Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1937 — Page 8

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PLAYTOOPEN , IN SECTIONALS i THIS EVENING Indiana’s Annual High School Tourney To Start Tonight Indianapolis, Mar. 4. — (U.R) Heavily studded with favorites, the vanguard of a Held of 781 basketball teams will swing into action tonight at 84 sectional centers in the 26th annual Indiana high school athletic association hardwood tournament. Three hundred and twenty-two quintets will play tonight. The remaining 459 teams are scheduled 1 for first round encounters tomor-j row. After determination of sectional champions in final engagements at the 64 centers Saturday night, the annual sports festival will progress into the regional stage at 16 points, then into the semi final round at 4 cents and finally narrow to the four' aggregations that will meet here at Butler fieldhouse March 27 tor the state title. More than 100,000 spectators are' expected to witness the sectional i encounters with attendance ranging in size from 500 to 600 at smaller communities to 5,000 at the Indianapolis tournament Under a change adopted a yearago, the IHSAA elected to start all 64 sectionals on Thursday this year in order to abolish wherever' possible Friday morning and after- | CORT - Last Time Tonight - HUMPHREY BOGART “THE BLACK LEGION” PLUS — Musical Comedy and Roger Wolf Kohn and Orch. 10c-25c FRIDA? “TAKA CHANCE NITE" 10c First evening show at 6:30 Matinee starting at 1:30. Sun. Mon. Tues. - OUT WHERE All J LAW ended... TM™ LOVE BEGfIN! GODS AND the woman r '*** ***•' . kast sails, w , tk BL j GEO. BRENT ■K 1 ROBERTS • THIS MONTH r| • Clip this advertisement . . . present it to your Anker-Holth Dealer or mail ; to address below ... if used between now and thirty days from date of publication it will be accepted as SB.OO toward the purchase of a new jAnkenHolt\ CREAM SEPARATOR Only One Coupon of This or Any Other Kind Acceptable on Each Separator The Self -Balancing Bowl alone is worth i more than the price at which any other separator sells. No other American manufacturer wil give you a guarantee in writing that his bowl is self-balancing. All other American bowls are handbalanced at the factory ... Anker-Holth bowls are not and never need be re- i turned for ''re-balancing.” Twenty Other Exclusive features on the “CHIEF’... Eleven on the “CMLLDKER” S. E. Brown, Decatur, Ind. Serv-Us Store, Berne, Ind. E.J.R. Implement Co., Willshire, O.

noon poHslonn and reduce strain on the players. I Full schedules are now neces--1 sary only at tournament centers : involving more than 12 teams. The field is smaller by three teams than the record breaking team of 748 quintets which competed in the 1936 tournament. Twenty members of the IHSAA did not enter this year's festival. Among chief absentees is Jeffersonville, on of southern Indiana's strongest teams and a perennial contender, which was forced to withdraw from competition because of Hood waters that scattered Couch Frank Barnes players to the four winds. More than 9,000 players, however, will take part in the battle for one of the most coveted sports honors in Hoosierdom. , The ranking favorites are plenli- , ful and hail from all sectors of the state. Some of them represent the 1 major prep conferences. Frankfort, defending state , champion and rated by many obI servers as the outstanding entrant this season, holds the north central conference title, acquired during a season s campaigning in which the Hot Dogs were defeated bu? twTce. Guided by the wiley Everett i Case, one of the state's shrewest’ ■ prep hardwood mentors, the Hot Dogs are looked upon as sure win- \ ners at their home sectional. They ; open hostilities tonight against 1 Sugar Creek township. The NCI', incidentally, has contributed nine out of the last 12 state high school basketball champions, ample evidence of the I calibre ot teams tn the loop and !an indication of the type of competition which Frankfort has trained against for the past 12 weeks. ' Two NCC teams, Jefferson of lutfayette and Logansport, gained I statewide recognition this season by their victories over Frankfort. I Powerful in their own right, the ! two quintets enter sectional play with this added prestige. They are ’ favored at their home sectionals. Representing the southern porI tion of the state in the list of ' “favorites," are Vincennes, ConI nersville, Martinsville. Bedford, ; Columbus and North Vernon. Vin- | cennes won the southern Indiana : athletic conference and Connersville the south center league I ihampionship. In the northern sector, Central l of Fort Wayne dominates the pic- | ture. Coach Murray Mendenhall's Tigers went undefeated in the northeastern Indiana loop and seem likely to smash down in tournament competition. Central was - Last Time Tonight - “A DOCTOR’S DIARY” John Trent. Helen Burgess. Geo. Bancroft, Ruth Coleman. ALSO —Latest MARCH OF TIME & Betty Boop Cartoon. 10c-25c —o FRI. & SAT. [bulldog DRUMMOND ESCAPES Action I Excitement! Romance! with /"- fiction's most daring . amateur sleuth! > AOolpb Ivkor IHWMtI BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES* with Ray Milicnd, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Porter Hall, Reginald Denny. Based on the play "Bulldog Drummond Again" by H. C. (Sapper) McNeile and Gerard Fairlie. A Paramount Picture. o—o Sun. Mon. Tues.—Musical Comedy Triumph. ‘‘CHAMPAGNE WALTZ” Fred MscMurray, Jack Oakie, Gladys Swarthout, Veloz & I Yolanda. EXTRA — NEWS REEL PICTURES OF THE ERIE WRECK!

