Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1927 — Page 6

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COMMODORES BEAT FREMONT Decatur Catholic High Cagers End Schedule With A 34-27 Victory Tho Decatur Catholic high school Commodores ended their regular schedule Saturday night, by trouncing the fast Fremont, Ohio, Catholic high school eagers, at Fremont, 34-27. The game was fast. but rough, all the way. The Commodores held a 16-7 lead at the half. Meyer. F. Mylott and A. WemholT did all of the scoring for the Commodores. Meyer sank six field goals; F. Mylott scored four baskets and two free throws; and A. Wemhoff counted four field goals and four free throws. Measley was the leading scorer for Fremont, caging four field goals and two free throws. The Commodores arrived back in Decatur about noon. Sunday. They had a very enjoyable trip, having played and defeated the Bellevue, Ohio Catholics on Friday night. Splendid treatment was accorded the! Decatur party at each city. Lineups and summary: Commodores (34) Fremont. (27) Meyer FN. Swint F. Mylott F Wolshneh A. Wemhoff C— Measley Smith G Beery J Mylott G ... .. Recktenwald Substitutions: (Commodores) Sorg for J Mylott, B. Wemhoff for A. Wein hoff; (Fremont) F. Swint for Wolshuck, Merill for F. Swint. Field goals: Meyer 6; F. Mylott 4: A. Wemhoff 4; N. Swint 2; Wolshuck 1: Measley 4; F. Swint 1. Foul goals: F. Mylott 2; A. Wemhoff 4; N. Swint 1; Wolshuck 4; Measley 2; Beery 3; Reck'enwald 1. Referee: Fred Ball, Tiffin. Ohio. o Scores Os All Games In Regional Tourneys At Anderson Sharpsville. 20; Noblesville. 12. Tech (Indianapolis), 28; Anderson 17Sharpsville, 31; Technical of Indianapolis, 22 (final). At Auburn Auburn. 27; Lagrange. 17. Kendallville. 26; Syracuse, 21. Kendallville, 28; Auburn, 15. At Bedford Jeffersonville, 28; Vevay, 19. Bedford. 38; Cortland, 11. Bedford, 59; Jeffersonville. 12. At Columbus Greensburg, 34; Batesville, 22. Waldron. 21; Franklin, 19. Waldron, 34: Greensburg, 25. At East Chicago Kentland, 29; Laporte, 45. Emerson, Gary, 36: Valparaiso. 17. Emerson, Gary, 39; Laporte. 19. At Evansville Central. 31; Tell City, 19. Huntingburg. 34; Owensville, 21. Central. Evansville, 48; Huntingburg, 20 (final). At Fort Wayne Central. 21; Decatur. 12. Columbia City. 20; Rock Creek, 19. Fort Wayne, 34; Columbia City, 17 (final). At Frankfort Frankfort, 42; Boswelf. 16. Monticello. 27; Montmorenci. 22. Frankfort, 29; Montmorenci, 11 (finals). At Greencastle Greencastle, 32; Attica, 28 (double over ime). Bowers, 23; Montezuma, 19. <l.eencastle, 24; Bowers, 15 (final). At Kokomo > Marion, 22; Montpelier, 13. Burlington, 27; Kokomo, 38. Kokomo, 26; Marion, 19 (final). At Logansport Clear Creek, 26; North Manchester. 24. Logansport, 48; Peru, 15. Logansport, 52; Clear Creek, 11. At Martinsville Martinsvile, 39; Brownsburg, 14. Spencer. 24; Wiley (Terre Haute), 17. Martinsville. 40; Spencer, 12 (final). At Muncie Muncie, 48; Union City, 22. Newcastle. 31; Greenfield, 22. Muncie, 24; Newcastle, IS (final). At Rushville Connersville, 34; Ijawrenceburg, 14. Whitewater, 25; Rushville, 22. Connersville, 35; Whitewater, 14 (final). At South Bend. Mishawaka. 26; New Paris, 15. Kewanna. 24; Bremen, 19. Mishawaka, 38; Kewanna, 15 (final),. At Vincennes Washington, 16; Linton, 6. Vincennes. 44; Carlisle. 18. Washington, 10; Vincennes, 9 (overtime). — — o St. Petersburg, Fia. — Bob Meusel has reported to the New York Yankee training camp with a signed contract and the hold-out sitaution is easing considerably. San Antonio, Tex. — Heavy hitting by Detroit featured the 9-4 victory of the Tigers over the San Antonio club.

