Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1949 — Page 8

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Scramble Is On For Mels To Regional Meets Indianapolis. March 3 —(UP)— The tussle for tickets to the 15 regional eliminations of the Indiana high school '-.askethali tourney continued today despite the fact “sold out" signs long ago were hung up. While the 64 teams eligible to vie for regional titles next Saturday were heading- into the last stages of their pre-tourney drills ami coaches burned the midnight oildeveloping strategy, the fans were -beating the bushes for those little pastboa rd s that provide the magic “open -Sesame" to the scenes of action. Some 80,000 happy Hcrtsiers will pack the 16 gymnasiums dotting the state by the time first whistle •blows at 1 p.m. Saturday. The crowds will range from around 2,300 at Attica to nearly 15,000 at Indianapolis, But those 80.000 represented only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of ardent hardwood followers who would trade their right arms for a season pass to the tourney where their favorite teams play. There just aren't enough tickets to supply the demand. It's always been that way and probably always will be. The people from the little towns with sectional champions are the ones who seemed to -be in the most favorable spot in the ticket scramble. Little towns like Waveland. Fillmore, Medora. Lynnville, Fairland, Hemsburg, Fortville, Aino, Camden and Monroe City. In some cases the supply alloted the little towns is enough to assure tickets for every adult and child in the community. But despite what looks like an over-supply, th* school principals seldom if ever have to turn any back to the IHSAA. They go like hotcakes in the villages as well as the cities. But the cities suffer the biggest headaches, trying to stretch a few hundred ducats among thousands who want them. The problems involved in regional distribution, however, are dwarfed by the problems that develop in the later stages of the tournament. Come semifinal and final tourney sessions, it seems everybody and his -cousin wants a ticket. With a semi-final seating capacity only half that of the regionals. there's hardly room for everybody — let alone his cousin.

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Fox Hunt Saturday ’ In Union Township A township-wide fox hunt is planned Saturday morning in Union township. A large-scale chase will be made in an attempt to track down the elusive animals. Leaders of the hunt stated today that 80 or more men will be needed to completely cover all possible hideouts i in the township. Anyone in the area wishing to | participate in the cox hunt is asked to meet at the Bleeke sereice station at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Seeking To Clarify . Ryles 01 Baseball Sarasota, Fla., March 3. —(UP)— A special rules committee sought to standardize the playing code for organized baseball today in a meeting with commissioner A. B. Chandler. It marked the first time in more than nine years that an attempt has been made to end the snarls) and clarify the phrasing of the rules governing the game. The last general revision was made in February, 1940, when the late K. M. Landis was commissioner. Chandler appointed the special committee to work on revisions and summoned it to the meeting today. He expects that the conference may extend over two days, but if it does he will have to declare a brief recess on Friday because he is scheduled to meet Bill Veeck of the Cleveland Indians at 11 a.m. that day. The Chandler-Veeck conference, arranged at the request of the Cleveland president, Will air the Indian-New York Yankee feud over the signing of two negro ball players. The rules committee, headed by Chandler, is made up of four representatives from each of the major leagues with president George - M. Trautman, of the National as-' sociation sitting in as the repre-j sentative of the minors. The American league delegates ; are president William Harridge,! umpire-in-chief Tom Connolly, um- j pire Bill Summers and general manager Joe Cronin of the Red Sox. President Ford Frick heads! the National league group, which also includes umpire Bill Stewart,president Brancu Rickey of the Dodgers and general manager Jim Gallagher of the Cubs. First objective of the meeting! was to resolve the differences in the present rules governing major league play. Under the present code, each league has separate regulations' governing certain matters. The dis-1 ferences include: American league players are fin-' ed if they talk to spectators during. a game; National league players are nnt The National does not permit a pitcher to blow on bands before de-! livery of the ball; the American, does. < The Ameiican gives the batter a! triple on a foul ball struck by a fielder's glove while' there is no penalty in the National. A player or manager in the National put out of the first game of a double-header can return for the, second game: in the American he, is barred for both games. The National permits a runner two bases* when the ball gets caught in the meshes of a wire screen, while the American per-1 mils only one. There are many | others, and once they are stand-' ardized the committee will work on j a code that will iron out all such differences in the minor league playing rules. Pro Basketball BAA New York 81. Chicago 79. Sk. Louis 82. Washington 72. College Basketball Loyola 63. Western Michigan 31. Cincinnati 68. Duquesne 51. Detroit 56, John Carroll 45.

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Huntington Catholic, Surprise Sectional Winners - ■- a-'’ ■ Jstr • ■ - If * 2=-22.W M a *nSwEy t k i ' rw4 oMMh Left to right—Tom Scher, Jim Stoffel, Pat Landrigan, Don Stolz, Gene Coughlin, Charles Hammond. Pat Eckert, Jim McNamara, Larry Godfrey, Dean Joyal and Paul Kline.

