Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1928 — Page 6

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Commodores Win Great Game FromJßeitz

LOCALS DEFEAT EVANSVILLE FIVE BY SCORE 23-20 Commodores Trail At Half, 13-10, But Stajje Great Rally In Last Period .1. MYLOTT STARS FOR DECATUR FIVE By Maurice Tull, INS Staff Correspondent Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 1O| —After trailing the strong Reitz Memorial 10-1.1 at the half, the Decatur Commodores came hack in the final session with a stern determination and after a desperate battle overhauled tile scrappy team from Evansville and eked out a victory in the first round of the state Catholic high school tournament here last night. Before a capacity crowd, the Commodores se,med to suffer slightly from stage fright in the first half and were having trouble in getting the teamwork underway. For a time, things looked bad, only the stalwart J, Mylott being able to stop the Reitz drives down the floor. However, in the'closing five minutes of the first half the Decatur lads began to get together and slowly but surely the mounting lead of the Evansville team slowed and windh d cd. The gun ended the half with Reitz Memorial barely in the lead by 3 points. A new spirit prevaded as the teams came on the floor for the final stanza. Seldom has such a battle been seen on an Indianapolis floor. The pursuit of the Commodores was deadly and the half was 7 minutes gone when the score stood tied at 17-all. J. Mylott caged a loiig one from the tenter of the side lines to put Decatur in the lead. 19-17, and from that moment they were not to be denied, although the battle grew more and more intense. Befoie a raving mob of basketball maniacs, the gun ended the struggle with victory firmly in the grasp of the grimy sweating lads from Decatur. The final score was 2.120. In spite of the tenseness of the struggle, but one substitution was made and it was a remarkably clean game with very few fouls being called. Btfore the game and b.tween the halves a huge crowd of Decatur rooters made the Cathedral gymnasium resound with Decatur yells. The Decatur rooting was led byMiss Viola Schmidt, one of the most graceful and attractive cheer leaders ever seen in Indianapolis. We are picking Decatur • Cathedral to' win the tournament. Lineup and Summary: De< atur Evansville Cass F Beike Miller F Thole Wemhoff C Shetler F. Mylott fl Schmitz J. Mylott G Crane Field goals—Gass, 3; Miller. 2; F. Mylott, 2; J. Mylott, 3, Bieke, Thole, 3; Shetler, Schmitz, Crane, 3. Foul goals — Gass, Wemhoff, J. Mylott, Shetler, 2. Referee — Morley. Umpire— Manhart. 0 To Re-enter I lorida Speed Race In 1929 Ormond Beach. Fla. — (U.R) —-J. M. White of Philadelphia, leaving here on a fishing tiip to the west coast of Florida with Ray Keech, well-known race driver, and Mrs. White, said today that he will tebuild his 36-cylind-ered Triplex racing car. and rechristen het, "Miss Philadelphia" to compete with Major H. O. D. Seagrave and Cam Malcolm Cam"*'''" t» international speed her# next year. Whites Triplex, which was built in his wire factory in Philadelphia from parts of other cars and powered with Liberty engines timed to work as a "straight 36,” attained a speed of 203.86 miles per hour, at this yc-ir’s races, which was better than that of Major Seagrave and less than that of Capt. Malcolm Campbell, the title-holdei, who made 206.95602 mi’es per '-.ou;-. 111 Runners Still In Cross-Country Derby Bagdad, Mojave Desert, Calfi, March 10 —(U.R)—As the 141 runners remaining in C. C. Pyle’s transcontinental footrace, set out today on the heat that was to end their first week’s journey, Arthur Newton 44-year-old Briton, held a time lead. The veteran's bw mark for the first six days of the run, a 207 mile journey from Los Angeles to Bagdad, was 31 hours and 2 minutes. The $48,500 in awards for the Los Angeles to New York trek will be based upon time elaped.

