Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1947 — Page 8

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Commodores Defeat Monroe Bearkatl

Commies Beal Monroe Team Last Evening The Decatur Commoodres, chalking up their sixth victory of the season and their fifth in a row. defeated the Monroe Bearkatz. 40 to 36, at the Yellow Jackets gym Thursday night. It was a tough, hard fought hattie all the way, with the Commodores taking the lead early in the third quarter and staying out in front the rest of the wav. The first quarter was nip and tuck, with the score tier! four different times, at 2-2, 4-4. 6-6 an 1 8-8. The Bearkatz then went out in front at 12 to 9. as the first period closed. The second quarter was just as hard fought. After Monroe had pulled into a 14-9 lead, Bunk Wilder tallied five points in a row to put the Commodores into a 1414 tie. The teams then exchanged points for the balance of the period, with the score knotted at 24-24 at the half time intermission. Rumschlag and Milt Habegger exchanged field goals and Decatur then went into a four-point lead at 30 to 26 on two-pointers by Kable and Wilder. Each team scored tw'o more points to make the third period tally 32 to 28 in favor of the Commodores. A pair of field goals by Wilder and Kable’s foul toss put Decatur on top by nine points. 37-28, the longest lead held by either team during the game. Monroe then bounced right back to tally six points on fielders by Moser. C. Lehman and M. Habegger and the Commodores’ lead was cut to two points at 37 to 35. The teams exchanged free throws with three minutes to go and Decatur was on top, 38-36. Foul tosses by Dave Gillig and Myers scored Decatur’s final two points. Wilder. Decatur center, topped the scorers for both teafns with 17 points. M. Habegger was Monroe’s leader with 11 points, followed closely by Moser with 10. The Commodores will play at Payne, 0., next Tuesday. the Commies’ final game until the county tournament Jan. 8, 9 and 10. I CORT SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 TWO ACTION HITS’’ ■3’’On •AM M«AMC oouGua J* *** couguu UAOtif* 1 cun k>i A '. OUKAW gHAWO —ADDED THRILLER— I Jewels of Brandenburg With RICHARD TRAVIS LEONARD STRONG MICHELINE CMEIREL CAROL THURSTON 9c-30c inc. Tax O—OTonight & Saturday Hopalong Cassidy “DANGEROUS VENTURE” Wm. Boyd, Andy Clyde ALSO—“Mysterious Mr. M.” 9c-30c Inc. Tax

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday New Haven at Yellow Jackets. Berne at Bluffton. Geneva at Hartford. Monmouth at Pleasant Mills. Decatur FG FT TP Kable. f * 2 3 7 f J. Gillig. f 2 0 4 1 Wilder, c 8 1 17 D. Gillig, g 1 3 5 Rumschlag, g 3 0 6 Heimann, g 0 0 0 Myers, g Oil TOTALS 16 8 40 t / Monroe W. Nussbaum, f 2 0 4 1 C. Lehman, f 2 0 4 rM. Habegger, c 5 1 11 1 Hirschy, g 11 3 1 Moser, g 3 4 10 1 C. Habegger. f 2 0 4 D. Lehman, g 0 0 0 5 i TOTALS 15 6 36 Referee: Richards. Umpire: Imel. Preliminary Monroe 27, Decatur 26 (over>l time.) ■wwwMSjWJW® American Legion League Signal corps won three from Gun‘iners; Doughboys won three from ! j Tankers for forfeit; Flying Discs ‘i won three from Navigators; Spitfires won two from Destroyers: • Pilots won two from Non Coms. Standing ! W L Pts. i Doughboys 27 15 37 i Signal Corps 26 16 36 : Spitfires 24 18 34 . Flying Discs 24 18 30 I Pilots 22 20 30 >’ Navigators 21 21 27 Non Coms -9 23 26 >• Tankers 16 26 20 ; Destroyers 16 26 20 t , Gunners 15 27 20 [ High games: Steele 234-226, Cook 215, E. Bultemeier 210, F. Schamer- [ loh 206, Blakey 201, Hoffman 200. 1 o ' PRO BASKETBALL 1 National League Flint 74, Fort Wayne 71. , Minneapolis 66, Toledo 56. , Sheboygan 59, Oshkosh 48. I Rochester 80, Indianapolis 47. Anderson 42, Tri-Cities 41. 0 A master antenna system has > been perfected for television installations Im apartment houses and other multiple dwellings.

