Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1948 — Page 6

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83,000 Fans See Regional Meets Today Indianapolis, March 6 —(UP) - A record crowd, estimated at about 83.00ji, will jam every nook and cranny at 16 regional centers today as the 64 survivors of a field of 779 teams will battle for semifinal berths in the 37th annual IHSAA-sponsored prep school basketball tourney. The 64U athletes will start the ball rolling at 1:15 p.m. with the first 16 afternoon games. Another 16 will follow, the winners squaring off for regional crowns *at 8:15 p.in. tonight. I The largest crowd, as ueual. will hold forth in Indianapolis where about 15,000 fans will pack Butler fieldhouse. More than 9,000 will be, at the Purdue fieldhouse in Lafayette and some 7,500 will pour into! the Muncie fieldhouse. An attendance record was assur-l ed .tecause last year's Lafayette | regional was held at the Jefferson high school gym, which was half) the capacity of the Purdue goalery. Observers believed that upsets, so prevalent in Hoosier hardwood | circles but unusually absent in last week’s sectionals, would be morel conspicuous today. Several contend-1 ers for the state crown will have hard sledding in order to make' the round of 16. From the northern-most center at; Hammond to the Ohio river city of Evansville, fiercely - contested games were expected. And most fans were pulling for the little clubs — like unbeaten Milford and Chester Twp., Portland and Rossville — to upend the dope bucket and send some unheraled school into next week’s round. Os this afternoon’s tussels, the New Albany - Bedford tilt at Jeffersonville and the Hammond High-} L’ary Emerson scrap at Hammond were the standouts. Bedford (20-3) lost a three-pointer to New Albany (20-4) early in the season. But today’s contest will be played on a neutral floor and the outcome was considered no better than a toss-up. Gary Emerson (195) hasn't won a regional crown in 21 years and has a 12-game winning streak to its credit. But the Norsemen were drubbed by 17-game winner Hammond High, 52-32, during the campaign for their worst defeat. Lafayette Jefferson. (21-3), the north central conference champ, will have to pass an afternoon test against Lebanon to qualify for a regional playoff with dangerous Rossville (22-2), which was not expected to be extended by Freeland Park. Jeff, a favorite to capture the 1947 state crown, was edged by the Hornets by a single point in the Lafayette regional last year. Muncie Central (17-7) and Richmond (16-7), two NCC clubs, will

