Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 24, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 6 December 1926 — Page 6

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COMMODORES BEAT GENEVA / Catholic High Quintet Defeats Geneva At Berne Saturday Night, 39-24 In a tough game played on the floor of the community auditorium at Berne Saturday night, the Decatur Catholic high school Commodores downed the Geneva high school basketball team, 1 39-24. thereby annexing their sixth straight victory of the season. The Geneva eagers fought gamely against the more experienced Commodores, but were forced to trail throughout tie contest. I Coach Conter withheld Art Wenthoff. his regular center, from the Kame entirely, and Art’s “kid" brother, Bernard, handled the pivor job in nice fashion. “Mongo" Meyers was high point man. with seven field goals and six points from the free throwline. Stahley, Geneva center, found his basket eye again Saturday night,

after being in a slump for several games, and dropped in three prettyfield goals and four free throws for a total of ten points. The Comodores took the lead soon after the start of the game, but the scrappy Geneva quintet put up a good fight and the end of the first half found them trailing by only five points 15-10. Several Decatur fans followed the team to Berne for the game. Lineups and summary: Decatur (39) G. F. T. Meyers, f ...... 7 6 20 F. Mylott. f 2 0 4 B. Wemhoff, c 1 o 2 Smith, g 1 o • J. Mylott, g 3 3 9 Sorg, g 1 0 2 Miller, f 0 0 0 Connell, f 4 ... o 0 * Totals IS 9 39 Geneva (24) G. F. T. Striker, f 1 0 0 0 Hawbaker, f 2 1 5 Stahley, c ..... _3 4 lo Ba userman. g 11 3 Dunwiddie, g 1 o 2 Brown, f 0 0 0 Fravel. c '1 2 4 Totals 8 8 24 Referee: Windmiller, Hartford township. Score at half: Decatur, 15; Geneva. 10. o

Notre Dame Defeats Southern California —— New York. Dec. 6—(United Press) ' Notre Dame's slim victory over Southern California in the first big intersectional game of the season, spots the New Year's Day game in Pasadena between Alabama and Stanford as one that will give the victor the best claim to the mythical national championship. Os all the great teams of the season —Navy, Army, Notre Dame, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio State, Brown, Southern Methodist, Oregon, Aggies, it would seem that the two best undefeated teams of the year are Stanford and Alabama. If the big post-season game on the Pacific Coast results in a definite and convincing victory, the winner will have to be accepted as the national champion even if a good argument might be advanced from Annapolis that the Navy could beat either one. Stanford and Alabama looked to be as evenly matched—although Stanford on account of Pop Warner will s.art as the favorite. Notre Dame and Southern Califor-

nia seemed even in their game •> Saturday. j Notre>. Dame won because one of . Knute Rockne’s young four thousand horsemen kicked a goal for a point after touchdown and won the game because «f the Yale Jones’s brothers : young men couldn’t kick the same goal for the point that would have tied or won the game. And that arms the coaches with arguments for the next meeting of the football rules committee that the advantage given to an individual in the chance to kick’ point that will win a game Is against football’s principle of team play. Ohio States failed to win the weste:n conference championship because an Ohio back failed to kick for point after touchdown that would have tied Michigan. But Ohio State beat Illinois by the same margin—because an Illinois kicker couldn’t add the point after touchdown. j

GORILLAS LOSE I I TO BULL DOGS - Hartford Varsity Unable To Overcome Lead Piled Up On Second Team r A belated report has been received i > from Hartford township on the bosk- 1 • *etball game between the Hartford • high school Gorillas and the Penn- ( J ville Bull Dogs at Pennville last Frl- | 1 day night, which the Bull Dogs won, 1 ' 27-25. Coach Windmiller started his 1 ; "Baby Gorillas" and they were unable t ■ to tame the Dogs. Shortly before the t half ended and with the scofe stand- t ! ing 15-3 in favor of Pennville. Coach s Windmilletl substituted hjs fighting t porillas. but they didn't get warmed v up in time to do much and the half r ended. 17-6, in favor of the Bull Dogs, a The second half opened with Hart- t ford’s old fighting spirit back again *■ and Huffman, the Gorillas’ capable 1 center, sank a two-pointer closely fol- 8 lowed by Felber and Eicher making S

