Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1947 — Page 6

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Monmouth Eagles Win County Tournamei

Thrill-Laden Tourney Won By Monmouth The Monmouth Eagle*, rallying in the . losing minuto of the final game after trailing all the way. won the championship of the annual Adams county tournament Saturday night, defeating the Kirkland Kangaroos. 37 to 31. be fore a jam-packed crow! at the Geneva gym The final game capped a day of M'nsational basketball and brought to a close one of the fin eat tournament* ever held in the county Monmouth advanced to the fin al* by . king out a 40 to 39 decision over the Pleasant Mills Spartans in the fir*' semi-final Saturday afternoon, and Kirkland won it* way to the championship bracket with a thrilling double overtime triumph over tin- Geneva Cardinal*. 35 to 33, to assure the touristy of a new < hampion. Geneva had won the honors three years in a row. Eaglet Rally Monmouth, pre tourney favorite I was forced to come from behind to cop the tourney title Kirkland held a lead of 6 to 4 at the first quarter. 13 to 9 at the half, and 26 to 22 al the third quarter, after having a 25 to 17 margin at < ne time in the third period The Eagle* came through against the tiring Kangaroo* in. the final quarter, however, to take the county championship by the Mix-point margin. Getting led the new champions with 15 point*, while Landis and Troxel each tallied nine for Kirkland Spartan* Eliminated Monmouth fought on a late Pleasant Mills Spartan* rally to eke out a 4u to 39 triumph over the Spartan* in the first semifinal. Monmouth led at all per iod*. 12 to 6, 21 to 2o and 32 to 26 Bulmahn was outstanding for the Eagle* with 19 point*, and Strayer’s 16 topped the Spartans. Kirkland Win* Thriller The Kirkland Kangaroos fought ■ through to the final round by nosing out the defending chant-1 pion Cardinal*. 35 to 33, In a double overtime, one of the most thrilling battles ever staged in a county tournament The teams had battled nip and tuck all the way. Geneva leading at the first quarter. 9 to 8. ami at the half. 16 to 13. Kirkland ' held a 24 to 23 margin at the third : period, but Geneva was in front ?1 to 27. with 3ft second* to play Worden hit on a long shot an 11 when Geneva attempted to pa*s the ball in from out or iMiunds. I lamgenberger intercepted the paM and scored to tie the score: at 31 31. Geneva again t<x>k the lead in the first overtime but D Arnold's fielder in the last In seconds again tied the count. Then, in the "sudden death” second extra period, Laiidh hit a long shot to Tonight & Tuesday Technicolor Musical Hit! DANNY KAYE “KID FROM BROOKLYN” Virginia Mayo. Vera-Ellen ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Ta* —o Wed. A Thors. — "SUSPENSE" Belita. Bonita Granville First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur*, from 1:30 BE SORE TO ATTEND! —o Sun. — "Tomorrow is Forever" | CORT Tonight & Tuesday “LAST CROOKED MILE” Donald Barry, Ann Savage &“SECRET OF THE WHISTLER” Richard D<*. Ueslle Brooks 9c-30c Ina. Tea O O— Wed. A Thur*. — "Sunoet Pm«" i u _ V 1 cemmt -“ F -***"‘* **'* r

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Jefferson vc Hartford at Herne Wednesday M<<nr«»e vs Monroev Ho at lf<«me. Thursday Ji f • «tm vs Piding .it Berne. Friday Bluffton at Yellow Jackets Monmouth at Kirkland Warren at Berne Geneva at Pleasant Mills. Momoe al Bryant give victory to the Kangaroos. Doherty. Geneva forward. was the outstanding scorer with 17 points. Kirkland’* scoring was well divided. Ixmgcnberger leading with nine Monmouth FG ET TP Bulmahn. f 9 1 19 j (Jetting, f - I 2 4 Rinehart, c — 0 <• 0 Fruetzman. g 2 5 9 ' Ewell, g 3 0 6 Susdorf. f <’ f> <• Gallmeyer. c 1 0 2 Everett, g 9 o o TOTALS 16 X 40 Pleasant Mills Riley, f 11 | Hay. f 2 9 4 I Strayer, c x o 16 . White, g 2 1 5 Ehrsam. g —1 <• 2 Young, f •' <• 0 Johnson, g 3 17 Fprunger. g 1 9 2 TOTALS IS 3 39 Kirkland Ft; FT TP D. Arnold, f 2 1 5 ' Baxter, f 11 3 Landis. c 3 o 6 IxnigenlK-rger. g ... 4 1 9 J Arnold, g 1 (• 2 Worden, f 1 0 2 Troxel, g 1 6 8 TOTALS 13 9 35 Geneva Doherty, f 6 5 17 Mathy*. f 3 17 Kamman. c 2 0 4 Stanley, g I 1 3 i Teeter, g 0 1 I 1 Pyle, g <ll 1 | Johnson, c 0 0 0 TOTALS 12 9 33 Monmouth FG FT TP Bulmahn. f ;> 1 11 Getting, f 6 3 15 Hinehart. <■ 0 0 n i Kruetzinan. g 3 3 9 j Ewell, g 0 (i o ! Gallmeyer. c 1 o 2 ' Everett, g ... 9 o 0 I Schoeler, g it 0 0 I | TOTALS 15 ; 37 ' Kirkland D. Arnold, f 3 17 i Baxter, f 0 o o . lacudi*. c 4 1 9 Longenberger, g ... 2 o 4 J Arnold, g I 0 2 Worden, f ......... n o o Troxel, f 2 5 9 j TOTALS 12 7 311 Referee: Todd. 1 Empire: Collyer. o - Another Fox Chose Planned Saturday — lusnt Saturday's fox chase failed to result in any catches, Robert Hill, president of the Adame county conservation club, which sponsor* the eventM said today Nearly 70 men took part In the chase, however, and much enthusiasm, was shown. he said Another chase will be staged next Saturday, he said, the place Io lie announced i later this week —I Pro hJel, in Im fro VI AIFBIO B. FACKMUMT, 37, forma _ Harvard law student, la uufer arrest is Newtaa, Maas, charred „ wttt aUaimg guvvrnm-at sub. Matenes A**! .~J toe. SI&.MB from ci sturienu ai - RsrvafA

