Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1951 — Page 6

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Jackets Beat Bluffton Five Tuesday Night & . The' Decatur Yellow Jackets tirade their season record over the sluffton Tuesday night. ■i defeating the Tigers'. 57-53. in a /rugged battle before a jamrhed \ 4 house at the Decatur gym. \ i . It'was the third thriller the teams : h ; *d staged this season. Bluffton ■; winning by a 54 52 score at Bluff_r>»u early in the season, ahd De<a?bir Atxj/ring a 59-51 triumph in the ./holiday tourney here. = t Although the. Yellow Jackets ’ were in the lead practically t|ie t .entire game, their margin was ! ,never greater than eight points, j :iind the Tigers gave them bitter j Battle all the way. v | I Vic Strickler and Jim Moses b/ gjaye Jackets an early 6-0 lead - , vih< n each connected . once from tjie field and once from the foul .line, but the Tigers bounced right Jiackftd tie the count at 6-6 on two / fielders by Ted Santon and one by Di<k Gilliam.- Decatur hbld a 12-9 advantage at rhe end of the first /quarter. 'i , / ; j After Strickler hit from under rjeath to open the second period, Gilllom. Santon and Worth),nan scArAl to put Bluffton out in front. but the Jackets pulled away !in the closing minutes,to give DeivtUur a 27-22 margin at the half. - The. jackets were still bn top by ./three poi/its, 44-41, at the close of ,phe. third quarter. The margin was fstlU three points. 51-48. midway: ithrdugh the final period, when- Detcatur lost Jack Petrie and Bluffton Host Ted Santon cyu fouls on sue•l’essiye plays,. A field goal and free • throw, by George Bair, still having krouhle hitting the net. and fielder ■by Strickler gave Decatur an eight-, ,ipoint bulge at 56-48. with, less than gtwo; minutes tQ play, and Bluffton /wM*si able bnly txi cut the final mar : gin to four points. ' ■? B|>tb teams displayed well-ba|-unced scoring attacks, Strickler . ‘fading Deeutui- with 13, followed JiH Harold Behnke and Petrie with pt 1 ,/ 1 Bair with 10 and Moses . bight. Worthman topped Dluffton 01th 1 2. . .1-/ • ■ The Jackets hit belter from.the' fini line for t,heir margin of vic 4<ry. converting 13 of 19 free throws, while Bluffton made only j ire of 12. Tin Tigers. however, refifsed free throws in the final min hies to take the hall out of bound*, sixteen personals and two teChniHis were called ou Bluffton,' and personals on Decatur. \ | The Yellow Jackets will meet the tfr.iik at Berne Friday, and play :tl» if’ final home gafne next TuesIJA against the powerful Tigers - !rhm Fori Wayne Central., ;* ■ , / Decatur- -I ".’I • . FG FT TP ’Jur. f ... 3 <4 Hl -iXhnke -f . .... 5 i 11 B-aiekiV.-, c 5 • ,T 13 f=T ! tonight & Thursday 0 ” 0 , O (WR BIG DAYS! ; First Show Tonight 6:30 Thur, from 1:30 |iME SURE TO ATTEND! I 04— — o '•is' ■ ! 11 ST 6< , J < JOAN FONTAINE! I ROBERT RYAN I |ZACHARYSCOnI L JOAN LESLIE uJ a Ma FERREO ▼ I Shortt 14c-44c. Inc. Tax I ! —O-O—-f?el.; & Sat.—•“French.ie” —Color / ! f Joel McCrea, Shelley Winter* ■Mb] — ~ I 11 1 f Bunt Mon. Tuea.—lngrid Bergman I " T in "JOAN OF ARC" I . -—

