Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1951 — Page 8

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Yellow Jackets Lose To Warsaw Tigers

Tigers Defeat , Jackets' Five Tuesday Night , Th-rlVratur Yellow Jackets suf- . fenid their' first, home defeat of the season and also had a six-game-Winatpg streak snapped as the Warsaw Tigers handed the Jackets a, 5'6-51 loss at tlife Deeutur gym Tu» sday, light. *1 * { > ThvJdefeut was Decatur's fourth In 43 starts, thiec of them at the hand* »C Northeastern Indiana! confer* t|> Ijm.s. The Yellow Jackets have jikjw lostthrev NEK' tilts and J won .(wo, while Warsaw him a confer«nle record ,of thr«-e triumphs and i|m- d» ft nt MOerior height and rugge<|m >•> of (W uotorO gave tire TigeH the Hllgha advantage they heeded f<»r Vlrltpy, “ • j.. : www Jumped into an curly Mt b .Mlf *Il Illi utfei the Yellow Jilt k»’!*< loi.iM 1 whittled Ihlit margin (o IVn, til* Jflget . (iftnill pulled nWuv to hoht it 17-13 advantage at the mid • OF thp Him <iuiirit i Th|'.YoJlow Jmket.M; pneet| by llm Mo <s' Hue. rteldei ' i lit (hl imitglii ta three, pohifs,. 27 21, at Imlfdlme WihNhw built their lend tip to lift gkimldwiiy through the (hhd I" ihql but the jit< lots pulled hack to fti . thice point deiir it,’ as the > ijrd qunilrr ended. K (111 e Moi i i-.on. hitting,!wo field-' >rs‘l i a bui iv to op» n the fitml. Htanri, put the Yellow Jacket': ill the 1 ad for the first time In the ga|io' 40-39. arid after Bill Rhotides ■knbtt d the count with a'foul toss. Monson hit his third straight shot tp’ gHe Decatur a 4340 margin. Bdi Handels converted a free throw and hit from the field th put WarFjaw in front. 43-42. The Tigers aj?ain| built their margin to seven i pointl at 51-44, but fielders by Mose|,George Bair and Morrison, plus -jack Petrie’s foul toss knotted , • the yjmnt at 51-51 with slightly tiiorelthan a minute to play. But the J|ekets eontd not stop big Dave BurkJ, who hit two fielders and a free throw in tl\e closing minute for the victory. Butfke was the game’s outstanding adorer with 22. points., followed by Wh|tey Bell with 16. Jim Moses \ topped? a ~ wett-batanevd Decatur scoring attack With 13 tallies.. with . fchtW other Jackets .counting nine tino-e*. Vic Strickler, regular center, out of action with his ankle .injutij-. ' > . I - Tl|j* Yellow Jackets Win next

