Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1939 — Page 8

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HOOSIER TEAMS BREAK STREAKS Indiana And Purdue Down Previously Unbeaten Quintets Indlanapoll* Dec 29 'UP) — Indiana'* major colloge ba*ketl>all i Mam* both flashed th* power to I recover ia«t night and thus chalk-! tai up two victories again*', pre»--Immly undefeated out of Mate foe* , Indiana I’nlverstty traveled c>| Philadelphia and *ank the Villa I Bova quintet. 45 to 3.1. after trail j Ing until the final eight minuter! of the game while Purdue enter- J Qlned undefeated Rice at laifav , etle and overcame a 29 to 24 defl- i flt nt the halt to win. 52 to 41 The (loonier* were engaged In [ ti tough struggle by Villanova Th<- - home team rolled to a 10 to 1 lead etnly lit the first halt and wn* In front 17 to 11 at IntermisKloti Indiana failed to net a field goal ■ fnr the first thirteen iuhiiii<-» With only eight minute* to play the Hoosier* trailed. 29 to 30. Im' , at that (mint superior manpower I told They rolled to a 37 tn 3" lead and then continued *hlppinr the hall through the net to in crease their margin Paul Arm strong scored IS point* for Indiana l While Paul Nugent tailed 111 so Villanova At Lafayette. the tall Rice five j seised a (3 to 3 lead early In the j first half and the floflermaket Were forced to spurt to close thmargin to 29 to 24 at the half In the second period, howeveRob Igney. Forrest Nprowl. Dan Fisher. Fred Beretta and Charlo* I Cares* sponsored a smooth pas* lag attack and Igney and Hprowl , another sophomore forward. Itegan hitting the nets to change the game's complegion Igney scored 7 field goals for • high point honor* while Sprowl ■ dropped 6 fielder* and Otte free throw for second place Kinney lankr Rice sophomore center whipped through sig fielders for Rice for scoring honors Only game on the menu tonight I bring* Southern Methodist to the Barter fieldhouse Tomorrow Kv- j ansvllle entertains Kansas State j and Notre ftarne travel* t<> North I western tn close the week o Round and square dancing. Sundav, New Year’s Eve. Sun Set Park. RIV ERV IE W GARDENS will be open New Year’s Eve from 8 until (?) Rar Room open from 12 to I. Come and Enjoy Yourtself. No cover charge. Herman ‘Hi’ Meyers

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County j * Baskethall Teams ' Saturday Four-tenm Wurnev at Pleasant ' Mills t Pleasant Milla, Kirkland Monmouth and Jefferson t Mondas Four-team tourney at Bern- i ,t Berne, Decatur Yellow Jacket*,' {Bluffton and Hartford City! i fc>i I Another year I* rapidly fading I away In the -ports world It has ; Iteen a glorious ye,vr for some, sot 1 ( others 1939 ha* been filled with ■ bitter disappointment. otto A* the final salute to the old year, a four team tournament will be held at Pleasant Mill* Saturday afternoon and evening Competing teams will be Pleasant Mill*. Kirkland. Monmouth and Jefferson. Two game* will be played at each *eMion. with a trophy to be awarded the winner. 000 A* a welcome to ihe new year the annual blind tourney will he held at Herne Monday afternoon and evening Teams hl this meet are the Ih-I .Itur Yellow Jackets, Berne, Blnffton and Hartford City. 000 Monday* tourney will lie the fourth annual and the Hartford City Airdale* have won all three , previous tourneys laist year, the i Airdabs had not won a game un ' | til the tournament when they upset all dope to cop the honors otlo Will history repeat' The Yellow Jacket* have yet to taste victory this season. Twould be a wonderfuly refreshing New Year'* tome for the Jacket* to snap out of the doldrum* ana take down the honor* Monday. dk»— Score* of last year's tourney: Hartlord City 32 Bluffton 21 Berne 37, liecatur 21 De<atur 32 Bluffton 2S. Hartford City 31. Rente 20 • final i —oOo — Jesse Kelley, conductor of Thru The Hoop In the Hartford City News-Times, rate* the Herne Bear* a* favorite*. Here I* hi* comment I on the four contender* "On papr* we'd rate the four j team* a* follow* “I—Berne . . . tall and rangy . . . ' ha* lost onty one game this season. and will have the advantage of its home court , ■'2- Hartford City . . . turning along fast after a poor start and entirely callable of winning if In top form "3 Bluffton ... a dangerous | team but must take third place because of a 4S-33 loss to the Air- ' dale . . . ha* had touch luck In I previous tourney* "4- Decatur , apparently an o win a

