Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 16 January 1950 — Page 6

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Decatur Commodores Win County Tourney

Defeat Monmouth Eagles In Tournament Final By 37-31 Score On Saturday

The Deestur Commodore, grabbed their first Adame county chai.’pionabip Saturday night, staging a great deeped half rally to defeat the highly favored Monmouth Kagh ■ hard-fiwht. great defeu slve battle In the tourney final. ■ Competing in the county tourney for only the third time In their hi*•ory. the Commodores welt earned their title hy defeating the Eagle,, who had downed the Decatur lads . twice earlier in the season and had t'T consecutive victories over the Com'ntMtores in the |»ast five seasonsThe new champions barely stave*! an under-rat &Y Hartford Gorilla trim'tt> the first‘semi final Sat nr day afternoon. 47 44. white the c Eagles had little difficult yrliminat ing the Geneva Cardinal* S 3 >. hi •he second afternoon tilt By their triumph, the Cummer dores were awarded-foe?.rham:»i”t; ship trophy, given by the Decatur Dally Democrat, and presented U* f 'narh David Ter veer and invmtmrs following the final /a . ♦ by Dale Decker. -Adams Central principal and tourney manager. Bob A was burger, -great guard nnd captain of the Hartford Gorillas A was awarded the S. Everett Rice sportsmanship trophy, given »y Robert Q. Monnier of the Monnhr news agency, with foe presentation made by Hansel Foley, Superintend •mt of the county schools. Rally To Win Coach Terveer s charges, tracing throughout th^-firat— halt*---came back spiritedly after the half time intermission niov >-l »lnt early in the third quarter. and hie favorite Eagles were not. aide to ’ < ~ nt game The first half, pa’rth ularh. of thr titular game, was marked' bv tigli* dHensiv e■■-prat*<'it -W - mouth held the <\gtitnodores witn4ut a field goaKfdß Thp^entrrrfo-H---WW, the Eaztew hotdfog-an S-7 advantage after the Ji rst tlfes of play Decatur made three of four foot attempt* for ouiv 1 petxud scopes. s liile -M» n ‘ bit four fiPhier-. tw-o+,y D o - < Merrim.in The -Commodores finally eas* d i . hm oh* 1 i6* it ; : rt Hagies came up with 1 four -• points to -hold a 17-12 lead 'a’l-r* 'half ’ —4s-.-. - ~;■ ~~l'Hpflred ? I ~r-T the defied in the first two mtuu.»e ? .-.j.f .fli.e third ■|u;iih 4 r. John fr«*e- thro*' ah<i a pair i>f perf»-> t ••■-♦ r shots by J tin Me Ver. JofofiTn? f i •' ““Tscflre at 17 .17 then' ht’ Do in a ri»w from the (h id and-D I >• ■ b .. was far from done however and -—Brov -Fuhnbiatf :ifnl Mt rriin.iTP *;i« h--rd in a fodder to ■ hot score al 21 21 Mover s third so ld goal «»f the p’erUMl ga.ve.the Commo - dore* 7_a 23 21 lead «oing info in*. <■ _ "'7 : ' '" ■-' That t wo point* was as close the Envies approached the lie v -ebpmpfoMw 4tt 4he last—.. mjJU-,

Tonight & Tuesday SPKNCKK TK \< Y KATHARINE HEPBURN “ADAM’S RIB” y ALSO- Shorts 14c 40c Inc. Tax —o—o— Wed A Thurs 'Secret -Garden” Margaret O'Brieh. Dean Stockwell F rst Show Wed at 6:30 — CAntLHuoua Thurs. from 1:30 _ BE SURE TO ATTEND! ——. _^o_o— — —r Coming Sun Dennis Morgan. Jane Wyman. "Lady Takes a Sailor” «-eW* r y Tonight & Tuesday “The MUTINEERS” . Jon Hatt Adele Jergena & “SECRET OF STIVES” Richard Ne*. Vanessa Brown •—l4c 30c 'foe 7 Taw -o—*-' Thura. ;Fri Sat. — Red Ryde/’, •'Cowboy 4 The Firefighter” , o—o — Coming Sun.—lt’s Startling' ’ Across

■ Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams TuwMay Yellow Jackets at Warsaw. Adams Central v» Cheater Center at Bluffton. I i Thursday ! Hartford at Commodore*.. 4 : Friday C Fort Wayne Central Catholic at ■Yellow Jarkelx 1 *' 0 Lancaster at Monmouth. Adabia I’eiitral at Geneva (Ad ; 1 ftflin Central game). — - J 1 Ossian at Berne. Pleasant Mills at Uhertjf Center. ; ( utes \ pair of free throws by Bon | Harvey put the Eagles only two [ points off at at the aiitomati** timeout |»erio«l of three minutes but the ComuMalores starteil a pb«- ] r< • ' i session game and im reused their margin as the Eagle* halted deep ‘ ■ efatelv tn ijef ha<k Into the bad-f ! j MtHtte. ' j .Meyer’w. free throw and Gillix's i fielder from underneath increase 1 Decatur’s advantage td five- fmfors . S.Meyeir. fouled four times as the Eagle* battled for the ball, scored \ <m all f<*ur of his efforts. ?md . Johnny Katde twice broke loose foiU wide open pot shots under the hoop sew up the crown for the Com f nwulores. - ' It was a great team victory for '■ the Commodores, with. Gjllig s il points and Meyer’s 13 setting the scoring pace The obtstamling piav - [ or Merriman. Who tallied H pointe kept the Eagles in -the ball game minutes llecu . !w Jlarsjey:,. iou nt y's out sta ndFng*?.j^feF“"Tir’W r * < '' ly two field goals, one in the closhtg - si comU of, play ~~~ lt Edge Out Gordlat The Commodores came within a of elifnTnMfon in the ftr*c ’“semT-TinaJ; Tvaretr withstanding a ....U*t»l£?>d<a?«_fl>drth-<|Harte r rally fry ' »hc Hartford. Gorillas, who < ame "> ’ <-t f t!l»‘ 'i'Kif ’*> rdg»- -•StfirHi .#O-' — point id Decatur when-the final gitn "■ ' .‘fiUrtded. . z - The 4ir.-t q ta-rfor w-ax a «-lose.a — / ■ • ’•!■•: < ■ leading i y ‘ ' thi »*e j hThus7 l‘» TTXnerdlob -Au,*b ‘ ir?er iirld K»>al ti«?d t fre -■ ••* ■' 4? TTT ir. '. the f •o’inno4ore? strywhr ' j»u I h'‘L ‘ A XV T n 21 1♦» ad van ' iage as the teams —u»>hl in 4’r Hressrpg roofirs. The Gorilla-' Gashed t|ii» margin r t<> _'!• 2»'i after six of tt..e ■ a an dj **. aa.i * to hold a b ad •■- the p< dot! closed 1 • I»• itui waa h top. at'42 ■ I > L three and one hair minutes to play. H im! their defonsc suffered a ben Bill Gill.iX a a-' removed .from ’Io *’ game on Ijis fjf’h personal -puTied Aif.hiti a single point al 4*» I I X*jn Jim W.-ike! < field -''al but Jim * Meyer broke HTto the opell- and ■? dr i :>'.;»><{ ,i d.-. j-: iavitp r<»* make the C ommodores lead 'three -'-•pHfots ■4eery-A’U?-dhermig + • . ty mi’u of a Tr’eghihaiu drove under • f<»r .< r’fto (wduter bjin.’ the GoF illas within <t <hrg!r point hut foe 1 i ■ ■' •■' ’ ■ to- ! '.i II Hi !’■• seconds to en’er t‘i« final lift r Dick G&ge rallied r: points To lead Incarur Weyer following •.fo’-odv with i.' Hot. Vtigshurger fed Hartford with 11. trailed closely ky ' lek M» \er Ai'h i ahd b-t ’ v in - burger. Bob's baby brother, with 12 Eagles Win Easily Mrthmouth had no trouble hand t ling the G«m;?vfr. Cardinal* in the I h»e<-ond semi final game The Eagles r xwere in cornffiatid at thy-first qu*r ter, l j-7 am! a* the half, 24 : - lieneva. tallied only one field ZLjfoJt and i*o foul »osMMs~TnTlie fl-iud- ’ perlisi. while Ute Eagles ran up L* cm! had the gamut safely lacked &■, i way at as. the final quarter . opcnetl _ • r— Merriman and Harvey paced the Eagles xith 1* and II joint's - wh'le Bo > Farrar sas tops i . wifo 11 * Commodores FG FT TP K»bfo. f .2123 Gause. I _ 4 5 s 11 <; 1 1 ii g' ; <• ~ ~ “ ’• 1 - 1 jyj■ <4 • ”g > | l.oshe. g ■ ■ 2 T-2 5rWlider. f 1 ' 2 12 5 "7““ “ RtTALS ft IS 47 Hartford FG FT TP M.y»r. t L ( 11 1J 1 1 .Ze»<|er I 0 «t-3 o fj.t 3 4 R Auzsburiler ? / 14 7J ..... j 4 s L. ■. M - 'l’m* r ;-■ * n n o s»

