Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1927 — Page 6

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COMMODORES ARE TOURNEY BOUND Catholic High Cagers Given Rousing Send-off By Local Fans Amid the cheers of scores of loyal tans, the Decatur Catholic high school Commodores departed after noon today, via the Erie railroad, for Chicago, where they will participate in the fourth annual national Catholic basketball tournament, to be held I at Loyola University, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Commodores will play their first game in the tournament, at 11 o'clock) Friday morning. Father Hessian and ten players made up the party which left for Chi- i eago today. Coach Conter, went as far as Gary a few days ago and will meet the team in Chicago. The ten players making the trip were Captains Meyer and A. Wemhoff, J. Mylott, F. Mylott, Smith, Sorg, Kohne, H. Wemhoff, Connell and Miller. Only nine of these can be used in the tournament. however. A rousing pep meeting was held in the Knights of Columbus hall last night, at which time the fans demonstrand to the Commodores that they are pulling hard for them to win the national title. The pep session was filled with snappy talks, songs and yells, and lasted about an hour. Talks were given by Father J. A. ! Seimeta. Father Hession, Dr. Frank Ixise, Richard Miller, M. J. Mylott and some of the players. Father Seimetz read a story of the game between the Commodores and the Bellevue, Ohio, team which appeared in the Bellevue paper Saturday, and which highly complimented the boys for their playing and sportsmanship. Art Wemhoff, speaking in behalf of the team, thanked the fans for their encouragement and backing, and

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promised that the team would do its utmost to win the national title. Ho also announced that the learn had I elected "Hocky" Mylott Io captain I the 1927 28 quintet. “Hocky" responded with a short talk. Conspiclous among those present at ! the nep meting were the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets, who turned out to wish the Commodores good luck. Fifteen lusty cheers were given for th- 1 Yellow Jackets, who won their sectional tournamr-nt and put up a great battle in the regional tournament before being eliminated last Saturday. Hill Bel), one of the Yellow Jackets and former yell leader ati Decatur high school, took the floor and led the fans in a "hit 'em high" yell for the Commodores. Fred Foos, Catholic high school yell leader, led yells for the entire team and for each member, and also tied in the singing of the school song. Honor sweaters were presented to I each of the ten members of the squad I last night. The presentation was made by Father Hession. The sweaters are of the “V-neck" type, and are green with a large gold “D" -on the front. There are yellow stripes on tjie left arms to denote the number of years each player has been a member of the team. One of the stripes on the captain's sweater is white, denoting the captaincy. A large number of fans arq plan ning to go to Chicago Thursday, and will back the Commodores in their fight to win the national championship. Streamers and flags of green and gold, the Commodores' colors, were flying in front of many stores on Second street today. Coaches School At I. U. To Open June 10 Bloomington, Ind., Mar. 15 —(Unit;ed Press) — Indiana University’s summer coaching school will again be of four weeks duration from June 10 to July 8, it was announced today by Z. G. Clevenger, athletic director. The coaching school is expecting a record enrollment this summer.

