Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 60, Decatur, Adams County, 12 March 1956 — Page 7

MONDAT, MARCII 12, 1956

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Four Teams To Meet Saturday For Net Title INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The Indiana high school basketball tourney has now reached that point where ‘‘big dogs” have to eat big dogs if they want to stay in the chase for the IHSAA’s 45th crown. The last of the small schools got the nurge Saturday night as Crispus Attucks won its third semi-final crown for Ray Crowe, 67-42 over Scottsburg. In doing sb, the Tigers ran their unbeaten string to 43 and took a giant step toward an unprecedented unbeaten title. Before too many tears are shed for Scottsburg's Warriors be it known that they lived a moment in the sun by upending four-time former champion Muncie Central on ’the strength of Lavern Altemeyer’s local semi-final one-game record of 37 'points. Attucks repeated its victory over Connersville in the other afternoon game—this time, 67-49. Connersville is the only team to have defeated the defending state champions in the last 59 games. Except for the Attucks-Scotts-burg tilt, all the semi-final championship games .also were confined to big dogs. New Ross’ perfect record reto stretch beyond the 26gaiue figure as Gary Roosevelt turned the small boys back, 55-41. Lafayette Jefferson followed with a come-from-behind 56-51 win over Logansport. At night, another record went by the boards. Ron Fisher led Jeff .with a Lafayette semi-final record 27 points to a 71-58 win over Froebel, thus shutting the northwestern steel city out of the state title it never has won. Fort Wayne South took the other small school out of the running when it ended Wabash’s dream of becoming the only team in history - to win the state with a total record under .500. Wabash had won only five regular season games and with nine tourney victories it ». would have finished state with a 14-15 record. But as with Ffoeb*!,-South's bully act got it no where—even though each' had first-game assignments and longer time to rest for the night time title, tilting. South moved against an Elkhart squad that had. a rugged 72-69 time with Marlon. The Blue Blazers had enough fuel left to burn out a 7064 win from the Archers. There were no small town favorites in the Bloomington firing and true to all predictions, the outcome was unpredictable. — Jasper, a year too late (but good) couldn't convince Terre Haute Gerstmeyer it was a year top early in the first game. Gerstmeyer won 55-52. Princeton caught New Albany on a cold shooting afternoon and New Albany’s defensive weaknesses sidelined the Bulldogs as Princeton ran its season record to 25-1 —with an easy 59-39 romp. — —

