Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 28, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1930 — Page 6

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Commodores Easily Defeat Kirkland Team, 36 -1 d

LOCAL QUINTET TOO STRONG FOR VISITING TEAM Green and Gold Gets Early Lead and Is Never Headed Just when ii lot of ■'Decatur basket ball fans were preparing to bury the Catholic* high school Commodore* for the year, the laiurentinen camo to life and displayed the kind of basketball which fans lielieved they would show earlier In the season. The Commodores easily turned hack Kirkland high school Kangaioos. 36-16 laet night. The crowd of Commodore fans which left the gymnasium last ' flight was optimistic and the gen-: eral opinion was that the local I netmen had found the long-lost horseshoe and would make it plen- ■ ty tough for the remaining teams' on their schedule and would go to thi* state Catholic tourney with a good chance of winning a trip to the National tourney at Chicago. The Kangaroos were hopelessly Outclassed in the game last night. Hettinger, visiting center and Helmrich, Kirkland guard, played a great game against great odds. Heimlich, scored the first basket of the game early and shoved his Kangaroos into a lead, 2-0. The Green and Gold squad came back strong and by means of a slow determined offense, all the local players managed to break through the Kirkland defense with cpuftters. The score at the rest period was 16-il in favor of the Commodores. Cbac-h Laurent started Gass at coater instead of Wemhoff, and Ijise and Bob Holthouse lined up at forward births* wlith Gage and Mylott guards. latter in the first period Wemhoff went into the fray at center end Gass replaced Holthouse at forward. Holthouse, who played ' about 10 minutes of lhe game, accounted well for himself and displayed the best basketbail he has shown all season. The passing attack of the Commodores was almost perfect, and seldom did the Laurentmen lose the ball on a bad throw. Gage had a big job cut out for him. that of assisting Petie Mylqtt at guard, but he played his part good and the Decatur defense held the visitors to seven field goals while the Commodores ran up a total of 17 trwo-pointers. • Petie Mylott was injured late in Hie second half, when in attempting to stop a Kangaroo forward, he fell on his disabled knee. Petie was taken from the game but his inury was not regarded as serious. Jake Beal of Franklin handled the game by himself and managed to hold two scrapping teams down to a minimum of roughness. On' Heveraroccasions Beal would warn the two teams concerning tactics. Lineup and summary: t'ommpylores (36) F.G. FT. TP. Lose,* 4 • 2 0 4 FloltHTulhe, f 0 0 0 I Wemhoff, c 1 2 4 Ga*s, c 6 1 13 Mylott, g 2 4 8 Hanis, g 0 0 0 Gage, g 3 17 Totals 14 8 36 Kirkland (16) McKean, f 2 0 4 Stonetmrner, f ...... 0 0 0 A Clean Steering Wheel WHEN you take your car from this better repair shop you can take your place behind the wheel with perfect confidence. For you know the work is efficient. And you know* we never leave a bit of dirt or grease on the jobs we do. That’s just one of the many reasons you will like this complete auto service. Drive up today for efficient, thorough attention. RIVKRSWfE

