Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1954 — Page 6

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Piston Rookie Is Suspended For Gambling N.KW YORK UP — President Maurice Podoloff of the National • Basketball Association declared today that the suspension of Jack Molinas for gambling was “an isolated case” and that the notorious college "point-shaving" scandal would not be duplicated in the pro sport. , Pointing out that it was the first time in the league s eight-year history Chat “any Suspicion has been cast on us,” Podoloff said Molinas was the only league player involved and that "the case is closed as far'as I’m concerned.” Molinas, 21-year old rookie forward of the Fort Wayne Pistons, was suspended indefinitely for bet- * ting on games played by his team this season. The former all-time Columbia University star admitted betting with a New York contact after Podoloff received a tip from sports editor Ike Gellis of the New York Post. Tort Wayne police, who assisted Podoloff and Fort Wayne President Fred Zollner in obtaining Molts*** written confession, said no criminal action was contemplated but the NBA president said he would turn over the name of the player’s contact to New York police. The chunky NBA president said Molinas could appeal the suspension "within a reasonable time” but doubted he would. In Fort Wayne, a disconsolate Molinas said he had not yet made up his mind and insisted “while with the Pistons I always did my best.” “I never bet on my team to lose and never tried to influence the outcome of a game,” the 6-foot, 6-inch star said. “At present 1 have no plans. I’U stay here a while and see what happens.” Fort Wayne coach Paul Birch dfsclos'ed, however, he became suspicious over “things Molinas was doing at games'” He said here ' called aidiinas, who was averaging 11.7 points a game this season, took only one shot in one game and two in another. “I later heard that Molinas was in contact with an Eastern gamMat* ** .Rircti add pH -• . ■, (Molinas, who admitted winnings of about 1400 including telephone tolls from Fort Wayne to New York, said in his written statement that he made his contact wit£ the bookie about a month after joining the Pistons in Wst October. “He would tell me the odds on the game, either for or against the Pistons," Molinas said. “After hearing the odds or points on the game I either placed a bet on the Pistons, or else told him that the odds were too great, and that I did not want to place a bet. _ “At no time was there a payoff to throw any games made to me by the New York party nor was Tonight & Tuesday Technicolor Comedy! DONALD O’CONNOR JANET LEIGH “WALKING MY BABY BACK HOME” ALSO—Shorts 14c-50c Inc. Tax —o Wed. & Thura—-Joseph Cotten, “Blueprint -for—Murder" First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thurs. from 1:30, BE SURE TO ATTEND! —-O—OComing Sun. “ROMAN HOLIDAY” Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn One of the Year's 10 Best! Unqualifiedly Guaranteed!

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Monday ■County second team tourney at Monmouth and Geneva. • Tuesday County second team tourney at Monmouth and Berne. Thursday County tourney at Adams Central. Friday County tourney at Adams Central. Auburn at Yellow Jackets. Saturday . r County tourney at Adams Central. Yellow Jackets vs Fort Wayne Central at North Side. » ■ . ...... ■ Berne Downed By Leo Lions Saturday Night Th» «*—; their eighth defeat of the seasol Saturday night, losing a 67-58 decision to the Leo Lions at the New Haven gyifi. The Allen county powerhouse, built up a 38-25 lead in the first half which the Bears could not overcome. g Roth was outstanding for the Lfons with 24 points. Berne had' a well-balanced scoring attack, led by Stu Miller with >l3 points, John Kirchhofer with 12 and Luther Lehman with 10. Leo FG FT TP Whitmer ..... 2 0 4 Newhouser Oil Notestine .. 6 5 17 Mills 1 0 2 Linn 4 0 S Weikart 5 1 11 Roth ................................ 96 24 TOTALS 27 13 67 Berne FG FT TP L. Lehmsn ........ 5- 0 10 Kirchhofer ...... 3 6 12 Sprunger 3 2 S Rabine 1 5 7 Miller .-... ft 1 13 Ehrsam 2 4 8 ~ TOTALS .......... .20 IS 'SB Preliminary Berne 49-37 College Basketball Indiana 71, Minnesota 63. Ohio State 91, Purdue 74. Michigan State 60, Illinois 59. Northwestern 72, Michigan 60. lowa 71, Wisconsin 54. 'Notre Dame 99, New York U. 64. DePauw 67, Indiana State 57. Taylor 80, Hanover 74. Valparaiso 84, St. Joseph's 68. -Indiana Central 63, Earlham 57. Beloit >BB. Wabash 63. Ball State 67, Evansville 65. Manchester 71. Anderson 70. Duke 87, North Carolina. State 85 Rio Grande 86, Morris Harvey 63, Niagara 82, St. Bonaventure 58. Miami (O.) 92. Ohio <J. SO. Kansas 87, Missouri 69. St. Louis 70, Detroit 64. Kentucky 105, Georgia Tech 53. Oklahoma A&.M 76, Houston 61. Western Kentucky 57, Murray (Ky.) 43. Marquette 81, Drake 69. Toledo 86. Western Reserve 63. Louisville 86, Eastern Kentucky State 70. ' " * _ Kansas State 66, Colorado 60. ' Duquesne 94, St- Francis 64. Nebraska 76. Oklahoma 72. Bradley 92, lowa State 76. Dayton 68. Toha 64. there any mention of the fact,” Molinas The surprisingly unruffled Podo-. loss and Ned Irish, president oT Madison Square Garden and the New York Knickerbockers, insisted the pro sport would not be injured by the disclosures.

