Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1948 — Page 9

SECTION TWO

SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT OPENS THURSDAY

Eligible Men Certified For [Tourney Play 12 Men Certified By Each Team In Sectional Tourney Each of the 10 teams entered in the Decatur sectional tournament is permitted to certify 12 players. However, two of these must be scratched before the opening tourney game, leaving 10 men eligible to play. The team rosters, showing the year of each player in school, and his height and weight, follow: KIRKLAND Name Yr. Ht. Wt. A. Arnold Sr. 5-9 155 H. Baumgartner .... Sr. 5-10 160 Baxter Sr. 6 165 Longenberger Sr. 5-6 150 D. Arnold - Jr. 5-10 160 H. Arnold Jr. 5-7 140 Byerly Jr. 5-7 140 Fiechter Jr. 5-6 125 Landis .... Jr. 5-8 140 [Troxel Jr. 5-8 145 J. Arnold So. 5-11 175 R. BaumgartnerSo. 5-10 165 MONMOUTH Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Ewell Sr. 5-7% 137 I Getting Sr. 5-8% 158 ; Bieberich Sr. 6 160 Kruetzanan Sr. 5-7% 149 Susdorf Sr.> 5-8% 164 [ Miller Sr. 5-9% 152 Graft •— Jr. 5-6% 151 I Singleton „ So. 5-11% 162 | Drew Sr. 5-9% 143 Kukelhan■ ■■■ Jr. 5-8% 151 Crosby Sr. 6-2 175 Harvey Fr. 5-7% 141 HARTFORD Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Wanner-. Sr. 5-11 195 Smith Sr. 6-4 196 Moser Sr. 5-10 155 Spichiger < Sr. 6-1 167 Fields ... Sr. 5-9 150 Zerkel Sr. 6 160 D. Noll Jr. 6 163 K. Noll Jr. 5-8 140 Dubach ..■■■ Jr. 5-11 158 Steiner Jr. 5-11 165 Monee Jr. 6 157 Augsburger So. 5-11 160 GENEVA Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Kelly Jr. 5-8 133 Stanley Jr. 5-10% 180 Hart .. Jr. 6-% 150 Karnman Sr. 6-2% 166 Farrar Cc. 6-1% 151 Pyle Sr. 5-11 154 Smith .. Jr. 5-7% 133 Robinson So. 5-7% 140 Teeter Sr. 5-8 132 Bauman Sr. 5-7 131 Shepherd Sr. 5-7 135 Shoemaker _. Sr. 5-10 160 MONROE Name Yr. Ht. Wt? Hirschy Sr. 5-10 174 P. Nussbaum- Sr. 5-6 130 W. Nussbaum Sr. 5-9% 155 Moser Sr. 5-9 155 C. Habegger _. Sr. 5-9 162 M. Habegger _. Jr. 6-2 175 C. Lehman— Jr. 6-1 210 Ehrsam So. 5-7 ~ 145 Rowden So. 5-4 115 D. Lehman So. 5-10 182 Funk .... Jr. 5-10% 150 Hoffman .. Fr. 5-8 150 COMMODORES Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Baker Sr. 5-11 150 D. Gillig Jr. 5-7 145 J. Gillig Sr. 5-8 155 Heiman .’. Sr. 6-2 175 Kable So. 5-11% 165 Meyere So. 5-6 112 Parent Jr. 5-10 175 Roop Sr. 5-6 135 Rumschlag Sr. 5-8 135 Wilder Sr. 6-2 210 Loshe So. 5-10 165 Terveer Jr. 5-9 155 YELLOW JACKETS Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Ballard Sr. 6-1 162 Lehman Sr. 5-10 159 Baughn Sr. 5-8 145 Holmes Sr. 6-2 175 McAlhaney Sr. 5-8 152 Bogner .... Jt 5-9 157 Grant .-. J* 5-9 158 Freeby Jr. 5-9 159 Ogg Jr. 5-9 138 Bohnke —Fr. 6-2 173 Mills So. 5-11 151 McConnell Jr. 5-5 138 BERNE Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Sprunger Sr. 5-6 135 Liechty Sr. 5-10 154 KrehbielSo. 6 164 Schwartz Sr. 5-9% 140 Ellenberger Sr. 5-9 155 Habegger So. 6 142 McCrory Sr. 5-10 140 Augsburger So. 6

