Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 26 February 1953 — Page 7

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Berne, Nfonmouth Win; | Two Games Tonight To [ Complete Early Bound

I’ ■ . ' .■ ' ■ /... The Boerne Bears and Monmouth Hagies Qualified (for the first semifinal of the'Decatur sectional tourney Wednesday night by scoring decisive victories over the Jefferson Warriors and the Decatur Commodores, respectively. Berne eliminated Jefferson, 5947j\ in last night's first game, and Monmouth, after a rugged first1. half b&ttle, pulled away the last I two periods to whip the CommoJJ dbres. 65-52. . f- The quartet-final round will be | completed tonight with two games. K In the 7 o’clock opener, the *GeI neva Cardinals and-Pleasant Mills j Spartans will tangle in what may I develop into one of the top clash- • £ ©8 of the, entire, tourney. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, sectional champs | for the last four I ytears, will make their tourney bow r \ 8 15 o’clock, meeting the Hartford Gorillas. "M I There will be no games Friday, with the day off devoted to 'the distribution and sale of tickets ifor !the Saturday semi-final and final sessions. Berne and Monmouth will clash in the first semi-final at 1 o’clock J Saturday afternoon,f followed by (the winners of tonight's games. The sectional final will be played: At 8:15 p.m. Saturday. * . ©er,ne Advances Berne's Bears, aftelr being given | < surprisingly tough battle for the I first two periods, bounced back aftfer the half-time intermission to * the Jefferson. Warriors, 59-47. • Some hot set shooting by Stu P, Miller, who hit five fielders, pared ' ’the Bears'to a 19-11 first-quarter advantage! but the Warriors came ■Back to cut this margin to four 1 points at ,28-24 at the close of the Second period. t ' Jerry Sprunger, who did not atf tempt a field shot in the first quar- » ter, cut loose in the third quarter > (frith- 13 points to lead the Bears to a 48-38 advantage. . \ Don Charleston, a cool dead-eye, drove Warriors back into the ball game at 51-46 midway through ■;\ the final period but the Bears slowly built up their lead to the' final 12-point margin I -.Jerry Sprunger led the Bears to. ( victory with 23 points, with Stu Miller at 13 and Chester Smith at ; 11 other Beats in dotible figures. Charleston topped the Warriors with I'B markers, followed by Dick Butcher with 11 and Francis Wellman £>th 10. The Bears made 13 of 20f free throws, the 11 of 20t Thirteen fouls were called ou Jefferson. 12 bn Berne. Monmouth Wins The EJaglee and Commodores I waged a terrific battle for the first two periods, with the Eagles i sporting a scant 32-30 lead as the I teams wentto the dressing rooms, f Monmouth rian up an early lead \of 10-6, “'but the Commodores Bounced back to hold a 16-12 advantage at- the end of the first quarter. \ The teams were tied four , times during the second period, the last, time at 30-30. but Jim Fleming hit a fielder In the closing seconds to

