Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1946 — Page 6

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Portland Panthers Win Regional Tourtid

Berne Defeated After Handing Vikings Upset The Portland Panthers mwt Cun City In the second game of the Mundo semi-ffnala next Saturday -by virtue of their winning th Huntington regional title, dropping' the Berne Bearn In the final game! on the Viking hardwood Saturday night. 41 38. But they had l»e n forced to hare the spotlight with the Ad am* county entrant, who featured regional play with a startling 35-30 win over the favored Huntington Viking* In the first uft-moon' game In the other afternoon tilt, the Punthem won their way to the final* with n 4134 win over Petroleum. the Welle county wlnn r. I In the title game, the Beam, very obviously tired out from their hardfought afternoon encounter, wvre no mulch for the big. hard driving Panther* early in the game and fell behind 10-0 at the end of the flrat period. It waa thia margin that proved the margin of victory Lleriity, Baumgartner and Stuc ky par d a rally that brought them up to |5-2i at the midway mark and then the ace| Berne forward* kept it up to trail i only 28-3 t) going into the final stanza. But their rally fell short three point* and Ih-y lost their chance* of moving on to Muncie. 41-38. Baumgartner and Liechty were the big gun* offensively for the Bear*, getting 15 and 12 points, respectively. Ormsby. Brewster and Hummel paced the victors’ attack with 14. 12 and 10 markers, respectively. The elusive work of Baumgartner directly in front of th- basket proved to be the difference between Berne and Huntington In that aftrrnoon feature, although all of the Bears contributed substantially to the 35-30 win. The Berne forward scored five timet during the game- all from Inside the foul cirri- and all after faking one or two Viking* out of *'Million. Apparently catching the ings off guard in The first quarter, the Adams county five built up a 12-3 lead and were never headed although they were in danger 11 numerous times. Their margin at i halftime was 31-14. and at the end of the third period. 29 19 Once In the last quarter they led. 33-20 ' and apparently had th- contest I sewed up. but hte Vikings finish- | ed strong and narrowed the final I margin to five points, 35-30. In the other afternoon tilt. Portland found Petroleum plenty troublesome and even trailed at the half, 13-15 but their ruggedness and drive wore down the opposition and they finished in front, 41-34. AB three ball game* were hardfought and tan* saw pl-nty of good basketball, with the individual play of Baumgartner of Berne and Fruth, petroleum guard who amassed 20 points In his one game. | the outstanding features.

