Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 21, Decatur, Adams County, 26 January 1953 — Page 6

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Huntingburg, Evansville's Central Meet INDIANAPOLIS,-UP -Huntingburg,'lndiana’s No. 1 high School basketball quintet^.can jusjtjabout rail down the Southern .C onference championship by licking oncebeaten ’"Evansville Centra! Friday in the "game of the week." The tussle pits the top-ranking outfit in the United r re,ss" "Big Ten" against the fifth-rahkingboys from the Ohio River city and may gu a long way to determine whether the Happy Hunters can march through the rest of the regular season unbeaten. They ve won 16 in J row. The home - court should favor Huntidgburg, but Evansville is oft for revenge. Coach \Valter Riggs' crew .had their undefeated record marred by Bloomington recently and should have learned a lesson: Both Bloomington and Huntingburg use'a zoihm defense. Sharing the spotlight with the downstate feature are, the Wabash V.Jley Tourney finals at Terre Haute and resumption of other major conference play. ; The "Valley" show is down to the "Sweet 16," with defending cnathpion. Terre Haute Gerstbieyer and three other former winnersstill in field. The crowning will he Saturday night. ' Little Solsberry, meanwhile, a \'*Valley” finalist, is the state’s wiftL. nhigest teain. The unbeaten Hornets havle won 17 straight. Major open Ti esday. With South 1 Bend Central 010-4) meeting city foe Washington (6-8), and South Bend Riley (104) going against cfosstown rival Adams (9-4) Thursday, J both key! liast NIHSC games. ' ! Alexandria (14-1) P was favored pver Hartford City (17-6 )* to move a closer to the Central conference pennant. Bluffton and Kendallville, one-two in the Northeastern conference. are on the road 7 Bluffton (1'14) at Warsaw (-3-10) ( and Kendhllville (i:t-3) at Det-attfr ' (5-8). \ In major tests, unbeaten Jeffersonville seeks' its 116th win at . Bedford (2-11), Friday.' Richmond is at Muiicie Burris (610) Saturday, LaPorte (7-6) at Muncie Central, Auburn (9-6) at Fort Wayne Central (10-4), Gary Emerson (7-8) at Elkhart (11-3),t South Bend Riley at Hammond Clark (10-5), and Indiahapblis Crispus Attucks (10-3) at city foe Sacred Heart (10-2). i v ■. t » ' ' ‘ \ College Basketball Purdue 69. lowa 58. 1 «' . Michigan State 76, Northwestern 63. : Minnesota &2, Ohio State 64. Butler SO. Valparaiso 74. Anderson 831 Indiana Central B<L Eastern Ilinois 81. Franklin 70. Northern Illinois 72, Indiana State 64. •* *-'y Manchester 87, Hanover 64. Taylor 84. .Earlham 65. Ball State, 59, Evansville 56. \ Detroit Tech 90, Indiana Tech 72. Kansas, State 94. Missouri\Bs. Rio Crande 131, Mountain State (W. Va.) 83. ’ ' f ; Villanova 74, St. Bonaventure 69. ■Ohio U. 71, Bowling Grefeh SS. North Carolina 70. North Carolina State 69. ’ T Louisville 89. Bradley 86. 4 Pro Basketball NBA Results Saturday New Y6rk 82, Fort Wayne 761 Syracuse k07,~ Rochester ki). Milwaukee 72, Indianapolis 64. Sunday Fort Wsyne 65, Milwaukee 62. New York 97, Syracuse 62. Baltimore 82. Philadelphia 68. ; Minneapolis 87, Boston 82, i ' ,

