Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 28 January 1947 — Page 6

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Wisconsin Is Handed First Big Nine Loss Chicago, Jan. 27HPi- Six big nine basketball teams were In the running for the conference cage title today an Wisconsin dropped into a first place tie with Michigan, each with three victories and one defeat. Three clubs—lndiana. Illinois and Minnesota —were deadlocked lie hind the pacemakers, each with three trlumnlie In five league games. The sixth team. Purdue, rated contending position because it has lost only two games .ill hough it has only one victory. One of the six chalk ngers will drop out tonight a« Minnesota plays the Boilermakere at Purdue In the second conference game on the Monday program. Northwestern's surprise five will play Wisconsin at Madison The Minnesota Purdue game was rated even, while Northwestern was given a chance to beat the Badgers ibepite their unfamiliarity with the Madison Court, on the strength of the 59-40 l»-ating the Wildcats Inflicted on lowa Saturday. Illinois restored the big nine cage race to a free-for-all Saturday • when it tipped Wisconsin 63-37. at Champaign It was Wfsconsins first confeience lom. and gave Illinois revenge for the 53-47 licking the Badgers imposed in the conference opener Jan Ist. The Whiz Kids left no doubt of their superiority and Here ahead. 30-21 at the half To add Insult to injury, guard Jack Smiley held the Badgers leading scorer. Bob Cook, to five points, and cut his "per game average" from a stupendous 2! to a good 17.71. •still the Ju-st in the conference. .Minnesota added to Saturday's contusion outlasting to win. 59-56. Both teams started fast, and the Gophers took a 30-28 halftime edge Indiana rallied to take a five point lead in the last period, hut the Gophers won in a closing minut«w spurt. Jim Mclntyre of Minnesota tallied 20 points, including 12 free throws for scoring honors. Ralph Hamilton dropped 18 tor Indiana to make his five game total 82. the highest In the League. Northwestern gave the Quint a surprise, outfighting the Hawke for lebounds and turning up two unexpectedly good shots, to rack up their first conference triumph The Wildcats were paced by Bob Hughes with 16 points and Chet Htrumillo who got 15. mostly on long field goals. Northwestern had a 20-17 margin at the half, but their second jietlod splurge ccnnpletely outclassed lowa. £*urdue lost a non-conference match tn Notre I tame. 74-43 as the Irish avenged a four point trimming at l-afayette earlier this month Notre Dame held a 30 20 lead at the intermission. I* • ■. narttfitti Tonight & Tuesday ALAN LADD “TWO YEARS BEFORE The MAST’ Um. Ilendix, Brian Dnnlevy ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tas O—O Wed. A Thurs.—r-Oevotion" Ida Lupine, Olivia de Haviland First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur*, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o Coming Sun.—“ Undercurrent” Robt. Taylor, Katharine Hepburn I CORT Tonight & Tuesday “SO DARK THE NIGHT’ Steven Geray. Michelin* Cheirei & “INVISIBLE INFORMER” Wm. Henry. Linda Stirling 9e-3Qc Inc. Tm —o Wdd. A Thura—4n COLORI -Out California Way' Comins — Ro * ”*** ' t* wn _ -II- -----

