Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 8 February 1946 — Page 6

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Darkhorse May Take Title At Muncie Tourney (Editor's note: Till* Is the last in a series of four stories dealing with probable team aHgnmenfa at semi-final eenter* of the Indiana high school IxMkethall tournament opening Feb. 21 1 By Jams* E. Walter* (United Pre** Sport* Writer) Indianapolis, Feb. s tl'i’i \ quintet <f season long leader* New Castle, Fort Wayne Central, Fort Wa/»e South. IClchmonA and Wabash apparently have the in elite track mi .Muncie m-inl final honor** In the state prop basketball tournament Hut a half dozen clarkh<nec-«, headed by fate Martins Kokomo, may have more than a little to say about what N >rtheast-North Central team advance to the state final*. Ilroides the fast improving Kats, who have won five in a row. the itarkhorse* include a pair of unde seated smaller nchool* Fort Wayne Concordia and Fairmount, along with .Marlon'* "giant killers,’ .Muncie Burris' Owl* and Hunting tan'* Vikings. , There m-emu to he Illi io to choose among the first five team*, although Richmond appear* to hold a slight edge despite its 55-31 loss to Kokomo last w.-c-k-.nl The Red Devil* ha,l roiled up nine straight tcefore meeting the Kat* and numlcered Central's Tiger* and New Castles Trojan* among the victim*. Coach Floyd Baker. fr<-*h from producing crack Ohio prep quintets, has molded hfa flMt Hoosier five around Lennie Il bodes, a six foot three inch Negro Hvotman. The imp* might lie a Wider favorite ext ept fur the fact that Home observer* feel that Rhode*, who packs 210 pounds, may not have enough stamina to play two topnotch game* in one day. Either Central’* fast-breaking quintet or the noi-so-iall South Side archer* are certain to be eliminated in the Fort Wayne

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday V How Jackets at Kendallville. Lama Mer nt Kirkland. Winchester at Rente. Monroe at Monmouth. Petroleum nt Hartford.

Geneva at Pennville. I sectional and tonight’s Central- ' South will throw considerable 4 light on th)* question • The Tigers, coached by veteran .Murray Mendenhall (who won the stale in 19431, whipped South early thia month, 'napping a nine game k archer winning -freak. Offensive ace Roh Milton and southpaw Hob • Cox puce the Tigers, who have won • It out of Id starts South has 3 13 victory-two defeat record. * New Castle's tall, smooth five •’has dropped five nut of 13 gamew—but by a total margin if il points. • I Two of the defeats come in over- • times The jay gray-sparked Trie ' jaiM have won their share of close • tines, however. Wabash features perhapo ihe Hate's best individual performer . six foot f»ur Inch John "Baby • Face" Rockwell. He hit 33 points once this weapon and seldom if I ever hue lieett under 20 point*. The J other np.iches can score, loti, as evidenced by Wabash's IS victories . In 17 starts Kokomo had stepped out in Im- , pre**lve fashion since Ihe new year and coach Ralph King lielieve* hi* I current club may he better than hl* state finalfats of two season* ago. Southpaw hotshot Maurice , Conwell net* the scoring pace (25 against Richmond, for example). Huntington has been in-and-out all season, just a-* it wa* last season before it surprised .everyone by grabbing the semi-final crown. Coach Bill William* lost most of hl* starter*, but retained five lettermen The Vike* pm together Seven olraifht at one stage of the campaign, then lost three out of six Including game* with Central and South Concordia remain* a doubtful quantity despite a brilliant record. If Concordia down* Central thia Saturday, it will m<an Fort Wayne has three contender*. Fairmont, also undefeated. ha,t won If) straight and. like Concordia, ha* yet to prove itself against a strong club. Marlon and Burris are even big- ' ger question mark* Both blow hot 'and told, with Marlon producing home-floor victories over New j Castle and Lafayette Jefferaon In I Ihe last IWo Week*. - o The world'* longest regular ' I nonstop railway run la that be- i I tween London and Edinburgh. I 398% mile*, and the second from I London to Carlisle, 293 miles, a< - | cording to British railway*. , ■ Ihe Gulf o f California I* in | i Mexico.

