Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 35, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1937 — Page 8

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CENTRAL TEAM FAVORITEFOR INDIANA TITLE Central Tigers Overwhelming Favorite To Cop Tournament (Editor’s note: This is the final article on the four teams which will meet here tomorrow for the state high school basketball championship. ) By Gene Dailey (UP. Staff Correspondent) Indianapolis. Mar. 26 4U.fi)- The Tigers of Central high (Fort Wayne >. one of the most powerful teams in state hardwood circles, tomorrow will enter Butler university fieldhouse as the overwhelming favorite w > win the 26th annual IHSAA net tournament. They will mwt Huntingburg’s Happy Hunters, the ’’peoples choice," in the first engagement of ti-.e titular series. Ranking of favorite has been pinned on the Tigers tor several reasons. The hoys who study the Hoosier basketoall scene point out that: 1. Central has "blinding speed" to employ in its fast break style of play. 2. The Tigers' offense l is something to marvel at. 3. Coach Murray Mendenhall’s players are seasoned veterans. All of the 1936 teams, which was runnerup to Frankfort in the state Farr-Way CLEANERS

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• tourney, except Steve Sitko, Gim bel award winner, were hack this season. 4. The Tigers have helghth, plenty of it .Mendenhall can put a team on the- floor averaging over C feet. ' With these 1 assets. Central is con--1 tident and the Fort Wayne funs * foresee- the first championship in history for their city as the Tigers invade 1 the l finals held for the sixth time in 11 years. Coach Mendenhall hus piloted the team to 27 victories in 29 games this season, losing only to I North Side I Fort Wayne» and i Horace Mann (Gary! during a holt- ■ day tournament. Since then the 1 Tigers have won 21 consecutive games. The Tigers' offense makes the team outstanding. They have set the scoring pace throughout sectional. regional and semifinal tournament competition and during the 1 season piled up 1.210 points for a game average of 11.7. Their foes averaged 22.7. Tiger fans tell this story about Central’s fast breaking style of Play: After the 1 Bluffton game in early January, the players considered themselves pretty fast. To disjiel the overconfident attitude. Mendenhall took his team to watch Piggy Lambert's outfit toss in 60 points during an intercollegiate affair. It apparently worked. During their next six games, the Tigers decided they didn't break so fast and proceeded to score from 42 to 53 points each game. The Tigers chieftan has a well balanced ten-man tournament squad and c an shift his lineup any moment. A probable combination includes: Paul Armstrong and Jack Paul, forwards: Virgil Riddle, 6 foot three inch negro pivot man, at center: Herman Schaefer and Torn Motter, guards. Harold Braden. Lloyd Altekruse. 1 Tony Stansku, Frank and Joe Cel--1 arek round out the squad. ' Performance of the Central

