Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 306, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1938 — Page 6

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COACHES FAVOR| MINOR CHANGES | IN GRID CODE Six Minor Changes Are Recommended By Football Heads Chicago. Pec. 29 <U.R) As far as rhe coaches are concerned, football can remain basically un-1 changed next year, although they | recommended today the adoption of Six minor rules changes by the all-powerful national collegiate athletic association. I'he coaches urged that the 'hanges be made at the N.C.A.A. I meeting at Colorado Springs.; Colo., Jan. 2.. Then, as part of j their annual gathering they went I into a joint session with the N.C.A.A.. which hasn’t seen eye] to eye with them in the past. The recommended changes are 1. In case of a forward pass, all ineligible receivers must re-1 main on the line of scrimmage I until the pass Is touched or coin ] pleted. Under the present rules.; ineligible receivers may go down | ■» 111 II .. - - w II ■ I—.l

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1» • GAME TONIGHT l| I The Decatur Commodores will : play Catholic high of Joliet, | i 111., tonight at the Commodore | gymnasium. This is scheduled to start at 8:15 o'clock. The t St. Joe eighth grade team will j I play in the preliminary at 7:13. | , the field but beyond the eligible I receivers. Violation would mean • loss of a down and a 15 yard pen- , ally. The couches considered this the most important recommendation, asserting it would virtually e’imfnate screened passing j and reduce downfield blocking. 2. A 15-yard penalty from the spot of the previous down plus loss of a down when a forward i pass is touched by an ineligible ! receiver on or behind the line of , scrimmage. Present rules call ' for loss if the ball at the spot of ' the previous down 3. An exception in connection with the penalty under general i rule 7. Faction 6. article 1. which governs punts from scrimmage, io the effect that this penalty will not offset a foul committed by . the non-sicking team unless it is I a disqualifying foul. Under the present rule, the play lis called back if the receiving team commits a foul after a puntI ed ball is touched or downed by I the kicking team, which technical- ' ly commits a foul In doing so. The recommendation would give the punting team the right to ' refuse the penalty against the ] receiving team. 4 Modification of the penalty in the case of a foul by a player of the punting team while the ball is in the air and in the field of play. The present rule calls for loss of the ball at the spot of the foul. This was considered by the coachts to be ’’too severe." 5. Stricter enforcement of the rule which provides a 15-yard penalty and loss of a down for intentional grounding of a pass. It also was recommended that the rule be supplemented with a note more clearly defining “Intent.” 6. A careful study of equips aent in the interest of safety to Pplayers and that all equipment, includine the ball rigidly comply . with specifications set forth in i the official N. C. A. A. rules , This Is designed to i educe the danger trom broken cleats and 1 heavy protective equipment. o Soviet Explores Resources Moscow —(UP) —More than 3,00(1 geological expeditions have been sent out this year by the Soviet government to disco'er new natural resources. Many new oil deposits have been found in Yakutia, tin has been discovered in Svanetia and zinc. lead, tin and silver >n Northern Ossetia.

* —♦ Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams j Thursday Joliet (111.) Catholic at Commo-, dores. Friday Four-team tourney at Geneva (Geneva, Hartford. Bryant and. Petroleum). Saturday Four-team tourney at Monmouth (Monmouth, Kirkland. Jefferson and Pleasant Mills). Monday Four-team tourney at Decatur (Yellow Jackets. Berne, Bluffton and Hartford City). — " twd "v ■'s luwto onj

