Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1949 — Page 6

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Illinois Back Info Lead In Big Nine Race Chicago, Feb. 7—(VP)— Illinois, with an assist from Ohio State, was back in front in the Big Nine basketball race today, but the speedy Illini could look for trouble Saturday when it’s their turn to tangle with the pesky 0. S. V. Buckeyes. The new edition of the Whiz Kids bumped Wisconsin. 61 to 54. as Minnesota toppled, 48 to 39, before Ohio State's speed and a zone defense. The combination left Illinois alone in first place with only one defeat in six league games, while Minnesota dropped to second with two losses in eight contests. Defending champion Michigan, which walloped Northwestern 54 to 46, was coming up on the outside with two losses in five games. Illinois tangles with Northwestern at Champaign tonight, but the Illini were heavily favored. In other league games Indiana plays at Ohio State, lowa at Purdue and Wisconsin at Michigan. The Buckeyes, Purdue and Michigan looked like the winners. But Saturday Ohio State visits Illinois and the contest could be a game of the year. The two teams met once previously when the Illini took a 64 to 63 decision at Columbus as the Buckeyes made strategical errors in the closing minutes to blow the scrap. While Illinois will have the advantage of the home floor, Ohio State has more speed and plenty of scoring punch. And when with the home court, Illinois could be beaten. Other Saturday games are Michigan at Indiana. lowa at Minnesota and Wisconsin against Northwestern in the Chicago Stadium. Michi-gan-Indiana and Wisconsin-North western were fairly even but Minnesota will be a big favorite over lowa. Minnesota will have to keep winning to retain any hopes of a share of the Big Nine crown. The Gophers, by winning the rest of their games, could get back into lie title picture should Illinois lose once. But Minnesota still has to play Michigan at Ann Arbor and that could be a loss. Illinois, should it beat Ohio State, would have a fairly smooth path until the final game of the season, March 7, against the Wolverines—also at Ann Arbor. And should Michigan manage to get by Wisconsin. Indiana. Minnesota. Purdue, Ohio State and lowa in that order, the Wolverines could come up to the Illinois game with a chance to retain its title or at least share in the crown. It seemed unlikely that any team outside of the present three leaders had any chance to share in the crown, unless the present frontrunners blow completely to lose two or three games apiece.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Bluffton at Yellow Jackets. Dunkirk at Berne. KirMund vs Jackson at Bluffton. Wednesday 1 Fort Wayne Central Catholic at >. Commodores. '• Friday B Geneva at Commodores. 8 Yellow Jackets at Berne. 8 Monroe at Kirkland. 1 Pleasant Mills at Monmouth. Jackson at Hartford. Jefferson vs Poling at Berne And--1 itorium. t The Big Nine standing': W L Pct. . Illinois 5 1 .833 , Minnesota 6 2 .750 , Michigan 3 2 .600 i Purdue 4 3 .571 . Ohio State 4 3 .571 , Indiana 2 3 .400 Wisconsin 1 4 .200 ’ lowa 1 4 .200 Northwestern 1 5 .167 Lloyd Mangrum Wins Tucson Open Tourney Tucson. Ariz., Feh. 7 — (UP) — Lean Lloyd Mangrum, golfdom’s thin man, today collected about everything of value connected with the four-day Tucson open which one man could cart away. The lanky, free-swinging Niles, 111., professional shot a blazing five-under-par 65 yesterday for a 72-hole total of 263 which was good for the Tucson title. In order, Mangrum had for his efforts a new course record on the short, flat El Rio country club layout. 12,000 first place money, his second gold cup of the winter tourney trail, and a 1949 sedan which he won in a drawing immediately following the tourney. Mangrum, 1948's biggest money maker among linksmen. opened the year's gold hunt with a win in the $15,000 Los Angeles open, but his , play in the Tucson tourney far 1 overshadowed his first 1949 win. His 64-66-68 — 65 card was five strokes better than the total of runnerup Al Smith who pocketed $1,400 second place money. Frank Stranahan of Toledo, O„ fired a closing day 68 for a 269 total and low amateur honors. Trailing Smith, Winston-Salem, N. C., for prize money was Johnny Bulla, Pittsburgh, Pa., who carded a 269 good for SI,OOO. Lew Worsham, Oaikmont, Pahad a 270 and got SBOO, followed by the recent Phoenix open champ Jimmy Demaret, Ojai, Cal., at 271 for S7OO. College Basketball Ohio State 48, Minnesota 39. Illinois 61, Wisconsin 54. Michigan 54. Northwestern 46. DePaul 47, Indiana 46, (overtime) Butler 72. Ohio U. 41. Centerbury 62. Anderson 51. Ball State 59, Wabash 52. Franklin 67, Hanover 52. Manchester 57, Earlham 51. Indiana Central 88, Rose Poh 17. Indiana State 76. Evansville 54 Loyola of Chicago 63, Valparaiso 11. Taylor 91. Indiana Tech 69. Concordia 73, Giffin 45. Toledo 59, Canisius 46. St. Louis 43, Long Island 37. Kentucky 63, Bradley 52. Marquette 59, Michigan State 42. ‘ LOANS S2O to S3OO 'Wt&Atdt StulonAeM QUICKLY ANO PRIVATELY MADE , Eaay Io qualify—Liberal term*— ’ Ready caah To apply-Call or phone • DrtuUa without Mifution" LOCAL LOAN Ikptndota COMPANY InorpomUd Brod Store BurMinf-Ground Floor Ooratir. Indiana Phono 24-7 * Lount arrariurd in nmrby < wwn» and vicinity

