Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 17 February 1940 — Page 6

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Commodores And Yellow Jackets Defeatel

COMMIES DROP TOUGH B ATTLE TO ANDERSON Gaels Edge Out 27-26 Vic- . tory In Cloning Seconds Os Play Decatur's Commodorp* lost the h«-art breaker of all beart breaker* Friday night. dropping a 27-24 decision to St Mary's of Anderson on the Yellow Jacket* court after seemingly having the ball came all «ewed up with let* than a minute and a half to play. The Commies had a lead of four taunt* at 26-22 when Hackman cv»mm4tt*-d hl* fourth personal foul with two and one-half minute* of playing time remaming. Abel made the free to** to cut the margin to three point*. Then, with one and opr- half minute* to play. Hoop wax forced out of the game on four personal*. Ab»l mined the free throw. With the second* rapidly ticking away llexamer took a *bot from the aide, fairly close, and hit to cut the Decatur b-ad to one point at 262 i Just before the final horn nuunded. Amrine worked loose undei the hoop, look a |*t*s and droppe'4 in the bucket which spelled a heart rending defeat for lhe Commodore* The two team* battled toe to toe throughout the tense struggle. Decatur took an early 5-1 lead on a free throw by He**, a pair of charity tosses by Hain and a Held goal by Tanva* a* compared to a foul shot by Amrine Three basket* by Abel, two of them tlp-hi*. game Anderson a 7-5 advantage at the end of the flrat quarter. Hoop hit from the corner and Terveer scored on a rebound to give Deca'ur a 9-7 lead shortly after t.». re<ond period opened. J C->x hit from deep on the side to tie lhe count and the teams battled fiercely the remsmder of the period, the Intermission showing a th score of 14-14. The Gael* took the lead at the start of the third quarter but Decatur went into the van at 20-1* and held a, one-point margin at 2322 a* the period dosed. The Commodore* held Andernon ■core lea* for five and one-half minutes the final quarter, and in the meant hue Bolinger connected on a rebound shot and Hain added a PUBLIC SALE I will **ll ai public auction on the Felt* farm located t mile* North of Hoagland, on Tuesday, Feh. 20 12 o'clock Noon ♦ head of good Young Horses. 1 milk cow. fresh 100 Barred Rock Chickens. 100 bushel Com. Full line of Farming Implements Household Good*. Mutcellaneouit article.*. TERMS Cash M. E. Ataman, owner Chi I* flohnke. Auct. ags.- - SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Bunday from 3:15 In Gornoous TECHNICOLOR' “DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK** Henn Fonda. Claudette Colbert. Edna Mae Oliver, and huge cant. AL 50 Short* 10e-2Sc -—O—O Last Time Tonifht — .'lnvisible •tripee" Gooce* Raft. Jan* Bryan, Hum**r«, Befart. ALSO—Sheet* 10*-2*a -0 Coming—“ Gena With mo Wind". I CORT BUN. MON. TUES. Cewllwwwu* Sunday 10* 1:11 to 4 “FUGITIVE AT LARGE** JmA Melt, Patricia Bllle & -LAUGH IT OFF” Johnny Crown*, Ccnetanc* Moore E.eninct 10e*20c -o Laet Time Tonight—Hopalong Caoecdy "Sente Fa Marshal.” ALSO—“iarro'o Fighting Logien-'' Me-11c

