Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 42, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1949 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win Final Season GauM

Jackets Whip Portland Five By 64-50 Score Decatur's Yellow Jackets ended their season Friday night with a' flourish, coining back from a halftime deficit to crush the Portland Panthers 64-51 at the Portland opera house. It was the highest sore the Jackets rolled up all season. The Jackets looked all but effective in the first half, bungling passes. sitting out the rebounds, and finding themselves unable to track the Panther defense. Decatur trailed 16-8 at the firn quarter and 2927 at the intermission. Although they lacked the services of Kenny Grant .who was yanked early because of a hazardous number of fouls, and Neil Thomas, start- j ing center, the Jackets were a revivified quintet during the second half. As the third stanza began. George Pair sank a long one to tie the score at 29-29. He then scored from the charity stripe, but Johnny Bright, lone holdover from Portland's 1948 regional champs, hit from the floor to put the Panthers ■back in the lead. Vic Strickler, who has proved himself one of Decatur's mainstays, then roared down the court to drop one through the hoop, after which Bair tallied again. Gene Resler sank a two-pointer for the Panthers but Strickler ami Bair succeeded with random one-handers to give the Yellow Jackets a 37-34 advantage with four minutes remaining in the third I period. Bright traded field goals with Harold Bohnke and Kesler hit a pair of free throws. Decatur hit the next three shots, one from the side by Bair, a charity toss by Sam Bogner. and a field goal by Bohnke. The Jackets led 43-40 as the quarter ended. Decatur held the Panthers to ten points in the final period, accumlating a remarkable 21 themselves, with Bair and the reinstated Thornes highlighting the victory drive Individual scoring honors went lo John Bright, who counted nine field goals and two free throws for 70 points. Bair was high man for the Yellow Jackets with 16 and Strickler, who played only half the game, was not to be ignored with 13. The Jackets hit only 12 of 27 free throws while the Panthers made good on 12 of 18 attempts. Delighted Yellow Jacket fans, who discovered their team had the stuff to make a slam-bang comeback, are now eyeing the sectional tourney. The Jackets, who finished the season in third place for the county, will face defending champion Hartford at 7 p.pi. next Friday. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Bair f 7 2 16 Bohnke f 6 0 12 Thomas c 3 17 Bogner g . 237 Grant g 0 3 3 •Mac Lean f fl 0 0 Ogg f ... 10 2 Strickler c 6 1 13 SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 In Flaming Technicolor! “FIGHTER SQUADRON” Edmond O'Brien, Robt. Stack, John Rodney. Henry Hull ALSO—Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax —o TODAY — ' GOOD SAM" Gary Cooper. Ann Sheridan ALSO —Shorts 14c-40c Inc. Tax Mffvwwwmwwwwvvwv CORT SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Jungle Thrills—ln Color! “MIRACULOUS JOURNEY” Rory Calhoun. Audrey Long ALSO —3 Stooges Comedy 4 Cartoon — 14c-30c Inc. Tax -0 TODAY — “Mark of the Lash" Lash Laßue. ALSO—.•Superman" 4 Comedy —l4 c 30c Inc. Tax ********************

