Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 57, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1926 — Page 6

Berne Five Wins Title Os SectionaLChamps

FIGHTING FIVE BEATS KIRKLAND IN FINALS, 35-18 I Berne Quintet Wins Coveted Honor After Playing Four Hard Games GOES TO REGIONAL j TOURNEY SATURDAY ’ Berne high school’s Fighting Five. ( undefeated this season, ran true to s form in the final game of the high a school sectional tournament here Sat- i urday night and triumphed over th*’l j scrappy little Kirkland township team, a 35-18, thereby winning the coveted title I of "sectional champs." The Decatur a high school gymnasium was packed 1 with howling fans, hundreds of them i being from Berne and Kirkland town-1 ship, as the two teams battled for thej right to represent this section in the r regional at Fort Wayne next Saturday, t The Berne team was master of the « situation throughout the game after <1 the first six or eight minutes, during t which time the score was tied three f times. Smith. Herne forward, who had 1 done little sensational work during h the other games, played by Berne in the tournament, arose to his great- g

- r-4 -.l ■ FIELD GOALQ 1 By MARK M. UPP kJ IL^ 1 ; ■"■' ''ij-j-L——l ?il ■ The first lap is over. Hundreds of starters have been flagged and only 1 64 teams will start in the second lap next Saturday. t Congratulations, Fighting Five. The title of sectional champs goes to Berne, and we hope the players and fans have all the fun they can out of it. It is an honor that any team is proud to win. I The victory of the Fighting Five was well-earned and well-deserved. 1 We hope that Berne goes through the regional and represents Adams , county at the state finals in Indianapolis the following week-end. To the teams that were defeated in the tourney here, we want to urge I them not to be downhearted, but to carry on and make plans early for next I year. Every team in the state, but one, must lose I Several big city teams and teams from schools that have been represented in the state finals several times went down to defeat in > the sectionals Friday and Saturday. Amann those teams were Ander- i son, Jefferson of Lafayette, Columbus, Elkhart, Gary, Whiting, Peru, Greencastle and Lebanon. { A mighty clamor was staged by Bluffton fans when Gerber was removed. 1 They had been razzing Referee Parker, of Muncie, for calling so many fouls f on Bluffton and only a few on «Union Center, and when Gerber was elimin- f ated, this razzing turned into an outburst of sentiment which caused Tiger, fans to swarm onto the floor. The situation was tense, but finally the crowd quieted and the game proceeded with Bluffton using only four men.—Bluff- > ton News. The officiating in the tournament at Decatur was high class. In fact, we believe there was less criticism of the referees this year than in any other tournament ever held here. The two officials were well pleased, also, and they said after the final game, that if Decatur ( held a tournament next year, they would put in their applications for the job here. I WERE PICKING MARTINSVILLE TO WIN THE STATE TITLE. I We acknowledge the receipt of a contribution this morning from a fan who signs himself as a ‘‘Booster for ”. We did not print it for the reason that it is not in keeping with the policy of this column and we be- i lieve it would <cause more harm than good. 1 Central Catholic high of Fort Wayne received an invitation to , the national Catholic tourney at Chicago yesterday, several days after the Decatur Commodores received their invitation. Further proof that the Commodores are the state Catholic champs. Oh yes, we want to congratulate the Bluffton Tigers. They fulfilled our prediction and copped their sectional honors. In case Berne beats Fort Wayne Central and Bluffton beats Kendallville, Berne and Bluffton will meet in the second round of the regional at Fort Wayne. Then, we ll see what's what, Everyone connected with the tournament here did his part to perfection. There were no hitches in any arrangements, everything went off smoothly and everybody had a good time. And there were some red hot ball games, too. The Yellow Jackets have closed their season—a season filled with disappointments, hope, reverses and triumphs. The team was green at the start of the season and got away to a poor start. Improvement was made as the season progressed, but right when it was thought that the team was started good, reverses came along. During the season, the Yellow Jackets defeated three teams that won sectional tournaments last week-end —namely, Bluffton. Portland and Angola. Garrett, another strong team, was defeated by the Yellow Jackets, and Fort Wayne Central, which wen the Fort Wayne sectional, downed Coach Kennedy's men by a one-point margin, after a hardfought battle. The players have trained and worked hard and Coach Kennedy has worked untiringly to mould together a winning combination. But it seemed that fate was against the Yellow Jackets throughout the season. Strickler, one of the greatest players Decatur and Adams county ever turned ou{, will be graduated this spring. Captain Moser and Bob Zwick have played their last games for Decatur, too, and will receive their diplomas this spring. Prospects for next season are not dim. Dierkes, Krick, Reynolds. Bebout and Somers, from this year's tournament squal, and Magley, Bell, Kless, Lankenau, Brown, Cole, Stoneburner and several other members Os the second string squad will be available next year. Dick Engle and ‘‘Curly” Reynolds, who were graduated from Central last semester, will be out for the varsity next fall, too, and Gerber, the big Central center, will be in high school next fall. To the Yellow Jackets and their coach, we say, you were good losers, good sports and hard workers. We predict better times ahead. ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS PICKED BY REFEREES First Team Second Team Eilenberger (Berne)FMonee (Hartford) Lowell Arnold (Kirkland). ...FFennig (Jefferson) Bagley (Berne)CStrickler (Decatur) Dierkes (Decatur)....GParrish (Monmouth) Moser (Decatur) GBaumgartner (Berne) Honorable mention: Forward—Smith (Feme); center— Hoffman (Hartford); guard, Krick (Decatur.)

