Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1949 — Page 6

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State Champs Meet Winslow On Wednesday Indianapolis. Dec. 19. — (VP) ■— Christmas vacations begin li.is week, hut there'll be no rent for many of Indiana's top high school basketliall clubs. Tile week's schedule is lighter titan those ot previous weeks with rhe exception of tomorrow and Wednesday but there are plenty of first rate tussles on deck, to he followed |>y many holiday tournaments. Tops this week, and one of the highlights of the hardwood campaign. will be Wednesday's JasperWinslow battle at Jasper. It matches two of the classiest downstate powers, both putting long winning streaks on the bloc k Jasper's defending state champs, who led the field in the first week ly statewide ( uited Press rankings, haven't been licked since last February. They've won Is games since then, eight so far this year. Winslow, in sixth place in the standings, nearly derailed Jasper's state title drive in the sectionals last time tlie Eskimos finally bowed, is Io 39. That was their only loss last season. They’ve won their first seven starts in this campaign. mostly hy lop sided margins. New Albany, another southern powerhouse, seeks its sixth straight win against Vincennes Friday in a southern conference game The Bulldogs, in a magnificent display of defensive razzle-dwzzle, stymied New Castle's Trojans last Saturday. 53 to 21 So overwhelming were coach Conlon Kanev's laiys that they Item the North Central Conference out- 1 fit to a lone field goal in 'he first | half when the score read 28 to b. Besides getting most of the rebounds. towering Bob Clayton col- j levied 19 |Mdnts and team mate Paul Poss got IX. Once-beaten Terre Haute Gerst meyer will be the busiest club, inov ing against city rival State Thursday and Evansville Reitz the following night. .Madison's Cubs expect little •rouble at Shelbyville tomorrow. They'll seek their seventh victory in eight games, and Princeton will shoot for its seventh win in a row against Owensville. Peru and Muncie Burris, co leaders in the Central Indiana Conference, get hack into loop warfare tomorrow. Peru Invading Hartford City and Burris entertaining Huntington. Hammond, which dropped a 43 •<> 37 decision at Muncie Central Sal urday, takes on another North Cen tral Conference foe — Lafaycte Jeff tomorrow Jeff lost to South Bend Central over the weekend. 15

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Dunkirk at Yellow Jackets. Berne at Lancaster. Jefferson at Madison. Wednesday Commodores at Fort Wayne Central Catholic. Thursday Geneva at Hartford. Alumni at Pleasant Mills. Friday Adams Central at Monmouth l Ad ;«ms Central game I. — Philadelphia Eagles Take Championship Los Angeles. Hee. 19. —tl’Pl— A talking tackle and a battering hack-those were the factors which made up the second straight national football league championship for the Philadelphia Eagles. The talking tackle was Al Wistert When the team was "down" and lack lustre on the eve of the title playoff game, he hoisted it to a fiery peak with a good, oldfashioned pep spiel. The battering hack was Steve Van Buren When the slush created hy a day-long rainstorm slowed the (Hissing, he churned through the l.os Angeles Kams* line for 204 yards, a new playoff record. Put those efforts together, and you have the 14 to 0 victory the I Eagles scored over the llams at the coliseum yesterday. Coach Greasy Neale of the tri- • umphant Eagles told the story of Wistert’s pep talk. "The boys were not 'up.'” Neale said. “Something was missing. So the night before the game Wistert called the team together and Just plain fired them up with the best pep talk I ever heard.” H. S. Basketball Fort Wayne Concordia 41, For' Wayne C. C. 33. Fort Wayne South 50, Muncie Burris 48. Jlichinond 46, Fort Wayne Centra! 30. Huntertown 60. Avilla 38. Ashley 78. Edon (0.l 44. New Albany 53. New Castle 24. Decatur Central 50. Washington 37. Evansville Memorial 64, Gary Wallace 42. South Bend Central 45. Intfayeite Jeff 34. Indianapolis Sacred Heart 56, Indianapolis Manual 47. South Bend Riley 38, Hammond I Clark 35. East Chicago Roosevelt 51, Elk hart 30. .Muncie Central 13. Hammond 37 to 34. In last weekend's thriller, Laporte edged Evansville Bosse, 4 r > to 42 in overtime. Jack Mullarkv's bucket with four seconds to go tied the score at 42-all and enabled the Slicers to go ahead to win. on a fielder by Ralph Jones and two, charity tosses. Also last Saturday, Tech won the all-lndianapolls invitational, defeat ing Howe in the night game. 44 to 38.