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I FIELD z-x GOALS t' y 1 By /<\lMark M. Upp I The Commodores arc off for Chicago, intent on bringing home the national Catholic basketball championship. Here’s hoping they do. After the pep session last night, the Commodores surely know that the fans expect them to bring home the bacon. The Commodores ought to he easily distinguished in the crowd at tinnational tourney, while they are wearing those new sweaters which they received last night. They sure are attractive. The Yellow Jackets received a big round of applause last night when they marched into the Knights of Columbus hall to wish the Commodores good luck ' in the national tourney. That is real sportsmanship. Too often, in cities where there are more than one high school, the athletes and fans of the two schools are not the best of friends and do not boost each other. But such is not the case here. The Commodores and Yellow Jackets have stood back of each other throughout the season. Needless to say, when Bill Bell, Yellow Jacket forward, stepped out into the middle of the floor to lead a yell for the Commodores, the old roof almost went skyward. When the pep meeting was adjourned, the Yellow Jackets rushed across the floor and climaxed their best wishes with handshakes and words of encouragement. We doubt if there is another city the size of Decatur in the entire county that can boast of two high school basketball teams as good as the Yellow Jackets and Commodores and with as good sportsmanship as shown by the Decatur players and fans. More power to ’em. The St. Joe eighth grade team performed in a creditable manner on the big South Side high school floor at Fort Wayne last night, in a gam" with the speedy South Side Midgets, as a preliminary to the American Inague game between Fort Wayne and Chicago. To be beaten by the Midgets on their own floor by a score of 3626 is no disgrace by any means. Rip Offs, basketball dope dispenser de luxe for the Bluffton News, signed off yesterday and filed away his column head where it will remain until next fall. So long, Rippy, we hate to see you leave, but we'll be wit hyou as soon as we shoot a few more Field Goals in the state and national Catholic tournejs. The basketball player who has a lump in his throat when he hands in his suit at the end of the season, knows just how we columnists feel when we close up shop for the season. Its a lot of work, more than most people think, to keep a column going every day. but to lay the old column away for a few months at the end of the season is almost like saying good bye to » dear friend. From The Limberlost Dear Mark: Al',hough the Geneva Cardinals did not get going until late in the season, they sure did their best trying to get started. Geneva will have a baseball and track team, both, this spring. The boys have been going through some of the dis-

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ferent field evenly and they have proved already that (1. H. S. will have a real tra. k and field team. The pole vault and high jump sure look favorable to the Geneva fans to take the county in those events. Other events look very strong, also. Watch Geneva pull through with the county track meet this year. Yours truly, A fan for G. 11. S. Sport Onceover, in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, has picked an all-re-gional basketball team. His selections for first and second teams are as follows: First Team Bell, Decatur, forward Shively, Rock Creek, forward Jasper, Central, center Cummins, Columbia City, guard Ramsey. Central, guard. Second Team Slack, Central, forward Gallivan, Columbia City, forward Johnson, Columbia City, center Anadell, Decatur, guard Barrick, Rock Creek, guard. Onceover’s selectibns are not far 1 off from our views. Like t.he Fort 1 Wayne scribe, we failed to see any 1 ■ensatlonal forwards in the tourney. ' in our opinion. Bell, of Decatur, ' made the best showing of any of the 1 forwards, although not scoring as 1 many points as some of them. Jas- J ner was the best center in the meet. We would place Gerber, of Decatur. 1 ahead of Johnson, of Columbia City, 1 for second honors, however. The ' best guards in the tourney were Cum- ' mins. , Ramsey, Anadell and Barrick. • Ramsey showed best at back guard, but the race between Anadell and Cummins for the floor guard job was r close one. The fact that Cummins played in two games and scored more points probably gave him a slight edge over the Decatur captain. However, had Anadell had a chance to play t ”o games, we are convinced that he would have grabbed a place on the all-tourney team. But it is on the performances in the tournament that the selections of all-tourney teams are based. o D.H.SJO BEGIN SPRING SPORTS Track And Basehall Practice To Start Monday; Schedules Not Finished With basketball on* of the wav tor several months, the Decatur high school athletes will turn their attention to spring sports next Monday. Coach Curtis announced today. The local school is planning to put track and baseball teams in the field this spring. Decatur did not have a track team last spring. Baseball and track practice will start Monday. The baseball sqaud will werk out on the South Ward diamond. Indications ate that the Yellow Jackets will be weak in the hulling department this spring, as Strickler and Thomas, last year’s pitchers, were graduated. The track and field material is of unknown quantity and quality. Coach Curtis stated that the candidates probably would hold practice at Bellmont 1 ark The schedules tor the baseball and track team.-, have not been completed. o— AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE STANDING W. L. Pct. New 1 York 17 1 .944 Fort Wayne 9 5 .643 Washington 77 .SDO Philadelphia 8 8 .500 Cleveland 7 10 .414' Baltimore 5 9 .357 Chicago 5 11 -313 Rochester 4 11 .267 Last Night’s Results Fort Wayne, 34; Chicago, 25. New York 31; Washington 28. Tonight's Games Baltimore at Fort Wayne. Washington at Philadelphia. o Risko And Wiggins Fight To A Draw Indianapolis, Mar. 15. —i (United Press) —Johunie Risko, Cleveland, and Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis, fought ten rounds to a draw here last night. Hugh Miles, Indianapolis, knocked oflt Frankie Hogan of St. Louis in the fourth round. Mike Keller, Cleveland, won from Eddie Smith, Indianapolis, by a technical knockout in the sixth round.

