Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1938 — Page 6

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JACKETS HOLD VIKINGS THREE PERIODS, LOSE With Score, 23*27, Locals Falter In Final Stanza; Lose 29-41 Holding a rangy, fast ball club to even terms for three periods the Decatur Yellow Jackets weakened In the final period to lose a 41-19 decision to the Huntington Vikings ■ on the Huntington floor Friday night For three quarters the Jackets played heads-up ball. For three quarters, despite the handicap of being unaccustomed to a large floor, the Jackets matched goal for 1 goal with their tall, rangy opponents. Then in the final stanza, the Viking* broke loose with a barrage of baskets that quickly piled up an nnsnrmountable lead. Gaunt. Stapleton and McConnell all participated in the scoring during the first half of the tilt to keep their team close on the heels of a strong Viking band. At the quar-1 ter, the Jackets trailed 8-11. At the half they were still battling on even terms, holding the Vikings to u six-point lead. 13-19. The third quarter was the Jac-1 kets close the gap a little, crawling to within four points at 23-27.' Then, as Jacket hopes began to rise, the Viking crew demonstrated the scoring ability that has car- ; ried them through victory in eight out of their last 10 starts. Scor- j ing mostly on rebounds, the Vik- ■ ings ran the score up to 38-23. be- 1 fore the locals could break through with a basket. Although faced with the big mar- ] gin, the Jackets once more spiked the big guns of the Viking crew, and started a little scoring spree i of their own. which brought them up to the final. 29-41 score. The Jackets made an unusually good showing during the first three stanzas of the tilt, even carrying the fight to the Vikings. After that, however, the superior strength and added experience of LOANS »10 to 1300 .Strictly Private NO ENDORSERS NO CO-MAKERS Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms CM, write er phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED 105‘ Z1 North Second Street Decatur, Indiana Phone 2*3-7 Every request receive! our prompt Tonight & Thursday * FIRST SHOW"TONIGHT * at 6:30. COME EARLY! Thursday Matinee at 1:30 Box Office Open until 2:30 ♦ « | N^Hr JI / jhi ti L iFnSW’ SKk. "SB p JOHN BARRYMORE IYNNE OVERMAN • CHARLES BICKFORD-LOUISE CAMPBELL ELIZABETH PATTERSON HARVEY STEPHENS • EVELYN BRENT • CECIL CUNNINGHAM Dwactad by Ralph Murphy ALSO—Cartoon, Traveltalk, & New*. 10c-25c —o Fri. 4 Sat.—“THOROUGHBREDS DON'T CRY" Mickey Rooney,) Judy Garland. —o Sun. Mon. Tue». — “DAMSEL IN DISTRESS” Fred Astaire, Burns 4 Allen.

