Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1952 — Page 7

Wednesday; February 27, 1952

Hartford Edges *' ' 1 ■ 1 ’ 7 Gorillas Score 30-48 UZz'n ; Two Games On Tap Tonight, Also Thursday

The Hartford Gorillas, Adams county champions and one of the favorites to -cop sectional -honors, hurdled their first* test of the Decatur, tourney Tuesday night, hut had to battle all the way p gainst a lidrd-fighting Berne Bear , outfit before edging out a 50-48 - decision. And- the Gorillas, badly crippled ■with. Jack Meyer, the county's leading scorer still mighty weak after a bout with* the flu, bounce light back intq.. action tonight, tangling with the defending champion Decatur Yiefllow Jackets at b: 1& o’clock. The Geneva Cardinals and Monmouth Eagles will open tonight's two-game schedule, starting the festivities at’ 7 o’clock. Early eliminations will be comp’eted Thursday night with two games, the Decatur Commodores n eeting the Pleasant Mills Spartans at 7 o’clock, followed by the Adams (Central Greyhounds and the Jefferson Warriors. There will be no games played Friday, with the day devoted to the sale of tickets for Saturday’s semi-final and final games to the fdns of the four schools left in the running after tohight’s and Thursday’s tilts. \ * Tonight’s winners will meet in the first semi-final at 1 p. m. Saturday, with the Thursday winners, c lashing at 2:15. The afternoon winners will meet for the sectional championship at'B:ls Saturday. Edge Out Victory Last night's, opener, played before a sellout crowd, as will be tonight's games, was a battle all the way, although Hartford was ■ 5 < -

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p ' 2 : ;-4 ■p- 1 i In the van most of tlje game. J r . ■ ? ~ ‘ , ■j l j Berne was on top after the first quarter. IC-9, principally oh f<>ur field goals liy Paul Sprungef. The Gorillas moved out to a four-point pdvantage, 27-23, at the fiHt half, and stayed in front all throdgh third period, although the Bears cut the margin by one point, 43-40. x ! as the teams entered • the final eight minutes of play. 1 j ■ i The Bears brought the fans to tneir feet by knotting the count at 43-43 in the first minulte of play of the Jinal period, as Stu Miller hit a field goal and caime back seconds later with a foul to even the score. Berne lost a golden opportunity ‘to move ahead when the Bears muffed three Consecutive free throws. Diqk Ziegler broke the deadlock with a foul! toss and Jerry Augsliurger drove under to restore the Gorillas’ three-point bulge. . Sprunger and -Xugsburger traded two-point-ers but Berne's hopes faded as Faul Sprunger committed Ills fifth foul, with three minutes to play. Gary Brewster's fielder increased the Hartford lead to $0»45 with a minute and a half to play, which the Bears managed to Lto the final two point margin before the final gun. t ; Scoring honors were divided for both teams, Augsburger and Ziegler topping Hartford with .14 and 13 points, while Miller talked 15 and Paul Sprunger \l2 fbr the Bears. fl | Jack Meyer. Haftforß’d ade, played only briefly, entering the game shortly after the fourth period opened, but played only a few min-

utts, failing to score. Hartford FG FT TP z/cgler, 5 3-6 13 R. McCune3 1-2 r 7 btewster 5 8 0-1 jO Augsburger 5 4-6 14 Noll 1 0 2-3 |2 J. McCune 2 0-0 4 Meyer ....0 0-0 !,0 Wolfe 0 0-0 IjO TOTALS ' 20 IQ-18 ISO Berne FG FT TIP J. Sprunger 3 2-3 8 Smith ,*!k 1 4-6 6 Bertsch2 3-6 '7 P. Sprunger 6 0-2 12 Miller 6 3-4 15 Lehman 1 0 0-0 0 Bixler __ r j, j) 0-0 0 TOTALSIB 1?-21 48 Officials: Jackson, Bobilya. i

« h t jMsrajmwti ■ nd- ||\n ■ The 1952 Decatur sectional tourney opened Tuesday night with a real'thriller, and if the opener is a true indication, this year’s meet promises to be a| battle royal all the way.

