Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1940 — Page 6

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NET LEAGUE TO START SECOND HALF THURSDAY Adams County kmateur Baskethall League To Open Second Half play will ..[>■ :i T»fii'"'t-s» night tn lhe second hall -»liedill" of 'll" Adams county WI’A amat. nr hit’kinhall league \ nmriiam.nl. with all n-ams parti* Ipa'ilU will be h*l*l after I h«eom'lMion nf th* regular -h-d'il*-Mun h 5 Tin- iiim|J<''- .i. uml half h"d nii ’otbiws Janua.-/ 11 Monmmith al <' V " Cloverleaf nl M< Millen Hanford ct Kirkland Blue I’reek al I’l'asaiit Milla January IB: Kirkland at Bin- <""k Hartford al Gene,a. M< Mill' n as Montin.mil <• Y <• ai I‘iia -in; Milla January 25: Mmimoilili ii < lor* rival I'l.-a’.ilil Mill’ a' M. Milin. Geneva ai Hili'- Creek r Y •» ai Kirkland February 1: pleasant Mills al < loverleaf Kirkland al M< Millen Qrtieva at <’ Y II Pllii- tie. k il II i'lf""l February 8: Hartford at < Y Ii Effl] >— —J • ♦ — Last Time Tonight — In Gorgeous Technicolor' HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE" Alice Faye. Don Ameche ALSO--Shorte 10c-25c * WED. & Till’RS. * (H K BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at fi:3o Continuous Thur*, from I:.‘W) Martins with feature VHENI) WED. MGIII A AVOID Till Its. CKOW They . Loved... ■ LjJrbLj Hated... t-fc ' Feared... Worshipped Each Other! ft 7™'*"' BETTE v DAVIS// ERROL > f FLYNN 6 1 la dw Sn-angr Rr-unru. W of tbr Virgin Queen The Private Lives ELIZABETH ESSEX' im ncßkicoiei >—■ r.J OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND DONALD IRLSP ALAN HALL VINCI NT PRICE HENRY STEPHENSON , A WARNER BROS. Pwturr • Ihmwd be MICHAEL CURTIZ k — —r w. 0 OI—FH. A Bat—'2o.ooo Men a Vaar" Randolph koi I. Rreeton foMer -0 Caming Sunday—MAßX BROS “AT Tut CIRCUB."

SPORTS

Monmouth at Pleasant Mill* 1 liiverloaf at Kirkland Mi Millen nt Heng-va February 15 (' Y <1 at Bill*' Cri.-k Kirkland at Monmouth M Millmi at Hartford f 1 i i..i. ■ leaf .I < I'm I February 22 111 I'- I'ri • k al M Mill* n i Hartford al t'lovei leal f I'l'.ii.iiit Mill- it Kirkland Monmouth at Getu-va I’. I. Mi Milieu ai c Y II February 20: Cloverleaf al Bine Creek 1 I Geneva al I’leaamit Mill- . ' Monmouth at Hurtt old March 5 C. Y H at rloVetloaf M'inmoiiih at Him <’r*'k Kiiklaild a' Geneva Pleasant Mill al Hatifoid ’l T”>ii mitnent PLANS PUBLIC SHOOT SUNDAY Country Conservation Club To Sponsor I’uhlie Shoot Sunday j Final arramnsnenta for .1 public diool Sunday wi re mad at th' , • gn) nthly •>>• ■ Hna "t ftp*. i ,'IIIIIV lun o ri.iiion ' lull. Il Id a'l >!• S' J'jiiii !ioo| liitilditiK Mon 1 la; ii'h'li* I'ilze- hive been d m.i ' l by busI fm'.s ai 11 and firni« of thf* 1 on j niiilit' ami Ihi' pnn l« arc to Ii ■ mmd for i’i i bdi « b’l: ill ilia fund : ; Tim < Inti .'l-o d« I!< d to hold a ’ ,I'l-1 I'liminati' 'i ron'"«i amoiuc th' ■ I‘lull in-nd "i» a rain 'hie ><ai Ar-' i I'anao" -t» a t.i to.- Innei.li of him . the prlxi' or ponalty. and I mi-mliera of the ’enta« are to lie :11a I'- hy 1 committ-i' aapolntml r> Illi" tiieetine The ptiin:* to he eh n tor >«ull type of |>eaf killed wrr*- f announced by 'he < luli« dir"-tor« ' The coon <imwnlt'<e in makfne final arcane tm nle for the dietrilni ; odon <d ciMiliH laiiKtl' or raided lr j' litb metniieni thi« year. They are 110 b» release I afl 1 th' 1 Imre of th'' | jeoon huntinc waoin Hoi» Heller, of he Hoeatnr l>en> | I m eal st iff, >pok< on the eubjei t o! 'he 'll' lai ion-hip I" tween t'oneer-l : 1 ailon t'lirti. ami N'W«pa|ier«‘ Mr 1 H'-ller jHdiil'-d 0111 that leitli ih“ I CORT — La»t Time Ton.gh* — KID NIGHTINGALE" John o ( y nr j lne Wyman I < Mat ny on the Blackhawk" i Richard Arlen. Andy Devme Only 10c 20c WEI). & THURS. * IS] RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE IDA LUPINO ALAN MARSHAL TERRY KILBURN GEORGE ZUCCO Hmw STERHENSON L E. CUVE I ONLY !Be>lSe —O-0— Coming Bunday — "Witnew Van lahaa’’ A "Inah Ludk."

