Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1946 — Page 7

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ECTIOKAL TOURNAMENT OPENS THURSDAY

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DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

Wemboff .*... Br./0 175 j CMfoo ...|fl. Jr. 5-7 160 Haktr .. St. 5-8 Kohne s’. Jr. 6 170 tlllliir St 5 7 1531 lluntxthluK So. 5-7 Ito Decatur Yellow Jackets Name Vr. Ht. Wt. | Hill Sr. H 2% 180. Knapp Sr. 61 I'.'. Johnston Sr. 5-9 140 Neleon Sr. 6 155 Steiner Sr. Mt 170 IP-ehh-r Jr. 6-3 175 Srhnepf Jr. 5-11 140 Smltley Jr. 5-7 151 j HBllnrd So. 511 140 1 Bauxlin St. 5-5 130 I Holme* So. 6 165 Lehman So. 5-7 155 Jefferson Warr.ors Name Yr Ht Wt Buckingham Sr. 5-11 140 Gerber Sr. 5-10 152 Dellolt Sr. 58 132 Ttimbleson Jr. 6 164 Smit ley » Fr. 5-7 135 l Johnson Jr. 5-10 155 Hu. .Miller ... Jr. 511 143 Ho. .Miller Fr. 5-2 98 Pyle Fr. 5-8 130 Merritts Jr. 5-9 130 Reef ... So. 5-10 152 Hill Jr. M 140 Rules Os State Association To ; Govern Tourney Atl Tourney Phases Covered By Rules Os Indiana Board The Decatur •wctlonal tourna menl. »•» all the other 63 lit the Mate, ar* aovernetl directly by a set o( rule* and regulations given te host principal* by the Indiana hly i school athletic association W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur junior-senior high school. *,» hc<»t principal, ir rested with the authority to enforce these rules as prescribed by the IHSAA. Regulation* covering this year's tourney are practically identi.’ul with those of last year. A team must compete In at least eight aamm in a Mason before it may lw> eligible to participate in a sectional, and tje school must also be in good standing in the association. Each team may play 10 mm during the tourney. Twelve players are certified by each school, but two of these names must he scratched before the first tournament game. Admission to the tourney will be 11.50 for a seaaon ticket and So cents for a single session ticket. Tickets are not to be sold for more or less than these amount*. Standing room shall not be sold or used. Requirements of the city and state fire maivhals are to be met. No prizes of any kind are to be awarded to any individual or school from any source. Settlement from the receipts of She tourney are to lie made in the following manner: 1. All legitimate expenses, such as revenue tax. meals, officials, etc., except for transportation and lodging *hall he paid from the gros.l receipts. If suflicient. In event the gross receipts are not sufficient, which Is considered highly Improbable here, the obligation would fall to the center principal. 2. Decatur junior-senior high school, as the center school, shall receive 3100. 3. The transportation shall be paid. Three cents per mile per mail for tbe round trip will be allowed Mileage is to ire considered as the most direct distance between th" school building and the local gymuasitnn where the tourney will be held. 4. The lodging shall lie paid. 5. Tbe Decatur junioi senior high as the center high school, shall receive 5100. 6. The IHSAA shall receive one percent of the fifth balance. 7. One-half of the sixth balance Shall be divided pro-rata among the participating school, with Decatur junior-senior high sharing. 3. One-half of the sixth balance is to be divided on the baeis of season ticket sales in tbe respective communities! on or before Thursday at 6 p.m. Season tickets sold aftsr this hour will not be counted In tk« finding of tbe sbsre of any school ». Tbe board of control will pass j (Turn”To Pag's 6, Column 7)

Tourney Manager •» 'W " ' ■■ BV t \Bi ■ v nB '• 4I , * !| * -'llk BUf - W. Guy Brown, prin> Ipal of the Decutnr Junior senior high school. Is manager of the 1946 eectlonal tournametn. Decatur Host To Tourney For 7th Year In Row ■MM Only Two Teams Os County Boast Two Sectional Titles when the 1946 [.optional tourna ment opens at th- 1 Yellow Jacket* gymnasium Thursday nixht. It will mark th" seventh consecutive year Decatur hr* been host to the Adams county teams for the tour ney. The sectional wa* awarded to Decatur In 1940. following construeHon of the Juniorsenior high school, the first time for the tourney to Ite held in this city since 1931. in throe ensullng year*, the Adam* county team* were divided, with the Decatur Yell >w Jackets and Monmouth Eagles competing in the Fort Wayne sectional, and the other quintets battling with the Well* county team* at the Bluffton sectional. Eor the first three year*, starting hi 1910. the sectional wa* com posed of nine team*, but after the admission of the Itecatur Catholic high school to the state athletic atMociation. the local tourney was increased tn 10 teams in 1943. This lioost to io team* also brought an extra *ex.<ion to the sectional, which had previously been confined to sessions Thursday night. Friday night. Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. Addition of the Commodore* necessitated a Friday afternoon seseien. with two games each session excepting the final, or championship, round. Saturday night. A change has been made in scheduled game times this year. — —