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Weller .. j r . 5-9% 140 Lehman So. 5-9% 135 Shoemaker Sr. 6 160 Winteregg . So. 5-10 143 PLEASANT MILLS Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Strayer .. Sr. 6-% 187 Young Sr. 5-7 146 Sprunger Sr. 5-7 147 Ripley Jr. 540% 153 Miller j r . 5.5 145 Suman j r . 5-7 143 Price .. F r . 5.4% 12 5 Bollenbacher Sr. 5-10 165 Hirschey .. So. s'-10% 165 Mitchell So. 5-10% 143 Frey Fr. 5-6% 156 Geyer J r . 5.9 135 JEFFERSON Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Miller Jr. 5-6% 115 Smitley J r . 5-9 153 ‘ Wendel Jr. 5-8 147 Christy So. 5-7 161 Deßolt So. 5-7 124 Wall So. 5-10 144 Wellman So. 5-10% 163 Patterson So. 5-4 149 Spangler So. 5-6% 159 Brandt Fr. 5-11 179 Kuhn Fr. 5-10 147 Tumbleson Fr. 6 145 Rules Os State Association To Govern Tourney All Tourney Phases Covered By Rules Os Indiana Board The Decatur sectional tournament is governed directly by the rules and regulations of the Indiana high school athletic association. W. Guy Brown, Decatud jun-ior-senior high school principal, te vested with the authority to enforce these rules. Regulations are practically identical this year with those in force in previous years. Each team may play 10 men during the tourney. Twelve players are certified by each school, but two of these names must be scratched before the first game of the tournament. Admission will be $2 for a season ticket and 60 cents for a single session ticket. Standing room shall not be sold or used, and requirements of the city and state fire marshals are to be met. No prizes of any kind are to be awarded to any individual or school from any source. Settlement from tourney receipts are to be made in the following manner. 1. All legitimate expenses, such as revenue tax, meals, officials, etc., except for transportation and lodging shall be paid from the gross receipts, if sufficient. In event the gross receipts are not sufficient, which is considered highly improbable here, the obligation would fall to the center principal. 2. Decatur junior-senior high school, as the center school, shall receive $1.50. 3. The transportation shall be paid. Three cents per mile per man for the roundtrip will be allowed. Mileage is to be considered ae the most direct distance between the school building and the local gymnasium where the tourney will be held. 4. The lodging shall be paid. 5. The Decatur junior-senior high as the center high school, shall receive SIOO. 6. The IHSAA shall receive one percent of the fifth balance. 7. One-half of the sixth balance shall be divided pro-rata among the participating school, with Decatur junior-senior high sharing. 8. One-half of the sixth balance is to be divided on the baste of season ticket sales in the respective communities on or before Thursday at 5 p.m. Season tickets sold after this hour will not be counted in the finding of the share of any school. 9. The board of control will pass on all reports, made by Mr. Brown and the other center principals and all reports by the participating schools. 10. The center school, which is . Decatur, is to furnish a complete financial report to the IHSAA and to each participating school soon after the tourney. 1 There were 2,000 season tickets placed on sale for the Decatur tour- • ney, with all sold in advanc<. 3ach of the 10 schools was allotted 20 tickets on a pro-rata basis, the balance according to enrollment.

Manager '•& w W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur junior-senior high school, is manager for the Decatur sectional tournament. Only Four Os - County Teams Hold Crowns Decatur Is Host To Sectional Tourney Ninth Year In Row Four Adams county teams have won sectional tournament honors in the eight consecutive years the meet has been held in the gymnasium of the Decatur junior-sen-ior high school. And, by strange coincidence, these four teams have each won two titles, with six of the county’s 10 teams yet to taste a sectional crown in these later years, Since the construction of the new Decatur high school. The Pleasant Mills Spartans took down the tourney honors in 1940 and 1942, the Decatur Yellow Jackets took down the bunting in 1941 and 1944, the Monroe Bearkatz in 1943 and 1947, and the Berne Bears in 1945 and 1946. IncTdentially, as may be noted, the Berne Bears are the only team to have won the title two consecutive years. In these eight years, only two Decatur sectional champions have carried on to win regional titles. Monroe won at Huntington in 1943 and the Decatur Yellow Jackets copped the regional in 1944. Both the Bearkatz and Yellow Jackets, however, were defeated by Fort Wayne Central in the first round of the Muncie semi-final. Last year, the Monroe Bearkatz were eliminated in the first round of the Huntington regional by the Portland Panthers, 36-33. Port-* land then fell before the Huntington Vikings in the regional final. The first three years the sectional was held here in this most recent span, only nine teams were (Turn To Page 8, Column 5)

