Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 242, Decatur, Adams County, 13 October 1927 — Page 5

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BLUFFTON OPENS CAGE PRACTICE Tiger Schoo! Plans Two Varsity Quintets Besides Second Team Bluffton, Oct. 13—(UP)—Basketball practice was started at Bluffton high school Tuesday night. Several new| prospects were uncovered during the short workout. Bluffton will be represented by two varsity teams this year In addition to N second team. One varsity will be called the Blacks and the other the Reds. The schedule for the varsity Black team is one of the toughest and most pretentious schedules ever mapped out for a Bluffton team. The season will open on November 18, with Union Center. here. The outstanding game of the season is expected to be a contest scheduled with the Pittsburgh, Pa., Technical high school quintet, to be played here Friday, December 30. Eight games will be played with teams in the Northeastern Indiana conference of which Bluffton is a member. Bluffton will meet all other members of the conference with exception of Columbia City. The schedules for the vaisity Black and varsity Red teams are as follows: Varsity Black Schedule Nov. 19 —Union Center, home. Nov. 23- Rockcreek, Center, home. Dec. 2 —Hartford City, home Dec. 9—Garrstt, away (Conference) Dec. 16 —Decatur, home. Dec. 23—Montpelier, home. Dec. 30—Pittsburgh Tech., home. Jan. 6—Lancaster Center, home. Jan. 7—North Manchester, away. Jan. 13—South Side, Fort Wayne Conference. Jan. 14 —Kendallville, home conference Jan. 20 —Manual, Indpls., home. Dec. 2S—Central Ft. Wayne away. Conference Feb. 3 -Decatur, away. Conference Feb. 4—Angola, home Conference Feb. 10 or 11—Open daterr Feb. 17—North Side, Fort Wayne. Conference Feb. 18 —Huntington, away. Conference Feb. 24 —Portland, home. Varsity Red Schedule Nov. 19—Roll Ist, Montpelier. Nov. 25 —Open. Dec. 2—Hartford City 2nd, home. Dec. 3—Open.

Virginia Must Watch Short Forward Pass Game Saturday By SOL METZGER NOW that South CCarol na has a new coach in Harry Lightsey, who made his mark in high school circles with a successful forward pass attack, we are wondering if the Gamecocks, as they call themselves, are likely to bring forth the pass that defeated Furman a few years ago when they meet Virginia, this Saturday. It worked like a eharm against Furman that year, placing the ball within 6 yards of the goal on the first play used, from whence it was hammered over for a score. / x. _s.| fUtF^u—. K Yesterday's article showed us that the use of the line to mop U P * |H defensive backs before a pass is completed was prohibited by the rules. That, so many figured, was to hjm'H the doom of Bob Folwell’s old iorwanl Pass. But the play was too good to be dropped so unceremoniously. Carolina first solved the new problem She figured that to hreaK up v short forward pass from fullback to end Furman would use her 8-yard hai backs- the men assigned to cover the ends. So she planned the pass am it worked. In designing a play a coach figures on what the defense will do to sto.J it. When he hits that correctly, he’s on the record to success. South Carolina’s coach doped it that when Furman’s rear half came rushing up to stop the short pass to her end, as the end stood on the line with raised hands ready for the ball, that the thing to do was to have the passer throw the bill some 5 yards in advance of this end. This end, facing in that way and star - Ing at full speed, would not only be able to catch the ball on a dead run, bill pass the back coming up to cover him before that back could change direction. After running back a Furman punt the play was tried to Wait, right end. Wait paused a moment with upraised hands. That caused Furman s byk to come up at top speed. Just as he got near Wait, Wait sprinted past him, caught the pass and ran to Furman’s 6-yard line, where he was thrown by her safety man. To insure the play against failure, it started as an end run in order to draw forward the two Flitman men backing up the line. But that was nett the final development of this play. Mike Bennett, Sewanee’s coach, combined it with a lateral pass that swept Sewanee to many a victory. Tomorrow s article will deal with Sewanee's conception of the short forward pass. Copyright, 1927, Publishers Syndicate