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Week's Schedule For Adains County Basketball Teams Tuesday Lima St. .John at Commodores. Bryant at Pleasant Mills. Jefferson at Wren, O. Wednesday Adams Central! vs Jackson Center at Bluffton. Thursday Commodores vs Jefferson bt Geneva. Friday Kendallville at Yellow Jackets. Berne at Monmouth. Adams Central vs Hartford at Pleasant Mills, i Pennville at Geneva. Saturday Hartford vs Petroleum at Bluffton. Leo at Berne. Decatur, Preble Lutheran Winners J - I ; ■ Decatur defeated Union, 26-18, and Preble whipped Ossian, 48-11, In Lutheran grade 1 school league games Saturday iiight at the Mon--1 mouth gym. Leading scorep were: (Schmidt, Decatur. 14; J. , Klenk. Unio‘n, 8; Reinking. Preblik 16; D. Willing; Ossian. 8. f ( Ossian will playFuelling at 7:30. p.m. next Saturday at Monmouth, followed by Flat Rock and, Decatur. i , Dgcatur T \ ■ EG FT TP Sheets -1 _ o o a Jacobs () o 0 Schmidti 6 2 14 Bieb'erlich 0 1 ,i Schptt ! __2 Conrad ■ 0 , 0 -0 C KrUeckleberg 0 o o Dersch -J . T -j\o 11 Witte 0 o 0 ‘ J. Kruecktberg 0 XO, 0 DeVoss -...4_ 0 2 2 Scheiman .J. 1.0 - o jj Chiton : o o 0 . Totals 4 *1() 6 *26 ♦lncludes 1 goal >y’opponent. 4 Union I 4' \ FG FT TP G. Blefke___ - s-_ 0 1 ] Weilahd__-() 0 (i Thienm 2 2 6 J, Klenk J__ 4, . o g Bitni 1 L n o o L.j Klenk 113 L.l Hleeke ’ o *0 o Totals 7 4 jg Preble J FG FT TP R. Bittner •2 15, Ki Bieberich ___ 4 __.___ 1 o . 2 Menterj \ 1 15 Relnkifig __j_ j.. 7 2 16 L. Bittner __j -,__J 1 0 2 L. Bieberich 1.0 2 Bulmahn ... 4 _ oj' 0 0 Ewell 1 0 2. 0 0 O Silking. L. 0 0 0 D. Bieberich 2 o\ 4 Graft ... _ T _ 0 0 0 Hoffman _.__2 r _ 0 0 0 Gallmeyer 1 -i-'-h- 0 0 Totals I __'_ 22 t 4 48 Ossian FG FT TP Linnemeier 4..0 0 Q Fiedler J._l_ 0 11 D. Wejrling 3 ,2 8 A. Werling iil-J--, 10 2 Graft L 0 0 C. WerlingHu - 0 0 0 , . -1 ——r . Totals 4 3 11 St. Joe Winner In CYO Grade League St. Joe of Decatur whipped. St, Vincent’s, 39-16, in CYO grade league play at Fort Wayne Saturday' morning. Meyer and Teeple with 11 and 10 points, respectively, led the winners, while J. Taflinger tallied eight for St. Vincent’S. • i i Decatur ■■. J FG FT TP Reed k__ 11 3 Teeple 5 ff 10 Kahle _ 4 3 142 8 Meyer r_s J 11 11 Heiman 2 01 4 Beal 1 0 2 Murphy 0 11 Totals 17 ,5 39 , i St. Vincent’s FG FT TP Goodpaster2 2 6 P. Taflinger ___- 0 1 1 J. Taflinger-—4 0 8; Ralph 0 0 0 Klusznski __4- 0 1 li Miko _jo 0 0 I■ I J Totals 6 4 i 16 • , U—. 1 Hard-Boiled IJACKSONVILLE, Fla., UP —The city cpmmission ruled recently that no business is to be transacted in any fire station. Mayor Hayjdon Burns said he received a complaint about a sign on one fire staI] tion that read "fresh eggs for sale." ' M ■i . 1 ! ; ' . ’

