Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1953 — Page 6

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SPORTS

Indiana Whips Ohio Stale To Stay In Lead » ■ * ' • - ■ \ ■ CHICAGO VP —lt became a question , today who might beat Indiana to give defending.champion mkd title favorite Illinois a chance t<| move in to a tie for the lead in the Big Ten oksketball race. The fast flying Hopsiers, expertly displaying Branch \ \ fire-wagon style! of rolled ever top-touted Ofiio State Monday night, 88 to §B,-' to discourage • considerably any challenger^ - V Illinois, winners o( tfie Big Ten j /Town for the past tWo seasons, likewise posted a victory, 83-to 58 Over Northwestern, bpt the outcome still left Illinois a full game behind the Hoosiers, who have won six straight conference-games without i' defeat. It was Illinois’ fifth win against 6ne loss in conference play. L- Saturday night gets a chhnce to. move into top contention when jt plays Indiana on 111,6 Hoosie?court. A victory for Illinois! Is essential to keep- the race open for any other team. An Indiana win over’ 4 the mini would leave the second' place club at least two games •; behind the Hoosiers. .Even on jin 18 game schedule, such a . deficit would be a major chore to makf.up.. The Saturday battle will pit the league’s top scorer, Indiana’s Don Schlundt,who hag averaged 25,3 ; points per game, against two ■of the Big Ten’s best in John Kerr f and irv Bemoras of lllinpls. Kerr j has hit for 16.2 points per game ( and Bemoras for 15.2. each moving t Into The top ten' scorers of the conference. . , . q

Other scores Monday night only strengthened the,two tean l ' hattie between Indiana andi the llHni for the league chainpipnsMlk t-iiderdog. Wisconsin dropped well regarded Minnesota, 76 to 74, at Madison, wh|le Michigan moved to, a 66 to 61 decision over lowa. , • . ~ k These results left Minnesota Ityo mines behirid Illinois and three behind Indiana, tied with Ohio Sta,te for fourth place. while idle Michigan State brcupied third place with three wins in five ganjesJj-- ; \ Schlundt caged 15 points against Ohio State Monday night, but team- 1 mate Bob Leonard smacked.ln 22 to pace the Hoosier wip, White Ohio State's Paul Eberl dropped 22 markers to strengthen hi& hold on second place in individual scoring. Ebert has hit for 24.7 points per game. [ ' Benioras tallied 19 and Kerr' IS against Northwestern for Illinois as the defending champiqns fiioved in front in a hurry and stayed there with ease. ’ kMichigan had to stage d ing rally in the final period to down lowa as Palif Groffsky caged 19 points for Itfte winners. .Against Misconsifj, Ciftfck Mencel was/the Minnesota star with 24 points. Dick Ciibte 'tallied 2? for the Badgers, tirade in a Good »own—Oecaturl

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Week's Schedule r Fori Adams County Basketball Teams ■ Tuesday Jefferson fyst Hartford at Berne. , 'Berne i t "()ssi|ih. |l . ' i Thursday County tourney at DecatuE Fridiy .. County tourney at Decatun Yellow Jackets at Auburn. Saturday County tourney! at Deeptur. Mansfield Leader ■ ■ : -:h v' r ’ ’ In City Tourney is tlie early leader in the team, event; o-f the annual Decatur, city bowling toprriey, which opened at the G. E. Club alleys, lasj| Mansfield’s bowled a ;3017 series for the.tpp spot,, witty Mollenkopf & Eitinfc' second with 2974. Beery and Schneider are the doubles leaders with 1217 and .Molly Miek tops the singles event .with a 622. f . Team 3017; Mollenkopf > <8- Kiting, 2974;'’ Arnold Lumtyer Co., 2964; G. E. Office, 2934;!;' first' State Bank,’ ,2917; G. E. Flaftgep, 2889; G. \E. Stators, 28173 S Berne Lumber Co., 2862; Elks, 2837; Casablanca,’ 2810;\ Soya Spares, 2793; Soya M & -R. 2789; Peterson Elevator. 2"88; Acker'(?ement„ 2777;,Teeple Truck Lines. ‘2756; Soya Wonders’. 2746; G. E.. Packers, 2724; Soya Peed Mill! 2(199; Krick-Tyndall? 2607. , .■ ' ' \ Doubles leaders; Beery-Scbneid* er, 1217: Mapbach-Hoffman. 1211; I'aylkner-La’urent, 1191; Tirtewil-er-Mies, I'l«2| G. Schultz-Mcln-tosh. 1104;. Hobbs. 1077. Singles leaders: Mies, 622; Tutewiler, 61 0; A., Schneider. 596; J. Beery. 5861 Mhnbach. 583; G. Schultz, 572.: J. Hobbs. 571; C. Mclntosh, sdß; Reef, 1563; F. Hoff, man, 555; Faulkner. .74"; Laurent. : >?5 ' , • ’

