Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1938 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Defeat

JACKETS SCORE 35-24 VICTORY TUESDAY NIGHT Decatur Leads All The Way To Score Decisive Conference Win Showing complete reversal of form, a band of hitherto off and on Decatur Yellow Jackets rose to sudden, new found heights Tuesday night, when they swainped the Hartford City Airedales under a barrage of fieldg oals at the Blackford county gymnasium to win going away, 35-24. The affair was an N- E. I. C. tilt. The Airedales, previously triumphant over the Jackets and winners of the four-team tourney NewYear’s day. were completely outplayed by the locals. After about six minutes of the first quarter had gone, when Decatur grabbed an 8-6 lead, the local boys were complete masters. Decatur led 8-7 at the quarter. Gaunt, sent into the shortly before the end of the first stanza, quickly cut for the basket, taking a long pass to score twcie in succession. givTng the locals a lead of 20-12 at half-time. Gaunt. Andrews. Highland and Zerkel all hit twice from the field in the first half. Surprising the Airedales with the defensive ability to break up plays and hold their scoring aces at bay. the Jackets again outscored their rangy opponents in the third quarter. leading 28-16. Goals by Gaunt. Highland, and Zerkel again protected the locals’ lead. A parade to the foul line by Hartford City whittled the lead to nine points at 28-19 at the start of the final period, but the Jackets were not to be denied. Stapleton. Highland and Gaunt all hit from afield. Gaunt dropped In a pair of charity tosses and Highland one to win. 35-24. All six players who entered the Jacket lineup verified the selection of Coach Hugh Andrews, displaying their best form of the year. Gaunt was the shining light, getting 11 markers on four baskets and three free throws- Big Jim Highland was next in line with nine points. Zerkel scored seven, Andrews five, Stapleton two and McConnell one. The defensive work of McConnell and Zerkel was outstanding. Alexander. Cain and the minTonight & Thursday * FIRST SHOW TONIGHT * at 6:30. COME EARLY! Thursday Matinee at 1:30 Box Office Open until 2:30 ♦ ♦ GREAT. . . BECAUSE IT'S TRUE TO LIFE! Youth...facing / i love with the courage of 171 , . A grand heartstory, a stirring i human drama! fwiii vfc°OHCt Wltk LEWIS STONE • CECILIA PARKER MICKEY ROONEY ScroMt Fiay by Kay Van Wiper ’ Directed by George ■. Seitz ALSO — Cartoon; Pete Smith Novelty & News. 10c-25c —o Fri. & Sat.—“ The Best Show of Its Kind Since ‘Trader Horn’,” says Liberty Magazine! “KING SOLOMON’S MINES" Roland Young, Paul Robeson. —o Sun. Mon. Tues.-“TRUE CONFESSION” Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman.