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I single game . . . but recently held fb-rnr to a 32 2S derision anti may >»• capable of an upset 000 Comparative strength of the four rival Fort Wayne *< hool* la lie coming even more difficult to de (ermine, following that red hot hat tie Wednesday night between the Smith Side Archer* and the Dish of Central Catholic, whhh the Art hers won by a 34-32 margin as ter a terrifflc struggle which was i forced into an overtime period i Sliprise of the week was Auburn's 24-2* triumph over the Central Tigers of Fort Wayne Wednesday i night. otto To all fans, players, coaches and officiate, Basketbawl ea tends cordial wishes for a Most Happy and Prosperous NEW YEAR’ —'l 0 | Today’g Sport By Henry McLemore IXM Angeles. Det 2f» -U.P) If Tennessee wins the Rose Howl game against Southern California nest Monday entire credit must not be given to Coach Bob Noyland and his assistant*, nor to the teams love for alma mater back in the Smoky Mountains of Knog. vllle Assists, and very generous ones, too. mtist be given to Ann Sheridan's 'Oomph." Myrna Loy'e pert and freckled hose. Jean Arthur's natural prettiness, and Brenda Joyce's cuteness These Hollywood stars, and quite a few others, are going to provide much inspiration so rthe players on the Tennessee team During e patty at the ranch of director Clarence Brown, and later at a dinner Chalk* McCathy and Mortimer Rtierd gave the team at Edgar Bergen's house. I heard a lot from the hoys on the subject of their favorite movie stars. Ham Bartholomew the blacking bark, was musing as to whether Priscilla latne would be at the Rose Bowl game "If I thought Priscilla would b* i bark of the Southern California LOANS $lO to S3OO QUICKLY «R 0 FMVSTILV MADE Tr try tn mshs tin btvrvWMg tnaurf s »«>pr» lamin) Yo» not hart M frmJr « oUr.tn u> w >«e "«« 1 “• yr., tub madt-wwil, ,ht umr dty r<~ W, mu. . See and yas May timgSHa — Opar raw loan os te-r-r— a kaa. soy liberal taraae. Ywnaydwwtrwr -*•*-< •*• *• fe-aal td.„. wah wmunotoAdraw. | W"® 1 Yew May Apply MS I Tml far a loss m rka yo’wy wk u2i ,w< “"*•" “ otu pti.au roaaauitaasM <u .ill at aOua, or „„ „ a imniaal Hgmantem eJI cell on yas and aagUas aw haamial w»«t talir You ar. ondrt iw abbsMwa it rw do «M tain a k* "F'.sst. rn/Masa aroo-r" LOCAL LOAN COMPANY tsssrperoM •w SaSafa. Starr "*• Seta etaanS wm raatw Mks OICATUS. lUOIASA ■EHBBBHBNMMOKiiaMBHNHBE I

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goal posts.” he said. "'l'd make 'em let me take that hall for once and l<l gut a touchdown just to get that mmh closer tn where she was sitting.” Ed Mollnaki. the all-American i guard who leads a great deal of i the Tennessee Interference, hopes I that if Myrna Loy la on the right ' side of the stadium that the Ten- i neasee quarterback will see to it { that moat of their play* go that I way He confeaaea to having writ-1 ten her letter* and to having pitture* of her on hi* dormitory wall Johnny Butler, the sophomore i .halfback, want* to make yard* and all In the general direction of Ann j ' Rutherford. The only trouble he ! ’ might po*«lldy have I* that he i ' might do a Roy Rlegi-I* *nd run ' | the wrong way with the ball If | Coach Neyland I* wine he will have th* proper movie *tars sitting In the proper place* at all time* It may be that the decoy* will become a* important a part of football in the Rose Howl as passing and kicking, and that in Ihe near ' future visiting coaches will send out looking agenta to sign np star* to move back and forth from j goal posts to goal posts, creatine Inspl ratin. Aa one who ha* always felt that football I* a game, even when palyed unde, the preaaure of Rose Bowl condition*, and that the players should get some fun out of It. I would like to go on record as saiuting Major Neyland for the way he ha* handled the Tennessee team on hl* trip. One ot the severest taskmaster* In hl* profession, everyone believed that the Major would march his boy* out here and hold them to such strict trainipg that they would see little or nothing of the soc ial life of Caßfomia. Much to everyone's surprise and pleasure. Major Neyland ha* been the most lenient of any .Islting coach in years. The boy* have been beautifully entertained, and have atored up memories that are likely to last longer than that of the score on New Year's day. Neemlngly the team ha* appreciated the Major * cMislderatkm of it. No visiting Rose flowl squad haa ever behaved any better, or made a lietter Impression on California. No matter how gay the party, the member* of the team have kept strictest training as regard* food, drink and hours. Given an inch they haven't taken a WU< 1 — v>a«te l« a Owoe 7eww — OeMtw

