Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1947 — Page 8

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Commies Score 42-36 Victory Over Kirkland Decatur’s Commodores, beating off every challenge by their foes, defeated the Kirkland Kangaroos, 42 to 36, at the Yellow Jackets gym Wednesday night, thus giving the Commies an even break in their two games played to date, and handing the Kangaroos their first loss of the season after two victories. These two old rivals battled fiercely all the way, with the outcome in doubt, until the closing minutes of the game, although Decatur was on top practically the entire tilt. The Commies’ superior size prov-1 ed the most telling factor of last night’s encounter, Decatur controlling the ball most of the time off both backboards and on jump balls. Kirkland got away in front when Junior Arnold dribbled under for an easy layup shot. John Giliig evened the count with a one-hander from near the foul line but the Kangaroos then took a 5 to 2 lead. ! the Commies finally pulling into a 6-6 tie, then taking a 9-7 lead with Jim Arnold tipping in a rebound to knot the tally at 9-9 at the j end of the first quarter. A pair of free throws put Kirk-! land on top again but three rapidfire fielders by John Giliig sent the Commodores out in front by four points, a lead which Decatur never lost the rest of the game. The Commies were on top by six points, 20 to 14, at the end of the first half, and Kirkland could whit-1 tie only one point from this margin, | 34 to 29, at the close of the third quarter. The Kangaroos made their last | bid for victory early in the final period, free throws by Troxel and D. Arnold and the latter’s field goal cutting Decatur’s lead to a single point at 34 to 33. Rumschlag then hit one from the corner and Baker, who had been withdrawn at the end of the third quarter with four personals, also hit from the corner and the Commies again had a five-point working margin, keeping the game well in hand in the closing minutes. Scoring honors were well divided for the evening. Baker led Decatur with 11 points, followed by J. Gillig’s 10, Wilder’s nine and Kable’s eight. For Kirkland, Troxel was high with 11, D. Arnold and Jr. Arnold each tallying eight. The Kangaroos converted 14 of 21 free throws, and the Commodores only j six of 15. The Commodores face a rugged task Friday night, tangling with the Monmouth Eagles at Monmouth, while the Kangaroos entertain the Hartford Gorillas at Kirkland. Decatur FG FT TP Baker f 5 1 11 Kable f 3 2 8 Wilder c 4 19 J. Giliig g 5 0 10 Rumschlag g 113

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Garrett at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Monmouth. Pleasant Mills at Berne. Monroe at Geneva. Hartford at Kirkland. 1 D. Giliig f Oil TOTALS 18 6 42 Kirkland FG FT TP Jim Arnold f 2 0 4 ' Troxel f 3 5 11’ D. Arnold c -3 2 8 Longenberger g 0 3 3 Jr. Arnold g — 2 4 8 D. Baumgartner g 1 0 2 TOTALS 11 .14 36 Referee: —Brown. Umpire:—Waltz. Preliminary ‘ Decatur 24, Kirkland 14. —o Decatur G. E Girls Score First Victory The Decatur G. E. girls scored their first victory of the season Wednesday night, defeating the Kokomo G. E. girls, 26 to 23, at the Lincoln gym in this city. Kokomo held a 10 to 9 lead at ! the half. Scoring was well divided. Terveer leading Decatur with eight points, and Rody topping Kokomo with six. Decatur FG FT TP Hurless, f 2 2 6 Smith, f 3 0 6 Terveer, c 4 0 8 Haines, g 0 0 0 Melchi. g 0 0 0 j Striker, f 0 0 0 Schnepf, f 0 0 0 Switzer, g 14 6 Moses, g 0 0 0 Noll, g 0 0 0 Goldner, g 0 0 0 Totals 10 6 26 Kokomo FG FT TP ’ Rody, f 2 2 6 Thompson, f 2 0 4 ’ Hunnicutt, c 10 2 Hawkins, g 2 0 4 Englert, g 2 15 Emery, f 0 0 0 Allen, f 0 0 0 Lawson, g 10 2 Totals 10 3 23 Referee: —Arnold. Umpire:— Decker. 0 — H S BASKETBALL Hoagland 43, Lafayette Central 39. Pendleton 55, Noblesville 47. Alexandria 49, Royerton 43. Rossville 59, Delphi 24. i North Vernon 24, Mitchell 20. Batesville 38, Versailles 37 (overtime). Fontanet 33, West Terre Haute 32. ' o TrwdP in n Goon Town — Decatur

