Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 251, Decatur, Adams County, 24 October 1946 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Lose Final Game Ot Seasol

Hartford City Beats Decatur By 42-21 Score IWatur'n Yellow Jackets, windIng up another dlsastrou* season We|ne*day night, absorbed their tight h loss of the year a* the Hartford City Alrdale* ran and passed their way to a 12 to 21 victory in onu of the wildest scorIna games ever staged at Worth man field. The Jackets made a real ball game out of their seanon's finale for moat of the first half, holding a 11 to 12 lead shortly after the second quarter opened, hut »aw their victory hope* fade ax Hartford City raced for three rapidfire touchdown* before the period ended to give the Alrdale* a 3u Io II lead at the half. The vialtora jumped away to a lead in the early in|nute* of the yaine. recovering a, Decatur fumble on the Jacket** 21-yard line on the aecoml play of the game V. Davis raced around end to the Decatur two-yard line before he wax forced out of bounds, and latnsdon amaahe I over guard for the touchdown. The try for point failed, aa It did after each of the Airdales' seven touchdown*. Hartford City returned the touchdown shortly after, fumbling a punt, with Egley recover Ing on the Hartford 22. The Air<dale* were penalized five yards for offside ami Kenny Grant then went off his right tackle for 17 yards and a louchodwn. Holmes dropklcked the first of his three extra points. l-angdon. Airdales’ fullback and the game's outstanding ball carrier. scored the next touchdown almost unaided, his two long end runs accounting for the marker, the scoring play traveling 19 yards. Opening the second quarter. Decatur had the hall on its own 10. Kenny'Grant then flipped a short pass over the line to Bruce Baughn, who raced 55 yards for a touchdown. Holmes' dropkick put the Jackets in front, II to 12. ♦ pw——— t —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 ‘‘PERILOUS HOLIDAY” Pat O'Brien. Ruth Warrick ALSO—Shorts 9c 40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o FRI. & SAT. roll B UNKMtITAUY TtNMH . M MOMtNTS Or lOVf ■m m i I In paramount • o—o Sun. Mon. Tues.—Claudette Colbert, "Without Reservations.”

Istngdon pul the Airdales back In front when he raced 21 yards for his third touchdown, V. Davis picked up another on an end run, .-<nd Harrison wound up the first half scoring by making a shoestring interception of a Itecatur forward pass and racing 55 yards lor a touchdown. Neither team scored In the third quarter but the visitors put the game well on ice with another pair of touchdowns In the final period. Flynn, sub halfback, cracked through for one and Harrison broke through on a' quarterback sneak for Hartford's final score. The Junkets closed the scoring in tin- flnaLseeonds of the game Aided by penalties against the visitors, the Jackets drove to the Hartford 17 yard line ami Baughn < racked through center on a quar tetback sneak and before the Airdales sensed the play. Bruce went all the way for the touchdown just aa the final gun fired. Decatur Hartford City H01me5........ LB .....Bennett Meyers ... LT James Burnett IXI Reidy I Heller .. C Wentz Mcßride RG Snider Moser RT ..Cavanaugh Baughn HE .... Runyon Freeby QB ....Harrisoi, Bogner .. LH V. Davis D urant RII ... B. Davis K. Grant EB .....Langdon Score by quartern: Decatur 77 0 7 21 Hartford City .. 12 IS 0 12-42 Touchdowns: Hartford City -- laingdon .1, V. Davis, Harrison 2, Flynn. Dec at u r—K. Grant, Baughn 2. Points after touchdown: Decatur—Holmes 3 (dropkick*). Substitutions: Hartford City—i Townsend, Morris, Johnson. Jones, Hutson. Cline, Flynn. De-' catur—Wafel. D Heller, Egley, Slusher, Reynolds. Foreman, Liclitensteiger, Llby, Roop, Smith. Officials — Johnson, Farris, Told. Hoosier Net Season Opening Unchanged Indianapolis, Oct. 24.—(UP)— nnxxzxzwFaD tnw mw mw mw m HoMlent, wh > love their high school basketball better than anything else, will continue to get It five months a year. Commissioner L. V. Phillips of the state athletic association said today that the executive committee hud defeated a mot lot. to set the start of the cage se.ison itack from Nov. 1 to Nov. 16. PliillllsH said that qutMtlonnalres were mailed to II high echo ds who also play football asking their opinion on the change of dates. Only one school favored the change, Phillips said. The executive committee also voted to set back the date high schools may start fall football practice. Effective next year, grid practice may start Aug. 16. Now the date U Aug. 20. — o Flower Boxes Good flowers for window boxes are petunias, because they bloom eon* stantly throughout the summer. The balcony type of petunias will produce trailing vinelike stems. which grown down over the boxes Los C. Hound and Square DANCE JOE GEELS Family Orchestra THURS., OCT. 24 MEMBERS ONLY Adm. 50c couple I CORT 0 0 — Last Tims Tonight — In Natural COLORf » “HOME ON THE RANGE" Monte Hale, Adrian Booth ALSO—Shorts 9c-30c Inc. Tax 0 0 FRI. & SAT. CHAS. STARRETT “DESERT ’ HORSEMAN*’ With Smiley Burnette -0 Sun. Men. Tuee.—Brought Back! “San Anto"lo" — In Celerl

