Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1941 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win Final Home Game, 35*21

JACKETS DROP HARTFORD CITY TUESDAY NIGHT: Decatur ReffiMten 35 To 27 Victory Over Airedale Quintet The Decatur Yellow Jack-t« fin|«hed their 194" 41 home sea»on in a blstr of glory la»t night at the Jonlnr-«enlor hardwood. downing the Hartford City Airedale*. 33-27 i In a thrilling, hard-fought content ! Fire-wagon ball w*« di«plsye«l . by both team- throughout the < on- ( feat and the rare was nip and unit' until the closing three minute*when the Purple broke loose With 1 a -urge of scoring power Io pile . up the final right point margin. The Aral quarter waa a» wild and woolly aa atty, with the Jacket*' going out In front 4-n, then the Airedale* coming back at 5-all. the ! locals moving out. 7-5 Thru it waa ' lied np at 7 all. The Purple again | went ahead at 9-7 it waa tied upi again al h all and Just before the I quaitrr ended the Airedale* look the had al hit At the outset of the second' ■lamu the Airedale* kept pulling away until they held a 15 1" lead, but before the half lime rest the local* were again within one-point at 13-14 Midway In the third quarter the lead again went to the Andrews-

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* Week’a Schedule | For Adami County | Basketball Tburaday .Monmouth at Pleasant Milla Friday Yellow Jacket* at Herne Monmouth at Plra«ant Mill*. Monroe v*. Kirkland at Bera*. Saturday ' Jeffer«on v« Bryant at Heme. ' mm. after the count waa knotted at Jt»al). when big Don Frucht* dropped In a one-hander to glre tb>-m a 222" lead Andrew* fol- 1 lowed an Airedale free throw with ' I a rebound to** and the quarter ! ended 24 21. Decatur. The final p«rM was a racing, i hangup quarter that had the fan* ' on their feet most of the time. I'nusually rongh play on the part of | the Airedale*, who fought to come ( i from behind stirred up the local i rooter* even more The Airedale* knotted the count at 24-kll early In the quarter on two free throw*. ' but Chile ote made It 24-24 and | i Fruchte added two more with a 1 ' one hander from the aide. The ( I Airedale* whittled at the margin until they had It down to 29-27. Her* thing- liegan to happen chili ole hit another senaatlonal ( l shot. Fruchte followed with hla ' fifth fielder of the game added a ’ pomt on a free throw and Hi hatnerlob acored from the < harTty stripe , to build up the winning margin In ( a hurry. ( It wa* a satisfying victory tor | the local*, since It not only wa* < their final home game nut wa* an- , other conference win. Fruchte, the , elongated guard of the Andrew*- | men. wa* tbe scoring *tar of the Iota) five, getting 13 point*. Cbii- | cote th kled the draper!--* for nine point* The re»erve» used by ( Coach Andrew* In iaat night's tilt ( gave a creditable performance with , Whitey Andrew* chalking up all i point*. Hpahr and Cochran. a | couple of freshm-n who raw action i partly because the allhig Krick i could not be used full time. also I came through in fine style 1 Hhawhan. who entered the game , In the second quarter, wa* the big 1 gun for the Airedale*, the rug'ed I forward marking up It point* to i grab high acorlng honor* tor the I night. i Decatur FG FT TP I < hiicote f 4 1 • < Krick, f fillt Lynch, c . o 11 - H< hamerloh. g I 3 & ’ Fi-achte. g 5 3 13 Hpabr. f . o 0 v Andrew*, e ... 3 0 S i • Cochran, g o n 0 1 Total* 13 9 35 ’ Hartford City FG FT TP Gardner, f 0 0 0 ’< Coat* f 12 4 Everhart. e non Marini, g 113 He-san. g 12 4 Hhawhan. f S 2 14 1

