Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1939 — Page 8

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DIZZY'S SORE ARM REPORTED NEARLY CURED Doctors Assert Dizzy Dean’s Arm Healing Satisfactorily i’hicHgo. Jun. 6 (lI.CT Ol’ Diz may la* “fogglu' 'em through’ tigaln thia reason An injured shoulder which almost wrecked Dean’s career last year has almost healed and today he war in the fold of the Chicago Cubs, confident he would win 20 games this season or "pitch for nothin' In 1940." Dean received the good news yesterday and a few minutes lat 'i he signed a contract for $20.000.» For one of the few times in his life. Diz said he was not only satisfied but “I'm over-satisfied" Doctors had told him X-ray oliotog'n) hs showed that a muscle ear in his right shoulder was healing satisfactorily and that with «ix weeks more rest he should be able to take his regular turn when the season starts They said the torn muscle had not healed completely but showed remark; ole Improvement and that "with kindly treatment of his arm. Dean should have many more years ahead of him." “1 never felt better in my whole life." De tn bubbled. "My only hope is that 1 can go out and win 2D or 25 ball games next season Oh. I guess I'll do it all right and if 1 non't. I'll pitch for nothin' in 1940.” Dr. Sumner I, Koch said that If Doan had not taxed his arm last summer, when he won seven games and lost one, the muscle would have been completely healed by now He prescribed more lest and instructed Dizzy not to do any actual throwing until two weeks after he reports at spring training amp next month Dean, who was obtained from the St Louis Cardinals last April for $185,000 cash and three players. required only a few minutes to negotiate his 1939 contract. "That's the fastest I ever signed 11l lay life." he said. Salary terms were not announced hut owner Phil K Wrigley indicated six weeks ago that Diz would get approximately the same as laU year. $20,000. Aft“r signing. Diz was his old effervescent self. Th>s is a gn-at outfit to work tot,” he said "I have been treated better by th' 4 Cubs than at any time during tny career and I'm going to come through for them Yes sir. 1 feel ready to take my regt,hi:- turn when the bell rings. "I ist year my arm hurt when I just lifted it Now 1 can twist it all around and I dont' feel no ache anymore. 1 have been rest Ing It all winter and I'll give it more 'est like the docs say " Diz predicted that brother Paul, who also has a sore arm, will win 20 games tor the Cardinals this year ” ■ —g o Bob Heidrlck of Fort Wayne was looking after typewriting business here last evening.

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, • Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday | Huntington at Herne. I Pleasant Milla at Geneva bStourneT REPORT GIVEN More Than $255 In Net Profit Realized From Tournament Realizing a profit of $255 42. last Monday's four-team invitational hasketlutll tourney was one of the most profitable of those held b'tween the Decatur. Berne. Bluffton and Hartford City , schools. Total receipts in season tickets ami single session admissions were $435 40. Expenses of $179.98 were deducted, leaving the profit figure quoted above. The four schools share equally in the net profit, making a distiibulioli of $63.8,, to each of the competing schools This distrij button is far better than in Hie 1938 tourney, held at Hartford City. *rom which each school received $24.32. The complete financial report was released today by W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school, host to the annual tournament. The advance sale of season tickets. priced at 50 cents, was as follows: Berne, 66; Bluffton. (15; Deca-1 tut. 86; Hartford City, 22. A total of 264 season tickets | was sold at the ticket office priori o the afternoon session. Single session tickets totaling 178 were sold for the afternoon games, and 135 single session tickets were sold Moi day night. Itemized expenditures were as loilows: Meals, four schools at $6. total $24; officials. S4O; advertising, »5.25; tickets and posters. $6 75; one basketball, $12.95; trophy and , engraving. $14.48; hotel. $10: | telephone. $1.25; postage. 50c; ; uaneportation. $64.80. Basketball Training School Here Saturday Another in the series of basketball schools for boys ot tile sixth, seventh and eighth grades will be. held at the Central gymnasium Sat- ■ today. Two sessions will be held i from 7 to 9 a. m. and from 1 to 3 i p. nt. The school is conducted by I visor, with the assistance of Hugh visor, with the assistance ot High Andrews and Deane Dorwin, Decatur high school coaches. 1 Homer Stonebraker Named To Position Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 6 —(VP)] ' —Homer Stonebraker. former Cass' county sheriff and once an all-Atn-erica basketball player at Wabash college, today became sales executive tor Indiana's penal institutions. , Appointment of Stonebraker was announced by state welfare director Thurman A. Gottschalk Stonebraker who was defeated in the .-.econd district congressional race : last November by Charles A. Hal- | leek, succeeds Thomas Hannagan. ; who resigned Jan. 1 to enter busi- > t.ess.

