Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1951 — Page 8

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Indiana Beals I' 1 . ll ’ Purdue To Keep Big Ten Lead Chicago, Jan. 22 —(UP)— Indi ana’s!| speedster Hoosiers come up to thfe rest of they Big Ten, more or less. ftrghmes played this week and Ohs. tussle maj] be important from the standpoint of all \ the other teams in the league. The Indiana quintet of Branch McCracken, who have outrun all llour Conference -opponents v ' while. A averting 66 points per tangle i|ith x the defending champion Ohio (State Buckeyes tonight. And .•this Was one marked up already tor tse Hoosiers. ! M,int||sota. Well up in the confer-J-anks, and while the Hoosieys j will he favorites, the game could go eitheft way.'* , i . ' " I The already have tripped ,4|he Buckeyes, who have lost all »pr Big Ten .starts, with a 77 to 62 dectaiop at Columbus. On 4he home floor of Indiana, the ,BUCk-tyt-sjyon’t be. (given a chance, and should Ohio State win, it would ['haveto be classed as one of the eagehganies greatest possible up'‘ijsets ||f 1951. Minnesota, though? may be a diffei eni character. The Tlofeliers have lojjt qhe of four conference games, >to Illinois at Champaign, and , Minnesota ha* two of the top ten. scorers in the conference compared to onjy one for Wlhlfe Minnesota may not be able to rup with fast flying Indiana, the .coutrpr garni* which coach Osbdrne Cowles likes to interject from time to time niight come into hction and iit be important. Particularly if forward Maynard-TJohnson. who ' ilia’s averaged 18.5 points per game ( lir ci|nference tilts, and Whitey with a 14 2 average, can hit th,elr|usual form, or 1 perhaps do/a j better. . j Indiana's lone top scorer is center fill Garrett, thus far the best iDth» conference with ease. The , comparatively. <short Shelbyville, Ind. negro, 6 feflt imrties, ranks as the top center of the Circuit and . has connected for 15.5 points per] game so far. ' 7 , t The Hoosims tipped intra ; «t«u? riyal Purdue Saturday, 77 to 56, to , hang onjto first place in the league. In other Saturduyfcohtests, Illinois advanced to undisputed second with a<69 to 53 decision~pver lowa, after th<? Hawkeyes 'spent on a bus their plahe was unable to take oft” because of weather and the game started two ihouiA and 5o mihuies j late. . \ . Meanwhile Michigan State was a >ugprise winner over Michigan at Ann Atbor, 49 to ,36. while Northwestern knocked down Ohio State. .81 it o;7 5. I &or:hWestern’s Ray Ragelis. with 26 ‘points, stayed in front in the individual scorinf race with a 20.4 per game average on 102, markers in 3^ games. Illinois’ Don Sunder--1-o-e 27 against low,d for a 314 total in six games to take over -tuuuhd place with a 19 points per' l v gatye mark; ~ . Conference games will be few fo/'thi* ne4t'two weeks as several teams] go into semester examinations; 1 lowa plays at Minnesota in t’-r ”A nr -t eatne tonight, while Satu/dAy'S. other games call for Michigan. State at Ohio State arid Pur-diitf-ai Northwestern. Michigan State plays non con fertiuie Notre Dime at Lansing , J ——- . ’ ] Pro Basketball A : Saturday’s Results Minneapolis 89, Port Wayne 70, - Baltimore 102. Indianapolis 63. Tri-Citles 91, Boston 85. Philadelphia.. HH, Rochester 87. -Sunday’s Results Boston 112, Fort Wayne 1,06 5 (,overtime.) Minneapolis 89. Trinities 82. > Philadelphia 96, Syracuse 86 New York 88. Rochester 83 (overArt-! ' \ r

