Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 84, Decatur, Adams County, 8 April 1931 — Page 6

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BIG LEAGUES OPEN TUESDAY New Jork, April 8. J.R, D.njito the fact that there han in*- n a wholesale shitting of major league starts during the offseason, its appeared today that 13 of the 16 Nut tonal anu American league clultn Will open their pennant camp liana next week withe.il Having add ■■ any notable strength. A survey of the clubs’ rosters reveals that the Brooklyn Robins, the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds are the only teams who have added strength of known quality. The Cults and Robins together with tlie Philadelphia Phillies. were the only major league club to figure in trades in which there were important shifts of veteran players. The addition of Jester Sweet’.and of the Phillies, Bob Smith of the Boston Braves and Jackie May of the Reds gives the Cubs a pitching staff that appears to be as formidable as any in the senior circuit. Should Charley Root. Pat Malone, Guy Bush and Fred Blake display the form they showed in bringing the 1929 pennant to Chicago, the Cubs appear to be well fixed in the hurling department. The biggest baseball deal of the off-season was Brooklyn's acquisition of Lefty O’Doul and Thompson, outfielder and second baseman, repectively, of the Phillies. O'Doul. while not a finished fielder, should add punch to the Brooklyn batting order and Thompson should make a good man to round out the Robins infield with Bissonette, Wright and Gilbert. The Phillies received two pitchers. Jim Elliott and E. Dudley, and outfielder Hal Lee, frem Brooklyn for O'Doul and Thompson in addition to a bundle of cash. Cliff Heathcote of the Cubs and Eddie Roush of the Giants should do much toward giving Cincinnati a good fielding and hitting outfield. Roush, although aging, still ranks with the best of the fly chasers while Heathcote is considered better than the average both at bat and afield. Managers of all the 16 clubs pin much hope in rookies but just how much the new rAen will help the teams will be a matter of conjecture until after the major league season is well underway. Other shifts of veteran players included Harold Ruel from Wash- j ington to the Boston Red Sox; Lu I Blue from the St. Louis Crowns to the Chicago Whim Sox; Pin’ Todt' ftom the Rec Scs to the "orld ]

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champion Philadelphia Athletics;! I! irry Rice the New York I Yankees to the Senators; Joe Sewell from Cleveland to the Yauikees; Walter Schmig from the! 'Athletics to Detroit and Ralph Perk | |ing from the Athletics to the Yanks. LaPorte Net Coach To (io To Danville Normal i\ Danville. Ind.. April 8. U.Rlt A 1 ar contract to coach football,' basketball, baseball, and direct the department of physical education I at Central Normal College here 1 : 'has been signed by Sewell H. Leitz-| man. McNUTT DRAWS LARGE CROWD (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE I —— | |gave a short description of plans , I tor organization for 1932 and thank- . ed the hundreds of people who made ] possible a Democrat victory in 193 d ( Floyd Williamson, auditor of state ( .Frank May#, Jr., secretary of state; George Cole, superintendent of public institution; Fred Pickett, clerk ] of the supreme court; Robert Codd, ( .deputy secretary of state; James Carpenter, bead of the auto license f ] bureau; William O'Neil, former ] lieutenant governor of Indiana and I head of the state securities departement; Amos Wood, in charge of ‘ [gasoline tax collection in Indiana 1 and Timothy Sexton. Marion county .treasurer were among the promin ' ent Democrats of the state present 1 at the meeting. I George Baker. Dunkirk, president 1 of the Jay County Jefferson club pre 1 I sided at the meeting. About 25 Dem ' 'odrats Irom Adams county attended. — MANY THILLS ARE PROMISED < (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE i everything. Wargrim.the biggest man in , i town proceeds to squelch the wake-|. iup avitators, and the battles rage , fast and furiously until finally Bob throws off Wargfim’.s yoke and goes into action. Bobbie Porter, , Junior Ross, Earl Miller, and Billy . I Brown as newsboys screech extras. , I < .telegraph wires sizzle, motor cars. trucks and aiiplanes speed through | | the night to aid Eureka The roles cf Jud Fenton, the j town loafer, played by Gerhard Schult:; Mrs. Nelson-Dodd, the would-be social leader. Ruth Whines; and the snappy tongued pretty Virgy, played by Mamie Niblick; and high powered Jimmy, are screamingly funny roles. Louise I Haubold. as pretty Peggy and oh .d-l ient Bob furnish a pleasing rc-i rnance in the story. The cast has been rehearsing for several weeks on the production! and is sure to please the spectators with this youthful peppy play. FOR SALE—Reduced prices on a ‘ few hundred surplus chicks. O. V. 1 Dilling, Craigville phone. 84-2 t !

