Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1947 — Page 6

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Consistency Os Badgers Gives Team Loop Lead Chicago. Feb 20 H'Pi Wis cousin th-- big nine • pat■•♦•ttin-x ba*k>-tbail tram, held firn! place today only in the all Import.mt games won and lost as other teitns in the circuit grabbed honors In all other phases of statistics. Official records shewed Minnesota. the fourth place team, in first place in field goal shooting percentages with .305 while thin! place Indiana was first in free throws with an average of .653. Wisconsin's consistency, responsible for its first place stand ing was apparent however, as the Badgers were well up in all phases With a mark of .299. Wisconsin was third in field goal --hooting and was second from the foul line with .636. In addition, the Badger boast ed three men in the first fifteen in the individual scoring race, a feit matched only by Minnesota and Purdue Minnesota, while its <-en ter, Jim Mclntyre, led the scoring rare, was seventh in free throw shooting. Purdue wns fifth in gift shots tn ide and second from the floor with 302. .Mclntyre gained first place in thedndividual scoring race with a spurt in the last six games, aver aging 22 7 points per contest. Ills total was 168 for 10 matches and an average of 16.8. Murray Wler. lowa's quickstepping forward was second with 145 counters in the same number of games, but his average was only 14 5. good for fourth place Bok Cook of Wisconsin was third in both total scoring with 137 and in averages with 15.25. but Mclntyre's most pressing rival probably was Ralph Hamilton, the Indiana shot maker. Hamilton's total of 134 was fourth in the race, but he attained the mark over eight games for an average of 1675. only .05 under that of the leader. Both Hamilton and Mclntyre had a chance to enter the exclusive circle of four who have netted 200 or more points Ina single big nine season. The Minnesota giant ha* to average only 16 points per garni- in his remaining two concontests. while Hamilton, with four remaining, must average 165. 0 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne North 45. South Bend Riley 4.3 (double overtime!. Elmhurst 29. Harlan 15. Uifayette Jefferson 49. West Lafayette 20. Pendleton 63. Greenfield 51. Trade In a Good Town —Decatur

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday f'-immodores vs Monroe at Berne. Friday Yellow Jackets at Portland. Montpelier a» Berne. Monmouth at Pleasant Milla. Geneva at Hartford Kirkland at M.trkl* Jefferson at Madison. » Monmouth Defeats Union Center Five The Monmouth Eagles racked up their 15th victory of the season Wedne- l.iy night. e-oring an easy 17 to 26 triumph over I'nion Center i t Wells county on the Monmouth floor-. The Eagles held a 3'l to 11 lead at the half Oettiug was the top s orer for Monmouth with 21 points city*- Best lived up to his name to lead I'nion with 10 Monmouth FG FT TP Bulmahn F . 5 0 10 Oe ting F it 3 21 Reinhart (' (■ (/ o Kructzman G ..3 o 6 <; it i i Jiusdorf F 0 0 0 Schueler F 10 2 Ewell O .. .... 2 1 5 Biebeiick G Oil Koite G .. Oil TOTALS 20 “ 47 Union Center FG FT TP Carey F . 226 Fisher F .. 1 u 2 Walton C . ft o o Shutt 0 .... <. 11 Shutt G .... 11 3 Humber G .. 0 11 Best F .. -.4 2 10 Weikel C . . o | | Flurn G 113 Buithee G 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 5 26 Preliminary Monmouth 32. I'nion Center 24. i —, o— —- PRO BASKETBALL National League Oshkosh 60. Rochester 53. Toledo 67. Youngstown 54. 0 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Eastern Illinois 63. Evansville 52. Defiance (<>.> 94, Taylor 47. Michigan State 55. Hetroit 48. Kentucky 58. Xavier 31. 0 Fox Chase Planned Saturday Morning The Adams comity conservation < lub will hold a fox chase Saturday morning. It was announced today, ail participants are asked to meet, at the south side of the court house at 8:15 a m that day-

Draw Schedule Today ,i For State Tourneys Indianapolis. Feb. 26 -(UP)--The eyes of Hooslerland’s army of Indiana high school basketball fans were trained on an office | high in a monumeut circle tower today. There, a handful of newspaper siMirts writers will huddle around a table while officials of the Indiana High School Athletic Association conduct the annual drawing to determine who plays who in the 1947 hardwood tournament. The tournament opens next Wednesday with four days of seci tional play at 64 centers. After the firing, 64 teams will remain from a field of 781. and regional, semi “nal and final tournaments will follow on successive Saturdays until a winner is crowned at Butler Fieldhouse in Indianapolis about 9 o'clock the night of Marc h Anderson's Indians are the defending champions. The draw begins at 1 p.m. today in the IHBAA offices. But the 8.000-odd members of the participating teams, their coaches, school official and fans won't know what happened until tomorrow morning. IHSAA regulations hold the pair Ings in strictest secrecy until 8 ant (he morning after the drawing. ' At that hour, everything will Ice made a matter of record and it will be possible to trace every team's path to the championship) game ■ 0 | State VFW Tourney Scheduled Saturday The- Decatur VFW basketball team will play iw first game in the state VFW tourney at Ixzgunsport Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, according to word received by post commander Harrt Martz. Decatur will play Mishawaka in the opener. If successful In this tilt the locals will move into a 5:30 p.m. encounter. The finals are scheduled for 9 p.m Ten teams will participate.

