Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1947 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Lose To Auburn, 43 To u

Auburn Defeats Local Five In Close Battle A desperate fourth-period hid for victory falling short, the D<catiir Yellow Jackets dropped a close, herd fought 43 to 39 decision to the Auburn fled Devils in a Northeas'eru Indiana confer ence battle on the Auburn court Friday night. The conference foes were baked in an 8-8 tie at the end of the first quarter but the R>-d Devils stepped up their pace and, limiting the Yellow Jackets to four points, took a 19 to 12 lead at the half-time Intermission. Each tram tallied 12 points in a hectic third quarter, which ended with Auburn on top of a 31 to 24 count. The Yellow Jackets narrowed this gap slightly in the final eight minutes of play to slice the Red Devils’ final margin of victory to four points Scoring honors were well divided for itoth teams tyoaziEo. Auburn guard, was the night's point leader with 12 points, while Ballard tallied 10 to pace the Yellow Jackets. Decatur lost both Beehler and Schnepf on personal fouls. The Yellow Jackets will return to their home floor next Friday night, entertaining the Kendallville Comets in Decatur’s final conference engagement. The Comets last night defeated the Bluffton Tigers by four points, handing Bluffton Its first loop loss of the season Auburn FC, FT TP Armstrong, f 3 0 JJ Beaty, f 3 1 ’ Cox. C 2 ’ Scott, g 0 2 2 Muzzlllo. g 2 12 Bower, f 1 0 Wertman. g ♦ 1 9 TOTALS 18 " 43 Decatur Beehler. f 3 0 • Ix*hman. f 3 2 8 Ballard c ♦ 2 1" Schnepf. g 4 Freeby. g 0 0 0 Holmes, t .... ’• 0 fl IJchtensteiger. f ... « 0 0 McAlhaney. g n n ft TOTALS ..:... 17 5 39 Referee: Dickie t'mpire: DeVol. Preliminary Auburn 35. Ilecatur 13. o — Huntington Officer To Head Infantry Indianapolis. Feb. l-H'PI-Col-Cecll II Everett. Huntington. today was announced as commanding officer of the 330th reserve infantry |e<iment with headquarters at Fort Wayne. Everet then announced assign went of 104 officer* to the regiment including Capts Wilber- J Saurer. commander of headquarters company at Fort Wayne; C Irving fuitz H. commander of the service com pany at Fort Wayne, Richard M Kizer, commander of an anti-tank company at Huntington; James W Hoerner. commander of a cannon company at Fort Wayre. SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 ROBERT TAYLOR KATHARINE HEPBURN “UNDERCURRENT’ With Robert Mitchum ALSO—-Shorts Sc-40c Inc. Tas —o TODAY—••Nobody Lives Forever” J. Oarfield, Goraldine Fitzgerald ALSO—Shorts Sc-40c Inc. Tas | CORT P 11 SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun from 1:15 ROY ROGERS “ROLL ON TEXAS MOON” Dak Evan*. Gabbv Hayes ALSO-3 STOOOCS COMBDY •eMc foe. Tax

