Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1942 — Page 6

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Commies Out Os Tourney; Jackets Winner!

Anderson Five Ousts Commies From Tourney Decatur Drops Touqh Two-Point Decision To Gaels' Quintet Decaiur’s Commodore' were eliminated from the annual mat* Catholic banket hall imirnam*ni Friday afternoon. dropping a heart break In, 29 to 27 de* Ishm to Mt Mary'* of Anderson after having the gam* apparently sewed up with only a few minutes of playlntt time remalaltir A desperate last illlrh rally by the Ge*ls palled the battle out of the fire for the Anderroo lads Inspired. no doubt. by the lone last week of their key player. Mik* Kokoi, through a lethnnallly of school attendance, the Gaels fought I like madmen from behind a ail point defti It to edge out a two point triumph in the last minute of play Friday’s tourney lilt Was a typical Decatur-Anderson battle. Th* Gaels held a slim 4 to 3 edge at the end of the flrd i|iiarter. Anderson built ths* lead up to 12 to 4 liefore the Commodores started i licking i and two fielders hy Trrveer and' one each by Kuhnle and Ic-ngerbh •led the score at 1212 as the first half ended The i'omtnira gained a 16-12 lead in the third <iuart-t on two rapid fire buckets by Terveer blit th*

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Sectional Tournament Schedule thirnday m p. m. \ Monmouth I _ _ SATIKDAY 1:.10P.M. f Hartford FRIDAY 7 P. M. | . I Kirkland —— I / ' H ATI'RD AY NIGHT f Decatur M p M _ FRIDAY HP* M. , i Berne —— / | HATI’RDAY 2:30 P.M. f Monroe ( / FRIDAY fl P. M. ' I thi rsday 7P.M. ipfeasant Mills ) Geneva Jefferson OFFICIALS-(l) ( live .Markley, Bluffton; (2) Thomas Fields, Fort Wayne

Gael, fought hark Io hold .1 17-17 lie al the end of the |>rri<Ml A free throw by Holt house gave Decatur a scant one-point lead but Nelders by Col and Reginski gave , Anderson a2l to IS load A field er by llolthouse and Tervecr'a free throw gave the Commodores | a 21-31 tie Hrir.tr ilervetly faked his guard out of position io score front underneath and llolthous.- then hit two In a row from the Arid to give the Commies what appeared to lie u safe lead of 27 to 21 lint Mroz. Hespe* faded And.-rs.iti .-enter hit one from the corner, and with less than two minutra to play. Arnold hit a long shot and Mroz coiinr. ted from .lose range to give Anderson the twopomt victory T'-rveer. Commodore center, was the leading scorer for both teams with 13 points on four field goals and as many free throws Mroz and Cos led Anderson with lo and nine pointe respr. lively Anderson FG CT TP Col. f .. 4 1 9 Smith. I 2 0* Mrot. c.. 5 o in Arnold, g .. it o o Brundage, g ... u o o Abel, f 1 n 3 Beglnski, c I n 2 Downing, g . o o o Totals .. It 1 39 Decatur FG FT TP Kuhnle. f 1 o 2 Keller, f -Oil Terveer, c ... 4 4 12 Holthousc. g .12 k lamgerlch. g .. I o 2 Rriede. f ...!•! Totals ... 10 7 27 Referee. Newbold Umpire. Silver.

0 Decatur Junior High Defeats Berne Team Wins Final Tilt Os Annual Series Friday Steve Kverhart’e Juolor high I > ager* started Herne Decatur sea- j tivltfen Friday night at the local I hardwood by trouncing th.- Cub*, 32-IS. in the third and tioclaiva game of their annual aerie*. Paced by Porter and Loupu. who garnered I! and 10 point* reopectI Ively. the enrbiyonii Jacket- grabbed an IS-7 lead at hair-tune and were never In danger. I.iecbty waa be»t tor the loner* with 1? markJunior High FG. FT. TP.. Steiner f Oil O«« t 11 s Ifaugh c & 0 10 i-ight g 204 Porter g A 0 12 j Hill f 0 0 0 Holinger e ... o o o Nelaon g IAS Total* |S 2 22 Bern* I Hahegger f ....„ 0 2 2 i Felber r 1 0 « , sprunger c 0 0 0 Eilenberger g 0 0 0 Mutelman g 2 0 4 ! Smith r 0 0 • ' Abraham q .0 0 0 Elnchty g .„ 4 4 It Total* 1 g 20 Referee: Vi»rd. Deeatur Seven ewe* due to lamb noon will be -old at the Smith and Sa ut bine wale, Monday.

