Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1948 — Page 8

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Big Nine Net Race Swinging Into High Gear Chicago. Jan. S—(UP5 —(UP) —The Dig Nine basketball chase swirls into full cry tonight with four league games on the program, and most coaches were wondering whether the "home floor jinx” which gave the home team the victory in most games last year still held good. Illinois Saturday night indicated that the jinx was still operating. The high-powered Illini, winners] of all seven pre-conference games, I lost their league opener to Wiscon-; sin at Madison, 52 to 47. The home floor and a pair of I holdovers from last year’s cham-j pion Wisconsin five, Ed Mills and Bobby Cook, took care of the Illini. Cook, the Big Nine’s top scorer last season, showed his eye for the basket was still sensational, looping in 22 points, while Mills, a gigantic center, counted 14. For Illinois Dwight Eddleman was tops with 12, and Jack Burmaster. in the non-league contests a standout guard, netted only five. The second home team also won its league game on the opening night of the western conference campaign. Ohio State came from behind to overcome Northwestern, 64 to 60. The Buckeye triumph, however, was not so surprising as the Illini defeat. Ohio’s all-sophomore squad captured three of five pre-league clashes while Northwestern, despite high-scoring Bill Sticklen, could win only one in the same number of contests. Sticklen was as good Saturday as he has been all season, dropping in 23 points. Dick Schnittker popped in 20 to lead Ohio State. Tonight eight teams swing into action. Illinois will attempt to get back into the winning column against Northwestern at Champaign, and the Harry Combes five again was the favorite. Wisconsin tangles with Minnesota, one of the early-season favorites for the league crown, at Madison in a game which will indicate whether the Gophers warant much support. lowa, the lone undefeated five left in the circuit, travels to Ohio State, and Indiana moves to Purdue for a continuation of their intra-state rivalry. o When Indians agreed to cede to William Penn’s heirs as much land as a man could cover in a day and a half, three famous walkers were hired. Starting at Wrightstown, Pa., one covered 6114 miles in the alloted time.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Yellow Jackets at Huntington. Columbia City at Berne. Jefferson vs Madison at Berne. Thursday County tournament at Yellow Jackets gym. Friday County tournament at Yellow Jackets gym. Yellow Jackets at Columbia City. Saturday County tournament at Yellow Jackets gym. Pleasant Mills Is Defeated By Monroe

The Monroe Bearkatz, after trailing most of the game, rallied in the final period to defeat the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 39-34, at the Pleasant Mills gym Friday night. Monroe led at the first quarter, 8-7, but Pleasant Mills was on top at the half, 19-17 and at the third period. 30-25. The rival centers topped the scoring, Strayer counting 13 points for Pleasant Mills and M. Habegger 12 for Monroe. Monroe FG FT TP Nussbaum, f 0 4 4 C. Lehman, f 3 17 M. Habegger, c 5 2 12 Hirschey, g Oil Moser, g 3 2 8 Ehrsam, f 10 2 D. Lehman, c 13 5 C. Habegger, g 0 0 0 Totals 13 13 39 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Ripley, f 1 0 2 Suman, f 2 0 4 Strayer, c 4 5 13 Young, g 3 2 8 Price, g Oil Sprunger, f 13 5 Miller, g 0 11 Shell, g Ot 0 0 Totals 11 12 34 Referee: —Strickler. Umpirp:—Lehman. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 23, Monroe 19. Or PRO BASKETBALL National League Saturday Rochester 68, Tri-Clties 60. Oshkosh 58, Flint 47. Syracuse 57, Sheboygan 45. Sunday Fort Wayne 61, Sheboygan 50. Minneapolis 75, Flint 50. Standing Eastern Division W L Pct. Rochester 21 5 .808 Anderson 19 7 .731 Fort Wayne 14 9 .609 Syracuse 11 14 .440 Toledo 8 16 .333 Flint 4 20 .167 Western Division Minneapolis 16 10 .615 Sheboygan 13 15 .464 Oshkosh 11 13 .458 Indianapolis 11 14 .440 Trl-Cities 9 14 .391 o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Wisconsin 52, Illinois 47. Ohio State 64, Northwestern 60. Earlham 47, Wabash 45. Eastern Kentucky Teachers 65, Franklin 42. DePauw 64, Chicago 44. Michigan 58, Toledo 52. Bowling Green 89. Brown 44. Xavier 62. Creighton 36. lowa 52, Princeton 40. Michigan State 46. Washington U. 45. Marquette 79, Springfield 'Mass.) 57. lowa State 49, Drake 47. Midwest Tourney Indiana State 68, Southeastern Oklahoma 42. Northeast Missouri State 55, j Eastern Illinois State 51. Indiana State 65, Northeastern ■Missouri State 58 (final).

