Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 2 January 1957 — Page 8

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Adams Central To Host Sectional Tourney For Third Consecutive Year

Adams Central high school, for the third consecutive year, will be host to the annual sectional basketball tourney, according to an announcement Monday night by the Indiana high school ath-, Jetic association, in announcing centers for the annual high sAool basketban classic. Adams Central will be the host school to the eight Adams, county high schools, with the sectional to open Feb. 27. The local sectional is reduced to eight teams this year, with the closing of Jefferson township high school at the close of the school vear last May. Herman Frantz, who became principal of the Adams Central high school last fall, will be tour--1 Monmouth Eagles will be the defending champions, having won the sectional championship tor the past four seasons. Pairings for the Adams Central sectional, as for all other tourneys, will be made during the week prior tp the sectional. I . For the past several years, the local sectional has been conducted under the one-site. tWo-bracket setup, to enable more fans to see their own team in action. Under this setup, first round games are played on Wednesday and Thursday. No games are scheduled on Friday, with that day devoted to sale of tickets for the semi-final and final sessions, which will be held this year on Saturday, March 2. AU Saturday games in aU tourneys will be at 1. 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. , The Adams Central sectional winner will again compete in the regional tourney at the Fort Wayne coliseum Saturday, March 8. Four teams in this regional will be sectional winners from Adams Central. Churubusco, Fort Wayne and Kendallville. The IHSAA also Set a new name for the third round of play. Formerly called the state semi-final, the March 16 tourney will now be known as the “semi-state.” The semi-state tourney centers wfll be Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Evansville, the latter replacing Bloomington. Four regional winners to compete in the Fort Wayne semi-state will be Fort Wayne, Elkhart, Kokomo and Marion. g The state final tourney at the Butler fieldhouse in Indianapolis will be p’v/ed Saturday, March World Bantam Champ May Meet Halimi MILAN, Italy (UP) - Mario d’Agata’s manager said Tuesday that the world bantamweight champion may defend his title against Alphonse Halimi of France instead of NBA champion Raul Raton Macias of Mexico. Manager Übero Ceccbj;said he has obtained 05,000 guarantee to fight Halimi but said the bout won’t take place unless the French challenger guarantees a return fight in Rome should d’Agata lose his title. Connersville Judge Is Taken By Death tT CONNERSVILLE. Ind? <8 iV Services win be held Friday for Fayette Circuit Judge Allen Wiles, W, who died Tuesday in a hospital where he spent the'last 18 mouths. ' . Wiles was just starting the third year of a six-year term when he died. However, due to his illness, a pro tempore judge has been serving in his place for more than a year-fom»er State Sen. Milford E. Anness Wiles was a Republican. He was judge since his gubernatorial appointment in 1948 to serve the remainder of the term of a judge who died. It you nave eometning tc sen o rooms for rent, try a Demoura. Want Ad. u -»ruw*