■ 1 ■ I** ——-’I - r ■ - II ■ - I ■ “ Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams !V Thursday ’ j Berne at Bluffton. Friday Winchester as Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Central Catholic > (Fort Wayne). Poling at Hartford. Geneva vs. Monroe at Berne. Kirkland at Monmouth. f Mature Campbell were unmercifully II bottled up by the Jacket defense. Alexander and Campbell, who ' i were almost wholly responsible ' j for the previous victory over the - ’ locals, secured five and four points, respectively, on one and two has- ■ kets. the rest charity tosses. Dove ■ led with seven points. The Jackets hit twice the num-i . ; her of field goals garnered by the' . Airedales, getting 14-7. They nil • seven out of 16 free throws, while) ■ I the Airedales made 10 out of al ' like number of attempts. Fifteen ■ - personals were called on the locals and 13 on the Airedales. I In addition to displaying effeci tlve offensive floor play and scor- •, ing most of their points on "cuts." ' i the Jackets retained possession of, ■ the ball a major portion of the I ■ tilt. Decatur FG FT TP, ; McConnell, f 0 11 . Stapleton. f 1 9 2 j ! Gaunt, f 4 3 111 . Andrews, c 2 1 5 | ■ Highland, g 4 19 , | Zerkel, g . 3 1 71 ‘ I — —— —— I i Totals 14 7 35 1; .) Hartford City FG FT TP! ■ I Alexander, f 1 3 5 ■ Cain, f 1 9 2 .' Bennett, c 9 4 -1 Dove, g 2 2 i! Campbell, g -2 0 4| ■ Dodds, g 9 9 9 : i Fuller, g 9 2 2 i • i Lamott. g 9 1 1 ) i Schrack, g 1 9 2 1 Totals 7 10 24 I Referee. Van Crowe (Markle). I Umpire, Young (Lafayette Cen-| tral). Prelirftinary Hartford City 29. Decatur 17. ELKSBOWUNC TOURNEY PLANS :' Handicap TourneyFebru--I ary 9; Also Select Team ' For National i iPlans are being completed for the ) Elks handicap bow'ing tourney, to I ' he held at tlie Mies Recreation alleys Wednesday night, February 9. | The entry fee has been set at $1 . , for three games. Bcwlers will be given'proportionate handicaps, with , 1175 score ae the basis. [ Groups will bowl at 7 and Sp.m. ; ion the four alleys. Entry blanks may be obtained from either Molly Mies at the Mies a'leys of from Hubert Cochran at the G. E. alleys. Monday night has been set as the ’ deadline for all entries in the tourney. Following the tourney, a Dutch lunch will be held at the B. P. O. Elks lodge for all participants. This is to be the first in a series of tourneys, with plans already started for a doubles tournament to be he'd in the near future. The actual scores rolled in the Wednesday night tourney will be used as a basis in selecting the eight Elks that will go to Milwaukee March 26 and 27 for the Elks national tournament. o H. S. Basketball Frankfort 28. Jeff I Lafayette) 23 I Columbus 46, Greensburg 37. Emerson (Gary) 42, Lew Wallace (Gary) 29. j Pendleton 36, St. Mary's (Anderson) 28. College Basketball Indiana 42, Butler 23. Notre Dame 50, St. Louie U. 25 Evansville 42, Indiana State 39. o Trade In A Good Town — Deeatnr | CORTI Tonight - Tomorrow GIANT DOUBLE FEATURE “CHARLIE CHAN AT BROADWAY” and ‘The Two Wise Maids’ with Alison Skipworth • and Polly Moran. ’ 10c -25 c Friday — Taka Chance Nite, Sunday — “Judge Priest.” I———————1 ——————— Coining -- “Love and Hisses.”

ASSAILS JUNIOR HIGH TOURNEYS — i Dr. Rice Attacks Recent Tournament Held At Frankfort Indianapolis. Feb 2 (U.R) — “Unauthorized" Junior high school, i basketball tournaments such as the I one held last month at Frankfort were attacked today ny Dr. Thur- ; man B. Rice, director of the state bureau of health and physical edit- j cation, in an article prepared for | publication in the state health de-1 partment's monthly bulletin. Dr. Rice reached six major con- 1 elusions after studying the condi-1 ! tions tinder which many junior I tourneys are held and the effects I upon the players. His survey was prompted in part, by the Frankfort ! meet, publicized as "The Indiana i Junior High School Basketball Tournament." He concluded that: 1. If junior tournaments are to be held, a board of control, similar to the Indiana high school ath-j I letic association, should be organ-i I ized to govern them and the meets | should have a recognized place in j the school system and be approved j by th" state board of education. 