New Schedule Adopted For Pro Football . PHILADELPHIA UP— The National Football League looked forward to an end =of feudin’ and fussin’ teams today, thinks v to a new (feme — scheduling system which ■lves all clubs an equal share of cornice playing dates. i H I The annual wrangling over the jjgc hedu les, a major stumbling Wlock to league harmony in past years, appeared hurdled for; all ■time' by a new permanent pattern adopted by the teams and labeled by NFL Commissioner Btjrt Bell “the greatest thing tbpt eifir happened to our system o|iscHte(jlijling. x j Bell said the neWvsystem is “fololproof" and shoul ( 4|’end (all: sq’uao- t tiling over coveied playing dates f|tr the league’s top mooey-(riiaicing sanoother functioning of; thb, NFL. ".Adopted in a 12-hour session wliich wound up . the league’s annual meeting 'id' the small .hours of Sunday morhing, the ndw sysjtjm provides that eac|i tfim in t|'e Western and Easterd divisions pla|- 'every other team within its own division on a home-anck' home basis. y ji 1 In addition, eavb team\ will play obe home anid One away game with teams Inj the opposite ddim fgrence, for a total of 12 games a season. The interrdivisiob gamies will be played with different clubs each year so that each team eventually will p|lay every other team in the league. Most of the credit for the.new schedule system | was given to George Preston Marshall, the oftej| criticized owngr of the Washir|gton ■ Redskins, Who made important! concessions which led to aft 11-11 vote in favor of the pattern. The Philadelphia Eagles chst dissenting vote. It takes 10 of 12 votes to pass a proposal. Under the conference alignment, the Eastern Divisidh will include .Philadelphia, New ] York, Pittsburgh, Washington. Cleveland and the Chicago Cardinals. The Western Division will take in Detroit. Los Angeles, the Chicagol Bears. Baltimore. San Francisco and Green Bay. The clubs also will stage at least five pre-season games with teams Inf the opposite division, to. give weaker clubs a crat-k at those with bi£ box office appeal. fygh School Basketball ■ F<isrt Wayne Central 5iC Fort Wayne Central Catholc 34. Fott Wayne Concordia 62, Win Chester 54. Fort Wayne South 59. Indianapolis | Shortridge 41. Avilla 71, Huntertown "53. Harlan 25. Coesse 19. Indianapolis Broad Ripple 51, Nolilesville 46. - Sheridan 61. Hammond Noll 41. Jeffersonville 59, Evansville Me- . mortal 37. Castle 56. Muncie Burris 50. Seymour 73, New" Albany 63. LaPorte 58. Gary Emerson 55. Muncie Central 78, Vincennes, 43. South Bend Riley' 67, (’ulver 47. Huntington Co. Tourney Rdanoke 60, Monument City 47. Warren 51, Huntington Twp. 49. Roanoke 76. Warren 51. :■■■ ■ .— y 1 ■ I If you have something to sell or rogms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings 4- • ! *IT t j 'if

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fg IMSWOJIWL r’Krwszi ■' 4 '■ Team Standings W L Pct. Geneva 14 2 : Pleasant MillsP- 14 2 • 875 Mbnmouth }__ 9 5 ; r,43 Coni nodores 7 6 .5388 Berne 77 .500 Yell >w Jackets 5 8 .385 Hartford J___s 9 .357" Jefferson 4 L_ 4I 10 ;28(; Central L_ 3 8 + 273 <>()o ■ Awnns county' teams thifc of their busiest weeks of the season, with 11 games spread ovei* five nights? with toftight the only one with! no tilts carded. There W|4) bfe thred games Tuesday, one TWeiinesd£y„ one Thursday), (four Friday and two Saturday. \ .. ’ ■' —oOo - ( The Decatur Commodores will opert the week for Decatur faits Tuesday night, entertain- ■ ing St. John's of Lima, 0,. at the Decatur gym. The Plh<ast ' ant Milla Spartans have a r*s)ged test Tuesday, hosting the big Bryant Owls at Pleasant Mills, and Jefferson winds up 4 the! night activity at Wren, O. In Wednesday’s only action,. Adhms Central meets JackSor) Center at the Bluffton gym. ?, ■ OOo— 4 Tho Comtriddores movie back ipto action Thursday oight, trailing tp (Seneva to play the Jefferson WBriiors. who will alsd be playing, their second game of the week. ’ 000 •- 1 / ? Feature of the four-game Frjday night cards will find \ !th|| Decatur Ybllow Jackets playing host to the KendatiIjvilite Comets. The Comets suffered their first conference (oss last< "Friday at Bluffton, and, the Jackets will seek to move Into the loop's second, place with a wiri over Kendallville, loser of. Only three games to date* Bluffton is the only team undefeated in NEIC play and ttje . Tigers will play in Decatur next Tuesday night, Feb. 3. The Jackets have won three, 4 and lost one conference game. i!4 ' J ■ ’ —dOo—t 1. 4' ?■ 'ljlßeihe at Monmouth feature# the\ Frjdiiy night card for the cdunty '

