Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1940 — Page 6

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SEASON TICKET SALE IS HEAVY FOR SECTIONAL Season Tickets For Sectional Tournament Are Going Rapidly A survey of neaiwti thket nale-l nt the Decatur junior-senior high | school. combined with reports from the eight other participating schools. today Indicated a i-apaelty crowd for Thnriul.'iy night'* opening of the sei iion,«l basketball tournev here. W. flny Brown, principal of th • I Dnratur school and center principal for the tourney, stateil today that the Mie of neuaon ticket* here ha* been even le-ttet than waa ex i peited during the flr»t two days,* Monday mid Tm-sday The season ducat*. selling for II nnd i-nlhliiiK the holder to ill se* slims of the tourney w ill lie -old I until I p tn Thurtwlay at th. ' principal'* office Then they may I lie Net-tired at the ticket office In! the gymnasium pt lor to Kame tlno 1 Given Advantage One reason for the heavy veatuHi! ticket mile I* the fact that a hoblei | of *tich admission ticket I* Kitten . | diatlnct advantage over single' session ticket purchaser* at the) tourney Although a *ent will not he reserved at any particular place for the holder of the *eaaou ducal he t i l« assured of admissioti to th.-1 tourney regardless of the »!»• of I the crowd In addition to thist fact, he will Im* admitted to th 1 ’ gym one hour before the opening ' of each session, wherein a single, session ticket holder must wait j until one-half hour before The single session tick* t* may i lie IxiiiKht al the nym ticket win ! ♦ « SPECIAL TOIRNAMEXT M VHNEE* Continuous Matinee-, at Roth Adam- and Cort 1 Theater* Friday starting al 2 n’clnck! * * — Last Tima Tonight — In Gorgeous Technicolor! "SWANEE RIVER " l' Don Ameche. Al Jolaon. Andrea Leede, huge cast ALSO— Short* 10e 25c * WED.&THURS. * •> ♦ (H R BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at 4:30 Continuous Thur*, from 1:30 ATTEND WEB. NITE & AVOID TUCKS. CROWDS ♦ ♦ I ’F 7 I f " r I f woowoo googoo] iKm | Gattis Ntt-ssCAiiUON ' if jritKft tNMttMn H K (titHi ciiaiHt . 9 •\\iikii THu nin mi Jr gWY SANDY, —o-o ■— Frl. a Sat. — "Charlie McCarthy, Detocttv* with Charlie, Edgar •ergon, Mortimer Snerd -0 Coming Sunday — "Broodway Melody of 1940” Fred Astaire, Cleaner Rowoil, George Murphy.

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dow fur 15 icnl* per session Thu*. It may be seen that pur chust-rs of season ticket* *nv< 40 lint* over the single session price Draw Favor* (1 Ducat* Even the “break” In th. draw ! advises the purchnse id season ticket*. Since Berne I Ikiatur are to t lash on the iqi it Ing iiiaclii. Hem* are expected to be m a premium. Tillla to insure gaining a rent at the very first session. many person* are expected to buy the season ducal*, although they may not plan Io attend all of the remaining sessions FORMER BERNE PLAYERS STAR — Steiner U'ads Butler To Win; Dro Races Hoosiers In Defeat Jerry Kleiner of thl* city. slidlar guard on the Butler university basketball train and Bob Dro of Berne, equally versatile a* a guard on the Indiana university tram, each wa* credited with eight point* tn till' same* they played lawt , night Butler beat Notre Dame in the I Buller tieldhiHlNe by one jsiitit. 39 I to 3* tthio State twit Indiana at Columbus 11 to 26 Dro made four field goal-. a to-1 lai o eleht point* Steiner sank three Imsket* and wa* credited with two foul shots Slelner and Dro are recognized I a* two of the best basketball play-1 er* in the country Steiner holds I the record for making the largeat j number of imUui* a* a Butler uni-1 Versiiy player and when the team I wa* in Madison Square Garden | dining the holiday* received a| great ovation Dro is an all-around athlete and ' ha* been one of the fastest and 1 mo*i able player* at Indiana Steiner i* the turn of Mi and Mr*. Clifford Steiner of Dlerke* utreet. Hi* father I* employed at the Ml Millen Feed Mill* in thir. city T**d« tn • Gemt “own—Decatur I CORT — L*K Tone Tonight — "MUSING FVIDENCE" Pre»tr,n Foster, Irene Hervey 4 "CITY OF CHANCE” Lynn Bart. Donald Wood* Only 10c-20c * WEI). & THI’RS. * O'; If ” ' w ' -3r W F** * iff * " "Xa ONf.Y lte-ISe . . ——o—o— Camlß-j Sunday — “Tropic Fury" A "Emergency Squad”