2. Private individuals or school { I officials “have no right to call a j privately-operated tournament 'The j Indiana Junior High School Tournament’ for when they do so it implies that the state authorities are fostering such a tournament. 3. Tournaments like the one at Frankfort are detrimental to students because they must leave school for two or three days and are “entirely out of jurisdiction of their schools and under the direction of persons who are not regularly responsible for them." 4. The students are forced to participate in too many games. "It is obviously absurd to permit 40 teams to be eliminated in three consecutive days, with the finalists playing six games.” 5. The game as now played is too fast and violent for junior high school students for "a six-minute quarter is approximately the equal j of a mile run and what would any intelligent athletic director think of having a boy do a mile, rest a I few minutes, and then repeat it until he has done four such i stunts’” 6. The tournaments have an adverse psychological effect. “The boys are not only under too great a mental strain but also there is the excitement of the days preceding the tournament." Dr. Rice, who previously had engaged in a long-range argument with Frankfort sports writers, asserted that “it is time for the city of Frankfort to get wise to itself and to begin to appreciate the real leaders in education, instead of the false leaders that have developed. "We are reliably informed that the business men of Frankfort are setting a much higher value on basketball as compared to other phases of the school work than basketball deserves. "It is time for the parents of Frankfort children to take charge themselves to the end that the welfare of the young people in the school may no longer be jeopardized by an over-emphasis of a sport that obviously should be subordinated to the big program. The tail has been wagging the dog too long." Dr. Rice said he wanted “to make it clear that criticism of this particular tournament is in no sense a criticism of Frankfort high school.” "I have been in a great many high schools but in my honest judgement 1 have never seen a better one than at Frankfort." He discussed in detail the many landible features of the Frankfort high school, its science building, vocational guidance work, home economics departments others, but that that “these facts are submerged by the unwise publicity given basketball." "We insist that this matter be soberly considered by the parents, the school authorities and the I health authorities of the state. 3 hen if it is found to be a good thing, it should be put on a sound and responsible basis. “It after investigation it Is found to be dangerous practice, it should be condemned by the parents and prohibited by those having authority.” fLOANSI $lO to S3OO A/o ZntLouali CONFIDENTIAL—NO CO MAKERS Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms CeH, write or phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED Rooms I and 2 Schafer Building 1 Decatur, Indiana Phone 2*3*7 Every requetf receivei our prompt and rourteoui attention.