Wisconsin In ‘ Early Lead In Big Nine Race Chicago. Jan. 13 (UPI lowa] and Minnesota, two teams with j great expectations, take over the | big nine basket Dull spotlight tonight as Wisconsin, an early sea.. son underdog, etart" semester ex amination* with the league lead secured at least until Jan 25 ; Th<- Badger* took over undisi puted first place Saturday night When they convincingly dropped Indiana. 7'i to 49. for theli third ; league victory against no defeats I > Now they an- the only team with i a (lean conference slate, and th» y j I won't meet another big nine foe ‘ ' unt I they tangle with an Illinois i ! < lab. !»ent on revenge. Jan. 25. Thus Minnesota, in second Place, an 1 lowa, an < a iy so-ason favorite which suffered a fir-t-r.ime defeat from Wisconsin, meet in the standout game in the league tonight In other contests Purdue enters the conference campaign as a favorite to down ind.ana, Ohio State travel* to Illinois, where the 'Whiz Kids" were picked to win. and Michigan plays at Northwest-: em In a return engagement- The ; WolveiliuM were favorites on the' basti* of their earlier victory plus Northwestern's loss of two In- j eligible players. Wis. onsin had no tr ouble Sattir-! day penetrating what waa expected j to be a light Hoosier defense. Ix»d ; by Bob Cook, who strengthened hi* hold on the conference scoring lead with 24 points, the entire Badger starting lineup participated in the scoring. Forward Exner Menzel netted 15 counters, center Ed Mills dropped 13, and guards Glen Sellio and Walt (.autenbach pitched in 6 and 9 respectively. lowa’s aroused spirit, due to th* Wisconsin licking, wae evident as ' they worked out on the defending champion Ohio State team. The i Hawks scored X pointe in 9o seci otids before Bolt Donhatn could drop ‘ 'a gift toss for the Buckeyes; then: I they ran up an IS to I margin in i five minutes, and a 40 to 16 halftime lead. With 12 minutes re- ! matning in the game they led. 52 to 20. so the reserve went in to I give Ohio a chance to score The ' final couni was 61 to 35 Minnesota, too, won cattily, 4k to 37. over Michigan. The Gophers’ center. Jim Mclntyre, and guard Bud Giant controlled t’.ie rebounds i from ImiHi hackboards to ntifle the smooth and intricate Michigan I game, while guard Ed Kernan took <are of the scoring He counted 10 . points in the first half a* Minnesota ! ran up a 25 to 16 lead. Then he , came Itack with five more In the second t'eriod for high scoring; j honors. Coach Doug Milks’ experiment*-1 tion at Illinois, which ha* resulted in two teams, the original "Whiz Kids." and the "Junior Whig Kids." I bore fruit against Northwestern a* | the lllinl won, 55 to 40 The “ori-i ginais” played most of the game, | but the junior quint also showed on i the floor and gave good support. • she "origiMb” rang up an early | X to 2 lead, then expanded to it : a 26 to 14 halftime edge, and were ’ leading hy 23 points in the socoud | I half when the reserves took over. | Purdue won its last encounter be- . fore league play, handing Notre | Dame ltd second defeat. 6n to 56 j The Boilermakers ran up a 14 point lead early In the gam- and then ! sat tight to ease out the victory. The big nine standings: Trade In a Good Town — Decatur j

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JOLTIN' JOE DIMAGGIO, the slugging outfielder of the New York Yanks, is cast In a new role as hospital patient. DiMag had an operation on his heel and will have his foot in a cast for a week. He is in a New York hospital (International)