Berne Noses Out One-Point Victory Borno Furniture edged out a 30 Io 29 vl< t try over the G. E. club in the feature game of Industrial league play Thursday night al the ’ Lincoln gym. Berne was ahead at Ihe half. 16 to 11, and at the third quarter, 22 I > 19. Stmffei and It. Neuenschwander each tallied II points for Berne, while FruchteW io were high for G. E. Kraft defeated Post LI. 51 to 30, In the opening game, leading at the half. 31 to 20, Gresley was high for the winner* with 17 points, and Beaver* paced the Legion team with 11. Game* next week: Monday G. E vs. McMillen; Moose v*. Post 13. Thursday Kraft v»c. fl. K.; Poet 13 v*. Berne Kraft EG FT TP Gresley, F.. 7 3 17 Counterman. F. . 0 2 2 Franke. ('. 12 1 Reynold*. G. 7 0 II Myers. (1. 2 2 6 Dehnert, F. < 2 0 1 I'ffelman, <l, oil Beerman. G. 113 Total* 20 || 51 Post 43 FG FT TP Griffith. F. 12 1 S. Arnold, F •• •• e, Engle, C. .21 5 Hoffman, 0. i o * Beavers. G. I 3 11 Yager. F. o o o Hen*< hen, F 113 Adler. (I. 2 j 5 Totals . LI |g 3g Berne FG FT TP R. Neuenschwand»r. F. 0 | J Stauffer, F. 1 3 11 Striker, C. ;• o fl C. Sprunger. G. o o o Gtandlinard. C. fl o o M. Sprunger. G. o i ] It NeuetMchwnndet. (I. . 5 I 11 Totafa 12 t; 3o G. E. Club FG FT TP Stapleton. F 3 i 7 August. F 0 2 2 Frcbte, ('. 4 * 10 McConnell, G. | j 3 Lynch, G. 2 2 0 Melchl. F. 0 0 0 Strickler. (1. ... 0 0 0 Murphy. G. 0 j j Total* 10 <) n<j Referee—Everhart. Umpire- D Wynn. t Second City Series Game Next Monday The second game of the annual city series for the grade school championship will be played at th-i Lincoln gym Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, it was announced today. , Decatur Junior high won the series opener, 20 to 11. In a gaum last week at the Comm<>dor<M gym Admission price will be jo per person — () Trad* In , Goeg Town _

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McMillen Defeats Huntington Quintet 10 McMillen scored a 11 to 33 vic11 lory over the Huntington K. of C. il team Thursday night In a game e plnyed on the Huntington coßegfloor. G McMillen led nt Ihe hnlf, 15 to 2 11. K. Bchnepf was Decatur's leadi- Ing scorer with 1« point*, and r laikey led Huntington with 11. e M< Millen will meet the Old Fort Mill* t am from Marlon. ().. at the I, Monmouth gym Saturday nig,ht t ut k o'clock. The Muiion Hunt is It a sub-ldiary of McMillen industil vies. No admission will be charged 11 and the public Is Invited to attend. McMillan ; FG FT TP D. Schnnpf, f 2 0 1 1 Delong, f ... .... 2 0 1 K. Schnepf, c . ..... « 0 Id W. Schnepf. y .... 2 0 1 » Hlnchy. g .... 11 p 7 Williamson, f 2 1 5 2 Painter, g .... .10 2 4 Total* ....... 21 2 11 Huntington FG FT TP 1 I). Schchkcl, f | 1 3 • 11. Sch- nkel, f .10 2 ! laikey. c .... 5 1 II - Glawson. g 11 r, 1 Schafer, g .... 1 0 2 Clark, g .... 11 9 ‘ Total* ... 13 7 33 • Referee: Petrie. i Double Overtime Is I • Feature Os Tourney A double overtime featured play 1 in the opening round of ihe Intramural tournvy Thursday night at 'he junior-senior high M-hool. The Maroons d> seated the Cat*. 1 17 to 15. In the double overtime 1 struggle. In other tourney gain**, Ihe Engks walloped the Wolves. 2" to 7. and the Bears eliminated the Redskin*. 27 to 22. Next gume* in the tourney will bo held Thur*day. February H. ’ with the Hawk* and Avenger* tangling at 0:45 p. nt., followed by Hie Eagl * ami Bear*. l4*t night's liox acoroa: Eagle* FG FT TP D. Egley, f . ..... | 0 y B. WhiHeredge. f .. . 1 ti 2 11. Nash, c . .... .... 1 0 2 W. Arnold, g 2 3 71 L. Arnold, g ... .. 3 1 7* D. Slusher, f .. .. no 0 V. Porter, f ... .... 0 0 <> Total* * 1 20 Waive* FG FT TP L. Brcntllnger. f ... ...0 0 0 M Marbaeh, f 0 0 0 W. Thieme, c 2 I 5 J. Llchtonsfiger. g .. 0 0 11 D. W. My r*. g .... 1 0 2 D. Myer*, f ... 00 0 Total* 3 17 Maroon* FG FT TP R. Mcßride, f 3 0 5 J. Fisher, f 2 0 1 H. Fruchte, c 0 0 0 B. Meyers, g 1 0 2 T. Gamer, g 10 2 (I. Sihultx, g . 01 1 N. Kruse, c 10 2 H. Kitson. g 00 fl Totals • g 1 n Cat* FG FT TP D. Moore, f 0 0 0 E. Mattax, f 3 I 7 J. Cowens, c 1 0 2 11. Everett, g 2 0 • 1 S. Daniel*, g 10 2 Total* .... 71 IS Bear* FG FT TP T. Rharp. f 0 1 j H. Andreas, f 30 g G. Mey rs, c ......... 1 0 2 T. Ahr, g 4 1 9 J. Ketchum, g 4 1 9 J. Barnett, f ......0 0 0 R. Bollinger, f ...... 00 0 N. Leoiidardson, f 00 q Totals 12 3 27 Redskins FG FT TP K. Kolter, f 0 0 0 J. Pollock, f 30 r, M. Taylor e 6 1 11 1 It. Arnold, g 0 0 0 B. Freeby, g 0 0 0 D. Wolfe, g 21 5 Totals 10 2 22 Q. - Notional Basketball League Standings Eactern Division W. L. Pet. Fort Wayne ..SO 4 J 3» Rochester 10 6 .727 Youngstown 9 15 .375 < Cleveland 3 19 .180 1 Western Division Sheboygan 1« 9 ,«io Chicago 12 12 .500 1 O*liko*h It it .480 1 Indianapolis c ]( Jgg l-a*t night's result*: Young- 1 •town 19, Oshkosh 45; Chicago 47, Sheboygan 40; Fort Wayne 18. Indianapolis 39; (only game* scheduled.) 1 Tonight's games: No games scheduled. o— The principal sovreo of Income in Wyoming fa agriculture.