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Berne FG FT TP Baumgartner, f 5 3 13 Liechty, f ... 2 6 10 i Stucky, c 2 4 8 Mucelman. n ... ... 0 o 0 Smith,< g . 3 0 4 Sprunger. g .. . ...0 0 0 Totals Il 18 35 Huntington FG FT TP Hulllnger. f 4 2 10 I Wilhelm, f 2 3 7 lathr, C Oil Burkhart, g .. .30 6 Williams, g 1 2 4 I Meckstreth. f .... .. 0 0 0 > Caine*. c 0 2 2 Shultz. g .. .. 0 0 0 Totals .. 10 10 30 Portland FG FT TP Brewster, f ... ... 4 1 9 Schlaenlen, f .. ..21 5 Ormsby. c ... .... 4 1 9 ; Sfrlpp, g .01 1 Gibson, g .. 2 2 C W isner. f 10 2 Hummel, <• .. 3 2 * Ixxz. g 0 11 Total* .... .. K, 9 41 Petroleum FG FT TP K. Rls»er, f .... 2 1 5 K Itisaer. f ..0 0 0 Cachran, c 3 0 6 Gihson, g .... ... 10 2 Cowens, g .. 0 11 Kirkwood, f . ....... o o o Fruth, g .... . .. .. 7 6 20 lledd. g .... ..0 0 0 Totals 13 8 34 Portland FG FT TP Schloenlen, f .... 0 0 0 Brewster, f . .... 4 2 10 Ormsby, c 4 6 14 Hummel, g . ....... . 6 o 12 Gibson, g .... 21 5 Stripp. f ..Oo 0 Weisner, g ... ..0 0 0 Totals 16 9 41 Berne FG FT TP Baumgartner, f .. 6 3 15 Liechty, f 5 2 12 Stucky, c .. .... ... 3 17 Muselnvin. g .. 204 Smith, g .00 0 Sprunger. f ’ 0 0 0 Abraham, c .. o 0 0 Habegger. g 0 0 0 Totals .... ... 16 6 38 --a..,,—. Zollner Pistons Beat Sheboygan Redskins Fort Wayne, Ind. March 4—d’. P.) The Zollner Pistons beat the Sheboygan Redskins 53-49 laet night in what may have been a pre- j view for the league- playoffs. The game was close ail the way with Sheboygan hading 27-26 at the half Bob McDermott was highpoint man for the pl*tons with 11 points and Ed Dancker led the Sheboygan scoring with 14. o COMPANY AND (Coatlnuwd From Page One) erting a strike set for Tuesday, 2. Government and industry officials feared a soft coal strike in April If united mine workers (AFL) chieftain John L. la>wls uses bls economic rights for suptain bargaining rights for supervisory employes. 3. More than 304.060 CIO rubber workers mre granted wage increases of 1814 cents an hour in an industry-wide agreement reached without a work stoppage. 4. Union and company representatives scheduled a meeting today to resume negotiations in the 117-day strike against the Yale and Towne Monufacturing Co.. Stamford. Conn. The General Motors answer to a union proposal for arbitration of their long, drawn-out dispute said that the corporation’s offer of an ISH-cent hourly increase “conforms to the wage pattern of the automotive industry." Asserting that agree tn- nt could l>e reached in ail non wage issues, the company demanded, “what remains to be arbitrated?" The company’s suggestion that GM’s latest offer be submitted to a vote of the atrlkers, was termed hy UAW president R. J. Thomas "unwarranted interference" in the union's affairs. A national atrike conference of the UAW had proposed that the company join in asking President Truman to appoint an impartial arbitration. It had promised to recommend an immediate return-to-work pending the arbitrator’s decision. There was a possibility that government Intervention might be forthcoming to ward off the threatened strike of long distance telephone operators. Washington officials said last week that the government would step in if negotiations were unsuccessful. The national federation of long lines workers, with 19,600 members, belongs to the Independent National Federation of Telephone Workers Fifteen other affiliates also voted in favor of strike action but probably would fall In line with any settlement reached between the tong lines workers and the American Telephone and Telegraph Co.