FIGHT TITLE I IN QUESTION New York, April \- Either | Jack Sluukey, who lius failed in ! his every important ring test,»or| Primo Camera, who has needed [considerable outside assistance to istirvi ■ sixth-rate opposition will become world' . yweight boxing ! champion if present plans of the New York state athletic commission are catried out. x I These plans call for Sharkey and Camera to meet at Ebbets field. Brooklyn, June 10. in a 15-round 'charity'' bout under the promotion of James J. Johnston, with the | winner promised titular recognition |by the New Yoi k commission. Reputedly Johnston already has beth fighters under contract and has secured commission sanction for the bout. Commission rules which provide heavy penalties for promoters carving on negotiations wit li suspended boxer-’ prevent Johnston from announc- I ing the match inasmuch as Camera is under susprtision tor the California “towel throwing” incident which enabled him to win from Bombo Chevalier on a technical knockout when it appeared that the unknown coast negro was about to shatter the Italian “superman” myth. However. Camera is scheduled for reinstatement, with Commissioner James Farley's statement to this effect believed to indicate that the official action will be taken Friday. With the suspension out of the way, a contract with Madison Square Garden which calls for Primo to meet the Schmeling Strib-. ling survivor will be Johnston's! only obstacle. Johnston claims the contract is not binding, anil he has an added ace in the h le in the fact that any protest by Madison Square Garden will lay the garden open to suspension for dealing with a suspended boxer. Presumably the “championship" match is a .reward for the commission's "fair-haired boys”—Johnston and Sharkey. Astute little Jimmy ! always has “played ball" with the commission and is to be rewarded by securing sanction for a bout which no other promoter could hope to make. CENTRAL PLAY TO BE GIVEN (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE ->^^z*w*>-zsz^z-^^z\-z-_zv^-z» - Elmo Armstrong, Monty’s cousin James Harkless Jerry Watson, the late proprietor Richard Brodbeck Nellie Watson, his daughter Madeline Spahr Martha Watson, his lietter half Evelyn Kohls | Vi’lut Hickey, a neighbor I Marceil Leatherman Martha Elizabeth Calland and a I chorus of dolls will present a doll dance. The members of the chor- ! ns are Martha Jane Linn, Helen Gay, Mary Jane Schafer. Eula Myers. Martha Erma Butler, Paul-! ine Affolder, Gladys Doan, Elizabeth Meihls. Alice Jane Archbold, Virginia Brokaw. Mildred Gause, Berniece Hannie, Lenore Tec-pie, Marjorie Johnson. Eileen Wells j nd Harriet Fruchte. A specialty tap dance “Big City | B'ues” will be given by Martha : Elizabeth Calland. and rimsie will lb furnished by the Central School orchestra. The music and special- ; ties are under the direction of ! Mies Gladys Schindler, supervisor of music. The play will begin at 8 o’clock i each night, and admission will be | 25c. o LONGWORTH IS REPORTED ILL CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) “Mr. Longworth has pneumonia of type feur in the light upper lobe. There has been Wo extension to any other lobe. The pneumonia has continued for approximately two and one-half days. "The patient’s vitality and stamina are excellent and his condition is as well as could be expected. There is no immediate danger. His pulse, temperature and respir ation ale all statisfactory; pulse 110; temperature 101; respiration 28.” o Gas Warfare Old Gas warfare goes back to the war between Athens and Sparta, in the Fifth century B. <’. o FOR SALE —8 Holstein cows, 3 pure bred and 5 grade cows, all fresh; 4 young bulls, 2 P. B. Holsteins. 1 Guernsey and 1 Jersey; J P, B. Holstein heifers and 1 Jersey heifer. Roy L. Price, Monroe, Ind. 84t3x

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8. 193’1.

