Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1939 — Page 6

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WILDCATS BEAT MINNESOTA IN MAJOR UPSET I Northwestern Noses Out Gophers; 1. U. Beats ■ Purdue

Chicago, .inn 17. — HJ.P) Let Minnesota teams build up impressive winning streaks and Northwestern will crack ’em every time. it's getting to be traditional. The 1936 Northwestern football team set a memorable precedent by snapping a 21 game Copher string with a G-0 victory. Last year's Wildcat eleven caught the spirit and inflicted a 6-3 defeat on ti Minnesota team that had won seven straight. And, for further proof that Northwestern is the Achilles' heel of triumphant Gopher teams, you don't have to go beyond last night's basketball game between these two big ten rivals. .Minnesota's quintet had won lb straight and was riding in fropt of the conference race with three straight victories. Then when everybody was wondering how the Gophers could he stopped, along came cellar-dvfelling Northwestern and showed how with a 32-31 vie lory. That was the major development of a night full of surprises which threw the current title chase into complete confusion. There isn't an unbeaten team left in the con- '

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4, Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketbail Teams ■ * 4 J Wednesday i Commodores at Huntington t'ath- s olic. Thursday ' County tourney ut Monmouth. Friday j Columbia City at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Monroeville. New Haven at Berne.

t . County tourney at Monmouth. Saturday . | County tourney at Monmouth. I. ference, While Northwestern was 1 toppling Minnesota. Ohio State t was being removed from the tinr beaten ranks by Illinois. 1 As things stand today, three ‘ teams Minnesota. Illinois and In--1 diana are tied for first with three 1 victories and one defeat. Three teams — Michigan. Chicago and ’ Northwestern —are tied for last ' with one victory and three defeats. And scattered along the middle ' are Ohio State. lowa. Wisconsin and defending champion Purdue in that order. In the final analysis. Minnesota was beaten on the foul line, while Northwestern missed only four of its 12 free tries, the Gophers failed in nine of their 20. Ad Vance, veteran guard, was Northwestern's I hero in a game that was tied five ■ times before the issue was settled. He scored 15 points and sunk the free throw that proved the margin of victory. It was "Pick Dehner night" at , Illinois and the towering center

1 1 came through with a bang tor a I ' delegation of home town fans who dropped in from Lincoln. He scorp., 19 points to lead Illinois to its 45-31 victory over Ohio State. The scoring spree gave Dehner the individual conference scoring lead I with 54 points in four games. Capt. I Jim Hull got his usual 14 points for Ohio. Wisconsin furnished an upset by I rallying in the final minutes to ■beat Michigan. 42-39. Tom Harmon was the star in the losing causew ith 14 points. Andy Smith ■ got 13 for the Badgers who had i been soundly beaten by Indiana in I their last previous start. Indiana scored its third straight conference win. 36-36 at Purdue-e I expense. The three-point difference was in free throws. Capt. Ernie Andres, with 15 points, paced the Hoosiers to their Jirst vic- ; tory over Purdue since 1935. lowa led all the way tp beat Chicago 29-15. Blazin' Ben Stephens was held to nine points by Chicago.

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BASEBALL PLANS OBSERVANCE OF . 1 DOTH BIRTHDAY Nationwide Celebration Os Centennial Being Planned New York, Jan. 17 -(UP)- Ono "I hundred years ugo this spring. Abper Doubleday, a West Point Cadet, drew up a set of rules, laid out a diamond and organized the firrt game of basebull. Today the national baseball centennial commission announced | plans for nationwide celebration of the birth of the Great American ■ pastime. Cooperstown, a small community •n Central New York which also claims fame as the site of James Fenimore "Leatherstock- ' Ing Tales." will be the focal point I of the celebration. For it was there that cadet Doubleday, who rose to ; the rank of major general before his death in 1893, devised the game. ' The program as Cooperstown will be started early in May with a I series of exhibition games at Dotlb- , leday Field. The ing day will be June 12 when I I the major league turn back the I clock a century and stag -a “cav- ■ alcade of Baseball,” presenting highi lights of the game from its beginning down to the present; from "town ball." a game with an unlimited number of players which gave doubleday his inspiration, to the big-time. modern organized game featuring present-day stars. On the same day. the hall of fame located in the National Baseball Museum at Cooperstown, will be dedicated. None baseball immortals i

