Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 72, Decatur, Adams County, 26 March 1951 — Page 6

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Eddie Collins Dies Sunday At Boston Hospital I ' ' . ■ ' ■ ? Boatotj, Mar. 26—(UP)—BasebAll mourned one ot Ha greatest today — Edward Trowbridge Col-, lib>. vice president of the Boston Red fto«, whp died at the\ age of <J:t last night In Peter Bent Hrlgham hospital Tributes poured In today * for the stocky former second-baseman WmM bn 353 over 35 major league a«|wona und wari .i<-< i.-<i to tog halt of fame In 193t>. And perhaps the greataat tribute of ull came mta •••year old Connie Mack, wtio converted CoUlna from a *hormtop into a v Mciwnd-baxeman 44 y*»r» ago. "The beat..the best of all sec-ond-baaemen.’’ Mack said softly wijen informed of Colllna' death night. "He didn't fit the bill as g shortstop. So he became the greatest of all second-basemen?* Bed, Sox slugger Ted Williams called Collins "the closest friend I had in baseball" and Red Sox’ officials announced the team will ■wear black mourning bands on the sleeves of its uniform beginning today. Club secretary Tom Dowd also announced he would try to cancel Wednesday's scheduled exhibition game with the Detroit Tigers, Sox manager Steve O’Neill said Collins' death "was a great loss |>ecause he was a great contribuv tor to the game." J Will Harridge, American league president, said his death "was A great loss fto baseball and a personal lose to me.” New York Yankee manager Casey Stengel said "baseball is going to miss Collins — an outatanding man on the field and off it. This hits me pretty hard." Charles Comiskey, vice president of the White Sqx, said Collide would be “tremendously missed" by organized baseball apd Goy. Paul A. Dever of -Massachusetts said baseball had "lost a man of great character.” Born on May t, 1887 in Millerton, it, Y., Collins attended , Columbia University and first played sembpro ball for a Red Hook. N, Yr. team at |5 a game in 1905. Anpthet member of that team - Heinle Zimmerman- whs labelled ime of the game'a all-time "goats" when he chased, the fleet Collins over an unprotected home plate In the sixth game of the 1917 world series. Collins never forgot his early association with Zimmerragn and always tried to absolve hkn of all blame for the "boner." Collins played six games with the Athletics In 1906 using the name but was declared ineligible in his senior year at \ ". .. ! 11,11 T""* KANE ->*'NT STORE 158 So. Second Phone 3-3030 ■ ' I H> > A4V. Tonight & Tuesday “ABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN” ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax —o Wed. < Thurs.—" Woman on Pier 13" Larsine Day, John Agar First Show Wed. at '6:30 Continuous Thurs. front 1:30 Coming Sun. — Martin A Lewis "At War With the Army"

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Bill Garret s Added To All-Star Quintet j Chicago. Match 26 —(U|JP)--| Bill Garrett, ltdiana University’s highest scoTer iti history, today was ~ added to the roster of the collego , ■ all-star basketball team which will play a nationwide series with the! Harlem Globetrotters beginning April I. Garrett, a center vqted the "outstanding' played" by his Hoosier team mates, was; named by coach.es ' to the Big Ten all-uonferenee team. ! He led Indiana ito a victory over conference ciimnplon Illinois in the mini’s only loop defeat,. Exhibition Baseball Boston (A) fl. New York (N) 7, Washington 4. Chait annugu 1 (HCH'N) I. I H» Umls <N) Brooklyn (N> 4 Philadelphia (A> M, lloaion (NI ' ' "A" 3. ? Detroit (A) M, l‘hlla<!li>lphiu (Ni 7. ; ' m | ' ■ Boston (N) "h" 2, (N> 1. | \ | Pittsburgh (N) !». Chicago (A)7. Cleveland (A) 15. San Francis- | co (PCL) 1. . I Cleveland (A) 14, Oakland j (PCL) 3. New York (Al 4, Oakland / (POL) 2. Chicago (N) ipj St. Louis (A) 9. Chicago (A) "B” 5, $Un Diego (PCL) 2. Columbia. He payed only 14 games in 1907 with the A’s but finally made the big league grade ! in 1908 — his arrival as a big leaguer virtually coinciding with the construction of one of Mack’s greatest dynasties. / Collins was converted into a second-baseman in 1908 and a year Jater helped forth baseball’s most famous Jnfield —the >IOO,OOO infield which also included Stuffy Mclnnis, Jack Barry and Frank ’ (Home Run) Baker. The' teanp won four American league pennants from 1910 through 1914 but was broken up when the Boston Braves swept thenii four straight in the T 4 world selreis. i ■ ’r- J F ■ T Uli ANTHONY ANASTASIA givtes witl verbal flreworks during Kefauvei crime committee tesitimony in Neb York, denying change of anothei witness that he was a strike breaker. The other fitness, Theo dore Narushef, said Anastasia let a goon squad against Phelpi Dodge pickets at Elizabeth, N. J. in 1946 and that a picket was shot to death. Anastasia is a brothei of Albert Anastasih. subpoenaec but missing. Beware Coughs From Common Colds That HAN 6 ON Croomuliion relieves promptly because > it goes right’to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to please von or money refunded. Cfeomulsion naa stood the test of millions of users. , CREOMUL’SION