free throw to make the 26-22 lead The rest of the story ha* been told previously Tc-rvw-r wait the outstanding scorer for the Commodore* with five Held goal*, principally through splendid rebound work. He wu I the only Commie to hit more than once from the Held Abel wa* high for Anderson with 1» point* on four Held goals and a brace of foul shots. ’{ Anderson FG FT TP J. Cog. f .i .i 9 Abel, f 4 2 10 Amrine. c 113 Hexamer. g 1 <i 2 Sokol, g 0 o o ; Broderick, <• 10 2 W. Cog. g oil Total* . .10 , 7 17 Decatur PG FT TP Roop, f 10 2 Hess, f o 1 | Hackman. c 12 4 Tanvan. g 10 2 Hain, g 0 4 4 Ulman, f Oil Terveer. f 5 o 10 Bolinger, g 10 2 Total* 9 4 26 Referee. Agenhroad (Ft. Waynei Cmplre, Downey (Fort Wuynel ST4TE POLICE TE AM WINNER Indiana State Pol ice Team Wins In Markle Tournament The Indiana state police team advanced another round in the independent tournament at .Markle Friday night, defeating Palace Case of Huntington. 2420 The police quintet held an fl-7 lead at the end of the first half Small led the police with seven point*, followed by Humuel* and Carter with alt point* each. MeSown led the Huntington team with 12 point* Stat* Pallet FG FT TP Shield*, f 0 3 3 Grannon. f ... 0 0 o Prior, c .... 1 o * Anderson. g 1 o 2 Htnall. g 2 3 7 Ramm-li. f . 3 0 <; Carter, c 3 0 6 TOTALS 10 6 24 Palae* Case McNown, f.. !, 2 12 ' L. Bechtol f .. 0 11 Mclntire, <• 0 0 0 J Bechtol. g 2 1 5 White, g 0 | 1 Koehler, g .. Oil TOTALS 7 6 20 OTO TEAM WINS IN TOURNAMENT Decatur Team Trounces Warsaw In Deanery Tournament Friday The Decatur CYO team triumphed sadly tn It* first teat In the, deanery tournament Friday nlghl at Fort Wayne, trouncing the Warsaw iwm 44-15 Decatur led at the flrat quarter. 14-5. at the half 24-5. and at the - third quarter. 34-8 Murphy led the Decatur team with 12 point*, followed by A. Baker with 10 Kingston wa* high for Warsaw with seven point* Decatur FG FT TP A. Baker, f .... 4 2 10 H Baker, f1 0 » Ilea*, e 12 4 Murphy, g 4 2 12 Bolinger, g 3 0 « G«Hg. f 1 • q Schult*. c 2 0 4 ■.l 0 4 TOTALS 20 4 44 Wareaw Hdudleaton. f .... 0 11 Heiman, f ..a 1 2 Armark c 0 0 it Klugatou. g 3 17 A. Zimmer, g j | j P Zimmer, g .... 10 1 TOTAL* 4 i it Trade la a ftoea vew* oaaata* SHI! „ "LIU « SUNDAY DINNER Rice Hotel 55c Roast Turkey Country Fried Chicken RoMt Let of I -afob Party and Banquet Accommodations.

'COMETS DEFEAT DECATUR FIVE = FRIDAY NIGHT ll Kendallville Registers 43 24 Victory Over Yellow Jackets " A moh of Mortlan-llke men maul “ ed out a 43-24 victory over th> Yellow Jackets at Kendallville Frl . day night The badly out-weighed and MU-elaed Jackets put up a , stubborn battle in the llrd half In ' an apparently hofteles* cause, since superior weight and wire wa* bound J to tell. ' In the first quarter Bob Staple ton kept the Jackets in the run- ( ning by continually dribbling , around to the bucket from the ■ide. aided by some nice blocking. , iAt the end of the first stancn. lhe ' score wa* 10-14 Four basket* by Stapleton. one by Chilcote and one by Lynch held the towering Comet* to a five-point margin. IM6 at half lime In lhe third quarter, however, the damage wa* done. I'sing their height and weight to advantage. I the Comet* started a rebounding | *pre>- that left the Purple and Gold stranded. While the Incal* Were marking up only four failnt* on free throw* the Comet* tipped and batted back 13 point*. The Comet* continued their scoring In the fourth period and continual shifting of the lieiatur lineup failed to afford a comparable sired team, with the Jacket* wind- ' Ing up on the short end of a 43-24 score. Stapleton, however, refused to give the Comets their advantage In six* and before the final whistle had < halked up a total of 13 mark er* to lead in the scoring. Kendallville* "over *|g feet or you don’t play" tomblnaiion eonslatlng ' of five men. wa* responsible for | ail but four of the team's point*, i The scoring among these five wa* i fairly well divided Yellow Jacket* FG FT TP H. Johnson, f ... 0 11 Chlkote f 10 2: Andrew*. < 12 4 Stapleton, e 4 I 13 Lynch, g 113! Hann, f Oil Ss-hamerloh. f 000 Fruchte, c 0 ft 0 N Johnson g 0 <1 0 Total* 9 6 24 Kendallville EX} FT TP Cog. f 10 2 Gilbert. 2 .... a I 11 Strouse, c 3 17 Harnett, g 2 2 fl Marts, g 3 17 Parker, f 4 0 4 Cochard. c 000 Gilliland, g 000 Miller, g 10 2 Total* 19 4 41 Referee, Young I Auburn l. Umpire Somers (Fort Wayne I Preliminary Decatur 14. Kendallville 17, .. —.—_„ Week’s Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams i Saturday Central (Fort Waynet at Berne Concordia at Monmouth Monroe v*. Gray al Berne.

