Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 58, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1953 — Page 7

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Semi-Final At Ft. Wayne May' Be Real Sizzler INDIANAPOLIS UP — Fort Wayne gets the Northeastern Indiana high school basketball semifilial tourney tot the! first time in history Saturday, and it May be-a sitzler right down to the wire. Kokomo opposes Hartford City in the\ opener, apd Richmond clashes wfth Fort Wayne Central in the second afternoon game. Richmond holds regular-season triumphs over Kokomo and Fort Wayne Central, but that’s just for the record. Tourney experience proved season records don’t' mean much when the boys battle tlo stay in the run_nfrig for the “state.” . * -Nevertheless, Richmond’s stock soared when the Red Devils ousted defending champion Muncie Central last Saturday.! ' ’ Richmond Coach Art Beckner; who likes to) play them cool and deliberate, has one of the finestqpintets ever assembled in the Wayqe county city. built around six-foot-six Lamar Lnndy, as fine a pivotman as he’s an end on the gridiron, the Red 'Devils also have such slick performers as Wayne Van Sickte, Tom Holthouse, Billy Wright, Tdm Fletcher, and Joe Beckner, ' the coalch’s son and the team’s sparkplug, although he stands only five nine. . ( \ ; Richmond beat Fort Wayne Central and Kokomo on the road, each; by seven points. Fbrt Wayne Central, which out-' classed defending regional charm, pion Auburn, 60 to 31, and then humbled Monmouth, 75 to 46, has two fipe shooters in Jack Gumbert, the city | scaring) champ, and Jim Blevins. The Tigers lost five games during the season, Richmond four. Kokomo, with a 17-8 record, is the strong darkborse in this foursome, with a junior-senior aggregation that includes good shooters in Harold Cox and Bob Lamberson. The Wildcats won firs,t eight j games of the season, but could do no better than split about even the

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■ \ rest.; of the way before tourney p!ay. ; Hartford City, \ope of two isemifinalists with a losing season, \ couldn’t convince its Central Indiana Conference opposition during the -long campaign, winning only aeve games. v ■But Claude Weeks’ boys, although their tourtey tratl wasn’t as rugged ae Some of -the others, more than held their, own. They got an average of ’67.2 points in five games and tripped their...foes by an average of 14.2 points—a comfortable margin in any league. In junior Don McCermft, the Airedales also have one of the most gifted shotmakers in the CICI. This is Hartford City’s fourth appearance in the “Sweet 16,” but it hasn’t made ft to the final four since; 1920. Athletic Carnival Is Planned Friday .Adams Central and Monmouth P. T. A. organizations will sponsor an athletic carnival Friday evening at 7 o’clock at Monmouth gymnasium. The opening game will be between the sixth grade basketball teams of, the two schools. - The ladies of the two organizations will play a volley ball game and the feature of the night’s entertainment will be a basketball gAme \betweeh imrents, teachers and bus drivers of the two schools. Admission of 35 cents will be Charged and the public is invited. Exhibition Baseball New Yprk (N> 9. Chicago (N) 1. Cleveland (A) 12, Chicago (A) 7. < Bt. Louis (A) 5, Hollywood (PCC) 2. ■ Detroit (A) 7, Cincinnaii (N) 3. Boston (N) 6, St. Louis (N) ( 4- \ N6w York (A) 6, Boston (A) 4. Brooklyn (N) 6, Philadelphia (N) .5, (night). Pittsburgh (N) 9, Philadelphia (A) 7, (night). Cincinnati (N) “B” 4, Philadelphia \(N) "B” 2. Extra Dividend -. LITCHFIELD. Conn.. UP —Two hunters, fined $2G’ apiece for illegal. possession of deer, appealed the conviction. The judge of the appeal court fined them SSO each V Democrat Want Ads 'Bring Results

Auburn Quits NEIC; Select All-Star Teems Withdrawal of Auburn Worn the Northeastern Iridiana . conference wasannpunced at a meeting of the loop schools 'Monday night at Fort Whyne. No spjecific reason for the action was officially announced but it is believed Auburn fs seeking to schedule more steams outside the conference. V The withdrawal is to bC effective at the close of the present school year in May, with Auburn participating in spring track Events. t, This is the second withdrawal effective this year, Warsaw, having previously announced quitting the NEIC. ■Both Auburn and /Warsaw, hoW-j ever, will continue on the Decatur Yellow Jackets schedule, at least .through next season. id These withdrawals reduce the conference mem henship to six schools, Decatur, Bluffton, New Haven. Garrett, Columbia City and Kendallville. Other schools are reported as evidencing interest in joining the NEIC. but no definite commitments are expected for some time. 1 All-Star Teams Conference all-star basketball teamd were also chosen at last night’s meeting. Gene Morrison, high scoring Yellow Jacket guard, was the only member of the Decatur team named to the allistar first five. Other firstrteam Dick Swafford and Phil White,Kendallviile; Gordon Beilinger, Bluffton, and Tom Reynolds, Auburn. ■Second team 'choices afe Sam | Joyner and Charles Morehead, Warsaw; Pete Muzzillo, Auburn; Vernon Hile; Columbia City, and Allen Brand,! Garrett. Honorable mention went to Gene Vetter and Ferris Kohne both of Decatur; Roger Wehner. Garrett; Robert Delagrangef, Auburn: Maurice Shady and Rex Athan, Bluffton, and Cary Lawson. Columbia City. The championship trophy was awarded to Decatur |at last night’s meeting. and individual medals will be presented to the members of the first tand second all-star teams. Terry Brennan Is ' Notre Dame Coach CHICAGO, UP — Terty Brennan, 24, once a Notre Dime halfback and later a high school coach, was headed 'back to his alma mater today as a backfield coach for the Irish. Brennan’s teams at ’Jtft. Carmel schlool, where he went aa coach after he was graduated from the| university, won Catholic and Citi league championships three times in four vears. \ / Cop Sees Red HARTFORD, Conn., UP —Forty motorists, charged ■ with going through rod lights, had something else in common. Alli were arrested by William yM. O’Brien.

