Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 2 December 1944 — Page 6

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Commodores Win; Yellow Jackets Lost

Commies Beat Delphos Team Friday Night Down Ohio Quintet By 41 To 30 Score On Decatur Floor Ty«' Decatur Commodores chalked up their third victory of the >e:ison Friday night, defeating St. John's of Delphos. <».. 11 to 3*i on the ('ommodotes* home floor Tile Commies seemingly were on their way to a surprisingly easy victory In the first half, when they piled up a 2o to 8 lead Apparently coasting, however, after two quick. easy under-the-bas- 1 ket fielder* by Teiv.er to open the second half and increase their margin to 16 points the Commodores hud a real scare thrown into them as the Kui'keye quintet battled back Delphos put on a real rally at thia point and fought their way back Into the ball game, counting 12 points while holding the Commies scoreless, cutting the Decatur lead to 24 to 2tt as th. third quarter closed The Commodore* came to life with the opening of the final period i and gradually pulled away, in the last few minutes running their victory margin up to *1 points. Terveer used his height advant- I age to good effect to tally I* field goals for 20 point*, most of which buckets from underneath the hoop, (■rothouse and Clark each tallied nine points for Iwdphos The Commies have two games scheduled next week, playing Willshire, (>. on the Decatur floor Tuesday and traveling to Concordia in Fort Wayne Friday Commodores FG FT TP lies*, ’ 3 2 It | Lengerich, f oil' Terveer, c 10 0 20 GUlig. g 3 17, Hriede, g 10 2, Lothe. g 113' Hackman, f o n o Coffee, f II 0 0 Totals 18 5 41 Delphos FG FT TP Hpleies, f 0 3 3 Grothouse, f 3 3 '3 Pohlman, c 2 3 7 Clark, g 3 3 9 Metzger. g 1 it 2 Swick, g 0 0 0' Totals 9 12 30 Referee. Smuts, umpire. Beal. Preliminary Decatur 25. Delphos 17. «. o Berne Bears Defeat Portland, 33 To 27 Bears Score Victory After Tough Battle The Berne Bears registered their fourth victory of the season Friday night, defeating the Portland Panthers, 33 to 27. In a hard-fought battle on the Berne court. The Bears held a scant 24 to 23 margin at the half Lehman was the leading Berne scorer with 12 points and McClung tallied a like number to lead Portland. Berne FG FT TP Llechty, f 4 0 8 Baumgartner, f 2 3 7 E Stucky, e oil Lehman, g 6 o 12 Inniger, g 0 2 2 Muaelman. f 0 o o Isch. f o 0 • Abraham, g 0 0 0 Kneuss. g 113 Total* 13 7 33 Portland FG FT TP Schoenleln. f 1(6

Former Adams County Youth In 17 Major Operations In Pacific

Joseph H. Lehrman. seaman first elass, ami a radar operator, a native of t’nion township, has been in combat 22 months, covering more than 160.000 miles, and taking part in 17 major operations. Lehrman. a son of Henry Lehrman and brother of Harry Lehrman. both of t'nion township, has made his home in Kalamazoo, Mich., since his marriage in November, I*4o. The seaman enlisted In the navy Feb. 25. 1*42. and received his boot training at Great Lakes naval training station. On completion of his radar training. Lehrman went to sea aboard a U. 8. light cruiser to Uke part in the Allied Invasion of North Africa at Casablanca in