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■ > .■i u; VV I ! L - Mive Monmouth its half-time masIjln.sOnly two points, 38-36. sd-pa-jfoted the teams after slightly feore than tiwo minutes bf play in jbe third quarter, but the; Eagles yien caught: fire in earnest and Vegan pulling away in a hurry, Woeting their lead tb 52-38; at the ,shd of- the period, j, — S; Steve Gass of the Commodores f®d all the acorers with 21 points; the onty other; Commodore tb •break into double figures was Johnny Yorit with 10. Three playts carried the brunt of the Monouth scoring, Dick Harvey count* ijag 18, and Harry Myers and Jim iteming 17 each. The Eagles made r/.ne of 17 four losses, the\ Commodores 10 of 19. bJacMUme was assessed with 11 personals. Berne | ■ FG FT TP L Sprunger 1| 1-2 23 M. Lehmanl 3-4 5 Sfrnith 3 5-7 11 -4 13 ijxler 1 1-1 3 Ifirchhofer 0 0-0 0 Ehrsarn w- 1 0-0 2 H* Sprunger .0,0-0 1 O' Cook _ + o\ 0-0 1 0 Lehman 4u- 0 2-2 2 | Totals 23 13-20 59 'B Jefferson — h • i . FG FT TP Charleston H 2-3 1$ M'ellman ___4 3 4-8 10 Batcher 5 1-1 'll; K«hn 1 2-5 4 1 , 2-3 4 Hammitt --I--J 0 C-0 0 Smitley I__ ij 0-0 0* Jailer 0 0-0 0 d Totals Is. 11-201 47; lacore by quarters: I I M Bwjrne -y. 19 28 48 59 Jefferson 11 24. 47 Officials: ‘ Shock, Tiernan. . t Monmouth J IF? •FT TP Myietrs 7 *-3-3 17 Hbfvey ; 8 C 2-3 . 18 Spijner ----- 2 “0-2 4 j Finning 7 ‘ 3-7 17 I Dtidw -1‘ ;2 Gagineyer r _l-1 0-0 2 Buimahn J —-\0 0-0 0 Bt4ck 4iu— 0 0-0 0j Grindstaff 1 1-2 3 Bkitemeyer 'lO-0 2 .Jh ■ ■ Ini "k k-fj ; >Tptals— 28 9-17 65 . v:* ( {Commodores i' ’ : ft Tp Gate j—- 2! 3-6 7 Gbjs 9 3-6 21 Bri inton .-,-4-— 4. 1-2 9 J; Wilder __ 4 _- 2 1-1 5 Yoik -—- — 4 4 lb Costello _ ( 4_— 0 0-0 0. M© very .0 j| 0-0 0 Lo; he _•, O’ 0-0 0 E. Kvilder 0 0-0 fl Mejev ---4--. 7 0 0-Q 0 {Totals x.-- 21 10-1,9 3 - More by quarters: . Mb: mouth jd 32 52 65 Cot imodores - - 16 30 38 Officials: Tiernan, Shpok. 4,

