Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 289, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1956 — Page 6

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Both Decatur Quintets Rack Up Victories In Games Friday Night

COMMODORES * The Decatur Commodores registered their fifth victory of the season Friday night, defeating the Adams Central Greyhounds, 76-61, at the Decatur gym. The Commodores have lost two, while Adams Central now has a 3-4 record for the season. The first qdhrter was a nip and tuck affair all the way, with the teams tied eight different times, winding up the period in an 18-18 deadlock. The Greyhounds had taken an early 6-2 lead after two minutes of play but the Commodores evened the score at 6-6. The rival- quintets were also tied at 8-8. 10-10, 12-12, 14-14, 16-16, and 18-18. Two-pointers by Tom Meyer, Phil Reed and Ron Meyer shot the Commodores into a 24-18 advantage in the first two minutes of the second period, and the Decatur lads were never headed. The Greyhounds pulled within three points at 32-29 but the Commodores increased their margin to six points, 37-31, at the half. Decatur Catholic bolstered its margin to 12 points at 4947 midway through the third quarter and at this point the Greyhounds suffered a telling blow when they lost Jim Steiner, their leading scorer all season, on personal fouls. Steiner sat out the last few minutes of the secund quarter when assessed his fourth foul, and had been back in the game only a short

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" time when the fifth was called. ; The Commodores held a 56-47 ad- ; vantage as the teams entered the > final eight .minutes of play. > Decatur maintained a safe marr gin all through the final stanza, at times by 16 points, as both I coaehes Al Lindahl and Leroy Cat ble emptied their benches. ' The Meyer cousins led the Commodores on offense, Tom scoring 29 and Ron 20. Ron Corson bore the brunt of Adams Central’s scor- ’ ing with 18 points, all on field “ goals, while Steiner and Gary Mc- . Millen each tallied 11. There were 44 fouls Called during the game, 23 on Adams Central, who lost ’ Steiner, Ripley and McMillen, and ! 21 on the Commodores, who did ■ not lose a player. The Commodores ' converted 20 of 35 foul chances, ' the Greyhounds 17 of 31. > Both teams return to action next ; Friday, the Commodores travel- : ing to Marion Bennett, and the Greyhounds meeting Chester Cen- ; ter at Montpelier. The Greyhounds ■ will also be back to the wars next [ Saturday, entertaining the Berne . Bears at Adams Central. COMMODORES FG FT TP Reed 4 5 13 ; Hake . 2 15 R. Meyer 9 2 20 ‘ Kable — 3 17 T. Meyer .10 9 29 ■ Heimann 0 0 0 1 Litchfield ............ 0 0 0 Ford —... 0 2 2 Kohne 000 Beal 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 20 75 ADAMS CENTRAL FG FT TP Steiner 3 5 11 Smith ... a 2 2 6 Ripley 3 2 8 McMillen 3 5 11 Corson ... 9 0 18 larger ... 2 3 7 Byerly 0 0 0 Gerber 0 0 0 Isch ..1 ... 0 0 0 TOTALS .... 22 17 61 Officials; Sanders, Shively. Preliminary Adams Central, 37-30.