( Life Story of Knute Rockne Leading Exponent of Sports !. . * Sturdy Scion of Norse Sea Rovers Emulates Forbears in Piloting Notre Dame’s i Eleven to Victory. ft? xcHGasAXV * A Knute As High / Schoii, Student « ; 7 7 ISStt . <■>-«.> r -.. Voss,Nobwav Knots .a* pQCKNgS PIBTHPbACE, N . \

CHAPTER 11. South Bend, Ind., April r . —Historians may forever dispute who discovered America before Columbus, but none will ever question 1 that Norway was the birthplace of the man wlw did the most to dis- ; cover and advance modern American football. Fhe brief vital statistics have shown that Knute Rockne was born in the village of Voss, on March 4. 1888. That ham-j let is near Oslo, famed for centuries in many a Scandinavian saga. Now Knute lived in Norway but five years and his childhood impressions of his native land were mpagre indeed, so far as notable incidents were concerned. He always mentioned it as a study, | healthy, picturesque land where the pet-pie worked hard and did not c,bje< i to that course of life. Rockne never sought to have his geneology traced. “My folks were just good plain people for genera-1 tions back.” he explained once; when questioned as to his family, tree. But, if he had attempted such a search, he would have found that the name Rockne goes back all the way to the dim times' when the Norse in stout but crude' sail and row boats cruised often over five pf antiquity’s “seven I seas.” The Norse were nomads of tin-, sea — “as Notre Dame is on the) land,” “Rock” himself once ob- 1 | served with a grin. Knute's father was a general i worker back in Voss, but his spej ciality became coach-making, and 'it was that craft which inspired I him to come to the United States, where carriage manufacturing reached most prosperous heights in - the 1880’s and '9o’s. And it was the World Fair at Chicago in 1893 which immediate- , ly lured Rockne, Sr., and later his family, to America. For three years prior to that great exhibit news of I it was heard around the world and . penetrated even to little Voss, f coupled with glowing stories that . every ether American had or could obtain a carriage or coach. So Rockne, Sr., headed for the . land of prosperity, rented a flat in a tenement section of Chicago, and his wife, two daughters and Knute, verging on 6, followed him within a year. They all came over as im--I’migrants in the steerage. “Rock" had only vague but pleasant memories of that “great ad- , venture.” The happy family, he knew, was going to rejoin father , and “about all I recall of the trip s was the fun any little boy would , have on his first long journey aboard a big boat and a long train" was the way in which “Rock" summed up his.arrival in this “land of promise." Meanwhile Rockne, Sr., had sesured work as a stationery engi- ; neer at a salary which just about j supported the family. There was too much competition in the coachmaking business and his lack of English was a handicap, of course. But he worked hard and so did his wife, and the children, too. in order that the youngsters might go through public schools. The Rocknes lived in. a thickly j populated neighborhood where the I Irish predominated, the kids played . ball and other games in corner lots I and in the streets, and there was r plenty of fistic fireworks at times. Knute was small in stature — c “The Little Swede," other kids call-

icd him — but his courage carried him through many a battle, from one of which he emerged with the broken nose he carried through life. As he explained it laughingly many times. “I got that in a sand lot game for arguing with an Irish kid who was at bat. It taught me one thing surely, and that is, never argue with an Irishnian who has a club in fc.3 hand!" ? T elther at grammar school nor !Northwestern division (now Tully) High was Knute much of an athlete. He was too small and then, of course, he had to study and work outside sc'.iool hours in order to carry on. He took up running and pole-vaulting with some success, but it was football that was his! ' great love ever since, as a grammar school pupil, he "sneaked in" to see Walter Eckersall superstar for Hyde Park in a victory which overwhelmed Brooklyn Polytechnic] from New York in a high school i intersectional. Eckersall later went to Chicago .where he became one of the greatest quarterbai ks of all time. “Wally" (who died but a year or so ago) was always one of Rockne’s supreme gridiron heroes. They did not meet until the fall of 1913 when . Eckersall referred a Notre Dame' igame. That year the erstwhile "Little Swede” of the Chicago sand [lost was captain of the "Fighting : Irish.” While at high school, Knute ; yearned to attend Chicago, but. ] upon graduation, family funds were so low that Rockne had to work four years before he had saved enough to enter college. That was a supreme test of the ! "Rock”—his energy, grit and ambition. No “fighting Irishman” ever had more courage in adverse circumstances or under fire than did this small but tough-fibred Norseman, who used to lie called 1 “the little Swede" by his rougher ! playmates in that strenuous Chicago neighborhood. 1 That long and laborious hiatus ■ between high school and college—from 1905 to 1910 —had much to do 1 in shaping the future "Rock." Its significant happenings and the reasons why Knute picked Notre Dame ' as his college will be described in 1 the next chapter. . | o i COURT HOUSE Real Estate Transfers John A. Haggard et ux, 10 acres 1 in Monroe township to Adolph L. ' Kolter et ux for $2,000.00. ’I Hulda C. Anderson et al, land in Washfngton township to Samuel • Yoder et ux for $2,800.00 o — Don Walters of Fort Wayne was a business visitor here today.

