Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 January 1957 — Page 7

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Fullmer Wins Over Robinson To Take Irtle NEW YORK — Young Gene Fullmer, the Utah battering ram who won Sugar Ray Robinson’s middleweight crown with a murderous close-quarter attack, said today he would grant a return title shot to Ray and his "foul fight” screaming handlers. - “We’ll take the return fight," said Robinson's co-manager, Harold (Killer) Johnson of Chicago; “but first we’ll file an official protest. Friday against Referee Ruby Goldstein for permitting Fullmer to butt, heel, rabbit-punch and wrestle throughout the bout.”" "That’s right,’’ said Co-Manager Ernie Braca of New York. "We’ll file the protest with the state athletic commission Friday to make sure there’s a competent referee in the ring next time. And then Ray will beat that street-fighter.’’ . Floors Robinson Young Fullmer, who floored Robinson once and wrestled him to the canvas once — breaking the ring ropes, won a lop-sided, unanimous, 15-round decision before a near-capacity crowd of 18,134 fans, who paid $194,645 to witness the age-vs-youth classic. But the bull-shouldered new champion is bond by a return-bout contract to grant Robinson another shot at the title within 80 days. Physicians who did the six-sitch tatting on Robinson's gashed left trow said the wound would be healed in plenty of time for him to try to win the 160-pound crown for the fourth time, within 90 days. The brow was slightly cut in the fifth round, and opened bloodily in the 14th. Although Sugar Ray tost his cherished diadem, he was somewhat copsoled by a purse of $152,465, resulting from his 47Vk per cent of the net gate and $60,000 from TV-radio. Fullmer, who would have fought for nothing to get the title, got exactly nothing from TV-radio, but his 12ti per cent of the net gate came t0524,330 — largest purse ot hi» career. Uses "Heavy” Tactics Dark-haired Fullmer, 25, of West jordan, Utah, won the title by a wide margin through the use qf headlong UUt "heavy*’ tactics.- •*- - Scaling 157V4 pounds to Robinson’s ciass-limit 160, he became the first Utah-born scrapper to win any world crown by letting Robinson do most of the advancing and leading, and then plunging in with terrific, countering barrages to body and head. At 35, Robinson’s legs no longer

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were fast enough to take him out of range of the streight-forward rushes. And the Fullmer barrages forced the once-great champion to fall Into clinch after clinch, where he was practically "moidered” by left hooks to the body, and short, clubbing over-hand rights to the side of the head. Roughness reached its peak in the sixth round when they wrestled to the canvas, landing enroute oh the lower ring rope and breaking it. The clock was stopped an additional 25 seconds between the sixth and seventh rounds while workmen tried to repair the rope. But it fell down again in the 10th, and a few extra seconds were required to remove it entirely. Takes Ray's Best Fullmer, who never was stopped in 40 previous fights, proved himself amazingly rugged by taking the best shots — right on the chin — from the once-great old master, who had knocked out 90 of his previous 146’ opponents. Gene not only toe* them, but he came fighting back. Sugar Ray’s best rounds were the fourth, ninth and 12th. They were the only ones given him by all three ring officials, although be got two of their votes for his gallant finish in the 15th. The three ring officials favored the Westerner on a rounds basis as follows: Referee Goldstein, 8-5-2; Judge Harold Barnes, 9-6, and Judge Frank Forbes, IM. The United Press agreed, 9-6. Pleasant Mills And K. C. Win Contests Pleasant Mills nipped Willshire, 53-60, and the Knight of Columbus defeated Schannons, 50-38, as the Decatur independent basketball league resumed play Wednesday night following the holiday lull. Pleasant Mills led at the periods, 12-6, 23-20, and 42-34, and held off a Willshire rally to take take the opener. Jim Price led the winners with 20 points, and D. Marbaugh topped the losers with 16. K. of C., after trailing at the first quarter, 10-9, led at the half, 22-15, and at the third period, 3426. in the nightcap. Strickler scored 17 points for the winners and D. Dick counted 22 for Sehannons. The league will play three nights next week. The schedule: Monday — Linn Grove vs Convoy, Stop Back vs Decatur Merchants; Tuesday ."T . Willshire. Meyer's Gulf vs-Con-voy Wednesday — Linn Grove vs Pleasants, Berne vs K.* at C. Pleasant Mills PG PT TP D. Wolfe 11....—— 113 L. Wolfe 3 17 .Ballard 1 4 6 Bleke ... 3 2 8j