Beery, f 10 2 Hettinger, c 1 0 2 Sehllidenhauffen, C 0 0 0 Zimmerman, g .. 0 0 0 Geisel, g 1 0 2 Helmrich, g . 2 2 6 Totals 7' 2 16 HARTFORD WINS FRDMMARSHMEN Hartford township high school basketball team avenged a defeat of a few weeks ago by turning ' back the strong Jefferson township netters al Hartford last night by a I score of 28-25. The game was ! dose throughout, and Jefferson held doggedly to a narrow lead for the first 15 minutes of the game. Late in the opening period the Hartford aggregation worked a series of passes through the Jefferson defense and managed to eke I I out a 15 14 lead at half time. In the second period the Marshmen worked and fought to over- ; come a slight lead which Hartford i obtained early in the second period, but the home team held on to its lead and when the game ended Hartford had evened the count with Jefferson for the season. In the two preliminary games Jefferson Reserves won from Hartford Reserves. 22-5 and Jefferson | Eighth Graders defeated Hartford Eighth Graders, 35-7. Lineup and summary: Hartford (28) F.G. F.T. TP. St.udler, f 3 I*7 Zimmerman, f l 0 2 Gottschalk, c 3 0 6 Stahly, g ,3 2 8 Anderson, g 10 2 Munroe, g 113 Total i ...... 12 4 28 Jefferson (25) Duff, f 0 0 0 Wendell, f 3 2 8 Egley, f 0 0 0 Baker, c 2 0 4 Stuber, g 5 1 11 Bolleiibacher, g 1. 0 2 Totals 11 3 25 o High School Basketball 0 « Delphi. 26; Shortridge, 22. Brownsburg, 29: Washington, 28 Greensburg, 22; Columbus. 25. Greencastle. 32; Brazil, 23. Flankfort, 29; Newcastle, 27. Bloomington. 20; Morton (Richmond ), 28. Washington, 22; Vincennes, 15. Rushville. 23; Connersville, 31. Greenfield. 13; Franklin. 25. Bedford, 29: Martinsville, 38. Muncie, 50; Rochester, 31. Kokomo, 19; Logansport, 3). Seymour, 15; Wiley (Terrel Haute), 13. Lebanon, 19; Anderson. 34. Memorial (Evansville).3l; Lynnville, 25. Central (Evansville), 41; Rietz. 17. Huntington, 29; Jefferson (Lafayette), 28. Mitchell, 11; New Albany. 19. Bloomfield, 25; Switz City, 59. Scottsburg, 6; Edinburg, 26. Pendleton. 24; Knightstown, 25. B owr.stown, 42; French Lick. 37. North Vernon. 31; Madison, 25. North Side (Fort Wayne), 38; Defiance, 0.. 13. Auburn, 42; Angola, 24. Bluffton, 70; Columbia City, 25. Central (South Bend), 27; Laporte, 21. Garrett, 27; Kendallville, 42. Attica. 31: Veedersburg, 21. Colfax, 41; Thornton. 30. Princeton, 24; Francisco, 20. Goshen, 38; Plymouth. 16. Nappailee, 32; Mishawaka, 17. Washington (East Chicago), 34; Fioebel (Gary), 24. Valparaiso, 21; Emerson (Gary), 14. Horace Mann, 22; Rooseve’t (East Chicago), 17. Hammond, 32; Whiting, 30 (overtime). Morocco, 39; Reynolds, 25. Harrison, 53; Matthews, 31. Elkhart, 37; Michigan City, 35. Marion, 44” Peru, 22. o - I COLLEGE BASKETBALL o I I . .... . o McKendree, 3*f; Evansville. 30. Otterbein, 27; Ohio Northern, 23. Wabash, 16; Butler, 14. Northwestern, 40; Marquette, 19. DePauw, 28; Earlham. 25 (overtime.) Oakland City, 35; Rose Poly, 23. Joliet Colege, <32; Huntington, 23. Northwestern, 40; Marquette, 19. Wabash, 16; Butler, 14. Creighton, 21; Grinnell, 20. Monmouth. 29; Coe, 17. Carroll, 35; Cornell, 28. Otterbein, 27; Ohio Northern, 23. Marietta, 26; Capital, 24. Baldwin-Wallace, 40; Hiram, 33. Drake, 81; Washington, 25. Illinois Wesleyan, 31; Bradley, 23. Haskell, 30; Washburn, 21. St. Viator, 24; Lombard, 11. Eastern Teachers, 34; Shurtleff, 30. North Central, 31; Lake Forest, 1 27.