Freeby g 1 2 1 Liby g 0 fl (I McConnell g 0 fl 0 TOTALS 26 12 64 Portland FG FT TP Resler f 2 3 7 Medder f .. 3 3 9 Priest c 113 1). Bright g 12 4 J. Bright g .. 9 2 26 Jjetter f 10 2 Smith c -2 15 Jones c fl fl 0 TOTALS 19 12 50 Referee: Eastman. Umpire:— Bryan. Preliminary Yellow Jackets 4fl. Portland 25. Warriors Win Over Spartans By 59-48 Score The Jefferson Warriors, leading all the way. wound up the season Friday night with a 59-4 S victory over the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Berne auditorium. The Warriors were on top at all periods. 19-12. 30-23 and 45-36. Wendel was Jefferson's top scorer with 18 points, followed closely by Wall with 17. For Pleasant Mills Hirschy paced the scorers with 11 points, followed by Suman with 10. Jefferson FG FT TP Wall f . 6 5 17 ' Wellman f 2 fl 4 Kuhn c . 2 0 4 Wendel g . .. 7 4 18 Smitley g ... 5 2 12 Christy f ......... .000 H. Miller f fl 0 0 Tumblason c 0 0 0 G Miller g 2 0 4 TOTALS 24 11 59 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Prices 11 3 Geyer f .. 2 0 4 Watkins c 3 fl 6 Hirschy g I 3 11 Workingerg ... fl 2 2 Raudenbush f 1 0 2 Ripley c i 0 8 Suman c 5 fl Isl Miller g .. 1 0 2 TOTALS 21 6 48 Referee: — Wingate. Umpire:*- Timmons. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 33. Jefferson 25. TAFT CITES (Cont. From Page One) Wagner act." The three Republicans may have trouble trying,to reach agreement on the three issues. Taft was the driving force behind the TaftHartley law. Ives supported it, wi h some reservations, and Morse opposed it. Taft told reporters that the closed shop issue was the "most troublesome." He indicated willingness. however, to consider changes to the Taft-Hartley provisions which forbid the closed shop and put restrictions around the union shop. Under a closed shop contract, a new emp'ove must be a union member before he can be hired. In a union shop, he must join within 3fl days. The national emergency strike is'ue involves a dispute over whether anti-strike injunctions should be authorized, as provided in the Taft-Hartley law. Ives and Morse now favor dropping the injunction. Taft said he favored allowing the injunction in emergency cases but that he felt “less strongly" about it than he did over the need tor injunctions against secondary boycotts. The Taft-Hartley law requires the national labor relations board ’o seek injunctions against secondary boycotts before it rules on the dispute involved. 14 KILLED AS (Cont. From Page One) up. on fire as it flew." Murphy said one of the airliner’s wings fell off and the plane “burst into flames and dived toward the ground." “I dashed into my lodge and tele phoned the police." he said. "When I came out again 1 saw the plane had hit the ground and broken into pieces. It was burn ing fiercely. “Several of the nurses dashed out of the hospital to see if they could do anything, but they found no sur rivors." There's Nothing like a crisis tc show what is really inside a per son.

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I Hartford Five Downs Geneva . In Final Till ! The Hartford Gorillas tuned up ( ' for defense of their sectional title ( ' Friday night by defeating the*Ge- ( , neva Cardinals. 38-27, at the Hart- ; ford gym. ( It was Hartford’s 18th victory of < ' the season as compared to only one ' loss, a two-point defeat at the < hands of the Kirkland Kangaroos . in the county tourney. I Hartford led at the half. 19 11. , Have Noll was the leading scorer ] for the Gorillas with 14 points. while Bob Farrar topped the Card- , inals with eight. , Hartford , FG FT TP Monee f 3 2 8 Dubach i '' 11 D. Noll c « I 14 ■ Augsburger g 2 3 < K. Noll g 0 2 2 1 Weikel f 3 0 fi Martin f 0 0 0 , Isenhart g 0 0 C ’ TOTAUS 14 10 38 Geneva FG FT TP • Stanley f -- - 1 5 ■ Farrar f 2 4 8 ■ MacWhinney c . 0 3 3 i Smith g —1 3 •’> > Robinson g 2 0 4 Hart c 1 0 2 i Fennig g -- 0 0 0 i I TOTALS 8 11 27 Referee:— Hatcher. Cmpire:— McAfee. > Preliminary Hartford 25. Geneva 14. i I i Principals Meet To Plan Tourney ; Principals of the Adams county $ schools participating in the sec- • tiona) tournament here next week--1 end met this morning wi h W. f Guy Brown. Decatur principal and tourney manager, to map final de- , tails for the tournament. Season i tickets will go on sale at all > schools Monday morning. n ARMY SPOKESMAN (Cont. From Page One! and appreciation to the war department for clearing my name and . reputation of the outrageous and false charge that I was a Soviet s spy. it “At the same time, however. I e want to say that the retraction rarely catches up with the lie and s- that I haw suffered irrevocable anguish as well as monetary loss w and damage. d “I hope that this marks an end 1- to the policy of smear first—in vesti&te later, and that some way it will be found to stop officials from d slandering and libeling loyal citir- tens while cowardly hiding behind a law which says they cannot be sued for falsehood." o r- You do not have to agree with one to be agreeable.