Week's Schedule For Adams County' Basketbail Teams . Friday 1 Anderson 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. Jerry Price 2 4 8 Jim Price ... 8 4 20 TOTALS 16 52 wiusnire PG PT TP T. Marbaugh ........ 3 0 6 Hileman 1 2 4 D. Marbaugh 7 2 16 B. Baker - e .— 3 2 8 H. Bollenbacher 1 2 4 V. Bollenbacher .—- 3 0 6 L. Marbaugh - 2 2 6 TOTALS ....I—2o 10 50 K. of C. Gage 11l D. Coyne — 2 16 Kleine ....'2 0 4 Strickler ; 8 1 17 Faunote 4 0 8 Meyer 0 11 F. Coyne ...12 4 Laurent 4 0 8 TOTALS 22 6 50 Schannons FG FT TP Irwin 0 1 .... .1. Beer 113 D. Dick.ll .0 22 H. Dick 12 4 Arnold 2 15 Rumple ........ 118 TOTALS 16 6 38 • * Syracuse Coach Is Given Indiana Bid BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (W - Syracuse football coach Ben Schwartawalder will visit the diana University campus to be toterviewed for the vacant coaching post at the Big Ten school. Schwartzwalder was invited Wednesday for an interview as a possible replacement for Coach Bernie Crimmin#, who resigned. The invitation came from Frank E. Allen, Indiana athletic director. Grantland Rice Award To Oklahoma Sooners NEW YORK ®> — For the second straight year the University of Oklahoma was nameg today by the Football Writers-Awotaatiaa of, America to receive’ the third an-’ nual Grantiand Rice Award, eraHematic of the 1956 national collegiate football championship. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad. It brings reunite.

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Elkhart Makes Good Advance 1 In Prep Poll . ■ I INDIANAPOLIS (UP)-Elkharfs i Blue Blazers made the biggest nd- < vance today in the third weekly United Press Indiana high school < basketball coaches poll as South i Bend Central' continued its dog- < fight with Terre Haute Gerst- , meyer for top honors. . , Die South Benders remained the ■ state’s No. 1 quintet with 166 out ' of a possible 180 points, including 13 of 18 .first-place votes? i Gerstmeyer, idle in last week’s ] holiday tourneys, bagged only four j first places but remained hot. on , the upstaters’ frail with 13 runner- i up spots and a total of 164. Twice-beaten Elkhart, which . downed Mishawaka to win its own . holiday shoot, climbed from 17th j to ninth. Marion, Gary Move Up . Marion and Gary Roosevelt also moved up. Marion, which con- , quered previously undefeated Muncie Central, Aavauceti from fourth to third. Roosevelt, seventh last week, was elevated to fifth. Hartford City and Indianapolis Tech remained sixth and eighth, 1 respectively, while Muncie Mis- ' hawaka, Indianapolis Attacks and ■ Jasper skidded as the result of ’ tourney defeats. Muncie slipped from third to ; fourth place, Mishawaka from fifth to seventh, Attacks from a tie for ] eighth to 10th, and Jasper lost its ( Big 10 berth, dropping from 10th < to 13th following its upset loss to unbeaten Dale. i South Bend Adams, winner of , South Bend’s holiday tourney, was the only brand-new addition among the top 25 teams recognized by ! the panel. Five teams receiving votes last week failed to convince ] the experts thfe time. They were Mississinewa, Elwood, Princeton and Winslow—all beaten at least once in tourney play—and Rushville. Michigan City 11th Die breakdown, with first places and total points: i - 1 1.. South Bend Central (13) 166 2. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (4) 164 3. Marion (1) 122 4. Muncie Central 111 5. Gary Roosevelt 87 6. Hartford City 79 7. Mishawaka 52 8. Indianapolis Tech 51 9. Elkhart ,10, Indiawuwlit Attacks 24 > 11. MiStemi City 21r42. -Terre# Haute Garfield 17; 13. Jasper 11; 14. Dale 8; 15. Madison 5; 16. Lafayette, Evansville Lincoln, Shelbyville 4; 19. Gary Mann 3; 20. Middlebury, Southport, Evansville Central 2; 23. South Bend Adams, Warren Central, Aurora 1.

