Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1938 — Page 6

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ILMSTIVE UPSETS PURDUE MONDAY NIGHT Favorites For Big Ten Title Are Stopped By Illinois Chicago, Jon. 11- CU.R)-Purdue ■ - the teain they said couldn't be stopped met it s muster ut Illinois.; While Northwestern fattened up its average against lowa with Its 1 third straight victory In the 1938 Hig Ten basketball race, Illinois outspeeded Purdue and whipped the title favorites at their own razzleslazzling game. 51 to 43 For one night at least, the Illinl were faster than the fiery Boiler-, makers, who left a trail of pant-1 ing, defeated teams from Lafayette, Ind., to the west coast on a . recent tour. They had better. basket shots and. except for one I wild flurry late in the second half,' a far superior defense Michigan clung right behind Northwestern and remained the only other unbeaten team in the conference by rallying in the second half against Ohio State, 38 to 28. Indiana bumped Minnesota. 39 to 38. Wisconsin defeated Chicago. 50 to 27. and Northwestern whipp-i ed lowa. 36 to 28. Purdue, however, still ranked, with Michigan as heavy favorites j 1 — - # « — Last Time Tonight — “EBB TIDE” Frances Farmer, Ray Milland, Oscar Homolka. Lloyd Nolan. ALSO—Our Gang Comedy, 4 Musical. 10c-30c * WED. & THURS. First Show Wednesday Night at 6:30. Come Early. Thursday Matinee at 1:30 Box Office Open until 2:30 o r L / a! - 1 o° ROW “ff-^’‘ u ‘ i 0 :.o" 0 N 1 1 scr«*n T Sho’”’®" 1 s S,»O" I ,tcw“ 1 o—o Fri. & Sat.—“THE LAST GANG-1 STER” Edw. G. Robinson, James Stewart, Lionel Standee. O—O Coming Sunday—“ The Bride Wore Red" Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young. <no> - Last Time Tonight - JACK HOLT in ‘‘Trapped By G-Men” Wynne Gibson, Jack La Rue & “CARNIVAL QUEEN” Robert Wilcox, Dorothea Kent. Only 10c-20c —o—o Fri. & Sat.-CHARLES STARRETT “Old Wyoming Trail.” O—O Coming Sunday—2 More Hitz Jchn Wayne, “Idol of the Crowds" 4 “The 13th Man.” f

