Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 260, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1953 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Commodores Open Net Season With 53-40 Win Over Spartans

Bounding back strongly astir trailing throughout practically the entire first half, the Decatur Commodores lifted the curtain on the 1953-54 basketball season Tuesday night with a 53-10 victory over the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Decatur high school gym. 1 Down at one time in the second quarter by 11 points, the Commodores steadily whittled away at the Pleasant Mills lead until thfe Spartans left the floor at the halftime intermission with only a scant one-point advantage, 29-28.’. Pleasant Mills was limited to only" 11 points in the final two periods as the Commodores slowly but surely piled up their final convincing margin of 13 points.; Roger Frey and Chuck Voglewede traded fielders to open the game and Lee Wolfe hit a twopointer to give the Spartans a lead they did not relinquish until the third quarter. Pleasant Mills was on top at the first quarter, 16-8, and held a 2414 bulge midway through the second period. The Commodores then began their move, and had narrowed the gap to 2i9-28 by halftime. Walt Mowery shot . the Commodores into, the lead for the first time in the game when he added a free throw when fouled while hitting a goal, and his team was cnr top at 35-33. The Commodores then slowly pulled away and held a '52-35 advantage at the close of the third*quarter. Joe Wilder led the Commodores' scoring with 20 points, half of them on free throws, while Chuck Voglewede and Mowery each counted 10. Leon Byer was high for Pleasant Mills with 16 markers. There were 42 personals called. 26 on Pleasant Mills and 16 on the Commodores. The winners concerted 23 of 46 free throws, the Spartans 12 of 25. Pleasant Mills lost two men on fouls, the Commodores one. Pleasant Mills will play the Berne-Frdncij Bears at Berne Friday, while the Commodores are idle'until vnext Tuesday, when they entertain, Huntington Catholic at the Decatur gym.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Hartford at Monmouth. Geneva at Adams Central. Pleasant Mills at Berne. Jefferson vs Madison at Geneva. Commodores FG FT TP J? Wilder 5 10 20 C. Voglewede 4 2 10 Kruse ... 0 0 0 York 14 6 Mowery__l4 2 10 E. Wilder 10 4 4 Loshe*lo 2 Faurote 0 11 J. Voglewede,o 0 0 TOTALS 15 23 53 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Wolfe._3 3 9 Byer 3.. 4 10 Ripley 2.1 5 Frey L 3 17 Fox J__„ 2 2 6 Light I O 0 0 Roe __ 0 11 Myers.o 0 0 Bebout 10 2 Williamsono 0 0 TOTALS 14 12 •40 Officials: Klotz. Bobay. Preliminary Pleasant Mills 49, 31. ' High School Basketball Leo 69, Huntertown 64. Union (Wells) 63, Chester Center 45. Avilla 87, Albion 73. Ligonier 63, Wolf Lake 45. . Butler 77, Concord-Spencer 47. Ashley 60, Salem Center 58. North Manchester 58, Roann 39. Vevay 51, Madison 49. Elnora 65, Washington Catholic ,58. Milan 52. Rising Sun 36. Pecker §3, Vincennes Catholic 51. I '• S ' 4——■—; Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

Sacrifice Fly Rule Restored Into Baseball NEW YORK UP — Ted Williams, along with virtually every other hitter in the major leagued, warmly welcomed the restoration of the sacrifice fly rule today as a sure-fire formula for adding “10 to 15 points” tp their batting averages. v' r . $ The 35-year old Williams, who batted .407 in 37 games with the Red Sox after returning from Korea last August, hailed the rule change as a I definite boon tc “every hitter in the game” at his Miami, Fla., home today: " “I’d say it would increase batting averages 10 points, anyway, ’ declared Williams, who batted .406 in 10’41 and is the only active ma; jor leaguer ever to hit .400. “I think you’ll find most of the playels will be in favor of it.” he added, “and I think it will make for a little more interesting baseball.” Not a dissenting voice was heard from either placers or baseball officials throughout the country when they were informed of the restoration of the sacrifice fly rule by baseball’s rules committee. The rule, which credits a batter with a sacrifice rather than charging him with a time at bat after he hits a fly ball that scores a runner from third, originally was adopted in 1907 and abolished in 193 H. In its original form, a batter was not charged with a time at bat if he advanced a runner from any base. Re-adopted in its present form in 1939, the rule was tried tor that one season and dropped until the action by the nine-man rules committee Tuesday. .. . -r , a General Manager Joe Cronin of the Red Sox, who proposed the I change, said after its passage that'

