Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1929 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets To Tangle With Berne Tonight

DECATUR AND BERNE READY FOR NET TILT Three Berne Teams to Play Here Tonight; First Game 6:15 Deratin’ high school Yellow Jackets and Berne high school Bears, for years keen hardwood rivals will meet at; s o'clock tonight in Decatur high school gymnasium for what is generally conceded to be the basketball championship of Adams county. Berne present section it champtons have been playing a great brand of basketball this season and , the Curtismen expect a hard gain" ' Last spring Berne netters tore through a Decatur high s h.ii'l team and completely upset the dope to win the sectional title. Berne fans a:.- sure their team can repeat again this season and Coach Sonny Johnson of Berne has; been drilling his aggregation hard ; for tonight's game.. Coach Johnsen probably will start ' Lantz and Ehrsam at forward berths Both playei have been scoring a lot of field goals this season I and Ehrsam is one of the high-score players of the county. Gottschalk, big six-foot Berne player will start at center ami so* fat he has not met a center who I consistently outjumped him. The 1 defem-? of the visitors will depend on the ability of Stu< ky and Stauffer, guards. Both of the Berne guatds hive been going good this season, and Gottschalk drops back afjei the tip-off and helps them, i At Decatur high school the attitude is entirely different than it was last spring. Th-? fans,, players and Coach Curtis are not worrying ■ bout beating Berne, but the talk Is centered around the number or j points Decatur Jnetters can beat i their rivals by. Coach Curtis probably will start I Reynolds and Engle at forwards; ! Gerber at center and Schnepp and 1 Debolt at guard. This combination started against Bluffton last Saturday night and appeared strong. It is i likely that Hebble, forward, a’so

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will see action befo.e the gam-' is iver. A prelimin try will start tonight it 7 o'clock between the Berne and Decltur second teams. More than 200 B rite fans are expected to folI ow their Betfhs to this city tonight and one of the largest crowds ever o fill I) -catur high school gytnnadum Is predicted. A fit -t preliminary at 6:15' Is scheduled between Decatur Eighth grid rs and Berne Eighth Graders , ind tli" doors will open at ti o'clock | G.E. CLUB WINS BENEFIT GAME Decatur General Electric club j :’> isketball te-im had little trouble i ]’roitncing the Port Wayne Winter str“et netters, 42-31 in the Gcod Fellow benefit game played Thursday night at D ■catur high school gymna sium. before a Inge crowd. Th.' local independent netters went into a big lead early in th" first half and at half time were leading 29-7. the second half, Manager Cail Smith of the locals substituted freely, but the G. E chib •dw yg maintained a safe 1 ad. Lineup and summary:: G. E. Club (42) FG FT TP Strickler f 3 0 0' Bell, f 10 2; Miller f 0 0 0 j Stonehuiner f ft 0 ’» Hill c Ift 1 21 Snyder c 0 0 0 Mylott g .3 17 K ick g 2 0 4 Kleinknight g 1 0 2; Kohne g 00-0 Tot ds 20 2 42 Winter Street (31) Johnson, f 3 2 8l Weaver, f. 0 0 o' Pvle f ... 2 12 Kestn >r c ft 11 ] g 3 17 Smith g .... .. 0 0 0 Mark g 113 Cclliers g ........ ft 0 Oi Totals 12 7 311 Referee. Beal. — o Altbon Purdy, who claims to hav? I formerly lived in Geneva, arrested n Fort Wayne a few days ago so. holding up i filling station has been r tv-ii a ten year sentence to the Pendleton reformatory. Fr d Thieme of Union township shopping in town today.

