Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 7 February 1956 — Page 7

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Illini Barely Edge Indiana • Monday Night CHICAGO (INS) — The law of averages, may be catching up with Illinois’ nationally ranked' basketball team. The fighting Illini were pulled out of a precarious hole Monday night by Captain Paul Judson who scored the teams’ last eight points to enable Illinois to edge Indiana, 92 to 89. The victory kept the Illini on top of the Big Ten heap with a perfect 6 and 0 record but therp was no letup from second place lowa which defeated Wisconsin, 78 to 74 at Madison. Michigan State senior forward Julius McCoy broke Michigan’s back, 86 to 76, at East Lansing. The Illini. behind most of the game and trailing by 13 points—--71 to 58— at one stage, won in the final 49 seconds of play. It was the 11th straight win and •18th in 14 games for the Illini as they encountered tefrific resistance from the Hoosiers who suffered their fourth conference loss i against three wins. Illinois Was trailing, 89 to 88, with 49 seconds remaining. Judson stole the ball from Indiana’s Hallie Bryant at mid-court but was tripped up by the Hoosier guard as he went in for a layup. Judson sank both free throws to put Illinois ahead, 90 to 89.' After Indiana center Archie Dees missed a jump shot, Illinois’ Bill* RMley recovered a rebound altd the Illini went into a- stay. Indiana’s Jerry Thompson fouled Judson and the Hebron, Ill:, senior sank both shots. Judson was high man for the Illini with 30 points but game scoring honors went to Indiana’s Wallie Choice who connected for 34 points. Dees got 22. The Hoosiers led by as much as 13 points on two occasions as Illinois’ tw-o big men—George Bon Salle and Harvie Schmidt were on the sidelines after receiving their fifth personal fouls. Judson virtually was a one man team as he “hawked’’ the ball and provided Illinois wtth its main scoring punch. lowa won its fifth game in* six Big Ten starts but was not the same team which had won five games in a row previously. The Hawkeyes blew a nine-point halftime lead but had enough left to outdistance Jthe Badgers. Wisconsin is now 2 and 5 in the conference. The Spartans moved into a fourth place tie with Ohio State as McCoy scored 41 points. This gives him 211 points in seven games but he. still is 39 points behind Ohio State’s Kobin Freeman.

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Lisi Standings In Two Conferences The v Monmouth Eagles and Montpelier Pacers are tied for the lead in the Eastern Indiana conference each with five victories and one defeat, a deadlock which will be broken tonight when the two teams clash at the Monmouth gym. The Berne Bears are in third place with a 4-1 mark and Redkey is third with a 3-1 record. The situation will be further clarified Friday when Berne and Montpelier tangle at Montpelier. In the Northeastern Indiana loop, Columbia City has clinched a tie for the championship, having completed its conference schedule with a 4-1 mark. The Bluffton Tigers, now with a final 4-2 record, were knocked out of the championship last week by the Decatur Yellow Jackets, who scored a double overtime victory over the Tigers. The Garrett Railroaders can become NEIC co-champions by scoring wins over Fort Wayne Concordia Saturday night, and over Decatur Feb. 17. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, with a 2-2 loop mark, meet the New Haven Bulldogs at the Decatur gym tonight, and will meet the Garrett Railroaders here Friday, Feb. 17, in the closing game of the season. Standings in both conferences follow: Eastern Indiana W L Pct. Monmouth 5 1 .833 Montpelier 5 1 .833 Berne 4 1 .800 Redkey 3 1 .750 Allbany 3 2 .600 Lancaster .. 3 3 .500 Geneva 4 4 .500 Hartford i. 3 3 .500 Adams Central ... 2 4 .333 Roll 1 3 .250 Bryant .... 1 5 .167 Pennville 0 5 .000 Northeastern Indiana W L Pct. Columbia City .... 4 1 .800 Garrett x. 2 1 .667 Bluffton 4 2 .667 Concordia ....* 3 2 .600 Decatur . 2 2 .500 New Haven... 1 3 .250 Kendallville . 0 5 .000 College Basketball Illinois 92, Indiana 89. lowa 78. Wisconsin .74. Michigan State 86, Michigan 76. DePauw' 77, Southwestern Memphis 72 (overtime). Kentucky 81. Florida 70. Oklahoma A&M 65. St. Louis 63. Kansas State 66, Nebraska 52. Alabama 88, Vanderbilt 61. Missouri 85, Kansas 75. Oklahoma City 63, Wichita 59. Memphis State 84, West Virginia 69. Temple 63, Duquesne 48.

Maureen Connolly Is Now Tennis Pro CHICAGO (INS) — Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly, will never play tennis for Uncle Sam again, but her experience will benefit countless numbers of youngsters. The 21-year-old San Diego, Calif, housewife, who completed “the grand slam’’ of tennis championships — the Wimbledon, U.S., French and Australian in 195*, relinquished her amateur status Monday to become a pro.* Miss Connolly, who is married to Norman Brinker, a former’ *ll- - and now' enrolled at San Diego State, formally became a pro as she signed a contract to work in an advisory capacity for a sporting goods company. A bright young tennis star at the age of 16, “Little Mo’s” career was ended on July 20, 1954, when she suffered an- accident while horseback riding. Has the accident dimmed her outlook on tennis? She said: "I had my heart set on playing tennis professionally. I was to have signed up with Jack Kramer’s touring troupe in the fall of ’64. I want to help kids play and anything I can do to improve their game will make me feel that I am accomplishing something." Under the provisions of Maureen’s contract, she will spend much of her time conducting tennis clinics throughout the country and coaching any youngsters who need help.

