Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 29 January 1940 — Page 6

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CHESTER BEITS HARTFORD FIVE Gorilla* Lost*. 57*36, To Wells County Quintet Saturday Hartford': Cm Hint threw a scare Into the Chester Center camp Saturday night when they traveled to Wells 'aunty, hut the latter'* superior'* height told in the final quarter and the tilt ended 57-30 with the Adam* roiinty quint on the short end Trailing nine (mints at the half the Gorilla* surged up close to tic* leader* when K Amslutt hit seven straight field goal* before missing 111.. 25 point*. HI of which came in the third (iciiod. hept the Gorilla - In the running despite the fact that they were without the service* of Shoemaker and Itoh Dulse h. two regular*. Cochran with 20 point* for the winner* wa* tlose liehind Aiitsiulr In the race fm muring honor* Hartford FG FT TP fl. Dulse h f 111 K. Atnutulf f !<• 3 25 llanni < n I I j Slyer* g 1 o 2 Aug*hurger g nil, K. Ainsiut* g 2 o 4 j l.yharget g « » «| Total* ID * 30 i Cheater Center Cochran f * 2 20 llennett f d t 13 j Couch c 4 0 S. Carne* g 4 I ® J tllllieri g I o 2| Kankel g 2 I 5' Hhowalter c o 0 01 linger* f o o l»| Total* 2" 6 r >* Iteferee . McGrath I Moiitpellerl Umpire: - Crowe iMarklei Preliminary Che*ter Center 32: llarttord tl. — —— -o-.. ■— H. 8 BASKETBALL Hartford City 41. North Side j (Port Wayne) 37 ,| South Side •Fo'" Wayne i 5!». ■ i Huntington 23 < Cenirul Catholh- iPort Wayne) 20 Garrett 24 lovertlm") Central Catholic tFort Waynei 35, lam IChteSgo) 27 i Wal>a*h 30, Tipton 19 Martinsville 3*. Seymour 30 , lltishvtile 27. Shortridge ■ Indian- | apoll* I 22 I Jeffersonville :o. Hammond 17 , W anil 111 gt I 111 43 New Albany 30 | llnaae iKvan*vtlb-l 2«*. Shelhy- | vllle I* I Rt Mary'* tAnderfoni 32. Mem , ortal (Kransvllle) 31 I South Betel Central 41. Emerson | of Gary 39 t Allen County Tourney , Rlmhurst 33. Ilantertnwn 32. Leo 17. Areola 12. i la*> 49. Klmhurst 29 tlnal). , College Basketball !j Notre Dame 50 Northwestern 27 || Butler 47 Wabash 2* 'l Central Normal 4* Manchester , 43. Del'sul 44. Detroit 4« I Franklin 44. Taylor 3*. iJga jl ———— Tonight & Tuesday “GULLIVERS TRAVELS’* Feature Length Cartoon Knlirety in Terhnieolor ALSO - Short* Ife-Mc Wed. A Thura. —-Daytime Wife" Tyrone Power. Linda Darnell. Firtt Snow Wednesday at 1:30 Continuous Thursday from 1:10 | BE BURC TO ATTENOt Coming Sunday — MICKEY 800 j NEV "JUDGE HARDY a SON' ICORT Tonight & Tuesday “SOS TIDAL WAVE” Ralph Byrd, Kty Cutton A “GIRL FROM RIO” Mo vita, Warren Hull Only loe-20r Wed A Thurg. — ' Honeymoon'# Ovtr" Stuart (rwln. Marjorie Weaver. Coming Sunday—" Legion of Loot Ffyore" a "Miehoy the Kid."

