Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 4 March 1952 — Page 6

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>, — , . —_ Badgers Upset lowa To Give Illinois Title ■ : - ■■.■■'.V - Chicago, March 4— (UP)— Illinois held its second straight undisputed Pig Ten basketball championship today, as expected since it beat lowa Feb. 23, but the end of the campaign was a surprise engineered by seventh place Wisconsin. The Badgers, who have won only four of 13'games, turned in the big»‘ gest upset of the season with a 78 to 75 decision over second place lowa to hand .Illinois the undisputed championship. Had lowa won the match, Illinois would have had to beat Wisconsin Saturday in ,the season finale to clinch the crown. Illinois romped over Northwestern, 95 to 74. for its 12th Big Ten victory in 13 games. In other conference scraps, Indiana edged Michigan State, 70. to 67, and Michigan dropped Purdue, 6g to 60. It was a scforing night for centers. Chuck Darling, lowa’s one map team, and Johnny Kerr, Illinois sophomore, each counted 34 points and Frank Petrancek. Northwestern, caged 28. Ab Nicholas, Wisconsin guard, was the other big pointmaker with 25. | • - Darling's career closing show gave him a series of conference records. His season total of 364. plus his average per game of 26. both were new marks. His 132 field goals and 100 free throws also wore records, and his three year scoring total of 716 surpassed the old three year mark of 628 and four year mark of 675 set by Don Rehfeldt of . ■■ ' ' - yj. _

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’ | | — I’-’ Klenk's Entered In Van Wert Tournament Klenk’s of Decatur is entered in the independent tout-njpy.’ at Van Wert. O. The Decatur team will make its first start Thursday evening. playing Rockford*. 1 Oi,- at 6: 15 p.m. (CST). Team mcinbers a*e asked to meet at the Usual place at 5:30 o’clock Thursday evening. Wisconsin. * ? The victory gave IllThbife an antomatic berth in the N.C.X.A. tournament as Big Ten titleholder. Ttye Illini will appear in the regional at the Chicago stadium March 2122 along With the Ivy league chart)-* pion and two "at large” eastern teams. jib v 4 Standings , W L Pct. Illinois T _ 42 1 . .923 lowa 3 .786 Minnesota ,--10 4 ’.714 Indiana , 9 5 Michigan State - 6 8. .429 Ohio S>tate --*.><%■ 8 -439 Wisconsin , 4 9 .308 Michigan 4 10 .286 Northwestern I 4 TO .286. Purdue J 3 11 .214 — || , ALLIED PLACES (Coitlnaed From Paar One) control.” ' The broadcast said .the allied excuse was a "fabrication similar to their ascribing the-American bombing of the Kaesong neutral tone on. Jan. 17 to mistaking a bomb for a»,fuel tank " ,The jet plane flight over Panmunjom was said to have taken place on Feb. 24. Meanwhile. Communist truce negotiators accused the United, Nations of using "bayonets and intimidation" to dissuade war '• : | H .■ I