YELLOW JACKETS The Decatur Yellow Jackets broke in some brand new uniforms ln*fine style last night at Berne, as the Jackets clobbered the Bears, 69-40. The new suits seem to bind a little in the first periods, as the Jackets got ort to a slow start. But the locals got used to the feel of things in the fourth quarter and pulled all the stops as they outscored Berne 29-6. The win kept the Worthman-coached outfit's record clean, and it now reads, 5-0. The game started out slow, with the Bears, showing a lot more fight through the first quarter. Gene Baxter put the Jackets ahead with a set shed from the left side, and Beaty countered- with two free throws. Pete Schug hit two from the field to conteract Tony Kelly's pair of foul shots, and Berne led, 6-4. The Bears continued to outhustle the taller Jackets and opened a 14-7 lead. Baxter hit from the field again, and with three seconds to play, Larry Moses dropped in . a long one-hander to make the score 14-11, Berne at the end of the first period. Liechty stole a Decatur pass and loid one in to give the Bears a five-point margin, but then the roof fell in on Berne. Kelley hit one from the field, Baxter got two, and Kirkpatrick picked up a field goal / and two foul shots to push Decatur in a 21-16 lead. With some beautiful assists by Larry Moses, the Jackets continued to hit and built up a 33-24 lead at the half. The third quarter was almost wasted time, as neither team played much basketball. With four minutes gone, Decatur led 39-26, and in the final half of the quarter, the Bears hit eight points while the Jackets poured through one tally to hold a 40-3® lead. Decatur made up for any lack of scoring in the fourth quarter. In the first four minutes of the final stanza, Kelly got eight points, Baxter seven, and Bob Banks two, against a single field goal by Schug for the Bears. The Jackets had a 21 point lead, 57-36, and it was all over but the cheering. Substitutes for both teams finished out the game. . Kelley led all scorers with 21 points. Baxter added 17 and Stan Kirkpatrick had 13. Larry Moses scored seven points and had 10 or more assists. Schug was high man for Berne with 13, and Whitehunt had 11. The loss left the Bears at the .500 mark with three wins and three losses for the young season. The next Berne opponents will be Lancaster Central next Friday and the Adams Central Greyhounds the following night. The tall Elwood team will be at Decatur to meet the Jackets Friday, Dec. 14. It will be the toughest test ot the season for the unbeaten Yellow Jackets. * Decatur FG FT TP Moses 3 17 Kelly ——7 7 21 Kirkatprick - 5 3 13 [ Banks „- ----- 0 2 2 i Baxter ———— 8 1 17 Dorwin 0 0 0 Shraluka — — 2 0 4 Rewking - ♦ 10 2 Hutker 0 0 0 Schrock ....... 10 2 j Eichenauer. — Oil i DdMager — 0 0 0 TOTALS 27 f l 5 69 Berne FG FT TP i Whitehurst 3 5 11 [ Schug ........ —... 5 3 13 i Dille 12 4 j Liechty 3 0 6 i Beaty 0 2 2 ; Yoder 0 2 2 ! Brover - 0 0 0 ! Lehman 0 0 0 ! Stahly ......... 0 2 2 TOTALS 12 16 40

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Score by quarters: 1 2 3 4 DECATUR II 33 40 69 BERNE 14 24 34* 40 Officials: Walker. Broderick. Preliminary Decatur, 36-29. Geneva Beats Bryant Friday Night 82-72 The Geneva Cardinals led all with 20. Walter topped the Owls an 82-72 setback in a high scoring game Friday night atrlhe Bryant gym for Geneva’s fourth triumph in six starts. The Cardinals held the advantage at all stopping points, 21-17, 44-36 and 64-53. Geneva had three players in the 20's, Ival Nevil with 23, Watren Yoder with 21 and Dan Craig with 20. Walter topped the Owl with 27 and Masters poured in 24. The Cardinals will tangle with the undefeated Hartford Gorillas at Hartford next Friday night. Geneva FG FT TP Craig 8 4 20 Yoder 9 3 21 Nevil 7 9 23 Bauman 0 2 2 Biery -1 0 2 Stuber 6 2 14 TOTALS 31 20 82 Bryant FG FT TP Masters 11 2 24 Shoemaker 113 Minnich 2 0 4 Miller J 10 2 Walter 12 3 It Armontrout ........ 3 0 6 Sipe ................ 226 TOTALS ..... 32 8 ?2 Officials Bryan, Gehrig. .. .. — Preliminary Geneva, 29-17.' H. $. Basketball Bluffton 60, Columbia City 34. New Haven 48, Fort Wayne South 36. Kendallville 75, Elmhurst 40.™* 1 * Auburn 67, Gagett 62. . * Indianapolis Attacks 56, Fort Wayne Central 50. South Bend Washington 69, Fort Wayne North 65 (overtimed? Fort Wayne Central Catholic 42, Huntertown 38. e Leo 95, Hoagland 83. Harlan 62, Monroeville 38. Arcola 54, Lafayette Central 40. Clear Creek 69, Lancaster (Hunt- > ington) 4f. «’ * Fremont 65, Butler 49. Roanoke 46, Union (Huntington) 41. Dunkirk 74. Portland 51. Pierceton 58, Warsaw 54. Hartford City 81, Montpelier 61. South Whitley 63, Angola 52. Indianapolis Tech 59, Frankfort 39. Southport 70, Seymour 55. Muncie Central 78, Logansport 45. Muncie Burris 54, Peru 52 (overtime' Lafayette 54, Kokomo 43. Marion 71, Anderson 43. •New Castle 54, Richmond 45. .Wabash 77, Rochester 64. Elwood 68, Tipton 46. South Bend Central 55, Michigan City 48. Elkhart 70, LaPorte 45. Gary Edison 72, Gary Emerson 5L Gary Mann 60, East Chicago Washington 56. Princeton 54, Jasper 47. Bedford 60, Vincennes 47. Huntingburg 67, Washington 34. Madison 40, North Vernon 32. Shelbyville 66, Greensburg 35. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 72, Gary Wallace 58. ’' Hanover 64, Mjlan 53. Huntington 53, Alexandria 46. Somerset 64, Marion Bennett 61. Roll 70, Redkey 52. ' Pro Basketball > Fort Wayne 105, Syracuse 97. • New York 105, St. Louis 101. Boston 121, Minneapolis 114. . —. — .■■ r Trade in a uoo4 Turn — Decatm

