Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 8 March 1940 — Page 8

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ANNUAL COUNTY LEAGUE TOURNEY TO OPEN MONDAY WPA \mateur League Tournament To Be Played Here Next Week The annual Adams < ,unty WI’A .Tina'■ -u* .-iwk*-' -.ill toiitli.i uu n’ *lll be belli next we.-k al ’he Em.-oin >< h<Hil ayinii.i im > th • <i'y nj>< in Monday nigh'. with play <inilitiuinx thioiigli Ftid.iy Nine team* i • ■hi .1 in the tounuinnti' T»u ..Hue- a II b< |,i.iy<-,| Monday night ai 7 and ‘ i-loK thr*.auinii Ttn-day -'a-t ng at ' S»-m ftial* will In- pl.<y.-d Tliir-d.y night starting a’ 7 o'clock and 'h>- > h.iinpl->nsbip till will b< pftiyoil Fld.lv flight at » o', Im k The re'n final lo«.- « w ill no-. ' in the < on* on ’ It .1' 7 o'clock Friday night kdiniifomi i> tin tan n Ilin 11! wilt h« lb "ii fnt *3lh ii “«i«ii tifliiial* will hi Voylc -Hill ~| D* uainr anil G<r.,ld Vi* ,* |*|, nit MdiI’hus for the tmi is, y wen- mad" by league iit u ml- nd- the di . lion of la-ini'.- |.aim nt ,-< real ion - upervlsoi md It <1 Wynn a- IIng secretary of the league The complete mheilnle follow s Monday 7 p m G-iie- I M Millen vi Kirkland v |i tn Gam, 2 < I<t v« Geneva Tuesday 7 p in G.iiiu ’ Pleasant .Milin vs Monmouth ‘ p m Gam- I I lai t f ml vs Cloverleaf ‘1 p tn G oin Him Creek vs Game 1 Thursday 7 p in Game <; WinnGame 2 VS winner Game 3 x p m Gann- 7 W Him Game I v« winner Calm 7. Friday 7 |i m lai«ef G um- it vs ion

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I <f Game 7 ' p m Winner Game fi v« i w inlier Game 7. ■ Team Rosters ’I The euinplele r-.Hlet ~f eligilil. ; players fur each team foilown ' cvo y • Maker. Harold ’ II -• I'.i , Mi . I: •rt Ito KV Charles Oltilor. Rolwrt ll'«<. Gerald ting.-, Robert I lin.in. Rich Sard Gllllg. Carl S< hultz > hint < ilk H-II y Gerald St h kl' i Harold Blythe. Sephiis Jackson Wendall Smith Paul Stu. kl< r la-wls Shoe Chalm> rl» Holt. Im k Steele. Ralph Hitter Geneva t ail Augshurger. liar old Smith. Mon Snyd* Tborvnl Mattox Wallet M nth M tr-.iv Klop leimteln. flgle AugsbUrgi-r, Jack Fennteriuaker. Harold Melrh Myr on F» list, make Clove leaf Hale Rudie. I. Writ on Hill Robert Gay Russel Prior. Harry Hobble, David Wynn. Clar erne Stapleton. Dwight Hehnepp It’ll Meli hl Frank Hobble Motnnouth lyiii>.-th S, hnepp. J.k k S<Hepp Hon Hoile Herbert Boeger Hill Kubnle link M Lawren,.- Fuelling James Mos. s It..- Myein Chat leg Bake H i 'to d Harold Kistler, Mar v ii Kistler Samuel Anderson ell. An teis.m, lo’oliaid It- lb r. Hitcll S -Illffi-l Do fc St’lkrl Ml -lul Reynoldn Robert M «hheti-.t, Max Grandliengid Pleasant Mills Oscar Blown Kenneth Huffman Fred Ea!?.'ll W.iyn. 11:1.x Blit »i- Millen. Th tn aw Halberstadt Glenn Foor. Bine It.lllb-ls Ml. ton Te.-ple Roll Wells Ml M lien Bob St help-! Way tie S. hnepf Kenneth Hirsh* y, la wis Williams ti. John line Si Be< kei t arl Itiirnn Chaim* t Bollenba* h- . Hunnel Fleming Kithland Milton Ikettlnger. Dwight \ tiold la'sti-t Adler Hat ty Beaver* Ha old Heng* hen Cail Batimgartne hale Mankey Floyd Engl* I* ■ uti Griffith Floyd lla"P---et Hoosier Is Killed In Fall From Tree Sunman Ind Manh ' iCP' Glenn Gall- *•( ' -ai Sunman wa killed ye le-day when h*’ f»'l fiotn a It*'*' wlii.lt he and to ighla.i •* were i ulting down

