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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24

Twenty bowlers from the Ypsi.
lanti club competed in the annual
Michigan Kiwanis Tournament. at
Flint Saturday with julius Hubsch-
er and John Max finishing second
in the doubles and q gross score
OF 1921 which entities them to a
s22 merchandise prize. Hubscher
rolled 601-51 for gross OF $50 and
Max turned in score of 534-45 for
a $40. Arthur Walker and Clare
]. Hewens tied for fifteenth in the
doubles and receive 81 in prizes.
Walker rolled 517.ls for a sos and
Hewens 44S-105 for a 553.
None of these four bowling in
the singles were able to place,
Walker having the highest score
with 515-7s for a total of 500.
All Of the four teams of five men
failed to get in the prize money.
Members OF the teams and their
gross score are: No. Arthur
Walker 537, Robert Steere 563,
Walter Wisbin 522, Lynn Schaeffer
523, and Phelps Grouse sos, for a
team total 1858. Team No. 3
finished next: Bert Harrison get
ting sos, Peter Vanderlind Sal,
James O'Sullivan getting 40, John
S. Miller 4S6 and Clare ]. Heweus
541 for a total of 2644.
Team No. 2 who had the highest
individual averages rolled only
2641 with julius Hubscher getting
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Campbell Kane Upsets Mehl in
Bankers Mile, Quinn Fifth

Mehl. National AA.U. titleholder,
TO win the event In four minutes IL
seconds even. John Munski, OF the
University OF Missouri, was third,
and Gene venzke. 10-year veteran
OF the boards, fourth.
Munski took up the duties OF pace
setter with the opening gun, Quinn
running easily IN second place The
Huron star stepped In front at the
start of the fourth lap and stayed
there until Kane and Mehl began
their stretch Kicks" with two laps
TO go.
Quinn had competed In the Butler
Relays on tho preceding Saturday.
at Cleveland on Sunday and In the
Michigan A.A.U Relays Wednesday
night.
Ray Peterson, sophomore high
jumper. tied for fourth place with
Don Canham. OF Michigan; Smith,
OF Northwestern. and Johnson. Of
Beloit. Six feet two inches was
the last height the trio cleared.
Mel Walker. former Ohio star,
won the high jump at six feet "a
inches. Keith O'Rourke. OF Notre
Dame. and Artie Byrnes, OF New
York. were second and third, re
spectivcly.
Whitley Had failed to qualify for
, the hurdles medley because OF 4
freak accident The junior, from
Saginaw. competing with a sore
foot. crashed through the board
floor after Swimming the last bar
rier in the 45-yard preliminary
Had managed to scramble to his
feet and lunge across the finish line
but Al Tolnfch and Ed Smith
reached the tape before him.
The medley series OF 40 so and G.
yards was captured by Fred VOL
colt. OF Rice Institute. Wolcotl
broke the worlds record in win
ming the 40 and equaled the ac
cepted mark in the 60. Bob Wright
of Ohio State, edged out the Texas
Flyer in the so.
The Chicago Relays rang dowr
the curtain on the Michigan Norma
| indoor season.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Detroit Y. NJ. c. A
Meets Dearborn
in Opening Tilt
Twenty Four Games to
be Played This Week
in Y. H. S. Gymnasium

Tuesday night one OF the largest
tournaments in Ypsilanti High
School gymnasium will be started
as the Downtown Y.M.CA, OF De.
troit. trots on the floor at 7p. m.
to oppose the Dearborn Knights
In the opening basketball game of
the District A.A.U. Tournament.
These TWO teams will open the
tourney which will see twenty.four
teams playing twenty-four games
in just five days. Tuesday night
will see four games played and the
same number will be played each
succeeding night on Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday. while Satur-
day will see total of eight com
pleted-four in the afternoon and
four in the evening.
The tournament will be divided
into two divisions on the basis OF
weight with the players in the B
division not to exceed 100 pounds
while the A is unlimited. The three
top teams in each division will quail
ify for the State AAU Champion
ships TO be held in Midland. Mich
igan, April 10, II and 10, and team
trophies will be awarded both the
winner and Tunner.up in each divi-
sion.
Five Ypsilanti teams will be
among those competing for a chance
at the state title and none of them
will be regarded lightly by the other
teams. Central Specialty's high
scoring quintet will be among the
contestants as will be the Ypsi Col
legiates-a squad of four Fresh
men and four Varsity cagers plus a
pair OF former Normal luminaries
the Ypsi Whirlwinds- powerful
quintet from the Normal Intra
mural League, Cunningham an
all-star lineup OF well-known college
players including four from the
Normal. three from Wayne Univer
sity, and one from the University
of Detroit. and the Celtics the last
but not the least Of the local repre-
sentatives.
Besides the Dearborn Knights
Downtown Y.M.C.A. clash Tuesday
night, there will be three Other
games Central Specially VS.. Argus
of Ann Arbor, at s p. m. Celtics
VS.. General Motors, of Pontiac, al
8 p. m. and Pete's Mar. Highland
Park, VS.. Ypsilanti Collegiate.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Winners in This
District Fail to
Shine in Lansing
Dawson Only High
School Near Here TO
Survive Openers