'ffff TnnTrnnTWWTrW'" UIMCEE jisiiii Juentln R Crist, S 2 c. will arrive home tomorrow from Little Creek. Va to spend a 10-tlay leave with his parents. Mr and Mrs. Raymond Crist of Monroe. Robert A Klepper, ARM 3 c. left this morning for San Diego. Calif, after spending a leave at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs W A Klepper of Mercer avenue He was recently stationed .it Beaufort. S ('. I ■— -• First Lt William C Schafer M C is now stationed at Camp Ellis. 11l . with the 837th Medical Service De ta<*liment. i Diep) He is the commanding oflu er of the dispensary unit, which is composed of two medical and one dental officer and 17 enlisted men. Lt. Schafer, who recently received his M l> degree and was commissioned in the army medical corps, is a son of Mis. Irene Schafer. 520 Xuftman avenue, and was formerly stationed at Carlisle Barracks. Pa. Pfc. Frederick Kirsch son of Mr. and Mrs Otto Kirsch of North : Third street. Is now stationed at I Camp Ellis. 111., with Company (', Moth Bn 29th M. T R The new address of Chaplain George (> Walton. < First Lt), former pastor of th.- First Presby terian church here, is 25oth General hospital. Fort Lewis. Wash (lufp lain Walton has been assigned to a general hospital until after serv- | Ing .■•• temporary chaplain during the illness of the regulat post chap- ■ lain Donald R. Frtlchte. M M 3 c. son of Mr- Albert Fruchte: 327 N ! Tenth street, writes from an airI craft carrier somewhere in the Pacific Fred Bierly. W T . 3*. i son of Mr and Mm. G Remy Bierly ,Is aboard the same ship. Outside ' of routine duties the ship’s person- ; nel engages in -ports tournaments. I Donald wrote that a basketball tournament was in progoes aboard : ship and that lie was playing with I the one undefeated team The new address of Lt. Helen Becker Kalins, army nurse, is 130th Evac. Hosp. 8 M.. Fort Jackson. Columbia. 8. C. Max Leonardson. RM 3 c, son of Mr. and Mrs. S E Leonardson. i* home after completing a trip around the world. He served as a radioman aboard a Liberty ship. He has been detached from the ship and expects to be transferred to another ship following his 15-day leave with his parents Lt. Harry T Grube writes from somewhere in the Philippines that the 34th Infantry which spearheaded the assault on A day. that his outfit has been engaged in rugged 1 ; warfare since the invasion. Lt. Grube added, "Give my regards to I everyone " ‘I ‘ | Harry Reinhart. 8. K. 2/c, son of • Mr. and Mrs Sam Reinhart, and Ed Miller. 8 K. 3 c. recently arrlv- ( ed in Decatur on a 30 day leave, af-’ ter serving with the fleet overseas ' nearly two years. — I McClung, f 4 4 12 Hudson, c 0 0 0 1 Bowen, g 113 • Stipp, g Oil • Millett, g 2 15 » - - - 1 Totals 8 11 27 Referee. Corbin. 3 Umpire. Everhart Preliminary 8i Berne 23. Portland 10.

November ol 1*42 Later, he had 22 months of continuous combat duty with a Pacific fleet task force, his ship tangling with the Jap fleet on three different occasions, getting credit for sinking one Jap destroyer in the Kula gulf battle and a Jap heavy cruiser off Bougainville in the Kmpree Augusta Hay. • l>-hrman's ship carries battle ribbons painted on her bridge covering 14 enemy bombardments, Including fire eoverage for sis different troop landing operations against Jap-held islands of the Pacific. Following completion of a 23-day leave at his Kalamazoo home. Seaman Lehrman has returned to active duty.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

r Jackets Drop Sixth In Row Friday Night Geneva Cardinals Win, 48 To 38, In Free Throw Parade The Geneva Cardincis defeated th Decatur Yellow Jackets. 48 to 38 Friday night on the Geneva t floor, in a game Which developed . into practically a parade between • the foul lines. The two officials called a total ’ of 43 personal fouls. 25 on Decatur and 18 on Geneva. The two teams attempted a total of 57 free throws, with Geneva connecting on 20 of 33. and Decatur on 14 of 24. The Cardinals ran all over flie Jacket* in the first half, piling up • al9to 3 lead at the first quarter t and a3oto 13 margin at the half. • Decatur outscored Geneva in the I second half. 25 to 18. but could not ■ overcome the long lead of the Card- - Inals, Schlagenhauf. Geneva guard, was the night s scoring leader with 25 points, tallied on seven field goals and 11 free throws Three players did the bulk of Decatur's scoring. Eichhorn counting lit points and Steiner and Port- 1 i er counting nine each. It wa* the sixth inss of the season in as many .starts for the Jac-! kets. who face a pair of tough rivals next week, playing the Tig-1 ers at Bluffton Tuesday night and meeting the Berne Bears on the) liecatur floor Friday Geneva FG FT TP Mosser. f 2 1 51 Cook, f 0 4 4 Hale, c 3 17 Schlagenhauf, g 7 11 25 Van Emon. g 2 3 7 Snow, f 000 Wright, f 0 ti it Habegger, c li n u' Fields g li ii o ' Teeter, g o o it, — — — Totals i 4 20 48 Yellow Jackets FG FT TP j , Bromer. fO4 4: Eichar. f oil Eichhorn, c 3 4 10 ( Steiner, g 3 3 91 Porter, g 4 191 Hill, f ii 0 o Knapp, f 2 1 5 Brooks, c 0 I! o | L Arnold, g 0 0 0 W. Arnold g 0 0 0 Totals 12 14 38 Referee. Shin. ; umpire. Sink* Preliminary Geneva 29. Decatur 9. — o Pleasant Mills Is Beaten By Rockford Spartans Defeated By Score Os 35-28 The Pleasant Milla Spartans lost a 35 to 28 decision to the Rockford, (>. quintet Friday night on the Rockford fleo< The Ohio team led at the first quarter. 7 to 4. at the halt. 16 to 12. and at the third quarter. 24 to 22. Rolknbacher led the winners with « 12 points and Strayer was high for the Spartans with 14. Pleasant Milla was without the services of Werllng. a regular, who was unable to play because f injuries. Rockford FG FT TP Beerbower, f 0 ( 0 0 Frysingvr, f 2 3 9 Bollenbacher, c 4 4 12 Shaffer, g f 0 2 Crouch, g 4 2 10 Shrider, c 10 2 Totals HI 9 35 Pleasant Milla FG FT TP Geyer, f I » 2 | Miller, f 3 3 9 ! Strayer, c B 2 14 Speakman, g 0 0 0 ) Sipe. ■ 11 2 Totals *1 8 28 Preliminary Rockford 20. Pleasant Mills 18. o I ; Zotlner Pistons > Defeat All-Stars r ’• • Chicago. Dec. >. — (UP) — The Fort Wayne. Ind.. Zollnera. world's ’ profeaeional basketball champions, today were the ffrst pro team to t boast a victory over a college all- • stare squad In the flve-year history » of the annu.«i cage claaatc. The Zollnera. sparked by forward f Bobby McDermott who personally . accounted for IV points, defeated a » scrappy 1944 college all-star team 48-38 last night before 21.372 fans.