I rnitnernp to Frankfort lust year. A host of other northern quin-1 tets also demanded recognition and rank among the lenders on basis of their season's performances. The list includes Elkhart, NIHSC champion; Rochester, CIC | titlist; Wabash, Horace Munn of Gary. Warsaw, Riley of South i Bend, Laporte and Hammond. Other prominent challengers In- . elube: Wiley of Terre Haute, Richmond, Washington (Indlanup-* oils), Central of Evansville, Hunt-1 ingburg. Wushlngton, Anderson and Peru. o Decatur Bowling League Results i • j Winners of the doubles and singles events in the second annual' city bowling tournament were an- • nounced today by Carl Mies, manager of Mies Recreation alleys. The winners are as follows: Doubles—Class A Pepenbrlnk-Neher 1225 HoeffelWest 1165-Kraft-Zureher 1157. Jackson-Cox 11471 Schoenherr-Schlup 10941 Frank-Earl ... 1089. Painter-Sinclair 1061 ■ Clyde-Butch 1090 . Pace-Willman 999 McLeod-B. Scott 985 Class B Spangler-Young 1154 Lankenau-Ahr 1131 Mutschler-Stump 1077 Goff Peters 1076 , Strickler-Ladd 1061 Hennes-Frisinger 101 l Hoagland-Farrar 1050 Richard-Bucher 1015 Keller-Busse 987 Mies-Green 941 Pillars-Schhip 881 Richards-Schlup ... 871 Singles Class A— Joe Nehr, 632; Don Stump. 608. Class B —Barrar. 602; Mutschler,l 548. The high individual game for the tottrney was bowled by Jack Gros-, cop with a total of 258. o ♦ ♦! | Today’s Sport Parade (By Henry McLemore) Daytona Beach, Fla., March 4 — (UP) —I figure that I have six more days as a St. Louie Cardinal rookie. -After that time it will be "good-, bye Frankie, s'long Leo. be seeing ya. ducky,” as the bus, with me inside it. heads for the tall celery. 1 the bueh leagues, and food that needs ketchup. I give myself six more days be-' cauo? there are nine positions on a baseball team and I have tried ou. for only three of them That leaven me six more days and six more positions at which to fail My failures to date include shortstop, left field, and catcher. I 1 failed at shortstop because Leo Durocher ie a ehade better than I am at the position. And I want to be I th? first one to admit his superior-' I ity. lam h-is equal in going to the j right and left, but when it comes to charging a ball he has an edge. My failure to gain a regular left field job was due to Joe M-edwick's I play. Medwick can outfield, outhit, and outrun me, and this, according to manager Frankie Frisch, is enough to warrant Medwick’s retention at the poet. The loss of the left field ; job was a severe disappointment to me- -because I had inves'ed fifty; cents in a pair ot sun glasses. It was yesterday I made my bid as a catcher. Manager Frisch was the one who suggested I seek a catching berth. “With your stomach.” he said en-j couragingly. “You’ll be a perfect ■ target.” So 1 put on a protector, mask, and - shin guards, and adopted a stance 1 behind the p’ate. Lon Warneke was