• — -e Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday County tourney at Geneva. Friday Monroeville at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Columbia City. Central Catholic of Fort Wayne at Bente. County tourney at Geneva. Saturday County tourney at Geneva. Berne at New Haven the Huntington crew brought telli Ing effects on the outcome of the ; I gume. Parker and Marker, center and ] guard for the Vikings, were out- 1 standing with 15 and 12 points, re-1 spectively. Parker snagged most of his in the first half, while Mark'er carried the brunt of the scoring J in the second period. Stapleton, led his teammates with nine points, followed by Gaunt and McConnell, who secured eight apiece. Box seore: Decatur FG FT TP I Gaunt, f 3 2 S ) 1 Stapleton, f 3 3 9, ' Highland, c 1 •' 2 > McConnell, g ... 3 2 8 Zerkel, g 1 2 . 1 Andrews, g 0 0 0 I Shoe, g 0 0 01 Totals.. 11 7 29 j Huntington FG FT TP J ' Davidson, f - 9 4 ■ Marker, f 6 " 1-’ Parker, c 71 15 West, g " 0 •' Hosier, g " 1 11 Hooton, g •' 1 1 Stroud, f 1 " 2 1 ' Beerbower, c <1 0 0 | I Adams, g 0 0 " | | Galbraith, g 0 0 01 Totals 19 3 41 Preliminary In the preliminary. Coach Deane . ) Dorwin's charges won a tight batI tie from the Huntington Seconds. ) 15-13 to afford Decatur fans a bit of consolation. The loss was but the third for the Viking Reserves during the season. Officials. B. Nulf. referee (Fort Wayne); umpire. Burt (Manchester). Indiana Central Defeats Butler Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 19 —<U.R) —lndiana Central edged past the Butler Bulldogs last night, 43 to 40, to remain leader of the Indiana inter-collegiate cage conference. It was Central’s 10th league win and ; 12th consecutive victory this seas- ! on. Butler led most of the first half . after getting a 'ate start. Tiie GreyJ hounds were using a fast break that caught Butler flat-footed. Many times. Crowe. Central forward, was the biggest part of their > attack in the second half, which overcame a one point lead at the Intermission and swept through to lead 40 to 30 with six minutes remaining. Larry McPhail Is Signed By Dodgers New York, Jan. 19 —(UP) —The I beginning of the New Deal for the JFirooklyn Dodgers was visioned today with the announcement of the appointment of Larry MacPhail as executive vice-president with complete authority to run and bus- ; iness affairs of the club. For the first time in nearly 13 I years all the factions who control i the Dodgers have united to invest ,in one man—MacPhail —Complete power to direct the destinies of the i the hapless Broklyn Club for a I long term. MacPhail, who resigned ns vice- ! president and general manager of the Cincinnati Reds after pulling that club out of the red, comes to , the Dodgers after remaining out of ' baseball one year. Today’s appointment was announced by Judge Stephen W. McKeever, 85-year-old 1 president of the Dodgers. o Tvwde In A Gonrf Inwn — Drrßtiir | CORT Tonight - Thursday “ALCATRAZ ISLAND” The last mile for the rats who think they are bigger than i the law. A picture you will want to see. ALSO — GOOD SHORTS. 10c -25 c — Sunday — “TOVARICH" Charles Boyer, Claudette Colbert.

TOURNEY OPENS THURSDAY NIGHT Annual County Tourney Opens Thursday At Geneva Everything Is in readiness for the annual Adams county first and second team basketball tourneys, which open Thursday night at the /Geneva high school gymnasium at 17 o’clock. ■! Hartford and Geneva open acti-,-vltles Thursday night in the first I round of the first team tourney, which is expected to be one of the ! feature tilts of the entire tournament. I Hartford is a heavy pre-tourney • favorite, having won all of its ■ games played against county oppon- j tents, and is at present leading in. . | the county standings. Three of the' ; Gorilla players rank high in the 1 county's leading scorers. They are ißeitler. Anderson and Newcomer. Geneva is another strong contender. having amassed a record of I eight wins and four losses this sea- J (son. in the second game of the I I night the Kirkland Kangaroos. ; favored to play in the fina.s. will liptay the third encounter of the 1 evening. ; The first team tourney will be resumed Saturday afternoon in the' semi-final*, with the finals Satur-! 'day night by Jefferson art! Pleasant Mills. o _______ MSK I 1 While the Yellow Jackets and Commodores will both see action Friday night. Geneva will hold the center of interest this week end.) with both the first and second team tourneys tn progress. —oOo — The first round of the varsity tourney will be played Thursday night, with Hartford and Geneva clashing in the first game at 7 o’clock. Second teams will play their first round clashes Friday night, with semi-finals in both meets Saturday afternoon and the championship games Saturday night. —oOo— No season tickets are being sold for the tourneys, and single admission prices will be 25 cents. The Yellow Jackets gave the Huntington Vikings a good battle I Tuesday night for three quarters, but tired in the final period to! allow the Vikings to win going away, 41 to 29. The Commodores will swing back into action on the home court Friday night, tangling with the Monroeville Cubs from Allen county. Monroeville is always tough for the Commies and this year's team should be no exception. The Cubs handed Kirkland a 10point defeat last Saturday night. —oOo— With tournaments coming up, might be well to pass on rulings by the Indiana high school athletic association regarding extra period games for tourneys. Here is the latest information from the association’s regular bulletin: "Extra periods — The following method of procedure has been adopted for extra period games in all tourneys: “I—No more than two threeminute extra periods may be played in any game. “2 —In case of a tie score at the end of the second extra period, or in case one team is leading by one point at the end of the second extra period, each player actually participating in the game at the! end of this period shall be given T*—l I I I —Till ROLLER SKATING Edgewater Park, Celina, Ohio NOW OPEN Daily 8:00 to 10:30. Sunday Afternoon 2:00 to 4:30.

