Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1931 — Page 6

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COMMODORES DEFEAT NEW HAVEN, 20-11

DECATUR TEAM | BEATS BULLDOGS ON LOCAL FLOOR Commodores Win. 20 4 ;> 12; Piav Sterling Brand j • of Haskethail The Deiutur Commodores stayed: a real comeback Friday night on th» ; locM floor and defeated the New; Haven Bulldogs, 20 to 12. The game ! was a close defensive battle all tin ' way. The score at the end of the; firs: half was 9 to 7. Decatur leading. New Haven was ahead of the ('ommodores only once during the! game. The score was tied three j times during the first half, at 4-4. 6-6, and 7-7. The Commodores pulled away at this stage of the game, held a two-point lead at the half, increased it to eight points at the third quarter and came back in the final minutes of the game to pile up a safe lead after New Haven had started a brief scoring rally. The Commodores played far superior ball to the brand they displayed against Delphos Wednesday! night. Their defense was even bet | ter than in the Delphos game and ! their offense was far more effective | although they averaged only a slight fraction over 16 per cent of h their attempts from the floor. New j Haven was successful on only 1- j • per cent of their shots sinking four out of 32 attempts. Crass and Holthouse were the | leading seorers for the Commodores. | ( Gass connected for three field goals! while Holthouse scored twice from!, the field and once from the free | throw line. Gass did not enter ’he! game until about two minutes be-1 (ore the end of the first half. Hoetzer, guard, was high point j man for New Haven with two field j goals and one poin; from the foul j line. Boberly and Moser scored New Haven's other two field goals. The; Commodore defense was too tight • to permit the Bulldogs many short i shots and the visitors resorted to j a long shot attack which failed '■ dismally. Coach Laurent started Holthouse i and Lose at forwards, Dowling at. ni. .1 Anilckta <1 twl (Li fTli tl'lt l .! fjl g I

center and Omlor and Gage, guards Paul White started Moberly and finlyard forward, Moser renter and Hoetzrr and Roemer, guards. First Quarter Dowlirg was* the first to score the Commodore center sinking a free throw. Lose broke loose under the basket for a field goal and the Commodores were leading, 3 to 0. Moberly scored New Haven's first points with a field goal. Moser hit from the field to give New Haven a 4 to 3 lead, the first and only time in the game they were ahead of the Commodores. Lose tied the scor* With a free throw. Holthonse sank a field goal to put Decatur ahead. Roomer registered a free throw to make the score 6-5 Decatur at the end of the first quarter. Second Quarter Rolyard tied the score with a foil! toss. Omlor put the Commodores ahead with a free throw. Bolyard scored again from the charity stripe to tie t'.e count again. Gass went Into the game, replacing Omlor and immediately scored a field goal, giving Decatur a 9-7 lead at the half. Third Quarter Dowling sank a lield goal from the corner of the floor. Hoetzer regis'»red a foul toss fer New Haven'? only scoring effort in the quarter. Gass lesristered a field goal from ill frort of the basket to make ‘he score 13 to 8. Gage scored a free

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• throw and Holthouse drihlded in sot an cusy basket to make the score |l6 S Decatur at the third quarter. Fourth Quarter Holthouse sunk u tree throw on ■Roomer's lourth personal. Tustison replaced lloemer. Hoetzer sank two baskets in quick succession to mnk" tilt* score 17-12. Gass relieved the | leelings oi tho Commodore fans | when he sank a medium length shot. ;Guge seored the final point of the ante on a free throw. Lineup and summary: Commodores 5'G. FT TP. I Holthouse f 2 15 Lose f : i i 8 i Dowling, c 111! Omlor, g oil Gage g 0 2 2 • class f :i o 6 Totals 7 6 20 New Haven Moberly f 10 2 1 Bolyard. f 0 2 2 Moser c 1 -0 2 I Hoetzer g 2 1b Koemer g Oil Lake t ... 0 0 0 Tustison g 0 0 0 Totals ... 4 4 12 Referee : Ileal, Decatur, Umpire: Horton. Decatur. Preliminary The New Haven seconds defeated the Commodore seconds in the preliminary game, 24 to 14. New Haven led at the half 12-3. Kokomo Wildcats Upset Frankfort Five Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 14 —(UP) — Hoosier high school basketball turned in its biggest surprise of the current season last night - hen Kokomo took the long end o:' a 32 to 25 count from Frankfort. Only once had Frankfort lost this season, that time to Muncie, whom they had twice defeated. Kach team threw nine field goals last night, hut Kokomo connected with Is free throws, compared witn seven for Frankfort. ARCOLA DEFEATS MONMOUTH FIVE The Monmouth Eagles dropped a hard fought game to Areola at Areola Friday night. 21 to 15. The score was tied at 11-11 at the hat? but Monmouth was unable to hold Ae..nU in tko loct half

