Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1950 — Page 8

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Sectional Tourney WUI Open Here Tonight

NmeTeamsTo Open Play For Tourney Title Th* Decatur Commodnres and Bern* Bear* will square away at C IO o'clock tonight at the Decatur high school gym M the annual ■•cttonal tourney gets underway. Thia will be the first ot eight games elated over a three-day span, with the sectional champtonship to be determined In lhe final IxtUo at 5:15 o'clock Saturday uixht. . A long schedule of three gamei la on tap for net fans tonight. Following the Berne-Commodorea game the Jefferson Warriors and Hartford Gorillas wit! tangle to the second tourney tilt. Winding up tonight's schedule, the Decatur Yellow Jackets will clash with the Adams Central Greyhounds. ~ The tourney will be resumed at 7 o'clock Friday night, with the Geneva Cardinals meeting the Monmouth Eagles In the second and final game Friday, the Pleas- — / ant Mills Spartans will play the winner of tonight's Beme-Com-modores garps „ These five preliminary games will set the stage for Saturday's semi-final contests. In the first semi-final at 1 p.m. the JeffersonHartford winner will be pitted against the Adams Central-Yellow Jackets victor. In the second semifinal. the Friday night winners will clash. Saturday's afternoon victors will i meet for the tourney crown. no*; ■ Worm by the Decatur YeHnw Jackets at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, to join the select list of 64 Indiana teams to carry on to the regional tourneys the following Satur.lay. There will be no single session tickets available here, as the gym's seating capacity ot more than 2.006 Is sold out in seasonnaateaaawwaManammwates

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Sectional Scores At Fart Wayne North _ Fort Wayne Concordia St. Arcola 45. Fort Wayne North 71, Elmhurst 52. Harlan 45, New Haven 43. Fort Wayne North 57. Fort Wayne Concordia 47. < At Fart Wayne South Hoagland 47. Monroeville 45 (overt intel. Fort Wayne South St, Woodburn 27. Fort Wayne Central 66. Leo 48 Fort Wayne South 46. Hoagland 34. At Bluffton Lancaster Central 25. Jackson 17 Bluffton 41. Ossian Ml. At Garrett Garrett 48, Waterloo 27 Auburn 76. Mets 41. Angola 56. Fremont 54. Auburn 54, Garrett 44. At Auburn Ashley 38. Salem Center 35. Pleasant Lake 87, Concord Twp Spencerville 52, Churubusco 5( (overtime* Ashley 51. Pleasant Lake 46. At Kendallville Wawaka 4». Scott 33 Shipshewana 32. Ligonier 31. Kendallville 59. Lima 26. Wawaka 46. Shipshewana 34. At Albion Avilla 43. Wolcottville 35. Albion 45. Howe Military 39. Brighton 6<l. Wolf lake 53. Avitia 48, Albion 44 At Warsaw Columbia City W. Milford 53. Plerc ton 41. Silver latke 46 At Huntington Huntington Twp. 48. Wayne Twp 38 Jefferson Twp. 51. Markle 23 |jicket>, The Decatur Dally Democrat will . have a telephone wire direct from thFgTruTi>thtsotnW"lrmt quarter scores available for every game The Saturday afternoon and night : games will be broadcast over radio i station WGU Fort Wayne. A public .address system broadcast will be made tonight and Friday direct to the K. of C. and legion homes. Den To Be Open For Tourney Fans The lien, n»»< atur's youth con . tor will bt» dML uftftr tourney «< jkMi.ftN tonight and Friday night. ■ s . F iftiTiiav Hui after the final came Saturday \ • ia! invitation is extend* •h! t • <»uden>-,>*f »U Adani* < minty hoots r-' take ad van t a ire «»r hi’ f it .: tbs at th»* hen during th* sertintial tourttoy Pro Basketball NBA RESULTS Baltimore 81 ..Waterloo 77 N«w YoHt—Washington 81 Minneapolis !<»•». St Loui4-y. And* r<fh Tri ("fHJZ PRESIDENT 11 <»N tln'Urd Ffnm One) tie* Z" The operators claim Lewis’ deman de would j atnuuni to . $1.85 a day “V ■ _ CHEER YOUR TEAM TO I VICTORY! CONFETTI' I Jumbo Bag _ 10c "■ Noisemakers 10c ■ ECONOMY STORE. DECATUR| TONIGHT and FRL & SAT. CTfASTSTARRETT • HORSEMEN OF THE SIERRAS” Smiley Burnette ALSO — 2nd ChapL "King of Rocket Men" — t4c-30c Inc. Tas —o—o Sun. Jdon. Tues.—" Jamboree” A •Rusty’s Birthday."

