Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1946 — Page 6

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Minnesota To Meet lowa In Big Ten Tilt Cbhug'. Jan 28 (I'P) lowa’* Uutn <>f ‘tar*, bidding for it* •*•■< ond straight champion hip. will try regain their place at <ho top of the Illg Ten harketball -land ng* tonight In a crucial itam* with league-leading Minnesota. ity overthrowing th" improv;ng Gopher* in what may tn* the deriding game of the title race. much "pop*" Harrison'* lowan* could Htreti h tJielr recoid to five vi tori** and a single d'frat for i clear half-game lead. A defeat, however, would to-nd the Hawkeye* tumbling to the hottom of the upper division and would enable the oirpri-inv <1 pher*. fating their tough.*' test of the teaeon. to find plate more firmly with a two-game toad The two fr-am* meet again <>n March 2 The lowa Minnesota battle at lowa City for conference supremo<y highlight* a three game < nd In Which Ohio State trie* for a ' me hack against Northwestern at C-> lumbu* and Wisconsin plays at Purdue in a second-division game. The lowan*. who remained idle were elevated to second p!a<e behind Minnesota Saturday niebt when Ohio State lost cnespectedly to Michigan, 62 to fl. and skidded from tin runnerup spot to fourth place. At the eame time, veteran-bul-warked Minnesota, sparked by Tony Jaros’ 19 points, walloped Purdue, 56 to 43, to maintain the only undefeated record In the conferetn e Northwestern meanwhile won Its third in five western confer'-nco games by whipping Wiscon-m, M to 34, third-place Indiana drubbed Chicago, Cl t» 32. giving the Maroon's their 54th < oriM- utlve conference setback, and Great latkes defeated Illinois In a non conference »:crap, 67 to 12 N<»r th w estern's Max M >rrls bounded buck into tin- Pig Ten Individual scoring race by hitting for 21 points against Wisconsin. His Saturday night showing boosted hi* game average to 14 2 points, second only to Koh Dostei'.r 14 s mark with the mini. Other games around the Big Ten this week Includ- Ohio State at Pittsburgh Wednesday. Purdue versus Northwestern in the Chicago stadium Friday nnd a Saturday night slate including Chicago at io*.i, Michigan at Wisconsin, Minnesota at Purdue and Notre Dame vemua Northwestern In the Chicago stadium Standings W. L. Pct. Minnesota 4 0 1 .000 lowa 4 1 .sou Indiana fi 2 .750 Ohio State 5 2 .714 Northwestern 3 2 .60 • Michigan 4 4 .500

