Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1939 — Page 6

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CHICAGO DROPS FOOTBALL TEAM University Os Chicago Withdraw* From Grid Competition Chicago 22 <U.P' Tht*nlver«lry <>: Chhag<>. on- of thoriginal •|M,ti«oi« of th- powerful blit ten athletic conference. bowed out of Intercollegiate loothall today after th- most futile season In its 47 years of competition EVretn- ■Oh to- ihiii.no!. Os th- famed institution caused a • harp d>-< Un- in football mat-rial 15 year 1 ago and not on< >• in that •pan could th- nnd-rpow-r-d Ma roons a< hieve anything Ilk- their former et-atn-«« which began in th- ray Ws under th- grand old; man Arnott Alonzo Stare Withdrawal from ltitercollegi.it.football may l>- Chicago's first move toward abandoning its membership in th- lontet-nc - A •tat-m-nt accompanying tin football .mnoiintftn-nt by th- universify l>oard of tru»t«*e« «aid "Th- university trust* that it« withdrawal front intercollegiate football will not require t-nnin ation of lt« long and satisfactory relationships with th- other ni-ni lien of th- intercollegiate c onfer-1 -nr-. known as th- big ten It was known how.-v-r that tint versify ofilc lais have sounded out ' other conference representatives <m what Chicago’s status in the big ten would l>- In th- event it dropped football Th- reaction was said to b- that if th- Maroons dropped a sport a" important as football, they should drop them all as far as the conference was concerned As early as 1925. pressure was brought to bear on Chicago because of Its poor t-attis Not since 1936. when th- Maroons defeated Wisconsin by on- point have they scored a conference victory On an eight game schedule this s-ason they defeated only (literlin college and Wabash In conference games, they lost to Michigan. *5 tn <>. to Ohio State. 61 to n. and tn Illinois. 4? tn <» Outside the league, they lost to Harvard.

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WISHING YOU A | (JV- Merry Christmas And Hoping W “ 3 °°” Every Game in 1910. u Mies Recreation " 11 "■ 111

that old familiar greetinß— Merry Christmas | AND A i Happy New Year I WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THE DAY WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES HOWEVER, USE EVERY PRECAUTION IN DRIVING. THAT NO SERIOUS ACCIDENTS MAY HAPPEN. | Al D. Schmitt and Co-Workers il LINCOLN-ZEPHYR MERCURY FORD

Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Commodores vs Pleasant Mills • at y- k w i... kt' gym Lancaster at Kirkland Monroe vs Monmouth at H< -me Geneva at Bryant Hartford at Montfreb-r fil to 0. Virginia. 47 to 0. ami -ven little Beloit college < ano tn aril ‘ tripped th- hapless Maroons fi to ■ n BERNE NOSES OUT GARRETT Bear* Eke Out 27-26 \ ictory Over Railroaders Thursday Herne's Bears cupped a thriller from the Garrett Railroad-:-* Thursday night at Bern- 27-26 Bern- took an early lead and at halt time th- 11-ars were out m front I* 11. but barely outlasted Garrett s last half drive Burry veteran Bern- guard. , paced tile Beats With font field goals and two free throws for I<> points Van Fleet W.c the bad-' ! for Garrett with 13 points on three field goals and seven foul tosses Bern- FG FT TP Stucky. f 2 15 S. hlndl-r. f 3 17 ' I .eh titan. < 0 ft » Hurry g 4 2 1" Neii-nschwand-r g 2 1 .5 Hahegger. f n " <> Baumgartner " it <> Totals II a 27 Garrett FG FT TP L—soil f 12 4 Smith, f 2 15 Van Fleet < 3 7 13 Alford g 1 <• 2 Dalrymple, g o o o Hart, f 10 2' Neighborgall g n <' o Totals * l<t 2fi | Preliminary Garrett 23 Berne 13 — ... o ——• TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say There isn’t but one store ’ say, ’’ls but onstore .’’

