Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1949 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Upset Huntington, 4 ” * 3

Decatur Hands Vikings First Loss Os Season Decatur's Yellow Jecyets turned, “giant killers" Tuesday night, handing the highly rated Huntington Vikings uheir first defeat of the season by a 42-39 score at the Yellow Jackets gym. Huntington had piled up an Impressive winning streak of 11 games without a loss this season and has been consistently rated in press association polls among the 10 top teams in the state. The Jackets, considerably outsized by the taller Vikings, put up their best game of the season, with the starting five playing the entire game without a substitution. iDecatur drew first blood when Harold Bohnke tapped ill a rebound after Dan Freeby missed a free throw, but Huntington quickly moved into the lead and the Vikings were on top at the end of the first quarter, 10-5. Huntington seemed on Its way to extending its winning streak when the Vikes hit a pair of field goals to open the second period but the Jackets finally began to find their shoottag eyes, pulling within one point of the visitors, 17-16, at the half. The third quarter was a nip and tuck affair, with the lead changing hands frequently. With one minute of the period to play, Decatur was out in front by a single point. 30-29, but Sam Bogner converted a free throw, Kenny Grant hit his third fielder of the quarter and Bohnke, added a foul toss to put the Yellow Jackets on top, 34-29. as the final minutes of play opened. Bogner hit a pair from the field in rapid fire fashion ami Decatur boas'ed a nine-point margin. The Jackets, sensing one of the season’s biggest upsets was in their hands, began to play carefully, and the Vikings, battling desperately to preserve their winning streak, were unable to make a serious threat to the Decatur margin, their closest approach being the final threepoint margin which marked the Decatur triumph. The Yellow Jackets had no individual stars last night, the five starters and finishers all playing treat ball throughout, taking excellent care of their taller opponents, (specially on rebounds. Bogner finished as Decatur’s leading scorer with 14 points, followed by Freeby with 12. For Huntington, Dick Hendricks was the Willys Cars & Trucks ALSO USED CARS See “Doc” Vizard DOC’S CAR DOCK MMMftftMWWWUMUMMWV ■ il w U W i W waMyvwVV 1 Tonight & Thursday | o OUR BIG DAYS! First Show Tonight 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! I o o FIGHTING FOOLS! IgA Gallant legion bwO ALSO—Short* ’4c-40c Inc. Tax -0 Fri. & Sat—“Fcrsign Affair" Jaan Arthur. John Lund -0 Tue*. — Danny Kaye i* Born" - Color

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Columbia City at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Monmouth. Geneva at Pleasant Mills. Monroe vs Monroeville at Berne. Jefferson vs Hartford at Berne auditorium. Kirkland at Washington Center. Berne at Fort Wayne Central Catholic. top point-producer with 14 markers, trailed by Jerry Hiers with 12. The Yellow Jackets will appear at home again Friday night, entertaining the Columbia City Eagles I in a Northeastern Indiana confer- [ ence engagement. Decatur FG FT TP Freeby f —.5 2 12 Bohnke f . 3 17 Thomas c.. 0 0 0 Grant g 4 1 9 Bogner g 6 2 14 TOTALS IS 6 42 Huntington FG FT TP Hendricks f ...... 6 2 14 Hiers f .... —5 2 12 H. Smith c .. 1 0 2 Passwater g.. 2 0 4 Wood g .. 2 3 7 J. Smith f - 0 0 0 Shultz c .... .... 0 0 0 Streit g — 0 0 0 TOTALS 16 7 39 Referee:— Tatum. Umpire:— Byerly. Preliminary Huntington 23, Decatur 21. Si. Joe Rallies To Defeat Jefferson The St. Joe eighth graders of' this city, rallying in the final period, defeated Jefferson junior j high, 15-12, to maintain their unde-j seated record in the Adams county, jnnior high school league Tuesday' afternoon. Jefferson led at the first quarter. 6-2. at the half. 10-6, and at the I third period, 12-10, but St. Joe tallied five points in the final quarter while holding Jefferson scoreless. Gaffer led the winners with seven points, and Butcher topped Jefferson with eight. St. Joe FG FT TP Wilder, f 0 1 11 Gaffer, f 3 17 Gass, c 0 0 01 Gage, g 0 0 0 Brunton, g 2 1 5 j Hackman, f 0 0 Ot Meyers, c 0 0 0 Mendez, g 1 0 2| Totals 6 3 15 Jefferson FG FT TP Butcher, f 4 0 8 Stoltz, f 0 0 0 Switzer, c 10 2 Charleston, g 0 0 0 Stuber, g 1 0 2 Hammitt, g 0 0 0 Johnson, g 0 0 0 Totals 6 0 12 Pro Basketball BAA Chicago 115, Providence 104. Washington 84. Philadelphia 78 Boston 75, Baltimore 69. Indianapolis 63, New York 58. ASKS CONGRESS (Cont. From Fage One) point anti-inflation program with a i warning that we must not “float I along carelessly on a postwar boom until it collapses." He asked for vigorous expansion of business, greater output, lower prices and ■ avoidance of monopoly and restrictions. Trnilr In n Cowl Town — Drcntur DAY*GRILL OPEN 23 Hrs. — 59 Min. Daily CORT THURS. FRI. SAT. Hopalong Cassidy “DEAD DON’T DREAM” , —o—o—- — Mon. Tue*.—'Stagestruck" A “Dartdevils of the Cloud*" -0 CLOSED WEDNESDAY

