Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1934 — Page 6

Xnmouthfive BEATS SECONDS Commodore Reserves Are Defeated Thursday Night, 21 To 20 The Monmouth varsity detent <1 the Decatur Commodore reserves Thursday nig'it at the Commodore gym. 24 to 20. The game was dose and hard fought all the way. with neither t arn having a long lead at any stage of the contest. Monmouth led at the end ot the first quarter. 7 to 5, but the Com- I mie seconds came back to hold a 14 to 11 margin at the half. The Eagles rallied with the | start of tide third period and as the quarter ended held a 20 to 16 lead. Each team scored four points in the final peroid. Ed Merica was the outstanding star of the game with five field goals and two free throws for ex-' actly half of his team's points. ■ Heckman was next high for Monmouth with five points. Colchin led the Commodore reserves with two fiel I goals and four fre ■ throws for a total of eight points. Hain scored three field goals for Decatur. In title preliminary game, the Lady Commodores scored a fairly ' easy victory over the Monmouth girls team, 28 to 13. Monmouth FG. FT. TP. E. Merica, f 5 2 12 , Heckman, f 2 1 51 Hobrock, c 0 " 6 G. Merica, g ... 1 0 2 , Myers, g 11 llarnhouse. f 0 b b ■ Hammond, f <1 0 0 Hoile, f 1 0 3' Singleton, c . " 0 " I Schuller, g " " " Totals It' 1 21 Commie 2nds FG. FT. TP Colchin, f 2 4 8 . Wldpert. f 1 " 2 ; Ko'me, c " 0 Baker, g 1 n -I Hain, g 3 tl 6 1 Tricker, f 10 2, Totals 8 4 201 Referee —Reynolds, Decatur.

TMSKgffi&WL I I by The Decatur Yellow Jackets will 1 play their final home game of thel season tonight, meeting the Gar-, rett Railroaders. The Jackets have j one more game on the schedule at-, ter tonight, traveling to Kendall-' ville next Friday to meet the Comets. —ODO—- — Commodores also are in ac-1

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w—> * GUESTS TONIGHT * I All lettermen of the Decatur high sfhool will be admitted I free of charge tonight to the Ik < aiur Garrelt game. A ■ pe- , rial section will be reserved | for the former athletes, and all lettermen arc invited to attend us guests of the athletic association. * L t lion tonight, meeting the Lancaster Center Bobcats on the Wells , county team's home floor. The Commies must win this game to stay above the ,!>uo mark in victor- ' les. —olio — The Monmouth varsity registerled another victory last night, de- 1 i feating the Commodore reserves ini |a close, hard fought game -oOo — The L illy Commodores kept the | levelling from being a failure from: I the Decatur standpoint by defeat I ' ing tlie Monmonth girls by a 28-13 margin. - 000 Tlie outstanding game among ' county teams tonight is the Kirk | land-Berne clash. Kirkland defeated the Hears on the Kirkland floor earlier in the season. IS to 16. in an overtime battle. —of to — Tlie game will lie a battle for I second place in the county stand- ' ing as the winner will hold undis- * pitted possession of tlie runner-up post to the Jefferson Farriore. —oOo— Hartford C>ty scribes are wondering if Central has hit a slump. They base their observations on the fact that Warsaw walloped Central. 33 to 21, last week. Maybe the Tigers are or were off form,, but we can't I help believe that they will be right I i in that regional causing plenty of I i trouble. For that matter, we do. not aim to he all prejudiced about i [the prediction. We would gladly! I let bygones be by-gones and holler I for Decatur to win the Fort Wayne J I sectional, hut it looks right now ! like it s no use. Bluffton NewsI Banner. PURDUE MEETS IOWA SATURDAY Record Breaking Crowd Is Exnected At lowa City Tomorrow Clii'‘ago.\ Feb. 16. (U.R) A recI ord-breaking crowd of 13,000 is ex- | pected to attend the Purdue-lowa i basketball game at lowa City tomorrow nigiit witli the outcome, certain to play an important part | in deciding the Big Ten basketball ■ championship. Purdue, leading the race with five victories and one defeat, suffered its only setback of the year when lowa handed the Boilermakers a 38-36 trimming at Lafayette last Saturday. The P.oilermakers will be out to avenge that defeat and tighten their grip on first place. In the other three games tomor- 1 row night Illinois plays Wisconsin at Madison. Indiana meets Chicago at Chicago and Michigan battles Ohio State at Columbus. Illinois, which holds second place with five victories and two defeats, can take the conference lead tomorrow night by defeating Wisconsin I provided Purdue loses to lowa. Another important game in this section brings together Notre ■ Dame and Pittsburgh at South Bend. Earlier in the season Pitt I broke Notre Dame's 22-gatne winning streak with a 39-34 victory at Pittsburgh. Notre Dame lias won 28 out of its last 29 games, and this season lias won 17 out of the 18 games played. —o Four Reformatory Employes Are Fired Pendleton. Ind.. Feb. (UP)— ! Four employes of the state reforma- ' tory. including the Rev. Charles Mitchell. Greenfield, chaplain, had . been discharged for unsatisfactory , service. A. F. Miles, superintendent announced today. Tlie others who were dismissed were EdwarH Land, Elwood, shipping clerk in the foundry where prisoners went on a strike last week, , L. A. Goff, Pendleton, a night guard , and Joseph Sldener, Columbus, a relief officer.

