Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 1 October 1927 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets And Columbia City Play Tie

THRILLING GAME STAGED BY HIGH SCHOOL ELEVENS Yellow Jackets Score First But Visitors Tie Score Just Before End FINAL SCORE IS SIX TO SIX Decatur. 6; Columbia City, 6: But think nothing us that for a while and let’s ponder over »he statistics and facts that led up to those hut few minutes of thrilling football played yesterday afternoon on Niblick Field between the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets and a fighting team from Columbia City high school. In the first place the spirit, sportsmanship and officiating was almost perfect. Neither team could complain about the officials who were on their toes every second of the game. Both Score on Passes Decatur made six first downs; Columbia City made two. Decatur gained more through the line, but lost slightly on the punts and returning kicks. Decatur scored first on a forward pass. It was the fourth down, early in the last quarter and after failing to gain the three feet fbr the coveted sixpointer Bill Bell tossed the pig-skin to Chet Reynolds and Chet reached up in the sky and fell. After the mist had cleared away there was Chet with th p ball in his arms over the goal line and Decatur had six points. Before the bedlam of enthusiasm had entirely quieted down, K. Johnston, Columbia City end, had the ball tuck- ■ ed under his arm. over the Decatur ; goal line, and what looked for a few minutes to be a victory was converted into a 6-6 tie. It wasn’t a game for either team to 1 be ashamed of, and it was one of the : best and most thrilling games ever i played in Decatur. Both teams were fighting hard from the first to the last, i and it would be unfair to say ‘that Columbia City did not outplay Decatur, and local school had a real team I of real fighting players in there every second. If the yellow Jacket can stand i prosperity, after playing such a per- < feet game against a team which was s doped to romp away at will to any t score it wanted, they’ll be heard from plenty before the. season is over. 1 To Coaches Tyndall and Curtis goes 1 some credit. Every player was in per- r feet condition and the 60 minutes of c grilling, grinding play failed to make s any inroad on the players' stamina, f and they were down at the dressing a room after the game, with only a 1 couply of scratches to show that they j had been through one of the most s thrilling, best manipulated football i games ever played in Decatur. 1 First Quarter I Columbia City took the field first I and drilled for 2b minutes before the | game started. The visitors looked good and chills were bound to run up the backs of the purple and gold supporters. Then came the high school band the student body and last of all the Yellow’ Jackets. Captain Reynolds chose to receive and T. Johnson kicked to Bell who was downed on his own 25-yard line. Anadell ripped off eight vards rieht through the line, but another down failed to gain and George Roop dropped back to kick. The ball was passed high to Roop and he fell on it. This was the only semblance of a bad play that the Yellow’ Jackets made all afternoon. On the next play Roop, punted to the center of the field, and Columbia City fumbled. Decatur recovering. A failure to gain caused Decatur to punt again and Columbia City returned the ball to its own 40-yard line A series of punts by both teams, and two penalties a piece concluded the first quarter, with the ball about in the center of the field. The quarter was ■about even, and neither team had made a single first down. Wough, Colombia City linesman was injured at the close of the quarter and he was replaced by Lower. Second Quarter Columbia City punted and Bell returned the ball to the Decatur 40-yard line. Anadell ripped through left tackle for 22 yards for a first down, and a pass, Beil to Krick accounted for another Decatur first down. Decatur lost the ball on their opponents' 25-yard line, and the visitors punted out of danger. Decatur returned the ball to Columbia City territory and remained there the rest of the half, but Decatur was unable to get within scoring distance of the goal. The second quarter showed plainly that the locals

