 79, Decatur, Adams County, 2 April 1927 — Page 6

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Commodores To Play G. E. Quintet Tonight The Catholic high school Commo-1 dores and the team from the General Electric plant will meet in another, ' post season basketball game In the Catholic school gymnasium tonight. The game will not start until after the service at St. Mary's Catholic church. A team representing the local merchants will play the G. E. second team in a short preliminary game, which will start shortly after the doors of the gym are opened, about 8:10 o'clock. An official from Fort Wayhe will referee the main game. I. U. Delegates To Girls’ Athletic Conference Named | Blomington, Ind., April 1. —(United Press) Indiana university is to he represented at the Fifth National Athletic Conference of American College Women by Miss Dorothy button. Piusburg. Pa., and Miss Louise Schetter, Indianapolis, it was announced here today. The conference this year will be held al Cornell university. New York, April 21-23. Miss Lutton was recently elected president of the Women's athletic association here while Miss Schetter was named vice-president. 0 Many DePauw Seniors to Continue Education Greencastle, Ind April I—(United1 —(United Press) —Os the three hundred and fifteen seniors graduating from DePauw university this spring. 114 are planning to continue their education in graduate schools according to a survey made by school officials here. Forty-eight per cent or 152 cf the number will teach, they say. while 70 will enter business. 15 the ministry and 15 journalism. o Mclnnis Thinks Phillies Will Make Good Showing By Stuffy Mclnnis, Manager of the Philadelphia Phillies Written for the Uni'ed Press Philadelphia. April 1. — (United Press.) — Much of what success our club may attain in the National league pennant race depends upon the new pitchers and Fresco Thompson, our new second baseman. I have faith in Thompson but it is impossible at this time of the year to make any reliable estimate of pitching i am sa'.isiieu iviLTi “n V buineld amt with'fhe ■ atcliiiig "«t’„rr and Thompson' may give u.t a satlaf actc-s y infield.-— But regardless of future developments we will have a fighting ball club and we will win a lot of ball games from some of the strong contenders. It is not well to make predictions but I think we will do well. o I. H. S. A. A. May Build Stadium To Seat 15,000 Anderson. April 1. —Arthur L. Trester, secretary of the Indiana high school athletic association, today admitted the association had under consideration the building cf a stadium costing about $300,000 with a seating capacity of about 15,000. The annual state basketball tournament would be held in such a stadium. •‘Our plans are in a nebulous stage] and nothing definite has been decided Trester said. "I am very glad to learn ] that Attorney General Gilliom has | ruled there is no obpection to a joint construction of such a stadium at the state fair grounds by our association and the Indiana board of agriculture.! However, we have not yet decided to | go in on the deal with the agriculture board.” Trester revealed that the association has been “conversing" with the Butler college and University of Indiana authorities about combining re-i sources for building a huge stadium. 1 o , Cleveland Manager Has Faith In Team By Jack McAllister, Manager of the Cleveland Indians (Written for the United Press) Lakeland, Fla. April I.— (United Press.) —After watching the developments in our training camp I feel sure that the Indians will be as good this year as they were last. lam not claiming the pennant but 1 am certain that we will be one of the contenders. We can’t fill Tris Speaker’s place this year, of course, but while there may be a weakness because of the change the team has been strengthened by the purchase of Lou Fonseca and by’ the improved form of Willis Hudlin, one of our young pitchers.

! Indiana Basehall Team Enroute To Southland Bloomington. Ind.. April I—(United Press) —Fifteen Indiana University I baseball players today were enroute Io the southland where they will open ! spring training on the sunny diamonds of Mississippi. | The squad has five practice games I scheduled with the University of Mississippi and a pair of exhibition contests with Wisconsin. Those making the trip include Burke and Vojtech of Chicago. Bucher and Derr of Huntington. Ray of Terre Haute, Bell and Correll of Bloomington Harrell of Indianapolis, Wells of Laporte. Davis of Montpeler, and Hoopengardner of Ossian. , — 0 ROUSH SIGNS Giant Star Signs Three-Year Contract Jackson, Tenn., April 1. — (United : Press.) — Eddie Roush, baseball's champion holdout, was here today | with a new uniform of the New York ; Giants, a new contract and an added ; reputation for getting what he wants. Rosh signed a 3-year contract to play centerfield for the Giants after remaining on the banks of an Indiana fishing creek till the training season i had been almost finished and the Giants had to admit their desperation , tor his services. The terms of the contract were not i made known but it was estimated , that his salary would be between $23.000 and $25,000 a year. Roush would | not say what he had asked for but , he said he was satisfied and that he , was getting more than the $19,000 he was paid in Cincinnati before he was I traded back to the Giants. Roush and McGraw came out of the signing ceremonies with smiles and evidence of being on thf best of terms. o —>....—— Bluffton High School Baseball Squad Is Cut Bluffton, April I.—Coach Mean made the first cut in the baseball squad yesterday evening after practice. The squad was reduced to the following twenty-one men: Neal Baxter. Waugh. Schreiber, and Landis, catchers; Plummer, George Heller. Brown, Prough and Sparks, pitchers, (Heller and Brown ineligible at present); Crosbie, Pyle. E'.lenberger, Richey, Max Baxter, Joe EmshwillC”. dine ..(.’art, Heller. Penrod and Paxson outfield. Some of the pitchers and infielders will probably be shifted to outfield positions if their batting warrants the ’change. Only four men of •his squad will be lost to the school for next season. The first game of season will be held here Friday. April S. the opponent 'to be Rdckcreek Center. I o DePinedo Delays Fight. | New Orleans. La.. April 1. — (United Press.) — Commander Francesco de Pinedo of the Italian Royal Air Forces, who has b<?hn here since Tuesday and who planned to resume his transcontinental flight early today, has delayed his departure until dawn tomorrow, according to an announcement by Dr. Paul Rossi. Italian consul 1 here. 1 The delay was due to the slight illness of one of De Pinedo's aides. I o Tampa, Fla. —The Washington Senators came from behind, scored two runs in the ninth inning and beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 3-2. j ° * Annual North Ward play, “Spring Glow.” Tonight. |