H. S. Basketball F<Wl W»yn»- CMtral &». F<wi Wayne Concordia 31. Miebawakw .12. Fort Wayne South 43. / txo «5. Woodbarw.-tS. Indianatxrlls Tech 4S. liuHanapoli, Manual 35. Ben Itavts 35. Inißana|M>li« Short rhixe 32. Vinrennes 52. Madisum 51. Gary Froeliel 3s. Gary Wirt 31. Kokomo 46. Greentown 38. , Evansville Beit« 57v.Terre Haute <:»rrield 38. J New Albany sb. Waahlnglon 20 Terre Haute Ger'tm-yer 53, RICi iiioml 46. Koaciuako Co. Tourney i Syraeuae .10. Miltord 37. Atwood .13. Beaver Itain 46 SyracuoeSJ. Atwood 42. (final> — Runyon, f 0 0-0 o Jai-kson, <■ o o-o o TOTKI.S 17 12-23 46 t Referee Lieherum —_: t’inpire: — McKentie. Monmouth FG FT TP Fuhrihan. f 4 0-2 i. .Merriman, f 71 6 11 ;4’onrad. <- .10 0 to Wotfe. X 12 3 I Harvey. 8 5 4 4 14 Stoimenhaxen. f 1 o it” - jr Singleton. <■ o 6 1 o 1.. Kieae. c 0 *1 n u <l. Kieax. g 0 o n ** Bultemeyer. g io Oo *• ■ TOT YUS ; r. 7 t« 23. Geneva ..... FG FT TP -Bergmaiy T - — . — J’- t-4 3W.+ Ver. 7 ry~-irT"~T -RO-rar, *■ 4 3 10 |i N-eyil. g I n o J IlilLm'on g -12 3*4 I'yle. f II 1-1 I Farr, f .. ’ 1 11 .3 Haines. <• —- nut —(i Mann, g o n o o Stuiky-.-jc " " n i I — TOTAUS _BI 22 ■•' ' 1'.. V1. K. _ -■' I rnptte I.l*-l»eH*+** FINAL . Commodores FG FT TP Kuhlft -C i.. . r . _ .2 .-3.-X—X U’ufcgy. T* ■ f u 2 2 Gillig . 4S it 15 7 ./*, Loshc. g • ■ ’ " 2 2 - 2 Wildu f 0 m 3 « u KiTAf.S J 2 13 25 37 Monmouth FG FT TP Fulrnnan. f X- 1 ! 7 Merriman, f ' 4 5 ii ; Conrad. 1 t» 0 2 Wolfe g n, n-4 *» Harvey, g „ 2 33- 7 Singleton.' < . u I I T_ Stoppenhagen. g 112 TtrfAJaS 1T Referee’ f.iel>ert|!H Cmpire MrKenziol College Basketball lowa »Q. indysna »H Uinne%4>» x t «»7. Purd h- 4«» Wjsconsin\3 ; Michigan 41 Ohio State »i t\.\or th a •Stet n 51 Canisi'is S 3, Noße Dame s<» Butler* 7»». Western Jloerve Huntington HI. ■Taylor <5. Ohio Xorfoeru MTWdba«ii SS. Ceptyv 54 Anderson 57l HoSe Poly 4H x. ’ Hanover *»S. Canterbury 59 . Indiana-State 55. DePauw 47 Eastern4.l liuyds 7vl. Ball-State . Indiana Central *L Mi*nche*fo7 Oakland City ?£. Itfo Grande 7! LaSalle North i aiotin.,* 51 Cim innati <d, WeMeru M. -hlsai' pr <: • / ■ . 7 —- - f»€. Kentu* ky 53 st ' ■ ItePaul BJi. Bowtdn College 55 Bradley €4, St. Joseph <f*a Pro Basketball NBA Results Saturday Rm'lwwar S3.' Mliiueaixili, 77. - Denver 94. Sheboygan Xtt Washington 76. Philadelphia 7ft New Yia-k 82, Boston .80 ’ . , t.'hicago 83. fiaitimort- 78 'I Sunday ForT Wayne 81. Philadelphia 67. Minneapolis 85 Rocheater 73 Syracuse 82 Indlanapolit I*. L~ Sheboygan 61, Anderson 76 j Tn i ity 84 Waterl.H, St Louis 89, Denver 83.

