Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 41, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 18 January 1943 — Page 6

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Hartford Wins Annual

Gorillas Upset Monroe Quintet In Final Game Hartford Five Takes County Tournament In Touqh Battle Th* Hartford township Gorinas won the annual Adams county basketball championship Saturday night, upsetting ’he highly favor ed Monroe Bearkatz In a hectic, thrill par ked final battle. 36 to 34 M .nroe advanced to the finals by downing the Berne Bears. 38 to 27. in the firs’ semi-final, an I the Gorillas bowled over the J- fferson Warriors. 51 to 20. Bertie won the consolation tilt, played as a preliminary to the championship encounter, trimming Jefferson, 41 to 21. Monroe defending < hampion, took an early lead in the final bat tie, holding a 12 to 8 margin at the 1 end of the first quarter. Hartford | caught up with the Bearkatz late in the second peritHl and at half time the Gorillas were in front by Hire* points. 21 to IS. The Gcrllla* held the lead throughout the rest of the game, although hard pressed all the way by the Bearkatz. Hartford was In front at the third quarter. 27 to 23. Kistler led the new county champions with 14 points on siz field goals and a pair of free throws. Crist was high for the dethroned champs with 11 prints. In the first semifinal. Monroe downed the Berne Bears by a 38 to 27 count after leading at the half by only four points. 17 to 13 Crist starred for the Bearkatz with 16 points. C Habegger was high ofr the Bears with 10 points. The Gorillas split their scoring well In swamping the Jeffers:n Warriors under a 51 to SO score in the second semifinal. Hartford led at the half, 26 to 16. Kistler ler the winners with 14 points, and Morningstar was outstanding for Jefferson with 16 point*. The box scores: Monroe FG FT TP Crist, f 7 2 16 Ite.-f, ( 14 6 M Lehman, c 113 Roudehush. g 3 3 9 Trump, g 10 2 Johnson, f 10 2 L. Lehman. f 000 Roughia, g 0 0 0 Hlrschy. g 000 Wagoner, g 0 0 0 Totals 14 10 38

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Monmouth at Commodores Huntington at Berne. Thursday Monroe v«. Hartford at Berne. Friday Bluffton at Yellow Jacket* Commodorta at Concordia Warren at Herne Monmouth at K’rkland Jefferson at Poling Saturday Rockford to > at Plea-ant Mill* Berne FG FT TP L Habegger, f 2 0 4 Schindler, f " 0 0 E. Stucky. <■ 10 2 Fhiecklger. g u 3 3 McCrory, r 0 0 0 D Lehman, f .3 1 • C Habegger. I 2 6 10 ( F. Lehman, c 0 0 0 W Stucky, g 0 0 0 Sprunger, g oil Total- « H 27 Hartford FG FT TP Bertsch, f 5 0 10 i Riggins, f 2 0 4 i W Dubach, <■ 3 5 11 Kistler, g 6 2 14 Vannette. g 2 0 4 L. Dubach, f o o o Knetis*. f 2 <i 4 Moser, c 10. Steiner, g 0 2 2 Splchiger. g 0 0 0 Total* 21 9 51 ] J- fferson FG FT TP Morningstar, f 5 6 16 Miesse, f o o 0 I Baumgartner, c 113 Bose, g 000 Myers. g 0 0 0 Huser, f 000 Brunner, g 0 11 Total* 6 8 20 Berne FG FT TP B. Stucky, f 4 3 11 Sprunger. f 3 2 8 Schindler, c 3 3 9 McCriry. g 15 7 F. Ix-hinan. g 0 0 o W. Stucky, f 2 0 4 Fitter klger. f Oil D. Lehman. <■ 0 o o 1., Habigger. g 10 2 Totals 14 14 42 Jefferson FG FT TP Morningstar, f 3 17 Miesse, t Oil Baumgartner, c 2 15 Boze. g 10 2 Myers, g 3 0 6 Brunner, g 0 0 0 Totals .. 9 3 21 Final Hartford FG FT TP Bertsch, f 10 2 Riggins, f 1 3 11 Dubach, c 3 3 • | Kistler, g « 3 14 Vannette, g 0 0 0 ( Moser, f 102 Steln« r. f 2 0 4 Totals 14 8 36 Monroe FG FT TP Crist, f Sill Reef, f 2 4 8 t-ehman. c .. . 12 4 Roudebush. g 2 3 7 Hirschy. g 10 2 Johnson, t ..... 10 2 Trump, g 0 0 0 Totals 12 10 34 Referee. Sinks; umpire, Todd. Railroad Brakeman 1$ Killed At Huntinqton Huntington. Ind . Jan 18—f(DF) I A Wa-baih railroad brakeman is dead as the result of Injuries he suffered when crushed between two oil tank cars at Huntington last n ght. The victim was 42-year old Baal! Roberta nf Peru. His wife and nine children survive.

