Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1948 — Page 6

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United Press Ranking Near Free-For-All Indianapolis, Feb. 3 —(UP) — With only three week? remaining to jockey for pre-tournament rankings. the dozen or so trail-blazing Hoosier high school basketball quintets had one of two choices today:* Either show that their high ratings were justified or make room for a handful of other clubs who have been engaged in uphill battles all along. After last week's numerous upsets and the various beatings which | the front-running clubs administered each other, the ranking became practically a “free-for-all.” LaPorte, Bedford, Fort Wayne South and Central and South Bend ■Central, five members of last week’s elite, went down in crucial hardwood battles last week. Only Central, Lawrenceburg, Madison and East Chicago Washington scored impressive victories. Fort Wayne Central and South Bend Central, in ninth and tenth place last week, respet tively, had disappeared from the “big ten.” The newcomer and a team which belonged to the upper class earlier in the season, was Richmond. Although the Red* Deveils have the same overall record as the two ' Central teams — 12 wine against four losses — their seven-game winning streak, achieved primarily against North Central conference competition, and the fine brand of ball which they have exhibited were in their favor. Evansville Central stood a good chance of carrying the ball right up to the state tourney. The Bears’ brilliant display of teamwork against Jasper last Friday left no doubt that they are currently the best prep school outfit in the state. Os last week’s winners, East Chicago Washington caught the spotlight with its 51-43 victory over powerful LaPorte. That game catapulted the Senators from eighth place to fifth, and made them the number one challengers in the upper bracket. Lawrenceburg, New Albany and Madison, although victorious last week, did not appeaft- to be strong

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Yellow Jackets at Kendallville. Monroe at Monmouth. Winchester at Berne. Pleasant Mills at Kirkland. Petroleum at Hartford. Geneva at Pennville. Jefferson vs Gray at Berne auditorium. ; enough to break up the "ring” which 1 Evansville’s Central Bears have led - from the time of the second rankings. Meanwhile, Lafayette Jefferson, which shared the runner-up spot with LaPorte last week, had sole possession of second place by virtue of its classy showing against I Marion last week. This left the ninth weekly statewide United Press rankings: 1. Evansville Central (won 14 lost 0). 2. Lafayette Jefferson (15-2). 3. LaPorte (14-2). 4. Bedford (15-2). 5. East Chicago Washington (131). 6. Lawrenceburg (15-0). 7. New Albany (12-3). 8. Madison (15-3). 9. Fort Wayne South (13-2). 10. Richmond (12-4). Well-regarded: South Bend Central (12-41; Fort Wayne Central (12-4); Elkhart (15-2); Terre Haute Garfield (12-3); Culver (15-1); Franklin (14-3); Kokomo (11-5); Evansville Reitz (9-4); Hammond High (10-5); Brazil (14-2); Fort Wayne Concordia (14-1); Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (11-3); Princeton (12-4). o PRO BASKETBALL National League Toledo 42, Anderson 38. Syracuse 67, Flint 65 (overtime). Indianapolis 77, Tri-Cities 67. college basketball Ohio State 70, Michigan 66. Iow r a 57, Northwestern 54. Notre Dame 64, Kentucky 55. Manchester 66, Earlham 49. Centre 80, Rose Poly 59. Marquette 57, Regis 48. Toledo 71, Potomac State 41. Xavier 56, Ohio U. 37. o Geneva Cardinals Play Poling Tonight The Geneva Cardinals will meet Poling, of Jay county, at the Geneva gym tonight. This game was postponed from last Friday. This will be the only high school tilt in the county until Friday, when seven contests are scheduled. o Rides Motorcycle To Death Down Steps Indianapolis, Feb. 3 —(UP) — Police reported today that a 32- • ear-old veteran rode to his death m a motercycle down the basement ;teps of a tavern. The victim of the freak accident, “aul Henson, was trying to start the motorcycle outside the tavern hen it suddenly plunged forward nd down the flight of seven steps. DRAPES HATS SUITS We Clean Them All Phone 359 dlcattenA I CORT o ... 0 — Last Time Tonight — "KUEEN OF YUKON” Chas. Bickford, Irene Rich & “EXPOSED” Adele Mara, Robt. Scott 9c-30c Inc. Tax o 6 THURS. FRI. SAT. In Natural Color; MONTE HALE “ALONG THE OREGON TRAIL” o—l Coming Sun.—“ Adventure laland” 4. “Lone Wolf in London” O—O CLOSED WEDNESDAY

