Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1947 — Page 6

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Senators May Have Trouble Finishing 4th Orlando. Fla Minh 27 ilTl — All thp Wa-hhigton Senator* need to get along well in the I’'l7 American legu»- campaign i get left hand'd jiHchera out of the circuit For they are knee deep in left handed hitter* and even the h<-< olid rate Mrtlthpuwx were able to bent them with regularity last year Thin »ea«on, man ger llxxie lllllege in hoping it will he dit ferent However, the only right handed Hwinger he *ill have in hi* batting order outaide tin- <atcher and pitcher will he Gerald Priddy at ahortatop All <,f the re-t of hi regulars will swing from the port side and most liasehall men thing that the Sen tors will he lucky to finish as high as last year when they < am" home fourth. That is the spot Bluege isaiming for hut if the pitching which failed him in 1946 finally j comes around and lives up to; potentialities he figures he might do even better. He figures the! Red Sox. Tigers and Yankees as | sure first division finishers with) hit own t lub battling Cleveland fori the next spot "We may he left handed to death i again tins year." Bluege said "but | if my pitching staff comes through I we could be a surprise.” Except for ,olie outfield spot he ha- h!a ciub ~1l set It will be .Mickey Vernon, list year's batting king at first. Glen Myatt at second. Priddy at short and l'e<il Travis at third with Stan Spence *£•« .««■■* * ■ ’• —■■nii — w — TODAY — Continuous from 1:30 “MR ACE” Geo. Raft, Sylvia Sidney ALSO—Short* 9e-40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! -0 FRI. & SAT. Serb i B I - BB LJ TMf B 1 stau V STOlf* fl ’I | ■Mg' AwOTHf ft HM|i ppf/ Mg M. M«A. Tuew—OOvk* de Have tend. Award Wmner. Dark btrrtr*

! and Buddy Lewi* In two of the out field posts The veteran George Case and Gil Coan, last yejrs dis appointing rookie, are battling for the other berth with Joe Grace also in the running Al Evans will do most of the latching with Frank Mancuso as his number one relief man. Bluege ' has only those two catchers on his, I squad but If necessary he can always place the veteran Ri< k Ferrell. a coach, on the active list I ' Bluege has I" pitchers battling | _ for st arting jobs. Mickey Haefner.i ‘ Boho Newsom and Sid Hudson " are sure of getting regular calls with Early Wynn. Luman Karri*. I huther Knerr. Walt Ma*terson 1 ! K,i«‘ Scarborough. Milo <’a nd ini and j ! Marino Pleretti in the running for] ' tiie rem lining jobs. "My pitching failed me last year.” Bluege commented "I was really counting on fellow* like! Masterson and Hudson, but they won only 12 games between them when I was counting on them for

" If they come through till* sea son we may be a lot stronger than most people susjiect I'm not wor- ’ ricd about our hitting and fielding ' our whole outlook lies in our I pitching I'm hoping it measures i up to what it could lie. but I m willing to settle right now for fourth place." All in all. Bluege probably will | be lucky if he makes It Pistons And Gears Win Playoff Tills By United Pre** It will be the Oshkosh All-Stars I ■ against the Chicago Gear* and the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons against the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball league s divisional < hampionships Chicago defeated the Indianaj polls Kautskys last night. 76 to 62. winning three games out of five and the right to meet Oshkoah for the western title Fort Wayne also made it three out of five by Whipping Toledo, 61 to 46. and will I battle the Royals for the eastern I cK i inpionship. George Mikan of the Gears got 26 points to lead the scoring in a rugged game marked by Chicago player-coach Bobby McDermott’s | punch at referee Norris Ward Me- . Dermott protested a personal foul, in the second quarter and report , <>d!y hit Ward in the eye when the | veteran official ordered him off thefloor. Herman Schaefer topped Indi anapolis with 17 points but the Kautskys lost most of their offensive punch when former Ohio I State star Arnie Risen left the I game on fouls in the third quarter i Chuck Reiser got 17 points for. Fort Wayne as the Zollner* led Toledo all the way Fort Wayne led 32 to 21 at the half and 4!' to I ROY Al. TYPEWRITERS I Bsle* and Service | Julian Office Supply Co. | I Phone 428 P'uffton, Ind. ■ — fl IC ‘DtufA I tilt Sawtei {planted fl plane t&e H We c*n For and Deliver I Sheets Clemen ■ Phone 359 | CORT o —— o — Last Time Tonight — j "GINGER" Frank Albertson A "Napoleon** ALSO—Short* 9c-30c Inc. Tax io — O FRI. & SvAT. CHAS. STARRETT "FIGHTING FRONTIERSMAN” With Smiiey Burnette o o — . Sun. Men. Tuea — Return Hitt ,! Gary Cooper. “The Plainsman"