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TABLE TENNIS ? TOURNEY PLANS Annual City Tahir Tennis Tournaments Open Next Monday The annual < iiy table tcnnl* | | tournament*, conducted by the j [ ret reation department of the work* i progre** admiltlgfratlon. will open n.-M Monday March I The flr«t week Will be devilled I to the junior dlvf*lon* There will ! be mu- additional division thi* year I the boy*, and girl* of the «l«lh grade I and under will lie in one division ! and the Junior high boy* and girl* I will be In another dlviaion Thi-»e . l,f.«e« wen- formerly in one divs* ion Other dlvbtlon* will be the! high «< hiwd boy* and girl* and the | adult men and women. Boy* in -i ho<d may give ihe.r| j etitrle* to any of the following per- ■ *on* Hugh Andrew*, Deane Dorwin Sylvester Everhart. Theodore EyatiMin. Garth Anderson, or 1 fleorge F lantrent Girl* In school i I will give their entries to Mi** Eleanor Pumphrey In the adult division*, entries will be rec.-iv.-d by Paul Ham her ; t ar! Smith. Holu-rt Frisinger Hud | Towiiwml or George taurent hi J the men* division, and by Mi»* Pumphrey and Mt- Hugh Holt-i house in the women * division ( Trophies will b«- awarded tirsr place winner* in all division*. Data* for the «tart of play In each j division follow Monday Man h I, 3p. m Boy* ( hi sixth grade and tinder at l.lncoin school Girl* In silth grade ■nd under at Junior-senior high •i hmd " p tn Junior high Imy* at Lincoln Junior high girl* nt , junior senior high Final* In the above division* will i lie held Tuesday March 5. Thursday March 1 p. m High lu hool boy* al Lincoln High

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«hool girl* al jtinlor-scnlor high j Final* will Im> held the following i night If neiessary Monday. March 11. 7 p m M<«n a*. Lincon st hind. Women at Jun , I ior senior high achool. Final* will |he Io Id the following night if ■ necessary Miss Pumphrey and Mr*. Holthouse will conduct all girl* add ' women tournament*. George lauir | , ent. rec reatioti supervisor and hi* ’ assistant* will conduit the men and Isiys division- <> r General Electric Bowling Results j G E MAJOR LEAGUE | Flange* F7ady Bbl ISI 179 i Imlor D* 7 152 141' D Gage 1H 174 IU MiDongal U>7 154 Mihitosh 15* 175 15l| I Total* *7l *35 *H4 Rotor* Gsllogly 16* 179 19<i ' Bns- 175 164 21»9 |Chase 135 167 213 162 162 I*2j 162 162 162 Totals MI3 834 93d | Stator* Cochran 121 I*l 149 Schneider 144 119 143 t Lindeman IX2 163 IX3 J Johnson 177 222 169 162 162 16.* | Total* 7x« X 47 him Welder* ( Hoagland 224 ISI 193 Schultz 16<i 157 173 Browu 161 HR I*6l E W lainkenau 135 155 170 t"2 162 162 Totala XSO XX3 MINOR LEAGUE Punch Pre** Weber 203 169 133

