Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 70, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1949 — Page 8

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Spring Sport Schedules Are Announce!

Baseball And Track Cards For Jackets Baseball and track schedules for! the spring season of the Decatur Yellow Jackets were announced to-1 day by Deane Dorwin, baseball! coach, and Harry Dailey, mentor!, of the thinly.-clads. A 10-ganie schedule was an-1 nounced by Coach Dorwin, withj, several other tilts pending but not r definitely set. Two dual meets, a triangular meet, a county meet, entry in the Goshen relay, and Northeastern In- j diana conference and sectional I meets are planned by Coach Dailey for the track men. Baseball The baseball team will open its season Tuesday, April 5, playing Ohio City, 0.. at Worthman field. ' Os the 10 games definitely scheduled to date, five will be played at ' Worthman field and five on the , road. In addition to the games now f scheduled, tilts are pending with; ‘ Marion, New Haven, Ohio City, Howe Military Academy and Con1 voy, 0., with the majority of these ( games to be played at home. Coach Dorwin opened practice ‘ sessions in the school gym this I' week with calisthenics and throw-j ing, plus three hours daily of! skull practice. Outdoor practices ! will start as soon as weather con-! ditions permit. Lettermen available this season , are Bohnke, Ogg, Lehrman, Smith. P. Busse, Grant, Wefel, Jennings ‘ and Plumley. Other likely prospects include Thomas. Strickler, Fruchte, Moses. Myers, Sautbine, J Petrie, Pollock, Cole, Schiefer- j stein. R. Busse, Bell, Hott. Kolter., 1 Kruckeberg, Ahr, Andrews and It Smith, plus some others with no previous experience. The squad will be reduced to about 20 in an- J other week as some practice games j can be held. The schedule follows: April s—Ohio City, 0. at Decatur. April 11—Convoy, 0. at Convoy. ' April 12 —Geneva at Decatur. April 18—Berne at Berne. Aptil 21—Dunkirk at Dunkirk. May 3—Berne at Decatur. May 6—Bluffton at Bluffton. May 11—Warsaw at Warsaw. May 18—Bluffton at Decatur. May 25—Huntington at Decatur. Track Coach Dailey has eight lettermen working out daily in preparation for the track season. These veterans are Slingely, Bogner, Smitley, Foreman, Mac Lean, McConnell, Johnson and Mills. Thirteen lettermen were lost by graduation. Weather permitting, an interclass meet will be held before the regular schedule opens Wednesday. April 6. with a dual meet at Hun.ington. The track coach also stated that one or two dual meets may be

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held at Worthman field in addition to the following schedule: April 6—Huntington at Huntington. April 13—Bluffton at Bluffton. April 19—Columbia City and Kendallville at Columbia City. April 23—Goshen relays at Goshen. May 3— Northeastern Indiana conference meet at Columbia City. May 6—Adams county meet at Decatur. May 13—Sectional meet at Fort Wayne North Side. Tigers Are Blanked I Two Games In Row Lakeland. Fla.. March 24—(UP) —The Detroit Tigers, held scoreless in their past two games, sought today to snap the slump against i the New York Yankees—a club | which has given the Bengals little mercy and less runs. Detroit suffered its second successive shutout yesterday by los-l ing to'the St. Louis Cardinals. 6] to 0. Alpha Brazle and Ted Wilks limited the Tigers to six hits. On Tuesday, Detroit bowed to the Yankees, 1 to 0, in 11 innings and a week ago. the Tigers and Yankees battled to a 17-inning 2-2 tie. The Yankees rallied for four runs in the seventh inning yesterday, added another in the eighth and beat the Washington Senators, 5 to 4. Braves vs Red Sox Bradenton, Fla., March 24 —(UP—The Boston Braves were slated to tangle with their intracity rivals, the Boston Red Sox today. Home runs by Rey Sanders and Marv Ricket were the Braves' only consolation ycsteiday as they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 5 to 4. The Red Sox. on the other hand, received three-hit pitching from Tex Hughson and lefty Mel Parnell to beat Cincinnati. 5 to 3, yesterday. Dodgers Win Vero Beach. Fla., March 24 — (UP)—The Brooklyn Dodgers returned to routine workouts today following their 5 to 3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics at West Palm Beach yesterday, a triumph that ended the A’s sixgatne winning streak. Jackie Robinson was the batting hero, driving in four runs. Big Cub Inning Los Angeles, Cal., March 24— (UP)—Having suddenly developed a penchant for big innings at the expense of their cross-town rivals, the Chicago Cubs today looked little like the club that finished eighth last year. The Cubs whipped the Chicago White Sox, 8 to 6. yesterday as they had a seven-run inning off the Pale Hose for the second straight day. Rookie catcher Ralph (Rube) Novotney led the Bruins with a single, double, and triple. Champions Lose Burbank. Cal.. March 24—(UP) —The world champion Cleveland Indians were shackled with a fourgame losing streak today despite fine work by manager-shortstop

