Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 15 December 1951 — Page 6

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Jackets Rally In Last Period To Nip'Bulldogs A brilliant fourth quarter Vaily, J. paced by Gene Vetter and Jim Moses, brought the Decatur Yellow Jackets up from the floor Friday night; snapped a three-game losing streak and led the Jackets to a 5957 victory over the New Haven Bulldoge at the Decatur gym„ The victory was also a Northeastern conference triumph for the Jackets in their first 'loop start, and was only the second loss of the seasota for New Haven. The Bulldogs built up a ninepoint lead at the end of three quarters, 49-40, but the Jackets battled back to overcome'this margin and u score their second win of the sear son,- . " ■ J A pair of free throws by Vetter, one by Kent Koons and a field goal by Koons cut the lead to 49-45 with three minutes played in the final period. A. foul toss and a field goal by Moses' and another fielder ’by Vetter put Decatur on top by 5M9 but a three point play by Jim Cook shot the Bulldogs back in front. 59-50, with three minutes to play. A fielder by Moses knotted the count and Dale Miller and Vetter traded two-pointers, to leave the score tied at< 54-54 with two and one-half to go. Moses clicked, frbm the field for a 56-54 lead but G|en f- Parker’s foul toss and Chuck Roemer’s fielder gave New Haven a.? - ; 56 margin. Vetter’s third fielder , of tbe period sent Decatur in frofit, . .? 58-57, and FerrLS Kbhne tallied 5 a free throw on Roemer’s' fifth \ sonal for the final 59-57 margin !{ The Jackets refused several free .throws ip the’closing 50 seconds to keep possession of the ball. * Decatur held an 11-8 first quarter lead but New Haven was in front at the half, 33-28. 1 \ Mdses led the Jackets with .211 -tJ points, Vetter following with 14 and Kohne 12. Chuck Gladieux paced New Haven with 21, 19 of them In the first half, and Roemer tallted 16. The Bulldogs lost three’players as 26 fouls were assessed against them; compared to 14 against (he Decatur converted 15 of'?7 i tree New Haven seven :of Zl7. ’ ■ “■ The Yellow Jackets will play "at Wabash next Tuesday night add entertain Fort Wayne South S|de ! Fridpy. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Moses 10 1 ‘2l Kohne — 3 ' 6 > Z Koons ——— 2 1 V 5 Morrison 2 3 7 Vetter —- 5 4 14 Schleferstein -— 0 0 7 Totals _u 22 15 '59 New Haven FG FT tP Whitacre —— 2 1 .‘.5 Gladieux 9 3 21 Roemer 8 0 16 v Cook 11 ’ 3 Millar .'—'s , 1, 11 Parker , ;1 --J: . 1 Beyef i—o 0 ' ° Tinsley 0 0 0 - - Totals —25 7 57 ’’ Officials: Lieberum, Stebing. ' \ Preliminary I New Haven 32, Decatur 25.

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- — > , Geneva And Bryant Game Is Postponed The Geneva-Bryant game, scheduled for the Geneva gym Friday night, was postponed because of the sudden death, Friday of Hamon O. ,t Hunt, veteran < ieneva teacher. The game has been tentatively rescheduled for Tuesday. FeJ>.l2. at Geneva. • ■■ 'j Spartans Edge Eagles Friday i Night, 48-46 ’I The Pleasant Mills Spartans, after trailing :b r six points at the half, egme bad to edge the Monj mouth Eagles; 18-46, at the Pleas- , ant Mills gym Friday night. It was the Spartans’ seventh victory in eight starts for the season. - [ The Eagles:were in front at the i first quarter; 10-8. and at the 1 half. 27-21, but Pleasant Mills I'worked into a 35-35 tie at the third ’ period. ’ 1 ' I Three players carried the brunt : of the Pleasant Mills scoring. Case , with 15, _Johnso|n 13 and Painter 12. Werling ' topped Monmouth ‘ with 14 markers, followed by ’ Myers with 11. ' -J The Spartanb vrill meet Wilb 1 shire at Pleasant Mills next Fri--1 day and the Eagles will play Jeffef--1 son at Geneva; also on Friday. _ - Pleasant Mills ; FG FT. TP Raudenbush ... 