Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1950 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Repeat As Sectional Champs

Defeat Commodores In Final Sectional Battle Saturday Bysß-46Score

—-- Th* Decatur Yellow Jacket*, turning In one ot their beat performance* of the *ea*on. retained th tor aecllonal eh»tnplon»hlp Saturday Bight, defeating the Decatur Commodore*. 58 4*. In a fine, wellplayed final game before a crowd which packed erery available inch ot the Decatur high achool gym. The final game waa In Itaelf a hhrtorte nceaaioß. aa It waa the flr»t time In the city’* hiatory that th* two Decatur high twhool* had claahed on the baaketball court. Th* Yellow Jacket* won their way to the cbampionehip encounter with a 53-4 S triumph over the Hartford Gorilla* while the Commodore* advanced to the last round with a *l-53 victory over the Geneva Cardinal* In the. «econ<l semifinal tilt. 2 . The Jacket* will carry on to the Fort Wayne region*!. tourney at the North Side gym Saturday afternoon. meeting the North Side Redakin* in the first game at 1 o’clock, followed by th* Auburn Red Devil* and Kendallville Comet*. The afternoon winner* will battle at 8 15 . p.m, the regional champion carrying on to the Muncie *eml-flnal meet Saturday, March 11: Great Final Gam* Th* 12-polnt final advantage flaahed on the «coreboard at the 1 conclualon of the title content ■ bell** th*., great battle theie vwo D*eatw-.ttmm» i «*ged..f<ir. 4.te eevtional diadem. - , . Th* titular atrnggle early re-’ •olved itself into a personal coring duel between Harold Bohnke. I rangy Jacket* center, and Jim Meyer. Commodore*' guard., .one of the greatest set shot artist* seen in Adam* county net clrctoa fur: many a. season Jim was the victor In this phase swishing the n*U for nine Held goals and four free throws for 22 points, while Har- . old hit, eight times from the field, mostly on long one-handed shots from the side, and three times from the charity stripe for a total of IP-points However Hohn he's mates outscored Meyer's fellow players to brine the J.dkets their second consecutive srvtional •town ~“ ’.'Th* Commodores jumped into an early lead ott t wn-polnter*-' by Dick Gage and Bill Gillig but. Bohnke* foul toss finally pulled the Jackets into a 5-5 tie midway through the opening period M- yer and Behnke swapped field goals, and Meyer and Gillig hit for an 11-7 'Commodore lead. Jim .Moses and Bohnke connected to leave the teams tied at 11-11 at the -nd of the first quarter. The Commodores moved into an 18-13 lead hut the Jackets again came back to knot the count at 18 18 when Jim Moses' hit from underneath. Bohnke and Meyer again traded-field goals but the defending champ* assumed a 25-20 lead at the main intermission on,a

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ALL-SECTIONAL TEAM Player Team Position Vic Strickler Yellow Jackets Forward John Kable Commodores Forward Dick Gage Commodores 1 Forward Bob Farrar Geneva Forward Harold Bohnke Yellow Jackets Center Jim Arnold Adams Central ~ Center Jim Meyer Commodores Guard Larry Jannings Yellow Jackets Guard Tom Robinson Geneva —Guard Bob Augsburger Hartford Guard Honorable -Mention—Jim Moses, George Bair. Yellow Jackets; Joe Loshe. Commodores: Jerry Augsburger, Jim Weikel, Hartford; Glenn Rowdon,“Adams Central; Keith Parr Howard Halieggcr. Berne: Gerak! Miller. Jefferson; Willis Conrad. Jim Merriman. Monmouth; Bill Workinger, Pleasant Milks.

