Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1938 — Page 6

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SOUTH SIDE IS STATE TOURNEY CROWN WINNER Archers Nose Out Hammond. 34 To 32, In Pinal Game Os Tourney Indianapolis. Mar. 28.—<U.R>- For the first time in state basketball history, South Side of Fort Wayne, a northern team, and a city of more than 40.000 today held the cage championship of Indiana. South Side defeated Hammond. 34 to 32. in one of the classiest games ever played in the gigantic Butler field house. The celebration in Fort Wayne started as the radio brought news of the outcome. Parades, liontires. traffic jams downtown, impromptu speeches by victory mad citizens, snake dances, aerial iHiinbs, firecrackers and general pandemonium broke loose. The machine-like Southsiders never were sure of the outcome until the final seconds, when, with a two-point lead, stalling tactics kept the hall from the big Hammond quintet. There was nothing decisive about the victory. The Archers had the lead at the final gun after the score had been tied, and changed hands throughout the game more than a dozen times. A twist of the wrist gave the title to Fort Wayne. The same could have done it for the Wildcats. John Hines swished through the last basket for the Archers from the end of the free throw circle with less than two minutes to play. A few second later George Sobek. hard-driving Hammond guard, dribbled down the side to hook the last two points for the Wildcats. After that, South Side held the ball. Coach Burl Friddle, who guided Washington to a championship in 1930. could hardly speak as reporters and radio commentators with

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I* ALL-STAR TEAMS * Indianapolis, Mar. 28. tU.R) The tournament all-star teams | chosen by the United Press: | First Team Second Team | I lutniitoii f Ha | South Side Hammond | ' J.Torphy. f Jordan, ■ Bedford Columbus | > 1 Glnss. c Ziemba. , South Side Hammond i Mygrants. g Hines, | Hammond South Side , s.'ln k. g Kotll. I Hammond South Side 71 I Honorable mention: Bolyard. ■ South Side; Willis, Hammond; Perkins, Bedford; Prewitt, Co- j lumbus: Boyd. Columbus; W. I ' Trophy, Bedford. I [ ' ■■ — i their microphones rushed on to • the floor. "They're a great bunch of kids,'" . he said. “I'm glad they used their i heads." Friddle sent in a substitute in ■ the final two minutes with instrucI tions to keep driving for the hasI ket. A four-point lead over the I aggressive Wildcats easily could : have been wiped out. But with a i minute to play. Friddle's men froze j the ball and halted all scoring. Bobby Mygrants. sharpshooting Hammond guard, was presented ‘; the Gimbel award after the game I along with the presentations of in- ; dividual and team awards to South Side. The Gimbel trophy is award- ' ed the player showing the best , mental attitude during tournament i I play. Mygrants had shown unusual sportsmanship in the semi finals and final games. , In the afternoon battles. Ham j I mond crushed a fighting Bedford j I team. 39 to 24. and South Side - ' overcame the rampaging Columbus I Bulldogs, who had their usual land , slide of shooting attempts but no ! percentage in hitting the basket, ' | 40 to 34. j Neither game was well-played Mygrants showed brilliant work in | the first tilt by sinking five long j : ones, but his running mate. Sobek. i j was almost stopped by the clever | Stonecutter defense. John Torphy of Bedford swished in some beau- , tiful long-range pivot shots, but ' the team seemed tightened up and • couldn't hit with any regularity. Columbus made its game a slambang affair and South Side, after getting a lead, delightedly joined I in. The Archers sewed up play I under both backboards and if their I tip-ins had been up to average the | game would have been a runaway. The Bulldogs shot from all angles, too hurriedly for any effect. After those encounters, the howl--1 ing crowd of 15,000 knew that a champion would be crowned from a city north of Logansport for the first time in history, and in a city with a large population. Muncie. i with near 40.000. had previously 1 | been the largest one. South Side had made the finals ’ i after coming through Muncie, a team which defeated Hammond during the season, and the Wildcats knew they had a dangerous opponent, although no individual > star could be pointed out. At the starting whistle. Ham- ■ mond jumped to a quick 7 to 0 I lead before Jim Glass. 6 foot 9 > inch center, broke the ice for the Archers with two free throws. From that time on, the scrap was marked by sensational shots, recoveries and passes. The Wildcats led at the end of the first quarter. 5 to 4. Hamilton connected to push Fort > Wayne into the second period. Roth and Hines, in a burst of scoring. piled through more points to , overtake the powerful Wildcats > and led at the half, 17 to 15. Fort i Waylie was making good most of its free throw attempts. Hammond tied it up and went into the lead soon after the third , quarter opened. Sobek. Masse and Mygrants were leading the rally and the crowd renewed its fren- < zied roars. The noise was defeans ing. The Wildcats were forging ahead, typical in their long winD ning streak, when Hamilton and Hines again sent the Archers in front with shots from mid-court. The score was 27 to 24. South Side, going into the last period. Sobek pushed through a short one but Hines retaliated with a long range heave. Hines sank a ' i free throw and Sobek flipped through an underhanded stab as he was falling on the floor. My-