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Week's Schedule For Adams County 1 Basketball Teams Friday Andersen St. Mary’s at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Fort Wayne Central Catholic. Union Township (Huntington) at - Monmouth. Geneva at Pleasant Mills. Warren at Berne. Saturday Monmouth at Hartford. Leo at Berne. Gary Thompson Is Star At lowa State AMES, lowa I® — A 5-foot 7-inch lowa State whirlwind is making a strong bid for All Amerca honors despite a fleet of gaints who have just about taken over college basketball. Little Gary Thompson, a dazzling dribbler, passer and jump shot artist, has been they key man in seventh-ranked lowa State’s new-found basketball prominence, c The 160-poand whiz boasts a 20 point scoring average. But his No. 1 asset to Bill Strannigan’a surprising crew is his playmaking ability. And when the occasion demands, Thompson can drive toward the basket with a blinding speed that often carries him two or three rows into the bleachers. Thompson becomes more deliberate and confident as the pressure mounts, often putting spectators into a frenzy with his cool ball handling. And yet, after lowa State suffered its only loss in nine starts. Thompson'stood tearfully at midcourt with his head bowed when a 60-feet desperation shot was wide. The lowa setback was by a 58-57 margin to top-ranked Kansas. The battle was billed as a contest between a good little man (Thompson) and a good big man (Wilt Chamberlain). When it was over, the good little man was top scorer with-17 points. The “Stilt,” entering the game with d 95.5 average, wound up with • measly 12 ptants, a new low in his, career. A tnie measure of Thompson’s ability was the balloting for the “most outstanding player” of the Big Seven tournament. Thompson lost out to Chamberlain by only three votes. BOWLING SCORES Minor League . — W. L. Pts. Smith Pure Milk 30 18 43 Western Auto - 30 18 42 Kimpte’s Cigar Store... 32 16 41 August Cafeteria .— 28 20 39 Moose 26 22 36 Clem’s Hardware 24 24 29 Bob’s Marathon' 21 27 27 Victory Bar 22 26 27 Decatur Auto Parts .. 15 33 20 Krick - Tyndall 12 36 16 High scores: R. Stucky 215, C. Stucky 213, H. Miller 204, Justice 202, Smith Sr. 201. Classic League W L Pte Riverview Gardens 32% 16% 41% Leland Smith Ins. ... 30 18 39 Butler’s Garage .. 25% 22% 33% West End Rest 24 24 32 Peterson Elevator 22% 25% 31% Decatur Lumber Co. 21 27 31 Decatur Farms .... 21 27 30 Mies Recreation 23 25 28 Acker Cement 21 27 27 Burk Elevator 20%27% 26% High series: Bob Lord 653 (190251, 212), Lloyd Reef 622 (200245, 177), Bill Tutewiler 607 <l7B- - 221). High games R. Hollman 200, F. Ahr 20, R. Ladd 214, F. Hoffman 213, 202, E. Bultemeier 203, D. Mansfield 210, P. Hodle 224, T. Fennig 200, R. Dedolph 208, L. Schindler 223, R. Eyanson 202, H. Strickler 216, A. Zelt Schultz 202. Ask Brooklyn Stars To Take Pay Slash BROOKLYN, N. Y. (UP) - Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine and Duke Snider head a list of Brooklyn Dodger stars who probably will be asked to accept 1957 Salary cuts. Buzzy Bavasi, Dodger vicepresident in charge of personnel says the Dodger payroll has reached a “saturation" point and cannot be raised past its present peak. ’ Rural Youthers Will Attend Hockey Game Adams county rural youth members will meet Saturday night at 7 o’clock at the county extension office to attend the Fort Wayne Komets-Indianapolis hockey game at Fort Wayne. Carl Bluhm, club president, is in charge of the special activity. ' ~- The regular meeting of the rural youth win be on January 17, so that it will not interfere with I the county tourney. 1