Colts' Star Named Outstanding Rookie NEW YORK m — Lenny Moore, former Penn State halfback who led the Baltimore Colts in scoring last season with 54 points, today was named the National Football League's outstanding 1956 rookie in the annual United Press poll. The 23-year-old Moore, a native of Reading, Pa., is the second straight Baltimore player to win the rookie poll. Alan (The Horse) Ameche, former Wisconsin AllAmerica who ppt in his second seasoh with the* Colts in 1956, was the 1955 winner. Moore beat out Preston Carpenter of the Cleveland Browns for rookie of the year honors in voting by 25 sports writers who covered the campaign in the various NFL cities. Moore received 10 votes. Carpenter, former University of Arkansas halfback who set a Cleveland record in 1956 by carrying the ball 188 times, received six votes. Sam Huff, a first-year player from West Virginia who won the starting middle guard berth with the champion New York Giants, placed third with four votes. John Unites, who came up from sandlot football to set a new Baltimore club record by completing 55.6 percent of his passes, was fifth with three votes. Clyde Conner, an end from College of the Pacific who made good with the San Francisco FortyNiners, and J. C, Caroline, Chicago Bears halfback, each received one vote. Moore finished eighth in the league in rushing with 649 yards on 86 attempts. His average of 7.5 yards per rush was the best posted among the pro circuit’s top ten ball players and was the highest in the history of the Baltimore team. Moore, described by Coach Rip Engle of Penn State as "the greatAst back I ever coached,” scored nine touchdowns to equal the Baltimore season high set by Ameche in 1955. The Reading rookje also naught a touchdown pass and threw one scoring pass. *

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Major League Stars Signing New Contracts By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press Sports Writer Southern Methodist, Houston, and Dartmouth--three conference champions in 1956 — served notice with impressive victories today that they’re going to be- mightyhard to stop in the 1957 basketball Wars, too. SMU, fresh from a title triumph in the Southwest Conference preseason tournament, offic i a 11 y opened the defense of its league crown Wednesday with a 79-64 romp over Baylor after building up a 24-point lead in the first half. Houston opened the defense of its Missouri Vaßey Conference title with a clutch 74-72 Victory over Drake, and Dartmouth, the Ivy League champion, weht outside its loop to prove its class by downing Connecticut’s Orange Bowl tournament champions, 70-67, in overtime. SMU Cops Uth Victory Bobby Mills scored 19 points and Jim Krebs 18 to lead SMU, the nation's No. 4 team in the United Press ratings, to its 11th victory in 12 starts. At Des Moines, lowa, Houston sank 49 per cent of its shots in downing Drake. It was the first Missouri Valley Conference game tor Drake since 1951, when the school withdrew from the 'leagueover the slugging of football star Johnny Bright in a league game. Dartmouth, shooting With accuracy from the outside to thwart Connecticut’s zone defense, led the Orange Bowl winners all the way until the Uconns spurted for a 56-56 fie at the end of regular time. But the Indians grabbed a quick six-point lead in the extra session to clinch. Ron Judson led Dartmouth with 27 points. Canisius Whips Detroit In other leading games Wednesday night: Canisius, ranked No. 13 nationally, scored its ninth win ih 10 games, 80-70, over Detroit; Villanova snapped a three-game losing streak with a 71-67 win oyer Muhlenberg as Jim Fahey had 19

