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BIG TEN COACHES PICK TWO TEAMS • Purdue And Indiana (Jet One Man Each On First Team All-Conference Basketball Selection First Team Oosterbaan, Michigan Fisher, Northwestern—Forward Murphy, Purdue— Cente; Hctchkiss, Wisconsin—Guard Wells, Indiana —Guard Second Team , ’ Wallers, Northwestern Forward Wilcox, lowa — Forward McCracken, Indiana—Center Hoerger, Chicago —Guard Correll, Indiana—Guard Honorable Mention Forwards Wheeler, Purdue. Harrneson, Purdue; Behr, Wisconsin; How, Illinois; Twogood, lowa. Centers—Foter, Wisconsin; Gist, Chicago: Chainpan. Michigan. Guards —McCoy, Michigan; Kemmer. Pin due; Johnson, Northwestern; Marshall. Northwestern; Schnaiter, Purdue; Doyle, Wisconsin. By Leo Fisher (I. N. S. Stall Correspondent) Chicago March 9—(lNS)—Benny Oosterhaan. University cf Michigan Athletic star, was unanimously selected today by Big Ten conference college coaches for a forward position on the conference '•all-star" basketball quintet. All but one coach, cooperating with tlie writer in selection cf the Mythical team, selected “Stretch" Murphy of Purdue for the centei position. Oosterbaan Unanimous Choice The unanimous choice of Oosterbaan gives him a record probably unequalled in College annals, as he was the only unanimous choice for the football eleven selected for International News Service last fall by the conference coaches. Waldo Fisher of Northwestern, who captained this season's team to third ' place, has been paired up with Oosterbaan at forward. His splendid fighting spirit and sportsmanship did much to carry the Wildcats to a successful] season, and coaches are unanimous ini their opinion that he is one of. the, gamest athletes that has ever represented the school. "Stretch” Murphy, the elongated Purdue center, was given opposition by only one man for the choice at that position—Branch McCracken of Indiana. Host-of Good Guards Separating a pair of guards from the liost of brilliant performers was a task indeed. Probably one of the outstanding performers was Hotchkiss cf Wisconsin, who despite injuries, ranked as the best defensive player on the Badger team, which led the Big Ten in this department. Wells of Indiana is chosen for the othei post, although he played forward in numeious games. Despite the fai t , that he rates among the leading conference scorers, he has been one of the best in holding down opposing stars, he was regularly pitted against the running guard of the other team—usually one of the sharp-shooters. The second team consists of Wil*cox of I wa and Walters of Northwestern, forwards; McCracken, Indiana, Hoerger, Chicago; Correll, (Indiana, These second elr .-es and the honorable mentions as well aren't far enough i emoved from the first team selections to require even a telesccpe ■to see them, in fact, most of them are placed second because there isn't enough room on the first squad for all amt that constitutes one of the chief difficulties in picking "all-star" teams. — o Big Ten Track Stars Meet At lowa Today • lowa City, la, Mar. 9. — (U.R) — More than 303 athletes, representing the schools of the Big Ten western conference, awaited call for preliminary events in the eighteenth annual conference indoor track and field champy ■ ionships here today. It was the first time in the history of the ev. -it that the championships have not been held in Patten gymnasia mat Northwestern university. P.el'minaii s in practically all but the fold eve it; and the two-mlle run will ue >un off tonight with the finals nil diced for tomorrow. With a fast board track virtually every middle distance record Is endangered. Distances in the dash and high hurdle events have been increased to sixty and seventy yards respectively. Illinois was an outstanding favorite to gain the title won last year by Wisconsin. o— — “What were vou doing out West?” “Minin’." “Gold Mining?" “No, calsiminin’.” “Minstrel Chuckles.”

