Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1929 — Page 8

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Indiana’s Premier Soortine Event Gets Under_Way_Today

DECATUR 1$ ONE OF 64 BASKETBALL TOURNEY CENTERS Eight Teams On Edge For Sectional Tournament Starting Here Tonight Arthur Treater's big G4-ring circus I started today In Indiana. The big ■ show will continue, rain or shine, tin-1 til Saturday night at 10 o'clock. As I the circus continues), the show gets ; bigger and oetter and each week-end for the next thiee, the circus hands I close some of the rings until March j 16, when the two .remaining sets of j performetn fight it on In the finals of I the state basketball tournament at the 1 I.utler Field House, Indianapolis. It's a big day in Indiana today. I Hope springs eternal in the human| heart, and right now you can't convince a single basketball fan that his | particular team hasn’t a chance to ] win the state high school basketball tournament. 754 Teams Start Play The shrill blasts of the referees' whistles will send some 754 Indiana high school teams into action in the 64 sectional tourneys today and Sat- 1 urdav. Approximately 300,000 spec- 1 tators are expected to attend the tournaments. A total of 7,540 players 1 are eligible to compete in the games Thete are fourteen more teams in the tourney this year than in last year's tournament. Ladies and Gentlemen: We ofTer : for your approval the big Adams 1 county sectional tournament with eight teams in one of the rings in the ; big circus. The gates open at 6:30 o'clock tonight and the battle is on 1 in Adams county to select a winner 1 to represent this section in the Fort Wayne regional tournament next Sat- 1 tirday. Monroe high school netters and the Hartford township net aggregation i will open fire at 7:30 o'clock tonight, ' the survivor going to the semi-finals j : Saturday afternoon. Both teams are ready for the opening whistle, according to their coaches and fans of each i school and both are entertaining hopes of winning their first game. | 1 At 8:30 o'clock, Monmouth and Ge- 1 neva will tangle to decide which team goes to the semi-finals and from all 1 advance dope, the game will be a : good one. Both teams have been 1 playing "off and on" basketball, but both have improved greatly since the opening of the season. Saturday morning, at 9 o'clock. I Kiikland township, sectional champs, t will defend their title against the best team ever produced by Jefferson 1 township. At 10 o'clock tomorrow t morning, Decatur Yellow Jackets will ' meet the Berne Bears. The winners : of the first four games will then meet < in the semi-finals tomorrow afternoon f and the two remaining winners will < fight it out for sectional honors. Most sport fans concede that the ( Yellow Jackets have the best oppor- 1 tunlty to win the sectional, with Kirk- < land, Berne and Jefferson all having < a chance in case the Jackets falter. Kvery team is reported to be in good ( condition and it is predicted that the tourney this year will he one of the 1 best ever held in Decatur. Season tickets will be sold until the 1 opening of the frst session tonight. Then single session tickets will be sold for each of the three sessions re- i maining. Those in charge of the ticket sale reported today that a good many i tickets already had been sold and indications were that record crowds : would attend each session. No seats will be reserved and season ticket holders will be given the preference until a half hour before the opening of each session. WHIPPETS RALLY TO WIN, 27 TO 24 After trailing 10-15 at the end of the first half, the Kirkland Whippets staged a rally in the second Half to defeat Mrnroevllle at Monroeville, ,ast nig.it, by a score of 27-24. Scott, of >;-> i aevilla was high point man, with nine points to his credit. Corson and Bill Bryan, of Kirkland, each scored eight points. Lineups and summary: Monroeville FG FT TP Scott f ■• ■ 2 5 9 Andrews f 2 0 4 Lennington c 2 0 1 Crist g ... 9 0 0 Pillars g 2 3 7 Bowyers g ’.... 0 0 0 Totals 8 Whippets FG FT TP Huffman f O 0 Carson f 3 2 8 7 wick f 11 3 Smith o 0 0 Kleinkniglit c 1 0 2 Arnold g 3 0 G W. Bryan g 4 0 8 Totals 12 3 27