TWO DECATUR GRID PLATERS ARE HONORED Sports Writers Give Debolt and F. Brown Honorable Mention Two Decatur high school football players were given | honorable mention on Hez' | Clark’s and Dick Miller’s all ! state h’gh school football I teams for the 1929 season it I was announced today. The ■ I ’ocaf plays to share the hon-. ors w th other Indiana football players are Chalmer De-, Mt, at halfback and Fred Brown at end. Debolt and Brown were the mainstays of the Yellow Jacket grid aggregate n this sea on and did bt ilimt work ir eve:y scheduled game. *ho bulletin announcing the select’o’ s s'lys. Clark Jt'd Miller. Indi ma sports .idlers are generally conceded to be the state’s leading high school -port c ities and while lx>th teams ■ ary in many places. Brown and > bolt rec ived honor ibl - mention n each mini's selection. Millet who writes for the Indianapolis Times and the United Press selected th ■ following all-state first team: Duggins. New Albany and Lyons, Fort Wayne Central, ends; Felt>inn, Evansville Central and H. Johnson. Hor ice-Mann of Gary tm kies; Malone. Clinton and Nylec. H> ce Mann of Gary, guards; Buzolits. fouth Bend, center; Page Bloomington, quarter-back; Steven son. Jasonville and "Toby” Yoder, Gcshen, half-bacls. Yatds. Horace M tin of Gary, full back. Hez Cl rk chose the following first team: Duggins. New Albany and Lyons ’■'ort Wavne Central, ends; E. Ynglemeycr, Goshen, Jones, Wa-, bash, tackles; Garnoc, Linton and Malone, Clinton, guards; J., Buzo’it-, South Bend, center; P. Cavanaugh, Hor ice Mann of Gary, quare l ack; Stevenson. Jasonville and ’ulleit. Shortiidge of Indianapolis, ’• ba- ks; L. Yards. Horace Mann, full-back.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1929.

EAGLES PLAY HERE SATURDAY I Decatur Catholic high school Second team will meet Coach Harve Haggard's Mcntnouth Eagles in a . hardwood argument at Catholichigh school bymnaslum -it 8 o'clock S iturdciy night, it was announced I today. The Haggardmen have shown | gieat improvement the last several games and they are expected to have little trouble with the Com-, modore reserves. However, the young Commodores have been showing a good brand of ball lately and may .spring a surprise. A preliminary game will start at 7 o'clc ck and the big game will get ' underway at S o’clock. 0 It'll all be over at 10 o’clock tonight, folks. Basketbawls has been typographically assaulted by the two Berne Station sports writers all week —tut we’re still p eking the Yellow Jackets by 10, 14 or more points. —oOo— , Even the first preliminary promises to be a real game. Coach Bryce Thomas of the Decatur Eighth Graders has a good combination ami his team should win iver the Berne Eighth Graders. —oOo — Steve Everhart’s Embryo Yeliow Jackets should have no trouble at all defeating Berne Cubs — —oOo — And the Curtismen should win comfortably from the Johnsonmen —S ill, it's Barne we’re playing and the most important factor in a Berne-Decatur game is “IF." —oOo — S mon Schwartz, author, cow raiser, choir leader and prominent Cerne newsboy must have kept the oil lamp burning all night down at Berne Station. Simon torse loose with a lot of literary ability in Thursday’s Review——oOo — A "ter reading predictions by ! tbove mentioned Simon and after reading predictions of the Boy ' Author of Berne Station in the . Witness- we assume that Berne is expecting to beat Decatur. —oOo — The Kirkland Whippets and the Geneva Boosters will play an independent basketball game at Kirkland gymnasium Satuiday n ght. The Whinpets have lost only 4 games in 63 staits during the last four years. —oOo — YELLOW JACKETS, EEAT I BERNE. —oOo — Decatur Catholic high school I Commodores reserves will play ; Monmouth high school at Catholic ; high school gymnasium Saturday | night a. 8 o'clock. —oOo — Decatur Yellow Jackets will journey to Fort Wayne South

