Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1953 — Page 7

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1953

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Ralph Kiner Up For Sale (By Pirates I New York Up — For sale; Ralph | Kl 4er. - I- . Pittsburgh General Manager j Branch Rickey said today a deal. | fort his $90,000 a year slugger Js ■ ‘[imminent/* He scheduled talks I With general managers John Quinii of the Boston Braves, Gabe Paul of [the Cincinnati Reds, and Wid Matthews of the Chicago “We are closer to selling (Hiner ; than at any time uince 1 made it known he could be had," | Ribkey said. “It's a matter of 'days',, Jor maybe even hours.’’ | lackey’s asking price is not | quite the U. S. mint, a.i first sus-, peered. .He wants infielders —and cash —but mostly jnfielders. And he bwants them from a club that neeps Kiner badly enough to givb thej players Rickey names. That’s why Brooklyn bowed out of the negotiations, although as > latq as Saturday afternoon Rickey wad huddled in a hotel room with : Dodger President Walter O’Mali leyl Brooklyn feels it can win : without Kiner, and hertce will nbt ? effejr enough for him. ; -.Cincinnati wants Kiner badly;, knd|it was General Manager Galie Paul's enfry into the Rickey general store; that started the staccato; of Weekend trade talk.. Cincinnati offered outfielder-first.’ baseman Joe Adcock, rookie short-' stopl Alex Glanas and three other playprs. They \are worth a total of S30()i000 Paul Isaid. He already has turned down 12J5.000 tor Adcock \ uloh j, he said. . : Boston offered outfielder-third base man Sid Gordon, first baseman Earl Topgeson, another infield Jr and cash. If Rickey gets his Hay about that other infielder, then i Klnbr may be at Boston by tprfag. . ,Thj Cubs made a straight cash I offer of S2pO,QOO, but Rickey told Matt tews he wbuld not consider any < eal that did not include play- * ers. : latthews would net say Sunday light whether the Cubs, would yield; any players to get Kiner. , 1

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Mrat; r— Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball v Teams Tuesday \ Bluffton at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Willshire. , Jefferson vs Madison at Geneva- ’ i Wednesday Adams Central at Geneva. Thursday Monmouth at Petroleum. Friday | Geneva at Commodores., Yellow Jackets at Berne; Adams Qentral at Pleasant Mills. Jackson Center at Hartford. i --- - ~-i , And what of. Kiner? What does he think aboift this trade talk? At his v Pakn Springs, Calif., home, he sa:d, “IL I’m traded and I have to goi I’ll mlake' the best of it. In baseball yqu’pe just a pawn pn a The only team’ that would get anw good out of me is a spot where you could hat homers—not anything like Wa|shington, where it takes a superman to drive them in.” High School Basketball Fort Wayne Centra? 60, Auburn ,4k Fort Wayne South 62, Fort Wayne Concordia 36. - ■ 1 Wayne Central Catholic 60, ii Garrett 57. ■ , f, Rome City 52, Hoagland 44. Peru 64, Kokomo 58. ' Logansport 63. Evansville Bosse 58. Elkhart 82, Gary Emerson 62. Muncie Central 76, Laporte 50. teiclßuond 61, Muncie Burdis 39. Anderson 70, South Bend Central ' 1 ‘ Gary\ Toljestbn • 55, South Bend ■Washington 50. v Indianapolis Tech 56, Indianapolis Cathedral A SO. Connersville e5, Lawrenceburg 41. Wabash Valley Tourney Terre Haute Gerstmbyer 77, Newton HU.) 49 r ' Terre Haute Wiley 65, Clinton 46.! Gejstmeyer 39, Wiley 37 (overtlme) Burning Coal Pile Brings Out Firemen Burning leaves in a coal pile at the Heller Coal. Feed and. Supply Co., Eighth apd Monroe streets, brought out firemen at about 1:15 ' p.nj- today. Fire Chief Fisher re- i pqrtp no damage. I