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KENTUCKY FIVE WINS NATIONAL CATHOLIC MEET St. Xavier Defeats Loyola Os Chicago In Final Gaine, 31-22 Chicago. March 28 (U.R) The j St. Xavier's basketball team. LouisI vlll, Ky., returned home today with j the championship of the 15th annual national Catholic interscholasj tic basketluill tournament. The quintet defeated Loyola Aca- j ; demy, Chicago, last night at Loyo-| } la gymnasium. 31 to 22. It was the ' : third time in history of the tourna-1 ' metil that St. Xavier has won. oth- : 1 er titles having been taken In 1926 land 1935. Reitz Memorial. Evansville, hid., I took third place, defeating LaSalle, Cumberland. Md . 37 to 25. Cretin, i St. Paul, defeated St Thomas Military Academy. St. Paul. 30 to 27. to win the consolation. In the semi-finals. St. Thomas defeated St. Canisius, Buffalo. N. Y. 31 to 20 and Cretin defeated St. Veronica. Ambridge. Pa.. 39 to 27. Players who made the all-tourna-ment team: Centers — Bert Bobbin, St. Xavier, Ixniisville. Ky.. and Charles Butler. Mt Carnfel. Chica- , go; Forwards — Bernie (Timmins. St. Xavier, James Giebels. St. John college high, Washington. 1). C„ ' and Jim Hinkle. Reitz Memorial; Guared — Charles O'Brien, Loyola Academy, James Stakem. ImSalle. and John Welsh. St. Mary's Anderson. Ind. o Monmouth Athletes At State Tourney Through the efforts of Coach Ernest Curtis. 13 prospective members of next year's Monmouth bas'ketball team witnessed the finals of the state tourney at Indianapolis I Saturday. Only underclassmen were | 1 t aken on the trip. The Monmouth lads who were in- 1 eluded in the group: Arnold Con- • rad. Lorence Fuelling. Truman 1 ’ Krueckeberg. George Schuller. Jack Mahan. Lloyd Mahan Fred Kunkel, Frederick Aumann, Lester Aumann ! ' Lewis Murphy. Elmer Oetting, ■ ; Ralph Conrad and Robert DeLong. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis accompanied the team. HENRY WEBER (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) L Mrs. Dan Bieberich. Mrs. Henry j Werling. all of Adams county; Mrs. ' I Dallas Hower of Oklahonma; Louis ■ I Weber, of Hoagland; William We- | her of Preble; Fred Weber of Nor- . folk, Nebraska. Two sisters and one • brother are deceased. , Funeral services will be held j Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 1 o'clock at the home and 2 o’clock , at the Emmaus Lutheran church. ■ Burial will be made in the Lutheran , cemetery at Bingen. o Effort To “Borrow” Auto Is Failure John Miller, of Chicago will undoubtedly be more careful of his choice the next time he "borrows" a i ar. Jake Hess, custodian, allegedly looked out of the Legion home window late Saturday, saw Miller crawl into his car and when the starter wouldn't work, crawl out and endeavor to crank it. It wouldn't start and Hess, with Officer Fred Hancher started in pursuit. Miller was caught on foo' I near the packing house, after crossmg the east bridge and following along the St. Mary's river bank. Miller is to face a charge of using an auto without the owner’s permission. A vehicle taking charge wouldn't "stick,” authorities decid ed —all because of a "dead” battery. He was fined $25 and costs and sen tenced to 10 days In jail. — grants hit a long shot but Hines again swished the net from far back, making it 34 to 30. On the last wild dash down the floor, Sobek pushed in the final basket. South Side took possession of the ball, holding it until the stacatto reports of the timer's pistol signalled the end. The box score: South Side (34) FG FT TP Hamilton, f 6 0 0 Bolyard, f 10 2 Glass, c 0 4 0 Roth, g 2 3 1 Hines, g 3 3 2 Frazell, f - 0 0 0 Kitzmiller, f — 0 0 1 Totals 12 10 6 Hammond (32) FG FT TP, Hasse, f ... 11 3 Willis, f 2 0 1 Ziemba, c 0 0 3 Sobek. g 6 3 2 Mygrants. g 5 0 1 Jens, f 0 0 0 Totals 14 4 10 , Free throw’s missed: Hammond —Hasse, Sobek 2, Mygrants. South Side—Hamilton 2, Glass, Roth. Score at the half: South Side, 17; Hammond. 15. i Officials: Nate Kaufman (Shelbyville); Carl Burt (North Mauches[ter).

