Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1940 — Page 8
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Yellow Jackets Beat Tigers In 21-19 Thrill j
LYNCH CATCHES WINNING PASS IN ENO ZONE Decatur Scores Winnina Touchdown In Final Minute Os Play Tho«* ar* b rivals of years standM- th* Becatur Y*ltow Jackets 4nd ik< Bluffton Tigers staged oge W this i ity’a ”i<»«t thrilling football battles Wednesday night with tn*- Jacket* staging a l>t<k Meeri'is**! flnish in the * losina min ntf» of play to *-*lg* out a 21 to 1*• j triuupd in a Karn*' wh<*h h.**l th* Ulis literally oa their earn all the way Htad'O) I** lletatur II on* minute to play Th- hall in Bluff ton's possession on h*r own yard line law kwood'* punt war * aught hy II Johnson on the mid flaw atrip* Th* lleiatur safety 'nan Ihmiled for a fair eat* h hut a ItoUI on Tiger, overanxious ta< kind hfni Thia ylola'loii moved the i*aU to the Hluffton 35 Ow th*- flrat play Johnaon faded heck, drew ha* k and Bred a long pane straight down the center of the IMd Surrounded hy Tiger '•»k* HUI Lyn* h. Becatur end '.-iped into th* air. snared ’he pass and fHI over the anal line for the winning touchdown, a fitting climax a halt raining tilt Chllcote ilropkl* ke*l for the extra point Hluffton then took the kt* koff hut definitely ended any threat by intercapUng Kunkel's pass on the Hluffton H as the game elided Tigers Score Early Rluff'on started th* * outeat Ilk* a nnraway team < halking up two tmtehdown** before the fan> had hardly settled in their aeaia Haselwood's kickoff waa taken hy las kwood on hia I*' and return ed to the Bluffton 24 On the hi at acrlmmage play, lax kwood rated wide around hia right end to the |)<catui 35-yard line Th*m Liby a thorn in the Jar ket'a aide all night. crashed off right ta< kle and aprinted 3» yarda for a tom hdown Ixu-kwood placed kicked the extra point. Maloney took law kwood '* ki< k CORT ♦ ♦ Last Tims Too qht—"MILITARY ACADEMY' Tommy Kelly. Bobby Jordan ALSO — Shortt 10c—15c FRI. & SAT. Tex Ritter “PALS OF THE SILVER SAGE ALSO — Three Stooget and “Fu , Manchu." —o Coming Sunday—“ Grand Old Opry” A "Glamour for Salt."
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off on the lie.iitui id Granger then ripped through right la* kle for what would have been a flrut down but tumbled when tackled vl* luusiy ami Hluffton recovered *At the Hluffton 45 Four line smashes carried lhe ' > I h i- kw I ' cnmkatl (gable fef Hmt yarda .md ':■ . ■ ■ and a lou* hdown lankwood'a ,'place ki*k f*»t th* extra point waa ' low Granger Breaks LOOte At the opening of the second quarter. De*atur had possession of the ball on the midfield atrip* Granger <ut through a big hoi* at hia right tackle, act out straight down th* sideline and outraied the Hluffton secondary for a S'* yard jaunt and a touchdown l*e*atur'a finest running play of the year j Fhib oie'a drop kick counted th* e»:ra point Shortly after the nest kickoff. Decatur recovered a Tutr-r fumble on the Bluffton 4*l Three play* picked up right yarda. and then Cnnigrr running from a fake punt formation. ra*ed around right end tor 3*' yarda to the Hluffton 14 llatelwiMid era* ked guard for three yarda but the Jackets were set back fit*- yard* for ha, kfield in motion t'bihote then dropped back and heaved j bullet like pans to llraager. who nabbed the paaa in the end sotie for a touchdown Decatur took the lead when Hasel wood |*h>nK*'st tor the extra point Two IS yard panaltiea on • onset ulite downs * **•' !>e< atin anolh **r chance to store after Haselwood blinked laekwiHHl- punt oil the Hluffton 1* Mit lain then inter cepted a Ja* ket pass on the Bluff ton 44 Three playa latei IJby broke through right tat kle and raced 42 yarda for a tout hdown An attempted |*.