One Pro Net League Loses Money, Quits Chicago, Nov. 13.—(UP) — The Professional Basketball League of America disbanded today with officials declaring that the venture of less than a year’s standing was a “financial failure." All of the circuit’s 16 clubs disbanded along with the league. Players were given unconditional releases as free agents. The league’s 1947 schedule was called off after 'ast night's games. The decision to break up was made at a meeting <jf league officials here last night. It was announced shortly after midnight today by James O. Brooks, commercial sports attorney who represented the league. “Effective Nov. 13, 1947, the Professional Basketball League of America will be terminated and al’ games will be cancelled,” Brooks said in a formal statement. “It was purely a matter of financial loss that resulted in the breakup of the league. All players in all teams are free agents as of ♦oday and all managers are disbanding their clubs and their organizations.” He said the league offices here would be abandoned as soon as all business details have been cleared. “The league was financially unsuccessful from the beginning,” he said. “We’re attempting right now to arrive at sone definite figures as to losses so that the public can see how things stood.” Asked if the teams would fulfil’ their 1947 player contracts, Brooks replied: “we hope to work something out on that.” The league’s disbanding threw --nto the open market about 160 professional basketball players including such stars as the Chicago '"’-ears’ gigantic center, George Mikan, who made all-American a* DePaul two years ago, and Bob McDermott, player-coach of the Gears whp rates as an all-time allAmerican. The league's teams were located al Chicago, St. Paul, Grand Rapids, Louisville, Omaha, Kansas City, Mo., Waterloo, St. Joseph, Mo., At'anta, Houston, Tulsa, Birmingham, '’hattanooga, Oklahoma City, New Orleans and Springfield, Mo. The big question now was the status of those players who jumn ' ed from the National league and the Basketball Association of America to join teams in the de- < f unct circuit. Most of those with the Chicago American-Gears team appeared ’ikely to be absorbed back in the National league. Wand “Piggy” Lambert, commissioner of the Nationals, commented: “News of the Profes-| sional league’s break-up is very interesting but I predicted some time ago that it would happen.” 0 Bar Association In Monthly Meeting • ————— The Adams county bar association was scheduled to hold its regular monthly meeting at the Adams circuit court room late this afternoon. Henry B. Heller is president of the association and will be in charge. Remember when you think of Dry Cleaning Phone 147 KELLY DRY CLEANERS Across from G. E. 'CORT TONIGHT and FRI. & SAT. Zane Grey Thriller! TIM HOLT “UNQER THE TONTO RIM” ALSO —“Jesse James Rides Again” — 9c-30c Inc. Tax O—O Sun. Mon. Tues. —“Desperate” & "Colorado Kid.”

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I o o Today's Sport Parade By Oscar Fraley I (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) I O < New York, Nov. 13 —(UP) — Lucky for some and unlucky for others, Fraley’s Follies or the weeknd football “winners.” National Michigan over Wisconsin — bat!e for Rose Bowl tickets with the Wolverines having too many guns. Michigan is a 13-point choice and figures to win by more. Albama over Georgia Tech — the imsom tide is rising and should lundate tech in this pick ‘em tilt. .Ibama has been coming strong nd Tech looked far from a power■use in its last two tests. East Army over Penn — the Blueplate ’pecial. Navy over Penn State — and the iessert. Yale over Princeton — am I blue. Columbia over Holy Cross — tossing the Crusaders to the lions. Brown over Harvard —a bear market. Colgate over Syracuse —by a slim six. Also: Cornell over Dartmouth, Villanova over Georgetown; F. & M. over Urslnus; Michigan State over Temple; Rutgers over NYU; Lafayette over Fordham; Clemson over Duquesne; Lehigh over Car-

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I Oregon State over Washington State — ditto. Also: Denver over Utah State; 1 Utah over Idaho; Colorado over Wyoming; Brigham Young over ■ Colorado Aggies, and Nevada over Montana State. ! o Automobile Stolen Here Last Evening Police chief Ed Miller reported today that a black 1939 Chevrolet sedan, owned by Carl F. Brown, of Decatur, route three, was reported stolen about 8:10 o’clock last night

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