Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1927 — Page 6
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HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT STARTING ON FRIDAY
Most Coaches Report Their Players In Good Condition The various high school basketball teams in Adams county will complete their preparations tonight for the sectional tournament to be held here Friday night and Saturday. Light w’orkouts were on the programs for j most of the teams tonight. Most of the coaches reported their players in good condition for the tourney. Coach Curtis, of Decatur high school, reported that Gerber, regular center, has an infected foot and may not be in condition to play in the tournament The season ticket sale is going over good and a large number of tickets I have been sold. Persons who plan to see at least three sessions of the tournament are urged to buy the tickets. Persons who have season tickets will be admitted any time they appear at the door, but persons who have session tickets must wait until time for the session to start before they can get in. Seats will not be reserved for any one, however. The season tickets sell for J 1.50 each, for both children and adults. Single session tickets are 40 cents each. The Deatur and Pleasant Mills teams will meet in the first game of the tourney, at 7:30 o’clock Friday night. Hartford and Monroe will play at 8:30 o’clock Friday night, also. All games in the tournament will ' be played in 15-minutes halves. o. —
FIELD 3 /"h. GOALS /* S J X //y\ By f . i Mark M. 1
Tomorrow's the day we have been waiting for, gang. The sectional tournaments will get under way tomorrow morning in several cities and tomorrow evening the local show will be opened. Coach Curtis, the Yellow Jacket mentor, is not exactly looking at the world through rose-colored glasses right now. With two players for breaking training, one nursing a sprained ankle and Carl Gerber, regular center, out with an infected foot the coach has only about seven players left for tournament play. Gerber may be able to see service before the tourney is over, however. Coach Confer and his Catholic high Commodores can start work in earnest now, since they received their official bid to the national Catholic tourney today. This is the year for you to clean up, Commodores, so be prepared. The third time is charm, you know. A picture and accompanying write-up of Bertrand “Red” Haviland, former Geneva high school star athlete, appeared in the Indianapolis News, Wednesday. “Red”, who is a senior in the Indiana Central College, at Indianapolis this year, is also coach of the Indiana Central basketball team. He turned out the best team that ever represented that, school. During his career at Indiana Central, Haviland won a letter as a member of the varsity in 1921-22 and was Coach George’s assistant last year. In 1922 and 1923 he was coach of the Lebanon high school team. He has taken a course In basketball coaching under Coach Piggy Lambert, at Purdue University. Nice going, Red.
Shh! Shh! W. F. Fox, Jr., otherwise known as “Shootin’ ’em and Stoppin’ ’em" in the Indianapolis News, ended hia column yesterday
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with “Dear faus: Tomorrow we're gonna tell you who's our Do die de O Do do—Do! for 1927. And if its any news to you there ain't no maybe in our baby’s lamps. Heh, heh. TOMORROW!" He will probabfy say the team that wins the final game in the state tournament will win. FAMOUS LAST LINES: “IT WON’T BE LONG NOW.” YELLOW JACKET CENTER INJURED Carl Gerber, Pivot Os Yellow Jacket Five, Has Infection On Foot Carl Gerber, regular center on the Decatur high school basketball team is suffering from an infection on < ne of his feet and may not be able t i take part in the high school sectional tournament, to be held here Friday and Saturday, it was announced today by Coach Herb Curtis, The infection developed from a bruise, on the ball of his foot, it is believed. The injury is yielding to treatment, however, and it is possible that Gerber may ge into the Saturday afternoon I ing games, providing the Yellow Jackets win their Friday night and Saturday morning games. In the absences of Gerber from the
lineup. Coach Curtis probably will use Hill at center. Another combination that worked in practice last night was Krick as jumping center, and Bell as floor center after the tip off. When using Hill at Center, the coach has Bell. Reynolds and Bebout for forwards, and Hill. Reynolds and Bebout when Bell is playing center. Cole, a substitute cetner, and Stoneburner, a substitute forward, have been off the squad for nearly two weeks, having been suspended t'or breaking training t tiles. Somers another substitute forward, has a sprained ankle ar.d has not been able to scrimmage recently.
TO FORM STATE ATHLETIC ASS'N. Catholic High Schools Os Indiana To Form Organization Next Saturday A meeting of representatives of ten Catholic high schools in Indiana will be held in Indianapolis next Saturday for the purpose of organizing a state Catholic high school athletic association. Father Joseph Hession. of Decatur, announced today. Father Hession will represent Decatur Catholic high school at the meeting. Ten of the fourteen Catholic high schools in the state have signed up to join the new organization. Two others would enter the organization | with reservations, it is said, while one declined and the other failed to answer the inquiry. It is planned to perfect a complete organization and hold a state tournament in Indianapolis each year. Cathedral high school, in Indianapolis, is building a new gymnasium which will have a seating capacity of 1,500, it is said, and this will pro-1 vide an ideal place for the state tourney. In the past, there has been no systematic method of determining the champion of Indiana Catholic' high school teams, and, as a result, different teams have laid claim to the title of champs each season. o American Checker Stars Hold Lead In Tournament (United Press) New York, Mar. 3. —Although los- • ing last night’s matches, 3-2, with 19 \ drawn games, the American checker ! team retained a long lead over Brit-1 ish players as the international tournament entered Its fourth round • today. — o Mrs. Nan West of Auburn will be here tomorrow for a business visit. i
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Commodores Invited To National Catholic Tourney The Decatur Gilholic high school Commodores today received an official invitation to the National Catholic basketball tournament, to be h Id at Loyola I niversity, Chicago, March 17, 18 and 19. This is the third consecutive year that the Decatur Catholic high school team has been invited to the national tourney. The Commodor ?s were eliminated in the semi-finals in the 192,t and 1926 tournaments. Those in the picture are: front row, left to ri^rt—Sorg, guard: A. Wemhoff, center; J. Mylott. guard; Meyer, forward; F. Mylott, forward; Sm th, guard. Second row—Father Hession; Kohne guard; B. Wemhoff, center; Miller, forward; Co wh France Center.
