Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 11 February 1948 — Page 8

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Jackets Handed One-Point Loss Tuesday Night Decatur’s Yellow Jackets, after leading most of the ball game, j dropped a heart-breaking one-point j decision to the Hartford City Aire- ] dales. 33-32. on the Hartford City j court Tuesday night. The Yellow Jackets held a lead of 32-31 with four seconds of play remaining when Browtj, Hartford City forward, tipped in a rebound to give the Airdales the triumph. Decatur, paced by McAlhaney’s

three fielders, held a 10-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Jackets were held to three points in the second period while the Airedales tallied eight to pull into a 13-13 tie at the intermission. Holmes counted Decatur’s only field goal in this quarter. The Yellow Jackets again went into the lead and were on top at the close of the third period. 24-21. Decatur was still in front. 29-27, with two and one-half minutes of playing time remaining but Hartford City pulled within a single point and then snatched the game out of the fire in the closing seconds. Kile, Hartford City’s center, was the game's leading scorer with 12 points on three field goals and a line number of foul tosses. Me Alhaney was Decatur’s top scorer with 11 points on five field goals and one free throw.

Last night’s game was Decatur’s final road contest of the season. The Jackets will entertain the close the season Feb. 20 with the Berne Bears here Friday night, and Portland Panthers on the local hardwood. Hartford City FG FT TP Kimmel, f 2 0 4 Coons, f 2 0 4 Kile, c 3 fi 12 Hornbaker, g w 113 Fulton, g 0 2 2

Brown, f 3 2 S Perry, f 0 0 0 Totals 11 11 33 Decatur FG FT TP Ballard, f 0 0 0 Me Alhaney. f .... 5 1 11 EgSSI —I lll— w — - — I ■■ •<— ' Tonight & Thursday 0 —0 OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 j Continuous Thur, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! o — o < r i y\Jl | < ' ■WF JF Writing a book on woman-taming wai easy for him . . . making it wort on Torosa I* something else againl v*"? " ' ' 0-1” Hott®.J &&& ■ with ROSE HOBART • CHARLES SMITH LEWIS RUSSELL ♦ IRIS ADRIAN FRANK FAYLEN h, SIDNEY IANFIELD ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c Inc. Tax —o Fri. & Sat — “That Hagen Girl” O—O Sun. Mon. lues. — “Cass Timberlane” Lana Turner, Spencer Tracy

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Commodores at Geneva. Friday Berne at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Pleasant Mills. Monroe vs Kirkland at Berne. Holmes, c 2 2 6 Lehman, g 16 8 Freeby, g 113 Bogner, f 0 11 Bohnke, c 113 Totals 10 12 32 Refere’e: —Rite. Umpire:—Lehman. Preliminary Hartford City 21, Decatur 13. 0 ■

Hartford Gorillas k Defeat Lancaster The Hartford Gorillas defeated the Lancaster Bobcats. 24-20, in a tight defensive battle Tuesday night at the Hartford gym. The Gorillas led at the half, 138. Dubach led Hartford with nine points and L. Stern was tops for Lancaster with eight. Hartford FG FT TP Moser, f . 0 3 3 Wanner, f 10 2 Smith, c 3 2 8 Dubach, g 4 1 9 Augsburger, g 0 2 2 Noll, f 0 0 0 Totals 8 8 24

Lancaster FG FT TP Crozier, f 0 0 0 Bryan, f 113 L. Stern, c 3 2 8 R. Stern, g 2 15 Jackson, g Oil Worden, f 10 2 Meyer, g Oil Totals 7 6 20 Referee: —Collyer. Umpire:—Kraning. Preliminary

