Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 4 January 1954 — Page 7

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1154

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Dozen Hoosier •| Prep Quintets Rated As Tops INDIANAPOLIS UP -x- Indiana** rip-roaring high school basketball campaign moved Into the second half today with moat powerhouses in a good .position to cling to their lofty raakings. Holiday sessions datafblished at least a dosen quintets as top Btate tourney prospects, but there were lumps, too, for such powers aa Jeffersonville, Indianapolis Crls pus Attacks, Muncie Central and Hammond. With regular season play ready to roll again, the front-runners appeared to shape up this way, ' by state tourney districts: South—Terre Haute Gerstmeyer Evaneville Central and Memorial, Washington. Central—.lndianapolis Tech and Attacks, Greensburg, Aurora, I . Milan. North Central — Fort Wayne South and North, Muncie Central. North — Logansport, Elkhart, Michigan City, Gary Froebel, Hammond. The two Fort Wayne clubs among the top 10 in the United press coaches polk collide in the non-conference game of the week Friday, unbeaten South bidding for its 10th straight win and North. • dwtned only by Attacks, shooting forMta ninth in a row. Air of the regional powers, with the exception of Attacks, Muncie, Milan, Hannpond and Gerstmeyer captured holiday tourneys. Gerstmeyer, ranked tops in the state, won two games in Brazil’s invitational show net run off on an elimination basis. Fort Wayne South, ninth in the states may have gained more prestige than any other club by bumping sixth-ranking Muncie ..In the latter’s New Year’s Day tourney, 36-32. Jeffersonville, ranked second, lost only once gll last season but I \ now has dropped two straight. aU- . Benklen J>r e ßkbart to holiday show, the Bed. Devils were vW-'upaet Bosse Tn overtime Saturday, 55-53. i Unranked Indianapolis Tech, beaten only by fourth-rated Attacks, took sweet revenge to win. the capital city’s first holiday -J- tourney since 1947, shading the ( Flying Tigers in a thriller, 48-44. ' Aurora, meanwhile, remained ||. the state s .winningest major outfit with. 11 straight, taking its own tourney by besting Rising Sun as Bob Sherman dunked 26 points for the winners. Gerstmeyer and Michigan City have won 10 straight and Terre Haute Garfield six, rounding out ' the major perfect-record teams. BOWLING SCORES . - Rural League • *" W L Decatur Equipment 41 10 Kiefers ... 36 16 Pete’s Insurance 34 17 Kenny ilce Delivery .... 26 23 I/ec.atur Ready Mix 20 28 Schmidt Lo&kef’s 20 31 El Producto 18 33 fligh «47, 201; A. Selling 206; G. Bienz 204. '' Merchant League W L' Farllugs’ 36% 14% Old Crown 32 19 'Mansfield 32 19 Krick Tyndall No 1 .... 28 23 Eqrd Service .... 27 24 Krick Tyndall No 2 .... 24 •_ 27 Hammond 22 ' 29 Pallfter 21% 29% Zintsmaster 18 30 Corner Pocket; 14 37 G. E. ALLEYS Men’s Factory League W L Flanges 29 19 Stators 27 81 ... Office 26 ’■’■’Rotors . ...14 ——34200 scores t- 'P. Wilkinson 233, ..S. Jackson 214, G. Schultz 206, ■G. Laurent 233. ' — I — v G. E. FRATERNAL V—-• W L - B. IP. O. Elks - 33% 17% West (End Restaurant 31% 19% Peterson (Elevator 28% -22% Teeple Truck Line .... 27% 23% RjVerview Gardens 22% 28%, Monroeville Lbr22 29 G. (E. Club 20 3.1 |. K. of €. 19% 31% I ,_6OO series —R. Ladd 633 1224I 199-210), J. Berry 621 (223488-219) 200 scores — A, Zelt 221, RT Macklin -206. G. Baumgartner 201 ; A. (Buuck 212, P. Wilkinson 204. S. Jackson 212, G, Laurent 205, E. Bultemeter. 314, C. Getting 214, I, U»nan' 201, 11. Bolinger 2Q(L I J. Murphy 203, E. Bauserman 200, 11. JohuAou SOX

