Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1926 — Page 5

I Commondores Win 29-27; Yellow Jackets Lose

I ttUBOWS I TO LOCAL FIVE ■ Here, 2*’-*' 1111 l — — | h , one of the latest games pl»yed ■ h ,. this season and before the larg- ! " j eVtr packed into the Catholic scbMl gymnasium, the Catholic ..... , th()o | nodores triumphed [ ,' v ; r their old rivals. Central Catholic hi „ h of F»rt Wayne, by a score of last ni-’lit. and thereby strengthjj('j their Claim to the Catholic high drmipionship of the state. The I commodores led throughout the con- ; le ,( with the single exception of one | finite at tin start of the second half, and near the close of the game held a • nine-point lead. Th,. Commodores' margin of victory would have been larger, had not CaplainTubbv Gars had a misunderstanding about the time remaining to be played, after the locals had piled up a ane-wint lead. The Commdores' captain thought there were only two minutes left to I'lay when there really were fire rtimttos. .'mi he directed his team to stall. The visitors fought desperately and succeeded in getting possession of the ball long enough to score seven points in those five minutes. Commodores Start Fast The Commdores started fast last light and piled up a total of seven points bes >r.’ the visitors scored. Wenthoff scored first on a field goal. Meyers dropped in a field goal from near center which sent the stands into a frenzy. Wemhoff made one free throw out of two chances on Kraut's personal and Mylott boosted the sc<#e to seven with a short field goal. C. C. H. S. took time out with four minutes gcae. Lerch was substituted for Bailey. Krantz broke into the open and scored a field goal. Evard counted | one point on Mylott’s foul. Bailey came hack in the game, Lerch going ■ to the lr nch. and ('. C. 11. S. took time ! out again. Lassus scored a point on I Wwihoff's personal. Wemhoff t'pped j in 8 fie'd goal on a follow-in shot, j Romary dropped in a pretty shot from the side of the court, but Meyers won I those two points back for the Commodores with another sensational shot from mid-court. Evard camped near i the ba-ket and scored an easy field goal. Wemhotl sank another twopoint- ! er ami Decatur took time out. After i playing about two more minutes withI out either team scoring, C. C. 11. S. I took time out again. Evard scored on another short shot. laissus dropped in a field goal which cut the locals’ lead to one point. The visitors took time ent again, the fourth time during the half and were penalized, Meyers taking the free throw. Meyers and Krantz each missed free throws and then Bailey made good on one chance from the charity line when Meyers fouled him in jumping for the ball. This ended the scoring for 'the half, Decatur leading, 14-13.’ , Kotnary put the visitors iu the lead ! for the first time of the game when i he sank a field goal at the start of the second half. Fort Wayne’s lead was • short lived, however, as Meyers dribbed in under the .basket for a pretty field goal, (lass fouled l-assus as he shot at the basket and Lassus scored I one of the free throws, tying tho score, at 16-all. Meyers again put Decatur ahead by dribbling under the basket for a field goal. Dailey fould him as he shot and Mongo made one of the two free throws. Gass brought the fans to their feet with a field goal from enter and Wemhoff followed up wit* a beautiful one-handed shot w hich rang the bell, giving Decatur a lead of 23-16. Ev»rd tossed in a field goal from back '•f the foul line and Wemhoff t'pped in another two-pointer on a follow-in. E'ard dribbled in tinder the basket for another field goal. Bailey fouled Meyers as he shot and Mongo scored one of the free throws. Meyers took a Pritty pass from Wemhoff and scored easy shot. Tubby Gass was hurt • i scrimmaging under the basket and tuck time out. Wemhoff scored on ■' free threw on Krantz's foul, giving b'caliir a lead of 29-20. Gass took time out again. When pliy was re•'luie'l. Decatur began staling for time. ''*rd scored one point on Smith’s P'l'ouai iin j ( | l( , n s;|l) |. a | o|Jj{ fj.jjjj Remary missed two free throws. ■kill “tided th? scoring shortly before Same ended when he scored a field ''t'ul on an out-of-bounds pl iy near the basket. Pupils Stags Parade tn the final whistle sounded, the aiu lushed onto the floor and two D lulled a large banner ou which print ®d in Urge letters, “Cotuniolres< State Clumps 192&-36.'’ Fol-