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Eagles Upset Cardinals By 29-26 Score The .Monmouth Eagles, leading all the way. knocked over the favored Geneva Cardinals, 29-26, at the (Monmouth gym Tuesday night. The Eagles led at all periods. 11-4,13-9 and 23-17, but were forced \> s ave off a bitter Geneva rally in the final quarter to come through to their fourth victory of the season. Monmouth's scoring was exceptionally well balanced, Graft showing tihe way with nine points. For the Cardinals. Stanley was the seori ing leader with 14 points. | Monmouth will entertain the Dejcatur Commodores at Monmouth i Friday, and Geneva will play at Pleasant (Mills, also on Friday. Monmouth FG FT TP Harvey f 2 2 6 Merriman f 3 0 6 Singleton c 10 11 Kukelhan g 3 17 Graft g 4 1 9 ( Bultemeier g 0 0 0 TOTALS 12 5 29 Geneva FG FT TP Stanley f 6 2 14 Farrar f 3 0 6 MacWhinney c 113 Smith g o 11 Robinson glO 2 Hart c 0 0 0 TOTALS 11 4 26 Referee:— Leakey. Vmpire:— McAfee. Preliminary .Monmouth 20, Geneva IS. Engineers Named By Highway Department Indianapolis* Jan. 5 — (UP) -- Chairman designate Samuel C. Hadden of the Indiana state highway commission today announced the ' appointment of chief engineers of the states six highway districts. 1 George Lutz, present Elkhart city engineer, was renamed as chief engineer of the Fort Wayne Harriet. Lutz fonnerly held the 1 same post. Hadden said. Other new district engineers in eluded Frank McVaugh, Pendleton. Greenfield district; Jerome Dustin. Seymour, Seymour district: James Sheldon, Anderson. Crawfordsville district: John A. Kelly, Michigan City. LaPorte district, and John W. Yaw, Sullivan. Vincennes dis trict. CHINESE REDS (Oont. From Pane One) cant, these reports said, because the government is planning to invite the U. S.. Russia. Britain and France to mediate in future peace . talks with the communists. Motorcycle registrations in Minnesota jumped from 3,435 in 1945 to 9,359 last year.

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H. S. Basketball Peru 50, Indianapolis Warren Central 33. Madison 42, Shelbyville 29. Kendallville 44, LaGrange 38. Evansville Bosse 56, Princeton 51. Evansville Memorial 44, Washington Catholic 37. East Chicago Roosevelt 52. South Bend Adams 45. Huntingburg 66. Evansville Reitz 50. Brazil 64, Clinton 36. Vincennes 59, Terre Haute Garfield 41. Terre Haute Wiley 41, Sullivan 19. West Lafayette 43, Crawfordsville 24. Columbia City Defeats Berne Tuesday Night The Columbia City Eagles proved too tough for the Berne Bears Tuesday night, the Eagles racking up a 55-35 victory over the Bears on the Columbia City floor. Columbia City held a 34-22 ad I vantage at the half and gradually increased this margin in the final j two periods. Jack Stalf paced bite Eagles to victory, counting 24 points on 10 field goals and four foul tosses. Eichenberger was outstanding for the Bears with 19 points in a losing cause on seven fielders and five from the charity stripe. Berne will play Central Catholic it Fort Wayne Friday night, while Columbia City meets the Decatur Yellow Jackets at the local gym Friday. Columbia Ci|y FG FT TP Adams f 2 2 6 S aif f 10 4 24 Lloyd c 4 4 12 Clapp g 2 4 8 Kruger gl2 4 Coy f... 0 0 0 Tucker g 0 0 0 Lickey g 0 11 TOTALS 19 17 5* Berne FG FT TP Krehbiel f 10 2 Weller f 0 0 0 Atigsburger clO 2 Eichenberger g 7 5 19 Habegger g 2 3 7 , Liechty f 113 T. Lehman f 0 0 0 Steiner c 0 0 0 Winteregg g 1 0 2 TOTALS 13 9 35 Referee:— McSwane. Umpire:— Bobilya. Preliminary , Berne 39. Columbia City 38. College Basketball ' i De Pauw 59, Hanover 57. Franklin 47. Anderson 39. Huntington 46. King's College 45. Dayton 57. Manchester 48. 1 1 North Carolina State 76. Canisius 60.

