Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 40, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1942 — Page 6

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Huntington Vikings Win Regional Titll

Pennville Ousts Pleasant Mills In Afternoon Tilt Bulldoqs No Motch For Hunhnqton In Tournament Final Th* Huntington Viking*, riding r<cugh«h«l uHr a bapless quintet <»( Bulldogs from Pennville. Won fit* regional crown Saturday night with a mashing i* to 2” c-ciuht In th* final tilt The Pleasant Milla Spaitalcs ca’ur sectional winner*, were untied by Pennville. to 33, in the «e<<>n<t afternoon lilt, after Hum . Imttoii had eliminated the Liberty (’enter I.MHI* from Well* county. 54 to 4” Huntington will next compete in the Muncie senu final Saturday meeting Tipton winner of the Marion regional at I 3” o'clock. followed by the c lash In-twe- ii Burris of Mamie and Wolf lathe surprise winner of the Fort Wayne region al Pennville waa no match for the Viking* in th.- final encounter llunffligton racked up io Iwinle be fore the Rnlldog* tallied. and held a IS to 5 lead at the first quarter. Pennville failed to more a point in the aecond period with the Viking* omi n front 25 to 5 at the half. Spartan* Ousted Plea h« nt Mill** Spat tan-, failing to show the form which returned them surpriae winner* in the |te<-a-fur sectional. were eliminated from the running by Pennville Hartford City tourney champ The Spartan* held a 6 to I lead at the fit-t quarter but the Bulldogs came hat k to hold lead* of 1.1 to IP at the half ami l» to IK at the third quarter. Pennville stayecl in front through the final eight min ute* nt play Scoring on both team* was well divided Bunker leading the hull dog* and M> Bride the S|>artan* with eight pointe eat h Pleasant Mill* Conner ted on only seven of

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W • wiwiiii ■■■*■— i i ■■■ w I* free thruWs. and Pennville rem , verted *l* of II foul -hot* Th- Huntington Viking* piled up a II to 4 lead over l.llterty Center in the first quarter. The Lion* came back io whitlie till* margin 'to three point*. SI to I*, at the half but the Vtklug* turn'd on the heat tn the third quartet to run up a 19 to SS margin Huntington Ft; FT TP Krelger. f 2 0 4 Bowman I 4 ” * Webster, c 5 I II Parker g ... I 2 4 Gicscsman g 4 K 14 Kitt, f unit Hammel, t 4 2 1” Path* e <t tt n Delvin g » I I Overholt g I it • Total* 21 IS 7.4 Liberty C.cit-r FG FT TP Schneider, f 5 5 15 Coolman f 2 2 8 Clark. c- 12 4 J Moore g 4 3 11 P Garrett. g ” « « Ininn, f a n o Fiedler. I it it o Il Mo.. IIS M Garrett. g . .. Il II « Shaw, g it I I • Total* 13 14 4<>j Referee Fink I’mpire Thurston Pennville FC FT TP i E Clark f 3 I 7 I Far hart, f 2 ft 4 Bunker, c .. .. 3 2* Whitaker, g 113 I .eat non. g it it n Hudson. f ti it ii 1 W Clark. <• tt o o 1 Reynold* g .. 2 2 •> Total* II S 2* Pleaaant Mill. FG FT TP Sapp f . I I 3 ft Williamson f 2 2 ti August i 2 2K Mi Bride, g .. . 3 2* Worklnger. g ii u o Taylor f » o n Marti. I u u ti X Williamson < n ti it Frey, g .. a ti ii I Smitley g ... p tt it Total* 8 7 23 Referee Thunatoti. I’mpire Fink Huntington FG FT TP Kretger. f . 0 10 Bowman f 2 0 4 Webster, c 71 IS Parks*. * ... 1 I 3 Grosaman g 7 I IS Hammel, f . 3 8 8 Kitt, f a ti n Overholt, f o n n Delvin. g ... 10 2 Parks g .124 Total* 27 S 59 Pennville FC. IT TP E Clark f .. 113 Earhart, f .317 Bunker, e .... o i i ■Whitaker g o 0 o

Re-Design Road And Bridge Building To Conserve Steel For War Purposes ■J / Steel Mesh Reinforcing Eliminated

