Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 63, Decatur, Adams County, 15 March 1946 — Page 8

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Evansville Is Favorite For State Crown Indianapolis. March IS fl'l'i A trio of northern quintets tomor row will attempt to nip •outhern Indiana* bld for its fifth mat high school basketball championship in six year* The south* xtandnrd bearer. Evansville Central, will Im - a slight favorite, however. The Golden Hear* from the pock t city, beaten only once in 26 games, have put together I* nine* utive victories A capacity crowd of 14.833 fans ■ will jam Butler fieldhouse her for the 36th annual title session of "Hoosier madness." Upholding the honor of the north will he Anderaon’a Indiana, Fort Wayne Cntral's Tiger* arid Flora'* (people’s choice) Badger*.: Anderson, hand*-down winner of 1345-46 honor* for inconaiatency. tackle* the Evansville favorites In the 1 30 p in. opener. Fort Wayn» Central, the last team to sna|i southern Indiana domination of this decade's Hoosier prep basketball tin 1943), playa Flora, the first "big little school" to reach the four-team finals since l.ipel and Mitchell staged th- trick in 1940, If th- expert*, and bookie*, are correct, the two Centrals will come to grip* at 8 p m. In the title affair And, if this does happen, th devotees of Indiana's favorite sport will be treated to a battle of not only two great teams but also one basic style of attack against the other. Evansville - coach Glen Bretz, with a starting lineup whose smallest man top* six feet by a half Inch, employs the slow breaking, deliberate attack. Fort Wayne mentor Murray Mendenhall has b en termed the state', leading exponent ot the fast break And his 1945-46 team, featuring high-scoring Bobby Milton. is a typical hell-for leather Central five. The Tigers hav? taken 24 out of 27 starts. Actually, of course, the fa«t break vs. slow break duel may ttevei come off Both Anderson and Flora have teams which could gain the final*, although And rson will go against Evansville a- a four point underdog while the "smart money" figures Fort Wayne as 10 points better than Flora. Th* Indians from Anderson, twice state champions,* and the Badger* from Flora, which never had won even a regional until this season, have shown a potentiality for turning "white hot" and blasting everything In sight.

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I |n< Mentally, slightly more than half of Flora's population of I.4"'* will be on hand to cheer the Had g r*. surprise winners over such us latfayette Jefferson and East Chit ago Washington In last week's latfliyelte semi-final. Badger cout h l<eonard Reid has I tutored hl* team Io 24 victories in ! 28 starts. Flora sp dalixed In onehanders from long range in blasting Its way through the semi-fianl by a total margin of four points. Hut, Reid, after watching the Bad gers work out at Butler yesterday afternoon, reaffirmed hi* beli-f that his quintet Will hit like that tomorrow. Anderson, which liked the But ler hoop* so well It set a new semifinal scoring record of 67 points In on ■ game last weekend, ha* practiced on the home court thl* week. Coach Charley Cummings ha* an on again, off again team that has height, speed, marksmanship in fact everything hut the ability to keep up th acme pace consistently. The Indians have lost games in which they had wide first half margins, and the next week came from way behind to win. • 6. E. Club, Kraft Score League Wins G. E Club and Kraft Foods chalked up victories in Industrial league gam s Thursday night at the Lincoln gym. G. E. Club held leads at all periods. 8-7. 18-16 and 35-22 to defeat Legion Bost 43. by a 44 to 29 score in the opener Stapleton led th winners with 12 points and 1> Arnold scored a like number for the loser*. Kraft downed the Moose lodge 42 to 34. In the nightcap Moose led at the first quarter. 8 to 7. the t am* were ;|«d at 21-21 at the half and Kraft led at the third period, 34 to 28. Gresley was outstanding for Kraft wyh 1* point* i and Heed was high for Moose with j 15 point*. Some change* in next week's! schedule hav - been nocessitated by the entry of the Kraft and | G. E. team* in the annual Gold 1 Medal tourney at Van Wert, O. 1 Kraft will play ft* first game Tue*-I ■lay night and G. E. Wednesday. Next week** league schedule: Tuesday -Mi Millen vs Lagion, Post 43: Berne vs Moose (exhibition). * Thursday Exhibition game, Mc-j Millen v* Berne. The Berne-Kraft gam«», pompon cd for Tuesday, will be played at i a later date This game will wind! up the regular league schedule. G. E. Club FG FT TP Stapleton. f.. .... 52 12 Mclehi. f . ... 3 4 10 Lvnch. c . .. on 0 McConnell, g _ 0 0 0 Murphy, g 03 3