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Pro Basketball NBA Playoffs Rochester 97. Fort Wayne 78 (Rochester wins best of three series. 2-1). ' New York 92, Boston 78,, (New York wins beet of three series, 2-0). i Minneapolis 85, Indianapolis 80 ( (Minneapolis wins best of three series, 2-1), LAST BIG RED (Continned From Pane One) ment late Jast week that he was willing to confer in the field with a North Korean army leader to arrange a cease |fire. MacArthut’s lengthy statement had strong diplomatic overtones —and left state department officials miffed. Ever! before the Incident, state department offitjals had wanted MacArthur.to curb his inclinations to make public statements which occasionally border on diplomatic proposals ' Abel, otie of Adam’s sons and the victim of Caln, was known as a "keeper of sheep." MCI ri LjelJ <>£47? ifa Buy TWDE PTC.

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" ■ 1 I ■**■■■>»'»! "M Kahsas Stale, Kentucky Play In NCAA Final Minneapolis, March 26 —(UP) — Coach Jack Gardner feared today that injuries might slow pp his ' Kansas State team against Kentucky tomorrow night in the na, tiqnal finals of the NCAA basketball tournament. | But the depth of his team kept Uns from shedding any tears In bls direction, instead the mono* of Kentucky coach Adolph Hupp hwere finding sympathetic ears for H change \ ( Rupp and ibis Kentuckians, seeking their third NCAA title In four yfeirH, were expected to find them, selves hi the unaccustomed role of j FirdviduHs ati lip off time, , Kaiiaas Hinde raptured ijp’ fancy pt fans by panhandling Oklahoma Al MH aHird ay night, ON to 44. was hard*prasavd'to brat lUlbmla. 7ti <o 74 A aell-oul crowd Os IK.OSR fans la expected id jam William* arena on the VnlVerslty of Minnesota cutnpu* to watch the finals. Illinois and the Oklahoma Aggies will meet In a preliminary game in the consolation finals J - _ ' . . Kansas State’s victory over Oklahoma A&M Impressed fans despite Gardner’s warning' that injuries might weaken his team. It was Oklahoma A&M, rated number two in the nation in the final United Press coaches' ratings, which fought Kentucky for the number one spot all season. Kansas State, ranked third in 1 the last ratings, never held the tjop spot nor even seriously threatened to take it over all season. ' 1 Gardner didn’t wait long to puli pus the crying towel after arriving perf last night. * "My first job is to get a doctor h>r the team," he said. \ ' Ernie Barrett suffering from a shoulder injury and Don Upson with a back ijnjuTy.- Gardner said John Gibson and Ed Head aggravated ankle injuries Saturday night but Were in pretty fair shape. Less seriously injured was Don Schuyler. who sported a blgck eye hb got In Saturday oight's game.

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Indianapolis Howe Net Coach Resigns Indianapolis, March 26 — (UP)--Elwood Yeager, head basketball coach at Indianapolis Howe high school, has resigned after five years in that post. No successor has bpen chosen fbr’ Yegger, whose Hornets were tie only tedm to beat Indianapolis Crispus Attacks during 1950-51 reg. ular season play. The team won 16 lost 7. Yeaker gave no reason for quitting but said he would remain at. 1 Howe as a teacher. 1 ' \ " . When you touch a> > "hot” wire carrying electric current with your finger the greatest shock sensation in at the point of contact. Shock through the rest of the body H 1m» because the current .ia spread over a much larger area. THIRI'S ATOMIC ENERGY In the A blade sand sifting through the fingers of AJfreids Malnick at Half f Moon Bay, Calif. Such is the theory of Dr. CoUn O. Hutton, g Stanford University mineralogist. He believes that one ton of beach sand from Half Moon Bay to Monterey wiU produce one pound of uranium thorite, which contains 7 per cent uranium oxide, the element form used by Atomic Energy Commission. (International Soundohoto)

Higher Corn Acreage Indicated In State \ A five percent increase in. the Indiana corn acreage for 1951 over 1950 is indicated in prospective planting data by agricultural statisticians of the U. S. department of agriculture. Anticipated corn acreage for this year IS 4,562,000, as compared to 4,345,000 acres planted last year the average of 4,382,000 acres for 1940i--49. ' * - x .. Other crops expected to utilize more acres in 1951 include winter wheat, barley and tobacco, while the ecreage for oats is forcast about the same as ,1950. Decreased plantings are in prospect for potatoes. soybeans, and hay for, harvesting. i x ,