Sectional Tournament Schedule FRIDAY 1:30 P.M.) Kirkland t — SATURDAY 1:15 P. MJ Berne ( FRIDAY 2:45 P. M.] / —— • Pleasant Mills —-A j Commodores I satl B r ° a p y m ight ' FRIDAY 7P.M.1 \ / Jefferson —— * i SATURDAY 2:30 P. MJ Monroe ( I THURSDAY 7 P.M. FRIDAY 8:15 P. M.j t ( Hartford —/ I Geneva ' THURSDAY 8:15 P. MJ ' Yellow Jackets-— j Officials: Clay Layman and Gene Winks. Monmouth /

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1948

"WelcMte |BS^ WL — — WARM WELCOME from the Decatur Daily Democrat to the Adams county high school basketball players, coaches, school officials and fans as the zero hour for’the sectional tourney draws near. LOOKING OVER the season records of the 10 competing quintets, and studying the pairings for the sectional, the 1948 meet looks like a “daisy.” Another highly interesting tournament appears to be in store, with the chances of those nearly always-present upsets definitely high. MONROE’S BEARKATZ are the defending champions. However,the champs are given little chance to repeat this year, the Bearkatz having had one of theii poorest seasonal records in several years. —oOg— JUST IN CASE you fans may have forgotten, following are the results of all games in the 1947 sectional. Yellow Jackets 46, Pleasant Mills 43. Monroe 42, Commodores 35. Jefferson 38, Geneva 37Kirkland 36, Monmouth 34. Berne 39, Hartford 37. Monroe 35, Yellow Jackets 30. Kirkland 48, Jefferson 42. Monroe 29, Berne 25. Monroe 38, Kirkland 29 (final). STARTING WITH the “modern” sectional back in 1940, BASKETBAWL, just for a lark, published his tournament predictions. The fans seemed to enjoy it, however, so here we are again for the ninth year in a row. In these eight years, exactly, half, or four, of our predictions have come through to the tourney crown. However, we have had only one perfect year, 1941, when we hit every winner right on the dot. f Last year, however, our choice for the sectional title fixed us up with an air-tight alibi. We picked the Monmouth Eagles. But, just a few days before the tourney, the Eagles’ ace scorer, Arnold Getting, came down with the mumps and the Eagles were blown out of the tourney in the first round. Here we go again: HARTFORD-GENEVA — The Hartford Gorillas have been right up at the top all season long, and there seems no legitimate reason to overlook that fine record. So, we pick HARTFORD. YELLOW JACKETS-MONMOUTH — This might easily be THE game of the entire tourney. Monmouth copped the county tourney, has a great season record, and the county’s leading scorer in Getting. However, the Jackets have displayed plenty of power when on their game, have played a tougher schedule, and have that home floor advantage. So, we pick the YELLOW JACKETS. KIRKLAND-BERNE—Herc-’s one which could be a real fooler. Not much to choose here on season records, but Berne ordinarily is a better tournament team and is more used to a larger floor than the Kangaroos. So, we pick BERNE. -—oOo— PLEASANT MILLS-COMMODORES—These teams broke even during the regular season in a pair of games. Despite the Commodores’ slump in recent games, they (Turn To Page 8, Column 1)

