Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 31, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1933 — Page 6

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FORMER COACH DIES SUNDAY Bill Roper, Former Princeton Foothall Coach, Died Yesterday Philadelphia. Dec. 11— <U.R> —' Notables In sports, business and politics tomorrow will attend the funeral of William W. (Rill) Roper, former Princeton football coach. Insurance executive and political leader, who died yesterday at his home in Germantown. He was 53. Roper won success in business j and In politics, but football I brought him nation wide fame, j hoth as player and coach. The last of the “romantic" coaches was closely associated j with Princetoil University with! few interruptions from 1899 when he played end on the Tigers' championship team until 19301 when he retired to concentrate on . other activities. While the names of other foot - ball coaches will lie remembered i for their systems of play, the name of Roper will go down in gridiron history as a symbol for } the dramatic. He will be remembered for his inspiring dressing- ' ■ room talks between halves—talks that transformed apparently beaten elevens into fighting teams. j ( Rom in Philadelphia of Virginia 1 stock. Roper attended William Penn charter school here, later . attending Princeton. There he was end. played varsity baseball I and was basketball captain. Soon after graduation in 1902 illness forced him to go south. He : went to Virginia military institute. where he coached football ' with great success. Later he returned to Princeton as end coach, remaining in that capacity until 1909, when he went to the University of Missouri as head coach.! He was back at Princeton as head coach in 1910. From 1912 to 1919 his time was so occupied with politics, he gave up coaching. He returned to Princeton as head coach in 1919. and held the post until 1930. He was succeeded by Al Witt-*

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mor, who in'turn gave way to ' "Frltx" Crisler two years ago. - oHIGH SCHOOL SCORES Angola, 27; Lal’orte, 15. Elmhurst, 23; New Haven, 22. Bluffton. 29; Marlon. 26. Butler, 25; Garrett, 15. Central (Fort Wayne', 41; Kendallville. 27. Central Catholic, 40; Avilla. 16. St. Mary's (Huntington), 45; Lancaster. 29. o I MONROE BEATS - ■ GENEVA, 55-16 I Bearkatz Swamp Cardinal Five Under Rain of Baskets Saturday The Monroe Bearkatz handed l the Geneva Cardinals a 55 to 1,61 defeat in a game played at the Kirkland gym Saturday night. Monroe took an early lead and was far ahead at the half. 27 to 7.1 Hendricks. Monroe center. was| the outstanding star of the game with 19 field goals and a free throw for a total of 21 points. Andrews and Strickler each scored 11 points. E. Buckingham was high for Geneva with eight points. In the preliminary game, the Geueva seconds were victorious, i 30 to 25. MONROE FG FT TP Andrews, f ... 4 3 11 Wolf, f ......... 0 0 0 Strickler, f 5 1 11 Hendricks, e 10 1 21 Sprunger. g .4 0 81 Stucky, g 2 0 4 Totals 25 5 55 I GENEVA FG FT TP C. Buckingham, f 1. 0 2 Grile. f 0 (l 0 I Fenaig, g .... . 1 0 4 Fenstermaker, c 0 0 0 E. Buckingham, g 3 2 8 j Shepherd, g 1 0 2 i Farlow, g o 0 0 ( Totals 7 2 16 Referee —Lehman. Rerne. o Hold Sleeping Record Bats are awake only about four of the ' * t>..iirs dndy 1

