Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 12 February 1948 — Page 8

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Commodores Lose

Geneva Rally In 4th Quarter Brings Victory The Decatur Commodores, after holding a fivp-point advantage at the end of the third quarter, were handed a 44-41 defeat by the Geneva Cardinals on the Geneva floor Wednesday night. The Commodores were out in front, 33-28, as the final eight minutes of play opened, but tallied only eight points in the last quarter while thl Cardinals counted 16 to salt down the triumph. The Decatur quintet was trailing at the first period, 12-10, but moved into a two-point advantage, 2321, at the half-time intermission. The Commodores increased this margin to five points in the third quarter, but could not withstand Geneva’s last period surge, paced by Stanley’s three field goals and Pyle's five free throws. John Gillig was the leading scorer for the Commodores with 14 points on six field goals and two foul tosses. Stanley’s 14 points 1 topped the Cardinals, followed ' closely by Pyle with 13, nine of them on foul tosses. The giame developed into a, parade between free throw lines. ‘ as 49 personal fouls were called. 27 ’ on the Commodores and 22 on the f Cardinals. Geneva won the game at the ? foul line, making good on 20 of 36 chances at the charity stripe, t] while the Commodores converted ■. 13 of 27 opportunities from the „ 15-foot mark. Decatur outscored Geneva from the field. 14 to 12. The Commodores will meet an- , other Adams county foe Friday j, night, tangling with the Pleasant Mills Spartans at Pleasant Mills, r Geneva FG FT TP \ Stanley, f 6 2 14 f Hart, f 2 2 6 C Kamman, c 2 1 5 f Pyle, g 2 9 13 7 Smith, g 0 3 3 s Robinson, f Oil Farrar, c 0 2 2 u Totals 12 20 44 c Decatur s FG FT TP s Baker, f 1 3 5 o Kable, f 1 0 2 o Wilder, c 1 3 5 S J. Gillig, g 6 2 14

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Berne at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Pleasant Mills. Monroe vs Kirkland at Berne. Rumschlag, g 3 17 D. Gillig, f 2 3 7 i Parent, f 0 0 oj r Heimann, c Oil 1 Meyers, g 0 0 0 Totals 14 13 41 ‘ Referee: —Johnson. Umpire:—Tatum. 1 Preliminary Decatur 36, Geneva 27. 0 Royals And Packers Io Battle Tonight 11 1 By United Press The Anderson Packers and the ( Rochester Royals, top teams in the eastern division of the national ’ professional basketball league, f meet tonight in what may be the f most crucial game of the eeason. Anderson leads Rochester by two 5 full games and a victory tonight would give the Packers the longest margin they have bad all season. r The two teams hsve not met 1 11 since Dec. 27 when Anderson defeated the Royals, 64 to 59, at Ro- a Chester. The defeat marked the end c of a 14-game winning streak for s Rochester. Since then they have | done little better than break even f with 10 victories in 18 games. Anderson went on from that last [ 0 meeting to take over first place j E in the league. The Packers have' E won 15 of their 19 games since a heir last encounter with Rochester, i tl The Indiana team will have a it

rreat advantage playing on their home floor. The Packers have been beaten only once in 20 home games this season.

Last night the third place Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons edged out Rochester, 70 to 69, at Fort Wayne. Carlyle (Blackie) Towery sank a free throw for Fort Wayne with 75 seconds to go and the Pistons stalled for the la>st few seconds to ake the ball game. In the only other games last night. Indianapolis defeated Syracuse, 57 to 53, at Chicago. The score was tied fiae times in the second half, but the sharpshooting of Leo Klier and George Glamack of Indianapolis was too much for Syracuse.

in addition to the RochesterAnderson game tonight, Flint will Play at Toledo, Minneapolis at Sheboygan, Tri-Cities at Syracuse and Indianapolis and Oshkosh will play at New London, Wis. o Residence In Berne Is Gutted By Fire Berne, Feb. 12 — The house owned by Lawrence Bollenbacher of Berne was badly gutted by fire Wednesday and while the walls are still standing it will have to completely rebuilt. Loss is esimated at several thousand dollars. The fire apparently started from an overheated stove or sparks out of the chimney and <set the shingle roof on fire. The Berne firemen were ■ailed and extinguished the blaze after a lengthy battle. This was the second blaze in this house in the past few months. o Couple Die Enroute To Obtain License Crown Point, Ind., Feb. 12 — (UP) — Edmund Szymborski, 26, and Eleanor Baske, 21 both of Lake county, were killed last night enroute here to get a wedding license. V Chicago - Cincinnati passenger train struck their car.

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Dodgers Negro s Star Expected ■ To Sign Today 71 )l 1 New York, Feb. 12-(UP)— ) Jackie Robinson, who played with distinction as the first negro in 1 organized baseball, was expected today to sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers for 1948 on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator. Robinson, shy and sincere, is a direct descendant of people whom Lincoln freed - ' from slavery, although many fans familiar with the inner-workings of the Dodger organization suggest that he and | his team mates still are subject I to a board form of servitude under boss man, Branch Rickey However, Robinson, the rookie of the year last season, was expected to be paid around $15,000 for 1948 which is nearly three times as much as he earned from the club in straight salany last year. Rickey, who made it possible for Robinson to break down the very real barriers existing against negroes in organized baseball, said he would hold a press conference at which it was a foregone conclusion he would announce the signing of Jackie. Last season, playing at first, the only position he had never handled regularly, he became one of the great individual factors in Brooklyn's drive to the pennant. He was paid approximately $5,500 , although he made far more than that in vaudeville appearances and ■ in gifts from fans which included

