Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1940 — Page 6

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Commodores Lose To Willshire, Ohio Quintel

BUCKEYE TEAM DROPS COMMIES HERE SATURDAY Willshire Registers IH-23 Triumph Over Com* modore Quintet An Invading band of Bearkati from Willshire. Ohio, Saturday night handed the !»»•• autr Commotion** a 49 23 ha ketball lesson Sa 1 - urday night at the Commodor" gymnasium The Buckeyes. tising superior height to advantage, work'd the l.lcll under the basket for good *hots. with the Willshire forward* and center "Oring most of fh>* points Willshire held a lead of 94 at the first quarter, and Increased this to 1«-1I at the half. The Buckeyes pulled away rapidly in the opening of the second half, and >•> the third quarter closed the Brarkatz held .1 41-l‘t margin. The Buckeyes were paced by Del linger, rangy forward, who <olle< te.i •even field goal foi II pointto lead hoth team- Myer- and Painter ea< h scored 12 points The Buckeye* displayed excellent a. curacy from the free throw line <<>tiverting 12 of 15 opportunities Decatur ’« ■'coring was well divided Bain led with seven point* on two field goals and three free throw* Hackman scored *ix points ami Bolinger four Willshire FC FT TP Dellinger f 7 <1 11 Myers f 5 2 12 Painter <■ 3 6 12 Miller g 12 4 Geisler g 2 15 Stellar f 0 0 0 lto«* c 0 '» « Ripley g nil Totals D 12 4' Decatur Ila< ktnan f 3 (• •> B llolthotlse f 111 Terveer c 1 it 2 Tanvaa g n I 1 Hain g 2 3 7 Roop f n <t '• Hess c 0 tt " Bolinger g 12 4 J Holthouse g o <i '• Totals k 7 23 Referee G Nulf eFort Waynec t'mpire Kh inkniglii (Decaturl Preliminary Willshire 51. Itecatur 2 «» Decatur Juniors To Play Twice This U eek The fietatui Junior high school basketlcall team will play two games this week, both away from home Tuesday afternoon th" lie cal* wdl travel to Willshire. Ohio, and Thursday afternoon to Wren. Ohio. COURT HOUSE Guardian Case In the guardianship of Vernlce, Eldora and Ardent, Kirchner written appearance as attorney for the guardian was Bled by G Remy Bierly

Tonight & Tuesday “MR. SMITH (JOES TO WASHINGTON” James Stewart. Jean Arthur. Edward Arnold. Claude Rains ALSO — Short*. 10c 25c o—o Wed A Thur*. — "Intermeaao—A Low* Story" Leslie Howard. Ingrid Bergman. Bleat Show Wednesday at 5:30 Contmuoue Thursday from 1:30 BE SURI TO ATTEND —o Coming Sunday—"DßUMS Au ONG THE MOHAWK" I CORT Tonight & Tuesday •GRANNY GET YOl'R Gl’N" May Robson. Harry Davenport a-ALL WOMEN HAVE SECRETS" Joseph Alien, Jean Cagney Onlv 10C-20C —o Wad. A Thur*—JANE WITHERS "Chicken Wagon Family” —o Coming Sunday — "Fugitive at Large” A "Laugh It Oft.”

•ww — - •* ■ —— - — — — » | Week's Schedule For Adams County | Basketball Teams Wednesday Jefferson vs. Geneva at Berne. Friday < ommodort-s vs. Mt Mary’s (An dersom at Yellow Jackets gym Yellow Jackets at Kendallville. Kirkland at lain. aster. Monroe vs Peasant Mills at BermJefferson at Monmouth. Hartford at Geneva Saturday < entral 'Fort Waynet at Berne Concordia at Monmouth Monroe vs. Gray at B'-rne GARY EMERSON DEFEATS BERNE Bears Drop 13*10 Game To Gary Quintet Saturday Niifht Th' B'-rne Bears dropped a 13 I" verdict to Emerson of Gary Saturday n ..-tit al th" B'-rne gym naslum ai!'-i a tierce battle. in will'll ’ll' Beers’ fail'll to hit free throws cost them a < hanee to take the lads from Northern Indiana Emerson h"! da 2316 margin at th" half Berne mtlworc-d th" visitors from the field, bi to 15 but Emerson * 13 pouts fimn the foul line brought th* v. loiy PH'" and M< Iwntian '.o h tulli'-d 14 Isiints foi Gary and Burry was high foi Bertie also with II |H>intGary EG FT TP - Pri. -. f 5 I II i, Kuzma. I 111 M< la-nnan. < 5 I 11 lt"s.o g 2 2 'I Romans g o '> " Johnson, g 2 2 6 Total. I'. 13 43 Berne EG FT TP llale-gg' r. f 2 2 6 Baumgartnei 1 2 2 fi I,'liman • 4 o ' Schindler, g I 0 2 y Burry, g 6 2 14 < Stucky, f c I I ( Nem-iisc hwaltd'-t. . I 1 3 t t Totals b. ' 4" ,! Referee M'tTure il’.. W.cyie > ; Cmpfre, Young Aubtem o

