Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1945 — Page 6

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lowa, Illinois Nearly Upset In Loop Tills Chicago, Feb. 20.—(UP) — Ohio State's defending champions, who play Illinois Friday night in a desperate bid to retain itheir Big Ten title, might have been the team to beat today if it hadn’t been for two free throws.

I 4.1 on t ■>«•' ” -•- lowa and Illinois, currently runn.ing 1-2 in the conference basketball race, survived a “night of scars” last night on the strength of those two points. lowa defeated Wisconsin at lowa City, 54-53. to win its eighth victory in nine games and hold first place, while Illinois squeaked hy Minnesota a* Champaign, 49-48, for its seventh victory in eight engagements. If those two points had gone the other way to give Wisconsin and Minnesota victories, (). S. U.'s j Buckeyes would have been hack in a tie for first place with lowa and favored to retain their title. They play Illinois Friday and then close out their 1944-45 Big Ten basketball season against Indiana Saturday. The Illinois game is an all Iniportanit one since a defeat for the Buckeyes would all but eliminate them from championship consideration. It was a night for comebacks last | night ae Minnesota and Wisconsin --both second division teams —got blazing hot to almost scramble the Big Ten standings. At lowa City, the Hawkeyes

barely escaped a torrid last half drive by Wisconsin, grabbing their victory on a free throw by Herbert Wilkinson. Murray Wier, 5-foot. Sinch freshman forward, however, was the real hero. Wisconsin jumped to a 12-3 lead when eoaeh Pops Harrison substituted Wier who sparked lowa to a 29-24 halftime lead. With big Clayton Wilkinson, Dick Ives and Wier carrying the point load. lowa took a’s3-45 lead with three minutes to go. Veteran Ray Patterson, however, came to life to lead Wisconsin in a last-second rally which fell only one point short, a free throw which H. Wilkinson ecored in the midst of the Badger rally. Wisconsin’s Bill Johnson led the game’s scorers with 17 points followed by Patterson, C. Wilkinson and Wier, all tied with 14. At Champaign, Illinois was all ***— O o — Last Time Tonight — Technicolor Comedy Hit "THE PRINCESS & THE PIRATE" Sob Hope, Virginia Mayo ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax b o WED. & THURS. O _ o OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30 I BE SURF! TO ATTEND! o o * VIRGINIA BRUCE use?? .? — Eswium hhht imn . tsti; uviuk’sh mo; l tol»kd« f OITURIO SCNAMOVA W ROGERS !t>o ft , *?**• w*unßiicntint'O*k o—o —Starting Frl. for 5 Days—••3o Secondo Over Tokyo."

but swept off the floor ns Minnesota rolled to a 27-22 halftime lead and held it until Howfe Judson and Jack Burmeister boosted the Illini to a 49-44 lead. Clarence .Hermann, ti foot. 7-inch Gopher center, tapped In a rebound and with 30 seconds left, Arnie Lehrman drove in for a setup but the Illini stalled the remaining seconds for victory. Each team made 20 field goals while Illinois held a one-point free throw ad I'titage. Hermsen's 17 points was tops followed by Burmeister with Hi. Standing Team W L Pet. Pts. Op. lowa .. 8 1 .888 420 302 Illinois 71 .875 420 336 nntA Stmte 8 2 .800 487 109

onto stane a a •Purdue 6 0 .500 563 583 ’ •Michigan 5 7 .417 507 561 1 Wisconsin 4 6 .400 442 476 1 Minnesota 3 7 .300 426 476 Northwestern 3 8 .273 495 488 ' Indiana ...... 2 8 .200 457 550 •Season complete. o— — ♦— ♦ I TodaysSoortsParade By JACK CUDDY (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) !♦ __ ♦ New York. Feb, 20.--(UP) —It seems to us that the midnight cur : few on entertainment, which goes into effect nationally on Monday, will help boom sports generally. However, the war-momentum j that makes necessary this “request” from mobilize! - James F. ‘ Byrnes apparently spikes any lingering hopes that racing can be re opened in the spring. The only sports enterprises, now | carrying on. that would seem to I suffer from the curfew are bowling I ] and billiard establishments. Their activities will be forced to cease at ' midnight.

