Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 3 December 1927 — Page 8

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YELLOW JACKETS SWAMP GARRETT Varsity Wins. 62-14; D. 11.5. Seconds Win 60-19 And Central Graders 77-2 Three Decatm basket ball teams w n victories in the Decatur high school gymnasium last night ami scored a total c.f 199 points in the process. Their opponents scored 25 points. It was, the greatest exhibition of scoring by Decatur teams in the history of the city. Two teams from Garrett high sch 01 and the Geneva eighth grade team were the victims. To start the evening off, the Central school eighth grade quintet trampled‘on the Geneva graders, 77 t.i 2. Coach Bryce Thomas used some twelve players or fifteen players in the game Yellow Jackets Win C 2-14 In the second game, the Decatur high school second team scored a GO--19 triumph over the Garrett second team, and the Yellow Jacket varsity climaxed the evening’s program with a 62-14 victory over the Gairett first team. Decatur's victory over Garrett last night places the Yellow Jackets at the top of the standing in the Northeastern Indiana Conference, with a per eentage of 1000. This is the first game played between conference teams that will count in the conference standing. Four players on the Decatur varsity scored ten points or mote last night. J e Krick, the big back guard, found enought time to go down on the offense to sink eight field goals and a foul throw for high paint honors: lie was close'y followed by his fellow-guar!! Anadell. who sc: red 13 points. Hill and Gerber each scored 10 points while BelL added six. Coal, Roop and Reynolds each caged a field goal to boost the score. Garrett Scores First Garrett started out strong - ami it looked for a few minutes as though the game would be closely contested The visitors scored a field goal and a free threw before the Yellow Jackets rang up 41 point. Then Bob Hill dumped in two field goals from short range and Gairett took time out. From then

on, it was a landslide. At the half, Decatur led, 32 to 6. Cartwright, Garrett's freshman center. left the game via *he persona! f til route before the first hall was ended. Coash Curtis made no changes In his lineup during the first half and he started the second period with the same five players. After the Yellow Jackets had boosted the score to 44 to 6, Reynolds replaced Hill at forward With the score 52-7, Roop went in for Reynolds. The locals then ran the c tint to 58-11 and Cole went in fob Anadell. Gerber moved from center to floor guard and Cole jumped center. Lankenau came in for Del) a mo ment later and Reynolds 1 eplaced Roop at forward. Sliet celebrated hi? return to the game by sinking a field goal, this ended the scoring, with Decatur on the long end of a 62-14 count. In the eighth grade game, Brown a guard starred for Central. He scored from the field fourteen times during the game. J. Hill, center, scored nine field goals. Lough, center, made Geneva's only points when he scored a 'field goal in the first half. The first halt ended wit? a . 'ore of 3] s o 2. Shoaf was the h h point man in the second team g: nr He scored ten field goals and a free thr w. The entire Dcatur second team played a fine brand of ball. Five substitutes wete used and each of them played well. Kocher Playing as guard was spectauclar at ttmes. Ivan Reynolds, who substituted lor Engeler, scored five field goals ■besides gua: ding well. Lineups summary: Decatur (62) Garrett (14) 1, P .Gordon , 1 • • F ' Hnfforman t / rb | e ':; C ; Cart wHght Rr ‘ ck - G Nickolson Snbstituticns: (Decatur) Lankenai. for Bell, Cole for Anadell, Reynolds f>r Hill, Roop for Reynold-• (Garrett) b eaglet for Gordon, Herser 'or Cart'■right, Ya. d for Nickolson. Fie'd p '’lds: ’’“’l 3; Hill, 5; Gerber 4; A--.-dell, 4; Krick, 8; Cole, 1; Rcop 1; Rey i.oiub t, t, ,<ton 1; Hufferman 2; Kart 1 1; Foul goals: Gerber 2, Aide u ; Krick 1; Hufferman, 2; \ a ' Herser 1. Referee: < hat.., .. , f. o .b Wayne. GEiiEVA TO PLAY OECATim SECONDS Interesting Basketball Game Expected When Two Teams Clash Here Tonight The Geneva high school basketball team 'will fnvade Decatur tonight to play the Decatur high school second team in the Det atur gymnasium.

