Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1949 — Page 4

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Many Tourney Champs Likely To Lose Title Indianapolis. Feh. 21 — (UP) — At least a dozen of last year s Indiana high school basketball tour ney champions were expected today to relinquish their crowns this week. Most of the powerhouses should come through with another sectional triumph, but several of the smaller clubs probably will be left .behind. By the same token, several smalltown powers are likely to turn the tables on their more celebrated cousins. A spotcheck of the 64 sectional tourneys show that first-round defending champs who probably will have a rough time repeating included: Cannelton, whose path into the regional should be blocked by powerful Tell City, beaten only once in 21 games. Columbus, which will hump tip either against unbeaten Fairland or Shelbyville's up-and-coming 194" state champs. (Michigan City, in the La Port sectional. Mt. St. Francis, the parochial school which won last year at Paoli, the first time it entered the tourney. Garrett, in the Auburn sectional where Auburn's northeastern conference champs are favored. Chester Twp„ at Wabash. Hartford Center, at Decatur. The sectionals will get under way tomorrow night at the doublesites of Gary and Valparaiso, Hammond and East Chicago, and the 15-team two-bracket center at South Bend. By Thursday night all 64 sectional centers will have moved into high gear in order to prune the field of "69 starters to the 64 sectional survivors Saturday night. This marks the first time in the 39-year history of the Hoosier schoolboy hardwood classic that sectionals were spread oner a fiveday period. Officials that scheduling games Tuesday night helps to bring about more equal ticket distribution. Pro Basketball BAA Saturday's Results St. Louis 63. Chicago 59. Minneapolis 94, Providence SO. Rochester 87, Indianapolis 73. Boston 87, New York 77. Washington 92, Baltimore 88. Sunday’s Results St. Louis 70, Fort Wayne 64. Chicago 95, Indianapolis 72. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what tomorrow may bring forth.—Solomon. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

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'Sweet Sixteen 1 Is Selected By United Press Sports Writer Indianapolis, Feb. 21 —(UP)— Taking a stab at picking the, "sweet sixteen," here’s how Kurt Freudenthal of the Indiana sportsj staff of the United Press seesj them: Bloomington Semi-Final Winslow vs New Albany. Bloomington vs Tell City. Indianapolis Semi-Final Attica vs Lawrenceburg. Anderson vs Madison. Lafayette Semi-Final * Hammond vs Lafayette Jeffer-j son. Mishawaka vs Peru. Muncie Semi-Final Monroeville vs Marion. Muncie Central vs Huntington.

MAJOR LEAGUE Ideal Dairy won three from Burk Elevator; West.lEod won three from Decatur Industries; Smith Bros, won two from Super Service; Mies won two from Swearingen; Foley won two from Gay Mobil. Standings W L Swearingen 47 25 Super ... 44 28 Fole y 41 31 I!urk 40 32 West End 39 33 ldeal 35 37 Mies 31 41 Ga - V 29 43 Smith 28 44 Decatur Ind 26 46 High series: ’662 (220-241-201); Zelt 617 (221 191-205). High games: O. Schultz 212, B. Schultz 215, D. Reidenbach 219, Reef 215. Cline 207, Baker 208, Buuck 210-209, Allspaw 208, Ladd 211. Notes — Faulkner’s 662 is a new high series for the season in the Major league. Vern Krauss also set a new season mark, but is was a new low game of 95. MERCHANT LEAGUE Hoagland won three from Decatur Cab; Lybarger won three from Red Rock Cola; Stewart won three from Riverview; Meyers won two from Schafer. Standings W L Hoagland 14 4 Schafer 10 8 Riverview 9 9 Meyers 9 9 Lyharger 9 9 Decatur Cab : 8 10 Stewart 8 10 Red Rock 6 12 High games: O. Bultemeier 216, Baker 201, RURAL LEAGUE Standings W L Heyerly , 16 5 Frickle’s 12 9 Hi Ho 12 9 Nine Mile 11 to Old Crown ..... 10 11 Shearer 9 12 VFW 8 13 Bob's 6 15 High games: Reidenbach 210, R. Smith 209, Hobrock 202. College Basketball Indiana 56, Purdue 50. Minnesota 54, Michigan 47. Northwestern 62, Ohio State 50. lowa 61, Wisconsin 60. Notre Dame 54, DePaul 49. Butler 79, Western Reserve 42. DePau w 57, Kalamazoo 56. Concordia 57, Tiffin 31. Hanover 70, Manchester 51. St. Norbert 70. St. Joseph's 68. Indiana State 66. Valparaiso 58. Evansville 76, Morehead State 52. Indiana Central 85, Oakland City 63. Taylor 57, Huntington 53. Tri State 62. Lewis 53. Toledo 64. Xavier 60. Chicago Loyola 59, Detroit 25. Michigan State 62. Virginia 43. Kentucky 78, Georgia Tech 32. St. I-ouis 61. Drake 47. Marquette 59, Wayne 44.

