Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 14 March 1929 — Page 6

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FANS GATHERING FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETHALL MEET Indianapolis Becomes Gay City On Eve Os Annual Sport Classic By Paul H. King (United Press Staff Correspondent) Indianapolity. March if —(UP) — the van gaurd of spectaors to the final rounds of the Indiana high school basketball tournament, which opens at the Butler field house tomorrow, began arriving in the city today. Several of the regional champions, entrants in the final round, reached the city early today to avoid making the trips on Tourney day. Hotels, restaurants and downtown street corners were clogged with both old and young, discussing Indiana’s most popular high school athletic event. Youths, clad in gay colors of their various schools, made merry up and dowon Indianapolis’ main thoroughfares. Automobiles draped in school penants, some of them the rickety collegiate type, presented an air of Mardi Gras as the students “whooped thing up” Streams of automobiles continued to pour into the city as the hour of the opening game drew near. Impormptu parades livened up the downtown section as the supporters of various schools hurled friendly rebukes at one another. Tickets to the games, which have been scarce for many days, seemed the goal of most of the visitors. Those in charge of the ticket sales have announced a complete sell out for all games. Local authorities have placed plain clothes men throughout the city to prevent scalping. As high as sls has been offered for a single seat at the Field House, according to reports. The early arriving teams were immediately taken to their hotels where they will spend most of their time prior to the opening of the tournament excepting for long walks for the purpose of limbering up. These teams, bent upon returning to their home towns with the Indiana championship, seemed serious of mind as they alighted from trains, busses automobiles and traction cars. Pre-tournament favorites continued tn rule as the outstanding teams, with the probability that a “dark horse” would loom from some of the weaker quintets. From the south, Martinsville, Bedford, Vincennes, Columbus and Washington appeared the best. Central Indiana, represented by Technical, of Indianapolis, Muncie, defending state champions, Frankfort and Rushville, were backed by a strong following of pretournament prophecy. The Bearcats, playing through their sectional and regional with apparent ease, were conceded more than an even chance to retain their championship. Horace Mann, the best the north has to offer, was expected to be well up in the running. Washington, Kokomo and South Side of Fort Wayne, were looked upon in uncertain terms. The Artisians, of Martinsville, last years runner-up, and a good tournament team, was expected to provide plenty opposition for its opponents. The first bracket games are almost certain to witness the passing of some of the favorites. In the second game of the tourney, Bedford and Martinsville, both considered among the best meet. Later in the day Logansport meets Columbus, one of which will be eliminated. When a referee’s blast sends Kokomo and Horace Mann into action at 9 A. M. Friday morning in the opening game, upwards of 15,000 persons are expected to be in the stands, with hundreds more finable to obtain admittance. tO Bud Taylor To Fight Al Singer Friday Night New York, Mar. 14.—(U.R)—Bud Taylor, Terre Haute (Ind.) terror, and Al Singer, young bronx featherweight, rested today in preparation for their return match scheduled for 10 rounds in Madison Square Garden Friday night. Singer, who entered the ring a 3 to 1 choice when the pair met in February and won on a doubtful foul in the fourth round, was quoted at no better than even money today. o — Rubberized Crepe Slippers Paris, Mar. 14. —(U.R) —Boudoir slippers of rubberized crepe de chine have just made their debut in Paris and have found favor with women who dislike to ruin their delicate mules of feathers and satin by jumping into them from the bath. Now pretty but wet feet can be placed into practical slippers made fanciful with flowers of rubber.

