Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 273, Decatur, Adams County, 19 November 1949 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Win; Commodores Lol

Decatur Downs Geneva Friday Night, 45-29 T!*»- Decatur Yellow Jacket i, warming up after a alow start, opened their 1949 50 basketball sea son Friday night with a decisive 45 29 victory over the Geneva Cardinals at th* Decatur gym. Decatur's superior height prove,! the deciding fa* tor in the lid lifter Hie Jackets controlling the ball Olf most backboard by tar the major ity of the time The teams battled through the first two minutes of the game with out scoring, although Decatur had i mam shots during this period, none ' of them sticking. Geneva drew first | blood when Bob Farrar grabbed a | rebound to score. Tom Robinson j mad* it I o for the Cardinals when I he drove in for a layoff on a fast break Lee Sautbine broke the ice for the Yellow Jackets, scoring from itnd* rneath Geneva was out in front by a single point at the end of the first quarter. 6-5 Harold Bohnke tipped in a r bound to put Decatur out in front opening the second period and Ihe Jackets were ahead to stay. Vic Strickler hit three times from the field in this quarter to pace Decatur's attack, which left the Cardinals on the short end of a 24-I‘i count at the halftime Intermissio.i ( The Yellow Jackets Increase I their margin in the third quarter, and went into the final eight minutes of play with a 12-pont lead, 34 22. increasing their final margin of victory to 16 points. Larry Jennings. Decatur forward, was the game's leading scorer with 13 points on six field goals and a fee throw. Strickler tallied Hi points, although sitting out a good portion of the contest after committing three personals. Tom Weaver lopped a well-balanced Geneva attack with nine points, followed by Farrar and Robinson with six ea< n. The Cardinals suffered a bad break wh* n Herb Bergman was ousted on five fouls after only two minutes of the third quarter. The Yellow Jackets will meet the Bluffton Tigers on the Decatur floor Nov. 29. and Geneva will play at Montpelier next Tuesday night. Decatur FG FT TP Jennings, f 6 1 13 Bohnke. f 2 0 4 Strickler, c 5 o 19 Sautbine, g 2 0 I I Bair, g 3 17 Moses, f 3 0 6 Kohne. f.. 0 0 'I M.* rs. * 0 111 Smallwood, g . 0 0 0 Mills, g 0 0b TOTALS 21 3 15 Geneva FG FT TP I Weaver, f 4 1 J Bergman, f lo' Farrar, c .. 3 o ? Robinson, g 2 2 4 Nevll. g 2 15 Haines, f ..0 0 o Stucky, f Oil TOT U.S 12 5 29 Referee Stebing. I'mpire: Murray. Prelimmay Geneva 2k. Decatur 21. armmmrarmmnmmwuwv

