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FUMBLED BALL RULE CHANGED New York, Feb. 19.—(U.PJ—Next full there will be no long runs for touchdowns after scooping up of fumbles. In the past, a ball which had been fumbled was free and might be picked up and advanced by either team | T'nder the new football rules a fumb-j led ball recovered by the opposing side will be dead at the point of recovery. The fumbling eleven, however, may pick up the ball and continue its advance. Roy Heigels’ famous wrongway run in the California-George Tech game at Pasadena New Year's day would have' been impossible under the new legis ■ lotion announced yesterday by the I national football rules committee as 11 ter a three-day session at Absecon. I| N. .1. The new rule will not apply in case of forward or backward passes which are intercepted before striking the ground, nor will it apply to blocked kicks, which will be played as heretofore. Three other important changes were ( made in the rules for 1929 as follows: J All kicks legally recovered by the ( kicking side may now be advanced in j accordance with the uniform rules. ( This rule now includes free kicks and , kick-offs, whereas it formerly applied ] only to kicks from scrimmage. On forward passes no player on the , side in possession of the ball who has > crossed the line of scrimmage shall 1 f interfere with an opponent until the , ball has been touched except in an , actual attempt to catch the ball. I The try-for-point after touchdown ; will be made from, the two-yard line ' instead of the three-yard line. | l The committee feels that it has ■ I greatly’ eliminated the possibility of j t fluke touchdowns by its new rule on 1 the fumbled ball. In considering the propsal that I fumbled balls should be declared < dead at the point of recovery, the coni- 1 mittee announced, “if recovered by 1 the team on the defense, the committee took into consideration the fact 1 that in the great majority of cases the actual fumble of the ball is the j error of a single player and ppt thCj ( fault of the team as a whole. "Also the fact that loss of the I all! J by reason of a fumble is generally j , considered to be the equivalent to the ( loss of about 40 yards, namely the distance lost by the fumble itself plus ■ the average distance of a punt, 35 yards, the opportunity for which has] been lost by reason of the fumble.” j The "screened’’ pass was further legislated against when the commit- f tee amended its 1928 ruling to such an extent that any attempt past the line of scrimmage by the attacking,, side to interfere with a defensive play-i er except in an actual attempt to > catch a pass will be ruled interference. 1 In hopes that the try-for-point will! develop into a triple threat play, the < committee moved the point at which the try Is to be made up a yard. In the. future, It is believed, more teams <

will try to score the extra point by a running play or a pass. At any rate, the extra point will be easier. The question of moving the goal posts back to the goal line was brought up but it was decided to leave them where they are. 10 yards behind the goal line. G. E. Quintet To Play Monroeville Here Tonight The General Electric basketball team will play the “Tabby" Andrew's Monroeville quintet in the Decatur high school gym tonight. Tabby will bring his strongest lineup, consisting ol Scott, White, Crist, Pillars and An drews. The G. E. lineup will be the same as the one which went to the fin al game in the .sectional independent tourney at Markle last week, Corson, Bryan. Zwick. Strickler and Kleink night. A good preliminary game will be played, with the big game starting at 8:30 o'clock——o *— National Tennis Meet Awarded To Indianapolis Indianapolis. Feb. 19 —(U.R) — The natioralclay court tennis tournament wi! be held in Indianapolis, starting July 1, according to an announcement here. Officials of the Indianapolis Association of Tennis Clubs, will decide this week, which club will sponsor the meet. It was considered likely that the Woodstock Club, the scene of the western championships three years ago, would be the site of the clay court championships. The tournament here probably will be staged immediately after the national Intercollegiate matches in Philadelphia. At a meeting of the United States Lawn Tennis Association at Boston last week. It. w-as decided to permit the western association to select the site of the national tournament.

