Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1930 — Page 6

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G. E. CLUB TO MEET BUTLER HERE TONIGHT Local Independent Net Aggregation All Set For Hard Game Decatur's G. E. club basketball team starts tonight on a hard week's schedule. The local indepen- ! dent net aggregation meets the ButI lei Max'on Chevrolet basketball team of Butle., Ind., it Decatur high school gymnasium at 8:30 o’cloik tonight. An h tin 's l and concert by the Decatur General Electric band will be held at the gymnasium from '. :30 o'cloc k until game time instead of the usual preliminary game T.ie doors of the gymnasium will he opened at 7 o'clock. Manager Carl Smith today statI < I his team looked better in drills this week than in previous weeks i an 1 was ready for the hard ordeal i of two and three games a week, provided for the rest of the season. The local net club is bringing the best independent basketball teams

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of the state to Decatnr ami large ; crowds are responding. Tickets are mi sale until game time a* the West ' End Restaurant and also may be i obtained at the door. Thursday night the G. F. club nett<srs have contributed services r| for a benefit basketball game. All ] proceeds, including the referee's fe 1 I will be turned over to the Good Feb j I lows club. The Kirkland Whippets 11 will furnish the Thursday night op‘■position and Arthur Pat Hyland will I officiate. o —- Is Against Change In Indiana Text Books Indianapolis, Dec. 16—(U.R) Sup--1 ' erintendent W. W. Borden of the >■ South Rend public schools will favor no change in textbooks when the state education board, of >' which he is a member, sits as the 1 slate school book commiselon on 1[ January 5, he announced in a ■ statement today. ■ I "This is not the time to be I i-t’-inging textbooks in the schools . ,1 burdening parents with addi- - i tlonal expenditures." he said, ■s "When oul board meets 1 shall -1 move that all present texts be re--1 adopted for at least another ye£r. , Present texts are satisfactory and I the constant changing has been ■ the cause of both scandal and s political intrigue in the past.” j

FIRST UMPIRE I TELLS STORY (Rochester, Conn., Doc. 16 —<I’l’l —A while-bearded old gentleman of , .81 hoisted his feet onto the shell' of a glowing stove, tilted back his chair uml recalled today when he sold Connie Mack and tour other baseball player- for $3,500. The speaker was Charles F. Daniels, fit st umpire in th" National League. He was found living a secluded life with his brother, Eugene, on a farm six miles qff the New London Hartford turnpike. It was while he was manager of (he Hartford baseball club, then a member of the National League, that he sold Cornelius McGillicuddy or Connie Mack as he is known to baseball fans. "Gosh" he inused, "I bought Connie Mack from Tom Reilly of tile Meriden club for next to nothing and later sold him with four others to Washington t'or $3,500. That was liig money then." Daniels, despite his years, has a strong phy ique, and a keen pair of blue eyes peer out from under bi< shaggy white eyebrows. He Is just as interested in baseball as when lie was a rookie witli the NewHaven Club "back in ’75” he said and attends every world series. Only five New Yoik players who I participated in the first National League game at the Polo Grounds in 1882 which Charlie umpired, noware alive. Daniels told the United

Press. I "There is Tim Keefe, one of the > pitching string who now runs •< sporting goods store in New York, Mickey Welch of Utica, who also pitched, Hardie Richardson, second . baseman. also of Utica, first base man O'Conner of Waterbury, and I Tom Lynch, a pitcher, of N»* v; York" he added. The National league consisted of eight clubs at the start. Daniels ■ ; continued. They were Hartifor. Ros-] ton. St Louis, Louisville. Cincin-' nati, Cleveland, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. I.ater he said, New York j Chicago and Detroit came in. He ' didn’t remember who played in the i I first National league contest. Daniels received from $5 to $lO I for umpi. '"g a game in those days, he said, and the crowd went to the park in male-drawn cars. "Sometimes” he chuckled. “The gang would have to get out and push the I car. up the hills.” A good player was lucky if he re- • , ce’ved $1.4;'0 a season, Charlie recalled. 0 I. 11. S. A. A. Names New State Officers Indianapolis, Dec. 16. — (U.R) —! Election of representatives to the | Indiana High School Athletic Asso- ; ciation was announced today by Arthur L. Trester, commissions r. as follows: District 1: legislative body, H. L. Woodward, Remington. District 2: Roard of control, R. I Nelson Snider, South Side high i school, Fort Wayne; legislative body. George Pl?w, Pierceton. District 3: Legislative body. J. |