■Schedule For Finals Os State Tournament Friday J 9 a. m.—Central of Evansville vs. Bedford. 10 a. m.—Washington vs. Central of Fort Wayne. 11 a. tn. —Muncie vs. Sharpsville. 2 p. ni. Greencastle vs. Kendallville 3 p. m.—Greensburg vs. Frankfort 4 p. m.—-Kokomo vs. Connersville 7:30 p. tn. —Emerson of Gary vs. Mishawaka. 8:30 p. m—Martinsville vs. Logansport. Saturday 8:30 a. m.—-Winner 9 a. m. vs. winner 10 a. in. 9:30 a. m.—Winner 10 a. m. vs. winner 2 p. m. 10:30 a. m. —Winner 3 p. m. vs. winner 4 p. m. 11:30 a. m.—Winner 7:30 p. m. vs winner 8:30 p. m. 2:30 p. m — Winner 8:30 a. m. vs winner 9:30 a. m. 3:30 p tn.— Winner 10:30 a. m. vs. winner 11:30 a. m. 8 p. m.—Winner 2:30 p. m. vs. winner 3:30 p. m. o CENTRAL TIGERS WIN IN REGIONAL Fort Wayne Schoo) Wins Right Finals Os State Tournament The Central high.school Tigers, of Fort Wayne, will represent this reg ional in the finals of the state bigl school basketball tournament, at In dianapolis next Friday and Saturday The Tigers won their way into th( final round of the annual caging classic by defeating the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets and Columbif City in the regional tournament heir in the South Side high scholo gym, it Fort Wayne, last Saturday. After eliminating the Yellow Jac ketn Saturday afternoon by a scon of 21-12, in a stubbornly {ought game the Tigers defeated Columbia City with considerable ease Saturday night 34-17. Columbia City had defeatec Rock Creek high school Dodgers, of Wells county. Saturday afternoon, ir un exciting game, 20-19. Rock Creel held a 19-18 lead with one minute lef to play, but a field goal by Columbia City decided the game. Jasper and Slack were the outstand Ing stars for Central in the final garar Saturday night, each scoring six time? from the field. Jasper added twe points on free throws and Slack count ed once in the same manner. Centra’ led at the half. 16-8. Central will play Washington in the second game of the state finals Friday, the two teams meeting at If o’clock Friday morning. Should the Tigers win that game, they will mee' the winner of the, Bedford-Evansville Central game. Friday night. Lineups and summary of the Cen tral-Columbia City game. Central G. F T Slack, f 6 11. Dornte, f -1 Heit, f 0 0 ' Jasper, c 6 2V Weber, g 0 1 Brockall. g 0 0 < Ramsey, g 0 1 Link, g . 0 11 Johnson, g... 1 0 I Totals 14 6 3 Columbia City G. F. T Washburn, f.... 10 2 Gallivan, f 2 2 ( Killian, f 0 0 ( Johnson, c 1 2 ‘ Anderson, c- 9 0 1 Cummins, g 2 0 4 Hancock, g Oil Totals 6 5 17 Referee —Vandiver, Marion. Umpire —Dußois, South Bend. o ♦♦*♦♦++++++♦+♦*< ♦ SPORT TABS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■A By United Press. Avalon, Catalina Islands. — Wher catcher D. Murphy of the Hollywood club batted out of turn in the seventh inning he doubled, starting the seor ing that defeated the Chfcabo Cubs, 5-3. Shreveport, La. —Willie Kamm, with a double, a home run, and a single, scored three runs and batted in six as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Shreveport club, 10-3. Detroit.—With a resigned National title at stake, 74 players started in the first round singles of the National A. A. U., handball tournament here today. A doen or more former champions were on the courts of the Detroit Athletic club at the start of play.

