Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1955 — Page 15

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1955

SPORTS

Berne Wallops Ossian Quintet By 59-36 Score The Berne Bears had little difficulty registering their 13th victory of the season Saturday night, belting the Ossian Bears, 59-36, at the Ossian gym. Berne piled, up a 29-16 advantage in the first half and was never In danger from the Wells county Quintet. ~ John Klrchbofer led Berne with 18 pointe, 14 of them on free throws, while Al Egly counted 12. Bauermeister and Ruptight each Counted id points for Ossian. — The Boars will entertain the Bluffton Tigers at the Borne gym Tuesday night Berne FG FT TP 6prlinger .. 3’ 1 T Egly 6 0 12 Kirchhoter ... .. 4 10 18 Ehrsam 3 2 8 Lloyd .... 2 0 4 Hendricks 10 2 81. Lehman ._ 0 4 4 Tluecklger 0 0 * Nussbaum 118 Br. Lehman Oil Totals .20 18 59 Ossian - 4 FG FT TF Bauertneistor ..4 2 10 Van Meter .... . 204 Patten .. 0 0 0 Rupright 4 2 10 Baumgardner „ 2 O 4 Mahnensmith 12 4 Strong 10 2 Gronow ..... 0 2 2 b Totals 14 8 36 Officials: Scharch, Braden. Preliminary Berne, 35-23. ...... Van Wert County Draw Is Announced The Willshire Bearcats, Van Wert, 0., county league champions, drew Wren in the county tourney which starts February 15 at Convoy-Union high school in Coni York and Olio City will pity the • wwnnd game r wk; fiw»i idayr Convoy-Union and Hoaglin-Jackson will play in the third game that same evening. Van Del will play the winner -of the Convoy-Union Hoaglln-Jackson game on February 22, and the finals and consolation will be February 25.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams DIAL 8-2171 FOR 6COREB Tuesday Commodores at Adams Central. Yellow Jackets at New Haven. Monmouth at Pleasant Mills. Bluffton at BeraA Jefferson vs Madison at Berne Auditorium. Chester Center at Hartford. Friday Pleasant Mills at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Portland. Monmouth at Adams Central. Montpelier at Berne. Albany at Geneva. Roll at Harttort. Jefferson at Willshire. Lutheran League Tourney Is Opened (Dfecajur, Fuelling, Union and Flat Rock surviving opening round games tn the annual Lutheran grade school league tourney, which opened Saturday night and Sunday. Decatur defeated Trinity, 38-25; Fuelling whipped Bethlehem, 47-21; Union downed Bingen, 3448, an Flat Rock eliminated Preble, 43-22. Tourney play will continue Saturday night, with Soest meeting Trtedheim at 7:38 p. tn„ followed by Union against Flat Roek. These games will be played at Momhouth. Sunday afternoon at Monmonth, Decatur will play Fuelling, followed by the winner® of the SatttTtey night games. The final game will be played at Monmouth Sunday afterhoot, Feb. 20, at 2:30 p. m„ between the winners of next Sunday’s semi-finals. The final game will be preceded by an all-star game at 1:80 p. m. Decatur FG FT TP Lytle 2 O 4 Conrad . 2 0 4 C. Krueckeberg 2 0 4 Jacobs 19 2 Bleeke 8 0~ 4 Krueckeberg 0 0 0 W. Scheiman 10 2 Kinerk .............. 1 0 14 Witte .... 8 2 2 Scheiman . J 10 2 TOTALS 18 2 38 Trinity ... .. FG FT TP Berhlng .... 0 0 0 Trier ..1 0 0 9 TKortipsoff*! 7 4 18 Summers 0 0 0 Shields 0 0 0 Schroeder ....uk—o 0 0 Grant 1 2 i Buuck 0 0 0 Grotrian * .....’O' 3 3 TOTALS 8 9 25 Fuelling FG FT TP L. Busick ... 2 0 4 Borger .... 0 0 8 Frants 0 0 0 D. Linker * 7 0 14 ScNeferstein ... 10 2 K. Linker 5 2 12 Wletfeldt 0 0 0 Hockemeyer ... 0 0 0 Busick ......—..— 2 6 10 Fuelling — 2 15 TOTALS 19 9 47 Bethlehem FG FT TP L. L. Graft 2 3 7 Fiedler . 3 0 6 Linnemeier 0 0 0 Roembke 113 Franke 0 0 0 L. Graft 0 f 1

