Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 11 December 1941 — Page 8

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Commodores Defeated By Monroe Bearkatl

MONROE TAKES FREE SCORING TILT, 56-37 Beurkatz Score Eighth Straight Win Os Year Wednesday \ bund nt sharpshoot Ins Barhat* from Monroe «horned m> the niti at the Ibiutur Coinniodore-" Ky hi it»s iiini W ■ dnesday night to hand tin Commies u to 37 d* tent In a wild scoring «pr*e. It was the eighth <oime< olive vhtory for th* H'-aiku'z. who huv« not been defeated thi* sessuu It | also was the Ural loan for the Com modores after tom < -onaecutive triumphs A. Rond- bush wan the flrat to aror«*. Kivltikt Monroe two pointe on tree thrown. Keller lilt a one ' hander from t lone runite to tie the I ■fore ut 2-2 Inn A Roildebtish hit | a one hander from the turner and added a free throw when fouled on the allot Io pu* the Weurkal* out In trout to may Monroe heli) a lead of 1.3 to 7 at the end of the flint quarter. I Terveer tipped In a field goal to rut the martin to 13 to 9 hut the Bearkatz then really turned on the ' heat hit ilna from all angles to run the score to 31 to !t> at the halt | time intermission The Commodores rallied In the , third quarter to rut the martin slightly. scoring II points to Mon | roe's seven. leaving the Bearkatz in front a* the thud period opened. 41 to 17. Monroe kept right on swishing I the n*ta in the fourth quarter ami | Increased ita victory lliai Kill to !'• tndntn at the final horn. r><; to 37 | Monroe'a scoring was exception-| ally wel (divided tor am h a large ! store. \ Itondeliuah wax tops with I hi points on five field Koala and | sit free throw*, Crist tallied 13 I points. Gilbert 11, E Roudebuah nine and Wiiit-regg alx Terveer and Welker were outxtandinK forth •• Commodore* Tervedr hit mi time* from the field for 12 point* and Welker added 11 point* on five flelder* ami a foul toa* Keller tallied alx |>oint*. Holthouse five and Klepper three The Bearkatz tallied 12 free throw* in 21 attempt*, while the Commie* cashed only three of 13 chance* from the charity stripe Sixteen personal* were called on the Cointuiea, who lost Welker and Holthouse on foul* Ten foul* were assessed agaltist Monroe Munroe FG FT TP E Roud' buah. f . 4 1 9 |'f ... » I 11 Gilbert c I 1 II Winteregg. g 3 17 A Roudebuah. g 5 S 16 Trump, f 0 n o Rich, f ..QUO

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Reef. K 0 0 0. Total* 22 12 54 j Commodore* Ft) FT TP Klepper. t 113 Keller, f 3 <> « I TerVfler. c *1 0 12 * I Holthouae, g 2 1 5 I Welker. g 5 1 II IKu hole. I 0 0 0 ■ llrlede. g ... .** • 9 i I Total* 17 3 37 1 Referee. Klelnknight (Decatur). Vmplre Ileal t < Dacntur). Preliminary ( Monroe 25. Ihcatur It PANTHERS AND | HAWKS VICTORS Defeat Tigers And Bears In Intramural League GamcM The Hawke and Panther* were I victor* in the Junior high school I Intramural league Kame* WeilneaI day afternoon The Hawk* defeatI• d the Tiger*. 23 to 17. and the ; I'aliiliei* edged out the Hear*. 9 to 7 Hawk* FG FT TP Nelson. f .. . I o 2 Lyon*, f 3 n 6 Holllngei. c 3 3 9 1 Knapp, g 2 0 4 I It Lichtenstlger. g <* o nr .|n » i Gallogly . fl ii fl! Total* Isl 3 23 Tiger* FG FT TP I Mcßride. f • l* 01 Ketchum, f 10 2 I Cook, c 3 17. Steiner, g .. 4 fl K IG. Myer*, g n u o I Cottrell y o o, __ — i Total* x 1 17 Referee. Meyer I Empire. William*. Panther* FG FT TP J Lichtenstlger. f . 0 It 01 Saylor*, f . o 0 o ■ Fairchild < 4 19 Andrea*, g It ll o' Taylor, g fl 0 01 Total* 4 I 9! Bear* FG FT TP, Whlltridge, f , fl II o I Hann, f . Oil Hart, c 0 0 0 Ogg. g 2 0 4 Chilcote. g 10 2 Iteltsch . 0 0 0 Total* ... 3 17 Referee. Myer* H S. BASKETBALL Columbia City 27; Coe*ae 24 Wirodlnirn 31. Monroeville 21. Indianapoli* Ben Bavl* 44; Noble*villa 33 Klwood 37. Alexandria 3< lovertime). I

