Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1956 — Page 8

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Monmouth, Pleasant Mills Survive First Day Os Tourney Play

The defending champion Monmouth Eagles and the Pleasant Mills Spartans won their way tn the first semifinal battle of the sectional tourney Wednesday, as /he Eagles eliminated the Hartford Gorillas and the Adams Central Greyhounds, and the Spartans ousted the (Geneva Cardinale • You’re ahead in style and comfort in tHt »icwr shot* so* <mn CASUALS Let your feet relax in light-footed comCX fort in a pair of * our smart lookt ing, smooth X x fitting Roblee casuals. % \ sll. Other Styles 55.95 & $9.95 Decatur, Indiana * n. — ... ...... •TIME-OUT* - " ...for on outstanding value l * ; ®/ . j inJBB)Ek sport coats All right, men, 'take time, out*... In one of the most comfortable, best fitting sport coats you ever retaxed in. They're tailored with Marx*Mode's 100. year-old experience.. .in the soft, rich, all wool fab* rics. Comt on In. seeing - (and wearing) Is believing! . At Advertlted In LIFE ’29.50 Begiui’s OLOTHIN STORE

Monmouth downed a stubborn Hartford five in the opening game at the Adams Central gym Wednesday afternoon, 45-41, and tame back to whip the Greyhounds, 78-61, in the lone night encounter. The Spartans racked up a 67-57 triumph over Geneva in the second afternoon tilt. z- J Two games tonight will see the lower bracket teams in action, as the Decatur Commodores meet the Jefferson Warriors at 7 o’clock, followed by the Decatur Yellow Jackets against the Berne Bears. There will be no tickets for sale at the gym tonight, as al! tickets will be at 7:16 p. m. Saturday. There will be no games Friday, witb the off day devoted to dls--1 ribntioa and sale of tickets for the Saturday sessions to the fans of the four schools still in the running for the title* taken the last three years by Monmouth- ... Monmouth, and Pleasant Mills tangle in the first semi-final at 1 p. m. Saturday, followed at 2:15 p. m. by the winners of tonight’s games. The championship game wjl Ibe at 8:15 p. m Saturday. Low Scoring The first game was a low scoring affair, with both teams making many errors and neither quintet hitting well. Monmouth took an early 4-0 lead, but Hartford knotted the score at 4-4. The Eagles then moved to a 9-5 lead with five and one-half minutes played, with Norb Witte accounting for all of Monmouth’s points at this stage, The Eagle* held a lead of 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, and then limited the Gorillas to only eight points in the second period to hold a 30-19 advantage at the smoker Hartford could cut only four points from this deficit in the third quarter, and the teams entered the final eight minutes <of play with the Eagles holding a 37-30 advantage. The Gorillas whittled away at the champions’ lead, with Dean Stahly’s. Held goal and the same lad’s pair of free throws cutting the score to 40-36 with 5:30 yet to play. A brace of foul tosses by Witte ami a two-pointer by John Myers shoved the lead back up to eight and the Eagles held on the rest of the way. ... Witte counted 19 to lead Monmouth. with 13 of his points from the foul line. All thre of his fieldthe foul line. All three of his fieldter. Stahly topped the Gorillas with 19 points. The Eagles shot only 58 times for their 14 field goals, while Hartford fired 72 shots, hitting only 13. Spartans Advance • The second afternoon game was a nip and tuck affair until late in the third period, when the Spartans began to pull away. The score was tied eight times in the first half, including the 34-34 deadlock at the intermission. Geneva held a scant ip-18 margin at the first quarter, principally ion 11 points by Dan Crnig. Craig and Fred Burke counted all but two of Geneva’s second period points, while six players contri buted to Pleasant Mills’ total to leave the teams tied at the halfThe score was tied at 40-40 midway through the third quarter and the Spartans then began their move, building up a 55-47 bulge at the end of the perold, and the Cardinals came no closer than seven points in the final quarter. Don Melching paced the Spartans with 21 points, while Dick Byer counted 13 and Jerry Williamson 12. Craig, with 19, and Burke, with 13, accounted for the bulk of* the Geneva scoring. The Spartans hit 24 of 80 field goal attempts, the Cardinals 16 of 67. There were 44 fouls called, 24 on Geneva and 21 on Pleasant Mills. Oust Greyhounds The night game was close only for the first few minutes as tin Eagles, looking tar sharper than in the afternoon opener, puljed well ahead, taking a 23-14 advantage at the end of the first period. The Greyhounds had no answer for big Norb Witte, as the veteran WEEK- END SPECIALS Large Grade A EGGS Doz. 45c Center Cut Smoked Ham lb. 69c Ground Beeflb. 29c Lean Pork Steak__ lb. 39c Chuck Roastlb. 32c T-Boneslb. 49c Round Steak lb. 59c Minute Steaklb. 59c Pork Patties Ib. 59c FREE DELIVERY SUDDUTH’S MEAT MKT. ’n. 13fh St. Phon* 3-2706

