Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 38, Number 61, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1940 — Page 6

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Garrett Railroaders Win Regional Tournei

MENTONE BEATS PLEASANT MILLS IN FIRST TILT Garrett Downs Mentone In Final Game Os Regional Tournament Th- Garrett Railroader* drove through to triumph in the Auburn regional tournament Saturday. defeating the Mentone Bulldog* in the final game 35 to 2* The I’l-amint Mills Spartans. Decatur sectional champion- were eliminated In the opening game of the tisirmy Saturday afternoon, losing to Mentone. 37 to 25. Garrett advanced to the finals with a 36 to 26 victory ov-r the Kendallville Comet* Pleasant Mi'la and Mentone battled tooth and nail throughout the first half of the tourney opener. leaving the floor tor the Intermission In a 15 to 15 deadlock The Hpnrtan* wen liadly hatidi rapped in the < losing minute* of the second period, however, when Couth Visard was forced to wihdraw both regular guards. I'laik and W M< Millen le iauae of rhrpeiMMUi! fouls Starting the third iptarter Rttes hit n field goal to give the Spartans a 17-15 margin However, Shirey tied rhe count and Mentone then (Hilled ahead to hold a 25 to 19 margin at the end of the third quarter. Mentone continued to pull away in the closing period as pleasant Milla lost Clark W Mt Millen and la-ngerl*iger on personal fouls It McMillen led the Spartans offense with three field goal* and three free throw* for nine point* Shirey was outstanding for Men tone with 16 points (Jarrett Coasted to a fairly easy victory In thr final tilt Saturday nighl by a score of 35 to 2* The game was clone until midway it the second quarter, when the Railroader* put on the pressure to hold a IS to 13 lead at the half Garrett maintained a safe margin throughout the thlid and fourth period* Mentone FG FT TP Shirey, f 5 6 16 Whetstone, t ... 13 5 Panin*, c I u 2 Howser. g 2 1 5 Harbor. g . 1 it 2 Manwaring, f 0 0 0 Marquess t ft ft ft Tucker c 1 5 " Hora, g .. . o o ft TOTALS .. .11 15 .17 Pleasant Milla D McMllbn. f ..3 3 ft la»ngenlH-rger f .... o n n Rales, c ........ I 3 5 Clark, g 3 ft 6 W M< Millen g . .. 2 ft I Marts, f ft ft ft August f ft ft ft Watkins, c ft ft ft Foor, g .... nil Harman g 0 ft ft TOTALS .... ft 7 25 Referee McClure I'mplre: Cook. Garrett Ft; FT TP Creager, f * 0 ft Hart, f . ... 2 0 4

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' la-eson. <• 3 17 Van Fleh. g ... I II Ni ighliorgiill. g ft tt ft Smith, x 2 2 <• totals h; i Kendallville Cos, f ... ... 1 « I Gilliland, f 2 n 1 Merit, c ... ft ft ft llorni-tt. g .. 2 2 •• Strouse, g 2 o 4 Sibert, f 4 » 4 Parker, f .. .. <> tt •* TOTALS 12 2<; Referee Cook empire McClure Garrett FG FT TP Hart, f i n « Leeson f 3 I 7 Creager, c 3 I 7 Smith, g .ft 2 2 Van Filet, g .. I I !» Dalrymple, f an n Neiffhborgall. f I ft 2 TOTALS . 15 5 15 Mentone Shirey, f ...... I 2 Ift Whetstone. I 117 Paulus c 12 1 Bowser. k ... . - 2 1 5 Harber, g 1 <> 2 Tucker, f .. U ft , '• Horn, g .. ... 0 •» " TOTALS It 6 Ref. tee McClllte 1 mplre C<sik —i» Regional Scores At Auburn Mentone 37 Pleasant Mills 25 Garrett 36 Kendallville 2*> Garrett 35 Mentone 2» (finalt At Bedford Mitchell 29. Salem 21 New Albany 2t' Seytnout 25 Mtii hell .17, New Albany 11 • final t At Brazil Gosport 45 Bloomfield 27 Bloomington 24 Garfield of Terre Haute 2" , Bloomington 3ft Gosport 3« <f n al* At trawtorosviue Rockville 41 Atth a .16 Crawfordsville 3‘> Bainbridge 23 Crawfordsville 3ft. Rockville 31 (final). At Evansville Lynnville 42. Oakland City hi Itab- 26 Central nt Evansville 25. Lynnville 33. Dale 21 (final) At Franklm North Vernon •’.» Greenwood 15 Columbus i" Madison 2* North Vernon 43. Columbus 41 ■ final). At Fort Wayne South Side nt Fort Wayn- 14. Portland 26 Huntington 3*. Chester Cuter 27. South Hide of Fort Wayne 3ft. Hmitington 24 (final) At Gary Fiovbel of Gary 46. Laporte 2‘». Hammond Tech 44 Brook 41 Hammond Tech 26. Gary Froebed 25 (final) At Indianapolis Lapel 37. Greenfield 35 Shortridge of Indianapolis 43. Pittsboro 22 Lapel 39. Shortridge 36 (final). At Jasper Washington 52, Hugger 3ft. Vincennes 25, Huntingburg 24 Washington 39. Vincennes 25 i final). At Lafayette Freeland Park 45. ia-hanon 44 Lafayette 3ft, Frankfort 2*. laifayette 40. Freeland Park 17 (final t. At Marian Marion 42. Sheridan 111. Kokomo 42. North Manchester 17. Kokomo 34. Marlon 32 (final). At Muncie Band of Muncie 34. Rkl)mond 3ft New Castle 52. Parker 27. New Castle 59. Muncie Burris 31 (final). At Peru lx>ganspprt 40. Amboy 27. Brookston 35. Cutler 21 Ixvganaport 52 Brookston 47 (finall. At Plymouth Riley of South Bend 25. Plym-