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Hartford at Commodores. . Monmouth 'at Geneva. Adams Central vs Monroeville at Hoagland. Friday Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Yellow Jackets. ’Monmouth at Union (Huntington). (Pleaeant (Mills Geneva. Jefferson at Woodburn. Berne at Warren. Hartford v» Montpelier at Berne Saturday Berne at Leo, Gus Dorais Os Football Fame Dies Sunday DETROIT, UP — The football world today mourned the death of Charles E. (Gus) Dorais, the man who revolutionized the game 30 seasons ago. by introducing the forward pass as an offensive weapon. Dorais, who later gained prominence as a coach of both college and professional football, died quietly Sunday morning at his home in suburban Birmingham at the age of 62. He had been ill for more than a year and weighed a mere 67 pounds at the time of death. The Notre Dame great and former Detroit city councilman returned to Michigan a year ago on orders from his doctor. He had taken over an automobile dealership at Wabash, Ind., with one of his three sons, William, after coaching the Detroit Lions for five seasons. Word of Dorais’ death was passed during church services- at the University of Detroit, where he coached football for 18 years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday. A native of Chippewa Fails. Wis. the All-Wieconsin high school .quarterback enrolled at Notre Dame in 1910. One of the first persons he met on the South Bend, Ind., campus was the immortal Knute Rockne, who formed the other half of the combination that ushered in a new era of football three seasons later. In the summer of 1913, Dorais and Bockne, an end, perfected the forward pass while working at a resort near Sandusky, Ohio. That fall, their new weapon fell with resounding effectiveness on the mighty Cadets of Army who had scheduled the Irish aa a ’“breather” that year. With Dorais pitching and Rockne catching, the pair completed 12 straight passes good for three touchdowns. The then unorthodox attack left the touted Cadets bewildered and demoralized, and resulted in a 35-13 upset victory for the underdog Irish. One of the Cadets who watched his mates go down in defeat was an injured Array halfback by name of Dwight D. „ Elsenhower, now President of the United States. After graduating in 1914, Dorais and Rockne played Bne season of professional football together. Then Dorais served as assistant coach to Rockne at Notre Dame before becoming head coach at,Columbia College in lowa. Dorais coached at Gonzaga University in Spokane, W’ash., from 1920 until he came to Detroit in 1925. His Titans won 101 games, lost 42 and tied seven. Dorais’ wife and their four children were at home when he died. Their youngest son, David, drowned at the age of 13 in 1947. High School Basketball .JEvahsville Bosse 55, Jeffersonville 53 (overtime). Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 50, Brazil 37. Indianapolis Tourney Tech 70, .Broad Ripple 55. Attacks 54, (Manual 39. —Tech 48. Attinks 44. (final). South Bend Tourney '"Gary Froebel 50. Bedford 48. > South Bend Riley 48, Hammond 64. - - - Hammond 61. Bedford 42 (consolation). Gary Froebel 50, Suoth Bend Riley 39 (finpl), Warsaw Tourney Warsaw 44, Nappanee 42. Columbia City 53, Goshen 47. Nappanee 55, Goshen 38 (consolation). Warsaw 49, Columbia City 43 (final). -Anderson Tourney Anderson St. Mary's 50, Frankton 38. ■ Daleville 56, Marion St. Paul’s ~4S.- 11 11 (Marion St. Paul's 49, Frankton 45 (consolation). 0 - Daleville 59, Anderson St. Mary's ip (HnaD. .

