Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1950 — Page 8

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Sensational Rallies By Commodores And Jackets Feature Opening Games

Th* moat sensational rally in th* history of the Daeatar sectional, on* Just ordinary gam*, and another thriller mad* hiatory at the opening seaelon of the tourney Thursday hKht. with the Decatur Commodore*. Hartford Gorillas and Decatar Yellow Jacket* aarrtving th* three lid-lifters The tourney wilt resume at 7 o’clock tonight, with the Genera Cardinals and Monmouth Eagles tangling in th* opener, followed by th* Pleasant Mills Spartans and th* Decatur Commodore*. Semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, with Hartford and the Yellow Jackets meeting in th* opener at 1 o’clock, followed by the winners of tonight’s games The Commodores edged past the Bern* Bears. 3F-J7; the Hartford Gorillas eliminated th* Jefferson Warriors. SS-40. and th* Yellow Jackets downed the Adams Central Greyhounds. 51-44 Commodores Rally Decatur's Commodores, facing what lotted like certain defeat in ■ th* tourhey opener, staged the most amusing, spine-tingling rally in the local sectional's history to edge out a 3b37 triumph over Berne With oaly three minutes of play ing time remaining in the game. Bern* held a 37-26 lead With two minutes and 15 seconds to go. Berne was still, on 1 top by 37 IS. hut lost flowaid Habegger. center, on personals ?■ Th* Commodores : then began th more Johnny Kabir ifrove ut..l-i -.. .4o -score "s4*d added a frea throw when fouled-to make th* score 37 H Keith Parrcommitted bis filth personal and Kable hit the tree ' thmr >o cut the margin to tivJim W ilder , tallied a as Berne continued to foul Instead of playing the game safe with tu lead Dick Gage connected from the field and it wa« ST-SS Berne, with'one* and "one-half minutes to play Kahle again drove -under to score., knot ting the count, and put the Com modore*out in front with his ninth free throw in an many attempts. 3* 37 Jim Meyer thin added the final point on a foul toss. Th* Commodores he.d a *lim.-.65j had the first quartr t. blit, liefhe ! raced to a 2'»12 margin at the halt i and **< -ti H.-m reap by 'o-Zl at the. three quart-r mark ; KaM* was outstanding for "tW Commodores with 17 point*.follow r ed by Meyer wdth I ' I’so l"l

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Bern* with 16. followed by Habeg ger with 13. The officials called 43 personals. 25 on Berne and 17 on the Commodores Decatur loet Bill Gilllg on fouls early in the third quarter, while Berne loaf Ted 1-eh tnan. Habegger and Parr, all in the final period. The Commodores took 411 shots lu registering 12 field goals, rhe Bears made 13 of 54. Hartford Wins Paced by the Augsburgeh brothers, senior Bob and freshman Jerry, the Hartford Gorillas advanced to th* semi-finals without too much difficulty in the second game against the Jefferson Warriors, Hartford, with the brothers scoring the first five points. held a 13-7 lead at the first quarter, which was increased to !M| at the half and dropped to 36-36 at the third period Bob Augsburgrr was top scorer with 12. followed by Jerry Augrburger with 11. Gerald Miller paced Jefferson with 12. followed by DarreJ Kuhn with I®. Hartford hit 23 of TSfleid goal-.attempt a. Jefferson 16 of 76 Yellow Jackets Rally A fired up band of Adams Central .Greyhounds, playing probably thPir finest game of the season, threw a terrific scare into the De catur Yellow Jackets In the final game, ths'Jackets finally coming to life in the final period to register their 51 44-victory, • Ix-d by sturdy Jim Arnold and little Glenn Rowdon, the Grey : hounds turned on the heat early, racing Into a *l3-2 -l« mi in the flr«f sit mthuies before ii* jackets seemingly knew the bait game was Adams Central was bn lop.il the! end of the first quarter. 15 6. maintained this margin throughout the second period-going to the dress < ' ing room at thy- half with' a 27-16-. advantage - The Greyhounds pulled hack Into a l»polnt lead at 38-36 late in the third period before the Jackets mad* their move Decatur slashed the Greyhounds' lead to ftv- points at the end-of the quarter. 39 34, I with George Bair s three fivld 1 goal- the l> adimr factor in the Jai k I ets’ surge " ' Ji-i M --.-s diminii'he Decatur e guard., person nA *•• or;e«| tin- Jack ’■ ets- into a 39 39 tie after three min uv- of th* filial period. Meting two fl. id 'goafs and »-trie throw'"W

