Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 19 January 1940 — Page 6

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FAVORITES ARE VICTORIOUS IN TOURNET TUTS Monroe, Pleasant .Mills And Geneva M in FirstRound Tilts pm loum> y favorite* •a in through flr»t round sncountem last ' night at Pleasant Milla in th* annual Adam* < ounty net tourney Opening Thursday night, with Monrw, Pleasant Mill* and Geneva advancing. In the flrat game- Monroe, after trailing UK at the end of the first period, went on a scoring «pree In the remaining three period* and easily toppled Jefferson. 3.1 I*. By ’ virtue of this win they will meet i Kirkland, who drew a bye. m the flrat game Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Hannle. with 1« point*, led the winner*' offense and I-mt-zenhelset paced the loser* with nine. Hartford'* Gorilla* threw a momentary scare Into the Pleasant j Mill* tamp in the second tilt, when they stubbornly hung on during the flrat but the Spartan* turned on the heat In the sec ond half ami won going away. IT Io Clark, with II point*, led the winner*, who played without the service* of their center. Holloway 111 at home with an attack of the flu Bob Dubach wa* outstanding for Hartford. getting 11 point* In the la«t game the Geneva i Cardinal* trailed tin at the end of the flrat quarter hut Anally started pouring in basket* from all angle* to topple Monmouth. 11l I* After getting their flr»t quarter had. the Eagles tailed to more in the - <>nd stanza Grib- and M Sprunger were the big gun* in the winner*' scoring attack with II and 12 point* respectively Miller led the I loner* with nine marker* The flr»t round of the *e< ond team tourney wll (open tonight at the Pleasant Mill* gym Semi-final* In both the first and second team tourney* will be played Saturday aftertvton. with the flnsl* Saturday night Jefferson FC, FT TP latutzenhlser. f lit* Raker f 2 n 4 Boileiibat Iler, c 2 15 W Haines g non U Haines. * it 0 ti Cline, f o n n Kenney g n n n Total* f *2 1* Monroe FG FT TP Winteregg, f 1 I 3

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Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams • < Saturday i County tourney at Pleasant Mill*. illannl, f 6 a 10 lc, tlllhert c IOS Monaler, g 3 17 E illlbert. g Oil ,II Mauer, f 2 u i It Moser, c 12 4 I llabegger. g 10 2 Total* 14 6 33 Pleasant Mill* FG FT TP W. M< Milkm. f 2 2 6 lamgenberger. f 113 Hates, c » 3 « Clark, g « 2 14 I* Mt Millen g 3 2* Harmon, f Uli I August. f 2 n 4 i Watkins, g 10 2 Totals Hi II 47 Hartford FG FT TP Amstutz, I 14 6 It Dubach f 3 5 11 l.ybarger, c 0 •• <• Myer*, g <• •' o ! Shoemaker, g 1 « 2 Augsburger. f 0 It o IG. Dubach. f o 11 IE Amstutz, g o n o Totals 6 1« 2u Monmouth FG FT TP Miller, f 2 6 0 Kunkle, f 2 0 4 Conrad. < 112 Ward, g 0 0 0 Delong. g , II O 0 Owen*, f 0 0 0 Marhenke. I 10 2 1 Mahan, g 0 It i< | Total* 6 6 I* I Geneva FG FT TP I Grile, f 6 2 14 M Rprunger, f 6 0 12 i Fennlg. c 2 0 4 Armstrong. g 2 0 4 Windmiller, g 2 16 Roop, I non B. Sprunget. f it 0 01 Blzler, g 10 2 Total* IS 3 41 Official* Markley, Shire and lo gan. -O - . — . Logansport Fireman Hurl Fighting Fire laigansport. Ind Jan 19 >t'Pi Herman Kiesling. a city fireman, wa- Injured yesterday when -truc k by a trunk thrown from the second window of a blazing house. He wa* not in serious condition today j

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BALL GAME TO i AID CAMPAIGN I Double Feature Monday Sight To Aid Infantile Paralvsis Drive - A "double feature'' Icankc-tba'l game will b<- oti>- of the- c-vi-nn to !»• MtHKnl thia month in ohnc-rvitig the- prrsldc-nt'a birthday in an fort to raise money to l><- u««-d in fighting Infantile naralyxi* it wax announced today Edwin II Kaufman, chairman of the athletic c ommittee of the < < |e bration. announced today that two Kamex will Im- played In the Lincoln gymnasium Monday night. with all proceed* Io lie c oni' chuted Io the fund The Indiana mate police team, with officers Ruaaell Prior. Truman Hlerie and a number of other i former high school stars In the line-up. will tangle with Cloverleaf In the first of the two tilts at » 15 P m. In the second game M< Milieu Feed* will meet Swift Felton five of Huntington one hour after the first tilt Admission to the games will lw> 10 cents for children 12 years of age or tinder and IS cents for adults. Tickets may be secured from Mr Kaufman or at the door on the night of the games He urged the cooperation of the public in purchasing the tickets to swell the Infantile paralysis fund heir No dance is to i>e held In connection with the observance this yegi Mr Kaufman also stat.-d that a novelty surprise act will Ice staged Icetween games Monday night U Greensburg Man Fatally Injured Greensburg Ind. Jan Hi -ft’Pl —John II Schwartt. “2. died yesterday from Injuries suffered Mon day near Rushville when his car •as struck by a truc k. 0 —... Trade In a Oooa rows—Oacatur