I Ahr 154 164 244 BilffetiluiHter 150 156 141 155 155 155 IkS 155 155 Total* »17‘ X 29 X2X j Night Men ' I.later IX4 140 192 1 ’j Keller 176 14» !«» II Kruei kelierg 179 I*2 I*9 I Itauhold 196 150 IX6 155 155 155 I Total* SOO "75 *9O Tester* j McClure 129 127 146 I | Brunnegraff 14* 115 140 1 B Gage 205 162 146 < 155 155 155 ' I 155 155 155! I —" — ~ ' Total* 793 714 742 1 Tool Room Beery 1671 ill lainkenau 179 1 |Brauc 153 i l 155 1 155 I __ I I Totals „ 60S I Flange* O Rc hitllr ns |X4 |»2 | I |De fe Grange |65 154 1551< Hill k ley 134 164 133 ' Brokaw 16* 162 Kp I 155 155 155 < —MS.- JU. J Totals Ml 7*3 414 1 Maintenance H King 157 197 169 • R Hrelner IM IM I*4 1 I Huber 137 135 150 3 ’ll. Meyer* IX2 1«| I*3 155 155 155 1 Totala 797 744 951 a —— -I (>,- — Gaunt High Scorer With Florida Team Kenneth Gaunt ez Yellow Jacket star, now playing with the Flying Squadron at Miami, Florida. I* going even better than was first reported. It was learned today Kenny ha* piled up *5 point* In | the last five game* for an average lof 17 per tilt, and In the last two | | game* he recorded 1* marker* | I each The Flying Squadron Hve li* no named because they make all road trip* by airplane. G. E. Bowling Date Deadline March 1 ___ Friday. March I I* the deadline i I for all entries In the isiwling tourI ney tn be held at the 0. E Club I alley* here March 9 and 10, 1* and I 1 17. All teams wishing to enter the tourney nre urged to get their eg-1 Idea in a* soon a* possible No on-1 triea will he received after March I

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PURDUE WINS, INDIAN* UPSET BT OHIO STATE Boilermakers Assured (>• At Least Tie; Butler Downs Notre Dame Indialiupoll*. Feb. 27 U.P< F'l r ' due's roaring Boilermaker* clinched at lea»t a He for the big ten hiirilwoiMl title agalnM lowa lasi night a* Indiana * faltering ffve I went down before Ohio Stale In another conference game and Buller tipped over Notre I tame to gain an even break in thl* year * aerie*. Purdue, paced hy Don Blanken and Forrest Sprowl. It* wtphomore i stalwart*, rolled up a 5o to 29 triumph over lowa for it* ninth conference victory against one defeat. J The triumph left the Ijfuyetti five two gatm-s up on Indiana. Illinois and Ohio State and with only two game* remaining to be played. Indiana and Illinois An even break | would give Purdue an undisputed I title, and they re likely to win both Blnnken dropped through 1* point* for Purdue last night a* Sprowl hit 13 Lind was high for lowa with 10 Purdue led. 2» to i IX. al the half Indiana went completely to , piece* on the Columlm* floor and I tilth. Stale * defending < hampions i trounced the Hoosier*. 44 to 36 The Buck* led. 21 to 15. at the half. Mickelson counted 15 point* I for Ohio State while Dro paced In | dlana with eight The Butler Notre Dame clash made maniac* of 6.500 fan* a* the 1 Bulldog* pulled even from a 21 to 16 deficit at the half and won out hy one point in a nip and tnck tin ' al session. A* the last half started Buller went out In front. 26 to 25. and then a serie* of basket* changed the advantage a* each one dropped The Irish finally pulled ahead by three point*. 34 to 35. hut Ham j ilton and Gunn caged fielder* to ’ end the match Dietz paced Butler with nine point*, while fiber hruner »cored 11 for Notre Dame St Joseph's went out of the Mat* to defeat l»ns» at Duhuqae. la . In an overtime- battle. 46 to 44, while | eastern Illinois Teacher* measured ! Central Normal. 45 to 4<t at Char- , lesion. 11l Illinois, atbln banking on It* Rill Hapai. retained a mathemat- , leal chance for a share, by out-1 maneuvering Chicago for the *e, ond time thl* season. 42 to 40. Northwestern dropped into a ■ fifth place tie with Michigan by I dropping a 39 to 34 contest at 1 Ann Arbor. Each ha* five victor-1 le* and five defeat* Minnesota sank Wisconsin deep- i er into the second division with a I rough and tumble victory. 44 to 39. Chicago, persistent her kier of . the mini, almost pulled an upset ■ 'JhtMvui'Man LOAN SYSTEM Ths Merit Pl»n lean S*sU«n offer, s.silsl.le <*-h irwlil up U> XA<« to bo-ksnrf Sisi wile er -ingle person, YOUR PLAIN NOTE OTHER SECURITY TO APPLY -You ms, u~ an, „r th* thrw* way*. You ar» und*< no uMifglmt, if you du not tak* a kan. I. You may lain4w»n» u* and tall | tM Os yvur mcmay nwda. J. You may rut thl* ad out -writa * your * am* and addraa* •* H - and ifcan ma>l It to ua. S. Or rail a< ronvauiantiy lorated. Privata ronauHatHm iuum«. 1/sana mad* -am* day you apply. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY laaa* wwdff Ada««. Wellt. A/laa aed fay CaaaPM*