GROVE IS TOPS FOR BTH TIME . Lefty Grove Leads Juni ior League Hurlers In Effectiveness — New York, Dec, 29 — <U.R> Robert Moses (Lefty) Grove, who was throwing his smoke bull when many of us still were learning the alphabet, today was acclaimed the American league’s leading pitcher of 1938. > Final official averages showed that ”01’ Man Mose" of the Boston Red Sox, despite his 38 years and a sore arm that forced him out of action late in the season, narked two all-time major league records as he topped the flingers Joi his c'rcuit for the eighth time. He had the lowest earned run aveiage. 3.07. making his eighth yeat as leader in this department, and the high won and lost percentage of .778. for the fifth time as leadet in this department. He pitched 14 victories and four defeats. Neither of Grove’s marks approached records, however. With the batsmen in command all sea- ■ son. his .778 was far below the record of .938 set by Johnny Allen 1 of Cleveland in 1937 with IE. Victories and one defeat. His 3.07 earned run per game average was not nearly as good as the 2 33 set , by Lefty Gomez of the Yankees in 1937. The Yankees registered the best club pitching with an earned run ' aveiage of 3.91. Charley (Red) Ruffing helped the cause by fin-| ishiug second to Grove with 3.32 while Gomez was third with 3.35.' Ruffing won 21 games and lost 7 for a percentage of .750 while Gomez Won 18 and lost 12 far .600 * Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore Hollywood, Calif.. Dec. 29. —(U.P.) —Hollywood finally has decided that the horse is here to stay. For years the film folk looked mi the horse as just something used Tn western movies or something one sat on uncomfortably in order to show off one’s new ridtng clothes. Now that horse racing has taken such a hold on the state of California, the movie celebrities have placed their stamp of approval on this noble beast and scores jof them own stables. Silkworms are working overtime to provide sufficient material so rtheir silks, and studio talk is studded with such words as hocks, withers, workouts, furlong aud handicap. When the stars speak of the camera it is just as likely to be the one that takes a photo finish as the one that records their acting. One of Hollywood’s biggest men, Louis B. Mayer, production chief of M-G-M, has gone plum wild over horses. The sight of anytffThg carrying the standard horse equipment of mane, tail, and ears is enough to make him whip out his check book and ask about the price. If he continues to buy horses at the present clip, it won’t be many years before he will have cornered the entire horse market. Mayer paid $300,000 for horseflesh at the Saratoga sales and has been buying right and left ever since. ! He has named no fewer than sevien horses for the Santa Anita i handicap, and has signed Georgie Woolf to ride the important stakes. Among his more prominent • thoroughbreds are ‘Perifox, an ■ American bred horse who won four stakes in England: Magic Hour, Lawrence Realization Winner; I Quick Devil, Main Man, Ossabaw, Sweet Patrice. Brooklyn, Mask and Wig, and Flying Bonny. Hardly a day passes but what Mayer signs a new trainer. fie has three now and is on the lookout for more. Harry M. Warner, resident of Warner Bothers: Harry Cohn, president of Columbia, and William Lebaron. Paramount’s production head, are other executives with competent stables. Among the actors and directors, owner’s badges are almost as common as driver’s licenses. Barbara Stanwyck is mistress of Marwyck ranch and her partner is Chico Marx. Joe E. Brown is another who will bid as high as a cat’s back for a horse he likes. His biggest hope is Cascabeliot, a South American winner that cost him in the neighborhood of $40,000. * Al Jolson drops to his knees in supplication, not song, every time his totem pole goes to the post, and Mae West backs a stable that runs in the name of her brother, Jack. Bing Crosby is sole owner of one stable, and part owner of two others, and has such horses as Ligaroti, second choice for the. SIOO,OOO handicap, and High Strike, favorite for the rich California state championship. Among the directors, Raoul Walsh, Dave Sutler, and John Cromwell are the most prominent owners. Walsh recently brought over Courtil from France for a shot at she handicap.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1938.

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Among the other movie folk who own horses are Mervyn Leroy. Myron Selznick. Pat O'Brien, 1 Oliver Hardy. Walter Connolly. Howard Hawks, Frank Lloyd. John Considine. Spencer Tracy and Robert Taylor. It won’t be long before they’ll have to have pony races at Santa Anita so that the younger stars can race their silks. (Copyright 1938 hy UP.) JEFFERSON WP A TEAM DEFEATED Monmouth Scores 18-16 i Victory Wednesday Night Monmouth scored a two-point victory. 18-16, over the Jefferson quintet in an Adams county WPA basketball league tilt Wednesday night at Monmouth. Jefferson held a lead of 6-5 at the end of the first half. Gerke was Monmouth's scoring leader with 11 points. Foreman was high for Jefferson with six points. Monmouth FG FT TP Jackson, f 0 3 3 Hoile, f 0.0 0 Gerke. c 5 1 11 Boerger, g 0 11 Moses, g 113 Hershey, f 0 0 0 Totals 6 6 18 Jefferson FG FT TP] Baker, f 2 0 4 C. Bollenbacher, f 0 0 0 R. Bollenbacher, c 10 8 Foreman, g 2 2 6 Hunt, g 10 2 Moser, f 1 0 2 Totals 7 2 16’ Refree. Hill. 0 Dance New Year’s Eve Sat. Sun Set Park. It Fits Him - ■ is?v. /JB ■ '! 11 3 /JI Lou Nova Upset victory of Lou Nova, above, Alameda, Cal., over Tommy Farr in New York, sends Nova’s stock up In the heavyweight fight picture. To prove that he could wear the crown. Nova tries on the "heavyweight ring crown.” Nova a expected to meet Max Baer next.

