Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 29 October 1945 — Page 6

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Indiana Only Unbeaten Team In Conference Chicago, Oct. 29 (IP) - Flv>* teams headed in to the final month of the crowded big ten football rac today, each with tin equal chance to win the championship. I’ndefeated Indiana and Purdue, (thio State, Michigan and Minnesota, each with a single setback, are hot on the pace and according to last Saturday's jumble of upset ». the 1945 big tn title probably won’t be decided until Nov. 24 the final Saturday. The fl rat five weeks of the big ten campaign succeeded in knot k Ing only four teams out of the running Northwest rn. Illinois, Wis cousin and lowa. I'nblemished records and championship hopes plopped all over the midwest Saturday. Northwestern's tame Wildcats flared up with an Inspired performance to snap Purdue's und seated record, 26 Io 14. and Ohio State's rebounding Buckeyes, striving for their second straight conference title, squelched Minnesota's previously mid seated Gophers. 20 t > 7, Michigan returned to the bijc ten battlefields to whip Illinois, 19 to 0, wiping out th mini's last hopes for a possible* share of the championship. Indiana also notified its big ten brethren it will be in the tight to th*- finish by sending Tulsa’s golden hurricane breezing bac k to the southwest with its first defeat of the season, 7 to 2Minnesota jarred back on its heels by Ohio State's vicious lilt-*, and Michigan's Improved Wolv t Ines, flush from their conquest of Illinois, meet in an "elimination'' game this Saturday to lop the big ten's three-game conference* ached* ui. The traditional meeting at Ann Arlsir between the big ten’s two northern powerhouses lias more than the* "little brown jug' nt stake. It will mark the end of th* title trail for the defeated team, since both Minnesota and Michigan have one loss already Th® same Northwest- rn line which gave one of the most gallant demonstrations of the season to throttle Purdue's hipper-diptwr hacks goes against Ohio State at Columbus, itching for another ti|e set. in comparison to i> rsonncl. Northwestern shouldn't be in the same stadium with (). S, U.. but that was true against Purdue and the boiling Boilermakers went home a frigid team. in the third big ten game Saturday. Wisconsin and lowa each wiii bid for their first conference victory in a homecoming game at lowa city. It's a match of also-rans with Wisconsin a slight favorite lowa gave Notre Dante no more than a "scrimmage" Saturday when

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the Irish toni|>ed to thc-lr fifth straight victory, 56 to 0. The Irish, th» only major und - seated, untied team In the midlands. go against Navy at Cleveland this Saturday in the mid west’s No 1 attraction. And Navy, after barely squeaking by Penn Saturday, 14 to 7, should rate* no more than a slight favorite* M-unwhlle, Illinois, which has scored only seven points In three big leu games, should notch Its second victory of the season Saturday when It meets Great Lakes at Champaign. Purdue probably will regain its winning strid against Pittsburgh at l-afayette while Indiana catches its breath against little Cornell college of lowa and Marqttete entertains Detroit in edicr midwest gain -s. Standings Chlcagp, Oct* 29 —«t’P» Western conference football standings: W. L. T. Pct. Indiana 3 0 1 loon Purdue .... 3 1 I) .759 Ohio Slate 3 1 0 .750 Michigstn 2 1 4 417 Minnesota .. I 1 " .500 Northwestern .. 12 1 .333 Illinois ... i» 2 1 .000 Wisconsin o 2 I .000 lowa 0 3 o .00'1 - -o Cleveland Rams In First Season Loss New York. Oct 29 tl’Pl With the National Football League season half over, six of the 10 teams still were in the championship race today and it appeared lite fight would continue d >wn to the final game. Green Hay. Cleveland and Detroit each had won four and loot one in the western division, and Boston and Washington each had won three ami lost one in the east Philadelphia Eagles were close behind with I wound-two The Eaglets got back into the itinning yesterday by handing the Cleveland Barns their first loss. 29 to 14, before a record c rowd of 35.149 al Philadelphia. Hoy Zimmerman l>-d the winner®, passing stt yardo for one touchdown, piling Ing for another ami Marring on defense. Both teams scored during the last 5o seconds of the game. Sammy Haughs pas-ing 19 completion in 23 throw-t paced Washington to a 24 to 14 win over New York His pa. oes gained 2.31 yards for the Redskins. Green Bay. tin* defending champion. rode over the Clilcago Cardinals, 33 t.c 14 lain Hutson scored 21 points for the Packers with threw touchdowns and three conversions. He caught two touchdown pasmo and once* ran 10 yards on an end-around to t.core. Detroit made gcsid use of the ■‘breaks" to defeat the Chicago Hears, 1U to lit. An intercepted pass gave Detroit Its first score, and a penalty on Chicago helped the Lions to their second. It was the fifth straight lues for the team which once dominated the league. A Boston tom lidown outweighed two Pittsburgh field goals in a 10 to 6 victory. The touchdown was set by an intercepted pass in the last period Johnny Martin ran 20 yards to scon- after taking a lateral. H. S. FOOTBALL Fort Wayne South 14. Fort C C. 0. Gary Horace Mann o, Hammond Tech o (tie). South Bend Riley 3C, Michigan City 6. iaiPorte 33, South Bend Adams 14.

