Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1941 — Page 6

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ST. JOE WINS FROM JUNIOR HICR MONDAY Annual Series For Grade ('hampion»hip Now (Joes To Third Tilt In on* of th* scrappiest, hairraising battles th* city wries han even »»rn th* Ht Jo* ■ Ighih grad er* downed ihr Junior high nr* at the Commodore gym laat night It , It In winning th* h*»tlc. .ee-saw i UH. lb* embryonic Commodore* I forced th* annual battlr for th* Wernhoff trophy Into a third anti. deciding gam* Th* llrai quarter waa the wild**’ of all. with antpera of both widen ' hitting consistently flllllg opened , th* arorlng with a wnaaUonal one hander, hat Htelner quickly hit I from underneath and it wan Hadi at 2-all arored from 1 under hut Bremers long heave again knotted th* count. Steiner i put Junior high m th* lead for th* | Amt time with a perfectly eiecnt-j rd pivot .hot T*rveer edged thr score np to S-5 Junior high, with a rahrlly loan on Colter* personal I Cage looped a one hander through and the Catholic lad. took th. lead at 74. Hromer hanged another from out In front and thr lead changed Gage quickly retaliated and th* lead changed again. Then just before th* Arst quarter gun. Kb har tied th. < ouat at kali with a free throw on Gage a personal. In the second sISMa both aide* threw up a tighter defense and thr b - « — Laat Ton* Tonight — "NORTHWEST MQURTEO POLICE ’ Gary Coop*'. Mad*li*n* Carroll Ropt Pratto'i. Paulatt* Goddard ALSO—Short* lOc 3Oc Inc. Taa *~VI’EI). & THURS. * * (MR BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at «:30 Cofltinuou- Thum, from 1:30 BE SI RE TO ATTEND! in tot-K’P* piHETIt 1 I kstnregodd WD| - * \ Set 11 !-! khMaaatAMiaß / ARTIE SHAW *IU" fl CHARLES BUTTERWORTH R BURGESS MEREUITH j\ EMM ig Bvil Mwm-WuM w ! llfcruniiwklwtlaa ( -0 Frl. a Sat.—OSAO KND KIDS la "GIVE US WINGS” —o— Coming Sunday—"Levo Thy Noighber” Jaok Bonny. Fred Allan.

Ir— —< I Week’s Schedule | For Adams County Hanketball Teams Tuesday Commodore* va Ht. John's of ’ Itrlphoa (().) at Yellow Jacket* I «F»n Friday Kendallville at Yellow Jacket* Commodores at I‘leaaant .Milin. Innraater at Kirkland. Herne al Wincheater. Jefferson at Geneva. Petroleum at Hartford. Monro. va. Uray at Herne. Saturday Monmouth at Concordia. I ~harpahooter*. at lean for the time, lost some of thrlr punt h I Here. Gage put thr Ht. Joe Ave In ! the lead at 11-k with a one-hander I and they were never headed although Junior high proved a constant threat. Lo*he‘* shot from i the aide made the margin four ; points at 13•». Ht Joe. but Htelner f .cored on a rebound and It wa* 13I 11, HI Joe. at the end of the half. Trrveer itpeaed the aecond halt | with a free throw on Hromer'* per--1 «<>nal but Colter hit a one-hander i that brought the Kverhart boy* I within one point al 14 13 Then ; Hot> Lengerich hit two time* from | the charity .trip, after being foulI i-d by Porter and the score »t<*.«d lat It 13 In favor of the Sayner, coai hrd lad* la**hi- started thing, tn the Anal alinu with a looping one-hander. giving the Gold an 10-13 lead. Coller'* free throw on Loabe'a personal whittled the margins to Ik--11. but Gllllga charity '>*«» on Kl'-bar • personal brought It back in 10-14. Then before the close of the tilt Colter stored a free throw when Lo*he again fouled him and the score was 10-15. The game ended »e.ond. later Thus coat-baa Hteve Kverhart of Junior high and Ted Zayner of St Joe must again throw their prtae eomhinat ion. Into Irani* again within a short time to determine m whose (Hisseaslon the trophy will remain until nest year. Tbe serie* now stands at one-all. Junior High PG IT TP Htelner. f - 3 0 S Colter, f ...... 1 J d Hromer. c . 2 0 4 Elchar. g u 11 Porter, g .800 Nelaon. g 0 « 0 Staley, g .000 Total* A J IS 8; Joe PG FT TP Gllllg. f .113 II Lengerich. t 114 Terveer, c 0 2 1 Loshe. g . 204 Gage, g .30* Coffee. f ... .0 O 0 R. Lengeri<h. f 0 0 0 I Totals 7 5 10 Referee. Vizard ‘Pleasant Mills• Vmplre. Kl.inknlght t Decatur). Preliminary St. Joe 20. Junior High 19 — tdouble overtime). p— Rock salt is mined egtenslvely in lamislana Home of the deposit, are 1.000 feet thick and the salt Is eald to be unu.itally pure. | CORT * — Last Time Tonight — * "ELLERV QUEEN. Detective" Ralph Bellamy. Margaret Lindsay A “MONEV TO BURN" The Gleason* A Harry Davenport Only 10c-20c * W ED. & THURS. * One Os the Meet Eaciting Pictures of All Time! 4H-PMA ■* JV HUNK STUART • IU MUCH ALSO—2nd chapt. "King of the ’ Royal Mounted" 10c-20c -0 Coming Sunday — “Wolf of New Yerfc" A -Jennie.”

