Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1928 — Page 6

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G. E. DEFEATED IN OVERTIME The Decatur General Electric ban ketball team bowed in a hard fought overtime game to the Winter Street General Electne team, champions of the Fort Wayne -works, in a game held at the high school gymnasium in this city last night. The final score was 38-40. At the end of the regular playing time, the scon* was knotted at 34-34, and both teams continued their offensive play. Decatur scored four points and Fort Wayne managed to sneak in 6 points in the extra five minutes. The local team was trailing 13-20 a' half time, but a rally near the close of the game brought the locals to striking distance and for a time it appeared that Decatur would win the inter-factory championship of the two points. Lammiman. Fort Wayne star, former Decatur high school player. spelled defeat for the locals by collecting with th< basket for 9 fieid goals. Strickler and Johnson, with 6 field goals each, were leading scorers for Decatur. Lineup and summary: Decatur (38) Fort Wayne (40) Teeple F Shady Lindeman F Hendricks Strickler .C Lammiman Snyder . ,G. Kibiger Johnson G Kestner Substitutions: (Decatur), Omlor; (Fort Wayne,) Long worth Field goals: Omlor 2; Strickler 6; Snyder 1; Johnson fi; Shady. 2: Hendricks 5; Lammiman 9; Kibiger 3. Foul goals: Decatur, 8; Fort Wayne, 2. Referee, Gass. o Charlie Paddock Sets New Record In Texas Austin, Tex.. Mar. 24.—(U.R) —Establishment of an unofficial world's record by Charley Paddock, “fastest human," and the equalling of she world’s 100-yard dash mark by an unheralded Texas youth, featured record breaking performances at the annua) University of Texas relays here yesterday. Paddock ran the 140-yard dash in 13.4 seconds, six tenths of a second faster than his old record established in 1925. He was favored by a stiff breeze and officials expressed doubt that the time would be allowed as a new record. Claude Bracey, Rice institute sprinter. ran the 100 yards in 9.5 seconds, equalling the world’s record held by | Paddock. The wind advantage caused officials to withhold decision. o I I I NEWS FROM THE i | TRAINING CAMPS I ’ ’ - (U.R)— ■West Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 24. — Dazzy Vance and Jess Petty, hurling acres of the Brooklyn Robins, are not as far advance din training as other star major league pitchers. Winter Haven, Fla., Mar. 24. —Jimmy Wilson, Phillies catcher will be out of the game for several days. He was hit on the arm by a bat in yesterday’s game with the Cardinals. Jimmy Ring held the Cards to one hit in four innings. St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 24.—Nerves of the world champion New York Yankees are on edge as a result of the failure of some of them to start hitting. Lou Gehrig changed his baseball pants for an old pair of torn golf knickers in an effort to shake the jinx. Mark Koenig has started batting right handed, surmising that he could do no worse than he’s been doing left-handed. Orlando, Fla. ,Mar. 24.—Carl Mays, veteran Cincinnati hurler, was slated to pitch part of today's exhibition game the Indianapolis American association club. Mays hasn’t pitched in a game since June 19 last year when he was laid low with hernia. St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 24. —The Philadelphia Athletics old wqpkness at first base bobbed up again yesterday. Joe Hauser made two misplays, one of which allowed the Braves to beat the A’s in the ninth, 6 to 5. West Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 24. — Sum Gray, Walter Stewart or Alvin Crowder will pitch the opening game of the season against the Tigers at Detroit. Manager Dan Howley announced today. The Browns' probable opening day lineup follows: McNeely, If; Prannon, 2b; Manush, rs; Schulte, it; Kress, ss; Blue, lb; O'Rourke, 3b; Schang, O’Neil or Manion, c. Tampa, Fla., Mar. 24. —George Staler showed yesterday he has lost none of his old time speed by stealing home on Dutch Henry of the Giants in the first inning. Los Angeles, Calif., Mar. 24. —Cuyler’s sensational fielding and hitting yesterday gave the Cubs a 6 to 5 victory over Hollywood. « San Antonio, Tex., Mar. 24.—The Detroit Tigers were divided into two teams today, the first team remaining here to play the San Antonio Texas league club and the second team going to Austin to meet the University of Texas team. Dallas, Tex., Mar. 24. —The Chicago

