Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 1 March 1955 — Page 8

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lowa Defeats Minnesota For Big Ten Lead By International New Sservlce San Francisco. Kentucky and lowa. three of the nation’s outstanding basketball teams, shared 0 — 6 — Last Time Tonight — ( Cinemascope & Color | . "SILVER CHALICE" I Virginia Mayo, Jack Paiance j ALSO — Shorts 15c -50 c » s — « WED. & THURS. OURkPIG DAYS! * I First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thur, from 1:30 i BE SURE TO ATTEND! i I —*-«-—=r-o. • trolley Zs/ * i I ' *"** Tl T * TO ANDY CLYDE ELLIOTT SIS RUMAN • LEON ASKIN JACK KRUSCHEN • FRANK WILCOX —o Fri. & Sat.—“Athena”—Color Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds —o Coming Sun. — “Violent Men” Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck ...

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top billing today on the victory scoreboard. The lions of San Francisco, voted the nation's number one eage power by International News Service. won their 20th consecutive game Monday night, 57 to 57, over College of the Pacific. Dick Russell, the Dons' 6-foot, 10-inch center, scored 22 points in leading his teainmates to their 22nd win in 23 games. The University of Kentucky all but wrapped u.p its 16th Southeastern conference crown by defeating Alabama, 66 to 52, at Lexington. It was the 20th victory in 22 games for the country's sec-ond-ranked quintet. Kentucky took over undisputed possession of first place from Alabama and must play Tennessee this Saturday. A free-for-all melee broke out 20 minutes before game time in Lexington Monday night as two substitute players started an argument. The fracas began when Alabama’s sophomore guard. Jim Boi gan, became embroiled in an argument with Don Chandler, son of Happy Chandler, former U. S. senator from Kentucky. 1 State police stopped the battle. Alabama rallied in the second half and took a 48 to 47 lead. The one point advantage, however, was temporary as the Wildcats i. took complete command, holding the Crimson Tide to four 'free throws the rest of the way. lowa clinched at least a share of the Big Ten crown by defeating eighth-ranked Minnesota. 7 2to 70 at Minneapolis. The largest crowd ever to watch a basketball game on a Big Ten campus—2o.l76— saw the visiting lowans take over undisputed possession of first place from the Gophers. The lead changed hands 19 times while the score was deadlocked 17 times. At no time did any team lead by more than five points. lowa trailed 70 to 67, with three minutes and 30* seconds remaining. lowa’s two guards. Bill Seaberg and Milt Scheuerman, each dropped in a basket to overcome the Gopher lead. Scheuerman’s layup shot proved to be the clincher. Colorado wbn its second straight Big Seven basketball title by coming from behind to whip Missouri, 66 to 57. at Columbia. Mo. It was the 10th win in 11 conference games for the Buffaloes and automatically qualified them for an NCAA quarterfinal berth. In other games Monday night, Illinois clinched third place in the Big Ten by whipping Michigan, 81 to 75. and Bradley upset the Wheatshockers of Wichita. 69 to 67. Seton Hall routed Villanova, 83 to 79. Wisconsin beat Purdue. 75 to 73. and Tennessee beat Auburn, 86 to 77. ” Pro Basketball Fort Wayne 90, Minneapolis 88. Philadelphia 101, Milwaukee 84. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur

