Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 290, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1947 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Defeat Hoagland, 36 To 4 - — 1 " - ~~

Jackets Rally To Score Fourth Victory In Row Suddenly coming to life midway through the third quarter, the Decatur Yellow Jackets registered their fourth victory in a row Tuesday night, defeating the Hoagland Wildcats, 36 to 27, at the Hoagland gym. The Jackets, after seeing their two-point lead of 15-13 at halftime disappear into a 21 to 15 margin for Hoagland, came back with a rush to take command of the contest and win going away. With the regular starting five playing only fair ball. Coach Worthman jerked all the starters except Ho mes soon after the start of the third period, and sitting on the bench for a few minutes turned trick. Sent back into the ball game after Hoagland had this 21 to 15 lead, the Jackets began to speed up the game and soon roared out in front. Holding the Wildcats scoreless. Decatur chipped in with a pair of rapid fire baskets by McElhaney and Grant’s free throw to go in front by 22 to 21. Holmes and McElhaney hit from the field before Mclntosh counted a foul toss for Hoagland. McElhaney then l it his fourth fielder of the period to give Decatur a 28 to 22 lead at the end of the quarter. The Wildcats connected for only one field goal after the Jackets launched their winning rally, Hawkins hitting a two-pointer in the final minute of play. McElhaney topped *the Decatur scorers with 13 points on six field goals and a free throw, while Holmes, playing one of the best games of his career, chipped in with five fielders for 10 points. Zelt was Hoagland’s top scorer with 12 points. The Yellow. Jackets will enter tain the Monroe Bearkatz at the Decatur gym Friday night. Decatur FG FT TP Ballard, f 1 2 4 McElhaney, f 6 1 13 Holmes, c 5 0 10 Lehman, g 0 4 4 T’reeby. g 1 0 2 Baughn, f 0 0 0 Mills, f 0 0 0 Bohnke, c 0 2 2 Tonight & Thursday O — o OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:301 I BE SURE TO ATTEND! o o EXTRA ATTRACTION! NEWSREEL PICTURES OF ROYAL WEDDING! -o- - UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL prnaiti Amniru &R RAINES Bj|i VINCENT // / ¥ Ww PRICE « MARIA PALMER - JOHN ABBOTT | FRITZ LEIBER HOWLAND CHAMBERLIN B ALSO— Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax O—O Fri. & Sat. —“The Unsuspected” —o Sun. Mon. Tues./ —“CRY WOLF"

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Team* Wednesday Commodores vs Hunti.igton Cath olic at DHS. Monroeville at Monmouth. Friday Monroe at Yellow Jackets. Berne at Hartfdrd township. ■ Hoagland at Monmouth. Lancaster at Kirkland. Bryant at Geneva. Jefferson at. Gray. Grant, g 0 11 TOTALS „ 13 10 36 Hoagland Hawkins, f 1 I'3 Zelt, f 5 2 12 Mailand. c 0 2 2 Mclntosh, g 3 17 Scherer, g Oil Ottenweller. f 10 2 Morton, c 0 0 0 Guenin, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 7 27 Referee:' Byerly. Empire: Lieberum. Preliminary Hoagland 33, Decatur 28. —— o Junior High Whips Berne By 36 To 13 Coming to life after a slow first half, Decatur Junior high walloped Be.rne. 36 to 13, at the Decatur junior-senior gym Tuesday afternoon. Berne led at the first quarter. 3 to 1. and at the half, 6 to 5, but Decatur shot into an 18 to 9 margin at the third quarter. Kolter counted 16 points to lead Decatur, while Bixler hit all of Berne’s field goals to tally six points. * Decatur . FG FT TP Brokaw, f 0 2 2 Moses, f 4 19 Kolter. c 8 0 16 Everett, g 10 2 Bell, g 1 0 2 Oman, f 1 2 4 Pollock, g 0 0 0 Morrison, g 0 11 Totals 15 6 36 Berne FG FT TP Sweeney, f 0 0 0 Amstutz, f 0 0 0 Neuenschwander, c . 0 0 0.1 J. Sprunger, g 0 4 4 P. Sprunger, g 0 3 3 Liechty. f 0 0 0 Bixler, f . 3 fr 6 Habegger, g 0 0 0 Myers, g 0 0 0 Totals 3 7 13 0 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur Make it a date. See us in 1948. Decatur Insurance Agn. Kenneth Runyon, K. C. Bldg, I CORT, THURS., FRI., SAT. Holt rides BUBM .’SBROk again... with new screen thrills Lfe for you! . TIM kJ Ji f with b MARTHA HTER 8 t _ RICHARD MARTIN-STEVE BRONE ALSO—Three Stooges Comedy O—O Sun. Mon. Tues. —“The Trespasser” & “Dick Tracy’s Dilemma.” —o—o—o—- — WEDNESDAY 1

