Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 292, Decatur, Adams County, 13 December 1955 — Page 7

tUBSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1»55

Decatur Freshmen Beat Convoy-Union The Decatur freshmen defeated Convoy-Union, 69-46, at the Decatur gym Monday evening. Decatur led at all periods, 23-4. 39-13 and 61-37. Bischoff paced Decatur with 17 points and Holtsberry tallied 14. Rhoades counted 16 for Convoy. Decatur FG FT TP Holtsberry ..... 7 0 14 Canales 4 0 8 Bischoff 8 1 17 Dellinger 3 0 6 Ritter ....... 2 0 4 Vegara 1 2 4 Bracey 0 0 0 Murphy .. 113 Franklin 3 0 6 Daniels 2 15 Lytle ......... 1 0 2 Ratliff '.. 0 0 0 Bleeke ..... 0 0 0 Thieme ..... 0 0 0 — Totals ..... 32 5 69 Convoy-Union FG FT TP Mclntosh 2 15 Gibson 2 15 Rhoades 4 8 16 Taylor 1 2 >4 Dunlap 10 2 'Etzler * 1 2 4 Ackom 0 2 2 Wilson , 0 .0 0 1 Jacobs 1 0 2 'Rogers 3 0 6 i i Totals 15 16 46 Sandy Saddler Scores Technical Knockout I SAN FRANCISCO (INS) —World featherweight champion Sandy , Saddler scored a technical knockout over Davey Gallardo of Los ( Angeles in the sixth round of a scheduled ten-round nontitle fight at San Francisco civic auditorium Monday night. Gallardo's handlers refused to let him come out for the seventh round after he took a bad beating in the sixth. The fight was therefore scored as a TKO in the sixth.

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Bob Friend Os Pirates Tops Loop Hurlers NEW YORK (INS) —Bob Friend went intb the agate type of the National League record book today as the first man in major league history to win the earned run title while pitching for a last-place club. The Pittsburgh hurler won the pitching championship with a low era mark of 2.84. according to official statistics released today by the senior league. He was only the third righthander in the last ten years, to win the crown. Appearing in 44 games and posting a 14-9' won-lost mark, the 25-year-old six-footer from West Lafayette, Ind., allowed only 63 earned runs in 209 innings, Another righthander, Brooklyn’s Don Newcombe, was runtjerup with a 3.19 mark. But he logged a 20-5 record for an .800 won-lost percentage. tops in the league. Newcombe also had the longest winning streak, ten straight victories from April 14 to June 8,. inclusive. Both Friend and Newk pitched one-hitters during the 1955 campaign, Friend’s coming Sept- 7 against Chicago and Newcombe's on May 10 against the same team. Philadelphia’s strong right arm, Robin Roberts, headed most of the other divisions-most games won (33-14), most starts (38), most batsmen faced (1256), most hits allowed (292), most earned runs allowed (111) and 41 homeruns yielded, a major league record. Roberts finished fifth in the era derby with a 3.28 mark, bphind friend, Newcombe and Milwaukee’s Bob Buhl (3.21) and Warren Spahn (3.26) Among Robin's victories were threse-hitters on April 13 against New York, June 9 against St. Louis and July 9 against the Pirates. Sam Jones of Chicago, who on,

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday , j Gray at Pleasant Mills. Hartford vs Petroleum at Bluffton. •i-riaay Marion Bennett at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Elwood. Bryant at Monmouth. Chester Center at Adams CentraL Hartford at Geneva. , Berne at Lancaster Central. - Saturday Adams Central at Berne. Pleasant Mills at Wren. May 12 pitched the only no-hitter of the year, registered the most strikeouts, (198), yielded the most walks (185), hit the most batsmen (14) and lost the most games (14-20). Jones' no-hitter came against the Pirates. He also threw a two-hitter against Cincinnati April 24 and teamed up with John Andre for another two-hitter June 1 against Philadelphia The Pirates were in for another working over from him, a three-hitter Aug. 26. Clem Labiae, ace reliever of the Dodgers, made the most appearances (60) and brilliant Philadelphia rookie Jack Meyer finished the most games (36). Joe Nuxhall of Cincinnati, the only southpaw to win individual mention, topped the league with five shutouts. Brooklyn turned in the best team pitching job, with a cumulative earned-run average of 3.68 to 3 77 for New York. Adams Central Teams Take Double Header The Adams Central junior high and freshman teams defeatde Bluffton in a twin bill at the Adams Central gym Monday. The Junior high won, 39-22. after leading at the half. 18-9. Simon scored 10 points and Hart 9 to lead Adams CentralThe Greyhounds freshmen were victorious. 4<2-25, after holding a 21-16 half-time lead. Heyerly scored 13 and Hoffman 10 for Adams Central. Doran 12 for Bluffton. The Adams Central teams wil. play Decatur at the Lincoln gym here Thursday after school.

