Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 9 December 1929 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Overpower Two Bluffton Tead

DECATUR RUNS UP 33-23 WIN OVER TIGERS Second Team Trims Rivals 39-24 In Red-Hot Preliminary Decatur high school Yellow Jackets, and their heirs-ap-parent to lhe Decatur net throne in 1931, namely the Second team, played havoc | with two strong Bluffton high school basketball teams at Bluffton Community Hall Sat-1 urday night and sent the pair of Tiger teams back to their eage, beaten, battered and badly ' disorganized. The Curtismen won 33-23 while Steve Everhart’s proteges knocked out a 39-24 win in the curtain-raiser. It was the worst defeat Bluffton l has received in their own gym-1 nas inn for several years, but the] Jacketmen so completely outclassed their arch-enemies of the hardwood, that even the most pre-] judiced Bluffton fan was forced to; concede overwhelming defeat. • About 400 Decatur fans and more] than 2,000 Bluffton fans sat through the two battles, which at times got completely away from the officials. and cheered their respective teams on. Both games were exceedingly rough and the officials called a total of 55 personal fouls in the two contests. In both tilts, the Jacketmen spurted in the second period to overwhelm their opposition. The crowd Saturday ti ght came early and when the preliminary game started almost every seat in the big auditorium was occupied. Curtain Raiser The Tiger second team got away, to a live-wire s.art and during the i first 15 minutes of the first half, it. looked gloomy for the Embryo Jackets. The local netters were getting loose under the basket, but the ball was going everyplace but through the hoop. Bluffton held a 7-poinc margin, with about six minutes of the first half left to go, and then i the Jacketmen got together. For ' the next six minutes the ball was finding a welcomed home in the Decatur net, and the electric scoreboard had’to hurry to keep pace with the Decatur offensive. The half ended with Decatur leading, 16-10. Second Half When the second half started, all tickets for the night’s enter- 1 tainment were sold, and standing] room was at a premium. The secondary Tigers started out strong I and in a few minutes were within a point of overcoming Decatur’s I lead. However, Decatur began another rally soon and went weaving down the floor time and again tor counters. Coach Everhart used onlyfive men in the tilt, and e' ery man showed the crowd just why he was' playing on the second team. Buff-' enbarger and Hill at forward birihs handled the ball like veterans. | Shraluka at center not only accounted for 12 Decatur points but' his defense was unquestionably, strong at opportune times. The real father of the second half rally was Stanley Green, who' dribbled the length of the hard-, wood three times in a row and sank ■ counters. Marion Feasel, playing at back- \ guard, held the Bluffton offense at bay, sometimes, almost single' handed, and then found tinfe to score five Decatur points. It was a great beginning to a greater ending. Main Event ■ When the two varsity teams pranced out on the hardwood at 8:15 o’clock, the entire crowd was wild. The Bluffton high school band sounded out some favorite melodies and after a brief resting spell for the officials, who handled Bbth games, the big show started. Bender, Bluffton guard, drew first blood when he scored a free throw on Reynold's foul. A few seconds later Myers, Tiger forward found the net for a 2-po!nter. The Bluffton sections were wild and hopes of a lop-sided victory were high. A minute later, W. Hesher of Bluffton hit for another field goal and the count was boosted to 5-0. The Curtismen settled down and in short order Engle, Gerber, and Debolt tossed in field goals and Engle pushed the ball in for one free throw. In the meantime Bluffton had run its total up to 10 and shortly added a point on Reynold’s third foul. Coach Curtis sent Hebtle into the scap to replace Reynolds, who had three fouls marked against him. With the score 11-7 against them,

