Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 12 January 1951 — Page 6

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Jefferson And ! Adams Central Are Defeated ' 11 The pecatnr Commodores and leaxant Mills Spartans won their lilial tests in the, annual Adams tjounty tourney, which opened Thursday night at the Decatur gym, Bimlnating the Jefferson Warriors, I -32 jind the Adkins Central Grey- | Kounds, 43-41, respectively. , 5 These teams, by virtue: of their _ Victories, moved into Saturday’s Rcmf-final contests. The Conimd<iores will meet the Hartford Gorillas, who drr'W the bye, in the first semi-final at 12:45 p.jn. Saturday. followed by Fleasanlt Mills gainst the winner of j tonight's Monmouth-Geneva lilt. ’ V] j The tourhey championship game will be staged at 8 o’clock Saturday rAght between the semi-final win7 ' ri*rs. ; j 1 . . i' I |The tokirney resumes at 7 o'clock t|Ls evening with a consolation contest between Jefferson and Adams - (i-ntral.—last night’s losers. The final first round game be playef .at 8:15 b’clock, pitting the Mom mouth" Eagles against the Geneva C&rdinals. I ■ Commodores Win I Decatur’s Commodores, delendihg champlobs. pulled a surprise in t|e.tourney opener last night with their decisive 45-3} win over the Jefferson Warriors, ranked as one o| they county's better teams'! >The Commodores, controlling the ! b*Rln fine fashion, outmaneuvered taller opponents to work in few good shots, with Dick Gage and J.&n Wilder sparkling on offense fey 19 points each. page hit'Trom underneath for the game’s firstifielder, but Tombleson hi) twice and Miller once, I). Kuhn aciding a free throw to give Jefferson an early 7-2 lead. Decatur el|wly whittled away at this advintage and moved into u 14-13 margin at ‘ the first quarter on Gage's fielder. i , > Limiting thte Wahrlors' to only fohr points, the Commodores built • lead to 26-17 at the end of the The scoring pace slowed down Ini the third quarter, which ended with - Decatur on top, 32?22. The Coanmqdorgs .s{ayed. comfe»rt*k— in van throughoutout the reial ■period. ■ r Gage and Wilder led Decatur with 19 points each, while D. Kuhn , counted 15 to lead the Warriors. 1 Pc|6r marksmanship at the foul line wife costly tn Jefferson, up there mdeh more - often, but convering onfy 10 of 'JI attempts, while the ('otn'modores paute seven of is: . Spartana Win Thriller J. Thursday nighty final game I—*'"•'! *' ’ I! ■ ■

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams ; ~ - i y -I Friday County tourney at Decatur. WArren at Berne. ■ Saturday ' County tourney at Decatur. Yellow Jackets at Garrett'. proved to be a real .thriller, with the Pheasant Mills Spartans pulling out a 43-41 victory ip the closing secondk I A4ams Central held a scant 7-6 lead after a dull, listless f|rst guar-, ter, but the tempo of the tilt speeded Ufa plenty in the second period, 1 Which ended with the teams knotted at 23-23. the Greyhounds rallying after being down. 18-10, midway through thp period. . The Greyhounds moved to v a 26 23 lead, but Pleasant Mills fought back to hold a 32-29 advantage as the teams moved ' into the final eight minutes of play. . Adams Central worked into 'a 33-33 tie, and the teams were never separated by more than two points the. rest of the game, Charley Hoffnpan’s free throw knotted the count at 41-41 with only nine seconds left tp play. Jim Prive then drove.down the center of the floor, but . equid not work through the Ajdams Central defense. The ball got aWay from Price!, but bounced directly to Case, Wide open Under the basket, and, he dropped it through just before l the final gun, to five the Sphrtans theii] triumph. Raudenbush led Pleasant Mills with 15 pointls, all scored in the first half, while Hoffman topped Adams Central with 13. The Spartans made nine of 29 free throws, and Adams Central 11 of 23. The Greyhounds , lost three players on personal fouls. ; Commodores FG FT TP Gage, f . s'. 3-6 11) D. Coyne, f -i-e— 2 0-0 4 J. Wilder. c ... 8 3-6 19 Voglewede, g 1... 0 1-3 1 Faurote, g ... 1 0-0 2 Costello, f ... 0 00 \o K Wilder, f . 0 (Aft \ 0 Laurent, g A 0 0-0 o Gass, g o o-o F. 8 0, 0-0 0 Totals Li._ 19 7-15 45 Jefferson’ v FG FT TP Tumblesori. f .3-0-5 6 K. Kuhn, f 5 5-5 15 Miller, c 2 4-7 8 Hainae, g ..... o i-io i Wendel. g 1 o-3 \ 2 Wellman, f o i 0-0 \ o Stols. f o o-o o Keller, c 0 0-0 0Ross. _ u y 0 0-1 a G. Kuhn, g o 0-0 0 -,'.'.. I ■ Totals 11 ro-31 si Flete ree; —-J acobs.