Six thousand five hundred fans
witnessed the conclusion OF the
Michigan High School Athletic As
ISOLATION tournament on the Jeni-
son Field House court in East Lad
sing Saturday night,- but of the
eight finalists in four classes not
one was from the vicinity of Ypsi-
lanti. or the three Regional win
ners who were decided a week ago
in the Ypsilanti High School gym
nasium only one, DAWSON. survived
the opening round OF play for the
State titles. Ann Arbor High,
which defeated Lincoln Park last
Thursday night in the WIS gym
in the first round OF play, was
eliminated in the Class A semi.
finals as a powerful Saginaw five
disposed OF them 81 to 90; but
Saginaw In turn was rather easily
turned back by Benton Harbor "a
rs in the finals Saturday night.
or all the fans who saw Bliss
fields crack cage quintet trample
st. Stanislaus in tha final game for
the Regional title here. hardly one
doubted the fact that they would
go through to the Glass c State
championship. But in their open
ing game they encountered st.
Mary's Of Lansing, and after an
I extremely hard.fought contest the
Blissfeld five was defeated In
overtime 3f.33 despite the sen
sational efforts of Don Mulder.
Small consolation for the Blissfeld
I fans was the fact that the ST.
Mary's five went on to take the
finals and annex the State CROWN
for the third time in the past six
years, so they knew that 1t took
an exceptional team to beat them.
In Glass b the perennial power
| full st. Theresa's, Of Detroit, which
took the measure OF Dawson in
the semi-fnals 1927, came through
with a title-winning 1890 victory
over Sturgis in the finals for their
third State championship. After
losing out to Traverse City in the
| finals last year. the Pirates, under
Coach George Dufour, were out for
J revenge this year and with five
foot nine inch Joey Smith spark
ing the attack with 16 points. st
Theresa came through to win al
though out-scored IS to 10 in the
last half as Sturgis put on a gallant
but futile rally.
Hanover. which defeated A. r.
Smith in the initial round, 1928
was easily downed by Stevansville
High 1925 in the Class D finals
as the latter captured the State
title for the fourth time. This
us the first time that any school
in any Of the four divisions has
turned the trick although the three
win mark was twice equalled Satur.
/ day.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
MONEY DECISION

Bronson, Mar. 81 AP Roscoe
r Kingsley wlil-"lfaye to make a
dollars-and-cents decision when he
chooses the political party he will
support in the Matteson Township
spring election. Republicans have
nominated him for the payless
constable's job. while Democrats
have nominated him for the office
OF township highway commission
err, which provides a paycheck.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
sCoRE NO GoALs

Sault Ste. Marie Mar 81 Ap
The Saull Ste Mario Indians
champions OF thr unrfhrru Mtrht
gan Hockey League, scored tWo
goals In each OF the two last per
lods 10 triumph. 10 = over the
retroit llolEhauRh team here sun.
day night The second game or ihr
tWo-eamr total goal serI'- VIII hc
played Monday ni"ht at Detroit
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
WINS TOURNAMENT

Detroit Mar. 24--AP-The ST.
Ssva team OF Gary, Ind, won the
Serbian-American basketball tour.
nament here Sunday with 7l-45
victory over Hubbing, Mimi, Milan
Komenich, Gary Center, scored %
points, while Danny Markovich col.
lected II for Hibbing. Wherton,
w. Va. 1910 champion, won the
consolation title by defeating Ali
quippa, Pa, Al to 80.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Leaders Meet
Flint Assault

