Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 302, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1924 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKETS BEAT PENNVILLE Score 32-23 Victory In Exciting Game; I). H. S. Girls Win 33-5 In a fast and exciting basketball game played in the high school gym riasium here last night, th n Decatur high school Yellow Jackets tritnuphed over the Pennville Bull Dogs by a score of 32 to 23. It was not until the second half was well tinder way that the Yellow Jacket' forged ahead to a comfortable lead. Pennville led at the end of the half. 13 to 12. , The D 11. S. girls had an easy time winning from the Pennville lassies, the final score being 33 to 5. The first half ended 19 to 2. Helen Farr and Eleanor Pumphrey. D. H. S. forwards, were shooting basket < in great style while the rest of the team passed the hall down th** floor to them. The two forwards made seven field goals each. Miss Farr scored twice from the foul line and Miss Pumphrey once. The other members of the D. H. S. team were Lankenau and ('lark, centers; Nichols Mid Peterson, guards. Substitutes wore Elzey. Worthman and Kocher. Pennville Takes Lead The Pennville Bull Dogs started out with a rush and scored two field goals in rapid fire order after the start. Shumaker and Romine, each hitting the net. Then Romine scored twice from the foul line making the score 6-0. Andrews drew first blood for the Yellow Jackets with a field goal. Winget scored from the field. Strickler scored a free throw and Shnjnakor sank another field goal, score 10-3. Andrews scored two more from the field and Romine sank two from the foul line. Score 12-7. Andrews narrowed the margin with a field goal and a free throw. Score 12-10. Romine scored another free throw. Swearinger substituted for Strickler at forward and the litti*« veteran sank a field goal soon after his entry into the g .m-*, making the score 13-12 where it st llK >,i at the end of the half. Yellow Jackets Take Lead Andrews scored his fifth field goal soon after the second half started, putting Decatur ahead for the first time of the game, 14-13. Shumaker put Pennville ahead witha field goal and Captain Miller returned the bad to Decatur with a field goal, score 16-15.® Bond tied the score with a free toss. Andrews sank a long field goal and Strickler, who returned to the game for Leonard, located the net for a field goal, putting Decatur ahead, 20-16. Manor scored from the field and then Strickler and Millt r dropped in field goals. Score 24-IS. Shumaker, who was doing most of Pennville's scoring, dropped in another field goal. Manor scored a foul and Strickler sank a field goal. Strickler dropped in two more field goals and Andrew tipped one in while scrimmaging under the net. Score 32-21. Shumaker ended the scoring witha field goal. Final score 32-23. Andrews and Strickler did some nice basket shooting last night. The entire team showed plenty of fight and the team work showed consul.'.’able improvement. Beal, who has been teaming with Strickler at forward. was unable to play last nigh’ on account of an injured leg. which was nurt in practice Wednesday night. Lineups and summary; Decatur (32) Pennville (23) Leonard F Manor Strickler F Shumaker Andrews C Romine Miller G Winget Moser G Bond Substitutions: Decat wearingon for Strickler. Strickler for Leonard: Pennville —Bond for Manor. Field goals; Strickler, 5; Andrews 7: Miller. 2: Swearinger, 1; Manor, 1; Shumaker, 4; Romine, 2; Winget, 1. Foul goalls: Stricker. 1; Andrews. 1; Manor, 1; Romine. 5; Bond, 1. Referee: Oliver. — o Notre Dame Team Leaves On Trip To The Coast Chicago, Dec. 20 —Thirty two players along with Coach Knute Rockne and Tom Lieb, his assistant, and student Manager Leo Sutcliffe steamed into Chicago today. It was the first leg on their flight to the coast where 'h»y fece Stanford on New YearT day. New Orleans will be the next stop : nd the “four horsemen” will limbei up Monday on the Tulane field

