Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 49, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1951 — Page 7

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, IMI

Commodores Lose To St. John’s OS Delphos

Commodores Lose In Parade To Foul Lines The Decatur Commodores closed out the 1951 portion of their basketball season Wedwdgy night, dropping a 58-59 decision to St. John’s of Delphos, O.» at ths Decatur high school gym. Last night’s game developed mainly into a parade from foul line ta foul line, with the officials assessing a total of <1 personal fouls, whistling 82 against the Commodores and !! against the visiting Blue Jays. The Commodores lost tour play* ers on personals. Joe Costello, Steve Gass, Francis Coyne and Phil Bruntbii, while Delphos lost three, Roger Geise, Leon Youngpeter and Earl Osting. In addition, Louie Laurent, high scorer for the Commodores for the night* was forced to leave the game in the final period with a badly sprained ankle. • rj-' On their numerous trips to the J chairlty stripe, Delphos converted. 18 of 40 chances and the Commodores 16 of 30.1 In addition, the Commodores waived several free throws in the final period to retain possession of the ball and attempt to cut into the Delphos lead. The visitors jumped into a early 6-2 lead but a field goal by Uass and'two from the field by Laurant gave the Commodores an 8-4 lead midway through the first quarter, the only time in the game the Decatur lads held the lead. The Buckeye' quintet .held a 16-8 advantage at the first quarter, increased it to 34-23 at the half, but the Commodores reduced this margin to eight points at 44-36 a‘the third period. -Decatur had cut th® Delphos lead ’to five points at 36-41 with a minute to go in the quarter. ’ A . ' f Paul Etgen if d the Blue Jays to victory with 18 .points. For Decatur, Laurent was tops with 13, followed by Ghss with 11. The Commodores will pew- be idle until. Thursday, Jan. 3, when they travel to Fort Wayne to paeet the Central Catholic Irish. Delphos FG FT TP Birkmeier — ’ 4 8 Geise 4 - J » Sueuer —— 3 3 ® Youngpeter * 3 ® Etgen .... 6 ® 13 Osting ■■ f

\ ■ . FOX CHASE Saturday, December 22 8:00 A- M. Meet At Court Heuse. Shot Guns Only. Everybody Invited Decatur Conservation Club

■ ■ 1 • •,<£/ » \ For the tAPIES > 4M« yewr f«* "•* v l ' Got a Gift Problem Mwter? Heth's Smart Idea! Step in Today and gpt all A|P Step ShOES the Ladies (wives, mothers, aunts, ... « daughters, sweethearts) a pair our UElliei UrWR Luxurious, and Wekome Gotham Gold Stripe Nylons Shoes or Hosiery. Our Shoes and Hos- J iery have the richness that makes a ilOl 113ffl UOlu QlfipO gift appreciated. !!}!•■• P.Sz-W« will be pleaeed to Girt Wrap Yoar Package Free I “ZUrtMOBSIN „= SHOES DECATUR ♦ BLUFFTON

Holden 2 ff 4 Wagner ............ 0 0 0 Totals „ r 2O |lB 58 • i » Commodore* fg ft TP Ggse 1 0 2 COstello , I'3 & Ggss 8 5 11 Laurent ..... 5 3 13 Ceyn* ... ..... i J • 0 Bruntar 3 2 -,8 Onge —. —_ 11 I Kintx —„ . 0 6 0 Meyer .. 2 2 4 York ... 10 2 j* . i[, jy'i'wi Totals u 17 16 50 Officials: Timmona, Butz. * Preliminary ' Delphos 31, Decatur 25. **ro tsastetbuil Boston 168, Syracuse 97. ■■ ' High School Basketball New Haven 58, Monroeville 42. South Bend Adams 64, Warsaw 54. • Fort Waynp Concordia 66, Winchester 44. Kokomo 5.6, Logansport 39. Gary Edison Gary Emerson 'U.': • Elwood 46, Southport 31. Sheridan 68, Tiptop 51. Rushville 47, Grenefield 39. I* / ; ,• - r • \ ■ ' Oldest City Damascus is the oldest inhabited«ity in the world. ■ 1 ■< ■Hk \ Rs? Js Or jr j| [ MARY ANN PHELPS, 6, lies in Whittier, Cal , hospital, still alive be-1 cause of the heroism which coat bar mother’s life. Their home burning. Mrs. Mary Louise Phelps, 41, rah to safety with her oldest daughter, then discovered that Mary Ann was still in the hpuse. She ran back into the burning home, but the door slammed and locked behind her. Neighbors broke a window and brought the two to safety, but Mrs. Phelps, overcome by smoke, died (International)