May Never Play • *- J lASrv ’ n r xf I ®XI I Pianists and tennis stars need all their fingers. Here is Miss Elizabeth Ryan. United States tennis star who hails from California. In France, where many court triumphs brought her f-inte, a slammed railroad coach door smashed a finger which maymean tin end of championship tennis Play. ' IOWA SHINES IN BIG TEN MEET Hawkeyes Qualify Twice As Many Men As Any Other Comnetitors lowa City. la.. Mar. 10. —(U.R)—University of lowa, qualifying twice as many men as any other competitor, ippeared today as a strong contendtr for the Big Ten conference indoor track and field championship. To be decided in the finals of the annual yvent here tonight. Illinois, considered a probable winner. lost heavily in the preliminaryevents which opened the conference meet here last night. The Champaign school's hopes for the championship received a severe blow when H. Whiteni, star half-miler, fell in the third heat of the 880-yard race last night and failed to qualify. Whitem had been counted on for certain points in the finals. In the three preliminary events run off last night lowa qualified six men; Illinois, Michigan and Chicago, 3 each; Ohio State, Wisconsin, Northwestern and Indiana, 2 each, and Minnesota and Purdue, one each. Six preliminary heats reduced the field in the Go yard dash to twelve men—Rockaway and Simpson, Ohio State; Hester and Chapman, Michigan; Cuhel and Stevenson, Iowa; Benson and Larson. Wisconsin; Gleason and Root, Chicago: Rhea, Minnesota; and Wilkins, Northwestern—who will compete iti the semifinals tonight. Six men survived fiVe preliminary and two semi-final heats in the quart-er-mile event, and will race in the Ana's tonight. Stepthenson and Smock, Indiana; Nichol and Chambers, Illinois; and Wilmoth and Baird, lowa. - —o — j — American League Results Rochester, 47; Brooklyn, 37. —, —o The Great American Bird The great American bird, for the most practical of all -utilitarian purposes, is tlie common, everyday, barn yard hen. Site lays 72!) eggs every second—that Is to say, in modern, stimulated mass production, she gen erically produces that many eggs in the country at large every second of every day in the year! Biddy is the best bld. —Savannah News. 0 Goat Saved Boy’s Life By his pet goat a twelve-year-old boy was saved from death in a quarry 40 feet deep nt Portland, Englund. The boy wus leading the anima! on a 12yard tether when lie fell over the edge of the quarry. Fortunately the rope was twisted round his wrist. The goat, although thrown on its side by the unexpected pull, regained its feel and held the boy suspended In midair until rescuers came. o Too Much Lipstick Not long ago mother took little Ruth to a movie. There was a love scene and It seems the hero had a "die 1 away" expression on his face after kissing his sweetheart. Ruth called out in an excited voice: "What's the matter with him, mother, did lie get too much lipstick?”—Exchange.

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64 TEAMS PLAY IN REGIONALS Second Round Os Annual State Tournament Under Way Today (U.R)-Sixty-four basketball teams will compete today, in 16 regional tournan< uls, for the light to bo one of the IG teams which will come to Indianapolis next week-end io battle for ho state championship in the finals if the high school tourney play. Os the 740 teams entered, in last | week's sectional tournaments, 676 : were eliminated, only the winner of : a<h tourney stnvivlng for this week’s day. Four teams will play afternoon jaints at each oft the regional cent-! is this week-end, The two winners if the afternoon games meet in the Inal gam? tonight and the winner of he night game comes to Indianapolis next week-end. Favorites, according to popular ipinion. overshadow the other teams | it eight of today's tournaments. At i Bloomington, Martinsville, the present ; itle-holdcr, should experience little 1 lifficulty in going through the regionil play undefeated. Other regional favorites wore Logansport. Muncie. Connersville. Anderson, Central of Evansville. Washington of East Chicago, ami Central of Fort Wayne. The sixteen regional centers and opponents in the first two games follow : At Anderson P.M. 2t—Anderson vs. Tipton. 1 — Broad Ripple vs. Cicero. At Auburn P.M. 2— Lagrange vs. Angola. > —Kendallville vs. Auburn. At Bloomington P.M. 2—Garfield (Terre Haute) vs. Brazil 1 — Amo vs. Martinsville. At Columbus P.M. 2 — Columbus vs. Versailles. 3— vs. Scipio. At Evansville 2 — Spurgeon vs. Princeton. 3— Bristow vs. Central (Evansville) At Fort Wayne 2 — Pierceton vs. Kirkland township. I 3— Bluffton vs. Central (Fort Wayne) ! At Frankfort 2 — Jefferson (Lafayette) vs. Monon. 3 — Boswell vs. Frankfort. At Gary !—Valparaiso vs. Washington (East | Chicago). 1— Lapo;te vs. Goodland. At Greencastle 2 — Clinton vs. Crawfoldsville. s—Greencastle5 —Greencastle vs. Mcllot. At Logansport 2— North Manchester vs. Peru. I—Huntington vs Logansport. At Marion 2 p m.— Delphi vs. Marion. I—Sharpsville vs. Dunkirk At Mishawaka ’ p m —Rochester vs. Mishawaka. 1— Goshen vs. Winamac. At Muncie 2 p.m.—Mt. Comfort vs. Winchester. 3— Newcastle vs. Muncie. At New Albany 2 p. m. —Seymour vs. Salem. ’ —Bedford vs. Austin. At Rushville 2— Hagerstown vs. Rushville. 3— Lawrenceburg vs. Connersville. At Vincennes 2 p.m.—Carlisle vs. Washington. 3—Bloomfield Vincennes. o Newest American Sport Critic-baiting has become an even -n uter and more typical American spo’-t than framing prize tights or fixing horse races and championship I aseball games. The man who practices professional criticism in thia year jf our Lord Ilves constantly In a metaphorical gashouse district, his head and seat in imminent prospect ' of bash and boot. —George Jean Nathan In Vanity Fair. o History From New Angle It .was the anniversary of the dis covery of America. The primary room was decorated for the occasion and much was said during the day about Columbus and what he discovered. Bobby was relating at dinner the events of the day and said: “I knowwhy we have Halloween. We had It at school. Columbus found Indians with false faces.” o Adventure Dorothy, a Boston child who had never lived outside a flat, wen' on her first visit to her aunt In the country. Asked on her return what she liked best, she replied: "Going upstairs to bed." — o No Dentist Needed Besides appearing most ferocious, sharks’ teeth show how nature takes care of her children. The shark has several sets of teeth, which grow In as needed to replace those broken' or knocked out when It battles Its prey-