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ALL-TOURNAMENT CHOICES Ptayer Team Position Merriman Monmouth Forward ~“ 3 ” Kable $ Commodores Forward Meyerr - Hartford Forward Fuhrman Monmouth Forward Gillig Commodores Center Farrar Geneva Center ... Meyer Commodores Guard . Harvey Monmouth Guard R.Augshurger Hartford ~ Guard Arnold Adams Central Guard Honorable Mention — Gage. Commodores; Lxmhe. Commodores; J. Augsburger. Hartford; Price. Pleasant Mills; Workinger, Pleasant Mills; Rowdon, Adams<’entral; Ehrsam, Adams Central; Kuhn. Jefferson: Miller. Jefferson.

Tourney Notes Congratulation* to the new coun ty champ*! . - 000— The Commodores' dressing room was a bedlam following the game and the presentation of the trophies The players were slapping oge another on the back, and engaging in the general horseplay of a victorious team, a team that had rome from behind to win, against all odd*. : 000 A mighty happy man was coach Dave Terveer of the Commodores, | and rightly so. When < ongratulat rd. he said. “The boys did it all They fought their, h**artA out, and they won th** game ” —oOo— ■' | The Rev, Ignatius Vichuras. ath l Irtii- director of- the tram, was i . probably thr proudest man in the gym Hr had stuck faithfully tn the team all season, even when they -W*r* dropping somr tough decisions. and knew that some time they would play ' some good ball,' whm it really (■•rtintrd That final win Saturday nighr wa* as much, (or frir,t*dty “Fathri Vic a* anyone else * - ' _ ’ ■ . wOo -c- 4 If might br uomrwhat difficui' to 'get che Sim <♦ n psgr inf • rat in order for for nnt few - page.. wDi7,i^,^*»j^L7Xvsi£ v j? l over thr rsrprno-h! lUJnr so» i wifr of a ••ouch ha- some eshilara’ Ing momenui a±_wtll ..a* ,mhl om ■ and one of th* Im i» when b* f husband * tram comes lhf«>uKh in 1 say. the county tourney odo' '• Th.r trend «rarted tir for ffr<t two night* lii the Tnufory. <>Ti _ | tihiied through tri rhe end and i* r ytTH-ee foo, 4ea*l -up* i—a_._ • •’» !iii-:hf! be~m ulr /ha’ TTo i’.fm mod On >’w-oii b*-Vaittj<*- ih» y -at «n thr south side of th* gym during thr