i squad is peculiar In that its attack seldom is sustained. The Tigers apparently are able to turn on a burst of offensive power almost at will. Against Muncie they scored Hl points 'in less than a quarter and when playing Warsaw made 11 _ points In the lust five minutes of I- the third period. s The state high school basketball title never hus been farther north i, than Logansport This year the t fans up state ure clamoring for r their first championship. As a good omen they point out that four i- times In the last 12 years the runs nerup has come bac k next time to i win the crown. s Probably one l of the* best coinplii ments handed the Tigers is the , tact that they often have heen I compared to the mighty Frankfort t quintet which won the ohamplon- > ship last year. I The 1936 edition of the Hot Dogs was hailed as one of the great • tournament teams in history. It ■ scored 50 points against Central, the first time in a quarter century ■ that a team made 50 points in the t championship game of the annual - Hoosier c lassic. I —o— Decatur Bowling League Results | • — ♦ MERCHANTS LEAGUE Gerber's Gerber 150 128 132 B. Woodhall 112 131 116 It. Woodhall 117 157 141 Hoffman 106 127 100 K. Woodhall 114 142 154 Total 639 655 643 Green Kettle Bones 146 163 157 Frisinger 123 76 100 Hunter 149' 172 It:' Sc-heimann 156 209 12:1 Murphy 171 155 190 Total 745 800 719 ■- ; I Auto License Fisher 132 137 116 Eicher 128 132 116 Haubold 135 117 143 Marbaugh 173 121 141 i De Voss 192 152 110 .— i Total 760 649 656 i Mies Recreation Hancher 128 198 136 1 Keller 166 162 137 P. Hunt 147 136 157 Leichty 131 144 121 i Strickler 121 128 , MaVklin 114 , Total 693 754 679 , Schaffer Walters . 144 124 154 It. Schultz 163 184 172 , Rumple 149 131 166 , Tope 158 144 166 , G. Schultz 125 135 182 Total 739 71S 834 ' Douglas Co. Baker 16" 197 u.; ( J. Lose 165 156 146 Gilliom 140 119 117 <■ Reed 167 178 146 . Reynolds . 135 155 150 Total 767 805 685 o i At the Training Camps | By United Press Deland. Fla., Mar. 26. -flj.R)—The St. Louis Cardinals dropped a 10inning decision to Columbus of the American association. 4 to 3. The Cards broke a 2-to-2 tie with a run in the tenth but the major leaguers’ farm club bounced back iu the last half with two. Paul Dean started on the mound for the Cards and improved after a bad first Inning in which he was pounded for four singles. Phillies Sarasota. Fla. — Philadelphia's lowly Phillies hanged out a 7-to-0 triumph over the Boston Red Sox here behind the four-hit pitching of the veteran Bucky Walters. Yankees St. Petersburg. Fla. — The NewYork Yankees turned to their specialty, home runs, to whip the Boston B£es for the tight straigii time, 6 to 2. Bill Dickey and Tony Lazzeri contributed circuit clouts while Lefty Gomez and Steve Sandra were limiting the Bees to four hits. George Selkirk, the Yankees' right fielder, ran wild on the bases, stealing second and third after singling in the sixth and then engineering a double steal with Babe Dahlgren to complete his trip Cubs around the bases. Avalon. Cal. — After two weeks , of some of the worst training camp weather the club ever has experienced, the Chicago Cubs headed for Los Angeles and their battle today with an old rival, the Chi- . cago White Sox. Larry French will start on the hill for the Bruins with Roy Parmelee scheduled to finish. Pirates Los Angeles, Cal. — A four-run i blast in the fifth inning with Red Schulte and Wilbur Brunbaker hitting home runs, gave the Pittsburg Pirates a 6 to 5 victory over the Chicago White Sox in an exhibition tussle. Giants Biloxi, Miss.— (U.R> —A three-run uprising in the last half of the ! ninth gave the Milwaukee Brewers I of the American association a 4 to I

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3 victory over the New York Giants. Tin l Giants were leading 3 1. when the Brewers went to bat. Dodgers Lakeland. Fla U.P.7 Th. l Brooklyn Dodgers pounced on the offerings of three Detroit hurlers to defeat the Tigers. 8 to 3. in a wild exhibition game. The loss was Detroit’s third in six Grapefruit league games. Reds Sebring. Fla. Rookie pitchers Johnny Vander Meer and Lloyd Moore, whom manager Charles Dressen hopes will make the major league grade this season, held Newark of the International league to four hits to give Cincinnati a l-to-0 exhibition game victory. Newark’s surlers. Piechota. Russo and Donald, did even better, permitting only three Reds to hit safely. Vander Meer was strikeout king of the minor leagues last year when he fanned 295 Piedmont league batsmen. Indians New Orleans. La. PostmasterGeneral James A. Farley watched from a box as the Cleveland Indians walloped the New Orleans Policans. 8 to 1. in a training camp exhibition game. Manager Steve O'Neill of the Tribe sat with Farley but his eyes followed closely the performances of Mel Harder and Earl Whitehill on the pitcher’s mound. *'congress"todaF* By UNITED PRESS Senate: In reces<s. House: In recess.