Setting the Pace j ■Hr-M.. y S I - Ws” — L: la 5 ■ Joey Schaaf, left guard of the University of Pennsylvania basketball team, has scored 104 points in league games and is leading scorer of the Intercollegiate Basketball League. He is on his way to set a new record for high scoring in the league. • (International llluslratetl News) I field'goaH j By MARK M. UPP j Fo far, so good. The Commodores were equal to ' the task and pulled out a great vic- ! tory over the Reitz Memorial team Icf Evansville in the state Catholic j tourney last night. They were forced to rally in the second half, after trailing 13-10 at the rest period, to snatch a 23-20 victory. — Now for the Commodores' next game with Connersville and the’ Kirkland Kangaroos’ game with I Pierceton. The first upset of the state Catho’ic tourney came this morning, in the first game, when Anderson defeated j Washington, 19-16. Washington and Fort Wayne were picked to meet- in ; the semi-finals. I-X _ _ The yelling of the Decatur fans, the performances of Viola Schmitz, Commodores' cheer leader and the spectacular p’aying of the Commodores in the second half gave the big e awd plenty of entertainment last night. We’re picking the Kirkland Kangaroos to defeat the Pierceton crew ,h's afternoon and battle either Bluffton or -Central in the final game of the regional tonight. The Kangaroos will give either Bluffton or Central a hot battle, too. Peruvians have been talking all week about how the Tigers were going to knock off Logansport in the final game of the Logansport regional tonight. Yesterday someone happened t think that Peru played North Manchester this afternoon, so the Peru Tribune came out with a streamer on i (he sport page announcing, “Coach j Moore Fears North Manchester.” By 9 o’clock tonight, or thereabouts only 16 teams will be left in the running for the state championship. 0 Woman’s Real Goal The goal (hat most ot us need to set for ourselves is the attainment of some of. the “unpossessed possessions” of ti. age, and those are a contented mind, a loving, peaceful home that Is a haven of rest to a tired business man, and the vision to see beyond the apparently menial daily tasks to the glorious opportunities that are ours, far greater than any offered by -he -lost successful career in the business world.—The New Age Illustrated. —o Boston’s First Name The name of the original settlement of Boston made in August, 1030, was “Trimountaine." This name was given because of the three peaks of the most prominent hill, later called "Beacon Hill." The name "Boston" was forma! ly given the colony In 1752. This name was derived from Hie English i town of Boston, the home of some of the leaders of the colony. The Indians called the settlement "Shawmut."