Klenk's Is Winner in Tourney Contest Klenk’s of Decatur defeated Roberts Truck. Fort Wayne, in a Zolk ner tourney game Thursday night. 41-34, in a preliminary to the PistomirSyracuse game at North Side gym. Klenk’s led at all periods, 13-8, 23-12 and 35-27. Ron Ballard led the winners'with 11 points, and Nep tallied a likjp- number for the losers. Klenk’s A > FG FT TP Ballard, f 1. ,;5 1 11 .Reed, f 1 I 2 15 Sehnepf, c ... ‘... 2 2 6 Meyer, g _,_ r . 2 2 6 Rlckord. g _.y o 0 0 Steiner, f u.—-i- 1 0 ! 2 Kable, f ...(. 11 .{ Crist, Hirschey, g ...... 0 q o Totals ... k; fi u \ ' Roberts ■ FG FT TP Neu, f A 4 3 11 Trebra, f, . — 3 3 Getting, c .3 2 X Gillie, g 2 1 5 Vogulette. g 0 1 I Greene, g J ..... 0 0 0 •• ■ ■ \ ■ totals 12 10 34 Umpire: McAfee. 1 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Raudenbush. \f 7 1-4 15 Johnson, f —1 3-7 5 WoriHnger, c . 0 1-2 1 Price, g . — i.. 4 2-7 40 Painter, g ... 1 OO 2 Noll.-f 0 1-4 1 Case, f 4 1-5 9 Totals 17 9-29 43 V ' Adams Central FG FT TP’ G. Nussbaum, f ...... 3 0-1 6' Lehman, f I 2 0-3 4 Mitchel, c 0 2>4 2, Arnold, g 5 1-3 11 Hoffman, g — 4 5-8 13 Riley, f 0 0-0 U D. Nussbaum, f Q 0-0 0 Schrock, c —1 2-2 4 Longenberger. g 0 \ 1-2 1 Totals 15, 11-23 41 Referee: —McAfee. .< Umpire:—Jacoby. ' k \ High School Basketball ■ Gary Froebel 60, Gary Mann JI. Soaith Bend Adams ’4B, South Bend Central 44. Indianapolis Crispus Attacks b\ Warren Central 26. Kosciusko Co. Tourney Silver Lake 71. Leesburg 51. Syracuse .64, North Webster 60. College Basketball Indiana State 62, Ball State 53. . McKendree 73, Rose Poly 57. Bowling Green 66. Toledo 59. St. John’s 68, Bradley 591 Boston College 63, CCNY 59. 1 Okalahoma A & M 40, Tulsa 38. Tonight, Sat & SUN. Continuous Sat. & Sun. Two Action Smashesi k In Exciting Technicolor! ! “LAST OF THE > BUCCANEERS” Paul Henreid, Jack Oakie A. CHAS. STARRETT ; “STREETS OF GHOST TOWN” With Smiley Burnette Only 14c-30c Inc. Tax LOYAL ORDER OF MllllSli PAY DUES NOW!! MIDNIGHT OF JAN.IS DEADLINE! \ -r- - •• J. -ni; ». - — A

