Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1955 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose By Single Point To Angola Friday Night

The Decatur Yellow Jackets dropped another tough battle Friday night, the Angola Hornets staving off a late Decatur rally to edge out a 61-69 victory at the Decatur gyn». The Yellow Jackets led throughout the entire first half but a bad third quarter put them in a hole which their last dltqp rally could not overcome. Tony Kelly drew first blood for w the Jackets, hitting the first of his 11 fielders for the night after two minutes of play. Angola knotted the count at 2-2 but two-pointers by Fred McDougal and Kelly and the latter’s pair of foul tosses put Decatur on top, 8-3. Decatur was still in front by five points at the end of the first quarter. 13-8. The Jackets built their advantage to eight points at 21-13 midway through the second period, but the Hornets cut this margin to only two points. 25-23, at the main intermission. The visitors took the lead at 2928 after two and one-half minutes of the third period had elapsed and were never headed, building their advantage to seven points, 42-35, as the teams headed into the final eight minutes of play. Angola twice boosted its lead to 10 points in the last quarter, bnt the Jackets started pecking away in the closing minutes. With Angola leading. 61-57. McDougal dropped in a free throw, Ron Vetter added another foul toss, and Rog Strickler dumped in a field goal but time ran out before the Jackets had another chance to score. Tony Kelly was the game’s top scorer with 25 points, while Dave Mendenhall tallied 17, and Gail Brauchla and Tom Randolph 15 each for the Hornets. Angola won the game from the free throw line, dropping in 23 of 31 foul tosses while the Jackets converted 20 of 34. The Yellow Jackets will play on the road twice next week, at New Haven Tuesday and at Portland Friday. ~ Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Kelly . n 3 25 Halterman 2 15 Murphy — 12 4 McDougal 3 3 9 Vetter ... 1 3 5 Baxter .... 0 0 0 Strickler .... 2 5 9 Hapcher , Oil Neireiter 0 2 2 Totals 20 20 60 Angola .. FG FT TP Branchia ............ 71 15 Randolph 3 9 15 Waite 2 2 6 Culver 0 0 0 Erickson 3 0 6 Mendenhall 3 11 17 Genowetes 1 0 2 BteHMoe ........... 9 0 0 in h ■■■■■mw. Totals 19 23 61 Officials: Cass, Armstrong. Preliminary Decatur, 49-32. College Basketball Beloit 93, Wabash 72. Indiana Tech 111, Bluffton 66. Cincinnati 83, Siena 63. Syracuse 74, Holy Cross 70. Duke 91, North Carolina 68. San Francisco 65, Loyola (Los Angeles) 55. SUN. MON. TUES. Continuous Sun. from 1:15 Cinemascope & Color JUDY GARLAND JAMES MASON “A STAR IS BORN” Jack Carson, Chas. Bickford ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c NOTE—First Feature Mon. & Tues. Nights at 6:45 O—O TODAY — “Duel In the Jungle” Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain . ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c TODAY & SUNDAY Continuous Both Days GREAT TWIN BILL! “TEXAS ROAD AGENT’ Andy Devine, Leo Carrillo & “JOHNNY THE GIANT KILLER” Full Length Cartoon Fun Feature In Technicolor! ONLY 15c-30c

Week's Schedule - Os Adams County Basketball Teams DIAL B-2171 FOR SCORES Saturday Commodores at Anderson St. Mary’s. Hoagland at Monmouth. Berne at Ossian.

Sparfans Down Adams Central Friday Night The Pleasant Mills Spartans racked up victory number 12 Friday night, defeating the Adams Central Greyhounds, 55-49, in a hard-fought battle on the Pleasant Mills court. Adams Central led at the first quarter. 14-11, but the Spartans were infront at the half, 24-22, and at the third period, 36-35. Leon Byer led the Spartans with 21 points, Dee Wolfe following with 14. Dick Rumple topped the Greyhounds with 18. trailed by John Rowdon with 13. The Spartans will entertain the Monmouth Eagles at Pleasant Mills Tuesday, while the Greyhounds will be hosts to the Decatur Commodores, also on Tuesday. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Speakman 12 4 Byer 8 ,5 21 Wolfe 5 4 14 Frey 2 2 6 J. Williamson 3 2 8 Bowen .... 0 0 0 Light ..... 7 10 2 G. Williamson ... 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 15 55 Adams Central FG FT TP Mitchel 1 3 5 Rumple 9 O IS Beer 4 19 Rowdon, 4 5 13 Baumgartner .. 0 4 4 Sprqnger -l 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 13 49 Preliminary 7 Pleasant Mills, 40-39. MOTORISTS (Continued from Page One) through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and portions of Illinois. Freezing drizzle and some sleet was reported in central Illinois and portions of Missouri. Snow on the ground was nine inches deep at Des Moines, la., 29 at Duluth, Minn., six at Omaha and nine at North Platte, Neb. As part of the storm system, portions of the south were hit by thunderstorms and heavy rain. The largest amount during the night was 1.53 inches at Lake Charles, La.