Keller President Os Conservation Club Herman C. Keller Heads Local Club Herman C. Keller. 317 Third, street, well-known General Etectric* employe, was Installed as president of the Decatur Conservation club Saturday night in a meeting at the city hall. He succeeds Clarence Brunnegraff, who was elected delegate to the county council. Other officers installed are: Fred Engle, viee-president; Franklin Liechty and the Rev. Lawrence Norris, joint secretary and treasurer. Trustees are, Edward Summers, three years; Waldo Marbach, two jears, and Bernard Hain, one year. The club had a membership of 466 in 1953 and plans are being made to conduct the 1954 membership drive, Liechty stated. During the year the club members furthered the development of the fish ponds at the Krick-Tyndall site, and participated in several programs in the interest of conservation and wildlife. The' officers hope to enroll at least 500 members in the club this year. ’ Results Are Listed Z lii Lutheran League 'Preble defeated Trinity, 19-14, and .Soest downed Decatur, 23-19, in Lutheran league games played Saturday night at the Hoagland gym, Preble FG FT TP ' E. Bulahn „ .. 10 2 , Bultemeier ... 0 0 0 . L. Bieberich 1 0 2 ■ R. Hoffman 0 2 2 Gallmeyer .. 0 11 P. Bieberich f 2 2 6 » R. Ewell 2 2 6 I — I TOTALS 6 7 19 Trinity ! FG FT TP > S. Grant 4 2 Ift I R. Summers 0 0 0 I L. Thomson 0 11 - R. McCoy .... 0 11 ‘ R. Grant ... 10 2 F. Walters 0 0 0 l L. Grotrfan 0 ft 0 Berhiug .. 0 C -:C • . ... i . TOTALS ;... 5 4 14 L . I Soest " ' i FG FT TP - Braun ...; 2 3 7 i Linkhart 0 • 0 0 R. Saalfrank ................ 3 0 6 Doctor .'... 0 0 0 Behrman 3 2 8 G. Bearman ................ ft 0 0 Schlaudroff ............ 0 0 -ft L. Saalfrank 1- ’ 0 2 Reigies 0 0 0 B. Dietrich “a... O 0 0 ’ D. Reber 0 0 0 TOTALS ............ 9 5 23 Decatur . FG FT TP Witte ........ 4 0 8 • Kmeckeberg , :. 0 0 0 ■ Reldenbach 0 0 0 R. V 11 Lytle ...; 1 0 2 Kleinknight 0 0 6 : Conrad .. L.......... 0 0 0 Krueckeberg 0 0 0 Kinerk 3 2 8 Scheiman 0 0 0 J. Bleeke .. 0 ft . 0 C. Krueckeberg 0 0 0 TOTALS 8 3 19 Freshman-Second Team Games Tuesday Decatur high school freshman and second teams will meet Fort Wayne Concordia teams in a double header at the Decatur gym Tuesday night, with Hie first game scheduled for 6:30 o'clock. The cage bill Is sponsored by the whool s D club, with proceeds to go to the athletic department. Admission Will be 25 cents. — MME. PANDIT (Coetiaaed From Page One) dicate India, which has custody of the unrepatriated war prisoners of both sides, no longer objects to their release Jan. 23 or that India now accepts that release as a fait accompli. In any event, it was pointed out, it would be physically impossible now to reconvene the assembly before the Jan. 23rd deadline. While Mme. Pandit did not go into details In her cable to the U. N. secretary general, it was assumed India would wish to have the assembly consider bothe the prisoners’ issue and the .question of how a peace conference for Korea can be arranged. , In New Delhi, an official spokes- , man said the Indian government had asked Mme Pandit to reconvene the eighth session of the. assembly “at an early date and. . ■4e-eoa*onablft time f ftS-Aifc solution of the neutral nations repatriation commission " Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

