Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1929 — Page 8

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Commodores-St. Rose Here; Jackets To North Sid]

LIMA NETTERS HAVE VETERAN TEAM THIS YEAR Laurentmen in Good Condition For Annual Net Battle Decatur Catholic high school Commodores will meet the greatest test of the season Friday night when they are hosts to the St. Rose of Lima basketball team at Decatur Catholic gymnasium. A fine net program has been arranged for local fans. Th<‘ preliminary game will be between the Commodore Reserves snd South Side Reserves of Fort Wayne. This opener will start »* 7:30 and the big game will get underway at 8:15 o’clock. Gunnar Elliott and Jake Bea) will officiate both games. 2 St. Rose officials in a telephone wnverstation with local school otftvials stated today that a large

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'delegation of Lima fans are planining on. mtendlng the game here j Friday night. Lima always brings a hundred or so fans to the game.' The St. Roue school is represented this season with one of the best | 'basketball teams in the history of ! I that school. The following men I i will be on the squad when the annual battle with Decatur Is renewed here tomorrow night: Davis, Al- . tenberger, J. Blanchard, C. Blanchard. Brennan, E. Burke, T. Burke, Paul Dimond. Keller, Kirwin, MeI Crate, Leahy, Meany, D. O’Connor. I O’Brien. Palmer. A. Quinn, W. 1 Quinn. Snyder and Townsend, t ! Seven of the players arc veterans . from last year’s St. Rose aggre- i , I gallon and the other members of i . the squad were members of the! I (Reserve and Eighth grade teams. ! Coach Laurent stated today that I the regular Commodore lineup of I ' Gage, Gass, Wemhoff. Lose and Mylott would start the game against the visitors. 1 j Last year the St. Rose netters .trimmed the Commodores twice and they ar© hoping to repeat the job this season. A large crowd is expected to witness the game. 0 J e Simmons of Bluff on was smilit g his way through the Christ- , n- ■>« msh here.

LMKi/f °h. — Decatur Catholic high school Commodores tangle here Friday night ut 8:15 o’clock with St. Rose of Lima on the hardwood. The evening’s entertainment is going to be a good one. Decatur Catholic high school Reserves will play South Side of Fort Wayne Seconds in the preliminary at 7 30. —o()o - The local management has promised St. Rose officials that the big game will start promptly at 8:15 o'clock, because of the hour’s difference in time here and at Lima. Fans are asked to be at the game on time. —oOo — Coach Herb Curtis will take his Yellow Jackets to Fort Wayne to meet the North Side Redskins. If the Curtismen play the brand of ball they’ve been playing since the Bluffton massacre, Friday’s game should be a Decatur win by 20

points. \ —oOo — The Commodores will have some hard opposition tomorrow night, but the Laurentmen | should win by 10 points and maybe a lot more. —oOo — Basketbawls has to admit he can t pick winners consistently, so we're going to let the fans pick their own—Don’t forget tlie BarneKiikland game tomorrow night—pick that. Beal and Elliott will work the L ma-Decatur game Friday night—which means both teams will get a good square deal. —OOOSend in your contributions to Basketbawls — —oOo — The first of a three-game series! between the Central basketball! team and the St. Joseph Eighth Graders is scheduled for la.e this ifte.noon. These George Wemhoff trophy games always create a lot I f inteiest. —oOo — A young fellow by the name of Schultz has been ’’FOUND” by Coach Laurent and the Commodore mentor says he's a real utility man. Schultz can play forward, center, guard or what have you? Chances are he will get an opportunity ; r.day night. Old Man Win.er didn’t kid us a b t yisterday, and as a result .here weren’t many papers in the nail this morning — The West .Vest Suburb is snowed under — jut then there's never much bas.etball news in the West Suburb nd we’ve still got a standing ,ieadine here Bluffton loses anoth-| >r game.”

—oOo — COMMODORES, BEAT LIMA. —oOo — YELLOW JACKETS, BEAT .ORTH SIDE. —oOo — Baske.bawls wishes everybody,! /est even the West Suburb, a ferry Christmas. —oOo — Several hundred basketball fans ate planning on motoring to Fort Wayne Friday night to see the Yellow Jacket-North Side tilt. —oOo — The Daily Democrat will get the score of the Fort WayneDeca'ur game Friday n ght. Call 10C0 or 1001 for basketball information. —oOo — The next home game for the Yellow Jackets is January 1. A certain Mr. Kreigbaum will bring his Huntington Vikings over for a esson in basketball. December 27 the Laurentmen will motor to Lima to meet St. Johns high school. St. Johns has one of the best teams it has ever had this season. Kirkland will play Central Catholic of Fort Wayne Saturday night |at Kirkland —• —oOo— Little Hermie, who runs a shoestring emporium down the street ’ says the Decatur Merchants are ■ ready for the Preachers, Teachers, i Hoosiers or any basketball team I that wants a lesson. He says just ' call John T’s and ask for the BAT. —oOo— And these Yellow Jackets and Commodores who plan to break training during the Holidays hadn’t better let Basket-