SPARTANS HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN FOUR YEARS (James Wo n Increases From Two A Season To 26. Record Shows — The si-oreg of al! th*- basketball game* th** Seniors* played In the last four yearn Wayne Mi Millen. I hick M< Millen Glen Clark mid ■ Itusgell Walking have play-d wince I they wa re frenhmen Jack l.onynIterger has played shire h*' waw a sophotuoro. 1«»—17 I Cheater Center 53 PM US 11; Monmouth Hi PMII S 14 - Willshire Hi PM IIS -15 Mendon 13 PM HS II Jefferson Z 5 PM H S 13 Geneva 4>f PMII S 13 Alumni ’•> PM H S 23 Monmnnth IS PM H S hi County Tourney Jeffernotl 31 PM IIS Id j Hryant 47 PMHS 12 Commiwlor.-s 2nd 2.3 PM H S 2<> j Mor 4- PMHS .Monmouth 11 PMHS 14' Commodiiri - 30 PM H S 2.3 M r> .>*■ 42 PMHS 22 W in two games out of flftoii 1937—38 to :o va PMHS 22 Jet. won 22 PMHS 47 Biy.*t.' 41 PMHS 27 Motlloe ’I PMHS 2< Jaffer «m t’» PMHS 14 Kirklaud 4.'. PMII S la Commodores 2nd 27* PMII S 17 Monm-itith 37* PMHS 17 Monmouth 4.1 PMII S 21 Willshire Id PM H S 32 Bryant 44 PMHS -hi Monro. -tl PMHS .17 Kirkland 3W PMHS 37 ► th I■M 11 > I Comiinsio . < 2tol 27. I’M II S Id Geneva 41 PMHS 2d Won 7. games ottt of Id this year 1918—39 J. It; PMHS 27 Monroe 24 PMII S 33 1.-ffenwm 2*. PMHS 42 < Monmouth 11 PM H S 29 I Geneva 24 PMHS 21 < Hartford 27 PM H S 24 | Mol,mouth 27. PMII S 33 t Kirkland 31 PMHS 27 | lliimn 22 PMII S 2 * < B'-nd Tourney Monmouth 17 PMHS 24 [ K■ I i.i'l't PMHS 11 * Gen- va 33 PMHS 37, , Mmmouth 33 PMHS 24 | Kirkland 37> P M IIS 22 g De. atur 2nd 25 PMHS 19 f Deuitn 2ml 29 PMHS -T' . Alumni 24 PMII S 3.1 t Jaikaon PMHS 14 ~ County Tourney Monro- 23 PMHS 19 Monmonth 2". PM H S 33 Monmouth 35 PMHS 34 | Won II Hillis out of twenty j while averaging 3« pointe a game. t 1939—40 j. Commisfore 11 PM H S 27 t Monmnnth 1-1 PMII s 17* t Jett.rson 21 PMHS W d M . II PMHS n Kirkland 27 PM HS IS g .Hartford W- PMHS 39 t Willshire 34 -PMHS 2C r Ja.kson 19- I*MHS 35 M- rni- n 2! PMII S 4". . Kirkland M PMHS 35 < Commtalorew 38 PMHS 24 | Monroeville 37. P M U.S 48 ( Roanoke M PMHS 31 t Rockford 1« PMHS 27, ( Hartford 28 PMHS 41 < Blind Tourney t Monmouth 31—P MH S 38 K. . 11 PMHS 3« , County Tourney Hartford » PM H 8 —47 Genera 24 FM H S is M'.mo.- 22 PMHS 12 ’ Monmouth M PMHS 32 Jefferson 18-PMHH 39 Monroe 22 PMHS 33 ( Won 21 games *mt of 2d with the County Tourney thrown m for good t I

DECAI PR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY, MARCH X. 1940.

