Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 81, Decatur, Adams County, 4 April 1931 — Page 6

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NET TOURNEY UNDERFIRE —A Indianapolis April 4 (I’P) —The I. H. S. A. A. Major Indiana schola ' tic sports event, the annual stat 1 buske'ball tournament, was on t'tal for its life today, charged with causing immorality among students at the state finals held here each year. I A committee, appointed by George (’. Cole, state superintendent of pubHe instruction, planned to begin an investigation of alleged drinking and misconduct during the tournament completed last March 2L The charges were brought by W. A. Wirt, superintendent of Garv Schools. Wirt told the state board of edit-1 cation late yesterday that numerous reports of drinking had reached him. "It’s a bad thing to throw so: many young persons into the city without chaperons," Wirt said, pointing out that it was an impossible task to watch each sudent at' the tournament. A motion providing that the' “board take such steps as necessary to bring about elimination of the state tournament” was intro-' duced by Wirt. It was replaced by a motion introduced by L. N. Hines, Terre Haute, president of the Indiana State Teachers’ college. 1 Hines' motion provided appointment of a committee to consider the Wirt motion; action to determine the authority of the board; action to determine whether any previous ae-|> tion had been taken regarding ti e annual tournament; and a provision urging an early report on the investigation. Cole appointed Hines. Wirt and Frank S. Reynolds, of Cambridge ‘ City, on the committee. “In view of the tremendous inter-, est in Indiana in high school basketball the situation will be difficult to handle properly "Reynolds said. He declined to comment upon what he believed should be done. Too severe competition was blamed by Hines for the alleged miscon-1 duct. “After the tournament the winning team displays such enthusiasm that everything has to be suspended until it's over It seems to me the effect is demoralizing,', Hines commented. Arthur L. Trester, who has headed state tournaments for many ■ years, said he would await definite information before commenting. Three other persons closely connected with the tourney defended the students. Charles O. Williams. ;cretary of the Indiana State Teach-1 er s federation, frowned upon re-' ports of drinking. “I never saw bi tter behaved students than those which attended this year's games” j he said. Fred Gorman, athletic director of j Arsenal Technical high school, man-’ agers of the 1931 meet, also emphajtically denied the reports. Reservations Pour In For Speedway Event Indianapolis, April 4—Automobile | racing- for years the largest crowd i drawing magnet in sports—contin-, ties to maintain its popularity in ' spite of a financial depression, be it ■ real or mental. Already every state in the union is included in the seat reservations, which have been filled for the annual renewal of the International odO-mile race which will be held at ■ the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May. An unprecedented demand for pasteboards from the New England states has swelled the early advance sale to a new mark, according to Miss Eloise Dallenbach who has been in charge of the mail order ticket sale since the first race was held here in 1911. "In view of pessimistic business reports from so many quarters", she explains with a tone of surprise, “I was unusually elated when a recapitulation of orders on hand exceed the record of last year, which was a record breaker for race attenattce. "Industrial centers have increased their purchases and the only noticeable lull in the advance business is ,n Indiana and especially in Indiana polls, the very home of the speedway. However this is not unusual lor the local people are so nearly a 1 art of the event that they persistently are the last of the ticket purchasers.” There is every indication according to T. E. "Pop" Myers, general managar of the Indianapolfs speed plant, that the crowd in attendance at the coming event will exceed las. year’s 168,000 for a new American sports attending crowd record. Although there are numerous special trains already assured from Cleveland. Detroit, Chicago and other large centers, an- unusually brisk demand for parking spaces at advantageous points around the in field of the two and one half mile speed oval indicates that there will be another increase this year in the] I