Thousand* of ion* of steel whir h normally would go into the construction of bridge*, grade separation* and concrete pavement on Indiana* state highway system, will go into lank*, plane* and ship* instead, H. C. Hadden, chairman of the state highway commission, said today. Typical of the redesigning of highway construction project* to meet war condition*, la the elimination of the iteel meah which was used a* reinforcement ot cement concrete pavement. Through the elimination of thia mesh reinforcement and the elimination or partial elimination of ex[million and contraction joint*, highway engineer* are designing pavement with only 2.2 tons ot steel per mile, a reduction of 29.7 < tons from formei state stanlerd*. Design* of stntttam having a span of twenty feet or lo»*. are siso being revised *a a step in i eliminating steel and some change* may be made In the design of long- i er structure* to accomplish the i same purpoee. The structure* hav- i Inga span of leaa than 20 feet will i

f 1 Central Upset Is Feature Ot Regional Play 1 1 ___ Wolf Lake Upsets Fort Wayne Five In Chief Upset lndi>'iha|M>li* Mar **.-—ll Pt The upaet demon, virtually dormant, during sectional round*, awoke like i a sleeping giant In regional* to knock out pel favorite* and turn i ’hi* week'* *emi final pairing* Into a pitched battle between two underdo* dark hor*r quintet* and II surviving I-ader*. The two unheralded five*. Wolf latke ’population 251’ and Lawrence (practically a teeming metrol*di* of I *’*7l. gained semi final play by dumping tourney favorite* . |in th. finale Haluiday night Wolf latke supplied the blocsland thtindei Upset of the entire , tourney* thus far by defeating the ; highly touted Fort Waytie C- nlral i eager*, and Central of lacwrence | spilled Ari hie Chadd’* Anderson 1 five With Rli hmond and laifayette also tumbled from the rare by Mun ~ ie Bum* and Frankfort reaperlively, thl* week * brackets hold an 1 intriguing setup with many tin- .. x!... tod ii- rto r* pcr»-.i against the pack ' laiwieno- after finding Itself in «-< tlotial play and remaining h< t- . ter than a two dollar pistol through I .. - I money to lengthen It* amazing !(Break against Aurora in the afternoon semi-final tilt Hatuiday. but the Central eager* will have to me. I the winner of the Crawfi rd*Ville Madison game at night That should be -tiffei than ’he early l game | Wolf latke take* the floor in the ( afternoon again*! the Muncie Bur- , ri» team that Hire* Richmond out • of the running If the Wolf latke | five can leap this diffli uh barrier. they’ll face the Tipton Huntington t winner at night With 1-tfay. tte dripped from the ' roll call. Frankfort’* Hot Hog* will lie delegate to the Hammoiid semi. ’ and Everett Caue * touriiani-nt ability must withstand the m»men- ' ' turn of a rolling Horace Mann squad ' in the flr->t ram- lantansport plav ————— | ' I l-eatnon g o n o i W Clark, f tt 2 2 t Bell, g .. . 12 4l ' Hudson, c .. ft it it i 1 Zen t». g Oil ’ , Reynold*, g ..1 U 2 I Total* K * 2’l ' Referee. Fink. I 1 Ctnplre. Thurston. <

be constructed of unrelnforced concrete arches or batteries of vitrified clay or concrete pipe*. Hteel had become one of the common materials in highway construction. being ua*d for reinforcement of pavement and bridge*, for guard rail and signa, and frequently a* the major material In bridges and grade reparations. Due to the importance of steel In the construction of military and defense equipment and materials. It Is obtainable for highway purposes only where the construction project is a part of the system of highways of strategic military Im portance and then only after the project has been approved for con struction by military or naval auth orlties. These restricthmi on con*truction work involving steel and otbw materials which are eeaentia) for war purpoee*. have required a readjustment of the state highway construction program. Mr. Hadden stated, and are forcing the delay of some work which had been scheduled.

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Montgomery Takes a Face Full y J * Vith hi* fi»ta and hi* faev. Philadelphia's Bob Montgomery tries to vard off Sammy Angott'* left, aimed at his body in their New York ■out. Montgomery was able to keep thosv pounding fist* from doin» too nuch damage, but Sammy did enough forcing, pushing and mauling to *rt hi* fov and take a unanimous 12-round decision. Angott'* 135pound tills was not at staka.

Wisconsin Star Sets New Scoring Record 242-Point Total Is New Conference Mark Chi< ago March 9 tllH A year ( ago I'nlvetwity of Wisconsin bas- , ke’lutll fan* were toasting a championship quintet und a great Indi- , vidual p- dormer in Gene Englund Today the Badger followers had to , be satisfied with a th- for second , place in the Big Ten basketball race but they had another outstanding atat to hall Johnny Kots. Kolz stole the spotlight a* the Big Ten campaign ended Saturday night when he dropped in 31 iMiin’e a* Wisc onsin rolled to an easy 82 i tn 45 triumph over lowa. The big Badger star scored IS point* in the first half of the i <mt- *t and then poured 15 through the net* In the final period. Hi* total came on 12 field gouls and , seven free- throws The 31-polnt total was the second highest in conf-rence history The I all-time record i* 34 point*, which 1 1 Routh B«nd Central to decide the other finalist. Washington'* Hatchet* had a tough time against Evansville Central. their *o|e vanqtlMhc-d this *«a»on. In the first game Down'i state dopesier* are confident that | th i-llatcketa won t be beaten by Central a second time this year. C- ntral had to go through three overtime* to whip Boomille Hat nr day while the Hatchet* ucre pn-w---ed in their 27-24 victory over Joepar. The B> dford Wiley vic tor will *uppiy the challenge (or the decid- ■ ing tilt at Vlnc-ennaa. iu a aetnifitia' tourney that (hares honors with the Hammond round for potential thrill* In addition to complete upset*, and many hair-breadth triumph* by leadenc. the regional round* al*o produced *ome Impressive true-to-forrn result* that boosted stock of the winner*.

