Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1939 — Page 8

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MANY HOLDOUTS WORRY MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS Nine Prominent Yankee Players Among Holdouts By George Kirksey (United Preus Correspondent I New York. Feb. 16 — ((J.PJ Sparks front the hot stove league: Although the magnates pooh-! pooh reports that they are having considerable difficulty signing some of their stars, the woods are full of holdouts . . . The Yanks I have nine prominent players top- j ped by Joe DiMaggio unsigned . . | Cleveland has 22 players who haven't signed, the most important of i whom are Trosky, Averill, Lary. 1 Feller. Harder . Campbell. Hem-1 siey. Pytlak. Hale and Heath . . . I Feller is likely to jump into the! $20.b00 class . . . Trosky. Lary, i Averill and Hale were all cut and aren't too happy about it. Joe Medwick Is one of the Na i tional league's No 1 holdouts . . .j, The Cardinals are said to have ( signed Johnny Mize for J12.500] but Medwiek has some ideas about j . a contract of more than $20.000 i . . . The Cubs have a number of , lads out of the fold including French. Hack, Russell, Leiber , and Reynolds . . . The Athletics' , big problem is Bill Werber who dtew about SIO,OOO last year and , has_ been cut . . . Even though the j

Phillies have only 13 of their 31 players signed Gerry Nugent insists he doesn't expect any trouble with any of his players . . . Paul Waner, who drew JI",000. has been slashed 45 per cent according to reports from Pittsburgh and he'll have no part of the contract offered him. Van Mungo's stock with the Brooklyn club has dropped to its lowest ebb and Larry Macphail ■■■■■■■■■■■ P — Tonight, Fri. & Sat. a Sweii Entertainment Spiced W'th Melodious Song Hits! I

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Berne at Union City. Friday Kendallville at Yellow Jackets. Lancaster at Kirkland. Pleasant Mills at Monroe. Poling at Monmouth. Geneva at Hurtford. has confessed he doesn't expect ’ the stormy pitcher to show up at the Dodgers’ camp . . . "We are fed up with Mungo,” said Mac- , Phail, "and until he changes his 1 attitude we don't want any part of him. The contract trouble with him is only half the difficulty. Whenever he shows us he can J pitch and indicates his attitude : has changed, we can get together lon terms." . . . Branch Rickey j says the National league race is so wide-open even the Boston Bees have a chance to go some- | place . . . Tony Cuccinello, Bees' 1 second sacker, expecting competition from Henry Majeski. who hit .325 for Birmingham and was runner-up for the Southern Association batting title, has been playing handball to get in shape during the winter. Don Padgett, who looked like a great outfield prospect two years ago, is again listed among the Cardinals’ five catchers . . . Arthur Patterson, carrot-topped NewYork scribe, quotes 8-1 you can't name three pitchers in both leagues who'll win 20 games each . . Just as a guess how about Bill Lee. Bucky Walters and Bob Feller . . . Feller, who won 17 last

year, is my prediction to be wellnigh unbeatable under the lights . . . Detroit still is dickering for an outfielder, the latest rumor sending Chet Laabs to the White Sox for Larry Rosenthal . . . One of the popular winter book bets these days is who'll win the most games, Carl Hubbell or DizzyDean. Passing of Earl Whitehill to the National league leaves Lefty Grove, who's 38, as the oldest American league hurler . . . Jack Wilson and Denny Galehouse, who expect to be Red Sox regulars, are getting in shape at Hot Springs . . . Cleveland's second base combination may be Oscar Grimes crom Milwaukee and Jimmy Webb, the midget freed from the Cardinal chain gang last year by Cuiumissioner Landis Bob Garner, Washington’s rookie pitcher from Salisbury, Md.. meaures 6 feet 7 inches in height . . .

Respite the fact that long Tom Vinsett hit only .259 for Jersey "ty. the Giants have him on their j.ttr. O » KIRKLAND BEATS JEFFERSON FIVE Kangaroos Score 33-22 Triumph Over Warriors Wednesday The Kirkland Kangaroos chalked up another victory Wednesday night on their home floor, defeating the Jefferson Warriors, 33-22. The Kangaroos held a lead of 13-8 at half-time but increased this margin in the third and fourth quarters. D. Arnold and Baumgartner paced Kirkland with nine and eight points, respectively Augsburger featured for the Warriors with 11 points. Kirkland FG FT TP Presdorf, f 0 0 0 Gerber, f 0 11 Baumgartner, f 4 0 8 Ringger, f 113 C. Arnold, c 3 0 6 D. Arnold, g -- 3 3 9

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- » — txCT — — YELLOW JACKETS PLAY FINAL HOME GAME FRIDAY * l[ 8 9 j?gt vft jifAL 3 J iiLi UJ 1 MillulTl a* .. *-r - I MM* * 'X* J » IUI 111! i IKi HHShH J r IB ]■ H m ’fcf i fOwEU'' S 4/ ' / BBs®bT zB!? 1 The Decatur fellow Jackets will make their final appearance of the season on their home floor ’ Friday night, meeting the Kendallville Comets In a northeastern Indiana conference engagement. Members of the team, pictured above, are: 1 Seated, left to right: R. Stapleton. Johnson. Shamerloh. Shoe, Walters. ; Standing, left to right: C Stapleton, Highland. Gaunt. Andrews. Zerkel, McConnell.

