Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1942 — Page 6

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Babe Ruth Opposes More Night Games More Niqht Baseboll To Lower Efficiency Sew York. Feb 4 (VP) Hsbe Ruth observed hli Kill birthday annlvervary on a train to Hollywood today after predicting that Increased night baseball In the major league* would lessen the physical efficient y of the player*. •The greatly increased number of night game* can't help but hurt the player*.’’ the ex sultan of »wal announced laet night enroute to bi* train. The Habe. from a player'* standPoint. wa* incensed over approval of KI nocturnal game* -more than double the 77 of last year. "Playing such a large number of night game* probably will weaken - and may even ruin- their eye*," Ruth said. "The change of diet* al«« I* going to have an elect. "For initance. playing In the afternoon. a ball player usually get* hl* dinner at about 4 p. m. Hut when they play night ball they can't eat heavily before the game and Ita going to be one o'clock in the morning before they have dinner. "ft wasn't no bad when there were fewer night game*,'' the Habe said. halting to wave to some friend* and puff on a cigar. "But with thl* greater number it's going to be hard on their constitutions. "Os cour*e. I think It'* going to be a goo dthlng for the club*, financially that I*.” Ruth added "If* good for the fan*, too--a* long a* the bail player* last." Ruth, who net the *tUI-ext*tlng record for the inont home run* in one season when he belted do in 1927, «l»o forecavt a lean exac ting brand of major league baseball because of the men being drawn from the game by the draft. "Rut anyhow, It'n going to feel good to get ahold of that but again," he said. "I'm down to 223 pound* and haven't felt better in 2" year* He and Rill Dickey will appear In the motion picture "Pride of the Yankee*.*' It I* based on the life of their late teammate. Lou Gehrig. — *■* ■ vyyTßFpryw I DICK MOSES Decatur. R. No. 1 I TH* ambtaai W sesrttsy *»J **f* driviag 1* *w*rd*d is *a* car owccr ad thl* **mi*ahy ***h w«ak-day. MNVS CAMFVUY - MVS A UOB M Bow Swwtag Cor*-. F«n Vwm I*A

aw oiaiiin » <»•'-’••MW ■ >■ PUBLIC AUCTION Complete net of farm building* on farm recently purchased by Dr. Rayl. Thia land become* a part of Dr. Rayl'* larger farm and he ha* no u»e for thl* mt ot improvement*. LOCATION: 4>/ t mile* South and 1 mil* Wert of Decatur, or V/ t mil** North and 1 mile Wert of Monroe, on THURSDAY, Feb. 12 at 1:30 P. M. 8 room house in good repair, good roof. Coal shed. Hog house 18x22 with sh«L Chicken house 18x24. Tile granary 12x16. Barn 24x54 .with sheds. These buildings represent a lot of good building material. If you expect to do any building in the near future, attend this sale. DR. C. C. RAYL, Owner AUCTIONEERS—J. F. Sanmann, D. 8. Blair, C. W. Kent. * HORSE SALE MONDAY, Feb. 9 - • Decatur, Ind. Commencing 10 o'clock 75—HEAD—75 HORSES, consisting of Sorrels, Roans, Hays. Every horse must be as represented. There will be several eastern buyers prese it. We will also sell a number of cattle, hogs and sheep at this sale. AHR SALES CO. Auction**!-*—Den Gorr*ll ■ Do*hrm*n.

< Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday N>w Haven at Yellow Jacket*. Monroe- v«. Monmouth at Berne. Herne at Hartford City. Geneva at Kirkland Saturday Paulding. (). at Plea«ant Milla. Jefferson v«. Hartford at Heine. Sunday Commodore* at St. John, Delphos with whom they first formed the Yan k»' celebrated "murderers' row." • Ruth's broad face wa* etched with a deep grin a* he escorted hl* wife to their compartment. Hatless and bundled In n camel hair topcoat he appeared to have recovered completely from recent 111new which hospitalised him for a Week. As the train pulled out, the big fellow waved a boxed birthday cake presented by a friend and chortled: "See you in the movies " Flashes Edge Bears In League Playoff Dinner Planned For Intramural Winners The Flashes edged out the Bears. 17 to 14, In the playoff game for first place in the heavyweight division of the Decatur high school Intramural league. Deane Dorwin, direc-tor of the league, announced today a dinner for the winner* and presentation of trophies will be held at an early date. The final league standing*: Lightweight W L Pct. Hornet* ....... 5 1 .333 Maroon* . . .42 .444 Avenger* .2 4 .333 Hawke ....... t 5 .147 < Hawk* won tourney i. Heavyweight W I* Pct Flashes 5 2 .714 Hear* 4 3 .671 Redskin* . 3 3 .500 Eagle* . 1 5 .147 tFlaalo* won tourney). itoi score: Flashes FG FT TP Crider, f 0 0 0 Light, f 1 0 2 Arnold, c 1 0 2 i Foreman, g 3 0 4 Moser, g .216 Roeder 1 0 2 Total* . 3 1 17 Bears FG FT TP Ray. » .. 1 0 2 Schwarts. f 4 19 Rlckord. c 116 Grote, g 0 0 0 Heare, g .......... 0 0 0 Roth ................... 0 0 0 Totals 6 2 14 Referee, Lynch; umpire. Rlckord. H. 6. BASKETBALL Jasper 33; Evansville Central 24 Gary Tolleston 51; Hammond Tech 42. Roanoke 67; South Whitley 39 Routh Bend Riley 34; South Bend John Adam* 23 Muncie Burris 40; Alexandria 23

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More Conservation Clubs To Operate Pheasant And Quail Brooders In M 2 £ i -i

Placing Birds in a Club Broodsr Seven hundred and fifteen Indiana conservation clubs will oper ate 930 electric brooder* tor the rearing of quail and pheasant* this year it. wa* reported today by Hugh A. Barnhart, director of the Department of Conservation Thi* I* an increase In both the number of clubs and the number of cluboperated brooder*. To each of these cooperating club* the Division of Fish and Game -will furnish 130 quail or pheasant chicks per brooder, recompensing the club for each bird which I* reared and liberated. Thl* plan of cooperative game bird propagation -was Inaugurated in 1137 and ha* been most successful a* a contribution of the clubs to Ute program of better bunting in Indiana by increMlnc the number of quail and pheasants liberated. Development of this brooder program ha* meant a shifting of activities at the Mvo state game farm* from the production of adult birds to the furnishing of quail and phew want chicks to the cltsbs for their brooders. In 1940 the Jasper-Pul aski and Wells County game farms handled 430,000 quail and pheasant eggs, most of which were incubated in the battery of electric Incuba tors and hatcher* required for this record production. Indiana la the only atate whers game bird propagation is csrrlx

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Action In the seventh annual *' Mie* classic will be resumed this weekend, with 14 teams taking the ' r alley* on Saturday and 30 on Sunday In an attempt to take over ► money-winning positions in the I- tourney. * Manager Molly Mie* announced * today that a women's league ha* l * been formed, which will roll on lr Wednesday afternoon. The league *' is still in need of one or two teams * and fair sex keglers are asked to l( get In touch with either Mr. Mies •* or Mrs. Helen Kngle If Interested l ' in entering a team or enrollins ■ with a squad. The league will start next Wednesday. « o d Trade la a Good Tow>Decatur

Damage Suit Venued ! To Circuit Court — ~ A damage suit as result of an auto accident was venued to the Adams circuit court here from Allen superior court in Fort Wayne today. The suit was filed by George E. Deahl and name* Leonard MatIte* as defendant. The suit* ask* damage* In the amount of 62.500. . it aver* that on September 27. 1 1939. the car driven by th.- defend- , ant struck that driven by the plaintiff's wife, Goldie Deahl on Washington boulevard a* the latter stopped her car for the red light. He’s General at 36 Fr - * J jkj J® A JH n o Uibßmh

* Brig. Gem Bute, ‘ W g Promoted to a brigadier general, II Captain Laurence Kuter. 38, above, thus becomes the youngest general in the army. Brig. Gen. , Kular la ahowu in Washington.

