Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1928 — Page 6

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TRESTER ASKED ’ TO INVESTIGATE Someone Reports To I.U.S. A.A. That Kirkland Center Is Ineligible Through someone's hasty action, a l'i |> :rt has reached A. L. Trester, secretary of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, that a Kirkland township high school player was ineligible, because of scolastic requirements, to play at the sectional li innament held in this city last Friday and Saturday. Kirkland won the tournament and the right to represent Adams county at the Fort Wayne regional tourney to be held next Saturday. Secretary Trester communicated with County Superintendent Clilton Striker, Monday morning asking him to' investigate the report. Hansel Foley, principal of the Kirkland school, talked to the secretary Monday noon and Mr. Trester stated that the report had come to him Sunday and that, unless the matter was: straightened up. Kirkland could not continue to play in the tournament. The affair is said to have arisen over a grade given to Walter Myers, Kii Island center. The grade was passing, it is said, and was so reported.. Last Saturday, one of the teachers at the school is reported to have told some friends from the southern part of the county that she would have given Myers a failing grade if shl> had it to do over. On this assumption, gome one who di<l not. like the outcome of the tournament, reported the situation to Secretary Trester. Mr. Trester, go ing entirely on the rumor, has asked that the sitnat on be investigated. Local school officials are assisting in correcting the matter and it is thought that, unless some evidence yet uncovered, is found the matter will he dropped for lack of a true foundation. / Q. | NEWS FROM THE I TRAINING CAMPS | By International News Service St. Petersburg. Fla., March 6 tINS.i —Babe Huth will drop his Rolf clubs today and start warming up "Big Bet sy" for the 1928 homo run sweepstakes Tony Lazzeri has signed a two year contract. Augusta, Ga.. March C —(INS)- After watching nineteen-year-old Melvin Ott make several brilliant plays at second base on the scrub team. Manager John McGraw declared the erstwhile outfielder was the “best looking ball player on the Giants.” Clearwater, Fla., March 6 — (INS) — Following the first bard workout of the Brooklyn Robins, Manager Robinson picked a first string team. The outfield consisted of Tyson, Statz and Carey, aud in the inf.eld were Bissonc ite, Partridge, Bancroft and Riconda. Catalina Island, Cal.. March 6-(INS) A torrential rain is giving the Cub® their first teal rest since arriving here. Shereveport, La., March 6—(INS) Manager Schalk is whipping his White Sox into shape for the first practice game against the Shreveport Club here, scheduled for Friday. Winter Haven, Fla., March 6—(INS)— Bert Shotton, the new pilot of the Phillies, today denied the rumors he planned to trade pitcher Frank Ulrich for Flint Rhein of the Cardinals. Paso Robles, Cal., March 6—(INS)— I he Pirates will ph-,y their first Spring e.xehibitiou game against the San Francisco club cii March 16, at Monterey Sam Dresfuss, Treasurer, annottu ced today. Ft. Myers, Fla., March 6—(lNS)—Connie Mack today prepared for the arri val this afternoon or tonight of Al Simmons and possibly the Georgia Peach—Ty Cobb. —o COURT HOUSE Set For Trial The case of Clarence Fryhack vs. Hiram and Virgie Morton, in which ;i motion for a new trial was granted recently, has been set for trial on March 21. — o Princess Is Improved Tok io. Mar. 6.—(lNS)—The condition of Pv’ncess Hisa was somewhat less grave today but she is still in dagner. The royal physicians In attendance ppon th :>.. u y princess are stili far from optimjstic in their reports upon her condition. The crisis has not yet been passed completely, but her condition is improved, they said.