HOWARD SEEKS MONEY RECORD Sea hi sen if Owner Determined To Race Famous Horse Again Arcadia. Cal., Feb. 16-(UP)— Owner Charles S. Howard promised today to retire the new lame Seabiscuit when and if he 'becomes the turf's biggest money winner. But there were grave doubts that the mighty Seabiscuit ever would race again. In any event the 1938 handicap champion never will return east. He will be trained here so rone more effort to overcome the $33,060 earnings margin held by Sun Beau. "I have said several times.' Howard recalled, “That it is my ambition to see Seabicucit pass the Sun Beau record and become the turf's big money winner. When —and now if—he does that, he will be retired to my breeding farm near San Francisco. If. as we hope, he can be trained for the Santa Anita and wins, he will be retired immediately.” Winner of the $1 m.OOO anta Anita handicap March 4 will take more Girod, g 10 2 Engle, g 2 0 4 Totalsl4 5 33 Jefferson FG FT TP Augsburger. f 5 1 11 Teeple, f 10 2 Baker, f 0 0 0 Tuinbleson. c 11 3 Luginbill, g ... 2 0 4 Bollenbacher. g 10 2 Totals 10 2 22 Preliminary Kirkland 23, Jefferson 13. The Kirkland reserves have lost only, one game this season.

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than $90,000. Veteran horsemen virtually counted the six-year-old Seabiscuit out of Hie classic. Several trainers, who would not be quoted, “aid there was insufficient time so.itciner Tom Smith to condition Seabiscuit so rthe mile and a quarter race. Howard hoped that the 'Biscuit could walk out his soreness by tomorrow so that extent of the injury suffered in Tuesday's tuneup race could be determined. Howard was encouraged because the son of Hard Tack seemed to improve each time as was walked. "The veterinarian informed me that Seabicuit had sprained a suspensory ligament in his left front ankle," said Howard. The :igament might possibly have been ruptured. But X-ray photographs show no bone injury and 1 don't believe the lameness is incurable. "Naturally every effort will he made to prepare him for the Santa Anita. (But it we cannot prepare him, then we will rest him here Southern California for two or three months and resume training for the ■ $50,000) Hollywood gold cup race at Hollywood park this summer.” The strained ligament cost Seabiscuit Tuesday’s race to Neil McCarthy's Today. > < Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore Honolulu. T. H., Feb. 16.—(U.R) —ls Ferdinand the Bull had a speck of sense he would come to Honolulu. Ferdinand just THINKS he has smelled flowers. At this island anchored in the middle of the Pacific he'd have a garden to sniff for every single bloom there fastened to the incoming ship, is in Spain. The gangplank is no more than binding the mainland with this American island, than hundreds persons swarm up to it. They are laden with lets of every kind of flower there is in the horticultural

handbook and of every color that even a Cecil Demille could imgaine In a rainbow. There are leis of bougainvillia and Mauna Loa. of plumeria and wild pikake, of white ginger, tuberose and lehua of carnation, crown flower, candle flower, maile and gardenia. One by one, then two by two. and finally, six by six,, they are draped about your neck. One minute yon are a normal citizen in a decent blue serge suit, the next you are a mobile flower patch that would bring “ohs and ahs" from any garden club member. As the flowers are draped about you a Hawaiian band on the pier plays "Na Lei O Hawaii,” or “The Song of the Islands." To a country boy from Georgia who thought he was something real pert when he had a single flower in his buttonhole. a Hawaiian welcome is something he'll never forget. The flowers, the music, the multi-hued clothes of the welcomers, the smiles on their faces, the blue of the ocean, the murmur of the palms—all go to make a picture of unreal reality. A traveler to Hawaii Ib welcomed first by Koko head, a greencarpeted volcanic mound that ■ takes shape in the early morning ! mists when the ship la still two hours from Honolulu. On past Koko a bend to the right and there is Diamond Head, its feet sprawled in the breaking surf, its head aswirl in the clouds. Waikiki Beach, the world's most celebrated strip of sand, begins at the foot of Diamond Head and runs its palm-fringed way toward Honolulu and its distant towers of white. The Punchbowl (on whose grassy slope Charlie Chan lived and solved his mysteries) rises be-\ yond Waikiki; and on beyond the Punchbowl Is the Pali, the mountain ridge over which King Kainehameha drove the enemy when he conquered the Islands. As I write this I am sitting on

