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Strong Teams In South Are Title Threat Editor* note: This is the first in a series of four stories dealing with probable eemi final alignments in th** 1946 Indiana high school basketball tounamrnt openIng Feb. 21. By James E. Walters United Press Sports Writer Indianapolis. F b. 5 — (UP) — Southern Indiana, with four of the last five stat- high school basketball titles to its credit, will send another star-studded array of teams Into this season's tourne tnent. Washington of 1946-41 and '4142 and Evansville llos e of '42-44 and '4445 emerged from th southern sem-flnal to snare the state crown. Washington’s Hatchets hardly are contenders this season, l-.it the Bulldogs from Boss may be tho second team in history to win a third straight championship. Fmnklln's “wonder five - ' of the early '2oa now hold* the dlstiit ■ Hon. Bosse's high scoring, fast-moving Bulldogs currently figure as the south's best, but by hardly a whin* k r over such as Evansville Central. New Albany. Jasper and Vincennes. In fact, the Bill Butterfieldsparked Bulldogs may never come ont of the Evansville sectional. B • sides once-beaten Central. Bosse will have to get by a rugged Memorial quintet and nn mid featcd five front Evansvilh-’s negro school Lincoln. Terre Haute Garfield, Terre Haute Oersttneycr, Union's Wabash vail y champions and possibly Boonville and Jeffersonville rate as other potential southern semi-final winners. Bosse lost most of tho state champtoship teams via th graduation route. Coach Herman Keller quit because of his health But Clarence Riggs, handling his first head coaching job, has molded last season’s subs into a quintet that has lost only twice In 15 games. Central, with an experienced lineup averaging six feet tall, specialises in under-thc-buck t attack. Six foot one inche Joe Keener and Bob Kohlmeyer, a tremendous joinper. handle most of the atta< k. with guard Frank Schwitz bringing out the defense with his long

