Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1931 — Page 6

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LOCAL TEAM ROMPS AWAY De c a t u r Cloverleaf basketball j team hit its stride Tuesday night 1 at Decatur high school gymnasium , and defeated the Bippus Boosters,: 59-24. The game was never in . doubt, and the local team looked! more like the old high school days.. Voyle Hill and Petie Mylott went! to town for the locals, the former | gathering in 14 points and Petie 1 smacking the hoop for 12 points.! Bill Gass counted 9 points and Tiny ! Horton got 10 points. Debolt c.il-| lected 8 points; Steel. 2 points; | Bob Hill. 2 points and Gerber 2 points. The score at the half was * 4 ' 6l Cloverleafs (59) FG FT TP B. Hill, f. 10 2 Horton, f. 4 21110 1 V. Hill, f. 7 0 14 Gass, c. 4 1 91 Gerber, c. 10 2; Mylott, g. 6 0 121 Steele, g. 10 2 De Bolt. g. 4 0 8; Total 28 3 59 Bippus (24) FG FT TP Bickel, f. 3 0 6; Michael, f. 2 0 4 Steffen, f. 2 15 Deemer, c. 2 1 51 Strobel, g. 0 0 01 Spinkel, g. 0 0 0 Urschel, g. 0 0 0; Miller, g. 1 2 Total 10 4 24 o Swordfish Shortage Gives Japanese Many Orders Boston, Dec. 2.—(U.R) —An extraordinary swordfish shortage this season in domestic waters has caused New England to turn to Japan as an emergency source for this type of sea food. Only 9,072 swordfish, weighing a total of 1.800.000 pounds, were : caught in American waters this season, compared with 19,000, weighing a total of 3.800.000 pounds, last year. The freighter Kwanto Marti arrived in Boston from Japan recently with 365 oriental swordfish in her cargo.

Grid Player Succumbs New York, Dee. 2. —(U.R) —Cornelius Murphy, one of three Ford- ' ham football players injured in the i game with Bucknell Nov. 21. died ! in Fordham infirmary today. Cause of his death was not im- ( mediately made known. His death came as a surprise as ' ( it had been understood that he was 1 not severely injured and was reI covering. Murphy was a right tackle. CRIMSON GRID SCHEDULE SET Bloomington, Ind.. Dec. 2. —(U.R) j—Six straight Big Ten games, op-! ening with Ohio State, and a preliminary game with Ohio Univers-1 icy at Bloomington, today were announced by the University of Indiana's 1932 football program. lowa's appearance in Memorial stadium next Oct. 15 will be the first in many years, and the Mich- , igan game here Nov. 5 ia the first in the Indiana school's history. Notre Dame does not appear on i the schedule. Lacking one game of completion. 1 the 1932 schedule is as follows: Oct. 1— Ohio U. at Bloomington. Oct. B—Ohio State at Columbus. Oct. 15—Iowa at Bloomington. Oct. 22—Chicago at Chicago. Nov. s—Michigan at BloomingI ton. Nov. 12 —Illinois at Urbana. Nov. 19 —Purdue at Lafayette. o Unarmed Hunter Kills Trapped Bear Moab. Utah. Dee. 2.—(U.R) —How ! he killed an enraged, trapped bear, without a gun. is the proud tale of l a Mormon bishop. W. D. Hammond. Worried over constant raids on , his sheep flocks by a predatory I beast. Hammond set a trap and caught his quarry. He was without a gun and could not dispatch the furious •beast. So he lassoed the animal, strung the rope around a tree and drew it taut. Bruin was stretched between the tree and trap. Then the Mormon bishop picked up a stout limb and proceeded to beat the beast to death.

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MINOR LEAGUES REORGANIZING West Baden, Ind.. Dec. 2. —(U.R) —A drastic reorganization of the minor leagu :> baseball structure I commenced today at the opening session of the annual meeting of (the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues. The movement resulted from a meetjng of club owners last night, which was termed by minor league leaders as the "most Important for- ! ward step taken in minor league ,history." Milt I w Anfenger, president of I the Denver Western League Club. ( presided at the meeting, from which all but two Hague presidents, J. Alvin Gardner of the Texas League and Dale Gear of the Western League, were excluded. The meeting passed a resolution to appoint a committee of three to appear before the National Association meeting today and present ,a resolution embodying the sugges- ; tions made at last night's session. These suggestions, briefly are: il 'Retirement of M. H. Sexton, present president of the National Association, and the appointment of a committee to investigate minor league problems, with the pow- | er to act and with the authority to spend a maximum budget each I year. (2) Rehabilitation of the president minor leagues. (3) Promotional work for the advancement of baseball. The committee appointed to present the resolution to the National Association is composed of Warren Giles, president of the Rochester International League Club. Homer H. Hammond, president cl the San Antonio Texas League Club, and Charles Graham, vice president of the San Francisco Pacific Coast League Club. One of the driving forces behind the preliminary action was Branch Hickey, vice-president of the St. Louis Cardinals which control nine minor league clubs and have sl,500,000 invested in minor league organizations. Ricke r v outlined the evils of minor league baseball as follows: (1) Lack of application of good business methods. (2) Failure to market the entertainment acceptably to the public. (3) Failure of the machinery of I baseball's upper strata to meet i quickly and effectively the needs of the smaller minors.