| number of race goers who will come I I here by automobile. Seats for the IndlMiapolis race | I went on sale January 12, nearly five i ! months before the event and curlier | than for any other sporting event in ' 'America. Money for thousands oi l I dollars worth of seats had been held 1 in es ro win the Fletcher American ■ Bank here until the opening day of I i the sale. Some of the money for I -'ea s was receive dthe day after' last year's race which was won by | Billy Arnold in a front wheel Hartz Miller Speijal. owned by Harry I Hartz who three times finished sec- I onil and twice fourth in Indianapolis I I C. A. Rudy, of Indianapolis, again (this year received the first tickets , for the coming race. His reservation lor tickets, accompanied by money jorder was received at the track i while the 1930 race was being run ■ o HEAVYWEIGHT TALK IS RIFE New York, April 4. —<U.R>—The i heavyweight boxing situation re-. ; mained" a merry-go-round today, p with the Max Schmeling-Young | Stribling championship bout now j : tentatively scheduled at Cleveland. I ' July 3. apd rival New York and l Chicago promoters seeking the seiv'-ci of other titular aspirants. Paradoxically the heavyweight . class has at least half a dozen contenders who could TA" conceded an even chance against chatnI’pion Max Schmeling. but promot- ; ers are having great difficulty in arranging attractive bouts for the ' outdoor season. With the outdoor season only I two months away, not a single big ' bout is scheduled definitely and promoters are uncertain that they , will be able to secure even one attraction which would prove an outstanding financial success. The Schmeling-Stribling bo.it has I en driven from pillar to j post, and with the New York milk fund, original sponsors, withdrawn ■ ' from participation the championj ship contest remains in the un- | certain class. It probably will be ststSed bv Madison Square Garden Corporation of Illinois, and in j (’leveland. but it does not appear likely to be a big financial success, j Other heavyweights available, i for the outdopr season in-dude ' ; t-’ k Sharkey. Tommy Lottghran, | Primo Camera, Vittorio Campolo, and Mickev Walker. Vnfortunate- ; tv. n’t of the contenders, with the ; execution of Louehran '. m l Walker, demand that they be' j allowed to "hand pick” their opponents and it is impossible to .t range an elimination series' ■ •> hich would provide a single stir- ' ■ vivor to m-et the Schmeling-Strib-I ' n- winner in September to settle | definitely the question of heavy-' | weight superiority. Schmeling never has been ; | accepted as a worthv champion. ' | and the winner of the Cleveland j bunt must prove his right to the rit’e before winning popular recog- ' nition. Jack Sharkey might easily I fo-ce his claims to a championshin bout Bv eliminating other i ' claimants. but Jack prefers to sit bark and wait for the title chance 1 |’n be handed him on a silver . olatt°r Next to Sharkev, Toniniv | ’.ooghran apneans to have the best I '"lam to a titular liattle. Tommy, I ! s willing to box any rival con- I I tender. esn"oin" v Sharkey but is 1 having difficulty in securing louts. The Now York milk fund is ' anxious to stage its annual feature 1 boxing show and reputedly is j dickering for a Sharkey-Mickey Walker match. Madison Square Garden hones to promote a Lough-rcn-Camnolo bout, with thhe win- ! nor meeting Sharkey, while Jimmy | Johnston, Brooklyn prefrnoter, > claims to have Sharkey under con- , tract for a match with either Loughran or Camera. o Wrestlers May Meet New York, April 4. — <U.R> — Jim Londos and Don George, rival claimants to heavyweight wrestling 1 championship of world, mav meet for benefit of New York milk fund, if George is willing to wrestle either indoors or outdoors in April, May or June, on either a one-fall or two-out-of-three basis. Jimmy Johnson, New York representative for the Bowser-Herman I "trust" which handles George, said ( he was positive George would agree , to meet Londos. o i Grid Player Dies Logansport, Ind., April 4.—(U.R) . —Scarlet fever caused the death • here of Jack Moran. 17, quarter- : back on Logansport's 1930 high i ■ school football team. Private funeral services were t i held today. 0 Get the Habit—Trade at Home, i i

