Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1940 — Page 6

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SPORTS

LIST OFFICIALS OF FIGHT CARD HERE THURSDAY Tuo Changes Arc Made hi Card lor Amateur Show Here Thursday Offh i.d ' f»»i ’th' . if.r> i ‘ card, If th.- I,:iu.. I • < hunt gyinn-. Him <l>i ■ y Thm ■«•.<* nil'll' it * <rl.sk. • iinitoiiiH ■•■•I I'-il.iy !• !,■■ ■• I Uhii.hi Wl". . • it» | I1 Mir AS pl* » I |jnb prottihivii* r.Ht w v‘ *- •»**» I i iul. will m • js (• -I'-h • ‘»1 Bi* I ImHiH Judi • > Aitor, Floyd Huhtfi »h<l * .1 I BotktO-ill. .»H *4 Uh «i’v .1 ’ EllHWtH'lh «ilm> of |h*.H*» *4l at * a« tHU* k» • |»» High? hunt • tin h. • I whirl t i- •<1 th» H ■ Oil n < t**afh»tt iuiiHiiiiwith al! pul hmli tn Im- ii«»d fin . ip.iti b»n oil th* <h> whh ?'• h '».»n mm- -iim ihirhiu h* • <■ . .■ Vhni —1«» » pi' • - • '•• | fuf; ohth and 2” • ‘ tit - l«‘ »d «’H»» EA* y •• it hi »h»* j.yt’.tt* him will affoi'l in *A* H« o' v u of tip* iH» -< ‘ 1 •» uHI < 4 lii th* «»l th* iivm sh»«» \ IrtHCr niinih' 1 <»f I'lialtw will I”*! pl.u»d on th* Kpini.i«iMiii Flo »i. With lh» poriii tloiH bh-.n h’ f«* to! I.ik' rat»‘ »*f III* •-4 of III* h<»M Aho Ihuii mm wmls *HI Im avail .

Efflß • <* Lavt Time Ton ght MARX BROTHERS • AT THE CIRCUS' Krnn/ Bah* Florence Rice ALSO Short* 10c-2Sc WEI). & Tin RS. Ol R BIG I»\YS! Firwt Show Wed. at 4»:714» Continuous Thur*, from 1 :.'!<• starling with feature ITT I Mi " • n NITE A W (Hl> .Hl RS. ( ROW IIS ♦ « 'lUcutieA: OLD FASHIONED LOVE \\,> . * /Z \?*’Z “-X / * *■** * d WAITH WANGII &t&i*vcJ!Qu Uoivia. ’ VaMsmA J lOIIfYA AAVIB YOUNG* NIVEN HUCK NERKRI - BILLIE BURKE ( MMn mn. KMon CMUNM uw Rill . ihmnm mt HMM waUtM Mien* *r tar giMH eiustto t**v ew'is sentrs U—O Fri. A Bat—JOl I. BROWN in "BEWARE BROOKS** —-0-0 Carning Bunday — "Another Th.n Man" Wm. Powell. Myrna Lay ■MHUMBMaaBBMBBBHB

♦ ♦ Week’s Schedule For Adams County Baskethall Teams J Thursday < iiniy tutirnry at PhsratH Mill* F riday M'4tr*»* vlll** ut <'<»inmo*h>r« * V* How lok* l« al < ulnthlii.t |<»'y u llav* n .it It* tn* t inly hitirm yal Pl* :i ant Mill** Saturday (otihly imniM-y at I’I»j ani Mill* Twa r* pl ** **nn !iiH on th- « nd wort* aiihonm ••<! (fid y by Mt \ L.tiC- iit Virgil think anil Him | -••II -l.ti. Klli will b»‘ ntt.H»l*' to u<» ’oil In* uu*w- of htjHti* u. Bni» Bii a of F»u! W.«yn* p«>pn I l.*r- wi ll* .u* o'lU a ill r* pla* »- ! .« k it t* thi* • mi 'H o u ith i Bob Cook <t»|»’ »'l lad from Ko Fnddl. V* l*z will r.pl.tre Bn- • I .l.i! .ti» iii a tin*’* sound fly- ■ .ip with Bill y f »'ph<'ii*on t h- dins. <»i» of I ; ■ ;f> i 4 w i’l pit l.ioyd < »»nt.id of to --nt Fort W.iyio* i - iolb < lo4< i h lillploh .1 ’ thlMl ,Eltn i Thm I* i<a.o»'«| tad of Kt* • k to (. 'id* i> »;!« .< i haiupjo i *•( I Hl. i;..K«>r>... ill •I. r Th. «.• i,».l li i> ■ n - in litt pliHinr t loulii rlth'l'iH It* Ihihi wdl h» (tvo oih'i>. all <»l thrw nnnidrt .i<h

