Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1949 — Page 6

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Anderson Big Upset Victim Friday Night Indianapolis, Feb. 26 — (UP) - The fans I sportswriters included) who picked Anderson's Indians to win the 39th annual Indiana high school basketball crown dubbed Lapel the "upsetter of the year'’ to day as the 1949 tournament maintained'the Hoosier hardwood tradition of unpredictability. Favorites marched along knocking down underdogs like so many toy soldiers until last night’s second round of games. Then out of the >blue came little Lapel to break the monotony and engineer the biggest surprise since competion began on Tuesday. The final score was 45 to 43. but that two-point margin threw the hardwood sweepstakes wide open. Anderson, the north central conference champion and the choice of United Press and many sportswriters throughout the state to dethrone Lafayette Jefferson as the King of the Hoosier madness," was upended in typical Indiana tourney style. The Bulldogs were behind most of the way. It was 16 to 4 at the end of the first iperiod, 32 to 15 in Anderson’s favor at t.he half, and 38 to 28 at the third-quarter pole. Then, Anderson's defense collapsed and center Dick Mills sparked his mates in a spirited rally which took the tribesters by complete surprise. iMills contributed 14 timely points to lead the attack. His under-the-basket shot in the last minute of play broke a 43-43 deadlock and broke Anderson. Andersonis prolific Bob Rotisey, who led NCC shoemakers with a per-game average of 15.6, had 'to settle for 13 points. Thus, Anderson became the first finalist of last year's state tourney to be ousted. The Indians lost to Lafayette Jefferson in the afternoon finals last time. This year, they were tops in seven of 10 U. P. weekly statewide rankings of the prop powers. iMeanwhile, the other members of the elite guard came through as the field was chopped to 256 semifinalists. They’ll square off in 1:00 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. games, with the 64 sectional titlists to <be determined in tonight's 8:15 p.m. games. Os last year's 64 sectional winners, 21 bit the dust by last night. Most noteworthy were the defeats of former state champs Crawfordsville and Franklin. Crawfordsville's Athenians, win ners of the first state tourney in ' 1911, lost to Waveland, 40 to 37. Franklin, the only club to win trfrce state tieles in a row, was ousted by Johnson county champ Union township of Bargersville, 46 to 37. New Albany’s high-flying Bulldogs‘moved into today’s semi-finals against Corydon by besttag city SELL YOUR CAR? No dealer will buy your car at , top retail price, but we will sell it for you at this figure, less 5% commission. AL SCHMITT 201 8. First Phone 144

