Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1931 — Page 6

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CLOVERLEAFS TAKE LEAD IN WABASH LEAGUE Independents Trim Markle In Fast Game Here Tuesday Evening Decatur Cloverleafs, locai independent basketball team in the V\ abash \ alley net loop shoved Markle off the throne and ascended to that coveted place at Decatur high school gymnasium last night by trimming the Darkle Boosters, 4729. The game was fiercely contested, and the Boosters refused to abdicate front first place until the last seconds of the scrap. Tiny Horton. Decatur high school football coach did a lot of baskettfeering last night and gathered in a total of 19 points for the Cloverleafs. I’etie Mylott, former all state and all-national Catholic tourney star, ditl some great guarding Ci the pinches and also struck the bucket for 12 i hits. Horton and Mylott were aided in the slaughter of the league leaders by Bob Hill, Bill Gass, Carl Gerber and Debolt. , Thomas, Goshorn and -McDaniels each accounted for 8 Markle points. I The game started slow and sud- i denly Markle broke loose with an I offense that has carried them through many battles to league | leadership and when the Clover- i leafs got their breath the count was 9-5 for Markle. Right here the fun for the visitors stopped and the local netters started driving under the basket tor goal after goal. The count at I half time was 15-20 for Decatur. Markle never got the lead again, I but the Boosters never surrendered and were going just as hard in the last minute of the game. Decatur plays at Bluffton to- : night and a victory will sew up ! the league title for the first half ’ of the season. Lineup and summary: Cloverleafs (47) FG FT TP Horton, f. ... 8 3 19 I B. Hill. f. .. 0 1 11 Cass, f. .113 1 Gerber, c. 4 0 8 Mylott, g. 5 2 12 Steele, g 0 0 0 Debolt, g. 2 0 4 I Total 20 7 47 Markle (29) FG FT TP Thomas, f. .0 5 51 Tuggle, f. 0 0 0 Cosad. f. 3 0 6 G >shorn. c. 4 0 8 McDaniels, g. 4 0 8 j M innear. g. 1 0 2 Total 12 5 29 —i. o Net Games Planned Independent basketball fans will be entertained with three games at the Willshire. Ohio high school gymnasium. Thursday evening, December 17. beginning at 6:30 o’clock. The Fort Wayne Bruins will play the St. Mary's D. B. independent team; the Willshire Independents will play Jefferson 8.. and the Pleasant Mills Independents will play Jefferson A. Card of thanks We wish in this marine.’ to exp ess our appreciation to the neighbors and friends and all who assisted and ottered kindnesses during the recent death of our mother, Mrs. William Droege. The Droege family

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bfISKHBftWL r Decatur Cloverleafs now hold un- , lisputed lead in (he Wabash Val--1 ;ey basketball league The Hill men 1 took Markle fir a ride her’ last , night. The Decatur team deserves much more support than it is receiving. The local team is composed of all ex-high school stats—and when the boys are going there are few teams in Indiana that can stop them. There’s a good net program at Cath lie high school gymnasium tonight. The Commodore Reserves I play Monmouth Eagl s in the seaI titre tilt; The C. H. S. Girls p.ay I Hoagland high school girls in the semi-windi:p and as a starter St. .Joe eighth graders play Monmouth I— Then Thursday night every Deca- ; tur citizen owes it to humanity to i attend or at least buy tickets for the Gcod Fellows basketball game between Decatur Cloverleafs and Huntington. Every cent, even the referee’s fee | goes to the Good Fellows fund for i Christmas for Decatur’s needy ; children. Friday night the Cloverleafs play Ossian here. F.iday night the Commodores go to Delphos to meet the St. Johns aggregation of that city and the Yellow Jackets go to Fort Wayne to meet the North Side Redskins. Both high school turns have tough foes to meet—Both teams have learned a lot of basketball the I last few weeks— Call 1000 for the high school scores. Horton and Mylott were the j heavy scoting guns for the Clover- . leafs last nizht and Carl Gerber car--1 rieil off third honors. The game wasn’t as one sided as ' the count indicates and the Markle quintet put up a stiff sciap. The visitors led at one time by a count of 9-5. The C rtismen have been going through a lot of tricks this week and are actually pointing hard for the North Side game—Our guess is [ the Redskins will kn.iw they’ve been through a battle. Last year Decatur trimmed all three Fort Wayne schools — — Kirkland plays Jefferson Friday >! night at Kirkland —It's to be moth-, I ers’ night and all mothers of Kirk- ' . land townsihp will be admitted to I i the game free of charge. I I Down in the south end at the 1 county, Heine and Hartford will ’ I mix Friday night. j . Berne is given a slight advantage ■ over the Gorillas —But Hartford is I all set to give the Bears a tough ■ ! battle. That a capacity crowd will attend is evidenced by the fact that almost every supporter of Hartford township high school has signified his intention of attending.