I 29 after three quarter*. Oshkosh opens Its three-game series with Chicago tonight at Chicago, while Rochester and Fort Wiyne will begin their series to- ' morrow night at Fort. Wayne. . Chicago will play at Oshkosh on March 29 and 30 and Fort Wayne . goes to Rot hexter for games on the name'date* r Both series will go to the first , team to win two games. Winners will meet in a three out of five . series for the league championship. ( NEIC Nel Teams I Picked By Coaches An entire senior selection was made by basketball coaches of | the Northeastern Indiana confer Mce, meeting in Fort Wayne this week, in choosing all-star conference te ims The Kendallville Comet*, confer cnee champions, dominated the first five with two member* I Shields and Preston, both forwards. Clark of Garrett was selected as center, with Sill* of Bluffton and Anderson of Warsaw at the guard spots The second team, also all sen lor*, is composed of Sumpter of Warsaw and Fries of Columbia i City at the forward posts; Arm | strong of Auburn at center; Eber hard of Columbia City and Wert man of Auburn as guards. Two Decatur Yellow Jacket reg : ulars. Lehman and Ballard, wen voted honorable mention. In this! latter group were also Schlosser; of Garrett. Taylor of Kendallville. ■ Fishbaugh of Bluffton. Cox of Au , burn Johnson of Garrett and Ivey of Kendallville.

Silver basketballs were awarded first team members and 4»ronze medals to second team members The conference track meet will be held at 5 pm Thursday. May 8. at Columbia City, and the conference golf meet at Auburn Saturday. May 10. at 9:30 a m. The baseball championship, nowheld hy Decatur, will be decided this year by a jound robin schedule. with each school participating In baseball playing each other school one game, with the highest percentage team declared the conference winner. 0 County Coon Hunters Meet Monday Evening The Adame county coon hunters will hold their monthly meeting at the Salem store Monday evening at 8 o'clock All members are urged to attend as plane will be made for the April field trial —— — 0 — 2,000 pound Safety Toe shoes. Retan uppers, cord sole. s6.9s.—Miller-Jones.

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State Tourney Sets Attendance Records ! Indianaiuilis. March 27—ill’) — i The attendance record set by last yerrs Indiana high school basket ball tournament record was smashed this year by some 85,090, IHSAA officials said today Commissioner L. V. Phillips of the Indiana High School Athletic Association announced an attendance record for the 37th annual state hardwood tourney of 1.241.594. with a gross "take" by all tournaments from the sectionl* through the finals of 1643.518.51. Os the gross receipt*. 1106,160.20 went to the government in federal taxes; 1127.014.50 was listed as "expenditures," $265,748 52 wa* divided among 781 participating schools. 119.994.96 was divided among "center schools' w here tourneys wtto stager), and the IHSAA took 5115.600.33 "to maintain the central office and build ! up a reserve fund." The funds handled by the high school*, themselves, in the sec-

tional. regional and semi final tour neys are made a part of the school's records, and are subject to audit by the Indiana state board of accounts, Phillips said. Total paid attendance at all sectional* was listed by the IHSAA at 981.000. Some 155,780 saw the regional playoff*. 76.490 the semifinal*. and 28.324 purchased tickets for the finals at Butler field house. a Two Rules Changes By Net Committee New York. March 27 —il’Pl— Two rules change* were voted yesterday as the national basketltall rules committee ended it* two-day meeting I'nder the new rules, unlimited substitutions may be, made. In another change, the clo< k will be stopped for every dead ball in the Let three minute* of 'he game. Freviously. only one reentry was permitted for players, and the clock mopping was done in the last four minutes. 0 Trade In a Good Town --Decatur

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Convicted Killers Petition New Trial Greenfield, Ind. March 27 — (Up>— Petition for u new trial was on file in Hancock circuit court today for two Indianapolis men charged with slaying a detective. , Donald Joseph and I*aul Pierce stated in their motion for a new trial in the death of Orville Quin-} ette that he did not have a search • warrant when'he attempted to ar-1 rest them In connection with a series of robl>cries in Indianapolis. They also charged that the jury was prejudiced because the defendants were handcuffed during the trial. Both Joseph and Pierce were sentenced to life Imprisonment after Qulnette was shot and killed in December, 1935. Trade In a Good Town —Decatur ■■ --

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