Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1934 — Page 6

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GIANTS BANK ON PITCHING World Champions Make Little Effort To Bolster Offense New York. Jan. 17 -(U.Ri The world champion New York (Hants will depend upon dazzling pitching to carry them through the 1934 season to another title, despite the adoption of the livelier uniform ball. Their player roster, issued today, reveals virtually no attempt to bolster the dub's batting strength, latst season they were called the "hitless wonders." Few strangers are found among the 32 names which decorate the list. The (Hants have 11 pitchers. 1 Carl Hubhell, the screw ball king, tops the mound staff, flanked by Hal Schumacher. Freddy Fitzsimmons and Roy Parmelee. They were the big four of the 19.13 seas on. Adolpho Luque, Hi Hell and Bill Clark are the nucleus of the relief : brigade, which includes four others; Bill Shores, recalled from Kansas City last fall; Al Smith, tile southpaw wito was retained as [ coach for observation and training! last season; Johnny Salveson of, Los Angeles, and the lone new hurler. Joe Bowman, obtained from , Portland. Ore. Manager Bill Terry expects Hub-1 bell, Schumacher. Fitzsimmons and Parmelee to function better than ever, and he believes some of the

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[will lend aide support. There tire no actual nowcoguert laming the four catchers or seven • :i« i'.mi itii ii.iids, is to carry th( I burden of eutdilng. wl.h Harry 1 Dunning and Frank Healey, liolli [of whom had numerous trials witli j | the (Hants, as understudies. "I Most of Terry's experiment Ing will be carried on it the infield during the training season, to star Mat di | at Miami Beach, Fla > Ten Infielders are listed. They in- ; elude two newcomers, George . Grantham from the Cinehmaii I Reds anil Fresco Tliompso?. form- . er Dodger and Philly, who was puri chased from Buffalo. jtasKgaawF JJLWSL by The Hartford City (Airdales ■ dropped from the top rung of the Northeastern Indiana conference ■ standing for the first time this sea--1 son by losing to the Central Tig [ ers at Fort Wayne last week. 000 The North Side Hedskins are I in undisputed possession of first place in the conference I with two victories and no defeats. The Redskins have defeated Decatur and Garrett. 000 Columbia City and South Side are tied for second place with four I victories in five starts. Hartford icily is fourth with two wins and and one loss. 000 The Decatur Yellow Jackets scored their first conference victory last week by drowning the Auburn Red Devils. The ! Jackets’ two defeats . the North Side arid South Side, were by one and two points, respectively. 000 Conference Standing The standing of each team in the | I conference, with games won. 1 games lost and games yet to play, follows: W. L. TP. North Side ................ 2 41 7 Columbia City 4 14 South Side 4 1 4 Hartford City 2 1 •» , Central 3 2 4 Auburn 2 3 4 Bluffton 2 ■* Decatur 1 2 6 Kendallville ... .. . 1 3 5 Garrett 0 6 000 In a list of "Big Sixteen", as published by the Hoosier Sports Week, a weekly sport magazine published in Vincennes, the Decatur Yellow Jackets are ranked seventh in the state. The Hartford City Airdales are ranked at the top. with Jefferson of Lafayette second. This list was published before Hartford City's defeat last week. 000 Other teams listed ahead of the Yellow Jackets are Logansport, Technical, Muncie and Martinsville. Teams following Decatur in the "Big Sixteen” are Delphi. Connersville. Vincerines, Frankfort. Brazil. Bloomington, Washington, Newcastle Jeffersonville. 000 Two trophies will be presented at the close of the annual county tourney at Berne Friday an I Saturday. 000 The Berne Review will present a silver trophy, mounted on a trophy to the winning team. This trophy will bear the inscription. "Adams County High School Basketball Champions" and will be awarded annually to the county champions. 000 Thurman A. Gottschalk, state senator, will personally award what is to be known as the T. A. Gottschalk medal for outstanding sportsmanship. Good sportsmanship, clean playing and basketball ability will all be considered in the awarding of the medal, which will be decided by the referees, official scorer, timer and newspaper men. I 000 Five Northeastern Indiana conferI ante games are scheduled for this week-end. Two games will be played Friday night. Central at Decatur and Kendallville at Hartford City. Saturday night's schedule: Bluffton at Central, Hartford City at Garrett, Columbia City at South Side. COLLEGE SCORES Butler 35, Franklin 27 Central Normal 38, Oakland City 23. Kansas 27; Missouri 25. o Save money in our Real Clothing Sale, >/ 2 off regular price. You’ll not regret it. I Teeple & Peterson. 4

