Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 293, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1945 — Page 8

PAGE EIGHT

HnAPORTiVm.

Major League Club Owners Back Chandler Chicago, Dee. IS »!'P» Albert B. Happy Chandler, a**nred of hl* position a* the moat powerful fl sure in organised baseball wa* determined today t • remove the tat nlaft which ha* accumulated on the rommlaaloner’ri name »in c he Wok the jolt last April. “I Iteiieve a few m sunderstand lugs were straightened out al the joint meeting." Chandler said. "and I'm on the dead level to make the «tommlaaioner respected through out the nation " Chandler** newly gained con.'l lienee stemmed from the Joint *•••*■ cion of the National and American league, yesterday. The Hl clubowner* clased out lhejr annual winter meeting** by rebuffing tb« minor league* anil supporting the congenial Kentuckian on every controversial question. ’’Happy" emerged fro." h!a first real test a* a powerful figure Hl* vote* decided two issue*. including unlimited night baseball. And the owners, In full r«ope t of hi* judgment. baiked him to the hilt against minor league propo*al« which the commissioner had termed "obnoxious." “illegal ' and "unfair” during the mlno:-*' meetings at Columbus, Ohio, iaat wk. "The meeting wim one of the best I've ever attended,' ('handler eald. The owner* went right along with my decoion.” It wa* ail very nullifying for the persecuted Chandler Since taking the commi**i. tier * job. Chandler has been raked from stem to »tern by the pre m. radio and baseball men. There were charge* that the had been stripped of h'.i powers, that be wa* going to be “bought oft and that the owner* would not support him After the meeting, Larry MacFhaii of the New York Yankee*, a (’handler booster from the start, congratulated the ex Senator on a "nice job." It was the first Joint SSMlon Chandler had ever handled. Chandler voted the National league against the American on night baseball, deciding tha' team* in 1946 can play unlimited after rundown game* with the following '’limitation* " (1) Must gain con sent of the visiting teim. <2l a ban on Sunday and h I day night games, and (3) a ban on twi-nig it

I A DA MT| <■ r H I- I » n Isl .... , —rr *1

— TODAY — Continuous from 1:30 •TWICE BLESSED" Preston Foster. Wilde Twine ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Ine. Tax BE SURE "TO ATTEND: FRI.&SAT. MAY I BORROW YOUR* ■ki—, Jne d.d-r % mJ v* * un **B an in Xz • merriest mtxup since love began! ? I ia< j Ban. M®«. Huttsn, -!t»e««di*ry BlonS®" -» in C®*'<