BADGERS KEEP RIG TEN LEAD : MONDAY NIGHI Wisconsin (op* Over time; Indiana And Illinois Winners Chicago Feb II *U» Wiscon sin’s *cls»or legg«-d game-br»ak»i center Gene Knglund kr|-t <h« > Hadgrrs just one leap ahead ol » Indiana today tn a two-tr-am duel for the lead In the Big Ten basket ( hall race. Held to one Aeld goal for 30 mlnuie«. Knglund Aippe«| In a basket that M>nt Northwestern and Wl. t and three minutes later sank the r onsln Into an overtime la.t night , winning goal while two Northwest ern guard, draped around alt ■houlders. That 4k to 4< vh-tory wa. th* ■ lath In a row for the Badger., re- . talnlng an undisputed lead with , .is w*>n nnd one lost. Indiana, meanwhile, rolled over lowa, 5" tu 40. and hung in second pla<-- with a rerord »t Ave and one. Saturday. Wlaconsln meet. Him- , ols. Minnesota play, at Indiana Purdue at Ohio State. Northwest- ! ern at Chicago and lowa at Mic higan W isconsin was In a bad way until Knglund came through In the , < losing stage. Led by lanky Hon McCame*. Northwestern commanded a halftlm.- lead of? 3to 17 and held it most of the way. Mcßarne. scored Ik point, for the evening With a minute remaining. Englund broke away for hl* secund Aeld goal of the night and tied It at It a* the guu ended regulation playing lim-. Johnny Kot*, whose 1* point* kept the Badger* going, broke the Ge but Northwestern* Don Kruger hit a long one With three minute* of the overtime . gone. Knglund went under for hl* third bosket and the Badger, slall- , ed out the remaining time Indiana nipped lowa's challenge right at the start, running out a halftime lead of 23 to k It wa. such a trenic-ndou* advantage that , Indalna shook off lowa’s 31 point , second half attack in stnde , It wa* the icecond straight defeat for lowa which had set out , ou it* road trip in third place and . Agured it might cut In for a share I of the title. The Hawks now vir- , lually are out of it. Illinois found Chicago a handy victim on which to end a two game losing streak, 55 to 19. The , Maroons .Imply weren't In tire ball , gam* although (.'apt. Joe Stamp) * again showed he can plaf in any ( league by leading the night’s scor er* with 1* points Nine of the 13 llllnl in the gam* assl.ted in tbe scoring. It was llllpola' fourth victory in seven game*. It* Ar.t alnc-e the los* ol Walter i Hoot I Even and Henry Sach*. now Ineligible. The standings: Team W L Pct. TP OP Wisconsin ( 1 157 30 2«S , Indiana .. « 1 *33 272 212 Purdue .... 4 2 M7 251 23. Minnesota . 4 2 4*7 233 2H Ohio State- 4 3 571 310 29« Illinois 4 3 .571 2M Ml lowa 3 3 500 270 259 Northwestern 1 5 I*4 245 311 Michigan 1 « .143 2«o Ml > Chicago 0 « 000 200 307 Games Saturday: Illinois at Wisconsin. Mintiesot* al Indiana. Purdue al Ohio State lowa at Michigan. Northwestern al Chicago, 1 Result* last night: , Wlaconsln 4» Northwestern 4« LOANS Ji# to S3OO QtHCEIT ASS MNVETUT MABE Vs cry w auU tlx of morvy s umpa Ym, n» hsvs la ui fri<n<si « ffflxtvGE to Mgn yous no**. Lamro •r» ptivtMy bmßb vßuaiiy Um mm* you »pp(y nuk< ______ rmUrrswvif M* qaae. ecd ys. sesy *-**- •sysy yow loss os »-*— Is be v*cy hbsrsl wrws. —*»—»■»*»* Yas <ssy dscim rase fcuscol sffsec ecdc scwKCKCcacUblesu. H Yow Moy Apply (sr s Isas is c!w ynvssy sd yssc *wa hsaw, st ia asr pmrsss rssadrsnss ssssw. U iasswwscsat u>ctllscsdks.ylMMsr rspmsassOw stß *a yas sad ssylsia ssr Asmosl ssmss My. Yas sh md* *• cAkgscae <4 y*a A asc isks s Issa. “Praams. saarwoM arSo’' LOCAL LOAN COMPANY fSSWSWfiSia Oss. Meats' Msn INK Usrt* •»»>« Strwt rsae. J-J.J OCCAVU& iuoiaua