were outplaying their opponents. Third Quarter I ■ Anadell kicked off and Johnston returned to dangerous territory. For a few minutes It looked ban for the Yelow Jackets, but Butcher tore through the visitors' line, breaking up; a trippiepass and forcing them to give up the ball. After an exchange of punts Reynolds recovered a fumble on thej 50 yard line. A pass, Bell to Anadell netted 8 yards. Then came a series ! of forward passes In which Beil was on the throwing end and Captain Reynolds on the receiving end. Two first downs were made and as the quarter ended the ball was on the Columbia City one-foot line. Fourth Quarter Another pass, after two attempted line plays had failed netted Decatur a touchdown. The kick for point failed For several minutes the teams exchanged punts, and it appeared as if Decatur had the game tucked away in the win column. Then Columbhu-Uily reached into their "big effort" bag and got some forward pass'tricks. The first fi.rward attack was stopped and Decatur punted. The second attack from the enemy camp was fatal and Johnston caught the ball over the Decatur goal line, two minutes before the game was over. An attempted place kick for the extra point failed. Columbia City kicked off to Decatur and the locals exerted every effort possible to score again, but the final gun found the ball in the center of the field. It was a real battle and both teams played well. Decatur seemed to have a few of the breaks and Columbia City had its share of luck too, so all in all it was about as even as could be. Walter Geller, officiated assisted by Bauer. of Fort Wayne, and Young, of Auburn. Beth teams-were penalized about the same distance. A good sized crowd witnesed the afair, and already a movement is under way here to close 1 all business houses a week from Wednesday when Bluffton and Decatur ' mix in this city. It would be unfair to mention the best players for the locals. Every man seemed to fit into a certain place and do his work perfeefty. Chet Reynolds, captain, played a stellar game in every department. George Roop had his kick ing toe working for him and while he has only played in three games in his life, lib was kicking like a veteran. Bell, at quarter, was calling plays in god shape, and the fact that Decatur didn't fumble the ball a single time shows that the eptire team was on its toes. Anadell accounted for some good gains and he was playing hard every bit of the way. Gerber anjl Krick were 11 holding down the end posts, and were lipping into the opposition with tons of power. Hill .’Uid Koos at tackle po sitions were holding the line in shape and no holes could be found. Butcher and Hilyard played the guard positions like they had been playing football for ye .. Cole replaced Hilyard lil the second half, and worked just as good into the big Yellow Jacket engine. Kiess, at center, was working I'ke a thousand jewel watch and the whole team showed plainly that they were putting every ounce of energy they had in the game. 2 On the other hand the visitors were working just as hard and possibly just as good. No one should feel badly because of the score —It was a victory for both teams and a game that will likely not be duplicated tor many years. To date Columbia City has not been defeated and they camo ta !><>••« doped to win easily, but the Yellow Jackets played good football and deserved every inch of ground they gained. Next SaQirday the local aggrigation journeys to Bort land to do battle with the Panthers. It is needless to say that at least a hundred fans will accompany them. Lineups pAlt sitda ETA OIN ETA EE EE Decatur Columbia City Gerber LE . ...K. Johnston Koos LT Pence Hilyard LG ... . .Growcock Kiess C Costator Butcher A .. RG Waugh Hill RT Hartman Krick RE Chapman Bell .... Q T. Joljnston Anadell RH Killian Roop ... LH Anderson Reynolds FB Hancock Substitutions: Decatur, Cole for Hilyard. Columbia City, Lower for Waugh. Officials. Gellar, Ft. Wayne, referee; Bauer, Ft. Wayne, umpire; Young, Auburn, head linesman. Touchdowns: Reynolds and K. Johnson. 4- o Koenig was on base and the two runs won the game for New York 4-2. It' was the 516th four base hit to Ruth's credit since he entered the Majors. His best previous season record was 59 In 1921.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1,1927.

