Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1939 — Page 6

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FRANKFORI IS GIVEN NOD BY MANY EXPERTS Hot I)«nk Heavy Favor* ites To Win State Net Crown Ry KJ Sslnahury Il'P. Staff Correspondent» Indianapolis. Mar ». — *U.P) — Hoosierdom a burning question today will Frankfort's Hot Doga bo the i#3fl state blah school basket• ball champion? It's a question that moat of the Indiana doposters would answer affirmatively, and they would have plenty of evidence to ba«k them up Frankfort haa a *-aaon record of IT triumphs and six losses—only fair, to aay the leant. In the hntteat haaketball atate In the nation. But Frankfort has aa roach Everett Case acknowledged throughout tha nation aa one of the beat in thlw+uaineaa of molding championship teams. Frankfort a team haa an Indisputably good flrat airing and four or live capable reserves- all boy* who ran pitch the leather with the beat of them . Frankfort haa confidence, assurance. smoothness. shooting ability, paaalng ability, ability to play both faat and alow breaks - according to some critics. It haa everything Rut to balance all the recognised Frankfort poratbllltles — the Hot Roas have been beaten all times, and what haa been done once can b- d<>ne again Frankfort won an easy sectional and will head Into the regbmal Saturday at Lafayette Its first contest will be against Lafayette Jefferson, a team that the Hot Hogs trounced twice during the regular season If the Hot hogs ride through the Jefferson menace, they will meet either Oxford or tn the finals, and neither should uffer the Hot Dogs too mn.h opposition Then however, the semifinals appear, and the traveling will be just that much tougher Fur If Hammond comes through as e*p». ted and wins the Gary

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regional, the Hot Dog* wilt bump j • Info the Wildcat*, their conquer* <>rs In u Chrlsimu* tourney, in the Ural game of the semi-finals. And the semi-finals are being played on I the Hammond floor. Any game thereafter, if Frankfort continues, will baa complete I and utter dogfight, with the Hot hogs' uppouetits as likely to win ias the Hot Dog* On the credit side, Frankfort definitely has a balance. According to more than one observer, there are no batter "Mg" hall player* in the state than ■'Splinter'' Johnson and i.ewls i Took Harold Pyle Is another tall man who knows his way around a hardwood floor. Aggressive Jim latughner and the defensive wigard. Dsnie Ravia, complete the first team's nutter. Then, for reserves. Case has Rill Wettel, Kmie McGill. Jim Stinson and Han Brower. All have had experience In the 23 Hot Hog game* this year, and all have come through capably Wettel, against Jeffersonville hit the net* for lo ; points while subbing to rthe bedridden Cook. Among the roa< he* conference, j Everett Case i* dated aa a "fox." 1 Throughout the entire *« h-dnfo the Hoi |tog» averaged nearly 35 ' points per game, and their record I during the set ttonal tourney only raised the average. Their defense ■ I eld the opposition lo an average' of slightly under 2fl point* during . the regular season In their first 22 games they netted U< free throws In 2Tt» attempts Johnson set a new north central conference scoring record with 13* points Ils vis. Cook and Pyle are long shot experts. What more does a team need to win the Indiana high school basketball < bampumship? Rut still - Frankfort has been beaten GRADE TOURNEY OPENS TONIGHT Junior High Meets Monroe In Curtain-Raiser At 7 O’clock The Adtms roomy eighth grade tourney will open tonight as T o*-. dock in the new Recatar Rin lorsenior gymnasium with .ho etty, (hampt.cn Junior high five and tbe: Monroe eighth gradets meeting in' the curtain-raiser j' Other first round pits will follow! at « and » p m. with Pfoasam Mills meeting Monroe township and fit Joe of Decatur tangling with j, G.-nev*. respectively Monmouth, who drew a bye tn the , first round wtil meet the winner of , Junior High-Monroe game Saturday afternoon at S o'clock In the first' semi-final. The winners of the Plea- 'i sant Mills-Monroe end St localese"« contests anil meet in the other, semi-final battle i Losers of these two games will play a prelim-ronaoiattoa tilt MM-I arday night at 7 p. m X» games' will he played Friday Admission to the tourney, the first at Ha kind so be held Hi year*, will be la cents per oration Nw| stason ticket a will he sold Ivan Reynolds of Decatur and Jim Ely of Herne have been Mtoct-«-d tn officiate Coach Steve Ever-