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clash in the second afternoon game at Muncie. The Central Bearcats, performing at home, should have the edge, but the Red Devils, sparked by Dudley Moore, are a powerful aggregation. The darkhorse there goes by the name of New Castle. (10-13) which meets Parker in the preliminaries. Terre Haute Wfley (15-9), victor over last year’s finalist Terre Haute ' Garfield, will be after the scalp of Bloomington High (14-8) at Martinsville. The topsy-turnvey Indianapolis session, which provided the first upsets of the tourney when both Shortridge and Technical were kicked out last week, may see more upseta when Andersen (12-11) meets Greenfield and Indianapolis Washington battles Speedway. o — MIES CLASSIC Prize winners in the 12th annual Mies classic tourney held here recently, were as follows: (withj score, including handicap, and I prize money): Brookside Dairy, Wapakoneta. 0., 3115, $300; L & L Recreation, Lima, 0., 3111, $150; Burk Elevator, Decatur, 3099, $100; Ayres Ins., Huntington. 3072, S9O; First State Bank, Decatur, 3058, SBS; Decatur Super Service, 3050, $80; Foresters I, Lima, 3045, $75; Macklin. Decatur, 3041, S7O; Waterloo Sinclair, Butler, 3032, $65; Bob; Inn, Fort Wayne, 3027, S6O; Kozy Korner, Van Wert, 0., 3002, $55; Berghoff Beer, Fort Wayne, 2995, SSO; Henry W. Oetling, Fort Wayne, 2994, $45; Ford V-8, ' Hicksville. 0.. 2003, S4O; Calhoun I Wine Shop. Fort Wayne, 2990, $35; j Pollock Bros., Fort Wayne, 2987, S3O; Ligo Farm, Celina. 0., 2986, $25; Bechtol Pastries, Butler, 2978, $25; Swearingen, Decatur, 2977, S2O; McMillen, Decatur, 2975, S2O; Schumm Prod., Convoy, O„ 2973, S2O; Tokheim AA, Fort Wayne, 2969, $16.50; Hi Way Shell. Berne, 2968, $16.50; Kurtz Sohio, Delphos, 0., 2967, sls; Fort Wayne Wire Die, 2964, sls; Allen Dairy, Fort Wayne. 2961, sls; Adams Co. Lumber, Decatur, 2958, $10; Mies Recreation, Decatur. 2940, $lO. High single game, team —Calhoun Wine, Fort Wayne, 1033, $lO. High three games, individual— Harman, Lima, Winkeijohn, Celina, | and Fennig, Decatur, 649, $1(1. High single game, individual — Ed Reinking, Decatur, 267, $lO. MINOR LEAGUE • Hoagland Farmers Co-op won three from Joe’s Barber Shop; Adams County Lumber won three from Fort Wayne Wire Die; McMillen wyn two from Central. Soya; Macklin I won two from Macklin 11. Standing W L Pts. I Macklin I 15 6 20 1 Adams Lumber . ... 14 7 20 Hoag|and 13 8 20 Central Soya 12 9 16 McMillen 10 10 13 Macklin II 8 13 11 I Joe's 7 14 10 I Wire Die 3 18 4 High games: Bracy 220, Eley | 203, Steury 203. 0 About 97.4 of the acreage of land in the state of lowa is included in farms. Os (hfe 89 percent is improv- . ed. 0 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Lesnevich Knocks Pairing Drawn For Fox Out In First Zanesville Tourney

New’ York, Mar. 6 — (UP) — Champion Gus. Lesnevich, having disposed definitely of challenger Billy Fox with the quickest knockout in light heavyweight title history, was sought today for a fifth crown defense against Ezzard Charles at Yankee stadium in July. The 33-year-old champion from Cliffside, N. J., knocked out young Fox at 1:58 of the first round last night before a sellout crowd of 18,553 frenzied fans at Madison Square Garden. Never in the 45-year history of the light, heavyweight division had a title fight ended in the first round until referee Frankie Fullam counted out the Phi’adelphia negro as he lay sprawled on the canvas for the second time. It was ironic that 22-year-old Fox should have been the victim in this record-breaking kayo; for Fox, himself, boasts the unprecedented record of 50 knockouts in 52 professional fights. Lesnevich is the only man to defeat Billy. On the night of Feb. 28, 1947, Jersey Gus stopped Fox in the 10th I round of their first title bout. Last night’s quick kayo was something new in 175-pound title competition, but it was nothing new for champion Gus. He registered a new main-event record knocked out heavyweight Melio knocked out heavyweight Mesio Bettina in 59 seconds. o 'Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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Tlie drawing for the Zanesville independent basketball tournament. to open March 23, was made Thursday’ night. The Decatur American Legion team will play the Portland five at 8:30 p.m. March 23, in the second game of the meet. Berne Furniture, only other Adams county team entered in the tourney, will play the Lafayette Independents at 7:30 p.m. March 25. Second round games will be held Frtday night, with semi-finals Saturday afternoon and a consolation game preceding the final game Saturday night, March 27. The first round draw follow’s: Ma. ch 23 — Roanoke Town Shop Laundry vs Fort Wayne K. of C. Decatur Legion vs Portland Legion. March 24 — Markle Boosters vs Garrett Eagles; Huntington Cas-well-Runyan va Bluffton Legion. March 25 — Berne Furniture vs Lafayette Independents: Zanesville Merchants vs International Harvester. 0 The combined length of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers is about 4200 miles. The Interstate Commerce act was approved by President Grover Cleveland on February 7, 1887.