ness In the first half of the final game and his spectacular goal throwing put the Fighting Five out in front and took the heart out of the Ivlrkland Kangaroos. Smith sank seven field goals during the opening period, and nearly all of them were from a distance. Victory Well-Earned It was a well-earned and well-de-served victory that was Berne's in the tournament here. The Fighting I Five played four games, against the four strongest teams In the touyney. and Coach Diltz's men came through with flying colarn. First, the Fighting Five met a worthy foe in Monmouth and It was only a lust half comeback that kept Berne In the runlnng. Then came the Decatur Yellow Jackets, and again the Fighting Five w is victorious after thirty minutes of desperate fighting. Hartford township's Gorillas put up a game fight in the semi-finals and at times threatened to eliminate Berne, but the Fighting Five forged ahead in the closing minutes and won by an 11-jolnt margin. This put Berne in the final game. Kirkland Center Hurt Kirkland entered the tournament under the handicap of their regular center, Andrews, being sick in bed. .Meyer, who received the call to play center, did the job well, but misfortune again trailed the Kangaroos when the lanky ; freshman was injured and forced to ' leave the Berne game before the first half was over. It was 8:15 o'clock when the final ' game got under way. After the two

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I teams battled scoreless far the first minute, Smith opened the fireworks with a clean basket from the side of she court. Ellenberger made u point on Heller's foul. Meyer scored tr’t for Kirkland on Winteregg s personal. Meyer tied the score with a field goal on a follow-in-slmt. Smith flank another field goal thut was an exact duplicate of his first basket. Peck Arnold again lied the count with a beautiful long shot. Bagley and lx>w ell Arnold missed free throws. Ellenberger put Berne ahead again w-.th a field goal, hut Ixtwell Arnold knotted the count with a ling field goal. Smith cut loose with some sensational bas-ket-shooting and made three two-point-ers in rapid succession, two of them being of the one-handed variety. This gave Berne a lead of 13-7. Kirkland took time out. When play was reSttmed, Smith dropped In another pretty field goal, this time from short range. Baumgartner increased the lead with a long field goal. When three players jumped to take the hall off the back board. Meyer fell heavily on his back. He was force dout of the game, and Dilling substituted. Peck Arnold going to center and Dilling to guard. Smith scored his seventh field goal of the half, making the score 19-7. Peck Arnold boosted Kirkland's score with two free throws on Winteregg's personal. Bagley ended the scoring of the half with a long field goal. Score at the half: Berne. 21; Kirkland. 9. Second Half Lowell Arnold followed in on a long shot and scored a field goal for Kirkland. Bagley sank one from mid-court. Lowell Arnold dribbled in for a elose up shot which rang the bell. Score, , Berne 23; Kirkland. 13. Bagley sank a field goal from center and Baumgartner scored a point on Peck Arnold's personal. Ellenberger scored a field goal and Smith counted one point on Heller's personal. Ellenberger sank another two-pointer from the side of the floor and Baumgartner dropped one in from the same spot. Lowell Arnold registered his fourth field goal of the game, boosting Kirkland's score to 15. Baumgartner fouled* Arnold as be shot and the speedy little forward made onp of the free throws count. Baumgartner's foul caused Arnold to fall heavily and he was hurt, but continued in the game. This ended the scoring, the final score being 35-18 in favor of Borne. Lineups and summary: Berne (35) Kirkland (IS) Ellenbarger F.. Ijowell Arnold Smith F.. Luther Arnold Bagley C Meyer Baumgartner G Heller , Winteregg G F. Arnold Substitutions: Dilling for Meyer. Field goals: Ellenberger, 3; Smith, 7; Bagley. 3; Baumgartner, 3; Lowell Ar- 1 nold. 4: Meyer, 1; F. Arnold, 2. Foul Goals: Smith. 1; Ellenberger. 1; Baumgartner. 1; Ijowell Arnold, I; Meyer. 1; F. Arnold. 2. Referee: Griffith. Umpire. Clark. Berne-Hartford Game Following is the lineups and sum- ■ many of the semi-final game between Berne and Hartford in the basketball tournament here Saturday, it being too late when the game was over Saturday to have the box score in the Saturday issue of the Daily Democrat: Hartford (20) Berne (31) Monee F Smith Holloway F Ellenberger Hoffman C Bagley Banter G Baumgartner Eicher G Winteregg Field goals: Monee, 4; Holloway--1; Hoffman. 2; Eicher, 1; Smith, 4; Ellenberger, 3; Bagley, 4; Baumgartner, 3. Foul goals: Monee, 1; Hoffman, 1; Banter. 2; Bagley, 3. Referee: Clark. — —o— Bluffton Eighth Grade Meets St. Joe Wednesday The Bluffton eighth grade basketball team will invade Decatur Wednesday night for a return game w-ith the St. Joseph eighth grade quintet, at the Catholic school gymnasium. Tho St. Joe eagers were overwhelmed by Bluffton in a game played in that city last week, but Wemhoff, St. Joe center. was sick and unable to play. Wemhoff will be back in the lineup Wednesday night and the locals are expected to give the visitors a hard battle. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana, 28; Illinois. 25. Purdue, 36; Northwestern, 26. Michigan. 44; Ohio State, 28. —oOFFICIAL BOARD MEETING The official board of the First Methodist church will meet at the church on Thursday night instead of Tuesday night, as previously announced.

