Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 23 January 1928 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKETS SWAMP RED SKINS Decatur Quintet Kouts Old Man Jinx And Downs Fort Wayne Team, 57-16 The Yellow .Jackets BEAT Fort Wayne True, it was the much defeated anti ail.no North Side high scbo.'l quintet that was the victim, hut the score was plenty decisive, to wit: 57-18. Fort Wayne quintets - leave been thorns in the sides of the Yellow Jackets for the las: several years and every time the locals met on. of the Fort Wayne teams, either old man Jinx played against the Yellow Jackets, or else the Fort Wayne eagers were better ball players, as the Yellow Jackets consistently ended up with Ute short end of (he score, it cc.mpaiativt* scores count for anything. even when taken with a copious amount of salt, old man Jinx has played in enough of the games to win ilia letter. Hut, getting back to the Saturday night performances, some eighteen o p twenty Yellow Jackets won two ball games from North Side. The Yellow' Jacket second team trounced the young Red Skins in the prelim. 4210. I'he first half ended with Decatur leading. 21-0. Coach Curtis used al*.nt ten players in that game. The Yellow Jackets varsity had the lied Skins outclassed from tiie start of the main game, although Coach Bills’ hoys fought hard to break their losing streak. Th.' game was exceedingly slow, the Vellow Jackets being content to wait for openings on offense and the Red Skins being unable to penetrate the Decatur defense Couch Curtin used nine players in the game and each combination proved superior to th? North Side team. North Side ucored first on a free throw but the Yellow Jackets scarp had the score 7-1 in their favor. The r.eore mounted as the half waned and at the rest period, Decatur led, 24-7. The second half was largely a repetition of the first period, with frequent substitutions breaking the monotony. ’

The Decatur scoring was pretty even’v divided between Hill, Bell. Anadell. Krick and Gerber. The lirst four named each scared four field goals, while Geiber sank two. Gerber got four free throws out of four chances and Krigk sank five out of five attempts. Hill made three ' out of three, Anadell two out of two and Bell one out of three. The Yellow Jackets displayed their best marksmanship from the free throw line this season,' by sinking 15 out of 19 attempts. Gotdon. freshman guard, was the lauding scorer for North Side, with two field goals and five free throws <ut of six attempts. Marshall, the Red Skin star, was held to one field goal and one free throw. A large delegation of Decatur fans fol owed the Yellow .Jackets to the game and North Side was supported by a large crowd of North Side pupils. Lineups and summary: Decatur (57) North Side (1(1) Bell ' F Marshall Hill ,F . Kowalszyk Gerber ,CChaffin Anadell G Gordon Krick . .0 .. McVey Substitutions. (Dccaturi Reynolds for Hi 1. 1> I'fiii.le for Aiiadell, StoneI'urtier for Bell, Cole for Stoneburner; (North Side) Walsh for Kowalczyk, 'liskell for Walsh, Field goals: Beil 4; Hill 4; Gerber 2; Anadell 4; Krick 4 Reynolds 2; Cole 1; Marshall 1; Kowalczyk 1, Gordon 2. Foul goals: Bell 1; if Hl 3; Gerber 4; Anadell 2: Krick 5; Marshall 1; Gordon 5; Me V. y 2. Referee: Davis, Fort Wayne, empire: Means, Bluffton. o H. "H. BASKETBALL Central (Fort Wayne) 30; Manual (Indianapolis) 18. t Decatur, 57; North Side (Fort Wayne) 16. Ossian, 36; Lancaster Center, 27. Roll 28; Chester Center 20. Banono 40; Huntington Twp 28. Huntington, 37; Notth Manchester. 24. East Union. 52. Clear Creek, 31. Rock Creek, 33; Roanoke. 24. Marku, 22: Kokomo 21. Swtetu:, u l; Converse, 25.