Bowling Star Here Friday ' n C * #:S j W ■ ' W' < .-Jr > &?■ < ÜbEk IfaMBH r-. £ dt ><*\v > ’ \ x < iAg < >; X&. ' Andy Varipara Andy Varipara, called the "world's most sensational bowler,” will be at the Mies Recreational alleys in this city Friday. Free instruction will be given from 3:<30 to 5:30 o’clock, and at 8:30, Varipara will bowl exhibitions against Don Stump and Father J. J. Hennes, two of Decai tur's best bowlers. Varipara will also give exhibitions of trick and I i fancy bowling.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 193/.

| Bears Play In Bluffton Sectional ■’* 1 :■ - ' ’■ - J j '/a jCk Pa / UEk9 -tMKSCR A ft IRMrI |MM oMem ! The Berne Bears, Adams county’s chief reliance to cop sectional honors in the Bluffton sectional tourney,, will meet their first test tonight, when they battle the Geneva Cardinals. Members of the squad, pictured above are: 1 Front row. left to right—Beitler. C. Lehman. Baumgartner, Dro, Winteregg. W. Sprunger. D. bprung r. • Rear row, left to right -Riesen. student manager; R. Sprunger. McKean, 11. Lehman. Jones, . eue schwander. Burry. R. Lehman. Coach Erne. i

* ♦ BROADCAST TOURNEY All games of the Fort Wayne sectional tourney will be broadcast. tourney officials have an- | nounced. Most of the games | 1 will be aired over station WGL. although WOWO likely will be used for some of the daytime games. . ♦ - - ♦ .in the box. and he asked me for my signals. ; "My what?" I asked. "Your signals," Lon answered, i “How many fingers do you show for a faet ball, how many for a i curve, and all that.” “Oh. 1 see", I answeredI was a bit slow on the uptake beI cause the last time 1 had caught , my battery mate was a 12-year-old boy who didn't have anything but i a rounhoutse curve, and he threw it every time. “What can you throw? I asked Lon. “Gotta curve?” “Sure. I got a curve.” “Swell,” 1 said, “When I want a ; curve I'll cough. When I want a big- ' curve 1'1! cough loud. When I want a little one I'll sort of sneeze.” “Gotta fast ball?” “Hell yee, I gotta fast ball ” “1 wouldn't us-? it this early in ' training,” I cautioned, remembering my old habit cf shutting my eyes when a batter swung, and fearing that Lonnie’s high one might take off a rib or two.'"No eir, I i wouldn’t use it. But if we g?t in a pinch and need it. I’ll scratch my head." “What you gonna use for my ' change of pace?” Lonnie wanted to i know. "I'll unbutton my shirt, the two I top buttons, If 1 unbutton three I want a waste ball. Okay?” “1 gu-ses so,” Lonnie said, and walked back to the plate. A fellow got up to bat and I forgot what I had told Warneke. Desperate. I unbuttoned the two top buttons of my shirt. Warneke sehook his head 1 nodded mine as if to say yes, yes. Finally Lonnie waved to me to meet him -in a conference. We met"in the name of all that's holy,” Lonnie said, “Whtjt are you asking I for?” “You haven’t forgotten the signals a'ready?” I said, my voice ting- ! ed with amazement. | “Naw. I haven’t forgotten, but 1 you must have, unbuttoning two i buttons ie a change of pace ball.'

