Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 18 September 1929 — Page 6

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BIG TEN Cmß ~ TEAMS ACTIVE Chicago. Sept. 18.—(U.R) —Engaged now In learning the less strenuous fundamentals. Big Ten football teams within the next few days will settle Into rigorous training for the 1929 season. The early practices, combined with Mie spring training of this year, have given most of the 'coaches a line on what they can expect from their candidates. At Illinois, Coach Boh Zuppke was delighted with the showings of several youngsters. Art Schult*, the fifth of a family of fine athletes looked like a real prospect as a fullback. Pete Yanuskas, another sophomore also appeared to he a fine prospect as did Irwin, a sub last year who has promise as a quarterback. However. Doug Mills appears to be the quarterback of most promise. Coach Kipke in his first year at Michigan appears to have a great nucleus to build around. He has ten lettermen of last year and a wealth of new material. Extremely bright prospects have appeared in Tom Roach. 190-pound sophomore tackle. Roach appears to have a line on the place left vacant by Pomeerening last year and needless to say has a real job on his hands to fill Pomeerenlng s shoes. Two other teams which appear to he contenders- for the title too are pleased with prospects, Doc Spears at Minnesota was greeted by a dozen or more teams for the early practice while he sought to pick out a quarterback to fill the place left vacant by Fred Hovde. At Wisconsin. Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite was working? with approximately 60 men. “Gloomy Glen’’ was delighted to find several good kickers. Those who showed possibilities are Russ Rebholz, Bill Lusby, Tury Oman and Mike Halperin. Most of the other teams were concerned with the building of material from‘the sophomore candidates. Northwestern, considered the “dark horse" of the conference looked for a couple of good linemen and at least one new back. The same thing applied to lowa. ‘ Purdue needs some reserves to back up a fairly good regular combination. Ohio State is developing kickers and the team, as it stands now, has plenty of speed but could' use some weight in the line. Chicago and Indiana are after what they can get from the reserves. Both team need new material and Coach Pat Page at Indiana has a good squad to work with. He has been concentrating on the fundamental, including fteking, blocking and tackling and he probably will have a line on his prospects soon. 0 — —- I HOME RUN CLUB - (U.R)- « LEADERS ♦ Ruth. Yankees .... 4* Wilson. Cubs 39 Klein. Phillies 39 Ott, Giants x 39 Hornshy. Cubs 37 Foxx. Athletics 33 Gehrig. Yankees 32 Simmons. Athletics 31 O’Doul. Phillies 30 Bottomley, Cards 29 Hurst. Phillies 29 Yesterday’s Homers Cnyler, Cubs: Bissonette. Dodgers; Herman, Dodgers, one each. Totals National League 713 American League 565 o Boxing Commission To Choose New President Chicago. Sept. 18—(UP)—Selection of a president was the principal business scheduled to come before the closing session of the annual national boxing association meeting today. At le>ast three candidates were considered as possibilities. These included Paul Prehn, present president: Stanley Isaacs, Cincinnati; and E. K. Foster. Rhode Island. The re-election of Prehn would be unprecedented but he has considerable backing. The N. B. A. always has adhered to a one-year rule for presidents and precedent will oppose Prehn. Isaacs was reported io have considerable backing of the middlewest and other western sections. Foster's support came mostly from the east. o Wallace Beats Dillon Indianapolis, Sept. 18—(UP) —Roy Wallace, Indianapolis, outpointed Young Jack Dillon. Louisville, in 10 rounds here last night. Although the light was a bit sluggish, the milling throughout was fairly even. Roy Pierson, Indianapolis, shaded Carl Ellis, Terre Haute, in a six-round preliminary. o Point to Bo Considered That they apeak evil of me is not the point; that they do not speak It JUoUj. that is the point.—Plautus.