2 ‘ 0 4 • Case 1...-- J. '. 6 3 15 1 Johnson' . 5 3 13 • Price :.i—L. 1 2 4 J Painter 4 4 12 . Noli 0 *0 6 Suman - 0-0 0 . Totals ... 18 12 48 Morimouth FG FT TP Fleming 1 2.4 Walchle 4 19 Myers i. 4 -3 11 i Werling - 6 2 14 ( fihrerett —1 ® Harvey .: L. 3 \0 6 Sonner 0 0 0 Bulmahn 0 (7-0 Totals 19 8 46 Officials: ...J—-09 a Officials: Pond, Murray S Preliminary Pleasant Mills 36, Monmouth 22. BROTHER AND (Continued Fjrom Page On«> they were in there?’ He jumped \ through the broken ice into waist-deep water and groped with his hands. He felt- his. sister’s body and pulled her partially out of the water, but then was forced to release her as the icy water* numbed bis strength.Friedheim, Bingen Defeated Friday . .>' . b _ i The Friedheim and Bingen Lutheran grade teams were defeated ■ in a double heatfer played at St. i Joe center in Fbrt Wayne Friday night. Friedheim lost to Holy Cross 29-15, and Bingen w’as defeated by St. Peter’s, 2046. — GOOD FELLOWS ' (C— «f«e From Page <>■*> ail businesses in the city for donations —primarily of funds, but also ®f merchandise. It is through this notable contribution that much of the work can be accomplished. It is througji donations-of. other sororities, say, that the work is done. And other organizations have been generous. But another group that is aiding immeasurably in the project is the relatively new Junior Chamber of Commerce organization, which is also expending much energy toward civic in various projects. z 7 . They are collecting toys for this vear’s Good FeVows drive, and . Jaycee president! Joe Kaehr said that his organization's members ' have burned the 'midnight oil getting the toys repaired, painted and ready for Christmas.” : ' Next Wednesday concludes their Intensive drive to accomplish this cud of the Good Fellow bargain and Kaehr. said that "We learned that people do enjoy giving toys at -Chrtstmas-time for a good cause. We think that is a lot to learn.” ' He‘said that "hundreds of toys” will be ready for distribution this year through the “Toys For Joy*? campaign thus conducted. Kaehr dqesn’t believe that anyone—'meaning the children — will • be missed this year. That’s the I bright side of a gloomy picture. Officially, a basketball must be no less than 29% itches in cireumI ference and not more than 30/ K 'J'/ v

Hartford Wins Over Chester Center Five The Hartford Gorillas, who suffered their first lejs of the season Tuesday after winning seven in a row, column Friday night, thumping the Chester Center Indians, 59-31, at the Hartford gym. Hartford led at all periods. 14-7, 28-16 and Jack Meyer paced the Gorillas with 17 points, while Hamilton toppej Chester with 11. Hartford will entertain the Geneva Cardinals at Hartford Thursday. I , FG FT TP Zeigler — 4 3 11 R. McCune - 0 ; 3 3 Meyer L-- 5 7 17 Augsburger 3 3 9 Noll U— —_ 3 2 8 Moser _* J— 0 1\ 1 Brewster * |— 5 0 10 Wolfe ; 0 0 j 0 J. McCune ■ 0 0., 0 Totals 20 19 59 Chester Center ” FG FT TP Hamilton 5 1 11 McDonald 3 \3 9 Zehner 0 0 0 Harris. —__—_ 0 0 0 Havens 0 11 Miller —4— 2 0 [ 4 Danelton Ll_ 0 2 2 Oswalt — --- 0' 11 Montague j. 1 1 3 Carnes —-j. 0 0. 0 | j: —H-r Totals ——.