All-Tournament Teams Picked By Daily Democrat, Scorekeeper And Timekeeper P-T.>.*ni Second Team Smith (Berne) F. -Lowed Arnold Strickler (Decatur) F Ellenberger (1 B'tclev (Berne) <-Johnson (Monmouth) Di.ii s (Decatur) G... ’ Heller (Kirkland) <•Banter (Haitford) Honorable mention: Forwards-Monee (llaitlont): Parrish (Monmouth): Hill, (Monmouth); I ••nnii’ (-h llerson , Drew (Geneva); Zwick (Decatur.) Centers Hollman (Hartford); ‘Snyder (Jefferson); Meyer (Kirkland). Winteregg (Berne); Bauserman (Geneva); I'. Arnold (Knßland); Krick (Decatur); Lewion, (Monmouth).

The above selections were made by the sport writers of the Daily Democrat with the assistance of France Confer, official score-keeper, nnd Ralph Yager, official time-keeper, at the tournament. There was a wealth of good forwards in the tournament and there were several good centers, but the guards were not up to standard,. Bagley, of Berne, probably was the best center in the tourney. Strickler, of Decatur, who played center for his team, is really a forward and his scoring power and general play won him a position at forward on the first team. Johnson, of Monmouth. showed good in his only game and is picked for center on the second team Smith, of Berne, who was high point man in the tourney and who did such sensational goal-j shooting in the final game, gets the other forward position on the first team. Ellenberger, of Berne, and Lowell Arnold, of Kirkland, are placed as forwards on the second team. Monee, Hartford forward, was one of. the best forwards in the tournament.l but owing to the fact that he had been sick for a few days before the tournament, his playing was not up

