Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1948 — Page 8

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Sectional Tournament

Hartford And Geneva Tangle In First Tilt The Hartford Gorillas and Geneva Cardinals, playing to a packed house, will match baskets in the opening of the annual Decatur sectional tourney at the Yellow Jackets gym at 7 o’clock this evening. All season tickets for the tournament were sold days ago, with hundreds of disappointed fans unable to obtain any of the coveted 2.000 tickets available here. Tonight’s second game, the final on the first night’s opening, has been billed as the feature of the early battling. In this tilt, scheduled for 8:15 p.m.. the Decatur Yellow Jackets will tangle with the Monmouth Eagles, winners of the county tourney played last month in this same gym. Monmouth’s hopes were chilled yesterday, however, when it was disclosed that Russell Kruetzinan. veteran guard and second high scorer of the Eagles, suffered an ankle injury in a practice session Tuesday. Just how much service, if any, Kruetzman may see tonight had not been determined this morning. The sectional will be resumed at 1:30 p.m. Friday, with the Kirkland Kangaroos engaging the Berne Bears. Windup of the session will pit the Decatur Commodores against the Pleasant Mills Spartans at 2:45 p.m. The defending champions, the Monroe Bearkatz, will make their first tourney appearance at 7 p.m. FJrtrfay, engaging the Jefferson

Warriors. This game will be followed by a battle between the winners of tonight’s games. HartfordGeneva and Yellow Jackets-Mon-mouth. Semi-finals will be played Saturday afternoon, with the victors of ; I " » —TODAY— Continuous from 1:30 “GHOST and MRS. MUIR" Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison ALSO—Shorts 9c-40c inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! —o FRI. & SAT. lr w / < -OB b O-f | LAUGH RIOT! SRED KELTON IN A HOWLING HIT ABOUT MERTON f OF THE f ®MOViES< VIRGINIA O’BRIEN £3g' LEON AMES • tLOII* tIAHUMI HAM MOWBRAY —o Sun. Mon. Tues. —Larry Parks, “The Swordsman” In Color ICORTI TONIGHT and FRI. & SAT. ALLAN LANE as “Red Ryder” in “MARSHALL OF CRIPPLE CREEK” ALSO—Last chapter “Mysteriou Mr. M”— Who Is He! 4. 3 Stooge 9c-30c Inc. Tax —o Sun. Mon. Tues.—“ Devil Ship” 4 Chas. Chan in “Chinese Ring”

the Friday afternoon session meeting in the first semi-final at 1:15 p.m., followed by the survivors of the Friday night contests. The semi-final victors will meet for the sectional title at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. Officials for all games will be Clay Layman of Marion and Gene Winks of Winona Lake. 0 _ South Side Is Eliminated In Tourney Play Indianapolis, Feb. 26 — (IP) The Indiana high school basketball classic, the 38th Hoosier hardwood extravaganza, will move into high gear tonight after last night s scattered opening rounds saw some bitterly - fought tilts, eliminated 117 teams from the tourney but produced no startling upsets. Two games were scheduled at each of the 58 sectional centers with less than 14 clubs entered. For 21 other centers — all those having 14 to 16 teams entered and centers using auxiliary gymnasiums — the tourney began yesterday morning and last night. Only eight games, none of them involving elite clubs, will be run off before tomorrow night — four in the morning and four in the afternoon. Among them were the lower brackets of the Warsaw and South Bend sectionals. Some of last night’s contests ended lop-sided and substitutes finished uneven matches. That was especially so at Terre Haute and at Jeffersonville, where the winning clubs belted their opponents by 80 or more points. Terre Haute Wiley mauled Fay-

