Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1928 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Chase Jinx And Bury Southi Side, 30

CURTISMEN PLAY GREAT GAME TO BEAT FT, WAYNE Slinking off nn ancient Fort Wayne jinx, which has bothered Decatur athletic teams for years, Decatur high school's Yellow .Jackets tore through the highly touted South Side high school net aggregation and sent the husky Green Archers home on the short end of a 20 15 score in one of the greatest basketball games ever played in Decatur high school gymnasium, before a capacity crowd, last night. It was the kind of a'gatno that poets write about, but seldom see and reminded the spectators of Paul Revere’s ride; and like the mighty giants of Paul's time, the six-foot South Siders stood aside with their mouths wide open as Carl Gerber and .John Engle would ride the ball down the center of the floor for easy baskets and the score board would flicker "one if by foul" and “two if by field." Honors Are Divided It was not a case of one Decatur player carrying the brunt of the battle, because seven members of the Curtis aggregation shared in the joy of chasing the Jinx into the discards, and every player on the Yellow Jacket squad was giving his best for the good of the cause every minute of the game. Carl Gerber acted as captain and at times he ran wild toward the basket counting six times from the field. Gerber played a great guarding game ami, besides scoring at intervals, he would race back to help Krick and Schnepp grab the ball off the South Side backboard. John Engle slipped, skidded and sneaked around Dickey, South Side back guaid, and had him frantic at times with his uncanny ability at placing the ball exactly into the net. Joe Krick played a great guarding game and no less than fifty times, he recovered the ball and started the Decatur offensive march. Schnepp. Decatur floor guard played an important part in both the defense and offense of the local netters. Reynolds, D. Engle and Debolt all played good consistent basketball and aided considerably in the victory. And all the time Decatur was rolling up I a 15-point lead, the local netters were | without the service of Bob Cole, forward, who has been out most of the week with the influenza. Coach Curtis started the two Engles, Dick and John at forward; Gerber, at center, and Schnepp and Krick at guard. The FortzWayne lineup at the opening of the game was Mooney and Ralston, at forward; Miner, at center and Stover and Dickey, at guard. The huge crowd was wild at the start of the game, and Carl Gerber drew a great ovation from the fans when he sent the l>all through the net for Decatur's first counter. This was followed by a field goal by John Engle. Ralston drew first blood for the Green Archers when he sank a shot from the left side of the court. The score was tied In the first half at 6-6 and again at 8-8. Both teams were fighting desperately for the bleaks. The Curtismen lost the lead with about five minutes of the first half remaining when South Side added afield goal and a foul making the 11-10 in favor of the visitors. This was the only time that South Side led. Gerber and Krick each added a field goal and Decatur went back into the lead, 14-11. With less than a minute left to play, ti e game got away from the officials and a near panic developed when Dickey fouled Gerber under the Decatur basket. The first half ended with Decatur making an effort to increase the 3-point lead. The half was 14-11 in Decatur’s favor. What Coach Curtis told the Decatur players during the rest period will probably never become a public record, but the Jackets came out with a determination to increase the lead. Deßolt, Gerber and John Engle each added a field goal and the score was 20-11. Mooney and Dickey both added a free throw to the Fort Wayne score, and cut the Decatur lead down to 7 points. This was the closest the Green Archers ever came to winning in the second half and for 15 minutes of the last period, the Decatur defense held the South Siders scoreless from the field. Finally Miner got away from the lone field goal scored by the visitors in the closing stanza. The Yellow Jackets scored 16 points during the last half, and South Side scored 4 points. At times, the game got entirely aWay from the officials and both teams protested a few of the decisions. When the final gun sounded and the scare board showed a 15-30 win for Decatur, local fans went wild and all over Decatur groups of enthusiasts played the game over far into the night for it was the first athletic event ever won by Decatur over a South Side team. There will be other games this season, and other things to talk about but no fan who saw the game last night