Areola in tlie last half. Stnlts was the leading scorer for Monmouth with two field gcals and a free throw. Walsh led Ar cola with four double-deckers. Lineup and summary: Monmouth (15) FG FT TP Lytle, f. 113 Stnlts, f 2 1 5 Brokaw, c. 10 2 Bittner, g. 0 0 0 Fuelling, g. - —0 0 0 Nuerge, c. 11 3 Fleming, g 0 2 2 Totals 5 5 15 Areola (21) FG FT TP Walsh, f. 4 0 8 Schneider, f. 2 15 Philips, c. 0 0 0 Carroll, g. 0 2 2 Oberkaiser, g 3 0 6 Totals 9 3 21 Minister Board for Movies Austin, Tex., Feb. 14. — <U.R) — Films showable to adults only ana films showable to persons under 18 as well as proposed in a novel motion picture censorship aw proposed by Rev. B. J. Forbes, pasUfrinfniber of the Texas legislature. He wants a state board of seven censors. Two of them are to b* ministers, or outstanding church 'aymen. ,

intends to shoot 36 holes daily as preliminary hardening exercise until Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yanks calls for the opening of spring training

Two Jaws That Ached as Cat

"Two minds with but a single ♦ thought” and when both tried to 1 put the idea into effect simultaneously. look what happened. ‘ These two boys were trading punches toe to toe in the ama- ' teur tourney at Detroit. Mich., when each saw an opening for a K O. Both swung and landed

JEFFERSON TWP, DOWNS MONROE i 1 The Jefferson township cagers scored a decisive victory over the Monroe Bearkatz Friday night, 24 ; ! to 11. Jefferson piled up a 16-8 j 1 | lead at the half and were never seriously threatened. Moran, guard,: ' | was the leading scorer with live | ' field goals and a free throw. Mi! 1 ler and Egly each connected twice ■ from the field. Hoffman was high *! point man for Mbnroe with th'ee | field goals and a foul toss. In a ’ i preliminary game, the Jefferson ■ girls defeated the Monroe girls, 17 ! |to 11. Lineup and summary: ! Jefferson (24) FG FT TP " j Bollenbachbr, f. 00 oj I Miller, f 2 0 4 1 ! Eglv. f. .. . 2 6 4! Snider, c. 1 3 5 , ! Moran, g. 5 111! McKissick, g. 0 0 0; Totals 10 4 24 ' Monroe (11) FG FT T° '! Stucky, f 0 0 o|| JI Hoffman, f 3 1- 7j' '; Mye: s. cl 2 4 j . j Andrews, g. 00 01 '! Strickler. g. 0 0 01 1 ; : Totals 4 3 11

, j i (Py Pete Reynolds) , The Commodores came through !in great style last niglu to defeat the New Haven Bulldogs, 20 to 12. ! The locals played a greatly im- 1 proved game over the exhibition j Wednesday night, against Delphos. i —oOo — The Commodore defense was practically airtight last night. New Haven secured very few short shots and these few yvere mainly hurried. Four field goals wore all the Bulldogs scored against D.;catur, two in each half. —oOo — That third quarter, which proved so disastrous to the Commodores Wednesday night, proved to be the winning period Friday night. In that period, the Commodores scored seven points and held New Haven to a single field goal. The one feature most notable In the play of the Commodores last right, was their pep and fight. They really had the will to win | against New Haven while against Delphos they seemed rather listless. . —oOo— We had some bad news from the Yellow Jacket camp last night. Coach Curtis informed us that J Hill and Feasel, members of the Yellow Jacket squad, are suffering with the mumps. —oOo— Only three members of the squad have previously had the mumps, so the Yellow Jacket lineup may be

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1931.

