Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1955 — Page 7

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY M, ll|»

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The defending champion Monmonth Eagles and the Decatur Catholic Commodores will clash I in the first semi-final game of the S Adams Central sectional tourney at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon !as the result of victories In the opening day of play Wednesday. The Eagles won their way to the Saturday afternoon round with a brilliant rally to defeat the Decatur Yellow Jackets, 62-57, in the second game Wednesday afternoon. The Commodores, .leading most of the way, eliminated the Berne Bears, 56-43, in the Wednesday night tilt, after Berne had copped the tourney opener Wednesday 1 afternoon, 47-43, fro a stubborn Hartford Gorilla quintet. Play will resume tonight, with the Adams Central (Greyhounds 1 tangling with the Pleasant Mills Spartans in the 7 o’clock opener, ! to be followed by the Geneva Card--41 Inals against the Jefferson Warrlors. x-r-Winners of tonight’s games will 1 meet in the second semi-final Sat!urday at 2:16 p. m., and the championship clash will get underway at 8:15 p. m. a There will no games Friday, with the day devoted to the sale of tickets to Monmouth, a..J Decatur Catholic fans, and to the fans of | tonight’s two winners. 1 : i Bears Edge Gorillas zzzi The Berne Bears were hardpressed all the way in the opener .< to down a stubborn, hard-fighting Hartford ball club, which won only - four games all season. J It was a close battle all the way, with six points the most either team led, and this only briefly when Berne was on top at 33-27 ! midway through the third quarter. Hartford held a brief early advantage of 4-2, but Berne went ahead after four minutes of play and was on top by three points, 15-12, at the end of the first i quarter. The second period saw the lead change five times, with Dean Stah- ; - ly’s third fielder of the game giving the Gorillas a scant 32-21 edge at the half. John Kirchhofer put the Bears on top on the first play of the third • stanza, and Hartford never regained the lead, although knotting the count briefly at 37-27. Berne had a three-point- advantage at 39-36 going into the final eight minutes of battling. Hartford pulled within a lone point at 4’2-41 after two minutes of the final period elapsed, and neither team scored again until Don Lloyd hit a fielder with barely more than a minute to go. The , Gorillas crept with two points at: 46-43, but Lloyd hit again from — field to ice the contest for the * Bears. —t- The Stahly boys were top scorers for the game, Clark tallying 20 ; points and Dean 15 for the Gorillas, while Kirchhofer potted 14 and , Lloyd 12 for the Bears. There were 25 fouls called In the game, 13 on Hartford and 12 on Berne. The ; Gorillas converted 15 of 24 chanch-1 | es, Berne nine of 20. Champions Advance Monmouth, trailing at one stage of the second quarter by 12 points.

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staged a tremendous rally to cut down this deficit and eventually eliminate the Decatur Yellow Jackete, 62-57, in the second afternoon tUt. ” With Nort> .Witte, their tall center and scoring leader, appearing only very briefly in the first Wf, the Eagles saw the Yellow Jacket* pull wway steadily after four minutes of the opening period, and the Decatur lads had moved to a 32-13 bulge at the first buzzer. After three minutes of the second period was history, Decatur had increased its margin to 12 points at 33-17. But the Eagles then made their move. Picking up the Jackets over the entire floor, the defending champs started whittling away at the deficit, and by half-time had cut the Decatur margin to only four points; Sparked by some sensational shooting by Paul Fuhrman, who canned three consecutive jump shots from the free throw area, the Eagles score® 12 straight points and zoomed into a 43-35 lead after four minutes had elapsed. The Jackets then came up with a rally of their own and ripped in the next 10 points to go into the final bracket with a 45-43 margin. Witte knotted the score at 45-45. 14 was tied again at 47-47, 49-49, 51-51, 53-53 and 55-55 with a little over three minutes to play. John Myers then converted a foul toss, Clint Fuelling potted a fielder and Wittee hit again from the field and the Eagles were Ju front, 60-55. Fred McDougal dropped in two free throws on John Myers’ fifth foul, with 1:20 to go. but Dave Brown cashed in a foul toss for the clinching pointJand Fuelling dropped in another free throw in the closing seconds. Both quintets had balanced scoring. Fuhrman led Monmouth with 16 points, all but two in the second half. Fuelling counted 13 and Myers 10. Terry Murphy was high for the Jackets with 16 points, 10 in the first period. McDougal tallied 12, Dave Halterman 11 and Ron Vetter 10. There were 26 fouls called, 14 on Monmouth and 12 on the Yellow Jackets. Commodores Triumpn Decatur’s Commodores broke a close battle "With the Berne Bears wide open in the closing minutes to down the Bears, 56-43, in Wednesday night’s lone encounter and thus move on to the first semi-fin-al tilt. The first period was close through the first five minutes, with the Commodores drawing away late to hold a 15-10 .margin at the end of the quarter. The Decatur lads had a 21-16 margin midway through the second period when Wilt Mowery suffered a sprained ankle and had to leave the game. The Bears then drew into a 21-21 tie. held the lead briefly at 23-32, with Paul Faurote hitting in the closing seconds for a 24-33 Decatur margin at the helf. The third quarter was rugged all the way, not more than three points separating the battlers, a margin which the Commodores held at the end of the period, 36-33.

