Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1954 — Page 7

FRIDAY, JANUART 16, 1»M

Adams Central, Decatur Commodores Win Openers In Annual County Meet

Ti»e Adams Central Greyhounds and Decatur Catholic Comnwdom acor«4 vU-toHea In opening games of the annual Adame county blab school basketball iounmy, played Thursday plgltt before a wen-filled Adam# Central «ym, acene ot the tourney for the first time. •’ The Greyhounds, eliminated their neighbors, the Berne Bears, in the opener, 50-46, and the Commodores ousted the Hartford Gorillas, 45-40. The foal round ot play will be completed tonight, with the Jefferson Warriors meeting the defending champion Geneva Cardinals at 7 p.m., followed by the Pleasant Mills S\p art an s and the Monmouth Eagle#. Semi-finals will be played Saturday afternoon, with Adams Central meeting the Commodores at 1 p.m. followed by the winners of tonight’s games. The championship game will be held at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. A preliminary game wil be offered at 7 p.m., with Monmouth and Berne reserves meeting in the final game of the county reserve team tourney. — Greyhounds Win The Berne Bears threw a real scare Into Adams Central in the clos'qg minutes ot the tourney opener after the Greyhounds apparently had the game pretty well under control. The first half was a nip and tuek battle. Adams Central built up an early 6-0 lead but the Bears bounded back and held a 9-8 margin at the end ot the first Quarter. The lead changed hands six different times in the second period, with the Greyhounds on- top by ope point, 22-81, at the half. A pair of field goals by Rod Beer boosted Adams Central to a 25-21 lead early in the third period and the Greyhounds still held a five-point bulge, 37-32, as the teams entered the final eight minutes of play. The Greyhounds stayed well ahead and held and eight-point lead at 46-38 with 2:10 left to play, but John Kirehhofer dropped in a pair of free throws and Jack Rabine and Tom Ehrsam hit field goals and Berne had narrowed the margin to 46-44 with 1:10 to go. Bob Heare then worked loose for a two-polnter and Les Egly dropped in two foul * tosses and Adams Ceiitraf was in safe. Beer and Kirehhofer were outstanding for their ball elubs with 18 and 17 points, respectively. There were 33 fouls calljed during the game, 19 on Berne and 14 on Adams Central, with each team losing one man -on personals. Commodores Advance The Decatur Commodores, although they never—trailed, were given some anxious moments by the Hartford Gorillas before the Decatur lads pulled away and then held on (or their 45-44) margin in the nightcap. The game was strtely a freethrowing contest in the early minutes, Johnny York hitting the first field goal after more than two minutes of play as the Commodores built up an early 74) lead before Tom Grogg converted a foul toss for Hartford’s first point. The Commodores held a 12-7 advantage at the first quarter, but saw a. one-time nine-point bulge dwindle to four, 24-29, at the half. The Gorillas moved to within one point, 27-26, midway through the third quarter but the Commodores again took over and built their lead back to six points, 35-29. as the final period opened. The Gorillas could come no closer than tour points in the closing eight minutes. Martin Graber's 17 points tor the Gorillas topped all

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Wtek'i Schedule Os Adana County Basketball Teams Friday County tourney at Adams Cep tral. Auburn at Yellow Jackets. Saturday County tourney at Adams Central, Yellow Jackets hl Fort Wayne Central at North Side. scoring, while Johnny York's 13 points led a balanced Decatur attack. There were 31 fouls called, 17 on Hartford and 14 on the Commodores. Adame Central FG FT TP L Egly 1 4-7 6 A. Egly — 3 4-7 10 Beerß 2-6 18 Nussbaum ... F 2 5-8 9 Rowden —2 1-2 5 Rosso 0-0 0 Hearelo-0 2 V ■ . TOTALS 17 16-30 50 Berne FG FT TP L. Lehman 4 2-2 10 Sprunger O 0-0 0 Miller —2 2-4 6 Kirehhofer 5 7-11 17 Ehrsam 4 1-2 9 Rabipe — 2 0-2 4 Nussbaum -0 0-0 0 TOTALSI7 12-21 46 Score by quarter#: 12 3 4 Adams Central 8 22 37 50 Berne 9 21 32 46 Officials: Collyer, Cass Commodores FG FT TP Mowery3 1-4- 7 E- Wilder -.2 3-4 7 J. Wilder .... 4 3-6 H York — 4 5-7 J. 3 Fauroteo 0-0 0 C. Voglewede 1 1-4 3 Loshe -.... 0 0-0 0 J. Voglewede 1 2-3-.4. Kruse :—0 0-0 0 Costello 0 0-0 .0 TOTALS -—-. 15 15-28 45 Hartford FG FT TP M. Graber 6 5-8 17 Stahly — 4 2-5 10 Miller — —l 0-2 2 Grogg 1 3-5 & Wolfe-.... .2, ~0-2 4 F. Graber— 1 0-0 2 Anderson 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 15 10-22 40 Score by quarters: 12 3 4 Commodores —, 12 24 35 45 Hartford 7 20 29 40 Officials: Cass, Collyer Molinas Refuses To Appear Voluntarily NEW YORK, UP —Jack Molinas, the Fort Wayne basketball player suspended tor gambling, changed his mind today and said he' would not appear voluntarily fqr questioning either before Bfopp Dist. Atty. George Deluca or the county grand jury “Molinas’ attorney, Jacques Martinhand, has informed us that bis client will not appear voluntarily and submit to us for questioning,” Deluca said. Pro Basketball Fort Wayne 81, Baltimore 74. New York 83, Philadelphia 71. Boston 86, Milwaukee 74. Syracuse 96. Minneapolis 71.