BIG TEN TEAMS OPEN SCHEDULES Most Os The Teams Have Prospects For Successful Season Chicago. Oct. 1. (INS)-Four of the western conference teams generally conceded to have a good chance of copping the 1927 football championship were expected to get away to a flying start today the opening of the '7s<»*Jall season throughout the country. The four are Ohio State, Northwestern. Michigan and Minesola. Os the others, Purdue is generally agreed to be a much stronger aggregation of gridders, since Coach James Phelan took charge there, than it has been in some years. Purdue in fact is expected tJlgive the sturdy Northwestern squad a lot of trouble when the two teams clash later in the season. Northwestern today opens what promises to be a highly successful season with South Dakota at the Dyche stadium in Evanston, 111. Considerable attention will be paid to ,his game, for it will introduce Coach Dick Hanley's "Pop" Warner system. The system like the coach, is new this season to Northwestern. It has the quarterback calling signals as in Ihe old days, with the huddle tabooed. And as to team strength. Northwestern has practically the 1926 warriors intact, with just two exceptions. Meanwhile, the Martons, under Coach Stagg, will tackle the Sooners. as the Oklahoma players are known. These chaps form a sturdy aggregation, and can hardly be classed as a "warming-up” team. They are expected to give the Maroons a stiff battle today on Stagg fiehk At Urbana, Bob Zuppke's sighing Ulini will open the season with Bradley’ champions of the little nineteen conference last year. Zuppke's hopes are pinned on a stronger team than he had last year, despite the departure of two stars—- • Frosty” Peters and Jake Lanum He has a stellar performer this fall aowever, in Garland. At Lexington, Ky., the invading In Jiana team will tackle the University of Kentucky squad. While Indiana is nardly rated with the best of the Big Ten teams, it has improved greatly since Pat Page took over the coach* ing. Another of the conference tcams 5 lowa, will be host today at lowa City .o Monmouth. lowa is another squad regarded as among the "weaker sist rs" of the conference teams, but Coach Burt Ingwerson expects to .mister up his squajj considerably as soon as he has developed a punter — .me of the major needs of the team this fall. With Fielding Yost couGuing his duties to general directorship of ath letics at Michigan, Tad Weiman, head coach, has been whipping the Wolverines into shape for the initial game at Ann Arbor, Mich., today. The Wolverines will meet the Ohio Wesleyan combination. While the Metho iisfs have been known to provide a .turdy opposition, they are not count id upon to stop Michigan's gridders Ohio State, at this writing deemed he most formidable of all the teams n the Big Ten conference, will warm up for the season today at the ex pense of Wittenberg. Dr. Wilce has tiis men hustling, and they are expect ■d to pile up a big score against then opponents on their home grounds at Columbus, Ohio. Meanwhile North Dakota will meet Minnesota at Minneapolis. “Doc” -pears will show a better lot of footballers for Minnesota than the university had last year. In fact a team, ixpected to furnish some surprises. At Lafayette, Ind., Purdue, a much better organization than last year, and in fact held to be strong enough .o give r.iany an upset to the calculations of the experts as to the Big Ten earns, meets Depauw there this afternoon. Wilson, Wilcox, Lelghtle and Koransky are expected to shine, among the eleven tutored by Coach Phelan x - Wisconsin, with Glenn Thistlethwaite making his initial bow of the season as the Badgers’ new head coach, after his successful last year with Northwestern, will have! a highly good crew to meet the squad from the Cornell college of lowa. — o Sixty home runsyin one season w’as the record inscribed on the baseball history books by Babe Ruth, pride of the Yankees, who broke his 1921 record when Zachary attempted to get a fast one past him in game with Washington.