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rival Scribner, 49 to 26. Jeffersonville, which swamped Lanesville, 66 to 21, must beat little Silver Creek at 2:15 ip.m. before getting a chance at New Albany for the sectional title tonight. New Albany was a prohibitive favorite against Corydon. Lafayette Jefferson's Broncos roared into the semi-finals with a 47 to 38 victory over Dayton and will meet Shadeland in the second afternoon session. Muncie Central and Evansville Central, who completed the “big four" at last year's state finals, also remained in the running. Muncie’s Bearcats romped over Royerton, 67 to 37, while the pocket city aggregation edged city rival Memorial, 51 to 48. Bill Phillips’ 21 points were the difference. Os the other big shots, Huntingburg’s southern conference champs had the closest call. The Hunters barely managed to withstand a lastperiod rally by little Spurgeon to win, 40 to 39, after going into the last stanza with a 10-point advantage. Tom Smith racked up 22 points for the winners, but Don Sakel’s free throw in the last 30 seconds provided the margin of victory. The Hunters have a 2:15 p.m. date with Jasper's tourney-wise Wildcats. Sectional Scores At Decatur Monroe 57, Monmouth 34. Berne 41, Jefferson 37. Decatur Yellow Jackets 44, Hartford 36. Kirkland 41, Decatur Commodores 34. At Bluffton Petroleum 41, Jackson 40. Lancaster Central 63, Chester Center 44). At Hartford City Pennville 51, Poling 18. Jefferson 41, Portland 27. Roll 45, Ridgeville 37 (overtime). Hartford City 50. Montpelier 30. At Huntington Jefferson 60, Markle 22. Huntington Catholic 43, Jackson Twp. 41. Jefferson (Whitley) 45, Polk Twp. 43. Union 41, Andrews 39. Huntington 55. Jefferson 29. At Warsaw Warsaw 43, Columbia City 41. Beaver Dam 40, Etna Green 38. i Syracuse 53, Sidney 27. North Webster 43, Leesburg 40. i Warsaw 50, Pierceton 46. linn Grove Hardware Evens lions Playoff Linn Grove Hardware evened the playoff series for the Lions league championship, defeating Decatur Stations, 44-30, in the second game of the series. Linn Grove led at all periods. 9-7, 21-13 and 36-18. Moser led the winners with 16 points, and K. Schnepf topped Decatur Stations with 13. In the preliminary game, South Whitley VFW defeated the Decatur VFW. 50-32, for the right to represent the district in the state VFW tourney. The final games of the Lions playoff likely will be played at the Lincoln gym in this city next Wednesday evening. Linn Grove FG' FT TP Dubach f 6 0 12 Moser f 7 2 16 Smith c 3 0 6 Striker g 113 K. Grandlienard g .... 2 3 7 Steiner g 0 0 0 Grandlienard g 0 0 0 TOTAL ..... 19 6 44 , Stations FG FT TP McAlhaney f 11 3 D. Schnepp f 4 2 10 K. Schnepp c 5 3 13 Croeby g 0 0 0 Rice g ...... 2 0 4 Mahan f ...... 0 0 0 King g 0 O 0 Fuelling g O 0 0 TOTALS 12 6 30 Break Kingfish ing Record In Florida Several Decatur vacationists set a record for catching king fish in Florida waters this week. Mrs. Dick Boch, sons John and Robert and the latter’s wife, and Roy Balyeat of VanfWert, 0., chartered a boat and went deep sea fishing off Fort Wyers Beach. They caught 62 kingfish, which broke the former record of 53 in one day. The largest fish weighed 16 pounds. The Bochs have been vacationing at’Fort Myers since last January. Night-time traffic fatalities are reduced an average of 76 percent' by modernising street lighting, the Street and Traffic Safety Lighting Bureau reporta

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major league Swearingen won three from Super Service; Mies won two from 1 Foley; Burk Elevator won two West End; Ideal Dairy won two from Gay Mobil; Smith Bros, won two from Decatur Industries. Standings W. L Swearingen 50 25 Super Service 44 31 Foley 42 33 1 Burk 42 33 West End 40 '35 Ideal 37 38 ' Mies 33 42 1 Gay 30 45 Smith 30 45 ' Decatur Ind. 27 48 High series: Snyder 600 (245-163-192). ' High games: Macklin 204, In- : i niger 201, Fry 205, Reinking 234, I P. Bleeke 200, Zeit 212-202, Arnold : 201. Mann 200, M. Hoagland 202207, Bayles 202-211. 1 MERCHANT LEAGUE Standings W L 1 Hoagland 14 7 Schafer 12 9 Meyers 1.. 12 9 Lybarger 11 10 1 Riverview 10 11 1 Decatur Cab 9 12 ‘ Stewart 9 12 1 Red Rock 8 13 ‘ High games: E.'Bulteiyeier 204, 1 Bob Hammond 226. ' RURAL LEAGUE Standings W L 1 Heyerly 19 ,5 Hi Ho 14 10 Nine Mile 13 11 Frickle’s 13 n Old Crown 13 11 j Shearer 10 14 VFW >. 8 16 J Bob's 6 18 J High games: Al Giilig 208. FRATERNAL LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) K. of C. won three from Moose , I; Moose II won three from G. E. 1 Club.

