Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 305, Decatur, Adams County, 26 December 1935 — Page 6

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STANFORD BUSY ON ROSE BOWL California Team Determined To Avenge Last Two Defeats Pasadena. Cal.. Dec. 26.- (U.P> — Stanford’s football players, determined to avenge defeats In Hose Howl encounters during the past two years, today were to open their final week of practice for the New Year's day game against Southern Methodist. Players, coaches, and managers all declared the team was ready for its greatest effort in three years since they have been with the varsity. Half the squad which listed Southern California as their home territory had not been here for two days as Coach Tiny Thornhill allowed them to spend Christinas at home. Northern California players left Palo Alto last night and were to join their teammates on the Brook side park turf this afternoon. Defending western gridiron prowess in the Rose Bowl, the Cardinals were not favorites. Locally Cie Mustangs were quoted 10 to 8 favorites with some enthusiastic Texans giving 3 to 2 and better. o CONTRACTS ARE tCON'TIXUEn FPOM PtOT: ONE) four inch pipe to SIBO cents a foot for 24 inch pipe. The contracts for the corrugated iron culvert pipe were divided between the W. Q. O’Neall company of Crawfordsville and the Gottschalk Supply company of Berne. The two bids ranged from 57 cents per foot for eight inch pipe to $13.13 per foot for 84 inch pipe. The contracts for Portland cement, mason's lime and certain tvpes of lumber were awarded to th© Cash Coal and Supply of Decatur and the Gilliom Lumber eompanv of Berne. The lumber was bld below the regular retsil price. The cement bid was $2.33 a barrel. The lime bid was about 50 cents for a. 50 pound bug. No contracts have yet been made Tor the paint to be used in 1936. The bids were made for various formulas and purchases will be made as needed. Formulas will be selected for the type of work to be done. The two bids filed were entered by the Holthouse Drug cotnnany and the Gilliom Lumber company. The Meshberger Stone company was given the bid for road binders. The bids entered by the company were offered as delivered and applied to anv road tn the county. They were: liquid asphalt. $0.0806 ner gallon; road oil, $0.0588 per gallon and emulsion, SO.IO per gallon. The tire contracts were divided

9 ? LEGALLY SPEAKING A tyjAD 0 ~ ' —- " -■-1 Ob iljr-y *1 r ■" ** «VI /Jr z > ORTON ••• AN AUSTRALIAN BUTCHER CAUSED THE Z-OA/G£ST CRIMINAL TRIAL IN THE WORLD ••• AND INCIDENTALLY THE MOST REMARKABLE CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY EVER FOUND.... Mand Byncuort*. Cleveland. 0. «.MMUE>M.OC. In 1854 Sir Roger Tichborne the younger left England for South America and was reported drowned oS the coast of Brazil. Almost twenty years later, Arthur (Bull) Orton appeared, claiming to be the long lost Tichborne. The mother—Lady Tichborne—recognized Orton as her son because of the marked resemblance he bore to young Rogei However, the rest of the Tichborne family rejected him. Soon after Orton testified in a civil suit that he was young Tichborne. Thereupon ne w«w indicted for perjury and convicted after almost two years of trial. To this day, however, many observers believe he was the real Tichborne and not an impostor. ©

j r WEEK’S SCHEDULE * OF BASKETBALL Friday 1 j Catholic Central of Hammond at | Commodores. . Alumni at Monmouth. Saturday I Borne, South Side, North Side and ; Central. Invitational tourney at South Side. equally between three bidders. Only bids for first line tires were accepted. Several bids for second line tires were rejected because they had not been requested in the advertisements. This action was taken by the county commissioners because of their experience in comparative years when second line tires cost the county almost twice as much as first line tires because of the frequent replacements. The three successful bidders were the Goodyear Service Station of Decatur; Roy Runyon and Son of Decatur and the Main Street Filling Station of Berne. These were bld at 2214 cents less than the retail price, less tho federal tax. Tho gasoline contracts were divided among eight companies. These will be divided according to the number of gallons used last year by the county vehicles. Th.? contracts were given to the county distributors of the following gasollines: Standard Oil. Shell gasoline, Texaco gasoline, SinI clair gasoline, Liuco gaeoline, Phillips 66 gasoline and to the Eastern Indiana, Oil and Supply company of Geneva and Elberson's Service station of Decatur. The bids were at 114 cents less than the tank car price which is two cents less than the retail I nrice and less the one cent federal tax. This is a total of 414 cents less than the retail price. The contract for grease and motor oil was not let. The various bids will be considered and the produc‘d will be purchased at the most advantageous prices. Two bids were accepted for clay drain tile. The successful bidders were the Gottschalk Supply company of Berne with prices ranging from 38 cents a rod for four inch pipe to $2.60 a. rod for 12 inch tile, and the Krick-Tvndall company of Decatur with bids at' $0,025 a foot for four inch pipe to , sl.lß a foot for 27-lneh pipe. 0 Governor Does Not Contemplate Reprieve Trenton. N. J., Dec. 26 —(U.R) — I Gov. Harold G. Hoffman does not | contemplate granting a reprieve to I Bruno Richard Hauptmamnn if the . state court of pardons refuses his I plea for clemency, the governor's press aide said today. The aide, William S. Conklin, told newspapermen: “The governor has authorized me to say that at the present time he does not contemplate a reprieve j for Hauptmann should the court of pardons refuse clemency."