Couch Curtis will use his first team substitutes in the game against Geneva and an interesting contest is expected. In the ptidiminary game, starting I at 7 o'clock, th > Geneva second team will play the Decatur third team. The main game wit stilt at 8 o'clock and Coach Windmlllei, of Hartford hltrn , school, wil referee. The adult season tickets will not he good for tonight's games. Children’s season tickets wil admit thp holder toi night, li. wever. General admission ; prices will be twenty and thi.ty-f!ve , cents. o KIRKLAND BEATS BERNE, 20 TOl5 Kangaroos Play Strong Defensive Game To Down Fighting Five Khkland high school’s Kangaroos t. lumphed ever the Berne Fighting Five in a hard sough: basketball game played in the Kirkland gym last night by a scene <f 20 to 15. Last feat marked the third consecutiv loss for Betne, while it was Kiikland's third straight victory. Kiikland's ait tight defense last light kept the speedy Berne forwards it bay and short shots at the basket were few and far between. Th-' Berne intense was -tong also, but rhe Kirk-1 land offense outshot their opponents, i Kirkland scored first on a free throw but Berne tied the count. The Kangaroos then went ahead to a 7-3 lead, but Berne managed to pull up to an 8-8 tie at the end of the half. Kirkland spurted ahead at the start of the sec-! mid half, only to be tied at 14-all. lithe closing minutes, the home team j Forged ahead to a five-point lead. Although the score was tied several times, Berne was never in the leal. Berne excelled at the free throw line, making good on five out <t eight nances. Kirkland had 12 free throws but sank only foul. In the preliminary game, the Kirkland second team defeated the Berne seconds, 14 to 7. Lineups and summary:

<irkland (2C) Berne (15) I Baumgartnet.... F . Ehrsam . L. Arnold F Price I Meyers C Myers I F. Arnold G Stucky j Geiber GWinteregg J Substitutions: (Kirkland) R. Arnold ] or Baumgartner. Heller for Meyers. J Field goals: Baumgattner 1; L. Arnold | 2; Meyers, 3; F. Arnold 2; Ehrsam, 1; ,| Stucky, 4. Fill goals: 1. Arnold 2;!| Meyers 1; Ge. bet, 1: Price. 1: Stucky 3; Winteregg, 1. Referee: Buckner, Bluffton. MONROEWINSIN OVERTIME GAME Coach Everhart’s Cagers Cop Thrilling Game From Jefferson, 34-33 Berne, Dec. 3 —(Special) The Monroe and Jefferson high school basketball teams staged a thrilling game here last night, Monroe winning out in art overtime period b\ a score of 34 to 33. jTffetscn jot away to an early leal and appeared to be bended for an easy victory. At the end of the half, Jeff had the score more than doubled onMonroe team, the count being 17 to S. Coach Everhart apparently gave the Moproo eagers some valuable information between halves, for when the half opened they started their victory ■ drive. At the end of the regular forty; minutes cf playing, the count was tied.’ at 32-aIl. In the overtime period. Monroe scored two free throws and Jefferson one. In the preliminary game, the Jefferson second team swamped me Monroe seconds, 32 to 2. Lineups rr.d summary*: Monroe (34) Jefferson (33) Huffman F Morningstar A. Andrews F Butcher V. Andiews C Walters Lobsfger G Smitlev Leßrun G Bruk Substitutions. (Monroe) Busche for V. Andiews; (Jefferson) Bollenbacher for Morningstar, Hinshaw for Walters. Field goal: Huffman, 3; A. Andrews, 5; V. Andrews 2; Leßrun, 3; Busche, 1 ( Morningstar, 1; Butcher, 1; Walters, 5; Smitley 2; Burk 1; Bollenbacher, 4. » Foul goals: Huffman, 3; Leßrun, 1 Busche, 2; Morningstar, 1; Walters 1 Smitley, 1; Bollenbacher, 2. Referee: - Dale Braun, Berne. — q — Punctuate the Parson! I 'Twould be the courteous thing if j congregations would cough only at the I end ot the pastor’s paragraphs.— . Russule Dully Detuld.

