Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 258, Decatur, Adams County, 31 October 1952 — Page 7

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31,

Yellow Jackets Battle Fort Wayne Central To 7-7 Tie In Final Game

Decatur’s Yellow Jackets bathed' the boys from the city” those ■y, usually tough Fort Wayne Central Tigers, to a 7-7 deadlock Thursday night at Worthman field, to write a stirring finish to the 1952 football season. \ The tie left the Yellow Jackets. ■with a final season record of four victories, four defeats an<) two ties (both at Hk. After the teams fought through a scoreless first half. Central broke - the deadlock early jn th? third quarter when Earl Thurston, Tiger fullback, slanted off his left tickle, broke into the clear and raced 70 yards to pay dhrt. Gene Barksdale, Central end, added the extra point with a perfect boot from placement and the Tigers held at .7-0 lead. '7 The visitors’ lead was of short duration, \ however. McCullough kicked off to Ferris Kohne, who

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Week's Schedule ' for Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Berne-French at Geneva. „ Adams Central at Bryant Pleasant. Mills kt Wren, O. <■ returned the ball to the Decatur 36, and the Jackets buckled down to work. ’• ' I Roger Pollock ripjed through tackle to the midfield stripe. Gene Morrison flipped a pass to Roger Blackburn, good for eight yards, and the/Decatur quarterback then hit the center of the Wne tor a firs| down. Morrison found Pollock with a pass and the Jackets* halfback raced to the Central seven before; he was downed. Morrison then fired

a short 1 one to Jim Rowley, who gathered the pigkitin in at the Central goal line for the. touchdown. Row-ley then cracked the Central line for the extra point and the score was tied at 7-7, the eventual final score. The Yellow Jackets threatened on several other occasions but. lacked that final punch to I carry them across the last yard-marker Decatur the ball deep in Central territory in the closing minute of theflrst half but Barksdale intercepted a pass to stop the threat. 1 The Jackets had the ball on the Central 10 late in the third period but the Tigers’ defense stiffened and Central took the ball on downs on their own 21. Decatur had another opportunity in the closing minutes of the game when Joe Ditto recovered a Central fumble on the Tigers’ 10 hut Central held firm again and took the ball ovexon downs, I Both . teams were plagued by fumbles, with the Yellow Jackets recovering six Cental fumbles and the Tigers grabbing five Decatur bobbles. On first downs, Decatur parked up nine to five for the Tigers. Decatur Central LE Kohne Barksdale LT Conrad ' Rogers LG Roop Dowell C Vizard \ Heingartner RG Knittie y Blevins RT Brokaw Endsley RE Ditto \ V Geiger QB Morrison Gumbert LH Pollock Brown RH Blackburn Price FB Rowley Thurston Score by quarters: f Central 0 ,0 7 o—7 Decatur 0 0-7 0-r7 Central scoring: Touchdown — Thurston. Point after touchdown — Parksdale (placement). Decatur scoring: Touchdown Pollock. Point after touchdown — Rowley (plunge). Decatur substitutions: Engle, Lawson.-Callow, Baker, Custer. Central substitutions: Witsigreuter. Fate, Sparks,. Early, Chapman, Parker, Shaw, Meeks. Renner, McCullough. ’ - Officials: Johnson, Stebing, Cass.

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K. C. Team Winner Over Berne, 63-52 The Decatur Knights as Columbus net team, making its first start of the season, defeated the Berne Merchants, 63-52, at the Catholic school gym Thursday night. \ KJ of C. led at all periods, 20-16, 34-25, and 46-39. Meyer led th<p winners with 20 points, i followed by Bernhard and Gage with 16 each. WUhelmi topped Berne' with 16, while Nussbaum tallied 14. \ t K. ofhC. members wishing to try out for the team are asked to contact ariy team member. K. of Co ’ : . FG FT TP Meyer- 10 0 20 C. doyne 2 1 $ Bernhard _.L r —. 8 0 16 J. Coynel 3 0 6 Gage I_J—- 8 0 16 Totals 31 1 63 Berne; ' ‘F FG FT TP Brenpdman4 0 8 Liechty 1 4 0 8 Wilhelmi 7 2 16 Nussbaum7 0 14 Mitchell ——- 2 0 4 Hirschey — 0 0 O' Parr 10 2 Totals ------ 25 2 52 — — - > Plan Square Dance Following Parade The craft club of the Decatur Masonic lodge will sponsor a square dance\ at Geel’s barq tonight immediately after the Halloween parade, it was Announced today. All Masons anchtheir friends are invited to the affair. The barn is located west of Decatur on U. 3. road 224. There will be soft drinks and for those who attend. :l ! * - .. ■ ■ One Man Killed As Auto Hits Trailer \ L ’ ■ 1 < BRAZIL, Ind. UP — Harry A. Summers. 30, \ Terre Haiite, was killed Thursday when a car in which he rode crashed into the rear of *a parked semi-trailer on U. S. 40 east of here. Driver of the car, Guy Nickless, 33, Terre Haute, was taken to Clay county hospital in serious condition. BLOODY BATTLE <Con«i»oed From Page One) intense barrages' of mortar and artillery fire, with many of the shells coming from large 122 and 152 r howitzers. Allied gunners replied with tank, 'mortar, artillery and .50 caliber \machine-gun fire. At nearby Sniper Hill. Red troops ■made a light attack which was driven off in 30 minutes with an estimated 44 enemy killed. . L i4>emQcrat Want Ads Bring Results I