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Geneva Beats Winchester By 75*68 Score Jerry Tester, the county’s leading scorer, poured 40 points through the nets to lead the Geneva Cardinals to a 75-68 triumph over the Winchester Yellow Jackets Friday night on the Geneva hardwood. The Cardinals were in the van at all stopping points, 23-14, 39-31 and 55-47. Only one other Cardinal was in double figures. Jim Long connecting for 13 points. Simmons and Dodd each tallied 19 for Winchester. The Cardinals will entertain Albany at Geneva next Friday night. Geneva FG FT TP Burke 3 3 9 Matbys : 10 2 Long 4 5 13 Craig 10 2 Hunt ; 0 2 2 Campbell Oil Tester 17 6 40 Haines 0 6 6 Parr 0 0 0 Totals 26 23 75 Winchester FG FT TP Simmons 8 3 19 Durbin 113 Dodd 9 1 19 Dretzinger 113 M. Hinshaw Oil <R. Hinshaw 4 0 8 Beck 3 5 11 Leonard 0 0 0 Winkle ... 1 2 4 Rolle 0 0 0 Totals 27 14 68 Officials: Murray, Bell. Preliminary Geneva, 35-29. Pro Basketball Philadelphia 109, Rochester 101. Boston 114, Syracuse 88. Kid Gavilon Wins In Comeback Bout NEW YORK (INS) —Kid flavilan crossed Ernie Durando off his “wanted” list today and drew a bead on Bobby Jones, the second man blocking his way back to the welterweight championship he lost last October to Johnny Saxton. The Cuban Hawk, returning to the ring wars for the first time since losing his title Oct. 20 in Philadelphia, scored a ten-round spilt decision over Durando Friday night in Madison Suare Garden. Now, with one eye on the winner of the Saxton-Carmen Basilio title fight, the "Keed" goes to Miami for a Feb. 23 bout with Jones, who hails from Oakland, Calif,

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Eagles Defeat Lancaster By 84-61 Score The county champion Monmouth Eagles snapped a tw’o-game losing streak Friday night, whipping the Lancaster Central Bobcats, 84-61, at the Lancaster gym. The Eagles led at all periods, 13-12, 36-23 and 65-39. Norb Witte, tall Eagle center, paced the scoring with 39 points and Stew Schnepf dropped in 23 markers for Monmouth. Eichhorn topped the Wells county quintet with 22 points. The Eagles play their final home game of the season tonight, entertaining the Hoagland Wildcats at the Monmouth gym. Monmouth FG FT TP Fuhrman 3 2 8 Worthman 13 5 Hildebrand ..0 0 6 Fuelling 1 0 2 Brown .... 10 2 Witte 13 4 30 Keuneke 10 2 Schnepf ..... 7 9 23 Macke 10 2 J. Myers 3 3 9 W. Myers 0 11 Totals 31 22 84 Lancaster FG FT TP Lobsiger 5 2 12 Johnloz 3 17 Eichhorn 9 4 22 Trimble 10 2 Decker ... 113 Zlrkle ... .... 0 3 3 Mann 0 4 4 Harnish 113 Simon, .............. 2 15 Totals 22 17 61 Officials: Braden, Bailey. Preliminary Lancaster, 38-19. Muncie Central Is Handed First Loss 'INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —J*n Butcher and his Kokomo teammates provided the upset of the Indiana high school basketball season Friday night with 65-63 victory over Muncie Central. Butcher tossed in two free throws with 25 seconds showing and ended Muncie’s victory string at 17 in a row. Their last loss was In the state title game last March to Milan. To Announce Polio ; Sweepstakes Winners Oran Schultz, secretary of the Decatur city bowling association, announced today that winners in the Polio Sweepstakes will be reported the first of the week. Half of the proceeds from the Polio Sweepstakes will go to the March of Dimes here and the other 50 percent will be distributed in prize money. ————r DESTROYER (Continued from Page One) being excessively heavy. The new ships also have been designed with an eye to improved livability as wel as greater firepower. All efforts have been made to make the 350-man crew of the Sherman the most comfortable destroyer sailors in the navy. The ship is completely air conditioned, and pleasing color schemes were used in the crew’s quarters. High School Basketball Fort Wayne Central 72, Fort Wayne North 57. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 88, Columbia City 72. Fort Wayne South 62, Huntington 57. Leo 63, Harlan 48. Jefferson Center 63, Lafayette Central 59. Avilla 54, Garrett 47 (overtime). Fremont 73, Ashley 57. Portland 69, Redkey 53. Monroeville 64, Arcola 35. Hartford City 55, Auburn 50. Huntertown 65, Waterloo 58. New Haven 76. Hoagland 54. Nappanee 51, Kendallville 47. Bluffton 63, Warren 55. Kokomo 65, Muncie Central 63. Crown Point 74, Gary Emerson 60. Delphi 58, Rensselaer 53. Elkhart 56. South Bend Riley 50. Evansville Central 61, Bedford 49. Frankfort 70, Marion 58. Gary Roosevelt ,SB, Gary Froebel 52. ' eGary Tolleston 59, East Chicago Washington 54. Hammond 78, Hammond Tech 56. Indianapolis Attacks 75. Indianapolis Washington 45. Jasper 69, Vincennes 52. Logansport 83, Anderson 68. Muncie Burris 73, Tipton 42. New Albany 62, Evansville- Reitz 60. New- Castle 50, Lafayette 48. Richmond 49, Indianapolis Tech 41. Seymour 71, Madison 60. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 58. Clinton 40. Terre Haute Wiley 52, Linton 42. Valparaiso 66, East Chicago Roose- ----- ■ . Versailles 52, Milan 40. Warsaw 65, Plymouth 43. Trade in a Good Town — Decatar