15 NET TEAMS SHOW STRENGTH Showing Class In Early State High School Basket hall —— Indianapoli*. Hee. |j, — H'pt — State high *ch«Hd haaketball la •till in it* adoleatent rtage of the aeaaon. but almoat * month of eiftIng through the coarae meah of an early *< hedule ha* produced about; 15 team* that hmm a* potential Mate champion* Take your pick: lutfayettej Waxhlngton. Marlon. Muncie Hutrtat, Madlaon. Kokomo. Jefferaon-1 vllle. Ixrganiport. Frankfort, Ric h | mond. Indianapoli* Tech. Fort Wayne Central. Horace Mana of Gary. Shelbyville and Redford. Any team you pick will be in the money next March. They’re all t gcnnl and have the alumina to stick. However. In the end. *ome little unheralded flre. or a laterallier not mentioned here, will come through and cop the crown. But your choice will be a gocnl one anyway. That - * the way Indiana haaketball l» unpredictable. Contest* fhl* weekend will shake the hardwood sifting screen hard, and the process should pan * few gold nugget*. Some of the "Imitation" flnah in the pan* will be dis- i carded Friday and Saturdsy night. l and other gem* will emerge, a* favorite nicy-t* favorite In a at lidded schedule. 1 Twee of the state - * cleverest i coaching veteran*. (Tiff Well* and i Everett Case, maneuver their J ■quad* againsl each other Friday , night. Well* - Imgansport Berries | i have not lost cm their home floor thl* Reason, having five straight I victorie* when they left on a dis- ' asteroua road schedule three week* i ago. The Berries will be back on I their home floor Friday night. Frankfort will face the Well*- i men keyed from a triumph over I l?-banon. 4125. Tuesday night. I Cases team ha* also vlctored over Tipton. Flora and Muncie Central. J 1 lowing only to Kokomo. The Frank-1 fort-lxWrtlNport i» oUe of those I traditional fight* that disregard* i 1 past record* to pi'nluce blood and ; thunder • Jeffersonville also finds it* place | 1 In the sun this w-ekend when It. battles Washington and Madison. | laaf year - * state tit list and runner- ■ up. on successive night. The Red Itevils have won fonr gam** after , dropping the’.r opener to North | Vernon by one point, defeating | CorydoneNew Castle. Seymour and Crawfordsville. Kokomo, unbeaten until dumped by Indianapoli* Tech. 33-32, last week, face* a great team of Marlon Giants, who threaten a* sitae crown contenders. Lafayette, another top-flight menace, meets Anderson. a usually strong squad that ha* had a bad Mart this year.