pair of two-pointers by Bohnke and Vic Strickler'* free throw. 'T-w» free -4-hrowa by Bohnke. one by Larry Jennings and another , fielder by Moses zoomed the Jack ' Jests’ lead to 10 point a, 30-20 in 1 the first two minutes of the third i quarter The Commodores whittled I three points off this margin at 3427 with half a minute to go in .the period Jennings counted twice from the chanty stripe when. Bill Gillig committed hi* fifth foul, and I . Mever retaliated wirh another of - margin. .at. JW-XL. M. jfel close of the stanza Jim Wilder s shut' from underneath slashed the Jacket!' lead points but the eventual winners again pulled away and held a 4S-S7 margin with three minu tea to go* the 1 earnscxchang-" ing points through the-- rest of the ball faint 1 Meyer and Bohnke were the game s top scorers, while Strickler 19Hied 12 and -Moses 10 for the Jackets. Gage being next in line Jor ..the Commodores with seven The Yellow Jackets fired 63 time.-; for their 24 field goals, the Coin modores took fil sho'ts-fnr s th*U-v ■ ’>!♦ J wo-poßtters Defeit Gorillas The Yelh>w Jakk<di WF€cfonW- ■ to? overcome a half lime deficit of. three ,points to om<* from behind and defeat the if artford al wavs a gr«.at bmrnev te.nU. -7,34* in the first semi-final battle The Yeljow* Jackets took an early load but the Gorillas <ame back battling and raced into aiT' eiiihf point advantage at 14-6 in the’ first -di minutes of the gano* • ■ h i e -Strh fcjer hit on« •• and Bidrnke twice from the field to shave the Hartford first period m.trgifi to 1112 The teams were tied at 14-14. bi 16 and Jvi s but Hartford piled up a 27 ■JU lead, which Jenniug and.'Mosch stashed to 37-24 at half time. / J picked its why into - and -32-32 _tlaw.—hut-, lairry Jennings y«en went on a one-man scoring spree, tallying 10 points • n the period to put the Jackets on top by 45.39 as the teams moved into the final eight minutes of play . The YeHnvr Jackets twice held 10-point bulges jn the Honing per<od but the Goritlas kept battling back, largely on Jim Weikels three fielders to make the final i margin five points. f Vic STfl< WT TT Ik-dTit* led the Yellww Jackets. closely followed. j by Jennings with 14 and Bohnke : with 12 Four Gnritias broke into the double figures. Jack Meyer with 12. folio wvd- by the Augsburger brothers with 11 each and Weikel with-10. Thb Jackets made 23 field goals in S 3 shots, the Gorillas 1-7 in only 52 attempts Eliminate Cardinals The Commodores were,forced t<>-.--wi..-Uud£»» small but baVling Geneva ( ardinals in the second semirfinal; 61-53. and earn the right to advance tq. the chamje ' R»ri sfiTp’*TTmndT~*-- '*• - -— —- —-~ The < urnmodores zoomed ißtd an early ?>2 r lead but Geneva final-! ly Tampered back jnt<» a |M> tie when Boh Earrar malfe g<x>d a three.polnt play T4je cardinals' then w»-nt on to hold a scant 13-J2 lead at the close of the firkt period Geneva twice huilt up five-point • i odd 11*1 IP I' tlUf ' Uie Commodores finally overtook :!hpir f *»-- t’ .’6 .’■> > n EMcfc flare s third fielder-of the- pertnrt aiit! J.ohnnv Kahles free throw gave -Decatur, lads a 27-25 half-. Hrhe« margin '’- ~ ~ ' Meyer * eight points and ;* XahW« elx lied the Way for the : < ’fuild up a % 4“ 3'» idvantage in the third quarter

