Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 34, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1936 — Page 6

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ANNUAL SECOND TEAM TOURNEY IS SCHEDULED Reserve Teams Os County To Play Thursday And Saturday The annual Adams county second team tournament Will be held at the Hartford township «'»- nusluta. Thursday night and Saturday aUernoon and night. WitJj first teems of the county tilayiug regularly scheduled games PridEtT, the first round was moved up tu/Thursday. The schedule was drawn nt a me-t-tiug of school principals at the office of C. E. Striker* county superintendent, Monday night. Games Thursday will start at 6 o'clock. With font games carded. The opening round schedule follows: Kirkland vs Pleasant Mills. Monmouth vs Berne, Hartford vg Jefferson, Geneva vs Monroe. Semi final games will be played at 2 and 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The semi-final losers will meet in tho consolation tilt at 7 o’clock, with the championship contest aX 8. Each team may certify 10 players, and must withhold five men from the varsity tsquad. Admission will be 15 cents per session. Referees have not been selected. The official timekeeper will be Andrew Cook of Geneva and Robert Beery of Kirkland will serve as official scorekeeper. NEW DEAL SEEKING FROM PAGEJMHJ). gold cases. Until he came to the bench, the man from Pennsylvania was best known as tho oil scandals prosecutor of Harry F. Sinclair and Albert B. Fall. Roberts fa 60 years old. There wore no supreme court mourners last spring for the blue eagle and NRA. The national recovery administration wont down 9 to 0 before the court. But there was dissent yesterday when Roberts read the agricultural adjustment administration into tho junk pile. The theme song for reform of the courts or amendments to the constitution —or something more abrupt and painful—seemed to be written Into the dissenting opinion. "So may judicial power b" abused,” was the solemn warning of associate justice Harlan F. Stone who read tho dissent in be-

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t WEEK’S S(’HEDI LF * OF BASKETBALL • —— — — * Tuesday Jefferson nt Wren. Ohio. Wednesday Central t'allwlic of Fort Wayne at Commodores. Friday Auburn at Yellow Jackets Kirkland at Hartford LaOllo at Monmouth Geneva ve Jefferson at Berne. Saturday Yellow Jackets nt South Side Portland at Berne. Sunday Commodores at Mannion Acad-r-my, I half of himself and Justices Louis D. Braudels and Benjamin N. Cardozo to the majority opinion of Justice Roberts. "The only check upon our own exercise of power," said Stone, , "is our own sense of self-restraint. For the removal of unwise laws from the statute bookis appea.l lies not to the courts but to the ballot ;md to the processes of democratic government." Against Stone’s warning that the courts are not Justified in assuming sole protection for our institutions. Roberts argued that the courts do not in fact pass > judgement on the wisdom of eon-, gressionnl acts but must apply to , them the test of their rightness , under limitations of the conetnotion. Roberts insisted that this question the courts must "decide.” i Roberts refused to consider the . argument that iAAA could be sub- i stantiated under the constitution-1 al authority for congress to “pro- ’ vide for the general welfare" of | the nation. Stone, Brandeis and Cardozo challenged him there. Portland Officer Nabs Egg Thief Portland. Ind., Jan. 7. — (U.FS — Charged with the theft of a case of eggsc Trol Barnes is being held in the county jail here in default of SI,OOO bond. He is charged with taking the eggs from Clyde Towle's automobile, parked in the business district Saturday night. Finding the eggs hidden behind a building on West Walnut street. Patrolman John Linge waite on guard until Barnes returned to take the eggs. Upon seeing the of- ■ liter, Barnes attempted to flee, but was chased down by Linge, and . placed in the city jail. Unwieldy “Currency” In ancient Cyprus, cuppa pots were i»«—t '■ • if o Trad* in a Goos To<*n — Decatur