COMMIE 2NDS BE DEFEATED Reserves Lose To De* fiance, Ohio, Varsity Wednesday The Commodore reserves were ' handed a 19-10 defeat by the var- ; sity of Defiance, Ohio, Catholic high school Wednesday night at Defiance. Defiance held a lead ot at the half and Increased this margin In the third and fourth quarters. Scoring of both teams was well divided. Terveer led Decatur with three points and Weis gerber, Arend and Leno each tallied four points for Defiance. Defiance FG FT TP Mack, r- r 1 0 2 Bauer, f - 118 Leno, f 12 4 Welsgerber, c ... 12 4 Sltterly, c 0 0 o Barber, g 1 ® 2 Kern, g 0 0 0 Arend, g 2 0 4 Hesselsch. g 0 ” ® Wertz, g 0 0 0 Totals -7 5 19 Decatur FG FT TP ir Meyers, f 1 0 2 Roop, f 0 11 Kuhnle, f 0 11 J. Holthouse, f 0 0 0 Terveer, c 11 3 t | Hess, c 0 0 0 I- i Bollinger, g 0 0 0 Spangler, g 0 0 0 J : Tanvas, g 0 2 2 4 , B. Holthouse, g 0 0 0 ” j Bierly. g 0 11 1 I Keller, g 0 0 0 j _ „ Totals 2 6 10 a ■ ' .... ?l Decatur Bowling 1 League Results * i A 1 Schafers’ won two games from Conservation last night in the Merchant league at Mies Recre--1 ation, rolling 2.267 to 2,196. Me- ’ i Clure led Schafers’ with 574. gett--1 j ing a 202 his first time up. W. ' | Schroeder was high for the losers with a 552, posting a 204 his last 1 j game. Decatur Upholsters won three ’ from Smiths Insurance. 2.374 to ' i 2,178. Krick led the winners with I , > a lanai (which until today I didn’t t know meant veranda) that overs i looks Waikiki Beach. No more > than fifty yards away the long • Pacific rollers are curling on the . beach and through the palm fronds , I can see the piano-colored native L, boys riding In from the reef on r their surfboards. > In a few minutes Duke Kahant amoku, once the greatest of swim- . mere and now the sheriff of Hon-1 . olulu, is coming to take me for an ■ outrigger canoe ride. Come on duke, it will feel natur- : al to be back in the hands of the sheriff again. [ (Copyright 1939 by UP.)

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a 546. snagging a 213 his first game. This also brought him high score weekly prize. H. Gallmeyer led the insurance-men with 558. His first game was a 208. | Wren won two games f rom the First State Bank. 2.369 against 2.361. By losing two games the Bank dropped to third place in the league and the Upholsters took over. Tumbleson was high for the winners with 560. E. Schultz with 546 led the losers. Davis of Wren with an even 200 was the only klegler to get that high in a single game. Telephone won two from Preble, 2,333 to 2.143. Tutweiler again led the winners with a 520, followed by M. Heare with a 490. Eddie Reinking topped the Preble lads with 517. Major League Tonight The major league will open fireworks at 7 p m. tonight Instead of the usual 7:30 time, because of a bowling party scheduled later in the evening. The schedule: 7:00 p.m.—Doc's Place vs. HonE. Krust. 7 p.m.—Frfckles’ vs. Rice Hotel. Last night's scores: Merchant League Preble Bittner 195 161 123 Houck — 164 170 134 Reinklng 163 169 185 Yost 131 97 151 Totals 753 697 693 Phone Co. Ehinger ... 181 175 M. Heare 144 158 188 I. Heare 140 126 J. Hunter 142 172 14.7 C. Heare 126 10? Tutweiler 169 174 177 Spot 16 16 16 Totals .701 803 829 Wren S. Dull 130 B. Dull 186 126 146 Tumbleson 154 171 181

vv yd U. 137 K Wendel K Davis HK Spot M Tolals Bank M Lnse I"'s 1..5 Biakoy m 1K Hummer is; ■ . BH Holbrock i;; E. Schultz ro !? j HE Totals S2l 7,1 H Upholstery Stauffer r,s 1?s M Brewer . ]j s Bleeke .... 533 i SI) B Krick 21:1 i;> ■ Murphy 142 Totals . Smith Ins. Blomberg 1f,4 u; 1 E. Gallmeyer 141 W. Gallmeyer 129 no E. Bulteineier 113 102 H Gallmeyer • ];■ 1 Spot . . 17 11 — Totals 769 664 Schafer's H Tope ... . 180 192 ■ Buuck ... 125 129 ■ McClure 20 2 193 B Hoile 183 135 ■ Totals 79 0 749 ■ Conservation Club H H Schenman 113 91 M Scheuman 158 173 N. Scheuman 157 114 B W. Schroeder 197 151 .. 100100 n Spot 40 40 H Totals “65 669 fl 0 H H. S. Basketball ■ Muncie Central 38, ConneruH 32 ■ Muncie Buris 44. Knightstowafl Lebanon 40, Crawfordsville isl