Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 278, Decatur, Adams County, 25 November 1931 — Page 6

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WILDCATS TO MEET PURDUE Chicago. Nov. 25 —(U.R) For the fourth time this season Dick Han- . ley. Northwestern football coach, J yiill have to key up his players l when they risk their undefeated > record against Purdue in a charity | pert-season game in Soldier Field Saturday. ■“•■lt's quite a job to keep any I team in the right mental attitude over a long, hard season, but! Hanley’s job is doubly so because ; the Northwestern players, individually and collectively, will not do any more before or during a game . than is necessary to win. They are all the lazy, contented type, and will not give their test : efforts unless they are aroused by; the opposition. Minnesota arous- ( rd the Wildcats by scoring 14 points on them early in the game, ( uud they ripped the Gophers to shreds as they eventually won. 32-I The Northwestern players an-; ticipated hard games from Ne- i liYSska and Illinois, and when i they failed to materialize they 1 rested for three periods after pil-! ing un big leads. The Wildcats, scored 'three touchdowns in 10' jjffliutes on Nebraska and four in : eight minutes on Illinois. The only game in which Northwestern played at top speed for fib mirtutes was the 0-0 Notre bame battle in ths rain and mud ■ ih Soldier Field. This lazy, indif-, ferent attitude almost cost Northwestern its chance at an undisputed Big Ten title two weeks ago when the Wildcats had to have luck on their side to eke out a I 7-0 victory over Indiana. To complicate matters for Coach i Hanley the Northwestern players > have their hearts set on going, west to meet Southern California I in the" Tournament of Roses game at Pasadena, New Year's day. Some of the players are thinking about Southern California, instead

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I of Purdue. “You have a cjiance to get the Tournament of Roses game, but it l all depends on what you do : against Purdue,’’ said Hanley to his players. You have got to go , out and heat Purdue, not by a close score, but decisively or whatever chance we have of get- . ting the coast game will be ruin-1 | ed. However, Purdue and not Southern California is the team | i we are playing this week." i Purdue will be the fifth strong' team Northwestern has played this season The Wildcats handed! Nebraska, Big Six champions, the only defeat of the year. They tied Notre Dante 0-0. They beat Ohio 1 State, 10-0, the week after the Buckeyes won from Michigan. 20-7. They handed Minnesota its first * conference defeat. “You can’t win this Purdue game by showing the boys your ; I scrapbooks." said Hanley. “Pur-1 rlue and Michigan believed what; . they read in the papers, that's , why they were bumped by Wis- | consin and Ohio .State. The Indi-' ■ ana game should have taught youl I a lessen.” Os all the Northwestern play- | ers. there is none more lazy than I the team's star. Ernest (Pug) Rentner. I asked a Northwestern student acquainted with Rentner j if he was conceited over all the attention paid to him by the newspapers. “Say. Rentner's too lazy* even to [ turn to the sport pages.” was the i , reply. “He just likes to play ( football. He don't care what anybody says about him.” There is a high fence, with barbed wire strung over the top of it. around the Northwestern practice field. When Rentner is leaving the field, he jumps over the fence instead of walking to an exit to keep from walking out of | his way. Rentner is a star high jumper, and has cleared 6 feet, 3 ; inches, but was ineligible for the Northwestern track team last ! I year. Free Turkey. Duck. Goose ;>r,d Chicken tonight—Dance; Sun Set.

DECATUR LOSES CLOSE CONTEST Decatur Cloverleafs. local entry in the Wabash Valley basketball league dropped a listless game to Bluffton at Decatur high school, gymnasium Tuesday night by the; seemingly close score of 24-23. As a matter of fact the game | wasn’t very close, and the local team never was in the lead. One weak rally late in the game almost I saved the night for the Decatur I team, which entered the game a big ' favorite. | It was just one of those times when the best team couldn’t get started and as a result the Cloverleafs are hitting .500 instead of 1.000. The crowd was sum. and this probably had a lot to do with the listlessness of the game. The 10-1 cal team is deserving of much better support. Lineup and summary: Decatur (23) FG FT TP ; Gass. f. 2 0 4 Hill, f 11 3 | Horton, f. 3 4 10 [Gerber, c 0 2 2 Mylott, g 0 11 Steele, g. 0 0 0 Debolt, g. 11 3 Totals . 9 9 23 Bluffton (24) FG FT TP Barrington, f. 1 3 5 Davis, f. 3 17 Rench. c 1 3 5 Wilson, g. 2 15 Ellenberger. g 0 0 0 Campbell, gi 1 o 2 Totals .... 8 8 24 Referee: Youse, Markle. o

