Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 33, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1935 — Page 8

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CENTRAL TEAM SCORES WIN BY 28-20 SCORE Annual Series Between Grade Teams Must Now Go To Third Game The Central eighth grade team threw the annual city aeries Into a knot Thursday night by defeating the St. Joe quintet at the Commodore gym. 28 to 20. St. Joo had won the previous genie. 27 to 2(1. in a contest played several weeks ago at tile public high school gymnasium. No date has been set for the third and c. impi nship tilt. Last night’s game was typical of the annual battle* between the ’wo schools. Although Central held a lead throughout most of the game, thte score was close enough until the dosing minutes to keep th’ largo crowd on Its toes. Central held a 16 to 10 margin nt tile end of the first half St. Joe fought back, however, and cut the margin to two points at IS to 16. Central bad built its lead to 23 to 16 at the end of the third period and gradually lengthened the margin as the game neared a close. Central's scoring was led by Zerkel and McConnell. Zerkel scored four times from the field and twice from the foul line. McConnell hit four fielders and one charity toss. Each of Central's five starters scored at least one field goal.. Hess and Bollinger were outstanding for St. Joe. The former tallied three field goals and two foul points for eight tallies. Bollinger registered two double markers and one free throw before he was forced from the game in the final period on personal fouls. Each of the St. Joe regulars also scored.

In the preliminary game, the St. Joe second team defeated tlie Central reserves, IS to 15. Central FG FT TP Shafer, f 11 3 Highland, f 10 2 Andrews, c 2 0 4 McConnell, g. . 4 1 9 Zerkel. g 44 2 10 Melchi, g. 0 0 0 Koos. g. . 0 0 0 Totals 12 4 28 St. Joe FG FT TP Hess, f 3 2 8 Baker, f 11 3 Alberding, c. .. .... .. 10 2 Hain, g 0 2 2 Bollinger, g. .2 1 5 Tanvas, g. ... 0 0 0 Roop, g. .000 Totals . 7 6 20 Referee: Bryan. CIVIL SERVICE CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE gence they would be eligible for promotion.” The bill would not apply to elective state officials, heads of departments and their secretaries and boards and commissions appointed by the governor. Appointment of a nonpartisan three-member board by the governor for administration of the bill is provided. Members would receive $lO a day, not to exceed 60 days, and traveling expenses. The board would appoint a personnel director, adopt rules for administration of the act and hear appeals and complaints. The director would receive $6,000 a year., Before any applicant could ob-

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tain u state job he would have to pass a competitive examination. . A; polntmonts would lie made from I the three persons getting the highI est marks. A fixed salary schedule for all jobs would be drawn up by the dii rector and department beads. This i schedule would be used biennially i In drafting the state budget.. Persons appointed under the civil service act could be removed 1 only for cause and after a fair trial. Employes would have the right to appeal to the personnel iboard. BERNE DEFEATS ST. MARYS FIVE I —— Bears Chulk Un 17th Victory Os Season Thursday . 32 To 25 The Demo Bears, closing what 1 I probably is the best season ever ■ experienced by the school. handed St. Mary’s of Huntington a 32 to, 27 defeat at the Borno auditorium ’ . Thursday night. The Bears wen 17 of 20 garnet this season, losing only to South Side. Bluffton and Portland, al! I aw iv from home. Huntington took an early lead , of t to 11. hut the Bears were out , in front nt the quarter, 8 to 4. it the half. 16 to 12 and at the third j' period. 25 to 20. Steiner was the leading scorer for Berne with four (fielders and thtree free throws for 11 points.; 1 Maneskie led Huntington. also scoring 11 points. The Petroleum junior high de- 1 seated the Berne juniors in the ; preliminary. 40 to 6. Berne FG FT TP 1 Felber, f. . 2 1 5 j Neuenschwander, f. 2 0 1 Dro, c 3 2 Si Steiner, g 4 3 11! Flueckiger. g. 2 0 J I Parrish, f 0 0 01