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday I Kirkland al Geneva. Jefferson , ( t Hartford Rockford, <> at Ple.oant Mills. Wednesday Commodores vs Monroe at Berne Wr< n. o at Monmouth Thursday Monroe at Monroeville Friday Auhurn at Y.llnw .la k. f*. St John’s of It- !ph •*, <». at Com modores. Monmouth at Hc.igland Monroe vs. Hartford at Berne Geneva at Win. h'-eter. Ji ffr r*on at Pleasant Mills. Kirkland v« Bryant at Geneva.; Saturday Ossian ~t Berio Illinois 3 4 .429 Purdue 2 5 .286 Wisconsin o 5 oimi Chicago o I’, .uno McMillen Defeats Bayless Hybrid Five The Mi Millen te.im of this city, defeating Bayless Hybrid at the Bluffton Community gym Saturday night 35 to 31, s< or d their 23rd victory of the seaann an compared to four losses. It also ma iked the first game the Bay! s* team has ever lost on the Bluffton floor, nnd it, second defeat of the r ason Bayles* held a 12 to 6 lead at the first quarter, b it McMillen pulled Into a 1616 t.e at the half and the team* were still knotted at 26 26 nt the third quarter W. s< hnepf* II points led a well-balanced M. Milieu attack while In-kkeep was high for Bayles* with 10 McM illen FG FT TP W Dubach, f .... 4 0 s D. H< hnepf. f 3 0 6 K. Sc.hnepf. c 3 2k W S1 hnepf g 4 3 11 Bates, g .. .02 2 Delong, f o o 0 D I Dr*, by. g 0 0 o Totals .. 14 7 35 Bayless FG FT TP Ihtnn. f o 0 o Inskeep, f . . .50 10 D. McAfi«. c 113 Lesh. g 11 3 Arnold g 2 4 S <1 McAfee, f oil Garton, g 3o t; Totals .. 12 7 31 ———■ o • — - ■ - Decatur G. E. Girls Defeat South Bend Th- Decatur G. E Girls chalked up another victory Saturday night, defeating the S.mth Bend Mustangs. 38 to 29, at the Lincoln gym. Decatur was out in froqt all the way. 9 to 4 at the first quarter, 17 to 10 at th« half and 28 to 19 at the third perlad. Kohn was outstanding for Decatur with 20 points on seven field goals and six fn e throws, while Scott led South Bend with 12 points. Decatur FG FT TP Hoyer, f .. .. 11 3 Kohn, f .... 7 6 20 Smith, c .. ..4 0 8 Bower, g ... oo 0 McLean, g .. 2 1 5 Painter, f ... 10 2 Bolinger, c ..000 Andrews, c ... 0 0 0 Totals .. .. 15 8 38 South Bend FG FT TP Guidi. f 2 2 6 Waterman, f ... 2 o 4 Burmeister, e.. ... 1 3 5 Scott. t> 5 2 12 HotWetler. g 0 11 Hlxenhaugh. f .. .. 0 0 o i Fox, c 0 0 0 I Water, g 7. o 0 o Totals „10 8 28 -o

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First Annual City Series Game Will I Be Played Tuesday ■ The first game in the annual ■ series for the city grade school (hampionship will be held at the Commodores gym Tuesday afterj m>on at I o'clock. II This is th first of a two out of | three serie* between Decatur Junior high and St. Joe teams, tdinlsslon price will be to cents The probable starting lineups: Junior Hlch St Jo.Bair F Gilllg Daeue . F Hackman Bohnke C laishe G Cable Mills G Zeser _ .—— ,j -■■ Linton Takes Title In Wabash Valley i Indianapolis. Jan. 28 tl'Pi Linton's much beaten miners cake- ; walked to "orchid of the week" honors in Hoosier hiUi m liool basketball today. 1 The miners, trimmed *ev. n flmev in a dozen - tarts before the 121 team W.iluu-h valley tournament opened, put together a string of sev. n victories and annexed the 1946 title Saturday night. Linton's victory dumbfounded | not only the "exiH-rts" and fans i but al-o com b Garland Ltd«>n. "I Mill can't believe it." the exIndiana State eager admitted t >• I day None of th. miners who nicked equally unheralded Shelburn in the title game Saturday, 40 39. played on Linton's nifty 1944 45 crew which was a topbeavy valley favorite and p'oceeded to get !tw If upset Igidson. who lias won 119 game', and dropped only 33 during six seasons at the coal belt school, started the season wih his entire ’44 45 “B" team as the varsity Seven of Linton'e first 10 rivals posted vi< torles Since th- n the miner- have won nine straight including seven in the valley. The emergence of Linton from a valley field that includ. d Robinsen. 111. ami Garfield and Geisttrieyer of Terre Haute was the week's prize performance. But there u re many other brilliant feats. Here's the way the I'nltnd Press rate; the others' 2 Hammond High's 51-39 trimming of last week’s No. 1 club in the statewide rankings — Fort Wayn- Central, on the latter's home court. 3. Richmond’s triple-overtime. 41-39 defeat of New Castle on the New Castle floor and in a game which found Richmond scoring five points In the last 85 seconds to send th« game Into the first extra period. Richmond later beat 1-oga.nsport for its elghsh in a row. 4. New Albany's 41-27 rout of bitter rival Jeffeg-onville for its ! seventh straight. 5. Bloomington's 41-36 upset of ’ Columbus one night after the Bull dogs rracJied the heights by trimming torrid Shelbyville and virtually clinching the South Central league title 6 Shelburn’s 23 21 nicking of Robinson, one of Illinois’ best and the Wabash vail y tourney favorite. in the semifinals. 7. Evansville Biwse'v twin victories over city rival Memorial and Jasper, keeping the <k fending state champs on the rebound after a loss tn New Albany. I 8. Gary la'w Wallace’o 46 44 overtime declsionlng of Hammond High, skidding the Wildcats out • of a first place tie in th- westNIHSC. 1 9. Rochester's 40-38 edging of Wabash, knocking the Apaches 1 out of the Central conference load > and reversing an earlier, 52-19 loss. 10. L hanon'e 35-33 upset of Fort 1 Wayne South, the Archers second loss in 13 games. i Marion's 31-29 overtime defeat of New Castle, Ellettovllle's eUm- > Ination of Terre Haute G retmeyer in the valley mwt and Elkhart’s twin triiimjdis. tunning the Blazer , record to 16 wins tn 17 games. ■ drew "next best" nods. February Court Term To Open Next Monday Litigation In the Adams circuit court, now in vacation, was fairly ’ at a standstill today, but court attacb«w were busily preparing for the opening of the February term of court one week from today. Numerous cases, pending on the docket are expected to be set for ) issues and trial during the new term. COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana 91, Chicago 32. Minnesota 56, Pardue 43. Michigan «2. Ohio State 4C. Northwestern 56, Wisconsin 34 Notre Dame 56. Kentucky 47. Great Lakes 97. Illinois 43. Valparaiso 65. Butler 60. Franklin 42. Central Normal 32. Evansville 91, Georgetown (Ky.) 39. Western Michigan SI, Central Miebigaa 41. Bowling Greek 13, Xarier 43.

