Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1953 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1953

Commodores Snap Long Losing Streak, Deteat JeHerson Last Night

The Deeatur Commodores, frustrated through eight harrowing defeats, finally brought an end Vt© their losing streak Tuesday night, defeating the Jefferson Warriors, 60-52, at the Decatur gym. The Commodores, after winning their season opener from Pleasant Mills, had dropped eight in a row, several by narrow margins, before finally coming through last night with a welcome Christmas gift to Coach Dave Terveer and the Commodore fans. ■ The game was clos£ all the way until the Commodores managed to pull "away in the final few minutes of play. - Both quintets were handicapped by the absence of one regular each, I' Dick Butcher of the Warirors. out Mth leg infection, and Walt jj, Mowery of the Commodores, sidelined by illness. Ed Wilder drew first blood, hita fielder after One minute of *b, -jplay, 1)01 Jefferson then ran up a 9-2 lead, after which the Gommodotes settled down and worked into a 13-13 tie at the first quarter. The 1 Warriors led by a narrow margin throughout the entire second period until Ed Wilder’s fielder tied the count and Ron Loshe, dropped a freerthrow to give Decatur Catholic a 28-27 half-time advantage. The third period was a reversal of th< second, with Decatur leading practicaly all the way until Orla made good on a three-point play to give the Warriors a 45-44

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lead at the end of the quarter. ? Paul Faurote’a fielder from underneath put the Commodores in front at the start of the fourth period, and the local lads slowly increased their victory margin. The Wilder brothers topped Descatur’s scoring, Ed counting 19 points and Joe 17. Don Keller was for Jefferson with 20 all on field goals, as he did not have a single chance from the foul line. j The Warriors were weakened in the first minute of the second quarter when Bill Smitley was lost on five personals. Jefferson also lost |<uhh on fouls as 24 personals were assessed the Warriors and 17 the Commodores. Jefferson converted 14 of 26 free throws, the Commodores 18 of 36. i The Commodores will now be idle until Tuesday,. Jan. 5, when they entertain the Hartford Gorillas at the Decatur gym, and Jeffersqn will next see action Jan. 8 ; at Woodburn. Commodores FG Ft TP iJ. Wilderß 1 \ 17 E. Wilder 6 7 19 |k>she 0 2 2 York - 2 3 7 Faurote, 3 17 j|. Vpglewede 1 \ 4 6 J. Voglewede — 10 2 I Totals 21 18 60

Week's Schedule , Os Adams County Basketball \ Teams Wednesday Yellow Jackets at Columbia City. Saturday A' Yellow Jackets in four-team tourney at Alexandria. Jefferson FG FT TP Kuhn 3 2 8 Keller 10 0 20 Smitley 12 4 Hammitt 3 7 [ .13 , Caffee 2 1 5 Lefever.o 11 Coblentz >0 11 Lehman 0 0 0 Totalsl9 14 52 Officials: Murray, Pearson. Preliminary Commodores 38-19. New Haven Is Early Conference Leader NEW HAVEN IS EARLY The New Haven Bulldogs are leading the Northeastern Indiana conference race with, two victories in as many loop starts. The Bluffton Tigers won their only league contest. ’ ' The Decatur Yellow Jackets, cbnference champions last season, make their first NEIC start tonight, meeting the Eagles at Columbia City. Results of league games last week: New Hawn 52, Columbia City 49; Kendallville 65. Garrett 58. . NEIC Standings W L Pct New Haven 2 0 1.000 Bluffton 1 0 1.000 Kendallville 11 .500 Columbia City 1 2 .383 Decatur- ff 0 xOOO Garrett 0 2 .003 The individual NEIC scoring leaders are: » I GP TP Ave. Line, Columbia City 3 30 'IO.O Phend, Columbia City 3 29 9.6 Nelson. New Haven „ 2 29 14.5 Dow-ns, New Haven 2 28 14.0 Woodham, C’mbia City 3 28 14.0 Lefkowitcz, Col. City . ? 24 8.0 Moses, Kendallville 2 23 J 1.5 Heign, Kendallville i. 2 22 11.0 Weimar, Garrett 2 21 10.5 Bowmar, Garrett 2 20 10.0 Reed, Garrett 2 20 10.0 Harnish, Bluffton 1 18 18.0 If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings. results. A Merry Christmas To All

