Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 29 February 1940 — Page 8

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PURDUE MEETS I. U. FIVE IN | CRUCIAL TILT Purdue Needs Victory Saturday For ClearCut Title Laftywtte. Ind Fen 29 Purduo'll effort to stake out a dear claim to the trig ten basket ball title will lie seriously i hallenged here Saturday night by a dangerous Indiana quintet that han been re. sponsibs for the Boilermakers' lone conference defeat so far this j season Playing before a sellout crowd of dose to 9.mm fans. Coat h Ward Lambert’s current hardwood production, which Is already assured of a slice of the title pie for the fifth time in seven years, will be battling not only for the undisputed championship, but also to uphold Boilermaker tradition by preventing the Hoosiers from making a sweep of the home and home series. No tickets are available for the Katne Strange as it may seem for the statistics belie the keenness of the competition between the Hoosier lilg ten rivals, in all the years since the Purdue Indiana hardwood series was launched lia< k in !9«1, Indiana has never been able to win both games In any one year As a result, the high scoring Hoosiers, smarting under the unexpected defeat al Ohio State, are determined that this shall Ite the "year" and are printed for a supreme effort tn duplicate their early triumph over the laiinbertmen Indiana, still clinging to a math ematleal chance of sharing in the title distribution, will take the door with an exceptionally well ba lanced quintet that has outstand Ing stars in Bill Menke and Paul Armstrong, while the Hoilermakers will couple!- with their starless, or all-star, combination that may be selected from any one of eight possible starters The game will mark the final

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home collegiate appearance of five Hoilermakers. including Capt Fred . Beretta, considered the big ten’s I outstanding guard; Dan Fisher, i leading candidate for allconferj once honors at center; Elwood Yeager, consistent defensive Iterformer, and John Vernon anil .Marfin Stamm, exceptionally capable reserves. Saturday’s game marks the sixtyI third renewal of the Hoosier hardwood rivalry which has found the Hoilermakers .halklnx up 51 victories as compared with 12 for Indiana Following the home finale with Indiana, the Hoilermakers Jump from the frying pan into the fire ax they wind up the season against the Hapai b-d Illinois quintet at t’hamffaign on Monday night. Stopping the scoring antics of the I Illinois captain, who is leading the big ten individual standings with 143 points in nine games, will provide the main problem tor the Boilermaker defense Probable Lineups Purdue Indiana Sprowl F Armstrong tgney F S< har-fer Hlanken C W Menke Fisher <1 Huffman (Ct Beretta iCi G Dro Officials Referee. John (Jett he|’. S: Thomas, umpire. Gale Robin I son. Indiana Broadcasts WBAA. Purdue I niverslty. and WFBM Indianapolis idiieit from tlehlhotisci WGL. Fort Wayne t telegraphic report* WIRE. Indianapolis (transcription to be broadcast at iff 30 p m i At the Training (’amp< By United Orees • — • Rede Tampa Fla Feb 2. HJ.RJ Th- Clnclnnat li-lub train- r has not had a patient in three days of spring training Manager Bill McKKechnie has split his "no-injury" squad into i two sections, members of last . year's team forming one group and newcomers composing the other Led try 25-game winner Paul Derringer. eight pitchers have been throwing "soft curves Yankees St P-terelmrg Fla . Feb 29 UP) Catcher Hill Dickey has agr> e<| to terms with the New York Yankees Dickey notified Ed Barrow yeaterday that he had accepted term and the dub president phon id 1 manager Joe McCarthy that the veteran catcher will arrive from I Little Kock Ark., tomorrow Pitcher Hn’ul Chandler wini I Olli With the batterymen after as■soring McCatfhy th.it he had forwarded his slgn-d touirat l In New York Browns Kan Antonio. T x Feb 29 u.pJ Midsummer weather greeted ’ tin first squad of St. Louis Hi-iwns a« they opened spring training today The thermometer hovered around the 94-degree mark yesterday when the first contingent of batterymen arrived Os the 22 pitchera and catchers scheduled to start drills. 17 were on hand WM4 Sos Pasadena. Cal . Feb 29 ,U.R) Jimmy Dyk •* manaffer of th» < hl