U. S. Grenade Tossing Champ V 1 11 BFFff - g Morine Sergt. Everett R. Aikman, of Weet Chester, Pa., Is all sst to tea* a 21-ounea fragmentation grenade as he show* how he hurled one of the band bomba 227 feert. 9 inches, to exceed the official record by more than five yards. Aikman throws with a etiff wrist, shifting his . — weight to hit right foot to get more force into ths lost.

Bill Ha par former Illinois star, siorrd in 194” against Minnesota By virtue of hit spree against lowa. Kott boosted his season’s scoring total for 15 conference gam** to 242 point*, which easily gave him the Individual c hampionship Hl* nearest rival waa Otto Graham. Northwestern sophomore, who tallied 197 points While Kots previously had broken the IM-point record set hy Jewell Young for a 12-game season In 1938, he had trailed Young's pre game average until Naturday night. Hi* final spree then gave him ati average- of -18.13- polntu- a -game again*t Young'* record of 15 33. Graham finished hi* first year of collegiate competition by dropping In IK point* as Northwestern fell before Minnesota K*. to 42. After suffering a let down In Me first contest after clinching Ike < liampicmehip a week ago. Illlnoia bounced hack to flash it* titular form as it edged Purdue 34 to 3? The Big T> n champions trailed most of the game, hut spurted In the final eight minutes of play to earn the vi< tory. ttabstltute center Art Mathisen topped the Illinois point-makers with 10 allies. O-— — —— Pairinqs Listed For Semi - Final Tourney Saturday Indianapolis. March 9- Here are the [uilrlngri for semi-final play next Haturday in the Indiana high school hasketball2 tournament, afterneon games at 1:3” and 2:3” and night games a* 8: At Anderson Crawfordsville v*. Madison Central of laiwrence vs. Aurora. At Hammond lx>gan*port vs. Central of South , Bend. Frankfort va. Horace Mann of Gary. At Munci* Huntington v*. Tipton. Wolf v*. Burris of Muncie. At Vcncennea Washingion vs. Central of Evansville Bedford va. Wiley of Terre Haute.

Commodore And CYO Teams Are Honored Annual Banquet Is Held Sunday Night Mrthe* I’tll 4I dor»*« Nri <’YO baakHball I Were feted lasi night in the annual banquet held at the Knights of • ’» lumlius hall under the sponsm-ltlp of the Decatur Cathullr Y«qih Organisation. Approximately 160 person*. In- ( eluding team member* and guest*, were present at the annual event Joe Vogele. cunt h of lhe «’*te champion Central ueilers of Fort Wayne, was Ike guest speaker and commended the memttera of the two trail clubs for their efforts during the season Others who either spoke briefly |or were Introduced were: Rav. Joseph J. Helmet*, pastor of the St. Mary’a Catholic church. Rev ■ Alvin Jasinski, athletic director of | the school. KeV Albert Wirt*, ath I letie director of Central Catholic high school; T. C. Zayner. Commodore couth. Deane Dorwln and Sieve Everhart Os lhe Decatur' junior-senior high achool roaching staff. Pete Reynolds and Hob Hhrahtka of the Dally Democrat and George laiurent former Cmnmodore coach Coach Zayner introduced lhe | five senior members of hl* hall duh. David Terveer, Joe Keller. -1 Brud llolthouse. Bob Kuhnle and Dick Des Jean, who will be loaf | through graduation next season. ; and Bill Baker, senior student manager. After ’he banquet and speaking program movies of the IP4I college football games an educational basketball plctnre and u novelty cartoon were shown hy Rev Alvin. Robert Ge’rner. president of the ' Itecatur CYU. acted us < halrmatt ot ■ the event and Arthur E Voglewede | a* toastmaster. ——— w - PR -67 Huntington's Viking* had little ' trouble In annexing the regional crown Saturday on the Huntington ’ i floor, overwhelming the Pennville Bulldog* In the final game after outrunning the Liberty Center Lions In the first afternoon till. - -000- - The Viking* will now carry on to the .Muncie leml-flnal Saturday ' afternoon. Huntingion will meet Tipton, winner of the Marion reg-1 ’ i tonal. In the first Hit at 1; 30 o'clock Natiirday. followed by the Burris of Muncie and Wolf Lake clash, i, The winner* will meet at K o'clock Katurday night for the right to compete In the finals at lhe Bntler fieldhouse In Indianapolis Naturday. Match 21. —oOo— Thv Pivaaant Milla Spartan* i faded to *how their sectional clasa in the second afternoon tilt at Huntington, dropping a 2t to 23 dociaion to the Pennville Bulldoge. The Spartans, had they played the brand of ball they ehowed in upsetting both Berne and Decatur in the aectional, should have been fairly easy victors over Pennville, but the lads couldn't come through, particularly from the free throw line. - 000 - Best Individual player In the regional waa this lad Schneider of the Lilterty Center Llous. With hl* team tar behind the Huntington Viking* most of the time, thl* slender lad lust tied hi* way on to ring up 16 points In a lowing game - 000— The two officials and ibree disinterested fans. In plckh.g an all regional team, came up with the following choices: Forward* — Schneider (Liberty i Centori, Howrnau and Hammel ’Huntington). Center- -Webster tllui tlngton). Guard* — Grossman and Parker (Huntington). Honorable mention: Forwards— Earhart (Pennville) and Kreß-er (Huntington). Center - August: ’Pleasant Milla). Guuid-4)ehln (Huntington! —oOo— The Central Tigers of Fort 1 Wayne, rated ail year as among the leading quintet* in the atato, fell with a thud heard throughout Indiana Saturday night, being complataly outclassed by a band of fighting Wolves from Wolf Lake, 3P io 24. The Tigers had sated past Warsaw In the afternoon tilt,' and were heavy favorites to cop the regional honors Saturday night. —oOo —■ Three other favorite* who fell by