South Carolina First to Lengthen Playing Field lj By SOL METZGER Il NOW that the rule-makers have seen fit to move al goal pozts hack to the lend zone boundary line, which is 10 yards farther back than they have ever been, except on one oc a4on when the Senior Class in t. hat South < «ro Ilina in 1923 laid out and marked the gridiron for the opening game of hat • venr and made it just 110 yards long with goal posts that distance apart, it is high tine that wc all go buck to the tying touchdown of a tnemorab.e game at the Polo Grounds, New York, several years ago. between the elevens of; Washington and Jefferson and Lafayette. , , [ in ' —— -HF ’ b ! Wu' f VC' C G T I \ CWOGOOp • ’ \x ©Hr , nV- : M ' o J'S fs. j The reason for this resume of a game of such ancient vintage Is that lhe winning paint after touchdown was scored by W. & J. by means of a inward pass, and not via the drop or place-kick route, as is usually the 'Ustom from Portland to Portland and all po nts South where American intercollegiate football is played or mimicked. There was much tension as the result of W. & J.’s tying todchdown, for if W. & J. scored the point-after-touchdown there was the fare to he paid irom New York City to Easton. Pa., but what with? Ah! that was the question. Captain Kopf, at left end tor W. & J., had not ced that whenever its team got set to make this point by drop or place-kick the opponents usually bunched on or close to the line in an attempt to block the kick. So •c had obtained from "Greasy” Neale, his coach, now the Virgin a mentor, permission to have a forward pass thrown to him if he gave the signal by saying to the supposed kicker, "MAKE THE KICK GOOD!” On this occasion Lafayette prepared to block the kck that Brenkert was supposed to drop kick, so Kopf turned to him and said. "MAKE THAT <ICK GOOD!” Brenkert got the signal and bluffed the kick when he got the ball. Kopf waited a moment until the Lafayette back facing him ran forward itid then cut down to the left and caught a forward pass in the end zone, thus winning the game. And that is what will happen verd much this season, now that the goal posts have been moved out of the way. They have interferred with many forward pass attempts in the past. Any questions concerning the new football rules mailed to Sol Metzer, care of this! paper, will be answered If Stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed. Copyright, 1927, Publishers Syndicate

The Fourth Down By | Willie Punt Wow! That, was SOME, football game, and how. * '

Columbia City came here fully expecting to carry away a .30-0 victory but were tickled to death to get that me lone touchdown when only two minutes remained to be played, thus having off defeat. That game yesterday had all the thrills anyone could wish for. Anadeli’s 25-yard run through the line, numerous forward passes, I two touchdowns by the aerial route, high spiral kicks and | stonewall defense by the lines. i The Columbia City backs did not penetrate the Decatur line for a single first down. The two first downs credited to the visitors were made on forward passes in the last quarter. The Yellow Jackets were credited with six first downs, one being made on line plays and five on passes. Seldom, if ever, has a Decatur team exhibited as fine a forward pass- 1 ng attack as that staged by the Yel'ow Jackets yesterday. “I don’t see how Auburn ever beat you fellows,” said Coach De Vol, of Columbia City, after the game yesterday. “You are at least three touchdowns better Auburn.” That always will remain a mystery to most Decai tur fans and players, also. The piny whereby Decatur was ’ awarded a safety in the game with ! 1 Auburn here recently has aroused much discussion among coaches, offl- • cials and fans. Auburn had the ball 1 on their own 13-yavd line. The team i ' was penalized 15 yards, and referee Chambers allowed a safety, giving

—a Decatur two points. Many say that the ball should have, been taken to Auburn’s one-yard iine instead, contending that a team can not be penalized over its goal line. Walter Eckersall. of Chicago, noted football expert and official, was asked for his, Interpretation of the tule and he ru'ed that the ball should have been' placed on the one-yard line. Decatur players and coaches would have preferred to have the ball placed on Auburn's one-yard line rather than receive a safety, as they would -have been in a fine position to score a touchdown and from the way they had been outplaying Auburn , tfiey could have done it.

