Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1940 — Page 6

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JASPER MAJOR UPSET IN FIRST SECTIONAL PLAY Jasper Wildcats \re Trounced By Ireland Team. 55 To 39 lndiami;wi! * Mat. 1 U.P) It's in full swing liidiaiia's !•••«» high s> hool li.i«k-thall tournament lh«tiit<- the r... th.it only tinsectional battles have started the upsets hav<- <wcurt*-d and rh«- favorites have come thrmti-h fur their litst vh tory Chief upset m th* fit ng last night wax Jasper Tin Wildcat* went down. 55 to If* before in inspired Ireland crew that refused to let up until the Anal gun Hounded And allhough the Jasper live w»mi t exactly favored to win the Pete xhurg lional. they were one o| the lop thtee alld lhell lie teat might make the path a trifleasier foi lluntlUgtilirg. the early fa yortle Another of tin Unit night* vi« - lima wax Peru, picked hy moat of the e%|H-rtk to w a their own *••< tlonal The Titter* however found a i lew from out in the county Clay township. nint h too tough and lost. 37 to :•> Fans of the South Side Art hern of Fort Wayne should find some solace i.: ihi« upset, however. a* the roach of Peru five in none other than Clare Holley, who last year led his Ossian quint to the biggest Upset of the year, a triumph over Fort Wayne South, a title favorite In the sectionals. tiljirr results last night, although some of them were surprising. ran about true to form The Winchester sectional found one of Its three favorites Saratoga which had lost only one game in regular season play eliminated by Inion City another favorite. 2* to 21 Winchester, third in the select list, advanced by trimming Spartanlmri’ 4? to 35. and meets Cnion City at 4pm today. For’ Wayne South romped to a 5* tn 33 victory over latfaybfte

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PIERCETON UPSETS Pierceton, coached hy Hill Bryan former Klrhltind coach, wax eliminated this morning, losing to Heaver Ihrtn. 3? Is H ; other Pierceton scores Sidney 2K lairwiil 21 Milford 3*. HyraI . n«- 34 Fort Wayne morning scores Hoagland 35. Huntertown 33. Central 3K. Arcola 22 Elmhurst 45. Woodhiirn 32 North Side 7<i CoeSSe • . ♦ for se< tlonal honors down* d Jefferson Center. 49 to 27 Iri other northern Kame* Liberty Center downed the host Bluffton five to apparently cinch th* crown, Au burn walloped Hutter 44 to i t on the Butler floor; Bourbon, favored lor the Plymouth crown tripped West township. 45 to 23. Berne probably took its toughest hat th- 1 in the Heiatur tourney hy taking the host five. 2d to 24 and Wabash advanced toward its own sectional title hy tipping lairgo. 32 to 17 In the deep south Evansville lleitz Justified the ■ onfldem >■ some i supporters have given them by taking Evottsi lie Bosse. |O to 21 Jeffersonville and New \lliatlV pie pared the way for their < lash today with the Bed Ib-vlls trimming Main kpo t 51 to 2' and the Bull dogs ismndmg New Amsterdam. .5* to 114 Madison a favorite fur the Si ottsbnrg title downed Saluda 35 to 21 Central sector favorites catnej out about a« *-xp*-*-ted Anderson. Involved m the screwiest game of the night, ran Into a determined staHlng baffle from Frankton, but emerged -ifely. 13 to 4 Indianafudls Tei h dtop|H-d a 24 to 22 de- 1 ■ ision to Iteiatur Central on a field goal that was in the air when the gun wept off Seymom whipped Si pin the county i hampion. 51 to 23. to jus’ about clinch the Seymour throne Muncie Burris took Royerton. 34 to 2o Tipton trounced Holdsmith. 5.5 to, 31 Frankfort crushed Mullterry. 41 to l‘> Vincennes ground Wheatland 5.5 to 19 Mar ion overpowered Jonesboro. 35 to 2" Columbus poiinced on Boggstown. 52 to 22 Martinsville hammered Eminence. 55 to 3*. hut McGinnis of Eminence, i nephew ot Glen Curtis, former Artesian coach, poured through 27 points for the tourney s lndlvldn.nl high So date. In th* northern section South Bend Central and Mishawaka, a* expected won at the Mishawaka series with the B-ars faking Now Carlisle, 29 to 15. and the Ma non* i limbing Ma<l son township. 54 to 31 Laporte tripped Kingsbury 47 to 2* In the Calumet region Gary Froelrel drowned Kottt* Rs to 14 and Gary Tolieston mas*a< red Chesterton. 53 to 15. Hammond T*-» h took Dyer. 37 to 21. Although several teams ran up more than 5o points and one or ' two counted Ko. Sandusky. In the Greensburg sectional took total : honors by whooping through *4 against Zena* Z*-nas ended up wnh 33 On the other end of the , stale th*- underdog's were paced by ' Frankton's four against Anderson Only other team to score less than > Io point* was Jefferson township In ths- Huntington tourney who tallied < while Clear Creek poured through 39 0 — TODAY s CO.MM4 ’ll Never write the possessive of I the pronoun "It" with an apostrophe its. ours. hers, yours, eli do not take an apostrophe B's Is an abbreviation of "It Is " • Us