~hut would have dropped Wiscon- ' sin Into a tie for last place Agalnat 1 | Illinois, the Maroons had the score I tied al 4o with one minute and 15 I i -econds to play H'll llapac of 111 . i iuoi* gained possessing of the ball utid held II near the center of the i floor, beynttd Chicago’s puralyaed tone defense, until the clock licked Into the final second* Then be ; i tossed the hall through the hnskel. giving the Hllni a victory I At the Training Campa By United Frsss a • i Giants Winter Haven. Fla. Feb. 27. The rank* of the New York Giant* i were mlnn* II holdout* today, i most Important of whom were Mi l litt. Zeke Bonura. Bill Jnrge* and Frank DeMaree. Burgess Whitehead, unslgm-.l but willing, reported to camp yea > terday and played al second base. Manager Hill Terry repeated hl* decision to give the second base job to Mhkey Wllek and inform ,-d Whitehead his ttest chance for ia regular berth would b- at third., Dsffgara Clearwater. Fla. Manager l,e<> 1 Durorber of the Brooklyn Dodgers j will use alt of hi* II outfield pro* pm-t* In exhibition game*. Camp i game* may start tomorrow Yankee* Kt. Fetersburg. Fla. Manager Joe McCarthy said today thal unsigned players would not he permitted to train with the New York I Yankee*. Drill* opened yesterday with 22 ! player* In uniform. Red Huffing. Bill Dickey. Buddy Itosar and Hpud Chandler were among ihe atmen- ■ tee*. Itosar wa* in town hut Chandler sent word that Hines* in hl* fsm- ! Hy would delay him until tumorj iow Rufllng. Dickey and Joe Gord|on were mill unsigned. Indian* Cleveland The ffrst contingent ioi Cleveland Indians travekd toI ward Fort Myer*. Fla . today Io the Tribe's new training camp Manager thn-ar Vltt. trainer ia*lty Weisman traveling secte tary la-w Mitmaw. Hay Mack. Paul , O'Dea. Mike Maymick nnd Al Mil i mar made up th<- group. Tiger* Imkeland. Fla. — Pitcher Lynn Nelson wa* egpei ted to report to ' the Detroit Tigers' spring train • Ing camp here today but another pitcher. Bmk Newsom, had not I contacted the dull. Kophomore pitcher Red Hutt hlnson was in the Tigers' flrat fnll' I workout yesterday. Cub* Avalon. Cal Manager Gabby I

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