Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1938 — Page 8

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ANDERSON FIVE FAVORITE FOR CATHOLIC MEET Decatur Commodores Rated As Most Powerful “Dark Horse" TOURNEY SCORES Anderson 33, Huntington 27. Fort Wayne, Feb. 25. ((J.Rr The 10th annual Indiana state Catholic high school basketball tournament opened today with four powerful teams making desperate bid for the championship. The defending titlist. St. Mary's of Anderson, and Huntington Catholic battle in the opening game this afternoon. Michigan City's Blue Blazers and Cathedral of Indianapolis clash in the second contest. Anderson and Indianapolis were heavy favorites to advance into the quarter-final round. The two other tournament favorites. Central Catholic of Fort Wayne and Reitz Memorial of Evansville, were expected to win easily from St. Joseph's of Collegeville and South Bind Central Catholic, respectively. in tonight s games. Twelve teams were entered in this year's tourney. As competition opened. Andersons Gallopin' Geals were conceded a slight edge to capture their third consecutive state title. With victory in otday's opener, Anderson will meet St. Paul's of Marion tomorrow afternoon. Cathedral will encounter Decatur Catholic in the quarter-final round unless Michigan City provides a startling upset. The drawing was so arranged that none of the four favorites—barring upsets—would meet until the semi finals. Anderson was favored to defeat Indianapolis in the round of four. Evansville will battle Catholic Central of Hammond and Fort Wayne will meet St. Hedwige of South Bend in quarter-final tilts provided all goes well today. When —and if —these two seeded teams survive the quarter final rounds. Fort Wayne's fighting Irish will be SHOOTING MAT €H SUNDAY, FEB. 27 Starts 12 Noon. 5 miles North of Decatur on road 27, or 1 mils South and 1 2 East of St. Johns. Shelter with heat. COUNTRY CONSERVATION Club

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Berne nt Yellow Jackets. State Catholic tourney at Fort Wayne. Monroe at Kinkland. Hartford at Cheater Center. Saturday State Catholic tourney at Fort Wayne. Bryant at Hartford. Geneva at Monmouth. Sunday State Catholic tourney a' Fort Wayne. | given an edge over Reitz Memorial in a semi-final contest. The Decatur Commodores loom as the most promising "dark horse' candidate. The Commodores have a good record to date and are groomed for battle. o Chicago Cubs Open Spring Camp Grind Avalon. Cal., Feb. 25 — (UP) — Charlie Grimm, optimistic over his 1938 Chicago Cubs, opened spring training today at Santa Catalina Island with more than halt hie team present. • He arrived yesterday with 10 players, mostly pitchers and catchers and hurriedly bundled them off. bats and baggage to the island owned by P. K. Wrigley, proprietor of the Cubs. They were joined by several infielders who have been wintering on the coast. Shorter Hours For Guards Recommended Indianapolis, Fob. 25 —(UP) — Gov. M. Clifford Townsend announc ed today he would recommend to the 1339 state legislature that it pass legislation to shorten the working hours of guards at the Michigan City state prison. "We can't take steps to remedy the situation until the legislatorhas met." the governor said, "because the biennial appropt iation is already made and we would run short of funds if we put. more guards to work. "The governor said the guards now are working 13 to 14 hours a day. "which is far too many" and that "I shal l make some recommendations to correct the situation." o The 2.100,000th patent recently was granted by the U. S. patent office. It was for an improved movie camera.