I duplicate plays. The score now stood ’ 17-12 with Hartford's spirit still high. Pennville called time. When positions were taken to continue the i game Pennville sank a two-pointer. 1 Both teams fought with much effort and the contest had everybody on edge. Eicher, Hartford’s husky forward. tied the score at 23-all -with two field goals in rapid succession. The game somewhat resembled football inasmuch as a tackle was made and Feiber was laid cofd. However he remained in the game but his spirit was broken. The game ended 27-25 in favor of Pennville. Lineups and suiAmary: HARTFORD (25) G F T Eckrote, f _i.._ 113 Heller, f. ..._ 0 0 0 Holloway, c 0 0 0 1 Glendening, g. 0 0 0 Gerber, g — 0 0 0 Eicher, f - 3 2 8 Felber, f. 0 2 2 Huffman, c , 4 0 8 N. Banter, g. 2 0 4 R. Banter, g. ...... 0 0 0 Totals _ 10 5 25 PENNVILLE (27) OFT T. Waltz, f 2 15 Lewis, f. 4 2 10 Oswalt, c. 0 11 Manor, g 4 0 8 W. Waltz, g 113 Totals 11 527 Referee: Brady, Pennville. Score at half. Pennville, 17; Hartford. 6. o

G. E. FIVE LOSES TO BERNE 25-20 Electricians Have Poor Firs' Half In Game Saturday Night; Strickler Stars The Decatur General Electric bas ketball team suffered a 26-20 defeat at the hands of the fast Berne A. C. team, at Berne, Saturday night. Boh Strickler, Decatur high school star last year, was the chief cog in the Berne outfit, getting seven field goals. The first half ended with , Berne leading, 22-13. Both teams guarded closely in the second half. Webb Oliver. Berne center, was forced out of the game via the four personal foul route. The G. E. team will play the Berne M.Y.M. team here Tuesday night. The game will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock. Lineups and summary: DECATUR G. E. (20) GET Beal, f' 4 19

Teeple, f 113 Kleinknight. c „ 111 Johnson, g 2 3 7 White, g. 0 0 0 Totals # 7 6 20 BERNE A. C. (26) G F T Strickler f. 7 0 14 Baumgartner, f 10 2 Oliver, c. 4 0 8 Clark, g — 10 2 Crist, g ... 0 0 0 Greber, c 0 0 0 Totals 13 o 26 Referee: Mattox. Score at half: Berne 22; Decatur 13 | Early French Romance The romance of “Aucassln and Nicolette,” in verse and prose, is considered by critics to be the finest French fiction of the Middle ages. It was written in the Thirteenth century and is very short. o — I Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

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FIGHTING FIVE BEATS KIRKLAND

Berne Team Comes? From Behind And Wins Contest In Overtime Period, 17-12 Berne’s Fighting Five defeated the Kirkland Kangaroos in an overtime game played In the old gymnasium h<-re Saturday night, by a score of 17-12, The game was closely contested all the way and was featured by close guarding by both teams. Kirkland took the lead at the start of the game and held it until just before the final gun, when Berne tied the score. The Kangaroos held an 8-2 lead at the end of the half, the Fighting Five having failed to register a field goal. The Kirkland quintet continued to hold its advantage in the second half until Peck Arnold, star floor guard, was removed from the game via the personal foul route when only( six or seven minutes remained to be played. With Arnold absent from the lineup, Berne started 1 rally that tied the score just be*ore the regular playing period ended. In the overtime period. Smith and Ehrsam each scored field goals and Smith tossed in a free throw to give Berne a 17-12 victory.

