Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1935 — Page 6

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Central Catholic Defeats Commodores Here, 25-21

BELATED RALLY BY LOCAL FIVE FAILS TO WIN Commodores Lose Final Home Game Os Season Monday Night Th* Decatur Commodores. playing their lilial regularly scheduled game of the season, were defeated on The local floor Monday night by Central Catholic of Fort Wayne’, 25 to 23. The game was typical of the annual battles staged by the two quintets, with both teams showing flashes of tine liasketTiall and at other times played ragged ball. While C.-C.. led throughout practically the entire game, the Commodores staged a belated rally in the closing minutes that nearly threw the contest into an overtime session. With Fort Wayne leading 25 to 20, Don Hess tossed in a fielder and W. Baker tallied a foul toss to cut the margin to two points. Several Decatur shots in the closing seconds failed to connect, tints enabling C. C. to register its second triumph of the season over th? locals. Central Catholic piled up a 6-9 lead in the early minutes of the first quarter but field goals by Braden and Hess, coupled with a brace of foul tosses by Braden, knotted the count at 6-6. The Irish, however, went back into the lead to hold a 10-7 margin at the end of the period. Fort Wayne led at the half. 19 to li, and at the third quarter. 22 to 16.. Don Hess was the leading scorer for the Commodores with four field goals and three free throws for 11 points. Braden tallied eight points, and Murphy and W Baker two each. Murphy was removed from the game in the third quarter on personal fouls. Agenbroad and Schott led Central Catholic with

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TOURNEY TICKETS HERE Season tickets for the state Catholic tourney, to bo held I at the tintial gym in Fort 5 Wayne Saturday and Sunday. ■' ' are on sale ut Bob’s confer- ; ’ tionory, Ixiso** restaurant and the Peoples reslanrant. The ■ I tickets are priced at $1.50 for I I adults and $1 fop students. I Single session tickets, availI able only ut the gym. sell at I ' 50 cents. ' nine ami eight points, respectively. ' | The Central Catholic seconds nosed out a 23 22 victory over the ' I Commodore reserves In the preI limlnary game. ‘ | Decatur FG FT TP s |lx>se. fOO ic ? D. Hess, f. .. .......... 4 3 11 1 ; Braden, c. 3 2 8 ill. Baker, g. 0 9 0 ' Murphy, g. 02 2 W. Baki \ g. 0 2 2 1 Hain. f. 0 0 Ol! Totals 7 9 23 Central Catholic Ft! FT TP Romary, f. 11 3 1 * '' Sell.O’, f. .1 0 B|‘ Grout, c. . 10 21* Bobay. g. 0 0 u * Agenbroad. g. 3 3 9 j Morrison, g. 11 3 i I c Totals 10 5 25 > r Officials: Craney and Geller (Fort Wayne). o. G O Lou Gehrig Signs Yankee Contract h New York. Feb. I‘9—(UP)—Lou | o Gehrig. New York Y..iikees. first : f luis.-man and outstanding player in i the American L- ugue, today agreed ci to terms for his 1935 salary and tl .signed hi<s contract. o | ci Reached For Sample Case. Died \\ Dover. o.—lll. R) —Louis Ley. traveling salesman, started to reach c ; for his sample case in a store to here, but dropped dead of a heart attack before he could reach it. c j ' ■ ’ —T| 1 ' ~ V.

