Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1946 — Page 8

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Sectional Tournament To Open Tonigl

10 Teams Os County Battle In Sectional The Decatur «e;r|onal tournament. u complete Sellout for the first Umn In advance, will open at 7 o'clock thi« evening nt the Yel low Jacket* gym, with the Jefferson Warrior-i tattgling with the Kirkland Kangaroo* in the op -tier. No aingle MHotiod tickets will be available at any neeslon of the tournament, a- the gym ciparlty was •old out in season tleke's Wednesday mornins Dorns of th<- gym will he opentil at 6 o'clock, one hour before th" time ut the openin’; g.ime Tnsame procedure will !>•■ followed I throughout all flv session* of the tournament. The second gam • of (.might's cession will be the feature of the open Ing play, with the Decatur (' inmodores and t::e Monmouth Eagles matching bankets. The Berne Bears, defending chatupioiui from the 1945 tourney, will make their first start in the 1946 meet at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon, meeting th" Hartford Gorillas. The Geneva Cardinal , for three consecutive years the winners of the ciunty tournament, will play the Pleasant Mills Spartans in the closing tilt Friday afternoon. Decatur's Yellow Jacket* will open the Friday night session at 7 o'clock, meeting the Monroe Bearkatz. In the second Friday same, the winners of tonight's tourney openers will dash for the right t > enter the semi-finals. The Friday afternoon winners will meet in the fimt semi-finals at 1:30 pm. Saturday followed by the winners of th- Friday night engagements The championship game bet ween t he semi-final champs will be played at 8 o'clock Satur day night Lundy Welborn and J. L. .Mertz will be the officials for ail games. The complete tournament schedule follows: Thursday Night Game I—7 p.m.— Jefferson vs. Kirkland. Game 2 —• 8:15 pm. Decatur CommodoHM vs. .Monmouth. Friday Afterneon Game 3—1:30 p.m Borne vs. Hartford. Game 4 245 pm.— Pleasant . Mills vs. Geneva. i Friday Night Game 5—7 p.m Monroe vs. De- I catur Yellow Jackets Game 6—8.J5 Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2. j; Saturday Afternoon Game 7—1*30 p.m. Winner game 3 vs. winner game 4. ! f.ame 8 2:45 p.m Winner game I 5 ma. winner game 6. Saturday Night I Game »—8 p. m Winner game 71 vs. winner game 8. i — 0 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dam 56. Michigan State I 54. Indiana State 49. Evansville 41. I Central Normal 60, Indiana Cen- 1 t~al 57. Navy 50. West Virginia 45. Toledo 57, Detroit 50. < Fort Sheridan 71, Chicago Loy- I ola 53. i

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Must Have Tickets W. Cuy Brown, sectional tourney manager, emphaaned again today that no cne will be admitted to the tournament without a regular season ticket, according to rules of the Indiana high school athletic association. This includes all children. • Mr. Brown also reiterated a previous statement that there will to no sales of tingle session tickets at any time during thia year's tourney. Persons without season tickets will merely be wasting time by lining up at the gym entrarce as the gym's capacity has been sold in season tickets. 6. E. Club Loses To Fort Wayne K. C. Th" Decatur G E. club dropped a close 36 to .11 battle t » the Fort Wayne K. of (' quintet Wein-lay night at tin- Lincoln gym in thfcity. The visitors led at Hie half. 22 to 16. but G. E. pulled into a 30-30 30 tie at i •> eml of the third quarter. Sihm-ider led tho vlsltom'i coring with It point”, uni Mur-i phy was high for <1 E with 10. Fort Wayns K. of C. FC FT TP E. Dehner, F. 2 It 4 Helny, F. t 2 1" “chnelder, ('. 6 2 14 Krouse, 12 4 J. IWtn«r, G o 0 0 Weigand. F. i i 3 M ithorn. G. o 1 ] Totals it s 36 O. E. Club FC FT TP -tapleton. F 10 2 Vuglist. F. 1 o 2 Fruehto. C. 2 0 4 McConnell. G. t i 3 Lynch. G. it 11 Me! hi. F 2 5 9 -'t tickler, (' oil Bollinger. G 1 it « Murphy G. 5 0 10 Total” 13 8 31 Referee Everhart. Spillinq The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Major League West End Itest.uraut won two from Ktthner: Kohne Drug won two from Nussbaum Novelty: Standard oil won two from Riverview Gardens: Smith’ Bros, won three from Oxsian Tin Shop: Kraft won two from McMillen. Standings W. L. Kraft 12 3 Kuhner 9 6 West Eid .9 6 Sml'lt Bros. . ft 6 Riverview . 8 »7 Kohne .... 8 7 Standard 7 8 McMillen 6 9 Ossian ..... 4 111 Nussbaum ... 3 12 High scores: Inuiger 204, G. Smith 203. Tutewiler 211, Young 220, Keller 207, Allspaw 211, P. , Bleeke 207. Zelt 209, Hoagland 211. 1 Ahr 203. Stump 203. G. Schultz 214. ; Faulkner 201-204, Murphy 201-200, | Rowden 232, McClure 225. _ j ( Galveston. Tex., was the first 1 city fa the United States to adopt ’ the commission form of gov rn- 1 ment. ! 1 •WtOflOOflUx xwX3OQCX3OO(XXX3tKI