BASEBALL CLUB | OWNER IS DEAD Charles A. Stoneham, Owner Os Giants, Dies Last Night Hot Springe. Ark., Jan. 7 —(UP) Charles A. Stoneham, president and owner of the New York Gumtu baseball club, died last, night In his hotel room of nephritis, a kidney ailment; i He would have been 60 years old in July. 11l almoet three yearn, Stoneham camo here Dec. 16 with hfa eon. Horace, hoping that tho Mineral Springs would aid hfa failing heath. ■ He Lapsed into a coma three days . ago and only once regained con.sciousneuia. Dr. W. M. Blackshare of Hot I Springs and young Stoneham, now in hfa thirties, were at the bedside when the rugged giant head died at 8:48 P, M. Horace, who has been | helping to run the team the past I few years, is exp’eted to take command. i The body will be shipped to New York for burial. Stoneham bought the giant»s 18 years ago from the heirs of John T. Brush. Hfa partners were the late | John J. McGraw and the former Judge Fraxofa K. McQuade. McGraw who managed the giants until 1932, died in 1934. McQuade, who wan ousted from his position ae club I treasurer several years ago, lost a law suit in which he nought to I regain that ipost. During his period of ownership, the giants won five national league pennants and three world chaml. r ionshipe, 0 | CITY BOWLING LEAGUE — ‘ General Electric 24 9 .727 I Roop’s Restaurant .21 12 .636 1 St. Mary’s .19 14 .575 Standard Oil 19 14 .570 iviuiscnier's Meats . 16 17 .485 Ford Motors 14 19 .424 McCormick-Deering 10 23 .303 Cloverleaf Creameries 9 24 .273 Standard Oil Keller 138 150 160' Sauers li>2 135 151 Burke 159 115 158 Appetman 129 97 Huinfas 156 169 164 Heare 151 | Handicap 35 35 35 Totals 769 701 819 General Electric Schultz 118 144 < ocnran . 149 148 149 drown 148 140 , Mclntosn 140 176 179 Schafer 160 174 14a Gage 158 193 Totals7ls 798 810 Ford Motors Macy 159 141 119 T. Leonard 153 145 153 Scnnepp 166 133 125 C. Leonard 107 141 132 Lytle 164 167 190 Totals .749 727 725 Cloverleaf Creameries Girard 169 163 144 1 Schnell 81 95 177; xveliy ... 137 128 162' Smith 91 106 96’ K. Reouard 145 154 162 | Handicap b 4 54 54 i Totals 677 700 795 ' Mutschler's Meats Lister 16S 160 167 1 Keller 152 148 181 I r'isuer 157 138 145 I Geimer 138 142 146 I Heimann 177 140 113 Totals 792 728 752 McCormick-Deering Ahr zi4 180 143 : Stevens 159 135 158 Cocanower 119 132 iOS Zelt 149 * 144 131 O. Lankenau 144 179 Baumgartner 130 < Handicap 41 41 41 Totalsß26 752 750 St. Mary's Briede mi 151 167 Meis 145 152 141 Butler 95 .Girard 148 180 145 ] Ladd 159 133 146 Green 160 152 Handicap 29 29 29 Totals 724 805 783 Roop’s Restaurant Spangler 138 152 182 Ross 142 153 197 Young 147 150 131 Stump 180 147 164 Frisinger 193 168 184 Totals 800 770 858 — Winners of Holiday Doubles Tournament First—Spangler-Fr. Hennes. Second —Girard-Hoagland. Third —Green-Stump. Fourth—GirardMutschler. Fifth—Green-Miller. Sixth—Girard-Stump. Seventh—Stump-Ahr. o Trade in a Good Town — Decatur i

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PURDUE, I. U. WIN OPENERS Purdue Nips Ohio State And Indiana Conquers Michigan Chicago Jan. 7 —(UP) — Illinois and Wisconsin, defeated in their first Big Ten basketball games of the season, ecored victories last night while Purdue and Indiana won their initial conference games. lllinofa had an easy t me with Minnesota, winnning 42 to 19. The victors led at the half, 17 to 7 after being held in check for the first few minutes. Jim Vopecka, llllni forward, was high scorer with five field goals. Capt. E<l Stege of Wisconsin accounted for hfa team's 38 to 36 victory over Chicago by dropping in two field goals in an overtime period The score was tied 34 to 34 at the end of the regular plaving time after being tied 19 to 19 at the half. Capt. Bill Haarlow, who accounts for Chicago's score in the extra perlon, was high scorer with seven field goals and four free throws. Purdue won its first conference game, defeating Ohio State. 36 to 27. It was the first defeat of the season for the Buckeyes. Ohio State led at the half 16 to 15 and the score was tied five times before Purdue asured a commanding iead late in the final period. Bob Kessler, Purdue Forward, was high point man with 10 points. Michigan, after winning seven straight contests, was defeated by Indiana 33 to 27, in the

Jealousy Seen as Murder Motive rs * Silber Peacock and daughter j /W M Sal * Kb w W I" I n I • i - : ... xJBB I - | A aA i; S' ’ w' m X / ft/- J ’X j [Arthur Thompson] /|. Alin. TbompZT 1 liked Dr Peacock. He was a man of the world and knew the ways of women." With these words, attributed to Mrs. Aline Thompson, Chicago police linked her husband with the mysterious murder vs Dr Silber Peacock, prominent child specialist, who was mysteriously murdered after a phone call had summoned him to treat a sick child. As Mrs. Peacock, shown top with her child, made arrangements for the funeral, police questioned Arthur Thompson, Chicago chiropodist, on the theory that he had killed Dr Peacock in a jealous rage over suspicion that the murder victim had been paying hia w ile attentions. Thompson denied having any knowledge o» the ductor s death and offered an alibi which indicated he would b« cleared of suspicion.