NEW CHAMPION IS PROBABLE Chicago, Feb. 8 -RJ.R)-—Merely a novice a few months ago, Clyde Chastain, the boxing Texan, looms as u legitimale contender for (he midweight crown now held by Mickey Walker, in view of his 10round decision over Harry Elibets of Brooklyn last night. Clyde came into Chicago a few months ago as a welterweight ' without any previous record of merit but in his first engagement, I lie fought a great battle against Jackie Field-', welterweight champion. Fields beat him in the first few- rounds hut Chastain won the latter rounds. Then Chastain took on weight. His first fight as a middleweight was agains tthe best middleweight in this territory, Haakon Hanson.' j The Texan's left was too much ! for Ilan on. That left was working again last night. Chastain was down twice last night and yet won. Ebbets, a terrific puncher landed twice in the first round but after that Clyde stepped away from Elibets swings and he jabbed with his left. In die semi-windup last night Joey Medill. Chicago, won from Spng Myers, Pocatollo, Idaho, in ten rounds. DfISKSKiAWi;", The Commodores played 40minutes of good basketball last; night to turn back a strong Kangaroo net team, 36-16. Every Commodore player appeared full of a new spirit, and everyone who saw the game was unanimous in the opinion that if the Laurentmen continued their present stride, there would be no doubt of a state title for the Commodores. No games here tonight—hut two good ones nearby. Bluffton vs. Elwood and Fort Wayne Central vs. Fort Wayne South Side. The Huntington Vikings upset a strong Jeff of Lafayette basketball team last night at Huntington — the Kreighbaumcoached aggregation won by a single point in an overtime tilt. Several of the Yellow Jackets attended the Commodore-Kirk’and game last night. Others saw Bluffton and Columbia City play. The West Suburbefs piled up a big margin against Columbia City last night, winning by a half-hun-dred points. These teams in northeastern 'ndiana are playing some greal basketball this season, and while 'n all probabilities the southern Indiana net aggregations are slightly better — there'll be some real games when North meets South at the state tourney. Berne Bears are building up a lot of hope and faith for the Bluffton sectional, by playing a lot of second-rate teams late in the season. They've turned back Andrews, Monroeville and that type of team lately. It might be a good idea, this playing the hard ganps first and then coasting into the tournament, with a lot of confidence. The Curtismen meet, the We*t Suburbers here next Friday night. Bluffton fans rea'ly and truly believe they have a fair chance of winning — but we can't see anything except a lop-sided win for the Jackets. Hartford township high school kicked the blocks from under a strong Jefferson township basketball team at Hartford last night and walked off with a 3-point win. Baskethaw's is about to die a natural death. Two more games on the Yellow Jacket schedule and four on the Commodore schedule — and then after the tournaments—the old column will be stored away until next fall. We could probably go on running a column for a couple of wteeks printing alibis of more than 800 net teams, who lost sectional games. Simon, the Berne Poet, reminded us today that he picked the winner of the HartfordJefferson game and almost

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Net Star .VIM, 1 L, 1 i ♦ V ,4 / A ■ ; ! W a 1 > ■f Erwin Steele Above is Erwin ‘‘Diz'' Steele, former Decatur high school basketball star who will play here Monday night with the General Electric Mezda team of Fort Wayne when that quintet tackles the local G. E. c lib aggregation. picked the correct score. Which goes to prove our contention that when Simon doesn't have late dates the night liefore he writes his column, he can pick ’em right. When the Commodores won from Kirkland last night, it showed conc uaively that the two Decatur high school basketball teams were the outstanding teams of the county. Next Saturday is the annual draw for tourney schedules — Thousands of net fans all over Indiana are awaiting the draw —and all hoping for the best possible schedule for their own team. — In the Fort Wayne sectional it 1 doesn't look like any draw would l help teams out — Decatur fias de-; feaited every team of importance ] in the section and unless something unexpected happen s , Decatur ail', be at the Regional and state, too. We’re going into seclusion over the week-end to manufacture a lot of endearing terms to call our very good friends from the West Suburb —Don't forget the Decatur - Bluffton game next Friday night. If you haven’t secured tickets vet, better call Walter J. Krick. Don't forget the Central ticket scandal. Shop early— BEAT BLUFFTON. . ._ o — ’Jtar Sp» inters To Pit Their Strength New York. Feb. B.—(U.R) Football's two fastest halfbacks 0f'1929 will pit their speed against each other tonight when Jack Elder of Notre Dim 0 aqd Cy Leland of Texas Christian university meet in a 60 yard sprint in the 23rd annual Millio-e A A. games at Madison Square garden. It Elder and Leland qualify in 'heir 60yard heat, they will meet aga'n in the 50-yard final. l(:.y Conger of the Illinois A. C. will attempt to set a new world’s record in the Rodman Wanamakei mile. The present mark is -1 12 held jointly by Paavo Nurmi ami To'e Ray. Orval Martin of Purdue ’ 's Conger's outstanding opponent. o Butler Bdws to Wabash Crawfordsville, Feb. 8— (U.R)— Butler basketball team shattered in spirit as well as in personnel, by chargee of professionalism, by illness, and by scholastic failures, went down to defeat last night before Wabash, 16-14. Previously Butler defeated Wabash 32-15 at the Butler field house in Indianapolis. The game was close and cautiously played by both teams throughout, with never more than a scant field goal separating the quintets' standing on the score sheet. Howell, Wabash guard, led scoring with seven points, six of them on field goals, and Christopher of Butler, was second with six points, four of them on free throws.

