Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1927 — Page 6

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nuFim s ports M^l Deca'tur And Hartford Win Opening Games I

PLEASANT MILLS AND MONROE j DROP CONTESTS Decatur Yellow Jackets Romp To 55-9 Victory Over Pleasant Mills Five HARTFORD BEATS MONROE, 49 TO 18 Decatur high school Yellow Ja< kets took things easy In the curtain raiser of the annual sectional tournar. ent an»l walked off to a SS-9 victory front Pleasant Mills at the gymnasium last | night, helore a good sized crowd. The local netteis started out strong and ran the score to 26 before thr St. | Marys township aggregation w.m able; to hit the n« t for n counter. Decatur slowed down slightly thej last five minutes < f the firs* half. The] 'score at the midway mark was 32-2. In the closing minutes of the half Lankenau was substituted for Anadeli and Itell went in for Helmut. Anadeli and Helmut received quite* an o cut ion when they left the floftr, both having displayed some real basketball ability. The entire local squad, with the exception of flerber, saw action and accounted well for themselves. Boh llil!, playing center, went like a whirlwind and tossed in 6 field markers and 1 from the free throw line. Joe Krick got hot in the second stanza and toes ed four two-pointers. Chet Reynolds did a lot of good passing and Bill Bel. played a good floor game. No one in particular was outstanding for the Pleasant Mills team, the sc ring being equally divided among four players. In the second game of the first round, Hartford township Gorillas won their way to the second round in easy fashion, disposing of the Monroe high school net aggregation without much trouble. Two Monroe playeis wen ejected from the game by the personal j foul route, namely Gould and Buscoe. Hartford started strong and had lit J tlo trouble, scoring almost at. will. Th, i Hartford outfit appears to be the sec ond strongest, team in the sectional | tourney, unless Berne shows surpris ing stiength against them tomorrow The Monroe team scrapped all the v.ay, but their opponents were much heavier and taller and played a much better brand cf ball. Andrews v/a* high piuiit man for Monroe with tpoints to his credit. For Hartford, Hoffman and N. Ban ter played best, using their ability at shnrp-shooting and playing a good brand of passing. Lineup and Summary o' Friday games Decatur (55) Pleasant Mills (9) Reynolds F Vlza.d Be bout F Davison Hill 71 C Ehrsam Anadeli G Foot' Krick G Whittridr;? Substitutions: (Decatur) Bell fob Helmut; Bebout for Hill; Hill for Reynolds Lankenau for Anade.ll. Pleasant Mills, none. Field koals: Decat , - ; Reynolds, 4; Bebout, 5; Bell, 3; Hill, 6; Anadeli, 4; Lankenau, 1; Krick, Pleasant Mills, Davison, 1; Ehrsam 1, Fo>r, 1; Whlttredge, 1. Foul Goals, Decatur; Hill, 1; Pleasant Mills; Poor, 1 Officials. Referee; 'dark. Timer, Yager. Scorer, Confer. Hartford Township (49) Monroe (13) Elcber F Andrews Felber F Boliner Hoffman C Busche N. Banter G Genii R. Banter G Hlzey Substitutions. Hartford; Glendenning for Felber; Holloway for Hoffman, Ekrote for N. Banted. Monroe; Rupe.t, for Gould; Gould for Rupert; Keller for Gould; Rupert for Busche. y Field Goals: Hartford—Elcber 5; F -1ber, 4; Hoffman, 6; N. Banter, 5, H. Banter, 1. Monroe—Andrews 2; liuscbe 1; Elzey 1. Foul goals; Hartford Felber 4; Hoffman 2; N. Bunted, 1; Mornore: Andrews 2; Busche 2; Gould 1. Officials. Referee, Griffith. Scorer, iConter, Timer, Yager. o Fort Wayne. —Sale of the weather j in Fort Wayne was once a very profi- i table business, according to police! who discovered and raided t lottery, based on the weather, which was making from SSOO to SI,OOO for its- promoters each week.

