Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 294, Decatur, Adams County, 14 December 1931 — Page 3

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|«IF. LEADS hSSSH LEAGUE ' ' VALLEY LEAGUE ■ream W L Pet. ■rid' 5 'll 1 -6«j7 Last Week’s Results i:l ri , ; Lafontaine, 31. H This Week's Schedule Tuesday HgarkU' at Decatur. at Ossian. Wednesday at Lafontaine. Haulin' at Blutfton. H Thursday Hatuiituinc at Bippus. ■ Friday H)ssiau at Decatur. ■ Saturday at Markle. ■- tests aiv Si-ileillil. ■, w 11• k in the Wabash Valley K ; lea,?'; • in one of tin ■ : ■ s offered to sport tans H league started six we ■ the outstanding e ait.-’s ■ ... < k should he Markin's in l L a at utii Decatur on Tuesday and Ossian s cilcountei ■;!i til.. Glam's county live on IT, evening. ■" .> contests slum!.l cans, ■ :tig complexion in tin- 1 a in undergo several drastic ■jl.itcT. «ontinued to hold the , Hcticn m the league following tie ■niiilction of last week's play on ■turilay evening. Htbsi.;: uMt was ill a t\Vi-w.t\ ■ first place honors wth Mark... ■ the beginning of last week s ■iy failed to move in the stand K 'hi" to the fact that no g.nns ■ scheduled for the Mereliaih ■Duatur forged into a two-way ■ '.vita Ossian for second plac ■aurs as the result of a two-point ■on over Lafontaine last Wed■cduy ■ Kuifn-n advancen a notch in the ■gue as the result of a victory ■rr Hippus on Thursday evening. ■ Tli.- Bippus Boosters 1 ■ occupy the cellar position by ■n straight defeats in games play- ■ (luring the course of the past B-'k- This was Bippus’ sixth

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j straight defeat. | °ff;cials for the coming week are. at Decatur: Mendenhall (For ■SSH-SS* «»». T„. ,il, g , t "i“ tur, Heeter, (Huntington! • at Markle, Kleinnight, (Decatur), t. ai MILLER NAMES •\ STATE CHAMPS ! Indianapolis, Dec. 14 —(y R) __ jGridmen at Central high school. South Bend, today were chosen by Dick Miller as the outstanding eleven in tlte state for the 1931 season The selection carries with it award of the Indianapolis Times “Trij umph" trophy, and is recognized bv ]the Indiana High School Athletic Association as the official championship team. Cathedral of Indianapolis was ;tlie closest contender, Miller said The South Bend squad, coached bv | Elmer Burnham, turned in 11 vie-1 I tories ani > climaxed the season with I a win over Horace Mann, Gary, to clinch the northern Indiana title.; r i Cathedral, coached by Joseph Dien-I v hart, had nine victories, one a 7-6 ; ! decision over Clinton. 1 ! Award of the trophy to South l s ( Bend was the second time it has B ! been given to any school outside' | Gary. The first award was to Froe-’ sjbel of Gary, in 1927. Clinton won! i- |in 1928. Horace Mann of Gary won c: it in 1929 and Emmerson, also of; rj Gary, earned it in 1930. Consider i-1 ation of Cathedral was the first | time that a central Indiana team' b ! has been a strong contender, MilI ler said. c j Teams to which Miller awarded; honorable mention were: Bloom- : field, Gerstmeyer of Terra Haute,' ® j Clinton, Manual of Indianapolis, i J Lebanon. Carmel, Marion, Elkhart, 1 Connersville, Froebel and Horace | j Mann, botli of Gary, c; Tlie South Bend team defeated e Shortridge of Indianapolis, 39-0; 3 j Washington of East Chicago, 27-2; l' Emerson of Gary. 21-o; Laporte, of Evansville, 39-0; Mishawaka, 26Yj 7; Itiley of South Bend, 12-7; Goah- ( ten, 39-13;'* Elkhart, 31-12; Horace 1 Mann. Gary, 19 6. !■; Marion co-winner with Clinton of ;the Indiana high school conterence e | title, lost early in the year to Peru, y but defeated Kokomo, Elwood, :. i Muncie, Logansport, Wabash, Rich--1 mond and Greencastle. Marion did y not meet Clinton. •- i Bloomfield lost late in the season t to Linton. 6-0, tied Bloomington, b 6-6, and won seven other contests. ■ its string of consecutive victories, contfnung from last year, was 15. ! Gerstmeyer won the Terre Haute city title for the first time in six j years. i Manual of Indianapolis won the I public schools championship in the I capitol city. Its only defeat was against Cathedral, Indianapolis. Lebanon completed the season i without a loss, but was tied twice. Lebanon, however, did not meet | competition such as that faced by the South Bend team. Carme' met a snag in Washington of Indianapolis, losing 6-0. Connersville lost to Newcastle. Elkhart was defeated by South ; Bend. Horace Mann and Froebel tied I 1 for the western divi <>f l northein couferem - tit and played a tie gam^between themselves. A toss of a coin gave Horace Mann ; the light to play South Bend.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1931.