Fine Season Mark i The Ramblers, who provided one of the most stunning upsets in thel sectionals last week by defeating' the overwhelmingly favored Hunt-; ington Vikings, boast an excellent season record of 19 victories and five defeats, including tournamqnt play. The sectional title is the first I for the Ramblers in the seven' years they have been competing in the meets. Huntington CatftoliC has only two seniors on the tourney squad, only one of these a member of the starting five. The Ramblers’ roster is as follows:

1 """ ‘I ’ DASKgBAWL |: The Decatur Yellow Jackets, hopeful of adding the regional crown to the sectional tide w r on last Saturday, were scheduled for a workout on the Huntington floor this afternoon, where Saturday's tourney will be held. —oOo— The Jackets were also hopeful that Harold Bohnke, whose fine play was one of the features in Decatur's triumph last week, will recover sufficiently from an attack of the flu to Jake his place in the regular lineup. —oOo— Backed by more than 1,200 fans, the Yellow Jackets will battle the tough Lancaster Bobcats, Bluffton I sectional winners, in the first regional tilt at 1 p. m. Saturday. The Bobcats have lost only three i games this season and also won the Wells county tourney, in addition to the sectional. —oOo— A pair of darkhorses will tangle in the second afternoon game, when the Huntington Catholic Ramblers meet the Jefferson Red Devils of Randolph county. Win ners of the atternoon games wil i clash at 8:15 p. m. for the regional crown and the right to compete in the "Muncie semi final tourney the following Saturday. —oOo— From this corner, It appears that the Yellow Jackets, providing they play the game they showed in taking the sectional, should emulate the feat of the 1944 Jackets, who won the regional crown, the first in the school’s history. Decatur’s great exhibition In the first half against the Hartford Gorillas still stick In our mind as tremendous. Have at 'em, Jackets. To the fans unable to attend ! Saturday’s regional, there will be j plenty of radio -overage. Stations WANE. WOWO. WGL and WFTW 1 FM will all broadcast direct from the scene of action Saturday WFTWs night broadcast will be only on the FM station, however., —oOo— Delving further into records from sed tonal play, we find the four teams In the Huntington regional mighty well matched as far as sectional results go. with a slight edge to the Decatur Yellow, Jackets. Dr cater had an offensive average of 49 6 points per game, as compared to 11 for opponents. . an average difference of 12.*

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I Don Stoltz, forward, junior, 5-10, 165. \ Greg Coughlin, forward, junior, ! 6-2, 185. -I Gene Buzzard, center, junior, 6-1, >155. Larry Godfrey, guard, senior, 5-8, 150. J Pat Landrigan, guard, sopho- ■ more, 5-7, 145. ) Jim McNamara, forward, sophoj more; Pat Eckert, forward, senior; ! ChaJles Hammond, center, sophoJmore; Dean Joyal, guard, sopho- > more; Jim Stoffel, guard, junior. .1 The Ramblers’ seasen record is I as follows:

points. Lancaster’s offensive mark | was 45.75 to 33.25 for opponents, a difference of 12.5 points. Jeffer j son and Huntington Catholic showed an offensive edge of 13.25 points over their opponents in sectional play. —oOo— Mors research shows that the Kirkland Kangaroos, whose two victories in the sectional were scored by superior accuracy at the free throw line, made a .646 average from the foul line in three games, with 51 conversions in 79 attempts. Bo h Pleasant Mills and Geneva had better percentages with .667, but played only one game each. —oOo— ' Team records on free throws I and on personal fouls committed during the sectional: Decatur Yellow Jackets —35 of 59 free throws, .593 percentage; 57 personal fouls called. Monroe Bearkatz —46 of 73 free throws, .630 percentage; 47 personal fouls. Kirkland Kangaroos —sl of 79 free throws, .646 percentage; 46 personal fouls. Berne Bears — 16 of 37 free throw, .432 percentage; 45 personal fouls. Decatur Commodores-19 of 40 free throws, .475 percentage; 38 personal fouls. Hartford Corliss—l 4 of 26 free throws. .538 percentage; 18 personal fouls. Jefferson Warriors — 11 of 31 free throws. .355 percentage; Il per onal fouls. Monmou’h Eag'es—B of 18 free throws. .444 percentage; 19 personal fouls. Geneva Cardinals — 6 of 9 free throws, .667 percentage; 22 per sonal fouls. Pleasant Mills Spartans — 14 of 21 free throws, .667 percentage; 19 persona! fouls. -oO Milt Habegger. Monroe center, who closed out a great four years of high school competition in the final game Saturday, was the tourney's leading scorer with 50 points. Habegger also had the high individual games of the meet with 22 and 20 points, but dropped to eight against Decatur in the final. Glenn Rowdon. also of Monroe, tallied 19 in one game. —oOo— The best scorers in the meet included, in addition to Habegger and Rowdon, who totaled 31; were . Ilm Arno d, Kirkland, 37; Dwight Troxel. Kirkland. 34; Kenny Grant. Yellow Jgr-knt. 33: Harold Bohnke. Yellow Jackets. 31; Bob Ehraam, Moaroc. 29; George Bair. Yellow Jackets and John Kable, Commodores, each 27. —oOoWIN YHE REGIONAL, JACKETS! I Trade In a Good icwr — Cecatur

Huntington 35, Clear Creek 32. Huntington 34, Monmouth 33. Huntington 41, Lancaster 43. Huntington 49, Decatur Commodores 28. Huntington 51, Pierceton 35. Huntington 38. Roanoke 31. Huntington 34, Huntington Twp. 32. Huntington 46, Concordia 44. Huntington 46, North Manchester 35. Huntington 62, Bippus 28. Huntington 39. Columbia City 28. Huntington 49, Hammond Noll 56. Huntington 30, Andrews 34.

