Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 9 February 1955 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, IMS

Commodores Win Over Adams Central, Jackets Defeated By New Haven

Commodores The Commodores gained revenge for their early season defeat at the hands ot Adams Central defeating the Greyhounds. 58 to M. in a tight game Tuesday night at the Adams Central gyro. The opening lead ot the game went to Adams Central with John Rowdon connecting on a field goal. Jerry Voglewede tied the score with two free throws and tor the rest Os the first quarter the lead seesawed. ending with a 14 to U tie. The Decatur team oatacpdsd their opponents during the second quarter, counting 14 to Adams Central's 13, to mark up a half time lead of three points. 29 to 24. The Greyhounds led Hirnngli most of the second period but a field goal and two free throws by Joe Wilder put the Commodores ahead. Coach Dare T» veer's Commodores kept the slim lead for the rest of the game, scoring 21 points during the second half while Adams Central marked up 25. The third quarter ended with Decatur ou top, 46 to 40. The Greyhounds were a constant threat, pulling within two and three points several times during the last period. A fielder by Jerry Mitchel pat them within three points with only a little more than a minute to play but Jerry Voglewede connected on two free throws and then Walt Mowery scored a field goal in the final seconds to ice the game. Joe Wilder poured 22 points through the nets to lead the scoring for the game. Chuck Voglewede’s 14 points matched the 14 scored by Greyhound Rowden, who led his team mates. The Commodores capitalised on 17 Greyhound fouls to make 22 out of 31 attempts at the charity stripe. Ten personals and a technical called against the Commodores to give Adams Central 17 points on 21 free throw attempts. Decatur Catholic will have the chance to avenge another early season defeat when they meet the Pleasant Mills Spartans Friday aight in the Decatur gym, while the Greyhounds will host the Monmouth Eagles at Adams Central. Commodores FG FT TP C. Voglewede J. Voglewede ...1 6 j’ Wilder 7 8 22 Meyer 0 0# Faurotel3 5 Mowery „ 4 19 TOTALS . Is. 22. ,58 Adams Central FG FT TP Rumple ... 10 2 Mitchel 4 4 12 Beer*'. .. . . Y 3 | Rowdon .. 6 2 14 Baumgartner 2 3 7 Sprunger 15 7 Hoffman 0 0 0 TOTALS 17 17 51 Officials: Duffield. Kilby. Preliminary Adams Central, 42-30. College Basketbait Butler 80, St. Joseph’s 72. Anderson 09. Manchester 05. Hanover 52. Earlham 49. Franklin 73, Taylor 61. Indiana Tech 89, Tri-State 87 (overtime). Wabash 73, Indiana Central 69. Rose Poly 70, Oakland City 56. Western Michigan 88, Loyola 84. Holy Cross 80, Yale 58. lowa State 77. Kansas 59. George Washington 73, Maryland ’ . North Carolina State 114, Virginia 97. San Francisco 71. San Mateo 56.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams DIAL Ml7l FOR SCORES Friday Pleasant Mills at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Portland. Monmouth at Adams Central. Montpelier at Berne, Albany at Geneva. Roll at Hartford. . Jeffenon at Willshire. Warriors Whip Madison Quint Tuesday Night The Jefferson Warriors, taking au early lead and holding It all the way, walloped Madison of Jajr county, 64-41, at the Berne auditorium Tuesday night ’ The Warriors held a good lead at all stopping points, 14-6. 24-18 and 464-27. Bobby Caffee paced the Jefferson victory with 22 points, trailed by Bill Smitley with 15. Long tallied 11 points for Madison/ Jefferson will play at Willshire, 0., Friday night i—— ■ Jefferson i FG FT TP Bollenbacher 4 0 8 Keller 14 4 Hammitt —8 3 9 Lehman 0 0 0 Smitley 6 3 151 Caffee 11 <j 22 Willmtn , 2 0 4 Stuber J 0 0 6 Lefever 0 0 0 Totals 27 IS 64 Madison FG FT TP Keltner 2 2 6 Fellers -2 2 6 Long 2 7 11 Murphy 2 4 4 Prescott 3 3 9 Sommer ’. 0 2 2 PWMips „„ 8 Totals 11 19 41 Officials: Lord. Gen til. Preliminary Madison. 44-31. Bowling League Heads Meet Thursday Night Presidents Os all bowling leagues in the city association are invited to attend the association meeting Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock: at the Mies bowling alleys. Rlobqrt Mutechter, association president, stated that the purpose ot the meeting is to discuss plana for the annual city association bowling tourney. Pro Basketball Syracuse 115. Boston 88. New York 98. Minneapolis 95. Milwaukee 102, Philadelphia 95. High School Basketball Garrett 53, Elmhurst 52. Milan 58, Sunman 32. Crawfordsville 46, Lafayette 41. Evansville Lincoln 69. Poseyville S 3. x Evansville Reitz 83, Evansville Memorial 65. Gary Roosevelt 65, East Chicago Washington 54. Greencastle 51, Brazil 50. Blymouth 64. Culver 68. Valparaiso 66, Crown Point 41.

