Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1929 — Page 5

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COMMODORES MEET ANDERSON HERE TONIGHT I Crippled Laurentinen Will J Make Effort to Continue J Winning Streak St. Marys Catholic high school not men of Anderson will bp the oppoei- > tlon for Decatur Catholic high school 1 Commodores at the Decatur Catholic bardwood at 8:15 o'clock, tonight. The same promises to be a thriller and a 1 i arge crowd is expected. The Anderson quintet has long been 1 a deadly foe of the Commodores on > the hardwood and both teams hav i heeii consistent rivals for the state net tlt ]e a t the Catholic tourney. The Commodores will enter the i game minus the service of two re?u - lars. Petie Myiott is still unable to play j because of a knee injury and Bill Gass ■, to still hobbling around on crutches be- , cause of a torn ligament in his ankl Coach I-aurent refused to name his atartjng lineup for publication but in , all probability Gage and Lose will s’.a. t ( at forwards; Wemhoff at center and Holthouse and Harris at guard. The new combination, made new- I sary because of the two injuries, has been working good this week in prae- i I tlce and apparently the Comnio-'or I team has not been weakened by the in I stallation of the two former uti'ity men. Anderson has a veteran team tlJg season an I hat been playing a championship brand of basketball. It is understood that a large party of Anderson net fans will accompany the team to this city tonight. Tickets may be secured at the door ( before the game, Rev. Joseph Hes- . sion announced today. A preliminary game will start at 7:15 o'clock. o ftmißAlL teflA By Coach frerettS Dean i Indiana University j — I" _ f- " ' V/IJBM — ARTICLE B— footwork Footwork is of great importance in 1 team play. The player with cleverj footwork is able to keep possession of the ball at all times end will have! a minimum number of held balls Clever footwork by the player with- 1 out the ball will help him to lose his guard and get in the open for a pass. A player well versed in the pivot., quick stops and start/,, clever change of pace and direction is hard to stop. The start of the pivot as shown above in the first picture allows the i relative distance between the guard i and pivoter. In the pivot whirl notice how the ball is protected. Tlr second picture show's the finish ot the Pivot with the guard shifted to meet it- The pivoter has ball well protected and his head and eyes are up look iug for a teammate. This pivot is Used to evade the guard. Quick stops and starts are invaluable. The natural stop with one foot advanced is used in the start of oilier forms of footwork such as pivots, front turns and rear turns. The front turn is used by the player with the ball when he is being overtaken from the rear by the guard. The rear turn is made when the offensive man is confronted by the guard. Both turns are used to get away from the guard. Players on the offense should run in angles instead of circles or curves. This change of direction used with-