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(By a Spartan Fan) Pleasant Milla ha* Unite freed thei|ie:mal of Adam* County Banket bull Not having any athletic tradition* to inspire them or star ath !••»<-« to emulate. m<»st of the boys took basketball very indifferently F ti.illy the present group of boys < ante along and they dearly loved the Kame Foreseeing the great possibilities of thia group even when they were in the tgradea. coach "ska Vizard liecaffie Imbued with the aplrit and desire to give three boy a ail equal oppot t tin-; Ity with other hoyt throughout the state After |w taotially carrying three petitions for the < <>nstru< ’ion of a gymnaaiitm. hia dream was ultimately realized Previous to the ional no tian of our new gymnasium basketball at Pleasant Milla had been terribly uiiaiin earful The team in ISII won 12 and loot 6 for the best! Spattan record All other Spartan teams consistently lost more than ■ th> y won Hut wm It any won-: der? Very little cooperation or aaaiatante wag given — school aplrit wag at a low ebb. No rooters accompanied the tram to their games — school students and respected citizens ridiculed all concerned ho-' range of their terrible record* Hut i in the face of thia discontent the i boys practiced two houra raih week ai the Decatur Commodore i gym. and practiced fundamentals of baaketball in a vaiatn room in ' the school building, and thin un-1 luck. Thia has been Pleasant Milla | moat successful baaketball year be- ' range of the new gym and the game* won JUNIORS TAKE CLASS TOURNEY Defeat Sophomores In Finals Os Catholic School Tourney The juniors won the Inter-class tourney at the Decatur Catholic high school laat night by downing the sophomores tn the final game. 1*73 Leo Hackman led the wiwere with I* points and Tsrreer paced the losers with nine. The aeniora downed th* freshmen. 17-22 In the connotation tilt. Hess wan beat for the winner* with II pointg. with Welker paring the frosh with eight The two winners were presented with trophies, ••niers FG ft TP Meyers. C-1 1 I Hogan. f 204 Tsnvas. • 4 0 0 H«ln. g 4 I • Hess, g 4 I If Totals 14 S 17 Freshmen FG FT TP Hackman. f .. n 1 > Colchln. f 111 Laurent, c 0 11 Klepper. g 11 T Welker, g 4 • I Gelmer f 0 0 0 Schmitz, e 10 1 Totala 0 4 11 •ephemeras FG PT TP Keller. ( 0 « • It llollhoua*. f 111 . Terveer, c 4 10 I

rivaled diligence and perseverance has finally been rewarded During ■ ail at these years of < <m*< ietitlouw effort the finest spirit Os fellow- I ship was trailt around the players and the < oa,h to tolerate lo* al and distant ridicule Tragedy hgs wrecked the team the last three year*, but Instead of depressing the boy* It Inspired them to fight against these *ddl tional mid* with even greater determination They mastered the te< hnlcal phase* of the game and built np a mental comple* and dosire to win whl* h was not to be denied In the year of 1939 the team begun to * ll* k and wem eleven games. | losing a like number, but all by narrow margins Their style- of play wa* ultra* live, compliments started coming to the team, the student liody became enthused Ibe . ommunlty lie, am*- interested and , other •< liimils liec amc- alarmed Then came the 1939 4<> season Home town enthusiasm and m hool cpirlt was porfoct. * ommunity support was manifested in the finest manner and the hoys displayed their appreciation, by acting like ; the gentlement they are. and playing like the Intelligent veterans of ! th. hardwood that they are. This Spartan 'earn Is like a titanic glacier It started out very small — just a small gang of good kids and It ended up aa a great community Influence a group of clever. Intelligent and mod'-wt champions Kuhnle. g 3 17 J Holthouse, g I ! 4 Ifolmann. f 0 o o Smith, c doo Coffee, g 0 0 0 H g 0 0 fl Total* 9 5 !3 Junior* FG FT TP Miller, f 113 riman, f .... . 4 19 11. Hackman, c « 4 U j Bollnser. ■ 8 4 4 Hterly | ..... — ... I • J Spangler, f Ann Eyanson. g o o o Weber, g „ 0 o • Totals 14 18 38