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WILSON, GRIMES TRADE ARGUED Chicago. Dec. 16.-‘-(U.R)—- A week ago today the Chicago Cubs traded Hack Wilson to the St. Louis [Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes in a surprising baseball transaction which has produced some conclus- : ions from scattered sectors even more startling than the trade itself. The main echo to the trade from i such widely-separated points as New York and Los Angeles is: The Cardinals got all the better i of the deal, and that the Cubs got , a belligerent pitcher who his designs on Manager Rogers Hornsby's managerial job. Only 154 games ffrom April down I the stretch to September will tell i whether Sam Breadon and Branch ; Rickey outsmarted William Veeck ami Rogeis Hornsby, but just to (keep the records straight it should be told just what facts were behind this deal. The Cubs had an unruly outfielder who drew a salary of $37,500, broke training rules and robbed a potential pennant contender of the punch it had every reason to expect after a hatting average of ! 360 in 1930. For the best interests of the! | Cubs, they had to sacrifice Wilson I for whatever they could get fori I him. In the early stages of the' dickering for Wilson the offers i weren’t much. One club even suggested they would take Wilson for the waver price of $4,500. Another club offered t#o players e who ' I were sent to the minors the next I day. Unexpectedly the Cardinals said they might take Wilson and negotiations finally worked around to the point where it was revealed I that St. Louis had a player it would I be very glad to sever relations with l because he is growing old and is very high priced. When Hornsby learned the play- ■ er was Burleigh Grimes, the trade | was as good as made as far as the Cubs’ manager was concerned. He , readily agreed to toss in Bud | Teachout. young southpaw, when I he learned Breadon regarded Tea-! chout as a good prospect. Furthermore it is possible the 1 Cubs paid some cash also to get I Grimes. Out in Los Angeles and in other, places, the question has been ask-, ed: ’ What do the Cubs want Grimes

The simplest answer is that the Cubs wanted Grimes because they ' want to win the 1932 pennant, anti Hornsby believes Grimes will help them do it. Grimes is made to j order for Hornsby’s 1932 plans. In many ways Hornsby isn't subtle, but he is smart like a fox when you least expect it. One reason why Hornsby wanted Grimes was because Burleigh beat the Cubs 5 times without a defeat last season, and in the past five years he has won 25 games from the Cubs while ' losing 5. As for the well-circulated but groundless rumors that Hornsby and Grimes are unfriendly and likely to have discordant arguments, it 1 can be best settled by the fact that the veteran pitcher was at his best when Hornsby managed the New York Giants, in the absence of John J. McGraw, who was ill during the latter part of 192". It was Grimes’ pitching during the stretch that kept the Giants in the pennant fight/ When Grimes was with Boston i in 1930, before he was traded to the Cardinals, he came to Hornsby gtnd ; asked him to try and make a deal i to bring him to the Cubs. Hornsby and Grimes aren't lifelong pals, but they have one outstanding characteristic that binds them together; they like to win; they can’t tolerate a loser. 'Hie Cubs will pay Grimes’ salary price, and Grimes, despite his 38 ■years, is one of the canniest pitchlers in baseball. Between Wilson, whose eyes have been pronounced deficient by a specialist, and Grimes, who knows how -to use his ! head as well as his arm. the former Cubs’ outfielder is decidedly the biggest game for the 1932 season, at least. RESULTS Purdue, 32; Notre Dame, 21. Purdue B, 23; Notre Dame B, 18. Wisconsin, 30; Pittsburgh. 29. Southern California, 21; Missouri 20. Leyola, 38; Arkanses, 26. Monmouth. 31; lowa Wesleyan. 1 15. lowa State College, 47; Brigham Young University, 26. St. Ambrose, 44; Macomb Teachers, 22. I Providence, 32; Yale. 25. o Pussy Came Back A ent belonging to 1. Quick, ot Sault Ste Marie. Ontario, was lie lieved to have broken a leg. so It j was decided to dispatch IL The cat wgs placed In a bag with a large •tone, and the tied bag was dropjted over the brink of a 123-foA water fall When the executioners re turned to Mr Quick’s house there was the cat. seated on the porch, broken leg and all. No one knows what happened to the bag and the stone.

