Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1945 — Page 6

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Berne Bears Win Sectional Tournamen

Bears Defeat Monmouth In Tough Final Battle Os Sectional Saturday

Bears Play Dunkirk In Regional Tourney Saturday Afternoon; Lehman To Service The Berne Bears copped the honors In the Decatur sectional basketball tournament Saturday night, defeating the Monmouth Eagles, 44 tn 34, in a battle which was much tougher and harder fought than the final score indicates. The Bears, by tarrying away the sectional crown, will compete in the Huntington regional tournament Saturday afternoon, meeting Dunkirk, winner of the .Hartford City sectional, in the second regional tIU. th* Huntington Vikings will I meet Chester Center, Bluffton titlist, In the opening tilt at 1:30 p. m., and the afternoon winners will clash at 8 p. m. Saturday for the right to compete in the Muncie semi-final March 10. , The Bears will be without the services of Lehman, veteran guard, Who enlisted in the navy sometime ago, and has been ordered to report for active duty Wednesday. Lehman tallied 39 points for the Bears in their three sectional games. Late Rally Wins Monmouth’s Eagles waged a terrific battle against the Bears for three quarters, and fans who packed the Decatur gym to capacity for the final session were sensing a possible upset triumph for the Eagles. However, the gruelling semi-final battle the Eagles had with the Decatur Commodores took its toll in the final period as Monmouth visibly tired badly. The Eagles were further handicapped for the championship struggle as Singleton, regular guard, was able to play only briefly because of a back injury suffered in the semifinal game. The lead see-sawed back and forth throughout the entire first quarter of the final game, with Monmouth on top by two points, 12 to 10, at the end of the first period. Berne then took leads of 17 10 14 and 19 to 16 but the Eagles cafne beck to tie the score at 19-19, and tree throws by Kukelhan and Bienz gaye Monmouth a 21 to 19 margin at the half. The Bears shot into the lead three different times during the third quarter but the Eagles fought back to take a 21 to 28 margin. However, Lehman and Baumgartner hit field goals to give the Bears a 32 to 31 margin as the period closed. The Eagles, however, visibly Wilted here and counted only three points, a field goal and free throw by Bienz, in the final eight minutes, while Berne added 12 points to win by the final 10-polnt margin of 44

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to 34. Lieehty and Lehman were Berne's leading scorers with 14 and 13 points, respectively, while Bienz was outstanding for Monmouth with 13 points. Berne took 61 shots for its 18 field goals, while . Monmouth connected for 12 field- ■ ers in 59 attempts. From the foul • I line, Berne made eight of 18 I chances, and Monmouth converted i 10 of 19 attempts. Eagles Nose Commies Monmouth, who had twice lost to the Decatur Commodores during regular season play, gained sweet revenge in the first semi-final battle, a field goal by Bienz in the last 30 seconds of play giving the Eagles ,a 30 to 29 triumph over the Commies. This game was a rugged battle all the way, with neither team holding a substantial lead at any time. Three fielders by Wemhoff were mainly responsible for the Commies’ 10 to 9 lead at the end of the first quarter. Decatur maintained a slight lead during the entire second period until the closing seconds when Oetting’s shot from the ' corner gave Monmouth a 16 to 15 margin at the half-time intermission. The third quarter was all Monmouth, with the Eagles holding a 24 to 20 lead as the final period opened. A pair of field goals by Gillig, both from underneath, pulled the Commodores into a 24-24 tie shortly after the final quarter got underway. A pair of long fielders by Rice shot the Eagles into a 28 to 24 lead. Terveer then hit on a pivot shot, Hess tallied a free throw and came right back with a one-hander from short range to put the Commies in front. 29 to 28, with only half a minute to play. The Commies attempted to stall but were forced into a held ball. On the tipoff. Monmouth took possession of the ball, and Bienz tired one from fairly close range and the Eagles were the victors by one point. Scoring honors were well divided for both teams. Kukelhan led the Eagles with eight points, while \ Terveer and Gillig each counted I nine- for the Commodores. Monmouth took 78 shots for 14 fielder:;, and the Commies made 12 shots stick in 54 attempts. Both teams were weak in foul shooting. Monmouth converting only two of 11 -chances' and the Commodores five of 16.