-I- JI 9 '3l ' Officials: Bair, Hensel. ‘ . Preliminary Hartford.2s, Chester Center 20. High School Basketball Auburn 77, Garrett 44. ' ! I Kendallville 57, Warsaw 53. | Columbia City 47, Pierceton 45 (double overtime). \ Fort Wayne North 63, \ Fort ►Wayne Central 52 Fort Wayne South 54, Indianapolis Shortridge 37. Hpagland 59, Leo 57. j Arcola 47. Lafayette Central 33. Hanford City 40. Montpelier 31. Lancaster Centra} 68, Huntington Twp. 46. ■ i y Richmond 43, Muncie Central 4L Lafayette Jeff 54, Evansville Central 50. . j Jasper -56, Evansville Reitz 43 L Frankfort 58, Logansport 41. Washington 65, Washington Catholic 41/ ? Madison • 57, Columbus 51. Seymour 57, Martinsville 40. 4 Kokomo 77. Marion 59. South Bend Central 67. Goshen 40. Elkhart. 63, Mishawaka 43. Vincennes 52, Bedford 44. Wabash 58, Rochester 40. Huntington 60, Alexandria 50. ■ Piipktrk 54, Portland 39. A’ —| EIGHT STATE (Contlnoed From Page O»*> South Bend, Goshen and Forb Wayne comparaltveiy "warm” at dawn, but temperatures were falling. It was 11 at South Bend and Fort Wayne and 16 at Goshen. But Maher said those cities soon would feel what made central 4ndiana workers shiver on their way to vrork. It was six above here at 6:30 a.-m. but :dropped down to four above two hours later. An unofficial one abbve was te? ported in Lake couhty, it 4as three at Terre and 10 at Evansville. I The snow storm yesterday padded all the state with whiteness except for a narrow strip along the Ohio river. Elsewhere, snow depths ranged from two to 10 or more inches. The Hammond-Gary area had 10 inches and some pile-ups were deeper alnog the Lake Michigan shoreline. There was nine inches in South Bend, five in Fort Wayne, four in Knightstown, and three in Indianapolis. - Freezing rain in the Bedford and Seymour areas packed down the snow there and coated it with ice. Bedford recorded .90 inches of freezing rain. Maher saw no prospect of temperatures higher than 10 above ih Indiana this afternoon and obserf- ♦ d "that’s cold.” He warned motorists to prepare for tonight’s below-zero readings “or they may have some radiator troirt)?es.*r \ I The drowning victims were Sharon Harness, eight, and her brother Steven, six; of Indianapolis. Lduis E. Kriel, 74, Indianapolis. and Leslie N. Hood, 63, Beech Groves died after shoveltag snow. Traffic mishaps killed Howard HHI. 32, Indianapolis, George Hal- , frich, 26, Gary, and David Coleman, 49, amt~ Lois Wilson, 40, Fort Wayne. I

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Tickets For Wabash Game On Sale Here One hnn<|red tickets for the Decatur Yellojv Jackets game at Wkbash Tuesday nigh\t will be on salp in tae office of Hugh J. Andrews. Decatur principal, Monday and Tuesday. Tbo tickets are priced at 40 cents for' students and 60 cents for adults. d Decatur flansi planning to attend the game must purchase their, tickets here, as none will be on sale at Wabash the night of thd game, ■because of limited seating capacity. Berne loses To Bluffton Friday Night Tlie Berne Bears, after leading throyghout |the first half, dropped a 55-48 decision to the Bluffton Tigers Friday night at the Bluffton gym. I ' ’■ Berne as |n top ejt the first quarter. 18-14, ami at the half, 28-25, but Bluffton into a 44-39 margin at the third‘period. Berne pulled to within one point at 49-48 with \|wo minutes as pulled ahead. Scoring sjas well balanced for both teams, leading Bluff ton with 14,Vand P. Sprunger topping Berne Wh 12. \ \- "• ... | Berne wiljl meet Lancaster ,Cen-. tral at Lancaster Thursday night., ‘ I Bluffton M ‘ i FG FT TP Wkel | 3 3 9 Farnshell ... 5 4 14 Gillioin 4 2 ip Santon ... 2 2 6 Meyer 2 15 Hev > . 3 I*7 I ptgraft . ; 0 11 I than 11 > 3 ii ■ I''" ? . I" ■ TOT.U.S ]■-. 20 15 55 | Berne \ |i ‘ FG FT TP J. SPrungerl; 2 3 7 Miller I 2 10 Bertsch . ..3 1,7 Kaehr £... 