lowing the game, a large ‘crowd of (,'nihollc high school pupils staged a • snake dame down- town ami later i held a red fire parade. The red fire torches were furnished by E. B. Williamson, manager of the Northern Inidltina Fair. j Central Catholic has a fine team. In Captain Evard, the Fort Wayne quintet is one of the most polished players In this part of the state. Igissus also played a great game last night. The players are small, but fast and they seldom fail to score on an open shot at the basket. The Commodores were masters of the situation throughout the battle last u'ght. They played a good guarding game and they broke through the visitors’ defense many times. Their team work was good. If any one of the five Commodores deserves more than one-fifth of the credit for last night’s victory. It was Art Wemhoff. The big lanky forward led the offense in scoring and played a great game all over the floor. Captain Oass at his best in taking the ball off the bask board and starting it down the floor toward the other basket. Smith played a scrappy game at floor guard and Meyers and Mylott were in the thick of the fight throughout. The locals came out of the game in good condition and after resting today ami Sunday, will be ready to meet the strong Catholic high school team of Fostoria, Ohio, here Monday night. Another large crowd Is expected tc turn out for tbla game, as Fostoria has one of the strongest high school teams in Ohio. L'neups and summary: Decut ur (29) Fort Wayne (27) Meyers F. Evard Wemhoff F Itomary Mylott C Lassut smith G Ga-s G Kran'.j .substitutions: Lerch for Bailey, Dailey for Lerch. Field goals; Moyers 4; Wemhoff. 5; Mylott. 8; Gass. 1; Evard, 6 Pomary, 2; Lassus, 1; Krantz, 2. Foul goals: Meyers, 3; Wemhoff, 2; Evard. 2; Lassus. 2; Hatley, 1. Referee: Wolbourn, Fort Wayne. Umpire, Hyland, Decatur. HARTFORD WINS IN EASY CONTEST Gorillas Down Polingtowr Quintet At Linn Grove, Score 41-13 __ • Hartford township high school’s Gorillas had little trouble in dispos jug of the I’olingtown quintet las night, at the Linn Grove gymnasium winning in an easy game. 41-13. 'Hu Folingtown* aggregation showed con siderable fight in the early minutes ot -the game and managed to hold the score to 19-10 at the half, but in the second half, succumbed to a heavy liombardment of baskets led by Huffman, Hartford star. Lineups and summary: Hartford 111) Polingtown (13) Monee F Hunt Holloway F Boekout Huffman C Van Metre Bauler G SchultX Eicher G Tucket Substitutions: F iber for Holloway llammet for Bookout. Field goals: Hartford. Monee. 5; Holloway. 2; Huffman, 7; Banter, 2; Eicher, 1; Felber. 1: Polingtown—Hunt. 1; V« u Metre, 3; Tucker. 1; Schultz. 1. botr) goals: Hartford-Montz. 1: Hoffman. 2; Banter, 2; Polington —Schultz, 1 - o —— - INDIANA BASKETBALL RESULTS (By United Press) High Schools Marion. 45; Muncie, 43. Frankfort. 35; Logansport. 26Kokomo. 40; Huntington. 2„. Crawfordsville, 41; Lebanon. 40. Anderson, 41; Bedford. 39. Bloomingtoil. 25; Rushville, 18. Counersville, 37; Morton, (Richmond) 30. overtime. Newcastle. 41; Greenfield. ...» Columbus. 34; Shelbyville. 16. Rochester. 64; North Manchestcr.il 1 Franklin. 57; Greencastle, 29. 1 Technical (Indianapolis) 32; v in- ; cennes. 28. Manual .(Indianapolis) 37; bouta ' Side (Fort.'Wayne) 33. Knightstown, 35: Greensburg, biPlymouth. 34; Culver, 21. > Mitchell. 35; Oolitic, 13. I South Bend. 33; Laporte. 21. Alexandria. 39; Elwood. 29. Central (Fort Wayne) 27; Wiley (Terre Haute) 25. 1 (.’lay City. 25; Gerstmeyer t Terre .■ Haute) 39. Valparaiso. 51; Emerson (Gary) ’t Central (Evansville) 35; Owensville. 27. ’ Bosse (Evansville) 28; Boonville H' } College j Butler. 30; Franklin, 26. Illinois. 21; Indiana. 20. Evansville. 25; Hanover. 17. Muncie. 43; Indiana Central, 30.

