Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 12 December 1939 — Page 6

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Commodores Are Defeated Monday Nigjfl

RENSSELAER IS I VICTOR MONDAV! NIGHT. 26-13 Commies Connect Only Three Times From Field To Lose Monday i i RKN'ftgKI.ARR hrdlu *t aniit* Llffiß»-d i<» three goala. all srored in lh>- firm half, Decatur Commodore* fall victims to St. inorpn of Rensselaer Mu Jay ni*ht at the Y*-llow Jacket gymnasium. 24-13. I Neither team wa« able to hit consist etit ly from t h»* field during 'lie entire first half, which ended with 'lie two quintet# tin) a M JV. sur look an early lead, ft* I*l urtaK by Hoop and Knlimter an aifSßiM a free throw by Meagher Hiving th*- Com 111 leu a Cl margin mtdwuv in the first quarter Rena- 1 sttiaer however, overcame thin margin to hold a > 5 lead at the end of the first per ml ‘ Hoop evelo-d ,k .e score .it 4 4 when fouled hy Hainan Meaathei i oHuei led on a one handed shot and Hoop hit from well out on the aide to even the count at H-K as the half ended. The visitors held lietaiur to a single point. Haiti's free throw, during the third quarter, while St Joe tallied eight points to hold a lk-9 margin at the end of the period. Renas* laet gradually Increased this margin during the final quarter. limiting Decalar >o four free throws and storing nine points to owe th*- final score !4-U S' Joe Meagher Rensselaer captain was outstanding for the visitors both oil offense and defense. His lo ♦ • — Last Time Tonight — "THE RAINS CAME' With TYRONE POWER. Myrna Loy, Ceorgr Brent. ALSO—Shorts. 10t-20c WED. & THI’RS. OIK HU. DAYS! Fir*! Show Wed. al (ontmuou* Thurs. from 1:30 starling with feature ATTUN'D WEI). SITE & AVOID THI’KS. (’HOWOS ♦ • A MARYEI.OCS CAST IN A TRCEY (iREAT PKTI RE O BOY, o GIRL, 0 FIDDLE, and a DOG to touch your f hoar! and music from EWorld's Greatest |®B^^»^Violinistl Hp ISHMggmfng’m iW ■ mSl| —a-o— Pel. A Bat.—Lis yd Oeugias' Qrstt Nevslt o.touted Passage Oor*thy JLamaur. Jshn Howard. Akim Tamiroff -0 Coming Bondsy — GINGER ROGERS in "Fifth Ave. Girt."

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams j • 4 Tuesday Commodore* at Monmouth Mehdon, Ohio, at Pleasant Mill*. Hartford at Poling Wednesday petroleum a* Kirkland Friday Commodore* vs Si John's of Deipho*. Ohio, at Yellow Jacket* gym Yellow Jackets at Berne. Jefferson a' Poling Monroe at Monroeville Geneva at Hartford. Pleasant Mills at Kirkland points in four field goal* and two tree throws led both team* Hoop wa* high for Decatur with two .".♦•ld goals and a foul toss f ir five points Itolinger collected Ite-a tur's only other field goal, Rensselaer PCI FT TP Dunn, f o o n Reichert, f nil Hainan, c 2 2 4 Meagher, g I 2 !'• Kwalliec, g 2 1 f* t'ashman, f o 2 1 Imhoff. f " " " Hamilton. « o 1 t Martin, g * '» « " Totals * l« 24 Decatur FH FT Tl’ Iti*op. f 2 1a Itolinger f 1 " 2 Terveer. < » 2 2 Hat kman g " « " llatn. g o 3 3 Hess f n o «> J Holt lorn*.-, f nil Tanvas. g n 0 « liman g u « 0 Totals 3 7 13 Referee. Sew bold i Indianapolis I I'mplre Downey Fort Wayne> U. S. C. NAMED LEADING TEAM Illinois Professor Lists Southern (’al Football Champion Champaign. 11l . Dei 17 JJ»j The I'nlveriity of Southern Callfornla had two mot. foot ball honor* today th** "Dickinson system" ftsitball t hatiipiotiship and thK tittle Hoikin' memorial trophy for 19.39 Prof Frank (J Da kins-it Iniversity 'if Illinois economic# |> •*- feasor, announced last night that I.'. S C. was his choice for his award A* a result the Trojans will receive (he Rockne trophy. ICORT ♦ ♦ — Last Tims Tantght — “TELEVISION SPY” W» Hsnry. Judith Bserctt A "NANCY DREW A THE HIOOEN STAIRCASE" Bonita Cranvills. Frank Thomas Only 10c JOc # WED. & THLKS. * ■ **'**?«’»"• 1 n mu' t l\ IJ' | 3 at*. CISAfi tOMIIIO FAUIINi MOOM WEIUr SIN YUNG DOUGLAS fOWHT JUNI OAlf Oik Dewgioi LUMMHU SALLY filAMi bjtl • Hill SI WAR D 14 1 WALLY VfINON DONALD MmWDI * is* t—-» «m *a— yi ONLY —o - Coming Sunday — "Pr.A# of tht Blusgrass A "Undsrcovsr Agsnt'