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(Kiner, Mize 51 Top Sluggers . In National 3 New York, Dec. 19 —(UP) — Ralph Kiner of the Pirates piled up the highest slugging percentage in the National League during 1947 and Johnny Mize of the Giants copped the runs-batted-in crown in the same type of spirited duel which marked their race for home run honors, the official averages revealed today. Kiner and Mize, who wound up in a deadlock for the home run leadership with 51 each, had longdistance hitting honors virtually to themselves. The blond Pittsburgh outfielder registered a slugging percentage of .639, the figure being determined upon the percent-1 age of extra base hits made. Mize, second in slugging with .614, topped Kiner in runs-batted-in with 138, the Buccaneer belter finishing second with 127. The 25-year-old Kiner, from Alhambra, Calif., collected the most total bases 361 and Mize barely a base behind with 360. Outside of Kiner and Mize, only four National League players were able to bat in 10’0 or more runs. Catcher Walker Cooper of the Giants drove in 122 runs, Bob Elliott of the Braves, 113, Willard Marshall of the Giants, 107, and George (Whitey) Kurowski of the Cardinals, 104. Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals, winner of the runs-batted-in title with 130 in 1946, batted in only 86 last season. Cooper, who came back in 1947 after a disastrous 1946 season, was third in slugging percentage with ' .586, followed by Kurowski, .544. Marshall, .528, and Elliott, .517. The square-jawed Giant receiver also was third in total leases with 302. Hank Greenberg of the Pirates, * playing his first season in the National League, drew the most . i walks, 104, but finished with only a .478 slugging percentage and 74 rujjs batted in. Runnerup to hammering Hank in bases on balls was Pee Wee Reese, Brooklyn shortstop, w’ho coaxed 102 passes. Bill (Swish) Nicholson of the ■Cubs struck out 83 times —more than any other player in the cir-; cuit —and among players who participated in 100 or more games, Emil Verban of the Phillies struck out the least, eight times. 1 Kurowski was hit most frequent- ■ ly by pitched balls, 10 times, and 1 the Redbird third sacker tied with Andy Pafko of the Cubs for ground-

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wßjk . .vaaHßiL x WMllllllWlliOliii 1 riiiriiiiii MICHIGAN’S unbeaten Big Nine champion football team left Ann Arbor for their New Years day clash with Southern California in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena to a bousing sendoff from their confident class mates. Standing (1. to r.) with bags ready, are Kirk McKinney, student manager; Walt Teninga. Don Hershberger, Ed McNeill and Ervin Wisniewski. The 44-man squad will be accompanied on their special train by a contingent of Michigan rooters.

ing into the most double plays, each hiting in 19 twin-killings. The Giants led in team slugging with a .454 percentage, and also in total bases and runs batted in. New York amassed 2,425 total bases and drove in 790 runs. 0 Legion Team Defeats Berne Legion, 51-38 The Decatur American Legion defeated the Legion team, 51 to 38, in a game played Thursday night at Geneva. Decatur led at the half, 22 to 13. Every member of the Decatur'team, except one, broke into the scoring column, K. Schnepfleading with 14 points. D. Lehman’s seven points topped a welldivided Berne scoring. The Decatur team will play ■ Smitty’s of Coldwaer, Mich., at Coldwater Saturday night. Decatur FG FT TP D. Schnepf, f 3 17 Zerkel, f 10 2 K. Schnepf, c 6 2 14 Crist, g 3 17 Zurcher, g 113 Melchi, f 0 0 0 J. Schnepf, f 2 0 4 Mansfield, c 5 0 10 Hershey, g 12 4 Totals 22. 7 51 Berne FG FT TP D. Lehman, f 3 17 L, Habegger, f 13 5 L. Liechty, c 14 6 E. Lehman, g 2 2 6 B. Liechty, g 2 2 6 Neuenschwander, f .. 2 0 4 Emick, c 12 4 Flueckiger, g 0 0 0 Totals 12 14 38 M'lßnimaiiiiaiiiiaiiiißiiiiEiiiißiiiiaiina DANCING J Edgewater Park Sunday, Dec. 21 Eddie Roe (formerly with Clyde McCoy and Teddy Powell) and his fine Orchestra featuring lovely Jackie Withrow. Dancing 9 to 1 Tickets for the New Years Eve Dance now on sale. i Biiiaii!a l ikßii!a;miaiiiaii»BiiiiaiiiiaiKai

