Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1938 — Page 6

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ARCHERS TAKE TOURNEY CROWN. DEFEAT CENTRAL South Side Scores 23 To 15 Triumph In Final Contest The South Side Archers, effec-' lively bottling up the high-geared offensive of the Central Tigers. Saturday night won the Fort Wayne sectional title, scoring a 23 to 15 triumph over the Tigers. South Side throw up a tough defense in the final game, forcing Central to shoot from well out on the floor, and blocking practically every attempt of the Tigers to make rebound shots. Central's favorite method of scoring Central led at the first quarter. 5 to 4, but the Archers came through in the second period to hold a 14 to 9 advantage at halftime. South Side held Central scoreless during the entire third ' quarter and had a 10-point margin | at the end of the period. 19 to 9. | The Archers were content to control the hall throughout the final quarter, with Central outscoring the winners by two points to make th* final score. South Side 23. Central 15. Jackets Lose South Side advanced to the championship round by defeating the Decatur Yellow Jackets in a high-scoring semi-final tilt Saturday afternoon. 62 to 37. Decatur made a real battle of it throughout the first quarter and half way through the second period. when the pace began to tell on the smaller Yellow Jackets, and the Archers rapidly pulled away. The teams were tied at 12-12 late in the first quarter but South Side spurted to hold a 19-13 margin as the period ended McConnell’s two free throws cut this lead to four ( points but South Side started pull- ' in fiaway and led at the half. 35 I Tonight & Tuesday “THE AWFUL TRUTH" Irene Dunne. Cary Grant. Ralph Bellamy. ALSO—Popeye Cartoon & Stranger Than Fiction. 10c 30c O—O Wed. & Thurs. — “I’ll Take Romance" Grace Moore. Melvyn Douglas. First Show Wednesday at 6:30. O—O Coming Sunday—" Nothing Sacred" Carole Lombard, Fredric March In Technicolor. Tonight & Tuesday “Blazing Barriers" Junior Coghlan. Florine McKinney , and THE LADY FIGHTS BACK’ Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey j Onlv 10c-20c o—o Fri. & Sat.—BUCK JONES “Sudden Bill Dorn.” O—O Coming Sunday — 2 More Hits! “FEDERAL BULLETS" & “LOVE ON TOAST.” | CORTI Tonight - Tomorrow LILY PONS - JACK OAKIE “HITTING A NEW HIGH" Eric Blore Edward Everett Horton ADDED—Fox News, Musical and Special Comedy. 0 Tues. • Wed. — “She Loved A Fireman.” O Sunday—“ Stage Door.”