WWWL I JBL I Team Standings W I. I’.-l Kirkland II 3 7m; Berne 10 I 711 pi-.i*atn Mill* ii r. <>7 tleu.-v,. I, '. ;,t*. I'omrnodm.- <’> s i_". J.fi>«t»i>n i 7 Mom ■ . | x 133 Hanford 1 II »«t Monmouth I 11 '.*3 iV • How I o k.-i* 1 11 o*3 olio I*, .fen* ■-' I.HI u.. I. • . i«|>.-> I ball on th'* V.l.nns ronniy front wa« *l|c surpi IwniKly atrouv how ' ill* mad" by the IX'.aini 1 How Ja.kci* agamst tin highly tout I Tiger* from Central of Fort ! W.iyii»- Th. 1i.1t.-t* p-aliy threw a «< ii. into the Tiger*, leading for more 'hall half the game Tile local lad* have consistently plaven far better hall against tough o,>pc- ' sltlon thl* season than again** the weaket i. am. ot Io i Hear* Saturday night

I CORT ♦ « — La*t Tone Tonight — "The witness vanishes* Edmund Low*, Wendy Barrie 4 "IRISH LUCK" Frankie Darro. O rb Purcell Only 10c ?0c WED.&THI’RS. * »x| | ON’I.V Ifte lSe ’ Cammg Sunday — “Two Bright Boy*" A "The Llano Kid."

On Fifclit Card Thursday — * 'worViß 1/ \ h ZXI/ ’7J MB 1 ' z I w Jv I lu W ' E j Tommy Tiylor t’i< liihml above are two of lit. flKhter* who will appear OH the - _ .mi.ii< ii> liklii <anl. apoiiaoretl by the De.uliii recrealloii departLloyd Ccnrad loelil. whl.li will be held it the I.lihhlii m 1i.h.1 nytiiti.ikiuiti in thio * ity riot: -day Hight it > o'. Im k Lloyd Conrad JMiptilar Itei atlir iniddl* *. iabt, will fight in th.- main go of five round l *, meeting Elmer l Tur. I. • rolm. il lad from Kokomo Tommy T.iylm of M mioevilli . will nii'.-t .Mike .ln.iKiii. w.ll known W.-vlian wrapper of thin city, in a ihie. round bout Six ntlp-i th:w-nMllld iKiuta will round out the eard