STANDINGS NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct . J Chicago 93 47 .664 - Pittsburgh 31 59 .6791 New York 75 63 .543 St. Louis 69 69 .500: Brooklyn 65 76 .461 ■ Philadelphia 62 77 .4461 Cincinnati 60 79 .4321 Boston 52 87 .374!, — t AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. ; Philadelphia 96 43 .691 * Now York 80 60 .571 t Cleveland 74 64 .536! St. Louis 72 66 .522 Detroit 65 75 .464 Washington . 64 75 .460 Chicago . 54 85 .388 Boston ...... 53 90 .371 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Kansas City 102 51 .667 St. Paul 92 60 .605 ' Minneapolis 81 72 .529 Indianapolis 71 82 .464 Louisville ... .... 70 81 .464 ( Columbus 70 83 .458 Toledo 63 89 .414 Milwaukee .. 61 92. .399. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS I National League Brooklyn, 8-9; Chicago, 7-6. Philadelphia. 7: Pittsburgh. 11. Only games scheduled. American League Chicago, 4; Boston, 6. St. Louis Philadelphia, rain. Detroit. 1; Washington. 4; (first game.) Detroit-Washington, second game called in second, rain. Cleveland-New York. rain. American Association Indianapolis, 3; Milwaukee. 5. Louisville, 1; Kansas City. 6. Toledo. 6; Minneapolis. 4 ( Columbus. 4; St. Paid, 12. g —o— a The Backs A coach in rating his material picks the players with the greatest varsitility for his backfield. They must be all around players with a thorough know ’ ledge of the game. A back must be a r quicker thinker and a man capable of ? undertaking any type of play. Not all backfield men are bill car- ' riers. College coaches pick a ballanced backfield of men who share their work Some coaches pick only two hall carriers. That means that the other two ” men must do the hard work. By the “hard work” I mean kicking, running a interference, blocking and passing. A back who is relied upon for all of these , duties as well as carrying the ball J wears out before long. To get the ball past the secondary defense takes brains and interference. It takes brains to outwit the opposi- ’■ tion. and it takes interference to insure the runner. Without these two ne- ' cessities a team is worthless. Triple threat men are much talked ‘ of. but a quadruple threat man is much 1 more valuable. By a quadruple threat man I mean a back who can buck, run the ends, pass and kick. Then the ' ball is passed back to such a man, the opposition is baffled. He may do ' one of four things. To the specator, the wide end run a seems the most difficult while the line * buck seems crude and nothing but brute force. Each of these however, is equally hard to execute. The buck- t1 er when stopped should drive, spin a or smash through for an additional s two yards. This requires no little de- J gree of aptness. Much credit should go to the backs ' who pave the way to victory by perfect execution of their work as blockers and interferers. Without them the clever ball carrier would be lost. On defense, the badks work in the open field. Their duty is to plug up the holes in the forward wall. Tackling open field runners and defending against the overhead game are their main duties. The formations of the f backs While on the defense are in a box, diamond or triangle shape. In the box formation, two men act as safety men. This formation is used during a forward passing seige or when a punt is expected. The quarterback has the hardest job on the team. He must be well versed in football and must be an apt field * general. He is the brains of the team. Quick thinking by quartet backs in • many contests have resulted in victories. They put the snapp into the play, and must know every trick and scheme In the game. Usually they ] play safety when on the defense. It j is their duty as safety men to nab j the runner if the other ten men on , the team fail. < Editor's note: In Pat Page’s next four article* he will outline some j plays which are common on the grid- | iron. | o , Oh, you must come over to i “The Wild Party” at Adams Theatre Wed. & Thurs. t-w '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1929.

