Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 43, Decatur, Adams County, 20 February 1951 — Page 9

SECTION TWO

SECTIONAL TOURNEY WILL OPEN THURSDAY

—— J —-* Over Third Os Tourney Squads WiU Graduate

■: ■ • jjl I \ 18 Seniors Listed Bv Nine Schools; ■ * K'll ob Several Teams To Be< Badly Riddled ■ "1 ’ ’ • r Sllghtjjy more than one-third of the plants certified for the Decatur sectional tourney will be los.t bv sraiutation this spring. a survey of jfpe certified lists EachJbf the schools certifies 12 players, with two of the names scratched before the opening of the |&urn‘ey, leaving 10 eligible to playji Os tt>4 total of IOS certified, the survey of theiit members of their’ teams' usual lineups. /• \ The (Decatur Yellow Jackets. sectlona| i-hampions. the past two years. Will be the hardest hit by - pradimAn. with eight members of the certified list t<] )>e lost - Included 11 the eight siehiors are lour ntelibers of the starting five. ! | - The Aecatur Commodores, klthough .jiosiiig only four seniors. * / will ttlAo, oe badly riddled, as I . four all regulars. In Mdhloid Jim Wilder, the fifth Commodore regular, although only a Junior! will be able to play only ! ‘ part of'next season because of his 1 ag- I ’■ ' | The . Monmouth Eagles, county j champions. hav ( e six seniors on the j lis!, including three regulars. \ \ The. •j4?rne Bears .will lose five' players, three Os ttiem regulars. Jeffer’lbn’s Warriors, while > losing only'four men. also are hard hit, as the entire quartet are members of ||he regular lineup. - The lijjartlprd Gorillas will fare V the hestjso far as graduation losses ;irel cOnce r iie<l. having . Only one setmir on the list. ,James Weikel,!|egulai center. GeneW will lose five sefftols, four of’lSiem regulars, while (Pleasant Mili’loses regulars, and 3dlims_dentral three ( two of them regulars The mster of seniors on the nine totirney squads: Adamis Central —Gerald Nussbaum; (fhahes Hoffman,. "Dmitri Jlendrici s. ? - )!/— • Heine — Boger Hirschy. John Parr, -George Balsiger, Jack Nussbaum, Roderick Liecht;y. Decatir Yellow Jackets— George Hair, Bohnke. -Vic Strick ler, .-<h»k Petrie, Les Sautbine. Gary Erekson, Dwight Sheets. Koger Fpichte. Y Ddeattfr Commodores Vince Faurotg? Dick Coyne. Jim Voglewede; OjLk Gage. Genevi — Gerald Nevil. Tom WebverH Herb Bergman. Lee Jlajnes. :»ob Meyer. ' ! HartitM-d—Judies Weikel. 1 ' jeffer^m— Gerald Millen Lyle . Tumbles|n.’'Norman Haines, Darrel' Kuhif Monmouth tv- Robert Harvey. i /NorviO Ohultenieier. Donald iug, Lloyd Kiess, Norman Sheets. EdwardTWoppenhager. 1 ' Pleasd|t Mills—Bill Workinger. Jim I’fic|. » .. ■ ~‘ j - . y :! ON THE AIR and \ final games Os Decatur sectional will .fee over radio station fGL, Fort Wayne. 1250 on thste dial. Sponsors of the broadeast are the First State Bank Jand the Lelahd, Smith insurance agency of this city. l,en Cavis? WGL sportscaster will set) at the mike. Broad-cast-times will be 12:45 and , Bp. rfe. ' ■ , j In addition, play-by-play ac- • counts of the entire sections]/ will be dispatched by special wire- io four club rooms.the 7 Eaglet, K. of C., Elks and American Legion. The Eagles and Region will have rooms “ available/ for the, publife. Norb ‘ v Hesa be at the mike, with |he Publix Service Co. equipment feeing used. A 30-minute special program will be given before-each session.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