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Near Third Os Major League Tilts At Night I Chicago, Feb. 7— (UP) — Ball players who don’t like to stay out i late will find life in the major lea i gue increasingly tedious this year because there will be 378 night games — an all time high. The American league schedule officially announced today, lists 199 after dinner contests and there will be 179 in the National league. Additionally, clubs in both lea gues probably will re-schedule early season day games which are postponed as night games later on. The total of 378 represents t shade more than 30 percent of the 1,232 games Which will be played in the Majors this yeai— an astounding figure when it is taken into con sideration that 321 games are Sunday and holiday fixtures when at ternoon play is a must. That leaves for the traditional backbone of the schedules just 53C weekday afternoon games, 283 in the National and 247 in the Amer lean. Club owners defend their incr»as ing use of night baseball as a command proposition — the customers prefer it. And the substantial!) higher percentage of attendance ap parently makes the arrangement mandatory, particularly in such cit ies as St. Louis, Washington, and Philadelphia where crowds are no consistently large in the first place As usual, the Washington Ssna tors top the night game parade ir the American league with 41 ot their 77 home contests scheduled for after dark. But the St. Louis Cardinals in the National, previous ly announced they wotild p’ay ♦' night games — tops for both ’ea gues. Other American league night game commitments are St. Louie with 36, Philadelphia 31. Cleveland 27, Chicago 22. and Detroit, New York and Boston with 14 apiece. Possibly presaging a time when all except Saturday, Sunday and holiday games will be played at night, most of the clubs in both leagues took advantage of new legislation which requires ell visiting teams to play a certain number of night games if the home team demands it. In the National league Lou Per- ! ini. head of the Boston Braves j fought at the mid winter meeting for a minimum of five night games ‘ with each visiting club, and got it. with some dissent. Clark Griffith.