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nu»h 21. Ro heater 26. Nappanee 21 Riley nt Routh Bend 4( Ro, hi st -r 32 (final( At Rushville Rushville 36. Batcavllh- 3» l„iw > t tit-burg 43 C(>iin>‘r*villc Rushville 51. Law < ti< .-liure 55 t final > IEAGUE TOURNEY OPENS TONIGHT Annual County WT\ Tournament Open* At Lincoln Gym The animal Adam* <■ unity WPA amateur bask -Onil Irague tonrna-, ment will open at 7 o'clock tonight at the Lincoln school gymnasium < In this rhy with M< Millen and Kirkland (lashing In th* opentag tilt In the second gam- Decatur, CYO will play Geneva. Three gam-* will be played Tuesday, starting at 7 o'clock Pleasant Mill* will meet Mmni- iilli In the opening game, followed by the Hartford-Cloverleaf tilt In the third game at 9 p m Tuesday. Hine Creek of l«eeatur will meet lhe winner of lhe M-Millen Kickland game Semifinal* will be played at 7 and 9 o'clock Thursday night, with the championship game Friday night at * o'clock The semi-final loser* will mesa in a ctmardatkui game at 7 Friday night. Adml*«l<>ii to each seaaion will Ire 10 cents per person Official*

Batting Champion Shows Rookies How to Do It f __ | - - - --■ » -I ggp ■ | • -Wl M| ■ s \ Jo ‘M?/” | w . s \ 'Jr ' llb ' *•- *.r- ■!

Batting champ tn the National league last ysor. Johnny MB», Bt lamis Cardinals' first baseman,

DECAI PR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY. MARCH IL 1940

DEFIANCE FIVE LEADS BOWLERS Coca-Cola Five Posts 2960 To Ix’ad In G. E. Tourney The Coca-Cola five «if Defiance (duo winner of the annual inter-j state tourney at Mie* Rerreation! everal w —•*» ago. kept tip a fast I a« -by t opping lhe lend in the G i‘ tourney here over-the weekend Th- Bu< k-y- five |io«t<<d a 2.965 total for the three game* the liest | score of the opening days’ activity. ‘ lull's Kin hen of Bluffton took jover second |M>«iiion with a 2JKJ6 and the Standard .V—s pared Iterator teams with a 2.675 that was god enough for third place d Approiimately a wore of tram* will resume the tourney n-»t weekend at th- G K lanes. Notes from the tourney Bill Do-hrman of Fort; Wayne rolled high series, a 677 Maurice Cos. also, of the Summit city, had a list start Com. of th‘bit shots.” posted a low IIS in hl» first game then after his Tourney (rial he posterl a 266 laical keg-1 lers are wondvrin gif Grate Con-' »tru< tion one of the foremost team* . r-ntered in th* event suddenly de-velnpr-d cold feet , . At least, they failed to *huw up Sunday Th- leader* Coca Cola Defiance O 296 ft will tie Voyle HUI of Decatur and' Gerald Visard of Pleasant Milla. Trophies will la- awarded to the winners.,

I Show* a gloup of Radbird rookie* how to tag 'em I during practice at Bt Petervlmrg. Fla.

Bills Kitchen. Bluffton 2936 Standard Aces. Iteeatur 2*75 Iferghoff 14*7. F« Wayne 3470 G F Fire-Dept No 2 Fort Wayne 2*60 Biis-e * Wonder Five Dim atur 24.19 |G F. Rotor*. Decatur 2416 Rod-wald Furniture, Ft Wayne 2Mfi Resall Drue*. Decatur 2795 Keenan Hotel*. Ft. Wayne 2742 Burke's Ramblers Decatur 277* Wvlier Hotel. Ft Wayne 277 ft I(I F Flange* i Minot i Decatur 2765 Western Ohio Bottling Co Van Wert. O 2753 G K Maintenance Imcatur 2730 G E Tool Room Decatur 2712 <G. E Boosters. Decatur 2677 ■ Telephone Toll Decatur 2672 - »'■■■■ ■ Pairing Made For Semi-Final Tilts Saturday I At Anderson Impel and Rushville North Ve-non and Crawfordsville At Logansport Hatnmond Tech and South Bend Riley l-afayette Jefferson and Uutansport At Muncie . Garrett and Fort Wayne South Side Kokomo and New Caatle At Vinecnna* Mitchell and Lynnville Bloomnlgton and Washington 0 Mrs Guy Johnson of Columlm*. Ohm. is visiting here with frb-nds and relative*