Berne Wins Easily The county champion Geneva Cardinals proved no match for Berne in the second semi-final, the Bears winning' with ease, 51 to 27. The Bears led after a slow first quarter, 8 to 2, but stepped up the pace to count 10 more points before Hale registered Geneva’s first field goal. The Bears led ait the half, 29 to 10, and at the 'third quarter, 40 to 20. E. Stucky led Berne with 15 points and Schlagenhauf was high for Geneva with 12 points. Berne had a great percentage of 22 shots in 52 attempts, while Geneva made 10 of 48. From the foul line, Berne made seven of 13. and Geneva converted seven of 19. The box scores: Monmouth FG FT TP Rice r f 3 0-0 6 Kukelhan, f 4 0-2 8 Getting, c 3 0-1 6 Singleton, g ...1 1 1-3 3 Bienz, g 2 1-4 5 Selking, f 1 0-1 2 T0ta15...14 2-11 30 Commodores FG FT TP Hess, f 1 3-6 5 Terveer, f 4 1-2 9 Gillig, c 4 1-7 9 Wemhoff, g 3 0-1 6 Briede, g 0 0-0 0 Lengerich, f 0 0-0 0 Totals : l2 5-16 29 LOANS PRIVATELY MADE Would a loan of $25 to $250 or more help you? If so, if can be easily arranged, rot IXAMPIf If you are in need of SSO and have a steady job, you can borrow it on your own signature. No one else signs. See Ut Today LOCAL LOAN || COMPANY On? Sohtftf Start «■* Tilt phone 11 DECATUR, INDIANA I

Referee, Kolp; umpire, Dickie. Berne FG FT TP Lieehty, f 0 3-3 3 Baumgartner, f 2 0-0 4 E. Stucky, c 7 1-1 15 Muselman, g 2 1-1 5 Lehman, g 4 2-4 10 J. Stucky, f 5 0-1 10 Isch, f 0 0-0 0 Inniger, s 1 0-3 2 Abraham, g 1 0-0 2 Totata.,22 7-13 51 Geneva FG FT TP Cook, f 0 0-0 0 Snow, f 0 1-1 1 Hale, c 2 0-1 4 Schlagenhauf, g 5 2-11 12 Van Enron, g 2 4-4 8 Teeter, f 0 0-0 0 Fields, f 0 0-2 0 Habegger, c 10-0 2 Penrod, g 0 0-0 0 Wright, g 0 0-0 0 Totalslo 7-19 27 Referee, Dickie; umpire, Kolp. Berne FG FT TP Liechity. f 5 4-9 14 Baumgartner, f 2 2-2 6 E. Stucky, c 2 0-3 4 Lehman, g 6 1-2 13 Muselman, g 2 0-0 4 J. Stucky, c 1 0-1 2 Inniger, g 0 1-1 1 Kneuss, g 0 0-0 0 Totalslß 8-18 44 Monmouth FG FT TP Rice, f——— 2 2-3 6 Kukelhan, f 2 2-4 6 Getting, c 1 2-4 4 Selking, c 2 1-2 5 Bienz. g 5 3-6 13 Thieme, £ 0 0-0 0 Singleton, g 0 0-0 0 T0ta15...12 10-19 34 Referee, Kolp; umpire, Dickie.

Wgmwi. Congratulations, Berne Bears! • —oOo — Berne will be carrying the opes of Adams county basketball •ns into the Huntington regional rurnament Saturday afternoon, vhen the Bears will meet Dunkirk. winner of the Hartford City sectional, in the second game of the regional. The Huntington Vikings will meet Chester Center, Bluffton tourney winner, in the first game at 1:30 p. m. The afternoon winners will meet at 8 p. m. for the right to compete in the Muncie semi-final the following Saturday. The Bears will be handicapped for the regional by the loss of Lehman, veteran guard and the team’s scoring leader in the sectional. Lehman, who enlisted in the navy several weeks ago, has been ordered to report for active duty Wednesday. —oOo — Fans of the county are hoping for the Bears to continue the great showing of local sectional winners of .the two previous years at the Huntington regional. Monroe carried on to the regional championship in 1943 and the Decatur Yellow Jackets came through to the regional title in 1944. Incidentally, the Jackets won that regional after losing Rickord, a regular guard, also to the navy after the sectional meet —oOo — The feature of the Decatur sectional tourney, at least from our seat in the press box, was the surprising strength and great showing of the Monmouth Eagles. The Eagles, after eliminating Hartford. 44 to 27. in the first round, edged out the Decatur Commodores in the semi-finals, after losing twice to the Commies in regular season play. And in that final tilt, the Eagles pushed the Berne Bears to the limit before the gruelling semi-final battle took its toll in the final quarter. —oOo—The new sectional champion Bears were extended only in the