Union Township Fox Chose On Saturday Plana for another fox chase jto lx* held one and one-half miles north of the Bleeke church. b«*ginning at 9:15 am Saturday were announced today. In the chase la.t Saturday one fox was bagged by John Geels and Morris Hleeke on the Jews Sheets farm. 0 Hardy Vegetables Cabbage, cauliflower, beets, car"Ota. rutabaga will survive a light B < <Jfia / J I WASHINGTON WAS NOT borh* on s * V I zz 7

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Decatur 6. E. Girls Lose To Fort Wayne The Fort Wayne G. E. girls defeated the Decatur G. E. girls, 29 to 22. at the Lincoln gym Wednesday nifht. A fourth-quartet rally gave Fort Wayne its victory. Fort Wayne led at the half. 10 to R, but Decatur took a 17 to IE lead at the end of the third period. Williams led the winners with 13 points, and Kohn was high for Decatur with nine. Fort Wayne FG FT TP Emenheiser. f ... 0 0 0 Eisenaclier. f 2 3 7 Williams, c 1.. 6 1 13 Varner, g 10 2 Whiteicather. g 2 15 Galloway, f 10 2 * Totals 12 5 29 Decatur FG FT TP Kohn, t r 2 5 9 Terveer, f 11 3 Smith, c 2 3 7 H. Hoffman, g 0 11 Painter, g .. 0 2 2 K. Hoffman, g 0 o 0 Totals 5 12 22 0 — Referee: — Arnold, umpire: — Kleinknlght. Classic League The West End R<*taurant outfit, with Appleman banging out SO3 on 211 ami 234. took the Smith Insurance squad for 3 games. Reinking came through with a 216 for' the only other count on 5 and 6. Ehler's Restaurant got on the beam i long enough to win two and total from Decatur Super Service. Schroeder finished with a 242 and lluuck 60S on 219 and 202. Ehler's finished strong with a 1065 game to total 2919 Stump hail a 212 aadl 213 for a COM series, while G | Schults had 631 on 221 and 236. Lagrent finished with a 2os and Murphy 244. Swearingen Dairy could win only one point from C. V. fleer. Fied Hoffman banged out another good series of 639 on 216 and 233. Young managed a 201, Tutewiler 206. Hoagland 222. The standings to date by points are: West End 67, ' Ehler's 60,

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1 Swearingen 57, ('. V. 44. Super Servlie 25. and Smith Insurance 23. I After this week, the C. V Beer I outfit will go as Mies Recreation. 1 AMERICAN LEGION LEAGUE 1 Commandos won three from Pi- ! lots; Bombardiers won three from Tankers; Navigators won two 1 from Doughboys; Spitfires won 1 two from Destroyers: Signal Corps won two from Gunners. Standing W L Pct. | Destroyers 12 6 16 Signal Corps 11 7 16 Navigators 11 7 15 Commandos 10 R 14 Gunners . .. .. 10 R 13 i Spitfires .... 10 K 11 'I Doughboys 9 9 12 I Pilots .. 7 11 9 Bombardiers 6 12 6 Tankers 4 14 6 ' High games: Frauhlger 215. ’ Schults Steele 210, R Par- ! I rish 205. ,1 , Decatur Moose Team In State AAU Meet — The Decatur Mocoe team is one of 22 basketball quintets entered > in the Indiana stale A A. U. tourna- ( ment. which will open at the Sacred , Heart gym in Indianapolis Friday , night, witii the 1 Inals Sunday night at 6 o'clock. Decatur, which drew a first round bye. will see its first action at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, meet* Ing Terre Haute. If successful In this l«n>l, Decatur will rfteet the winner of the l<afayett<--Biookville class at 10 a m Sunday The winner of the state tourney will go to the national A. A. U. tourney at Denver. ■■■■■■■» 44 Z><uf4 Utt Saite-i (?tea* in a (ot freofrfc *4* ea,te We Call For and Deliver Sheets Cleaners Phone 359 ** , " x - • " - " —

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County Coon Hunters Meet Monday Night The Adams county coon hunters will hold their monthly meeting at the Franklin service station Monday ntelit. February 24 at 7:30 o'clock. G 0. P. WINS (Continued From Pars One) state James F. Byrnes be named to head the atomic commission in place of Lilienthal. Bridges, one of these opposet! to Lilienthal. generated Republican apposition to the nomination with a statement two weeka ago. Previously, the opposition came almost exchMively from Sen Kenneth McKellar. D.. Tenn, a Ifing-time foe of Lilienthal.

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Julian Street Dies Suddenly Wednesday Lakeville. Conn.. Feb. 20 —(CP) Julian Street. 67. novelist and suddenly at his home ' here yestetday. • For nearly 56 years Street was a • close friend and collaltorator of the late Booth Tarkington, with whom ’ he wrote the comedy, "Country t Cousin. He wiote <-everai novels and , short stories, including "Abroad at ( Home." "Mysterious Japan." "Rita Cocentry," and "Where Paris » Dines” The Chevalier's Gross of t the U-giott of Honor was awarded » hint by the French government for < hla articles popularizing French wines.

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