Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 276, Decatur, Adams County, 20 November 1929 — Page 8

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SPORTS

COMMODORES OPEN SEASON HERE TONIGHT St. Marys of Huntington Is First Snag In State Title Path For Locals With a record crowd predicted, Decatur C.atholic high school Commodores will pull anchor for the 1929-30 basketball season at Decatur Catholic high school gymnasium at 8 o’clock tonight., The first snag in the path of another stale title for the l.aurentmen will be St. Mans of Huntington. St. Marys is said io have the best team this year since its organization 10 years ago. and Coach George lanirent is taking no chances on his maters becoming confident before the ■ tilt tonight. For those who have not obtained | season tickets for the Commodore; schedule, general admission tickets : will be sold at the doors tonight. The doors will open at 6:30 o’clock. Rev. Joseph Hession, faculty manager of the local netters stated today that those who have ordered season tickets anil not yet secured them, may do so at the game tonight. A record sale of season tickets is reported and only a few remain unsold. Those who wish season cards may get them tonight. Coach Laurent would not announce his starting lineup for the first scran, stating that one or two portions on the team still remained in doubt. A preliminary game has been ar- 1 tanged to start at 7 o'clock. The J Commodores. Jr. and the St. Marys u second teams will settle an argument i ! in the curtain-raiser. New bleacher seats have been ad- 1 ded to the gymnasium, and the seat-J ing capacity has been increased about, 400. AH season ticket holders are i assured of good seats. The Commodores are in good condi-p tion. according to those in charge,' £ for tonight's opening and many local p fans who have seen them work out 1 believe that this year's team is better 1 than any ever representing the local J school. —o p WILDCATS PLAN 1 FOR NOTRE DAME' —.— it Evanston, 111.. Nov. 20—U they pay-f all due attention to the tradition whichjt has grown up around their battles of.t the past Not th western’s Wildcats will < be much wilder Saturday when theyp meet Notre Dame's undefeated eleven i I before a capacity crowd of 50,000 in 1 Dyche stadium The Northwestern eleven which fad- t ed out before the spirited fourt-quar- 2 ter drive of Indiana last Saturday lack- t ed the vicious tackling and hard blocking that carried it successfully to vic-* t tories over Wisconsin, llllinois and 1 Ohio State. Coach Dick Hanley will € work his men at length on fttndamen- t tals this week. ( There’s no doubt but that Indiana ( caught the Wildcats off their strideL after the series of hard games that pre- I ceded the Hoosier engagement. The' t Pagemen won because they kept driv- , ing all the way and taking advantage , of every break. The Wildcats lacked f the ability to carry on a sustained . drive in the last half partly because , of their slump and partly because of . the numerous penalties encountered ( The tackling was directly a fault for the two touchdowns scored by Ross j in the fourth period for in both of his; goalward dashes he was hit by several Purple tacklers. , Northwestern-Notre Dame battles in the past have turned out to be thrill- 1 ing affairs, and it is expected that 1 Saturday's engagement will be no exception. With their Big Ten compeli-l tion completed, the Purple eleven will be thinking only of halting the sensa tional march to a national championship that has carried Notre Dame to victory over Indiana, Navy, Wisconsin, Carnegie Tech. Georgia Tech, Drake and Southern California. The outcome of the Indiana game will likely acco -I plish much in putting the Wildcats in the fighting trim that was theirs before the Illinois game. Seven times the two rivals have met in the past, with five games going to the Irish, one to the Purple and one resulting in a tie. Northwestern scored its long victory in 1901 by a score of 2 to 0. The Purple included Illinois, Chicago and Purdue in its list of victims that year. The last three battles have beer classics. In 1924 the "Four Horsemen" galloped to a 13 to 6 victory at Soldier field, but only after "Moon" Baket's drop-kicking had thrown a big scare into the ultimate national champions The following year at South Eend, the Wildcats came even closer. Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite's' crew grabbed a 10 to 0 lead in the first half only io see it melt away before two detenu.tied rushes down the field in the second half, both of which brought Notre