FRED PERRY TO BATHE BUDGE Professional Tennis Stars To (>pen Series Friday New York. March P—tPPi-* Ronald Budge and Fred Perry, two of the friendliest guy* when i.h-y were amateur tennl* playeia, today were' feuding harder than any of the Hatfield* or the Coys. Tomorrow night they go into Madison Square Garden to face earn other across the nets for the first lime as professional*. And io listen to either Fred or Ron. nothing would be *w*eter than to win in foie nets and then Jam hl* racquet -own the looser* throat. Some more skeptical lititens are Inclined to believe this spparen* bate ia strictly a gag to stimulate .merest In the opening march of a transcontinental swing that will bit 37 cities by early May. Hut. every since the finals of the American national champkinabip* at Forest Hills in IbM. Budge has boon waiting for a chance to nrakPerry Swallow a couple of crack*. And a sow other choice remarks I made by Fred earlier thia week haven't tended to make Budge reel' 1 any better. In that Forest (tills match. Budg<> I was leading at (-3 <>n service in th" ! fifth and final set. New balls were! ' brought Into play and Don tried to face Perry. Fred, who went on to win. later was quoted aa saying that nudge was a "stupid player " for tying that maneuver with hew' |ln!te. "That's all wrong." Perry said ’ ' A new ball Is easier to see by the receiver. Then too. the fuss ob it *>lll la rough enough to slow the ■all down when It hits the grass " ( Budge never did forgive Fred for \ that and after a match on the Pacific roust and one in an informal »rrieo In England, these two partcl; Perry to become a professional | ind Hude to rule the amateur rank* ' tew the next two year*. l<a«t week, while Ruds- was fin- ■ thing up his tour with Ellswortn ' A ibes. which he won 2! mit- he* to IT and collected fISo.CUu a* hi* a bar • of the gates. Perry blew into town «nd sounded off, - Budge should have licked that gay by an even greeter margin *. 1 erry said. ' Vines as a leant* player these days la an even worse rolfer He didnt have a thing on the hell and when he was playtag say In Omaha, on the tennl* court.* *<la mind »a« out on a Pasadena j rots «oeree." Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore *Lo* Angele* Mar »-HUB If I were a budge and tbe rear of Dr. i Jock Sutherland vs the VaJVeraßy ; of Pittsburbg waa brought before me for a bearing. I honestly wouldn't know bow to decide I gave myself two day* to think I over the situation and I stlli can t I make np my mind aa to the rights 1 sad wrongs, th- upe and downs of I the whole business I wish you. my readers, would let ms tell you | what I think I know about the resignation of Dr Sutherland ns I head football ranch at Pittsburgh, and then serve aa a Jury to de. • ide who is right and who ta I wrong |< The of Jock Sutherland:*: He went there to raaeh football, when Pittsburgh waau t a power. I but wanted to be owe He made the S, hra.i one A great coach he luok the players that were furnished him many ol whom had been aubaidiaed and yser after year moulded bcuihall teams that rated onedwo-three nat tonally He naked no quest tone la fact, hr probably hustled tn more than a few players himself, which was perfectly natural. beiM aa a foot 1 hull roach's Hvellhuod oepend* on the calibre of hi* lenma Hm learns eacned the money , for a great stadium, brought Pittsburgh national public.ty and through it all. be raodticted himrelf as the thorough gentleman he Is His teams pteyed cleanly, and both ni« players and hima»U were respect ad wherever they went It was not hla business io quea tteu the athletic siandarda of the naiveraity He was hired aa a football raaeh. and he did as good a job aa any man m the roustry roqfli have done Hl* players eb ways stuck by him rpey came first with Jock, and thuee who think of him a* a dour sour, srot •hould know some of th. fact* sbeet his kindliness snd under I standing tn dealing with bls foot | ball players, on snd off tbe flaM Th* rasa of the university At 1 >«r all. the ontveratty. as a whole, is a more important matn anon than Ila football team or ita football com b And ibere is no deay mg Ute . right now. |i is better known for its toot ball eleven than .ter Its academic standards Nor con one deny ths! Pittsburgh waa . getting sa unsavory reps'at tea as where athletic talent hart of the junior high cagera. aa coach nf the boot school, will he in i rharg. at tbe meet.

