Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1946 — Page 6

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Commodores Lose To St. John’s OS LinOl

Commies Drop 37-24 Decision Tuesday Night The Decatur Commodore* ruff rred their 12th defeat of the non Tuesday night. dropping a 37 to 24 decision to St. John'* of Lima. 0.. on the Lima team** home floor. The Commodore* trailed all the way hut .fayed within .lx points of the Buckeye quintet until the final quarter, when St. John'* built up It. 13-polnt victory margin In the dosing minute* of play. Rriede'* free throw wa* the only l>oint scored by the Commie* in the flrat quart r, while Lima tailled .even on three field goal, and a foul toss Iterator stepped up It. .coring in the second period, counting eight point* on thro fielder# and two foul*, hut St. John'* tallied nine to hold a 16 to !»lead at the half. Fielder* by Wemhoff. Wilder and Hriede gave Decatur a six to five scoring margin In th third quarter hut Lima led a* the period closed. 21 to 15. and Increased this lead a* the game drew to a close. Foster. Lima forward, wa* the off naive star of the evening with 16 point* on nix field goal* and four free throw*. Decatur's scoring wa* well divided. Brlede leading with .even point* on two baskets and three foul *hot*. Neith r learn hit <-on*i*tentiy from the charity *tripe. Decatur converting only four of Id attempt*, while Lima made good five of 16 effort*. Th Commodore* will < lo*w out their home *< hedule next Tuesday night, entertaining the Plea-ant Mill* Spartan* nt the Yellow Jacket* gym The Commie*' final r gularly scheduled tilt will be played February 14 against Central Catholic at Fort Wayne. Lima FG FT TP D. Hoehn, f .... ... 3 n fi Foster, f 6 4 16 Rhine, c .... ..on it Feltx. g .. 1 0 2 T. Rfeirtihoff. k .... 11 3 L. Hoehn, f 0 0 0 Bniln. f ..... .... 0 0 0 P. Riepenhoff. c.. .. 5 0 10 Total* .. .. .16 5 37 Decatur FG FT TP B. Ijrn**rich, f ... « o o Gillig, f .00 0 Wilder, e 3 0 6 Rriede, g .... .23 7 Hackman. g ... 0 0 0 N. Lengerich, f .... 11 3 lies*, f ... ...20 4 Wemhoff. c .... 10 2 Goffe- g .... oo 0 Baker. g .. .. 10 2

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Monroe v* I'lcneanl Milk nt j Berne. Friday Y How Jacket* at Kendallville, lutncaster nt Kirkland. Winchester at Berne. Monroe at Monmouth. Petroleum at Hartford. Geneva ut Pennville. Kohne. g ... o o o Total* io I 24 - « • o ■ — Berne, G. E. Club Win League Tilts Berne Furnit tiro nosed out MeMillen. 34 to 33, In the feature game of. Tuesday night'* play In the Industrial lengii at the Lin coin gym. In the opening tilt. <l. K. Club frounced Moose. 43 to IS. The winner* led at the half. 22 to 11. Auglist led G. E with 14 point* and Kitchen'* eigjit were l» *t for the Moose. Herne staged a strong fourthquarter comeback to nose out McMillen in the nightcap. McMillen wa* In front 12 to 6 at the first quart-r. 1* to 16 at the half and 26 to 21 at the third period but could not stop Berne's last-period drive. Berne'* scoring was well split up. with I). Schncpf leading McMillen with 14 point*. Game* Thursday, night ar : Kraft v* Post 43 and Berne v« G E Club. G. E. Club FG FT TP Stapleton. f 4 n X August, f .... . .70 14 Fruchte, c 3 2 X McConnell, g .. .. ft ft ft Lynch, g .. 4 ft X Meh-hi, f 10 2 Murphy, g Ift 2 Murphy, g .. .. 10 2 Strickler. k .... .. w 1 i Total* . . 20 3 43 Moose FG FT TP Kitchen, f ....... . 4ft x Kukelban, f 2 1 5 King, c oo o Kunkel, g .. . 11 3 Bl<e. g .. . 10 2 Total* S 2 IK Berne FG FT TP W Dubach, f .. 2 1 5 S. N tienschwander. f 3ft 6 Stauffer, c 2 ft 4 Striker, g .... 0 11 It Netienachwander. g ft ft ft M. Sprnnger. f .. : o 2 Grandllnard, f .. .... 3 2 X C. tollman, <■ . ft ft 0 c. Sprnnger, g 4 ft X Total* ... 15 4 34 McMillen FG FT TP D. Schnepf. f ... 7 0 14 W. Schnepf. f 12 4 K. Schnepf. c .. 4 0 X Hirschy. g ... 2 1 5 De Loag. g oo ft Miller, g 1 0 2 Totals .. 15 3 33 Ret -ree: Everhart. Umpire: D. Wynn.