Strickler then hit a field goal, putting Decatur out In front for the firs{. time in the game. Adams Cen-I tral cui the Decatur margin to one point al 41-40. at 44 43 and again at 45-44. but little Lea. Sant bine, into th* lineup when Jack Petrie was ousted on personals, intercepted a pass at the ceater’ circle and drove under wide open to make the lead three points Little Les came right back with a successful long heave to make it 49 44 with a minute to go and Harold Bohnke 1 laid one' in from underneath just before the final gun eracked for ' the final seven-point margin. Decatur's scoring was well balanced. Strickler leading with 12. 1 followed by Bair with 10 and Jen ‘ nings with nine. Arnold paced Adams Central with 15. followed by 1 Rowdon with 14 The Jackets fired 74 times from the field tor 20 field goals, while th* Greyhounds made ' 16 In-61 attempts Each team lost two players on personal fouls. Commodores 1 FG FT TP ' -Gage.- f- ...2—1>5—4 i Kahle, f .. 4 *4J 17 • I Gilllg. c . . -...4-.:- 0 1 3 1 ' ’••'Mayer, g .»•■ —3-4 13. | Loshe K - ■ n 1-2 11 ■ Wilder, f 1 1-2 3 >: TOTALS 12 15-25 391 .. Brrn* I FG FT TP • Krlehbfel. f . ♦ 11 j 1 I’arr.-f 5 5-6 IS ' < Habegger. •' ; 4 '.V - I •' T Lehman, g- 2 2 1 6 ’ Winjeregg. g ---’'.■.l- 1 >‘o 2 - " ’•" ol ‘ Townsend, f »» <m» c U I 0 ■. ‘ I - - . 7 ’T ; —: — t

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Over 3,000 Phone Colls On Sectional Adams county has a lot of bas ketball fans! Besides a Jammed, packed Decatur high school gymnasium, both the American Legion and Knights of Columbus were hosts to hundreds of fans whq heard play-by-play accounts of the three section al games over- the loud apeakcr system. '-44 In addition to all this interest. Mias Lois Werllng. Dally DembcA information clerk during the tour | ney. received over 3.0«0 telephone calls. The Daily Democrat recsir ed the scores of all games by quar tern and both telephones were lonatanUy busy until almost mid night. Sprungei. g 0 li-0 II TOTALS 12 13 20 37 Referee: Kammerer t’mplre;— Ward. Hartford f FG FT TP Zeigler, f 3 <*2 6 Meyer, f -.3 <H < Weike). c ~2-.-.. 4 13 S R. Augsburger. g ... 6 0-4 12 J Augsburger. K :4 3 7 II Runyon, f -. 0 <kl fr Herman, f — «' 36 9 Noll, f « <D> < b .Jackson, c:...— t’ 0-1 " McCune, g i......... o 0-1 « \ TOTALS -23 7-26 5 - - Jefferson -■ ■ 5-_-y.....' PQ FT TP Miller, t -1 12 ' Wall, f . .. t 2 .1-5 5 j Kuhn, c ; Debolt, g 1 o>o 2 j Wellfiian. g ... 2 5-13 9 ' Spangler 1 , f.. . .... ® 0 o o I Patterson, g'p '<>l " v Tumhleson. g . 1 0-0 , 2 Christy, g - o O-il ” <• H u>- g ... 11 '*•> .'■ TOTALS It', *3l I- |(, I, ! . , **••<! ' ' r'inpio Khutmt itr Yellow Jackets J- ’ FG FT TP j Jennings s f - —.3- • 3-< T rstrlckter. f - . « 4-6 TT Bohnke. <• . . 3 'll" Petrie, g ... - , 1 I T 4; M >-. - II n,i, i>n 1, Saufldite, g 2—12: TOTALS 2“ 11 '1 Adams Central FG FT TP | J4nffman a ~'f .-- . -: - - -2-4 - - 6 I E'-r-.tm. 1----- 9 |-3 Lj • Xrnold. c - -- 5 ' 9 15 ; Rowdon. k .5 I* • -’IT B iumenroi* i . 11 ’ I *• V»..|i.Mini '■ I ■ " .2 ! Schrock, f- *..'. ■_... -<i ■ **'• -o TOTALS .. IK 12 23 It Itrfeiv- Kammerer t 'i,on. Ward Sectional Scores At Decatur Df’v.rtur (’oinin<Ml<»it*H 39. Herne Hartford Center *'L .fefterNpii-4<y Ihratiij Y»’lb>\v Jackets .'.1.-Ad-ams Central 44 At Bluffton Rockcreek 76. Liberty (’enter Petrnioinn Union <’enter ->7. At Hartford City Montpelier s<\ Roll I”, punkirk 39. Madison Twp 3.V Portland 64. I lari ford Lite !«.•!! 12. Ri.lL't \ lll»- 29 rfnfy At Huntington l’nT«»n Twp 56. Clear Creek 3"» M >numrtrt City 51. Rr>< k< r» tk 24. iltianoke Warren 25 Hunting.on 4h, Huntington < i:h I Bippus *'•' I (!••!'■ ’i ' • At Warsaw Warsaw 63. Burket 42 North Wehjiter -*»2. Sidney" H ' Mtuh.io- -»9. I.aiw.H It Sy r;» it** 52. A uMmkl I*' i*eesbirtg :61. Claypool 41 College Basketball Notre Dame 55. St. Ixuiis 5? - Kentucky sk. Xavier "53 (*in< innati « t Long Island U I c.r Eastern Kentucky. Stat* -I. Evansville 52. « Oklahoma A -M 31. TuLa 27 Pro Basketball NBA Results * Fort Wayne 74. St Louis 72. f i'jjTrat" use n f>w. "ftmvrr "W 1 >»' *■ J Bc<t<>n /2 Philadelphia 77 Waterloo S&ebuygan >1 FOR GOOD 4 SHOES Jumbo Bag AOc I Noisemakers i&e I ECONOMY STORE. DECATCrI’