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aw ud \-i • , Standings > W L Moose II 17* 7 Moose I 16 8 K. of C 10 14 G. E. Club 5 19 High series: Faulkner 639 (183-210-246); Laurent 634 (231-190-213) High games: Babcock 202, J. Murphy 210, H. Murphy 226, Custer 233. MONDAY NITE LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Office won two from Rotors; Shafts won two from Flanges. Standings W L Rotors 10 8 Office 9 9 Shafts 9 9 Flanges 8 10 High series: H. Murphy 603 (195-202-206). High games: Gage 200, Shoaf 204, Laurent 213, Schultz 206JJ05. MIXED DOUBLES LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Appelman-Faurote won three from Bakers; Laurents won three from Basharas; Murphys won two from Nelsons; Schultz won two from Hiltys. Standings ' W L Murphys 39 18 j Laurents 35 22 Hiltys 32 25 Nelsons 31 26 Schultzs 30 27 Appelman-Faurote 29 28 Bakers 16 41 Basharas 16 41 High series: G. Laurent 674 (211-215-248); H. Murphy 641 (192-246-203). High game: Zeit 210. Fewer Flight Students Morgantown, W. Va. (UP)— Flight training at West Virginia University has “leveled off” to a peace-time basis, after a post-war upswing attributed to GI benefits. George S. Henry, flight instructor, now has 14 students in training, only three of whom come under the GI bill of rights. The drop in enrollment plummeted? from 40 students per class during the immediate post war period. 1

Tourney Notes Some Decaturites will be relieved that the long-feared meeting of the Commodores and the Yellow Jackets has been avoided. The two school have never tangled on the hardwood. —oOo — The superb set shooting of little Glenn Rowdon proved the high light of the Monmouth-Monroe clash. Once he drew a bead on the bucket, there was no stopping him. —oOo — Monroe’s unique break, featuring an exasperatingly slow pace, did the trick. It not only unnerved the opposition in the first half, but it served as a sure-fire way of working the ball in. —-000 — Highlight of the "WANE play-by-play broadcast last night was an interview with W. Guy Brown, Decatur high principal and tourney manager. Mr. Brown wasn’t the only one elated over the Jackets per formance. —oOo— Excitement during the first evening game was diverted I>y an honest-to-goodness confetti war in the west stands. The fan who didn’t have particles of paper down his back and in his hair wasn’t to be found. —oOo— George Bair's short-lived injury, which had him writhing on the ■ floor, turned out to be a painful cramp. He returned to action in the closing minutes of the game Outdoing their earlier antics, the Commodore cheerleaders painted their faces green and gold for the first half of their game. They removed the warpaint for the second half. The question remains, in which half was the spectacle more weird? —oOo— Commodore fans, always an optimistic bunch, had good reason to cheer late in the third stanza when the Green and Gold held a three point lead. Their high hopes were shattered, as the Commies were held to a single point in the final period. —oOo— This afternoon's Jnckets-IKirk-land fray will be the first meeting of the schools in several years. As for Monroe and Berne, the Bearkatz triumphed 41-39 during regular play. Berne partisans, though, could twist some figures and show that the Bears once downed the Yellow Jackets by five points, the Jackets topped Geneva by two, and Geneva’ tripped Monroe by three points. Therefore, they say, Berne is a cinch *to win by 10 pointa. Logical, eh? Chicago Teams Leave For Spring Training Chicago, Feb. 26 — (UP) — Both the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cnbs left today for west coast training camps. Manager Charlie Grimm and 19 of the Cubs departed with the north side group, due to open practice at Wrigley field in Los Angeles Tuesday. Four additional players will join the squad in Kansas City. The White Sox headed west under the direction of manager Jack Onslow, with added starters due to report at the camp base. The Sox’ first workout will be at the Pasadena camp Tuesday.

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Commodores Speaker HIHi v 1 i -■’ v I - ■ 11 HHF HH ; 111! Iffli ■'-*•***- " H IK , ■kji a I IkW ■ . SSBu. I I W v BE e Dick Scharf, above, head footr ball and basketball coach at St. Joseph’s college, Rensselaer, will be the principal speaker at the banquet Monday evening at the K. II of C. hall, sponsored by the Com--11 modores Booster club in honor of " the Decatur Commodores basket--1 ball team and their coach, David Terveer. Tickets for the dinner and dance to follow, are priced at $1.50. The event is open to the p public. 1 1 Kirkland Center Is Hampered By Injury i Darrel Arnold, Kirkland center, suffered a fair’y severe sprained ? ankle at Friday night’s tourna- . men I game but he will see limited ‘ action this afternoon. His physi- ? cian said Arnold will have to be heavily taped and will be slowed and unable to jump too well, but he "will be able to play a little , bit." 1 s Conservation Club [ Will Meet Tuesday 1 The Union township conservaion club will meet Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock at the Bleeke “ school. The scheduled movies ’ have been cancelled but important - matters will be discussed. All 3 members are urged to attend. 5 i, ’ Pro Basketball BAA Boston 102, St. Louis 83. ; MONROE (Ont. From Page One) throughout the second quarter, pouring in 18 points while Hartford counted only 10 to igive 'he Jackets a 30-12 advantage at the half time intermission. The Gorillas i slowed the Jackets down to an even I keel during the third quarter, t which ended with Decatur still on top by 18 points, 38-20. ) Although the Gorillas .battled like » demons in the final period, Decat- ■ ur’s lead was too long for the cam--1 .pious to overcome, tfhe final eights point margin being the closest Hartfor could come to the Jackets. Kenny Grant paced the Jackets c to victory with 13 points oh five ) field goals and three foul shots, s while the rest of the Decatur points ) were well divided. For Hartford’ Jerry Dubach was high with 10