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No Standout s Capital Area Tourney Team I Editor's note: This I* the second in a serie* of four stories dealing with probable semifinal align- • m-nt« in the I'il6 Indiana hlch ( school basketball tournament openl Ing Feb. 21* By James E. Walters (United Press Sports Writer) Indianapolis. Feb. 6 (UP)—The capital'* semi final tourney area seem* least likely to succeed In the matter of prtwluclng the 194546 Indiana high H< hool basketball < hampl >n. There appear*) to he no standout ’ contender, a team that has the power und reserve strength to put together the nine or Id straight victories needed for a stifle title. Sh<-lbyvllle's Golden Bears, Anderson's Indian* and the Columbus Bulldog* figure a* the strongest challengers. Scottsburg and Madison. one-two quintet* in the •out heMtern league, and Indianapoll* Howe apparently are close behind Bounding out the list of frontrunner* are a pair of smaller school quintets undefeated Eden and one-beaten Morristown. i However, those age old rival* - Columbus and Shelbyville, along with Morristown, will mix in the Columbus sectional and Scottsburg's Scotties and Madison's Cub* come to grips In the Madison preliminary to cut down the field'* chance*. Columbus may go to the post a* the favorite. Coach Noel Genth'* Bulldog* have cinched a share of the South Central conference title ami need one more win for an undisputed crown. Sparked by nifty Bob Herron. *lx foot forward, the Bulldog* have taken 13 and lost four. Shelbyville'* hot shooting Golden Bears have won II of their last 13 etarta and 14 out of 14 over the season Center Bill Garrett. a »<lx foot two inch Negro, I* an outstanding pivot ace. And Coach Frank Barnes ha* four other good shot*, too. It's a CMC of "as Johnny Wilson goes, so goee Anderson,” Wilson, a six foot Negro, rales as one of the state'* all-time rebound great*. He was all-state a* a eophomore. Deadly under the bucket, WHgon give* rhe tribe a knockout punch—unless th* opposition has a topnotch man capable of keeping pace with "Jumping Johnny ” The tribe ha* a 13 won-five loss record and I* leading the North Central conference. In the southeast, coach Ray Eddy at Madison has a starting five of three-year veteran* who have won 10 of their last II games. Unky ’ Tom McLaughlin. Bud Scott and Bill Morrhead do most of the scoring. Scottsburgh. which split two games with the Cub*, revolves 1 around six foot three Inch Bill Bit--1 ter. Howe, easily the capital city's ' standout with 13 victories in 16 game*, baa the edge In tourney experience. The Hornets, built around big Tom Woerner. play-making ’ George Hpardling and sharpshoot Ing Darryl Sprinber. annexed two holiday tourney*, including one with Columbus, Eden, practically the same team a* the one which won 24 straight before losing in the Anderson regional a year ago. hue stored IX in a row this time. Morriajown. featuring rugged Harold McWilliams ; and averaging 45 point* a game, | also ha* height, experience and r torrid fast break. Indiana 56. St. Louis Washington 46. Central Normal 38. Wabash 36. Dartmouth 56, Valparaiso 51. Camp Atterbury 56. DePauw 28. Great o— Trade Io a QaeF Town — Decatur