Lansing, Mich, Mar. 24-AP-
Leaders in the Michigan Bowling
Association tournament withstood
the assault of Flint entries during
the week end competition.
The only change in the first five
places of the four divisions DC.
Cured when Dorence Armstrong
Flint, moved into second place N
the all-events with 1922 He scored
653 in the doubles, 624 in the five
man event and 645 in the singles.
Best week end doubles score was
1,243 by Paul Salay and Cincent
Frechette, Flint, who placed eighth
in the standings.
King Beer of Flint led the
two.day assault on the team stand.
ings with 2,941, good for sixth
place.
The leaders:
Five-Man
Wolverine Express, Muskegon,
5000.
Stroh's, Detroit. 1892.
Goebels. Detroit, 2,974.
Detroit Baskets, Detroit, 1889.
J. j. O'Kane, Ann Arbor, 2,947.
Doubles
Therman Gibson-W Walter, Kuba.
siak, Grand Rapids, l,275.
Fred Wolf.Leonard Detloff, De.
troit, 1,270.
Chef Bukowski.Edward La Bud
de, Detroit, 1855.
George Courville-Louis Thomp,
son, Detroit, 1855.
Frank ZittaWarren Correll, Ben
ton Harder, l.251.
Fred Breckle-Charles Kotarski,
Detroit. 1,2i5.
Singles
Mike Siragusa. Detroit 7S9.
Burt Van Trump, Kalamazoo,
1880.
Eugene lppel, Saginaw, 706.
Fred Born, Bay City, 7oi.
William Oliver Detroit, 701.
All-Events
Sam Adams, Benton Harbor,
1889.
Dorence Armstrong, Flint, 1922.
Burt Van Trump. Kalamazoo,
1899.
Chef Bukowski, Detroit, 1888.
Jack Vacek, Detroit. 1877.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
WINS All FENCING

Detroit, Mar. 24--AP-Thc WON.
ems state open fencing tournament
here Sunday was won by Paula
Sweeney. Wayne University sopho-
more. Other entries finished In the
following order: Rachel Freedman,
Michigan State College; Ruth
Theis. Crosse Pointe Sword Club.
and Charlotte Finch, OF the Sale
de Tuscan. The four were auto.
maticslly qualified for the final
state championship tournament
here April II.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Ypsilanti Kiwanis Bowlers in
Good Position in State Meet

522, Max Williams 514, Gerald
Stewart 546, John Max 524 and
George Norman 535. Team No.
l finished last among the four
teams with $3.50. Fred Lambert
rolling 493, Frank Blaha sos, Elton
Cassidy 400, Howard Merritt 554.
and Larry Schaeffer 4ss.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24

Running his fourth big race In
eight days, Tommy Quinn, Michigan
Normal long distance ace, finished
last in the Bankers Mile. feature
event of the fifth annual Chicago
Indoor Relays in the international
Amphitheater Saturday.
Elongated Campbell Kane, Big
Ten and Michigan A.A.U, Relays
champion, upset favored Walter
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
ALL.sTARs ELIMINATED

The Huron River All-Stars, de
Tending champions. were eliminated
by Detroit Adams Y.M.C.A.. 33 to
20. in the semi-final round of the
Ann Arbor Y.MC.A. basketball
tournament Saturday afternoon.
Adams led all the way.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
COACH RFstCNs

burr oak Mich Mar - AP
Frank Stanloh whose hasketha .
teams Won three consecutive cham
pionshlps has RESIGNED as prlnci
pal aud coach At hurr Oak Hlsh
School Sauich. former " \
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
GAMES POSTPONED

Not one of the teams in the
Church Basketball League showed
up with a sufficient amount OF men
Saturday afternoon so all the
games scheduled were postponed
until April s.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
EOIINn nEAn

Kalamazoo. Mar. 24-Mrs. George
Z. Howk, a., wife OF q Kalamazoo
cafe proprietor. was found dead Of
gas and poison Saturday night.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Sports Calendar
Tuesday
Basketball
District AAU Tournament

Dearborn knights VS.. Downtown
Y.M.C.A.. Detroit, p. m.
Argus, Ann Arbor, VS.. Central
Specially, Ypsilanti, p. m.
Celtics, Ypsilanti VS.. General Mo-
tors, Pontiac, 8 p. m.
Pete's Bar, Highland Park, VS..
Ypsi Collegiates. Ypsilanti, 10 p.
m.
All games-Ypsilanti High School
gymnasium.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24

\ football and basketball star ~
nillsdalo. College had coached
Burr OAK teams for sR years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24

D. Ihay,. -63 Il Ka,ou SIS. c
HeVrns f25 Totals 5li 356, SIS -
lulN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
PHYSICIAN DIES

Owosso. Mar. % --AP-- Funeral
rites will be held Wednesday for
DR.. Jones J. Haviland. 70, physi-
clan here for the past 81 years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Borrow for less

Payments in the table include all
charges at Household 'srateof2Hocper
month. This is less than the maximum
prescribed by the Small Loan Law of
this state. Every Household customer
gets the benefit of this rate whether
new customer or former borrower
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-24
Bowling Scores

DAILY PRESS CARRIERS
League Standings
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. D.