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rCSrSitn I*'! I Jw) I Standings W. L. Pct. I Monroe II 2 .846 Hartford 9 3 .750, Berne 77 .500 Pleasant Mills 5 7 .417 Yellow Jackets 5 7 .417 Jefferson 3 6 .333 Monmouth 3 6 .333 Geneva 3 7 .300 Commodores 2 9 .182 Kirkland 2 9 .182 —oOo — Congratulations to the Hertford Gorillas for their triumph in the annual Adams county tournament, held at Berne Friday and Saturday. - 000The Gorillaa pulled a real surprise in upsetting the Monroe Bearkaiz, defending champions, in the final till Saturday night. It was a hard fought buitlr all the way. with only a few points separating the two quintets throughout the game. - 000-~ Nine games are on the schwiule for Adams county teams this week, spread over four nights, two on Tuesday, one Thursday, five Friday and one Saturday. —cOo — The Decatur Commc lores will be In action on their home floor Tuesday night, entertaining the Monmouth Eagles. This game was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but the date has been changed to tomorrow night. Also Tuesday, the Berne Bears will meet the Huntington Vikings al B rue. This tilt was originally carded for January 5. but was postponed because of the county-wide blackout on that date. —oOo— A rehash of Saturday night's final county tourney battle will be placed on view at the Berne gym Thursday night, when the Monroe Bearkatz and Hartford Gorillaa tangle again This game had been scheduled for Friday, but with Berne c arded to meet Warren. Friday, the tilt was changed to Thursday —oOo—The Decatur Yellow Jackets face only one game thia weak. < ■ 111

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but this contest is all-import-ant. The Jackets will play on their home floor Friday night, entertaining those old rivals, the Bluffton Tigers. The Tigers have been riding high this seasen, and defeated the Jackets on the Bluffton floor earlier in the season. This will also be a Northeastern Indiana conference battle. —oOo— The Commodores will also see action Friday night, traveling to Fc rt Wayne ic> meet Concordia high school. Concordia defeated the Commie* at the Yellow Jacket gym earlier In the- seaeoll and the Decatur lad* hope to obtain revenge. —oOo — In three otner games Friday night Berne will entertain the Warren Lightning Five. Monmouth will play at Kirkland, nnd Jeff- rson will play at Poling In Jay coun- ' ' y —oOo— The- lone contest Saturday night will be played at Pleasant Mills, with the Spartans entertaining Rockford. Ohio. This game was originally scheduled for Thursday, but was changed recently to thSaturday night date. Zollner Pistons Tie For Lead In League Fort Wayne, Ind.. Jan. 18— (l'P> - The Fort Wayne Bollner Piston* now share leadership with the Oshbosh All Stars in the National professional Basketball league The Hoosier team, which lieat Oshkosh last week, climbed into a tie for *'r«t place by beating the Chicago Studobaker* in a free-scoring game In the Windy City last night. The score was 54 to 59. Fort Wayne held a wide lead until the final four minutes of the tilt, when the Studebakers began a 15-polnt offensive after three Fort Wayne players were ejected on personals. HITLER ARMIES (Continued F-em Pag* t) garrison. At Stalingrad, the campaign to mop up the remnants of 22 Nazi divisions before Stalingrad is hitting a more and more rapid

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tempo. one Russian unit alone killed and captured 1.850 German* during the night. And they hit the jackpot *n the line of booty. This unit captured 2U planes. 38 tanks. 91 guns, 14 mortars. 1.090 rifles | and tommy guns. 93 machine guns. 20.000 shell* and 21 radio transmitter*. The German force- ( has been cut to les* than one-third of it* original strength. And It ha* been cut off from the last air base where It could receive airborne Slippile*. Below the Don river, another Soviet army hal crashed forward lo within 25 mile* of Sal*k. junction of the Stallngrad-Caucasu* railroad with a railroad running to Rostov. And In the northern Caucani. Russian forces driving toward a union with this army have advanced and seized several more towns in night fighting. The Russians are only 80 mile* from Atmavlr where a spur line runs off from the Caucasu»-Ro«tov railroad to the important Maikop oil fields. The Germans put up fierce resistance at one town last night. But Russian field guns moved up and pulverized the enemy with a terrific bombardment. Tank-led infantry columns then raced through the gaps In the German line, broke the German defense and seized the town. They captured 450 prisoners. The Russian* have taken large amount* of booty In their Caucasus drive. Between Christmas and last Saturday, they seized 35 planes. 314 tanks. 372 guns. 600 machine guns, 10.000 rifles, hun-dreda-of-thousand* of shells and bomhs and other equipment ranging from freight cars to snow I plows. FDR MAYJNTERVENE (Coatlaaod From Paco 1) without delay. (Meanwhile the threat of a general strike of 88.000 more miners faded with the dissolution of the trl-state district general committee at a meeting In Hazleton. The committee resigned after recommending that the miners heed the WLB and return to their jobs. o . Europe is about one-third aa large as Africa.

