Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1953 — Page 7

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Little League Baseball Organization Meeting Here Friday Evening

I A preliminary organization meet-1 F ing designed to set up Liftlc Imagin’ I baseball in Decatur will be held ' at the Decatur higti school Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock. t The meeting will be held in rooiii 107 school, and there will be ample room -for al interested pelsons to attend. I Deane Dprwin, Decatu<*!. ! high , •school faculty member and baseball coach, and of the original tiai'kt ers of the plan frtr Little League baseball, has arranged for Friday’s inaugural: meeting. . . The public is invited, particularly persons interested jn sponsoring teams or . in aiding -in conduct of the- teauis .during i’season. ' A temporary organization may be set up at Friday’s meeting, with officers selected aryl committees named. Little League bk?eball, for boys in! the age group of i 2 and under, has grown by leaps and bounds; throughout the -country in recent years. 1 . * It was launched n Williamsport, Pa.,,, in 1939, and it is estimated that some 250,000 boys will play ijr organized leagues this year. ? Liflle League baseball is regular, •baseball with several exceptions, necessary in order that the strength! of the young players will not lx .exceptkns as size 'of field, distance of pitcher’s plaje home plate, puipbeir of inningK, distance between bases; and equipment. f ! Little League baseball is design-; ed for the local c< nimunity. It fe j completely amateur and non-profit ! . and nfu«t nXvt r- be commercialized, j Ford Frit k. high commissioner OfJ baseball, and ond of the directors? » of Little League Baseball, Inc., • says: ‘-'Little League baseball pro-] perly conducted in local communL i ties iis one of the finest things that J ,ev.Or happened to his country.’’ ? i Chicago White Sox Sign 26 Players CHICAGO .UP --■ Pitcher Joe Dobson and outfielder Jim Rivera have returned sigped 1953 contracts to increase t the number of; • Qhieago/White Sox signed for the season -To 26, General Frank C/Lane announced today.

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Indiana Whips Purdue, Keeps ? k . jj •> \ Two-Game Lead [’UP —The sharp-shoot-ip!g Indiana basketball team piade ndady today for a scrap with seijikster examinations, heading into a'jtwo wewk layoff with a secure 6wo game lead Con the Big Ten field. j . Indiana’s neict league game will I at Northwestern Feb. 7. L The Hoosiers stepped over Pursue Monday night, .88 to 75), for (heir eighth straight conference iln against no defeats\ Runner-up Illinois downed Michigan State, 7(5 tp 64. for its sixtlJ win against two losses, the jsecond coming from Indiana; Saturday. It A’as Indiana’s ninth straight wja over Purdue in basketball and ninth straight win for the Hoosiers this year. It came by virtue of another standout i scoring performance I from Don Schlundt Bob Leonard. sank 26 points -L> increase his total for eight league gabies to and liL hie average per game to 25. nearly two points ahead of Oh|< State’s Paul Ebert, j Leonard dropped 19 points and . hold fourth jpllace in league spring. ; with a 17.6 per game average; V ; Michigan State gave the lllhii a ■ totigh battle as'Al Ferrari cjageld .245 points to become, the. ninth rsepftef in the league. But Johnny : Kerlr dropped 20 markers for lllj- ; ipo|s and Iry Bemoras 15. (Kerr Ithus held fifjth in scoring with, a ili.B •average! while Bemoras was seventh at 15.9. ■ \\'j. , . The Spartans trailed by eight i points at the half, but fought back ■ to. ja tie midway through the third . peaiod before Illinois moved in ■■front to'istajl.i- *• ! Wisconsin advanced into the division and above the ,560 mark in conference standings with a 6} to 51 triumph over Ohio State; whtje lowa’s Deacon Davis satik a irtW throw jn the last minute Qf phiy to give the Hawkeyes a 19 to bO- ’ . J . ■