And how in hell can I throw a change of pace when I haven't thrown anything yet?” That made sense, so I ordered a curve. He threw it. The batter missed it. I had expected a curve that came in from the left, and so placed by mit. It came In from the right. My chin, a friendly, neighborly article, stuck out to welcome it That's how I failed as a catcher. Tomorrow, but let’s not think about tomorrow and now when yesterday utill hurts. (Copyright 1937 by United Press) 0 Basketball Game Here Is Postponed The basketball tilt ot the Schmitt Motors and the Basketeretts, crack girl's five from Detroit, scheduled here for Friday night has been indefinitely postponed, according to Harold Lytle. Schmitt quintet manager. An auto accident occurring to the girls’ five while on tour has forced the team to -postpone the game, according to Mr Lytleo in a Good Town — OecA*u»

jyiam»i»a 1 ZfmWfW/. U jpaft£ -4 .A-<- MMOI ' flEn £9S»m£ * - ZTT?*' Just a light touch on the steering wheel turns the new Row Crop"7o"completely around. It'stheeasiest tractor to operate you ever saw. Every control's right at your finger tips—and you have steering and gear shifting like an automobile. This is Oliver's new 6-cylinder Tractor that has caused so much talk. There are two "70's"—one designed solely for regular gasoline—and the other to get the utmost fuel economy out of kerosene or distillate. With either one you'll get unusually great power with light weight—and great speed. Under ordinary soil conditions, you can plow with two 14-inch bases at over 4 miles an hour! That gets the work done quicker and gives more spare time for other things. The Row Crop "70" comes from the tractor factory of »the founders of the tractor industry. You'll want to see this latest, modem tractor at once—with its complete line of mounted listing, busting, planting and cultivating equipment. 29 H.P. Belt — 22 H. P. Draw Bar I Farmer’s Day ALL DAY—SATURDAY, March 6 On this day a factory representative will be on hand to demonstrate a complete line of IMPLEMENTS AND TRACTORS. FREE LUNCH AT NOON Craigville Garage Craigville, Indiana

BERNE C. C. TO i (CONTINUEDJ-TtOM given a luncheon by farm leaders -of the county, followed by a mass ‘ meffung at 1 o'clock. Following the farmers' meeting.' the governor will visit the local, high schools and will then be con- ■ ducted on an inspection tour of the city's leading industries. Candy Maker Admits Murdering Young Girl New York. March 4 —(UP) —The ■ state assembled evidence today | which it hoped would send Howard Magnussen, 26. candy maker, to the electric chair as the perpetrator of a criminal attack that killed four year o'd Joan Morvan. Magnussen confessed his crime police said, but later repudiated. His case will be submitted to tho grand jury tAipril 5IHeld in $109,000 bail each were the child's father, George Morvan, a house painter, and the cigarsmoaking woman with whom he lived Mrs. Norma Gatto. Magnussen's sister Accused ot beating the child, they were charged with assault with -Intent to kill.

CHARLEI GRIMM SEES CUBS WIN Cub Manager Predicts Chicago Will Cop National Race Chicago. Mar 4- ,<U.PJ Charley Grimm, portly Missouri hog catcher who manages the Chicago Cubs in his spare time off the farm, admitted today his ball club will be a “heckuva lot better this year" and the number one team to beat! in the National league. Likely to do the beating if the| Culb -begin to slip will be New' York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and | ; Cincinnati, in the order of their i importance to Grimm's battle plans, j “The trades helped us and you' can bet we won't make the same' mistakes we did last year," he said.' "All the other teams will be about the same except Cincinnati,. The Reds have climbed fast in two 1 years and nobody knows how far they'll go.” Grimm indicated this may be his year to crack down as he threatI ened every other season. Hisj squad — number only 29 —is the- ' smallest ever, selected for spring' | training. "We're taking only tile real ball

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