Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 2 March 1927 — Page 6

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NET TOURNEYS HOLO SPOTLIGHT King Basketball Rules State As More Than 700 Teams Prepare For Grind From border to border, at. every etossroad and In every town and city in this great Hoosier state there is one thought in the minds of the people and one hope in their heart. The thought is the annual high school net carnival, which opens next | Fiiday with 65 sectional basketball I tournaments, and the hope Is that their favorite team gets to the sjate tout noy to he held two weeks from next Fi iday and Saturday. Old King Basketball, with colors flying is ruler of the state from now until a state champion is crowned at the state fair grounds, amid the cheers of thousands, March 19. Sivty-five high schools in the state are, this week, polishing teir basketball floors, placing new network around the baskets and getting their gymnasiums in shape for the first lap of the big race. On March 12, 16 towns and cities will act as hosts to the surviving, teams, and the following Friday and Saturday, with the field simmered down to 16 of the state's best teams, Indianapolis will entertain the regional champs and will crown a winner for the 1926-27 season. Hopes will start flickering early Friday morning when the sectional tourneys get underway, and one by one the state favorites will drop out of competition byway of the “defeat'' route Out of more than 700 teams that will play in the 64 centers Friday, only 6a .vdl be Jett in the running Saturday tight Decatur high scho 1 entertains 8 county team \ in a sectional tournament at the high school gymnasium Friday night and Saturday of this week. The Decatur Yellow Jackets entering the tourney as the favorites, meet Pleasant Mills high school in the openeing game at 7:30 o'clock Friday night. This is followed by the Hart-ford-Monroe game at 8:30 o’clock. The eliminations will continue throughout Saturday and Saturdaynight, the two best teams in the cOnn-, ty will scrap it out for the sectional championship. The winner will go to Fort Wayne the following Saturday to represent this section in the regional tourney. While it is generally conceded that Decatur has the best chance to win the sectional meet, thre other teams. Hartford, lierne and Kirkland are making a strong bid for the title. • The Five other teams, Monroe, Pleasant Mills, Monmouth. Jefferson and Geneva are working hard this week and indications are that they will make a hard effort to upset the dope and keep in the running. __. _ 3-J American Checker Stars Lead British, 9 To 1 New York, Mar. I—(United Press) Pardonable national pride was ram-1 pant in the city's American quarter' today when word got around that the Vnited States checkers team, after the first day's play against a dozen British stars, was leading nine games to one, with 38 games drawn. There will be only 528 more games before the matches end on March 12 so it can readily be seen that the con-1 test is virtually “in the bag," so far as our side is concerned. Ou'standing among the initial vic-' tor es were three triumphs scored by, Sam Gonotsky, obviously a Brooklyn American, over Sam Cohen, just as patently a London Englishman. Illinois Wins Big Ten Game From Wisconsin Urbana, 111., Mar. I—(United1 —(United Press The University of Illinois, closed its home basketball season last night by defeating Wisconsin 32-28 Russ Daugherity, high point man in the Kg ten conference, was not given much opportunity at point making last night, being held to one basket. He played a good floor game. Olsen 1 led the Illinois attack with five field goals. WELLS COUNTY STANDING. W. L. Pct? Ossian Bears 17 3 .850 Bluffton Tigers 16 4 .800 Lancaster Bobcats 14 5 .742 Liberty Lions . 14 6 .700, Rockcreek Dodgers .... 13 7 .650' Union Center 11 6 .638 Chester Indians 11 6 .638 Petroleum Zippers...., 6 13 .318

'Page Has Seven Grid Teams Out For Spring , Practice At Indiana Bloomington. Ind. Mar. 1 (United Press) —Footbull critics who have watched Pat P.fge wdik over seven 1 complete teams in spring practice last w< ek an l convinced that the “Scrappin' I 100-del s” will come out from the tut of Big Ten football. Coach Pag ' has more men out for spring training than any other coach in the hlstorv of Indiana University. MICHIGAN BURIES PURDUE FIVE,42 20 Wolverines Take Safe Lead In Big Ten Basketball Race Ann Arbor, Mich., Mar. I—(United1 —(United Press)— .Michigan University today has a safe lead in the Big Ten Conference basketball championship race after the crushing defeat administered to Purdue last night, 42-20. The victory gave Michigan eight victories and two defeats for the season. I The first half ended with Michigan in the lead 21-9. Michigan scored consistently with under-tile basket shots. In the second half Michigan employed the delayed offensive, forcing Purdue’s defensive to open wide. This enabled the Wolverines to add to their already comfortable margin. Benny Oosterbann, Michigan forward. led the scorers with eight baskets and a free throw, totaling 17 points in 40 minutes of play. Cummins, who played only about half of the game, led the Purdue scorers with three fielders and two punishment points. Wilson and Kemmer, Purdue guards were unable to connect for a single, point and even the substitution of “Cotton" Wilcox, - «

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Purdue guard who has boon suffering * from blood poisoning, failed to stem the Michigan tide. Michigan has yet to moot Chicago and lowa. FIELD 1 GOALS XjTx Tx 1 . i Bv Mark M. Upp ■ Three mote days and three nights until the fun begins. The Decatur tournament should bo an interesting show this year. With lour teams considered in the race for the title aim the other five capable of springing a surprise, there ought to be a Idg crown of fans out for every session. I Decatur and Hartford are doped to win the two games on Friday night, but Pleasant Jllills and Monroe may make things lively. If Hartford and Berne win their first games, they should have a merry battle when they meet in the first semi-final contest, Saturday afternoon. These two teams have not played each other this season, but their scores show them to be pretty evenly matched. If Kirkland and Decatur meet in the other semi-final game another hot engagement should result. Neither Wouid We “Before the Auburn-Bluffton game we remarked that the comparative