Eagles Defeat Hoagland Five Saturday Night The Monmouth Eagles scored their second triumph in as many nights, and their 12th of the season Saturday night by downing the Hoagland Wildcats, 47-41, on the Monmouth court. It was a close battle between their neighboring rivals, with Monmouth on top by only one point, 21-28, at the half. Norb Witte, angular center, led the Eagles to victory with 25 points, while L. Beerman was high for Hoagland with 17 markers. The Eagles play the Spartans at Pleasant Mills Tuesday night. Monmouth .- ; •- FG FT TP Fuhrman 12 4 Fuelling ... 0 2 2 Brown 215 Witte ...............ID 5 25 Keuneke ............ 113 Schnept ............ 113 J. Myers ....... 2 15 W. Myert 000 Totals ......... 17 13 47 Huntland FG FT TP L. Beerman ...- 7 3 17 T. Beerman 0 2 2 T. Bchlemmer 2 4'B J. Bchlemmer * 2 0 4 HolW -tom • ta*«aA4kto«*!ht* I 2 10 Kaiser ... 8 0 0 Springer ............ 0 0 0 Totals 18 11 41 Officials: Strickler, Habegger. Preliminary Monmouth, 28-28. Wetting 0 0 0 Franke 12 4 Stoppenhagen ........ 0 0 0 TOTALS 77 21 Union FG FT TP L. Bleeke .... 15 7 L. Thieme 3 0 6 Bischoff x. ? 2 16 M. Thieme 0 0 8 Bulmahn 0 0 0 Springer Oil M. Blakey ... 1 2 4 TOTALS 12 10 34 Bingen FG FT TP Bulmahn 0 0 0 Schearer 0 0 0 Bradtmueller 2 0 4 R. Scheumann 7 4 18 Reiter . 2 0 4 Zest .... _2.T?*l TT" t Lepper 0 0 0 Totals 12 4 28 Flat Roek FG FT TP L. Grotrian 2 IT 4“ Koenemann 0 0 0 Rt. Melcher .. 0 0 0 R. SoheimanU ... 0 0 0 Rn. Melcher ..... 0 0 0 D. Schlemmer 7 2 16 T. Grotrian ...3 3 • 9 D. Hockemeyer 5 4 14 TOTALS 17 9 43 Preble FG FT TP Bulmahn 2 1 5 L. Bulmahn ... 0 0 0 FaWbush 4.—. 0 0 0 Hoffman .- -J-j.'s.- 0 9 0 R. Bieberich 0 0 0 L. Bieberich —1 2 4 R. Selking ... 0 0 0 Gallmeyer 3 3 9 S. Selking 0 0 0 Bultemeier . 2 0 4 D. Bieberich 0 0 0 TOTALS S 6 22

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wmwi Team Standings W L Pct. Berne Pleasant Mills 12 4 .750 Geneva 12 6 .66? Monirtoath 12 6 .667 Adams Central ........ 9 7 .563 Commodores 8 9 .471 Jefferson 7 9 .438 Yellow Jackets 5 11 .313 Hartford 3 13 .188 -1< >u Adams county teams come up with one of their heaviest schedules es the season this week, with 13 games carded, crammed into two nights, six Tueeday and seven Friday. Eight of the county's nine’teams will be in action both nights, with only the Geneva Cardinals engaging in a single contest. Standout attractions are offered both nights, although only one of the 13 games will be played in Decatur. Tops in general interest Tuesday night will be the Mon-mouth-Pleasant Mills clash at Pleasant Mills. The Spartans won a regular season game, 65-47, but the Eagles countered with a 65-4? victory in the county tourney. That was the only loss by Pleasant Mills to another county team so far this season, L_ —oOo h— The Decatur Commodores clash with the Adams Central Greyhounds at Adams Central In another toptlighter Tuesday. Adams Centra! downed the Commodores, 59-55, in a previous tilt. The Decatur Yellow Jackets travel to New Haven Tuesday to meet the Bulldogs in a Northeastern Indiana contest. Other games on tap Tuesday: Blufftot at Berne, Jefferson vs Madison at the Berne nudStottum, and Chester Center at Hartford. The Commotores will be heAs to the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Decatur gym Friday night. Tne Commodores were whipped by the Spartans, 86-67, In the season opened, and are out tor_ revenge. The Yellow Jackets will be on the road again Friday night, journeying to Portland to meet the Panthers. Top county game sends the Monmouth Eagles against the Greyhounds at Adams Central. The Eagles hold two victories over the Greyhounds, 59-57, early in the season, and a 63-57 overtime throller in semi-firials of the county tourney. Other games Friday: Montpelier at. Berne, Albhhy~Tßt Geneva, Roll at Hartford and Jefferson at Willshire, O. —oOo—- — tourney time is only 16 days away, with the Adams county teams tangling tn the sectional at Adams Central, opening Wednesday, Feb. 23. Deadline for schools to file entries with the IHSAA is Wednesday of this week, and all entriel must toe in the IHSAA office before 4 p. m. Feb. 9. Schedules for all tourneys will be drawn in the IHSAA office next week. —oOo—- — Tester. Geneva sizzling the nets with 72 points in two games last week, has increased his season scoring total to 456 points in 18 games, an average of 25.3 points per game. Leon Byer, Pleasant Mills, is second with 366