Gary Mann Is Initial Major Tourney Upset ludlanapolia. Feb. 23-(l'Pi-Gary Mana’s western division champs of the non hern conference . were the first major upset victim of the 4uth annual Indiana high school basketball tourney today as sectional play engulfed all /4 preliminary centers. Mann's Horsemen, beaten only by eUy rival Froebel during the regular season, lost to another city foe—Emerson—3B to 31. In a tus «le marked by erratic shtxiting by both teams? When It was all over, the touted boys of coach Keith Crown were swept to the sidelines. The tourney moved Into high > gear today as action began at the 4<l remaining sectional sites, in all. 145 contest* were billed Among the "name teams" opening tourney play were Madison’s Cubs. Who facad little Deputy. Anderson against Summitville, and unbeaten Tell City which meets! Cannelton, all in night games. Jasper's depending state champs open against Petersburg tomorrow Two of last year’s finalists- high riding South Bgtid Central and Auburn -shot their way Into Saturday’s sectional semifinals Central's Bears clubbed cross town foe Riley. 65. to 4s, tor their 2oth straight victory and their 21stof the season. Bill Jensen was their sparkplug, netting 25 points. Auburn’s Red Devils trumped j Gatret’t's tourney hosts. 54 to 44. East Chicago Roosevelt, and Garyl , Froebel. two other Calumenr diet ' .tjcl.t-EiMlts. also -tame through" : I Froebel handcuffed Gary Edison. ! 56 to 29. with huge Johnny -Moore I 'dropping eight fieldgoals. Roosevelt's Rough Riders had a battle' j royal before nipping neighbor i ! Washington. 60 to 57 Ray Pavlche j vieh garnered 28 points for the win ners, hut it was a free throw by Util Holzbach and taro-pointer by Dick Heison which provided the ■ margln llf klcr.'.». -. Gary Mann., known tor Hs bal nnce. hit only Hi of 57 shots against Emerson, which rpuld do no better than win 12 of 2i> games during the regular campaign Mann Jump-ed--iatu a !• to 3 lead when Emerson failed to hit from the field during rhe fir-' pen s! It was just the opposite in thi ■ next two -'anz.i- whenMaiin exactly 'wo fielders Emerss-n nto' ■ cd out In front. 25 to 17. after bieak I ing a Is>all deadlock and net,i , ■ rhe lead thereafter. i’ut elsewhere the form chart , held ..trut- The two strong Fori Wayne duh- Sou'h and North Side also reached Saturday’s round South, Sides city champs topped Hoagland. 46 to .36. wluK _ Sorth ou-ted city rival Coni’oftii i. 57 to 47 Also in the Summit City. Norn an Sim's swished in 29 Points th..*: I F, rt ’Wax u<- Central.’o a ih; to is ! win r ver Leo. Columbia City’s northeastern' conference titlists ted Milford all , j the way at Warsaw. 6ir to 53: Craxx furdsviUe's 11*11 slate champ-drop ’ ped Darlington. "7 to 2" and Terr* [ Haute Wiley chalked up it- sr'en.'i ’ <tTaictmriir*swamprng-F-gts-eM-—•«,-