Lisi Nel Schedule 01 Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Milla Spartans, under the guidance of a new coach, will open the season Friday night, November 1, entertaining Jefferson Warriors at the Pleasant Mills gym. The Spartans* new mentor In J. Bauman, who coached for seven years at Geneva before entering the service for 37 months. Pleasant Mills lost five letter men by graduation, Werllng, Sipe. Miller. Speakman and Teeple. Members of last year's tournament squad returning this year are: Strayer. Ehraam, Riley, Johnson, Ray, Spninger and Young. The schedule follows: Nov. 1 — Jefferson at Pleasant Mills. Nov. 8 - Wren, 0. at Wren. Nov. 15 — Berne at Pleasant Mills. Nov. 22 Monmouth at Monmouth Nov. 27 Monroe at Pleasant Mills. Dec. 6 — Decatur Catholic at Pleasant Mills. Dec. 10 Hartford at Pleasant .Milin. Dec. 18 — Kirkland at Kirkland. Jan. 3 — Monroe at Berne. Jan. 17 — Geneva at Pleasant Mills. Jan. 21 — Yellow Jackets at Decatur. Jan. 27 -■ Jefferson at Geneva. Feb. 3 Wren, O. at Pleasant Mills. oeb. 7 — Kirkland at Pleasant Mills. Feb. 14 — Commodores at Decatur. Feb. 21 — Monmouth at Pleasant Mills. o H. S. FOOTBALL Auhum 25. Garrett 19. Payne (O.t 32, New Haven 13. Huntington 2?. Plymouth 6. Peru 27. Alexandria 7. Elkhart 11. Goshen 14 Hie). Seymour 43, Shelbyville 19. Indianapolis Tech 51, Ixigansport 6. Muncie 39. Kokomo 0. Richmond 7. Ahderson 6. Lafayette 39, Crawfordsville 7. o Yanlces, Pirates Exchange Pitchers New York. Oct. 24.—(UP)- The New York Yankees traded Ernie Bonham, 33 year-old fork ball pitcher, to the Pittsburgh Pirates today for Art Cuccufullo, 27-year-old southpaw who Juried for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast league last season. Bonham, a six-foot-two-lnch. 215pound right hander, wan troubled with a sore arm most of last season and won five games wGille losing eight. The husky Californian came to rhe Yankees In 1940 from Kansas City In the American Association and enjoyed hit best year in 1942 when he won 21 and droplied five. 0 Holds Fat A little salt sprinkled In the pan before putting in the fat helps to prevent the fat from spattering when meat is fried.

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COMINO W SMARTLY in white from Mi bed In a New York hospital ii 18-year-old Harold Bernhard as Brig. Gen. William B. Rliey, national recruiting officer, USMC, presents him with a plaque making the youth an honorary member of the Marine Corps. A few minutes after enlisting In the corps, Bernhard was walking from the recruiting office when an automobile jumped the curb and smashed Mm against a building. He lost his left foot, and doctors say he may loss Um right foot duo to complications.. (lattrutioul Souadphoto)

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Run Cross Country Meet In Two Races Indianapolis. Oct. 24—-IVPI-Commlssloner L. V. PhillllM of >he Indiana high school athletic an Hociation said today the state cross country meet Saturday would lie run In two races, and cc-champions crowned. Phillips said the? twin races were made necessary by an unexpected entry list of 59 teams and 477 athletes. 0 iNiK VINCENT CAITALDI, 10, screams in agony as New York police work to free his right foot, which became jammed in * revolving door In a downtown hotel, where Vincent and his pals were playing. After 43 minutes, the police released the boy and removed him to a hospital. (International}

WOMAN'S LEAGUE Daisy Mac won three from Schafer; Hill-Smith won three from Weber; Smith Bros, won three from Blackstone; McMillen won three from Victory Bar; Dauh-r wou two from Central Soya; Mh-s won two from Beam's Super Service. Standing W L Dauler 18 3 Central Soya .* 15 6 McMillen 13 8 HlHSmith 13 I Vh'tory 10 11 Blackstone io 11 Mies 10 11 Daisy Mae 9 12 Smith Bros. g 13 Weber 7 14 Beam 7 14 Schafer 6 15 High series: Rose 521, Woodward 520, Nassh SOO. High games: Roue 211-170, Nash 204, Gage ISR. Schafer 188-170, Woodward 192, Wherry 180, Rey noids 176, Helm 175-173, Odle 171, Dense! 170. AMERICAN LEGION LEAGUE Standing W L Pts. Spitfires jg 3 24 Destroyers 16 5 23 Signal Corps 14 7 13 Navigators n m 13 Doughboys 10 11 13 Bombardiers 912 12 Tanker* 9j 2 13 - 714 11 Gunners 615 9 Commandos 5 m g — o Foreign War Vets Planning Net Team First practice session for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Independent baeketlMil team will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Pleasant Mills high H'hool gym. All VFW memtiers Interested in trying out are asked to lie present. Thomae Halberstadt Is in charge.

