Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1946 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose To Berne, 28 To « • .. — —'—:— ■ i

Jackets Drop Final Tilt Os Season Friday Con*i*len< sniping from the free throw line paid dividends for the Berne Bearn Friday night, giving the Bearn a 38 to 26 victory over the Decatur Yellow Jacket* in the final Kame of the season on the Decatur floor. Berne collected only nix field goals but tossed in Id free throw* out of 23 attempt* to enable them to nqueeze out their two point triumph over the Jacket*. In contrant. Decatur counted only eight foul to**es in 21 effort* at the charity stripe. Free throw nhooting pretty well tell* the story of thin rough and tumble bull game between these old rival*. A total of 25 personal foul* wa assessed against the Jackets. while 16 personal* and one technical were called on the Bear*. Decatur held an 8 to 5 margin at the end of the first quarter but the Jackets’ only point* in the second perio I came <>n Steiner’s fielder from underneath to open the quarter. Decatur then wa* held scoreless the balance of the half while Berne tallied seven point* to take a 12 to 10 margin The Bear* stayed out in front nil through the third quarter, which closed with Decatur trailing. 21 to 18. The team* kept { pounding away during the final period, with Decatur pulling even at 26-26 when Hili tipped in a field goal. Baumgartner ami Abraham each talli«-<l a free throw to give Berne the triumph Three Decatur players, Knapp. Hill and Lehman, were ousted from the game on five personal*, while Berne lost Muselman the same way milway through the final quarter Hill. Decatur center, was the night's scoring leader with 10 points. Baumgartner ami Liech ty each counted eight to lead the Bears, with all of Liechty’s points coming on free throws, the Bears forward clicking on eight of 10 attempt*. Berne FG FT TP Baumgartner, f .... 3 2 8 Liechty. f 0 8 8 Stucky, c 0 3 3 Muselman. g 2 1 Smith, g .... 11 Isch. f 0 0 0 Abraham, g o 11 TOTALS 6 16 28 Decatur Steiner, f 3 2 8 I Knapp, f 1 0 2 Hili, c 4 2 10 Johnston, g. 0 11 Nelson, g 1 0 2 Lehman, f 0 3 3 Beehlvr. f ......... 0 0 0 Holmes, g. 0 0 0 Schnepf, g o 0 <r TOTALS 9 8 26 Referee: Johnson. Umpire: Bryan. Preliminary Berne 22, Decatur 14. The last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Federal Constitution was Rhode Island, which did so on May 29. 1790. In was in the flood control bill of 1928 that Congress first admitted it to be the duty of the United States to control flood* on tribu- > taries of the .Mississippi river. New York City is the world’s 1 largest coffee market and the United States Is the largest user of the product.

Sectional Tournament Schedule FRIDAY' 1:30 P. M. Berne . 1 il Hartford mwrday ; FRIDAY 2:45 P. M. \ Pleasant Mills , d _ I SATURDAY NIGHT / Geneva I » p . m. f FRIDAY 7 P. M. i — Monroe 1 i SATURDAY 2:45 P. M.l 1 Yellow Jackets) [ I I THURSDAY 7 P.M. -i FRIDAY 8:15 P. M. Jefferson 1 i Kirkland i ( / THURSDAY 8:15 P. M. .1 ( Commodores - | oiricialsj Lundy Welborn and J. L. Mertz. Monmouth I