CHICAGO FIVE | NEARLY UPSETS ILLINOIS TEAM Illinois Wins By One Point; Indiana And Purdue Win Easily Chlentm. .lan ft 'U.W f’hliiirtn i< very mm It in th> Hit; Ten aa tar :i« liaakethall Kiwa Illinois, one of Ihe iiitif. ienie tiowerhoitaev found that out laat lilytn jua! to acH-unda before the wnaotia hiKKeat upaei would have been written Into the recorda The now non exiatent muroon eleven may have played lUi.-nt liHiiliall blit the b.iaketbull team mu even conceded an outald' <hanee in the conference race. :'.ive the < natomera at I'hainjiaikn 1 million dollat thrill before Low Ina to Illinois. 3;t Tin- t’biearoana stole th'- »how from 'he real of the H:r Ten leant’, all of whom were In ai lion They fmnl’hed the aitperthrlller of the night Th* i. -I id ib* rntiiea ran In form II Indiana, the title favorite. Imi teicd lowa !’• To, for ila aei olid straight iHiifi'ieiu •• victory and ila ninth In .1 row Sjieedy Purdue I kept pace with Indiana with .1 4h 32 liliimidi over Ohio Slate, the fadinc I'hainpi'Mis Michigan slay '-■I tip there with Imlh of (hem by whipping Wisi onain II 3*l. anti , N'orihwestern 1 attic thiiiiigh with I its first conference victory, stopI |dliK MinneruHa, li> > 1 All that was • iper-ied Illinois I Was expected Hi lieat t'hlcago. too j Hui mdmdy fignml the M noons , to make 4 dogfight of It. | It finally look a laal-diti h 'o” I by Joe Frank from far out tn save Illinois from i's s'loml straight I eonferrm .• d. fe.it Thirty one seconds liefme the end. t'hliago was leading. 33 32 largely through lhe heroh shout I ins of teniei Uli k I a 111 nsl m1 y who I'olleeted 111 points. I'hleaaos i tricky Zone defense had Illinois . , li.ilfled from lhe atari The lllinl , had 10 <all on then ailing '.ipfaln, 1 HUI llai'.ii in the second half and moved oat in front 32-22 With I six minutes left. Chicago übaml oned lhe Zotle defense .Old pulled ahead only to miss 0111 when | Frank came through Piirdii'-. using a short, fast pass-1 I Ing attack completely intti lassed Ohio State in 1 rough hattie in which 33 fouls were tailed |i was ohl'is second straight conference defeat lhih"iiien Indiana had a picnic I with l"wa lolling up a 23*t margin al li.ilf-liiii' anil then iiMSldlg I through with Ila reaeivea j I fijti.ms if pall urive car I lied Northwesterii Ihroilgh over Minnesota, whose Inexiieriencrd aoplmmoies wilted uudei pressure Sophomore Dick Klein was the I "Big Herrha" in the Norihweatern pittack, scoring 21 points |n>n 'smith, high <u oring Minne»"t* tor ward, suffered a collar ladle fracI Hire in a collision wnh Northwest ■ ern'a advance A big second half also enabled Michigan to conquer WiaccNialn Michigan's .Mike Soflak and Wisconsin a Gene (England were top scorers with 15 points apiece The Big Ten standings W I. Pts op' Purdue 2 0 Ml ill Indiana ... 2 « 83 c;u Mli hlgan .. ’ 0 k| ;i Minnemita | | so so blilioik . I 1 7o 71 Northwestern I 1 75 7k Wisconsin 1 I 5» «2 Chicago o » 5| 54 Ohio State . 0 » 57 Lw, ,i g ,-,4 gy Today’s Sport Parade * ■y Hsnry McLsmorc law A ng.-leg J an p yjj Is a story that I do not want to write, but aomebow my old newspaper training Is stronger than my feelings and I must write It. It Is a story of laiwson Little and his vlctorv of yesterday In the Angeles open golf 1 hamplonship, one of the live biggest tournamnnts of the year. Since the day he turner* pro- I fcasloMl. around four years ago, j Uwmh Little has been the moat unpopular player, among his tournament companions, of any golfer In the lot The con sola lion he received after had rounds, land they were manyt was hollow; almost a s hollow as the congratulations he was given after a good round The resentment of his fellow proa was.as understandable u It 1 was unpardonable. Lawson turn ed professional after a tremendous amateur record In publicity and praise he hu*l outdone hy far the men who played the game for a living Twice winner of the British and American amateur titles, he entered the professional ranks with a home more celebrated than papers are v*orklag tor the same purpose—the teHtcnnent of the comtnunlUas. H» said that both cuuld help tbu communities and be ■ helped by tha communities, and without cooperation, both would I 'fail.

