Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 5, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1952 — Page 6

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County Tourney Opens Thursday Evening

JeffersortAnd Hartford Meet In First Tilt z Jpgl . . 4 £ - - The annual Adams county high school basketball tourney will be held at the Decatur gym Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, with seven teams competing. The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Berne Rears do not participate in the comity. meet, playing, every year in <ihe annual four-team holiday vtouwiey. fairings for the county meet weffs made Saturday afternoon at a reeling of principals and coaches, -under the direction of Lester Silver, Hartford Center principal andgtourney manager. The tourney will open at 7 o’clm k Thursday evening, with the Jefferson Warriors meeting the favorites, the Hartford Gojillas, losers of only one game in 10 played to date. In the second gaipfs at 8:15, the Geneva Cardinals*; will tangle 1 with the Moninodtli Eagles, winners of the 1951 me^S. . ' ' , Thursday’s losers will clash in a consolation gajpe at 7 o’clock Friday evening, with the Adams Central Greyhounds meeting the Decatur Commodores at 8:15 in . the jcjnal quarter-round game. Seipi-finals will start at 12:45 * p.m) with the Pleasant Mills; Spartans, who drew the bye, meeting the winner Os the JeffersonlHartford tilt. T»> second semi-final at -21 o’clock will match the winners of the Geneva-Monmouth and Adams Central Commodores games. The championship game will be at & o’clock Saturday night between the semi-final winners. will be no preliminary game ,O(f|cials for all games will be Burl McKenzie and Ted W. Butz, both of Fort Wayne. Dale Ross of the ;pecatur high*school will be the Official timer and Harry Dailey, also of the Decatur high school will be the official scorer. Season tickets, priced at $2 for the entire tourney of seven games, are qn sale at all participating schools and arrangements have also been made to have some on sate *at the Decatur and Berne high schools. Single session tickets, priced at 60 cents, will be sold only! lit the gym. Admission to the gym will be by the inain entrance only, oh the Third street side of the school. Doors will be open one hour before time of the first game of each session. x The trophy to the championship team Will be awarded by the Decatur Daily Democrat, and an individual sportsmanship award will be ptesented by Robert Mbnnier, former Decatur business, man, now of Fort Wayne, in honor of Everett Rice, i The; complete schedule follows: Thursday Gam* 1—7:00 p.m.—Jefferson and Hartford Center. . ' Game 2—B-15 p.m.—Geneva and Monmouth. Friday > Game J 3—7:00 p.m.—Loser of game i andjoser of game 2. Game 4—8:15 p.m.—Adams Central and Decatur’Catholic. Saturday Game 5—12:45 p.m.—Pleasant ’ Mills and winner of game 1. Game 6—2:00 p.m.—Winner of game 2 and winner of game 4. Game 7—8:00 p.m.—Winner of game 5 and winner of game 6. . Cesar Franck, famous for his D Minor Symphony, did not compose any music until he was 65 years old. «, It you have sometnmg to-ssn •» roomsfor rent., try ■ Democrat . -. ii| » ,■ ’ Tonight & Tuesday J “STARLIFT” Doris Day, Gordon Mcßae, Rqth Roman, Gene Neloon, & 18 More Stars T ALSO—Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax - I J. O—O- e Wed. < Thurs.—Audle Murphy, * , “Bed Badge of Courage” First Show. Wed. at 6:30 Contiguous Thurs. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! —O—O——Coming Sun. — “The Day *-~?r ThY Earth Stood Still” ■ >

