Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1928 — Page 8

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COMMODORES“ PILE UP SCORE Local Catholic High Swamps Richmond Quintet, 89 To 24 Shooting baskets with uncanny precision, the Decatur Catholic high i-iiml Cummodire* handed the St. Andrews high school quintet, of Richmond. a terrible btating here last night, and piled tip the highest /core ever credited to a team repre settling the local school. I>c limit score was SO to 24 in favor of the ( omniotlores. The C<»rnin<nloros shot a total of *2 field goals. an average of more than one basket pet minute. Had theHarting' lineup played the entire game, ‘ the score undoubtedly would have been several points higher, but (’each Laurent started an entirely tew lineup in the second half and did not send the starting five back into tin game until about the las’ ten minutes Last night’s victory was the second of the season for the Commodores over the Richmond team. The Commodores won in a game p ayed al Richmond several weeks ago, 35 to 30. At the end of the first half of the massacre last night, the'Commodores were leading, 36-8. The Richmond team was hopelessly outclassed after the first two minutes of play. Despite the one-sided victory scored by the Commodores, the visitors held the lead at one time. That wad when Maurer scored the first basket of the game, giving Richmond a 2-0 lead. That had was short-lived, however, as Bill Hass snagged font field goals in very little more time than it takes to tell altout it. The shooting averages of the Commodores last night was remarkable Although no record of their shots was kept, it is safe to say that they made far more than fifty per cent of their shets during the fiist half. Out of his first eight shots at the basket, (lass sank six field goals. The other members of the team were shooting with nearly as much precision. Richmond had possession of the ball very little during the first half. Their f. ttr baskets during the period were macle on long shots. During the first ha'f, Gass scored 11 baskets. Miler sink six; Hocky Mylott, 4; Wemhoff, 2, and Petio Mylott, 3. With the score 22-6, the Commodores ran their score to 45 before Hie visitors counted again. The Richmonclites were able to out score the Commodores’ second team, 12-4. Gage, playing center, was the* only Commodore to score while the regulars were sitting on the bench, lie dropped in two field goals. With the score standing 60-20, Coach T-aur-ent rent the starting lineup back into the game ami the 'score soon began to mount rapidly again, (lass topped (ho scorers with 13 field goals, with hiti firming mate. Art Miller, close behind with 10 basket* and two free throws. In Ihe 1 reliminary game last night, the St. Joseph school eighth grade girls defeated the Central school girls. 17-2. Lineups and summary: Richmond (14) Commodores (89t Maurer . . FGass Kelt Miller Fisher ... ... .(' Wemhoff Duelling (I. F. My’ott Wetherill GJ. Mylott Substitutions: (Richmond) Ryan lor Maurer. Fe dhous for Reis, Mercurio tor Fisher, Cotter for Duelling: H onimodore- l Coffee for Gass, Kohne for Mil er. Gage for Wemhoff. Sorg for F. Mylott, Harris for J. Mylott. Field goals: Maurer 4; Reis 1. Iluening 3; Wetherill 2; Fehlhoua 1; Gass 13; Miller 10; Wemhoff 3; F Mylott 7; I. Mylott 7: Gage 2. Foul goals. Reis 2; Miller 2; Wemhoff 1; ,1. Mylott 2. Referee: Hyland. A Modern Garage, j Durkin’s B’

I NEWS FROM THE j i TRAINING CAMPS jl Tampa, Fl i . Fell. 24 - (UP) —After an ultimatum from president Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators, Sam Jones, veteran hurler, is kxpoctod to desert the tanks of the holdouts and accept the terms offered him. Fred Mai berry, pitcher, lias accepted terms and will report Saturday. Diadentown. F1.., Feb. 24 —(UP) — With only two pitchers absent, the Boston Red Sox batteryinen have buckled down to real training. The two absent hurlers are Bryan (Flintl Harriss. who is ill and Charlie Raffing, who is a holdout. Wintei Haven. Fla , Feb. 24 (U.R) The Philadelphia Phillies will begin batting practice next week, their new Pilot. Burt Shotton, slid today, in practice Shot ten has been stressing hunning to get the player’s wind in shape. BERNE TEAMS START SERIES Nose Busters Beat M. Y. M. Five, 39-28 In First Game Os Title Series Berne, Fell. 24— (Special) — The Nose Busters defeated the M. Y. M team in the first game cf a three-game series for the independent basketball championship of Berne, last night. 