Bears Defeat Leo Saturday Night, 59-55 Jerry Sprunger ripped the nets for 29 points to pace the Berne Bears to a close 59-55 victory over the Leo Lions, Allen county champions,. Saturday night at the Berne gymLeo lield a 35<-33 lead at the first half but the Bears took over in the last two periods for their triumph. Sprunger wait Bear in double figures, netting his 29 points on 11 field goals and seven free throws. King topped the Lions with 27. j The Bears will host the Decatur Yellow Jackets at the Berne gym Friday night. ' Berne FG FT TP J. Sprunger .j.... __ 11 7 29 M. Lehman _\._ T 14 6 .Kirchhofer r 0 11 Smith 3 9 6 B. Sprunger ... 0 11 Miller 3 3 9 Bixler 1 3 ' 5 L- Lehman 1 0 2 Totals .... 1 2ff }9 59 Leo FG FT TP Whitmer 2 4 8 Nowenstine ___A , 2 4 8 King 11 5 27 Schujltz x- _ 0 2 2 Ross , 2 2 6 BuffenbargeV J 2 4 Totals J 18' 19 -55 Officials: McAfee. Cotterman. Preliminary Leo 31, Berne 30. College Basketball Northwestern 84, Purdue 65. Michigan State 64, Minnesota 60. Michigan 74, Washington (St. Lo’uis) 56. DePaul 83. Notre Dame\ 56. \ Indiana State 75,-Valparaiso 67. Butler 74, Evansville 70. • Earlham 74, Franklin 59. Hanover 76. Wabash 64. Indiana Central 76. Manchester .71. Rose Poly 87. Oakland City 72. Anderson 89. Capital 79. ’ Cedarville 97, Indiana Tech 79. Kansas State 81. lowa State 78. St. Louis 76, Pittsburgh 74. LaSalle 89, Eastern Kentucky 67. Louis Ville 76, Loyola HU.) 72.7 North Carolina State 99, Wake Forest 80.

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; |! Team Standings W L Pct. Geneva .415 j 2 .882 Plbadant Milla ..15 i 2 .882 Monmouth ,t 0 5 .667 Commodores 48> 7 .533 I - .500 Yelltfw Jackets .. 6 8 .429 Adams Central __ 5-. 8 .385 Hart<brd ..., ?6 10 .375 Jefferson 4 12 .200’ lofl — 000— Sdmeiof the season’s most interesting Rattles are on tap this week as Adams county high school teams engag’ej in nine games, scattered over foiir nights. —oOo—[Top attraction of the week will be staged at the Decatur gym Tuesday night, when the Yellow Jackets and Bluffton Tigers battle for leadership of tne Northeastern Indiana conference. These old rivals are tied fpr the lead with four victorieai and one loss each, and the Tuesday winner will take the Undisputed NEIC lead. —oOo— Tlie l ipecatur Commodores will also ladnch their week’s activities Tuesday, traveling to Willshire, O. f .0 meet : the {Bearcats’. In other tjiiß. the Jefferson Warriors meet at the Geneva gym, —oOo— Single games are scheduled Wednesday and Thursday. The Adahis Ceirtral Greyhounds will tackle the county champioir'Geneva Card-, inals at Geneva Wednesday, and the Mqnmoutlr Eagles will ble at Peirbleum Thursday. j-: ||l •*—oOo—- — four games are slated Friday, but two of them are outstanding. The Commodores will entertain the i county champion Cardinals at the Decatur] gymA- * nd the Yellow Jackets will battle the Bernej Behr»{ at Berne. Also. Adam« Cehtral plays at Pleasant Mill* and Jkckson Center is at Hartr The current Northeastern Indiana] conference standing: iOT • w L Pct. ■ BiuXrUq 4 1 ,800 i Decatur 4 1 .800 I Kendallville; .... 4 i 2 .667 Auburti 3 3 ,SQO : New leaven — 2 4 .333 Columbia City -.1 5 .167 Garrfti 11 5 .167 .4 —oOo—— ’[ Les Painter of Pleasant Mills widened his county scoring leadership last week, and now has 375 points? id] 17 games, an average of 22.1 Pbi&s per game. The 10 top scoreH. With games played, total points and average points per game! [ Name Team GP TP\ Aye. Haunt (ienfeva 4 17 305 17.9 Augsbtir|ter. Hart. _4 16 269 16.8 Price; P|i Mills 17 269 15.8 Mbrriittni: Yel. Jack..; 13 259 19.9 Myers. T-lonmoqth -- 15 254 16.9 Brurftionj Comm. 15 244 16.3 Tester ( ?(ibneva 4 17 ( 240 14.1 Gass. 4.' Coin m. 15 233 15.5 Brewsten Hart. 16 230 144 ‘ i; i -°°oBlufftbh [63, Yellow Jackets 49. Berne'47, ( iDunkirk 46 (overtime). Pleasght jjlills 81, Union (Van Wert Co. )i 54'. Hartfbrd ; 61, Geneva "47. Jefferson,.ss. Wren 54. Berne 52, Yellow Jackets 51. Geneva 46. Commodores 44? Monmputn 63. Jackson Center 54. Poling 57J Jefferson 4p. Sahirdpy Morning League Results the Junior Commodores, 4,16-12, and Notre - Dame edged [jjhb Pistons, 13-18, in an overtime Session, in Saturday morning games at the Commodore . \ - I Leading; scorers; M, Ellenberger, Pistons), «; Eyansop, Notra Dame, JOiME. Laurent, Junior Commodores, i»2; J. Kohne, DePaul, 7. •4 I — ; U: BOWLING scones CENTRAL SOYA LEAGUE ’ [' Team Standings W L Pts. Bag Service 4 2 6 Master [fixers 4’ 4 6 Blue Priori — 4 2 5 Truckets | 3 3 5 i ? Marks L 4 2 4 Feed Mill U4—_—4- 3 8 4 M & R +-U- 8 8 4 Spares *_|l 4. 2 4 3 Wonders Jji -— 2 4 2Hot Rods 1 5,1 Men—High series: Bohnke 513. Wheeler s[(>o, Azbell 516. SChlickmap 503,i Hoagland 588. - High games J Bicker 220, Bohnke 185187, Nash HBl, Wheeler 196; Asbell 196, Judtl 19(7. Schlickman 187, Hoagland £26-183, Gage 193. Women-i-hlgh series: Woodward 517. High Woodward 189, Rowdon 201, Way 178.