Ray Robinson Puts Title On * Line Tonight NEW YORK (UP)—Sugar Ray Robinson. 35. risks his middleweight crown at Madison Square Garden tonight against brawny young Gene Fullmer, the most dangerous opponent since the old master came out of retirement. Stocky, bull-necked Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah, is a slight favorite at 13-10 because of his youthful, headlong aggressiveness and because he never Was stopped in 40 fights. However, increasing support for the once-great champion may send them into the ring at even money for their age-vs.-youth battle. Previously, the 25-year-old apprentice welder from a Utah had been favored as high as 9-5. Their 15-rounder will be televised and broadcast nationally by ABC at 10 p.M. EST. with TV blackodts irithe Ybrk arid Philadelphia Areas, iw Contestants’ Second Date Promoter Jim Norris said an advance sale of 8100.000 indicated a gate of 8150,000 and a crowd of about 15,000. In addition, the TVradio package provides 8100.000. This intriguing fight probably would have been a 8225,000 sellout had it been staged on Dec. 12— well away from the holidays—as originally scheduled. But Robinson’s virus attack necessitated a postponement. \ , Robinson — the only man that ever gave up two world titles (the welterweight and middleweight) and the only one that ever won the middleweight crown three times — admitted after Tuesday’s exercises and rubdown: “I’m not as fast as I used to be, but I’m punching a lot harder.” Robinson has knocked out 90 of his 146 opponents. He lost only three decisions and was stopped once, the night he collapsed in 104 degree heat while trying to wrest the light heavyweight title from Joey Maxim;''* The slender Champion apparently hits much harder than muscular Gene, who registered 20 kayoes in his 40 fights and lost but three times, all on decisions. But whether Ray can hit hard enough to ’ tag rugged Gene with his first knockout defeat is a big questton of the fight In addition to punch, Ray has advantages of experience, skill, height and reach over the challenger, who is attempting his first 15-round bout and who never fought a major opponent wearing the small, six-ounce gloves. Fullmer, who was named after Gene Tunney, has advantages of youth, superior body attack, remarkable ruggedness and apparently unusual stamina; Fullmer After Sixth Straight Eager Gene seeks his sixth straight victory. He won five fights in 1956 including decisions over Rocky Castellani, who had Robinson on the deck in A comeback fight and Ralph (Tiger) Jones, who ' bent Robinson in ft comeback fight before Ray recaptured the title. It will be Robinson’s 10th fight since he returned to the ring after two years of retirement. And it will be his second defense of the 160-pound crown that he recaptured for the second time on a second-round knockout over Bobo Olson. Dec. 9, 1955. In his first defense he belted out Olson in the fourth round, last May 18. Win Or lose, Robinson gets a lopsided share of the loot tonight. He receives 47% per cent of the net gate and $60,000 from the TV-radio money. Fullmer draws only 12% per cent of the net gate and nothing from TV-radio. Brown-haired Gene, sometimes called “The Deacon” is a strict Mormon, who never tasted tobacco, alcohol or coffee. "His father, Lawrence “Tuff” Fullmer, a former amateur boxer, gave Gene his first boxing gloves at the age of six. And he has been tossing leather ever since—toward the big goal tonight. a <, 111 : \ i ju Increase Speed Test For Speedway Rookies INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corp, mailed entry forms today to prospective participants in the 1957 Memorial Day race and announced a five-mile increase in the speed test for rookie drivers. President Tony Hulman said the top speed required for newcomers to the Hoosier track in pre-quali-ficatton tests was raised from 125 to 130 miles per hour. It was the first change in the rookie speeds since 1954, when the maximum was Increased from 120 tol2S. Race entries for the May 30 classic will be accepted until April 'ls.

