Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1928 — Page 6

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CATHEDRAL WINS STATE CATHOLIC BASKETBALL TITLE Indianapolis Team Beats Anderson In Final Game, 15 To 9 COMMODORES BEATEN BY CATHEDRAL, 32-23 "Petie" Honored The Al Feeney sportsmanship medal was awarded to Fred '‘Petit’’ Mylott, of the Decati r Commodores at the close of the state Catholoic high school basketball tournament at Indianapolis Saturday, the judges decided that "Petie" had shown the best sportsmanship and was one of the outstanding players in the tournament. The medal is gold, set in diamond, and appropriately inscribed. “Petie" is the first player to win the medal, but one of them will be awarded each year in the future, at the state Catholic tourney. ■Cathedral high school, of Indiana polls, the team that eliminated the Decatur Catholic high school Commodores in the state Catholic high school basketball tournament at Indianapolis Saturday afternoon, defeated St. Marys high school of Anderson, in the final game of the tourney, Saturday night 15 to 8 and captured the State Catholic championship. As a result of Cathedral s victory in the state tourney, that team will rept esent Hoosierdom in the annual Na tional Catholic tournament, to be held at Chicago, Match 21 to 25. Tight Defensive Game The final game was a tight defensive game, Anderson failing to make a field goal and the winners scoring only three times from the field. Cathedral led at the half, 7 to 4. The Al Feeney sportsmanship medal was awarded to Fred Mylott of the Decatur team. Besides showing the best sportsmanship Mylott also was c.ne of the high point scorers in the meet. The Cathedral team was award ed a large cup and medals. The An i|e; son team was awarded the runnerupcup and ten medals for the players Fort Wayne received a consolation, cup. Decatur Loses Consolation Game In the semi-final games Saturday afternoon, Anderson defeated Centra Catholic of Fort Wayne, 27-26, in e spectacular contest, and Cathedral eli minuted Decatur. 32 to 23. In the con solatioin game Saturday night, player as a preliminary to the championship game, Central Catholic of Fort Wayne won from the Decatur Commodores 37-17. Casey, Anderson flash, won the game for his team in the semi-finals by shooting a field goal while stretch ed out on the floor and with only ten seconds left to play. Anderson had led most of the way, however. Cathedral Beats Decatur The Cathedral-Decatur game was e hard-fought contest and dopesters had declared that the winner of this gam< would capture the state title. Cathed ral took an early lead and at one time was out in front. 9-4, but the Commcdores rallied and at the end of the half the score was knotted at 11-all. Cath edral again forged ahead at the start of the second half, and ran the count to 18-11. The Commodores rallied a gain and were outplaying their opp u ents, when th£ break of the game oc cured, giving Cathedral the advantage with the score standing 18-14 and the Commodores going at a rapid pace. Petie Mylott, one of the Commodore stars who was the outstanding player in the tournament, was removed from the game via the personal foul route This was the break that gave the title to Cathedral and meant defeat for the Commodores, although the Decatur five continued to fight desperately. Commodores Win Praise The Commodores played fine ball throughout the tournament and wan the admiration of the large crowd of fans. They met one of the strongest teams in the tourney in the first round when they stacked up against the Reitz Memorial quintet of Evansville. After a hud fight, the Commodores emerged victorious, 23-20. In the second r tin.l, the Commodores eliminated tile Con:: :cHie team 36-26. Although weaker than the Evansville quintet, the C unarsville five was dangerous at all times and the Comrhodores were unable to take things easy. On the other hand Cathedral of Indianapolis had an easy game in the second round trimming Richmond 36-12 and using their reserves much of the time. Anderson Is Dark Horse The Anderson team was the dark horse of the tournament. The Madison county eagers showed surprising strength and aided by an unusual number of lucky breaks upset the strong Washington and Fort Wayne quintets. The Commodores defeated the Anderson team here a few weeks ago, 46 to 28. The Commodores were tired out and

