Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1928 — Page 6

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DE LA SALLE RETAINS TITLE Chicago. Mar. 26.—(INS) Be La Salle high school of .Joliet, 111., today possesses the Cardinal Mundelein trophy emblematic of the national Catholic high school basketball championship. By healing University high of St. I.mis in the final game last night, the Joliet five annexed the title for the second time in two consecutive years. The score was 32 to 11. St. Xavier of Louisville, Ky„ won third place by defeating St. Patrick high of Pueblo, Colorado. 31 to 21. It was the first time in the history of the tournament that a team defending the (hampionship won for the second time. The final games were played at the coliseum before a capacity crowd. Earlier games bad been played at Loyola university gym. De La Salle, starting weakly, seemed to improve with every game. When they reached the finals last night, the Joliet boys were invincible. They swept through the first period to pile up a lead at half time, 24 to 8. Then continued their dizzy pace until the final gun. Riotous Celebration Held Joliet. 111., Mar. 26.—(INS) -Three persons were injured, numerous traffic accidents occurred and several scores of arrests were made here when police attempted to quell a riotous celebration which raged through the night following the winning of the national Catholic high school basketball championship by De La Salle high of Joliet. Pidice reserves were called out when the crowd threatened .to get beyond control. The ceelbrators formed in lines and paraded through the streets, entering cases, theatres and any places that were open, doing considerable damage to propel ty. Two men were seriously injured by automobiles driven down the sidewalk. An unidentified woman was struck over the head with a club and rendered unconscious. More than fifty of the rioters were arrested and locked up. o Exhibition Games At Los Angeles: Cubs, 9; Ixis Angeles. 1. At St. Augustine: Giants, 5; Newark, 3. At San Antonio: Tigers, 9; San An- ) tonio, 1. At Sarasota: Buffalo, 3; Athletics, 2 At West Palm Beach: Robins, 5; Browns, 3. At New Orleans: Indians, 10; New | Orleans, 3. At Dallas: Dallas, 10; White Sox. I 9. —. o RED SOX TO HAVE PUNCH Bradenton, Fla, March 26 —(U.R)— (Copyright 192S)—The Boston Red Sox are not going to be the football of the American League this season, if Pill Carrigan can help it, and he thinks he can. The Red Sox manager, recalled i from retirement in 1927 to make over the ball club he ones piloted to world championships, has no predilection for optimism when it comes to talkng about baseball. But he does mainmain this his team is not going to finish in the cellar, as it did last season. “We are immeasurably stronger than we were last year,”- Carrigan told the United Press. “There will be more punch in the Red Sox lineup this season. “Fred Hoffman is a good steady catcher with plenty of experience. Till! Todt and Russell Rollings can take care of first base in good style. Buddy Myer, Jack Rothrock and Bill Regan may not be the best infield in the world, but they certainly are not the ”'orst in the league. “Ken Williams is going to strengthen our outfield, where we’ll also have Denny Williams, Flngstead and Doug Taitt.” C rr'gan believes the Red Sox pitching, not highly rated generally, wi 1 snrnrse the experts. Ed Morris from Mobile and Johnny Wilson of Waterbury are a couple of Rookie hurlera who have impressed the Boston manager favorably during spring training. Carrigan picks the Yankees to win the American Lehgue pennant once again. “I don’t think we can win it our selves.” he said with a wry smile, “And we may not make the first division this season, but we will have a hustling, fighting ball club and wo certainly do not expect to be last. “The Yankees, Athletics and Senators are going to be tough clubs to beat this year.”