Bluflton And Lancaster Win In Wells County i Bluffton, Match ft - Union Center i put up a hard light last night in the] I actional meeting games here hut was I forced to succumb to Bluffton's super- | U>r scoring power. Bluffton out in front in the second half, kept its advantage and never was In danger, although the visitors displayed a fighting spirit Which netted them 30 points to the victoi s 47. Lancaster Center had title trouble defeating Chester Center in a game In which the result was never in doubt. The final score was 42 to 17. DOPE BUCKET IS RIGHT SIDE UP No Upsets Os Note Occur In Opening Round Os Sectional Tournaments Indianapolis, March 5. (United Press) —The dope bucket s'Rl restet right side up today as basketball sane of Indiana prepared to cheer the chain ( pious ol 64 sections of the state a the conclusion of the first h’.p of tin race for a state title tonight. All of the favored teams, pick’! bj" ardent fans as coming champions managed to survive the first round of play upsets were few, even among th« smaller teams. Logansport, Martinsville, Bedford Muncie. Frankfort, Froeliet and E;n erson of Cary Andereson, F.anklin Washington Vincennes and Kokomt were only a few of the major team: still in the running. Most of these qninteets scored im- ; resslve victories while Bedford roll ! i d up a pair of easy wins over Shaw < wick, 46-14. and Tunnelton, 53-8. Logansport tripped Walton, fiG-P and gave very little thought to tlie matter. Martinsville came through with i '•2 22 win over Morgantown. Mtinclc ; pounced on Harrison township ant j ; ftei the dust had cleared away, exhil I ited auqaqw victory. Frankfort had even less mercy on r ! bewildeerd Ktrklin live and the lina | score showed the Frankfort team ove ! whelming victors, 76-8. Froebel of Gary, only major unde laeastae »f Mann, als. .-.S Gar;, by a 41-9 score, Vincennes advanced two steps it the eliminations trouncing Uriel ton 3C-2U and Bickncll, 56-8. Emersor of Gary encountered plenty of eomp< tltiou In Whiting but managed to elin Inate the Oilers, 17-14. One surprise of '.be first day cam when Elkhart dropp< 1 a 27-23 dock slon to New Paris on ElkharUjJ horn floor. Marion, defending champions, gwin; into action today in their first garni The giants are favored to take the! own sectional title. h****+++ + + v * + + 4 * SPORT TABS 4 >+++*++++++**++4 By United Press Evanston, 111. — Exhibiting one o! the most perfectly balanced teams 1 has had In years, Northwestern Uni versity experienced little difficulty ir defeating Purdue. 56-26, in a dual con ference track and field meet. Washington — Willie Hoppe, 18.1 balkline billiard champion lost hi: first match in defending his crown here when he was defeated by Fell: Grange last night. 400 to 384, in 12 innings. Miami, Fla. —Big Bill Tilden anc Manual Alonso, of Spain's Davis cuj team, meet Sunday in the final matcl of the South Florida tennis champion ship tournament.. Valparaiso, Ind. — Valparaiso Uni versity won from Depauw University of Chicago, 31-24, in a hotly contested basketball game. New York.- Contracts for the nex and semi-final number of Tex Rick ard’s heavyweight elmination tourna ment may be signed today by Jim Maloney and Jack Sharkey, rival'Boston heavyweights. o Lafayette—Lady Purdue, champion I egg layer at the Purdue poultry farm, Is dead here. She held the egg laying record of 1,427 eggs and won many awards for the Purdue farm. She had reached the ripe old age of 11 when she died.

DECATUR DATLY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 192/.