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CATHOLIC MEET OPENS FRIDAY ATFORTWAYNE Thirteen Teams Entered In Annual State ( atholie Tournament Fort Wayne. Feb. 19 <UP> Indiana Catholic high achool* ■wing tpto their thirteenth annual ■late basketbal tournament here Friday with a re< ord breaking Hat of 13 entries chalked up for the three-day competition. To tbe winner of the tourney, which clone* Sunday night, g-M-s th* alate crown and the right to represent Indiana In the national Catholic- court meet at Chicago In March Decatur. Huntington. Hammond. Evan«vllle. Indianapolis Cathedral. Michigan City. Anderson Kt. Joe of Collegeville, two South Bend t>-«m» and Fort Wayne Central Catholic — the eleven team* who competed laal year return for the 1941 play-off Washington High. 1931 date champ*, will be back after an eight year lay-off. and Sacred Heart of tndianapoli* I* a newcomer Shooting for it* third dralght crown and generally favored to equal the record set by St Mary'* of Anderson In '37, '39 and '39 I* Fort Wayne, hod and national Catholic champs for the pad two year*. The lrl*h. however, despite a first round bye, face a headache from the -tart It) drawing what ap pear* to be the touched of the two bracket* Crammed Into the upper bracket are Decatur. Indianapolis Cathedral. St Joe. Anderson. Evansville and Fort Wayne, any one of which might emerge on top With only Huntlng'on Catholic and Hammond of comparable strength in the lower bracket, the quarter and semifinal* should provide most of the thrills of tbe tournament. In the opening game Friday, the Evansville Tigers face South Betid Catholic, whose season record include* only two wins in eleven darts. The boy» from South Rend are rated a first-half squad, with plenty of height but lacking speed on the defense and relying mostly on a long-shot offense Their lack of both staying power and exper ience should not lie discounted 100 much, however. Last year, the Lions entered the tourney without a single season victory and then drove to fourth place In the meet. Evansville treks to Fort Wayne dangling a season record shot through with almost a* many holes -as their opponent's But the Tiger* have player! consistently tougher teams during the seahson. losing to soiiiJ of Southern Indiana's top ■quad* by four and five point margins The team a* a whole I* evenly balanced, averaging slightly undar six feet, and generally employs a double triangle defense, shifting man-to-man. while the offense operates from set plays Getting started on offense ha« been their Jonah, with moat of their shot* Jnst rounding the hoop Evansville ha* been three times runner-up. although last year Fort

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Wayne mu fried the Tiger's roar in 1 the first game Possible dark hor*e of tbe tanr- 1 . nament I* the scrappy Ht. Joe quin- ! tel scheduled to meet Anderton In . another upper bracket atarter. AlI though the Cub's record six victories against 12 defeat* la not , too Impresalve. the team ha* Im , proved enough during the season to Imar watching. t laiat year, the Cub* were ntaner- | up to Fort Wayne in tbe final* Three men from that team BUI i Martin of Fort Wayne. Johnny I Dunn of Crawfordaville and Henry I Ewanlec of Routh Bend form the | nucleus of this year's squad While • 'he Cubs haven't much «lxe. they I are faster than the average team. Anderson has the edx«- on the . Cub* so far a* seasonal pei form- , a.nre giwa. The Gaels from St I Mary's marked up a 50 5b aeaaon. i including win* over Huntington and a split serie* with Decatur.' , two of the stronger team* in the I tourney. i The Gaels won the state crown , three years In a row. but the enr- . rent crop lack* height, weight and , experience, with only one tourney , veteran to lean upon.

R^!SB WL The Decatur Yellow Jacket* closed their home season Tuesday , night with a victory over the Hartford City Airedale*, displaying flashes of escellent basketball In downing their Northeastern Indi-! ana conference opponent*. ( —oOo- , Decatur basketball fan* are 'I centering their Intereet thia weekend en the state Catholic tournament, which will be held at Fort Wayne Friday. Saturday and Sunday. oOo—- ; The Decatur Commodore* will play th* second gam* of th* tour- * ney Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. I meeting Cathedral of Indianapolis. . Th* first gam*, at 3 o’clock, will pit South Band Catholic against Reft* Memorial of Evansville. The third game Friday afternoon will he St. Joe of Collegeville against 8t Mary's of Anderson. —oOo~— Friday night at I o’clock. Huntington Catholic will play Central Catholic of South Bend. The second game will pit St. Mary's of Michigan against Hammond Central Catholic. The Friday aesaiona will be played In the Central Catholic gymnasium. —oOo— The Saturday seealon* will be held in the Central gymnasium. Central CalhoMc of Fort Wayne, defending champion, will meet the winner of the flrat Friday afternoon gam* at 3:84 o’clock. At 3:30. th* winners of the second and third Friday afternoon gamee’wlll clash. ' Other quarter-flu*! games will be played Saturday at 7:M and 1:30. —oOo — Sunday’s semifinal* and Anais will be played at the South Sid* - gymnasium. The eeml-flnAis will

