Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 9 March 1948 — Page 6

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State Crown Battle Wide Open Affair / Indianapolis, March 9—(UP)— The scramble for the 38th Indiana high school basketball championship was an open affair today. Most of the title contenders were still "in” and were getting ready for the semi-finals this Saturday. If the race from now on has been considered an open affair, one thing was certain: there will be four new finalists battling for the Hoosier prep school trophy next week. Marion was the last of the 1947 finalists to be kicked out The Giants were swept off their feet by little Chester Twp. last Saturday. The other three finalists of last time —Terre Haute Garfield. East Chicago Washington and Shelbyville —were taken out in the sectionals. Contenders for “big four” berths at Muncie and at Indianapolis were the least experienced ones this year. Portland. Monroeville and undefeated Chester iTwp. have never reached the finals. Muncie Central, the host team at Muncie, has made it to the “state” six times. This was also first time for Chester and Monroeville to capture regional honors. But the Central Bearcats have to go all the way back to 1931 when they made the finals and won the cup by beating Greencastle in the championship tilt. This week, the Bearcats will meet dangerous Monroeville in the second afternoon game. The real thriller in Muncie's Walnut Street goalery ‘is expected to be the contest between Portland and Chester, which clash in the opener. Lawrenceburg’s Tigers are gunning for the title in Indianapolis. Bud Bateman's outfit reached the round of eight here last year by beating Pendleton. 45-41. They never got farther. At night, the Tigers lost to Shelby’s eventual

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state champs, 44-37. This time they face a Crawfordsville club that has beaten Lafayette Jefferson—one of the best —during the season. In the other bracket are Anderson's 1946 titlists, who have been in the finals 10 times, more often than any other quintet. The Indians have a date with mighty Madison in the afternoon. The Cubs have been victorious in semi-final championship play once. No newcomers are on deck in the all-powerful Bloomington district. Evansville Central and Bloomington, which have been in the finals thrice, and Jasper and New Albany, who made it once, will be paired in afternoon games. Peru’s Tigers, who moved into this week’s round by two narrow, one-point margins, has the role of the underdog at Lafayette. The Tigers, who have never been in the "big four,” face South Bend Central in the opener. 0 Plan Junior Baseball School Here Mar. 17 Hugh Andrews, district junior baseball chairman of the American Legion, today announced plans for a fourth district junior baseball school to be held here. The school will be conducted Wednesday night. March 17 at 8 o’clock at the Legion home. The school will consist of 30 minutes of junior baseball film. 30 miriutes on the 1947 vforld series and All-Star games and a question and answer period. Bil Clarkson, director of Americanism and athletics in the state Legion and a representative of the Ford Motor company, co-sponsors of the school, will direct the school. Mr. Andrews stated. The school will be conducted for the purpose of acquainting the boys of the community with the American Legion junior baseball program. All boys of the community who were under the age of 17 on January 1 of this year are eligible to participate in the program and are urged to attend the school. Mr. Andrews will be assisted by various members of Adams post 43 in staging the school. 0 William Henry Harrison was serving as county clerk of his home county in Ohio when nominated for the Presidency. o — Trade In a Good Town — Decatur I CORT o 0 ‘ — Last Time Tonight — | “BIG TOWN AFTER DARK” Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke & "KEY WITNESS” John Beal, Trudy Marshall 9c-30c Inc. Tax 0_ (I THURS. FRI. SAT. CHAS. STARRETT “BUCKAROO FROM POWDER RIVER” With Smiley Burnette O—O Coming Sun. — “Long Night” & “Smart Politics.” —o CLOSED WEDNESDAY

