Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1947 — Page 6

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Chicago Bears Are Upset By Los Angeles By United Press The entire national football league season was neatly packaged today into a single day — next weekend’s “showdown Sunday when the championships of both eastern and western divisions may be settled. That situation was the result of the games played in the league yesterday, leaving the Chicago Bears and the Chicago Cards tied for first place in the west, and the Pittsburgh Steelers one victory ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles in the east. The Bears and the Cards will square off against each other in the payoff game at Wrigley field. The Steelers have finished their regular season, but the Eagles have a chance to tie for the eastern crown if they beat the Green Bay Packers this Sunday. The Cards gained their western tie, and knocked the Eagles out of an eastern tie, by beating Philadelphia Sunday, 45, to 21. The Eagles held a 7-3 lead at half-time, but the Cards went wild in the second half behind Paul Christman’s passing and Charley Trippi's running, scoring two touchdowns in the third period and four in the fourth. The Eagles got two touchdowns in the final period, to make that one of the most frantic sessions in league history. The Bears lost their undisputed control of the western division when they were upset by the Los Angeles Rams, 17 to 14, on a lastperiod touchdown pass from Bob Waterfield to Dan Hickey. Waterfield also passed to the first Los Angeles TD and kicked the field goal that proved decisive. Sid Luckman passed to one Bear score, but four of his aerials were intercepted at crucial times. The Steelers assured themselves of at least a tie in the east, and closed out their most successful season in 15 years with eight victories and four defeats, by drubbing the Boston Yanks, 17 to 7. Pittsburgh clinched the game in the first period when Johnny Mastrangelo recovered a Yank fumble for a TD and Joe Glamp kicked a field goal for a 10-0 lead. Steve Leach also scored for Pitt on a plunge; Boley Dancewicz passed to Boston’s only touchdown. The New York Giants registered their second win of the year, their second straight, by walloping the Washington Redskins, 35 to 10, as Paul Governali outpassed Sammy Baugh. Governali passed to four Giant touchdowns, completing 12 of 20 tosses, while Baugh had no TD’s completing 14 of 34. Baugh’s completions, however, gave him 185 for the season to break his own league record. The Green Bay Packers buried the Detroit Lions in the western division cellar for the second Tonight & Tuesday Technicolor Musical Hit! JUNE HAVER MARK STEVENS “I WONDER WHO’S KISSING HER NOW” ALSO —Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax O—O Wed. & Thurs.—“ The Web" Ella Raines, Wm. Bendix First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! O—O Coming Sun. — “Cry Wolf" I CORT Tonight & Tuesday “DANGER STREET” Jane Withers, Robt. Lowery — and — “WHEN A GIRL’S BEAUTIFUL” Adele Jergens, Marc Platt 9c-30c Inc. Tax O—O thurs. Fri. Sat. —Zane Grey’s “Thunder Mountain” Tim Holt Joining Sun. — “The Trespasser” I .‘Dick Tracy’s Dilemma.”

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams T uesday Yellow Jacket* at Hoagland. Willshire at Pleasant Mills. Wednesday Commodores vs Huntington Catholic at DHS. , Monroeville at Monmouth. Friday Monroe at Yellow Jackets. Berne at Hartford township. Hoagland at Monmouth. Lancaster at Kirkland. Bryant at Geneva. Jefferson at Gray. straight year, 35 to 14. The Packers scored in every period, Clyde Goodnight scoring twice as a pass i receiver, but the Lions hit paydirt only in the fourth quarter. Browns And Yankees To Meet For Title By United Press The books were closed today on the regular season of the All-Ameri-ca Football conference, and the eastern champion New York Yankees and the western champion Cleveland Browns began their final drills for the league title scrap in New York next Sunday. This will be the second year that the Yanks and Browns have met for the crown, Cleveland winning last year. 14 to 9. And the Browns are likely to be slight favorites to repeat. The New Yorkers had a bad scare Sunday in their final game of the season when they needed a last-minute field goal by Harvey Johnson, his second of the game, to beat the “soft-touch” Brooklyn Dodgers. 20 to 17. The Dodgers, who turnefl into a top-flight team after a horrible seasonal start, gave the Yankees little chance to rest their first-stringers, but Buddy Young of New York was the offensive star by gaining 94 yards in seven tries. The Browns, on the other hand, had the easiest sort of a time trouncing the last-place Baltimore Colts, 42 to 0. They wrapped the game up by scoring two touchdowns in the first 10 minutes and added four more TD’s, later, grinding out*ss9 yards to Baltimore’s 136. Otto Graham passed to three Brown touchdowns as the Colts got across midfield only once. Another development of the season’s last day was the resignation of sleepy Jim Crowley, former league commissioner, as coach of the Chicago Rockets, but that didn’t stop the Los Angeles Dons from dealing the Rockets their 13th loss in 14 games, 34, to 14. Ben Agajanian, the Dons’ toeless place kick artist, booted two field goals to set a professional record of 15 for the season, and added four points after touchdown. In the other game played on the final day, the San Francisco FortyNiners and the Buffalo Bills battled to a 21-21 tie. George Ratterman of the Bills threw three touchdown passes and Frankie Albert of the Forty-Niners threw two. 0 PRO FOOTBALL National League IjOS Angeles 17, Chicago Bears 14. Green Bay Packers 35, Detroit 14. Chicago Cardinals 45, Philadelphia 21. Pittsburgh 17, Boston 7. New York 35, Washington 10. All-America Conference Cleveland 42, Baltimore 0. New York 20, Brooklyn 17. * Los Angeles 34, Chicago 14. San Francisco 21, Buffalo 21. (tie). o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Whether—it’s a hanky or a coat, we gift wrap FREE of charge. E, F. Gass Store Exclusive Ladies Wear ««*«%%«««*««««««««««««« Remember when you think of Dry Cleaning Phone 147 KELLY DRY CLEANERS Across from G. E.