final game —but 4t 4su I lik» ly 000 Thursday night the two wit.hinu' JeanLs fol-.hi hiji_.jv.LrL- .oiL..Uu’__in»nJi. side; Friday, on for _3<»tlfo side. Saiurday aftermsm, again on th« north ~idr and the (’umm" fonc—were oh the south side for for fiiisT* game . . j --000 - • Tourney note* will <trin along With thr judges’ award—-of-- the - *|mrts man ship trophy u» -Bob Augs burger of thr Hartford Gorilla*, wUh hr (ommemi’ation that they made a fine choicr The-nood look mg guard and captain <d the Hartford tram was. probably the nuist surprised man in thr arrn t when . Hansel Foley brought him !•• the center of the floor to rereiv- the tropfiv. which i* to hr an mnual aSaicr *vmbolf. ; WcTrdh: fair ’raW' phiy __ <.Do Th* judge'* had a lou"girfr?ie de • iding (meths winner Thrte acis ’ aesaxal in for tournamrjit • *»ji.-idj rr<f for the honor, all of them ;ypica! of what jfoe judge*'werr *r»-k---ing Aug' bufgr!• ' w-g* cho-ri’ for his fine . <ompeT|tivr -pirti and leadership a* well as for hi* j.fo.vrlhrad» dm • ■ oCk» Thr Ih-catur fjrr department’* ’ truck made’a special run Saturday night and we’re liappv repoH •ti.it fo»rr was m. fire It t.»flow*’d \he city |Hilice‘< patrol car with th“ shVp going, and lights abiaYr. itl_a "parade thrnugh the lmii~ /..*•** dhqrirj. Istaded down with t’ommodore n>ofer-< who ivefr . cheering wihßv. ths fire trm k went xp*wly along Sfcmiid‘ *frrrt ■’follow »-d by raK with horn* tng forded fUr+folasCx 000 X ‘x. Miss Lois Werling, whoXn*we*ed -for phone in thr Dsm«M > ra'\otficr throughout the tourney FVdXhat Sa’urday whehe*wflf*’ byJar for est of any night of the tourn y. x When a*krd if for had had j-.nuu* phone. -/jails... —juh ♦ replied jdM wtruldn t know how many 1 (m»o would be. “but- foerr were plenty \ otic x 4J»veral teams in the ♦- umey gavrxmuice to the Bern*- B* ar* and < Iferatnix Yellow Jackets that they. 1 Will hr pkpty tuugh whm <♦ tion / -al toufoey tlipr rolls around . We believe congra’u Ffonw ah OU Id g.o to ssye'raKpeople ’’foo«< | who made the arrange men’s forJhe tourney Dale perker, WJin wai : - tourney manager'