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Trester Announces I. 11. S. A.,A. Decisions Anderson, Ind.. April 1 A. I. Treslor, secretar yof the Indiana High School Athletic association today Ishii-. cd bulletin No. 9, giving recent decisions of the board of control, which include : Supt. Johnson, of Plainfield school, was requested to forfeit all games in whic h William Gaddle played during the first semester of 1926-27", because of ineligibility of the boy, Williamsport high school was placed on pro-1 bution until January 1, 1928. as a pen ' alty for the action of Coach Van Scoyee in taking his basketball team from the floor in the Covington tourney. The secretary stated that all tournaments wore conducted successfully. He announced the dates for spring track meets as follows: Sectional events Mqy 14; final meet May 21. at Technical high school. Iniianapolis. • o (.++4++++ ❖ + ++ + + + * SPORT TABS ♦ By United Press West Palm Beach, Fla. — A ninth ' inning rally scored four runs and enabled the Cincinnati Reds to defeat the New York Yankees, 4-3. Tampa, Fla.—The Washing on Sen-!] ators made it three straight from the St. Louis Cardinals by winning. 5-4. San Antonio. Tex.—The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers, S-4. . Shreveport, La. — The St. Louis , Browns had no difficulty defeating | the Shreveport team. 14-6 while members of the Chicago White Sox look- ; ed on. Chicago — Bud Taylor and Tony > Canzomeri will make a second at- i tempt to decide the world's bantam- j weight championship between them ] here June 23. The first match be-1 tween the two last week ended in a ' draw. o ( Summer Session To Open At I. U. June 9 Bloomington. Ind, April I—Adams1 —Adams i county teachers and school administrators are Iteing mailed announce- 1 ments this week of the 38th summer session cf Indiana University, which, opens June 9 and continues with regu- < lar and special sessions until Aug-' ust 23. The eight and one-half weeks' session for liberal arts and professional i students, witli the exception of those in law, close August 5. Atspecial three i weeks' intensive session for teachers . and graduate students will continue from August 6 to August 23. including Saturdays. The school of law will conduct a twelve weeks' session closing August 23. Th.? Biclcglca! station I .. .. .lime 11— .'Uin-r,.».>.<„ jnctJivUDg- •'■'jtJ days. An administrative and instructional staff of 151 members will conduct 218 courses in 30 departments of the c 1lege of arts and sciences, in the graduate school, and in the professional schools of education, medicine, com- I merce and finance, music, and law. The dental laboratories at Indianapolis also will be open for student work. 16-Year-Old Aviator Hero Os English Boys London, (United Press) — “Age 16. Occupation Aviator.” This is the way Robin SandersClark, resigning hero of English boydom, and Great Britain's youngest aviator, lists himself i nfiling out questionnaires. Robin has just completed his tests foi a full-fledged airplane pilot's certificate. He cannot however be given his certificate until next year, for under the British Air Ministry rules certificates may not be given any one under 17 years of age. o ——. | Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pays

WARNS TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATORS i Police Chief Declares Arrests Will Follow If Laws Are Not Obeyed Police officers have again called attention of motorists to the laws pertaining to stopping at through streets and it is probable that arrests will i foil w. Several flagrant violations of the stop laws have been noticeable the last several days, and Police Chief Sephus Melchi stated today that all violators would be arrested. Several tepotts have come to the Daily Democrat office of continuous violations at the five point street Intersection at the Presbyterian church corner. It is probable that an officer will be placed there for several days to abate the violations. Several teports also have come from Adams and Fifth street that autoists have been violating the speed laws on those streets and that, unless this is stopped, prosecution will follow.' One resident repotted that there were several auto races down Fifth street every night. ■ —o Slight Earthquake Is Felt In Central Japan — Tokio, April 1. — (United Press.) —A slight earthquake shook the Tango district in central Japan at 6 a. m„ today. The quake caused a • panic among residents of the district, scores of whom had not recovered from injuries received in the severe quakes which recently rocked the Tango and adjacent districts, causing heavy loss of life. o Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pay* yWVW/VWVkWWAMMAMMA lAshbaucher’s furnaces : I LIGHTNING RODb j SPOUTING SLATE ROOFING Phone 765 or 739

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