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* Week's Schedule | For Adams County Basketball Teams , # —— 4 T ueeday Yellow Jackets at Hartford City 1 Kirkland at Heme Friday !-eu at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at SI Itose, Lima. Ohio. Berne at llluffion Kirkland at Munmouth. Geneva at Albion, llarttord at Pleasant Mill* Saturday Monroe at Waterloo. Jefferson v*. Bryant at Berne TEAMS BID FOR TIGER ROOKIE Benny McCoy, Free Agent, Is Sought By Major League Clubs Grand Ituplda. Mich. J.-m 29 • il'Pi llcnn) McCoy, the onnlime Detroit Tiger rookie, was still a free agent today and only hi* in* decision kept him from liecoming j ha«elmir* highest priced 1940 play- ! or. Three dull*, the Philadelphia ' Athletics, the Brooklyn lk*lgers, {and the Cincinnati Bed* led 'he Lidding for McCoy with the 6'* reIportedly making the lie»t offer of a SOI,OOO lumas and a flti.tuMi anI' nual salary for two year*, but McCoy said he probably would not sign a contract before late today I or Tuesday lie said he had promised to tele- : phone representative* of the Wa*binfftnn Senator*, the Pltlsharffh Pirate*, and the Boston Bees lie fore making a final dei i*ion. and he wu-i to see lait ry Mai I’hail of the Dodger* at in a. m today Karller he had talked with Karl Mae k. son of the Athletics' manager, and Bill McKee'hnie. Bed*' manager, who ; came here during the weekend i McKee lime said he would return i home tonight hut Mai k Intended to re-main in Grand Bapids until Me- i Coy de*e ides which eltlb lie will piny with this season t. We Me,*! Benny v*ry isnlly and I'm »ni»* he'd Im« a gre-at help to' our team " young Ma.k *aid McCoy said lie would play second base or nothing ” this canon, but It wa* thought the highest offer would finally determine bis choice of i lull Washington and Philadelphia want him for the post but the national league i lulw proleably would use him in hi* former i outfield position Mai I’hail. who re- I portedly also made a $40,000 hid I for McCoy * services said recently I that he would "go higher" than I any other club jl McCoy was made a free agent by i a recent ruling of baseball com- ! missioner Kenesaw M l-andi*. along with 9o other Tiger* He went to bed early last night after tell- f Ing reporters that "double my best I offer louldn't keep m up" until I 12 oi a m. today, when he was I free to sign a contract. I ■' # - ■ I ( 500 Sheets RV|«’l Sunrtm Canary Second Sheets, peath : * rapped 15c. The rWwttir IWmtml Ca ~ i t If you need a good buninem* i suit* Mop in a! Cal E. Peterson's and you will find a good > a.-uwrtmenl. t i

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Team Standing* W L Pit. Bern*' 13 4 *65 Pleasant Mill* 14 5 .73* Kirkland 11 4 .733 Commodore* X X .500 Geneva 77 .500 Monro* 7 X 43* Jefferson 4 9 ,3oK Hartford 2 13 .133 follow Jacket* 3 13 ,111 Mmimouth 1 13 o7| - 000— Decatur'* Yellow Jacket* will have their work cut out for them thi* week, with two tough battle* on the schedule - nOp— Tb*- Jacket* w .11 open the week'* activities Tuesday night, meeting the Hartford nty Airdale* ai Hartford City. The Alrdale* defeated Decatur. 3*24 In the New Year * Bay tourney at Berne, and Saturday night Hartford City pulled a major surprise by defeating North Side of Fort Wayne. 41-37 -000- | Friday night the Yellow Jarkei* j will return to their home floor to fare another tough Luv The Jarkei* win entertain the Leo Lions le*o Saturday won the annual Allen fount y tourney, hreedng through the meet without being extended The Lion* have lost only one game this season and have a high woring quintet. -000— The Coni mod ores will he on the road again this week, playing their only game Friday night. The Commies will Journey to Lima. Ohh>. to meet St. Rose. Central Catholic of Fort Wayne was * heduled to meet the Commodores here Wednesday night hut the game was postponed to Monday. February 13, -000— Mighty happy tht • luff ton T '*»ea *r« on tho Vsiiow Jacket achadul* this yoar. Tho Yollew Jackal* hava scored anly two victariaa thia aaaaan. end hath hava haan at tha #*• panaa of tho 7(gar*, tarry. Buck! —oOo— Attention of the entire county will be focused on Berne Tueaday night, whan the Berne Basra tangle with the Kirkland Kangaroo* in the new Berne gymnasium Kach ha* lost only four games. g—. g-g-If You Have A Stoker •try our W. Vt. or Kentucky oil treated Stoker Coale. Very low a»h roal. Auk tm. If you do not have a nicker and would like to have one *ee tm. We will tell you how you can gel the StoKol ntoker with a long time Guarantee, nothing down and only M.OO her month. I ■'•l «" show you home in operation. W’e will nave you money. HAUGKCOALCO. Phone 660