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,, J ; teams. The Eagles the Bears in the I counity tourney; and Berne will be seeking to even the . count. In other games Friday, Pennville will be at Geneva and Addins Central Wil) meet Hartford at the Pleasan|t Mills gym. Two games Saturday send Hartford to Bluffton to play Petroleujn, ■ and Berne will entertain the Leo Lions, i— oOo—- — forget the opening the annual city series for the grade school championship of Decatur. The first game will be played at the Commodore gym Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 o’clock. Stj. Joe is the defending champion. Wednesday’s tilt is the first of a twoobthree series. \ - 000i — Les Paid,ter, of Pleasant Mills is still the county scoring leaded with an average of, 21.4 points pbr gapte on 342! totajl points in 16 games. Larry Hanhi, Geneva veteran, gained ground iiast week when he poured in 31 points, as the Cardindls defeated Poling in a hig|h-scoring tilt. The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points, am| average points per game, follow: 5 rName Team GP TP Ave. Painter! Pl. M|lts LL.-10 342 21.4 Hanni, Genevalo 304 19.0 Price, Pl. Millsl6 258 16.1 Morrison, Y\ Jackets .12 247 20.5 Myors, Monmouth __l4 239 17.1 Augsburger, Hartford 14 233 J6.fi Tester, Genevai._l6 219 13.8 Gass. Commodores __l3 205 15.8 Butcher, Jefferson __l4 20’4 14.6 Brunton. Comipod’rUs 13 196 (15.1 fe - 4 — 000 — Results one (year ago this week: Wren 84, Jefferson 57. Lima St. John's 12, Commodores 56. Mpnmouth 4|9, Willshire 37. Geneva 50, Coldwater 42. Conimodores' 38, Jefferson 35. Kendallville 62l Yfellbw Jackets 52; ■ , J I • Pleasant Mills 52, Adams Central 37.

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''• A y •■■y - ' :\ ' Monmouth 59, Berne SJ. ' Hartford\Bs, Petroleum ,31. Geneva 50, Pennvjlle 39. , . I \ Saturday Morning League Results The pistons defeated the JunioV Commodores, 32-17, and Notice Dame downed DePaul, 42-32, in Saturday morning league games at the Commodore gym. Leading* Were: Litchfield, Pistons. 11;,E. Laurent, Jun-; ior Commodores, 8h R. Eyanson, 124. <yid D. Gs&e, 16, Notre Dame, J. DePaul, 14. SENATE MEETS (Co»ti»ne<i From Page O»e) 000 shares in the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Cojp. Stevehs has informed the committee he wants to retain- both holdings, b(it has sold the remainder of his stocks. Sen. Lester C. ‘Hunt D-Wyo. of the armed services committee pointed out that since the Stevens Company’s government business Is • "completely*-’ On a competitive-bid,; rartier Diab nefcpUated contract, | basis, it might be permissible for i the prospective army secretary to , keep his stock, but take himself 1 ‘“completely out of the picture” tj' his company’s intejpsts become iii-" Volved. Tuft agreed* with! this principle and apparently would apply it to Talbott’s holdings as well. Talbott says it would host him $50,000 in taxesbtp sell his Chrysler Corp, stock and $125,000 to get rid of his Electric Auto-Lite holdings. CHEST X-RAYS (Co ■ tinurd From I’axr One) a.m.j; Decatur \highi school. 10 *0 10:45 a.qi.; the public, from 10:45 If you | have aometnlng to sell di\ rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results. . Trade In a Good Town —Decatur.

to 11:30 a.m. Industry will be j taken care of by appointment from 1 to 2 p.m. -W . It is requested that all schools note the time for x-rays and make their plans accordingly. This project, it is pointed out, Isl financed from funds raised through the sale of Christmas seals, no charge Jo anyone.

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. MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1953

i The removal of clothing is Unnecessary. j : No one under the age of 15 years will be x-rayed unless: Reactors to patch persons in contact with active tuberculosis; persons sent by physicians. All juniors and in all the schools of the cpunty will i be x-rayed the release stated. -