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warn W' ■ !£>< I I Y** Bsskstbawl join, with players. coaches, school officials and fans of Adams County in joyous anticipation of Decatur's first sectional tournament in s many years. - 000 i Announcement yesterday by Ar- 1 thin L Tester, high mogul of In- 1 •liana high school basketball, th-.t a sectional tournim nt has b.-en 1 | awarded to Decatur. was greeted with the greatest of pleasure- in the 1 I county. particularly in De-atur and ■ I Monmouth, whose- teams have had 1 ,io compete in the tough Fort Wayne sec tional sot 10. these too 1 I many seasons • I —oOoDecatur, with a new gymnasium I ims of the fines; in this section of J the state for a city of Its site. will | Ice host to the other eight public high -ahead teams of the county The last tourney Held here was Itc | I*3l. with the Decatur Yellow Jai-|| hets coming out on top of the other Adams county teams —oOo— Relgasc- of the tournament centers brought a second pleasant nrprise when the regional pairings revealed that the Decatur sectional champion will compete in the regional meet at Anhurn. against the whiners at Butler Kendalivlllp and Pierceton Once more an avoidance cd Fort Wayne power. <»Oo Decatur's teams well both be In action tonight. —oOo— The- Decatur Commodores will play cm (heir home floor tonight. I entertaining the- Monroeville Cubs . from Allen comity It will Ire the ; Commodores first appearance In I Decatur since December 22 000~ The- Ih-catur Yellow Jackets will : make their second road trip of the | week tonight, traveling to Colombia City to battle the Kagles This will be a Northeastern Indiana conference tilt. Dale Fuhrman, senior. will make his first appearance of the season tonight In the Yellow Jacket lineup and hia scoring ability la hoped to Increase the JacI hets' strength 000— Favorites came through as eg. ' pected Thursday night In the opening round of the annual Adams county tournament, played at Pleasant Mills Monroe. Pleasant Mills and Geneva downed Jefferson. Hartford and Monmouth, reapectiI vely. -000bscond teams will hsvs their I innings tonight, as the first ruund games in the county tourney will be played at Fleas i ant Mi'lo. temi-flnals In both I tourneys will be played SaturI day afternoon and the finals Saturday night. U —oOo—l SemlUnal reserve team games I will start at noon tomorrow In I the Irst varsity clash at 2p. m.. I Kirkland wlp> drew the first round I bye. will clash with Monroe, folI lowed by the Geneva-Pleasant Mills I game Second team Rnala win be I played at ?:»o pm. and varsity I finals at $ 30. I —«Oo— I A writer, signing his name as I "An Old Yellow Jacket Fan," has

s<at Baaketbawl a dipping regard Ing Carl Buffenbarger. former Yellow Jacket star Huffy former a* sistant at Kmithport, is now coai ItIng Franklin township hi Marlon count His team will med S mthport In the annual Marlon county tourney tonight al Ben Davis Buffy's team this season has won nine games and lost only four «»f his first i tght men. only tun- I* a senior. 4>- - Berne Restaurant Is Damaged By Fire Today Happy's Place, a ’’.erne restaurant owned and operated hy Homer Sc hug. was badly damaged by smoke and water shortly In-fore 2 o'clock this after-noon, when fin broke out under the flooring Don Sweeney, an employe of the restaurant, was using a blow torch in an attempt to thaw a frozen pipe under the floor, when the wooden flooring c aught fire. Enable to extinguish the blaze Sweeney called the Berne fire department The flames were quickly eztlngulshrd. but considerable dam eg. was caused by smoke und water to the restaurant and to living quarters on the second floor

