Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1939 — Page 8

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MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS START ANNUAL MEET Stormy Session Promised As Major Leagues Are At Loggerheads f’lncinnat h*. ‘ <U Pj 11.rnouy flew oil' the wind'.* today 3* the two major baseball league* opened th- ir annual join ni— i-ig i wi'h commissioner K M l.i ii:« presiding By working Ur into the- night ! lasi night th. wo league ■ • *li>ing in separate session.- combined their usual Iwcl.iy tin •■titiK iu'o a une-day affair and thus will < o elude their winter convention with today i meeting Radii al difference" on «■ .. ~ point* promised a stormy *< ■'-ion 1 Not only were the league* a! I.c»gerhegtl*. but Landt*. vho In: been the tecipient of a f * po shots lately by <1 •<: f t,' I of. < tali, hail a few axe* to guild hiiti seif Major points on w ■ ■ th two league* ci I Sag re ire Clark Griffith* rule which pi vide* fh.lt a championship train cannot .irquire a player .-x.-ept via the waiver route In tt« own league until it no longer i« ■ ham pion The American league adop ed the proposal and the National league rejected it Recent legislation adopted by the minora an amendment* to the ma Jot ni liter agreement the of these- provide* tha' each t in'' rltall he considered as a separa-- unit without regard to it* pa ■ tn < ..th and the other provide* that all rule* be construed a* they are written wlthou; inte.pt -.rr.. The National league favor* .u ceptlng these amendment* ami th.American league oppose.. ti .-m In announcing the adopt! ti of Griffith* proposal the Ante, lean league egpi'eseed hope the N ion :il league also Would a i • pt II till! said that regardle** ol what the senior circuit ltd they would ttain the amendment The measure wa* a direct potshot at the Yank* but the Bronx bomber* appeu.wd fully < apable of worrying along without help from other American league club* in fact, the Yank* »<re’fhal spot's about it and in order to make 'he vote unanimous cast ’heir l-aliot for the amend m> nt winu they aw they w. about to oe defeated The situation was radically dis-i feieai in the National league where each fall see* the champion, decpeiately in need of overhauling I In order to «tay tn the rare The • hataplon Cub* of IS3* became a fourth-place club in l»3» The Uiamplcm Red* of 1539 admit that! they muii strengthen by tiadinsi If they are to retain th»lr laurel* I

TUESDAY Dec. 12 JI'NIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VII*J ■ I F / IS tFST WONDER KNOW Or AMERICA' ETTwm "Array es Motel AcU Assembled In a Plea.tng KsliiMtlcNi &TMR rs cLMtaa. GIRI Ji, AEIAUHTR, AtUORATR HBEBWF Indoor sTioir ON BARTH—FOR nig PBICE. Hvick DAnr-t N), sr - it o—r» Ogan T; W r, H Auapicen LIONS CLUB Children Ilk Adali* 35c

Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams ♦ 4 , Friday Geneva at Yellow Jacket*. Monmouth at Kirkland Jack*" nst Pleasant Mill*. Berne at Portland. Jefferaon at Gray Monroe v« Poling at Berne. Hartford at Petroleum. The rift over the- amendment io the major minor agree »< may ' involve th- two !■ af.il>-- h. ,i hi. ter baffle If the . I'-rirU' < vice la* a unit, a* they piol.ably w I I laciidi* can break the d> dim I Ihe *o desires by easting h.- d elding vote I Inasmuch a* the two antetul merit* were designed to give chain' store has.leall operate.« more lati i tilde, laindi* long an eueriiy i> I «u< h practice I* likely to aid. I with the American league II w lever. some crith* think Igindi* 'may crus* up everyone and vi" • the National league - wiv If h ' i feel* 'hat lhe-s. rule* are wh.it th" j majority of baseball men want. I I The,. 1* some- *.-i-t!iiiefit f-.. thi1 c«*umption inasmuch a* th. mli i or* went on record a* lav Hill* i the two proposal* which were i Sponsored by th-.- t’itiefnnatl and Brooklyn chib*. The V'lieij. an learl" rtll" again-t a champion acquiring pbiy er* from othei dub* goes Into ‘ I elfect Immediately Even now the, Yank* are marred from making a .!• al except by waiver* The itllc hqwever do.* not prevent th. Yank* from sidling a pl.iy if, they *o wish BLUE CREEK IS HANGED DEFEAT Rockford Quintet Scores 31-22 Victory Thursday Niuht Piling up a I.'point had in the first half Roikfnrd Ohio register <-d a 31-22 triumph over the Blue Creek Hairy team of lh-<atur Thur»day nigh' at th. Lincoln , ». bool Rce kford had a 21 '■ margin at the half Rih kford * leading sorer wa* Kimmel with five field goal* f"t I" point* Strickler wa* high for Blue creek with eight point* fol- . lowed by Shew ami Blytli.- with six , point* each Rockford FG FT TP, ' Kimmel f f. o in Ball* f 113 I Auguat > 2 " 4 ; la-e g 3 2V, , Snyder g 3 o fi Total* H 2 3! ' Blue Creek FG FT TP j Shoe, f 3 0 fi' Beery, f o o o Stri, kier < 3 2 * ! , Blythe. <• 3 o fi iKHolt g non Smith, f 10 2 Total* 10 2 22 — . —<> - - - -

