Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 303, Decatur, Adams County, 27 December 1955 — Page 6

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SPORTS

Browns Wallop Rams For Pro Foolball Title LOS ANGELES (INSI — Otto (The Great) Graham took moot of the glory plus some 14,000 cash today for masterminding the Cleveland Browns to a 38-14 pro grid title victory over the Los Angeles Rams. There were i’one to'dispute the fafct that Cleveland's overwhelming defeat of the outclassed Rams at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Monday was mainly due to Graham’s running for two touchdowns, passing for two more and sparking the Browns’ relentless drives. Cleveland Coach Paul Brown declared that his 31-year-old field general is “the greatest quarterback" and gave Graham credit for — the team winning the Eastern Division championship as well as the National Football League crown. Even Coach Sid pillman of the dejected Western Division champs complimented Graham: "He is a great football player. He's a tricky runner and we all know how well he can pass." But the sensational show Graham gave the 87,695 fans, the gest crowd ever to see an NFL title game, probably was the final effort of his fabqjous 10-year career because he said after the final gun: “This was definitely my last game." This is the second time he has said it—almost an identical 'statement came from him after the Browns voon the NFL titl.e last year—but he had returned to grid wars with reluctance and this looked like the final word. In addition to the Browns winning their second straight NFL title and third in six years, they collect ts totJfi of out of gate and television

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Week's Schedule , For Adams County Basketball Teams Elmhurst Tourney % Tuesday 7 p.m. — Decatur Yellow Jackets vs Elmhurst. 8:15 p.m. — Fort Wayne Concordia vs Fort Wayne Central Catholic. Wednesday 7 p.m. — Losers of Tuesday games. 8:15 p.m. — Winners of Tuesday games. That averages some $3,50® per player, with probably a larger share going to the veteran leader Graham. i The Rams got $99,599, about i $2300 per player. The defensive unit of the Browns also took a large share of the credit for the Rams only tallying two touchdowns. Brown defenders set a new league championship game record by intercepting seven passes. six of them from (Ram quarterback Norman Van Brocklin. Gillman, after lamenting that the bitter loss resulted from “just one of those days.” added this praise:. "I don’t want to take anything away from the Browns. They- had a fine defense and deserve all the credit in the world.” The defense of both teams appeared impenetrable in the first quarter as play teetered back and forth without scoring until the waning second, when Lou (The Toe) Groza booted a field goal. ’ The warfare became heavier in the second period and the Browns scored the first touchdown when Don Paul (no relation to the Ram player of the same name) intercepted a Van Brocklin aerial and raced 65 yards to pay dirt. The Rame suddenly roared back to life and Van Brocklin redeemed ' himself with a sensational 67-yard ' pass play to Skeet Quinlan for a touchdown Les Richter converted and it still was a tight game, 10-7, for the Browns. But late in the half Graham be- ■ gan his amazing touchdown circus, lofting a sff-yard pass to Dante Lavelli for 6 points. Groza again converted and it was 17-7 at the , half. - The Browns came bareling back into the second half fray and manhandled the Rams fearfully until the final moments of the game. Eastern All-Stars Wirt Christian Bowl MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (INS) —The Eastern All-Stars capitalized on fumbles and intercepted passes to beat the West, 21 to 10, in the first Christian bowl football game at Murfreesboro. All of the scoring except a field goal came in the wild first half. The Easterners, although on the short end of the statistics, converted a recovered fumble and two intercepted passes into touchdowns and then settled down for a defensive battle in the second half which saw no scoring except a 20yard field goal by Jim Rusher of j Kansas State for the West. Pro Basketball Sunday’s Results Fort Wayne 92, New’ York 87. j Syracuse 111, Rochester 96. ' Boston 115, Minneapolis 112. Monday’s Results : Fort Wayne 83, St. Louis 67. I New York 108, Philadelphia 97. Rochester 92, Syracuse 91. College Basketball Marquette 72. North Dakota 37. Mississippi Southern 60, Washington State 56. Wichita 69. Santa Clara 60. Holiday Festival • Duquesne 73, Fordham 70 (overi timet | UCLA 93. St. John's 86. San Francisco 79, LaSalle 62. Holy Cross 87. Syracuse 74. I High School Basketball Evansville Tourney Central 59, Memorial 54. Reitz 70, Bosse 64. Jasper Tourney Ferdinand 45. Ireland 38. Holland 90, Dubois 49. Owensville Tourney : Oakland City 63, Haubstadt 55. Owensville 74. Fort Branch 50. Owensville 67, Oakland City 58 (final). '