KRICK TO LEAD YELLOW JACKETS Joe Krirk. senior at Decatur high school and buck guard on the Yellov I Jacket basket hull team, was unanl I inously elected captain of the Decatur ! high school baskethal team I r the I sectional tourney slat ting tonightDurln tiie season, Coach Curtis np- | pointed a qtptuin ofr each game, and i K ick, Curl Gerber and Bob Cole have I alternated at the position during the i soasno. Joe is playing his fourth and 1 last your on llu* local high school | team and tiis elect 1 n to the tovna ] inent captaincy Is well-deserved COMMODORES RUN WILD IN FINAL GAME Swamp St. I’aul Trojans, 70-10; G. E. Heats I). C. H. S. Alumni Playing their last game of the seas ] on on the local hardwood, tlie Catholic high school Commodores went on a scoring spree and swamped the St. Paul Trojans, of Marion, 70-10. Bill Gass, Commodore forward, led the assault on the Grant county cagers, with an even dozen field goals and one free throw, for a total of 25 points. Captain Petie Mylott was not far behind with six field goals and three free throws. The game last night was played as a benefit to raise money to send the] Commodores to the state Catholic tourney at Indianapolis next week. A profit of about $l2O was derived from the contest, the fans being asked to contribute whatever amount they tiesited for their tickets. Coftch Laurent's boys lost no time in getting started last night and they rang up 20 points before the visitors scored on a free throw. The first half ended with the Commodores holding a 29-4 advantage. ' Coach Laurent substituted freely in the second half and when tho game ended, Kohne, Wemhoff, Mylott and Gass were sitting on the bench. The substitutes carried on the fight nobly and continued to pile up the score and at the same time hold the Trojans' offense in check. Sticken, floor guard, was the outstanding star of the visiting quintet. He scored ten of his team's twelve] points, by sinking three field goals and two free throws. In ibe first game on the program last night, the Catholic high school second team defeated the St. Joseph school eighth gradeis, 14-4. In the second game, the General Electric quintet won from ihe Catholic high school alumni, 22 to lfi, in an interesting game. Lineups and summaries: Commodores FG FT T Miller, f 3 0 « Gass, f. 12 1 25 Coffee, t 4 Wemhoff, c. 11 '3 Gage, c 2 0 4 Mylott, g 0 3 15 Kohue, g. 2 1 5 Harris, g 0 0 0 Rumschlag. g 11 Totals 31 8 70 Marion FG FT T Cashney, f. 0 0 0 Hailihant, f 0 0 0 Lightner, f 0 0 0 Coggins, f 0 0 0 Hanigan, c 0 11 Sticken, g. 3 2 Maurice, g. 0 0 O' Kuhn, g 0 11 Miller, g. ' 0 0 0 Wiggin, g 0 0 0 Totals 3 4 10 Referee: Hyland. Umpire: Beal. . General L'ectric FG FT T Zwick, f. 5 1 11 Hill, f 1 0 2 j Lindemann, f. 1 0 Kleinkniglit, c 0 2 Strickier, g 2 1 White, g 0 0 0 Stonehurner, g 0 0 Totals 9 4 22 D. C. H. S. Alumn FG FT T Laurent, f 12 4 Appleman, f 0 0 Swearingen, f 0 0 0 C. Gass, c 2 0 4 R. Gass, g 11 Miller, g 1 2 4 Smith, g , 0 0 0 Holt house, g Oil Totals 5 6 16 Referee: Beal. i_o 1 Uncle Eben “If you takes yohself too serious,” said Dnele Eben, “you Is g’ineter he as lonesome ns de man dnt turned his hack on de porresslnn an’ marched de other way.”—Washington Star. Battle Scar* 1 A wrinkle on the fai-e should not i humiliate the owner of the face. A ■ wrinkle is a mark' of heroism—the I record of u battle of life. —Atchison Globe.

DECA’IUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARC IM.

Strihliiyg Drives Sharkey to Ropes in Fourth

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Striding crowding Sharkey jto the ropes in tbe fourth roimd of their Hattie at Miami Beach. The Yankee Gob is seen pnilin; himself from between the ropes after the sudden flash that had the southern quarters of the crowd on their leet cheering crazily for the Georgian. —i»rr

International College Closes Season

(Special to tlie Democrat) Fort Wayne. Mar. 1. —International college, of Fort Wayne, has enjoyed one of the most successful basketball seasons in its history, since last October. The college quintet has scored victoiies over Tri-State college of Angola. Howe Military academy of ' Howe, South Whitley Baptists. Salem i Reformed Sunday School of Fort Wayne, and the First Kvangelical Sun- 1 day school of this city. Howe lost | jit-? second game in International here TOURNEY SCORES At Indianapolis, Manual (Indianapolis) 22, Lawrence 14. At Jasper Cuzo 19; English 15. At Winchester —McKinley 17; Losatitville 13. At New Albany—Silver Creek 22; Handinsbur? 12. At Clinton—Rockville 30; Greene township 8. At Gaty—Horace Mann (Gary) 20; i Crown Point 13. i At Oakland City—P.eitz <Evansville) 31, New burg 11 ; At Conners villa —Everett 26; Whitewater 13. At Greensburg—St. Paul 28; West Port 13. At Indianapolis — Broadripple 39; Casse'.ton 20 Ail Oakland City—Miller?burg "2; Gentryvi)le 9 At Lafayette —West Point 23; Bent Creek 19. At Vincennes—Vincennes 64; Ed wardsport. 7. At Winchester —Lincoln 18; Jackson 17. At Gary—Lew Wallace (Gary) 18; Technical (Hammond) 17. At Indianapolis— Ben Davis 29;

