Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 73, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1938 — Page 6

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FOUR INDIANA TEAMS BATTLE FOR TOURNEY Hammond, South Side, Bedford And Columbus To Battle » Indianapolis, hid., March 2; — (UP I—The four beat teams in Indiana are paired for battle in the Butler field house arena here tliie afternoon and tonight one will be crowned champion of stat.i high school basketball. Hammond and Bedford lock horns in the first game at 2 o'clock and South Side of Fort Wayne and Columbus will quidkly follow. At eight o’clock tonight the state final —the game at which 787 teams were pointing four weeks ago-—will te at hand. Local bookies {stalled the Wildcats of Hammond as the betting favorites, listed them 8 to 5. South Side of Fort Wayne has 9 to 5; Ledford. '7 to 3; and Columbus an even 3 to 1. Money handling was cautious, as this ik ihe first year in history when no quintets from Cen- 1 iral ndiana are bidding for the title. They were upset in semifinal play. Nearly 15.000 will pack the field house this afternoon. The 'irket de- | r.iand has been so great that scalpers were reported getting $lO apiece for the prize Cardboards. School principals, who handled the sale after an apportionment by the : lIISAA. Said in many cities they could have sold five and six times as many as the allowed Coach Chet Kessler brought his Hammond squad into the city last T.lght, They took a short workout on court at the Indianapolis Athletic club and retired for the night. ; South Side of Fort Wayne also ptayed overnight. While coach Burl i'riddle attended the state coaches meeting, the Archers relaxed at an early show and went back to the Pennsylvania hotel. Bedford is due here at 10 o'clock this morning in Coach George Boots ]' Mans to bring Ilia Columbus Bulldogs in shortly before noon. The names of the officials were j not revealed hut many thought that , Nate Kauffman of Sbelbyvllle and Carl Burt of North Manchester, j who officiate dlast year, had been ■ chosen. The city was filling rapidly this morning with out-of-town convoys parading the streets. Hotel lobbies were filled and on every street cor- f tier groups baok-elapped. placed \ their bets, and talked about basketball. The celebration started last ; night with students screaming and running through the heart of the. business district. Coaches reported all their men in | good condition. George Sobe'li of a bad cut about his eye in a 6crim- , Hammond, star guard who suffered mage early this week, will be ready j at the starting whistle, coach kess-. ior said. Radio station WIRE will broad- j

SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sunday from 1:15 JOE E. BROWN WIDE OPEN FACES’ Lyda Robert!, Alison Skipworth. ! ALSO — “Breathless Moments;" Cartoon, A Stranger Than Fiction. 10c-25c Sunday Matinee until 6 Evenings 10c-30e —o Last Time Tonight — “The Jungle Princess" Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland. ALSO — 3 STOOGES | Comedy A News. 10c-25c SUN. MON. TUES. j 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday “Bulldog Drummond’s Revenge” John Howard, John Barrymore - and - “Telephone Operator” Judith Allen, Grant Withers Evenings 10c-20c o—o Last Time Tonight — Hopalong Cassidy in “Cassidy of Bar 20." ALSO—“Mysterious Pilot" A “Tim Tyler's Luck.” 10c-15e

least the games, starting in the afternoon 15 minutes before the first scrap and taking the evening j final at eight. The big tourney has a new angle | j this year a* Hammond and South Side from the north are favored to 1 take tiie championship hi Id last season by the Anderson Ind'ans. If, either one wins it will be the first j | time In Indiana cage history that a ; city of over 40.000 has taken th" title. It also will be the first time a team north of laigansport ever has held the trophy. For the first time in many years 'he north Central conference is not represented in the final quartet. Columbus is a South Central contender. Hammond champion of the western division conference, and South side the title winner of the Northeastern league. Bedford is a non-conference team. The first game will pit the highscoring hammond five against one i cf the best defensive teams of the state. Both average over six feet in I height but Bedford will give the windcats the edge In weight. The stonecutters have been preparing a defense to stop George Sobek. Hammond Guard who has ruined many lxa.ll games this year with his driving, one-handed shots at the foul line. Columbus is expected to throw , its fire-wagon basketball machine a' South Side. While the archers ar:' ! cautious and a block-plav team, the Bulldogs, taught the Purdue style ! j by a former Purdue player, are the I race-horse outfit of the state v Elks Bowling Team Goes To Milwaukee Eight members of the Decatur i hapter of the B P. O. Elks left this J morning for Milwaukee, wh-re they will howl in the annual E'.ks bowling tournament. Members of the team are Don , Stump. Carl Mies, A1 Schneider, j , Dick 1 Macklin. Paul Briede. Bert ' Gage and Walter Brunnegraff. They I will bowl in the five-man team I event tonight, and in the doubles and singles Sunday. High School Players To State Tournament Members oi the Decatur Yellow Jacket basketball team left this morning for Indianapolis, where they will attend the final sessions, of the state tournament. They j I were accompanied by W. Guy; Brown, principal: Ira Fuhrman.i | president of the school board: | | Hugh Andrews, athletic director: Sylvester Everhart, Central grade: coach, and Misses Eleanor Pumph rey. Glennys Klzey and Elizabeth ! , Frisinger. Yellow Jackets To Be Given Banquet i I W. Guy Brown. Decatur high 1 school principal, will Ije host to | ' members of the Yellow Jacket has- ; ketball team at a banquet in the i I school gymnasium Monday evening i at G o’clock. Other guests will he Hugh AnI drews and Deane Dorwin, coaches: I Walter J. Krick. school superin- | tendent; IVtp Reynolds and Bob j Shraluka of the Daily Democrat.