avi th In-li from C.-ntr..! t'.itho I Hi of Fori Wayne plenty of wo I rles i< the Irish w.-t. forced o I lieai down all the way lo eni.-ix with a five point victory o( to Headlining this week t activity for Adam* county teams will be the annual first and I second team tourney*, to be played m the new Plea»ant Mill* gymnanum Thursday and Friday night*, with semifinals m both tourneys Satur day afternoon and finals Sat ' ! urday night. - id to I The first round in the varsity 1 tourney will lw> played Thursday : night, with the first game at 7 p in between th.' Jefferson Wat I ilot* and Munro. Bearkatz tine i hour later, the Hartford Gorillas i will meet the Pleasant Mills Spar. | lans The final gatile of the ev.-n- I Ing will pit the lietiev.i I'.ndlnal* . ' against the Monmouth Eagle* I otto Ifrseive Irani* will have th.irjl inning' Friday night In the fli-’i: game a* 7 o'clock pleasant Mills 1 1 will play Jefferson, followed l.y * Hartford vs Kirkland and Monroe 1 vs Motimmtih | 000 The second team semifinals w.ll start at noon Satuiday. with Gene- I va meeting the winner of the I Pleasant Mills-Jefferson game. foL . lowed l.y the other semi-final •000- | The opening first team semi* ! final will he held at 2 p m wl'h Kirkland meeting the wlnnet »f I the Jefferson Monroe tllr follow-d by the second semi-final 000— The reserve team final will he Played ar 7 To p m Hatnrday. nd-low.-d by th county . hampionshlp tilt at * M If dope run* true to form Kirkland and Plenum Mill* will tangle In the county title game Ratnrday night <»<h> k.ltnlssion to th.* eounty totirii. v will he 25 cents per session Imth adults and students, with no se.< son tickets on sale Official* for Imth tourney* are Clive Markl-y. of llbtffton and Lelloy Mine ar..’ la*« l/ygatr. froth of Fort U’ayee 000 The Decatur Yellow Jackets w.ll open the week s activities tonight, traveling to Huntington to moot the Viking* Huntington loot Fr.day knock *d over Burris of Mune.e. 4J--33. and the Vikings hsve been plenty tough all season. 000 lluih hecatur teams will play Friday night The Commodores • 111 play al their home gymnasium. meeting tn. Monroeville Culra ot Allen county. The Yellow Jackets will be on the road again Friday night meeting the Columbia City Eagles at Colun..rla City In a Northeastern Indiana confer once tilt for hoth teams. ■— oOo—• in the only other game of the week, the Berne Hears will entertain the New Haven Bulldogs at New Haven Friday nigh' 50,000 .lapaneite Made HomeleM After Fire Tokyo Jan IB — (VP> — Fiftythousand persona were homeless and 306 dead today as the galedriven fire that raged for 11 hour* In the tea town of Bhltuoka was brought under control. Belief was rushed thcro The I homeless, suffering from intense cold, were housed In schools and I other temporary shelters

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DECATUR TEAMS BEATEN MONDAY (’loverleaf And McMillen Are Defeated Here Monday Nijfht Two Decatur teams. Cloverleaf and M. Millen, were defeated In games played Monday night ut the Lincoln a. h.s.l gymnasium Clover leaf lost to ll<>< kford. (2 3* and M< Millen lost to Markle. 1541 | H<>. kford * last quarter rally brought th.* visitor* from behind in th.* opening till Cloverleaf led at th«- first quarter. 134. at the half, 2214. and at the third quarter. 35-31 Murphy led Cloverleaf with 12 points mid la-e wa* high for Ho. kford aho with 12 pointe Th.- *<•< ond game was < Luu* throughout lb> fltat quarter hut Markle pulled away rapidly to reglstet |ta vkto.y over M. Millen. Th.- visitor* led. IS-12 at the half Way was high for Markle whh 12 points It S. luiepf and lllrshey led M< Millen with *iv points each Rot kford Ffi IT TP Rimm.-u. f 10 2 Dull, f 3 17 August <■ 4 1 11 Lee. g 1 2 12 Rnyder. g 0 3 3 Hileman t 3 17 M. Bride g 10 2 Totals 17 M 42 Cloverleaf FG FT TP Murphy, f 4 4 12 Stapleton, f 4 2 10 Gay. < 2 I 5 BeaVer. g 10 2 Hill g 13 5 Heblde. f 2 0 4 Totals 14 10 31 Merkle FG IT TP Way f 4 0 12 Klkgs. f 3 17 Showalter, <• 3 17 (‘ass. g 5 I 11 tlitrlner. g 2 0 4 la-< ky I <><>o Hooplngerdner, g u o o Dunn, g 2 0 4 Totals 21 3 41 McMillen FG FT TP W Schnept. f 10 2 B ILhnepf. f 3 0 1 lllrshey. < 2 14 Flemming, g 10 2 Williamson g Oil Foor, i 0 0 0 Nash. I oil Totals 7 4 II Oflkiato, J Hill; Il Mooes 2? Wisconsin Woman To Aid McNutt Campaign Indianapolis, Ind . Jan i<-(t’P| Mrs Louis Givan of Milwaukee. Wisconsin. Democratic national committeewoman, today was appointed assoetate < heirman of the Paul V. McNutt presidential <ampalgn by Frank M< Hale. Indiana National committeeman and MeNutCs manager. Mrs. Given, who la a native ol Aurora. Ind . and whose hushand George M Givan. graduated from Indiana university in McNatt** class, will travel between the McNutt headguarier* In IndianapoM* and Washington A skilled political worker, she la expected to devote - moot of her time ut organitlng | women behind the McNutt candl dacy,

