Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1945 — Page 7

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SECTIONAL WILL OPEN THURSDAY EVENING

!»fy Men IW e f° r iSiey Play i isS — ijdpn Certified Byßach Team In Tourney - .-:EBKp the 10 teams entered in SP( ' tional tournament : o; 1 1 to certify 12 players. I jjßEKtwo of these players must before the team plays game, leaving 10 for play. rosters, showing the oHich player in school, and beHt and weight, follow: ■flonroe Bearkatz Vatae Yr. Jit. Wt. ‘' a r Sr. 5-10 165 — Sr - 5-s IGO Jr. 6 160 Rich Jr. 6-1 160 Jr. 6-1 Ife 150 !j9V Jr - 541 145 wBK- So - 54 140 l! SBH. So. 5-7 140 So. («, So. 5-7 135 - So. 5-9 145 I Cardinals Wt. STO# B- Jr. 6 156 "“"‘lijjgW Sr. 6-114 151 , sa BJr. 5-914 140 ' bNBB- Jr - 6 ' 2 ’ /s 174 |..'r«SS. Sr. 5-7 142 c Sr - 54 ° 1/a 150 pBB Sr. 5-814 182 r tomMS- Jr - 64 187 ij So. 5-8 122 _W> Sr. 5-7 172 ■S Berne Bears Yr. Ht. Wt. Sr - 54 145 -Jr. 5-9 145 I-iechtß. Jr. 5-9 150 AMkB Jr. 5-8 165 Jiiiseltß Jr. 5-7 130 Ulimtß Sr. 5-11 180 BanmßierJr. 5-10 155 " ' 8SI" ~ Sr - 6 143 "B& .... Sr. 5-1114 16J. Stttß So. 5-11 165 Hfefferson Warriors Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Sr. 5-5 130 Sr. 5-914 145 Jr. 5-11 140 Jr. 5-9 155 So. 5-614 140 ■ lwai lßß So. 5-914 145 So. 5-7 130 SmitlEß So. 5-7 157 TgStblß So. 540 155 >’ r B Fr. 5-9 150 Bartford Gorillas Yr> Ht - wt - | Clark ■ Sr. 5-9 170 i ’"...iSmaß Sr. 5-11 155 Sr. 6-1 174 n 5-7 Jr. 6-1 200 »* — so. 5-7 So. 5-10 162 ’ So. 5-8 140 ' Fr. 5-9 155 Fr. 5-10 180 - |- ——o UR COMMODORES • svwe Yr. . Ht. Wt. B Jr. 6 163 Sr. 6-114 170 Sr. 6-4 206 tilled© ■. j r . 5 . n 185 Jr. 6 182 ■ - Jr - 54 140 SBBch Jr, 5-10 165 2MB-- Sr. 5-7 145 So. 5-8 145 pr - 64 180 ■ » Fr - 54 145 ?ar CT^ AND KANGAROOS ’ Yr. Ht. wt. Sr. 6-1 162 !;s 'B--- Jr. 6-1 143 J r , 5 125 , rst B— Sr. 5-10 175 m WF er Jr * 155 ; Sr. 5-10’4 145 Sr. x 6-1 165 S °- 5 8 145 cS! t^HB~- — So - s * B 130 - Sr. 5-4’4 125 ' Sr - 39 175 N-Bf T M,LLS SPARTANS Yr. Ht. Wt. - So- 54% 136 CXB Sr - 5,5 130 v iwgß Jr - ®- 2 150 Sr# 55 131 so. 5-4 130 ? Sr * 5-9 165 Jr. 5-8 140 Sr. 5-10 160 t- ’4 BT Fr ’ 640 180 VmBB~ Jr - 541 % 183 - 641 165 B" 105