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Basketbawls, speaking for all bas- i ketball enthusiasts in Adams county wishes to extend sympathy to the i parents of Robert Shafer, prominent Bluffton young man who was killed early this morning. Bob was well known in Decatur | both as an athlete and as an official. Only last week he worked a game at New HaVen witn Lawrence Beal o; this city. ' Shafer was only 23 years of age but he had many friends in Decatur both in athletic ami business circles and he was well-liked by fans and players alike. The Decatur Cloverleaf basketball team got a flock of rotton playing out of its system last night and duri Ing the 40 minute farce finished on the short end of a 24-23 score, losj ing to Bluffton. Not for a minute did the Decatur team get started — And the fact I that the locals played their poorest iame, caused the Bluffton team, rated as much weaker, to score a victory. No credit for basketball ability should be given either team—but I or course credit is always due a Bluffton team that wins over its ' : consistently stronger rival. A high school basketball player who can't make the scholastic requirements to remain eligible isn’t worth bothering with. Butn local schools are having some trouble keeping certain players eligible. This fact shouldn't worry the | coach, the school or the players. It’s a problem for the certain indi- ■ viduals—and a player, especially I one who can make passing grades and doesn't should hide himself away until he settles down and wins . over his studies—Then he is worthy of winning over athletic rivals. Decatui high school Yellow Jackets go to Auburn tonight for the first real test of the season—Auburn has a slight edge over the Curtismen, because there are four veterans on the northern city's squad. The Commodores open their season with St. Johns, Lima Ohio here i tonight. Coach Laurent has had the : task of completely rebuilding a basI ketbal machine without any veter- ' ans— The game, nevertheless, will b<* a good contest and if the Commodores played as they have In late I drilling sessions, they should win. Berne defeated New Haven last night at Berne. Three Adams county teams have trimmed the Allen ’county quintet this season Ki;kland and Decatur recently did the job. It’s safe to say though that New Haven will be right up in the front when the season is farther under-1 t

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' way. BEAT LIMA. BEAT AUBURN Decatur plays Monroeville here next Friday night—Gunnar Elliott and Bruff Cleary, two Fort Wayne lightweight officials will have change of the hardwood during the game. — Bill Elliott, representative of the A. G. Spaulding sporting goods company visit ed in Decatur Tuesday night. Elliott is a special representative in the middlewest and has charge of basketball equipment [ sales. BEAT LIMA. — BEAT AUBURN BERNE DEFEATS NEWHAVENH.S. Berne high school Bears sent the ' New Haven Bull Dogs home last night suffering from an over-mange ;of baskets. The final score of a rough game was 29-16. The Bears were only threatened a couple of times and in the last half a bombardment of baskets finished the I story and made it a happy Thanks ' . giving for the Berne aggregation. Lineup and summary: Berne (29) FG FT TP Smith, f. 2 2 6' Bracker. f. 0 0 o l Braun, f 1 2 4 I Habegger, f. 10 21 Yager, c. .... .5 1 11 I Baumgartner, g. ......... 2 2 6' Brandt, g 0 0 oj Aeschliman, g. .... 0 0 o' Totals 11 7 291 New Haven (16) FG FT TP Burgette, f. .... . 0 0 o' Hoetzer, f. 2 15 Bolyard, c. ...'. 2 1 o' Roemer, g. 11 3 Fartheman. g. 11 3 ’ Heim, g 0 0 0 Swihart. g 0 0 0 Totals 6 4 16 Referee: Gunnar Elliott. Fort, Wayne. — ° — ON THE SIDELINES » «. South Bend. Ind., Nov. 25.—(U.R) —Another hard practice session was scheduled for Notre Dame today, the last before the Fighting Irish close the season against Army at New York Saturday. The squad vill leave Thursday noon. George i Melinkovich, fullback, who was unable to play against Southern Caliornia, is back in shape but has been relegated to the second team by Steve Banas. Evanston. 111., Nov. 25. — Dallas Marvil, Northwestern’s captain and ackle, nursed a bad lime burn on his arm today but was expected to be ready for Saturday’s game with Purdue at Soldier Field. Chicago. I Moore, Olson, and Fencl also had slight lime burns from last week's game with lowa. Lafayette. Ind., Nov. 25. —Showing more determination than for. any other game this season, the Purdue Boilermakers will be keyed to upset Northwestern in their charity battle Saturday. Interest is running high here in the game. Ann Arobor. Mich., Nov. 25.—Al- | though Coach Harry Kipke made jonly one substittuion in the Michigan lineup in last week’s game against Minnesota, he plans to use a number of replacements Saturday against Wisconsin in order to give sophomores and reserves a chance to play. Columbus, 0., Nov. 25. — Three Ohio State cripples, Varner, guard, Vuchinich, fullback, and Grady, re- 1 serve quarterback, returned to the lineup in practice yesterday and were instructed along with the rest of the team in Minnesota’s plays. Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 25. — Brad Robinson, Minnesota end who had a slight appendicitis attack last week, probably will be in condition to play against Ohio State Saturday. Kennedy MacDougall, midget back, is the only major casualty. Madison, Wis., Nov. 25. —Wisconsin's backfield for the Michigan game probably will be composed of Pacetti. McGuire, Rebholz and Schneller. The Badgers are in the best shape in weeks and expect to give the Wolverines a hard game. Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 24.—<U.R) —Coach E. C. Hayes expects to use a large number of reserves and sophomores when Indiana plays Illinois in a 30-minute game at Stagg Field, Chicago, tomorrow. The Hoosiers are confident of winning from Illinois and meeting the Chicago-lowa winner in the final. Champaign, 111., Nov. 25. —Following an hour's drill this mofnlng, the Illinois squad was scheduled to depart for Chicago to meet Indiana in the four-ring charity circus tomorrow. Walser returned to the backfield yesterday after a three I weeks’ layoff.