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Love Me, Love My Horse! itSIH fw. S 5 J « WWW Wtw |\ ■ W’rr. wH ■ 11 f I Illi \ “And everywhere that Mary went —” might be paraphrased to “the horse was sure to go’’ in the case of Antoinette Sharp, of Dallas. Texas, who is a freshman at Wellesley College, Mass. When Miss Sharp came up to study at the exclusive school she could not bear to be parted from “Shorty,’’ her favorite cow pony, so she brought the lu.-ky equine along. She is shown with the collegiate steed, all dressed up in real cowgirl- style, ten gallon hat and all, as she gave him a little exercise in the first snow storm of the season.

FRANK HIRSCHY IS CRITICALLY HURT IN MISHAP I CONTINUED from PAGE ONE) the accident said that Miller’s car, was not going at an excessive rate of speed. Mr. Miller, driver of the car, is 1 a salesman and is well-known in i Decatur. He returned here this j morning and instructed attending; physicians to do everything possible' for the injured man. State Motor Policeman Harl Hol-; lingsworth and Chief of Police' Sephus Melchi both verified the report of other investigators that Miller was in no way to blame fori the mishap. PRISON TOTALS ON INCREASE — CONTINUED s'Rf'V PAGE ONE' —| commitments in the two institutions were persons born in America and 50 per cent were native Hoosiers. Only 518 of the total were ■ foreign born. Commitments for violations of prohibition laws totaled $3,443. The report showed that 3.743 of i the persons committed were from 1 20 to 40 years old, 1,785 from 40 i to 60, and 200 over 60 and "99 less , than 20 years old. o TUBERCULOSIS PROVES FATAL CONTINUED FROM LAGE ONE’ — I Lobenstett) and Doan funeral par- I lors tonight and will be removed 1 to the Baptist Chu.ch Thursday i mo.ning at 10 o’clock where it will ; remain until time for the furt ral. BANDITS WRECK BUILDING; GET $4,500 IN CASH (CONTINUED FORM PAGE ONE) men bore Michigan license plate.; and “bristled with shotguns and other weapons.” Local authorities were convinced that the men were those who a little more than an hour later blew up the Roachdale bank and escaped with $4,500. ——o 1919 Postal Card Just Arrives Litchfield. Eng.—(U.R)—A postcard mailed here by a soldier in 1919 to inform his parents that he had been demobilized, just has been delivered at Great Wyrley, eight miles distant. o War Dog Killed lytndon.— (U.R) —Tim, a dog war veteran, has been killed by a motorcycle, after escaping death while abroad H. M. 8. Morris at the taking of Ostend and Zeebrugge,. and in an engagement off Nieuport. o It Rained Frogs Brussels, —(U.R) —Frogs, probably caught up by violent winds, appeared in thousands in the village streets of the Borinage region, after a severe storm, Canada Protect* Walras The walrus In Canadian waters Is protected. No one Is allowed to kill them except for food, and the number In any one year Is limited to seven for Eskimos and four for whites. The walrus Is an Important food for the Eskimo and his dogs. All kills have to be reported to the mounted pollec.

[G. O. P. LEADERS IN FINAL MEET i PROM PAQE oNa ’ competition for the Republican , convention was due to inability of ’ other cities to raise the $150,000 I guarantee fund demanded. The I same handicap naturally would apply to aspirants for the Derao- ■ cratic convention. Thus Chicago is on the way to j regaining her reputation as the I champion political convention city’. Only once have the two major parties held their national convention in the same city—and it was Chicago then. That was in 1834 when the Republicans named Blaine and the Democrats Grover Cleveland. ' Chicago’s victory this time was due partly, to the energetic work , of a prominent Democrat. Edward N. Hurley. Chicago business man : and war-time chairman of the IT. S. shipping board. He offered many inducements, including a new air-cooled convention stadium. This was something to appeal to i delegates who vividly remember swelter'ng in the stifling atmos- ; phere of past conventions. But i the loudest argument was the con--1 tract guaranteeing to pay all expenses. That* was why all of the . original aspirants except Atlantic I City drop-.ed out. Atlantic City 1 received 14 votes to Chicago’s 86 j for the 1932 convention. I Kansas City probably is the only city which did not seek the • Republican convention that may i go after the Democratic meeting. | But thus far no indications of a I strong campaign have appeared, I and Hurley is confident that the i Democrats will follow the RepubI licans to the late domain of Alnhonse Capone—which, he asserts, has once more been made safe for I law abiding visitors. | Numerous sore nerves were touched in the revised convention apportionment. A subcommittee prepared a tentative roll for i approval of the full committee I today. States due for reduced i delegations are reluctant to give [ in and some opposition was ( In- ! evitable, but the combined I strength of states which suffer no I change and s slate which receive an increase, was regarded as sufficient to insure the final adoption of the apportionment plan. ( In addition to reapportioning , delegates according to the new . congressional reapportionment, ( i the committee arranged forcerJ tain southern states which voted for Mr. Hoover in 1928 to get extra delegates or keep those they already have. r‘' 0 . Smoked 200,000 Cigars Penarth. Wales. —(U.R) —The cigar ’ king <ii Penarth is T. B. Clode, the ' Slyear-old squire of Llandough, who I has smoked 150,000 to 200,000 cigars during his lifetime, averaging eight I to a dozen daily. fl o t ,; and “Weil" -J “Never t.e twain si.nil meet” Is I a phrase burrowed from the poem : “The Ballad of East and West.” by , Rudyard Kipling. The full signifl I ctmce of the expression can be s 1 gained only by reading the entire > i poein. Isolated from the text the ? lines are Interpreted as meaning 1 "that people of the eastern clvlliza r tfon. such as the Chinese and rhe Japanese, and those of the western s i civilization, «uch as the English and ;,the American, cannot affiliate upon I ■ truly friendly basis.”