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— Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Wednesday Commodores vs Fort, Wayne Central Catholic at Decptur gym. Friday Commodores at Hartford. Adams Central at Geneva. Monmouth at Lancaster .Central. Liberty "Center at Pleasant Mills. 'Berne at Ossian. Benefit Game For, Stanley January 23 . Tli-kct* have been on aulv in five locations In Derutur for the John Stanley bepnflt basketball game at Geneva next Tuesday night. . \ 3 • I Entire proceeds from the gume Wlll go to Stanley, ftnmei'Gtmevtt high school md stiir, whti Is ser« lously 111 In Irene Byitm ’sutiltor Inin at Kurt Wayne lie (m-t bean routined (0 the hospital sltne lust Heplemlmrl w \ The program will up mil al 7 15 o'clock, with alumni teams limn Yh'iiiu ami 'Geneva fmiP.lln»; hi the featuie game, Klenk's of Doiaiur will, battle Linn (ir<iy»* Hardware* Stanley had plaiuied <m playing with Klrnk's team thi.H season. Tfckets, priced at 50 rehlM. lire op sale In Decatur at Klenk's Store, the |*'lrst State Ihtiik, Ehler's Hestauiratil, the Pioneer confee tiotrery and the llolthoitse drug stole. They afe also on mile In ofher parts i»f (be county' or may Im obtained at the Geneva) gym the night pi: vHie game. Jam 23. '..A,; jl - ; ; y . ■ see* action against the Huntington Vikings at the Decatur gym next Tuesday night. Warsaw ’ ' . ■ FG FT TP Rand els, f A-t 4 1 9 Kortli, f ■- O 0 • 0 Burke-, clO 2 ,22 Bell, g 5 6 16 Rhoades, g ... 1 \ i 1 Yarian, f X|f 2’ 0 4 Williams, g ... b 0 fl Bowser, g''.. ..4 1 ’ 0 2 Totals 23 «Ip 1 5G Decatur . ■ FG FT TP Moses, f _ T _.. 4 5 13 J Bair, f—) ..— t.— .3 3' 9 Bohnke. c •' 3 17 .Petrie, k j 3 . 3 •!) Sautliho’, g 0 ' 4 4 Morrison, g .i, 1 4 1 9 |l(otah* . 17 jl7 Jlefvrelc Todd 1 [Umpire: Bobllya Preliminary Dveatur 29. xVarsaw 2S. High School Basketball North Webster tIN, Columbia City 57. ‘ A ' 4’A)'A J ; , . . Made mi ,75. H» vnunn sft Evansville Reitz 51, Evtciisvllle flctsse 33, , / .)) H . L.ifaVctH* J« fl 72' We st Lufayctle 27. . . Jasper Ift, Huntingburg io . Emu Chpmgo Washington 53. |laiy Wailm'e iu A A * , VklpHiniMo tl. Hairy Tolleslun 42 llumtmmd till. Gary Matin 47 East Chlciißo Hooxevtfll 04, Haim tmind Te h\ 17, j B««clfi>)M| (17, Mill h'dl I ' 1<« mi i,\i.i< 1 5L \i.min • ii<> t: < ‘oldvv .lter :(0 )'4<>. IhirtllHid lift, 1 Cruwf|mdHVl|b'i Eranklin 37. N*»w Castle 39? Richmond, il l Pro ttoskotbaH 1 Rochester 97, TtlCiths Bft. IfidlanapoliH 82. Minneapolis 48.

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a—■■ — —H |j„,. ,-■ Junior High Winner Against Monmouth DceUtur Junior High defeated Monmouth. 31-23. at the Monmouth gytn Tuesday afternoon. Oecatnil , led at the half. 17-10. Hajncher led the winners with JI points, followed by McDougal with nine. Schnepfrwas the leading scor - er for MonncnUh with eight.! Decatur I FG FT TP i Bair, f ..... I<* 0 2 Halterman, f <> 11 Hancher. c Ji-.-- -5 ' ,1 11 O. Strickler, g 0 jl 2 McDougal, g ... I , j 9 Kley, f ...-1,..........' 2; 0 ,4 Shaffer, f .. 0? p ft I hill, l .. ... .. 11» 2 Vt it< r. <■ . . 0 0 •' o It iSi i ickb i. g . <i 0 o N» ire iter, g ’ , . . j 0 0 <• Hiiyard. g lo' li n 11. McCurdy. >'o ) 0 Totals . . in . (> in Monmouth >G Ff TP Si hio fp, f -3 i’ K UiVelady, f ( I b 2Fulirm in; <' | f» Cl 11st lain i. r . 1 j * .’|l <;< ik.e g . oi O' 0 ML-ith k ■• ■ I 3 b ' Trttfth . HOI 7\ "3 Checkers Tournament Here Next Saturday At leiiHl 15 cpnlv. In the over :* 1 ycniM nfl nge I'liiMH ituvt’M.t’on received fot< the county checkers toiiihiiuicnr io he hold Saturday Entries nif mew cloned Io thia division. however/, persmiM undfr 1" ’ efiiH of nge may cuter through ThutHilny, EnUles should be; sen,f to Service Station, Five Foilith, Decatur. j ’ I i , The checker tournamept Iwlll bp' held at the the engine hourte in Decatur starting at 2 p. tn. Saturday'. Rath person will play all others in his class three ganies. with the winner of the most games being declared champion. Play ; will continue in thC evening, if upees gary, to finish the required number i bf games. A. limited nutnbe? d.’ spectators can be accomodated. Awards will he made . to first, second and third /places in efich by the county recreation department. Detroit Tigers Seek Philadelphia's Star - Detroit. Jan. 17 —(UP) -General manager' Billy' Evans of ; the I Detroit Tigers said today he jwas I “hopdful" he could buy first! base-1 man Ferris Fain of the Philadelphia Athletics. Philadelphia turned down Evans’ offer of SIOO,OOO and two minor league players al the winter baseball meetings, but Evans- figures the money may talk londei before the season starts. ji "I have fur (bom given} up hope I of gettlnt Fuln." Evans aaid. "We dafinitely want Fain and '(••) our offer Is one that Philadelphia might} well ’ want to con o.t< i aaul>b" Evans said, Trada In a Good Tiwn —• □•eatur