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■ Ord Fortner, Torre Tlauto. District 4: Board of control, ! Rob rt Lambert, Coiumbus; legis- » iative. body, Clifford C. French. ' : Royerton high school, Muncie. District 5: Board of control, W. IS. Fellny, Edwardsport; legislative j | body, H. C. Gilmore, Sullivan. C All officers will comm nee serv- | Ing on January 1, 1931, and all will serve thre« years, excepting Ixirn- * I bert of Columbus, whos" term on I the board of control will be two years. i Jeft'-Monroe Summary , ' Jefferrsn (341 FG. FT. TP. i Wendell, f 10 2 I Charleston f .. 0 0 o f' McKissick f5O 10 11 Baker c6O 12 , Snyder g ... o 0 o ■ I Bollenbacher g 0 0 0 > I Egly, g 43 10 [Totals ...16 2 31 - ‘ Monroe (19) ■ Stucky, f 0 0 0 ; Strickler f.. 0 o 0 11 Hoffman, f.. ... 23 7 . Bovine t (10 0 | Myers c 2 15 ■ Brandy berry g .. 0 0 0 Andrews, g ..237 ■Totals ........ 8 7 19 Myers, star Monroe center was . pla ed on probation following the Jeiferson games for two weeks and .dining that time will rot be permitt led to play basketball, it was ani nonneed at Monroe today. His absence will be a blow to the BearI catz and Coach Piney Bryan is busy today rearranging his lineup. Bears Defeat Cards Chicago, Dec. 16. —(U.R)- —A safety.i scoied by the Chicago Bears in th -1 third quarter gave them a 9 to 7■ victory over the Cardinals in the. first professional football game held indoors in Chicago for many 1 I years. Playing at the Chicago stadium I last night in a charity game before a crowd cf 10.000, the Rears scored in th? first period on a pass from Johnson to Brumbaugh and two plungers by Litzennler. John j son kicked the point. Ernie Nevers, Cardinals captain.] tumbled Randolph's pass from cen-J ter in the third period and was 'thrown by Johnson fcr a safety. The t'ardinals scored in the last i quarter on a 14-yard end run by , Boyd and four plunges by Nevers which ■ netted 40 yards. Nevers. added the point. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ry United Press Purdue, 34; Notre Dame, 22. Radley Tech, 17: lowa, 16. St. Viator, 13; De Paul, 12. St. Norbert's. 27: Oshkosh Teachers, 25. Finger-Bowls in Discard Ties Moines—(U.R) —A local restaurant which caters to the elite trade has discarded the fingerbowl. An announcement on the menu card read; "Because finger bowls are considered a very useless and obsolete service, their use in this tea room has been discontinued.”

PRO LEAGUE j TO CONTINUE f» I Chicago, Doe. 16 — (UP) —The Am-I • erican professional basketball lea-1 I gue which has en wintered varying ■[ difficulties this season, was faced i today with the threatened loss of > its Chicago Member, the Bruins.. League officials confirmed re-1 polls that negotiations for sale or j the Bruins were under way. If not successful, it was reported that the. Bruins would withdraw, leaving • leaving another franchise vacant. ■ The Cleveland Rosenblums, world ' pro. champions, quit the league re 1 j cently. ! John O’Brien, president of the 1 league, was quoted as hoping that ' the Brunins will remain in the ' league. O'Brien announced that ap-| plications so: membership have ■ been made by Dayton, ()., uml Uti- ' | i-a Mohawk. N. Y. ' Reports that the league will dis-i hand because ot the Cleveland ‘earn ' withdrawal ami other difficulties, were denied by O'Brien. Regardless] of the Bruins’ action he said the league will continue.

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1 \ The Chicago Tribune carried a > story tcday stating that the Am-r-I ican Basketball League would quit after next Saturday. The news comes as a disappointment to many Decatur fans who attended the pronet games at Fort Wayne. —oOo — It was a different but interesting type of basketball and it is regretable that the officials 'have decided to abandon the league. A week#from this afterncon at 2:30 o’clock at Decatur high school gymnasium the two Decatur Eighth grade basketball teams, Central land St. Joe will open the annual, battle for the city junior high I school championship and the George Wemhoff trophy. The games always draw an ocean of interest. Tickets are selling for 10 and 25 cents and fans are guaranteed one of the best games of the season. ] —oOo— j i Hockey Mylott coaches the St. , Joe team and Steve Everhart 1 coaches the Central netters. Both teams have good records this season — and three royal I. battles are anticipated before it is determined who gets the Wemhoff trophy, symbolic of j the city championship. —oOo — . The G. E. Club basketball team I plays Butler tonight at 8:30 at Decatur high school gym. i j —oOo — The local independent netters , j have been going at a high stride 1 I this season and fans are promised a real game tonight. The G. E. Club players also have contributed their services next Thursday night to a Good Fellows charity game — G. E. club will meet Kirkland Whippets at Decatur high school gym. Good Fellows are selling the tickets and it is hopsd that receipts from the game will total at least SIOO. Pat Hyland, prominent local Irishman has agreed to donate his services as referee free of charge. Let’s all help swell the .Good Fel- ■ lows club total before Christmas. —oOo — Coach Curtis is preparing his Yellow Jackets for the Redskin invasion here next Friday night. North Side is fresh from a win over Central. Coach Laurent takes his Commodores to Delphos to meet St. Johns. The Delphos aggregation was a hard nut to crack here some weeks ago, and indications are a real battle will develop at the Buckeye city. The Commodores have been going great lately, whipping St. Rose at Lima in easy fashion last FriBEAT NORTH SIDE——BEAT ST. JOHNS. | Few games are scheduled for Christmas week. Cocky Clark’s indoor golf course is drawing a lot of golf bugs. It’s a tough little course and much more like real golf than the outdoor miniatures. Get the Habit—Trade at Home.’

