Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 266, Decatur, Adams County, 11 November 1946 — Page 6

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Pistons Play Colored Five Here Wednesday Decatur I.lona duh officials today predicted a capacity house to be on hand Wednesday night at the liec ntur junior senior high school to witness the exhibition tilt of the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons. world's champion professlona) basketball quintet. The Zollners will tangle with the fast Chicago Colored Colleylan« in the main event at 8:30 p. m Wednesday. An hour earlier — at 7:30 p. m. • two Decatur independent teams. McMillen and American Legion, i will meet In the preliminary to' the professional encounter. Tickets Still on Sale Tickets will remain on sale tonight and Tuesday at the Holthouse Drug store here, entitling the purchaser to a seat In reserved sections of the gymnasium. The tickets call for 81.35 each, including tax. A few remained on hand at the drug store today and committee members of the Mona club, sponsors of the game, urge fans to call there at their earliest convenience to be assured of a seat. Proceeds netted from the game are used by the local club in financing Its charity programs throughout the year. Star* in Lineup While the Collegians boast a flashy outfit of pros, main In tereat here will be centered In the lineup of the world champions. B<d» McDermott. known throughRasketball." the playing captain out professional circles as “Mr. and coach, will be one of the chief attractions. Others, like Carlyle Towery, who has been away for two years In the service; Curly Armstrong, a Fort Wayne product also back from service; Hob Tough, who Joined the champions late last year, will get their share of attention. too. Milo Komenlch, tall Wyoming university star; Jerry Hush. John Pelkington, Chick Heiser. Charlie

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday St. Paul's of Marlon nt Commodores. Jefferson at Bryant, Friday Monmouth at C-.mmodores. Yellow Jackets at (Jarrett. Herne at Pleasant Mills. Mon <h> vx Geneva at Berne. Kirkland at Hartford. Jefferson at Puling Shipp and Bob Kinney complete tlie Illustrious lineup of the Zollners. With one exception, names in the Collegians lineup may not mean mm h to local net fans, but they ure expected to give the Pistons plenty of competition. That exception Is Hobby Milton, former Fort Wayne Central colored star. While Lions club officials had ho;k-d to put a handful of general admission tickets on sale — perhaps as many as lUO or more — they declined announcing such a sale at the uoor today, to await final sale returns on the reserved dm-ats. — 0 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Notre Dame 0, Army 0 (tie). Indiana 7. Northwestern 6. Minnesota 13, Purdue 7. lowa 21, Wisconsin 7. Michigan 55. Michigan State 7. Ohl > State 20. Pittsburgh 13. Butler 31. St. Joseph s 6. Earlham 27, Canterbury 6. DePauw 7, Oberlin 7 (tie*. Evansville 21 Southern Illinois?. Franklin 13. Manchester 7. Indiana Central 5. Hanover 0. Western Michigan 28, Valparaiso 13. Indiana State 13, Eastern Illinois 0. Ball State 7, Michigan Normal 7 (tie). Wabaah 20, loike Forest 0. Cedarville 32. Rose Poly 11. Kansae 16. Oklahoma 13. Yule 19, Brown 0. Syracuse 11, Cornell 7. II ly Cross 21. Colgate 6. Harvard 21. Dartmouth 7. Penn 41, Columbia 6. Virginia 20. Princeton 6. Georgia Tech 28, Navy 20. Duke 13. Wake Forest 0. Georgia 33. Florida 14.