Regional Tourneys To Be Held Next Saturday Following is the schedule for the regional basketball tournament to be held at Fort Wayne next Saturday, March 13: 10:00 a. m. Bluffton vs. Kendallville 11:00 a. m. Berne vs. Central of Fort Wayne. 2:30 p. n> Lagrange vs. Syracuse 3:30 p. m. Columbia City vs. Angola 7:30 n. m. Winner first game vs. winner second game. B;3u i>. m. Winner third game vs. winner fourth game. Regionals will be held in eight cities and two teams from each regional will go to Indianapolis the following week-end to contest in the finals. The schedules for the other seven regionals are as follows: At South Bend 10:00 a. nt. Laporte vs. Valparaiso 11:00 a. m. East Chicago vs. Rochester 2:30 p. m. South Bend vs* Plymouth 3:30 p. in. Brook vs. Nappanee. At Bedford 10:00 a. m. New Albany vs. Bedford 11:00 a. m. Bristown vs. Huntingburg 2:30 p. m. Washington vs. Vincennes 3:30 p. m. Central of Evansville vs. Owensville. At Martinsville 10:00 a. m. Franklin vs. Garfield of Terre Haute 11:00 a. m. Brazil vs. Duggers 2:30 p. m. Rosedale vs. Seymour 3:30 p. m. Linton vs. Martinsville. At Rushville 10:00 a. m. Patriot vs. North Vernon 11:00 a. m. RushtHe vs. Shelbyville 2:30 p. m. Connersville vs. Butlerville 3:30 p. m. Aurora vs- Morton of Richmond. At Muncie 10:00 a. m. Sumitville vs. Shortridge (Indianapolis) 11:00 a. m Noblesville vs. Sheridan 2:30 p. m. Muncie vs. Greenfield 3:30 p. m. Newcastle vs. Ridgeville At Greencastle 10:00 a. m. Monon vs. Crawfords- —

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r to standaril. Since die players are ■ picked f..> rall-tourney teams on their • showing in the tournament, Monee I di<l not get a place on the first two teams. Other forwards were 1 Fennig. of Jefferson; Drew, of Geneva: Zwick. of Decatur; Panish, <f Monmouth; and Hill, of Monmouth. Dierkes. of Decatur, ami Ilelhr. of Kirkland, rate highest among th.' guards, Baumgartner. of Berne performed well- but his roughness, and mental attitude spoiled his chances of making tho first team Banter, of Hartford, played two nice games and cinched a position on the second team. Bauserman. of Geneva. was the mainstay of his team and his airtight guarding kept his team in the running with Kirkland. | Winteregg. of Berne; F. Arnold, of 1 Kirkland; Krick, of Decatur, and Lewton. of Monmouth, also deserve honorable mention. Although the above selections likely will not meet with the approvI al of all fans and players, they were ' made after careful consideration of the showing made by each in the tournament

11:00 a. m. Oxford vs. Hillsboro 2:30 p. m. Frankfort vs. West Ppint 3:30 p. m. Pottsboro vs. Bainbridge At Kokomo 10:00 a. m. Flora vs. Deedsville 11:00 a. in. Huntington vs. Loganspoet 2:30 p. m. Kokomo vs. Portland ,3:30 p. m. Laketon vs. Marion. Two I. U. Net Stars To Play Last Game Tuesday Bloomington. Ind.. Mar. 8. —(United Piers)- Tuesday night’s, basketball between Indian-* Ttniversoity and Wisconsin University will mark the last game in which Winston and Sponsion the defensive pair .on the Crimson. will play. The men graduate in June. The remainder of the squad, inc.tiding the heaving scoring aces, Kr. tiger, Beckner and Sibley, will be back next season. I There are several likely candidates for the positions which will be left vacant by Sponslor and Winston, it was said. o South Bend, Ind — Dr. George Keogan, coach, of Notre Dame’s basketball team, announced that he has declined an invitation to meet Syracuse University, eastern champions, in post a post season game. r :i *•"* t i