Team Standings W L Pct. Monmouth »- 9 1 .900 Commodores 8 2 .800 Pleasant Mills ——7 4 .636 Geneva 5 5 .500 Jefferson 4 5 .444 Berne —.... 4 6 .400 Adams Central 3 7 .300 Yellow Jackets 2 5 .286 j Hartford .... 3 8 .273 ■ —ooo—- — Decatur Yellow Jackets will provide the only activity for Adams county high school teams during this holiday week. —OOO— The Jackets will compete in a four-team holiday tourney at the new Elmhurst gym tonight, with the host school and Concordia and Central Catholic, both of Fort Wayne, rounding out the meet. —OO®-— In tonight’s tourney opener at 7 o’clock, the Yellow Jackets will play the Elmhurst Trojans followed | by the clash between the two Fortj Wayne schools. Losers of tonight's contests will clash in the consolation tilt at 7 o’clock Wednesday night, followed by the championship battle between tonight’s winners. Officials will be Slater, McCoy and Hollman, all of Fort Wayne. Season tickets for both sessions are priced at $1.50, with single session admission of sl. —OOO— v Speaking of tourneys, Adams county teams, coaches, school officials and fans arg. looking forward to the annual county tourney, which will be * held at the Adams Central gym Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12, 13 and 14. All teams in the county witn the exception of the Decatur Yellow Jackets, are entered. The draw for the tourney will be made next Monday night at a dinner meeting of the Adams county athletic association at the Decatur Catholic high shcool. Decatur Catholic is tourney host tnis year under the rotation plan, with the Rev. Robert Contant, athletic director of the school, as the tourney manager. —OO®— A light schedule of only seven games will mark opening week ot the new year, with Jefferson and Hartford not scheduled. In the 1956 opener, Adams Central will meet ! Monroeville at the Hoaglapd gym Wednesday, Jan. 4. This game wks originally scheduled for Jan. 3, but was changed at Monroeville’s request. Five games will be played Friday, Jan. 6, as follows: Fort Wayne Central Catholic at the Yellow Jackets; Commodores at Anderson St. Mary’s; Pleasant Mills at Geneva; Monmouth at Union, and Berne at Warren. In Saturday’s lone tilt, Berne will play at Leo. —®o® — Norb Witte, of Monmouth, although the Eagles were idle last week, is still far out in front in individual soorinjg, with his 258 points in 10 games. The next nine high scorers in the county are well bunched, with Darvon Light of Pleasant Mills in second place with 168 points' in 11 games, only one point ahead of Larry Hunt, of Geneva, with 167 in only 10 games. The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average points per game, are as follows: GP TP Ave. Witte, Monmouth — 10 258 25.8 Light, Pleasant Mills 11 168 15.3 Hunt, (Genevalo 167 16.7 Ehrsam, Berne 10 165 16.5 Mitchel, Ad. Central 10 152 15.2 Voglewedie, Comm 10 151 16.1 Wilder, Commodores 10 151 15.1 Stahly, Hartford —— 11 146 13.3 Caffee, Jefferson - 9 145 16.1 Faurote, Commodores 10 134 13.4 —OOO— Results one year ago this week: Jefferson 41, Poling 39. Holiday Tourney Fort Wayne Concordia 67, Elmhurst 49. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 63, Yellow Jackets 40. Elmhurst 49, Yellow Jackets 47 (consolation). Concordia 53, Central Catholic 48 (final). t. World Series Hero Reclassified 1-A NEW YORK (INS) — World Series hero Johnny Podres notified the Brooklyn Dodgers today that he has been reclassified 1-A by his Witherbee, N.Y., draft board and expects to be inducted before the 1956 baseball season. Podres, previously in 4-F because ,of a chronic back ailment, was reexamined Immediately after the World Series, in which he won Barnes, including the seventh and deciding contest with the New York Yankee®. Trade Id a Good Town — Decatu!