Illinois And ! Ohio State To , Meet Saturday Chicago, Nov. IX (UP)—lllinois, a football power observers are hesitant to awmd the mantle of greatness, today sm in a strategic spot to clarify one of the moat confusing title chases In western conference history. Illinois meets Ohio State Saturday at Champaign In the headline big nine game of the week and If • coach Hay Eliot's outfit triumphs » over the Hucks the conference race ■ then will lie narrowed to two teams when play moves Into the final > week of the season. t Eilat personally scouted Ohio I State as the Hucks turner! in an » unimpressive performance In edgI Ing oft-beaten Pittsburgh 20 to 13. r The game figured as a romp for the Bucks and a contest which I would permit coach Paul Bixler to I rest his regulars for the crucial • battle with Illinois. Instead It proved to be an all-out battle. i Illinois must face Ohio State and l Northwestern on successive weekI ends and while a week ago that appeared a terrific burden Saturday's developments reduced its magnitude. While Ohio State wax going the limit to edge Pitt. Northwestern turned in a dismal per Lirmance as it lost to Indiana 7 to «. While Illinois is facing Ohio State this week. Northwestern must op|mse Notre Dame and that doesn't figure to have the Wildcats coming back the following week in peak condition The open date Illinois received 1 last week may be the fonlc that will give the outfit the required zip for the stretch drive. Michigan now appears Illinois < greatest rival for the big nine crown. The Wolverines scored i twice in each period to wallop Michigan state 55 to 7. After brilliant early season per- ( formances, Michigan slumped sharply following its bitter context with Army and on successive weeks was tied by Northwestern and beaten by Illinois. Fritz Crlsler now has Michigan back In stride. The Wolverines meet Wisconsin Saturday with Ohl.» State Its rival a week later. Under the conference method of computing the standing. Michigan now trails Illinois by one-half game.

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Indiana and lows also mathematically are still In the title running, but It would take a combination of weird late seas n upsets to enable tliem to end In a deadlock for the crown. Charley Ar matrons. a reaerre tackle, place-kicked the extra point that netted Indiana Ils victory over Northwestern. The Wildcats lorn a chance to tie the game when they were penalized for holding after Vic Schwall converted the extra point after their market. Schwall then missed the second attempt after the ball had been set back 15 yarda. lowa gained its third conference triumph by beating Wisconsin 21 to 7. Two Intercepted passes In the fourth period eet up the scoring opportuniU«M for the Hawkeye*’ winning touchdown* Minnesota. which had lost nine straight conference games, finally broke into the victory column by edging injury-riddled Purdue 13 to 7. Standing Team W L T Pct. Illinois 110 .860 Michigan 3 11 .750 Ohio Slate I 11 GS7 lowa 3 2 0 .600 Indiana 3 2 0 .600 ;.'orthwe»:ern 2 2 1 .500 Wisconsin 2 3 0 .40u Minnesota 1 4 0 .200 Purdue 0 4 1 .000 (Note: for purpone* of determining ita official champion, the Weatern Conference will figure a tie game a« half-game won.)

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Hunting Season Is Opened Here Today A few month* ago they carried Garanda, carbine* and machine gun*. Today they carried the old family double barrel or perhap* a Wincheater rifle. A few month* ago they were rnlping for a Jap or Nail, but today their prey waa a pheaaant or a rabbit. Ilundreda of World War veteran*. many of whom are engaging in their firat 'peace-time hunt" In three, four or five yeara. today led the vanguard of Adam* county realdeata who opened the hunting aeaaon. • “G. I. jacket*" and, other veteran wearing apparel predominated among the acore* upon acorea of men who started out today In purault of the eluaive bird* and bunnie*. Hut they didn't monopolize the field, by a long way. There were plenty of thoae up early thl* morning whoae blggeat "game" had alway* l»een wild game. The county clerk'* office wa* closed today in observance of Armistice Day and there wa* no way of securing an accurate count, but it Is definitely known that In the Issuance or license* to hunt, "permanent permits” of the ex-41. I.’a ouinumlw-r hy the hundred* the regular “civilian" approvals. "Expert" hunters failed to agree exactly upon the question of how favorable today's weather actually was toward the business of hunting. "Not too bad — but bad underfoot" seemed to he the general concensus of opinion. "You oughta have hip boots,” declared one. The season on rabbits opened yesterday — but since It was Bunday the official beginning was delayed one day—except In one Instance. wherein a local resident became a veritable Robin Hood and went out with his bow and arrow. For the rest of them, the season opened this morning—and will continue until January 10. For pheasant hunters. It Is a different story, though. Under the law they may hunt pheasants only from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m . today through Saturday o f this week—and then the season doses. There's a bag limit, too. of two cock pheasants (no hens) and a possession limit of four cock pheasants. — -♦ PRO FOOTBALL National League Chicago Bear* 27. Los Angeles 21. New York 45, Philadelphia 17. Washington 17, Boetcn 14. Green Bay 12, Chicago Cardinals ’• Detroit 17. Pittsbvt-gL 7. Alt-America Conference Cleveland 14. San Francisco 7. New York 17. Loe Angeles 12. Buffalo 17. Brooklyn 14. 0 Fidelity Is daring to be tree in small things as well as groat. Make your presence a joy to children; their charm it contagious. — 9 Zoller Ptelon tn Chfcaffo Collegians tickets on sale at Holt house Drug Cd. Get youra now. 257-ts

