Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1945 — Page 6

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College Sport World Rocked By Disclosures New York, Feb. 1. — (UP) —Th" Kings county (Brooklyn) grand jury continued its investigation of gambling in connection with collegiate basketball today amidst de rijands that the game be returned to college gymnasiums. In Washington, Rep. Donald L. O'Toole of Brooklyn, referring to the bribe money offered by professional gamblers and accepted by five college basketball players to throw a game against Akron univarsity at Boston, said the incident “smells to high heaven." “But,” O’Toole added, “they Plight to put the game back in the college gymnasium, or, if they're going to play for professionals, pay i t|ie |K>ys salaries. It's a temptation to kids when they see big crowds paying big prices for games staged j by professional promoters." Meanwhile the state legislature at Albany acted to bring bribe giving to amateur athletes under the felony statutes. , Those events, precipitated by th" signed confessions of the five play- i era that they had accepted money! tq throw the game against Akron , University scheduled at Boston last night, but later cancelled, rocked the college sports world with its, fifst major gambling disgrace. The grand jury yesterday indict- ■ ed three men, one as yet unnamed, on charges of conspiracy to cheat and defraud. Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz ordered the jury extended <>ne month in order to complete Its inquiry and set Feb. 13 for the trial of Harvey Stenimer and Henry jtosen, the two men named in the Indictments. Leibowitz, formerly a famous criminal attorney, complimented the jury on its speedy action and Indicated that he would allow more than a month’s extension If it proved necessary. He aeked that the jury “seek out any evidence of crime in connection with - past games.” “Don’t go after the small fry,” he told the members. “It’s the big fellows we want.” The Brooklyn players. Capt. Bob ■ Leder, Buddy Barnett, Larry PearlStein. Stanley Simon and Jerry i Green, have not been charged with i any offense and will be used as' material witnesses at the trial. The ! two gamblers were held in $25,000 bail. The fate of the five players may be established today so far as ’ Brooklyn college is concerned. Al- j ready barred from further partici-: pation on the team, the athletes will hear from a faculty-student w ■ w win —TODAY— Qontinuoua from 1:15 WEET & LOWDOWN" Benny Goodman, Linda Darnell AL3O—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax BE BURE TO ATTEND! —o FRL & SAT. L>. '• (si&W •on. Mon. Tuea.—ln Technicolor! “Frenchman's Crook”

