Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 1 November 1951 — Page 8

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Net Campaign Opens Tonight For Hoosiers ■> Indianapolis, Nov. 1 —(U Pill old on to yCgfr hats and try to keep calm, cool and collected, for Indiana’s 1951-52 high school basketball campaign begins today. It's the whackiest show on edrth, that rbundball circus, but also this greatest sport for thousands of Indiana schoolboys. Hundreds of county" quintcx—schools too small to participate in football —nave beep, practicing diligently for a month. Tonight they can turn loose their talent on the liardwood for the first time this season: A j With few exceptions, the bigger* outfits wait two weeks or" even longer before joining the “madness.” For some, the football campaign won’t end till thje latter pait of November, but after that the hardwood hysteria takes over and is climaxed next March with the' crowning of a new “king.” Muncie Central’s defending state I champs, piloted by new coach Jayj McCreary, open at Shelbyville Nov? 27.' V • ' . . 1 Commissioner L. V. Phillips of the Indiana high school athletic association planned to attend ..and participate in dedication ceremon--1 • ies of the new gymnasium at Saint Ferdinand in Dubois county Satur-’ day. Other new gyms this year included those at Huntingburg. Wash-, ington Twp. (Cass Co.). Georgetown (Floyd Co.). Covington. Kentland. Camden, and Dayton (Tippecanoe Coe). \ ? Others under constiuction and expected to be read}' after Jan. 1 included those at Winchester and Carthage (Rush C 0.).. Fort Wayne’s mammoth fieldhouse and another goal-hall at Washington-Clay (St. Joseph Co.) will-nbt be finished in time for this season. Madison’s Cubs. 1950 state titlists and perennial southern frontrunners. travel to Vevay tomorrow to inaugurate southeaster!) conference warfare. The Cubs had a 15-. 5 season record last time and are built around six-foot-two senior fpr) ward Maurice Lorenz., Austin- hosts Versailles. Brownstown. entertains Oolitic. Corydon is ig — TODAY — I Continuous from 1:30 I ? “FIGHTING COAST GUARD” | * . ' ll Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker ( ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax X’ BE SURE TO ATTEND! -0 FRI. & SAT. DOUGLAS-MAYO JOHN WALTER - AGAR-BRENNAN ■■. tT " * JA I *3 Warner Bros.* K Along THE •reat Bivjpii I Sun. Mon. Tues.—-Dennis Morgan, “Painting Clouds With Sunshine” j

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams i , T Friday Hartford at Monmouth. j ■ Geneva at Berne. Wren at Pleasant Mills. . Jefferson at Madisbn. j at home to cßarlestowh, Scottsburg to Crothersville, while Salem tra- „ ye Is to French Lick in other games involving SEIHSC, teairs. Kendallville’s Comets, defending i northwestern loop champs beaten ,] only three times last year, host I Angola in tomorrow’s opener. I As every year, therein be a numI ber of rough '‘little big” customers I trying to make life v uncomfortable for their bigger rivals who have dominated the -state tourney the . last few* decades.' | For instance, look for another J "Edinburg” comes state tourney time The Johnson county boys won their f|rst sectional and regional titles in history last winter before bowing to Batesville in the semifinals. Edinburg still has sixfootrthree Gene Harrell and four ; others from that fighting outfit, i They'll launch their season trail I against Waldron of Shelby county . 1 Lapaz, Ply mouth sectional winj ner, goes agpinst Argos at Plymouth. Lancaster Central. Bluffton sectional winner the past two years, opens at Monteplier, while -Ifiiiford City sectional champ Roll ftivades Warren tomorrow. Huntertown, the Allen county champ with h 24-2 record last year, meets Leo at New Haven. h 2-, . '—! --I- 1 Deer Hunting Opens in Indiana Today \ 2 Indianapolis. Nov. 1. —(UP)— Indiana opened its first: legal deer hunting season in 50 years- today and /some 10,000 hunters were expected to try their luck during the three-day period, / / Tire season is open in 17 southern Indiana counties where farmers claim an estimated 30,000 deer have become a nuispnce. At least one death was traced indirectly to the deer season on the eve of its opening Merville M. Miner, 42, Little York, accidentally ehot and killed liimself yesterday as he eleianed a’ shotgun in' preparation-for a hunting trip. ~ . ,r. Hr B W B 1 FRI. SAT. & SUN. , • , Continuous Sat. & Sun. I ’ WO EXCITING HITS ' First Decatur Showing! K IN THE DAYS ■vMk of the GIANTS |t<iH| HE TOWERED THEM ALL! SUPERcmCOLOR ll IBWIII SMALL hifietiii umnm GEORGf GALE STORM BL B JEROMt COURTLAKD • NOAH BHIY. k. y/OH ■/ wttmcHO? * ffijFSg — ADDED JOY — . mor of BF 1 WARREN DOUG ' AS w x- M,M| agugl,a 1 I LEON belasc ° thncut br MUIM uwwm ? r. „ ouuw t .OBUTJ L » MO ronin I , Only 14c-30c Inc. Tax