Lineups and summary: KIRKLAND (12) G F T L. Arnold, f 0 2 2 G. Baumgartner, f Oil It Baumgartner c 0 0 0 F. Arnold, g 3 0 fl Weller, g 113 Liby. f , 0 0 0 R. Arnold, c * 0 0 0 Gerber, d. i 0 0 0 Totals ...... 4 4 12 — • BERNE (17) G F T Price, f 0 0 0 Uhrsarn, f 10 2 Smith, c e 2 2 6 Speicher, g 113 Springer, g 0 11 Itucky, f Oil laeckor. f .... 10 2 Totals 6 5 17 Referee: Bucknef, Bluffton. Score at half: Kirkland 8; Berne 2.

FIELD GOALS f® I i Mark M. Upp / v * I Adams county teams have a busy reek ahead oLthem again this week. The two Decatur teams and Mon•oe have two games each this week. The Commodores, having disposed of Delphos, Ohio, Catholic and Geneva last week, will tackle two old rivals this week, meeting Gibault of Vincennes here » Wednesday night, and going to Huntington to play St. Mary's high Friday night. Both contests are expected to test the strength of the Commodores. Monroe takes on Jefferson at Berne Friday night and plays host to Theater Centenz here on Saturday night.

Tiger Meat This Week The Yellow Jackets meet two of their most bitter rivals this week. On Friday night, the Blufftod Tigers ievadjf. tycajur for the first of their two-game series with the locals and one of the greatest battles of the season is expected. Bluffton will send a large delegation of fans here for the game and interest in the contest is at fever heat among Decatur fans. Every nook and corner in the local gym likely will he filled before game time. Then, on Saturday night, Coach Curtis will take his Yellow Jackets to Fort Wayne to play the Central Tigers. This will be a hard game, too. But Central will have a game with Muncie on Friday night, so the locals are doped to have a good chance to bring home the bacon. Other games this week are: Pleasant Mills at Berne, Friday night: Ossian at Kirkland, Friday night; Monmouth’vs. alumni, Friday-night. Hartford and Geneva hdve open dates. A correspondent’ from Hartford

j township writes ns to ,say that the Gorillas (defeated Polingtown NovemI her 26. by a score of 41-18. Co give the Gorillas credit for that victory. | I The press dispatches Saturday morning showed that Kokomo defeat- ( Ii d Frankfort Friday night. This was an error, as Frankfort won in an I overtime contest, 38>3t>. A typical Frankfort-Kokomo battle. The Fort Wayne Central Tigers took two defeats last weekend, dropping a contest at Marion to the state champs on Friday night. 37 29, and being nosed out by Rochester on the South Side gym floor. Saturday night, 31-26. It looks like two more losses for the Tigers this coming week-end, with Mendenhall’s quintet scheduled to play Muncie and Decatur. Columbia City, a team that was ex-1 pected to be strong this season, lost to Albion at Columbia City. Friday? night, 20-16. • i ( Our good friend Buckner, who writes Out of Bounds for the Bluffton Banner, blew the whistle in the Kirkland-Berne game here Saturday ( night, and, he did a nice job of offi- ( ciating. too. Buck is a lover of the game from all angles, playing, officiating and press work.

St. Mary's Catholic; of Huntington, defeated Marion Catholic high at Huntington Friday night 26-24. The Portland Panthers lost their second straight game Friday night when the Richmond Red Devils invaded Portland and took home a 3616 victory. Looks like a bad season for Panthers. The Bluffton News handed the Decathr eighth graders the following compliment, on their game with the Bluffton team Friday night: “Decatur played a flashy game, outclassing the Bhiffton aggregation in al! phases of the scrimmage. Bluffton was weak on basket shooting. Decatur made nice improvement in the second half. The Bluffton boys showed up better than in the Muncie game last week." First Growl From Tiger “it wlirbe the Decatur Yellow Jackets who will next be clawed up properly by the Bluffton Tigers. The game is to be staged next Friday p. m. on the Decatur floor and undoubtedly all Bluffton will turn out to see the old time rivals treated to the unfavorable portion of the score. Rivalry betwixt Decatur and Bluffton nowadays is good naturedl although tense. In ye olden days it was spelled with brickbats and similar confetti.” — Rip Offs, Bluffton News.

