Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 54, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 22 December 1956 — Page 7

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936

Both Decatur Quintets Score Victories Friday Night In Easy Fashion

YELLOW JACKETS The DecatUr Yellow Jackets, after sputtering and stuttering through the first 23 minutes of play, finally came to life Friday night to defeat the Columbia City Eagles, 61-51, in a Northeastern Indiana conference engagement. It was the sixth triumph in seven games for the Jackets and their second loop win without a loss. Columbia City, which has been taking some one-sided whippirigs in earlier games this season, appeared determined to attempt to hold down the score, with the Eagles. content a good portion of the contest to pass the ball around out in front without much effort to score. The Eagles’ lethargy seemed to be contagious, too, as the Jackets seemed satisfied to fiddle around with the visitors, until they finally decided to start moving late in the third quarter. The first two periods were elope, although Columbia City pilpd. up an early 6-0 lead on a field goaf and four free throws. Decatur finally worked into 8-8 and 9-9 ties, with Bob Banks' fielder giving the Jackets an 11-9 edge at the end of the first quartet. The Eagles then took over the lead and held it until the last two mihutes when the Jackets again moved on top to lead at the half, 26-25. Decatur had seven-point leads twice early in the third quarter, but the Eagles narrowed the gap ‘-♦fo-36-35 but the Jackets scored the nexKsjx points for a third-quarter bulge of 42-35. The Jackets began to move the ball better at this point and soon had the game well in hand, a late flurry by the Eagles cutting the final margin to 10 points after Decatur had twice led by 16. Bill Schwartz, a lean six-foot freshman, took down the game’s scoring honors with 23 points, and Bob Sutton, another frosh, Rallied 14. Decatur’s scoring was well balanced. with four of the starters in double figures, Larry Moses scoring 14, Tony Kelly 13, and Stan Kirkpatrick and Gene Baxter 12 each. The Yellow Jackets will compete in the annual four-team holiday. tourney at Elmhurst next week, meeting Elmhurst In the* second tourney game at 8;15 p.m. Thursday. Fort Wayne Concordia and Central Catholic tangle in the opener at 7 p.m. Thursday. Losers on the opening night meet for third place at 7 p.m. Friday, followed by the championship encounter at 8:15 p.m. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Kelly -v - 6 1 13 Moses ' 5 4 14 Kirkpatrick . 3 6 12 Baxter 3 6 12 Banks - 3 0 6 Shrahika 0 0 0 Dorwin 10 2 Reinking — 0 0 0 Hutker ... 0 0 0 Schrock 10 2 TOTALS ..... 22 17 61 Columbia City 1... .... FG..FT..TP

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Kniss 12 4 Sutton .... 7 0 14 Stickler 0 2 2 Bridge ..... 0 4 4 Schwartz I—lo 3 23 Lillich 0 0 0 Anderson 0 0 0 Miller 1 0 0 - 0 Martin 0 ’ 4 4 Kreider 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 15 51 Officials: Hollman, Dean. Preliminary Decatur, 50-30. -I' -- 4 Adams Central Beats Ossian In Overtime The Adams'Central Greyhounds found themselves embroiled in their fifth overtime game of the season Friday night, but this time the Greyhounds ran away in the first overtime session to defeat the Ossian Bears, 79-72, on the Ossian court. Os their five extra-long tilts, three have been double overtime, Adarfts Central losing three games of the five. Ossian led "at the first quarter, 18-14, and at the half, 35-32, but the Greyhounds jumped into a 5545 advantage at the third period, only to have the Bears rally for a 70-70 tie as the regular playing time expired. Three players led the Greyhounds in scqring, Gary McMillen with 22, Jim Steiner and Ron Corson with 20 each. Van Meter, of Ossian, led all scorers with 28 points. The Greyhounds will now bg idle until the annual Adams county tourney, which will be held at the Adams Central gym Jan. 10-11-12. Adams Central .. *FG FT TP McMillen 6 10 22 Steiner 9 2 20 Ripley - 3 7 13 ‘ 'BWgtT ■?»?.!—'LT!. .«■. 1■ ' » Smith 0 . 2 2 Corson TOTALS — 27 25 79 Ossian FG' 'FT TP McAfee — 0 0 0 Hunter ............... 3 0 6 Kumfer 5 5 15 L. Patton ... , 10 2 B. Patton ..... - 2 0 4 Pasko , 0 0 0 Van Meter ... .12 4 28 Baumgardner ... 7 3 17 TOTALS ......... 30 12 72 Officials: - Hoeppner, Campbell. Preliminary Adams Central. 38-37. Tough meat can oe made tender by the following methods: Pouunding, slow cooking, or by laying it for a few minutes in vinegar : water. - „

