Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1956 — Page 7

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: 1 ...... ■"» 111 ■ in i i Both Decatur Quintets Win Thursday Night To Set Semi-Final Battle.

Decatur's two high school teams, ths Commodores sod Yellow Jack* eta, will battle it out in the second semi-final tussle of the Adams Central sectional tourney Saturday afternoon as the result of victories scored Thursday night. The Commodores breezed to a second-half runaway over the Jef- ' ferson Warriors, 87-62. in Thursday’s opener,, and the Yellow Jackets, after building up what seemed like a comfortable first half lead, saw the Berne Bears wax hotter than the “little red wagon" in the second half to take the lead, but then the Jackets rallied in the closing minutes to eke out a 65-63 verdict. No games will be played today, With the off day devoted to sale of tickets to fans of the tour schools still in the running. In Saturday's first sen.l-final at 1 p. m , the Monmouth Eagles, seeking their fourth consecutive sectional crown, will meet the Pleasant Mills Spartans, who administered one of the Eagles’ two season-long defeats. This will be followed at 2:15 by the struggle between the two Decatur quintets. Saturday afternoon's victors will clash for the tourney championship

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at 8:16 p in. Saturday. Commodores Advance The Commodores, after a sputtering start and a does first quarter, began to click well midway through the second period, and breezed through the second half to eliminate the Warriors in Thursday's opener. Jefferson held early leads of 4-2 and 6-4, and was in front for the last time at 12-11 with slightly more than a minute to go, but the Commodores then moved into a 17-14 advantage at the first quarter, which they built up to seven points at the half, 40-38. The Warriors were limited to only eight points in the third stanza, while ths Commodores rolled in 27, 11 by Ron Meyer, and the Decatur lads were safely out in front, 67-41-Paul Faurote wm top scorer for the winners with 22 points, trailed closely by Ron Meyer with 20, followed by Joe Wilder with 16. Little Tom Stuber topped Jefferson with 16, Bob Caffee contributed 14 and Wayne Bollenbacher 12. The Warriors suffered a tough blow’ when Bifl Smitley, regular center, fouled out early in the third quarterJackets Eke Out Win The Yellow Jackets, after a close first six minutes which saw the score tied four times, suddenly began to pull away from the Bears. The count was knotted at 12-12 with two minutes to go in the first quarter but Tony Kelly hit a field goal, added a free throw and Gene Baxter tossed in a two-pointer to hand Deeatur a 17-12 margin at the end of the bracket. The Bears hit only once from the field in the second quarter and totaled only seven points, while the Yellow Jackets, Jed by Terry Murphy’s nine points, built up what looked like a comfortable 14-point cushion at the half, 33-19. Decatur was still on top by 14 points, 42-28, after five minutes of the third stanza had elapsed, when the Bears suddenly found the range and began to hit with sensational regularity, it was 46-36, Decatur with a minute and 10 seconds to go but Berne poured 10 points through the nets in that short space of time while holding the Jackets scoreless gieyed. i»Uo a 4&46 deadlock at the end of the period as the cro#d screamed. Larry Moses dropped in two free throws for a 48-46 lead, but Ehrsam hit two in a row from way out and Berne had the lead at 50-48 the first time the Bears were in front since the three-minute mark of the first quarterThe battling rivals were tied again at 50-50 and 52-52, but Ehrsam hit again and Dean Hendricks dropped in a brace of foul tosses for a 56-52 Berne lead- Kirkpatrick narrowed the gap to two points, but Fred Whitehurst hittwo in a row and the Bears had a 60-64 bulge. Kelly and Whitehurst traded fielders and it was 62-56 Berne with four minutes to play. — Neither team could score until, with 2:50 to go. Kirkpatrick drove under, and 30 seconds later Kelly