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St. Joe And Adams Central Winners ? St. foe off Decatur and Adams Central wete slated to battle kt 3 ' o’clock | Vhis afternoon at the Monmouth £ym in the final game of > the northern division playoff for the Ad4<niß county junior high basketball championship. St. Job Advanced to the final game Monday by edging Pleasant Mtns, <(M7,jin an overtime battle. St. Joe led gt the first quarter, 9-6, but Pleasant Mills was in front at the half, and at the third period, St. Joe rallied in the final quarter to knot the game at 40-40, forcing the overtime period. R. Meybrs fled the winners with 15 points, shile Williamson piled uip 32 for Pleasant Mills. Adam®: tedntral led all the Way to down Monmouth, 48-20, in the second garble. Adams Central led at all siopljring points, 9-1, 20-8, and 32-lfiLl Byerly was high scorer for the winners wfth 13 points, while Meyor and Heller each counted sevSen for Monmouth. The winter of this afternoon’s game w|ll rplay (Geneva at the Berne gym Thursday night for the county championship. The titlewinning teagsi will be awarded the champidniihijp trophy by the Deca? tur Daily :ptemocrat-. '■ St. Joe \ ■ FG FT TP Hake 0 0 0 Kable -Xi.?J.2 7 11 Reed -- 3 17 R. Teele 2 3 7 Murphy J. 0 Off Heimann JLLO I*l T. Meyer J.., 3 2 8 ’ ’ , Totals L 16 17 49 Pleasant Mills I’FG FT TP Williamson 12 8 32 B. McCullough 1 2 4 D McCullough 2 2 6 Johnson 0 0 0 Frey 12 4 Shoaf L‘ 0 11 I ;■(; ; i ' i Totals 16 15 j- 47 Adams Central FG FT TP ■Smith —.Xii -2 0 | 4 Hoffman 3 0 6 Corson 2-1 5 Byerly c 1 13 Steiner 3 0 6 Ross ___?.__ 1 4 6 McMillen ?>X 2 3 7 Barger 0 11 Hawkins 0 0 ■ 0 Garber 0 ff (, 0 ■ ■ ft'ji ; 1 ; ■ X— Totals dl9 .10 48 Monmouth l FG |FT TP Brandt _..+X"O 0 ! 0 Hildelbrand j, 0 I T Meyer 3 17 |R. McDougal i 12 4 Heller >- 3 ■ 1 j 7 Elzey 0 11 Andrews _ r jL_\o j 0 0 J. McDougal 0 ' 0 • 0 Delong 0 0 ff Wilder ..LuX—to 0 I 0 \ Totals X--- 7 ”6 20 V—BOWL/NG STORES /Major league Team Standings W L Pts. State Gardgnh 54 24 74 Midwestern JUfe-rs 39U 38’,£ 55Ms Adams Cd. Lumber 40 38 $2 First Otktfe Hank 39 39 52 * Clem’s Hardware .37 41 49 Mies (Recreation 37 41 Hoagland 34 44 43 Schafer’s H-k 'St54 4754 4254 -200 gamps-, \Hegerfield 207, 206; Melcher j&13: P. Bleeke\ 210; Schroeder \ .

