Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1948 — Page 8

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Decafur Drops One-Pointer To Warsaw Tigers Decatur’s Yellow Jackets., after staging a great comeback, dropped a heart-breaker to the Warsaw Tigers, 49*48, on the Warsaw court Wednesday night in a Northeastern Indiana conference encounter. Warsaw started fast, piling up an 18-5 lead at the end of the first quarter. Decatur could cut only slightly into this 13-point margin during the second period. Warsaw holding a 25-15 advantage at the half-time intermission. Decatur began to roll with the opening of the third period, however, and with the entire team scoring, slashed the Tigers’ lead to three points at 40-37 as the final quarter opened. Warsaw again pulled away to roar into a 48-42 lead. The Yellow Jackets kept pecking away at the Tigers’ margin and finally pulled into a 48-48 tie. Then came the heart-breaking play for Decatur. Ray Lehman drove under for an apparent twopointer for the Jackets, which apparently gave Decatur a 50-48 margin, the first time in the game Decatur seemingly was out in front. The officials, however, called a foul on a Jacket player, and nullified Lehman's basket. This happened with only 10 seconds of playing time remaining and Aker converted the free throw to put Warsaw on top, 49-48. The final gun sounded before Decatur could pull the game out of the fire. Lehman, Decatur guard, topped all scorers with 19 points on seven field goals and five free throws. Patterson paced Warsaw with 16 points, followed closely by Shepley with 14. The Jackets lost the game at the foul line, 28 fouls being called on Decatur and only 14 personals and one technical on Warsaw. The Jackets converted 10 of 16 free throws, while Warsaw made 13, missed 17. and took four out of bounds. The Jackets lost Freeby and Baughn on fouls. Decatur’s defense, particularly in the first half, was spotty, permitting many easy shots by the Tigers. The Jackets will play at Pleasant Mills Friday night. Warsaw FG FT TP Stiffler, f 0 11 Gates, f 4 2 10 Shepley, c ....: 5 4 14 Patterson, g .7 2 16 Unrue, g 2 3 7 Stokes, f . 0 o 0 Aker, t 0 11 Dalton, g o (f 0 Totals 18 13 49 Decatur FG FT TP Ballard, f 1 p 2 McAlhaney, f 4 o 8

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Monroe vs Geneva at Berne. Friday Commodores vs Hartford at Yellow Jackets gym. Yellow Jackets at Pleasant Mills. Ossian at Berne. Lancaster at Monmouth. Jefferson at Kirkland. Halmes, c 2 0 4 Freeby, g 0 0 0 Lehman, g 7 5 19 Grant, f 0 0 0 Bohnke, c Oil Bogner, g 3 2 8 Baughp, g 2 2 6 McConnell, g 0 0 0 Totals 19 10 48 Referee:—Collyer. Umpire:—Lloyd. Preliminary Warsaw 33, Decatur 26. 0 Decatur Girls Rally To Defeat Geneva I -——— — I . Staging a second half rally, the 1 Decatur G. E. girls edged out the < Geneva girls, 43-41. at the Lincoln • gym in this city Wednesday night. Geneva led at the half, 27-20. J Myers of Geneva was the game's 1 leading scorer with 21 points. Hur- J less topned Decatur with 13, fol- ‘ lowed by Ttr’ter with 12 J s Decatur FG FT TP , Hurless, f 5 3 13 £ Smith, f 4 1 9 j Terveer, c ... 6 0 12 j Switzer, g 2 2 6 c M. 1-chnepf, g O’ 11 Painter, f 1 0 2 ( Goldner, f 0 ( 0 0 , D. Schnepf, g 0 0 0 s Totals 18 7 43 i Geneva FG FT TP 1 Reynolds, f 4 1 9 1 Hofstetter, f 0 2 2 1 Wright, c 0 1 11 Myers, g 10 1 21 1 Robinson, g . . .... 3 2 8 < P. Hofstetter, f 0 0 0 1 Van Emon, g 0 0 0 1 Cline, g 0 0 0 1 Totals 17 7 41 1 Referee:—C. Arnold. Umpire;—D. Arnold. 0 1 H. S. BASKETBALL j t t Fort Wayne South 25, Fort i Wayne Central 21. Anderson 50. Indianapolis Shortridge 44. , Alexandria 45. Noblesville 29. South Bend Central 69, Michigan City 36. Angola 45, Fremont 35. o A greater tonnage of freight nasses Pittsburgh, Pa., annually on the Allegheny and Monangahela rivers than goes through the Panama Canal.