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MMAWL crn £>) The Decatur Yellow Jackets will play their first regularly scheduled game of 1939 tonight, traveling 1 to Auburn to meet th? Red Devils I in a northeastern Indiana conference engagement. —oOo —■ Have very little information on the strength of the Red Devils, but the Decatur-Auburn clashes have been among the features in the conference several years and tonight's game likely will be no exception. Last season, the Yellow Jackets scored a 28-25 victory over Auburn. —oOo — Four other games are on the county schedule tonight, headlined by the intra-county clash between Hartford and , Kirkland at Kirkland. and the Berne-Central Catholic contest at Fort Wayne. In the other two games, Jefferson will play at Monmouth and Mon--1 roe at Geneva. —oOo — Two games are scheduled Sat--1 urday night, the Berne Bears entertaining the Huntington Vikings at the Berne auditorium and Pleasant Mills playing the Cardinals at Geneva. —oOo — Basketbawl has witnessed many ball games over a period of years in 'covering' athletic contests as a sports writer, has sat through many a thriller, won in the closing seconds of play, but never has he been privileged to be present at such a startling comeback as flashed by the Decatur Commodores Wednesday night. —oOo— Eighteen points in arrears with , eight minutes to go. Nineteen i points in arrears with less than I eight minutes to go. Still 12 points behind with less than four I minutes to play. Stop and an- ■ alyze those figures and try to | ' realize, even you fans who witness-, ed the game, and you can really : appreciate the remarkable feat the Commodores accomplished in nosing out that one-point 40-39 victory over Central Catholic of Fort Wayne. —oOo— Don’t forget, every time the Commodores scored in those fast fleeting minutes, be it a field goal 1 or a free throw. Central Catholic took posession of the ball out of bounds. Which means that after the Commies scored they were forced to set their defense rapidly in an effort to recover that precious ball and try again to score. I One of the remarkable points of this sensational scoring comeback, overlooked or not realized by those witnessing the game, is the fact that with one tone exception, every field goal scored by the

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Commodores in that last desperate drive was tallied from directly underneath the old hoop. The lone exception was the winning toss looped by Bob Hess just before the final horn sounded. And this toss was a normal one-handed pivot shot from the foul line. —oOo — Mention of officials is a rare occasion in this column, but Basketbawl feels that when two officials turn in such a . splendid bit of work as was done by Downey and Dorwin in Wednesday night's clash, they are worthy of praise. In the closing minutes of that hot tilt, the officials were forced to make decisions which had a part in deciding the outcome but they showed neither fear nor favor. In this columnist's .opinion, the Commodore-Cen-tral Catholic clash was one of

the best officiated here in many seasons. For the rest of today s column, will refer you to our old friend Buck, conductor of Out-Of-Bounds in the Bluffton News-Banner: We re Learning That—- “ They called it a blind tourney at Decatur in honor of the Tigers, who apparently couldn't see the bail or the baskets. "That it only takes 40 seconds in which to lose a Rose Bowl foot ball game. The Iron Dukes made the discovery before 93.000 fans. “It doesn’t pay to gloat over a victory. Look where we’d be today if we had ‘rubbed it in’ on Decatur. “The Decatur tourney proved again that rivalry is what makes basketball uncertain. Proof —look what Hartford City aiITT Decatur both did to avenge former defeats handed them by the Tigers, and what Berne a.a to Decatur to ‘even up an old score.’ ” Comes Through “Madama Zara, the seeress, has nothing to boast about when it comes to predictions. In fact we nominate Pete Reynolds, of the ! Decatur Democrat, for having what ■ it takes when he wrote the following last week: “ ‘Pre-tourney dope favors the Bluffton Tigers for championship honors. But never was there a dope bucket so pretty nor so substantial that it couldn't be upset by a well-placed kick.’ ” —oOo — No. Thanks, Buck Thanks for the nomination, Buck, but after the election of some weeks ago, Basketbawl ‘does not choose to run.’ 0