points, .followed closely by Bob Augsbunger with nine markers. Kangaroos Advancj Kirkland’s Kangaroos again proved the vital importance of accuracy from the free throw stripe in defeating the Decatur Commodores. 41-34, in the filial Friday night clash: The Kangaroos were outscored from the field. 13-10, but converted 21. of 28 chances from the foul stripe to register their victory. Kirkland broke away to a good start, holding a 12-8 margin at the first quarter and building this up to 21-14 midway through the second period. The Commodores began, to move at this point, however, and came witihin two points of tjie county champs at 24-22 at the main intermission. The third quarter was a nip and tuck affair. The Commodores went into the lead at 27-26 for the first time in the game and held this slender one-point advantage at the close of the. period, 33-32. However, the Commodores were held to a lone free throw during the entire last quarter, while Kirkland picked up one field .goal and seven foul shots to win their way to the semi-finals. Jim Arnold was Kirkland’s scoring leader with 14 points on three fielders and eight foul tosses. For Decatur, Johnny Kable was high with 11 markers on five two-point and a free throw. The Commodores' chance at victory went glimmering at the charity stripe, as the Decatur lads made only eight of theii 23 opportunities. The box scores: Monroe FG FT TP C. Lehman, f 0 1-1 1 L. Lehman, f - 2 0-0 4 Habegger, c — 6 8-9 20 Ehrsam, g 1 5-5 7 Rowdon, g 8 3-3 19 Hoffman, f 3 0-2 6 Bradford, f r 0 0-1 0 Funk, c 0 0-1 0 Gerber, g 0 0-0 0 Rupert, g 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 20 17-22 57 Monmouth Harvey, f 3 0-1 6 Merriman, f 3 2-2 8 Sing eton, c 0 5-7 5 Graft, g 1 0-1 2 Kukelhan, g 4 0-4 8 G. Kie-s, f 0 0-0 0 Bultemeyer, t 1 0-0 2 Fuhrman, g 1 13 3 Stoppenhagen, g .... 0 0-4 0 TOTALS 13 8-22 34 Referee: Collyer. Umpire: Hall. Berne FG FT TP Krehbiel, f 2 2-3 6 Habegger, f 3 6-9 12 Augsburger, c 1 1-2 3 Eichenberger, g .... 4 1-1 9 Winteregg, g 1 1-2 3 Steiner, f 3 o-O 6 Weller, g o 0-0 0 T. Lehman, g 1 0 0 2 TOTALS 15 11-17 41 Jefferson Wall, f 5 541 is '—7 — o LOCAL CLASSIFIED I 1 ADVERTISING RATES I For 25 words or less: I ' 1 time 50c; 2 times 75c: 1 3 times 11; 6 times 61.75 t 1 Rates quoted are too consec- i utlve Insertions. No classified ' ads accepted for akipday ' 1 schedule. < ' Rate for 10 pnlnt BLACK ' FACE is Sc per word each tn- ' 1 section. 50c minimum charge. ' Classified ads listed In para- < graphs 50% increase over regular rate. Tard of fianka. Obltnary.Jn Memorlam, 2c per word. 75c minimum. • ' Copy must he in office hv 11 am. Monday through Friday. ' Saturday deadline la 9 a.m. ' * —- n TecSTT SCARFS I SAeeti I CteaMvtA I Phone 359

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