HARTFORD BEATS i' POLING. 30-24 I N. Banter Is Shifted To Forward And Scores Nine- ♦ teen Points The Hartford township high school ' Gorillas, with a revamped lineup, scored a 30 to 24 victory over the lining Polingtown high school team, i Jay county, lasi eight The gmae w.is played nt Pennville. « N, Banter, veteran floor guard of •he Gorillas, was shifted to forward !;> t night by Coach "Bill" Windmilij er, mid he sank nine baskets from the Held and added one point from the foil. line. Reynolds played the other forward position, while Holloway, who has been playing forward, took N Banter's place at. guard. Hoffman and R- Banter player in their usual positions at center and guard, respectively. Van Matre was the big noise in the Polingtown lineup, sinking five field goals and a free throw. Hartford led it the half. 17-13, after overcoming a 12-8 lead piled up by I’olingwtwn in , the opening minutes. N. Banter was the only Gorilla to score in the second half, getting 6 baskets and a foul. The Hartford and Polingtown second teams staged a thrilling battle [ that was called at the end of the] third overtime ' period and the score’ | was still tied at Ifi-all. The two teams I were tied at 12-all at the end of the , regular game. Each'team scored two ! prints in tiie second overtime, neither scored in the second overtime, and tach scored two points in the third , ovmtime period. Lineups and sum-. ■ tnary of first team game: i Hartford (30) Polingtown (24) IN. Banter ,F Glentzer' Reynolds F Van Matre Hoffman C Stults I Holloway .G Reid R Banter G Ft rd Substitutions: (Polingtown). Bookout for Reid. Filed goals: N. Banter. 9; Reynolds 2; Hoffman 2; Glentzer - •3; Van Matre 5; Ford 1. Foul goals: ! N. Banter 1; Hoffman 3; Glentzer 3; I Van Matre 1: Ford 1; Booknnt 1 Referee: Huddleston.

| PI ELD GOALCi I A By MARK M. UPP O 111 Whenever three Decatur basketball teams score a total of 199 points in , one evening and each team's score is 60 points or more, Decatur funs can justly feel proud, no matter how weak the opposition may be. That's exactly what the Decatur high sjrhoc6 first and second teams and the Central school eighth grade teams did last night. The total of the scores made by the Garrett high school first and second teams anil the Geneva eighth grade quintet was 35. t In spite of the fact that the Yellow Jackets swamped GarYett last night, : there was plenty ot room for improvement. In the latter part of the game it appeared as though the locals couldn’t stand prosperity, as their playing became ragged. The Kirkland Kangaroos won a highly prized victory last night when they took their old Rival, the Berne Fighting Five, into camp, 20-15. The Kangaroos appear to be improving. The thriller of last night’s games, as far as Adams county teams is concerned. appears to have been the Monroe-Jefferson game, at Berne. An overtime period was necessary to decide Monroe the winner, 34-33. Hartford's victory over the Polingtown quintet, at Pennville, by a 30-24 margin, is a worthy ac<:oniplishnit.ul. Pdingiown Lr~ been stepping along at a speedy pace. The Hartford and Polingtown second li-ams had a al battle and no one knows yet which is the better. After r . i , three overtime periods last night, the game was called with the score tied, 16-all. Geneva’s Cardinals come to town tonight to p ay the Decatur high second teanf. Geneva's second team will play the Yellow Jacket third team in the preliminary. Its Happened Its happened, gang. The first “Big Ten’’ of the season has been picked, j “Doc Doe,” who conducts the “Post Mortem" column in the Greensburg j News, is guilty. Here it is: Martinsville , Am-erson. Columbus. Franklin. Frankfort. Rochester. Logansport. Bedford. Vincennes. 1 Washington. Bluffton's Tigers beat Hartford City's Airdales at Bluffton last night, ■ 28-26. Looks like the Tigers were- improving, to say the least. Eight boys from the Sixth grade of the Central school displayed their , basketball ability between halves of the games at the high school gym last n ght. The boys put on a contest in basket-shooting, dribbling and pivoting , and the judges decision gave first prize to Jitnmy Cowan. He received a . season ticket to the high school games. Second and third prizes, which were L tickets to a movie, went to Gerald Strickler and Forrest Baker, respectively. AH’eight of the boys are “A” students at Central, by the way. A “Dear Mark M. Upp: The Commodores appreciate your efforts to solicit greater support for them. You say they deserve better support. If hard work, a tine training spirit and figlyt deserve support, the Commodores of | 1927-28 deserve it and they mean to continue to deserve it. The morale is excel’ent on this year’s team, the opposition is the best procurable and before the year is over, stars will not be lacking. “The Athletic Director.”