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Auburn Beats Garrett To Win Loop Crown Indianapolis, Oct 24 HPI Coach Zeke Young's Auburn Red Devils Joined the Grizzlies of Frank, |,n today on the exclusive list of Indiana high school foolbail elev-(-ns who flnisslied a perfect 194 G m-asoti and won a major cutference title In the procesa. But. last fall's central conference champions from Plymouth became the thlid 1945 tltiist to definitely lose thie time. Auburn, which han only five seniors on Its squad, n ised out the then once-beaten Garrett Railroad* era last night, 25-19. for its eighth straight this season and Its 14th in a row over two yeara. It meant the Northeastern Indiana championship for Auburn, which lost the 1915 title by losing an 19G opening game with Cqlumbia City. Approximately half of the state s prep eleven* played last night due tn th<- two day school holiday for the state teacher*' convention. Little Beech Grove in Marlon county continued as the “winningest team” as it posted Its ninth straight at Ben Davis' expense. 39-0. Beech Grove tries to complete a perfect season next Wednesday against luiwrence Central. Besides Buech Grove. Auburn and Franklin, the states undefeated. untied elevens are East Chicago Roosevelt. UPorte. I*awren< eburg, and l<owell. R msevelt and lai Porte currently rank one-two in the statewide liatlngH. Franklin, which now has a ''wonder II” to go with Its “wonder five." was the first Hoosier prep eleven to complete an undefeated, untied season. The Grizzlies did it twa nights ago. after winning the South Central title the previous Friday. While Auburn was turning back Garrett, Plymouth took its sixgame winning streak to Huntington and came a 206 cropper. The Rockies coqfd have clinched a ehare of the central league title with a win. Now, Huntington and Peru, both unbeaten In CIC play, settle the title Nov. 1 at Huntington. Once-beaten Peru also won last night making Alexandria victim No. 7 by a 27-7 margin. Columbus of the south central and Columbia City of the northeastern league were tke first 1945 champions to fail to repeat Muncie Central won its seventh straight north central championship for all practical purposes last night when it handed Kokomo'e big Kats their uecond defeat of the campaign, 39-0. Muncie, beaten only by Evansville Memoriii and regarded ae the state's sixth-ranking team, has only to get by five-times defeated New Castle in conference play. o 0 O Today's Sport Parade By Oscar Fraley (Reg. U. •. Pat. Off.) 0 O

New York. Oct. 24 — (UP) — Fraley's follies, or making Infallible football forecasts with old fearless. The East Army over Duke — wadja expect? Penn over Navy — man the lifeboats. Slippery Rock over Fairmont — bet that surprised ya. Columbia over Dartmout — the lion roars, to corn a phrase. Harvard over Holy Cross — but

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don't het the family jools. Cornell over Princeton — here, too. Also: Brown over Boston V.; fenn State over Colgate, Fordham over Kings Point Boston College over Villanova. Syracuse over West Virginia. Yale over Coast Guard. Ths Mid Wsst Notre Dame over lowa —a real gambler, fearless. Michigan over Illinois — don't you tire of that hat pin gag. Indiana over Nebraska — and the crystal ball. Sunflower over Summit — ha! Ohio State over Minnesota — guess again, genius.' Northwestern over College of Pacific — and no smooth sailing Purdue over Pitt — you’ll lie sorry. Also: Detroit over Drake, Oklahoma over lowa State, Missouri over SMU, Michigan S. over Cincinnati, Marquette over Arixona. The South Alabama over Kentucky — good |H-anut cop, too. Tennessee over Wake Forest in a turkey trot. Arkansas over Mississippi — lay that rasor down. babe. Lenlor-Rhyne over Cullowhee — that'll stop you. North Carolina over Florida — ghostly, or ghastly. .Mississippi State over Tulane — ea*y to miss.

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Also Miatn, om J Georzu <)V»t VMI. Nonk(S “'er VPI use Hl< hmotid uv<-r w j; J The Sr J T.-XU over IlictTJ football* mzziuu H Text* AgfiN ul( fl ploughing >m ti 4« ■ Oklahoma A t g J gotta «t*rt «,mrt,at | Tulsa over too. ■ Cameron or»r - bet you could hd Texas Tech ore d right rough club, d TM W M I t'CI.A orer KuUfd of rose*. 1 I SC over Staa!:ri-J sniffing, also. 1 California orer vd lookin’ gisxl. kid. 1 Pepperdine orer fam star special. 1 Oregon orer Idah J somebody ya size Oregon State ore ■ State - goodbye gon] Also: Colorado oral co. Colorado Sutiran College, Montana ow 9 Utah over Wyon<| over Nevada. (Season's record IS: wrong. 8 ties.)