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MW WL »>) I Standings W I. Pct Berne 13 3 ,809 Geneva 13 4 .765 Monmouth ... 13 4 795 Yellow Jackets .11 -5 6*B Kirkland 7 6 .538 Pleasant Mills .. 6 6 .506 Hartford 6 8 .429 Commodores . 3 to .231 MMHM 3 |o 2.31 Jefferson I Bf .091 000— Adame county high school teams, starting the last lap before the sectional tournament. have the heaviest week's schedule of the season on tap this week. —oOo — Fourteen games are on the cards, with tills scheduled every night of the week except tonight. Three games are listed for Tuesday. two Wednc day one Thursday. seven Friday and one Saturday. -- o< In — The feature of the week will be the appearance of both Decatur teams on their home floors Friday night, the first time this has occurred for many, many seasons, if ever. The Yellow Jackets will entertain the Auburn Red Devils in a Northeastern Indiana conference tilt, while the Commodores entertain St. John’s of Delphos, 0. The Delphos tut was originally scheduled for December but waa postponed by the wave of influenza in that city. Friday night was the only possible date the two teams could set for the game, hence the unavoidable conflict In home schedules for Decatur fans. - oOo — The Commodores will also he in action Wednesday night, traveling to Berne io tangle with the Monroe Bearkatz. Incidentally. Monroe Is the most ambitions of Ihe jo county teams, having games on three consecutive nights, starting Wednesday. 000 - Three games on tap Tuesday are: Kirkland at Geneva. Jefferson at Hartford and Rockforl. U. at Pleasant Mills. —oOoJn addition to the Commodores-1 Monroe game Wednesday, the Monmouth Eagles will be hosts to Wren. O. at the Monmouth gym. lame game Thursday night sends .Monroe to Monroeville. —oOo— The seven game Friday schedule is head' d by I hi- double attraction In Decatur. The other games arc: Monmouth at Hoagland. Monroe vs Hartford at Berne. Geneva at Winchester, Jefferson at Pleasant Mills and Kirkinn I vs Bryant at Geneva. —oOo — The only game scheduled for Saturday night will be played at Berne, with the Bears entertaining the Ossian Bears. -'-(>( io ■ Outstanding feature of last week's play in the county was the surprising victory the Pleasant Mills Spartan* racked up againat th* Decatur Yellow Jacket*. Look* more and more like a wide open sectional tourney come February 21. — 000— Results one year ago this week: Kirkland 47. Commodore* 10. New Haven 38. Bern* 36. Itockford, <O i 33. Pleasant Mill* 25. Monmouth 52. Jefferson 14. Monroe 32, Monroeville 30. Commodores 34. St John s of