COMMODORES The Decatur Catholic Commodores marked up their fifth consecutive victory with a decisive 89 to 77 win over the Pleasant Mills Spartans at Pleasant Mills Friday night. The tremendous scoring output of the green and gold, 29 field goals and 31 free throws, was . almost matched by the Spartans who trailed by one field goal and Jost 10 more at the charity stripe. The high-scoring contest was a close battle until the fourth quarter when Pleasant Mills, losing three of their starters on fouls, fell as far as 20 points behind. An early lead by the Commodores on free throws by Kable and a jump shot by Reed was quickly overcome by three Spartan set shots in about the first minute and a half. Although the Commodores kept right at their heels, largely due to 100 percent accuracy on free tosses, Pleasant Mills had a 27 to 20 advantage at the end of the first quarter. John Frey’s magic one-handed shots, which produced 10 of the first quarter Pleasant Mills markers, cooled off in the second quarter and his team could muster only 13 points while Decatur kept hot scoring alive to produce another 25 points. Tom Meyer and Dave Kable did the big scoring jobs of the second quarter. The Commodores regained the lead after about three minutes of play to stay ahead of their hosts for the duration of the game. The five point bulge was reversed at halftime with the Commodores on top, 45 to 40. Decatur continued to add to its lead for about four minutes of the third stanza, controlling the ball well and showing few signs of stopping a scoring onslaught. About midway in the stanza, after trailing by as much as 14 markers, the Spartans turned the tables and began to connect again and put a. damper on their guests. Going into the last quarter with a 63 to. 57 lead, Ron Meurer quickly pushed the bulge to 10 points with two field goals. Allowing the Spartans only an occasional field goal or charity toss, the Decatur boys built up 20-poirit lead, largely the work of three field goals . and nine free throws Ron , er? ■ * Then they rested on their laurels. 1 Three Spartans, McCullough, Williamson and Myers, were out on fouls so Coach Lindahl put in the Commodore subs to finsh out the remaining three minutes of the clash. During the final two minutes. Frey and Hawkin whittled eight points off the lead while the Commodores failed to mark up a point, but it was too late for any partan to do much about changing the outcome of the game. Twenty-four personals and one technical called against the Spartans allowed the Commodores to score 31 out of 42 free tosses. The Commodores fouled 22 times but the Spartans . could utilize only 1 out of 34 t2rips to the line. Frey led the scoring with 26 points. Phil Reed was tops for the Commodores with 25. Four other i Commodores and two more Spartarts were tn double-figures. Ron ■ Meyer marked up 21 points and Williamson made 20. The Commodores are idle now until after the holidays. They host Anderson St. Mary’s Jan. 4 Pleai sant Mills will tangle with the : Geneva Cardinals in a home game the same night. 51Vg,Cb la-jfw fiel Commodores FG FT TP j Hake — 3 8 14 ■ Reed ... 9 7 25 R. Meyer ..■ 6 9 21 i Kable . 4 7 15 iT. Meyer 6 0 12