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Tourney Guessing Contest Conducted By Decatur Store Holthouse Drug Co. has announced a county-wide contest to pick the winner in the Decatur sectional basketball tourney starting next Thursday at Decatur high school gymnasium. Robert Holthouse and Louis Jacobs stated that blanks for the contest would be distributed to all county high schorls Monday and blanks also are available at she drug store and local confectionery stores. , Any resident of the county is eligible to file one list of selections. Scores also must be prt dieted, to help the judges determine the final winner. Entries must be at the local store by Thursday noon, February 24. The winner will receive $lO in cash. Other prizes range from $5 to sl. There will be six winners. H. S. Basketball .Auburn 53. Bluffton 29. Kendallville 47. New Haven 39. Columbia City 68, Warsaw 35. Garrett 53, Albion 46. Fort Wayne South 50, Fort Wayne C. C. 31. Fort Wayne Central 58. Gary Mann 53. • Lancaster 61, Rockcreek 27. Leo 53. Harlan 40. Lafayette Central 48, Coesse 37. Huntington Twp. 36. Ossian 30. Huntertown 47, Avilla 43. Anderson 46. New Castle 44. Evansville Central 49, Princeton 11. Brazil 48, West Lafayette 44. Madison 41. Lawrenceburg 33. Logansport 50. Marion 41. Bloomington 43, Bedford 36. Vincennes 57, Jasper 55. Lafayette Jeff 49. Richmond 39. Indianapolis Shortridge 46, Crawfordsville 36. Huntington 49, Plymouth 32. New Albany 38. Columbus 22. Muncie Burris. 59. Elwood 5. Central 56. Frankfurt 40. East Chicago Washington 66. Jes fersonville 43. Southport 37. Martinsville 30. Indianapolis Tech 47. Kokomo 46 Wabash 61. Pro Basketball BAA Minneapolis 85. Boston 71. Rochester 65. Indianapolis 53. College Basketball Huntington 77, Bluffton 75. Indiana State 72. Marshal 43. Louisville 82. Evansville 57. . Indiana Tech 59. Lewis. 111. 43. Bowling Green 77, Ohio U. 43. St. Joe Enters In CYO Grade Tourney The St. Joe eighth grade team of this city is entered in the annnal CYO diocesan grade tourney, which opens at the Central Catholic gym in Fort Wayne today. St. Joe will meet St. Peter's in its first game at 7:30 o'clock Monday night. Fifteen teams are entered in the tourney, with St. Joseph's the defending champion. •

St Joe Wins Annual City Series Title St. Joe. coming from behind in the final quarter, defeated Junior high 29-27 to win the annual city j grade school championship Friday night at the Yellow Jackets gym. The teams had divided two previous games, both by close scores, one a double overtime, and last ■ night’s decisive tilt was another I thriller. i Hadkman hit a pair of quickies to open the tilt to send St. Joe into a 4-0 lead, but Junior high then took command and rolled in 11 points while holding St. Joe scoreless for the rest of the first quarter to amass an 11-4 lead at the close of the period. Junior high was still in front at the half. 16-11, but St. Joe began to cut the advantage in the third quarter. the period dosing with Junior high on top by only three points, 25-22. A free throw by iMeyers and the same boy’s field goal tied the score at 25-25. Meyers hit again from the field and St. Joe was out in front. 27-25. this time to stay. Costello and Wilder converted from the foul line to boost St. Joe’s lead to four points, with Brokaw’s fielder cutting the final score to 29-27. Scoring honors were well divided for both teams. Costello was •high for the winners with nine points, followed by Gaffer and Meyers with seven each. For Junior high, Morrison was high with seven, followed by Koons, Reinking and Brokaw with six each. By their victory, the St. Joe lads regained possession of the George i Wemhoff trophy. St. Joe FG FT TP Hackman f 2 0 4 Gaffer f 2 3 7 Costello c 3 3 9 Gass g fl fl 0 Brunton g o 0 0 Wilder f 0 2 2 Meyers g ..3 17 Gage g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 9 29 Junior High FG FT TP Morrison f 3 17 Kohne f 1 0 2 Koons c . . ... 2 2 6 Reinking g 3 0 6 Brokaw g 3 0 6 Helm f ... o 0 0 Roe f ........ , 0 fl u Duff g ‘ 0 0 0 TOTAUS 12 3 27 RefereeKleinknight. Umpire:— Way. Preliminary St. Joe 21, Junior high 14. WARN POISONED (Com. croni Page One, distributors, the agency feared (hat some of the chemical may si ill be on hand in homes or persons on salt-free diets. The AMA said three deaths occurred at Cleveland and another at Ann Arbor, Mich. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the AMA journal. said ‘in most instances" the product involved was “westsal," intended for use by persons on a low sodium-diet, such as sufferers rom high b.ood pressure. According to the food and drug administration, early symptoms of the poisoning are similar to those of heart and kidney diseases, including drowsiness, weakness, loss of appetite, neusea. tremors, blurring of vision and coma. Because of this similarity, the agency said, other cases of lithium chloride poisoning may have gone unnoticed. Trade in a l>ood Town — Decatur A full line of home freezer supplies, also some bargain prices on quarters of beef. We have 2 drawer lockers for rental.—H. P. Schmitt Locker Service, Phone 96. It

