Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1949 — Page 8

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Commodores Lose To Monroeville Cubk

Allen County Team Downs Commodores The Monroeville Cubs, playing before a near capacity crowd at the Decatur high school gym, turned loose their power in the second half Wednesday night to defeat the Decatur Commodores, 58-26. It marked the 17th victory of the season for the undefeated Cubs, who startled the state basketball world last year by winning the Fort Wayne sectional and regional tournament. The Commodores gave the champion Cubs a great battle throughout the first half but the greatly superior height and weight of Mon roeville told heavily on the much smaller Decatur quintet in the final two periods, particularly the last quarter, when the Cubs ran wild. Both teams played cautiously throughout the first period, with ' Monroeville holding a 4-3 lead at the close of the quarter. The Cubs j then quickly ran up a 10 3 margin but Jim Meyer hit a pair of field goals and Bill Gillig one to brine the Commodores wi hit) a single point at 10-9. Abner Lee ami : Johnny Kable traded fielders but Bearman connected for a field goal : and a free throw to give Monroe ville a 15 11 advantage at the half The Cubs began to make their superiority evident in the third J quarter, holding the Commodores 1 to five points while scoring 1! to hold a 29 1(1 third-period lead. The tiring Decatur lads could not keep up the pace in the closing minutes, with the Cubs scoring almost at will, and from all angles to turn a pretty good ball gaminto a rout. Abner Lee. the Cubs' center, par Willys Cars & Trucks ALSO USED CARS See “Doc” Vizard DOC’S CAR DOCK L JLA AX,.*, 4. J- AA AA XX X .L.L.’mLX “TtTttTtTtTtTt TTTTtvTTTt % — TODAY — Continuous from 1:30 “ISN’T IT ROMANTIC" Veronica Lake, Mona Freeman ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax BE SURE TO ATTEND! -0 FRI. & SAT. POL AGNES MOOREHEAD “*JbURL IVES • tom rowtis •w GCRNH OLI¥EISTEVE BRODIE Sun, Mon. Tues.—Walt Disney's “SO DEAR TO MV HEART" »♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦!»♦»*»»{»♦♦♦♦♦! IWIAMAWAAAAAWWWVWWV CORT TONIGHT and FRI. & SAT. ALLAN LANE “DESPERADOES OF DODGE CITY” ALSO—3 Stooges Comedy A “Superman" — 14c-30e Inc. Tax \ ’ o_o Sun. Mon. Tues. —Return Hit! “Green Grau of Wyoming"

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Kirkland at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Auburn. Hoagland at Monmouth. Berne at Angola. Geneva at Poling. Monroe vs Hartford at Berne. Jefferson vs Matjison at Berne Auditorium. Saturday Warsaw at Yellow Jackets. Jefferson at Petroleum. ed all scorers with 17 points, followed by Merrit Myers with 14 and Dick Reinking with 12. Kable was the leading scorer for the Commodores with eight points, followed by Dave Gillig with six. The Commodores will take on another county champion Friday night, entertaining the Kirkland Kangaroos at the Yellow Jackets gym. Monroeville FG FT TP Reinking, f 6 0 12 Bullinger, f 0 0 0 Lee, c 7 3 17 Bearman. g 11 3 Myers, g (I 2 14 Beucler, f 2 0 4 Rhodes, g 3 2 9 Totals 25 8 58 Decatur FG FT TP Kable, f 4 o s 1) Gage, f 1 0 2 ■l. Gillig, c 11 3 Meyer, g . 2 0 4 D. Gillig. g 2 2 6 Loshe, f 1 0 2 Peterson, g it 11 Hackman, g 0 0 0 Totals 11 4 26 Referee:—Carnes. Umpire: -Stephens. Preliminary Monroeville 35. Decatur 33. Four Games Carded In NEIC This Week With the Auburn Red Devils leading the loop with four victories in as many starts, four games feature this week's schedule in the Northeastern Indiana conference. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, with a .500 mark to date in conference play, will meet the undefeated Auburn quintet at Auburn Friday nigh', and return home Saturday to clash with the Warsaw Tigers in a game postponed from Jan. 18. Other conference tilts Friday night send Kendallville to Bluffton and Columbia City to Garrett. I Tlie conference standing: W L Pct. Auburn .......... 4 0 1.000 Kendallville ... .. 3 1 .750 Garrett 4 2 .667 New Haven I 3 .500 Decatur 2 2 .500 Bluffton 1 3 .250 Columbia City .... 1 3 .250 War aw 0 4 .000 The NEIC's Hi leading scorers, wi'h games played, total points, •nd average per game, are as follows: Name G TP Ave. C'ark, Garrett 6 85 14.2 Poer. Garrett 6 78 13 DeWitt, Garrett 6 57 9.5 Mr-Giffen. Kendallville 4 55 13.8 Kllenberger. New Hav. 6 55 9.2 Stalf. Columbia City.. 4 49 12.3 Weinman. New Haven 6 46 7.7 Wertenberger. Auburn 4 41 10.2 Lloyd, Columbia City 4 39 9.7 Thomas, Decatur .... 4 38 9.5 Fox Hunt Saturday In Union Township The Union townsiiin cons rvation •lub will sponsor a tox hunt Sattrday, it was announced today. Par-h-lpants were asked to meet at the Bleeke service station at 8 a.m. Saturday. HATsI DAY SERVICE g SAeeto I I Phone 359 ■ Shuffleboard Ladies play free From one to three. Riverview Gardens

