Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 296, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1945 — Page 6

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Bob Waterfield Leads Rams To Pro Grid Title Cleveland, <>.. !>•■<•. 17 tl’P) profesoion.il football'ii most valuable ion tract a three yi-ur claim on ih»- servl of Bob Waterfield went Into the safe by vwner Dau iteeve* of the Cleveland Rams today. while !■!<• champion team dfci banded for the season. Waterfield did everything but heut bricks for the feet of 32,141* spectator* who »at In neat-zero weather to watch the Rama battle through to a It to 14 victory over the Washington Redskins in the national Hague play ff He threw two touchdown pusses. khked one convention, called hl* playa perfectly, and on at leant two o.caalone came up with defensive plays which averted Washington touch down* Hut the Rams still needed two big breaks to win their first league championship Hammy Haugh, trying to puss from behind hie own goul in the first period, hit the goalpost for an automatic safety and two point* for Cleveland, and in the secund period Waterfield'i conversion wna partially blocked, bit the crossbar — and bounced over Cleveland needed those three points, because Frank Filebock of the Redekin* matched Waterfield's two touchdown pauses, and Joe Aguirre kicked both conversions The first of FHchocku scoring passe* was a 30-yard heave to Steve Ilagarus, who caught It on the Ram nine-yard line and dodged to a touchdown. The score came with five minute* of the second period elapsed, and gave Washing ton a 7 to 2 lead. The Rams camo back six minutes later with a 33 yard pass from Waterfield to end Jim Benton, who ran 11 yards to score. Waterfields bauncing conversion made it 9 to 7. The winning touchdown came within the first three minutes of the second half. Halfback Jlut Gillette sparked a running rttack that carried from the Ram 20 to the Washington 44, and then Waterfield looped a spiraling pas* to Gillette on the 10. from where he ran over. Waterfield missed the conversion. Washington struck back with a third-period .touchdown, featured by a pass from Filchock to Buga rus, good for 50 yard* to the Itam six. Running plays failed, and on fourth down Filohock, who played

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i Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Fort Wayne Concordia at Commodores. Geneva at Kirklaud. Hartford township at Bern*. Friday .New Huven nt Yellow Jacket* Commotio ee at Plra*ant Mill*. Monroe at Berne Geneva at Hartford. Monmouth at Willshire. O. m-et of the game In plate of the injured Hammy Baugh, passed to Bob Seymour in the end xone Washington tried two desperate field goal* in the hist quarter, but 1 Aguirre wasn't • ven close -»■■■■ —— McMillen Defeats Fort Wayne Moose Coming up with a spirited rally ifter trolling three-fourths of the game, McMillen edged out a 4x to 46 overtime vl.-tory over the Fort Wayne. Moose in a thrilling battle at the Llncjlu gym lu th.z city Haturday night The Fort Wayne team ltd at the ftnst quarter. IM to 13 et the half. 25 to 19. a nd at the third period. IU to 27. Hix baikcla by K Schnepf in the final quarter led .McMillen to a rally which knotted the cuunt ut 44-44. a long one-hand* r by Dubach In the )n«t 30 second* evening the score. Only ecore In the overtime session was a field g >al by De Long K Schnepf's 17 point* were high tor McMillen, while Neat paced a well-balanced Moose scoring stack McMillan FG FT TP D. Schnepf, F 4 0 8 Dubach. F ... 3 1 11 K. Schnepf, C. .... s 1 17 Bunker. G .. . 0 11 W. Schnepf, G. 10 2 B. Schnepf, F. 0 0 Os Miller, F 5 0 4 Bollenbacher, C. 113 Htischy, G ■> o o ■ Delong, G. ...1 0 2! Total* 22 4 48 Ft. Wayne Moose FG FT TP Hoopengardner, F 2 2 4 Neat, F. . 4 19 Ft lend, C 3 2 8 -'tanski. G. . . 3 1 7j Hllgeman. G. 1 2 41 Bolyard. F. 2 0 4 damcntlnger, G ... 2 4 4 Total* 17 13 46 — o Zellner Pistons Beat Youngstown, 74 To 59 Fort Wayne, Ind . Dec. 17—(CP) —The Zollner Piston* gave the Youngstown Bears their eighth consecutive defeat last night in a j i 174-59 free scoring basketball game. j. The Hears kept the Piston* In tow at the first of the game but In the last few minute* of play, both i iteams hit the basket recklessly., j The Zollner t<*am. winning its fifth! i game out of seven national league ■-tarts, had one of Its best scoring ■ nights of the season, especially on 11 long tosses. , 1 ■