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the elderly head of the Washington Senators, led the fight in the American league but he encountered stronger opposition and got a minimum of four games. The Yankees, Red Sox, and Tigers continue to oppose more than 14 night games a season —two with each visiting club — in their home parks and they play more than that number on the road only because they are required to do so. The American league opens its season in Washington in the traditional presidential inaugural game on April 18 with Philadelphia as the opponent. On the following day, all of the teams get into action with Chicago at Detroit, Cleveland at St. Louis, Boston at Philadelphia and Washington at New York. In the secondary openers on April 22. St. Louis plays at Chicngo, Detroit at Cleveland, and New York at Boston. H. S. Basketball Gary Tolleston 42, Fort Wayne South 36. Gary Emerson 33, Fort Wayne Concordia 30. Anderson 68, Fort Wayne Cent•al 52. Jeffersonville 66. Bedford 39. South Bend Riley 57, South Bend Adams 45. Gary Froebel 47, Mishawaka 40. Evansville Reitz 50, Brazil 44. Indianapolis Howe 47, Terre Haute Garfield 40. Vincennes 51, LaPorte 50. Hammond Clank 43, Hammond Tech 41. New Albany 62, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 34. Peru 49. Kokomo 43. Pro Basketball BAA Saturday's Results Rochester 80, Fort Wayne 61. Chicago 91. Providence 75. New York 83, Washington 73. Baltimore 87. Indianapolis 75. Sunday's Results Fort Wayne 82, Washington 72. Rochester 85, Minneapolis 74. Chicago 87, New York 75. Philadelphia 77, St. Louis 74 (overtime). Indianapolis Woman Charged With Murder Indianapolis. Feb. 7 — (UP) — Mrs. Azalia Cray. 37, was charged with murder today in the slaying of her common law husliand, Wil Ham Selectman. 55. custodian of an apartment house. The fatal shoot Ing took place Saturday during a quarrel following a drinking bout, police said. - I 1 Trade in a Good Town — Decatu- 1

MkOVL rF-L'Mi* Standings W L Pct. Hartford 16 1 .941 Kirkland 13 5 .722 Monroe 10 7 .588 Yellow Jackets 9 7 .563 Geneva — 9 8 .529 Monmouth 9 10 .474 Jefferson .... 7 10 .412 Berne 5 12 .294 Commodores r 4 11 .267 Pleasant Mills 4 11 .267 —oOo— Rivalry battles will feature this week’s schedule for Adams county. teams. Ten games are carded for the week, three Tuesday night, one Wednesday and six Friday. —oOo— The Decatur Yellow Jackets will play the first of these old rivals Tuesday, when they entertain the Bluffton Tigers at the local gym. The Jackets scored a 10-point victory over the Tigers at Bluffton early in the season and hope to make it unanimous tomorrow. Two other games Tuesday find Dunkirk playing at Berne and Kirkland meeting Jackson at the Bluffton gym. —oOo— The Decatur Commodores will be engaged in a rivalry battle Wed-] nesday, when they entertain Fort' Wayne Central Catholic at the Jackets gym. The Irish have been inconsistent this season but at times have flashed a great scoring punch, and the Commodores probably will have to be at their best to hand the Fort Wayne visitors a defeat. —oOo — Both Decatur teams will be in action Friday night to top a six-game schedule. The Commodores will play their final home game of the season, entertaining the Geneva Cardinals at the Jackets gym. And the Yellow Jackets will tackle the Berne Bears at Berne in another old rival battle. Four | other games Friday are Monroe at Kirkland, Pleasant Mills j at Monmouth, Jackson at Hartford and Jefferson vs Poling at the Berne auditorium. —oOo — Although the week’s schedule will keep players, coaches and fans busy, all have their eyes turned to the rapidly approaching sectional tourney, which will be held in the Decatur gym Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26. No sectional tourney "entries will be accepted after 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. Hope nobody forgets. —oOo— Also concerning the sectional, is the reminder from the IHSAA that no prizes of any | kind are to be awarded to any school or individual from any source. In addition, souvenir ( programs other than those provided by the IHSAA shall not be distributed or sold at any tourney, and no solicitation of advertisements shall be made. —oOo— John Stanley, Geneva, back in action after missing one game because of an injured arm, bolstered his county scoring lead with 21 noints last Friday. Stanley now has 255 points in 16 games, an average of 15.64 points per contest. Sackache For quick comforting help for BackacX RheumtUc Peine. OeUlnf Up Nifhta, Krtag cloudy urine. irritating purqu, Leg Pelx clrcleg under tgtt, and awollen anklet, duo to non-organlc and non-tyrtemlc Kidney Ud Bladder troublei, try Cyttaa. Quick, complete satisfaction or money back Guaranteed. Aak rour druggist lor Cystsa today. TOP COATS SlceeLi Phone 359