■ ■ ■ - 1 — Hartford Captain Is First Winner Os Rice Trophy I ■ ■. “ Boh AUKxhiirfter, captain and vFteran gnard of the Hartford Gortllaa. . Saturday wax voted the ftrxt rectplent of the S Everett Rice nportv rnanxhlp trophy, io lw presented a-i . niially hy Robert G Mounter, own er of the Monniet new"* agency, ijj j honor of the prominent Monro- ! lowuahi), iarmer Selei tioit of the winner xlwavx x ; J tough job. .wax made hy a xpe*-lwt i committee appointed hy tourney , ofHclalx —!■ I Augxhurger x x.de* tl,m wax made 1 . tty the Judaea, not only for hi- -fin - : apottxmanShlp dlxplayed iturhtr tin , heat of tourney plajL-hiit alxo 'or ; hia team leadership rrferrss Thrr»‘ <»rr many. iif .rnurse, who'will disagree, but it is mir opinion that, un the whose. th ' tan r»f». Ihm IJeberum and VI KrKcntie, did a forr Jt»b. They • kept the tourney going, at a f<»t -•crip and called th»m' as fairly as ary- i.dfkials we have Meh /bis sea -on ; <jOo-7 L Wlfo _fo.r„ aupnliawu-of' <hr foaskri | hull* um«| tn /Ju” 1 uial**g 4mv' foe" < li.impi-tii-h:p ami f-’n.i»ish»)> l»» 4 pli)»;s by .'• htTof oHij ials and ' ri*'‘Wspap» r?n< n. T’Hitnry hard* >t woiking team ,_iii Hie t<AuinMineh< we_potni>iau- ih» Mon mouth * hem leader,- on of our frteWd who prac j need in trout of a minor, ll* "aid j 'foi>'“eS7ns3 Tbr‘flrTe.“" >•: —'"j". e>Otv »;* ——— ■[ " ayrant-witrfoe utt ntd - 4t« ye«i L ;jy p w i it* r ribbon . ns*d ~3n writuy -.'TmuiMm .2vuLv> J Lil Jit_l» ted [n th. D*on.*taf ofTfi’F >f Hie gllL have npiie enough ■ f<»-accept i? The pr.es* nfation will iw jiiade. f<»l | iiiw.d by ••“ b ■ i 1 J»»- iiuo'y pi-’ • kissing • ach of foe" girl" on both , 4 iiCvk" as tile custom ill ,<‘; I • 'am. .L-uunUse^- -Jnd-—with--'IS.D r • ■ * - 000 • One of ’’th** officials remark dj ‘that thers wtohi a team In ih* rournament that played badly He attributed the fact to what he termed, for want of a Better ex . prvssloh. tournament spirit These teniiiH, he said, “can play like they I don't know what the game is all about during the season, hut when a 'Tournament comes along, th* y really play ball " Which is a pretty apt description of tile recent- ( .|v cone I mi* d tourney we didn't i hear of a who said he dldfft I get bl* money's worth. -.oho Leon Hart Is Named 'Lineman Os Year' Phikoleli.lHa. Jan 1G .1 II .con Harf. All \!ii*-i i. an No!1 1 Dame eiul Will. rv»eive f<he line *faan «*f—tire Aear award of the Philadelphia sp«H*ta writers akaociation at “Fla 46th annual bampief <’ii- Jan M*. .. 1 Tftr—24s pound end who also re j cenred the Heisman and Maxwell: award* was selected for the honor in a poU of 64 of the nation s t<q» - college coaches. VIOLENT j” — - From Paar* a,, ha<l stopped to aid another nlotorDf wlios*' car had* plunged Into a dr. h to avoid a toppled utility jh* . Democrat Want Ada Bring Results ,