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1 with the Hears winning 13 ami Kangaroo* 11. Should he n good > pre-tourney enrouilter —oOo— One month from tonight Decatur _ will he host to the eight other l teams of Adams county In the an-1 nttal sectional tournament, the first ' t lap In the long marathon to determine the king of Indiana high { schiad basketball. It will lie Dc catur's first sectional tourney since 1 Two game* will i*.- played Thursday night. February 29. thtee games Friday night. March 1. semifinals Saturday afternoon and the final tilt Saturda ynlghl. i - -oOo — B<hedule* for the sectional will .be drawn at Indianapolis Friday. ( February 23, If previoua years' 'j plana are followed, but will uot be t anwowaced until the following i mining. February 24 i —oOo~ In addition so the two Decatur ■ games Friday night, teams of the | county will engage in four other games. The feature will be Herne ( al Bliifftnn. Other tilts are Kirk- ! land at Monmouth. Hartford at { Pleasant Mills, and Geneva at Albion Two games Saturday night , are Jefferson ra. Bryant at Berne and Momoe at Waterloo —oOoThc Pleasant Mills-Jefferson tilt, i, si heduled for last Friday, haa been j postponed to Tueaday. February 20 The game was pnatponed because of the Illness of four members of the Pleasant Mills team. . I I RUSSIAN ARMY. cGYTtNL’in* rxint rauE o*ai , rut the advance unit* off from I their base or to pave the way for I panic stricken retreat So far as it was possible to Judge by nffl) ial I communique* at Helsinki and by I dispatches of rorrespondants In 1 1 ' the field, the Russian* clung to the;l offensive and If the Finn* failed t ! to give ground they also have not yet been able to make any ptogres* . In count era t lack a. Furthermore. fresh Russian troops were moving Into the lines northeast of l-akc l-adoga. where | the quality Os Soviet units appear- ( ed to be greatly Improved and ( where the famous marshal Rlmlnn , M Rudetmy. Russian vice roinmls- ( «*r o( defense, was reported by ( Helsinki newspapers tc have been , put In command There also was reason to believe that the Finns were worried shout their future supply of war material*. A dispatch from tha t'nlted Prea* correspondent at northern headquarters at Rovanlemi said that there was concern over delay In delivery of 50 American airplanes which are hedly needed against the red air fleet The Russian bom bard men' of I many points in Finland In recenr days has been almost continuous in the daylight hours. Port* railroad lines, airdrome* and coastal defense points hava been the targets of moat of tb* aerial attacks. , which have resulted In deetructlon ' many homes In coastal towns | along the Gulf of Finland r About 250 bomba were dropped , on 10 loraltite* yesterday and today there were new air raid warn- ' lags In Helsinki to herald still ’ fsldlng expeditions along tb* southern const. I Aerial activity over tb# North Be* also appeared to bav* been resumed by tb* Nasi bombers on • bigger scale Beeplte extremely cold weather In the KcMlah Isle*, n German squadron wax reported to have been met by British fight tng Ptsars off the northeast coast

