Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 46, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1948 — Page 8

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Commodores Win; Yellow Jackets Los

Commodores Beal Monroe Friday Night Decatur’s Commodores, battling all the way, scored their second victory of the season Friday night, surprising the Monroe Bearkatz with a 42-40 decision at the Yellow Jackets gym in this city. With the exception of the first quarter, it was a nip and tuck struggle all file way. with the outcome in doubt until the final horn. Jim Meyer was the hero of the Commodores’ victory spurt, his basket from underneath after a long dribble and a clever fake, scoring the winning points in the dosing seconds. The Commodores started as though to put the game on ice early, roaring into a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bearkatz came hack with the opening of the second period, however, and pulled into a I*6-16 tie. The teams traded points for the rest of the quarter, the Commodores going to the dressings room at the half with a onepoint advantage, 20-19. A pair of quick long shots by Rowdon shoved Monroe into the van at the start of the third period, 23-20. but Dave Gillig hit a field goal, Johnny Kable clicked for a free throw and Dave Gillig added a foul toss to put Decatur on top, 2423. The teams were tied at the end of the third period, 26-26. Kaible and Hoffman traded field goals but Dick Gage hit to put the Commodores on top. Milt Habegger, however, grabbed two re-.. bounds and scored both times and'] Moiroewas out in front, 32-30. Meyer hit two quick ones but iHabegger again came through and the score was tied, 34-34. i 'Ehrsam hit a free throw, Meyer hit another field goal. Dave Gillig tallied a free throw and Hoffman half to go. Meyer tied the score on dropped in a two-pointer and Mon-' roe led, 38-37, with a minute and a a foul and Bill Gillig hit from close range to put the Commodores on top, 40-38. Rowdon, however, made his fifth fielder of the game and the j score was again tied, 40-40. The Jommodores then called time out, ivith only 20 seconds to go. Meyer then came through with his gamewinning 'bucket and the battle ended beifore Monroe could get in position for a shot. Meyer and Kable were knotted for high scoring honors for the Commodores with 13 points, and Habegger topped Monroe and both teams with 16 markers. The Commodores will meet the Lancaster Bobcats from Wells county at the Commodores gym Dec. 30, and Monroe will play Pleasant Mills at Berne Jan. 4. Decatur FG FT TP | Peterson f 0 0 0 | B B t I Sunoco 4 American BATTERIES ■ fully guaranteed | liberal exchange . Phone 103 | DOCS CAR DOCK | B ■ SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 LORETTA YOUNG “RACHEL AND THE STRANGER” Wm. Holden, Robt. Mitchum ALSO—Bhort» 14c-40c Inc. Tax —o TODAY — “Babe Ruth Story" Wm. Bendix, Claire Trevor ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax CORT SUN. MON.' TUES. ' Continuous Sun. from 1:15 1 “TRAIN TO ALCATRAZ” ! Don Barry, Janet Martin IS 15 & “I WOULDN’T BE 1< IN YOUR SHOES" l! DonTartle, Elyee Knox [j 14c-30c Inc. Tax —o— TODAY—"The Prairie” Alan Bax ter. Lenore Aubert. ALSO —ll “Superman" — 14c-30c Inc. Tax 1i rx/n-Q-o. 1