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Sectional Scores At Decatur Berne 59, Jefferson 47. Monmouth 65< Commodores 52 At Bluffton 'I Chester Center 81, Petroleum j 6. Lancaster Central 54, Liberty C|nter 36. \ \ i At Fort WayVie Arcola 75, Coesse 56. Elmhurst 57, Hoagland 53. I Fort Wayne North 73. E'ort Wa Central Catholic 63. At Auburn | 1 Angola 55. Barrett 48. p Metz 56. Pleasant Lake 54. •Auburn 62, Orland 40. \ ' : Angola 81, Metz 50. At .Garrett , Concord Twp. 71, Spencerville 4l: BUtler 63. Waterloo 42. Fremont 58, Salem Center 55. i| ! Butler 87, Concord Twp, 51. ‘ At Kendallville Shipshewana 51, Al'bion 47. LaGrange 57, Howe Military 56. T; \ f At Warsaw Syracuse 54, Etna Green 48. 'L Sidney 75. Atwood 53. liil At .Huntington Andrews 58, Huntington Twp.-jj*: Huntglgton 68, Warren 59. 1 At Wabash - !® Lafontaine 67, Noble Twp. 47. '*; . Wabash 80, Chester Twp. 69. I Tourney Notes Another 2,000'0i the boards-ba*t|y faithful jammed into Decatur h||;h gym last night to witness' the second round in the annual fevert|h sectional tourney lhat transforms the cbnventional urban and rui&il life of Indiana for i month intqla winiety ocean dotted with of basketball courts. \ if' Just prior to the Berne-Jeff I tussle Jast night, fans halted tike noise for a profound minute-to pay homage to flie little captain of tffie Jefferson Warriors. Dick Stubtij'. who was killed the night ofvFeb|tiary 6. Like something magic thie irowds grew still and bowe|d th||Jif cads for Dick, who would haw anted to play by the side of ijlh teammates last night. ’ ' i —OOO-- ' ll While fairly cerjajn that gifift no in for and understand basket bap almost as much as the boys, a fejw just Like the ekcitement. ThrA girls in?the Monmouth stands weH Observed to be having a gay tiiif together carrying on* spirited ch|li-: chat for, all they were worth. Tlfis during their own team’s matcfe When a roar arose from their neistU oors, applauding some special eoijs Os a nerman on the the girh would leave off conversation as you please, get up*3nd holler like mad for a few secondis, then down and take up once more qfi. their own tgck. ~ -■ * —oO0 — 4 ■ f; ' At no''time was the gym quiejil i, (As soon as one group left off wi|| : ‘ cheer, another would take u:L Apd there’s someone who sweat| a fellow was hollering fdr Kokbihi® . —oOo — l - Au evidently well-schobied 'Bern h band played the halftime of \tO Bern'e-Jeff game and was a cred | ltd the music instruction of tlw Benne-French school and thex ability of life young musicians. Thorough!# enjoyable. . J k .. 1 ; — j■ 1; | Not <{nly was\ the Commodore di £ feat a mild upset, it left about 20 1; DCHS fans that way, upset. Alon about the third Quarter,; when th# hole was .being dug deeper , an f deeper, the tried to get up s|team for a gooftf yell, to no avail, two girls actually shedding tears. - ; ’ i , \ —oOo— " ' ■ j| A young boy fitting tnhuth section, probably ; to k.e«fm frQm blowing a fuse, used a tavorttja ph&ase if -something went wibnslll He'd ,sit there in high' conteinptl mattering, “dirty dog-, dirly ddgs.:T| Arid every < nee in a while he’d vam it a bit and say, "duyn rats.” Mlgh|’ not have been much good, reall<| an& there were \a couple of mem seated at-tlu score hinchwho toots the lad’s full spluttering blast iii* the neck. We:, that is. 1 V\ 'T ' —°Oo— iAnd if the walls havel ears ai wajlning is hereby issued to xliesqi invisible organs to get up a goo(| ; sfti of earplugs iq preparation ojl toriight’s quarter finals when iGejl i neja and Pleasant Mills mix it up- , at ;7 p.m. with the Yellow Jacket si; and Hartford doing the bit at 8:13i Pro Basketball J NBA Results Rochester 79,, New York 71 (over-! tjime). Bcfeton 87, Philadelphia 89.' Minneapolis 85, Baltimore 72. I College Basketball > Notre Dame 93. DePaul 67. Defiance 74, Tri-State 72. i \ ' Concordia 73, Indiana TeVh 62. ' Cincinnati 81, Toledo 79. • I Kajusas State 75. Mitbouri 6S. { p'-. ' \ ' l;' 0 I

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Win EastemXonferenta H j 1 I I : The Rdldkiy Wolves, with five victories -and- no defeats, won the championkiiip of; the Eastern Indiana conference this season, the first year' idptbperation of the loop. The Geiabia. Cardinals were second in the ejght-team conference. New memibqrs for next year will include tab Monmouth Eagles and the Pennvillk Bulldogs. The Berne Bears arid Hartford Gorillas are other Adam'd'icounty members. The champions will be honored it |il barfhuet to be held in Redkey*, plobaby March 16. and the dhampioih»hi(p trophy will be presented-at that time. The finiil standings: I W L Pct. Redkey 5 0 I.WO Geneva -I- 4 1 .800 Brylant 4 ,1 .800 Albany Jd-. .jL -- - - 2 \ il .667 Berne 2 3 j \ .400 Mohtpeliet _u—4- 1 4 .200 IROHI i .200 Hartford —i- Q . 4 .000 Horseshoe Pitchers Will Meet Sunday The division of the national horjseshoe pitchers association of Ai|iies|ca will hold a business meetlng?;iatp in. Sunday at DarlingtoniHto'iplan the 1953 tournaments. , j’; 1 Harrisbii Msiiitlen. of Berne route 2, is vice of the Northeastern lUdid|iia district. As 1953 will be the 28;th year of the association’s plans are be ing made tb make it a banner year. ;. \| JJO —■ . i Klenk's Play Final Tourney Tilt Sunday ' 'ul : ' ; Klenk’s jbf {‘ Decatur will meet ■Rousseau tlrcjji. in the final game of the Vimiifedgue tourney as a preliminary fb 'iihe Zollner PistonsMilwaukee igalfoe at the coliseum in Fort \Vaynb Sunday night. All members of the{iie«h» ire asked to meet at Klenk's t&twe -at 5 o’clock Sunday eveningE l ijlj / Respect <- * OXFORD. >Hss. UP — Miss G\ta Sferings ofJHf|yn Lake, Miss., challenged offieeriji of the ROTC units at the UnUersj|ty of Mississippi to a rifle -mi|eKj hut they turned down the ipviiwion after learning Miss from Riga. Latvia, with the underground in during World War 11. f 'i ' i, 4 'il 'i !■ ! ■