Star of Stars ; ■ /' > • 1 7 3b * M \ ■ ; — Jsr < Albert Peterson of the University of Kansas Is the choice of Missouri ■ports writers and coaches as the i best basketball player in the United States. e (Interaatlonal Newsreel) ■■■'' CELTICS WIN WORLD TITLE — New York, March 26 —(INS)— The ' New York Celtics are professional basI ketbal champions of the world. They clinched the title by defeating For’ Wayne, Western champions, here last ■ night by a score of 27 to 26 in the j fourth game of the series, The Hbos- | ierss won only one of the games. Holding a five-point lead with only three cr four minutes left to play, the i Celtics started to stall. The Hoosiers broke up the stall several times and! | Chadwick, Fort Wayne center, dropped j in two field goals to cut the lead to) i cue po ut, but "the timer s gun cut the rally short. o i i I NEWS FROM THE i | TRAINING CAMPS j 1 I — (U.R)— Orlando, Fla.. Mar. 26. Trained into fine physical shape, the Cincinnati Reds started northward today con- ) fronted with the problem of maintain- , ing their condition until they arrive at Cincinnati April 5. Manager Hendricks announced before the departure the pitching staff was ready to open the season. West Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 26.— Catcher Hank de Berry of the Robins nursed an injured finger on his throwing hand taday, the result cf being hit by Schulte’s bat in an exhibition game between the Robins and Browns after the game. The Browns depart- ; ed homeward. San Antonio. Tex.. Mar. 26. —Harry Heilmann, outfielder of the Detroit Tigers, has regained the batting eye which won for him the batting championship of-the American league last season. Heilmann hit two home runs in the Tiger's victory over the San Antonio club. Chicago, Mar. 26. — De La Salle high school of Joliet, 111., defeated University higli of St. Louis, 32 to 11. to win the national Catholic interscholastic basketball championship for the second successive year here last night. St. Xavier high, Louisville, Ky., won third honor by defeating St. Patrick’s, Pueblo, Colo., 31 to 21, in the final game of the consolation tournament. 0 “Bunion Derby” Entrants Are Crossing New Mexico Grants, N. M.. Mar. 26.—(U.R) —A 34mlle trek was ahead of runner isn the Pyle cross-country run as they left here today for Old Laguna Pueblo. A:ne Suaminen, Detroit Finn, still i maintained his time lead over the field of 96 runners and walkers. He is more than three hours ahead of his closet rival, Andrew Payne, Claremore, Okla., youth. No runners have dropped out of the > 3,400 mile race since the caravan left Holbrook, Ariz.’ —,0 —, New steering gear for automobiles j multiplies tenfold the power exerted on the wheel.

DECATUR DAILY. DEMOCRAT MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1926.

JACK'S EARS,NOT EYES, DEFECTIVE By Davis J. Walsh INS Sports Editor New York. Mar. 26. — Hard upon the heels of another of our John’s re- ! tirement statements, made over the j week-end, the latest Dempsey story hit Broadway today and this one is authority for the defloration that it isn’t bad eyesight, after all, that is driving the great man into self-imposed exile. He can see all right, they say, but has had a lot of trouble with his ears on several occasions during recent months. It seems that he just couldn't hear Rickard at all when the promoter is declared to have offered him a 1250,000 guarantee for a third meeting with Tunney. The comparative modesty of this figure is undetstood to have been made necessary by the garden directorate, which was somewhat irked by Mr. Rickard's generosity with other people's money in connection with the Chicago purse. George is supposed to lie committed to an attempt to get out from under on the next fight for not more than ISOO.Obt), which, of course, is all very uninteresting to our John. He always was a little hard of hearing when being talked to down in the decimals and the story is that he told Rickard he would have to speak louder, longer and loftier. They are said to have split on this point. Rickard declaring that he had a lot of good heavyweights who wanted action and John declaring that George ! was to go right ahead and give it to | lhem. The announcement of Dempsey's ; retirement is said to have followed i within a matter of weeks. O — U. S. Davis Team Starts For Mexico Augusta, Ga„ Mar. 26. —(U.R) —Three members of the Davis cup team were on their way to Mexico City, where they will play the first American zone I match against Mexico April 6,7 and 8. William T. Tilden of Philadelphia, captain of the team. Arnold Jones of Providence. R. 1., and John Hennessey of Indianapolis left at midnight. Wilbur F. Coen. Jr., of Kansas City, 16-year-old sensation who was chosen ; as alternate, accompanied them. Wilmer Allison of Fort Worth, Tex., | the intercollegiate champion from I the University of Tvxas and the other team member, will join them en route. In an unofficial match yesterday Tilden was forced to the limit to defeat his protege, Coen, in five sets, 6-2, 6-3, 8-10, 6-4. _< o Peru H. S. Football Schedule Announced Peru, Ind., March 26 —(U.R) — The schedule for the 1928 football season of the Peru high school which opens soon after the beginning cf the fall term next September, has been announced by Coach Harold Powell. The schedule is a sfollows: September 15—Marion, there. September 22—Bluffton, here. September 29, Rochester, there. October 6 —Kokomo, there October 13—Warsaw, here. October 17, —Huntington. there. October 27, Logansport, there. November 5, Wabash her£. November 12. open. here. o C. R. Haller, Prominent Huntington Attorney Dies Huntington, March 26—(INS)—Charles R. Haller, 40, porminent Huntington attorney, died suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage at his home in this city, at 1:50. o’clock Sunday morning. Mr. Haller was ill only three hours. Mr. Haller was elected prosecuting attorney of Huntington county in 1920, running on the Republican ticket. He was prominently mentioned recently as the probable selection for United States district attorney in the proposed federal district of northern Indiana. He was recognized as one of the keenest legal minds in the profession and was identified with many important trials and investigations in Indana. The widow and one brother. Guy Haller, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, survive. _______o South Australia is estimated to contain 8,000,000 sheep for wool production this year. The annual per capita consumption of lumber in the United States is now . about 350 feet. Within its 51,000 square miles Java is estimated to have almost 35,000,000 inhabitants. i A novel whistle with many usea' Is I mounted on a finger ring, making it | instantly available. »