Sold for $5? Baby Ghent • j - Revelation of a mother's alleged ; "sale" of her baby girl, in considi eration of “$5 and other goods”, I was made in a Baltimore court : during a custody suit. The moth- | er. Mrs Dorothy Ghent, admitted ; that she signed an "agreement" ; I to relinquish her 18-month-old | j baby, shown above, but thought 1 i she might reclaim her later. The father. Ross Ghent, separated I from his wife, attempted to gain ; custody of the child from Mr. and Mrs. James Wheeler, but the court ruled the child into the care of a grandmother until further investigation.

♦ —■— 4 I Decatur Bowling League Results I » u —. — 4 LEAGUE STANDINGS Minor League W. L. Pet 1 Kuhn 24 C .Btb 1 Mies 18 12 .GOi Schmitt 18 12 -60 i j Cloverleaf 17 13 .56' Elks No. 2 14 16 .40 Burke 13 17 .43: Monroeville 9 21 ,30< Hoag laud 7 23 .23: Merchants League W. L. Pet I'pholstor .... 20 10 .66; Van Wert 20 10 .66: Macklin 19 It .63! | Gambles 19 11 .63! Schafer IS 12 .60( Fried helm 12 IS .401 Bank 6 24 .201 Monmouth 6 24 .20* Major League Mutschler . . 52 23 .69! Frhkles 48 27 .641 | Saylors 40 35 .53! Elks No. 1 10 65 .13:1 WEEK'S SCHEDULE Minor League Monday. 7 p. m. Burke vs. Clov erleaf: Monroeville vs. Schmitt. 9 p. m. —Mies vs. Kuhn: Hoag land vs. Elks No. 2. Merchants League Tuesday. 7 p. m. —Bank vs. Van Wert: I'pholster vs. Macklin. 9 p. m. —Monmouth vs. Schafer: Friedheitn vs. Gambles. Major League Thursday. 7:30 p. m— Elks No. 1 vs. Frickles; Mutschler vs. Say;lors. MERCHANT LEAGUE Schafer Co. Schultz . 205 171 j McClure 113 156 1 Rumple .... 157 163 Holle ISO 116 165 Tope IS4 164 150 Walters 154 132 146 i Spot *. ... 24 24 24 Totals 762 824 Sl2 Gamble Store Peterson 181 204 141 B. Woodhall 135 153 151 K. Woodhall 141 146 153 R. Woodhall 166 147 163 Marbaugh 120 145 121 Totals 743 795 729 Monmouth ■ Hobrock 124 119 130 Roerger 121 125 12. > Holle 121 Ix 3 m B. Gerke . 155 123 137 Scherer 143 89 138 Totals 670 639 659 Freidheim jR, Meyer 115 149 167 E. Bultemier . US 143 17. E. Gallineyer . 142 13S W. Gallineyer 113 141 jH. Oallmeyer 141 199 130 Spot 2 2 2 Totals 634 755 741 Upholster I Stauffer 159 132 14. ' Reinking 127 143 11S 1 Brewer 127 150 133 1 Frisinger 100 130 150 Murphy 133 183 120 i The dinner will be served by the home economics students, under the direction of Miss Mildred j Worthman.