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Berne Bears, Sectional Champions Seated, left to right—lnniger, Isch, Lieehty, Abraham, Muselman. Standing, left to right—Gilliom, student manager; Lehman, Baumgartner, E. Stucky, Kneuss, J Stucky, Coach Ned Shuck.

final game with Monmouth. While the Bears had been expected by most fans to defeat the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the winner of the Geneva-Kirklaßd game, the east with which the Bears accomplished these triumps was unexpected. Rasketbawl again extends thanks to Deane Dorwin, who operated the loud speaker system at the gym throughout the sectional, and his assistants, Everett Arthur, Ronald Stucky and Jack Petrie, who furnished us with statistics on all games of the tourney. —oOo - The tournament officials, Richard Kolp, of Winchester, and Donald Dickie, of Wells county, Saturday night expressed their thanks to all players, coaches and fans for their splendid attitude and sportsmanship throughout the entire sectional. Both officials were particularly pleased w : th the fine behavior of |

Final Sectional Scores

At Anderton Anderson 46, Lapel 31. At Attica Covington 27, Hillsboro 13. At Aurora Lawrenceburg 32, Vevay 27. At Batesville Batesvtlle‘4o, Versailles 30. At Bluffton Chester Center 43, Petroleum 32. At Boonville Boonville 42, Lynnville 27. At Brazil Spencer 56, Rowling Green 37. At Cannelton Tell City 51, Dale 29. At Connersville Liberty 29, Everton 26. At Crawfordsville Waynetown 29, Crawfordsville 27. At Danville . Danville 25, Speedway 24. At Dectur Berne 44, Monmouth 34. At Elkhart Jamestown 41, Elkhart 28. At Evansville Evansville Boese 50, Evansville Central 35. At Farmland Parker 55, Winchester 38. At Flora Fiona 42, Delphi 35. At Fort Wayne North Side 30, South Side 28. At Fowler Oxford 28, Fowler 20. At Frankfort Frankfont 48, Jefferson Twp. 24. At Franklin Franklin 34, Clark Twp. 31. At Garrett Auburn 57, Ashley 36. At'Gary Gary Emerson 58, Kouts 16. At Greenfield Eden 58, New Palestine 38. At Greensburg Greensburg 41, St. Paul 21. At Greencastle Bainbridge 37, Roachdale 33. At Hammond Hammond High 57, East Gary Edison 40. At Hartford City Dunkirk 44, Hartford City 26. At Huntington Huntington 29, "Clear Creek 25. At Indianapolis Indianapolis Broad Ripple 41, Ipdjanapoliu Howe 23. At Jasper Jasper 61, Holland 30. At Jeffersonville Jeffersonville 31, New Albany 29. At Kendallville Cromwell 33, LaGrange 32. A» Kofcm© Kvkakno 34, Greentown 27.

the players on all 10 competing teams. —oOo — Officials of the four schools who will compete in the Huntington regional Saturday met in that city today to complete arrangements for the tourney. Sale of the regional tickets will be opened at the Berne high school Tuesday. o College Basketball Ohio State 85, Indiana 52. lowa 68, Wisconsin 38. Northwestern 57, Illinois 45. Valparaiso 62, Concordia (St. Louie) 42. 0 ECONOMIC_CHARTER (Continued From Page One) cilitate distribution ,of production surpluses. 10. Appropriate steps to assure ♦hat workers of the Americas will have working conditions which were set forth by the international labor conference.

At Lafayette Lafayette 66, Battle Ground 22. At LaPorte Michigan City 44, LaPorte 33. At Lebanon Zionsville 30, Thorntown 29. At Linton Linton 53, Bloomfield 35. At Logansport Logansport 47. Washington Twp. 32. * At Marion Fairmount 40, Marion Stt Paul's 23. At Mitchell Bedford 77, Fayetteville 47. At Madison Madison 26, Scottsburg 24. At Marshall Clinton 39, Tangier 30. At Martinsville Bltoomlngton 43, Bloomington University 30. At Monticello Monticello 47, Monon 29. At Muncie Muncie Central 43, Royerton 31. ' At New Castle Lewisville 31, Moreland 29.’ At Oakland City Owensville 26, Patoka 25. - At Paoli . Paoli 67, English 22. At Peru Peru 65, Clay 28. At Plymouth Culver 40, Plymouth 39. At Rensselaer Remington 51, De Motte 45. At Richmond Richmond 47, Greens Fork 25. At Rochester Rochester 40, Grass Creek 29. At Rushville Rushville 54, New Salem 36. , At Seymour Brownstown 32, Clear Spring 21. At Shelbyville Hope 29, Morristown 21. At Sheridan Jackson Central 37, Tipton 30. At South Bend South Bend Riley 45, South Bend Washington 24. At Sullivan Sullivan 45, Farmersburg 32. At Terre Haute Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 13, Terre Haute Wiley 36. At Vincennes Bicknell 37, Vincennes 26. At Wabash Wabash 36, North Manchester 27. At Warsaw Syracuse 43, Silver Lake 21. At Washington Washington 23, Loogootee 26.