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

DECATUR YELLOW JACKETS Name Yr. Ht. Wt. BromerSr. 5-11 175 BeehlerSo. 6-114 160 Brooks - Sr. 5-11 175 Eichhorn Sr. 6 155 Lehman Fr. 5-6 145 Hill Jr. 6-1 165 Steiner Jr. 5-10 155 Nelson Jr. 5-10 150 Ballard Jr. 5-6- 125 L. Arnold Jr. 5-4 135 W. Arnold Jr. 5-4 135 Porter Jr. 5-11 145 MONMOUTH EAGLES Name Yr. Ht. Wt. BienzSr. 5-B’4 150 Rice-Sr. 5-9 160 King Sr. 5-10’4 160 Kukelhan Sr. 5-1114 147 Bird Jr. 5-6% 155 Singleton Jr. 5-7 144 Scheumann Jr. 5-1114 143 Croeby Jr. 5-11% 160 Getting Jr. 5-9 145 Thieme Jr. 5-6 137 SelkingJr. 5-8% 159 BttlmahnSo. 5-5% 126 0 IHSAA Rules Govern Play In All Meets All Tourney Phases Covered By Rules Os Indiana Board The Decatur sectional tournament, as all the other 63 in the state, are governed directly by a set of rules and regulations given to host principals by the Indiana high school athletic association. W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur junior-senior high school, as host principal, is vested with the authority to enforce these rules as prescribed by the IHSAA. Regulations covering this year’s tourney are practically identical with those of last year. A team must compete in at least eight gamee in a season before it may be eligible to participate in a sectional, and the school must also be in good standing in the association. Each team may play 10 men during the tourney. Twelve players are certified by each school, but two of these names must be scratched before the team plays its first tournament game. Admission to the tourney will be $1.50 for a season ticket and 50 cents for a single session ticket. Tickets are not to be sold for more or less’ than these amounts. Standing room shall not be sold or used. Requirements of the city and state fire marshals are to be met. No prizes of any kind are to be awarded to any individual or school from any source. Settlement from the receipts of the tourney are to be made in the following manner: 1. All legitimate expenses, such as meals, officials, etc., except for transportation and lodging shall be paid from the gross receipts, if sufficient In event the gross receipts are not sufficient, which te considered highly improbable here, the obligation would fall to the center principal. . 2. Decatur junior-senior hi 3 h school, as the center school, shall receive SIOO- . , . 3. The transportation shall oe paid. Three cents per mile per man for the round trip will be allowed. Mileage is to be considered as the most direct distance between the school building and the local gymnasium where the tourney will be held. .... 4. The lodging shall be paid. 5. The Decatur junior-senior higu as the center high school, shall receive SIOO. 6 The IHSAA shall receive one percent of the fifth balance 7. One-half of the sixth balance shall be divided Pro-rata among the participating school, with Deca.ur junior-senior high sharing. 8. One-halt of the sixth balance is to be divided on the basis of season ticket sales in the respective communities on or before Thursday at 5 p. m. Season tickets sold at er this hour will not be counted m the finding of the share of any 9. The board of control will pass on al Ireports made by Mr. Brown and the other center principals and all reports far the participating 10 The center school, which Is Decatur, is tft furnish a complete financial report ta the IHSAA and to each ptrtWpatlog school noon after the tfiarfloy.

1945 Sectional Sixth In Row For This City Yellow Jackets And Pleasant Mills Are Only Double Winners With the opening of the 1945 sectional tournament Thursday night, Decatur will be host to the Adams high school net teams for the sixth consecutive year. The sectional was awarded to Decatur in 1940, following the completion of the junior-«enior high school, and that year’s tourney was the first in Decatur since 1931. In the years from 1931 to 1940, the Adams county teams were divided, with the Decatur Yellow Jackets and Monmouth Eagles competing in the Fort Wayne sectional, and the other quintets vieing with the Wells county teams in the Bluffton tourney. For the first three years after 1940, the local sectional was composed of nine teams, but with the admission of the Decatur Catholic high school to the Indiana high school athletic association, the Decatur tourney was increased to 10 teams in 1943. The increase to 10 teams also added an extra session to the local sectional, which previously had been held in sessions Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday afternoon and night. With the addition of the Commodores ,a Friday afternoon session was necessitated. Tourney Champions Only three different schools have won sectional honors in the five (Turn To Page 4, Column '8) o Arrangements Are Made For Tourney Here Plans for the Decatur sectional tournament, which will be held at the junior-senior high school gym next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, were completed at a meeting of principals of the participating schools, held last Thursday at the office of W. Guy Brown, host principal. Season tickets for the sectional went on sale at all schools in the county Monday morning. The season tickets, good for all five sessions, are priced at $1.50. Doors of the gymnasium will be opened to season ticket holders only one hour before the opening of each session. No single admission tickets will be placed on sale until 30 minutes before the session opens, thus giving season ticket holders the opportunity to obtain choice seate. Single admission tie(Turn To Page 4, Column 8)