■ t \ 1 • I .■* 11 ■ Eligible Men Certified For Tourney Play 12 Men Certified By Each Team In Sectional Tourney ! The dine Adams county teams I entered in the Decatur sectional tourney are nermitted | to certify ; 12 players eaclji. However, two of these must be scratched prior to the opening gamelof the tourney, leaving 10 men eligible to play. Jhe team rosters, showing the year of each player in kehotd, and his height and weight, follow: ADAMS CENTRAL Name Vr. Ht. Wt. G. Nussbaum _i!_ Sr. 5-11 165 Arnold 2 [ir. 5-6 145 Hoffman Hr. 5-11> (70 | Hendricks Sr. 5-16 160 Longenberger ... fco; 5-x 160 Schrock ... Tr. 15-11 155 D. Nussbaum Jr. 5-10 130 Lehman ... ilr. 5-10 135 i Mitchel J-r. 5-H . 17U | Riby Jr. 5-6 140 , Dick -\ — iho. 5-10 155 HERNE \ Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Hiischy Sr. 5-U- 140 ■ Pat r jSr..' Mb 155 ! Balsiger L Sr. 6 145 Nussbaum .J._ t _:Sr. 5-10 IDS J. Sprunger . So.' 5-5 120 Idechty\i— Sr: 5-11 145 Lehman So. 5-8 132 /' Bertsch Jf. ro 158 Miller --Fr. 5-6, l|o iP. iSprunger ----- Jr. 5-!» i:JS I Isch So. 6 'l6O yelLGw jackets Name Yr. Ht. Wt. . Bair ---• Sr. 5-l<> 175 BohnkQ —— -- Sr. 1(6-3 18a Strickler Sr. 6-3 179 I Petrie -.i Sr. 5-9 138 I Sautbine —l___ Sr. 5-5 134 [ Erekson It.-L-a. Sr. 5-1,1 \139 i Shejetsl Sr. 5-9 \175 Fiuchte Sr. 6 170 Moses; 1 Jr. Y 5-- 138 | Morrison j-----'.So.' 5 S i:is Koons — -_L- So: 6-2 ' 135 I VetterL- So. 5-lo \‘Tsu COMMODORES Name Yr. Ht. W.t. Faurote -Sr. \ 5-ltt 134 I). Coyne Sr. 5-9 142 Voglewede —- Sr. -5c6 . 14<> D. Gage __L SL| J 5-H ; 160 J. Wilder ---- Jr. 6 169 ■ I,Laurent Jr. -S 13« F. Coyne Jr- a-S 143 Gass - So. 5-l<> 145 Costello So. 6 172 E. Wilder Fr. 5-S’j 153 T. Gage .-...--L. So. 5-9% 155 Kintz — L_ So. 5-11 D>s GENEVA Name\ Yr. Ht. Wt. I Nevil H--L- Sr. 5 8 145 K Weaver f ' — Sr. 5-8 145 Bergman* Sr, 5-8 145 L. HainesL-J Sr. 5-10 165 - Meyer Sr. 5-7 170 Mann J Jli- 5-R 150 . Parr Jr. 5-8 150 Kelley.J_* Jr. 5-9 155 Pyle ..---J, So. i 5-9 \l6O Penrod .— — - So. L6rs- 182 R. Haines So. 5-7 140 • HanniF’r. 6 155 HARTFORD I Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Weikel J.j Sr. 6-1% ; 172 Zeigler r - r — Jr- 5 175 Herman '—L_l. Ji". 5-9% ,155 . Meyer.. Jr. 6-1 168 Noll Jr. .5-9 140 J. McCune Jr. 5-9 130 R. McCune,\ Jr. 6 172 Augsburger ----- So. 5-9 165 Brewster So. |6 175 Wolfe Fr. ,5-3 116 Shanks — Jr. 5-6 \i 140 Alt So. 5-9 156 JEFFERSON Name , r Yr. Ht. Wt. Miller Sr. 6-2 1 185 Tumbleson;... Sr. 6-2 IGO Haines ------i-. Sr. 5-6 135 D. Kubn----Sr. ,!5-ll 156 Weudel 4- Jr. 5-7 \' 140 Ross - Jr. 5-10 156 Keller -.1- Jr. 6 150 (Turn To Tl»ree» | 7 ’ - I • -V ■■■■ ■' ' ■ rs- , ■ ...V ■ ■ .