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out allowing the guard to anticipate than 'aiT "h' 108e thu Kuard Vdcker man any other method. TOMORROW— THE DRIBBLE SPORT TABS~I - (U.R>— . C* ll ™* 0 ' 1and heavyweight, has been selected to meet Charles Arthur "The Great" Sox flrst ''useman, in the ball player's first start as a professional prize fighter here Monday. Los Angeles.—Les Kennedy, Wilmington heavyweight, beat K. 0. Christner in ten rounds here last night, St. Louis. Eddie Shea, Chicago, easily defeated Young Montreal, Providence, it. i.. j n io roundg last nlght King Tut. Minneapolis, knocked out Joey Kaufman, New York, in the first round. New York.—Hans Steinke of Germany threw Manka Zelezniak of Russia in the feature heavyweight wrestling bout at New Ridgewood Grove arena oo « •**’'*' unvi miuulco Gi wrestling. Chicago.—Carl Howell, 19, died here last night of injuries believed received while boxing at the Y. M. C. A. o D.H.S. GIRLS TO PLAY AUBURN Coach Jeanette Clark s Decatur high school Girls will meet the Auburn high school girls, champions of northeastern Indiana, in a basketball game at Decatur high school gymnasium Friday night at 8 o’clock. A preliminary game will start at 7 o’clock. Last Wednesday night the Lidy Yellow Jackets lost a hard scrap to the Auburn Misses at Auburn by a 6-point margin. Miss Clark has been drilling her team on passing this week and predictions >re that the locals will give the Champs a great battle. The game Friday is the only one scheduled in Decatur and a large crowd is expected. The Cuittismen go fr> Winamac Friday for a game with the high school netters of that citv. o . Pairings For Second Golf Round Are Made Los Angeles, Dee. -I —(U.R) —Pairings for the second round of the National Professional Golfers’ Association tournament today were: Larry Nabholtz vs. Al Waltrous.. Al Espinpsa vs. Bill Mehlhorn. Neil Christian vs. Craig Wood. Henry Culci vs. Johnny Farrell. Tony Manero vs. Eddie Schultz. Walter Hagen vs. Charlie Guest. Herman Barron vs. Leo Diegel. Fred Morrison vs. Gene Sarazen. o Ticket Sale Starts At High School Tonight Tickets for the Decatur-Bluffton basketball game, scheduled for Bluffton next Saturday night, will go on sale at Decatur high school at 7:00 o'clock tonight. All persons planning on attending are asked to call at the office of Principal 'Walter .1. Krick between 7 o'clock and 8 o'clock tonight. —— NOTICE I will be out of my dental office Friday and Saturday, December (> and 7. Burt Mangold, Dentist. 287 3t ... . IB \ Oa i IMMENSK PRODUCTION ma ke« such astounding value possible ... a long-lasting, cigar—/or a nickel: Long fillerno short ends. Made by BayukZho operates the largest most san.Ury and most scientifically equipped cigar factory tn the world. i — Londres J 5 fijF 3 K •k's RipSTufawn! -

— - - - °h.' I Coach George Laurent’s Commodores will meet a real test tonight. The Commodores meet St. Marys of Anderson* But that isn't the test —two utility men will be called on to carry a big brunt of the net battle. . —oOo— j Bob Holthouae will start as guard ( on the local aggregation in place of ( Captain Petie Myiott and Carl Lose will start-at forward in place of Bill Gass. j — oOo — Basketbawls believes the two "ponies” will be just as hard to stop as the Commodore regulars, who are out for sevral weeks, because of injuries. Carl Lose is a dangerous man to let loose with- ( in throw of the net and Bob Holt- ( house is a fast, shifty guard and floor man. —oOo— Go to it boys—that’s what makes a | basketball team—And we're banking ] everything on the Commodores coming through, regardless of injuries. The G. E. club netters failed to score many points in the game against the Berne A. C. netters at Decatur high school gymnasium and went down to defeate, 20-12. —oOo — The game was rough and fast and Berne displayed a great defense. ' —oOo— It was the second of a three-game series between the two clubs. Decatur had previously defeated Berne at Berne. After the game last night Manager Chick Aeschliman of the Berne team and Manager Carl Smith of the G. E. club flipped a coin to determine where the third game would be played. —oOo — Anyway Decatur won the flip , and the game will be played at Decatur high school hardwood January 7. A capacity crowd is expected to witness the tilt. —oOo— i And now—as we peruse the Bluff- I ton paper in search of some “filler” matter — —oOo— i Buck, editor, general manager and author of al leutogies following Tiger defeats is devoting a lot of space these days to things other than the Decatur-Bluffton i net scrap which will be a pretty ! winter event of next Saturday i night. i —oOo — l A whole flock of Decatur fans are preparing to journey to the West ' suburb nexxt Saturday — and you al- i ready know seats at the game will be i at a premium. If you’re going you'd < better call Prof. Walter J. Krick at i