: Gas City Is I Big Surprise Os Regionals I I Indianapolis. March 4 (UP)— Basket ball's "step child”, the sone defense, wa* credit d with a key 1 role today In the serie* of up«et* that swept Indiana high school basketball tourney regional play 1 last Saturday. Elkhurt, Kokomo. New Albany , and Vinc»nnea, all figured ns strong title challengers, fell by the wayside via the aone-drfen<e route. The two other top threats eliminated In regional fonn-rever*al* , —Columbus and New ('ant lower e victims of teams employing the more "orthodox" man-to-man <1 -sense. Madison’s 19-game-winning Cub* also dropped out of contention Saturday, but they lost to Columbus, which spurted in the fourth quarter for a hard-fought, 53-39 victory at Shelbyville Among the "sweet sixteen" regional champions left in (he running for Indiana's greatest sporting prize were such season-long standout* as Evansville C-ntrsl (won 23-lost 1), laifayette Jefferson (22 4). East Chicago Washington <24-2), Fort Wayne Central (22-3), Jasper (264), Linton (21-7) and Richmond (19-6). Biggest upsets In regional play were scored by a tall, rangy combination from Gas City. Utilizing a zone defense. Gas City cut down Wabash's high-scoring Central con-fer>-nce champions. 36-34, and then took the Marion title by stopping Kokomo's North Central conference champs. 38-29. Muncie Central. Culver, Flora. B dford. Franklin and Berne pressed Gas City for ’’giant killing' honors. Muncie, after a hapless regular season, nicked New Castle In a triple-overtime, 37-35. Franklin, like Muncie, stuck to a man-to-man d-sense in tripping Columbus at Shelbyville, 29-21. thereby reversing three straight Columbus victories In the regular season. The other form-reversals were attributed primarily to the zone. Culver, going the route with it * | starting five, pulled away from 23 game-winning Elkhart in the last two minutes when big Rog* r. Thews tossed in seven points. The final score was 38-35. Jasper, setting Vincennes down with two field goals In the first half. coasUd to a 49-26 triumph over the rugged Alices. Bedford, handcufi’lng New Albany's pivot ' ace. Otval Stone, cooled off the torrid Bed Duvlls. 33-31. Bedford, winner at J-ffersonvllle. and Jas- 1 per. winner at Vincennes, were the only 1946 regional champions . to repeat. They tangle at 2:45 p. m next Saturday In th- Bloomington semi-final. Berne eliminated the last of the 1945 semi-final champions—Hunt-1 Ington—ln the opener at Hunting- : tea. 35-30. Flora, which battles mighty !*afayett> Jeff tn the second game at this weekend. put the finishing touches to, a hapless Ixigansport season, 56- | 31. All three of the und- seated quintets gaining the regional round were eliminated. Lafayette, the United Piwss state title choice, first took care of Whitestown, 6834. and then Rossville. 44-38. Anderson's inconsistent Indian* stopped Eden at Anderson, 51-33. Five one-time champions still are i nth- field, Lafayette. Andereon. Franklin. Fort Wayne Central and Crawfordsville. Central and Jeff figure as the only 1946 championship poMfoilitles. — o Semi-Final Pairings Indianapolis. March 4— (UP) — Pairing for Saturday’s semi-final ! tourneys of the 36th indisna high otbool basketball meet are m foiiowe: (firet afternoon game at 1:30 night game at 8): At Bloomington Linton vs. Evansville Central. Bedford vs. Jasper. At Lafayette Culver ve. Eaet Chicago Washington. Lafayette vs. Flora. At Muneie Richmond vw. Fort Wayne Central. Gas City vs. Portland. Indianapolis Franklin va. Crawfordsvillo. Anderson vc. Lawrenceburg. ■ ■■ —-o Weaving U New Mexico’s largest manufacturing Industry. In addition to the rubber workers, another CIO union reached a peaceful settlement of wage demands. ' The Hudson Motor Car Co. agreed to grant an ISH* eent pay boost to its 16,664 workers. represented by the UAW.

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Regional Scores

At Anderson Anderson 61. Eden 33. Indianapolis Tech 34. Danville 36, Anderson 45. Tech 39 (final). At Evansville. Evatwvllle Central 36. Cannelton 32. Boonville 49. Mat key 39. At Fort Wayne Ashley 43, Kendallville 41. Fort Wuyne Central 35, Milford 3<). Central 66. A*bley 51 (final). At Greencastle Crawfordsville 10. Clint m 23. Reelsvllle 41. Attica 40 lovertime>. Crawfordsville 44, Reelsvllle 29 (final). At Hammond Ea»t Chicago Washington 44, Gary Edison 20. JatPurte 54. Rensselaer 40. Washington 53, Lal'orto 46 (final). At Huntington Berne 35. Huntington 30. Portland 41. Petrolern 34. I'urlland 41. Berne 3* (final). At Jeffersonville Bedford 57, Freiu-h Lick 28. New Albany 42, Seymour 3u. Bedford 33, New Albany 31 (filial). At Lafayette Rossville 43. B<>*well 25. latfayette 68. Whitestown 34. laifayette 44, Rossville 38 (final). Yanks Defeated In Final Panama Tilt