Sectional Tournament Schedule FRIDAY 2 P. M.l Jefferson SATURDAY 1:30 p. m / Commodores 1 FRIDAY 3 P. MJ i 1 Monmouth • I SATURDAY night / Hartford BPM [ FRIDAY 7 P. M. I / Yellow Jackets ’SATURDAY 2:30 p. m. ■ Berne J / THURSDAY 7 P. M. FRIDAY 8 P. M.\ \ Kirkland ) I Pleasant Mills • ’ ! THURSDAY 8 P. M.l ' I Monroe 1 ) Geneva • /

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 20, 1945.

Orn WELCOME oEm fans

THE HEARTIEST of welcomes from the Decatur Daily Democrat to the Adams counity high school basketball teams, coaches, school officials and fans on the eve of the sixth consecutive sectional basketball tournament in Decatur. -—-oOo —- SCANNING the records of the 10 competing teams for the past season can lead to only one conclusion—.the Decatur sectional tournament promises to be the most wideopen tourney ever held in this city. • oOo DECATUR'S Yellow Jackets, last year’s sectional champions, do not rate much of a chance to repeat their winning performance. The Jackets, who added the Huntington regional crown to their sectional title last year, have won only six of 20 games played this season. And in addition, the Jackets suffered a tough blow on the eve of the sectional when Donn Eichar, regular guard, was ordered to report for active duty with the nation’s armed forces on February 22, the day the sectional opens. Bill Bromer is the only regular from last year’s championship sqjtad who returned to school this year, all others being lost by graduation. —oOo— FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, BASKETBAWL has had the temerity to hazard a guess on the outcome of all tourney games in this special tourney edition. In these five years, BASKETBAWL has been exactly right only once. Last year we did fairly well, picking the champions, and being fooled on only two games. oOo BUT THIS YEAR—ah, that’s a different story. Os the 10 teams competing, we would count out just three as not having a chance to come through. These three? Jefferson (not scared on this one); Pleasant Mills (lost too many boys to the nation’s service and by injuries); and Hartford (seems to have slipped badly in the past two months). oOo ANYHOW, with tongue in cheek, following are BASKETBAWL'S predictions, game for game. (Honestly, we didn’t flip a coin on more than half these choices). PLEASANT MILLS-KIRKLAND—See second paragraph above. The Kirkland Kangaroos are odds-on favorites here. So, we pick KIRKLAND. MONROE-GENEVA — The Cardinals are the county champions, these .teams have met three times, the Cardinals have won all three tilts. So, we pick GENEVA. oOo— JEFFERSON-COMMODORES — The Warriors haven’t come close to winning a game for two seasons and it doesn’t appear logical the 1945 sectional is time to break that losing streak. So we pick the COMMODORES. MONMOUTH-HARTFORD—The Gorillas defeated Monmonuth early in the seaeon but the Eagles came back for a decisive victory in the county tourney. Quote earlier mention. So, we pick MONMOUTH, 'OOo ■■ DEftATUR YELLOW JACKETS-BERNE—These teams have- met three times this season, with the Bears winning twice in regular scheduled games and the Jackets scoring a triumph in the New Years day itourney. Further, the loss of Eichar will be felt by the Jackets. So, we pick BERNE. bOo— —• KIRKLAND-GENEVA—This should be a humdinger. These teams first met in the county tournament, with Geneva eliminating the Kangaroos after a terrific battle which went into two overtime periods. But, three weeks later, Kirkland turned the tables on the Cardinals, and on the Geneva floor, 39 to 28. So, we pick KIRKLAND. COMMODORES-MONMOUTH—The Commies defeated Eagles twice during the season, once by 16 points and once hy six. ’That third time’s the charm’ business might trip up the Commies. However, we are not superstitious. So, we pick the COMMODORES. oOo ’ BERNE-KIRKLAND—These teams have not met, so no direct comparisons are available. Kirkland has a far bette: season’s record but has not played as tough competition as