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the waydde Saturday night were Richmond. d<>*ned hy Butri* of Muncie; Anderson, which fell he fore latwrence Central; and Imfayrtte, nosed out hy Fiankfort. Cell- , tral of Evansville had an extreme |y rliiae squeak, being forced Into a triple overtime before nosing out Boonville. 3* to 3g. 000 • With the last Adams county taam eut as th* running, tt’a time ta put away Baaketbawl. along with th* playvr*' equipmvnt. far another asaaon See yeu neit Novombor. Regional Scores At Bsdford Bedford 40. Seymour 23, Jeffersonville 35, French Lick 32. Bedford 32. Jeffersonville 2fi (final) At Evanavillv Boonville 33. Fort Branch 2*. Central of Evansville 44. T*ll City 21 Evansville Central 3X. Boonville If. (triple overtime) (final). At Fort Wayne Central of Fort Wayne 47. Warsaw 33. Wdf latke 31. Butler 27. Wolf latke 3». Central of Port Wayne 24 tfinall. At Greencastle Crawfordsville M. Attica 27. Greencastle g7, Clintrm 34. Crawfordsville 42. Greencaatle. 2K 'final) At Hammond Horace Mann of Gary 31. Michl- , gan City 20 Koo»>-vell of East Chicago 40. Biuok 29. Horace Mann ot Gary 40. Hoose-' veil of East Chh ago 24 (Bilal >, At Huntington Huntington 54. Liberty Center 40. Pennville 2*. Pleaaant Mill* 23. Huntington 59. Pennville 20 tfin!*l*' 1 At Indianapolis larwrence Central 39. Browna- : burg 27. 1 Anderson 41. Greenfield 29. laiwrence Central 32. Anderson I 29 (final) At Lafayette laifayetie 38. Lebanon 18. Frankfort 42. Otterbein 34. Frankfort 28. lafayette 24 (final). At Loganaport , Flora 28. Monticello 25 l-ogansport 27. Peru 23. Ixrgansport 42. Flora 25 tfinall. At Marion . Fairmcutt! 33. North Manchester 32. ' Tipton 29. Greentown 13. Tipton 55. Pairmount 25 (final). At Martinsville Linton 65. Braxfl 46. Wiley of Terre Haute 51. Monrovia 25 Wiley of Terre Haute 48. Lintoti 47 (final). At Muncie Burri* of Muncie 48. Winchester 38. Richmond 56. Straughn 48 Burris of Muncie 37. Richmond 28 (final). i At Rushville KRchell 33. Arlington 29. Aurora 42. Croto Plains ». Aurora 65. Kltchal 33 (final). At Bhe'byvilla Madison 32. Greensburg 29. I Franklin 31, Columbus 29 (over- a time). Madison 40, Franklin II (final). At South Bend Goshen 38. Culver 29. Central of South Bend 51, Fulton 21. South Bend Central 38 Gowhen 31 I (final). At Waehington Jasper 38. Bicknell 31. Washington 52, Sullivan 29. Washington 27, Jumper 24 (final). 'I • — -o — Officers Elected By Five-Acre Corn Club wmssmstowa The officers recently elected to conduct the affairs of the Adam* founty five acre corn club were:

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