Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 38, Decatur, Adams County, 14 February 1928 — Page 6

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YELLOW JACKETS ENJOYING A REST Coach Curtis Gives Ca’gers A Vacation To Brins Them Out Os Slump This Is vacation week for the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets, as far as baskothall practice Is concerned. Coach Curtis, believing that a rest would do more than anything else to bring the Players out of their slump which has resulted in three consecutive defeats, told the boys to forget basketball for a tew days. There was no practice yesterday evening. This evening, the coach will send the second team and the first team reserves through a workout. On Wednesday evening, ho probably will call out one or two of the varsity regulars, but most of them will not gel bar k into their unif rms until Thursday evening, when they will be sent through a light practice in signals and goal shooting. The forwards and Gerber, center, appeared to be in a bad slump on the road trip to Elwood and Crawfordsville last week-end. The forwards were badly off form in the Bluffton game the preceding week. also. Colds have had a part in their poor showing, but staleness appears to be the main trouble. The Curtismeii travel to Columbia City to meet the strong Columbia City quintet Friday and on Saturday night, play the Portland Panthers, the old rivals fiom down the G. R. and I. in the local gym. Both games pr. mise to be tough enought to give the Jackets a hard test. The second team will play the Jes ferson high sthool varsity again here on Friday night and will go to Hoagland for a return game with the Hoagland varsity on Saturday night. If possible. these two games will be reversed. however, in order to have the Jefferson gam here as a preliminary to the Portland battle. o .Madison, Wis. — Gil Smith. Milwaukee, captain of the University of Wisconsin track team, has been declarer! ineligible by the university because of scholastic diffi ulties. Fort Collins, Mo. —George W. Scott, one of the west's leading track coaches. resigned his coaching position at Fort Collins high school because lie believed dancing, allowed at the school, is injurious to athletes. j i I S" Durkin’s I. s Modern Garage, g Player V t An’ Are t <OfAL. \ SIRANQERS BOSTvNIAN SHOES FOR MEN Toha-T-Myeu & Sou CMMW4MO ft OCX J FOA DAD AND LAD - '9ECATUK' INDIANA'

Wells County Standing W L Pd. Ossian 14 2 .MB Union Center 12 4 ,7F>O niitfflim 12 f. .70(1 Liberty Center 12 5 .700 Rockcreek (’ 1» 7 .588 Petroleum S 7 .533 Lancaster 9 8 .529 Chester Center 0 12 .333 o COMMODORES HARD AT WORK Catholic High Cagcrs Preparing For Two Hard Games This Week Following their brace of setbacks last week end, the Catholic high school Commodores have settled down t'o hard work in an effort to <»till themselves together for two more stiff battles next week end. The Commies didnct look any too good in last week’s contests. Injuries and sickness are partly to blame for the < ff-color playing of the Commodores recently. Miller is still nursing an Injured ankle. Gass, although he has been playing in every game, is said to be in poor condition and is losing weight. On Friday night, the speedy Bellevue Ohio Catholic high school quintet a regular oppment of the Commodores each year for the last few years, will invade Decatur for a return game with Coach Laurent’g team. The Commodores defeated Bellevue on the latter s court several weeks ago, by a 12-point margin, but the Buckeyes are reported to be innch improved since that encounter and a tough battle is expected Friday night. On Saturday night, Coach Laurent will take the Commodores to Berne for a return game with the Fighting Five. Heine, too, was defeated by the Commodores earlier in the season, but Coach Johnson's boys have showed signs of snapping out of their losing ways recently, and only two weeks ago handed Garrett a sound trouncing. PIELD GOALS] By MARK M. UPP ill ■ One more week-end after tills one ard the fun begins. Do you realize, fans, that the 192728 basketball season is rapidly growing to a close? After this week-end. the Yellow Jackets have only one more game at home and the Commodores have two. The Yellow Jackets will end their regular schedule hero a week from Friday night, with the Huntington Vikings furnishing the opposition. The Commodores will play Richmond Catholic here on Feb. 23 and the Univet sit.v of Detroit High here on Feb 25. They go to Lima to meet St. Rose on Feb 21. Geneva has no more games scheduled and Jefferson’s last game Is with the Decatur seconds here Friday night. In speaking of the Peru victory ov»r Rochester last week-end and the record of the Peru Tigers this season. Peruvian Passes, in the Peru Tribune says: "It most assuredly was a hot contest. We have lost four games this year, but that’s no disgrace when considering those who walloped the Tigs. Franklin, Decatur, Elwood and Tipton, all good teams, and Peru may see them at the stale, providing. Here's hoping.” Coach Devol, of Columbia City, is determined to have discipline on his team, no matter what Um cost, Last Week, Hancock, star guard and probably the most, outstanding member >f the Columbia City team, undertook to tell the coach how the game should be played when the team was losing to Warsaw. Following the game. Coach Devol asked Hancock to turn in his suit and the latter complied with the request When Counibia City met Kendallville, an old rival, Saturday night, Hancock was conspicious by his absence from the squad. It takes a big man io fire the star member of his team on the eve of the tournaments, the big show of Indiana high school basketball, but Coach Devol is nothing else. We nominate Bainbridge to furnish the surprise package for the state tourney this year. The downstate crew has not lost a game this season and last Saturday night, Brazil, a hithertofore undefeated outfit, fell before the Bridgers, 53-29. o Wheaton, Mo. — Malloy McQueen, star third baseman at University of Missouri, will report to the St. Louis Cardinals' training camp for a tryout.

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BIG TEN GAMES WITHOUTUPSETS Indiana Swamps Ohio; Northwestern And Michigan Win Victories Chicago, Feb. uZflNS)—Dig Ten baslptba’l Htam'.ings were lih.lc eimnged today as a result of the three championship contests staged along the battle front last night. li> each instance the game ran true to form’. Indiana swamped Ohio State, 43 to 2C, on the Hoosier floor at Bloomington; Northwestern smothered lowa. 49 to 28, at Evanston, and Michigan managed to bent Chicago. 26 to 23, at Ann Arbor. Branch McCracken, star Indiana center and individual high scorer of the conference, seized an opportunity and fattened his "total points’’ column against the luckless Buckeyes. He counted three field goals and five tree throws. Indiana led at the half, 23 to 11. Over at Evanston, five thousand rooters goaded the Wildcats into slaughtering the tired lowa quintet. Russellt Walter led' Northwestern,’s attack with .seven field goals and two free throws. The Purple led at the half. 30 to 12. According to accounts from Ann Arbor, the Michigan-ChTcago game was a rough house aftair, with every inch of the ground contested stubbornly. Oosterhaan, second high scorer of the conference, was stopped with two baskets by the close guarding of lloerger.

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