Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1937 — Page 8

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SENIORS MEET UNDERCLASSMEN FRIDAY NIGHT Game At Yellow .Jacket Gym; Play Without Center Jump Baskethull without the center Jump. The new rule will be given its first real test in Decatur Friday night, when the annual senior-un derelassineu game is played at the Yellow Jacket gymnasium. Hugh Andrews, athletic director of the public high school, announced this morning that the center Jump will be eliminated in the game tomorrow night. The hall will be tossed at center only at the start of each half or overtime period, and after technical or double fouls. Otherwise, after a tield goal, the hall will be put in play by the team scored against, in the same manner as is now done after free throws. Elimination of the center jump was voted Wednesday by the national rules committee at the annual meeting in Chicago. However, the “three-second" rule was kept intact. Play At 8 o’clock Friday night's feature game will start at 8 o’clock. In the senior lineup will be Hurst, Smith, Brodbeck, Beery and Freidt. Worthman. another senior, has been out of school all week because of illness. The underclassmen's lineup will

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be selected from the following: MeConnell, Stapleton, Highland, Huffman. Gaunt, Shoe and Heller. A preliminary game will be played at 7 o’clock, between the freshI men und sophomores. Admission prices will be 25 cents for adults und 10 cents for students. All proceeds from Friday’s game | will be used to help defray expenses of the Yellow Jacket team members to the state tinals at Indianapolis, Saturday, March 27. FT. WAYNE FIVE IS ELIMINATED Central Catholic Loses In First Tilt Os National Tourney Chicago March 18 —(UP) —Rietz Memorial of Evansville. Ind.. and Marquette high school. Milwuakee, were winners in first round games of the 14th National Catholic high school basketball tournament today. Results: Rietz Memorial, 40; St. Teresa, Decatur, 111., 13. Marquette. 37; Benedictine Military school. Richmond. Va-. 30. Chicago, March IS —Central Catholic of Fort Wayne, one of three Indiana teamo entered in the 14th annual national Catholic higb school basketball tourney, in progress at the Loyola University gym here, was eliminated in the first game of the tourney Wednesday night. Central Catholic faltered in the final quarter to drop a 26-24 decision to St Patricks of Kankakee. 111., Fort Wayne led at the half. 13 to 11. and otill maintained a slight margin at the expiration of the third quarter. St. Pat’s rallied in the final quarter, however, to nose out the Indiana entrant. In other games last night.. De La Salle of Chicago, defending chain pion, trounced St. Ambrose of Davenport, lowa, 32 t > 19; and Fenwick of Oak Park- Hi., chalked up an easy 33 to 17 tr imph over Cotter of Winona, .Minn.

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> —l.—.—.l——i ■ in-—i -i. • | Decatur Bowling League Results | * Merchant League * Schafer Co. R. Schultz . 147 126 157 Rumple . 104 147 151 ' G, Scilltz. II!' 112 ITS Walters 153 127 170 Tope ... 122 172 150 Totals . 645 714 806 Auto License Fisher 111 133 for. 1 Ei. h.T 114 7>|., ' Huubold . 128 91 Macbaugh 166 119 100 100 Totals 619 548 Mies Recreation Macklin 159 120 Hancher 143 158 ... P. Hunt 107 162 Keller . 222 172 171 B. Hunt 123 96 Strickler 178 171 160 Liechty 132 Totals 773 792 709 Green Kettle Brunnegraph 169 145 12* Frlsinger 132 111 94' Hunter 156 130 1521 S< hicman . !.'!• 1.">3 l.M' Murphy 137 170 170 Totals . 783 709 697 Douglas Co. Baker 119 144 166 Lose 178 153 157 Reynolds 134 134 Reed 175 161 155 Gilliom 11' 21' Fuhrman 159 199 Totals 724 825 8111 Gerber's Market Gerber 129 117 141 R. Woodhall 149 170 134 Schneider ... 167 172 184 Peterson 179 182 1251 K. Woodhall 156 175 158 Totals 780 816 742 i At the Training Camps | By United Press Pirates San Bernardino, Cal., Mar. IS. — (U.R; — Manager Pie Traynor was contentedly watching today a duel between veteran Pep Young and Lee Handley. $20,000 rookie bought at the Montreal meeting, for the Pittsburgh Pirates second base post Both rose to heights under the spur of competition. The ordinarily weak-hitting Young was smashing the ball to the fences. The crowd cheered yesterday as Traynor sent both in alternately. White Sox Pasadena. Cal.—Pitcher Merritt (Sugar) Cain, last of the holdouts, was working out with the Chicago White Sox today. He came on the diamond the first time yesterday and is being permitted to take a leisurely pace. Manager Jim Dykes watched from the sidelines yester-| day a hard two and one half hour workout. Cubs Avalon. Santa Catalina Island. — i The Chicago Cubs went back to 1 workouts today, with victory rest-1 ing with the Yannigans, 10-6, in the first exhibition practice game yesterday with the regulars. A homer by Ken O'Dea with two on in the fifth put the regulars ahead, ; Walter Higbee then went wild and the Yannigans scored seven times in the same inning. Cardinals Daytona Beach, Fla. —Lon Warn-; eke will be prepped for Dizzy Dean's No. 1 spot on the St. Louis Cardinal pitching staff, manager Frankie Frisch said today as his team prepared to meet the National league champions in the rubber game of their exhibition sereis. “1 can't wait for Dizzy to make up his mind what he's going to do.'', he said, "and I like Lon's pitching I skill and his spirit." Owner Sam Breadon declared Dizzy had not written him asking his voluntary retirement. "But it's all right with! us." he added, "we’ll still report in 1 Cincinnati on April 20. Senators Orlando. Fla. — The Washington;

