Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1947 — Page 8

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Eagles Defeat Steelers, Meet Cards Sunday Pittsburgh, Dec. 22 - (UP ) — At a time when folks ought to be thinking about trimming trees, the Philadelphia Eagles were concentrating today on trimming the Chicago Cardinals next Sunday in the battle for the National Professional league football title. The Eagles made themselves eligible for this ornithological fracas with the Red Birds by scoring a very decisive 21 to 0 victory yesterday over the Pittsburgh Steelers. The triumph was achieved because coach Earle (Greasy) Neale decided tht a gamble on a not-too consistent pass attack was better than a running game in which Qie Steelers were versed in stopping. Neale, giving his ace runner, Steve Van Buren, new duties, capitalized instead upon the sharp passing of Tommy Thompson who flipped a 28-yard pass to Jack Ferrante and a 14-yarder to Van Buren for touchdowns. Van Buren, who had been accustomed to racing with the ball at each given opportunity, let Thompson direct the play very effectively and it paid dividends for time after time the Steeler defenders snatched meaninglessly at him when some one else was lugging the leather. The Eaglps, who are expected to to be slight underdogs when they meet the Cardinals at Comiskey park next Sunday, lost no time in asserting themselves against the Steelers. They were three-point favorites in the betting, but they played as if they needed a very substantial margin to get along. Taking over deep in Pittsburgh territory when the Steelers failed to gain in the first period, the Eagles got the touchdown necessary for victory as Thompson feathered a pass into the arms of Van Buren, who waltzed across the 14 yards it took. Again in the second period Thompson fired a pass, this time to Ferrante on a play that covered 28 yards. The final Eagle score was sudden but anti-climactic. It was produced by Bosh Pritchard who wheeled 79 yards after taking a punt from 80-bby Cifers. Their appearance next Sunday will be the first for the Eagles in the national pro playoffs and they will be facing another team which also has made no previous postseason splash in the Cardinals. The Cardinals won their right to play in the annual classic a week ago by upsetting the Chicago Bears. o Salt and pepper shakers which, according to The American Magazine, are said to be so clog-proof that they actually pour under water, have been manufactured. 0 See Dan at SunSei Rink for Roller Skates. 297t6

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Week’s Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Monday Kirkland at Pleasant Mills. Tuesday Commodores at Payne, O. Monmouth at Willshire, O. Berne at Lancaster. Jefferson vs Bryant at Berne. Lakers, Redskins To Battle Tonight By United Press Minneapolis and Sheboygan, leaders in the western division of the national professional basketball league, meet at Minneapolis tonight in the first crucial game of the season. The two teams have been battling for the lead all year with never more than one game separating them, but if Minneapolis can win tonight, it will be two full games up on the Redskins. The Indianapolis Kautskys pushed Sheboygan out of a first place tie last night, defeating the Redskins. 58 to 51, while MinneapolTs was downing the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, 68 to 62. at Minneapolis. Sheboygan led, 47 to 46 with only five minutes to go in last night’s game, but Indianapolis led by Leo Klier and George Glamack, finally found the range and was pulling away fast when the game ended. At Minneaplois it was largely a battle between two towering centers. The Lakers’ high-scoring George Mikan garnered 26 points to 25 for Tri-Cities' seven-foot Don Otten. Minneapolis held a 40 to 35 halftime lead over the Blackhawks. The victory was due largely to the Lakers’ deadly accurancy at the free throw' circle. They sank every one of the 16 free throws granted them. The Rochester Royals, leaders of the eastern division, and the team with the best won-lost record in the league, had a fairly easy time defeating the Oshkosh All-Stars at the Chicago studium yesterday afternoon. The Royals grabbed an] early lead and held it throughout the game. They led 30 to 26 at halftime. Rochester’s Andy Duncan scored; 16 points to top all scorers and Gene Englund was high for Oshkosh with 13 points. Rochester pulled farther ahead of the second place Anderson, Ind., Packers last night as the Packers dropped a 48 to 52 contest to the Fort Wayne Zollners. In the only other game played yesterday, the Toledo Jeeps pushed the Flint Dow Chemicals deeper into the cellar by defeating them 51 to 48. Saturday Rochester defeated Fort Wayne, 65 to 62, and Oshkosh downed Indianapolis, 57 to 47. In the only league game tonight aside from the Minneaplois Sheboygan game, Indianapolis plays at Toledo. 0 Firemen Called To Automobile Fire —- Firemen were called late Saturday afternoon to the courthouse when a car parked near there and owned by Miss Elizabeth Cramer, reportedly caught fire. No damage was done. o Belonging to '‘the four hundred” does not necessarily mean that one is made of “good stuff.’’ o_ Gifts at Bakers. 293t9