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Bo McMillen Named , Coach Os The Year New York, Dec 17 (l'P) Tienation's football coaches t iday selected AlVlhe Nugent tllo) McMillen, who brought Indiana Its first ' Big Ten gridiron chant ph.whip, as the couth <>f the year In the annual poll conducted by th* New York World-Telegram. M< Millen, no newcomer to foot ball glory, received 63 first place votes out of the total of 155 ballots cast by his fellow cotche*. Col Earl Blalk, coach of army's undefeated team, placed second, , being named on 24 firit place Isa I lot*, while Ix>u lAttle of Coluor Ibia was third with 22. The graying man of the Sycamore country who gaiuted hl* first gridiron prominence when lie led little Centre college to u 6 to 0 upset victory over Harvard In 1921. named for either first, recc-nd and third places on 125 of the bnl let* He received 34 second place vote* und 28 third placw ballots. Although only first place votm count except in cane of a tie. on the basis of five point* for first, three for secund and one for third. M< Millen received a total of 445 point* against 212 for Blalk MvMilleu ha* been head coach | at Indiana State since 1934 and was signed t > a 10-yeur contract 1 In 1937. Hi* 1945 team was undefeated, with only a tie against Northwestern to mar its record. It was tin- first Big Ten football tltl • for Indiana since it joined the conference in !9‘JO. The f.nal voting for the first 10 ■ places Pt* McMillin, i-'diaiia 445 Blaik, Army 212 i Little. Columbia 162. Phelan. Ht Mary * 98 : Thoma*. Alabama W IxMikabaugh, Oklahoma A. A M 621 Crisler, Michigan ... . 53, Devore, Notre Dam« 41 Munger, Pennsylvania 27 | Morrison. Temple 27 I Th» 11th coach selected since | the poll wan instituted, McMillen will receive the scroll ut a dinner ut Bear Mountain Inn tonight j o— COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dame <5, Wisconsin 61. Purdue 32, Washington (St i Louis) 28. Indiana 63, Louisville 69 Ohio State 50, Illinois 46 Butler 47, Miami 40. Huntington 40. Indiana Central 34. Evansville 62, Central Normal 45. DePaul 75, Indium* State 56 Camp Atterbury 62. Xavier 31. Minnesota 63, lowa Slate 33. Michigan 58. Great Lakes 45. Northwestern 64, Marquette 35. , Chicago 57, Western Illinois I State 4.-. u I Three Foxes Killed In County Saturday The fox population In the coun:ty was decreased by three iaet Saturday, when John Geels of Washington township shot two und Robert Bucher of Kirkland township, shut one of the canny anlmak*. A posse of 14 mon trailed und hunted the foxes und Mr Geel* und Mr. Bucher were the ones that got the lucky shots. They brought the animals to the county auditor's office and collected the bounty und sold the pelts to John Chrlstoner. fur buyer. The hunt covered several farms southwrat of Decatur.

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WBMWL IwW I r^Ry^avt - i Standing* W. L. Pet. ! Borne 71 575 Monmouth 7 2 .77* i Yellow Jacket* 0 2 750 i Genova .. 4 3 .571 Hartford 3 3 .500 Kirkland 3 4 .429 Pleaaant Mill* 3 4 429 Monroe 2 6 25<» i Commodore* 1 5 .167 Jefferson o 7 .000 —oOo— The Bern" Beam took over un;disputed leadership In the county standing Friday night aa the Bear* chalked up their seventh victory of the season m compared to on-« defeat, while the Monmouth Eagles wont down to their second defeat u* compared to seveu triumphs. —cOo— Adam* county teams will wind up thslr play for 1946 this week, with sight games on ths schedule, three on Tuesday night and five on Friday. All teama will be In action except Jefferson. — 000--The Decatur Commodores, a bitter disappointment to their fans with only one victory in six starts, face tw) games to close out the year. The Coinmieu have a tough foe to face Tuesday night on the Commies' home floor, when they en t ertain Concordia of Fort Wayne. Concordia in undefeated in six starts, the latest victory a 5* to 29 triumph over Fort Wayne Central Catholic Saturday night. The Commie® play their aecond game of the week Friday night, when they travel to Pleasant Mills to meet the Spartans. —oOo— The Decatur Yellow Jackets, who marked up two victories last I week, play only once tbU week, the Jackets acting as rests to thNew Haven Bulldogs on the DecaI tur floor Friday night. Th® Jac I kets dropped a pair of games to I New Haven last reason and will ba after revenge. This will he anr other Northeastern Indiana conI ferenca tilt for the Jackets, who I have won their first two start* In [ loop competition. —oOo— I Other games on the county card I thia week are; l Tuesday -Geneva at Kirkland I and Hartford township at Berne. Friday—Monroe at Berne, Gane- | va at Hartford and Monmouth at I Willshire, 0. I —oOc— I Principal basketball attraction of the week for Decatur and I Adama county sane will ba the I exhibition game Thursday night I at the Yellow Jacket* gym, when the Fort Wayne Zellner Pietena, 6 world's professional champion*, I will be matched against the Dew * Chemicals of Midland, Mlah. Th*