GIANTS APPEAR WEAK ON MOUND Editor’s note: This is the eleventh of a series dealing with 1931 I prospects of the various major lea--1 gue baseball clubs. By Henry McLemore, I’P Staff Correspondent. New York. April 4.—<U.R) A genera) sagging of the pitching staff cost the New York Giants the National league pennant last season, 'and it is pitching which will win ; or lose the 1931 flag for the Me- , G rawmen. With their four most dangerous rivals greatly improved, it appears doubtful that the Giants, despite their fielding and hitting strength | will, be able to improve or dupli[cate their 1930 performance of fin Wishing third, five games behind the winner. Manager McGraw has made miny shifts in the club's lineup and it is expected the New Yorkers will 'open the championship season with ■ the following regulars: Critz. 2b; Leach or .'.lien. If; Ott, ’cf; Terrv, lb: Lindstrom, rs; Jackson. ss: Vbrgez, 3b; Hogan, c; Fitzsimmons. p. The most important change in the 1931 line-up is at third base, where Johnny Vergez. Pacific coast j star, will start, with Freddy Lindstrom going to right field and Mel Ott to center. Vergez. though not , a tremendous hitter, is a finished, fielder. Lindstrom, one of the best allround players in baseball, has taken to- the outfield like a duck to water. B >th Leach and A’len are n’aying above their 1930 form and Ott. a star in right field, is doing nicely in center. Terry. Jerkson and Critz are standouts in their respective positions. and the nresence of Ho-an and n'Vo--«>li leaves McGraw with no catching worries. Three Giant pitchers. Walker. Fitzsimmons and Hubbell, finished among the first five in the league last/season, hut their work, despite the records, was not consistent. At no time did McGraw have all three of his aces moving along at a I steady pace. The burden of the mound work again will fall on this trio. Mitchell and Donhue are veterans capable of heroic relief work, but a trifle uncertain as starters. 'Schumacher, the collegian from St. Lawrence unive-sity. looks like a great prospect, but is unlikely to bridge the gap between campus and major league competition in one season. Parmalee, blessed with more natural ability than any pitcher on i the squad, would be good for 15 or I 20 g rwmaese sidwo ETAOINnnnI 20 games were he only able to locate the plate. Chief Bender, pitching coach, has been working on Parmalee's control, but he still is far from accurate. Lucas and Heving had their moments last season and will be regained. Morrell. Mooney, Berlv. Sheppard, Turner, Adams and 1 Bolaski complete the staff. Two : of these rookies will be kept. Berly an International league sensation, land Morrell have the edge at presi ent. o EXHIBITION SCORES Philadelphia (N) 7; Philadelphia i (A) 5. Boston (Ni 5: Brooklyn (N) 3. | Atlanta (SA) 8: New York (A) 4. Cincinnati (N) 10; Chattanooga I (SA) 9. Chicago (A) 6; Little Rock (SA) 2. Washington (A) 5; Birmingham (SA) 5. (Called account darkness) Baltimore (IL) 13; Greenville (SAA) 3. Jersey City (IL) 8; Rochester (I L) 4. Montreal (IL) 9; Galveston (TL) 7. San Francisco (PCD 6; Pittsburgh (N) 2. Ixis Angeles (PCD 9; Chicago, (N) 2. o Wins Golf Title Pinehurst, N. C.. April 4 —<U.R) — Maureen Orcutt. Englewood. N. J., ■von the North-South women’s golf tournament here today, defeating Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, one tip. Wealth Makes Gain New York, April 4 —(UP) — National wealth increased about two per cent during 1930 in the face of the world wide business depression but National income dropped 17 per cent in the period, according to the Alexander Hamilton institute.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1931.

Life Story of Knute Rockne Leading Exponent of Sport • • • * • • Thrilling Epic From Humble Home in a Norwegian Village to Idol of Football Fans Is Path Trod by Famous Coach of Notre Dame University. if ii y k\ l ! t ia_lK ‘-P QG-D. At thf of five I ■Ja. In ’ •$! ? ' DECENT| (Ru-hO Pocbne as Picture With • Chicago Half I His Mother- I -Miler -1911 •

South Bend. April 4. — When Knuute Kenneth Rockne—the genius who did’more than anyone "Iso to make American football a -stional sport—was dashed from h“ skies the other day to meet death in an airplane shambles i "n a Kansas farm, most of the ; no'is enie details of his life ■ or-> a’roadv a part of common ' -owledge from coast to coast. Ho was the personification of m-,<| P rn football and its most ""med exponent, the Notre Dame , team. ji-s-t nnot colebriting his fortyfirst birthday on March 4, Knute Rockne was a’readv a-national in-1 stitution. Ybn could not mention; football anvwhere without thinking instantly of him and Notre Dame. Already myriad legends bid onrnne nn about him. as they nil nopnlar heroes. Yet : •he simnle facts in his career are ' ’’•r more entrancing than even the 'ogends. which, after all, are but . the incense of tame. Tn all its phases a sketch of, Rockne's life —from humble birth ’n a Norwegian village to its traeric s nis when he was still in the full flower of his truly mighty prime—J another classic version of that ''avorit“ American inspirational . storv of the poor boy who made ' good *n his own in a big way. And. while critical opinion may ho’d that any sport is a rather I'imited field in which to win true 00-eatness. Rockne's place in the American scheme of things was far more than that of a football master. His iirfin-’iu-e r,,r vears spread p flr beyond the mere limits of teaching lust how that game should ' bo placed with the utmost techni- ’ "al skill. Everyone who ever had co-*Hny "-l*h "Ro V” knows : ’’flf ho always inspired h's many "h»"""*( t“ b» real men first and nta”ors incidentally. Tho n<hievemenfs of his Notre Dame victory machines have fired the imagination of all football fans, espe' iaUv m'lliors of boys J who know that Rockne teams were | always characterized by a sportsmanship which has done so much 'o give like character to the gridiro” game throughout the nation. Tnie it is that Rockne’s prestige originally depended on Notre Dame victories, but h's sound upn'fli to the nublic rested on the higher qualities of his character that will live long after the stirring details of his team successes ha no faded in the memory. The h'gh lights, as well as the ’osser ones, in his life story mark , vividly the development of Rockne j as a national institution and ex- . nlain quite clearly why the shocking news of his sudden death dominated newspaper headlines and columns on, and immediately after, the recent air tragedy at Ba-aar, Kansas. Not even the assassination of a President or a monarch could make so profound a public impression in the United States as did that grim news flash: “Knute Rockne reported dead in air crash.'” Newspaper phone exchanges were jammed with franfic queries; newsboys were shouting the rumor from street to street even before the extras poured from presses; the Nicaragua earthquake catastrophe was subordinated in the