Week's Schedule For Adams County , Basketball Teams Friday Monroe at Yellow Jacket*. Garrett at Herne. Hoagland at Monmouth. Hryant at Geneva. Kirkland at lamcanter ' doubleheaders except when necev • eitut.il by postponement. 1 Ou other legislation, the Majors bat k.il Chandler by voting to: 1. Keep the |s<).o o promotion ” fund In the hands of the cotnmls- '' sioner and the promotion committee, ( rhe MltNriM had ask*-<! that it 1 be divorced from .'Ta’idler's of- •• fire ) 2. Table for future artion taiMinors' proposal to outliw bonuses to player* at the time tor *igning . (Chandler wa»« against it and the owner* respected hl* judgment al- |( though the hill Wa* scheduled to ( be passed I # I 3. Extend tile Major-Minor leai, Kue agreement, baseball's conatltuK lion, until Januaiy 12. 1947. r The owner* Irelatedly reported they had denied the .Minors' bid 1 to dip chandler's veto powers on < legl«latlon and had merely grant- . rd the little fellowu wliat already „ wa* separately in the Major lea- . gue pact. The joint agreement now ( read* that the commissi tier h„e , the power to reject legislation, but . th“ Major* ami Minor* can re-pax* . it over hi* opposition by a threei fourth* majority. The owner* aleo voted the cue-1 • totnary 320.mw to the American r Leg I n baseball program, and rul- • ed that no high school playe: can be signed until after graduation , or until one year’s absence from , school. .. _ o J Monmouth Eagles Wallop Jefferson < i The Monmouth Eagle* scored their seventh victory of the season Wednesday night, snowing the , Jeff-rsoN Warriors under a 73 to 16 score in u game played on i th- Geneva floor. Monmouth led at the half, 3-1 to | 11. Selklng led the winner* with 21 oint* uud Tumbleson tallied haff , of hl* team's points. The preliminary game was forfeit'd Io Monmouth when the Jefferson reserve* ran Into bus trouble and arrived , an hour late Monm"uth FC FT TP Scheuman, f ..2 2 6 A. Getting, f 71 151 II Getting, c .... 5 2 12 Sinyietnn, g ..3 1 71 Selking, g 9 3 21 Bulrnahn, f 3 0 6 Gould, g 3 0 6 Totals 32 9 73 J*ff*r*on FG FT TP Hill, f 1 i 3 Huck Ingham, f 1 o 3 Johnson, c 0 11 Hmitley, g o p p Gerber, g i o j Tumbleson, f 2 4 8 Miller, g 0 0 0 Total* f, 6 io —o— — H. S. BASKETBALL New Haven 37, Elmhurst 27, Angola 41, Garrett 31. Woodburn 42. Arcola 27. Syracuse 40. Pierceton 28 Jasper 26. Vincennes 17. Impel 39. Noblesville 33. Marion 23, Peru 21. Gary Edison 27. Gary Tolleston 26. I Terre Haute Garfield 40, Braxli 30. Gary <£mer*on 70, Gary Roose- | veil 38. ’ Hammond Tech 42, Hammond Clark 37. —o — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur CORT o o I | — Last Timo Tonight — 1 | ’’PRItONKR OF ZENDA" * Ronald Colman, Madalleno i Carroll, Doug. Fairbank* Jr. I | ALSO—Short* 9c-30c Inc. Tax U O FRI. & SAT. ROY ROGERS “SUNSET IN ELDORADO” Sum Mon. Tuee. ’Phantom Speaks' < "Scstlsfld Yard investigator"

Dow Chemicals ‘Have Excellent Season Record r The Dow Chemical I -am of MidJami, Mich., who will oppose the world champion Fort Wayne Roll-m-rx Pintons In an exhibition game at the Yellow Jacket* gym in thix t hy Thursday night. December 2'l. * mu*xt one of the lougmet industrial team* In the midwest. The Dow Chemical* split a twogame serie* with the Piston* last week, dropping the first Hit, 6-' to 53. and edging out u 49 to 48 victory In the second game. Next Thursday's exhibition gam>* ( Is itpotatored by the Dr utur Linn* club, which has brought Hie Pistons here for the past two season*, playing both times to turn away crowds. Ticket* may he ob 1 tsined from member* of the Lions club. The D>w quintet won 22 of 27 game* played J;.at era nn against ' consistently lough opposition and this season ha* won five of seven contests. The Chemical* are exceptionally strong at the center position, with two men stretching to 6 feet, 7 incbet* each. The pivot men are Slim Wintermute, former Vniverslty of Oregon All-American, and Huck Hartman, who also play* forward or guard. The tram'* defensive >tar 1* Danny Nmlck, nine letter winner from Michigan, also a scoring threat. The forward posts are filled by Harvey Martens, last year's hlgn ;t«corlng forward, opeedy and a ; crack shot with either hand, and , Ray Patterson, former Wisconsin star T> date this season Wintermute ba* tallied 113 points In seven games. Marten* 73 points and Hartman 66. The Pk toort-Dow Chemical gam« |is slated to start at 9 pin , and will Ire prrcederl by an IntereslIng preliminary tilt, starting at 7:30 o'clock, between the M< MilJen team of this city and WestingI house of Lima. O. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Ituih-r 47. Ball Stale 40 (double overtime). Defiance, (>., 61. Taylor 21. iliinod Tech 48. Chicago 35. Western Michigan 77, Calvin 30. DePaul Tourney Indiana State 54. Hamline 43. Depaul 59, Bawlltig Green 54.