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’COLUMBIA CITY r I : SWAMPS LOCALS • I i Yellow Jackets Blow Up After Good Start And Trail, 37-9, At End t —. _ After playing good basketball for I the first five minutes of their game 1 with Columbia City here last night, the Decatur high school Yellow r Jackets blew up and forgot all of the basketball they have learned this • season. When the forty minutes of ! playing was up, the visitors held a* 37-9 victory. Coach Kennedy’s men started out like they meant business and were out to win. Hob Zwick took a neat ■ pass and wen* in under the basket ' for a field goal soon after the game 1 started. Trembly scored a free throw 1 for the visitors and Reynolds counted once from the foul line for Deca-[ tur. Krick made good one out of ( two free throws, giving the locals a 4-1 lead. Bebout was substituted for Reynolds. Trembly scored a field goal, cutting down the lead. After playing for two more minutes, Trembly connected with the basket again! for a field goal, putting Columbia City ahead. 5-4. Decatur took time out. Reynolds returned to the game 1 and Bebout went out. Moser fouled Oman and the latter made the free throw. Dierkes missed a free throw. Trembly sank another twoqWvinter and Moser made a tree titrow for Decatur. Score, 8-5. Oman dropped In two field goals in rapid succession making the score, 12-5. Ltecatur took I time out again. Dierkes scored a free throw. Killian substituted for' Oman In the Columbia City lineup, and Bebout replaced Zwick for Deca-' tur. Trembly sank two more field goals and one free throw and Han-j cock ran the score to 19-6 with a long fielu goal. The half ended with Columbia City leading, 19-6. I Washburn opened the scoring in the second half by dropping iu a long field goal. Krick scored from under the basket while scrimmaging! with two Columbia City players.l Washburn. Cummins and Oman rang the .bell for field goals in succession.Magicy replaced Moser for Decatur, ellynolds scored a free throw. Hancock scored a field goal. Somers substituted for Reynolds and Zwick replaced Bebout. Anderson sank aj field goal, making the score stand. . 31-9. Cole was sent in for Krick in the Decatur lineup. The visitors scored three more field goals, making the filial score stand, 37-9. Trembloy, Columbia City forward was igli point man, with five field goals and two free throws to his credit. The visitors have a good team, made up mainly of sophomores i and juniors. They are rangy players md good basket shots. Tim Yellow Jackets played their worst game of the year. Their greatest weakness was tljcir inability to hold the ball on passes. Many times, the ball was passed to a Decatur player under th# basket or within easy scoring distance, and the ball was dropped or fumbled. Strickler, center, did not play last night. The Yellow Jackets Reserves’ showed a great comeback in their game with the Rockcreek high school seconds and swamped the Wells county lads. 34-16, after trailing 138 at the half. Cole. Somers. Kiess I and Lankennu did most of the scoring for the locals, while Magicy. Kiess and Brown performed in fine style at guard. Coach Kennedy used i eight or ten players in the game. The Yellow Jackets will end their schedule next Friday night when they meet the fast Portland high school Panthers in the iocal gym. Much improvement must be made by the iocals if they expect to win a decision over the Jay county quintet. The Yellow Jackets have shown in ' previous games this year that they know basketball and have tlm stuff to win ball games, but I it lias been sadly missing in the last two or three games. Lineups and summary: Decatur Columbia City ' Reynolds - F Trembly 2 W j c fc F Washburn Mosor . G Cummins Krick C„ Oman Bebout G Hanpock Substitutions, Dierkes for Bebout, ' Cole for Krick, Magley for Zwick. e Somers for Reynolds, Apdcrson for Trembley. Killion for Oman, Traaey " for M'ashingtoi); field goals, Zwick. Krick. Trembley. 5; Waghbqrii. 3; n Oman. 4;'Cummins, Hancock. 2; Anderson. Killion; free throws. Reyn olds- 8; Zwick. Moser. Dierkes. Trembly, 2; Oman; referee, Geller, Fort | Wayne.