Rockne plnns lo turn loose a shower of passes against the werteners. The one Stanford game which was scouti ed by the Irish showed them weak in 1 that department, he stated 1 Captain Walsh’s 'lnjurl<-s - may pre elude his playing. Hurt early in thtseason he was again bumped in the ‘ Northwestern and Carnegie Tech games, and he has been sorely hampered during scrimmage. —o HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Sullivan. 45; Clinton, 22. Garfield, 46; Princeton. 25. Greensburg. 35; Hopewell, 31. Vincennes, 44; Shelbyville. 41. Knightstown, 51; Cadis, 27. Manual (Indianapolis), 21; Greencastle, 16. Shortridge (Indianapolis. 44; Broad Ripple. 20. Brazil, 50; Cloverdale. 6. Technical (Indianapolis). 22; Richmond. 20. Rushville. 35; Connersville. 23. Jamestown, 31; Brownsburg. 14. Young America, 42; Howard township, 21. Eaton, 36; Daleville. 17. Anderson, 55; Kokomo, 42. Brownsville, 5; Eaton 10.1, 39. Remington. 50; Renssalaer, 15. Rochester, 23; Logansport. 22. Hartford Cty. 56; Wabash. 29. Carthage, 33'; Raleigh. 2(1. Muncie. 32; Ne wCastle, 22. Spencer. 31; Siuithvftle, 26. Alexandria. 36; Summitville. 34. Owensville. 43; Mt. Olympus. 22. Bluffton. 22: Montpelier. 15. Monrovia. 59; Mooresville. 30. Ladoga, 23: Bowers, 16. Van Buren. 32: Reelsville, 22. Van Buren, 31; Greentown, 24. Rock Creek Center. 34; Kirkland,! 24 | Huntington. 26; Central Catholic (Fort Wayne), 17. Aurora. 32; Woodford (Cincinnati),’ 24. Greenfield. 82; Spiceland. 14. Frankfort. 47; Lebanon. 17. Walton. 34; Onward, 21. Flora, 31; Montford, 25. Monticello. 29: Delphi. 23. Lucerne. 21; Washington. 16. New Albany, 15; Males of Louisville Sheridan, 32; Cicero, 5. Brownstown, 32; Ooltic. 12. Elkhart, 42; Goshen. 12. Center Grove, 24; Southport. IS. Ligonier. 28; Columbia City. 20. Plymouth. 28; Mishawaka. 25. Noblesville. 30; Tipton 20. North Manchester. 29; Bippus. 10. Scottsburg. 28; Madison. 15. Walton. 34; Onward. 24. Evansville, 28; Lynnville. 10. o / COLLEGE BASKETBALL Franklin. 36; Purdub. 32. Butler, 22: Wisconsin. 16. Illinois, 36; Washington. 19. U.C.H.S.GIRLS WIN AND LOSE » - I Second Team Wins At Fort t Wayne, 27-17; First Team Loses 16-10 i The Catholic high school girls won 1 and lost in the basketball games 5 played with the St. Augestine girls 3 at Fort Wayne last night. The D. C. ? H. S. second team won from the St. Augustine second 27-17. but the St. > Augustine first team was victorious -by a score of 16-10. t In the second team game, which - was the first of the evening, the De- ( catur girls completely outclassed • their opponents in the second half. The first half ended 17-14. Miss H. i Schmitz starred for the Decatur team ■ making 22 points. The second team lineup was: H. Schmitz and M. Lengerich. forwards; W, Arnold and C. Appleman, centers; M. Colchin and A. Colchin, guards. The first team game was close and interesting. The first half ended 8 5 in favor of St. Augustine. “Jimmie” Smith made four field goals and Miss Murtaugh scored two points. The Decatur lineup was: R. Smith and ■Clark, forwards; Murtaugh and Baker. centers; Christen and Holfhouse, guards. o Kirkland Drops Game To Rock Creek, 34-24 Kirkland high school’s basketball team suffered its second defeat of the season last night when it fell before ■ the attack of the Rock Creek high L school five of Wells county, in the Rock Creek gym, by a score of 34-24. The game was fast and exciting. o 1 H. S. Gym Floor Being t Stained And Varnished e s The floor in the new high school gymnasium is being stained and p varnished and will not be ready foi ■r use before next Tuesday. All basket 1. ball teams using the floor are asked