I The closest the fardlnals could come in the final period was five ’ with three minutes • to play but the Commodores st ay- ' ed in command of the ball came • ; the rest of' the way for their , final eight-point margin. Three Commodores hit the double figures in their victory. Meyer leading with 17. closely trailed by Dick Gage with 16 and Kable with 13. Two players did ! practically wH of Geneva's scoring, j.Tom, Robinson racking up the _total with- 24. half of them in the final ’quarter, and ’Boh Farrat counting 17. The Commo<l<»res made the.lr 24 field goals nn 66 shots, while the Cardinals fired f. 6.1, times for 21 fielders. * c Yellouv Jackets - ?-''' FG ■FT T». • Bair f 0 3 4 3 .. e s J " 2 5 16 ■ B.ihnkr < c 12 ' ■ Fetfle g... \1 <mT 2.; • Moses g —v 3 0-3 6 ’ •Sa tit bine- g “O lT 0 Jennings J, . .6 TOTALS 23 720 53 Hartford FG FT TPi Zeigb r f 2 o f »! •. M .. j . 12.1 Weikel c 4 ’ ? R*'Augsburgar g 3 5-5 U J Augsburger g »3 5 6 11 Herman f ■ *» ” M Cum- f o J) o TOTALS ~V7~ "i£23 -4a -r Referee Ward TmpiTe Kammerer Commodore* FG FT TP Kable f 4 5 6 13’ Gage f 4 6 471 Giliig I ? 2 .4 Meyer g 7 " i 17 Loshe g .3 1-17 Wilder i 2 <>.♦» 1 TOTALS 24 13 20 61 j Geneva FG FT TP' j WvavpfT -j—it.T~Hr Bergnvan f • . 1 1-5 « Farrar e 6 5 6 17 Robinson g 10- 4-7 24 r Nevil g 1 11 .3 Pyle f o 04 0 TOTALS 21 IL2O 53 Referee Kammerer I’liiii;*' War.! (CHAMPIONSHIP) Yellow Jacket* . . FG. FT TP | Bair f ” I • | Strii kier~ F’7. • 2 2 1/ • Bohnke c s 3-7 13 Pettie « 2 12 Moses g .j. 5 0-t. V» Jennings g .... ’ 1 4 4 6 TOTALS 24 10-.17 W Commodores FG FT TP Kable f* 2 ♦> H 4 fiaKW f .’.. . 2 3-4 7 Guilg ... 2 11 Me-, er g ' 3 -4 4 22 I A** he g ... I (M) ’ Wilder f , X U I .6 c '7 TOTALS 10 610 45 Referee — Ward Empire Kammerer The Hanford Atomic Wor les at : Richland Wash represents a f367.0p0,u0<> investment Tbit is ments otherwise held by the General Kle« trie Co . * FOR GOOD SHOES

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■jji Front row, left to right Les Moses. Keith Smallwood. Fred lech. Rear row. left to rii lit Dun Mil s. Max Myers Harold Bohnke. Norman Kohne. Vic Strickler. I*arry Jennings. George Bair. Jack Petrie (Kohne. out of uniform since the middle of the season hus-ause of illneas. was replaced on th? tourney certified list by Dwight Sheets, not included 4» the above photo, i •-