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Says Cardinals To Be Slugging Team St. Petersburg. Fla . Feb 21 —fl’ P. t -Eddie Dyer, '.n his flrwt "strategy announcement" since taking over a* manager 't th-» St. Louis Cardinal*, said today that the 1916 Redbirds would a "big inning” baseball team this season. Revealing plan* to make Ti!a first Cardinal team th" “Yankees of the National league.” Dyer told reporters that “we're going In for slug gers so we can have the kind of dub that can wind up a game in any Innins." The dapper Texan’s move to revamp th«- Cardfnal'i’ style of attack received Its biggest endorsement when outfielder Stan Muelal announced at Philadelphia that h" expected to be released from the navy In time to report for spring training. The Cardinal squad numbered 19 today, with Infielder George Fallon working out for the first time. Max Lanier, ace southpaw, r-mained on the sidelines, awaiting an answer from owner Sam Breadon on his demands for more money. Braves Ft. laiuderdale. Fla., Feb. 21—> (UP)—Manager Billy Southworth revealed today that he would not change hi>t offensive tactics with the Boston Braves, but expected his new team to run the bases Just like his Cardinals did. South worth, who developed the Cards into the greatest “base running” team* in ba*ebail. said he was "amazed” at the Braves' ineptness at sliding and circling the bags. » xxxxx xx x « xx K'nxixjcoufxxacxx

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Tigers Lakeland. Fla . Feb. 21-IUP)— I Manager Steve O'Neill of the Detroit Tigers was battling two stillborn holdouts today, pitcher* Hal N"wlioveer and Al Benton . Newhouser. who is r-'portedly de-1 -nandlng 346.00-'. didn't report to-j day and he was Joined In hl” hotel . room by Benton, who was banned : from practice by O'Neil! when the Tiger's ls>ss learned the Idg right-' hander had not rlgw-d bl«i 19161 contract. Phillies Philadelphia, Pa . Feb. 21—(UP) Ron Northey. hard-hitting prewar outfielder of the Phillies, ha.i signed is 1946 contract, general manager Herb Pennock ann ninceil. 1 Indians Clearwater. Fla.. F-b 21 (UP) Manager Lou Boudreau held the Cleveland Indians’ first official spring training drill of 1946 today with a 19-man squad, composed mostly of ex-servicemen. Dodgers Sanford. Fla, Feb. 21 (UP)— Outfielder Johnny Corriden. Jr., signed hl* 1946 Brooklyn c ntract today, giving the Dodgers a father-and-roti combination for the coming season. Corriden Will report to the D Higers' camp March 1 where he will Join Ills father, one -f manager j Li-0 Durocher's coaches. First baseman Ed Stevero and G<-ne Hermanekl. who Is making a strong bid for a regular outflejd post, also signed their contracts, bringing to 28 the number of players now In the fold. At Pinnae! mountain, located between Middlesixm>. Ky., and Cumbe.land Gap. Ky.. there is a spot where one can stand in Virginia, Tennessee, and K ntucky at the same time. *XXX'MMXXXICXXOx:43m?XXXXX_X

1158 Games To Open Tourney Play Tonight Indianapolis, F b. 21 — (UP) Thi« Is It. Today Indian 1 changes from a state of sanity to 11 state ! of madness. High school basket-1 ball tournament time, oth rwlse known a* "Hoosier Mrtness,", takes over. For the n xt month the doing* 1 of the boys In short pants will , lx* the primary topic of conver- , satlon. Whether the Russian* did or didn't get th* atomic bomb secret rates secondary to whether Evan*6lle Bost' or Evansville ('• nt>ral will come out of (he Evansville sectional. Or how the Kokomo Kats are going. Tonight's firing at 64 sectional cen' rs will cover 158 games. There are two games at all centers and 30 have three game*. By the time the s salons throughout the state rare finished 158 teams will have had their state title dreams smashed. By th- end of the week. 712 will be on the sidelines. The list of 61 still In the running will lie pruned to th"sweet sixteen" a week from Saturday. with semi-finals and finals following a week apart. Must of the "big name" quin-