a luxury sedan that almost equalled his salary. Meantime, the Dodgers signed Gene Hermanski. who is expected to take over Dixie Walker’s right field post. He capitulated for about $7,500. not* much more than one third what Walker got. Hermanski hit .279 in 79 games but was a powerful factor in the late season, batting .357 in September. A southpaw swinger, he alternated in center with righthander Carl Furillo, but is slated for regular duty this year. The Dodgerd also were having holdout troubles. Eddie Stanky revealed from Mobile, Ala., that he wanted upwards of $12,000 whereas he reportedly was offered $9,000 He joined other veterans, Pete Reiser, Bruce Edwards, and Hugh Casey as bonafide holdouts. In St. Louis, Harry (The Cat) Brecheen, the “chuckin’ Cheshire” from Ada, Okla., said the Cardinals would have to pay him more for his southpaw pitching artistry, revealing he had turned down his first offer while playing dominoes at the local fire station. “The big boy in the Cardinal office apparently hasn't had much time to devote to salary matters,” said Brecheen, obviously referring to former postmaster general Bob Hannegan, now owner of the club. The Detroit Tigers signed up infielder Eddie Mayo and outfielder Walter (Hoot) Evers, the Pittsburgh Pirates brought in pitcher Elmer Riddle, the sore-armed right hander picked up from Cincinnati, and the Cleveland Indians signed rookie strikeout star, Bill Kennedy, a lefty from the Scranton, Pa., miners, outfielder Hank Edwards, slated to be a first stringer, and catcher Hank Ruszkowski, who batted .259 in 20 games late last year.

Casualties At Erie Crossings Decrease The total number of casualities at railroad grade crossings alond the Erie railroad decreased 27 percent in 1947 and fatal accidents decreased 14 percent, according to H. D. Barber, operating vice president. A total of 18 persons were killed and J>2 injured in 1946. There was an increase in total number of accidents, however, with 196 occuring in 1947 as against 153 in 1946. Os these accidents, 110 or 56 percent, happened at protected crossing where there are flasher lights, wig-wags, crossing bells, gates or watchmen. o Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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779 Schools Enter State Prep Tourney Indianapolfa, Feb. 12 — (UP) — Seven hundred seventy-nine Hoosier high school basketball teams were entered in the 1948 state prep basketball tourney, state high school athletic commissioner L. V. Phillips said today. Phillips said the entry list was two less than last year, with five new schools entered and seven who completed in the 1947 tourney not entered. The total was eight short of the record entry list in 1938, when 787 teams competed. Only mixup in entries was reported by Phillips, who said an enry blank had not been received from Selvin school in Warrick couny. Phillips said school officials‘told i him they had mailed the blank, and the commissioner said Selvin would be permitted to compete. The new schools on this year's liet were DePauw, New Goshen, Mt. St. Francis, Indiana Boys’ School (Plainfield), and Taylor of Jeffersonville. Schools dropping out were St. loscph’s Academy of Rensselaer, Newberry, Li.tie York, Clinton Cen“T, Everton, Gentryville and Glendale. ’ ' 0 •’rude in h — neentiit —: o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Indiana State 7(1, Eastern Illinois 62. Defiance 64, Anderson 63. 0 H. S. BASKETBALL New Haven 34, Elmhurst 30. Harlan 62, Coesse 31. Haute Garfield 44, Otter Creek 40. Brazil 40, Greencastel 36. Indianapolis Cathedral 41, Decanr Central 38.

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Union Conservation Club Is Organized An organization meeting of the Union township conservation club was held Tuesday evening at the Bleeke service station. Rudy Meyer and John Hoffacker, county game warden, were in chargq. Herman Steele was elected chairman of the organization, Rollie Crozier, vice chairman; Wilbur Blakey, secretary - treasurer. Theodore Bleeke was appointed delegate to the council. Meetings of the organization will be held the first Tuesday evening of each month.

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Monmouth Standing Correct, Wren Game Second Team Event Inquiries have been received by the sports department of the Daily Democrat concerning the won and lost record of the Monmouth Eagles. Monmouth has a record of 14 victories and five defeats, including the three victories scored in winning the Adams county tournament last month. Monmouth's victory over Wren. 0., on Dec. 3 is not included in the team’s standing, as the game was not a first team contest, but was played by the Eagles’ second team, which defeated Wren. Only first team games are included in the won and lost record. To make up for the additional game for the second team, the Monmouth third team played the Willshire seconds in the preliminary Dec. 23. The rules limit high school teams to 18 games per season, plus one tournament, not counting the sectionals.

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PRO BASKETBALL National League Fort Wayne 70, Rochester 69. Indianapolis 57, Syracuse 53. V Two Autos Damaged When Hit By Horses Berne, Feb. 12 — Automobiles owned by Amos Inniger and Herman Fox of this place ■were damaged considerably yesterday when etruck by a team of run-away horses. The cars were parked in the parking lot of Smith Brothers Furniture factory where the men are employed. The team of horses owned by Chris Eicher and hitched to a wagon, was standing near the boiler room of the furniture factory where Eicher was loading shavings when they became frightened and started to run. They were caught after they hit the cars. oTrade In a Good Town — Decatur

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