, . a Monroe Bearkalz Defeat Kirkland The Klrklantl Kangaroos fell before Monroe Friday night. 39 It on the Berne floor. The Bearkata held a lead of 26-18 at halftime. Zurchcr paced the winning attack with 16 points, while Landis wu* best for the loser* with a total <>( eight markers. Monroe Ft! FT TP lllrachy. f 1 « 2 Pierce, f 0 I J Rich, c • 0 8 Zuercher. g 5 6 Ifi Sadler,' ff I 4 12 TOTALS .... 14 11 39 Kirkland Landis. f ...... 2 4 8 H l-ongenberger. f 2 1 5 Fruechte, < .3 17 Shady, g ... 2 •' I Smith, g •• 11 TOTALS 9 7 25 Referee: Smitley. Umpire Montgomery. Preliminary Monroe 23. Kirkland 21. Monmouth Eagles Defeat Spartans The Monmouth Eagles dosed their season with a flourish Fri-, lay night, swamping the Pleasant Mills Spartans under a 55 to 28 score on the Monmouth floor. j The Eagles led at all periods. 17 to 3. 24 to 7 and 41 to 18. The winners’ scoring was well divided, Singleton leading with 12 Sipe and Strayer each tallied nine for the Spartans Monmouth F(J FT TP Scheuman. f 2 0 4 A. Dotting, f 2 5 9 H. netting, c » # 8 I Singleton, g 5 - 12 Selking. g 2 5 9 Thieme, f 408 Crosby, f ...— — 000 Could, f ff 0 0 Bulmahn. c I 0 2 Kruetzman. g ...... 1 TOTALS 21 13 55 ] Pleasant Mills Johnson, f 1 Bay. f n n 0 Teeple. c 0 0 # Sipe, g 3 3 9 Strayer, g 4 Luginblll, f 113 Ehrsam, f .—.... 1 Speckman. c ...— 0 2 2 Weriing. f fl n . Totals 10 8 28 , Referee: Arnold. Umpire: Gelsal. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 24. Monmouth 17 Divorce Suit Filed In Circuit Court Rita Smithy. 340 Stevenson, street. has filed suit for divorce] from Stanley Smitley.ln Adam*: circuit court Itefore Judge J. Fred Fruehte, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. The complaint states that they were married May 14, 1941 and separated February s, 1946, and avers that the defen-! dant beat her. struck her, cursed her and t ailed her vile names; that he associated with other women ami stayed out all night. She auk* custody of three children, aged four, three and 11 months and |2.-1 1 000 alimony. H. R. McClenahan is attorney for the plaintiff, who wau granted a restraining order preventing the defendant from molest- ’■ ing her or the children at their home.

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Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Women's Major Victory Har won three from Coffee Shop; Mies won tlw* from A & P; Schafer won two Horn Vera's; Hill-Smith won two from McMillen; Hauler won two from Smith Bros: Hoithouse won two .from Central Soya; Kraft win two from Weber. Standings W L Hauler .. .— 8 1 K.aft 8 1 Hill-Smith 7 2 Victory ... G 3 Mies 6 3 McMlli n .. - 6 3 Soya ..6 3 Weber ... ... .. 5 I A 4 P 4 5 Smith Bros. .27 Holthouse . 2 1 i Schafer .... - 2 7 Vera’s .. 1 8 i Coffee .... . . •• 9 High games' Hauler 209. Myers 208. Bricker 193. Young 181, Ela y 173, Wherry 190. Rose* 173. Centra) Soya League i Pencilpushers won thro- from i Erasers; M & R won two from Truckers: Pilot won two from Traffic; Dubs won two from Research; Master Mixers won two from Better Halves; EEE won two’! from Analits. W L 1 Pilot .... 16 5 M & R . 15 6 Better Haht s .. 13 * EEE 13 8 Traffic .. 12 9; Dubs „ 11 10 ■ Pencilpushers .... . 11 10 Analits 9 12 Truckers .. .. 912 Master Mixers 7 H Erasers « 15 Research 4 17 i High aeries: .Men Sanders 558,1

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Rowdon 550. Fri ss 543. Dedolph 539. Schultz 532. Roop 525. Snyder 528. Women Young 561. High games: Men Rowden 227, Maddox 224. Ibdolph 211. Visard 200. Women - Young 204-199. Schafer 187. The Pilot team rolled a 937. which is the high game for this half. o— Geneva Cardinals Wallop Hartford The Geneva Cardinals trounced Hartford on the former’s floor. 5931 Friday night. Grabbing an early lead the county champions stayed in front the entire way. At the first quarter the Cardinals held a 10-1 margin, at the half, 25-9 and at the end of the ; third stanza were out in front. I 43 20. Cook with 21 points paced the winners* attack, while Snow and Van Emon marked up 15 points each. R. Moser was best for the losers with 13 points. Geneva FG FT TP Snow, f 4 7 15 Cook, f 8 5 21 Hale, c 1 0 2 Van Emon. g 71 15 Hart, g 0 0 0 Penrod. g 3 0 6 TOTALS 23 13 59 Hartford Poorman. f nop W. Wanner, f 2 3 T . D. Moser, f 1 0 2 R. Moser, c 6 1 13 Smith, g 1 0 2 C. Wanner, g.O 0 0 Hosier, g 3 17 Dubach, f 000 Strabm. f 0 0 0 Lehman, f (too TOTALS 13 5. 31 Referee: Bredemeier. t mplre: Agenbroad Preliminary i Geneva 16. Hartford 15.

