Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1928 — Page 3

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ifKIS THROWS STECHER TWICE Sl £u 4*!? 1 ” Right To Title lVfl ill Correspondent Mo. I’eli. 21. •’Kd Strungs'i win is h ‘ >nvy - '''Lht wnsilinK champion of the p todav He proved his right to hero last night when he ,b ®‘ loe Steilmr ,w " ln lhre< ‘ fallS «"<>-' of better than 10,000 first ft'" wcnt ,0 ,Z>W > 1S in 2 hours and 1« minutes, a combination “ har arm. head chancery and ™ , > v Th e second went to Joe Stechin 56 seconds, the result of a double wrist lock, and the third and deciding fa'l «t.s won by Lewis, a double wrist lock on the left arm , lt h lewis throwing his full weight • ou his opponent. This one came in fourteen minutes. The body scissors hold, which brought down ■unbroken colts" and W „ B for Jo.- Stecher a title place in the wrestling world, failed for him last night and be crumbled under the terrific punishment of Lewis. The i strangler at the close of the match made the public announcement that

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he did not w t ln the championship, but <l< -tended it. anil Stecher laid claim to tho title ajul last night's match biought to the Hose u seven year feud. It was the tenth battle between these men. Except in the second fall which wan a big surprise to Lewis as it was to the spectators, Lewis was the complete mnkter of the situation throughout the wresliiug. The strange part of the whole battle is that neither Lewis' faniQUS headlock or Stecher's body scissors played any important part in the struggle. Lewis toot some four or five headlocks from the front and from a standing position, hut they availed nothing, Stecher never once availed himself of that grip that pinned many a heavyweight. •—— o — PUBLIC GULLIBLE SAYS GIRL CROOK Gary, Ind., Feb. 21— (UP) —Still puzzled as to how she had fooled the public for so long without being caught, Clara Louise Vestal. 26. of Marion, O. was to be arriagned on forgery charges in Gary's municipal court today. "It really is surprising how gullible the public is." Miss Vestal told detectives after her arrest. Clerks never questioned me and always seemed to believe me when told them I was Mrs. This or That." The woman was taken into custody at Hotel Gary last week as she was preparing to leave the city. Later, she confessed to forging six checks for $66 in six down town Gary stores,, “I realize that I shouldn't forge checks, but I don't know why I can’t get away from it," she said, when questioned. “I have served 14 months in the San Quentin, Calif, womans prison for the same offense, yet. I don't seem'to be able to.resist the tempattion to forge more. Miss. Vestal admitted that she had plently without forging. “I 'didn't have to forge checks to get clothes or anything. I always had anything I wanted. There must be. something fascinating and luring about pushing bad checks.” she continued. “It's rather easy business too. because I never had any difficulty. The public seemed so easy'to cater to my matter-of-fact attitude." Misij Vestal said this was the third time she had been caught. “I served the term in San Quentin for forgeries in Oakland. Calif., and that I stayed in the Columbus. 0., city prison for six months until checks I forged there were made good by my parents" she said. Admitting that she was sorry, the woman said she hoped the third time would be the charm—a cure for her mania for forging checks.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1928.