Week's Schedule Os Adams Cavaty Basketball teams Thursday Adams Central v* Redkey at Geneva, postponed. Berne at Lancaster Central. Geneva at Hartford, postponed. Friday Fort Wayne South at Yellow Jackets. ; Willshire at Pleasant Mills. Jefferson VS Monmouth at Geneva, postponed. Foul Weather Fouls Up Net Schedules, Games Postponed Continued bad weather brought postponements in Adams county high school basketball games scheduled for tonight and Friday. As of press time, the Adams Central-Reds key and Geneva-Hartford games slated tonight have been called off,, although Bernets carded to play at Lancaster Central. Geneva will play at Hartford Jan. 7, while the Adams Central game has not been definitely set. IThe Jefferson-Monmouth Friay night tilt has also been postponed to Jan. 15 at Geneva. The Yellow Jackets will meet Fort “Wayne South Side at the Decatur gym at 8,45 p.m. Friday, and Willshire is still slated to play at Pleasant Mills Friday. . Lincoln Teams Play Preliminary Friday The Lincoln school 6-B and 6-A basketball teams will meet at 7 o’clock Friday evening, at the Yellow Jacket gym. as a first preliminary to the Jaekets-South Side game. The high school second team game will start at 7:30 o’clock and the varsity encounter at 8:45 p.m., to accomodate merchants and clerks wishing to 1 see the game. \ Members of the 6-B team are Phillip Rambo, Garry Sheets, Bob Banks, Larry Moses, Ted Hutker, John Sheets, Jack Macklin, Lanny Ross, Scott Halterman and Pete Fisher.’' 6-A team members are Wayne Myers, David Willard, Jim Baumgartner, Ty Ballard, Tom Stickler, Phil Adam*, Barne,Kaehr, Freddy Locke, John Hebble and Phil McDbnald. J ■ . Truck Is Damaged In Minor Accident No one was injured and sheriff Bob Shraluka estimated the damage at “about HW” a semitrailer truck jack-knifed when it tried to stop tor a preceding car. The car was stopped by H*nry Mahlan, of Hoagland, about five miles north of Decatur on U. S. 27, where he was attempting to repair a broken tire chain. The on-com-ipg truck driver, Michael Corda, of Grand Rapids, Mich., saw the car, which buckled; then slid into the parked vehicle. The cab at th© truck sustained the most notable damage, said the sheriff.

DMQATUB DAB-T DEMOCRAT, DBOAtfOB, DOMAHA

Hunk Anderson oi| Os Coaching Ranks : '■■.• ’ T' ■ Chicago, Dec. 80.—(UP)—; Veteran coach Hunk Anderson was out. of football today, fbr (he 1952 season at least, with “no regrets” at' , ! turning to the steel business for an (equally lucrative income. \ j Anderson and his employer for the past 11: years, owner-coach George Halas of the Chicago Bears, announced jointly that. ( the onetime Notre Dame' star wpald be “account executive" in Chicago for Detroit’s Production Steel Co. after t iJb®- I' I\ ' Anderson’s decision for a full- „ time industrial job meant that he 1 turned down a three-year contract i&t 820,000 per season from George ; P. Marshall to cogch the Bears' .ancient rival, the Washington Redskins. . !!■ ‘ ' Marshall tried t® get Anderson midway through the 1951 season after Herman Ball. was discharged. ‘ I But Halas, who held an option on Anderson for thA year, refused to sign a release, even (hough Anderson was inactive. J; [ p Instead, he offered to trade the j release for tackle Paul Lipscomb t and a Redskin draft choice. This wai rejected and Anderson was i line coach of the Bears for the i final half of the season, at a salary equal to Marshall’s 826,000 offer.. His return extended the Bears’, option through 1952 and there was no doubt the option was' sqll effective as the joint announcement failed to mention any chance for k Alderson to coach, elsewhere, - There was speculatibn whether . Anderson planned to sit out 1952,1 using up the option, and then atj tempt te return to football as a* I head coach elsewhere. Should be serve even as advisory coach-for r the Bears, the option could be extended. I ’ Marshall's offer, it was understood, provided that Anderson •v-'u’d be free for outside activity 3 for seven months a year. The rest, * of the time he would have to devote * to the Redskins. Anderson refused to confirm that * he had the offer from Marshall, bjit ! intimated that the Redskin owner 1 s had negotiated with him to take the 1 ! head coaching job. | I Failure of Audersoji to take the Job probably meant that (Dick Todd, a .veteran halfback who tutored the club after Ball’s release this year, would get a contract as bead epach for 1952. i If You Have anything To Sei! Try ! » Democrat Want Ad —Il Pays. ■\) i* 1 i |iiii !w , i! 1 y i,, "W w w; ■ IMWr*f' ' r ■ *** OUTFIELDER Mickey Mantle holds one of his own shoes in Commerce, i Okla., and wonders whether he will j be able.to fill the fabulous footwear ' of retired Joe. DiMaggio. Yankee manager Casey Stengel tapped Mickey to take over the spot in center field which Joe played brilliantly for many years. (InUrnatifinall