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cago White Sox. speeded up th* pare at the Hog'training camp here i today after a light. first day workout. If in holdout problems were les- I <• ind by two-third* with th- announcement that second baseman Jackie Haye* and outfielder Mike , Kreevlch had accepted contracts ! Pitcher Clint Brown remained th lone dissenter. Cubs I Avalon Cal . Feb 29 UPJ The second contingent of Chicago Cubs arrived today and will hold their first warmup tomorrow The batI terymen have been woikhtg out I -very day since the camp opened, and the first batting practice will he held tomorrow Manager Gabby Hartnett tk rt-l-d he was pleased with the «howI Ing made by several rookie pitch•rs notably Julio Bonettl and Ken itnffensberger. and Indicated that .they may lie retained on the p-.-manent squad Senators Orlando, Fla. Feb 29 ■ (J pj — The salary war between president Clark Griffith of the Washington Nationals and Dutch Leonard the Nats' ace hurler. ended today ; with Leonard's acceptance of his, contract Griffith, as usual, de-1 dined to divulge th- terms Leonard. who won 20 and tost only eight games last year, will report here at once Athletics Anahelat. Cal. Fire 29— U.Ry - The t-aseball public had Its flrat glimpse today of moat Connie Mack hopes will Ire his I*4o lineup for the Philadelphia Athletics as the regulars and the Vatiigans played a flve-innlog camp game Connie stationed Dick Hb-lcert at first, Benny McCoy at second. Al RHireling al third and Hili Lillard ai shortstop His ontfl-ld had Bob Johnson In left. Ham Chapman in center and Wally .Muses in right Pitchers were problematical and the catching position depended largely on the willingness of re calcitrant Frankie Hayes to come to terms Pirate* San Bernardino. Cal.. Feb. 29 UR) Pirate manager Frankie F.lach Indicated he planned to mil a little fun with training when he had his charges play a five-inning game aa training Opened here Both tesms were made up of plenty of pitcher*, playing anything but their usnai chorea The game ended with a team managed by pitcher Bob Klinger winning. IM.

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MAY POSTPONE FRIDAY FIGHT Savold 111 With Influenza, Fight Likely To Be Delayed New York. Feb 29 It'Pi—lt war virtually certain today that the heavyweight < hallengerr' bout Intween !*•<■ Savold and Bolt Pastor I would be |h»> l potted from tomorrow , to March 15 because of Savold * influenza The flu-prevented Suvotd-Pa'lor tilt wa* such a top-flight bout that promoter Mike Jacobs wa* expected to shift It to .Marc h 15 and use It as the main event on that date instead of the questionable' Buddy j Baer-Valentin Campolo feature which war scheduled Influenza downed blond Savold yesterday and prevented him from completing hl* limlM-ring exercises sit the Pioneer gymnasium A* the j heavy head and c hert cold lucres*-1 , •■<! and the- fever rose, manager ! I Pinky George shirted the Norwe-j gian scrapper from the Hotel Bel-j Vedere to the .Medical Arts hospital Thi* scheduled 12-round bout at .Madison Square Garden was a very Important one for Savold to miss. He had been assured by contract of a title fight in June with Champion Joe Ixxuls If he could beat Pastor I art week Savold seemed In peak j condition. He was knocking hi* | sparring mate* into the rerdn. And ' never wa* a manager more con fid ent of victory than Pinky George But on Monday. l-ee complained, of stiffness in hi* arm* and shouldera. Trainer Johnny Lane rubbed him in th* morning and in the. evening. I>ut couldn't work out the i stiffness. Yesterday Loe complained of pain* In hl* neck and then th* eoM In brad and • he»t His personal physician Dr. 8. L.' Meylackson. and the commission i physician. Dr William H Walker ; found his fever to be 99 4 Whet- | - hi* temperature went above lot' ha > void wa* removed to he hospital Bhsll ~ 20 lb. whit* i unwatermarked mimeograph, adaptable for all kinds of mimeograph work and waitable for ink alKnatnrc. 76*. ’ The Decatur Democrat Co.

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f Decatur Bowling League Results I • -—"■ — — - - ♦ * Fred Huffman with a huge 454 set the pace for Merchant league keglers at Mies Recreation last night Hi* score* were 197, 231 , I and 224 The 454 wa* the beat wore of the league thi* year . . . I The scores: Telephone Local C. Heart- 141 192 194 M He* re 147 151 153 E Reinking l<2 129 IM Hummer 152 190 I*2 E Ehlnwr 129 154 l«l Total* 741 7*5 979 I Marathon o'l M Ostrrmeyet 111 IM 129 | A. Gstermeyer ISO 154 I*3 <i Btiltemeyer IBM 142 12* H Moellerlng 109 154 142 | , M Gallmeler 132 114 149 Spot <9 <9 49 Total* 7*7 900 77* I | Bautter's J Ehingen 13* 137 142 Brewer 179 157 142 ' Christen 194 100 121 'Eley 112 122 120 Stapleton. Hr. 144 194 115 Spot 44 44 44 Totals 923 74* 70* I State Bank Blakey I*s I*4 175 Krneckeberg 170 153 M Bieeke I*s 152 150 Lose 171 149 190 Schultz 195 1»2 202 Total* *44 919 905 Telsphons Toll S Hollopeter 124 137 155 ■ E Hchulll 139 17* 174 J. Hunter I*3 14* 175 , I Heare I*3 192 150 J Hchllc-kman 157 14* I*l Total* 747 799 935 Resell Drug* I Miller 147 149 157 ' Htaub 334 IM 17* E. Gelmer I*l I*s I*3 C. I Wolpert IM 118 178 ! Spot 15 15 15 Totals 54* 774 9*2 Keeme'S' Drugs Strickler 174 IM 182 Agler 134 210 112 Tompson 192 111 109 Houckl26 15* I*o