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—— i ;,t t ■■ Troop Transport Is Destroyed By Fire Baltimore Fire May Exceed 25 Baltimore. Jam? 17—(UP)—First' estimates today indicated that the .11-alarm file which swept across Hiwkins Point pier here yesterday j a large troop transport i| and sour t smaller vessels may ex- > <eed $25jM»0.000. The which was valued at about siijiOO.OCO was considered a ; to}tifl loss, by Michml J. Lotz, chief file engineer.' U. S. maritime commission <(f---i fij-jals said that the fire-swept 25.- ! i'<h» ton qupp ship Geotge Washingi ton had a replacement value of i about s2d.iH'<!i.i>ih' i The fh|* s; ill was smoldering in i the big troop transport early today i biit fircnh'li said the blase in the fhlp htul’bemi brought under control al üboui 1 a m.i A force of about firemen, howtver, w<Ue ' stllf at the scene the blaze. I I Au ltddlllonal s:nm.(U>o loss Was I l. i• polled by the Merritt, i and Scott <’o.. inurliic <-optract< i* I wlorpucmd the jdvr from (he army,l i The I'typiirtietibn firm looses v in-1 , clmled a lug. two scow . and a flout j | Ing pIM ;di lv< t all of whh h wo<- ; dthtrnyeu by tile flnmen.. The fife fir it was discovered ‘at I p ip. yi-ktcrdny Iby two c| mat rut! Hon Mjmpunv w<j»ikers who shw smoke uiiiuit 2»ut fi < i out on th» 120 i fool plopv ph i ' ! Will II th I mi'll ai lived t fi-W iidiiiih s tali i In i to do-fl)|rtl of\t»ji’’ idiwm* a brisk wind ahemiy had swepi the blaze along tin- vn lite iimM-nie of tlnf\ pier and hlid i h"’ijui it 1 li i i iiitlc 'tin fhui|rs spread Hiiickly to th* 1 George Washington wlfeil U huge section Ilf th* blazing ,*|fl» r" tme 100.-e am| fell alongside 4he ship'. • The other burning vess< Js towed a why by tugs and hcadliyd i whci.e thv'y huimd to the watt Fs 1 edge. ' 7j | Lotz said that approximately 500 i firemen .fought the blaze most of the night;j i S< ven airvmen and a coast guardsman were injured. , - - ;■ 1 . ' . Mayoral Candidate Receives Threats Chicago, Jan. 17.—.(UP)—tRob- . rrt L. Hunter, Republican candlI date' for mayor requested police protection after he .received six threatening letters, including one warning him "You'll never live to Ibe mayor." ; i | He also found on his doorstep a hook tilled “Murder in the Mists." . ' | Hunter said he threw away five o( the . letters on the belim they were written by "crackpotar but notified the Federal Rurealu of Investigation, when the sixth arrived uti his home. 1 I FBI ng<Jnts advised him to asjk tor a police guard, he said. ; ‘\ _—___ -j ,'j Solid galllitm will malt In » man's hand but wlllAiol boil until heated tn unnut 3,fini) ; Fahrenheit i ; ‘ \ ! V ''l