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The 10 leading scorers are as follows: , Name G TP Ave. Stanley, Geneva .... 16 255 15.94 Habegger, Monroe . 17 229 13.47 Dubach, Hartford ... 17 200 11.76 Smitley, Jefferson . 17 200 11.76 D. Arnold, Kirkland . 18 193 10.72 j Wall, Jefferson 17 188 11.06 Graft, Monmouth ... 19 184 9.68 Troxel. Kirkland .... 18 176 9.78 J. Arnold, Kirkland . 18 172 9.56 Harvey, Monmouth „ 19 171 9.00 —oOo— Results one year ago this week: Hartford City 33, Yellow Jackets I 32. Hartford 24, Lancaster 20. Wren 60, Jefferson 51. Dunkirk 44, Berne 32. Geneva 44, Commodores 41. Yellow Jackets 47, Berne 30. Pleasant Mills 47, Commodores 46. Kirkland 30, Monroe 27. MINDSZENTY'S (Cont. From Page One) j charged with either treason or; I plotting to overthrow the government. The official list of charges against the Cardinal: “The peoples court of Budapest charges Cardinal Mindszenty with a single continually committed crime of leading an organization concerned with the overthrow of democratic state order and the republic; with the continually committed crime of treason; with neglecting to report foreign exchange and with the crime of speculation." To these charges the Cardinal pleaded guilty “in principle and in committing the activities made the subject of the indictment." He refused to accept the conclusion that I he plotted to overthrow the govern- | ment. NEW STORM (Cont. From Page One) Grande and at Union, in the heaviest snowfall of the year. Three Overland buses and 50 cars were halted north of Klamath Falls in southern Oregon. Air traffic, including haylift operations, were stopped over much of the area. Passenger trains ran 18 to 20 hours late through the Donner summit and freights were halted altogether. The wither bureau said that if the storm continued its rapid eastCarburetor Too Rich Makes Motorist Too Poor Car owners who are wasting money and not getting proper gas mileage due to over-rich mixtures will be pleased to learn of a Wisconsin inventor who has devel- ( oped a very clever unit that helps save gasoline by “Vacu-mating.” It ia automatic and operates on the supercharge principle. Easily Installed in a few minutea Fits all cars, trucks and tractors. The manufacturers, the Vacu-matic Carburetor Co., 7617-700 W. State St, Wauwatosa, Wis„ are offering a Vacu-matic to anyone who will' 1 Install it on his car and help introduce it to others. They will gladly send full free particulars if you write them or Just send your name and address on a penny post ■ card today.

ward movement, it would sweep over the great plains by tonight and engulf the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley by Tuesday evening. Avalanches halted the Union Pacific railroad’s Portland Rose at Pendleton, Ore., and the Snoqualmie pass in Washington was clos_d by slides. The Union Pacific halted all traffic across Wyoming. A Shoshone, Ida., highway engineer warned that rural roads in the area might be plugged now “until the spring thaws." Ranchers prepared to be snowed in at their j houses for three weeks. Doctors worried about the plight of expectant mothers and relief planes took to the air wherever possible to watch for distress signs marked in the snow at ranch houses. A light plane withjihree persons aboard was missing out of Rawlins. It had been on a mercy flight carrying feed and supplies to sheep camps in the area. The new blow followed on the heels of a strong blizzard that I swept the northern plains this ■ weekend. The earlier storm closed 40 percent of the roads blasted open in South Dakota by fifth army bulldozers as well as 1,250 miles of roads in Wyoming and a few in Nebraska. The chief economic interests of the state ot New York are the international financial community of New York City, the foreign commerce in New York hariior which is the heaviest in the world; its large manufacturing and its rich agricultural resources.

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