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Hartford Wins Ninth Victory Without Loss The Hartford Gorillas raced to their ninth victory without a defeat Friday night, soundly whipping the Redkey Wolves, 76-57, at the Redkey gym. The Gorillas were well in front at all stopping points, 17-10, 39-28 and 51-40. Dean Stahly paced the Gorillas with 24 points, followed closely by Larry Gene Dubach with 20. Gerber, of Redkey, was the game's leading scorer with 27 points. The Gorillas will next see action Saturday night, Jan. 5, entertaining the Monmouth Eagles at the Hartford gym. Hartford FG FT TP Moeschberger 10 2 L. G. Dubach 8 4 ~£o Moser ................. 4 3 11 Pharr .......... 13 5 Biberstein — 5 4 14 Stahly _ T — 10 4 24 TOTALS 29 18 76 Redkey FG FT TP Landess ... — 2 3 7 Gilbert 0 2 2 Elliott 2 15 Dale 0 2 2 Young 4 19 Raybum 10 2 Gegenheimer „ 113 Gerber 8 11 27 TOTALS -18 21 57 Officials. Young, Hall. Preliminary Redkey, 35 - 26. Geneva Whips Berne Friday Night, 51-31 The Geneva Cardinals registered their fifth victory of the season Friday night, whipping the Berne Bears, 51-31, at the Geneva gym to hand the Bears their fourth loss as compared to five wins. The Cardinals have lost three. The first quarter was a lowscoring affair, with Geneva leading by 6-5 as the period closed. The Cardinals boosted their margin to 21-10 at the half, andheldT a 36-23 bulge going into the final eight minutes of play. Ivan Nevil almost outscored the Bears singlehanded, tossing in a dozen field goals and a pair of free throws for 26 points. No Bear reached double figures, Pete Schug and Carl Liechty each scoring eight. Geneva will next play at Pleasant Mills Jan. 4, while Berne will be at home to Warren Jan. 4 and to Leo Jan. 5. Geneva FG FT TP Craig ...t—3'. O' 6 Yoder ... 3 2 8 Nevil 12 2 26 8auman........... 0 0 0 Stuber ...... 4 3 11 Branstetter .... 0 0 0 Hofstetter ...... ... 0 0 0 Dull 0 0 0 Biery 0 0 0 Amstutz — 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 7 51 Berne FG FT TP Whitehurst 2 -B -. 6 Von Gunten 0 0 0 Dille ..... 1 4 6 Schug 4 0 8 Beaty 113 LieChty .... 3 2 8 T. Yoder —.. 0 0 0 Stahly 0 0 0 Brower '. 0 0 0 Lehman 0 0 0 A. Yoder 0 0 0 TOTALS ... 11 9 31 Officials: Armstrong? Moser. Preliminary Geneva, 23 - 17. Beal - -1 0 2 Ford -........ 0 0 0 Litchfield 0 0 0 Heimann ............ 0 0 0 Kohne 0 0 0 TOTALS ..........-29 31 89 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Wable 0 2 2 McCullough ....6 1 13 Frey ..............- 13 '0 26 Williamson .......... 7 6 30 Fyers 1 4 6 Hawkins — 13 5 Johnson .... 0 3 Irwin 0 2 2 TOTALS 28 21 77 Officials: Duffield, McCoy. Commodores, 37-30. -- Preliminary No League Bowling Here On Holidays Announcement was made today by Mies Recreation that there will be no league bowling at the alleys Christmas Eve and Christmas day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day. The alleys-, however, will be available fnepb oroo available for open bowling on both Christmas day and New Year’s day. .