39 to 28. The game was played in the commun ty auditoiium before a large irowd. The winners werd ahead at ’he snd of the half, 20 to 15. In a preliminary game, the Monroe township farmers defeated the Jeffer son township farmeis. Several stuntwere pulled off during the evening. Lineups and summary: M. Y. M. (23) Nose Busters (39) D. Stucky F Braun Winteregg FKessler Bagley C Clauser Whitehurst G Thompscn A. HabeggerG Hilty Substitutions: (M.Y.M.) M. Habegger for A. Habegger; (Nose Buster-.i K. Stucky for Hilty. Field goals: D. Stucky, 3; Winteregg, 2; Bagley, 3; Whitehurst, 2: Braun. 4; Clauser 1; Thompson 1; Hilty 3; Foul goals: D Stucky 3; Winteregg 1; Bagley 1: Whitehurst 3; Braun 1; Kessler 6; Thompson 1; Referee: Dale Braun. CONTINUE FIGHT ON COON BORER Indianapolis, Feb. 24—(U.R) —Despite the uncertainity of Fedetal aid. nt::c than SO per cent of the farmers In the corn borer infested area of Northern Indiana, will clean up their fields this spring, is the opinion of Frank N. Wallace, State Entomologist. "I am confident practically all farmers in the areas infested last year will make a good clean up,’’ Wallace said. ‘ These know and realize from experience that it is to their interests to do so. It is the tew in the newly nfested areas who will object and de most injury to the campaign.” Commenting on the recent refusal of the Department of Agriculture to rec ointnend a congressional appropriation to reimburse farmers for field cleanups. Wallace said, I fnight against this fee system when it was first introduced last year, for I forsaw it would prove disasterous if the appro priations were not to be continuous. "Since the system was started, however, we have made possible effort to have it continued, but so far there is no indicatiion that the Department ot Agriculture will endorse the congressonal appropriation. “By far the great majority of the corn raisers cf northern Indiana have promised the Conservation Department full cooperation in the matter of clean ups this spring, but 1 feel confident- some few will obpect and cause a great deal of dissatisfaction among those who realize the need. “We hope to convince these few," Wallac continued, “by means cf graphic reprsentation of conditions and show them that for self-protection, they must also co-operate." Wallace stressed the fact that he felt the farmer in the newly infes’ed aras should b reimbursd, if only because those in the older areas have already received payment for one year clan-tip “I sincerely hope we eventually get the appropriation," Wallace concluded. "It means an enormous amount to all industry of the state as well as to the farmers. This is escepfally so relative to the bankers, even new, are refusing to loan money in the badly inI vested areas. However, we are going carry on and strive to check the pest as much as possible, with the' means we now have at our disposal.’J

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WORLD'S CHAMPS HEAD SOUTHWARD Bahe Ruth, Lou Gehrig And Their Playmates Enroute To St. Petersburg By George Kirksey UP Staff Correspondent New York, Feb. 24. — (U.R) — The world's baseball champions head south today. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, the home run twins, and three other New York Yankees wore to leave at 6: ft) p. m. for St. Petersburg, Fla., to open the training season on Monday. They will he joined' by Myles Thomas, pitcher at Washington. The seventeen other members of the preliminary squad will leave from their homes and the initial group should number 23 athletes on arrival Sunday. Outside of batterymen, Ruth and Gehrig are the only two regulars in the fust party. Although he has been exercising regularly in a downtown New York gymnasium. Babe has to take off a lot of weight before he will ae in shape. A rubber shirt and the Florida sun are needed to shrink the Babe's girth down" to mid-season jliae. Babe’s buddy and rival, Lou, isn’t bothered by any fat, but the Columbia scholar wants to get his batting eye polished up to take a crack at Ruth’s record of 6U home runs. When