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* (overtime I: Indalna M. lowa 4<>. 1 Illinois Si Chicago 39 SHAW OUT AS It * IRISH MENTOR * Buck Shaw Withdraw* » A* Candidate To Succeed Elmer l*ayden t * - Mouth Bend. lad.. Feb. 11 —ll'Pl | ” — Withdrawal of Lawienee T (1 tlitick) Hhaw of Hants Clara from I e the Hat of candidate* to aacceed r- Elmer ixiyden al Notre Itarne revived rumor* today that Wl*ron*ln's , ■ ' Harry Htuhldreher might lie indur-| ed to return to hl* alma mater as i || foothall coach and athletic d I rec-1 >f tor y One campus aource Indicated r- Htuhldreher could have the Job If j he wanted It. From the flrat. the | e little quarterhack of the "Four, a Horsemen" ha* ln*l«ted he I* hapn py at Wisconsin and not lutereated d tn moving." y Notre Hame'a faculty board In control of athletic* meanwhile Ignored all rumor* and followed It* |> set routine The board met for the 5 second time last night to consider 2 application*, and announced an* * other meeting Will be required to--4 morrow night before It* Hat of * recommendation* I* completed. <> The board will pa** on it* Hat <t to the Rev. J Hugh OTktnnell. 4 Notre flame'* president, who will 7 make the final choice. Until then. - all report* are guesswork, the j iMiard said a The board met without any a**latance from lion Miller. C leveland ; attorney and one of the Four Horsemen along with Htuhlderher. Layden and Jimmy Crowley. 4; Miller Iwunced Into the picture ■ yesterday, coupled with Shaw. Shaw, according to the report, would become football coach and Miller the athletic director. Miller said at Chicago he planned j to leave for South Bend at *ll p. m. I At midnight be checked out of hie Loop hotel, presumably bound for Cleveland. Hbaw notified the Rev John J. Cavanaugh, chairman of the faculty board, that be felt "In justice to my family and Santa Clara authorities" he should remain on the west coast. Student* and Alumni had rated Bbaw. Stuhldreher. Crowley and I I Out of Balance Front wheel* too often become oat of control (steering And we Balance wheel* both dynamically and Htatically Tc run more miie* with lew tire wear and more Peering eaae. RIVERSIDE SUPER SERVICE Cast Monroe at. Phene 741 “When you IftHk of ■rake*, think es M.”