— r Jackets Seek 3rd Straight Tourney Title Have Opportunity To Set Record In | Local Sectional ■ • ' 4 The Decatur Yellow Jackets have an opportunity to establish a new record in this year's sectional, a chance to become the first team to take the championship for the third consecutive year. ' - : The Jackets took the title in both 1949 and |950, t\hus tying the i mark s<ft in 1945 and 1946 by the Berne? Bears, the only other team to take two successive tourney crowns. In the 11 years the tourney has been held in Decatur since consi ruction of the new gym A five disJferent schools have viron the sectional diadem, with five (as , the Tiieet is now yet to sectional victory. , I Schools which have held a championship are the Adams Central Greyhounds, Decatur Commodores. Monmouth Eagles, Geneva Cardinals and Jefferson Warriors. • ' One of Adams Central's- predecessors prior to the school con? solidation in 1941. however, won ' the crown on two different occasions. Monroe's Bearkatz winning, in 1943 and 1947. There were nine schools in the, ! tourney lyhen it was first award-; ed here in 1940, whh the entry list\ growing to \lO in 1943, when the Decatur Commodores were adImitted so the IHSAA and participated in the sectional.. The ‘4O- - team- tourney prevailed until last ■ year, when it was reduced to nine j with] the consolidation of Monroe, Kirkland and Washington town- ' ship schools into Adams Central. The Decatur Yellow Jackets are. ' the only team, to have won the ' tourney four times, copping the * honors in \ 1941, 1944. 1949 and J 1950. Three schools have won two tourney titles: Pleasant Mills in 1940 and 1942; Monroe in 1943 and ’ 1947. and Berne in 1945 and 1946. ‘ Hartford took the crown in 1948. ’ ' Only two of the 11 sectional ( champions have carried on to I regional titles. Monroe in 1943 and ( the Yellow Jackets in 1944. Both , of these teams were eliminated by ] 1 Fort Wayne Central in the open- • 5 ing round of the- Muncie seml- ; final tourney. i Last year, the Yellow Jackets i lost to Fort Wayne North Side in the first game of the Fort Wayne . regional, to' which the Decatur I sectional titlist was assigned in a > shift of regional centers last year. ! 1 Former Winners' 1 Winners of the 11 previous secI tionals, with scores of the final • games, are as follows: ! 1940-Pleasant Mills 39, Kirk(Tirrn T<» P«ire Thr*e> >i — r-

_ J • | :• ■ I HI — ———l p Sectional Tournament Schedule ■l' ' ' ■ THURSDAY 7:45 P. M.l >1 ■ . f Berne I / - > ' 1 : I ■■ Adams Central Saturday IP. mJ l!'.J• ' f ■ • .AI \ I THURSDAY: 9 P.M.' — R \ Commodores ! ' i ' ' Yellow Jackets j7 ? ■'" . ] satv ™7 y m nicht ( ; FRIDAY 7 P. M.l ; i* ■ Geneva . . 1... ,! A ■ V' ' ■ P ' ; \ Hartford - ' BATORDAY 2:15 PM - . ' , E ? ■'■ r• ■ ' • a 4 v ; •••. f ' ■■ ( j*i. ■ i j ’ FRIDAY 8:15 P. M.\ , I / ' Thursday 6:30 p. M. Monmouth . _ ______y '|7 ' i i Pleasant Mills ■ ; WP / J ' .' -J ——pM “ > ! \ J i \ Officials: William Ellis and Merle Shively. • ' A' ' ■ J - ; : 'pni' / J' 1