Delphi Coach Gets .lob At Anderson tnderson, Feb. 19 Following ’he resignation of Paul G Lostutter. bi’. ketbull mentor at Delphi high school for the last three years, submitted this morning, it was announced he would accept a position as basketball coach in the And rein high school. Coach I/wtuttet’s resignation is es fective at the end of this school year and he will assume his Anderson dutie next fall. Alva Fl. Staggs, who has I been Anderson basketball coach since 1918 will become athletic director m the Andetson schools with all sports under his s'tpet vision. Coach l.os'utter has if id t roe successttd years a: Delphi He previously < .inched at Frankfort. Th- Itelphi l»am this venr has not h-'en defeated. Last year's team was one of the strong contenders for state honors. COLLEGETEAMS TO PLAY TOURNEY Muncie, Ind., Feb. 19—Ten Indiana college teams will compete in the second annaul intercollegiate basketball tournament, which wil be »eld in Ball gymnsium at Ball Teachers College, February 22 and 23. The tourney is under the direction of the physical education department of which Prof'or >r Paul B. Williams Is head. Hanover and Rose Poly are new' entrants in the tournament this year. Since ten teams are entered, four sessions will be required. Three games will tie played Ftiday evening, Feb. ruary 22, and later rounds will be be played in the forenoon, afternoon and evening on Saturday, February 29 Entiles have been received from Concordia, Inidana Central, Hanover. Rose Poly, Danville Normal. Vincenner, Ninth American Gymnastic Union Huntington, Manchester and Ball Teachers College. Officials for the tourney will be Alonzo Goldsberry, coach at Shortiidge High School. Indianapolis. and Birch Bayh, athletic director of city schools. Terre Haute. The Caidinals of Ball Teachers won the tourney last year by defeating. Manchester College natters, 39-25. Manchester and Central Normal of Danville, both of which defeated the Cardinals this season, are conceded ex celent competitors for the final toners this year. The schedule for Friday evening f d-; lows: 7:oo p. M- Huntington vs N.A.G.U.I 8:00 P. M. Ball Teachers College | vs. Vincennes. 9:00 P. M. Indiana Central vs. Rose Polly. The Saturday schedule is as follows: 8:30 A. M.—Danville vs. Concordia. 9:30 A- M.—Manchester vs. winners at 7:00 P. M. Friday. 10:30 A. M. —Hanover vs. winners at 8:00 P. M. Friday. 2:15 P M - Winners al 9:00 P. M Friday and at 9:30 A. M. Saturday. 3:15 P. M.— Winners at 8:30 A. M — Saturday and at 10:30 A. M. Saturday. 8:15 P. M. Winners at 2:15 P. M. Saturday and at 2:15 P. M Saturday.

o St. Louis Cardinals Buy Fort Wayne Chiefs St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 19.—<U.R)—The St. Louis Cardinals have purchased the Fort Wayne club of the Central League and the Scottdale club of the Middle Atlantic League for baseball farms, it was announced here. Announcement also was made of the sale of the Dayton. 0., club of the Central League. — o Decatur Fans Get 300 Tickets For Bluffton Game Three hundred tickets for the De-catur-Bluffton high school basketball game to be played at Bluffton, Friday night, have been sent to this city for Decatur fans. The tickets will be placed on sale at the high school building between 6:30 and 8 o’clock, Wednesday evening, Principal Walter J. Krick announced today. The tickets cost fifty cents each. This will be the last game of the season for the Yellow Jackets. Adams County High School Standing W L Pct. Decatur 13 4 .765 Decatur Catholic 11 4 .733 K.i;rl.J<and 10 4 .7’4 Jefferson 11 5 .688 Berne 11 7 .611 Geneva 7 11 .39!' Monroe 7 12 -368 Hartford 4 9 .308 1 Monmouth 2 12 .143 0 ; COLLEGE BASKETBALL Purdue 30; Indiana 16. 1 Wisconsin 37; Northwestern 23. 1 Illinois 27; Michigan 24. I Minnesota 37; lowa 22 » Ohio State 35; Chicago 31. Wabash 23; Danville 21.