Mississinewa Upset Victim Friday Night INDIANAPOLIS (UP) - Indiana’s major high school basketball clubs withstood the final heavy pre - holiday assault remarkably well, the balance sheet showed today. leaving small-town power Mississinewa the No. 1 casualty. Seven front-runners in this week’s United Press coaches poll in action added to their laurels. The other three were idle. But Bluffton’s 60-56‘conquest of Mississinewa, snapping the losers’ 7-game string,-, put ,a damper on next week’s Lafayette tourney, which was "supposed” to feature 2 unbeaten quintets—top-ranking South Bend Central and Mississinewa, one of 3 perfect-record teams last season. . The South Benders ran their unbeaten streak to 7, waltzing over: East Chicago Washington, 86-53. The brother act of John and Sylvester Coalmon wrecked the Senators with 25 and 29 points, respectively. Bluffton, beaten three times, turned back the Indians on the strength of Ted Wasson’s 30-point spree. It was the Grant County power’s first regular season loss since February, 1955. Elwood Loses Elwood was another top casualty—but either the Panthers or victorious Hartford City had to slip from the unbeaten ranks in their Central Conference hesdliner. Hartford City, ranked 7th state-wide, made it 10 in a row with a hard-fought 67-60 win. The Airedales, with three players hitting in double figures, took a commanding 53-39 third-period lead and stayed in front. Scoring honors, however, went to Elwood’s Darrel McQuitty with 19. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer. the No. 2 outfit, jolted Jeffersonville, for its ninth win, 69-45. Muncie Central, in third place, won its North Central Conference test at Anderson, 70-62, although the losers' Norm Delph dunked in 30 markers. Big Ted Sterrett countered with 26 for the Bearcats, unbeaten in 7 starts. Once beaten Gary Roosevelt, rated fourth, routed Griffith, 59-39, for its sixth straight. Sixth-rated Marion had the balance to turn back a good Fort Wayne Central club, 88-79, while ninth-placed state champ Indianapolis Attacks won its fifth game in 7 at Kokomo, 68-51. Albert Maxey paced the Tigers with 21 points. Kokomo; facing -a disastrous year, swallowed its fifth straight setback and fourth at home. Southport’s Cardinals, with veteran Jess Blackwell pumping in 25 points, trounced Rushville on the latter’s floor, 67-51, to assume the South Central Conference lead with a 4-0 mark. In other SCC games, Columbus mauled Martinsville, 75-51, and Seymour dumped Connersville, 68-55. Greencastle Shows Power Hammond, with a 3- 0 record, was out in front in the West NIHSC, following its 55-41 conquest of Gary Tolleston. The Wildcats hit 8 straight points near the close of the game, 6 of them by Gene Donaldson, to ice the game. In the East NIHSC, LaPorte broke a 3-game losing streak to whip Fort Wayne North, 57-46, also the North Siders’ sixth straight reversal. Also upstate, Elkhart beat Logansport, 72-57, and Michigan City rolled over Hammond Tech, 79-59. Two tip-ins by Jim Rody gave Peru a 60-59 win at Auburn. Richard H"” +r, ’i's 30 points led Tipton to a 61-59 decision at Frankfort. Greencastle, beaten only by Gerstmeyer, won its eighth at Clinton, 69-46. Aurora stayed unbeaten with a 77-72 Southeastern Conference victory over tough Madison, whose Jack canned 33 points and Bob Orrill got 17. Bill Slayback hit 26 m Aurora’s fifth decision. College basketball Indiana State 83, Western Michigan 66. San Francisco 56, Washington (Missouri) 53. Wyoming 68, Omaha 65. UCLA 77, Missouri 54. Kentucky Tourney Illinois 82, Dayton 65. Kentucky 73, Southern Methodist 67. Boston Invitation Syracuse 95, Holy Cross 66. North Carolina 89, Dartmouth 61. Cincinnati Tourney Fordham 67, Miami (O.) 60. Cincinnati 88, George Washington 68.

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Independent Tourney Pairings Announced Pairings have been drawn for the Northeastern Indiana independent basketball tourney, which will be held Dec, 26 through 29. The Decatur Merchants and the . Pleasant Mills Hot Shots are among the teams entered. First round games will be played Wednesday night at both the Lancaster and Huntington township gyms, with Thursday, Friday and Saturday games at Lancaster, six miles south of Huntington. Pleasant Mills will meet Rousseau Bros, at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Huntington township gym, and the Decatur Merchants will play American Legion of Monroeville at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Lancaster gym. Second round games will be played Thursday and Friday nights, semi-finals Saturday afternoon and the finals Saturday night. H. S. Basketball Marion 88, Fort Wayne Central 79. LaPorte 57, Fort Wayne North 46. South Bend St. Joseph 64, Fort Wayne Central Catholic 51. Bluffton 60, Mississinewa 56. Angola 70, Salem Center 29. Huntington 68, Muncie Burris 58 Hartford City 67, Elwood 60. Kendallville 67, Ligonier 58 (overtime.) Garrett 72, Butler 63. Peru 60, Auburn 59. Huntertown 44, Leo 35. Lafayette Central 78, Woodburn 60. Arcola 68, Jefferson 61. Roanoke 52, Monroeville 41. Indianapolis Attucks 68, Kokomo 51. Seymour 68, Connersville 55. Columbus 75, Martinsville- 51. Muncie Central 70, Anderson 62. New Castle 74, Greensburg 51.. Aurora 49, Vincennes 41. Evansville Reitz 68, Washington 59. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 69, Jeffersonville 45.

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Mair Hide & Fur won 4 points from Marathon Oil, Beavers Oil Service won 3 points from Mid. western Lifers. 600 series: A. Baker 614 (222-187-205.) 200 games: J. Lindemann 214, H. Strickler 208, A. Anderson* 200, P. Miller 233, D. Hoile 202, N. Koenemann 238, R. Dqdolph 210, L. Reef 217, N. Bultemeier 203. t Note: The Major Bowling league does not bowl again until January 8. It you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings results.