Hartford 27. Lancaster 25. 0 H. S BASKETBALL Monroeville 41, Leo 33. Huntertown 43. South Whitley 25. Portland 68, Union City 37. Terre Haute Wiley 61. Clinton 41. East Chicago Washington 64, Huntington 50. Indianapolis Shortridge 43, Indianapolis Tech 37. Evansville Bosse 58, Evansville Memorial 45. South Bend Riley 37, Rochester 36. South Bend Central 52, Hammond Tech 42. Connersville 33, Shelbyville 26. Jasper 48, New Albany 46. Bloomington 55, Linton 41. Huntingburg 85, Sullivan 41. New Castle 40, Anderson 36. — o Florida's largest reptile is the a Higa or, often measuring 15 to 20 feet in length and weighing 1,001. pounds. ICORT THURS. FRI. SAT. - * aj y>uß . • CIIIIIU 7r o—o CLOSED WEDNESDAY O—O Sun. Mon. Tues.—“ Wolf Cali 4 ' “Bad Men of Missouri” r

Intramural League ’ Results Announced Three games were played Tuesday night in the lightweight division of the intramural league at the ' Decatur junior-senior higit school. The London Bobbies defeated the Maroons, 29-22, the All-Stars etfged ' the Cats, 25-22, in an overtime bat- ’ tie, and the Pistons downed the Eagles. 14-12. London Bobbies FG FT TP H. Kitson f 7 0 14 I T. Troutner f 0 0 0 j J. Lobsiger c 2 0 4 D. Smith g 113 K. Durbin g 3 2 8 J. McDonald f — 0 0 0 D. Sheets f 0 0 0

TOTALS 13 3 29 Maroons FG FT TP C. Jones f 0 2 2 M. Ladd f .... 10 2 M. Lister c 4 19 M. Johnston g 3 17 1 S. Gilbert g 10 2 i ' TOTALS 9 4 22 All-Stars FG FT TP I ‘ Isch f 5 3 13 ' Lenhart f 113 R. Smith c 113 Runyon g 0 0 0 Bollingre g 2 2 6 Peck g 0 0 0 Cottrel g 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 7 251 Cats FG FT TP B. Macy f 0 0 0 D. Cole f 0 0 0

S. Daniels c .... 4 0 8 B. Lane g 2 2 6 B. Smith g 3 2 8 F. Mcßride f — 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 4 22 Eagles FG FT TP J. Thompson f 0 0 0 3. Strickler f 0 0 0 D. Johnson c 0 0 0 T. Gaunt g —.... 3 0 6 M. Smith g1 4 6 P. Johnson f 0 0 0

TOTALS 4 4 12 Pistons FG FT TP 1. Busse f 10 2 R. Egley f 1 0 2 1. Johnson c . . .... 0 0 0 I. Doan g 12 4 ?. Summers g 3 0 6 McGill f 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 2 14. o Fire losses during 1947 are ex-| 'ected to reach the all-time high >f $700,000,000. a figure that equals he estimated cost of running the ■Jew York State government in 947-48. H z Th %>• "s ' si? ’ g|L|b -W;. i mi . s . iMp- " " j CHICAGO Civic Leader Orville J. Taylor will leave soon for Germany as special assistant to Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall to direct a probe of alleged Mack marketing by American personnel. (lnternational) A GOOD-TIM E JfXvSUIJiD H DRINK DJI Hoff-Brau Brewing Corp.. Fort Wayne. Ind For Beautiful DRY CLEANING Phone 147 427 N. 9th St. *■ Across from G. E. Pick up and Deliver. ■" .■ — -

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Doughboys 4 8 6 Tankers 4 8 5 Non Coms 2 10 2 Pilots 1 11 1 High games: F. Schamerloh 221, Burke 213, Schultz 210, Gilliom 206, Andrews 203, Kuhnle 200, Parrish 200, Mies 200. 0 Plan Union Township Fox Hunt Saturday

A fox hunt is planned in Union township Saturday morning, with all persons taking part asked to meet at the Bleeke service station at 8 a.m. Two foxes were rounded up in last week's hunt, with one bagged.

