Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1940 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets And Commodores Defeatea

JACKETS DROP TOUGH CONTEST TO TIGER FIVE Central Os Fort Wayne Forced To Limit To Down Decatur Th*- budtly touted Tlg*-rs from central of Fort W.iyn*- found i-iilur’s Yellow J;uk>’i- all th«-y could handle Friday night at the Decatur gymnasium. and only a flurry of ba-k*'* In (hi- final p«-ri..d against a Ht*-d and Weakened Ja< ket team rare the visitor* from the 'hl|t town ' a 43 34 triumph The Tigers started fust and roll ed up i > I had e.u ly in tl» fln« quartet Then Andrews hit twice from well out and Hlapletmi dropp ed one in from dead < enter to make the score 7 « Decatur Andrews hit another from his favorite s|*.t well out on the «i«le to give Deiatur a 9a; margin al the .-nd of Hie first |teri<»d The Yellow Jackets held the had throughout the second quarter. Central culling off only one |si|nt as Iteialtn led at the Intermission It 12 Th.- Jackets silffeted a severe blow midway in this period as Mlapleton was furred out <>t tin game on persiflial fouls Free throws by llal'ti and An drew* and field goals by Andrews and chib nt.- linre.c !»•■< .cru. score to 2" as against a field goal by W it kiltie to give the Ja< k‘-ts a sis point lead midway in th. third quarter. Central gradually tut down this l>ad and w.-nt ahead at 23 22. The teams traded points for the rest of the quarter, which ended with th. Tigers in front. 2* 27 Lynch. Yellow J.u k.t guard, lost <m le-rsuiials shortly IH-fori- the end of the (terl.sl Central's superior size ..ml >« serve strength took its toll in the final quarter ami with Kttlesza setting the |aite with three fielders and a foul, the Tigers rapidly pulled away at one time leading by 12 ledtils al <1 29

•>y I » .1 > vl'«J Andrews ».i« tin- leading scorer of the game wilh six field goals nn«l three tree throws lot .1 total of Ifi (x.lnts l'h|l< ote tallied eight Ixiints for the Jackets Kulesra was high tor Central with I t ponits. hut only two of these iMitntx were tallied when the Jackets were al lull strength Central Ft; ft TP Wickliffe f 8 15 II Talley, f 0 <1 n Tai keft . 12 4 Wilkens, s I 2 * Kulesza 1? 6 I 13 Khaw. ! 10 2 F Talley f 3 17 Miller. c ii 0 0 Stori'h, g o 0 0 Smith, g 2 <> 4 Totals IB 7 43 Decatur FG FT TP Hann, f 12 4 Chllcote, f 3 2 1 Andrews, c 6 3 15 Lynch, a oil Kt 11 (d<o on g 2 15 Frucht.-. g n 0 q II Johnson, r o]| Totals 12 l<> 34 Referee. Goshorn 1 Huntington I. Cmpire. Johnson 'Huntington) Preliminary Central 36 Deiutur 24 — .

SUN. MON. TI ES. Continuous Sunday from I; 15 MARX BROTHERS “AT THE CIRCUS* Kenny Baker. Florence Rice ALSO—Shortt 10c-25c -"-' O'— O IT- ■ Lott Time Tonight—"2o.ooo MEN A YEAR" Randolph Scntt, Mar. Barat Lindsay. Preston Foster. ALSO—Shorts 10c 25c 1 ??*—■ J i ■■■ . ICORT "sun. mon. ti es. Continuous Sunday. 10c 1: It to 4 THE WITNESS VANISHES” Edmund Lows. Wendy Barria A -IRISH LICK” Frankie Oarro, Olck Purcoll Evening* 10c*20c —o—o— Last Tlrm Tonight — -Rldero of Paoco Siam" John Mack Brown. Bob Baker. ALSO - "Daredevils of Rod Circle." lOo’lßc “""■““"■■I 1

I Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Bente. Monmouth at Concordia. Monroe at Hartford. Sunday Commodores at St John's of Del. phos. Ohio. monroedowns JEFFERSON FIVE Bcarkatz Hit 17 Free Throws To Register 31-20 Triumph Cashing ill on their free throw iqipin tunitii - the Monroe Hear katz registered a 31 2" victory over the J.-ffersou Warriors Friday night ..I the Berne auditorium Moline- led at the half, lit s Each l.'.iin mad.- seven Held goals hilt Monroe tallied 17 points from the foul Ilin- ll.iliin was Monroe's ti-.lllitlg scorer With 13 points I iul/eulu is.-, led Jefferson with eight points Monroe F< I FT TP H.imil. f I 13 II Moser f nil Winteregg . n I I Montiier. g 15 7 G Gilbert. g It 2 2 Il Moser f .. u 3 3 E Gilbert, g I II 2 llalieggei g * 1 0 ? TOTALS 7 17 31 Jefferson lailllzeiiili’is.-! f 3 2* Kenney, f u u u Hake. . 2 2 « I toss titan. g u o <t Bollen backer, g . 2 I & Cline, g II II II W llaim-s. f "11 It Haines, g . ft o o TOT A I.S .7 li 211 Referee Kt ne I Berne i Empire Stinky tßernet Preliminary Monroe 34 Jefferson 12

o GENEVA LOSES TO COLDWATER Buckeye Quintet Scores 37-2 K Victory Over Cardinal* A coldwater. Ohio, five nirti.-d on th.- heal in the closing minutes of .1 previously close till al Geneva Friday night and upset the Card Inal* 37 2* The garni- was a nip and lin k affair until the last three minutes At halftime the Buckeye five held a slim 20-19 lead Grlle was the big scorer for Geneva, getting 14 points on eight field goals and a hrac*- of charity tosses for ID markers The rest of tile scoring was evenly divided between the Hau man men Volz with 13 points was l"-st for th*- winners Coldwau-r FG FT TP Rekhert, f 3 17 Volz, f 5 3 13 law-kseld. r 3 ti t; Oppenheimer g "11 S. holhlkna. g 5 0 10 Brotner. f u tl „ ' Imken f 0 n f, Totals i« 5 3Geneva F(] |.-f T p firile, f t 2 14 M Sprtingei. f 0 n o Fennie, c 0 0 n Windmiller, g 113 Bl* -r. g 113 Il'Hlp f 102 It Sptungei, t- 1 o 2 Armstrong, f 0 0 0 M.Htre. g Poo Totals 12 4 SR Referee, Culller iFort Wayne), Empire, Hreiner (Fort Wayne 1. Prtliminary Geneva 02. Coldwater 21. IM TOBAY'M COMMON ERROR * l»o not M y. “I don’t doubt bnt what he saw me nay. | dem t ‘ doubt that he saw me * ! -•