Sneaks Into Theater, Faces Federal Charge Muncie, Ind., Feb. 26— Ab a result of trying to sneak into the Liberty theater here through a side door, a local 13-year-old boy faces prosecution by federal authorities. The youth, with a companion whom he refuses to name, damaged the lock on the theater door and other--wise created a disturbance. The parents of the boy are willing to pay for the damages and the thea ter manager haa agreed not to press any charges, but with Uncle Sam entering the picture there’s cause for concern. A federal law provides a maximum fine of SIO,OOO and imprisonment of five years or both as a penalty for persons who unlawfully attempt to enter a theater without first paying the federal tax. Youngsters who attempt to sneak into theaters these days without paying admission face-ce-rious consequences.

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Michigan City Highest Scorer In Sectionals Indianapolis. Feb. 26 —(UP) —Bespectacled Harold Wegner was known as a "feeder” when he captained the University of Chicago basketball team during the Bill Harlow era, but his Michigan City high school Red Devils probably never have heard of that. For today, the hard-driving imps from the Lake Michigan resort city were the highest scoring quintet of the 64 still remaining in the running for the 1945 Indiana high school basketball championship. Wily coach Wegner carried off his third sectional title in four tries Saturday night when his eagers smashed his high school alma mater —LaPorte, 44-33. That was the lowest offensive mark .totaled by the Red Devils in four tournament games. It also represented the most points scored against them in tournament play. Michigan City, winner of 14 out of 20 regular season starts, opened sectional play by smashing Stillwell, 94127. They kayoed Rolling Prairie. 55-24, and the routed Union Mills in the semi-finals, 64-21. That gave the Red Devils an imposing 257 point total and an average of 64 points a game in four starts. , The Imps might never tangle with little Oxford, the best defeusixe team, because 'they would not meet short of the final game of the semi-final tournament at Lafayette. If they do tangle, however, the 8,000 semi-final fans will see what happens when an irresistable force meets an immovable object. Oxford, surprise winner of the Fowler sectional, limited four opponents to a total of 79 points—an average of less than 20 a game. Greensburg and Covington were close behind, both holding sectional opposition to a 20-point game average. Several sectional and state favorites glanced ruefully at tourney results, but Evansville Bosse’s state titlists and the majority of the leading contends survived sectional

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The Bosse Bulldog, had . , row, one-point escape th / of Evansville Memorial ." ’ semt-flnals. Then they .JL tempestuous final battle p ’ ansvflle Central to gain a “ ' berth .against Boonville itt h hometown meet. Bedford’s Stonecutters w ners-up .to Michigan City h age points per game. Contra* expectations, the Cutters serenely through the Mitchell ney. Possibly the principal upset, tint Saturday night in sectional! al play was Elkhart’s Bin, B ers. Elkhart, recognized as one the upstate powers all season ( fore the assault of a sharpshoot, Jamestown quintet. Sole survivor of the unbeat contingent was little Wayneto' in the Crawfordsville meet. Wayi town was matched against Clint next Saturday in the regional Attica. o Zollner Pistons Beat Pittsburgh, 63 To 62 Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 26—i1l —the Pittsburgh Raiders ranak the only national professional bt ketlball team that hasn’t defeat the world champion Fort War Zollner Pistons this season aft the Pistons won 63-62 last night. At the end of the third quart, the Raiders led 44-43. During t fourth period, they held a fa point margin until shots by j e . Bush and Bob Synott of the Plata tied the score. Tallying 13 out of free throw attempts helped the P tons win by that single point. —— o New Sound System In Cort Theater 'lnstallation of a new sound s tern has just been completed at t Cort theater. Included m the n equipment are the latest type a plifier and speaker unit. Manufactured by the BaHynti Co., of Omaha, Neb., the sound production device is licensed cm the famous Western Electric: j ents. The amplifier is capable reproducing all sound frequence and the speaker unit consists two horns to take care of the e tire range of motion picture soul recording. Democrat Want Ads Get Resul