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, February 20,1951

"T ' ' ' ' ' ■' ' _ ■ UKStsJLrJJ ■’ t ■ ■ ■ 1 ‘ A. HEARTY WELCOME from the Decatur Daily Democrat to the Adams county high school basketball players, coaches, school official* and fans as we are only 48 hours away from the opening tipoff of the 1951 sectional touirney. , :: , ii \ ' - I - f ■ 11 ■■ l \ * .’lf' . $ ■ ' •• • ’ LOOKING BACKWARD at the 1950-51 basketball season, which’closed last Friday night, we find only two Adams county teams which compiled what could be termed impressive retords in the matter of games won and lost. And only one other team finished the regular season above the ,500 mark. • -000- : . • ? i THE HARTFORD GORILLAS had easily the best all-over mark for the season, with, the Decatur Yellow Jackets second in line, and the Monmouth Eagles the only othercounty team to win more grames than it lost during the regular campaign. , However, some of the lower ranking teams picked Up considerable steam in I the latter stages of the Campaign and from here it looks ‘ like another] piighty interesting sectional. . —OO<H—REMEMBER? Here are the results of the 1950 sectional: Commodores 39, Berne 37. Jlartford 53, Jefferson 40. Yellow Jackets 51, Adams Central 44. Geneva 37, Monihouth 34. Commodores 73, Pleasant Mills 43, ' Yellow Jackets 53, Hartford 48. . 1 I v * CommodQres 61, Geneva ,53, Yellow Jackets 58, Commodores 46 (final). L -oQo“+ . - ' NECK’S OUT AGAIN r This (.dilrney will be the 12th consecutive sectional held in- Decatur since completion of the new school. Starting with that first tourhey in 1940, BASKETBAW<L, just as a lark and a space-fill-er, predicted the outcome of each sectional game. Our average over the past 11 years has not been too good. We’re s.till under the .500 |nark. In the 11 years, we have picked just five sectional dhampions correctly. And in those 11 years, we have made just one PERFECT prediction. That was in 1941, when the winner was correctly picked for every game. Here are BASKETBAWL’S guesses en the 1951 sectional: ■ ■; """000 ''T.y. PLEASANT MILLS-JEFFERSONThe Spartans l and Warriors met twice during the season, each winning one game. The Spartans seem to be up now, whjle the j Warribrs have been having \the difficulties of late. We pick PLEASANT MILLS. —oOo— t , BERNE-ADAMS: CENTRAL—This is a meeting of the two teams in the county with the season’s poorest won and lost records. A tougher schedule probably benefits “the Bears in experience. We pick BERNE. \ —oOo— COMMODORES-YELLOW JACKETS—The second j meeting in history of the Decatur schools. Met only one common foe during season, both defeating Geneva. 'That superiority in height"should make a lot of difference here, plus a much more rugged schedule. We pick <*F«ra l\o Pace Klsktt

' I I ' ' 'll Spartans Play Warriors In[ Opener; Two Decatur Teams To Clash Thursday