Pleasant Mills, Kirkland Play In Opener; 10 Teams Battle For Sectional Title

Season Scores Are Listed For Tourney Teams Results Os Entire Season Compiled Four Tournament Scores of all season games, inluding the county tournament and the New Years day tourney for the 19 teams competing in the Decatur sectional tournament, are as follows: DECATUR YELLOW JACKETS Decaturlß, Portland 36 Decaturl4, New Haven ... 58 Decatur 23, Garrett2B Decatur.... 26, Hartford Tp. ..27 Decatur 29, Montpelier3B Decatur3B, Geneva 48 Decatur3s, Bluffton3o Decatur 26, Berne47 Decatur3l, Monroe 26 Decatur 22, New Haven ... 47 Decaturl2, Huntington 49 Decaturlß, Columbia City 36 Decatur 33, Bluffton29 Decatur 44, Pleasant Mills 18 Decaturl9, Auburns 9 Decatur 29, Kendallville ..28 Decadur34, Hartford City.. 36 Decatur 32, Berne .... 38 New Years Tourney Decatur3o, Hartford City 33 Decatur 47, Berne4o DECATUR COMMODORES Decatur3l, New Havens 3 Decatur 39, Monroeville .... 23 Decatur 43, Monmouth -27 Decatur 23, Monroe 25 Decatur4l, Delphos 30 Decatur 29, Willshire 38 Decatur3l, Concordia 44 Decatur 32, Monroeville .... 26 Decatur 39, Pleasant Mills 28 Decatur...3s, Monmouth 29 Decatur3s, Hartford 20 Decatur4o, Huntington C. 33 Decatur3o, Delphos 33 Decatur4o, Kirkland 47 Decatur 34, Lima 16 Decatur 42, Monroe 37 Decatur 34, Pleasant Milte 24 Decatur2s, Ft. 'Wayne CC 19 BERNE Berne.34, Lancaster 27 Berne3o, Geneva 28 Berne4B, Pleasant Mills 26 Berne2B, New Haven „..47 Berne33, Portland 27

the Bears. So, we pick BERNE. —oOo COMMODORES-BERNE —Again, these two teams have not met. (Maybe ithey won’t meet, either). Both have about the same season’s records, both have been inconsistent, blowing hot and cold. However, we never heard of cochampions in an Indiana sectional tournament. So, we pick BERNE.

I Berne39, Hartford City.. 35 Berne 47, Yellow Jackets 26 Berne42, Garrett 37 Berne.4s, Hartford 28 Berne4o, Huntington 51 Berne42, Ft. Wayne C.C. 36 Berne27, Columbia. City 28 Berne4B, Warren 29 Berne3l, Bluffton 37 Berne 36, New Haven 38 Berne4o, Ossian39 (overtime) Berne34, Winchester .... 38 Borne3B, Yellow Jackets 32 New Years Tourney Berne3B. Bluffton 40 Berne4o, Decatur 47 KIRKLAND Kirkland2s, Monroe 30 Kirklauds2, Markle . 28 Kirkland4l, Pleasant Mills 34 Kirkland 43, Hartford 35 Kirkland 29, Monmouth 25 Kirklandss, Jefferson 6 Kirkland 34, Lancaster 26 Kirkland 36, Pleasant Milte 26 Kirklands4, Hartford3l Kirkland 43, Monmouth — 36 Kirkland 67, Jefferson 18 Kirkland 47, Commodores.... 40 Kirkland 39, Geneva■ 28 Kirkland 27, Lancaster3s Kirkland3s, Monroe 17 County Tourney Kirkland.. 35, Geneva 37 (double overtime) MONMOUTH Monmouth 24, Monroe 23 Monmouthls, Hartford 21 Monmouth 27, Cbmmodores.. 43 Monmouth 22, Hoagland 24 Monmouthl7, Pleasant Mills 21 Monmouth2s, Kirkland 29 Monmouth 24, Monroeville.... 31. Monmouth 33, Wren 27 Monmouth 49, Jefferson 18 Monmouth 27, Willshire 35 Monmouth 29, Lancaster 28 Monmouth 39, Geneva 30 Monmouth 29, Commodores .. 35 Monmouth 36, Kirkland 43 Monmonths2, Jefferson 14 Monmouth3B, Hoagland 42 Monmouth 26, Monroe 31 Monmouth 26. Pleasant Mills 29 County Tourney Monmouth 46, Hartford 32 Monmouth 22, Monroe 31 PLEASANT MILLS Pleasant Mills 61. Jefferson 11 Pleasant Mills 34, Kirkland 41 Pleasant Mills 26, Berne 48 Pleasant Mills 24, Monmouth 17 Pleasant Mills 34, Hartford 46 Pleasant Mills 28, Rockford 35 Pleasant Mills 41, Monroe 21 Pleasant Mills 28, Commodores.. 39 Pleasant Mills 26, Kirkland 36 Pleasant Mills 26, Monroe 28 Pleasant Mills 33, Genevasl Pleasant Mills 18, Yellow Jackets 44 Pleasant Mills 25, Rockford 33