Mdses/g y ’ 1.3 11 g Petrie, g + 4 3| U Saul bine, f|2 0 ' 4 Totals |»2 13 57 Bluffton FG FT TR Worthpi’ati. f j'6| 0 12 Moser, f 11' v 2 Gillioin. 4 .<M i 7 Knox, g J 4 1 9 Santon. g ... _lr ; s <1 10 Fornsh.ll c 4? r 7 Meyer, g Il 6 v Totals! J_. x - ff* 5 51 Referee; Davidson. l’mpirer“-Miller. Preliminary Bluffton'36. Decatur U<» Gorillas Win 15fh Game Os Season Tuesday The Hartford Gorllla^ichalked up t heir 15th ,vi< ton yof th|f season-as I compared to imly two jjVfeats, downing thfc Petroleuiii Panthtis.| Wells county /hampions, by a 53-, 49 at she Bluffton gym/Tuesday night. The Gorillas held a 22 19 advantage at end of ths‘ first half and hung on fliroughouj tlie last two periods'for their fourth win in a 'row.JackMSlejer and Jtrfy Augsbirrger each tallied 16 points to lead the Gorillas to victory. llubach . was high for Petroleum, with 13. Hartford will entertain Jackson of Wells county at the. Hartfmd court Friday. r Hartford : FG FT TP Zeigler, f j t . /3 2. S Meytr, f i.-j 5 6 16 Wtikel, c ...j 4 3 11 g .?> 6 16 J. McCune, g i j o 2 R. McCune, f ---F 0 0 Herman, g 0 0 i Totals ijs 17 53 Petroleum | FG FT TP Dubach, fl|. 6 ' M 13 Melick, f i- | - 2 12 I Uptgrhft, c . 4 0 x Gentis. g 2 1 5 Zimmerman, g,--4/ 1 9 Stauffer, g j b 2 2 \ K i . -V ,Totals ..A.21. 7 49 Referee: —Gt con. I-m pi re:— Murray .1 f I Preliminary j Petroleum 3, r . Hartford 17. ' , M - ■ "[I ' High School Basketball I Fort Waynej Concordia 56, Gar- ■ retf 3S. ’ : ' New Haven f 9, EhnJtost 35, | Ligonier 49. Goshen 47. \ ] West I’nion 61. Central ft- '.v' 1 7 ; Lafayette Jelff 62, Crawfordsville 42. ’ ' ''J L - 'I i Richmond 42 East Chicago) Washington G4*. i Huntington 54. || | Maricm 57. Anderson |7. ; | Clinton 49. Terre'Haut| Wijey 41. j Sullivan 61. Terre J lame Gerst- | meyer 47. r i r J j Mitchell 49. Jeff* rsopyille' 47. j Franklin 43, Shelbyville 32. NeW Albany (.55, . Jaspdr 51. i Centerville 56, j Winchester 54 (double overtime | Evansville Memorial 62.. EvansI viille Bosse 44. ! ■ I North Veinop 45, Scottsburg 33. Lawrcmeburg 57, Connersville I 49. ■' .. -I if i College Basketball Franklin 73. Hanover :61. ! Murray (Ky > 70. Evansville 61. Tri-State 75. Indi/ana Rose Poly 66. Biaickbuth (Ill.) 51. Oakland City' 6X. Villai Madonnh 66- *. ' p ■ ! Toledo 63, Western Michigan 61. -Bradley 60. Houston 47. Poison ■i I . Would you Keep a snake in the f yard. M j '■ .. Where the children play! Wlren you knew! a lot of {men. ■ Were bitten and died that way? L?' 11 Would you tench your efilild. To play with the tretchefMs thing; If you knew Khat some dair. He would feellhat poison sting? O i B ,; e '• M ’ You’d give your life blood, ’ To save: a dieing man; it But would you give up liquor. To save a drunkard if yoti can? 4 Would you want a drunkard son. To point a finger at you;And sjiy I started to drink. Because vou taught mi l to? I I ; ' • Liquor takes far more lives, Than poison snakes do today; ! Yet you teach a child to drink, J And from snakes to st>jf awiy. Raymond McAHren \ . p i ’'