<i BEk8 Ek AUVww ■Tai tjU I pA I Team Standing* < W I. Pit ' Plearant Mill* 15 5 742 < Berm- 13 5 750 Klikland 14 5 737 Geneva 7 * 467 Commodore* k 10 111 M-mtoe * lo nJ Jeßerson l 11 267 Hartford 2 It 125 . Yellow Ja< k>*ta 2 17 10a Montnoutb 1 15 043 000— The Pleasant Milla Rpartane , mined Into first i>lu< <■ In the < minty standing* last week by defeating Monmouth. while the Berne Heat* , lost a close one to Emerson of Gary Kirkland, with two win* during the week, moved right up s | fiyiTfr[<Ji] (tq

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"II th" I. id'-r»’ l"-"l« "Do The Decatur Commodores, only 11 days away from the state Catholic tourney at Fort Wayne, have two games left on the schedule, both to be played at the Vellow Jackets gymnasium, and both with riv- , al, of long standing olio Th<- Commodore* will entertain*. S Ma y’a of Andi ■ --n al the De- , i :"ut gym Friday night Th" Ga--I« for yi-.i » "it" of th" outKtandine iont"lider» tor th" «!."■ ('ath'dic title, defeated I tin Commodore, al And'-rson "ivrliei in th- «' a« tn. 39 f»(»(» Th«* n< for th<* <*.i»h (»li< h»iiriu»m» nt will 4m» drawn at 1 th*- ( •Mitral <*alh<»lk' Ihkli m Ihm*| in Fort Wayn<- Tii*»*<lay afternoon at 2 ;:♦» o'« I<h k Father Alvin, ath • leth director of the «* hool<*. annnmi<ed today Th«tourney In n< heduled to o|w*n Friday n *chi. February 21. --o<)oTl" Commodores will play thi-lr hn.il game of th" season n- xt Monday night February 19. meeting Central Catholic of Fort Waym- at the Yellow Jackets gymnasium. This is th" only scheduled game of th" year between the two schools Fort Wayne I, tin- defending state and national Catholic i hampion* 000 The Yellew Jackets wilt make their final road trip of the season Friday night, traveling to Kendallville to meet the Comets m a Northeastern Indiana conference tilt for both teams. -000Th»- Jaikets have only one home game remaining on th" schedule, the all important clash with th" Berne Bears on the local floor Friday nigh’. February 23 The Jackets will be out for revenge, hav '

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ma dropped ,1 32 2' d"c Islott to the' B' r- B'-rne- earlier in the seas , on - o()o Other t ame* on the schedule j i this w-'k an- Wednesday Jeffer•mi v- Geneva at Bern" Friday Kirkland at U«m aster. Monroe vs Pleasant Villi* at Berne. Jefferson at Monm-inth. Hartford at Geneva I Saturday c’ent-al 'Fort Waym-- ■ at Belle l otootilui at Mount tilth, i JUNIORS LOSE 1 TO BERNE FIVE Decatur Juniors Drop 21|s Decision At Berne * Saturday 11 Th. Dec atur junior high school i after holding a oil" point margin at th" end of the- third quarter Sat urday night dropped a 21 1* de j dslon to the Berne junior team 'n th" preliminary to the Berne-1 Hmerson of Gary tilt at Berne Berne led at th" half 1411. but Is c atur c am" bac k to take a 17-16 lead at the- third quarter ladtman led Berne with eight points F.lchhorn was high for 14ee«tur with six points Berne F’(l FT TP Stm key. r oil; la ic hty. f 1 » 2 la-hman, c 3 2*: Girod g *ll3' File klnger. g J u 61 F Iz'htnan. f #lll — — — Totals 9 5 21 Decatur FG FT TP Spahr, f 2 15 Eichhorn, f , 3 0 6 Reed, c 0 2 2 t Ku kord. g 0 0 0 M'Connell, k 2 16

