Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1953 — Page 7

:SDAY, FHBRUARY

SPORTS

Jectiohals To Open Tonight At Four Sites | WINDIANAPOLIS UP n “Mardi Oras,” ( the I stow for the cherished high school msketball ehampionship, opens a| ®ur double-bracket, sectional tour] Bey sites tonight. f Only eight games are on deck; the hrst night, but the tempd Increases to 82 contests Wednes-J day, 165 on Thursday,- a whopping* 244 Friday, and 192 Saturday as] the field of 755 teams is pruned to] the 64 sectiohal,cham pions. ! The regionals the following Sat-j urday will leave only the “Sweet' Sixteen.” and a week, later they’ll] tangle for the fouF final berths! and a shot at the “state'’ at the Butler Fieldhouse here March 21. The first <>f a long series of explosive games comes off tonight when South Bend Central, the East NIHSC champ,. clashes with defending sectional titlist South Bend Riiby seeking revenge for a 60-to-45 trimming during the season. Wabgsh isrhe only other defending sectional, champion to open tonight—against South Whitley. .The Bluffton and Decatur twocenters also tip the lid loMuhMjCentral’s defending state champioST open their’ bid for a third Straight title agairtst Albany Thursday night. Coach Jay MeCreary's Bearcats finished with a sparkling V 2. season record and their fifth North Central Confer-, ence crown. • ,i. > . ■ Such season-long. powers as Jeffersonville and Indianapolis Tech, both beaten only-once during the campaign, Tech's city foe Crispus’ .Attacks, Evansville, Central. Hunt-* ingburg, Elkhart, Terre Haute. Gdrstmeyer’s Wabash Valley Chgmps. and tourney-wise Lhfayette were jus? some of the outfits hoping to blast Muncie's dream of tilcoining the first school to win the coveted state five times. 'And there were at least twice as ,mkny other \ first-rate contenders' l.opfng to crafeh through. Br. the same token.’the smaller •■people's choice” entries hoped to grab some prestige from their bigger rivals. Flora in 1946 was the laftsmall-town school to its A - r .

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iX Ms: . ! way into me tpur-team “charmed ! .Four unbeaten teams t+- North \Vebster, > Ossian, ppglsville and Al iddletown--head the small-town elite, with Centerville, Moral Twp., Mississinewa, all licked but once during the long seasqg, not far behind. | ‘ If past tourneys are a" criterion, ; about half of the 64 sectional champs will be dethroned. Last year, only 29 put of 62 with a chance to. repeat .came through again. j? i Sectionalists most in jeopardy ! appeared to be Highland Twp., at > ,\ttiea. Brazil,' oannelton at Dale, ' ’.North Vernoi> at Greensburg, Jap- ! per at Huntingburg, Jasonville at Linton, Ellettsville at Martinsville, Knox, at Plymouth, | and Terre Haute Garfield. . •The usual keen interest and several new gymnasiums should account for new attendance marks, at least through the first three tourhey Largest attendance increase will be at Fort Wayne, whose coliseum seats 10,000. 1 Last year, 1,312,047 cash cuktomijers jclickqd through th® turnstiles. ,939,523 in sectionals alone. H Other first-round games tonight: ■pagro vs Noble'Twp., WashingtonClay vs North Liberty, Chester Twp. vs Urbana, Rockcreek vs Lancaster Central. Adams Central vs Monmouth, and South Bend Catholic vs Mishawaka. “ | BOWLING SCORES J , CLASSIC LEAGUE Team Standings . ' W L Pts. Iceland Smith Ins. 12 3 16 ilfansfield’s -L--|lO 5 14 ipecatiir Dry Clrno. 10 5 14 West End Rest. J,lO 5 13 ■ fllirk Elevator 10 5 13 Aibker Cement 7 . 8 9 Oirold'Lumjber ; 7 8 9 Equity Dairy 3 12 4 Moose Club 3 12 * 4 Smith Pure Milk'____ 2 1 13 3 ’i ’High series; Appelman 64(T (202-dOS-233)< G. Schultz 616 (184-243-fs9L High gaanes: Petrie 223, 211, |fbrte 210. Terveer 200, Ulman iho. Schroeder 2p4. Robinson jjoffman 210, Getting 207, Tute.ffibr 200. Ladd 213. B.foeke 203, i§. Miller 201. * ‘ f j -J Pro Basketball Milwaukee 78\, Philadelphia 64. lx ■■ •.,» \v yr | Jrade in a Good