County Junior High Tourney Opens Monday Adams Central, St. Joe of Decatur, Hartford and Berne teams won opening round games in the annual Adams county junior high basketball tourney Monday night. Adams Central led at all periods. 14-4, 22-6 and 36-8, to eliminate Monmouth in the opening game of the northern division tourney, played at Adams Central. AH 10 players used by the winners broke into the scoring column, led by Gerber with 12 points. Hoffman counted 10 Yor Monmouth. St. Joe whipped Pleasant Mills. 49-19, in the other north division tilt. Decatur was in front at all periods, 11 8. 28-14 and 39-16. Wilder paced the winners with 15 points and Ehrsam counted nine for Pleasant Mills. In the south division. Hartford defeated Geneva, 39-27, and Berne edged Jefferson, 23-21. Adams Central and St. Joe will meet in a semi-final tilt at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Adams Central gym. and Hartford and Berne will play at the Hartford gym at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The two division Winners will meet for the county cnampionshlp Thursday night, with the site and time do be announced following Wednesday night's gaihe at Adams Central. Adams Central FG FT TP Baumgartner3 1 t Hyerly 1 0 2 Hartman Oil Egly 2 10 Habegger2 0 4 15eh......L...- 2 0 4 Foreman 11 3 Gerber 6 0 12 Schlickman 2 0 4 Brown ,5 1 11 TOTALS 26 6- 58 Monmouth FG FT TP Gilbert 1 0 2 Hoffman ...3 4 10 J. Fuhrmano 0 0 King.... 1 0 2 Snyder 10 2 Blume 0 0 0 Lee -..-0 0 0 Brown 0 0 0 McDougal -----0 0 0 Fuhrman ..0 0 0 TOTALS 6 4 16 Officials: Lord. Eichhorn St. Joe FG FT TP Baker 4 0-8 CoyneL 2 0 4 Wilder 71 15 Litchfield ' 1 3 5 T. Gross 4 19 Hackmano 0 0 J. Omlor 0 0 0 S. Omlor2 2 G Heiman --. 0 0 0 Gage .. 0 0 0 Gillig 0 0 0 Reed—... 0 0 0 Meyers,— 10 2 TOTALS 21 7 49 Pleasant Mills ‘ FG FT TP Kramer r ... 10 2 Archer -0 0 0 Kingo 0 0 Riley o_o 0 Ehrsam 3 3 9 McGill 1 0 2 Jackson -1 0 2 Tricker 0 0 0 Light 1 2 0 4 Winans 0 0 0 TOTALS 8 3 19 Officials: Eichhorn, Lord. College Basketball lowa 72, Minnesota 70. Wisconsin 75, Purdue 73. Michigan State 93, Indiana 77. Illinois 81, Michigan 75. Valparaiso 55, Washington (St. Louis) 54. Ohio U. 67. Toledo 59. Kentucky 66, Alabama 52. Colorado 66, Missouri 57. San Francisco 6f, College of Pacific 57. Georgia Tech 88, Florida 68. Bradley 69, Wichita 67. Drake 87, Oklahoma City 70. St. Louis 90, Houston 87. Pairings Are Drawn For CYO Tourney Pairings were made Monday night for the annual CYO grade school tourney, with 17 teams entered, including St. Joseph’s of Decatur. The tourney will open next Saturday at the Central Catholic gym in. Fort Wayne, where all games will be iplayed. St. Joseph's will make its first tourney start at 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon, ploying Queen of Anfeels. ’3eMnd Vifl file pla/ed Saturday, March 12, with the semi-finals and finals Sunday, March 13. . “Party Nite” EVERY K Wed. and Fri. Nite MOOSE

