Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1927 — Page 6

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BASEBALL WAR CLOUDS THIN Break Between Major And Minor Leagues Over Draft Rule Unlikely By Davis J. Walsh INS Sports Editor. New York, Dec. 16- The war is over before a gun is tired. The Armistice is about to be signed. The minor leagues will not break with the majors on the draft question. This much was certain today as baseball's warring factions withdrew in good order from the theatre of activities behind the statement of Secretary John H. Farrell of the minor leagues, that nothing will be done about the draft until February 1. It I is my information that nothing will be done about It then. In other words, it is the understanding today that the existing majorminor league agreement will be allowed to run on until further notice, with the minors making the best of what possibly is a bad situation. They have been forced to this pass by the attitude of the three class AA leagues, namely the International, the American Association and the Pacifi Coast leagues, all of whom are so closely associated with major league activities that they have decided they cannot or will not "go it alone." The agitation for an entity separate from the majors has come, it seems, from the leagues of lower classification. These claim that they cannot do business on an economic basis unless the draft is turned on some one else or words to that general effect. They have no real or lasting liaison with the majors, anyhow, and so they feel that th proposed break would have little effect on them, except for the better. However, it appears that the so called "bi gminors” have committed themselves too far in their transaction with the majors to turn back now or at any immediate date. Deals for players have been consummated, othirs are on the threshhold of being closed ami many of the class AA clubs ' have pared down theit player lists on the assumption that the deals in question will be carried through. o All-Eastern Grid Team Leaves For Western Game Chicago, Dec. 16—(UP) —The eastern all-star football team entrained here last night for San Francisco where it will meet the Pacific coast all-star team Dec. 26. Coaches Andy K rr of Washington and Jefferson and Dick Hanley of Northwestern were in charge. In the party were: Joesting and Almquist. .Minnesota; Wynne, Notre I. Lan. Dartmouth; Caldwell, Yule; l agte, Army; Howell, Nebraska; Connors, New York U.; and Amos. W. and J., backfieldmen; Scott and Fishwick, Wale; Walsh, Notre Dame, ends; Weinstock, Western Maryland; Adkinson, Lafayette; Douds, W. and J. Hansen, Minnesota; Panley and Giigsby. Georgetown, tackles; Pawley, W. and J. and Baer, Michigan, guards; Reitsch, Illinois, and Hawley, Haskell, centers. Presnell, Nebraska was to join them at Omaha. —1: Fcrmer Ccmitodores To Play IlUiitington 'learn The Decatu. Catholic high school alumni will g, t Huntington tonight to play the St. Mary’s alumni basketball team of that city, in the St. Mary’s gym. The two teams are old rivals, having met several times while the players were in high school. The Decatur players were victorious over their Huntington rivals in every contest except one. o_ W ill Defend Junior Lightweight Title New York, —(UP) —Tod Morgan will defend his junior light-weight title! for the second time tonight against Joe Glick. The bout is scheduled for the second time tonight against Joe Glick Tlie bout is scheduled for 15 rounds at Madison Square Garden. G.i 1- beat Jack Bernstein, former] jii” ’ li' h ■ ight title-holder, to get lis co i.l ch nice at Morgan. Co .1 Izzy Schwartz and Newsboy U.own will meet in the semi-final and the New York State Athletic Commission will i ecognize the winner as worlds flyweight champion in Nev.York. -——— - o— ■ ■ — Willie Hoppe Leading Billiard League Play New York, Dec. 16.—iNS)—Willie Hoppe today holds undisputed possession of first place in the American thtep-cushion billiard league. He had been tied for the lead with Allen Hall. Hoppe defeated Angle Kieckhefer here last night, 50 to 44, in 61 innings.