United Press Picks All-Star College Quintet ■ New York, March 4—(UP)t- The United Presaw today announces its 1951-52 all-America basketball team made up of Lovellette of Kansas, Dick Groat of Duke, Chuch Darling 0f lowa, Cliff Hagan of Kentucky And Mark Workman of West Virginia. 1 A nationwide poll of more than 200 sports writers and radio broadcasters selected this coaches’ "dream team” which averages sixfeet, six inches per man in height fend has a combined scoring average of 24.5 points perman per-game this season. i Lovellette, the six-foot, nine-inch Jayhawk center, who leads the nation’s major college scorers with Average of 26.4 points for 22 games, was the outstanding choice'on the team. He was a first or second (earn selection of 81 percent of the voters. Lovellette, a native of Terre Haute, Ind., is the only repeater from the 1950-51 t’nited Press all'-America first team, G|roat. the six-foot Duke dynamo, wati the second most popular choice on the team, being named on 70 percent of the ballots. Darling was a first or a second team selection of 66 ]>ercent of the voters, Hagan of 63, and Workman of 57. Lovellette was placed at center and Groat at guard—the positions thejjr play regularly. Darling, Hagan and Workman, who normally play center, were shifted to cither posts. Because identification: by position has assumed less importance in modern, speeded-up basketball. ball - . were permitted to vote for (enters for other positions. As'-a result. Darling fend Workman were p|aced at forward and Hagen at guard. The mythical .team thus was made up of two players from the south. One from the midlands, and ' another frbm the border state Jof West Virginia. Lovellette. Groat, Darling and Workman are seniors: Hagan is a junior. prisoners from returning to the lit ds. North Korean Maj. I Gen. Lee Sang Cho told I'. N. truce negotiators that could be the only ex’ planation for the allied charge that many captured Red soldiers do not want' to return to the Commpnist side after an armistice.! \ . ' J l 'r 'I I*ee thrice rejected the allied proposal that war 4 prisoners be given the right to refuse repatriation. He demanded that all war prisoners and civilian internes held by both sides be returned. Rear Admiral Ruthven E. Libby of the U. N. wearily opined the three-hour meeting that negotiations on repatriation of prisoners were ‘Tight back where they v*ere Dec. 18.” Trade in a Good Town V- Decatur • J , -J' . P j I — Last Time Tonight — “THE BLUE VEIL” Jane Wyman, Chas. Laughton .} ALSO —Shorts 14c-44c Inc. Tax WED. &THURS. 1 •> 0 OUR Bit DAYS! First Show Wed, at 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1 :30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! — V E9 M COWMMA RCTUMS J WILLIAM \ f HOLDEN 1 I Boots J llHatow a )oi' $ : tißLxA* : stamocuiots Msumnsotfi jSL -rff 7*" '"•’■oducine johhny STEWART ; ' ——o—o—Fri. & Sat.—“ Wild Blue Yonder” \ O O— Coming Sun.—“ Golden Girl”

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BOWLING SCORES MAJOR LEAGUE Standings i I W L Pts. Smith Bros'. .14 10 20 Schafers J..,.. 14 1(1 19 Central Soya 13 11 19 Dettmer H. Bldrs, 14 , 10 18 Lister 11 13 15 • Mies Recreation 12- 12 15 Adams Co. .Lnibr. r _ 11 13 14 First State Bank ... 11 13 14 Clem’s Hdwe. 10 14 13 Decatur Dry (Trg; „IP 14 12 High series: Getting 662 (216-243-203); Schultz 620 (221-216483). High games: Nash 207, Snyder 203, Baumgartner 215, Tope 201214, Mies 224. Bultemeier 204. Bauermeister 200. Engle 211. Zwick 248, Cook 207. P. Hoffman 224, L. Hoffman 225. Buuck 206. Judt 204. G. Schultz 215, Hatfield 220. Zelt 203, Shady 203, Getting 202. RURAL LEAGUE Standings W L Heyerly 16 5 Shearers Mkt. H K' Hoagland Hdwe. 11 10 Old Crown .1 10 11 Hayloft 10 41 Nine Mile Lmbr.. j 9 12 Reynolds Ins. 9 I’l Mollenkopf-Eiting .. 8 13 High games: Moellering 2JI. Thieme 222, R; Smith 200. E Werling 202. G. Selking 210, Ixsyper 200. E. Bultemeier 201-206 Gillig 232. MOOSE-MINQR LEAGUE i Standings W L Pts, Moose Purity 50 25 71 * Krick-Tyndall __L_.„ 50 25\ « Smith Milk 47 28 Midwestern ,-,.1. 47 28 *'4 i Heart Club Ui. 37 38 47 High- games: Devore 205, Millfer 213. Heare 234, Murphy 201, Hunt 2(fe. Schroeder 215. LONG SESSION H ontlhued I roi-.i F»ice <>»•*> 1 oard promised early a- ion ot. •he mutter. Ben Gerke. Root township, toftl 'he board of his plans to install a file drain on his property in sec- . non 14. formerly known aa thb Schafer farm He offered to pef- I mit the county to hook onto thb i urafn from the road to provide an outlet for the. surface water The board agreed to share the expense and talve advantage of the oiler. ’ John H. Barger, Wells county! resident, inquired of the board why the cleaning of the Holthou&h ditch running through Kirkland; ■ and Washington townships had been stopped. He stated the pifoject had been started last summer and then the work stopped completely. The ditch starts in Wells county and runs through Adams county to •he St. .Mary's river. The project has been cmopleted in Wells county. but to provide the proper ry-off facilities it is necessary that the balance be cleaned. Bar- ■ gei said. The < om’mlssionerß agreed to investigate the matter at once. ' hi p ■ p ' The board decided to increase the wind insurance on barn number 1 at the county home from; $2,501) to $7,500, effective at After hearing salesmen front ♦wo concerns desefiitbe an elei-trie floor polisher and mop, the bourl decided to accept the offer of r Charles Huttinger. U. S. Sanitary < Specialty Co., to try out that-con-I cerin’s mop for two weeks. If it i is satisfactory the purchase price’ will be $322. F. N Brown, of J. I. Holcomb Co. also offered a polisher but bis price was slightly higher. Two bids were subihitted fop the purchase for the county farm of six tons of fertilizer, ’as needed, ; and Burk Elevator ;Co. with a lowbid of $258 was awarded the contract. Roy Price with a bid of $259.50 was the other bidder. Only two cities in Nebraska are of more than 25.0(0) population:-. Omaha and. Lincoln. | LOAN SYSTEM The Merit Plan T.oah> System offers available cash credit for any good purpose to employed men or women. YOUR PLAIN NOTE or PERSONAL SECURITY TO APPLY—You may use any of' the three ways. You :are under no obligation if you do not take a loan. 1. You may telephone us—and tell us of your money needs. 2. You may cut this ad out —write your name and address on it—and then mail it to us. 8. Or call at office conveniently located. Private consultation rooms. Loans made same day you apply. LOCAL LOAN COMPANY 138 N. Second Strset Brock Store Sldn. Decatur, Ind. Phone 3-2013 Lotus mtde within 20 milts of our offset