LOCAL MAN ON RULES BOARI » Rev. Joseph Hennes Nani cd To National Rules Board of Softball n I ,| I Rev. Joseph J. Hennes, utllleti io director of Hie Deealur Cafholi y high school, h.l ; been appointed I iiltbt National Rules Board of Soft b|bull and will assist in drawing u the standard code for playing rules g according to an an louni eini n (I [ire'll Hie Chicago lieailqll.liter- <1 „ the National Softball Associatiui i I which s sponsoring an extenslvi i- I camrulgn throughout the count! - ) e in an effort to bring about tin i'.sta dardizalion ol the rules am ~ I regulations under whiih the giuiK Is played. I The National Rules Board, con Isisling of Y. M. C A. directors • softball league presidents, reireat I iomil directors, sports editors and [other softball authorities from the various cities and states, will con | vena nt the Hotel Si'ei man in Chi 'cage on Ja'iriry 2(‘t 11 and 21sl Al thnt time such phases of the game [as size of ball, type of ball, size ol diamonds, pitching an .lliase running regulations, number of players ami numerous other items in which there is a wide variance among leagues i 1 the different see tions of the country, will be dis . cussed and a siandard set of rifles , adopted. . In order Ilia: this popular sport may attain the heights enjoyed by other national sports local team mana-' rs and league presidents should give their cooperation to Rev. He mes in this move. —■ - Volley Ball League Will Play Thursday The i.ter-chureh volley ball lea-1 gue will meet at the public high i school gym Thursday night, the, first game starting at 8:15 o’clock. The schedule for tomorrow night follows: I nion ('lmpel vs. West Side; St Marys vs. M. E.; Reform- j ed vs. Presbyterian. Each team manager is asked to hand in a certified list of players tomorrow night. o DEATH CLAIMS JOSEPH WINANS I CONTINUED FROM PaGE ONE) survive. The deceased was one of I seventeen children Nine grandchildren survive. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Niblick home. 308 North! Fifth street, and burial will be made in the Decatur cemetery. Friends arc asked to omit flow- | ers. The body will be removed to the Niblick home from the S. E. Black funeral home Thursday morning where remains may be viewed until time for the funeral. Cochrane Signs Detroit Contract Detroit. Jan. 17. (U.R>—Mickey Cochrane has signed a two-year contract to manage the Detroit Tigers. Secretary Charles F. Navin of the club said today. Navin did not disclose the salary. o — ■ CONTRACTS FOR 1934 ARE SAME AS PAST YEAR ‘CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) > from the sale of sugar, pulp and ■ molasses. There are only 14 provisions in • the contract, each dealing with growing, cultivation and delivery

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' of the boots. Growers look with favor mi the contract and it is expected that more than 12.110(1 mres will be contracted tor within a short period. ! The fieldmen for the company . are: i 1 D. 11. Campbell. 11. O. Chilcote, .1. F. Ebbeskotte. Harry Essex. . Harry Daniels. E. L. Harlacher. J. E. Harlacher, Harry Overmeyer, William Schepelman. Republicans W in Vermont Election Montpelier. Vt., Jan. 17. —(U.R)—[ Republican candidates for coa-| gross, one for the senate and one for the house of reprcsentativi s. | won a comparatively easy victory , i in yesterday's special election, vir-i nially complete returns showed to-1 day. Ernest \V. Gibson, who resigned i as national representative to be-1 come a candidate for the post left vacant by the death of V. S. Sen-! ator Porter H. Dale, defeated; Harry W. Witters. Democrat and ( ; St. Johnsbury lawyer, by approxi-| mutely S.Oim votes. By a similar margin. Charles A. Plumley, re- 1 signed president of Norwich Vai-' vi rsily and the Republican candidate for the house position Gibson vacated, defeated Jhe Democratic ' aspirant. Robert \V. Ready, st. Al- ' bans lawyer. o , Hear Arguments On Liquor Test Case Washington, Jan. 17 —(IJ.R)—The . i fate of 13.0 ml prohibition law violators hung in the balance today as the supreme court heard argu- , ments on a test case which will 4 decide whether repeal of the 18th i amendment means anything to ’’ [ them or not. 1 They compose the vast army I whose roster is to be found on the unfinished cases pending in the II crowded feileral court dockets of , tile country. They were arrested or indicted under the Volstead ! act before repeal, and have not [ yet come to trial. j Courts from all parts of thf Y country have tried to decide theit j case. One judge in North Carolina t ruled on Dec. 6 that the Volstead d act was dead and the federa courts bad no power, to hear catei n under it. He held that Byrun Ii Gilison and Claude Chambers y ! charged with dry law conspiracy