I ■ | FIELD 1 .Cfr, GOALS y ] By Mark M. The 1927 title chase is now on in full swing. Already more than half of the starters have fallen by the wayside. By 10 o’clock tonight, only 64 teams, out of 731, Will be left in the race. The Decatur Y’ellow Jackets and Hartford Gorillas ran true to form in the first two games of the tourna- ] ment.. Pleasant* Milks and Monroe both put up hard fights, but were outclassed from the start. Bob Hill, who played center for the Yellow Jackets last night in the absence of Carl Gerber, who has an infected foot, sure proved himself an able substitute. He got six baskets and a free throw | for high point honors, besides giving the tip off to his teammates all the time. Joe Krick took n turn at jumping •enter while Hill was taking a rest n the second half, and he did a mighy good job of it, too. The lack of practice and experience old plainly on the Pleasant Mills julntet. The boys tried hard, bit* heir efforts were of no avail. The Monroe team put up a commendable scrap against the huge Hartford Gorillas. The Gorillas were nuch heavier and taller than the Honroa boys, but the little fellows 'ought hard until the final whistle 'nd time after time took the ball lway from their opponents and ■arched down the floor for shots at he basket. The Gorilla., and Yellow Jackets ••nattered their sedring considerably — • • - "“T:,;, every membe- of the team can shoot baskets. Word just came from the gym that he score at the end ot the first half 'f the Berne-Geneva game found Terne leading, 8-7. Looks like the lighting Five had met with unexlected strength in the Cardinals. Coach Kennedy's Winchester Yellow rackets had some tough luck in their tourney yesterday, being eliminated by the Losantville team In an owerime game, 25-24. Losantville has a rood team, having won a,li but three tames on its schedule this season. Favorites ran true to form in the first round of the tourneys in most 'nstances, yesterday and t last night. The Van Wert high school team debated Lima Central, 27-23 in the Ohio , Tlass A sectional tournament at Kenon, Ohio, yesterday. Kenton defeatid St. Marys, 27-15. There was quite a home-com-ing around the officiate and press bench last night, in which the two referees, scorekeeper, timer, reporters, and coaches exchanged greetings. Ford Griffith is serving his third consecutive year as referee in the local sectional, while Referee Clerk is serving his second consecutive year. France Conter and Ralph Yager have been official Scorer and timer, respectively, each year for several year#. Some difficulty was experienced in getting the new electric score board ! ■o work smoothly last night, but the builders promised to have it working j Ike a clock today. 'The board was not completed and installed until late yesterdav afternoon, and they lkl not. have sufficient time to try it out and make the needed adjustments. The board looks fine and lias arge figures that can be easily recognized at a glance from any part of the gym. Ralph Yager, official hjmer, got a \ . I /