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Kable f 4 5 13 I B. Gillig c 2 0 4 D. Gillig g 3 2 8 Meyer g.. .1 5 1 13 i Gage f ...2 0 4 | Loshe f 0 0 01 Wilder c 0 0 0j TOTALS 17 8 421 Monroe FG FT TP C. Lehman f 0 1 1 1 Hoffman f 2 0 4 Habegger c 6 4 16! I Fhrsaiu g 2 5 9 I Rowdon g 5 0 10 (Funk f 0 0 0 TOTALS 15 10 40 Referee:— Zerkel. Umpire:— Hensel. Preliminary Alonroe 26, Decatur 22. MAJOR LEAGUE Swearingen won three from Mies; Super Service won three from Smith Bros.; West End won | three from Decatur Industries; Foley won two from Gay Mobil; Burk Elevator wop two from Ideal i Dairy. Standings W L Swearingen 31 14 Super Service 29 16 ' West End 27 18 Foley 26 19 i Burk 22 23 ' Hay 21 24 ' Ideal 20 25 ; Decatur Ind. 18 27 ! Mies 16 29 I Smith 15 30 High series; Mann 610 (182-202 226); Ladd 608 (187-212-209). High games. Krauss 202, D. Reidcnbach 211, Marbach 225, P. ■ Blceke 207. MINOR LEAGUE Kelly's Cleaners won four points 1 i from Central Soya; McMillen won four points from Hoagland Co-op; 1 Adams County Lumber won three points from Joe's Barber Shop; ; Mansfield Specials won three points from Macklin's Royals. Standings W L Pts. Kelley 28 14 39 Macklin 25 17 35 Adams 25 17 33 Central Soya 24 18 30 McMillen 22 20 28 Hoagland 17 25 24 Mansfield 16 26 20 Joe’s ... 11 31 15 1 High games: Schultx 207. P. Smith 205. MERCHANT LEAGUE Hoagland won three from Red Rock; Stewart won three from Schafer; Decatur Cab won two from Riverview; Lybarger won two from Meyer Service. , Standings W d Riverview ................ 29 16 Decatar Cab 28 17 Stewart 24 21 Meyer 23 22 Schafer 22 23 Red Rock : 18 27 Lybarger 18 27 , Hoagland 18 27 1 ' RURAL LEAGUE Standings W L VFW 32 13 Heyerly .4 — 28 17 i Bob s 24 21'

' Prickle's 22 23 Hi Ho .... 21 24 Shearer 21 24 1 Old Crown 20 25 ' Heart Club 13 32 High game-: Hammond 215. G. E. ALLEYS Fraternal League G. E. Club won three from K. of C.; Moose II won three from j Moose I. Standings W L ■ Mooke II 25 14 Moose 1 17 19 G. E. Club 16 20 K. of C 14 19 High series: Faulkner 632 (211212209). High games: A. Miller 224. Cook 217-203, Hoffman 223, Zelt 234, McIntosh 202-204, Custer 243, Laurent 224. Monday Night League Office won three from Flanges; Rotors won three from Shafts. Standings W L Office 21 12! Rotors 19 14 j Flanges 171116 1 Shafts 9 24 High series: G. Laurent 610 (197-200-213); Longsworth 603 (212-187-204). . High games: Custer 210, Schultz 209-203, H. Murphy 221. Mixed Doubles Nelson won three from Hiltys;' Murphys won three from Karjalas;' Laurents won two from Bakers; Appelman-Faurote won three from Basharas. Standings W L Murphys 24 9 Nelsons 21 12, Hiltys 18 15 Karjalas 16 17 Laurents 16 17 Appelman-Faurote 14 19 Basharas 13 20 Bakers 10 23 High games: G. Laurent 212,’Appelman 233, H. Murphy 213. Si. Joe 6lh Grade Beals Lincoln Five The St. Joe sixth graders edged out a 1-2-10 win over the Lincoln six h graders Friday afternoon, coming from behind to score the victory. The teams were tied at the first quarter. 2-2, and Llncol.t held a 6-5 lead at the half and an 8-7 mangin at the third period. Murtaugh and Schulte each scored four points for St. Joe, while Hancher tallied six for Lincoln. St. Joe FG FT TP Murtaugh f, 2 0 4 Schulte f 2 0 4 Zeser e 0 0 0 | Voglewede g._ 1 1-3 I York g .... 0 11 Geels f 0 0 0 Drum f 0 0 0 Voglewede t............. ... 0 0 0 Mowery g <• 0 0 0, Loahe e— 0 0 0 Faurote c . ....... 0 0 0 Titus g 4 0 0 0 Omlor * 0 0 •. Rumschlag g 0 0 O' Eyanson g 0 0 0 Meyers g .— 0 0 0. TOTALS 5 2 12