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Plan Annual City Bowling Tourney The annual Decatur bowling as-’ sociation tournament will be held the last two weekends in January at the Mies Recreation alleys, according to an announcement today 1 by Oran L. Schults, secretary of the city bowling association. Dates were set following a meet- ( ing of association officers, with ' Robert Mutschler. first vice president, presiding in the absence of , the president, Joe Hobbs. ' Teain events will be rolled Jan. , 23 and 24 and the doubles and singles Jan. 30 and 31. The deadline for entries is midnight, Jan. 22, and entty blanks are available at , Mies Recreation, the Decatur G. E. ) club and the Berne auditorium. Schultz also urged teams wishing ‘ to compete in the annual state tournament to contact him for entry blanks and to file them early in order to obtain preferred dates. The state tournament is now divided into three classes: Class A 861 and over; Class B. 801-860, and Class C, 800 and under, with all prize fees remaining in each class. These entries will close at midnight Feb. 6. Tourney dates are March 6 to May 16. Pro Basketball _ NBA Results _ Saturday “ Minneapolis 78, Milwaukee 67. New. York 88, Baltimore*9s, Pfifladetphia 90. - Sunday Fort Wayne 81. Milwaukee 73. New York 81. Rochester 69. Syracuse 77, Baltimore 73. _ Minneapolis 99, Boston 'BS. TV Not Cutting I. U. Attendance BLOOMINGTON, Ind. UP — Indiana University’s home basketball attendance hasn't been hurt by television coverage, ticket manager George Keough said today. ' He said Saturday games with Michigan. State Feb. 6, Minnesota Feb. 8 and Illinois March 6 already Were sellouts. Last month’s Cincinnati and Notre Dame contests also were played before a full house. Keough said tonight’s IndiapaPurdue game also should be a sell-out, with fewer than 100.'' tickets still available. Saturday Morning , {League Results The Pistons defeated DePaul, 12-10, and the Junior Commodores downed Notre Dame, 11-8, in Saturday morning league games at the Catholic school gym. Leading scorers: T. Gross, Junior Commodores, 6; P. Hess, Notre Dame, 4; J. Meyers, Pistons, 7; S. Sutton, DePaul, 4. FLEXIBLE AND : (Continued From Pace One) fications, recommended this existing permanent law starting with 1955 crops. CONSERVANCY (Continued From Pane One) the proposed district’s projected accomplishments could be done by groups already set up. Specifically, he named, the soil conservation program, of which there was recently one voted into Adams county. “The soil conservation district cannot float bonds or assess taxes. They coordinate the various federal and state organizations in enacting soil conservation measures. Summing up, Archbold declared, “public opinion should decide whether the proposed district is what they want.” Taking the floor for the proponents, Riddle stated that the district would not be taken into the courts without "adequate representation from all the counties involved.” Riddle said thousands of freeholders in Alien county had signed pet, titions for the formation of the district and he hoped the same situation would come to Adams . county as well as the others involved. He asserted that hb thought. Archbold's opinions of the motives of Allen county and the Fort’Wayne group; were iVrsonal. — 1 ■ -■■——— /The conservation department was originally set up more for the recreational resources of the state, such as parks. But there was no provision for keeping the water on the land and providing for soil conservation.” Riddle pointed to this as being the reason the Ohio water conservancy districts were studied and an act, subsequently, being phased in the Indiana legislature. Riddle said it was through pressure brought on Gov. George Craig by Farm Bureau man Anson Thomas and the Indiana flood control board that the amendments to the conservancy act, having passed both houses of the 1952 legislature, were pocket-vetoed. Riddle said the conservancy act was a “vehicle" to accomplish things and the efforts to find bry “bug” in the 82 pages was the He again assured ttie group that no effort would be mado to “force the district down the throats of ■ the other counties.