I Terveer, t —■ -- 3 ® August, f -- 2 0 ’ I ! Fruchte, c ... -1 " Hollinger, R - 2 " 4 I Strickler, k 11 3 ’‘ Totals 17 •" 41 Post 43 , FG FT TP J Griffith, f .. 2 • 4 I- Adler, f -- ..II I i Baumgartner, c " 'J II Beavers, g . ... ..13 S <i 1> Arnold, g ....3 6.12 ; Corson, f-- -- II 3 ,1 Yager, c " 1I llnnkle, g.. I 0 2 . Totals - HI 29 Kraft FG FT TP | 1 Grosley. f .... ... 8 2 IX J Holt, f -.1 " 2 My -rs, c 4 0 s f Reynolds, k . -- 42 I" 1 Counterman, g 1 " 2 I'ffelman, c ...10 Total* !• 4 42 Moose FG FT TP 'l Rh e. f ... 5 1 11 , Kitchen, f .--- 2 " 4 , Reud, <■ 6 3 15 , Johnson, g .- 2 " * Ricko d. g . Bird, f ® 0 " . Kukelhan. <: " « " . Totals 15 4 31 Referee- Everhart. I. , - ® Spilling The Pins With Decatur Bowlers In League Activities Central Soya League Pencilpushers won three from Dube; Truckers won two from Master Mixers; M * It won two . from Better Halve*: EEE won two ' from Pilot; Erasers won three from I! search; Anallt* won tw > from Traffic Standings W I. 'MAR. 21 9 Pilot 21 12 Better Halve* 21 12 EEE ... -- ..... -2" 13 Traffic .. 17 111 Pencilpushers .. .. 17 16 , Ihilis .... 16 17 i Analits ... ’ .. 15 18 i Truckers 15 IX I Eraser* ... 15 IX Master Mixers -. .. 11 22 , Research .. .. 5 25 1 High series: Menn Odle 557, 1 I Rand r* 532. P Meyers 5"1. Worn en Young 51" High game*: Men p Meyers I 207. Women Young IX2-183, Ro*e 1 187, Mac Lean IX2. Schafer 177, I Rowdon 171. I CORT] SUN. MON. TUES. - Matinee Sun.--9c-15c until 4 I TWO ACTION HITS! ml i I HdbM a ’ iff a JOHN • / CARRADINi »<«* CISUMA MMI IAAM WHXON • WRMI MSI —ADDED THRILLER—ihtioNe ... to solve the V A m«nk, I K of ibe Oueen of the hot apoti! 1 MOHR JAHIS CARTER intiuM MnaiHsn-soaiuMt I wauunm-Msntnn I *—»*»■»■ ■■■*«—«». 1. *"•**••«• sum Evenings 9c3oc Inc. Tax Tonight & Saturday BILL ELLIOTT In the role of Red Ryder “WAGON WHEELS WESTWARD” ALSO—“Phantom Rider" 9e-30c Inc. Tax

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McMillen Defeats Rockford, 36-18 McMillen doubled th score on the Rockford. O. Eagle*. 36 to 18. in an exhibition game played at the Pleasant Mills gym Toursday night Rockford held a 6 to 4 lead at the first quarter but McMillen was in front at the half. 12 to 9. and at th third period, 23 to 12. Schnepf led .McMillen with 13 point*, while Rockford’s scoring was well divided. McMillen FG FT TP Delong, f ... 0 <> o Hlrschy. f ..2 0 4 K. Schnepf, c.. .... .61 13 Clark, g .. .. 1 0. 2 Way. g ..... ..2 0 4 W. Schnepf. f ... ..00 0 Williamson, f ...... .. 4 0 8 Painter, g .... ..2 1 5 Schelper, g . .... on 0 Total* .. 1? 2 36 Rockford Eagles FG FT TP Fot f ... 2 1 5 Schafer, f .. ..... ..10 2 Bollenbacher, c ...... 10 2 Lee. g ... .. 2 1 5 Sn/der. g ..0 0 0 Reisch. f ... 2 0 4 ' Frisinger. c 0 0 o’ J. Frisinger, g 00 0 | Totals 8 2 18 o , Legion Conservation Club Meets Monday A meeting of the I-egion conservation club will Im - held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the homo of Adams Post No. 43, American I*egion. Offic rs will tie elected and all are urged to attend. Hubert "Hex" Cochran is In charge.

