Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1950 — Page 8

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IndianaVFW Meet Friday And Saturday The Indiana Mat* VFW basketball tournament will be held at the Sacred Heart church gymnasium in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday, with nine team* entered from th routboat the atate. The Decatur VFW will play Ita - 'lrst tame at S:M o'clock Saturday mornhut, meetiax Oaa City. The Decatur team won the fourth di* trie! title, defeatinj Fort Wayne in '.he district final Feb. 11. Chairman of the tourney i* Robert Schuyler, with June* F. Buchanan aa baakethall commi**ioner. The meet will be played under AAA ... rule*. Trophies will be awarded to Um state champkm and the Dinner-tip and for individual sportsmanship, in addition, the winning team Wil! be Iren »5W In cash for expenses to the national VFW tourney, which will be held at Mankato. Minn ._ Minn. March 28 to Apill 1 The ntat* tourney schedule is aa follows' Friday Game 1—«:« p. m. — Evansville and North Vernon. > . Game 2 — Ip. m. — South Bend ' and Huicl* “ Game 3 - 9:15 P m. - Indianapolis and Rockville. Saturday Game 4 — 8:30 a. m Decatur and Gas City. Game 5. 9:45 a. in. Vincennes and winner gante-Tr" Game 6—l p. m Winner game . 3 and winner.gatne 4- .* Game. 7115 pm Winner , same !,and winner game 5 Game 82 ' 8 i> in./.—' Winner : game 6 and Winner game 7.(final I. . To Hold Open House - During Tournament Th* Pocahontas lodge of thia city will hold open house Saturday afternoon and bight at TIW Red Men s hall for J**”. were unable to get sectional tourhey tickets, it was announced today Radio and telephone reports will be received at -the hall for the tans and refreshmetrf* also -will be-served. The nuhli- Is Invited to the open-h'-use and there wilt Qfcirftaftg: '>'!*’■; Th* r*<>- - The hat! 1« 'o< trad In th- l-ah > building bn Stouth Se.s.nd street

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College Ohio State 75. Indiana *5. - Wisconsin M. Purdue 4.'>. lowa 64, Minnesota 63. Michigan 70. Michigan State S 3. Northwestern 61, Marquette 52. , -. Duquesne 55. Indiana State 54. Bradley 53. St. Ixtuls 45. Kansas 67, Drake 50. Oklahoma 76, lowa Slate 48. Nebraska 55, Missouri 48. Taylor 73. Canterbury 57. Buckeyes Beal Indiana, Sure Os Title Tie Chicago. Feb. 21. —(UP)— c>hlo gtste’s fast-traveling Buckeye* held at least a tie for the Bi* Ten basketball championship today and It was up to Wisconsin and Michigan to combine to give the Badgers even a share of the erown. Only Michigan remains on the Buckeye schedule for the conference campaign, and Wisconsin needs a Michigan win in order to come up with a title deadlock. Even with that break the Badgers must win three consecutive games, from Illinois and Minnesota on the road, and Northwestern at home. Os this trio, only Illinois looked particularly ragged, but the Illlni. who won the conference crown last year, could well down Wisconsin on the Champaign court. Ohio State, however, was likely to eliminate Wisconsin's problem* in the Michigan dash, next Monday night The Buckeye* whipped the Wolverines *4 to 58. at Columbus, and even on the Michigan court. Ohio State, winners of four out of. five road games, should lie able to garner another decision, j Tlie Buckeyes- were in fine conj ditlon last night In winning the ■ tenth of 11 league games, a 75 to :6$ battle with Indiana. Dick TSehnlnkw*n»tted 2o points to p*< <• I the title-bound Bucks w hile Ted ■ Jacobs poured in IS and Boh Donham 17. for the Hoosiers, who were ' never ahead after the first - five minutes Jerry Stuteville was high with It. Wisconsin ’ kept pare with the league leaders with a 56 to 45 win over Purdue at Madison as center . Don Rehfeldt pitched tn 22 markers Tho perf'iriuance- gave ’him 207 for the-year—lo.xuake" him the . <.-ond man ever -to go over the 20" mark in two -,asons and i< - tightened ins-bold-rm--ffrat place in iIo- in’divid • > 1 race with a’23 t* r game average -.icJiMUtkcr....» ho.;ia.»ied.tbe"2ct l . mark .Saturday to precede Rehfeldt : into Ith* star circle was second in ..ring with 22" for a 20.54 pe.' MH mats lowa's Haskeyes tripped Minnei sota at Minneapolis 64 to 62. to wirf the Pith victory for a visiting teanl In 43 league games thij» year The Hawkeye* had trouble until Ih<- final three minutes, but came > through <in shots bv Dick Riecks, : Frank t'alsheek and ChUek Da'--1 ling The Gophers' Whitey Skoog 1 .netted 2s points for acortnjUion.or* while Mmh'dkota center Maynard Johnson and lowa guard Bob (Tifton had 2.3 each. In non <• otVerenr-e matches. Northwestern broke an eight gar'll" I losing streak wltn a 61 to 52 de-' cislon over Marquette while Michi gan set back Michigan State. 70 to 5:1. 1 The Standings W L Pet. - Ohio State —ift 1-909 Wi«<<»nsin 7 2 77V Indiana .♦> 4 6»w> Illinois J> 4 i . K hi .4-’ Minnesota 3- V 333 Michigan 3 C_ 333 Northuestern 2 T 222 ’ I’Tirdue - 8 -‘<m) Democrat Want Ada Bring Reauttc