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Rochester Royals Win First Playoil By United Press The Rochester Royals, maintaining their custom of getting there "fustest with the mostest,” today led the way in the semi-finals of the Basketball Association of America playoffs. Rochester, winner of the western division penna.rt, dumped the St. Louis Bombers cut of the eliminations last night by posting a 66 to 64 verdict at St. Louis. The Royals won the opener of the best-of-three series on their home court Tuesday night. In the openers of the three other quarter-final matches last night, the Baltimore Bullets nipped the New York Knickerbockers, 82 to SI; the Minneapolis Lakers defeated the Chi ’ago Stags, 84 to 77. and the Washington Capitols trounced the Philadelphia Warriors, 92 to 70. Rochester, which next meets the winner of the Minneapolis-Chicago series, gained its second straight playoff victory over St. Louis from the free throw line. The Royals had only 18 field goals to 29 foist. Louis, but converted .30 free tosses against six for St. Louis. George Mikan was held to 12 points in the first half by his brother, Ed. but broke through for IS points in the third period to lead .Minneapolis to its first victory over Chicago. The Lakers’ great center wound up with 37 points. At Philadelphia, the Warriors Joe Fulks remained on the floor only for two minutes before an injured hip forced him to the sidelines. With Fulks out of the lineup. Washington found the going easy, breezing in after gaining a 43 to 34 halftime lead. Two free throws by Walt Budko in the last 15 seconds of play enabled Baltimore to nip New York. Carl Braun almost turned out to be the hero when his basket put the Knicks ahead. 81 to SO, in the last minute, but he gained the title of “goat” by fouling Budko just before the final buzzer.

Berne Legion Plans Public Entertainment Berne. March 24 — Local Legion Post 468 will sponsor a public entertainment at the Berne high school gymnasium Tuesday evening. April 12. The entertainment will be known at "Donkey Olympics" and will consist of a donkey basketball game and several other acts and games by the Monkeys. The Legion post also announces that it will again send a local youth to Indiana Boys State at Indianapolis this summer. Kentuckian Held In Girl's Slaying Indianapolis, March 24 —(UP) — Cecil Cotton, 29, Dawson Springs. Ky„ was arrested today in the love triangle gun slaying of his girl friend at Newport Ky., a month ago. Cotton was arrested at a south ■tide home by Indianapolis detectives on a warrant charging him with killing Mrs. Geraldine Young. 26, on Feb. 26.

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Commodores Have 11-Game Baseball Card An 11-game baseball schedule for the Decatur Commodores opening Tuesday. April 5. was announced today by David Terveer, head coach of the Decatur Catholic high school. This spring marks the first baseball team the Catholic team has fielded in approximately 20 years, although practice was held last .’all. with two games held, the Commodores winning both. The Commodores will play all home games at .McMillen field, which is located in McMillen nark, in the north part of the city near the McMillen industries. Use of the field wm offered to the Commodores by officials of the industries. The Commodores will open the season at Convoy, 0., April 5, and have their first home game scheduled for Friday, April 8, with Geneva. All home games are scheduled to ■start at 3:30 p m. Six tilts are carded for McMillen park, and season tickets are now on sale, priced at •75 cents for adults and 35 cents for students. Coach Terveer announced that 22 candidates for the baseball team have been working out for the past two weeks in the school gym, with outdoor practices scheduled as soon as weather conditions permit. The tentative regular lineup for the Commodores is as follows: Dave Gillig. pitcher; John Kable. catcher; Max Peterson, first base; Louis Laurent, second base; Dick Gage, third base; James Meyer, shortstop; Bill Gillig, left field; Tom Coffee, center field, and Ed Hackman. right field. One prospective regular outfielder, James Voglewede, is lost for the season because of a fractured ankle sustained in gym practice several ago. Other members of the squad, battling to replace the regulars, and sure to see plenty of action, are: James Meyer and Bill Schulte, pitchers; Tom Coffee, catcher; Dick Coyne, infield; Dave Gillig. Don Schmitt, Joe Adams. Bob Gase, Tom Bosse and Bid Zintsmaster, outfielders. The schedule follows: April 5 — Convoy, 0. at Convoy. April 8 — Geneva at Decatur. April 12 — Willshire, 0. at Decatur. April 19 — Convoy 0. at Decatur. April 21 — Berne at Decatur. April 27 — Geneva at Geneva. April 29 — St. Mary's of Anderson at Decatur. May 3 — 'Monmouth at Monmouth. May 10 — Van Wert, 0. at Decatur. May 13 — Coldwater. O. at Coldwater. May 20 — St. Mary's of Anderson at Anderson. There are three types of tea: black, green and oolong. The difference is controlled in processing. Black tea is fermented, 'green is unfermented and oolong is semifermented.

AMERICAN LEGION LEAGUE Spitfires won three from Gunners; Destroyers won three from Flying Discs Navigators won two from Tankers; Signal Corps won two from Non Coms; Pilots won two from Doughboys. Standings W L Pte. Navigators 20 10 27 Destroyers .... 19 11 26 Spitfires 19 11 25 Signal Corpslß 12 25 Doughboys 16 14 21 Non Comsl4 16 17 Pilots 13 17 18 Flying Discsll 19 13 Gunnerslo 2o 15 Tankers 10 20 13 High games: McConnell 224-209, R. Andrews 220. Mann 213, Schultz 204, Hobrock 202. Moses 200, F. Andrews 200. WOMEN’S LEAGUE Standings W L Hill-Smith ...'. 23 10

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