Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 February 1946 — Page 6

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Jefferson And Commies Are Easy Victims BULLETIN The Berne Bear* defeated the Hartford Gorillas, 39 to 26, in the opening game of the Fiiday afternoon session. Berne led at the half. 24 to It. and at the third period. 31 to 24. Kirkland'* Kangaroc* and Mon mouth's Eaghw chalke I up a pair of easy victories In the opening BAines of the 1946 sectional tour ney before a nearly pmful! Yellow Jackets gym Thursday night, elhnlnutlnx the Jefferson Warrior* and Decatur Commodores, n**p<clively By their triumphs laet night, Kirkland and .Monmouth will battle in the second name of tonight's aetwion at 8:15 o'clock lor a Iw-rth in the semi-finals. Tournament play was resumed this afternoon, with the Hern* Dears, defending champ! me, meeting the Hartford Gorillas in the 1:30 pnt game, followed by the Genova Cardinals, county cham pions, againet the Pleasant Mills Spartans. The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Monroe Bearkatz will open to night’s session at 7 o'clock, follow ed by the Kirkland-Monmouth clash. This afternoons winners will meet in the first semi-final tilt at 1:30 pm. Saturday, with tonight's Victors clashing In th * second se-mi-final to qualify for the section al championship encounter at 8 o'clock Saturday night. There will l>e no tickets on sale at the door at any of the tourney sessions, the gym having bwn sold out to capacity in season tickets. Kirkland Wins The Jefferson Warriors put up a surprisingly good fight against the Kirkland Kangaroos, although Kirkland was never In difficulty in regiaitering a 41 to 26 victory Jefferson guve the 2.000 plus sane their first chance to cheer in the opening seconds when the Warriors stole the opening tipoff and Smltley went under w’de open to score. Kirkland soon took command to the tilt, however, and held period leads of 12 to 5, 20 to 9, and 32 to 18. Fruechte, Kirkland renter, was the outstanding scorer with 19 points on seven field goal* and five free throws. Hid wi, Jefferson's best scorer with Ift points, followed by Smltley and Buckingham with six each. The Kangaroos displayed fine accuracy from the free throw line, converting 13 to is chances, while the Warriors made, only six of 18. Monmouth-Commodore* Monmouth's victory over the Commodores in the second tilt wa* no surprise except in the ease

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I with which Hi i: I I* ' lilted their is to 28 triumph .Monmouth run Into a 9 to 2 Givi {quarter lead and increased th* i margin to 27 to 9 at the half. The , Commit*». unable to hit on what I few good shot* they obtained, fall ed to regirter fiom the field until the last tao minutes of the half, when Wilder clicked on a rebound and Hess hit a one hander The Eagles kept on going in the thiid quarter to hold a 3* to 15 margin us the final itetiod opened. H Oetting led a well-balanced Monmouth scoring attack with 12 points, while He .' eight were tops tor th*- Commodore- Neither team was accurate from th** foul line, the Eagles canning only 12 of 26 ■ attempts, and th** Commodores 10 of 22 Box scores: K irkland FG FT TP I Worden. F <> »■<> (i H. Lonxenberger, F J 4 1 s Fruechte. C 7 5-7 19 Smith, (11 o-l 2 Shady, G. 2 1-3 5 H. lumgenberger F. I 0-0 2 Worthman, F. 0 00 0 It Arnold. G I 3.3 5 1 Arnold <! 0 0-0 ft Totals 11 n-18 41 j Jefferson FG FT TP Smltley, F 3 0-2 6 Hill. F I 2 8 10 I Johnson, ('. 0 t-7 I • Buckingham, G. 3 «i-ft 6| Gerber. G. ft 0-1 0 , Beef, F. ft It it ft Pyle. F <1 o-ft ft TumldcHon, C. t> 0-0 ft Merritts, G. 0 n-o 0 Debolt. G. ft 0-0 ft Total** in 618 261 Referee: Welborn. I'mpire: Mertz Monmouth FG FT TP Thieme, F 1 12 3 A. Getting, F 2 0 1 4 H Getting C If.*. 12 Singlet n, G. 3 3 6 9 Fclking. G 2 2 6 6 I Sclieumati, F. 1 0-2 2 Buimahn, F. 2 ft-1 4 : Crosby, ('. it |-| 1 ! Gould. G it ii-ti 0 Kruetzman. G. 3 1-2 7 Totals is 12-26 4s , Commodores FG FT TP N. lamgerich. F 0 3 5 31 Weinhoff. F 1 *-o 21 Wilder. C. 1 2-7 4 Brittle. G 0 2-3 2 Hackman. G. 3 o-l ti Hess, F 3 2-4 8 B. Umgerich F 11-2 3 Baker. ('. 11 oft 0 Kohne. G. o ft 0 ft Coffee, G ft 0-0 11 — Totals 'I 10-22 28 Referee: Mertz. Umpire: Welborn. o— — — ■ - The first telegraph line completed In the United States was i opened for business in May. 1844. Th«* state of Wyoming stands second in wool production In the ' United States