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CERMAK BEATS THOMPSON FOR MAYORS POST ' (CONT'NUFD FROM PAGE ONE) | —- — prosperity. j The election was a record breaker in many respects. Thompson h defeat was the most overwhelming lin mayoralty history. Until yc*- ' terday he held the record for rolling up the biggest plurality. Or- ! mak's total vote was larger by almost 16,1)00 than the landslide for i Senator James Hamilton Lewin i last fall. Thompson carried only five wards out of fifty. Cerntak lost no time in taking advantage of his victory. No ' sooner had he received news that he was elected than he spoke over the radio, "Th.',s election marks the end of crime in Chicago." he told the listener. "I shall serve notice on the hoodlum and gangster that he’d better pack up and get out or prepare for a long stay under restraint. "Within a day or two I shall present my new cabinet to the council —a cabinet that will lead Chicago on to development anil prosperity. "Th : s truly liegins a new day for Chicago—a day of progress and creativeness. Aside from making this city a safer and morally cleaner place to bring up children I shall put forth my best efforts to make Chicago the most modern citv in the world. “The whole world has been watching us and looking to this day with high hopes for our welfare. I am glad it was not disappointed. Corruption shall go from our midst. Criminals will find no hiding place here. Our streets will be safe and commerce will find the highest encouragement.” When news of defeat reached Thompson, he smiied and announced that tomorrow he would be off on a cruise of the Mississippi river to boost his waterways plan. “The peo'ple of Chicago have spoken.” Thompson said. “I cheerfully abide by their decision. I congratulate Mr. Cerntak on his election and as a private citizen will do all in my power for the upbuilding of our city. "I will redouble my efforts for the waterways to bring to Chicago e greater prosperity and work for the unemployed and to this end I have chartered the river steamer Cape Girardeau and will leave Thursday on a tour of the Illinois. Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers.”

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whoso circus campaign tactics always were suixessful until yesterday. seemed little grieved by his defeat. Ills voice boomed as he i-eud off his statement and the famous smile and •cigar wore in [dace. The merriment nt Thompson’s headquarters, always a part >f his victories, was alisent in defeat. The headquarters was dark before midnight. . * Wth t'ermak, enough Democratic aldermen were swept into office to give the party a majority to 2<l in the city council. All but six of those elected In the 21 run o races were candidates who had not served previously in the council. Most of them received I <-ither Cermak support or ThompI son opposition. James A. Kearns, a Republican, ! was e’e ted city treasurer; EdI ward B. Casey, Republican, was elected municipal judge: and Peter J. Brady. Democrat, was elected , citv clerk. Comment on Thompson's defeat and eclipse as a imlitical factor for at least the time IsHng, drew I statements of praise from civic : leaders. Julius Rosenwald telegraphed from his home where is is rectiperating that "my services for what ■ thev are worth are at your command to help you to redeem the I good name of the city.” Robert Isham Randolph, president of the Association of Com- ■ merce. said "Chicago has redeemed itself. We've had enough of Nero fiddling while Rome burned.” S'his Strawn, attorney who lifted the city from bankruptcy, said. 1 "It's time we had a mayor: we haven’t had one tor four years.” Dean Shailer Mathews, University of Chicago Divinity school, messaged that "I believe that this 'S the greatest opportunity that ever came to the city.” | Henry Barrett Chamerlain. director of the crime commission, said "tlie election of Cerinak takes Chicago off the blacklist.” o DECATUR LADY IS OFFICIAL I ,CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) F. W. Rupnow, Fort Wayne, Mission Band; Mrs. Claud Newman, Culver, Life membership and members in memorium. M'ss Surena Schwartz of Berne, and Mrs. R. B. Mekstroth of Huntington were chosen to represent the Girls Missionary Guild and the Women's Missionary Society respectively, at the Synodical meeting to be held in Fort Wayne, September 21, 1931. A banquet was served by the

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