points in 16 games, only four points above Joe Wilder of the Commodores. Norb Witte, Monmouth, has 343 points for a close fourth. The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points and average points pet game, are as follows: Player GP TP Ave Teeter. Geneva .... 18 456 25.3 Bytr, Pleaoant Mills 16 355 22.8 Wilder, Commodores 17 361 21.2 Witte, Monmouth .. 18 343 19.1 MoWery, Commodores 16„ ®73 17.1 Ehrsam, Berne .. 16 242 16.1 Klrchbofer, Berne .. 18 237 14.8 Beer, Adams Central 16 235 15.7 Long,-Geneva ....... 18 227 12.6 Caffe®, Jefferson .. 16 225 14.1 -000- ‘ Results ohe year ago this week: New Haven 51. Yellow Jackets 41. Monmouth 56, Pleasant Mills 48. Bluffton 66, Berne 66. Madison 50, Jefferson 38. Hartford 50, Petroleum 56. Adams Central 62, Commodores 56. Commodores 59. Pleasant Mills 57. Portland 76, Yellow Jackets 46. Monmouth 05, Adams Central 50. Hartford 52. Roll 50. Willshire 46, Jefferson 41. Geneva 74, Albany 59. Montpelier 65, Berne 59. Yellow Jackets 71, Winchester 49. Reports Zeke Young Shows Improvement Jerome Ginter, who has returned from the St. Joseph hospital in Fort Wayne, reports that he was a patient in the same room with Cecil (Zeke) Young, veteran coach at Auburn high school, and well known in Decatur. He reports that Young, who underwent an eye operation, is improving and is expected to be released within a few days. Ginter also said that Young expects to retire from coaching this year.

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St. Joe Is Winner In CYO League Till ’ • St. Joe of Decatur whipped St. Patrick’s, -8?-92, in a CYO league game at the Central Catholic gym in Fort Wnyne Saturday. S‘. Joe led at all periods, 9-7, W-U and 26-16. Wi’.der led th® winner* with 15 points, add Griffin tallied nine for the ioaera. St. Joe FG FT TP P. Gross ... 0 0 0 Litchfield 0 11 T. Gross 1 0 2 Heiman 6 0 0 Coyne ...... ... 4 0 8 Gage 0 0 0 Wilder ...1 6v. 3 15 Meyers .... Oil Baker 5 0 10 S. Omlor 0 0 0 Hackman ... 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 5 37 St. Patrick's ' FIG FT TP Henaler 3 0 6 Becker 113 Griffin 4 1 9 Finan 10 2 Langus ...i 0 0 -6 ROtnary ... 0 0 0 Talarico o o o Keane 0 0 0 Snyder .... ... 10 2 TOTALS 10 2 22 Announce Tourney Pairings Feb. 17 INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Drawings for the 1955 sectional, regional, semi-final and final high school basketball tournaments will be made Feb. 16 in the offices of the

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Public Auction A As we have sold our farms, we will sell all of our farming equip* ment at public auction on the farm, located 3 miles east of Monroe, Ind., on Highway 124 or 5 miles west of Willshire, O„ on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9,1955 Starting at 10:30 A. M. (CDT) HAY AND GRAIN 125 Bu. Clinton Oats; 1000 Bales Alfalfa and Clover Hay; #OO Bales Wheat Straw. 2 TRACTORS-COMBINE- HAY BALER & IMPLEMENTS Extra good 1352 Farmall tractor on rubber with cultivators and side dressing att.; 1947 Farmall M on rubber; 2 - 1853 three bottom McCormick Little Genius tractor plows; 1953 McCormick No. 448 4-row corn cultivator; 9A McCormick disc, 7on side; 9A McCormick disc, 8 on side, like new; John Deere No. 490 corn planter on rubber with fertilizer att.; McCormick 18 hoe fertilizer grain drill oa rubber; 1953 Allis Chalmers 60 combine, like new.. 11 ft. Brillion cbltftaulcher; 10 tt n Brillion single cultlpacker; Horn No. 500 manure loader; 4 section rotary hoe; No. 127 McCormick 7 ft. tractor mower; good 1952 McCormick No. 50T hay baler; 1953 McCormick rubber tired tractor manure spreader;. 2 spike tooth harrows; No. 2M McCormick corn picker; 40 ft. Universal elevator with Wisconsin motor; 1951 Ford FC Pick-up Truck, like new; 2 good rubber tired wagons with grain beds; McCormick Deering 4 bar side delivery rake; good implement trailer; heavy duty 2 wheel stock trailer; 2 new single hog houses; double hog house; 2 Thumabuilt 8 hole hog-feeders; Thumabuilt 10 hole hog feeder; 2 Celina hog fountains with lamps; 1952 Surge double unit milker with stainless steel pails, pipe and stall cocks for 12 cows; Esco 4 can milk cooler; milk cans; wash tank; strainer; hooded dairy pail; many articles too numerous to mention. TERMS—CASH. Lunch will be served. JUNIOR and THORA RAY Mei Liechty—Auctioneer Ellenberger Bros. —Auctioneers E. W. Baumgartner—Clerk Not responsible for accidents. 2 7

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PRO BASKETBALL Sunday’s Reautts Fort Wayne 92, Rochester 75. Milwaukee 101, Minneapolis 99. Syracuse 77, New York 76. Philadelphia 118, Boston 109.