New Albany Takes Lead Os Prep Quintets Indianapolis. Jan. 27 — (UP)— New Albany's twice-beaten high school basketball team today ruled as the mythical Indiana prep “king’’ as its Bulldogs took over No. 1 spot in the seventh weekly United Press rankings. Coach Gordon Raney.'s tall and rugged crew, typical of southern conference basketball, climbed the ladder to the top the hard way. It didn't break into the “big ten" until the fifth week of the poll, mostly because of losses to Evansville Central and Madison. But after surviving a flu epidem ic and injuries, the Dogs climbed slowly into the thick of the battle beginning next month for the state championship. Their display of power and knowhow against Jeffersonville last Friday convinced the experts that Now Albany had lost none of its strength which stamped it a favorite to win last year's state tourney. Anderson’s Indians, who were in the lofty top spot for five weeks, skidded to second place as the re suit of their 52 to 46 loss to Muncie Central, while Jeffersonville, beat en by both New Albany and Anderson last weekend, was third. Outside of that reshuffle, the only major change was Hammond's disappearance from the elite. Bob King's Wildcats, beaten in their last three outings in the western division of the northern conference, were replaced by Muncie Central, which is slowly rounding into tour ney form.

Two of the "big ten ’ were in ac tion last night and both triumphed Monroeville stretched its string 0: victories without defeat to 17 at the expense of Decatur Catholic. 58 to 26. and Brazil's Red Devils made it 13-1 by threshing Southport. 46 to 36. Elsewhere last night, Peru smacked Logansport, 44 to 38; Elwood edged Kokomo, 38 to 37; Marion nicked Wabash, 42 to 40. New Albany. Anderson, Muncie Central. Madison and Frankfort figure in the top games on this weekend’s card. New Albany hosts Madison Friday in an effort to get even forth three-point loss it suffered in its own holiday tourney final. Two more “big ten" members clash when Anderson goes to Frankfort, while Muncie, 53 to 44 winner over Hartford City Tuesday night, invades Indianapolis Tech witli hopes of keeping its north central conference title hopes alive. Outcome of tonight's South Bend Central ■ Mishawaka game may de termine the winter m the eastern division NIHSC title race Central’s Bears have won six in a row without a miss in the conference. Mishawaka was upset by La Porte last week. The Slicers, who won the title last year, are currently tied witli Mishawaka with five victories against one defeat. The seventh weekly U. I’, stand ings: 1. New Albany (won 12 lost 2). 2. Anderson (11-2). 3. Jeffersonville (12-4). 4. Huntingburg (12-2). 5. Muncie Central (11-4). 6. Lawrenceburg (14-1). 7. Madison (14-2). 8. Frankfort (11-3). 9. Brazil (13-11. 1((. Monroeville (17-2).

Well tegarded: Lafayette Jeffer son (lfl-5); Auburn (15-0); South Bend Central (10-4); TelkCity (14 1); Bloomington (11-4): Gary Mann (10-4); Evansville Central (9-4): Terre Haute State ('4-2); LaPaz • 15-0); Mishawaka (9-4); Winslow 115-0); Fairland (16-0. College Basketball Ball State 60. Canterbury 55. Indiana Tech 56. Tri State 42. Phillips Oilers 44, Cincinnati 34 Results Os Den Net Games Announced Den six defeated Den four. 26-4, and Den five defeated den three 32-0. in basketball games this week. Roger Dull tallied 14 points for den six and John Neireiter 12. while Alan Bogner counted two and Harold Summers and Harold Van Horn one each for den four. For den three. Jerry Bair tallied IS points. Allen Lehman eight, and Jerry Ittiodes. Don Duff and Tom Aurand two each. Pro Basketball BAA Fort Wayne RB, Philadelphia 80. Minneapolis 84. Chicago 49. New York 89, Providence 77. Baltimore 96. Washington 86.