— - ... — ■ ——* I Today’s Sport Parade I ( ' l By Henry McLemore : * * 1 Los Angeles. Jan. 6. — (U.R) — Twenty years ago. under a broiling f sun at Toledo, Mrs. Jess Willard r _ ' , sat near the ringside and watched . Jack Dempsey beat the man she t loved into a bloody and misshapen J pulp. Last night when I told Mrs. Willard that the next mail would f bring her husband a letter from t. Jack Dempsey in which Jack would y offer Jess a good job with him e in New York, she was startled. i,i “Jack Dempsey?" she finally e i asked in surprise. "Jack Dernp-

sey?" I could almost see what she was thinking. Her mind must have raced back through the years, to the unforgettable day when her Jess, a magnificent physical specimen and champion of the world, was cruelly beaten to the floor by the same hands which were nowbeing put forward in friendship. "I am sure Jess will appreciate Dempsey's offer when he learns about it," Mrs. Willard said, "he isn't here now. but I will forward the letter to him as soon as it comes. He's in Florida, you know, refereeing fights and wrestling matches." I asked her how she would feel ■ about Jess working for Jack. "It certainly is a sweet and thoughtful thing for Dempsey to do.” she answered. "We could use a good job right now. I sup-

pose almost anyone could use a good job at almost anytime." She did not know whether Jess would accept the offer or not. “He’ll have to speak for himself about that.” But she did speak for herself. She didn't say that they would not take the job in New York, but she did admit that the passing of 20 full years had not erased from her mind the Jack Dempsey of Toledo. To her he still is the hungry-eyed, steel whiskered, ruthless killer who bounded front his corner, bent upon tearing to bits her man before her very eyes. “I suppose only a woman would remember that day as long and as clearly as I have," Mrs. Willard said. “I was sitting with a friend, up close, too close, to the ring, and I know that I suffered every thing it’s possible to suffer. I can't tell you how I felt during that fight. I don't think anyone could put it in words.” She had been married to Jess for ten years before that fight. But it was the first, and last, tight she has ever seen. She didn’t see Jess against Jack Johnson when, as the “white hope,” he won the j title. The only memory she has of him as a fighter is when his | weight and power bowed to Demp--1 sey's mad attack. i Ssince 1929, Mrs. Willard said, Jess has depended upon refereeing for a living. Before then he ran a fruit and meat market, which I closed. His present refereeing i tour will keep him away for two i months—unless he accepts the of- ! fer from Dempsey. I told Mrs. Willard that she ' would scarcely know the Dempsey lof today. I described him to her jas the charming, genial business

I man that he is today She listened and then she said: "I know this. He's an awfully | kind and thoughtful man today, 1 and I deeply appreciate what he has oered to do for Jess — Jack i Dempsey, of all people.” :i (Copyright 1939 by UP.) ‘j ° 1 St Vincent’s To Play Here Tonight | The St. Joe eighth grade team j wil Iplay the St. Vincent’s grphanj! age team of Fort Wayne at the j Commodore gymnasium in this city a tonight. The game is scheduled to start at 1 o’clock, r 0 ’■ • Trade In A Good Town — Decntox

VINES SCORES FIRST VICTORY| Ellsworth Vines Defeats Don Budge In Straight Sets ■ — Philadelphia, Jan. 6—(VPI—EH*vorth Vines, professional fennls champion, staked his future today on winning a majority of h s matches with Don Budge in their current exhibition lour after down-, mg the redhaired former king of the amateurs. 6-3. 6-3. 6-4. i The victory before about 7,<»0 racquet fans at Convention hall last night was the first over Badge sot the blond Californian. Budge had won at New York and at Boston the previous nights. and appeared headed for a professional triumph paralleling his grand slam among he Simon Pares. Vines dem mstra • ed convincingly, however, that Budge was not invincible. "1 don't think Budge is the smartest player in the world, said Vines after the match. "He just keepshitting them hack, not brilliant shots but good enough to keep the ball In play with the maximum of effort on my part. 1 am not being cocky, but I don't believe there is a tennis rlayer today that can bea' me six straight sets, like Budge did. when 1 am on my game." Vines said he was stak’ng his career on the outcome of the 60 matches he and Budge will play throughout the country. “I'll retire and no kidding, he said. “ If Budge comes out as the king of the pros, it's all right with me. but he's going to have a bat tie. Vines and Budge play at Chicago Saturday. * Decatur Bowling League Results In the major bowling league at Mies Recreation last night. Frickles took two games from Rice hotel, rolling a total of 2.938 pins to 2.871 for the hotel lads. The Frickleinen rolled 1.034 their last game. Oscar Lankenau led the winners with a 638. while Frisinger finished big with a 246 to make his three-man total 592. Ladd led Rice Hotel with a 637. followed by Mies with a 601. Hon-E-Krust ran three straight against Doc’s Place, marking up 2.716 to 2.399 total pins. Green was high tor the winners with 597. winding up with a 220 in his last attempt. Stump bowled a single 237 for a 581 series. Fit teen 200 games were chalked uj by bowlers of the four teams last night. Appelman led Doc's Place with a 560. Tonight's Soya Schedule 7 p. in.—Maintenance vs. Expel lers. 7 p. m.—Office vs. Elevators.