GENEVA BEATS SPARTAN FIVE Cardinals Score 11 To 26 Victory Over Pleasant Mills — After being held to tl 10-10 tie at the first half, the Geneva CardI inals stepped out in the second half Thursday nighr to score a 41 to 26 victory over the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Commodore gymnasium. Sprunger led the Cardinals with 13 points, followed by McKissick witlt 12. Noll. Clark and Holloway each tallied six points for the Spartans. Geneva FG FT TP Agler. f 113 Kelly, r .... .317 I Snyder, f .000 Fenstermaker, f 0 11 Pple, c 0 0. 0 ' M. Kisslek. g • « 12 Sprunger. g G 1 13 Windmill'r 2 1 Grile. g .0 0 0. Totals 18 5 41 I Pleasant Mills FG FT TP W. McMillen, f 113, Noll, f 2 2 6 1 Neadstine. f 0 0 0 D. McMillen, f 1 0 2' ‘ c Neadstine, < 1 " 1 Ray. c 0 0 0 ! Clark, g 2 2 •!’ Holloway, g 3 0 6j 1 Longenherger, g 0 11 ! < Totals 10 6 26 - f Referee, Everhart (Decatur-. Preliminary Geneva 32, Pleasant Mills 10. j 1 —o WWIWII ; LAST GAME TONIGHT! |1 —oOo — 1 Decatur's Yellow Jackets will i make their final appearance of the ( 1937-38 season on the home floor ' tonight when they entertain the < Berne Bears. It likewise will he the final tilt of the year for the ' Bears. —oOo — Yes. it's snowing. One day out | of the year we can outguess the 1 1 weather man. For the past sever- 1 al years, Decatur has been blank- 1 eted with snow on th, 1 day of the.' Yellow Jacket-Berne Bears game, 1 Don't know if it has any signifi- ‘ cance, but it's snowing as this is I being writsen. —oOo— The annual state Catholic high ] school tourney will open at the | Central gymnasium in Fort Wayne | this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with ’ St. Mary's of Anderson, defending ' champions, meeting Huntington ! i Catholic in the opening game. At | 3:30 Cathedral of Indianapolis will/ tangle with St. Mary's of Michigan i City. Two games will be played ] tonight, at 8 and 9 o'clock, with ( , Memorial of Evansville playing | Central Catholic of South Bend. ] and Central Catholic of Fort Wayne ; meeting St. ojseph's of College- j ville. —oOo— Decatur's Commodores drew a first round bye, and will not see action until 3:30 o'clock ] Saturday afternoon, meeting ] the winner of the IndianapolisSouth Bend game. —oOo — To fans planning on attending I the tourney. Basketbawl would advise purchase of season tickets, j These tickets are priced at $1.50. i while single session ducats will sell for 50 cents per head. For the semi finals and finals Suday afternoon and evening, the price will be upped to 75 cents each. —oOo — If you can’t attend the tourney, tune in WGL of Fort Wayne. The station evidently found a-sponsor for the broadcast, as today's radio program lists WGL to send out play-by-play accounts of all four games today. Presume the entire tourney will be aired. —oOo — The high and mighty of Indiana high school basketball will gather in conclave this afternoon at Indianapolis to draw schedules for ■ LOANS $lO to S3OO A/o CONFIDENTIAL-NO ENDORSERS Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms Call, write or phone LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED Rooms I and 2 Schafer Building Deoaiur. Indiana Phone 2-3-7 . Every request receives our prompt I a* J courteous attention. |

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the :..inual sectional, regional, semi-final and final tourneys. —oOo —- Pairings for the Fort Wayne and Bluffton sectionals will be received in this office by special telephone ; shortly after their release Satur-' day morning. The schedules I should be received shortly after 9 o’clock. To see how your favorite team fared in the draw, call 1000. | Decatur Bowling League Results a- • MERCHANT LEAGUE Macklin Garage Keller 143 144 158 J. Strickler 163 117 129 Macklin 145 151 151 G. Strickler 144 155 137 Hunt 133 119 113, Totals 728 684 688 i Friedheim H. Gallmeyer 139 152 1721 E. Bultemeir 135 137 133 W. Gallmeyer 122 154 134 ' G. Bultemeir 116 137 171 j T. Bultemeir 151 122 144' Spot 33 33 33 Totals 696 735 787 ' Schafer Co. Rumple 96 E. Schultz 173 184 132 Bauer ... 96 88 Hoile 144 124 141 Tope 159 166 170 Walters 159 148 153 Spot 10 10 JO Totals 741 728 694 Van Wert Fleming 177 164 126 Rayci 178 136 215 Herring 145 143 166 Whit Craft 152 152 209 Thornton 175 187 178 Totals .827 782 894 Gamble Peterson 145 161 168 Gerber 140 — x K. Woodhall 134 174 138 R. Woodhall 187 174 151 Marbaugh . 151 178 170 B. Woodhall 123 118 Totals 757 810 745 Upholster Stauffer 132 143 Frisinger 148 136 184 Ki 'A * i 189 195 170

Spring Sign—Mack Goes South

. .t Jlv v Il " w ft ft Connie Mack with Mrs. Mack and

Perennial harbinger of spring is the trip south for Connie Mack manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. The veteran basebailer is ; pictured shortly before leaving Philadelphia, holding his grandson. I Frank Cunningham, 111. Mrs. Mack Is with him ,