*ss for the extra point waa incomplete and the half ended with Bluffton out in front. IS to 14 Wither team tbieatened serious ly to score in the third aji*l fourth quarter* until the last minute victory jui.s fiotu II Johnaon Io Lyn* h |ie*at>ir Hluffton Lynch LE Miller Arnold LT Higgins Andrews LG t'olen Melchi <* Hiatt llavtdsoii lIG Smith Friedt RT Roush Bromer RE GIIHom Fhlicote QB Markley Granger Lil lx»* kwood Maloney Rli McClain llapelwood FH . Llby Score by quarters Hluffton 13 < 0 0-1 S Heaitnr n 14 • 7 21 Touchdowns Decatur. Granger 2. Lynch Bluffton Llby 3 Points after touchdown Decatur, t'hilcoate 2. Haielwaad Bluffton, laickwood Substitutions Became. Uniger. II Johnson Eady R Johns* m. Bluffton: R Lewis. Reiff H Ix-wls. Edington Kunkel Referee M* t'lure, Fort Wayne; umpire. Parka. Garrett; head llneaman Cour. Auburn H. t. FOOTBALL Huntington 20. Fort Wayne Central 7. Wabash 2S. Rensselaer 7 Peru (. Warsaw 0. Washington 27. Braiil 6 Ijtfayette (. Kokomo < ttlei Anderson 13. Richmond 0.
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+ 0 Today’s Sport Parade By Manry McLemore * 0 Detroit Oct 24 (U.K When I 1 had tea with Millard Fillmore in !»M and discussed the platform of the know nothin* party. I never ‘ dreamed I would live to »ee the day when two football player* would < hat*- the presidential t an- ‘ dldatea of the two major political partout of the public mind probably neither Mr Roosevelt nor Mr Wlllkle would admit it but until Michigan and I’emtsyl- 1 vania Ret through with their kame here Saturday afternoon the only two name* attracting any serious attention are Tommy llarraon and Frank lt**«an You call shout the name of either Roosevelt or Willkte on the busiest corner here in town today a Shout halting a pedestrian. even for a se<ond Hut just mention Michigan's great back. Harmon, or Pennsylvania s four-star heller. Reagan, and you'll Hnd yourself aur rounded by more articulate arguers than a traffic cop can < lear away in an hour The eicitement over the coming clash between these two great backs, both of whom are being compared to Grange and Thorpe | and Harley and Severs, is not confined to Michigan by any mean* ( Newspaper writers from all over the country are checking In with ( new typewriters and old adjective* I ( Every radio announcer without a |. frog in hl* throat I* already on the spot. There Isn't a ticket to be had. and football fan* are running ba< k punts and sweeping the end* J in every hotel corrldot and room i in town. IxMiklng at tne game aoberly which few in Detroit are doing. 1 can t help feeling sorry for Har mon and Reagati. After ail they're juat boy* and what a spot they're in As a lad of 21 or 22 how would ( you have felt In the same position they're in today? They are going ‘ to face, day after tomorrow, up- | ward* of 70.V00 person* each of whom will be there looking for miracles. Listening to the radio, and expecting even greater mir- I aclea. will be uncounted million*. And on Hunday another vast multi- I tude will pick Up the paper* to see who waa the hero and who was the I goat. Harmon or Reagan Vnder such circumstances It will , be nothing short of a miracle if the two hoy* hold on to the bull at all. In a game like this one bobble can make you a bum. <nte misstep and your reputation I* sullied Under thia set-up bow would you like to try to catch a hard, quick paaa. or handle a drifting punt In a wind. 9 Our Motor S Analyzer 9 Find* your wanting 9 motor unit find, and gfl Eliminates the 9 nereuHity of inventing 9 in a guess 9 By supplying facts 9 on which to base 9 your repair orders, f RIVERSIDE SI PER SERVICE 9 Cast Monro* St. Phon* 741 C- "Wh*n you think of I ■ Prak**, think *f we.”