Monroe Bearkatz Whip Monroeville Monroe Registers 17th Win Os Year The Monroe Bearkata marked up their 17th victory of th.- »ea*on Thursday night, trouncing the Monroeville Cub* on the Monroe vllle fioor 37 to 25. Monroe led at lhe half. 2f to 12. Crl»t and K. Houdebuah led lhe Monroe scoring with 12 and 10 point*, respectively. Blauvelt wa* high for Monroeville with seven point*. Monroe FG FT TP A. Roudebu»h. f oil E Roudebush, f 3 4 1# Gilbert, c ci 4 4 l'n«t. g 4 4 12 Winteregg. g ..... ■• 3 17 Reef, f • • • • Trump, f uno U-hrnan. g — 113 Total* II -I s 3 " Monroevill.- FG FT TP Kllnker. f 000 Myer*, f . 1 13 Reynolds, c 2 0 4 Sheehan, g 111 Blauvelt, g 13 7 Daugherty, f 0 2 2 I'owelson. g 2 0 4 Dawson, g • <• 0 • Total* • T 25 f Referee. Sharp, umpire. Garman. Preliminary ( Monroe 22. Monroeville 13. ♦■ — I Today's Sport Parade ' tßeg. U. 8 Pat. Office t ■y Jack Guenther ’ > — ♦ | New York. Feb <-(UF»-!f I t were Inclined to gamble on base- i ball hunches Instead of Investing i wisely In pari-mutuel ticket* and t Ineide straight*. I'd dedicate a t couple of quarters to the gilt edged proposition that Johnny Vander j Meer of Cincinnati will finish the , * 1942 season with one of the live ( bMt pitching record* In the Nat- ( ' ional league. | Hlnce I'm not *o Incllnde. I’ll pass t . along my calculation* for the bene I , fit of the reckless souls in the i crowd. I realise there are more angle* to pitching than you’ll find , ■ In a miter box or on a six-carat ( ■ diamond, but thl* wager I* a* safe ( . a* a defense- bond. The reason I* t that the war ha* altered the not- , lonal pastime—hut plenty. , The major change Involve* night _ games The major* will play twice their tiNtial number of contest* under light* In 1942. A second departure is the reduced supply of , ball*. Ordinarily a ball I* tossed ( out a* soon as It I* scratched. , This year they will be used until , they are more scarred than the < Gneisenau and the Scharnhorit. Roth switches will aid pitcher*, particularly speed artlat* like Vandef Meer The pitcher always has had a slight advantage over the batter at night. He hold* a similar fractional edge over the hatter when he is permitted to throw a ball that has bee n dirtied or cuffed about. He can get a better grip and hi* offerings are harder to • see. Vander Meer should benefit tremendously because he depend* mainly on speed. Hl* theory of delivery I* simple. He lean* back, snaps hi* arm and firm the ball past'the man with the stick. When he has control, he can't be touched. He proved thl* twice In 1933 when within five day* he pitched two no-blt game*. John wa* a very good pitcher In 1933. before he went Into his slump and back to the bushes. But he has come back nicely and I, for one. think he was a better workman In 1941 than he was in hl* first big year. He won more game*, he struck out more men and he ODDITIES of NEWS r~ Dhis cat has eight MORE LIVES TO LIVE. MRS STANTON OF GREAT NECK L I , WHILt OPENING HER TRUNK AFTER 4 DMS Os TRAVELING. FOUND HER CAT IN IT. Vour meter~wnr LIVE MUCH LONGER and you will be much happier if you have it repaired at this shop of satisfaction. Your car will limp in today and leap out tomorrow. RtlißllffliiiffiiaaMi

Injured Aukcr in ■wi I f \ ■ / / * / I ■ / /, / / -I K I / / / ■ I 7/ ■. ./ / ****' / n. Spnouily Injured In rh Automobile •tar pitcher for the St Louia Browns, is shown in s Drtrort Auker, 31. formerly pitched for the Detroit 1

— ■ <<>mplled a lower earned run average. The figures are. respectively, 14. 202 and 2 43-and they are excellent. At 202. Vander Meer had the beat strike out average In banehell And 14 games was plenty to win for a weak offensive unit like the Reds. This year he thinks he will do better and manager Rill McKechnie agrees. Two of the reasons, unofficial ones of course, are the extra number of night games he can work and the spots the batten* will see when he serve* up a dirty ball. A few days ago I asked him what it was that made him a good night pitcher. He answered that ques tlon without even considering It. A knack of tossing them fast and tossing them low. he said. Hpeed and low trajectory makes the ball hard to see and when it Is hard to see It I* hard to hit. "Os course aome boy* can knock anything off." he grinned. "Dolph t'amilli I* like that. He tee* 'em over the fence no matter If they are high or low. soft or alow, inside or out. Hut rnowt batter* can't do their bent against a hall that I* fait and low. They have a job finding It at nighT" John I* confident a* he goes Into what la his < rucial season, and rightly so. He I* in excellent condition. he ba* regained hl* control and he ha* plenty of fire on the *eam*. There ha* been *ome talk

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