Bluffton's Tigers took another defeat yesterday, this time at the hands of the Huntington Vikings to the tune of 26 to 6. The lone bright spot in the game for Bluffton fans was the 80-yard run for a touchdown made by Paxton, Bluffton player, after he had intercepted a Huntington nass. Practically all college teams in the country swing into action today. Most of the games are more or less puaotfee affairs, however,'] bi,g boys playing the little boys. — Portland is next. The Yellow Jackets hit the road for the second and last time this season next Saturday, eoing to the Jay county seat for a game with the Panthers. After the Panthers' game, with the Richmond Red Devils today, a good idea of | Portland’s strength can be had. After the Portland game, comes the annual battle with the rival of rivals, the Bluffton Tigers. The game will be played on Niblick Field, Wednesday afternoon, October 19. Fort Wayne North • Side comes here for a game on the next Saturday, October, 22. The Yellow Jackets came out of 'he game yesterday in fine shape. Barring injuries lin practice next week, they should be in the pink of condition for the Portland game. Call the Daily Democrat for scores of college games this evening, after 5 o’clock. . -—-——o —r | The number of game's lost by Phila delphla this season was brought to 100 when the Draws won 12 to 2.-

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League Pittsburgh, 1; Ciminati. 2. * Philadelphia, 2; Boston. 12. New York, 5; Brooklyn, 10. Only games scheduled American League Washington, 2; New York. 4. Cleveland, 5-4: St. Louis 4-9. Detroit, 4-1; Chicago, 5-4. — I Only games scheduled. o i ■ — BABE CLIMAXES HOMER CAREER Yankee Clouter Hits 60th Home Run Os Season To Set New Record New York, Oct. I.—(lNS)—Babe Ruth, "The man who came back,” is dghlng for neNA’ worlds to conquer today. By walloping his sixtieth honter of the season yesterday, * the home run king confounded experts who sa.id he would never be able to better the world record of 59 homers made six years ago. Climaxing the greatest month of home run hitting n history, the bambino served notice that he would continue to knock the stuffing out of American League baseballs and Colonel Jacob Ruppert's checkbook for years to come. • Ten thousand cheering fans saw Ruth break lhe record. He will have a chance to hit more homers today when the Yankees play their last game of the seuson. Tom Zachary, Washington south paw who was the victim of the.record homer, -was no set-up for the Babe. He walked Ruth intentionally in the f rst. but thereafter did his best to whiff the mighty slugger. After the blow fell, Zachary threw his glove to the ground and muttered bitter imprecations against lady luck. The homer was a screaming liner into the right feld bleachers. As Ruth made hs trumphant tour of the base paths, the fans unleased a deafenng roar, hats were thrown into the aid and a shower of torn papers littered the Celd. After the game the crowd neatly mobbed the home run king.

FOOTBALL SCORES High School Games Anderson, 6; Boys Prep (Indianapolis) 0 Wabash, 19; Manual (Indianapolis) I Shortridge (IndianapoPs, 33; Sheri- | dan. 0. Huntington, 26; Bluffton, 6. Decatur, 6; Columbia, 6. Brazil, 38; Washington, 13. Horace Mann (Gary, 8; Whiting, 6 Greenfield, 20; Wilkinson/0. Lawrenceville (111.) 12; Vincennes, I o Today’s College Grid Schedule In Indiana Purdue vs. Depauw at Lafayette. Indiana vs. Kentucky at Lexington Notre Dame vs Coe at South Bend Butler vs. Valpariaso at Indianapo lis. Rose Poly vs. Indiana Central ai Indianapolis. Earlham vs Antioch at Richmond 'Tabanu vs. Georgetown at Craw fordsvllle. ! Manchester vs. Defiance at North Manchester Hanover vs.- Cincinnati at Cin 1 cinnati. Evansville vs. Oakland City at Evans' ilia. 1 \ ~ Huntington Wins From t, Bluffton Tigers, 26-6 j Huntington, Oct. I.— Huntington {•high school defeated Bluffion high by a score of 26-to-6 here Friday afternoon. Paxson, Bluffton left end, intercepted a Huntington pass in the second quarter and ran 80 yards for a touchdown. The Huntington second team played during a large part of the last quarter after the Viking first • eleven had plowed through the Bluffton line for a fourth touchdown. Frequent penalties marred the game. Score by quarters: f Huntington 6 13 0 7 —26 *• Bluffton ,o 6 0 o—6 t 0 — f Wabash Plays Georgetown Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. I.— (UP) —Wabash and Georgetown, of Kens tucky, tangle here this afternoon in r what promises to be interesting football. — |. St. Louis met the Cubs with a 0 chance to tie for the-pennant by winn- | Pittsburgh loses two.