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams i Tuesday Tuntington at Yellow Jackets, ’leasant Mills at Hartford. Jefferson vs Madison at Berne. Wednesday Commodores vs MonroeVUlp at Decatur gym. Adams Central vs Jackson at Blpfftoti. Thursday Adanis Cfentral vs Hartford at Pleasant Mills. (Friday ’ellow Jackets at Auburn. ! Commodores at Ossian. T\l Hoagland at Monmouth. Bryant at Pleasant Mills. Geneva at poling. \ Berne at Angola. Jefferson as Gray. \ , t Saturday Adams Central vs Petroleum at Blfitttoii. . - i : * // I J Team Standings ; wL .i Pct. Hartford 12 2. 1 i-4157 Yellow Jackets 9 4 ! .692 Motfmouth> 1(1 7- , .588 Jeffercon | 7 7 .500 Geneva 8 • \ .333 Pleasant Mills, b 4 \ 10; .286 Commodores J ! Berne J1 3 10 .231 Adams Central 3 11 '.214 . ■ . — oOO — Adams county net fans should get their ifill of basketball this week, with 14 games scheduled i over five nights, with tonight 1 the l only open date.- ■ Th|ree games Tuesday, two Wednesday, one Thursday, seven Friday and ».one Saturday. .. ‘ ■ | —oOo —I y i i Decatur’s teams will both he in action twice, once at home and once mi the road. The Yellow! Jackets, who suffered their first home loss of the season last week, will entertain the \ Huntington Vikings at the Decatur gym Tuesday., night. Friday, tlie Jackets travel to Auburn to battle the tough Red Devils in a Northeastern Indianai conference tilt, j \ . The C<\mmodore| will meet the Monroeville Cubs at the Decatur ' gym Wednesday night, and Friday journey to Ossian to taltgle, with the Bears, who handed Berne a whipping last Friday. .—oOo - j Two other gamhs slated Tuesday send Pleasant Mills to Hart-1 ford, and Jefferson and Madison tangle” at Berne. .Another ■ game Wednesday pits Adams Central i afeaitrt Jackkon Center at BluffI ton. Adams Central plays the orily game slated Thursday,’entertaining the Hartford Gprillai at •the Pleasant. Mills gym. ■ - —oOoHeaviest firing as usual is Friday, seven gatnes carded, but only two, in the countyL- In addition to the Xellbw Jackets at Aqburn and the at Ossian. Hoagland will be at MonMills. Berne travels to Angola, mouth and Bryant at Pleasant Geneva is at Poling and Jefferson at Gray. \ I - -«Oo— ' ' \ Adams Centr d will wind Up the week’s rd Saturday night, meeting the Petrattum PantheiV,;Wells , county tourney champion, at the Bluffton gym. I, ' 000- ? A v One month from tonight the annual Decatur sectional tourney will get underway, , with the ninp Adams county teams competing for the title won the last two years by. the Decatui* Yellow Jackets. Four sessions will be held; Thurs- , day .night, Friday night, Saturday afternoon And Saturday/ night. The todrney draw \. probably will 'be announced i orjej week befeire the tourney After schedules for all tour- I neys ’are drawn at the indiahapolis office of the Indiana high school athletic association, , | —oOo— \ I Results one year ago this week: Yellow Jackets 58, Huniibgfon ’ 't' j Commodores .61, Lima St. John; 42. ' -Al ■ Hartford 42. fPleasant Mills 31. I Jefferson 39, Gray 33 * ; -TJeneva 89, Poling 24 - ' Commodore* 46. MonroeYillb 33. Auburn 39, Yellow Jackets 34. , Berne 47. Angola 32. \ j Adams Central 46, Hartford 36. Hoagland 43, Monrouth 38,' '

TOPS IN THE LEAGUE w 4 . By Alan Mover ■ .1 • • \ b- ; f IF eAL'S CAREER * T / X ASA STARTER ' J THAN JULY • \IL ’ last year m n . THERE'S NO 7ELL/NG HoN H/gN the A &/ANTS aught have K . : (SONE-H/S /g-4 RECORP k VybPREP TNF b 4S. LEAGUE'S \N/N • \ ' i pefAßTMetir/ ' ' V Maglie. x / WHOSE GIANT ■ ' r / POSSEG PUT N/M v A H/&HER / / iIN'CONIE HRACKET WITH ' THAT RUMORED f 20,000 •—' t CONTRACT- I THAT POLO GROUNDS SPECIALTY , !' NOW IF HE CAN PUT j THE “CHINESE HOLDER, WHICH H THEN! /N A 'H'GHER Helped the giants set pennant eracket ; A RECORD FOR HOSIERS. H poTH W/LL EE NAPP// STOPPED SAL !*/? INNINGS ' R i V ■ AWAY FROAf A NEW SCORELESS • ' > ' k INNING RECORD-HE WENT NS/ bj J — —L ;