with the result shown above. The referee was rescued from the well-known horns of a dilemma by both rising at the count of nine. Ernie Mauer (left) won the decision over Mike Brusm but was forced to retire from the tourney through breaking a thumb during the bout

pretty well riddled for the next game or two. Deßolt. Schnepp am) Zerkel are the only members who have had the disease and all the others have been exposed. —oOo — The eighth grade blind tourney is in progress at the I). H. S. gvm today. The drawing for the tourney, made a short time before the opening game of the afternoon ; session, will be found elsew here In this paper. —oOo — Two games will be played tonight. In the first game, starting at 7 o'clock, the two losers this afternoon will meet in a preliminary game. Then the two afternoon winners will meet in the champI ionship game. —oOo — The Frankfort Hot Dogs ran Into a surprise party last night. Kokoi mo downed Frankfort, 32 to 25, in a triple overtime battle. Only the I second defeat of the season for Frankfort. —oOo — A note of warning to other Fo r t Wayne regional contenders. Huntington whipped Delphi last night. 25 to 19. And Delphi is nobody's i setup this season. —oOo — Purdue and Indiana will battle |it out again tonight at Lafayette. | Purdue won last week from Indiana at Bloomington and Coach Dean will he out for revenge. Wo note that tickets for the game are

all sold. Stations WFBM, at InIdianapolis. and WBAA, at Purdue, will broadcast the game. GENEVA LOSES OVERTIME GAME The Geneva Cardinals lost a heart breaker to the Gray team of Jay oil, ty last night a; Geneva. Gray won the game 22 to 21, in an extra vertlme period. The st ore was tied at 20-20 at the expiration of the j egular playing, time. Gray scored ; a lie id goal in !he extra period j while Geneva could connect only for a foul toss. Geneva held a 13 to 8 had at he end of the first half. Runyon was high storer for the Cardinals with three field goals. Glendenniiig stored :ive points on a tield goal and three foul tosses. Deboy and Sdwhier scored six-points each to lead the Gray scorers. Gray won the preliminary game, defeating the Geneva seconds 18 to 10. Lineup and summary: I Geneva FG. FT. TP Lough f 2 0 4 Runyon f 3 0 6 1 Stahl c ....... 0 3 3 | Glendening g 1 3 5 Dong g 1 l 3 Totals 71 21 ] Gray i Siivers f 0 11 . Steed f 2 0 4 . Deboy f 3 0 6 i McDonald c 11 J . Rfll g 10 2 .jSwhier g 2 2 6 Totals . 9 4 22 Referee; travel Muncie. J o Watering Stock “Watering stock" is the Illegal ■ practice of issuing stocks whose nonilnul or face vnlue Is greater ; than the actual capital. The buyer | of such stock, however, has been , fooled—by various methods—to helleving the price of the stock rep--1 resents Hie nmouut of capital ini volved.

BERNE DEFEATS MONROEVILLE The Berne Bears fought a great uphill battle to nose out Monroe ville, Friday night at Barrie, 24 to 23. Monroeville led at the half, ! 16 to 11. Monroeville started in the lead and held a 6-5 margin at the first quarter. At one time during the third quarter, Monroeville held tin 18-1 a margin, but Berne tied the score at 19-19 juSt before the period ended. Lantz. Berne forward, won the game for the Bears when be sank two long shets in the closing minutes of the game. Hoffman, Berne renter, who suf feted an injured eye in the final game of the county tourney two weeks ago. played the entire game last night. He was not expected to play much before tourney time but his eye lias heuled rapidly. Lantz and Smith were leadinr Berne scorers with three field goals and a free throw each. Hoffman and Uraeker each scored fiv ■ points. Crates was the outstanding star for Monroeville with six j field goals, mostly on long shots, Berne won the preliminary game., 14 to 9. Lineup and summary: Berne (24) FG FT TP Smith, f 3 17 Lantz, f. 3 17 Hoffman, e. ...... 2 1 o Stauffer, g. 0 0 (i Baumgartner, g 0 0 o' Blacker, g. 13 5 Totals 9 6 24 Monroeville (23) FG FT TP Bailey, f 0 11 Crates, f. 6 0 12 Ball, c 1 2 4 Schaffer, g. 10 2 Johnson, g 102 Meese, g. 1 0 3 Tot ;s 10 3 23 Referee: Elliott. Fort Wayne. o BASKETBALL RESULTS College Scores Notre D:ime, 18; Wabash. 17. State Normal, 27; Ball College i 19. , High School Peru, 21; Shortridge, 17. J Broad Ripple, 19: Reitz (Evans- ( ville), 18. , Brazil, 21; Manual. 13. Central (Fort Wayne), 12; And- ,

