Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 65, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1939 — Page 8

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EXPERTS FAVOR ANDERSON AND KOKOMO TEAMS Anderson And Kokomo Favored To Win SemiFinals Ry Ed Sainsbury Vnli«j Pr*-»« Stuff C'<>rreapotul>-nt Indianapolis. March 17- cUPj Indiana* self-styled l>a>>k>'tl<all experts were out on a vary thin limb today—they were favoring Aud*raon and Kokomo to win the •••mlfinal* at Muncie and Indianapolis In the race forth- state high school cn>wn Hut the experts forgot that Anderson will take on a very tough Greencastle club in Ila first Semi final game, and if it gets by the Tiger Cib». It must meet either Franklb or Aurora at night. And *at M*inc<e Koho'tu* will scrap with the giant-killing Ossian quintet in the afternoon and unless the Rear* pull thrmtrh to another major victory, will tangle with either Aunurn or .Muncie Burris in the nightcap Donfnc either scries of games Is practically Impossible. for the five* battling In each city are regional champion*, and they re all good And-rson probably should have the nod at Indianapolis, for it has an excellent season record, and has wad-d through the sectional and regional touit -y« In fine fashion In addition, as some of the state's experts say. it has in Archie t'hadd "a fox for a coach “ The Indians have triumphed in 21 of their 27 games this season Hut one of the six losses wit* chalk-d up by Greencastle, and the Tiger Cubs may have the stuff to do it again Anderson, however, la cool, and has a good shooting, smart-playirg five. Greencastle during the regular sess.a. won ten and lost ten. However. it had a bad mid season altitnp front which it has apparently recovered. It sailed through the sectional and regional tourney* although hard pressed at time* The Quintet ie at time* spotty and Irregular, although when the players are hot. they can hit the bucket with the best of them They tipped over the Indian*. 34 to 3W, at mid season, shortly pievlour to their slump Franklin is rated a* having a strong team It I* the champion of tit* south central conference, and ha* u season record of 27 win* tn .10 game* It was undefeated for the loop title, the ti*st time In history that an undefeated team has won the championship. The grixrly Cubs have another hot scot Ing team, with every man on the first string aud the firn two three reserve* able to hit the basket consistently It has. will not have any great advantage during the semifinal meet. It has a victory over Greencastle. 33 to 2*. during the regular season. Au:ora I* the unknown of th* Indian*polls contest It was not pick-, d to ko anywhere when Ute

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wetlloual tourney started Yet |< walked through the twmloual tipping over Connersville Then in the regional li knocked off Rushville. another five rated well above the lied Devils on paper The Red Devils. too. have balanced scoring power Four of the •tatting five men scored seven or | more points in the final regional cunteat against Rushville in addition. every man In ths- game got at least one fielder. One dniiget tor the Aurora quint la that Dewars first string guard, and Bte»le standout fotward. have been 111, and might not lie able to play In Saturday'* games—even If that happens, though, they can't lie counted completely out At Muncie. Kokomo, with a powerful scoring team, height and Ixlance has what appears to laeasy going However, tn the first contest, the heavy, fast and durable Ossian five will probably discover exactly how gc*«| the Kat* Kokomo fell la-fore the- defending champion*. South Side of Fort Wayne, whom ttanian knocked oft for the regional title, once during the season. How. vei. comparative scores mean little, and •It her team could win this game. However, If the Ossian ties * come through again. Il will be a surpriae to most of the stale Kokomo won toe title in the north central conference, although it lost a conteretice game or two Hu* it has been a potent scoring machine all yeai. and when the chips were down, was even more dangerous than before, Ossian'* record, while gexai. is against small town opposition. | and It may not have the ability to cope w Ith the Kokomo dynamite However, it will be a ball In the second contest Munch Burrta. rated as one of the lies* dark horses left bi the meet, will meet another unknown-Auburn* Red Devil* Burris has a good record for the season It ha* won 27 of 29 games, aud despite the fact that everyone figured It would be knocked off in either the sectional or the regional, it walked through > to triumphs in each case In the regions) It trimmed Richmond and j Newcastle, lanh rated as out-1 standing team*. It is not a lanky team, but It ■ is a good scoring pouted point* through the boon whenever they were needed in all■ it* tourney game*, and lias left little doubt in the mind* of its; supporiers that But ria. if it doesn't win the state title, will go a long way in the chase for it. Auburn had a fairly successful season agalrst mediocre competition Yet it roared through Kendallville in the regional, and then dropped Columbia City for the ' itle. In Kenneth McDarby. It has a 4 foot 5 inch scoring center, who 1* a perpetual threat to moat of the shorter team* In the Muncie riot Rut <>ut*lde of McDarby. thteam scoring is spotty It might be said that as McDarby goes, so goes Auburn The front door of the Peterson Clothing Co. will be open Saturday to accommod ite customers wishing to pay accounts.

