Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1953 — Page 7

HELLO FANS - WELCOME To DECATUR WE HOPE YOU EHJOY YOURSELF IN O|IR CITY DURING THE SECTIONAL AND MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN! UGHT AND POWER il I CITY OFFICIALS WAYER DEPARTMENT v ■ . 1 i •. '\i'' V : ■ i ■ ' ■ .

SECTION TWO

Provide Tourney Coverage For Fans |L i I

■r 1 " w 4F X. ' - —— - Miss Lois Wood "■ • ' ' ■ ' The job of preparing the kec-J tional tourney special of j the Daily Democrat and getting the scores of the tournament! to the public as the games are played is a considerable'task. Pete Reynolds, long time city editor and sports editor, assumes the role of ‘‘Basketbawl'.* and prepares the make-up for the tqumanient edition. “Basketbawl” makes an annual effort to pick ||e winner in advance. He\ has Had better than average skill at tp is job. During the actual tournament Pete covers the games selects an all-tourney team. ; J L Hundreds of telephone calls In qUlring-as to scores of games and at other sectional tourney —\

Eligible Meh Certified For Tourney Plan 12 Men Certified Limit; Only 10 To \|| Play In Sectional . * Each of v the nine, Adams schools entered in the Decatur si|ftional is (permitted to certify t However,-onlylO men aye eligible to play, with the othwp V scratched before Opening play. | The team rosters, showing tjib year of each player in school, his height and weight, follow: f|j>. YELLOW JACKETS J Name Yr. Ht. wL Halterman So. 5-9 137 ' Pollock Jr. 5-8 ife Vetter _L Sr. \fi If 5 Koons Sr. 6-2 107 Duff — Sr. 5-8 Ipp Morrison Sr. 5-10 1 >O Kohne Sr. 6-5 I|s Ditto XX—i— Sr. 6-2 lis BrokaW_l— Sr. 5-7 .\2 K> Custer [ Jr. \5-10 110 McDougalSb. 5-5 JlO Engle Jr. 5-9% 1 0 \ -i. ■ »' ’) , BERNE?; . ' . Name Yr. Ht. Wt. M. Lehman Sr. * 5-9> li 5 Bixler - Sr. 5-11 Smith Sr. 5-11 1 p 1 Miller Jr. 5-10 ISO J. Sprunger Sr. 5-8 1 I's B. Sprunger — So. 5-10 11 5 L. 'Lehman Jr. 5-8 . J's Cook A— Jr. 5-8 115, KirChhofer Sb. 5-8 140' Eljrsam — ------ Fr. 5-6 1* ■ V JEFFERSON Name Yr. Ht. ,Wt., Wellman X.___ Sr. 5-10% * 19b? .Kuhn A- J r- 6 ' 2 157 Butcher Jr. 6-1 187 Charleston _jJx Sr. 5-11 145 CaffeeFr. 5-7 134 Miller ——— So. 5-11% 141 StolzJr. 6 160 Hammrtt'-- Jr. 5-9% 13q Smittey —X_.. Fr. 5-8 J 37 Lehman Fr. 5-10 150 PLEASANT MILLS Name Yr. HL Wt. KUg Sr. 5-11% 170 K. ]Frey Sr. 5-9% 208 Case J Sr. 5-11% 164. Price —— Sr. 5-5 142 Painter— Sr. 5-9% 150 Wolfe —-- Jr. 5-11 156 Fox ,— Jr. 5-5% 118 Byer- SO. 5-7% 155

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

X■/• . ■■ ■ ■ ■ /J H■ ' ■ <. ' ' i;■-j. I, ■■ i. Mb J ' . , ft ’’ 7 ,-4>.1 k ik -iirtiifc m Pete Reynolds \ • i' ' ' ' ' ' j centers keeps two trunk lines into i the Democrat office wusy constantly. T . '' I ' Mjss Lois Wood, high school student, fortgdes thet pleasure of seeing the tourney, and assumes the task of ahstkering the many inquiries for scores which come to the Daily Democrat office. Miss Wood will be oin, duty 15 minutes before each ; game until the end of the tournjaniedt furnishing scores for those/ who are unable to attend- the (games. The photograph 0f t! *e popular high school student was taken as she received the final score of the Decatur-Berne gamej played at Berne. recently. : . In order to get the score by • : —1 1