Entir&Season Scores Listed For All Teams Results Os Entire Season Compiled For Tournament Complete scores, including the county and holiday for the 1950-51 season of the nine Adams county teams, are as follows:: HARTFORD H — 55. PolingLX 3l H — 53. Monmouth 52 H — 59 Rockcreek 4.2 H — 47. Pleasant Mills 41 H —• 45. Petroleum— 43 H ■— 65, Bryant j— , 45 H — 39, Berne —.......— - 40 H — 62. Ossian 50 H 56, Chester Center 48 H — 62. Geneva — .....' 33 H — 69. Adams Central 27 H — aS, JeffeYson 47 H — 61. Commodores 50. H — 65. Pleasant Mills - 60 H — 47. Adams Centrqb.j.37 “H — 53. Petroleum - 49 H — 59. Jalckson 7 -.;-39 H — 56, Geneva 54 1 County Tourney Hy — 41, Commodores 46 YELLOW JACKETS Y J — 65, Geneva r 1... 34 Y J — 52, Bluffton 54 Y J — 56. Berne -36 Y J — 64, Concordia |4B Y J — 38. Ft. Wayne Soutji46 YJ . — 58. New Haven 69 X J — 53] Concordia 35 Y J — 54. Wabash + 35 Y J'-j- 75, Columbia City X--- 28 Y J 4- 63, Garrett ...53 Y J — 51. Warsaw •_( z 56 Y J —, 58. Huntingtoni___L 48 Y J — 54. Aubbrn ! 67 Y J —r 51. KenjdaHville --L 58 Y J — 57. Bluffton L 53 Y J — 68, Berne 1 44 Y J —6O. Fort Wayne Central 43 Y J -7- 67. Portlandßo Holiday Tourney Y J 1— 59, Bluffton 51 Y J -t- 80. Concordia 60 MONMOUTH M — 49. Adams Central J. 36 M — 52., Hartford J 53 M — 33, Commodores- 32 M — 43. Huntingtoll Catholic 51 M ' 52. Alumni(i37 ]M — 43. Fort Wayne C. C.4B' M — 38. Rockcreek L. 41 M — 39, Hoagland 4 49 M — 38; PetroleumJso M — 46. Pleasant Mills —34 M — 39. Willshire j 29 M — 50, Geneva 40

M — 53, Commodores 45 M —• 38, Lancaster Central 48 M "- 44, Hoagland 72 |M — 47, Berne 37 M — 51, Pleasant Millss9 •M — 52, Adams Central- 42 County Tourney ]m —t 47, Geneva 36 M — 50, Pleasant Mills --q-47 M —j- 53, Commodores 45 iV JEFFERSON J"-4- 38, Madison 39 J — 45, Wren ■.66 J — 49. Bryant - 1 411 J — 47, Poling 44' J —- 44. Ada; ns Central 46 (overi | time) J — 70. Twelve Mile .... 51 J — 57, Adams Central ... 42 J - 50, Pleasant Mills i 31 J —SB, Geneva 44 J — 47, Petroleum 50 1 J — 71, Wren 52 \J -+- 47. Hartford (58 4 — 71, Madisoa 50 J — 68. Gray'72 (overtime) I J — 61. Bryant 76 J — 58, Commodores 661 J — 75. Poling - 611 J —1 58. Pleasant Mills -u6O ] ' County Tourney 4 -- 32. [Commodores . 45 (J — 42, Adams Central 44 LL COMMODORES C — 41, Pleasant Mills ...34; JC — 32, Monmouth 33 ( C ~ 43, .Huntington. Catholic — 47' C rr- < 42, Lima St>Rose— — 49 j C — 45, Anderson St. ManfS 61. C — 40, Hoagland 42, C — 50, Adams Central ------ 40: ]C — 60. Delphos 71 JC' — 44, Lancaster Centralsl C,— 45. Monmouth 53 j C — 45. Fort Wayne C.C. 51 i C —r 50, Hartford r 61 j C —► 73. Monroeville ] .45 C — 66. Ossian -i62 C — 77, Lima Kt. John.... 42 C - 66. JeffersAn .— K— 58 C 52, Geneva 39 C — 46. Adams Central . 44 < County Tourney C — 45, Jefferson ------.32 p — 46, Hartford ...--_.J 41] C 45, Monmouth .1... 53 GENEVA G — 41, Berne I-_J 40 j G — 35, Adams Central 36; G — 39. Petroleum 48 ' G — 25. Montpelier - 29.1 G — 34. Yellow Jackets 65 | G — 44, Jefferson , 58] Q -V-M4. Bryant — 43 G — 33. Hartford — ]-4— 62 G — 40. Monmouth 50 10 p- 43, Pleasant Mills —L— 35 G — 43. Adams Central 41 G — 38, Poling _Lj-i 36 |G — 47, Pennville —44. 33 [G 39. Commodores .f 52. G 4 54, Hartford — 56 ' * County Tourney \ G —36. Monmouth 47 y PLEASANT MILLS P M — 34. Commodores 41 P M -j- 29. Wren . 56 P M. — 48, 8erne....50 i / tTnn To Pa«e Eiatott ' ( ■ 1