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Defensive lapses caught up with the Tigers in the final and Oerstmeyer’s Blackcats won its 21st game of its last 23 by jinxing Princeton’s bid for a first semifinal berth, 69-58. The pairings pit two former champs against two former finalists. ■’ ■ Lafayette Jeff, with 1916 and 1948 state titles in its trophy room, provides first game opposition to Elkhart, last in the final four two years ago, when it lost in the afternoon. Unbeaten Crispus Attucks is defending its only state title against Terre Haute Gerstineyer, which is back in the finals after a one year lapse. Gerstineyer played in Indianapolis when Elkhart was down for the finals and was runnerup to South Bend Central in 1953. Decatur Zion Wins Walther Tourney Zion of Decatur took down the championship of the Indiana district, Walther league, by defeating St. John’s of Kankakee, 61-35, in the final game of the tourney Sunday evening at the Concordia College gym in Fort Wayne. The Decatur team led by six points, 20-14, at the half, and pulled away in the final two quarters for their easy victory. The champions had three men in double figures, led by Paul Busse with 16 points. Schnepf had 12 and Conrad 11. Leidtky topped Kankakee with 12 markers. Decatur edged Evansville. 50-48, on Conrad’s two free throws in the last two seconds, and Kankakee eliminated Calumet, 36-32, in emi-final game Sunday afternoon. Decatur FG FT TP Schnepf - 6 0 12 Christlaner2 0 4 Krueckeberg .. 1 9 2 Conrad I —— 4 4 3 11 R. Busse——— 4 0 8 P. Busse ——————7 2 16 Fleming 4 0 8 Totals —2B . 5 61 Kankakee FG FT TP Tarnow .4 0 8 Brettin -0 9 6 Wallace 0 0 0 Brieseke ——o 0 0 D. Matzat 1 0 2 T. Matzat .1< :«* Leidtky 6 f t; 0 18 Lofrich ....... 0 0 0 Totals 17 1 35 BOWLING SCORES Central Soya League / W L #»ts. Feed Mill 17% 6% 24% Farm Supply 15 9 20 Dubs 14% 9% 19% Spares 13 11 17 Hot 'Rods -13 11 17 Lab ------- ~f.. ,12 12 16 Wonders -11 13 15 Blue Prints 9 15 13 Master Mixers —— 9 15 11 Bag Service 6 18 7 High games and series: Fennig 197 (536); Gehrig 198-205 (577); Alton 507; Meyer 188 (516); Ralph Stevens 198; I. Bowman 172-182 (520); Eley 186-201 (565); 'H. Nash t“201; Bayles 211 (564); Christen 21 5-180 ( 569): Gressley 209 (548); Jioger Stevens. 190-180 (509); C. Rowdon 187-180 (509); Magsamen 192; Fisher 191-225-186 (602); E. Hutker 183 (510). Note: Fisher and Alton won weekly prize winners with 225 and 244. George Alton had a ladder series 168-169-170. Semi-Final Scores At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne South 69. Wabash 58. Elkhart 72, Marion 69. Elkhart 70, South Side 64 (final). _> At Lafayette— — Gary Froebel 56. New Ross 41. ..Lafayette 56, Logansport 51. Lafayette 71, Gary 58 (final). At Indianapolis . Scottsburg 66. Muncie Central 59. Indianapolis Attucks 67, Connersville 49. Atutcks 67, Scottsburg 42 (final). At Bloomington Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 55/ Jas- . per 52. Princeton 59, New Albany 39. Terre Haute 69, Princeton 58 (final). " FINAL PAIRINGS 1 p.m. — Elkhart vs Lafayette. 2:15 p.m. — Terre Haute Gerst- - meyer vs Indianapolis Attucks. 8:15 pin. — Championship game. New Purdue Grid Coach Takes Over LAFAYETTE, Ind. (INS) —Jack Mollenkopf tried out his new job as head coach of Pui'due University’s football teani today as he put the boilermaker grldders through their first spring workput. r “ More than 80 candidates were on hand for the opening of the spring drills which will end' April 14 in a regulation game between varsity and alumni and graduating seniors. . • - -• I.

NCAA Tourney Play To Open This Evening By International News Service The cream of the nation'* college basketball teams swing into action on wide-spread front* tonight as first round game* of the national collegiate tournament. get under-way in three center*. Two games are listed for New York*’ Madison Square Garden, two at Fort Wayne, Ind., and one at. Seattle, Wash. * Fully 25 teams are entered in the NCAA tourney, with 24 hoping they might emerge as the conquerors of San Francisco’s unbeaten Dons — the defending champions and universally regarded as the beat in the country. Tonight’s program at New York pit* Temple (23-3) against Holy Cross (22-4) and North Carolina State (24-3) against Canisius (17f).-. Un x. . At . tfort Wayne, De Paul (16-7) battles. Wayne of Detroit (17-1) and Marshall (184) meets More -head (Ky.) State (17-9), At "Seattle, Idaho State (17-6) collides with Seattle (16-8). . The' action continues Tuesday night, with New York playing host to Connecticut (16-9) vs Manhattan (J 6-7 and Dartmouth (16-10) vs West Virginia (21-8). At Wichita, Kas., on the same night, Oklahoma City (18-6) opposes Memphis Statß-'IYO-#/' ’and Southern Methodist (£2-2) tacos Texas Tech (13-12). Second and third round games in the tournament will be played March 16-17 at Philadelphia, lowa City, Lawfence, Ka*., and Corvallis, Ore. The semi-finals and finals will be staged at Evanston, 111., March 22-23. San Francisco (25-0) begins tourney play Friday against UCLA (19-5). Th& magnificent Dons pinned a 70 to 53 defeat on the Uclans last December — the only licking its west coast rivals have suffered in 18 games. The Uclana have won 17 straight since that reverse. •PThe two top scoring teams in the ctamtry collide at Fort Wayne in the first round when Morehead matches shots with Marshall. Morehead, ranked number one, averaged - 96 - points - per game through the regular season, and Marshall, rated number two, averaged 93. •. . ... - J*’ All Tickets Sold* ■ •’ For Final Tourney INDIANAPOLIS (INS) —L- V. Phillips, commissioner of the Indiana high school athletic association, issued a new copy of an aU refrain today. Yes, he has no tickets to the IHSAA basketball finals Saturday at Butler Fieldhouse. Some 1,250 tickets are in his possession,, but are to be distributed today to semifinal winners and loser and will be sold at the school*. Louise Suggs Wins ~ Tourney Third Time AUGUSTA, Ga. (INS) —Louise Suggs of Sea Island, Ga., owned her third titleholders golf championship and a cheek for? 900 today. XX The Georgia brunette shot a 74 in the final round Sunday to win the tourney with a 72-hole total of 302, two over par--XXX ’ Trade in a Good Town — Decatm