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DECATUR I. H. S. A. A. SECTIONAL lllSKffllll TN't.VHIRVr Junior-Senior High School Gym FEB. 23 • 24 - 25 THURS., FRI., SAT. — SCHEDULE OF GAMES — THURSDAY Game 1—4»:.’IO p. in. Berne vs. Commodores. Game 2—7:15 p. nr. Jefferson vs. Hartford?’*'' Game —9:00 p. m. A damn -Central vs. Yellow Jackals. FRIDAY Game I—7:00 p. m. Geneva vs. Monmoulh. Game 5—8:15 p. m. Pleasant Mills vs. winner Kame 1. SATURDAY Game 6—1:00 p. m. Winner game 2 vs. winner game 3. Game 7—2:15 p. m. Winner game I vs. winner ■ game 5. Game 8—8:15 p. m. Winher game 6 vs. winner - game 7. Bo Single Session | Tickets Available Doors will open to ticket holders ONE HOUR before the find game. Everybody must have tickets . . regardless of school age . . including small children.

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Prep Quintets Launch Play In Annual Tourney Indiunapolis, Feb. 21 — (UP) —f Th* Imttle for the right to build a whopping big bonfire th* night of March 18 and rule the roost as king of the Indiana high school basket’•all court for a year get* under way tiwlay. Hoosierland'* greatest sports sprctacle, the 40th annual state net tourney, opins this afternoon and tonight nt Valparaiso. Hammond. Gary. East Chicago. South Bend and Bluffton. — — Before the week is over, five day* of firing at 64 pair* of cord-draped hoops by nearly 8.000 win-craxy "layers will have narrowed the field of team* from 767 to less than 10 nerrent of that number. And by the lime the champion •* crowned four weeks from next Saturday in Butler University'* huso fieldhouse here, more than l.uOO.otm frenxied fans will have barg'd I through the gate* of tourney cen-1 ters to cheer and groan a* the big ; and small triumph and fall. Thu teams, some of them gym)p»K but Imbued with enthusiasm which is what counts, dribbled put on the floors In quest of the title captured a year ago by the amazing Jasper Wildcats, who scarcely broke even during regular season J play but pushed their way to the I throne like real champion* This season. Jasper rolled UP nine straight wins, dropped two tgfgy- ■ ,-tte holiday tourney tilts and triumphal five out of nine times afterward to i-omplete the season with a record of 16 wins against four Then* were plenty of favorite* with a better than even chance to sin < eeil (he Wildcat* in the ti.”e i Prole. — They included ’South’ Bend (’en Ural. Gary Mann, Gary Froebel.-Vtadii-vi; XudfrrSchi; MuncJv C’entr.’*!. and- Winslow, a small town team «-)»■; an esceftent recent No tonrm y would be complete j without a hrkce or more of • people’s ( hoii t squads This year :he\ were Tell City and Richland Center of Fulton county Both wer<» undefeated, the former in is Hlar’s ajxd i,ho 4uUd-r-4u 21. -and. they We the <mlv perfect record clubs ehtaring the meet Some of the top teams meet today in a short tfl-game b< hedule i'»peniii4 the big show llk Be’ L‘ * - Central. __j»jcke<l_ hi.. s<>iiie tfl -take (he < rown. open-w auainM. Greene T*P- Gary fYoeb»*l‘s twice >»eaten Blue Dev* Bs f-iu<• il’v.'"■rh'.al.:’' Wallace. ■ Gary Mann's western divtsbrr NIUSC litlists ric.Ht Gary Wirt _E#»L ’ hj‘ »un itoosvvelt Jake* QU Whit in* The tourney tempo picks up V« I morrow ith !«•’» cnuies add* .yok ■ uifce Thursday with 145 and hits I ,' it* heavi* t day Friday with 2l’»| tilts i At least a dozen of last jqmO sectional champs were threatened with loss of their/. -togas. The ~n- Z I »»m* certain to be given up w»* I that held .by- Jefferson'ille's Red i Devils,, who can’t play this year be ralise of suspension from the ath" Lfrufc' assoiiation 1 Other titles in jeopardy wer • I howe held by Summitville at And ‘ erson’s applioitul. Lynnvißv a* j Boonville. Dale at Tell (hty. Terre * Hautb-Sta. r e at Terre Haute. I roe < ity' at Vincennes. Fort Wayne t’cntral at Fort Wayne. Howe Military at Kendallville. Amo at Inn f VTIIp, Ft Branc h a? Ft Branch, (’on : <-<»rd Tw p at lioshrn and Fountan 'iCity at Richmond

