Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 219, Decatur, Adams County, 14 September 1940 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Defeat Bluffton High, 7 to]

JACKETS SCORE FINAL HOARIER WIN ON FRIOAT Decatur (’omen From Be- « hind To Defeat Ancient Rival* Friday Decatur's Yellow Jacket* had two triumph- chalked up to their credit today In the l*4o football ■ea-on after having -cored a thrillInc last quarter victory last meh: over their traditional enemle*. the Bluff tot; Tiger* "Spurred on by a decisive win in their flrat game of the -raaoti laat week and the thoucbta of avenffinc two defeat- laat -ea-on at the hand- of the Parlor City eleven. he local- were undeniable Twice the Purple and Gold drove deep Into Bill If ton territory, once ( t» aland within the shadow of the gbsl po*t and then aee a -core * ■patched from their gra»p as the Official* ruled the ptt-hln lnche» ■bort of a touchdown ‘The Tlcer- alfted through the Jacket line al will In rhe find quar -i tee when the local defeuae aeeni ' Wgly waa unable to get -»• Short- . Ip after the quarter opened the Ttc-r- atarted a march Lockqpod and Liby l»*gan on their own «f and moved straight down the field to the Purple 3&yard marker There Lockwood passed to Smith, wh<> carried It over for the flrat ypnre Lockwood’s kick wss no Kuod and the -core -food at M. | Bhifftoo. •foes Coach lluch Andrew- shift , es hla defense and the Jacket- ral lied. When the flrat quarter ended the ball waa in Decatur* posses Sit on the Bluffton IS-ysrd stripe t Ucote went around left end fori a. first down to the Bluffton eight., Herold Johnson off right -ide of. the line to the Tlcer five and then again to the Tlcer two On theneat play be carried It to the coal line When the officials untangled, the player* the ball waa ruled Inches abort, and Bluffton hurried-, ly kicked away Play wss prac | tically even durinc the balance ofthe Brat halt The second half aaw the Jacketalmoat complete maatera of the tilt Ip rompartson to tb« first kail

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• L - When Lockwood. Llhy and other* •llthered throuch the Jacket de feaae every now and then, these -am* hacks were constantly thrown tor lowea Time after time a Bluffton beck waa -topped In nla I tracks behind the line of -crim I mac* •• • Jh»'bet player broke ih-wugh for a hard tackle. ThTiger line meanwhile was slubtuynly resist :.ig a Jacket touch , down drive. In the final atanca Liniger kickled from hla own 14 far down Into Tiper territory With lea- than IS minute- to play. Mekhp Jacket | center, recovered a Bluffion fumble ■ and the -land- picked up the "we I want a touchdown * i hsnt The Jacket* appeared certain of -aaii-fyinf th-m Granger went . tkrough to the Tiff*: 20. then -Caln to the Tiger 11 The Jackets need- , *d -it inches for a flrat down i Granger made It easily, moving to 'be Bluffton 14. Two yards more . put the pigskin on the Bluffton 11 hut a tun to Lynch was Incom plete It was third down and eight to go when Granger rifled a pa—jo Bromer Jacket end acrons the 'last stripe and the score waa tied at lull Granger went through center on a spinner play for the egtra point and the locale were leading T 4. Plenty of activity occurred after I that but it was all Decatur On<r| Mb the closing minutes of the tilt, the Jackets stood on the Bluffton IS mainly through the ball carrying of Harold Johnson and Granger The Tigers recovered a fumble on I heir own four, however and Started a desperate aerial attack A long heave to Miller brought the ball back almost to midfield but Melchi again pounced on a fumble and the game ended with Decatur In possession The lineups Decatur Bluffton LynchLE Miller 'Arnold ... LT Higgins i I Andrews. LG Edington ' MelchiC .Weber/ I 'I Dtvidton RG ...... jPreidt RT ........Roush' J Bromer RE Gilllom , Granger LH .... Lock wood R Johnson RH Lewis H Johnson (JB Smith i MaloneyFßLiby | BubaUtuHons Decatur: Llnicer. Haselwsod Cbllcote and Eady Bluffton McClain B Lewis. Belt. i< Hiatt. Moser Mcßride and Gregg . I Scoring Decatur touchdown. I Point after. Granger

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Bluffton touchdown Miller Officials DeVol. Columbia City, referee; Bateman. Garrett, umpire and Garrett. Bluffton, head linesman. Reserves In Tie Asst Coach Bill Ives' Jacket reserves battled the Tiger shock ( troops to a scoreless tie in the pre-1 lltninary to the varsity tilt - Monmouth Beat* Jefferson Team Monmouth crushed Jefferson in a I county league softball tilt Friday, i 10-l The winners scored 10 timet oB 11 hits and committed three erIron. Kunkle and Neilson formed I the battery. The losers made one 'run on five hits and made seven errors. Brewster. Baumgartner and Baker formed the battery — ■ -a *~TODAYR COMMON ERROR’* Do not say. "way hack younder." "way up the hill." "way 1 over there." etc The proper word to use Is AWAY » ♦ '

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Nt Ixmis S Boston -1. Philadelphia d. Cbhaao I. American League Chicago a-l. Philadelphia 3-4. Detroit ». New York ff. Cleveland 1- Boston 0. Nt Louis 7. Washington 3. - Pleasant Mills High Downs Geneva Team Plea—nt Mills high school softball laam defeated Geneva Friday afiemoon at Gsßeva. 13 lo la The winner- obtained IS hits and mad* four error*, with the losers collecting I! bits and also committing four errors. Bates and Halloway formed th* Pleaaant Mills battery wl'h Moore. Fennlg and Hlaler pitching and Windmiller catching for Geneva I NION LEADER 1 cCONTINUKD FROM PAUS ONBi third time for a presidential pardon and that William Green, president of the American federation of labor, with which the BNEIV Is affiliated- had recommended It.

PLAYERSTAKEN TO GAME TODAY Yellow -Iscket Baseball Team Rewarded For Conference Title T»n members of the I*4o Dr<stur high School baseball trim. Northeastern Indiana conference champions left this morning for Chlcsgo to watch the Chicago White Not In action against the Philadelphia Alhletlce this after- , noon The athletes were accom Mm— MJ SUN. MON. TUES. Centinucus Sunday from 1:14 “ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO" < Belle Davin. Chan. Hoyer. Jeffry l.ynn & Hute Caul. ALSO—Sheets toc3oc Inc. Tas -0 Last Terne TeotjM — "Gold Rueb Motace” Ann Sothern. Lee Bowman t ALSO— Sborts 10c 30c Inc. Tea iCORT SUN. MON. TI ES. Continuous Sunday 10c 1: IS to 4 “THE MINE WOLF MEETS A LADY" I Warron William. Jean Muir & “GRANDPA GOES TO TOWN" With HIGGINS FAMILY Eveninffu 10e-20e -0 'I Loot Time Yoniffht —Bill Elliott. • I “Pioneer* of the Frontier.'* ALSO f ' Drums ot Fu Manchu." lOc-ISc

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