Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 18 March 1948 — Page 8

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Muncie Shows Well Balanced Team In Final BY KURT FREUDENTHAL (United Press Sports Writer) Indianapolis, March 18 —(UP) — Muncie’s Bearcats will replace Marion as the Muncie semi-final representative in this Saturday’s schoolboy basketball finals. Coach Art Beckner’s boys have struggled through an up-hill battle in order to reach the “big four,” but their survival in the early rounds of the tourney is not as much a surprise as that in the case of Anderson. It was back in 1931 when Central grabbed its second state title. Pete Jolly tutored Central then and Beckner was his assistant. For the next few years Muncie did not produce a good enough club to go all the way. But Burris came up with some fine teams until Central took over again at the beginning of this season. By then Beckner was head coach at his alma mater. He had replaced Jolly during the war years and was grooming his boys quietly for the big show while teams like Evansville, Lafayette, La Porte and Hammond were in the hardwood spotlight. The Bearcats looked impressive in their first few games, losing only to a hot-shooting Richmond squad. They eased up in the latter half of the north central conference race but moved up again by beating Richmond in their regional. Since then Beckner’s teamworkconscious crew has been rolling steadily. Most observers expected | them to lose to Portland’s twicebeaten Panthers in the night game of the semi-finals last week but their third-period rallies were too much for the opposition. Like in Anderson’s case. Muncie has no actual standout performer. The team is composed of athletes who can trot their stuff as well on a gridiron, the cinder path or the diamond as they perform on a hardwood. Beckner’s boys are not as tall as most cage troupes go nowadays, but they make up in speed and in deft hallhandling what they lack in heighth. Their first stringers are led by veteran forward Marion Acton, a paratrooper during the

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war, Bob Newton and Homer Bradburn. The latter injured an ankle in the regionals but played last week again. Ted Harris is the tallest member on the squad. At six-foot-three he alternates at forward and center. Mack Rea, the regular pivot man, stands six-foot-two. That the outlook for Central’s fortunes are even brighter for 1949 is indicated by the fact that Acton, I Bradburn and guard Ken Delk are juniors. The Bearcats face a tough assignment this week, meeting powerful Evansville Central in the opener. If they’re beaten they can still look back on a good season. They also have the consolation that next year's club should be even more dangerous than this year’s edition. The Muncie roster: Hgt. Wgt. Class Marion Acton, f.. 5-10 180 Jr. Bob Newton, f 5-10 150 Sr. Mack Rea, c — 6-2 170 Jr. Homer Bradburn, g 5-11 175 Jr. Ken Delk, g 5-10 165 Jr. Ted Harris, f 6-2 150 Sr. Fred Powell, g . 6-0 165 Jr. Paul George, f 5-8 150 Sr. Bil Taylor, c 6-0 170 Sr. Joe Oettinger, g.. 5-8 150 So. 0 1 60 Students Report For Track Practice Sixty Decatur high school candidates have reported to track coach Harry Dailey at Worthman field this week and the Yellow Jackets ' first track meet of the season is scheduled for April 7 at Garrett. : Six meets have been scheduled for this spring and all of them will 1 be away from Decatur. The following lettermen will ' make up the backbone of the squad 1 this year: Baughn. Lehman, Kingsley, Heller. Gilbert, Myers. Bayles. Reynolds, McConnell, Bogner, Stinge- 1 ly, Foreman. Mills and Johnson. Several new candidates look I promising and Coach Dailey is . optimistic concerning his 1948 team. Local sports fans will get an opportunity to see the trackmen in action some time late in April or early in May when the annual Adams county meet is held here. Following is the complete schedule: 1 April 7, Garrett; April 20. Kendallville; April 22. Columbia City; April 27, Auburn; May 4, Bluffton; May 6. NEIC meet at Garrett; May 11, Ft. Wayne Central. It is believed the sectional meet will be held May 14 but the definite date has not been established. 0 Major League Exhibitions

New York (A) 8, Cincinnati (N) 7.

Washington (A) 11, Philadelphia (N) 7. Detroit (A) 6. St. Louis (N) 2 St. Louis (A) 13, Chicago (A) 1 Portland (PCL) 7, St. Louis (A) “B" 3. Minneapolis (ASSN) 4, Washington (A) “B” 0. St. Louis (N) “B” 13, Philadelphia (N) “B” 4. Cleveland (N) vs. Chicago (N), cancelled. New York (N) vs. Pittsburgh (N), cancelled. 0 PRO BASKETBALL National League Fort Wayne 74, Tri-Cities 56. Anderson 79, Indianapolis 77. Minneapolis 60, Toledo 56.