Judge Landis To Receive Smaller Pay From Basehall Now Yuik, Dec. 16—(INS) -The income of Judge Kenesaw M. Landis will be cut next year by the action of the joint committee of the Major Leagues in voting to reduce the shale of the office of the baseball commissioner in the World Seiies horn 15 per cent out of the gross leeeipts to It) per cent, out of the 10 per cent the Salary of commissioner Landis and all expenses connected with his office must be paid. In making the reduction, it was pointed cut that the greater receipt due to larger parks and higher prices made the lesser abount sufficient for carrying on the work accomplished by commissioner Landis. o IfffIHOALS | By MARK M. UPP ! The Decatur and Huntington Teachers didn’t prove anything that had been proved before when th<y clashed ■ last night. Again the Huntington men and the Decatur women were victorious. "It lias been three weegs since the I Decatur Commodores played their last I game, so eat'em up Fighting Five.” — Time Outs, Berne Review Absence (from the game) make the heart glow fonder (for victory). The South Side Midgets, of Fort Wayne, who meet the St. Joe eighth graders in the preliminary to the Commodores-Berne game tonight, have been going great guns this fall. Coach Swearingen’s boys will have their hands full stopping them, “Martinsville is getting so used to winning that its hurting the attendance. The gymnasium was just about half filled.’’ —Washington Democrat. The Commodores had the same expt-. ience duiing part of last season. Basket Bawls, of the Washington Democrat, thinks a rule should be passed by the basketball rules committee which would in time clarify the difference between blocking and charging, and remove all doubt in the minds of the fans and players as to who is guilty of a foul when two pla.'ers come together. VJe believe oc.r Washington contemporary has hit upon a gcod idea. We don't remember of ever having seen a foul called on a player for blocking without his supporters raising a howl, or a foul called on a player for charging. without his supporters protesting. There is nearly always plenty of chance for an argument on the decision. “Since Maik act used us <f being cocky, we will oblige the old boy by not making any further predictions only that the Tigers will beat the Yellow Jackets!’’ —Out of Bounds. Bluffton Banner. Well, well. We see Buck has stopped adding and is nowready to start substracting. More Troubled Sleep “We hauled Jimmy Carnail, former luffton high schcol star to work this morning (about five minutes late to be exact, sayeth Harry t'ae proprietory) and Jimmy said he ha da dream in ] which he was flying with Lindy. Wei asked him if he had any relating to the outcome of the Bluffton-Decatur game ami he replied that he did the ether night—the score; Bluffton 42, Decatur 18. Our only hope is that this dieam ccmes true, for his ether didn’t since he's not to be found at the present writing, dispensing sodaes down in Mexico.” —Rip Offs, Bluffton News. "The battle of the century this week for Decatur and Bluffton is the Yellow Jacket-Tigers contest to be played Friday eve. From the dope we get it locks like the Tigers should win. If the Tigers should possibly lose, Rip Offs of the Bluffton News, would probably pass out and Mark M. Upp would become intoxicated on pure unadulterated joy. J. Squakington Crabwell of the Banner will probably sing a sweet song to the ear of a Decatur scribe telling him what rotten sports the Decatur players are. He has a habit of crabbing. Crabwell is noted for his tennis playing, —As We See It Hartford City News. J Spoit Tips, of the Portland Conimeri cial-Revidw, also picks Blufftion to , beat Decatur tonight. Looks like we i were going into the game as the tinI derdeg. Suits us. O. K. Portland plays Winchester, at Portland, tonight. We’ll return the compliment by picking Portland's

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Panthers to lose. Winchester has won nine games out of ten, scored 417 points and held their opponents to 232 points. No Corns Or Bunions This Year "We remember last year on the eve of the Decatlil-Blufflon games, both Bluffton and Decatur had ‘bear’ stories .out about playets not being in shape. Those stoi ies were the truth, but Mark M. Upp would not believe ours an I we took his with a grain of salt. At the present time every member of the Tiger team is in good condition with the exception of Pyle and Prough. Pyle has a slight case of t 'nsilitis and Plough has a cold, but both are expected to be in shape to play Friday night. Both Decatur and Bluffton have good mateiial upon which to draw in case of emergency, so the loss of one or two men from each team should not effect the teams to such a great extent." Out of Bounds. Bluffton. Banner. Just a reminder: Berne vs. Commodores. Monroe vs. Monroeville here, Monmouth vs. Jefferson at Berne and Decatur at Bluffton, tonight; and Kirkland at Rockcreek. Hartford vs. Genova at Berne, Saturday night.

We aie in receipt cf a much appreciated letter from Art Wemhoff, tor-|' met Commodore, who is finishing his high school work in Northfield, Ver I mont. Art says he has received to tickets from Father Hession for thej Commodores' game with Pittsburgh 1 Tech, to be played here on January 1. and he sure is going to use them. He also says he has heard a lot of nice tilings said about the Pittsburgh quin- i tet throughout the East, where it is* considered a stiong team. Art says many of the sport writers in the East, claim Tech to lie a sure winner next I spring if they go to the national puldic school tournament .at Chicago; We weie disiuipointed when we liad finished the leltei and Ait had failed to tell us anything about his performance with the Northfield high school five, but Alt is modest. — Golf Club Raises Fund To Replace Windows In Church Broken By Balls Wabash, Ind.. Dee. 16— (INS) —A fund is being taken up by the Wabash golf club, to pay for windows broken Lorn the United Brettnen church by golf balls. The chinch is placed in a small corner of the course, but it nevertheless is a large enough chject to be hit by a few (hives into the rough. Influenced by tlie "tolerance and consideration of the church members”, the club will replace the broken panes. — 0 AMERICAN BASKET LEAGUE STANDING Western Division W L Pct. Cleveland 10 2 .83.3 Fort Wayne 6 5 .545 Chicago 2 9 .181 Detroit 1 10 .090 Eastern Division W L Pet. Rochester 8 3 .727 New York 10 4 .714 Philadelphia 9 5 .643 Washington 2 10 .175 Last Night’s Results Philadelphia, 33; Fort Wayne, 24 Tonight’s Schedule Chicago at Roehestei. o