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Senators were still talking today about the triple play that the New York Giants pulled in a tight spot yesterday to help them on to a 6-0 victory. With two men on. Travis drove a liner to Moorse who caught I Sington off the bag at second. I Whithead relayed the ball to first before Hill could scamper back to safety. Yankees 1 St. Petersburg, Fla. The world champion New York Yankees, playing 1.(100 ball in the Grapefruit circuit. were seeking their fourth straight victory as they tangled with the Cincinnati Reds today. Tigers Lakeland. Fla. Manager Mickey Cochrane was convinced today that Schoolboy Rowe's automobile accident last month had not slowed down the big right hander's fireball. Rowe, yielding only a scratch single in four innings, pitched the Detroit Tiger recruits to a 2-1 victory overt he regulars in a seven inning game yesterday. o BULLETIN St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 18. i'J.R,’ — Lou Gehrig. New York Yankee first baseman holdout, today agreed to play this season for $36,000. Gehrig came to terms over the long distance phone with Joe McCarthy, Yankee manager. He had been holding out for $50,000. He was given a bonus of $750 for signing. The reason for that, according to McCarthy, was that Col. Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, was against agreeing to a contract calling for any more than $36,000. The contract was for one year. o —. Gross Income Tax Collections High Jidianapolis. March 18— Indies- ; t-on<s that state gross income tax | receipts for the 12-month period I ending March 31 would be more I than 18 per cent greater than collections for the previous 12-month period were shown today in figures prepared by the state gros«3 income | tax division. Representing for the most part i tax payments made on 1936 income, the division’s figures showed collections of $18,837,531.72 during the 'current period, with two weeks ta Igo. while collections in the period end-ing March 31. 1936. totalled sl6, ‘015,220.01. It was expected that when tabulations are completed the total numI her of 1936 returns would surpass i 375,009, compared to 350,000 for 1 1935.

■ ST. PATRICK'S ’ TALKBYF.D.R. t Roosevelt Says Selfishness Nation’s Greatest i Danger Warm Springs, Ga-. March 18 — i (UPI — Selfishness is the ''greates' j danger that confronts our country I today." President Roosevelt said in a St. Patrick's day speech last nigh'. p 1 He said that the old Irish motto — t "not for ourselvee but for others”- - might well he the inspiration of all 1 Amer-'eans. “Not for the fine pur- ■ poses of charity alone, .but also for 1 our guidance in our public and pri- » vate service.’’Mr. Roosevelt spoke by telephone ' 1 to the charitable Irish society banquet n Boston and to the Hibernian society meeting in Savannah, Ga The address was transmitted from i Georgia Hall, administrative headquarters of the Warm Springs foundation. "Good old St. Pa'rick." Mr Roosevelt said. "Was the epitome of unselfishness. .May we follow In his footsteps." Paying tribute to the Brush for being faithful to the heritage of St. Patrick. Mr. Roosevet said: "The same devotion and steadfastness to the cause of Liberty within the homeland itself has accompanied the Irish wherever they have gone —even to the far corners of the earth. "Our own country owes a great debt to their contribution to its upbuilding. They have borne arms In our wans both in the colonial and the national periods. In comtnerc? agriculture and industry, in the arts Gand sciences, in literature, in the I professions and in the councils of ' | state they have shown special aptic tude and peculiar talent” 1 The President, saying that he had 5 a particular tendc-ri.|ss for St I Patrick’s Day." recalled that it also I ' 1 marked his wedding anniversary—--5 in this case the 32nd. 5 Clemency Is Sought For Harold Getting a _____ 4 Indiandpolis. Mar. 18 (U.R) — 1 Current illness and previous good - record of Harold Getting, 33, former Allen county deputy sheriff. - was cited before the state clem- - ency commission today during s hearing on his application tor par role from a two-year embezzlement term.

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CENTER JUMP IS REMOVED No Center Jump To Be Used After Scoring Os Field Goals Chicago. Mar. 18 (U.R) Huies of the national basketball rules committee were altered today to provide for Jumps at center only at the start of each half ami the overtime period, and after technical and double fouls. Members of the committee act ing on recommendation of the national coaches association, voted yesterday to eliminate the jump after field goals. The speeded-up game was de- . manded by an overwhelming ma , , Jority of members, who pointed i lout ft has been adopted by th“. Pacific Coast und Western confer-1 encea. Only opimsitioii came from the deep south. The change was expected to I have important effect on team per- ( sonnel. Henry V. Porter. Chicago.

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