WWWL ——— Stinding W L Pct. Berne * « I 000 Kirkland 2 •' 1 000 Monroe . t 0 1000 Pleasant Mills 2 « l <* ft Monmouth 2 1 -*•" Hartford • 1 500 Yellow Jackets 0 0 .000 Commodores 0 1 .000 Geneva 0 2 000 Jefferson — 0 2 .000 —oOo— High school basketball will swing Into high gear this week, as Adams county’s entire roster of 10 teams will see action, with the Decatur Yellow Jackets making their first start of the season. —oOo— Decatur's Commodores will again provide the entertainment for hometown sane, as the Commies play at homo twlco this week, Tueeday and Friday. —oOo— The Commodores will entertain St. Paul's of Marlon at the Com-in.-s' gym Tuesday. The St. Paul team pulled one of the biggest upsets of last year's sect lens I tournaments. winning the Marion sectional for the first such title In the school's history. -000 — Fridsy night, the Commodores will l>e hosts to the Monmouth Eagles. Mst season, the Eagles defeated the Commodores three times, twice In regular season play and once in the sectional tourney. The Commodores scored plenty of (mints In their opener Friday night, but their defense wss weak against the Monroeville Cubs, who threw ' 58 points through the hoops. Monmouth has won two of Its three 1 games this Tear, Im th victories obtained on last-period rallies. -000— The Yellow Jackets, without a regular startsr from last season, will make their initial appearance Friday night, traveling to Sarratt to meet the Rail- , readers in a Northeastern Indiana conference engagement , The Jackets will play their first

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home game next Tuesday night, November 18, when they entertain the Hartford township Gorillas at the Jackets' gym. —oOoAnother game on tap Tuesday night will send the Jefferson Warriors to Hryani to meet the o«| R In addition to the Decatur game* Friday night, others on the s<-he<|. ule are: Berne nt Pleasant Milla Monroe and Geneva at Berne, Kirkland at Hartford and Jefferson at Poling. —oOo— Don't paua up the opportunity to tee the world's greatest basketball ( team In action on the Decatur ( hardwood Wednesday nlghl. On t that night, the Fort Wayne z ( ,n. ner Plstone will play an exhibition , game at the Yellow Jackets' gym ( against the Chlcagn Collegians, ( strong colored quintet. The game lx sponsored by the Decatur Lions c’ub. —oOoScores one year ago this week: Poling 17, Jefferson 14. Yellow Jackets 36, Ggirett 21. .Monmouth 44, Commodores 34. Berne 28, Pleaaant Mills 25. Klr'dand 35, Hartford 2? Geneva 31. Monroe 24. e Converse Net Team Is Ruled Ineligible Converse, Ind., Nov. 11—(UP)— Hurst Livengood of Converse high school was a coach without a basketball team today. ' The state high school athletic { association announced that the first 10 Convents players were Ineligible until Jan. 1 for having partlcated in a pre-seaaon practice game with the alumni. 0 o ' Today's Sport Parade ( 8y Oecar Fraley (Reg. U. t. Pat Off.) O— — o t New York. Nov. 11 — (UP) - , This may be Armletice FMy but ; the figure Phllberts haven't burled the hatchet yet In trying to decide whether Army or Notre * Dame won a moral victory In their - scoreless deadlock at Yankee xtadium. Just to promote peace, here's a vote for the fighting Irish. A recapitulation of the play-by-play changes the announced figures a bit and discloses that Notre Dame had a 59-yard edge In ground gained. It got 164 by land and 77 by air against Army's 124 overland and 58 upstairs.

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