SI. Petersburg, Fla., March 6 - (UP) The New York Yankees', Gl squad arrived here from their Panama exhibition tour today and immediately settled down to a star-, studded fight tor regular Jobs. The team l<*t it* final game at Balboa, C. Z., yesterday when shortstop Joe Bocknian's ninth inning wild throw let in two tun* to give the Canal Zone all-star* a 5 to 4 victory it was the third de-' feat in II gaui'-w for the Yanks, who started with a roar and finish-1 ed with a muffled attack. Joe DiMaggio and Joe Gordon, who started off hitting at theiri prewar clip, wound ut> in a mild slump, the Yankee clipper's averI age slipping from well over 506 to an 11 game average of .356. Indiana lakeland. Fla . March 4—(UP)-— iManagir Steve O'Neill announced 'today a starting lineup, including only two members of last year's world champiotiahip team, for the; for the Detroit Tiger*' opening 1 “grapefruit circuit" game against 'the Washington Senators here Thursday. Ex-serviceman John LI p o n.! shortstop, will lead off followed by Murray Franklin, second baae; ’ Dick Wakefield, left field: Hank Greenberg, first base; Walter | (Hoot) Evens, center field; Pat MulHn. right field; Billy Hitchcock.' third base; Birdie Tebbetts. catcher. and Virgil Trucks, Denny Hot . ton and Freddie Hutchinson, pitch-; era. Greenberg and Trucks are the , only two players who performed in • the 1945 world series. Giants Miami, Fla., March 4-(L'P) — The New York Giants nursed a ! locker room full of sore muscles today after tbeir 17-ltining exihibition game against the Boston Braves yesterday which ended in a 4 to 4 deadlock. Senators Orlando, Fla.. March 4 —(UP) — Marino Pieretti, the Washington Senators' missing pitcher, reported to Manager Ossie Hluege today Just in time to escape a fke and possible suspension. RED SOX Saraaaota, Fla, March 4 —(UP) '—Ted Williams, recovered from a mild attack of the flu, donned bis {uniform for workouts again today and promptly whammed a ball over the fence during batting practice. The Red Sox regulars scored seven runs in the third inning to defeat the Yannigana, 13 to 3. in the squad s flnst practice game of the training seaaon yesterday. White 80a Pasadena. Calif., March 4-(UP) -Rogers Hornsby, one of baseball'a all-time great righthanded bitten, began one of the toughest Jobs of his career today-teaching the Chicago White Sox how to bit. Cube Avalon, Calif., March 4—(UP)— Manager Charley Grimm expected bls slugging right fielder. Bill Nicholson, to report today, ending the Chicago Cubs’ toughest holdout problem. After rejecting two contracts, Nicholson agreed to terms by tong distance telephone and left his Chestertowa. Md., home daring the weekend. Browne Anaheim, Calif.. March 4 -(UP) , —General manager Bill DeWitt of the Bt. Louis Browne announced today that outfielder Joe Medwick

At Logansport Ixtgansport 32. Monticello 25. . Flora 32, Peru 27. Flora 56. iaigansport 31 (final). At Marion Gas City 36. Wabash 34. Kokomo 37, Tipton 22. Gas City 38. Kokomo 29 (final). At Martinsville Honey Creek 45, Spencer 32. Linton 36. Htoomington I’nlvershy 34 (overtime), Linton 27. Honey Creek 23 (final). At Muncie Muncie Central 37. New Castle 35 (triple overtime). Richmond 46. Farmland 29. Richmond 32, Muncie 31. (final). At Rushville Milroy 40. Brownsville 39. lat wrem eburg 43. Milan 26. I latwrenceburg 53, Milroy 29 (final). At Shelbyville Franklin 50. Sand Creek 24. Columbus 53. Madison 39. Ftatiklln 29, Solumbiu* 21 (final). At Soutn Bend Culver 38. Winamac 34. Elkhart 37. South Bend Central 33. Culver 38, Elkhart 35 (final). At Vincennes Sullivan 34. Washington 24. Jasper 49. Vincennes 26. Janper 39, Sullivan 35 (final), has agreed to term* and will report to camp this week. COLLEGEBASKETBALL Minnesota 58, lowa 47. Notre Dame 63, Detroit 39. Army 67. Navy 6<>. Oklahoma 50. Missouri 40. Chicago Ijoyola 56, Camp Grant 34 0 New 'Lost Weekend' Version Is Reported A new ver*lon of a "lost weekend’’ was revealed here today in Lbe case of a Decatur man, whom police authoritl s *aid was taken to Jail after he was reported to have consumed 20 days' supply of one-a-day vitamin pills, several drinks of liquor and three package* of a popular patented remedy for acid stomach condition. The alleged offender, whose name was not made public since no formal charge had be-n placed against him. bu* be n re|«-a*ed from • custody Prosecutor G. Remy Bierly said today that be understood the arresting officer would sign a public intoxication affidavit against the local man in city court late today or early Tuesday.