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H. 8. BASKETBALL ( Fort Wayne South 40. Bluffton 20. i Fort Wayne <!■ ntral 50. Hartford City 41. LaPorte 30, Fort Wayne North 23. New Haven 49. Fort Wayne C. C. 17. Garrett 40. Kendallville 39. Auburn 31. Angola 29 Wabash 49. Huntington 35. Ossian 32. Lafayette Central 28 Jasper 49. Jeffersonville 37.

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Kokomo 36. Indianapolis Tech 32. Shelbyville 35. Connersville 28. Logansport 39. Marion 33. Peru 32. Lebanon 20. Washington 24. Vincennes 22. Evansville Bosse 37, Linton 36 (overtime). Bedford 39. Bloomington 21. Greensburg 29. Rushville 24 Anderson 31, New Castle 18. Warsaw 35. Rochester 30. Lafayette 32. Richmond 27. Martinsville 35. Franklin 27. Muncie Central 27. Frankfort 19.

Koenemann Brothers in Army Sgt. Waller Koenemann T/6 Gilbert Koenemann The two sons of Mr and Mrs Gust Koenemann of Decatur rural route two are nerving their country in the army Sgt. Walter Koenemann entered the service on July 18. 1942 and took training at Fort Kn >x. Ky. and was graduated from the Armored Force Mechanic s school there. He went overseas in March 1943, and served in Africa. Sicily ami Italy He participated in the Anxio beachhead Invasion and the invasion of South trance. He is with the Seventh army in France, attached to a tank destroyer unit as n mechanic He writes that he is well and that he voted in the November election, although thousands of miles away from home. T 5 Gilbert Koenemann. entered the service last April and received basic training al (‘amp Plauche and Camp ClaiItorne. Iji,. where lie is noW serving with the 752nd Railway Operating Battalion. He is a graduate of Decatur high school and was formerly employed by the Pennsylvania railroad. His wife, the former Anita Werllng resides with him at Camp Claiborne.

Name Officers Os Pep Champs, Howling Hosts Officers of the Pep Champs and the Howling Hosts, athletic organizations at the Decatur Junior-sen-' lor high school, were elected in! meetings Thursday at th* high . school. Pep Champ oflhors are: Gloria Striker, president; Mary laju Rob-In-on, vice-president; Betty Anspaugh. secretary; Karlann Striker, treasurer; Misses Glennys Elzey and Eleanor Pumphrey, sponsors* Howling Hosts officers: William Bromer. president; James Eichhorn, vice-president; William Porter. secretary-treasurer; Vaughn Millikan, sponsor o

Is Commissioned Lh ft HRK Ensign Gene Smith. «on of Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Smith. Is home on a 10-day leave. Ens Smith was graduated from the U. 8. Merchant Marine Academy at Klngspoint. L. I and received his commission as Ensign In the U. 8. Naval Reserve and the U. S. Maritime Service. and is now licensed to sail as third engineer for United Btates merchant ships. Ens. Smith will continue to sail with the merchant marine and upon the expiration of his leave wU! report for active duty. He is a graduate of the Decatur Catholic high school and entered the service in April, 1943 Lt William Hunter Is Commissioned By The Army Air Force Lt. William Hunter, son of Joseph Hunter, 401 West Adams street, han been commissioned a Seconal Lieutenant at the Army Air Forces Training Coinmaud school at Yale University. New Haven. Conn Lt. Hunter entered the training school several months ago as a cadet. Graduation exercises were held at Yale last Thursday. One of the first young men to enter the army from this county. Lt. Hunter enlisted In February 1941 and took training at Foster. Laughlin, and Bheppard Helds in Texas; Coffeville, Kan., Chanute Field, 111., Beymour-Johnson Field. N. C.. and the Ban Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. He is a graduate of Decatur high school and was formerly employed by the Citizens Telephone Company. He is a former carrier of the Daily Democrat. Mm JJelbert L. Augsburger has 'received word that her busband. Pvt. Augsburger. hss been moved from England to somewhere in Belgium.

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