Many recent newspaper and
magazine articles on vitamins
have stimulated several of my
readers. Although | have written
on this subject several times in
the past, | am glad to repeat be-
cause knowledge in this field is
moving so rapidly and because it
Is so very important.
Now first, let US say with all
conviction that we have always
eaten vitamins. Our fathers and
mothers ate vitamins and our
grandparents, and so on away
back. They didn't know they were
eating vltamlns because vitamins,
as such, We're not discovered until
about 1911. They were like the
character in Moliere who did not
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17

only weapon Henry had was his
tightly rolled umbrella.
Jones, so feet across the tracks,
carried on a social conversation as
though he were on a pleasure hike.
80 this is the Inflated railroad
whose stock Ives and King unload
ed on the unsuspecting public?"
Il never held it against them"
said Henry hastily. ESPECIALLY not
against Ives. I'm sure he didn't
know the company was going to
fail"
Il wouldn't be too vehement In
my protests if l were you" Jones
told him coldly. It's natural for
you to harbor some resentment, at
least, against a man who caused
you to lose $500. To protest that
YOU don't, might make a person
think your resentment vas a guilty
resentment - that perhaps you
snow more about Ives death than
you ought tor
You mean -"
Come now, why not admit It?
You didn't like Ives, You're glad
he's dead"
Il won't admit any such thing!
[ hardly knew the man, except by
sight. / thought he was queer, but
l didn't dislike HIM"
'Hm'm.' Jones fell silent.
Hcnry's eyes shifted from the
tunnel to the darkcning sky 1t was
going to rain again. The black,
twisted limbs OF a dead madrouo
tree on the summit seemed to
beckon to the oncomin2 storm. Tips
of the laurel trees in the canyon
were beginning to bend in a cur
rent of air from the son.
"NVhat about this Nj Ncns-
ley?' Jones asked sud-. I un-
derstand she used to Wu!n 40. Ives
and King"
II believe she did. I'd forgot
ten. 1t was years ago. She was a
sort of private secretary"
Must be older than she looks
I suppose a little paint and pow
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17
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x5:zHs ~ RICXARD o.
RICHARD HOUGH7CW

it was suicide? Was that yous
theory?"
Hcnry's boarder didn't answer.
He held up a hand for silence, Ii
tenu'
Above the murmur of the NlCa
in the trees came the sound Of Al
approaching automobile, 1t rolnu'
ed the bend of the railroad right
of-way a moment later, straddlins
one of the rails and humping over
the ties. 1t headed straight for the
tunnel. One of the two men in the
front seat was poking an auto
matte rifle around the end OF the
bullet-proof windshield.
The deputy who had sent out the
call by radio came back down the
trail about the same time and re-
trieved his gun. "Okay, boys he
said. Turn that spotlight into the
tunnel!"
The car slowed down, rolling
past Henry no faster than d mar
would walk. The big spotlight.
which the driver swung from side
to side, illuminated the walls of
the tunnel ahead. The deputy on
foot jumped onto the running
board. John Jones followed behind
the car, and Henry, not to be left
ont, did likewise. The car was a
shield.
AS they stumbled ove the ties
under the big timbcred arch Henry
noticed the change in weather. He
had been c%rouching III a wet driz-
zlc f0r five minutes without know
ing it.
no one hero!" announced the
/ driver. The car stopped.
Henry and John Jones stepped
to one side and looked ahead. a
mass of fallen rocks and umbers
blocked the tunnel from track 10
roof.
oh, we'll, were used to false
alarms" observed the MAJ at the
spotlight chcerfully you'd have
needed us bad if therc'd been any
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17
CHAPTER