Michigan Five ‘ Handed Upset s By Ohio State Chicago, Feb. 3 —(UP) — Wis-| consin's basketball Badgers were' back on top of the Big Nine race| today despite more than a week of | idleness, and it took a good deed of the Ohio State Buckeyes to return I the Badgers to first place. Wisconsin tumbled from the top ’ Saturday when Michigan, one of i the pre-season favorites, walloped 1 Northwestern at Ann Arbor and - took over the lead. But last night the Buckeyes, a high scoring , sophomore five which had won ; only one in five Big Nine starts. i put the whammy on the Wolver- • ines at . That was enough to knock Michigan out of their new found lead. 1 and it left Wisconsin a half game ahead of Illinois and lowa, deadlocked in second place. lowa advanced into the tie with a 57 to 54 overtime triumph over Northwestern, chiefly on little Murray Wier’s 20 points. The results of the two league games thus set the stage for a last ditch struggle for the rest of the campaign. Only three teams have more than half their conference schedule to play, Michigan, Purdue and Minnesota, and all the rest have completed half their program. Saturday the standings can be jumbled still more with Michigan at Illinois, lowa at Purdue, Ohio State at Minnesota and Wisconsin against Norhwestern in the Chlca- I go Stadium. Wisconsin could retain the lead 1 by beating Northwestern, but if the Wildcats, can pull an upset there might be a double tie for first place. Because the home teams have won 23 of the 26 Big Nine games which have been played this year, the favorites Saturday must be Illinois, Purdue and Minnesota. • Wisconsin and Northwestern, be- ' cause the clash is on a neutral • floor, ranks as a toss-up as the ( Badgers have by far the best rec- ! ord and Northwestern is more familiar with the court. Ohio State held Michigan, a top defensive quintet, at bay during ‘ the first half and held a nine point ■ lead at the intermission. Then. ! with only 13 minutes left, the 1 Bucks were ahead by 16 points. Michigan rallied and pulled within one basket, but Ohio State man- : aged to stay ahead for a four point 1 final margin. Bob Harrison was ' the Wolverine star with 20 points while Bpb Donham paced the winners with 19. lowa plunged in front of Northwestern in the first half and held a 28 to 24 edge at the end of the 20 minutes period. Northwestern pecked away at the lead, however, and with seconds to go guard Chuck Tourek popped in a long fielder to tie the score at 49 to 49. In the overtime Northwestern went ahead twice, but each time lowa tied the count. Then the Wildcats took a three point edge and it looked like they were in. But Bob Vollers and Bob Schulz each hit baskets for lowa and the Hawkeyes held out. Wier’s 20 points moved him back into first place in the individual scoring chase with 138 for six games. However. Jim Mclntyre of Minnesota retained second wdth 128 points for five contests, and his average of 25.6 per game was still tops compared to Wier’s 23. Standings Team W L Pct. Wisconsin 5 2 .714 Illinois 4 2 .667 lowa 4 2 .667 Michigan ... 3 2 .600 Purdue 3 2 .600 Minnesota 2 3 .400 Indiana 2 4 .333 Ohio State 2 4 .333 Northwestern 1 5 .167 )OPEN ’TILL MIDNIGHT I TONIGHT I AL SCHMITT | fIfIfIBHIBfIfIBfIHHBfIfIQHBfIMHBHHHBI For Beautiful DRY CLEANING ' Phone 147 427 N. 9th St. Across from G. E. Pick up and Deliver. TU You Have ’ Property To Sell , Call H 66 CLYDE TROUTNER

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Angola Man Slays Wife, Kills Self Violent Quarrel Is Blamed For Tragedy Angola, Ind., Feb. 3 —(UP) — Police said today that Oliver Kaufman and his 26-year-old wife, Lily Mae, were apparently the victims of a murder and suicide resulting from a violent family quarrel. Sheriff Paul Duguid said 30-year-old Oliver Kaufman and his wife had had numerous arguments about Kaufman’s drinking and that ■ Mrs. Kaufman had appealed to the sheriff’s office several times for protection from her husband. The eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman told the sheriff she returned home from school yesterday to find her parents quarreling violently. The child said she was sent out of the house by her father, a bartender, and that she went to the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Chester Welch, several blocks away. The girl and her grandmother returned to the Kaufman home to find the woman dead on the kitchen floor, a .22 caliber bullet wound in her heart. Kaufman was lying ( on the dining room floor, wounded in the head by a shot apparently fired from the same gun. He died several hours after he was taken to Cameron hospital here. Neighbors said Mrs. Kaufman had recently applied for a divorce, — — W. Lamont Dies Monday Night J. P. Morgan Head Is Taken By Death Boca Grande, Fla.. Feb. 3 — (UP) —Thomas William Lamont, 77, head of J. P. Morgan and Co., New York, died in his sleep last night at his winter home after a long illness. Long one of the most powerful men in the world of corporations and modern business, Lamont died shortly before midnight with his wife and two of his four children at his bedside. Members of his family said the financier had been in poor health for some time, but had not been’ noticeably weaker since coming to his lavish winter estate early last month. The estate is secluded from the public, on a tiny island off the Gulf coast, separated from the mainland by Gasparilia Pass. Lamont had spent his past three winters here in the pirate country of Florida, living quietly, occasionally doing a little tarpon fishing as his only form of exercise. The family said his body would be returned to New York for burial. ' Mrs. Florence Haskell Corliss Lamont, whom he married in 1895, a son, Corliss Lamont, and a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Cunnmgham, of Hartford, Conn., were with him at the time of his death. He also was survived by two other sons, Thomas Stillwell Lamont, a director of J. P. Morgan & Co., and Dr. Austin Lamont.