BLUFFTON BANK (JETS APPROVAL (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) $11.07; telephone, $2.80; rent, fuel.] Janitor mid janitor supplies. >172.-. ' 12; farm and city properly, up-1 I keep, expense, repairs, roofs, fenci. Ung, ditching, papering, labor and! materials, $2,446.94; legal expense,' court costs, recording and releasling, $498.95; interest paid on prior I lien , $6,612.90; selling expense, [real estate commissions paid, >500; I abstracts anil miscellan°ous, $1 .• ! 275.58; receiver's fees. $2,132.79; tees for receiver's attorney, $2,132.80. Total. $23,995.09. To Sue Stockholders Bryant, Dec. 16. — (Special)— telia Huckriede. receiver of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of. Bryant, has filed suit against the l stockholders of the defunct insti-' tution. seeking to recover a 100 per cent assessment on their ( stock. Authority to file the rei r-ov rv suit was granted yesterday bv Judge Frank Gillespie, followng the Indiana Supreme court's j ? nn ><,i on that stockholders were doubly liable. Defendants in the | suit are: I Jos Q ph Minch. Continental, O.; S’c-hen Hartnagle, Charles J. B’-icker, John Bonifas, A. C. Ford. \V. Sumner Frank. James .1. Ad-""-A Burton Brunson. Peter L. I T’ee-e and Henry W. Huckriede, e’l of Rrvnnt; James R. Fleming, Frank White, Paul C. Jaqtta, Charles E. Schwartz and William H. Fll-erson. all of Portland: Adams County Nash company. Clara Her- ; shey. Margaret Schug. Salome Schug. of Berne; Sidney W. Cur- | tis, T pton and James F. Arnold, ■ Decatur. o EXPORTS SHOW LARGE DECLINE (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) import ■■ by $84,300,000. November's exports of less than $300,000,000 were the owest of any month since July, when only slightly more than >200,000.000 of merchandise was shipped abroad. The imports for November of only i’bout $200,000,000 were the lowest o- the vear. the department's figures showed. The United States in November imported $40,159,000 in gold ami exported $5,008,000 of the yellow metal. For the 11 months of 1930, the United State i imported ’1363.275.000 of gold, and exported 5115.931.000, leaving a net gain of $247,344,000 of gold. Ret the Haoit —Ti-aoe at Home ;

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SPORTING CLUB OPENS SEASON AT MONTE CARLO i Five Months of Winter Play Begins in Southern France Monte Catlo, Dec,. 16 (U.R)- at the quiet command. "Faites Vos I jeu Mewdames et Messieurs.” the level sh five-mmith gambling senson of the Sporting Club of Monte Carlo started today. It is here that the elite of the gambling world flirt with the Goddess of [ C'liance. The only sounds h: the crowded roulette and bacarra rooms were Ihe soft-voiced commands of the "croupiers” and the clink of falling thousand franc chips on the ureen felt. The winter season had stalled and before April 15, miliioiH of dollars will have changed hands. The Sporting Club, limited to me nbers with certified cards, adjoins the main Casino, which is epen the year around and where s:akes are smaller and the clientele 1 less fastidious. An ancient tunnel, cut through solid rock, links the club with the Casino and the Hotel de Paris. Only the select of the gambling world are allowed to pass through the magnificent portals. The gambling starts at 4 p. ru. and continues until 2 a. m.. except

DRESSED MEATS ] ( * at ■ I FANCY PRICES We have some nice Quarters of Beef A 1 a I for canning @ pound sJ to I Whole or Half Hog, dressed, 1 a I head off, pound Iwtl Pork Shoulders in rough I I I f pound iTtl I Pork Hams, rough 1 n I pound 1 1 V I We do Cu«-’n»n Butchering anv dav of the week, fl Fresh Pickerel, Perch and Boneless Fish. I H. P. Schmitt Meat Market | 1

the hacarru main open nni;i fl and sometime * Mlfl srent gambling .imi |, i, fl <>"l*“te. bae ulrn Forty ii" plHy. t| “ Th'fl ' "'’•“'on ,t win a of ’ isl '>"■ same floor BH rooms, with a ~a Ull on another noor. ..... o m .Governor Has Op era J Indianapolis, | )IM . ,fl ■ Governor Hurry i... 811p ■ a sinus operation in an ln,i. fl Ills hospital ( tl ,| av )1(l ‘*fl ' to return home back at h s duties in ■ house before the end ■ ' > ■ Mrs Hazel Ae S chl inian lla 1 ■ rived home alter a lollr lUv fl ■ n ('nil ago. With friends. ' ’fl ■ ■ Dye Ferguson of (re# . fl ship was a shopper >;■.■ iin, i noon.

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