Tourney Notes Now. that was a ball game . . —oOo That’s the <>ne~p ople in'Jjc'-.a’u:-at least a good share of the sporting gentry have been awa t ing for 10. these .ruhu;-2t-»‘M^<. - ..An‘l rhe it-u-ir had <’i xm < ! ’.•xciletneut ar.d -ilJSH’fl '• ; ill it ’ho people 'hemuht it a■ -W « . *’ Tfrrrp 4e-< both ways concern.ng >u h a battle'between thr Yell', a Jack*’?, ami Commodores. With ns different *ersions of the outHttpe ind the people’* . sen'l-wiils a-4.—1-lxe—tgxT . 6« ‘ - 000- 2 < So . <h4*-g*<44oe.b'4t but one . ‘X-., ] pr»-t-1* tbat 1 1.- j'l.n •i- t t seTvrJ played a‘ oo d\ <I- .m. game fit -all atf ♦•d by-the fact tljat there were l> •’ 23 fouls called di’in • tfhi ? ffnr; i 000 i *T>ne Jay a • ’f a w-k ' • ■ ■ ■ alioH’ t.'B». fctukCt I.V.i’ ’ cl»<,'h!| .'the io’V \as Ti<k* *t ; w ‘ ;die<l, ■ p<dHic> ’ Th.i,r.:K i’: i> 7 ’a ! t rue to l i <in id»Td‘ exle.-lt. '•. fur De'atari’! - ‘4 wager t ~tlon Tor .3 .-nod: I’J’fE-TTt’i'e A:. I " r« . •'.» ■ r iLCS.’f'V-lvC •/, . ' J;!-’-' .! ■ J «mt-.p. kir '-I' • 'a*} |-f* a. • ‘io»S * !)('■ <>»■!!- •>. >1 1 •' < f M' I ft.:i . I!! ’ll"' J / .'i bi/h uain. url ■ p; ■ a <he *-v« ■* tual winner, j-’j* ' a-■ de~-r/- i pretty well • i a .th. :a’ne w<< td be played In j: i’ll .»i»nri!‘ v Filitfnn of the i> ;•- ' .1 a.-f TO Ida/. IM-keti.u -ThC ’game wpahl_.pi: - <a C««-a • UKHiore d<f. !! • . ‘ the hi. .V - eH’*4+-e—Ot—Ue—Veiki-'... . olh- '■ ’ -- y TdmCsr-w4«t4-4t'lia.' d'JMI to. tnoie or le-- tbroach h j hail or • the game espe lally.’ i' u;»* niosti;. that impeaefi.i <<• t.-aodore !e fens There-wa -1 ’ <»he thia ■ Th.’ | | -AH inti/i: l- had ’<• •-r j ’ btUkftg .»he rim ait, ih<. ‘.aaket wa l . ’’he back,board 'a d ,■ -ie hand.'d shots fr« >:n «cti tar-T b— /h^*r. -uuT with, little hij. . ess hi * •• finals. h.»AeAPr,. H»» |;» A/pf ; u»'t a deadly'trim >.an. » n* and he rtpi.n-'! - i.tsk..’ a '... 'i --II.:■. For’sm<*othne , ;< *;•: ■> ifurniam e and 'oyu.steni ■. f;..*, muhße “ mr the <• •<* Lui Meyer s mat him- ’l*. .•* a’s » TiirtPt'f i'.. • J I . d’ I ' p.Hi Me,, r ,i.i ; 1.. 1 ' ;rk ’ ' gn rm - - -otal of 2,2 in ihe Co-nnn. , utinJ i Arni that’s fttm *• m say league. The high; s• »>rcr f r a single, gam?, tho iib. a i<"jr *• t.lnstm. ••f the Genovs “in TlmT r o* th>- *rtTT—est ir, jmwt .»f h > tu* 4 t 24 4wda:s ’-at he get '■ j'P'T' 1 b <ll. » t '-'ar’urd’4v a*t» rn-••• U .• . a ’ hm» aUU C- r.uonf’.v "M?** man dror*p-'4-T Cvat •ea r » an; o' 33 ’ J . t? j» ' | hjg-h in*, the ■ tou? ’P w< , • j?*, 7-* L.ain-t i 1 pc.Vj;’-. 1 ’.e fb**r .4 ! .Wil<A

that final game was Jammed wit4J students and well wishers, crowding » .around the yl< turions Yellow Jac’s- ' ♦ds. th> pnwntatitmy of ; the briskofbaH Used in that game, j ami tdown of the ne< -. ; 'the 1.1 av.-rs lith-il bls Vic Strickle.'l »«> th* ir ’shoulders and pt arched bin | -I’UnjK . n ' :f I, 1 ) • - tn. 11-0)1 tli'-s rtil-'-e I -ip • . > - ''ii'Vor.t on Ito floor i’ie> yieut after him. hois’ 1T ■urn aw.iC PiitHh.chtTn Mown. Jlmih • tie fir 'L"U’d»-i s and ■ no I -was nothin.: i u» hack slapping a’*u hil.iii**A Coach Worthtuati appear --ed -so lout Ued_ hr aIILLViL.. o(h» ---—T-U-k-onto, the 'dreets of Delator. • nr» lined up nioiig >• eml 'i- < t tn snatl-pm •d • ♦| i!”t <?!!.