“three Games To Be Played First Night; Semi-Finals And Finals Saturday Decatur’s 1951 sectional tourney’ will get underway promptly at 6:30 ; o’clock Thuisday evening, with three top tilts on tap as the nine Adams county high . school teams -launch the battle for the‘sectional crown, held for the past two years „by the Decatur Yellow Jackets. And. as a fitting climax to the opening night’s schedule of three games, will be the intra-city battle between Decatur’s two teams, the Chrnmodores and«the Yellow Jack- ■ ets. Lifting the lid on the 1951 version of ’’Hoosier Madness” will be the Pleasant Mills Spartans and the Jefferson Warriors. -1 I The second contest, slated for 7:45 p.m., will pit the Berne Bears | against the Adaipe Cehtral Greyhounds. Thest? teams will both be i battling to salvage something out | of pretty meager seasons, and indi- [ cations poipt to a real batpe. Then confes one of the highlights of the entire tourney, the meeting of Decatur s athletes. ■ It will be only the second time in history that the schools have ■ tangled on the hardwood. The first I occasion.-Was in last year’s sectional. when 1 the Yellow Jackets defeatI ed the Commodores in the cham- * i piouship game—a game, which, incidentally, was one of the finest and clearest games ever witnessed I on the Decatur floor. j Two more games Friday will set the stage for Saturday’s semi-final and final struggles. 1 In Friday's opener at 7 o'clock, the Geneva Cardinals will be matched against the Hartford /Gorillas, who compiled a great season record, the best in the county from the standpoint of victories. ■ Rounding out the Friday night 1 card will be the initial appearance county champions the Mon- ! mouth Eagles. Monmouth, which I djrew the bye. will meet the winner i’df the Pleasant Mills- Jefferson 1 game at 8:15 o'clock. ] i Saturday's first semi-final game, i starting at 1 o’clock, will send the. winner of the Berne-Adams Central game against the winner of the allDecatur tilt. And at ( 2:15 Saturday, the winners of the two Friday night encounters will clash, with the two victors in the Saturday afternoon session moving ihto the championship game at 8:18 o’clock Saturdaynight. " 1 Officials for all sectional games will be Williajn Ellis and Merle Shively, both of Warsaw. Officials for all tourney games throughout the state are assigned by the In--1 diana high school athletic ' tion. which also conducts the tourney pairings. The Decatur sectional winner will compete in the Fort Wayne regional meet the following Saturday., March 8. playing in the second] game against the Kendallville sectional winner. The Auburn and Font Wayne sectional winners will mefet In the first regional game at 1 b'fcldck. The afternoon winners will meet at B'ls in the championship event. Tihe Fort Wayne regional winner will participate in the semifinal tourney at the new Kokomo gym Saturday, March 10. The Kokomo and Muncie winners will meet at 1 o’clock, followed by the Fort Wayne and Marion champions. The March 10 battling will eliminate all but four teams of the 759 which start play this week. March 17, at the Butler fieldhouse, a new state champion will be crowned. At 1 p.m., winners of the Bloomington and Indianapolis semi-final meets (Tnra To Face Three! PHONE 3-2121 Fans unable to attend the tourney may obtain up-to-the-minute scores of every game by telephoning the Decatur Daily Democrat, dial 3-2121. A direct wire from the gym press box wih be used to relay the scores to this , office at the end of each quarter, and a special telephone operator will be at the office during all session*.