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Lima iO.i 16 Auburn 59 Yellow Jacket* 19. Kirkland .39. Geneva 28. Hoagland 42. Monmouth 38. Pleasant Mills 55, Jefferson 14. Monroe 26. Hartford 21. Berne 40. Ossian 39 (overtime >. ■ ————o- ————— Noire Dame Hailed As College Leader New York. Jun. 28 (I'l’f Notn Ihi me w;.s sole elalmnnt today to top honors In the weekly roll call of lollegiute basketball teams. The lii»h had a right to that place after a convincing 56 to 47 victory over Kentucky's Wildcat* at la x ington. Ky . the 12th In a row without u defeat tills season for N. V. Tb« I l-h despite their perfect record, had been slated to lone Io the Keiitm klan*, regarded before that game as the top team in the country. Notre Butne. although unbnten, had hardy squeezed through to a number of it* victories and Kentucky, playing a tougher schedule, had handled all comer* except Temple, one of the cla** team' of the east. Th. Irish were in command all 'he way. leading by four iMiints at half time mid Increasing Hie margin from there out Hating almost as much attention a* Notre Dame was national champion Oklahoma A. A M, which enhanced its pn «tlge with two straight victories over Wyoming. lioth on neutral floors. The Aggies beat* n only by DaPau). needed these victories Io be restord to top lompnny. The first triumph by it 34 to 24 margin was at Oklahoma City and the -eend. 40 to 24. want Wichita. Kan. Only three schools, Notre Dame, Navy, and West Virginia still were unbe.iten among th- major collteams, but the Irish have played a more representative schedule than the others. Navy ns t Its bigfest test of the season successfully. topping Duke'.s Blue Devils, 51 to 4*'. for Its sixth straight, while Wo-t Virginia won from Alderson Broaddus, 66 to 43. to run it* string to 12 games. Holy Cross wax dropped from the unbeaten ranks by Rhode island State. 65 to 58. and the Crusaders in losing also wen- forced to relinquish their New England lead whip to the fast breaking Rhodie*. Once-beaten New York I'niversBy, bile throughout the. week, retuim <1 iU hade:ship among the iiiuiropolitan an a teams and Cornell stayed in front in the Ivy lepue despite Its first loop defeat to Dartmouth. 48 to 44. .<> Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Merchant League Standard won three from Decatur Industries; Engl" A Khas won two from M ces; Kr.i't won two from lx>se; A rudd’s won two from Hoagland. Standing* W. L. Standard 8 1 Muse* 9 3 Kraft 6 3 Kngle-Kkd* 6 3 laise 4 5 Hoagland 3 6 Arnold’s 3 6 Decatur Ind. 3 6 High games: Sovine 230, Keller 219-208. — o H. S. BASKETBALL Mishawaka 50, Auhurn 40. Hammond 51. Fort Wayne Central 39. Lelmn ti 35, Fort Wayne South 33 South Bend Adams 40, Fort Wayne North 39 (overtime). Fort Wayne Concordia 45, Clear ('reek 37.

Elkhart 59, Greensburg 39 Hammond Clark 55. Smith B*nd Washington 35. I.up'l 39, Goshen 3s (overtime!. Evansville Bosse 41. Jasper 36. Allan Co. Tourney Woodburn 57. Ariola 17. Huntertown 27. Elmhurst 22 lovertimei. Woodburn 46 Huntertown 29 (final I. DeKalb Co. Tourney .tahley 19. Spencerville 35. Garrett 32. St. 29. Ashley 56, Garrett 31 (final). National Basketball League Standings Eastern Division W. L. Pct. Fort Wayne 15 3 .833 lloch<«ter 11 •> "3" Youngstown " 1-3 35' 1 Cleveland 3 15 .16. Western Division Sheboygan 15 8 .652

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