BEARKATZ WIN ! NET ARGUMENT Ihe Monroe Bearkatz scored a 20 to 10 win over Pleasant Mills | Saturday night in a basketball game played at the Decatur high school gymnasium Saturday night. | . Monroe had little difficulty the first half in running up a 13 to 1 I mad. in the second period Pleasant Mills found the basket and ran lup 9 points while Monroe made 7. i Monroe had a larger and more ex- ; perienced team and Pleasant Mills was compelled to depend chiefly on ; long distance basket shots. In the preliminary the Monroe .seconds came up from beliind to win 16 to 14. Lineup and summary: Monroe (20) FG FT TP , Bovine, f 0 0 0 Hendricks, f 4 2 lu j Stuck)-, c 0 0 0 | Fuchs, g 1 0 2 Andrews, g. ......... 2 0 4 Strickler, g. 2 0 4 Total 9 2 20 Pleasant Mills (10) FG FT TP Poor, f 2 1 5 Raudebush, f 0 0 0 I’avis, c 0 0 0 Dolch, c. 0 11 I’avis, g. 10 2 Brickey, g. 0 ' 11 Archer, g 0 11 Total 3 4 10 lieferee: Everhart, Decatur. 0 Indiana colleges have started ; basketball —and from the early indications Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame and Indiana Central look best. Purdue appears to lie stronger ] than a year ago — Notre Dame j slightly weaker—lndiana stronger I I and Central about the same. Indiana trimmed Notre Dame at , South Bend Saturllay night for tlie first time in three years, making the all-time total, 5 for Indiana and 3 for the Trish. All four Fort Wayne teams look good for this early in tlie season. Central looks like tlie best, with I Central Catholic a close second. — Here's the week's program: Berne plays Hartford at Berne Friday night: Geneva plays Monroe at Hartford; Jefferson plays Kirkland at Kirkland; the Commodores go to Delphos to tackle St. Johns: the Yellow Jackets go to Fort Wayne to battle North Side; Monmouth comes to Decatur Wednesday night for a game ! with the Commodore Seconds. The Kirkland Jefferson game is expected to lie a dandy Friday night. Jefferson has been going good tlie last several games—The ! Warriors lost Friday night to i Rock Creek alter a tough battle by 2 points; previously -Kirkland tied Rock Creek after three overtime periods. All Kirkland township mothers, whether they have children in Kirkland high school, will he admitted free to tlie Kirkland-Jeffer-son game Friday night. About 50 Jeff fans are planning ' on attending. Coach Curtis has started the Yellow Jackets working in earnest now—The leng road session will end next Friday night at North Side. The Winamac, Delphi and Mishawaka defeats will be forgot-