Results Listed tn | Intramural League " Results of intramural lea ?ue play at the Decatur, hig% act sol are as follows: f Pistons FG FT% Conrad 6 3 15 D. Black 3 0 i’i6 V; EgleyVl 0 4>2 D. Egley4—— 0 . 1 |1 Secaur L__ 10 j 1 .|1 Lehmanl2 0 --4 Totals 22 5 J|9 Bats ijh ■ , • FG FT > Thomas —1 0 McCurdy 2 1 ■ i:ls' Van Horn 1 0 ilß|2 Aurand !4 .\ 0 Murphy 9 | 1 'o Corey •___ i ’ 1 I :{ • V A HE Totals 18 3 |9 All Stars ‘ ‘X FG FT iW> Knittie 3 2 08 Sudduthl3 4 gO Gaskill 0 0 ii'|o 0 0 jfo Kiser—2 0 Ig4 Hebble r 1 0 ;|2 TotalsX 19 . 6 :>4 Boilermakers , FG FT TP Keller 3 0 ; |6 Retaking 4 1 xs9 Douglas ' 3 2 <8 Brunner . 2 0 ■ 'X||4 Black 2 ' 1 *|6 Roop;1 0 i|2 Andersono 0 "* : fco \ ' — Totals 15 . 4 ;|4 v Hawks *'j| j V FG FT » Murphy 7 ' 2 W Egley 4 ‘-4 |2 Lehman 2 0 j>4 Thomas 2 0. ‘B4 Ells wprth 1 0 Oj H) ■ - h - Fi~f f Totalsls 6.1,'j; 5 Cowboys FG FT 1 ’ Strickler ____’_ 5 11, Sheets ’(f 0 ; 0 Schafer 2 1 ‘ 5 Brunner i___ 4_ 0 ; Hilyard i 3 0 Ijl (Rhodes 1 3 \ Totals _. 15 51® Ofymps r . FT Secaur 6 5 .Keller_._ A _ 2 2 Rennels 0.0 iW Aurand X____o 3 E. Meyers 3 3 ® Callow __J 1 0 I® •' ——< Totals 12 13 IK - ' . | Lakers M FG FT Blackburn '___ 13 3 jft Reinking: 3 0 I® babble _t 1 0 Roop 14 2 fe.' Corey _J.2 1 1 .ift Totalsl3 6 !|2| r I 1 Pistons \ FG FT Sudduth 12 1 ;|5 Conrad_’6 ’s2 Black \ 0 '6 »|f'f Kiser2 0 i«4 Anderton-1 4 0 Douglasl 0 life —2 A Totals— 25 1 i® »■ Tigers iS FG FT Gatskilll3 1 JfT D. Kiser 1 0 ® Gase v_'— 1 0 :i|K McCurdy 2 3 i|7 M. Meyers .___o 4 O Hutker J 3 0 . :i! m \ ■ rfr TotalslQ 8 Athletic Awards HI Presented Monday I Athetk- awards were present]! a at a special pep session in the De-catur-Commodore gym Monday I ] Sweaters and varsity letters ■ i l.asketball were awarded to Jonth York, Joe Costello, Phil Bruntoty, Ed Wilder, Ron . Loshe, Stefa Gass, Jerry Mey'er. Joe Wilder; Ted Gage and Walt Mowery. J T Second team letters were presented to Charles Voglewede, T™ Murtaugh, John Lengerich, lied; y Costello. Jerry Voglewede, Ton Cmior, Paul Faurote. Bill Krtii ife and Rcbert Miller. Cheerleader sweaters we® awarded to. Pat Omlor and Geimer, and cheerleader letto 8 to varsity and second team ip Gretchen Zintsmaster, Charmaiioe Des jean, Joyce Loshe, lx’o ih Ford and Judy Parrish. ! '! Manager letters went tq'y Laurent and Eddie Drum, j Baseball sweaters were aw'ardtjd to Trm Smith, Don Eyanson. t Schulte and Bill Lichtle. . |! Martha “Jeanette Pursley wfa t chairman of the program. whi|l i included a brief.skit by Alice Gu John Kintz, Ted Gage and Grp -i chen and brief tai#on sectional arrangements ar |1 hopes for a Commodore vietd) k •were inadc by the Rev. t Couaut. atretic director, and Di L id Terveer, i

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Michigan Stale ls \ Irked As Probation EAST LADING, Mich. UP - Michigan College insisted today it wik. oeing “unjustly punished" 'fori|lthM| activities of an campps[gmm|!whieh gjave unearned financial a<|ld fb 10 of tne undefeated I'Bsl Spartan football team. The under a year’s probation by jjffi Ten Commissioner Kenneth jWfuTug Wilson, said through it^lii'(inference representative it punished for refusal of the!, Spartan Foundation to repeal its Dean | Emmons said that lr anyone w®rejtb be punished it should be foundation, not (he school. . “Bitt I ta !| to recognize any violation of I fe Ten rules in what was done,’!: .hd 1 ,. said. Emmons re>iiealed Monday night that All-Amerka tackle Don Coleman and hin® other members of the 1951 roo#all squad received 42,300 from tltje foundation late in the 1951-50 winter term and |S33 during th®XiflS2 spring torm. Claud iEtic&on, founder of the foundation;! winieh the college ordered disbanded last December, said the gftPiijp opened its books for inspection-H with the exception of .jiiames o' contributors. Jle sfaiQi donors were kepi secret becausq. some of them wer® alumiji of ;iui-e|i rival Michigan. The probatilbn order does not ean Michigan State, ithe Big Ten’s newest wiember, cannot compete in intercmlegiate sports while the order ip, ihj effect. But cries of protest and in the Michigan capital city of Lansing, ill I! I