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H. S. BASKETBALL Richmond 44. Hartford City 33 Wiley (Terra Haute> 31, Cathedral (Indianapolis: 24 Anderson 2X. Central (Evansjvlllel 2<>. Ix*bunon 44. Aurora <lll t East 33. College Basketball Indiana 4A. Villanova 33. Purdue 52 Rice It. New York I". <9. Missouri 47. URGES SAFETY I- OVER HOLIDAY Safety Council Reports Traffic Deaths Near 193 N Total Chicago. Dec 29 — iU.R) - The j way you drive New Year's Kve ' may determine whether traffle I fatalities for |939 will exceed; I hose of 193* the national safely | council said today. The total for 193* was 32 400 On Dec. 1 last year the total was 29.970. On Dec 1 lhi« year It waa 29.M0 290 fatalities, or about one per cent. «hort "The margin I* ao slight that the outcome may not he determined until the stroke of midnight Decemlier 31." the council said. "Fragmentary reports for this I month indicate the margin may already have been wiped out by the nation's spree (nearly 500 fa tailtie* i over the Christmas holidays" To avert a further heavy number of fatalities New Year’s Eva. the council suggested 1--Don't drink If you drive. 2 — Aak your children not to ride with drinking drivers, and 3 Be alert and prepared for what the other I fellow may do Th* council said traffic fatalities totaled 3.03 d in v nvember — the fifth month of the year to brign more deaths than the cor* responding month in 193*. New Hampshire continued to show the largest reduction In fatalities, having reported a "aavIng" of 23 Ilves - the difference between 97 fatalities for the first II months ot 193* and 74 fatalities for the same period thia year. Pennsylvania reduced Its traffic death* eight per cent from a total .of 1.4X5 for the 11-motilh period ' last year to 1.544 for the same petlod this year.

GRID COUCHES ' URGE CHANGES J Four Foothall Rul <• * Changes To Be Proposcd To Committee Lna Angeles. Calif.. Dec. 29 - 'UP> Four football rule change* will ho proposed to the national fool ba 11 rule* commltlee In It* Palm Spring*. Calif, meeting Jan •9 Tile recommendations were made at the first session of the American football coaches ap*o<lallon yesterxlay when 15<l college and university coaches fllb-d out que* tiotmaires which listed 17 different praposaila. Th«> f.dlowing four wore approved l«y the rules commit lee: 1 To widen the distance between the uprights mid lower Ihe crossbar of the goal post*. (The committee refused to sanction moving the goal post* from the end gone *tripe ha< k to the goal Hue t 2 Adopt smaller and tutflcr cleats for football shoes 3 Provide phypshal examination for referees. I Reduce the penalty for a forward pas* touching u tt Ineligible player behind the line of scrim mage. It was snrgested that an otn< lat ■ Ing school be established offering Instruction during the latter port ; of summer and early fall. The meeting will continue until | Saturday The <-o.|che> will hold joint sossioa* with the national collegiate athletic MaocUUon. ■ O— - OBSERVANCE OF (CONTINVKD ON PAOK SIX) The post office will he closed and only special delivery mall will be ( distrihnted Kxcept for restaurant. confectloneriM. service station* and a few othera. all storra will be closed, a* Will all public officeThe Dully Democrat will puhll*h it* New Year’* edition at noon Monday, thus permitting the employes to *pend half a holiday with

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I their families and Mill afford sub- | scriber* with their dally <opy of | the lieWß|Ktpeni. Special Church Service* Special program* and church I service*. Including a service from 17 p m. until midnight Sunday at the First Methodist church will proclaim their part in the observance. private "patch parties" and other Individual gatherings will he staged to welcome in the New Veui. The only “official"* eatobra Hons In cotmeetkm with the affair will include the Elk * dance Ratur day nlghl and the Tri Kappa dam e tonight, both staged exclusively for member*. On Tuesday, business life will resume It* normal routine in Decatnr and students of both the city and rural school* will return tn their classes after nearly a two week*' vacation RUSSIA HURLS tcOMTiNUBb rni>M paue own, essayed the dramatic parachutetrotip maneuver which It wa* first to develop. Russian rroop* who spesk Finnish would Ite sent down by parachute In Finnish army uni form*. Tens of thousand* of men and women in Ituseia have been I specially trained for this work ' On one visit I made to Moscow I saw more than I,into men dropped simitltsm-oualy At other such ; demonstrations iniaH tank*, have | laM-n dropped .Once plane* dropp- ' cd a tuirachuted hand, whose mem { lters played music a* th«-y descend- { Ro far hi the Finnish war use of parachute troop* had been im practicable Ih-ciwio- the vast forest* did not p>'tmlt landings. Now. however, Ihe lake* were froien and the Finn* believed the Rus sfan* might try to land mro on the Ice of larger lake* Shoot Own Mtn Helsinki. Dec 29 (U.R> The | official new* agency asserted to- ; day that ’Soviet airplan. * 'mid latmbed and machine gunned their j own troops on the north central I front (Meveral similar charge* have' been made by the Finn* In the \ past but none ha* ever been con finned from other Mturces i The claim* Issued by the Finn-

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