MCMILLEN AND KIRKLAND WIN Defeat Blue Creek And Pleasant Mill* In League (untests The M.Mfll-n and Kirkland teams In th- Adams county amateur basketball league won league contests Thursday night, defeating I', -i- <i" k l> itry •■.<! Pl-u mt Mills respectively. M< Millen defeated Blue Creek at th- Lincoln school. 35 2*. Kirk land down-d Pleasant Mill- n* Pleasant Mills. 2513 M> Millen FG FT TP St helper, f <1 2 14 Be ker, f 3 17 H-rahey. <■ I <t 2 Bice, i- 0 o ft Williamson, r I <> 2 S< hnepf. f 4 0* Harmon. - . o o o Fleming, g 10 2 Totals Id 3 35 Bin. Creek FG FT TP Strickler, f 2 .3 7 Shu. f 2 15 Smith. < 1 ti 2 Blythe. g 2 0 4 Beery g 3 0 fi Ev-rhart. g 2 0 4 Totals 12 I 2* R-f-r-e Hc*s Kirkland FG FT TP Arnold, f •’. 0 12 Hens. h. ii t I o 2 Hat p-t. < I o 2 Adler g .3 .3 9 Itetthlger. g •> o 0 Engle g •' o o Totals 11 3 25 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Halberstadt. f 3 o fi Foor, f « •' 0 T—pie, . 2 0 4 Edg-11. g t> 11 Illi, v • oil M- Millen, f oil Totals 5 .3 13 flef.-ti .-. Vizard -(» Adams county high school basketball teams will dish out their final sample of Christmas entertainment tonight with five games scheduled otto— Headlining the card Is the return battle between the Decatur Commodores and the Pleasant Mills Spartans, to be played at the ; Yellow Jacket gymnasium tonight i Th- Commodor-s s|H>tled the dedl-1 cation of the Pi-asant Mills gytn- , naaium In November with a 31-2A victory over the Spartans and the latter will tie out for revenge. otto - Four other games on tonight's list are Monmouth vs Monroe at the Herne auditorium, lain, aster at Kirkland Geneva at Bryant, and Hartford at Montpelier — vOo Decatur’s Yellow Jackets, yst to score a victory In eight starts, will be idle until New Year’s day. when they engage in the annual four-team blind tourney at Seme, with Bluffton and Hartford City the other contestants. Four games will be played, two in the afternoon and two in the evening. 6 —bOb— Tim- Outs In the Berne Witness doesn't seem tn have the proper Christmas spirit toward our Yellow Jackets Head what he asys: Well! Weill Well! Hartford's Gorillas have left the .onlines of the basement entirely Io th* pleasuir of th- poor Yellow

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.Ln kt. who lout number eight last night at Van Wert. <>.. and if «»m>-thiug isn't dune »<«>n they will | set .<> cold down there try them •elvex that they won t < are any more, the .ante feeling that a freer lite person ha. Ju.t before hi. demise ■ But le.t w<- forget. last year. Hartford City <:ime to the blind tourney with a record that read like a depression stm k market re- ; port, and politely walked off with > the coveted trophy, no the Jn<kets' in retaliation may ju.t do the same 'lung to get even Beware!” -000 - The liemoi rat’, poetically minded members tinned on the brain exerciser thl« week and penned the following lyric for Baaketbawl'a reader* Hope you like It: Ba.kethawl will try hi. hand A- writing verse at a command So here we pause and wi.h for you Kindest thought, no tried and true. E <-r we pu*« thf« Yuletide by This greeting we will not deny B- happy, each and everyone And In the New Veai to tome Winning team, there will be. I Lover from Ha.kethawi. <»h Gee. —oOo- • To thia Basketbawl will add in hi* own prose. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. Decatur Bowling League Results I ♦ ♦ Mutachlar'a Crack Mark The name Mu'schler'a five-man team whi'h recently broke the alley record at Mie. Recreation with a 3.042. turned on even more heat last night hi the major league and < ra< ked the same record, whli h . they had set several week, ago ... Thia time they posted a 2.104 ' . . Edgar Miltachler led the way with a 444 on a I*2. 24* and 224 |. Stump posted 202. 217 and 212 for a «3I Mie. a 202. 208 and I*9 for Clt>: Ahr a 188, IfA and 212 for a M 9 and Ladd 193. 212 and 207 I for M 2 Standing* W L. Rice Hotel 29 19 Hon K Krust 2* 22 Mm.ihiei. 24 24 M< Millen. 17 31 Hon-E-Kruat F ria In ger 177 174 144 Tutweiler .... 20* ITS 200 Keller 182 213 201 M Iniosb I*l Isi 141 ( A Farrar 192 115 214 j Total* .... 922 905 944 Mutechler'e I H'ump 2*2 217 212 Mies 202 209 IM Abr 1M IM 212 I Mutschler 192 244 244 I Ladd 193 212 2*7 I Hied 818 Totals 992 1049 1079 Ries Hotel I Howland 141 IM 217 I Wondhall 141 140 190 I Appelman 174 IS2 214 I Zelt 112 111 141 I Kindler.. 141 117 143 ! Totals SIB 543 949 McMillen's I Mann .. I*3 144 IM I Maby 170 147 177 I 0. Bebulls 113 141 111 I Boldner IM IM IM I Corson 144 210 190 I Rpot 22 3.1 33 1 Totals 923 577 BN

