Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1949 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Whip Warsaw Tigers, 37-M

Decatur Takes Big Early Lead For Easy Win The Decatur Yellow Jackets, playing their third game of the week, rolled up a 19-point advantage in the first half to register an easy 37-28 victory over the War-, saw Tigers at the Decatur gym Saturday night. The triumph again brought the Jackets to the .500 mark in the Northeastern Indiana conference race, with three victories and three defeats. The Jackets have only one more loop contest, with the i Kendallville Comets here Friday night. Decatur made a runaway of the first half of their Saturday night tilt, counting 22 points as against only three for Warsaw during the first two periods. Kenny Grant put the Jackets out in front with a two-pointer on the first play of the game, and after Unrue counted from the charitystripe Grant hit again. Burke scored from the field but Grant’s third fielder in as many shots put Decatur on top, 6-3, after three minutes of the game had been played. Warsaw failed to score during the remainder of the first period and went scoreless throughout the entire second quarter. Dan Freeby's field goal and his two free throws, plus a foul toss by Sam Bogner ran Decatur’s lead to 11-3 at the end of the first period. Bogner, Grant and Harold Bohnke each hit once and George Bair twice from the field and Bogner once from the charity stripe to give Decatur its 22-3 lead at halftime. Two-pointers by Neil Thomas and Bogner Increased Decatur’s lead before Unrue finally put Warsaw back in the scoring column with a free throw. Aker counted Warsaw’s first field goal since the early minutes of the game, when he flipped one in after three minutes of the second half had elapsed. Coach Bob Worthman used his reserves freely throughout the last two periods, enabling the Tigers to narrow Decatur’s final victory margin to nine points. The Jackets were on top at the end of the third quarter, 31-12. Grant was Decatur's scoring leader with 12 points, followed byBogner with nine. The game also marked the initial appearance of Vic Strickler, former Willshire, 0., regular in a Yellow Jackets’ uniform. Used only briefly, Strickler

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Hartford at Yellow Jackets. -Commodores vs Jefferson at Berne Auditorium. Friday Kendallville at Yellow Jackets. Kirkland at Pleasant Mills. Monroe vs Monmouth at Berne. -Berne at Winchester. Pennville at Geneva. Hartford at Petroleum. Jefferson at Bryant. contributed a field goal in the final quarter. For Warsaw, Unrue was the top scorer with 10 points. The Yellow Jackets will provide i one of the season’s top features I Tuesday night, when they entertain the Hartford Gorillas, sec- | tioual champions, at the Decatur gym. Hartford has lost only one game this season while winning 14. Decatur FG FT TP Freeby, f 1 2 4 Bohnke, f 10 2 Thortias, c 2 0 4 Grant, g 5 2 12 Bogner, g 2 5 9 Strickler, f . ... 10 2 Bair, f 2 0 4 Mac Lean, c 0 0 0 Ogg, g 0 0 0 Liby, g 0 0 0. McConnell, g 0 0 0 Totals 14 9 37 Warsaw FG FT TP Sumpter, f Oil Moorehead, f 2 15 Burke, c 12 4 Aker, g 3 0 6 Unrue, g 3 ( 4 10 Shideler, f 0 0 0 Nice, f 0 0 0 Griswold, c 0 0 0 Reed, g 10 2 Piter, g 0 0 0 Totals 10 8 28 1 Referee:—Strickler. Umpire:—Dornte. Preliminary 1 Warsaw 31, Decatur 24. ; Auburn Red Devils ' Handed First Loss 3 Indianapolis, Jan. 31 —(UP) — , Four more teams had fallen from J the unbeaten ranks and Monroe , I City’s Blue Jeans were the surUprise winners of the 34th annual Wabash valley tourney as Indiana's high school basketball clubs were r set today to complete conference competition. ‘ Only three weeks remained in ' the regular campaign and most of I the conference titles still were undecided. Outcome of the title race in three major leagues—north cen- | tral. east and west wing of the northern conference —appeared to be "drag-out" affairs. In the NCC, Anderson, Muncie Central and Frankfort in a tie for first place. And two clubs were co-holder of the lead in the east and west NIHSC. Meanwhile, Auburn’s Red Devils were the principal victim in Saturday night clashes. Their 16-game winning streak was stopped by a letermined Mishawaka club, 51 to 45. Bloomingdale, Shelburn and Glenn, all unbeaten, fell in order in the Wabash valley finals at Terre Haute. All three, oddly enough, lost to Attica, which in turn went down to Monroe City's