Two-pointers by John Kirchhofer and Dean Hendricks shoved Berne in front, 37-36, after only 30 seconds of the final chapter. But Faurote hit a fielder and the Commodores were on top to stay. The score was <O-»9 Decatur after two and a half minutes of play when .Kirchhofer was whistled out of the game on five personals. Faurote dropped in both charity shots but Hendricks cut it to one point with a fielder. Faurote made good on two more pressure-packed foul shots and the Bears plainly wilted as the Commodores raced away to a commanding lead in a hurry. Faurote had one of his best nights of the season with 18 points, while Joe Wilder added 16 and Ron Meyer 10. Only two Bears were in double figures, Kirchhofer with 13 and Al Egly with 12. Sixteen fonls were called on Berne, nine on tfae Commodores. Berne F|G FT TP Sprunger 1 1-2 3 Hendricks 4 0-0 8 Kirchhofer 3 8-16 14 Egly 2 0-0 4 Lloyd 6 0-1 12 Flueckiger 3 0-16 Nussbaum 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 19 9-20 47 Hartford FG PT TP C. Stahly 6 8-12 20 Hlrschy 1 0-0 2 Miller 1 2-3 4 D. Stahly 5 5-9 15 Blberstein 1 o-o 2 Moser .... 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 14 15-24 43 Score by quarters: Berne .. 15 21 39 47 Hartford 12 22 36 43 Officials: Yohler, Baldwin. Monmouth FYI FT TP Fuhrman ...8 0-0 16 J. Myers _t 3 4-7 10 Witte2 3-6 7 Schnepf 4 0-0 8 Fuelling ...... 5 3-4 13 Keuneke 3 1-3 7 Brown M> 1-2 1 TOTALS 25 12-22 62 Yellow Jackets FG PT TP -5 ~U, urphy 6 4-7 16 Neireiter 2 0-0 4 McDougal ... ; . 4 4-7 'l2 Vetter ...-. 4 2-3 10 Moses 0 0-0 0 Kelly 2 0-0 4 Hancher 0 0-0 0 Strickler 0 0-0 0 Baxter 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 21 15-22 57 Score by quarters Monmouth 13 31 43 ,62 Yellow Jackets 22 35 45 67 Officials: Baldwin, Yohler. Commodores F)G FT TP C. Voglewede ,_... 0 1-3 1 Wilder ~..'... 4 8-11 16 Meyer .... 5 0-1 10 Mowery ...2 5-6 9 Faurote ... 6 6-8 IS Kable 1 0-0 2