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I WISCONSIN IS ALONE AT TOP Chicago, Feb. 19.—dJ.RJ—Wisconsin, a team which has improved constantly since losing to Michigan early In the season, today was in undisputed • possession of first place in the Big ■ Ten basketball race. The Badgers went Into the load last ' night when they trounced Northwestern. 37-23, whrte Michigan was losing to Illinois. 27-24, in another of the many upsets which have featured the season. The Wolverines dropped down to u tie with Purdue for second place. Right now, Wisconsin is faced with three of its hardest games of the season — Northwestern. Purdue and Michigan A victory over Northwestern on the i latter's home floor is a man's sized | job and the 14 point margin which the j Badgers achieved on their home floor ' last night is not indicative of the opI position they will face at Evanston Saturday night. Wisconsin will have the home floor advantage in the Purdue game but against Michigan they will be playing at Ann Arbor. The Wolverines play three of theii remaining games at home and in their one trip meet Ohio, a weak team. Minnesota turned in the most startling upset of last night when the team suddenly came to life to defeat lowa, heretofore considered an outside championship possibility, by the rather lopsided score of 37-22. Tlie defeat was the third the Hawkeyes have received and virtually put them out of the championship running. In the other two games of the night, Purdue defeated Indiana, 30-16. and Ohio handed Chicago its ninth straight defeat. 35 to 31. The Illinois victory over Michigan may be attributed to the tradition that Illinois teams tight their hardest against Michigan, o Whippets Win Game At Manchester College The Kiikland Whippets defeated the champion inter-mural basketball team of Manchester College, 36-20 in a game at North Manchester, Saturday night, The game was played as a preltnit-1 I naiy to the Manchester-Muncie Normal game, which Manchester won 53- ' 29. The Whippets led at the end of I the half. 14-7. Lineups and summary: Whippets FG FT TP Arnold f 1 •* 2 Corson f . 6 2 14 Smith c 0 0 0 W. Bryan g 4 3 -10 L. Bryan g 3 4 10 Byerly f 0 0 0 Hoffman f 0 0 0 Tota|s 14 8 36 Manchester FG FT TP | Smith f ■■ • 2 2 .8 Schlect f >2 1 5 Bigler c 2 0 4 Wilson g 11 2 Terlauloth g . 0 0 0 Miller, g 0 0 0 Totals ~. 8 5 20 —

Northeastern Indiana Conference Standing W L Pct. Central 10 0 1000 Decatur ..... 7 2 .778 i South Side 7 3 .700 Angola 5 4 -55 b t Huntington 4 4 .500 ■ Columbia City 4 4 .500 Bluffton .. 4 5 .444 Kendallville 4 5 .444 Auburn 3 7 300 North Side 2 8 .200 ! Garrett ... 0 8 .000 COURTHOUSE Geneva Woman Seeks Divorce ' Odessa M. Bucher, of Geneva, has filed suit in the Adams circuit court 4 for a divorce from Grover Bucher. ? The couple were married September 5. 1919 and separated June 5, 1928. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant failed to support her and their children, that he frequently choked her and that he nagged her, Mrs. r Bucher seeks a divorce, alimony in the sum of SI,OOO, the custody of .. their two minor children and an al5 lowance for the support of the chilli dren. Attorney Dore B. Erwin, of 4 Decatur, is counsel for the plaintiff. 8 To Make Distribution I in the estate of Daniel P. Shoemuk9 er, the executor was authorized t.o 8 pay to Belle Shoemaker, $390.39. 8 To Sell Personal Property 3 In the estate of Andrew J. Porter, the administrator was authorized to sell the personal property at private sale. Judgment On Note In the case of the Peoples Bank vs. Ivan E. Hough et al, the court awarded judgment on a note for $217.93 with interest and costs.