Maple Rumblings TOwSw ■BB v • ; . - Hoffman. Buuck Win Fred Hoffman and Aimed i Buuck ' won first prize tn Hie mixed doubles at Mies Recreation last night with a 1.20!> total. Fred rolled a 721 for his three game a record for the alleys. He started with a 244. sandwiched a 2.10 and wound up with a 247. I I Ethel Cook and Herb |{eid*-nl>ach i cop|*ed second place With a 1.1*5 total. Mary Miller and Did: Steele i were third with 1.147. Twenty , couple, rolled last night The I mixed doubles will be roller! every , Friday night, but will start at 43« i instead of 7:3b p. m. LABOR DISPUTES <l*o 1101 a,p FKUM PAUW <>MM) i —n ■ job making transmissions for cron i bat vehicles actually lay rusting > while the jurisdictional battle . progressed. The complaint In this instance Is again,I the war labor , board for failing lo act sooner to end the dangerous situation. It , has been asset ted hy persons , wholly familiar with the situation that the war labor board attempted to mediate the dispute but refused until this week to face the facta and decide the fundamental! issues raised in the Spicer plant.

Terry in Camp-on Sidelines ■i a- SI." JKfeh*. f wM "7 '- ' —L Z. M. PhonepAoto Mei Ott and 818 Terry For th* flr*t time tn 27 year*, Bill Terry, new general manager of the New York Giant*' farm *y*t*m, la on the *ldelin*« in the Giants' training camp. Terry** IMI job aa manager of the New York club now la held by Mel Ott. the outAelder-third baaeman ahown cow venting with Terry at Miami. Fla.

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Deanery Grade Meet Opens Monday Niqht The Ml Joseph eighth grade team . of Decatur will open play In the I annual I'YO grade school deanery tourney at 7 o’clock Monday even mg at the Central Catholic gymnasium in Fort Wayne Decatur will play Cathedral of Fort Wayne in this opening till. A total of 12 teams are entered Action in the tourney will continue Tuesday and Saturday, with semi final, and finals Munday. March 1. Trophies will lie awarded to first and sei und plat e teams JAPS EXPECTED TO ’rwrt’rtntn rrow wants nw» Manila Ray Th.- hattarldb have lieen shelling Corregldor Island pand the other island foist which protect MacArthur's rear Some eiperts speculated that the big 12-lnch guns of the torsi have effectively < ounier-helled Jap- ' anese gun posit lona. — ■ o lowa Coach Earn* *12.000 Des .Moines, la-tVPi—The heads of two educational Institutions and a football coach are the highest paid employi-s of the state of lowa. The annual state salary list disclosed that Dr Edward N Anderson and Virgil Han* her. coach and president, respe* lively. of the Citiverslty of lowa, and Dr. Charles E Frlley. president of lowa State college. each receive 212000 a year. Diphtheria deaths were cut from 1.997 in 1939 to 1.457 In 1940-w saving of M* Ilves, the Census Bureau reports. If smiliar gain, were l made each year, the diseas. * could be wiped out by 1941*.

Geneva Cardinals Defeat Hartford Score 29 To 26 Win At Geneva Friday The Geneva Cardinals 'cored a 29 lo 2* victory over the Hartford Gorillas Friday night in a hard fought battle on the Geneva floor. Th** tram, were tied at 10-10 at the half The Geneva scoring was wel divided, with llabtgger and Miller counting sti points each. Amstutz was high for Hartfrod with II points. Geneva FG. FT. TP. Habegger f 3 ft 6 Biller ( 10 2 Hurry c I 0 .2 Stucky g Oil Windmiller g 10 3 Miller f - ■ 2 2 « Neuenschwander f 3 0 6 Agler g 2 0 4 Totals 13 3 29 Hartford Rlggln f .SIS L. Dultach f 113 W. Dultach c 2 I S Kistler g 10 2 Amstutz g S 1 II Meyers f 0 6 0