lU.HUIfiU I. Betting on sports probably will I be increased considerably. Sports like baseball, football, boxing, wrestling and hockey—most of which already are enjoying wartime prosperity — should boom under the new restriction for two reasons: (1) fans who normal* ly “blow” a portion of their spend ing money in the late spots, like night clubs and saloons, should have more available now for spouts; and (2) persons who are denied late entertainment may turn to sports for diversion. Although there is little similarity between the curfew and prohibition. which was supposed to prevail in the United States from 1920 to 1933, it is recalled that the “golden decade” of sports came during that “dry” period. Speakeasies flourished during that decade; but nevertheless it was much more difficult for the ordinary fan to blow his dough in ithe “joints” than it has been since repeal. The plentitude of money available for sports in those days was just as important in causing the “golden decade” as were the great performers who featured it —Jack Dempsey. Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Bill Tilden, Earl Sande, etc. [CORTI 0 o — Last Time Tonight — “ARMY WIVES” Elyse Knox, Hardie Albright & “HI BEAUTIFUL” ) N. Beery Jr., Martha O’Driscoll | O o WED. & THURS. 4STRIKES ’n Yer Out: |£X, Z • -i-. '■ . —-O—O Coming Sun. — "Thoroughbreds’ 1 & “The Missing Juror."

Picks Jeffersonville To Win State Title By Janies E. Walters Indianapolis, Fell). 20 — (UP) — Jasper's Wildcats were the consensus choice of the United Press sports staff today, but Jitn Walters rides witih the Jeffersonville Red Devils to capture the 1945 Indiana high school basketball championship. ■Admittedly, Jeff has the toughest tournament road of any of the major title contenders. Admittedly, it. lost to Jasper by a 12-point margin- and on Jeff’s own floor. ißnt that 49437 Jasper victory was early in the season and since the start of tihe new year, when season performances really start counting, the Red Devils have not met defeat. They finished with 16 victories and tiwo losses. Jeffersonville's I'O.game winning streak is the hottest thing in major Hoosier prep cage circles and the amazing thing atbou't it was that Bill Gedliug missed most of those

games. IA great floorman and fine shot, Gedliug was sidelined early in January by a head injury. For a time it was feared he was lost for the season. But he has seen limited action in the last two games and coach Edwin Yyskowlnski expects to have him ready for full-time duty | when Jeff op ns sectional play I against lit te Laconia at 9 a. m. Fri-1 day. Gedling's injury, coming as't did ■ lon the heels of the array induction | I of Captain Von Hisey, would have , I shattered a lesser team. Jeffersonville, however had only ■ begun to fight. Frank (Buddy)l Clegg and Both Scott stepped into ■ the gaps at guards and on Jan.,ll | the Red Devils proved their great- j ness by getting off the floor to down the veteran-loaded Evansville I Basse Bulldogs. 26-23. Bosse’s de- i fending state champions had a 16-1 ■ lead at one stage of the game. i I

Th, Red Devils’ biggest weak- 1 ness, if it can be called a weak- < ne.-s, is that they depend on “Big 1 Charlie" Meyers for meet of their 1 rebound strength. A speedy, mttecu- < Ist, six foot five inch center,, “Big | ( Charlie” is the brains of the Jeff i ] club when on the floor and he can ; tie counted upon for anywhere from ‘ 1 10 to 20 pointe a game. None of the other first five men | reach six feet. But what they lack j in height they make up in clever ball handling and accurate shooting. 0— — U. S. BOMBERS (Continued From Page One) they had caught the Germans in the midst of a huge troop movement. Not a single German fighter rose to challenge tfie raiders, and some of the American fighters ranged ahead to strafe rail and road traf-1 tic as far as Munich. Nuerenberg previously had been I attacked twice by the eighth air force. 0 The number of commerciallyhatched chicks produced last October was about one-third less than the number produced in October, 1943. 0 Victory Bar Reopens Tomorrow. Before yesterday’s announcement OK .the curfew, hope had been increasing among racing men that the Christmas-eve ban might be lifted by spring, permitting the bosses to go into their golden gallop again. But the war situation necessitating the curfew seems to blast that hope definitely. It is true that the curfew was requested primarily as a means of saving fuel, because of the coal shortage; but Byrnes said he believes it also would help conserve transportanion and manpower. He said he was convinced that the public will gladly accept the curfew “in view of the fact that in the period just ahead of us, those in the armed services will be making greater sacrifices than ever before.” Last week, after returning from the Crimea conference. Byrnes said that more men will be in combat during March than ever before. These statements, combined with the drastic curfew measure, leave little hope of re-opening the tracks until the European war is ended, ait least. Because, apparently, the momentum of war will be constantly stepped up until that goal is achieved. Betting has increased tremendously during the past 10 years, and particularly during the war. It seems certain that much money which ordinarily would be spent in the late epots, will be diverted now into betting channels, booming the bookie business throughout the country. Although the horse plants are closed, the public is wagering actively on other sports. Baseball will get a terrific bettingplay when the seaeoh opens. We know of no reason why midnight closing should cuntail night , baseball, boxihg, etc. Rarely have regularly-scheduled night games lasted past midnight; and profeeI sional boxing show* never do.