first conference game for both teams, (’apt. Chelso Tomagno of Michigan was out because of an injury. trailing by five ipoints soon after the atari of the game. Indiana I jumped to a 15 t > 11 lead at the half ami held Michigan to two field goals In the second period. ‘ o SATURDAY GAMES Purdue at Chicago. Northwestern at Indiana.Illinois at Wisconsin 1 Ohio State at lowa. ’ Minnesota at Michigan. O : — t Cloverleaf Team Beats Huntington i ' The Cloverleaf Creamery team of • this city defeated the Huntington : K. of C. team at Huntington SunI day, 21 to 16, after leading at the > half, 14 to 12. Hebble was Decatur's i< ading scorer with three field goals . Hill and Strickler each hit twice . from the field. i o Close Open Season On Rabbits Friday ‘ Indiana’s open season on rabbits • ends Friday Jan- 10. Possession of 1 wild rabbits during the closed sea- ’ son which begins Saturday, is a vio--1 .ation f the law and makes the possessor . f’dect to arrest and a fine. 1 The open season o-.i rabbits. 1 which began Nov. 10th, has been ’ unusually succ ssful from the hun- ‘ ter's viewpoint as the cottontails ' were plentiful in most sections and ' n-ovided som? real field sport. The • large increase in rabbits lias been • credited to-the stacking operations ; conducted by the department of Conservation, the creation of more i favorable food and shelter condii — •■> '“ore general obi servanco of tho game laws.

younggolfers SHOW THE w Willie Macfarlane Only, One Os Old Guard In First Ten New York, Jfai. 7. (U.R) Flilin ' ing youth, typilh’d by Plearde and Revolts. ut « *‘ d swath on professional during 1935. As a result, onl> i n member of golfs old M • ished among the years ten top Bcorerß ' , t vAiiniJ Heading the parade of younK stars who dominated the ranks of club-swingers was Paul Runyan of| White Plains. N. Y, according to final tournament medal averages for the year, released today by t e professional golfers’ association. Runyan, who won the PGA title in 1934, the most money on the winter circuit, and who finished second in strokes to Ky Uffoon of Chicago in the same year, moved into first place with an average o 72.27 strokes per 18 holes on j.i rounds of tournament play. Las-I soon, who won only one tournament last year—the Arizona —finished sixth. The only veteran to crack into the charmed ten was Willie Macfarlane of Tuckahoe, N. Y., who finished eighth. Second place went to Henry Pickard, Hershey, Pa. The leaders: Paul Runyan, White Plains, N Y„ 55 rounds, 8,975 strokes. 72 29 average. Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa., 95. 6,875, 72.37. Horton Smith, Oak Park, ill., 75, 5.440, 72.53. Harry Cooper, Chicago, 79. 5.-, 733, 72.57. Johnny Revolta. Milwaukee, 84, | 6,111, 72.75. Ky Laffoon, Chicago, 72. 5.246., 72.86. i Ray Mangrum. Los Angeles, 81. 5,906. 72.91. Willie Macfarlane. Tuckahoe. N. 1 N.. 43, 3.141. 7105. Vio Ghezzi. Deal. N. J.. 69, 5.041, 73.06. Jimmy Hines, New York, 70, 5,115, 73.07. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana. 33: Michigan. 27. Purdue, 36; Ohio State, 27. Illinois, 42; Minnesota, 19. Wisconsin. 38; Chicago, 36. Evansville. 32: DePauw, 26. — Q. — —.

More Clubs Enter State Crow Contest Indianapolis, Jan- 7—The Ifat of conservation chilis to participate in the third annual crow control contest fa increasing steadily, Virgil M. Simmons, commisßioner of the department of conservation, observed today after ihecking the entry Ifat. More than fifty clubs have filed formal entries and a number of these have already started their | collection of crow feet. Seventy-five dollars in cash awards will be paid winners of the January division of the contest which continues for five months. The chib turning in the most crow I Wins Miami Open X V Tvv . ; ft ' \ x I .w/ ■ ; ■ r i 1/ ft X i - V Willi. Klein Blazing around the course at Miami Springs, Fla., with a 72-hole score of 272, si» strokes under the record, Willie Klein of New York and Miami Beach won first money I in 4 the >2,500 Miami open golf tourney.

Dempsey Back—By P nF t Ml . I ■ » 1 V r* I tft s ll r ~ pjwll . s’ wl. 1W Anticipating Joe Louis’ enpture of ths World heavyweight Dempsey is already grooming a whits hope. He is "Red" Burman, seen here during • workout in New York gyngS nersonal guidance of the former “Msnassa Mauler will be fighter managed by Dempsey e old manager,

feet before noon on Saturday, Feb. 1 will win 125; the club turning in the second largest number of crow fret will win >2O. Third p.ace winner will receive sls, fourth place

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