for the conference title, while Northwestern, with a softer schedule than either, was conceded an excellent chance of slipping In while the conference (Hants are f battling each other. From the opening tipoff. it was i apparent Illinois was to have its 'big night. Lewis (Pick) Dehner, I gangling center, rolled in three 'points in rapid-fire order and the Boilermakers never could gain the j lead. The closest they came was |an 8 to 8 tie early in (he game. While Dehner. Capt. Louie ! Boudreau and Tom Nisbet kept I pouring in field goals during the I first period which ended. 29 to 13, 1 the Illinois defense kept a strict i guard on Jewell Young. Purdue s conference scoring champion, ! Johnny Sines and Gene Anderson This trio finally began to click in the second period as Young opened up with long, left-hand.d shots. He hit three straight and Purdue moved up. 43 to 36. Buildl reau and then Dehner led counter ' attacks which ended Purdue s hopes. Dehner, a junior who will i give Young a terrific battle for j scoring honors this year, dropped lin 18 points. Young 14. It was 1 Purdue's first setback in 10 games. Northwestern, still riding on its defense, popped in 11 points before | lowa could connect and led throughout Ad Vance, star sopho-' more guard, held lowa's chief scoring threat. Benny Stephens to two field goals scored in the last fifty i seconds. Jake Nagode, again the key to the Wildcats offense^topped the scorers with 11 points. Michigan's versatile Johnny Townsend had to retire for a short I time while his teammate Dan : Smick matched body-checks with | Jim McDonald. Ohio State guard. | but when McDonald began to tire. Townsend returned and helped the Wolverines stage a long rally in the second half. It was Michigan's second victory. Indiana's guards — Marvin Huffman and Ernie Andres — baffled both Minnesota's offense and dei sense. The pair accounted for 27 I points between them and held Johnny Kundla and Gordon Addington of the Gophers to 10 as the Hoosiers scored their second victory over a conference coehampion. Indiana previously had beaten Illinois. The standings: W L Pct. Tp. Op.' Northwestern 3 0 1.000 118 100 | Michigan 2 0 1 000 83 65 I Wisconsin 2 1 .667 123 102 Indiana 2 1 .667 129 132 i Purdue 11 SOO 94 85 j lowa 11 SOO 76 75 j Illinois 1 2 .333 134 139 Minnesota 0 2 .000 66 74 Ohio State 0 2 .000 62 73 Chicago 0 2 .000 61 100 Notre Dame (Jrid Team Is Honored South Bend. Ind.. Jan. 11. —KU.R> I —Notre Dame's 1937 football team was honored last night at the 18th annual civic testimonial dinner sponsored by the Notre Dame club of the St. Joseph Valley. More than 1,000 persons, including coaches, sports writers, and radio announcers paid tribute to Elmer Layden. Notre Dame athletic director and football coach, and the “Fighting Irish.” | CORT - Last Time Tonight - “HIGH FLYERS” A hilarious comedv, with BERT WHEELER. ROBERT WOOLSEY. LUPE VELEZ. ALSO — News, Cartoon and ; Mickey Mouse. 10c -25 c WED. - THURS. •W» WW Mmnm LIFE DEATH FOR * HANDFUL! FOR A MILLION! A u Hi Kt/} 4 Sunday—“4o Fathers"

LOCAL SECONDS BEST SPARTANS Commie Reserves Win. 25-16; St. Joe Trounces Spartan Seconds, 30-12 11 - — i After battling on fairly even ■ | terms for two periods, the Pleasant i , Mills Spartans faltered in the third 1 quarter and fell before the Commo-1 i dore Reserves last night at the 10-. , cal gym. 25-16. The ability of the. Commie Sec- ■ <>nds to effectively bottle Clark tint! . McMillen, Spartain scoring aces, I i spelled the margin of victory. 1 i Clark secured seven points and McMillen five. Hackman was the scoring leader of the tilt, getting 13 points for the i Commies on five baskets and three charity tosses. St. Joe Wins In the pre’lm the St. Joo eighth graders soundly trounced the Spartan Reserves. 30-12, after gaining a 14-4 lead at half-time. Welker was best for the graders with 12 points, with Jim Holthouse next in line with six markers. But four Spartans scored, Everett and Barr getting four points each. Box Scores: Pleasant Mills FG. FT. TP. D. McMillen, f ..... 2 1 5 McMillen, f 2 2 4 Neadstine, c 0 <’ " Harman, g <* " •> Clark, g - - 2 3 7 Ray. g » 11 • i Hallaway. g - U " 0 Longenberger, g 0 0 0 Tota’s 5 6 16 Commodore Seconds Roop, f 3 0 6 Bierly, f —- 0 0 ‘1 i Hess, f 113 T. Bolinger, f 0 4) 0 Hackman. c 5 3 13 i Tanvas, g 0 0 0 Hain, g 1 I • : Totals 10 5 25 Referee Snedeker (Decatur.) St. Joe Welker, f 6 0 12 McClenehan, f . t) 0 ” I J. Holthouse, f .3 0 6 McGill, c 2 0 4 Terveer, c 10 2 Keller, g 0 0 0 B. Holthouse, g 2 0 4 Totals - 15 0 30 Pleasant Mills Seconds Everett, f . . .. 1 2 4 R. Thatcher, f 0 0 0 Bailey, f 0 0 0 R, Everett, f O 0 0 .Funk, c 1 0 2 ! McCollough, g 0 0 0 ' Barr, g 2 0 4 ‘ P. Thatcher, g 0 0 0 : Darhenstat, g 1 0 2 I Smit'ey, g Ot 0 0 • i Totals ...... 5 2 12 Referee Hess (Decatur) i' Umpire Bolinger (Decatur) o NEW BASEBALL TEST IS HELD I Sluggers Test New ‘Dead’ Ball For National 1 League Baltimore, Jan. 11,(U.R> —Improved pitching and fielding in the ’ National league next season were forecast today after a series of 1 tests to determine relative differences between the national loop's ■ nw ball and the American league’s so-called "rabbit” ball. Jimmy Foxx of the American league. Chuclf Klein of the National league and Charley Keller of the International league swung against the curves of Johnny Wittig. of the Baltimore Orioles yesterday. When the barrage was over all agreed that the big differences between the two spheres could be "felt" and “heard” rath- ' er than "seen." , Because of the cold weather Wit- | tig could not "burn” them in, but he said “the raised seams on the National league balls will give the pitchers a f-hance for a faster and wider breaking curve. It is easier to grip.” President Frank Shaughnessy of the International league, who conducted the tests, predicted the new ball would mean a return ot the “old-time, Inside baseball." John Ogden, Baltimore manager, foresaw fewer fluke hits with the dead ball, and Gerry Nugent, president of the Philadelphia Phillies, was sure" that National league infielders would complete many plays formerly muffed “because the lively ball went past them s 6 fast that they didn’t have a chance to field it." Foxx and Klein had about as much luck slugging the “dead ball” ——_ . LOAMS; <lO to 3300 .Strictly Private NO ENDORSERS —NO CO-MAKERS Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms Call, writa or phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED lOs'/2 North Second Street Decatur, Indiana Phone 2-3-7 - Every reqnett receiver our prompt I TOM F < /0K f«/ 24> N/ IOM.

