Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1949 — Page 8

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Commodores, Kirkland Win Opening vamei

Pleasant Mills And Geneva Are Out Os Tourney BULLETIN Monroe 57, Monmouth 34. The Decatur Commodores and Kirkland Kangaroos advanced to the second round of the Decatur sectional tournament, eliminating the Pleasant Mills Spartans and the Geneva Cardinals, respectively, as the meet opened before a packed Decatur gym Thursday night. The Commodores had little difficulty in copping the tourney lid lifter, defeating the Spartans. 4122. but tlfe Kangaroos, county champions, were given a terrific battle before subduing the Cardin the nightcap. Action was resumed this afternoon. with the Monmouth Eagles tangling with the Monroe Bearkatz at 1:15 o'clock, followed by the Berne Bears and the Jefferon Warriors. A pair of great battles are on tap for tonight's session. The Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Hartford Gorillas. sectional champs, will battle in the 7 p. m. opener. Immediately following this clash, the Commodores and the Kangaroos will return to the floor for their third meeting of the season, each having previously won one. Semi-finals will be played Satur day afternoon. The first tilt, at 1 o'clock, will match the winners of this af'ernoon's games, and tonight's victors will swap baskets in the second game at 2:15. The sectional champ will be crowned in the final at 8:15. Commodores Wln» The Decatur Commodores, after a slow start, had little trouble In subduing Pleasant Mills in the opener last night, 41-22. The Decatur lads held only a 9-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, but increased this margin to 10 points at the half, 20-10. The Commodores kept the game well in control throughout the last two periods, holding a 30-18 advantage at the close of the third period, and winning by their final 19-point margin. Johnny Kable was the game’s leading scorer, the Decatur forward connecting on five field goa's and six free throws for a total of 16 points. The Spartans were limited to only four field goals, Dave Ripley topping his ’ team with eight markers on one field goal and six foul tosses. Kangaroos Win The county champion Kirkland . Kangaroos, playing the entire: game without a substitution, survived their first sectional test after a terrific battle with the Ge- | neva Cardinals. 44-42. The Kangaroos, outscored from j the field by 10 points, won their : ball game from the foul line, converting 18 chances at the charity stripe, while Geneva, having far less opportunities, made only six , free throws.

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Kirkland raced into an early lead but Geneva fought back to a 7-7 tie midway in the first perou.

The Kangaroos were on top at the first quarter, 14-9, but the CardinI als came roaring back late in the f second stanza to nudge into a onepoint advantage, 2f-20, at the halftime intermission. Kirkland moved right back into the lead when play was resumed and held a 37-31 margin as the final eight minutes of the game started. The Cardinals tore right hack into the ba'l game, however. John Stanley and Harold Smith hitting fielders in the first minute to cut the lead to two points. Kirkland began playing more carefully in an effort to maintain their lead and there was little scoring the rest of the game. With the Kangaroos on top. 41-38, Stanley, the county’s leading scorer, fouled out of the game on personals and the Geneva fans wilted. A pair of free throws by Darrel Arnold and one by Dick Baumgartner boosted Kirkland’s lead to 44-38, but Carl Hart and Smith hit from the field to slash the final margin to two points, 44-42. Dwight Troxel led the Kirkland scoring with 14 points, followed by Jim Arnold with 13 and Baumgartner with 10. \Stanley topped a’l scorers with 16 markers, while Smith and Tom Robinson each hit nine points. In addition to Stanley, Geneva also lost Deane MacWhinney and Smith on fouls In the closing minutes. Commodores FG FT TP Kable, f 5 6-7 16 Gage, f 3 1-4 7 B. Gillig, c 2 1-3 5 D. Gillig, g 3 1-2 7 Meyer, g 1 2-3 4 Coffee, f 0 0-0 0 Wilder, c 0 0-0 0 Peterson, g 0 0-2 0 Loshe, g1 0-0 2 Hackman. g 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 15 11-21 41 Pleasant Mills Price, f 0 3-5 3 Hir chy, f 0 1-2 1 Rip’ey, c 1 6-8 8 Suman, g 2 0-0 4 Miller, g 1 11 3 Watkins, f 0 0-3 0 Geyer, c 0 1-1 1 Workinger, c 0 2-3 2 Raudenbush, g 0 0-0 0 Frey, g 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 4 14-23 22 Referee: Collyer. Umpire: Hall. Kirkland FG FT TP J. Arnold, f 4 5-6 13 Baumgartner, f 3 4-4 10 D. Arnold, c 0 5-6 5 H. Arnold, g 0 2-3 2 j Troxel, g 6 2-10 14 TOTALS 13 18-29 44 Geneva I Stanley, f 6 3-4 15 | Farrar, f 2 1-2 5 ! MacWhinney, c1 0-0 2 I Smith, g 4 1-2 9 I Robinson, g 4 1-1 9 Fennig, f 0 0-0 0 I Hart, c 1 0-0 2 I Kelley, g o 0-0 0 I TOTALS IS 6-9 42