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GENEVA WINS OVER HARTFORD Cardinals Score Easy 1425 Win Over Gorillas Friday Night The Geneva Cardinal* easily defeated Hartford last nigh) at the Geneva gym. 44-25 The Gorilla* trailed 217 at half time and were never able to slice <he mat gin of I the vic lor* tA any degree (’.rile and Armstrong with 19 and I 17 point*, respectively, pac ed the 1 atiac k of the winning live, while ‘ D Amstntr with 12 led the loser*’l offense, Geneva FG FT *TP fieri-, f 7 5 11 M Sprunger. f 0 0 0 Fennig. c . ..102 Bixler, g 2 1 S Armstrong, g 71 14 R Sprunger f 102 Moore, t 0 0 0 liolander. g Oil Roop, g 0 0 0 Windmiller, g 0 0 0 Total*. 14 g 44 Hartford FG FT TP G. Dubach, t 0 0 0 Hanoi, f ... . ... 1 o'2 R. Dubach c ' 15 7 D. Amrtutt. g 5 2 It Lybarger. g oil C. Am*tutx. f 000 Shoemaker, f 0 11 Pace, c 10 2 Augaburger. g 000 Total* I • 25 I Referee. O Naif (Fort Waynet. Umpire. Garrett (Blußtcmi. Preliminary Hartford 20. Geneva 10.

I Household Scrapbook* By Roberta Lee A Precaution If one would take the time to strain dye through muslin Icefore {adding It to the water. II would ellImlnale any danger of rpoining the article by a few paithle* of undissolved dye spotting I' Creasy Stove The greasy gas stove can Ice very satisfactorily cleaned with old new*pa|>et* Just rule the crumpled paper over the stove a* you would I a rag The Old Bras* Bed The appeaiame of the old hra*s {bed can Ice modernixed by applying jlwo coats of flat cream paint, and when thoroughly dry covering with a walnut stalls. Principals Meet To Plan For Sectional A meeting of all principal* of high school* <n t».e county opened this morning at 16 o'cloc k In the Decatur junior-senior high school I for the purpose of completing arrangement* for the sectional haahall tourney to Ice held here Fele ruary 29 March I and 2. W Guy Brown, principal of the local-school I* In charge. ——- ■ - - .. -* I Bowling Match To Be Held March 3 The Smith * Rprcial*. of Routh ! Bend, one of the foremost bowling team* In thl* section, will meet the local Mutschler five Sunday afternoon March 3 al 1:30 o'clock at Mies Recreation The Smith's, who take to the road every weekend, have a season average of 1.000 and are expected to j afford a lively afternoon * enter- I talnment on the alley*.

KIRKLAND FIVE WINNER FRIDAY Kangaroos Defeat Lancaster Os W ells County Friday, 34-23 The Kirkland Kangaroo* came behind Friday night to more a 3423 win over the Mn< aster Bobcat* on lhe W*ll« county floor The Kangaroo* trailed 5-R and 15-14 at the end of the flrat two period* but turned on the heat In 'he third quarter and chalked up 11 marker* while holding the Bobcat* scoreleaa. The- third quarter ware wa* 26-14. The winners' scoring wa* evenly divided with Girod and Arnold getting nine point* each. Kiefer snagged eight point* to lead the loser*. Kirkland FG FT TP Beer, f 10 2 Girod, f 4 19 Arnold, c . 3 3 9 I* Baumgartner, g 0 3 3 D Baumgartner, g 2 0 4 E'ngle. f 3 17 ( Johnson c 000 Tmala 13 K 34 I Uncaster FG FT TP Brindle, f 113 Brown, f 0 0 0 Price, c .. 000 Schlagenhauf, r 2 0 4 Walsh, g 10 2 Smith, f oil Rehm, f o 0 0 Bynum, c 0 0 0 Durr, g 2 15 Kiefer, g 3 2 4 Total* 9 4 13 Preliminary laincaster 24. Kirkland 11. Pleasant Mills News | Flertnc* Noll, Correspondent • — 4 Verl Troutner wa* a dinner rue«t In the James Halberstadt home Sunday. Mr. and Mr*. Arthur Shiner and son Joseph called on .Mr and Mr*. Steven Ixmgenberger Sunday evening Rev Day pastor of the Baptist church tor the past 34 jears I* quite 111 at hl* home In Bluffton. At ihl* time he |« slightly improved. Mr and Mrs. Elton An her. Mr and Mr*. J Franklin Halheratad' motored to Lima. Ohio Sunday. Mr'and Mr*. Ralph Ixmgenberger and *on Jack spent Sunday at (he home of Mr. and Mrs. Glc-n IxmgenlH-rger of Fort Wayne Glenn Mann, who has i>een Ihsl

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