ST. JOE TEAM ' IS ELIMINATED — - ! Decatur tirade Team I .ones To Besancon In Deanery Tournament j The St Joe eighth grade team of this city was eliminated from the deanery tournament played at the Central Catholic gymnasium In Fort Wayne Saturday, losing to St I-oiilh of Itcasuneon, 19-13. in a second round encounter. Brlede and Lenegrich were the leading scorers for Decatur with four points each Gerardo! was high for Resancon with six point*, j Hessm on FG FT TP Beilis, f 113 Lnthamei. t 2 0 4 Gerardot. r 2 2 6, Itager. x 10 2 Boy. g 2 0 4 Totals * 3 19 Decatur FG FT TP Brlede. f 2 0 4 lenegrich. f 12 4 Flyanson. c 112 Gage, g 0 0 0 Wolpert, g .... o o 0 Loshe f 10| Total* 5 3 11 Entries Are Filed For Golden Glove* Bit Adams county youth* are entered In the annual Golden Gloves tourney, which will open at the O. K club In Fort Wayne tonight. These entrants are: Mike Jar* gal. bantamweight; Jack Mahan, lightweight: Chris Schwaru. Don Lobslger and Lester Mabeltn. welter weights. Lloyd Conrad, middleweight Notre Dame Building In Damaged By Fire I South Bend, lad . Jan tt—ft'Pl Damage estimated at 55.000 was i caused to tire gold-homed admlnis- I tration building of Notre Dame I'm varsity yesterday by a three-alarm fire The blase was discovered in the basement of the Carrol Hall wing of the building. and to have been forced hack to sen. Air raid alarms sounded in many towns and a single German plan* was seen over the River Type sector where planes snd guns opened up on It. j In Berlin. It was announced that the German North Sea islands of Horkam. Julst. Nordemey. Lan genog, Bplekeroog, Wangeroof and Bylt—often the target of British bomber* had been made "ndlliary tone*" for duration of the war In Pari*. French naval sources report ad that the German high command was concentrating on construction of battleships as a reanlt of "failure' of the pocket battleship type such a* the Graf Spee The French also reported that another "wav#" of Natl C boatt had been sent to net to attack allied and nentral shipping Tb* allies claim to have sunk about 20 to 40 V boats In all A total of 255 merchant vessels bgve been sunk during the war. according to figures compiled by Uoyda. This total Included 111 neutml ships and 147 allied vessel*. of which IIS were Brltrii. Neutral tonnage lost was 335,5321 st compared to 172.705 tons of, alllod skipping lost.

BUTLER FIRST j IN CONFERENCE - Butler Bulldogs Only l n-bcaU-n Team In ( *»!• lege Conference Indianapolis. Jan ?' W> Uitt|er stood alone today at the top »f the heap in the Indiana college conference basket Ims 11 race the tlrst team since tile season slatted to bMd the position without dispute. The Bulldogs have won four con ference battles and lost none and appeared to have the title cltu hed a* they play only lwo more league games, agalhiit Wabash and Frank tin. both of whom have fallen ag ready before the Butler live No other team is undefeated in contereme play. For the second lime In this sihool year Butler was handed the undisputed first place by Hall Slate The Cardinals last week defeated Indiana State, the Bulldog*' >m!y remaining undefeated tiva! euactly as they trounced Mam heater last fall to hand the Butler football team a state grid title. Indiana's team returns to action after semester examinations meeting lie Paul on the Chicago floor.* IDePaul holds a 37 to 25 decision ' i over Purdue, leaders of Ihe hlg ten , race, and the contest Saturday may , the first tip-off on Indiana'** premier battle Feb. 10 when the , 1 Jlollermaker* invade Indiana An-' other big ten team. Illinois, meet* j i Noire Dame at South Bend in the | »eeoml clash for the lri*h since I examination* and the first for the llllni | Butler plays two games this week, opening tonight against i laiyola at Chicago, and then travels to Franklin Thursday for a conference battle In all Indiana colleges return to a heavy firing schedule with 29 game* listed, eight of them Saturday night an dslx Friday Nine of the games are conference matches, other games Tonight: Illinois State at Ball State. Evansville at laiuisville Tomorrow Western Michigan State at Manchester. Miam> at Karlham. Tri Stale at Olivet. Wednesday Illinois V« esleyan at St oJseph’s. Valparaiso at Indiana Central. Thursdav Rose poly at Wabash. Centra) Normal at St Joseph's. Friday Hanover at Oakland City. Manchester at Indiana State. Hall State at Franklin. Valparaiao

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