\V.•»hin,<u»n (East Chicago) 31; Froebel (Gary) 19. VVh ting 27; Hammond 26. CmmersvUle 19; Shelbyville 12. Muncie 37; Jefferson (faifayette 17. Cathedral (Indianapolis, 33; Hoys Prep, (Indianapolis, 10. Frankfort, 31; Technical (Imliapapolls) 21. Fairmount, 35; Summitville, 33. Peru, 36; Waldron, 25. Memorial (Evansville) 26; Central (Evansville) 15. Martinsville, 51; Washington (Ihdianapolis) 40. Delphi 31; Brookston, 24. Bloomington, 39; Newcastle, 21. Hagerston, 29; Morton (Richmond) 23.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL l Chicago 25; Ohio Slate* 21 ! Indiana. 44, Illinois 29. Purdue* 48; lowa 28. Notre liainc*. 29; Drake 19. . Cornell :<ii; Columbia 21. Daitnioilth Illi; Princeton 30. .Marquette, 21; .Michigan State* IS. Loyola of Chicago 27; Illinois second team. 12. Manchester college, 37; Western State Normal (Kalamazoo) .‘lo. Evansville. 38; Danville Normal 115 INDIANA, PURDUE ARE FAVORITES X Indiana Members Os Big Ten Picked To Fight For ('hampionship Chicago, Jan. 23. (CP) Th** western conference basketball race* has swung Into midseason pace end the two Indiana tin others of the* Big Ten are picked to battle for the championship.

Piirdii cis tiie only undefeated team in the conference, with two games won. Indiana lias received one setback in four starts, a 42-41 defeat by Michigan. The Hoosiers now are in a three-way tie witli Northwestern and Wisconsin for second place. The standing will lie (hanged* tomorrow night at Lafayitte when Indiana meets tiie Boilermakers. Tiie outcome seems to lie a toss up. Branch McCracken, a gangling youtli from Monrovia. Ind., is tiie hull of the Indiana attack. He does most of his playing near the foul line and it is only a step from there to tiie basket for him. Hia accuracy is shown by his average of one basket for every two attempts. Purdue will find it hard to stop him. The think Stretch Murphy, their six foot six-inch center can stop him. That remains lo be seen.

The only other game of the week is here Saturday night between Minnesota and Chicago. Not th western, until last week, set med to l>u the best team in the conference. The team can score, no doubt of that, but its deefnse was so bad against Ohio that bskets were tossed Ik <>m all possible angles. The Wildcats still have a chance at the title but to win it they’ll have to muster a defense. Last Saturday Chicago stopped Ohio, 25-21: Indiana won easily from Illinois, 44-29; and Purdue found little trouble in defeating lowa, 46-28. Chicago seems to be the only team in the conference stressing defensive work and if Chicago's record is to bo taken as a criterion, defense doesn’t pay, for the Maroons have won one and lost three. 0 — — To Use Ice In Cooling Motor In Racing Car Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 23 —While ice lias for centuries and ages been the prime cooling agent cf the world, it remained lor Frank Lockhart, Ameri ca’.s outstanding racing driver, to put ice to a new use. If one is to believe Lockhart's manager, William F. Strwe Lockhart's superspeed Stutz Black Hawk Special, with which he will attack the world's mile record, will use ice instead cf the prosiac radiator ti. cool the engine oi his car. Lockhart will drive his entry on the sand of Daytona Beach, Florida, the fastest automobile course In all the world the week of February 15 to 23. in an attempt to beat the 203.79 miles an hour of Major 11. O. I). Cegrave, in a 1000 horsepower Sunbeam. "Lockhart is forced to conserve horsepower, since his engine is so small," Strum said. “A radiator at the front cf the car fairly eats up horsepower owing to the head-on resistance it creates. Lockhart saves perhaps 75 horseppwer by making his little car bullet nosed, with the lines unbroken. in this nose is a tank of cube ice. As the water comes from the water jackets of the engine it goes through this ice pack, is cooled and again circulates around the motor to take off mote heat to be directed through the ice again. "It is estimated this ice pack will last about ten minutes, when it must be renewed, so that it would nflt be practicable in a race cf any length, but, perfectly leasable in a test where four miles are used to get under way, a mile at wide open throttle and four miles to stop. At 225 miles an hour a inlle is covered in exactly sixteen seconds! The circulating system of the Lockhart car has a total capacity of gallons. The cooling is only one of t'.io highly scientific ideas that have been embodied in the car."