Gorillas Score Third Win Os Season Friday The Hartford Gorilla* broke through to their third victory oi the Beason Friday night, downing the Jackson Center Jaguars, 53-46, at the Hartford gym. Hartford led at every period, 14* 18, 27-22 and 35-34. The Stahly boys starred on offense for the Gorillas, Dean potting 20 points and Clark 17. Morri son led the Wells county quintet wifth 14 markers. The Oorillas will entertain Chester Center at Hartford Tuesday night. Hartford FG FT TP C. Stahly 5 7 17 Hirschy 2 0 4 Moser 0 0 0 Miller 3 2 8 Blberstein 12 4 D. Stahly 6 8 20 TOTALS 17 19 53 Jackson FG FT TP Stroup ..... r 3 0 6 Penrod 4 3 11 Morrison 6 2 14 Jones 3 2 8 Spalding 0 0 0 Cloud 10 2 Blinn 2 0 4 Slusher 0 0 0 TOTALS 19 7 45 Officials: Walker, Bradtmueller. Preliminary Jackson, 34-31. Suffers Light Stroke At Home Thursday Charles Smith, retired railroad employe, suffered a light stroke Thursday, but is reported recovering at the home of Mrs. H. L. Koontz. PRESIDENTKND (Continued from Page One) talks: a U. 8. withdrawal from Formosa and ousting of Nationalist China from the security council. Secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold. who conferred with Chou in Peiping last month on. the Impriaohed U. S. flyers, has limited his own role in the ceasefire efforts to carrying out security council directives, such as cabling to Chou the council’? spurned invitation of last Monday. “ Hammarskjold was known to have sent Chou through private diplomatic channels a personal "run down” of the situation at UN in an apparent effort to induce the Red official to join ceasefire talks in New York. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad It brings results.

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PLEASANT MILLS EDGES ADAMS CENTRAL WITH THE GAME TIED at 16 all early in the second quarter, Speakman of Pleasant Mills takes a jump shot from 16 feet out. Blocking for Speakman are Dee Wolfe. 54, and Leon Byer, 44, in white; Rod Beer and Baumgartner of Adams Central try for the follow-up.

Has Bandage Removed After Eye Operation Larry Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. True Andrews, went to Fort Wayne today to have one bandage removed from his left eye, and possibly from the right eye, if it ie improved epough. Andrews was operated on Tuesday in Fort Wayne to have an eye condition, caused by tetanus shots when he was a boy, corrected. WET AND DRY (Continued from Page One) Permit the state budget committee to approve all of the salaries of toll road employes, including the 125,000' annual salaries of executive director Albert J. Wbdbking and Ralph Gregg, parttime chief legal counsellor, and classify the commission as a branch of state government.

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Stipulate that state police patrol toll roads with the commission reimbursing the state for the services of the troopers. The senate emasculated toll road ripper bill now is reposing in a house committee, but speaker George Delner said he would not try to pigeon-hole it. True Son PITTSBURGH (INS) — Pittsburgh Pirate piteher Dick Littlefield is a true son of the British Isles. The Buc lefthander lists his ancestry as “Irish-English-Scotch.” PACKER IS (Continued from Page Ooe) Judge Holder looked him in the eyes and said: ‘Honestly, Mr. Thompson, I just don’t believe you.’’ Trade in a Goo? T’wn — Decatur

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1955

NATIONALIST " (Continued troin Page One) chens. The question of Nationalist troop evacuation from the Tachens was somewhat clouded. Nationalist officials indicated the plan for redeployment to Formosa would eventually be carried out —to tighten defense lines —but there was no announced timetable. Tn the • interim, Nationalist planes were pounding Red ships and islands near the Tachens to hamper any Red Invasion move. The Nationalists announced that a wave of bombers “pulverized" Red positions on Yichangshan islands Friday night, starting tires in “eight or nine" place*. Albany. N. Y. —- Agricultural fairs have been an important part of the American family life for more than 150 years.