ARMSTRONG 1$ FIGHT WINNER Hrnrj Armstrong Knocks Out Lew Feldman In First Kound St. Loula- March 17 — ll'P) — Those l>etiing boy* who thought | ,Lew Feldman would laat three round* aga.nst Henry Armstrong 1 ' paid off today, I Armstrong. St, I .-mi- born negro pho had to go to California tc tnakliving a* a fighter, put the light pnd welterweight title* on the Itnci i last night, and a capacity crowd of Iv.me u* Feldman counted out as-i ter two minute* and 12 ••cond* of i •the flrat round Feldman had tasted five ruunk* I against Henry in their netting a | year ago and bragged before this | tight that he had solved the little negro'* style. His number was ut> from the time Armstrong sailed into him at the opening bell Before mixed hour* were permitt-’ -•I here. Henry X tried to win fame. -•* a boxer under the naane of Mel iOdy J*< kaon. hut he failed to please , 'and tn 1931 he and hl* brother set out for the west. Since, he has won three world championships and out fcrown one -the fea’herwe<ght title which he discarded In his last fight! 'are Henry dropped a de-<*iou to! 'lony Chaves on a toul. Feldman had said that th- way to [ heat Armstrong wa* “to keej mov-l tig so he won't get a chance to get set." but the only way he ever mor-' ed was backward and H -ary waa on top of him all the time Only < nee did Lew unwind enough tnj send a couple of weak j»j« to Armstrong's face, and there wasn i, ti ttch behind them. When Lew got up from the first) snooxdown. Henry drove him into a neutral comer. He pounded him un < niierclfully on the ropes. Feldman 1 ntasped the ropes and tried to hold 1 on tor a few more seconds and " Henry stepped back. Then a* Lew ' 1 ft the protection of th* roper, Armstrong charred In again and 1 never stopped throwing punches 1 until a stiff right on the button ’ dropped the Brooklyn boy tor the 1 lull count. i 1 _ I O' — Decatur Bowling League Ke suite Frickles won three strsight games from the league-leading Hon-E Krust Ive in the major league at Mie* Recreation last night Paced by Dyke Fri*tnger. the winner* piled up 2.7<ta pin* in the series, while the best the b*»k- • ery-nien I mild do wa* 2.599, Fris Inger posted a 593. while Farrar led the loser* with 504 Doc* Place won two games , from the Rice Hotel, rolling 2.572 against 2.181. Mies was high for lioc's Place with a bi* 011. followed by Appelman with 579. Miller led Rice's with another <OO score. <O3 to be exset Briede followed with 52<. Double-century scores: Appelman. 200; Miea. 202 and 218; Miller. 200 and 215; Briede. 205; Mutschler. 213: Frl»ing'«r. 224: Roa*. 202; Lankenau. 208; Farrar. 2<’4; Stump. 20! night s scores: Major League Frickles Frisinger 172 324 197 Ros* . 198 20'2 178 Green 187 I<2 148 Young 174 17s !’,x lainkenau 182 181 «o 5 Total* .. . 893 927 886 Hon-E-Krust Lister 189 187 183 Keller 178 185 154 Farrar 204 I<7 193 Stump 170 161 20l - IS® ISO ISO I Total* ... 848 850 881 Doc's Rises R Woodhall 174 136 190 Appelman 191 2o< 182 Z*lt 143 13? IS2 Mies ... 202 213 19< ISO ISO ISO Totals B<o 842 870 Rica Hot*l Rriede 184 137 70S Miller .182 20< 215 Mutschler ... 1<? 213 144 Ahr 144 18* 158 ... 150 150 15€ Total* 827 894 W 0 SOO Sh<*tg H«Axll. 16-lb. White Paragon jtend typeralttr Democrat Co. if writing paper 5Sc. The De-