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Commodores nt St. John's of Lima, O. Friday Y How Jackets at Kendallville, laincacter nt Kirkland. Winchester at Berne. Monroe at Monmouth. Petroleum at Hartford. Geneva at Pennville, shots. The Golden Bears have lost only to Bosse In 16 gam s anil replay that one Friday night. New Albany’s Bulldogs, after a ftn hampered start, have rolled to elidit straight triumphs, and nine out of 10 since Jan 1 Coac h Cordon Raney, in his first year as h. ad man at New Albany after producing crack Salem five- early in the decade, revolves his fast break attack around dx foot four Orval Stone. Jasper, like Bosse, proved a surprise • jtower. Coach Cabby O'Neill lost almost lil« entire 1944 45 “dream team” Operating out of a defensive zone, the not so tall Cats had won 1.1 ont of 15 befort* losing clow* decisions in rapid order to Bos*e. Central and New Albany in the last 10 days Vincennes' Ali< e* have managed to oat everyone but C ntral ami jasper. They've lost to both of them twice. Forward Clark Grtthbis the key man. Gerstmeyer and Garfi Id eachhave dropped two games. Garfield, led by nifty Ronnie Bland, retained most of its starters from a crack '4l4'. club, but hasn't quite lived up to xpectations so far. Geretmeysr, on the oilier hand., lost most of its 21 game winning squad but has looked tough except iti the valley tourney At Linton, coach Garland Ladson has his miners r d-hot after dropping seven out of the first 10 games. Linton, employing a zone defence with Bud Peterson on the end of a fast hr ak. swept to the valley title and now ha* won 11 in a row Boonville's Pioneers, regional i foe of the Evansville sectional winner, hav- a 14-game winning streak, hut lost their only major tests—-to Bosse and Central. Jeffersonville, once ranked No. 1 in the state, skidded badly in January, dropping five straight. But the Red Devils stopped Evansville Memorial Saturday and if coach Edwin Lyskowlnski solves hU center problem they still may be dangerous, - —-. o- — COLLEGE BASKETBALL Illinois R 5, Chicago 24. Butler 62. Earlham 52. Miami (O.t 59. Ball State 5.1, Indiana State GG, Murray (Ky,) Teachers 49. Ixtyola 50. Navy PI r 38. West Vlrvjnla 69, Ixdtlqh 52. — " o —— Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Senators Leading In Junior League The Stutters tontlnued underented in the Junior intramural league of the Decatur junior-senior high school, having scored five victories In as many starts. Standings W L Senators .... 5 0 Yanks .... 41 Braves 3 2 I (edit rs .. 2 3 Culet ... 14 Tigers ... . 0 5 In games Monday night, the Yanks trounced the Tigers. 21 to ft; the Senators defeated the Cubs, 7 to 3. and the Braves whlpp d the Dodgers, 16 to 3. Tigers FG FT TP Kohne. f 10 2 Kocher, f .. 10 2 llesher. c . .... 10’2 R. Johnson, g 0 0 0 Hott, g 10 2 C. Johnson, k 0 0 o Totals .... 4 0 8 Yanks FG FT TP Strickler, f . ... 12 4 Runyon, f .... 0 o 0 Evans, c 3 0 G Udd. g 113 Galloggy. g 4 0 « Gilbert, f 0 0 0 Cott roll, g ..0 0 o Mcßride, f on o Totals .. 9 2 21 Cc.bs FG FT TP Bollinger, f no o Bassett, f 1 o 2 ft. Johnson, c non Gehrig, g .. 0 11 Whittr dne. g (to n McGill, g on ft Strahm. g 0 0 0 Totals 1 I 3 Senators FG FT TP Egley, f 1 0 2 Doan. f 0 11 Jennings, r 10 2 Brennan, < 0 u o Shoots, S 10 2 ash, f ..oo o Totals ... 3 17 Dodgers FG FT TP Ahr. f 0 11 latbsiger. f .. 0 0 0 Odle, C .. .. 0 11 lame, g 0 0 0 Smith, g .. . .... 0 11 Swaggert. f ..000 Kiefer, f .. ..0 0 0 Totals ... ... 0 3 5 Braves FG FT TP Callow, f .... 1 0 2 My rs, f 0 0 0 Brentlingpr. c 0 0 0 Doan,, g 2 0 4 Sasser, g 5 0 10 Lake, f .. 0 0 0 Totals 8 0 16 Decatur 6. E. Girls Win League Contest The Decatur G. E. Girls won their first name of th second half campaign in the Citywide girls league at Fort Wayne Monday night, defeating Inca, 37 to 16. Smith's 20 points paced the Decatur girls to victory. In the other I ague game. City Light, first half champions, defeated Harvester, 40 to 28. Decatur FG FT TP Painter, f 2 0 4 Kohn, f 2 3 7 Smith, s . 9 2 20 Rower, g 2 2 6 McLean, g .... on 0 Totals 15 7 37 Inca FG FT TP M. Knox. ( 3 17 T. Knox, f 1 0 2 Vond ran, c ..._ 2 1 5 Getty, g — 10 2 Drewett. g 0 0 0 Evers, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 2 16 Referee Richards. Umpire: Esterline. o Grand Island. Neb., is considered the largest horse and mule market In the world. Early experimenters explained hypnotism In terms of a mysterious fllud moving from the hypnotist to the subject. MONEY Would a cash loan of |25 or more help you? If so, you can borrow the money from us on your own signature. No delay. You can get a loan from us to pay debts and the extra money you may need. Ixwna privately made tn amounts up to *3001)0. You can borrow from ua on your note, furniture, etc. without any one knowing about it. Call, phone, write nauor OwhsMsOJas naubM OttATur. IND.