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Intramural League Results Announced The Maroons defeated the Eagles, 20-15, the All-Stars down- i ed the Pistons, 25-11, and the Cats | edged the London Bobbies. 23-20,1 in the lightweight division of the intramural league at the juniorsenior high school. 1 Maroons FG FT TP | M. Ladd, f 11 3 i P. Merriman, f 0 0 0 j M. Lister, c 2 15 C. Jones, g 2 0 4 C. Smitley, g 4 0 8 j M. Johnson, f 0 0 O’ — I ■ Totals 9 2 20'; Eagles | . FG FT TP i R. Strickler, f 2 1 5 D. Johnson, f 113 J. Thompson, c V 0 0 M. Smith, g 2 2 6| Gaunt, g 0 11 ( P. Johnson, f 0 0 0 Totals 5 5 15 All Stars FG FT TP R. Smith, f 10 2 Bollinger, f 10 2 C. Cottrell, c Oil B. Lenhart, g 0 0 0 F. Isch, g 6 6 18 K. Runyon, f 0 0 0 Odle, g 10 2 Totals 9 7 25 Pistons FG FT TP Busse, f 3 0 6 Egley, f 10 2 C. Somers, c .-. 0 0 0 J. Doan, g 1 O’ 2 R. Johnson, g Oil Callow, f 0 0 W McGill, g > 0 0 0 Totals 5 1 11 London Bobbies FG FT TP Kitson. f 2 0 4 McDonald, f 0 0 0 Lobsiger, c 10 2 D. Smith, g 2 3 7 Durbin, g 3 17 Totals S 4 20 Cats FG FT TP Macy, f 10 2 Cole, f 0 0 0 Daniels, c 6 0 12

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B. Smith, g 2 15 J. Johnson, g 2 0 4 Totals 11 1 23 (j Reds Take Honors In Junior Tourney The Reds copped the finals in the Decatur Junior high school basketball tournament, defeating the White Sox, 33-17, after, eliminating the Yankees in the semifinals, 31-17. Yankees FG FT TP Refdenbach. f 2 15 Thompson, f 0 0.0 Engle, c 3 3 9 Metzer, g 113 Andress, g 0 0 0 Gilbert, f 0 0 0 Totals 6 .5 17 Reds FG FT TP Foor, f 3 0 6 Roe, f 4 0 8 Gaffer, c 71 15 Conrad, g 10 2 Ritter, g 0 0 0 Lobsiger, f ....■ 0 0 0 Yoder, g , 0 0 0 L. Andrews, g 0 0 0 Totals 15 1 31 Reds FG FT TP Foor, f 5 0 lflf Roe, f 3 0 6 Gaffer, c 8 1 17 Conrad, g 0 0 0 Ritter, g 0 0 0 Lobsiger, f 0 0 0 Yoder, g 0 0 0 Andrews, g 0 0 0 Totals 16 1 33 White Sox FG FT TP Isch, f 12 4 Brunner, f 0 2 2 T. Cole, c 2 0 4 Lawson, g 1 O’ 2 Schieferstein, g 2 15 Blackburn, f 0 0 0 Nelson, g 0 0 0 Totals 6 5 17 0 PRO BASKETBALL National League Fort ,Wayne 55, Flint 51. Anderson 99, Syracuse 62. Minneapolis 65, Sheboygan 55 (overtime).

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SPORTS BULLETIN Lansing, Mich., 9 — (UP) — President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey league today named Billy Taylor of the New York Rangers and Don Gallinger of the Boston Bruins as the players allegedly linked with gambling on hockey games. He ordered the expulsion of Taylor from hockey for life and the indefinite suspension of Gallinger. 0 l Officials Named For Semi-Finals Indianapolis. Mar. 9 — (UP) — The Indiana high school athletic association today announced the following officials to serve at the four semi-final high school basketball tournament sites Saturday: At Bloomington — Marvin Todd, Jack O'Neal, Jim Crowe and George Bender. At Indianapolis — C. N. Phillips, Walter Thurston, William E. Point-1 er, and Clyde Castle. At Lafayette — Paul Bateman, Roland Baker, Ray Lackey, and W. N. Reimann. At Muncie — Dean Malaska, Allen Klinck, G. P. Silver and Robert Hoffman. o 5 Stay Os Execution ‘ Is Granted Killer 3 Shelbyville, Ind., March 9 —(UP) — Robert Austin Watts, condemned killer of an Indianapolis housewife, today was assured he would not die in the electric chair on May 10. Though the plea of Watts’ attorneye for a new trial was denied yesterday by Shelby circuit ( judge Harold G. Barger, the judge I was required by state law to issue a 90-day stay of execution. ’ Watts was convicted in January and sentenced to die following a two-and-a-half-week trial here. He was found guilty of the sex slayt ing of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney in . her northside Indianapolis iiome ’ last Nevember. ) _ ? Adams County Men J learned Directors ’ Berne, March 9 — Henry Rumple and Ivan rluse.r of this community s were elected directors of the rural electrification membership corporation at the annual stockholders’ meeting held at Portland. The or3 ganization embraces all of Jay, ' Blackford and Randolph counties 0 and parts of Adams and Wells II counties. 0 o Nurse Representative 1 To Be At Two Schools ’ A representative of Ball MemV arial hospital school of nursing will 5 be at the Pleasant Milla high school 7 March 11 from 1 to 2 p.m. and at 0 the Monmouth high school from 0 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. to talk with young 0 women interested in nursing. Par--0 ents will be welcome at the confl ference. The next class of students enters 3 the nursing school on June 15. o p Farmers Meeting 2 Here On Thursday 4 21 A number of farmers are expect--5I ed here Thursday to hear Dr. C. R. 0 I Rex of the Great Lakes laborator0> ies, Toledo, Ohio, who will speak _ on the use of fertilizer. 7 The meeting will be held at the city hall, beginning at 2 p.m. W. C. Blalock, manager of the Decatur Canning Co., will be chairman of the meeting. _o Secaur-Upholstering 55 Phone 1686 T