The Yellow Jackets didn’t look so good in practice Tuesday afternoon—and say—did It ever occur to you that when any athletic team looks bad in practice, that same teum usually goes out ami wins games. It’s sort of a law of nature—evidently It gets all the bad plays out of a team in practice. Just the same the Jackets have not given up. and they’re all out there practicing and making a brave effort to try and win some games, and Footbawls believes they will. George Roop, who had a little trouble getting promoted, joined the Jacketmen this week, and he didn't weaken the squad a bit, George is a good punter and he has been known to carry the ball—Oh —pretty far, before being downed. The neighboring towns’ sport writers didn't razz us so hard for losing the opener. “Crowds On The Side Lines," in the Huntington HeraldPress said we "would have little to say about the Northeastern Indiana conference”— and my goodness, we looked up the score and Huntingion lost last Saturday, too. Night football games are becoming frequent this year among some high schools. Maybe it's so the sports writers can get away without the crowd seeing them blush after missing the prediction by 50 points. •’Kay” conductor of a sports column in the Bluffton Banner had little to say about the Decatur defeat. Thanks, Mister Kay. we promise you we won't let Bluffton off that easy. Principal U. R. Bangs, of Bluffton was elected president of the Northeastern Indiana Athletic Association and certainly is to be congratulated. It's a real honor, and we'll bank the N. E. I. A. A. athletic teams, year in and year out against any high school teams in the world. We wouldn't trade the good games we've seen at Auburn, Bluffton, Garrett. Columbia City, Fort Wayne. Angola and Huntington for a lot. There have been some real tussels in al! lines of sports between those schools. Roger Swaim or whoever writes “Speaking of Sports and Things Sundry.” in the Bluffton News says: “Dick Heller, conductor of Footbawls, appearing day-by-day yi the Decatur Democrat, must have had a sad Sun; day. His so highly touted YellowJackets succumbed to Auburn. Saturday! 23-0. Why all the shoutin'?’’ Roger, you know we take our athletics and politics seriously over here —and it was a tough Sunday, but we're figurin' on a double dose of happiqess next week-end — after the Decatur-Columbia City and the Mar-ion-Bluffton games. Mr. Speaking of sports also ridicules the Adams County Indoor Baseball league saying that over in Wells county they're He-men and play their baseball outdoors —and he should have added that they're HEE men and play their basketball poorly. No kiddin’ tho’ Roger, the games are played outside, with an indoor ball and it's about the only form of fa’l sport that the smaller schools can play, and if you’d come over and see a game, we’re sure you’d be a convert. Now that we have carefully persued the neighboring paper; we once more want to add our protest to the idea of officials working athletic events without rule books—lt’s like printing a newspaper without ink. If Joe Simmons finds his ball there's to be a golf match between Bluffton and Decatur here this afternoon. Why don’t some of youse guys send in some contributions? Don't forget YELLOW JACKETS, you can win Friday if you make up your mind to win. o — Jack Hendricks Is Released As Manager Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 18. —(U.R) —Jack Hendricks will not manage the Cincinnati Reds, next year, it was decided today, but the pilot’s successor will not be apointed until the present season is over. The decision was announced following a meeting of the club board of directors and was believed due to the fact that the Reds have failed to climb from the second division in three years. o — Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

SAY PITCHING Will GE FACTOR New York. S«tpt. 18 —(U.R)-Pitch-ing will decide the world series between the Philadelphia Athletics and the Chicago Cubs in the opinion of many major league ball players. “If Grove and Earnshaw are right > they'll win the series single-handed for tho Athletics,’’ said Bib Falk, veteran American League outfielder who Is playing with the Cleveland Indians thin season niter serving nine years with the Chicago White Sox. Falk has played against the Cubs in several city series when he w.is with the White Sox and believes Pat Malone and Hal Carlson will prove the most effective pitchers on the Culls' etafr. “Malone is the Cubs’ best het but Carlson may give the Athletics plenty of trouble. He Is a control pitcher and has a puzzling screw ball which may luiffle file Athletics In a short series.” Bucky Harris, manager of the De- ! troit Tigers, expects Lefty Grove to Jw> the star of the series. “In a world series Grove with all his speed should prove inivlncihle." Harr’s said on the Tigers last trip here. "If Grove can’t beat the Cubs, 1 don’t know who can.” The theory that Grove will have trouble pitching to eight or nine right-handed hitters in the Cub’s l,at-: t'ng order is minimized by WesleyFerrell, Cleveland’s rookie pitcher who has won 18 games In his first season in the major leagues. o Loughran Takes Rest Hirvey’s Lake. Pa., Sept. 18— (UP) ' — Tommy Loughran rested today 'in prepara’ion for his heavyweight match with Jack Sharkey at the Yankey stadium Sept. 27. For the first time since he entered training, he was below 180 pounds yesterday. He weighed 189 U after working out. SHIFT OF WIND SAVES VILLAGE c>mmri.-i> a rom psor: ov«' at a lose of $75,000. * Fire Does Damage Santa Paula. Calif., Sept. 18. —(U.R) —Ten thousand acres of blackened 1 land, scores of oil derricks and workers’ homes, lay in the wake of a for-; est fire sweeping forward in this