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I y f - - ■ -I- -y. \-„i-*trr - lowa Wallops Oregon Slate In Rose Bowl By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer A total of 348,678 on-the-spot fans and millions of televiewers got their money’s worth from bowl games on New Year’s Day ,and the consensus today was that The Cotton and Orange provided the most thrills, the Sugar the biggest surprise, and the Rose the most impressive winner. From locker-room oratory to a titter fist-fight, this year’s football “classics" had everything a fan could, ever -expert. It had chills aplenty in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Tex., ’ as chuckin’ Chuck Curtis led Texas Christian to a 28-27 victory oyer eastern champion Syracuse, despite three touchdowns and three conversions by hard-hitting Jimmy Brown. And in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Fla., where Colorado blew a 20-point lead before nipping Clemson. 27-21. Sugar Outcome “Stunning” It had a “stunner” ip the Sugar Bowl when Del Shofner led Baylor in a 13-7 upset of unbeaten, untied Tennessee, rated the nation's No. 2 team in the regular season. And it had. an awesome 35-19 victory hy lowa over Oregon State in the second highest-scoring Rose Bowl game in history at Pasadena, Calif.—marking the 10th time m the last 11 years that Big Teh teams have whipped, Pacific Coast Conference foes in the ’“granddaddy” of all bowls. " TCU’s Curtis, a young man bitterly disappointed a year t ago when he was injured on the opening kickoff of the Cotton Bowl game and taken out, made up for that brilliantly as he hit 10 of 13 passes for 142 yards and tvjp touchdowns against Syracuse. The 219-pound Brown slan>med for 135 yards and three touchdowns on the ground and was named the game’s outstanding player. TCU jumped ahead, 14-0, only to have Syracuse tie at halftime, 1414. Then the Horned Frogs went ahead again, 28-14. Again Syracuse fought back with two more touchdowns. But the third of Brown’s four conversion attempts was blocked by sub end Chico Mendoza, and that eventually proved the game. At Miami, promoters and fans feared a debacle as Colorado led sluggisn Clemfoon at halftime, 20-0. But tob a c c o-chewing Clemson Coach Frank Howard told his men kt halftime he'd “resign” If didn’t 'do better. Clemson Rallies, Not Enough Result: Clemson battled back to load, 21-20. and Colorado had td drive 53 yards for the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter with John (The Beast) Bayuk slamming over for his second TD. Bayuk, the game’s top gained 121 yards. Before 81,00 at the Sugar BowJ, Shofner of Baylor ran 54 yards to set up the Bears’ first TD in the second period on a pass by Bobby Jones. Johnny Majors of •Tennessee countered with a Tennessee touchdown on a one-yard sweep around end for a 7-6 lead, but AltAmerica Majors proved a goat ip, the fourth period when his fumble gave Baylor the ball cm thg Vols’ 15. Six plays later Buddy Humphrey of Baylor bulled one yard for the winning score. ■ Punches marred the Sugar Bowl game in the third period. Soph Larry Hickman of Baylor wqa ejected from the game and Bruce Burnham of Tennessee was taken off the field on a stretcher with facial lacerations. Baylor Athletic Director George Sauer and star tackle Bill Glass later apologized to Tennessee officials for the incident. Fumbles also helped lowa break open the Rose Bowl game with two first-period touchdowns for a 14-0 lead. Tom Berry’s fumble led to the Hawkeyes’ first scoring march, capped by Ken Ploen’s 49yard scoring run. Jim Francis’ bobble set the stage for the next, ending in a nine-yard scoring dash by Collins Hagler. Ploen Adds TD Pass Ploen, the game’s outstanding player, added a touchdown pass and Hagler scored on a 66-yard run later as lowa and Oregon ’ State matched touchdowns in each period from then to the finish. The 54 points total by the two 'teams was topped only in Rose Bowl history by Illinois’ 45-14 win over UCLA in 1947. It'was a surprise in view of lowa’s regular season 14-13 win over Oregon State. • -,* - In smaller “classics," West Texas State rallied from a 13-0 half time deficit to beat Mississippi Southern, 20-13, in the Tangerine Bowl at Orlando, Fla., at night as Ronald Mills scored twice, once on a 75-yard pass interception run;. George Washington upset Texas Western, 13-0, in the Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex., snapping Western’s nine-game winning streak by holding them to seven yards rushing; and Prairie View A&M upset Texas Southern, 27-8, in the Prairie View Bowl at Houston, Tex. Pro Basketball Syracuse 106, New York 102. Boston 100, Philadelphia 67. Rochester 102, St. Louis 101 (over- ’ time). • Trade a: a wuoa Town — docmw

Tourney Champions Return To Action By UNITED PBEBB North Carolina, Southern Methodist, and Baylor — champions in three of the biggest holiday basketball tournaments — return to the court wars in leading games on tonight’s schedule. North Carolina, the nation’s No. 2 team with an 11-0 mark after capturing the Dixie Classic Tournament last week, is expected to have an easy time as host to Harvard. But SMU, ranked No. 4 nationally with a 1(F1 mark after winning the Southwest Conference pre-season tournament, faces a conference battle as host to Baylor. And Connecticut, winner of the Orange Bowl tournament, will be tested by Dartmouth’s defending Ivy League champions. The SMU-Baylor clash and a Texas Aggies-Rjce game mark the opening of the official Southwest Conference league season. Also on tonight’s program is the first round of the Senior Bowl Tournament at Mobile, Ala. In leading games Tuesday night: Ron . Kfamer, Michigan’s star football end, scored 20 points to lead the Wolverine cage team in handing Yale its fifth straight defeat, 75-62; six-six Frank Howard’s 22 points and 21 rebounds led Ohio State to an easy 84-77 victory over Princeton; six-four Ted Guzek' scored 20 of his 32 points in the second half as Butler rallied th down Denver, 72-69; and GeorgSf edged Florida State, 72-68. In consolation games, in the All-Ameri-can City Tournament, Montana State trounced lona College, 9073, and Maryland edged Virginia, 43-39. ah A Three Crewmen Die As Trains Collide MARTINSBURG, W. Va. (W — Baltimore & Ohio Railway officials started an investigation today to determine why two freight trains traveling in opposite directions were routed over a single line track at the same time. The trains, hauling a total of 314 cars, collided headon Tuesday, killing three crewmen and injuring five others. Both locomotives and 41 cats left the rails and piled up along the right of way. The collision occurred 11 miles west of here along the Potomac River near the Maryland border. If you hare something to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat West Ad. ft Mtago resn’ti -■ 1 — ■ ' —~" —“it — '•. - Il ‘ ’ —