Dec. io—Monroe Ist, home, Dec. 16 Decatur 2nd, home. Dec. 17 —Open. Dec. 23—Decatur Catholic, Ist, home. Dec. 30—Pennville Ist, home Jan. 7.—Open. Jan. 13—Van Buren Ist, away. Jan. 14—Kendallville 2nd, home. Jan. 20 —Hartford Twp Ist home. Jan. 28-29—Wells County tourney. Feb. 3—Decatur 2nd, home. i Feb. 4 Van Buren Ist, home. Feb. 10-11 —Open dates. Feb. 17 —Pennville Ist, away. Feb. 18—Huntington 2nd, away. Feb. 24—Monroe Ist, home. Feb. 25 Decatur Catholic Ist, away. o ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥*¥¥*¥ * ON THE SIDELINES * * In * * THE BIG TEN * ¥¥¥¥¥*¥¥¥*¥¥¥¥¥ Minneapolis — Illness has hit the Gopher camp, sending Kenneth HayCraft, end, to the hospital. Hayeraft is suffeiing from an attack of Jaun'..e It was also announced here Joesting’ star of the Minneapolis ball carriers’ would be unable to play against Indiana Saturday. Champaign, Ill —Humbert 'rejoined the Illinois first string eleven in practice yesterday and probably will be in at fullback against lowa State Saturday. Zuppke sent his men through a strenuous workout. Notre Dame, Ind., Notre Dame was in excellent condition today, as the team prepared to depart for Baltimore, where Rockne’s men will meet the Navy Saturday. The full strength of the team wilt be avialable tor the battle, it was .-aid. Evanston, 111. Tiny Lewis, charging fullback of Northwestern university, was confined to a hospital today suffering from a cold. Lewis will probably be able to play against Ohio State Saturday, however, it was said. Coach Dick Hanley had ordered Lewis confined to his room earlier in the week, and when he saw his star player parading hatless and slickerless in a rain yesterday, sent him to a hospital. Madison, Wis.,—A two hour scrimmage under the huge flood lights in which every member of the team participated desp.te the rain, was covch Glenn Thistlethwaite’s program yesterday in preparing his Badgers for Michigan. Thistlethwaite, while figuring his team has at best, an outside < hance for victory, intends to make the best of it in an effort to end the Wolverine jinx over Wisconsin.

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BAN JOHNSON READY 10 QUIT President Os American Baseball League Plans To Retire Monday Chicago, Oct. 13. —(UP)—President Ban Johnson of the American league Is ready to leave the office he held for 34 years. Johnson last night announced he had called a meeting of directors of the American league for next Monday and that at shat time he would step out of office. He resigned several months ago, hut no date for It to become effective was set. He had intended to leave Nov. 1, he said, hut found everything in shape to turn over to his successor and is getting out earlier. Johnson will leave a stormy base- i ball career which started in 1893 when he was elected president of the western league. He became president of an organisation which actually did not exist but before spring of 1894 he had perfected a league. In 1898, Johnson and other officials of the league decided to expand, and changed the name to the American league. Two years later a fight was started with the National league, to establish right to major league classi-

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fication. The American league clubs bought players from the other league and in a short time a truce was afcanged which resulted in the American league being placed on an equal basis with the National. In recent years Johnson has been engaged in repeated heated disputes with other baseball executives, and his resignation was virtually forced at a meeting of league club owners last spring. Johnson denounced Commissioner K. M. Landis, csar of baseball, after the Speaker-Cobb ‘'scandal" last winter, and a week ago issued a statement assailing the policies of Landis and others. Saturday’s Indiana Football Schedule Indianapolis, Franklin vs. Bulter. Bloomington, Minnesota vs. Indiana. Annapolis, Noire Dame vs. Navy Chicago, Purdue vs. Chicago. Greencastle, Earlham vs. DePauw. lowa City, Wabash vs? lowa. Muncie, Central Normal vs. Muncie Danville, Manchester vs. State Norma: Vincennes, State Normal Freshmen vs. Vincennes. Valparlaso, DeKalb vs. Valpariaso. Terre Haute, Evansville vs. Rose Poly. Chicago —(Chicago's backfield dis-; played excellent ground gaining ability both In plunging and aerial work in practice yesterday. The Freshmen used j Purdue plays for the regulars to solve. Ann Arbor, Mich, Secret practice continued/ at Michigan Yesterday as the team will be available for the batsion game. Rain hampered the workout. lowa City, la.—Grimm and Young took turns working at the end position vacated by Carlson, who is bothered with a boil on his back. It was thought probable both the subs would get in the game with Wabash Saturday.

