Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 68, Decatur, Adams County, 20 March 1941 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHT

ASPORTS -*cx Zut:

HATCHET FANS CONFIDENT OF STATE CROWN Washington Rooter* Back Hatchet* To Win State Tourney Indianapolla. Mir 3»» <UR>—lf you IlMcti rlo**ly you II hear “It'a Wa*hiw»">n in '4l booming out <>f th* *uuth in . nmpet* with th* viclory mur. h of K<»h<>mo‘» alway* a*M fan* It will Iw- W»*hing'on'« Hatchet* ■nd Kokomo * K«t» in the .econd afterwuon gam* of th* Baal high «< hoot ha»k*tbe!l tourney h-r* Satur3a« Gary Frn*b*i aad Madison. otlh r half of th* fabulou* four. ■taaai' In th* flrat gam* Washington I* th* <mly firmer •tat* champion of th* lot, and lo hear folk* around Wa*hington talk Marlon Crawley'* men ar* a cinch I’ to ■ raa* th* Word former " They behold a t*am that ha* av-| eraaed almovt So point* a gatn* t •into th* tourney* began, at th* I •am* croaking al! foe* by in aver- < age margin <»f alm<»t 1* point* 1 Hope* for another atate title are I pinnef'on a atartlng fly* <ompo»- t *d of pt’" l Jam** Hlffey th* Harmon brother*. Charlie and Rill. < who operaie at forward and guard t r**p*rtl»ely. guard Art Grov* and | th* uncanny scoring machine for ( ward Leroy tHookr Mangin. , Aided and abetted by competent t reserve* th* Martina ll** I* a sluidy, pol**d and agrr*»*lr* pie* * , of baefetball wtiarddy The boy* , hwyeii t paid too much attention to f

I To Be Sure That you hate had the right unit replaced. Have um find analyze and prewribe for your motor, for It im no longer neceMMary to invent in a gueMM. and Ovi AnalyMix t- free. RIVERSIDE SI'PER SERVICE East Monroe St Oh»n* ?*' “When row think of Brake* romk of wa" - TODAY - Continuous from 130 “INVISIBLE WOMAN" Virginia Bruce. Jahn Howard, John Barrymore. Chat. Ruggles ALSO—Short* lOc-SOc Inc. Tea BE SURE TO ATTEND! FRI&SAT. A New Screen Toom To Mote Yoe Hoppy A* Yoe lough Along Wiffc (omonce 1 : W Caaw aaj tai *krw try to taay fra* faHtaf to tow aa a *MtoCOLMAN ROGERS ■■"""III MBH’S iiti —too—o Son. Mon. Tues.—Mic«*y Rooney. Andy H*-4y’s Rrivet* Secretary"

I practice nine* the tourney* began Their **ml final performance IndiI rated they ar* not cold I In fa«t ruiarh Crawley rinding 'aa much enthu*la*tn a* anyone |>l«*. fear* moat an inspired opponI .-nt ll* recall* two of WashingI ton'* worst defeat* during the I >*a»on ram* from hopped up flreem-asile and K»an*y|lle Central. In th* former gam* both th* Harmon* went out on foul*. In th* latter Mangin wa* mla*lng completely Kt 111. Inspiration I* a hard thing for a steady team to bock. And Inspiration la an Ingredient Kokom fan* *e-m to h* Instilling In their team Mor* or !*•*. they ar* resigned to th* lo** of Carl t Humpl Camp bell, Whn yesterday berime ?•' year* old and Ineligible to play in th* final It wa* Campbelt, north centra! conference scoring leader, who virtually pulled th* Kat* past higherrated team* to th* d*< Indlrig class le. But Kohomoite* ar* undaunted judging th* way thousand* of th-tn i stormed the gym Tuesday night for | the ticket lottery Although Campbell** )«m* appears | a major blow th* remaining Kat* i hiv* m<t< h tn offer orlng hard-1 en probably w 111 fall on Nortn | Hankina. slender forward whs ha* . poured in 7* potnt* In seven tour | ney games Jack Turner junior guard, can I dunk In a few bo*k*t« hlm**if. when the oeraslon demand*, but j mostly he shines nn defense For that reason he probably will b* as-1 signed to guard the deadly Man- , g.n BUI Hale < feet two Inth senior •e*m* likely to inherit Campbell * center post Jar k Has* at forward t ■nd Whitney Cancleve at guard round out th* starting flv*