Wisconsin Plays lllini At Champaign Tonight I'lutmpaign, 111., Mur. !>. (U.R) . Third place In Big Ten ixmference standing will be til stake for Wisconi sin's eagers when they play Illinois I here tonight. , I Victory over the lllini would tl the Badgers for third place with Nothw estern. American League Results New Yolk. 36; Brooklyn. 22. Philadelphia, 42: Fort Wayne, 30. Cleveland, 31; Rochester, 26. CENTRAL PUPILS HOLDTOURNAMEN Twelve Teams Take Part In Basketball Meet; Rattlesnakes Winners By defeating the Bulls in the final game. 27-14, a team playing under the name of Rattlesnakes won th Central school basketball tournament completed last night. Twelve teams took part in the tourney. Scores of the fust round games were: Bulls, 27; Eugles, IS. Bears. 11; Tom Cats, 10. Tigers, 16; Panthers, 12. Rams, 28; Bull Dogs, 0. Rattlesnakes, 10; Stags. 7. Lions. 8; Wild Boars, 7. In the second round, the Bulls defeated the Bears, 21-13; the Rams won from the Tigers, 2418 and the Rattlesnakes •defeated the Lions, 1311. The Bulls defeated the Rams in the semi-finals, 36-11, but lost to the ' Rattlesnakes in the final, 27-14. * Lineups of the final game: Bulls (14) Rattlesnakes (27) tones F Ogg C. Hill (7) F Moses(7) Drake (1) C Elzey (2) Tyndall (4) G Brown (12) Ford (2) G McClure(6) o . FIELD GOALS' By MARK M. UPP ' * ' Today starts another workout for the sports department and the telephone operators. The Commodores statt the ball rolling at 7:30 o’clock tonight when they meet Reitz Memorial, cf Evansville, in the state Catholic tourney. We're predii ting a win fol the Comm dores Art Wemhofi's Northfield. Vermont team plays its first game in the Vermont state tournament at 10 o'clock tonight. The Kirkland Kangardcs battle the Pierceton team in tjie regional at Fort Wayne at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Kangaroos had a work-out on the North Side floor yesterday afternoon and are ratin' to go. if the Comm-dores defeat Evansville tonight, they will play St. Garbiel's high of Connersville, at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morn ng. In the guessing contest conducted by W. F. Fox, Jr., of the Indianapolis , News, no one picked Kirkland to win the sectional tpurney here. The winne; of the contest missed 22 out of the 64. A picture of the Commodores appealed in Thursday’s issue of the Indianapolis News and a line under the picture said “the Decatur five will be one of the highest hurdles in the way of contenders for the Cathcllc high school state championship.” Coach Bryce Thomas of the Centr J grade school has just completed a tournament in which twelve teams of grade school beys took pait. The team playing tinder the name cf the Rattle Snakes won the meet. Line’s busy. c Runners Shuffle Over The Sands To Bagdad Mojave Wells, Calif., Mar. 9.—(U.P.) —Thirty-three miles of dry, hot and sparcely settled desert country today was ahead of the athletes running from Los Angeles to New York for |48,(H)() in prizes offered by C. C. Pyle, sports promoter. The n xt stop is Bagdad. Tlie heat of the desert would not allow full speed, and the marathoners had to slow down 40 a shuttle that was but little faster than a walk. Arthur Newton, of England, a pioneei maiHithoner of South Africa, lead Ahe fie ld. He traveled the distance in 4:48. Newton also assumed the led in the race elapsed time on which basis the prize money will be divided. He has taken 24 hours 28 minutes and 30 seconds to cover the 153.7 miles from Los Angeles.

DECATUB DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1928.

Tourney Loss Only Blot On Successful Season |'

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Their defeat at the hands of the Hartford township eagers in the sect'cnal tournament here last week was the only dark spot on a highly successful season for the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets. Tlie Curtismon entered the tourney with one of I he -best records ever made by a DeI catur high school teAm, and the overrnfidence created by that fine rec--1: d was one of the biggest factors in their defeat at the hands of Hartford.] The Yellow Jackets played 20 games in the fastest company in this] ...