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Three Games Open County Net Season On Saturday Night The Adama county high school basketball season will open Saturday night, with four teams involv-" ed ih three games. Feature attraction will be thd, batUe between the Geneva' Cardinals and the v Berne Bears, to be played at the Geneva gym. In other games tomorrow, Adams Central will play iat Bryant, and Pleasant MUls will be at Wren, O. Another opener is scheduled next Tuesday night, when the Decatur Commodores tangle with the Spartans at Pleasant Mills. Other county teams will be In action next Friday night, while the Decatur Yellow' Jackets delay their opener until Npv. 21. • -V- --T--Implement Dealers Will Meet Monday Implement dealer representatives 44 of Adams county are invited to attend a meeting in the county extension office at 7:30 p.m. Monday, states county agent L.Ek Arehbold. The subject for discussion will be 4;H tractor maintenance. i It is hoped seven or more instructors for this project will be made" available by the implement firms. Delegates will be choeen to spend' a one day training school at Purdue on November 12. Plans will be made for enrolling 4-H trac-, 'tor maintenance members, places for the classes to meet, the 4-H tractor drivers contest, and a plpwing contest in the fall of 1953. Rensselaer Man h Killed In Accident LOGANSPORT, Ind. UP — Charles .Marlin, 62, Rensselaer, died Thursday night iq St. Joseph hospital of injuries suffered earlier in the'day when his car overturned on Ihd. 16 bast of Buffalo. ■■. i ; High School Football Warren Central 25, Indianapolis Howe 18. Evausvilje Memorial Evansville Lincoln 20. i ' Hobart 13, Gary Mann 1 South Bend Catholic 21, New Buffalo, Mich. 13.

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Independent Net League Formed Here Formation of the Decatur independent basketball league was announced today, with the schedule to get underway next Tuesday night. Six teams are entered in the league, and three games will be each Tuesday night, with all league games at the Lincqln school gym in this city. There will be no admission charge, and the public is invited to attend. 1 Teams entered are ttye Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus and McMillen, all of Decatur; The Berne Merchants, Wren and Willshire, O. \ 1 Starting times for the league games will be 6:30, 7:30 and 8:45. No more than. 10 players can be certified, with the deadline for certification Jan. 1, 1953. Bill Lehman is president of the (league and Boyd Rayer is secre-tary-treasurer. The league schedule will run until Feb. 10, and will be followed by a playoff, with all league teams entered. A playoff trophy will be awarded by the First State Bank of Decatur. The complete schedule follows: Nov. 4—K. of P. vs Wren; K. of C. vs Willshire; Berne Merchants vs McMillen.- \ Nov. 11—Berne vs Willshire; McMillen vs K. of P.; K. of C. vs Wren. Nov. IS—McMillan vs K. of C.; Willshire vs Wren; Berne vs K. of P. Nov. 25—Berne vs Wren; K. of P. vs K. of C.; McMillen vs Willshire. Dec. 2—K. of P. vs Willshire; McMillen vs Wren; Berne vs K. of C. . . Dec 1 gjf-Berne vs McMillen; K. of P. vs I Wren; ;K. of C. vs Willshire. 1 ' Dec. 16—K. of C. vs Wr>n; Berne vs W’illshire; McMillen vs K. Os P. Dec. 23—Berne vs K. of P.;l McMillen vs Ki of C.; Willshire vs Wjren. * Dec. 30—McMillen vs Willshire;

Berne vs Wren; K. of P. vs K. of C. Jan. 6—Berne vs K. of C.; s K. of P. vs Willshire; McMillen vs Wren. Jan. 13—K. of C. vs Willshire; Berne vs McMillen; ‘ K.of P. vs Wren. I • | Jan. 20— McMillen vs. K. of P.; K. of C. vs Wren; Berne vs Willshire,. ' ; Jan.)27 — Willshire vs Wren;

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Berne vs K. of P.; McMillen v» K. of C. Feb. 3—IK. of P. va K. of C.; McMillen v< Willshire; Berne va Wren. Feb. 10 — McMillen vs Wren; Berne vs K. of C.; K.| of P. va Willshire. Trade In a Good Town —Decaturt