Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1949 — Page 6

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Tourneys Mark Holiday Fare 01 Prep Fives Indianapolis, !>•'<■ 27 <l'l’l If vv-t»Tdav’s tr.-tul continues, toe i< ii.iitnltT of the Indiana Itkl. m iool basket baH Christmas w.-.J. tourm .' will favor tin- host t.-a.i-<;<i tand Sullivan wtilk.n oft with • )iani|>ionslii|>s lasi niidii in Ihe firs! two of some 25 major bob dal meets Both were hosts at font team one day affairs \tnoiiK 'earns happy that stull a pre ed-n! was established Were l.atavetle Jefferson Kokomo Mali cle < entral. Martinsville ami hid ianapolis Howe They, and mor* Ilian a dozen otliei schools, wt” • ntertainin.' at invita'iolial tonrn:. mentH that will keep tin* leather warm and ba-ket >all interest hi.h throughout the year end holidav I'.er'inniiiJ vesterdav. there ;.t---tourneys in progress even dal tll.s week and next Monday Greimeastle scampered smar.'h to a tith In its own toiirnei !.<-• nizht by subduing Mitchell. 16 to s. aftei the lier Culm had blush I Indianapolis Cathedral, ’•> 2'. and Mitehell had beaten Lebanon. 37 to !6. in the afternoon Sullivan tri tuned I’etersburt.’. 17 to 33. in the finals of tie Siilliv.iv lollinel Xferilootl 111 -les We. e I’etersblirz s .*,5 to 38 li> tore over Bloomitiyton Tttlver itv and Sub vati ' ('• to 35 < <uii|in st of Bii km'l l.afavttte's tournament shape.l a- 'ln top attra tion There, .la. pel's defending' state champion, emiie up arainst New \lbany. La'ayette and South Bend Central Jas per and New \l i.niv .re rutili'iis 12 ill tin I'nifed Press Week!)’ ranking' The l.alavette tourney he’ills to tilifht and ends tomorrow night. <II her loiii lo v s in (mien Gari City umt, Hammond M'< li ivaii City, Hammond Clark and Griffith a' Hammond. Winslow. Lv alisville Central, Evansville Bosse and Port Brain It at Evansville |j> koino. New Castle. \llderso|| and Logansport at Kokomo; For' Wayne South. Mumie Central. I(i< hmolid and Marion at Muncie. Fort Wavne Central. Port Wayne North. Indianapolis Howe ami Ind ian ipoli Shorlridie al Howe: Sh'lbwilh I’n hville. Connersville and Greciisbur .■ al Shelbyville Elkhart Bloom in.-ton. Lal’oi.v and Ifni hosier at Lal'orte Kendo I die. Nappanee \n.-ola and Mil 'tin at Kendallville Elwood, liat'lotd city. Mum ie Burris and Alexandua ••I la 1. 111.ntr.. tun Catht» !<•... Port Wayne Central Catholi. .< id ( uitilda citv and Howe Military at | II a n.'in zion . South Berni Washing ton. South Bend Kiley, South Ih-tid \dains and Mbdiawaka at South Berni Wa-diim toll. Hlllltlngt ut. Vim ••nites and Wabash at Wash iiiatott. Franklin, Bedford, East Chicano, Washington ami .Martinsville at 1 Martinsville, Decatur. Fort Wayne 1

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Commodores at Lancaster Con- I tral. Ring Magazine Names Charles Fighter Os Year New York. Dee 27 (I'l’i The Rim; Magazine today named Ez z.ird Chailes Fighter of the Year" ami top contender foi the vacant world heavyweight crown; but it stated also that if Joe laillls came back in 195)1, as was likely, Joe would automatically be rated No 1 < oiltender \lthough Charles of Cim Innatl is recognized as < hampion by the National Boxing Association, the (ting magazim's annual ratings today listed the world title as ' v acant The copyrighted ratings, released in the February issue of the ma; azine ranked ancient Jersey Joe Walciut of Camden. N J. as the No I opponent for Charles, and listed veteran Lee Oma of Detroit Us tn Xt best contender Bruce Wimmlkk k of England and Lee Sa void of Paterson. N .1 . followed in that order Freddie Mills of England, world light heavyweight cham i pion, was given a sock on the chin by being rated below Joey Maxim of Cleveland. No I. and Archie Moore of St Louis. No 2. among / the 175 pounders Sugar Kay Riddnson. welterweight champion, was named the No 1 contender for middleweight champion Jake larmotta's crown \ml Nat Fleis< her. Hie magazine's editor. Stated that Robinson "is undoubtedly the best fighter, pound for pound, in the ring today." Lack of class among newcomers was reflected when the Hing fail ed to pi, k its annual "Rookie of the Year " However, welterweight la-ster Felton of Detroit was named "The fighter who made the. most progress in 1949 " Fleischer explained that Charles was chosen "Fighter of the 1 ear because of liis Chit ago victory over Walcott for Hie N BA crown. |>e< aiise of his successful title <lefen es against Gti- L”snevi< h ami Pit Vale'll ino ami because lie maintained fine public relations"