Team W L Pct. Wisconsin 3 0 1.009 Minnesota 2 1 .667 Michigan 11 .500' Indiana 11 500 lowa I 1 .500 Ohio State 1 2 333 Illinois 1 2 .333 Northwestern 0 2 .000 Purdin- o o 000 Cobras Winners In Intramural League — - The Cobra* trounced the Indian*. 17 to 6. in a sixth grade intramural league game Friday aiternoon at the Lincoln gym. The winners led at the halt. 9 to 4. Cobras FG FT TP Roe. f 2 0 4 i Sharp, f 3 0 6Morrison, c .. 3 17 Retaking, g .... 000 Abbott, g o 0 o Harv.y, g .. .. 0 0 |l Thomas, g .. 0 0 oj Totals .... s 1 17 Indians FG FT TP Duff, f ... -.1 0 2 ! Ritter, f .... 0 0 0! Isch. c . .. . .... 000 Roop. K 0 0 0 Conrad, g .. .... I 0 2 Rennets, g ... o 0 o Andrews, g . .. 1 0 2 Callow, f .. 0 o 0| Corey, f .. 0 0 Oi — Total* 3 0 6 o Many specie* of sponges cannot. Im> used commercially because of glass like needles embedded in iheir tissues.

American Legion Auxiliary ATTENTION All member* interested in DRILL TEAM are asked In meet at the Legion Home. Wed., Jan. 15, 8 P. M. FOR ORGANIZATION

H. S. BASKETBALL Gary FroetH-l 27. Fort Wayne South 23 Dunklik 45. Fort Wayne C. C. 42. Pierceton 52. Fort Wayne Con cord la 39 Elkhart 37. Auburn 28. North Manchester 44, Wai saw IS. latPorie 42. Whiting 34. Terre Haute Gerstraeyer 30, Gary Wallace 23. New Albany 12. Bloomington 22. Peru 56. Alexandria 4<t Kokomo 38, Tipton 31. Wells Co. Tourney Cheoter Center 41. Liberty Center 19. tancaster 31, Petroleum 22 Chester 26. Lancaster 21 (final). Jay Co. Tourney Redkey 57. Madieon 35. Portland 37, Pennville 26 Redkey 33, Portland 28 (final). DeKalb Co. Tourney Garrett 5. Butler 30. Spencerville 26. Waterloo 25. Garrett 31. Spencerville 28. 0 PRO BASKETBALL ~ i Rochester 75. .* nderson 69. Oshkcwh 62. Youngstown 57>. Moline 48. Chieago 41 Anderson 61. Fort Wayne 56. Shelcovgan 56. Youngstown 26COLLEGE BASKETBALL ■ 1 —* a* Purdue 60, Notre Dame 56 Wlkcumlu 70. Indiana 49. Illinois 55, Northwestern 40. lowa 61. Ohio State 25 Minnesota 48. Michigan 37. Buller 65. DePauw 61. Hamline 48, Valparaiso 44. Manchester 55. Canterbury 50. Franklin 45. Indiana Centra! 40. Taylor 54. Defiance 50. Ixvycda (Chicago) 55. Marquette

- Standing W. L, Pct. Monmouth — 11 2 .846 Monroe .. 8 3 .121 Berne .. .. .■■ -7 5 .5X3 Hartford -- • 5 .5X3 Pleasant Mill* < 5 .545 Kirkland « « -<2» Jefferson .. 4 7 .364 Geneva .... 4 8 .333 Yellow Jackets .. 3 9 ,250 Commodores ... ... .... 2 9 .182 —oOo - Congratulations. Monmouth Eagles! —<>Oo — The Eagles, who have been athe top ranking team* of the county all season long, camo through when the chips were down Saturday to win the Adams county tournament. held at Geneva last weekend. and drawing the largest crowds In the meet's history. — 000 - The tourney, from start to finish, produced some of the most thrilling basketball ever seen In the county, and BASKETBAWL sincerely regrets his Inability to attend. as planned. oOo — The fireworks matted with the opening game Friday night, when the Pleasant Mills Spartans overcame a 12-point half-time deficit to eliminate the* Monroe Bearkatz, cofavorite with Monmouth for tourney honors before the meet opened The Democ rat erroneously report ed Saturday that the Spartans were in front hy 12 points at the half. —oOo— The Geneva Hartford wind up in the opening sesnlon Friday was alimony the top ranking team* of the county all season, cairn* through other ding-dong battle, with Geneva coming out on top of the Hartford Gorillas in another upset. Kirkland's victory over Jefferson in the *econd Friday game was the only one of the entire tourney to

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run true to form. • 000- - Semifinal tilta Saturday were thrillers all the way, with the double overtime between Kirkland and Geneva leaving the tans in near hysteria. Monmouth barely squeezed past Pleasant Mills by a single point in the first semi-final tilt, but this merely set the stage for that two-extra period. Kangar-oos-Cardinal clash. —oOo — Basketball a< tivity this week will be scattered over four nishts. witS single games Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, topped hy the usual heavy Friday night schedule with five games on tap. Jefferson and Hartford meet at Berne Tuesday. Monroe and Monroeville tangle at Berne Wednesday, and Jefferson and Poling dash Thursday night, also ut Berne. Jefferson’s games will be at the auditorium, and the Monroe game at the Berne high school gym. —oOo — The Decatur Yellow Jackets top the interest for Friday night, when they entertain the Bluffton Tigers at the Decatur gym. Bluffton defeated the Jackets earlier this season at

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