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Berne Bears Wallop C. C. 01 Fort Wayne

The Berne Bears thumped Central Catholic of Fort Wayne, 4727. at the Berne gym Saturday . night. The C. C. team held an 11-8 ' advantage at the first quarter, but the Bears moved into a 22-16 lead at half-time. Berne really opened up in the third quarter, holding C. C. scoreless and taking a 36-16 advantage as the period closed. Shoemaker paced Berne with 15 points, and Beck was high for C. C. with 12. Berne FG FT TP Shoemaker, f 5 5 15 Elldhberger, f 2 0 4 Krehbiel, c 3 2 8 Schwartz, g 4 3 11 Liechty, g 3 17 Sprunger, f ... 10 2 Weller, g 0 0 0 McCrory, g 0 0 0 Totals 18 11 47 Fort Wayne FG FT TP Beck, f 5 2 12 Logan, f 0 0 0 Mcßride, c * 13 5 Jehl, g 1 0 2 Smith, g 2 15 Hershberger, g Oil Johnston, g 0 0 0 Donovan, g 0 0 0 Fioritto, g (TOO Hugenard, g 0 0 0 Fiepel, g 10 2 Tabarlco, g 0 0 0 Totals 10 7 27 Referee:—Shuck. Umpire:—Hinsey. Preliminary Berne 23, Fort Wayne 21. o WOMEN’S LEAGUE (End of first half) Central Soya won three from Duo Therm; Hill-Smith won three from Mies; Sutton won two from Three Kings; McMillen won two from B & T; Dauler won two from Gass; Victory Bar won two from Kuehn. Standing W L Central Soya 35 16 Mies 31 20 Gass 29 22 McMillen 29 22 Dauler 28 23 Three Kings 27 24 Hill-Smith 27 24 Victory 26 25 B & T 23 28 Duo Therm 18 33 Kuehn 18 33 Sutton 16 35 High series: Kingsley 508. High games: Kingsley 188-177, Nash 184, Hill 180, Dense! 175, B. Faurote 173, Dauler 172-170, Reidenbach 172, Mac Lean 171, Moran 171. H. S. BASKETBALL New Haven 42, Columbia ’ City 37. Fort Wayne Central 42, Muncie Central 39. LaPorte 49, Gary Tolleston 38. Frankfort 47, Marion 25. Lafayette 47, New Castle 31. Indianapolis Manual 31, Indianapolis Sacred Heart 30. Evansville Bosse 51, Terre Haute Wiley 34. Benton Harbor (Mich.) 44, South Bend Washington 38. South Bend Adams 47, East Chicago Roosevelt 43. Hartford City Tourney Alexandria 37, Wabash 28. Auburn 31. Hartford City 28. Wabash 40, Hartford City 36 (consolation). Alexandria 51, Auburn 33 (final).

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LIFELESS BODY OF CHARLES CAIFA lies inside driver’s cab of New York Department of Sanitation truck as it is lifted out of the water at the foot of Brooklyn’s Columbia street after the heavy vehicle plunged backwards off the edge of the pier while dumping a load of snow. Caifa, trapped inside the cab, was unable to escape as truck sank beneath 20 feet of water. (International)

whose body was found half-sub-merged in rain-swollen White river near here Saturday. The victim was Frank E. Peters of Carmel. The coroner said an autopsy disclosed that he died of a brain hemorrhage.

J i Standing W L Pct. Hartford 9 2 .818 Commodores 7 2 .<<B Yellow Jackets -7 3 .700 Monmouth 7 4 .036 Berne 6 5 45 Kirkland 6 5 ..->45 Geneva 1 4 6 - 4 99 Monroe 4 6 .400 Jefferson 2 < -222 Pleasant Mills 1 9 199 —oOo — The annual Adams county tournament holds the spotlight in the county’s prep basketball picture this week. The tourney will be held at the Yellow Jackets gym in this city, with first round games Thursday and Friday nights, semi-finals Saturday afternoon and the championship encounter Saturday night. , —oOo — The defending champions, Monmouth Eagles, had the fortune of the draw with them Saturday. The Eagles are paired against the Jefferson Warriors Thursday night and are figured to have little trouble. This winner will meet the victor of the GenevaPleasant Mills clash, which will open the tourney at 7:15 p. m. Thursday. —oOo — The feature first-round battle is slated for 7:15 p. m. Friday, when the Hartford Gorillas and Decatur Commodores tangle. These teams have each lost only two games, while Hartford has won nine and the Commodores seven. This tourney marks the Commodores’ iit/tial appearance ir a county meet. The second tilt Friday is another natural, with the Monroe Bearkatz and Kirkland Kangaroos tangling. Season tickets for the tourney are on sale by all participating schools. They are price! at $2 for the three sessions of seven games. Single session tickets, if any are available, will be on sale at the Jackets’ gym at each session for 60 cents. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, fresh from their impressive pair of triumphs in the New Year's day tourney at Bluffton, have a pair of tough road games on tap this week. The Jackets will play at Huntington Tuesday night, and travel to Columbia City Friday night to battle the Eagles in a Northeastern Indiana conference clash. Only] other games scheduled this week will be played Tuesday night. The Berne Bears will entertain Columbia City at Berne, and the Jefferson Warriors* will] meet Madison of Jay county at ! the Berne auditorium. Arnold Getting. Monmouth forward. increased his lead in the county scoring race, boosting his total to 159 points in 11 games for an average of 14.5 points per game. Milt Habegger of Monroe held second place, with Liechty of Berne jumping from seventh to third. The 10 leading scorers, with games played, total points, and average points per game, are as