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to 19. McConnell was Decatur's loading scorer with three field goals and five free throws for a total of 11 points. Highland and Shoe each I I s< ored oeven point*, and Staph ton six. North Side Out II The Central Tigers went into the final game by taking a decisive 43 to 30 victory over the North Side ' Redskins. This game was In the nature of an upset, the only one of the tourney. as North Side had defeated | Central twice during the regular : season. The Redskins, however.! | appeared tired when they took the , floor, their uphill battle against | Hoagland on Friday night apparently taking too much strength out I of them to give the Tigers a real test. South Side FG FT TP I Hamilton, f 5 1 11 i Belot. f —2 0 4 | Bolyard, f 6 4 16 Chidester, f— - 0 0 0 Frazell, c 3 0 6 Glass, C 3 0 6 Roth, g 3 0 6 Hines, g 5 0 10 Beery, gll3 I Kitzmiller, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 6 62 Decatur I Stapleton. f 2 2 6 Andrews, I 0 11 Gaunt, f1 2 4 Shoe, f 3 17 Highland, c 3 17 Zerkel, gnil Wickizer. g 0 0 0 McConnell, g 3 5 11 Walters, g 0 0 0 TOTALSI2 13 37 Referee —Coolman. Umpire—Anglemyer. South Side FG FT TP Hamilton, f 2 15 Belot. f- 0 0 0 Bolyard, f 2 15 Glass, c 2 1 5 1 Kitzmiller, g 0 11 Hines, g 0 0 0 Roth, g 3 17 TOTALS 9 5 23 Central Huth, f 1 0 2 I Yarman, f 0 0 0 I Kulesza. f 11 3 | Lantz, f 2 0 4 | I Shepard, c 0 0 0 Gaines, c 0 0 0 Hanley, c 0 11 ; Richardson, g 0 0 0 Rice, g 0 0 0 Celarek. g 1 3 5 TOTALSS 5 15 Referee — Yarnelle. Vmpire —Coolman. o F. I). R. ADOPTS riM-rn krom r '.or nss, Roosevelt cited a list of business ] abuses including high-pressure i selling, excessive capitalization, in- ; vestment write-ups and securities > manipulations as requiring legisla- | tive correction. But he promised also to propose to congress anti- i monopoly legislation to deal with i problems which "arise out of the < concentration of economic control ] to the detriment of the body politic < —control of other people's money. ; other people's labor, other people's , lives.” And Mr. Roosevelt insisted then i that the people had shown in the i elections of 1933-34-36 that they > were in favor of “this congress" j enacting wage and hours legisla- ; tion. His associates now are auth- i ority for unqualified statements ■ that the president does not now i intend to exert public pressure of any kind on congress in behalf of i wage-hours legislation nor to seek anti monopoly action at this ses- ' sion. The president's associates who ' have discussed these new White House tactics explain that there ' has never been a change in the Roosevelt psychology on legislative problems. He has told influential members of congress that it is strictly a matter for congress to decide whether the legislation for which he believes the new dealdemocratic party received a 1936 voters' mandate shall be enacted before the general elections this year. The president has said, in effect: "I have done my part in proposI ing certain policies and I am publicly on record in support of them I if congress prefers to abandon or I I delay achievement of those poliI cies, then the blame will lie on the I record of congress and not on the | record of the president.” LOANS »10 to *3OO Strictly I NO ENDORSERS - NO CO-MAKERS Let us solve your money problems Convenient repayment terms Call, write or phone l LOCAL LOAN COMPANY INCORPORATED 105’/, North Second Street Decatur. Indiana Phone 2-3-7 Every requeit reeeivet our prompt | and courteout attention. f

BLUFFTON WINS TOURNEY TITLE, BEATS OSSIAN Tigers Nose Out 26 To 25 Triumph In (.’losing Seconds Tenner's free throw in the final seconds of play won an unexpected victory over the Ossian Bears and returned home the championship Saturday night in the sectional finals at the Parlor City. With the score deadlocked at 25-all, Tonner made good when fouled by an Ossian player and brought his teamates a 26-25 win. The battle had been nip-and-tuck the entire way. with the score tied 19-all at half-time and 10-all at the first quarter. Hixon led the sectional champs with 10 points, while Neuenschwander and Lipp scored nine markers each for the losers. The Tigers moved into the final round by defeating Union Center in the afternoon game. 32-22. Ossian had little difficulty making its way to the night engagement, beating Petroleum 51-22. All Adams county entrants were eliminated before the semi finals. Box score final game: Bluffton FG FT TP Hixon, f 2 6 10 I Tonner. f 12 4 Sprunger. f 0 0 0 1 Fishbaugh. c 3 1 ■ Kinsejr. g 2 0 4 Biberstine. g 0 11 Totals 8 10 26 Ossian FC FT TP Hoover, f 1 Neuenschwander. f 4 1 9 Lipp, c 3 3 9 Wilson, g 0 0 o Bell, g 12 4 Beerman. g 0 0 0 Totals 9 7 25 Referee, Young (Auburn). Umpire. Lambert (Muncie). PURDUE TAKES BIG TEN TITLE Boilermakers Beat Northwestern To Take I ndisputed Title Chicago. March 7— (U.R) — Purdue's racing Boilermakers, almost from force of habit, carried home their 10th Big Ten basketball championship today and placed slender. sharpshooting Jewell Young in the top niche of their hall of fame. Os all the high-scoring stars in Purdue history— the list includes Johnny Wooden. Charles (Stretch) Murphy and Bob Kessler — Young hit the fastest pace. He shattered the conference scoring record last year and broke it again this season with a final splurge that brought his total to 184 points. It was conceded from the start that Purdue was the team to beat for the title, despite Northwestern's surprising early stand. Against Northwestern Saturday night. Purdue had a stiff fight but clinched an undisputed title as everyone expected. 42 to 39. Closing in quickly after a disastrous beginning. Minnesota won a full share of second place by whipping Wisconsin, 35 to 28. Beaten in their first three games. Minnesota suddenly developed a scoring threat in Paul Maki, a guard, and stepped out with nine straight victories. Northwestern, riddled by injury and ineligibility, fell into third place and must defeat Michigan in the conference finale tonight to prevent a third place tie with Ohio State. Purdue faced Northwestern Saturday with a record of nine victories and defeats by Illinois and Ohio State. The Boilermakers had to win or face a three way tie with Northwestern and Minnesota for the title. For 20 minutes. Purdue clearly was the master. Led by Young and Gene Anderson. Purdue ran out a 25 to 17 lead at the end of the first per;- <1 and appeared to be on their way. But Northwestern pecked away at the lead with short field goals by Mike McMichael. Joan Smith and Jake Nagode until it was tied 36 to 36 with two minutes to play. Young and Anderson finally clinched it, 42 to 39. The new jumpless game was made to order for Purdue but Ward (Piggy) Lambert probably would have brought the Boilermakers home in front under and other | rules. Reciprocal Trade Treaty Planned Washington. March 7 —(UP) — A reciprocal trade treaty with Czechoslovakia. which haa been under negotiation for months will be signed formally at 3 p. m. today. Detrails of the treaty were withheld pending the formal signature, which is expected to take place in the office of secretary of state Cordell Hull.