nKSTWo Team Standings . W L PcL Geneva 9 T .900 Monmouth 7 2 .778 Adams Central 5 3 .625 Pleasant Mills 5 4 .556 Berne 3 6 .833 Jefferson .. 2 7 .222 Yellow Jackets .... 2 7 '222 Commodores 2 8 .200 Hartford 1 9 .100 Adams county's nine net teams, after a period of rest during the holidays, will swing back into action in earnest this week, with 10 games on the schedule, three Tuesday, six Friday and one Saturday. Feature attraction of the week will be played Tuesday night at the Geneva gym, with the Geneva Cardinals, with a record of 9-1, battling the Monmouth Eagles, 7-2. To add to the interest the Limberlost Bell, the county's traveling trophy, will be at stake in this game. Monmouth has held the bell since defeating the Decatur Commodores early in the season. —oOo — - The Commodores, who snapped an eight-game losing streak their last time out, will seek to make it two wins in a row Tuesday night, entertaining the Hartford Gorillas at the Decatur gym. Hartford has won only one game in 10 starts, while the Commodores have two of 10. In Tuesday’s other encounter, the Adams Central Greyhounds will meet the Monroeville Cubs at the Hoagland high school gym. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, who won their second game of the season in the holiday tourney at Alexandria, will host the Fort Wayne Centrad Catholic Irish at the Decatur gym to top the sixgame Friday night card. Other Friday tilts: Pleasant Mills at Geneva,Monmouth at Union (Huntington Co.), Jefferson at Woodburn, Berne at- Warren, Hartford vs Montpelier at Berne, *ln the lone Saturday clash, the Berne Bears will travel to Leo to meet the tough Lions- .. .. . —oOo—- — the heavy action this week, much of the county’s basketball interest will be pointed towards the annual county tourney, which will be held at the new Adams Cen--7 tral gym Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 14, 15, and 16. Pairings for-the tourney will be made at a meeting of principals and coac&et Thursday night at the Jefferson high school The second team tourney, whose final game will be a preliminary to the first team final Saturday. Jan. 16, will have preliminary rounds next Monday and Tuesday. The four teams in the northern division will play at Monmouth. In the opener Jan. 11. the Decatur Commodores will play Pleasant Mills at 6:30 p.ra.. followed by Adams Central and Monmouth. Th? winners will clash at '7~ p.m. Jan. 12 to name the northern finalist. Southern division teams will meet at Gepelfe Jan. 11, with Geneva playing Hartford af>7 p.m., followed by Berne and Jefferson. The Jan. 12 action will be *kt Berne, with the Monday night losers playing a consolation game at 7 : p.m.. followed by the Monday night winners. —— - —oOoIncidentally, trophies to the champions in both the first and second team tourneys will ~ be presented by the Qecatur H-Daily democrat This newspaper will also award the championship trophy for the coun- ; ty Junior high tourney, to be played later in the season. Results one year ago this week: Pleasant Mills ,73, Commodores 60. Poling 71, Jefferson 57. Geneva 62, .Monmouth 57. > Monroeville 62, Adams Central 44. Commodores 56, Hartford 46. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 61. Yellow Jackets 547. Geneva 84, Pleasant Mills 67. Berne 45, Warren 41. Monmouth 52. Union (Huntington) 38. College Basketball Indiana 62, Michigan 60. x Wisconsin 66, Purdue 57. Minnesota 84, Illinois 72. Wayne 65, Valparaiso 56. Hope 80. St, Louis 73, Washington 67. Holy Cross 7-6, 'Alabama 68. - Bowling Green 79, Loyola (Chicago) 65. ' Dayton 98. Murray State 68. Toledo 89, Eastern Kentudty 81. NYU 82, IMiami (O.). 79. Bradley-77, Brigham Young 50. (Washington (BL Louis) 88. Western (Michigan 52. Louisville 73, (Marquette 68., — North Carolina State 49,' VHlauova 65.