wn ! —“~ Good Preliminary ; 1 Game Is Scheduled Saturday Night Ail outstanding preliminary game has! been scheduled for 7:30 o’clock Saturday night at the Decatur gym, as the warmup for the appearance of the famous Broadway Colored Clowns, who will meet Decatur i/Klepk’H at 9 pAn. ' The preliminary will match the Nevy Haven Merchants and the Dutch MUI five from Bluffton.. There, will be no reserved segts for thls featurb game. Tickets, pric) ed at |i for adults and 50 cents for will be on sale at the gym. With the doors open at 7 o’clock, i Fride In a Good Town «. oecatut r7~~x~y ■ j %OTI< »*, To HIItDERM 1.- y <M ’ ,f *' hereby; given that Hid iiotcrd <>r <'<>iiiiiiiMHi(>b<*rM <>r Am.nut < c>U»icy? Indiana.,wHl iincil tin- hour of Jt;<»o Aloiidny, Janunry 22. 19.4 receive l>l<lr. m the ~I'J •»;* of Dm. County Auditor for tl.« fcdlmwlng; \ ‘ *<'««rl llnwee . I‘rtjnl|mc the wullajind milliiM In nil- Ho i.ffh c-M mid .ill.) loillwu) mi th*- Hret flcjor <<f IhgTmurt luoiael PlrttiH mid »i|ie< iiiiiKiionx me o»c ill' l In I t.A otlli •• of tin* I'ountM Amlltnr AH bills miiHi tn> nccumpmil'd !>V H l i.mt m' .*aHlfl«)| . heck tH\ mi itmomii o.iuil tu in*; of pilei-bld , , The Uo.ihl li-»ri v<*H flu* llahl t«* iojcJi tnv Oi HI hidr* 5 H.w <d’der i>i the I i<> ard us iio»wjoiit fM ui Adiitio*, County, ’t> Thurmna I. Urew Ain|lti»r Adam* Cotinlv JAN. Ist 17

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a ... - American legion league Flying Dfs< s> won . three from Pilots; Navigators won HHeV from Ihiughboys; thinners won two from Destroyers won t wo from Non Coms. J). , Standing I W L Pts. Destroyers .... g 17 Flying Dfscs ... g j 7 Navigators „ 4 2 5 Spitfires 3 3 4 Doughboys .’ 2 4 3 1 Gunnars g 4 3 Non Corns'g 4 2 J’ilpts ... p 5 j High ganm«: t. Gehrig 233; M. Mies 213; C. Cook 213; L Reynolds 212 j; B. Andrews 205; W.l. Gilliom 1204; W. Selim pf 202; E. Bu|teme|er 202. I^ARMERS—We «re paying 23c lb. for beef hide*; f»c lb. for t allow, Nt rung lard <»r houNehold greane. H. l*. 1 Schmitt Locker J Private Dancing Inatructlonaj I Given By f ) Frances Miller ) > Cabana Studio ' I 32877(

* —— College Basketball Western Mfchigtui G 5, Valpnrai<o 03 ' I Franklin 03; Manchester 53. Indiana Central BS, Anderson dm Eastern ; Illinois 95,' St\ Joseph's 47. Tri-State 72, Olivet 59. Kent State 56, Marquette 50. -

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—_— LtHlg Isluml 84. Duquesne 52. z? Miinhuitun G 2. DePaul 59. ► . ■ ■ __ Walls in the Casbali s»*<-.ti<ui </ , Ah;ivi s. air- tlet-oraied with hignf ' j) prized clay tiles placed there | ny Barbary- Coast pirates who stole them i\t raids thougbout the Med j iterranean ;u<*a in the Ifith, 17tn land J Sth eeylitrit-s.