Week's Schedule Os Adams County * Basketball Teams Monday Geneva at Hartford. Thursday County tourney at Decatur. \ Friday County tourney ; at Decatur. Berne at Warren. Saturday County tourpeytat Decatur - (afternoon ’■and night.) Markle Boosters Play Here On Wednesday Klenk’s of. Decatur was defeated by the Marltie Boosters, 86-65. at the Markle . gym j Saturday night. The Boosters ted at all periods, 21-12, 43-24 and 6>46. I Inskeep topped j a well-balanced Markle attack! with 17 \ points, while Berning of iKlenk’s was the night’s high scot er; with 21. Klenk’s will play the Decatur K. of P. at the Lincoln gym at? 7:45 o’clock this evening. ! Kl.enk’s will be after revenge Wednesday night, when they entertain these santf Markle Boosters at the Lincoln gym ajt 8 o’clock. The Boosters have won the Zollner Pistons invitational tourney for the past two years, and two years also won the stalts . independent tourney. i | r * Markle eliminated Klenk’s in the Piston tou,rney lasjjt, year by six points, apd DecafUr fans should be in for a real treat Wednesday night. Admission price for this game will be 35 cents for adults ‘and 15 cents for students. Officials will be Hubert Zerkel, Jr. ? and George Bair, Sr. \ Markle FG Ft TP Inskeep -6 5 17 Crow 43 .0 6 Sundermhn M--- 2 0 I 4 D. SchoeffJ— 8 0 16 Vendrely ,ty 1 13 Goodmilter 6 2 14 E. Schoeff ...X._ 2 « 4 Dennis --—j— 5 2 12 Totalsj.J 38 10 ' 86 Klenk’s. FG FT TP Schnepf ;.J5 0 10 Ballard .j... 0 Q 0 Reed —4--:. J-,.- 5 2 12 Berning ._ 9 3 21 Price ...4-4- 2 \[ 2 -6| Meyer .. ---J-jj. 2 0 4 Crist -J—; J„_‘.l • 0 *1 Ramsey -4--- 4 2 10 f Totals 28 9 65 Decatur K. Os P. Is Winner, 143-53 Baskets were a dime a Saturday night at the Monmquth gym as the Decatur K. of P. wate loped Willshire, by the huge score of 143 to 53. i K. of P. led at the half, 69-18. Rowddn led the winners with 43 points, while Conrad tallied 39. Reichard scored 13 for Willshire. , K. of P. * B FG FT. TP Lehman —.44-13 0 26 McAlhaney U... 13 2 23 Conrad -IL. 18 3 39 Fuhrman _...... T —U 3 17 Rowden -4.... 18 7 43 : Ji Totals |...7. 65 13 -143 ■* ; . J I Jp>'- ' Willshire FG FT TP Knittie —... 4 -4, 3 2 8 Miller 2 0 4 Stetler 4. \ 4 12 Vining 'J 6 0 12 Reichard'..'.fJ—-4.,,.. 4. 5 13 Knittie —...-L4-. 2 0 4 Totals 21 11 53 The egg p reservauvq, water glass is composed chiefly of sodium silicate dissolved in, water. ;'] ■ f- iJ}' LI | ... |, < i j Democrat Wh v <c Ads Bring Heeuiu BBN T HESITATE TO APPLY TO US WIEN YOU NEED A LUAN We will make a 125 loan just as quick as we will a larger one. Your : signature and income are the chief security requirements. A small part of your income each month wtll repay a loan. Special terms are available to farmers or Other persons with seasonable inI come. J I; Loans quickly and privately made * usually on same day you apply. Let us tell you more about it—no obli-. Igation. Call, phont wtita— LOCAL LOAN COMPANY j