16th Olympiad Closes Today, Reds Champions MELBOURNE (UP)- The XVI Olympiad, begun 17 days ago amid an international war crisis and marred repeatedly by bitter wrangling, closed today with pomp and ceremony and the award of one last Russian gold medal. A 1-0 victory over Yugoslavia in the Soccer final, the only competition today, brought the Soviets their 37th gold medal of the games and a final 129-point margin over the United States in the unofficial team race, 722 to 593. The Russian victory was emphatic in medals as well as points, for they Won 99 medals of all types against only 74 for the United States. And observers here left wondering how many yean it will take America to regain the title. It promised to be a long, long time for the Soviet victory stemmed directly from sports in which few Americans have any interestgymnastics, canoeing, field hockey, cycling, fencing, Greco-Roman wrestling. “Minor" Sports Campaign 3. Lyman Bingham, executive director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, marked the closing day with a promise that U.S. sports officials will turn new interest on these to-called "minor" sports in which the Russians reaped a rich point' harvest. But many American athletes and coaches thought such a campaign was doomed to failure "Young Americans would much prefer putting their feet down on accelerators than on pedals," said Joe Becker of St. Louis, Mo., who finished 43rd in a field of 44 in cycling. “In America, it’s basketball and baseball," observed pretty, 19year old gymnast Jacquelyn Klein of Northwestern. "In Europe, its gymnastics." Experts agreed the Russian victory Was scored against the strongest American Olympic team in history. Feature of the U.S. performance was a record show of IS gold medals in men’s track and field. But Russia picked up a • little strength in the major sports from its 1952 showing and then swept to the team title with such showings as 272Vz points in wrestling and gymnastics to only IT fbr the United States. The United States didn’t score a single point in women's gymnastics, canoeing, field hockey, or Cycling, only three in fencing, and four in shooting. Rules Change Possible One way America might overcome this Russian superiority in “fringe" sports would t»e In the event of a rules change downgrading their value. American Avery Brundage, president of the International Olympic Committee, said it was a "shame" the decathlon champion got only one gold medal for a 10-event competition while a gymnast could win a gold medal for each part of his competition, and then another for the overall title. Bingham suggested that a gold medal should be given each competitor in a team sport. That would have meant 12 medals for the U.S. basketball team instead of one. eight for Yale’s eightoared CT6w instead of one. But whether such suggestions ever, would result in rules changes seemed dubious. The games closed, as they opened, before a capacity crowd of 110,000 at the main stadium. First the crowd watched and often booed as the Soviets completed their victory with the soccer triumph over Yugoslavia, a rough, foul-marred battle that the referee allowed to get out of con-trol-many thought a fitting end to competition which has seen disputes of all sorts. Many Athletes Already Gone Then the athletes paraded into the stadium behind their 69 national flags, only not as many athletes as on opening day. Many were gone already, including weeping Hungarians heading back to an unknown fate in their afflicted homeland. t The five-ringed Olympic! flag was taken down and given to Melbourne’s lord mayor to mind for the city of Rome, Italy, where the 1960 Oympics are scheduled. Flags of Australia, the present host, Greece, the originator, and Italy, the next host, were run up and the anthems of all three na-> tions played. Then the balding Brundage intoned the formal closing words, first expressing the “deepest gratitude” of the IOC to Queen Elizabeth, Australia, and Melbourne,