Sectional Tournament Schedule FRIDAY 1:30 P. M. > Berne j ■Hartford J HAT,R,,AV FRIDAY 2:45 P. M. i Pleasant Mills / I SATI'RDAY NIGHT I Geneva | »r. u. 1 FRIDAY 7 P. M. Monroe satvrday 2:15 p. m.) \ Yellow Jacketsj ' I THURSDAY 7P. M. T FRIDAY i:ls P. M. 1 Jefferson j 1 Kirkland THURSDAY 8:15 P. M. I Commodores . I Official*: Lundy Welborn and J. L. Mertz. Monmouth ' t

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 19, 1946

BWe/come Fans THE SINCEREST of welcomes from the Decatur Daily Democrat to the Adams county high school basketball players, coaches, school officials and fans as we approach the seventh consecutive sectional tournament in Decatur. ——oOo — LOOKING BACK over the records of the 10 teams who will compete for the Decatur sectional championship, we are looking forward to a red-hot tournament — with just about anything likely to happen — and the jiossibilities of a series of upsets which may toss all pre-tourney “dope” to the four winds. THE DEFENDING champion Berne Bears wound up the season with the best record of any of the 10 teams entered, losing only four games while winning 16. Inconsistency, however, has very definitely marked the play of the other quintets, with the exception of the Jefferson Warriors, who scored only one victory over the entire season. —oOo— FOR THE PAST six years. BASKETBAWL has crawled out on a limb each year in an attempt to forecast the winners of all tourney games. In these six years, we have been 100 percent right only once, although correctly forecasting the sectional champion three times. Our three correct guesses on the champions—Decatur Yellow Jackets. 1941 and 1944, and the Berne Bears in 1945. The only perfect mark was in 1941. The worst year was the first, in 1940, when we missed on three of the eight games. Only one miss in 194.3, when Monroe defeated the Yellow Jackets in the final game. Three of those six years we missed on only two, in 1942, 1944 and 1945. Since 194.3, there have been nine sectional games following the admission of Decatur Catholic high school to the IHSAA. In the three previous years, only eight tourney games were played. —oQo— ’ AS A REFRESHER to the fans, following are the results of the 1945 sectional: Kirkland .39, Pleasant Mills 22. Geneva 40, Monroe 27. Commodores 41, Jefferson 15. Monmouth 44, Hartford 27. Berne .34. Yellow Jackets IS. Geneva .30, Kirkland 29 (missed that one). Monmouth .30. Commodores 29 (missed that one). Berne 51, Geneva 27. Berne 44, Monmouth .34 (final). —oOo—> PICKING THOSE winners this year is a headache. As we said before, anything can happen. We would count only one team entirely out of the running. That would be the Jefferson Warriors, who have won only one game over a span of three seasons. —oOo— BASKETBAWL first started this picking business back in 1940 just as a mere whim. However, the fans, etc., seemed to enjoy it, (and so did we), so BASKETBAWL has made it an annual custom. So here we go, game for game! ' —oOo—— JEFFERSON-KIRKLAND—As noted above, Jefferson has won only one game this season, making the Kirkland Kangaroos the odds-on favorites. So, we pick KIRKLAND. ! ifyQo COMMODORES-MONMOUTH — The Monmouth (Continued on Page 61