Monroe Seniors Are Awarded Net Letters Berne. March 3 — Four seniors on the Monroe high school basketball team were awarded jackets last Friday by Coach .Myron Knauff. The jackets are blue with leather sleeves. The four who received them are 'Milt Habegger. Ciaran Lehntan, Paul Bradford and Kenny

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Huntington 52, Warren 38. Huntington 44, Huntington Twp. 27. Huntington 41, Sacred Heart 31. Huntington 48, Lancaster Central 45.Huntington 33, Monroeville 59. Huntington 51, Michigan City St. Mary’s 28. Huntington 38, Anderson St. Mary's 42. Sectional Record Huntington 63, Warren 33. Huntington, 43, Roanoke 41. Huntington 54, Jefferson (Whitley) 38. Ramblers, 41, Huntington 39.

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Regional Tourney Officials Chosen Indianapolis, March 3—(UP)— The Indiana high school athletic association today announced that the following officials would work Saturday’s Indiana high school basketball regional tournament games: Attiea _ Devon Eaton, George Collyer and Arthur Lloyd. Bedford- Jack O'Neal, Robert Hobbe and Clyde Castle. Bloomington—Cyril Birge, Rob ert Derrington and William Coul ter. Evansville — Clarence Tolbert. Lowell Willis and Evan Crawley. Fort Wayne —Don Mcßride, John Hilligoss and Eugene Glaze. Greensburg —Roland Baker, Ray mond Trobough and Lores Leh man. Hammond-Harold J W. Johnson and Jay Mertz. Huntington — Herbert Edwards James Haywood and Sam Massette Indianapolis—Wilbur May, Nor ri® Ward and Marvin Todd. Lafayette—John Walker. Vietoi Griewank and Robert Hoffman. Logansport — Maurice Jordan Thomas Stirling and John Magna bosco. Marion—C. N. Phillips, Stanlej Dubis, and Don Polizotto. Muncie—William Reimann. Wai ter Bonham and Ray Lackey. Rushville—G. P. Silver, Law renc? Leland and Herb Schwo meyer. South Bend—Charles McManus Hugh Bergstrom and Paul Bate man. Vincennes—Allen Klinck, Irvin Thrasher and Cevil Tharp.

Elkhart Man Is t Suicide Victim Elkhart. Ind.. March 3 — (UP) — Elkhart county authorities said to day that David Hostettler, 33, Elk hart, commitleed suicide. His bod; was found in a gas-filled kitehe: yesterday, his head in a stove oven They Found No Peace Omaha, Neb. (UP) — Peaee reigned in the house of Peace, while one-half of the Peace pact was in jail. Robert and lona Peace were charged before Judge Dennis O’Brien with disturbing the peace. Mrs. Peace, Peace said, slugged Peace with a pipe—which was not a peace pipe—while Peace used a knife on Mrs. Peace. Peace went to jail for 10 days. Mrs. Peace I went home. Trede In n town — Deentut

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, ij,.

WANE To Broadcast Regional Saturday Radio station WANE, whipl broadcast the first sectional to ney ever to be relayed over th airways here last weekend give a play by play account of th Huntington regional pi ay star . at 12:55 Saturday afternoon i- 2 announced today by the First Stat Co., local sponsors of the , Dort ’ Bank and Leland Smith Insuranrevent. Dick Buckley, WANE sportscast er former Decatur resident will give the tunning account o the regional games and Paul Scha fer will handle the between-hal Vei summaries. The two Decatur fi n „ also sponsored the sectional broad cast. uno WOMEN’S LEAGUE Standings W t Hill-Smith . 1 Mutt’S 221 IS Central Soya South Budd J Mies ? 1 Kent :2'2 \ J’ ' McMillen j, f Jag Service Hoagland p 3aßs . n i Decatur Ind ,] Gottschalk w ] Duo Therm j Dunbar J 0 t Bank 8 [ Mirror s ] Sutton ? j 3PW ,l!.l 7 ] High series: Schafer 507. High games: Schafer 215, Mose 192, Bricker 189, Buuck 183, Bos man 179, Steury 178, Musser 17! Babcock 171, Steele 170. A built-in 'battery tester (level oped for hearing aids makes poi iibje for the user an accural heckup on the number of “hem 'ng hours” remaining before nei batteries are necessary. HATS DAY SERVICE StcceU fileatwti I Phone 359 I

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