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—I — I C 2 Standing W L Pct. Hartford 6 1 .871 Commodores 4 2 .667 Kirkland 5 3 .625 Yellow Jackets 3 2 .600 Monmouth 3 3 .500 Geneva 3 4 .429 Monroe 3 4 .429 Berne 2 3 .400 Pleasant Mills 1 5 .167 Jefferson 1 6 .129 —oOo— Firing will be heavy on the Adams county basketball front this week, with 10 high school games scheduled, two Tuesday, two Wednesday and six Friday. —oOo — The Decatur Yellow Jackets will see action twice this week and will be out to avenge a pair of defeats suffered last season at the hands of this week's foes. The Jackets will play at Hoagland Tuesday night, and will entertain the Monroe Bearkatz on the Decatur court Friday night. —oOo — Decatur's Commodores, who moved into second place in team standings last week, have only one game carded this week, but it promises to be a tough battle, and with an old rival. The Commodores will entertain Huntington Catholic at the Yellow Jackets gym Wednesday night. The Commodores and I Ramblers each lost to Monmouth by scant margins earlier this season and a real battle is in prospect for local fans. —oOo — In addition to the Yellow JacketHoagland clash Tuesday. the Pleasant Mills Spartans will be host to the Willshire, 0., Bearcats at Pleasant Mills. This game was added after the season opened, and therefore does not appear on the schedule booklet issued by the Daily Democrat. —oOo—• One other game on the county slate Wednesday night also promises to be a natural. The Monmouth Eagles will play host to the Monroeville Cubs, one of the strongest Allen county quintets. —oOo — Vying with the Yellow JacketMonroe clash for interest Friday night will be five other county tilts. Os top interest will be the battle between the Hartford Gorillas, county leaders, and the Berne Bears at Hartford. Other games Friday: Hoagland at Monmouth. Lancaster at Kirkland. Bryant at Geneva and Jefferson at Gray. —oOo — Milt Habegger, Monroe Center, took over the top spot in the county’s scoring leaders, counting 27 points in two games last week for a total of 94 in seven games, an average of 13.4 points per game. Ballard, Decatur Yellow Jackets forward, set a new individual high mark for the season with 28 points, moving into sixth place with a total of 75 points in five games and tops for game average with 15. —oOo — The 10 leading scorers, with games played, total points and average per game, are as follows: Name Team G TP Ave. M. Habegger, Monr. .. 7 94 13.4 Smitley, Jeff 7 82 11.7 Wall, Jeff 7 81 11.6 Moser, Hart 7 79 11.3 Strayer, Pl. M 6 76 12.7 Ballard, Y. J 5 75 15. Troxel, Kirk 8 69 8.6 Getting, Mmt 6 68 11.33 Kruetzman, Mmt 6 66 11.

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i I Pyle, Gen 7 66 9.4 —oOo — Scores one year ago this week: Hoagland 57, Yellow Jackets 37. I Commodores 39, St. John’s of | Lima, O. 31. Hartford 42, Pleasant Mills 33. Huntington Catholic 52, Commodores 35. x 1 Monroe 35. Yellow Jackets-26. S Berne 37, Hartford 19. . Lancaster 36, Kirkland 25. f Gfay 46, Jefferson 39. Geneva 35, Bryant 22. Hoagland 45, Monmouth 41 (over- j time). 1 0 i PRO BASKETBALL National League Saturday Minneapolis 74, Anderson 58. , Rochester 56, Toledo 55. Syracuse 63, Sheboygan 47. . Oshkosh 60, Tri Cities 50. Sunday ; Fort Wayne 63, Tri Cities 49. Anderson 66, Flint 64. Oshkosh 44, Minneaplois 38 s 0 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central 50, Ham- ( mond 36. ( Fort Wayne Concordia 44, Gary Tolleston 42. Gary Emerson 55, Fort Wayne C. C. 30. New Castle 34, Muncie Buris 27. Anderson St. Mary’s 35, Lapel 31. East Chicago Roosevelt 40, Michigan City 38. Indianapolis Broad Ripple 34, Indianapolis Howe 33. Evansville Central 51, Bloomington 43. Brazil 39, Indianapolis Manual 33. Lafayette 44, Shelbyville 22. Wabash 30, Tipton 28. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 39, Ter- ■ re Haute State 32. 0 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Notre Dame 38, Southern California 7. * Tulane 6. Louisiana State 6 (tie). J Kentucky 24, Villanova 14. Toledo 20, New Hampshire 14.