The Ddcatur gym was packed to the brim last night nad there’s £o doubt it will be jammed again tonight. drawn principally hy the second clash of the evening, l|etween th4 Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Hartford Gorillas, following ‘he opcriing battle between the Geneva Cardinals and Monmouth Eagles. i ■ —pOo— Along the scorers' bench this year we find Jerry Leltz as tjie official tourney scorer and Arnold Conrad tjie official tourney tinier, with Hubert Zerkel. Jr., manning the public address system. I —oOo — The crowd wais enteitained before the game and at intermissions by .thb Decatur high school band, under the direction of Clint Reed, band director for the public schools. ; 000 !' Miss Pauline Lobsiger, the Dally Democrat’s “hello” gki for the sectional, wa[s a mighty busy young lady last night. She recorded 400 calls on the , 4 game over the Democrat’s twd ' regular circuits. A third line, 1 direct from the gym’s Score bench, Is used to relay scores each cidarter of the game to this office. Dial 3-2121 for upJ to-the minute scores. —OOO — |; ■ J, Only broadcast of th<> Decatur ! tourney will be the s»mi final aind ! flnal coritFsts SatuMay. Den Davis, l spot’s announcer for radio station VVGL. Fort Wayne, will be at the : microphone for the play-by-play jaci cepnts of the three Saturday tilts. WGL is at 125(1 bn the fial. ■4-QOo —* . Speaking of figures, Holthoiise Drug store reports a total of entries in the store's annual piek-'•he-winnf-t contest for the S|£e’ional. The Decatur Yellow Jackets ire favored by 45 percent of those filing entries, the Hartford Gorillas by 24 percent. Other picks; Deca-, tut Commodores and Addnis Central Greyhounds, each eight percent; Monmouth Eagles, six percent; Pleasant Mills Spartans, five percent; Geneva Cardinals, two percent; Berne Bears and Jefferson i Warriors, each one percent. -000— It-must have been migtity tough for Jacfc Meyer, Hartford senior, to be forced to sit oh the bienph while his mates werp battling in the opener. Jac£ Meyer, the county’s leading scorer tjiis year with 360 points, and a four-year record of 998 points tallied for the Gorillas,;' has had a tough bout with the flu bug, and played only a short time in the final quarter . lasi ; night, and lopked pretty weak. Tough luck, Jack. —joOo — . Home tbuniei firsts: First tip-off—taken by Berne. 1 First shot (missed) —Stu Nfil|cr,! Byrne. I'irst Held goal—Roily McCune. G n rtford. , first pcryouul loifl—Rollyi MeI (June, Hartford. 1

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First free throw (missedji—Std I Miller. Berne. First free throw (Tfilftfb)—Dick Ziegler, Hartford. First substitution —'Ned Bixler, Berne. IIP ! First time out called —Hartford. First player removed on personal fouls—Paul Sprunger. Berne. FOWLING SCORES CLASSIC LEAGUE Standings h, 1 W L Pte. Burk Elevator 43 29 57 Fairway 41 31 '57 West End 4r 41 31 56 Wolff Hdwe. 35 34 47 Mansfield 35 47 Old Crown 33 39, 44 Smith Ins. U--- 30 42 36 Casablanca 25 44 36 High series: Hoffmann 648 (220-i2B-200h Oetfing 607 (196-236-175); kichard 60'4 High games: Raber 212, Reef 207, Parrish 201, Marbp-.-h 221, Crates 209, House 200, Pillers 214, Tute- : wiler 201, Ladd 212, Ahr 205, Bleeke 201. Scheumann 205, Schneider 203, Mies 214, Bultemefer 20(j, MutschVler 202. G.E. ALLEYS MONDAY NITE LEAGUE t Standings W L - Flanges 12 9 Stators u. 11 10‘ Office : 10 11 Packers 0 9 12 200 scores: Lord 208, Dull 203. G.E. FRATERNAL LEAGUE Standings W L • Tcepie Truck Lines u -,19 5 I Moose-Burke i! 14 10 . K. of C. T . 13 11 i West End Res t _ r l3 11 • jPeteison Elevatorl2 12 - Elks J 12 12 . G. E. C)ub.._J____,_. 12 12 American Liujibri 1 23 600 series: Baumgartner 609 ((205-_ > 165-209); FaniknW, <29 (192233- ; 204); H. Miirphy 629 (221-224-184). 200 scores: Gage 205. Steury 300, ■ Burke 221, Laurent 231 - 212, G. ; Schultz 227. Beery 205, Zelt 200, ■ Aftfirews 2TO, b. Siehiiltz 220, i I G.E. WOMEN’S LEAGUE > Standings ■7 ' ' I i ' L Team No. 2 -U/- -yO- 13' 5 Team No. 3 + lO 8 Team Nn. 4 i_'_ — yH--- i? H ' Team No. 1 6 12 High Reynolds 528 (L ! |9-2|lO-15?) x < High .sjebres: G. Laurent 178, l.add lo< KleinHehst 165, Stultz 161. G.E. Girls To Hay EyeHing The Deca tut G.E. girls basketball team will play its final home game of tlie season Thursday night, meeting Gump’s furniture Os Fort Wayne at 7:30 o'clock! at the Lincoln school gym. No admission is charged and f the public is invited. ! ■ • i- ' | —+ h ( fl No Audience Left ,; Groton. Coiiu; (UP) — Just as j the toastmaster got up to make Iris ..opening r<murk:, the guests also got up—and left. They were mem- • brrs of the i’ioiiccr hose coniOany, responding to! an alarm. /

