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Wildcat Star Athlete Signs With Rockets Chicago. March 19 (UP) Max Morri*. Norlhw«*tern University's •tar athlete. today held a two-year c intract with the Chicago Rockets of the new all- America football conference. Signing of Morri* was announced by John I, Keeshln, owner of the Rockets. Kee-hi.i did not reveal the salary. Morri*. a navy V 12 student from «•■«! Frankfort, ill., automatically d«<<malifb‘d himself from spring track competition at tin- univer shy by Manina tb« < >ntract. He will be graduated In June with a i degree in engineering. Morris «x ! peel* to he a civilian in July, one month before re|*o:tinx to the Hoc- ■ keta* California training camp. "It wu* a big d<>< i'loit to make,' j he commented, "but I’ll l>«- tight i nt home playing fur coach Dick i Danley" Danley preceded Lynn Waldorf at .Northwestern. One of the few player** to win all-American rating in bath foot j ball and basketball, the six feet. J two inch Morri* ircentiy wan *e lei ted a* the Ilig Ten'* most valuable basketball player for the 191$- i t«> Nesson. Ill* teammatn* elected him ' Northwestern'* most valuable foot ball player in 1911 when he cap-1 ■dined the eleven. IL- «.,* the only three-letter athlete on the campu* last year Morri* i* scheduled to'make his profeseional debut against t'h-ve-1 land in soldiers' field. Chicago. I Sept. 13. Morri* came to Northwestern a* ! a V 12 student after one year of freshman football at Illinois. De won five major letters at west Frankfort high school where he I led hi* teammate* to big seven cage crowns in IM2 ami 1943. In 1945 and 1946 he led |t|g Ten basketball Scoring with I*9 and 19* points, respect,rely, last June he became the first recipient ofl the athletic achievement medal presented by th.- Northwestern! University "N" club Trade In a Good Town Decatur

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Chicago Fans Grab Up Playoff Tickels * ____ Chicago. March 19 (VP) Hoc key's wackiest fan* today Jealous |y guarded the Ice sport’s rarest commodity ticket* to the Chicago Blackhawks home portion of the Stanley cup play-off*. IJne* rivaling in length and tarnival spirit those that annually seek world *erl< ♦ bleacher seats, formed hire yesterday a* the iila< khawks place.! on sa!<» IW.omt tickets for three play-' ft contests with the champion Montreal Cana d *n*. It took a loop box office just four und one half hour to dispose of the entlie ticket allot! tnent and ' ther, wen- still thousands <>f fans In line when they hud the "sold out" sign -hoveti in their face*. I Braving an early mtrning dritI xie th- fans took up place* In front of the l*>* offic • at 5 a m.. six hours la-fore the lltket eale was I scheduled to open. Dourly thereatI ter the crowd Iterator larger and I larger and hy tlie time the "witchi ing hour" was reached the prospective purchaser* were three abreast lin a queue stretching two blocks. T> a 15 year old high *chool situ- . dent who played "hookey” from ,lato obtain ticket went the No. ' 1 »p<>i in th« line. The early bird was Itoliert Harty, who witnessed I each of the Blackhawk* 25 home I games this season and stood in ! line an average .if four hours be- ; fore each game to buy the general i admission seat. Robert and the other early ari rival* came prepared forth- long wait. They brough l l*>xes to Mt on and magazines to read. The Blackhawk* management v--j toe,l the sale of tickets by mail or i phone and decided to place all | available seats at the lux office . There wen- lo.rtim tickets for each of th-- threw contests scheduled here Four thou- •' d season ticket j holders were given their play off ; game ducat* in advance. Purt hatter* yesterday could buy I ticket* for a single game or ull , three contwls. The rabid Black hawks supporter* automatically w.-re taking their* in blocks of I three atlod the laix-office Miler i didn t a»k the absorb question of - how many do you want?” Each ■ purchaser was limited to a pair of i tickets per game.