Fencing Revives in Popularity 'w —— _— ; “1 * • . 1! '! : K, ax r KJ W « pKi/ WX- X J Na , ( AY I /wlif r wil nH WUI •Az"' - 1 ; , I kA ■»- l|Pr- and Mrs. Sarga ], jtSRHIKSk The ancient art of fencing, immortalized in the great duels of history, is today being enjoyed by an ever-increasing number of men and women in the United States who have taken up the sport for exercise and thrill rather than to settle fierce personal feuds. Aldo Naldi and Helene Mayer, present world’s champions, are said to be equal to the finest fencers of all time. The sport made international headlines last fall when Dr. Franz Sarga of Budapest, Hungary, challenged 50 men to mortal duel after they had allegedly insinuated that he married his pretty wife for her money..

GOOD FRIDAY is, . k-wicM HAUK ;>NK> Zion Lutheran and th. l Zion Reformed will hold Holy Communion. Holy Saturday will be observed at the St. Mary's Catholic church with tile blessing of the pascal candle tire, and Easter water will begin at 6 a. m. followed by a high mass at 7:30 a. m. Lent closes at noon. Sunday, all churches in the city have planned special individual Easter services. o > GROWERS NAME .CONTIM'RH f-'wnM o » b- v the Indiana V. S. "Won" Tomato dull and the Double Tonnage club, and the 4 H club, especially with the 4H clubs, to furnish leadership. Meetings shall he held on call of the president. — o — Motor Ship Sinks In .Middle Os Pacific Sani Francisco. March 26 —(UP) The marine bureau of the San Francisco c hamber of commerce announced it received advises that the motor ship Fijian, reported in distress Monday, sank in mid-Pac:-sic late yesterday. * ♦ TODAY'S COMMON ERROR | Never say, ‘‘it is him;’’ say, |, "It is he.” • — _•

SENTENCE FIVE IN VICE DRIVE Four Others Await Sentences In Kosciusko Circuit Court Warsaw, Ind., Mar. 2b. <U.fi) Five persons faced prison terms today and four others awaited sentencing after they had pleaded guilty in th'- Kosciusko circuit court to vice charges, tiled Wed nesday. Judge Ronald Vanderveer fined Mrs. Laona Ramer, 44. S3OO and sentenced her to six months in the women’s penitentiary for operating a house of prostitution and contributing to the delinquency of two minors, her daughters. Belly, 13. and Suzanna. 16. Roy Ramer. 21. her son. received sentences of five to 21 years and two to 21 years on incest and criminal assault charges; and three other men who confessed assaulting the girls were also given long terms. They were John Heeter. 31. and Darrell Riggins, 38, each one to 10 years: and Sanford Keim. 25. five to 21 years. Sentencing of Richard Gilbert. 55. and Rufus Pratt, 35. both of • whom are held on criminal assault charges, and of the two girls was deferred. Ernest Nichols. 54. and Victor Hoover. 25. were to he arraigned before Judge l Vanderveer • today. . ■ o I OPPONENTS SEE 1 I .CtiNTtNI’ED PH' >\- Aylty _*P > '. l r_ > -. 1 Henry F. Ashunit D.. Ariz., on the judiciary committee. "No compromise or alternative methods will he satisfactory." Another strong administration supporter said compromise plans ire a "waste of time. The point is we are going to pass the president’s hill." Liberal alternate plans advanced were: 1. A proposal by Sen. Edward R. Burke. D.. Neb., for a constituSUN. xMON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday Two Great Action Hits! I RIOTOUS, RAW-KNUCKLED ROMANCE! A born fighter omong fighting men who battled the world for tho woman he loved I a? JOHN WAYNE in “CONFLICT” - ADDED THRILLER - Trigger-fast excitement when a gay - old lady K =? traps a master mob! Evenings 10c-20c c—o Tonight & Saturday CHARLES STARRETT in “WEST BOUND MAIL” ALSO—“Jungle Jim;” Oswald Cartoon & “Fishing Thrills.” Tonight ONLY ONE DIME Saturday 10c-15c - First Show 6:30