CATHEDRAL ANO DECATUR PICKED Eight Teams Survive First Dav’s Play In State Catholic Tourney Indianapolis, lnu., Mar. !•) HNS) Eight of the thirteen teams entered In the annual state Cutholic high school tournament here ready 1) resume the battle for the championship at the Cathedral gymnasium here today. The teams representing Cathedra' of Indianapolis and Catholic high of Decatur were picked as probable finalists tonight. Today’s schedule follows; 3:30 A. M. Washington vs. St. Mary’s I Acadamy of Anders n. 9:30 A. M.—Centtal Catholic of Fort Wayne vs. St. Joe s of Shelbyville. 10:30 A. M. St. Gabriel’s of Connersville vs. Decatur. 11:30 A. M—Cathedral of Indianapolis vs. St. Andrews of Richmond. 2.30 P. M —Winner at 8:30 vs Winner at 9:30 A. M. 3:30 P. M. Winner at 10:30 A. M. vs. Winner at 11:30 A. M. 7:30 P. M. Loser at 2:30 P. M. vs. Loser at 3:30 P. M. Consolati.n game 8:30 P. M.—Winner 2:30 P. M. vs. Winner at 3:30 P. M. (Final game). The scores of yesterday’s game were: Washington 32; Hammond 12. Central Catholic of Fort Wayne 18 Qibault of Vincennes. 9. Shelbyville 32; Sacred Heart of Indianapolis 19. Decatur 23; Reitz Memorial of Evans ville 20. Cathedral of Indianapolis 23; Jasper Academy of Jasper 19. , o , | j NEWS FROM THE i TRAINING CAMPS | By International News Service AUGUSTA, Ga.—The New York Giants will take on the strong Newark International League club today in their first exhibition game of the season. ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. —PitcherHenry Johnson, who was to have Hatted against the Boston Braves next Monday in the Yankees’ first exhibition game, was a crestfallen ookie today. The Yankee regulars walloped him for nine runs in one rrning and beat the Yannigans, 11 to 1. in their first practice game. CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jay Partidge has compiled the best battfirg ivernge of the Brooklyn players t■> ; late /The second baseman lias hit afcly in eleven out of fourteen times at bat. LOS ANGELES — Joe McCarthy tnd his Cubs were in Los Angeles to- j day to make their first stand of the I reason against an out side team. This nitial exhibition pastime will be played against Oscar Vp.t’s Hi Vtywood stars of the coast circuit. •SHREVEPORT, La—The two misring Bills —Barrett and Hunnetield — ’inally found their way to the White Sox training camp hero, and were "anding around with the rest of the boys today, waiting to take orders rom Manager Ray Schalk;. HunneF ield appeared a bit testy over finding his seend base job threatened by he piowess of rookies Mann and Redfern. WINTER HAVEN, Fla—Aided by a complete rest yesterday the Philies will tackle the Athletics with renewed vigor (his afternoon in the second meeting of the two teams here in the southland. The first contest at Fort Myers was a walkover or the A’s. FT. MYERS, Fla—Staging a fifth lining rally that netted six runs ?onnie Mack's Athletics downed the St. Louis Cardinals 8 to 7 yesterday in their first meeting ot the spring training grind. Catcher Mickfey Cochrane and Second Baseman Max Bishop both suffered injuiies to their hands and were forced to retire. PASO ROBLES, C-i] — Smarting under the sting of a 3 to 2 defeat at he hands of the "Hooligans" the Pirate regulars today planned to take he play away from the scrubs in the second practice game of the season., o— Historical Periods The Jacobean period, in Great Britain, extended from 1603 to 1688. It may be divided into three phases: From 1603. when James 1 ascended the throne, to 1640, when his son Charles I. was beheaded by Cromwell; 1649 to 1660 is the Commonwealth, or Cromwellian period, and from 1660 to 1688, known as the "Restoration,” or "Carolean period." o Pioneer Telegrapher James Francis Leonard at Lexlng ton, Ky„ was the first to do away with the dot and dash paper tape In read ing telegraph messages, depending on the click of the Instrufnent. Mr Leonard was one of the most accom-pli-shod telegrflpheu of his day, and it was when the telegraph was in its infancy that he learned to receive messages by sound on the first wires that were erected lu Kentucky.

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DECATUR FIVE IX SEMI-FINALS 01' catholk’ MEft (CUWTIM Rn fhom field g'liib. and two He, th ro ( V '’ A large delegation ~f n )1( . utl|r , cheered the Commodore, ()n , tory last night. :e..- i ,i,,s l E J*’, und again today. M v,.. l> eill , lr J' were arriving shortly an,.,. „ Lim-ups und sumnieCommodores (36) Conner.viiu Gass |.' ’’l Miller F Wemhoff (- .. F. Mylott <• . , J. Mylott Substitutions: (C’ rniu I aes) k'' for Gass. Sorg for F My. , t , (■ rtffe Millet, Gage foi \V?m!. ■ T ville) Pflum sot Bev, j Walsh <■' Stoehr, McKey for R W-lsh p'u goals: Gass, 3; Millt-r, 1. Mv| ntt 'e J. Mylott 3; Stoeht 2 1: Wetah 2; itin. berger 6. Foul goals; ;2; Mili.-r IF Mylott 2; Coffee 1. Re VPr R ' Welsh, 1; Ripberger 2. Pf um r '

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