Racing Club Meets Thursday Evening A pteeting the Rainbow Racing Club. Irk-.. xHI be held at -Clem’s lake Thursday\ night at 8 p'clock. Any. person? interested in strictly sfocjf tip' racing are invited to attend. Hi ’ I ■ ' . w' Conservation Club Elects Officers Clarence Brtjnnegraff was se dected president of Decatur ‘Conservation J blub at the annual •meeting Saturday night. Other Officers are: Clarence Morgan, vice-president:/ Gerald jloss, - sec-retary-treasurer: Waldo Marbach, director for three years, and Ray isjeeke, delegate to the county conservation Council. ; An interesting propram was presented follo|v|ng the business meeting and i i| refreshments Were served. JAPANESEWARN * (Continued From Pnice One) |ntb Jappn, apd the- government hai no recourse but to consider the( flights intentional Tanaka did say the places had Been “coming from the direction of Soviet-controlled territory” and had flown over Japan “20 to 30 times?'? \ ‘‘ He. said the warning to the “formgn power” dated from today and that it might hie correct to assume ■|jhat in the future tall American aircraft on patrol over Hokkaido Will be armed j and ready to fire alt any invading planes. .* It has. been reported that recently the United/ staffed Hokkaido with F-86 jet interceptors to replace' l slower F-84 Thunderjet fighter-bombers; which were no match for the swift Russian MIG--15 s. ''' J I ■ ‘ '

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Klenk’s D|wnsK.P. I In Exhibition Tilt ! Klenk’s whipngd the Knights of Pythias, 101-73,111 s the two Decatur teams in an exhibitiongame Monday inght at the Lincoln school gymll Klenk’s led a&ll periods, 18-13, 42-25 and 71-sJ.|| Reed-of the pinners topped all scorers with 2$ y! points. Ballafd counted 121 ara ji Moses 20 fdr Klenk’s, while fir the K. of I*., siirock tallied 'and Conrad 2l|i i ' K i’ k ’si || FG FT TP Ballard 9 3 21 Reed 13 3 29 Hoehainmer2 0 4 Meyei* ..M-,— 5 0 "10 Moses ij.9 2 20 Crist 1- ’3 0 I 6 Price ....JL.u. 4 2 Ip Sautbine 0 1,1 " 1 l i. ■' 'I . Totals 11 101 K. of P. f FG FT TP C. Fuhrfnan\ 0 " 2 Stoppenhagen 3 17 Harvey .-t1,3 0 6 Conrad x.Ju2--- 0 3 I 21 Shrock 2 26 McAlhaney-S; 's 1; II totals ]O----33 ‘ 7 73

BOWLIN# SCORES CLASSIC LEAGUE Team Standings \ If W L Pts. Leland Smith InsO 32 16 46 Mansfield if- 30 18 42 Decatur Dry ClrsU' 29 19 38 Smith Milk -—it 26 22 34 West End 24 24; 34 Acker Cement 25 23 33 Burk Elevator 21 x 23 33 Arnold Lumber -IL2o 28 24 Equity Dairy 18 30 24 Moose Club 11 37 12 High series: Hoagland 639 (171-246-222). ||| \ High gaines: OTutewjler 245, Ladd 200. Ewell 210. Hoffman 213, Robison 212, Smiti{|2oo.. Myets 204. I’hnan 201. Zelt||2o9, Appelman 204, Bultemeier Snyder 24)1, Reinking 200. Bleoie 213. ' 1 Notes: Chet M&jntosh rolled a triplicate of three 171 scores, she Classic league wi I; roll a double shift Jan. 1 22. starting at 7 o’clock.