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Week’s Schedule For Adam* County Basketball Teams | I o ■■ • Friday Kt. John of Lima. <>. at Commodore* Yellow Jac ket* at Bern*. Pleasant Mill* at Geneva. Jefferson v*. Kirkland at Herne Monmouth at Monroeville. Hartford at Petroleum Saturday Monroe vs. Hartford at Berne. — —- Maple Rumblings FIJI Three keglers hit the spotlight In the clasMc league at Mies recreation last night with <OO serie* . .. Zell posted a <O7 cm games of 223. 179 and 205 . . . Keller got a «*5 on games of 20X. 173 and 224 . . . laidd hung up » <ox cm games of 224. 211 and 173 The 200 count* were: R Woodhall. 233; Appelman. 210; ReHolt, 222. Wiley. 219; Hoagland. 212; Ahr. 2oX; Mutm-hler. 200; Stump. 212; n Reldenbach. 211 . . Mut* chler'a rolled the high team game -a 1020 Burke's clung to the top spot. ' beating West End Restaurant two. game* . . . CV Bera lost a pair to Fort Wayne . . . Mutschler* won two from Cloverleaf to throw both' teams into a tie for second also and Central Sugar heut NuArt Signs a pair. The standings: W. L. ilurke - * 27 IS CV Beer 23 19 Cloverleaf 23 19 Mutschler - * 22 IP Nil-Art 19 23 i West End _ IK 24 ’ Fort Wayne IK 24 I Central Sugar 17 25 ■ N 10 • — • Today’s Sport Parade (Rap- U. 8. Fat Office) By Harry Ferguson New York. Dec. 11.—(UPl- In a little less than 10 day* the old guy with the Mcythe who is known aa Father Time ha* put an end to 2500.1*00 worth of the boldest. | gaudiest and mo*t expensive attempt to buy a pennant that baaehall ever ha* known and probably ever will know That la the 14.000.000 noble experiment carried out by Tom Yawkey with the Ho«ton Red Box aa the guinea pig It laated for alx year* and technicaly speaking It failed because fiot even million* of dollar* and dozen* of great atar* could l>o<>*t the Sox to the top rung

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’ Pleads Not Guilty % % UmR ■■ I Charlra B. Mavag* I Arraigned on an Indictment r»urned by the county grand jury sharging him with the slaying of Xia wife, Charles B Savage of Minnesota, smile* confidently in Miami, Fla., court after pleading 'not guilty” to the charge Gov. larold Stassen of Minnesota revested the investigation Savage, vho had been married only 54 lay* when his wife died, was totaeU aboard hl* boat in the Florof the American league ladder where Yawkey wanted them. And now it - * all over. It - * over because In just a few . I day* more than a week the three | i musketeer* of the Yawkey expert- i | ment have pass'd out of ha*eb*H i a* active player* One of them I* • gone for good; another may find a ' temporary place with some other club and the third will stay in Boaton—but a* a bench strategiat rather than an active player. Fur when the Sox take the field for their 1942 opener there will he a new man at first baae In place of Jimmy Foxx Another new play-1 er will have been assigned to the : ! shortwtop slot where the fan* have 1 long been accustomed to watching i Joe Crunin. And although he hain't hen officially designated aa ; i yet. there'll be a third new man In | I the pitcher's ho* to take over the chorea of old Mose Grove. Boston obviously will regret the passing of throe men who are recognised a* stars as bright a* any the game ha* produced, but > most of the fans have seen It com-1 Ing because they know that the old guy with the scythe can be evaded only so long. | Foxx was the first to go and the I : only one of the three who didn't make the decision voluntarily. He came to Boston alx years ago, almost at the same time aa Grove and Cronin. He arrived at the end of the 1935 season after Connie Mack had decided to caeh in on the last of hla Philadelphia wonder teams. Foxx cost Yawkey $150,• HI and two player*. Jn return old double-X brought hi* bos* several American league

record*. He led the circuit In runo batted In at the end of the 193 X season and was acknowledged aa the league's most valuable player. And he pounded home runs—my. how he pounded home runs —41 in 1934. 34 In 1937. 50 In 193 X. 35 In 1939 when he lod the league. 3< In 1940 and 19 this pas*, year. But 19 wasn't enough ao now the Box have asked waivers. Robert Mose* Grove. wh<*ae temper wa* a* ttery a* hl* pitchers were fast, preceded Foxx to Breton term the city of Brotherly |j»ve by two years Hr cost around 1125.000 If you exclude the four players who figured In the deal, but he never paid off like old doubleX. In hl* last six year* with the Athletic*. Mose won 152 game* while losing only 41 for one of the moat remarkable average* ever

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