Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 53, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1947 — Page 6

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Monroe Bearkatz Win

Defeat Kirkland In Final Tilt Saturday; Defending Champion Berne Is Upset

Bearkatz To Play Portland Panthers In Regional Meet Saturday Afternoon The Monroe Bearkatz boum-in-x rich! back after ousting the de fending champion Herne B*- r* in a rugged semi-final tilt annexed the 194" Decatur sectional crown Saturday night. defeating the Kirk land Kangaroo*. 3* t.» 29, In the titular cl i»b. The Bearkatz. by taking their first sectional triumph »in<e 1943, now advance to the Huntington regional tourney next Saturday, where they will flash with the Portland Panther*, winner* «t Hartford city, in Hie second reg ional flash The Huntington Viking* will tangle with the t'he-ter Center Indiana. Bluffton champion* in the first regional game at 1:15 pin. Saturday The after noon winners will meet at 8 p m for the rigid to go to the Muncie semi final the following Saturday The Bearkatz, sparked all through the tourney l.y Vernon Zurcher. short, stocky, play making guard and captain, didn't have too much trouble with the Kangaroos in the final tilt Monroe drew first blood when Hirschy hit a one-hander from the foul circle and added a free throw when fouled by W. Landis. A pair of baskets hy barrel Arnoldl and Bob Baxter, both from under neath the hoop. gave Kirkland its only lead of the game. Zurcher then hit his first of six fielders but Baxter tieiT it up at 5-5 when fouled by .Milton Habegger. whose play Saturday showed little evidence of a knee injury suffered Friday night. la-e Moser and Charles Hirschy each hit one-handers from close ranfce in rapid-fire order and the Bearkatz were in front to stay Monroe held a 16 to 8 lead at the first quarter, made it 22 to 12 at the half and 30 to 17 at the third period. The Kangaroo* made their last futile threat midway through the final quarter, when Bob Baxter clicked on three straight shots the last a beauty from the corner, to cut Monroe's lead to five points at 33 to 28. But Milt Habegger dashed Kirkland's hopes when he grabbed a teammate* rebound to M "re Willard 1-andi* and Zurcher traded free throws and Hirschy zipped in a fielder to wind up the scoring in the championship encounter. Ztircher topped the winner* In scoring with H points, and Baxter was top* for Kirkland with 12 Monroe made only six of 14 free throw*, and Kirkland 13 of 30. Jefferson Out The Jefferson Warriors, after throwing an early scare into the Kirkland partisans, couldn't keep up the pace and fell before the Kangaroos in the first' semi final battle, 48 to 42. Jefferson raced to an early 9