hit and it was 62-60, Berne. Ebrzam hit a free throw at 2:10, but missed the bonus shot. The Jackets worked the ball down and Murphy hit from close range to slash their deficit to one point With Slightly morerrhan St minute to play, the Jackets shook Murphy wide open underneath the hoop and the Decatur senior center dropped the ball through for a lead of 64-63. Berne worked down for a shot which missed and after the Jackets regained the ball, Baxter wag fouled with just 11 seconds to play. The Junior guard hit his first shot for a 85-63 advantage but missed the bonus toss. Berne grabbed the rebound and raced down for a shot but missed and the Jackets hung on to the rebound as time ran out. Murphy was top scorer of the game with 23 points. Two other Jackets were in double figures, Kelly with 17 and Baxter with 13 Ehrsam led the Bears with 21, while Hendricks tallied 18. Decatur outscored Berne from the field, 25-21, but the Bears converted 21 of 27 free throw attempts, the Jackets 15 of 26. Commodores FG FT TP Faurote i. 9 4-5 22 Kable —1 2-3 4 J. Wilder 6 4-9 16 Voglewede 4 2-6 10 T. Meyer 1-4-4 6 Reed ........ 0 0-0 0 R. Meyer ... 9 2-4 20 Ford 1 1-3 3 Teeple 3 0-16 G Wilder 1 .... 0 0-0 6 TOTALS 4 34 19-35 87 Jefferson FG FT TP Lehman 2 5-9 9 Bollenbacher 5 2-4 12 W. Smitley 3*l-3 7 Caffe 4 6-9 14 Stuber 3 10-15 18 Weaver .... 2 0-3 4 Zehr 0 0-0 0 Wellman - 0 Hammitt '... . 0 0-0 0 R, Smitley 0 0-0 0 TOTALS Score by quarters: Commodores 17 40 . 67 87 Jefferson 14 33 41 62 -ii, ,QJffc.iali: JAh ixaly. CT5511 ert'vi'-SS Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Kelly 8 14 17 Kirkpatrick 3 0-0 6 Murphy 9 5-7 23 Baxter 4 5-9 13 Moses 1 2-2 4 Banks ..* 0 2-3 2 Dorwln 0 0-0 0 TOTALS —... 25 15-26 65 Berne FG FT TP Whitehurst ...4 —2-2 HF Hendricks 5 8-8 18 Flueckiger .... 2 2-2 6 Ehrsam , 7 7-11 21 Schug 3 0-0 6 Bd. Lehman ... 0 1-2 1 Liechty 0 0-0 0 Dllle 0 1-2 1 TOTALS 21 21-27 63 Score by quarters: Yellow Jacke'ts 17 33 46 65 Berne 12 • 19 W 63 Officials: Goshert, Shively. Warn Students To End Net Playing INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana high school athletic association warned all students they must end all independent amateur basketball playing by Saturday midnight. Commissioner L._ V. Phillips said anyone caught playing in any industrial league, church team, YMCA. American Legion, or other amateur team, tourney or league after Saturday will he suspended from all high school athletics until Jan. 1. 1957. Phillips said each year some high school athlete, who does not play prep basketball, gets caught up in this regulation despite the publicity given it. BOWLING SCORES Junior League ■ W L Flying Eagles —..... 2 0 Red Hots 11 Lucky Strikers 11 The mhs 0 2 High games: John Cowans 120, Ken Dawson. 119, Tom Cravens 113, Tom Sharpe 109-110, Gary Werst 100. ’ G. E. Alleys Mee’s Factory League - W L Flanges 12 6 Office. No. 2 11 7 Rotors 9'4 B’4 Stators .... 9 9 Office No. 1 S 10 Shafts —— 4'zz 13', i

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COMMODORE TICKBTB Deeatur Catholic’s allotment of Saturday session sectional tickets will be placed on sale at the athletic office, first floor of the school building, tonight at 6:45. A Thursday bracket ticket drlglnally lasued by Decatur Catholic must be presented. If any tickets remain after Thursday ticket holders have been taken care of they will be distributed to: (1) Season ticket holders who did not receive Thursday tickets for,some reason (2) others —first come, first served. . Tourney Notes The sectional tourney has become a battle of the schools in the northern part of Adams county. The four semi-finalists Saturday will all be from the top half of the county. —oOo— Broadcasting the tourney games certainly does no harm to the “gate" at the Adams Central gymnasium. In spite of announcements that tickets are sold out for the sessions, people still come to the door hoping to get in. Both nights.' requests were announced over the P.A. system for extra ticket's that could be sold to those waiting at the door. —bOo— There are evidently a lot of fans who can't be there in person or listen to the games over the radio. On Wednesday night 1,160 calls were made into the Democrat recorder number and Thursday night 860 calls were made. oOo — Something wonderful to see Is the jubilation of the fans when their team comes from behind in a game to tie' the score. Tumult raged in the Berne stands at the end of the third quarter whan the Bears, after trailing as much as T 5 points, finally knotted the score at 46 to 46. —oOo— Fans will seldom see a team catch on fire as suddenly as the Bears did in the Thursday night clash with -the Yelow Jackets. After Bitting one out of 22 field goal attempts in the second quarter they connected on nine out of 15 in the third period and seven out of 15 in the last quarter. Here are the scoring percentages for both Thursday night games — Commodores hit 34 out of 109 field goal attempts and Jefferson hit 19 out of 74 attempts. The Yellow Jackets hit 25 out of 75 attempts and Berne hit 21 out of 77 attempts. The Commodore-Jefferson clash was a ragged affair with many W» fouj JTJge bjit JP „the last part of the game Decatur Catholic boys looked as though they might be coming out of the severe slump which marred the and of the regular season for them. The Thursday night results eel tip one of the infrequent intra-cit) hashes. The two Decatur team have only played each other twice in previous sectionals and both games were won by the Jackets. There are those who say that they aught to meet regularly each yeai and others maintain that an annual rivalry would cause bitterness. —oOo—this year’s tourney features the usual number of lost watches and other items. It seems when people are in a crowd thpy have trouble hanging on to their belongings. No one got stuelHn the mud back of the gym Thursday night but a few cars had trouble Wednesday night. These Adams county Hoos iers will put up with a lot of .in conveniences to see a basketball same. A word of thanks is due from every tourney fan to two groups who are on hand at every session to look after the health and safety of the crowd. They are the men who are directing the traffic under the direction of the Adams county sheriff’s department and the Red Cross first aid group which has set up a first aid booth at the school. 606 series: Schultz 659 (201-239-225). 200 scores: Wyman 200, King 202. Lake 220, Shackley 208, M. Hoffman 203. Jackson 208-212. G. E. Fraternal W L ißiverview Gardens —, 10 2 Perterson Elevator ....... 10 5 Teeple Truck Lines 10 5 G. E. Club 7 8 j K .of C. ...... ....... 7 8 Elks ....... ..... 6 9 West End Restaurant 6 9 Monroeville ...• 4 11 6(rt) series: Faulkner 645 (202-222-231); Ulman 630 (224-205-201). 200 scores: Mutschler 202, Beery 216-223, Lord 205. Ladd 203. Baumgartner 213, Gage 204, Laurent 200, Fiouse 215-223, Steury 201-202, G. Strickler 208. G. E. Women’s League W ’L Dubbs ... ...; 9 3 Last Frames '5............ 6 6 . .Office.. ■ — fr..,, Spares --**—..-...4'----.- 3 9 High scores: G. Reynolds 211, H. Mowery 161. M Miller 164-202- . New York h- Elevators in the U.&. carry about 30 times as many passengers each year, as are cwr ; ’ tied kg the railroads.