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Office Open Tonight For Auburn Tickets The Decatur high school office will be open -from 7:30 to 8:30 o’clock this evening for fans wishing to purchase tickets to the De-catur-Auburn game at Auburn Friday night. A few tickets, both adult and student, are still available. W. Guy Brown, principal, announced. Fans planning to attend the game are urged to buy tickets here, as there likely will be no tickets on sale at the gym tomorrow night. Intramural League Results Announced The Dodgers nosed out the Yankees, 13-11: the Indians downed the Tigers, 14-11. and the Cardinals defeated the Cubs, 16-12, in intramural games in the Decatur junior high league.

Dodgers FG FT TP Engle f 2 1 5 Andress f . 0 0 0 Murphy c 1 0 2 Custer -g ........ 0 2 2 Aurand g 1 0 2 Thomas >f .. .1 0 2 TOTALS 5 3 13 Yankees FG FT TP Must f 2 0 4 Kiser f .... 001 Krick c 0 0 0 Secaur g ... 3 0 ( McDonald g .... 0 11 TOTALS 5 11 Tigers FG FT TF Rambo f.. 1 0 1 Roop f .... 1 0 Wolfe c .... 2 1 I Callow -g ...10, Gaskil g 0 0 I TOTALS 5 1 11 Indians FG FT TP Jim Carter f .... 3 17 Harvey f 0 0 0 Hutker c ....... ... 0 0 6 Jerry Carter g .... 3 17 TOTALS 6 2 14 Cubs FG FT TP Lehman f 0 0 0 Shaffer f 0 0 ( Sudduth c.. ... 2 0 4 Johnson g 0 2 2 Rambo g 2 2 6 Yoder f .. 0 0 0 Rowley f ... 0 0 6 TOTALS 4 4 12 Cardinals FG FT TP Kingsley f 1 0 2 Stitzer f ... ... 1 0 2 Lohsiger c ... 1 fl 2 Lawson g 3 17 Pollock g .... 113 •July f 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 2 16 Indianapolis Jets, Knicks Trade Men New York, Jan. 27 — (IT) - Scrappy Tommy Byrnes, last of th original New York Knickbockers .vent to the Indianapolis Jets today ! n a Basketball Association of America trade that brought rookie lay Lunipp to the Knicks. Ltunpp, former New York Vni versity star, led the Jets in seorng this season with 453 points in 17 games, while Byrnes, a Knickerbocker reserve, has hooped 200 in '5 contests. I.umpp will don a New York uniform against the Phila k.phia Warriors tonight. No cash was involved in the deal. H. S. Basketbail Warsaw 36. Pierceton 30. Andrews 34, Huntington Catholic ’fl. Harlan 61, Huntertown 42. Culver 36. South Bend Riley 29. Gary Froebel 42. Gary Wai 'ace 32. Hobart 52, Garv Wirt 46. Brazil 46. Southport 36. Peru 44. Logansport 38. Franklin 58, I’nion 43. Indianapolis Broad Ripple 39.' Indianapolis Washington 27. OHwood 38. Kokomo 37. Marion 42. Wahash 40. Stay Os Execution Is Denied Slayer Indianapolis. Jan 27 — (VP) — Robert A. Watts' last chance to escape execution in the electric chair npparentlv failed to-iay when the state supreme court refused to grant a stay of execution. Watts' convicted a year ago of the sex-motivated shotgun slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney of Indianapolis. is scheduled to die next Tuesday. Trade in a Gov? lev. — Decatu

Si. Joe Champions Os South Division The St. Joe eigjith grade team of this city won the southern division title in the Adams county junior high league Wednesday afternoon, defeating the Hartford juniors, 18-10, at the Commodores gym. It was St. Joe's sixth league victory without a defeat and left Hartford with a record of four wins and two losses. Only one league game remains to he played, Jefferson and Berne, which will have no effect on the final standing. Monmouth won the north half race with five wins and one loss, Kirkland finishing second. A tournament between the top two teams in each division is being planned for next month. Standings North Division W L Pct. Monmouth 5 1 .833 Kirkland 4 2 .667 Decatur Jr. High.. 2 3 .400

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J Deholt 0 5 - 000 South Division W L Pct. St. Joe 1 ■MO Hartford • 2 .661 Jefferson 1 -200 Berne 0 5 .000 Yesterday's box score. St. Joe FG FT TP Hackman, f -10 2 Brunton, f 0 0 0 Costello, c 13 5 Wilder, g — 2 1 5 Gage, g 0 0 0 Mendez, f .......... 0 0 0 Myers, f 3 fl 6 Gaffer, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 4 18 Hartford Wagley, f fl 0 0 Wolfe, f 0 0 0 Augsburger, c 12 4 Herman, g 0 3 3 ' Moser, g 113 I Alt, f 0 0 0 I Fox, f 0 0 0 TOTALS 2 6 10 Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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