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Fort Wayne Citizens Go Wild As South Side Wins Tourney

Fort Wayne. Ind March 28 4(J.R) Hoosier hysteria swept Fort Wayne today. The keys of the city were turned over to South Side High School basketball fans whose brilliant team won the Indiana state championship at Indianapolis. Saturday. Classes at the school were suspended today and thousands joined in celebration. Hundreds jamm e <1 the school I building this morning .to honor the team. Short "pep" talks by various officials whipped the enthusiasm of ; tlie celebrants into frenzy. Parades ' and snake dances were organized, j An entire weekend of celebration I failed to dampen the hilarious spir-1 J Blasts of noise swept the city I shortly after the finish of the South , Slde-Hammond game. Downtown < traffic was snarled for many blocks. | Aerial bombs and firecrackers ex-

♦ 4 At the Training Camps i By United Pre** I Bees Lakeland. Fla.. Mar. 28.—(U.R>Thc Boston Boes came here today for the last of their two games with the Detroit Tigers. The Bees, who dropped a one-run decision to the Bengals in the previous meet-. ing. scored a 1-0 shutout over the Washington Senators yesterday for their fifth victory in T 2 sjarts. The Tigers were walloped by the Cincinnati Reds again. 15-7, their third setback in seven tilts. Yankees Haines City. Fla. — The New York Yankees meet their Amerlean Association farm hands today in the first of a two-game home-and-home series with the Kansas City Blues. The Yanks lost the St. Petersburg championship when they were stopped 10-3 by the St. Louis Cards yesterday. It gave the Gashousers four out of the six game series. The Blues defated Montreal of the International league 9-2 yesterday. Reds Tampa. Fla. — The Cincinnati Reds were gunning for their sixth straight victory over American leaguers when they met the Washington Senators today. The Reds won their 10th tilt in 13 starts, defeating Detroit 15-7 yesterday. The

Winner of Grand National Steeplechase , I IMIIIIII 111 ill * taking a jump|| ~ ww Wj : - In winning" the Grand National Steeplechase at V’ ond American-trained horse to win the'classic. ' Aintree, England, Battleship, owned by Mrs. Marlon Battleship is a grandson of Man O'War, famous Scott, and American sportswoman, became the sec- j sire of a long string of outstanding racers. -

ploded throughout the city. Bonfires appeared at numerous intersections. One of the fires — at , the courthouse square — became so large that firemen were sum-, moned to put it out While students held back the disgusted firemen, others let the air out of the fire trucks' tires. Yesterday, 5.000 fans welcomed the team home. The victory parade began near Huntington. Some ex- ' cited fans carried banners boom ’ ing Friddle for mayor. Two casualties marred the cele- , bration. Clarence Brase. 19. stiff- | ered severe facial lacerations when he jumped off the running board of ! a celebrant's automobile and fell I into the path of an oncoming car. Donald Steinbauer. 17, received a I back injury when the machine in ; which he was riding stopped suddenly to avoid a collision.