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FIELD ' GOALS f* S J X X J By Mark M. Upp The Yellow Jackets are out of the ace for the state championship, but memories of their record during the past season and their game battle through tha sectional and regional .ournaments will linger in the minds >f Decatur fans for a long while. The Yellow Jackets were not hitting in their game with Central Saturday afternoon, and that tells the story of their defeat. The Curtismen equalled or outplayed the Tigers on the floor and had as many shots as their opponents, but the old ball just wouldn't go through the hoop. In the face of the discouraging results of their shots at the basket the Yellpw Jackets kept fighting, hoping until the final gun, that they would get a few breaks on their shots. There was still a chance until only two or three minutes left to play, because if they had started hitting, they were getting plenty of shots to pull the game out of the fire. But the jinx held firm and the Tigers won. The Decatur defense held the Tigers at bay throughout the battle. That Rock Creek-Columbia City game was a thriller. Each team show’d a complete reversal cf form in the second half. Rock Creek getting bet'er and Columbia City slumping. A basket in the final minute gave Coumbia City the victory, 20-19. Welcome home, Commodores, and good luck on your next trip. The Catholic high eagers won two neat victories at Bellevue and Fremont, Ohio, over the week-end. Now for the national tournament. Coach Center and j his men will leave tomorrow for the windy city to seek the greatets of laurels bestowed upon , Catholic high school teams. It is possible for Decatur and Washington, Indiana, Catholic highs ‘o meet in the final game of the naional tourney. Wouldn't that. |>e great? This is the year, Commodores, i Twice in a row, you have mowed down all opposition up to the i semi-finals of the national Catholic tourney. This year, you have the stuff and the third time is the charm, you know. But don't depend too much on that charm. Play basketball and fight hard and clean. Bring home the bacon. Buck Comments "Incidentally we might mention hat those eighth grade teams, which tattled last night for the trophy at Decaur, displayed some real ability. 3oth teams were scrappy and fought it top speed throughout the entire 'orty minutes of play. The crowd vas unusually sportsmanlike in spite if the great rivalry between the schools."—Buckner. Bluffton Banner. • __ Washington and Vincennes played an overtime game in the final contest >f the Vincennes regional, Washingon winning. 10-9. The two teams were tied at 8-8 at the end of the -egular game. YTncennes scored only Yne field goal during the game. That sounds like a Frankfort-Logans-port game. Picking the winner of the slate this year is no easy task. Wo have •educed out list of favorites to two or 'hree now. FAMOUS LAST LINES: "OH, WELL. A COW BARN IS NO PLACE FOR A BASKETBALL GAME. ANYWAY.” O St. Louis.—Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston, first woman to swim Catalina channel. announced she would attempt to swim from St. Louis to New Orleans, a distance of 900 miles on the Mississippi, in June or July.

0. C. H. S. DRAWS OKLAHOMA TEAM Schedule For National Catholic Tournament At Chicago Is Announced The Decatur Catholic high school Commodores will play their first game in pie national Catholic school basketball tournament. Io be held at . Loyalo university. Chicago, this wok Jon Friday morning at 11 o’clock, meeting St. Joseph’s high of Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. The schedule for the first round of the tournament, in which 32 teams from various parts of the nation are entered, was made Sunday. The tournament will get under way at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, wilh Columbus High, of Austin. Minnesota. playing Sacred Heart high, of El Reno. Oklahoma. T'ne second round will open Friday afternoon. The semi-final and final games will be played Sunday afternoon and Sunday night, respectively. If the Commodores win their first game, they will meet the winner of the game between Salem cnium high, Wilmington, Delaware, and St. Stanislaus high, of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Saturday morning. If the locals are successful in winning their second game, they will meet either. Roman Catholic high, of Philadelphia: Spalding Institute, of Peoria. Illinois; De Izi Salle. Minneapolis, or St. Ambrose. Davenport, lowa. A victory in this game would put the Commodores in the semi-final round, where their

most probable opponent would be St. Mel. of Chicago; Calvart Hall. Baltimore, or St. Xavier, of Louisville, Ky., present champions. Washng on, Indiana, the only other team invited from Indiana, is in the other half of the schedule bracket and it is possible for Decatur and YVashington to meet in the final game for t.he title. Several teams that have been present at the tournament each year for the last two or three years will be absen this year. Among those are C. C. H. S. of Fort Wayne; Marquette, Wisconson: Rockhurst. Kansas City; Loyola Academy; St. Thomas, St. Paul; Cathedral Izttin high, of Cleveland; Aquinas high, of Rochester, N. Y’.: St. Francis, South Dakota. Decatur is one of the thirteen or fourteen teams invited this year that were in the tournament last year. Following is the schedule for tho first round of the tournament: Thursday. March 17 9 a. m. —Columbus Hieh. Austin. Minn . vs. Sacred Heert, Fl Reno. Ok. 10 a. m —De LaSalle, Joliett, 111., vs. St. Patrick, Weston. W. Va. 11 a. m—St. Vincent, Ak-on. O . vs. LaSalle Institute, Cumberland, Md. 1 p. m. —Catholic Hieh. Wash’neton Ind . vs. Campion Academy of Prairie Dtt Chien, Wis. 2 n. ni. —St. Patrick’s High. Cedar Rartds. in., vs. central’Catholic High of Johnstown. Pa. 3 p. m —S\ Peter’s Hieh. Now Brunswick. N. J. vs. Central High, of Wichita, Kan. 4 n. nt.—St. Mary’s H’rh. Bloom’nerton. 111. v s. Sacred Heart, of DenI ver, Colo. 5 p. m.—Holy Rosarv High. SvraI coso. y Y vs St. Patrick's High, of North Platto. Neb. 7 n. m.—St. Ixm’s Un’versl’.v U’eh. St. I nnis vs. Detroit University High, Detroit 8 n. m.—St. Mel’s High. Ch'es"o ’’s. St Mary's High. Richardtson, N. D. o p. m.—St. Xnv’ers Hieh. I nivsv'tle, Kv. \s. St. Joseph's High, Pittsfield, Mas=. Friday, March 18 9 a. m.—Calvert Hall. Baltimore.