; strength of Decatur and Bluffton l could be harm'd in the games on Friday and Saturday evenings. Auburn > played at Decatur Friday night >*l beat the Yellow Jackets. They played at Bluffton Saturday night and — well you know the score. We'd like to see another game between Bluffton and Decatur at the present writing and we wouldn't have any fear of the consequences."—Rip Offs, Bluffton News. ' Marking one man and concentrating the defense on that one individual proved to be Auburn's downfall at Blufftdn, Saturday “night. The Youngmen spent most of the evening watching Crosbie, Bluffton center, to tee that he didn' run wild as he had in several recent games. In the meantime, Swigert and Ellenberger were permitted to run at large, 1 and those two boys are a little bit too dangerous for that. As a results Swigert dumped in nine baskets and Dale accounted for four,. The Auburn guards held Crosbie down, alright, letting him have only one field goal, and ' they played so rough with him that he was forced to retire from the game shortly after the second half started, “due to assorted bruises, sprains, pains and aches”, as Rip Offs put it, Indications are that the Bluffton Tigers and the Ossian Bears will meet in the final game of the sectional tourney at Bluffton. The Bears are good, but. the Tigers look better to us. • The third and deciding game of the

i BASKET BALL ; I I * JhL High School * I Sectional Tourney | H High School Gym * H \ Evening Mar.. 4 * * ' f z'W iSw • SEASON tickets now on sale I w W S 33 fewy W3W Season tickets are now on sale at the high school building, phone 725. All persons M De Ziafly Ml holding seaso.n tickets will be given preference before the start of each session. One--fi TV half ° f the net proceeds wiH be divided equally among the participating schools and ‘□fs J&i the other half win be divided on the basis e.f the number of season tickets sold. Sup- L£ Ip / P ort y° ur local school by buying a season ticket before Friday. S SEASON TICKETS, $1.50 ‘SESSION TICKETS, 40c | s • z ■' i II Tourney Schedule Os Games I Lc ( 9 Teams) n : oo Monmouth and Winner 7:30 p.m. 1 its FRIDAY P. M. ir fp SATURDAY P. M. 3] 31 w Hours Teams Officials ‘ 7:30 Decatur and Pleasant Mills 1 J:00 Winner 8:30 p.m. and winner 9 a.m. 2 L£ Jfi 8:30 Monroe and Hartford Township 2 J:UO Winner 10 a.m. and winner 11 a.m. 1 SATURDAY A. M. \ SATURDAY EVENING * 9:00 Berne and Geneva 1 8:00 Winner 2 p.m. and winner 3 p.m. 2 LC 10:00 Jefferson and K.rkland 2 Officials (f) J. R. Clark. (2) Ford Griffith | Be On Hand At Every Game To Root For Your I I Favorite Team. Get Your Ticket Early » I To Be Assured Os A Good Seat. i KwMHßHHWHHHwgmwwwemw '-' ' 1 (

three game series between Ih< (antral and St. Joseph eighth grade ( teams to'determino which will be the first to win the George Wemhofl marble trophy, will be played in the Decatur high school gymnasium on March 11. Each team has won one game. A coin was tossed to determine whether the third game would be played in the D 11. S. gym or the Cathdlc school gym, and Central won the toss. Both teams have begun pointing for this battle. Harmon Bagley, center on the Berne high school sectional championship .team last, year, suffered a fracture of the femur bone in his ) ight leg during a game between tisf 1 I Berne M. Y. 9f. team, of which Bag-ley-is a member, and a church team ilrom Fort Wayne, at Berne, last Thursday night. Bagley and an op- ' ponont were the ball and Bagley fell, breaking the bone in his leg. The fracture is not a complete one. but the bone is badly splintered, it ■ is said. i I FAMOUS LAST LINES: “WE’D HAVE WON IF THEY HAD PLAY-' ' ED 20 MINUTE' HALVES INSTEAD OF 15.” ( Adams County Big Ten J Team - W. L. Pct. | Catholic High ..._ 21 1 .955 ! Decatur 15 3 .833 Hartford 12 6 .6671 Jefferson .7 6 .515' Kirkland 8 11 .421 Berne ... 7 13 .3501 'Geneva 5 11 .312! 1 Monmouth 4 11 .267 1 Pleasant Mills ... 2 6 .250 l Monroe ... 1 16 .059 >

Hoosiers Swamp Rochester Centrals; Borgmann Stars Fort Wayne, Mur. 1. The Fort! Wayne Holloslers set a now record fori high score last night in defeating Rochester Centrals, and advancing to third place in the American Basket-; ball League race. The final so're was 64 to 20 in favor of the Hoosiers. Benny Borgmann, star forward of the Hoosiers, scored six field goals and twelve fieo throws for a total of 24 points. Shimek, Fcrt Wuyn.-’ t.uaril. scoied 17 points, sinking two field j goals and 13 free throws. Borgemann —■ —" —■ —-t-t ju=s

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• I scored 12 points out of 13 free | hrn 1 and Shimek registered p„i llls nn p l out of 14 free throw-'. The entire F, M ; Wayne team scored 32 out „f p, | throws dining the game. During. the I I flrjrt |nalf, which Fort Wayne won b ' a score~bf 33-4, not n single free throw was missed by the Hoosiers while ix were made. The two teams rn ,. e . gain tonight in this city. -■ - o — __ Alexandria—Alexandria is without either a police or fire chief, John r Metker, fire department head, was Mb ■led in an accident shortly before Polich I Chief Opal Hughes was -hot white serving a warrant. ■-J J— .. . — ——._