will evri forget how the 1928 Curtis- | men chased old man Jinx down the rivet and put a dent in South Side's I bucket of championship aspirations. In the curtain-raiser, the Embryo Yellow Jackets played some real basketball and furnished the crowd with plenty of laughs and thrifls in defeating the Geneva high school t'arditmln ' I 38-21, The gante was close during the i first halt' and _D< catur held a 3-poiu ■ ! lead at half time. ' In the second period. Shoaf anti Koos started an offensive dtive which brought the local score up to 38. Hawbaker, Geneva center, was the 'outstanding player in the visitor's |'ineup and scored 15 of his teams 21 j>< ints. Coach Curtis used 14 men | during the game. Lineup and summary: Decatur FQ FT T ]J. Engle, f. 5 1 12 ! D. Engle, f. 0 0* I Deßolt, f. 11 Gerber, c ' 6 0 12 Schnepp, g. <• 0 Reynolds, g. <* '* Krick, g. 11 Totals 1 3 4 30 South Side ! Mooney, f. .. 0 1 Ralston, f 2 0 4 Palmer, f. 0 •• Miner, c. 11 Wilson, g 10 2 Stover, g h 0 0 Dickey, g. 2 1 Totals . .... 6 3 15 Referee, Tudor, Fort Wayne; I in pire. Hert. Del’auw. Second Team Game Decatur Seconds FG FT 3 ' Shoaf, f, . 2 12 | Haubold, f 0 0 0 Zcrkle, f. 1 0 2 Schnedeker, f. 0 ■ 0 *' Green, f .0 0 Schraluka, f. . .0 11 Hebble, c 3 17 Burk, c '• h ® Leßrun, g 2 2 6 Peltz. g. o <• o F. Brown, g 1 0 R. Brown, g. 1 0 Koos, g 3 0 6 Williams, g. 0 0 0 Totals 16 6 38 Geneva I.vbarger, f. 2 0 4 Fennig. f 0 0 0 Runyon, f 0 0 0 Hawbaker, c 6 3 15 Neal, g. „ 10 2 Penrod, g 0 0 0 Totals 9 3 21 Referee, Tudor. Umpire, Hert. o — MONROE LOSES TO HOAGLAND After forging ahead to an 8-5 lead in the first half, the Monroe high school basket ha 11 team was nosed out in the second period by the Hoagland quintet, at Hoagland, last night by a score of 25-22. It was the sharpshooting of C. Reynolds and Marquardt, Hoagland forwards, in the second half that pulled the game out of the fire for the home team. Monroe will /play Hartford township in the Decatur high school gymnasium tonight. Lineups and summary: Monroe FG FT T Busche, f 113 Meyer, f. 2 0 4 A. Andrews, f. 4 0 8 V. Andrews, c 3 0 6 Hoffman, g Oil C. Andrews, G ... 0 0 0 Totals 10 2 22 Hoagland C. Reynolds. F 4 0 8 Marquardt, f 4 3 11 McClen, f 0 0 0 Brown, c 2 0 4 Bray, g 0 0 0 H. Reynolds, g 10 2 Totals 11 3 25 —o H. S Basketball • Huntington, 43; Columbia City 40. Ashley, 25; Butler 24. Winchester 21; Hartford City 18. Leo, 17; Harlan 14. Auburn 40; Kendallville 21. Anderson 29; Horace Mann (Gary) 28. Union City 24; Daleville 22. Frankton 32; Gas City 21. Markleville 52; Gaston 27. Central (Fort Wayne 26; Angola, 15. Delphi 51; Attica 26. Peru 53; Alexandria 24. Huntington 43; Columbia City 40. Huntington Township 27; Bippus 15. Union Center 36; Andrews 31. Rock Creek 36; Bankuo 20. Warren 39; Roanoke 35. Newcastle 43; Logansport 21. Kokomo 32; Richmond 14. Tipton 42; Noblesville 36. Windfall 36; Georgetown 24. Michigantown, 35; Liffle Jeff, 20.Swayzee 51; Van Buren 22. Manual (Indianapolis) 41; Beech Grove 31. New Palestine 47; Boy’s Prep (Indianapolis) 17. Technical Indianapolis) 47; Greenfield 28. Shortridge (Indianapolis) 32; Elwood, 22. Washington (Indianapolis 53; Lawrence 38. Cathedral (Indianapolis) 29; Ben Davis 27. Get the Habit—Trade at Home, It Pays

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1928.