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Former Student At Rose Poly Wins Hero Medal 1 Terre Haute, Ind., Mar. 6.—GJ.R) 1 Lieut. C. F. Schilt, U. S naval avlal- • or, who has been awarded the Congressional Modal of Heroism for service In Nicaragua, is a former stu- . dent of Rose Polytechnic Institute here. WISCONSIN OUT : OF BIG TEN RACE Michigan Beats Badgers, 4219; Purdue Triumphs 1 Over lowa • By Gene Hoffman (I. N. S. Staff Correspondent) Chicago. March 6 Michigan did it, . and Row; In their most vicious mood of the season, the Wolverine Wreckers.tore . Into Wisconsin at Ann Arobr last night ( and when the bone-snajiping contest . was over the Badgers had lost their last chance to win or tie the Big Ten - conference basketball race. The Wolverines did it. Ann —Arbor! The score was 42 to 19. But that was only part of the news. Over at Lafayette, Ind., Purdue was . tightening its grip on the top rung by beating lowa, 44 to 20. At the same hour, out in Evanston, Nortwestern was clinging to third place with a victory over Ohio State, 43 to 21. Last night's results tossed Wisconsin back into fourth place, but Northwestern in undisputed possession of third and left Purdue and Indiana iu a deadlock for the lead. Each of the Hoosier teams has wen nine games and lost two. Only three games remain on the schedule; Indiana plays its final against Illinois at Urbana tonight, and Wisconsin and Illinois make their last stand on the same floor Friday evening. Minnesota and Purdue close the I season Saturday night at Lafayette. Barring the greatly unexpected, this’ lineup indicates that the season will, clcse with Purdue and Indiana tied I for the Championship and with North-; western and Wisconsin deadlocked for I the berth of runnerup. To share the same roost with North-; western, however, the badgers must reasemble themselves in sufficient ‘ form to beat the Ulini Friday night. , Purdue Humbles lowa Lafayette, Ind., March —(U.K)-Hur--Jling the most important of two hat ' iers which remained between it and ' * share in the Big Ten basketball' championship, Purdue won from Iowa; 44-20. Twcgood of lowa and Wilcox, I teammate, were sent from the game on ' personal fouls. lowa scored only two goals in the first half. The half ended with Purdue leading 23-7. Harry Kemmer, Dutch Schnaiter, and Charles Murphy of Purdue, tied for high scoring honors with nine points each. FLAPPER SLAYER SENTENCED FOR KILLING HUSBAND (CONTINUED FHOM PACK ONE) eat. the matron, Mrs. Cora Nash, ■tatted her soothingly on the shouller. Then her father came over and they cried softly together, the father’s arm around his daughter's slim shoulders. Van Woert. remained with Velma until they escorted her back through i tunnel to her cell in the little red ail back of the courthouse. The sudden termination of the case was a surprise and Painesville was seething with speculation as to the •easons that prompted the state to iccept the lesser plea. Velma had been indicted on the charge of murier in the first degree and had she been tried by a jury and convicted she might possibly be sent to the alectric chair. As it is now, she is eligible to parole after serving ten years in the reformatory. It was exactly three months ago today that twenty-one-year-old Velma, then only eighteen months married, brutally killed her husband, T. Edward West, son of a nationally known, nurseryman, in their honeymoon bungalow, at Perry, Ohio. She killed him in a "blind rage" when he refused to drive her to Cleveland to an aJI-girl Bridge party at the home of Miss Mabel Young, a stenographer. The frail blonde Velma weighs less than 110 pounds and how she was able to beat down her six-foot, 200 pound husband has been a subject of much discussion. Young West was a former football player and a splendid p;Aind Velma, according to her own physical specimen. Yet the 110signed confession, struck him with a clawhammer and knocked him down four separate times. The killing, she delated, was unpremeditated, yet, after it was over she quickly changed her clothes, went to the kitchen and washed off traces of the blood on her hands. Then she Jumped into her green roadster and land 10 tlH> ' bri, ’' go pprty at Cleveo Get the Habit—Trade at Home, it Pay>

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jriELD GOALdI |JL By MARK M. UI’P L-—