Seven Os Card ‘ Players Sign New Contracts New York, Jan. 22 — (UP) — , The St. Louis Cardinals and i Browns, who probably will travel in opposite directions in their respective pennant races next season, were on different levels already in getting players signed up for the 1948 campaign. The Cardinals, who usually had a bumper crop of holdouts under the regime of Singin' Sam Breadon, were coming into line nicely under their new head man, ex-postmaster general Bob Hannegan, who had signed seven of them in two days of negotiations. Hannegan revealed that three regulars, infielder Al (Red) Schoendienst, catcher Joe Garagiola, and lefty pitcher Alpha Brazle, had signed up yesterday along with a rookie infielder, Tommy Glaviano. Brazle won 14 games and lost eight last year with his ‘‘crawl ball’, a slow pitch that madden opposing batters, while Schoendienst batted .253 and Garagiola hit .257. On the previous day, Hannegan signed up what may be his starting outfield for 1948, Terry Moore in center, Enos Slaughter in left and Charley Diering in right. The Cardinals still have to hear from such key men as Stan Musial, Mar•v Marion and George Kurowski, their other first string infielders, and from pitchers Ken Burkhart, , Howie Pollet, Murray Dickson, and Harry Brecheen, but Hannegan indicated he exepected no diddiculty. One big and wild rumor circulat- : ed all over town yesterday in which it was stated that Dickson and Burkhart had been sold to the New York Giants, but it was denied both here and in St. Louis. The Browns had a first class holdout on their hands in sad Sam Zoldak, who returned his 1948 contract unsigned from his home in Brooklyn “because those guys expect me to work for the same dough I made last year.” He won nine games and lost 10 last season for the highest percentage posted by any regular Brownie pitcher. The Browns during the recent major league meetings admitted they had turned down an offer of SIOO,OOO for Zoldak and outfielder Paul Lehner, a hot rookie of 1947 Zoldak reportely received $6,000 last year.

The New York Yankees got themselves fixed up in the catching department by signing three backstoppers, bringing to 21 the number of players under contract. The catchers, none of whom are expected to be finst string, were Ralph Houk, third man behind Aaron Robinson and Larry Berra last year; Gus (Connie) Niarhos, who hit .321 at Kansas City last year, and Henry Foiles, Jr., an 18-year-old Norfolk. Va.. high school star. Foiles is considered an outstanding prospect. Two veteran pitchers. Ernie Bonham and Nick Strincevich, came to terms at Pittsburgh for the Pirates. The Boston Red Sox signed up two rookies, outfielder Al Simon-

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onis from the Anderson, S. C„ team of the Tri-State league and a .334 hitter, and infielder John Ostrowski, who batted .292 for Los Angeles in the Pacific coact loop . Lefty Johnny Vandermeer of the Cincinnati Reds, not classing himself as a holdout, said that he would "think it over” after being offered terms for 1948 in a conference with club president Warren Giles. The Reds hav 9 2 players under conti.. Women’s League Central Soya won three from Sutton; Dauler won two from McMillen; Kuehn won two from Three Kings; Victory Bar won two from B & T; Hill-Smith won two from Duo Therm; Gass won two from Mies. Standing W L Dauler 8 1 Gass ... 7 2 B& T 6 3 Hill-Smith ... 6 3 Central Soya ._ 6 3 McMillen 5 4 Victory 5 4 Three Kings 4 5 Mies 3 6 Duo Therm 2 7 Kuehn 2 7 Sutton 0 9

High games: Odle 195, Buuck 191; Sini h 187, Kortenber 185, Moses 173, Densel 171, Magley 170, Mac Lean 170. American Legion League Spitfires won three from Flying Discs; Gunners won two from Pilots; Tankers won two from Destroyers; Doughboys won two from Non Coms; Signal Corps won two from Navigators. Standing W L Pts. Spitfires 3 0 4 Gunners 2 13 Tankers ... 2 13 Doughboys 2 13 Signal Corps 2 13 Pilots ... 12 1 Destroyers 12 1 Non Coms 12 1 Navigators j 2 1 Flying Discs 0 3 0 High games: Mies 208, Cook 206, Hendricks 205, H. Smith 200, Steele 200.

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Western Michigan 71, Valparaiso 60. Loyola 51, Tulsa 32. Grinnell 50, Chicago 33. Oklahoma A & M 47, Kansas 35. — o— — File New Affidavits In Lobaugh's Case Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 22 —(UP) — Three more affidavits in the caseof Ralph Lobaugh were on • ile today in Allen circuit court. The latest statements were made by fellow prisoners of Lobaugh, and one prisoner’s wife. They charged ihat the use of benzedrine was widespread in the Allen county jail at the time that Lobaugh pleaded guilty to killing three Fort Wayne women. Lobaugh’s attorney, Robert A Buhler, said the affidavits were in support of a petition filed previousy to set aside Lobaugh’s electrocution date, Feb. 9, at the Indiana state prison. William Junk Heads Veterans Officers Indianapolis. Jan. 22 (UP) The new president of the Indiana acsociation of county affairs officers today was William Junk of rort Wayne. Roland Parks, Franklin, was named vice president; Noma Mamon Brownstown, secretary | and Ed Gtteler, Marion, treasurer. — o~ _ I rade In a Good Town — Decatur