j St. Joe Winner In CYO Grade League I St. Joe of Decatur defeated Sac--5 Fed Heart, 20-10, in CYO grade league play Saturday kt Fort Wayne. tallied 12 points for Decatur, whjle two players scored all pt Sacred Heart’s points. Decatur FG FT TP Reed Oil Tirepie 'X 6 0 ’ 12 Kable 0 0 0 R.. Meyer 2 3 7 Heiman 0 > 0 0 Beal —4-4 0 0 0 Totals A _ 8 4 20 Sacred Heart FG FT TP Lerch ............4.... 12 4 Veith _4 - 0 0 0 Miller — q 0 {0 0 JJedore 0,00 Christie __L._ 3 [0 6 Barge —,_L 0 0 0 f’' ! ' [ Totals 4 2 10 Vic Strickler At | [ Center For Marines : PEARL HARBOR, T. H. — Vic--tor L. Btripkler, 20, of Decatpr, Ind., [is a regular center on the Pearl Halbur, T. H. marines’ basketball teatn, currently leading the Hawaiian armed forces league. “Vic”, a of action in Korea, is c corporal and came to Pearl (Jfcrbor last November. '.\| - *Fhe lanky center is a consistentry high scorer for the marine five. “Vic l ’s” parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. b. Strickler live at 1310 High St., sDecatur. He played/for the Decatur |Yellow Jackets before entering in December, 1951. . d pack Kramer Cuts Lead By Sedgman ‘ BUFFALO. N. Y„ UP — Jack ‘Kramer scored a 42-minute, 6-4, I{-2 victory over Frank Sedgman lynday night to cut the young Ausralian’s lead in matches to 11-8 n their professional tenn|s tour. Pancho Segura continued his iqmiriation over Australia’s Ken ift-Gregor by winning, 6-4, 6-4, to iPbet his lead to 17-3; • The Aussies beat Kramer and ftegura'in doubles, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. before 5,041 fans, the largest asseniJ)ly tp. watch a tennis exhibition |rere Bifcce World War . 11. yeu *♦»<*« •ometnlng to sell or rponta' for rsnt, try a Democrat IVant Add. It brings results.

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Gorillas Beat Petroleum By 66-49 Score . • I Bouncing back after trailing by tlireie points at the half, the Hartford Gorillas whipped the Petroleum Palnthers, 66-4 Q, at the Blufftop gym Saturday night. The teams x were tied at the first quarter, 14-14, and Petroleum led at the half, 32-29, but (he Gorillas moved into a 47-37 advantage at the third period. Hartfbrd had four players in double figures, Gary Brewster leading with 18. Gentis topped Petroleum with 17. The game resolved into a free-throwing contest, with 26 personals called on each team, Hartford hitting 28 free throws and Petroleum 29. The Gorillas will meet Jackson Center [at Hartford next Friday night, i Hartford FG FT TP Augsburfcer 2 10: 14 Moser 3 4 10 Brewster 5 8 18 Wolfq 6 0 12 Istahleyl 17 Short 0 4[\ 4 _U 0 J 1 Alt r ....:.. 00, 0 Graber 4 0 0 0 Wagley 4— 0 0 0 Totals 19 28 1 Petroleum ! . " • FG FT TP Gentip 4_,_ 5 7 17 Barnes L—> 2 10 14 Alberson ... 113 Bussel I u * 2 Myerp -4.-1. 0 .3*3 Allen ____l -0 4 I 4 Cochran —x 4— - 0 2’2 Sear — 12 4 Totals .. 10 29 49 Officials: Roberts, Duffield. Preliminary., I • Hartford 50, Petroleum 16. ‘,— ' [ | -.\.n /-. • ' - Pro Basketball \ NBA Results Saturday Minneapolis 87, Fort Wayne 80. Rochester 103, Philadelphia 83. Baltimore 97, Indianapolis 90. New York 76, Boston 69.

