Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 77, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1940 — Page 6

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FREE BASEBALL CLINIC TO BE HELD MONDAY Recreation Department To Conduct Clinic Afternoon And Evening Ail plan* have been completed. for the free lm*c*ball clink* which i will be held hi thia city Monday! afternoon and evening. to lie spon-| wired by the WPA re< reation de l part meet. Arrangement* for the clinic have been made by George- F Laurent, retreat ion supervisor, and Inane Dorwlii. activities chairman of the Iteta’ur teireulion department The clinic will open a: 1 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Tie. atari Junior-senior high school auditor-’ lum At thia session fundamental* I of baseball will lie explained to :h---recreation leader* In order tha'i they may better train junior play era of the city and coiinty d'tilns' the summer recreation program Baseball players of the city and county have 100-n invited to thiafternoon clinic and several hlith] school coaches are expected to I take advantage of the opportunity I to tent h their students th»» fund., j meifiala of bast-lmll Robert flow-1 ney. of the district recreatto’i office, will conduct the afternoon ■ clinic. There will be no charge of ...cy kind for either the afternoon or evening program The highlight of the clinic will, be the showing of the 1940 major league motion pictures, which will be held at 7 10 o'clock ti the Cath olii school auditorium 1 The general public Is invited to attend this meeting, tor which

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* • C C. WINS Chicago. March 29 ((JR) - Central Catholic high of Fort Wayne, defending champion. , led the march into the third round of the national Catholic I tournament today by defeating ij Messmer of Milwaukee 42 Io 3cc Other scores today: lai Cross.-, Wi*., .11; Southeast Catholic. Philadelphia SI St. Mary's. lowa City la. 42; Benedictlnue. Richmond. Va . 1! • o I there will h.- no < barge The two *<»..-ml pictures are I "Touching All Bases." produced by I the American league, and "Play Bail, America. the National league production Outstanding stars of both league* take part In the- pictures, showing ■ proper way* of making plays. In I addition to actual game situations ( during the- regular league ached | nles. and some of the highlight* i <>f the 1919 world series between the New York Yankees and fin Jcinnatl Red* PLAN BOWLING TOURNEYS HERE Annual Doubles And Singles Tourneys To Start Next Week The opening of the annual doubles and singles bowling tourney at Mies Rec reatlon was an nottneed today by Carl II Mies The tourney will be opened April 5. and 7. with bowling to follow tin April 12. 1-1 and 14. April 19. Jo and 21. April 2d, 27 and 29- or each weekend next month In the doubles. 4MI will Ire set as scratch and In the singles 2'*> A 7a percent handicap between highest league average and the sc rate h w ill Ire used The entry fee is 91 per person for each event Bowling is included Bowlers may enter as many time* as they choose in the doubles, providing a different partner I* selected each time It is estimated that 94a will be given to the first prize winner in the doubles if at least 180 two-man team* are entered, and 122-So will be given a* first prise to the singles winner if at least 18# men are entered The handicap give* eac h bowler an equal chance to win regardless of the individual s average during the regular season competition Ossian Man Held For Intoxication John Gillium, who gave hla uddress a* Ossian, was being held In Jail today on a public intoxication charge He was arrested last night at Third and Jac k*on streets by Offleers Sephus Melchi and Adrian Coffee

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P SYCHEKMEETS LOUIS TONIGHT Battle For Heavyweight Title In Madison Square Garden New Turk Match 29 *U.R> Johnny Paycteek. equipped with two brains and a past that Includes I some scholarly browsing In psy-1 c hoiogy iMHik*, goes Into the ring i at Madis-m Square Garden tonight I to try to think Joe l*ouls out of j the heavyweight < hamplonshlp of the world One brain will be under the' thinning hair of Mr Paychek him-i self The other belongs to Benny 1 Leonard, the former lightweight i champion, who plana to lie in Pay- I chek'a coraer and put the glaring , ring lights to shame with the sheer : brilliance of hla thinking Icouls. ever the conservative bus im*ca man. comes up to thia tenth defense of his title with plans that include the minimum amount nf thinking and the maximum nnm-! I her of left jabs to the kisser and sledge hammer rglhts to the nerve renter* of Prof Psyc hek's celebrated cerebellum. The boys who make the odds on fights have distrusted thinking ever since Gene Tunney recited. the second at . of King Lear from memory, so they have made Louis A IS Io 1 favorite to win A 2 to 1 favorite to knoc k out I Paychek inside of five rounds I A4to I favorite to knor-k out I Payr hek Inside of ten rounds Their argument is that a flghter I like Paychek may he on the way I to victory with a brilliant l| sequence of Inductive reasoning | and thec blooie' He catches one | of Umls' hooks 4n the-belly and , | class la adjourned immediately. For the suxpk-ion is loose aro-tnd these parts that the Brown Bomber la going to have one of hla good evenings to make up for what bap pened the night he fought Arturo Godoy Joe has a habit of nowtetng back as witness what be did to Max Bchmeltng when they met | the second time and Louis was out