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The play-off ticket* were priced the same a* for a regular league game during the season, with a lop o! 13 and then scaled down to 11. Tin* only tickets left after yes1 M ra . erul admission and standing room ticket* that go on sale the night < f each contest. The Blackhawk* set a national hockey league attendance record thi* season by drawing 44".049 fans. They could have set a playoff mark also if the Chicago sladi- , UIH had HloFr MtfllM. O — Two Major Trades Reported Brewing St. Petersburg. Fin, March 19 tl'l’i Two major trades were brewing today with the Boston Ifraves attempting to lure George I Whitey) Kttrowskl. holdout third baseman, away from the St. Ixtuis Cardinal* and the Yankee* dickering for another starting pitcher. Dodgprg Daytona Reach. Fla., March 19 (UP) Veteran Kirby lligbe. ate righthander of the Brooklyn Rodgers who won 13 game* in 1943 before entering the service, ha* been discharged from the army and will report to camp Saturday, club president Branch Rickey announced today. Hits Splits West Palm Beach. Fla . March 19 (UP) President William liarridge of the American league criticized today the manner in which big league clubs are splitting their whether they will see the varsity Hquads into two teams and playtowns without telling the fan* Ing exhibition games at different or the scrubs. Cub* Ims Angeles. March 19 tl’Pt -i Harry (Peanuts) Imwiey. regular leftfielder for the Cubs la.-t season when he hit 2*3. ended hi* prolonged holdout t<*lay and immed-, lately settled down to battling rookie Marvin Rickert for hi* job. Red* Sarasolo. Fla., March 19 (UP) - Manager Hill McKechnie. pre paring to weed out his oversized pitching corps, named six hurlers - to start tor the self-styled "speedy" ’ Cincinnati Reds against the Bos - ton Red Sox today in a doubleheader. McKechnie selected Howard Fox. Gene Thompson. John Hetkl. Clay j 1 .amber. John Wittig and la-onar<l Bobeck for the twinbill. Giant* Miami. Fla., March 19 (UP)— 1 If the New York Giunts weie go- ; ing to begin the National league 1 season tomorrow, their infield would be composed of Johnny Mize, first base; Buddy Blattenr, : second; Bill Rigney, shortstop, and Mickey Witek. third, mana- , ger Mel Oft said today. PhilHea Miami Beach, Fla.. (UP) Keen the Philadelphia Phillies' freespending renovation program had faller] to make the national league tailenders fearsome hitters today. In their last two games, the Phils have smacked out a puny total of four hits. Doubles Handicap Bowling Tourney Entry blanks were circulated to- \ day for the annual Mb* recrea- , tion doubles handicap bowling \ tournament to lie held al the Mies recreation in Decatur April 6 and 17. 13 and 14 and 2t) and 21. 1 Fimt plac,* winner in the annual i event will receive $123 and other awards will lie made for every ; eight entries based on a total of 290 entries. The entry fe» Is set at id per team and the fee must accompany the entry. Four game* will be roiled acrotM the eight alley* and shifts will start -it 1 o'clock. 3:30 ! o’clock. 6:30 o'clock and 9 o'clock - on the day* of the tourney, , Trade In a Good Town — Decatur MONEY Would ■ cash loan of |25 or more help you? If so, you can borrow the money from us on your own signature. No daisy. You can get a loan from us to pay debts and th* extra money you may need. Loans privately made iu amounts up to $300.00. You can borrow from us on your rote, furniture, etc. without any one knowing about it. Call, jzhone, write LOCAL LOAN COD* FAN Y owrßwasMwjiw* RsalD DECATUR. IND.