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MINOR LEAGUE McMillen won four points from Kelly Cleaners; Central Soya won four points from Mansfield Specials; Adams County Lumber won four point* from Macklin Royals* Hoagland won three points fro.n Porter Tire Standing* > W. L. Pt*. Hoagland . S 411 , Adams M 4 hl MoMlllen 7 5 10 Porter 7 5 p Central Soya 7 5 9 Macklin 6 6 8 Kelly 4 8 6 Mansfield . I 11 1 High games: Hoile 220, Selklig 1 212. —— Pleasant Mills I Spartans Score First Victory The Pleasant Mills Spartans I tang up their first victory of the season Friday, eking out a 43-42 triumph over the Hartford Gorillas on the Hartford floor. The Spartans came from behind to cop their first victory after two defeats, scoring four points in the last minute to edge out the host team. Hartford led at the first quarter. 11-9, at the half. 26-17 and at the third period, 35-33. Jim Price, Spartan guard, was the game's leading scorer with 17 points on six field goals and five frqe throws. Hartford's scoring was well divided. J. Augsburger leading with 10 points. , Pleasant Mills will play Adams Central at Pleasant Mills Tuesday night 1 home game for Adams Central), while Hartford will play . at Petroleum, also on Tuesday. Pleasant Milla FG FT TP J. Johnson f 0 3 3 B. Johnson f ..1 0 2 1 Workinger c ..... .. 4 1. 9 Price g 6 5 17 Raudebuah g .. 1 0 2 Bollenbacher f .0 0 0 < Mitchel f .. 0 0 0 T. Noll f ......... 0 ff 0 1 Bailey f 1 0 0 O' Hlrschy c .. 5 0 10 Ripley c 0 0 0 1 B. Noll g 0 0 0 I | TOTALS .. .. 17 9 43 Hartford I FG FT TP Ziegler f ... 3 17 1 1 Runyon f . ... 0 11 * I Weikel C ..317 J Augsburger g 3 4 10 R Augsburger g ..... 3 3 9 1 Myers f ... 4 0 8 1 1 McCune g .... 0 0 0 TOTAIjS 16 10 42 I Referee Garrett I’mpire — Garrett I Preliminary Hartford 26. Pleasant Milla 13 H. S. basketball Columbia City 43. Bluffton 35. Ashley 51, Auburn 45. Huntertown 69. Garrett 31Kendallville 60. Avilla 39. Fort Wayne Concordia 51. Angola 1 45 Lancaster 65, Ossian 33. Elmhurst 50. Woodburn 32. Mfayette Central 45. Union • (Wells* 35 Hoagland 45. Arcola 40. Hartford City 6k. Ridgeville 39. Portland 46. Union city 35. Elwood 54. Rochester 29. Anderson 55. Greenfield 45, New Castle 50. Connersville 30. Plymouth 39. Alexandria 28. Frankfort 36, Crawfordsville 28. Logansport 56. Roydt Center 26. Martinsville 52. Mooresville 61. Jasper 39, Washington Catholic 33. Huntingburg 43. Washington 23. Muncie Central 62. Winchester 24. I Bedford 38. Perue 11. Wabash 45. Kokomo 43 Madison 78. North Vernon 28. 1 Marion 52. Greentown 39. Montpelier 38, Warren 37. 1 ADM. SHERMAN (Cont. From Pags One) martial. Crommelln, the veteran navy f.ler who touched off the recent unification row. was publicly rep- 1 rimanded by Sherman earlier thia month for releasing confidential < navy letters endorsing his attack on present defense policies. At 1 1 the time. Sherman Invited Crotn- < 1 melin to reply to the rebuke. 1 In a 1.300-word letter yesterday. 1 Crommelln ' respectfully request < ad" that Sherman either withdraw 1 the reprimand or elae permit him < to explain before a general court martial his reasons for releasing I the confidential documenta.

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Eagles Score Third Win Os Season Friday Monmouth's Eagles kept their undefeated record intact last night, scoring their third victory of the season with a 33-28 triumph 0 ,- er the Huntington Catholic Ramblers on the Monmouth floor. It wax a rough content but cloae all the way. The teams were tied at 7-7 at the end of the first quarter. Huntington held a 15-12 lead at the rest period, hut Monmouth came back to take a 26-22 advantage at the end of the third quarter. Bob Harvey led the Eagles' scoring with 12 points, followed by Jim Merriman with nine. For Huntington. Landrigan Was tops with a dozen markers. The Eagles next game will be with the Alumni, to be played next Friday night on the Monmouth floor. Monmouth FC FT TP Fuhrman, f 13 5 Merriman, f 3 3 9 ■Singleton, c 0 6 6 Wolfe, g Oil Harvey, g 4 4 12 TOTALS 8 17 33 Huntington FG FT IP Coughlin, f 0 11 Stoltz, f 2 2 5 Buzzard, c 12 4 g 5 2 12 Stoffel, g 2 0 4 Schorrs, f OOP Hammond, g Oil Cline, g 0 0 0 TOTALS 10 8 28 Referee:—Dienelt. Empire: Bell. Preliminary Monmouth 34, Huntington 14. PROGRESS CLOCK (Coat. From Page Or.e> the "must." "Some folks have told me that If Decatur does not reach its goal they will begin to wonder if It is a good place in which to live. Others said definitely they would hold off making Improvements on their property until they see how things are going." It was the concensus of everyone interviewed that the goal not only must be reached, but that it is well within the means of Decatur to attain it. AERIALIST (Cant. From Page One) limes here thia week. But be had not tested his apparatus after working on it. they said Vogel, who reportedly earned 1500 weekly aa "The Great Simelly," had been la the United States 18 month a on a temporary rise He bad been seeking to obtain an extension so he could accept another six months of circus bookings. If Vow Wave Something To tell Try A Dsmssrat Want Ad it Pays.