' ... fl |3 i-jj/ ’k-1 ■&. ' ' .•/-ij’.’ ' ¥'S»' A * --■■■■• I ■ **■. ' -■■ ” ■ i* .1 jR 0 4 <fl ' ’ - -n, »&z . x * OS) A Year-End Report To Our Decatur And | Community Friend* * * £,». RpjQ.' .. 't 1956 has faded out and we are entering 1957—0$- 37th yitf as business associates and friends of the Decatur Community. ? - We wish to thahk' out many friends for Weir interest in and support of General Electric. We are proud to be a part of this thnvZ “ ing and forward-looking community. We are proud ments during the past year and are looking forward to .another suC4 cessful year in 1957. . We are proud of our employees who have willingly and generously given their time, money and their blood to worthwhile conunupity projects. In addition our employees have brought direct benefits to .. « their community by their support of local merchants, dentists, _ a . I doctors, and many others. ' ' I We are also proud that our General Electric, family made contributions to the schools, the Community Center, the Community Fund, Inc., and other worthwhile community projects. . In the past year the community has benefitted by improvements to the General Electric Insurance Plan, the Pension Plan and other General Electric employee benfit plans. We are happy that we were able to maintain an above normal work force during 1956. Our hope is for a good year production-wise and employment-wise for 1957, along with an ever-increasing amount of community growth and progress. We at General Electric will continue to dedicate ourselves to this* community progress, because we believe in the future of the Decatur Community, a& we believe in General Electric, that . | UMS B ' ■ -• , i . I * ■ PROGRESS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT J 1 ‘ k ■* J. aocht'. ■ ' ■ I,— — HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL , t .1, *,*•■<? " ■ , ’ X r’O ‘41..C I " f " " 1 GENERAL I DECATUR PLANT t I _ k l 'p-—'- * ■ ’•x • I ■ I . • . .. ... • -g - J f , I;. ■ :

Red Soldier Joins Hungarian Flight Fourth Red Soldier To Ask For Asylum EISENSTADT. Austria W — A Soviet soldier joined three Hungarian army men today in flight to the West. ... The Russian wail the fourth Red army soldier to ask and receive asylum ta Austria along with the stood W y>6,ooo' Hungarian refugees who have poured across the Iron Curtain. since Oct. 28. Three other Russian accidentally strayed across the frontier earlier. One was shot dead, another wounded and the third fled back to Hungary. ’ The three Hungarian soldiers who escaped with the Russian said they fled to the West because they feared deportation to Russia. They said when the Russians disbanded the Hungarian army for assisting freedom fighters during the revolution the various Hungarian regiments were put in internment camps. Recently rumors swept through the camps that the anti-Commun-ist army men were to be sent to Russia for “political training."

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The Hungarians said when the Russian heard of their plans to escape he did not report them to his superiors. Instead the Russian asked the Hungarians If he could join them. County Agent Office Will Close Thursday The county agent’s office yyjll be. closed Thursday so that office members attend one day of the winter agricultural conference now in progress at Purdue university. County agent Leo -BeltOnright will attend the annual fish fry for Purdue graduates, and Misses Gloria Koeneman and Sally McCullough will attend the rurdl youth state day.

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