H. S. BASKETBALL Mishawaka 1«. Routh Bend Washington 34. Gary Emerson (0. Gary Horace Mann 37 tdoitble overtime). Terre Haute Wiley 40, Green- • castle 22. Gary Frochcl (fl. Hammond * Clark 12. COLLEGE BASKETBALL ’ Notre Dame fit, Canaslus 17. Valparaiso 73. Holy Cross 02. Earlham 57, Ih-dunce 51. Michigan State HI. Wayne Uni- ■ versify 15. : Feature Battles On Prep Cards Tonight ) By United Pro** A half dot n intru-city and con- , ferenco title game* feature activity tonight ua the Hooider prep | buskctluill xeason awing* into It* next to loot big weekend of 19451«. H adllne civil feud* match Evuunvlllc Cent nil's once-beaten Gol- ( den Bear* with Evansville Bosse's twlce-beuten Bulldog*. Fort Wayne Central's Tiger* with Fort Wayne Rouih'* .%r<b r* and Hammond High'* Wildcat* wllh Hammond Terh'* Tigers. I The lh»*H«-(S-ntrul game will have the southern Indiana conference title as a "side l**ue." Central will ann x the title by reversing an earlier lo** to Roose, while the defending state champion* virtually would clinch SIAC honor* again by winning tonighi. Central, northeastern, nnd north central conference title* also will b - ut slake- tonight. In the north central, pace-setting Anderson tangles wllh secondplace, defending champion Kokomo at Kokomo. The Invading Indian* would assure themselves of no worse* than 11 ti- for the crown by snapping Kokomo's five-game winning streak. The Kat*, on the other band, would have to beat only cellar-dwelling Ixmgansport to take* the championship If they Beal Atidernon, that is. Anderson stopped Kokomo earlier. 3S-36 The NEIC defending champ. Auburn. find* ilaelf In secund place ami needing a victory tonight, too. The Red Devil* Invade Columbia City with the winner assured of the title. Wabash'* Apaches, winners of 15 out of 17 start*, need to stop Peiu away from home tonight or I Fort Wayne South at Wabash toI morrow to haul clown the central conference icennant. Elkhart and Columbu* will attempt to annex conference honor* outright tonight. Elkhart fa assured of a tie for the eastern division c hampionship of the northern league, while Columbus hold* a similar spot in the south central. Elkhart face* bitter rival Gocchen Columbus tangle* with S tymour. | 0 Decatur Junior High Defeated By Geneva Decalnr Junior high wa* hands'! a 21 ta 11 defeat hy Geneva Thurw day afternoon on the Geneva floor, a decided reverse from Decatur’* ea*y victory over the same team a few week* ago. The team* were fled at M at the half but Geneva quickly took a safe lead over the Decatur lad*. Schwarts, with nine point* and Ro blnson. with eight, paced Geneva, while Milin tallied eight point* for Decatur oc-orlng honors. Genevg FG FT TP , Stuckey, F. 11 3 ' Farrar. F. 2 fl 1 i Hcbwau tx. C. 11 9 j Rob! noon, O 4 0 8 . Booker. G 0 0 o' Total* . It 2 21 I Decatur FG FT TP Dasuo. F «... 1 0 2 I Bair. F 0 11 Bohnke. C I 1 3 Mill*, G 4 0 8 Ziner. G 0 0 0 Fruchte. F 0 0 0 Inch, G 0 0 0 Peterson, G 0 0 0 Total* 6 2 II Sewage Treatment Plans Approved Indianapolis, Feb. O-HTPI-The Indiana stream pollution control board today notified seven Hoosier cltiea and industrial plant* of the approval of sewage treatment plans. The board, in a meeting yesterday, approved preliminary plans and reports for sewage treatment for Liberty and Rushville. It also approved final plan* and specification* for treatment kt Michigan City, Columbia City, Shelbyville, the Roger* Galvanising Company and the Hoeony-Vacuum Oil company at East Chicago. — —o——*Aaorican railroads have mors than LROfl streamlined conches on order.