DFCATKR DAH.Y DEMOCRAT TUESDAY .IxXCaRA 11 PH<>

VULE PROSPEC I • • By J ack S®"* tf s ' l --Jr <■ ? The west if j . IC-4-A. GiAMPICN '" z If a \ H ii I A 'felr'r 1 ' 9 ' USLIiI) \ New ewe CP AAILE- PRcSPEI I.j or wiMfeß. -track. seAS*.** < WISK/W -M. SIMSIIM’uSr. •’ Cc’t '•

any of th" pros They looked upon him as something tiny must stamp out He was a meiiaci.. or al least one who might be a menu", and they tuni "<l lhe guns nt their iM-rsonulltli-s and -kill ilium him They were I'alillnz t'.i lireud and butter ami they didn't want another threat thrown into their ranks So they put the 'hill on him I iifortiiti.ii'iy. I.iwsiiii help>*<l them wrap him up in he A soldier's son. lhe son of a '•oii'in l in lhe V S army, he was as aloof and formal as dress pat■ide at West Point The pros siarcly gave him a nod. and lie scan ely acknowledged the scarce nod they gave him This Isn't hearsay This is what I saw as a golf reporter I know Lawson Little, ami I liked him. alme I**34 when he, as a player, and I- as a writer, went Io Hcotland with the Walker lup team I knew him befote he ever won a I tonrameni Now I 'get down to the story I didn't want to write but fee) that I must Hiv was a man the pro* resented When I say 'he pros I mean some of the elose.t friends I have Tommy Armour. Paul Runyan. Jlininy Thomson. Craig Wood, Harry Cooper and almost all of the rest of the men whose names you see In the golf headlines They overlooked one thing He was totiKh as an amatenr and they made him tougher as s pro by the way they treated him Just as the veteran ballplayers made Ty Cobb meaner and harder than ‘ he ever would have been by their treatment of him. so did the pro* put the iron in the heart of Little 1 ■ ritb Ism of Utile or

A Lady of the Sky gets down to Earth on Gasoline! f *'* WHSS kathenne W ilmmi ( M>i» \maocan 1V,9): " ”*• ‘*'“‘ k '»•»>««•» <4 Tyd»l -t fljOStffl l JMBMfldte** H"‘t A geo me ptaree in mt ear <M lime / • • • «*» •*»•’• flKhdP ’’ t‘«k It dot Hitng A perform ''*‘**"-r ■ i» to the glory. * X<»>l ••!.<« v.,1, quick •otertoig I motor fuel * strep grade. M or trap ahead LgXi •** jMaB g 9*9 fl L ® w* 1 " ri r ! I'", (|' S(. .. regular gusproe ) fl •raonurto, Tlt> , »,,,, t , l<KlaTlo ou <OM , IN , ' ■ ' ELBERSON The Winter Gasolin e that tells its own story Best / < I s,^ ion