•!• blowing their ‘.CHS j and partisans s» r« i ning at the top ‘'i ’ th* ir Rings The police < ar put dt-n an I red flasher light tn.t»> m«» ah . u’.d < otdc of students fwHo’V- . .1 L- - ! :l.e '.tree: * vsh’ ■ I- ’lelbi a,,,.!- m-r-nai: y -• \ ,e- --.' ’* ’•; d ■ i'er rnr : = ■' -, : “ene o]«.-|,Por in The Pffv e, re ’ teii i.oi Werlim; a i*»’.' "..I'l l • the rnal <;une if ’he Milo., ’.at \< !:<"•!' (■*»?• ”. ider • s pla .e l i’p report i- ’h it Haiti 4i» ■ • Jen . t a:hi-’ HXkTOlf a '.. I' ’ -I-' U.mi'ei! «iuit ;yi/. n(h> So c.ie curtain Hnrs down on lite •m_>i s«‘/tiopal. anl JiCeitLion v.iJ A .’etifer- d on the -la ff-aw i;., into. ii’.’ional piav next S.<: er lay. ar|i we sincw. ly hope . ■ opti-tue fnt a eoaple of •:rdays a’’t< r that T’- ' f "I hl - A* i :*M ,Jack»-Tg ■**'/ ■ r '~ " /*t out. fr«ej» t■ iaT heiiic first tifuhf ? • ■ . ■ n. as wlid fitii • - is i ouid 4 «v Some of rhe oid ’ •timers srrimtid the*county ire «*ou rrarrd that rt was tire -lines’ toar- ■ ne\ played <in De« at nr Touruvi urifcs uhTTTtrin-’ ahn’T wrnrnt?f n. Utd add ti.a? • >e .nine tr ams taking psrt- put on ftm*- e*hiedi*a t -i i : thrirtighiJttt. ! -’\ir —oOo-- . I’ { tCT o r> 7Th T>e only- ’.thr i : r fh-i‘\’nuH naturally bv eiyht ’I in ifi&i mnrnev. and tn? toughest' loss, perhaps, is lht< i k.:«h wm uimd*. -» game. ThT Conrn>> I ~‘or.—-Mttk pinn»sl all th» tr hiqres on ! : .at fir’d meeting with the Jack- j »«. and i-4:h* t>uz secon I best Bu* j i . , haK£ nothing to be ashamed I o . and »rtainly «amxraTulations d • :h*.' hrghr-t order should go to thetr j eo. t< b. Daye Tetveer. who J>rou :ht ' rhe Commodores- a long, long **/.! i - . 1 ;.♦* H-e<vhHing of- the seaM’A. T

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Only 594 Tickets j Received Here For Regional Saturday i W. Guy Brown, principal of the Decatur high school. Announced to t day that the school has received a : total 'of only 5H4 tickets for <1 e rvgtonai tourney »( the North Sid 1 j II Fort WaytTf Saturday • >!' ? ran4zeiiitl.its with other Adam*-I I county ;i<‘Tor”«f?v.» rfftyeatsr • .x- ’• -ft t|u'-e other J»choi)it will be •nr i: led to' 1 ” f trhtdK I*avlng 5L4 for .disiribuiion to Yellow Jacket fans. •- __Last year, as the largest school in the Hunting (on regional, |h»caiur revehed 1.201 tickets, all a: which were sold here This ye«t North Side will rei-iive the h<Uk • ot -the regional tickets L Students with season tickets will •e given the.initial opportunity o purchase regional ducats The ba’ • ance- will then- go .to adult st a. on : •bket holders Letter* were maibslToday by A’s Bniwn s xiaff to these tt k» t Inv I . ■ : -0a.4 : >r, W UC.keU. The same pfoepdtire wlll.be !|M*.I as if sectional- til kip. with a diaw ing likely to '•* neiessitahd )'• ' n- .nr a'-s' 1 . d' to ri’.pi-’.