Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1939 — Page 6

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PRESIDENT OF MINOR LEAGUES HURLS CHARGE Judice Bramham Declares Case Os Forged Flayers’ Contracts —— Cincinnati. O*< r, il’P* Th* can* of th* 14 footed contract®" attired a hornets' n*»t In minor league circle* today at th* ttth annual convention of the National aasoclatlon. the league's governing laxly ’ Veteran minor l*uguer« were in dined to b-lleve tha Judge W C Bra mhatn. association preaMent. had overplayed hl* hand It. deilas ing before a round table discussion i of league president* and bu*ln *« i manager* yesterday t’>a* a can- of forged eontraiV* he ha* under Investigation "Is just t* serious against the club officials a* the flkudt Sox scandal of 1919 against ! the players " Bramham said he wouldn't com plete his invest Ign.on for two month* and refused to divulge th- ■ dub or league he referred to bitt j from the amount of salaries Inrolv ed the presumption was that It was a rias* l> circuit team. He said ptayecs' n wnes had b-*n forged to contract* calling for s<’>" to S9O while the player* actually drew from |l?f> to ’<*• a month. '■The trouble seem* tn he that many clubs hive men Imndllng their famines* who c-tnnot follow Instruction* of any kind," he said “Every step In contract signing i* itemised in our manual, and I'd adwise club* to stop wasting mon-y on secretaries who oin't do the job th* WAV It shotted -e clone." Moat experienced n.lnor leaguer* were Inclined to believe Brimham was trying to penalize sum - Inexperienced baseball men severely for an | Infraction of the rules which bitt g-r and wealthier clubs aad chain i

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♦ * I Week’s Schedule For Adams County I Basketball Trains Tuesday Commodore* at St Mary's of : Anderson, Yellow Jackets at Bluffton I'nlon City at Berne. Friday Geneva at Yellow Jackets, Monmouth »t Kirkland Jack** nat Pleasant Mill* Reme at Portland. Jefferson at Gray Monroe vs Poling at Berne. Hartford at Petroleum. store system team* easily evaded bec-fiise of th*ir knowledge of has - tmll rules and their loopholes. "I only know what I've c >t In writing" Bramham replied Th- American leagtt duh owner* were considerably upset aboti': Jtrosnham'* reference to the Black >Sog tu-and.il. "That* dead and hurled and whave lived it down." and on* American leaguer "And the parallel th--Judg- draw* I* somewhat f.r fetch 1 *<l to «at 'he least ” At a dinner given by th-- Texas league- !a*t nte'it Jak'* Vz pilot of 'h* rr at Fort Worth club of the early 2o's and now president of th* Henderson K.t t Text* league efttb urged Bramham to tt«* Ids >ffl< e to lead th I >wer minor- rather than hinder them. "You've got to lead it*. Judge' Atz *aic| 'f've given 4.' years of my life to baseball and know a* much about It ag anyone but we can't eg--Ist unless we have th • right kind of leadership We no-d tn< n Ilk* Branch Rickey and Jack Zeller to! help us and keep us going " Aft received a great ovation for hl* »peech which expressed th* feeling of most of the "little fellow*" In i hasffWl who have o • until to get along. -..— Notre Dame Beats Valparaiso. 63*26 Valpiralso Ind f» < .*> d’l'i I Notre (tarn '* ba*'><vi>al| team lu night dropped field g «!» and 1' 1 free throw* to wallop Vai pant Lao I 03 to >•. at dedicatory ceremonies ' for the new fl?:- -too Valparaiso | C t “!d ho®#* I fl I Ska Notre Dan 1 ed lit points while E-te). Irish n ter scored 12 Notre Dame used I ' players. Dan II Tyndall and John 11. Heller trr looking after asiness In Indianapolis today.

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TEXAS AGGIES AND TENNESSEE ARE FAVORITES Given Most Mention For Bids To Coveted PostSeason Tilts l/i* Angeles, Iter. 5 (tj p> Thev I <an toss a coin to de*‘de whether Tennessee or Texas Aggie* will j play in the Rose Bowl and fan* i hen- are convinced that cither would give the western team it* j toughest battle Those are the two team* most mentioned >•- represent the east in , th* Pasadena classic New Year's day and to the man on the str**' It doesn't make much difference which one gets the hid. Both teams have better records > to date than the west's favorite. Southern California, and the Invitation of either would assure a ' sellout. Tennessee, undefeated, untied miscored on. opened the season as the logical choice to represent the - east and through the season has * gained support by smashing Ala I ;ima. lamisiana and Kentucky ! amongst others. Now. with the selection* no more than two weeks away, the Vol* • till are highly considered a* the western champion's opponent. but two obstacles could block their second quest for the richest postseason game. Or.e I* the Vol*' weak si hedule and the other is Texas Aggies' powerful undefeated team. The fact that Tennessee meets i pushover every other week while other conference teams are engaging In tough contests stymied the Vols' hoj>ea last season and sent a rival southerner to the west. Then T*nne**ee was undefea'ed also and commanded most of the early western sentiment for the Imwl invitation But Duke got the bid and met the Trojans mainly because th* path the Hliie Iteviis covered had proved they were good. Offer $86,000 Italian. Tex.. I>ec 5 -<(JFI Italia* went out with a bankroll today to corral the I'niversity of Ten neaaee and Texas A * M In the Cotton Bowl New Year's day. An asms latlon of 12 Influential citizens. Im hiding no less than s|z bank president* and backed by the Chamber of Commerce, offered the 1 iierfe- t-tecord volunteers and the iii.m-feaid. untied Aggies a flat guarantee of fxsx.omt each and an opportunity, for one. to establish a re*|e-< table claim to the mythical national football championship The ass.Hi.itlop ho|H*| to steal the thunder of Pasadena's Rose Bowi. whose formal bids cannot go out until niter Saturday's game be-