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(4) Failure of the majors to recognize distress here and there that exists in the minors. (5) Perhaps a breakdown in the 'system of the organization of the '‘National Association itself whichi I has not been efficient in meeting 'the minors' problems. "I am amazed that baseball has endured in spite of its mismanage- ! ment," Rickey said. "The secretary of the National Association has estimated that 121.000.000 is investied in minor league baseball and | yet we have the utter silliness to employ an executive head at $5,000 . a year." Rickey said that the major lea- ( gue structure was threatened as' soon as the minors passed out of] (existence and predicted unless im-1 (mediately action was taken only 11 lot the 16 existing minor leagues, which have dwindled from 125 in (the past 19 years, would answer the 1 roll call next year. o FORMER LOCAL WOMAN EXPIRES CONTINUE! FROM PAGE ONE) will be announced later. Burial will | be in the St. Joseph Cemetery, this ; city. o Capone Is Transferred l Washington. Dec. 2.—(U.R) —Ralph i Capone, brother of Al Capone, will Ibe transferred from Leavenworth penitentiary to the McNeil penitentiary in Washington state, the department of justice announced toi day. Capone is serving a sentence for evasion of federal income taxes. The department said the transfer had been ordered so that members of Al (Scarface) Capone's gang will be kept in separate prisons. Ralph Capone will be transferred immediately. o News-Times Is Sold South Bend. Ind., Dec. 2—(U.R) — The South Bend News-Times announced today that it had been sold to Fred Willis. Indianapolis, head of an advertising firm there. The sale becomes effective January 1. The announcement was accompained by a statement that personnel and policy of the NewsTimes would remain unchanged. The News-Times is an independent evening newspaper and is published daily and Sunday. ——o I Tet the Habit—Trade at Home,

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r h. I The Commodores meet Celina I here at 8:30 o’clock. The second team plays the Celina seconds at j 7:30 o'clock. — dt’s th only high school basketj ball game to be played here this week. The Commodores go to Monroeville Friday night and the Yelj low Jackets are away from home j i Friday and Saturday nights playing : Winamac and Mishawaka. Ths Laurentmen will meet a real test tonight. Celina has a good net aggregation and if the Commodores are able to bolster up their offer sive to match their defense, they'll I get started to town right tonight. It's a rather green team this year with only one veteran —Carl Loan — hut th? newcomers are far from discouraging, and the whole team appears to be developing ast into I one of the outstanding Catholic I teams of the state. I Coach Curtis sent his Yellow ' Jackets through a tough drill today and he will tap?r them off Thurs- 1 day in preparation for the week- ' end trip which includes two of the ; state's best net aggregations. — The Cloverleafs hit their stride again last night and rushed the , Bippus Boosters completely off I their feet—The whole team was on, and the final score was 59-24. 1 The Hillmen can do that every game if they'll.play basketball, as they used to baca in the high school days—lt's the trying to he outstanding that spilled their standing in I the Wabash league. The D. C. 11. S. Athletic associa tion is about ready to launch the volley ball season—Better join up— Kirkland and Berne will tangle Fi iday night—South against North right here in our own county—it’s a ways a real basketball game—and in the last few years the two teams almost always have divided the two