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To Watch Scalpers Al Slate Tourney Indianapolis, Mar. 15—(UP)-— Scalpers will lie in for a rough time tomorrow at the four-team finals of the state prep basketball tournament, the Indiana Higii School Athletic Association announced today. The IHHAA revealed plans for the moHt extensive anti-ticket scalping drive In the tourney's history following reports that scalpers were asking—and getting—as high as fs</ for a $2.40 ticket. The finals are a complete sellout. Commissioner L. Virgil Ph!!! ips i«aid the FBI. Indiana state police, h.planapoll* city police and U. R. internal revenue agents will be assigned to Butler Fieldhouse and other potential ticketmarketing spots. Shirley Wilcox. Indians internal revenue collector, warned scalper* that a federal tax of 20 percent is levied on all money received for tickets above the established price. “Any person* who wilfullyTaiis to pay or collect any tax due, or , keep records, or who in any man- « ner attempt* to evade or defeat the tax Is subject to a fine of SIO,OOO or Imprlsontnc-m. or both." he said. 0 Astoria. Ore., was nam d for the original John Jacob Astor, whose companies founded the first fur trading post for the United States In the Pacific Northwest. ’ 1 Indians who worked in a recent I motion picture film d at Ja<k*on 1 Hole. Wyo., took their fancy co* 1 fumes along with them, but didn't ' get a chance to use them.

UNO Delegates To See Dodgers, A's Savannah. Ga.. March IB “J’’ -Delegate 1<» <he UNO monetary conference forgot global j problem* for three hour* today Io watch a "cjmmand performance . exhibition same between the Brooklyn Dodger* and the Philadelphia Athletic*. t . |.eo ithe lip) Purocher named Hal Gregg, ace righthander, to 1 pitch the fir»t five Inning* with John Van Cuyk. rookie aouthpaw. acheduled to flnlah the game. Mack ws» expected to name larni* (Bo I bo) Newson, vetdran journeyman I pitcher, to open for the AthleticsThe A's arrived from West Palm Beach late last night after approx! mutely a 440-mlle train ride while the Dodgers cbacked In this mornI Ing from Psytona Beach. * Giants Miami, Fla. March 15 (I P> Manager Mel Ott began the difficult job todry of pruning bl* big New York Giant training squad by cutting loose 13 players. The Giant* collected »even hits, I including two double* by shortstop Bill Rigney, off of pitchers Bill Ise and U»u Tort to defeat the Boston Braves. 8 to 3 yesterday. # Reds Tamps. Fls, March 15—(UP* — The Cincinnati Red* sent the heart of their pitching corp*. Nate Andrews. Johnny Vander Meer and Joe Begg*, against the Detroit Tigers today in an exhibition game The Reds' game against the New York Yankee* was rained out yesterday as wad the world champion's scheduled game against the Kansas City blues of the American Association. > Braves Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.. March 15— (UP)—Th* dark clouds which have been hanging over the Boston Brave*' pitching staff began to break today with favorable report* j'rom both southpaw Joe Fryer and right-hander Mort Cooper, ace of the cirpw X-rays revealed no chipped bone In Fryer's throwing elbow and Cooper announced that his arm 1 felt better thaa at any time daring 1 the last five years. Yankees 1 St. Petersburg, Fla.. March 15— * (UP)—Manager Joe McCarthy said today he believed that George ' 1 Snuffy) Stlrnweias, converted second baseman, currently waw the ' best third sacker In the buxines*. Frankie “hea. Yaska; rtghtbas j tier who was left in Panama to con- . raises from an appendectomy, rejoined the squad but will not lie | able to begin workouts until April ’ 1 *' Senators Havana. March 15-(VPI— Al--1 though the Washington Senator* hold three straight victories over the Cuban all-star*, manager Ossie 1 Bluege fretted about the American ' j leaguers' pitching today. ■; Mh-key Haeffner' and Roger 1 Wolff, ace knuckle-balier. hurled r jesteiday. yielding a combined 12 hits although the Senatona n:i*ed out the ail-stars. 4 to 3. Cuba r Los Angeles, March 15—(UP> — The Chicago Cubs, National Lea- , gue champions, played their first r exhibition game of the season yesterday, defeating the St. Louis Browns 8 to 7 by scoring three run* In the last two Innings. e 0 r Decatur Athlete Is 1 Given DePauw Award Greencastle. Ind., * March 15— lt (UP)—Athletic director Donovan n C. Moffett of DePauw university today announced the awards ot ■I major letter* to five basketball players. They were Frank Winske. East Chicago; Norm Knights, Chicago; ! Chari x Waal and Dick Coffey, I lioth of Greencastle, and Joe Boyd, ; Muncie. Minor letter winners included ’ William Bromer, Decatur. Thomas Emhree. Princeton, received a j managers* letter. Two Divorce Suits Are Filed In Court Two new suits tor divorce have been filed tn Adams circuit court before Judge J. Fred Fruchte. In th* one. Ida H. Butler of 427 Mercer avenue asks a divorce from Russell Butler, charging cruel and Inhuman treatment in that be cursed her. called her vile nam . s and ordered her out of the house, tolling her to aecura a divorce. The complaint states that they were married on January 26. 1943 and separated January 21, IR|. She asks 12.000 alimony. H. R MeClenahan la plaintiff-* counsel. Martin Corley has filed for divorce from Margaret Corley, charging cruel and Inhuman treatment In that she refused to live with him, going to California. The complaint states that they were married January 6, 1954 and separated Jansary 26, 1945 and that they have two children, aged 10 and eight. The plaintiff is an employe of the McDonald Engineering company, according to the complaint. R. C. Parrish is plaintiff’s counsel.