listless in the consolation game Saturday night, and their old rivals, the Central Catholic Dish fioin Fori Wayne marched through to a comparatively easy victory. Lineups and summary of the Cath-edral-Iteentnr game. Decatur (23) Cathedral (32) (lass F K. Dugan Coffee F I. Dugan Wemhoff <’ .. Herold F. Mylott (1 Gallagher J. Mylott (1 Sexton Substitutions: (Decaturi Miller for F. Mylott, Gage for Miller; Cathedral Leaiy, Carr and O'Brien. SIXTEEN TEAMS LEFT IN RUNNING Martinsville, Logansport, Muncie And Bedford Arc Favorites Indianapolis, March 12 —(INS)-Four select teams-Martinsville. Logansjott, Muncie and Bedford—of lhe sixteen regional winners, were picked today by the dopesters to enter the lemi-final rounds of the final contests here next week end of the seventeenth annual basketball tournament of 'he Indiana high school athetc association The sixteen regionil winneis' survivors of a starting ield of 740 quintets, will fight it out darch 16 and 17 in the new $650,000 Butler University field house here for he 1928 state championship. Martinsville and Muncie, however, won through to the final tournament, -illy after spectacular struggles. The \rtesian Citv lads nosed out Brazil by one lone point. 22 to 21. The ear Cats from Muncie trailed at ho half 17 to 15 behind the Mt. Comort quintet, the dark horse winner jf the Greenfield sectional. Muncie, inally won out 33 to 28. Os the sixteen regional f’rals Saiirday night, three were decided by nargins of one point ami two by marins of two points, so ckse were the fames. The defeat of Connersville hv Rushville, 21 to 19 was the nearest ipproach to an upset in the regional in ils. However, Rochester s 27 to 15 ictoiy over Goshen vindicated the ar y season claims of Rochester fans hat their team would enter lhe finds. By a strangs coincidence, the final -ame at the Nhw Albany regional pro vied both the high and the low final core made by any of the regional finalists. Bedford was high final corer with 50 points while Salem vas low final scorer with 13. Intensive woikouts were ahead tolay for all the 16 regional winners in reparation for the final spurt next •Yiclay and Saturday which will carry me of the 16 teams Io the peak of r< isierdom's basketball heights. The complete schedule for lhe final ournament in Indianapolis follows: Friday, March 16 9.00 a.m —Clinton vs Central of Fort Wayne. 10:00 a.m Kendallville vs. Bedford 1 00 a.m. —Delphi vs Anderson 2:00 p.m — Muncie vs. Central of Evansville 3:00 p.m --Rochester vs Martinsville 1:00 p.m—Washington vs Columbus 7:30 pin.—Frankfort vs Washington of East Chicago 8:30 p.u—Rushville vs Logansport Saturday, March 17 8.30 a.m. —Winner 9 a.m. Friday vs winner 10 a.m Friday 9:30 am. —Winner 11 a.m. Friday vs winner 2 p.nt, ‘ Friday 10:30 a.m. —Winner 3 p.m Friday vs winner 4 pan. Friday 2:3| pm. Winner 8:30 a.m. Saturday vs winner 9:30 a.m.. Sat. 3:30 p.m.—Winner 10:30 a.tn Saturday vs winner 11:30 a.m Sat. 8.00 p.m.—Winner 2:30 p.m, Saturday vs winner T.:30 p.m. Sat. 6. E. TO PLAY BERNE M. Y. M.

Two Fast Independent Teams To Clash Here Tuesday Evening The General Electric basketball team, after a layoff of a few weeks, will get into action again Tuesday evening, at the Decatur high school gymnasium, with the Berne M. Y. M. team furnishing the opposition. The M. Y. M. team won the independent championship of Berne, Saturday night, by defeating the Nose Busters in the deciding game of a series. A good game is promised tomorrow night when these two teams meet here. The gam? will start at 8:30 o’clock. A preliminary game between boys' teams from the Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday schools will be played at 7:30 o’clock. 0 Milwaukee, Wis. —Joe Percente, 51, well known lightweight in the late '9o's died here. His ring career included matches with Jimmy Fitzgerald, Charley Berry, battling Nelson and Mickey Riley.