Fort Wayne Bowlers Lead Mies Classic Precision Tool, Fort Wayne, bowled..into the lead in the 20th annual Mies'bowling classic during the third week-end of bowling The Fort Wayne team rolled a 3145 total, with actual pin games of 930, 1024 and 1002The Fbrt Wayne team's leading scorer pushed E. J- Evans, of Van Wert, 0.. the previous leader with 3090, into second place. Knepper Heating, Fort Wayne, is third with 3076; Riverview Gardens, Decatur, fourth with 3050, and Eubanks Bowling Lanes, Winchester, fifth with 8036Foster bad the high game for Precision Tool with 257, while Foster and Pappert bowled identical series of 642-Eighty-two teams have roiled to date in the classic at the Mies Recreation, with 58 more teams scheduled to bowl next 'week-and to wind up the afflual event ; — * Berrios Winner By Technical Knockout NEW YORK (INS) —Miguel Berrios of Puerto Rico scored a fifthround technical knockout cber Bobby Courchesne of Holyoke, Mass , Monday night in a' nationallyltelevised featherweight fight at St Nick’s Arena. Berrios, 128*4, had Courchesne, 131, down for counts of nine twice in the fifth before the referee stopped the scheduled ten-rounder at 2:29- » 0. K. Blauvelt Named Umpires' President CHICAGO (INS) —The National Baseball Congress today named O. K- Blauvelt of Fort. Wayne, Ind-, president of its national association, of sandlot umpires. The congress, which is meeting in Chicago, said that Blauvelt will haVe charge of 5,000 umpires all over the country. They will officiate in the nationwide tournaments which will be climaxed by the national championships starting in Wichita, Kas. Aug. 17. Dayton, Marquette Accept Tourney Bids NEW YORK (INS) —The Dayton Flyers and the Marquette Warriors joined Duquesne and Seton doh basketball tournament to be held March 17-24 in Madison Square Gardens. Dayton, fifth-ranked team in the nation, has a 16-1 record and will get a chance to avenge its lone defeat on Feb. 17 against Louisville High School Basketball Gary Roosevelt 64, East Chicago Washington 55. Talma 60, Tippecanoe 53,.- f .' Vallonia 62. Clear Springs 46. • , , ,

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Week's Schedule For Adam; County Basketball Teams Tuesday New Haven at Yellow Jacket*. Montpelier at Monmouth. Berne at Bluffton.' Hartford at Chester CenterJefferson at Madison. Friday Portland at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Pleasant Mills. Adams Central at Monmouth Berne at MontpelierGeneva at Albany. Hartford at Roll Jefferson vs Willshire at GenevaDuke Snider Signs New Brooklyn Pact NEW YORK (INS) — Duke Snider will be knocking them over the fences again in Flatbush this season for an estimated *40,000, a raise of about *5,000. “The Dock’’ Monday night became the 29th player to come to terms with the Brooklyn Dodgers for 1956, leaving a dozen more outside the fold. Only catcher Roy Campanella, who signed for a reported *42,000, possibly outdraws Snider in salary this year. Snider hit .309 last year and rapped 42 homers, tying a club record held by Gil Hodges and himself. He topped the majors with 136 runs batted in and 126 runs scored. Edwin Donald, as he is less familiarly known, hit four homers in the 1956 World Series to become the first player to achieve this feat. He npw has a total of nine series homers, trailing Babe Ruth’s 15 and Lou Gehrig’s ten.

Pro Basketball Fort Wayne 99, Syracuse 98. Fatal Train Wreck Is Ruled Accident Streamliner Crew Absolved By Jury LOS ANGELES (INS) — The wreck of a Santa Fe streamliner in which 30 persons lost their lives last Jan. 22 has been ruled an accident by a blue-ribbon coroner’s jury in Los Angeles. The panel Monday absolved the streamliner’s crew of any criminal responsibility in the 70-mile-an-hour injured The verdict broke like a wave-, over the face of 61-year-old Frank I B. Parrish, who was at the controls of the San Diego-bound commuter train when it hurled from its tracks in a bleak industrial 1 district of Los Angeles. Parrish had sat tense through the inquest after repeating his story of seeing a phantom “orange grove” before blacking out at the throttle. Would-be Robber Is Critically Wounded Retired Policeman Brings Down Robber INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —A retired policeman on his second night as school watchman shot and critically wounded a would-be robber Monday night. y Wounded was Paul J- Thayer, 28, father of two daughters attending the Indianapolis school. He was reported in critical condition Police said he is on parole from burglary and forgery sentences to the Indiana reformatory at Pendleton. Dulin Judd, "51. who retired as lieutenant on the vice squad of the Indianapolis police torce last week, shot Thayer after first surprising him in the school and then battling with him outside Judd took Thayer next door to ■the school and asked Clyde L. Ballard, 21, to call police. While Ballard was calling, he heard two shots and a shout for help from Judd Thayer was astride Judd beating him when Ballard rushed out. Ballard grabbed a board and bit Thayer in the back of the head Thayer got up and ran. Judd fired a warning shot over his head and when Thayer failed to stop brought him down with another shot The bullet struck Thayer at the base of the spine. One of the two bullets fired wildly in the battle for the gun struck the leg of the chair in the Ballard home in which Ballard s mother, Mrs. Frances Ballard, 45, was sittft^; Ftrectlarges were Tiled against Thayser, who was paroled In June, 1952, and who apparently was after book rental fees collected Monday. Washington — Eight counties and more than a dozen towns in the U.S. are named for Lafayette, the French hero who helped America in tne Revolutionary war. Trade, in a Good Town — Decatut ’