already have been voted niches in the musem by tlie base hall writers' l association which polls its membership each year, in order to become I eligible, a candidate must receive at ! at least 75 per cent of the votes ! cast, hitch writer can pick ten men. ' Eicht of the players-Rabe Kuth. Ty Cob. Tris Speaker. Cy Young. Hans Wagner, Napoleon LaJoie, Walter Johnson and Grover Cleve- , land Alexander — are expected to be pi esent when their plaques are i unveiled. The other, the immortal Christy Mathewson, died years ago. i Decatur Bowling League Results | | The Elks' league at Mies Recreation saw a double shift last night, I each of the teams playing two * three games series. In the first series the Tails won Iwo from the Legs, 2,666 to 2,416, with Al Schneider leading the winners with a 613 and Mies the losers with 603. With DeVoss high man on a 560 score the Antlers swept their series with the Hoofs. Mutschler led the losers with a 563, getting 242 in his last game. I In the second series the Hoofs [ took two from the Tails, rolling 2,568 to 2,530. Don Gage led the Hoofs with 567. and Schneider led the Tails with 535. The Antlers took two from the Legs with a 2,219 against 2.177. No 200-games showed up in these tilts. i Last night scores: , ELK'S LEAGUE Legs Appelman 173 146 138 Mies 170 179 156 ! 135 135 135 , 135 135 135 I Totals74B 730 699 Antlers Ehler 146 118 145 DeVoss 192 160 162 B. Gagel72 181 125 P. Miller . 143 | 135 135 135 [ 135 135 Totals7Bß 729 702 Hoofs D. Gage 180 178 209

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Beal 165 130 174 1 Fuhrman 174 195 172 Gilliom 160 Mutschler 179 151 165 Bones 160 176 ■ Totals 848 814 896 J Tails Macklin . 167 162 169 Baker 163 173 145 i L. Beal 194 150 150 Schnieder 200 180 155 I Stump 186 178 158 i Totals 910 843 777 Hoofs D. Gage 142 138

♦ — _<> No Trades, but Baseball News ♦ <, Joe Di Maggio and Dorothy Arnold Visiting in Los Angeles, Joe Di Maggio, New York Yankee outfielder. calls on actress Dorothy Arnold, to whom he was once reported engaged. if asf** i Mlwl’W 19 13 A-..1 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crosettl Star infielder of the New York Yankees, Frank Crosettl, and his recent bride discard their Michigan license plates and put on a California tag boosting the Golden Gate International Exposition in ! San Francisco, his home town.

; Bones . 140 115 I Fuhrman 141 163 152 Gilliom 143 169 158 Mutschler 168 153 242 ■ Heal 158 143 Totals 734 781 810 Antlers Ehler 166 187 137 ' DeVoss 172 193 195 B. Gage 167 155 187 IP. Miller . 171 161 166 !...135 135 135 Totalsßll 831 820 Legs Metzler 176 142

> Appelman ISO 177 193 > Mies 203 177 223 ) 135 | . 135 135 135 | 135 135 135 I Totals 829 766 821 Tails Macklin 176 150 169 , Baker 166 184 187 Beal 161 159 163 ■ Schnieder . . 201 224 188 , Stump 205 171 162 Totals9o9 999 869 CENTRAL SOYA Feed Mill Bleeke 133 200 165 Schlickman 144 135 136 E. Schultz 226 155 190 Hutker 192 125 144 Totals 795 715 735 Expellees Babcock 153 126 95 , 100 100 100 I 100 100 100 I 100 100 100 Totalsss3 526 495 Elevator Steiner 137 146 137 J. Little 118 168 Fleming 172 139 128 Scott 132 145 ; Ornlor 152 150 156 S. Dailey 93 88 Totals7ll 673 677 Solvent Merriman 141 Baker 132 Hurst 116 114 Teeple ... 160 i Brown 149 144 143 Gallogly 144 180 148 Von Gunten 100 Harris 94 70 Black 114 Totals7ol 632 616 Laboratory j Mann 123 119 161 Odle 126 101 145 Finlayson 106 158 156 I Kruse 150 117 129 I Brewer 195 178 147 Totals7oo 673 738 Maintenance ; Winteregg 101 128 129 Felber 118 114 112 Lehman 159 157 156 McGary 83 145 107 !C. Walther 105 150 130 Totalss66 694 634 I Truckers I Brennan 122 115 145 I W. Harris 108 134 115 Hawkins 164 97 133 DANCE K of P HALL TONIGHT Mann’s Band