JEFFERSON WINS FROM WREN, OHIO Jefferson high school's basketball team easily defeated the Wren, Ohio, quintet, at Wren, lust night, by a score of 33-13 The Adams county boys showed a marked superiority over their Buckeye opponents Ihloughout the game. At the end 01 tne nrst half. Jefferson was lending, 19-fd. In the preliminary game, the Jeff erson second team triumphed over the Wren seconds, 34-3. The Wren team failed to score from the field. Lineups and summary: Jefferson FG FT T Hanes, f. z 0 4 Butcher, f. .13 5 Bollenbacher, c. 5 2 12 Kable, g. 113 Smitley, g3’l 7 Wallet, c. 1 11 Totals 13 7 33 Wren. Ohio FG FT T Timbleson, f 3 0 6 Dull, f. .. . .. 2 1 5 Manley, c <• •> 0 G. Myers, c. 0 0 0 Black, g. « 0 0 R. Myers, g. ■ 0 2 2 Kreischer, g. 0 0 0 Totals 5 3 13 Referee: Raymond Hunt. o Field Goals By Mark M. Upp That old Fort Wayne Jinx “HAS WENT.” The Yellow Jackets outplayed South Side in every department of the game last night. For once the Yellow Jackets went onto the floor against a For, Wayne team with that inferiority complex entirely missing. Probably, a large majority of the fans on the sidelines were afflicted with it, but Coach Curtis and his boys conceded nothing to the Green Archers. What was that that Rip Offs, cf the Bluffton News said, in his column Thursday? Oh. yes, "It will be interesting to keep tab on the outcome at the neighboring village Friday." Wonder if he is still interested. "Tut Miner returned to the South Side lineup after being ineligible the first three games, but his playing was overshadowed by the stellar work of Gerber,” said the Journal-Gazette i writer in his account of the game here last night. Quite tight, old topper. Here’s anotlter interesting sentence from the J-G story of the game: “The Green and White was forced to resort to 1 ng heaves by Decatur’s tight man to man defense and had only a small degree of success with them.” The Yellow Jackets sure displayed nice teamwork last night. Its true that Gerber and John Engle got most of the field goals, but Krick, Schnepp, Dick Engle, Debolt and Reynolds all had a big share in the victory. Coach Cuitis paraded fourteen comers onto the floor during the. second team game with Geneva's varsity. Some promising material showed up. Jefferson high school’s speedy quintet invaded the Buckeye state last night and handed the Wren high school team a 33-13 drubbing. Wren has a new gymnasium this year and after the boys get about a year’s practice they will make things interesting for their opponents. The Jefferson boys report that the new gym is a dandy. Coach Steve Everhart’s Monroe team lost a tough one to Hoagland last night after holding an 8-5 lead at the end of the first half. “The Influenza Society, according to Dow Richaidson of the Kokomo Tribune has been giving the grippe to hundreds in that vicinity. The degree team also has been active in this territory of late" —Fan Whiffs, Huntington Herald. Sounds like the band was ruling up, too. Cast your eyes toward Henry county, folks, and lamp Orville Hooker’s Newcastle Trojans. They up and socked the old dope bucket for a 43 to 21 victory over the Logansport Loganberries, and in the Berry Bowl, too. We’re beginning to believe that the guy who told us nice things about Newcastle early in the fall is a man of his word. Winchester took Hartford City across last night, at Hartford City, for a 21-18 victory, and Hartford City has been talking about doing big things this year. Looks like Maurice Kennedy has a few trumps in his hand at Winchester. Huntington 43; Columbia City 40. Huntington’s mfitagre one-point win over Kendallville has never yet been explained. The Peru Tigers let out another mighty rear last night and took Alexandria into camp 53 to 24. We wish the