BIG NINE TEAMS PLAV TONIGHT Chicago, Fob. 8. (U.R) -Past the, mid year examination break, seven | western conference basketball i tennis swing Into action tonight with prospects that the big nine I nice will In* ns muddled as ever, I where the contests are over. Two of tho leaders in the cam-i I-nign, Purdue, lllino's, meet second (livts'on teams which are con-■ ci lied but little hope for victory. Opposing the Boilermakers, confer- ( enee pace settlors with three victories mid no defeats will be the Chicago quintet, defeated in its five conference starts this season. The Ulini, with a record of three vlctoties and one loss, meet Minne stota, victorious in but one o;' its five league tilts. The other leader in the scramble, Wisconsin, takes on a non-confer-ence opponent in Carroll uollegc. Gule s dope goes wrong, the In-diana-Ohio game at Columbus will have little bearing on the final standings. The Hoosiers, having broken i ven in four games, are favorites as the Buckeyes have dropped four of five engagements. The other teams are idle tonight. Northw stem's quintet closed its work for th-* week last night by trouncing Marquette, 10 to 19. o — K STOVE LEAGUE SPARKS -(U.R>- ■— a New York. Feb. 8. —The exodus of major league baseball teams to spring training camps will start Feb. 14 when lhe vanguard of the New York Giants entrains for San Antonio, Tex. Witli the return of a signed con tract from pitcher Bill Judd, 30 of the 38 players on the Giants 1930 roster are under contract. The unigned players are Bill Tory, Travis Jackson. Fred Lindstrom. Me! Ott. Bob O'Farrell, Larry Benton. Ed Roin-h and Bill Walker. Robert E. Walsh, youngest son oi big Ed Walsh, former White Sox star, has signed a contract *v th the Yankees. Robert is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 205 pounds. He was the star pitcher for Notre Dame after his brother i Ei, Jr., left school to sign with the Wihte Sox in 1928. ■ i— Shortstop Leo Duroehtr. sold to ! Cincinnati by the Yankees after he was waived out of the American. ' league, has notified the Yanks that he will not report unless he is giv n a shate of hi.< purchase prise. Reore in'zation of the Brooklyn dub under its new regime is reported to result in trading pitcher Dazzy Vance. The strike out king 1 as refused to accept a SIO,OOO re bu t ion from the $25,000 salary he received in 1929. Manager Bob Shawkey of th Yankees left last night for St. Pet ersburg. Fla., where he will golf ■nt 11 his players report Feb. 23. Burleigh Grimes, ace of tli p P ttsbargh Pirate pitching staff remained a holdout today. The veteran spitbailer is asking for $25,000 which is $7,500 better than the Pirates best offer, Ken Strong, former New York university football star, has sign’d with the Jersey City International league cluh. i ' 0 SPORT TABS Ottawa. Ont., Feb. B.—Finals of 'lie national speed skating cluimie ionships and the North American lad es championships will be held at Cartier Square stadium today. Miss Rose Marie Brady of Stovers Athletic club, Detroit. Midi., won the ladies' 440-yard race. Lloyd Guenther of Detroit, Mich., won the senior men's 220 yard race with Iris townsman , Melvin Johnson, i second. ——' — ' New York.—Al Brown of Panama will defend his world’s bantamweight championship in a 15-round bout with Johnny Erickson o" New York, at Olympia A. C. tonight Brown has been installed a 2 to 1 favorite. St. Louis, Mo.—Dick Shikat. in some states world's heavyweight wrestling champion, retained his ranking as forembst title challenger in the national boxing assoeia tion wrestling tourney by defeating the Ruslan, Ma ios Kerilenko, here last night. Shikat's victory In 51 minutes, was his '‘second over the former Cossack. g Walter Myers of near Monroe will snend the week end in this city. ANYONE wanting a dressed domestic labbit delivered to your home call Phone 30, Monroe. 32-Stt

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