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ten if the Curtismen can whip the Redskins. The one consoling tiling for both schools, is that there is a vast amount of material coming on from the grades. This young eighth grader Braden at St. Joe looks like a comer, j and should make a real record in high school. Murphy is another good St. Joe player who should do things. Over at Central Ral-pli Peterson looks good and Butler also appears to be doing things. Art Heller, the tiniest guard ever to play eighth grade basketball is a hustler and with a little ! more weight will be hard to stop.! Bob Wernhoff and Steve Ever- 1 hart, St. Joe and Central coaches,' deserve a lot of credit—-They work the boys out every day, and have installed systems which makes it easier for the high school coaches. Os course fans would lots rather support a winning team—The Yellow Jackets and Commodores are both greenl teams this season—and it may take another month before it can actually be decided whether the teams are good. Our guess still, is that in a, month either team will be hard to' beat. For about 40 minutes last Friday night Basketbawls gave out the wrong score for the New Haven-Commodore game. The score which first was released over the phone was 20-9, New Haven. The correct score was 19-16 New Haven. The error came from New Haven. Basketbawls apologizes. There’s a lot ijf talk about doing away with the Decatur sectional tourney this year—Bluffton, of course wants the Adams county teams, because it means a bigger tourney there and more money for the home school. Adams county teams are divided on the subject—Some want to go to Bluffton and some want to continue at Decatur. BASKETBALL IS LEADING SPORT Indianapolis, Dec. 14.—(U.R)— Basseason swings into the 'third week colleges, will be tested this week against the brand displayed in other parts of the country, as the | season swings into tii third week with a full schedule of games. Os outstanding interest is But- j ler's contest tonight with a fast quintet of westerners from the University of Southern California, which Saturday night held Northwesterns five to a 22 to 20 score. Although Butler showed none of its usual speed and cleverness 1 when it opened against Evansville | last week, Coach Tony Hinkle is not expected to allow his hopes to! he dashed by tlie Californians. The Notre Dame-Purdue clash tomorrow night is another high spot on tlie week's schedule. Despite [ the 23 to 18 defeat which Notre j Dame took at the hands of Indiana University Saturday night and the fact that Purdue displayed a polish- [ ed oyffensive to win from Washington University at St. Louis by a | 52 to 23 score, the intense rivalry j between tlie two schools will make the game one of hard fighting. Pittsburgh comes to Indiana for games against Indiana on Wednesday night, Purdue on Friday night and Butler on Saturday night. The week's schedule follows: Tonight Butler vs. Southern California. Wabash vs. Franklin. Tuesday Notre Dame vs. Purdue. Wednesday Indiana vs. Pittsburgh. Thursday Central Normal vs. Ball State. DePauw vs. Earlhani. Valparaiso vs. Concordia of Mil-. ! waukee. Franklin vs. Indiana Central. , Oakland City vs. State Normal. ! Manchester vs. Hillsdale. Friday j Valparaiso vs. Lutheran Seminary. Purdue vs. Pittsburgh. Saturday Butler vs. Pittsburgh. 0 ‘ Hoosiers Win Game Cleveland, Dec. 14. (U.R) —The : | Fort Wayne Hoosiers edged out u 21-22 victory over the Cleveland j Celts in a professional basketball game last night behind the spec-! I tacular goal-shooting of Carl Husta, I right guard, who scored five goals. The visitors led at the half, 17 to, 11. BARGAINS — Bargains in Living ' Room, Dining Room suites, Mattresses and Rugs. Stuckey and Co. | Monroe, our Phone number is 44. [ ts