ELECTRIC SCORE, BOARD INSTALLED Electric Scorer Made For I). H. S. Gym By Teachers And Pupils Os School The new electric score board for the Decatur high schoi gymnasium will bo installed this evening and given a thorough try-out before the tournament, it was said today. The score board is the result of the combined efforts of several high school boys, E. Floyd Gibson manual training instructor, and the chief entraining instructor, and E. H. Marshall football coach and high school teacher. Mr. Gibson was the chief engiuJ i; Thruman Fuhrman, members of Mr. Gibson’s mechanical drawing class, drew the plans and specifications for the score board. Graydon Dixson was the artist and James Haugk did the numbering and other designing. Several boys in the manual training class worked on the board at different times and Mr. Gibson and Mr. Marshall spent many hours in making the instrument Electric scoreboards cost a large sum of money when purchased and those who made the board here have saved the school many dollars. Jack Sharkey And Mike McTigue To Meet Tonight New York, March. 3. — (United Press) —Two of the ring’s most Garrulous heavyweights. Jack Sharkey tnd Mike McTigue, will meet tonight in another of those elimination bouts which Tex Rickard seeks a challenger for the crown of Gene Tunney. Sharkey and McTigue already have had a battle of words and the Lithuanian is several thousand syllables ahead of the Celt. “I may end up ‘old rattle-bones’ in the first round,” Sharkey announced. Remember that Mickey Walker once beat him and then reflect on what I will do.” McTigue demurred. | “About four rounds for Sharkey—just to show him something about box- | ing—then I’ll knock him kicking,” the Irishman promised. — o —— Ossian Community Building Is Sold In a real estate deal closed Wednesday, the Ossian community building was sold to four Ossian residents who are reported planning on converting the building into a theatre, A motion I picture machine has been purchased I and plans are underway to conduct first-class attractions at the new theatre. | The building was formerly owned |by the Ossian Memorial Association , of which A. A. Melching is president and the deal closed yesterday afternoon transferred the building to the new owners, Dale E. Derr, E. P. Hunter, Willis Melching and Boyd Hunter for a consideration of $2,197.50.
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r© High School | Sectional Tourney i High School Gym | Fri. Evening Mar. 4 / \ 1: Saturday Morning, Afternoon and Evening I SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE .Season tickets are now on sale at the high school building, Phone 725. All persons lyfli holding season tickets will be given preference before the start of each session. OneA/g* tbe net proceeds will be divided equally among the participating schools and J i the ° tner half Wil * be divided on the basis the number of season tickets sold. Sup- /•? / P ort y° ur lo cal school by buying a season ticket before Friday. SEASON TICKETS, 51.50 SESSION TICKETS, 40c
Tourney Schedule Os Games (9 Teams) 11:00 Monmouth and Winner 7:30 p.m. 1 FRIDAY P. M. SATURDAY P. M. Hours Teams Officials 7:30 Decatur and Pleasant Mills 1 ,00 Winner 8:30 p.m. and winner 9 a.m. 2 8:30 Monroe and Hartford Township 2 3:00 Winner 10 a.m. and winner 11 a.m. 1 SATURDAY A. M. SATURDAY EVENING ! ?e X ne and G F n . eva .. . 1 8:00 Winner 2 p.m. and winner 3 p.m. 2 10:00 Jefferson and Kirkland 2 Officials (1) J. R. ( lark, (2) Ford Griffith Be On Hand At Every Game To Root For Your A Favorite Team. Get Your Ticket Early To Be Assured Os A Good Seat.
COMMODORES RECEIVE BID TO NATIONAL CATHOLIC BASKETBALL TOURNEY AT CHICAGO, MAR. IMJ — z I - —.
Decatur Team Invited To Tourney Third Consecutive Year The Decatur Catholic high school Commodores today received an official invitation to piay in the annual National Catholic basketball tournament, to be held at Loyola University, | hCicago, March 17. 18 and 19. The I invitation was received in a telegram to Father Joseph Hession, assistant 1 pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church and supei visor of atheltics in the Catoolic high school, from E. C. Krupka, secretary of the tournament organization. In the telegram, Mr. Krupka also asked fcr newspaper material and action pictures of the players, and stated that the entry blanks would follow by letter. This is the third consecutive season that the Commodores have been invited to the national tourney. Last year and the preceding year, the local quintet reached the semMlnals before being eliminated. With a team thia year that is considered equally as strong if not stronger than either of the oth | er two quintets that have represented j the school in the tournament, local fans have high hopes of carrying away I the coveted trophy signifying the na-
tlonai championship. The Commodores have made a wotderful record this .season, winning n out of 22 games. Their only defeat <■, far was at the hands of the St. R OSp high school team of Lima, Ohio. p| f .y. ed on the Lima floor recently, after the Commodores had won 20 straight games. Coach Canter’s men defeated St Rose high in a game here earlier in the season. No word has been received here as to which other Indiana team or t“ans received invitations to the national touiney this year. It is believed that Washington Catholic and possibly Shelbyville will be Invited. o Whippets And G. E. Teams Meet Tonight The Kirkland Whippets and the Decatur General Electric basketball team will meet in the third and deciding game of a series for the Adams county independent championship, in the Decatur Catholic school gym tonight. The preliminary game will start at j 7:30 o’clock and the big game at 8:30 o’clock. o Judge James Moran of Portland has been attending court here.