PIRATE INFIELD EXCELLS YANKEES l>i! I l ? , ’!' rc '!, fnHebt Appe w Decidedly Stronger On Left Side ’ Uy Paul W. White (U P Staff Correspondent) New York, October 1 -1 UP)— f]!. Pittsburgh Pirates have a decided on the left side of the infield. The Np» York Yankees have a’less marked sup. I erority on the right side. It will take an air mail stamp for the Yankee sluggers to put a ball i n field since the territory between second and third will be guarded so W. ously by Glenn Wtight and Pie ” Traynor. That combination is probably tb e best defensive unit in baseball and the New Yorkers are fortiinat" that th. r master hitters. Balte Ruth and Lo U Gehrig, generally aim their blows toward the tight. The regular infields of the t» 0 ’ clubs are as follows—Pittsburgh: R lr . ris, lb; Grantham, 2b; Wright, ss; Traynor, 3b. New Yotk Gehrig, lii; Lazzeri, 2b; Koenig, ss; Dugan 3b. At first base ate two dan | rotis hitters. Gehrig has the better batting average and is more likely to hit for extra bases than Harris but the latter's stick woik for Washington in the W serie* still stands in front rank u! pas t-s eason achieve men t. Gehrig isn’t the best fielder in the Majors but he is better than Harris of defense and possibly offense. Lazzeri also gets the call over Grantham. "I*onsh-em-opp” is smart, fast, a gotd hitter and the key point of the Yankee infield defense. There are few if any players in the big league who better Lazzeri in defensive play and he is only in his second year as a regular. Grantham is a .300 hitter but be loesn't cover the ground as I-azzeri his throwing isn't as accurate. After second base the Pirates take command. Glenn Wright has l>een oft * n his hitting but still Is close to the 300 mark and tops Koenig by a tew percentage points.

i In the field, Wright is far superior. He cuts down hit after hit and plays a eady game of baseball. Last year the difference at the shortstop position, because of Tommy Thevenow’s work for the Cardinals, cost the Yankees the World series. There is no reason o suppose tljjit Mark Koenig will be 3 nervous on ground balls as he waa 1926 but there is even less reason o imagine he will outshine Wright. Traynor far excels Joe Dugan at bird. "Pie" is outbatting his opponent .’0 points and is better on the defense. There are a lot of fans who believe hat Traynor and not Paul Waner •hould be voted the Pirates’ must valuable player. .. . —o GOLF COURSE CLOSED TODAY Links At Country Club Are Closed For Season; New Grass Is Growing The Decatur Country Club golf course was closed today for th> renal nder of the season, it was announced by Manager Roy Craig. Ihe •ourse was closed because the new Trass planted on the fairways the last few weeks has sarted to gri ind those in charge are afraid that he grass wHJ be ruined if players ’out’nue to use the course. The winter activities of the dub, ■ucluti ng dances and parties, will b“ innouneed soon, and he club house vill remain open the entire winter. Those in charge of the greens and fa’rways say that the Vntire course will be in good shape early next spring, and it is probable that the •ourse w: 11 open early next season. It is expected that the fairways will all have a heavy coat of grass and work will continue on the greens throughout the winter. o Monroe Wins Baseball Game* From Monmouth Monroe high school won a baseball game from Monmouth. Friday afternoon, on the Monmouth diamond. b> a score of 11 to 3. Andrews, of Monroe, knocked out a home tun. H l ’- was the’ fifth Mtlriaigltt. ivicjtory for Monroe. Elzey pitched and (• An drews caught for Monroe, while Par rish and Johnson formed the Monmouth battery.