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Action Steps UpToday Al Tourney Sites ' Indianapolis, Feb. 27 — (UP) — Eleven defending sectional ■ champions jumped into Indiana’s, hotly-, 'Untested high school basjtethall tournament today. The 42n(f» annual Hoosier cage classic dished up a 95-game Schedule on the first heavy day of firstround competition. Firing opened at 9:00 a. m. The last games w’ere scheduled’for 12 hours later. Six of the 760 entrants bit the Hirst in first-day firing at four double-bracket sites yesterday. At Pduth Bend. Green.e Twp. defeated South Bend Central Catholic, 58 to 46, and New Carlisle won over South Bend Catholic, 72 to 63. Washington Center drubbed little Laketon, 50 to 31, and Chester Twp. clobbered Llnlawn, 61 to 38, both games played at Wabash. At Bluftion, tne northeastern "on ereuce host team won a 63-0-44 “no contest” game from Union Center, but at Decatur, favored Hartford Center, 19-2 for the season., had to battle off a stubborn Bernv squad to win, 50 to 48. In the top of today's schedule, East Chicago Washington’s West NIHSC titlists clash with HamiAond at 7:00 p. tn. —the first crucial” tesf of thp* four-w'eek grind. East Chicago, with a spark’iijg 18-2 season record and the fourth-ranking team in the United Press honor I'oll, edged Hammond., ! 67 to 64. earlier this month. i Fort Wayne Central’s defending ; ■- ■ !->;♦. ■' f *- ]/ I 'j•* I -• •

* ’ Sectional Scores At Decatur i | Hartford Center 50, Berne 48. At Bluffton Bluffton 63, Union Center 44. At Fort Wayne South Hoagland 65, Lafayette Central 39. Monroeville 45, Coesse 26. At Fort Wayne North Harlan 48, Woodburn 41. Leo 47, Wayne South 43. At Garrett • Fremont 50, Spencerville 34. Auburn 59, Concord Twp. 33. At Auburn Churubusco 53. Pleasant Lake 36. Scott Center 62, Metz 48. 1 ' _________ j ' Summit City sectionalists; city rival North Side and Auburn, all members .of the U, P. “Big Ten,” also got their tourndy baptism. Fifth-ranking Auburn’s Northeastern con erence championsl, the c-nly club with a “live” three-year, regional victory . stririg, opened against Concord Twp. at Garrett at 10:15 a. m. Cdach Randy Lawson’s Red Devils also seek their fourth straight sweep of the Fort Wayne regional. Fort Wayne North’s city champions from the East NIHSC clashed with New Haven ot the Northeastern loop, and Central with cPy rival Concordia, both at 2:45 p. m. Auburn and the two For’ Wayne powerhouses finished with 17-3 records. I Pro Basketball Philadelphia 88, Indianapolis 86: Rochester 99, Milwaukee 67. Maine, containing 33,21$ square nules, is the largest of the six New : England’States.—- > i <

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St Joe 6fh Grade Wins Over Lincoln SL Joe 6th ‘grade defeated the \ •Incbm 6th gtide, 25-22, in g game played at the Coniihqdore iym Tuesday afternoon. Th# teams were tied at the Writ quarter, 4-4, but St. Joe led at the half, 20-6, arid at the third period, 2344. , Lincoln fg Lrf tp Adams t- 000 WillardU4 0 8 Hutker J 0 0 0 Eichenauer _.£l 10 2 Rambb; 0 0 0‘ Banks 2 0 4 Ballard 0 0 0 M-oseS J 1 ' 2 \. 4 Meyers _4.-_ — Striclrter- 0 0 0 Baumgartner . 0 0 0 ' M" ■ ' Totals _U. 10 2 22 1 Joe FG FT TP T. Meyers __.U 4 1 9. Kitsori 0 0 0 G. Wilder j.. 1 1-3 Beal —ZU__X| 10 2 Kable ...J..—2 3 7 ReedU-J 0 0 0 Hake 2 0 . 4 Ellefiberger .__• 0 0 0 Case 0 0 0 Totals 10 5 25 College Basketball Franklin 69, Hanover 64. Pennsylvania 67, Norte Dame 66. Eastern Illinois 72, Indiana State 60. • r Butler 59, Bill State Taylor Bt, Anderson 78. Tri-Soate 70, Assumption, Ont 47. ■■ Cincinnati 98, Western Reserve -