Bryant>44. Pleasant. Mills 33. A<lams Central 49, Petroleum 46 Plan Organization Os Horseshoe Club There will be d meeting of all \ Adams county persons interested in horseshoe Thursday at 7:31) p.m. in the Decatiir city hall. Ah managers and players are especially urged to be present. I Since the Adams county recreational services' are being discontinued, this meeting is |>eihg called to organize the Adams coupty horseshoe club/ to •elect officers and take care of 'other essential matters to the club’s organization. I J '/ ' i | High School basketball Fort Wayne South 6ft, Crawfords- • ville 44. Bedford 61, Mupcie Central 6ft. > New AlbanV 62, Indianapolis; Brpiad Ripple 44. Bloomington 6ft, Evansville Cen-1 trajl 58. . .. Anderson 56, Lawrenceburg 40. ' Allen Co. Tourney i • Elmhurst 53, Leo 52. Huntertown 51. Hoagland 42. Huntertown 58. Elmhurst 50 (final). Huntington Co. Tourney Lancaster 55, Andrews 49. Union 58, Bippuls 44. , -- | Lancaster 56. Union 55 (final). Jay Co. Tourney \j Gray 53. Pennville 45. Redkey 53, Portland 51 (overtime). ' . Redkey 58, Gray 57 (overtime) (flpal). I 1 V College Indiana 77, Purdue 56. J, Michigan State* 49, Michigan 36. Northwestern 81. Ohio State 75. Illinois 69. Valparaiso 83. Wheaton'6l. Indiana State 60, St. Joseph's 50. Earlham 77. Wiljmington 66. ' \ Hanover '62. Frahklin 60. j Taylor 9ft, Manchester 74. i Louisville 96. Indiana Central 61. Jackson 74, Coricordia 51. Bradley 76. Wichita 64. Oklahojma 44. Oklahoma A & M 40. , ' Detroit 61), Wayne,, 51/ * Dayton 64. Toledo 46. DePaul ROARING 11 (Continued jFrona Page Onet days.;/Fresh snows) and rising temperatures threatened to bring new disaster. ■ i Hundreds .of- Americans were stranded in Zermatt,\ St. Moritz, , Klosters, Davis, Arosa and other resort towns.. But! there too reports of American fatalities. I Actor Gurt Kieiiger of Holly A j wood, Calif., reported from Davos that “about 200 iAmericans are I stranded here.” I , -P r . ;.. . • Non-Agricultural Employment At High Indianapolis, Js|n. \ 22:—(UP)— j Non-agriculturai employment rose 156,000 during 195 Q to the highest | level in Indiana history, the* Indiana i employment security division -said . today, j Division director John W. Crise , sald\ the number of non farm workers soared from_l,|39,6Qo ifi February to 1.295,600 iri December. He said the nation’s mobilization esI fort accounted, for much of the increase, especially in the heavy industry. -