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Fifth Army Improves Positions In Italy Rome, Felb. 20— (UP)— American troops of the fifth army improved their w-est flank positions in the mountainous country west of the Pistoiatfßologna highway, heads quarters said today, while patrols continued active elsew’iiere on the fifth and eighth army fronts. The doughboys encountered strong defensive fire near Monte Cappelbuso but they overcame mortar and machine gun positions to strengthen their hold on a ridge running southwest of the park.

Monmouth Eagles f Seated, left to right—Thieme, Bulmahn, Selking, 11. Getting, Bienz, Singleton. Bird. Standing, left to right—Principal C. E. Striker, C. Getting, student manager; King, Crosby, Scheumann. Kukelhan, Rice, Coach Myron Lehman. Pleasant Mills Spartans / -z.y-,-z.v ’ ’’ - Front row, left to right—Ray, McCullough, student manager; Daniels. 1 Second row, left to right—Geyer, R. Miller, Sprunger, Werllng, P. Speakman, L. Speakman. Third row, left to right—Sipe, (Bebout, Bailey, Myers, yell leaders), Strayer. Rear row, left to right—Whitaere, C. Miller, Teeple, Albert Coppess, coach.

Township Trustees And Assessors Meet 1 The township trustees and aseess- | ors met this morning in the audi- ; j tor’s office with E. J. Worthman, > | Adams county assessor, who out- <: lined plans for annual assessing of s! personal property in this county, be- ■ j ginning March 1. Lee Highlen. state tax board rep-l-j resenilative. talked to the assessors > ■ and explained certain policies to he ■ : followed in assessing peisonal proi|P‘rty. He said that in the case of ■’pinball machines, slot machines, ' music boxes and the like, that these

| Hems should 'be assessed where ,he <aw at ‘ ‘"‘; l lodges, where they own property. an exemption from being Plan'd om. tax duplicate musft be filed, state official explained. — Minesweeper Is Lost In Philippine Area Washington. Fb. 20-(UP) -The navy today announced the lom.. <> the email minesweepe;- in the J hilimine area <w the r< suit of enemy action. The Minesweeper, .the VMS 4-8. was the 262nd naval vessel lost in this war. The v- ssel carried a nonma. complement of 30 men. Lt. Howard A. [ Kaiser, 30, New York, was skipper I of the vessel and is a survivor. Divorce Trial Is On In Circuit Court The divorce trial of Paul B. | Gould, who seeks a divorce from i his wife, Alice E. Gould, will be | concluded late this afternoon. The i trial started yesterday. In addition to the principals m- ! volved. the witnesses today included Roy Chilcote and Robert Hilt i city police officers, and Miss Fran- , cetta Everett. 11. R. MeCJenahan ■ represents Mr. Gould and Ed A. I Bosse is attorney for Mrs. Gould. ■ Judge J. Fred Frnchte is hearing the case. The Goulds formerly lived in Union township, north of Decatur. o Commuting Gl Fort Warren. Wyo.—(UP)--Sgt. C. J. Munn, assigned to the signal corps at Font Warren, believes he has established some sort of a ; commuter’s record. Sgt. Munn lives : at Fort Collins. Col., which is about I 50 miles from the post, and esti- ' mates that he has traveled about ! 50,000 miles the past year in commuting between his home and the post. > —o Meeting in Pacific Texarkana, Tex. — (UP) —Sexswain George W. Winkle, cruising around the South Pacific, recently ran into his brother-in-law, P\-. Kenneth B DeHart. It was not I exactly a reunion. They had never met before.

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Decatur I. H. S. A. A. Sectional “ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Junior-Senior High School Gym Feb. 22-23-24 THURS., FRI., SAT. a SCHEDULE OF GAMES: THURSDAY Game I—7 p. m. Pleasant Mills vs Kirkland. Game 2—B p. m. Geneva vs Monroe. FRIDAY Game 3—2 p. m.* Decatur Catholic vs Game 4—3 p. m. Monmouth vs Hartford to’ Gdme 5—7 p. m. Berne vs Decatur. ; Game 6—B p. m. Winner game Ivs winner SATURDAY . Game 7—l:3ft p. m. Winner game 3.vs w ! nner Game 8—2:30 p. m. Winner game 5 vs winner. Game 9—B p. m. Winner game 7vs winner „• Officials—Richard Kolp. Donald _o_ " in I Tickets are now on sale at the 10 high sc^ oo S a t County. Sale of tickets at these places will c ticket* 1 Thursday. After that they mav be purchased at ui eF dow at the Decatur Jr.-Sr. High School. Doors ° p jon ticW ticket holders one hour before the first game- »- will not be sold until 30 minutes before the first g i q X \ ADMISSION PRICES Season Tickets for the 5-Session Tour ne - $1.50 Inc. Tax Single Session Tickets 50c Inc. Tax lor E' er - Adults, Children and Students.

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