Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 10 January 1947 — Page 6

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Adams County Tourney Opens Friday Night BULLETIN R. 0. Hunt, principal «f the Geneva high school, and manager of the Adams county tourney, announced this morning that the gym's capacity has Been sold in season ticket*. and there will Be NO single admission tickets available at any session of the tourney. —> Th* Mooroe Hearitatz an! t i'lea>ant Mitt Spa 'an- •! -J- i firing at 6 o'clock Friday evening at the Geneva gym. as the seven rural Mg '■ 1-tma th»ir annual ' .urim f--r t • Adam* county basketball crown The Geneva ('ardinal* are the defending champions, having copped th- tourney title for the pari three year* The tan Iterator team* and Berne do not participate in the tourney. Pre-tourney favo(ite« for the crown are the Monmouth Eagles and Monroe tU-j'lnah. with few fans giving the Cardinal* much of a chance to retain their championship. The schedule favor* Monmouth, th* Eagles having drawn the tourney bye. and will not play until > the first semi-final game Saturday afternoon at 1 o'cioc k. Foliowin* the Monroe-Pleasant Mills opener. Jeffer«on and Kirkland meet in the second game with Geneva and Hartford wind Ing up the proceedings at 9 p. m Samf-finals will tie p ayed at 1 and 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, with the championship game at 8(' o’clock Fre«h *» md ju:*.or hia’i teams from the Geneva school will play a preliminary at 6:30 p. m Admission prices will le- 11 SO for season ticket - and 50 cents for j*' F V *1 Continuous from 1:30 —TODAY—•HER KIND OF MAN" Dane Clark. Jani* Paige ALBO—Snorts 9c 40c Inc. T*s —o FRI. & SAT. Gaff Coops' ■ HIS MOST • DARING ROLE! ,i • / II 1U r » • if/* ADVENTURE I I WITHOUT term

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams I Friday * •Ye w Jacket* Commodores at Mon mvlll*. < i jnty tournament ar Geneva Saturday t'i, .n»y tournament at Geneva !e • Of'. i-l- * I 1" M a T dd a- d George Collyer both of Ft. Wayne The tourney schedule follows: i Friday Night I■. ' e J g p Monr * VS I'o-a -,<r.t Mill*. Game 2 7 p m- Jefferson vs.. Ki.land Garni 3 * p m Geneva vs. Hartford Saturday A'terncon Ga be I 1 p m Monmouth vs : winner game 1 , Game 5 2 p m. Winner game 2 v- winner game 3 Saturday Night Game 6 * p m Winner game I vs winner am* City Bowling Meet To Open Here Saturday The annual Decatur city bowling • irn . r.i-Tit will <»;.-n S .turday eve nin.’ at 6 30 o'clock at the G E Club alleys wßh reeo d enrollment for this tourney of 16 five •tftn te-’ti- Shooing in the team event a ll continue Ft day. January 17. and Sunday. January 19 1> r’ller and singles will he rolled on the foil wing two weekend. Winner* in each event will he aw ded i-ngrived belt buckles and the sponsor of the winning team will lie presented with a trophy all i-ont; >uted y ’he local < lly iation. Tit* team. Doubles and singles will lie roiled handi< ap bl>a«> While the all handicap basis, while the all events will i»e on the actual rdn» knocked down for the nine games I The !! event- prize ’st will be j fteparrte one. to conform with the new ruling by the A.. B. C Entry fee for this event Is fl per man. and in event a bowler not entered In this event should roll i the highe«t number of pin* for ' the nme games, he will be award »d only the medal, and the bowler with the high score having paid the fee will receive first place money The schedule for this weekend ' follows: Saturday 6:30 p in Mihm we (Fraternal league*. liecatnr Industrie*. Dunbar of Berne. M A E (Soya league!. 945 p m.—Swearingen Dairy. Shaft.; (G E. league). Signal Corp* (legion league), Bertie post office. Sunday 12:30 pm, —C. V. Beer, Riv, j I erview Gardens. , 3 p m.— State Garden*. Throe King* Tavern. Macklin, Koeneman Hardware. 6:30 p. m.—Heart Club, Casters (G E league), Dlspatthers (G. E. league*. Browns. (G E. league.) k 65 p m.—Ehler's Restaurant. West End Resaurant (Classic league), Burk Elevator. K irf C (Fraternal league*. All team captain* are to report lineup* 30 minutes before time siheduled to bowl. g Fox Chase Planned Saturday Morning Plan* have been completed for. the fog chase to l»e held Saturday under* the direction of the Adams county conservation club. Person* larticipating in the chase are ask-1 ed to meet at the south side of the I courtnonse at 9:15 o'clock that morning i | CORT I o ■" o — Last Time Tonight — | “MY DOO SMEPTom Neal A “Flame" ; ALSO—SNerte 9c 30c Inc. Tax 0 FRI. & SAT. BUSTER CRABBE ■ “STAGECOACH OUTLAWS"