tlcimil amendment providing compulsory retirement of supreme court Justices at 76 years, with a provilson by c engross for state conventions to act on the*emend i ment within about six months 1 time. 2. A proposal liy Ken. Carl A. ■ Hatch. D., N. M., to amend the president’s plan to provide that no more than two additional jus tlcc-s could be named to the court iin any single year. The suggestion was designed to overcome charges * of "packing" Ihe court and was described us certain to attract I strong support from ranks of senators who have hesitated to lm< k the proposed addition of six new justices liut would accept two new ' members of the court. II , Injured Portland Residents Better • The condition of Mr. anil Mrs. Albert Shawver, and their fonr- ’ year-old ‘son. Russell, all of whom 1 were injured in an autotruck col- * lision north of the city Thursday * afternoon, was reported to be much ■ improved by the attending phys- ’ h ian today. ■ The physician stated that the ’ young son. over whose condition' • much concern had been expressed. was steadily improving and that lie • had completely rallied from the 1 stunned condition caused by the 1 wreck There was a possibility 1 that the three might be released 1 from the hospital late this after- ‘ noon, the physician stated. r o No Extension Likely On Title 1 Os FHA — According to an item in the Banker's Journal, it is not likely that Title Due of the FHA will lie > extended after April 1. Roscoe Glendening. cashier of the First State Bank, received a copy of the paper today and Stew-

f ;<;WTWVWI SUN. mon. tie# F * Z W B CortiH‘..ovS S-rday from ' fl| . JUOULbIuM. 7 Only 10c-25c K GET YOUR FACE READY TO LAUGH® > She thumbed her way 4to the U.S.A, on a shi P jPB ? ■ 3B that carried wildcats! v The mad romance of a girl from France. Heart trouble set to music! Z.l \ f ' Cjl W ' th * been i ißil frgjg ; all your f j h / * ? . Uh 1 1 Th• i' • •11 v I you’ll wont J HERMAN BING 0 MISCHA AUER LUCILLE BALL ■ FRANK JENKS ' ' "7X< tlut Ptnul""in A SMASH HIT FROM THE SAMP! COMPANY THAT GAVE YOU “ROBERTA” TOP HAT" “SWINGTDit ALSO — The funniest Color Cartoon Ever Made! DONALD DUCK A. Mickey Mouse in “Magician Mic Key. O 0 — TONIGHT and SATURDAY Clear the decks for laughs, action, romance! Here comes tne L Coast Guard! Roaring, rollicking thriller packed w> cracks, fights and fun! "SEA DEVILS" VICTOR McLAGLEN PRESTON FOSTER IDA LUPINO DONALD WOODS ALSO—PETE SMITH Comic & News. 10c Coming—William Powell, Joan Crawford, Robert Montgot I Frank Morgan in “THE LAST OF MRS. CHENEY’’.

i„. ...' March r,kl ” l ’l'i'- Ou,. f,,r H1 ,*7 J ; : ri - l“ 1 "H I, J "'■’“'trh ih. ( th«* o Sb Two Bandits |, 0()l ■ A| K*r, Ohio, bI Two men In.',! , h „ A; ‘ ' W Baru at Alger. Oh ; 0 n " K. and '•d w ith Bl the 1„,. 1k ||)e ■ w.'o pislolt w ■ Am-kerinan . .1ei,,., M|t< ■ Garling-r, i„„ , k . " ■ Hanson, a .n-00m,,, I'loyes ami ||., lH „ n hande. the men llhlk ■ ten ami tuemi : . ar ■ could find. H -I Bay ( ity Sit-Down I Strike Is SeH .1 Bay City. Mich. March !tJ —A sit-down strike in the riuß I parts plan- emM today management agreed to union leaders n-xt WednjJ dirtcueo charges that unwtj liters were int-ni: iate ( |’.y f or J Annual sponsored by 1 Women of the Saturday Night I 5 to 7 o clock 35c plate At the Moose Home. ♦