Week's Schedule Ij For Adams County’ Basketball Tefrms Tuesday > ( i Huntington at Yellow JacMats. Pleasant Mills at Hartford.^ 1 Jefferson at Convoy, O. • Friday || 1 Commodores at Ossiaft. Hoagland at Monmouth. U Jefferson at Gray. < Berne at Angola. Geneva at-Poling. \ 1! i 4 31 .■ ■' ■ \.l J ■ ffll 68 decision over Northwestiaui. Wisconsin, scoring only oi e field goal in the first eight mbytes, came -back for an, 1)1 point l<*idd' at tne haff and thereafter oeyerfHvere fewer than eight points mead. The Badger defense held EMrt to 14 Dick Cable Stracka lach notched 18 foißwisconsin. ’ B' Davis, third in league seating with an 18.3 average, countedlbnly six points for lowa, but,p)Ken Buckles netted 28 and centeq Bob Miller 18. Larry Kurka hit $ for Northwestern. ) k- Bl i i| )| •’ College Basketball Indiana 88, Purdue 75. \■? !ffii Wisconsin 64, Ohio) State lowa 69, Northwestern 68. ).|l Illinois 76. Michiigan State ffii. Notre Dame 74. Bradley 64. Aj. 1 Nebraska 73, Missouri 62. k BOWLING SCOR&) CLASSIC LEAGUE Team Standings f . W LH» Pts. Leland Smith Ins. -L_. 33 Mansfield • 4--- 31 2fflh'44 Decatur’ Dry Clrs. -|- T -- 32 lSfij 42 Ac,ker Cement J__._ 28 2m|)37 West End L__ 26 2®!37 Smith Milk £8 Bjirk Elevator - 25 2®|j33 Arnold Lumber -»-A2l 30|| 25 Equity Dairy A--. 18 33k 24 Moose Club i-l -r 13 3shls High series: Tuteiwiier 625 ||254-. 188-1831; O. Schultz 606 (20||194209); Oetting 601 (202-185-214L 1 High games: Gallmeyer ■ ;f235. Mutfechler 200, Ewelj 206. Lad(|ffl27, 200. H. Miller 203. I X - i IP

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Huntingburg Is Ney Leader Os Prep Quintets X INdIiANAPOLIS up. — Hkintlngbing’s hifipry hunters, riding the crest jaf ;r 15-game winning streak, today • took over first'placje in the United Pjfess “Big Ted” of .Indiana high Sfhuol basketball pow'ers. . The ScHifhern Conference pace> nioved all the way from fifth placrp to first, replacing Muncie Cehtril’e defending state champions. 1 I h, \.. Muncie, in the drivers* seat for six -weeks, skidded to the runnerup spot,after the bubble burst on its inning streak against South fßend Central last SaturdayThe ! latter and Gary Wallace, in the northern divisions, aVe neWcoiners in the select circle. Jeffeirsonville, the only other major unbeaten quintet, temaiped third aind Richmond fourth. Evansville Cfentraj. runner-up last/week, was draio(ed to fifth'. The Bears were ulpended at Bloomington Friday. Haute Gerstmeyer remained Hn sixth place and South Bend Central wat>* seventh, followed by Gary Whlljaqe. Indianapof lis Crispus Attucws- and South Bend Adams. Attudks moved up from 10th to nintji, South Bend Adams slipped from eighth after being licked by city foe Central. ( • Washipgton, seventh last but a four-time loser, and East Chic'ago: ninth last week, disappeared from the elite ’ This left the seventh weekly U P. “Bigj Ten” as follows: 1. Huntingburg 1,5—0 2. Muncie Central 12—1 3. Jeftiersonville 13—d 4. Richmond 11—2 5. Evansville Central 12—1 6. Terre Haute Gerstmeyjer 12 "-2 7. feoiith Bend Central io—3 \ 8. Gaijy Wallace 10—4 9. Indianapolis Attacks !I—3. 10. South Bend Adan|s 9->-3 Well-regarded: Kokomo, Anderson, East Chicago WaHhiugton, Kendallville. Culver, Indianapolis Tech, CpnnersVine, Indianapolis Howe. jSoutl) Bend Riley, Fort Wayhe bfortii, Elkhart. Bioonvijle. Salem-, Silver Creek. Alexandria. Washington. T —i . •I i • PT- ’r—7 - Br r ■' * 4, 4 ' W . ■ ■ ■! ;• <W Ft 1 J ■h J KARL HAMANN, former miniatet of commerce in (he Communist East German cabinet, la one jot thoiia arrest as a “spy” np the current purge. (IntefnationalJ - : ' t ■ i

Wells County Coaches Plan Benefit Game r i I‘ ‘ \ v | j : I 'J . : Wells county high school coaches will play a benefit game against the Taylor University junior varsity at the Lancaster Central gym Kext Monday night at 8 o’clock. SAII proceeds from the game will gp to Ronnie Harter. Petroleum high school junior, who was stricken With polio July 30 and has been a patient in the Lutheran hospital siiice that tim£. two top junior high teams of We|ls jcoufety, Jacksqn and Rookqreek|, will meet in a preliminary at 6:t6 p.m. ■4' ' • ' 1 Chicago Cubs Sign Sawgtski To Contract CHICAGO UP 4 The Chicago thibs /announced today that catcher Carl Sawatski, who has been in service the last two years, has signed his 1953 coptract. Buckshot O'Brien Signed By Pistons FORT W’AYN'E, Ind. lip — Ralph “Buckshot*.* O'Brien- former Indianapolis Olympian, will see action with the Wayne Zollner Pistons Wednesday when the Natioiiai Basketball .Association club plays the Celtics at| Boston. Piston officials announced Monday bight they, signed a one-year contract with O’Brien, who was offered at the SSOO waiver price by the Indianapolis club last week. The waiver period-was up Safurday.. - 1 Tq Abolish State Personnel Board jNpIANAPOLIS UP — Rep. Or VAI D. Hunter R-Bloomfield said today he will introduce a bill ip the Indiana house abo| shing tile present bi-partispn Lt ate personnel board and creating a new one whose members would all be Reimblfpans. t'nder Hunter’s'measure, - the old board consisting of two Democrats ajhd two Republicans would give way to a new board director n|med by the governor and seven eg,-qtf|c|o members who head tiin estate departments. Policeman Over, \ Truck Driver Held GARRETT. Ind. Ulj — Police held James Studebiker, 27, today after three witnesses qharged thpt h|« truck ran over patrolman Venis •Mowery, 44. end thpn drove away. . The witnesses ipduded Fred Felck. They 01d police Moweyy was run over by the rear dualwjieels of Studebaker’K truck when he fell. He had b« en 4 questioning Studebaker at a ra lroad crossing.