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Don Mac Lean, who measures 6’3”. The Commodores had the smallest one on the eligible list — sophoVoglewede, who's all of 5' 2". —oOoAdd statistics: Heavyweight of them all is Max Peterson of the Commies, who weigh in at 205, The Jackets will suffer heaviest at graduation time — eight of their players are seniors. —oOo— If the Holthouse drug store’s guessing game means anything. 43 percent of county fans are betting op the Yellow Jackets to cop the sectional. Thirty-two percent of the contestants chose Hartford. From there on down it was iMonroe, Monmouth, Kirkland, Commodores. Berne, Geneva and Pleasant* Mills, in that order of popularity. Nobody, but nobody, picked Jefferson. —oOo— Glenn Hill, one of the WANE broadcast sponsors, couldn't even get a ticket to the sectional, we learn. Had to be a stay-at-home and j tune in the Mssrs. Buckley and Shafer. —oOo— As expected, the Yellow Jackets gym was cracking at the seams with sweltering spectators. No seats were reserved, so the crowds began to arrive promptly as the doors opened. By 6:15, three-quarters of an hour before game time, seats were as rare as a breath of fresh air. —oOo— The fans were remarkably well behaved, and booing was just about nonexistent. They seemed to realize that the officials were doing a top-flight job of running the £how. Late in the second game last night Deane MacWhinney and Jim Arnold grabbed for the ball, beanie entwined in each other, and fell to the floor in a dead heap. Xach thought the other was holdng the ball, so each refused to move. Meanwhile the game was going merrily onward. Cante the dawn they were aide to untangle in a hurry and sprint to where the helion was. —oOo— Tired from covering? Drop in at the K. of P. home today or Saturday and relax. The WANE broadcasts of sectional games will be “piped" directly to the Chamber of Commerce lounge. Tomorrow's games, which won’t be aired until after their conclusion, may be heard as they happen, through the courtesy of the program’s sponsors. Shuffleboard Team Defeats Fort Wayne The Decatur Shuffleboard team edged out Fort Wayne, 9-8, in an overtime league game Thursday night at Riverview Gardens. Scoring for the Decatur team: E Frantz-F. Kunkel 1; E. Peck-K. Schnnpf J; H. Bultemeier-L. Colchin 0; T. D. Schieferstain-C. Mil ler ». The Decatur team will play Van Wert. 0.. in a league game at Riverview next Thursday night at 8 o’clock. Trade In a uood Town — Decatur

Heavy Card Os Games Slated In Sectionals Indianapolis, Feb. 25—(UP) — The dog-eat-dog fight for Indiana high school basketball sectional tourney honors moved from the skirmish to the showdown stage today as a jam-packed schedule will chop the field to 256 semi finalists No less than 240-games—the heaviest card of the tourney—was on deck for today, activities started at 8:30 a.m. One of the earlybird highlights was the all-city clash in Indianapolis between Washington’s defending sectional champs and Tech’s challengers. Lafayette Jefferson’s defending stage champs launched • their uphill battle against Montmorenci at 9:00 a.m. Anderson, a finalist last year and the United Press state tourney choice, and Lawrenceburg play their first games at 8:15 p.m. tonight, Anderson against Lapel. Lawrenceburg against Dillsboro. * Powerful New Albany, which blasted little Elizabeth last night, 64 to 22, takes on city rival Schibner in an afternoon game. The all-negro club poured it on New Amsterdam last night, 69 to 36. Sugar Creek became the first unbeaten "people’s choice” quintet last night to be knocked out of the race. The Crickets, who had chalked up 18 consecutive triumphs, lost to Frankfort’s fourtime state champs, 49 to 31—but not before giving the Hog Dogs a run for their money. Traidng most of the way, Creek tied the score at 39 all with two minutes lemairing in the gams. But Eddie Ba»r's bucki's and the 'Dogs tight zone defense muzzled the Criikets late threat. Muncie Burds, which hopes to go far this time, also had troubles before downing a county- club. Once-beaten Center led Burris at the half. 26 to 19, and probably would have won had it not been for Dave Richman’s 26 points. His timely shooting put the Owls ahead in the third period after the score was tied nine times. Surprise packages included losses by Aurora and Evansville Reitz. Auro’s, Red Devils, who recently stopped Lawrenceburg’s Ipgame winning streak, lost to Guilford, 45 to 42, thereby enhancing Lawrenceburg's sectional title hopes. Reitz, although not a renowned power this year, bowed to city rival Lincoln, 38 to 36, on Paul Dulin's oMe-hander from the corner in the last 30 seconds of play. It marked the first time in Evansville tourney history that the all-negro school had beaten the Panthers. Huntingburg's southern conference champs, qualified tor a night game with Spurgeon after making their tourney debut with a 47 to 28 win over Otwell: Terre Haute -State's western Indiana champs edged Honey Creek. 57 to 53, setting up tonight’s tiff with Terre Haute Garfield, The Purple Eagles ousted Fontanet, 45 to 40, despite Don MsNeely's 26 points for a losing cause, and Shelbyville’s 1947 state champs rolled over Boogstown. 57 to 18. The first double-overtime of the tourney was turned in at Warsaw, where Sidney eked out a 32 to 29 win over Burket. Muncie Central and Evansville Central, two other state finalists last year, also open today. Central's Bearcats oppose Royerton at 1:15 pm.. while Evansville takes on crosstown rival Memorial at 7 p.m. tonight. Fairland and Winslow, both with perfect records, also join the hardwood brigade today. Fairland meets Clifford at 1:15 p.m., and Winslow plays Stendal at 2:30 p.m. Monrqeville. the fourth unbeaten team, already has qualified for tomorrow's semi-finals. College Basketball Kentucky 51, Xavier 40. Hillsdale 49. Michigan Normal 46. Eastern Kentucky 73, Murray State 41. Trade In a Gocd Town — r-catur