turn wrm uuwn iu 3ionivr vhj b - Blue Jeans in the grand finale, 52 to 43. It was the second straight '• year that the Red Ramblers had to be satisfied with runner-up honors, losing to Terre Haute Garfield last time. True to tourney tradition, Mon ■, roe City was one of the most un-l heralded clubs in the "sweet sixteen." But led by its bespectacled six foot-four center Bill Sutton, o who also won the sportsmanship award, and set-shot expert Larry Teverbaugh. the Jeans were the * class of the two-week tourney and • beat out 107 other teams for the * coveted title. i • H. S. Basketball Mishawaka 51. Auburn 45. Fort Wayne North «4. South _ Bend Adams 45. Butler 40. Leo 39. Evansville Reitx 59, Greencastle 15. Jeffersonville 51. Evansville Memorial 45. Lawrenceburg 45. Rushville 45. East Chicago Washington 50. LaPorte 46. New Albany 58. Madison 47. Indianapolis Tech 60. Indianapolis Cathedral 56 (overtime). • Indianapolis Broad Ripple 46. Noblesville 31. s South Bend Central 43, Shelbyville 35. The first school for the deaf and f dumb in the United States was started in the year 1371, at Hartt" ford. Coan. M Trade la • Good town - Decatur

Illinois Takes Leadership In Big Nine Race Chicago, Jan. 31 — (UP)— Illinois, a jackrabbit basket-ball team which seems to get stronger with each game, was out in front of the big nine today but could not afford to rest on its laurels with a tough schedule coming uip. The rip-roaring Illini snapped a 13-gaane Minnesota winning streak Saturday with a 45 to 44 victory at Champaign, and that left them alone in first place in the league chase, with a record of four wins and no losses. But the path ahead seemed rough. Tonight Illinois travels to Purdue to face another team that loves to run. Saturday they play at Wisconsin, and after that the string finishes with two games with Northwestern and one each with Ohio State, lowa, Indiana and Michigan. Three teams stood out as possible victors over the Harry Combes -five. Purdue, tonight, should be given a chance to string an upset. The Boilermakers, almost ruled out of the conference contention when they dropped three in a row to Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio State, came back to knock off Northwestern, 60 to 54. Saturday and at home they should be a tough opponent for Illinois. The Illini could -well be down after the effort necessary to beat (Minnesota. Ohio State lost to Illinois in their first meeting this year. 64 to 63, at -Columbus. But the Buckeyes have improved and with dany Dick Schnittker as a sparkplug when the two teams meet again, could tumble Illinois even at Champaign. In the final game of the season. Illinois plays Michigan at Ann Arbor and again thfe Cards could fall the wrong way. Michigan beat Illinois last season at Champaign with a strong defensive game. This year, while Michigan may not be as strong as last year's titlists, at home,the Wolverines could win. They bounced Ohio State, 54 to 48, Saturday to prove ability on ’ j the home court. 1 Possible upsetters could be Northwestern and Indiana. The ’ Wildcat Sophomores, even though 1 still losing, have improved and by 1 the time Illinois faces thorn the ' second time they could be ready to run and shoot with the best in the ! league. Indiana lost to Illinois ear- , Iler only after a doumle overtime. . Should Illinois drop one game, it , is probable Minnesota would step . back into a tie forsirst place. The , Gophers have won five and lost > only to Illinois all year. It was unlikely they would drop another, al- « though it could happen. > Minnesota has six opponents t left, Northwestern tonight, then Ohio State, lowa. Michigan. Purdue and Wisconsin. Ohio State and 1 Michigan looked like the most like- ’ ly upsetters. ! Tonight’s program boasts only 1 two -games, the llllnois-Purd".e and ' Minnesota-Northwestern scraps. Michigan will play a non-conference , foe, Michigan State, at lensing. ( Saturday there will be th-ee lea- . gue matches, Illinois at Wiscqpsin. ! Minnesota at Ohio State, and Michi — ■