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ftßKffiWL 1 T»«m B*aM4n<u W L Av*. Monmouth 1.3 2 867 Yrttow Jacket* - « 3 667 Byrne 7 6 .538 Adamx Central ft * .462 Cwmmodurrx 6. 7 462 Geneva .. ... Hartford .. . .... 7 .364 Jefferxon .. 4 7 .364 i'leaxant Mi)la .1 9 .25« ,»Oo Bw*H ( g*in«. Commodore* and Coach Onvr! — o4h»— > The Decatur Commodores came through with flying ,-okwx Saturday night to regiater their fimt eou t«y <-hamplon«hh>. although eonepeting in the tourney for only j their third year - 000 . L The Commodores finally overcame the Monmouth “hexin battling to th* champion•hip Th* Eaglea had defeated th* Commodore* 13 *ame> in a row. dating bach to th* 1945 I 44 wagon. Ricking an individ ual Otar for the county chane T |rten« would be highly difficult _jtjaaa truly a team victory. <H>O The Kagiex continue to be plagued with bad htek at tourney time iiixf a. few yearn ago. one of Monmouth'n flnext team* wa* hit hy the mumps just before the net* ' Donal lourney . two year* ago the Eagle*' ,-oacb. Myron. Lehman, he came 'Uddetjiy 111 during the semi filial game of the county tourney. and underwent an emergency ope ration while bin team was winning J the championship game: gml this? liar Kenny Singleton, bothered hy k Bify-' ’»» ilitic 'm'tton-in j: the tourney . <44./ """ I . li.ile Itefker. Adams <-.;utr4i-f LittSteiiM>l77aßd" - Ti mnivy ~ ~ma uaxr 14 a fine job of running oil: I 'he er,nt in smooth Jashion. t<*..day.MucMsed his apprr,ipiioii for the fine sportxmattlike comiii ' of fan- and-i>layCrs, the xjrfendld co op. 1:01.11 of X. hool offlci.lls and ■ all others who helped make th, i roiiriu y .i -u< cess - I p ' ... ——Ait,,. ~ --• ~4 Eight games are - ith - tlits" WFFlf‘“ i crhchrh* —fn, —re a nr* -of- th- emtn+ v T r»o ~f t£ .lie- - LHe .1 Tm.sdin I jont Thursday and five Ijlilm 000 Thr Decatur Yellow Jacket*, idle latt week. wiM be in action twice The Jackets will travel _ . to War»iiw Tuesday night to i | meet the Tiger* in a Norib eastern Indiana conference gagement. and wiJJ JM an..their (, i . home Tibor Friday night to entertain the tri«h of Fort Wayne Central Catholic One other game - Tuesday night will pit the Adam* Central Greyhound* against the Cheater Center Inman* at the Bluffton gym. s—oOo The count) champion Commo I .lores will move back into action

mum TOMORROW’S PAPER WILL CARRY 7 THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENTj FROM ■ r . r | I . ' ■' - '" . „ ' B B i

I Thursday night, tangling with th* Hartford Gorilhs* at th* Yellow Jackets gym In thia rlty. These teams pat on a thriller In the flntf semMlnal of the county toarney. the Commodores whining by one : jfltek, '' ■’ —'-rr~ -4-- - ■' . .7. ■ *iOu - Sharing lhe *pt><li£ht with the Yellow Jackets on the five-game card Friday will be the Monmouth Eagle*. Monmouth will entertain thn Lancaster Central Bobcats. Weils wsmy- • vhumpkmx.atthe Monmouth .gym. Lancaster has lost only one game this season, while the Eagles have dropped only two In other games Fridtu. Adam* Central will play at Geneva. Ossian at Heine and Pleasant Mills al Liberty Center. ' ' L' . ' ' —oOo—- - Bob Harvey. Monmottth guard, tallied 60 points in tour games last week to run bls scoring total to ,23j iii: IS gktne*. an average of 1.1 93 point’s per game Tom Robin son, Geneva. Is second with 194 pmnts-4n-44-jM>nun .Th*. Aft. .seur-. ing leaders: Name Team G Tl* Av*. Harvty. Monmouth .. 1.1 239 15.9.3 Robinson. Genera ... 14 194 1.3 Bft Arnold. Adams Central 1-3 184 14 1.1 llabegger. Berne .. . 13 176 13.54 Price. Pleasant Mills 12 16<> 1333 Farrar. Geneva-c 14 I6i> 1143 Merriman Monmouth 15 16l> I<> 67 Wail. Jefferson . ... 11 152 13.82 Meyer. Commodores . 13 148 lt’3B '