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Had Long Service I : I —-- • '■ ■ O J? ■ Rear-Admiral H. A. Wiley was one of the four admirals mentioned bv William Shearer in his recent statements concern- | ing a navy lobby, which is to be immediately investigated by a Senate Commission at the tn- j stance of President Hoover. • (i •. • ■ , t immm nmm region today. After threatening the towns of Santa Paula and Ventura, as well as the rich Ventura oil fields, the fire was turned into mountainous sections near here last night by living winds. Despite the heartening turn, a force lo* 1.000 men was kept in the field Ito tart back fires and to counteract any further wind changes. The fire, which spread over a six- j mile front, had done $3,000,000 in damage and was responsible for the i death of Charles Deen. 25. volunteer fire fighter, who was killed when his motorcycle struck a truck on a smoke I filled road. o WON AWARD WITH HIS COLT Everett Johnson received sixth a'vird with his suckling colt in the horse colt show here last week in- ; stead of O. T. Johnson as published. The colt belongs to Everett but in the hurry of entering this colt was placed ‘ in his father’s name. — o—--125 tbs. of Anaconda to the acre is equal to 300 tbs. or more of anv other fertilizer. Decatur Produce Co.

SEVEN KILLED IN FRENCH STORMS ■ ■■ Emergency Relief Corps Organized To Care For Many Victims Paris. Sept. 18.— (U.R) - Erm-rgnecy relief corps were being hastily organized today to aid the victims of violent storms which swept all France during the last 21 hours and killed at least seven persons. Scores were left homeless In the! probince* as a result of the worst deluge which has struck the country in years. Telegraph and telephone com-| munications were disrupted; trains 1 were delayed, and shipping along the I Mediterranean and in the English channel was disorganized. After hours of near-cyclonic condl-1 tions in the outlying districts. the| downpour struck Paris with full force last night accompanied by thunder.; lightning and hail. Streets were flooded and traffic was temporarily disrupted. Thousands of persons [ st lolling along the boulevard' when] I the torrential rains descended were ‘drenched. There was considerable I | property damage in Par's, but no I casualties were reported. Property damage in the provinces ’ amounted to many millions. In sevI era! districts the crops suffered heavI ily from cyclonic winds and the h«Wivy rains. In the Marbonue and St. Malo regions many buildings were wrecked. o STORM IN SALVADOR San Salvador, Sept. 18 —(UP) —Telegraph and railway communication was Uis.uplt-U here today by a series <>l v olent rain and wind storms raging i throughout Salvador. Many persons were forced to abandon their homes. ; Great damage was done to the water supply of the city. Man Admits Theft Chicago. Sept. 18. —(U.R) —For three night detectives at the police building wondered at the actions of a man who loitered on the street and last night their curiosity was satisfied. After waiting an hour, the man, walked in, gave his name as William Thai and said lie had embezzled $14,000 from the J. G. Grill Insurance company. Now York. “They don't know it yet." he said, "but my conscience is hurting me and I want you to send me hack." ; Tlial said he took the money over

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