Sunday Minneapolis 92, Fort Wayne 76.' Syracuse 94 Baltimore 79. New York 90. Philadelphia 85. Rochester 109, Boston 86.

Fuelling, Flat Rock Lutheran Winners Fuelling defeated Ossian, 49-14, and Flat Rock edged Decatur, 3733, in Lutheran grade school league games Saturday night at Monmoutln 1 Ossian has yet to win a league game, Busick led Fuelling with 21 points. The second game Was close all the way, with Grotrian leading Flat Rock with 24 points, Schott scoring 18 for Decatur. Next Saturday at Monmouth, Union plhys Bingen and Friedheim ineets Pfeble. Fuelling I FG FT TP R. Wietfeldt 0 | 0 A 0 K. Linker | r 10 2 Leo Busick 10 1 21 Witte .' 6 2 14 Boerger 0 0 0 Larry Busick 10 2 Dale Fuelling 3 0 6' W. Wietfeldt l 0 0 0 Daye Fuelling 0 4 D; Busick L. 0 0 0 D. Linker ....4 .. 0 Q 0 TOTALS ?3 3 49 Ossian FG FT TP A. Werling 1.1 3 L. L. Graft 1....4 0 0 0 D. Werling L 0 3 3 A. Graft ; 0 2 2 Franke ~..2 1 5 Unnemeier 0 0 O' L; Graft .4.. 0 0 0 Fiedler 0 11 1 Roeinbke : 0 0 0 TOTALS 2 8 14 ’Flat Rock FG FT TP K. Hockemeyer’ , 2 0 4 Hoffman ‘2 0 4 Bohnkd 11. 0' 2 J. Grotrian 12 0 24 T. .Grotrian 0 0 0 Gallmeier 11 3 Gepfert 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 1 37 Decatur [?, ( ' FG FT TP Dersch 0 0 0 Bieberlch I 0 2 DeVqss 0,0 0 Schmidt 3 17 J. Krueckeberg ...; 0 11 Witte L . a 4, 2 1 5 Schott 6 6 18 TOTALS 12 9 33 If you have something te sel! ar rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Add. It brings results.

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I. U. Returns To Conference Play Saturday CHICAGO, UP —Front running Indiana and pursuing Illinois return to basketball competition tonight “warm-up” non-confer-ence games against Butler and DePauw before banging into Big Ten play Saturday. Both the Hoosiers, leading the league wi|h eight straight wins, and runnerup Illinois, beaten twice in eight games, have been off for two weeks for semester examinations. v But conference results during the layoff indicated that none of the other eight teams will challenge seriously for the rung. The games involving the Hoosiers and Illlnl tonjght will take tbe luster off the pair of conference games on the bill, at' Northwestern. where the sixth place Wildcats entertain fourth place Minnesota. and at Ohio State r where Purdue, tidd for last place, will tangle with’ the Buckeyes, tied tor seventh. Both Indiana and Illinois were Heavy favorites, while Northwestern, victor .over Minnesota at Minneapolis, was the choice again over the Gophers, and Ohio was favored over Purdue. Saturday, Indiana will appear at Northwestern and Illinois at Wisconsin in the top contests on a four, game bill. Other league battles will be Michigan State at Ohio State and Purdue at Minnesota. Saturday Michigan State gained undisputed third place, by knocking off Minnesota, 64 to 60, as Keith Stackhouse caged 20 points and Chuck Mencel 19. Northwestern bounded Purdue, 84 to 65. Michigan won a non-conference match with Washington U of St. Louis 74 to 65. . > Eisenhowers Join Presbyterian Church WASHINGTON UP — PresiderU and Mrs. Eisenhower have formally, affiliated with the National Presbyterian here. They previously listed themselves as Protestants, with no particular denominational ties. But they hate customarily worshipped in Presbyterian churches since MrEisenhower's return home last year. I■<, • > I Democrat Want Ads Bring Results