Hartford Defeats Monroe Bearkatz The Hartford Gorillas rolled to their sixth victory of the season Saturday night, whipping the Monroe Bearkatz, 54 to 31, at the Berne school gym. Hartford led at the half, 30 to 14. Moser, Gorillas’ forward, topped all scorers with 19 points. C. Lehman and M. Habegger divided scoring honors for Monroe with seven points each. Hartford FG...FT....TP Moser, f 7 5 19 D. Noll, f 3 17 Smith, c Oil Dubach, g Spichiger, g 2 0 4 Wanner, f 2 0 4 Zerkel, f 0 0 0 K. Noll, g 11 3 Augsburger, g 14 6 Fields, g 113 Totals 20 14 54 Monroe FG FT TP C. Habegger, f 0 11 C. Lehman, f 2 3 7 M. Habegger, c 2 3 7 Moser, g 13 5 Nussbaum, g 1. 3 5 Ehrsam, f 12 4 Hershey, g 0 2 2 D. Lehman, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 17 31 Referee:—Barnett. Umpire:—Wilkinson. Preliminary Hartford 29, Monroe 15. 0 VFW Will Play At Hartford Thursday The VFW basketball team will play the Hartford Independents at Hartford township high school gymnasium Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock. The VFW team is asked to meet at the VFW home by 6:30 p.m. that evening. —o Trade in n Good Town — Decatnr

Legion team Downs Geneva, 45 To 26 The Decatur American Legion team defeated Geneva, 45 to 26, at , Geneva Saturday night. Decatur led at the half. 20 to 13. Crist topped the Decatur scoring with 13 points, and Stanley was high for Geneva with eight. The Legion will play Beck’s Plumbing of Fort Wayne at the Lincoln gym at 7:30 o’clock this evening. No admission will be charged and the public is invited to attend. Decatur FG FT TP Mansfield, f 3 0 6 Zerkel. f 3 0 6 K. Schnepf, c 2 0 4 Crist, g 6 1 13 Zurcher, g 10 2 D. Schnepf, f 4 0 8 Melchi, f 1 0 2 J. Schnepf, g 0 0 0 Hirschey, g 12 4 Totals 21 3 45 Geneva FG FT TP Snow, f 113 Doherty, f 2 3 7 M. Hart, c 1 ff 2 Stanley, g 4 0 8 Hanni, g 0 0 0 Hart, f , 0 0 0 Moser, c 0 11 Schlagenhauf, g 0 0 0 Baker, g 10 2 Windmiiler, g 113 Totals 10 5 26 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana 50, DePauw 43. Xavier 44, Purdue 43. Notre Dame 66, Indiana State 49. Hanover 63, Oakland City 42. Northwestern 52, Butler 51. Frankjin 50, Rose Poly 36. Ball State 48, Canterbury 47. Manchester 62, Huntington 49. Southern Illinois 48, Evansville 39. Valparaiso 59, St. Joseph’s 51. Olivet 52, Tri State 37. Wisconsin 57, Marquette 50. St. Louis 50, Minnesota 42. oThe Olympic Games are to be held in London from July 28 to Aug. 14, 1948, and elaborate preparations are being made for 5,000 contestants and 2,000 officials, reports British Railways. 0 _ Better a long engagement than a short marriage. o GIFTS at BAKER’S. 28102 Bout. FighTingDio NOT ORIGINATE IN SPA INI I * — And we can prove it! See tomorrow’s paper for answer. —O— Most car owners like B & T STANDARD SERVICE because they are efficient and fast. They can do the job right . . and at a low cost. Why not drive in tomorrow for a grease job or lubrication service. I 1

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SPORTS BULLETIN New York, Dec. B.—(UP) The New York state athletic commission, at a special meeting, today refused to reverse Friday’s decision in favor of 1 heavyweight champion Joe t Louis over Jersey Joe Walcott 0 Dodgers, Pirates Exchange Players 5 New York, Dec. 8 —(UP) — The : Brooklyn Dodgers today traded ’ pitchers Hal Gregg and Vic Lom- : bardi and outfielder Dixie Walker I to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Pitcher Preacher Roe and infielders Billy Cox and Gene Mauch. ’ The Dodgers said it was a > straight player deal with no cash 1 involved, but added that it may be I followed by another trade between ! the two clubs within ‘a day or two.” > o ! AGREES TO RULE I (Continued from Page 1) I which might increase the face - value of policies, two, three, or i more times. The government said if the lower > court decision is allowed to stand ; the value of outstanding policies

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