DEGATT R DAILY DEMOCRAT THI’RSDAY. MARCH 9. 1939.

( meant more than anything clue, I huvo heard mon- than once that | itiileM there wu* u change of Ideula. let u* *uy. ihnt either col , I leges simply were going to drop th*- Panthers from their schedules T**i. who has the right to direct the policy of the school, the utti i ciala ur th* fsotkall roach? After i all. il I* the olli. ial*' bu*lne*s to determine when fooilwll hu* serv 1 ed Ila pin pose and when it should In* re-emphasised Remember, too, 1 that the university made coach Sutherland aa much us he* made 'it. No football coach was ever •belter than his matertul. Pittsi burgh gave him good money mid good players for a lung time, Now the school apfuiretitly han decided ! Il ha* had enough, and would like to go ••pure." I wouldn't like to render aver ' diet, but If I had to I believe I i would throw It out of court on the j ground* that neither aide had a ' case. To lapse into legal phrase j ology. it looks like even-stephen to me (Copyright IflSfl hy VP.i ——— o———Decatur Bowling League Results | «wnwmam™ron— wwora ' In the Merchant Langue at Mies t I Rec reation last night, the Flrat State Bank dung to their lead by winning two games from Conservation. rolling 2.233 against 3-l»3 Blakey was high for tbe winners I With dflfl. While Sc hroeder led the losers with fflT. Myers 1 213 was , high single. The Recat ur t'phicMiera won three from Preble S.STT against 2.0 T« Krick paced the winners with 512 aud Leo Huffman led the losers with <7d. Cltirens Telephone won three i games from Smith Insurance. roll- ' tug 2.4 T« to 3.1(3. M Hear.- led the winners with IT# W. Gallmeyer led the losers with (33. Hearea 3c>3 and Ehlnger'a Stw were top scores. Schafer's lost three games to Wren, rolling 3.1 Ik to 3.3(1. Turnbleson led Wren with 4»T and Tope lopped Schafers with AM Imai night's scores: Merchant Lsague State Bank Blakey _ . JM |«« Lose |M HT MB Hubrock . . IX3 1(0 HI E Krueckeberg _ |J3 113 HT Rebuilt H( 1(3 Hfl Totals TT4 fiTfl TM CanMrvat.se Club Meyer 113 313 f*l« N Sebeuman H« 1(3 130 M S< heuman IJC H 3 13T Schreuder IM ITA IT3 —.. tad lue im Spot 37 37 3? Totals (Ta »m Tag Preble Schnepp _ ... |(3 lag Hitinra |S3 im leg Haulier .. .. _HI IM flg Houck . !«« |H ]«( Hoffman _ HT 1(3 ITS | iue m M M> Total* TM ««3 MJ Upholstery Shop Murphy . „HA >7l IH Krick ITU IM 171 Brewer — . 1»» HA l«» Blseke „. . ... _ 1(0 1X» Jg7 Mtor im im im Totals *T< TU (IS Wren R Bull — IH ITT MT Dull Hg |gg IM Snyder HA 111 IM Tumbleorm w „ ITS HT l(T Rsvta | H j.g tM Spot Isl |t |t Totals .„,._T«T *» TXI Schafers Buwk |O IJ« |jj Stall* ... nt *4 Hl T**P- Its IM ITT Remklng Ht IAI lit McClure . HI H 3 173 TM Utt TM