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Fuelling, Union 5 Lutheran Winners Fuelling defeated Preble, 32-24, - and Union downed Bethlehem, 3528, in Lutheran grade school league game V-last week-end. Fuelling FG FT TP , HockemCyer 0 0 0 R. Franz 0 0 0 Witte 0 ff 0 Linker 5 2 12 Boerger 4 0 8 Schieferstein 0 0 0 L. Franz 0 0 0 ■ Busick 5 2 12 f Fuelling ..... 0 0 0 t Totals ......... 14 4 32 Preble FG FT TP Bultemeier r 4 2 10 E. Bulmahn 4 2 10 , L. Bieberich — 10 2 I D. Bieberich Oil . Selking 0 0 0 , R. Bieberich 0 11 | L. Bulmahn 0 0 0 1 Totals 9 6 24 Union FG FT TP ’ Bulmahn 6 0 12 I K. Bleeke ... 1 2 4 Springer 1 0 21 ’J. Bienz 1 0 2 | 1 Blakey 113 1 Weiland 0 0 0 Lehrman 0 0 0 1 Mike Thieme 4 0 8 ’ R. Thieme - 0 0 0 J. Thieme 2 0 4 Me. Thieme 0 0- 0 Totals 16 3 35 Bethlehem FG FT TP L. L. Graft .../.I. 3,0 6 Lefty Graft 4 0 8 Roembke 0 0 0 , Stoppenhagen 4 19 Fiedler 0 3 3 C. Werling 0 2 2 Totals 11 6 28 Minneapolis ■ — About 46 percent of the total U.S. wheat crop is milled into flour. Some is lost in milling, some is exported, and ' seme used for feed purposes. ! Detroit—About 52 percent of all automobile usage is for making a living.

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Freeman Paces Ohio Stale To Third Victory U . ■ ■' ' Sr 1 -I’ 1 By International News Service Senior guard Robin Freeman of Qhio State paced the Buckeyes to their third victory in four basketball games this season by scoring 40 points Monday night in OSU’s 89 to 68 conquest of the Oklahoma Sooners. Another senior, Jerry Bird of Kentucky, also rfiade headlines by helping the Wildcats peck away at a commanding lead built up by the DePaul Blue Demons from Chicago. DePaul had missed a final shot. I

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Th«re were 31 seconds left in the ( game when Bird, a forward who I did not start the contest, grabbed I the rebound to score a field goal and give Kentucky a 72 to 69 victory. i Colorado, defending Big Seven i champions, choked off an lowa ral- 1 ly in the final seconds to defeat i the Big Ten titlists 60 to 57 at Boulder, Colo. In other games, Southern Methodist defeated a second Big Ten | team this season by taking Wisconsin, 75 to 62. St. Louis throttled Indiana’s strong second-half rally I to beat the Hoosiers, 86-75. It was 1 the fourth straight victory for the Billikens. Oklahoma A.-M. set down Baylor, 59 to 48; Texas Western edged Creighton, 58 to 57; Wichita ruled Nebraska, 71 to 46; Miami of Florida eased by Loyola of the South, ( 83 to 82; Wake Forest stepped ov- j er Virginia, 8 2to 69; Florida went

on a rampage over Tampa, 110 to 62; Texas A.&M. beat Tulane, 85 to 66; and Boston College took Rhode Island, 75 to 72. In games tonight, Illinois will be at Notre Dame, Miami of Ohio at Marquette in Milwaukee, Detroit at Bowling Green and Canislue at Bradley. Northwestern Seeks New Coaching Staff EVANSTON, 111. (INS) —Stuart K. Holcomb, newly appointed athletic director of Northwestern university, is on the hunt today for a new football coaching staff. The Northwestern situation was left open for new men Monday when Holcomb fired head coach Lou Saban and bis assistants, backfield coach Ai Pesek, end coach George J Steinbrenner, rind line coaches Bud Svendsen and Nathan Johnson.

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College Basketball St. Louis 86, Indiana 76. Beloit 65, Indiana State 62. Colorado 60, lowa 57. Ohio State 69, Oklahoma 68. Southern Methodist 75, Wisconsin 62. Kentucky 71, DePaul 6®. Oklahoma A 4 M 59, Baylor 48. Wichita 71, Nebraska 46. Drake 70, Kansas State 64Sprinkler Damage ROCHDALE, England (INS) — Damage by fire to a storehouse was |56, the local court was told 1 during an arson trial, but damage by the water sprinkler system was 1 628,000. John Joseph Pybus, 22, was remanded to another court 1 after he told the Rochdale magistrates “something came into my 1 mind urging me to set fire to the 1 storehouse and several other 1 things.”