Hartford And Geneva To Meet In Opener; Yellow

Jackets Battle Monmouth

Entire Season Scores Listed For All Teams Results Os Entire Season Compiled For Tournament Complete scores for the 10 Adams county teams for the 1947-48 season, including the county tournament and the New Years day tourney. are as follows: HARTFORD Hartford... ...64, Poling 16 Hartford2B, Monmouth .. 35 Hartford 49, Yellow Jacket 22 Hartford-. 44. Kirkland 30 Hartford 37, Pleasant Mills 20 Hartford . 39, Petroleum3l Hartfords4, Monroe 31 Hartford.. 42, Berne 31 Hartford 47, Geneva 23 Hartford 37, poll 39 Hartford--46, Kirkland 42 (Overtime) Hartford 67, Jefferson 13 Hartford 46, Pleasant Mills 25 Hartford 33, Commodores 35 (Overtime) Hartford 42, Monroe .. 25 Hartford4l, Petroleum 33 Hartford 24, Lancaster .. 20 County Tourney Hartford3s, Commodores 31 Hartford3l, Monroe 25 Hartford-39, Monmouth . .. 41 Hartford. .. . ..30, Geneval2 MONMOUTH Monmouth 27, Monroe 29 (Overtime) Monmouth 39, Petroleum .. 42 Monmouth3s, Hartford 28 Monmouth ...26, Commodores 25 Monmouth 46, Hunt. Cath 44 Monmouth 36, Kirkland 40 Monmouth 36, Monroeville 53 Monmouth 39, Hoagland 27 Monmouth3o, Pleasant Mills 13 Monmouth.. 51, Willshire .. . 44 Monmouth-69, Geneva 37 Monmouth 49, Commodores.. 44 Monmouth 32, Kirkland 30 Monmouth3l, Lancaster 33 Monmouth 44, Hoagland36 Monmouth 49, Monroe 40 Monmouthsl, P. M. 29 Monmouth4s, Union 25 County Tourney Monmouths4, Jefferson . 32 Monmouth 29, Geneva 26 Monmouth4l, Hartford 39 YELLOW JACKETS Decatur-. 22, Hartford Twp. 49 Decatur 31, Garrett 34 Decatur 42, Geneva .... .. 22 Decatur 37, Bluffton 31 Decatur .51, Berne 38 Decatur 36, Hoagland27

Decatur 43, Monroe 38 Decatur 39, New Haven 47 Decatur 29, Huntington .. 20 Decatur....'. 36, Columbia City 38 Decatur.. 42, Bluffton .... 31 Decatur--48, Warsaw 49 Decatur 47, Pleasant Mills 27 Decatur-46, Auburn .... .... 43 Decatur ».54, Kendallville .. 38 Decatur.. 32, Hartford City 33 Decatur 47, Berne .. 30 Decarur47, Portland 52 New Year's Tourney Decatur--56, Bluffton .... ... 40 Decatur . 46, Berne .. 30 BERNE Berne 48, Geneva 37 Berne.. ...54, Pleasant Milte 23 Berne 26, New Haven .. 30 Berne42, Portland 61 Berne..3B, Decatur 51 Berne3l, Hartford Tw.p. 42 8erne....36, Bluffton 34 Berne 48,eLancaster .. . 37 Berne47, Ft. Wayne C.C.27 Berne 47, Columbia City 42 Berne-.- 43, Warren 35 Berne37, Ossian 25 Berne--47, Monroe 44 Berne 42, Angola 44 Berne 44, Winchester .. . 45 (Overtime) Berne..—32, Dunkirk 44 Berne ..30, Decatur 47 Berne 53, Montpelier . .. 50 New Year's Tourney Berne—3s, New Haven 28 Berne 30, Decatur 46 GENEVA Geneva..2l, Petroleum 36 Geneva... 37, Berne .... 48 Geneva 45, Monroe 32 Geneva 22, Y. Jackets .... 42 Geneva 48, Montpelier .. 36 Geneva. ..63, Jefferson .. 30 Geneva 27, Kirkland .. .. 30 Geneva..6o, Bryant 23 Geneva 23, Hartford 47 Geneva 37, Monmouth . ..59 Geneva 38, Pleasant Mills 20 Geneva 32, Monroe .. 27 Geneva 68, Poling 29 Geneva 36, Pennville . 30 Geneva.. 44, Commodores 41 Geneva.--. 12, Hartford 30 County Tourney Geneva...... 48, Pleasant Mills 33 Geneva.— 26, Monmouth _. 29 KIRKLAND Kirkland-. 57, Jefferson ... 24 Kirkland 31, Rockcreek .. 20 Kirkland ....36, Commodores 42 Kirkland 30, Hartford .. 44 Kirkland3s, Monroe 25 Kirkland— 40, Monmouth .. 36 Kirkland.. 27, Petroleum .. 41 Kirkland3o, Geneva 27 Kirkland 26, Lancaster _. 39 Kirkland 35, Plesant Mills 30 Kirkland 42, Hartford 46 (Overtime) Kirkland 30, Monmouth .. 32 Kirkland.. 62, Jeffenson _. 24 Kirkland 45, Commodores 42 Kirkland 52, Pl. Mills 40 Kirkland 30, Monroe 27 Kirkland... 84, Markle26 County Tourney Kirkland 37, Monroe 39