PLEASANT MILLS SELECTED SITE OF TOURNAMENT County First And Second Team Tournaments To Be Held In January The annual Adams county basketball tourney will !»• held January Ik. 19 and 20 at the new Pleasant Mills hlg'n school gymnasium. It was announced today by C, K. Striker, muniy school superintendent. Announcement of the time and plage for the annual net tournament was made following a m*-< ling of the si hoot principals of the county at Mr Striker's residence last night . First and second team tourney# will lx- staged concurrently ilttring the three days. Comp*-)lng teams will include tieneva. Hartford Jefferson. Mon motlth. Kirkland. Monroe atttl the host school. Pleasant Mills Pairings for (he event will tornado one week before th** tourney. Saturday. January 13 at the office of >Ji Striker In the court house with all principal* null coaches in attendance. tiff-oils fm th*- tourney will I**t'ltd- Markley of Hlttffloil. I.cltoy Shine and F !.«•* I Alga ti, luith of Fort Wayne o- - - I Today’s Sport Parade | By Hsnry McLrmors # • Birmingham. Ala . Dei 12 <UP> For the second year in successhm Southern California will take to the Rose Bowl turf against a team win***- goal line was not • re sed during the regular season. I-as! year ft was Duke, and It took the Trojans '>'* minutes ;yid 33 second# to score a touchdown This year It will be Tennessee, and down here there I# a feeling that the sun will go down and the moon lotus up before Southern California reaches the pay-off dirt of the Volunteers. Frank Thomas. Alabama coach, and one of the greatest teacher* of the gam*- In the country, rate# the Tennessee team of this year a# the finest defensive unit he has ever seen "It 1# the only team I ever saw that It I* Impossible to fool, even for one time in a ball game You can throw everything at them that there Is In the hook, and you * an throw everything at them that ' there is in your head and you still 1 can't cross them," Thomas told The Vols will let you make first down when you are In midfield and bark in your own territory But get to home and that sliding defense with Its unorthodox end play, changes to a fast * barging. ' straight away line that limits gains i to little or nothing Thomas pointed out that Tennessee is a team that does not allow long runs agal'..st It The Volt make you go the hard way for

a hat k'lirn you get "WV have played T«-n»c»aee itln«> i titnea Tboi'iM wld, "winning four i»aing four, and tying one. In thoae nine umo and »e threw mi' h hark* at them u John Cain and shale Howell, our longeat gain. Im ludlng paaat-a. waa a 35 yard run tty Itubber Walker, way bark in IMS One of the tougheat Jolt* any coach ran have la to ait on the henrh and try to And a weakneaa to exploit In the Trmtrnaer defenae ** Thomaa' pratae waa remlniarent of roarh Jm-k Hutherlanda remarka after watching Tenneaaee whip Alabama. 21 to 0, early thla year. Deaplte the amaxlna offenalve brillianre of fafego Butter and Koxx aponaored lay Notre Hame’a famoua four boraemen Jim Crowley. Klmer laiyden lam Miller and Har-y Hluhtdreher — and awarded annually (a IMrklnaon'a aelerilon. IHrklnaon haa plrked a national champion each year ainre 1924 on the ha ala of a point ayatem which •acientlflcailr" take* into conald •ration all fartora bear In* on ar> '■ Ing ability and atreaaea reaper-live power and atrength of opponent a The Trojana were tied thla year by both V, C. I* A. and Oregon but IMckluaon aaid that the •trauftb of CSC opponenta and "iht unuaual aucceaa of Pacific eoaat teama In tntaraortlonal game*” offaet the two tiea. Tenneaaee. undefeated, untied end unarored on during the entire aeaaon. received only fifth place *ln IHcktnaon'a ranking Thla. he aaid. waa due to the fart that Tenneaaee did not buck np again*' aa at rung a a< hedula aa tha Tr> Jana. Ha admltiad. however that thia | yvar'a aelection raoolrad a clo«appllcatlon of mathematics and aaid that the Trojaoa haraly noeed out th* rbamplonahlp from Tesaa >a A. A M . and Coraatl. aeeotid anJ l” third in hia national team ranking p reaper lively.