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Indianapolis, Dec. 22—(UP) — Here are the team lineups in important Indiana high school basketball tournaments this week: Dec. 26-27, at Hammond —Hammond High, Clark, Tech, Noll: winners to play Elkhart and South Bend Central in second round. Dec. 26-27, at East Chicago Jtoose.velt — East Ghicaglo Roosevelt, Whiting, South Bend Adams and South Bend Washington, Rensselaer, Portage. Dec. 26-27, at Lafayette—Lafayette —Lafayette Jefferson. Columbus, East Chicago Washington, Evansville Central. Dec. 26—City tourney at Gary. Dec. 27, at South Bend—South Bend Riley, Fort Wayne North and Central, Mishawaka. Dec. 27fat La Porte—La Porte, Rochester, qpshen, Valparaiso. Dec. 27, at Evansville—Evansville Bosse and Reitz, Princeton, Tell City. Dec. 27, at Martinsville—Seymour, Franklin, Greencastle. Martinsville. — 0 H. S. BASKETBALL Fort Wayne Central 63, Auburn 55. LaPorte 39, Fort Wayne South 36. Washington 42, Fort Wayne North 33. Fort Wayne Concordia 57, Huntington Catholic 41. Lebanon 39, Hammond Tech 38. New Albany 35, Richmond 34 (overtime). Lafayette Jeff 36, South Bend Central 34. Brazil 47, South Bend Riley 25. Evansville Memorial 50, Gary Lew Wallace 48. Gary Emerson 44, Evansville Reitz 34. Indianapolis Tourney Washington 50, Tech 32. Shortridge 32, Howe 17. Shortridge 38, Washington 36 (final). Invitational Tourney Lawrenceburg 51, North Vernon 26. Batesville 46. Aurora 43. Lawrenceburg 52. Batesville 26 (final). o-— —— COLLEGE BASKETBALL Purdue 50, Michigan State 48. Wabash 53, Illinois Normal 46. Butler 52, Canterbury 30. Anderson 80, St. Joseph’s 71. Ohio Wesleyan 60, Evansville 50. Ohio State 54, Texas A & M 40. Illinois 70, Penn 44. Washington 55, Minnesota 49. Southern California 52, Northwestern 46. Michigan 78, Marquette 70. lowa 44. Washington (St. Louis) 41. Toledo 53, St. Francis 51. Temple 60, Kentucky 59. DePaul 50, Loyola 43. 0 PRO BASKETBALL National League Saturday Rochester 65, Fort Wayne 62 (overtime). Oshkosh 57, Indianapolis 47. Sunday Fort Wayne 58, Anderson 52. Rochester 65, Oshkosh 50. Minneapolis 68, Tri-Cities 62. Indianapolis 58, Sheboygan 51. Toledo 51, Flint 48. ! o The diameter of the sun is 864,100 miles. It is 93,003,000 miles from the earth.* o Trade In a Good Town —Decatur

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FRENCH STEVEDORES unload the American Friendship following the ship’s arrival at Le Havre from New York. The holds of the vessel bulged with foodstuffs that were collected by the “Friendship Train” during its tour of the United States. Dotted by Americans in all walks of life the food will be distributed throughout France. (International)