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i to avenge his defeat hy the Ger- - man Decatur Bowlin? I*ea?uc Result* The Mutschler five, hailed as j one of the c ity's crack trams. | 1 broke a 14-game losing streak st i Mira Re-creation last night by taking the third game from Me Mil- ‘ len s on a narrow five point margin I IjpA by Mahy, aomc-tlmra greet- ’ *-d as "Perhaps' among his fellow trawlers and G .Rc hultx. who each | I hung up a 2nd the factory workers I took the first game 9C3 to HU with ; . th«- aid of their 4C pin *pot , . ,1 Eley's 2l<i and Maby'e second I double century conn’ a 202. helped i them win the second. 9X2 to 9T.2 I They dropped the third how- i i ever. 971 to 979 , . . The losses I fushed Mutsc hlers still further Into j •econd place and Increased Me Mil- | j len's first place margin Rhe Hotel, ceiler position hold- j i era. waltzed through three straight wins over the third place Hon E Krust five with the aid of their in pin spot The winners posted three nice scores - Wd7. liras and j 992 against 997. 979 and *«* tor the losers . . . Frtaluger s «1< for the i losers was offset by Hoagland’s i <l7 and lainkenau's 909 for the * winner* Results Rice Hotel won three from Hou E-Krust. 2906 to 2714. M< Milieu's won two from Mutachler's. 277« to »l» 600 Senes Hoagland. <l7; Frtalnge: <!< and lasnkenau. <O9 200 Scerss Hoagland 221 and 2»3. Spengler J 249; 2M and 26. FriaInger 21k and 2M. Keller. 212 and 2v4: Mliier. 219; Mies 2M; Ahr. 212. MeUhler. 229. Ma by 3«ra and 2«2 G Rc bults. 2M and Eley. 210 ————< Name Bluffton .Man Atuifatant .Manager Thomas Graham, of Bluffton, has been named assistant manuer of the Morris five and ten cent store - here Mr. Graham succeeds Walter Phenale. who was transferred to 8t Msry's. Ohio.

TROPHIES GIVEN TENNIS CHAMPS City Table Tennis Champs Given Trophies By Adams Theater Trophies to table tennis champions of Hec-atur. determined In 1 tournaments recently conducted. h»ve been awarded by th' Adams theater nt this city. The winner ' in eac h of the eight divtalons was given a new table tennis teat. The tournaments are sponsored annually by the WPA recreation department. The Adams theater ha* awarded the trophies for the | past three year* This year, there were four division* for boy* and men. and four divisions for girls and men George (.aurent. recreation sup- - crvlsor. made the presentation to the following c hampion* Men's division—Hsrold Hoffman High school hoys Ed Moser Beventh and eighth grade hoy* ’ Kenneth McConnell. Fifth and Sixth grade boys - Richard Knapp Women's division - Mr* Charles Hite High school girts—Anita fitolp Seventh and eighth grade girtoJean Gass Fifth and sixth grade glrln— I Joan Cowan. — ■<►———»— Wall Ytslds Eyviesa FisW CoraalL Mo —tl'Pt—Transparent fish, ranging In site from three to Ave Inches and without eye*, have Iceen pumped from the ISO i foot well on the farm of Harrises 1 Garrett near here. The fish are , similar to catfish tenth Africa to Hava Mint ’] Capetown. South Africa - 4JJB--J South Africa I* soon to have Ita > own mint under th« t'niou governi ment The existing Royal mint at 11 Pretoria will cease to be a branch r. of the British mint The Velon > government la preparing a hill to I that effect. 11 —