erson, 18. North Side, 27; Auburn. 20. Franklin, 33; Bedford, 21. Emerson (Gary), 23; Valparaiso 16. Rushville, 30; Greenfield, 19. South Side (Fort Wayne), 34; Hanford City, 29. Huntington, 25; Delphi, 19. Kendallville, 32; Columbia City, 24. Martinsville, 28; Jefferson (Lafayette), 36. Rochester, 11; Logausport, 34. Connersvilie, 20; Morton, 15. Wabash, 18; North Manchester, 14. Berne, 24; Monroeville, 33. k Vincennes, 32; Bloomington, 16. Bluffton, 33; Petroleum, 16. Shelbyville, 21; Columbus, 20. Decatur Catholic, 20; New Haven, 12. Washington. 21; Horace Mann (Gary), 17. Central, 17; Bosse (Evansville), 10. Mitchell, 29; New Albany, 27 (overtime). Muncie, 28; Newcastle, 14 Goshen, 21; Nappanee, 13. New Palestime, 31; Noblesville, 14. Eaton, 338; Portland, 19. Lapel, 30; El wood, 20. CLOUDBURSTS IN ARIZONA CLAIM LIVES TODAY 'CONTINUED FROM PAG 11 ' ONHH one nine miles east of Tacna, were torn away. At Tacna trains were stalled on each side of town. Communication lines were disrupted, but shortly before midnight service was resumed temporarily with Yuma and then went out again. Heavy rains throughout the Fate the last two days stored a vest amount of water in the hills which swept down the canyons when barriers gave way. FORMER DECATUR MERCHANT DIES (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Angeles, Calif., and Samuel Acker. Jr., of Denver, Colorado. Three sisters and a brother also survive. They are, Miss Eva Acker of this city; Mrs. Dora Myers of Hartford township; Mrs. Frank Blissner of Santa Fe, Cal., and L. W. Acker of Denver, Colo. Funeral arranements have not been learned.

Illicit Drug Traffic Great Menace to This Country «** • * • Shadows of the F'oppy. Imported from the Old World, Cast Heavy Clouds Over the Lives and Fortunes of Many of Our Leading Lights as They Are Caught in the Meshes of Dope. •1' ■ l y.jj , Y.-j.

Washington. Feb. 14. —iU.RK—Thc greatest threat that menaces o.ir coiir*rv today is not war nor bolshevism. It is the shadow of the poppy. It is on.y when a person of national prominence pays the ultimate p ice of diug addiction that we realize tlie foothold which the evil habit has gained in the

liuited States. When Wallace Reid, the mevie idol, met an'untimely death through drugs at the pinnacle of his career, a great crusade was started to stamp out the evil. But enthusiasm waned and in a while the campaign was shelved and forgotten. In 190 J, when the United States ’ initiated the first international effort to suppress the evil by bringing about the Hague opium conference at which the nations agreed to put an end to the illicit business, the traffic was spoken of in * thousands of dollars. Today, despite the unceasing war that has been waged against it for years, it is estimated that dupe is costing the United States 4350,000,0ut) a year besides the thousands of wrecked lives. Smuggled drugs continue to pour into the country in an ever-increas-ing flood. And, in spite of all international agreements, the fact stands out with pitiless clarity that the United States is the dumping ground for the dope merchants of the Old World and South American cour,tries. Os course many smugg - ed shipments are detected by the lynx-eyed revenue officers, as, for instance, the cargo, valued at $175,000, that was discove ed in the hollow mast of the Rady Castle recently and the $5,000,0(40 worth of destruction, labeled as brushes, which was detected while being unloaded from the liner Rochamheau a year ago. But what Is caught is a mere bagatelle compared to what gets through. The tentacles of tlie dope evil reach out into every stratum of society. Mrs. Ying Kao. wife of the • Chinese vice-consul at San Fran- ■ cisco, fell into its toils when she was arrested and charged with dope smuggling on her return from China. In her baggage customs officers found a large quantity of high grade opium. Ordinarily this 1 cargo of concentrated misery would 1 have been passed into the country without question, as the courtesy of the port (waiving search) is extended to families of foreign diplo-! mats. But in this case the custom was not observed owing to the revenue! men at this side receiving a "hot tip” from U. S. secret service agents in China. , Not all of the dope that finds its , ways to the addict is smuggled. A considerable amount is diverted . from legal supplies manufactured , in the United States from crude . opium and cocoa leaves, imported in quantities limited to | actual medioal needs. The profess-