PURDUE TAKES SOLE LEAD IN BIG TEN RACE — Boilermakers Only I ndefeated Team As .Michigan Loses Chi. ago. Jun IB <U.»" »’"r I diie n iHilllng Ikdlerinitkera Maud ( alone today at the top of big ten I baakelliall And the hotteat team In the con-1 fereni'C la perilled there wafely sot i at leant another 2B day**. becaM*' 11 all firing han .caned until Feb. 1" while tnont of the big ten athletes take time out to tune up for midyear Maim Purdue niaatned into sole port neaaton of llrwt place lant night by .utting Mlnnenotu down to alie, 50.14. while llllnoin wan taking a ' 4*43 fall out of previounly unbeaten Michigan in a mild upnet. Michlgan'a defeat left only Purdue with a Mp.it lean confereno record an all teamn ended the firnt third of the campaign. The Holler* tnakern hare won four ntralght. and their i loaent purnuera one game back are .Michigan and hwliana which rebounded from an upaet defeat at the haadn of .Mintieaota to conquer Winconnln. 40-34. In other gatnen laat night, Ohio State'n defending . hampionn none.) out Northw.-wli*iii 32-31. to leave lioth toamn tied with llUnoia and Mlrmeruila at two vlclorien and I two defeala apll'.o. lowa Khoved Chicago into nndinputed posnenw. ion of the cellar with ita firnt conference triumph in four ntartn. 41 127. Chicago harm’t won a game Purdue, which marled out an a "dark horn.'" then became co-fav-jorlte with Indiana, now ban moi e.l into the tavorite'n role Th*' lloilerm.ikern' blggewt Irnga luh. in the problem of slaying ala i peak .luting the 2« day layoff All 'the Other tegntn .'Hept pnrdue and Minnesota have at leant one nonconference game lietween now and Feb Io And Purdue .an t afford to cool off m the interim be. atine when < onferen. competition remimes, its flre foe will he Its chief < hallenger Indiana Mimtenota gave Purdue a battle during the Ural half but hogged down under the Hoilermakdra' I relentless drive Purdue’w Han Flnher wan top Scorer with 13 points. I Two brilliant, one-man scoring shows highlighted an otherwlu* routine night of play Capt Hill Hapac <>t Illinois contributed a 2<t point performance tn lead his males to vh tory ovei Mi.hlgan. j which was kept In the bail game' by Capt Jim Mac's IB point effort ! The other stat was Win. on a in's Gene Englund who sank Iff points In a futile attempt to tarry the Hadgers to victory over Indian", whose top man aa» Curly Armstrong with 13 points Ohio State and Northwestern played a closely-knit defensive I game, with Dick Fisher's field goal ■ ■ ■