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South All-Stars Down North, 20-7 ’I MIAMS‘(INS) —Navy quarterback George Welsh was voted the most valuable player ot Monday night's North-South All-Star Shrine football game in Miami’s Orange Bowl. And therein lies the story of the game. The brilliant 165-pound field “admiral,” the nation’s leading passer this season, gave one of his best performances as he directed the South squad to a hard-won 20 to 7 victory over the Yankees. A crowd of 42,179 saw the South notch its sixth victory in the ninegame series which is sponsored by Shrinenrfor the benefit of its croppled children’s hospital. Welsh, deadly accurate, connected on 12 of 20 passes for 164 yards, despite the pressure put on him by the huge, hard-charging North line. He passed for one touchdown, scored another himself and set up the third one. The 22-year-old midshipman was theh overwhilming choice as the game’s outstanding player in a press box poll. Army's Don Holleder, who quarterbacked Army to victory over Navy this season but switched back to his regular end spot for this game, got the nod as the North’s standout performer and UniversiQf of Miami halfback Jack Losch was voted the sportsmanship award. The North’s only score came in the second period on a 38-yard pass from West Virginia’s left banded quarterback, Freddie Wyant, to Hollender. Two other North scoring threats were stopped inside the south 20 yard line and each occasion lowa end Jim Freeman missed on field goal attempts. The North threatened early in the third period as Army’s Pat Uebel and Miami ot Ohio halfback Tom Troxell ticked off yardage on the ground and Wyant hit end Gene Kapish of Notre Dame with passes. But the Dixie tjpfense stiffened again on the South 20 and once more Freeman missed a field goal try. The South iced the game minutes later by marching 80 yards for a score — 62 of them coming on passes by Welsh, Garrard bulled over from the three for the TD. Yama Bahama Wins Bout By Shutout NEW YORK (INS) — Bahaman welterweight Yama Bahama, captured every round on all cards Monday night to beat Paoli Melis of Montreal in a 10-round bout at St. Nicholas arena. The rarelO-O shutout was the 35th win in 41 starts for Bahama, who scaled 150% to Melis’ 147. Zion Holiday Meet Opens Monday Night Three games opened play Monday night in the Zion holiday tourney at Fort Wayne. Rousseau Bros., defending champions, defeated Wheeler of Etna, 62-51; Columbia City Fishers downed PepsiCola, 61-50, and Gladieux Ollers walloped Quality Foods, 78-53. Klenk’s of Decatur will play the Walther League All-Stars at 8 o’clock tonight. Other tilts tonight are Indiana Rod & Wire vs Joslyn at 6:45 p.m., and Rousseau vs Harlan Decorators at 9:15 p.m. If you bave something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat V, ant Ad. It brings results.

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Stevenson Kneecap Removed By Surgery Adlai Stevenson's Son Hurt In Wreck CHICAGO (INS) —Adlai Stevenson's J9-year-old son, John Fell, was reported resting comfortably today in Chicago’s Passavant hospital following removal of his right kneecap damaged in an auto accident. A hospital spokesman said "everything went as planned” in the two-hour, 15-minute operation Monday. The spokesman added that “there's every indication, at present. that it will be successful.” Two ..Harvard ylassmates of

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