-r If ket • < ri ly if thev-pian' to--a (tend fhe~je 1 global tn p» rsott • Fans who are to receive fhrdp. its will be notified by mail whe >■ Thev Will for sale The th k< M ' ire priced at 11 6«* for ihe fw<i •jplis Seating rapiM ! » nt the \hr ’ ; Dave knew his boys had pla >d 1 ’h-ir bes» when lie said after th game ’I m proud of tny boys '* Mi . c there were some of The playris > fv .ng in 1 hr di rsHLg rhOlii f dlo v ng th? defeltj. Util "»>e of th •»' . summed up the team's attitude per ■7 ferily, “We —*m- MMr-Jw-aud.-*Huace Ami UuLm... the . w.is .4’.... -hntild be Pro Basketball NBA Results T~ z~ Saturday Rochester 66. Minneapolis 64. \» a York s 6. Chh ?'• Boston m 2, Baltimore 66 Tri City 74. 66 j PlHladelphia 92. Washington .Sb Sunday Washington- Ml. Fort Mayne 7X;.„. Indianapolis LO7. Sheboygan .SC j Syracuse 7.3, Chicago 64. Minneapolis Wt. Tri-City- 66. i Rochester ST. St.. Louis 79. Waterloo !'*»• Ilenver [. „ • SOME SMALL |< «*M«4ta«e<| S raai !*■<? Oae» ; agreement was rem hid. it was i •unders-tiMid * .

Sectional Scores At O*c*tur Decatur Yellow Jacket* SX, Hart lord Cent or 4*. ' Decatur Commodore* fit Genova 5.1 Iteeatur Yellow Jackets 58. Decatur Commodore* 18 (final! | At Fort Waym* NorThTWr 55. Harlan 41 . I l entral 35. South Side 34 ■e-es m-rtrl*wte**»'.-MmhjuUOlLA&mlu At Bluffton • l\am nstei i 52. UhifTton" 14. - reek (’enter Petroleum ■ 57 1 overtime > 4 launcneter Central 47. Rm k. reek . Center 46 i final • At Garrett Auburn 51. Angola 39 Ashley .16 Spencerville 33 , ' AuJ»urn S3’ \shleT 4$ Tfinali . At Kendallville Brighton 52. Avilla .“SO Trxxiver thn?17~l~7“ ' Kendallville Wawaka 31 (Kendallville 54, Brighton ■ 'in al• . ’' At Hartford City c M-onlpelier 41, Redkey 3M Ku-Hind 45 Jeff, i-.'u 36 T---PoHJadMk-4s=Us- ; .MuiiLpeller __4o iou-rtlnb’ i i final b At Huntington Union Twp 29. Huntington Twp -p—" —— —--7- . Huntington 57 Lanciisler Tjld__ !• ’ Huntington 4". pi nion Twp 29. • filial» College Basketball |t»w« $9. Indiana 7kL l urdu’e ‘.'i, Minnesota 39 . Hlnu'is 76 Wi-< onsin '>* t NorthWi item 76 t Mu lligan 7.3 Marquette 75 Michigan State 5K ,j Hanover 1«» L (‘hadte (Cincinnat i• ■ Valparaiso "»7. Concordia (St U.uisi H 4— \ ' Ikrtrni! 73. St Li urs 60. Hradley 42. (Htiahoma A A- M 3’>. Xavier >3. Toledo 4S Kentucky 7<» Vanderbilt 66 . Nebraska 56, lowa State 5U ■ L<»v»M tifne) . Oklahoma 45. Missouri 4<f lover ' time i LaSaiiv 7i < ’in innati 4A Observer* belli ved th? op?r*for« ‘ were mishraa to sign h» Hh- MfH The government would take over the mines where contract# had not to ♦ n signed. Among the mines expected to b* represented In the meeting wet? the South I Union Goal Co., which . employe 24 men and produced around 17’. ton> a day. and the Buck ('reek Coal Co. of Dugger.' whfrh employe pv men and pro-i duces about 125 tons a day. Trade fti a Good Town — Decatur

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2T, 1650