YELLOW JACKETS The Decatur Yellow Jackets continued In their deep-freeze despite a warming trend in the weather and dropped a ragged contest to the New Haven Bulldogs on the letter’s floor, 68-50, Tuesday night. After the first half of the first quarter, the Jackets were out of the contest as they had countless shots roll off and . bounce out of the hoop. New Haven jumped into a quick 6-0 lead on the strength of two free throws and a field goal by Ron Hutter and two more gift toises by McComb. The Jackets came back us Dave Halterman hit five quick points and Tony Kelly got two after a New Haven field goal to make the score read 8-7 in favor of New Haven. From there on It was the Bulldogs* game as they stretched out to a 17-9 lead at the quarter. New Haven opened the second quarter with a complete new team, and after Frisby hit a field goal, the Decatar boys banged in six straight points to whittle the Bulldog lead to four points, 19-15. At this stage, the New Haven starting five returned to the fracas and pulled away from the Jackets to a 34-26 half-time lead. The third quarter was about even as the Bulldogs held their lead over the Yqfiow Jackets and increased it three points at the six-bits mark, 51-84. The last period was only a mattor of time as both coaches used substitutes freely. One bright spot for the Jacket fans was the fine Play of sophomore guard Gene Baxter in the last half. While used sparingly in the last half, he scored eight points and played a very alert floor game. Ron Vetter led all scorers with 16 points followed by Baxter’s eight. Cloys and Downs led New Haven with 13 apiece followed by Bearman with 12 and McComb with 11. The Jackets play the Portland Panthers at Portland Friday and have their last home game of the season against Fort Wayne Central next Tuesday. Decatur FG FT TF Kelly E 2 2 McDougal ...2 2 6 Strickler 113 Neireiter 0 0 0 Murphy 1 O' 2 Hancher 2 2 6 Baxter 3 2 8 Totals 16 18 50 New Haven — FG FT TP Bearman ... 5 2 12 McComb 8 5 11 Cloys „ x 5 3 18 Huffer 2 2 6 Downs 6 1 13 Henderson ....0 5 5 Frisby 1 2 4 D. Allgood 10 2 J. Allgood 0 0 0 Malott 0 0 6 Totals 23 22 68 Officials: Burke, Swartz. Preliminary New Haven, 53-28.