Jefferson, Kirkland To Play In Opener; 10 Teams Battle For Sectional Title

m s Geneva 31. Hartford 25 Entire Season Geneva 31. Mon mouth 4<* fl I • 1 J Geneva 38, Pleasant Mill* 31 kfAFAC I iCTAfI Geneva 44. Monroe JVvl LIJIVII Geneva 43. Kirkland Geneva ’•••. Winebeater 36 m A II T tOvertime) For All Teams srz xzs " County Tourney Geneva 39, Plea*ant Mill* 15 Results Os Entire Ij ,rkl,,,, i 1( Geneva 3”, Monmouth 24 Season Compiled decatur yellow jackets — T . Decatur 23. Portland 2.5 ror lournamenr ' Decatur 38. Hartford Twp 24 Complete acorea so- the 1« | h . <Ml , ir 37 Geneva 19 Adam* county team* fvr the 1945 39 B! U fHon 28 ’l6 *ea*on. Including the connty l>^( . Mlur jjarne 32 tournament and the New Year* day fj,, 4 . atur Hoag.and 31 tourney, are an follow*: Decatur 40. .Monroe 25 BERNE Decatur 33. New Haven 32 Hen.. 7? D.. t ; .tur . 40. Wmvtaw 27 - . <• •• Decatur 31. Huntington 46 Berne 29. Pleanant Mill- .5 |h .,.. 11ur 3Ji Columbia City 31 Berne . 48. New Haven 23 |lei . a|ur 3| Hlttffton 31 Berne 16. Porthnd 43 |( ,. ( . anjr 17. Pl.a*ant Mills 3<> Bertie Hartford < ity Auburn 52 Berne 32. Y-llow Jacket* 31' |h ,,. a|tll . 3 | K,. n dallviile 41 Berne 53. Garrett (M . ( . alur Hartford City 34 Berne 33. Hartford Twp 22 | >( .. ltur 28 j!,. rn ,. 39 Berne 36, Monroe 21 New Year* Tourney : Berne 36. Ft Wayne CC. 32 *4» Berne 23 Berne 35. Columbia City 42 33 Bluffton 2" Berne 34. Warren 25 KIRKLAND Berne 35. Bluffton 2. Klrklan ,| 21 A luuini 2't 1 Berne 33. O»»lan .9 Kfr k| a nd .16. Jefferaon 14 Berne 51. Wln< heMer « Klrklan< | 3S< HartforW 22 Berne 25. Dunkirk .6 K)tkl . u „| *7 Monroe 41 , Berne 28. Yellow Ja< ketx 2»» Kil k | and ;1> Monmonth 23 New Year* Tourney ißeme 23. Yellow Jacket* 24 r * ’ Petml.um i. v - .. •»« Kirkland 24. Lancaster 31 MONMOUTH ■■■ VI .I 94 Kirkland 49. Bryant 19 Monmouth 2.. Monroe ~ , .... ~ , .. .... , Kirkland 22. Hartford 21 Monmouth 27, Petrcleum -’•> ... .. . ... ~ . Kirkland ■<■>. Monim uth .11 (Overtime Kirkland 55. Jefferaon 19 Monmouth 26. Hartford K | |k|l||(| 3< Monmouth (4. Commodore* H, Kirkland (3. Bryant 21 Monmouth 32. Plea*ant Mill* 24 ~ .......... ~, Kirkland 3i. Lancaster 21 Monmouth 23. Klikland -i Monmouth 26. M.mmevllle 36 K " k,an ' l r ' Monmouth 73. Jefferson 16 , Cou " .. .I ... 71 Klikland 22, (bth i 12» M’llinolltll 2’t 31 m C w. aw... e %g .! •»! ♦ PLEASAW T MILLS Moil mouth »».. Willh’ilr** Monmouth 4#, Geneva 31 ' Monmouth 33. Commodore* 31 | *«' b. Monmouth 34. Kirkland 35 1 ‘ - .Monmouth 38. Lancaster 31 ‘ <•«»•••”'• *. 32 ~ Pleasant .Milla 29, Rockford. O 26 Monmouth 54, Wren 3. |.|,. as<l| , ( M |||* 41. Wien <O » 19 Monmouth 31. Hoagland 41 IM .,. |Man , Ui || a 37. Hartfor.l II Monmouth 33. Monroe 28 M(|b (| Montn nth 55. Pleasant Mill* 28 Mi „ o <l( County Tourney (Overtime) Monmouth 39. Monroe 3 ‘ Pleaaant Mill. 31. Geneva 38 Monmouth 29. Hartford 23 |.|,.. lMan , Ml || H 20 , V ,. 1! )W j d< . kFl> IT Monmouth 24. Geneva 30 PJea.mit Mill* 37. Rm kford 56 GENEVA Pleasant Mill* 26. .Monroe 21 Geneva 26. Petroleum . 21 tOvertimel Geneva 17. Berne 28 p|ca«ant .Milla 68. Jefferwon 21 Geneva 31. Monroe 2i pica ant Mill- 28. Commodore* 39 Geneva 43, Jeffewon 19 pliant Mill* 28. Monmouth 55 Geneva 24. Montpelier 4.1 ( County Tourney Geneva .. 19. Yellow Jackets 27 p| eo)lan i Mill* 15. Geneva 39 Geneva 60. Bryant 10 HARTFORD Geneva 25. Kirkland 22 Hartford 33, Polin'; 19

