Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 291, Decatur, Adams County, 10 December 1948 — Page 8

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Annual City Series Opens Monday Night The first game of the annual city series for the grade school basketball championship of Decatur will be played at the Catholic' school gym Monday evening at; 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today. This first battle of the two out of three series will pit Junior high against St. Joe for the trophy now held by Junior high. Bassed on comparative scores, the two Decatur teams appear exceptionally well matched. Both teams won overtime battles ‘ from Hartford, St. Joe by four points, 26-22, and Junior high by two potnis, 24-22. Both lost to Monmouth, St. Joe 21-15 and Junior high 23-18. This series has for years been one of the high spots in the basketball season in Decatur, and this season promises to be no exception. The teams will he battling for possession of the Wemhoff trophy, donated many years ago by George Wemhoff,’ well known Decatur monument dealer and sports fan. It is now in the possession of Junior high. The fifth and sixth grade teams of the two schools will meet in a preliminary game at 6:30 o’clock Monday, with the city series tilt one hour later. Admission prices will be 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults. POWER PLANT (Cont. From Page One I power or light. Doctors and nurses worked over the injured by flashlight or under the flickering g.ow of cigarette lighters. The heaviest damage at the plant was confined to the ground floor and basement. The structure is equivalent in height to a seven-story building, but there are no other floors. CHAMBERS (Cent. From Page One) consequences to himself. I cannot share this indispensible ordeal with anyone. "Therefore, with a quiet and firm mind, I am withdrawing from among the colleagues with whom I have worked for so many years and whose support has been loyal and generous." The attorneys, John McKim Minton and William F. McNulty, would not say how long they had been Chambers’ attorneys. 11l IM DIB I Sunoco & American U BATTERIES ■ fully guaranteed ■> liberal exchange Phone 103 V DOC’S CAR DOCK ■ 1.111111 l ■ ■ ■

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Fort Wayne Concordia at Yellow Jackets. Hartford Twp. at Berne. Geneva at Kirkland. Jefferson at Pleasant Mills. ! Monmouth at Hoagland. Saturday Monroe vs Ossian at Berne. Sian Heath Seis Two New Passing Records New York, Dec. 10 — (UP) — . Rubber-armed Stan Heath of Nev- ■ ada was credited with two new pasi sing records today and haileli as 1 1 the nation’s top pigskin-pitcher '. among the major college football , teams for the 1948 season. J Gene Rossides of Columbia also j established a new passing mark I for avoidance of in.erception. Johnny (Red) O’Quinn of Wake Forest 1 led the pass receivers, but 'Ellery Williams of Santa Clara, who didn't even finish among the top 20, set , two new pass-catching marks, according to the final official statistics released by the national collegiate athletic bureau. Heath, who won a backfield berth ,on the United Press all America j team, gained a total of 2,005 yards to break the yardage mark set last year by Charley Conerly of Mississippi. The wolfpack quarterback’s 22 touchdown throws also set a new 1 , standard. - ■ Rossides had only three interceptions in 112 passing attempts for [ the best -mark in the 12 years that | the N. C. A. B. has kept tabs on college football preformances. O’Quinn caught 39 passes that Covered 605 yards and produced seven touchdowns to beat Jim Pow-! ell of Tennessee and Bob McChesney of Hardin-Simmons for the pass-catching crown. Williams caught only 21 aerials but his average of 29.6 yards gained on each catch was a new high mark for the major colleges. And he caught nine touchdown throws — also a record. Heath, who topped the nation in total offense with 1,992 yards gained soley on passing, completed 126 , out of 222 passes for a percentage J of .568. Runerup was Jimmy Finks of Tulsa, who connected on 115 ! out of 214 throws for 1,376 yards, ! seven touchdowns and a percentage I of .537. Bobby Thomason of V. M. I. was I third with 95 completions in 177* tries for 1,252 yards; Jim Walthall of West Virginia was fourth with I 83 out of 164 for 1,136 yards, and ! Ed Songin of Boston college fifth with 83 out of 169 for 1,172 yards. Powell and McChesney each ’ caught 36 passes, but the Tennessee I end made his catches good for 462 . yards, while the Hardin-Simmons I Wingman's gained 445 yards. Bob I Larsen of Arizona was fourth in I pass receiving wi h 35 catches for j 408 yards and Jim Ford of Tulsa I fifth with 35 catches good for 403