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CONRAD SCORES KHOCKOUTOVER ELMER TUGGLES 4 Large Crowd Attends Amateur Boxing Show Here Thursday ( Mor< than '• IM ' fterson* who btav- 1 Jed subzero l<mpfiattire* io aO'-nd i tile iima’eut linviiig -.how held .1 the Lincoln M hoot gym in '•i'" ' ■'> Thin -day night were t t-w .ii tl.-d with » splendid t ight round .aid, j filled with plenty »’ action frrnn 1 I the lltst bout to the final live- ' rounder. The ..ltd, lir-tl bozlnu show stagn Hecutut for a numlw-r «i ' ve. i w.t -|Hfii».tred hy fh‘- WPA in-, .ration department, with all 1 i profits gt.mg to the ezet utlvn <om 'mittee of the recrea'lon depart- ' metit for eipan*ion of the city's I rwreatkfli actlvilh*** Lk>y«! < ' »!.»<! • Inulin I middit-w. -ight win Hi'' headline l-.ut of the evening, -coring a knockout victory nv.-r Elmer Tua!g|e«. udor.d Kokomo lad. in the J fifth and final r.mml of the ton ' ! eluding bollt. Conrad and Tuggle* who had J split deil«ittii* in previous bout*. I had waged a turion*, evenly fought |' battle throughout ih>- first rounds, with Tuggles having what little eds. Iht-t. wa* But < out ad aft. being *. nt to | the canvas ft't I "hurt tmint at the start of the fifth tain.- hack with la ih-vaMtlting attack, tentered on the colored 1.0 l midi iff. which |>ut Tuggle* down for tin- full umnt of Ift after one minute and 2 t( »•-< ond* of the final round The- tard o|w-ttt-d with a threeround inhibition lietw.-n iwoj * Hill Huth*’ <•( Ifcf.utH i .mil Howard ci. tn of Pison. Ohio | Th.-.- kid* threw pfimly of alov.-s C and their exhibition afforded the fans a splendid sample of the good ■ 1 iHiUta I - > <m- ( I Conrad * knockout of Tuggles ] ' was the only one of th.- • vt-ninr. the »evt-ii three round bouts all go- > Ing the limit to the decision Result* of the iieveti thr.-e-r .iind bout* follow Jm k Mahan. !»••< attn 14" |><mnd», I ’ declsloned Carl Ra-or Monroeville, i ’ 112 pound* I bier mill Wren Ohio, 116. de cisloned l.e* Mazelin. Berne. 147 Freddl.- Velez. Ib-catur, 11*. dei f.-aied Bill Stfphennon. Monroe- • Ville. 11* l Fritz Raker. Decatur. 15*. defeat- - ed Carl Uttenweiler, il tagland. I6U I Bob Barns. Fort Wayne. 136. de • 1 Isioned Ed Clem lllzon. Ohio. 13a Rud Hershey. Fort Wayne. 156. ■ defeated Rob Howman. Decatur. ■ 154 i Mike Jaragnl. Decatur. 124. defeated Tommy Taylnr. Monroeville.

} *F*V 1 ’Ni.k LIHI< «* I'" r ' **" of all Itouis Gtmrge F. , laiun-nt. WPA rm reation snp.-ivl»-ot wa* announcer and master of- - Cat! BaZftr Bcted a* imu-keepor and th" Judge* were t-.-orge Alter. Walter I Bookman and Floyd Hunter. Sport SrSbj By H*nry Metamora ,p — 4 la>« \ngelt-*. Jan H* 'l* Pi Pulling the «port shot here and there: Hoois Weber, the genial vice president of the Chi. ago Cuba, filed first claim to the <••••’ grand ezahed optoml*' No I '•! Ifitu today when he blithely announced h. ezperted no trouble whatsoever In encouraging Dizzy Dean to sign a contract for the coming season Welter, however. showed a lilt of mailed Hal through the velvet gloved statement by adding that the dizzy one wa* ’ just milking his annual popoff campaign Al least It proves that spring I* almost with u* Th«- east s two major threats for the 150.1W0 prize of the Santa Anita derby Liberty Fram and Son Alt<sue «zphsled with more noise than the New Jersey plant j of the Du Pont* when they run | fifth and sixth behind Millsdale stable* da -y Mlllfang in the lamg Ib-at h handlctyt at the Arcadia "share-the wealth" establish inent .A filly Augury by name and .i fl otto Saratoga sub** Imr-1 gain by Origin, may do n Ciem-la lit that derby she already has won Illi times her pili<-hase price Ami »|h aklng of Inn gain*, what of Majoi A C Taylor's Whit hi • • which was thrown In fori good measure when the A. C. T »fotk farm Itough: hb dam. Gl.ni-e .for 61.5 cm Whh hcee to dak- has won ITl.mui and may add th- IllHtiHMi of the Sauta Anita handicap Add developments of inagnifl-‘ cent unlmpoi taio i- the freshly-[ signed return Itoiit !>• ween Billy , Conn and Gu* l.e.n vii h Conn I »l.ipl»<l Lesncvich'a fate with

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