Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1941 — Page 8

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C, C. FAVORED TO WIN STATE TOURNEYTTTLE Cathedral Os Indianapolis Figured Am Meat Likely Threat Fnrt Wayne ht.l. F*-h. 2»» 'UP) Although Central t'atholi* of 1 Fort Wayne. twice state and nat I tonal champ gets th* vote aa th* bam moat likely to succeed at th** •tat*' Catholic basketball tmirna-1 uient here thia weekend, the word passing along th a pra-tournay j grapevine la ’■watch Cathedra* of Indiana polls." Roth b-am« drew to the stiff Up I per brack-1. and may eventually, meet h> the •••ml finals although Cathedial inuet hurtle two lough gamaa to keep the appointment. The defending Irlah wound up a ‘ 20 game •eaaon a* hedule against t*ama of major calibre with only all kiaaea Mil of laat year's tour ney Mjiiad will lie hack, but the Irlah are relying mostly on vaterana Bob llelny. Johnny Rnrtholl. and Harold Mort horst to make giaal their triple threat The Irlah. however are hound to feel the loan of Fol Ntan* ink. all foot * enter and pivot of the squad for the part two totirneya, and nat lonal center trophy winner In sue ceaalve yeara Cathedral meet, the De* atur Commodore, in the ,-cond game tomorrow The Indianapolis team has a record of IS wins and seven liMsea against lit won and 10 lost for Decatur, and Cathedral's ached ule seemingly was the stronger of the two The Indianapolis quintet may be handcapped by the absence of Kenney Gelman, captain and mainspring of the squad, due to illness Gelman has been In and out of bed with flu most of the past month and It la doubtful wether he will be In shape Imcatur hopes to cash In at the meet with a veteran squad of three seniors and two juniors, and, plenty

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i Week’s Schedule I For Adams County | Basketball Teams I o Thursday Monmouth at Pleasant Milla Friday Yellow Jackets at Barna Monmouth at. Pleasant Milla. I M-ui’o* 1 • Kirkland at lie ma. Saturday Jefferson va. Bryant at Berne. . — lof reserve power pefenae bat k- ' bone In rhe trib of lem Hackman ( Ted Bolinger and Leo I'lman Brttd I Holt house and Dave Tervear. junI lorn, will be depended on for moat ■of th*- points. Both have been con* i .latent scorers during the season. In the lower bracket. HuntingI ton and Hammond stand out a« most likely to pull through to the semi finals. Hunthigton meets Mouth Bend i In the Aral of the Friday night games, with Hammond taking Michigan City on for the first , round finale. The Ramblers from Hnntington. after a slow start, finished the season with 13 wins against five losses, emerging vh'lorlous m Id of their laat II games But regnj lars Tommy Thompson and Fran* da Phis are out with Injuries. They may be In condition by lie morrow. (hiring the season Huntington lost to Fort Wayne and Anderson, bat wo na two-game aeries from Decatur. The ramblers are a small •quad, depending on net shots for moat of their scoring and use a shitting man-to-man defense Hammond's Warriors are mostly ' football players just rounding into shape after a season of II wins and five defeats The squad's captain. Frank Mtancet. a forward, la rated otte of the beat players In the •tale. The Warriors fa* ea tournament jins that baa stopped them In the first round for the past'four years. I Other teams In the lower brackets Washington. South Bend Central. Mt. Mary's of Michigan City and Sacred Heart of Indianapolis need more than an even hieak to survive to the play-offs Washington returns to the tourney after an eight year absense with a team made up almost entirely of juniors Mouth Bend Central and Macred Heart are not generally conceded to be strong contenders Central has been beaten twice by Michigan City and once by Hammond In scheduled games Sacred Heart lost to Washington during the season and lias been weakened slmy by the loss of Hlaghorn their leading scorer. j The Bljte Blasers from Michigan i City may cause trouble If they get back to their early season form After winning all nt their first •even, the Blasers hit a slump and finished In the red • ■" o Value of construction work In the I’. H. for l»40. according to ; commerce, will amount to *».»!>,. 000.000, the highest figure since 1(30.