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COMMODORE TICKETS Dave Teryeer, Decatur Commodore coach, said today that tickets for the Saturday sectional sessions will be sold to students at 3:15 p.m. Friday in the faculty room (first floor). Tickets are sl, good for both Saturday afternoon and evening. Adult sales in the flret floor faculty room at 5:15 p.m. Friday (following Lenten eerv- ... ice), to thoee adults — 1-who had first bracket tickets issued by DCHS first (fqpe bring Wednesday ticket •)—-2-then open sale to all other season ticket holders and other Commodore fans. It Is believed every season ticket holder will be taken care of, also all other Commodore fans. The exact number of tickets available to the Commodores wlfl not be determined until after tonight’s session. Costello _i». 0 0-0 ,0 TOTALS 18 20-29 56 Berne EG FT TP Sprunger 10-12 Hendricks 4 0-18 Kirchhofer 5 3-7 13 Egly ... 5 2-3 12 Lloyd — 2 0-1 4 Nussbaumo 2-2 2 Flueckiger 10-0 2 Lehman 00-00 Whitehurst 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 18 7-15 43 Score by quarters: Commodores .. 15 24 36 56 Berne 10 23 33 43 Officials: Yohler, Baldwin. Sectional Scores At Adams Central Berne 47, Hartford 43. Monthouth 62, Yellow Jackets 57. Commodores 56, Berne 43. At Fort Wayne Hoagland 54, Coease 52. . ... Huntertown 48, Lafayette Central 47 (overtime). Fort Wayne South 69, Leo 56. At Auburn Angola 63, Waterloo 41. Metz 47. Ashley 46. Garrett 58, Scott Center 46. Fremont 62, Churubusco 49. At Garrett Butler 52, Orland 38. .Auburn 67, Pleasant Lake 50. Salem Center. 62, Hamilton 60. At Hartford City z Montpelier 58, Madison Twp. 39Hartford City 91, Gray 35, / Dunkirk 67, Redkey 48. J/ At Huntington Huntington Twp. 58, Huntington 56 (overtime). Andrew* §7, Warren 53 (overttnaekv ... Rockcreek 73, Jefferson Center 71. At Kendallville Rome City 58, Topeka 33. Kendallville 52, Wolcottville 46. Ligonier 72, Brighton 57. —t,- —, < —’ -— Indiana U. Names Athletic Director BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (INS) — Newly-named Indiana University athletic director Frank E. Allen promised today that the Hurryin’ Hoosiers will quit the Big 10 footfall cellar. The 63-year-old superintendent >f South Bend schools was “drafted" Wednesday according to IU president Herman B. Wells to succeed P4ul Harrell who resigned a • ear ago because of his health. Allen, a four-time IU trustee named both by Republican and democratic governors, said a winning football team will be one of his main objectives. He said: "I know that shaping a winning football team has been a problem at Indiana but to &iange that situation is a real challenge and that is the primary reason 1 agreed to take the job. “With a fine football coach like Bernie Crimmins who also came to lU from South Bend where he assisted coach Frank Leahy and with a fine staff such as he has assembled, I see no reason why IU cannot become a football power in the Western Conference.” He added he considered a winning team necessary to provide the wherewithal for lU’s expanded sports facility program involvine new playing fields and eventually a new stadium. He said: “It takes a winning, crowd-draw-l ing football team to make such improvements possible." Santee Withdraws i From Pan-Am Games 1 NEW YORK (INS)—Wes Santee. America's fastest miler, has withdrawn from the Pan-American games at Mexico City March 12-26 because .of scholastic- conflicts... Olynmlc . trade* field coßMmttee, announced Wednesday that Santee informed the group he can not spend two. weeks away from his classes at the University of Kansas. Pro Basketball Fort Wayne 120, Minneapolis 97. Philadelphia 98, New York 96. Milwaukee 120, Boston 103. Trade in a Good • own — Decatur >