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* — < Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams • *♦; Thursday Central Catholic of Fort Wayne at Commodores. Friday Central of Fort Wayne at YellowJackets. Commodores at Elmhurst. Hartford vs. Monroe at Berne. Pleasant Mills vs Kirkland at 1 Commodore gym. Coldwater, O„ at Geneva. Fort Wayne Colored at Mon- , mouth. Saturday Rockcreek at Berne. Bryant at HartfordKirkland at Monroeville. M out of the lot as the lively hall, but Keller's home run clouts were i confined to the latter. o TEN KILLED AS "•nvTTvi r’T irpov •’inv ciNP* air would have seemed to be a likely landing place. But the woodsmen said the snow covered stumps and rocks that would have made a landing perilous. The planes usually descend for a landing at 140 miles an hour speed. The witnesses said it must have been going that fast when it struck. W. R. Diteman. caretaker who lived alone at the Dude ranch, said he head the plane go past the , house and it was flying low. These were the dead: Pilot Marner, of Spokane, one ot the most experienced fliers in the northwest, who. with Art Walker, made the first non-stop, round trip

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flight across the continent it) 1928, —a trip that required five days —iwith their plane “Sun God' which I they refuelled in the air. [ 1 I Fred W. West, Spokane, co pilot, t G. A. Anderson. Spokane. IkHlglas McKay. Winnipeg. Can ( L. Levin, Butte, Mont. I. E. Stevenson. Spokane. ] W. E. Borgenheimer, Bason. Mont., employe of the airline. ( A. L. Croonquist. Billings. Mont , , state traffic manager for the air- ( ’ lines. | Walter Ton. St. Paul, Minn. Ted Anderson. St. Paul, Northwest airlines mechanic. Douglas McKay formerly was a I prominent Canadian newspaperman and editor of The Beaver, house organ of Hudson's Bay company. He had been 'STtending a company meeting at Victoria. B. C., and left , j Vancouver by air Sunday to re- ' turn to his home in Winnipeg. He was author of a book. “The Honorable Company” Last July. Pilot Manter celebrat- ! ed the end of 21 years of flying. | He started as an army pilot in ' 1916, and at one time operated his ’ own airline out of Spokane. Marner and his co-pilot, Fred W. West, were close friends Several days ago West gave Mrs. Marner a blood transfusion when she was , ill. I It was the first time Northwest airlines had lost a passenger in 11 years continuous service, and it was the second disaster to commercial aviation in the western mountains of the winter. The worst of all mishaps on this country's airways occurred Oct. 17 in northwestern Utah when n United Airlines plane crashed and 19 were killed. 14 men and five women. o Trade In A Good Town — Deratnr