Battle On Alleged Boxing Corruption New York, Jan. 22—(UP) — Frank S. Hogan, district attorney for New York county, and Col. Edward. P. F. Eagan, chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission—supposed political bedfellows —were slugging each other verbally today because of alleged corruption in the fight game. The two Republican politicians turned the annual boxing writers dinner into an oratorical free-for-all last night. Hogan declared that if boxing is to “be cleaned up instead of closed up” Eagan’s boxing commission should do the job with public hearings and by hiring a staff of 12 investigrtcrs. Hogan disclosed that his office had been investigating the fight game since autumn, 1946, and that he was convinced the “criminal element must 'be eliminated” if the sport is to survive. He stressed, “the deeper we dig. the more corruption we find.*? He pointed out that he had turned over to Eagan's commission 700 pages of minutes of the grand jury—minutes that could bring about public commission hearings of underworld characters and of persons in boxing who had dealt with them.

The hard-hitting district attorney did not limit himself to generalities; he named names. He predicted that the public hearings would disclose what kind of dealings Mike Jacobs and his former matchmaker. Nat Rogers, had with underworld characters like Jimmy Doyle and Frankie Carbo. He declared that Frank (Blinky) Palermo of Philadelhpia, manager of lightweight champion Ike Williams and light heavyweight challenger Billy Fox, was still engaged in illegal enterprises in Pennsylvania. When Eagan, former amateur heavyweight champion, rose to speak, his eyes were blazing. He shouted into the mike. "If the disrr.ct attorney finds a crime in boxing. let him indict the perpetrator therof.” Eagan continued torridly, "the boxing commission is not empowered to indict anyone. Nor can the boxing commission disclose the secret minutes of the grand jury in a public hearing unless the person who has been placed under suspicion by the minutes agrees to submit to a public hearing. We offer such persons public hearings, and when they refuse, we suspend them immediately and indefinitely.” Why should the boxing commission be saddled with a staff of investigators, he asked, when the commission could call upon the police department or district attorney’s office for help when it appeared that crimes had been committed? |John Powers, assistant state attorney general, agreed with Eagaan that the commission could not make public the grand jury j minutes. He said that any public disclosure of the minutes must be initiated by the district attorney. Powers declared that boxing, though it had many evils, is not “the heinous sport as pictured by the district attorney.”

Berne Business Women Elect New Officers Berne, Jan. 22 — Miss 'Esther Lehman, local telephone operator, is the new president of the Berne Business Women's club. She was elected last evening at the annual re-organization meeting and succeeds Miss Matilda Meyer. Other officers for 1948 are Mies Naomi Schug. vice-president: Miss DeVona Hahegger, treasurer and Mias Delores Sprunger, secretary.

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Gallup Polls Tough On Tail’s Candidacy I Eisenhower Leading In Popular Support Washington. Jan. 22 — (UP) — Dr. George Gallup s polls are dealing sledgehammer blows to the preconvention Republican presidential candidacy of Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Taft consistently shows in poll reports as the Republican piesidential nominee 'Truman most surely could lick next November. The same statistics are boosting the stock of general Ike as a man Mr. Truman could not defeat. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York shows up well in the poll reports, but trails Eisenhower in popular support which is not likely to please the governor’s backers. Taft is hard hit by poll reports because the greatest obstacle to his nomination for president appears to be doubt that he would be an effective campaigner. A statement frequently heard is that Taft would make a good president but would knock himself out in his campaign. Practical politicians often challenge the validity of polls, especially if the figures oppose the practical politician’s idea of what is what. The consensus here, despite the polls, is that Taft will come to the Republican national convention next June with a large collection of delegates. He may not have so many a«s Dew'ey but he will have a lot. Those two are expected to lead on the first ballot.

It was that way in 1940. Dewey was first, Taft a good second and Wendell L. Wilkie far back on the first ballot that year. Dewey’s strength faded after one ballot. Taft gained steadily for a while but was overtaken by Wilkie who kidnapped the nomination to the astonishment of politicians who thought they were running the nat-' ional convention. General Ike is the potential kidnapper this year. The Gallup polls are making it steadily more difficult for him to make the definite statement which would take him out of the contest now and forever. Many political regulars regard Eisenhower as an interloper, a politial unknown, and they don’t want him. Already there are vague indications of a stop-ike movement which would seek to get going at Philadelphia next June if the convention were unable to make a choice between Taft and Dewey and wavered toward an Eisenhow-

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