Veterans Obtain Hunting Licenses Nearly every veteran of World War II In Acfam* county applies for a free permanent hunting and fishing Been***, a casual survey In the offices of county clerk Clyde <). Troutncr nnd county recorder Mis* Rose Nosswald revealed today. Most veternn* inquire about the permit* wh- n calling at the recorder'e ofllce to have their di«charge* recorded and are sent to the clerk's ofllce. There the p rinlt !* grunted and the* fact noted on the discharge paper Rlnc-e the discharge must be I ft In the coroner'* ofllce for a few day* while the task of recording fa done, applicant* for the hunting and tiohln* permit* are sent to th • clerk's ofllce first. Enforcement ofll< ial* of the -date fl*h and Kame division today iKsued a f-tatement c-ulHng attention to the fact that three type* of free permit* have been l**ued In the past 20 year* but only one, the latest. I* legal. In 1925. the lerLlaturc flr*t passed a law, allowing veteran* fre fishing and hunting pri viler-*. In 1915. however the law wa* changed to make the permit* permanent. Instead of y arly. These latter type permit* are the one* being issued now uncl must he necur'-d by any veteran. It wa* r ported that many do not understand the law when a hunter in southern Indiana wa* arrested for a minor violation and it wa* fottr.d that he wa* carrying a free permit issued In 1937, which I* no longer legal.

Two Adams County Fighters Win Bouts Two Adams minty fighters remain in the running for Golden Glove championships at Fort Wayne as the result of second round bouts staged Thursday night. The final bouts will be held at North Ride gym next Thursday night. Jne Ayala. Decatur featherweight. scored a technical knockout over Bill Baumgartner, of Monroeville, in the first round. Don Moser, of Hartford township, won a deefaion from Jamec Hardesty, of Waynedale, in * middleweight clash. Leland Teeple, Geneva featherweight. dropped a decision to John Hiker of Fort Wayne. 0 Alaska's Yukon busin. and the Niberfan province of Yakutsk, are colder areas than any other in the Arctic circle. iM-vil's Tower In Wyoming fa more than 20,000,000 years old.

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Seven Still Missing From Wrecked Yukon Rescuers Search Alaska Shoreline Seward. Alaska. Feb. 8 — (UP)--Rescue craft probed the Jugged shoreline of John*ton.< buy toefav for seven person* still missing from the wreck of th* liner Yukon. The Icodie* of two pensone. Icelleved to lx* u passenger and a soldier, were brought a**hore Wednesday night. A third body was reported aboard a rescue craft which still was combing the buy. The Coast Guard reported that 183 paraengers and crews had hc-c-n brought ashore since Tues day. when rescue craft first reached the reef where Ihe Yukon went aground during an artle blizzard. Official* of the* Alaska steamship Hue originally hud listed 81 persona ua missing, but later annotinced that 21 passengers hud l»een listed mistakenly through bookkeeping errors. The Yukon’s passenger and c rew roste r of 195 Included 180 returning service men. The 5,71(1-ton liner went aground facet Sunday night. Most of the dead and missing were swept overhoard when the battered ship cracked in two. Mrs. Ralph A. Fitzsimmons, wife of the* anchorage branch manager of Ihe Rtandard Oil Co., said she had given up hope that her hue band would be found alive. He last wua seen helping other passenger* move to the how of the doomed vessel just before the stern snapped off. Mm. Fitzsimmons was brought here with other survivor* o —— Butte, Mont., came into being a* a silver camp, but gained renown as "The Richest Hill on kfarth" through production of copper.

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