Concordia. Ih-rtte anil Bluffton nt 11< cal ur FRATERNAL LEAGUE (G. E Alleys) Tvcplc Trucks won Iwo from !. of I' ; Mihihc No. 7 won .two from I I’rehle V c. Elks won two from • • E Club. Standings W. L. Tecplc 31l 15 Preble .. 24 31 K of C. 24 21 Moose 23 22 (J. E. Chib 17 2K Elks 17 21 IIIkIi series: E Faulkner •»!* (22fi 190 2121 IIIkIi same, team: Teeple 10S1. Ilieh Kames Slump 2M, II Mur phy 214. Mclntosh 213. laidd 2'W, | 7.< lt 222. laird 202. Alton 217. MONDAY NIGHT LEAGUE (G. E. Alleys) Office won three from Flanges; j Inspectors won two from Stators. Standings W. L. Office 24 15 FlatiKes 20 19 Inspectors .. 17 22 Stators 17 22 IIIkIi Kames: Zwick 205. laiurrnt .JBjLl Jj ? w ■ 1 0 -Al — Last Time Tonight — Popular Return Hit! “WHO DONE IT” Bud Abbott Lou Costello ALSO—Shorts t4c-30c Inc. Tax g — THURS. FRI. SAT. GENE AUTRY “SONS OF NEW MEXICO” —o—o— Coming Sun. —"Brimstone”. Color O O CLOSED WEDNESDAY

REVIEW OF THE YEAR • -By Alan Mover September jdk B PANCHO GONZALES ! V ‘ PETA/NS NZS NATIONAL ' i S/N&LS6 CROWN >N . jL'-f 7 EPiC £-SET NArcH y I / aoainst Ted Schroeder Rocky X later turns I GRAZIANO Celebrates Ro - j RETURN To NEW YORK \ Ring by stopp/no \ FUSARt hurricanes B J - beat el trebol / ’ ■- IN U.S. POLO OPEN/ I CHARLES I' / .a/ n/ns ( ( *4 yEAn national > ( t /F 3 amateur wrl SOLE\mV Porter r I ’/ / j l\l] ladies national and American z leagues try to outdo ' EACH OTHER /N STAGING \ THRILLING FINISHES | >/ King

Pro Basketball NBA Results Sunday Minneapolis 72. Fort Wayne 58 Rochester 88. Boston 79 I Syracuse 94. Anderson 88. Washington 81, st. Louis 68. Philadelphia 61, Baltimore 63. Waterloo 97, Indianapolis 93 tov <*t intel. Sheboygan 76. Denver 72. Monday Fort Wayne 76. Chicago 74. Rochester .83, New York Mt fov’.r , time). Minneapolis 7.8, Tri-City 76. Boston 82. Baltimore 57. Anderson Mi, Washington 73. 202. MINOR LEAGUE Me.Millen won tour points from Macklin: Adams Lumber won three points from Central Soya; KeUy , won two points from Hoagla'id; Mansfield won two points fri.m Porter Tire Standing P. L. Pts. M< Millen .. 17 7 24 Adams 16 8 21 Central Soya 14 lo 19 Porter 14 lo 19 Hoagland .. 14 10 19 Kelly 9 15 12 Macklin 9 15 II .Manafiehl ... 3 21 3 High games: Snyder 226. Nas'i I Jr . 203. Helking 201-211, Deßolt 2«M'