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CTO. BLUE CREEK WIN IN LEAGUE Defeat (Uiverleaf And Monmouth In County Iccagut* Carnes The Decatur CVO and Blue Creek teams were victorious In Adams county amateur basketball league games, played Thursday night al the l.ln.olii st Ipsil gym nswhim. defeating Cloverleaf and Monmouth, respectively In the opening game. <’TO edged out a 22 2't victory over Cloverleaf The lowers held a 2o to 14 lead ai the end of the third quarter hut CVO held Cloverleaf scoreless ami tallied eight |H>intw to win the lint tie A Baker and Mutphy led th* winners with nine and seven points, respectively M*-I.hl was high for Cloverleaf with Io points In the second tilt. Blue Creek led all the way. with quarter scoreg of d to d. 20 to 10 and 30 to 2<t Jack son was outstanding for Blue Creek with 33 points and W 8* hnepf |>a< •■<) Monmouth with HI points. CVO FC FT TP A. Raker, f 4 19 H. Haker. f I o 3 Hess. «' 1 0 2 Bolinger. g 10 2 Murphy is .3 17 HchtllU. f » o 0 I Totals Io 2 22 Clovtrlgaf FG FT TP Meh hl. f 5 4 1" Wynn, f 12 4 Bctmepp. c o o o Hill g " o • Hrbble. g 3 0 d Total* 9 2 2" ■ Blue Creek FG FT TP jJackson f II 0 23 Blyth. f 7. u Io I Hmlth c 0 o o I Strickler, g 3 17 Ritter, g 10 3 Totals So 1 41 Monmouth FG FT TP W Bchnepf f g o id R 8* hnepf. f 3 0d K H< hnepf e 4 V X I Kuhnle. g 10 3 Moees. g 10! J Schnepf. c 10 2 J Mahan, g one Totals 18 o 38 o . .. It A Seesenguth of route t Bluffton was among Thursday's business visitors in Deeatnr

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HTIdSKEaftAWL The nest at»p toward naming I Indiana’s champion high school i quintet will be taken tomorrow. , when the 84 survivors of last' I weeks sectional tournaments see battle In 1« regional cent.-is I throughout the stat*of so Adams county interest will be centered on the Auburn reI fjional. where the Pleaeant Mill* Bparunt will take the floor in the ftr»t game tomorrow afternoon a* the winner of the Decatur sectional oOt* II Th. Spartans, who won all three <if their sectional games here by a decisive margin, will meet M. n tone In the first regional Battle at I 3o o'clock Mentone was the stir prise winner of the Pier.eton s.-< , tional last w<-. k and th*' Spartans are figured to have an ex, client ' i ham •• to cop the honors In th*' regional opener of hi The second game will ph two ol*l rival*, the Garrett lUllrouders ' and Kendallville Comet*, against ; each other at 2 3" Garrett haw twice def.-aied the Comets durhn,the season and an interegthig hat He should ensile The afternoon ' Winners will meet for the regional ' < rotrn at * p m ' f otfo Report* from Aiilutrn Indicate a ' heavy sale of season tlck-t* for tomorrow's regional K-dallvtlle ha* ' gold It* entire allotment of dto |l< Garrett haw diapnoed of approximately Mo ducat* Ploaaant Mill* has sold more than 300 H. k cts while Mentone has dispose.l of only 175 The Alumni gym at Atib urn s-atg 2 Soo penum*. with all seats reserved J H Mif'lttre of Fort Wayne and Walter Cook >f l.iPotto ar.- officials foi th.- tout noy oO<> By approximately 9 o'clock Saturday cugM. the field of eoHtestjntt for the itife cham« ptOH«htp will be whittled down to 16 team*. These survivors will meet >n four semifinal

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