Minor League Boss Rebuffed Over Projects Minneapolis, Minn., . Dec. 10— (UP)—Boss George M. Trautman who has sought to run the minor leagues with a firm hand, found himself rebuffed today on several pet projects as the little loops of baseball wound up an eventful convention. Trautman, attempting to offer guidance to the club owners in legislation he personally felt would be beneficial to baseball, found ; them voting against him on almost every turn. They defeated every amendment submitted on the controversial bonus rule, even though Trautman had urged them to give “special attention" to it and had recommended one proviso which would have established a universal ceiling of $6,000 for bonus players in all leagues both major and minor. Trautman also had urged the club owners to pass an amendment which would prohibit any player from driving the team bus, reminding the delegates of the tragedies which occurred in crashes which killed members of the Spokane, Wash., and Duluth, Minn., clubs. Instead, the club owners passed an alternate amendment which put a ceiling of SIOO a month as the extra amount which any team can pay a player for driving the bus or performing other outside duties l.vithout counting against the league salary limit. Still another Trautman-blessed amendment which fell on deaf ears was the proposal which would have prevented a club in the majors or high class minors from optioning players to two Yearns in the same league. The amendment, unanimously defeated, was designed to ward off the inevitable crith-ism which might ensue in the case of players from a parent club, being involved in a league championship game as opponents. "Such optional assignments | could prove very embarrassing.” Trautman said. "Supposing a player so concerned is unfortunate enough to make three errors and club B wins the game over club A as the result. I know you will get my point." The delegates—it seemed—didn’t get his point. The bonus amendments prompted the most impassioned speeches of the convention executive sessions, first from R. C. Torrence of the Seattle Pacific coast league and later from Qale-Gear, head of the Topeka. Kan., Western association club. Torrence made a plea for the privilege of helping youths from yards. In rushing, Fred Wendt of Texas Mines topped the ball carriers with 1,570 yards gained in 184 attempts for an average of 8.53 yards per tarry. His yardage and average-pen-carry both were new high ranks.

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poor families through college via the bonus rule. It fell on deaf ears. Gear became incensed over the practice of paying bonuses of ; any kind for young ball players. “You are all going crazy on this j bonus thing," he said. ”1 will give you two years before we face the complete collapse of our minor league structure. The i payment of big bonuses is all ; wrong—too late." . t' SW L J iimruru i N G. E. ALLEYS Fraternal League • K. of C. won three from Moose i' II: G. E. Club won two from Moose I II Standings W L Moose II 22 14 : Moose 1 17 16 1 K. of C 14 16 i G. E. Club 13 20 High games: Werling 211, Zelt • 200, Wolpert 210, H. Murphy 209. Monday Night League Flanges won three from Rotors; ' Shafts won two from Office. Standings W L j Office 18 12 ; Flanges .... 17 13 Rotors 16 14 Shafts 9 21 High series: H. Murphy 606 (206-237-163). High games: Geisler 205, Hilton 212, Shoaf 202, Laurent 223, Gage 200. Hancher 213, Schultz 233. i H. S. Basketball South Bend Washington 3G, Michigan City 35. Washington 52, Evansville Bosse 50 (overtime). Gary Froebel 30, Gary Tolleston 26. Lancaster Central 82, Wapakon-i I eta (O.) 37.

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Junior High Beats Berne, 23 To IB Decatur junior high bested Berne Thursday afternoon, 23-18, on the Berne court. Decatur led 12-10 at half time. L. Engle was high scorer for the victors with 12 points, and I Sprunger led Berne with 6. Decatur FG FT TP R. Parrish f — 0 11 Duff f 1 0 2 L.’Engle c ... 6 0 12 Conrad g Oil Carter*g / 0 11 Helm f 0 0 0 Kohne c 3 0 6 Reinking f — .... 0 0 0 Custer g 0 0 0 Pollock f —— 0 0 0 J. Engle g 0 0 0 Aurand c•- 0 0 0 ID. Parrish f 0 0 0 Blackburn g - 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 3 23 Berne FG FT TP Smith f ..... 0 11 Bixler f 1 0 2 Meyers c 2 0 4 Sprunger g 0 6 6 Reinhart g ................ 113 A. Liechty f 0 0 0 D. Liechty f 1 0 2 TOTALS . 5 8 18 College Basketball Franklin 68, Wabash 38. . Anderson 48, Evansville 47. DePattw 62, Hhnover*4l. Illinois Wesleyan 66, St. Joseph’s 51. Wisconsin 58, Missouri 42. Taylor Tourney Indiana Central 86, Taylor 57. Ohio Northern 50, Huntington 10. j Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

New Indoor Game At Geneva Tuesday A new indoor game "Skru-Ball” will be played at the Geneva high school gymnasium next Tuesday ! evening. This is baskethall and hardwood hockey played on wheels. , The players ride on 3-wheeled vehicles called “crash cycles.” The Geneva high school girls will play the women of the home economics , club. The second game will be between the farmers of Wabash township and the Geneva Marchants. These games are sponsored by the senior class of Geneva high school. Decalur Freshmen Beal Beme, 18-13 The Decatur freshmen defeated the Berne freshmen, 18-13. at the Yellow Jackets gym Thursday afternoon. Decatur Was trailing at the half, 11-9, but held Berne to a lone field goal in the second half. Everett was was Decatur’s scoring leader with 11 points, and Kaehr was tops for Berne with nine. Decatur FG FT TP Everett f - 5 1 11 Pollock f 1 0 2 Kolter c ..... 0 0, 0 Stocksdale g 0 0 0 Bell g - 0 0 0 Butler g 2 15 * TOTALS 8 2 18 Berne FG FT TP Kaehr f 4 19 Bertsch f 10 2 Klpfer c POO Mercer g 0 0 0 Sprunger g 0 0 0 Gerber g 10 2 TOTALS 6 1 13 I Red Hots Win 16th In Row Last Night The Pleasant Mills Red Hots scored their 16th straight triumph Thursday night, defeating the Berne Golden Shells, 53-34. Johnson was leading scorer for the Red Hots With 22 points, and Lehman paced Berne with 16. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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