Gorillas Lose To Chester By 57 To 48 Score • The Hartford Gorillas were defeated by the Chester Center Indians, 57-48, on the Hartford floor Tuesday night. Hartford led at the first quarter. 11-19. but Chester was on top at the half, 23-21, and at the third period, 42-36. Harris topped the Wells county quintet with 25 points, while Dean Stably tallied 15 to lead the Gorillas. — Hartford will entertain the Roll Red Rollers at Hartford Friday. Chester Center FG FT TP Harris 10 5 25 Miller 4 0 8 Payne 5 1 11 Murray 0 0 0 Gearhart 0 0 0 Zehner 2 9 13 Totals 21 . 15 57 Hartford FG FT TP Hirschy ...3 17 C. Stahly 4 1 9 Miller 4 5 13 Biberstein 2 0 4 D. Stahly ...5 5 15 Moser 9 0 0 Totals 18 12 48 Officials: Ryan, Arnold. Preliminary Chester Center, 46-38. , Trade in a Goo« town — Decatur

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Eagles Defeat Pleasant Mills Tuesday Night The Monmouth Eagles, after trailing by 13 points at the first quarter, bounced back to defeat the Pleasant Milla Spartans, 74-69, on the Pleasant Mills floor Tuesday night. Pleasant Mills led at the first period, 26-13. al the half, 38-46, and at the third period, 56-54, but could not stop the Eagles in the final quarter! Norte Witte, Monmouth’s top scorer, was limited to only eight points, but Stew Sehnepf poured in 25 points and John Myers 18. Leon Byer led the Spartans with 22 points, and Dee Wolfe tallied 16. Pleasant Mills will tangle with the Decatur Commodores at the Decatur gym Friday night, while Monmouth will be at Adams Central. Monmouth FG FT TP Fuhrman 5 1 11 Fuelling 0 2 2 Witte ~...... 4 0 8 Sehnepf 11 3 25 J. Myers .... ... 7 4 18 Brown 2 0 4 Keuneke 3 0 6 TOTALS 32 10 74 Pleasant Mills ‘ FG FT TP Melching 7 0 14 Byers — 9 4 22 Wolfe 6 3 15 Frey — j.... 4 2 10 J. Williamson __v2 2 C Butler 9 0 0 Speakman 0 0 0 Bowen, 0 0 0 Light 1 0 2 G. Williamson 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 11 69 Officials: Lehman, Strickler. Preliminary Pleasant Mills, 46-27. ♦ Berne Loses To Bluffton In Overtime The Berne Bears lost a real toughie Tuesday night, dropping a 58-51 decision to the Bluffton an overtime battle on yie MNmus court for the Bears?, fourth Setback of the season. It was a bitter struggle all the way. Berne led at the first quari ter, 18-12, Bluffton edged in front at the half, 30-29, Berne was on top at the third period, 43-39, and the teams were tied at 49-49 at the expiration of the regular playing period. Grove’s field goal, his only points of the game, won for the Tigers tn the closing seconds. John Kirchhofer of Berne was the game’s' top scorer with 20 points, including 10 free throws in as many attempts. Al Egly counted 10 for the Bears. Tom Ehrsam, regular guard, suffered a severe knee injury in the second quarter, and it is feared may be out for the season. Randall tallied 18 points and Wasson 16 for Bluffton. The Bears will entertain the Montpelier Pacers at Berne Friday night. Bluffton FG FT TP Flowers!:......I 1 3 Lockwood .....u;4 0 8 Wasson 7 2 16 Randall 7 4 18 Grove 10 2 Uptgraft 12 4 Dunwiddie 10 2 Totals 22 9 53 Berne FG FT TP Sprunger 17 9 Egly 5 2 12 Kirchhofer 5 10 20 Ehrsam ...2 1 5 Lloyd 10 2 Hendricks 1 ] 3 Nussbaum ....0 0 0 . Totals 15 . 21 51 Officials: Lieberum. Bales. Preliminary Bluffton, 43-39. — It you nave someming to sell 01 rooms for rent, tiy a Democrat Want Ad. ft brings results. * 1

IN FORT WAYNE NEXT GAME Saturday, Feb. 12 Komets vs Johnstown Feb. 22—Toledo Mar. I—Cincinnati.