ipwJ'Oel "Ifcs. ] ... C**Br*tu4*ti*n* to th* Decatur Y*ll*w Jacket* and Caach Bab Warthman and hl* •Maa. 11 I* th* mmoikl »*ctional championship In a row for th* Yellow Jacket* and th* **cnn<l for Hol> in hla three year* a* head coach and athletic director at the Daratur high «chik>l. —oOa— The Yellow Jacket* played one of their finest games of the season in annexing .the till* Saturday night In fact, from our corner, we felt the Jackets Improved steadily in each of the three game* they p!ayed on their man h to the crown - 000 ' Our sincere congratulation* alio to th* Decatur Commodore* and Coach Dave YerI veer. Th* Commodore* gave the Yellow Jacket* a great battle, they played their heart* out. They need no alibi*. they , ar* making no alibi*, they ortnpty lo*t to a batter _ ball club In that particular game. That tougher draw forcing the Commodore* to play an extra gam* In their battle to th* champlonahip game, very evidently took It* toll, noticeably In the final quarter of the titular atruggle. .<!.. The 1850 am uonai down in' ■ -- 'J-f 4*l*4. k Ito *« Ort. 4 it *4 hrid here |n Ihe 11 kfui e ' The- hlklT*'AiTttfal XI'W ■ strutted. There were thrills upon thrills for the more than 2;WO fan* wtrn -j a mined into the gym ery. s’-ssitm ; ■ ' • ' —oOo- . The first game of the tourney still ranks Us the tops in thrillers -fpf till fllir Xgf the- IHm atur set tional. Trailing by nine point* with only a few seronds mure than iwp juinutes to play, the t’ornmodor* a battled ami battled to tally 11 points virile holding the Berne Bears storeless and come. through to « two-point yic- ■ tory in the greatestT'omeiiark the D» < a'nr gym ba- eve withes#ed Ranking second-4tn the tourney ' ' ''tFiFirTers msnv WTi*-- -fhaf - .Hitrd Thursday- PTght saruc. wheft. th# I ellcrw Ja< ki ts came tjoih far b»* tujiil to pull th. maelyeg Into- a . seven noitit- triumph' against the » Adams Uetihal Greyhounds 000 The final game Saturday between the two Decatur team* was the best played of " the entire meet, not only for good basketball; but from the standpoint of clean play and the finest exemplification ©f topflight good tporUmanship. And that goes for the fans, as well as the players. . nOv — With the hubbub and . nieht of their sectional ” triumph ‘ gradunHy -Mi4»*hltng. the -Y-eHow-T. - 4»h wiU -KH -riglH back' to work in preparation for the regional . tourney'lit the North Side gym tn • Fort Wayne Saturday o<)o ~ . The . Jai keis will play in ’h*1 TFrsf g>nie at 1 oTtocir Saturday afternoon ineefing the tough North Side Redskins in the tour ' n»-y i»|M*ner North Side dropped the UenTraT Tigers. 52-30, In the ftna£_s’ ini ’’ Central had upset the slightly-favored South Side. Archers. 35-34, In the semitim. 1 C: —oOo - Other participants in the Fort Wayne regional will be th»- Auburn Keil Devils and the Kendal! vjlle Comets, who will tang> in - Ithe second' game- The afternoon winners will meet tor the regional crown at 6:15 o’clock Saturday light.