ON AIR SATURDAY Semi-final and final games of t|ie Decatur sectional will ~be broadcast oyer radio station WGL, Fort Wayne, \ 1250 on the dial. Sponsors of the broadcast kre the First State Bank and <the Leland Smith insurance agency of this city. Len Davis, WGL sportsicaster, will be at, the m|ke. Only the Saturday games yvjll be broadcast. f r ■ I< W —' — £ _J Jm : — R. Frey — isk . ;5-7% 164 Rauderibush 4 ; -\xSr. ' ,5-10% 138 •Ripley _ v — J|r. 5-10%. 157, Light Fir. 5-6 V 119 ADAMS CENTRAL V Name Yr. HL Wt. J. Nussbaum X_ jjr. 5-6 130 Longenberger Sr. ; 5-8 165 Hendricks --4-- J(r. 5-11 155 E. Nussbaum Sr. ! 5-9 160 Heare Jr. , S-S 145 HoffmanX. Sb- 0-2 I 155 Beer So. 6 150 Arnold ‘_4X Jhi fe-8 140 Dick Sr. 6-11 175 Osterman ASr. \O-7. 155 Ross i_ Jr. 5-8 130 Bluhm -11 170 - '.. ; +- ; GENEVA Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Blowers'------ Sit $-9 ,155 Penrod , 6-6 205 Stucky sr. 5-9 . 150 Hanni jr. v 6-1% /■ 175 Macklin ir. 5-8 1 145 Schisler X Jr. ft) 153 Craig __X_ s|o. 5-9 155 Haines XX - 5'9 . ■ 140 Long Sc. 5-9 150 Mathysi.__ Sb. d-H 165 Shepherd Sc. 5-9) 150 Tester Sc. 5-9' 140 COMMODORES i Name - Yr. - Ht. Wt. Gage ;u Sr. Bnintpn -Of? . \ 165 Sr. 5-11 155 ; Costello Sr. , 5-11 170 I Meyer Sr. 5 5 150 | York Jr. fE. Wilder Jk ,540 175 LosheLU_ Jr. 6-l.i) 170 ' Mowery l__i Som s*lo 140 J. Wilder Ft, 5-11 160 Kruse —u-X JiTs. 6*2 17.1. — SoA 5-11 155 MQSmOLTH Name | Yr. Ht. Wit. Buuck .Sr 541 147 Bulmahn Sr . 6-2 1»9 ’Draw Sr 540 150 Fleming .4 Sr 540 135 Grandstaff Sr 5410 160 ‘• Sonner 4Sr 541 162 Bultemeyer — Jr, 5-j8 143 ’Harvey Jr, 6 ; 185 Myers A Jr. 540 170 bChristianer —So. 5f% 120 (Turn To Pace EIrM-A)

'I HF fIF / • ••' ■ I ft s -• *>*• 7 ft - . \ I k ' John Dorwin if quarters immediately at itje end of each quarter, John Dornin Another Decatur studeiit, ilttjnds the games; stays near an !te»it alnd as sopn as a quarter of adj jajne is finished he brings the Mpiejto the Daily Democrat office/,’ |\ This is a departure f-rwifc, tlhe former system -of using j| telephone, because experimenUr ®roved that the score could 'belwought' Ao this office faster by j |q>|ici.al messenger than if cbuld ?,-.fe j furnished by waiting a turn Jno ring ip to one of the Democrat ti unk lines the g|. Ts you vjant the score wh|le ‘ the game is being played you iirt invited to calf or 3-2||.|g. •

Two-Bracket | Tourney Plan Again in Use Yellow Jackets T 6 Seek Fifth Sectional Triumpfii i j The two-bracket, one siw tourney plan, first used at the Ditatur sectional last year, will employed in Decaturithis yearb:| This setup, welcomed wMi enthusiasm last year by fams; and /school officials, ils designed k|> provide an opportunity for moW/fams to see their own team in|.Bi:mo(i during the "meet. For example, practically 11)1 of the tickets for the five-tpanriilrack-et. Tuesday and Wednesday fflgkts, will go to the fans of tbe/ rive schools drawn-for tlje brack&L 4od for the Thursday night bracket, practically all the; tickets iji|tligd to of the four (competing . Clnrn To I’aae

Sectional Tournament Schedule [• WEDNESDAY ’ 7:00 P. M.l I .... \ Berne i— —- ! ■ SATURDAY 1:00 P.M./ ’ \ . | Jefferson JM ' ■ I'-J ■ I \ ft WEDNESDAY 8:15 P. M. I JL I I . 1 • A • I SATURDAY. NIGHT I x |i Commodores Ls i 815 PM / TUESDAY 7:30 P. sl. , ' . j . . ' ! Adams Central | . —-J—... v ( ■ Monmouth I Thursday 7=oo p. m.l 1 I " " ! ” I r AnAU 4 p— H ll' ■ SATURDAY 2:15 P. M.\ ■ / I Pleasant M>lls 1 . x .Il THURSDAY 8:15 P. M.Y J I YelloWi Jackets —l— ' H I Hertford J I ' Officials: Richard Tiernan and Burl Shook

Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 23, 1953.