COACHES MEET IN DISCUSSION C ollege Athletic Leaders Gather In Annual Convention Now York, Dee. 26. —(U.PJ—Coaches and leaders in college athletics gathered here today for the annual conventions of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Football Coaches' Association and other organizations governing college sports. Preliminary meetings will be held today, but the important sessions are scheduled for Friday and Saturday. More than 500 football coaches will attend the convention. Problems involving spectators, brought about by excessive drinking and other violations of collegiate etiquette, win receive serious discussion. The destruction of goal posts after a football victory Is likely to be one of the main topics. Most coaches have indicated that they are in favor of the present rules, and aren't likely to make more than minor suggestions to me rules committee proper. Subsidizing and recruiting of athletes and the tremendous volume of betting on college games are among the other evils which will' oe given consideration by the I coaches and educators. A luncheon of the Sportsman-' ship brotherhood was scheduled to-; day, with Dr. William Mather j Lewis, president of Lafayette, Dr ; Marvin Stevens. New York univer ; sity football coach, and Walter, Oksen. chairman of tho football rules committee speaking. o CITY BOWLING LEAGUE Fzird Motors Engle 160 144 131 C. Leonard 141 160 13i> Hancher 154 . . . . Lytle IZ6 176 151 P. Leonard 116 145 139 deinking 146 120 Handicap 35 35 35 Totals 732 806 712 McCormick Deering Ahr 148 178 177 Cocanower 93 124 116 Zelt 118 122 1581 Everett 88 100 Stevens 153 143 156 O. Lankenau 162 Totals.6oo 667 769 St. Mary’s Briede . 157 158 134 Fr. Helmets 87 Ladd 160 154 147 Green .... 187 ISO 129 Miller . 158 163 Fr. Hennes 167 175 166 Totals7sß 825 739 i Standard Oil Keller 135 168 225 Sauers 120 Burke 138 163 16a Appelmaa „ 127 168 Bonitas 176 155 167 Hoagland 160 Heare 163 170 Handicap 22 22 22 Totals72B 839 909 Roop's Restaurant Spangler 141 178 154 Ross 133 163 139 Young 165 166 161 Stump 180 145 147 Frisinger 149 159 170 Totals76B 811 771 ' Cloverleaf Creameries (Forfeit) General Electric Schultz 172 187 149 Cochran 243 179 162 D. Gage 173 147 166 Mclntosh 146 167 146 Shafer 206 174 172 Totals94o 854 795 Mutschlers Meats Lister 113 204 167 Keller .. 155 187 177 Mutschler 160 157 154 Fisher 134 150 133 Heimann . 162 129 165 Hanicap 44 44 44 Totals76B 871 840 High game, team. General Electrict, 940. High game, individual, Cochrm, 243. Q Church Disbands Over Noise London. —<U.R) —Traffic noise has ended the life of the Congregational church, Eltham, built in 1863.

NOTICE The annual meeting of the lot owners of the Decatur Cemetery Association will be held at Dr. J. M. Miller’s office, Thursday evening, January 2, 1936 at 7 olclock. Earl B. Adams, Secretary.

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GROW SHOOTING CONTEST PLANS Third Annual State Campaign Will Open January 1 Indianapolis. Dec 26. — Hoosier conservationists will begin their third annual campaign against crows next Wednesday. January 1. with wash awards and game birds to be awarded winners in the control contest sponsored by the department of conservation. Contest entries have already been filed by 49 clubs, many of which were active in the 1935 competition. Through this contest, in which thousands of conservationists will participate during the next five months, another drive will be made to bring the crow population under control and reduce the damage to other wildlife and to crops, Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of the department of conservation, explained. The crow is an enemy of song and game birds and is the subject of similar campaigns in other states. Winners in the 1936 contest will be determined by the number of crow feet turned in by competing clubs. A total of $375 in cash awards will be made with $75 to ae divided between the five chibs turning in the largest number of feet each of the five months the contest is in progress. In addition to the cash awards, participating clubs will be awarded one quail or one pheasant for each 100 crow feet turned in during the five months. In the 1935 contest when 107,776 crow feet were turned in by the participating clubs, the department of conservation awarded $220 to the monthly winners and 538 game birds. lu that contest one game bird was given for each 200 crow feet. The Bargersville gun club of Johnson county, was the leader in the 1935 contest, collecting SSO in cash awards and forty game birds for the 8,191 crow feet turned in during the four months. Indiana's first crow control contest was staged in the spring of 1934 with 43 clubs participating. The clubs turned in 137,340 crowfeet that year. As a result of the two contests in which 122,558 crows have been killed, the number of crows has noticeably decreased in Indiana. Clubs desiring to participate in the contest must file an entry with the department of conservation and