TULL SELECTS ALL-STATE FIVE — I. N. S. Sport Writer Picks Stars Os 1927-28 High School Season By Maurice ('. Till l , INS Staff Correspondent Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 9. — (INS) — ?hiistmas comes but once a year— I md like Christmas the time for picking all state high school basketball teams arrives on an annual cycle. This year, the number of good play-! ers is legion. Looking in any direc- I ion < nough first class players can be found to equip a regiment of has- j ketbal) teams. Heme the problem in selecting the team this year is one I if elimination. Th writer takes the stand that I »nly five men constitute a basketball ' team. These five men need at least I live substitutes. Mr. Ishaa has gone j on record as saying that the legal | tournament number is ten. Hence we will select what wo believe are the ten l.st in the state. In making this selection na attention is paid to sectional or tournament p’ay. The value of the player to a team is the sole requisite, and the players must be able to fit as cogs in a highly geared machine. A co. eful study of records, opinions of coaches and experts, anil personal observation have been combined tot make possible th. selection of the two following teams. The first team is believed to be the best in the state. The second team consists of the next | highest men who aie believed to be > the most capable substitutes if not regulars cn this mythical varsity squad. Needless to say the race was bitterly close in countless instances. However, in order to male the allstate honor worth something this writer omits all extra players and all “honorable mentions" and presents what in his opinion is the all-state high school team. I First Tiam Forward —Wdoden, of Martinsvil’e. Forward —Dickerson, of Logansport. Center —Secrist, of Muncie. Guard —Polla, of ®ast Chicago. Guatd —Armantrout, of Frankfort. Coach —Case, of Frankfort. Second Team Forwa J —Eddy, of Columbus. Forward —Oskoman, of Anderson. Cent-r- Krathwohl, of Rochaster. Guard —Utterback, of Franklin. Guard—Altenhoff, Emerson of Gary. Sharkey Picked To Knock Out Risko New York, Mar. 9. — (U.R) — Jack Sharkey, splendidly trained at 190 pounds, should win by a knockout ovei Johnny Risko next Monday night. z The Lithuanian has a real pood fight .somewhere in his system. There is no reason why he should not deliver it when he meets the rotund Cleveland heavyweight. Risko. after a period ,of comparative inactivity, does not shape up as Sharkey's equal in his New York training." Slow of foot and fist with only th: indomitable grit of a bulldog to carry him through, Johnny should be comparatively easy for Jack.

part of the state, winning 15 and losing 5. They defeated Bluffton. Auburn (twice), Kendallville. Angola. Garrett. Columbia City. Fort Wayne North Side, Delphi. Huntington. Syracuse, Peru, Portland. Bippus and Kirkland township, and lost to Bluffton, Fort Wayne Central, Fort Wayne Smith Side. Elwood and Crawfordsville. They finished second in the Northeastern Indiana conference, win- ] uing six games and losing three,. The Yellow Jackets scored a total of 895 ] points to their opponents 567. This ~ ‘ I