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—— ; i— Pro Basketball Font Wayne 84. Syracuse 76. Philadelphia 82, Rochester] 79Minneapolis 113, Tri-Citiek HK». Schmitt Team Wins In League Contest In' a game played under double I pirqtest, Al Schmitt's defeated 1 North American Van Lines, 34-28,, in a Sappenfield league game alt South Whitley Thursday night. ’ 1 1 The lowers protested because tjiel 'Sehmilt| team was three minutes late for the opening game, . and > Schmitt protested when their opponents appeared in incorrect unfr 1 forms. • ■ , ■ -' i n Oettihg l«\d the winners with IM points and 14-ithwaite scored ;a similar number for the losers. Schmitt ’ . ' FG FT TP Singleton, f 1 , i 7 Getting, f 4 2 10 Conrad, c 0 - 2 Fuhrman, g ...... |2 4 $ Bienz. g y 1 J | 3 Kiess. f — 0 4/9 Rice, g 2 9 ; 4 • f . ■ - i-—-—-—ii-K-w-: Totals r __. 12 ' North American ’ ’ FG FT TP Jones, f ’ 2 2 6 Hershberger, -f; !1 1 3 I Leithw\aite, c 4 2 1 Ift Feist, g 1.1 j I Gam. g .... ....1 0 0 0 Renecke, f 3 ft 6 Klein, g ft 0, ft j ■ ' : f “"f 1 1 Totals I) r 28 MARILYN HOBLET tContinued Front Page One) ; Odle, lona Smitley and Helen, Mowery. Miss Harriet GbrbOr 1 served as chairman of the contest. ; Coqnty students will' he vying, for substantial cash awards to- be I, given by the Decatur American Legion post in its sponsorship' bf the oratorical contest. ’ 1 Contestants’ speeches will he 1 limited to a particular phases of the yeonstitution. which is prepared speech; ultimately, beginning with the zone contests, ticlpants wiH be required to speak extemporaneously on a given subie"L V : l_ .'. ; U Den 8 Cub Scouts In Regular Meeting •Cub Scout 8, met in their regular \meetilng recently in the Gerald Smith home, the, Citbs spending the evenihg working on 1 model plane and train projecta. The meeting, reported scribe Pat rick Duricin, was opened with the payment of dnd closed with the living and hand c\lasp. Decatur \ Conservation Club MEETING 7:30 P. M. Saturday; JAN. 13 CITY HALL, DECATUR Election of Officers. BARGAINS < I ■ — IMI FORD FORDOR Heater and Radio Heater and Radio 1939 CHEVROLET 2 door ’ Heater and Radio 3 - “— ' | YOUR CHOICE S IM ' ■ ■' x ' ( ■ Brant MOTORS, INC. ■) |