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» - ————o Today 1 s Sport Parade I (Reg. U. S. Pat. Oft.) By Oscar Fraley 0 9 New York. Dec. 19. — (UP) — I Perfectly willing to xpeml your laM dime In '49 if It means a nifty 's*> here Ih the final edition of i Fraley's Fcdliex and the New Year's bay bowl game “winners.” There being no truth to the rumor that this is the first hangover of 1950. these scientific pigskin prognostications come out like this, i Rose Bowl Ohio State orer California. Cotton Bow! — North Caroiiaa over Rice. SuKar Bowl — Oklahoma over 8. U. • Orange Bowl — Santa Clara over Kentucky. Gator Bowl — Missouri over Maryland That’s the essence of It but seldom In the history of football fore casting has such an exact and careful study been made as that conducted by old fearless. Team records, comparative scores, weather data, weight charts, injury reports and all other types of telling facts were gathered. All were then tossed away iir. mediately. Wading through all that hocus pocus. you get so you can't see the woods because of the trees. It's like the Chinese alphabet system usually reserved by elderly ladies for selecting a superlative steed when wagering on the sports of kings. If you know the Chinese alphabet the horse nine times out of I<> can’t run anyhow. But old Fearless finally hit on a system which can't possibly miss Mottoes! Yep, that's It, and now you shouldn't have any trouble at all in paying those Christmas bills. Anybody knows that a motto is a great inspirational factor. So just consider the CaliforniaOhio State emgrogllo at Pasadena Most experts would tell you that California Is favored because of its impressive record and heavier team, and that Ohio Slate probably will be killed with pre-game kindness. But consider the California state motto: “Eureka. I have found it" After entertaining such roughnecks as Michigan and Northwestern tbe past two years, the Cals apparentiy thlnk they've got a soft touch. Ergo: overconfidence Ohio State wins. Simple, isn't it? Suffering makes a person rich in character. — B. Smith. The glory of life is to love, not to be loved.

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Athletic Council Members Elected Indianapolis, Dec. 19. —(UP)— Results of athletic council elections in ltd five districts were announced today by the Indiana high school athletic association. R. B. Miller. Hammond, president of the board of control of the IHSAA. was re-elected In district 1. Officials In other districts were Charles E. bay. Liberty Center; Otto Albright. Cayuga; H. <’. Benedict. Vevay, and Elmer 11. Loehr. Huntingburg. College Basketball Purdue 71, Bradley 65. Northwestern 66. Notre Dame 56. ' Butler 55. Wabash 49. Hanover 53, Franklin 49. Valparaiso S 3. Western Ontaiio 53. Greenville 66. Huntington 52. Indiana Centra) S 3, Taylor 76. Western Michigan 75. Ball State 69. Eureka 78, Rose Poly 40. lowa 97. Western Reserve 57. Missouri 73, Michigan State 51. Illinois 57, Oklahoma 47. Minnesota 67, lowa State 44. Wisconsin 63, Marquette 45. Cincinnati 55. Western Kentucky 54. Nebraska 69, Baylor 55. Pro Basketball NBA Results Saturday Rochester 85, Chicago 63. Baltimore 89. Washington 72. Philadelphia 81. Waterloo 72. New York 81. St. Louis 76 (double overtime*. Sheboygan 110, Anderson 91. Sunday Fort Wayne 106. Baltimore 95. Syracuse 86. Chicago 73. Indianapolis 83, Denver 79. Anderson 78. Tri-City 69. .Minneapolis 77, Boston 72. Philadelphia Eagles ?f; t DISAGREED ON tCont. From Page One* the wager. The I'MW said he would disclose tbe names of the operators ready to sign, provided Sullivan Ind Kennedy bet tbe <I.OOO. Blissard said the names had been withheld because of threats of coal brokers to boycott operators who sign with the union. "I'm tired of these tenhmen questioning my integrity." Bits- ( sard said, explaining his Wager. I If You Have Semething Te Sell Try A Democrat Want Ad—lt Pay*.