PUBLIC AUCTION I.IV ESTOCK—;» Het* rs Chtllg- M Head Hogs = HAY and GRAIN—FARM MACHINERY and EQUIPMENT Tuesday* January 24-10:30 A.M. LOCA-TWN'^ North of Genevil Indiana on State RoAtl No IH> and the first houHP EaM . 32 HEAD CATTLE—AN UNUBUXILV GOOD HIRO OF HIGH PRODUCING DAIRY COWS AND EXTRA GOOD YOUNG STOCK. 15 DAIRY COWS ranging in age from two yearn to eight yearn and they are either freah now or Early Springers Complete description of eat h individual will be given t.n day of sal** 10 Yearling Heifers, 4 Young Bulls and 3 Baby Calves. 50 HEAD HOGS— Hampshire Male Hog. yearling |3 Brood Sows. Sos these Are pure bred (Tester White 3 are Registered Hampshire*. Extra Xh »■ 1 tirade Hampshire Sow 4 sow* have pigs by side, and '« to farrow in late February and early March, HAY and GRAlN— 2*wni Hales Alfalfa and Ladina Mixed Hay Ikon i Huahefa Good Yellow. Corn in crib FARM MACHINERY AND POWER EQUIPMENT k (food Line 4.r ' K.o iiiiitK' Eq 111 phi*-nf in vE»4 elh-m Repair H EarmaH with <u!tiVMh»r« F. 2“ Farmall wlfh < tiitnators Mounted IHC |*c>WWr <'inn Planter With! ; fprtilixer and Bean-Attachment. A-C 2 Bottom 14 ’ Plow.'New 7 Illi’ J’4iwi-i Mhwh. Little Genius 2 trnttotit 14 Plow. Manure Reeup 7 Manure Spreader^/’Side TWllvery Itakv: Rubt»ef-Tired-WMgun wUK-beit, IH<* IHm4 j. Grain Drill. Fertiliser Spreader End Gate Seeder • Pn knp for <’(»mliine CASE 2 Ito* Corn Picker 2 Wheel Stock. Trailer; Several Rolla Pi* ket ('ribbing 5 Ind I v Idttal Brooder Hoose J 941 V < laipg Wheel Haw Truck with SiW k Ra* k and Grain Ifed. New -MERC! HY Motor recently installed, aiof many other ' articles - —f —* — ... ; — THIS WILL BE A LARGE SALE AND WE DESIRE TO PROMPTLY AT 10:30 A. M COME EARLY AND INSPECT THIS LINE OF PERSONAL PWOFEWTY: > I'F.iiMS CATHI ' ‘ - ZEARL JOHNSON - Ownsr J F SanftiatHi Am tioneer L. ’ Sale Condm ted by Midwest Realty Auction Co Ih|at ur Indiana ~ . I,un. h Wilf Be Served Oft 'i t.e Grouml* !C 21 ; . ~■■■ ...

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MOWDAT. JANUARY 16. I*6o

ALL-STAR LCA43UC M CitM won five from F. Hoffman; W. Hilty won four from N. Richards; E, Frauhlgvr won four from J. Richards, A. App*lman won four from O. SchuHi; R. Ladd won three from P. Rleeke. The league standings: Cline. 11- - (; Ladd, M; N. Rickards. M; , JUtskk 6-7; App-imsn. 8-7; l.uit.y, . . »7; J. lUekards 74. Prauhiger, ; T-S; Bchutat Ha. Hoffman. Ml. High series. Ladd 9»3. K in niger (sub for HUtyi 967 Cline *45. * High games: Ladd 203-239 217. Blwke 212. Nash 227, innlger 206. Cline 2M. HWk-kier 202. ■brssm, Adsms C»nl 1.3 I*6 9*9 - -000— Rexultx <me year ago this week: Monroe 48. Chester Center 43. Pleasant Mill* 4w, Rrj**« W -Hanford USi Monroe 36. Geneva 35. Berne 45. Ossian 31. ECONOMYILOC (Coal From Pag, One) attitude He gave hl* report after telling Mr. Truman that s xerkm* coal shortage exist* In Illinois. . A Democrat Want Ada Bring Result*