Markle Boosters Win Indiana AAU Tourney Indianapolis, Fob. 21 — (UP) — The Markle Booster* took over today the Indiana A. A. U. basketball title held the past year by the Kokomo All-Star*. 'Markle edged Alli*on'« of Speed way In the championship tilt last night. 43 to 3*. to gain the right to represent Indiana at the nationa. A. A. U. tourney in Oklahoma City beginning March 12. Tennessee ranks a* one of the nation's leading industrial state*. Agriculture i* important, its forest* cover many square miles of valuable timber, its mineral products Include coal, iron ore. copper, sine, gold, aliver and marble. Chemicals and textile* and their allied product* ar* It* two major industrial group*. w •

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MKgMWL 1 J* Kj NcjmL— Final Standing* , W L Pct. Hartford 18 1 .947 Kirkland 16 5 .762 Yellow Jackets... 12 8 .600 Monroe 11 8 .579 Geneva 10 9 .526 Monmouth 11 10 .524 Jefferson 9 11 .450 Berne 6 14 ,300 Commodores .... 5 14 .263 Plea ant Mi 115.... 4 14 .222 — 000— Well, this is the week. The week 769 Indiana high school tealns have been awaiting. * The week of the annual sectional tourneys. —oOo— And Adams county is no exception. Season records go by the boards as the 10 quintet* wind up drills for the Decatur sectional, which opens Thursday night. —oOo— The defending champions, the Hartford Gorillas, wound up a great season Friday night, boasting an outstanding record with 18 victories and only one defeat. Hartford's only defeat was a two point loss to Kirkland in the county tourney after the Gorillas had twice defeated the Kangaroos in regular season games. —oOo— This year's sectional appears to be the most evenly balanced o any in the tourney's history. Most consistent of the 10 teams, as shown by the final standings printed abpve, have been the Hartford and Kirkland quintets. However, most of the other teams in the county have come up with some outstanding performances, and upsets could easily become the rule of the local sectional, rather than true to form results. For complete details on the 1949 sectional, don't miss tomorrow's edition of the Dally Democrat Photos of all 10 teams, complete records for the season, rosters of the certified players, records of previous sectionals, a special feature on the cheer leaders, and Basketbawl's annual pick of the winners. All will be published Tuesday. —oOo—gale of sectional tickets was opened in all 10 schools this morning. The tourney is definitely a sellout in season tickets and there will be no single session tickets .on sale. In fact, demand for the ducats far exceeds the supply of 2.000. —oOo— The Dally Democrat will again provide up-to-the minute service tor fans unable to attend the tourney. Scores of all games will be called direct from the gym press box to thh oiru. at the end of each quarter. Call 100 P for the scores.