Red Hots Win Over McMillen, 81 - 61 Bauman's Red Hots defeated McMillen, 81-61, at the Pleasant Mills gym Sunday afternoon- The winners led at all quarters, 20-14, 3822 and 55-40. -Lehman of McMillen was the game’s top scorer with 20 points Lee Wolfe and Jerry Price each tallied 18 and Ballard 17 for the Red Hots. Red Hots ‘ ’ EG FT TP L. Wolfe 8 2 18 D. Wolfe 5 2 12 Ballard .'J.6 5 17 Raudenbush4 0 8 Jerry Price .- 6 6 18 Frey '1.... 1 2 4 Young '.. 2 0 4 TOTALS 32 17 81 McMillen EG FT TP Basham7 0 14 Lehman 9 2 20 Fleming 3 0 6 L- Painter.. 6 3 15 D. Painter 1 0 2 Nash 2 0 4 Totals as 5 6i Grace Kelly Weds Prince April 18 Wedding Scheduled In Prince's Kingdom t HOLLYWOOD (INS) —Screen beauty Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier 111 of Monaco will marry April 18 in the prinee’s tiny Mediterranean kingdom.

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Mias Kelly's secretary disclosed 'Monday that they will be married first in a civil ceremony, and a, religious ceremony will follow the next day. Both are Roman Catholic* Miss Kelly's future in motion pictures still is in doubt. The prince had announced he hoped Grace would step out of movies to devote full time to being a real-life princess. But the actress has yet to announce her plans. She is scheduled to begin work June 1 on a new picture. • 1 Ford To Build New Indianapolis Plant New Multi-Million 1 Dollar Ford Plant INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Ford Motor company today announced it will locate a new mul-ti-million dollar plant in Indianapolis. The decision, announced by S. W. Ostrander, vice president anil group executive, means that Indianapolis has won over Columbus. 0., in a tug of war for the uew steering gear and cold head' ing plant. Both cities had sought to interest Ford executives in locating tire plant in their area. x Ostrander, at a luncheon today, said that the Fird company is Negotiating to purchase about 170 acres at the eastern city limits of Indianapolis. The site, recently zoned for industrial Use. is at the northjgpßL,~ rl interser tiwi ai English Avenue and tnd. 100. Ostrander said final approval of the site depends upon getting satisfactory road, sewer and water

service* but opined that there was little doubt these would be provided. Construction on the new, plant is scheduled to start late this winter, to be completed in mid--1957. A. R. Wardrop, general manager of the Dearborn General Manufacturing division, which will operate the plant, said: “When in operation, the, plant will employ about 3,000 workers end wages and salaries paid to empliyea will total approximately *ls million annually.” For Ford, the new Indianapolis plant will be the 37th to be announced or Completed since 1946. It Is to be part of a *3,750,000,000 postwar expansion and modernization program. Gov. George N. Craig, who made a trip to Detroit to present Ford officials with a sales talk on behalf of Indiana, attended today’s luncheon in the/ Indianapolis Athletic Club. • v Three Americans Are Dead In Plane Crash Engineers Die In Iraq Plane Crash BAGHDAD, Iraq (INS)—Three American engineers were killed Monday night when their light plane was forced off course by sandstorms, ran out W fuel and crashed. Their Iraqi pilot also was killed. The Americans had been on an inspection visit to the Nassiriyah irrigation project 95 miles south of Baghdad. --Z: . ' Zjfe The Americans were identified as Charles Travis, partner in a New York firm of consulting engineers; Norris Matthews, resident

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engineer In Baghdad for Travis’, firm; and Harold B. Miller, an irrigation engineer. Home towns were not immediately available. The plane, a British-built Auster, was piloted by Hikmat Yousif of the Iraqul airplane society. The crash occurred near Fallujah, about 15 miles from Baghdad, Robert A. Heart On Distinguished List Robert A. Heare, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Heare of Decatur, has made the distinguished list at Purdue university. Heare has completed 19.3 credit hours and has maintained an above B average this semester. He is a sophomore and is majoring in agriculture.

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