Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 32, Number 127, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1934 — Page 6

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PAUL WILLIAMS GIVES SPEECH TO LETTERMEN Ball State Athletic Director Talks At Annual Banquet Here Stressing the need of keeping tit. "Billy'' Williams, athletic director oT Ball State Teachers Col-le-te at Muncie, spoke at the banquet of the lettermen of the Decatur public high school. The banqne' was held in the Zion Reformed church Friday evening. Mr. Williams, one of the most prominent athletic directors in the state, pointed out the value of athletics in ibui'.dihg up the youth of lhe nation. Participation in athh*: ics, the speaker stated, adds gyeatly to the mental, physical, social and emotional health of those engaging in the sports. Keeping tit is the most important Ingle thing, not only in sports, but throughout one's entire life, according to Mr. Williams. 'While everyone wants to win, the mere feat of winning is not the most important thing in sports nor in life in general. Learn to take It. win or lose.” Branch McCracken, head basketball and tennis coach at the .Muncie institution, spoke briefly preceding the main address of the evening. Mr. McCracken, who played basketball under the tutelage of Herb Curtis while the latter was coaching at Monrovia, praised Mr. Curtis' ability as a coach highly and told the athletes present that they were fortunate in having such a leader. Herb L. Curia, Decatur athletic director, acted as toastmaster. He introduced captains of the various high school teams. Tettermen of former years, and guests, calling on a few of them for brief talks. Deane Durwin. coach of the tennis team, announced major tennis awards and told briefly of the team's record this season. Letters were awarded to Cowan, Townsend. Blythe, Moyer, Fenimore and Odle. A short talk was made by James Cowan, tennis captain. Charles Ettinger, basketball captain and Gerald Strickler, baseball captain, also spoke briefly. William Sanders, football captain, was unable to be present and Russell Butler, regular fullback, spoke for the ' football team. Major awards in football, basketball and baseball were announced by Mr. Curtis. Football award winners are: Schultz, G. Strickler. Hurst. Myers. Elzey. Conrad. Eady. Butler. Dickerson, Barker, Ehinger, Blythe, Walther, Sanders and . Schieman. Townsend, winner of a’ major award the previous year, was unable to compete the past season because of injuries. Basketball major awards ere won by the following athletes: Ehinger. G. Strickler. P. Strickler,' Butler. Peterson, Wynn, Blythe ■ and Cowan.. Major award winners in baseball are: Coffee, Wynn. Ehinger. G. I Strickler, Barker, Conrad. Ritter,; Schultz. Jackson. E. Werling, and I Dickerson. Minor awards in baseball were ■ presented to Brodbeck, Thieme and Peterson. Hugh Andrews, second team basketball coach, presented minor awards in basketball. Winners of these awards were Sanders. Eady, Ritter, Barker. Myers. Sheets. Kolter. Hurst, Schultz, Huffman. Wil-

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Ison, Thieme, Worthman, Friedt, I Banning. Tricker, Sundermann. Macklin, ,H. Smith. W Smith, R. i Brodbeck, Affolder. Stalter, Drake. ! Fuhrman and Moser. -o Yesterday’s Heroes , Georg* Earnshaw, Chicago Ii W hite s.i\ Held Yanks to six [ hits. Eail Whitehill. Washington . - Senators— Held Browns to five I hits. i Earl Averill, Cleveland —Hit a I home run. two doubles, and two singles, driving home five runs. LITTLE TAKES GOLF TOURNEY t. San Francisco Amateur Wins British Amateur Tourney Prestwick. S -otland, May 26. — I ‘ (U.P) -Lawson-Little of San Fran-1 cisco became British amateur golf i I champion this afternoon by over J whelming James WaUace, Scot-; land, in the 36 hole final. > The score was 14 and 13. ‘ The British amateur cup thus ' goes overseas for the fourth time , ■ in the 45 times for which it has i i i been played. Walter Travis. Australian born ; • j but living in America, took it to j ■ the United States in lfH>4. j Jess Sweetser, although ill. won ■ | it for America in 1926 and Bobby • 1 Jones added it. temporarily, to his ; ’ I collection in 1930. i i Standing 13 up after 21 holes : . ; had been played, Little won the : 22nd with a birdie three, to be in the impregnable position of Doy- ’ i ■ mie 14. Little's second shot was 40 fest from the pin but his putter was ' well trained by that time and the putt went down. Meanwhile. 1 Wallace’s second had gone far beyond the pin and his approach putt was weak. i Both drove the green on the : 201 yard 23rd. Wallace was 20 . yards from the pin and putted ! first, lipping the cup and laying . a perfect stymie tor Little, who [ ■ was only four yards from the hole. The San Franciscan played safe, j didn't attempt to negotiate the j stymie. Two putts were goo.i | i enough for him to halve the hole 1 i and win the championship and he . ' took them. — o LEADING BATTERS t I Player Club GAB R H Pct. Hensley, Browns 23 87 8 36 .414 ; Hendrick, Phillies 21 64 10 25 .391 ! Reynolds. Red Sox 32 132 21 51 .386 ' Vosmik. Indians 28 110 23 42 .382 Leslie. Dodgers 33 121 17 46 .380 ] HOME RUNS Klein. Cubs 12 * i Gehrig. Yankees 10 ' Bonura, White Sox 10 Ott. Giants 9 - Foxx, Athletics 9 HEARS MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL (CONTINUED FROM FADE ONE) ‘ a derogatory manner. The attorney for the plaintiff averred that any errors made rn the argument could be and were re- ■ minded in instructions given the jury by the court. Judge Huber M. De Voss granted the attorneys time to prepare briefs and took the case under advisement.