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— B GM'Vy I'' Team Standings W. L. Pct. Monmouth R I .#•*# Yellow Jackets 5 I .MJ3 Berne .. •> 3 .<ls Commodores I 5 .414 Jefferson I ■> -411 Geneva 4 6 .4'iu Adams Central 3 •> -333 Hartford 3 fi .333 Pleasant Mills 3 6 .333 - -000— Only one game is scheduled this holiday week for Adams county basketball teams. The Decatur Commodores face a tough assignment in this lone tilt, meeting the strong Lancaster Central Bobcats at Lancaster Friday night. of )o Lancaster, champion of tli" Bluffton sectional last spring, has lost only one game this season, and last week added the Berne Bears to the list of victims. The Comimslorr < hail their fdur game winning streak broken lasi week ami hope to start a new one Friday. 000 The Decatur Yellow Jackets, al though md scheduled this wee-, face a week of heavy drills in pr«ni aration for the annual four-team holiday tourney, which will be held at the Decatur gym next Monday Jan. 2. 000 Competing teams, in addition to the Yellow Jackets, winners of the meet for the past two years, will be the Berne Bears, Bluffton Tigers and Fort Wayne Concordia Cadets, participating for the first time this season. —oOo Decatur and Concordia will tan gle in the first tourney game at 1:30 p. m.. followed by Berne ami Bluffton. The afternoon losefs wili meet in a consolation game at 7 p m . followed by the tourney championship. - 000 Although resting this week, county teams will plunge into a heavy schedule with the first week of the new year. Three games are slated for Tuesday, Jan. 3, with Adams Central at Pleasant Mills, Monmouth at Geneva and Columbia City at Berne. All teams will be in action Jan. 6. with six games scheduled. —oOo — The Columbia City Eagles, ity de- ' feating New Haven last week, ran their Northeastern Indiana confer en<’e mark to three victories and ! no defeats. The Decatur Yellow Jackets have won Istlh their loop ; starts The Jackets and Eagles will ; clash at Columbia City Jan. 6 with the winner to take over the undisputed lead. Only one other NE’C game is slated next week. Warsaw playing at New Haven, also on Jan fi The NEIC standing: W. L. Pct. Col uni Ida City 3 « Lotto Decatur 2 0 1.000 Kendallville 2 1 .M' Auburn 11 .500 Warsaw 1 I .500 (Jarrett 1 3 250 New Haven 1 3 .250 Bluffton .... o 2 <hm) Melvin Wall, Jefferson forward. moved back into the county scoring leadership las* week, scoring 11 points to make hie total 138 points in nine games, an averags of 15.33 points per game. Bob Harvey,

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Monmouth, was held to four points by Adams Central and dropped to second place. -of to The county's 10 leading scorers are: Name Team G TP Ave. Wall Jefferson 9 13S 15.3 Harvey Monmouth !• 131 11.M< Farrar Geneva Id 131 13 4<t Robinson Geneva lo 131 13 id i Habegger Berne S 127 15 t , | Arnold, Ad. Central ft 124 13 7*: Price, Pleasant Mills ft 115 12 "X Ehrsam, Ail Central ft H'3 II U Meyer Commodores ft lf>2 11.33 , Wilder. Commodores ft 97 1" ’ - 000 Results one year ago fids week: Mncaster 41, Commodores 31 Four-Team Tourney Yellow Jackets 33. Bertie 2!t. New Haven 39, Bluffton 31. Bluffton 23. Berne 21 (consolation t. Yellow Jackets 39. New Ha.cli 37 tfinal). Cannons made of strong leather were used by the Pilgrims in the I early days of New England to defend themselves against Indian raids. I'si lota Xi annual Christmas dance, Wednesday, December 27, 9 to 12. K. of C. hall. M

THE FATEFUL FIFTY YEAR| Noteworthy Events of Our Time, 1900-/9/U Compiled By WILLIAM BITT, Central Rrat* Stoff Writer w 9b wlPl r -vident Benito Nellie Toyloe Miriam (Ma) Wm. Jennings ClarenceM Midge Mussolini Ross Ferguson Bryan Darrow ■

IWI A SEVERE industrial slump plagued the nation, the number of unemployed increasing from 3,743,000 in January to 5,735,000 in August. On Sept. 25 President Harding called an unemployment conference to make recommendation! for Winter employment... The United States Senate ratified a treaty ending the war with Germany. Oct. 18 . . . Explosion of the ZR-t. a dirigible balloon over England, killed 62, including 17 U. S. Navy men, Aug. 24. . . . Benito Mussolini, Fascist leader, became dictator of Italy, Oct. 20 ... On Nov. 25, Prince Hirohito became regent of Japan. ... An international conference on limltationa of armaments opened in Washington, Nov. 11. In the World Series, the New York Giants defeated the New York Yankees (first subway aeries), 5 games to 3. 1«22 DISARMAMENT was the big news of the year. A Five-Power Naval Treaty limiting capital ship tonnage was agreed upon, Feb. 1, by the United States, Great Britain. Japan, France and Italy at a respective ratio of 5-5-3-1 tk-1 % A Four-Power Pacific Pact was agreed upon by the aame nations, except Italy, on Dec. 13 . . . The roof of the Knickerbocker theater in Washington collapsed on Jan. 28. killing 96 . . . Thirty-four lost their lives when the dirigible Roma. built in Italy for the U. 8 . exploded at Hampton, Va., Feb. 21. Twenty-aix were killed in a battle at Herrin, 111., between strikers and atrike-breakers. June 22-