tile Yankees assemble for their first practice twelve pitchers, five catehus. feu; infielders and three outfielders will be on hand. Earl Combs, Tony Lazzeri and Waite Hoyt ire classed as holdouts. Hoyt has taken an open stand in the matter and demanded $20,000 for text season, but he is training at Hot Springs, Ark., and any day may get his mark or five in. Another thing troubling the Yankee officials is whether Urban Shock?r is going to pitch baseball or sell adios or take up aviation. Shocker has announced his retirement, but jveryone seems to doubt it. The vanguard of the Brooklyn Ilobns today was en route to Clearwater'la. Eighteen men are expected to eport for the Robins first workout londay. o College Basketball Scores Wisconsin 28; Purdue 22. Butler 35; Wabash 22. Vincennes 45: Carbondale (Ill) Ncrman 34. State Independent Tournament Versailles 48; Danville 28. Syracuse 44; Shoals 21. Dana 44; Mathews 19. New Market 31; Peru 30. Lyons 19; Rushville 16 Pleasantville 21 1 Knox 16. Oxford 19; Alexandria 18. Whitestown 43; Delphi 23. Bridgeport 30; Stockwell 16. Morgan’onw 16: New Palestine 18. Indianapolis 31; West.port 19. High School Basketball Union Township 66; Trafalgar 20. Clyton 28; Liztcn 23. Edinburg 45; Hopewell 26. Decatur Catholic 89, St. Andrews (Richmond) 24. —o Blame Birth Control For 75,000 Families Having No Children London. — (INS) —Within the past ’our year.: British births have dropped over forty thousand. At the present time, out of 1,500,000 married rouples, without children in the country, 750.000 deliberately retuse to become parents. Not only is Britain’s birth-rate the ov.est in Europe, btu it is the lowest in that country for eight-nine years. During 1927 there were 300,000 fewer children horn than in 1920, and in 1920, and in every quarter of that year the birth rate was lower than 'n 1926. In 2,500,000 homes there is today only one child. Birth control, coupled with the high cost of living, is blamed for this present. supposedly dangerous, state of affairs. o COURT HOUSE Plea Is Sustained In the case of the state vs. John Trout, for transportation of intoxicating liquor, the court late yesterday sustained the defendant’s plea in abatement and ordered the defendant discharged. The defendant’s plea allegal that he had offered testimony in the trial of Fred Knight, in city court, that tended to incriminate himself, and therefore. he was immune to prosecution on the charge. Marriage Licenses Edgar Nelson Wicks, traveling i salesman, Anderson, to Christens B. j Vail, Decatur.

IFIELD GOALS By MARK M. UPP ESSSSBBiaJ By scoring 89 points against Jtleh ] inottd here last night, the Commodares exceeded by two points, the highest, score ever made by a |ocal Catholic high school quintet. rh" , 1925-26 team of Commdnres trounced I Anderson CaKdic high school here to the tune Os 87-17. Th" margin of victory in the hitter game exceeds I last night's margin by five points however, so the Commodores still I have something to shoot nt. Sport Onceover, of the Fort \\ nyn° i News-Sentinel, has been filling his 1 co’umn recently with gobs of praise ' tor the goal-shooting average ol the New York ( eltics of the American Basketball League. Their shooting average, according to Mr Onceover, is in the neighborhood of 30 to 35 per ' cent. Ylad Onceover been here lust n'ght. he could have witnessed some real : hooting that is goal shooting. The Commodores, we feel certain made far more than fifty per cent of their shots during the first half and average of the regulars during the time they were in the game in the second half was better than the 35 per cent. In other words, the Commodores were hittin’ last night. Tonight, the Bipptts Yellow Jackets invade Decatur to tangle with the Decatur Yellow Jackets. Something like when Greek meets Greek. The nndefeated Bainbridge team wlil meet the Jefferson high team of Lafayette, at Bainbridge, Saturday n’ght. Although Jeff is not one of the top-notcher., the Lafayette boys have played some of the so-called best teams of the state and much interest is attached to the coming battle between Bainbridge and Jeff. Bainbridge has scored 1,079 to their opponents’ 422 in their victorious march this season. Somebody'll Get Stung "Ye'.low Jacket will attempt to sting Yellow Jacket