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Md, vs. Elder High. Cincinnati, O. 10 a nt.—Salesiunum High. Wilmington. Del. vs. Stanislaus, Bay St. Louis. Miss. 11 a. in.—Catholic High, Decatur, Ind. vs. St. Joseh's High, Oklahoma, I Citv. Okla. . 1 p. m Roman Catholic High, of Philadelphia, vs. Spaulding Institute, Peoria, 111. ~ 2p. m—De LaSalle. Minneapolis, Minn. vs. St. Xavier's High, New York City. RIG TEN RACE Michigan Wins Title; Indiana And Purdue Second Chicago, March 14.—(United Press) —The Rig Ten baskeiball season has come to a close with Michigan the victor after a hectic season of upsets. Second place is a tie between Purdue and Indiana, the Boilermakers having defeated Chicago Saturday night to assure their position. Michigan won the high scoring average with 414 points made in the season. Mchigan, however, gave way to Wisconsin on the defensive end as the Badger school had only 275 points scored against them. Wilbur Cummins, sophomore center for Put due. was the high point man with 123 points made during the season. Second in high scoring was Bill Hunt of Ohio State with 116; Bennie Oosterbaan, Michigan, was third with 112 and Russ Daugherity of Illinois, fourth with 110. • The final standing in the conference was as follows: W. L. Pct. Michigan ♦lO 2 .S 3 Indiana 9 3 .750 Purdue 9 3 .750 Illinois .. 7 5 .583 Wisconsin 7 5 .583 lowa 7 5 .583 Ohio 6 6 .500 Chicago 3 9 .250 Northwestern 1 11 .083 Minnesota 1 11 .083 New Orleans, La.—Although outhit. the Boston Red Sox defeated the New Orleans Pelicans. 41, in an exhibition game. New Orleans made eleven hits while Boston got only seven. Clearwater,.Fla—Bill Doak. veteran pitcher, has returned to his home at Bradentown. Fla., after announcing he would not sign the contract offered by the Brooklyn Robins. Tampa, Fla. —Further cuts are expected on the Washington Senators squad which now is down to 35. Lefty Thomas, pitcher, has been sent to Savannah. o — STEERING EASE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE “An important point truck owners often overlook in making their purchases is the ease with which the truck can be handled.” said Clifford Saylors, of Saylors Motor Co., local Dodge Brothers dealers. “It is important because it makes all the difference in the world in the prevention of accidents. A truck which responds to every touch of the wheel and braking mechanism is less likely to figure in accidents than one which is lacking in those qualities. Powerful,easy braking Is probably one of the largest factors in truck driving safety. While size and weight make a difference in the handling, still the truck having the ease of steering and braking will have fewer accidents “Graham Brothers trucks and commercial ears are designed for easy handling and are for that reason preferred by truck drivers who really know their advantages. Anyone can observe the ease with which one of these truks or commercial cars travels through the heaviest traffic. It stops and starts and is handled with the ease of a passenger car.” it advt.

Faulty Lamp Blamed For Woman's Death North Manchester, Ind.. Mar. 14 — (United Press.)—A faulty .lamp was blamed today for the death of Mrs. Augustus Murphy. 50, who received fatal burns when an Incubator she was filling with a mixture of gasoline and kerosene exploded. The incubator was in the basement of the Murphy home near here and

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