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i-gan at Northwestern. Indiana will meet DePaul in a non-league fight. | The big nine standings: W L Pct. Illinois 4 0 1000 Minnesota — 5 1 833 Ohio State ...... 3 3 500 Purdue — 3 3 500 Michigan 2 2 500 Indiana 2 3 400 Northwestern 1, 3 250 Wisconsin —1 3 250 lowa 1 4 200 Wells County Team Defeats Jefferson Five The Petroleum Panthers, pulling away in the second half, defeated the Jefferson Warriors, 48-39, at the Bluffton community building gym Saturday night. The teams were tied at the first quarter, 7-7, and at the half, 14-14 but the Wells county quintet pulled into a 32-26 lead at the end of the third period. Joyce Smitley, Jefefrson guard, was the game’s leading scorer with 15 points, Fosnaugh was the leading scorer for Petroleum with 11 points, followed by Bowers with 10. The Warriors will entertain the Decatur Commodores at the Berne auditorium Tuesday night, and will play at Bryant Friday. Petroleum FG FT TP Poling, f — 0 2 2 Fosnaugh, f 5 1 11 Bunch, c 2 1 51 Bowers, g - 5 0 101 Roberts,, g 4 0 81 Kirkwood, f 2 2 61 Stauffer, f 0 0 0| Hunt, c 3 0 61 Lucas, g 0 0 0 Totals 21 6 48 Jefferson FG FT TP Wall, f 4 0 8 Wellman, f 0 0 0 G. Miller, c 3 17 Smitley, g ..— 5 5 15 Wendel. g 2 15 Kuhn, f 0 1-1 1 Tumbleson, c 0 11 I H. Miller, g 1 0 2 i ——,—,—— Totals 15 9 39 t . ■■■■„■ ~ Colleae Basketball 1 Illinois 45. Minnesota 44. Purdue 60, Northwestern 54. ! Michigan 54. Ohio State 48. ' Kentucky 62. Notre Dame 38. ’ Butler 53, Miami 48. Ball State 69, Manchester 56. Anderson 75, Illinois Normal 68. I Oakland City 89, Union College ' 63. ’ Wabash 56. Kalamazoo 42. I Indiana State 69. Evansville 68. Taylor 64, Tri-State 47. Beloit 64, Valparaiso 59. West Virginia 81, Cincinnati 63. 1 Oklahoma A& M 37, DePaul 26. i Pro Basketball BAA ) Saturday's Results St. Louis 86. Fort Wayne "3. Philadelphia 78, New York 73. Providence 90, Boston 85. Rochester 90. Baltimore 86. ' Chicago 86, Indianapolis 81, (overtime). Sunday's Results Baltimore 93, Fort Wayne 78. Minneapolis 84, Washington* 79.