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to 2 le id in the fir'd three and one half minutes of pluy before the Kangaroos, seemingly nervous at the start of the tilt steadied down. Kirklanl then came ba k to hold a 12 to 11 margin at the quilter, boosted the lead to 21 to 17 at the : half ami held a nine point margin, 35 to 2d at the end of the third i period I The Warrior, could come no ■ closer than eight points any time diirinc the fin-1 quarter Dwight Troxel was Kirkland’s out'it.in ling scorer in the semifinal victory, counting 18 points. For Jefferson, Miller and Hill each 1 tallied II points and Smilley 111 Both teams scored 19 times from the field, with Kirkland winning 1 from the foul line with 10 conversion* in 21 attempts, while Jefferson made only four of 15. Berne Bears Upset Monroe turned in the biggest upset of the tourney in the second semi-final clash, coming from behind in'the final quarter to defeat the Berne Bears, champs for I the previous two years. 29 to 25 i Considering the great rivalry between these neighboring teams. - the first half was a pretty tame affair Berne led the first quarter. 5 to 4. ami Increased this margin i to four points, 13 to 9. at the half. The Bearkatz pulled into a 19-19 tie with less than two minutes of the third period to play. The : count was again tied at 20-20 hut Max Ha Hegger's only field goal of the tilt gave Berne a 22 to 20 lead nt the end of the quarter. Liechty opened the final period with a field goal, incidentally Bernes last two-pointer of the tilt, but a pair of field goal* by Milt Habegger tied the score at 24-24. Hahegger put the Bearkatz out in front to stay when he tossed in a free thrdw after David Schwartz committed his fifth personal. Seconds later. Jerry Stucky. Berne's stellar center, was also removed from the game when hl* fifth per zonal was whistled, and Habegger hit for this vital point. Zurcher put the game on ice for the Bearkatz when be drove under hard to score and added a free throw when fouled by Habegger. making Monroe'* lead 29 to 24 John Smith. Berne guard, counted the final point of the game when he converted a free throw with only a minute to play. Zurcher again was Monroe'* leading scorer with 15 point*. 13 of them in the second half. Habeg ger contributed 10 to the Bearkatz' total, while Irnrry Liechty* eight were high for Berne Both teams were inaccurate from the foul line. Monroe makeng nine of 23 and Berne only five of 17. Semi final and final box scores: i Kirkland FG FT TP D. Arnold, f 2 1-15 Baxter, f 2 1-2 5 W Undis. c 2 2-3 6 Ixmgenberger. g 3 (Mi 6 Troxel, g ... 8 2-5 18 Jim Arnold, f 2 2-6.6 Jr. Arnold, f 0 2-3 2 Worden, g 0 (Ml 6 Landis, g 0 0-10 Total* ... 19 10-21 48 Jefferson FG FT TP Miller, f 5 1-1 11 Hill, f 4 3-10 11 Tumblsson. c 3 0-0 6 Smltley. g 5 0-1 10 Merritt*, g 2 0-0 4 Wall, f 6 0-3 0 Wendell, c- 0 0-0 0< Reef, g 0 0-0 0 Total* 19 4-15 42 Referee:-McKenzie, umpire: — Bobilya. Monroe FG FT TP Hirschy. f 0 1-3 1 Lehman, f 0 0-1 6 M Habegger. c 4 2-4 10 Zurcher. g 5 5-8 15 Moser. g ... 1 1-7 8 IC. Habegger. f ..— 0 0-0 0 Total* 10 9-23 29 ■erne FG FT TP Schwarts, f .— 10-1 2 Ueehty. f 3 2-0 8 Stucky, e 3 0-2 0 Smith, g 2 3-8 7 Habegger. g 1 3 Elienberger. f 0 0-0 0 L. Sprunger. f 0 0-0 0 a. Spnißger g _. 0 M 0 Total* U» 547 W > lUfereo;- -Me . Ik VuUv-

Monroe i* FG FT TP t Hine hy. f 3 2 2 8 . U-htnan. f 2 0 0 4 I M. Habegger. c 2 2-2 6 ■. Zurcher. g 6 2-3 it * Mo*er. g 3 0-3 6 , (’. Habegger. f 0 (Ml 0 I Pierce, f 0 <l-0 O Nussbaum, <• o 0-2 0 , Sprunger. g o 0-2 0 n Myers, g 0 0-0 0 Total* 16 614 38 Kirkland FG FT TP D. Arnold, f 2 0-2 4 ' Baxter, f 5 2-4 12 W lucndD. c 0 5-9 5 * lx>n gen Iter ger, g " 2-2 2 ' Troxel, g 0 2-8 2 J Jr. Arnold. f 0 1-3 1 Jim Arnold, f 11-23 Worden, c 0 0-0 o ('. laimlis. g 0 o-o 0 , A. Arnold, g 0 0-0 0 1 Tollis 8 13-30 29 Referee: — McKenzie, umpire*:---r Bobilya. o McMillen Winner Os League Title j I McMillen, edging out a 11 to 401 , victory Sunday afternoon at the Pleasant Mills gym over the Willshire la-gion. won its second straight triumph In the playoff for the second half title of the Adams i c ounty independant net league Thin playoff victory in two straight tilt* also gave McMillen 1 the season’s championship of the league, as McMillen copped the first half honor* without a defeat 1 McMillen won Sunday * tilt the I hard way Willshire wiw ahead at the first quarter. 14. to 7, and at ■ I the half. 23 to 15. But the eventual, champions pulled Into a 29-29 tie at the third quarto- and outscored ' Willshire a single point in the I final period. Hirschy and Crist paced the win tier* with 10 points each, while, Dellinger was high for Willshire with 16. Each team tallied 16 time* from the field but McMillen converted nine of 12 free throw attempts. while Willshire made only eight of 18 assorts. McMillen FG FT TP D. Schnepf F 4 0 8 August F ... 0 0 0 K. Schnepf C 2 0 6 Hirschy G 4 2 10 J Sc hnepf G 12 4 Williamson F 1 0 2 Way F 0 11 Kistler G 0 0 0 < i -t <; ..3 4 10 TOTALS ... .... 16 9 41 Willshire FG FT TP Dellinger F 6 4 16* Carr F 3 0 6: August C ... .... 4 2 10 Miller G «... 2 2 6 Painter G . 1 (f 2 Royer F 0 0 0 Morningstar G 9 0 0 TOTALS 16 8 40 Referee: — Everhart ' I'mpire: — Foor. o I 1 '1 ■k fl VI I k Aft I I S i HBHHHflflflflflflßi UNITCD Electrical Workers Presi- - dent Albert J. Fitzgerald denies ' point ttardi to ths Senate labor * committee tn Wgghinrton that 1 two of Ma fellow oOcera wore Corum unbF* •* Senator > Joaeph Ball, (Rl Minn, toid the . witnoaa that both men ware "so rerwdad." (iMtiMMMII