The possibility Os Adams county not having a representative in the regional tourney .it Fort Wayne Saturday loomed today as the question Os the eligibility Os Walter Meyers, star center on the champion Kirkland high school team, was being investigated by A. L. Trester, secretary of the I.U.S.A.A. Someone whose Identity has not been divulged reported to Mr, Trester that Meyers' grades were below the standard required by the association. Wo don't know whether or not the charge is true, although the liest information available to ns would indicate that the player is eligible, but the injustice of it all, it appears to us. is the fact that whoever reported the matter waited until after the tournament was over instead of calling the matter to Mr. Trester's attention before the tournament was played. The Kangaroos went to» Fort Wayne this afternoon to practice on the North Side gym floor. No less than eight teams defeated by the Decatur Yellow Jackets this season won their sectional tournaments last week-end anil will enter the regional play next Saturday. Those eight are Kirkland. Bluffton, Huntington, Angola. Kendallville, Auburn, Peru and Delphi. Kirkland. Huntington. Angola, Kendallville and Auburn were defeated by overwhelming scores, by Decatur. Columnists on our exchange list, so 'ar, have kindly refrained shooting wise cracks and razzberries at Decaur for the failure of the Yellow Jackets to win tbeir sectional tourney. They probably belong to the Humane

Society. Rip Offs. <>f Bluffton News, comments on the local sectional as follows: "anything may happen In a tournament. For instance, gaze upon our neighbor's little melee. Ihe Gorillas dampened Decatur's ardor and then the Kangaroos galloped away from the Linn Grove boys." , Hurrah Fer Bills! •We were certainly surprised to see the Decatur Yellow Jackets fall before the Hartford Township Gorillas but it looks like Coach Windmiller’s boys went in to win and couldn't be denied. Herb Curtis evidently got mixd up and entered the wrong team In the tourney. His reserve team beat the Gorillas twice this year. After beating Decatur, the Gorillas then fell before Coach Bill Bryan's Kirkland Kangaroos. Kirkland has a good team as is evidenced by the fact they sailed right through to sectional honors. We certainly want to compliment the Gorillas and Kangaroos on their playing and to offer special congrats to the coaches of the teams, the two Bills! Geneva also played some nice ball to get to the final."—Out ol Bounds. Bluffton Banner * Roe Is Stopped Again Seldom has it been twice we believe—that Roe. Union Center’s illustrious center, has been held scoreless from Hie field. Bob Richey did it Saturday night and counter attacked with two himself. Crosbie did it a year or two ago ami some fellow over at Kirkland did it early this season. - "Ri.i Offs." Bluffton News. The first game of the state Catholic tourney Friday afternoon at 2 o’cVck, ought to be a thriller. ft

brings together, Hammond iln() w 9 ington. two of the sironv teaL'B the tourney. M The tourney will be w, |) U11(1 ■ with three games over, when it ■ Commodores take Ihe floor ■ Reitz. Memorial, of I'.vansviih ■ 7:30 o’clock, Friday night. TllP ' “ ■ ner of that game will meet g t ~ ■ bl lei’s of Connetsvill... at' fl o’clock Saturday morning. ■ There are still gntne .season ti ( .v M fl for the state Catholic tourney on fl at the Green Kettle. Those remain I ing unsold tonight must be sent hmk I to Indianapolis tomorrow I -<» I Monrw and Jefferson are the nnl , I teams in the county that will w I suffer heavily from graduation this spring. Monroe will lose only F.ltey lub.itltute center, while the only one 311 the Jeff««Mon tournament sqn ai | who is a senior is Burdett Hurt Hartford is hardest hit. seven th, ’irst ten beltig seniors. We have been unabhf to gel the dope on the Borne tauniey squad, but we're undethe impression that at I t-t three nr four of the ten will be gradual The other teams lose the following players through graduation. Decatur—Anadell, Hi'!. Reynolds Bell and Stoneburnor Kirkland—F. Arnold, [•. Arnold Bowman and Heller. Geneva— Stably, Striker, Fravel Dunwiddie, Brown and Aspy. Hartford—Hoffman. Reynolds. Hol'oway, N. Banter. R. Banter, Heller ind Serogham. Monmouth—Brokaw, Buerger aid Riec o— COLLEGE BASKETBALL Michigan 42; Wisconsin 19. Purdue 44. lowa 20. Northwestern 43; Ohio State 21. lowa Sfate 26; Drake 25. * Millikin 31; Sparks 30. ‘ Carleton 40; St. Olaf IS. Oklahoma Aggies 47, Nebraska 43, —o — NOTICE I will not he responsible for debts contracted*in my name by other persons. L. E.*Beard 66-2tx ——————■ _ _—