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tiding the margin of the llmk- ,>. triumph lli.k E.ans. Erwm P<a«s.' md Vi. Si.-g.l scored *’B l*'i"'» | tween them to pa..' L.ry over Chicago ' | zone defense fell apart The ’landing* . I W I. Pi« ' ... I ll I*B i’ l 1 1 ! f I.;: it" ■ 174 IB" I : Michigan Northwestern - ’ .. i H'l L.I I Illinois - * Minnesota '' .thio Mat. - 1 1,; ' Slow., 1 ' •• Wi» *»ii'in T • *- • Chicago " » |; ' . —- • 41 Sport Parade By Htnry McLsmors > — 4 Los Angeles. .lan IB ! UP) Thin Is a siory of a inml> rn Ihi'.'id 1 and the Goliath’ The ttavld I’ llav.y (>Bii*n. th' Texas hoy who plays profe«’lon <1 fiH.tliall fm the Philadelphia . I and 'he Goliath* ■ th> | bis. hrawnejt and I play’ with ami ■■■' <m* [ I" !ll ' i National leagm Little Jiavey "lays 'he Gob.t'h’ . I with his gieat forward pasnin’ [ and they- le'ar no rrudg. again-' . him In fa.t. he Is the favorite of the league and there in an un written law among th. 22". 2'l" and 2a"-|Htun<b'i’ that to- must not | I*- brutally handled or hang."l ( alH.ut lie. .nine of his ’iz< <) llrieii looks lik> a mascot n. ' | a star jw-rforiner. when he not-1 out among hi* fellow pin* Sc.only live feel seven ill height ami weighing just a shade under I'." pounds he Is little moi. than halt] as big as lhe linemen and link* he opposes in the toughest football leagif.' hi the country Yet Ihiv.y had to take but one timeout during last year's season, . and except for .< twisted ankle ha’ suffered no injury 11-' averaged i 45 minutes of play per Kain. I 'against team’ loaded with savage blockers and la. kb tn Th. X.i ! tlonal pro league has had mor.-l han a score of players as sm.illl as O Brien, but none . vei tc iv.-.l lhe treatment he gei* And the anawe: lie* in the 111 thTexan's peraonallty and willing nesa to stand the gaff if the giants i want to pour it on He made it plain when he cam.up from Texas Christian naive slty and started pro ball that 1.. '•■Xpected no consideration because jof his size He was willing to 1 take the punishment oi get out I Hard as nails, and blessed wiih a flaming competitive spirit, he tore Into the giants with every ounce of his strength, throwing him ks and tackles on men i.ig and strong I enough to pi. k hint up by the scruff of the nee kand shake him The giants marvelled at hi’ courage on the field and his mod- , esty off the field High salaried and tremendously publicized he shunned the spotligh' Quiet, retiring and with a shy little smile, he has become almost the pet. not i only of his own team, but of the ' rival teams and owners As a passer he is vulrmrabl. to

lh e most iwrlfl' pnt.lshment It I . rule In pro football that the 1... elven the works by the ! *bo rush in '"'l | W .sers . •' f "" „ Vl , Hut HO' Haul’ »MUdle r m '• mto HM'-> tloy lum up in 'heii arms --nd bold him I the ahi’ll, '-lows Whet , . (h. iMII 'hey to keep I'llibA onio i.ini, -.nd a »..,re lh . all stars wlu> were j,,.,. „ play agaitis- th. Gre.it Hay I’n ket* in th.- pro bowl game ...I IP., lately tried to hurl t> Btien 8 ..u1d be ch .’. d •"«•»*■ Mel Hein Jo.- Siydahar. Turk Edward* !»••>> J,,h "" y Huke Ernie Smith. Jim l , '"de. and dor-' • ' 1 ,nd hatd.’i hitting players in I football all were high In their I praise ol II Brien lie s a whale of •> football play- , i and gaite r than a rooster, itiey ’.nd it" l th.'te li. vet W«S ' i nicer, quieter, or more gentleinanly ' w ' ‘ lml 1 m, '“* on the punlshm. iit on fellow* ottr own air. but damn if anyone is going to rough Itavey up JtlSl be* h- i* little take |; , ,| would but anyone who ir’ie.l it would g*t th. full and .otiplei.' treatment from every-j body ei-o in th. l.tiKin > Exerxthing reduced in our *tore*wide January Clearance, shop now a* *ale ends Saturday.—\ihlirk A. <

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''Er. , OI’EXIM. S<|l \l(l. Invited t Ol Vim Ilufr*! Wednesday J H M” 1 ? . . .