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Bingen, Friedheim Areleague Winners Bingen defeated Bethlehem.’ 4224, and Friedheim downed Preble, 27-19, iii Lutheran grade school league Thames . Saturday night. Three games will be played next Saturday night at the Hoagland gytn> starting. at 6:30 o’clock. The schedule: Bingen vs Frledhei n; Flatrpck vs Bethlehem; Decatur vs Fuelling. /J Bingen FG FT TP Conrad /IT ....J ft o o Kline. f| 4 ft 8 D. Galliheyer. _j__ 6 1 13 Macke.’ it 1 13 I Scheumap, g 3 o 6 j Schroedej, f 3 , 3 9 ' K. Galinieyer. fb 0 o [ Schroettar; f 0 i ] , Bradtnihler. g . ’ft () ft i Bultemeier. g . 1 o 2 | TOTALS LIS 6 4 2 - Bethlehem ' t<'a. (W M I ; i FG FT TP Bauermhister. f .... 2 2 6 N. Bauermcister. f ..5 3 13 France.Fc 1 ft 2 ft o . SchutleW g ,0 i j Gronan. ‘g .1 I u ’ A. Werlhig.) g . .. ft ii n ■;/ .■ • TOTALS 6- 24 -- -- . Y . \ [ Y < Friedheim FG FT TP Eichler..i f ; G 0 12 D. f 2 0 I R. Keum'ke,; . . 3 1 ' Baucrineister. gft 0 ( Nuergejg /.... 2 ft 4 Gallineier. g.- V- 0 0 (I B. Keueueke. g 0 0 p Reifstec&l g. 0 p d TOTALS .4-.. ,13 .1 27 ' ; Preble . FG FT Tp R. BittneE f 1 0 2, F. Bittner, f \ 0 2. 2 < 0 z 2 Macke, | 1 4 6 L. Bittnir, g 0 p 0 Biebericib g .. t 0 0 0 Mentor, |g 3 7 ’ TO-rts ....... r—J —• . . One Man Killed In ThreelTruck Crash William tHenry ©oyes, 44. Akron, 1 C-.\ was filled arid two persons jured slightly in a three-truck ac) cident on U. S. 30, two mile 4 west of Wanatah. Charle|j Christiansen. 23 Dixon 111., and,pen Krupski,. 30, Chicago, drivers of the two .other trucks, were insured when Boyes’ truck ( rammedYitato Chrfstiausen and hii . truck; .was forced into Krupski’» vehicle. L- | rAn ' American pre-fabricated ’ home exhibited in Berlin, demonI strated all modern electrical ap ! pllances and other convenience g( American home life is proving to be one <#f the biggeat attraction!) of the Ahrrent exposition, accord|ing to ttte German Tourist Office. Ten tops of cbal are required to produce |he steel used in building and equipping a modern home. . ?> —1 x. \ High - teywers with aluminum sheet mountings will relay televb sdon fnicrowaves into valleys where TTV reception is poor.

Klenk’s Is Defeated in Exhibition Game / • * r The Broadway Colored Clowns defeated Decatur Klenk’s 68-55, In an Exhibition game at the Deqatur gym Saturday night. led at the first quarter, 23-18, but the traveling. tEam was ahead at the half. 36-33, and at the thlhl period. 50-46. McNellie of. the Clowns was the leading scorer with 2.V points, and Crist topped Klenk’s with 15. Klenk’s will meet thp Linn Grove Hardware team at] Geneva Tuesday night in [ the John Stanley betiftfit game. | 'Clowns . ' FG FT TP Sealey,'f i 7 Chrichlbw, f 6 j 13 Johnson, c 4' p g Daniels, g 5 0 jo McNellie, g if • 3' 25 Dumpson, C ... 2 ( 1 \ 5 Elliot, g o], (I 0 f ’ TOTALS 31 68 i

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SPORTS BULLETIN Champaign, 111., Jan. 22.-r---(UP) —Ray Eliot announced to- 1 day he will remain as University of Illinois football coach. Athletic director Douglas Mills announced that EWot had turned down a coacning offer from the University of Southern California. I 1 Eliot, informed Willis Hunt, Athletic director at Southern California, of his decision in a, telephone conversation this ■ morning. ,-'. v *' ' ' I . . .. . v ' Klenk’s FG F3’ TP Ballard, f 1 0 2 Reed, f 4 \3 11 SrJinepf. e. .4 6 11 13 Meyer, g 1 10 2 Christ, g .4-------- 0 3 I 15 Steiner, f 2 0 4 Kuble, f 3 " 0 6 Rick ord, g ... 0 0 o' Hirschey. g 1 0 . 2 TOTALS 24 7 3 I » If. you have something to sell or I 'ooma for rent 1 try a Democrat Want Adv. It brings results.

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iMadison High School Is Robbed Os $1,500 Madi-cm. >lnd . Jan. '22. (I’P) - ' Buiglai- opened a sash at the Madi--1 son high school during] the weelkI end, taking about $1,500. Polijce • said th6y ( also ransacked gymnaa- > him lockhfs. I ' >