THE GREATEST SHOWS ON THE AIR Z B “ t i 808 HOPE ... Tues., 9pm ' VB j* j | ... is just one of the gig-gang that makes F ’ n I Tuesday your night u> howl. And, m H Au| | usual, there's Jerry Colonna and Skinnay | Ennis to aid in assassinating gloom. A "7/ ; UY KYSER ... Wei, 9pm t | ... the "Ole Prof,” and his musicrew M I are holding classes for civilians again. up A' V I i«h Kabibble is back .. . bangs and all. yBrUT | Tune in for a tuneful, enjoyable hour. JACK BENNY... Sun., 6pm B ... is conducting a contest you'll want. Bj to hear about—sit>,OQQ in prim. Tune H in fur the details . . . and get in on the a/W fun, with Jack, Mary, Phil and the one and only Rochester. DUFFY’S TAVERN, Fri., 7:30 pm •• * *** f ® **•* ***<• ' nw * <o ***• •» ,h « P lar * lu P 1 * n onrful from Archie, the incomparable language mangling man* ager. Those other characters help, too. mm •ewaaaasmsmamom —msem«m«aaamomnmww«sa"»wamßmaamam<“«n‘® ,e I PI IK news, music and comidy j FLU® •• a w j ( h tuc }| uan u Fred + Allen, Charlie McCarthy, Dinah Shore, H. V. Kaltenhorn, Fibber McCee, Amos ’n' Andy, Eddie Cantor, Mr. District Attorney, Abbott and Costello, Lowell Thomas and Tommy Dorsey. I WtW's own Farm, by Tenant 1 Earl Neal PM I / *. u. chow n* I —r wlw j kyBB >M TOt’B BIAtJ g OIVISION or WM R eaoaur eaaeoeatiou

DECATUR DAILY. DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

CONSISTENT TROJAN • • By Jock Sord» • ***** J /Al • **' * -tea's -ret , OHfiilM 1 AGAislsr J.C LA. CU-JC4CP K n ' ,4t r -* iep A ' i ° JCSjF JI -.'.i < rr k \ t,L'\ \ • 9 ---1Z 1 w * 'i *■ ’ r\ ■ ; nep HAMAJeHILL axsisTE’Mf'op-iHe-CALIFOCsJiA PLAVeRS AU, S2ASOJ, LAceei-y f=o« tmc wlec (lom , Os TfeaJAAIS FAC& ALAPAaAA ,v ' / I / ih Tne Rose B<?v7>

Decatur Riding Club Names New Officers Officers and directors of the De-1 catur Riding duh were elected at a meeting of iiorsemen at the Lincoln school building, and plans were discussed for holding a horse show in Decatur next rummer. Ed Archer, of lAeadant Mills, wa* elected president. Other officers are. E. R. Fisher, Decatur route six, vicn president; Roy L. I Price, Decatur, secretary-treasur-1 er. The director* are, it »y <’hll-1 cote, Deeatur; Charles H<U«ej. Ge-1 tteva. Dr. J. Il Campbell, (leaova. William Richert. Monroe. o More perwons are kill*-J by wor- 1 ry titan have ever been killed by work.

Jasper's Wildcats Defeat Vincennes Indianapolis, Dec. 13—(VP1— Jasper * Wildcat*, beaten only by top-ranking Jeffersonville, solidified th<-Lr position near the front of Indiana high school basketball rank* last night by toppling Vlncetine* on the Alices' hnme court. ' 26-17. The Alices, undefeated until last I night and ranked fifth In Indians, | shut Into an early lead and b< Id an 8-4 first quarter margin. Jasper tied it up and then went ahead i at the half, 1240. From thst point on. Vincennes was unable to close with coach Loo "Cabby" O'Neil * fast-st-pplng quintet, which posted it* sixth victory in seven start*. The vlct- . ory kept Jasper, No. 3 In the state, in front of the southern Indiana conference race. Elsewhere last night, Hammond Tech’s Tiger* and Terre Haute Garfield’* purple Eagles ran into unexpect.d difficulties in protect Ing undefeated records. Tech, No. 7 quintet In the statewide ranks, I nicked city rival Clark. 42-37, for its fifth triumph. Garfield posted its third decision by <dging Brasil, 40 30 In the smaller school circuit, latpei's Bulldogs ran their winning streak to eight in a row at the expense of Noblesville, 39-33, and Gary Edison toppled Its ‘’major" city foe, Toil aton, 27-26. it was Edison's eighth straight, too WOWO To Broadcast Fro Football Battle