Decatur G. E. Girls Trounce Magnavox Th<- Decatur Cl. E Girls swamped the Magna vox girl«. 39 to 11. In a league game played Friday night at Fort Wayne. Decatur led at the half. 15 to 5. Kohn was Decatur’s leading scorer with 13 points followed by Terveer with 11 Trlhon and Tracy tallied all of Magnavox' points. Decatur FG FT TP Kohn, f 5 3 13 Terveer, f -------- 5 1 11 Smith, c - 3 17 K Hoffman, g ft ft ft A. Painter, g 3 2 8 Switzer, g .... ft ft ft K Noll. g n ft ft Busse, g .. ..... ft ft 0 TOTALS I'l 7 39 Magnavox Gerner. f •' *• 0 Trlhon. f 3 ft fi Tracy, c 2 15 Jacobs, g ft ft 0 Peck, g ...» quo Thompson, f ft ft 0 Gilbert, c ft ft ft Baker, g — n 0 ft McConnell, g ft ft 0 TOTALS 5 1 11 o Hartford Defeats Monroe, 30 To 27 Rhe Hartford Gorillas edged out the Monroe Bearkatz. 30 to 27. in a hard fought battle on the Berne floor Friday night. The teams, were tied at 14 to 14 nt the half. Scoring was well divided for both teams. Zurcher of Monroe' h ading with Ift points, while ■ Dubach was high for Hartford ' with eight. Hartford FG FT TP . Moser, f « 77 W. Wanner, f 3 1 7'. Smith, e .... not. Dubach, g 4 0 B'] C. Wanner, g 11 3 ( Noll, c - — 2 1 5 ] Totals 10 Ift 30 ’ Monroe FC FT TP | Hlrschy. f 0 o ft | Lehman, f . 2 3 7 t M. Habegger. c .... .. 2 1 5 , Mover, g -. 2 1 5 • Zurcher. g - 4 2 10 j Nussbaum, f 0 0 O'j C. Habegger. g ...... 0 0 ft't | j Totals Ift 7 27 t Referee: Everhart, umpire:—Strickler. ‘ 1

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Preliminary Hartford 28. Monroe 15. 0 Kirkland Wallops Bryant, 51 To 27 The Kirkland Kangaroos walloped the Bryant Owls. 51 to 27. in a game played at the Portland armory Friday night. Kirkland wau in front at the half. 25 to 11 All Iff men used by the Kangaroos scored. D. Arnold leading with 13. Poling’s seven were high for Bryant. Kirkland FG FT TP D Arnod F < 6 1 13 Baxter F 4 19 W. Landis C 10 2 Longenlmrger G 2 2 6 Troxel G 2 2 ft Ross F 1 ft 2 A. Arnold F ft 11 Worden C 1 ft 2 J. Arnold G 4 0 8 C. Landis G 1 0 2 TOTALS 22 7 51 i

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Bryant , FG FT TP , Dickson F .. .. 3 ft 6 | ( i i .gr F 0 11 | Login C 11 3 | Poling G . II 1 7j | Smith G 2 1 5 L Minnich F 1 <» 2I , Miller (’ 11 31| Monroe G •> ft Oh 11 - I j TOTALS 11 5 27 , Priliminary t Kirkland 22. Bryant 8. — ®~ 1 Sunday, February 2 i Is Groundhog Day Tomorrow. Sunday. February 2 ' ia groundhog day. According to the old-timers, if the old fellow sees his shadow when he emetgex from his winter ' lair, he’ll scurry bac k in, for there will be six mob- weeks of winter. The poi«sil>ility of his seeing his shadow seemed good today, if Sunday’s weather is anything like to- * day's. Although it was cold and * cloudy this morning, the sun did break through occasionally. ( o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur I