Klenk’s Defeated By Rousseau, 66-52 ■Rousseau Bros, of Fort Wayne defeated Klenk’s of Decatur, -G6.52, in a Vim league playoftf game Thursday night at the Hoagland gym, Rousseau led at all periods, 1610, 284 M and 46-31. Behultz Os the wippers was the top scorer with 24 points, and Heller led Klenk’s with 13. Rousseau FG FT TP Noonan .... 0 9 0 <NI» 3 0 6 Berning 4 2 10 Ness 0 0 0 Schultz 6 12 24 MoCarrol 3 2 8 Bryson 0 0 0 Hawley 1 2 4 Hershberger 6 2 14 TOTALS 23 20 66 Klenk’s FG FT TP Ballard 0 11 Reed 4 210 Venderley £ 2 8 Heller 4 5 13 Hoeh&moner 1 3 5 Tomlin 3 5 11 Jim Price 0 11 Moses 113 TOTALS , 16 20 52 Miss Eloise Nall Purchaser Os Farm Miss Eloise Noli, a nurse at the General Electric plant in this city was the purchaser ot the Margaret Miller 80-acre farm, located on the county farm road, south of Decatur. The price was 8340 an acre for the well improvedvfarm which ad joins the farm of Thomas Noll, father of the new owner. The eale was conducted by J. F. Sanmanp and George Thomas of the Midwest _Jieaßy & Auction Co. •In closing the Miller estate, two other properties, the Miller residence on S. Third street and the Miller building on N. Second street will be sold at public auction Saturday. Reports Increase In Benefits Payments The number of persons receiving social security benefit payments in Adams and seven northeastern Indiana counties serviced by the Fort Wayne social security office increased over 19% during 1953, Christian H. W. Lnecka, manager, said today in submitting bis report for December. The amount cd benefit payments increased about 24% during the same period, Luecke said. Old age and survivors insurance’ cheeks paid to aged retired workers and their families and to the survivors of deceased workers amounted to mbre than seven million dollars during 1953 as compared with less than six million ioilprs during 1952.

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Full Schedule For Conference Teams Saturday By UNITED PRESS A full schedule of Big Ten basketball was slated ■ for Saturday and the top ranking teams, Indiana end lowa, ware favorites to continue ttjelr neck and neck rac# toward a title showdown with new victories. The Hoosiers, defending conference and NCAA champions, were rated a 7 J polpt choice to top Wisconsin at Madison tor their sixth straight conference win and their fifth without defeat this season. lowa, though loaded with sophomores, was d 3 point favorite to down Minnesota, one of the lea gue’s better ball dubs, on the Hawkeye home court These two battles highlighted the program. Other games will be Illinois at Ohio State in a return match, Michigan State at Michigan and Northwestern at Purdue. It will be Indiana’s second meet lug with the Badgers, who have split evenly in four conference rontjestg. In their first tangle, at Bloomington. the Hoosiers came •hropgh with a 79-67 win, but had to stave off a Badger rally to hold cut. •».>• « lowa and Minnesota have not mat so far this season but the Tophers have beaten Illinois and ost to Indiana while lowa boasts wins dver Michigan, Wisconsin and Michigan State. Michigan, winner of only one of four league outings, was a surprising 2 point favorite, at home ■nd with good overall height, to town the Spartans, one of the arly season favorites, but beaten >nce in two conference-starts. Purdue, loser of all three of its :onfere nee starts, was a 6 point choice over Northwestern, even though the Wildcats posted a 12 '■oint win over Michigan for their inly win in three league battles. Illinois was rated 3 points better han Ohio State, playing at Columns, even though only last Monday he lllini tallied a 90-76 win over he Buckeyes as John Kerr caged 8 points. Illinois has won two of bur league games while Ohio state has won one of three. Minor Surgery For ’ Dodgers' Catcher NEW YORK, UP — Catcher Roy Campanella of the Brokafyn Dodgers, the National League’s most valuable player in 1953, was recuperating today at Queens General hospital from a minor opbration on external and internal hemor roils. Goshen Man To Head State Veterinarians INDIANAPOLIS, UP -pr E. S. Weisner. Gpshen, Thursday was elected president of tjm Indiana Veterinary Medical Aasn. during U three-day session which ends today. Dr. Roe Sheridan, was named president-elect for next sear; Dr. J. E. Jordan, Indianapolis, vice president, and Dy. William W. Garverick, Zionsville, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. If you have s .methlng tg sell oi rooms for rent, try a Demoerat Want AR. It brings result#-