Offense Under New Rules

By EVERETT S. DEAN, Head Coach, Indiana U. A common question among basketball followers Is "What kind of offense will be best suited for the new rules?” Let us start with the three-sec-ond rule. It was designed to do away with the evils of stationary pivot play. In a broad sense, any kind of offense which suits the material, except the stationary pivot play, could qqualify under this new rule. Teams like Indiana and Purdue will not be affected by this rule change because they have not used the pivot play for some time. However, teams using the pivot play, as Jeffersonville high school did last year and Tech of Indianapolis two years ago when they featured Johnny Townsend, now of Michigan, on the pivot work, will have to change their styles. The pivot play can still be used, but it must be a roving or moving type pf play. Timing becomes more imI portant, a factor which makes the

agree to observe the rules of good sportsmanship as well as to participate in other conservation activities. There is no entry fee for ' participation in the contest. SEVERE BLIZZARD ■ ( • INTINFRD FR< 'M P AGE ONE) a barbed wire fence at Joice, la. A negro woman died of the cold in Omaha, Neb., and a 65-year-old newsboy was frozen to death in the heart of Chicago's loop. At Louisville, Ky., the body of .1. C. Crowthers, 60, Frankliu. Tenn., was found in his parked automobTie. The cold wave brought snow flurries into Tennessee and Florida had a touch of frost in its northern sections. Snow was expected today in northern Alabama and Georgia. The cold wave was expected to reach its intensity in the east tonight and exhaust itself over the Atlantic tomorrow as balmier breezes moved in from the south and southwest. Five persons died of injuries suf- ' sered in traffic accidents yester- ’ uay in a blinding snowsibrm which struck the St. Louis methropoli- i tan area. o Youth Jailed For Attack On Mother Wise, Va., Dec. 26.--(U.R)—Hauge-man Falin, 16-year-oid mountain youth who was freed three weeks ago on charges of killing his father, was back in jail today after allegedly attempting to kill his mother. Police who arrested the youth at his home in Wild Cat valley, said Falin fired nine shots at his mother. Sne was the chief defense witness at the trial In wnich Falin won an acquittal on a plea of selfdefense in the slaying of his father. The cell where Falin is held is near that of Edith Maxwell, young school teacher, who is awaiting efforts of lawyers to secure her a new trial on conviction of killing her father when he sought to spank her for staying out late. She was sentenced to 25 years in prison. o Walker Hikes For 25 Hours London. — (U.R) — Bert Couzens, amateur long-distance walker, ; claims to have established a new - long-distance walking record by • covering 97 miles in 25 hours and 9 minutes. The previous record l was claimed by Albert Monson, i w-ho walked for 24 hours in 12 I minutes.

play harder to perfect. Offenses which station three men out in mid-floor and two players in the corners are well adapted to this new rule. Many coaches have changed to this style while others are trying the double pivot : offense, which calls for two pivot men, one on either side of the foul ring. The University of Michigan with the Townsend brothers available has used this to good advantage in some games this year. Many high school teams in Indiana are reacting to the new' free throw rule with a good fast-break offense. Under favorable conditions the fast break can be used on this play. However, in most cases the defense will have time to get set for this expected rush it is then that the fast break loses its advantage. The Little Man It looks as if the new rules have favored the little man in that the game is Taster and there now is a greater premium on speed. The i small, fast men are commanding . more attention this year than ever ■ before.