TOURNEYDBffI HEBE SKTIIIIim County First And Second Team Tourneys I lanned Next Week Drawings for the annual county first and xm-ond teams tou’wya are expected to he made at the offices of C. E. Striker, county school superintendent, Saturday It wae announced today. The tourneys will be hell at the Geneva high school gymnasium on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, January 20. 21 and 22. The second team tourney will open Thursday night with first round tilts of the seven terms. On Friday night first teams will see action in first round encounters. Berni fina’s of both first and second teams will be played Saturday afternoon, with finals of hot!) being played Saturday night. Teams, whch are expected to enter. are Jefferson. Geneva. Pleasant Mills. Hartfold, Kirkland, Monmouth and Monroe. Geneva is the defending champion in the first team division having defeated Hartford by the score ol 24-15 in the finals of the 193, tourney. Other winners in the past fewyears : 1933— Hartford, winner over Geneva in finals. 26-7. 1935 —Berne, winner over Kirkland in finals, 35-25. 1934— Jefferson, winner over Kirkland in finals. S 6. 1933—Jefferson, winner over Geneva in finals. 45-21. The tourney this year is expected to afford basketball fans Plenty of action with at least four teams rat-1 ed as titlist contenders. Hartford's ; Gorillas are rated mainly because they are at ipresent leading the county standings. Geneva, another strong contender. holds a 31-19 win over the Gorillas. as their claim to a strong contender. Kirkland, with a one point loss to the Gorillas and a 52-25 win over the Cardinals, is another team not to be forgotten. Monmouth, with ■ a two point loss to Hartford and a three point loss to the Kangaroos j is the other team rated among the i top-notchers. Pleasant Mills is expected to as-1 ford some trouble before b»ing eli-; minated, while Monroe and Jefferson. who have yet to score a win for the season, are expected to afford but little difficulty so rthe favorites, i ATTENDANCE AT a-U FKC'M rAQK UNB) of corn for 1937 Champions honored at a dinner last night were William Curry, of i Tipton, international corn king: George Sauerman. Crown Point, international hay king, and Ralph Heilman. Hope, the state's five-1 acre corn king. Prof. T. K. Cowden of Purdue i University's farm management department, who spoke before the i conference late yesterday, expressled the opinion that the present business slump will be cl short

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duration. "Since 1933 the progress toward economic recovery has been substantial. but unbalanced and veryerratic," Prof. Cowden said. “The present reaction in prices and business activity may lie the result of several factors. The mo-i mentum of the recovery movement | may itself have resulted in a too j “Continued uncertainty regardi rapid rise in prices and business, j ing government policy has result-. led in increasing reluctance of I | persons to engage in business or : agricultural undertakings requir-1 ' ing long time investments. "Decreased government spending; may result in some decrease in in-1 ! dustrial activity if the federal budI get is balanced or the deficit reduced in 1938.” I > L

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Perry And Vines To I Start .Another ■ Los /Viigeles. Jan ll -dJJM business of decidiin: uhoisifl , professional tennis > hanpM . gins again tonight xhegfl : Perry of England and HM Vines of Pasadena. Cal., ■■ I the first match of their swj 1 nual barnstorming tour ■ Last year the two plqfl matches and each won ?.7 n | there is at stake more tel I a title, and the present s*ri,« Ibe deadlocked. There al matches this time, and tbel I is first try at Donald Budt-I and if the Oakland redial ' nouttces the world's afl I throne. |