11 3 P. Spruagerih 4 . 4 12 Gerber, ■-■ r L 0 0 Lehman 4 . ,JL t 4 1 9 — ; — TOTALS J t , 18 \l2 48 Officials: | Harriett, McCrea. Preliminary Bluffton Berne 34. BOOBYTRAPPED < Con tinned From Pnirr OneV ists disclosw the names and whereabouts of the captured UN soldiers. i—...—\ Trade in a Good Town - Decatur TO GIVE OR TO GBT THAN’A GIFT FROM ZWICK’S ■ L j W 1 I hi ■I ' " /H • Ml Genuine Sampson CARD TABLES ai|d FOLDING CHAIRS •I I ’ ■ - Matching Sets If Desired — 1 ’ »■■■ ■■ i ■■■ i■ ■ ", 1111 ■■■ ■!>

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Commodores Vidors Over Adams Central I,j ■ ' 1 The Oecatur Catholic Commo- , dores chalked up their filth win of the season Friday at the expense of the Adams Central Greyhounds in a ruggedly contested game i played in the Monmouth gfm. The Decatur lads pulled away in the last couple of minutes to take a 48-48 game from Adams Central in which the lead changed hands nine different times. The closeness of the affair is attested by the quarter scores, all tied up at 13 apiece at first Stop, the Commodores holding a One point, 26-25 advantage at the I intermission, and the count knotted again at the end of the third i stanza, 34-all. 'p The Commodores jumped into an early 2-0 lead on Francis Coyne’s layup, and a follow up with a char- . ity toss before Enos Schrock ; num ped in the first Adams Central ! fielder to make it 3-2, to indicate i the closeness of the game the rest of the way. The Decatur club ■ jacked it up to 6-4 lead before another Schrock fielder tied it up and Ed Nussbaum’s charity toss put his team into the lead for the first time. Louie Laurent made a ; hook shot pay off to send the I Commodores immediately back ,ini to the lead, and the scored Jockeyed back and forth to the' end of the quarter. The Commodores opened up the second quarter as if they going to run away with the contest, hitting an amazing five but of seven attempts from the field While holding the Greyhounds to a lone field goal in the first three minutes, to command the biggest lead lof the evening as 23-15. But the Adams Central crew began fighting back, and crawled to within one point of the winners at the intermission. It was anybody’s ball game for the next 12 minutes before Coyne's goal midway in the final quarter sent the Commodores in front. 39-38, for a lead they held the rest of the way. The Commodores entertain Delphos' St. John next Wednesday tn the Decatur high school gym, while Adams Central hosts Redke. at Geneva Thursday night. | Commodores FG FT TP Gase i.— — 3 17 Costello T i- 3 3 8 Gass - ? 2 16 Laurent - r 3 17 Coyne — — 4 2 10 i Wilder — 0 0 0 ; Byunton 0 ; o o . i Totals .— 20 8 48 Adsms Central • FG FT TP Schrock ; 3 0 6 Lehman —----- 6 3 15 Beer ----- 0 11 Mitchell 3 1 Arnold — 4 19 jE. Nussbaum 13 5 D. Nussbaum J- 0 0| ■ 0 Totals .17 9 43 Officials: Reed, Zerkel. j. Preliminary ’ Adams Central 31, Decatur 21. KITCHEN CLOCKS The Whole Family i Will Enjoy Holthouse Drug Co.

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■ r _ ’ " ■ Pro Basketball ' NBA STANDINGS . < [■ Eastern Division W L Pct Syracuse r 15‘ 6 .714 Boston - - 12 6 ,667 Philadelphia 4 9 11 '• ,450 New York : 8 12 .400 Baltimore 4 ; - : 7 12 .368 Western Division ' W L Pct. Rochester , 12 7 .632 • Minneapolis <l2 * .632 Indianapolis 12 7 .632 Fort Wayne — 6 14 ;300 Milwaukee 4 5 16 . .238 Yesterday’* Results Indianapolis 88, New York 79. Philadelphia 72. Fort W’ayne 62. REPORT ) • (CowTlaoed From Page O—> i formation, on what happened to , him,” he said. , I I ■ 1