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’ DRAW SCHEDULE I FOR TOURNEYS THIS MORNING Annual County Tourneys Will Be Held Starting Thursday Pairings for the annua! Adams county first and second team tour , h< v«. Wh" h W ill lie held !,. s- . A . . , , high school gymnasium, were made this mottling in the offices of c K Striker, county school 1 superintendent Principals and coaches of th. seven participating schools were present at the drawing Hindu, trd by lh-puly Sheriff lasi Gllllg Jefferson and Monmouth open hostilities in the Hist team lour tiey Thursday night In the first game at 7 o'clock, followed by the Hartford Pleasaitl .Mills tile at .* oclock and the Geneva Monmouth clash at 'i p in Kirkland drew Ho- first round hyc and will not play until Hiitiirday afte.-mum meeting the winner of th. Wat 1 loi Eagles dash Tin- second team tourney opens Friday night al 7 p tn with Pleasant Mills and Jefferson pitted against each other Hartford plays Kirkland in the second game at ' p m and Monroe meets .Monmouth in th.- third game al 9 p tn Geneva drew Hie first round tiye in this tourney and will fungiwith the Spartan Warrior winner in the first game Saturday noon Semi filial games 111 the first team tourney will lie played Salm day afternoon, with the second team 'semi finals preceding Sal ' tlrday night the championship game in the first team tourney will Ite played at S:3u o'clock with the second team final tilt, provid Inga preliminary one hour earlier The first team drawings Thursday Night 7 '*" p m Game I Jefferson vs Monroe. I 2 *mt p lit Game 2 Hartford vs 1 Pleasant Mills. 2-3 9 p 111. Game 3 Geneva vs Monmouth. 3 1 Saturday Afternoon 2mi p m Game 4 Kirkland vs Winner Gaine I. |.» 3 'HI p m Game r. winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 3. . 21 ‘ Saturday Night s m Garni** Whirw Ganw* 1 vh Gitnir * 3 1 Tin second leant drawings: Friday N.ght • '•Op in Game | Pleasant Mills 1 VS Jefferson. 1-2 * 'Hi p 111 Game 2 Hartford vs Kirkland. 2-3 » 'Hi p m -Ganic 3 Montoe vs Monmouth 3-1 Saturday Afternoon 12 "" Noon—-Game 4 -Geneva vs 1 Winner Game 1, 1-2 1 'Hi p m Games, Winner Game , 2 vs Winner Game 3 2Saturday Night '3" p 111 Game 4 Winner Game ’ 4 vs Winner Game !i 3- 1 Officials m Clive Markley Bluffton: t2i l<ekoy Shine, Fort Wayne; I3| Les Ixigan Fnrt Wayne ' • < I I Decatur Bowline League Results | Art Farrar Iwl thi* major l<*aKii<* ! a< Mien hf<u-ati<»n with a 6H . . . 1 Hoagland posted a <<il , , , K. J Schultz' 234 was high for the night I ... Hon K Kruat won three games from .Mutsrhlers and McMillens won two from Bice hotel. The M-oreg; Hon-e-Krust Frtslnger zoi IKI 182 S«4 . Tutewller 194 202 147 &43 Keller Js| in j-, Slo Meller kj 4 - o I Farrar 193 22J 19f- «|| Total MM 945 027 27»k Mutachlgr Slump isz up mi 5 | 3 i«» 201 IM) (44 ’.70 17i IM 531 SpaMler IM 102 152 Mo iatdrt Joi m jot; SMO 1 > > » Tot Val 140 924 >n 2J7> Bieg Hotel Hogffland I>7 205 201 403 Woodhall 17> >57 33« Appelman U« 173 141 M 0 Zelt |«* nt J4| lainkensii iso |»- S j, Kindler 143 150 313 Total Oil MS 171 2445 McMillens **»"" >4l 201 203 >7l Mohy is* ng 202 il> 0 SeMltt IM 140 1U >ll Soldnor 171 171 140 M 4 R Schultz — log i«| 234 f. 91 >2 >2 22 >4 Total „„ |7| >ts > N vtt MINOR LKAQUE SCORtI Cloverleaf Frlsinger —.. ill 174 110 105 I