Commodores To Plav Berne Here Tonight The Catholic high school Comr.io- <’< res and the Berne high school Fighting Five will clash this evening in the Catholic high school gym, in what is expected to be tin interesting basketball game The St. Josepn eighth grade team will play the South Side Midgets, of Fort Wayne, in the preliminary game, starting at 7:30 o’clock. The main game will start at 8:30 o'clock. o I. U. Basketball. Squad Is Crippled Bloomington, Ind., Dec. 16. —(INS) —Loss of Reinhardt, forward, on account of press of scholastic work, has dealt a severe blow to the basketball hopes of Indiana university, Coach Everett Bean admitted today. Starr, of Anderson, another forward, will not see playing Saturday night on the twin bill with Wabash, Coach Dean said, on account of injuries to his ankle. o Chicago. — The New York Celtics made it two in a row over the Ct'cago Bruins, winning last night’s professional basketball game, 23 to 13. Ann Arbor, Mich. —The University of Pittsburgh basketball team defeated Michigan, 49 to 39, last night. Rolla, Mo. —St. Louis U. basketball team outclassed Missouri School of Mines, 48-1?.

TEACHER TEAMS DIVIDE CONTESTS I Huntington Men And Decatur Women Teachers \\ in Games Plaved Here In a rough ami tumble contest, in which the visitors were doing most <t the toughing and Decatni faculty basketbull team the tumbling, the Huntington Teachers quintet defeated the Decatm Teachers’ net team here' last night. The final score was 36-41. In the cm tain i.ciser, the- visiting ladles bowed to the Decatur women teachers 2918. In the main go. the two teams battled along evenly most of the time, but the visitors held on to a scant lead through most of the game. At one time, it appeared as if the game was about to be called off. when the Huntington teachers had a little scrap among themselves. Herl) Cutrls and William Bryan were the outstanding players for the local aggregation, while Kreighbaum did a lot of the scoring for the visitors. Arthur Hyland acted as referee and held the game well under control. Two , Huntington players were sent to the- ' showers via the personal foul route. ' The proceeds from the game were , donated to the Junior band. o ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ ¥ ¥ * CONGRESS TODAY *

¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ CONGF"’*' TODAY Housel Debates alien property bill. Naval affairs committee continues to hear charges of navy waste. Senate: Senate in recess. Special committee continues hearing on Hearst Meyican documents. o DEATH TOLL OF FIRE MOUNTING Thirty-Seven Bodies Recovered From Debris Os Blaze In Ouehec Quebec, Que., Dee. 16—(UP) —Tlie death toll in th,- fire which swept tlr.ough tlie old section of tlie Hospital St Cliarles continued to rise today with .37 bodies -most of them of children—recovered. Several persons still are missing and authorities fetn that tlie toll may rise above 50. Search for the missing was resumed today after pumps had removed water from the icy ruins. A group funera Iwill lie given the dead, the date of 4»urial to be decided at (lie inquest which is scheduled for today. An explanation of the fire and how it started also were to be determined at the inquest. Hope was still held out today that some of tlie missing may lie found in p. ivate homes near th > hospital. Neighbors picked up many tiny refugees when the fire started and some of the may account for the fact so many are still missing. It Is considered almost certain, however, that at least several additional bodies will bo found in the ruins.

O Mercedes Gieitze Quits Straits Os Gibraltar Swim Tangier, Dec. 16. — (UP) —aMis | Mercedes Gieitze, London stenograph- , er who swam the English channel, to- | day abandoned afte. eight hours in rough seas an attempt to swim the St: aits of Gibraltar. Miss Gieitze entered the water at 3 a. m. at Cape Spartel. She was halfway to her goal when she became exhausted by the high waves. Her tug arrived back at Tangier at 1 p. m. Dr. Butler Says U. S. Can Not Ignore Work Os League Os Nations Indianapolis, Dec. i6—(UP) —An appeal to American ci.'zens to lemember the work that the League of Na-' tions is doing to preserve peace in Eur. pe was made by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, in an address here last night. | Speaking under the auspices of the ' Indiana council in international relations, Dr. Butler pointed out that the League of Nations membership includes practically every nation on earht and warned that the United States must not ignor its possihilit'es. “We must not shut our eyes t 3 the fact that the League of Nations exists" . he said, “That its membership includes practically every independent nation on eaith save the United States Mexico and Russia and that it is accomplishing really wonderful things in bringing about international cooperation in Europe, in substituting* cpen discussion for secret diplomacy and in affoiding opportunity for grevances large and small to be brought to light and debated instead of being , repressed to become festering sores on the European body politic.

St. Louis. Mo. ■ R E. L. "Bob I Mathews, athletic director of St. I Louis I'.. has tendered his resigna->

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