WHITING GOWNS DECATUR CTO IN TOURNEY FINAL Decatur I,<»scn Diocesan Final By 41 To 37 Score Sunday The Decatur CYO. after holding a 26 to 16 l-ad at tbe end of the first half of the championship tilt of the E'ort Wayne diocesan CYO. played at Whiting Sunday night, lost to lhe host team by a 41 to 37 acorn. Decatur sdvet.ed to the final* by scoring a 4ft to 34 triumph over South Hend In the opening round Saturday night, and hl the semi-1 final* Sunday afternoon, the locals registered a 44 to 3* thriller after an overtime session against the Kokomo entrant hi the consolation tilt Bunday night, St Monica of Gary defeat-d Kokomo The scoring of Pat Murphy and Ari Baker of the |)e< atur team was one of the tourney highlight* Murphy tallied 46 point* hi the three game* and Raker 36 Decatur FG FT TP A Baker, f S 3 19 Il Raker, f 3 ft g Hess. <■ 2 15 Murphy, g 5 ft 10 Bolinger, g 3 ft 6 Gillig, f o n n Omlor. c « 2 2 Schultz, g ft « « Total* 21 6 44 South Bend FG FT TP C. Torok. f 113 Horwath f *ll Torkot. < 2 2 ft Vaaalager. g ft « ft J Torok. g 71 15 Balay, f ft <> (i Collner, g 4 I ft I'nderly. g « ft ft Totals 14 6 34 Decatur FG FT. TP A Raker, f 2 ft IS H Baker, f ft I 1 He**, c 13 5 Murphy, g G 4 16 Omlor f ft ft 0 Bolinger, g 5 (I 10 Gillig. g 0 0# Total* 15 14 44 Kokomo FG FT TP Dally. I 10 2 Powers, f 0 2 2 Jones, c 2 15 Massolh. g 4 1 ft Maher, g 10 2 Hilton, f 3 ft ft Reinhart, f 4 2 10 Quinn, g I ft 2 Totals 16 « M Whiting FG FT TP Malloy f 6 2 14 Mam hak. f 2 15 St<-pe< h, ft 3 17 Nagy g 419 Oliver, g 3 0* 1 Duffy, f ft ft ft Total* IN 5 41 Deeatur FG FT TP A. Raker f 215 H Baker, f 10 2 I Hess, e ... 10 2 Murphy, g 9 2 20 ■ Bolinger, g 3 0 6 Omlor. f 10 2 Total* 17 3 37 I Referee;— O’Keefe I'mplre Dubi* Junior High Team To Play Tuesday The Decatur Junior high m bool hoskethall team will see action a--1 gain Tuesday evening, meeting Ad , am- school of Fort Wayne at the Central school gym in that city at 5 30 o'cloc k I .

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Willshire Captures Sectional Tourney The Willshire, Ohio, high wehool team caiHed on to higher honors Saturday winning the < las < B »ec-'

2nd Annual Cage World SeriJ to Be Staged in Chicago I March 17,18,19,20 I

Sixteen Pro Five* Vie for $15,000 in Basketball Qa

CHICAGO, March Ist—oa-kvi-ball'» “world'* serie*,” the 215,000 World’* Profe*»ional Basketball Tournament, will be held March 17, 18, 19 and 20, at the Madison

Armory, Madison and Jiuckwell street*, in Chicago, with sixteen of the nation’s outstanding team* competing for the world'* professional championship. The cage classic, a huge suecea* last year when it cost 1111.000 to sage, bids fair to become the country's outstanding professional

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tournament New York'* Ren*. Negro quintet, which abounded tournament fan* with a great exhibition of basketball skill while winning last year'* meet, will be back to defend their championship. Inasmuch a* the team ha* been strengthen*#, they become fir»t and foremost among the contender* for 1940 honor*. BADON 2 TOF TEAMS Other team* which have be*n extended invitation* to participate •re the Detroit Eagle*. Harlem »!*!*, Trott*r*, Chicago Brum*. Philadelphia Hebrew*. Akron Firestone, New York Yankee*. W*<hmgton ID C) Brewer*, Lot Angelra Bulldog*. Kate Smith s New York Celtic'* and Brooklyn Jewel*, and while ail haven't accepted a* yet. it's an odd*-on bet they will be on hand Invite* have beer; «ent to all the leading pro teams in the United State* In addition, many team manager* have requested comuderation due to imposing record* against outstanding traveling professional fives These team* are be !!S Harr * and Harry Wilton, co-»pon*or* of the tournament Bracket position* have been reserved for team* from the Southwest and Pacific Coast regions w s re **”* to “e**')* team* )»the Southwest and on the Pac>fic L 0 ** 1 •« ” •**"” that others, from those aectore. are equally entitled ;L ?!L O| ’ P 5' r ' u , n J '7 ’« lor Jr*, "*• ffuW For that reason * oftc-als are holding UM ' l “tberteam* ■nd their records are investigated MOLMAN COSCMMIONn N*l Htdrnan, coach of the City

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