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Notre Dame, Navy In Feature Clash New York, Oct. 29 HP) Navy and Notre Dame, two of the 10 major college foot bull teams surviving with perfect record® after a Saturday that euw the favorites fulling like ripe plums, meet tills week at Cleveland in tier outstanding game of the season to date. A crowd of 90.000 may turn out for the spectacle, which momentarily steals the spotlight from such still unbeaten teams as army, Columbia, Holy Crcacs, Alabama. Oklahoma A. and M . Temple. St. Mary*® und Mississippi State The Middles and the Irish will rate almost n betting toss up despite the different character of their victories last week. Notre Dame rode roughshod over lowa, 56 to 0, while Navy squeaked out u 14 to 7 victory over fighting Penn only by a desperation pass in the lust half-minute of play. Pennsylvania ww among five teams tiiat fell from the unbeaten ranks over the* week-end, with theloudest thuds heard in the mid west where* both Minnesota und Purdue became upset victims, leaving the big io without an unscathed representative. Ohio Slate, upset itself a week earlier, plowed under Mlnmvota's Golden Gopher®, 20 to 7, and lightly-regarded North western toppled the Punliie Boilermakers, 26 to 14, in a stunning upheaval of the form sheets. In the cow country the Texas Longhorns, odds-on favorite for th** southwest conference title, lowed 7 to 6. to a Rice eleven that had not done anything all year. Tulsa was the fifth team to drop from the unbeaten ranks, hacing to Indiana. 7 to 2 While the big let and southwest taces became thoroughly acrambled, string front-runners emerged In the east, south and far west Army, battering Duke 4M to 13. stood head uttd shoulders above the east if not the nation but Columbia. iledy Crews and Temple all extended their unbeaten strings. Columbia trimmed Brown, 27 to 6. Holy Cross trimmed Colgate, 21 Io 0. and Temple edged Pittsburgh 6 to 0. The amazing Harry Gilmer pitched Alabama to a 29 to 14 decision over Georgia, putting the Crimson tide well out in front of the south * eastern conference race Washing i ton. pasting a 13 to 7 upset cm | California, took a commanding lead] In the Pacific coast conference with four victories against one defeat.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Northwreiern 26. Purdue 11. Indiana 7, Tulsa 2. Notre Datne 56. lowa It. Michigan 19. Illinois 0. Central Normal 12. Franklin 6. Ball Stale W, Earlham 6. Valparaiso 7, Kentucky Teach-1 ers 6. Michigan State 13, Marquette 13 11 lei Great l-tkex 39, Western Michl 1 gan rt. Ohio State B 33. Purdue B 6 At my 48. Duke 13. • Navy 14, Penn 7. Yale IS, Cornell 6. Dartmouth 8, Syracuse 0. Temple 6. Pitt 0. Holy Crow 21. Colgate 0. Georgia Tech 20. Auburn 7. Tennessee 33, Villanova 2. Alabama 29, Georgia 14. Washington 13, Soutliern Cali fornia 7. PRO FOOTBALL Philadelphia 26. (’lev-land 11. Green Bay 33, Chicago Cardinal 14. Detroit 16. Chicago Bears 1«». Washington 24. New York 14. Boston io, Pittsburgh 6. Capital Orchestra Planning Long Tour Indianapolis, Oct. 29- (UP) — The Indianapolis symphony orchestra today prepared to launch its longest tour in history, (’onduHot Fabien Sevltssky said the orchestra would play in 35 cities and 12 states during the tour, whlcn was set tentatively to begin Nov. 7 at Anderson. Other Indiana appearances Include LaFayotte. Nov. 23. La Porte, Dec. 11, and East Chicago, March 4. St. Joseph Grade Classes Dismissed Classes up to the seventh grade at St. Joseph'* Catholic school have been dismissed until further notice, due to do heat in the building, it was announced today. From the seventh grade through the high school, classes are continuing. The rooms are being heated with portable electric heaters. Repsirs to the boilers are being made, but there have been unforeseen delays In the completion of the work, the Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph J. Helmets, school superintendent, stated. Trade In < Goad J awn — Docatur