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1929.

bawls see them——oOo— COMMODORES. BEAT ST. ROSE. —oOo-— YELLOW JACKETS, BEAT NORTH SIDE. Q— _ By Coach CverettS. Dean Mana University A (A I 1 \ I \ I £< —V, itM—‘ ( I Pjlif \\/ B g Ten Plays No. Four This is a sideline plav designed for a strong pair of offensive guards. The floor guard advances the ball and passes to the so ward ! Hong the side. This forward after ! i short dribble passes to .the (C) coming out fom corns:. The floo guard receives a pass from the center and dribbles to foul ring where he can shoot or pass to cither forward Side line offenses are planned! with idea of spreading the defense! tnd opening up the middle of the! floor. The hall is played and con’rolled along the side lines until the Kindle opens up. When the defens . : s pulled to the side, certain play-1 •is will break thorugh the m ddli r a pass Speed is a requisite for l bis sty’ ■ of game. Fcmo. row—Big Ten Plays No 55. • o — r 'uail Season Closes Friday In Indiana .Indianapolis. Dec. 19.—(U.R) -Indiana hunters today were warned by George N. Mannfeld, state game warden, that open season for shootnig quail closes tomorrow and that lepnty wardens have been instruct'd to be on the alert for violators. Mannfeld called further attention to the closing of the rabbit season on Jan. 10 and the wild luck and geese season on Jan. 15. o Senator Gottschalk, E. M. Ray and several other Berne cl.izens visited here on business last evening.

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CURTISMENTO 1 ENGAGE NORTH SIDE FRIDAY | Debolt Out of Lineup for Game; Injury is Not Thought Serious i » Coach Herb Curtis will t ke Decatur high school Yellow Jackets t<> • Fort Wayne Friday night where the local netters will engage in a net scramble with the North £ide Redskins. Several hundred fins are i planning on accompaulying th te..m to Fort Wayne. Coach I’m is s.ated today tbit' his players 100. ed good in p a t.e this week and that he did not fe>rl the Fort Wayne team to any greitl extent. The North Sd ■ uggr. g lion Is regarded as a weaker agg egat ion I hin the South Side team, whi h the Curtismen easily defeated last ! Saturday night. It w s announced th's afternoon that Debolt, floor gua d for the Curtismen. probably would be out of the lineup tomorrow night be cause of an injured ankle. The in jury is not serious, but Coach Cur tin stated that he did not want Desilt to take any chances of making I lr injury worse Sever.l members of the fir t quad, will be used in the Reserve ante between the two schools tomorrow night and two Second teaplayers, S’eele and Buffenbirgrr will he e’evated to the v risty squad. Coach Curtis explained that h was demo'ing hfs utility men in ! order they could g t more actual experience and not because I they hid failed to show imp.ove- ' nent. The first and second teams will. -o to Fort Wayne by bus tomorrow i ifternoon. The preliminary game is ' scheduled for 7 o’clock and the big! name will start at 8 o’clock. 0 — DAD WOOD MAY BE PRESSED IN SPEEDBOAT RACE J Betty Carstairs. Maj. Segraves And Italian Pilot To Compete (UnMed P.ess Staff Correspondent) Detroit. Dec. 19 —(UP)— Ga\ ’ Wood holder of the Harmsworth ! Trophy, symbolic of the world’s ’ i speedboat ch mpionship next sum • • •>,- wi.r fare the hardest compe itlticn of his career to reta n th H twiphy 1 Betty Caist lirs, the English ■ spo. ’swoman, whose ‘Estelle IV v as left behind last year by Wood's Miss Ante.lea VII and Miss Amer i; ma VIII will be btek in anothe: ■ effort ic, regain the trophy for Eng | land. Her countryman Major Si.

H nry f). I) Segrive. holder of lie! world's automol.lie speed record ol 231.302 miles an hour will al o enter the tali', according to word received by J. Lee Barrett, secretary of he Detroit Gold Cup commit* •. which has gain made the ra e thf.niiire of Its annu.il regatta. Major Seagrave left Wood behind In r.. es at Miami and Lido. Italy, nd the white halted, veteran is nxlons to avenge these defeats. H's record of 75.287 miles an hurt made in the Harmsworth last yea.’ and his non-cnmpetltlt e wo. Id’s peed record of 92.828 miles are

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