Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 300, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1953 — Page 7

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1»6>1

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Indiana Edges Oregon State In Overtime ■I NEW YORK, UP — Indiana's •national champion Hoosiers, who ,had to go into overtime to main|tain their unbeaten {record Monday I night with a 76-72 Wtoover Oregon | State, must do it all over again | tonight. r Oregon State, rated 11th nationI ally, battled the country’s No. 1 team to a 63-63 deadlock at the end of regulation time in their meeting at Corvallis, Ore. Tonight, the same -two teams meet again, this time at JEugene, Ore., with Indiani shooting for its sixth victory of the year. L Kentucky, the natioh’.’s No. 2 team, kept pace with Indiana by f powering its way to an 85-69 victory over Duke Monday night byt also faces a Stern challenge tonight in unbeaten LaSalle in the final round of Kentucky's own in-vitational-tournament. Ttnth-rank-ed LaSalle moved up by beating eighth-ranked UCLA,‘62-53. Oregon State sent 7-foot, 3-inch Swede-Halbrook against Indiana’s I famed -4>-10r Don Schlundt Monday i night and Halbrook led his team L with 23 points before he fouled I out in the fourth period. Schlundt ! was tht key man in the game, pacing the Hoosiers with 34 ponts including a layup basket in the overtime that put the Hoosiers in fro)|| to stay. Kentucky, scoring its 113th I straight home victory, had trouble with Duke for one half. The Wildcats actually trailed by seven points in the early going and led by only 22-18 at the end of the first period and 40-37 at halftime. Then, led by centfer Cliff Hagan, they blew the game apart with a thirdperiod spree in which, they out sewed the piue Devils--80-15. Hagan paced the scoring with 27 points. x v ■LaSalle was led. as usual, by AU-American Tom Gola, who sank

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County | Basketball Teams «1 11 J T' * Tuesday | Jefferson at Commodores. | Geneva at Berne. Wednesday f. Yellow Jackets at Columbia City. Saturday Yellow Jackets in four-team tourney at Alexandria. |j ‘' ' —— : 23 points. UCLA, though tired from playing three games in four Rights, had the Explorers even at tO-40 after three periods. Then LaSalle went ahead to stay and pulled away. Don Bragg was high man UCLA with 17 points. < An upset Monday night saw the Oklahoma Aggies, ranked sixth Nationally, beat fourth-ranked Illinois, 65-60, on the Illini home dpurt. Illinois took a 58-56 lead i five seconds left bitt Frank Bingham raced down for a tying basket that sent the game into rime while the Aggies wrapup their eighth win in nine gkmes for the Illini. |ln the duel of star centers, Bobby Mattick of the Aggies outscored Johnny Kerr of Illinois, 2048, for g»me Ist City Series !' Game Scheduled Here Wednesday jThe first game in the annual series for the city grade school championship between Decatur Junior high and . St. Joe will be played at the Decatur high school gym Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’aock. | Announcement of the opener of the three-game series was made l|y Ray Lehman, Junior high coach and Dave Terveer, St .Joe mentor. JFunior high is the defending champion. Admission prices will be 10 etents for all students, including lsgh school, and 25 cents for faults. 4, Chicago White Sox Sign Two Players 1 UP — The Chicago Sox today announced the Emning of their second player for tfee 1954 season, right handed pitches Sandalio Consuegra, who wmn seven and lost five last season after hte waft obtained from Washington on May 12. Trucks, another right landed pitcher, was the first Sox glayer to sign his 1954 contract. ”trade in a Good Town — uecatur.

Eddie Lopat Os Yanks Is Top Pitcher CHICAGO UP The batte.l laugh at bis “soft stuff” and wish they could hit against him every day but southpaw (Eddie Lopat of the Yankees enjoyed a laugh on them today when the official aver ages revealed that he was the American League’s top pitcher in 195a. V ‘ I Lopat, a chunky 35-year old nv tive New Yorker, led the league riot only in earned runs allowed with a 2.4'3 average but also the highest won-lost percentage, .800, while winning 16 games and dropping only four. It marked the third straight spason that Lopat held the opposition to an average of less than thlree runs a game and the fifth time since he broke into the majors With the White Sox in 1944. r ' J’ • Another lefthander, little Bill ’ Pierce of the White Sox, finished second to 'Lopat in earned rdns with a 2.712 average and also led the league in strikeouts with 186 while posting . n 18-12 record. Virgil Trucks of the White Sox, one of the league’s four 2fkgame wlitners, wap third in the ERA department with 2.93 and second in, strikeouts with 149. ' \ ■ Righthander Boib Porterfield / Washington, who registered 22 victories, tops in the circuit, also led in shutouts with seven. Outside of Porterfield a.ic’ Trucks, Bob Lemon of Cleveland and IMel Parnell of Boston wer-j the only other 20-game winner* Lemon won 21 and lost 15 while Parnell won 21 and dropped eight. Porterfield, however, hurled the most complete games, 24. Lemon, a 20-game winner for the fifth time in his career, was the workhorse of the league, pitching the most innings, 287 and facing the most batters, 1,081. Harry Byrd. Philadelphia’s brawny righthander lost the most games, 20. Rubber-armei Ellis Kinder, Boton’s relief specialist, appeared in the most games,6 9, and thereby set a new league record. i Ted Gray of the Tigers was the No. 1 “gopher ball” pitchet, being r clouted for 25 homers. Yankee pitchers, as a group, led the league with an earned run average of 3.20 while the Wh’te Sox ware secen4 with 6.41. Tlgar pitchers were the mots abused in the league, finishing last with a\ 5.25 earned run mark. College Basketball 'lndiana 76, Oregon State 12 (overtime). Fort Knox 65. Indiana Central 61. William Jewel 77, Oakland 63. Cincinnati 81, Michigan 62. A low a 78, Colorado 72. Oklahoma A&M 65, Illinois 60 (overtime). [ 'Louisian State 79, Northwestern 51. Ohio State 106, Miami (Fla.) 81 Tulane 57, Wisconsin 55. Minnesota 66, Tulsa 63. < < •Bradley 79, Southern California 64. DePaul 81, St. Mary’s (Minn.) 65. Western (Michigan 80, Loyola Loyola (La.) 79, 'Detroit 63. T Oregon 84, Nebraska 68. Kentucky Invitation La Salle 64, UCLA 53. V Kentucky 85, Duke 69. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur . — j