Senators lost their fourth straight to major league opposition when they were nosed 1-0 by Boston's Bees. Giants Baton Rouge. — The New York Giants play their International league farm cousins, the Jersey City Giants, today in their last exhibition game before breaking camp | and joining the Cleveland Indians on their pre-season barnstorming tour. The Giants blanked the Indians 610 yesterday to take a lead of 3-1 in the four games already played. It gave New York its 11th victory in 14 exhibitions. After today s game with Jersey City, the Giants will go through final drills tomorrow. Wednesday and Thurs-; day. break camp Friday and join the Indians Saturday in Lake Charles. La. o White Sox Shortstop Suffers Broken Ankle Los Angeles, March 36 —(UP) — Luke Appling. Chicago White Sox ! shortstop, faced a long layoff from baseball today. His ankle was broken while sliding into base during an exhibition game with the Chicago Cubs Sunday. Appling, leading 1936 major league batter twisted his leg under him in the slide and could not arise. Taken to the Sox dugout, examination revealed a

FOUR BANDITS STAGE ROBBERY — Daring Bandits Escape With $95,000 In Jewelry And Cash Wiaxlbjirgh. N. Y„ March 28 (UP) _ Police today searched for four well dressed bandits who yesterday invaded the home of Charles Mllgrlm. millionaire dress shop owner, tortured him threatened five other members of his household and escaped with $95.000 In jewelry and cash. The bandits, believed to have been members of a ring that has raided three wealthy lamg Island homes within several months, obtained by torture an 18-carat diamond ring valued at $50,000. They took also other jewelry and $1,700 in cash. After Milgrlm. his wife Sally, their two children and two domestics had been bound, one of the bandit quartet demanded: "Where's the big ring?" . Neither Milgrim nor his wife answered One of the bandits crashed his fist to Milgrim s jaw Another lighted a cigarette, took several puffs, and applied the lighted end to Milgrim’s bare instep. The victim advised his wife to tell where the ring was. which she did. The ring was concealed in the finger of a glove which Mrs. Milgrim had pulled off on returning from a night club party she and her husband had attended until early Sunday morning Police believed that the holdup * was a "finger” job; that a spotter in the night chib had tipped the bair ts to the jewelry worn by Mrs Milgrim. The bandits appeared in the Milgrim home about four hours after the Milgrim's had retired. They surprised John Waller, the negro house man. as he prepared breakfast for his employers, shoving a gun into his back and ordering him to lead them upstairs When the houseman complied, the bandits aroused the Milgrims, bound them, and then went into the bedroom of the Milgrim children. where Frederick. 12, Paul. 9. and their governess were bound. After obtaining their loot, they bound Waller and departed Waller released himself first and called police. COURT DENIES GANCSTERRLEA Roger Touhy Denied Review Os 99-Year Prison Sentence Washington. March 28 —(U.R)~ The Supreme Court today denied ' the petition of Roger Touhy. onetime midwest gang leader, for a review of validity of the 99-year prison sentence imposed on him as a result of his conviction on charges of kidnaping John Factor, Chicago. Touhy’s attorneys, in their petition, asserted that Factor never had actually been kidnaped, but that on the contray himself had engineered the alleged aliduction in an effort to gain public sympathy for his legal fight to escape extradition to England, w’here he was wanted in connection with the "Broad ) Street swindle." The petition specifically asked a high court review of an Illinois supreme court decision refusing Touhy permission to file an appliI cation for a writ of habeas corpus. broken ankle bone. The sox won | the game, their first trom the Cubs 10-9, when Appling hit a home run.

charging that his Imprisonment vlo ] . luted the dur process clause of th*federal constitution. Touhy charged. In the petition, that his conviction was based on "the false testimony of John Factor

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