Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1953 — Page 7

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Commodores Defeated > By Central Catholic Tuesday Night, 69 -47

-The (Decatur Commodores went down to their seventh consecuti 7 e defeat Tuesday night when they were outclassed (by Fort *Wayne Central Catholic, J 59-47, at the Fort Wayne team’s gym. > , The Commodores, after trailing by €-0 early in the game, came back to cut the margin to 8-6 on a field goal by Johnny York, and a'©air of free throws by Joe Wilder; ibut the Irish then ran their lead to. 16-8 by the end of the first quarter. The Commodores scored only eight points again in the second period, while C. C. poured in 19 to take a commanding lead at 3546 at the main intermission. Central Catholic continued to roll in the third quarter, and entered the final eight minutes of play I with a big 53-25 advantage. The Commodores outscored the Irish in the final period, 22-16, to slice the finalma rgin to 69-47. Jim iHall, big Irish center, paced his teammates with 19 points, while i Gary Janeway tallied I'2 and Tom Eckrich Hl. (For the Walt Mowery tallied 13 points and Johnny York 11. . The winners hit 26 of 83 shots from the field and 17 of 29 from the foul line. Decatur Catholic made 14 of 52 field attempts and converted 25 of 40 attempts from the charity stripe. The Commodores will make an--5 other attempt to crack their losing streak Friday night, meeting |. the Central Greyhound's at Adams Cenral. • Commodores FG FT TP C. Vbglewede 2 0 4 Loshe ...„ 3 2 8 E. Wilder 0 0 0 J.. Wilder 0 5 5 York .... 3 5 11 Mowery 2 9 11 Kruse ■ 0 2 2 Faurote „ 0 2 2 J. Voglewede . 1 0 j | TOTALS 11 25 ,47 Cenral Catholic \ - FG FT TP , Konger ; y. 2 2 6 Michaels ; 3 17 Janeway; 4 4 1/ Hall . 7 5 19 lEtekrich ;..... 5 1 H' Beoke* 1 o r Hale 2 0 4 Popp 1 0 2 Henkenius 113 Mennlfield 0 11 Pressley 0 11 TOTALS 26 17\ 69 <«ficials: Butz, Waldko Preliminary Central Catholic 52-31

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Week's Schedule , Os Adams County - | Basketball Teams Friday Commodores at Adams Central. Yellow Jackets at Warsaw. I|eo at Monmouth. Hartford at Geneva. Berne at Lancaster Central. Edward Barrow Dies After Long Illness N. Y. UP — Alt 'baseiball was in mourning today for Edward Grant Barrow, the man who discovered Honus Wagnep, converted Babe Ruth into an outfielder and built the New York Yankees into the game's greatest dynasty. <~ The 'bushy-browed, 82-year old Barrow died of a “malignancy'* at iPortchester United hospital at B:£K> p.m. IhIST Tuesday night. His wife; Frances, and his personal physician were at his bedside when the; end came. H/gh School Basketball (Auntington 62, Waibash 52. Harlan 60, Coesse 52. Wert (KX) 64. Shelbyville 48. Madison 45. (jary Roosevelt 67, Gary Emersoij 47. Hammond 56, Gary Wallace 37. Valparaiso 18, Rensselaer 46. ’fincennes 71, Sullivan 30. Columbus 66, Bloomington 56. Redford 52, Huntingburg 50. Greensburg 64. iMartinsville 50. I —; | College Basketball fuller 67, Purdue 65. ihdiana Central 72, Manchester 63.1 Anderson 93,\Taylor 75. Hanover Sl, Earlham 72.. Ihdiana (State 57, Concordia (.M£.) sp. fpdlana Tech 83, Giffin 75. ■Sgt. Joseph’s 88, Franklin 80. ifriiState 72, Huntington 55. "tincennes 10(5, Centralia Is 3 (overtime). ■ - (Louis 84, Canisius 51. l|>wa 72, Colorado A&M 55. < Western Kentucky State 74, Cinclnhati 71." \ Detroit 92, Western Ontario 54. ijePaul 98, Illinois Normal 68. Duquesne 72, Fort BelvolY 70. Duke 78, Davidson 67. I ' . If you have someenmg to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

Adams Central Whips Dodgers By 66-37 Score The Adams Central Greyhounds boosted their season mark to a 4-3 mark Tuesday night by walloping the Rockcreek Dodgers, 66-37, at the Adams Central gym. The Greyhounds piled up a 15point bulge, 30-15, at the half, and stayed well out in front the rest bf the way. ! Rod Beer led ,'the Adams Central scoring with 22 points, while Junior Nussbaum and Albert Egly were also in double figures. Briner’s nine points were high for Rockcreek. ' \ . ' The Greyhounds will entertain the Decatur Commodores at the Adams Central gym Friday night. Adams Central FG FT TP L. Egly 2 0-4 Byerly 10 2 A. Egly x . 4 2 10 Ross 4.___ 113 Beer „— • 9 4 22 Taylor 10 2 Rowden 3 0 6 Heare. 2 15 Nussbaum Zi 5 2 12 Lehman 0 0 0 ■\ — — Totals 28 Lb 66 Rockcreek ? . FG FT TP F. Roberts 113 Rice L 2 1 5 Hale 11 3 Shively 0 0 0 Gilbert 1 ' 0 2 Harnish 0 2 2 Briner 3 3 9 Roberts 10 2 Arnold 1 3 5 Kinsey 2 2 6 Totals 12 13 37 Officials: Habegger, Braden.., Preliminary Adams Central 36-29. Move Quail Project From Wells County INDIANAPOLIS UP — Indiana conservation director Doxie Moore said today a quail-breeding project will be moved from Walls county game 'preserve to Muscatatuck state park. He said Muscatatuck- Inn has been losing money and will, here after be Used by game supervisors instead of hotel and dicing guests.