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one free throw at his own basket.’ i the team having the most points. , i including the point jurt mentioned. ) I being declared the winner of the | game. The order of throwing by I teams shall be determined by lot ; by the referee and captains, and each captain shall determine the order of throwing by the boys on his team. The general order of throwing shall be as follows: I "(a) Team drawing first —two ) boys. “th) Team drawing second—two 1 boys. I “(c) Team drawing first—three I boys. “(d) Team drawing second —j three boys. “3. The procedure outlined in scheme No. 2 shall be repeated in case of a tie until a winner is determined.” —oOo — Wells Co. Standing W L Pct ■ Ossian 11 2 .847 I Union 10 3 .770 | Lancaster S 3 .728 ■ Liberty 9 fi .600 | ! Bluffton 77 .500 | Rockcreek 7 8 .467 ! Jackson 3 4 429 I Petroleum 4 8 .333 Chester 3 11 .214 —oOo— With two teams in Adams county unable as yet to win a game, the following poem from the Indianapolis Star might be termed quite appropriate here: .000 Per Cent Perfect “You may orow of your unbeaten ball clubs. And the power and the glory that’s theirs; But the team that’s worth while Is the one that can smile At (he tail of the list—downstairs.” PRESIDENT AND — TOVTIVI’KI, H-|« M I series of intimate white house discussions with business leaders begun this month during which Alfred P. Sloan, of General Motors. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and company. Owen D. Young of General Electric, John L. Lewis of the committee for industrial organization. and others have met with Mr. Roosevelt. These small, intimate gatherings have enabled business and labor leaders to speak frankly of their alarm over economic conditions. That type of conference will be resumed Jan. 21 when a group of automobile manufacturers and ex-.

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' ecutives of companies which fin-. ance instalment buying of cars will I confer with Mr. Roosevelt. The ( president’s recent criticism of what ' I he terms high pressure salesman-, ship in the automobile field and other, and his desire for planned ' production to eliminate violent , fluctuations in employment Indi-1 cate the lines along which the Jan. I 21 conference will move. OYO GIRLS BEAT FT. WAYNE FIVE Decatur Girls’ Team Scores 21 To 16 Victory Tuesday The Decatur CYO girls’ team, after trailing at the half, 8 to 6. defeated Precious Blood at the Catholic Community Center in Fort Wayne Tuesday night, 21 to 16. R. Miller was Decatur's leading scorer with four field goals. Reid was outstanding for Precious Blood with 12 points. Decatur CYO FG FT TP M. Miller, f 2 0 4 Terveer, f 2 1 5 R. Miller, f 4 0 8 Leonard, c 2 0 4 Fullenkamp, g 0 0 0 Kohne. g 0 0 0 V. Ulman, g 0 0 0 — — — I Totals 10 1 211 Precious Blood FG FT TP E. Reid, f 6 0 12 O. Snyder, f 0 11 Clark, f 11 3 Pearson, c 0 0 0 I. Snyder, g 0 0 0 Wyatt, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 2 16 Q Kirkland Whippets Will Play Geneva The Kirk'and Whippets will play | the Geneva Independents tonight at the Krikland gymnasium. Two games will be -.played, starling at 7:30 o'clock. No admission charge will be made. o 25 Threads Through Needle Buluwayo. Rhodesia. — CU.Rz —To thread 25 strands of cotton through the eye of an ordinary needle, while having one arm in a sling, | is the feat performed by Richard . Johnstone, 14.