I. U. Scores Easy Victory At Minnesota

CHICAGO, UP —lndiana risks first place in the Big Ten cage chase against intra-state rival Purdue tonight, but the Hoosiers, winners of nine of ten gam«s this year, were heavy favorites to chalk up their fourth straight conference victory. The Branch McCracken five, with the same lineup that won both the conference and the national titles last year, staved oft the team rated its toughest challenger, Minnesota, with ease Saturday with a 71-63 decision. That victory was the fifth straight for the Hoosiers over two seasons in Big Ten play and gave Indiana a three-game winning streak this year. Sharp-shooting guard Bob Leonard was the standout with 20 points while Dick White made 17. Purdue, which finished tied for last place in the conference last season and which had lost both Pig Ten starts this, year, was figured hardly to test the Hoosiers at Bloofnington tonight. The Boilermakers have allowed Big Ten opponents 82 points per game, the poorest - AX*, ■ •- with Indiana the Hoosiers roared to a conference scoring record. Only one other team was in position now to challenge Indiana for first place, lowa, likewise unbeaten in the league. The Hawkeyes have downed Michigan State and Wisconsin. dropping the Badgers Saturday, 71-54. as sophomore Carl Cain tallied 20 points. The Hawkeyes, too, will be in action tonight, facing Michigan at lowa City. Two other league games were also on the lineup, Ohio State at Illinois and Northwestern at Wisconsin. Another sophomore, Julius McCoy, was the key in Michigan States 60-59 upset over Illinois Saturday. McCoy, who netted 27 points, canned the winning point in the last second on a free throw. Northwestern, with Harold Grant and Frank Ehmann each scoring 19 points, sank 13 free “throws on 10 Michigan fouls in the last period Jo trip the Wolverines, 72-60, for its first conference win. . . Uhic State.- witft the top, scoring record in the circuit, 83 poifits per game, swamped Puraue, 91-74, as ‘Bobbin Freeman netted 32 points. BOWLING scones G. E. ALLEYS Men’s Factory League (End of Ist Half* W L Flanges — 31 20 Stators - 27 24 Office —— 27 ,24 Rotors 17 34 200 scores: G. Lister 219, G. Schults 227, M. Brown 205, RSchuster 217. G. E. Fraternal (End of 1»t jhalf) S f W L B. P. O. Elks 3«% 17% West l£nd Resturant .... 34% 19% Teeple Truck 'Lines .... ’28% 25% Peterson Elevator ........ 27% 26% Monroeville Lum, Co. .. 25 29 Riverview Gardens 22% 31% K. of C. .. 21% 32% G. E. Club 20 34 600 series: iN. Steury 613 (192-203-218), Al Buuck 640 (224-204-212) 200 scores: P. Briede 209, C. Malntosh 2O2 ; 218, C, Deßolt 211, B. Custer 220,*G. Baumgartner 201, B. Werling 202, W. Petrie 225, B. Lord 204, *O. Schultz 214, G. Schultz 212, E. Faulkner 202, G. Laurent 202. D. Terveer 220, E. Bultemeier 208, T. Pillars 203. G. E. Women’s League W L Last Ftanies ............ 26 I® G. E. Office 24 21 Hi-Spots ..... 24 21 Spares 16 29 High scores: Myers 189-167,' WIeFT?T-T6«rTßarirrig" TSOF If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad.lt brings results. TEEPLE MOVING & TRUCKING Local and Long Distance PHONE 3-2607

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DASMm Team Standings W L Pct. Monmouth 9 2 .818 Geneva 9- 3 .750 Pleasant Mills 6 4 .600 Adams Central ---» 5 4 556 Berne 3 8 .273 .Commodores 3 8 .273 Jefferson . . 2 8 .200 Yellow Jackets .. 2 8 .200 Hartford - ... 1 11 .083 —oOo—• - This is the biggest week of the season to date for Adams county high school basketball teams, the week of the annual county tourney. , , .. "•-’OOO**"*" j * ■* The toiirney will be held, for the first time, at the new Adams Central gym, which has a seating capacity of approximately 3,000. All teams of the county, with the excaption of the Decatur Yellow Jackets, will battle for the croWn won last year by thp Geneva Cardinals. Play will open at 7 p. m. Thursday, with Adams Central tangling with the Berne Bears. The first night’s play will conclude with Hartford meeting the Decatur Commodores. First round games will be completed Friday night, with Jefferson and Geneva meeting at 7 p. m., followed by Pleas/ ant-Mills and Monmouth. / —-oOo— / Semi-finals will be held Saturday afternoon, with the Thursday night winders battling at 1 p. m., followed by the., victors of the Friday night clashes. The county champion will be named In the final game at"8:15 p. m. Saturday. As a preliminary the champtonship game in the reserve team tourney will be played at 7 p. m. •—oOo~* '—■ Season tickets Tor the county tourney are on sale at ail participating school*. The' tickets are priced at $2, good for all four union*. Single session tickets, available only at the gym, will be priced at 75 cents. Doors to the gym will open one hour before time of the opening game each session.