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and then invitihg "the youth of all countries to assemble in four years at Rome, there to celebrate with us the games of the XVII Olympiad.'* The Olympic flame, lit in Greece and brought here, finally was snuffed but at 4:45 p.m. (1:45 a.m.wA EST) , and the athletes marched out ‘as the Australian military bands 'stirred up the spectators with the rollicking Aussie song, “Waltzing Matilda." The Olympics were over. Gorillas Move Winning Skein To 7 Straight Hartford's Gorillas made it seven consecutive victories without a defeat for the season Friday night, downing the Chester Center Indians. 57-45, at the Hartford gym. The Qbrillas lad at the first quarter, 16-8, but Wells county quintet pulled into a 24-24 tie at the half. The Indians were limited to four points in the third period, however, as Hartford moved to a 38-28 margin. ' ' Dean Stahly topped the Gorillas with 18 points and .Rog Moser tallied 14. Gearhart hit for 18 for Chester and Zent scored 14. The Gorillas will entertain the Geneva Cardinals at Hartford next Friday. HARTFORD FG FT TP Pharr 2 0 4 L. G. Dubach 4 0 8 MoSer 2 10 14 Moeschberger ........ 10 2 Biberstein — 2 15 Bixler 1 4 6 Stahly ... 5 8 18 TOTALS 17 23 57 CHESTER CENTER FG FT TP Beavans 204 Hahn 2 2 6 Gearhart 8 6 18 Zent 6 2 14 L. Harris „ Oil T. Harris 0 2 2 TOTALS 16 13 45 Officials: Reynolds, Zerkel. Preliminary Hartford, 40-35, Former Jockey Held For Armed Robbery MARSHALL, JU. (UP) — Wendall .Eads, 33, one of the nation’s top jockeys ten years ago, today was held on $5,000 bond at Clark County Jail in connection with a 1954 armed robbery. Eads, who recently was released from Indiana State Prison where he served a term for a Vincennes, Ind., armed robbery, was arrested Friday and charged with a 1954 liquor store holdup in Casey, IU. Eads rode winners in the Belmont and Arlington futurities in 4941: ‘ •- —7 —- : , >;? : > . 1 , • y-- --- I i 1 SpBMI ff Al WILLIAM 2. ROSB looks solemn after his arraignment in New York in $1,300,000 shortage at the Home National bank in Ellenville, N, Y. Rose resigned as president of the bank when shortages were first disclosed, and at that time many people and organizations came to the rescue with deposits because he was known as a man who would extend credit to the needv. (International >

Eagles Score First Win Os » Season Friday The Monmouth Eagles marked up their first victory of the Season after six straight defeats by edging out a 62 to 60 Win wet the Pleasant Mills Spartans on the Monmouth floor Friday night. Pleasant Mills went into an early lead and stayed there until about midway in the third quarter. The Eagles trailed 15 to 10 at the end of the first quarter and 30 to 23 at the half. After they took over the lead in the third period, the Eagles, determined to regain their winning ■ ways, managed to fight off the 1 Spartans and keep the advantage • for the rest of the game. Pleasant Mills’ Jerry Williamson led the scoring with 22 markers. His teammates, McCullough and Frey, contributed 19 and 17, ■ respectively. The Monmouth scor- • ing was well divinded. John Myers • and Butch Myers each scored 11 1 points and Menter and Hildebrand produced 10 each. ! Monmouth will try for another Victory next Friday at Bryant and Pleasant Mills will be in action Saturday, Dec. 15, on theit home f floor against Wren. Monmouth FG FT TP Mentor 4 2 10 ’ Bittner "...... 0 0 0 I Hildebrand 3 4 19 IJ. Myers 4 3 11 1 I Brandt. 0 1 2 I

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Bulmahn ! ! ,! W. Myers ..... 4 3 11 Heller 0 0 0 Boerger . * X ; Bultemeier k 2 3 7 TOTALS 22 18 62 Pleasant Mills . FG FT TP Wable - 0 ® .2 McCullough 6 I H Frey -1 —7 3 17 Williamson 9 4 22 Johnson -—........ 0 2 Byers — i— 0 0 0 Erwin ~ » 0 " 0 TOTALS -22 16 60 Officials: Culla, Tilfer. Preliminary Monmouth, 38-20. Evashevski Named As Coach Os Year CHICAGO (UP) — Forest Evashevski, coach of the Rose Bowl bound lowa Hawkeyes football team, has been awarded the Chicago Football Writers Assn. “Midwest Coach of the Year’’ award. The presentation was made Friday night by Ed Salisbury, United Press midwest sports editor and president of the association, at the annual Chicago-lowa Alumni Asfin. meeting, t , . College Basketball Rose Poly 72, Eureka’s9Indiana Tech 76, Bliss 68. McKendree 64, Franklin 63. Wichita 81, Michigan 76. Southern California 72, Wyoming 71. San Francisco 82, San Francisco Stat<?s4. ' Oklahoma AIM 70, Washington 43. Seton Hall 86, Scranton 78.