Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 48, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 29 March 1950 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Announce Baseball Schedule

Jackets Open Baseball Card On April 11 Th* Decatur Yalta* Jacket* *Ol launch their baseball season Tuesday, April 11, according to th* schedule released today by Deane Dururta, head baseball coach. Th* Jackets' first game will ne against th* Anderson Indiana ifti the Anderson diamond. Decatur s initial home appearance at Worthman field will be April 14 agaitut th* Geneva Cardinals. On* es the features of th* home sc hr dull will be a doable header with th* Martan (Manta at field Saturday. 2 April It. Tea dales have bean iritall.lv set for th* Jacket* with a retnra game with Anderem. either one cr two games with New Haven, and possibly othen yet to be scheduled definitely. Tweaty-nre candidates tor th? team bare been working out daily in th* school gym. and outdoor workoats will be started as soon as weather permits. Nlae lettermen from th* 15*9 team are heek in action. The squad will he cut to |d nrambers withi t the neat weak. Coach Dorwin stated.’ Candidates for the team follow: Seatop* — Chalmer Plumley. in>u Smith. Maa Myers (lettermen 1 and Keith Small wood Juniors - Harold Bohnke. Lee Sautbine. Jack Petrie. Victor Strickler (lottermeni, Grover Odle, Ralph Buses. George Bair and Rob Gray. Sophomores — Jim Moses. Torn Butler Hettermenl. Norman Pollock, Luther Schrock, Ed Htocksda:.*. and Bob Nelson Freshmen - Don Rrinkiug. 4tagea* Morrises, Dick Duff. Ron j oupd and Urie.tCAJMlr. man aspirants are termed by Coach Dorwin as rhe beet first year pepopeets in- many seaeons . Candidates by position are as .ot iq.ee: - . Pitchers Bohnke. Strickler. Myers. Moses. C I’luniley. Item king and KnUlle Catchers — Smith, R. Plumley. Conrad Infielders Petrie C. Plumley. Sautbine, Busse aild Morrison. Outfielders Moses. Butler. Bohnke. Strickler. Pollock, Duff and Schrock. — • ■ The Schedule April 11 Anderson at Adderson. April II -■ Geneva at Decatur, April IS Marion at Deea.q “(double .header): April 19 Beriie'kt li-rhe May 3 - Berne at Decatur. May- 5 Bluffton at Decatur (NEIC same! May 12 — Bluffton at Bluffton. - Ma? 17 - Marsaw at Decatur (NEIC game). May 29 Howe Military lea.temy at Decatur, ’ May .’I Huntington at Hunt ington.

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Joke Lametta Win* Cleveland, 0.. Mar. 99-lITPI— Middleweight champion Jake tomotta, flashing a devastating body attack, stopped classy Chuck Hunter of Cleveland in 59 seconds of the sixth round last night bofere 2,1*1 fens in s noa tille light at Uta-grigs <2Rwpwrior body punching wun th* margin ot difference for th* Bronx Bull, but a terrific left 10 the head was the payoff blow. Taube Resigns AsNelCoadi At Purdue 11. Lafayette. Ind.. March » — <VP» —Mel Taube, head basketball com *> ‘ at Purdue University since ISIS, resigned today, but will remain as Boilermaker baseball mentor and ■ an associate physical education professor. * Guy (Red) Markey. Purdue ath ! Irtic director, announced the resi st- ! nation and said steps would be tak en Immediately to secure a successor. "Selection of a successor calls for 1 careful study of the available field 1 of candidates,'' Mackey said. "But we hope to make an official an- ' nouneement in regard to a new basketball coach within the near fu- • ture." ' Markey refused to say whether any particular individuals were under consideration "1 sincerely regret giving up my basketball coaching duties," Tau.w said, "bat after consideration of the situation I feel that it Is in the interests of all concerned." ': 2 Thai* has ■ Itartrndpr.' fieyr- r .he middle.-of tite past apason. when Purdue won only nine games an-f lost 13; The Boilermakers eagers, won three Big 10 games last gensori w hile losing nine However, one of the Purdue vic •orles was a 71-to-65 triumph over Bradley. runner up lit both.the national Invitational and NCCA tour- - neys. The-Purdue win was in the . first game played at Bradley'S new fieldhouse. Tanlie succeeded Ward (Piggy) Lambert us cage coach at Purdue, md led the Boilermakers through the last seven games of the’l9l-1 season Purdue long was a Big Id bask -t---ball paw*'. and still has the best record tn the all time conference basketball a'andings. winning 314 gatnes aiel lining 213 However, the ’ifollermakers last "won the <fori fennie . liamploDshlp la 1939-0). and their best finish under Taube | was in 1949 49', when they tie! wi’n Indiana for fourth place Taube graduated from Purdue iri 1923. after Winning three letters each in football. basketball anl baseball He joined the coaching staff at 7'urdue immediately as an atsiwtant. but left to lemme h ad coach at Marion. Ind., high school t 1 in 1929. Mel stayed at Marlon three yearn, and then became head foctball and basketball coach at Massachusetts State College Amherst, Mass- lie tutored an undefeated Imxketliall leain al Massaehusrits State, and huiil one of the*moet powerful i small college fooball teams in NO v England l>efore returning to Puri due in the spring of 1 93(>. , Taube served as a npvy lieutenant for fhfee years during the war I I nder Taube. Purdue basketball teams won 42 game* and lost the came number They chalked up 19 wins and 29 losses in Big It) play During the last Indiana state high school hMketball finals, it was lumored that Marion Crawley, basketball coach at iaitayette Jefferson high school, might be appointed head coju-h to sui ceed IfMifteCrawley, who coached two state I championship quintets at Washing ' ■on. Ind. and a third at Imfayette. also was mentioned as a candidate . for the basketball coach job at ; Northwestern fdiversity. - _ r g lip |m ' 1 nwe-sw- vwee *■» jj. |]r| | IF - Tin’RS. FRI. SAT. CHAS. STARRETT “BANDITS OF EL DORADO” W'th Smiley Burnette i _ ;—o-o_— gun Men Tue*.—J. Welaamutler, : "Merit es the Gori He" O—O- I CLOtIO WCDNCBOAV -•