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Central Soya Loses To Pleasant Mills The Pleasant Mills Red Hots edged out a 53-51 victory over the Central Soya quintet Tuesday night at the Lincoln gym in this city. Soya led at the half, 24-23. Werling was high scorer for the winners with 19 points, and Huffman was tops for Soya with 14. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Bailey f —- 2 0 4 Longenberger f 3 1 < Halberstadt c 3 0 6 Werling g 8 3 19 Clark g 5 1 11 Ehrsam f 3 0 6 TOTALS 24 5 53 Central Soya FG FT TP Fennig f — 2 0-4 Selking f •— 2 2 6 Huffman c 7 0 14 Heimann glO 2 Vogelwede g 2 15 Bentz f 5 3 13 Gehrig f 10 2 Jones c Oil Strahm g *. .... 2 0 4 Maness g 0 0 0 Schnepp g 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 7 51 Zanesville Tourney To Open March 16 The annual Zanesville independent basketball tournament will get under way the third week of March, beginning March 16 and ending March 20. Twelve of the strongest teams in Northern Indiana will be participating. There will be two games each night with the semifinals on Saturday afternoon. A consolation game will precede the Saturday night final game. These games will be held at the East Union Center gym. Cash prize awards totaling $175 will .be given. A trophy will be presented to the team that displays the best sportsmanship. All proceeds from the tournament will go toward the Zanesville community

park. For the entry blanks write or phone Dee W. Hoopingarner, tournament manager, Zanesville. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

COLLEGE BASKETBALL | Wabash 46, Butler 31. DePauw 58, Earlham 35. Indiana Central 57, Canterbury 56. Hanover 54, Centre 52. Concordia 76, Benton Harbor 57. Huntington 51, Taylor 50. Marquette 81, New Orleans Loyola 52. DePaul 73, Lawrence Tech 47. Jefferson Warriors Defeated By Wren Wilting in the final quarter after leading all the way, the Jefferson Warriors were handed a 60-51 defeat by the Wren, O„ quintet Tuesday night at the Berne auditorium. Jefferson led at the half, 27-22, and at the third quarter, 40-38, but could not stop Wren's last period drive. Thatcher led the winners with 20 points and Wall tallied 21 to top Jefferson. Wren FG FT TP Krugh f 5 4 14 Stevens f 5 2 12 Bowen c 3 2 8 Lautzenheizer g 0 2 2 Thatcher g --— 9 2 20 Clifton f 2 0 4 Weaver g - 0 0 0 TOTALS 24 12 60 Jefferson FG FT TP ■Wall f 9 3 21 Wendell f 4 19 Kuhn c 2 0 4 Smitley g 5 0 10 Wellman g 113 Miller f „— 0 0 0 ' Debolt g 2 0 4 TOTALS '23 5 51 Preliminary 1 Wren 22, Jefferson 21. o — PRO BASKETBALL National League Fort Wayne 73, Indianapolis 65. > Oshkosh 51, Rochester 40. Tri-Cities 68, Toledo 55. s o : , Dogs, too, must have their vita- , mins. To carry the Department of

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Berne Bears Bealea By Dunkirk, 44-32 The Berne Bears, pi agM , juries and illness, droppJi/J decision to the Dunkirk g at Dunkirk Tuesday nigh f*<! kirk led at all p ei . iods J and 29-25. ’’ -I Whitaker led the winner,™ points, while Schwartz and J each tallied 10 f or Be , Bears, with Shoemaker Crory previously incapacity cause of injuries, were dealt J other blow when Ellenbergeri ward, came down with the fl/ Dunkirk T , FG FT I Jones f 5 1 Hickman f 0 j Webster c 2 g Farling g , . Whitaker g - . Hatcher f q # Nonemaker f j # TOTALS 77 Berne FG FT 1 Weller f 0 g Schwartz 3 Krehbiel c 3 g Sprunger g 2 0 Llechty g 4 , j Habegger’f 1 g TOTALS 77 Referee:— Walker. Umpire:— Magnabosco. Preliminary Dunkirk 22, Berne 19. 0 The major industries of cam Texas are oil refining, brick 1 clay products, cotton ginning 1 processing, canning, furniture 1 clothing. IOPEN ’TILL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AL SCHMITT I DR H. R. FREY

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