ADAMS COUNTY BIG TEN W L Pct. llAne 1G I) 1000 Catholic High 15 1 .937 I Hartford 13 4 .765 | Kirkland 8 9 471 Monmouth •> 7 462 Monroe 611 .353 Geneva ... 2 4 .333 Decatur 4 15 .211 Jefferson 1 6 .143 Pleasant Mills 1 9 .109 _p BERNE SCORES 16TH VICTORY I I Fighting Five Easily Defeats Petroleum Quintet Last Night, 37-21 (Special to Dally Democrat) Berne. Feb. 20. —The Berne high school baskethall team won its sixteenth straight game ot the season last night by defeating the Petroleum high school quintet, of Wells county, in the Berne community auditorium, 37-21. The game was slow, most of the time, and the crowd was smaller than usual. The Fighting Five took an early lead and was out in front 20-8 at the end cf the first half. Lumer, Petrole--1 urn center, was high point man of the' game, with six field goals and a free] throw to I>i4 credit. Smith, Bagley ( and Baumgartner each scored ten points for Berne. In the preliminary game, the Berne high school girls dcfeatfed the Portland high school girls. 37-18. The Fighting Five has scheduled a game with New Haven, to be played at New Haven next Saturday night. This will be the last game Cor the ! locals befare the district tournament at Decatur. March 5 and 6. | Lineups and summary: Berne (37) Petroleum (21) Ellenberger F.. Frantz I Smith F Sawyer Bagley C Ulmer Baumgartner .... G Risser Wiclcregg C Fisher Substitutions: E. Winteregg for I Smith. Wheeler for Fisher, Dun for Frantz. Field goals: .Ellenberger, 3; I Smith. 4: Bagley, 5: Baumgartner, 5; | Sawyer. 1; Ulmer. 6; Risser, 1; Wheel-, ' er. 1. Foul goals: Ellenberger, 1:, Smith. 2; Ulmer, 1; Risser, 1; Fisher, 1. Referee: Heller.

[field goalq! I By MARK M. LIT kJ Hail the Commodores, slate Catholic champs. We maintain that the | locals have a better claim to the title than ('. C. 11. S.. since they have played land defeated more Catholic high school teams in the state and the two teams broke even on their two-game series. Sixteen straight and still astraightin’ for Berne. The Fighting Five will end its schedule next Saturday night at New Haven. Make it seventeen, gang. Wo haven't much sympathy for the Yellow Jackets this morning alter their showing last night, but we sure do feel for their coach. No coach ever worked harder with a team than Coach Kennedy has toiled with the I Yellow Jackets this season and the results of his labors have been shown in a few games played by the team this season, but when a team blows up and forgets all of its instructions, nobody is to blame but the players themselves, Pull yourselves together, gang. You still have time to redeem yourselves and bring credit to your coach and school, to whom credit is due. Kirkland's Kangaroos put up a worthy fight again i Lancaster’s Hob Cats last night. They almost turned the trick. The Hartford high school Gorillas added another scalp to their belts last night. This time it was a Jay county team that bit the dust. Pleasant Mills meets Jefferson at the D. 11. S. gym here tonight, and Monroe plays Geneva at Berne. Both games should be close ones. The Decatur Merchants will meet. the. Decatur All-Stars in a pr-'imin-ary game to the Pleasant Mills-Jefferson scrap here tonight Th- gam- will start at (I'3o o'clock. Included in the Merchants’ lineup will be Miller, Kennedy. Baker, Yager and Bowen. For the All-Stars, Acker, ftockinan, Marbaugh, Moore and others will perform. . What's this: Tech, 32: Vincennes. 