The world's championship grsdiron hatHe betwees Washington itrdskina and (he Cleveland Kams for the 1945 professional football (title will he broadcast by WO WO. Fort Wayne, and the American i Hr adcasting Company, Sunday afj ernoon, December 16 at 12:20 C«T. The game will be played in •Cleveland's Municipal Stadium and will bring together two of the out, ■Handing professional* of all time - Washington's "gUsgtsg* ” Sammy Haugh and Cleveland’s Boh Wat terfield Harry Wiamer and Johnny Nehlett will be on band in Cleveland to describe the game. Whiner will do the play-by-play and Neblett will handle the color and interview such sports celebrities as Bob Feller during the intermltMtpns. ‘ O Duane Purvis Signs As Purdue Assistant LaFayette, Ind., Doc. II—(UP) -Duane Purvis, one-time double All-American sports star at Purdue, today signed as physical education Instructor and asstetant coach at his alma mater, athletic director Guy "Red * Mackey announced. Purvis, one of the nation’s best football backs in 1932-BM4, coached football at Michigan -City, Ind., high school from 19M through INI, when ho entered service He was discharged as a second Heatenant 0 " The flrat successful Atlantic cable VB pUcos in operation on Jute n. IMS.

Phillies Busy Team In Baseball Mail Chicago, Iler, 13- (VP> - The Philadelphia Phlllleo hrd one-hslf of their 1946 pre war infield todav after a hu«y three days of buying and trading during the Major lea gue meetings. The laggard Phil*, the only team with a willingness to ?wap caeh for players, made two of the three Major deal*, putting out an rotimated 135.000. They obtained Infielder Lamar (Skeeter) Newsome, a 10-year Major league veteran, from the Bos-1 ton Red Sox for approximately ,115,000. it was a straight cash ■ deal. Frank McCormick, the Cinclnna i tl Reds' slugging first baseman. went to the Phib in a eurprlsdeal for un estimated |2o,ooi* and a Philadelphia player to be named later. In the third big swap, pitcher Jim Baghy returned to the lbwton Red Sox after being the pro ; petty of the Cleveland Indian* for j exactly five year*. In exchange for Baghy, the Indians received pitcher Vic Johnson, young southpaw, and an estimated fS.OuO. o Defense Witnesses Testify For Durham Claim Inspectors Turned Down Parts Fort Wayne. Ind. Dec. 13—(CPl — Defense counsel summoned additional witness** today in an attempt to prove that navy inopecton; at the Durham Manufacturing Corp, turned down varioue bomb part* which the navy previously had approved before they were shipped to Durham. The Durham company and nine employe* have been charged with ’ conspiring to defraud the IT. S. ■ government by concealing defects l In war material*. Edward W. Baird, an employe of the company, testified yesterday ' that the chief navy inspector "several times” refused to usr Iwimb materials delivered from oLhar • manufacturing plants, where navy 1 approval also was required. Baird cited one instance when paraffin-dipped cardboard tube* were refused by Arthur Watson. 1 the navy inspector, who reportedly ' bad nn proof they were cardlioard ' or paraffin-dipped. 1 Baird raid he was forced to ole tain an affidavit from a paper com- ' pany to prove that the tubes were 1 made correctly. He said it held up production several day*. I The tube*. Baird said, had been ' approved by the navy when* thev 1 were made. Describing his job a* expeditor - and "follow-up man" In the pur- ■ chasing department, Baird testified ‘ that navy inspector Car! Shutt had I told him that Watson had no de ■ finite standards by which the government Inspectors could approve • or disapprove war materials. I Baird said that Shutt told him ‘ Watson frequently overruled other j navy inspectors’ decisions on whether shells should be rejected. 1 Darrell D. Cooper, former purchaxing agent for the company, testified earlier that with' the exception of welding department work, he had not known any of the practice* charged in the indict-