Yellow Jackets had another shot nt the Tigers. Hocky Mylott. captain of the Coroincdores lust year, who Is attending St. Mel's high school In Chicago this season, helped St. Mel’s defeat Quigley seminary Wednesday night, 33 to 13. Hocky played guard and contributed three field goals to the scoring. St. Mel's Is coached by Paddy Dii.veo!'., noted athlete, and the team plays In the Chicago Prep School League. Hocky has a splendid opportunity of getting into another national Catholic tourney next spring. Deeatiu fans have another fine offering for t night. Cathedral high, >£ Indianapolis, 1928 state Catholic champs, invade the city for a clash with the Commodores. Cathedral defeated Ben Davis last night. 29-27. The Ccmmodcres are out to nvettge the defeat handed them by Cathedral in the semifinals of the state Satholic tour ney last spring. Fan Whiffs, of Huntington Herald, informs us that Decatur's game with Huntington is two weeks too early in the season to be played in the Vikings' new gym. Oh, shoot. ■ ■ o CLOSE RACE IN BIC TEN LOOMS By Dixon Stewart, UP Staff Correspondent Chicago, Dee. 15. —(U.R) —Success of Big Ten conference basketball teams in practice games against non-confer-ence opponents indicates that the 1929 championship race will be another scramble such as has featured the conference campaigns of recent years. The conference race will not get under way until the first week in January, but the Big Ten teams have booked numerous pre-season game." with smaller schools of the midwest and leaders in other sections of the country. Conference teams have won a majority of their engagements to date—an unusual situation in Big Ten basketball. In former years the Big Ten teams lost the majority of their December games played against smaller schools, which center their attention on basketball and reach to form earlier than the conference, teams. In addition to the Big Ten circuit which attracts the majority of interest because of its championship race, the middlewest has many other strong teams. Notre Dame, under the tutelage of George Keogan, has been recognized as one of the nation's best teams for the last two seasons. Keogan has a veteran team this season and is playing a hard schedule. In the Big Ten, indications are that the championship will be a fourcornered race between Indiana, Purdue. Northwestern and Wisconsin, but Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and lowa possess a great deal of power and none of these schools can be counted out of the race. Purdue's team is headed by ‘Stretch’ Murphy, giant center who controlled the tip-off for the Boilermakers in every contest last season. The Purdue offensive will be built around him. Indiana also has a great center in McCracken, an allconference selection for the last two years, fn addition, the Hoosiers boast two veteran forwards in Wells and Strickland, while Ashby, a sophomore, has shown well in early games. Wisconsin can present five veterans, a'l over the six-foot mark. The Badgers led the conference for years but in recent seasons have been handicapped by lack of stature. Northwestern has three veterans, Rut Walter, center, Captain Gleichman, forward, and Marshall, guard. Coach Lon berg guided his team to third place during his first year as coach and hopes to do even better this season. Coach Sam Barry has an entire team of veterans at lowa, but reports indicate that two and possibly three sophomore stars are likely to displace veterans. The Hawks were near the bottom of the heap last season. Illinois has been handicapped by an injury to Detailing, veteran star, and the fact that most of its baseketbaii candidates also /play football and wore unable to start practice until after the close of the grid year. Coach Ruby booked only three practice games before the opening of Big Ten competition. Coach Veenker, Michigan’s new pilot, has lost Bennie Osterbaan but still retains a sizeable crop of fair pbrformers in Chapman, Rose, Orwlg and dependable guard in Capt. McCoy, o Fans Barred From North Dakota-Chicago Contest Chicago, Dec. 15—Because of the “flu’’ outbreak the Universities of Chicago and North Dakota, basketball teams will clash behind closed doors at Bartlett gymnasium tonight. Only the players themselves and newspaper men will be allowed to attend.

MONMOUTH IS DEFEATED,43-10 Monmouth high school's Eagles had difficulty tn flapping their wings in the small cage which Union township high school of Wells county use's for a gymnasium, and as a result the Adams county team suffered a 43-1 O defeat last night. The Union boys appeared very much at home on the sma'l floor and they proceeded to pile up a score early In the game. At the end of the half, the home team led, 22-6. Monmouth was scheduled to play the Bluffton second team at Bluffton last night, but the game was cancelled by Bluffton, due to sickness, and the game with Union Centei was booked to take its place. Lineups ami summary: * Monmouth FG FT T Parrish, f. .... 1 0 2 Brokaw, f. 0 0 It B'ttner, c, ... . 0 0 0 Jjewton, g. 0 0 0 Lytle, g. .328 Totals 4 2 10 Union Center FG FT T Seaman, f 5 2 12 Johnson, f. 6 0 .2 Hooplngarner, c. 71 15 Mulles, g. 0 0 0 Koenig, g. ... 1 0 2 Farrel, g. . . . 0 0 0 Allen, g 1 0 2 Totals 20 3 43 Referee: Makley. - q — Northwestern Defeats Pittsburgh Five, 30-24 Evanston, 111., Dec. 15 —<U.R> — The Pittsburgh Panthers suffered the second defeat of their midwest tour last night bowing to the Northwestern quintet, 30 to 24. Northwestern took the lead early in the game and never was headed. The half score was 12 to 9. Pittsburgh lost to Butler Thursday night at Indianapolis, its first defea*

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