TWO DECATUR FIGHTERS WIN Lloyd Conrad And Lloyd Sheets Win Trips To Chicago Tourney Two Decatur fighters, Lloyd Conrad ..nd Lloyd Sheets, earned the right to compete in file Golden Gloves tournament at Chicago by i winning their final bonto in the | Fort Wayn- regional tourney Monday night. Conrad won a cl <re decision in the middleweight class from Chuck Boyce of Puckerhuddle. Conrad finished strong to win ths Judges' decision at the end of the three rounds of l> xing. Sheets eliminated another Adams county fighter to win this trip to Chi ago. Sheets scored a -second j round knockout over Glen Si" > of | Berne. l?oth weighed in as light ' heavyweights. King Wyatt wsus the only one of the 1934 champions who r peated this year, winning a decision from De n Lewis of Huntington in bite final bout of the welterweight cla-ss. Results of Monday night’o bouts: Leo Bugo. Fort Wayne, knocked out Floyd Parks. Van Wert, first j round, (flyweights) M-ix Crosley. Fort Wavne. knock-1 d out Lefty Schulefn. Fort Wayne, j u-cond n und, (L-a'.hcrwights). Lloyd Conrad. Decatur, won decision form Chuck Boyce, Puckerhuddle. (middleweights). Lloyd Shes’us, De.atur. knocked I out Glen Sife, Berne, third round. | (light Ir.avyw- ights). Roland Hayes. Arcola, knocked nt .1 m?s Screeton. Fort Wayne third round (heeivy weight). rke Gaunt, Fort Wayne, w n de■Lsion over Jimmy BYiks, Fort Wayne. ( -antamweights) Fing Wyatt. Fort Wayne won derision from Dean L-’wic Huntingon. (w> Itherweight--). W-ndall Bubp. Portland, won de■ision from Dwight Sutton, Fort , .Vayne. (lightw ights).

•I I Standing I W. 1.. Pet ■ Berne 1!) 3 .86 *!; ( Kirkland 1G 4 .8001 , Commodores 15 10 .667 U Yellow Jackets .. .. 11 8 .579 j Hartford 8 9 .4711 Monroe 6 10 .375 ; , Monmouth 7 12 .368 ', Jefferson 6 11 .353'] Geneva 5 13 .278 ' j Pleasant Mills 1 14 .067 ( —oOo— , This week marks the end of , another Indiana high school basketball season, so far as regularly scheduled games are j concerned. One week from Friday, the annual marathon will s'art, with play opening in 64 sectional tourneys. —oOo— Week's Schedule Wednesday: Chester Center at Hartford. Thursday: St. Mary's, Huntington at Berne. Friday: Kendallville at Yellow Jackets; Lancaster at Kirkland, i Monroe- at Monmouth. ! Saturday: Jefferson vs. Geneva: ' at Hartford. —oOo—— The Commodores served notice I last night that they will cause I plenty of trouble for Central Catholic in the state tourney at Fort Wayne next week-end. A last minute spurt by the locals barely fell short of bringing at least a tie in the annual rivalry battle between the two quintets. —oOb— The Yellow Jackets will play their final game of the season Friday night, meeting the Kendallville Comets on the local floor. Victory in this game will assure the Yellow Jackets of at least a tie for third place in the Northeastern Indiana conference race. Decatur has won six games and lost two, now holding a tie with Bluffton, with a similar record. o Fox Breeding Increases OTTAWA, Ont. (U.P) —More than 5,000 new farms for breeding of fur-bearing animals, particularly ■ foxes, have been established in Canada during the last three i years, the Department of Agricul-1 ture reports. The number of fur farms operating now total 6,000. Anima's growing on them are valued al nearly $7,000,000. o Get the Habit — Trade at Home

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PURDUE BE ATS INDIANA FIVE — Boilermakers Hold Lead In Big Ten Race With 1 i-'S Victory Chicago. HL. Feb. 19— (U.R) — | Purdue’s Boilermakers and the Wisconsin Badgers raced well out i in front of the pack today in the Big Ten chase for basketball honors. with Purdue in the van by a nose. The Boilermakers retained ti e league lead last night by defeating P’diana. 41 to 3S. Wisconsin -kinned through a dangerous spot with a hair-raising victory over Minnesota. 28 to 27. In the conference’s other regions Illinois defeated Ohio State. 43-35. and Northwestern avenged an early defeat by taking Michigan. 26-16. The night’s desuits made it ' ’ikrtly fl at the western conference ■'tie will bt- decided Match 1 when Purdue and Wisconsin meet at Lafayette. The Boilermakers won from Wisconsin early in the seuon. 37 to 36. Saturday’s schedule will match Purdue and Ohio State at Columbus; Illinois and Minnesota at; Minneapolis; Wisconsin and Mich-1 igan in Ann Arbor, Northwestern and Indiana in Bloomington, und lowa and Chicago in Chicago. Standings: W L Pct Pts O.P. Purdue 71 .879 296 248 Wisconsin .... 7 2 .778 258 216 Indiana 5 3 .625 284 256 Illinois 5 3 .625 285 262 Ohio Slate . 6 4 .600 340 318 Minnesota . 5 4 .556 287 297 lowa 4 5 .444 299 299 Michigan 2 0 .333 186 225 1 Northwestern 2 6 .333 196 223 Chicago 0 9 .000 259 346 1 :—o- J