HAGERSTOWN IS SHOWING CLASS Undefeated On Home Floor During Present Season Ry Robert La Blonde I (’ .Bed Press St iff Correspondent. Indiana poll ß - Jl,n <U.R)' Here at.J there In state high school basketball circles: Some of the cage followers be-, Heve Haegiatown'h speedy Tigers definitely are in the state title picture they have not Uren beaten on their home floor and have a fancy scorer in Johnny j Wells. Junior center who roped, l six field goals and a free throw | , .is the Tigers were beating Rich■nond Saturday. 34-27... speaking lof sters. the boys down Evans-1 ; ville way are singing about Johni ay Ritter, sharp shooting forward' whose two quick field goals saved ; j the dry for Reitz, 27-25, in a : game la»t week with Jasper. A red-hot game was played be-I I'weep La Porte and Goshen for j I more than one reason...first thei ! game was delayed because La | Porte was late in arriving (icy I roads aim a miscalculating bus diivei who took them down the wrong road!then the coaches I argued over the type of ball to be* i used—the old lace style or thei i new molded ball...they comproj nised a.id used a different ball I ,oi e ch half...and lai Porte beat ] I iloshen. 27-23. mainly through free ■brows...lS personals were called I on Goshen and three players were | ejected. Herb Swartz of the Goshen News Democrat blames officials of the Im.iana high school athletic: ■ association for the current trouble over the molded ballhe con- i i tends they caused confusion by sanctioning use of the new ball I after >h" season started instead of; beforesome teams use it and others don’t. One o' the state's smaller teams that deserves watching is North Liberty, up in the northern sectorthis club won its 14th straight game last Friday over, Madison township. 67 to 37J The prize crack of the week came . from a six-year-old boy leaving the Logansport-Kokomo game with his father ..apparently un-. interested by the contest, which Kokomo won. 29-25. the child said: ' Now I want to see those three Bairs" .One of the longest treks to be made by a state high school team th s year will be the Jetfer- i souville excursion to Hammond on Feb. 4the Jeffs have won 12 stiaight games and Hammond ex-1 pacts a new attendance record if the southern te-am still is unde-| seated on that date. The Shelbyville sports writing brethren is showing no mercy on their high school basketball team since its licking last week, 42 to 15, at the hands of Greensburg.. ■ Bill Butler, lanky center for Co-1 lumbiis, will be back in action this ! week after an infection which has * laid him up since Christmas. Sheets 151 154 133 Bucher 153 157 To 6 Totals 696 657 682 Office Sprunger 151 156 134 Allwein 132 160 174 Mac Lean 135 112 133 Townsend 108 I G. Schultz 167 156 236 T. Baker 127 93 Totals 693 711 770 o Irmie ln < <vno4 T»w> —

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CLOVERLEAHI PLAT DRUB Indiana State Police!., To Ploy Here w)? nesday Night The Cloverleaf ('reamer, t this city Will play tlm | police team Wednesday old public high school In this city. M The ga4ne is schedule lo at 8:15 o’clock, with preliw between the Cloym 1,. ;1 f Clear Creek at 7:15. Adn>|. price of 10 cents will lx> The state police t(. am is I ed of former high school lege stars, all members I the state police. Included in the lineup w following: Robert Grannan, Wa«hiia high school. Franklin <-olk-g», ! year at West Point. Morris Carter. Ball State coll. Max Blanch, Ball State roll Russell Prior. Hii’Jingbcrr j ; school. Dave Laughlin. Jefferson d| fayette. Kenneth A Wines. Tone Ht State Teachers college. i Truman Bierie, Petroleum k ' school. Earl Warnock. Bluffton 1 school. 1 Lionel! Ravenscof’, Ind’uit 1 vesrlty. William Bell, former Yellow J, ' ot star. The Cloverleaf team is comp of former Decatur and Hunting ' high school stars. 0 Huntington Plans For Table Tennis Tourw The Central states table ta ■ tourney will be held at the H LaFontaine in Huntington Sa® and Sunday. January 28 and i Players interested are asked : write D. O. Crites at Huntington information ano entry. o Red Fox Is Killed Near Berne Saturdi Leonard Whitehurst, of Bent proudly exhibiting a red fox. rt he shot and killed Saturday in wl is known as the Hendricks’ tbid rear there. The fox was reported to be I first of its variety shot in that a munity during the past sen i years. The snow aided White! I in tracking down the wild ania 0 , JURY FAILS TO ■CONTINUED FrtOM FaQE CTI ported that the first and each | the succeeding ballots taken« i Ing the edliberations revealed! : same count as the final ballot ■ four to two. The jurors were: Ray Eyani Lee Reffey, James Andrews, 1 Ham Blythe, Harley Ritter i John Cable, all of Decatur A new trial will be neeassary settle the case in court. !■ ' ■ -O Lewis Habegger Is Slightly Improve Lewis Habegger. of Bertie, a l dent at Manchester college, wli o -* been in a critical condition at Lutheran hospital in Fort M suffering from a kidney 1 is reported aa slightly better tod