White Sox hoped to break their losing streak of two games by taking today's exhibition contest from the Dallas Texas league club. The Sox made jonly four hits yesterday and lost Io Dallas, 3 to 1. Exhibition Games At Tampa: Senators, fi; Giants, 5, (10 Innings). At West Palm Beach: Browns, 8; Brooklyn. 3. At Winter Haven: Phillies, 4; Cardinals. 1. At St. Petersburg: B;aves, 6; Athletics. 5. At New Orleans: Columbus, 5; Indians, 1. .At Dallas: Dallas. 3; White Sox, 1. At San Antonio: San Antonio, 6; Tigers, 4. At Los Angeles: Cubs, fi; Hollywood, 4. At Brandenlon: Red Sox, 3; Baltimore, 0. o — CELTICS DEFEAT HOOSIERS, 35-18 The New York Celtics defeated the Fort Wayne Hoosiers 35-18 last night, in the third game of the series between the two teams, representing the eastern and western divisions of the American Basketball League, for the world's professional champion ship. The series now stands two to one in favor of the Celtics. The two teams will meet in the fourth game ot the series at Brooklyn Sunday night. If the Celtics capture this game, they will be recognized as world's champions. Should the Hoosiers win Sunday night, a fifth game will be played in Brooklyn to decide the title. The Celtics took a lead of 15-10 in the first half last night. The score was close, however, until the last ten minutes of the contest, when the H'oxiers’ defense weakened and the easterners piled up a comfortable lead. Lineups and summary: FORT WAYNE G F T MsElwain. rs .... 0 0-0 0 Saunders, If — 4 2-2 10 i Chadwick, c ... 0 2 2 2 i Shimek, Igl 0-0 2 I Griebe, rg-c 0 0-0 0 i Miller, rs 2 0-2 4 I Harvey, rg 0 0-0 0 i NEW YORK G F T Barry, rs 2 2 2 6 Banks, If 4 2-3 10 Lopchick, c 2 9-12 13 Dehner, rg 2 0-1 4 Holman. Ig 1 0-1 2 Referee: Salador. Umpire: Sugarman. BILLY EVANS TO MEET KID WOODS Van Wert. O„ March 24 —Two boys who are fired with ambition to meet Bud Taylor for the bantamweight championship this summer, will match their skill in the squared ring at the Strand theatre here Monday night. They are Billy Evans, widely known boxer of this city and Kid Woods, of Indianapolis, a main-go scrapper in Indiana, southern Ohio and Kentucky. Reports received here from impartial sources indicated Woods is quali fied to give the local colored boy one of his hardest battles. In his last fight. Woods won over Yappa, who is hailed as the Chinese bantam champion. Billy has just returned home from a season ot training at Dayton and reports he is in his best fighting condition since he first put on the mittens. Recently, Evans won a decision over Al Dundee, of Mansfield, in a bout at Fort Wayne. Another Evans boy, Billy's brother, by the name of Dude, will appear on the card here Monday, meeting Young Schroeder, of Toledo. Moan Baumgartner, Fort Wayne, will fight K. O. Kelly, of Toledo, in the semi-final, and Billy Beyers, Fort Wayne, wll meet Fredie Stoy. Van Wert, in the remaining preliminary. Roy Shaffer will referee and Glenn Black in matchmaker, both ot Van Wert. o Culver Defeated In Basketball Tourney Madison, Wis., Mar. 24.—(U.R)—Lake Forest Academy will play St. John's Manlius for the national academy basketball championship here tonight. Lake Forest defeated Culver Military academy’s title-hcldin emagt ersEl Academy’s title-holding team, 27 to 17, to enter the finals. The cadets from Manlius, N. Y., eliminated Castle Heights of Lebanon, Tenn., 27 to 26 in the seml-fianls. Big Ten Wrestling Me/t In Progress Bloomington, Ind March 24—(U.R)— Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Northwestern qualified the greatest number of men for the finals of the Big Ten individual wrestling tournament here tonight.