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loilu.v ' - Sport Parade By Henry McLemore e ♦ Jacksonville. Fla Mar. 17 iUJD ■ — The St. I<ouis Bruun* are the I only major league team never to j win a pennant, and take it from I this inexpert observer* their rec- t ord I* safe for another year at I least. j I make this prediction with ut- ’ ter confidence, following a close I study of the information gathered 1 on the Brownie* when I passed 1 through San Antonio a few days ago. Two persons in complete t agreement with me are Bill De- I wilt, the general manager of the I club and the man who really run* I It. and Fred Haney, the brand new < manager Haney, who managed the Toledo I Mud Hens laat yesr. thinks he can t make the team better than It was I ta»t year, however, and hl* optimism oddly enough, i* based on 1 the tact that he la a newcomer, a stranger to hi* players He believes that, having developed no ' like* or dialikea. he will be able i to chooae the be*| nine from the material available, and held a team | completely free of friction and ' clique*. Haney bring* a pleasing, but strong personality to the Browns He can handle men. and that is the sort of bos* the team need* A bit down-trodden in spirit, the Browns can use a leader who refuses to believe that seventh aud eighth place* ar* theirs by destiny. and that any higher goal is futile. The chief worry of the Brown* is the pitching «tats which, at the moment, is headed by the •tubborn holdout. Buck Newsom. Buck want* 820.00®--* grand for each game he won lasi year—before he'll algn When he sign*, and he will, hl* chief helper* will be Johnny Marcum. *ore-arm boy from Buffalo: Fred Johuaon. a sprightly gentleman of 43 who won a few game* when he joined the club late last season; Ed Cole, who came up from Texas with a whale ot * reputation, which was deflated a bit in major company; Russell Van Atta, another sorearm doubtful, and James Walkup. The rookies are Hill Trotter, getting hl* second fling in the major*; Harry Klmberlin. who complain* o' a sore stomach; Bill Milter, a Hollywood product, and other* of doubtful quality. The catching staff should be better, with Joe Glenn, obtained from the Yankee*, doing mo*t of the work. Billy Sullivan will scrap It out with Harold Splndel. who wa* obtained via the draft from Seattle, for the No. 2 catching ■pot. The outfield will have Beau Beil. Mel Altnada. and Myrll Jloag a* the regular*. Bell, who batted .342 hi* first year up. slumped to .242 last season, but no one is worrying about him. He Is a great 1 natural hitter and will undoubtedly have a swell season. The first . substitute probably will be Joe ■ Grace, a fine proapect who hit .808 F at Memphis laat year. • The infield la problematical with

Ralph Kres*. shortstop, and Don ‘ Heffner, second ba*«mau. holding ' out. Even if Heffner sign*, he will 1 havo ■ tough time beating out 1 Johnny Reradlno. who ha* boea sensational in spring training. Ob- 1 talued from San Antonio, the • youngster looks like a sure. 300 or t better hitter and he field* *en- < •ationally. There ie a chance that i Rig Gryaka. a|ao up from the San , .■A . < stop call A line fielder. Rig la a loti* distant* clouter, a ruu-dnv-er-in *pe<lall*t. but he is a* erratic a* they come. Harland Clift, a topflight workman. will take care of third base, and George M< Quinn, who came from Milwaukee to bat .324 in hi* first year in ike major* and fielded 992. will take care of first. Given * pitching staff, the Brown* could cause plenty of trouble But not even a umgiciau. much leu* a plain citiaen irom To(•■do. ia going to make one out of the stuff assembled at Ran Antonio. • Copyright 198® by I’P.j — 4>- - 111 J At the Training Camps By United Prsaa J Reds I Tampa. Fla . Mar 17 — QJJB — The Cincinnati Red* wasted little ' time tn signing their new third bam-inan. Billy Werber, who will report to training camp tomorrow. Werber, a holdout, was purchased from the Philadelphia Athletic* tor approximately B*sooo yesterday on condition he sign, he physically lit and report to camp by March 27. Werber agreed to leave hie College Heights. Md. home Saturday. The Red* play th* Detroit Tigers today. Dodger* Clearwater. Fla While many of the Brooklyn Dodger* go deep-sea fish'ng today, pitcher Van Mungo will make another trip to Lakeland to let the Detroit Tigers' trainer. Denny Carroll work on his arm. Carroll gave Mungo and Wayne Lamaster treatment* yeateruay He told Mungo not to throw any more until he ordered it. The Dodger*' trainer. Johnny Myatt, had told Mungo to ke. p throwing to relieve th* soreursa in hi* arm Carroll found a crossed nerve In Latnaster’a arm. and apparently relieved It by "snapping the elbow. Yank*** St Petersburg. Fla. — The New York Yankee* entertain the Boston Bees In today's exhibition game, hoping tor their fourth victory In six starts. The Yank* beat Cincinnati l-o yesterday. Pitcher Wes Ferrell gave the Red* their pnly hit and clouted a home run , 111 the fourth for the game's only tally. Mimte Pearson snd Atley I Donald worked hides* Ihree-in--1 nitig stretches. Giant* Raton Rouge, lai.—The season opening I* more than a mouth away but Giant manager Bill Terry i already has picked Harry Oumbert I to pitch the opening game against the Dodger* April 19. Terry I* very much satisfied with the way