NEED OF FARM PLANK IS CITED * Washington, Mar. 26.— (INS) —The condition of the fanner today Is endangering the prosperity of the nation, B F. Yoakum, of New York told the Woman's National Democratic club here today in a speech urging the democratic party to write a strong agricultural plunk Into its platform I for the coming presidential election. The only way farming can be restored to a prosperous condition, he said, is by congress enacting a law "permitting fanners to manager and control their own business through hoards of marketing control, empowering them to establish a systematized nation wide marketing system, each standard commodity to be marketed under its own federal charter.” Farm values have decrease din seven years from 179,000.000,000 to $56,000.000,09 d, Yoakum declared, while other property values have increased from 1550,000.000,000 to more than $600,000,000,000. Declaring that farmers are being forced from their farms in great numbers to seek other employment as $4 a day laborers against organized laborers at $lO to sls a day. Yoakum declared the "un-American damnable and mighty process which is grinding the farmer must be remedied or our national prosperity will be endangered. “Farmers." he said, “have been for several decades the victims of townspeople in the distribution and market- I ing of food products, with multiplied and constantly Increasing profits, commissions and other charges.' o Lindy Hopes To His Job As “Air Chauffeur” For Notables Today Washington, March 26.—(U.R) —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, starting what he hoped would be his last day as “air chauffeur," was guarded today against imposters seeking free rides with him. Major Young, aeronautics director of the commerce department, was at Bolling Field seeing to it that the passengers were limited to foreign ambassadors, ministers, heads of legations and congressmen. Each diplomat was permitted to take two members of his family with him, but this privilege was denied the congressmen because it was greatly abused last week. Would-be-fliers, mostly young women, found it comparatively easy last week to pose as daughters of senators or representatives and thus take to the air with Lindbergh. One man even posed as Rep. Barks of,

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Tunney’» Opponent pH r J sW 4 * ' M r '. « ■ — K■MMT ——■——l I l 111 Tom Heeney (above), Australian heavy, appears as the logical man to be designated by Gene Tunney as his next opponent. Practically unknown a few months ago, Heeney has beaten all the best in the division and shapes up as the most likely man to meet Gene in July. (International Newsreel) [•Arkansas and got away with it. In five days Lindbergh made 89 ! trips, giving rides over the capital tc I about 850 passengers. “It’s All A Mistake” Says Supposed Suicide Indianapolis, March 26—(U.R) —-Fred W. Elder disappeared from his home. A 'short time later, his wife said she received a not ®fr. m Elder, saving he was going "to commit suicide" by leaping into White river from the Wash ngton street bridge. Police began dragging the river, when Mrs. Elder called on them for aid. A short tiipe later. Elder walked into his home, saying: • It's all a mistake, I didn’t drown myself at all.” n. Poland's 22,100,000 acres of forests cover about 23 per cent of the country's area. A machine has been invented to test the effectiveness of anti-knock automobile fuels.