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Englund Studying Pro Club Offers Oshkosh. Wls.. Nov. 19 - (UPiGene Knxlund. six foot six inen i basketball center, today denied hej had signed to play with the pro-1 fessional Indianapolis Olympians. At Indianapolis, the Olympians' business manager, J. R. (Babei Kimbrough, announced Englund signed and would report tomorrow at Minneapolis, where the Hoosiers will play the Minneapolis Lakers. Englund said ha had offers from 1 eirery team in the 17-mwnber National Basketball Association. *‘f ain waiting to see which one lays the most on the line," he said *'l am supposed to be on Fort Wayne's negotiation list, but they have told me that If I can get a lot more money from someone else they won't stand in my way. I s'ill haven't made up my mind," said . Englund. Berne Handed First Loss Os Season Friday The Berne Bears suffered their first loss of the season Frid-iy night, the New Haven Bulldogs edg- ' ing out a 45-43 victory in a close, hard fought game on the Borne hardwood. It was a nip and tuck battle all I the way. with New Haven leading at all periods, 18-15. 26-34 and SC--34. Offensively, it was a battle of centers for scoring honors. Howard Habegger. Berne pivot man. topped all scorers with 2" points on 10 field goals, while his opponent. Vernon Burkett, paced New Ha»en with 17 on seven fielders and three foul tosses The Bears will play their first game away from home Tuesday night, meeting the Portland Pan thers at Portland. New Haven FG FT TP ( Gladleux. f ... 3 17 , Ellenberger, f 2 2 i> Burkett, c .. 7 3 17 , Claus, g 12 4 Guiainger. g ....3 0 6 . Roemer, t .... 2 15 ; Bowser, g 0 0 0 I — — TOTALS II 9 46 •erne FG FT TP Krehbiel, f 2 I 10 Augsburger. f 10 3 Habegger. e 10 0 30 D Lehman, g 10 3 T. Lehman, fll3 Winteregg, g 2 14 I Parr, f 0 0 •> L. Sprunger. g 0 0 0 I ' TOTALS 17 9 43 Referee: —Lieberum. Umpire: Preliminary New Haven 23. Berne 18. ’ If You Have Something Te Sell Try A Democrat Want AA—lt Pays.

Commodores Lose Friday To Delphos X’tllizlng a tremendous height advantage, the Delphos St. John's basketball team defeated the Decatur Commodores in a game at Delphos, O . Friday night. 54-44. The Blue Jays of St. John’s were able to throw up a towering defense which hampered much of the Commodore offensive thrusts, and ai the same time pass and tnake scores which always kept them In a commanding lead. The Blue Jays started the scoring In the first minute of the game and were never headed there after. The closest score was at the end of the first quarter, when the Delphi** j team had but a 12-8 advantage. 1 They Improved on this score In the second quarter, however, and at half time were leading the Commo- , dores by the wide margin of 33 IS and looked to be running away wltn game. After the Intermission, the Commodores were stubltornly able to maintain >ace with the Blue Jays and slowly creep within range ol them in a game held tight by constant whistle blowing by. the referees. The immobility of the huge Isiys on the Delphos team — topped by the six foot seven Inch center Hornlngsford — was offset by the adroitness of some smaller, faster, shiftier lads led by a guard, Dating, who led the scoring for both teams by dumping in 20 points. Horningsford followed with 18; Meyer led the Commodore scorers with 15, followed by Wilder with 13. The defense tnrown up by the I 1 —

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