Player 01 Year Award Goes To .Roy Campanella New YorkhNov. 1. —(UP) —Roy Campanella. Brooklyn’s , stocky, slugger who'.didn’t feel he had (‘much of a Chance,” received the surprise and supreme accolage of , his baseball life today when he e wan voted the National league’s k most valuable player for 1951. I s'-'-Thi amiable, 30-year-old negro! catcher polled; 243 vote? from the, B camifiittee of? 24 writers, finishing ■ a comfortably ahead! ol three-time t Stan Muhial of the" St. I Louis ('ardinals, who Y U P in i- second place with a total of 191. s Drawing 1J- f|rst -place ; votes, e Campanella gained the distinction —and the official Kenesaw M. P’Landta plaque that goes with it—iin Recognition for his .325 batting r average, |IOB runs battetl in, 33 k ’ home runs and general s i brilliance during 1 he past season. Third place went to New York ", Giant outfielder Monte Irvin with 166 points, fallowed by teammate Sal Maglie with 153 and southpawr Preacher Roe of the Dodgers with : us. ■ . H f Fourteen points were dwarded for a first place jvote, ninfe for a . second place vote, eignt for third . and so on down (to one pbint for i a 10th |>lace ballot.! Campanella jjwaa named on all but onp ballot j w’hile Musial was the only player 1 to be named on every ballot, •j Next\ to Campanella. Irvin re- » ceived the most first plaqe votes. | > five. The husky negro from Orange, N. J., who batted ,31£ during the regular season and was the «battin£ star of the world series, appeared o& only’ 20 balldts. how'ever. ■ ;L’ ; L I Others besides Campanella and , i Irvin wiio gathered first place 1 The altar was decorated with Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn, Bobby Thomson of New and Murry* Dickson of PRtsburgh. Musial and Roe each collected two first place votes whllf! Maglie, Robinson. Thomson andj Dickson received one apiece. ’ < b Robinson finished sixth in the general balloting with points and was folowed by Richie Ashburn of the Philliies with 69;. Thomson 62; Dicksop/;|59, and »Ralph Kiner of Pittsbntgh with I . t , i ? • : - V-1 P ■ The snowcap of Mt. Rainier in the state of Washington produces 14 glaciers. *|| One of the world’s largest markets for deciduous fruit is at Sacramento, Calif. i 'I / " • - H ""free' ENTERTAINMENT Round and Square DANCE || Saturday Eve. November \ MEMBERS ONkfy » ADAMS i POST 43 i| AMERICAN , 2 J L LEGION _

Public Auction ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE iiojica is hereby give); that the undersigned, administrator ot the estate of Huldah J. Cristj will offer for sale at public auction at the late residence of said decident at the corner of Van Suren street and Highway 124 in Moyoe, Adams County, Indiana the following, on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1951 a|£ 1:00 P. M., CST. HOUSEHOLD GOODS Wine Color 3 piece Living Room Suite, with ottoman; Platform Rocker; End Tables; Magazine Rack; Two 9x12 Axminster Rugs; 12x12 all wool Ftieze seamless Carpet; Rtig Pads; Throw Rugs; , large Bevel Plate Mirror; p Bookcase; Estate Heatrola; Sideboard; Music) Stand; G.\|E. TablH Radio; Westclox Electric Clock; Stiidio Couch; Rockers; i Dining if able and Chairs; Writing Desk; Floor Lamps; Table Lamps; 3 Bess. complete; 2 Dressers; Chest and Clothes\ Press combined; Clothes Hamper; Premier Electric Sweeper; Hall Trfeq; SOLlb WALNUT ANTIQUE DRESSER; Small Tables; Glass Door Cupboard; Kitchen Cabinet; White Porcelain Table Top Coal and Wood Range, like new; Chrome Dinette Set; Several Solid Wood Chairs; 6 ft. Refrigerator: Silverware: 8 Day Clock; Dishes, pots, bans, etc.; Drop Leaf Table; Electric Iron; Ironing Bpard; Curtain Kerosene Range; Lawn Mower; IMetal Lawn Chairs and Glider; Hand and Garden Tools; 5 gal. White House Paint; 2 gal.'Linseed Oil; if gal. Turpentine: Presto-Lite Tank Torch; Large Babbit Ladles; Tap; hnd Die Set; Piston Pin Reamers: Starett 3 to 4 inch Micrometer; Brown and Sharp inside Micrometer; Ladders; Steam Whistle; Soldering irons; Conduit; Metal Stencil Set; Miscellaneous items. ; TERMS—CASLL Not Responsible for Accidents. RAYMOND CRIST, Administrator \. \. / 1 (for Estate of HULDAH J. ( CRIST) Roy S. Johnson, L" A ' Ned C. Johnson, ' 11| "\ ' C Melvin Liechty — Auctioneers Elmer Ehrsam —Clerk L DeVoss, Smith & Macklin, Attorneys , . Oct. 29 Nov. 1 j