KjjjHßy’’*- [ i i = J jk SINCERE WELCOME from the Decatur Daily Democrat to the players, coaches, school officials and Adams county on eve of the 1953 sectional tourney. I | I If'HIS YEAR’S\sectional,|opening Tuesday night at the Decatur gym, looms as o|ne of the finest in the 14 yean# the tourney, been field in this city since the gymlfcvas first used for the tourney in 1940. —oOj—ifVE’RE GUESSING Ah AIN * Back in 194 °’ BASKETBAWL made his first/ attempt to *pick. the, sectional winner and not jusrt?.the winner, but the victor in evfery game. His average is pretty sad, but it seems the ijkns (and the players) like to outguess the “sup- \ posed’’ expert, so he tries his hand once more at picking tHie winners. (Reallv, itlall started in fun,.and to BASKETBAWL it is still jus| that.) j IdAMS CENTRAIIvIOKMOUTH — The Eagles have h far better season recoj*d and defeated the Greyhounds twice during the weas|>h. It’s MONMOUTH. \ K ERNE - JEFFERS( ? N --^ he Re ars have far the bettejp season 'mark, and /Warriors, with victories scarce,, have run into |>he very toughest of luck with Injuries, and the tragic death of their Dick Stuber. It’s BERNE. | (J)MMODORES-MONMO|ijTH—A toughie. These met early in the season, with the Commodores scoring d seven-point victory lover the Eagles. That gamejlthe Eagles have to play? the\preceding night may take jjs toll. It’s COMMODORES. L‘; dpNEVA-PLEASANT MILLS — The Cardinals \ have ijlwice been victorious over the Spartans. Beware | i that old third time in a season |inx. However, the doubt that Lies Paintcv, the Spartans’ top scorer, will be able to plajj* and if he does play, probably will not be in top condition, leans us in only way. It’s GENEVA. W-LLOW JACKEtS°HA|TFORD —The Gorillas are ajVay down from last year’s? fine\ ball club. It’s YELLOW JACKETS. ! • F i toughie. These teams*klid riot meet during/the season and this one is strict!! a guess. It’s COMMODORES. ! \ —o(')o-i- V f i'i Gt NEVA-YELLOW JACKETS—They’re not getting afty easier. The Cardinal defeated the Jackets by four pdints early in the season.? They say, “String along 'with the champion.’’ Well, will you string with the de- ‘ .fending sectional champion Vellow Jackets or the coUntyilchampipn Cardinals? This is strictlv a stabxjn •the daitk. It’s GENEVA. ' -} , ' \ 'j ■ Il ‘. —oOo—+- • COMMODORES-GENEVAI—These two teams stagj| f rwr "

Sectional To Open Tuesday At Local Gym u________ : \ ' ( . ■

Entire Season Scores Listed For All Teams Results Oi Entire \\ Season Compiled ' For Tournament Complete scores.: including the county and holiday tourneys, for the 1952-53 season bfUthe nine. Adams county teams, are a«, follows:. ' , pleasant mills [ P.M. — 57, Wren L 37 P.M. — 64, Commodores 62 P.M. — 47, Berne46 P.M. - 65, Hartford 45 P.M. — 54, Willshire L 30 P.M. -— 68, Adams Central L 57 P.M. —- 74, Jefferson 4ij. 47 P.M. — 82, Liberty Center 50 P.M. — 69,' Monmouth --'4 65 P.M. -60 j Willshire 39 P.MJ — 73,1 Commodores r l 60 P.M. — 67; Geneva_L.„ 84 P.M. — 69, Hartford \_ 1_- 53 P.M. — 62, Bryant t __ 52 P.M. — 80, Adams Centralsß' P M. — 50. Monmouth 53 P.M. — 54, Union (Wells) _ 4 __ 66 P.M. — 70. Jefferson 1— 48 y County Tourney P.M. — 70, Jefferson_i__ 47 P.M. — 49. Monmouth J.-,----- 43 P.M. — 59, Geneva _„L 61 ADAMS CENTRAL I A.C. — 52. Bryant —4-4-J 58 A.C, — 53, Geneva l 55 A.C, — 52, Monmouth 68 A.C. — 46, Jefferson -I: 53 A.C. — ,57, Pleasant Mills 68 A.C. — 63, Chester Center 44 A.C. — 69, Hartford -1 31 A.C. — 47, Commodores 61 A.C. —" 60’, Rockcreek 1 47 A.C. — 44, Monroeville 62 ) A.C. — 57. Jackson 47 liA.C. — 49, Hartford X 47 i I. -id