meat were taking plac>, previous to the Cooper said he did not know that the welding procedure* were improper. Cooper cited severs! instance* when production wa* held up because Watson ordered changes In production methods. Both Baird and Cooper testified under cross-examination th*.* they had known plant auperint indent DeWitt* C. Brown, a defendant who died last September, before (hey were employed at Durham. Baird utiß is employed at the Fort Wayne plant. Cooper now work* at branch plant of National Industrie*. |nc., at Los Angeles Durham Is also owned by National Industries. — No one can live a He and maintain hl* self-respect. To sow you need only to stand: to reap you must atoop.

|g ■« 11 ■as ■ ■■■■■" Westinghouse Refrigerators | ON DISPLAY Well Be Glad To Explain The Many New Features- | Arnold & Klenk I • MADISON ST.

Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Merchant L*agu* Decatur Industrie* won three from Standard OU; Hoagland won two from Arnold's Market; Engle tr Kies* won three from Moses Dairy; Kraft Foods won three from Lom. Standing* W. L. Engle & Kin * 28 li »»♦♦»♦♦»»♦»♦♦♦♦< >»♦♦»<l 44

--w | | Ttj i j 11»|;i Reber’s W RESTAURANT & COCKTAIL LOH® MIXED DRINKS <.(M)|> NOON LUNCHES 45c ■( ’- - - <» • Evening Dinners M 1 T-llone 90c. 11.25, 51.50 — Chicken W '; — and — B i< ■ Short Orders 65c % HOl'Rs IB |!! Veal Sandwich .... 20c ( Sa.m.tol2 p. g. j': IRY A REBER SIDECAR iOc—Rckr (O( KT\|| H Beer by the Case $ 2.6f18 1 1 ’ ;; Free Delivery Wed. and Fri. S ' ; [ 2 p. m. and I p. m. ® Qj ♦ ♦♦♦♦.♦ * >l r J asrs o . n . :• Notice Farmers! I ■ n ’ H When preparinß your Income Tax. see me * ■ at my office, located . :: Room 210 - Utility Bld J . ■ • Corner Market A. .Main SI. S Bluffton, Ind. I i ® (Due to ill health Decatur office discontinued! * g I will be Riad to nerve you in atty way possible. | Appointments may be made by phone or mail. g|| i Craven Emshwiller ■ j J TAX CONSI’I.TANT S > 3 Phone SSO or 570-W. Bluffton. Ind. *’•■■■ M M ■ ■ 1 ■ • ■«■■■■■■■■■■■"■■• ■ ■ ll ® r * a-A R : ■ ( I ® \ O I M I I aMW I '• I '• I • I 1 J Valuable Awards I I i To Annual Due* Payers For H»lt» J 5 Each member who pay* hi* Moose Dues sonu» h > || becomes cllglbl* to receive from his lodge a ■ ■ : BENEFICIARY LIFE MEMAERSHIPI «250.«0 VALUE ! Also Mootehesrt or Moosehaven to ■ The supreme lodge will award five all-exp !he , r -),« fl 1 • Mooseheart or Mooeehaven to members * M L ■ annuity in advance. I Ik Elijfible—Consult Your Secretary ■ ■ Loyal Order of Moose J 1 « M 'J J

THURSDAY > Member 13

i "•■‘•■'u. i n ,j. Hlwiiditrs! Ix>*c Kraft H'v i H .--'J • -I ■' "il'inixhi ;, rl ■ HU' UIO l.ilu ;,f . ' M.+4-4. + .|.a. +4 A