i hl* *<lll**l I* mnndlng twin *hape I Secund l*a»em*n llurge** While-' head, reporting a week tate after bring utialde to play ta*t season I<e< hunt of appendix removal com* plliuthm*. I* *tlll underweight but. ,* scooping up ho* grounder* In I rnpl season «ty|e. St Peier*bmg. Fla-Stuart Mar-1 iin I* faced with a fight to h**ld bls nectuid Ixcsiiir job with the S< I ! Lmtla ttaidnial" Maurbe Sturdy, j ! recruit from the ('aids Rnchrslet . I farm, ha* shown unusual form, and manager Hay Blade* is watching him c Icwwiy The Cards tnr.-t the • I Ura IOU Red K*«» t'xtay and Iliad*-* named Warneke. Welland and ' Curt Daria a* bl* pitchers. Cub* Lo* Aagelea. — Manager Cabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cub* named left Larry French to face the Chicago White Sox today In the flr*t of their croaa-country serie* of exhibition game* in Wrigley Field John Rigney will start for the Box The Cub*' atarting lineup, with the exception of ailing Dick Bartell. ha* It* full atrength Htan Hack, out several days with a Anger injury. w*a expected to be back lat third base with Steve Meaner. a rookie, tilling Bartell« job at •hortatop. Gu* Manc uso will work ' behind the plate inatead of Hartnett -a Mitchell Reelected ITesident Os NIPSCO Hammond Ind. March ’?— Dean H Mitchell, of Hammond, was reelected president ot the Northern Indiana Public Service companv today at a meeting of the board of director* following the annual tneetintt of stockholders here More than 98 per cent of the voting stock of the company wa* represent'•<l at the stockholders' meeting The other officers elected were D L. Bement, vice-president; E. D. A. McDonnghu. secretary and c orantrailer; Fred E Thacker, treaaur*r; I. E Fasan. aasistant secretary ind E. M. Ait. asaistant treasurer, all ot whom were re-elected. The "CHAMP in three classes ! I ’ %GARETTE of Quality -and tpeaking of Man*tit— Smoke ALiTY and save money * SUN. MON. TUES. Kk Matinee 1:13 Sunday DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM' Another Swell Picture With Your Favorite New Star! Lcttl. Miw M<ut»w M I tack sgsm ..braver '• WMfTy iW funuor ' ” pr I* GHancy «Mb BONITA GRANVILLE met tnu nw mmut v ■AIT Us freed* M BRtIMMi alMBt T* H WMNrit MOS ' —ADDED THRILLER—r l An exciting setion drama of ths t old wild Wait! J FRONTIER SCOUT • With GEORGE HOUSTON Eveninga 1 Or* 15c —o—o Tonight & Saturday BILL ELLIOTT Star of "Wild BUI Hickok" in a feature length thriller! “FRONTIERS of ’49” ALSO—"FLAMING FRONTIERS" TONITE « ONLY IQC Saturday 10c-15c

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