UNIONS WIN IN 0. E. ELECTION CIO And AFL Union*' Win Majorities In Fort Mayne Election Fort Wayne. March 29 Both the I’nited Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, an | affiliate of the C I ft. and the International Association of Machinists. an A F «rs I. union, won clear majorities in a national lahor relations hoard election conducted at the Fort Wayne plants of the General Eh-ctrlc company yesterday In the group of employes designated as unit “A" and composed of maintenance machinists, tool mnk era and those In applied trnd-w 111 out of 3&4 ellglld voted The result was 210 votes for the machinists' union, ®*> against th< union as this group's exclusive bargaining agency, two blank votes, one void vote and 72 challenged votes. The remaining production, employes were designated as unit "B " The result of their balloting In vrhlt h 4.227 were eligible to vote and 4.012 caat ballots. 2.0 M for the I’. K R W. 902 against th* V E It W . 2< blank votes, nine void and 22 r hallenged The result of th* eleetkm Is that both unions have won collective bargaining rights tn the General Electric plants here the machinists’ organisation for a group of several hundred organised In a •'craft” unit, and the I' E R W for the majority of the produc’ion workers The I' E It W has been representing the majority of workers In the plants for several years through local No 901. but certification by the NLRB as the exclusive collective bargaining agent of thia group was delayed by the machinists’ union claim that It was entitled to represent a part of the employes Although neither union will be officially certified as a bargaining agency by the NLRB until official reports of the election are issued. llt is possible that both may open negotiations for fresh agreements I with the company Immediately I Rush Hall. NLRB field repre sentatlve who was In charge of the election, the largest of hs kind i ever held in Indiana, report d that ; It was conducted smoothly He and his assistants were given complete co-operation by the com pany. Hall stated -W Ohio State Honors Baker I t'oiumnua O li’Pi A new men's dormitory, now under cow

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GOV. TOWNSEND MiY INTERVENE May Intervene To Settle Three-Week Old Bloomington Strike Indianapolis. Ind. March 29 — j tl'F) Wnterventlon of Gov. M Clifford Townsend to speed settlement of a three-week-old strike at the Showers Brothers furniture plants al Bloomington appealed probable. today as Monroe County authorities i Indicated that a relief crisis might lie caused by the enforced shutdown. Aid of the Indiana farm bureau. Inc was asked by Monroe county farmers who feared that large town- i ship relief bills might have to be financed through bond Issue* should the strike continue Townsend was to confer with A. ! S Thomas, tax and legislative representative of the farm bureau, today. Thomas also planned to mee* with the state board of tax commi* •loners Monroe county township trustees refused relief to all striking workers except for medical attention although numerous application* for foods and other supplies were filed by striking men Authority to order surplus food* stored in various warehouses sent to Bloomington for dlstrlbcitlun was announced by Ihidley A Scrlth. director of the Indiana utiemploymrn' relief commission, who handles die tri but io nos supplies so rthe federal surplus commodities corp. The strike was called by the Cnlted furniture workers union a CIO affiliate, when the company refused to grant a wage Increase of five i cents per hour. The company eonI tended that it was financially unable to accede to the request —4» 1 -—- Teamster Bows To Progress Murphy. N C (l'P> II A Hampton, veteran drayman whose clients know hint aa Gua. admits after 40 years as a teamster the ’ superiority of the automobile over ' the horse and wagon Now. for the 1 first time, he la driving a truck on hla hauls. -——■■■ u Relief Retards Cupid Philadelphia — <TP| JudgeJames C 4'rumllsh lair red the 22 year-old sou of an alleged relief 1 chlaeler from marrying until |mw» In relief payments had been restored to the stale. The Jurist said 1 that the youth must give- up any 1 struetion on the Ohio Blate I'nlversity campus here, will lie known as j Baker Hall, in honor of Newton j i>. Baker, one-time sec retary of war and treasurer of the university.

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