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Consider Net Rule Against Big Men Chicago, Feb. f.- (l’P)-Baaket-ballu "skyscraping" renters today were In danger of liavins tin- rule book thrown at them. H. V. Porter, secretary of the National Bnekethall committee, revealed that one of the major point* to Im discussed by the cage game’s legislative body when it meets in New York March 25-24 was a rule change which would "Improve competition by equalizing advantages of players of average height and piayerw of extreme height." "There are always roine wh» nay a rule shouldn't be made that would penalise a player because of hi* physical attributes," Porter stated, "hut there is a growing group that feels sometiilng should be done to equalize things between the giants and the performer of normal height. There is no Intention of trying to legislate the big man out of basketball. The slant will always have an advantage, but the rules can do something alrnut the degree of that edge." For the past several y<aru there has been agitation to raise the height of the bankets from 10 to 12 feet us a possible curb on the court giants of the type of seven foot Boh Kurland of Oklahoma A. & M. and slx-foot-nlne-incb George Mikan of DePaul, but Porter aaid the proponents of that idea had lost support. "It has never been shorn that elevating the banket would curb the giants,” Porter pointed out, "a* a matter of fart there are some observers who believe It would aid the big men by enabling them to central the rebounds better because of the higher arch shots which would angle oft closer." The favored proposals for legislating against tho "skyscrapers" that have lieen submitted for consideration. Porter said, are: <1)--A rule which would keep a player from stationing hi mar If directly under his own basket in order to set himself up for "dunk” shots. "We virtually eliminated ’goal tending.’ " Porter claimed, "hy the rule which prohibits these big men from touching the trail above the basket's ring level when they nr" on the defense. A similar rule, applied offensively, a; now the thought." (21—The establishment of wider lane lines from the foul circle and a time limit on a player standing In this enlarged zone whether with or without possession of the hall. "The present lane is six feet wide,” Porter explained, "and it has been suggested it be Increased to 12 feet and drawn in the shape 'of an exaggerated keyhole with | the widest portion closest to tbe basket. This would make the player ehoot from a ‘respectable’ distance I out instead of merely pivoting, as i he can now do, for a drop In shot. — o Elks Lodge To Honor Returned Veterans Invitations were issued today to all members of Decatur lodge, B P. O. E.. to a banquet and intla tion honoring returned service men to be held Thursday. The banquet will be served to all members of the local lodge at 4 o’clock and the intiation will be held at I o'clock. There Is to be no charge for tbe banquet and membens are asked to make their reservations immediately.

Notional Basketball League Standings Easterte Division W. L. Pct. Fort Wayne IS 4 .NIN Rochester 16 6 .727 ' Youngstown 8 15 .34* (-1.-vel.ind 319 13« Western Division ■ Sheboygan 16 8 .667 Oshkosh 12 11 .522 t'hicago 11 12 .478 i Indianapolis 6 15 .244 Ijist night's results: Rochester 1 SO, Youngstown 47: Oshkosh 69. Cleveland 43. i Tonight’s games: Oshkosh at Ft. Wayne. — o —— Jeff Os Lafayette Still Leads Slate Indianapolis, Feb, S—(UP) — A ■ vote of confidence today kept I«a- --! fayette Jefferson's Broncos in the Indiana high school basketball lead. Couch Marion Crawley's rangy crew held the No. 1 berth in the ' second from la*t statewide rankings despite a disheartening 29-24 ' defeat at tbe hands of Marion's upset specialists. Jeff’s tumble at Marion was written off aa "one of those things," particularly since the Broncos out- ' scored the Giants from tbe field but couldn't get their usually accurate free throw eyes focussed. The fact that latfaydtte could > sink cnly four free throws was i coupled with the Broncos’ record of having lout only twice since I tbe first week of December to keep > them atop the pack. Half a step behind Jeff, ready to > move into tbr- top spot should the Crawieymt-n slip in their final two • games, were the classy East Chlca- ' go Washington Senator*. Ray Ragelis and company put to doubts as to the Senators' ability t off tbe home floor by dipping rug- ■ ged Hammond High, 41-34, in an i overt Imo game that decided the ■ western title in the northern league. It was Washington's 14th vicI tory in 17 games. . Washington's climb from eighth i to second featured "Big Ten" > changes which' saw Jasper and New I I Castle bow out in favor of up-and- , coming fivew from New Albany and , Kokomo. Kokomo, stretching Its winning , streak to five, blasted Richmond's I nine-game streak, 55-31, and down- » lod Peru, 39 26 New Albany tai-! i lied ite eighth In a raw while banding Jasper Its third straight lose. , 35 33. t So, with Lafayette heading the field for the second straight wejk. here's the 10th United Press state- ‘ wide list: 1. laifayette Jeffenson (won 14- ‘ lost 4). 2. East Chicago Washington (14- ’ 1). • 3. Elkhart (17-1). 4. Evansville Bosse (13-2). 5. Evansville Central (15-1). 4. Fort Wayne Central (14-2). 7. Richmond (11-5). 3. New Albany (11-4). 9. Hammond High (14-5). > 10. Kokomo (11-4). Next best: 11. New Castle (12-5), 12. Jasper (13-5), 13. Fort Wayne » South (13-2), 14. Vincennes (11-4), 15. Anderson (134), 14. Wabash i (15-2), 17. Hammond Tech (134), I IS. Columbus (13-4), 11. Shelbyville i (14.4), 20, Linton <l4-71. 21. Terra i Haute Geratmeyer (12-2), 32. Fort . Wayne Concordia (14-0), 2| Madison (144). 24. Rossville (IM), 25. Terre Haute Garfield (103).