| last Wednesday night, at. St. Paul’s ■ auditorium. The score was 43 to 30. \ This game closed the 1928-29 basket-! ball season for International^' International lost three games this ■ seacon, two to the Ossian Merchants ! and one t,> (he First Evangelical team of this city. Members of the International squad, the coach and student manager are shown in the picture above. | They are as follows: Front row. left ! to right, Frances Koerner, Edgar Huggins, Joe Roberts and Robi rt Beech Grove 24. At New Albany—Pekin 28; Georgetown 25. At Logansport—Deacon 19; New Waverly 14. At New Albany — Henryville 30; Posey township 16. At North Judscn —Center 16; Mont- . erey 15. At Vincennes—Oaktown 41; Sandbourn 13. At Bedford—Needmore 22; Heltonvile 12. v ; At Warsaw—North Webster 30; Plerceton 20. 1- At Connersville —Connersville 62; Springfield 9. At Bedford—Mi chell 17; Oolitic 16 At Lafayette —Clarkville 24; Wea 20 t At Terre Haute—Riley 38; Fontanet 23. ; At Terre Haute —Otter Creek 22; Prairie Creek 17. ; At Oarreli —Ashley 19; Butler 16 At Oakland City—L'nville 21; Folit scnvitle 13 A‘. Gar^ —Emerson 45; Roosevelt 5 1- At Mishawaka —New Carlisle 28; Tyner 25. t- At Huntington—Warren 28; Jetferson 9. At North Judson—Francisvill ;’>9; Grovertown 13. i; At Logausiport—Twelve Mile 45;

- Hutchlnscn. Middle row, left to right, Lester Smith, Howard Parks and William Malder. Top row, left to | right, Ted O'Hern, student manager; j George Heckman, Franks in Outcalt. Bernal Richter and Clyde Svoboda, coach. Prof. J. C. Tritch, principal of International college and formerly an instructor in the Decatur public schools, had personal charge of arranging the team's basketball schedule during the season. Metea 15. At Winchester—Farmland 25; Huntville 24 (overtime) At C inton —Clinton 34; Newport 10 A) Jaser —Spurgeon 41; Milltown 13. At Greensburg — Greensburg 42; Clarksburg 7. At Greensburg — Scipio 33; Sandusky 30. At Fort Wayne—South Side 31; New Haven 26. Spanish Stilt Walker* In Spain no parade is complete without its contingent of still walkers, who tire attired in colorful masquerade a pstumes ;|o— o COAL, LUMP COAL | ' I I ONE CAR ON TRACK I | Should sell for $7.50 but in I ton lots or over will sell for $6.75. Do you want to save Money? Sold on a positive guarantee. For Cash Only. BENNETT COALYARD PHONE NO. 299 0 c

Field Goals __ By Mark M. l T PP Once more, tourney time bus arI l ived. We've seen a inf of bn: (luring the last few months, but, humt | i: all. we do hale to see the boys hang j up their suits. The stage is set for a red hot tourney here this year, starting to- ! njeiit There is moreVnterest throughout tne enutfy this year than there has been for vovetal yents, judging Horn the various comments we have Hoard. We’d like to see the gym filled i r evety sessionThe Daily Democrat staff has made arrangements to give the best service possible to fans during the tournament.. A member of the staff will he at pvery game and will he connected I with the office by special wire. Comj oiete lineups and summaties of the i games will he rallied in the'regular | editions of the Daily Dem. H-rut and information will he given out over telephones 1000 and 1001. An attempt was made to have the * Keuilallville high school team suspended fiora the I. H. S- A. A. before the start of the sectional tourney a! Kendallville. Officials of some of the other teams in the tourney charged , iat, Kendallville «had played more than’the alltted number 20 of basketball gamt's during the. sea-on. because of practice games with the Kendallville Merchants. After a telephone envetsation with A. L. Trester, secretary of the 1 H. S. A . A., and a conference between the Kendallville prln- | clpal and principals cf other schools, j the matter was apparently smoothed out and Kendallville is expected to

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play In the tourney, The Commodores sure did basketball-sniping mst night i n lug the St. Paul Tr vjans Punt 70 10 Here'S hoping they can loss In with the same regularity llt l( slate meet next week. More than $l2O was cleared r „.„ the f'ommodo) es' game last nigh, , the money Is said to he fnong, Wipe out the small deficit on the son and send the Commodores to pi' state tourney. The Commodores and their management greatly appreciuil the support of the fans. Stivers high school, of Dayton, Ohio finally met defeat. Cicero, 111, d'ereat ed the Bin-keys, at Cicero. m-ent'v by a score of 21-17. This was the only game lost by Stivers during the teason. The team scored 972 points i„ t’.ieit opponents' 341 in 22 games i Here’s How Dear Mark: Here's the authentic report of the Decatur sectional tour- | ney: Monroe 25: Hartford 22; Geneva 30, Monmouth 12; Jefferson 24. Kirkland 22; Decatur 40; Berne 29 (>. 'neva 28; Monroe 20; Decatur 39, jl;. ferson 22; Decatur 48, Geneva 15 * I. M. Right. Gloom Turns To Despair Dear Maik: Coach Bryan is deeply worried and only gave the Kangaroos one light workout this week, with on ly five of the first (tight men able to be present. Dettinger to k sick Sun i day and now Schladenhauffen is alsn j out with a severe coid. Schladenhanf i ] en should be able to play by Saturday ■ j however, but will he in a weaken*; • i condition. ■ Kirkland Sympathizer i j Here's hoping everyone has a goo< 1 time and —may the best team win