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South Bend Central leads In Rankings liKlianapoltii. Fvb. 21 -r (PF) -- Coach Bob Primmer’* South Bend Central -Bear*, with an' 18-gaine winning wtreak. topped the ninth and final United Pre** high achooi ba*k»tball ranking* today. —Th* fin*l U. P.-‘ t ßlg THi' , t =A 1. South Bend Central (won 19 I ioat IF -■> - —-—4 2. MadUon (16-2) 3. Anderson (16-4) ♦. Gary Frbebel (18 2) 5. New Albany 4 48-21 6 Gary Mann (18-2) 7. .Muncie Central (IS 4) 8. Winelow (19-1) 9 -Evanaville Centra) (i4-4‘)~ j 1". Tell City tM OT Wei I regarded Jasper (14 "• Ka*t Chicago JtooeeVelt -tIX .il; Glenn (2411; llauumiud-Jl7-11. Mishawaka (155); New CaMle (11 61; Terre Haute Ger*tm*yer (!.! 6) Indianapoii* Tevh (15-3); Ri. h , mond (136): Vlmennoß (12-Bt. Princeton (16-2; Bloomington <l*7-j 7) Columbia-City (18-21; Peru 112 (I. Terre Haute Wiley (13 -tit; -Wf«C Lafayette TT7 3I; Fore Wayne i South (14 6). - :

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Red Ruffing Signs To Manage Daytona Cleveland. 0. Feb 21 (UP) — The Cleveland dndlan* announced today (h*y had aigned Charles (Red) Ruffing, former New York Yankee pitching »tar. a* manager of th* Daytona Beach club of the Florida State league, a new Cleveland affiliation Notre Dame Student Critically Injured Footboll End Hurt In Demonstration L South Brad. Ind,, Feb. 21 (CP> j - Notre. Dame‘» 4.8(10 nludentn' , prated nt mass today tor the re p-ov«ry of football end Ray Enpenan. 24. who was In a crttlcal I condition after breaking hi* ne t iw a tall : 1 ■-—■ - 1 Espenan, a pbyslclar~e4aeatl6n l senior from New Orleans. 1-u broke a vertebrae In his neck yes terday di nnmstratlng a bacTT flip T fnr-Sudehts it Soulh Bend Cenlral high school , ■;• r ■ Paralysis struck him below the

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shoulders ana he was taken to St. Joseph's hospital, where he underwent immediate surgery He was In the <>i>eraling room for firs hours and when he was returned I to his room, he was conscious but i still paralysed i Hospital official* said Espenan - "had a very quiet night" but that l hts condition still was very critl- , cal. EspemnFs parents. Mr and Mr*. E J Espenau, rushed by airplane Notre IHnne. *a( by hi* bwdaid* from New Orleans His brother. Pterre. a pre-medical student at through the nighj -His closest campus friend. Jerry . Ramsbergy*. 85. Dunellen. N J., witnessed the accident “He dldn'' make“the back flip fully." Harnsberger said. "His head must have hit the canvas. Jle Just lay there He was fulll umscisrus. ' but he was paralyrad " ■’ Ramsberger. almost In tears,'said. a"physk-iiin i»ld him Espraui »«> ' hauling eighrta one odds to sUr--1 vlve 1 Espenan a navy veteran, made : tb* NißTeTnymc wuatl xb g~Tre*lr-“ 1 man four years ago, but he never reached f<M>tball prominence, chief?* Iy b'cause he was a substitute for * L ho w-aw. all American laM Feasim > Trade In a Good Town — Decatur