BASKETBALL I EDITION

Sectional Champion To Be Named During Five-Session Meet On Decatur Court Promptly at 7 o'clock Thursday night ait the Decatur Yellow Jackets gymnasium, the Pleasant Mills Spartans and Kirkland Kangaroos will square off for the opening of the 1945 sectional tournament, in what promises to be one of the most interesting meets ever held in this city. The Sparrtans-Kangaroos struggle will be the first of nine games to be played over 50-hour span, at the end of which the Decatur sectional champion will be crowned for the year. The 10 Adams county teams Will ' be battling for the sectional tHle iiqw held by the Decatur Yellow Jackets, who, after copping sectional honors last year, went on to seize the regional championship at Huntington, only to fall by the wayside before Central of Fort Wayne in the opening game of the Muncie semi-final. Two games will be played Thursday night, two Friday afternoon, two Friday night, with ithe pair of semi-finals Saturday afternoon and the championship encounter Saturday night. Following the Pleasant MillsKirkland contest, the Monroe Bearkatz and Geneva Cardinate will tangle in the final game of tha Thursday night opening schedule. The Decatur Commodores will open the Friday afternoon session, meeting the Jefferson Warriors at 2 o'clock. Closing out the Friday afternoon card, the Monmouth Eagles and Hartford Gorillas will match baskets. The first game of the Friday night schedule, at 7 p. m., promises to be one of the highlights of the entire sectional. In this game, the last of the flrsf-round encounters, the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Berne Bears will fight it out. Closing ‘out the Friday night schedule, the winners of the Pleasant Mills-Kirkland and the MonroeGeneva games will meet for the right to enter the semi-finals. The semi-final tilts will be played Saturday afternoon, with the Friday afternoon winners in the Commodores-Jefferson and Mon-mouth-Hartford games scrapping at 1:30. Winners of the Friday night session tilts will battle in the second semi-final. < Saturday afternoon winners will meet for the sectional championship at 8 o'clock Saturday night. Officials for all games will be Richard Kolp and Donald Dickie. The winner of the Decatur sectional will again compete in the Huntington regional tourney Saturday, March 3. Winners of sectionals at Bluffton and Huntington will clash in the first regional tilt at 1:30 p. m., followed by the Decatur and Hartford City winners. The regional title will be decided at 8 p. in. • The Huntington regional winner will carry on to the semi-final tourney at Muncie Saturday. March 10. The Fort Wayne and Muncie regional winners will battle at 1:30 p. m., followed by the Huntington and Marion victors, with the after* noon winners vieing at 8 p. m. The state finals will be played at Indianapolis Saturday, March 17, with the Bloomington and Indianapolis winners meeting in the first tilt at 1:30 o’clock, followed by the Muncie and Lafayette winners. The state championship tilt will be held at 8 p. m. Pleasant Mills 55, Jefferson 14 Pleasant Mills 32, Wren 46 Pleasant Mills 24, Commodores 34 Pleasant Mills 24, Monmouth ..— 32 County Tourney Pleasant Mills 23, Monroe 27 MONROE Monroe. 23, Monmouth .... 24 Monroe..—3o, Kirkland 25 Monroe 22, Willshire 35 Monroe 23, Geneva 25 Monroe2s, Commodores .. 23 Monroe2l, Plehsant Mills 41 Monroe. 24, Hartford 30 M0nr0e.,.,-26, Yellow Jackets 31 M0nr0e...:!..53, Jefferson 20 Monroe...—2B, Pleasant Mills 26 Monroe—2o, Geneva 31 i • - ’ •••' ITurq 4i Column 81