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IS 1 They're off! —oOo — At this writing, eight Adams county "horses” are still in the race for sectional honors, with two of the entries eliminated last night, one in a near photofinish. • -000— The Decatur gym. as expected, was packed to the rafters long before the 7 p.m. whistle launched the sectional Thursday night. It’s an absolute sellout in season tickets, as usual, and there is no such thing as a single admission ticket for the tourney. —oOo— Last night's openers went about as expected, with the Decatur Com modores romping over the Plea sant Mills Spartans without much trouble, and the Kirkland Kanga roos eking out a win over the Geneva Cardinals after a mighty torrid battle. —oOo — Fans were in early today in an effort to obtain choice seats for this afternoon's two games, sea luring Monmouth and Monroe at 1:15 p.m., followed by Berne and Jefferson at 2:30. —oOo — Tonight's pair of tilts should be among the tourney's best. The defending champions, the Hartford Gorillas, downed the Decatur Yellow Jackets in an overtime tussle just a few vyeeks ago. And the Decatur Commodores and Kirkland Kangaroos divided a pair of regu lar season engagements. —oOo— Free throws still pay off. That was definitely proved again last night when Kirkland,* outscored from the field, 18-13, by Geneva,, won from the foul line by converting 18 18-13, by Geneva, won from six. The Kangaroos, however, missed 11 opportunities at the ‘charity stripe, while Geneva missed Only three. —oOo — Officials George Collyer, of Fort Wayne, and Roscoe Hall, of Mam cie. whistled 67 personal fouls in last night’s games. Seventeen were called on the Commodores, 19 on Pleasant Mills, only nine on Kirk land, and 22 on Geneva. In that first tilt, the Commodores made 11 free throws in 20 chances, and Pleasant Mills converted 14 in 21 opportunities. —oOo—For fans who can't attend the tourney or listen to the WANE broadcasts, up to the minute scores may be obtained by calling the Daily Democrat, phone 1000. Scores are called each quarter direct from the gym's press box. Miss Marcile Geels, a student at the Decatur Catholic high school, is on duty during all sessions of the sectional. Call 1000.

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Broadcast of the local sectional, for the first time in history, is proving a great boon to fans unable to obtain tickets. All games are being aired over .station M ANE, Fort M'ayne. 1450 on the dial. Today’s games will be on the air as they are being played, while Saturday's sessions will be delayed broadcasts, at approximately 3:45 and 9:45 p.m. WANE is also broadcasting it 5:45 and 10:15 p.m. sports programs from Decatur, using facilities of the Daily Democrat for these 15-minute sports, —oOo— Some tourney firsts: First tipoff—Decatur Commodores. First shot—Dick Gage, Commodores. , First field goal—Dick Gage, Commodores. First personal foul — Jimmy Price, Pleasant Mills. First free throw made—Bill Gillig, Commodores. First time out—Commodores. First substitute —Marvin kins, Pleasant Mills. First player removed on personal fouls —Gene Suman. Pleasant Mills. Sectional Scores At Decatur Decatur Catholic 41, Pleasant Mills 22. Kirkland 44. Geneva 42. At Bluffton Lancaster 38, Unjpn Center 3J. Bluffton 46, Liberty Center 4a, Rockcre k 37. Ossian 31. At Hartford City Jefferson (Randolph) 56, Dunkirk !8. Ridgeville 67, Gray 38. Roll 42, Bryant 38. Montpelier 39, Redkey 38. Hartford City 71, Madison Twp. 14. At Huntington Jefferson 48. Clear Creek 44. Polk Twp. 42. Huntington Twp. 11. ’Andrews 55. Lancaster 46. Union 40, Bippus 28. Huntington 79. Wayne Twp. 24. At Warsaw Sidney 32, Burket 29. (double overtime). Syracuse 44, Atwood 41. Leesburg 47, Silver Lake 39. North M’eltster 51, Milford 49 (overtime). Pierceton 48. Mentone 41. Pro Basketball BAA Minneapolis 77, Fort Wayne 73. Providence 89. New York 84. Chicago 87, Baltimore 68. I Hanover College Grid Coach Quits Hanover, Ind, Feb. 25 — (UP)— Jack Carl, Hanover college's foothall and track <’»aeh, resigned yesterday to take a head coaching job at Denison univesity, his alma mater. He learned his football under Alvin “Bo” McMillin, dormer Indiana university coach. Last fall Carl moulded one of the nation's leading offensive football teams among smaller colleges. He will leave for the Ohio school March 1. His successor had not been named at Hanover.

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