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RUNNERS-UP IN REGIONAL TOURNEY AT FORT WAYNE | • - H WL , "■« s y<t' £]Kr ■». i itßjltg Wk * SBB „ --X • ■ r- ~ ■ The Kirkland township high school basketball team, winner of the sectional tournament held here on March 2 and 3, defeated Pierceton, 25-23, in the first game of the regional tournament at Fort Wayne, Saturday afternoon, but was defeated by Fort V.'aynb Central in the final gam', Saturday night, 32-24. The Kirkland team has just led the most succi ssful season in the history of the sc cool Those incite picture, reading from left to right, are: Coach Bi.l Ikyaii, Richard Arnold. Luther Arnold, Baumgartner, Schlickman. Floyd Arnold, Heller, Sladdenhauffe ’'ettinger, Meyer and Bowman.

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The Commodores and Kangaroos I / ai a cEminated. but the memory of | their tine battles linger on. T.» the Catholic high school Com- ; modores. who put up a great fight in the state Catholic tourney and' were not eliminated until the semiinals when they fe’i Indore the tourney winner, Cathedral of Inhianapolis, a hard battle, and to the Kirkland township high school Kangaroos. who defeated Pierceton and rushed Fort Wayne Central hard for the right to represent the Fort Wajne i igional in the state finals of the public school tournament, we offer onr heartiest congratulations, j Not all that wo had hr ped for. but we can say WELL DONE Walt Meyer, the star Kirkland center, was second li'gh point man in the state in the regional tournaments. His 28 points in two games 1 was topped by only one score, the 33 , point j made by Bunk Williams. Go-1 sheu star. Wa'.t scored six field goals and two ftee throws against Pierceton and seven field goals against Central. Other high scorers in the were: Lawhead, of Frankfort. 23; JWaynard, of Mt. Comfort. Mj'ler (. Bedford and Barnes of Connet ville, 22: Douglas of Lcgansport and Haywood of Rushville, 21, Hen--1 y of Vincennes, J. Green of Frank 'in and McCarnes of Logansport, 20. Petie Mylott, who does a lot of rttardfng and basket-sh:oting for the Commodores, Won one of the .highest honors at the state Catholic tourney that a basketball jdayer can attain, when he was chosen winner of the Al Fpeney sportsmanship mcdel Anyone who watches Pet:* play ball, iu a tournament or in any other game, knows that he is as clean a sport as the best and he is plenty good in the game of basketball. Congrats, Petie. The management of the Commodores has contributed the following: “The Commodores’ policy ‘no abilis' turned them the admiration of everyone who saw the tourney at Indlen■•'pol's and they’ll continue the policy. We lojt to a good, clean, hard-play-ing team. The Cathedral boys and management, id a true sportsman-like manner, said the Commodores likely would have beaten Cathedral had not Petie ‘taken the count. We'll return the compliment and say. a’so. that Cathedral likely would have won had not Petie taken the count on personal--. If the breaks of the tournament were against us we're willing so reconcile ourselves to fortune We gave our best in victory and in defeat and we’re satisfied. "Coach Laurent tnld'his boys to all try for the Al Feeney award and the fact that J. Mylott was mentioned by the officials as a wonderful sportsman in the same breath as Petie who received the award nroves how hard the boys tried. The Commodore management wish ’s to make public commendation of the sportsmanship shown by each and every member of the team at Indianapolis as well as f the wonderful training discipline observed sp well by all during the entire season. “The Commdores look forward to next season through rose-colored glasses for several reasons. They went into the tournament this year with practically a new team against veteran fives and acquitted themselves well. They lose fewer players by graduation this year than any team in the tournament. Every other