BERNE NEWS .Mis. Leslie Stucky has been very 111 with loiisllltls, since Tuesday. Mis. Berhardt Lehman and son, Frederick, wert- business callers at Fort Wayne Monday. * Jess A. Michaud left Friday morning for Lima, Ohio, whore he attended to business matters Friday ami Safmday. Mrs. Calvin Sprunger and (laughter Jotjnette spent Thursday at Monroe with her sister, Mrs. Homer Winteregg and family. Jeff Leichty and Ben Smith, salesmen for A. J. Moser and Company, attended the automobile show at Indianapolis on Wednesday. Joseph 1). Winteregg, cashier of the Bank of Borno, was at Decatur, Friday transacting business. Rev. Menno Amstutz cf Pettisville Ohio, was here Thursday afternoon, visiting his father. John J. Amstutz, who has been very ill for some time. Clarence Sprunger, of the Jefferson Garage, Richard Briggs of Geneva. Irvin Lehman. Alva Kinaker, and Palmer Zttercher returned home Thursday night from Flint Michigan, with now Chevrolet cars. Miss Helen Atz. who teaches the foubth grade in the Berne schools, spent the week-end near Geneva at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Atz and family. Rev. Ijeightner, principle of the Fort Wayne Bible Training School occupied the pulpit of the Evangelical church Sunday morning, in the absense of the pastor, the Rev. J. H. Arndt, who is holding meetings at Rochester. Andrew Biberstein, who has been convalescing at the Wells county hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident two weeks ago, was removed to the home of his brother, Edward, in Bluffton. Thursday. The Misses Peggy and Dorothy Isch spent Thursday evening with their brother, Harold at the Wells county hospital at Bluffton, where he is recuperating from a broken ankle received a week ago Thursday and front an operation for appendicitis performed on him last Saturday. A birthday supper was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Allspaw and a granddaughter, little Emma Lou Riesen. Those who participated in the family gathering are: Mr and Mrs. I). W. Allspaw. and sons Robert, Paul and Earl, Miss Florence Eniick, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Diesen and daughters Mary Ellen and Emma Lou Mr. and Mrs. Normal Alspaw and sons Rex and Donald. Eugene Runyon, of Decatur, was a business caller in Berne Thursday afternoon. Noah Luginbill has been sick for the past few days, but was able to return to his duties as clerk at Sprunger, Lehman and Co.. IJjiday. Rev. P. R. Schroeder attended a Presbyterian conference at Fort Wayne Friday and attended to busintss matters Clinton Bierie went to Fort Wayne Friday to buy a new supply of barber paraphernalia. All his former barber i tools were destroyed in the fire, Thursday. Howard and Orlando Lehman were at Fort Wayne Thursday night to hear Paul Rader, who spoke at the Shrine Auditorium.

Mrs. Elizabeth Ebnit, who was operated </n a few weeks ago. and brought to her home here front the Adams county memorial hospital, is getting better although she is unable to be lifted from her bed. Miss Bernice Masters, of Pleasant Mills, who is a teacher in the local schools, and Oscar Yost, spent the week-end with their friend Price Bennet at Fort Wayne. J. F. Lehman returned home from Chicago, Thursday evening, where he had attended the annual meeting of the executive Committee z of the International Council of Religious Education, of which he is a member. Miss Rachel Eicher returned to her home at Sturgis, Michigan Friday afternoon. after visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. C. P. Neuenschwander and family for two weeks. Miss Eicher is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Eicher, who formerly lived here. Oaron Yodeg, of Wayne county. O. Mrs. Fanny Yoder. Mrs. Amos Roth and Bennie Roth of Archbold, Ohio, re- < turned to their homes.last Sunday, after spending the week visiting with Mrs. Emma Nichols, Mrs. Joe Rich, Joshua Yoder and other relatives in this community. Vilas Lehman, of Orville, Ohio, arrived here Friday to spend a few weeks visiting relatives and friends here. Noah Schindler is unable to be at his work on account of sickness. L. L. Yager and the Rev. C. W H Sauerwein were at Decatur, Friday morning on business Officer Amos Neuenschwander, who is a patient at the Rossman Hospital here, since his operation for hernia, is getting along yery nicely. A birthday surprise for Mrs. Jonas Sprungdr was held in her honor Thursday afternoon in the form of a quilting bee at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Gilliom. Those present besides her parents w-ere Mrs. Dan Winteregg. Mrs. William Rawley, Mrs A. A. Lehman, Mrs. Jeff Liechty, Mrs. 0. F. Gilliom, Mrs. Jonas Springer, and children. Mrs. Clifton Gilliom and sons, Mrs Tilman Fluckiger and son Senator T. A. Gottschalk returned home from Chicago, Saturday morning where he had attended the Power Show for the past few days.