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r — i Berne’s Basketball Schedule Announced rj |l I u ’ Seventeen Kamen are on the . 1946 47 bwikcthall schedule for the , Herne Beam, champ torn of the Decatur sectional tournament for the past two years. Ned Shuck, coach. In announcing the schedule, revealed that two new teams are on the card. I Angola and Montpelier, replacing ■ Hartford City and (Jarrett. Bern<» will also Ice h st to the annual • 1 four-team t turner on New Years day. Other competing teams are i the Decatur Yellow Jackets, Bluff- . ton Tigers and New Haven Bull II dogs. I The Bear.* will retain only two regulars from the 1946 sectional c hampionship team, StUc ky, the | eenter, and Smith, guard Eight of ■ the Berne certified list graduate thia spring. They are Baumgart- ’ tier. F l.iechty, Muselman, ali regulars; Abraham, Habegger, Isch, Neuenschwander and H. Spninger. . The schedule follows; Nov. 1 Lancaster at Bertie. Nov S Geneva at Geneva, Nov. 15 Pleasant Milke at Pleas- • ant Mill.. Nov. 19 New Haven at New I Haven. » Nov, 29 Portland at Berne. Dec 6 -Yell w Jackets at Deca-j ? tur. f Dec. 13-Hartford township at Berne. Dec. 20—Bluffton at Berne. Jan 4 Central Catholic at Fort Wayne. Jan. 7 Columbia City at Columbia City. e Jan. 24 Ossian at Ossian, t- Jan 28—Monroe at Berne K Jan 31 Angola at Angola. s Feb. 7 Winchester at Winchesd ter. Feb. 11 Dunk! k at Berne. »l Feb 14 Decatur Yellow Jackets •r a' Berne. 7 FVh 21 Montpelier at Berne. If o * r Exhibition Games ty ll' By Vnited Press td Detroit (A) Ist team 8. New 30 York (A) 2nd team 6. ♦ :k Detroit (A) 2nd team 8. New ark (|nt > 3. Washington (A) 10. Philadelphia «r (N) "A” team 1. “ St. lamia (N) 13, Boston (Al 3. I Montreal (Int.) 1, St. p au j ' (Assn.) 0 (Game called end sijth, Baltimore tint.) 3. Boston (N) 2nd team 2 (eight innings by I agreement). New York (A) Ist team vs. Cleveland (A), cancelled, wet grounds. Philadelphia (N) "B” team vs Brooklyn (N), cancelled, rain. Los Angeles (PCL) IS, Chicago (N) 4. v Pittsburgh (N) 19, Chicago (A) Columbus (Assn.) 19, Keesler Field 10. Boston (N> vs. Philadelphia (A) cancelled, rain. — A Some 70 percent of the boats used in the Normandy invasion were made in New Orleans.

Kentucky Wildcats In Tourney Finals ' New York. March 19 - (UP) — Kentucky's Wildcats, the only team In lhe national invitational basketball tournament that performs according to form, was In lhe final round today. Kentucky, driving with the brilliance that earned it the top seeding in the brackets, turned on the heat in the last minute and a half and scored eight points to earn « 59 to 51 victory over Wert Virginia. The other finalets, the Rhode Island RariH, advanced by a 59 to 49 upset victory over the Muhlenberg Mules of Allentown. Pa.. In the opener of the semi-final doubleheader before 18,471 fan* at Madlscn Square Gardens last night. — 0 —— Three Decatur Boys In Diamond Gloves Fort Wayne, Ind. March 19— Three Decatur hoys have signed , for the diamond glove amateur ■ boxing tuornament to be held in Fort Wayne. They are Charles Hough. 18. route 3, a welter weight: Ernest Roe. 18. route 3. lightweight, and the Mexican battler. Joe Ayala, featherweight. The Mexican had the misfortune to bump heads In the recent golden gloves classic in Fort Wayne. This accident cost him the bout and the possibility of lhe championship. To date there are about 25 entry blanks returned This Is expected to more than double before boxing time. Decatur, in the past, was always prominent in boxing meet*. Paul and Lloyd Conrad were the local fistic leaders In piloting boys through to champion ship*. They are expected to have two or three lads trying In the Fort Wayne struggle. Negotiations .are under way U take the state championship team io either Rochester. N. Y. or Kan sas City for competition. This will follow the clashing of the rout state wide regional*. Date and site of this will be announced soon. The tourney at Fort Wayne begin* Friday night. i | Divorce Awarded In Circuit Court i — Judge J. Fred Fruchte in circuit ' court this morning granted Ruth , Scmmerxett a divorce from Dean r Sommeruett and awarded her custody of two children. The defen dant was ordered to pay *49 per ' month for their mipport. H. R. McClanahan represented the plaintiff. In the divorce action of Gerald , against Edith Smltley. the defen dant. through her attorney, N. C. ( Nelson, has filed a cross complaint. She chargee that the plaintiff is . guilty of cruel and Innuman treatment, iih that he has ammcialed with other women, especially one whose name will be revealed it required by the court to do so. She also avers failure to support and • asks for *2.009 alimony and the i restoration of h->r maiden name of Mattax.