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Marilyn Monroe And Joe DiMaggio Wed Movie Actress And Baseball Star Wed SAN FRANCISCO Up —Movie actress Marilyn Monroe, the hottest property in the 20th CenturyFox galaxy, honeymooned somewhere in California today with baseball great J oe DiMaggio The couple climaxed tpeir twoyear romance Thursday with a simple wedding ceremony at City Hail attended by a crowd ot 500 well-wishers. Wearing a sleek chocolate brown suit with a white ermine collar and grasping three white orchids in her hand, the sultry bride gurgled. “Tin terribly excited ” She emerged frbm the chambers of municipal judge Charles S. Peery wearing a diamond ring sparkling from her left hand. DiMaggio, the Yankee Clipper, wore a conservative blue suit and a polka dot tie. He beamed as he told reporters he and Marilyn ■'decided'to go through with it two days' ago.” After the egremopy, they dodged the crowd and left in a Cadillac for a 10-day honeymoon, destination undisclosed. “We're just going to take off,” DiMaggio said. '’“The car's all packed, jammed full of stuff.” Marilyn said she intended io continue her careey as aij actress, but she added, “I’m looking for-

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ward to being a housewife, too." Joe gave his age as 39, Marilyn as 25. ~’ With the wedding party were Mr. and Mrs. Prank Lefty O’Doul, DiMaggio’s first baseball manager; Tom DiMaggio, Joe’s brother, and his wife; and Mr. and Mrs. Rehq Barsocthini. Barsocchini, a partner in DiMaggio's restaurant, acted as best man. His wife was maid of honor. It was the second marriage for both. Marilyn was recently suspended by her studio for failing to show up to begin scenes for “Pink Tights," a musical with Frank Sinatra. DiMaggio retired from baseball in 1951. He now stars on a television show for children in New York. Sammy Snead Leads Panama City Open PANAMA CITY, Panama UP — Sammy Snead carried a two-stroke lead oyer Robert# De Viceuzo of Argentina into today’s second round of the $7,566' Panama City Open golf tourpament. a ai*-uj)dgr-par 66 Thursday while De Vicenpo had a first round 68, and Antonio Cerda of Argentina a 69. College Basketball Ball State 72, Indiana State 67. Vincennes 82, Huntington 86 (overtime). * Columbia 60, Pennsylvania 54. Utah State 73, Brigham Young 68. Colorado A & M 62. Denver 51.

Duke Snider Well Pleased With Contract By UNITED PRJESS . Duke Snidbr, the Brooklyn Dodgers’ star southpaw glugger, signed the fattest contract of his life today with the fervent wish that he’ll get “another chance tp heat those Yankees.” The 27-year old centerfielder, who had his best season in 1953 when he led the (National League in slugging average, runs scored, and total bases, was believed to have receiveda bout $36,000 -* a healthy 'boost over his $124,000 salary of last season. “1 hope I can do as well this year as I did last," said Snider at his home in Lynwood, Calif. “If I can just hit over ,300, I'll be satisfied if we win the pennant. "We can't forget albout those other seven teams in the league first," he said; - “<But I’m really looking forward to another World Series 'because T want another chance to beat those Yankees" Slugger Ralph Kiner of the Chicago Cubs also has agreed to tennis, but the ex-homer champion reportedly took a cut from his 80,000 contract of last season. Kiner, who batted .279 and hit 35 homer? last year, wired the Cubs he was "satisfied” with the salary terms. It was reported that three more members of the world champion Yankees — (Mickey (Mantis, Yogi Berra, and Gil McDougald — have turned down the first salary figures offered to them. Pitcher Whitey Ford previously indicated his disagreement. The Philadelphia Phillies, who are wrangling with six players over salary terms, patched up

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their social differences with first baseman ®d Waitkus. Waiths annoyed the club 'when he left the team in the final week vt last sea son. At the time he Mid be was going to fee his seriously ill father, but a club check disclosed the alder Waitkus was not seriously sick. However, Phils (President Bob Carpenter said today he has received a “very friendly, cooperative letter” from Wajtkus in which the Veteran says h» is “In exeellent shape and anxious to play this year” and "wants tp forget IW3 and make 1964 his big season," < The Philadelphia A’», who had been having no trouble getting contracts signed, ran Into their first snag when catcher Joe Astroth mailed his pact hack unsigned. The Chicago White Sox signed their 15th player, pitcher Jack Harshman, converted first baseman who was named the “umat valuable player” in the Southern Association after winning 23 games and losing seven. And the Clncinnati Redlegs obtained signatures from four players — catcher Andy Seminick, pitcher Joe Nuxhsll. Outfielder Jim Bolgar, and infielder Johnny Temple. Ray Scarborough, veteran righthanded pitcher, returned bis unsigned contract to the (Detroit Tigers and announced his retirement. The 36-year old Scarborough had been in the American League since 1942. High School Basketball South Bend Central; 64, South Bend Adams 62. Montgomery 52, Washington Catholic 48. Welle Co. Tourney Union Center 65, Rockcreek 4|, Jackson Center 59, Lancaster Central 55. Huntington Co. Tourney Huntington Twp. 82, Markle 43. Lancaster 66, Rockcreek 42. Roanoke 67, Andrews 61. Trade *n a Good Town —- Decatur