Sectionals To Be Cut To 256 l Teams Tonight r In.llanupntlu, Feb. 24 —(UP»— sii<H>tlng from morning until lute ' 11,night will weed out another 246 ‘ < lnh» today as the field of sectlon- '| al tourney contenders la pared 5 down to the semi-final stage In Indiana's 40<h annual high school basketball sweepstakes. r The original field or 766 entries already was down to 496 after - last night’s activities. Os the 64 3 defending sectional champions. 10 have been sidelined, six of them 7 terday. ’ They were SummltvlHe Wstel by Anderson’s Indians. <7 to 35; Arno,at Danville. Winchester at ’ Farmland. Fillmore at Greencastle, K Shelburn at Sullivan, and Terre '* Haute' State. The latter lost to 54 Glenn's onre-beaten Wabash Vai»it)lNt«. 4*5 to 33. 1 defending state champ* lon* hit the tourney trail against ’ -bet era burg thia afternoon. Other 'front runners making their tour- |( ney debut included Muncie Central ■mainat Center; New Albany , ..gainst neighbor Scribner; Evansrille Centra! which clashes with ?v —rivaL-MemwriaLall—- ;* norm rtlrs -amt* once-beaten Win** - low. witich faces the winner of the , Birdseye Ireland tussle "tonight. 2 Anderson had an easy time with U SuHunirvilfe the surprise sectloni, al winner and Indianapolis region1 id winner a year ago. Gene Wil: 2 son h-d the tribe with 23 points. D Ajid Madison and New Castle !h ronrpjtd over initial toes just as easily - v! .i. i, i u'.s the United Press . <7 ah. i . ,»nd nmner.sup to • . « I lime -’nabbed, little lb pmy. M U» 36 while New u»32 stale- ehamiups maulHpio»dahd. -Me-Ur -, a ffep side- - ? iifdng Tfttnr“Neu IJsboir—?r ur 7 T«*|l City and Richland Center.' the ’ only nndof**at4>4l outfits in ' this years. '44««>sler Madness,'* alro rattle through with 4olor«/lying Tell City's Marksmen toyed with Cannelton 51 to 32. for their 19th i <»nsecutive win, while Rich-' land Center beat Winamac's tourk tut host- 49 to 3* h was the . Wildcat*»’ 22nd win without a htias ’ lu the nuit round tonight Tell t City will fate UhrUney. whHej , Richland ( enter takes on Grass 1 , t’to k M.t<li-<-n hafe a 7 pin date with Sicottsbura,. and Ander I son rests until 1 (A) pm. Saturday when their Indians run into I.a-pel's-Rulhlogs-Hie same, chib which , dumped them in last year’s No 1 tourney upset*. | I South Betid Adams turned: in the j only upaet last night, edging wellregardod Mishawaka. 41 ty 39 J Adams was licked 13 times dur j ing the 1949 5d . campaign (includ; r tig a4sto 33 Loss h» .Mishawaka! ' Other former chainj»s success ’ ful in their first tourney bids in : A.clii«led Locansport. !x*l»amui Shel-1 liyville, and . Frankfort Ijopan s , Berries winners of only five games ! during the seasc'di. piled tip the; biggest score s*o. far. blasting New. ! Waverly. 90 to 26 As‘“usual; fTiei e Were .v nnnrhrr • * of odd incidents Au Wnrsa>; Std* j ney led North Webster at the 1 half -H to 27.; blit wound up on Ihe 1 short ntdiif an S 2 to 4K c<rtint. i At Bh»dmingt<»n, -Monrovia coach Hob Mo<»re protesteii to toorhry officials that the official scorers forgot to (ount Tom Fishers basket as the last period *begun . The protect was rej< < led M<»ore had warted “too long’* until filing hts dissent, and Monrovia lost. II to 43 to Smithville on -Don MltcheHer’s basket after the (Inal gun went off J, ■ j A similar ' gunshot” Wy I*avon Mann won for Jefferson Twp over Nappam-r at- Gosheu. 29 to 28. i Officials called 110 personal | fouls in t wo- tussles a*t Madison -1 57 in the S< ottsf»urg-Austin fracas and 53 in the Madison-I>eputy game. The last eight -minute period of the Scottsburg tilt took ' 55 minutes to plny : *