h | were free men. thereby furnishing s ihe test case. oi o Prominent M. E. Bishop Is Dead, St. Louis. Jan. 17—<U.R>—Blshop I ■ W. F. McMurry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, and , •[former president of Central Col ( lege at Fayette. Mo., died today, I in Barnes hospital here. I Death was attributed to a I heart attack. i At the time of his death. Bishop I McMurray was assigned to Illinois j and Kentucky as ranking officer I [of the church. Previously he' served as Bishop of Missouri. | 1 Open Inquiry Into Policeman’s Death 1 — . Ii 1 East Chicago. Ind.. Jan. 17 <U.R) I ’ —An inquiry into the fatal shoot- - ing of Detective William P. O'Mai- ’ ley during the robbery of the 2 First National Bank here was! scheduled today. ( The bank was robbed Monday: by two desperadoes identified as 1 John Dillinger, notorious Indiana! outlaw, and John Hamilton, escaped convict from the stale prison,l, 1 Mayor George H. Lewis said he , i summoned Police Chief Nicholas I < J. Makar to appear before the ( police and tire committees of the i city council this morning. i East Chicago civic leaders de- i mantled the inquiry, it was said. ‘ Get the Habit — Trade at Home - - - - - — _ ■ —

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STARS COMPETE IN TOURNAMENT Three I’. S. Tennis Stars In Canadian Indoor Tourney Montreal. Jan. 17 lVl’> Three United Stut'" 1 r,>nnl '- i s, ‘ rM S *,"," K Into action tolay i" Ote Canadian . Indian' vhampionihlps. Francis X. Shields. New York, the United Stales' top-ranking play!er. opened the defense of hi* Canadian singles title paired against H. <!. Marpoltff- MDDtrt‘;il. Shlel I* and George M l.ott. < hieago. arrived tolay f'' l '" |, T° ri ' l “ rtbere l.ott last week won the Miami-niltinore championship. Today Lott was paired against CharI les U'slie. Montreal. .1. Gilbert Hall. South Orange, i n. J.. Former title holder, was op[posed to H. P. Email. Montreal in a second-round match. He won in [the first round by default yesterday | from Allan Mi Martin, Montreal. o —— —— Evansville Building Is Destroyed By Fire Evansville. Ind.. Jan. 17.—iU.P>~ A three-story building was destroy , ed a.il one tireman was injured to-, day in a downtown tire which rag- i ed two and a halt hours before he- ! ing brought under control. i The fireman. Carl Wyer. was cut i ,by falling glass. The blaze started in the machine shop of a leather company and spread to a restaurant and rooms formerly used as a traction station. , Damage was estimated at more .han $75,000. — Los Angeles Pilot Sets World Record Miami. Fla.. Jan. 17—<U.R> l-oe Miles. Los Angeles pilot, set a [ new world's record here today , when he raced his 740 lb. single seater plane around a 100 kih» meter (62 mile) course at an; average speed of 209.11 miles an | hour. The previous record of f 207.312 miles an hour was set by | the French pilbt, Delmott. May ■ 22. 1933. o Coal Mine Strike Near Settlement Wilkes Barre. Pa.. Jan. 17.—(U.R) —The strike of 15.000 anthracite miners was brought nearer settle- [ nient today when the strikers offered a peace proposal involving fed- , oral intervention and coal operat-' ors sought injunctions to prohibit strikers from picketing or organiz-1 ing other strike activities. Under the proposal, strikers would circulate petitions to get! | 100,000 citizens to request the nat-1

New U. S. Attorney Takes Offiq H Jj ■ I fOW-i i J IM ,> >. i p n .tmasi -r General James A. Farley (left) looks on approve W hlie 1 ostma. - . oat j, as United States District AtaS Martin ConboyJ right )Uke rt U»e T adminjstt . ring Attorney Conboy w:o appointed by President Roosevelt, Attorney von °/ counsel in ,| IP Seabury-Walker hearings.

| ional labor board to appoint an arI binration committee to settle the , dispute for union supremacy in the [ hard coal fields. The petition will I point out the citizens are Opposed I i to the anthracite conciliation board . 1 acting as an arbitrator and recomI mend the new committee be com- i ' posed of representatives from the , [government.- coal operators, the [ public, the anthracite miners and , the United Mine Workers of Am i prica.

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High School Senior Breaks Back In Fi — Noblesville, Ind . .lan. K -(ill Fred White. 16. enior st high school, was given little m to recover today after breakiM back in the school gymniainj terday. He is in th" Hud Uou .ty hospital partially pan] ed. He was injured doing gyai tic work