H. S. BASKETBALL ( Evansville Bosse 46, Boonville 41. Washington 46, Linton 39. ( Franklin 43, Shelbyville 36. Elkhart 41, South Bend Washington 36. Greentown 27, Lapel 23. Indianapolis Tourney Howe 57, Sacred Heart 36. Technical 48, Silent Hoosiers 15. Shortridge 39, Manual 26. Terre Haute Tourney Gerstmeyer 48, State 40. o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana 59. Loyola 40. Indiana Central 73, Oakland > City 61. Ball State 79, Manchester 48. ’ Indiana State 58, Eastern Illinois 55. Ohio Northern 64, Indiana Tech . 46. Anderson 70. Olivet 60. , Miami (O.) 54, Franklin 47. , Michigan State 43. Michigan 38. Kalamazoo 45, Alma 35. Bradley 50, San Francisco 43. Loras 63, Detroit 58. ’ 'f'oledo 68, Western Michigan 49. 0 ' You are as young as your hope; 1 as old as your despair. I > See Dan at Sunset Rink for 1 Roller Skates. 297t6 You will find all your Holiday needs at Hi’s Package Liquor 5 Store j U. S. 27 North ) Imported and Domestic all brands

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Central Soya League Results Announced Solvent defeated Expeller, 54 to 30, and Feed Mill edged out Lab, 31 to 29, in games Thursday night In the Central Soya departmental league. Solvent FG FT TP Katt f 3 0 6 Selking f 16 2 34 Schnepp c 10 2 Way g - 4 2 10 Fennig g 10 2 TOTALS 25 4 54 Expeller FG FT TP W. Haines f 5 0 10 L. Haines f 2 3 7 Bedwell c 102 Ulman g '2 0 4 Parrish g 2 0 4 Foreman fll3 TOTALS 13 4 30 Feed Mill FG FT TP Heimann f 2 2’6 Huffman f 8 2 18 Wable c 2 0 4 Strahm g 113 Foreman g 0 0 0 TOTALS 13 5 31 Whether—it’s a hanky or a coat, we gift wrap FREE of charge. E. F. Gass Store Exclusive Ladies Wear

i Lab FG FT TP Christen f 2 0 4 Fennig f 5 3 13 J. Vogelwede c 2 1 5 Manes g 0 0 0 Gehrig g 11 3 D. Vogelwede f 2 0 - 4 McKinney g .0 0 0 TOTALS 12 5 29 —o Tourney Ticket Sale To Be Closed Monday Decatur fans planning to attend the annual New Years day tourney at .Bluffton Thursday, January 1, I are urged to purchase their tickets at the local high school. Unsold tickets must be returned to Bluffton Monday, when they will be re-distributed to the other three schools in the holiday meet. W. Guy Brown. Decatur principal, announced this morning that his office will be open prior to tonight’s New Haven game for sale of the tourney tickets, which are priced at $1 for the two sessions of two games each. All seats in the Bluffton gym are reserved. Mr. Brown also scotched rumors that there is any limit on the number of tickets which may be purchased by any one person. Competing teams in the January 1 tourney, in addition to the Decatur Yellow Jackets and Bluffton Tigers, are the Berne Bears and the New Haven Bulldogs. The schedule for the tourney will be drawn at 1 p.m. the day of the meet, with the first game at 2 o’clock. The afternoon losers will meet in a consolation tilt at 7 p.m., followed by the title contest at 8 o’clock. Single session tickets, If any are available, will be priced at 50 cents. Commodores Game At Monroeville Changed Announcement was made today that the Decatur CommodoresMonroeville game, scheduled for January 7, has been changed to Wednesday, January 28, at Monroeville’s home gym. The change was made because of the Adams county tournament, in which the Commodores will participate this year for the first time, and which will open January 8.

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