■ team loses at least two regulars, while the Commodores lose only one, I although he is a mighty good one.” We can hardly imagine the Bluffi ton Tigers going through one half of j a game and scoring only three points, but that's exactly what happened in the second half of the Tigers’ game with Central Saturday afternoon. 1 Bluffton led at the half. 10-fi and lost the game. 18-13. Two teams defeated by the Yellow Jackets during the season just ended will be among the sixteen teams at the firm’s of the state tourney in Indianapolis next week-end. They are ! Kendallville, winner of the Auburn I regional, and Delphi, winner of the regional at Marion. By defeating Minnesota, 32-24, Saturday night. Purdue lied with Indiana for the Big Ten championship. What could be i better argument in favor ct Hoosier basketball than to have I these two great Indiana schools tied ter the Western Conference title? Bath teams are made up entirely of former Indiana high school players, too. o ' NEWS FROM THE i j TRAINING CAMPS [ —(U.K)— St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 12,-Waite Hoyt, the Yankees' holdout pitcher, nd Col. Jacob Ruppert, president of he wo Id champions, went into a huddle here today over Hoyt's salary I mands. He wants $20,000, and ■'aims unless Jia gets it he won't play this season. Tampa. Fla., Mar. 12.— — Pitchers Gaston. Marberry and Van Alstyne limbered up today iu preparation for their fit st appearance in the box this year against the Boston 8.-aves at St. Petersburg, Tuesday. i West Palm Beach, Fla.,* Mar. 12.— Heinie Manush, outfielder obtained "tom the Detroit Tigers, has advised Manager Dan Howley of the St. Louis Browns he will arrive here Wednesday. —’Will San Antonio, Tex., Mar. 12 The appearance of 'Jack .Warner at first base for the Detroit Tigers in yesterlay’s game against the Minneapolis American club may mean ‘.hat Nolen Richardson, Fort Worth rook!?, has won the third baseman job held down by Warner last season. Los Ange’es, Calif., Mar. 12. —Manager Joe McCarthy today praised the splendid form shown by his pitchers. Three Cub hurlers, Hansen, Bush and ' Jones, yesterday let the Los Angeles I , elfib down with four hits. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC The cooperation of every one in • lais commupnity is asked and urged at . this time when a slight scarlet fever • epidemic is prevalent. Children suf- . feting from co ds or sore throat must be sent home by the teachers ami i when this is done the children will I not be permitted to return to school ■ until they have received a physician's • certificate showing no contagious disease. Please assist us in seeing . that these rules are complied with i strictly. r By order of the • City Board of Health.

NO SENIORS ON 1. IL NET TEAM Only Sophomores And .Juniors On Big Ten Championship Quintet Bloomington, Ind., :>iar. 12—Not a member of this year's championship Indiana Univetsity basketball team will be missing next season when coach Everett Dean ugain issues his call for ccurtmen. Captain Robert Correll. of Bloomington, will be lost in Fein nary as a result of graduation at lhe end of the first semester. Except for this every regular will be available Dale Wells, LaPorte, who held opposing players to 1.6 baskets p'er game this year, will be the only regular who will be a seal r next season. Starr, Andeison. and Leonard. Rochester, reserves who helped make up the squad of ten men, will be playing their final year. Scheid, Vincennes; Gill, Washington Strickland, Owensville; McCracken. Monrovia; Cooper, North Vernon; and Be-iizel. Bedford, experienced their first B ; g Ten campaign, and have tw» more years of Conference competition. Uy winning ten and losing two games this year's quintet established a record no 01 her Crimson team has reached. Not only did the courtmen do this but led the Big Ten in teem scoring with a total cf 474 points. They registered 212 points to their opponents 135 in non-Conference play, making a total of 68G points for the entire seventeen games. Ijf liana averaged 40.5 points per game on offense and 27.5 on defense. There was an average diffetence of 13 points in each game. ‘ In the f: ur years Coach Dean has headed the basketball tutoring staff Indiana has t'.ever fallen below the tie for second place in the Big Ten race. In the four year period his teams have won 35 out of 48 tills in the Conference and 17 cut of 20 non-Conference games. With a new field house completed on October 2 next year. Indiana will present plenty of space for basketball followers. The new structure which is the last work in field houses will seat 15,000. This should provide ample room for Hoosiers to witness Indiana in its climb for more h. nots in 1929. o "GONION DERBY" ENTERS ARIZONA Needles, Calif., March 12—(U.PJ— One state in the C. C. Pyle transccntinental "Bunion Derby" will be est behind when runners leave here today on lhe 20 mile uphill jaunt to Oatman, AriZ, *the next stopping station. Starting the second week of the “Go as you can” race from Los Angeles to New York, Arthur Newton, England and South Africa veteran marathoner, had a comfortable time lead on the field of athletes. John Cronick of Canada Sunday showed his heels to Newton to finish first in the 57-mile lap from Danby to Needles. He made the distance in 8:44 20. The going from now on will be easier. 0 — Chicago. — Ralph Greenleaf. Phi'ndelphia, former champion, defeated Harry Oswald, Pittsburgh, 125 to 9a, to move into third place in the national pocket" billiard tournament. Frank Taberski, Schenectady, defending champion, and Erwin Rudolph, Chicago, former title holder, are tied for th.a lead with three victories and no defeats.