h* played at 2:3* and 3 30 o'clock, th* consolation tilt at 7:3* and the final at 3:30 Season tickets for the state teurnay ar* en sal* at Loo* •res. and th* W*rt*b*rg*r con f*ction*ry. They ar* prlc*d at 31.73 for adults and 31.23 for studant*. For local fan* unabl* to attend th* teurnay. all gam** will b* broadcast ov*r | radio station WGL. Ft Wayn*. -—oOoOs principal lntrr**i to county fan* (hl* wmlfrnd will be th* announcement of the schedule* for the sectional tourney, to Im released Saturday morning. Pairing* will be made Friday afternmm. but will not Im rrleasrd until th* following morning. The < omplef* sectional lineup will be printed in Saturday’* noon edition of ’he Dally Democrat. —■♦On— Two Interesting game* ar* on the (u-hedule Friday night and strangely enough, both will b* played at Berne. Th* Decatur Yellow Jacket* will meet the Berne Bear* at the new Berne gymnasium. while the Monroe Bearkat* and Kirkland Kangaroo* will tangle In the Berne auditorium. —oOo — Basketbawl was Informed late Tuesday afternoon that th* Pleasant Milla-Monmouth gam*, originally scheduled ter Friday night, ha* b**n changed to Thursday night. The gam* will b* played at Pleasant Mills- Tonight. Geneva will play at Hartford. The county schedule will cols* Saturday night, with J*f?*roon meeting Bryant In th* Berne auditorium. Fast night's victory for th* Yellow Jackals over Hartford City was Decatur’* second NEIC triumph. moving lb* Jackets out ot (be cellar Only one conference game remains, the Auburn lied Devil* i playing at Hartfotd City Friday night. Th* conference standing follow*: W. U Pct. Bluffton « 0 t-«* Aubafk . 3 3 .300 Columbia City 3 3 -300 Kendallville 4 ♦ - 500 Garrett — 3 4 .423 Decatur 3 4 .333 Hartford City 1 4 230 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central Catholic 52. Bluffton 41. Celina Catholic 41. Fort Recovery 37. Bryan 44. Angola 24 New Caall* 44. Connersville ?S Union 31. I<un* 24. COLLkOt BASKETBALL Butler 33. DePauw 2N Ball Stat* 43. Franklin 30 Tublic sale Saturday, Feb. 22 10: CO A. M. at Borno, Ind. Complete stock of th* Ametuta Implement Shop, Including new and uoed harness and collars; blacksmith sgulpmsnt complete. Good lawnmower sharpener; large stock of uoed farming Implements, dome llv* stock including two registered Belgian stallions. J. Frank Merriman. Jaeob J. Amatatz, Admlntatratora

SEEK PROBE OF LOUIS VICTDRYI * Pennnylvania State Senate May Inventiitate Monday Eiirht Harrisburg. Pa Feb 1* A »pe< lai sub committee of 'he Pennsylvania alate senate Judiciary general committee today studied a resobltlop IO determine whether the legislature should Investigate Monday night's Joe lmul«4<us Do raslo heavyweight title fight al Philadelphia. Two Philadelphia senators rhsrg ed prior to the fight that there was "connivance” with gambling Interests and a third senator who saw the bout said that he was 'con vlnced this man Dnraslo took a perfect 'dive' " H Jerome Jaspan and Anthony DI ffllveslro. who pre enled the resolution, also demanded an Investigation ot the state athletic commission for approving the right gen John M M'alkrr of Ftttaburgh Judiciary general committee chairman. said the resolution "will not be smothered” and that hr- espected the subcommittee Io report within two weeks on whether the! bout should be Investigated LABOR, ACsRICLLTt’RE rOMTIML’Mn FROM PA«>K OHM came almost a certainty for Indi ana today as majority members of the general assembly resolved to •'face the facts” and take steps to supplement the itate's inadequate income At a Joint cancns late yesterday. Republican legislators aitthorlied the house ways and mean* com-! in It lee and tbe senate finance committee to plunge Into sales tai research and. If the result* of the Investigation warrant, to prepare legislation. Caucus spokesmen said the ma Jorlty party wa* generally agreed (that, economy effort* notwitbstandi Ing. tbe state sooner or later would have to face the tax problem Their only reservation wa* that once a derision I* made, the switch to a new method of taxation be a* quick and a* painless a* possible First task of tbe two financial committee* wa* to ascertain with a reasonable degree of surety tbe revenue raising potentialities of various sales tat proposals. Carrent loose estimate* range from 330.i40.000 to |3«ooo.tXH> annually —either figure well over the 3?3,-| 400.000 expected from grots Income

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