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—. 1 — -* . . Wells County Meet Friday, Saturday . . • 1 ' ' The annual Wells county high school het tourney will he held at the Bluffton Friday and Saturday. with all of the county teams except Bluffton entered. The schedule follows: Fri 4 a y J 2 p.m.—Lancaster and Rockcreek, 3 p.m.—Liberty -and Petroleum. 7 p.m.—Jackson and Ossian. 8 and Chester. Saturday \ 1:3’6 p.m*—Winner game 1 and winner game 2.’ 2:45 p in.—Winner game 3 and winner game 4. 8; 15 p.m.—Winner game 5 and winner game 6. High School Basketball Elkhart 49. Auburn 47. Fort Wayne Central .52. Peru 49, Fort 4Vayne North <57, Bend Riley 47. ‘ “p ’ Huntertown 61, Leo 60, Lancaster Central 57. -Petroleum 39. ■ ’ Mentone- 60, North Manchester 50. i ,■’!> ■ r || j. Albion 73, South Whitley 63. *’ Waterloo 59, Ashley 50. ' Evansville Central 54»\New Cas1 ’ tie 50. ’ S I Brazil 57, Michigan City 39. •Anderson 83, Mariop 50. Indianapolis Tech 42, Indianapolis Washington 37. South Bend Central 53, Gary Mann 41. 1 Indianapolis ,J4ow:e 55, South Bend Adams 45. Evansville Bosse 54, Jeffersoti- , Ville 47. East'’Chicago Washington 78, New Albany 65. s' i , Richmond 53, Muncie Burris 47. I BOWLING SCORES G. E. ALLEYS G. E. FRATERNAL LEAGUE Standing* w l Teeple Truck Line 3 0 West End Res’t.2 1 ' Elks 2 , i Burke-Moose 2 1 B. £. Club' 1 2 it of C. ...1 2 Peterson Elevator 1 2 American Legion| 0 3 series:' Faulkner 60? (217-190-200). 200 series: Briede 214; *E. W. Lankenau 214, Eelt 202, Petrie 211, Reinking 222, Appelman 214, Alton 207, Baumgartner 214. LaUrent £l7, H. Murphy 212. ‘ ** I G. E. WOMEN'S LEAGUE Standings W L Team No. 3a28 |7 Team No. 2 27 18 Team No. 4 ... ._... 22 23 Team \No. 113 32 High series: Schafer 535 (16$-179-188). 4 High scores: West 178, G. Reynolds 166, Plasterer 165. . 1 ' ■! '' . 1 ■ Words pronounced the same but having spelling or mean,ing, such as flee and flea, in'e called homonyms. ■ ■ It'L .■ J• -t ■ ■ .■ I

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-1 I , I j; j Jj; £ Si. Joe Defeated By St. Jude, 33 Io 30 . St. Joe eighth graders dropped a, .close 33-30 decision to St. Jude of Fort Wayne at the Commodores gym in this city Sunday afternoon. St. Joe led at the first quarter, 9-6, and at the half. 19-16, but the Fort Wayne team, which is coaeh- . ed by John Pelkingtop, former PlsHons star, took a 28-25 third period lead. Wilder of St. Joe led all scorers with 14 while Lassus topped St. Jude ?with 13. St. Joe wifi meet Van Wert; CUI here Tuesday. : p, St Jude L J FG FT TP Becker 2 0 i f Faylor 2 -0 f 4 Hale .... 5 0 10 .Lassus . 5 3 - “13 McGrath — | 0!I? 2 Site , 0 ’ 0 \ 0 V. Totals 15 3 33 V St Joe • it FG FT TP Voglewede 1 3 : .5 Meyer, E. 0 (H 1 0 « WilderL 7 04 14 Faurote ——k-—3 0 , Costello_>uo 0 j o Rumschlag 1 0 ? 2 Teeple 1... 11- 3 ' Totals}, -U— l3 4 I 30 • . ■ — • —o| —f . f’l College Basketball Indiana 58, SMchigain 46. @ Purdue 7% Wisconsin d 4. Illinois 52, Minnesota 43. ' * lowa 61, Michigan 60. j J Northwestern 75, Ohio State? 70,' Louisville 65, Notre Dame 69; , Butler 68, DePauw !.61> Manchester 65, Bluffton 50. Marshall EvansVille 78. J Indiana State 62, Valparaiso; 55. Concordia 58, ROsei Poly 55. j Kentucky S7, LSU 47. lowa State 57, Missouri 55. ; ! ;/'• Wichita 58,' Detroit. 47.. .. , ) & - North Carolina State 72, Duke 70, (2 overtimes). i ’I Kansas 71, Oklahoma 48. L , Kansas State 78, Arizona 52. H i St. Louis 62. LaSalle 46. Loyola of Chicago 66, Marquette 65> * ■ ’1 Bradley 67. Drake 60. 1 Pro Basketball '• N. B. A. STANDINGS a Easter Diviaion W L Pct' Syracuse < 19 12 .<l2f Boston 19 12 ~6ls New York;l6'l7 .485, Philadelphia 13 18 .419 Baltimore 11 20 Western Division ? Rochester 22 9 .710 Minneapolis 20 10 Indianapolis 16 * 13 Fort Wayne ,12 20 .375 MilwaukeeT r 24 .226,1 Saturday’s Results Minneapolis 86, Indianapolis (bd Rochester 103; Philadelphia 94, 1 Boston 94, Baltimore 73. | Sunday's Results Fort Wayne 79, Indianapolis 75l Boston 91, Rochester 80. 1 Syracuse JB. Philadelphia. 83.. j - Minneapolis-107, New Yorjr MM ■ 1 ■ 11'! |il | /ry A Democrr* Want Ad—lt Payi . ; ' ' .■ 1