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Geneva Edges Out Berne By 65-63 Score The Geneva ' Cardinals racked up their ninth victory of the season Tuesday night, edging the Berne Bears, 66-63, after a terrific battle on the Berne floor. The Cardinals have lost only one game to date. The struggle between these old rivals was bitter all the way. Geneva led at the first period, 14*13, but Berne held a 30-28 advantage at the half. The Cardinals were on top at the third period, 46-42. Three players led the scoring for each team, For Geneva, Bob Schisler tallied 20, Larry Hanni and Jerry Tester 18 each. For Berne, Tom Ehrsam scored 20, John Kirchhofer IS and Stn Miller 11. There were 22 personals called on Berne. 14 on Geneva, with the Bears converting 17 off 22 free throws, the Cardinals 21 ot 3-1. \ The Cardinals will entertain the Monmouth Eagles at Geneva Jan. 5, and the Bears will travel to Warren Jan. 6. ’ Geneva FG FT TP Hanni 5 8 18 Long A 10 2 Craig 12 4 Schisler 8 4 20 Tester 4—A- « 6 18 Macklin 113 TOTALS 22 21 65 Berne FG FT TP Rabine ..i 0 11 Lehman 4 1 9 Kirchhofer 5 5 15 Sprunger 1 5 7* Miller 5 1 n Ehrsam 8 4 20 TOTALS 23 17 Officials—Campbell. Timmons. Preliminary Berne 48-30. Rural Youth Meets Here Monday Night Prior ter a meeting of Adams county rural youth Monday, a group of 3-8 went Christmas caroling at the Adams county memorial hospital, county home and savers! private residences, it was announced by L. ®. Archbold, county etension agent. A meeting followed at which devotions were given by Marilyn Kiefer and the regular business of the rural youthers was discussed. Santa Clairs made his scheduled appearance and distributed toys and treats that were to be donated to the Good Fellows Club. Servicemen present were Vaughn Mattox, Max Crownover, Norman Sheets and Ralph Busse, in addition to several college students. High School Basketball Fort Wayne North 72, (Mishawaka 43. Huntertown 72, Leo 70. Hoagland 42, Woodburn 39. Huntington 66, Blufftpn 51. Mentone s<B, Pierceton 48. Kendallville 42, Ligonier 37. (Lancaster Central 60,\ Liberty Center 57. a Montpelier 57, Holl 37. Jeffersonville 49, Shelbyville 31. Terre Hauta Gerstmeyer 63, Tere Haute State 53. Evansville Central 63, Evansville Bosse <O. Evansville Reitz 51, Washington 47 (overtime). Warsaw 76, Goshen 74. Columbus 49, Franklin 35. Anderson 62, New Albany 58. Elkhart 62, Frankfort 42. Kokomo 63, East Chicago Wa i’ - ington 57.

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Rural Youth Scores Win Over McMillen Adams county rural youth defeated McMillen, 41-31, Tuesday night. P. Busse and J. Price each tallied 12 poiqts for the winners and? R. Singleton topped McMillen with eight. McMillen FG FT TP J.. Basham ... 2 2 6 R. Lehman > 2 3 7 K\ Nash . 0 11 D. Painter .-.2 3 7 C. Hlrschyiff 2 R. Singleton .. 1 6 8 i ■ ; Totals 8 15 31 Rural Youth FG FT TP P. Busse...s 2 12 Neuenschwander .... 1 0 2 J. Price 4 4 12

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