♦ - Week’s Schedule Eor Adams County Basketball Teams p « Wednesday Pleasant Mills at Roanoke Friday Fort W.iyne Central at Yellow Jaikets Commodores at Elmhurst. Rockford. <l. at Pleasant Mills Poling at .Monmouth. Jefferson vs. Monroe at Berne. Coldwater. Ohio, at Geneva. Saturday Fori W.iyne Central Catholic at Bern" Monmouth ai Concordia Monroe at Hartford Sunday Commodores at St John's of Delphos. Ohio. the men on the other side. As n matter of fact, it was a battle between forces, both of whom were equipped with an abnormal amount of courage Little shot a 55. five under par, ! to win the tournament yesterday ; it was one of the greatest rounds , of golf ever played "It was an amazing Aow of skill and courage." Walter Hagen said when l.ittle finished Little started in a driving rain The course was soaked, the greens ran water, the hazards were triple hazards A per of 70 course under notnal conditions, the lais Angeles layout was a par 73 when Little started out Five strokes behind lhe leader when the final round started he oven aim* the weather and him-

BLUE CREEK IS WINNEP.MONDAY Blue ( reck Register* >212 Victory Over Monmouth I’ive The Blue Creek dairy team r< a i |sf< r* d " ,n ’*" , l' h nV ' r mouth in a free scoring battle Monday mght at th" Monmouth gym Th" wlnti' i' l"d .'I th" hall 27 I'* Sirh'kh't *“ihiL' '•’< ~r lot Bill" Cr*"k with seven 1" d goal’ and a foul lor 15 points .Gaunt talll-d H polin'* •>"* l sl "“ ,|| Kuhnle »«■* kigh for Mon i mouth with 13 poitns Blue Ct'-'k I’C FT IP ;sho. , f ' ; Gaunt f I. . 11 IMmlth. . 4 Jack-on. ; 1 ‘ Strickler it 7 I Tota!’ y “ '■•i Monmouth Kuhnle, f 5 ! 1• j Murphy, f < " In. heny ■ •* " I Baker g 2 1 •’ I f» Moses, g 1 *' V Moses g • " - I Totals 1' fi 1 -. Referee, land I iiipii•' S' hnepf BOWLINGTEHMS ENTER TOURNEY Entries Reported Coming In Fast For Fifth Annual Tourney Entiles In the fifth animal bowling tourney to be staged at th" Mies Recreation alley- h.t. on February 3 and I. 1» and 11. havstarted rolling In. Manager Molly Mies stated today Teams expecting to entei are . urged to get their list and fee in "ally While ih" deadline has lo'l'll set for January 2'* Manager Mii-s is hopeful that the entries can be i closed before that date to enable . him to draw tip a schedule forth" teams. The entry fee I* 17 A »l*“i prize is guaranteed the winning five man combination If at least 4<» teams are entered and that many are expected, laist year. 32 fiveman kegler combinations were en- . icred mid the tourney this year promises to be bigger and better In addition to the Hist ptlze. other cash prizes will be awarded al th" rate of "He for every fourth ! team entered. A number of crack teams are expected to be entered from surround , itlg cities. Manager Mies pointed I out. however, that with the hand!<ap give negi h team those comself to take it all Relieve me when I tell you that iaiwson's victory was one of the great triumphs of golf. And. as a postcrlpi, the chief reason he achieved ft was a girl named Dor othy But then, of course. Dorothy I* a story In herself

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■athie hav< an -qual chance of inrtying h"iiu wm' "( lhe prize 1 . money Among the more notable team* 'entered from here will lie “Mulacha learn, with blit one •XIl Idem leal to the "peoples ', five voted on several j Wlek’ ag" : laidd Stump Mi"« and Mulsenlet will b. four on this aggregalion who were named to th" "beat bowler's lemri Ahr instead of Tutweiler. i- lhe fifth Mow Ban As Punishment Adelaide Australia <LI.P> Two ijtisii".* have adopted th" provedii< with juvenile d'llnqnents of

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•n< r. IV ’vtif. r. jng In the .... st.-gd of infli, im. sentences Decatur Gridder* ■ Awarded 141 Tine, form." Y ... b.ili -iai- have jor Kt id 11 on ,n 1 .1T.m.'• 1 lllleg' \l I'rl IMS!, r.-1-u..i ".IIS is a S'-Tiu.. 1: man tegular gu.r .ml Eugen** Fri.-.l .ng Inn k. is .1 r -B 'lire., all won m.i) ’ ■!