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Ray Lehman Os Jackets Named All-Conference Ray Lehman, leading scorer for the Decatur Yellow Jackets during the 1947-48 basketball season, has been selected as a member of the NEIC all-conference team for the season. The all-conference team was chosen by coaches of the eight schools in the Northeastern Indiana conference. Each coach voted for 10 players in the order of ability; a player listed as first received 10 points, and on down through the list to the 10th player, who received one vote. McGiffin, high-scoring Kendallville ace, who won the individual scoring championship, received 68 votes to top the vote-getters. Lehman was second with 53 votes. Each member of the first team will be awarded silver basketballs and the second five were given bronze basketballs. Bob McAlhany, the Yellow Jackets’ second leading scorer, was awarded honorable'mention. Members of the first team are: Schlosser, of Garrett, and Parker, of New Haven, forwards; Schooley, of Auburn, center: Lehman. of Decatur, and McGiffin, of Kendallville, guards. All are seniors except Schooley, a junior. Second team members are: Gladieux, of New Haven, and Fahl, of Columbia City.• forwards; Poer, of Garrett, center; Karch, of Bluffton, and Patterson, of Warsaw, guards. Poer is a junior, all others are seniors. Players voted honorable mention are: Stalf, Columbia City; Grimm. Scott and Smolinske, of Auburn; Pearson and Clark, of Garrett; Shepley, of Warsaw; McAlhaney. of Decatur; Minev and Klenke, of New Haven.

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Public Sale As I am unable to take care of my livestock I will sell at public auction 2’A miles southeast of Decatur. Ind., on road No. 33. Thursday, March 25 at 12:30 P. M/ 20—HEAD OF CATTLE—2O Ayreshire cow, 3, fresh, calf by side; 2 Red Poll cows (twins) both will freshen soon with third calves; Red Poll cow, 4. milking 2 gal., bred Dec. Ist; 2 Guernsey cows, 3 & 5 yrs. old, be fresh first of April; Guernsey cow. 4, be fresh May 11th; Guernsey cow, 3, was fresh last Nov.; Guernsey heifer, be fresh in May; Durham heifer, be fresh in April; 6 coming 2 yr. old heifers, will be fresh in Summer; 1 Heifer; 2 Holstein bulls, coming yearings: 1 Durham bull. 14 mo. old. SHEEP AND HOGS 9 Good ewes with lambs by side; 1 buck; Extra good spotted Poland sow will farrow second litter May 6th, raised 11 pigs first litter; 16 feeder hogs about 100 lbs. each. FEED: 200 bales alfalfa and timothy mixed hay; 300 bushels good yellow corn. , HORSE: Grey Mare. 11 years o’d. MISCELLANEOUS Wagon and Rack; Mower; Large Copper Kettle. The following consigned by Bud Fisher: Sergeant 2 cylinder manure loader with buck rake combined; Spike Tooth Harrow, like new; Case Tractor Planter with fertilizer attachment, planted 30 acres; Case Tractor Disc; Buzz Saw, good; Horse drawn disc; Dump rake; End gate seeder, mounted on two wheel cart; Grapple fork; Wagon running gear; 4 wheeled rubber tired trailer; Oil Tank and pump. 50 gal.; Bunch of Steel Pullies; 2- 30 gal Oil Drums; Never Freeze hog fountains, almost new; Small Stock Tank, like new; Fanning Mill; Small Grain Drill. TERMS —CASH. Not responsible for accidents. ALBERT GAGE OWNER Roy S. Johnson & Son —Aucts. Melvin Liechty—Auct. E. W. Baumgartner—Clerk. 18 23

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Delay Opening Os State Deer Hunting Indianapolis, March 18 —(Special) — Favoring an open season on deer in certain southern counties, Indiana department of conservation officials oppose such actions until hey have been granted definite authority to issue regulations vital to public safety. “It is believed that the present state law does not empower the conservation department to control the type of firearms for deer-hunt-ing purposes,” Director John H. Nigh said today. Fear that “more people than deer would be killed” if an open season was effected this year was expressed by Nigh. o Nominee For 'Oscar' At Local Theater “Crossfire,” o be presented at the Adams theater Friday and Saturday, is one of the nominees for the annual award of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences at their dinner to be held Saturday night in Hollywood. “Crossfire” is one of the small group of best pictures of the year to be voted on for the annual “Oscar” award. Two memebers of the cast of the picture were also honored by being nominated for their acting in the production — Robert Ryan as male supporting player, and Gloria Grahame as female supporting playerd. Others in the cast of “Crossfire,” which treats of a theme never before presented on the screen, include Robert Young, Robert Mitchum and Sam Levene. o Robert Spiegel Joins U. S. Air Forces Robert M. Spiegel, local World War II veteran, has enlisted in the U. S. air force at Baer Field. Fort Wayne. Spiegel served with the signal corps during the war and was a qualified radio operator. He was given the grade of sergeant and received an assignment at Baer Field by Lt. A. M. Cismowski, personnel procurement officer at the air base. Baer Field reportedly is fast becoming a beehive of activity with the activation of reserve and national guard units. Former

service men have been joining the inactive reserve since the lifting of limitations for receiving grades held at the time of discharge, according to Lt. Cismowski. Most recent regulations, he stated, provide that a former serviceman may retain the grade he held at the time of discharge regardless of tho discharge date. Reservists may also apply for two weeks active duty each year. This is optional. a— G. E.'s Backlog Os (Orders Eliminated Scheneectady, N. Y„ March 18 — Due to an increased production rate, now five times that of the prewar level, the General Electric company’s small and medium motor divisions announced today that its backlog of orders for popular ratings of single-phase integral - horsepower motors has been virtually eliminated. William H. Henry, manager of the divisions, credits the production boost to increased manufacturing facilities. At the company’s River works at Lynn, Mass., motor production facilities were more than doubled last year. At the same time, a temporary plant, utilizing all new equipment, was set up at San Jose, Calif. In a short time,

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