TOURNEYFINALS AT MUNCIE Mnm ie, 40; (’enter. 9. AT WINCHESTER Ridgeville, 30; Winchester, 15. AT NEWCASTLE Newcastle, 26; Kennard. 17. AT PORTLAND Portland. 35: Madison. 27. AT BLUFFTON Bluffton. 25; Liberty Center, 2? AT MARION Marion. 65; Gas City. 19. AT KOKOMO Kokomo, 49; Russiaville. 15. AT RICHMOND Richmond. 37; White Water. 16. AT ANDERSON Summitville. 28; Alexandria. 22. „ AT KENDALLVILLE Kendallville. 23; Albion. 12. r AT AUBURN * Angola, 29; Auburn. 19. AT COLUMBIA <’ITY 1 Columbia City. 39; Coesse, 4. AT DECATUR Heine. 35; Kirkland township. IS AT FORI' WAYNE f Central. 62; Harlan. 26. AT SHELBYVILLE Shelbvville. 53; Moral twp., 16. f AT CHARLOTTSVILLE Greenfield. 34; Mt Comfort, 24. AT ROCHESTER Rochester, 34: J*eitersford, 16. AT BROOK ’ Brook. 22: Morocco. 9. i AT LAFAYETTE > West Point. 24; Dayton. 19. AT INDIANAPOLIS " Shortridge, 25; Technical. 16. AT EVANSVILLE > Central (Evansville), 40; Reitz, i (Evansville), 14. AT MONTICELLO t Monon. 35; Brookston. 25.1 AT RAUB ’ Oxford. 25; Otterbein. 18. > AT LAPORTE LaPorte, 25: Mithigan City. 21. , AT FLORA Flora. 34; Burlington. 25. AT NORTH MANCHESTER ' Laketon. 24; North Manchester, 15. f AT HUNTINGTON * Huntington, 28; Warren. 13. AT LAGRANGE . LaGrange, 37; Springfield, 22. AT GOSHEN Nappanee. 30; Goshen. 11. AT BEDFORD Bedford. 48; Paoli, 11. AT DANVILLE Pittsboro. 22; Plainfield. 17. AT PLYMOUTH Plymouth, 62: San Pierre. 24. AT JASPER Huntington. 23; Winslow. 14. AT OWENSVILLE Oakland Citv. 20; Owensville. 53. r AT TELL CITY Bristow. 26; Milltown. 20. . AT VALPARAISO Valparaiso. 29; Wheeler. 9. 1 . AT MADISON I Pntrint '*>; 14 AT CRAWFORDSVILLE Crawfordsville. 3.1; Bowers, 21. AT VEEDERSBURG Hillsboro. 31; Pine Village. 22. AT EAST CHICAGO East Chicago. 17: Whiting. 13. AT WARSAW Syracuse, 27; Warsaw, 11. AT VINCENNES t Vincennes. 28; Bruceville. 18. AT WASHINGTON 3 Washington. 39; Oden. 11. AT MARTINSVILLE Martinsville. 26; Bloomington. 16. 1 AT FRANKFORT Frankfort, 57; Rossville, 19. AT HYMERA a Dugger, 30; Farmersburg. 3. AT TIPTON Sheridan. 17; Sharpsville, 11. AT ROYAL ('ENTER e> Logansport, 36; Lincoln. 15. t AT PERU Deedsville. 43; Clay Township. 22 AT TERRE HAUTE Garfield. 23; Gerstmeyer. 17.

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„ • AT SPENCER Braz.il.3l; Cby Citv , Rosedale, 26; Clinton, ig North v T ORKEN S»VR(; North Vernon, 48; AT ('ONNERSVILI F u. Elnton, 29; Switz City 2 t , AT NEW ALBANY Butlerville. 21; Osgood, n AT AURORA Aurora, .19; Mooreshill AT FRANKLIN ' Franklin. 40; Whiteland u AT GREENCASTI I’ Bainbridge, 34; Russ, ih m, ~ AT LEBANON ' ' Noblesville, 27; Carmel 26 AT RUSHVILLE Rushville, 36; Milroy, if, / AT SEYMOUR Seymour. 42; Freetown 30 AT MISHAWAKA South Bend. 26; Mishawaka ’■ PREACHERSHft" STRONG LINE ? City Ministers Preparing For Fast Game With Teachers Friday Night Announcement was made this morning of tho big annual spring athletic event, the basketball game ’’ between the Decatur school faculty and the Decatur minisers. The championship tilt will be held next Friday night at 8:45 o'clock at the high school gymnasium. There will he several other features, including .n physical culture exhibit by pupils of Mis? Helen Stephenson, girls’ athletic director of the Decatur pnb’ie schools, and a scout drill of Deca: ar troop of Boy Scouts of Americ; , The Rev. A. R. Fledderjohann nt the Zion Reformed church, has lieen busy for the last several weeks gath'ring hfs cohorts . together and tnnonneed today that he had the best line-up ever collected for the nnual tilt. His team will include uch stars as Rev. B. N. Covert. Ib v. Redderjohann and Father Petti?. The Rev. M- Worthman. of Po'and. ndiana. also will be walled on to assist the local pastors, since rotne of the ministers do not play ba lotbull. The ministers have the right to procure a substitute from their o«n -ougregation, iu case they do nm nlay themselves. Don Furr will play ’or Rev. Light, of the Methodist ’hurch, and Byford Macy wiil substitute for Rev. Loose of the Evanrelical church. Other substitutes will be announced later. The school teachers refuse to reveal their lineup, but it was intimated that it will contain such stars as Professor Worthman, Ralph 1> ndall, Walter Krick. W. Guy Brown. Bryce Thomas, Coach Kennedy, and other noted hasketeers. Admission will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. No seats will reserved. The proceeds from the game w II be given to the civic department of the Woman’s Club, to be used in repairing and maintaining the p*il>»* ’ennis courts in the city.