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Henry Easy Winner \ Over Bob Baker NEIW YORK UP — Heavyweight Clarepce Henry of Los Angeles had firm tooting on the comeback trail today after an absentee of 18 months from the “big time ” His jolting left jabs and stunning left books 'battered out a lopsided decision over big Bob Baker ol Pittsburgh Monday night and gave warning he must be reckoned with as a contender in 1964. Nimble Henry spotted Ba<ker 27 pounds in their return 10-round television bout at Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway Arena and gave him such a trouncing that matchmaker Teddy Brenner aranged today for f Clarence to fight again on Feb. 15. Brenner 1 ' said the ' Californian would meet the winner of a Jan. 25th bout between Rex Layne of Salt Lake City and Tommy Jackson of New York. Henry was an 8-5 underdog Monday night, although he had stopped Baker int he eighth round of their first bout, Nov. 23. 1951. He was an underdog because be had e oscure opponent, du*Mag the 18 months he was recovering from ar eye ailment. , Henry, scaling 184 L-2 pounds to Baker’s 211 1-2, used his left jabs and hooks so effectively that Judge Charley Shorten gave him all 10 rounds and Baker none. Judg<> Americo Schiavone favored Clar tence, 8-2, and referee Barney Felix, 7-2-1. BOWLING SCORES Women’s League W L \ Pts Hoagland Lumber ..31 11 45 Riverview 31% 10% 41 (4 Golf Club Adams Trailer .... 27 15 37 Schafer’s v 23% 18% 33% Duo Therm 23 18% 32 Three Kings ... k 31 21 ~30 Bank 23% 18% 29% Kents .. 21 21 27 Engle-Irwin .... 20 22 27 Columbia Farms 18% 23% 26% Wire Die 20 22 25 Old Crown ...19 23 25 Adams Theatro .... 15 27 19 Gays 14% 27% 18% M-W Auto Sales .... 14 28 17 Rosies 8 34 10 High series: Trosin 545 (175-178-192), Woodward 549 (201-166-182), V. Smith 509 <205), Laidd 516 (171-175-170. I Way 503 (1774-81). High games: Faurote 193, Moran 200, Bricker 175, E. Gallmeyer47l. Schroeder 181\ Bieberich 170, Marbach 189. ■* •**. G. E. ALLEYS Men’s Factory League W L Flanges 25 17 Stators 24 18 Office23 19 Rotors 12 30 >2OO scores: P. Briede 209, H. i L- ~— G. E. Fraternal W L West Restaurant 30% 14% B. Pi O. Elks 29% 15% Pete-son Elevator 24% 20% Teertle Truck Lines ... 21% 23% Rivejrview Gardens2l% 23% G. E| Clubl9 ! 16 Monteoeville Lumber 18 27 ~ K. of C. 16% 28% 600 series: Glen Baumgartner 686 Oran Schultz 646 (206-225-215). Gary Schultz 602 (224-216466). 200 scores: L. Hoffman 215, E. Bultemeier 203, R. McDlenahan 222, G. Laurent 213, A. Zelt 204, W. Petrie 207-201, R. Lord 215, G. Strickler 215, R. Johnston 204. Note: G. Baumgartner’s 686 series is high for season in this league. also his 268 stogie is good for record in this league. \ G. E. Womtn’s League W L Last Frames 25 17 Hi-Spbts 22 20 (

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Gatilan-Casillo Fight Is Rejected CHICAGO UP — The Illinois boxing - commission has refused to approve a welterweight championG. Spares 15 27 High scores: M. MiUer 170-172, Stul|s 177-164, A. Reynolds 177, E. plasterer 168, 0.. Myers 184. I

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High School Basketball Muncie Central 59, Elkhart 63.

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Pro Basketball NBA Reaulta Boston 90, Milwaukee 74.