ette, 106-26, while Jeffersonville ran over New’ Middleton, 107-23. But other well-regarded quintets had to fight all the way to stay in the running. East Chicago Washington squeezed past city lival Roosevelt. 48-46, after dropping previously undefeated Merrillville, 48-35. Hammond High, regarded as the darkhorse from the far north, had it even rougher, battling Griffith in its opener to win, 48-43, before edging Lowell, 39-35. South Bend Central, Gary Emerson. and Whiting, who also chalked ( up two victories, along with other strong clubs like Fort Wayne Central and Fort Wayne Concordia, will be idle until Saturday afternoon while such powerhouses as Evansville Central, Lafayette Jefferson, Lawrenceburg and LaPorte will open tonight. None of the four strong tourney crown contenders opening tonight were threatened in the first outings But Fort Wayne South, the 1938 state titlist, wan the first power to feel the sting of tourney competition and bowed out. The Archers, who had dropped only three games during the season, lost to rugged Fort Wayne Concordia, 37-34. Fort Wayne Central, which drew the easier of the two brackets, breezed through its first tests, tak ing Huntertown, 49-25, and Arcola, 79-45, to advance to the semi-finals. Os last year’s sectional winners, four lost out yesterday. Spencerville was beaten by Waterloo at Auburn, 38-32; Fort Wayne South lost to Concordia; Kendallville was defeated by Shipshewana at Albion. 43-38, and North Manchester was sidelined by Roann at Wabash, 39-38. In first-round games tonight, Evansville Central (15-3) faced Wadesville; Lafayette Jefferson (17-3) met Battle Ground; Lawrenceburg (18-1) will clash with

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. Guilford; and LaPore (17-3) will i square off with Jackson 1 wp. j Madison, the United Press title choice, along with last time’s finalist Terre Haute Garfield, New Albany and Bedford will not open their tourney campaigns until Friday. —— —~O Sectional Scores _____ At Fort Wayne (North) Harlan 41, Elmhurst 33. Fort Wayne Concordia 37, Fort Wayne South 34. Fort Wayne Central 7ft, Arcola 45. Fort Wayne Concordia 54, Harlan 51. At Fort Wayne (South) Monroeville 50, Fort Wayne C. C. 45. Woodburn 54, Lafayette Central 32. Fort Wayne North 45, Leo 37. Monroeville 50, Woodburn 35. a At Auburn (Garret) Butler 38, Metz 33. Freemont 47, Ashley 34. Waterloo 38, Spencerville 32. Fremont 45, Butler 33. At Auburn Orland 35, Concord Twp. 18. Churubusco 50, Scott Center 27. Garrett 36, Angola 34. Churubusco 50, Orland 49. At Warsaw Beaver Dam 34, Claypool 27. Etna Green 35, Warsaw 33. Leesburg 50, Columbia City 48. Beaver Dam 44. Etna Green 38. Mentone 48, Burket 31. North Webster 35, Silver Lake 28. At Kendallville Albion 55, Wolf Lake 43. Brighton 37, Lima 32. Avilla 36, Ligonier 35. Albion 53, Brighton 25. At Kendallville (Albion) Wawaka 49, LaGrange 32. Cromwell 32, Topeka 28. Shipshewana 43, Kendallville 38. Wawaka 56, Cromwell 23. At Huntington Union Twp. 50, Rockcreek 37.

Clear Creek 29, Bippus 27. PRO BASKETBALL National League Minneapolis 6ff, Anderson 54. Oshkosh 58, Fort Wayne 57. —o COLLEGE BASKETBALL Notre Dame 72, Marquette 55. De Paul 47, St. Joseph’s 33. Lawrence 55, Chicago 35. 0 Geneva Girls Beat Decatur G. E. Girls The Geneva girls edged out a 41-39 victory over the Decatur G. E. Girls Wednesday night at the Lincoln gym in this city. Geneva held a 27-11 lead at the half but was hard pressed to stave off Decatur’s late rally. - —o Many Autoists Still Need License Plates Berne. Feb. 26 — With only a few days left to buy the 1948 license plates before the deadline, at least 300 motorists of Berne and community have not yet bought their new tags. This announcement was made yesterday by Glen Neuenschwander, manager of the local license bureau. — o American Proposal On Korea Accepted iLak| (Success, N. Y., Feb. 26 W (UP) — The United Nations little assembly today approved an American proposal advising the UN Korean commission to go ahead with ’■*national” elections in Korea in spite of Russian refusal to let its zone participate.