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday St. John’s of Lima (O.) at Cominodoren. Yellow Jackets at Auburn. Kirkland at Geneva. Monroe vs Hartford at Berne. Jefferson at Pleasant Mills. , Monmouth at Hoagland. : Saturday f Berne at Oeeian. ■ athletic committee meeting regard--11 ing expulsion from school. It was Indicated that all would be expe'.l- -.■‘■<- ■ I-,.’. , —o— Monroe Bearkatz Beat Monroeville ___ The Monroe Bearkatz rallied in j I the second half last night to defeat j . the Monroeville Cubs, 32 to 30, at | i the Berne gym. The Allen county! quintet had an IS to 14 lead at the I half. j B. Sadler was outstanding in the Monroe victory with 15 points o.i five field goals and five three throws. Roy led Monroeville with 11 points. Monroe FG FT TP I . Christener, f 0 3 3 I ■B. Sadler, f 5 5 15 j Rich, c 11 31 Zurcher. g 3 0 6 I R. Sadler, g ... .2 1 5 ] Totals 11 10 32 Monroeville FG FT TP Roy, f 5 111 Grabner, f 2 15 Glen, c . 2 2 6 Myers, g 2 15 Plummer, g 0 0 0 Burnett, g 113 Totals .12 6 30 Referee, Vizard. Umpire, Everhart. Preliminary Monroevill e2B. Monroe 9. Decafur 6. E. Girls Beat Waves, 25-19 The Decatur G. E. Girls scored a 25 to 19 victory over the Waves from the Bunker Hill Naval Base I Wednesday night at the Lincoln ■ ' gym in this city. Decatur was well out in front j ' for three-fourths of the game and ; ! staved off a fourth-period rallyi |oy tile Waves to triumph. Deca- I j tur's scoring was well divided. 1 I Thatcher leading with nine ' Glenn was the big Wave I j wltli 11 points. Decatur FG FT TP Royer, f ... 3 0 6 Thatcher, f 4 19 Smith, c 113 McLean, g 2 2 6 Huffman, g 0 0.0 Miller, f 0 0 0 Sheets, f 0 11 Bowers, g 0 0 0 Snyder, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 5 25 Bunker Hill | Kubile, f Oil I Glenn, f 5 1 11 j Petroski, c 10 2 i Jacobs, g 12 4 ! Clements, g Oil | Harrison, f 0 0 0 j Umbarger, f 0 0 0 Kolanda, g O 0 0 TOTALS 7 5 19 i o H. S. BASKETBALL Brazil 43, Bloomington University 40. South Bend Central 42, South Bend Washington 41. I Evansville Reitz 45, Fort Branch 36. Richmond 35. Muncie Burris 33 | (overtime) Hammond 38, Gary Emerson 31. I Rushville 44. Greenfield 31. Whiteland 43, Fairland 25. Portland 34, Dunkirk 33. Garrett 42, Waterloo 31. ■ iiOTXHMMOMMMB ,CORT I O o — Last Time Tonight — “BROTHER RAT" Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris j , ALSO—Comedy 9c-30c Inc. Tax | I O O j FRL & SAT. “BORDERTOWN [ TRAIL” Smiley Burnette, Sunset Carson —o Sun. Mon. Tues. — “Shadows of I Suspicion” & “My Gal Loves Music.”

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Major League Clubs , Display Optimism Chicago, Feb. 1.--(UP) —With the spring training season less than a month ami a halt’ away maj- , or league baseball teams are bet- ’ ter staffed today than they were a 1 year ago and have almost double I the manpower tj)ey had during I World War I. The major league clubs, encourI aged by the player situation, are 1 going about their regular late winl- - er business of mailing contracts, I issuing roster lists and laying the I plans necessary for the big training push—giving every possible indication they will be operating at the same old stand this summer. Despite the burning manpower question which lias threatened to black out America's No. 1 sport, American league teams —for exi ample- have 275 men on their reserve lists which is about 20 more : than last year at this time and ; almost double the total during I World War I when teams were j performing witli 17 and 18 players. The addition of rookies, overage i Veterans and honorable service discharges were cited as reasons for the improved manpower setup. "Basball is in good shape," a veteran National league official said, j “During the first war, we used to ; play with less than 20 men. putting ■ a pitcher in right field, a catcher in the infield and so on.” Another bit of optimism was supplied by president William liar- ; ridge of the American league. “We are making plans with the i idea of playing this summer," Hairidge said as hq boarded a train . for New York and the joint major league meeting there this weekend. The 16 big league clubs have ap- ■ proximally 500 players, an average ! of better than 31 players per club and baseball officials believe that , the total could be sliced in half during the season and the teams I could continue to play. An example of big league baseball’s player situation is the Am- : erican league’s condition. Out of its 275 players. 197 of the men are ■ either under or over age, or 4-F’s. At present. Washington has the I most on its reserve list. 41, Cleveland is next with 39 and Chicago' i has 35. In the National league, the Chi-1 cago Cubs issued their 1945 roster I | this week, listing 40 players includ-1 ing all the regulars of last year’s i j team. Ex-Hoosier Stars Lead Service Fives i Indianapolis, Feb. I—(UP) —Erst- : while Hoosier high school and col- ■ lege basketball stars now playing with service quintets are carving out a bigger niche for the state's , reputation as the hotbed of the' I cage sport. Red-haired Max Biggs, mainstay ! I of Lafayette Jefferson before mak- ' ing the Purdue varsity as freshman : in 1943, is pacing the second air force supenboniibers headquarters five setting a championship pace in the 11-state w-estern league race. ■Biggs has 159 points for a dozen games. ■Eddie Ehlers, the old South Bend ' Central flash who made all-state in 194 d, ranks with the top point collec’ors of the Lincoln, Neb., army air field team which holds down S a top spot in the nation's rankings.! Paul Armstrong and Herman Sch- 1 aeffer, a pair of crackerjack per- 1 formers who have played basketball ‘ together for more years than they, care to remember, currently are •breaking records with perhaps the ■ best service outfit in the nation—- ! Bainbridge, Md„ naval training etaI tion. 1