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FREE YOUTH OF I MURDER CHARGE Robert Finkenbiner Acquitted Sunday After Third Trial Rochester, Ind , March 7—(U.R)— Robert Finkenbiner. acquitted by a jury which deliberted 20 hours in his trial for the murder of Howard Holcomb, today turned to a small Wabash county farm and his parents. and wondered if his pet collie would recognize him after three years absence. The 22-year-old youth, free after two other trials failed to establish a final decision, wrung the hands of the jurors in a small anti-room of the Fulton county court and expressed his gratitude ’T'm going back to Wabash and live on the farm with my parents I'm going to try my hand at milking cows, something I've never done before. 1 wonder if Shep. my pet collie, will recognize me after these three years I've been away from him." he said. The jury took the case at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and reached the decision at S .30 Sunday morning after 11 ballots. Late-in the evening the jury came back to court I and asked to have their instruc-1 tions re-read Finbenbiner. brought I from his cell to be present at the ( reading, expressed fear they had | reached a decision against him. "I'm afraid they've found me i guilty again." In his first trial ho was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment but was granted another, trial by the Indiana supreme court : which decided that handcuffs he was forced to wear during the trial had prejudiced the jury. At the second trial the jury failed to reach a decision. The state charged Finkenbiner beat Howard "Pete” Holcomb, to death in the Wabash county jail March 10. 1935. Finkenbiner con-1 tended he was innocent and that Charles Moore, a third prisoner in the jail hullpen. committed the crime. Moore is now confined in

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the ward for criminally insane at , the Indiana state prison. The verdict was read at 11 ■ o'clock. With tears in his eyes. , the youth who had been imprisoned , for almost three years asked special ! judge Albert Chipman permission I to speak to the jury. It was grant- - ed. "I want to thank all of you jurI ors for what yon have done for | me." Later, jury foreman Kelsey Rich- ■ I ardson spoke to him on behalf of i 1 i the jury. "We're going to give you a ; J chance. Bob. and hope that you go| straight. But if you do not. we | ! shall try in every way to see that i . I you spend the remainder of your | life in prison if you are ever con-' • victed of another crime.” Finkenbiner has spent five of his ■ 1 ! 23 years in penal institutions. 1 1 "Now go home and be a good boy I ', and be a credit to your parents," : ■ Richardson concluded. Twelve persons were present | I when the verdict was read, a con-1 \ trast to the packed crowd that had ■ 1 stormed the courtroom throughout I ' the trial. Among the 12 was his father Arthur Finkenbiner. Today the elder Finkenbiner and ' ' j his son went to their 40-acre farm ! I which was purchased during the 1 I trial to have ready for Robert The | j father had been confident of an ■ : | acquittal. , | o Brooklyn Baseball Club Leader Dies — New York. Mar. 7.—(U.R) -Steph-1 en W. McKeever. 85. president and I principal owner of the Brooklyn National league baseball club, died ■ early today of bronchial pneumonia. ; He had been ill for a week. McKeever, known around the I big league baseball circuits as "judge." was baseball's oldest club i head and one of the game's most i , colorful characters. He and his , brother entered baseball 21 years ' ago when they helped Charles Eb- | bets, the sole owner of the Dodg- I I ers. with a sizeable loan and got a halt interest in the club. o-24-Hour Watch Repair service. Sutton. 210 N. 2nd. St. 56-6 t