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once and get some seat reservations. —oOo— Word from Bluffton is to the effect that there won't be any tickets left by game time —one nice thing about the Bluffton gym is that every seat Is a good one——oOo— So far this season the Tiger's claws have fulled to scratch. However • Bluffton always rises to the occasion and at least plays a fair brand of basketball against the Jacketmen. —oOo— There doesn't seem to be any doubt as to the outcome of the Saturday tilt—but it’s how much can the Curtismen beat the Tigers. —oOo — Decatur gave Bluffton a place ou Its schedule this year in preference to Rock Creek, Clear Creek, Stoney Creek, College Corners and several other township net aggregations. —oOo— Well folks, it will be a hot game leave your boxing gloves at home but take your megaphones along. —oOo — And anyway, Bluffton always has a good street fair. —oOo— We wonder too, if Friend Buck could give ns a little information concerning the whereabouts of one Joe Simmnns. who when last seen was wearing a pair of knickers — we’ve searched the local golt course for Joe, but so far have been unable to find him——oOo— Joe has been missing for the last six weeks and is wanted to settle several important golf bets. —oOo— COMMODORES, BEAT ANDERSON. —oOo — YELLOW JACKETS. BEAT WINAMAC AND BLUFFTON. o Baseball Meeting Opens At Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 4. (U.R) — With almost a thousand baseball leaders present, the 28th annua! meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues opened a three-day session here today. o To Discuss Auto License Problems Indianapolis, Dec. 4. — (U.R) — Disagreements which have repeatedly brought threats of auto license wars between Indiana and bordering states, will be discussed in a meeting of license officials of Kentucky. Ohio and Indiana, at Frankfort, Ky., tomorrow. James L. Bradley, chief of the auto license division, will represent Indiana at the conference. He has urged the necessity of reciprocal agreements between bordering states, whereby differences* in laws may not cause serious economic disturbances along the border lines. Indiana has had license conflicts with all her neighbors excepting Illinois, Bradley pointed out, and unless reciprocal agreements can be worked out, there is constant threat of recurrences.

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G. E. CLUB LOSES HARD NET SCRAP Inability to hit the net on easy shots cost the Decatur G. E. Club basketball team a game at Decatur high school gymnasium last night. The Berne A.C. aggregation took the locasl into camp in a rough and tumble contest, 20-12. Decatur had previously defeated Berne at Berne by a 9-point margin and last night's game evened the series. A third game will be played January 7, Manager Carl Smith of the G.E. club stated today. The Berne team took the lead early 1n the game and held on io it all the way. At times the large crowd which witnessed the fray cheered violently as the players fought for control ot the ball. Chet Kleinknight wae the only consistent scorer for the G. E. netters counting for a total of 6 of his team's 12 points. Nine local players were used in an effort to stem the tide. The half ended with Berne holding a 12-4 lead. In the second half both teams scored 8 points. The game was exceedingly rough, but was well handled by the officials. Next Tuesday night the locals will play tne Ossian Merchants at Decatur high school gymnasium. Another program between halves is being planned at which time one of the spectators will be presented with an electric iron. Lineup and summary: Berne A. C. FG FT TP Patterson, f 0 0 0 Hawbaker, f 113 Braun, f 0 0 0 Wilson, f 1 0 2 Moser, f. 3 0 6 Habegger, c 10 2 Myers, c 1 ® 2 Smith, g 0 0 0 Clauser, g 10 2 Baumgartner, g Oil Hirschy, g 1 0 2 Totals 9 2 20 Decatur G. E. Club FG FT TP Stoneburner, f. . 0 11 Hill, f. 0 0 0 Miller, f. 0 0 0 Bell. f. . 0 11 Strickler, c 0 0 0 Kleinknight, g. 2 2 6 Myiott, g. ..... 10 2 Krick, g 0 11 Kohne, g ................... 0 0 0 Totals 3 6 12 Referee, Hyland, Notre Dame. o Horace Mann Team Is Awarded Trophy Indianapolis. Dec. 4. —(U.R) —Horace Mann high school of Gary was today awarded the annual Indianapolis Times trophy for presenting the outstanding scholastic football team of the year. Dick Miller, who picks the championship team for the Times, with permission of the Indiana High School Athletic Association board of control, points out that the championship is not awarded on a basis of victories

aud losses entirely, but rather upon the all-around quality of playing shown by each team during the season.

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Jubn Muynurd ix home from his monthly visit In Indianapolis as a member of the rtate board of embalmers