wwwC Tin- first night of play in the Dei atut sectional tournament is etid ed Two teams have been eliminated with six more to be tossed aside la-fore the sectional champion is crowned Saturday night nt approximately 9 o'clock 000 Congratulations are in order for I the B'-rne Bears The Bears, in • the feature tilt of the opening night, and what may well be the crucial game of th*- entire tourney, >-dged out a two point victory over a band of hard fighting Decatur V* How Jackets. It Was a typical lb-rne fte* attir baitl*. with Hume Fortum- nodding h*-r magic wand over the Bears. o< >o The worm will turn! The Monmouth Eagles, three times during the regular season victims of the Jefferson Warriors, turned the . tables on the Warriors hl the op ■ enltig tourney game Thursday night, winning wild in the dosing i minutes to mark up a 2'' to 17 Vlt toi y 000 As a picker. Bssketbawl was perfect last night Two games, two wrong guesses Just shows sports writers may be human, after all Anyhow, it's a lot of 1 fun. We'll bet we bat better than .000 before the tourney ends Any takers 5 ■ 000 Three games are on the sched- 1 tils- tonight The Pleasant Mills Spartans will start the festivities at 7 o'clock, meeting the Hartford Gorillas At M o'clock, the Monroe ' Bearkstz and Geneva Cardinals will tangle In what may easily In a wow The night's program will ■ lose with th*- Kirkland Kangaroos meeting the Monmouth Eagles otto Semifinals will be played Saturday aftertuMin at 1 3o and 230 ' o'clock The Berne JOurs will ap pear In the fitst gam*- meeting the winner of the Pleasant Mills Hart ford clash In th*- secund semi Huai, the winners ot the Monroe-1 Geneva and Kirkland Monmouth tilt will ■ lash 0440 Noted the Decatur school board crashed into the high achool band last night. Carl Pumphrey and Roy Mumma, members of the board of education. and loyal Yellow Jacket boosters, were sestet! with the boys and girls tn red. 000 Home tourney firsts: |l First shot Fuelling. Monmouth j missed’ First |H-raonal foul Fuvlling. 11 Monmouth Fi M -• throw m"*d 8011.-n- | i bat h'-i Jefferson First field goal Miller. Mon- ' mouth First free throw Fuelling. Mon- ' mouth First aubatltntlon Kenney. Jes , ferson First time out —Mtmmouth. First out on personal fouls — Ward. Monmouth - 000The major upset over the state in the opening night's play was the downfall of the | Jasper Wildcats, who were trounced by Ireland. 55 to 39 Just another Irish "joke ’ -000Th«»we battle* at Bluffton last 1 night must have had the fans in a lontlnuout state of Janiled nerves In the opener. Liberty Center tossed over the Bluffton Tigers. 32 to IS. And to top off the evening, '’heater Center knock e*l off the Kockcreek Dodgers I Wells county champion*. 37 to 34 —oOoIrony of fate Clare Holley, whose tHsian Bear* last year shook Indiana's basketball domain by eliminating th* tfouth Ride Arch-

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! er*, saw his Pern hoys batted out I of the running by a Clay township quintet. 37 29 000 Speskmg of feature tilts, the second game of the annual city series between Decatur's grsde teams. Junior high and St. Joe. will be played at the Commodore gymnasium Monday night Don't miss it! of to— Life's !!ttl* oddity End of the first qaartrr of that tense Berne 1 , Decatur battle Seen* Gymnas- 1 lum press box Basketbawl lifts • telephone receiver to < all score to J Ib-mor-rat office ttperator won't | ask "Number, please says, "Can , you Iru ate Rev II W Graham Methodist church pastor" Basket-: i bawl replies. "Will try. but ring me lihmi " operator retorts, "Nix. first tell Hev Graham to call home." Whipped. Basketbawl agrees and -o linally gets call through latter investigation shows pastor <ailed home to perform marriage ceremony for Impatient lovelorn young couple Even a prea* her s life has its moment* of trial P R —Rev. Graham made the i second half o ' At the Training Campa * By United Pet** Red* Tampa. Fla . Marth 1 4U.RV — i The entire Cincinnati Reds squad was scheduled to work out today. John Hutchings. 230-potmd re- ' cruft, and Whitey Moore were the first pit< hers to bear down in their mound drill* Brown* San Antonio. Tex. March 1UR> Plttber Jack Kramer and catcher Jo* Glenn remain on the ISt I-ottis Browns' holdout list The rest of the Browns lia'.terym*n opened spring training tinder a blistering sun yesterday Rookie , catcher Rob Swift belted the first pitched ball over the left field fence Whit* So* Pasadena Calif. March I U-O Manager Jhniny Dyke* put a rookie infield through Its puce* at the Chicago While Sox spring training camp today in anticipation ot the need for utility m<-n during the season Hl* squad waa