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ALEXANDER IN HALL OF FAME Grover Cleveland Alev ander In Basebail Hall Os Fame New York. Jan. 19 <U.R> There will soon be hung on the wall of the baHel>all museum ut Cooperstown. N. Y.. a bronze plaque depicting the image of a leather-necked. I freckled faced, auburn haired base-, ball player - the. latest addition to ( I the hall of fame On the plaque it'll say: “Grover | Cleveland Alexander" • "Alaxan-1 Ider the Great” Phillies 1911-191- | jeuba. 1918-1926 Cardinals. 1926-1 I 1929; Phillies. 1930. i Those lines will cover the bare , facts of Alexander’s 19 years of I major league pitching service dining which he won 373 games, more | .than any other National league | pitcher In history, and annexed alI most every pitching laurel except a ; no-hit. no-run game. But, neither those lines nor any other stamped ! on cold metal or chiselled into ail | ent stone, can tell of half the high I and low spots of Alexander's check- .; ered career. They do not tell of how he came i up from Indianapolis to the Phillies' I in 1911 for the insignificant draft ' price, won 28 games, a 29th ceni tury record for a freshman hurler. and received $250 a month, less ) than half of what the lowliest rook- , le gets nowadays for sitting on the 1 bench. They do not recall how in j that same year “Ole Pete." as he I was affectionately called by ball ' players, pitched four successive 1 shutouts, a feat accomplished by only one other pitcher, Ed Reulbach. Nothing is recalled about how in . 1915 he pitched four 1-hit games. , an accomplishment never before or i since achiever by any other pitchj er, or how he won 31 games and I; compiled an earned run average of 1.22. a record for hurlers working in as many as 250 innings. There is nothing to bring back his record of 16 shutouts in 33 vic- ' tories in 1915; of his war record in . 1918 when he went to France with ! the 89th division and saw action in . j the Metz sector; of his brilliant i years with the Cuba and finally his : release to the Cardinals in 1926 at I the draft price because he and Joe i ■ McCarthy couldn’t see eye to eye on training rules. '. And missing most of all is the j biggest five minutes in his life — - - his dramatic fanning of Tony Lazzeri with the bases filled in the 7th inning of the 7th and deciding 1 ■ world series game between the 1 Cardinals and Yankees on a cloudy ') chilly Sunday afternoon in Octob■j er 1926. ,| Thirty-nine at the time and long past his prime, Alexander, who al- : ready had pitcher and won the second and sixth games, came in from the bull pen. with his cap askew, taking his good old time, shuffling along, stumbling a bit now and then — to cut down Lazzeri with three straight strikes, and go on for two more innings of perfect toil to preserve a 3-2 lead and win the world championship for the cardinals. o— H. S. Basketball Martinsville 34, Shelbyville 12. Horace Mann (Ga-y) 36, Washington (East Chicago) 20. Frankfort 44. Lebanon 28. Crawfordsville 35. Brazil 19. I Elkhart 61, State school for deaf 'l9. WANTED Rags, Magazines, Newspapers, Scrap Iron. Old Auto Radiators, Batteries, Copper, Brass, Aluminum, and all grades of scrap metals. We buy hides, wool, sheep pelts, the year round. The Maier Hide & Fur Co. 710 W. Monroe st Phone 442 MORRIS PLAN LOANS on FURNITURE LIVESTOCK ELECTRIC STOVES REFRIGERATORS. Special Plan for School Teachers. NEW AUTOMOBILES $6.00 for SIOO.OO per year Repayable Monthly. Suttles-Edwards Co. Representatives. 1

COURTHOUSE Real Estate Trantf*'’* Eldon L. Lord et w. Sipe et UX. 90 acre* In Duh Creek twp for $1E Burt Lenhart. Adm to Fred D McConnell et al. outlot 119 in Decatur for $620 Salome Sehug et al to Ferd Mettler et al part* of 24 ‘‘’ a in for $1 George Chronister et ux to James E>ber»on. part of outlot 248 in De- ( eatur for S3OO. TOM TAGGART i TO QUIT POST (Gov. Townsend Back For Meeting Friday To Name Successor Indianapolis. Ind . Jan 19 -<U.R> I —Gov. M. Clifford Townsend said today that a "perfect harmony" meeting of the Democratic commit-1 tee Friday at French Lick will be | devoted entirely to the resignation of Thomas Taggart as Democratic national committeeman for Indiana and the selection of his successor. The Governor returned a day 1 earlier than expected from his two weeks Florida vacation and announced that he would attend the French Lick Conference. "Will Frank McHale be chosen as Taggart’s successor?” the governor was asked. “I’m not saying anything about ) that,” Townsend replied, adding I that he expected that any action j taken by the state committee, would be “unanimous and in per-' feet harmony." The governor’s statement that | Taggart will resign was the first definite commitment on the subject from any state official or party executive. Taggart told the United I Press yesterday that the meeting] would “talk things over" and refits- i ed to confirm or deny that he would resign. » ' . '"""*

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