Tourney Trophies f Placed On Display j Trophies Which ®ll .be awarded following the game of the Adajns county touttey at the Decatux gym Satur(|4y bight, have been placed on display in the show window of the, Person clothing stoiw, Second and streets. The team chamMqnship trophy is presented by thMpecatur Daily Democrat, and the individual sportsmanship trophy by Hubert Monriier, former Decatur, bi&lnessman, in honor of Everett face, prominent Monroe resident. jifThe tourney opens Thursday nigfit.

Sheriff Is Killed In Southern phio Two Gunman Slay Sheriff BenpPerry WEST UNION. q|. UP — Ohio state patrolmen arn| police from four counties seircitd the hills of southern Ohio with ftgoodhounds today tor two gunmenjiwhd shot and. lulled Adams cbun|jt sheriff Ben K Perry, 68. D The sheriff was ,shot to death Monday; when stopped two men to question them »bout a farm house robbery near ta»re last week, They fled in the car and abandoned it about miles southeast of here : . Ls, Police at Maysvpje, Ky., captured a man at first to have been one of thalugitives. But witnesses could >not:;|jdentify him. Charles Thomhs Rigdon, 31. of Manchester, was pick'd up Sy Kentucky police on a description from discharge papers foetid near Perry's body, and to West Union authorities. However, a witnesjfj to the shooting and a filling station attendant who Was believed 'ntwbed by the fugitives shortly the slaying said Rigdon was no| one' of the killers. x ‘ ; 7 . Sheriff’s deputies &aid Rigdon was held for qufeltibfflmg, however. Sole witness to the|j?hooting was William White, a farther, who, said he was driving by ||n his truck when he saw the shsViff with the two men. : H ® “As I drove past, tfe sheriff tvis standing with the in front of him. He wgs ieawhing one for weapons. The (other hgd his up," White said. White said he saw: one of the men reach quickty irifo his pocket and draw a gun. He sheriff grabbed the other ? pehn and held him as a shield, •_ btimi he jerked away and the shootings started. * White said when t®, sheriff col-, lapsed the gunmep in the sheriffs car. ■ The search centered in tlye area of the abandoned about 12 miles southeast of here. > Prosecutor Verfton, jYoung said the sheriff halted the pair neat Bentonville, southwes{-iof here, and was shot down during the scufflq.

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SPORTS BULLETIN INDIANAPOLIS U>—The Indianapolis Olympian* of the National Basketball Association have lost $25,000 and are ready to quit for the season, Indianapolis Times sports writer Bill Eggert wrote today. Eggert said the team management informed NBA President Maurice Podoloff at a Fort Wayne meeting Monday that the Olymps “will be .unable to spend $1,900 to senef Indianapolis on a four-game road trip” to Sheboygan, Wis., Milwaukee, Baltimore and j; Boston this week.

Auburn Game Tickets Are Available Here FiJur hundred tickets/have been received here for the Dccatur Auburn game at Aubiirn Fifday night’. Hugh J. Andrews, high school principal, announced today. The tickets ate priced at ,50 cents for adults and high schobl students, and 25 cents for grade school pupils. The tickets 1 must be Obtained at the l high school office b| Thursday morning, as those unsold must he returned to Auburn, TUUf'-day. Colleae Basketball Indiana 88. Ohio State 6.8. - Illinois 83. Northwestern . 58. Michigan 66. lowa 61. ; Wisconsin 76. Minnesota 74. Dtake 72, Bradley 62. Oklahoma A & .M 57, Detroit 50 Kansas 65, Nebraska 59. 'Marqi ette 83, Wichita 80. Oklahoma 72, Colorado 63. ’ St. Louis 86. Houston 6s; ■ Duquesne 93. Cincinnati ■ Imiiana Central 84,i ridge 79. ; f ,