MEMORIES OF GRID SEASON Chicago, Dec. 14 —(U.R)-—Memor-ies of the football season with a few purely personal opinions tossed in: That tlie 13-7 St. Marys defeat in 'September made the Southern California team, knocking the conceit out of one of the best football squads since the war. That the Northwestern - Notre Dame scoreless tie on October 10 changed the entire season for those two teams, being instrumental in carrying them to tlie peak too soon and causing them to fade away in late November. That Notre Dame reached its peak in the Pittsburgh game, and that Pitts'Uurgh has one of the best three or four teams in the nation and was unfortunate in meeting Notre Dame at its height. That any football team that goes through the season undefeated has more set-ups than hard games 011 its schedule. That far-western football has something to crow about because Southern California beat Notre Dame, 16-14, and Georgia, 60-0, Stanford defeated Dartmouth, 326. and Oregon smashed New York U., 14-0. That Southern California deserves the national championship hut had better not take Bernie Bierman’s Tulane team too lightly on New Year’s day. That the fourth quarter of the Southern California - Notre Dame 1 game had more thrills than have been packed into any big game in Hie last few years. That Notre Dame missed Marty Brill, the greatest blocker of the decade, more than Frank Carideo. That Noble Kizer, in two years at Purdue, liais proved he is one of the smartest young coaches in the game. That Howard Jones, who had no alibi when his Southern California team lost three times by one point to Notre Dame, was as great a 1 sportsman in victory, taking the Southern California players to Knute Rockne’s grave after the South Rend game and then not telling anyone about it. Some of the year’s bests: Best single touchdown play: Ray Sparling. Southern California end. carrying the hall on a reverse play. He placed the hall 011 Notre Dame’s 1-yard line, w-on the California game and scored two touchdowns in seven minutes against Georgia with it. Best one game defensive exhibition: Charley Miller. Purdue | center, playing a well-nigh perfect game against Northwestern. Smartest play in a pinch: Fred j Hecker, Purdue halfback, making j a lateral pass just before being tackled after intercepting a pass in tlie Northwestern game. Greatest exhibition of power: Jack Manders, Minnesota fullback, carrying the entire Northwestern backfield across the line on his j track for the Gophers' second touchdown. , Toughest break: Ohio State forcing Northwestern to kick, having the play called back because of a penalty and then Pug ; Rentner running 50-yards for a ! touchdown on the succeeding play. Best defensive record: Michigan not allowing a point in its last six games against Illinois, Princeton, I Indiana, Michigan State, Minne- ; sota and Wisconsin. o - DON’T QUOTE ME (CONTINUED 1 LOiJ PAGE ONE) quired 43 lines to tell of his life and works in the last issue of the directory. Some of the most famed members are the most modest in their biographies. For instance, the Hon. John N. Garner, first democratic speakers of the house in 13 years, is chronicled as follows: “John Nance Garner, Democrat, of IT vale, was- elected to the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth, sixty-first, sixtysecond, sixty-third (and so on) con- ' gross.” An d squad Fiorello Laigtiardia, of New York has only his !name as his biography: "Viorello 11. Laguardia." Impressive is the simplicity of Senator Hattie Caraway, Arkansas. It says: "Hattie W. Caraway, Democrat, Jonesboro, widow of the late ! Senator Thaddeus Caraway.” In I the last congressional directory I there was no biography appended Ito the late senator’s name. In j "Who’s Who” there is no mention !of his wife. Rep. Joe Crail. Repn,, Calif., takes pride in being twins. The biography states: 1 He) and his twin brother Charles S. Crail * * * were born on j Christmas Eve, 1877; they have always dressed alike ami are pleased 'to be mistaken one for the other; (in tlie Spanish American war) Joe (was made a corporal and Charles I* * * a sergeant, which made it easier for the commanding officer to tel! one from tlie other by their .chevrons. ...” Dapper but ttashy "Ham" Lewis, Democratic senator from Illinois.

lias more degress than a termometer. He records several of them and then—"lias lesser degrees, Universities in Ohio and Texas, and honorary degrees from countries in Europe.” Senator Smith W. Brookhart, Refill., la., tell a sad story of how, in 1924, he was elected but was unelected when tlie senate "disregarded the lowa election laws.” Os course, lie adds tlie account of his subsequent victory. Rep. Nathan Strong, Pa., goes 111 for the family tree: “Ancestors came to America in 1630; descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.” ARKANSAS HIT BY TORNADOES (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) were being repaired today. Roads were cleared of fallen trees and other wreckages and railroad service between the stricken towns was resumed. More than 25 houses were wrecked and an estimate placed the damage in the towns at close to a million dollars. This did not include the rural sections. A heavy rain accompanied the twister and the oil town of Smackover, near Camden, although not hit by the tornado, was one of the worst sufferers from the rain. Creeks overflowed their banks and flooded tlie towns lowlands. Residents forced to leave their homes, returned as the water receded. The rain was general over the state and creeks and rivers were reported at flood stage in several sections. Lowlands were flooded in and around the stricken towns. o WREN PREPARES FOR DEDICATION .CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Former pastor R. U. B. Church Music Wren High School Band Quartette Book Sisters, Glenmore Address Rev. F. L. Prestidge, Pastor Baptist Church. Quartette R. u. B. Church Dedicatory Service, Rev. F. E. Fetherolf, pastor of First U'. B. Church. Music Wren Higli School Band Benediction Rev. W. O. Johnson, Pastor R. U. B. Church, Deeatur Crcuit. — — 0 — WAGNER OFFERS UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TODAY ’(CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE bailments declined from 73.1 In January 1931 to 67.3 in October 1931; manufacturing pay rolls fell off from 62.3 to 53.7; bank suspensions in the first 10 months of 1930 amounted to 747 compared with 1.153 the first 10 months of 1931; production declined from S 2 in January to 77 in September; freight car loading from 82 to 69, and foreign commerce from $6,628,000,000 the first nine months of 1928 to $3,460,000,000 the first nine months of 1931. The government is charged with the duty of providing for tlie general welfare; the resolution stated, and “therefore must exert its full powers to promote the improvement of business conditions and alleviate suffering.” Three barbers at Frank’s Rarber Shop. 2.34 N. 2nd st.. Open Monday evenings. ! Habit-'Trade ?t Home