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Side Saturday night where the Curtismen will engage the Green Archers—Decatur should win handily from the South Siders. —OOo— The Yellow Jackets are going to town tonight tho’ and the margin of victory tomorrow night might be , cut down to possibly 10 points. - 000- - No mercy, Herb. They've been pretty mean this week. —oOo - 1 And now because of lack of space to tell you of our love for Ed and Simon and other details 1 which makes tonight's game of in- : terest to Basketbawls we'll leave 1 the destiny of the Curtismen in - the hands of the officials, < oOo — YELLOW JACKETS, BEAT < BERNE. 1 —oOo— I And BEAT SOUTH SIDE. 1 —oOo—- (> - - — ( Local Car Figures ; In Auto Collision < I’TilTtifn. Ind., Dee. 13. (U.R) ( The Chevrolet Coupe of County ; i Agent M. S. Smith of Bluffton and { a (Tievroliu Coupe driven b) H < ; Bovine of Decatur were badly j I damaged in a co lis ion about 7 ’ o'clock Thursday evening, one and inehalf miles north of Ossian. The | leaiy fog was blamed for the < rash. The occupants escaped tin- j nJ tired. ' f Jpbwn Talk Among those from this city who ctored to Bluffton wh Te they attended tbe funeral of Mrs Margret Crosbie, mother of Mrs. Dr.ve Campbell were Mrs. Wi srn Lee. Mr. and Mrs. J U. Maynard Lev. H Feinthe‘l. Mrs. J. 1). Sutton nd Miss Rose Ch isten. Mis I.’on G iss. who is confined to her home with sinus infection, not much improved.. Mr-. Carl Pumphrey, Mrs. Albert Mutschler. Mrs. Cha. les Brodbeck nd Miss Verena Niblick., were in llufftcn yestei lay. and attendee he fune al of Mis Dive Campbell’. • her, Mis. M ngaret Crosbie. CLn em Snell and Dick Graber ho ar- en ph y d in Foit Wsyiit 'sited in Dec’tur last evening. Bib IT -id ch of Fort kVny-ne at tided to b tsin *ss in this city to ay Miss Josephine Aichbold of th : ■ity who is attending Indiana i’ni ’er tty is recovering from a weeks illness with intestinal flu. The funny thing about the new. long, saw tooth skins is that thee.y women who’ve got ever’thing o Io e are not protestin'. Tiler's somethin’ about danger signals hat seems to make a lot o' people ake i chanca. —Abe Martin. Indianapolis News W. A. Wells of Geneva was a business visitor in this city today J. N. Burkhcad of Monroe was ooking after affairs in Decatur ’his morning and greeting folks .v th h s old time smile. “Chine" Shumacher was whistlag and singing this morning as le cleaned the walk in front of the United Cigar store. His tune was 'Twas in the merry month of May. hen the lambs did skip and play.” Bill thinks spring is really hen mt he's probably mistaken. Jam%s Foreman of Blue Creek township called on us last evedug. 1. W. Macy r turned this after oon from a several days business trip to Detroit. .vlr. and Mrs. August Lengerich >f Washington township visited in this city this morning. is. \V. S. Smf.ii and Mr. and M.s. J. F. Hocker of Monroe sh.ij, ,ied in Decatur yesterday. Bernard Beckmcyer of Root ownship was a lousiness v.sitor in Decatur this morning. AlLed Beavers who has been ir Akron, Ohio, attending the Gen eral Tire Convention for the past .veek, will return home tonight. Mr. and Mrs. John Peters, re siding west of tlie city, shopped in his city this morning. When you go to buy your Christ mas c gars, remember that you can get Decatur made smokes which are better than otheis, for lesi money and at the same time helj h ;p engaged ‘n bi st-' ”3 here. Francis Noack and Clifford Mann v.sited in Fort Wayne Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Porter motored to Fort Wayne Wednesday evening and attended a show at the. Emboyd. v — Coach Phelan Resigns Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 13 (UP) — Jimmy Phelan, whose name became famous In football throughout the country by virtue of the undefeated records of his Big Ten championship Put due Boilermakers, has re-1 signed to accept a job as coach of the of Washington team at Seattle, 'Wash.

THREE TEAMS TIED FOR LEAD Wabash. DePau v and Franklin' entered Into a three-way tie today] in the league basketball games. E i h team has won two games and lost one. While Butler, Hanover, and Earlham are fighting for thirl place. In the first game Thursday. Earlham, cellar holders, trounced the former league leaders 16-11. Shralitk-.i was leading scorer for tho winners wl h 7 points. In the] soci nd game Wabash’s smashing ; offense defeated Hanover 2ft to lit. in the final game FianklTi nosod out a 2-point victory in an overtime game. 12-10. Feasel led the scoring for tlie winners, seining 7i points, while Coffee scored eight;

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