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BUCKY HARRIS AIMS AT SECOND Tampa, Fla.. Mar 24. (U.R)—ll may be the lame foot which keeps him fretting on the bench these tine spring days; it may be a natural tendency not to exaggetate; but whatever It is, manager Stanley Harris of the Washington Senators is not predicting a pennant for his club this year. » Second place is what Ducky is shooting at, he declared today in an exclusive interview with the United Press. ”1 can't sec any cluh beating us out for second place,” said the youthful pilot of the Senators, "and if the New York Yankees t’altgr I believe wo will be right on their heels." Harris considers the world's champions the class of the league as far as the club's attack is concerned. "but expects Washington's improved defense to carry the Senators higher than they landed in 1927. “I feel certain we will have a stronger cluh than last season, with an unsurpassed pitching staff, steadier in the field and stronger reserves," | Bucky declared. "We finished third last year. This time, 1 believe we will be a strong second, at the worst, anil that any faltering on the part of the leaders will make up a nip and tuck pennant contender.” The manager of the Senators is particularly proud of his pitchiitg staff He has ten piteffers he believes are winners: Irving Hadley. Horace Lisenbee, Milton Gaston. Sam Jones, "Firpo" Mat berry, J. T. Zachary, Garland Braxton. Clarence Griffen, Edwin Wells and C. Van Alstyne. Sam West, the young outfielder from Texas, Bucky considers a "second Speaker." Harris admits the youngster is not as strong a hitter as Tris, but maintains he is fully as good in the outfield. The Senators will have added hitting power with the acquisition of George Sisler, Harris believes. "We wi’l not have the power at bat that the Yankees havT 1 ,” he admitted. “But I believe we can surpass them in other ways. "Right now, all 1 feel certain of is that our own team will be noticeably stronger, improved in a greater degree than some of the other leading | contenders.” o

Peru Basketball Schedule For Next Year Announced Pei u. Mar. 24. — (U.R) — With the 1927-28 basketball season ended, plans and schedules for the 1928-29 season are being arranged for the Peru Tigers. The schedules for next I season have been completed with the exception of a few games for theearly part of the season. Harold Powell, physical training director, stated that next year, Peru high school would be represented with an A I! and C team. However, the only schedule completed so far is the one for the A team. Following is the schedule: Dec. 7—Decatur, here. Dec. 14—Alexandria, here. Dec. 21 —Huntington, here. ■Jan. 4 —Wabash, there. ■Jan. 5— Bluffton, undecided. Jan. 11-12 —County tourney, here. Jan. 18 —Warsaw, here. Jan. 19 — Jefferson, (Lafayette) there. Jan. 25—Central Ft. Wayne, here. Jan. 26—Tipton, there. Feb. I—Wabash,1 —Wabash, here. Feb. 2—Michigan City, here. Feb. 9—Rochester, here. Feb. 16—Logansport, there. Feb. 22 — Shortridge, Indianapolis, here. o K¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥K; ¥ ¥ * HOSPITAL NOTES * ¥ ¥ j;¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥W Miss Lorraine Thieme. Decatur route seven, underwent a minor operation, Friday, at the Adams County Memorial hosiptal. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Loshe, 121 S. Eleventh street, are the parents of a boy baby, which was born Friday, March 23, 1928. at the Adams County Memorial hospital. Jacob Schafer was moved, Friday evening, to his home 520 Nuttman avenu<, following a siege of illness during which he was a patient at the Adams County Memorial hospital. o Father, Sentenced For Whipping His Daughter, Is Forgiven By The Girl Whiting, Ind., Mar. 24. —(U.R) —Paul Lukacik, sentenced a week ago to pay a SSOO fine and serve a six months pena’ farm term for whipping his daughter. Mary, 18. because she was late in returning home from work, has been forgiven by the girl. Counsel for the father believes he will escape punishment. They expressed the belief that the girl will refuse to take any more steps in the caes. Lukacik is at libery under sl,000 pending action on an appeal to Lake criminal court from special Judge Frank Keenan who imposed the sentence in city court. o — Judge W. J. Vesey, of Fort Wayne, transacted business here today.