the Curtismen buckled up and In a few minutes had the count knotted at 11-11. High, Tiger guard counted a free throw and Schnepp did the same for Decatur. Gerber hit for a field basket and Deboll scored a free throw. The half ended with, the Yellow Jackets Jeadin 15-12. Second Half With the second half still young. Hobble scored a field goal. Bluff-, ton pulled their side of the score' up to 16 and Decatur still held on lo 17 points. Schnepp ami Gerber ; seated for Decatur while Myers I and Stevens counted for the Tigers. At this point Bluffton went into a 21-20 lead. , Captain Gerber called time out I when Bluffton was leading. 21-20. with ten and a Ralf minutes left, ;to play. The Bluffton coach, who I had been substituting freely sent fresh men into the tilt. The ref- , erees were about as frenzied as i the crowd and were having a hard time holding the game under conI Hol. The last half of the last half ; was Decatur’s "big moment," and ■it was one of the greatest exhii bitions of liasketball ever displayed | by a Decatur team. Regardless of the many bad breaks, the Curtismen refused to! 'surrender and evegy man on the - team met the task of beating Bluffi ton. With five minutes to go the ' Jackets held a 9 point lead ’of 2130. Debolt was sent to the showers with four personals and Reynolds went back into the fracas. The Tigers were worn out and made little effort to get possession of the ball during the closing minutes. Bluffton added a point on a free throw and Decatur added a field goal to make the final score 33-23. When Deliolt went to the showers with 5 minutes to play, the Bluffton mans apparently surrendeted for they began to move slow , ly, and even sadly toward the exits mumbling queer words to them-' selves. It was Decatur’s fourth win over; Bluffton in five games, and while; ' a victory was expected, few fans! . with the exception of the most rabid ones predicted that the CurI tlsmen would give their rivals such la complete lacing in every d. part- | ment of the game. Both Bluffton teams play a re-' i turn game at Decatur, February 14. I lineups and summary: Daca.ur (33) FG FT TP Engle, f. 3 4 10 Reynolds, f. .000 Hebble, f. 2 3 7 Ggrbir. c. 3 0 6 Schnepp. g. 113 Debolt, g 2 3 7 Totals .... 11 11 33 Bluffton (23) FG FT TP: j Myers, f. 3 3 9 i Barrington, f. 10 2' !w. Hesher, f. 11 3 , Pyle, f. Oil ' Stevens, c 2 15 I High. g. 0 11 1 We sell. g. . 0 0 0 Bender, g. 0 2 2 B. Hesher, g. .0 0 0 Totals 7 9 23 Referee, Da_vis, Fort Wayne. UmI plre, Logan, Fort Wayne. Per- | sonal fouls called on Bluffton, 14; ! on Decatur. 11. Technical fouls ] called on Bluffton, 1. for substitute ■ common.eating with player. i Decatur Sec. (391 FG FT TP ] Buffenbarger, f 4 0 8 I V. Hill. f. 0 0 0 1 Shraluka, c 4 4 12 I Feasel, g. w 2 15 .. Green, g. 4 3 11 _ _ _ Totals.. 14 11 39 ] Bluffton .Sec. (24) FG FT TP I Hixon, f. 2 1 5 , | Ulmer, f 2 0 4 , Hower, f 3 17 , Showalter, c. 0 0 0 Wa: nock, c 0 0 0 Saver, g. . ........ 1 0 2 Rector, g. ... 0 2 2 . Nchf. g. 12 4 Ulanur, g. 0 0 0 i Totals 9 6 24 ,1 Referee. Logan, Fort Wayne. Um- ■ I pile, Davis, Fort Wayne. Personi'a! fouls called, on Bluffton, 18; on I Decatur, 12. .; o The Great Shires Will Make Debut 'i ■ I Chicago, Dec. 9. —(U.R; —Art (The II Great) Shires will make his fistic • debut here tonight against one ■ . Dan Daly, of Cleveland, 22-year-I' old giant. • Having achieved considerable publicity for twice blacking the I. eyes of Lena Blackburne, his manI' ager, last year, Shires, who plays I! a good game of baseball at first i base will endeavor to show the ■ fans that he can fight iq the ring. I Some of the mystery about ■ Shires’ opponent was lifted yesierday when Daly appeared before • a boxing commission physician and i! disclosed himself as a strapping : young fellow, standing six fooftwo in his stockings. The physician , gave him an official “O. K.”