htiHseye the first time he shot the gun denoting the end of the first half of the Decatur Pleasant Mills game, last night. Shortly after the shot, the odor of burning rags was detected and an investigation disclosed the fact that a sweati r belonging to\ Referee Griffith was on fire. * Fire from the blank catrldge was the cause. Volunteer firemen in the officials' box extinguished the conflag-j ration after the said sweater had been freely ventilated. 1 — FAMOUS LAST LINES: "WE FOUGHT ’EM, ANYWAY." FRIDAY'S GAMES At Anderson Anderson, 45; Frankton, 15. At Angola .'Auburn, 78; Flint, 7. Waterloo. 36; liutler 20. Angola. 33; Fremont 13. Corunna 14; A.sttfgv, 41. Speneerville 41; Scott Center 12. 1 leasant Lake 25; Salem Center 17. Garrett, 21; Orland, 7. Hamilton, 40; Metz, 13. At Bedford Orleans 47; Huron 16. West Baden 22; Paoli 16. Oolitic 38; Williams 20; Bedford 46; Shawswick, 13. Heltonville, 28; French Lick 17. Mitchell, 57; Needmore 15. Bedford 53; Tunnelton 8. At Bluffton Bluffton 47; Union Center 30. Lancaster Center 42; Chester Center 17. At Bloomington . Monrovia 30; Moresville IS. Bloomington 66; Stinesville 13. Smithville 30; Paragon 19. Martinsville 52; Morgantown 22. Eminence 24; Unionviil, 15. Smithville 32; Fjlettsville 6. At Columbia City. Columbia City 22; Jefferson Center, 20. t'oesse, 25; St. Joseph 13. At East Chicago Froebel (Gary) 41; Horace Mann (Gary) :i. Emerson of Gary 3S; Whiting 14. Roosevelt. 28; Hammond 20. Hubert 51; Merrillville 1. 1-owell 38; Griffith 21. At Elkhart New Paris 27; Elkhart 23. Wakatusa 18; Middlebury 11. _ At Indianapolis Oaklandon 20; Hroadripple 5. Valley Mills 30; Lawrence 19. New Bethel 24; Caatelton 19. Technical IS; Manuel 12. Shoitridge 32; New Augusta 28. lleechgrove 33; West Newton 11. Warren 26 Ben Davis 13. Southport 36; Acton 14. Valley Mills 24; New Bethel 14. At Kendallville - , 7. *** *‘ La at to 24; Legontcr 19. At Kokomo Kokomo 52; Greentown, 16 At Lafayette Battle Ground ■"!; West Point 13. Gjadden’s Corner 27; Jackson township 36. Montmorenef 50; Clarksxliill, G Dayton 19; Klondike 17. Monitor 34; Btiuck Creek IS. Romney 3b; St ock well 15. Jetterson (Lafavette), 29; Dayton, 20. At Logansport Onward 30; Lucerne 26. Logansport 56; Walton 16. Royal Ceniet 25; Lincoln 21. Washington township 20; Galeston, 17. Young America 53; Metea 23. Deacon 30; New Waverly, 18. At Marion Sweetser 24;,, Matthews 19. Fairitkount 34; Jonesboro 17. At Montpelier Montpelier 37; Pennville 9. ltedkey 26; Dunkirk 19. » At Muncie lie Soto 37; Roerton 17. ' lurktown 20; Eaton 15. Albany 10; center 21. Gaston 31; Selma 23, Muncie 71; Harrison township 12. At Shelbyville Columbus 51; Boggstown 12. Clifford 22; New hern 10. Mr. Auburn 21; Hope 19. Shelby ville 35; Flatrock 18. 9 ait land. 26, Rock Creek 11 Waldron 53; Moral 14. Cult >nt 2t; Morristown 21/ At Warren Roanoke 34; Monument City. 31. Huntington 27; Union Center 20. Warren 24; Jefferson Center 21. Clear Creek, 35; Andrews 15. Blppus, 12; Hunington township 11. Banquo 47; Markle 13. At Winchester Modoc, 17; Jackson 22. Union City, 76; Wayne 21. Green, 12; Saratoga 27. Jeffeison 25; Spuvtansburg 21. Farmland 25; Stony Creek 46. Winchester 24; laisantville 25. Huntsviile 30; McKinley 20. Rldgeville 26; Parker 24. Babe Ruth Starts For Training Camp Tonight New York, Mar. 5. —(United Press) —With a $210,000 contract, signed, witnessed and sealed. Babe Ruth starts for the St. Petersburg training camp of the New York Yankees tonight on a three year job that tnakes him the highest priced man in baseball.