Team Standings W. L. Pet. Monmouth 71 .875 Yellow Jackets 4 1 .800 Berne 5 2 .714 Commodores 4 4 .500 Adams Central .... 3 5 .375 Hartford 3 5 .375 Jefferson 3 5 .375 Pleasant Mills 3 5 .375 Geneva , 3 6 .333 -000 No pre-Christmas lull in Adame county high school basketball activities this week, with all teams slated for action in seven games, spread over four night, although only one scheduled on the usual heavy Friday night. - oOo — Three tilts Tuesday night wRp l»e Highlighted by the Decatur Yellow Jackets-Dunkirk Speedcats game at the Decatur gym. Berne’s Bears will take on a tough foe when they meet the once-beaten l-ancaMer Boltcats at lut|»caster. and Jefferson will travel to Madison In Jay county. oOo — Decatur's Commodores, who camo to life with a bang, winning four in a row after dropping their first four starts of the season, will be the only team In action Wednesday, traveling to Fort Wayne to meet the In-and-out Central Catholic Irish. —oOo — Two games are scheduled Thursday. Geneva at Hartford and Pleasant Mills entertaining an Alumni quintet. The card wil> close Friday night with one game. Adams Central at Monmouth, ai nough this Is an Adams Central home game. —oOo— Only one game is scheduled for the week between Christmas and New Years, with the Decatur Commodores playing at in Wells county Friday. Dec. 30. —oOo First item of business in 1950 will be the annual four-team tournament, to be held at the Yellow Jackets gym in this city Monday, Jan. '2. Competing teams are the Jackets, defending champions; the Berne Bears, Bluffton Tigers, and Fort Wayne Concordia Cadets, making their first start in the holiday meet. Schedule for the Jan. 2 tourney will be drawn Thursday. — 000— Ijtst week's results brought a lM>ut considerable reshuffling In the

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team standings, although the Monmouth Eagles continued their fast pace to slay at the top with seven victories and one defeat. The Yellow Jackets made It four wins In five starts, hut the Berne Berns dropped to third when they lost la Bluffton for the big surprise of the week. The Commodores, after a

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miserable start, have cllmlied all the way to fourth place on the strength of four triumphs in a row. Four teams, Adams Central. Hartford. Jefferson and Pleasant Mills are tied with three wins and five losses each, while Geneva is in the cellar spot with three victories and six setbacks. —oOo— For basketball at its top pitch in enthusiasm, we suggest the city series opener between St. Joseph and Decatur Junior high, to be played at the Lincoln shoot gym Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. For the ultimate in the will to win, It's these eighth grade youngsters. —oOo— The Yellow Jackets pulled into a tie for the Northeastern Indiana conference lead by squeaking through to their victory over New Haven last Friday. The Jackets and Columbia City share the top spot, each with two victories, and the only undefeated teams in the con Terence race. Only one NEIC HP scheduled this week, Columbia City at New Haven Wednesday night. NEIC Standings W. L. Pct. Columbia City 2 0 1.000 Decatur 2 It 1.000 Kendallville ... 2 1 .667 Auburn 11 .500 Warsaw 11 .500 New Haven 1 2 .333 Garrett 13, .250 Bluffton .... 0 2 .000 •Oo — Boh Harvey. Monmouth guard, continues to lead the Adams county scorers, dropping In 130 points in eight games for a 16 25 average per game. Melvin Wall. Jefferson's Hot shot, pulled within three points ot Harvey, however, netting 29 points in two games last week to make his eight-game total of 127 points. The

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City Series Opens Tuesday Afternoon At Lincoln School The first game of the annua, series for the city grade school championship will be played at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Lincoln school gym. The series, best two out of three game, matches Bt. Joseph and Decatur Junior High. St. Joseph is the defending champions, hav-; Ing won two out of three; games played last season, all cf which were closely contested. Admissicr prices will be 10 cents for grade and high school students, and 25 cents for adults. Probable starting lineups were not divulged today by the rival coaches. Dave Terveer of St. Joseph and Steve Everhart of Junior high. 10 leading scorers in the countyName Team G TP Ave. Harvey Monmouth 8 13<> 16 25 Wall Jefferson 8 127 15..*, Farrar , Geneva 9 121 13.44 Habegger Berne 7 117 16,71 Robinson Geneva 9 115 12.7.4 Arnold, Adams Cent. 8 103 12.a8 Price PI. Mills 8 99 12.;;x Meyer Commodores 8 97 12 IS Wilder, Commodores 8 90 11.25 Myers Hartford 8 89 11.13 o()o — Result one year ago this week: Fort Wayne C. C. 73, Yellow Jackets 31. Kirkland 40. Monmouth 35 (overtime). Intn<-aster 35, Berne 26. Jefferson 34. Madison 30. Hartford 48. Geneva 31. Kirkland 48. Pleasant Mills 23. Two Foxes Bogged In Hunt Saturday Two foxes were bagged Saturday when 114 men took part in a fox hunt sponsored by the Union township conservation club. The foxes were killed by John Geels and Rolland Grote. Another hunt is planned, Dec. 26, and one will also be held at a later date.

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