Junior High Beals Willshire, 24-20 Pulling away In th third quarter the Junior High netter* won a 21 20 victory over rtie Willshire, o eighth graders on the Buckeye floor Friday afternoon The locals I d 16 It at the midway mark, after being held to an 8-8 tie in the first stanza. They pulled away to 21-14 at the third quarter, however, to stay in front Mill* and Bohnke with eight points eac h led the winners’ scoring, I while Hoblet wa* best for the losers with six markers. Willshire FO FT TP Luginblll. f .... 2 o 4 j Painter, f . .... 2 0 4 Marbaugh, c ..io 2 Coffee, g 2 0 4 Stalt. r. g ..... 0 0 01 Hoblet. f . 3 0 6 Strickler, g ..... 0 0 0 Totals .... 10 0 20 Junior High FG FT TP Dagiie. f .... 2 1 5 Hair, f ...11 3 Bohnke. <■ .... ..3 3 8 Peterson, g .. .... 0 0 o Mill-. « .. 4 0 8 Zlner. f .... .... 0 0 0 Total* ... .. 10 4 24 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne South 42. Fort Wayne Concordia 34. Fort Wayne C C. 52. Bluffton 22. Fort Wayne North 3*, Hunting- > •on 29, Plymouth 50. Warsaw. 4?. Hoagland 33, New Haven 20. Columbia City 29, Elmhurst 28. Kendallville 30, Waterloo 29. Woodburn 52, !<eo 45. I Garrett 39, Avilla 33. Auburn 71. Hartford City 31. , Ossian 37. Rockcreek 28. « Monroeville 39. Arcola 37. New Castle 35, Anduaon 21. IndUiiaiHdi* T<-ch 36, Conners- . I vill<> 26. I East Chicago Washington 45, I Jasper 41 (overtiroel. Evansville Bostic 57, Vincennes I 16. Washington 47, Bloomington 39.* Kokomo 29. Longansport 28. Peru 36, Itochcater 24. Evanavllle Central 42, Bedford 33. Elkhart 45, South Bend John j Adams 32. I Tipton 45. Frankfort 41. Lafayette Jefferson 53, Craw j | fordavilh: 13. Muncie Burris 10, Elwood 38. ] Madison 42. laiwrenieburg 34. ° — I Advise Housewives Keep Ration Books Housewives were advised t<»day by the office cf price adminlstraition to retain their p<«o>eH*|on War ] Ration Book IV now used only to [obtain ougar. Although the currently valid sitigar stamp No. 39 h the last *tamp in war ration bo k IV that is specifically labeled for purchases of !<tugar. spare otampa in that book will be de*lgnaii-d as sugar stamps from time to time. For this reason, war ration book IV should be retained even after sugar .itamp 39 has been Urfed. OPA emphasized. Sugar stamp 40 was used for the 1944 home canning program, OPA explained. —— o President Theodore Roosevelt first called attention to the need * of conserving our natural resour- P i cos at a meeting of governors i i held in the White House in May, i 1908. 1

TRADE IN A GOOD CITY—DECATUR -*4 PRETTY MISS ADA JACKSON of Center Moreland, Pa.. Is shown It Washington with the congressicnal record of the Pearl Harbor in vestigatlon—6o volumea of testimony containing the answers an< questions at the public hearings recorded to date—a total of approx imately 4.000,000 worda on some 12.000 pages. (international.

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