(Seven Decatur Dogs , In Fort Wayne Show Seven Decatur dogs will be entered in the Northeastern Indiana Kennel club show to be held next Sunday starting at. 9 a.tn; at the Allen county War Memorial coliseum. The show twill be Ope of fhd largest in the middlewest this winter. according to the sponsors, and will consume the entire day. The public is invited to visit the building at any time Sunday. , Following are the Det-aiur entries: C.reot Dane owned by Mrs. Garett Schnfeldt; Boxer pwnbd by Mrs. Edward Peek; 'Shetland Sheepdog owned by Miss- Kenny Peck; Cocker S-paniel owned by Miss Sudduth: German Shepherd owned by Louis Webert;- Herman Shepherd owned by NathiiW Curtner and several Pomeranians owned by ImeFs kennels. Tjie -Peck, *Sudduth and Gnrtner entries will be in the obedience classes and the rest of the local dogs w ill shpw In the confirmation classes.

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Doxie Moore Quits Pro Net Position FORT UF — Doxie Moore resigned Monday night as a supervisory official of the National Basketball Association al its midwinter meeting here on the eve of the NBA all-star game. . Moore, who 'has been appointed head of the Indiana Department of Conservation, said he felt he wouldn’t have time to bahdle regular duties in view pf hi# new job. The league pfficej at New York will handle oifficiatipg ofTeferees for thd test of the season. j I j A successor for Moore was not appointed And probably will not be until after,\ the season,-’ officials said. j Recent rumors qf transferring NBA franchises and merging of teams -were discussed, but no action was taken. C League ( President Morris Podotoff said he felt, con ’ident that the 10 tea nils now playing will be able to finish the season. He .said he didn’t foresee any tuams dropping out or anj' teams merging. NBA officials also discussed television and its\effects. ~ r -_ SAYS CONGRESS (Countlnurd From Page Ont) program,” Taber insisted . that eliminafion of new funds would not “slow up a single legitimate activity” in the foreign aid program. He charged that the outgoing Democratic administration has tried\to “shovel but the money” instead of w aiting for i he “demand.’’ “We are hoping," Ae said, “that the hew administration will not tolerate crowding money onto managers of the foreign aid set-up in foreign countries th it the managers themselves sav they don’t "'-'I- \ . L ‘ "When 1 sa f v that’s going oh. I can prove 4t.” he ’’New funds could be eliminated entirely without slowing a single Process."

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SOVIETS ACCUSE - VContlnnrd From Pace One) fade{A. A. illness they made incorrect diagnoses of his disease and, concealing a miocardial infection from which he :uf(ered, they prescribed a regime irhich was against that indicifted flor this serious illness and thereby killed Comrade ZhdanOV.” the newspapers said in describing how the former Central Committee secretary met his death. Similar activities shortened the l|fe df Scherbakov in 1945,kthe announcement said. / I IKE AND TOP (Contlnned From Pace One) half shell, the President • elect stood up and outlined for us the real topics or problems, if you want to call them that, ah,ead of our administration,” he said. "Then he. threw the meeting open fbr discussion and each man took his turn.’* | Shortly after the conference was ; adjourned, Eisenhower returned to his Morningside Drive residence, but the nin,e men named to the i i binet met Monday night to re- i praise results of their first big J TEEPLE / MOVING & TRUCKING Local and t Long Distance I f PHONE 3-2607 I MELVIN TINKHAM INSURANCE AGENCY Low Cost Auto Insurance Our Specialty We t<AVE NOT Increased Our Auto Ins. Rates. Homestead No;4O Phone 38924 V , ' 1 Trade In a Good Town —Decatur.

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caiur M<»rt<l.iy to offer Ford <)*» persitjon. The business group Stated that the Decatur man had been selected from a list of, L 5 Chamber of Commerce executivfs given them by the state Chamber. He was not an applicant for the JMTSt. ' The Ford-s will continue to reside on North kifth street and Wally, elder d£ /two sons, will io all probability Complete his third year in school here before movin|g to Connersville.