BRITAIN MAKES I DECISIVE MOVE Geneva, Mar. 26 UNS)— Great Britain's decisive move to extend the agenda of the prepifratory disarmament commission to include naval reduction indicated today that Britain and America probably will play the dominant roles In the next meeting of the commission. These two powers are vitally Interested in the naval issue. > Practically all the delegates to the conference which ended Saturday have departed to make detailed reports to their respective governments. It was regarded as a significant fact, however, that Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, of the United States navy, is lemaining here. This gave rise to the report that the next day or two may lie taken up with unofficial conversations upon the plan for naval limitation introduced on Saturday by Lord Cushendun. chairman of the British delegation. o—"LITTLE ITALY" IS D DIET TODAY Chicago. Mar. 26 — (U.R) —Chicago's I gangland and "little Italy" were strangely quiet today as their members mingled with the city's leaders to pay tribute to "Diamond Joe" Esposito. "Diamond Joe" was shot down last week. His funeral today probably will match the grandeur of gangland's greatest funerals. Esposito rose from an humble immigration to become a powerful politician. It was generally known he "traveled the roads of gangland, but ne attained such wealth and popularity as few of gangland's leaders ever knew. For 20 ybars he controlled the “bloody nineteenth" ward. He was a candidate for ward committeeman when gangland's guns sent 58 slugs into his body last Wednesday night. Today there was great doubt in the minds of politicians whether any one man might ever again rule the "bloody nineteenth" as did “Diamond Joe.” , Thousands viewed "Diamond Joe's" body as it lay surrounded with high banks of flowers. His home was a veritable garden. Florists over the city said the demand for flowers had been exceedingly heavy, but they were prepared’ — "Little Italy's" funerals are well-ord-ered and elaborate. One of the floral tributes bore the ' card of U. S. Senator Charles S. DenI een. with whom Esposito aligned him- | self politically. Another was from

| Tony Lombardo. ),.,, i ~f MB rfielllone; Jimmy \i , llh , M lieutenant, had i,., h | [Capone's num.- a., K card s but th.-i, v .,.< iul |„ '% ■■ that gangland s <n,. .r ull , Ul '' K bered "Diamond ,l.„ floral offerings I ~ , r * 1 ’« B bore only the w<,rd in.. lh |-! G,! *’ R INDIANA AWO I Indianapolis, li..| b ■ Indiana motor v.-ln. wiu-h n ,, W average of $1903 in i , v . s ln H Including Federal ts„ nal ." w M 'ty taxes, accQtdinc ■ , survey J? H public by the Am. ,> ;!U Allt ’ ■ But Indiana motoj w ,. rprnor " ■ tunate thin tnotoi.- manv B states. The average v.-hi,.],, taj . H for the entire coimtn was ’ K vehicle, an increase of 10 J*,' * B ever 1926 when the .(-rage wa ..■ A total of $15,470 ir paM ■ diatu automobile ow j n ree j s lion fees, drivers ]j, . and ga, O li> ■ tax. according to th- e. IH , rI with jp ■ 594 vehicles that n: . the averan I I $19.03. ■ ,1 But motorists ot a. .ny more mj;,, I paid » higher averac Kl.nhij ha ,| t|lp B h'ghest average of ft) s.-, I)1>g n on )S ets paid an average 4t; ; A rna ■ sas, $39.21; Georgia. S'A.M; and Vlr ■ i ginia $37.83. I The District of C L-nld, had the I lowest average, sloH Mr. and Mrs. L A Gtahain and Min I Gladys Meyer, mooi-d to l’.l l iff; ol ■ Saturday, to meet MK-Gladys Grates I of Anderson, who visited over the I week-end at her home in this citr I