CULBERTSONS HOLD THE LEAD (CONTINUED FtvOai PAGE ON®) pose of boosting sales on books written by the Messrs. Lenz ami Culbertson. Having unleashed these sneers and sentiments, those same calloused individuals gallop down lhe corridor, tip-toe into the battle room ami apply their eye to the i screen cracks with all the fervor of 192 G whist champions. When the specimen hands are ' brought out In mimeographed j form, they lay the cards out on I the tables and re-play the hands. They argue and fuss and carry on like a convention of Unlqmats r.t, the Hague. Last night’s session was devoid of most of the fummadiddles which characterized previous sessions. For once, since the match got started. Culbertson managed tn sit down without starting an argument. He didn’t even ask bis stock question —"Have you gentlemen changed over to the CulIbrtson system yet?” It was the first time a session had ended with the Culbertsons in the lead and Ely was duly enthusiastic. “A triumphHe said of the 410 point lead. "A triumnh for the Culbertson — sometimes, called the one-over-one —system!" i Lenz, grumpy about the evening’s Ipss, went right home after the last hand without even sticking around for his chicken ala king, the dish that is served to all comers after each session. His parting word to the press was: "All I’ve got to say is that Ely’s not playing his system. I wouldn’t complain but he keeps barping at us. No. 1 won’t pose for a picture. Go take a picture ! of a billy goat if you want a picture.” Jacoby, however, smiled benignly as “Papa” Lenz stomped out of the hotel and then told the assembled press that he considered it nmre matter of time before the Culbertsons find themselves snowed under. After the nhychic bids which have featured the Jacoby game heretofore, it came as a decided I shock to discover last night that i he did not make a single genuine . bluff bid all evening. Jacoby was not sure whether he ■ got a touch break or a good one : on the fifth hand played in the ' 46th rubier. Both sides were vulnerable, and the Culbertsons net lead for the tournament was The hand follows: Lenz

Spades—A 7 4 Hearts —J 9 6 4 2 Diamonds—K 4 Clubs— T 7 4 Culbertson Spades—K J 6 5 3 2 Hearts—K 8 Diamonds —A 8 Clubs—Q 10 2 Mrs. Culbertson Spades—lo 8 Hearts —A Q 10 5 3 Diamonds -J 10 Clubs—9 8 5 3 Jacoby Spades—Q 9 Hearts—7 Diamonds—Q 9 7 6 5 3 2 Clubs—A K 6 Lenz, dealer, and Mrs. Culbertson passed. Jacoby bid a Diamond and Culbertson doubled. passed; Mrs. Culbertson had to take out the informatory double and Did a Heart. Jacoby went two Diamonds. Culbeitson two Spades. Lenz three Diamonds, and Jacoby declined to chance a game bid. He had, of course, no reason to attempt more than three. Never theless. the hand was good fori five, which would have been game] and rubber, owing to a bail play by Mrs. Culbertson, quick thinking by Jacoby, and a bad guess on discards by Culbertson. Culbertson led the King of Hearts to start off the hand. It won. and the of Hearts followed. Jacoby trumped and led a small Diamond which Culbertson took with his Ace. leading ln<k his last Diamond rather than open his K J Spades or his Queen high Clubs. Dummy took the trick, and the four of Hearts was led. Mrs. Culbertson, second hand, plopped down the three spot. Jacoby saw his chance and took it. He reasoned that Culbertson could not have another Heart; with a King and two small ones he a! most certainly would have raised Mrs. Culbertson's Hearts instead of bidding his own obviously weak Spades. Instead of trumping the Heart, as he had intended, Jacoby discarded the six of Clubs from his own hand, and dummy's four-