TOURNEY SCORES jl At Indianapolis Technical, 36. UiklahdOll. 30. . vAt Uusbvllle — Webb, 22; Orphans Home, U At Logansport — logansport, 61; Onward, S. At Bed word—- | West Baden, 20; Oolitic. 16. At Frankfort-- • 1 (IcfTeison 36; Jackson Tp, -»• At Linton Midland, 30; Worthington, 10. At Peru — Peru, 20; Jefferson Twp., 9. ytt Crawfordsville — a Waveland, 21; Crawfordsville, 17. ( At RorkportRockport, 26; Toblnsport, 18. At Montpelier — Gray (forfeit) to Poling, 2-0. r At Newcastle— ! Mooreland, 27; Cadi*. 20. , At Lawreneeburg— Bright, 26; Aurora, 20. At AngolaAuburn, 37; Waterloo, 16. < At Clinton— Montezuma, 30; Mecca, 22. ( At Foun aln City— Hagerstown, 44; Lynn, 11. At Muncie — Desto, 19; Yorktpwn, 11. # At Evansville— Poseyville, 23; Haubstadt, 14. At Laporte. 29; Hanna, 17. At East Chicago— Roosevelt Junior high of East Chicago, 29: Washington, senior high of East Chicago, 22. At Scottsburg— Scottsburg, 14; Vovay, 13, At Milford Atwood,ft?; Silver Lake, IS. At Winchester — Stony Creek, 38; Jefferson, 23. At Flora — Delphi, 50; Rockfield, 7. At Covington— Covington, 27; West Lebanon, 10. At Fowler— « Freeland Park. 34; Ambia, 20. At Danville — D-uville. 24; North Salem, 23. At Greenfield — Wilkinson, 29; Charlottesville, 28. At GoodlandGoodland, 29; Rensselaer, 19. At Versailles— Ra'esville, 31; Versailles. 28. At Fort Wayne — Wood burn, 18; Huntertown, 17. At Columbia City— , Cburubusco, 27: Washington Center, 12. . •! At Decatur — Bernp, 15; Ceneva, 13. At Milford — * Atwood, 27; Silver Lake, 18. At Greensburg— Jackson, IS; Clarksburg, 17. At Kendallville — Wawaka, 22; Crontwell. 17. .M.Klk.hnrt — Napanee, 28; Goshen. 15. At Vincennes Monroe City, 29; Wheatland, 7. At Rochester— • Rochester, 27; Akron, 11. At Clinton— ' " TJreen Township,-34; Newport, 11. At Greensburg— Greensburg,- 36; Letts, 21. .V. Fountain City— Morton of Richmond, 25; Liberty, 22 At I^ifayette— Montmorencl, 34; Monitor, 8. At li.ooniington— B'oomlhgton, 27; Monrovia, 17. At NewcastleNew Castle, 21; Straughn, 18. At Decatur— Kirkland Twp., 38; Jefferson Twp., 12. At Jeffersonville — Hardinbudg, 31; Morgan Twp., 8, At Jeffersonville— Jeffersonville, 21; New Albany, 17. At Flora — Flora. 61; Camden, 18. At Connersville— Brookville, 20; Orange, 5. At Franklin — Union, 48; Trafalgar, 16. At Oakland City— Princeton, 29; Wabash Twp., 26. At Seymour—- . Cortland, 43. Medora, 25. 4t Indianapolis— Warren Central. 20; Shoitridge, 14. At Monticello — Idavl'le, 25; Liberty Twp., 10. At Monticello — Brookston, 36; Monon, 21. At Fowler —' Ear! Park, 21; Otterbein, 20. At Lagrange— Brighton, 28; Scott, 20. At Rochester— Winlmac, 50; Star City, 15. At Ooodland — Brook, 24; Remington, 15. At Fort Wayne— Marian, 38; At Hymera— , Dugger, 32; New Lebanon, 30. At Hymera— Sullivan, 39; Fairbanks, 16. At Lawrenceville — Rising Sun, 41; New Alsace, 28. At Linton — Sotland, 24; Solsberry, 20. At Vincennes — ; Bmceville, 26; Edwardsport, 17. At Mishawaka— South Bend, 30; North Liberty, 11. At Connersville — Fairview, 36, Everton, 26. At Lafayette— Battle Ground, 38; Jackson, 14. At Angola— ' Angola, 50; Ashley, 17. At Frankfort— Colfax, 21; Roseville, 16.