DECATf’R DAILY DEMOCRAT SATURDAY IWLABV 13. 1940

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Thoms 171 192 167 530 I C Farrar Ifni ]6* 212 670 ■ HiHiti-n UK ||o |st no A Farrar IXI IM 159 506 ' Total *39 *4O *42 2521 ! Smith Ins. W Galltneyer. 14* 103 164 475 i E Galltneyer 109 14* 135 451 | I. Smith 124 119 243 E Rilltetneler 245 102 144 551 II Galltneyer 105 I*o 165 510 II Rlomenberg 139 139 1 49 49 49 147 Total 900 »4I 775 2510 Wren It Dull I*9 I*s 179 553 S Dull 141 136 145 122 Moser 140 I4x 120 40* Tope 17* 160 167 495 McClure 16* 202 16* 53* 1 52 52 52 156 Total *6* *7.1 *3l 2572 , Mut*ehler» Stump 169 177 192 53* Mies 162 156 19* 516 Ahr 191 I*3 277 651 1 Heare 19* 139 IM 517 Udd 172 192 167 531 . Total *92 *47 lull 2753 Burke’s Std. Service Tiltewiler 142 170 17* 490 130 130 130 390 1 Keller 19* I*ll 137 515 Bonlfas 192 I** 159 539 Zelt I** I*l I*l 550 Total *SO *49 7*5 24*4 | Snyder's Diner Marhaih 190 222 172 5*4 Snyder 194 137 331 Moser 159 I*3 I** 530 Strickler 166 153 177 496 ' Walters 159 16u 319 laird I*s I*s 370 42 42 42 126 Total 9|o 922 924 2756 Gambles Il Woodhall 155 145 155 455 130 130 !3fi .390 K Wootlhall I*4 I*7 147 51* Spangler 159 149 225 533 lanikenati 157 190 161 69* Total 7*5 *Ol *|* 24»4 Convoy N. Etsler 163 141 160 464 Il Etsler 14* I*l 214 543 I A. Etsler 137 142 1(2 441 J. Etsler 191 179 162 5321 D F.tsler 172 IS* 172 592 222 2 6 Total *l3 *O3 *73 24**1 H. S. BASKETBALL North Hide (Fort Wayne* 44. Control Catholic (Fort Wayne 1 33 South Side (Fort Wayne) 66, Hartford City 19 Rluffton 34. Hagerstown 36. Garrett 31 Kendallville 2*. Auburn 47 New Haven 36. Jasper 31, Vincennes 36. M Brie Central 44. Lafayette 30 huntington 43. Burris Muncie 33. Kokomo 43. largansport 33. North Vernon 34. Columbus 2*. Huntingburg 36. Tell City I*. Marion 24. Richmond 14. New Cas'lo 32. Frankfort 36. Connersville 32. Franklin 22 Washington 36. Redford 29 Anderson 23. Crawfordsville 21. Bloomington 2*. Martinsville 25. College Basketball Roller 447. DePauw 21 Indiana State 64. Manchester 61. ♦■■■ ADAMS COUNTY <CONTINOBD FRcni rAGBONB) the home from the Zwick funeral home Sunday morning and may be •'. viewed from Sunday afi,rnoon until the time of the funeral Trada In a Good Town — Osoatw

SPARTANS BEAT ROCKFORD FIVE Pleasant Mills Defeats Ohio Team 25-1 ft Friday Night The Pleasant Mills Spartans, holding their opponents without u point in the final period, registered a 25 16 victory over ll<x kford. <>. Friday night at th. Pleasant Mills gymnasium Pleasant Mills led at the first quarter * 7 and at the half 14-10 Th. teams were tied at 1616 at the third period. Clark led the Spartans with seven field goals Ports torff was high for Rockford wilh lo points. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP DM. Millen f 2 u 4 Ixrngenberger. f 0 0 0 Holloway. <• 2 2 6 Clark, g 7 (I 14 W M. Millen, g oil August, f non Watkins, f o 0 0 Rates, c 0 0 0 Totals ii 3 2S ll<h kford. <). FG FT TP Hager, f Baxter. f 2 0 4 Plerslor*. <■ R n in Hawk, g o n „ lot geon. g oil Relsh. f 000 la-lghtner. g Oil Tol.k - 2 u llefe;ee. Garret ißlUfftotli. empire. Duy (Celina, fl » Preliminary Rockford 25. Pleasant Mill* 5 ■ o . EAGLES LOSE IN OVERTIME Poling Edges .Monmouth Quintet In Overtime (lame Friday Monmouth snd Poling staged a real thriller foi (he tans Friday night at Monmouth, the Jay county team nosing out a 26 25 victory in a double overtime tilt The teams were tied at 25-25 at the end of the regular playing period and neither team was ahle to seore In the drat extra perßxl A free throw gave poling the victory In the second overtime 1-eFsvour and Smith led p 0 ||ng with seven pointe each. Miller was high for Monmouth with 11 points followed hy Kunkle with eight Poling F(l FT Tl’ Windmiller, f . nit Qltatger. f 2 0 < Ixee.e | , , Hunt g 12 4 LeFavour, g 34 . Rmßh. f 3 17 ■P — — _ Total* ...jg g 2< Monmouth FG FT TP Kunkle, f 4 0 | ' ... I 6 11 Cpßrad, c.. j g g Ward, g ... o o o Mshsn g , , Fuelling, f .... g g #