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Kirkland at ContdMslarw. Monroe at Berne Jefferson vs Pleasant Mills at Herne Friday Yellow Jackets at Auburn. B< ne al Angola Hoagland at Monmouth. Geneva ul Poling. Monroe vs Hartford at Berne. Kirkland at Bryant. STANDINGS Team W L Pct Wisconsin ... 3 1 750 Michigan 3 1 750 Indiana 3 2 600 Minnesota 3 2 600 lllioneis 3 2 600 Ohio State 2 3 400 low* 2 4 333 Purdue 1 2 333 Northwestern 1 4 200 Decatur Moose Beat Elkhart, 71 To 66 The Decatur Moose quintet registered its fifth league victory as against one loss Saturday defeating the Elkhart Moose, 71 to 66, in a high-scoring battle played at the! Nappanee gym. Crist was Decatur’s top scorer! with 24 points, followed closely by Baker with 22. C. Rader topped Elkhart with 22. A Moose Northeastern league game will be played at the Lincoln gym In this city Tuesday night, with the Decatur team playing the Goshen Moose. No admission will be charged and the public is Invited to attend Decatur FG FT TP Baker, f .. 9 4 22 Mansfield, f 2 3 7 Schnepf, e 3 0 6 Steiner, g .... 6 0 12 Crist, g 12 0 24 Mct'lurb, f ... 0 0 0 Conrad, c .. 0 0 o Wolpert, g .... 0 0 0, Totals . ..... 32 7 71 Elkhart FG FT TP Haroy. f 6 1 13 R. Ervin, f » 0 18 C Rader, c 9 4 22 B. Rader, g ... .. . 3 0 6 Voder, g .... 2 0 4 Bowers, f .. .. 0 11 V. Ervin, c 10 2; B. Ervin g 9 0 0 Keffer, g 0 0 0 Totals 30 6 66 Referee: — Ix-hman. umpire: — Somers. 0 Zanesville Merchants Sponsor Tournament The Zanesville Merchants are sponaoring a 16-ieam independent basketball tournament, opening Monday. March 10, and continuing each night of the week. There will be two games each night and Saturday afternoon, with a consolation game preceding the final tilt Saturday night Cash prizes will lie awarded to the tourney winner, th.- runnerup and winner of the consolation game. Tournament entry blanks may lie obtained b> writing to Dee W Hoopingarner. Zanesville, tournament manager. ——— o Trade In a Good Towe — Decatv j Basketball Decatur MOOSE YR. GOSHEN MOOSE (Northeastern Indiana League Gam*) Tues., Jan. 28 8 p. ■—LINCOLN GYM Pndimhaary 7 ■ jp,- | NO ADMISSION

McMillen Defeated By Fort Wayne Moose McMillen, weakening in th« final quarter after leading all the way. drop|ied a'44 to 42 decision to the Fort Wayne Moose in a game played Sunday night as the preliminary to the Zoliner Pistons league game at Fort Wayne. McMillen led at the first quarter. 12 to 9. at the half. 25 to 16. and at the third period 39 to 31. K. Schnepf was lost on fouls early in the final quarter, and Moose then rallied to win. Sammetinger paced the winners wjjh 15 points, and D Schnepf was high for McMillen with 13. Fort Wayne FG FT TP Buesching. f 2 1 5 ; Kartholl, f 2 1 5 I Ness, c .... 3 0 6 j Sammetinger. g ... .... 71 15 I Howenstine. g 3 3 9 I Stauski. f ... 2 0 6 ' Schoeff, f 0 0 0 Totals .. 19 6 44 McMillen FG FT TP D. Schnepf, f 6 1 13 Crist, f I 2 12 K. Schnepf. c 5 1 11 J. Schnepf. g 1 2 4 Way. g 1 0 2 Kistler, f 0 0 0 Hirschy, f 0 0 oTotals 18 6 42 0 Decatur VFW Post Defeats Huntington The Decatur V’FW post defeated Huntington VFW. 41 to 38. at the Pleasant Mills gym Sunday afternoon. Decatur led at the half, 21 to 16, Raudenbush was leading scorer for the locals with 15 points, and Bickel was high for Huntington with 11. Decatur VFW FG FT TP Zerkel. f I 2 • 8 Ratidenbush, f 6 3 15 Painter, c ~.. 14 6 Strayer, g 4 1 9 WerTlng. g 0 11 Daniels, f 000 Reef, c 0 0 0 Chronister, g 0 0 0 Sipe, g 10 2 Totals 15 11 41 Huntington VFW

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Ellertnan. c 3 0 6 Riche), g 5 1 11 Beemer, g 10 2 Herzog, f 0 0 0 Blr, c 0 0 0 Harsh, g 0 0 0 Nees, g 215 Totals 15 8 38 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne South 33. Lebanon 23. Fort Wayne North 37, Michigan City 32. Fort Wayne Concordia 6R. Delphi 39. South Rend Central 41, South Ib-nd Washington 29. Indianapolis Shortridge 33, Indianapolis Howe 31. Columbus 61. Bloomington 39. Gary Tolleston 40, Southport 36. Allen County Tourney Monroeville 36. Leo 34. Hoagland 38. Huntertown 23. Hoag laud 38. MotiioevHjy- 27