worn With Christmas a matter of history, basketball teams can swing back into tho harness preparing for the last half of the season. , 000 A decided lull in scheduled games is evident for Adams county teams this week. Coaches evidently feel their charges needed a rest during tho holidays. 000 The Decatur Commodores play the only game of the week in Decatur Friday night, meeting Catholic Central of Hammond at the local gym. The Commies have won seven in a row without defeat this year, and hope to go Into the New Year with an unblemished record. 000 Catholic Central ha.s practically the same team as la«t season which the Commodores defeated twice, once by only three points. Hammond won its first four starts of this year, but later information concerning the team is unavailable. Fans will remember that the Hammond team upset St. Mary’s of Anderson in the first round of the state Catholic tourney last spring at Fort Wayne. 000 The Yellow Jackets, idle this week, are being groomed for two tough tilts next week. The Jackets will travel to the Parlor City to meet the Bluffton Tigers Friday night and will return homo to, entertain the Pennville Bulldogs Saturday. 000 Interest of Adams county fans will be centered on the Berne Bears this weekend, as the Bears compete in a fourteam tourney at Fort Wayne South Side gym Saturday. ■ Other teams are Central, North Side and South Side, all of Fort Wayne. Two games will be played in the afternoon and two at night. The draw will be made shortly before time for the first afternoon game. 000 Wc were informed this morning that the Monroe Bearkatz will meet the Monroe team of the 1920-21 season Friday night at the Berne auditorium. This alumni team won the Bluffton sectional tourney in 1921 and waa eliminated from the state tourney by Jefferson of Lafayette. During that season, Monroe won 29 of 31 games, with the high spot a 142-2 victory over Berne. Members of the team who will appear in action Friday night, are Coppess, Crist, C. Kessler, Shirk, R. Kessler. Harvey, McKean, T. Andrews, Hendricks, Everhart fluid Moore. Clyde Hendricks, nowprincipal at the Adame school in Fort Wayne, and coach during Monroe's halcyon days, will once more ride the bench as chief adviser. Another alumni team will play the Monroe seconds in the preliminary tilt. 000 Merry Christmas? Hardly so among Bluffton basketball fans. With two members of the varsity squad and two second team players ruled ineligible, there is much walling and gnashing of teeth in the Parlor , City. Good sports join in offering condolences to these players and their coach, as no fan wishes to see a team, no matter how bitter a rival, weakened in such a manner. 000 While rules must be observed, i it appears that the board of conI trol of the state athletic association, has drawn tho line rather fine in this instance. We wonI der if it could be possible that hie Hhigness, A. L. Trester, ie losing some of his power. Just a few months ago. Trester, in an opinion to Bluffton school officials. stated that the boys were eligible. Along comes the board of control and overrules the boss. How- come? 000 Scores of one year ago this week? Commodores 47. Hammond 25 Commodores 25, Jefferson 24 South Side 28, Yellow Jackets 17. ______—o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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NEW OFFICERS nonvTivrrn fhom ONE) a house in Decatur. Until upring he expects to drive between his home in Berne and Decatur each dav. Mr. Bierly has rented the Tervew»r residence at the corner of Fifth and Madison streets. His resignation as principal of the Poling high school in Jay county i took effect Friday afternoon at the conclusion of the first eemesI ter. He has taught at the Poling school for about 15 years. o Four Bandits Rob Ohio Bank Today Columbiana. 0., Dec. 26—(U.R) — Four bandits held up three employes of the Union Bank here today and escaped in a. hail of bullets with cash estimated at $3,000. Tracy Tidd, proprietor of a de-

Public Auction 6 Room Semi-modern Home I will se'l at public auction, without reserve, the followii ’escribed real estate, at 228 North First street, Decatur. In Sale on the premises, on SATURDAY. December 28th at 2:30 P. M. 6 room, cottage type house, in a good state of repair, good garej cistern, cellar, toilet, hours on good cement block foundation. I ideal location, on brick street. Immediate possession. TERMS—SoId subject to a $300.00 mortgage. Balance cash. HENRY FOREMAN, Owner Roy S. Johnson, Auct. I . — JL Hllin llllllllllWßWaiWWll ■■■■■HHWl 111 — I I Public Sale The undersigned commissioner, bv order of the Adan ’>cnit Cour*, will re’l at public auction, on the premises. ■ North 7th St.. Decatur, Ind., the following describe - , a’ estate, on SATURDAY, December 28th At 1:30 o’clock P. M. Property known as the Brokaw property, inlot No. 455 ’ I) Nuttman’s Northwestern addition, lot is 66x132 i« Good 8 room house, semi-modern; garage. This is a go l ’oration. Do not fail to attend this sale if you are in •-arket for a home. TERMS—Cash. Sold free of liens, except 1935 tax 'ue in 1936. JOHN L. DeVOSS, Commissioner Roy S. Johnson, Auct. IBM 111 Ullin I Ml |j BASKETBALL D> c - H * s - GYM ~ FRIDAY ’ I)EC< 2 L Centra! Catholic - Hammond '! vs COMMODORES Hammond presents a strong team—the sa ® team that defeated Anderson in last y tournament, with the exception of one m Preliminary at 7:15 o’clock Lady Commodores vs Huntertown to • “LETS MAKE IT 8

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