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Paris Is Convicted On Gambling Charge New York. Jan 9—(UP)—Alvin J. Paris. 29. Broadway playboy and i gambler, will be *enten*ed Jan- 29 for attempting to bribe two m»m!*er« of the New York Giants pro ifessional football team to throw a < hamni nship game with the Chicago Bears A jury of 10 men and two women found Pari* guilty on two count« after 65 minute* delil*eration yesterday and judge Saul 8. Streit indicated he might (sentence the difondant to th* maximum of 1<» years and a 910.000 fin— unless he tidki all he knows of th* a’tempted flx. “My advice to you Pari*.' Streit told the defendant who st od before him pale and shaken. "Is to cooperate with the district attorney and the people of this ri»te if you expect any considetation from this court.’’ Park) wa* held in the Tomlsi prison pending sentence Merle Hapes and F ank Filchock, the Giant backfield stars Pari* attempted t • bribe were »u»nended from the game pending » final ruling within 10 day** by president Bert Bell of the National footl*all league Bell said he would study all record* of the case before reaching hs« decision. Both player* appeared before him yesterday to tel! their side of the story, and after their testimony l*o(h left f>*r their homes. PRO BASKETBALL Fort Wayne 56. Chicago 55. Toledo 73. Youngstown 62. -o The public domain in Arixona and New Mexico—that is, lands still owned by the government — covers 20.0on.ftft0 ncre* ■ ■

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H. S. BASKfTBALL Muncie Central 61. Marion 69. Shelbyville 59. Greencastle 60. South Bend Riley 36. South Bend Washington 35 Zionsville 44. Noblesville 39 Bicknell 47, Evansville Memorial 37. North Vernon 35. Salem 32. Connersville 40. Brookston 35. Terre Haute Geretmeyer 46, Terre Haute Wiley 62 (overtime*. Washington Catholic 54, Lyons o Tucker Awarded Sullivan Trophy New York. Jan 9— (UPi— Arnold Tucker, the arm and brain ot Army's undefeated foot ball team, today w.s awarded the 1946 James E Sullit 'n Memorial t.ophy as the amateur athlete who ‘‘by performance. example and influence did the most to advance the cause of good ■* port emanehip ” The 22-ye»r- ld West Point senior from Miami. Fla., received 597 point* in the annual bailot conducted by the National A A U to nose out Bill Smith, star sw.mmer from Hawaii, who had 566 Points, and Johnny Lujack. Notre Dame's all American quarterback, who had 546. It was the < loses* contest in the 17-year hbri“ry of the award, with second and third place vote* supplying the Cadet*’ gridiron s?ar with hi* m-jrgii> ot victory. Tucker received 54 fUst-place ballot* m the poll ot nation-wide «port< authorities while Lujack diew 56 and Smith sft. Points were awarded on a ba*l« of five for each first place ballot, three for second, and one for third. Mildred Dietx. bicycling star . from St. Louia. was eighth with i 173 Points. 0 ti» a Dr* 1 Tnvn — TMcafu*