SUN. MON. TUES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday TWO MAJOR HITS! PUBLIC DEFENDER ENDS .REIGN OF TERROR! ' ANNE NAGEL fl MIKIiI FICHU ROBERT KENT —ADDED THRILLER— Trailing a crafty criminal in the screen’s most exiting and hilarious adventures! “STRANGE FACES” with ANDY DEVINE Dorothea Kent Frank Jenks. Evenings 10c-15c Tonight & Saturday FRED SCOTT in “SONGS AND BULLETS” ALSO — “The Lone Ranger” & Novelty. Tonite ONLY ONE DIME Saturday 10c-15c

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!()) F eed Mins vs. Truck- Total.. Major League ! Lister ,i 9l le | R ice Hotel , Itrlflf ' 213 211 I A. Farrar tu 172 Ullstump 16$ w-H Mutschler - , 2g — *»ol Ahr 241 I#6 201 Totals „S 8 Doc’s Place a| 1 969 944 958 ir. Woodhall pit Frickles ‘Appelman jn B 179 167 246 Brewer l»o Frlslnget 2(| - K Woodball 15® 173 173 175 Zelt 159 Bt ' hu,u 198 171 ' • —. Young . M , ( 2051 Totals 777 _____ - J j SUN. MON. Tl riVrfraaU only 10c . 25 | Yj| can’t afford to misa the PUUTZES II S Kit T prize PLAY, now-at la»t-th. ]■ T» ar '’ tfotion picturt! | can'! help thrilling to the mon ■ MHII human storY that ewer filled th. I WII If ,creen Wi ‘ h un,or 9*“ ,ble wond «' E YHCUnUKI IT YiTH Yll I j EAN LIONEL JAMES EDWAItI ARTHOR'aRARRYMOREaSTEWARWI II ’ E°. n ' ane ‘ ! l g rn ed f ’t Wf MISCHA AUER • ANN MILLER SPRING BYINGTON "SAMUELS. HINDS 1 __ DONALD MEEK • H. B. WARNER Based on Rw Pulitzer Prize Ploy by X' I// ey 1 Ji George S. Koufmon and Moss Hart ' . Sctmr play by Robert Ri»km l VkROIIH/y Djoctod b/ FRANK CaFRA t A COLUMBIA riCTUtt ALSO—Bob Benchley Comic, "How To Watch Football." O O -TONIGHT AND SATURDAY What a grand show! Full of laughs, wise cracks and music—with a swell cast of fun-makers! You'll thrill when Bob and Shirley sing "Two Sleepy People. “THANKS FOR THE MEMORY” ■ Bob Hope. Shirley Ro.s. Chas. Butterworth, Otto Kruger. ALSO—Betty Boop Cartoon: Novelty & News. 10c-25c O O — COMING—“OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS" Mickey Rooney

*■* SUN. MON - Tlly 'l ONLY 10c-25c j Remember how you enjoyed “Valley of the Giants"? Here's great outdoor special produced by the same company—Warner BrdJ also filmed entirely in TECHNICOLOR! One of the top-notch of the season — See it! ■ SAVAGE WILDERNESS, PRIMITIVE MEN TAMED j THE FAMOUS ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE! A mighty epic sweeps rafl from the north, told to the '’ Ss-4 ffl beat of brave, rash hearts . . . capturing the iIM beauty of the northland in TECHNICOLOR f J Directed by LEWIS SEILER ■ Screen Play by Lee Ketz ind Vincent Shermtn ■ BmcJ »" • by B>«« Mowery • A Hint N.tion.l Picture ■ Presented by WARNER ALSO—Comedy Riot and Fox News. — o o —TONIGHT AND SATURDAY—z“iTvzxw.^vJ h l!lh? acke ’ 1 su P er Western Special! GEORGE O’BRIEN, “LAWLESS ALSO — Last Chapter, “BLACK COIN” & Preview Glimpses of new serial. 10c-lsc KIDS—Sc Matinee Saturday 1:30 to 3»P. M.

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