KKKKiEKKKKICKMWmWtKICeeeC* Attention Men FREE GIFT Wrappings On j Any Purchase. 7K F. Gass Store . i«ic«ciePCeee@OE Attention Men! We will gladly gift wrap I your selection—all ready for under the tree—at no - charge. HolthoiiseDrugCo.

■■■ ■ J. 4.. I Today's Sport Parade ( I (fteg. U. K. pat. Off.) ■ | | By Oscar Fraley . ' o—i e New York, Dec. 20.—(UP)—’ Looking back on a year replete with good sports stories, this corner's vote for the best in 1651 goes to the battling New York Giants for their Cinderella comeback to win the National league pennant. , From strictly a news standpoint, you can get an argument from the editors who note out tor the amatur sport scandals. But for sheer almost unbelievable drama nothing

•< v’-\ ' ' ■ ■ , V ' • ’ ■ • • . ' ■ -I V . ■ . A ' ... ■ - . •. ' « a W'hat a collection! t<l i What a selection! V I ’Ka ■-X j^CX^^ arrow shirts ■ i f° r antas f ■ antas an d she XzriJP Santas in between AL \l \ jL "SB I - -mw . / 3»95 and up 7* • I Jr ‘ \ z mi « * When you’re off on a Christmas gift-buying r / 2 I spree ... you’re smart to head first for ARROW W|r 1 —the shirts that men prefer! We have whites ... dashing stripes ... smart solid colors ... all in a Bpr W big wide range of popular Arrow collar styles. 4 iBl All Mitoga-tailored for better fit (they taper V where he does). Buttons stay in place—they’re / anchored on. And of course, all Arrow shirts are “Sanforized”-labeled. For the perfect gift for all / z K you Santas—do your Arrow-gift shgppinj here! llolihoiise-Srlinlh‘ & Co. \ . Store for Men & Beys ■ — SANTA’S STORE FOR ARHOW GIFT? . * J.' ‘ \ 1 , A ———-r77-r— ... J . ? 1 ‘ r OZARK IK g ‘ X T - : - ■ ■"■'■ ' 1 M 111 i 1 ■'" ■'"■ '■■ mp i i -"*i« ii ii ■> i" ■>' mu■!' "tA 1 • JUU^WJP F, ’ L PONT FAIL US IM THE f , A QGOD Ll/CX.BUT 7 R \ V ywl IWGWiIO-' HBBw*TRi‘ y O) ■silted-a-iMsi xrST sr B °frt. LzWk ' X-:-3O\. > —M , ■' • jg!3MBEgXJ L J I f ; -^WirrTirir***mWSwßEßF x

touched the moment when Bobby Thomson's heme rau blast in the last inning of the final playoff game capped the greatest comeback in baseball historySo the 10 best sports stories of the year are judged here ip this ©rder: 1. The Giant pennant victory. 2. The basketball scandal3. Ben Hogan’s National Open triumphu 4. cribbing scandal. 5. Jm Walcott winning the heavyweight championship. 6. Randy > Turpia’s title upset of Ray Robinson. 7 7. The\ world series. 8. Maureen Connolly winning

the National tennis championship at 16. 18. The Kentucky Derby. 10. Joe DiMaggio’s retirement That’s overlooking a number of fine stories, such as Allie Reynolds’ two no-hitters and Happy Chandler’s ousting as basebeM commissioner to be succeeded by Ford Frick. But we’ll stick witi our |B. v The sensational Giant finish wins top honors because it wiU go down in sports history not only as one ox ane top stories of 1951 but also as one of the best ot all time. It w®s a performance which overshadowed even that of the

PAGE SEVEN

1814 miracle Braves. Hogan’s retention of the Open championship deserra* its «<h spot. On the heels pt hl» terrific 1960 comeback, Hogan mn* more proved the master in , dmuiatic fashion. Five strokes back of Bobby Locke at th** start Os ths final round, he stormed through s«ce again in the Inimitable Hogan manner te thrill the sports vertd. Walsott's grim wmmit p< the title and hM ultimate triumph pt an age when most hwri are long since through, was a smash ending tor one of the fight game’s most sentimental Odysseys. And Turpin’s feat loomed large because of the Robinson reputation, f