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Former Decatur Girl Recommended Fort Wayne, Ind.. Feb. 19—(UP) Mis-s Florence Smith. Fort Wayn-?. ■ has received recommendation for I appointment a« resident d rk-sten-ogtapher in the office of Jar.e-t R. i Fleming United Stat b District at- . torney here, it was announced yesI terday. Mr. Flemings reiomnr ndation fe subject to the approval f the United States attorney general. M’cs Smith, a graduate of De<«tur high school and a former student at the ndlara University extension <L partment. began heri duties yesterday. She ,'.:ad formerly I been employed at the office of th- j receiver for the O!d-F!r«t Nation-ill Bank and Trust Company. c SEEK TO SHOW CONTINUED FCOM PAGE ONE ; that Kennamer, 19. was insane when he fired two shots int > Gor--1 Il's head. One. Dr Karl Menningec. writer of m ; i>ta! subject!, believes I the youth h irration-.l it- w. To combat this te=t:.r.ony. the j state called as its second witness ; today Ver j Vanta-ss&l, secretary to i the school slip rinterdent at Sand i Springs. Kennamer att tided this .school from 1924 to 1928. Her cl.-irte reveale-d K-nnamer’s intelligence qnotent as far above normal. The exact p r entage, iow-1 ver, w.s not reveal’d fi the jury. Probe Crash Death in Cell Steubenville. 0.-flj.PJ—Carl Boyd. 47, died in a hospital as authorities began an investigation to determine responsibility for failure' to provide him medical attention.' Boyd, injured in an automobile crash, was held in jail three hours before it was determined lie was suuering from a fractured skull and was not intoxicated as charg-

GRADE SERIES TO BE RESUMED HERE THURSDAY Central And StJoe Team Play Thursday; St. Joe Won First The c.lty oories hattie betwee the Central and St. Joe eight grade basketball teams will b .resumed Thursday night at th I Catholic school gymnasium, i preliminary game will be play at 7 o’clock, with the feature cor j test scheduled for one hour latei Thursday night's game will b I the second in this season's serie. In the first game, played at th high school gym. St. Joe nose out a 27 to 26 victory. A capaclt crowd; witnessed this game an another rell-out is likely forth: week's content. The teams will again ba'tie ffl the George Wemhoff trophy, pu Into competition by the Decatu monument dealer during the se: son of 1927-28. In the period of years the tr-' phy has been at stake, Centr: has emerged victorious four time and St. Joe twice. No series wa ' played last season because of ir abi’ity of the com hes to agree o suitable dates. The series had gone the lim of three games only twice in th six years. Central holds an edg | in victories of 10 games to fom The last two years the series wa played. Central won in tw straight games. Results of all games playe since the trophy was first donate are as follows: 1927- —Central 28. St. Joe IS Certral 22. St. Joe 47; St. Joe 41 Central 12. 1928- —Central 44. St. Joe 15 i Central 22. St. Joe 16. 1929- Central 40. (St. Joe II ' r 'en‘ral 38. St. Joe 35. 1930- Central 17. St. Joe 9 St. Joe 27, Central 13; St. Joe U Certra! 8. 1931- Central 17. St. Joe 15 Central 16. St. Joe 15. 1932- Centra! 57. St. Joe 1C Central 29, St. Jc? 13. 1934-35 —St. Joe 27. Central 2f o CONCESSION TO CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE legislators who believe that tin roadhouses would resort to boot Igeging if not permitted to obtaii licen- es f r om the state. In drafting the measure, the ad ministration also took cognizanci of the anti-saloon league's drivt to prohibit sale of liquor withit 1.990 feet of churches and schools 'lf an applicant applies for £ site within 1.000 feet of a churc) or school, it must be so stated ir the application,’’ one section of tin (aw provided. ‘ It shall then be the duty of thlocal board to state expressly whether that particular appliea tion should be granted. It th< facts are not stated in the appli cation, it will be void." The state liquor commission which the law will set up will have wide spread powers of en forcement.