Reinkiag 161 136 148 T. Murphy 139 128 Borges 134 155 Spot 25 25 25 — Totals 749 754 825 Monmouth Boerger 119 116 Hoile 123 154 127 B. Gerke 123 124 l Hobrock .156 161 169 IE. Gerke . 132 113 126 S< lif-r.-r 121 123 Spot 12 12 12 Totals 665 685 673 Bank :Lose 163 145 159 , H. Kruckeberg 92 110 !H. Schamerloh 145 138 173 Blakey 158 135 Hummer . 140 163 Knapke 116 E. Kruckeberg » 183 168 Totals 698 717 773 I o Former Railroader Found Dead In Creek Blocmington, Ind . Feb. 25—(UP) —Coroner Ben R. Ross today pressed an investigation into the strange I death of Ray Harshman. 49, of Stin- ' ■ esville. whose body was found in ■ Jack's defeat creek under a bridge I near the Monom station at Stineville. Ross said he couldn't account for the presence of the body In the creek, which had only three feet of water in it, He eaid lie was puzzled also by the finding of blood on the station platform. 200 yards north of the bridge. Harshman was formerly employed by the Monon railroad at Stinesvil’e. o — Locomotive “Finder" Invested Brodeur. Quebec roads department employe, has invented a device to prevent railway accidents. Electrically operated and placed in a locomotive, the gadget indicates, according to Brodeur, the position of other locomotives within a radius of several thousand feet. o Milk Bottle Psychology Worcheeter, Mass. —(UP)—Becase the hosewife wants to see the amount of cream on top of each quart of milk. Prof. J. H. Frandsen of the State Dairy Industry department believes it will be many years before paper containers replace the glass milk bottle.

HOOSIER FIVES END SCHEDULES THIS WEEKEND High School Teams To ( lose Regular Season Tonight, Saturday Indianapolis. Feb. 25. <U.R) Hoosier high school eagers, prim jug for their annual hot box of tourney competition, finish the scheduled season this weekend with the north central conference to be settled and a final take-off on state favorites ready for the books. Frankfort's Hot Dogs meet Log ansport tonight in their last bid for a big 10 co-chuinpionship with Muncie. Lanky "Splinter" Johnson. Frankfort pivot man. has a slim chance to beat Caines of Muncie for the league scoring title. Johnson has baited through 87 points in 11 games while 1 Carnes already has set his total at 102. Victory for the Dogs would make the final standings 10 won and two lost for both Muncie and Frankfort. The big tourney threat of the capitol city — Shortridge — swings into Anderson tonight for a game which the canny Archie Chadd undoubtedly would like to lose. There's a strong possibility they will meet again in the Anderson regional. The Indians, fumbling badly badly through a season of humiliating defeats after their 1937 state championship, still can arise to meet equally any five in the state, but a victory over Shortridge tonight might erase possible upset chances two weeks from now. Rumors from the automobile city are that the Indians have more on the SI N. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday TWO MAJOR FEATURES! A PICTURE THAT LAUNCHES VOil INTO A SEA OF EXCITEMENT 1 Pea rI-cr o i e d whalers death-benl <. on treasure and getting z f w r cao f JOHN WAYNE - DIANA CIBSOU , ' MONTAGU LOVE ■ MAUROMI 01S1N \ PAUI WHITE | j> — yMAURIU BUCK A — ADDED THRILLER — and » * ho v , su* v l3 "'- a&'jiL'WS fflr _ nll . of gis ioovo 1 Evenings 10c-20c —o—o— Tonight & Saturday What Excitement! Hopoy’s Back' HOPALONG CASSIDY in “Partners of the Plains” Wm. Boyd, Russell Hayden. ALSO — “The Mysterious Pilot" 4 “Tim Tyler’s Luck.” Tonite ONLY ONE DIME i Saturday 10c-15c— First Show 6:30,

I bull this year than Chndd ever has; let them show. The Greencastle Cubs, whose victory march was dynamited last week by Wiley of Terre Haute, 44 'to 31. might forget to watch Boyd I or prewiti "i * '"i ii in ini-, tonight and take another bombardment under lheir own basket. The Bulldogs lost the last tilt. 48 to 21. and havan t improwd tbalr Mono then, but could get ihc edge if the Cubs trade shot for shot. Another state favorite winds up its season tonight as Bedford throws its Stonecutters, limestone, chisels and all. against Central of Evansville. The cutters have a great chance to get to the New Albany regional, where either the Bulldogs or Jeffersonville will ' await them. Tonight Coach Los- ’ totter is aiming for Central. Jasper at Jeffersonville is the other interesting southern tangle. Huntingburg s happy hunters probably will make Mount Vernon number 21 on their victory string. In the lake region of the northwest Calumet district quintets figure for some weekend warfare. South Side of Fort Wayne Invades Gary to get its first crack at Mann's flying horsemen. Horace Mann's only best wishes will be for its old city rival Froebel. who ' could lift Mann into third position in the western division by defeati ing Whiting tonight. o— Trndp In K Hood Town — I>rc»li»r

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