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Public Invited To Hear Tourney Gaines Elmer Darwacbter. command,? of Adams post, American Lagion. announced today that the play-b> play Bi-eoßnt nt thn Decatur ee - tional tourney games starting at 6:30 o'dix-k tonight will be open to the public a the main floor pf i the Legton home. Telephone service will bring all of tonights and Friday nights: games to those who were unable to secure season tickets. Mr. Der wackier Issued an invitation to all who care to hear the games. " WOMEN’S LEAGUE Standings W. U Bank -.. 11 4 Three Kings i.__„ 10 5 Mies' 9 « Bower ft BPW 9 6 Gass. . 9 '6 South Budd 9 6 MeMiilen 9 6 ' HIH Smith ? 8 7 Bea's ' S 7 I Lumber Co. 7,4 j Bagel te's. 7 " , Duo Therm 7 8 J Soya 7 J Rosie 6- 9 Sutton .■<' > j Kent . 6 "9 i ■ Industries 5 10 Meyers 4 11» Sad Sacks' 4 11 High series: BrliVer 503. High games: Bricker 192181. i Woodward* 180, Terveer 179. ' F ! Strickler 177. Plasterer 173. Bab [<bck 172. Reldcnbach 172. R. Fenni* m* smith'iri. Trosih IX j AMERICAN LEGION LEAGUE , i Non Coms won two from Destro lers; Tankers won two front Nav, i gators; Flints won two from P.i r i Cpmmanders; Spitfires won tw,, Iron* Flying Di«<s; Gunners won I'wo-trgm Doughboys Standings W. L. Pts. Destroyers II 5 17 \5; : -rt7—-j Flying lii-i s .... Jl 7 16 • Navigators 7 II Spitfires lii x II Pilots . 7 ; 8 1» 11 Doitghlmys . 8 in Past Conimamleis' 6 I.' ■ Tankers ■ 6 I,’ ’ ..JU-., i ! High : , Hies - i 11.,. FennL 2''. E Bulte:n-i i ‘ \ ' S< bane rlob i’l2. Franz .'3 - iiultem* h r -'"I: t 'u-ti-i .'" I. fn. <■ "0| Eyansou 201 Frauhiger . » ~ l ■" . i:s touiney .. I to' 22 - ' Fume l ;.tmii_ fanx wjtni*s*d 'he opening li i .tii- a' *!-« Hutlnr Fi, !,| ; house here H.>w<- idglhg 1.-iwi-> e ■ ibm iai I.’, t., I : in.l Indi i'i : i« Shorlrilg' Ilii.mung- SacF-U H, .rt of 'h* <'.ipoal C,'x 52 to 38 ; ~ FISH FRIES ABSOLUTELY ALL THE FISH YOU CAN EAT! EVERY WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY NIGHTS PRICE ONLY SI.OO

Lincoln 6-B Team Winner Os Serios Tile Lincoln 6 B'a defeated the Il A*. 28-13. in the final ot the series. thus receiving a trophy to relalator the rest of the year. The !« B team won the first game of the series. 14-11. and 6-A the second Hilt. 14-12. Bill Zwick and Donne t Strickler scored 10 and nine points respectively, for the winners, and Jrowaas was high tor the losers with six. Team’ mem Iters and points scor'd: 4 B — D. Strickler 9. Zwick It', fit Dauller 2. Sommer. R. Strickler i 3 Murphy 4. Hebble. D. Dailler. Krueckelterg, Deßolt. Secaur. 6-A Bogner. Cowans 6. Moser. Wolfe i. Hurst 5, Zimmerman 0, Rawley Delore 1. itoley, Kiser. Two things considered unlucky by horsemen are peacocks and horseshoes. - 4 SECOND ANNUL Sensational SHUFFLEBOARD TOURNAMENT March 6-7-8 7 P. M. Participating Teams: Bultemeier Construction Co. General Electric West End Restaurant Knapp Service Station Acker Cement Works Two Brothers Cash Coal Feed & Supply Mirror Inn rTeepte Truek Lines Ganlz Paint Service - Mtes Bowling Alley's ZJiitsihaster.Motor Sales Central Stock Farms Doc's Car Dock Murphy-’s Barber Shop Leland Smith Insurance Central Soya Co. Riverview Gardens GENEVA Andy’s'Ta verb PREBLE Peterson Elevator Lister's Grocery ' Preble Restaurant Your Host ] ■■■ - ••- • ”” : ■

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