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tween the leading western candidates. Southern California and the University of California nt lam Angeles. -..- ♦ ■ —•— A i Decatur Bowling i league Result# Soldner led the Soya league al Mies Reereatkm ’sal night with a SIT . . . V.« »'so high single game » 225 . . . Red Hihultz was next high In the series with a 54< . . Teeple bagged a 2#l and Heller a 205 for the othei double century counts. Results Misers won three games from Mahilenanre 2.32! to 2.0<8 Eipellers won three from Office. 2.216 to I.SSJ. Mlmratory won three from Koivent. 2.4X1 to 2.111. Truckers won two from Feed Mills. 2.14 T to 2.135. Laboratory W. .Mann 170 166 186 Odle Hl 140 128 FlndUyson ISS 162 130 Many its 147 162 Holdner „„ 225 1*» 172 Totals 850 804 778 Solvent Plant Brown 154 IS7 182 Merriman 127 . ... 84 Black 110 148 141 T- - i-l- 2«l 140 I*7 i Rauch 148 IS7 177 Ray 85 Spot S 8 IS 28 Totals 780 726 <lB Misers Osterman 176 Ito 124 Hawkins 140 125 144

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H|>ot . 6! 61 61 Totals 546 587 <63 Expellers llo«< 118 144 127 Mt 185 188 148' Heller Mi 162 176 t'anum I<3 151 136 . JfMI I<HI JOO Totals 772 7af? 6*7 0 it— Trick Skater# Give Act Here l>ast Night "The Busy Bees," trick and acrobatic skating act. pres -ntwl iniuh'.r in a serl<-a of whiter floor show* at the Decatur Rink last night. Th>- art Is mode up entirely of •l.x-al talent, Including Hob Statler. B«ry Martmigh. Hid Wolfe tnd Iknts C<«ff«-lt The art is one of the first of Its kind l« I* set up by I.hwl skaters. ■■■ -a — —— — Seek Election Os Dry Leciolaton indtenwpoils. fndDec s—<lV» Fifteen church, civic snd temper-ani-e groups, organised as the IndU»i council of united dry forces, yesterday went on record favoring ielection of a dry legislature next year The organisation believed that a local option law could be passed and propoaesl to conduot a campaign to

HOOSIER LOOP HEADS LISTED New Castle Leads North Central Conference Basketball Teams Indianapolis, Dec. 5. <U.P) With two victories apiece New Cgstle i Trojans hi Id first place In the I mirth central confareace today and llushvllle and Seymour were t|<-d for the lead In the south central group az the top Indiana high school basketball leagues mopped thefr brows after two week* of play In the southern league. In which only five game* have been played, Vincennes was well ahead of the pack with three straight triumph* while in the centra) Indiana con ference Huntington. Plymouth and Muncie Burris were tied with on* victory each. Close behind New Castle for top honors in the north central was luifayette Jefferson with one conference victory, gained in an over | time liattle with Rh hmond after narrowly edging out Rensselaer and dropping one contest to libation by slz points. But it remained for Muncie Central to be the surprise team In that league. Muncie dropped It* first three games to South Bend Cen tral. New Castle and Fort Wayne | Central, scoring a total of M IMilnts against their opponents I<>* Then, on consecutive nights, the Bearcats edged out the slate champion Frankfort five, 2> to ’<> mt the Hot Dogs floor, and chalked up a second victory over the defending league champions, the Kokomo Kats. 39 to SO. Kokomo, who was picked to repeat for the title, could nor leovetlixiked, though, as the Kilts trailing So to io at the half against Muncie, poured through 20 points In the final pi-rlod while holding the Bearcat* to 9. Trailing Rushville and Seymour In the south ctmtral was FrankUn's defending tbampz with two vb tnrlea and or.e loss while Shel byville and Greensburg were fled I for the fourth spot with a .Soo I percentage In the western division. N I II

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