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Spartans Defeated In Overtime Tilt The Pleasant Mills Spartans, after leading until the closing seconds of play in the regular period, dropped a heart-breaking overtime tilt to file Willshire Bearcats, 39 to 31, on the Pleasant Mills floor Tuesday night. Pleasant Mills led at all periods, 8-5, 17-15 and 28-21, but Willshire tied the score just before the final g(un fired. The Bearcats then broke loose for eight points in the • extra session. Eary was Willshire’s top scorer with 14 points, and Strayer paced the Spartans with 11, followed by Sprunger with nine. Willshire FG FT TP Voltz, f 2 4 8 I Black, f 2 15 Eary, c .■ 7 0 14 Shaffner, g 13 5 Grlber, g 2 2 6 Ahrens, f Oil Totals 14 11 39 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Bollenbacher, f 2 2 6 Ripley, f 10 2 Strayer, c 5 1 11 Miller, g 0 0 0 Young, g 113 Sprunger, g 4 19 Totals. 13 5 31 Referee: —Monks. Umpire:—Hinchman. Preliminary Willshire 33, Pleasant Mills 11. 0 Knights Os Pythias Will Meet Thursday The Knights of Pythias lodge will meet Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock at the lodge home on Third street. Chancellor - commander Orrin Stults has urged that all members be present. o Trade In a Good I own — Decatur! Remember when you think of Dry Cleaning Phone 147 KELLY DRY CLEANERS Across from G. E. Whether — it’s a hanky or a coat, we gift wrap FREE of charge! E. F. Gass Store Exclusive Ladies Wear MFMgMMarMrtr mt mtmt mt mput 1

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H. S. BASKETBALL Warsaw 43, Leesburg 34. Woodburn 53, Payne (O.) 21. Shelbyville 41, Greensburg 30. Crawfordsville 47, Greencastle 46'. Elkhart 46, Goshen 28. Bloomington 54, Sullivan 35. Washington Catholic 52, Shelburn 37. Muncie Central 37, Anderson 25. Seymour 41, Brownstown 34. Evansville Lincoln 60, Poseyville 22. Huntingburg 45, Jasper 44. Muncie Burris 49, Hartford City 48 (overtime). Bedford 40, Mitchell 32. Portland 65, Dunkirk 27. Evansville Memorial 52, Evansville Reitz 50. o Legion Team Rallies To Defeat Auburn The Decatur American Legion team made it 10 victories in a row Tuesday night, defeating the Auburn Legion at Auburn. 62 to 49. Decatur was down by 11 points, 32 to 21, at the half, but rallied sensationally in the last half to pull out the 13-poVnt triumph. K. Schnepf’s 24 points topped Decatur, and Wattier was high for Auburn with 15. Decatur FG FT TP D. Schnepf, f 5 0 10 Mansfield, f 0 0 0 K. Schnepf, c 9 6 24 Crist, g 5 1 11 Zurcher, g 4 19 Melchi, f 10 2 Hirschey, g 3 0 6 Totals 27 8 62" Auburn FG FT TP Yoder, f 2 1 5 Foltz, f 4 0 8 Beaty, c 0 0 0 Wattier, g .... 71 15 I Diederich, g 2 6 10 David, f 0 O’ 0 Sleek, f 0 0 0 Davis, c 0 0 0 Grogg, g 10 2 Corkwell, g .*. 3 3 9 Totals 19 11 49 o — GIFTS at BAKER’S. 281t12 18. P. O. ELKS Regular Lodge Meeting THURSDAY December 11 8 P. M. All members are urged to attend.