KIRKLAND LOSES TO CENTRAL;POTS OP GREAT FIGHT ■ I ■ Adams County Team Leads Throughout First Hall But Loses, 32-24 CENTRAL GOES TO INDIANAPOLIS MEET A scrappy Kirkland township high school basketball team fought gallantly Saturday night to uphold the glory of Adams county in the race for premier basketball honors of Indian.:, and forced the Central high pchool turn of Fort Wayne to extend Itself to the utmost to win In the final game of the Fort Wayne regional. The final scoie Wjjrf 32 to 24 In favor of the Central Tigers. The Kirkland Kangaroos opened the game with a determination to win and the Fort Wayne eagers wore never ahead during the first half, although the score was tied on two or three occasions. At the end of the first half. Kirkland led, 14 to 12. Central grabbed the lead soon after the second half started and piled up a neat 'margin, but the Kangaroos continued to fight and staged a rally in the closing minutes that cut the margin to eight points. Meyer Is Star Walter Meyer, the rangy Kirkland center, was the star dt the game. He sank seven field goals during the contest, besides playing a nice floor game. As a lesult of Central's victory over Kirkland Saturday night, the Tigers ' will represent this part of the state in the finals of the state tournament at Indianapolis next Friday and Satlurday. Fifteen other teams will contest in the finals. Central won from Bluffton Saturday afternoon, 18-13, after trailing at the half. 10-6. Inability of the Bluffton' team to hit the basket in the second half caused the defeat for the Wells county champs. Kirkland entered the final game by defeating Pierceton in an overtime contest, Saturday afternoon, 25-23. Kirkland Takes Lead In the game Saturday night, Meyer opened.the scoring with a short toss

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from the side of the fl ll(lr <l«oi.ne<l In a two-polnter , * '•enter of the floor, irlvim. v, "* lundof 4-0. and Dorn tn tossed in a fr( „, /"’I for Central, hut Meyer ? ! j KUkland’s lead with goal. Central finally li(1(1 ' r M at 9-nll on a flehl goal by p Bowman scored a free ih r „ w land, but Ivons tied th,, . ,' l,k , at 10-all. Bowman and Btc»ckaii W " •cored from the tl.bi ~,,1 "“'k was knotted at 12-all, "P.„J put the Kangaroos ahead hp. a field goal juat before the hit *" k i ed. nalf ’'»'<■ Central Stages Rally At. the start of the sr.,, in ,| hal iArnold boosted Kirkland’s marzin . three points by scoi ing nn ~ . " throw. Central finally started a r,T and forged ahead to a 1. ~<l or S( . v p.l.’.ts. with Franke leading the 2 Meyer then started another Immbam ment of the basket and tossed m f 2 more field goals to narrow t | lo ’ gin separating the two teams but th time was too short f:r the kan M J to overtake the Tigers. A huge delegation of fans fr om Ad ams county cheered the Klrkia M team during the contest, and all p. as ed Coach Bill Bryan and his highly for their splendid showing « the game against Central Lineups and summarj Central G p T Farrell, f 0 o-o 0 Franke, f 5 j.j .. Brockall, f 3 j.j Hii<’. <■ I) 04 ‘ Lyons, g 0 3 . 8 , Hammond, c. 2 ,04 d Bash, g 10-12 Dornte, g... ... 2 14 5 Heil, f n IIH Link, g —a ~a , a Totals .13 640 J 2 Kirkland Twp (’, p j L. Arnold, f 0 14 j Bowman, f 1 j.j . Meyers, c T 04 1| F. Arnold, g 1 i.;> 3 Baumgartner, g u 0-0 Heller, g..... .. 1 14 1 Dettinger, g 0 04 v Totals 10 4-11 24 Referee—Smith. Umpire—Hale. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Winning 21 consecutive games, the Univetsity of Pittsburgh basketball team has completed the season without a defeat. The Panthers won their final game from Putin State. 45 to 28.