Terms Adolf Hitler “Man Os The Year” New York, Dec. 29 —(UP) —Today’s issue of the Magazine Time named Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany as “man of the year.” the designation Times gives annual to the person who has caused the most dramatic change in the course of history. "For 1938," the magazine said. “There was only one serious contender: Hitler. Greatest single news event of 1938 took place on Sept. 29. when four statesmen met at the Fuhrerhaus. in Munich, to draw the map of europe.’ o Purdue Wins Sugar Bowl Net Crown New Orleans. Dec. 29 —(UP) — Puidue added the Sugar Bowl championship to its list of basketball victory over Arkansas University titles today as the result of its 57-51 before a record crowd of 6,900 spectators. The Big Ten titleholders led, 2620 at the half and held the slight advantage through an even second half. John Adams of Arkansas was high point man for the southwestern conference champions with 18 points. Pastor Publishes Sermons Cleveland. O. (U.R) — Rev Dll-1 worth Lupton, pastor of the First Unitaria:. Church of Cleveland, has published a series of inspirational sermons called “Religion Says You Can.” o TODAY'S COMMON ERROR j ! Do not say. "Mr. Brown is a smart business man;” say, “able business man."

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I,— - - ♦ Decatur Bowling League Results Schafer’s won the first half of the merchant league la.it night trouncing Conservation in two of three guinea, rolling 2398 to 2165. ] Tope was high for Schafer's with ] 578, while Myers led the losers with 479. The fourth lace Upholsters won two from the second I place Smith Insurance. 2431 to i 2232. Krick was high for the win-1 |iners with a 556, aud H. Gallmeyer led the losers with a 521. Wood j ! hull was the only 200 scorer on his 1 I team. Monmouth, In third place, won I j two from sixth place Preble and forfeited the last tilt. Preble roll-] ed 2262 to Monmouth’s 1987. Rest- i ing snugly in the cellar, the Wren, 1 Ohio, five finished In a blaze of ] glory, taking ttfree from the First ] State Bankers. 2368 to 2154. B 5 Pull rolled 505 and E. Schultz 524 The final first half standings: | Team W. L. •Schafer’s 41 10 ■ Smith’s 34 17 i Monmouth 30 21 ■ Upholsters 28 23 ' First State Bank 21 30 1 Preble 21 30 Conservation 16 35 Wren 13 38 Tonight's Major League 7 p.m.—Frickle's vs. Doc’s Place. 1 1 9 p in. — Rice Hotel vs. Hon-E-1 Krust. Last night’s scores: Wren B. Puli 174 158 173 Tumbleson 164 134 167 Wendelllol 129* 135 S. Dull 170 143 170 Davis 125 168 168 Spot 24 24 24 Totals7sß 753 837 State Bank Lose 146 H 0 161 E. Krueckeberg 161 168 129 H. Krueckeberg 114 101 Hummer 137 154 108 Schultz 176 163 185 Sautter 1U Totals 734 736 684 Preble Bittner 140 142 161 O. Hoffman 127 109 123 Rossman 168 143 180 Houck 161 127 141 L. Hoffman 127 189 118 Totals_.729 716 735 Monmouth Hoile - Moses 190 152 • Hobrock —- 170 159 ... * Gerke i*' l 173 . * Staub 179 * Totals-757 798 ... * , •—Last game forfeited. Decatur Pph. Murphy - 135 139 160 Reinking 165 190 134 Krick 181 177 198, Bleeke 134 154 144 K. Woodhall 157 213 128 Totalsß22 873 7G4 Smith Ins. IH. Blomberg 102 143 156 W. Gallmeyer 157 115 128 G. Bultemeier 158 180 151 E. Gallmeyer 136 122 164 ; H. Gallmeyer 163 191 167 Totals"l6 751 766 I Schafer’s Hoile 196 150 176 Walters 174 188 173 Tope 196 168 214 McClure 181 172 120

“Office Wife” Begins Term | - uWii ' " —LM 4k I K ’ll iJ u ' 1 fi gS: " '' 1 |. ESlIh SBI / iB sr. f Warden A. Gilles, Matron Caroline O’Day and Fern Patrick! Dull H Entering the Detroit house of correction to serve a 14-to-15.v ear B “ term for manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of At ■ J ‘ torney William Holbrook, her employer arui paramour Mrs Fm Patricia Dull is pictured, right, with Warden A Gilles and Matron B’’ l Caroline O’Day. Mrs. Dull was convicted of slaying Holbrook at H U her trial at St. Joseph, Mich.

Totalsß47 778 783 I Conservation M. Scheunian 127 N. Scheuman 137 139 105 E. Zwick 143 133 114 Blomker 146 148 177 Meyer 134 157 166 Schroeder 133 166] Spot 40 40 40 • Totals 733 744 788 o Boston Bees Buy Al Simmons Today Boston, Dec. 29 —(UP)—The Boston Bees have purchased outfielder Al Simmons from the Washington

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