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to take notice. The floor will he dry and ready for use in time for the | game between the Decatur Leader*: F and the Hartford City Phi Belt Tues day night. r 0 Central Eighth Graders Swamp Monroe, 17-0 i In a preliminary game to th** Decatur Pennville high school games at the high school gymnasium last night > the Central school eighth grade team ■ j defeated the Monroe eighth graders, l 17-0. The locals completely outclass-] ed their opponents. The Tirst half ended 6-0. The lineups and points made by each player are as follows:' Decatur—Roop (3) and llaubold (4i| forwards; Krick (8). center; Kiess] and Gerber, guards; substitutes, , I Reynolds for Krick, Gerber tor Kiess. , Butler (2) for Gerber. Monroe — | Martz and Oliver, forwards; Johnson ( center; Butler and Johnson, guards. 1 ( CATHOLIC HIGH WINS CAME, 31-12 f Green And Gold Five Has Little Trouble Beating Huntington Team • ti Catholic high school's basketball s team hpd little difficulty in defeating the St. Marys Catholic high school team, of Huntington, in that city last night, the final score being 31-12. Three of the Green and Gold regulars did not start the contest and sat on the bench until only about five min-'* utes of the first half remained to be a played. As a result the Huntington team was' on the long end of a 9 to 11 I 7 score at the end of the first half, j l ' ' With the full strength on the floor ini cr , the second half the Decatur team I quickly showed its superiority. Wemhoff and B. Voglewede were, the only regulars to start the game for Decatur. Wemhoff made two field (| goals during the half. Voglewede scored one point on a free throw and r Christen sank two free throws after he entered the game in the first half. . In the second half Captain Vogle- . wede, at center, made six field goals.' ■tollhouse made two, Wemhoff made'j one and Christen sank two. Wem-| hoff made two free throws during the ■ last half, also. Three field goals, two in the first half one in the second. (l , were all the two-point markers scorI ed by the Huntington eagers. ( q j Tlie Decatur team played a strong ( . I defensive game and their offensive ' improved greatly during the second half. The locals will plav Hartford f township high school's first and sec- . ond teams here next Monday night. ( I Liuehips and summary: , ] 1 Lecatur (31) Huntington (12) ( . Wemhoff F Martin I-aurent F Pugan ( B. Voglewede C Herberg ( Schulte G Kelty | . A. Voglewede G Hipskind,. i Substitutions: Decatur—Holthouse i j for Laurent, Christen for Schulte., * Guss tor A. Voglewede: St. Marys—l..?, Fleck for Martin. Martin for Pugan. | j Sottarchrote for Kelty, Conrad for , Hipskind. Field goals—Wemhoff. 3; B. Voglewede, 6; Holthouse. 2; Christen. 2; . Martin. 1; Pugan, 1; Hipskind, 1. Foul • goals—Wemhoff, 2; B. Voglewede, 1; Christen, 2; Martin, 1; Pugan. 5. s * BERNE DEFEATS *- ‘ OSSIAN, 24-20 h '' Adams County Lads Win Exciting Game After d Trailing First Half I d Berne, Dec. 20.—(Special to Daily 5 Democrat)—ln a hard fought and ex- ” citing game, in which the lead often s changed hands, the Berne high school e basekt ball team defeated the Ossian d high school quintet in the community auditorium here lass night by a score of 24-20. The first half ended with Ossian on the tong end of a 15-11 score. Baumgartner, susbituted for Ellenberger at floor guard, starred 1 for Berne and snatched the game from the fire in the last half by sink- '• ing three field goals. * The Petroleum girls were schedul2 ed to play the Berne girls here last 1 night, but they did not show up for 2 the game, owing to the high water be- ■ tween here and Petroleum. j Lineups and summaries: Berne (24) Ossian (20) Erne F Herbst 1 Smith F Boenor Mvron Lehamnn <' Hissen >1 Ellenberger G Waters d Marvin Lehman G Rahrer t Substitutions: Berne — Michaud t- for Erne, Winteregg for Smith, Bagd ley for Myron Lehman. Baumgartner