Public Sale I. the underalgned. have quit farming and will cell at Public Auction on the J. W M< Keen farm located & mile. Ht>uth of Decatur and 1 mfles Weat or 1 mile North of Monro* and 2 mUea Went, on THURSDAY, March 7.1940 Commencing at 12:00 P. M CATTLt 1 Holatelii a Jereey Helfer will be freah May 7. 1 DURHAM COW. S. Will be frMh In April MODS a BHBKP II feeding bog. 30 to tn Iba .; 4 aowa will farrow from March 21 to April 22; 7 Kwea will Mart lambing before day of Mie IMPLEMENTS—Me Doering motor 10-N "At” ahape; McDeering No 1 Corn Picker "Al” ahape; Moline tractor plow. 14"; Rampoon tractor diac. 7 ft ; 2 row tractor corn plow. 12" Oliver walking pfew 7 McCormick Mower 1 ft: Black Hawk Corn Planter; Manure Rpreader t ae< aplke tooth harrow; wagon with rubber Urea and U ft beet rack horae planter; Kentucky » diac drill; Superior 20 diac drill; diac trailer; J Deere Knd (late Reeder: com aled; McDeering feed grinder I" bun; complete aet of harneea. MISCELLANEOUS—Com aheller; drill preaa: log chalna; aaea; emery aland and atonea; grind atone; 10 hole aelf feeder; bog trough.; ahovela; forka; hogea of bolta. alrap Iron. 2-4 H. P Maytag Motor "A-1" ohape; Bun Raw and frame; pump Meh: garden plow; corn Jobber; wheelbarrow: and many article, toe nnmeroua to mention. TERMS—Cavh Anyone dealring credit aoe Mr. Baumgartner, Plrat Bank of Beme. CALVIN McKEAN, Owner Boy R Joknaon— Auctioneer ( Elmer Baumgartaor—Clerk.

composed of I>eu loiter, first bastmatt. D<>n Kolloway. second base- ! man. Frank Merha. shortstop ant! Hob Kennedy, third baseman The settlor squad In-gan its set ■ ' mid day of reducing exeti is* s Cub* Avalon. Calif. March I tUPj Manager Gabby Hartnett counted! 29 hands. Including his own. Imlay when th*- Chicago Cuba reported for training Missing were pitcher Dizzy Dean, and mitfleldet Angle Galan ami Hank Lelher who hud rejected the contract* offered by i owner Phil K Wrigley Clarence Howland of the Cubs management said that there would be no further negotiations With the holdouts except on original ; terms T i ger* Lakeland Fla . Mart h 1 UJ») Buck Newsom was In the Detroit Tiger* ramp today, 12 pounds overweight and not too sute how good he will lie this season Newsont who won 20 games for the Kt Louis Brown* and the Tigers last year, was four days late i and began working out Immediately to take excess (MHindage off hl* shoulder* and waist "I'm not going to make any prei diction* alMutt myself." he said. I "If I get off to a good start I ought to do all right," —o— . .... Sectional Scores Fert Ways* Monroeville 22 New Haven 20. Routh Rid*- 6*. laifayette Central 13. l*o 49. Jefferson Center 27. Bluffton Lilterty Center 12. Bluffton 21. Chester Center 37, Rockcreek 34. Hartford City Pennville 12. Ridgeville 2* Montpelier 45. Redkey 33. Pierceton la-esburg 17. Claypool IK Rllver Uke 24. Atwood 19 Burket 31. Etna Twp 31. Butler Auburn 44. Butler 13. Spencerville 45. Met* 35. Fremont 31, Concord 23. Kendallville l*Grange 47. Wawaka 31. Brighton 24. Albion 31 Rhlpahewans 3*. Uma 23.

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