Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1940 — Page 6

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URGES TICKETS BE BOUGHT BY THURSDAY EVE Schools To Benefit By Early Purchase Os Season Tickets Principal W Guy Prowri >«wlay Urr»«l all jM’-oii' to |Hir*lia • • • tioiial to’irtiuttiwH ii*M»’ b»*for**| Thursday *v**ninr at 7» <»’*!*»« k S» :»son th Mt* pun ha *<l ! that h<»u? will •>* • '• -I ’■» H*»- < hnol from ul to h ’h» v > • -• • -n- i »■<! Ti<k»ts punt.i •<! ■ ’hat hour will not t>»* < ?<» iuyj individual < hool Th»' sal* of ••a <»n ’<*»-.•’ Iwr*will I’ontlnu** in *h»* offi< • of Mr Brown until '» j» in Thu -<la% l'h» v may th»‘ti h* ■ u'»4 at ’to- l*« k» * window in th** aytnna uni p • , viou- to th»* tourtM'V opening H* , ;t*on ti*k»‘t- to th* tourney whi« h ••n’i’l* - th* hold* t to wi» neMM all uanw* Thur*d.iv and I' ’ day *v»iiitu- Satiml. v .n»-*n*>*'i and Saturday • ventnt *ll t«» fi Th** MltlJCl*' tl' k* ’ 3f» letifa Hold* 4 ’-* *»f th* • ti* M 1 will not h* admitted to th** uym m» • til nip* half hour hefor* ton open. hOW****’’ whil* ■••.i-.oii th k» t h(dd**ta will h»* adhiittid ots** hunt lw*fnfe op*-ning tint** No seat* will Im* i. . v.d -u’ section* of th** gym hav* »M*en d* v iKtiut***l for the fans nt th** r* -| pet up' team* in ’li* tou'n.iin* ”’ <» Completes Season \\ ith Good Record The Franklin township high m hoot ImsketlKill team of near Ind lanapohs <oa*hed hy t ail Hutfen harder formei Yellow .la* k* t ‘tar. < lotted it* season with toeord of II win* again**! f«»m •l*f**u’- M XI va Biiffenhata«*f of this *Hy hi* mother, reported this morning fails team will play B**n Ikivi* of lndiana|»oh* in th*it first -•*• ; tional encounter o ▼egde in a Good ~own— Oeeatar

—————— • 4 SPECI \l MH RN'AMENT M VHNEES! (<>ntinu<>* Matinee* at the Adam* Theater Iwith Frida* and Saturday . *tarting at 2 • • Tonight & Thursday (H R Bit. DAYS! * First Show Tonite al S:3O Continuous Thurs. from 1:10 ATTEND TONIGHT IND AVOID Till RS. CROWDS • • I woo WO° 1 /» HUSH HERBERT ®w’«a-“su»noN' [T JUIHtH-IKMHMIIr H Mk Hilllt ItIMNT >.<• •sX (inti roti mu tin Jr Jbaby sandy, AHO—Shorts 10e-25c —o—o PH. 4 Sat. — "Charlie McCarthy. Detective" with Charlie. Edgar Bergen. Mortimer Snerd -0 Sun Mon Tues—" Broadway Melody of IMS’* Fred Astaire. gleaner Rowell Georgs Mutphy

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I CORT Tonight & Thursday ' ML ■ J a 1 4 ALSO — Shorts 10c-15c Pr!. A Sat. — John Meek Brown. Sob Baker. "Oklahoma Frontier.” —o—o Sun. Mon. Tuee—"Tropic Pury" I A "Emergency Sguad"

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Rhodes Super Market •WE INI NOT MEET PRICES. WE MAKE THEM'* THI RSDAY ONLY Red Frying CHICKENS X’ IblFc Fresh Spare Ribs lb 9c GRAPE M ICE Quart 29c SI PER SI DN—Urge Concentrated .... .1 botew 3»c Head Lettuce £’: x 1 Salad Dressing ONLY qt. 21c I WATCH THIS SPACE FOR OCR DAILY SPECIALS.

DECATT’R DAILY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY. FERRI’ ARY ‘2X 1910.