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i D/BircmWL i I Decatur’s Yellow Jackets came through in fine fashion last night to knock off the Hartford City Airdales at Hartford City, 35 to 24. The Jackets held the lead all the' way and took a commanding margin in the escond quarter. —oOo— Last night's game was a battle, I for the cellar position in the northeastern Indiana conference. The Yellow Jackets have now w r on two loop contests, from Auburn and Hartford City, and lost to Garrett. North Side. Central, Columbia City and Bluffton. Hartford City has won one conference game and ( lost six. —oOo— The Jackets will seek to make it two victories in a row Friday night, when they entertain the Winchester Yellow Jackets on the Decatur court. Will be Jacket vs. Jacket. —oOo — While the Yellow Jackets are playing at home Friday, the Decatur Commodores will move to Fort Wayne for their second meeting of the year with Central Catholic. The game will be played at the Central gymnasium. C. C. defeated the Commies on the local floor January 13. 30 to 17. and the locals are anxious for revenge. —oOo — Great interest is being evidenced in the Berne Bear-Bluffton Tiger clash, which will be played at Bluffton Thursday night. Chances are a capacity crowd of fans and coaches will pack the Bluffton community building for this tile, as it will be an excellent pre-view for the annual sectional tourney at the Parlor City, with the nine Wells county teams and seven Adams county quintets will battle for sectional honors. < —oOo — Basketbawl has received a card signed. “A Hartford Fan," challenging our county standing. The writer asserts Geneva should have an additional loss because of a defeat by an alumni team. No alumni game was listed on the Geneva schedule presented to this office, and no result of such a

PUBLIC SALE I will sell at Public Auction at my residence 10 miles North of Decatur, on Road No. 27, on SATURDAY, February sth Commencing at 10:00 A. M. 3 HORSES—SorreI Horse, 10, a good worker; Bay Horse, 2. well broke: Sorrel Colt, coming 2. 7 CATTLE —Holstein, 5, calf by side: Holstein, 5. due March 13; 2 Holsteins. 4. due in April; Holstein, 5, due in Feb.; Holstein Heifer, due hi Feb.; Guernsey Heifer, 18 mo. HOGS—I Extra good Brood Sows, each have good litters by their side of weaning age; Gilt due in March. FEED—IB ton Timothy Hay; 15 ton Bean Hay; 1 ton Baled Timothy Hay: 1 ton Baled Wheat Straw. IMPLEMENTS—Deering 8 ft. Binder, good; Massey Harris Side Delivery & Tedder combined; 10 ft. Cultipacker, Spike Tooth Harrow, all new; Super’or 10 Disc Fertilizer Grain Drill; J-Deere Corn Planter; i International 14-16 Double Disc, good; Weber Wagon & Beet Rack: Hay Loader: Tedder; Spring Tooth Harrow; Riding Cultivator; Walking Cultivator; Manure Spreader; 5 ft. Mower: Double set of Heavy Breeching Harness; 2 Collars; l*i h.p. Gas Engine. j POULTRY—IOO Good Barred Rock Pullets; 25 White Rock Hens. HOUSEHOLD GOODS —B»d with spring and mattress; Davenport; Dresser; Kitehen Chair; Piano; 2 Axminster Rugs 9x12; Kitchen Cabinet; Settee and 4 chairs; articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—Cash. ARTHUR SCHULLER Roy S. Johnson —Auctioneer y T. Schieferstein—Clerk. Lunch by Ladies Aid.

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game has been made public. Until notified by Geneva authorities, the Cardinals' standing will remain as at present, with 12 victories and five defeats. —oOo — Bob Stranahan, columnist sot I the Indianapolis Star, picks ths following "Big Ten" in the state: 1. New Albany. 2. Muncie. 3—Huntingburg. 4. —Hammond. 5. Richmond. 6. —Greencastle. 7. Martinsville. 8. Bedford. 9. South Side (Fort Wayne). 10.—Monticello. —oOo — South Side and North Side of Fort Wayne are leading the northeastern Indiana conference with four victories and no defeats. Saturday's battle between these teams at the South Side gym quite likely will decide the conference title. North Side wii play at Auburn Friday night and Bluffton will play at Garrett Saturday night. The conference standing: Team W. L. South Side 4 0 North Side 4 0 Garrett 3 2 Central 4 3 Kendallville 3 3 Columbia City 3 3 Auburn 3 3 Bluffton 2 4 Decatur 2 5 Hartford City 1 6 —oOo— Wells Co. Standing Team W. L. Pct. Ossian 15 2 .885 Union 11 5 .688 Lancaster 10 5 666 Bluffton 10 8 .556 , Liberty 9 8 .531 Rockcreek .... 