Favorites Win 1 ' In Early Gaines In Sectionals Indianapolis. Feb. 22 (CPI — Upsets were strangely absent last night ru< th*- Indiana high school 'basketball tournament completed opening night firing at 64 sectiona! met is. Section il play continues today, with preliminary action ' winding up tomorrow. Near tupac.ty crowds watched I**9 hopeful <iulnt«ts -tumble during sessions which saw all standout contenders breeze jrt&d ''conn ty rivals." . One of the five ft. mer state champions in act!* 11 Wingut** was among the first round victim*. N*-w rota eliminated the 1913 ami 1914 champions. 52-25. Anderson. ixagatwport, Thornton and Bloomington kept dreams of another title alive, although only the on again, off again Anderson 1 Indians figure as anything morel -than “akto cans'' this time Kokomo ami Evansville Central! -led th*- standout contenders ad - vancing to the aecond-round last I night. Madison. Linton, Columbus. ! Shelbyville and a pair of undefeatled small school crews ItoMVilie's 22 gain.* winning Hornets and Whitestown, a 21 game winner also survived the first hurdle of "Hoosier madness." Two other undefeated big little teams'' -Roanoke and Hanover—- | fell by the wayside. .Madh.ni came j from behind to trim Hanover with a fourth-quarter rally. 42-28. Hunt (ington Twp. upset Roanoke, 31-3<», ■at Huntington. Anderson, overcoming a firsthalf deficit, blasted Elwood at An-d'-Mun. 40-21. Thornton toppled P**rry Central at Lebanon. 36-23; i Bloomington kayoed Paragon at ■Bloomington. 57 17, and Logansport rumpled Twelve Mile at Ixtgan- ■ sport, 60-26. Kokomo's North Central conference champs ran their winning Itreak to nine, routing Union Twp, Il -I C*ia*li Ralpi King sent h.« I regulars in for a “token appearlance.” Evansville Cent al tarried I off its 18th decision in 19 starts The Bears had little trouble with '< ynthlana, the Posey cannty champions. 49-21. I.inton posted its 14th consecutive victory, smashing Midland. 352" Columbus nnd Shelbyville tuned for their date at 7 p m. tonight Columbus trimmed Flatrock, 54-26. and Shelby ousted hope, last season's sectional and regional champs, s<»-20. R tssvllle ran Its etreak to 22 by kayoing Kirklin. 66-18. at Frank-