Public Sale 160—ACRE FARM-160 V' The uhdemlgned oommlssloiiefa-by, virtue of on order of the Adams (Trcuii t‘omt made ati<l entered 111 I pRMNI fol psrtilloh of real outate th.x..in ponding .’nfiti.ni Mary u. Adama. ' f * I'hattneoy K. DeHolt and others. d''f.»ndaht u b.’lns ggRH nnnitiot 11064 on thA Civil Dpokot of said court hereby give police that on- ■ FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1951 , at the hour of 1:30 o'clock P. M. of said day they Wilf offer for sale at public auction at the hereinafter described real estate, located six miles east, one mile south and three fourths of a mfte east of Berhe, Indiana |n Jefferson Township, the following desqrllted real estate in' Adams County in the State of Indiana, towit: . ' „ ' The East half ( l i) of (he southwest quarter ((i) of Section three (3) in Township Twenty Five i (25) North of 'Range Fifteen (15) East, containing Eighty (80) Acres, more qr less; and\ the West half of , the southeast quarter (*4) of Section three (3) in Township Twenty /Five (25) north of Range Fifteen (15) East, containing Eighty (80) acres, more or less. :' ' . ' . \■ p . ■ i 160 Acres. Black, fertile level soil, 142 acres under cul|tlvatio!p. 18 acres Extra good saleable saw - timber. ' Land is\W r ell tiled/ 9 Room houstf slate roof: Basement. ' Wired for Electricity. Bain 36 x 50. Garage. Chicken hquse; two granerles. Also a Six Room house Buildings need ioibe repair and painty 2 Drove Wells Cement Cistern. Farm is located conveniently to schools, churches and markets, on stone road. TERMS OF SALE: The purchaser of said real estate is required to pay at least one third of the purchase price on the day of sale and the balance of the purchase price upon delivery of the commissioners deed conveying said real estate th the purchaser together with an abstract of title bfleught down to the date pf the sale showing a good legal Jitle free of liens except “taxes for the year 1950 which are dt»e i apd payable in the year 1951. The sale of said real estate will be m|ade subject to the approval of the Adams Circuit Court. 1 FERD L. LITTERER, L \ ED A. BOSSE, Commissioners Roy S. Johnson & Son. - 5 ’ Melvin E. Liechty — Auctioneers :- v i 19 26 4 PUBLIC SALE I have decided io <)ult fanning and will sell al Public Auction at my farm 2*4 miles West of Chuntbuwo, Indiana on road 205 and then the first house South on Wednesday, March 28,1951 Commencing at 12:30 P. M. 4—REGISTERED BROWN SWISS COWS—4 Betty Bell's Ixxilw 215970, Born July 3, 1942, Due to frebhen by day of sale: DeKalb's Betty Sue 217454, Born Jan. 6. 1947, Due to freshen April 3; Laddy’a May Sharon Lee 21597 h Burn April 3. 1946. Due to freshen April 23; - v Pansy’s Pet’s Mary Jane 215972. Horn S» pt 3, 1946, Due to freshen' May 19th. s These iare fine Large Cows. \Threp are Bred to Cprtiss Canjiy Signal Ned 64837. One Bred to Curtins Candy Signal Silver 72394. ' T. B. and Bangs Tested. PUfeE BRED HAMPSHIRE HOGS L 5 Sows with Third Litter by side; > : 1 Gilt with littex* of 10 pigs by side; 1 Sow due with Third Litter first of April; -1 Sow Bred for-2nd Litter, Due July 15th. 4 of above'sows are Registered. 1 Registered Boar, 3 years old; \ ' 4 Feeder Hogs, 100 lbs. each: l 2 Open Gilts. ' HAY AND STRAW AND CORN 200 Bales First Class Alfalfa Ladino. Brome & Timothy mixed hay; 2!io Bales Wheat Straw; 100 Bales Oats Straw; 300 Hu. good yellow Coyn. < ' ' TRACTOR AND IMPLEMENTS Case "SC” 1944 Tractor on Rubber, Lights & Starter. Power Lift & Cultivators; Case 14’’ Two Bottom Tractor Plow; 7 .foot Tractor Disc; Case Mounted Corn Planter with fertilizer attachment and ekth(i. fertilizer bpx extensions; New Idea pull type Power take off 7 ft. mower. on Rubber; Extra good Rubber tire wagon & rack: Calloway Tractor manure spreader, on Rubber, Power take off, front spread; Two sectiqp steel spike tooth harrow; above implements in good condition, used 3 seasons. \ MISCELLANEOUS 306 Gal. Fuel Tank on Elevated stand; 4 A-Shape Hog Houses Bxß, new, with Guard Rails and on runners; 3 Good Hog 12 to 16 ft. long; 1 Good Smedley 8 hole hog feeder; 26 Gate herders 3 x 8'; Farm Master single unit Milker, first class: McDeering “3-5" Electric Cream Seperator, like new. Other miscellaneous articled. ( TERMS—CASH. (Not Responsible for Accidents.) CHAS. SHROPSHIRE, Owner Roy 8. Johnson, v . Ned C. Johnson, Melvin Liechty — Auctioneers Ike Weber—Clerk / '. ' 26 r ' . ' I ■MSMmanawfaMRMMKHMMSHMBIKIIMMMMMMMNaMIMMIRMM^SMmminnHMIII■SMSmUmMMMMMM

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