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Art Larsen Winner Os National Title NiFWI — Erratic Art Larsen /of San Leandro, Calif., trying to ifight his way back to the top of ’the tennis heap, owned a •bright |bew title today—national indoor tennis champion. Thb blond southpaw, who wafe the U.« S. outdoor champlion in 1950, gained his nevV honor by upsetting Ku,rt Nielsen in the flhil round of the championships Monday, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Two wdeks ago, Nielson beat Larsen In £ match for the Danish indoor titje. 7 , Mrs t jrhelma Long of Australia Avon women’s indoor crown by beatings Mrs. Barbara gcofield D&vids4|ri of Boston,. 5-7, 9-7. | 'I ' ' ' Tomifiy Manville To Wed 12th Time NEw|yorK UP — Tommy Man-ig-year-old 'asbestos heir, said ne|wU apply for a day Io Knarry Mrs. Lillian Bishop,! 29-year qld mother of two children trollH*flon City, N. J. ' The ’.marriage would be ttie bride’s second and Manville’s 12th.

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Indiana Whips Purdue, Sets Scoring Marks CHICAGO, UP —lndiana’s basketball team, with. the second longest winning , streak in Big Ten history, aimed today at rewriting the record books for every kind of scoring mark. bThe Hoosiers bombed Purdue, 113 to 78, Monday night to collect their 14th straight conference win this year and the 18th straight including last season. [The 113 point mark also set a new single game record for the conference, surpassing the |O3 racked up by lowa against Chicago Fib. 5, 1944. The 191 total of the two teams also was a naw beating the 181 registered in Indiana's 96 to 85 decision over Northwestern Feb. 16, 1952. ' While these tedun were going on the books. Hoosier center Don Schlundf, the league leading scorer, rung up a few individual marks. He tallied 31 ponfts against the outclassed Boileranakers, and ran his season total to 116 field goals, 135 ,free throws and 367 points in 14 games. These wiped out the total point record of 364 set In 14 games last year by lowa’s Chuck Darling and the field goal recor'd of 111 hung pip in 1943 by Andy Phillip of Illinois in 12 games in 1943. Previously, the Darling record of TOO- free throws in 14 games had been •broken. ' Indiana’s triumph left the Hoosiers with four games to go to complete the season and boasting a three ghme lead over Illinois. Indiana could qhnch its first undisputed Big Ten cage championship Saturday by beating the defending, champion Illini at Qhampaign. Indiana was all powerful against Purdue, runping up 37 points in the first period and holding a 61 to 35 halftime edge. In the ; last 1 20 minutes Indianp Kit close! to the .500 mark from this field 101 collecting 52 ooi»ts. Illinois kept pace' with the league leaders, edging Minnesota, S 3 to 82. in a last minute ball game. Bob Gelle caged 27 pointki for the losers and Johnny Kerr hi|t 26 for the Illini. Minnesota, which at one time held a nine point lead, . fell behind in the second period when Illinois .scored 17 points and allowed one. Thereafter the Gophers couldn’t get in front, but threatened until the last whistle? Michigan State regained third place in the conference race, with a 53 to 45 decision over Wisconsin. as Al Ferrari pitched in 19 poirrts, while lowa tripped Ohio State, 90 to 75, and Northwestern dked out ah 85 to 84 triumph v over Michigan, leaving the Wolverines in the conference basement with only two wins in 14 games. ’ \ — T Democrat Want Aas Bring Results

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College Basketball Indiana 113, Purduje 78. > Rlinoss 83, Minnesota 82. lowa 90, Ohio State 75. Michigan 'State 53. Wisconsin 45 Northwestern 85, Michigan 84. Oklahoma A & M 79, Kansas 58. Marquette 82. Loyola (Ill). 75. Detroit 65, Wichita 61. Missouri 59, Drake 53.. Rio Grande 128, Bluefield 73. Oklahoma 83. Colorado 81. | Duquesne 58, Toledo 48. Bowling Green 86, Western Kentucky 82. # Louisville j 79, Bradley 70.

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Allie Reynolds Ends Holdout On Yankees ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. UP — Allie Reynolds ended his New York Yankee holdout today. He signed his 1953 contract for |35,000. Assistant General Manager Roy Harney at the same time signed Mickey Mantie for >15,000. It was a 100 per cent pay raise for Mantle. The Yankees still have 10 unsigned players. Only one of them, Johhny Mize, hAd been askbd to take a pay cut, Harney said.