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Geneva Beats Jefferson By 63-45 Score The Geneva Cardinals opened their 1953-54 basketball season Tuesday night with a 63-45 triumph voer the Jefferson Warriors atthe Geneva gym. The Cardinals, winners of last year's county tourney, held only a four-point margin, 17-13, at the first quarter, but boosted, their bulge to 31-23 at the;half and 49-31 at the third period. Jerry Tester, veteran guard of the Cardinals, topped all scorers with 19 points on seven field goals and five free throws, while Bill Smitley tallied 13 to lead the Warriors. The Cardinals will mefct the Adams Central Greyhounds in the first high school game in the new Adams Central 'gym Friday night, while Jefferson Will entertain Madison township of Jay county at Geneva, also Friday night. Geneva \ FG FT TP Hannie ... 3 3 9 Craig —l4 6 Long 2 3 7 Mathys..o 2 2 Schisler 3 2 8 Campbell J— 1 3 5 Macklin2 3 7 Tester 7 5 19 Rhodes 0 0 0 Augsburger 0 0 0 Totals 19 25 63 Jefferson FG FT TP Smitley 2 9 13 Keller 1 13 Hammitt 2 1 5 Butcherl7 9 Kuhn 2 2 6 Lefeverl,.- 0 0 0 Caffee 3 3 9 A ' fe; __—; 1 Totals- 11 23 45 Officials: McCoy, Butz. Preliminary Geneva 37, Jefferson 28. Vim League To Open Play Here Thursday The Vim basketball league, with 18 teams entered, will open the Thursday night; with nine games on the schedule. Games are slated each Thursday night, in* tlffi Lincoln school gym in Decatur, and at Hoagland and Huntertown. games at the Lincoln gym: Central Dairy vs Sigfist Furniture at 7 p.m., followed by Klenk’s of Decatqr vs Rousseau Bros, and Woodburn vs Linn Grove Hardware. The Decatur Knights of Pythias team will play Myer’s Gulf Service at Huntertown at 8 p.m: he felt “it never should have gone out of the books at ail„” Manager Fred of the Pirates said the rule change wpu’d make it "easier to compare the present players with the old-tim-ers” while Charley Dressen, e:» Brooklyn skipper, pointed out that “the players are bound to go foi it because it will give them an incentive to shoot for higher averages.” In addition to restoring the sacrifice fly, the committee authorized use of laminated bats on an experimental basis during 1954 an r adopted a requirement wherehj all must bring in thei: gloves from the field when the., come back to the bench after earn half inning. This practice was ein ployed in the Pacific Coast League during the past season and almost all players were In favor of it The committee also juled th?t no player could take a running start on a tag-up attar a fly ball, a practice employed by Alvin Dark and Bobby Thomson of the Giants the past season. , The group also recommended stand? rd izatipn if the suspended game rule through out baseball. Hi ah School Football Terre Haute Garfield 34, Brazil 14. Indianapolis Attucks 12, Bloomington U. 0. \ Jolfersonville 26. Seymour 30. i. ~ . Trade in a good Town — Decatu

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SPORTS BULLETIN PHILADELPHIA, (UP) — The Philadelphia Athletics today signed veteran infielder Eddie Joott as manager for one year at an estimated $30,000, to replace manager Jimmy Dykes who ha» a year ,i to go under his contract. Dykes was asked to remain In an advisory capacity. Safety Hearing Is Held This Morning As a result ot- a safety responsibility hearing held at city hall this morning, the case of Richard Ross, 39. Monroe truck driver, was taken under advisement by the state’s chief investigator, acting as judge, A. R. Killian, one-time superintendent of the state police. Ross was ordered to submit to a Hearing after, reported the investigator, he had committed nine violations between April, 1950— Sept. 1953. State policeman John B. Ktein, of Indianapolis, who arrested Ross at one time,' testified against him at this morning’s hearing. Representing Ross was Hubert R. McClenahan,’ local attorney. Three Petitions Are Received By Council Three petitions were received by councilmen Tuesday night, including two petitions for rural line extension. Sixteen residents of Fifteenth street asked the council in an informal petition to erect lights on their street, wtuch« they termed very dark. Head petitioner was Mrs. Margaret Grim. Ed and Marjprle Beihold of Preble township asked the council for electric light extension to their property, which was approved by way of being referred to the electric light committee in conjunction with the light and power superintendent. A similar ’ petition, by John Crosby of Root township, was accorded the same treatment.

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Hartford Five Is Defeated By Alumni, 43-40 The Hartford Gorillas could not muster quite enough size Tuesday night, with the result they dropped their season opener to an Alumni quintet, 43-40. The Goriftas took an early lead, holding a 10-3 advantage at the first quarter and a 29-21 margin at the half. This lead was. cut to only one point. 34-33, at the 1 third period, and the Alumni took advantage of their superior size to pull out the victory. \ Scoring was well balanced for both teams, Zeigler leading the Alumni with ]1 points, while Grogg was tops for the Gorillas with 10. Three other Gorillas tallied nine points each. Hartford meets the Monmouth. Eagles at Friday. \ Alumni FG FT TP T. Mosero 0 0 Zeigler 4 3 11 W. Dubach ...— .1 0 2 D. Moser\. 11 3 Brewsterio 0 0 D. Noll 1 0 2 Fieldso 0 0 Smith 11 3 K. Noll -.. 0 11 Duback ,0 1.1 Augsburger ....2 j 3 7 McCune 41 2 4 Grant 0 0 0 Meyer 1. 3 3 \ 9 Totals 14 15 43 Hartford t FG FT T? F. Graber 3 3 9 Anderson .0 0 I 0 M.’ Graber2 5 9 Millero ill

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was a vague indication that a conference on European problems would be held but only concurrent with or after a broad meeting on all world problems with Red China attending. No dates, or sites were mentioned by the Russians. Austrian problems, said the Russians, would be discussed through “diplomatic channeled The Soviet reply—though disap*pointtgg—came as no surprise to secretary of state John Foster Dulles and his top aides. Just before the response was delivered In Moscow to Allied ambassadors, Dhlles told-a news conference this government “fears that the Communists do. not want to have any serious talks about any concrete snbject.’* s • Suspended Drivers Appeal Suspension / INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Motorists whose driving licenses were suspended under a new “point system” for traffic violations are not taking the penalty lying down. The Indiana Motor Vehicles reau revealed today that 60 of the first 100 to lose their license for six-month periods have taken advantage of their right to appeal. Hearings will be held and suspensions will not become effective until after the hearings.

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