G. E. NETTERS TO PLAY FOR GOOD FELLOWS Local Net Team to Play Here Thursday Night As Christmas Benefit The Decatur General ElecI trie club basketball team has obtained specie! game with the Fort Wayne Winter street net team for next Thursday night, Manager Carl Smith announced today. The game will be played at Decatur high school gymnasium and will be for the benefit of the local Good Fellow club. The chib l« sponsored J»y Delta Theta Tail sorority to provide a Merry Christmas for the poor kidd'es of Decatur and all proceeds from the Thurs lay night game will go to the fund. Tickets will go on sale tonight at 25 cents each. T ckets can be secured from any member of locafl Delta Theta Tan sorority or at the doors the night of the game. The Winter street team has one of the fastest industrial league basketball teams in Fort Wayne and a good game is promised. All Decatur basketball fans are urged to attend the game, which will start at 8 o'clock. o— —— °h. And the banner of athletic supremacy over the West Suburbers still basks itself in the cool December breezes high above the camp of the Curtismen. —oOo — Herb Curtis and his Yellow Jackets and Steve Everhart and his ; Embryo Yellow Jackets certainly had their “big momen.s” Saturday night. —oOo — Completely outclassed and outsmarted in both games, the Tigtrs tucked their tails under their hind-legs and slouched off the hardwood like so many pussy-cats. —oOo — From the looks of the way the Decatur high school Second team completely drubbed the Bluffton Second team, it appears as if it would be years and years before a Bluffton team would come close to whipping a Decatur hardwood team. A lot of people wondered who the fat fellow in the front row was, who was waving his hands like a Grand Leader salesman — that ladies and gentlemen was Bluffton’s one and only ROGER. The officiating, at times border'd cn the hysterical — Davis and Logan, a pair of Fort Wayne men, officiated both games. Once durng the second team scrap, there were six Bluffton men playing—an J once during the man event .here were seven Tigers on the floor at lhe same time—lt seems as tho' the referee ruled that since none of the Tigers was actually playing any time during the game, hat it wasn't a foul. —oOo — About a quarter of a hundred fouls were called during the game—on both teams—the officiating wasn’t - one-sided, but its just another case of inefficiency—pure and simple. Dick Engle sent Decatur’s "Amen sect on" into a frenzy when he hoved the ball through the net for a 2-pointer, alter Bluffton had scored 5 points. Schnepp and Debolt did some fine guarding all during the tilt — Carl Gerber, Decatur’s pivot man, certainly gave the crowd a treat, by getting the tip-off from Stevens every time during the game, except twice.* > Reynolds and Hebble both play- . ed a lot of good basketball. Curly was taken out of the scrap after ■ about 10 minutes, because three > pr. sonal fouls were chalked up I against him —and Coach Curtis de- ; sited to save him ’n case of emi ergnecy which never arrived. i —oOo— Buck, who plays the Wells

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county athletic bagpipe for the News-Banner, conceded defeat, immediately after the final gun saunded — It was*unusual for Buck too, he usually wants a recount. —oOo — That Second team comblnai ion wlilch Coaches (,'urtis and Everhart have worked out. Hill, Buffenliarger, Shraluka, Green and Feasel is hat’d to beat. Ikisketbawls believes it's the greatest Second team combination ever to represent Decatur. --bOo—And the great thing of it all is that Hill, Buffenbarger and Feasel are Freshmen. —oOo — Over in the eastern part of Alien county one’ Paul While has; been str.vlng for years with his] New Haven Bull Dogs to organize, a net comb.nation which would be; superior to a Fort Wayne team. i That high aim at iasi has been completed. New Haven defeated; South Side Saturday night 28-26 and those who saw the game say it was a far greater New Haven victory than thg* score indicates. Murray Mendenhall, Central High school coach, stepped