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

Jackets Lose To New Haven Friday Night New Haven’s Bulldogs swarmed over a drab Yellow Jackets quintet Friday night, scampering to a 44-28 triumph on their home court. It evened the NEIC record of the wo schools, who each have won one and lost two. Decatur was outscored and outplayed from the starting whistle. New Haven led 10-7 at the quarter, 14-9 at half-time, and 29-15 at the three-quarter mark. It took three and a half minutes | before either team could score. Finally Dan Freeby hit a free throw for Gold and Purple. George Bair followed with his only successful shot of the fray, a long one from the field. Norm Ellenberger brought home the Bulldogs’ first two-point-er. and Kenny Grant kept the Yellow Jackets safe with his only basket of the half. In quick order Gene Meyer, Bob Claus and Don Weinman put them through the hoop, and the New 'Haven five was in the lead forevermore. Forty-two of New Haven's 44 points were attained from the floor. Bulldog players missed ten of 12 opportunities from the free throw line. Decatur’s record on charity tosses was better, if that is any consolation; the Yellow Jackets hit six of 19 tosses. New Haven's defense was of the tight man-to-man variety, and aggressive. Many a Yellow Jacket pass or dribble was plucked from the air and turned into an enemy score. Marvin Meyers paced with 13 points and Ellenberger counted a dozen. Reserve forward Dick McConnell tossed six points for the Yellow Jackets, and four others scored four apiece — Doyle Liby, Kenny Grant, Harold Bohnke and a promising escapee from the second team, Sautbine. The despondent Yellow Jackets, I whose overall record now stands j j at four and two, will engage Cent- • jral Catholic — who slaughtered I New Haven December 8— at the Irish gym next Tuesday. The same evening New Haven will tussle with Columbia City in another conference game. f New Haven FG FT TP | F. Meyer f — 4 0 8 M. Meyer f 6 1 13 Weinman c '2 0 4 Claus g —•• 10 2 , Ellenberger g6O 12 Guisinger g 0 0 0 ! Burkett c1 0 2 ''Tatmanf.. 1 0 2 Roemer f 0 0 0 Bowser g Oil TOTALS 21. 2 44 Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Liby if 2 0 4 Bair f - 113 Thomas c ’.... 0 11 Freeby g 0 2 2 I Grant g 2 0 4 I Bohnke c 2 0 4 'McConnell f --- 2 2 6 li'MacLean g - 0 0 0 Sautbine g — 2 0 4 , Ogg f 0 0 0 ’ TOTALS 11 628 I Referee:— Collyer. 1 Umpire:— Klopfenstein. Preliminary New Haven 27, Yellow Jackets 20. College Basketbail Purdue 64. Nebraska 47-_’ Earlham 44, Allegheny 40. Hanover 64, Oberlin 47. ‘ Illinois Wesleyan 70, DePauw 69. Toledo 53, Valparaiso 50. Beloit 79, Indiana State 71. Evansville 71, Morehead 61. Centre 51. Rose Poly 36. St. Joseph’s 54, St. Benedict’s 48 (overtime. Findlay 45, Fort Wayne Concordia 38. Michigan 47, Colorado 38. Loyola of Chicago 65, Bowling 1 Green 62. Pro Basketball BAA Baltimore 74, Boston 63. Chicago 71, Indianapolis 67. 1 Philadelphia 87. New York 78. Lincoln • FG FT TP Hhncber f 8 0 6 a Halterman f _ 0 0 0 Neireiter c 0 0 0 McDougal g .... 10 2 Bair g 0 0 0 'Robihion f . 0 0 0 ’Eichenauer f .’—o 0 0 Call c 1 0 2 Lehman { .'. 0 0 0 I TOTALS 50 10