ft* till* season will watch to nlzht'* games an spectators. Only a handful of tandouts, such an Evan«vllle Central and Kokomo, are scheduled. However, four former mate champion* — Anderson, Ixigansport. Thorntown and Bloomington —will no to the post. Os the four, only Andernon. which rates some kind of a prize for inconsistency this season, figures as a possible title threat. The Indians take on Elwood In the 8:15 p. m. game of the Anderson sectional. I-ogan-port end Bloomington also tak • the floor at the wame time. Izigan Meet* Twelve Mile In the Ixmgantport sectional. Bloomington faces Paragon at Bloomington. Thorntown, never much of a power sine* it won Its first and only state champ--1 lonship in 1915, plays Perry Cent- | ral In the 7 p m. game at la-banon Anderson, Ixiganspi-t and Bloomington all captured section* al titles last season. B sides those three. 21 other quintets will defend their laurels in opening games tonight. .Most of the attention o titers on the Madison. Evansville. Kokomo, Linton and Shelbyville sectionals. At Evansville, Central points for Its expected final-game date with Roms by meeting Cynthiana's Posey county champs at 8:15 p. m. At Madison. Hanover, with a perfect record in regular season play, attempts an upset at the esp nse of Madison's 15-game winning Cubs. Kokomo fans expect the Kats' eight game winning streak to be In little danger against Union twp. Linton figures to add its 13th straight against Midland in the Worthington sectionals. Shelhvill's 15-game winners, the South Central conference champions from Columbus and Moiristown, a small school power, actlin at Shelbyville tomor- j row. All three anticipate • asy I going. , Morristown, Kokomo. Linton and Madison also will defend sectioiul honors. Besides those four and Anderson. Logansport and Bloomington, defending sectional j champg s<-h duled tonight are j Oxford at Ambia, Auburn at Aub- \ urn. Batesville at Batesville. Boon-1 ville at Boonville, Clinton at Clin- j ton, Waynetown at Crawfordsvile. Flora at Delphi, Fort Wayne I North at Fort Wuyne, Gary Enter-! son at Gary. Bainbridge at Ore ncastle, Greensburg at Greensburg. Monticello at Monticello, Lewis ville at New Castle Culver at Ply- j mouth. Sp ncer at Spencer, Tell City at Tell City, and Jackson Central at Tipton. — o Pearl Harbor Group Concludes Hearings Washington, Feb. 21— (CP) — The Pearl Harbor committee today nlanned a short rest before sitting i down to study three months of | testimony and fix responsibility for the nation's worst naval disaa|ter. Public hearing recessed formally at 8:19 pin. yesterday after almost continuous sessions since Nov. 15. Chairman Alben W. Barkley D. Ky.. said it mleht be neo* jettwary to reopen them If any “gaps" show up In subsequent evaluation of the recorded testimony. Much meetings, he said, would only /last two or three days.

Bob Feller Heading For Training Camp Chicago. Feb. 21-tUPI Base-i bull's erstwhile "wond<" boy." Bob 1 Feller of the CRveland Indian* ! heads south tonight to take part ia his first spring training in five seasons and like a million diamond fan* he has a big question he expects the Florida drill* to an- , swer: “Did four y>'ars In th-' navy and I away from baseball chores take laway any of the blinding speed I that helped catapult him from ole iscurlty Into majo- league stardom?” Filler was dirfcharged from service in time to pitch eight games late last season, but h>- <1 tesn't regard that 'trial' as (,f suffi< lent length to provid" a real answer —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 ‘THE CORN IS GREEN” I Bette Davis, slohn Dall ALSO—Shorts 9c-40e Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! O—O Friday & Saturday NOTE to B. B. Tourney Fans— Continuous Show on Saturday.

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IN 38 DAYS DECATUR HAS LOST $271,850 in wages because of the strike at GENERAL ELECTRIC Nothing can be gained by striking that co have been gained while still at work. GENERAL ELECTR* 1

a; to the effects his long also*nee may have had on hl* pitching "Whether Pin a* fast as ever Is 'one of the things I think spring training Is going ta determine," Bob xahl in 11 frank evaluation of bitnAelf, "I believe I am. but th< n , we'll see. Even if I am as fast a.« I ever maybe I won’t look it to those on the bench or In the grandstand for I've got a lot better control than I had when I b oke In.” It was Feller's spm d that enabled him to lead the American .league in strikeouts for four consecutive ><eauotis from 1938 until he de parted for the navy. Three of those i years he likewise walked more, men than any other hurler In the league and speed coupled with wildness kept most sluggers from taking a "toe hold” when rapid I Robert was working. | CORT ♦ ♦ — Last firns Tonight — JUDY CANOVA in "HIT THE HAY" H A 3 Stooges 9c-30c Inc. Tax FRI. & SAT. BILL ELLIOTT in the role of Red Rydsr “PHANTOM OF THE PLAINS” —O-0— Sun. Mon. Tues.—" Prison Ship" A "A Guy Could Changs.”

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