8 9 .472 Jackson 4 9 .445 Petroleum 5 10 .333 Chester 4 13 .236 o Local Bowling Team Rolls Good Total Tlie lAI Schmitt ‘ bowling team, member of the Minor league here, is believed to have an exce'lent chance to breaik into the money in the nation wide $34,000 Red Crowd eweepstakes. Cash prizes of $4,100 ! are awarded each week for six weeks, plus $9,400 grand prizes in cash, bowling balls and shoes. The Schmitt team, bowling last week, rolled a high three-game total of 2,847, composed of the following individual games: 936, 935, 976. o Edwin Fuel'ing of Route 3 was in today atid renewed his subscription : to the Democrat.l

MUNCIE PLAYS HAMMUND FIVE Game Tonight Will Dedicate Hammond’s Civic Center Hammond. Ind., F< b. 2-(I Pl Hammonds new civic center will |be dedicated tonight by one of the biggest "naturals" ever on n .ugh ■ schoo' schedule. B's Hammond j against Muncie—the north against I central Indiana. ' The winner undoubtedly will rate las the best prep quintet in the i state. Both teams are leadin,' their ( I conferences —the western division land the north central—which are 'again this season among th" most powerful in Indiana. Muncie has won 13 of 15 this season: Hammond 11 of 13. The pair of cats also have founa almost equal strength among opiponents on their schedules. Muncie's bearcats have knocked off Jes- I I fersonville on the Southern court, ' which might indicate that the new gym which eeaas 6.000. will not bothei them. Anderson. Marion, Kokomo and Richmond are others toppled during their rush to tlie peak of down-state fives. lHanimond's wildcats, confined to conference foes, have taken Emer'son. Hammond Tech twice Whiting three times, and Valparaiso in their tougher games. They've averaged 38 points a game, .10 more than opponet’s A significant fact to many fans for the great record is that four of the first seven Wildcat netleit were members of the footiba'l team last fall which remained undefeated and was ranked, by game officials, better than Austin of Chicago. Citv champ that featured bill Decorrevant. These boys have given the team the poise and confidence neclessary for champions. JOE DIMAGGIO ) NO, 1 HOLDOUT ,1 Young Yankee Star Refuses To Sign $25,000 Contract New York. Feb. 2 —(UP)--Joe Dimaggio stepped onto the stage today as baseball's No. 1 holdout. He , was enroute to his San Francisco I home after rejecting an offer of > $25,000 to play center field for the j New York Yankees in 1938. ( ‘ll wanted $40,000.” said Dimag- . gio before repartiug yesterday. “If the club had offered me $30,000 before i! left I would have signed. ; 3ut they didn’t so I guess :he next J move is up to them." ' Yankee officials had no comment ‘except that the next move was up Ito Dimaggio, deemed by baseball ■ writers as “The player of 1937." > The Giants also have quite a hold > out problem on the'r hands, with > Bil Terry trying to peddle catcher 1 Gus Mancuso, one of the most stubL born of the dissatisfied group, to an- ! other club. Terry offered Mancuso, i Giants' first string catcher for five I years, to the Reds yesterday for ; catcher Ernie Lombardi. Bill Me- . F'W 11 " "l| CMITH-Jones or Brown—no name can stump a check forgery > artist. , zETNA-IZE A Check Forgery Bond written by The /Etna Casualty & Surety Company of Hartford, Connecticut, will protect yo ir bank balance if 1 crooks start doing tricks with your name. 2 The Suttles-Edwards Co., Agent Jack Leigh, I. Bernstein and , A. D. buttlee, solicitors. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. Aetna Automobile Ins. Co. 1 Aetna Life insurance Co. SUTTLES-EDWARDS CO. Agents f Becatur, Ind. P h one 35; IlliiiiAiuittll