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game series. j Another feature of the Friday • night program will be the BerneKirkland second team encounter — It will be the first stiff county test for the Bryan midgets—ls they swallow the Berne pill, it's likely th? baby Kangaroos will get places in the county tourney. — Several automobile loads of fans ( are planning on following the Lail-r-ntmen to Monroeville Friday night—The game should be a goo i one with the odds slightly against the local team because of the size of the Monroeville gym. ' I BEAT CELINA 1 Out in Kansas whe ’ basketball 1 is taking the state by storm —the '• state athletic association has taken 1 1 hand in the securing of efficient of- ! ( ficials and the payment of same. I The salary of net officials is based on the attendance and money taken in by the school from the game. The minimum is $5.00 and the maximum is $12.50, and out in Kansas they never heard of paying an official $2.50 extra for expense money to travel 18 miles. Northern Indiana of icials are as good as the average—but the averi age price is a good bit less than $17.50 a game. BEAT CELINA HOGSTON PAL IS SENTENCED • CONTINUED IROM PAGE ONE at Frankford has confessed to roblving a wholesale house at Frankfort and also to the Hartford Clly robbery. He implicated William Dixon and I’t*arl Hogston, two young I [ men who are serving from two to 21 yea s sentences in the Pennville penitentiary for attempting to rob the McConnell Wnolcsal" House in Decatur, last July 21. Spencer said that he, Hagston and Dizon had robbed a freight car i of $1,409 worth of cigarettes and I that Sebring engineered the rob-1 bery. | Spencer is being held in the jail i at Frankfort and will not be taken to Hartford Citv to be tried in connection with the robbery there. — o Makes Home Anywhere The saw toothed grain beetle, a i common .'aider of pantries, doesn't seem to mind whnt it eats or where i It Ilves. It hns bean known tc spend > Its whole life living on red nepper.

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ITALY PLANNING : FOR CONFERENCE( THIS FEBRUARY Clear Conscience Expected For Disarmament Meeting at Geneva Rome, Dec. 2.-—(U.R)—ltaly is going to the Arms Limitation Conference at Geneva in February of next year with a clear conscience. Mussolini and Grand!, for many months, have been the leading disarmament spokesmen in Europe. If the conference fails —and Mussolini says if it does the world' faces communistic chaos — Italy feels that she will not be to blame. In order to prepare the way for a j real reduction of military expenditures in Europe, Italy has suggest- ( ed. at various times: 1. A one-year naval construction holiday with France to promote a Franco-Italian naval understanding. 2. The abolition of battle cruisers over 10,000 tons. 3. If tattle cruisers are abolished. the prohibition of future submarine construction. 4. A definite offer to reduce her 'armaments to any figure, no matter how low. providing no other European country has more -in other words equal disarmament. 5. Grandi's one-year arms truce suggested at Geneva to last through tbe disarmament conference and designed to promote its success. Talking Peace Aside from these concrete suggestions. Italy has been talking | peace in a manner surprising and disconcerting to those Europeans who have always accused Italy of sword rattling. The tone of Mussolini's speeches and writings for the past two years demonstrate ! conclusively that Italy considers I disarmament as necessary to the economic and political welfare of ’ Europe. Without undue exaggeration this I peace spirit is contained, in Italy’s report to the League of Nations on her armed forces and military expenditures a document which the League requested for the preparation of the disarmament conference's labors. Italy's memorandum is a compact table carefully listing (her strength in the various armed . branches. There is no comment or attached reservations designed to

make mor.- <lirri.. llit ~ <“"ed that France' her figures a stai cm M ’"‘H forces list.,! * "»nirm father .iisar,, * possibip ’Aturi,; 1 Restricted Arrny In discussing ; . ir ’ ■ Italy says that although emmet is large number „f man tfl in haimony with the nr). | reduction armament, stricted its : . IniV sions. Each year Italy in the army. In addition to the .. M force the memorandum SI there are 85,098 offi cers ’'«■ vates serving , n nalional organize,! as the National Fascis. There are nearly iDg in Italian colonies. Os thp total lonnagp of .metric tons rHurned as l* a ] v al figure. 87.917 tons are ...J in four capital ships; in 11 cruisers carrying more than 6.1 inches; and tons in 15 smaller cruisers are 86 destroyers, of a total«J 701 tons, and 75 submarines ly of small displacement, of 53,564 tons, I FIGHTING IS~ I CONTINUUM . IC('NTINUEI) FORM PAC.r nM I **--•*• y Chinese troops. apparentl/iB : ents of Gen. Chang Hsuen-IjJ ) ousted Manchurian ruler, I the zone of the South Manck3 railway. They were reported ing the “peace preservation" c. 3 ■ established by the Japanese. | II Paris, Dec. 2.- (U.R) -An eJ > ! end to the conflict in ManduM ’ i was predicted today by Lord -Jert Cecil, of Great Britain. ' | “The League council may nd ‘ Manchurian problem this ) he said. "Anyhcw, we are ceruj » the soldiers will be out ot th f. trenches before Christmas." I ’ Aged Negro Expires s : i Noblesville, Ind.. Dec. 2 -(UJJ- - George Heath, claimed to tan “ been the oldest former slave in tin - north central states, died in ahw - pital here. Heath said he was Hi i years old, being nearly W wha 5 President Lincoln signed the toI cipation Proclamation. r He came here from a North fua olina plantation in 1881.