(final). Wabash Valley Meet Terre Haute Garfield 56, Linton 46. Spencer 32, Washington Catholic 29. Terre Haute Garfield 51, Spencer 38 (final). 0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dame 74. Purdue 43. Minnesota 59, Indiana 56. Illinois 63. Wisconsin 37. Northwestern 59, town 4«. Butler 55. Valpariso 43. Ball State 45, Illinois Normal 39. St. Joseph's 52. Indiana State 46. Indiana Central 59. Huntington 47. Franklin 57. Oakland City 46. Manchester 59, Anderson 57, Canterbury 76, Hanover 38. DePaul 52. Michigan State 45. Ixiyola 42. Havana 39. Toledo 55. Detroit 44. Kentucky 71. Xavier 34. 0 frsd* In a Good Town —> D*catu>

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■ ■ n Standing W L Pct. Monmouth 11 4 .733 Monroe - io 4 .714 Hartford ... 5 667 Berne — 8 6 .571 Pleasant Mills .. 7 6 .538 Kirkland 8 8 .Son Jefferson ........ 6 9 .400 Geneva .... 4 10 .286 Yellow Jackets.. 4 11 .267 Commodores 3 10 .231 —oOo • Nine games are on tap for Adams county high school teams, with three games Tttesdly night and the usual heavy schedule of six contests Friday night. —oOo— Decatur’s Commodores will make their first home appear- ' ance in more than a month Tuesday night, when they entertain the Kirkland Kangaroos at the Commies* gym. The Commodores snapped a losing streak last week by defeating Jefferson but were dropped by Hartford Friday night. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, who broke their string of defeats Friday night against Pleasant Mills, will lie on the road Friday night for their only game of the Week, meeting the Auhurn Rod Devils at Auburn In a Northeastern Indiana conference clash. —<>O<> — Two other games Tuesday night will both be played at Berne, with the Berne Bears entertaining the .Monroe Bearkatz at the high school gym. and the Jefferson Warriors and Pleasant Mills Spartans clashing at the auditorium. “000— Five other Friday night games are as follows: Berne at Angola: Hoagland at Monmouth: Geneva at Poling; Monroe vs Hartford at Berne; Kirkland at Bryant. 000— Exactly one month from tonight firing will start in the annual sectional tournament at the Yellow Jackets gym, with the 10 Adams county teams battling for the title won the past two years by the Berne Bears. From results to date this season, the 1947 tourney will be a wide open affair, with no team an outstanding favorite and practic-

ally ail given a chance to win. —oOoi Results one year ugo ihls week: Hartford 38. Jefferson II Geneva 43. Kirkland 26 Rockford (0.l 56. Pleasant Mills 37 Monroe 41, Commodores 38 Monmouth 54. Wren (O.t 37 Monroeville 45. Monroe 29 Commodores 53. Delphos tO.t 27 Auburn 52. Yellow Jackets 26 Monroe 23. Hartford 14 Pleasant Mills 68, Jefferson 21 Kirkland 43. Bryant 21 Hoagland 41. Monmouth 31 Berne 33. Ossian 29. — o Wildcats Win In Intramural League The Wildcats edged out the Indians. 13 to 11. In an overtime battle in the sixth grade intramural league Friday afternoon at the Lincoln gym. The Wildcats led at the half. 4 to 3. Wildcats FG FT TP Rambo, f —- 6 0 0 ! Secaur, f — 10 2 Kohne. c 2 0 4 Helm. K —1 1 3 Ailerson g 10 2 Hurst, f - 0 0 0 Gaffer, f 1 « 2 Sudduth, g 0 0 0 Acheson, g 0 0 0 Totals 6 1 13 , Indians FG FT TP Ritter, f 12 4 Roop, f 0 0 0 Isch. c 10 2 Duff, g 1 3 5 A. Andrews, g 0 0 0 Engle, f 0 0 0 Conrad, f 000 Callow, g 0 0 0 Kennels, g 0 0 0 Totals 3 5 11 Bobby Soxers' Idol Marries Divorcee Hollywood. Jan. 27,-(UP) Van Johnson. 31. hobby soxers Idol, and hk< bride, the former Mrs. Keenan Wynn. 30, said today they will poet(Mine a trip to celebrate their wedding until a little later. They eloped Io Juareg. Mex.. Sat- I ii relay and were married by civil judge Raoul Orozco four hours after Mrs Wynn obtained a divone from her husband, Johnson’s best friend. Johnson explained that they "just made up our minds and did it." —■ ■■■ o ■ Lacking enough phosphorus in their feed, cattle may develop nutritional diseasw, the most* common of which is known as "creeps”

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