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Sectional Ticket Buyers To Receive Mail Notification Decatur Yellow Jacket season ticket holders whose names were drawn Friday afternoon for sectional tourney tickets will receive notification by mail Monday. AV. Guy Brown, principal, announced to day. The drawing was conducted yesterday at the Decatur high school, with Miss Helen Haubold. high school music supervisor, and Miss Mary Alice Beineke, Mr. Brown's secretary, assisting Pete Reynolds and Ken Bernstein, of the Daily ! Democrat, in making the draw. One hundred seventy two names | were drawn from orders returned (from among the 695 regular seaI son ticket holders, and these will be 1 the only adults able to obtain tour(ney tickets from the local school. ’ i The tickets will go on sale Monday. •| Bears Lose In I Final Game By 41-37 Score The B“rne Bears, after piling up . a 17-8 lead in the first five min- . utes, faded for the rest of the ball game, losing to the Montpelier Pacers. 4137. in the final came of the season at Berne Friday night. The Bears were > t in front at the first quarter, 17 5. hut Montpelier held a 22-18 margin at the half and a 32-29 advantage at the third period. Liechty. Montpelier guard, kd the scoring for both teams with 14 points, while Krenbiel was high 1 for Berne with 12 Montpelier FG FT TP Everhart, f 2 4 8 ' Bonjour, f 11 3 Nestleroad, c 3 fl 6 Liechty. g 4 G 14 i Garrison, g 3 4 Isl i Dearduff, f a fl fl i Rogers, g 0 0 0 Totals 13 15 41 i Berne FG FT TP , Krehbiel. f 5 2 12 Augsbujger. f 2 1 5 , Hahegger, c 2 15 , g 3 fl 6 , Winteregg, g 11 3 ;T. Lehman, f fl 11 ' Sprunger. f 1 fl 2 ' D. Lehman, g 113 I ' Totals 15 7 37 1 Referee:—McSwane. I Umpire:—Richards. Preliminary Berne 32, Montpelier 23. CRAZED MAN (aun asvj IUOJJ JUI'J) main event." Ward, a diabetic, went into a coma shortly after his arrest and could not be aroused for several hours. Doctors said he had taken a heavy dose of sleeping tablets. Ward fell and hurt his back Nov. 8, 1944. while working at a Los Angeles shipyard. The case recalled that of Charles W. Hunter, 65, another disI gruntled accident claimant who I blew himself to bits 10 months ago ’ in the commission's office in downtown Los Angeles. I I Finqer Badly Hurt , In Unusual Mishap Berne, Feb. 19—Cyrus Lehman. | who is employed at Strickler’s i ( Equity Market, suffered a badly ! injured little finger on his left hand in an odd mishap late Thurs- , day. He had' the finger caught between rollers and prongs of a ( | minute-steak machine and was held a prisoner for 10 minutes, j Lehman was unable to free his finger as the machine does not run backwards. The owner of the store, Roy Strickler, was finally ’ able to pry the rollers apart suf l ficiently to get the finger free. The finger was badly mangled and , crushed but it may be possible to save it. Tra*(e in a Good — Decatur

Eagles Defeat Union Center Friday Night The Monmouth Eagles, staving off a late rally by Union Center of Wells county, wound up their 1948-49 schedule with a 45-42 triumph over the Union team at t ie Monmouth gym Friday night. The Eagles were on top at all periods. 16-7. 27-16 and 38-29. but were hardpressed to hold their advantage in the closing minutes. Harvey and Graft each tallied 13 points for the IFagles, who played the entire game without a substitution. Union's scoring was excep tionally well divided, three players counting seven each for leadership. Monmouth FG FT TP Harvey f 6 1 13 Fuhrman f 0 3 3 Singleton c . 4 3 11 Kukelhan g.. 13 5 Graft g 5 3 13 TOTALS 16 13 45 Union Center FG FT TP Carey f 1 5 7 Thomas f 2 1 5 Carl c 2 I*s Fisher g 2 1 5 , Caley g 3 17:

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