day's news displays and never Ifefore did a whole nation go into mourning more immesliately and movingly for a private citizen. ’>«. Uncle Sam and all his family ! t «eeined to take Rockne's death as ■ >np among their immediate rela- i j rives. Knute had come to these) b,—ip iß<)3 a t the a"“ of I - -n-.-jod by his mother and wo sisters. They loined his father " ho had settled in Chicago a year i or two nrevions. He attended j pvb’ic schools there. wh°re he first , ■n“igeil in football and track athletics. chiefly nole-vaulting. He , j "ntarnd Notre Dame in 1912 when I j -t had hardlv more than “a prep school rating" among the "Big; Ten" conference and other mid- j Western teams. "Rnck" was never a husky and , i he had to have “dynamite" in his ; i soul to make the team. But he did so and the rest in history. What in his sturdy Norse anI cestry made Rockne the future i footba’l leader of Notre Dame’s "Fighting Irish"? Monday’s description qf Knute's forebears and early childhood reveals much that ■ 's fundamental in the saga of the ) “Rock" of American football. o FAMOUS GRID COACH BURIED AT SOUTH BEND (COMT’X’T’irn FROM PAGE ONEI being made to have the broadcast transmitted over a short wave length to. Norway, birthplace of the late coach. From far and near the crowds ; opme to pav their last respects. ■ men who fought for Rockne | and No*r“ Dam° could not control i 'heir grief. Hundreds who nev<"r I knew him but who saw his long lino of er’diron heroes in action —Ginn. Parry. Walsh. Flannagan, S’uh’dr , ' , ipr. Crowley, Mehre, Momardt. Wynne, Carideo, Schwartz. , and others—mourned the passing I of a genius. It was a sad day for football ami Notre Dame —a heart-rending homecoming. All business houses in South Bend closed their doors tor the day. Flags were at half staff. The Notre Dame stadium was draped in black. Active pall-bearers were kix members of the 1930 national championship football team — Frank Carideo, Marchmont Schwartz, Lawrence Mullins, Martin Brill. Capt. Tom Conley and I Cant.-elect Tom Yarr. Twelve members of Rockne’s I graduating class of 1914 formed I *he guard of honor. The list of honorary pall bearers contained ' the names of 130 men from all parts of the nation, from all walks of life. The program for the services follows: 2:3o —Cortege leaves Rockne’s home. 3:00 —Preliminary blessing by Father Michael Mulcaire, vice president of Notre Dame. 3:10 —Church choir sings “Subven'te" and "Miserere.” 3:20—-Blessing of the body. 3:30 —Sermon by the Rev. Chas. L. O’Donnell, president. 4:00 —Proession leaves for High- ■ land cemetery. > Strict regulations were adopted

for handling traffic from the home I 10 the church and from there to ■ III" cemetery. The Football Coaches' Assocla- i Hon of America sent a silver plated tube bearing a brief history nt, Rockno's life and ti sheet of per ' manent parchment paper on which Is enscrolhsl his achievements to | be placed in the grave at the per- ■ mission of Mis. Rockne. South Bend. Ind., April 4 (U.R) j g The weather was warm and | "iringlike today when friends of ( ’ Knute Rockne began assembling lon the Notre Dome i.ampus for bls I I'muTnl services. More and more friends of the I famous coach arrived as the time neared when they would follow the body of their idol to the grave 1 beneath the Old Council oak. i Major Ralph Sasse, Army coach. ' und Major Philip Fleming, athletic I dhector of West Point, arrived | in South Bend this morning and loined the crowds. The officers I represented the teams that Rockne i levens have fought yearly since i 1913 except during wartime. h o Wins Damage Suit Brazil. Ind.. April 4 <U.RX—The first of several suits against Lib•v, McNeil and Libby Canning i company in which Clay county fanners charge the company failed to purchase entire tomato crops : "s cont rat ted for. was decided in , favor of the plaintiff in Clay cir-,i I nit court. George James. Otter Creek farmj er, was awarded $250 damages , I against the comnany because it failed to take crops of 15 acres of tomatoetr' as contracted for. ■■ - -o Dry Sleuth Fined Clinton, Ind., April 4 —(U.R) — Charged with intoxication and terrorizing alioiit 20 residents of the small mining town of Syndicate. Bert Cash, special prohibi‘ion agent of Harmony, Ind., and I State Junto, Clinton, were found guilty and sentenced to terms totalling 480 days on the state penal farm. o M heat Prices Rise Chicago April, 4—(UP) - Wheat prices boutided up 3c in the Chicago J Board of Trade today as short seiners rushed to cover at the up’urn lof the market. i When trading closed, wheat wax J 2 3-4 to 3c higher and corn was up ' 2 and 1-8 cents. The upturn of wheat prices was contributed to correction ■ . of market positions and was influI, eneed by buying based on reports of possible insect damage to the win iter wheat crops. o Get the Heb»f—Tr -( je Hnmr 1 - -— „ -.-- - —