Field Goals ----By Mark M. Upp- I —■ The Bluffton Tigers were defeated by tlie Kendallville Red Devils at Kendallville. In a conference game last night, 38-28. We know those Tigers well enough that we'd almost ■wager they’re g'lad they lost that game, thinking that the result will make the Yellow Jackets cocky when they take the floor against the Tigers ut Bluffton Friday night. We also believe we know the Yellow Jackets well enough to fee! certain that the Curtisinen realize that Bluffton always plays best against Decatur, and would rather upset Decatur than any other rival. Hansel Foley, principal of Kirkland high school, Informs us that the game between the Kangaroos and C. C. H. S„ of Fort Wayne, scheduled to be played at Kirkland Saturday night, has been cancelled and Lafayette Center, one of the strong teams of Allen county, will play at Kirkland instead. Lafayette Center, by the way, has lost only one or two games this season. New Haven being their only stumbling block. D. A. G.. of the Huntington Herald, gives us some interesting dope on the Andrews team, which will play the Commodores here Friday night. Andrews defeated the strong Clear Creek team last week-end, 42-31. D. A. G. says: "The Red Devils, no matter who was in the opposing lineup Saturday, would have been hard to stop. They entered tlie game with a lot of light and they kept it until the game was over. Andrews has a big team. Bixby is perhaps the smallest man on the squad and he is about the size of Welch, Viking center. Bare andKnight, forwards, make Rudicel and Barnhisel seem like grade school players in comparison as far as size is concerned. Bixby plays center. Haley aud Wire, guards, are both larger than Petrie and Hosier. Those boys outweighed Ciear Creek to a man, and their driving offense, whicli goes down the floor at top speed, will cause trouble in the sectional."

Providing the schools and business men cooperate, the Daily Democrat will print a special tournament edition this year, prior to the opening of the sectfonal tournament here. The Bluffton papers have done this each year for the last few years and have received splendid support from the schools and business men in the way ot advertising. Rip Offs, of the Bluff ten News, states in his column that tho following schools have subscribed to quarter-page advertisements in the News' special edition: Bluffton, Inncaster. Ossian, Union Center, Rockcreek, Chester Center and Petroleum. It is planned to include pictures of every team in the Decatur sectional, together with stories eoncerniug the season’s record of each in the special edition of tlie Daily Democrat. Such an edition is hound to stimulate interest and boost attendance in the tournament and f the lai ger tiie attendance the larger each school's share will be in tlie proceeds. Delphi's so many straight this seas-

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on has won a nice job for Com b P»UI , Loatetter, no matter where the Oracles fall by the wayside (If they do (all), In the state tournament. 1-°” , letter has resigned at Delphi and ac-1 <epted n position as basketball 111111 'I in Anderson high school, the job to 1 for many years by Alva Staggs. . U, Staggs is to be head athletic director; l(1 Anderson. leMtetter has been! neognir.ed for ueveral years us one of the good coaches in the statiWonder what remuneration Murrayl Mendenhall will receive for the I s anti maybe more straight games by Fort Wayne Central this season. Maybe the Fort Wayne school board will say it witli a boost in salary. Do you remember when Monroe won tho Adams county tournament at Borne on Feb 25, 1922. by defeating Kirkland in the final game, 53-13? Monroe eliminated Decatur in the first round. 24-17. The all-tourney team was composed of Shirk (Monroet and Ehrman (Kirkland 1, forwards; Whitehurst (Berne), center; Steele (Decatur) and Crist (Monroe), guards. Read 'Em And Weep "Some of the boys are going to weep plenty over the regional ami state drawings which were released Saturday. but we should see no reason for a loud cry from the north this year, thank God. For once, and we sincereJy believe only once, has a stale tourney drawing been made so that two northern teams do hot battle in either tlie first or second round. "And on top of that, those gentle men from tlie south may lie giving this weak crow from the north a wee bit too much rope this year in allowing the representatives from this end of Hoosierdom to meet opposition of less than AA ranking in their initial tilts. That is, the present dope places them on no less than par with their opponents and if anything, gives us the ‘break.’ “Give one of these strong northern trams a start in that there tourney down there and by the great-horned spoon, there may be trouble. Had East Chicago gotten over the stage fright three minutes sooner last year

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