' Breiner. f « 0 0 i Totals < 4 19 DEFIANCE TEAM WINS TOURNEY Ohio Keglers W in Annual Bowling Tournament Here Sunday A red hot Cora Cola five from In-flanc" Ohio won th" fifth annual interstate howling tourney, held at Mies llec rc-.cli-'ti th" last I IWO Weekends The Buckeye k'-rlers took the i alleys late Sunday to post a 3213 ’with their 117 pin handicap and I push Mtttschlei’s of Decattii down Ito second place The local kegl -rs set up th'-lr 31'5 a Week ago and the score wlthstiMHj the onslaught 'of all trams until th" Defiance lad* roll' d > Th" Coca Cola five by virtue of their win. carry away the ||t>o 1 first pt i,e. Second prize of 45" goes to the Mutsc hler aggregation, (’ash prizes will Ice paid to approximately 14 teams The final standings, as released this morning by Manager Molly Mies . 1 Ceca Cola. Defiance. O. .3213 , 2 Mutachler’s. Decatur. 3155 3--Union Club Bowling Green. Ohio. 2179 4 Nlelaott Bakery. Union City, 31;#. • s—Gehrig’s Furniture. Garrett, 312? 6 Richmond Recreation, Richmond. 311?. 1 “ Stall's Atlantic. Bowling Giec-n. Ohio, 3|l>3 ' Old Vienna. Wapakoneta, Ohio. 3091 I I 9 West End Texaco. Decatur. ' 30'2 10 Utikeri’s l.uitih. Bowling Green. 3071 11 G E Welders. Decatnr, 3061 |l2 Jackson Pies, Troy. Ohio 3056 il- Berghoff Fort Wayne 303.3 14 Squlty, Monroeville, 3025 15 Kroger's Chicks. Fort Wayne. 3024 In all. 5* teams were entered 111 the meet this year, topping all previous record entries. Other

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INDIANA DOWNS PURDUE TO TIE i FOR LOOP LEAD Hoosiers Win 16*39 To Tie Boilermakers For league lx*ad Chicago. Feb 12 <U.R> Enr "• -l.iy ,r h ast. M* Bill . Hap." "f illinoi* steals part of ilu- glory fiotn Indiana and Purdue -is th'Big Ten basketball camp»lgn reaches the halfway mark tonight with the Hoosier hot shots tied (nr the lead It was one of the finest exhibitions of speed basketball th<- Big T'-n will S" this season that 46 to .Tt litdl um victory over Purdue Saturday night but Hapai-’s sensational shooting against Minnesota topped everything on the books He took 31 shots from the field and was sunessful with 13 lie attempted 11 foul shots and sank eight Total 34 points, four better than th>- .‘ill-timi- single game scoring record set by Etui" And.-es of Indiana against Illinois In 113* Indiana defends Its share of the lead against Michigan tonight and Purdin* was a strung favorite to retain Its share at Chicago North western travels to Illinois. Ohio State's defending champions meet lowa at lowa City and Minnesota plays at Wisconsin Illinois, i N’-uthwesti-rn Ohl" St,". .util Minnesota ate tied for third with j three victories and two defeats to I four victories and om- defeat for i the leaders (if the two pacemakers. Indiana faces the tougher fob tonight i Michigan ran, Inin a hot Northwestern team Saturday and suffered a47to 34 upsei Michigan was counting on an '••veil break on this teams from in and near the community which failed to finish In ’ the prize money and th'-lr scores i with their position first 1 Seventeenth. Gamble’s. Iniatut. 3C13; IS. Decatur G E Stators. lih»s. 20. Monroeville Mercrhattts . ’ In-i atttr G E Tool Room 2MS: 22. D catur Castitigs 2Mk 25. Decatnr Marathon OU. 2971. 2S. Decatur G E Rotors. 295*: 29, Decatnr Telephone lavcal 2954. 31 Bluffton General Machine, 2950: 34 Bluffton Sutiier «r Lockwood. i 2942; 35 ih-.atui Mi Miiien s 2933: 41 D'-catur Cloverleaf. 2»*t 43. Bluffton Grand Theater 2*’l. 46. Burke's Decatnr Ramblers. 2'72; 19 Monroeville Buchei's Keciea lion 2'47; 50. Decatur Smith Insurance 2941. 52 Decatnr Snyder’s Diner. 2'35; 51 Decatur Hon E Krust 27'6 -,c; Decatur Me MilI* n’s, 2740; sft. Monroeville Tur i ney Ada. 26.36 PgIJLJ ! !

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trip .Illi" >he west. exjMH tlng Io | lake Northwestern ami lose to] Imllata Now the Wolves are flgh’lng to remain In the champhrnsblp rnc-»- and if Indiana has a letdown after It* vital meeting with Purdue. Michigan will have that even break Although HUI Menkes five- one handed field goals started Indiana on its comeback against Purdue in the first period, 'he Hoosiers c-oiinted chiefly on their speed and balanced attack Seven players scored two or more- tjelcl goals l.etdown* will he few and far between since Indiana need not pin Its hopes cm one man. An Important factor io thl* race still may he Chicago’s Zone defense Pttrd'ie had considerable difficulty penetrating thia scene last season and a def'-at by Chicago's cellar king* would he dis Ohl

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