Alleged Plot To Kill Calles Is Described Mexico City, March 9 —(U.ft) - Details of an alleged rebel brrnb plot, by I which it was hoped to kill President I Calles and former President Alvaro i Obregon, were printed today in Mexico City Newspapers. One story said the plotters intended to bomb Chapultepec castle. The home of the President, by airplane, the plotters, the story said, then intended to fly acrcss the American border. The newspaper Grafico said that Max Holung, German inventor had been arrested. Bomb materials and books on explosives were said to have been found. KIRKLAND TO PLAY IN MEET Kangaroos To Meet Pierceton In Regional Tourney Saturday Afternoon Although no word has been received fi ;n A. L. Trester, secretary of he stat- high school athletic association, regarding the eligibility of Watler Meyers center on the Kirkland township high school basketball team, Prine'pal Foley today received word from Principal Northrup, of K ’th Side high school.- Fort Wayne, hat the Kirkland eligibility list for the regional tourney had been received and approved and that Kirkland was expected to play in the tournament. The eligibility of Meyers has been under investigation by Mr. Trester since last Monday. A large delegation of fans will accompany Kirkland team to Fort Wayne for the t I'urney. Kirkland is scheduled to play Pierceton at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and if victorious, meet the winner of the Bluffton-Fort Wayne t'< ntral game at S o’clock Saturday night for the regional championship. Washington, Inti., Match 9— (U.R) A “bigger and better high school library," is the motto of Washington’s Hy boys. The campaign for a greater library was started this week, and by collecting all the books the people cf the community will give them, the boys are striving to increase the size of the library. Their intentions are to unearth all the old and out-of-use books that practically every home has discarded, and tutn them from dustcatchers into useful literature for students at the high school. More Spanking Required The trouble with children reared in the lap of luxury Is that they are not turned over on It often enough.—Boston Transcript. DO YOU NEED A TRU C K We have a few Buick touring cars that will make good trucks by cutting eff back end of body. You can easily haul 1000 to 1500 tbs. Your choice, $50.00 Also 1922 Oldsmobile Coupe $65.00 PORTER’S GARAGE. Cor. Ist 4 Jackson Sts.

is the tiist point a-minute team in the history of Decatur high school, as . far as records reveal. . I Those in the picture are, reading from left to right: first row—J. Engie I forward; D. Engle, guard; Stoneburner, forward. Second row —Reynolds, ■ forward and guard; Coach Herb Cur- ■ tis; Bell, forward; Third row—- ■ Krick, guard; Gerber, center; Cole, ■ center; Hill, forward; Anadell, guard. ■ The seniors on the squad are Stone- , burner. Reynolds, Bell, Hill and Anadell.

STATE IMPORTS MUCH LUMBER Indianapolis. Mar. 9. — (U.R)—Fourfifths of the lumber used in Indiana is imported, yet the state has "waste” eras possible to convert into forest p. Srluction, that would supply $12,000,000 worth of lumber that Hoosiers now buy elsewhere, according to Richard I.'eber, dir. ctor of the department of conversation. In a report to the department, Ralph Wilcox, acting state forester, shows that Indiana has imported forest prolucts, chiefly lumber, since ISSS. Statistics show a billion board feet in the state (last year, and of this amount only two hundred million feet or one-fifth was produced localI y. The estimated costs of the local umber consumed is in exces sos $32,100,000. If all the waste areas of the •date were reforested at least $12,000,•00. of this amount would be saved, besides the additional labor that would be benefited by native citizens, Lieber pointed out. "Three phases are necessary to promote the growth of timber in the rtate,” Lieber said. "These are projection from forest tires and grazing improvements in composition of forests: and the reforestation of waste •i idle land by state aquisition and private interprise. “Insufficient funds prevent any organized forest fire control. Grazing whiih threatens our forests mor. than fire, is discouraged by the general public, due to our educational programs. “It is the policy of the department to raise and distributed seedling at lost to Indiana citizens,” Lieber concluded. “We expect to distribute a million of these seedling this year.” Get the Habit —Trade at Home, it Pays Where Service Is Paramount five hundred room hotel located in the : down-town section—only three blocks from i i the "circle" Excellent parking and 1 garage facilities a SPINK ARMS I HOTEL I INDIANAPOLIS f i

WHIPPETS WIN IN TOURNAMENT Kirkland Team Beats Van Wert Y. M. C. A. In Tourney At Monroeville The Kirkland Whippets defeated the Van Wert. Ohio Y. M. <’■ A. quintet in a fit st round g.ime of the Monroeville independent basketball tournament at Monroeville, last nlfM. « B to 26. It was the third game of the evening. In the other two games, the Schlatters' hardware company's team of Fort Wayne, defeated the Hicksville Ohio, five, and the Monroeville five won fiom'the Dalther League team of Fort .Wayne. Thiee games will be played tonight. \t 7-30 o'clock. Convoy will play John-

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