Dame touchdowns, and a 13 to 10 triumph. The two elevens met for the la time in 1926 in the newly constructed Dyche stadium. The gime went scoreless until the last few minutes of the fourth quarter when the Irish passed 11 their way to a sensational touchdown that brought a 6 t<f 0 win. Art Parsli-ti left handed tosser, was the ht ro. Couch Knnte Rocktie sent hnn into the game Just long enough to toss two pisses, the second going to Johnny Nletnec's bunds for the only seme of the game. With the exception of Al .Moore, sopnomorc halfback. Northwestern came through the Indiana game In good physical shape. Mt ore had his tabs severely pounded and will be fore ed to remain out of practice for several days. Nine seniors will make their last up pearance in a Purple uniform. This I number includes Captain Henry Antler Ison and Mickey Erickson in the varsity line. The tegular backs who will graduate aie Johnny Haas, Bill Calderwood and Russ Bergherm. Among the reserves who will go are Gil Johnson. quarterback. Nels Vandeberg. tackle. John Singleton, end. and Dean I Klarr. half back. G. E. NETTERS WIN SECOND STRAIGHT GAME Pull Close One Out Os Fire In Closing Minutes Os Battle A Hockey Mylott-Joe Krick rally In the last 10 minutes of an otherwfee' listless basketball game caused the almost impossible at Decatur high school gymnasium Tuesday night and the Decatur General Electric basketball team overcame a 15-point lead to defeat an old rival, Bowser of Fort Wayne by a score of 36-32. The largest crowd packed into Decatur high school gymnasium since the district tournament last spring greeted /he players and cheered the two teams on. The General Electric band brightened the affair with a concert before the opening of the game and also between the halves. Hopelessly outclassed in the first half, the Electricians staged a great rally late in the game and tore down a comfortab'e lead which the flashy Bowser team had piled up. Hockey Mylott led the Decatur rally and poured 5 field goals into the loop in quick (succession. In the first half Decatur pulled out in front with a 5-2 lead, but the fans soon saw the lead dwindle into nothing as the Bowser netters flipped the ball into the draperies from all corners of the hardwood. Wilson, Way and Meyer led an assault on the Foit Wayne basket which netted the Bowsermen a 21-10 lead at the half. The local quintet had many opportunities to score in the opening stanza. but. the ball failed to register through the net on many easy shots. At the opening of t.he second half the game became rough. Bowsers began immediately to pile up a greater lead and ran the score to 25-10. At this point the entire Decatur team came to life and the ball began dropping through the local goal in easy fashion. Decatur rol'ed up 20 points while the visitors were counting 4 points. With 4 minutes to go, Decatur trailed . by a single point. ~ Mylott sank a fielder and Joe Krick pushed the ball into the net front the free-throw lane. ' The game ended with the score 36-32 in favor of Decatur. It was the Electricians' second victory in two starts. I Mylott was high point man for the locals with a total of 12, while Way j and Wilson divided the honor for the visitors each scoring 11 points. I Three Fort Wayne players were eject-1 ed during the second half on personal ’ soul's. Lineup and summary: | Decatur G.E. (36) F.G. FT. T.P. IBe l, f ,\. 3 3 9 Hill, f .... .- 1 3 5 Strickler, c 3 1 1 ' Krick, g 0 3 3 Mylott, g ... ... 6 0 12 Totals 13 10 36 Fort Wayne Bowsers (32) iClauser, f ’.... 0 2 2 Talmage, f 0 0 ,0 Lindeman, f 0 11 Meyer, c ... 3 17 Luginbill, c ... ... .. .. 0 0 0 Way, g 5 1 11 Wilson, g 5 1 11 Mini ok, g 0 0 0 Totals 13 6 32 Referee, White (Indiana); Umpire, Beal (Franklin). o ■ COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Purdue at Indiana (Bloomington) DePauw at Wabash (Crawfordsville) Indiana State Normal vs. Rose Poly (Terre Haute) Indiana Central at Oakland City. Notre Dame at Northwestern (Evanston) o Tuesday’s College Football Scores Howard Payne 9; King, 0. Murray (Ky) 14; Lambuth (Tenn.) 6 Wake Forest 0; Presbyterian 0.