Lincoln 6-B Is | Leader In Series | The Lincoln 6-B| team has taken a| 2-1 lend in the series with Lincoin 6-A. winning the third game b|- a 28-23 pcore. The series is tbe bfest three out of five. ! Lincoln 6-B FG FT TP Hutker 1 | 1 12 .4 Fisher \ 0 O’ 0 J| Sheets _i _4. __ 0 0 0 Moses 3 0 6 Macklin '..j 0 0 Baxter L..__ 4 4 12 (L Sheets 0 9 () 0 1-Ji. h» nauer . . -1 1 3 || --r-H-U- : Totals 10 8 28 Lincoln 6-A i FG FT TP llaehr — x_..i— 1 «.; ff . 2 Adams ... j 0 - 0 0 Baumgartner j.___ 0 11 Strickler i 0 0 0 Bowman J 3 <T 6 Locke 0 ! 0 0 Willard - McDonald . ... 0 JO 0 Meyers ......11 | 3 |2 8 J ! , 1 . _ ■ ? Totals 10 3 23 —1 \ College Basketball Indiana 70. Michigan State 67. Michigan 68, Purdue 60. : i Wisconsin 78, lowa 75. Illinois 93. Northwestern 74. 4 1< m-as State Drake 82. Houston 58. Missouri 68, Nebraska 53i

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INDIANA u (Continued From Page One) ■ ; We absolutely will not tolerate,” McMahan said. MtMahan, who would have been 42 Thursday, was a native of Anderson, Ind. A 1936 graduate of the Indiana University medical school, McMahan was licensed to practice in the Hoosier state the same year, and in Illinois in 1942. He served on the staff of the Manteno, Illj, mental hospital from 1942, to 1949, taking a leave of absence for army service during World War 11. McMahan is survived by his widow, one son and his mother. k Al I FORECAST I

Fro Basketball Baltimore 99. Rochester 96. ‘ J HEAVY QUAKE (Continued From Page One) -♦erely. Telephone lines to the city were out.

*7a Owt (faite&t WINNERS! I ■ ; f I I ! 1 ' 1. Mrs. M. Baumgartner Decatur, Indiana 2. Donald D. Bohnke 1139 Master Drive J ” 3. Allan Cole 334 N. 10th Street 4. Nancy J. Baumgartner 241 N. 6th Street' 5. Jay Mansfield DeVoss 310 N. 4th Street I ' \ 1 I • i ■ \ 6. Mary Neireiter Homestead No. 45 An additional thirty entrants picked the ! correct winners of every pine. Winners determined by a point system on scores. THANKS.... — to all our many contestants. Better luck next yedr. HOLTIM M «.

L ' ' TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1952

Kushifo, a citjr «f 61.000 on thp southeast coast of Hokkaido, was bit hard. Its meteorological ohwas destroyed arid a raging fire ■ swept through two machine shops , and a construction plant before it wfes controlled. ’ ! onto the beach byi the tidal waves ' at Kushiro. }-j j ■