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Girl, Middle-Aged Man Are Murdered State Police Probe Deaths At Rockport Indianapolis, Oct. 29 — (VP) — Indiana state police revealed today that 53.2'*" In cash, most of It In SI bills, had been found hidden on an unidentified young brunette, whose body was found with that of a middle-aged man In a shallow clover field grave near Rockport, Ind., last night. The money was found beneath 1 the woman's brassiere There were 2,706 bills of 51 denomination and a single 5500 bill, the police said. The discovery was announced after headquarters of the state police received a report from detective* E. E. Mullin, who launched an investigation af'er Spencer counfy authorities stepped out of the Inquiry and left It in the hands of the* state police. The* man. also unidentified, had been shot through the head and stomach. The girl, a pretty woman In her late teens, had been shot in the head and strangled A rope which strangled her still was around her throat, the* state* polite said. Discovery of the money tentatively set aside robbery as a motive, for what appeared to Ice a double murder and police centered their attention on a theory of jealousy. State* police continued a statewide check up in an effort to iden i tify the* victims. Spencer county sheriff Roy Held and coroner ■ Charles P. Fuller said that the i two definitely were not residents of the Ohio river area.

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Game Birds And Fish Released In County Waele Bowman, state conservation officer for Adamo county, today announced the total of M> m ' birds und fish released In this county since July I. (hiring that period, 1.0*2 pheasants and 151 quail have been released and 25.50<i I fish have bc*»*u placed in stream® I and lakes In the county.

Two Halloweening Girls Are Wounded Shooting In Allen County Is Probed Fort Wayne, Ind . Oct. 29 4l’P» The shooting of two teen-aged girls Saturday night when they wer«’ "ha’loweeniug,” wa* being Investigated today by Alien county sheriff Walter C. Adams and Walter II Angel, circuit court Ju venlle probation officer. The girls. Wilma Bolt. 1.3, and Ruth Kastner, 12. were hit In the legs with pellets from a 20-gaug** shotgun. fired by Richard Wickman. 15. Ruth received about 50 pellets In her legs, but her condition whu reported us "good" today by hospital attendants. One pc-l|ett was removed from Wilma’® leg and she was released from the hospital. According to Adams, the girls were ringing doorbells with tour ether companions. When they approached Richard'® home, one of th<* group walked to the house* and knocked on a window. When the youth came to the* door, they asked him the* lime, then left and

"Fathers ami mothers of all children must make a real effort to know th® whereabout* of Jhelr children during th® night," Nagel c ontinued walking down the street. A few minutes later the shotgun was fired and the girls were hit. suld He suggested parties in their home® to prevent roaming in the street. Expect Approval Os Compromise Tax Bill

Washington, Oct. 29 tl P) Congressional tux leaders expected overwhelming approval of their compromise |5.92«.0"«.0(H» tax relief hill this week, but some disagree on prospects for further corporate reduct f<ms. They agree, however, that Individuals can expect further cuts In 1947. The* compromise mesaure, completed by House ami Senate con ferees Saturday, will Ire put to a vote- In the House tomorrow und In the* Senate tomorrow or Wednesday. The conferees expected little or no opposition. David Heller Attends School On Insurance David Heller, of this city, who was released from the army air force recently. It attending the home office school of the Travelera Insurance Co. for life, accident and group Insurance agents at Hartford. Conn. On his return to Decatur next month, he* will be associated with his brother. Robert Heller. In th" Heller Insurance Agency Robert Heller ha* been In the real estate and Insurance business here foflve years. David will serve as office manager and a* Insurance agent

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