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First round games in the reserve team tourney will be played tonight. At Monmouth, the Decatur Commodores play Pleasant Mills at 6:36 p. m., followed by Adams Central and Monmouth. Winners will meet at 7 p. m. Tuesday. In the southern division, at Geneva tonight, Geneva plays Hartford at 7 p', m., followed by Berne .and Jefferson. TttosdaF night at Berne, the losers Willmeet in a consolation game at 7 p. m, followed by. the winners. - 000Championship trophies for both tourneys will be awarded by the Decatur Daily Democrat These trophies are now on display in the Peterson clothing store window. Also, an individual sportsmanship award will be presented following Saturday's final game. This trophy is awarded by Robert Monnler, former Decatur man, in honor of Everett Rice of Monroe. —oOo —

The Decatur Yellow Jackets have a pair of toughies on their schedule thl* week. Friday night, the Jacket* will entertain the Auburn Red Dey11* at the Decatur gym. SatuA a" day night, the Jackets travel to Fort Wayne to tangle with the Central Tiger* at the North Side gym. ——oOo—— Larry Hannl, pouring 42 points through the loop despite a pair of losses suffered by his Geneva Cardinals, boosted his lead in the individual scoring race 50 points over his teammate, Jerry Tester. Hanni has now scored 243 podits in 12 games tor an average of 20.3-points per game. The county’s leading scorers, with games played, total points, and average per game, are as follows: 1 GP TP Av. Hannl, Geneva . 12 243 20.3 Tester, Geneva 12 193 16.1 H. Myers. ‘Monmouth 11 186 16.9 Kirchhofer, Berne 11 152 13.8 Myer, Pleasant Mills 9 146 16.2 A. Egly, Adams Central 9 132 14.7 Butcher, Jefferson — 9 128 14.2 J. Wilder, Commodores 11 12811,6 Ehrsam, Berne 11 127 11.5 Beer, A.dams Central 9 118 13.1 Harvey, Monmouth — 11 118 10.7 —oOo— Results one year ago this week: Ossian 56. Berne 38. Hartford 65, Jefferson 63. Auburn 67, Yellow Jackets 60. County Tourney Commodores 59. Hartford 44. Geneva 70, Adams Central 57. Pleasant Mills 70, Jefferson 47. . Monmouth 59? Berne’ Geneva 75, Commodores 62. Pleasant Mills 49, Monmouth 43. Geneva. 61. Pleasant Mills 59 (final).

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St. Joe Is Winner In CYO Loop Game St. Jclh defeated St. Pat’s, 53-39, in a CTO league game at the C.C. gym in Fort Wayue Sunday afternoon. . - / , The Decatur team led at all periods, IM, 88-18 and +3-26. Reed led St. Joe to victory with 21 point* and P. Heminger was high tor St. Pat’s with 12. St. Joe FG FT TP Hake 0| 6 0 Beal K 0 2 Kohne ............ - 0 J 1 Kable » 4 10 Costello 0 0 0 Reed 9 3 21 Wilder 12 4 Litchfield 1 0 2 Kitson .... 0 0 0 Gase —— 0 0 0 T. Meyers 5 8 13 TOTALS 20 13 53 St. Pat’* FG FT TP Boyee’.... 2 0 4 Dennis 10 2 Roe 4 2 15 Finan 0 0 0 Laible 3 0 6 M. Heinger3 17 Hipskind 11 3 P. Heminger 5 2 12 TOTAIjS 17 5 39 High School Basketball 37. Fort Wayne NortlF 71, South Bend Riley 53. Fort Wayne South 71, Mishawaka 60. Fort Wayne Concordia 74, Huntertown 58. Angola 58, Montpelier (O.) 49. Elkhart 65, Auburn 30. Terre Haute Wiley 70. Danville 49. Connersville 53, Southport 48. La Porte 36, Valparaiso 34. (Martinsville 55, Indianapolis Broad Ripple 5<2. “ Muncie Burris 56, Huntington 41. ‘Evansville Reitz 54, Terre Haute Garfield 48. South Bend Central 56, Gary Mann 46. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 69, Richmond 55. JET AIRLINER (Continued From Page O»>> the fleet, four-engine Jets. Although U. S. civil aviation offidaiS have hot 'gFaated cates of airworthines”. to the type model that crashed off Elba, BOAC hopes to win approval and start flights to New YorW Jater this year. j