DECATUR CYO WINS EASILY Decatur Registers 65-20 Victory Over State Forest Five Decatur CYO handed a severe ' trouncing to the state Forest team <>f Wi 11, county Thursday evening '.5 2" Murphy was the high scorer with lb points, followed tiy Bak er with Ik. Hess with It and Koi Inger with 10 Decatur CYO FG FT TP A. Baker, f 9 0 14 Bolinger, f B 0 lo Hess. < 7 0 14; Murphy g 9 1 19 Omlor, g 10 2 Wilhelm, f 0 0 o Gage, c o o o i liman, g I*2 Totals 32 1 45 State Forest FG FT TP Miller, f 0 0 0 Redd, f 3 0 4 D Hess, c 2 2 4 Bets, g 2 0 4 Schlagenhauf, g 1 o 21 Patterson, f 1 0 21 Totals 9 2 20 i o FRENCH LEADER CORTI WVBt. FROM FAOR ONBI said that great credits must be devoted to Improving the air force, priority in war appropriations lie \ ing reserved so airplanes, antitank guns, and anti-aircraft gun. KIDNAP DEATH (CONTINUED FROM IAUR ON*down on ft. Although there were other footprints In the woods In addition to Melkey - *, police believer! they were packed too hard to lie those of someone leading him Joyce said that Melkey was not hopping on one foot when fee was ■truck, so police theorised he might have forced one shoe off tryrng to struggle free of his lainds and then wandered onto the 1 highway An element nf mystery confront I cd police when Melkey - * three sons told police that Melkey had gone to tied at 11 p m laat night and they did not know he had left the house untH" Informed by police They are Robert. IB; Leonard, 14. and Frederick. 12. »i i * Measles Threaten Alaskan Christmas Point Barrow. Alaska. Dec 23— tl'Pl-The t'hrlstma* gathering u? the few score white residents of this arctic trading center wns In danger of cancellation today. An outbreak of measles has quarantined every home Information Return* Mailed To Official* IndlanagMdf*. Ind.. Dec 22-tVP) —Gilbert K llwwlt. director of the gross Income tag division, today announced that epproilmat.ly 7<F>. 00* Information returns and supporting affidavit* have been mailed to busine** and government officio la. The return* will be used to report payment* of 11.000 or motto employe, and other payees by employer*.

ST. JOE LOSES TO WILLSHIRE Ohio Junior Team Defrats St. Joe Os Decatur, 22-13 The Willshire, Ohio, junior high ; hool net team defeated Nt .loot It-, utur Thursday evening. 22 13 Til- Ohio l-alii led at lh< firn! quarter, 53. at the half, 10-tl. and 'a> th- third quarter. Hi®. Dellinger was the leading corei forth- winners with In |s>ints l.engerlch was high for St Jm with six |H>iii''-. Wlllshlr- FG FT TP Martin, f 1 o 2 Strickler, f "II Stellar, c 2 1 5 Deltlllger. g 4 2 1" Vining, g - till Nhumm. e 0 1! Richer, f *O2 I Geisler, g •’ 0 " Totals * « 22 Decatur FG FT Ti’ i laishe. f • " " | Eyatiwon. f 1 " 2 I Lengerich, c 2 2 •< Brl-d- a " " " Wolpert. g 113 Terveer, f •• •• •• i Gage, f 1 ti 2 Totals 5 3 13 - -WSOW— - - - Electric Bowling Results J LEAGUE STANDINGS Major League W L. Pet | Stators 25 11 «94 Flanges 22 14 .fill Welders 13 20 .3»4 Rntars • 24 273 Minor League Tool Room 14 7 .fiS7 i Night Men 12 9 .571 I Flanges 12 9 .871 Punch Press II 10 .524 Maintenance 7 14 333 Testers 7 14 333 A League Rotors tt II «94 Testers 23 13 «3!» Stators 2" 13 .fi"*’. Switches 1* 1* &0o Rivets 10 2fi .27* Individual Records Major league: M Hoagland I*7 A Schneider IM. A Miller 1«8, E Chase 179. II C<m hrati 17k Minor league O. Schultz 177. P. Hancher 174. L. Ahr 172. J , Acheson Ifit*. G. Auer 18* j A Iceagile: F Gillig 16". G. List-