Monroe Bearkatz ' Defending Champs s As 10 Teams Vie , For Title In 1948 r I The 1948 Decatur sectional basj ketball tournament, a sellout in [ season tickets long ago, will open I promptly at 7 o’clock Thursday • night at the Yellow Jackets gymnasium, with 2,000 fans on hand i to whoop it up for their favorites. ( The Hartford Gorillas and the Geneva Cardinals drew the honors , for the opening tipoff, with the , Gorillas, season long leaders in J the county standing, as the favorites to cop the meet’s lid-lifter. The second and final game of , the opening night's schedule is ex- ’ pected to be one of the entire tourney’s standouts, the battle between the Decatur Yellow Jackets , and the Monmouth Eagles. The tournament will be resumed with two games Friday afternoon. In the first Friday tilt at 1:30 o’clock, the Berne Bears will clash with the Kirkland Kangaroos. Closing out the Friday afternoon session, the Pleasant Mills Spartans will swap baskets with the Decatur Commodores, who went into a woeful slump in the last two weeks of the regular season. The Monroe Bearkatz, defending champions, will make their first 1948 tourney appearance in the 7 o’clock game Friday evening. ' The Bearkatz will meet the downtrodden Jefferson Warriors in this clash, the winner to advance to the semi-finals. Another feature battle appears on tap for the 8:15 game Friday night, when the winners of the Thursday night Hartford-Geneva and Yellow Jackets-Monmouth struggles will fight it out. Semi-finals will be played Saturday afternoon. Winners of the Friday afternoon contests will meet in the first semi-final at 1:15 p.m., followed by the winners of the Friday night games. The two quintets victorious in the semi-final encounters will take the floor at 8:15 o'clock Saturday night, with the winner emerging some 75 minutes later as the 1948 Decatur sectional champion. The officials for all tournament games, assigned by the Indiana high school athletic association, will be Clay Layman, of Marion, and Gene Winks, of Winona Lake. Winner To Huntington The champion of the Decatur sectional will carry Adams’ county’s hopes for further net glory into the Huntington regional tourney on Saturday, March 6. Winners of the Bluffton and Hartford City sectionals will pit strength in the regional opener at 1:15 p.m., followed by the Decatur and Huntington meet champions. The regional final will be held at 8 p.m. The Huntington regional representative will then compete in the semi-final tourney at Muncie Saturday, March 13. The Huntington winner will meet the Marion regional champion at 1:15 p.m., followed by the winners from Fort Wayne and Muncie. The afternoon winners will vie at 8 p.m. for the semi-final crown. These three weekends of play will cut the original starting field of 779 high school teams to the ibig four, with these survivors scrapping at the Butler fieldhouse at Indianapolis Saturday, March 20, for the highest honor in Indiana sports, the state high school basketball championship. The semi-final winners at Muncie and Bloomington will clash in the 1:15 p.m. game at the state final, followed by the winners at Indianapolis and Lafayette. The afternoon victors will take the floor at 8:15 p.m, to select the 1948 state champions, a title now held by the Shelbyville quintet. COMMODORES Decatur4l, Delphos 47 Decatur 42, Kirkland .... 36 Decatur.2s, Monmouth 26 Decatur 43, Lima 42 DecatuU.....36. Alumni .... 34 Decatur-32 Pleasant Mills 25 Decatur 42, Hunt. Cath. 37 Decatur 40, Monroe 36 (Turn To Page 3, Column 1)