28. And to think. George Purcell, arden supporter of the Alices, has been kidding Shottin’ ’em all season about those Indianapolis teams. Will wonders ever cease? ANYHOW. GEORGE GOT PLANS STARTED FOR A NEW GYM, IIEPORE THE ALICES LOST THE VICTORY BUICK. A complete sell out for the Fostoria game Monday night wa reported by those in charge of the ticket sale Ibis mailing. The Commodores are getting the support they deserve now. The Yellow Jackets put up a poor brand of playing last night, but their performance was no worse than that of the referee. Wr-stling, football and basketball was all permitted on both sides. Welbourn and Hyland handled Hm Commodores' game in nice fashion. Both tpams played clean ball, considering th- intense rivalry, and there was very little crabbing on decisions of the officials. , ' Indiana, 20: Illinois. 21. Another ease of where Hm be.l players were not the best team. The Indiana and Purdue teams are beyond tin. Captain Tubby Gass, of tho Commodores, took a nasty blow to his stomach in the second half of the gams last night, but he namely stuck to his task of guarding the Commodores' goal. Tubby has not been in the best of health for the last few games and he deserves a lot of credit for his game fighting. Today's question and answer: y—. What is 4be penalty if the c aptain rquests time out when tbc ball is hi possessici’ of opponents aud not dead ■ a —The request should be ignored, but if the officials inadvertently call time out, a foul should be called ou the captaiu aud play resumed al ouce.

808 CATS BEAT ! KIRKLAND,27-23 /Lancaster Team Pushed Hard To Defeat Adams County Quintet i After putting up u game fight all the way, the Kirkland high school Kangaroos went down to defeat before the Lancaster Bob Cats, in a game played in the old high school gymnasium here last night by a score of 27-23. The Kirkland quintet got away to a poor start and trailed 15-7 at the half, but outscored the winners. 16-12 In the second half. I Kirkland scored first on a free throw’, but Lancaster soon took the lead. 6-1. aud increased the lead as the half progressed. Kirkland rallied in the second half and ran the score to 16-19, in favor of Lancaster. "Peck" Arnold, Kirkland star, then started a rally of his own and brought the score to 19-20 in favor of Lancaster, with only a few ■ minutes tc play. Lancaster took time out and when play was resumed, the Bob, Cats forged ahead to a comfortable lead. The Lancaster girls defeated the . Kirkland girls. 19-9. Lancaster led at the half, 5-3. | Lineups and summary: I Kirkland (23) Lancaster (27) Lowell Arnold F Motz Luthei* Arnold. F . Speheger Andrews !C Bowman F. Arnold G Bright Heller .G.... Johnson Substilutions: Meyers for Lowell Arnold, Messick for Speheger. Field goals: Lowell Arnold, 1; Luther Arnold, 1; Andrews. 2; F- Arnold. 5; Motz, 3; Speheger. 2; Bowman. 5; (Bright, 1; Johnson. 1. Foul goals: Lowell Arnold, 1; F. Arnold. 3: Meyers. 1; Bowman, 2; Johnson. 1. Referee: Riske, Fort Wayne. — — o To Broadcast Basketball Game At Martinsville The nJ io broadcasting station of the Merchants Heal and Liglit Co., in ludianap#!!'. will te'.uadi,ast the piay by play account of the basketball game hetwqen Martinsville and Kokomo on ’he former’s *loor tonight. The Indianapolis station broadcasts on a wave length of 268 meters.