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Spartans Down Gray Quintet Tuesday Night The Pleasant Mills Spartans pulled above the .500 mark Tuesday night by whipping Gray of Jay county, 68-45, at the Pleasant Mills gyim. It was the , Spartans’ fifth victory in nine games. Pleasant Mills led at all stopping points, 16-9, 30-20 and 49-31. All of the 11 Spartans used contributed points, with Byer leading with 15, followed by Lee Wolfe - with 12. Roiger Frey, Injured in the Spartans’ opening game, returned to the lineup and scored seven times. Stoeber leu Gray with T 6 markers. Spartans will now be idle until Jan. 8, when they play the Cardinals at Geneva. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Ripley :. 2 1 5 Light 1... 2 0 4 D. Wolfe \... 11 3 Byer 6 3 15 Myer 2 2 6 L. Wolfe -a - 5 2 12 D. Roe ........ 1 1,7 3 Bebout 1 0 2 Fox 3 2 8 Frey ■ 3 17 Williamson 113 TOTALS ~...,27 14 68 Gray FG FT TP Mock 12 4 Vore 0 0 0 Lea 2 \ 8 12 DrenheTff 0 11 Kerrigan 4 19 Stocher 7 2 In Deißoy ?... 0 11 M. Kerrigan 10 2 TOTALS . Officials: Bateman, Wiegman Preliminary Pleasant Mills 57-25 Michigan State Is Off For Rose Bowl EAST IjAINSING, Mich. UP — MichigaW State's Rose Bowl-bound football squad got a noisy send-off from Capital City Airport today as the Spartans embarked for Ca’ifornia and their New Years Day battle with UCLA. . A *!argp crowd of students apd rootdi’s, led by an impromptu barfd, braved chilly weather to cheer Coach Biggie Munn and his 44man squad at the airport. Pro Basketball NBA Results Boston Bi 2, Fort Wayne 75. New Yofk 80, Minneapolis 79 (overtime). Rochester 76, Milwaukee 64. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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SK)BTS BULLETIN N<W YORK, UP—ln an 11playpr deal, the New York Yankee* today obtained pitcher Harry Byrd and first baseman Ed Robinson from the Athletics and gave up their Negro flrat base* mani; Vic Power. Gorillas Lose To Petroleum Tuesday Night : ( The Panthers defeated the; Hartford Gorillas, 81-60, In a high; scoring game at the Pegym Tuesday night. The ;loss .hnas Hartford’s eighth of the iseason as against only one victory; Johns topped the Weils county quintet with 29 points, with Cochran adding 20. For Hartford, K. Wolfe led with 16, followed by M. with 14 and Miller with 10. The will meet the Cardinals Geneva Friday night. I Petroleum FG FT TP Bussell L 0 0 0 Cocbrah 7 6 20' Fear 3 3 9 Johns 1 11 7 29 ' Totals 31 19 81 i 5 Hartford 1 FG FT TP M. Graber 5 4 14 F. GMber 113 Stahly|_2— 3 2 8 Anderson 0 0 0 Miller(_..t 4 2 10 K. Wqlfe 7 2 16 Fox -1 D 2 Grogt’-—i------.t— 2 3 7 n Totals 23 14 60 Preliminary Hartford, 40-32. WhVel Comes Loose, Some Damage Caused A wheel from a tractor-trailer rig became detached and went roll* ing down Monroe street at 11 a.m., today, (stopping only after it hit a state highway sign, a car, and a parking meter. Pollqe said the westbound truck, driyenjby R. M. Templin, 57, Portland* lost the right rear wheel from its tandem axle near the A & R stpre, rolled, on the sidewalk: and caromed over a state highway Sign, demolishing it, then into a parked car owned by M. E. Millqr,; route 1, Berne, thence into a parking meter near Habegger Hardware, flattening it. While all this was going on, Templin continuedion to the stop light at Monroe and Second, unaware that he had loj>t a wheel,: A pedestrian is said to have informed him of the free-wheeling part of his truck. j ; ] '

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Geneva Whips Lancaster By 69-55 Score Starting slowly and trailing at the first quarter, the Geneva Cardinals came back to mark u> a decisive 69-55 victory over the Lancaster Central Bobcats Tuesday night at the Geneva gym. The triumph was the Cardinals’ seventh of the season, with only one-defeat on their record. The Wells—county team held a 19-15 lead at the first period, but Geneva raced to a 33-23 advantage at the half and a 50-35 bulge at the third quarter. Jerry Tester poured in 26 points and Larry Hanoi 23 to lead the Cardinals, while Larry’s cousin topped Lancaster with 18, trailed closely by Beefier with 17. The Cardinals will host the Hartford Gorillas at Geneva Friday night. Geneva FG FT >TP Hanni 7 9 23 Campbell 0 0 0 Craig - 2 3 7 Ma thy s 0 11 Schisler 1 6 8 Augsburger - .1 0 0 0 Long 2 0 . 4 Tester 10 6 26 Totals 22 25 69 Lancaster FG FT TP Taylor Oil Feichter - 10 2 Harnish - 1'? 4 6 Meeks 1 \ 0 2 Hanni 2 18 Decker 13 5 Beeler 8 1 17 Mann 2 (F 4 Totals — 22 11 55 Officials: Lehman, Strickler. PeMiminary Geneva, 40-32,

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