GENEVA SPRINGS SURPRISE IN | MORNING GAMES; BERNE, DEU I AND KIRKLAND ENTER SEMI-FINALS |

Berne Pushed Hard To Win j From (leneva, 15 To 13 Geneva high school almost kicked 1 a hole in tfte dope bucket in the op- ( ening game of the Saturday schedule of the sectional tournament at the high school gym. at 9 o'clock this • morning, when they held the Berne •' Fighting Five to a 15-13 win. Gene- ; va led several times during the game and tiie mtire first squad the j Berne team was used practically the entire game. , Hawbaker, Geneve forward, was the outstanding player of the morning round, accounting for all 13 of his team's points. Ho played a good Pioor game and displayed some fine passing ability. He worked the ball under the basket for his team several lines. Stanly and Striker also helped the Geneva aggregation put up a ■-tiff fight. Stucky, Berne forward, carried the brunt of the offense for the Fighting Five, while Braun played the best floor game. Braun, playing his first, year as a regular on the Berne team, tisplayed some heady passing and lie nulled the game out of the firq many times. In the second game. Lie Kirkland Kangaroos wild and trounced, the ’efferson township team 38-12. Jefferson managed to tie the count once during the first half, hut was never ahead and the game was never its langer. L. Arnold, Baumgartner and' Myers played best for Kirkland, while I the scoring of thp Jefferson aggregg;| tion was divided between Morningstar, Parr and Smitley, each garner-j ng a field goal. ' i Decatur rode through its Tame of the tourney with ease, debating the Monmouth aggregation in the closing game of the morning session, 52-6. M°timouth counted first when Meyer got loose under the basket for a two-pointer. Decatur led it the half 23-4 Boh Hill, playing tenter for the Yellow Jackets., cop* ‘ ! '• ’ '" - tho oCuiiliß' Set* (it the coll- < 1% ■ ghs f'eti K-iul.-tgalnst his old teammates. Anadeli, BeM. Bebout and Krick each counted four limes troth the field. Meyer, Monmou'.h forward, made the only two field goals that his team made. Morning Games Borne (15) Geneva (13) Smith F Striker ’lucky f Hawbaker Thompson C Stably B raun Q Dunwlddie Vinteregg G Bausermann Substitutions: (Berne) Haecker for

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Smith, F.hrsam f,,r S u-U, (( ; Hri( , VJ) HJ| Travel |7,r Baa ■ ; t-,..nr; F'leld |H| (Herne) Smith !; S:;; k> Tbo#y El sun 1: (Genevai I L:v,baker i;. p o|l j goals: Smith it: .an ;. li.twbukeri |HH Referee; Clai). S-i,r-r, r„ Mw . Tenter, Yager 7 — H Jefferson (12 1 Kirkland (JR Morning-tar I' . M.ye*--Smitley F 1.. Arauld HH Walters Smith Butcher G F. Arnold Hjj Burk . H«l!« H Substitutions el-r'er-uril Parr tar MorningsUr, Morning-tur for Pan, Parr for Smithy; iK.iklamli P.erlier for Arncthl; Bann'gartn-r fir F. Hj Arnold, Litw for Mveis. Field g. w D; H (Jefferson) Morningstar 1. Parr 1. H Smitley 1; (Kirkland) Myers 4. LAn Hj Hold 5, F. Arnold :t. i'-aumgartner S, Hj Heller 1. Foul goals: Myers 1; L* H Arnold 1; Smith 1; Baumgartner’ H Officials: Referee, Griffith; Timer, Hj Yager; Scorer, Conter. H Decatur (52) Monmouth (t) B| Bell F Parrish H Reynolds F Brnkaw B Hill C Meyer H Anadeli G JobnsM B Krick G Boerger fl Substitutions: (Decalitrl Pe'bo* H for Reynolds, Reynolds for Hell ■ I-ankenau for Krick. Krick for Hill. H (Monmonth) K. Parrish for Brulat. ■ Reed for Johnson, Rrokaw for l ■ Parrish. Field goal-;: Decatur. M, ■ |,4;- Bebout 4; Hill 8; Anadeli 4; ■ | ( Krick 4. Monmouth, Meyer 2. Foul ■ j goals: Hell 2; Hill 1; Anadeli 1; K ■ '.Parrish 1; Meyer 1. I i Officials: Referee, (lark; Timer, fl I Yager; Scorer, Conter. ■ I . B 1 Four Swimming Records 1 , Fall In Dual Meet | Ann Ar bor, Mich., Mar. o * United I Press)—One national inter-collegilD I and three western conferense rec- I ' Oi'ds were broken in a dual swimmins I ‘ meet hero which Michigan won from p M-ivrww.-, v;-: u ir. Michigan. . . J" yard distance in IS 2-5 seconds to bet- ■ ter the old national record of IS 4-5 In the 150 yard back stroke Ilfli. j ’ Minnesota, low-red the conference ’ record and Samson came back in the 50 yard event to lower another conference mark. 1 The Minnesota medley relay team lowered the big ten record by 6 skr ond*. ■ $2.00 of merchandise for sl.Ol i at Smith. Yager & Falk starting March 10. — -■ ” ’ .