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Call for practice has gone out to America's decathlon candidates for the Olympics at Amsterdam. Chief Fait Elkins (left) is national championship holder and an outstanding prospect. Emerson * Norton (right) Is a husky from Kansas who will make them (international

SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BURNS Fifth Serious School Fire Since January 1 Occurs Early Today Shelbyville, Ind., March 24—(INS)— The epidemic of school fires which has been sweeping central Indiana this year today claimed the Fairland high school and grade school building, at Fairland, Indiana, in Shelby County, about seven miles northwest of Shelbyville. Fire of unknown origin destroyed the structure at 4 A. M. today with an estimated loss of $75,000. only $30,000 of insurance was carried. This was the fifth serious school fire in central Indiana since Januray. first. The other fires were Sheridan high school Loss SIOO,OOO. on January 30. Sharpsville high school, loss $75,000 on February 4. Union township high school near Franklin, Loss $40,000 on February 27 and Straughn high school Loss $75,000 on Match 16.

LEGION TO HOLD MEETING MONDAY State Athletic Officer Os Legion To Address Decatur Post An important meeting of the Adams Post No. 43 of the American Legion will .be held at Legion hall in this city, Monday night, at 7:30 o'clock R. E. Busche. state 'athletic officer, of Ossian, will be the chief speaker. The conference committee also will have an important report to make.. The eighth district conference will be held in this city. April 29. it was announced by- Legion officials today, and plans are being made to entertain more than 400 Legionnaires. All members of the Legiqji are urged to attend the Monday night meeting and a good program has been arranged o Solomon Sheets Dies At Home Near Daisie, Ohio Solomon Sheets. 78, father of Jesse Sheets, of Decatur, died Thursday night at his ihcme one mile south of Daisie, Ohio. He had been ill since December, following a stroke of paralysis. He was a pioneer of Harrison township, Van Wert county, Ohio. Mr. Sheets is survived by a daughter, Mts. James Hipshire, of Auburn; four sons, Jesse, ot Decatur, Donald, cf Fort Wayne, John, of Van Wert and Charles, who lived with his father; and one brother A. C. Sheets, of Van Wert. Funeral services wil be held Sunday afternoon at the home and 1:30 o’clock and at the Liberal United Brethren church at Wren, Ohio, at 2:30 o’clock. Burial will be made in the Wren cemetery. o Oldest Bottle Os Wine Is In German Museum Speyer, Germany—(lNS) -The famous Speyer Wein Musium claims to house the world’s oldest wine. It is contained in a bottle of Roman origin found in the vicinity of Speyer This flash is more than 1700 years old according to archaelogical experts. In the course of the centuries that have passed since »he Roman legions left Germany’s soil the liquor has thickened to such a degree that it is now undrinkable.

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Former Hammond Girl, , . Once Penniless, Now Movie Star Os Europe Hammond, Ind., March 24 — (U.R) — Eighteen years ago. Fern Andra left Hammond poor and unknown. Today her mother prepared for a visit from Fern Andra, new a premier motion picture star of Europe. In private life. Fern is the Baroness Weichs. Her mother, Mrs. Frank St. Clair, said Miss Andra was coming home, with the intention of remaining In the United States. Although not divorced from her husband, a, German nobleman, the movie star is not living with him. The couple parted after the Baroness was alleged to have had a love affair with a German b’oxer. o Holt Favors Selection Os Democratic Nominee By A Plurality Vote Kokomo, Ind., March 24—(INS)—Olin R. Holt candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, today announced that he will request the seven ether Democratic Gubernatorial candidates to agree that the candidate who gets the plurality vote at the primary on May 8 will be the Democratic nominee fo< Governor. A majority vote is, now required for nomination. “‘This would be a gentlemen's agreement." HvJt said. “It would prevent the choice of the Democratic nominee being made* by the state convention." Attention, Middle-Aged Women! Fort Wayne, Ind.—“ Dr. Pierce's medicines were a life saver to me at middle

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Six Firemen Injured In Blaze At Chicago Chicago, Mar. 24.— (INS) —Six firemen were seriously injured early today when a section of a residence in which they were fighting a fire collapsed upon them. Five of the men sustained severe internal injuries, according to reports from the hospital to which they were rushed. They are: Captain James Walsh. Fireman Arthur Biske and George Finan of Engine Company No. 50, and Lieut. James Durkin and Fireman Earnest Giese of Truck Company, No. 18. Fireman Robert Burns was also injured.

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