BEARS CAPTURE SEVEN IN ROW Berne Defeats Liberty Center In Overtime Battle Saturday Night Rallying in the late minutes of the game, the Berne Bears won their seventh straight battle of the Iseaaon Saturday night, nosing out Liberty Center in an overtime struggle, 21 to 19. Liberty Center held a slight lead throughout most of the bull game, Berne tying the count Just before the tinal gun tired. The Rears registered a field goal in the overI time period while holding Liberty scoreless to keep their recI ord for the season intact. Dro featured lot Berne with nine I points, while Merriman led Liberty I Center with 11 points. Rerne also i won the preliminary game. 30 to 1 16 ; Berne FG FT TP i Dro. f 4 1 9 I Steiner, f. 2 2 6 | Stauffer, c.. ..... . 2 1 5 I Tailman. g. 0 0 0 I Flueckiger. g. . . 0 1 I 'Stucky, g. 0 0 0 1 Neuenschwander, f. 0 0 0 Totals 8 5 21 Liberty Center FG FT TP Hamilton, f. 0 0 0 i Merriman, f. 5 1 11 ’ Rench. c. .. 2 0 4 I Mossburg, g .11 3 A. Coolman. g. 0 o 0 May. g. 0 11 D. Coolman. f 0 0 0 Totals 8 3 19 Referee: Tudor. Fort Wayne; umpire: Horton, Decatur. o Indiana Coach Escapes Injury Bloomington, Ind , Dec. 11.—(U.R) —Three Indiana sport officials narrowly escaped injury or death when their automobile skidded off road 46 near Spencer yesterday and | crashed into a house. The three were Everett Dean. In- ; diana University basketball coach; Charles Jensen. Evansville, basketI ball referee, and George Gardner, Bloomington sports writer. They were en route to Chicago 1 to attend a western conference basketball officials' meeting. The car. driven by Jensen, crashed part way . through the front wall of a frame dwelling, causing the wall to colI lapse. I Dean and Johnson continued on

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ito Chicago by train. Gardner returned to Bloomington. - O-— I |pASKE3B£WL i j by PETE*vJ>VV>-* ‘ The Yellow Jackets brought their losing streak to a brilliant I finish Friday night by defeating i the highly touted LuPorte Slicers ,■in a hard fought contest. The • Jackets played fine ball and well deserved their victory. The de- ■ feat evidently upset LaPorte, as Angola handed the Slicers a wal1 loping Saturday night. By keeping up the brand of ball exhibited Friday night, the Yellow Jackets will make it plenty tough for other teams in this section the balance of the season. It wasn’t a matter of luck that enabled Decatur to win Friday, the team simply olaved better ball and that aoainst a handicap of a much taller and heavier team. While the Yellow Jackets were snapping out of their slump, the Decatur Commodores sustained their second loss of the week, this time to the Kirkland Kangaroos at Kirkland. Prior to last week, the Commodores had won four games in a row but last week were defeated by Berne and Kirkland. The Berne Bears were hard pressed to keep their perfect record intact Saturday night, nosing out the Liberty Center Lions in an overtime battle at Berne after trailing most of the game. The Bears have now won seven games this season without tasting defeat. The Jefferson Warriors also remained undefeated bv downing the Hartford Gorillas Friday nieht at Har'ford. The Warriors have won five games in a row In the only other game played Friday night, Monroe defeated Pleasant Mills. The Geneva-Monmouth game was postnoned. and will likely be played some night this week at the Commodore gym. The Yellow Jacke’s have a tough weekend cut out for them. The locals will play the North Side Redskins at Fort Wayne Friday evening and return home to meet the Berne Keats Saturday night. North Side, last year’s ' regional champs, nosed out CenI tral Friday night. 19 to 18. The Commodores also play two names over the weekend. Friday nlnht. they tackle the Flmhurs l Troians on the local floor. Elmhurst unset New Haven Saturday nioht. Departing from usual procedure, the Commodores will plav St. Ro’e of Lima at Lima. Ohio. Sunday afternoon. The complete schedule for the week: Friday—Elmhurst at the Commodore gvm; Yellow Jackets at North Side: St. Marv's of Huntington at Rerne; Jefferson at K'rk’and- Hartford at Bryant: Geneva at Poling. Saturday—Berne at the Yellow Jacket gym. Sunday afternoon —Commodores at St. Rose. Lima. o Get the Habit — Trade at Home

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