The Fourth Down By Willie Punt Concordia College is a baby in lootball, but the Fort Wayne team is makIng good progress under the direction of "Gunner” Elliott, and must not be regarded as an easy mark for the Yellow Jackets Friday. No doubt, a majority of the players have had some experience iti high school football and, with their age and weight advantage, will be plenty tough. Bluffton high- school's basketball schedule, or rather schedules, for 192728 were announced yesterday. Coach Means will inaugurate the two varsity team system at Bluffton this year, having a varsity Black and varsity Red in addlticn to the usual second team. The Yellow Jacket varsity will play the varsity Black team while the Yel-| low Jacket seconds will meet the varsity Reds. The Decatur Comodores will play the Red team, also, making six games between Decatur and Bluffton high schools during the coming season. Buckner, in the Bluffton Banner after commenting on and criticizing the' the laige number of uncalled for restilctions which the I. H. S. A. A. is seeking to or being asked to impose' upon the member schools, such as elimination of the dribble, stalling, football camps and the like, offers the fol-

lowing suggestions for the rules committee to follow in altering the present rules: "For basketball —Eliminate the tipoff by letting the high officials of each school take turns throwing the ball onto the floor from the sidelines: eliminate the dribble, so that guards will not have to work so hard; award two free throws to the opponents whenever any team tries a shot from back of the foul line; make the basketsmaller by about three Inches and thus cut down the heavy scoring; eliminate the game officials as they will be unnecessary and at the same time, the cost (destaging the games will be lessened. At the same time door keepers ushers and school officials will be relieved of much of the burden of selling and collecting tickets. The possibility of schools having to build larger gymnasiums will be avoided. "For Footbail —Eliminate passing and kicking. Kicking especially is ungentlemanly. Make the players hand the bail to one another. Stop running with the bail. Make the playing field smaller so the game can be played indoors. Too much fresh air might injure the players. Rule of officials for both basketball and football applies.” In regard to the proposal to prohibit football training camps, H. A. Silverburg, in the Muncie Press, says: “For many years the I. H. S. A. A. endeavored to inaugurate high school football in Indiana. This was accomplished—now the football schools are to be walked on for the benefit of those who’d rather watch two girls’ basketball teams." Washington high school of Indianapolis will play South Side of Fort Wayne, at Fort Wayne Friday, Central and North Side, of Fort Wayne, will clash in the first game of the city championship series at the South Side

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stadium, Satufflay; Bluffton will play at Portland, Saturday; Auburn will play at Kendallville, Saturday; Warsaw will play at Columbia City, Saturday. — o Frat House “Mothers” Must Be Good Scouts Denver, Colo. Oct. 13 —(INS) —Fraternity house mothers are not a necessity, agree the fraternities at the Denver university, though they acknowledge that to have an "ideal" house mother is rather an advantage. This is the result of a survey made at the fraternity houses. The census taken shows that the "Ideal" house mother must l»e a good scout and able to under stand and put up with all the swear words," as a paramount requirement. These qualifications were listed by seven fraternity houses questioned on the subject. Denver university fraternity men are bitter in their attack on any edict pertaining to house mothers. They decidedly combat the edict passed by the dean of men at the University of Southern California, that makes the installation of a house mother a definite requirement, considering this a distintcly personal matter.” — o— —— German Girl, Aged 14, Breaks Weight Record Berlin. Oct. 13—(INS)—Lori Schnaebele, fourteen year old village girl of Heimsheim In Wuertemberg outweighs her parents by about one hundred German pounds and claims to be the heaviest girl of Germany. She weighs 312 pounds, and her parents together weigh only 235 pounds of which the father’s share is 135 lbs. and the mother's about a hundred lbs. o ——— Dr. and Mrs. Charles Beal of Fort Wayne visiited here.