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I fort, and White t**»n grabbi d its 21st in a row at t«ebanon, leafing JaniMtown, 41-32. Six of 1.1 t >-ea on's •>! e*<-tiunal champion* w*re leiegutcd to the sidelines last night. B** I.l*h hops*. I they w* r<* Waytirtown at Craw forduville. Tell city al T* ll city. : itatesvllh* at Batesville, Jackson ■ Central at Tipt >ll and Gary Emer- * roll at Gary. Eight.-en othi r 194 j sectional winn*- * advan* *'il They were Andersen. I.inton. Madhott. Bloomington. Ixrgansport, Kokomo. Spencer I at Spencer. Oxford at Ambia, Au--1 burn at Auburn, Flora at Delphi, ■ (Tint m at Clinton. Fort Wayne 1 North at Fort Waytie. Bainbridge 1 at Greencastle, Gr< * nsburg at Gr***-nriburf, M >ntii <-l!o 11 MontlcelI 10. iU'Wlsville tit N*‘W Castle, Cuiver at Plymouth, and Boonville at Boonville. o — - Sectional Scores At Decatur Kirkland 41. Jefferson 26. Monmouth 48. Decatur Catholic 28. At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne North 38. Concordla 28. Central Catholic 45. Ila lan 36 Hunt rtown 29. Elmhurst 27. Fort Wayne South 33, New Haven 19 Hoagland 45. Lafayette Central 24. Woodburn 48. Arcola 27. At Aubi rn Garrett 56. Salem Center 41. Auburn 56. Pleasant latke 31. Clitumbusco 44, Orland 42 (overtime). Concord Twp. 43. Fremont 39. Ashl y 56. Metz 37. Butler 29. Waterlot 28. At Bluffton I nion Center 33. Jackson 24. laint aster 4ft, Bluffton 29. At Hartford City Hartford (Tty 33. Montpelier 32. Redk y 54. Bryant 33. Portland 62. Poling 22. Roll 53. Ridgeville 32. At Huntington Warren 79. Banquo 17. Huntington Twp. 31, Roanoke 3ft. Clear Creek 43. Rockcreek 34. Jefferson 40. Andrews 23. Umastrr Twp 33. Huntington Catholic 29 tovertim t. Jefferson 41. Itippus 35. At Kendallville Wolf Lake 3s. Ligonier 27 Albion 40. Scott 2.1 Kendallville 47. L-iGrang 18. Wolcottville 42. Howe Military 33 (Tomwell 52. Rome City 31. Avilla 32. Lima 23. At Warsaw Beaver Daht 46. Burket 29. Waraaw 37. Columbia City 33. Etna Green 55. Sidney 37. Syracuse 46, North Webster 36 Milford 53. Atwood 25 Pierceton 41. Mentone 32. One Fox Is Bogged In Chose Thursday One fox was bagger in the chase staged Thursday by the Adanw county fish and game conservation league. Floyd Mitchell was credited with the kill Robert Hill, president of the league, announced today that another hunt will Im staged Saturday morning. AB persons wishing to participate are a»ked to meet nt the south side of the county courthmse before 8:30 to secure or offer transportation to the hunt site. The squirrel is found j n a |j parts of the world except Australia,

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Opening games in t ie Decatur scctianai tourney Thursday night w» nt about as expected although the scores were somewhat a surprise. <>Oi» — The Jefferson Warriors, who have been doorma'a for other teams for the past three seasons, showed much improvement over their play of the two past tourneys, ami wltlle they didn't threaten to u| <«*t the Kirkland Kangaroo* In the opener, they <iid make an interesting gam**. - nOo— * Th,* decf.dve nature* of Mon* mouth's triumph over the Decatur Commodores in th** second till was al*o a surprise, although Monmouth had defeated the Commies twice 1 during the regular reaeon. The ■ Commodores were unable to hit on . what few go *d ahits they obtained | during the first half, failing to con i tied from the field until less than , two minutes of the first half remained to be played. 000— Mighty few seats were available in the Yellow Jacket* gym when the first ball was tossed up at 7 o'clock. A* announced before, the gym capacity ha* been sold in season tickets, and no single admission tickets will be on sale at any session. o( hi As might i»e expected, the Thursday night winners showed the best shooting percentage*. Monmouth topped th.* lUt. sinking IS Geld goals in 56 sh >t« for an average of a shad,* over 32 percent. Kirkland was next In line with 14 Has■beta in 55 shot*, a percentage of slightly over 25. Jefferson did pret- . ty well, having a 22-petcentage on 1" Geld eosin In 46 efforts. The < <*iiiii><m!oi< 4 fared badly, hitting

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'only IS percent with nine Geld goals In 59 shots. 000 For the above Information, we are Indebied to l>*ane Dorwln. in* icatur high school Instructor, and {his student assistants, who are icharting shots for all games In the j tourney. W«* expre** our thank*. - <»()<• Only the Kirkland Kangaroos displayed good free throw shooting last night the Kangaroo* converting 13 of 18 chance* from th* charity line. Mcnmouth made 12 of 26, the Commodores 10 of 22 and Jefferaon six of 18. -000— Some tourney first*: I First tip-off—Jeffemon. First shot Smltley of Jefferson. First Geld goal Smltley of JesI ferson. First personal foul - Smith of j Kirkkind ■ First free throw misted Smltley j of Jefferson. First free throw made H. !x>ng-| enborger of Kirkland. ■

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I First lime out called lefferson. First substitution 11. Jxrngen berger of Kirkland. First pla>er removed on personal fouls Briede of Commodurea. First technical foul--Briede of (UenmodorHi. 000 - Major up«et In this part of the state in last night's sectional games was the el'tninatlon of the Columbia City Eagles. The Eagles were ousted by the Warsaw Tigers. 37 to 33. a team the Eagles bad defeated during the season by 10 points. And over in Huntington. the Roanoke Stonewalls, undefeated all season, dropped out of the running when nosed out by Huntington township, 31 to 30. Hartford City had a narrow equeak. edging

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