Seven Delegates By • Finland To Moscow ' i Negotiate Alliance / With Soviet Russia Helsinki, Mar. 9—(UP)— Fin- 1 land will send a seven-man dele- ’I gation headed by Premier Mauno s Pekkala to Moscow to negotiate 1 cn an alliance with Russia, the I foreign office announced today. J. Foreign minister Carl Enckell will be a member of the delegation going to Moscow in response to an invitation from Premier Josef Stalin to discuss a pact of friendship and defense. The naming of the Finnish dele- t gation closely followed the deci- i sion by President Juho K. Paasi- t kivi, after consultation with the I cabinet, to accept Stalin's invi- 1 tation. Pekkala will serve as chairman t of the delegation and Enckell as • deputy chairman, the foreign 1 office statement said. Reports circulated earlier that Pekkala had asked that for reasons oi ’ health he not be considered foi the leadership of the delegation, j Pekkala was authorized to sign any documents drafted during the ( rnegotiations, the foreign minis- j try said. ( Other members of the delega- j tion were vice foreign minister ( Ceinhold Svento. interior minister j Yrjoe Leino, Onni Peltonen, Dr. t Johan Otto Soederhje’.m and Urho i Kekkonen. i The foreign affairs committee s of the cabinet met for an hour this morning to draw up the list ‘ of negotiators. o t! INDIANAPOLIS LIVESTOCK , Indianapolis, March 9. —(UP) — ( (PM A) —Livestock: j Hogs. 8,000; fairly active, generally 50 lower than Monday bulk trade; good and choice 160-225 lbs 22.75, top 23.00; 225-280 lbs 21.0022.50; 280-300 lbs 20.50; 300-350 lbs 18.75; 350-400 lbs 19.50; 100160 lbs 17.75-20.25. Sows also about 50 lower, at mostly 17.00 and J 18.00; few’ choice lightweights 18.sff. Cattle, 2.60 Q, calves. 500: light mixed yearlings and steers 900 lbs down, getting dependable action, fully steady, practically all buyers avoiding weightier cattier, weak to 50 lower; all lots good and choice yearlings 28.00; several loads good around 1000-1100 lbs steers 26.00- 1 27.00; bulk medium to good light mived yearlings 24.00-27.00; load strictly good heifers 27.00; load I lots top medium and good 25.0026.00; cows active, fully steady; good beef cows 21.00-22.50; vealers moderately active, steady, good I and choice 26.00-28.00. Sheep, 1,200; fat lambs moderately active, steady to spots 25 lower; short load good and choice 96-lb fed natives 22.50; loads nearly good near 90-lb fed Texas lambs 21.50; medium to good eligible 18.-(fO-21.00; slaughter ewes steady, medium to choice 8.00-11.00. o AGREES iContfnued from »"age I) ernment employes and other labor organizations for professed political purposes in February, 1947. I But at the time MacArthur made

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