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LARGEST PRISON WILL PRACTICE LATEST METHODS Modern Penology Planned For New U. S. Penitentiary By James A. Sullivan, I'P Staff Correspondent — Lewisburg, Pa.. April 3, —(U.R)' — The world's largest prison, the new Federal penitentiary for the Northeastern United States. n<»w under j construction here, is planned for the practice of modern methods of; penology. The design mid arrangements of| the prison is based on the premise| that men are net wild beasts to be removed from all contact with I their fellows and locked up in iso- ' lated steel cages. The depressing tiers of cells within a single big house will he missing: the Auburn type of prison with its large interior cell block and its congregate shops; the old Pennsylvania type of county prison with its series of cells opening on small courts for the prisoner's exercise these have been dismissed as inhuman, in the planning of the ; new penitentiary. Direct sunlight and an abundance of fresh air will he provided) in the plans arranged by Alfred Hopkins, New York, architect. There will be a small inside cell I block for hardened or habitual of-' fenders; strong outside rooms for prisoners whose records show some I measure of trust can be placed in them; barracks for prisoners who show they can live peaceably with other prisoners; small dormitories subdivided into small wards for those prisoners who express the g:eatest improvement in character while imprisoned; and finally rooms approximating the comforts and conveniences of the living i quarters of normal nel sons for ■those who are m ' advanced On admission, the prisonc will be housed in a receiving building 1 where he will undergo physical and mental exarv. :.ation. Should he prove normal physii cally and mentally, his first home will be the outside rooms. From that confinement he can advance by his own actions to the barracks, to the dormitories and finally to the living quarters for the highest type prisoners. The construction of the first unit wil require a two-year period. It will requiie a two-year period. It will ac ommodate 1.500 inmates

land will , . 1M < i»l< \(.o REA| K 1 ‘OR ELEjJ ' rux ' r,Nr ' •- i'KomhJ rnent urgitr. ( Harrison said ti,,. ’W 11 ,h *' r, ' ll "w who ' UV : S ' A >">ih”r lour 4,,h ' "" I. "anil r J.W 'Vnile poliii.ai ill'll" ami I ,-. Us l-d Thompso-i i ,|, r „ L a' » •his eampaii.., « I' l" 1 'i ' "lx, pr. ii„„,| v "•I him w. ut i,, hi!j j night. M T'i“v. isniH 'at-m5.,,, i «•- o as the v ■ Thompson "i.,<al ! they beli.'VD r ( . r ma| i | come a "menace." t'hicago, but t|iroti R hn Ut and nation. Their ■- wi dealt principally with proS B"th Thomp-... I, an.l < repeal or ehanuc ( ,t the J prohibition laws. ■ Thompson, who often hn| called the nations grett3 cus politician" ami who (mI has boasted that no win. J ■giving a good R n or ijjl parading a .amel IhrourtJ daily. A sign draped over the. reads: “I can go eight days i drink—but who wants to h 1 camel? Bill Thompson." 1 i Straw votes taken by J ) tiers have shown I'l.rmak I by an almost overwheltniig j j ity as the popular choice. Th I son has discredited the "stu all taken by papers which ■ him. o May Change Teachei .Wabash, Ind.. April (-ij Eighteen married women te»d in rural Wabash county si-'aoob day faced the possibility of« ing hired next year. Definite action has not beenu! the township trustees annum hut if economic conditions cat 'unchanged, the married womai not be re-employed. o One-Third Depend on City Berlin, April J.—<U.R>—Mml , one-third of Duisburg's 420.048] >: pie are dependent upon the d : charities for support, m rordii] a delegation of officials which i ;• ed on Chancellor Bruening to for government intervention is j tllng labor disputes in the Duisl area. —