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Willshire Wins In , District Tourney The undefeated Willshire Bearcats advanced to the Ohio Class B regional tourney Saturday night by whipping Marion township, 7450, in the finals of the district tourney at Lima. The Bearcats were behind on two different occasions early in the ball game but built up a 33-26 advantage at the halt Big Gary Kesler took down scoring honors for Willshire with 30 points on 10 field goals and a similar number of free throw*. Clase counted 23 for the Bearcats, while Qoecke topped Marion township with 21. Willshire will compete with three other teams in regional play at Toledo Friday and Saturday. Willshire FG FT TP Miller 1 3 5 Claae .... 9 5 23 Kesler 10 10 30 Bollenbacher _J4 0 8 Samples 0 I 1 Byer .... 3 0 .6 Hutson 0 11 Totals 27 20 74 Marion Twp. FG FT TP Inwalle .. 2 3 7 Thobe „ 8 2 8 Dirksen 3 0 6 Mescher 2 4 8 Goecke 77 21 Totals 17 16 50 Former Champions Dominate Statistics INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — The former state champions dominate the statistics of the final four teams that will play thia Saturday tor the Indiana high school basketball title. '' Defending champion Crispus Attucks has the best per-game output of 71 points on the most total points; 567, in its eight tourney game* for the best winning margin average — 28.1. ' - Lafayette, which has clipped eight foe* at a 61:7 per game attack, has the best defensive mark averaging 43.2 on 346 total points tor" Jeff’s opponents. That gives Lafayette’s former champs an 18.5 .spread. x/xrrx Lowest winning margin is possessed by Attucks second game opponent, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer, whi<± has defeated eight foes by pnfjvgjp'der, shoptingXlt 1 has the ‘woret'defenst, an average "per foe of 57.9. Elkhart is the only team to bye its way to a title with seven games under its belt so far and a 10.6 per game winning margin. Below are the teams as they will play in the finals. The figures indicate games played, offensive average with total points in parenthesis, defensive average with opponents' poihts in parenthesis, and average winning margin. Elkhart: 7; 61 (427)j 50.4 (353): 10.6, vs Lafayette: 8; 61.7 (494); 43.2 (346); 18.5, and Terre Haute Gerstmeyer: 8; 66.2 (530); 57.9 (463); 8.3, vs Crispus Attucks: 8; 71 (567);' 45.9 (367); 25.1. Tickets Purchased For May 8 Circus Frank Lybarger. Lions dub president, today expressed appreciation of the club for the following business firms and individuals |who have purchased “daddy” tickets for the circus, sponsored by the Lions, which will appear in Decatur May 8. Those purchasing tickets to date for underprivileged children are: Dr. Roy Archbold, Dr. R. E. Allison, Ans paugh Studio, Bowman garage, Ashbaucher. tin shop, Bower jewelry store. Burke Insurance Co., Adler Bros, garage, Faurote motor sales. Dr. N. A. Bixler, Adams County trailer sales, Black funeral home. Beavers Oil service. Trade in a Good Town — Decatm