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Decatur Junior High Beats Bluffton Five Grabbing a 16 fi lead at the midway mark. Coach Steve Everhart’s Junior High nnlters won a 21-111 victory over th Bluffton eighth grader* at the Lincoln gym Tuesday afternoon. Dag,tie, Bair and Bohnke accounted Cor all hut one of the victor’* point*. Dagit)* netting the pace with eifcht marker* Na«h led the loners In scoring with eix point*. The Junior High five goe* to Geneva tomorrow to meet the grader* from that town in an afternoon engagement. Junior High FG FT TP Dagu , f .. . 2 2 3 Bair, f 3 0 « Bohnke. c — 3 0 6 Mill*, g 0 11 Zlner. g 0 0 0 Inch, g .... ..... 0 0 0 Peterson, c 0 0 0 Total* 9 3 21 Bluffton FG FT TP Gilliam, f 2 0 4 Smith, f 1 0 2 Nash, c 3 0 0 Mertz, g ... ..10 2 Johnson, g*................ 0 2 2 Miller, f -- 0 0 0 Andrew*, f . 10 2 Magley, <■ 0 0 (I ! Cook, g ............ 0 0 0 , Robert*, g 00.0 ’ Total* ..3 2 13 Shift Time Schedule ’ For Tourney Games I Indianapolis, Feb. fi —tl’Pl — Sn- , diana high achool basketball tonr- . nament game* will be scheduled , an hour and IS minute apart this time. IIISAA <-ommi*«|jner L V. j Phillips announced today. The new policy terminated yearly attempt* by the IIISAA to keep tournaments on schedule despite an allowance of only an hour fnr " the game and pre-game warmup* To allow for the extra IS minntre a game. Thursday and Friday night session* will star* at 7 o’clock and all afternoon session* will begin ( at 1:30 o’clock. Friday morning session will open at 9 o'clock, except for Id-team meets, where they r will open at 8:30 a.m. . Following the annual custom, i schedule* for the 64 sectionals and the regional*, semi-final* aud final* of the otate tourney will be drawn on the Friday before the sectionals, in thi* case Feb. 15. The ( IIISAA board of control will not announce the draw until 3 a.m. the following day. Cardinal Outfielder Is Bought By Braves Boston. Feb.’THTPI-The Boaton Brave* were a ‘bopp” closer to their long-wought National league pennant today. Spending an estimated 835.000 and sending along infielder Eddie Jooat to close the deal, the Brave* bought outfielder Johnny Hopp, another key performer from the St. Loul* Cardinal championship elulw of 1842, '4B, and ’44, last night.

Intramural League Standings Listed Three games were niayed Tuesday night in the senior intramural league at the junior-senior high itchool. The Eagle* defeated the Bears, 34 to 13; the Maroon* downed the (’at*. 2* to 20. and the Wolves clipped the Flashes, 12 to i 7. Standing* Lightweight W. L. > Avenger* 4 0 Hawk* 2 2 Cat* - Maroon* 1 3 Hornet* —1 3 I Heavyweight Beam ® 1 Eaglcw « I Wolves i Redskin* i Flashes ® * i lai«t night s !*•* scores: Bear* FG FT TP • J Ketchum, F. 3 0 6 I T. Fharpe. F 0 * > G. Myere. C 0 ® • ■ T. Ahr. G • 1 1 • 11. Andrea*. G ... 2 15 > N. la*onard»ou " 0 0 > R. Bollinger 0 rt ( Total* - s 2 18 . Eagle* FG FT TP { |f. N**h, F. .................. 11 3 D. Slusher. F —.O 0 0 S. Whlttredge, C. ........-.I 0 2 L. Arnold, G. 3 ! 8 W. Arnold. G. ................. 3 17 D. Egley, F — 2 0 4 N. Wolf*. (1. 0 9 « V. Porter, F 0 0 0 Total* — 1° ♦ 24 Maroons ’ FG FT TP ’ Mcßride. F 5 1 11 Fisher, F — 3 u C Frucbtc. C. -1 1 3 _ Myer*. G. 3 9 6 , Garner. G ’ ......I 0 2 , TotaU 1® “ *8 Cat* FG FT TP • Mattax. F. ...» .1 0 2 I Moore, F - 2 1 5 Cowen*. C 2 1 6 Everett, C 1 0 2 , Kingsley, G. 3 9 8 .; Daniels. F 0 0 0 Thieme. G *. .... 0 9 0 L’ Totals 9 2 29 Flashes FG FT TP ' Deltsch, F. 0 0 0 Üby. F. 1 0 2 . Knittie, C a 0 2 H Bleeke. G 9 2 2 Moser, G 0 11 Eichorn, F 0 0 0 Totals I 2 7 Wolv** FG FT TP PB. Shook. F. 0 0 0 rM. Marbough. F 0 11 1- W. Thieme, C 2 1 5 J. Llchtenstiger, 0 2 0 4 0 D. Myers, G I 0 2 e L. Brentlinger, F. 0 0 0 s D. Myers. G. 0 0 0 i- ' ■ ■ I. Totgta 5 2 JI S —— —g ■ ii— ■ » Frad* In a Good Town —. Dooatwr