WfflBWL ,z v ,t{ "Sc c i Th.> zero hour approach*-*’ 000 L I.itth- more than 24 hours re-1 ~ mains until tin- "p-n tiR of th.- I*- ' ( - atnr «-<tinnal toiirnatn.-nt at 7! ( .. . I'M k Thursday .-veiling I . fl Tn th- .l-fT<-rson Warriors and Monmouth Eaales will go th.- hon- . -of openlnK th.- local sectional.!* the first held in Decatur since' 19.1! , 000 One of the feature tilts of 1 the ent.re t&u.nament will be played on the opening night, when the Decatur Yellow JacIkets and Berne Bears take the floor aga-nst each other immediately after the <-lo*e of the Jefferson Monmouth scrap. 000 Th- tourney will Ih- resumed at i 7 o'. loi k Friday niaht. ts ith the Pleasant Mill* Spartans and Hart-’ ford Gorilla* meeting in the open- . ing clash This will be followed ' by th.- Mnnroe-G.-n.-va contest, and | the session will < lose with the I Kirkland Kangroos meeting the winner of th- Jeff.-rson Monmouth ' gain.—oOo - Semi finals will be played at 1 Ift and 2 lo o'chu-k Saturday after-1 tinon. with the sectional < hatnpion I to he crowned at * o'clock Satur-1 day night. -000lloh Stranahan, basketball col-1 umnist of th.- Indianapolis Star, had a little fun thia week In select- I itiK what he termed the 1» tougheat aecttonal* in the atale In whl.h tn pi. k a winner. Os particular Interest tn these parts is hla choice for the Fort Wayne ac tional |tespite the draw which Is heavily In ' favor ot th.- South Side Archers. I Stranahan picks the North Side I Kedaklna to co pthe honors. 000— NEIC Standing Attrurn 6 n W. L. SouthHlde 5 I | North Side 5 1 Hartford City 4 2 :

CONSERVATION MEET TUESDAY \dam* County Conservation Club To Meet Tuesday Night The regular mwtlng of ;h<- Adam» county fi«h and gam/. lon.'T vatlon h-ayu'. will he held Turaday niaht. March 6 at !h<- Lincoln «chool auditorium, it -«a i nnnoiin. • <*l today. Member- have l>/‘rn •■l'.kc'l Io noti< <• the < hariK<. in the meeting from Monday to Ttie./day <• 1.. White, of Fort Wayne, will be the KpeuL'T at the meeting att'l will prraeut an interesting group of mo»|er, taken of wild life in Canada The movie Will Im- entirely different from that hewn h« re last year l.y Mr White Mr White has built up an enviable reputation with hipicture* of wild life and the moveto be shown here Monday are ■aid to be among hix boat Hoy Johnaon. preaident of the organization will l>e in charge of the meeting. whi< h will open a' 7;SO p. in The meeting will be o|»-n to lhe public and no admix- ■ ion charge will lie made > — ■ ♦ I At the Training Camps | By United Praaa Giants Winter Haven. Fla. Feb 2* 'UR* Tiading rumors buzzed thieiigh th>- Sew York Clantx training camp today Maimget Hill Terry hax gone Io th.’ I’lilllleiT camp at Miami lleach First haaeman Merrill May. pitcher* Kirby lligbe and Hugh Mulcahy and outfielders Morris Aruovlch and Jiw Marly are I’hll* tnenilolled ax |M>*xible object* of — i.i ... -——- • - ■— (Jarrett 4 2 j Kendallville 4 2 Central 3 S ' Hlnffi'ii 2 4 Columbia City 1 *> lieiatur 1 5 o(lo Scoring Leaders FC. FT M< Harhy tAilbi 33 17 Hamilton <SSi 33 II cowan iN'S) 27i 25 Hart iGarrt 2* !' Van Fleet '('.aril 21 15 Stapleton l Dec l 22 R Wagner iHartt 2U 15 Kul'-xza 'Cent t 21 I" 1 Chili ole (l*e< | 2'l 10 . Herxh • Alibi 2" 0

Decatur I. H. S. A. A. Sectional BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1940 February 29. March 1, 2 1940 Thursday-Friday-Saturday r flr / H K ' «*IJ SCHEDULE THURSDAY NIGHT ’ Oo Game Jefferson vs Monmouth .Officials 12 * Ito Game • Herne »s Decatur Offl. 1..1* 2 1 FRIDAY NIGHT ’ ftft Game 3 Pleasant Mills vs Hartford Officials 12 I * (mi Gstne 4- Monroe vs Geneva Official* 2 I » <mi Game 5 Klikland vs Winner Game 1 Officials 1-2 SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1 30 Game 6 Winner Game ’va Winner Game 3 . .Officials 2 1 230 (lame 7 Winner Game 4vs Winner Game 5 Officials 12 SATURDAY NIGHT « Game k- Winner Game fi va Winner Game 7 Officials 2 1 OFFICIALS No I—Von Crowe No 2 - Donald F Coar —7 Tickets art new on sale at the • n.gh schools in Adams County. Sale of tickets at these places will close at 5 p m. Thursday After that they may be purchased at the ticket w.ndow at ths Decatur High School. Doors open to season ticket holders one hour before the Drat game. Ssssisn tickets will not bo sold until W minutes before the first game. ADMISSION PRICES: Sesnon Tickets for the t-Setwion Tourney gj QA; Single Session Tickets for Everyone.* Adults. Children and Students.