Jefferson-Madison Game Tuesday Night The Jefferson Warriors Will play at Madison next Tuesday night instead of Wednesday, as originally scheduled, according to an announcement today by iMarvin L. Snyder, Jefferson principal. Berne Defeats Bluffton Team In Overtime The Berne Bears, coming from i behind to throw the game into an extra period, edged out the Bluffton Tigers in a hard-fought battle, 30-28, on the 'Berne floor Friday night. The 'Bears led at the first quarter. A-6 and at the half, 20-19, 'but Bluffton came Iback to hold a 25-24 lead at the third period. With the Tigers leading and only 10 seconds to play, Krehbiel hit for Berne to tie the count at 27-27. In the overtime, Ted Lehman hit from the field to give Berne the victory. Krehbiel led Berne with 10 points and Gilliom topped Bluffton with 11. ;Berne will meet the Lancaster Bobcats at Berne next Tuesday night. Berne FG FT TP Krehbiel f ... 3 4 10 Weller f 0 11 Augsburger c — 0 0 0 Habegger g . 0 5 5 Eichenberger g 3 17 T. Lehman f 3 0 6 Liechty f 0 0 o* Steiner c —. .000 Winteregg g 0 11 TOTALS 9 12 30 Bluffton FG FT TP Blair f 0 2 2 Brewer f — 0 0 0 Straim c 2 0 4 Mertz g 2 15 Gilliom g —— 5 1 11 j Day f 0 11 ( Jamison f .* 0 0 0 Lockwood g 13 5 Markley g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 8 28 Referee: — Mertz. Umpire: — 'Havers. Preliminary Bluffton 25, Berne 21. H. S. Basketball Auburn 39, Garrett 33 Kendallville 54, Warsaw 41 Columbia Ci y 46. Pierceton 35 Fort Wayne North 46, Fort Wayne Central 38. Indianapolis Shortridge 26, Fort Wayne South 24. Monroeville 67, Harlan 29 Hartford City 55, Montpelier 29 Huntington 46, Alexandria 43 Lancaster (Wells) 31, Ossian 13 Latayette Central 51, Markle 25 Lafayette Jeff 43, Frankfort 37 Terre Haute Garfield 47, Crawfordsville 33. Bloomington 39, Terre Haute Wiley 36. Logansport 38, Peru 23 Martinsville 39, Seymour 28 Jeffersonville 50, Evansville Central 39. Madison 62, Southport 31 Bedford 53, Vineennss 42 Lawrenceburg 41, Greensburg 30 Batesville 51, North Vernon 43 Wabash 58, Rochester 56 (overtime). E wood 44, Tipton 41 New Castle 49, Rushville 35 Marion 36, Kokomo 35 Huntington 62, Petersburg 42 Greencastle 45, Delphi 43. NEW YORK JURY (Cont. From Page On»> gan, former head of the council on African affairs, a group listed by the government as subversive. Before McDowell returned to Washington last night, he discloied that he had uncovered some ‘very new" and "highly important' information about espionage in the government from the witnesses. Trade in a Gooa sown — Decatur

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Eagles Defeat Pleasant Mills By 40-20 Score The Monmouth Eagles, leading all the way, handed the Pleasant Mills Spartans a 40-20 defeaftat the Pleasant Mills gym Friday night. Monmouth was out in front at the first quarter, 9-3, at the half, 20- and at the third period; 32-10. Graft was the leading scorer for the Eagles with 12 points, while Price paced Pleasant Mills with eight,* six of them on free throws. The Eagles held the Spartans to only five field goals. Monmouth will iplay the Kangaroos at Kirkland next Tuesday night, and Pleasant Mills will be at Kirkland next Thursday. Monmouth . FG FT TP Harvey f 15 7 Merriman f 2 15 Singleton f '2 2 6 Kukelhan g 2 2 6 Graft g 5 2 12 Stoppenhagen c 0 3 3 Bultemeier g 0 0 0 Fuhrman g Oil TOTAIjS 12 16 40 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Price f 16 8 Hirschey f — 0 3 3 Ripley c 0 0 0 Swman g 10 2 Miller g ....*. 2 0 4 Bollenbacher f 0 11 Workinger c 1 0 2 Geyer g 0 0 O’ Watkins g 0 0 0 TOTALS 5 16 20 Referee:— Neuenschwander. Umpire:— Neuenschwander. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 23, Monmouth 20 (overtime). Intramural League Results Announced The Irish defeated the Knights, 21- the Wolverines downed the /Tarheels, 27-20, and the Razorbacks whipped the Boilermakers, 24-13, in intramural league games. Knights FG FT TP B. Smith, f 2.2 6 Kitson, f 0 0 0| Stucky, c 2 0 4 Ziner, g 10 2 P. Busse, g 2 0 4 Nash, f 0 0 0 R. Busse, f 0 0 0 McGill, g ....’ 0 0 0 Totals 7 2 16 Irish FG FT TP i Foley, f 0 1 J Ahr. f 0 1,1 ; Mac Lean, c 10 2 , Wefel, g 5 2 12 F. Isch, g 1 3 5 Johnson, f 0 0 0 Totals 77 21 Tarheels FG FT TP Nagel, f 1 0 2 Lehrman, f 2 1 6 Lister, c -• 4 19 Butler, g 0 0 0 Moses, g 2 0 4 Gray, f 0 0 0 Totals 9 2 20 Wolverines FG FT TP R. Smith, f 2 1 5 Stocksdale, f 3 0 41 Andrews, c 6 0 12 B. Smith, g 11 31 B. Hutker, g 0 11 To’als 12 3 27 Razorbacks FG FT TP I Stingley, f 3 17 I Peterson, f 2 0 4 . Grote, c 3 17 i D. Smith, g 10 2 ■ Cotteral, g 0 0 0 iC. Johnson, g 10 2 . Hott, g 10 2 > Totals 11 2 24 Boilermakers FG FT TP. ir R. Johnson, f 1 0 I