Coach Curtis And Three Players Go To Tournament Herb Curtis, athletic director and basketball coach of Decatur high school, and three members of the Dercatur high school basketball team. Joe Krick, Carl Gerber and George Roop, left this afternoon for Indianapolis to attend the annual state high school basketball tournament, at the Butler f University field bouse. The tournament will start Friday morning and the final game wil be played Saturday night. GRADE SCHOOLS : TO HOLD TOURNEY i, Plans for an Adams county ele1 mentary grade school basketball 5 tournament, to be held in the Decatur Catholic school gymnasium, Saturday. 1 were announced today by Clifton E. 1 Striker, superintendent of the county " schools. : Seven teams have entered the tournament, so far, to contest for the county championship. They are De1 catur Central. Decatur Catholic, Mon- ' roe township. Hartford township, Geneva, Berne and Kirkland township. . The township schools are not restrict--1 ed to any one school, but may recruit ’ their players from any of the schools I in the township. C The schedule for the tournament will be drawn tonight, it was said to- ( day. R. O. Hunt, of Geneva, will be , the referee for the tourney games. , The county grade school tournament was an annual affair for several years > ago, but no tourney was held last I year. Recently, the tourney idea was revived at a meeting of the school i principals. 1 o ' With The Big J Leaguers At The Training Camps , (By United Press) , TAMPA, Fla., Mar. 14—Sad Sam t Jones, star right-handed pitcher of the Washington Senators, was under ■ orders today to sign his contract or , leave camp. President Clark Griffith , offered him a SI,OOO increase over I last season wilh an option on the j difference in his present demands and his actual contract provided the j Senators had a good financial year, i Jones is Itelieved to be demanding • $12,000. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Mar. 14.--The New York Yankees were one up . on the Boston Braves in their annual . spring exhibition series today, hav- . ing won yesterday, 0 to 3. Lou f Gehrig broke up the game with a , triple to right in the eighth. , AVALON, Catalina Island, Mar. 14. > —Clarence Blair, recruit infielder from the Little Rock Southern League i club, has been selected by Manager . Joe McCarthy to plug the gap in the i Chicago Cubs’ infield pending the re- . covery of Woody English, who is nursing an infected toe. i DALLAS, Tex., Mar. 14.—Two big i innings gave the Chicago White Sox a 10-4 victory over the Dallas Texas i League team here. Willie Kamm. Sox i third baseman hit a home run and Johnny Kerr, young second baseman, t obtained four hits out of five trips . to the plate. > WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Mar 14.— The two Philadelphia dubs—the Atht letics and Phillies—were ready to > open their seven-game exhibition seri leg here today. Willoqghby, Roy and . Baecht were named to hurl for the t Phillies. t o Eight Teams Left In A. A. U. Cage Tournament t Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 14.—(U.R)— , Eight teams representing six states , remained in the National A. A. U. . basketball tournament today. The fourth round will be played tonight. Denver University ruined the hopes of the south for a championship bld when it eliminated Paul’s Tires of t Miami, Fla., by a 25 to 20‘score last night. 1 Other scores: Philipp’s University, , Enid. Okla., 26; St. Ignatius College, - San Francisco, 17. i Kenash-A, Kenosha, Wis., 27; Kanr sas City A. C., 12. i Cooks, Kansas City, 33; Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kans., 24. 3 Henry Clothiers of Wichita, 49; 1 Bowman, Kansas City, 21. 1 Tonight’s games: a South Side Turners, Indianapolis, vs. Phillip’s University. Ke-Nash-A vs. Denver University Cooks vs. Danville (Ind.) Norma) >. Wichita Clothiers vs. McPherson e (Kans.) College. d - —o—s- Married At 80 ,f Belleville, 111., Mar. 14.—(U.R) —Henry 0 Schwering, 80, married Ella Heckert, it 36, here. Schwering told the license i] clerk he Was “lonely and wanted f someone to take care of him in his declining yea's.’’ . - ’ .J 4A. j

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY. MARCH IL 1929.

0. H. S. STARTS SPRING SPORTS Spring athletics started yesterday ' in Decatur high school with football first on the bill of fare. Coach Max Kidd issued a call for all undergraduate gridiron players who will return to high school next fall to report for football practice. The squad went through its first spring workout Wednesday afternoon and Indications are that a strenuous two weeks are in store for the football aspirants. The spring training will last for two weeks, and then football will be discarded until fall to make way for baseball and track With several members of last year's basehall team as a nucleus. Coach Kidd and Curtis believe that they will be able to organize a good baseball club by the time the high school season starts in another month. A track team also will be organized and there are several members of the 1928 squad who already have started training for the spring meets. The track and baseball schedules have not yet been announced, but it is understood that good schedules are being arranged. i . Baseball will lie played on the diamond near the South Ward scho"l and track meets will be held at Bellmont park, school officials announced. It is likely that .during the inclement weather this spring, the baseball squad will go through light workouts daily in the high school gymnasium. In football there will be some scrimmage later in the practice, but Coach Kidd stated that most of the spring w>rk would concern fundamentals of the game and the developing of new material for next fall. O ——— Geraldine Hower Plays On DePauw Girls Team Miss Geraldine Hower, daughter of j Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hower, had the honor of being the only freshman chosen to play on the basketball varsity team at DePauw University, next year. She will play on the team as forward. The basketball season was just closed last week, at which time the girls enjoyed a very lovely banquet. Location Os Federal Road At Berne Discussed Berne, March 14—(Special)— The location of Federal Highway No. 27 through Berne, was discussed at a meeting of the official boards, deacons and trustees of the local Mennonite church and Dr. H. O. Jones, chairman of the Berne school boat'd. Monday evening No decision was reached. Unless a change is brought about, the new highway will follow Harrison street through town, going north and south on the east side of the Mennonite church. That route was selected sometime ago after Church street route was abandoned which would have taken the road on the west side of the Mennonite Church property. Harrison street was then selected after members of the church voted against granting the State Highway Commission permission to open the road through the church property, which would have necessitated the removing of a large hitching barn. Opinions among church members as well as town folks have been divided and an effort has l>een made by citizens of the town to arrange with officials of the church to get permission to have the road located on State street which is generally believed would make the best route. o Rare Wines Priceless Paris, Mar. 14. —(U.R> — Rare wines are growing as priceles as rare volumes, and collectors may be surprised to find their offers refused. A firm which specializes in flub vintages publishes in its catalogue: “These bottles are, in principle, not intended to be sold They will ceded only under certain guarantees of serving an emGoitre Not A Disease Milwaukee Doctor Makes Remarkable Discovery . Milwaukee, Wis. — It has been brought to light by scientific research that goitre is not a disease and is not to be treated as such. Dr. A- A. Rock, Dept. B 36, Box 737, Milwaukee, Wis., a prominent goitre specialist for over 24 years, has perfected a different method of treatment for his patients that has proved remarkably successful. This same method is now being used for a home treatment of goitre cases all over the country with astonishing results. The Doctor states that goitre is a condition which grows worse with neglect and recommends immediate attention no matter how small the growth may appear. He . strongly opposes needless operations. Dr. Rock is the author of a hook that tells in a simple way about treating goitre at home. He has published this book at his own expense and 1 will send a copy free to anyone interested. Write him today.—Adv.

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