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The 1949 sectional will also make history in another way. For , the first time, the tourney will be on the air waves. All games will be broadcast over radio station WANE, Fort Wayne, with simultaneous broadcasts of the Thursday and Friday sessions, and delayed transcriptions of the semifinals and finals Saturday. A tip of the hat to the First State Bank and the Leland Smith insurance agency, both of this city, for making possible this excellent service to basketball fans of the county. - oOo — John Stanley, veteran Geneva forward, is the county's Individual scoring champion for the 1948-49 season. Stanley, despite missing one game because of an injury, totaled 279 po : n*.s in 18 games lor a fine average peif game of 15.50. Milt Habegger, of Monroe, another veteran of four years play, fi„.shed second with 259 points in nineteen tilts. —oOo — The county's final big ten. with games played, total , points and average points per game, are as follows: G TP Ave. Stanley, Geneva .. 18 279 15.50 Habegger. Monroe 19 259 13.63 D. Arnold, Kirkland 21 245 11.64 Smitley, Jeff er on . 20 240 12.00 Wall. Jefferson ... 20 228 11.40 Troxe’, Kirkland.. 21 219 10.43 J. Arnold. Kirkland 21 216 10.29 Dubach, Hartford.. 19 207 10.89 Graft, Monmouth., ki 203 9.67 Harvey. Monmouth 21 196 9.33 JOBLESS (Cant. From Page One) jobless workers in 1947 was higher, totaling 24,294,326 compared with 22,760,326 for 1948 in 28 states which had statistics on claims available. The number of claims filed last month in the same states totaled 2,900.453 compared with 2.036,972. Unemployment experts said the number of claims bears little relationship to the number of jobless workers. In many states a claim is: filed for each week a worker is un-| employed. A state-bystate check these reports from directors of state unemployment departments: Indiana—Most claims from in-1 dustrial sections, but little unem ployment in steel mills near Chica > io. Ohio— Y ear-end rise in unem- ’ ployment partly seasonal, partly, due to other factors, probably In-, eluding a lack of raw materials; such as steel for industrial used Large percentage of jobless pay: claims from construction, automobile parts and toy manufacturing industries. INDIANA (Cont- From Page One) first time. In addition to the bonus, other major unsolved problems included standardisation of time, the statewide direct primary, repeal of the 1943 released time religious instruction law. repeal of the 1947 compulsory arbitration law. county unit school consolidation, nd tion of the present liquor laws Cheerfulness keeps a daylight in the iuliid — Addnos. A fellow feeliag makes one wondrous kind.—Garreek.

Purdue Beaten By LU., Plays Two This Week Chicago, Feb. 21—(UP)— Purdue’s erratic basketeers could assume the giant-killer role in Big Nine cage play this week and present the league championship to Illinois as a gift, but don't be too sure it will happen. The Boilermakers, winners of only six out of 10 league games, open the week tonight nt thirdplace Michigan and Saturday they travel to Minneapolis to engage second place Minnesota. A double-victoiy for Purdue would just about insure the title for Illinois, safely in the lead now, assuming that the Illini can get by their two scraps, against lowa at home tonight and against Northwestern in the Chicago Stadium Saturday. Purdue was as certain to be the underdogs for its two contests just as much as it' was certain Illinois ( would be heavily fa voted to win its two. I’he Boilermakets have tangled with loth Miet'.' ’ ard Minnesota earlier this season and batted .500 in the games. The Wolverines were topped. 45 to 36, at Lafayette, but Minnesota won a 67 to 52 victory on the same floor. Purdue will find tonight that Michigan at home is a differeht club from Michigan away. The Wolverines, after losing to Minnesota and Purdue, opened a six game winning streak which ended only when the Gophers took a 54 to 47 win at Ann Arbor Saturday. It was the first home loss for Michigan since February, 19 >7 Illinois was expected to have little difficulty with seventh place lowa tonight, but the last place Northwes en team Saturday may be a stronger opponent. The Wildcats reached their peak Saturday in tripping Ohio State, 1 62 to 50, at the Stadium, nearly the same as the 64 to 49 score by' which Illinois defeated the topgrade Buckeyes a week earlier at Champaign. in other games Saturday Purdue fell before Indiana, 5-’> to 50, and lowa edged Wisconsin, 61 to 60. The lowa-Illinois and PurdueMichigan clashes headline tonight's league card of four games. Other conference contests are Ohio State at Indiana and Northwestern at Wisconsin with the Buckeyes and Badgers the favorites in games which could go either way. Saturday another four games are on the program. In addition to the Purdue Minnesota and IllinoisNorthwestern tilts, Indiana plays at lowa and Michigan at Ohio State. Minnesota has a nonconference game at Michigan State tonight. Don Rehfeldt, Wisconsin's jump-ing-jack center, moved into the lead In conference scoring with a 21 point performance against lowa which lifted his total for nine games to 158. The standings: W L Pct. Illinois 71 .875 Minnesota 8 2 .860 Michigan 5 3 .625 Purdue 6 4 .600 Ohio State .... j 5 5 .500 Indiana 4 6 .444 lowa 2 6 .250 Wisconsin 2 7 .222 Northwestern 2 8 .200 There’s nothing like a crisis to show what is really inside a person.