points and 22 rebounds; Vanderbilt, the nation’s No. 11 team, scored its seventh straight victory, 80-65, over William & Mary as Hobby Gibbs led the way with 21 points; Alabama trounced < Mississippi College, 86-53; Washington of St. Louis trimmed Valparaiso, 77-62; Boston University drubbed Northeastern, 87-55, and in first-round games in the Senior Bowl at Montgomery, Ala., Morehead of Kentucky beat Florida St, 97-75, and Spring Hill beat Furman, 67-56. ' Bowling Scores Mixed Doubles League Dec. 21 — H. McClure-V, McClure, 1213; A. Harman-D. Harman, 1186; D. Stalter-B. Kiefer, 1174; D. Allen-L. Gage, 1152; J. Hoff man-F, Hoffman, 1150; M. Schnepf-W. Schnepf, 1128; M. Ladd-E. Fraughiger, 1111; V. Cus-ter-B: Custer, till; E- GallmeyerW. Gallmeyer, 1097; M. SheehanG, Sheehan, 1077; G. ReynoldsH. Strickler, 1074; M. Sheets-D. Sheets, 1067; P. Poling-J. Kramer, 1062; I. Burke-A. Burke, 1005. High series: Helen McClure 566 (211-194-161), High games: A. Harman 177, D. Stalter 171, B. Custer 203, F. Hoffman 205, W. Gallmeyer 201, E. Frauhiger 201. Dec. 28 — G. Reynolds-H. Strickler, 1248; E, Lydy B. Gallmeyer, 1245; J. Mansfield-D. Mansfield, 1169; D. Allen-L. Gage, 1153; G. Hilyard-D. Mies, 1152; M. Ash-baucher-B. Ashbaucher, 1143; A. Harman-D. Harman, 1134; L. Hoff-man-H., 1126; D. Stalter-B. Kiefer, 1122; P. Morgan-P. Morgan, 1117; P. Koenig-J. Kable, 1100; H. Mc-Clure-V. McClure, 1089; V. Cus-ter-B. Custer, 1084; S. StimmelE. Stimmel, 1005. • High series: H. Strickler 614 (197-209-208); Alice Harman 552 (156-183-213). High games: Paul Morgan 209, H. Hoffman 201, B. Gallmeyer 214, D. Mansfield 228, J. Kable 203, D. Mies 202, Gladys Reynolds 194, Lydy 176. H. S. Basketball Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 71, Honey Creek 56. Plymouth Tourney Valparaiso 68, Culver 64 (consolation). Argos 59, Plymouth 53 (final.)

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Three Os Loop Champs Score Wins Wednesday By UNITED PRESS The major leagues' top atari are wasting no time this winter getting their names on the dotted line. Two more key players were added to the list today when Willie Mays came to terms with the New York Giants for an estimated 135,000 and relief pitcher Hershel Freeman signed with the Cincinnati Rediegs for about $22,500. The Redlegs also revealed the signing of pitcher Russ Meyer. The list of satisfied players already includes such high-salaried stars as Yogi Berra and Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees, and Don Newcombe and Peewee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers. ' Delighted With Roommate Mays, who struggled through a rugged season along with the rest of the Giants in 1956, indicated he was not cut and said he was delighted The would be rooming with Jackie Robinson next season. Mays batted .296 and hit 36 homers last season—figures which the Giants consider disappointing inasmuch as they regard him a gate rival to Mickey Mantle. ‘'Any club Robinson's on has got to be a winner,” Mays said. “He’s a great ballplayer and he will be as long as he plays.” - 5 Freeman won a big pay hike from the Redlegs, who regard him as the National League’s top relief pitcher and perhaps their key man in the 1957 pennant race. Freeman had a 14-5 record and appeared in 64 games last season when the Redlegs finished only two games behind the Dodgers. Another such season phis a little improvement in the starting hurlers could be the formula tor the Redlegs’ first pennant since 1940. Meyer, obtained from the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 1, is expected to be an effective spot starter for the Redlegs in 1957. He has been asked to submit to a physical ex- . amination at the Redlegs* offices next Tuesday.