1.U., Purdue Win Openers In Big Ten .Chicago,; Jan. 7. —(UP) — The BJg Ten’s (op three teams, unbeat* gfr so far this season, see action tqnight as conference squads move 10to the second round of loop competition. Illinois (8-0) meets Wisconsin on the llllni home floor, lowa (8-0) meets Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Indiana’ (8-0) faces Ohio State on tije Buckeye court. Northwestern and Michigan State ateo tangle tonight but Purdue and .Minnesota are idle. ftieir eighth straight season wins /Saturday npght. The llllni, defending conference champions, whipped Minnesota, 52 to 43; Indiana beat Michigan, E8 to 46, and lowa edged Michigan State, 61 to 60. other Big Ten games. Northwestern bept Ohio State, 75 to 70 atid Purdue trounced Wisconsin, 7# to 64. * . "Illinois bottled up the Gophers’ sensational Ed Kala’fat to gain its victory. Kalafat, who bad averaged 18 points a game in pre-conference w&rmups, scored a single field goal. Jjowa’s great Chuck Darling dropped in 20 points as the Hawkeyes downed Mi chigan State. The Spartapß, previously unbeaten, staged a labt-minute scoring spurt which fell shbrt. |The Wildcats were ted by the second-half burst of Larry Dellefleld in their game against Ohio. Dellefield scored 21 points, ITtbflhem jib the second half after Northwestern had surged into a 4(ij to 29 halftime lead. ’ Furdue’s Boilermakers tied a fieldhouse record at Madison with Ernie Hall paced a' second period Perdue rally whieh piled up a lead ttijit Wisconsin could not overcome. In games of other midwest teams. '.Nitre 1 Dame received its third setback against seven losses by losing. 6fr to 59, to Louisville, and Loyola of- Chicago beat Marquette, 66 to 65, jfor its 6th win against three losses, s ?Next Saturday in the Big Ten. Illinois is at Michigan, Purdue at Northwestern, Indiana at lowa. Michigan State at Minnesota and State at Wisconsin. 1 SPIRITUAL ' (C—tlaweg From Page Owe) bjf Dr. Meadows before the high scjiool Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. in high school auditoriqm. The committee in charge pointed! out that thls<week Is nationally as the week bt prayer, aniji that there could be no better way for the people of the associatchurches t<?_ observe a week of prayerful concern than to join in thjs week of spiritually enriching services. The Sunday evening attendance gives promise that this will be a week long to remember in the .life of Decatur churches. Rgg®?! Gteaseless, stainless med* icated skin eream. Soothes minor skin irritations, burns, chafing. QfefiLK’ SIMMS fiSSfll J Smith Drag Co. ■■■■■■■■■ WoiWYou -- i — take your radio to a . A beauty parlor for repair*? , Then why not call an experienced decorator for your painting and papering? I will be glted to call at your borne with eamplee and sell you the right paper for the . best reault*. 'i I am selling Imperial, — Birge — Harmony — Nancy Warren — Decorator*. ’ Clay Davit ! ‘ PHONE 3-8514 ■M—

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I Team Standings W L itet. Hartford 9 1 .900 Pleasant Mills 7 2 .778 Commodores 5 5 .500 Geneva - 4 5 .444 Adams Central 3 7 .300 Yellow Jackets 3 ( 7 .300 Jefferson y—-z 2 -7 .222 Monmouth 2 7 .222 Berne\l 10 .091 ' —©Oo — The annual Adams county tourney is the big order of business ..this week, to be held at the Decatur high school gym Thursday,\ Friday and Saturday. \ \' —oOo— Only two other games are on the schedule. The Geneva Cardinals will play at Hartford tonight, In a game postponed from\Dec. 20. The other tilt will send the Berne Bears to Warren Friday night, The Decatur Yellow Jackets will be idle this week after having three game* last week, and will return, to action Jan. 15 at Warsaw. —oOo — Detail* of the fourney will ! be found elsewhere* on today’s sport* page. It should be a , highly- interesting tourney, with plenty of good basketball

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