While upset fever race* in Kokomo. coach Fee-Dad Campbell, art- , eran of aeren year* handling the Kai* do** not fall to note hl* team ’ now I* without eiperlenred men Campbell wa* the only retn’n'na regular from last year The Kat* themaelre* are determ- ' ' Ined to make up for the lo»* of Hump with every ounce of drive they can master Prestige of the north rentra) conference ln< iden tally, hinge* on the height* to' which Kokomo can rise Frankly, it *eem* that the age of miraele* I* past. ——- o . _ ♦ • ! Decatur Bowling League Fred Hoffman posted a <ls In the minor league at Mle> Rec re atlon xhe only <OO < ount Chris-1 ten and McClure came clone, the t former getting a 5*3 and the latter a SM The 200 ecore* Hoffman 222 and 202 Roldenbach. 212. Marbach. 220. Holtbouae 214; Wiley. 221. TutwelUr. 204. Deßolt 204; Christen 224: Macklin. Mt. EhInger. 214. Hpangler 224. Young. 221 McClure. 201 and 212. Reinking 215; Hleeke. 204. Hummer. 202; I. Hoare. 211; Mutschler. 204; l.anken*u. 202 The reaulta: Flrat State Rank won three from Telephone Local. Smith Insurance won three from Burke* Adam* Theater won two from ! J- . • t ttVttH 11 ttl 11141NNI HiHNNHit I4*U • LOANS to*n wiCKiv aao eatvamv uaat o* vaaa ewa sicaarm aae stcaairv VOW CAN BOWWOW IM.W MNM IP VOW CAN MAKI MOULAW PAYMBNVB Na credit iaetnrm of rwykwr. Mwttouc. or rrlM.wr I* UMUCv» •Mt. ItojpaMm* J • low err to Ire? ttou *toe*r until* 1 *n*M> ader Hrn row war CUM and orieMoie barrow a* to tore? baa*toad dUlara wrtkout ad |f, | aaaroaae to a:*n rour vSdtEtvdfftaffWS aww or pbvna far LOCAL LOAN CO. 1 oetCIAL Tltot PUN PM PAMKM « 8 /w.aaa orreawd to Ad*«a. -tßr*. I • WHta and Jaa Caaalm •NN taew ■*•> to *a*wto* wto NN MO |CORT| • 4 — Last Tima Tonight — In Marvaiou* Taghnioalarl “TWIgF OP BAGDAD" Canrad Veldt. Sabu ALSO—“King of th. Royal Mounted" Ite-20e FRI. & SAT. CHAS. STARRETT “The PINTO KID” With Son* of the Pioneer* -—o—o Sun. Mm. Tom — “BLACKOUT” A “RIDE KELLY RIOS.”

Pittsburgh Pirates: Pitchers Hold Fate —By JACK SOROS ■ - << < S '* C * W M KT/ V P Inrf It *<d 4 X i • I / !1 I*'’' / - fl" JJI fl / HtowNlhModrs [|« itm wot a* 11 V/| U **r*e«s 6-9 -F iwWA jo*uMya*K\ 1 / ( NNCiAKNAA/dr tUSAMrsJoft \ ' /x* £'B Jf & Afta-fIrvIK.OMMfTP X. / rrssseS? *

Wren Telephone- Toll won two from Rieck'* Nu Art won two from Holtbouae Drugs. Gamble'* won two from Tele-' phone Rural. —o — f Today's Sport Parade * By Henry MeLemore • • Lakeland Fla Mar 20 (U.P> Hank Greenberg may have arked hl* draft hoard for deferment but ft doesn't alter the fact that he • ant* to fight Hank I* gathering all hi* force* and need* only one more incident to provoke him Into unleashing tola! warfare In *ome of the moat hardbitten troop* In the world—th- pre** photographer* The big Detroit outflelder. baseball'* highest paid player, ha* aevered relation* with the cameramen and only heroic work by neutral appeaser* ha* kept Kank from swinging at object* much more animate than baseball* these last few day* There wa* that electrifying moment in a latkeland hotel at tour o'clock In the morning, for asample Greenberg wa* oound adeep and probably Buffering from the Sat feet, backache and frac tlou* wisdom teeth that he mentioned to "hi* draft eaamlner* when I there came a knocking at hl* door that would have diaturbed Edgar Allen Poe and half a doaen raven*. When Hank didn't anawer the summon* the knocking increased and he finally had to open the door There atood a cameraman with hi* picture taking equipment tn one hand and a machine gun In the other Would Hank mind, the cameraman aiked poelng for a picture lighting the machine gun a* If he were mowmg down a me** of advancing avia ihock troop* Hank * anawer wa* eomethlng to the effect 'hat while he wouldn't po*e for any »U“h ’hot he would like nothing better than to turn the gun on bla aearMaybreak vtaltor aud *lt on the trigger Greenberg atlll wa* at the belling point tcentigrade boiling point, too* when be reached the bail park the neit afternoon Ju*t when he showed sign* of coollag off. another cameraman arrived with a soldier* uniform Waving It triumphantly, be greeted Greenberg with a taggeetion that he put it on and po»e for a picture. On the-cpot observer* reported that the look Greenberg gav. the photographer wa* the neareet approach man ha* come to perfecting the death ray. and that la the oatfield toward which Greenberg wa* facing- gra*« withered and buttergio* were stopped in their track*. These two Incident* were followed by a third and a fourth Green berg was approached and asked If ho would come U» Me of the city’s park* and pose astride a bronse cannon, and before the echo of hl* thunderous refusal to gratify thl* request had died away, be wa* bellowing another emphatic no to a photographer who bad gon* to great trouble rounding up a saber and who wanted baaebaH'a might lest bitter to wave It menacingly whll* being snapped from thia angle and that angle The requeat that resalted in the breaking off of relet tan. between Greenberg and tbe Brownie boys came while Hank wa* resting him-

PECATI’R DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATI’R, INDIANA.