NCAA Launches Fight To Clean Up Athletics New York. Jan 9 — (UP) : Delegate* to the 61st National Collegiate Athletic Association convention. many of them bitter over I recruiting provisions in their new •clean-up’’ plan, dispersed today with only one year of grace before »<hedub sanctions are applied to lit ge* that re'i®- to fall into . line. Until the NCAA’s constitution, I can be revised neit year, ail member schools were plat ed "on their honor" not to compete in any sport against college* known to be disi senter*. “Existing schedule* probably will not be affected. ’’ said Prof Karl of the University of lowa, newly elected president of the NCAA “It is possible, however, that some long range football contra* t* could be dissolved by mutual agreement.” In the tnori momentous session i in its history, the NCAA also wade*l into the gambling problem with

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! a proposal to »c*k federal and ' state legislation (arrying heavy ;e-nalt|e* for gambling and conspiracy to “fix" the outcome of collegiate contest*. The reroiutfon. prepared by Earl . Yeoman* of Temple University. < furthe/ recommended step* be taken to form a lean sports foundation with leader* of all amateur and profe*«i«*oal »I«r>rt* groups to promote leai*lati*»n and increa»e enforcement of existing law*. A fight on the five-point clean-up ■ program had been expected all ai long the line but the first four point* — in< l’idjng stringent restriction* on the amount <rf aid to athlete* passed with barely a whisper of objection. Th«t came the principle on recruiting limiting a coach or any athleti, department officM to the boundaries of hi* own anpu in which to rolicit attendance of any prospective student*, and a dear split developed with the south and southwest opposing all others. Gayle Scott <rf Texas Christian and Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech led the objecting southern group but on the roll cal! the motion carried, T 6 to 33. With the recruiting principle al ready on the record, the payoff punch, calling for a schedule boycott against schools that fail to live up to the five principles, passed unanimously. A *pe< tai committee wa* named

I to revise the constitution for *txb-, r mission at the next convention. If I - the revision is accepted, all known. - violators -d the code then would ba automat icaTly expelled from the; 1 NCAA and cut off the schedules | . of member colleges. ’ Coming in cold with no prepare-j tion. Col. William < ouper. exact) live officer at Virginia Military ' institute, startled the convention with a proposal to prohibit all post- , season game*. Thin direct «lag at the "bowls’’ quickly brought hetrty J support and bowl-minded »<bools’ had to marshall their forces in a hurry to table the resolution for , another year. A« Leib wa* elected president of j the association to succeed Dr. Wilber Smith of Wyoming. Big Nine , commissioner Kenneth L. <TugU Wilson of Chicago was reelected { secretary-treasurer and the follow-i • Ing ri< e presidents were named . I Edward S. Parsons. Northeastern University; William A. Reid. Colgate: A. W. Hobhs. University <»f North Carolina; George L. Kid- . er. Miami; H H King. Kansas state; Hubert Bray. Rice: O. A. Signer. Colorado School of Mines and Stanley Freeborn. California The NCAA track and field meet was awarded to the University of Utah and will be held June 20-21 at Salt laike City. The tennis tourn ament was awarded to U. C. L. A. June 23 29 and the fencing touma

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. meet to the April 12. . 0 _ jB End Rabbit Season In Indiana Frtdav — 9 Indiana’s open aiw . _| | lend* JaNbik. p, (k> ,H partment of -v.,tj hunters today. in reviewing -he )Wf?a J son. departin'n- •>!'„,», J ■ ing »n<cess has ..*■ j rabbits showing übtlon improvement i- t | ahlle resdet-'rin. *13,, J I Total kill, they -j.g, | j greater than last year 91 c Wl Berne Plans First i Bowling Tournsinjt The fir*) annua! bowling tonrnam*-,t 9 the Berne Recreate® J 9 -January 31, JuJe. Brand* announced fodar The first ptfze win h* the towreament win b» Don Bucher nt Moarwj must lie made by Januan»« Dolls made in aacHt a were dressed, fed an! « < treated a* though al:v« r : 3 given to mother* <<, M ■ befalling thei* children