DECATUR TEAM ENTERS FINALS OF TOURNAMENT Yellow .Jackets Play Kendallville For Conference Crown Decatur and Kendallville high 11 school baseball teams were scheduled to meet at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon for the championship of the Northeastern Indiana conference. Kendallville eliminated the Bluffton Tigei-s in the opening game this morning, 5 to 3, and Decatur down.-d the Hartford City Airdales. 4 to 1, in the final firstround encounter. Decatur is the defending champion. Kendallville obtained only three 1 hits to defeat the Parlor Citv lads. AM three hits were bunched with an error and a base on balls to score four runs in the fifth inning. Kendallville scored once in the fourth without a hit. Bluffton tallied once in the third | frame and twice in the sixth. : Williams. Kendallville hurler. fan- [ ned 12 Bluffton batsmen and did ' not walk a man. Ludwig, hurling tor Bluffton, was the victim of I poor support from his teammates 1 He fanned two men and walked I three. R H E J Bluffton 001 002 o—3 5 3 J Kendallville 000 140 x—s 3 0 Ludwig and Swartz; Williams j and Stoneburner. Decatur Wins Driving in three runs in the I first inning, the Decatur Yellow Jackets won their way to the final game by defeating Hartford City. I 4 to 1. The Yellow Jackets plck- ■ ed up another run in the second. . while the Airdales scored their lone tally in the second inning. Decatur sewed up the game in the first inning. iStflickier, sec- ' ond hitter, singled. Ehinger was 1 hit by a pitched ball. Ritter tripled to drive in both runs and ’ himself scored when the third baseman muffed the throw-in. The fourth tun scored in the second frame on singles by Rark- ■ er, Jackson and Ehinger and a I walk to Strickler. Wonderlun tallied for Hartford I City when he survived on an eri ror. singles hy Fultcn and Casterline driving in the run. Wynn fanned seven men and j I walked one. Casterline struck i out five, walked two and hit one • , batsman. RHE Hartford City 010 000 o—l 6 2 Decatur 310 000 x—4 8 2 Casterline and Fox: Wynn and Strickler. c Plot To Destroy Prison Thwarted Michigan City, May 36—(UP) —j A plot to destroy the inliana stateprison was believed frustrated to-1 day whe? prison officials received L an anonymous letter revealing the' ( location of a pint of nitroglycerine, i Authorities sped to the field near ‘. St. John. Indiana, as directed in • the letter, and dug up the explosive which had been buried in the ground. I Prison attaches said that if pro-1 perly used, there was sufficient ex- | plosive to have leveled the prison walls. o State Board Makes Convention Ruling — Indianapolis May 26 — (UP) — : Delegates to the Democratic state convention may issue proxies to any person living in their own counties. under a ruling of the state board of election commissioners.

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Dies in Crash r -ewv i « nF . ■ ■V w• w I * i 3 Pete Kreis of Knoxville. Tenn. was instantly killed Friday at Indianapolis while practicing for the 500-mile autmootile race to be run Wednesday. His riding mechanic suffered the same fate.