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Results Listed In Intramural League :i . Results of intramural league games at the Decatur high School are as follows: Hoosiers FG FT TP, G. Sheets... 2 0 4 J. Sheets .—1 3 5 G. Black . 0 0 0 1). Duff .... 11 3 C. Shaffer 10 2 TOTALS , 5 4 14 Jigs ' FG PT TP D. Egly 8 0 16 H. Shaffer 5 3 13 A. Bogner .... Oil W. Flora 2 1 5 TOTALS L ~15 “ 5. 35 XThunderbolts , FG FT TP R. Eichenauer •7 0 14 W. Zwick 1 0 2 H. Sommer 2 2 6 W. Baumann 0 0 0 K. Van Horn 1 0 2 _i._. . ~ - _ . ||I«I 111 II I I I TOTALS 11 2 24 Jarheads FG FT TP J. Rhodes ,113 M. Hiiyard j.. 1 2 4 R. Thomas 2 0 4 J. Barlett 10 2 TOTALS 10 3 1:1 Greenbells FG FT' TP RolstonxH 12 4 Wolfe-' 0 o 0 Bpwman 113 .-Cowans3 0 6 TOTALS 5 3 13 Farmers FG FT TP Bair 11 3 Worden 2 0 4 Judt 113 Krueckeberg 0 11 Simmermano 0 0 Blankenbacker 0 0 0 TOTALS 4 3 11 Decatur Officials Work In Regionals Two veteran Decatur basketbail officials have been assigned as referees at regional tourneys next Saturday. Gerald Strickler will officiate at Rushville and .Lores Lehman will work the Hammond tourney. Officials for the Fort Wayne regional are Stan Dubis, Maurice Criswell, Ed Straith-mMler and Dean Geyer. Regional Ticket Deadline Thursday The deadline for purchase of tickets for the Fort Wayne regional tourney is at 11 a m. Thursday. Loren S. Jones, Monmouth principal, reminded fans today. Tickets, priced at 11.60, good for both ' Saturday sessions, will be avail- ' able at the Monmouth school un- ' til 11 a.m. Thursday, and also may ' be obtained at the Decatur high school during school hours Wednesday. Neireiter And Vettel Head Yellow Jackets John Neireiter and Ron Vetter, both seniors, were electer honorary co-captains of the 1954-55 Dedafeur Yellow Jacket basketball team at a meeting of squad members Monday. Letters awarded by Bob' Worthman, athletic director and head coach, in addition to Neireiter and Vetter, went to Fred McDougal. Dave Halterman, Bill Hancher, ail , seniors; Terry Murphy and Roger Strickler, juniors: Tony Kelly and Gene Baxter, sophomores. ■ Boston —- Scientists estimate there are upwards of 10 billion tons of gold in the seas. ". ■ _ Jr * • ■IV Bl ■ W la B Uhi REAR ADM. Bartholomew W. Hogan, the U. S. Navy’a new surgeon general, gets a congratulatory kiss from his daughter after oath-taking ceremony. He succeeds Rear Adm. Herbert L. Pugh. (InternationalJ

Braves Fined For Jumping Starting Gun By International News Service i * Suddenly it’s spring, but baseball playerg and not the birds and : the bees are commanding the attention of the nation's sports fans. Baseball, spring training variety officially comes bustin' but all ov- > er in camps in Florida and Arizona [ today and more than 600 players I begin hoipeful preparations and battles for major league varsity , jobs and stardom. In sight and very much in mind, > too, is the championship season which opens on April 12, and the gold and glory World Series looming ahead in distant October.' The 1955 show has started like ' a detective story, complete with > gum shoes and investigations. 1 Commissioner Ford Frick fined the Milwaukee Braves SSM) and 14 of the team's players a total of 1 1625 Monday for jumping the gun and holding workouts before the ‘ March 1 deadline. 1 The major lea--1 gue player representatives had 1 asked for the March 1 date and * Frick promised stern treatment ! for those who violated the regu- ' lation. The commissioner promised that other clubs and players—under in- , vestigation—will be similarly pun- , Ished. The Detroit Tigers are i among those under probe and may , be next to be disciplined by Frick, j Frick, in St. Petersburg. Fla., . to oversee the situation, said he . was not in favor of the March 1 regulation, but as long as it is on , the books he will enforce iL . Thirteen of the major league ! clubs are working out in Florida ■ and three, the world champion New York Giants, the American I League champion Cleveland Indi- , ans and the Chicago Cubs, are training in Arizona. There are 40 unsigned players. The most prominent is Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Thumpin' Theodore knows it’s spring because he's fishing in Florida. I Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox, • at Sarasota, Fla., are anxious to I find out whether Williams will I ! - '

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