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Tourney Notes WhM a nl«MI —oOo— There vere few people who left the Decatur high achool gym after the flrat nlght'a aeaston who weren’t convinced they had had their .money’s worth. There were two coaches--Dave Terveer of the Commodores and Bob Worthman of the Yellow Jacket*— who left the building convinced that miracles do happen. And there were a lot of boosters ot the two schools who were also convinced of that fact. - — oOo— -* But not all the plaudits should go to the winning teams. Berne and Adams Central put up determined fights, especially the latter who came dose to pulling the major . upset ot the tourney. It was a tired, dejected bunch of basketball i players from Adams Central who went to the showers after the game, but they had nothing to be ashamed ot tor their night's work Following that first game, with Its hectic ending, everyone seemed ’ to settle down for the rest ot the evening, thinking, perhsps. thst the ' form sheet would hold true; the Berne-Commodore gamr. It was noted, was the climax, and it was ' too bad ft hnd to come first. Hut that was before the Yellow JacketAdams Central game that gene- ' rated much the same enthusiasm In much the same way: The final few minutes kept the crowd standing — 000 The comments of both Decatur : couches wtre much the same... Dave ■ said after the game, the boys 1 grayed for "that one." Which is a pretty solemn tribute to the efficacy of prayer, or a pretty re- . sounding example of what It megns . to get 'em when you need ’em _ .. oOo — ' Worthman merely shook bls . head in amusement after his ball / same was over "I JUSt cgfl’t believe IL’ he ’•itld, ’’l was hoping We'd come through, hut I don't know how we did It ' <U to*AH this happened aher the games. Before the doors wore even open, crowds, mostly students, had gathered at all tt»e r doors leading IB6E ths. school building, a cheek before five o'elock revealed. The. crowd ; filed in and the gym was packed long before the firat game got underway Some of them 1 . must have been sustained on ’ ; excitement alone, for they went a long time without eat, • ing. No one. however, was I heard to Complain of being hun--1 pry I I ... - -•><)<» ' '! -TbouKh there was nttthlng but ' sLmding io.mi i-n!> in the gym. and not very much of that left at Kame time, other places also drew-