•elf <>n th* bench while waiting hl* turn to bat H* wa* aaked If he would plea** po«e for a picture which would *h«w him ga>l*g ruefully at bi* Sat feet. Now I'm not taking *ld*» In the quarrel, but It doe* *e*m to me that th* rariou* cameramen could have gotten together and. to aav* Greenberg time and trouble, auggrated he have a picture mad* of 1 hlm*elf aa’ride th* cannon, wearing a military uniform and *lght-1 j Inga machine gun with on* eye while atudying hl* flat feet with th* other. There ha* been no much fu»«' mad* over Greenberg getting into the army- Il make* on* wonder it the war ran be decided until he deflnitely take* a atand with one ■id* or th* other. - -- -o Conwervation Club Plans Shoot Sunday Th* country conservation club of Adam* and Allen countiw* will •tag* a *hooting match Sunday. March 23 in Ed Aumann'* wood*, located aeven mile* north of the city on federal road 37 Priie* of all aorta will be awarded. The | public la Invited. Local Bowling Team At National Meet The Smith Inauranee bowling team of thia city la in St Paul. Minneaota. ■ otnpettng la the annual ABC tourney The Smith keglera roll In the five man event loday and In the double* and ainglea ‘ tomorrow. -- • - Detroit Eagles Win Pro Basketball Title Chicago. March 30(VPl- The Detroit Eaglea. who were given only an outald* chance at the atart i of the tournament, laat night won the world profeaeional baakeOmli chanwionihlp by defeating O*hkoih. Wl* . Aliwtara. N to 37 The Ragle* took an early lead and never rellnguiahed It de»pl<* a furiou* laat quarter rally by Oabkoah. high aeorer wa* Ed Sadotwakl. als foot, eight inch De-

®«oy,oh bW gff ' * Here j the Marvels story ” bi the fewest words we’ve £*pt» They always farte expensive, But you know; of course, the/re not/ The Cigar*!!* of s fWDUiO S _ -

troit center, who tailed II point* Th* New York Kenaiaaanee quintet won third place honor*, defeating the Toledo. Ohio White Hut*. , 37 to «2 COLLEGE TEAMS i START TOURNEY Eixht College Basketball Teams Open Tourney Play Friday Kanaa* City. Mo Mar 30 <U» - Eight colleg* haaketbaß team* that didn't have ■ look-in for top I honor* laat year begin play tomori row night at Kanaa* City and Madl- | *on. Wla. with the national collegiate athletic aawM-latlon c ham pion - ■ hip at ■iak*. I Wleconahi of th* Rig Ten beat ‘ out Indiana, laat year'a national champion, for the right lo repreaent that aeetlon In the eaitern playidf*. and Kanaa*. the I*4o w*«t*m champion, yielded th* honor to Creighton of th* Mtaaourl valley conference la thia aeetlon. In th* opening playog* her* the towvrtng Vntveralty of Arkanaa* team, unbeaten thl* aeaaon in colleg* competition, will play Wyom- [ Ing. repreeentatlv* of th* Rocky mountain area, and Creighton will meet Washington atat* th* Paciflc coaat champion In the eaitern game* at Madlaon Plttabnrgh will meet North Carolina and Wiaconatn will play Dartmouth Th* winner* of the Friday night gam** will meet Saturday i night and the Snal Mbtween the •aatern and WMtern champion* will be played her* March 2d ! Harold G. Olaen of Ohio State university, the N C. A. A. ae*r»i tary emphaalae* that th* complete turnover In team* la evidence of I th* Improvetwent in the entire *tani dard of college baaketball. All of I the lift* winner* canm back with •trong team* and many preaented virtually unchanged lineup*, but I the district winner* whkh repine- > ed them, did It with younger *Ur* ’ who had not developed a year ago. • Trade in a Good Town — Deoatar

s Ji I' MCI I 3p%J »r\i ' f Kfl I I^^llll Playing the Latest Record ini Spring Suits I Music is pleasing to the ear and a new Spring Suit ■ is “pleasing to the eye,” and your wardrobe will be pleas- ■ ing to you if you will allow us to help you select your S Spring Suit and furnishings while our stock is fresh. | \ s^ a «" **3 / I Patterns I Rtripea. Plaid*. Heath I er Weavaa. Herring- 0 honaa. Nailhead* X ■ . /c. I .-.•T/ I 71 Holthouse Schulte & Co.

thiway. March at I*.l