I BASKETBAiy , ' EDITION •

Berne Bears Defend Sectional Crown In Five-Session Meet On Jackets' Floor Itlxht on the dot nt 7 o'clotk Thin »<lay evening, a whistle will 1 blow, a hall will be ttwsad in tits air. and the 19(6 -ecttonal tourn* ment w 11 be underway at the D'J» catur Yellow Jacket* gymnMium. Conte«tantu in tl.e toutney open, ler will be the Kirkland KatiX-iroA land the Jefferwon Warrior*. ThU will be th" fir»t of nine game* to Ih- played over a three-day epan, at wlione conclualon the 1946 sectional champion will be crowned The |n Adamo county hlirh school 'quintet* will be battling for the I crown now held by the Berns Beara, winner* of the 1945 t»uin> ment. Two games will Ite played Thur* • day nixht. two Friday afternoon, two Friday nixht. with the two x* ml-final battl«*> Saturd.iv afternoon and the champion-hip en ounter Saturday night at * o . tock Following the JeffecKun Kirkland opener Thursday night, the Dec* tin Commodore- anti Motni;>ui h Kagl'w will bxk botn» in the *».;• ontl tourney tilt The defending champion Berne Bear* will see their fir»t a<;tion Friday afternoon at 1 Io o'cl.tck, mee* Ing the Hartford G >riPa» Winding up the Friday afieinoo-i card, the Geneva Cardinal* county < hampion- for the past th ye.ns, will meet the Plea-ant Mills SpaitatlS The Itecatur Yellow Jacket* Will make their Initial »<>* at the F>b day night opener at 7 t'elock. tarn;ling with tbe Monro" Ib-arkatz. Winding up the Friday night *e* •ion. the wlnnt-t* of the Tbumdag tilt* Itetween Jeffetwot) and Kirkbi ml and the Commodores ami .Monmouth will trad* basket* for * semifinal berth. S>*mi final contewt* will be play* ed Saturday aft moot*, with tht Friday afternoon winners meeting at 1 'ln o’chx k. followed by the vii» ton* :n the Friday nixht tilt*. The two tc tins w.tocruMh througli to triumph* in the semi-final tilts will tangle to- the elriiiipion-hlp battle at 8 o’clock Sato,day n shL Officials (<>■ all game* will b«) Lundy Welborn and J I. .Mertz. Th" Decatur op tional < hampb>fl will compete for further honor* lit the Huntington regional Saturday, March 2. T.te winner ot the loc.vi tourney win tangle with the Hunt* ington Hvctlonal champ in the firvt regional game at 1 io ;»m . follow* <-d by the winner* at Bluffton and Hartford city The afternoon Witt* ner* will meet forth" regional tills at 8 p m Tlie Huntington regional champion will carry on to the Mtincie reml-flna! Saturday. March 9 Fort Wayne and .Muncie regional winner* will meet in the first aemb final <!a*.i at 1 :» p.m . followed by the Hunt tutou and Marion whine;-. Afternoon victor* will play at 8 pin for the right t.i enter th« state* select four. The final se**ion will be held at the Butler fieldhouse in Jndianapoll* Saturday. Murclj 16. with the Bloomington and Indian.,|m!is semifinal winner* cla-hing at Lin (• m., followed by the Muncie and Lataycite winner*. T ie atate champions will l»e crowned In th* final game at 8 pm Hartford 2«. Monmouth 25 Hartford 22. Kirkland . 33 Hartford 24. Yellow Jackets 3* Hartford .17. Monroe 31 Hartford 31. Pleasant Mill* 27 Hartford 22. Berne 33 Hartford 25. Geneva 31 .Monmouth 67. Wilblitre 31 Hartford 21. Kirkland 23 Hartford 28. Petroleum .17 Hartford .19. poling 3t Hartford 37, Commodore* 30 Hartford 38. Jefferson 11 Hartford 14. Monroe 23 Hartford 3d. Petroleum 45 Hartford 31. Geneva 50 County Tournoy Hartford 52. Jefferson 17 Hartford *3. Monmouth 3g MONROE Monroe 24, Monmouth 27 Monroe 41. Willshire 43 ■Monros »s. Genova 31 (Turn To Pag* 3, Column 4)