ions of medicine and pharmacy, In common with all professions, has its black sheep and the trafficking doctor and crooked druggist are foul blots on two noble professions. In Egypt it is estimated that one in every twenty-eight persons is a drug addict, and if something isn't done to check the torrent of dope tlt ■, ( iu H .iriiwr niln 41ia a/1

that is flowing into the United; | States, we ll soon be on a par with Egypt. We keep that can't-be-both-; f pr-d attitude i.util a new drug horror breaks into the headlines of ' the press. Jeanne Eagles, world I famous as a beauty and an actress, died last year under circumstances . that called for an autopsy, and it was found that her brain was llter- _ i ally saturated wtih herin crystals. More recently the death of the I beautiful but unhappy Alma Rubens was Indirectly caused by drug i addiction. Dope had weakened her vitality to such an extent that she , was an easy prey for the illnes3l that ended her life. p The most awful phase of the | business is the ease whereby the f unfortunate victim of the habit can obtain supplies. Last week a , miserable, broken wreck of a man pleaded in a Brooklyn court to be sent to Sing Sing. “Don’t send me to the penitentiary," he cried, t "Drugs are sold there and you , can't get cured. Kpepe s will get l them for you." Tnat one case illustrates, better 'than SO,OOO words, the alarming , ramifications of the national men- ’ ace—Dope. WEDDING PLANS END IN TRAGEDY r ■ . j iCONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) , i lor. i Peffer’s father is president of | the Piqua National Bank & Trust ' I Company. He had ordered an expenslve limousine as a wedding ; gift, and the family were to have I i keen present. ! The accident occurred early ’ this morning on the national road. 'j The three young men had gone 1 ! out from Richmond for a short i j time, and were returning. -! Details of the crash could not fi he learned, because of the serioti® j i condition of the two survivors, j II Several serious accidents' have r | occurred in the vicinity, however, I ■ which is a part of the highway in . which the interurban tracks run . j down the center of the road. It j was be’ieved that Braffet mis-i judged the distance from the interl | urban’s light to the Ride of the! t 1 ( ' ar ' , 'n a. ray of gorgeous and cojf-j ty Kitts remained, in the Augustine! ( i home as a pathetic reminder of the gaiety that was to be. The ‘ wedding was to have been at 4 p. m., today. Peffer died within a short time ‘ | after the crash, before reaching I; the Richmond hospital in which 1 > his two companions on the fatal • ride are confined.

KARL ( ARkoi I/s 'm SHOW l CONTINUED :• !!(•' ... H| I investigator. !!• - .. bo ' jg| 1 weeks ago. the . ! wan not Justified , the Chicago . William Dt-nni i • - • he welfth being staged when peared. Don llowai the center of . . Song of tlie Me.e was surrounded h> Scanlon murclied . followed iiy six ~| Through down another • ~ Willard Malone. ~,, officers. The orchestra coni it, ; Howard girls stared. Tie -rs onto the stage. ed tliat the show curtain descended. While the custom. -ft, their !ih tlie actors, manage; , . taken through the ,-nti.^H to four patrol wagon- The protested as they w. -. tlie officers for taking - | Lorn them. 1 At tlie police stut; ■ many of them still in 1 1.,-ir literally over the place.” mail related later. , . ■ called by John J ntjinager. hurried to and released tlie ter another, with oid.-is .• pear at 9 a. m. today. “I am at a loss to this raid,” Garrity r. Id Press. "Unless,” he added, cause of that scene in cabaret where a cup i. - .. attention to a de.nl floor, and arrests one • tomers for parking Ina fire plug." S9B Another scene win ' hinted tlie police •: ! liked" portrayed a Ni w speakeasy. Two men Recognizing each ~ cagoans, they i^^^R guns and shut each m flHff ...

Fame Is Dssti"v I'anie served. and then aide as destiny. f«*r tiny.—l onirfellnw |jfl9| Hattie in the Air J j ■ Bir - » <*, W « j Suddenly gone mad. !; Thomas Mangan (top) fought IP gain control of the plane piloted by Lewis H. (bottom) from Chicago to Steward managed to hold off gan until Detroit was reading Mangan attempted to force ard to land when the plane over South Bend, Ind. was taken to the Psychopat Hospital at Detroit, "