JASPER DEFEAT OF HUNTERS IS FEATURE UPSET Last Year’s Finalist Run-ner-up Eliminated Saturday Indianapolis. Mar. 7.—(U.R> Fair ed today for a fatal surge Into regional play were 64 sectional champions, survivors of the first weekend of Indiana's state basketI bull tournament. With the mighty I Huntingburg quintet out of the [ southern picture, coaches drew an I easy breath. The Happy Hunters, 1937 final list and favored this year to send 'another powerful quintet through i the Vincennes semi-final, were victints of Jasper, a team they had defeated twice before during the ! scheduled season by overwhelming i scores. The upset threw a new light on I the tourney situation. With the Hunters gone to the happy hunting ! ground, Martinsville and Bedford or New Albany become the threats of the Vincennes roundup — the darkhorse tourney of the state. Anything can happen there in a large field of evenly-matched teams. Regional upsets might throw a small, hot-shooting team I into Indianapolis for the final cleanup March 26. Martinsville, three times winner (under coach Glenn Curtis, went i through two fairly close games at ' Bloomington. The Artesians took | the semi final from Monrovia. 34 : to 22. and then edged past Bloomington. 29 to 24. They are over whelming favorites to take their I regional this weekend. The hottest feud of the state was : enacted at the Jeffersonville sectional final as New Albany and the Jeff Red Devils squared off for the third time this season—the one which meant tourney death ' to one of the best teams in the south. The Bulldogs won, 18 to i 13. New Albany's threat in its regional Saturday will be the Bedford Stone Cutters, who want reI venge for the beating they took I from the Bulldogs earlier in the ' season. 21 to 27. The defending champion Anderson Indians won their tourney by I defeating Lapel. 37 to 22. They 11 get a stiff test in the regional from Shortridge of Indianapolis—if both j get to the finals. Hammond. Muncie. Lai’orte and South Side Fort Wayne, big guns of the north, had little difficulty iin their sectionals. Burris came near Muncie but the Bearcats turned on the power to eorne in ahead, I 30 to 27. The Michigan City regional will ’ get the state spotlight this week. | The dangerous Slicers meet Hammond, champion of the western division conference, in the second game. Many believe the j big Wildcats, whose 40-point per I game scoring average dropped to j 25 in their last two games, are I tightening up and LiiPorte. with a clever but small five, will tame ! them. Two all-state guards will face each other— Johnny Luber of and George Sobek of Hammond. Another big northern five favored for aregional title is the Elkhart ■ Blue Blazers, who nearly followed j Huntingburg as an upset victim. In an overtime they onsed out ,! Wakarusa. 41 to 37, for the ch: mpionship at Goshen. High score of the finals was Columbus' 59 points against Fairland who collected 37. The Bulldogs are I bound for trouble in the Greens- ; burg regional where they meet their old enemy, the Greensburg ' Pirates. Tehy have divided two games played this season. Still regarded as a small town ' darkhorse are the Monticello Indians. who won their 26th game in 27 starts against Monon, 33 to 29. They enter an easy regional at Logansport, where Royal Center is their first poe. Peru and Delphi battle in the lower bracket. The Indians have defeated Pelph twice < this year. Central of Evansville, unimpressive during the season, swept through its sectional with a 30 to 25 victory over Poseyville in the finals. Coach Wakefield now should be able to get the Bears to VinI cennes. Frankfort, Lafayette, Oxford and Lebanon will jump into the Lafayette regional. The Hot Dogs knocked out Rossville in the finals Satturday. 44 to 23. The Jefferson of Lafayette Bronchos, coached for the fire-wagon style by A. B. Masters, will have a cut-throat Lebanon five facing them in the first game. Lebanon was state champ In 1917 and 1918. Frankfort, as north central conference co-champ-ions. is favored to eliminate the quartet. o Camilli Is Bought By Brooklyn Dodgers Clearwater. Fla., Mar. 7.—<U.R>— Purchase of Dolph Camilli by the Brooklyn Dodgers set off a flock of trade rumors today. The most persistent called for a deal send-

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