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Big Ten Coaches , Work On Defenses Chicago, Nov. 1.—.(-UP)— frlve worried Rig Ten coaches w’orked their charges on defensive assigniments today but three others bypassed defense to smooth the wrinkles out of new' touchdown plays. ( Northwestern co«h Boh Voigts, whose team was walloped by Wisconsin s Saturday, was believed about to juggle his. defensive lineup to try to stop Ohio State, the | Wildcatfl’ foe Saturday. Meanwhile, Voigts' sen't h|s varsity o*i tensive and defensive platoons ] through their second i straight day of rugged scrimmage, The Buckeyes coach. Woody I Hayes, worked his first string defenders against freshmen using Wildcat passing and running plays. Hayes juggled his line, placing Carroll Smith and Lou Fisher at guards and George Jacoby at tackle. lowa coach Len Raffepeperger put his men to work on pass dfr sense in preparation for the Minnesota game Sapirday. lowa’s lapses in this department have helped the opposition all year. Raffensperger was cheered, however, by his team’s display of spirit which has been lacking lb recent weeks. Minnesota also received a thorough defensive prill from coach Wes Fesler. The Gophers strength was bolstered, iby the return 7 |of left halfback George Hudak who was dropped from the squad two, weekd ago for cutting classes. Halfhacks John BUumgartner and Chiick Swanum, injured in earlier games, already have returned to action. Illinois, which plays Michigan Saturday in the top Big Ten encounter, w'as still fretting over W'ays to hamstring the powerful Michigan ofense. Illini scout Leo Johnson, who saw the Wolverines trounce Minnesota' Saturday, told coach Ray, Eliot Michigan attack has Improvedr 25 to 50 percent over their seaspti starts. Michigan coach Bennie bann was plotting ways to make the offense ipore deadly than ever. Observers said the Wolverines now have worked (the!kinks out of some special plays which Oosterbann has been saving for Illinois. The team today ran through signal drills and a short scrimmage. Purdue’s Boilermakers, racked by injuries to starting veterans, were operating with new backfield. combinations which coach Stu HOlcomb hoped would produce scoring purich. Holcomb said Ph4l Klezek, Earl Heninger, Jerry Thorpe and John Durham still 1 \ ■ sat BW mu . m.

Junior 4-H Leaders To Football Game ‘ The county extension office has arranged to take a bus load. of 4-H junior leaders to the Purdue ■ Penn State football game in Lafayette tfiijmrdav. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Archbold will accompany the group. Archbold has written Robert Sprung. a Purdue University student, and former 4-H junior leader, toihelp conduct a tour of the campus prior to the game. \ The junior leaders who make up the party are: Shirley Gerke, Marvene Krick, Roger Koeneinan, Tom Riimschlag, Tom Drew, Eugene Hoffmln, Nancy Kirsch. Sally McCullough, Vera Walters, Maurice Miller. Ruth Wiesmann, Bill Braun, John Braun, Ada Louise Wass, Jim Price. Jerry Price. Mary Lehman. Carolyn McDougal, Grace Baltzell, Patsy Burkhart, Rose Bilderback. if ary Bilderback, John Bilderback. Henry Sipe, Gerald Sipe, Wilbur Schwaller. Ken Schwaller, Charles Ripley. Roger Ripley, Virginia Mitchel. Ramona Gottshall. Shzanne Kuhn, Henry Wagley, Jr., Susan Rumple, and Patsy Rumple. were on the injured list and probably wouldn’t play agatnst Penn State Saturday. Quarterback Dale Samuels was the regular still in the tentative starting lineup. If you have aometninp to sell o» -ooms for rent try, a Democrat Want Adv. It brings results. Today] Used Car Day at- ]

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Yellow Jackets End I Grid Season Friday < The Decatur Yellow Jackets will wind up their} 1951 football season Friday night, tangling with the always tough Fort Wayne Central Tigers. | game will be piayed at South Side stadium in Fort Wayne, with kickoff time scheduled at 8 o’clock. ' * 69 Purchase Deer Hunting Licenses Employes of the Adams county clerk’s office have issued 69 deer hunting licenses, two of them today—the first day of the season — and the remaining 67 prior to this morning. ' Os the 69 total issued, 56 of tiiem were to Adams county residences, 10 to persons from Allen •ounty. two from Wells, and one from Whitley, it was revealed—by the check of the records. r A Perfect (MM GIFT FOR HIM MOOSE Signet RING *24-?5 -P BOWER / Jewelry Store

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