Tourney Notes

Some tourney firsfa: , First tlpoft-Controlled by Berne. First shot (missed)- John ’ Kirchhofer, Berne. First 3-second violation? Hartford. First personal, foul- Ben Sprunger, Berne. First free throw (made)- Lew Miller, Hartford. First field goal- Dean Hendricks. Berne. First free throw (missed)- Ben Sprunger, Berne. First time out- Berne (4 minutes of 2nd quarter). First substitution- Jerry Flueckiger, Berne. First player removed on personal fouls- Ben Sprunger, Berne. • • « No interest in “Hoosier Hysteria?” Charles D. Ehinge®, boss man at the Citizens Telephone Co., reports meters at the company show a total of 5,328 busy signals were recorded Wednesday on the Dally Democrat’s two regular trunk - tines. This compares to a daily normal 15. On the wire recorder service, which opens at 4:30 p. m., 2,109 calls were registered during the evening and night, with only 90 busy signals. Citizens reports a total of 29,693 local calls during the 24-hour period on Wednesday, approximately 12,000 above the normal day. Misses Pauline Lobsiger and Karen Striker, on duty at this office during tourney hours, reported approximately 1,000 calls from 1 to 5 p. m. Tire load fell off sharply cn the Democrat's regular trunks after the wire recorder began operations. So dial 3-2171 for scores, » • • The Holthouse drug store, which conducts a “guessing contest" yearly: —onthesej?t|onal, reports approximately 1,050 entries received by the Wednesday noon deadline. For the first time in the contest’s history, none of the entrants picked either Jefferson or Hartford to wim The Monmouth Eagles were top favorite, 34.8 percent picking the Eagles to repeat Addams Central was favored by 22.2 percent; Decatur Yellow Jackets. 18.6; Decatur Commodores, 8.7; Pleasant Mills, 6.9;. Berne, 4.6; Geneva. 4.2. \» • • The injury and illness bugabco H hitting county teams hard this year. Hardest hit were the Decatur Commodores and Berne Bears. The Commodores lost the services of Jerry Voglewede, regular guard, when he suffered a broken wrist last Friday night. The Bears played both their games Wednesday without Tom Ehrsam, regufer guard,lout ef-aeiloa k*hee injury Feb. 8 Yesterday, Monmouth got practically no first half duty from Norb Witte, center and tallest boy in the county, and while Norb played most rot the second half, he definitely showed signs of illness. Stew Schnepf. Monmouth guard, sustained a leg injury in the first half Wednesday, but was able to return to action the second half. Last night, Wait Mowery, Commodore guard, suffered a severe ankle sprain in the first half, but played the entire second half in fine fashion, despite a noticeable limp. * * * Eager tourney fans, anxious to get “good” seats in the Ad..sms Central gym crowd around the doors well before opening time at each session. Within a few minutes of the time that the doors were opened Wednesday the gym was filled to capacity. Enthusiastic cheering blocks help ’ while away the long hour between the time the doors open and the start of the games. Students began chanting and cheering abou: their favorite team a full 45 minutJes before the games. 1* * * Someone wondered whether the black gloves, which Men mouth , enthusiasts all wore, were for the t purpose of muting the clapping, l protecting the palms of the bauds ; during the clapping or just “for . looks.” I** * . Usually the guy with the flat tire la not considered, fortunate, but the one who chose to have his , flat, in the parking lot during the ! Wednesday afternoon game picked , the right time. Parking lot attend- ; ants offered, via loud-speaker, to change the tire if the keys were brought out. Mighty nice people, those attendants! >• » . A pat on the back to Allen Lehman whose fine trumpet blares out the “Star Spangled Banner” at the opening of each session. Allen is a student at Adams Central * * * ‘ The Berne Bears brought their . “Limbeilost Bell” to display at t))e ’ sectional. The trophy is in tlrti'r possession until imxt season' whenCollege Basketball Evansville 1(H, St. Joseph’s 81. Dayton 98, Toledo 93. Ixmisviße 92, Xavier (O.) 52. Drake 96, Loyola (Chicago) 88. Pittsburgh 81. Bucknell 74.' La Salle 64, Fordham 49. St. Louis 82, Bradley 74. Holy Cross 84, Springfield 71. George Washington 119. William I & Mary 76.

TICKETS TONIGHT John O. Reed, Adam* Central principal and sectional tourney manager, announced thi* morning that approximately 250 ticket* for tonight’* section will be on sale at the gym thi* evening. Ticket sales will start at «:30 o’clock, and will be sold only at the southeast ticket office at the south (main) entrance to the gym. The doors will open at • o’cfock'for holders of ticket* previously purchased. Gavilan Protests Defeat Wednesday / MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (INS) — Kid Gavilan. former welterweight champion who lost a unanimous 10-round decision to Hector Constance of Trinidad, planned today to protest what he termed “a fix” to th* Miami Beach boxing commission. In addition, GavUan and hi* ■ manager, Tamil Chads, said they I would complain to the national boxing association. Constance. 24, and the ninth ranking welterweight contender, gave Gavilan. 29, a rugged fight Wednesday night over most of the 10-round route. He punished the kid with left , jabs and shook him with right crosses, hotably in the sixth and ninth rounds. Constance made Gavilan give ground In a Series of furious exchanges in the 10th. Despite the unanimity of the of- | ficials, Chade, Gavilan's manager, j : Baid: 1 “This was completely dishon- j est.“ Gavilan added: j "I thought the judges were supposed .to be honest. But I don’t know how a judge could give him ' (Constance) 99 points and me 97. He didn't do anything better than me.” Judge Morris Feingold scored the fight 99-97 for Constance, who was making hl* fifth apipearance in this country. Judge Gus Jacob- , son scored it 97-95 for Constance and 'Referee Si Gottfried saw it for the Trinidad boy, 96 to 95. Gavilan at I&414. pounds showed ' little of his old form and used hi* famed bolo punch only one*. It was his second bout in a comeback campaign since he lost his title to Johnny Saxton in Philadelphia last October. - _ .. . *

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