■°Todar'i Sport* f° ,0,,el ' By Oscar Fralay Reg P-«-Pat Os ) J j Tampa. Fla. March 19 J One of ba«rbair* oldest and best poking crop of ing out from under the FlorU *“ [>u I in* today forth. diamond big tent and the general opinltm *H that although they had lost , a few years they would have a , greater chance for survival. f There are a lot of them around and tha average age Is 26. two to three year* older than the , PM<-. time norm Hut these lad* , in the majority have been In the , service, and most of them beneflted by playing service baseball with major leaguers also In blue r or khaki. , I After seeing all 12 of the major t league team* doing their spring , <hores in Florida. It Is easy to ( pick 10 to 15 of these first year , men who pndmbly will crwwd the old time star* out of their job* ( Not next year, mind you. as norm- j ally Is the case with rookies up for a cup of coffee, b.i right now j in 1946. To simplify matters here are ( nine men who. with a year’s exper j ience as a unit, probably could | cause trouble la either league. 1 They’re ail rookie* and they all j are expected to survive the spring farming. Eight of the nine were , In service and they’re home fully ( developed both physically and mentally. They'll be awfully tough | to dispossess. < Pitcher—Bill Wight. 24. Oak ( land. Calif. Six feet, one inch, he possesses a 'biasing fa*l ball and ( manager Joe McCarthy insists he ( will be one of this year's starting ( Yankee hurlers. Catcher- Sherman lavllar. 21, , Fayetteville, Ark. Before going home to th* Oreland Indians. , this six-foot. Hb-pounder hit .367 to lead the International league and was the most valuable player. First baseman —Jack Graham. 29. Ixvng Beach. Calif. Six-two and 195. thi* Brooklyn Dodger prospect rates high with manager l,eo Durocher. Second Baseman Bobby Adam*. 24. of Stockton. Calif. This Cincinnati Red. with Syracuse In 1942, specialises in defensive gem* and hitting double*. He’* 5:11 and goe* 160 pounds. Shortstop Bill Rigney. 25. Oakland. Calif. The Giants think he ha* potential greatness tiecause of a rifle arm and defensive play which some day may rate him with Slats Marion The question is wheteher the six foot. 170-pound-er can hit. Third Base Ernie Andrea. 26. Jeffersonville, Ind., with the Red Sox. Al ixjuisville in 1941. he hit a great stride in the navy. Big and plenty capable at six. one and 200 streamlined pounds. Outfielder -Gil Coan. 22. Roa man. N C.. a sis footer who goes 180. Washington’s Senators are pleased with his strong arm and wrist snap at Ibe plate. With Chattanooga was the minor league player of the year, leading the Southern A*u»ociation with ,372 at bat and also In homers, doubles, total hits and base* and stolen bases. Outfielder—Walt (Hoot) Evers. 25. Collinsville, 111. Graceful and possessor of a fine arm. this sig foot, two inch 185-pounder made eye* shine In the Detroit camp and it was a heavy blow when he broke his ankle in a faulty slide I at second base In an exhibition game Sunday Exceptionally good eye for a good pitch or bad and 1 before army service was second I only to Dick Wakefield In Texas i league hitting in 1942. If hi* ankle mend* properly, he'll still make • it this year. • Outfielder John Behrend*. 26 Media. Pa. It’s new* when the Phil* have a prospect but thi* t five foot, seven Inch fellow with the 170 imunds is It. Completely I relaxed at ail times, he doe*n t t care who he faces. Manager Ben r Chapman attribute* it to the fact that he alway* can be found snoosing in the hotel lobby’. M,n etl chair. But you won’t find any of these hoys napping when the —asm, get* under way and five will get you io In the respective camps that the lad up above will be 1 making plenty of headlines this i summer. 1 — — Rex Mays Enters Speedway Closs?c Indisaspolis, March I»_(UP)— 1 n* 71 ’ tW,C * ruß "* r “P «n the . soomile motor speedway cUmeic . today became the 11th to file an . entry in the 1946 Memorial Day I FftCCF. Mays said he would drive the 1 GnZIT U ? d ‘ n ,M1 ’ Wheß h * ' fa Man WM . n 1940. too. but for the previous ' mechanical trouble pre !IS Jiii * ,r °“ COB ‘P'»‘“»ff the ’ thl , a^ ~t l r . W " tiischarged from tne army air force* *■ >