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams' Wednesday Adams Central at Pleasant Mills Friday Commodores vs Geneva at Deca tur gym. Yellow Jackets at Benue. Monmouth at Pleasant Mills Jefferson at Poling. \ ’ ■ ' Jackson at Ihirtford.. . "P SPORTS BULLETIN I , \ Indianapolis,. Feb. 7. —(UP) -+-The,lndiana hiph school ath- , letic association said today 759 I yearns will compete in the 1951 |/ Indiana high school ' tourney. , Commissioner L. V. Phillips said entries were received from 755 schools. Phillips said he telephoned officials of four | other member schools of the i IHSAA, and they assured him their entries were pn the way. Phillips said the schools which were just beating the deadline were Ashboro in Clay \ county, Coesse in Whitley coun-' ty, Niniveh in Johnson\ county, and Springfield Twp. in La I 'Grange - county. " ’ 'A / V'J J * New York. Feb. 7.— (UF») — Joe DiMaggio signed his third; consecutive SIOO,OOO contract ’with the New York Yankee's today. . \ jl' / / Berne Bears Defeated By Dunkirk Five | The Berne Bears suffered iffnjsther ' defeat Tuesday" night,l a ,56’-42 devission to Dunkirk An the Berne floor. I |! The Bears trailed by only two i •points, at the end of the first half, but could not overtake, the visitors i .Scoring* 1 was well divided for ■both teams. Paul Sprtinger leading Berne with 14 points, and Peter * son topping (Dunkirk with 12. . A The Bears w’jll entertain the | Decatur Jackets at Friday night. ' Dunkirk J ! FG FT TP (Lykins f. J__±J 2 I !>■ IJames f 3 5 11( Peterson c ; ... I 4 12 • IJ. Schrock jg 2 2 6j Thevrer g , / 5 6 10, 18.I B. Svhrock -f 1.1 3 Rigsby g .; 11 3 1 ' , '' _M i.. ..Totals .. . IS 14 50* V Berne ; y FG FT TP ; tlirschy f A.. ...... .... 2 15; j Nitssbaum f .. 4 0 Sf Balsiger c , v . .. .. 0 0 o |j. Sprunger g . A 3 iHh ip. Sprunger g . - 4 .6 14 MParr f| .. rt 3 ?. j I Miller f’ ' 1 0 2J i __4u —-—| Totals .... 14.14 42 ! Referee: —McAbee. | Umpire:—Hughes. I Preliminiary Dunkirk 34, Berne 16. NEW COLD (Continued From I’ncy One) 111., and -3 at Chßagm M* Heavy snow fell along the east shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Huyon, and three inches of fresh I snow was reported at Calumet.! Mich., and Wausau. Wis'A In motorists awoke to find their parked automobiles frozen tight in a six crust of hardened slush. , Forex-aster Howard Kenny of .the U.S. weather bureau in Chicago said the cold wave was “severe but not as severe as last week’s deep freeze" that claimed 350 Jives and | widespreatl property damage. “This Canadian air mass will, move' through the country compara- j lively fast.’’ Kenny said, “becauser there’s not such a deep snow cover ! to send temperatures low.” .1

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I JIM i,'”' Oommodores Beat Warrior ffeam Tuesday j I, r - ■ 'j ' . ■''' \ Ji'he Decatur Coinmodores [ <n| oil the long end of a 66-58 chalked up a' ecoiid seasonal over tin Johnson Wai'ilois in|;i g imo playxd Tuesday on (lie D|Miur Catholim .high school’!, I ’le; CoiiilliailiiKs... linihr. life . :ullage qf Father Ignatius .Viiliiicat‘for the billing during the, !ah sejj.-eHit ( (>aeh Have Terveer, ijuinp, ! ’ a ” fatly lead, mainly on ! , h|Kti“imth of some khurpshOotitig ! bjfDh'k Gage, who netted l(t points 1 in git whirl v. ind first <|uarter. ; Cage. ' led the eveining’H -<-<u er| iwi'h 2<» points hefru,. oui |ate In the game: Vlnm- Fanjtbte Miftid 1£ for,the winm-rs. whilf W|rrior center Gerald Miller’ led th| Hos<‘i.