— Winners Named In Intramural League The Cardinals defeated the Yankees, 14 to 9, the Reds downed the Dodgers, 26 to 12, and the White Sox edged out the Braves, 25-20, in Junior high intramural league games played Tuesday night. Yankees FG FT TP B. Sudduth, f 0 0 0 D. Reidenbach, f 3 17 D. Thompson, c 0 0 0 E. Gilbert, g (f 0 0 C. Hurst, g 1 0 2 Totals 4 1 9 Cardinals FG FT TP D. Roop, f 10 2 R. McDonald, f 0 0 0 B. Andress, c 0 0 0 D. Duff, g 2 0 4 R. Liby, g 4 0 8 D. Holt, f 0 0 0 D. Thomas, g 0 0 0 Totals 7 0 14 Dodgers FG FT TP J. Rennels, f 2 0 4 G. Harvey, f 0 0 0 R. Cole. ■ c 1 0 2 E. Stocksdale, g 1 0 2 , N. Andrews, g 10 2 B Black, f 0 0 0 J. Nelson, *g 10 2 Totals G 0 12 , Reds FG FT TP L. Andrews, f 10 2 J. Ritter, f 1 0 2 B. Roe. c 4 2 10 J. Conrod, g 4 19 D. Foor, g 10 2 L. Yoder, f 0 0 0,

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B. Lohsiger, g 0 0 j) Totals 11 3 25 White Sox FG FT TP B. Abbott, f ...... 3 0 6 H. Isch, f 2 2 6 T. Cole, c 2 0 4 J. Brunner, g 2 2 6 J. g 0 11 B. Nelson, f 1 0 2 D. Blackburn, g 0 0 0 Totals . 10 5 25 Braves « FG FT TP Secaur, f 3 2 8 Johnson, f *.... 10 2 Murphy, c M 2 0 4 O. Cole, g ... 0 (T O Rienking, g 3 0 6 Rambo, f 0 0 0 Totals 9 2 20 o Hartford Defeats St. Joe, 38 To 8 The Decatur St. Joe eighth graders found Hartford township too tough Tuesday afternoon, the Hartford lads chalking up a 38 to 8 victory on the Hartford court. The winners led at the first quarter, 11-4, at the half, 21-6 and at the third period, 29-8. Meyer led Hartford with 12 points and four St. Joe players each tallied two points. Hartford FG FT TP L. Herman, f 3 0 6 Ziegler, f 2 2 6 Meyer, c 6 0 12 Noll, g 11 3 Reinhart, g 10 2 /Mjoser) f 0 01 0 Herman, c 3 17

▼- Augsburger, g i o 2 Totals 17 4 ; > 8 FG FT TP Decatuij Miller, f 1 o 2 Hackman, f 1 0 2 Costello, c 10 2 Osterman, g I*o 2 Laurent, g 0 0 o Gass, f 0 0 o Baker, c 0 o o Totals 4 O' g 0 ! I Central Soya Beats Fort Wayne Quintet The Central Soya quintet edged out Whitey’s Service of Fort Wayne, 37 to 35, Tuesday night at the Lincoln gym. The winners led at the first quarter, 6-3, the teams were tied at the half, 14-14, and Central Soya was on top again at the third period, 30-27. Carr topped the winners’ scorers with 16 points, and Wachle led the Fort Wayne team with nine. Central Soya FG FT TP Carr f 7 2 16 Painter f 113 Heiman c 2 15 Selking g 2 15 Stralun g 2 1 5 McMillen f Oil Haines f 10 2 Huffman c 0 0 0 Wable g 0 0 0 Maness g 0 0 0 TOTALS 15 7 37 Whitey s Service FG FT TP Esterline f 1 13 Wachle f .... 4 19 Kilpatrick c 3 17 Stultz g 3 0 6 I Stenhans e 4 0 8

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