■i. Il I nil II lie m — • Grade School Champions | Pictured above are members of the Bt. John's l-stkeran grade rchooi basketball team, which won the championship of circuit A. played reewutly at the Moaauiuth gym. Tourney results were: Fried helm »l. Preble li; St. Johns XI. Bethlehem 14: Bethhhem 24. Preble 14 (consolation): Rt John's 31. Friedheim 15 (final!. Front row. left to right Donald Macke, llbhar l Rrheuman. Richard Bullemeitr. Kenneth Bullemei. r. Henry S< breeder. Melvin Kline. Heer row. toft to right Raymond Conrad, lion Gellmeyer. V«nny Koeneman. Harold JCline, Carl Schroeder, and Mart Balte:neior. cout h. ~

CCHYScores Grand Slam In Net Tourneys New York. March 2« it P) City college of New York, a school 1 which never had won a title in , seasons, today pooled a record tor all future teams to shoot at th* first "grand slam" in the history ot college basketball's two-majtfr tour naments. CCNY def-sled Bradley «9 fit St. | for the national Invitation crow-.i last week and defeated the salp'• ate for the NCAA *Darti|»4<>«»Ktii p ’ No other team ever accomplish i' that feat. Some great ones last year's Kentucky teem. Colorado Duquesne and t'tah tried fur tbe big double and failed City's sop'u omore-sparked Beavers, led by Norm Mager, a blood sitlattcrt .! substitute, came through when Hie pressure was at a fever-pitch — In the final SO seconds of play to will the NTAA and sweep both chain- | plonshlps It was .Mager, a 6 foot. 5-in< h wildman, who crushed Bradley last minute rally. Mager was kno- k ed out when he collided with Jim Kelly'of Bradley Tate in the first half and bad to have five stitches put in a gash on tvi* forehead He cam* back on the floor in the i second half. with. Idobd ooglny 'hroligh a hlart' “bandage Who ' little Gerie Melehlorre cu* Ct. lewd to >;t» -tv SS w-iHi 3(1 second 10. go It was Mager..who broke aa.-c. .for the"layup basket th it* killed l"«' Brave's hopes Bradley, the pi-e-tourriami nt ! choice, to sweep both tournauieiil -> ' if any team copiil 'had little ho(>e ; until the final minute of play" At(» r ‘ ■he lead changed nine times. r‘ty Inrst ahead midway in the firrt half and stayed in front from then until the end. 2 CENTRAL SOVA LEAGUE Standings W. L. MAR 21 12 Erasers 2» ,13 Blue Prints 19 14 Solvent 19 11 . Truckers ... Is 15 Wonders I s 1 Pencil Pushers 16 17 Feed Mill IS IS Master Mixers . IS Is Better Halves 14 P> Bag Service 4J ge . Dube 19 RE | High senes: Men,— H Nash S'.'S. H. Buck 50S. Women Bowman —i Woodward 479 High games Men H Bnck l*‘>, J. AxbeJl lil. Women— Bowman 205. Way ISO. Woodward 175. _ Note -- Harper of. Bag -Gerris.-* rolled another set of triplets.- three games of 129 each. . > , k( CLABBIC LEAGUESwearingen won four points. Sup er Service 9. Casablanca 3. Cities Service 1: Old Crown 3. Wult Hard - ware 1: Moose 1; Hoff bran 1 “ ■Wnmfftng*— - *• .. Moose .. 57 27 SO "SiiiTHSr -4t" •TTifc ~ ■ . Swearingen 45 39 «2 Super ■ 43 41 35 Cities 39 45 S 3 Hoffbrau 39 45 47 Wolff ' Al 9T—r< Casablanca 31 5o 39 High games. Bchulu B mi. Wolff 211. Feasel 2«4. ru.; 212 Schroeder 2f»-223. Tutewller, I lauM 209 Trade In a G**d Town — Decatur