[ Northwest Territory Marks Sesquicentennial

, -— Founding of the first colony in the old Northwest territory will be commemorated on April 7, the 150th anniversary of the event, when a caravan of covered wagons in replica arrive at Marietta, first settlement in Ohio. This caravan, sponsored by the WPA, started from Ipswich, Mass., on Dec. 3 of last year and has retraced the course followed

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, MARCH 26. 1938.

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Spot 19 19 19 Totals 665 757 687 Van Wert Fleming 189 124 146 ' Tindall 172 104 131 Owens 139 149 150 ( Raver 148 155 127 r ; Whlteraft 159 150 146 Totals 807 652 700 Bank t Lose ' 140 13G 107 E. Kruckeberg 141 140 137 Knapke . 120 125 5 Schamerloh 141 128 150 Blakey 153 135 153 H. Kruckeberg 106 4 Spot 14 14 14 ~ Totals 719 669 696 Macklin Garage 1 Keller 147 181 154 t Striekler * 155 197 138 Gillton 154 93 159 Hunt 140 144 159 \ G. Striekler 200 167 140 ~ Totals 796 752 750 0 MAJOR LEAGUE Elks / Appelman 16S 162 182 - GiUiom 186 Brunnegraff 198 212 185 Moore 220 226 163 ~ Schneider 198 157 184 Reynolds 182 152 !j \ Total 970 939 866 Mutschler's j Green 169 170 156 „ Hoagland .. 194 204 188 2 Miller 173 182 173 Mutschler . IS2 174 IS9 , Total 943 909 949 o Frickles o Spangler 198 155 160 A Ross 201 171 166 ~ Gage 130 . Frisinger 1M 214 IM e | r Schultz 226 168 d : Total 890 934 830

by the original Ohio company in 1788. It will continue on through six neighboring states which comprised the original Northwest territory and take part in various historical celebrations. • At Marietta the observance will continue over a period of three months, including observance of various anniversaries of significance in the sector..

!) Saylors Briede 174 140 147 : M 163 149 153 c. Farrar 204 171 147 Mlea 204 190 194 5 i Ahr 167 128 16S 1 I Total 912 785 809 CHICAGO LABOR : MEMBER SLAIN ' Police Investigate Labor Activities After i Slaying >: Chicago. Mar. 26.— <U.R) —Vnion activities of Edward Shuler. Jr.. 1 35, found shot to death on a street * corner early Friday, were investi--1 gated by police today after his ' wife. Madelyn, reported he had re- ' ceived numerous threats against his life during the past year. * I Shuler was a member of local 399, International Union of Operating Engineers and was employed at a “loop” building. - Mrs. Shuler charged that her husband was slugged several ’ months ago, necessitating hospital * care, when he opposed activities * of one faction in the union. : She said she and her husband were forced to move frequently 1 from one section of the city to another in an attempt to hide from ’ "union terrorists.” ' 'My husband told me the trouble ' was in the union,” she said, "but ' didn't say whom he suspected.” ! Capt. Harry O’Connell said he ‘ would question officials of the * union about an inter-organization fight resulting from a recent elee- ! tion. ’ O'Connell said Shuler apparently had been murdered before he was 1 taken to the section wtiere his ■ body was found. He had been shot * in the head four times. —o Trade In A Good Town Ilr.'nlur

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j President Roosevelt is seen driving through Gaines- | ville. Ga., where he delivered a prepared outdoor address bluntly asserting that wages are "far too low ' In the deep south. The address was given at dedication of Roosevelt Square in the section

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These new original photos from Vienna reflect the -oirit with which H'*ler was received when he made o* triumphal entry into Vienna. Milling throng*

..M M* -irSBBsSa , The 'Thousand Islands International bridge, now under construction, will join the United States and Canada across the St. Lawrence river. Utilizing small island,) to reduce spans necessary for the

of Gainesville rebuilt with f.-d.-ral aid sinra destroyed by a disastrous ■ •»., y-an^H After the ceremony the • si.L-nr ..imint^^V Warm Springs. Ga . for a r-st His t ille remarks came as a surprise in many

’fought for the privilege of clasping his ha.nu he entered the city, below, while bo: ler barr,c were destroyed by Nazis along the ti> r.Utt,

bridge si® •eight and one-half mile w York extend from Collins g ind> cate to Ivy Lea, Ontario. Ab°\ P . t . of the chief structures in the v