—■ ■ ■■■ sin. mon. ties. i — — Contm. Mon. i Xmi, } from 2 p m. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! May the Christmas Season of 1939 be the happiest of your life! You can add to the holiday'* enjovment by takinx the family to a movie! Our Christmas dhow this year b one that will please young and old! So. "Pack Ip Your Trouble*" and come to the Adam*! Qane /-Xl WITHERS 'tie RITZ BROTHERS IfNNIAiI • JOSEPH SCHH MR 1 STMMiV fIELOS • FRITZ UlBtR Vk LIONfI lOTCI AIHJED XMAS TREATS “Ride Cowboy Ride”, Musical j / Comedy In Color; “Let’* Talk / / Turkey.** Pete Bmith'* Funnleet 7 / Hit: "Barnyard Escitement" / I Cartoon In Color. Ite-2Sc ' / 1 / REMEMBER—Continuous Show* Both Sunday and Monday! 0 O — TONIGHT AND SATURDAY — The Critic* Bay It Tops "Th* Big Hou**" fer Electrifying Thrill* end Action! The Most Escltlng Prison Meiodrsme (ver Filmed! “MUTINY IN TBE BIG HOUSE" Harton Mac Lane. Charle* Bickford & Giant Cant. ALBO—Masi* Rosenbloom Comedy < New*. 10c-25c

I-r 157 II Heller 184. R August | 151 .1 Henry IP' G. E. No. 2 Hoagland 170 IM 184 Schneider 189 r. 15 16" Gallogly 161 13k 11.4 Chase 17" 181 189 Mclntosh 144 173 14" Totals *<H *43 779 Rocktord Caywoctd 210 152 132 Piper 177 Ikg m Clay 15k 174 162 llenkh I*s 171 2<m Cci-tc r 17 • 169 2"4 Totals !Mis k 54 k 97 G. E. No. 3 Lister 146 IRO 176 Brelnei 153 155 19<| I H lainkenau 15" 161 149 Mc-Dnugal 147 144 I*9 \hr 147 169 I*3 Totals 719 k"9 fi*7 Wren Dull 20" 168 147 Davis 117 15" 142 Tumbleson I*7 137 15" Wallers 17* 180 172 McClure 17" 17* |«x Totals *59 *l3 773 McM.Hen’s Mann 17! 212 151 Maby 19* |6| 178 G Schultz 141 174 213 1 E Relnking 157 E Si hulls 172 167 171 C Heare 202 246 Totals *39 916 959 General Electric Eady I*o 176 169 Helm 145 202 !** Hancher 145 191 1561 Busse 167 21" 164 Lindeman I*9 233 156 Totals *26 1"I2 *33 Joe Geels Shoots Gray Wolf On Earm IVest Os Decatur Jo<- G-els. prominent farmer living two and one-half miles west of Decatur, on I' S Road 224 didn’t I believe It was a good om- n to h.va wolf come to his door, so he pic ked up his trusty rifle this morning and shot th- roving wolf At alcout noon today Mr. G-els brought th- dead animal to town and It attracted quite a bit of InI ter >st in th- first place most of the oulocAers had never seen a wolf b-fore and no one kn-w they -were roaming In Adams count', only two miles or so from the < zprt — ——-

house-. ' Mr. Gee). . 3W farm gpd . „ front leg o,„, . ... ' ' -|| ■wax dead '?* M traveled th!. . ~ M of Wiscon.in |, W1 and w-lgli.Mi . «t| Was estimated ' I Horman north of i* ( » Hev-d th- w.,IT »■„. . h „ ‘ killed 350 „f h „ „„. iv 1 »kk mer. Tin anitn:il » ,1 ’ n. that tin,- „ , A _ ’. ’; -t have been at;-,,, However a ..M Within a 10-mlle ta< n # , (ls! ’ failed to produ. .• a which answenq t |,,, 4 , * Edinhurv Store* Looted By Thi„ ( Edinburg, ’-id r>« (rh Johnson con / sought a bind .f oi.-vz: Z* <-d four EcLn’.-i another with ' and attempted r ol> a,, . terday “ OfflrlaU Raiti *|, >Ww. the most ihoyoitz i 'a tory. *i

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