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Jackets' Track Meet 4 Postponed One Week Bob Worthman athletic director j and head < <uu-h of th* Decatur 'high ochiad announced today that the Yell .w Jackets' home track opener has been imstponed Io Monday. April l«i The meet.-with Fort Wayne Central, was origin ■ ally set for April 3 ; ■ I f- ■ ----- ■ ' ■; '- ~ r Phils'Owner | Sees Fighting Chance ToWin - • Clearwatw. Fla. Marrh 29 <’('!•> Dw I’lulliPN have |NRte j lußjaT than atiy olhrr major i«|g» <• ■ *fMin e they’re won a pennant • and it dt»esn'i hw»k a<if they -ate jSQitiK to th.-** .IhfA | MMMM. Eddh*-Sawyer fiuuren he will he lucky to finish third I where rh» club wound up las’ K»*a ’ son — hut pwn«*t > < arp»*h*c- ! hellevee, th*- haul ha- • li-thH'. • fhanre for the flak'. Hush that, in 1951 if IHU in i’Gn the definitely will hr of < hata plnnfthip < alibrr For the l’hilU'e» have been ’ .!« eradeaUv attd "OhMi y J ; Carpentw’ took o*»-r t.hr . lu • .it the • ■ii. * ' ctlraiHnr vfwHFz”;'d;tv*n t- • •♦ rs arr* i a rar-or t -x,.- ia* r-•■rr ,T ’”T btardorn Whrti th-**\ .t ’.cn r!” ir ’ peak the Phißjts >hou.ld : r»ak Th i' | jinv* hl- h has no: ■ ■ •> \- a . Xationai Lra.’Uo. p-t;.- '‘ ° » ■ 191.1; - , I fy trill* h the sanir as l td ja«* | year when the Philiirs. ’itflr»iTiTie + last six week* of fhr ~r-.r - I: play rd the beat ball in tht As tonwtituled now. ti. Vi d:< appear short'of iront j ? hl iu j uid need a paar r hirtiiu n iM H o * t.The pitching a h>’ i how <’urt Simmons, <inr xu i;p» r Phillies, seven bonus playtux . lihrough. Thus far, hr has .i vm a j disappoint meni; 1 Southpaw Ken Heintz, hiwin who won 17 last year; Russ Meyei d*<» lA. II game winner, youiu R*»l;iaRotierts, another bopu« ptayrr a ho won IS, ami Hank Boruwy j ;12 12 record, .will anchor the -t.tf: i.donz wPh Simmons Sawyer al.no Is lutukin? <u. .hi t » Thom peon, a southpaw who vu.i xanirs at Toronto in 1919 amt cf ft at rd the Cardinal* in a key game Iwte last seamm. and Uil»> i-’niHml. I.wn American League caatoft :*jr ; starting roles Jim Konatanty. who ranked n404-l| to Ted Wilks as the leaxur'N rede* ace in i 949. will be the no one fir *- I man. The two.other position- «>n ?’»• staff arr wide open ■ ; Bi< knell and Robert Miller. I | bonuta. players, veterans ' Trinkle and Blix Donnelly and i Buhiia Church, a rookie, the Iradin I ‘ candifiaif* Sophomore Stan Lopata. who .s, a more polished receh er, may oiir loo* bail hitting. Andy Seiniai x **?mrn The mi t “ . Sil vrt»tri jFobahly w ill he carried as ’he third man r . The iftfield I* set with Eddte ” Waltkus on first; rookie Mike Gotiat aV werond. Gran IJammrr a: . short and Puddm’ Head Jones at third With Waltkus okay at first. Saw> yer haa been trylaj out Dick SUIeMi the outfield 2 The only outfielder sure of rejui Tar <iity laJiard hit tint !•-! E»who .302 and drove- In W'J irun* * last vear Richie Vhb-.ir i , proigably will be ha< k in < tudr

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Alexandria Coach : 2 Rosianx Position -Alexandria, ImL Mar. n -lUPI. —Athletic director Don Dick considered a school board offer today to remain here as a classroom instructor. «... Dick coached all sports here for the past three and a half year*, but tendered Ma resignation yesterday "for the good of the school, the agbtetic program and ths boys Involved." The Dk-k-coacbed Alexandria basketball team didn't «ta a game during the 194*49 season. The school board said Ms duties would

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