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Big Ten Race Ends, Indiana New Champion ■ CHICAGO UP — The Big Ten basketball season was ended nearly as expected today for all teams but the titleholder, Indiana. The Hoosiers came through Monday night with a 68 to 61 triumph over lowa to finish the campaign with 17 Big Ten wins and only one defeaLknd prepare to head into the National Collegiate Athletic AssgA ciatiozi tournament Friday in the Chic-a&o Stadium with a \season record of 19 victories and three losses. Don Schlu'ndt, the Big Ten’s biggest 1 acorer in history, tallied 22 points ■ kgainst the Hawkeyes to finish the regular season with 455 markei?k and a 25.3 points per game »vefajt|. lowa was ahead only once In the game, at 4 to 2. Meanwhile, runnerup Illinois tripped Northwestern, 86 to 70, to hold undisputed second place, three games? behind ■ Indiana, while Wisconsin jupset 'Michigan State? 58 to 51, to knock the Spartans into a tie for third place with Minnesota. Paul Ebert caged 34 points ss Ohio State trampled Michigan, 95 to 71, to send the Wolverines into a tie with Purdue for last place in the conference race, each withthree Wins and 15 league defeats. Ebert’s performance kept him in secondtplace in league scoring with 406 markers and a 22.6 per game aver&gk Indiana’s first opponent in the NCAA Tourney will be the winner of the De Paul-Miami of Ohio game tonight at Fort Wayne, Ind. The victor of tliat Contest Saturday will meet the winner of the Friday gam« Ivyj keagne champion Pennsylvania against I \t|he ' winner of tonight’s Fort Waym scrap between Notre Dafne and Eastern Kentucky. The-Saturday Chicago Stadium champion advance to the NCAA quarter finals fit Kansas City ndxt FINAL STANDINGS ' W L Pct. Indiana 17 1 .941 Illinois 14 4 .778 Michigan State 11 7 .611 Wisconsin 10 8 .556 10wa,... 9 9. .500 Ohio State ~.. 7 11 .389 Northwestern .’. 5 13 .278 Michigan 3 15 .167 Purdue- 3 15 .167 i Appreciation FORT WORTH, Tex. UP — Tarrant; epunty commissioners were so unused to getting bouquets that when they received a letter 'praising them for their work, they ordered It filed as a,“keepsakk” Bemocm- Want Atm Bring Results

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NCAA Townamefit Will Open Tonight NEW YORK, UP —The NCAA basketball tmirnament, its 22team field at last completed by the addition of Kansas and Pennsylvania, gets underway tonight with preliminary round gauges in four (cities. 1 AA ■ \ Kansas, last year's NCAA (champion, qualified for another shot at the crown by clinching the Big • Seven championship Monday night with a 69*60 victory over Missouri. The J-ayhawkers will meet Oklahoma City in a firkt-round tourney game at | Manhattan, Kans., on Friday.. Penn locked tip' the Ivy League crown) as it walloped Harvard^ 1 '77-49, with All-American Ernie Beck scoring 27 points to show the way. The Quakers will meet either Notre Dame or Eastern Kentucky in Chicago on Friday. Preliminary round INCAA games ht Fort Wayne. Ind., send Notre Dame gainst. Eastern Kentucky, the winner to meet IPenn,. ahd DePaul against Miami of Ohio for the right to play Indiana. > p; At Philadelphia, Fordham plays Lebanon Valley for the right to meet Louisiana State and Holy) Cross goes against Navy, with the winner (to meet Wake Forest in the Raleigh, N. C..' regionals. At Stanford, Calif., HardinSiinmons, the Border Conferencechampiqn, meets Ganta Clara. The \ winner of that Will face Wyomin’g in the I Corvallis. Ore., regionals. And the Corvallis rival of Washington win be determined by tonight’s game at Seattle between Idaho State and Seattle, with its sharpshooting O’Brien brothers. College Basketball National Invitation Tournament,; First (Round Niagara, 82, Brigham Young 76. Quarter Finals St. John’s N. Y. 75,\ La Salle 74. Manhattan 79. Lbuisville 66. NAIA Tournament Opening Round Eastern 111. 84, Morris Harvey 67. Findlay O. 80, Adams Colo. 63. Mississippi Southern 106, Rjver Falls 72. Indiana State 100, Midwestern Texas 76. Pasadeha Nazerene 107, Ricks 72.■ St. Benedict s Kansas 69, North Dakota 66. Nebraska y Wesleyan 83, Arnold Connecticut 62. ■ [ Other Scores Kansas 69, Missouri 60. Illinois 86; Northwestet-h 70.' Wisconsin 58; Michigan State 51. -Ohio State 95. Michigan 71, Indiana 68. lowa -Gl. Gettysburg 79, Franklin & Marshy all 78. Princeton 70, Columbia 58. lowa State 69, Colorado 48. Pennsylvania 77, Harvard 49. Pro Basketball \ NBA Result* Fori Wayne 94. Milwaukee 74. Indianapolis 95,\Minneapolis 83.

Plaits furthered For Little League Baseball In City Further plans for Little League baseball, in . Decatur during the doming season were completed at a meeting of the league leaders Monday night, with E. E. Rydell, president, in charge. 1 A constitution governing. league activities was adopted, ahd plans for preliminary tryouts were announced. The tryouts, under su-pervision-of* Cfeane T. Dorwip and Dftvid Terveer. • official player agents for the league, jyill be held on at least three different Saturdays in April, with the four team managers scouting tne talent for their league teams. The league is being financed through sale of |SO shares to Decatur business houses, industries, organizations and individuals. Any firms, organizations or individuals wishing to join in promotion of the league through their may contact Al Beavers. Norman Steury or William Lose, Jr., the latter named a temporary member of the finance committee in the place of Herman Krueckeberg, who is ill. ' — Monterrey Carnival ‘ MONTERREY, Mexico, UP — A large number of Ameridhn tourists are expected here for the 1953 car-

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