TWO GRID GAMES FEATURE STATE , GARD SATURDAY 1 Del’auw-VVabash And Pur--1 due-Indiana Games Feature Week’s Program By Dick Miller ’ (United Piess Special Corisepondent) Indianapolis, Nov. 20. — (UP) -Sentl ment creeps into the Hoosier football 1 situation this week as Indiana, Purdue 1 Wabash. DePauw, Indiana State Nor- , mal, Rise Poly, Indiana Central and Oakland City, prepare for final tilts of . the season. Put due. a new big ten conference champion goes into the fray at Bloom- . ington with the "Old Oken Bucket” at stake. If the Boilermakers win it will mean a clean sli e of eight victories, and retain of the bucket that for four years has been theirs. In 1925 they played to a scorless tie. In 1926 the Phelanmen begin a three year reign winning 24 17. In 1927 the score was 216 and List year Purdue won 14 0. Indiana's spirit is freshened by the thrilling late game victory over Northwestern at Evanston last Saturday when the "Scrappin Hoosiers" came from behind to turn 16-16 defeat into 19-14 victory, Purdue continues to hold favoi in this game although » might be said that Indiana has the appearance of a team reaching its stride. It was appirent list Saturday that Dick Hanley was easing his Northwestern team along, waiting to spill Notre Dime this week Indiana slipped up on the Wildcats and as a result Rockne will probably find a raging bunch of players at Evanston. The Rambleis had a tough battle with Southern California but still should have plenty of reserve power as some of their games this fall have no; been as tough as expected. Rockne will be in fcr giving everything he has these last two ball games and that means the Irish will at least emerge a one-touchdown victory Saturday, still holding a hit i nreservy | for the next week at Army: The annual tiled between Wabash and DePauw will be renewed at |ngall | field. Crawfordsville, Saturday. Hardly | can we remember when Wabash has, had such a disastrous season, while on the other hand DePauw has emerged thus far in just about the manner expected of the Tigers. On the basis of comparison of the two teams against Butler, both were defeated by the same score of two touchdown-, so the game Saturday should just about belong to anybody with De a slight favorite by one touchdown? P was back in 1923 when the last I college championship of Terre Haute' was settled. For years Rose Poly held : a football supremacy over St’te Not-1 mal until 1923 and that wrs the last i year the two teams met. Last year a 1 faculty death caused postponement of the game and today the teams appear evenly matched, but on a strictly score comparison the shade goes to State Normal, Phil Brown has a light fast club capable of playing much open football Wally Marks on the o her hand does not seem to hive the power 1

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at State that has characterized hi.-|i teams the past couple of years. A jl gainst Oakland city and Evansville . ; College, MackA' aggregation loomed more powerful than R< se poly. , Indiana Centtal will clash at Oakland City Saturday. Game after game J this season the Oak - have been on the I, short end of the count and against |n-j. dinna Central they do not loom up a- / possible winners. Butler is Idle waiting the Turkey day skirmish with latyola! ■ of New Orleans at the Butter Howl. All other teams have placed the mole i skin in the moth balls. The cheering is about even. PADDY HARMON LOSES HIS JOG 1 r Chicago, Sow. 20.—(U.R)-Three years; > ago Paddy Harmon dreamed a dream, -a dream of the world's largest sport arena, an arena which would seat I 25,1)00 persons, more than any-other building in the world. He saw himself the head of this 1 structure, he a former newsboy wito had made a lot of friends while peddling newspapets. He set out among ' these friends to get money enough to erei t the building Some scoffed at him. others put in money until there was 17.000,000 for construction use. Paddy bu ! lt the building and managed it for a year. Today he was an also-ran because the financial interests concerned de-j creed yesterday that he should get j out. There wasn’t a more forlorn . man in Chicago last night, but he has . a fighting complex and he was ready to fight back. When he built the building Paddy called i* the Chicago stadium. Yesterday the executive committee of the '•orporation met and advised Harmon that while he could stick in inactive roles, he no longer was needed at the helm. Paddy didn't say anything. He merely handed in his resignation as president but he was a disgusted as well as disappointed man. "I don't want to be called a crier,” he said, “but I put that building up |as my dream. I thought and still j know it is the greatest thing in the sport world. It was my dream of big I things. 1 don't know why they wantled me to get out. I've made money j for the outfit but I certainly won’t : hang on with a bunch who don’t want I me. But directing that building was the zenith of my life." The money making angle is thought to be the reason for Harmon's dism ssal. Paddy has made fnoney with his aports projects but the directors were said to be! eve the building has not made enough money on other ’ things, such as merchandise shows, I etc. They seem to think that a man ; versed in general business affairs will i better run the stadium. They realize that Harmon is the best sports man J •b ainable but they want an all-around | man posted in the ways of the bus-; iness world. ] Paddy is pretty well .posted. He I made a m.llion dollars running dance halls in Ch'cago after graduating I fiom the newspaper selling college I and tight now he owns 42*£ per cent , ■ -

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Columbia Considers Four Big Ten Coaches New York. Nov. 20 -(UP) Four Big Ton conference football coacbeH Dick II iiiley, of Northwestern; Jimmy Plielml. of Purdue; Hurt logwernen, of lowa and Dr. C. W. Spears of Minnesota- .ne being considered nn thi* successor to Charles Crowley as head I coach of football at Columbia Univer--

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