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927. ■

PHELAN HEADS I BIG TEN COACHES Purdue Coach Elected President Os Western . Conference Coaches _— t Chicago. Dec. 3 — (INS)- A hr,u;d ne-.v football organization, made up of the ten coaches of tne western conference, was open tor business i here today. Jimmy Phelan of Purdue is its president and Glenn Thistlethwaite of Wisconsin, secretary. I Formation of the new organization was the high light of yesterday s mooting of the big ten coaches hote. The second half of their annual twoday pow wow will be held this afternoon. ' While the coaches were in a hudlle, athletic dt-ectors and faculty members -if the sum- bi - Icj- unK 1 situ*.- wen in mother room mtinufaeuru.g 192 S lot -. itling and baseouli competition. | The star chamber session of the j ■caches, attended by all conference nent rs except Jack Wilce of Ohio itute. Doc Spears of Minnesota and Beit Ingwersen of lowa, was an inter-1 jsting affair. The new football code, of course, J vas the Ing item for discussion. The coaches eventually voted down suggestions for major changes in the playing rules, hut adopted enough resolutions suggesting minor revicions to prove that the present system is not a howling success as viewed by big ten coaches. In making recommendations to till •ational rules committee, the main request will be that the present rules bo clarified. Tile coaches will ask the national ■omnfttce to clear up the confusion over the backward or lateral pass, I mil to be more specific on the rule i about loose Italia in the end zone or I out of bounds. The loose ball question came un ( whin someone mentioned the much ■ discussd Riley play in the Notre | Lame-Southern California game her? last Saturday. o i Mitchell. 27; Seymour, 25. Kendallville 58; North Side Ft Wayne 17. South Side (Ft. Wayne) 2G; New Haven 17. Goshen, 23; Whiting, 11. i Columbia City, 45; Albion 22. o '■— ► I Yale and Notre Dame, two of the year's best teams.? got where they did I because of an excellent system of in--1 tei ference.

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Campus Politics I | Happy the college coach "ho werks unhampered by campus politics. 1 Things got so bad at Ohio Strte thl.i year that the athlntle authorities were forced to Introduce a striking innovation. Hereafter, Buckeye teams will have no captains. I Dr. John Wilce and the other I coaches will appoint a leader f r each game, and after season Is over, the letter men may, if they choose, elect an honorary captain who can hold the ball when the group picture of »ho, team is taken. I I In this way. Ohio State hopes to offset the evils of a system whereby fraternities and campus cliques thought m i. of electing .i member, of their .o the captaincy than-in helping to produce a winning team. | | j .Most colleges will prefer to retain , the system whereby a captain is elected each season and leads the team unIder the direction of the coach. 4 Sometimes, of comse, the captain has more to say than th? c :ach. Api parently this was the case it Penn State this fail. | Captain Roepko seemed to be in charge of practice, to assign the men to their positions and to run things generally, with Hugo Bnzdek rather silent on the side-lines. j The Nittany Lions had a successful season, losing only one game, for all they were knjwn as "communistic." Ohio State certainly did not have a succesful seaskn, and the campus politicians were ready to destroy Dr. Wilce before the season was half over.

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| The conch stuck to his guns, however, and apparently has no intention of resigning, even now that It'u 1 all 'over. Di. Wilce blamed the so itball team's poor showing upon “primn don-' na. ball carrying backs." . It wns demonstrated this season that I 'an eleven has got to have good inter-! ference for its ball carriers before it 1 can advance. Good inlet feu-nee was! precisely what Ohio state hadn't. Ehy 1 and the ctheta were great at running' with the bull, but nobody wanted to! take up the humble, less appreciated i task of dealing the way for them, j At times, the Ohio State ball i„ .. I riers reminded one of the giant negro who was Introduced to football fur the first time in a game against a "rival colored team. Taking the ball from the cei i- - the first play, he charged around end. stepping high and shouting: I "Intelference, follow me!" 0 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL 8 Fiankfort, 39; Anderson 38. Covington 47; Veedersburg 29.

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