I — — Tourney Notes s There wasn’t a packed hopse at the opening night of the county tourney Thursday, but there wa.4 a Spirited representing fl|e four -gi hools which , played. Spirited getting their jilgnals tbixed. On one occasion during the Ipcond game cheer leaders from Adams Central and Pleasant Mills began their chores simultaneously, gnd the two factions Were chanting ligalnst one another. UlUrndte re1 gilts’: volume. V -oho- i? J ? There was a great deal oflinten est ,in the games generated outside the Decatur high school jj gym, where the tourney is being] held, according to the number of telephone calls received in the Deinocrat of fled by Miss Margaret Haniw. She answered the; telephone 280 times during the evening. She; said the calls began about 7:15 o’iciqck. and ran steadily until about 10 li.m. Posted from the gyn| with quarter scores, Mijss Harris gave a running account of the two games. 1 —oOo— She •vlll be on hand throughout the tourney answering the b h one Ip -, the Daily Democrat office, so; thdije who are unable to get to the games call 3-2121 for quaherjy scoiys. ■ „ - 000-; ■ j iPpT still others), there the broadcast of the games from \ the gyni direct to the K. of C. and the Eagles lodge. Norbert Hess is handling the announcing cjibrqs during the tourney. —oOo- — | Just as an idle thought, but the aeqrekeeper’s bench which’ contused also the timekeepers; and nt’trspapeimen looked like the first row In a burlesque house-or aptly, buld headed row. \ ' —oOo—- ■ | Nervousness ’marked the few m’inutes of the first gaqie oj the tourney. The fjrst four plays ’were entirely uncoached. 1 w.e're iure: ( brtth : teams passed briskly. dit]|ectly, into the hands of sitting op the chairs surrounding the fiber; With this out of their" systems. though, jhe players settled dowri. and there was little spectator play for the rest of the eveiiiing. : r j]' —oOo— ;■ Maybe this i<aslgn of something, but bffehand be can't imagine fwhht it’might be: nevertheless we tjhlnk it opportune of the Decatur Gone .mdciores and the Pleasant Mills Spartans to choose tourney time to gain tlteir. third victories of] the season. —oOo — There was the usual aftergame line-yp of cars along street, all of the drivers loudly blasting their Barns *,all of them but; one asbumably partisans of either Pleasant; Mill's or Decatur Catholic high '.-school 1 . . \], j ; • , ■ - 000- ; i jTUe one exception, though,, we i pqted in the line of cars. His car ’bore an Ohio license plate, and we're certain .the driver was rperely tke victim of time and place.? He' was-at first unaware of anything amiss, then his facte lit up rbheu he discovered all tiie horns blowing. We assume be thought eitaer that (a) someone had gotten married, or (b> that Pleasant Mills land Decatur Catholic had just won the opening games in the Adams cptinty tdurney. We imagine this Iwter thought, slipped casually intoj,his rnihd. anyway. When last seeh.-the |.lndn ‘frotn Ohio was driving slowly south on Second street, tooting his horn with the rest of them. \ / —oOp— ■ Botne tourney firsts: First tip-off--Commodores. ’, First shot, missed —Gage, Gommodores. \j \ \ ' ' First field goal—Gage, Comjmodores. ' ) ■' ; . First personal foul—J. Wilder, Commodores . \ ! First free throw, missed —Miller, Jefferson. 1 ] First timeout called—-Commo-dores. First free throw, made—D. Kuhn, Jefferson. „ F,irst substitution —E. Wilder, Commodore*. ! ? First player ousted, on personal fouls —D. Coyne, Commodores. ’ < » MARINE EVACUEE |S ICkßatfnued From Po«« Oae) ] John Welch, who presented bioth epeakprs.

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'iv, CIVIL . From Pok» Oaf) to disregard "off the record” ihtatemebts] - * told a press conference the sls<),ooft was needed at. once for administrative purposes and "more might be needed hi the future.” 1 ' I 'l He said other legislation Would be proposed “to implement our present defense law. but he “doesn't k|how” if appropriations will be attached to those proposals. ' I “We must be prepared to evacuate people from certain areas.” Schrickeb said, calling civilian evacuatiqn “more important than bomb shelters.” “It would be a fantastic thing to build bomb shelters on the outskirts of cities," he said. “In many Indiana cities—as in Indian-, apolis—have strong! buildings which might be designated as bomb shelters.” The governor suggested ' d defense appropriation bill be rushed through both houses of the legislature under suspension of rules and carry an emergency clause — effective as soon as. signed. Sen. John Van Ness and Rep. VV. O. Hughesjeddersof the two houses, promised cooperation. Schricker said the state should stop supporting its defense program by borrowing funds iroiri other departments. This has created w.hat Thurston called an “operation shoe-string . we gon’t even have enough to help answer letters.” j “Rut even with past financial handicaps,” Schrickey said,

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I - - - ' - Impression is we’re still a good; many jumps ahead of the federal I government. We haven't received ; much of any tangible information! out of Washington except a ! ahead'.” . I ' ATOMIC (Cawßlnwed From Page One) was making “a variety of weap-! ons.” He refused, however, to . identify them. But Gen. J. Lawton Collins, | army chief of staff, said later tMit 1 atomic missile and artillery warheads were in the works. 1 Other military sources have ; talked of an “atomic mortar, shell;” Whatever is tested at the Las Vegas range, both the- AEG and other atomic sources appear to, Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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