FINAL TICKET DISTRIBUTION The distribution of tickets for the Saturday sessions of the Adams Central sectional tourqjfy was announced this morning by John O. Reed, Adama Central principal and tourney manager. Under the two-bracket setup, the bulk of the tickets go to the four afhools whose teams will meet in the semi-finals Saturday afternoon. " Saturday’s tickets are priced at 31 for the two sessions. It is believed highly unlikely any single .session tickets will be available, as the four schools are expected to be hard-pressed to meet their own 'ticket demands. Each of the five schools eliminated will receive 25 tickets, with all others going to the four still In the race. The breakdown follows: Pro Rate Enrollment School Enrollment 16% 96% Total Pleasant Mills 90 51 243 294 Monmouth 157 51 424 - 475 Becathr Catholic ... 96 51 . 360 81} Decatur ...... 342 51 9»0 975 Totala 685 204 1851 2055

Doubles And Singles Schedule Is Listed Doubles and singles events will be rolled in the annual Decatur city bowling tourney at the Mies alleys Saturday and Sunday. The schedule of bowling follows: Saturday 6:30 p. m.—E. Frauhiger-H. Engle~, G. Laurent-Gary Schultz; D. Gage-S. Jackson; R. Warden I. Heare; A. Burke-Bun Keller; J. Bayles-W. Schnepf. Bf3o p. m.—C. Graves-A. Baker; C. Hurst-D; Mansfield; A. Ander-son-pr. M. Weisman: O. Krick-E. Imel; Gene Moser-E. Beam; E. Narwald; V. Bleeke-Ed Rqigklng; P. Schroeder-W. Gallmeyer. Sunday 1 p. m.—Sheenan-Gage; MiesWetel; D. Holle-N. Koeneman; E. Scheuman-C. Melcher; Dedolph-D. Burke; Reed-Feasel; Slusser-Sny-der; Zelt-Inniger; D. BulmahnBienz; E. Bulmahn-Blakey. 3 p. m.—Bud Githens-Ott Agler; W. Hitchcock-J. Moser; Pat More-land-L. Davis; N. Steury-R. Macklin; R. Worthman-G. Strickler; D. Custer-Fred Hoffman; K. YoderR. Neaderhouser; Eli Sprunger-J. C. Sprunger; Andrews-Appelman; Lord-Petrie. j m. —Crates-House; Hauser-

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JAGKBTB’ TICKETS Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, today announced that his office would be open tonight from 7 until 8 o’clock for season ticket holders to plok up their tickets for Saturday’s sectional. He stated that the possible few that will not have been picked up by then, will go on sale to the public. Purdue Guard Hurt During Practice LAFAYETTE, Ind- (INS) — Defending NCAA, golf king Joe Campben, of Purdlie, suffered a sprained wrist in basketball practice at Lafayette. The Big 10’s smallest starting hardwood player, 5-7, at first was thought to have suffered a broken wrist. No break was found, however, Campbell probably will not play against Michigan State, Saturday. Sectional Scores At Adame Central Decatur Ctfinmodores 87, Jefferson 62. . Decatur Yellow Jackets 65, Berne 63. At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne North 51, Fort Wayne ■ Central 45. Coesse 57, Arcola 44 Elmhurst 69, Huntertown 50. • > At Bluffton Jackson Twp. 48. Petroleum 47. Bluffton 38, Liberty Center 35. Union Center 76, Chester Center 58. At Hartford City Dunkirk 57, Pennvillo 44. Hartford City 82, Montpelier 70. At Huntington Huntington Catholic 83, Jefferson Twp. 55. Andrews 72, Jefferson Center ,65. Huntington 89, Huntington Twp. 63. At Churubusco Auburn 43, Waterloo 39. Garrett 71, Hamilton “6. At Garrett Fremont 58, Salem Center 31. Butler 64, Ashley 68. At Kendallville Wawaka 87, Springfield Twp. 42. Howe 55, Kendallville 49. Albion 67, Cromwell 49.

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