Monroe Downs Pleasant Mills By 51-28 Score The Monroe Bearkatz, on top by only six points in a slow first half, speeded up after the intermission to defeat the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 51-28, at the Berne high school gym Tuesday night. Monroe led, 14-8, after a lowscoring first half. The Bearkatz’ scoring was well divided, Ehrsam leading with 13 points, followed by Habegger with 12 and Hoffman with 11. Suman topped the Spartans with 13 points. Monroe will meet the Monroeville | Cubs. Fort Wayne sectional and I regional champions, at the Berne i gym Friday night, while Pleasant i Mills will entertain Geneva, also j on Friday. Monroe FG FT TP C. Lehman, f 12 4 Hoffman, f 3 5 11 Habegger, ,c 6 0 12 Ehrsam, g — 4 5 13 Rowdon, g 2 15 D. Lehman, f 2 2 6 Funk, g 0 0 0 Totals 18 15 51 Pleasant Mills • FG FT TP Price, f 0 0 0 Hirschey, f 1 0 2 Ripley, c 1 2 4 Suman, g 6 1 13 Miller, g 1 4 6, Watkins, g 11 3i Totals 10 8 28 Referee:—Lehman. Umpire:—Strickler. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 27. Monroe 15. Hill-Billy Singer Files For Divorce Hollywood, Jan. 5— * (UP) — Hilbbilly singer Judy Canova set out today to make a “trial separation” from her husband a permanent affair. She filed a divorce suit ctytrging her husband, 'Chester England, with cruelty. Site asked custody of their four-year-old daughter, Julieta. A property settlement has been arranged and site asked only a dollar a month support for the child. Trade In a Good Town — Decatut

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CENTRAL SOYA LEAGUE (End of First Half) Solvent won three from Pencil Pushers; Blue Prints won two from M & R; Bag Service won two from Dubs; Truckers won two from Traffic; Better Halves won two from Feed Mill; Wonders won two from Master Mixers. Standings W L Traffic 33 18 Wonders 30 21 Blue Prints 29 22 Solvent 29 22 Feed Mill 26 25 Better Halves 26 25 M & R 25 26 Bag Service 24 27 Master Mixers 23 28 Truckers 21 30 Dubs 20 31 Pencil Pushers 19 32 High series: Women — Mac Lean [5lB. High games: Women — Mac Lean 1 200. Men — Mann 223, Friend 203, Miller 204. WOMEN'S LEAGUE (End of First Half) Standings W L Central Soya 40 11 Mies 38 13 Hill-Smith 37 14 McMillen 33 18 South Budd 31 20 Hoagland 30 21 Duo Therm 27 24 Gass 26 25 Mutt’s 24 27 Sutton 24 27 Bag Service 23 28 Duabar 21 36 Kent 21 30 BPW 18 33 Decatur Ind — 18 33 Mirror IS 33 Gottschalk 16 35 Bank 14 37 High games: Conrad 210, Way 194, Noil 182, Schafer 181, Halberstadt 180. York 176, Odle 175, E. Youse 171. • Investigate Death Os Man Along Tracks Richmond, Ind., Dec. 5 — (UP)— Wayne county authorities today investigated the death of Walter Basson, 65-year-old Milton 1 painter, whose body was found on a railroad right-of-way south of Cambridge City late yesterday. Authorities believed Basson was killed by a Connersville-to-Muncie Nickle Plate train Monday might. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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