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Dyer Sees Dodgers As Team To Defeat St. Petersburg, Fla.. March 6 — (UP) —Eddie Dyer, who has a pennant winner and a second place club to show for his two seasons as a major league manager, singled out the Brooklyn Dodgers today as the club to beat in the 1948 National league pennant race. But he didn't sell his own St. Louis Cardinals short and he also put the Boston Braves and New York Giants right up there in the running. Sitting in the grandstand watching his club work out as he recuperated from being hit in the head by a batted ball, Dyer sized up the clubs this way; “Naturally, with all their depth, youth and speed you have to string along with Brooklyn. But we fear the Giants’ power and Boston is mighty dangerous.” The Giants, he recalled were the only club to beat the Cardinals over the season last year —they broke even with the Dodgers. “My," he exclaimed, "how those Giants murdered us with their hitting last year, particularly at the Polo Grounds. We couldn't beg. borrow or steal a ball game there. “And while you can’t discount the kind of power they have, the kind that we and that the-Dodgers have, too, you just can't overlook those Braves. Just look at the records of 1947. “They have two of the best pitchers in baseball in Johnny Sain and'Warren Spahn. They led the league in hitting. And do you want to know why they didn't finish ay better tha third? “All right, take a look at the fielding averages. The Braves were last in making double plays. If; they could have made that double I play, they could have won the pennant. “Now I haven’t seen this Alvin Dark play ball, but there is one thing I can tell you and that Is that if he plays shortstop like he played football for Louisiana State —and I officiated in a lot of games he played in—the Braves will be able to make that double play. “And then they’ll be as rough as the Dodgers, Cardinals and Giants. And they could well be too rough for the three of us.” 0 The largest and most important silver mines in the world are located in North and South America.

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Seeks Bigger Home To House Triplets -— ■ Minnesota Father Seeks Bigger Home Nopeming, Minn., March 6 — (UP) —Adolph Erickson said today that he guessed he’d look for a bigger house now that the newlyarrived triplets have swelled his family to 17 children. Mrs. Erickson, who is 43. gave birth to the three girls yesterday at St. Luke’s hospital in nearby Duluth. Erickson is 47. He makes SSO a week working in the stock house at a steel plant. The Ericksons live in a fourroom house which has only one bedroom. He said he expected to have some trouble housing his family which was cramped for space even before the triplets arrived. The first problem, however, is to find names for the triplets, he said. "That’s my wife Edna’s job, though,” he said. “She’ll probably pick the names when I see her today.” Then they’ll tackle the housing problem. Erickson said. He doesn’t think his chances of finding a bigger place are too good. He’ll probably have to find some way of putting the family up in their present home. “After all,” he said, “who wants a family of 19 people, even if only Secaur-Upholstering Phone 1688 T _______- . - — KELLY’S Quality Dry Cleaning Phone 147 Plant—427 N. 9th St. ATTENTION - FOLKS! Ruthie’s Restaurant will now be open 24 Hours a Day 7 Days a Week Come One—Come All!

nine of the 17 kids are home?” The others, he said, are either working, or going to school out of town. One of the three boys is in the army. He said the other childrep. who range from two to 22 years in age, thought the triplets were “pretty nice.” Already they are making plans to do some shifting about in the little frame house so they’ll have a corner for their cribs. "It takes a lot of arranging, but we’ll get by,” Erickson said. "We won’t have to mae many changes the first year anykway. We’re used to being crowded.” Hospital attendants said the condition of the babies and Mrs. Erickson was “good” today. The babies weighed 3-%, 4 and 5 pounds at birth. They were placed in an incubator.

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Regular Legion Meeting Monday The regular meeting Post 43. American Legion il held at the Legion home at?] Monday. No eats or Mr J will be served following >ng, as was incorrectly stataJ advertisement in Friday's J Democrat. —o I Berne Home Sold, To Move To Form Berne, March 6 - Mr. and] Karl Scare and family, been residing on North street here, have sold their h to Robert Shrock. They have chased the John Mason f ar) Wabash township and will on the farm soon.