' Giant offer", Yankees St I’, o-ixburg. Fla . Fell IB , [ (UP) Southpaw Lee ia..|u'/> d from Cim Inn.-ili. I" t'" of (he New \ork lan k. "prlng training ramp In hl* firm appearance on il" tn.,.iud y.-I. r.l.<> GrigMia ’'’ "I Yankee batsmen hlib«* He e* hlbited mid tteaaon xpeeil ’'.nd *a»s| afterward that his in in "felt fit" Dodgers Clearwater. Fla F»b !' UPJ lairry M»< I’hall. Brooklyn Dodger piety *ald today that lie didn't cate "a great deal" what hl* five unsigned players did ihi* *«a*<'ii Dolph Camilll. Harry Mvaretio Dltle Walker. Pete C.i*. .it.itl and Mnd«ey I teal are the holdouts White So* I-.iw.kl.-I .1 ' .ii. !'• b UP) Jimmy Dykes, manager of ilv-j American league Chicago WhitSox piannwl to call lhe ffrwi training ■••ssion of lhe l!*4" *eaaon today. About 25 player* will Imready for the opening warmup Twelve members of the squad, rookie* and batterymen. arrival here thl* morning Others, inchid Ing Thornton l.ee. veteran Sox lefthander, had arrived some days ago I Cubs Avalon. Cal. Feb 2s UP) Manager Gabby Hartnett of tinNational league Chicago Cub* l«.ft . off worrying about hl* three hold out* Pitcher Dizzy Dean and out fielders Angle Galati and Hat k l. r long enough today to step I tip the pace of hl* pHchers' wotk | I out* Hartnett ordered lhe Ixiy* -o concentrate on fast om-s and curve* In preparation for the arrival of the second squad of player* on Thnraday The secoml group, which left Chhaco last night, included regulars Phil Cavarena. Billy Herman, and Bill Nicholson Pirates Tn. son. Aris . Feb 2S «U.PJ The Pittsburgh Pirates were I scheduled to take their ii <t workout today when they arrive at ' San Bernardino. Calif The squad J numbereil 23 t players with la-« Handley and Alky Vaughn Mill unsigned Vanghn will sign later. Tigers latkeland. Fla . Feb 2' <U.PJ SihiMillxiy Howe. Harold Newhou*er. Tom Seat* and Hal Manders held the Hpotllght In the Detroit Tiger* pitchers' roster today after turning in gixxl perforata me* during a regular workout Brown* St latul*. Feb 2* -UP> <»mfielders Chet latabo. Hip Radcliff , and Cyril Hoag joined th.- fold of ; signed St lanti* Brown* player* 1 today a* pitchers on the squad pre-

CLOVERLEAF, CYO WINNERS! Defeat Blue ( reck And MrMillen In County l.i-iune (.amts Cloverleaf ami CYO were victor* In Adam* county basketball league game* Tuesdiay night, defeating Blue Creek and Mi Millen reaper lively. Cloverleaf defeated Hitt'- Cr*-.-k. tn 2fi after trailing at Hie half. 12 'l* Siupleton was the leading xi-.ir er with 1* points CYO downed McMillen 3P-31. after leading at half-time, IMS A Baker led the winners with 12 |>olnt« Cloverb-af FG FT TP Wynn, f 1 2 * Stampleton. f !t o is Gay. c o o <t Hill, g 204 llebble, g 5 (I In S< hnepp. c 12 4 Totals IS 4 40 Blur Creek FG FT TP P Strickler, f oil Jackson, f 3 o S Smith, c I o 2 Blythe, g 3 4 10 G Strickler, g 2 it 4 Shor, f 113 Totals D> f> 26 CYO Fit FT TP A Baker, f 5 2 12 II Baker, f lug Murphy, c 0 5 5 Bolinger, g 3 2 6 Mel< hi. g 2 2 6 Totals 14 II 30 McMillen FG FT TP W Schnepf, f 71 15 pared to Ix-gin practice at San Art ton io T.-x . tomorrow Indians Fort Myers Fla Feb 2* UR> Manager (Meat \ tti ordered call* thrni<« and running forth. Clrve land Iridian* (rxliry, their first <fny In new spring training quarter* here. Hollle Hemsley. who joined the Tribesmen rn route confirmed the report that he may attempt lefthander) halting this «. axon Vitt will order Bob Feller, on hand when the Indian* arrived, to put | In special work perfe. ’lng control of hi* curve

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