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li|iianapolis Tech Is Chief Upset Victim INd|\NAPOLIS UP — Suburban Bens3avis joined such giant-killers of todaj’ in the rush for Indiana high school basketball sectional honofs. Tl|p; Marlon county champs, beatjSn half a dozen times during the eAson, scored a major upset Wednesday night when they blasted i reviously once-beaten India-' nape Is, Tech out Os Butler ' Field: housf, .54 to 48t TA which went into the game with; an 11-game winning streak, the biggest upset victim mSfdur years of sectional warfareland also the first of last year*|i “Big (Four” to hit the skids. In jfbgular play this season, Tech had .defeated such season-long front runnqrb as Muncie Central’s defending state’ champs and Richmon j. *• . ' Rujiijmr-up to Muncie for the sthtiui crown last time, the Big inever hit its stride, being all the way by classy Roti Bagan and his Giants. No| since Lapel licked tourney-, favorite Anderson in 1949 did the sectignAls come up with such a bombshell 'as the fifth-rated quintet in thb State reached an abrupt end of th| trail before some 15,000 fans. Flotcl in 1946 was the last smalltime jiqwer to crash into the grand final# « . ' \ \ Today’s' 165-game program inall 64 (sectional centers will leave exactly 500 hopefuls from the origina) field of 755 still in the running. Mim|ie Central, shooting for a thirdysiraight championship, makes its <wbiit: against Albany. In other 1< ijners. Fort Wayne Central clashes with city foe South Side, Sojnti'Bettd Adams 'with, city Wasdirigton, and Alexandria’s Central it’pnference titliais, with st sparging .19-1 season record, take on Alderson St. Mary’s. f 'olleston became the third g sectional winner to bd bowing to erosstowp foe which it beat twice during ion, 47 to 45. And little ;became the first former d be. eliminated, losing to it .Crawfordsville, 81 to 43. also was the first team to ttria row—dn 191>*and 4914% IS its last start in the

tourney, (since plans call for a merger with New Richmond next fAll. Ml North Judson and Howe Military, on the losing side only twice during the season, also got the ag. Judson was trimmed by Plymouth sectionalist Knox, 79-62, Dick Mant canning 32 points for the winners. Howe was upset by La Grange at Kendallville. 57 to 56.

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Lowell, whieh hasn’t had a winner since the 1951 season, bowed out of the Hammond sectional by dropping Its 49th consecutive game to Hdmmond (Noll, 54 tb 29. Noll later ; was peated oy defending* champ Hammond, 61 to But such other “name" teams as Indianapolis Crispus Attecks, South Bend Central, Auburn and East Chicago Washington rolled on.

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World War Veteran Killed By Explosion PETERSBURG, Ind. UP —Fire' set off \by a. explosion of unknown origin was fatal for Harry Chandler, 62, late Wednesday. A World War I veteran. Chandler had returned from Indianapolis only, a few days ago where one leg was amputated. .. {