Totals 13 6 32' I St. Mary’s FG FT TP' Godfroy, f. 1 0 2 Manoski, f. . 5 1 11 Owens, c. ......... ......... 2 3 7 Dalton, g 2 1 5 I Petre, g o 0 0 1 Butts, c. 0 0 0 , Totals ... 11 5 2.1 ' New Basketball Measure Presented Ind'anapolis, Ind . Feb. 22—(UP! —A new system f r conducting the ' fin> ’•! of the state basketball tour- ; nam nt was propcerd today in a bill introduced in the house by Rep. | Carl E M. Woodard. D.. Michigan i City. It woul dprohibit peroons un- ; der 21 from playing more th.n two j Igaies in one day. Under the present tournament I ! system, the championship team and runnrup ore required to play three ■ games cn the closing day. The bill also provides that per-, sons wi o play in more than one ' g me a day shall undergo a phyei- . cal examination before engaging in . , the second contest. > o 4 Auto Pulls Out Horse ; Mineral Wells, Tex.—(U.RF-H. H. ' White, high school janitor, who lias driven a horse and buggy all his ; life, was surprised one Sunday after church to find his horse had I run away and become stuck in the mud. The horse had fallen in a j deep ditch and an automobile I wrecker had to be called to pull ! him out. —_o Get the Habit — Trade at Home I

Decatur’s Yellow Jackets will make their final bow before the home funs tonight when they meet the Kendallville Comets in a northeastern Indiana conference tilt. —oOo— A large crowd should turn out for this lilt, as a good contest is on tap, with the Comets having shown improved form during recent weeks. —oOi»— This will mark the Yellow Jackets’ final test before the annual sectional tourney, which will open at Fort Wayne just one week from today. Drawings for the tourneys are being made today but will not be announced until Saturday morning. oOo — Only one of Decatur's regulars will be playing his final home game I tonight. but his loss will be keenly felt. Harold Blythe, veteran forward. is the only senior among the five regulars. Blythe has been the Jackets' most consistent scorer all | season and his generalship has aid--led Decatur to many of its victories I this season. Two reserves. Kolter and Schultz, will also make their final home appearances tonight. —oOo—• The Decatur Commodores held

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their final practice session today' in preparation for the St te Catholic tourney, which will be held at the Central gymnasium in Fort j Wayne tomorrow and Sunday. The j Commies will meet Central Catholic of Fort Wayne in the final ! first-round game Saturday night at. i 9 o’clock. —oOo— Other first-round pairings for the tourney are: 2 p. in. Huntington vs. South Bend; 3—Anderson vs. Hammond: and Bp. m Indianapolis vs. Evansville. Semi-final games will be played at 2 and 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, with the final tilt at 9 p. m. The two semifinal losers will meet at 8 o'clock Sunday night. •—oOo— Decatur fans who will be unable to attend the tourney, ' will be interested in the an-

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nouncement that all games of the tourney will be broadcast oer station WGL. The broadcast. sponsored by the CocaCola company, will be announced by Gunnar who has been doing similar service for several years at the sectional, regional and sta*e final tourneys. —oOo — The Central eighth grade team forced the annual city series with j the St. Joe team into the third game Thursday night, bv defeat-1 ing St. Joe. 28 to 20. The game was typical of the gra ' classics, with every boy on the floor giving every ounce of his strength into J efforts to win the ball game. Some i likely material for future Yellow i Jacket and Commodores was on 'the floor last night, with several' of the boys showing exceptional 1’

I promise. . —oOo — The Berne Bears, by down- . ing St. Mary’s of Huntington last night, concluded one of the best seasons in the history of the school. The Bears won 17 of 20 scheduled games, copping every one of their home contests. Berne lost only to Portland. South Side and Bluffton. —oOo — Only two games are scheduled for county teams tonight. Lancast--ler of Wells county will play at Kirkland and Monmouth will play at Monroe. Saturday night Jefferson and Geneva will play at the Berne gym. Miss Mary Helen Lose of ndiana- ' polis spent the day in this city with h r parents. Mr. ami Mre. J :e Lose.

POST FORCED CONTINUED I'lto.M PAGE ONE The wheels dropped evenly, rolled !>’• feet and stopped a.i Post cut eastward and disappeared in the haze of early dawn. Post was silent, his nerves taut <as the guy wires of the Winnie Mae. He hail not slept for 24 hours, and facid at least seven 1 more hours without foot!, drink or 1 a cigarette. Will Bogers, actor and aviation 1 enthusiast, was one of the last to bid him goodhve. ’’Well, o'd boy,’’ he said, and the rest of his words were lost in the roar of the Win- ■ nie Mae's propeller. Wyoming Set To Start Divorce Mills Grinding Cheyenne, Woy (t'P)—WvomIng’u new : aay divorc? mill will be open for brsin ss about May 17. Dude ranch operat ns, hotel proI nrietors and attorneys are preparI ing for cut-and out competition | with Nev, la for th-> nation’s di-

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