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Illinois, Indiana Leading Conference Illinois Meets lowa * In Feature Toniqht (By United Press) The Illinois lairiket ball team risks ' Its Big T»-n leadership in a gome with lowa Tonight. Indiana is tied with the lllini for flmt place with three conference wins and no Josses, but in not scheduled for to- j day. Both JlLnol* and Indiana maintained champinshlp form in last Saturdays game, Chicago university went down 27-55 before the powerful Hoosier squad, while Illi-1 note bented lowa by 20 points, 61 to < 34. In othe game* Wisconsin trimtn-, .-d Michigan 55 to 41. Purdue! edged Minnesota university 49 to ; side the league only to r bsorti a 49 to 36 trouncing administered by Notre Dame. Purdue, with two Wins and no Big Ten defeat*, la a close second I in the title race. The Boilermakers , take on .Minnesota tonight In an attempt) to strengthen their chances. The only other contest in 1 the Big Ten features Chicago in a game at Ohio State. The Windy City Maroons will 4>e in line for a 35th straight defeat In conference . Play. 0 H. fl. Baskstball South Bend Central 45, Fort Wayne South Side 28. Mishawaka 31. Fort Wayne North Side 25 Dunkirk 60. Fort Wayne C. C. 43. Concordia 36. Woodliurn 31 New Albany 48, Bloomington 32.' Hor.gland 25, New Haven 17 Kokomo 30, Tipton 19. Wells Co. Tournsy l.llierty Center 45. Vnlon Center 38. i Ossian 45. Rockcreek 26 Liberty Center 44. Ossian 28 (finial). t I Jay Co. Tournsy Pennville 29. Portland 27 i Redkey 30. Madison 14 Redkey 32 Pennville 31 (final). Collage Basketball Purdue 49. Minnesota 12 , Indiana 55. Chicago 27 Illinois 61. lowa 41 Wiaconsln 55. Michigan 34 i Notre Dame 49. Northwestern 36 Gfeat I-a ken 60, Marquette 54 i Manchester 39. Central Normal - 29. Toledo 60. Xavier 38 * h Evansville 68, Southern Illinois . 60 i Concordia 42. River Forest 40 > (overtime). > 0 j ELECT F. WALKER (Coattauod Feum Paffo I) point new committee officials. The committee needs a new treasurer to succeed Richard J. Reynolds, who Is In the navy. And a new publicity director to replace the veteran Charles Michelson, who I* retiring. ; Issues Pictorial Folder On Scrap II IM I II ■ The Hamilton Foundry and Ma- - chine Co., Hamilton, Ohio, of which Peter E Rentschler is president, has Issued a pictorial (older on the gathering and processing of scrap meta), incident to the foundry business. The foundry has created huge piles of scrap metal in its yards in Hamilton from which it Obtains its supply Os scrap tor the manufacturer of castings. The Decatur Casting *ifiipany. * J] WAR BONDS It » Washtag maebtaes and other household appliances are not svaiL ablo today. Manufacturers have converted their planta to war work. If you save today, howrrer, by hwyIng War Bonds, this money saved will start those factorlos rolling and put millions of Americans to work after the War ta wow. »>>• wn* WMnaMa PMT eflßcw or toctary flevo a dofl. aita aaacuwl every payday, taw peroom or more of your poy cboek Hr M today Hyo a pay day lev temanww aad gets you M back Cor every 88 you taveot. r (.rmsnryffioMOMW ’ I

Flvnn Paving Job Back In \ ews Bi I ■lk President Roosevelt’s nomination of Democratic ! id< as minister to Australia again raise* the old furoi ulhih- u] City paving blocks that were allegedly used by the ltr<>:.x q cal leader to pave the driveway of his country t -tan- q Bridges (left), leader of the senate fight to block the Flyniij accepts from Sidney Baron one of the bricks in qui-stw is up from Flynn’s estate. Baron Is secretary of a coair > York Intent on reopening the paving block scandal

of which Mr. Hentschler Is »ecre-| tary-trea«urer, al«o hast carried out a similar program in Irailding a scrap pile from which It tditalns raw materials u»ed in the production of gray iron castings. Hiqh School Student Aidinq At Hospital Miss Phyllis Owens, De-atur aen-ior-senlor high school student. Is aMtating temporarily at thq Adams county memorial hospital as bookkeeper. pending the appointment of a successor to Mrs. l>*ona Downs, who resigned to accept a post In . the city hall offices. o Trade la a G** • Towe riaeatn*

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