PLAY OPENS IN 64 SECTIONALS THIS EVENINC Annual Indiana High School Tournaments Open This Evening Indianaffolls. Feb 29 ‘UP- ! Promjrtly at 7 p. m today flu op 1 ening guns of the I94<> state high school basketball tourney sound simultaneously In fit scattered sectionsl centers as Hooslerdom's prep hardwood teams take off on the long trail that leads one : quad of ten into a prominent place in Indiana’s favorite scroll, state I championship high school basket. hall team Every seftlonal playa al least two games tonight, and many of them go Into virtually an hourly ’schedule tomorrow Tonight 155 i contests are listed, but tomorrow the melee begins in earnest and probably more than Wfi clashes will be tui ked away Into the score books when the lust bucket Is recorded Some favorites contenders for the state title and many of those potential upsetters swing Into action tonight Among those selected as con- ' tenders who start their campaign i toward the field house tonight are ' I Anderson, who tangles with latpel; < , .Martinsville, against Eminence, I | Fort Wayne South who tees off - with Lafayette Central; Marion, i against Jonesboro; Httuih Bend Central, facing New Carlisle, and : Mishawaka, against Madison towni ship | Other major teams who also burst into the fray are Atlhutn Htauffer |«1 Ik? 197 Spot « 4 4 Totals 79<f 977 #95 Nu Art Sign Aces F Huffman 197 233 224 Keldenbach IM ICS 149 Hffdle 117 UM M Eyanson 192 IM Iks Marhaih IX2 210 IMS Totals A44 9fis 259

Mack Gives Boys Pep Talk as Training Begii® |H 4 « ‘ fl 1 1 a 4 Bl J- H

Coar.e Mack, venerable manager of the Pbliadel- i phi* Athletic*, gives the boys a pep talk ai Ana- I helm Cal. aa the *nnng training season opens j

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I against Butler. Frankfort against Mulberry. Indianapolis Te« hnical against Decstltf Central, Indlanap 1 oils Wash'iigton against Rpeed- | way. Jeffersonville against Mam k I port. New Albany against New Am I r.lerdam. lavl’orlg against Kings I bnry. Mum le Burris against Hoy i erton, Goshen against Elkhart. | Jasper against Ireland. Madison I against Malitda. Seymour against ' Si ipki Cohimhua against Goggs town. Gary Froehf-I against Kouts. Vincennes against Wheatland. Evansville Bosse against Evsnsville Kelts Hammond Tech against Dy er. Pern against Clay township and Tlptnn against Goldsmith Home <>f the supposedly "betier" small town s< hools. those that might come through to win their sectional and possibly provide some upset In the regional matches, also see action tonight Among these are Covington at Atllca tourney. Liberty Center and Bluffton, co-favorite. meet at Bluff ton; Berne and Decatur, also virtually joint favorites, meet at Decatur. la-o, a good suburban five.

meets Jefferson Center In the Fori I Wayne tourney. l-awrenceburg tangles with Rising Hun at Lawrenceburg. Petersburg and Otwell face each other at the Petersburg s< rap, and Bourbon, favorite for the Plymouth crown, plays West township. ——w-'—— Radio Station WIRE Lists All-State High School Team • « Indianapolis, Ind . Feb 29 ll'Pi 1 Radio station WIRE today an iioum ed Its annual com h<-s all Mathigh schisd Imaketliall team on thieve ofgirst games In sectional tourneys The first squad ln> iud'sl Koontx of New Castle. Muff Davis of El wood, Gabriel of Kokomo. Kilby nf Muncie Burris, laiughoer of Frank > tort, Hamilton of 1*..-• Wayne South. Minor of Gary Froehel and Muiigin of Washington Pearcy of Martinsville. S< linmacher of Jeffersonville. Menka- of Huntburg. Chester of Vin< ennes. Hire of Fort Wayne South Ehler* of South Bend Central. Cowan of Fort Waylie North and Weaver of Mailon composed the second team Honorable mentlo nwas awarded Price of Gary Emerson. Bolen of I ' Mishawaka Dahl of Valparaiso, i

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