~ -
"SOhIE NEIGHBOR found the
body,"e jones explained as he
started for the door. Henry showed
the rest Of his breakfast aside. and
followed Mrs. Potter, Wide-eyed at
the news, thrust the umbrella into
Henry's hands in case the rain
started again. Richard ran as far
as the gate with them, then halted,
grumblingly, at his mothers call.
THAT was the coroner on the
telephone" Jones said as they hur-
riel out into the road. He called
me before he left his office. Just
for the place-half mile out on the
old tunnel read. Why the devil
don't you have a car, Potter"
IF it's on the old tunnel trail
well make almost as good time on
foot" Henry said. 1T winds into
the hills this way from the village.
Too narrow for a car. We can
make it in ten minutes if We
hurry
M match fa. I7 rh,
~ r.allina Tba Tt,,o aio,1. ~
good t~rainino &C ros,It "a bic
tIo}u ri,.aa oa1 taa rn'
city man had to call a halt for rest
twice as they almost doe-trotted
down the muddy road. took a side
road to the west and climbed \
path that twisted through the
brush-covered hills.
The young oroner who drove
his car OH a different road. had onlv
a quarter mile of foot work. to DO
and beat them to the scene of the
tragedy by a few minutes Thev
rounded a bend and found him on
the trail ahead of than, 1aaoing
over the crumpled form of the little
fat man lying face down. A few
yards beyond stood a solemn-faced
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17
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80 - s7 On
RICHARD HOWCH7CW

empty shell from his rife Smaii
calibrr. KIND vuu might use for
shooting rabbits Could have been
used Ly a woman as we'll as a
man"
Henry thought hastily of Marcia
Wenslev and Susan Baker. II,
couldn't conceive of either one Of
them as Il murder,ss.
Jones Games back. holding fhe
shell in the palm of his hand. and
passed it over to the orone
Where would Bisbee have been
going on this trail ." he asked. He
must have had some urgrnt bust
ness shortly after he got ont of
Jail"
pretty hard TO saw" observed
the coroner vaguely, studying the
shell as though he were irving to
fit it into some picture he had in
his mind. Half a dozen places he
might have been headed for" He
looked up the hill. Were not far
from Stanley Kings house. The
trail curved below the gardeners
house a few hundred yards back,
and the big house is beyond those
trees ahead. There's a private drive
to It on the other side of the hill
Then, too, the professor may have
been taking his short cut to the
Old railroad light of way. That
$500 -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-17
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
THAT TUNNELS caved in"
Henry toll the reckless Jones as
the big man suggested they search
it for the slayer of Professor Bis
bee. mo one would 60 that way,
because he couldn't get through"
The deputy sheriff, who had
started forward down the track,
gun in hand, stopped. That's right.
Sa-ay, you don't suppose he's in
there now"
Jones laid a hand on Henry's
arm. IF he is. we'd better get out
of his line of fire. They moved off
the right of way and approached
the tunnel from a sharp angle.
Jones eyed the heavy timbers
"Looks sound enough, CaVed in in
the middle, Ell? This railroad been
abandoned long,"
It's never been used Henry
told him. at was built about II
years ago to serve a big cement
plant that was going to be de-
veloped. The cement company Went
broke, and so did the railroad, Most
Of the savings of people around
here went with them. l lost more
than five hundred dollars"
Jones nodded. He q thinking
about the murderer, not about
Henry's financial troubles. If
We've got this fellow cornered
there's no sense in rushing in after
him. Wed h1 perfect targets against
the light. Two of us ought to stand
guard and the other 50 for help"
"There's a tWN-Way radio in my
car" the deputy told him, handing
ove his revolver Here, you keep
this until l get back"
He disappeared up the trail, and
John Jones sat down on a cOnVen-
tent boulder at one side of the tun-
mel mouth, gun trained on the big,
dark hole.
suppose you walk down the
track a way and make a dash
across to the other side" Jones
Suggested to Henry. If we watch
the tunnel from opposite angles he
won't be able to sneak out far
enough to take a shot at either of
us"
Henry's knees were weak, but
they carried him a good hundred
yards down the track and sped
him across the rails like a fright
ened rabbit. He came up to the tun-
mel mouth opposite his boarder.
Can you see into the tunnel?'
Jones asked. Il think you'll do bet
ter if you move farther back along
the tract, . let behind that big
boulder by the culvert."
Henry followed the suggestion,
and crouched uncOmfortably in the
mud Of a ditch that a few hours
before had been carry ing the water
draining from the hillside. He Won
dered what he would do if the killer
decided to come out, shooting The