President Truman Backs Housing Bill Leads Fight To Save Housing Programs Washington, March 4—(UP) — President Truman today spearheaded a drive by the administration's top political and economic officials to save its housing program from defeat. House speaker Sum Rayburn of Texas said that "the President is very much interested in getting a real housing bill." Rayburn made the statement following the regular meeting between the Pre«ldent and hi* four congresaioMd leaders. The speaker said President Truman wanted passage of the Patman bill with the eo-calied “Wyatt program amendments." The President's request followed the telegrams from Democratic national chairman Robert E. Hannegan to every Democratic member of the house and warnings from Mr. Truman’d top economic aides. The economic officials charged that one of the biggest lobbies in history was trying to defeat the administration's housing program. The Wyatt amendments would put price ceilings on both old and new homes and subsidize building materials— two of the most hotly disputed provisions of the program. Hannegan said that Democrats, not Republicans, would be held responsible by voters if the bill were defeated. Rayburn said he hoped the house could complete its action on the Patman bill today. Republicans and southern Democrate already had eliminated from tbe bill a provision authorising price ceilings for existing houses. The congress of industrial orgab iaat lons charged in a statement that congress was succumbing “to the dictates of a handful of lobbyists for the corporate Interests which oppose the veterans' bousing program ”

The Herne Hears. Decatur sectional winners, pulled one of th'' prize upsets of the annual Indiana high school marathon Saturday afternoon, when they knocked over the top-heavy favorite* for the regional crown, the Huntington Viking*. 35 to 30. in the first game of the Huntington regional. - qOo— The Bears, obviously tired from their great battle to eliminate the Vikings, were unable to match the Portland Panthers in the final tilt, going down after a tough struggle. 41 to 38. The Bears camo from behind an early too deficit to make the Panthers fight all the way for their first regional crown in the school's history. —oOo— Huntington wa* the only member of last year’s four state finalists to survive sections! play, and the Viking* had been established a* heavy favorites to retain their regional crown. However, the Bears Jumped awuy to a 12 to 3 margin at the flnst qaarter and stayed well In front for the rest of the contest. Nice going. Bear*! —oOo——a result us their triumph at Huntington. Portland’s Panthers will meet another darkhorse entrant In the second game of the Muncie semifinal tousney Saturday afternoon. Portland will meet Gas City, who pulled one of the prize upsets of regional play. Gao City knocked off Wabash. 36 to 34, in an afternoon till, a:td then walloped the Kokomo Wildcats, 38 to 29. in the final game Kokomo was the choice of many writers and fatw for the state title. —OOO - Fort Wayne Central and the Richmond Red Devfi* will clash In the opening game of the Muncie tourney Saturday, followed by Portland and Gas City. Central ran into plenty of difficult? with Milford in a Saturday afternoon tilt but outshot Ashley In a high-scor-ing final game Richmond won at Muncie, where the featute game of the 16 regional* was played Saturday afternoon, when Muncie Central nosed out New Castle in a triple overtime struggle. oOo—- — upset victim.? over the state Included Elkhart, loser of only one game during the season, who fell to Culver In the final lilt; Columbus, knocked off by Franklin and New Albany, iMXMted out by the Bedford Stonecutters. -000Tbree of the Berne Bears were selected on the all-regional team, selected by the Huntington HeraldPress. They were Baumgartner and Lieibty, furwards, aud Stucky, center. Other regional choices wore: Wilhelm, Huntington, forward; Ormsby. Portland, center; Brewster and Hummel, Portland, and Fruth, Petroleum, as guards. —oOo - Thus, with the elimination of

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the Berne Boars dropping the last Adame county high school basketball team out of the runnlng, BASKETBAWL closes | shop, and will be seeing you come nest November. o ———— Klepper Toastmaster For Farmer Banquet William Klepper will lw the < toast master In the five acre DH. LA. banquet In the Masonic hull, Monday evening. March 11. BenJ. 1 Grrke, president of the D.H.1.A., i, will recognize the dairy winners , of the county. This banquet to upon- , sored Jointly by Wm. Klepper, the , First State Bank, Bank of Berne, the Adams county crop improvement association, and the Adam* county dairy herd improvement association. The dairy awards will be made to Calvin Liechty, Ben (lerke, EH, M. Schwartz. Jacob J. Schwartz. I L. lleulmn Schwartz. BenJ A Noah Mazelin, Stanley Arnold, and lien* ry Aacbleman. The banquet will tie prepared and served by the Adam* county home economic* choru*.

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