center poured 38 points through the hoops, 10 of them in the first quarter, which ended with Monmouth on top, 23-14. :, Witte dropped in an even dozen points in the second stanza as the Eagles rolled to a 45-81 advantageAdams Central pulled within eight points at 51-43, but Monmouth took a 61-49 cushion into the final quarter and built this to 71-51 In the first two and one-half miuutes. Wine’s 38 led all the scorers, and Stew Schnepf was the only other Eagle in double figures with 12. Ken Baumgartner and Ron Corson each scored 14 and Jim Steiner 12 for Adams Central. The Eagles had a fine shooting percentage with 31 of 74 attempts, while Adams Central hit 17 of 69Monmoutn TO FT TP J. Myers 5 2-9 12 Fuelling —— 0 0-10 Witte .... 3 13-20 19 Schnepf ..—.. 3 1-3 7 Brown -—2 0-2 4 Hildebrand •„ 0 0-0 0 Keuneke 1 1-2 3 Brandt-0 0-0 0 Macke 0 0-0 0 W. MeyersJ 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 14 17-30 45 Hartford FG Ft TP Zuercher 1 0-2 2 Moser 2 1-7 5 Miller .... 1 3-5 5 Stahly 6 7-8 19 Blbersteinl 2-5 4 Bixler .. 0 0-10 L. G. Dubach —..... 2 2-2 6 TOTALS 13 15-30 41 Score by quarters: Monmouth .... 15 30 37 45 Hartford 11 19 30 41 Officials: Goshert, Shively. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Melching 10 1-4 21 Light .........ZZ... 2 5-6 9 Speakman 1 6-9 S J. Williamsons 2-6 12 G- Williamson 1 2-4 4 Byers 3-6 13 J. Wolfe„-0 0-0- 0 McCullough -0 0-0 0 TOTALS —. 24 19-35 67 Geneva ~~7— -- FQ FT TP Craig 6 7-9 19 Nevi! 2 4-4 8 Hunt 1 26 4 Burke — 5 8-10 18 Bauman 1 1-2 3 Yoder 0 0-1 0 Stahly ...1.... 0 1-2 f 2-2 Baumgartner 0 0-2 0 —- TOTALS 26-37 57 Score by quarters:

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MONMOUTH TICKETS Loren S. Jones, principal of® the Monmouth high school, announced today that tickets tor the Saturday sessions of the Adams Central cectional tourney will be on sale at tne Monmouth office from 8 a. m- until 2 p. m. Friday. Eagle fans are urged to obtain their ticket* early, as any unsold must be returned to th* tourney manager by 2 p. m. Friday. The tickets are priced at Sl, good for both the Saturday afternoon and night sessions. Exact number of tickets for each of the four schools will not be detremined until after tonight’s session. Pleasant Mills .. 18 34 55 <7 Geneva 19 34 M7 57 Officials: Shively, Goshert. .... : ■ * Monmoutn ♦ FG FT TP Fuelling 4 0-18 J. Myers 3 2-3 .8 Witte 16 6-6 38 Schnepf 4 4-7 12 Brown »>, — 4 1-2 J W Meyers 0 2-4 2 Macke 0 0-0 j. 0 Brandt ..— 0 0-O’T 6 Worthman 0 0-0 0 Keuneke 3 1-2 7 TOTALS 31 16-25 78 Adams Central FG FT TP Steiner... 5 2-6 12 McMillen 0 1-2 -1 Mitchel 2 6-8 -10 Baumgartner 4 6-9 14 Corson . 4 6-6 14 Hoffman 0 0-10 Smith 0 0-1 . 0 Dick .i.O 0-0 0 Meyer- 1 1-2 3 Sprunger 1 5-6 7 TOTALS ..i 17 27-41 61 Score by quarters:— — Monmouth 23 45 61 78 Adams Central 14 31 49 61 Officials: .Goshert. ShivelySectional Scores At Adams Central Monmouth 45, Hartford 41. Pleasant Mills 67, Geneva 57. Monmouth 78. Adams Central 61. At Fort Wayne New Haven 64, Woodburn 52. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 88, Fort Wayne Concordia 70. Fort Wayne South 53, Hoagland 42, Churubusco Auburn 48, Angola 44Hamilton 68, Pleasant Lake 32. Garrett 77, Churubusco 48. At Garrett Fremont IS, Mats 85. Butler 69, Orland 60Ashley 61, Riverdale 43 ~ — AtHKendallville Brighton 84, LaGrange 72. Rome City 54, Wolcottville 51. Avilla 70, Wolf Lake 34. At" Huntington Union Twp. 73* Lancaster Twp. 52. Clear Creek 80, Markle 63Warren 75,. Rockcreek 71 «,(over- " tim*). ; ' - - At •.Hartford City Roll 67, Portland 65. IW-71. Madison Twp. 69Bryant 62, Gray 48-