Adams County Champs Beat Allen Champs Playing a superb brand of hall, Monmouth won the ’’battle of Champions” Friday night, scoring a thrilling 33-31 win over Hoagland on the Eagles' floor. The tilt was nip and tuck throughout until four minutes of the last stanza, and then the Eagles grabbed a seven-point lead that the Wild cats whittled down to th.- final two-point margin. Until that final four minutes never more than three points separated the Adams and the Allen county thampions, hut the Eagles looked the more impressive in gaining revenge for a 45-41 overtime loss they suffered at the hands of Hoagland earlier in the year. Playing before an overflowcrowd of county net enthusiasts, the Eagles held Hoagland to a mere three field goals In the entire first half ■ but accurate shooting from the charity stripe kept the Wildcats to within three points, 14-17 at halftime. The Eagles trailed 5-7 at the end of the first frame. The third quarter started out at a fast pace witli Kruetzman and Guenin. Hongjand ace forward, trading on the first four field goals. Both quintets turned In some nifty shooting in that stanza and it was 28-26 going into the last period. While Hoagland was getting a lone charity toss. Getting and Gallmeler hit from afield to pile up that seven-point margin, aided by Bultnnhn’s fr»e throw Kaiser narrowed the margin to six points with a free throw, McIntosh cut it to lour with a field goal and In ihe last minute Guenin stole the ball to score and set up the final two-point gap. The Eagles hit 14 out of 47 attempts from Hie field and the ios era marked up 11 in 67 tries. Guenin was the big scorer, getting' 13 points on six field goals and 1 a free throw. Bulmahn, Kruetzmann and Getting led the yiclorious Eagles the first two getting nine points, while the latter hung up eight points and played a scintillating floor game, Monmouth • FG FT TP Bulmahn. f 3 3 9 Getting, f 4 ft 81 Reinhart, c 2 1 5 Kruetzman, g 4 1 9 Ewell, g 0 0 0 Gallmeler. c 10 2 Totals 14 5 33 Hoagland FG FT TP Guenin. t ...... 6 1 13 Andrews, f 10 2 Kaiser, c 2 3 7 Mclntosh, g 2 3 7 Mailand. g ft 11 Martan, f fl 0 ft Zell c ft 11 Scherer, g ..... 0 0 0 Totals 11 9 31 Referee: — Ix-hman. umpire; — Vizard Preliminary Monmouth 26 Hoagland 18. o Tisde In a 'food Town — Decatur

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H. S. BASKETBALL ! — .. Kendallville 37. Bluffton 33. Garrett 40, Columbia City 34. Fort Wayne South 36. Gary Tolleston 25. Fort Wayne Concordia *53, New Haven 41. Monroeville 49. Woodbum 32 | Jasper 47. Evansville Central 4ft. Rochester 41, Hartford City 36. Huntington 45, New Albany 40. Portland 64. Montpelier 31. Madison 52. Huntingburg 51. Indianapolis Howe 12. Bloomington 27. East Chicago Washington 38, Hammond 34. Gary Froebel 57. Hammond Tech BASKETBALL Decatur Moose I VR - I Marion Moose N-Eastern League Game TUESDAY EVE. Feb. 4 - 8 P. M. I Lincoln Gym. ! Decatur Preliminary 7 P. M. Between American Post vs Ft. Mayne Legion Post. No Admiwion. >H444444444tH-:-1» »♦»♦»»»

| 44. Jeff 53, Marion 51. Seymour 35. Connersville 20. New Castle 33. Ixigansport 31. Muncie Central 34, Indianapolis Tech 17. Lebanon 34. Crawfordsville 29. Shelbyville 37. Greensburg 28. Frankfort 43, Anderson 42. Richmond 44. Kokomo 29. Elwood 48. Peru 38. Columbus 71. Rushville 39. South Bend Central 59. Mishawaka 43. Plymouth 45. Wabash 42. Indianapolis Shortridge 39, in> dianapolis Manual 35. Bedford 49. Evansville Bosse 35. Greencastle 33. Franklin 32. 0 z COLLEGE BASKETBALL Franklin 77. Ball State 68. Anderson 65. Havana 42. Ohio Woileyan 85. W.ibash 61. Toledo 59, Michigan 52. Loyola 54. Bowling Green 45. Oklahoma AAM 44. DePaul 37.