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RESERVES WIN | NET CONTEST! Decatur high school Reserves j defeated Concordia Academy Sat- j urday night at Fort Wayne by a I count of 23-IS. The Embryo Yellow Jackets had to come from | behind in the closing part of the game to win. At half time Concordia led by' a count of 13-10 and in the second j half Paul Strickler got started and ' hit the basket for six fielders. Lineup and summary: Decatur Reserves (23) FG FT TP/'| P. Strickler, f ... 6 1 13 Blythe, f 0 0 o; Eady, <■ l 2 4 | Cowan, g o 0 01 Sanders, g 3-0 6 Totals 10 3 23! Concordia Academy (18) I.awerenz, f ... 1 0 2 Vehner, f 0 0 0 i KatL f 1 0 2 Speckman. f 0 11 Schramm, c 3 0 6. Jacobs, c 0 0 0 Majoros, g . j 0 2 Weller, g 0 0 o| Trepp, g .. 1 0 2! Koss, g 11 3 j Totals .8 2 18 0 —— CRIME WAR IS SUCCESSFUL (CONTINUED FKOM PAGE ONE) and fraud, and sex offenses. Decreases were noted in miseol-1 laneous assaults, carrying and | possessing weapons. offenses against the family and children, disorderly conduct and vagrancy, gambling, violations of city ordinancqs. and all minor offenses. Evidence of direct results in the crime commission's attempt | to tighten court procedure and thus prevent violations from j escaping punishment by legal ma-| nettvers, was seen in the fact that 62 per cent of all persons accused ' of violations were convicted, and; only 30.1 per cent' were dismissed j or acquitted; The remaining 7.9' per cent were venued to other ; courts or were pending at the} close of the year. The percentage 1 of convictions was high compared ' with preceding years. Os the number convicted, 14.6; per cent were sent to jail or to i state penal institutions, while 36.5 1 per cent were fined only. The report disclosed an increase In tlie number of arrests for driv-' ing while intoxicated, and for liquor law violations. The number! of drunken drivers taken to court | increased from 1,909 in 1928 to 2,120 in 1930, Liquor law viola-j tions increased from 8,046 in 1928 to 9,033 in 1930. Arrests for drunkenness increas- 1 ed to 17,440 in 1929 over 16,650 in | 1928, then decreased to 16,224 in 1930. The report showed that in

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every year the arrests for drunkenness outnumbered any other separate offense. ,*,' Forty five and one-half per cent of the 86,148 criminal offenses charged in all courts during 1930 were for violations of liqhbr and automobile laws. Traffffie law violations decreased to 11,826 in 1930 from the 1929 mar of 13,400. o MORATORIUM IS DOUURTFUL (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Meanwhile, the confusion as to the status of foreign debt payments, due tomorrow in the amount of $124,800,000, was cleared up as tar as the administration is concerned. Undersecretary of Treasury Ogden L. Mills announced that the state department informally would advise foreign governments that they may pass up the Dec. 15 installments, pending final action by congress, without being "subject to any just criticism.” — o Court Starts Recess Washington, Dec. 14—-(UP)---The supreme court recessed for the holiday ; after a short session today. It will reconvene January 4.

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