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Sutherland's eye was ranght hy the defensive strength of the Volunteer* "It Is one of the few game* I have ever *een." he said afterwards. “In which a defrttse did not make a single mistake I don't believe anyone will score on Tennessee all year ” Just as fafegn is th*- key man on the offense Jimmy Hike, center, is the director of the defense He call* the defensive signal*, and judging from the result*, must know only slightly less football than coach Bob Neyls#** Speaking of Cafego, football student* in this section who have seen ■ Tennessee m most of its games - this year, believe the West Virginia i Hungarian i* * r **' per cent of the i team * strength on offense He I# the one link on the team who doesn't tn-ed the most effective blocking to pick up yard# He is i far and away the best strategist on the earn, and the other members i of the squad have complete confident* In him lie is insplratlonI si. and at the same time a treI inetidou* steadying Influence. When Cafego la on the field the t team has the poise of a seasoned. I professional outfit. Report la that he will be 100 per t cent ready for the Rose Bowl I game, despite the fact that he went , out on the third play of the game i against Kentucky two weeks ago, and lasted hut two plays against . Auburn last Saturday The coachr es were taking no chances with

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PURDUE LOSES, INDIANA WINS Del'aul Trounces Furdue; Dro Scores 12 I’oint* In I.l'. Win i! l-af.iyette. Ind I»< 12 (UJB I A tall and aggressive Deßattl university basketball team last night sank Purdue's hopes for an undefeated season, overcoming the | Boilermakers. 37 to 25 l-cil hy Possner. who counted 12 points, the Invading Chicago qttln’. < h*-ld the highly favored Purdue t team even during the first quarter anil then spurted to a 22 14 lead ' | at the half IHirtng the final half the Chi | cagoan* controlled the hall most of the tlm*- anil used their heigh) I to break up virtually all Purdue set shots Easy Winner Bloomington, (nil. Dec 12 (U.R) j —lndiana's "fin-wagon" basketball . team virtually rati the outclassed r Xavier university five Into the I field house floor last night m win l . handily their second game of the '. Cafego in these games, they wantt ed him lo lie ready for the Rose • Bowl game which they couldn't It help hut believe was coming up

! season. 5S lo 24 Xavier netted the first field goal 1 to lake s lwo-point lead, hit* the il'Hislers esnn- hack immediately and dropped In 17 consecutive J counters Herman Bchafer paced the Ittdl- ; .ana attack with M points while; Bob Dro was a close second with 12. — — p - —— Phelan Signed As Washington Coaeh Seattle. Wash. Dec 12 (VPI — i Jimmy Pit lan was under another one year contract todiy as head football coach for the univcrsltt of Wa-hliigton at an undisclosed salary. Announcemeq* of the agreement |)>evw eii Piicjan and ITnlveralty official* s’opped rumors (hat he wt* not to he retained t was the fourth contract Phebm ha« signed here since leaving Pnrdu*- university In 1929 ' ■■■— ,0 ... . Milt Piepul Named Notre Dame Captain South Bend. Ind . Dec 12. —(UJP ' — Milt Piepul. fallback from Thompsonvllle. Conn . will captain the 1940 Noire Dame football team. . It was announced today 1 Piepul. Notre Dame's most pro- > detent hsil-carrlet lasi season, t gained 427 yards In k 4 trlss and fumbled only once In iwo years

COMMIE 2NDS BEAT DEFIANCE Renerve* Rpicister Easy 31-23 Victory Over Ohio Team Monday The Decatur Commodore re. serves registered a 21 13 victory over the varsity quintet from S> John's of Defiance, Ohio, in the preliminary to the Commodore Kensselaer game Monduy night at the Yellow Jacket gymnasium Decatur held a lead of m a( the first half and wa* well in the lead all the way Decatur * scoring wa* w.-i divided. B ttolihouse 1.-ad Ing with six point*, followed hy J Moll house with five and Ktthtiie and t'linan with four e*< h Decatur FC. FT Tl> Kuhnle. f 2 « i II llolt house, f 3 a Oman, c 2 n j J lioithoitse, g 2 I r> Blerly. g o it o Keller, f J n j Polchin. c n n a Coffee, g n ii n Klepper. g II 0 II Totals tit i 21 Defiance y*(j pj yp lent, f 2 o t Keln. f <*ll Bitterly, v o it n Kiinler. g In; Amid, g 2 11 llaxelkrantg. f nil Mack g n n n LVelgenherg. g II || ii Total# , 5 3 13 Referee Xewhold (Indianapoli* i — p Decatur Bowling Loaifuc Results I • p Following are several match games played on U* al alleys and away from home over the week *-nd Match game at Fort Wayne Decatur Hot-Shot* VL’oodhall 194 Ml 192 Relilenhaeh Ilk 124 171 Model Ml 123 I*3 Hoffman M7 141 147 Mar ha. h 147 199 21 It Totals 793 754 931 Court Bt. Recreation Vi* 191 145 Boh 124 144 139 Iton IK IS4 i M Bill 234 171 111 F.rnle IS* 243 11k Totals k 94 *4l 734 General Electric Handler 192 19« 147 Ruase 19'* 115 I*l M Brown 1»9 143 147 (lallogly 14k IRS 142 Mclntosh .... I7fl M 4 214 Totals . 91* *95 907 Btate Bank Blakejr . IN 1« »W Hleekr 149 177 134 Hummer 14* l’A Ml Si hilt kman 2il

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