Public Auctiof IMPROVED 10 ACRE FARM and PERSONAL PROPS FRIDAY, FEB. 14 16.00 A. M. (Indians Time) Farm will tell at 1:30 P. M. I LOCATED: Ono mile West and 1% anile* South of Willshire. I or. s mile. East an I nil lex South of Monroe Indiana. Only* noutbeast of Itecattir. Indiana. IMPROVED 40 ACRE FARM IMPROVEMENTS: Fire Room House. Good I'pgrotind OIX ’ Z1W ! 1 , and Shade. Fine Garden Spot and Strawberry Bed Good Hip-Roof Ram 34x4S with 12x30 Shed attach'd ■ ‘“’■nctib. Granary. Chicken House 12x30 with < <>n< ret* flo" 8 ACRES OF TIMBER PASTURE. Some Saleable Timber. lol* der cultivation. Level. Highly Productive. Black Land **H" with Good Out let 8. Hum l»*en well cared for, properly rotwl in a fine Elate of fertility, A GOOD FARM. HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE, and IDEALLY LOCA’I ‘l**™ 1 r ‘ ,B ' l • PROSPEROUS. WELL improved com«* PERSONAL PROPERTY: LIVESTOCK—2 HORSES Work Turn, 12 yrs old. wt. 1700 and 1500. 6 HEAD Oft*” Guernsey Cow. « yrs. old. fresh April 1. a 5 gal cow. lllarksM’ low. 4 yrs old. Win fresh lie, j> t h. giving 4 gal: Red a"' l "T. 2 Yrs «M. fresh Oct. 25. giving 4 gal . rebred; Swiss Jer*f <** old. 4 gal cow: SwisK-Guernaey Heifer coming 2 yr*- br,i 3 month old Heifer. a 3 HOGS: Pure Bred Duroc Jersey Gilt, due to farrow Apd (>ood (IHt; Two Shoots. wt 50 lb,, each. 130 B. Rock LAVING HENS. 7 Roosters. , k HAY AND GRAIN- 200 Bu. Extra Good Yellow Com■ - j land Oats; Some Evergreen Sweet Com seed; 7 Ton fi<*» Some Straw. J| MACHINERY AND FARM EQUIPMENT: Fordxon Tt* •ear shift pulley. | n excellent condition. Oliver Plow. 14" Walking Plow; McD. 5 ft. Mower; Dunham (WJ 12x16 Tandem nine; Harrow; 2 M<-n. Corn Plow*: SP'** Lygi row; Single Shovel plow; Double Shovel Plow: 2 sh ctJ Wagon. 16 ft. Hay Ladders with grain bed; « In Burr Rust Raw an I Mandrel; Corn Sheller: Fence Stretcher Post Auger; Grindstone; Block and Tackle: Grappl- »W' | Rope 160 ft. long; Electric Brooder Stove. SW» Chick Feeders and Fountains; 40 Rods Mesh Field Pent Ing 3- n ‘" ( new; 3 Oil Drums with spickets; Crow Bar; 7 ft «*? Cut Saw: Grain Sacks; Stasi Fence Posts; Grass Seeder so m Scales; Two Gal. Lard Press; Meat Grinder; U •» g Motor; Pump Jack; Mud Boat; Tile Scoops GalvatutedJ Feed Tanks; Single and Double Trees; Turk Heater. »<* Troughs; Iron Kettle with stand; Brush Scyt. e: Hay M* of Brass Trimmed Harness. Set of Harness 2 Good <*’ i Set of Fly Nets. Forks. Tools. 12 Ouage Shot Gun s’* l ” articles. tucM* •OME HOUSEHOLD GOODS: Eternal Range; Garr J inet; Antique Cupboard; Antique Dresser; Clothes Churn; Butter Bowl; Dishes. Crocks, and many other iw* TERMS—ReaI Estale—ls% day of sal*, balance upon d '’' j good title. • Personal Property—Cash. (Not responsible in case of arcideni ' CHARLES STRAY

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, PRO BASKET! J National Leigue ' Chicago 62. Syracw K —■ B- ' —- Annual Mies Closst Opens Here Tonigte The annual Mlm liovlinA will open at the Mlei R«l ’ alleys at 7 o'clock t-miA 48 five-man team« «.!a46l howl this weekend itoxlig ■ day will start at 1:34 ,>a The classic this year Mi traded a reiord entry of l#| - I Trade In • Good Town-It NOTICE My office will be cleittk Feb. 1 to Feb. 10. >aMi Dr. Roy Ari