WILL TRY RULE I ON TIE GAMES New York. Nov. 25 —(U.K)--Foot- ' ball's most unsatisfactory feature I —tie score games-—may be elimI inated through experiments during the next fortnight in connection with charity tournaments at Chicago, New Haven and New York. The charity tournaments are ta be under jurisdiction of E. K. Hall, chairman of the national rules : committee. Hall has announced I that in event of an even score. I three judges will decide the win- | ner, according to rules to be sug- ' gested by Hall. Hall, as chairman of the national fliles committee, knows that I tie contests are unsatisfactory. He makes no secret of the fact that the rules committee for many years has been seeking a satisfacI tory means of preventing tie j games. ; With the charity tournaments. I which involve no championships I as a proving grounds for experiments Hall now has an opportunity to test methods of avoiding no-decision games. • If the charity game§ provide a satisfactory method of deciding

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tie games and the experiment I proves popular with players. coaches and public, the matter ; will be brought »o the attention id ; the football rules committee at tts annual meeting in February. Hall has not announced what system he has in mind for tests, lijit indicated his plan will favor a team which does the better offensive work. In each tourney the teams will be paired for preliminary games of two 12-ininute periods, winners meeting in a final encounter of like duration after a 15-minute intermission. New York. Nov. 25 (U.R) — Nebraska. Centre and South Carolina I , have joined the group of teams' I which will play charity games for I unemplyoment relief. Centre and South Carolina will play at Columbia. S. C., Dec. 5. Nebraska’s opponent has not been selected, but the game will be p'ayed at Denver. Dec. 5. Other games scheduled for the benefit program are: Thanksgiving Day At St. Louis— Washington University vs. St. Louis University; University of Missouri to play the winner. At Memphis—Southwestern University vs. Spring Hill College. At Cambridge— Boston College NIMBKMBBH VEBBMBBBMt

vs. Holy Cross. At Chicago—Stagg, field tournament: Illlrtols, Indiana. Chicago and lowa. November 28 At Philadelphia — Lehigh vs. Penn State. At Kansas City — Missouri vs. Temple. At Winston-Salem. N. C—Moravian vs. Gullford. At Chicago — Northwestern vs. Purdne. At Ann Arbor — Michigan vs. Wisconsin. At Minneapolis-- Minnesota vs. Ohio. December 5 At New Haven — Yale Bowl j tournament: Yale, Holy Cross, [ Dartmouth and Brown. At Topeka—Kansas vs. WashI burn. At Wichita—Kansas Aggies vs. | Wichita. At Pittsburgh — Carnegie Tech vs. Duquesne. December 9 At New York Yankee stadium tournament: Princeton. Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbus. December 12 At New York—Army vs. Navy., ~NCT?(CE Positively no hunting or trespassing will be allowed on this farm. Jesse W. Stoneburner heirs. 277-3 t eod MMMMBBBBBSHMaBMRBHMMB

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