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All-American College Team Picked By INS (Editor's note: International News Service presents herewith its 1955-56 All-American college bsatfetball team selected by INS spqrts experts throughout the nattm.) By HOWARD BIGMAND NEW YORK (INS) —Height, scoring might and all-around versatility characterize International News Service's All-AmeVican college basketball team for 1955-56. Bill Russell, towering center of the undefeated San Francisco Dons, heads a power-packed first team that includes Slhugo Green of Duquesne, Ronnie Shavllk of North Carolina State, Robin Freeman of Ohio State and Tom Heinsohu of Holy Cross. Russell, Green had Shavllk are repeaters from last year’s AllAmerican team and all five members of the first team are seniors. The first five averages above 6' 5” in height with Russell (6-10) the tallest and Freeman; the Buckeye jump shot sensation, the shortest at 5-11. Rgssell was a tremendous offensive and defensive factor in the top-ranked Dons’ magnificent 25-0 season and in their sensational over-all record of 51 straight victories. He was the nation's outstanding star. , , s K C- Jones, San Francisco’s playmaking whiz, is a member of a talent-studded second team that includes big Bill Uhl of Dayton, Hot Rod Hundley of West Virginia,

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Willi* Naullz of U.C LA. and Len Rosenbluth of North Carolina. Hundley and Rbsenbluth are the only juniors on the second team. Jones, Uhl and Naulls are all seniors. Both .teams reflfcot masterful scoring ability, with nearly every member having shattered school or conference scoring marks. In addition, the selected players demonstrated ’outstanding all - around talent in an exciting season loaded with brilliant performers Many topnotch stars just missed gaining the elite ten- Among those accorded ’’honorable mention” wefe Darfeß Floyd) of Furman, Bob Borrow of Kentucky, Ar,t Bunte of Utah, Joe Lol up of George Washington, Jerry Harper of Alabama and Hal Lear of Temple. The All-American is based on recommendations of INS regional sports experts from coast to coast. First team choices and their schools will receive INS All-Amer-ica certificates. Former Major League Baseball Player Dies ST. LOUIS, Mo. (INS) —Arthur F- (Circus Solly ( Hos man, former major league baseball player, died in St Louis Sunday at the age of 73. ' l Hofman, uncle of Bobby Hofman of the New Y<4rk Giants, was considered one of the games best utility players during his 14 seasons in the top circuits. He broke in with Pittsburgh in 1903 and later played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees and Brooklyn and Buffalo of the old Federal League. If you have sometmng to sell r rooms for reut, try a Democrat Want Ad. l t brings result*.

Red Sox Win Pair From World Champs By International News Service The “dark horse” tag given the Boston Red Sox apparent# is very much for real. It the Bosox make a regular season habit of what they’ve started fa the early spring, they’ll be tough to beat for the American League pennant. The Red Sox completed a twogame sweep of the world champion Brooklyn Dodgers Sunday when, they walloped the Brooks, 17 to 5, at Miami. Mike Higgins managed the slaughter without resorting to his unsecret weapon — Ted Williams. Another Ted, the usually weak sticking Ted Lepcio? supplied a grand slam homer 46 a 17-hit attack on four young Dodger hurlersThe Dodger fielders contributed seven errors and the Brooks made only six hits. The most impressive pitcher employed by Higgins was Dave Slsler, of the famous baseball family. Sisler worked the middle three inning* for the Bosox and fanned five- He didn’t give up a hit. A big gun provided the New York Yankees with a 4-to-3 win over the St Louis Cardinals at St. Petersburg. Mickey Mantle’* threerun homer in the eighth proved the difference. Milwaukee’s Braves got two tremendous homers from Hank Aaron and one from Bill Bruton as they downed the Philadelphia Phillies, 8 to 2 at Bradenton. Willie Mays socked his third homer In two games while the New York Giants outslugged the Cleveland Indians, 11 to 5, at Phoenix, Ariz. The Chicago White Sox edged

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the Cincinnati Redlegs, 8 to 5, In ten Innings at TampaJUarry Doby, slugger acquired from Cleveland, got three singles in fonr trips for the Chisox and also scored the winning run. Vernon Law pitched three hitlees and runless innings and also belted a grand slam homer to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 11-to-l triumph over the Kansas City Athletics at Ft. Meyers, Fla. In other games, the Chicago Cubs belted the Baltimore Orioles, 13 to 5, at Mesa, Arisa- and the De* trolt Tigers edged the Washington Senators, 5 to 4, at Orlando, Fla. ' VW Pro Basketball Saturday’s Results Fprt Wayne 108, Boston 103. Rochester' 111, Philadelphia 96. New York 104, Syracuse 84. St. Louis 106, Minneapolis 97. Sunday's Results New York 122, Fort Wayne 96. St. Louis 127, Boston 121. Minneapolis 126, (Rochester 98. Syracuse 99, Philadelphia 88.

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