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ICES VICTORS I OVER ST. IDE a, a i ■— Evansville Noaea Out St. Joseph's Uolleie In Closing Seconds Indianapolis. Feb II ‘U.F> W|l- - Ikierner. Kvansvllle scoring. Ore. drove in «n under-th* basket > shot on a po*« Hom Lowell Gal leeway last night and knocked the Ht Joseph s cage c rew out of • Arst place lie With a 45 to 44 de : feat in the lasi Ave *.c<mds of the gome After th* l**d changed 0180 time*. Ht Jotceph * Went Into the closing second* with a 44 to 431 edge and Stalled Galloway charged Into the far court, snatched th* ball and pos.ed to Do*rner who rang up hfa Joth point of th* eve-1 nmg and his 235th ed th* s*ason j Nell Moaaer Indiana conference high point man maintained his lead however, by netting 17 points for Ht Joseph's, boosting hl* total Io 250. The victory wa* the Ace's fourth and left them alongside Indians Central and Hutter In a Arst place He. The defeat wa* the Ar»t conference loss lor Hi." Joseph’s and gave them a three-one record. In the only other conference gam* last night. Hanover luvaded Valparaiso and lengethened a onepoint half-lime Jead to defeat the Chians. 44 to 3k With the lead changing eight lime* during the game. Tull, a Hanover forward captured offensive honor* by Ice taling Ik points Trl Htat* traveled to Albion and loat a close one 44 to 41. In a double overtime Tonight. Indiana Central, tbe pride of the conference with seven straight win*, rtafca It* record •• gainst Central Normal The Greyhound. outran the Warriors 53 to ■ 37. earlier this month Al Wabash i college Pete Vaughn night will be ’ observed between the halve* of the Wabash Hanover game Alumni will honor the coach who came Io | I Crawfordaville io Iklk I Huntington at Mancheater completes the conference schedule but Xavier of Cinclnnall invade* Hall State and Grand Rapids meets Tri- : State at Angola URGES FIVE TO lit CONTJHVRD FROM PAGB OHB i where if thia bill could be adopted with a non-partiaan and almost ’ unanimous vote." Support Maaaur* Mayor Florelio H. LaGuardia of New York urged approval of the British aid bill for “purely selfish American Interests" today after President James B Conant of Harvard university had recom mended American participation In lhe war if necessary to defeat the ails. LaGuardia and Conant appeared aa administration witnesses In th* senate foreign relation* committee* final day* of hearings Conant. In response to que* tlon*. told the committee that the t’nlted Slates should give Britain assurances that ah* will Join In the war if there I* no other way lof defeating Germany and Italy.

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However, he ekpresaed belief that I th* mea.ure pending I* purely a MB I to provide material aid. and that congress should "pr<o , eed one step ala lime." MGuardla. who was chairman of the joint. I’. H -Canadian defense hoard paid tribute to the “courage and gallantry of the British people in defense of their homeland "When that epic is written. It will be an epic of civilisation when the name* of Hitler and Muss dllll will be used only to denote a sort of mental disorder.’* he said MGuardia said that he favored lhe administration bill for "purely selfish American Intereata and no others." Sen Burton K Wheeler. D. 1 < Mont., leader of senate opposition, discounted administration reports that only 22 vole* would be cast against the bill and asserted that the opposition had “a very good chance" to write in amendment* that would prohibit the sending of < American soldier* aviator* or sailors to foreign soil pud America convoying of merchant shipping !a | the war lone* No Dictatorahip Senate Democratic leader Alben | W Barkley of Kentucky. In a radio ■ addreai laat night, said there Wa. ' ‘ Incredible mlalnformatlon being | peddled throughout the country" | about the bill, particularly the charge that It would lead to dictatorship. “In »hort. the meaaure . , . doe* not remotely get up a dlctator■hip." he said. "It doe* not <-<mfer on lhe president unnecessary' power* but it coaler* upon him such power* a* are deemed necessary in the midst of a great and , unprecedented emergency, i ”... It doe* not take away from congress the right to declare war fi or to confer that right on tbe 1 president. i "It doe* not confer upon him the ■ right to send troop* to Europe . . . The right to send American ships I Into war tones . ! The right to ■ convoy ships carrying defense ar-j ■ tic les across tbe Atlantic . . . The right to .else foreign sblpa In the - port* of the Vnlted State* . . . The » power to Impose a censorship or i Io restrict the freedom of speech t or the freedom of the press or the r freedom of worship or tbe free- . dom of assembly . . The power to

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