for FUenberger, For for Marvin I »*■ man; Ossian— Bailey tor Waters. Field Coal—Rrb*. 1; Smith. 2; Myron, 2, Michaud, 1; Bagley, 1; Baumgartner, 3; Herbst, 3 Boenor. [j; His-en, 1. Foul goals—Erne, 2; Myron Lehman, 2; Hertat. 2; Hissen. | Referee; Runyon. tl _ ——— + « + + + ♦ + ♦+ ♦♦♦ + + IN THE BASKET +♦+++♦++♦+♦+♦+ Evanston, 111 — Northwestern university opened its basketball season by dropping n game to Notre Dame, 22 to 13. hero last night. Lafayette, Ind.—Flashy Franklin punctured Purdue in an overtime game last night. 36 to 32. Robbins, Boilermaker guard, made 18 points before he '.eft the game on personal I fouls. I’rbana, 111. —Illinois was too fast' for Washington university of St. Lems ami won a dull game, 36 to 19. Madison. Wis.—Pat Page’s Butler quintet came up from behind and seated Wisconsin, 22 to 16, after lagging behind 10 to 5 at the half. Chicago—Coach Nels Norgren’s Maroons face the Michigan Aggies tonight in their first big game of the season. o Hartford Team To Play D. C. H.S. Here Monday Catholic high schools first and peecnd boys teams will play the first and second teams from Hartford! ownship high school in the old gymnasium on First street, here. Monlay night. It will be necessary for rhe games to be played in the old gymnasium because the floor in the now high school gymnasium will be reared and put in first class condition next week, beginning Monday.] The work on the floor will be done 1 luring the vacation in order that the tegular physical training work will not be interfered with. <’ + * + *’!* + ■!• + + * + + + i* SPORT TABS * | ++ + + New York. —Johnny Farrell, champ-, ion medal golfer of 1924, is home fzom ■ Florida for the holidays with a sl.O(ti) bill he won by driving from tlie Tampa mainland to Davis Island in Tampa bay. The wallop carried 310 yards. Duncan, Mitchell and Cruickohank failed. New York. —Play for the national handicap squash tennis championship begins today in the courts of the Crescent A. C. Rowland B. Haines, Columbia University club champion, is at minus 10. Chicago. — Pierre Maupome, crack IChicago billiard player, has been forced to retire from the cue game, at least temporarily, because of lung trouble. He will return to his home in Mexico City some time next week. Decatur, 111. —Rex Millikin, relative of the founder of Millikin University, has been elected captain of the local college's basketball team. Chicago. — Rabbit Maranville, new field captain of the Cubs, obtained in the trade with Pittsburgh, signed on the dotted line. He’s one of the first Cubs to turn in a signed contract. o — RELIEF WITHIN NEXT THIRTY-SIX HOURS FORECAST (Continued on Page Six) section was wiped out by the flames. | Oklahoma City. Dec. 20 —Oklahoma today is fighting its way out of the worst cold snap in five years. | The mercury registered three above at 5 o'clock this morning here and was expected to mount to the thawing point by noon, the weather bureau said. Trains from the north still were many hours late. Hundreds of Bremen working throughout the state expected to reestablish broken wire communeiations during the day. Milwaukee, Dec. 20—With four per sons dead, many others in hospitals suffering from frost bites, Milwaukee today was in the grip of the coldest weather of the season with the tner cury hovering around 14 degrees be low zero. Hundreds of families without coa and proper clothing appealed to wel ■ fare organizations for aid. • | Two men and a boy were killed ii traffic accidents and a woman died o exhaustion after walking severa blocks through the storm. St. Louis, Dec. 20—Two persons ar • dead here as result of the storr which virtually isolated Missouri an i sontherr Illinois from the rest of th • nation More than five thousan : travelers are stranded here waitin -for outgoing trains which are rut • ring from eight to twelve hours bi

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