Biff Ten Track Stars To Meet At Evanston Saturday , Evanston. Hl., Feb. 20. — (United 11 Press.) — A number of outstauding ‘ track stars of th** Big Ten confarenca ; will be seen iu action here Saturday | night when Northwestern, Wisconsin. Ohio aud Chicago hook up in their third annual quau<luugular relay carnival. Guthrie of Ohio State will get his I lirst action since being chosen liurdI ler on the All-American track team .of the A. A. U. The flash from the t Buckeye state will compete in the 40 I yard hurdles and also will essay to out step the other stars in the 40 yard dash, Q SEATS SOLD FOR FOSTORIA GAME All Tickets Sold This Morning For Commodores’ Game Monday Night All tickets for the basketball game | between the Decatur Catholic high I school and the Catholic high school | team of Fostoria. Ohio, to be played here Monday night, were sold within eight minutes after being placed on jsale at the Eats and Peoples restaurants at 10 o'clock this morning. All | seats with the exception of those held by season ticket holders and those in the balcony were sold this morning. The balcony seats will bo reserved for ch'ldton and they will pay for the scats at the door Monday night. They .will be charged twenty-five cents each. The chair seats on tile east side of the floor will be reserved for Foslcria fans. Interest in the Fostoria game is running b'gh. The Conniiodores defeated Fostoria in that city during the Christmas Holidays, by a score of 11-lh. That- is tile only defeat suffered by the Buckeyes this season. The Fqtsoria team played in the final game of the Ohio state high school tournament last year. Following tile game here Monday night, the Commodores will start on a road trip Thursday meeting St. Mary’s Catholic high at Anderson. Thursday night. On Friday night, they will play Cathedral high | at Indianapolis and on Saturday night, will meet the Catholic high school team of Shelbyville, iu that city. The St. Joseph school eighth grade girls’ team will play the country girls from the St. Joseph school in a preliminary game Monday night, starting at 7:3 Oo’clock. The big game will start at 8:30 o’clock. Geller will ref- ■ eree. o— '—- Thirteen Is No Jinx For Girls’ Net Team Mount Vernon. Ind.. Fell. 20.—(Unit-' ed Press)—The so-called jinx of "thirteen" doesn’t bother Mt. Vernon high s-liool's f ininine basketball team in the bast. in a victory over Central of Evansville the local girls used a combination of “thirteens” to good advantage. ( Tile game was played on the thirteenth of the month, with thirteen players ou the local squad, was the thirteenth game of the season and at the half. Mount Vernon's score was 13.

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UPSETS FEATURE GAMES IN STATE Dope O n I’ r c-tourney Strength Os Teams More Tangled Than Ever By Arthur ,N. Huverkrup. iL'. P. Staff CorrcHpunduit i Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 30. —The socalled dopesters wl;o follow Indiana's great sport of h isghch ES THAROD great sport of high school basketball today had plenty of material to keep them busy during the coming week, trying to figure th e pre-tourney strength of the teams. Instead of giving the fans something on which to base predictions of the future, last uight's game made the muddle even more tangled. Never before was the well known fact that “you just can’t figure 'em iu Indiana” demonstrated more clearly than in the contest played over the state ip some 300 high school gym nasiums. Probably the most surprising thing about til-* whole affair was the fourpoint v'etory which Technical of Indianapolis won over Vincennes by a score of 32 to 28. Any team that goes to Vi.nceunvs faces a difficult task. Vincennes is not only strong but th,* Vincennes floor gives the crew a big advantage at home. Tech, however, led during practically the entire game holding n 15 to 14 margin at the half. Next in the kingdom of upset rule; the victory of Anderson over Bedford on th 0 home court of the Stone City outfit. The score was Anderson. 41; Bedford, 39. This game showed clearly that Staggs again has a crew that must be figured in the running when tourney time looms. The Indians held th" lead at the half and the margin was great chough to off set a Bedford rally in the closing period. Marion came through with a groat victory over Muncie —the second of the season. The score was Marion, 45; Muncie, 43. The score was tied at the halt and in every way <!»■• gaiu< was a reproduction of one played at Muncie a few weeks ago. It shows that both of these team > have combinations that must b • counted in on the big doings next month —teams that will give the oilier stale leaders a real run for their moneyTo Frankfort fans the showing of Hie state champs against Logansport must have been anything but pleasing. Logansport, while it did not win, proved its right to a dark horse classification by holding Frankfort to a 35 to 2G win. Crawfordsville also pulled a sur prise on the critics by defeating Lebanon, ou the Lebanou court by u scot*: ot 11 to 40. Columbus earned the right to be classed as a favorite in the Shelbyville district tournament by trouncing the Camels, 34 to IG. It was a clean I cut victory for Columbus. Connersville and Morton of Richmond put on a great scrap that took ( an overtime period to settle, with Connersville on the long eml of a 37 to 36. Greenfield showed its strength in holding Newcastle to a two point vic i tory in a game which ended It to 39.