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Moose National Champions 4Honored By Lodge On Sating

Members of the Decatur Moose softball team, national Moose I champions for 1947, were paid 1 honor at a testimonial dinner Saturday evening at the home of Adams lodge 1311, Loyal Order of Moose. Rings were presented to each member of the national championship squad, with Anthony Murphy, governor of the Decatur lodge, making the presentations. Brief responses were made by each team ' member. The Decatur team, after copping district honors, won the Indiana state title, held in a tournament at Goshen, and went on to take the national honors in the fraternal organization’s first national softball tournament, held at Zollner stadium in Fort Wayne last .fall. Nine state champions were represented in the national meet which was copped by becatur. Only an informal program was held, with Wesley Titus, past governor of the lodge, acting as master of ceremonies. Speaking in addition to the team members were follows: G TP Ave. Getting, Monmouth 11 159 14.5 M. Habegger. Monr. 10 133 13.3 Liechty. Berne 11 129 11.7 Kruetzman, Mmth._ 11 120 10.9 Strayer, P. M. 10 114 11.4 Ballard, Y. J. 10 106 10.6 Moser, Hart. 11 106 9.6 Smitley, Jeff. 9 104 11.6 Schwartz. Berne .. 11 104 9.5 Wall, Jeff. 9 102 11.3 Results one year ago this week: Huntington 49, Yellow Jackets 46 (overtime) Monmouth 47, Commodores 32 Columbia City 36, Berne 26. Columbia City 41, Yellow Jackets 31. Monroeville 47, Commodores 19. o Monmouth Team Wins In Double Header The Monmouth Independents scored a pair of victories over the G. E. Club in a double header. Scores were 37-31 and 63-35. Rice scored 36 points in the tw r o games for the winners, and Springer counted 20 in the two tilts for the losers. , 0 Conservation Club Will Meet Tonight The Adams county conservation I club will hold its annual election of officers tonight at 7:30 o’clock at the city hall auditorium. All club members are asked to be present to take part and also to help plan the' program for 1948. 0 Egg losses during handling, processing, packing, transporting; and marketing run into millions of I dollars annually. A new aluminum, electric popcorn popper has been designed to serve also as a hot plate or as container for the preparation of soups and stews. »An ordinary stiff-bristled hand brush can be used to clean combs quickly and easily.

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Jack Reed, athletic officer f O . 77" local lodge; Jay Moser, team"'. VC ager, R. O. Wynn, coach; k —- Hunter, official scorer: Sal ’■ ’ mascot, and Pete Reynolds Decatur Daily Democrat speaking was followed hv M■ '■ show. B On display during the were the various trophies « W the team and the 18 bea>, - jackets presented earlier :■ lodge to the national chann <jai The jackets carry the eaii V| significant of the state ship and the emblem denoth> ' tional champions. Men to whom the rings t Isl awarded are as follows: II: Moose rings —Floyd Reed Hirschy, Ott Agler. Sal U Bob Andrews, C. R. Painter. tin Crist, Ralph Royer. Jack L " Jay Moser, R. O. Wynn and Hunter. Cameo rings—Kenneth Sd® «| Lester Bauermeister, Bub Stfe ,■ Ed Stoppenhagen, Ervin Graft) Davis and Junior McClure TRUSTEES IN * ari (Continued from Page 1) I cin chairman of the board of trass thr Charles Burdg, Union, and Cta Fuhrman, Preble, were rent • “*• ing secretary and treasurer, respect q mo 0 offi Your local Agent, Kenia anc Runyon, K. C. COL Phone 385. t ° r ■— M. lies rF r MAY sex If MONTHS BEFORt „„ -'VTEti I .CAN GET THE/ Ha MATERIALrx clt : -’ 1 an( 1 'sl cin j \ nui A ' De lea i I■ I a dt raj WHEN FIRE hangs tur pre “Closed for Repairs” sit i on your door, it’s hr telling when you’ll be ah tnE vot to take it off . . . and 11 fau hrs cost of living away f« home is terrific! Protect vourself m f!vi det with Rent and Addition tiv> i Living Expense Insurant by Call on tioi The Suttles Q ” law Phones. 194 - 358 Niblick Block Decatur reg cle to " — on