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BULLETIN Chicago. March 3—(UP) — The interrupted Purdue-Wla-conain basketball game, which will decide the big nine cage championship, will be played from the point of interruption, at the half. Saturday. March 8, in the Evanston, 111., high school gymnasium, Kenneth L. Wilson, commissioner of the western conference, announced today, g WflflWL rfl3r®yb~i Congratulations, Bearkatz! —oOo— Given little chance hy the majority of fans and the so-caßwl "experts." the Bearkatz cam*; roaring through to an impressive aectionai title Saturday night, and they did it the hard way. too. Monroe, by being drawn for the opening night of play Thursday, was forced to play four games to win the title. This, however, didn't seem to bother the champion*. u« they were going just a* strong at the final gun Saturday night no they started out sgalnst th<- Decatur Commodores Thursday. -000The Bearkatz will carry the hopes of Adams county into th* regional tournament at Huntington Saturday. Monroe will meet the Portland Panthere, winnera of the Hartford City aectional, in the second regional tilt. The Huntington Vikings, rated as one of the state's leading team*, and overwhelming favorites for region-' al honor*, will meet Cheater Center, winner at Bluffton, in the opener at 1:15 p.m. The afternoon winner* will meet at 8 p.m. for the right to enter the Muncie semifinal meet the following Saturday. - - 000— Vernon Zurcher. captain and sparkplug of the Monroe champion*. was the tourney’* leading •corer, both in total points and In average points per game Ztircher. playing In four game*, tallied 56 point* for an average of 12 H points per game Other scoring leaders were as follows: Milton Habegger. Monroe, four games,' 45 points; Troxel. Kirkland, three! games. 31 point*; Moser. Monroe ! four game*. 25 points; Miller, i Jefferson, two game*. 24 points; | Hill. Jefferson, two game*. 22 point*; W. Ijindi*. Kirkland, three game*. 22 poin'*; Baxter. Kirkland, three gamos. 21 points: Smith. Berne, two game*. 18 point*; Ueehty. Bern* two game*. 17 point*; Lehman. Deestur. two game*. 17 points. —oOo~ Milt Habegger. Monroe's centsr. topped the individual scoring for one game, bagging 19 point*