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Sefon Hall Is Tops, Indiana Close Second NEW YORK, UP - Seton JHII, which convinced one-and all off its claim to fame by keeping its record spotless through 18 straight games, emerged the nation’A top college basketball team todky in the United Press ratings by a hare margin of two points over Indiana. prise the United Press board made this weelc’a the closest in; the tlree-year history qf the ratings aftett wekeend upsets claimed Kan* sas State, Illinois and La Salle —I last week’s 1-2-3 teams. The coaches based their ratings op all games played through Saturday night,- Jan. 17. So close was the contention for positions this -week in the wideopen national basketball scrajmble that only one point separated the third, fourth and fifth teams— Washihgton, Kansas State and Illinois. Seven teams received first place votes. V •• Seton Hall, the only unbeaten in the major college ranks, jumped all the way from fifyh to first place after scoring victories over three opponents last week. Coach Honey Russell’s Pirateis attracted 12 first j>lace votes and 254 points; Indiana's Big Ten leaders, which upset Illinois for [their eighth victory in 10 games, had 10 firsts and \252 points. It took half a season for Seton Hall to climax its steady climb to the top. The' Pirates, rated ninth in \the coaches’ pre-season selections, eighth in the first regular weekly listings, climbed to sixth the following week.'and then' were fifth for the past four w.eeksj The Washington Huskies (13-11 1 were third with 232 points. Kansas State followed with 231, and Illinois was fifth with 230. Washington had six first place votes and ttyree. La Salle, third last week ! behind Kansas State-and Illinois, dropped all the way to sixIth place with two first place,votes and 187 points after being upset by DePaul for its second, setback in 16\games. Oklahoma A&M V (12-2), North Carolina State (16-2), Kansas and Notre Dame completed the teams- Kansas, which leaped all the way froih 21st place after upsetting Kansas Stdte, was in this week’s top 10, replacing Southern California. ■ ■ : W I Farm Bureau Co-op Meeting At \Va bash The annual district meeting ol the Indiana Farm Bureau cooperation associatiou will be held the Honeywell Memorial building in Wabash next Monday at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend the meeting and hear reports on 1952 operations. Lunch and entertainment will be furnished. —-—- - • 4. *2? <■' :;K T ZJ O: INTItNALONAI News Photos cameraman Ed Walston is given a pair of ear muffs by actress Ann* Chodoff In Washington as he prepares to cover the inauguration ceremony Walston is wearing 21 of the 38 passes needed by newsmen assigned to the big event.

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Klenk's Play Game Here This Evening ■ J : Klenk’s of Decatur Will play Bowser of Fort Wayne at the Commodore gym in this city at 7:45 o’clock tonight. Thursday night, Klenk's meets Hoagland in a Vini league’ game at Hoagland. The team will play the'first league game and all members are asked to meet at Klenk’s .store at 6:31/ p.m. Thursday. Monday niglift, Klenk’s whipped Van Wert, 0., 87-56, at Van WerL The Decatur five led at all periods 22-14, 39-28 and 58-46. Reed paced the winners wi|h 22 points, followed by Doan With 19 and Meyer with 17. Ralston led Van Wert with 15. • ■ | 4 Klenk’s , FG FT TP Doan j. 4 8 3 19 Reed.-8’ 6 22 Hoehammer’ x 2 12 6 Meyerß 1 17. Crist v-s 5 0 IQ Price 4 3 II Sautbine J_l 0 J 2 'V - ■■ A. . . , Totals 36 15 87 Van Wert FG FT TP Becker.3’ 3 9 Reeder L 4,4 9 8 Showalter --5 \ 3 13 Murphy 4 3 11 Geisler --4_-40 . J 0 Ralston - 6 3 15 Totals 22 12 56 Vincennes Store V Is Robbed Os S6OO Vincennes, ind. up — Two armed bandits escaped \with. an estimated |6o(Lfronj a chain store safe Monday night after they went to the manager’s houre and forced him to drive one of them to the score.

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