A.C. — 63, Geneva 68 A.C. —-,58, Pleasant Mill;?80 A.C. —l5O, Commodores 60 A.C, ; —45, Monmouth i__s9 AC — 53, Jefferson X*6 County Tourney A.C — 57, Geneva7o YELLOW JACKETS Y.J. I — 39, Fort Wayne North 51 Y.J. — 66. Bluffton 67 Y.J. — 54,\ Geneva ) 58 Y.J. — 71, Concordia 60 Y.J; — 67. New Haven4l Y.J. — 40, Fort Wayne Sotith . 62 Y.J. — 83, Warsaw, 75 (overtime) Y.J.' — 67. Columbia City X___ 59‘ Y.J. — 50, Fort Wayne C. C. 61 Y.J, 60, Auburn 67 Y.J. — 60, Huntington 61 (o’rt’me) Y.J. — 51. Kendallville ...38 Y.J. — 58, Bmffton _ t ’_ 53 Y.J. — 49. Berne ---43 Y,J. — 71, Portland 68 Y.J. — 59, Winchester XX... 49 YJ. — 60. Ft. Wayne Central 74 Y.J. — 79. Garrett 75 (overtime) Holiday Tourney Y.J. — 64, Fort Wayne Concordia 67 (overtime) Y.J. — 73. Fort Wayne C C. 62 • —I ~ \ BERNE B —'s9, Geneva 62 B 1- 46. Pleasant Mills 47 B — 48, Dunkirk 38 B — 54, New Haven 40 B — 42, Portlandl-- n - 43 B — 51, Ft. Wayne Concordia 50 (bvprthne) B — 45, Hartford 4 39 B — 47. Bluffton s2 B — 46, Lancaster Centra) __J_ 32 B — 46, Roll |.59 B — 43. Warren4l-** B — 38, Ossian>s6 B — 51, Angola 49 B -1 41, Monmouth - 54 B — 59, Leo 55 B — 43, [Yellow Jackets 49 B — 46, Montpelier 45 B — 51, Redkey 60 County Tourney B — 49, Monmouth 59 GENEVA G —62, Berne :59 G — 55, Adams Central 53 G — 71, Petroleum _X 47 Q — 60, Montpelier V 4-47 I ■ X l . ' j.”' i

Adams county’s nine high school basketball teams will launch battle Tuesday night in the Decatur sectional toiirney for the crown captured for the last four years by the Decatur Yellow' Jackets. One game will be played Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock, vyith the Adolfos Central Greyhounds and t|>e Monmouth Eagles drawing the honor for opening the tourney. The upper bracket will be concluded with two games Wednesnight. iThe Berne Bears will meet the Jefferson in . the Wednesday opener at 7 o’clock, followed by the Decatur Commodores against . the winner of Tuesday’s Adams Central-Mon-mouth game. | 1 The four tepms in the -lower I bnicltet -will play their opening games Thursday night. ' At 7 p. m. Thursday, the Geneva Cardinals wHJ battle the Pleasant Mills S-partans, and at 8:15 o'clock the Decatur Yellow Jackets will launch their title defense against the Haftford Gorillas. \ There wiH be no games Friday.' vzith the Wednesday night winners; clashing in the first semi-fin-r.l game at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon. and the Thursday night victors l>attling at 2:15 p. m. The sectional champion will be determined in the final game, starting at 8:15 'b’clock Saturday Officials for all games will be Richard Tiernan and Burl Shook. •l>oth of Richmond. Officials for all tourney games throughout the state are assigned by the Indiana high school athletic association, which also conducts all tourney pairings. The Dbcatur sectional winner. will compete in the regional tour- ' ney Saturday, March 7, meeting the: Kendallville winner 4in the first regional game at 1 p. m. in the new’ Allen county war memorial coliseum. The Auburn and Fort Wayne winners play at 2:15. with t>he winners tangling in the regional final at 8:15 p. m. The semi-final tourney- Saturday, March 14, Mil also be held in the cpliseum at Fort Wayne, with the Kokomd arid Manon winners meeting at 1 p. m., followed by the Fort Wayne and Muncie winners. The final game will 'be at 8:15 p. m. The sembfinah tourneys will leave just four teams left to hattie for the state clmmpionship in the final meet at the Butler fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday. Niarch 21. The Lafayette and Indianapolis winners will meet at 1 p. m.. followed by the Bloomington and Fort Wayne winners. The afternoon victors will battle for the state championship at 8:15 p. m. j ) • ~[ . > G — 58, Yellow Jacketss4 G — 60, Roanoke 74 G — 53. Coldwater __)s2 , G — 57, Bryant 59 (2 overtimes) G — sk, Jefferson_i4o G — 58. Hartfords6 G — 62, Monmouthsß G — 84, Pleasant Mills I—X— 67 G — 93. Poling 76 G — 66, Pennville 36 G — 68. Adams Central 63 G — 61, Commodores 62 G — 59, Hartford4s G — 65, Ossian,lßo ) County Tourney G — 79, Adams Central -57 G — 75, Commodores 62 G — 61, Pleasant Millss9 MONMOUTH M — 63. Hartford 47 M — 68. Adams Central 52 M — 52; Commodores e 59 (Ttarm T» Pave Elcht-A)