Incentive Payment Program Explained Adams County Men Attend Meeting Explanation- of the new incentive payment program of the U.S. government for wool to start this spring Was made by Ralph Horine, a national committeeman in the farm program to a group of interested Hoosiers at Indianapolis Tuesday. Two Adams county men. Erwin Fuelling. Union township, who will hpve charge of Co-op wool buying, and L. E. Archbold. Co-op fieldman, attended the explanatory meeting. « 'The incentive payment program will be paid for from the tariff of cents on wool. The payment on the 1955 crop will average 62 cents, it was explained, and one cent of this payment may be deducted to support a sheep improvement program. Hoviae explained that no floor will be placed under the wool market and therefore wool will seek its own price according to grade and demand. Payments will be made at the close of the marketing year through the A.S.C. office. The marketing year for wool starts April 1. importance was placed on sales prior to April 1 and farmers were advised to retain title and consign his crop. Fieldman Archbold said that the Co-op plans to assist farmers tn preparing forms to be filed with the A.S.C. Payment of 80 percent of the incentive payment will be made on the wool carried by slaughtered lambs, assuming that

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they will carry five pounds of wool for each 100 pounds. It also win be necessary that slaughtered lambs be property certified for incentive payments. Grocery Chain Plans Second Si. Market Record Deeds For Three Properties Deeds were recorded Tuesday afternoon for t,hree properties on North Second street across from the Elks home by Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. as new owners. *'' ' The” sellers included Mr. and Mrs. (Robert Passwater and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gallimore, owners of the corner lot, where the service station is located. It is the site of a recent fire which took the life of Thomas Leonard. The other two adjoining lots, south of the corner lot, were the property of Jesse G. Niblick of this city. One is a vacant lot and the other has * residence located on It. It is understood that Otto Meyer, Indianapolis, has negotiated a deal with a prominent chain greeery concern for construction of a modern super market on tfee three lots, with part ot the area being reserved for parking space. The purchase, underwritten by Lincoln Life, ineludes a quarter of a block, with the exception of part of one lot where the Frank GUllg home is located, in the northeast part, of the quarter. No details have been 4 made public by Meyer concerning construction, but it is understood that work

v> iU start early this spring and the name of the operating grocery company will be made public soon. Local negotiations were handled by Charles Kent and Gerald Strickler of Kent Realty and Auction Co. Lou Saban Is Named Northwestern Coach EVANSTON, 111. (INS) —The name of Lou Saban, former University of Indiana and Cleveland Browns quarterback, was added to the growing fraternity of new head football coaches today. The 33-year-old native of La Grange, UL, was elevated to the post of head football coach at Northwestern university Tuesday. He succeeds Bob Voigts who had been on the Wildcat scene since 1947. Saban was one of Voigts' assistants. Guglielmi Rejects Washington Contract SOUTH BEND, Ind. (INS) —All American quarterback Ralph Guglielmi Notre Dame has turned down a professional football contract offered by the Washington Redskins but will consider another offer from the club soon. Guglielmi, who halls from Columbus, Ohio, failed to reach agreement with Joe Kuharich, coach of the Redskins, Tuesday. He said he will meet again with Kuharich in a few weeks. Larry Crockett In Speedway Classic INDIANAPOLIS (INS I — The 1954 rookie of the year at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today was signed to ride a new car in

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this ye*r'i annual May 30th 500 mil* auto classic. Ldrny Crockett, at Columbus, Ind., qualified on the final day last year at U 39.567 mile* per hour, a record qualifying four laps for a rookie. Se started in 35tb position and finished ninth. 93 Traffic Deaths To Date In Indiana INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —State police records today disclosed 93 persons wore kiiled tn Hoosier highway accidents through last Sunday compared to 97 tor the same period for 1954. (Supt. Frank A. Jessup said 75 deaths this January was a slight reduction under the 82 deaths recorded in the year-ago January. Urban crashes have claimed Ifi lives and rural smashups have accounted for 77 deaths - 59 on state and federal highways and 18 on county roads. LONDON (INS) — So many post office trucks have been fobbed recently that Conservative M. P. Brigadier Terence "Clarke will ask the Assistant Postmaster General in the House of Commons to consider changing the color of all Royal Mail trucks from red to prevent- them from being targets for gangsters.

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