game ie sponsored by the Decatur Lion* club. - 000 - Just a reminder to fans of the great etart basketball will make ; in Iterator for the year 1946 On New Year day, January 1, (he annual four-team blind tourney will held at the Yellow Jacket* gym In this city. Competing teams will be the is-catur Yellow Jackets, Berne Beam. Bluffton Tiger* and New Haven Bulldogs —oOo - Score* one year ago this sank Commodores 39. Pleasant Mill* 29 Benin 45, Hartford township 29. Monroe S 3. Jefferson 20. Willshire lU.I 35, Monmouth 27. Now Huven 47, Yellow Jsekem 22. Huntington 51, Borne 40. Kirkland 36, Pleasant Mills 26. Geneva 25, Hartford 26. 0 Huntington Reserves Win Tourney Saturday The Huntington rescrviM won the four-team tomney held at Columbia City Saturday, with the Decatur Yellow Jackets finishing In third place. Decatur dropped a tough 2 i to 33 decision to Huntington in an afternoon tilt and then defeated Fort Wayne North Side seconds In the coßsolatk>& till Saturday night. Columbia City, who defeated North Side in the afternoon. wao defeated by Huntington In the final game, S 3 to 21. H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne South 45, Warsaw 19. Fort Wayne Concordia 58. Fort Wayne C. C 29 Fort Wayne Central 51. Kokomo 33. Fort Wayne North 37, Nappanee 30. Wabash 56,' Monticello 38. Anderson 32, Muncie Burris 19. Hamtnond 42. Jeffersonville 36. South Bend Washington 38, Niles (Mich * 25 Elkhart 31, Goshen 19. Shelbyville 28, Muncie Central 27. l<aporte 49, Whiting 39. Southport 41. Indtauapoih Man - ual 32. — o- ‘ Trade in * Good Town — Oecatos ► - . MONEY Would a cash loan of |25 or i more help you? If eo, you can borrow the money from ua on your own signature. Nu delay. You can get a loan from ua to ’■ pay debt* and the extra money ► you may need. Loan* privately t made in amount* up to 1300.00. You can borrow from ua on your note, furniture, etc. without any one knowing about it. Call, phona, wilt Owr Tb. MmSw.lm** DgCAflMtao,

To Continue Payroll Deductions For Bonds Indluuupoli*. Dec. 17 (UPi ■ .Chairman Eugene C. Pulliam of the Indiana War Finance Committer announced today that payroll deduction* for purchase of war bond* would be continued although war loan drive* havs- »-ndeJ Pulliam said that Ted R. Gamble, national director of the War Fl nance division <>f the Tn usury Department, told bim the continuance of the payroll saving* plan bad lMM>n requested by hundreds of labor und management* groups u» a means of encouraging thrift. — —-— Kills Wife, Daughter, And Commits Suicide !<aFayette, Ind.. Dec. 17 (I’PI — Police said that today Neal Hoekstra, 50. ehot to death his wife and 16 year old daughter, then killed himself. Hoekstra, who had been a pa-. tient Th the Wabash Valley sani I tarium for two year*, was found I yesterday eeated in a < hair with | his head leaning against a 16gauge shot gun. His wife, Hessie. ’ 50. wa* seated at the dining table.. She had been shot in the back. Th«- ' daughter, Edith, lay dead in bed. o —— Kentucky Veteran Victim Os Robbery indlanapoli*. tDec 17— (IJPi — i Ernest (’ Thompson. Covington, Ky., reported to police today the theft of 32,000 in money and war | souvenir* from a I'nion Railroad , station locker. Thumpeon. who had just received an army discharge at Camp Atterbury and wa.) en route home, said the loot included three buttle* of French perfume, a German pistol, a German camera aud eight roils of film. —o — More than 6.000 married years were represented at a golden wed- i ding party held In Han Diego, Cal., recently. a ar a m mb a- mm a

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