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spot took the trick though the Ace, Queen, 10 and five all war o outstanding. Having succeeded in snaring one gift trick. Jacoby set out for another. Getting the lead back hi his own hand, he played the King and Ace of Clubs and then ran, down the line on trumps, forcing his opponents to discard blindly. Just before the last trump was ledl Jacoby still held the Q 9 of Spades; Culbertson the K J of Spades ami the Q of Clubs; and dummy the A 7 of Spades and a third unimportant card. Culliertson had his choice of dropping his Queen of Clubs and the last Diamond and leaving, for all he knew, two high Clubs in Jacoby's hand; or of dropping his Jack of Spades in the belief that since Jacoby had avoided leading Snades he might have none. He chose to drop the Jack of Spades. Jacoby then led the 9 of Spades. CulbertMm’s lone King dropped under dummy’s Ace. and Jacoby’s Queen of Spades wall good for the thirteenth trick. After seeing his hand yield the five-odd at Diamond which could have meant game and rubber. Jacoby had to sit back and watch Culbertson walk a#ay with five no trumps on a three bid on a powerhouse hand on the next deal. Jacoby’s Diamond hand, thanks to the extra tricks, had changed the net score from 75 for the Culbertsons to 85 for Jacoby-Lenz. I Kit the next hand, good for rubber, put the Culbertsons ahead by 620 and they were not headed again. Rules Bowling Alley Too Noisy Norton, Va. (U.K)—H. Bolling obtained a court order commanding that W. H. Jones suspend operations in his bowling alley and to move it as the noise annoyed the guests at Bolling s hotel. o

Vicar Has Laugh Slogan Duffield, Derbyshire, Eng.—(U.R) —The vicar of Duffield, the Rev. W. M. Irwin, has introduced the slogan. “Have you had your three laughs today?” into his parish, claiming that laughter is good for soul and body. o Memorized 1.C33 Phone Nos. Boston.— (U.Pj—Robert E. Green, j executive chairman of the Massa-[ chusetts George Washington BiCentennial Commission, seldom has j to refer to a telephone book. He has memorized approximately 1.900 numbers. o Old Ax Found Red Creek. N. Y.—(U.R) —An ax, believed 80 years old, which was found near the ’ site of the old Sampson homestead, was identified by George Sampson as one his lather lost many years ago. o Postmaster Is Needed Marion. Va.—(U.R) —The post office with the shortest name in Virginia needs a postmaster. The post office department has announced that it must fill a vacancy at Ka. Scott county. Reads Without Glasses at 99 Southampton. Eng. <U.PJ -Christopher G. Roberts, who reads without glasses, has had 16 children, and used to drink 16 pints of beer a day. walked two miles on hi.fi 99th birthday. o— Enjoys Preparation of Grave / Bournemouth. Eng.— (U.R) —"The greatest enjoyment in my life is to come here and watch the grave prepared for me when 1 a.n dead,” says Henury T. Baker, aged 77.

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“Heaven” Cl osed in Chester, Eng.' bR| W,n »er hge church near here ? ll,tle ’l door the inscription gate to Haven. a ,„i J 4, a notice saying, ”Ti lls tOi Hi closed during the win,.?””*# month!,. Horse Gives Acc, dent War , Washington, l) llr | lain , -A riderless hors, >0 a farm i.,.,.. " h Pawed at the door. „ <h ' j covery of the ri<| Pr , T dead some mi!,. '“leu, neck broken. '’' w " 11 hli 6CO Miles of Br ea ,| London. (U.p, The dai’v of bread for London, if t , I were placed cml-t,,.,.,,/ stretch for 60(1 ni j| es ' o — „ Six Sets of Twins in Caii Boston. <U.R) - The,,. are * of twins this y, „ Sini lege for Girls. w '*■ Ge L_ t . n< ‘ Hablt ~ zt BARGAIN 1 excursions to ST. LOUIS 54.75 Friday and Saturday TOLEDO $2.25 Every Sunday LOW WEEK END FARES l eave Saturdays. Return M» day following dat- o‘ sale 60c Bluffton SI.SO Frankfort $l5O Kokomo 95c Manon I Correspondingly low r^e s to many other points. For Ml hformation consult ticket agent. NICKEL PLATE RAILROAD

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