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Bertsch g 0 0# Vannettw g „... .... o 0 o Totals 11 < M Referee:- Hinkle Umpire • Farris Preliminary Hartford M. Geneva 34. — —--P — — — H. •. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central 39. Marton tt. Fort Wayne North Bide 42. Hunt ington 29. • Fort Wayne Mouth Side 40. New Albany 30. Auburn 33. Hartford City 29. Kendallvlll 36. Waterloo 39. Hoagland 35. New Haven 34. Warsaw 43. Plymouth 33. Muncie Central >3. Aleizndria 29. Muncie Hurrla 39. Huntingburg 30 Frankfort 23. lioganaport 23. (double overtime! Richmond 44. Connersville 33. Wsshington 45. Hloomington 32 Kokomo 30. Wabash 21. Martl'mviile 22. Frauklln 14. Bedford 32. Evansville Central SO Madison <l, Imwreneebttrg 50 I _. — Miatyfour peicent of ail fatal • automobile accidents in large cities I involve drivers from that city. i j the Cenusu Bureau says. In ‘owns I' and small cities, however. >mly 31 ' percent of all fatal accidents Ini volve home-town drivers.

Jackets Drop Berne Quintet By 35-32 Score - I Decatur Wins Final Season Game From Old Rivals Friday The Decatur Yellow Jackets closed their 1941-4 S "Sspo Ft Iday night with a 35 to 32 triumph over the Berne Rears in a nip and luck battle on the Decatur Boor The Jackets Jumped into an early lead of 7 to 0 on field goals by Reed. Fruchte and l-lnn and a foul tiuM by Fruchl** but the Rear, care roaring back to even the score at 9 9 al the end of th. Aral quarter. Lehman's free throw al the outset of the second period gqve Herne a 9-9 margin and the Rears were out in front by a narrow margin moat of this quarter, holding a scant Ik lo 17 lead at the Intermission Fruchte's fielder from underneath at the olart of the third quarter pul Decatur back In front by a single point but L. Habeggc-r retaliated on a short shot to regain Heme's one-point msrgln. At the close of the third quarter, the Yellow Jackets held a lead of four points at 29 to 25. Baumgartner's flrldrr from close range cut this margin to two points but Fruchte maintained their lead throughout the rest of the fourth quarter to win by three points. Reed and Fruchte led the Decatur scoring with 15 and 13 points, respectively. E llsbegger tallied 11 points and Baumgartner 10 for the Roars. The Yellow Jackets mad.- only Ave of 14 free throws, and Heme converted eight of IS chances from the charity atripe. Decatur FG FT TP Frucht*, f 5 i 12 Reed, f 71 II Lynch, c 0 0 0 Andrews, g 0 0 u Linn, g ..10S Hpahr. c 113 Cochran, g . 0 0 0 Rlckord g .. .11 3 McConnell, g .... 0 0 0 Totals 15 5 35 Berne FG FT TP Irf-hman. f 0 2 2 Baumgartner, t ......... . 5 0 10 E. Ilubegger. * .4 ) 11

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ?| |

Week's Schedule 1 For Adams County Hi Basketball Teams i Batura,, I - 1 * 0* iron i- P , - Emk-k. a Habegger K L. Habagget . |Uaaelln „ Total, Referee Yonn, Prelimmir, Berne l«, lb-*a!ii r |* " - Kw Monroe Bearkah I Defeat Kirkland I Score 41 28 Wm I On Kirk land Floor H After being h< I.) | V .H ar the mid*jy ;iIJ . •>, Hearkatz ■*r.. . the last two vf.uiz.i- ■.. 41 29 Win ove: Kok', garoo floor Criat paced Hie Wilh 15 marker-. i . ami the Kangaroo , points on tour f.rM r ’ brace of free i , ~11 left the H--.ii k of 21 »>n. ugum. * „ ,OH Kirkland FC Ft. B , ('•*>>** f 1 I B | Arnold f ) I Beer c 4 < B I Trazel g I ; H Moser g ) K Klpfer g n | B Totals i B Monroe B . { Winteregg f 1 j H : Crist r s : ■ , I Giltiert c 4 : H , A. Raudebush t 1 H ,| E Raudebush g i » H Johnson f it ■ i Lehman *' B • Trump g * B ; Reef g B l Totals . 1< 1 B ! Referee: Hugh*-* B * Umpire: Walher B [ Preliminary ■ i Kirkland 17. Monroe II S » N. A. BIXLER I OPTOMgTU!»T ■ HOURS S > 6:90 to 11:30 12 30 to I'M •otverfeve 9-00 p *n 9 VeiaoWen, ••• 9 Evoo Ivamlnect