YELLOW JACKETS END BIG SEASONDecatur High School Team Hangs Up l ine Record During Season .lust Ended Basketball activity has ceased at | Decatur high school and that popular, sport is destined to take a back seat | for several months. The Yellow; Jackets handed In their suits yester-j day and today they ar? In the hands of the cleaners. In a short time | they will be packed away in moth balls, where they will rest, until next' fall. It is with a feeling of deep regret that the curtain is dropped on the basketball season of Decatur high school. The Yellow Jackets have, just; finished one of the most sue-, cessful seasons in the history of the , local school. The team won 15 out of, the IS games on their regular ached-I tile; reached the semi-finals of the tri-state tournament at the University of Cincinnati: won the sectional tournament held here, and staged a great, but losing, battle against the, Fort Wayne Central Tigers in the, regional tournament at Fort Wayne. This is the farthest that a Decatur h gh school team has gone in the annual state championship race for many years. Under the able coaching of Herb L. Curtis, the Yellow , Jackets improved steadily throughout , the season and many strong teams

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Ml before their attack. Have Powerful Defense Included in their list of victims this year, were t.he Yellow Jackets' most bitter rival, Bluffton. The Yellow Jackets trounced the Tigers twice during the season. In the eighteen games on the regular ached- | ill**, the Yellow Jackets scored 594 ' points to their opponents’ 381. They | averaged 33 points while holding , their opponents to an average of 22 Gj points. In no game during the sets- ■ son, including those on the regular I schedule, those in the tri-state tournament, in the sectional tournament I and in the regional tournament, did ■ any team score more than 28 points I against the Yellow Jackets and in a i majority of the games their opponi ents' score was less than 20, showling the remarkable defensive strength of the team. Counting the games' won and lost in the different tournaments, the Yellow Jackets won 21 I games and lost 5 during the season. Prospects Are Bright Prospects for next season are exI iceedlngly bright, as the athletes turn I their attention to other branches of I athletics. Os this year's tournament squad. Bebout and Somers, forwards are t.he only players lost through graduation. Those who will be back | for fight for the Purple and Gold next fall are Captain Roy Anadell, guard; Krick, guard; Lankenau, guard; Gerber, center; Cole, center; Hill, for-' I ward; Bell, forward; and Reynolds, forward. In addition to these eight, Coach Curtis will have some very promising material from this year’s second team and from the freshman,

class. i The Decatur high school t * am (b year was composed of the tnast relentious trainers and hard work* that the local school has h|(l yrats. The players are all k * and tjiey bad implicit confidence * their coach. Even when odds aB luck wore against them, lh everything they had to wln> w ways they played .lean an d their sportsmanship on a high |)la * Joe Bebout. the only regular ta u lost to the squall this year, has U. a hard .worker on the squad for th last three years. This was the W year of Ills career. In several he came through with the points tfc were necessary to win th.-> game I, was Joe's bull dog determination M d hard work that earned him a p i ai .. on the team and made hint valuable I to the squad. -Doc" Somers, while I not playing regular, was a values j substitute and his work as a resene is commendable. The Yellow Jackets' schedule f ff next season is almost completed. Sev. jenteen games have been scheduled, so far. with the best, teams in this part of the state. Coach Curtis will attend the finals of the state tournament at Inddianapolis his week-end and endeavor to complete the sched--1 ule with other strong quintets. —- Bud Taylor Fights Tonight I Terre Haute, March 15—(United Press)—Bud Taylor, Terre Haute, and Dete Sarmieno, Phillpino bantam, weight, meet here tonight in a ten round bout. Get the Habit— Trade at Home, It Pjyi