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Anderson Drops To Tie With Rochester By United Press The Minneapolis Lakers came from behind in the last quarter last night to defeat the Anderson Packers. 60 to 54. and drop the Packers into a tie Sor first place in the eastern division of the National Professional Basketball league. The brilliant marksmanship of forward Jim Pollard, former Stanford University star, saved the game for Minneapolis. Pollard scored nine points in* the last three minutes to break a 48 to 48 tie and salt the game away for Minneapolis. Pollard led the Minneapolis scorers with 21 points, one more than his team mate, George Mikan. Johnny Hargis led the Packers with nine points. Anderson led, 26 to 22, at halftime. The victory gave Minneapolis the best won and lost record in the league with 36 wins and 13 defeats. The Lakers had cinched first place in the western division earlier this week. Anderson and Rochester are tied for first place in the eastern circuit, each with 35 victories and 14 defeats. The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, third place team in the eastern division, missed a chance to gain on the leaders, when they lost a thrilling game to Oshkosh, 58 to 57, at Oshkosh. The defeat left the Pistons three games behind the first place teams. Tonight Fort Wayne plays at Sheboygan and Indianapolis goes to Syracuse. 0 It is interesting to see how our views change with our personal interests.

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WOMEN’S LEAGUE McMillen won three from Gass; Dauler won three from Sutton: Mies won two from Three Kings; Central Soya won two from Hill--1 Smith; Kuehn won two from B- & T; Victory Bar won two from Duo Therm. Standing W L Dauler 17- 71

Mies 1 "’ !l Hill-Smith 14 1° Central Soya 14 10 McMillen 14 10 Gass 13 11 B & T 12 12 Three Kings 12 12 Victory „ 12 12 Kuehn 8 16 Duo Therm 7 17 Sutton 6 18 High games: Nash 181. Smith 180, Fennig 178, Davis 177. KELLY’S Quality Dry Cleaning Phone 147 Plant—427 N. 9th St. IOPEN ’TILL MIDNIGHT i TONIGHT AL SCHMITT

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Wherry 177, Rowden 172, Kings-1 ley 171. CLASSIC LEAGUE West End won three and total from Mies: Ebonites won two and total from Swearingen; Super Service won two and total from Smith Insurance. Standing W L Pts. Ebonites 64 12 76 Swearingen 42 24 56 West End ..... 37 29 51 Super Service 25 41 31 Mies 24 ,42 30 Smith 16 50,' 18 High series: Tutewiler 609 (201-205-20’3); Ladd 678 (229-258-191); Faulkner 649 (205-237-207); Schroeder 600 (208-211-181). High games:* Reinking 218, Buuck 205, E. Gallmeyer 212, G. Schultz 205. Stump 237. Ahr 247, Zelt 204. O. Schultz 215, Petrie 216. Mies 202. FRATERNAL LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Moose II won three from K. of C.; Moose I won two from K. of P.; VFW won two from G. E. Club. Standing W L Moose II 7 2 VFW 6 3 Moose I 6 3 G. E. Club 4 2 K. of P 1 8 K. of C 0 6 i ■

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, J

High series: Faulkner to ,■ | 256-204). I High games: Wolpert/ 200 iB 211, Andrews 213, Hoffim-M H. Murphy 202. —0 _ I American Legion Broadcast Friday Charles Morgan, commanJ Adams post 43, American La* in this city, today issued a riZ to all local residents to special broadcast over Fort Win radio .station WQL Friday at« p.m. Fort Wayne Legion post fl sponsoring the program which. es the institution of universal! tary training. -—■ —o Hartford Township Farm Reported Sold Berne, Feb. 26 — Henry Sdm has purchased the William ft farm in Hartford township, sot east of Linn Grove, and will possession in 1949. The farm a sists of 80 acres. Schaadt is nowt tenant on the Joel Moser fa northwest of Berne. o ■ : Trade In a Goo a io*:. I o Secaur-Upholstering Phone 1686