National Basketball League Standings Eastern Division W L Pct. Fort Wayne 19 4 .826 . Rochester .. 16 6 .727 Youngstown .. 815 .348 Cleveland -• 9 IS .136 Western Division Shelmygan .. 16 8 .667 n*hko*h 12 1* 9°° Chicago 11 12 -478 Indianapolis .. 615 .2X6 tast night's results: Fort Wuyn 68, Oshkosh 59. (Only game scheduled). Tonight's gntne*: (No game* acheduled). - ---*> H. S. BASKETBALL HuntinMon 41. Plymouth 38. Union City 49, Hartford City 3d. Huntertown 41, Avilla 28. Evansville Bos* 46. Evansville Belts 31. Fmnklin 38. Center Grove 31. Jeffersonville 35. Washington 33. Indianapolis Short ridge 44. Greencastle I*. Frankfort 45, Imgansport 30. Alexandria 44. Lapel 43. Sullivan 41. Terre Haul- Wiley 30. Huntingburg 46. Bicknell 39. Montlcclla 43. Pent 35. Aurora 54, Greensburg 61 (overtime). Connersville 49, Brookville 31. Crawfordsville 51, Martinsville 36. Salem 43. Paoli 29. Otter Creek 56. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 40. ■ - ..... - Monroe Beorkatz To Play Spartans Tonight The Monroe Bearkatx and Pleaeant Mill* Spartans will tangle on the Berne floor tonight In a gama postponed front earlier In the season. This I* the only high school game scheduled thi* evening In the county —a — .. Indiana Bangs Law Is Explained Here Dr. G. E. Botkin, state veterinarian. explained the Indiana Bangs . law to 75 farmer* In Decatur on Monday. Dr. Botkin stressed the fact that participation I* entirely

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' voluntary and that law*, rules and regulation* would not lake the ‘ place of a Ktrict sanitation pro i gram, hut M only supplementary Application form* are In the hand of all veterinarian* and the • county agent's office. Plane No. 1 Is a test and slaughter plan, with indemnity paid hy hoth the state and federal government. Plan No. r 2 Is the same a* No. 1 plue calfhood vaccination. Plan No. 3 call* for testing and segregation of Infected animal* with no indemnity ' paid. o > Annual Bowling Meet Next Monday Evening k - The annual meeting of the Decatur bowling association will he i hfld at 7:30 o’clock Monday eve j nlng at the Elk* home. Officer* will l»e elected and prlxe money from the recent city tourney will be dl*tribnted. Refreshments will . lie served following the meeting Membership in Nebrtwka'* retirement system for public school employee* was reeded by 2.831 teachers. A friend I* a person with whom we cap have fellowship without having to keep talking.

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