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PEDEN REFUSES COACHING JOB Ohio University Football Coach Turns Down Indiana Oller Blooming!o'l, Ind.. Fob. 16 —(U.R) Zoru (I. Clevenger, Indiana university athletic director, today I started a new search for a foolball coach to succeed I'.. ' ■ (Billy) Hayes Refusal id' Don Peden of Ohio University to accept the position made it necessary for Clevenger to | open negotiations with several other candidates. Peden said lie would remain al Ohio I’niversity where he was '•perfectly happy.' "I am not interested in other offers unless something so much better comes along that 1 cant afford to turn it down.'' he advised Clevlonger by lett. r yesterday. Salary considerations were be- ( ilieved to have prompted Peden's i decision to turn down the Indiana 1 I job. II was reported that he was I offered no more than the s«.sii<> i which lie now receives at the Ohio ' school. | Peden is believed to be a candiI date for head football coach at , I Ohio Stale I niversily and observ-, I, is pointed out that this tact, also 'might have influenced his decision to decline the Indiana job. Clevenger -aid that a number of candidates are under consideration I for Indiana coach. He refused to, reveal their identity.

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Students mid alumni were assured. however, that the now couch would he a num who has hud t> sue- . cessful career. | Haye-, relinquished tlie .oothall I| job m Indian i after alumni proI lealod the Hoosiers' failure to win i iis share oi games l|e will n» I[ multi as h> id true!, coa/li ■ —o — Monmouth Graders Defeat Freshmen 11 ■ Tie' Monmouth eighth grade team defen'ed the high school fr/whmun 11 team Thursday afternoon at the I hir.ii ehoid gym, 1" to 2. Conrad led lhe winners with five points i and Fritzingei scored the losers 'only points with two free throws. ONE GANGSTER ALL READY TO GIVE EVIDENCE (CONTINUED EROM PAGE ONE) ♦♦♦♦ • • • the convict gang several weeks as ter their esrupe from the state, prison last September. To Plead Guilty Indianapolis. Feb. 16. - (U.R) ■Harry Copeland, metnber of the' 1 Dillinger convict gang, will plead guilty on charges of robbing Hie Central National Hank of Greencastle. Miss Bess Robbins, his attorney. informed Al G. Feeney, I state safety director, today. ; Copeland was taken into court ! at Greencastle yesterday but his. arraignment was continued after i.Msg Robbins promised Judge Wilbur S. Donner that within 10 days she would he ready to dispose of the case without further expense [to Putnam county taxpayers. | Tlie attorney told Feeney that |

• [Copeland promised her ho would i' plead guilty, thereby avoiding puss lido extradition to Ohio where he ils wanted for the murder of a I , Lima sheriff If conviit-.xl in Ohio he would , face the deiiili penally whereas a I guilty plea at Greencastle would .. mH In a life m-nteneo, Miss Rob- ; bins pointed out. ' Mi Robbias said he asked lor ithe delay yes erdiiy in the hope that some of the bonds stolen from 1 the Central National Bunk could bo recovered. Sh" told Fivney that she had no intention se-king further delays. WAI TER BROWN TO TESTIFY IN SENATE PROBE (CONTINUED FKOM ' former official about an alleged “spoils conference” in the post of- ■ flee department in 1930 at which airline operators were said by Postmaster General Farley to have divided up mail routes and obtainled contrails without competitive hiding. The capital pondered the outL ome of William P. MacCracken s legal light to nullify a senate decision finding him gi\t> of contempt and sentencing him to 10 days in [the district jail. He was free on ■ss.(K>o bond today, while his attorIneys prepared to carry tlie case if necessary to the supreme court. k H. Brittiu. vice-president of Northwest Airways, spent his first night in jail on a similar conviction. Brittin chose the jail sentence rather than a long legal battle. Brown's request for a hearing precipitated a bitter debate on the!

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Wb*n -heliered bv' < h ;,werf»l exidnsiviv. >h« heavy Ice utlll thu rlvoi. '. oJor phasei of investigation o | th ,. boy'H disapi'enranve more than , week ago were made : 1 tll „ .ca.ch State's atorney Robett i ’ |' \ash admitted that lie would be ( ’ powerleis to prosecute even with Ruckus' 15.<M0 wai t “ir** 1 ' enf* • sion, unIOKH the body ia Modoc Murderer To Be Tried April 23 . Winchester, tml.. Feb 16.-- (UR) Ray Duwson, of Modoc, charged I with first d<

Public Sale fi We will sell nl public auction, on the Grah am | All |l , i | l . nnr ||t and ■tof :i mile east of Monroe, or ,j mihW , of Decatur, just west of Mud Pike, on V MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1934 L t’ , ('oinuiencing at 12 o’clock noon H 37_Hea<l <»f Chester-White Bred Sows and |() tried sows; 27 ifills. bred lo Yarrow last of |.' V | and in March and in April; 1 Chester-White Ih rd | CliestiT-Wliile lull boars, these are the best sows • we have ever offered. They are well-grown. You pleased with them when you see them. We will 1 team work horses, smooth mouth; 1 hay - hay rake; low wheel farm wagon; spring tooth Terms Cash or bankable note for 9 months interest from date. ( GRAHAM & PARRISH,!. 9 1 1 Bov S. Johnson, auctioneer. Wil Kelre-hmenls will be served by the Ladies Aid. M*

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