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WHIPPETS WIN FROMG.M4-29 Kirkland Township Team Triumphs In Close Guarding Contest In eno of lite closest guarding games of tlte season the Kirkland Whippets defeated the Decatur basketball team, in the* Kirkland gym Saturclajriilg l it. 34-29. The defense* was so tight neither team scored for six minutes. Kl.kland lead at the end of first half. Iti-lti. Decatur cam** back slicing in the second half and tied tin' siotc* ut 24-all ami then went into 'hi leading 24 27, with eight minutes to play and it looked like a Decatur victory. Kleinkniglit and Ornlor went out in peisoiial fouls at tin* start of the second half and, when Strickler went out with six minutes to go, there was no one lo lake Nils place as Dec atur finished witli four players and they fought hard, but were no match for Kirkland's five men. Strickler played a wonderful game holding Corson |o three field goals, while* in* himself got six. However, after Strickler went out Corson got two mote and sewed up tile game for his team. Schneider played the best game he has played this season, bedding Ernst scoreless. Lineups and summary: Ernst F Lindeman L. Arnold I*’ Kleinkntght Colson C StriekhT W. Bryan G Ornlor Ij Bryan G Schneider Substitutions: (Kirkland) Hoffman for L. Arnold; K. Arnold for +,. Bryant. Foley for K. Arnold, L. Arnold for Ernst; (Decatur) Johnson f r Kleinknight; Beard for Ornlor; Field goals: Ernst 2; Corson 5; W. B.yant 4; Lindeman, 1; Kleinkniglit 1; Strickler. 6; Schneider 1; Johnson 1; Foul goals: L. Arnold 2; Corson 4; W. Bryan, 4; L. Baiyan 2; Lindeman 1; Strickler 4; Schneider 1.

[field goals! By MARK M. UPP J .".'=B/ Games this week: Friday night — Peru at Decatur, Commodores aL Fort Wayne C. C. 11. S„ Jefferson in invitational tourney at Saratoga. Hartord .vis. Decatur second team at Decatur; Saturday night—Hartford at Kirkland, Monroe vs. Monmouth at Decatur. Berne and Geneva have op-, en dates. The Commodores will be driven hard in practice this week by Coach Laurent in preparation for the game with their ancient rival. Central Catholic. of Fort Wayne. The Irish have another strong team this season and he battle Friday night promises to be a thriller. Peru’s Tigers furnish the opposition for the Yellow Jackets hare this week. The Circus City boys turned in two victories over last week-end, beating Warsaw and Waldron. North Side of Fort Wayne has a mighty nice gymnasium. The sectional and regional tournaments will be held on the North Side floor. All fans in Ulis region with the exception of South Side backers, should be thankful that the regional is to be held at North Side instead of South Side. The Last Straw "The fact that a Huntington team .met defeat is not unusual; but when we returned to the city late Friday and learned that the Vikings, Scyld Ings, Celts, Junior Celts and Huntington Township liad all been trounced, then for a few minutes, we felt like packing up and saying 'Muncie, here wo come'."—Fan Whiffs, Huntington Herald. Last week, Huntington was crabbing because the Huntington second team liad to play the Rockcreek second team Instead of the Rockcreek varsity, Friday night. Rockcreek’s seconds won the game, 30-24. Looks like the Viking reserves were not stepping out of their class. Red Devils Stung “Well, the Decatur Yellow Jackets have come-and gone home again, but they left behind them the sting of a first defeat suffered by the Red Devils on their home floor this year. And the visiting lads certainly deserved to win. We couldn’t tell whether Coach Curtis' had one of Bob Zuppke's “starless wonder” teams, or a team of "all stars,” but whatever they were, they could certainly play basketball. Their short passing game, and a dead eye for the basket made a complnation that even a Red Devi! team in top form could hardly stop, and the locals, playing in a mid-sea-