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Journey Notes ■ the annual epidemic of llooeler Hysteria is going through its climax here In Adams . county this week and the question on everybody’s mind now is "Who is going to keep the Monmouth Eagles from winning their fourth consecutive sectional?" —oOo— The editor of the Jacket Journal, a email news sheet published at Decatur high school, has an answer in the form of a brief poem. It goes, "Pete picks Eagles.tJPooey on him. We pick Jackets. Go Team Win!" -~OOO~* 5 ; t And according to the annual Holtbouse Drug store doping contest, 64 percent of the persons who filled out the tourney forma think that someone will beat Monmouth. The percentage of those who are betting on Monmouth to take the sectional is 36 percent which, incidentally, is 1.2 percent higher than last year. At least 10 percent of the amateur tourney prophets have already been proven wrong. These are the persons who said that Adams Central would win the tourney. The Yellow Jackets are given an even chance with Monmouth to take the sectional by the predictors who cast 36 percent of the ballots for the Decatur lada. The Commodores drew 11 percent of the guesses in the drug store contest and the remaining seven per? cent of the votes was cast for the other teams. If organization and enthusiasm on the part of the student cheering section determined the victor of the game, Adams Central would not have fallen by the wayside Wednesday night. Dressed alike in brilliant red skirts or pants, white blouses or shirts and perky red hats, the studetnt block pjsf seated a colorful exhibition of organized cheering. Monmouth, too, brought a good cheering section to the tourney. They were dressed in white and black and probably give forth with the loudest yelling of any single section. With all but the Eagle fans usually yelling for the other team Monmouth has to match voice with the rest of the gym crowd and they really make themselves heard. —oOo — The Eagles marked up all of the tourney ‘firsts' in the *56 sectional. To Monmouth went the first tip. to Norb Witte theflrgt field goal and first free throw and to Clint Fuelling the first foul. «' —oOo — Monmouth has another distinction, too. They’ve turned in the most accurate shooting spree of the tourney and it’s one that will be hard to beat. During the second quarter of their game against Adams Central, the Eagle sharp shooters scored on 10 of IS firtd goal attempts. —oOo— X'During the last minute half of the second quarter of tk£

Monmouth-Greyhound game, the boys played without knowing the time remaining in the period. The clock stopped at 1:30 and refused to tick off the rest of the seconds. It was repaired during the half-time intermission. ——oOo — Judging from the stampede to the refreshment stand at the intermissions, this whooping and hollering works up appetites and thirsts. It might also boost the sales of cough drops and throat medicine. Voices of the younger set are husky after the games. —■-000— One of the strangest aspects of the Wednesday session was the lethargy of the fans during the Pleasant Mills-Geneva battle. Even though it was close most of the way, the crowd just didn’t have much steam. Maybe they were worn out from the yelling during the first game. . — 000— Most of die tourney sidelights are pleasant* and it’s too bad that they can’t all be nice to hear. A little girl lost her purse yesterday. She found it a little later tramped on the floor with the money gone Trom it. Compliments to Adams Central for thefine appearance of their twirlers who bring the flag out before each session for the "StarSpangled Banner." Gary McMillen, a student of ACHS, presented f "tlie national anthem on the cornet for the afternoon session and did r- good job. Gary was. busy being a Greyhound for the evening session and a recording of the an'them was used. I Pro Basketball Rochester 110. St. Louis 109. Boston 93,' Minneapolis 90. New York 117, Philadelphia 108.

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Decatur FFA Ends Season Undefeated The Decatur FFA chapter completed an undefeated season by downing the Monroeville FFA, 5653. at Monroeville. Monroeville led at the first quarter, JO-4, and at the half, 28-16, but Decatur rallied to pull into a 39-39 tie at the third period. Kllnker, of Monroeville, led all scorers with 23 points, and Worded was high for Decatur with 21. Decatur / FG FT TP 8. Allison 5 1 ...... 11 R. Allison ./ 0 11 Worden — 4 18 21 Bischoff /. 3 2 3 Walters < 2 3 7 Frank 1 3 2 8 Totals 17 22 56 Monroeville FG FT TP Donaghy 4 19 2 2 6 Glrardot —1 4 6 Barker 1 3 3 9 Klinker 1-« 7 Totals 18 17 53 i College Top Ten Dayton 80, Seattle 48. West Virginia 98, William A Mary F 88. ’ ■ " ■ Princeton 79, Yale 77 (5 overtimes) Penn State 70, Army 66. Oklahoma A&M 52, Tulsa 41. St. Joseph’s 77, Temple,<B. Ohio U. 113, Morehead (Kyi 99. Miami (O.) 103, Marshall 82. If you have something to MB or roonbs for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.

THVRSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1956

Jddie Machen Wins Over Julio Mederos SAN FRANCISCO (INS) -Eddie Machen, bright young heavyweight prospect, scored a unanimous tearound decision over Cuba’s Julio Mederos Wednedsay night at thiM Sian Francisco Garden in a nation-ally-televised fight. Wolter Dukes Off Suspension List NEW YORK (INS) — Walter Dukes, seven-foot center of the New York Knickerbockers, is off the suspension list but must surrender 3250 for his "Indifferent attitude." Coach Vince Boryla and team President Ned Irish conferred with the former Seton Hall All-Ameri-can for two hours Wednesday and promised lite return of the tine if he displays “more of a team spirit and regard for club rules" througk the Test of the season.

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