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slxable crowds. The K. ot C. hall and ths Legion home were packed with people who.cams there to Halen to ths broadcast direct from the gym. There is no report about ’ the quantity of beer or cigarettes i consumed in either place, but thete I is the report of a tremendous cheer 1 coming out of the K. of C. hall, : rocking the Democrat office. i —oOo— But the biggest crowd apparent- ' ly was neither in ths gym nor the K. of C. home or Legion home; It * was those who called Miss Lota ■ Werllng at the Democrat. During the evening she received 3.M* calls. ' which is enough to make anyone bear bells for a long time. And 1 Mbs Werllng will be in the office * -tonight to take calls for the two r games in the second round of the ‘ tourney. —oOo—- * The officials had to atop the Harts ford-JeHerson game to clear the floor of debris. Papera, cakes, remains of ice cream bars, sticking to the soles of the players' and of--1 ficlala’ shoes made It almost as 1 tough to walk and run as the Ice on the sidewalks. —oOo—- ’ The thing that Tourney Notes 1 can't quite understand, possibly be 1 cause we’re getting old. is this bust--1 ttess of one school screaming In unison. 'Good luck, sound so. good luck . . .” t<f one of the teams on 1 the floor. Custom requires. It ' seems, that the team being wished luck, must return a yell thanking their well-wishers. So the air Is r ! rent with the screams of youth ‘4 wishing one another the best of H luck. Good luck. OUT foot. We wish 1 your team, good luck, they mean, except when your team plays ours, then we hope all your players break 1 their legs -000— But maybe the kids have some ' thing there at that Possibly that i would be a good way to create a- *. better understanding In the world, ‘simply go around ia«h day and ‘ wishing everyone you meet good luck For example. "Good lur k Mr Gro<-er, Good luck. Mr Grtx-er-Mr Grocer, we say good luck? Then the grocer, or anyone else you're wishing luck tn. -would an ' "sWnrr_*Thank you. We. thsnk Jmu.4 we: we. we say".HiWß yo.u" And that would keep up all day (food luck, thank you. good lurk, thank you. . 000 As we said, theufh, It might create a better understanding' of fellowship and encourage the down trodden. After all. perhaps. there's nothing quite so soul-satisfying as constantly hoping the nest man succeeds. And there’s always ths pooslbtlity that this custom will Invoke nothing but good will beJ tween,, say. employer and em-

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Gomes Playtßy-Ploy At Den Here Tonight All grade school and high school students of Adams county are luriled to the Den tonight, where a loud speaker hook-up will be made with the Decatur high school gymnasium to receive play-by-play accounts of the two sectional basketball games. Steve Everhart announced today that the popular youth center would be open to all students ot the county, whether or not they are members. Both games will be phone-cast play-by-play. ploye. oOo — Good luck, boss; bos*, we say . . oOo ’ 0 9 On the ? statistical side, some tourney firsts: First tlpoff -Taken by the Berne Bears. First personal foul—Krehblet, Berne. First field goal attempt-Kreh biel, Berne First tree throw mlseed—Gilllg. Commodores First field goal—Kable, Commodore!!. First free throw made Habegger, Bet ntFirst time out -Berne. First player ejected on personal fouls -Gillig. Commodores MAJOR LEAGUE Standings W L Peterson 2.'..... 46 !» Ideal 42 33 Schafer—.. 38 37 Burk 38. 37 •Mies .. .... . 36 39 ! Gay .. . .. 34 41 ! Adaqts Lumber .. ... 33 42 ? Smith Bros . , . jj High series' Innixer 624. .Mar bach 615. Hobbs 6”7 lligjt games: Eyanson 2<>7. Reel 219. Hodle 209-212, Korte 201. Mae ~ba<-h 226214 205. Snyder 229. Al . spaw 23q,4tinigvr 229 224 Retaking 11.-bh. 2’.’l P IHeeke gnu JOHN L <4 <»g*flNUr«t l-'rspsn l*««r (»•«•» - family this y» ar The mother. Ann Isouixa I*ewix. died at a home niaiiUalned by the UMW leader here on Jan 12 Hejsjfeath fob I lowed a linK»‘rinK lilneMl ami W|ia', r-JLttrihttttsEiO ' ■ One female m<ATi""'and her-Me-4-ndanls an one year . ■ j the amount of wool produced'liy 11 xheep