Veterans Warned Against Drinking ■II— — 1 1 Psychiatrist Warns Combat Veterans Chicago, March 19 (UP) Dr 1 Harold H. Hulbert, psychiatrist, ' warned today that heavy drlnklnit i, can turn a combat veteran to un predit’iable crimes of Violence. "A veteran’s brain become* weary from comhut «-xperlence," Dr. Hulbert said. "Add alcoholism to that and the reeu’t la esplo give." For the next tour to seven y«**i>«; men who have (men iu the front j lines should watch their drinking, he *aid. After that, be said, nor-1 maliilng experiences and par'leu I larly outdoor recr-*atlon will return' the brain to normal. Hulbert cited a* an example the j brutal slaying of Mrs. Dorothy Hickman In Minneapolis and the eufaequent suicide of her brother * Sunday. Mrs. Hickman's nude snd bat * tered body was found near her hum* Sunday night. When her brother. Gordon Im Conde, was i arrested for questioning, he shot * himself. Im Conde wa* a vete.an whose company suffered 6u percent mor talltkw. "He undoubtedly «aw a lot of ac-1 lion.” Hulbmt said of Im Conde, "ills brain wa* ton excitable. The I drinking" caused it to snap." Hulbert, who Is a*s< date editor 1 of the American Journal of criminology. said that malnutrition such as would follow extreme cold or forced march**, can al«o boa factor in such case*. Then, he said, the brain becomes even more sensitive ami likely to * break down with drjnklng "The more ribbons a man ha* the less be should drink," he «.<tld “The average veteran is likely to be more gentle with those weaker than himself,’’ Hulbert said "He will Ire more considerate. At the same time he will tend to become angry at what he consider* an In fringement of his righto. "However, when he ba* seen too much fighting and when he drinks too much, then look out Certain diseases such as Influen ta. typhoid or pneumonia could cause a combat veteran's brain to snap temporarily, too. he said Indust rial gasen and mlhl poison* could create the same condition, an ambulatory delirium, he said. The combination of battle experience and alcohol produces a cerebral athenia. he said, the result nt anoxemia, or lack of ox/ gen. war-weary brains do not absorb oxygen readily and alcohol cuts off the supply farther. The result i* that the brain doe* not function properly. Outdoor recreation and time will end this condition, the doctor said . —-f- i. -O- - —• — , Five Indiana GM Plants To Resume Indianapolis, Msr 19—(UP)— Five of Indiana's eight General Motors plants today prepared to resume production after complet Ing settlements of plant-level di* putes In the nation wide United Auto Workers (CIO) strike. Union officials and representatives of G-M conferred today at the Chevrolet commercial body plant in Indianapolis, the Chevrolet plant at Muncie and the CeloBattery plant at Murfcie in *n effort to agree on local differences. Ail Hoosier G M worker* have approved the national strike agreement and are awaiting official notification from Detroit that the pact had been ratified nation ally. Latest of the Indiana G-M plants to iron out local disputes was the Allison-Bedford Foundry where 500 CIO employee* swatted a call to return to work. Company officials said worker* in Indianapolis. Kokomo and Anderson were ready to resume their jobs.

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