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They were all-state performers ‘ for Fort Wayne Central, made all-1 America on Indiana university's i national champions of 1940 and ■ sealed the stardom heights once a- j gain while with Great Lakes. > Another Hoosier sailor going I great guns in the service league is Harvey Collins of Gary, who has sparked the strong Jacksonville, Fla., representative. Leo Klier, ex-Washington Catho- ■ lie high ace who set the Notre Dame individual scoring record last ; season, and Ernie Andres, who played on Jeffersonville’s "dream team” J i on 1935 and was an all-American j ! for Indiana, are teammates on the naval trainin geenter officers’ team ■ at Miami, Fla. Klier is the No. 2 I scorer in that section, while Andres j has a sweet 15-point-a-game averj age. Ralph Hamilton and Jimmy Hines starred on Fort iWayne South's 1938 state champions and they are ■ paired again—this time with the Fort Benning, Ga., team. Hamilton, a consistent performer for Indiana U., hit. 5C points recently and hasn’t ibeen held under 19 points this sea- ■ son. Mack Peyton, one of the state’s | best prep performers in 1942 while with Richmond, flipped in 20 iwiuts j Tuesday night as the Casper, Wyo. air base upset Buckley Field, 51-50. His average is 15 points a game. Another former North Central conference Stalwart, Roy Witry of Anderson, tops the Texas service league scoring. He handles center for the Normoyle field raiders. Luke Majorki, although only IS and fresh from Fort Wayne South high , holds down a regular forward spot for .the star-studded Great Lakes naval training station five . and his scoring ability has been a j bright spot in a brilliant sailor season. Seemingly, you can take a Hoos- | ier out of basketball-mad Indiana, j but you can’t take basketball out of . a Hoosier. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Butler 43, Camp Atterbury 37. Central Normal'44. Ball State 41. Marquette 83, Lawrence 47.

Al Heiden Retains Bowling Meet Lead •Chicago, Feb. I—(UP) —Al Hei- ■ den. Detroit, retained the lead in ■ the $43,200 Peterson individual (bowling classic for the fourth consecutive day today, although five changes occurred in the standings after 17 of the 54 squads had completed their turn. Barney iCorsiatti, Coal City, 111., j lumberyard manager, achieved the . best total of the 96 bowlens on the i firing line last night when he hack--1 ed out a 1563 cluster to oust, Joe Dumesic, Kenosha, Wis., out of the second-place spot. o K. C. RABBIT SUPPER (Continued From Page 1) ville, were guests. Rev. Joseph J. Seimetz. pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church, in brief remarks recalled that it was 12 years ago last Sunday that he became pastor of the local parish. Father Robert Hoevel. assistant pastor, spoke briefly. T. J. Metzler led the crowd in community singing, accompanied by William Hartman at the piano. Arthur R. Holthouse acted as toastmaster. Railroad Section Worker Is Killed Logansport, Ind., Feb. 1. —(UP) —William Carpenter, 62, Monticello section worker, was killed yesterday when crushed by a bucket crane while loosening cinders in a railroad gondola car. Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities * MIES ALLEYS Women’s League Standing \V. L. Dauler 3 0 Hill-Smith 3 0

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