SONS OF LEGION SCORE VICTORY Defeat Fort Wayne Team Wednesday Nijrht By Score Os 37 To 26 The Holla of l«eglon registered a .17 to 24 victory over the Wire and Die Co team rtf Fort Wayne Wednesday night al the Lincoln gym in thia city. Decolor led at the half. IS lo ». Ntapleton was the leading scorer with Ifi point. In the preliminary tilt, the G E Live Wires defeated the Cloverleaf Butter Tubs. S3to 14 All players on both team* wore over 3» years of age FarrrSf was high Sc irer with 22 point* Sons of Legion Ftl FT TP K Mihnepp. f .... .. 2 0 4 Mtaplefon f ........ A 0 If Il M* hliepp. 0 4ft Hebble. g .......... 1 n 2 Gehrig, g I 2 4 Hunter t 0 0 | Nmith. f ............ uno M>< ’onnell. g 1 0 2 Maloney, g n u o TOTAL* 17 3 J? Wire and Dis Zimmerman, f ...... 7 3 17 lunkin. f .. 000 Borne c ............ 113 Hoffman, g .......... 1 o 2 Kruse g .. ....... 1 it 2 Fulkerson, f ........ 102 Rite, g ............. 0 0 0 TOTALS .... It 4 Ifi G. E Live Wire* FG FT TP Laurent. f ... ...... 3 0 < Heller, f 3 I 7 Klelnknight. c ...... S 0 lo Everhart g ...... 7 0 14 Gage, g A tl Ifi TOTAIJt *4 | S 3 Butter Tub! Farrar, f || n •; Kaylor, f 4 u A Kb y * 3 0 « i Higgins, g .......... 000 Trtcker g 0 0 0 Hheels. g.. ....... 0 0 0 | | TOTAL* 1A o 3g A rw A • Today’• Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ ♦ Catalina Island. Cal. Feb 20 — (U.R Life, with no catching, is go ing tn hegm for Jimmy Wilson at . 40. I On that the new manager of the i Chb ago Cubs is dead certain The sight of a mitt causes his venerable Irones to creak with dismay and at the mention of the words mask or shinguatds he blanches and turns the * onversa-' tion Into more pleasant topics, such as sassing down a well or robbing a panther of Ila young He Is going to let other and , younger men stoop to sm h tolly ' as catching wh*-n the Cubs begin 1 spring training here on lb's rocky Isle In the Pacific later this month. Jimmy Is on the Inactive list, and there he intends io stay and let his miraculous work hi the last world series between the Reds and the Tigers serve as his hail and farewell to work behind the plate. I Yon remember his feat of last October. Called from his rocking chair aa third base coach, when the death of Hershberger and the injury to Lombardi rendered the Reds catcherless. Jimmy, the ancient one. stole not only a has*but the whole show Itself, with a magnifii ent bit of catching. "It liked to have killed me." he admits. "I still ache a little bit from the effort, and there was a

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while, right after the series, when I wss so sore It ass an even m iney bet 1 couldn't get out of lied " But he doesn't regret It. "Who Would?" he M*a. "I did my part in winning the I world's championship for the Reds, an eitra M.fiM or so for myself, and I suppose you will have to give the aeries credit for getting ine thia job with the Cuba." Managing Isn't new to Wilson sithough coaching a strong, solvent ! club is He was boas of the Phil* lies from 1A34 to lA3I inclusive, and the Phillies sell playera aa soon as they prove themselves capI able of helping te club W ilson figures the Cubs have a rousing chance lo whi the National league pennant this year Not that he doesn't respect <he other teams In the league, because he does, espe* tally the Reds. He knows them after two years as i-oach and has the highest regard for them. ’ \ "They'll he tough aa boot leather." he says of the Reds "They have tremendous confidence, aa they are bound to have after knocking off the American league champions. and their pitching will he of the highest class” I asked Jimmy If tke Reda figured to have as good pitching as they did last year. "Bure. Why not? Wtltwi is just coming into his full power and . Derringer is strong ss a horse " W'llson Is certain of one regular ' starter on his club this year That's * Novlkoff. the man who bears the I delightful nickname of the "Mad Russian'' "I never have seen Novlkoff,", Wilson said "but I have hoard enough about him. Everybody tells me he Is terrific, touth as a player and as a personality That's , the kind I go for. The team can ' use color snd It can use an out-