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Minnesota Is Chief Threat To I. U. Hopes CHICAGO UP — Minnesota was past one major hurdle today on the path to the Big Ten basketball title, ibut the Gophers, who boast the conference's best won and lost record -so far hii’Season, face an even tougher test Saturday. Minnesota operied the Big Ten campaign Saturday ■with an 87-72 triumph over Illinois at Champaign as rookie ’Dick Garmaker pitched 37 points, highest production In the (Big Ten so far. But Saturday the Gophers tangle with the defending Big Ten and NCAA champion, Indiana, at Minneapolis in the first game of their home and home series. Should Minnesota 'win this scrap, it could be hard to catch. The Illinois win was a ibig one for the Gophers as it came on the road in the only meeting (between these two of the four teams ranked as challengers for the league title. Hereafter Minnesota has the home and home with Indiana and plays the last of the top ranked foursome, -Michigan State, at Minneapolis. Indiana had trouble with lowly Michigan Saturday, winning, 62-60, in the final second as Bob Leonard's long shot settled through tha hoop after time had run out. Wisconsin tripped Purdue, 66-57. Four games were on tonight’s program, Illinois at Northwestern, Michigan Stata ait lowa, Ohio State at Michigan and Wisconsin at Indiana.

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There was a full Saturday schedule with Indiana al (Minnesota the standout. Other battle* will be Illinois at Miohigan State. Wisconsin at lowa, Purdue at Ohio State and Michigan at Northwestern. Every conference club but Minnesota and Indiana had beeti beateq more than once' as the conference campaign opened. The Hoosiers lost only to Oregon State in the second of their two-game series, while only Kentucky, rated the nation’s best, topped Minnesota. Percentage wise, Minnesota had » slight edge with sight wins to sqvep for the ifoosiers. Ggr>jiiaker algo tpok position as a threat for the scoring crown with his output against Illinois. The mini's. Jphn Kerr caged 31 and Indiana's Don Schlundt, defending scoring champion, dropped 3(1 against Michigan, * The conference began Hague play with a record of 53 wins and 18 defeats for a winning mark of .746 against non-conference rivals. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, Ary. a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

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Red Hots Defeat Willshire Quintet The Pleasant Mills Red Hots defeated Willshire, 0., 80-71, at the Pleasant Mills gym Bunday afternoon. Painter lea tne Ked Hots with 21 points and B. Baker topped Willshire, also with,2l. Red Hots FG FT TP Raudeush 3 0 6 Ray :10 2 Strayer 4 2 10 White 1 0 2 Ballard 5 3 13 Hill 1 0 2 Jim Price 5 1 11 Jerry Price ...! 4 0 8 Painter 9 3 21 Young 10 2 Riley 0 11 Augsiburgerlo 2 • TOTALS 35 10 80 Willshire FG FT TP B. Baker. 10 1 Switzer .....I 7 4 18

Winans 5 0 10 Buckimaster 8 2 8 D. Baker 2 3 7 T. (Baker 2 0 4 Miller Fisher 0 11 TOTALS 30 11 71 Pro Bowl All-Star - - Game On Television LOS ANGELES, UP — The annual pro bowl all-star football game to be held Jan. 17 to Memorial Coliseum will be televised from coast to coast, excluding Los Angeles, Paul J. Schissler, game director announced today. The game, which will bring together 62-top-rated National Football league players divided into east and west squads, is sponsor ed by the Los Angeles Newspaper Publishers Association. It is the first time in the contest’s four-year history that the game will be televised. Previous games were held on Saturday and officials were unable to obtain a television cable. a...■ Trade in a Good Town — Decatu-

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Heavyweight Title Bout Being Sought NEW YORK, UP — Promoter Jim Norris was scheduled to return from Miami today and confer Immediately with Manager Al Weill about a Rocky Marciano heavyweight title defense. Norris wants the unbeaten BF6ckton blockbuster to defend at Miami on Feb. 17 or 24. The opponent probably will be selected from among Dan Bucceroni, Ez- ( zard Charles, Nino Valdes of Cuba, and Dan Cockell of England: Pro Basketball NBA Saturday Rochester 77, Fort Wayne 76 (overtime). (Minneapolis 78, New Yonk 74. Syracuse 74, Philadelphia 66. Boston 92, Baltimore 77. ~ Sunday New York 74, Fort Wayne 72. Philadelphia /SET; Syracuse 77. Boston 90, Baltimore 72. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results. ' ?