Auburn, after losing to Butler Friday night, defeated the Lancaster Bob Cats on Saturday evening. 32-23. Zeke Young started his second team against Butler Friday night and learned a lesson. The G. E. eagers meet the fast Berne M. Y. M. team here Tuesday night. Several members of the champion Fighting Five of Berne high school last year are members of the M. Y. M. team. o Adams County Big Ten W L Pct. Decatur Catholic 6 0 1000 Decatur 3 0 1000 Jefferson 3 2 .600 Bern? 4 3 .571 Monmopth 2 2 .500 Hartford 3 4 .429 Kirkland 2 3 .400 Pleasant Mills 1 3 .250 Geneva 1 5 .167 Monroe .. 1 6 .143

Good Fellows Club z Contributions to the God Fellows Club are coming in and the fund reached a total of $82.26 today, more than eight dollars being received over the week-end. The So Cha Rae Club donated $5 and Mrs. John Tyndall, winner of the third prize in the “Lady of the Mfcon’ contest conducted fey the Dally Democrat, doanted her prize of $2 to the fund. The money will be used in giving the needy boys and girls of Decatur a happy Christmas and in seeing that Santa Clause does not forget them with useful presents. The fund to date: Previously reported $73.59 So Cha Rae 5.00 Mrs. J. W. Tyndall 2.00 Dick Sheets 05 Friends 1.62 Total $82.26 Boxes in which contributions can be placed are located at the banks and the Daily Democrat office.

MONMOUTH IS I DEFEATED,3O-18 I ' Adams County Team Drops Game At New Haven; Second Team Loses, Also The Monmouth high school basketball team was defeated Saturday night by the New Haven quintet, in a game played on the New Haven floor, the final scare being. 30-18. The winners were out in front throughout the game The first half ended with New Haven leading, 16-6. The Monmouth players appeared to be dead on their feet and could not get started. In the preliminary game between the Monmouth and New Haven second teams New Haven won, 14-9. o— . — — Christen Funeral Is Held This Morning

Funeral services were held this tnerning at 9 o'clock, from St. Mary’s Catholic church, for Charles N. Christen, former Mayor and prominent contractor of this city, whose death occut red last Thursday, from a tumor on the brain. The pall bearers, selected ftom the Fourth Degree of the' Knights of Columbus, were; M. J. Mylott. W. A. Kuebler, Dynois Schmitt, Charles Voglewede, J. G. Niblick and Dan Niblick. The honorary pall bearers were French Quinn, John Hel- ‘ ler. John Tyndall, C. C. Schafer, C. C. Pumphrey and Dr. Earl Coverdale. A solemn requietn high mass was celebrated. the Rev. J. A. Seimetz. pastor, being the celebrant; the Rev. Otto Peters, of Summitt, Ind., formerly of this city, sub-deacon, and the Rev. Joseph Hession. deacon. Rev. Peters delivered the sermon, paying a loving tribute to Mr. Christen. Burial was made in tKe St. Joseph Catholic cemetery. - - - o - Adams County Visited By Snow Storm Sunday Adams county experienced its first snow of the winter yesterday and last night, a blanket of two inches covering the county. First snow of any amount fell Saturday night and additional snow flurries were noticeable last night The sun bloke through the clouds

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Basket Ball • I Decatur H. S. Gym Tuesday, Dec. 7 BERNE M, Y. M. VS. DECATUR G. E. Game called at 8:30 o’clock Good preliminary. Don't miss it.

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