Decatur's Yellow Jackets will be gunning for their firm victory of the season tonight when they tangle with the Geneva Cardinal* on the Decatur floor —-000— The Jacket! have shown deckl- ' ed Improvement In their lent too game*, dropping decisions to Hoag. ? land and Bluffton by narrow mar- | *tn«. and have an excellent chance to break Into the winning column tonight —oOoGensva, attar winning its first three games against Monmouth, Jefferson and Petroleum. has lost three in a row. to Berne. Monroe and Kirkland. and the Cardinale will be out to halt their toeing streak A nintereoting battle should ensue. - 000— All Adams county teams. with one exception, will be In action to- | night, with seven games on lap. I The Decalur Commodores are the ' only quintet Idle tonight —oOo—• In addlth ’» to the Oseatur-Gen-I ova lilt here tonight, the schedule calls for these games Monmouth at Kirkland. Jackson of Randolph county at Pleasant Mills. Herne at . Portland. Jefferson at Gray. Mon 1 I roe vs Poling at Berne, aud Hart-

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ford at Petroleum otio Th- Commodores, thou ah idle tonight will »«•<• plenty of action next week with three game, scheduled The Commies will be in action Munday, Tuesday and Friday nleht«. 000 Monday mght. the Commodores will see action on the floor of the junior senior high school gymnasium for the first time this season The Commies will entertain St Joe of Rena seise' m this game. The St Joe team is coached by Joe Dienhart. former coach of Cathedral of Ino.anapolis. <»4 h» The Commies will travel to Mon mouth Tite-day flight, meeting the Faglee in M minoiith s splendid new gymnasium And on Friday Hight, the Commodore. will again gee action in the public school , gymnasium, playing St John's of Delphos I thio. t»( h» The Yellow Jackets have only > one game scheduled next week, but j thia lone contest la one of the most , Important of the season. The Jackets will travel to Berne Friday | night to battle the Berne Bears Ohecatur Btiwlinjc Uaguc Results | • e Fred Ahr led the Malor league last night with a (♦* Bill Tutwelter was close lu-hlnd with a W 4 A number of Joo scores were posted by the inafor keglers Mutschltr's Stump 1(9 Mies 194 ISP IM I Ahr 224 70S 179 , Mulat hier 1(3 179 190 ; lacltl IS3 I*l 211 ISO H>o Totals 914 IS4 PIS Rtes Hotel Hoagland 1(7 ISP Woodhall 202 192 IM Appelman 203 17S 204 Zelt l*o 149 Mnkenau 22( 202 141 , Kindler - 179 300 Spot 17 17 17 1 Totals 995 912 921 : McMillen's Mann 177 149 ISO Ma by 174 mi 192 C. H< hulls 121 139 I*l Holdner IS7 147 171 K fit hullr 1(2 I Hehllf kman IM 151 Spot 55 55 55 Totals (44 (09 900 Hen-E-Kruat Frlainger IM ISO 17( Tut waller 201 193 220 I Keller . 190 1(0 215 Miller 157 171 ISO Farrar 1(9 203 212 —— — —— Totals 9(4 M7 973 Purdue Winn Opening Net Game Os Season Lafayette, Ind . Doe I.— <U-» - Purdue displayed a fast clover hardwood quintet last night openI tng the 1939-40 basket bull sensor. ’ by defeating western Illinois State Teachers college, 47 to 24

DECATPR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY DECEMBER 8. 1939.

Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLamoro * 1 • Daytona Beach, Fla , Dec. A UR: Evey once. In a while- I have a profound thought It I* easy for me- Hi recognize when these spell* are coming one I feel diMy and have a ringing in tny ear* that even other* can hear blocks away. Th.- symptom* struck me this morning when I read the newspaper that Georgia Tech and Mi* sotni had agreed to play in the • orange Bowl, that Tulane and the Texas Aggie* had signed eoniracls for the Sugar Bowl and that Teninesaee and Sotithera California were only watting until late Hat uh | day afternoon to pledge themselves , to the Rose Bowl The profound thought that hit me was thl* amateur athlete, are ■dther the biggest philanthropist* •>r the biggest suckers In the world Each day. each month, each year, the bojra who can play at sport, and play It well, contribute their service* for nothing or for a pitiful pittance Take the- three bowl football game*, for example. The three of them will make, and this is a conservative estimate, upwards of three quarter* of a million dollars And how much of that will th* players get? Practically none 'Outside of a train rid* and maybe 310 or 115 spending money They will contribute their strength and skill for nothing Thejr will get lcopped on the head Kicked in the shins, whacked In the shoulder blades and banged hip and W —I — W 11. I —— W— I—U ■ ■■ — . -

With The Circus Here Tuesday ' .■ gMk TB - ft _ j|y ■ lift jWffb? -C Clown Joe Lewie ■•■l*ilu< MiM Utiell In preparation for her entry Into the performanm of the Vnlted Indoor Clrcna which will five two performances here at the Janlor Healor firm Tneedar Dec 12th at ]:» ind I o'cloeh Door* open one hour earlier Get your ticket* from a Lion now

thigh, without remuneration It doesn't add up quite. The «.hoo| whose* team plays In the Ros.- Bowl dears SIOO.OOO, enough to take care of a football squad for 10 years A Sugar Bowl team Is worth around S7MM to the school It represents, and an Orange Bowl team around BMt.ooo That's quite a bit of money for boys to contribute each year How many philanthropists do you know who are *n generous’’ It is particularly generous on the per. of the football players In the light of the fact that most of them ar* so In iceed of money themselves that they have Io have help Io get through school All the boy* have in the hank, so to speak. I* youth I and strength and skill, and Shey give of it with a lavish hand To whom? To the schools and Jbv athletic aseociaitons and th«c hampers of c ommerce And what does that make the school* and the athletic a*aoc|taioti* and the chamber* of commerce’ Just thi* out and out promoter*, with exactly the same footing In their business thst Mike Jscob* ha* In boxing Football players aren’t the only amateur* who contribute Not hy any mean* Think of the money that Tilden and Budge and Vines and Perry and all the other tennis amateur* have made for the tennis association* of the world. The boy* managed to get a little of it here and there, what with a pad on the expense account, but .not much of it. And there are the baseball playera. and the hockey players, and the basketball play era who. with the wild growth of

JUNIORS DEFEAT WILLSHIRE FIVE Decatur Junior Team Scores 21-13 Victory Thursday -The Decatur junior high school . team chalked up another victory Thuraday afternoon, handing the Willshire. (Hilo, quintet a 24 13 defeat, Decatur led all the way. having a 4-1 lead at the first quarter. 14-2 at the half and 19-fi at the third quarter. Decatur's scoring wa* we ll divided. with all playera breaking Into the *corfng column Cochran acored alx ptHnut and Eichhorn and Rickord five each. Martin led Wlll*hlre with alx pointa Decatur FG FT TP Eichhorn, f 2 I 5 Spahr, f 113 Reed. C 113 Rickord. g 2 15 McConnell, g I o 2 Cochran, f 3 n g Total* 10 4 24 Wlllahire » FG FT TP Strickler, f 10 2 Martin, f 3 0 fi Rtetler. c 0 J 1 lb-lltnger. g 1 2 41 Behout. g OOP Eichar. f 0 0 0 Hchum. f 0 0 0 Carr, c 0 o o Luglnblll. g non Coll, g 000 Total* 5 3 13 J Preliminary Pleaaant Milla 15. Decatur t. that game, must have made millions and millions for some one , I don’t have any particular costelusion to draw to all thia, uniess It tie lhal the goose who laid the golden egg* wa* Just a piker compared Io the amateur athletes of i today They are the real golden , geese

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\\ hite Sox, Senators Make Player Trade Cincinnati. Dec * (l j W T)i „ American league finally mad.- a trade in It* own ranks tod*y W h,. h Washington shipped outfielder Taft Wright and pitcher Pei.. to the- Chicago White Sox f ()r ti. ld.-r Gc raid Walker The acquisition of Wright give* Box four left banded

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