out of his class Saturday night and as a result. Central was disgracfull chastised at Gary by Horace Mann. The Calumet team was superior in every department of the game — to us, Central trying to play Horace Mann is like Sluffton trying to play Decatur. North S.de of Fort Wayne and Concordia also took smacks on the nose Saturday and ihe Hoosiers even were drubbed—so all in all it was a disastrous night for the Summit City. —oOo — But next Friday night is a different night — and Decatur finds itself in the path of a fighting, scrapp ng Berne high school quintet. —oOo — x Simon Schwartz, minister of basketball gospel for the Berne Review locks at life through a rosecolored windshield — and conse•luently ha believes Berne will beat D.catur —And Simou isn’t alone in a.s views, Ed Liechty, editor, general manager, and sport prognostieutor of the Berne Witness and 500 Bertie fans believe the same. Be ne upset the dope bucket las. spring when Sonny Johnson coached his Berne Bears to a win over the Curtismen in the sectional tournament. —oOo — Coach Johnson stated Saturday l;at he believed his team could win from Decatur again next Friday night. Berne promises to send a big representation to Deatur to see the game——oOo— Casket bawls believes Decatur Ail) viin by a nice comfortable margin—And let's s.ncerely hope that the officiating Friday night is better than during the sectional last spring. oOo— Coach George Laurent is preparing his Catholic high school Commodores for the game here Wednesday night with New Haven high school. The Bull Dojs have been going strong this year and a great game is anticipated. Bill Gass is back in the lineup for Decatur, and the local offense has been greatly improved since lie Anderson disaster. —oOo — New Haven is fresh from a win over Fort Wayne South Side. The Monroe Bearkatz, only Adims county team still undefeated continued the victory march Saturday by downing Monroeville high school. Monroe is improving steadly each game. The Decatur General Electric club netters will have their hands full tomorrow night. The G. E. team plays Ossian Merchants at Decatur high school gymnasium. — oOo — COMMODORES, BEAT NEW HAVEN. — o Otis Burk, of Geneva came up this morning to transact business. How’s Your Radio? Expert Service on any radio or equipment. All work guaranteed. Bring in your tubes. We test them free. Phone 244 Decatur Electric Shop ■

KIRKLAND WINS FROM ALUMNI Cnaoh Bill Bryan's Kirkland high school Kangaroos had little trouble whipping the Kirkland Aliunnl in a het tilt lietween the two teams Saturday night at Kirkland Community hull. The Bryannien led throughout th- gaim. The final! | score was 30 21. The Alumni showed some strength H the opening bull' of lhe game and held the Kangaroos to a 10-7 lead. In the second half the! former Kangaroos weakened and] jl'j- regulars ran away to a 30-21 ■ win. ihe Alumni girls defeated the ] Kirk.and gi Is 14-12 in an e .citing ip.eliminaty game and Election i school defeated the Kirkland Mid gets 13-12 in another close scrap. 1 Lineup and summaryK rkland (301 FG FT TP, Zimmerman, f. Oil! Beery, f. 5 2 121 McKean, f. 4 19 Dettlnger, c. 2 3 7i Schladenhaiiffen. g. 0 0 o Kipfer, g. .... .4 0 0 0 Heimrlch. g. oil! — — Totals 11 8 3.) Alumn. (21) FG FT TP J. Schlickman, f. 0 0 0 Reppert, f. 0 0 0 L. Arnold, f. “248 Meyers, c. . 1 2 4 Schladenhauffen, g. 0 4 41 Dorphus, g. 11 3 Arnold, g. 10 2 To.als 5 11 21 MAJOR LEAGUE MANAGERS MEET New York, Dec. 9. — (U.R) -Baseball men were gathering here today for what promises’ to lie the liveliest major league meeting of I recent years. National League owners will' mvene tomorrow, with the Amer-' can leaguers getting together the . oilowing day, and the joint meet-' Ing of the two leagues with Com-: missioner latndls scheduled for Thursday. National leagues are reported ready to air .various grievances tga list President E. S. Birnard of the American league. While sevral American league owners are nursing grudges against Cominis-' sionei Landis, making it likely the | tnee.ings will result in consider-1 bie fiery