when Bippua plays at Decatur this week, since both teams have the same application. Th? Blue 'nd Gold of Bippus will be matched viht the Purple and Gold of Decatur, and here's hoping that the Hunting ’on county eagers make an auspicious start in "big time" competition. Krick. Decatur's star backguard. may not be able to play against the Jackets beause cf an injured knee, and the Citrtisni|ni will undoubtedly miss the big boy when the Bippus players start their basket dashes." Cash Keller, Huntington Herald. The St Joseph’s College team, of Vtroit, which will meet the Commolores here Saturday night, leads the Cathol'c school league in Detroit with per centage of 1000. Thev have de’eated University High, a'so a member of the league, twice. The St. Joe "■ageis have scored 5 7 points to their opponents’ 271 in 18 games, winning 17 of the contests. Holy Rosary, also known to Decatur fans, bowed twice ’o the St. Joseph team, 20-18 and 16-15. Tonight, Bippus plays the Yellow Tickets here; Berne plays Rockcreek there; Union Center plays at Kirkland; Hartford plays Poliugtown at Borne; Monmouth plays at Chester Center, and Monroe plays the Bluffton Reds, at. Bluffton. Saturday night, the Commodores play St. Joseph Commercial College, of Detroit here: Monmouth plays Geneva, here; Monroe plays Polingtown here and Lancaster plays at Berne s Don’t forget that the Yellow Jackets end their schedule tonight. It will ne the last game for Anadell, Bell. Hill, Reynolds and Stoneburner, excel for tournament. games. I An Announcement Dear Mark: Please insert the following announcement in your column In order to defray tournament expenses of the Commodores, the ‘ game for Saturday night was hooked. >ut the sale of tickets so far has been poor, possibly to a misunderstanding of the nature of this game, 't is a post-season game, not included n the season tickets, a tournament t booster game. Season ticket holders ■ were given 14 games instead of ten r on a five-dollar ticket and this game t was kept off the tickets. The team t booked is not the University of Det roll high school, which Commodore s 'ans have seen in action at Chicago, but St. Joseph’s Commercial, of Dei ’roit St. Joe has two victories over . the Detroit University high school t ‘earn this year, so that, while we ’hought we were booking the Detroit I niversity high school, we in reality tot a stronger team We expect one of the best games of the season, as wc booked this tilt not merely to be a benefit gatpe, but also to give ’hose boosting the Commodores their full money’s worth in return for their support. v T,le Commodore Management o t American League Results 1- Cleveland 26; New York 25. y Philadelphia 42; Chicago 30. y o te Indianapolis —(U.R)— Butler college used 14 men in defeating Wabash last night 35 to 22. Overcoming a 5-to-O g lead acquired by the Cavemen, the ? ‘Bulldogs wore in front at the half, 219, and remained ahead all the way.

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WISCONSIN NOW . LEADS BIC TEN Badgers Defeat Purdue In Important Game At Madison, 28 To 22 Madison, Wis. Feb. 24 (INS)-WD-Itonsin today held undisputed claim to ; riist place in the Big Ten standing following one of ll>»’ m081 •“ X< ' l,,llK kelbull dtamas ever staged in the Wes,tetn conference. In the first cf their two-game series for Big Ten leadership, played here' last night, the Badgers defeated Purdue 28 to 22. It was a game for the hook The sequel to this tilt will be staged tomorrow night on the Boilermakeis’ home floor at Lafayette. With the! ishoil pass attack working like clockwork, the Badgers grabbed a lead in the first two minutes of play and were never headed. Wisconj sin was ahead at the half, 15 to 121 The Boilermakers started a rally in the final peiiod that came within three points of overhauling the fast-go'.ng Budget s. Put due’s sharpshooters were stepped dead b ythe stellar guarding of Hotchkiss and Doyle. Foster was the scoring ace for the viitors. He sh.t six baskets and had one ftee throw. The victory puts Wisconsin in first place with seven wine and only one | defeat. Purdue with six victories and two defeats, dropped to a tie with Not th western for third place while Indiana moved into se olid position.

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