Ren. Carl Hayden (D., Aria.) has 1 represented his state In Congress, 1 first in the House snd then In the Renst", since Its admission tn the Union in 1912. ■ 11 a 0 — 0 Today's Sports Parade | By Oscar Frslsy Rag. U.S .Pat Off.) | 0 0 Haraanta. Fla , March 15 -(UP) —Two h roe* home from the wars were just unsung hopefuls today at the camp of the Boston Ited Rox but to manager Joe ('ronin they may mean the difference betw en the American league pennant and h bean town vereton ot the Bronx t he r. One is Johnson, a Renttie •outhpaw who won a battlefield commiMion when he was cut off three days during the scrap at Bastogne. The other is the biggest man In camp, six foot five Inch Wilbur <Bill) Butland. who served In the artillery at Leyte. *'We have to sink or swim with these two,** Cronin explain d a* he contemplated hlg reserve pitch liik strength in hopes of bringing owner Tom Yawkey that long awaited pennant. Butland, a 28 year old tooser from Terre Haute. Ind, is well known to the fans at Fenway park They may not recall his impressive war record in the Philippine* but they do know that In 1942 be.for- , going off In khaki he was one ol the brightest prospects In the game. Tall, slim and brown-haired Butland had been with Minneapolis and Louisville using mostly side- j arm stuff and a carefully mixed assortment of pitches. He did enough to merit a shot In 1942. It wssn't a very auspicious opening for Butland dropped the Duke. But from there on through he knocked off every team in the American league to wind up with a 7 and , 1 record. Johnson Is built along the same lines reaching np a rangy six feet, two inches and Is the same widely herald d star who cam>> to the Bobox fro mthe campus of fit Marys, that was in 1940 and he won 12 and lost six for Rocky Mount. N. C-. before being brought up for a trial. He won six and lost two for the Red Sox at the end of that year and In 1941 won four against five losses before entering , the armed forces. The lanky 27 year old native , of Redmond. Wash., who makes his horn* in San Mateo. Calif., started as a first hsaemnn in high school "I began pitching when our teams just ran out of pitcher*," he said. "It sure was a lucky break

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