ft-rson: Zurcher. Monroe. < ls against Berne, and 14 against both the Commodore* and Kirkland. Mathys. 15 against Jefferson; Miller. 13 against Geneva. ■oOo — Shooting records of lh<* teams: Monroe- four game*. 52 fl«-ld goal* on 186 shots; 40 free throws on 86 attempts; 77 personal fouls. Kirklitld three game*. 40 field goals on 157 shots; 33 free throws In 73 attempts; 39 personal foul*. Berne two game*. 25 field goals on 85 shots: 14 free throws In 36 . attempts; 41 personal fouls. Jefferson two games, 34 field goals on 132 shots; 12 free throw* in 33 attempts; 35 |H*raonal foul*. Decatur Yellow Jackets -r two games. 25 field goals in 137 shot*; 26 free throws in 39 attempts; 39 personal fouls Hartford one dbme. 14 field goals on 41 shot*; nine free throw* in 24 attempt*: 16 personal foul* Monmouth one game. 13 field goals on 62 shots; eight free throws in 19 attempts; 22 personal, foul* Geneva—one game. 16 field goals on 75 shots; five free throws in 19 attempts; 20 personal fouls. Detatur Commodores - one game. 12 field goals on 54 shots; 11 free throws in 24 attempts; 18 personal fouls. Pleasimt Mills—one game. 17 field goals on 7o shots; nine free throws In 19 attempts; 16 personal fouls. —-o(»o— Sectionals throughout the state were marked by fewer upsets than have prevailed in many recent season*. Major upset victim in this area wa* Auburn, although the Red Devil* had been inconsistent throughout the year. Bluffton's Tigers were knocked off but this wa* no decided *urpnse, a* the Wells county team* were rated about on a par with the Tigers. South Side came through a* expected at Fort Wayne, having little trouble in any game. • — 000Mo*t of the top-notch title con lenders are still in the running A new state champion wa* assured Saturday when the Anderson In dians. a far cry from last year’s titlists, were eliminated by Pendleton. Other Saturday upset victim* included La Porte and Rochester. Hammond was knocked out ,by East Chicago Washington and Columbus fell t>efore Shelby viile. Eliminated earlier in the sectionals were such team* as Shortridge of Indianapolis. New Albany. New Castle. Washington

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Sectional Scores At Decatur Kirkland 48. Jefferson 42. Monroe 29. Berne 25. Monroe 38. Kirkland 29 (final* At Hartford City Hartford City 38, Dunkirk 36. Portland 52. Pennville 33. Portland 33. Hartford City 32 (final). At Huntington Huntington 39. Roanoke 22. Lancaster 46, Jefferson (Whitley) 32. • Huntington 66. laiticaater 29 * final). At Bluffton Ossian 4<>. Rockcreek 24 Cheater Center 42. Bluffton 35. Chditer 38. Ossian 36 (final*. At Fort Wayne Central Catholic 38. Concordia 35. South Side 33. Elmhurst 13. South Side 27. Central 17 <final*. At Auburn Spencerville 37.,Churubusco 36 Garrett 35. Fremont 28. Spencerville 38. Garrett 29 t final). At Kendallville Kendallville 32. Wawaka 25. Wolcottville 46. Ligonier 33. Kendallville 38. Wolcottville 34 (final). At Wsraaw Wai saw 43. Leesburg 31. Silver la*ke 59. Pierceton 49 Silver latke 52. Warsaw 36 i final).

COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7ndiana 48. Illinois 41. lowa 51. Purdue 48. Minnesota 58. Wisconsin 55. Notre Dame 55. Nortnwestern 53 Michigan 59. Michigan State 47. Bowling Green 66, Varparalso 38 Toledo 78, llayton 56. Marquette 71. Detroit 46. Bradley 48. Kansas State 41. CWW|ra i aJJ // 4B a qH .ZjDiDNCT -raVR jOvCiV. Tobacco fNCs-sep z —and ws can preve It! tee Tomorrow’s paper for answer. Many e&r owners like BAT Standard Service becanse they I are effk lent an*! fast They can Ido the job right—quickly, and at I low cost to you. Why not drive in tomorrow for ! a grease job or lubricating aerviee?

PRO BASKETBALL National League Rochester 63. Syracuse 54. Dshkoah 71. Youngstown 55. Fort Wayne 61. Anderson 56 Chicago 65. Youngstown 52. Sheboygan 63. Syracuse 61. o Stan Musial Signs Cardinal Contract St Mo. March 3-(VPI — Sam Brendon, owner of the St Jamis Carinale. *ald the contract signed yesterday by Stan Musial. Cardinal first baseman. called for a “very substantial increase."

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