ELMHURST TEAM | BEATS COMMIES FRIDAY NIGHT Commodores Drop 13-39 Decision To Allen County Team The biggest one mnn revolution that the Elmhurst gym "as probably ever witti'-rs.-d »»» -bu-.il I . day night iiy ComnnMlor. forward | Bill Roop, in He last stanzi Hie < ornmieTrojan tilt that *;■ * the 10. al-, edged out 43 . ' tn a topsy turvy t-am<- that de#.« d. scrlptlou In th<- English language After a . lose hard fouzht tit •' half in which Hi.- Commit- trailed by four >a)|nts, 1*22. when the half way mark was n-ach'-d Th. Trojans suddenly waxed hollet ihati a summer at th.- .qualor and I pimri'd In hm-kets from -ill angles to tak<- a commanding 37 22 lead at th.- .-nd id the third |»<-ti'.d li Meanwhile the Commies only -»r U ed four markers Then after Im n-asiiig tltell lead I to 17 points at th'- start of the la-' ‘ period. Rill started bangin' With- I In less than six uiinttl.-*. Bill had I hit seven limes from all. Id Hid th. Commies were close oil the heel* of their big. rangy opponents al th<- lilial gutt. Had the laiiir.-iit men hh theit atl.-mjits from the free throw lane, the final score might hat. b. •t. different Roop, himself, was th. . worst offender from Hi.- ihariH stripe missing six trie* with T-; veer missing four, l iman one ..nd Hain three , The gam< was a whistle tmc'ni affair throughout, with Hai kman ! Hain Bolingei and T.-rv. t hig via the iH-tsotial foul tout. f.> |k-<atiir, Fottlk and A Sheets I dropping out forth. Troj.it • Dave Terveer kept the Commiedose in the initial period They frsfled 11 1.3 al Hie start of Hisecond period R-iop. of course was the si orini: ■ star fur the locals, with his II , markers, closely followed by Ti t ; veer Fiissi'lman. Trojan (•-nt,-i marked up if, points for Ills t. am Commodores fg ft tp Hackman, f 12 1 R'stp. f Tun Terverr. c 4 5 13 Bolingei g I 02! Hain, g 12 4 | B llolthoiise. f II <| 1. I'lman. <• 0 u I. Hess, g n ti 1., J Hnlthoiise. g it 0 ti Totals 15 9 33 1 Elmhurst FG FT TP I A Sheets, f g <1 p ’ Link, f 4 19 Fnsselmr.n. c 5 5 r, Foulkr.. g 4 2 1" M f.heets, g 13'.' Eillhmtse. f <* 1 I | Coleman, f • n n rapin, c I 03! 1 Grider, g 0 11 Totals 15 13 43 Referee. Wimmls (Fort Wayne 1 Vmplre, Wagimei (Fort Waym 1 ! Preliminary IMcatur 14, Eimlinral 21 Belong, g 0 Totals 9 7 251 Referee. Gelael ffhulaai. Empire. Everhart iDecamr). Preliminary Monmouth 15, Poling 14 • Trade In a Goon Town — Oecatu,

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