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Legion Team's Long Win Streak Broken The Decatur American Legion basketball team’s long winning streak was snapped Saturday night, the locals dropping a 59 to 55 decision to Smitty’s of Coldwater, Mich., at Coldwater. Smitty’s held a 25 to 19 lead at the half and a 49 to 29 margin at the third quarter but barely staved off a desperate fourth quarter rally by the Legion. Dillon led the winners with 16 points, followed by Hansen with 15. D. Schpepf topped Decatur with 16 points. Coldwater FG FT TP Buford, f 4 0 8 Houghton, f 2 0 4 Hansen, c 6 3 15 Gilbert, g 4 19 Barry, g 10 2 Dillon, f 8 0 16 Miller, f 2 15 Wheeler, g 0 0 0 Totals 27 5 59 Decatur FG FT TP D. Schnepf, f B’o 16 Zerkel, f 4 3 11 K. Schnepf, c 5 2 12 Crist, g 0 2 2 Zurcher, g 5 1 11 Mansfield, f 0 11 Hirschey, f 0 0 0 J. Schnepf, g 10 2 Melchi, g 0’ 0 0 Totals 23 9 55 0 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur :q Nice small Hen Turkeys, 7 to 10 lbs. each for Christmas. Roasting hens 55c lb.—H P. Schmitt Locker Service.

Standing W L Pct. Hartford 8 1 .889 Commodores 6 2 .750 Yellow Jackets 5 3 .625 Kirkland 5 4 .556 Monmouth 5 4 .556 Geneva 4 5 .444 Berne 3 4 .429 Monroe 3 6 .333 Jefferson 17 .125 Pleasant Mills 17 .125 —oOo — This week will be no holiday for six of Adams county’s 10 basketball teams, with five games on the schedule. The week’s card opens tonight, with the Kirkland Kangaroos meeting the Pleasant Mills Spartans at Pleasant Mills. This game was postponed from last Thursday because of road conditions. —oOo — The Decatur Commodores will head a four-game schedule Tuesday night. The Commodores will travel to Payne, 0., tomorrow night. Other games Tuesday night are Berne at Lancaster. Monmouth at Willshire, 0., and Jefferson vs Bryant at Berne. —oOo — The Commoderes, who ran their winning streak to five in a row last week, will be idle after Tuesday’s game until the Adams county tourney, which will be held at

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the Yellow Jackets gym in this city January 8, 9 and 10. It will 'mark the Commodores’ first appearance in this tourney: in which the Yellow Jackets and Berne Bears do not compete. —oOo — The Hartford Gorillas continue to roll merrily along at top of the county standings. The Gorillas rang up their eighth victory of the season Friday night, and have only one defeat to mar their record. The Commodores took over sole possession of second place, scoring their sixth win as compared to two losses. Two streaks were ended last wegk, the Decatur Yellow Jackets sustaining their third loss of the season after winning five in a row, and the Berne Bears breaking into the win column after four consecutive setbacks. —oOo — The Yellow Jackets, idle this week, will not be seen on their home floor Wffain until January 30. The Jackets will launch a strenuous program of eight games in 30 days on January 1, when they engage in the annual four-team tourney at Bluffton. Five road games are then on the schedule, starting at Warsaw, Friday, January 2. —oOo— M. Habegger, of Monroe, main tained his scoring leadership among the county teams last week, tallying 11 points to make his season total 121 in nine games for an average of 13.4 points per game. —oOo — The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points and average points per game, are as follows: G TP Ave. M. Habegger, Monr. 9 121 13.4 Getting, Monmouth 9 117 13. Wall, Jefferson 8 97 12.1 Moser, Hartford —- 9 97 10.8 Smitley, Jefferson 8 93 11.6 Strayer, P. Mills — 8 92 11.5 Kruetzman, Monmth. 9 90 10. Pyle, Geneva 9 86 9.6 Liechty, Berne 7 84 12. Ballard, Yel. Jack... 8 83 10.4 Results one year ago this week: Monmouth 52, Wren, 32. —oOo — TO ALL, A MERRY CHRISTMAS! « Decatur Man Injured In Fall Here Today Frank of this city, was injured this afternoon when a grating broke as he was preparing to climb a ladder and wash the display windows of a Monroe street store. He was tumbled to the basement of the building. He was taken to the office of a local physican for treatment. It was thought that he may have suffered several fractured ribs.

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