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son slump, were badly outclassed. Most, es the Yellow Jackets' shots were made under the basket, after a series Os short passes hud drawn out the Red Devil defense- (he kind of basketball that is basketball ' - »he Scoreboard, Kendallville News-Sun. lire's the first two paragraphs of tiie News Sull's story of the DecuturKendallville game Friday night: ••The Decatur Yellow Jackets buzzefl into the high school gym last evening, buzzed around the floor for lofty minutes, ami buzzed out again, leaving behind them the* sting of a r,e) to 39 victory over die Red Devils, the first defeat that tiie Stanleymen have suffered on their home floor this year. ■ presenting a short passing gam** that was fairly dazzling, the Yelhtw JaekptH bi eke through the local* <!♦*• sense lime after time, and worked the* ball under the basket for short open shots. Their stylo of play, combined with a dead eye for the basket gave them a margin of 28 to 18 in the first period, and as the gam** went on allowed them to mill ahead to a twenty point lead." Kendallville's fans and players took th** defeat gracefully Friday night The* two clippings above add further glory to Kendallville. Thanx "We must take lime out right here to mention that Decatur boat Kendal.vide last night at Kendallville, 59 to 30. That shows that Decatur has also been doing a little improving Congrats, Yellow Jackets."- (Tut of Bounds, Bluffton Hanner. A Surprise Tea Rip Offs "Decatur's Yellow Jackets covered themselves with the w. k. laurels when they gave* the Kendallville quintet, declared by many thus far *to lie lite strongest teain in this part of Hoosiet dom. a terrific trimming on their own floor. What profoun debar gin must be felt by tiie Kendallites after two successive deteats furnished them successively by Bluffton and Decatur "It was Kendallville's first home defeat and it was one-sided all the way—a complete surprise to us, frankly, for we thought the Curtismen would he defeated. The first half ended 28 to 18. We along with tiie rest of Wells county fans want to i»e among the first to heartily congratulate Mark M. Upp and his Yellow Jackets. Bluffton fans may now be assured that Decatur can furnish suitable competition in the game on Fell. 3, to be staged at Decatur. Os course. Bluffton will win. but well havva heart and not make it too bad." Rip Offs, Bluffton Banner.

The worst of all its the fact that Kendallville failed to forward (be score of the Yellow Jackets’ triumph to Indianapolis and the state as a whole hasn't learned yet that Decatur won, 50-30. • - Field Goals —Five Years Ago Jan. 23. — Auburn defeated Angola at Auburn Friday night, 27-14. These two teams are next on the I). H. S. schedule After playing Angola at Angola Friday night, we will have a line of the Auburn.game here Feb. 2. Marion may yet have use for That f big coliseum which was dedicaed there the other night. The Giants wen their first game of the season, Saturday night, beating Kokomo, 2221. The Commodores' game with International College. Fort Wayne, scheduled to lie played here tomorrow night, will be played a week from tomorrow night, instead. Father Hesston announced today. Not So Bad Dear Mark: Although the Cardinals did lose the game to Madison township, Jay county, Friday night, it did not seem to be a terrible bad . score, 42 to 26. On Saturday night, I the Portland Panthers were turned back home with a worse score than tliat, tlie Madison team winning by a score of 59 to 28. That does not look so bad for Geneva. A Fan. Coach Does His Stuff Dear Mark During the game hotween Madison and Geneva, Friday night, it seemed as Coach Reeves I made a new player. He substituted shortly after the game started and the player started and yho player who came out went back in after a very short time and it seemed as if the coach must of told him a few articles about basketball. A Fan. O AMERICAN LEAGUE RESULTS New York 41; Brooklyn 23. — _ BIG TEN STANDING Chicago, Jan. 23— big 1 ten conference standing today was:"] Pm due 2 0 1000 Indiana 3 1 759 Northwestern !. .. . 3 1 vko Wisconsin 3 1 5 Michigan 2 2 .500 Minnesota 11 , 500 lowa 1 3 .250 Illinois 1 3 250 Chicago 1 3 ,250 Ohio State 1 3 059 Among those who attended the basketball game at Fort Wayne Saturday night were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Closs' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young, Bernice Gloss and Dorothy Young.

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In another month, the first of the major league baseball squads will lie heading south and west for spring training. • Sports pages will record the complaint the holdout and the optimism of the new manager. The annual salary squabbles will commence, and contracts, signed ami unsigned, will pass between owner and player. What is all th** old familiar preseason ballyhoo going to lead to this year? For one thing, probably another record season for attendance. The national pastime's popularity In many cities is limited only by tiie capacity of its park Both President Heydler of lite National League and President Barnard of the American are well pleased with the “healthy condition" of baseball this year. The* child should produce a lot of dividends for its step-parents. One thing missing tints far this .'ear is scandal. Last winter al this time we had Ty Cohit and Tris Speaker weep ing crocodile tears over their disgrace uttd Rogers Hornsby shouting that he wouldn't sell his pretty St. Louis stock certificates for any reasonable amount of money. "Swede" Risberg was titrowing mud at the White Sox of years ago anti someone even went back and dug up a scandal about Casey at the Bat. All this did baseball a lot of good. It started the prospective cash customers talking. Scandal, you know, never kept anyone away front the turnstile. Tell the paying guests the game is likely to he crooked and they'll crowd in to see how it's done. Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker made more money than ever before in their lives because of a reported meeting un-

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