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A sensible solution to the difficulty of finding a logical opponent fyr Gone Tunney would be to have the champion fight eac|i of the contenders. One fight a month should keep the heavyweight titleholder In condition and funds. , • There is nothing silly about the suggestion..ln the old days, Tanney would have had to do that very thing, or he wouldn't have been recognized as champion. Any fighter who could got the necessary backing could challenge tor the title, and the champion either fought or was branded as I'raid. Nowadays, i champion laughs when he Is accused of being afraid. He knows the public will overlock his running away from dangerous opponents if ho provides the glamor of a title fight with a “set-up” Take Gene Tunney’s ctfte. Would he fight George Godfrey, f ir example? Certainly not. Moreover, he would have no shame in evading a match with the negro. And he would go somewhere and fight Jack Dempsey, ,ihe easiest kind of a push-over for him. a third time. And then talk over the radio about uplifting the sport of boxing and about what it can do for the youth today. It is fortunate that the youth of today Is too busy to develop percent! m. There are six prominent contenders for Tunney’s title: Godfrey, Paolino Uzcudun, Jack Sharkey, Jack Delaney Tom Heeney and Johnny Risko. Instead of trying to figure out which of tho lot can help earn him *1,000.000 for 30 minutes’ work, what would be more reasonable than for Gene himself to decide which of the challengers he would like to fight first, and procede to do so? Then, if still champion, he could take on the next one, and so on, down the line, until the name of Tunney became a by-word for the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, and not for that of a rather bored student of Shakespeare. There is, of course, an essential difference between a champion of today and yesterday. In by-gone days, a man was heavy weight champion of the world because he liked to he, because he was a fighter, and chose to storm and swagger through the speak loudies of his period. Nowadays, why is a heavyweight champion? Perhaps mv occasional correspondent, Mr. J. Carupa, of Harrisburg. Pa., can furnish the answer. With there few unkind words anent Gene Ttfnney's good intentions, I must now go on record as being firmly convinced that the heavyweight champion could go through with a program of one fight a month against his more dangerous challengers and whip them all with comparative ease. Tunney would knock Godfrey's head Sage Tea Dandy to Darken Hair tty DOROTHY LANG You can turn gray, faded hair beaotifaded hair beauti irons almost over fRy night if you'll get aBT hottie ot "Wyeth's Ti. Sage and Sulphur W Compound" at any \ drug store. It costs only 75 cents. Mil s. lions of bottles of \ this old famous Sage Tea Recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients, are sold annually, says a wellknown druggist, because it darkens the hair so naturally ami evenly that no one can'tell it has been applied. Those whose hair is turning gray or becoming faded have a surprise awaiting them, because after one or two applications the gray hair vanishes ana your locks become luxuriantly datk and beautiful. This is the age of youth. Grayhaired, unattractive folks aren't wanted around, so get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound tonight and you’ll be delighted with your dark, handsome hair and your youthful appearance within a few days. / ifs Ah \ - 111 Wind -That i i SHOWS No \ PREffr / • k — - SHOES * FOR MEN Toha T-Myeu & Sort J CIOTMiNO WOf< J IOK D*D ANU LAO'DECATUK' INDIANA*

off withFn”a few rounds, ami Lieper Ville would join Harlem In the limbo of discarded haunts of black menaces Gene would beat Delaney with an case which would distress tin- admirers of the Bridgeport boxer. The champion could whip Risko and Heeney in the same evening. r What then of Sharkey and Paolino? in a long fight .the latter would give the titleholder plenty of trouble In a short fight, limited to six rounds or so, Sharkey would do the same. By choosing his distance carefully. I think Tuqney could make Sharkey quit and out noint Paolino. Thon there would be less derisio in the voices of those who have occasion to refer to tho heavyweight champion of tho world. o WATCH! WAIT! WONDER! WORRY! CHANG is coming to you!! ADAMS THEATRE. Wednesday & Thursday. 20-21 — ■»—— o - —— USE Limberlost Washing Powder

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