TENNIS MEET IS UNDERWAY Conference Tennis Tourney Is Being Played Here Today — ■Both Decatur doubles teams and one singles contestant were left In the running for the Northeastern Indiana conference tennis championships at the conclusion of thefirst round matches this morning at the South Side club courts on Winchester street. Bud Townsend survived a gruell- ■ ing three-set match with Schelper I of South Side, the Decatur player winning. 9-11. 7-5, 6-4. Schreck of j Central defeated James Cowan, De- ■ catur captain. 6-3. 64. Nolan of , South Side eliminated Cantwell of Central. 7-5. 6-0. Townsend was to meet Nolan in a semi-final match this afternoon, the winner meeting S hreck for the singles eham pionship. Both Decatur doubles teams won fairly easy victories this morning. Blythe aad Fenimore defeated Schelper and Nolan of South Side, 6-2. 6-4; an-1 Cowan and Moyer eliminated Smith and Hattersley of Central 6 4. 6-1. Cantwell and Schreck; of Central defeated Close and Jack- i son of South Side 63. 3-6. 6-4. Blythe and Fenimore were to meet Cantwell and Schreck this afternoon. with the winner meeting Cowan and Moyer, defending ehampions. in the final round. o Col. Roscoe Turner Sets Speed Record Chicago May 36 KUP)— Cbl. Roscoe Turner, noted speed flier, landed at Municipal airport at 10:28 A. M. (CDT) today, establishing a new airplane speed record from Pittsburgh to Chicago. He took off at Pittsburgh at 8:45 A. M. (EST) and flew the 400 miles in 1 hour, ♦3 minutes, or an average speed of 228 miles per hour.

ONLY FIFTEEN RACERS NAMED Seventeen Are Yet To Qualify For Annual 500-Mile Race Indianapolis, May 26 — (U.P) —A last minute rush for places In the starting lineup of the 22nd annual 500-mile race here was promised today as the deadline for qualifying rapidly approached. Seventeen of the 33 starters remain to be ietermfned and offiI eials of the American Automobile Association have ruled that qualifications must end by sundown May 28, two days before the race. Two drivers qualified yesterday, undaunted by an accident which killed Peter Kreis. Knoxville, Tenn., and his mechanic, Robert Hahn. Chino, ('al. William (Shorty) Cantion. Detroit. qualified his Sullivan and O'Brien Special at an average of 117.785 miles an hour for the 25 miles. His average was the second best turned in this year, being bettered only hy Kelly Petillo, lais Angeles, who won the pole position at an average of 119.329. The four cylinder Miller In Cantion's car was used in the machine which won the Pacifk’ coast ( hampionship for Al Gordon ' last year. It is one of the speediest cars on the track The other qualifier yesterday was George Bailey of Detroit who averaged 111.063 in his Scott Special. The car is powered with an eight cylinder Studebaker motor. Harry McQuinn. Indianapolis, averaged 111.091 miles an hour for the 25 mile test run but was | disqualified for exceeding the 1 three gallon gasoline limit by al- | most three pints. He will have two more chances to qualify. | STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. New York 19 13 .594 Cleveland 16 12 .571 Washington 17 17 .500 Detroit 16 16 .500 St. Louis 15 15 .500 Boston 15 17 .469] Philadelphia 15 17 .469 Chicago 12 18 .400 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Pittsburgh 19 11 .633 Ist. Louis 20 13 .606 Chicago 21 14 .600 New York 20 14 .588 Boston 15 15 .500 Brooklyn 14 18 .438 Philadelphia 11 19 .367 Cincinnati 7 23 .233 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pct. Minneapolis 22 12 .646 1 Indianapolis 17 15 .531 Kansas City 17 16 .515 Columbus _ 17 17 .600 St. Paul 16 17 .485 Milwaukee 16 18 .471 Louisville 15 17 .469 Toledo 13 21 .382 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS — American League Washington, 9; St. Louis. 3. Cleveland 18; Boston, 3. Chicago. 7; New York, 5. Philadelphia, 9; Detroit, 7. National League All games postponed, rain. American Asssociation Milwaukee. 5; Indianapolis, 3. Minneapolis, 14; Toledo, 7. St. Paul, 3; Columbus, 2. o SOUND MONEY IS ADVOCATED 'CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) “millions of persons, even in this rich country, cannot be maintained indefinitely on the government payrolls, and that eventually the money must be paid back.” “With many things being done in the way of poor relief, made-work programs, and advancement of money to transportation companies, insurance corporations and other enterprises, it is evident that the strictest of economy wherever possible must be practiced in the use of public money," the resolution continued. In a series of other resolutions, the bankers recommended that the almost universal three per cent interest rate on savings be reduced; that the postal savings department be curtailed and that the federal savings insurance plan be left in effect for at least another year. o •. One Animal For Each Person Lon Angelee, Cal., —(UP) —One animal for every inhabitant, or about 5.741,000 were slaughtered in California during 1933 the State Department of Agriculture revealed. Consumption of meat during the year amounted to 153 ptftmds per person—almost a pound a day for each individual. • 9 — Get tha Habit — Trade at Homa

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