1 The commission will consist oi the excise administrator and twe I bi-partisan commissioners, ail tc 'be appointed by the governor. Il I will have power to: Grant or refuse all permits. Revoke all permits for violation c.f law or regulations after no' less than 10 days notice of a hear , ing. Make ru'es governing a’l phases of the alcoholic beverage business Regulate standards of manufacture, insure purity and prevent I misbranding and adulteration, j Prohibit sales during public | emergencies in any defined area Call upon state and local health boards to enforce canitation. Seize and destroy bottles used I in evading the law. Regulate and prohibit advertising. signs and displays, posters or designs intended to advertise any alcoholic beverage or the place under where the same is sold. Regulate transportation of alcoholic beverages. Require registration of brands, analyses and labels. Prohibit any manufacturer or wholesaler after 10 days notice "from selling at prices less than the cost of production, or ‘.herwrite destructive prices.” Prohibit any combination resigned to enforce excessive prices. In addition to the state commission, the law would create a board of three members in each county to pass upon the fitness of applicants for retail beer, wine and whiskey licensee and the propriety of issuing permits. One member of the board shall be a representative of the state commission, one member will be appointed by the county commhsioners and the third shall be appanted by the mayor in the larg-

est city in th? county. If there are two cities or more over 10,000 population In a county, the mayors | of each city shall appoint a board I member to sit on tho applications | Iroin his homo city. if the proposed law Is passwl f I outstanding licensei! will tei mln- [ Ulf M follows: I Retail (ltd douler beer, wino ami i liquor H-rmit.! outside cities and Si towns, Juno 1; all liquor dealers (drug stores) Inside cities und towns. Jone 1; all manufacture and wholesale permits, Juno 1; beer and wine retailer* inside cit--11 les and towns. Nov. 15. 11 Provision is made for refunds p to dealer# whose licenses will ex- ’’ pire before tho end of the year for ' which they wore issued orlgln--11 ally. J o— — e Annual Farm Bureau 1. Meeting Held Today J The annual meting of the Ad- >' am* county farm bure in la being ll j-held this afternoon. At 2 o’clock the s officers for 1935 had not been nam- ' ed. I’kin-! are l>eing dlHcussed for r the erganization’s program for tire t I coming year. o— — (Power Shut Oft > ; During Repairs d s A loc-ie conn- etion < n the city s light and power line to the Decatur i- Casting and Central sugar plant-i in (> the northwest part of town was repaired during the noon hour. The t power w>’.s shut off while the men p repaired tlr? trouble. The work w.is p supervised by Supt. M J. Mylott. TRANSFER FUND CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE li d inary survey has uncovered $4,000,000,900 worth of new poten- ; tial public works projects. 1.1 Ickes said 29 state PWA engineers listed 10.700 specific pro- ; jeefi! totalling $l,000.000.0is). The remaining 19 states have until March 1 to file their PWA inventories. ; PWA has pending, he added, I. $1,900,000,000 in federal projects and $2,000,000,000 in non-federal projects filed with PWA prior to Feb. 28. 1934. Ickes gave no de- ; tails of sneeific projects listed in the $4,000,000,000. Ickes announced allotment of $3,129,000 to the Indianapolis Railways. Inc., for rehabilitating Its street car system, purchasing of buses and trackless trolley cars and building a new shop. CONTINUE FIGHT CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE - —Hope* of horse rice fans f r le- - p lized pur'-mntuel betting in Indi ia.-a during the next two years were . .shattered today by the liouae of i representatives. By a vote of 47 to 34, the house i voted for indefinite postponement ■ of the Wood pari-mutuel bill. A clincher was placed on the measure t: ■ prevent its being called back for ■ reconsider tion during the preeent • term of the legislature. i — o College Survey* Marriages Painesville. O.—(U.R)- Four-fifths of the graduates of laike Erie college, whose marriages this year ■ came to the attention of Miss Aletha Hill, alumnae secretary, were ' married within five years after - graduation Their ‘‘careers’’ out- - side the home averaged from one to five years in length. • o Tries Nail Suicide NANAIMO, B. C. (U.R) — An unnamed elderly Nanaimo man was saved from an unusual suicide by intervention, authorities revealed. Constable Chri-i Johnson found the man seated before a mirror, attempting to drive a nail Into his skull. He wounded himself seriously in the temple, but will recover. — i “ ■ ——■" —

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