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• fielder who can fcWock the fences down And Novlkoff would seem i tn be that combination " At for bls other publicised rook- ' le. the second baseman. Nt ringer, be believes he will make a strong bid for an infield berth. , "All I know Is this." Jimmy said. 1 "If Nt ringer Is staid enough lo > beat Herman out of the second base job we’ll have the brat Infirid . in teagne" The Cubs 'll be second to none I In one other department, too. this year. That's fighting spirit, Yon don't loaf under Wilson • -0i Dave Wynn Im Awarded SportMmanNhip Trophy Dave Wynn, of this city, a mem- 1 tor of the International Harvester Dve of Fort Wayne, was awarded the sportsmanship trophy in the Independent tourney at Matkle. closed yesterday. Society To Give Hay Two Niffhte ' Old Fashioned Mother" will be presented Naturday and Munday nights at the It. Peter's Lutheran school by the young people's society of the church. Tickets may be secured from members of the society —a American l*effion To Hold Fish Fry Friday The Apterrian I-eglon post will I stage a fish fry at the local l*eglon home Friday night, starting at i. 30 o'clock. The public Is invited to attend and tickets may to secured from l*eglonnalres. -"■■■ 1 11 0 ■■■'- Oaark national forest In Arkansas contains 740.000 acres

GENEVIBEITS HARTFORD FIVE Cardinal* Clot* Sea*on With IN To 2 > Victor) (l Wednesday Th- Geneva Cardinals and Hanford Gorillas dosed their I*4ol-41 •easotis Wednesday night on the Hartford floor the Cardinals chalking up a 40 to 23 victory. Geneva led at tk» flrst quarter H A to I. al the half. 2<> to 7. and at the third quarter. 31 to 2" Npiung er led the Cardinals with 12 point’ and Kistler was high for Hartford with nine points. * Geneva K<l FT TP Rprnnger. f s * ” i Biller, f i o 1« Feimlg * . . 3 • < J Windmiller, g i > 5 ■>. Windmiller, g Agler. i 1 0 t j M Biller, f . 1 ’ M*s>re. c 0 3 I Ntucky. g . 1 o 2 j Miller, g I • fll Totals » 4S Hartford W* KT TP Aagaburger f 0 0" Myer, t • 11 Ziegler, c . . I*2 Amstutl. g 113 Q. Dubach, g 000 W Imtoch f 2 2 fi Kauffman, f 0 0 0 I'snnettr * 0 11 I Riggins g - — oo« L. fhtbat h. g 000 Kistler, g 4 1 » \ Voider g 113 Totals — » 7 73 fU'fe’rer. Collyer I Fort Waynol . Umpire. Wellborn I Fort Wayne i Preliminary i Hartford 24. Genera 2f» , , , , 0. —a >1 < At the Training, Camp* By United Press Miami Feb 20 <U.R> Outfielder Prank Demaree reports lo the New . York Giants' spring training camp I today, after rumors that he had ' acrepted terms for I*4l. Injuries hit camp yesterday as the Hubbells made It two in a row over the Rchuma* hers. li-3. Bill Ixibnnan injured hie left elbow and Walter Brown sprained hie ankle Havana — Pitcher Van Mungo was the moat advanced player in Um* Brooklyn Dodgers spring train-1 * Ing camp today and after a lengthy workout predicted that he would win more than 20 games 'his year "My arm feels swell." Mungo | said "Na pain In the shoulder or anything " Fred Fltislmmons was saddened

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