debate. A lively baseball "war" would distinguish the meetings which have been singularly dull and uninteresting s nee Judge Kenesaw M. Landis became high commissioner if baseball under a pact which forbade criticism of the comm, ssiou•r or fellow owners, and the basemil public is awa ting the outoiae of the sessions with interest. Two statements by Presiden. Barnard of the American league aroused the ire of National leaguuers. His first, to the effect that the tesults of recent world series proved the American league to be 20 per cent stronger than >.he Nat onal league has been answered by .’resident Heydler of the Nat.ona. league but as certain to come up for futher discussion. There is a poss.bility that the National league nay challenge the American league to agree to a change in world seres rules to provide a bet.er and I more convincing test of league suiremaey. Barnard's mo: e recent statement hat there ’’must be an earlier closug o' the baseball season" is denounced by National leaguers as a grand stand play. The National. .agi,eis contend that Bardnard has daced them in a false Ugh., wheres they really had been in favor f an earlier closing. They charge hat Barnard did not make Ids tatement until he had been infoim:d pr vately by President Heydler hat the National league never a";aln would vote for a closing date ater than the las. Sunday in Sepenjber. The chief point of controversy in , Lhe American league centers on Commissioner Landis' action in declaring a number of American league players free-agents last spring. . The commissioner charged several o ; o I 1 DR. C. V. CONNELL VETERINARIAN Office 120 No. First Street i Phone: Office 143-Residenco 102 | I Special Attention given to * | cattle and poultry practice j (lb _ J

Llubs with "covering up" prom’sLug play is for minor league] I learns, fined them ail and took the ! players from them. The punched club owners de-li-lure Landis wtis attempting to punish them for being members of the ciiipie wh’ch. opposed his entranci 1 Into organized baseball and] :i:e leported planning to introduce! a resolution crliicis'ng the commissioner for hs "high handed" ac-] ion in "crippling" American leaI ;ue clubs. MONROE WHIPS MONROEVILLE M.mroe h'g'i school . team continued in the 1.000 percent , column by defeating Monroville I high school netters at Decatur high i school gymnasium Saturday night n a game which created a lot of thrills late in the final period. | The Bearka r started out strong and held a 21-12 lead at the half. • After the top-heavy lead was oh-] tallied the Monroe aggregation began slowing down and it almost proved to lie their Waterloo. The Allen coun’y aggregation began peppering the basket and .. hen he fin .1 gun sounded, the score was 30-26. Monroeville outscored the Adams county team in he final half 14-9. Lineup >nd summary:: Monroe (30) FG FT TP Busche f 4 0 8 Balmer f 0 0 0 Cleo Andrews f 1 0 2 Brandyberry c . o 0 0 ’l< ffnu.n c . 3 17 Myers g 6 1 13, Totals 14 2 30 •Monioeville (26) Crates f 11 3' Muse, f 0 0 i) .tali f 1 0 2 Marqn dt e ‘ 8 1 J? Schaffer g 2 0 4 Johnson g 0 g p 12 2 26 Referee, Byerly, Arcola. EAT Chop Suey, Mexican Chili, Waffles and Old Style Buckwheat Cakes at - CAMPBELL’S

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G.E, CLUB WILL MEET OSSUN Decatur General Electric el u ), baskoteirs will meet the ()s H | an I Merchants at Deca.ur high school .gymnasium Tuesday night In H n ,, t 'rgnnientH. which In all prolmbility will be an interesting event. Both lean's have been playing champ finish p ball this season and both j teams will make a hard effort to | continue their w’nning ways. . Carl Smith, manager of lhe | n . I <wl independent team, stated to•ay that h's squad was In good I">ndhlon for the t It. The regular IG. E. dub lineup will start against the fust Merchant aggregation. Anothei Ossian Independent team will tigage the Decatu •G. E. Moi- | ors team in .he curtain-ra s >r. The big game will start ut 8:15 o’clock. I C ,unnrr Elliott, Fort Wayne, will

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