-’ attack with 16 points I wllle Darrel Kuhn picked* up 15. mx|<tly from midcourt. Tlje Dxcatur dub needed all * »if it |l)<)U.gh. for the Wan jots .cajne bafli to finish the quarter points! dowß, 17-11- At tiu|<4 during Hie stanza Ore Cornish) .dofek had chalked up .a 17-7 |dcallage, and looked as. if W'| f . going Ito win going away.*’ , •Tip y did win going away, ti s< i|- <. They S|HUI the las< coulle of |nihutes pu tty well coniroll|ig s tlu| lh()l and making tin oply two slogs, they took during'the sthll Ehp Warriors niever were ;iblejt<r cutlly the Commodores during cat|e but sneaked up tb \Within one I»oi|uj of the Decatur team, MM > ar|y in the fourth period, \vliCn 1 the| Jeff's big center Miller capßeii I a fhree-poiilt play. | l|br Comniodiues though. ag»|i. to pull away again on i quitw firlders by Faurote and by I’JSm Voglvwede, then Stfe G:i4s’;S fire tJitoW to .give' ‘ | eat|r| club a seven point aiiid thej ball game. , \ 1-liUi’ Commodores- Jilu Wtldf r, ■ Fatfr|te, Coyne and Gag» and t|’o Wahribrs Bud Ross and. Normkii Hastfs- left the ball came in f|ie foiitrh xiuaiur on ju isiUiqi fouis Tfie CominodoHA entcitajn tjic j'Geifcß'a Cardinals, in an intraeouio i squ|hbl.- in hhe Yellow Jacket ( :Frion,V for their next'gatnx, wlife / theVWaniois! travel to I’ol.iji;: ;|lt. I the|fcahie night. Friday will (iuRK the |‘('omirru<loit , la t pome of season I ,I g I Commodores I ■ i/■ i fg tr fp Gag|,/ f .... 8 4 I'n Coyl«,!f ':: 2 O J. Wihbi. • I 5 •> In Faltlole.,, g 5 2 'l2 Vovj.ew* de. g | L |.<i. f . . o .0* ;|(l ;E. WRxi< r. f. . _ n (I .ip I'MaN . 28 lb |i- | Jefferson 1 1\ FG FT TP ih'-xpi. f u '-S' \‘B .r — . -i; 3’ in r, a- . j 6 ■' i ■ in 6 -- - ---L- : >! ‘ 3 isjii' g ■ ' 2 2 'll' rfwifix (■; j , . "Mb W Wtifleir g . ... -j 0 & K.n| u p : | ftij’t*: McCrea / ‘ |- ipiie Becket, '• ' | r - Preliminary | ' If fc. -,M{ • Joe|Louis To Fight Agramonte Tonight 1 ® s;- !/ Fla., Feb. 7. (.UP )/-*,! lßrld|ng; Joe Louis, who may hav(| the Fountain ol Ydutl|i. in Ffcn-lda, was so frisky t,oday h® said was “positive'’ of licking (*ubi|’s Ohrelioj Agrainduce at Miaiii gjadhnn tonight. f for his third come-back: ; fight! since ( hampion Ezzarff iCh&rfedßrounced him.- the 36-vear-j old felt so fit he said’ h| v wished ll’harles was his opponent | V>' HfdSt’s Id-round bout, instead ? j'of th|* Jhiban Negro. --i — K ’

Junior High Beats Bluffton Tuesday ■ T|b- Deea'Jtir >Junior high team! d.'ll atml Billiflon. 35-25. at tlic De- ! <-a:iii gym Tuesday evening. k lit catur R*d at the half. 13\8. McDoimai was the leading scorer for theiwinners with 11 points, and\ Harter ,op|H;d Bluffton with 12, i Decatur , 1 I ' /FGFT tP I Ham her. 1- . 3 2 8 NelfeiN r. I . .... . .. <t <1 <» 1 El< y. 3 1.7 D. Hit rinkler, g .—3 n t; M -Don gal. g -4 3 11 Shafn r. f 1 ' " 2 Haliernian, f . _ 0 0 0R. \f M 0 0 0 V»t'fer, g 0 ,0 (' B«i|: K ........0 0! 0 Dull.'g 0 1 i - Totals ■U 7 35 Bluffton FG FT TP • Fhivvers, f — t l 1 3 Gplgiaft, f 2 « 4 —-■ ■ -

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' Kervipemebi, veterans and i tHfilr dependents. ' n The county, township and city • chairin' n will seek-to enroll xev- • tai hundred volunteers in the rain- | paign, with thp hope or compleitng ! the canvassing within a couple of weeks and meeting the quota.