Killer Os Daughter To Ask Court Mercy Michigan Minister In Court Wednesday Grand Rapids, Mich.. Feb. b—-tUP-The Rev. Frank E. Hiplr. former Church of God pa«tor and cons ssed poison-killer of his 17-year-old daughter, Dorothy Ann, planned today to ask the mercy of the court when he faces possible first degree murder charg s. Siple's defense attorney. John H. Venderval. said Slide will not change his plea of guilty, mad on a temporary murder warrant, when he tacts court tomorrow. Vanderval said Slple will try to impress circuit judge Uonnrd D. V’erdier that he killed his daughter in 1939 as "an act of mercy to save her from living the rest of her life In an asylum.” The court prepar d to fix the d gree of murder after Slple was declared sane by a three man com* mission of state psychiatrists. In Michigan a first degree murder charge h mandatory when poison Is involved. Siple ffas unfrock, d by his ehun h and replaced. From Oregon. 111., headquarters of his church, came the report that the "conduct of the pastor was in complete violation of the scrlptur and we have pasaed a resolution of dismissal against him." The belated Investigation of Dorothy Ann's death grew out of a charge that Slple tried to murder Lyl- Doan, an elder of his church, with a lead pipe last New Year’s eve. Slple. confronted with post-mor-tem findings of poison traces in the exhumed body of his datight. r, confessed last Friday. He said he did It because she was mentally incompetent. Rut township police chief filch* ard Van TH said he was convinced Slple killed his daughter because "she knew too much” about the death of her mother. Mrs. B rtle Siple. at Dixon, 111., In 1929. "Witnesses said the girl publicly announced fear of her father and accuesd him of murd ring her mother." Van Til said. He added that friends and schoolmates of the girl said there was nothing wrong with her mind.

Two-Hour Stoppage Os Work Ordered Protest Stoppage In New York City New York. Feb. S—(UP)—A twohour work stoppage by approximate ly 500.006 members wax ordered today by the greater New York CIO council to show support of present strikes and to protest anti-labor legislation. . The stoppag- m heduled to begin at 4 p. m. Monday, would affect nearly every phase of life In New York City with the exception of the transportation and utilities industries, h ahh and hospital service, and newspapers and news services. The move was approved last night at a meeting of 300 delegate of the CIO council who approved a six-point program as the alm of the stoppage. The walkout is similar to one staged at Stamford, Conn., about a month to demonstrate support of the Yale & Towne strikers.,

IN 22 DAYS DECATUR HAS LOST $156,150 in wages because of the strike at GENERAL ELECTRIC Nothing can be gained by striking that could not have been gained while still at work. GE NERAL (B ELECTRO

Heading the list of slx aims of, the stoppage was the "defeat of the union-busting case bill In congress, which would rob labor of all Its basic rights.” Other aims of th stoppage were to: "Stop the strike Insurance to strike-bound monopolies, now coming oui of taxpayers’ pockets through rebate provisions of the tax law. Demand ((ingress repeal th.* carry-back provision of lhe lax law. "Support the strikers fighting for the entire nation In steel, General .Motors. General Electric. Westinghouse, Ph- lp<-Dodre and Western Union. Demand that the corporations he forced to end their defiance of the president and grant (he just d mands of their workers. Contribute food and money to the strikers. "Fight against the strike-break-ing Injunctions now threatened In many states, and e»p dally the injunction In the Western Union strike. Unusual February Weather In Nation Unheralded Mild Midwest Weather By United Press Unusual February temperatures prevailed throughout most of the nution today, with weather maps recording a mate of sub-sero reports. duststorm*, fog and record warm readings. Mcdt of the midwest, on the other hand, basked In unheralded mild temperatures. The federal foreran* ter In Chicago predicted readings of 55 before nightfall, a new record. The temperatures at Kansas City was 72 last night, higheat in 56 yearw. and had fallen only nine' degrees at midnight. Drizzle and heavy foga blanketed the region from central Illinois •nd Indiana as far north as Minnesota and Michigan's upper peninsula Visibility wau limited to oneeighth of a mile, preventing planes from landing or taking oft. Driving was described as hazardous except at greatly reduced speeds. Intense snow storm condition*

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