Rochester Leads In Central Division By Cnited Press The Rochester Royals continued to lead the bitterly contested central division <>f the National Basketball Association today because Bolt Davies, their old reliable, collected three points in the final seconds of an overtime struggle with the New York Knickerbockers. Davis swished in a fit Id goal anti a free throw with six seconds remaining in the overtime period yes terday to give Rochester an 83 to So triumph. Those vital points were just samples The former Seton Hall player also topped the individual scoring in the afternoon game at Madison Square Garden with 32 points. Rochester needed Davies' points to remain in first place because the second place Minneapolis !<ak ers defeated the Trif’ity Black Hawks. 78 to 7«. last night and would have slid into the top position If the Royals had lost Minneapolis. with Is victories, has won two more games than Rochester hut has lost lo games, two more than the Royals In other games last night, the Boston Celtics heat the Baltimore Bullets, 82 to 57; the Anderson Packers defeated the Washington Capitols S» to 73; and the Fort

23. ... Much more cheerful news was a great improvement in the use of insulin. The New York Giants again defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series, 4 games to none. One game ended in a 3-3 tie. 1923 AN OMINOUS occurrence to which the world paid scant attention took place. Nov. 8, in Bavaria. Germany, the "Beer Hall Putsch" of Adolf Hitler and Gen. Erich Ludendorff, leaders of the National Socialists (Nazis). The revolt was quickly put down and Hitler was jailed Nov. 12 ... A revolt in Spain in September brought Gen. Primo Rivera to i power as military dictator . . . Seventy-six, 41 of them children, died in grade school building firs In Csmden, S. C., May 17 . . . French and Belgian occupation of the Ruhr (Germany) began Jan. 11 . . . The nation was shocked. Aug. 2. by the sudden death of President Warren G. Harding. Vice President Calvin Coolidge I was immediately sworn in as President... A great earthquake in Japan killed 200.000. Tokyo I and Yokohama suffered severely. ! ... The New York Yankees fin- > ally defeated the New York t Giants in the World Series, 4 games to 2. t 1924 THE TEAPOT DOME oil lease scandals shocked the nation and brought a wave of resignations . from the Cabinet. The scandal broke in February . . . Murder • of Bobby Franks, 13, in Chicago, for which Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were tried, con-

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Wayne Pistons edged ■(„. Stags 7G to 71 Bp Tri-City pulled within tw,, of Minmapolis thtie last minute of play aftet th. had built up a 61 is i, the final quarter Th. H.iwk- limited big G. - four field goals hut 17 times in the proce-s , Lak. t center sank II throws to take indiviili,.,, honors with 22 points 9H Tony l.avelll. who n vidts the only bright -p.,lowly Boston club wi-n ■ tim< accorilion se|.,-i,,| 15 points and sparked second period suri'e " . beat Baltimore SAYS JAPS (Corit From l'ig. ■ t.tiological wia|>o|iI'tilted States , nvisaci <1 ' quoted the prosecutor aKarasawa "This is precisely p visaged." Katasaw.i w , , answt ring. The term "pigskin” balls is really a inisnum. i nearly all arc made of material as shoe soles ton. Rent cattle liide. esp,. hossed or printed If You Have Something To A Democrat Want A<l—lt

i victed and sentenced fur cur red on May 22 . . . came for Nikolai Lenin. and ex-Preaidcnt Wilson ■ ' I ... Two women were governors of states (first U. 8. history) in November fly were Mrs. Nellie Taylor I'.lfl Wyoming and Mrs Miriam Ferguson of Texas . . Coolidge was elected to areflr term. Nov. 4 . . . The I Series saw the Washington ators triumphant over the York Giants, 4 games to 3. I i 1925 THE "MONKEY Dayton, Tenn . in July of ■ Scopes, a high school accused of teaching the theory evolution, caused a i rore. Defense counsel was by Clarence Darrow andjto prosecution by William Bryan Scope was found fined 5100 and costs Bryan 1 times Democratic President, died two days First electronically perfect i mission of a photograph phone wires was achieved i the year ... A tornado s^^K ( Missouri, southern Illinois yi southern Indiana, killing doing 520 million damage 20 ... The U S Navy Shenandoah crashed in Sept 2, killing 14 La fl> Treaty (to outlaw wari was fled by Germany. Nov 2" B ... Great Britain. France. B< Italy. Poland and Czech < Dec 1 . The Pitts burg.’< defeated the Washing! m tors. 4 games to 3, in the Series. Next-1926 to 1930