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BERLIN THEATER (Cont. From Page One) , ment. United Nations officials arriving in Haifa from Rhodes said they understood the long sought armistice providing a lasting peace for Palestine had been signed by Israeli and Egyptian negotiators. The first reaction here was that nothing was known of any such deve'opment. A little later a high official of the foreign ministry said the repori was untrue. But informed quarters had been expecting the conclusion of an armistice any day. The UN officials at Haifa, headquarters of the UN mediation effort in the middle east, said thev understood the agreement was signed after an envoy returned to Rhodes with an Egyptian government endorsement of a compromise proposal by Dr. Ralph Burwhe, acting UN mediator. They said Bunche and Maj. Gen. William Riley of the UN truce commission signed on behalf of the UN. GLAZED (Cent. From Pago One) Ore., said that the cresting Willamette river had spent itself in the lower Columbia and would con’inue to drop. But roads throughout western Oregon were inundated by heavy rains and covered by rock and dirt. Snow continued in the Oregon mountains, keeping winter sportsmen marooned in several lodges. Light rains were expected to replace the downpours that pushed' northwest rivers past flood stage and forced evacuation of 1,700 lowland residents. Except for scattered snow, workers in the storm-weary west expected mild weather to help them clear roads, many of which had been blocked for a month. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, commander of “operation snowbound", urged that his disaster force be j demobilized throughout about half the 177.000 square miles where it ' has fought to relieve suffering humans and livestock. The death toll among rescue workers climbed to seven during the weekend. Maj. Donald C. Jones, 30, Fargo, N. D., commander of the 178th fighter squadron of the state national guard, was killed when his mustang fighter crashed near Minot. Jones Was returning to Fargo, from Minot, where he had fiown a C-47 transport in the haylift for stricken herds in North Dakota. James J. Weber, 41. Rice Lake, Wis., was killed near Center, N.D., when his bulldozer overturned and • 0 I LOCAL CLASSIFIED | I ADVERTISING RATES I I | ’ For 25 words or less: I 1 time 50c; 2 times 75c; 1 I 3 times |1: 6 times 11.75 I t Rates quoted are for consec- | ' ntlve insertions. No classified I I ads accepted for akipday I I, schedule. | I Rate for 10 point BLACK | 1 FACE is 5c per word each in- I l aertion. . 50c minimum charge. I I Classified ads listed tn para- | I graphs 50% increase over | ' regular rate. j ' Card of Thanks, Obituary, In I I Memorlam, 2c per word, 75c I ’ minimum. | ’ Copy must be in office hy 11 | ’ a.m. Monday through Friday. 1 ' Saturday deadline la 9 a.m. I *

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pinned him to the ground. Another deatlT was reported when a bale of hay plummeting to a snowbound Lock of sheep from an air force haylift plane struck and killed a veteran sheepherder near Milford. Utah. Officials believed that the sheepman was hit as he tried to remove the animals from the haylift's target line, It was the second death of its type. Earlier, a Navajo woman was killed when she was hit by a food parcel dropped from a mercy plane. Pick said that the generally good weather permitted his crews to plow through 1,192 miles of snow-blocked roads in North Dakota. 1,418 in South Dakota, 849 in Wyoming, and 707 in Nebraska. Pick did not estimate a date when the rescue work would be completed. But experts warned that the rescuers might have to switch to flood relief if rapid thaws occur. Ths vast snows already are settling. and vege’ation is poking up through the crusts in several areas. RETAIL FOOD (Cont. From Page One) ha and Madison, Wis.. reported 20 percent markdowns. Eggs were cheaper in all cities except Omaha, where the price held steady. Bacon was higher in Portland. Ore., Salt Lake City. Minneapolis and Dallas. A few market men said they ex-

“To Bigotry, No Sanction” .. . Fouj words ... but for George Washington, Father of Our Country, they summed up the spirit of America which he fought to make into our United States. ... It is fitting that Brotherhood Week, observed in all parts of our land from February 20th to 27th, be calandered to embrace his birthday. . . . On this occasion we dedicate ourselves and we urge you to do the same, to promulgate the spirit of tolerance which prompted the Father of Our Country to pen these four significant words: “To Bigotry, No Sanction.” It is fitting during this Brotherhood Week—a week of understanding—to mention the important position of your friend’y tavern owner in your community. At times he might be criticized by the very few who abuse the privilege and right of temporate indulgence in friendship and good fellowship. He should no more be judged by these fe» than those who would judge the church around the corner by a few of its members or a nationality by a few of its leaders. Let’s work together in trying to understand each other and help make a better community.

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