DnSK»WL| t Ww Standings W L Pct. Hartford — H 1 -033 Kirkland - ,12 5 .706 Yellow Jackets — 9 5 .643 Monroe 9 7 Geneva - 9 8 .500 Monmouth 9 9 Jefferson - - 6 9 .400 Berne 5 11 .313 Pleasant Mills —- 4 10 .286 Commodores .... 3 11 ' -214 —oOo—- — county’s basketball activities this week will be limited to two nights, although there are nine games on the schedule. —oOo— The feature attraction of the week will be the clash between the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Hartford Gorillas. who will tangle at the Decatur gym Tuesday night. Hartford, the defending sectional champion, has lost only . one game in 15 starts this season, while the Yellow Jackets have won nine and lost five. —oOo— Decatur's Commodores, who pulled the big surprise in last week’s play by defeating the Kirk- | land Kangaroos, county chanti pions, will also be in action TuesI day night, meeting the Jefferson ' Warriors at the Berne auditorium. It will be the Commodores’ only game of the week. —oOo— The Yellow Jackets will also be at home Friday night, hosting the Kendallville Comets in the final Northeastern Indiana conference game for Decatur. The Comets have compiled a great record this season, 10-lng only two games, one a NEIC tilt to Auburn, and have a loop record of four triumphs and one defeat. —oOo — Six other games are on the county schedule Friday night. The Friday card follows: Kirkland at Pleasant Mills: Monroe vs Monmouth at Berne: Berne at Winchester; Pennville at Geneva; Hartford at Petroleum, and Jefferson at Bryant. —oOo — Saturday night marked another “first" for the Decatur gym. For the first time In history, a basketball game at the local gym was on the air. The Yellow Jackets-Warsaw tilt was broadcast, play by play, direct from the press box by radio station WRSW, the Warsaw FM station, owned by the Warsaw newspaper. —oOo — Last week’s play in this area was marked by the end of two undefeated season marks. The biggest fall was that of the Auburn Red Devils, defeated by the Mishawaka Cavemen, 51-45, after Auburn had won its first 16 games. The Lancaster Bobcats of Wells county tasted defeat for the first time this season, dropping a 36-35 decision to Chester Center after piling up 16 wins in a row. —oOo—- — is an interesting letter sent to Baskethaw) by a loyal Hartford Gorillas fan: "Dear Readers: “I think that every one who attended the county tourney should give a vote of thanks to Father Vichuras and those who managed it for having the doors open and letting the people in as they came. "The fans should remember how they just about froze and how the smaller school children almost 1 got crushed in the mad rush to get in the door. “Just another little item: How about a little more courtesy at the ball games? “It your team is playing and your section is marked, then how r about sitting there or in some unt marked section, but not in somJ k I

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one else’s marked section. Or if your team isn’t playing, how about giving the other team a break and letting their students and parents sit in their section. "Don’t forget that you yourself expect a little courtesy so be fair and hand a little out. "Also, how about giving the cheer section a space right down in front. The basketball boys really appreciate a good cheer now and then.” Mrs. Lawrence Noll —oOo— John Stanley, Geneva forward, although out of action Friday night because of an injured arm, retained his county scoring leadership with a total of 234 points in 15 games for an average of 15.60 points per game. Milt Habegger, Monroe center, made a decided gain last week when he poured 34 points through the hoops in two games to move only 16 points behind Stanley, although playing in one more game. —oOo— | The 10 leading scorers, with games played, total points, and average points per game, are as follows: • Name G TP Ave. Stanley, Geneva — 15 234 15.60 Habegger, Monroe 16 218 13.63 D. Arnold. Kirkland 17 185 10.88 Smitley, Jefferson 15 177 11.80 Graft, Monmouth .. 18 175 9.72 Dubach, Hartford 15 174 11.60 Wall, Jefferson ... 15 166 11.07 Troxel, Kirkland.. 17 165 9.71 Harvey. Monmouth 18 158 8.78 J. Arnold, Kirkland 17 157 9.24

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Results one year ago this week: Geneva 68, Poling 29. Yellow Jackets 54, Kendallville - 38. Winchester 45, Berne 44 (overtime). Monmouth 49, Monroe 40. Jefferson 72, Gray 50. Kirkland 52, Pleasant Mills 40. Geneva 36, Pennville 30. Hartford ;i, Petroleum 33. REPORT (Cont. From Page One) mission reported, has reached a point where it has hopes of find-1 ing out just how energy is frozen in the atomic nucleus. If it does, unlimited new stores of atomic energy will “be released and controlled for man’s purposes.” In its biological laboratories, the commission said, it has made “exciting progress” toward solving the secret of how plants use sunlight to manufacture food And with radioactive atoms it has edged a little closer toward diagnosis and treatment of cancer. All this costs money. In the | new fiscal year starting July 1 the commission will spend an estimated $740,000,000 and will obligate more millions for long-range plant expansion. Current fiscal year expenditures are estimated at J 632,000,000. In fiscal 1948 the commission spent $462,000,000. That the commission isn’t guessing about the atomic status of the rest of the world was indicated by its disclosure that it has an intelligence office of its own keep-j ing watch on what Russia and other countries are doing with the atom. •

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