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or be responsible for the strategy that meant winning or losing? I can tell you what would happen to m<* under those clrcumstanew* My heart would fracture three very important rib* before the kl< kog. my stoma, h would do u -wing version of I'll never smile again and my nervous system would become a medhal phenom- ■ enon When the spotlight hits you a* hard as II has Reagan and Harmon. no alibi does you any good Y our teammates may have an off day but nn one will notice that and exc use you You may have an off day yourself, or lie suffering from a crippling ailment, but that won't be taken Into < onstderatioii by the public or the critics. hi short when you're a Harmon or a Reagan and the showdown. comes, you're either a ball of Are of the nirled ftgin-nt of somelaidy's imagination The more I think of tin- spot they're in. Tommy and Frank, the mote I'm glad I stayed at my concertina while the other boy* worked out on the parallel bars — I’. Os Detroit To Open I. V. Season Detroit. Oct. 24 —it’Pl— The University of Detroit footlmli team will open I'nlverslty of Indiana'* football season In Bloomington. Indiana, next Oct 4. Coach Gus Dorai* announced today. It will lie the fourth time the Titan* have met a team of the western conference In H<S* they lost to Purdue !!<-« and the other losses were to Michigan and lowa W— - Stolen Automobile lb Recovered Here A car stolen from Its parked position on South Second street about 12:40 o'clock this afternoon was recovered on Monroe sheet near the Catholic school by police chief James Borders about half an hour
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later The auto Is owned by lion Miller. Indianapolis, a salesman He had gone into the Sprague furnl tore store* for about IS minutes and returned to find hl* car missing A topcoat and traveling hag were taken from the auto -a" — ■ Decatur Girb Band Stagei* Exhibition One of the finest sidelight* of the Decatur-Bluffton football game wa« the exhibition staged by the Decatur girls band between halve* The girl*, led by Alice Yost a* drum anajor. executed a serie* of intricate drill* and spelled out IHIH and HUM for the fan* of both schools. • The exhibition came after hour* of painstaking drill* under the direclion of Albert ReHemeyer. I liand director Scout Troop 62 To Meet Friday Night j Boy Seoul troop 42 has lieen requested by Ixvwell Smith to meet at the Lincoln school building Friday night at 7 p. m Plans will be discussed for parent night and national roll call and It I* urgent that each member attend. I FARM LOANS OUR BORROWERS ARE M NOW ONLY PAYING 31% Interest I — SEE I S — *" Adams County 1 N. F. L A. $ HENRY B. HELLER 9 See’y.-Trean.
INJURIES BANE OF BRIO TEAMS Bix Ten Teams Are llampcrrd By Injuries To Kry Player* Chicago Oct 24 tf'Pi— Shorts from midweek M-rtmmnges: Injuries have broken more champions 'han any other factor in football and thia week's list of casualties mgy figure highly . . Hill Becorrevunt of Northwestern. Bruce Smith of Minnesota. Mik* Byelene of Purdu* Bick n«her of Ohio State and George Hettinger of Hllonla are nurafng sprains, bnmp-. bmlses and the like , . Smith, who scored both Minnesota touchdowns against Ohio State, has an assortment of wounds, yet is the only one of the Hvr egpected to see much action Healthiest cleh In the Big Ten la Michigan ... It came out of the Illinois game at Ha season's physical peak .... Statlatks reveal I Indiana as pcMseaalng the tightest forward pass defense in the conference It'a the only team in the la-ague against which none have been completed ... The ere- i dll. however, belongs mostly to lowa, whose passers couldn't spot ■ a receiver at five paces .... Wisconsin Is off to the same sort 1 of start it made in IP3P and part > of the answer la film blit is | Th** Badgers have lost th.- >*all on fumbles twice as many times as any other conference team George Bernhardt. Illinois guard.' tackle, quarterback half back and fulllca* k. missed a lot of practice because so injury and spent part of his time between halves of the Michigan game reheating playa . . . . t»hlo State Interviewers discovered the "had pass from center" which halted a last minute drive on Minnesota's one-to-three yard line hit the knee of a guard pulling out of the line .... lowa's problem who'll star for Minnesota this week .... It was ; George Franck agalmst Washing- j ton. Hill Ituley against .Nebraska i and Smith at Ohio State . . . . Gopher well-wishers hope it's hard- ' working, hard-luck Hob Paffrath .... He’s carried the hall 10 times . In three games, leads Gopher backs with an average of 105 yards per
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