Decatur Stations Win Lions League Decatur Stations, with a record of five victories and one defeat, won the first half championship of the Lion independent net league, which ended this week. Blackstone Case was second with a 4 and 2 record, Linn Grove Hardware , wound up third with a 2 and 4 record, and the VFW wound up in the cellar with 1 and 5. The second round of play will be opened Jan. 5, with the schedule to be announced later. In final games this week, Blackstone defeated the VFW, 53-31, and Stations downed Linn Grove, 62-44. Blackstone FG FT TP B. Bulmahn, f 8 3 19 ! E. Bulmahn, f 13 5 G. Bienz, c —. 3 I s 7 Getting, g 4 0 8 Sommers, g 113 Kruekeberg, f 2 0 4 D. Thieme, g 3 17 Totals 22 9 53 VFW | FG FT TP Fisher, f 2 1 5j Singleton, f — 4 2 10 Mansfield, c 0 4 1 ( Cochran, g 5 2 12 Rickord, g 0 11 Mowery, f 10 2 9 Totals 12 3 31 Stations FG FT TP McElhaney, f., 7 0 14 Mahan, f 2 1 5 K. Schnepf, c 7 2 16 j Rice, g 3 0 6 D. Schnepf, g 9 0 18 * .V, King, f 0 0 0| Baughn, f 0 0 0 Hirschy, g 113 I Totals 29 4 62 Linn Grove FG FT TP D. Moser, f ....... 11 2 24 Steiner, f 3 17 Smith, c 1 0 2 Bixler, g 3 3 9 Grandlinard, g 10 2 Strickler, f 0 0 0 Totals 19 6 44 i Borne, f ..Jt 0 0 0 Forman, c 0 1 11 Plumley, g 3 0 6 Lane, g 2 0 4 Egley, f i.. 0 0 0 Totals ~6 1 13

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER

Hartford Win! Eighth Game I In Row Friday! The sectional chanip ion 1 Gorillas made it eight i nar l out a defeat Friday ni«4 S ming the Kirkland Kangal 33. on the Kirkland court. ■ After a close first quart J wd -led, 9-5, and incre J margin to 26-13 at the >3 Gorillas were on top at tfl period, 38-18. | Hartford’s attack was J ! anced, D ; Noll leading witl Arnold scored a similar nul pace Kirkland. 'Hartford will p! ay Gene l Thursday night, while Kirkll two home games next we J mouth Tuesday and PleasaJ Thursday. Hartford fg| . Monee f } I ' Dubach f . I ,D. Noll c . 5 1 ' Augsburger g ...... I K. Noll g ' 3 1 1 Martin f q I Meyers c 1 1 Isenhart g () | Wiekel g _ q I TOTALS 1 Kirkland FG ; J. Arnold if ■> Baumgartner f o * D. Arnold c 4 Troxel g 3 I H. Arnold g 1 Zimmerman f 0 Fiechter g q Byerly g ............. 0 TOTALS 1 Referee:— Garrett. Umpire:— Garrett. Preliminary Kirkland 26, Hartford IS. UN PARALLELE (Cent. From Page Oni Ihe potato program will co over 8100.000,000. Other record crops this j 1 eluded soybeans, peanuts, r cans and cranberries. In th record class were oats, s grain, potatoes, dry beans corn and citrus fruit.