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12 POLITICIANS NAMEDBTJURY i Pennsylvania Politicians Arc Indicted Ry Grand Jury Harrisburg. Pa. March fl — <U.R>j — Twelve Pennsylvania Item** . cratlc leader* were Indicted liy j the tteuphln county January grand Jury today on charge* of political “macing' misuse* of highway funds and conspiracy to mobopollte the state's landing and Insurance Intalnea*. The Indictments had been rec- | ommended by the September I grand Jury ' which three months 1 ago began an investigation Into graft and corruption charge* agalnsl the "little new deal" administration of former Gov Grorge H Earle. ror-e former cablne* 'tflcere were among those named In th** Indictments They were Ruvld L I latwrenc-e. state Remocretlc chair inan and former sec retary of the . | Commonwealth, who previously! thud boon indicted on extortion.| ’ blackmail and conspiracy charges; | ■ Ralph M. Ila shore, secretary of the Democratic aisle committee and fotmer lalmr and industry secretary; and Roy E. Rrownmtlfor. former highways secretary . Hn» of the Indictments also nain.it i the late Warren Van Dyke, for ( mer Democratic slate chairman I and highways secretary, aa a I conspirator. The Indictment* chatged luw-j J eace and Bashor- wilh consplij. y! to force state employe* to rou tribute to Democratic campalgt i fluids Rrownmlller was charged with mtisualiig highway depart-; no nt a funds tn lairerne county | "vote buying" program prior to . tbe November elections. Also Indic t.-d on the mac lot charges were Carl K Dean, rest d-ni secretary of the Ib-rwocratkr' . slate c omml'tee and Robert V Fager. Clyde M Smith. Frank R ' Hean. Wendell P C Morgenthaler • and William Freeland all of whom 1 are * as. sis led with the luuphln (Hatrisburgi county Democratic Cr*mmlltee James P Kirk. Pittsburgh city treasurer snd Allegheny county Democratic chairman; Victor Skok at Ptttshmrgh. and H. H Temple, former c hlef engineer of the highway departm.-ni were chaiged with conspiring to mo . nopollse the State's tress ranee and hooding business Steiner h Captain Os Butler Net Five Jerome Kleiner. Butler juaior. has been named honorary captain of the ISA** But for het squad by hl* fellow teammate*. fheioer. a Jaalor with two years varsity competition paced th* Bulb «*gs to an ln-tiana College conferrm* championship this year Heavy ( anualtiex Caused By Planet Mbaaffhai. March fl. — tl’Pi — Japanese airplanes, raidlag Ichaag ;uree times, set lira to one third of Tais pa owe c*. M Hears . IST jm ITS I Hears 133 144 HT f. Khmer „ IS* HI Jw. J Haatsr 131 IM IM I H Tutssretler IM IM Hfl I flpot ... It IS (I,| Totals ... BM TM U( Bm.th Inaurancs H Rlomher Ils |3l K Gallmeyer ||» 13a in Haliemfor Hd ITS IXJ W Gayymeyec IU IM ISA K Rultrmter IM HI. Malta , l.'» 113 M 3 TM Tas ..... ...

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SEND KENNEDY TO CORONATION Joseph Kennedy Appoint* ment Pleases New Pontifl Vatican City. March fl (UR) — President RiHMteveh'a appointiii.-ut 1 of Joseph P, Kennedy tn represent the I’nlted Kiatea nt the coronation of Pope I’lii* XII wa* understood today to have pl-used the new |x>4liff and to have en-courng.-d hopes that dlphunaikrelatlonn between the Holy See and Washington would be resumed end of IfltS Conservative <hut.h circle* In- * dlraied hope that the appointment <>f the I'nlied State* ambassador tn fomdon ta the representative ■if th- I'nlied State* at the cor--1 onallon next Sunday would ionstliuie th- "t.fflclal seal to the

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