Lamont last was at his office in New York on Dec. 17. He spent the holidays quietly, then came to Florida on Jan. 8, for his annual winter vacation. o Woman Killed When Hit By Taxicab Bedford, Ind., Feb. 3 — (UP) — Coroner R. E. Wynne today investigated an accident in which'Mrs. Bertie May Jamison was killed while crossing a street carrying doughnuts for her husband’s breakfast. The 65-year-old woman was struck by a taxi cab. After hitting her. the car smashed into a garage and then struck a fire hydrant.

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Intramural League t Results Announced The Dodger, eased out a H-13 | victory over the Braves, the Reds swamped the Yankees, 30-7. and the , White Sox defeated the Cardinals, | 20-10, in Junior high intramural league games Monday night. Dodgers FG FT TP 1 N. Andrews f-- — 0 0 0 ( T. Sudduth f 1 1 3 l R. Cole c 2 2 . 6 I E. Stocksdale g 10 2 B. Custer g 1 1 3 1 J. Reynolds f 0 0 " ’ G. Harvey g - 0 ® I TOTALS 5 4 14 Braves FG FT TP i Secaur f 4 0 3 A. Cole f 0 0 0 1 Murphy c — - 0 0 0 . Cowans g 0 3 3 Rambo g 0 1 Troutner f -- Oil TOTALS 3 5 13 Reds FG FT TP Foor f 0 0 0 Roe f ■ 5 1 11 Gaffer c 71 15 Conrad g 0 2 2 Ritter g ■ 10 2 L. Andrews f 0 0 0 Lobsiger f 0 0 0 Yoder g 0 0 0 TOTALS 13 4 30 Yankees FG FT TP Metzger f 0 0 0 Reidenback f 113 Thompson c Oil Andress g 0 0 0 . Hurst g 113 Engle f 0 0 0 R Sudduth g '.... 0 0 0 TOTALS 237 Cardinals FG FT TP Helm f .... ■ 2 2 6! Duff f .... 1 0 21 Hott c 0 0 0 Roop g 10 2 McDonald g 0 0 0 Thomas f 0 0 0 4 2 10 White Sox FG FT TP H. Isch f 2 15 B. Albott f 0 0 0

T. Cole c — 3 2 8 J. Brunner g 1 0 2 N. Schieferstein g—— 2 0 4 B. Nelson f Oil TOTALS 8 4' 20 —o — Local Legion Five Defeats Portland Piling up a big third-quarter lead, the Decatur American Legion team defeated the Portland Legion quintet, 59-47, at the Lincoln gym in this city Monday night. Decatur led at all periods, 13-12, 29-25 and 51-32. K. Schnepf, Decatur center, was the leading scorer with 18 points. Van Skyock was tops for Portland with 13. Decatur FG FT TP Crist f —— 2 0 4 D. Schnepf f 2 5 9 K. Schnepf c 7 4 18 J. Schnepf g 3 3 9 Hirshey g 1 2 4 Stapleton f 3 0 6 Mansfield g 2 15 Zurcher g 1 2 4 TOTALS 21 17 59 Portland FG FT TP Smith f 4 0 8 Ford f 2 2 6 Hochammer c 4 2 10 Wiebusch g — 0 0 0 Arnold g 2 15 Van Skyock f 6 1 13 William f 11 3 P. Green g 0 2 2 W. Green g ... 0 0 0 TOTALS 19 9 47 Referee • — n . Arnold. — o Nebraska's livestock, poultry and dairy farming interests are large and valuable.

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