kechnln turned down ami two other Giant proposa'.a-out-fielder Wally Berger for Lomburdi I and Berger and Mancuso for Lombardi and two your.g outfielders. Harry Craft and Loe Gamble. Terry also tried to use Mancuso In a deal with the Cardinals hut failed. Siant hopes remain that National Leaguers will make a deal before the spring training season gets un'der way late this month. After the managers 'ook over their sqi'ads In training their may be some action. The national League magnates spent six hours In session yesterday only to announce that the schedule, opening April 19, had been adopted und that the same staff of umpires 'which worked last year would be back again. President Ford Frick explained that most of the meeting was given over to a discussion of 'insurance to conver playt’e who are sued for hitting fans with batteel balls, and other sfmilai mish“Ps . ... u The Giants, seeking outfielders .for their Jersey C'ty farm club, plan to make a crash offer to the Cardinals for French Broidgaray. Brooklyn, haven of veterans ball

A FEATURE TH AT WILL MAKE I TRACTOR HISTORY! I Twin Power! AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH. Two tractors in one; cuts the cost of operation. hence allowing the owner more profit for his work. A trip through the factory via sound pictures Thurs. Evening - Feb.; » Myer’s Service U. S. Road 27 —7 Miles North of Decatur PUBLIC SALF ' We will sell at Public Auction, 3 miles west and I's mile l ' Decatur, on > Mondav, Feb. 7, 1938 COMMENCING AT 10:00 A. M. HORSFS—Match team Roan horses. 5. wt. 2.880 lbs . good wort ■ real nulling foam CATTLE—2 Holstein Cows. 7 vrs. old: 3 o”em*ey Cow«. 6mi milk'ne eond flow Brindle. 7 B“ fresh in March t SHEEP AND HOGS—II good Fwes. 1 Duck; 4 Sows, farrow i« ,| 30 good Feed-r Hogs, about 85 lbs. > | POULTRY—II 6 Head of Whit* Leghorn Ghickpns FEED—IBOO bn. good Yellow Corn: 150 bn. Oat* '' bu. Wheat; of extra good Clover Hay; 20 ton Paled Wheat Straw 1 IMPLEMENTS r F-20 Farmall Tractor. n«®d 2 sefl«ons: Earmali Cultivator atad ■'new: Oliver 2 Bottom Tractor Plow. 18 inch: JD-.t'" TrarW - N“w Idea Manure Snveader. Uke new- .I-Deere RoMrv Hn*. •’ i, bam Cnltinaokor- Oliver Riding Cultivator; Buckeye 1" - j Drill: Good Dain Hay loader; McCo-nlck 6 ft. Mower ’ ' r “lanter with fertilizer attachment; Weber w-agon >'’<l I' l 9 ' ’! Moline Side D“liverv Rake: Mc-D a ering Hammer Mill new I , 8 ft. Binder, new: Oliver 12" Walking Plow; Snike t»oth ‘ ■ sheller: large Feed Cooker Kettle; Self Feeders; P’-o<>der 1 10; 3 Double hoe hou’es: New Grannie hay so-k: Oil r , I Double sets work harnes*: 2 now 10 gal. milk Debar separator: New J-Deere Gas Eng.; Pnmn Jack: Old Gas Hav slings; New Hog Water Fountain and articles too nu mention. j 1 Registered Black and Tan female Coon Hound TERMS—CASH George Fosnaugh & Mrs. Fay J. Mutsch Owners. ROW S. JOHNSON — Auctioneer T. Schieferstein—Clerk Lunch will be served by the St. Luke's Ladies AM - PUBLIC SALE We, the undersigned, will sell at Public Auction. ■l’i nl, ' el and 114 miles West of Decatur, on WEDNESDAY. February 9th Commencing at 10:00 A. M. 6 — HEAD OF HORSES — 6 Bay Mare, 9 yrs. old. wt. 1600. in foal; Bay Mare. 10 - ! L, 1500 in foal; Bay Mare 11 yrs. old. wt. 1300, in foal; ' .. y ing 2 yr old; Sorrel Gelding, coming 2 yr. old; Sorrel Ma' • and tail, 8 months. 9—HEAD OF CATTLE-9 Red Cow, 7, be fresh bv day of sale; Holstein Cow ■■ . ' side; Jersey Cow, 5. be fresh March 1; Red Cow. 7. be tre. • , Holstein, 7, ranking good flow; Red Cow, 8. milking gooa Cow. 8. be fresh Feb. 16th; 2 Heifers, bred. .. tn9 ol HOGS--5 Sows, farrow first April; 12 Feeder Hogs- po FEED—SO bushel Corn; 4 ton Alfalfa Hay; 6 Large Sho IMPLEMENTS Sprt J. I. Case Riding Cultivator, new; J-Deere Manure - Double Disc; Cultlnacker; Corn Planter; Hay Tedder: 12 ft. Oats Seeder; Wagon; 16 ft. Grain B pd , : . 0 R9 ke:) Anker Holt No. 5 Cream Separator, good; Side D" 9 '? ■ U Boat; 2-1 horse Cultivators; Single Shovel; 1 Double ness: Many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. I W. E. SMITH & A. L. DOCTOI | Roy S. Johnson—Auctioneer | Albert Coppesa—Clerk Lunch will be served.

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