Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 5 January 1957 — Page 6

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Commodores Score Win I Over Anderson Gaels; Yellow Jackets Lose

COMMODORES The Decatur Commodores sewed up the Central Indiana Catholic (inference championship Friday night as they whipped St. Mary's of Anderson, 88-76, for their sixth consecutive victory, scored at the Decatur gym. The Commodores have now defeated the other three teams in the conference, Anderson, Huntington Catholic and Marion Bennett. ! Dave Kahle, who had the hot hand last night with a big total of 31 points, hit his first attempt from the field in the first halfminute of play, and the Commodores were never headed. Decatur ran up a 13-point advantage at 21-8 in .the first six minutes of the game, which the Gaels could cut to only bine , The visitors threw an all-court press at the Commodores early in the second quarter, throwing the local lads off stride for a time and cutting their margin to a scant three points at 25-22 in the Commodores, however, regained their poise and boosted their advantage back up to nine points at the long intermission, 41-32. The Gaels kept pecking away at the Decatur lead and after four minutes of the third quarter, the Commodores’ margin was slashed to four points at 47-43. Ron Meyer changed the picture in a hurry, however, as he hit from underneath and added a free throw when fouled on the play and the / Commodores were on the way again. ■ 4--By the end of the third chapter, the Decatur lead was up to 12 points at 58-47. The Commodores kept the game well in hand throughout the final period, at one time holding a 19-point bulge at 88«. which the Gaels reduced in a final flurry. 4X Kable topped all the scorers with 31 points, while Ron Meyer chipped in with 23 and Phil Reed with 18. Anderson, which used

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Monmouth at Hartford. Leo at Berne. . I. - I- '-'I . i. . .u,,. ..u. the double platoon system throughout the game, had four players in double figures, led by Harrington with 15 points, nine of them on free throws. , Foul tosses kept Anderson from a real whipping, as the Gaels converted 30 at 38 chances at the charity stripe, while the Commodores made good on 22 of 36 attempts. -. The Commodores will return to ' action one week from today, playIhg in the second semi-final game of the county tourney against ’ either Hartford or Monmouth. Commodores FG FT TP Hak* 3 5 Ml ‘ Reed 8 6 18 'R. Meyer 7 8 23 ; Kable .......... 15 1 31 I T. Meyer 2 1 5 ‘ Beal 0 0 0 1 Heimann 0 fr Z , Ford 0 0;0 TOTALS 33 22 88 ■ Anderson FG FT TP Maier ."... 2 3.7 ' Gross ... 6 2 14 ’ Don Eckstein 0 11 Harrington 3 9 15 ' Dave Eckstein ....... 4 4 12 t Bob Eckstein lir 0 2 r o 2 ; Lonane 2 9 13 'Leaf 3 2 8 [ Michael 10 2 • TOTALS 23 30 78 1 Officials: Cass. Armstrong. Preliminary . Decatur 44 -39. i . ■ ■-— i Wells Co. Tourney 1 Opens Next Friday I The annual Wells county high school basketball tourney will be held at the Ossian high school gym next Friday and Saturday. The Bluffton Tigers do not compete in the county tourney. Chester Center plays Petroleum in the tourney opener at 1:15 p.inFriday, followed by Ossian and Rockcreek. Friday at 7 p.m., Union Center meets Liberty Center, followed by Jackson Center and Lancaster Central. Semi-finals will be at 1:15 and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. with the finals at 8 p.m. Saturday. Pro Basketball Syracuse 118, Boston 108. Philadelphia 96, St. Louis 92. Trade In a Good Town — Decatur

YELLOW JACKETS Decatur’s Yellow Jackets had jet speed Friday night, but could not reach a high enough altitude to match the accurate Central i Catholic Irish bombers, and dropped a hard-fought 74-66 decision to the Irish on the Fort Wayne floor. Decatur was in the game * all the way, and out-scrapped the p bigger men of Eire, but 6-6 Jay j Pelkington, 6-5 Karl Roesler apd , 6-3‘i John Fleischman made too , much difference. The Fort Wayne lads jumped i off to a red-hot lead, and for most -of the first quarter it looked as if > the Worthmanites were in for a - drubbing. Pelkington and Roesler 5 combined for eight quick points against three by Stan Kirkpatrick > to hold a five point edge with only -two migbtes gone in the game. » C. C. bobs ted .its lead on a com» t bination of dead shooting from out and control of both backboards to take a 23-14 lead and led again by * nine. 27-18, with 1:10 to play in I the initial period. * Coach Bob Worthman went to ’ his reserves to fire up the team, ‘ and they came through. Bob Shra- ’ luka and John Dorwin came into ’ the fray and sparked up the back- ' board fight. Field goals by Larry J Moses and Shraluka cut the C. C. ' margin to 27-22 at the end of the ’ first quarter. The Jackets hit an , amazing 55 per cent of their shots . from the field in the opening quar- . ter as they connected on 10 of 18 * attempts, while the Irish scored . on nine of 23. The hosts tallied < nine times from the free-throw J line against two for Decatur, to J make the - _ , With Dorwin and Shraluka still j sparking the fight, Decatur made > its surge in the second quarter. ' Sophomore Shraluka dropped in a j field goal and three charity shots, Moses got two from the field and Dorwin hit from the pivot to offset two from the field by Jim Haffner an give Decatur a 33-31 lead. Roesler tied 'the game at 33-33. and then. Decatur’s Baxter and Kelly combined for five points to give the Jackets their biggest ! lead' of the game. Bob Banks add- > ed a two-ppinter for the Jackets, I but the Irish scored six points to , cut Decatur’s lead to 40-39 at the . half. The second half was mostly a i tale of John Fleischman, The tall forward had been benched late in . the first quarter for drawing a * technical by tripping Gene Baxter after the whistle on a jump ball. In his efforts to make amends, he 1 out-did himself, and also out-did the Jackets. Fleischman hit eight ■ out of 11 attempts from the field in the last half , most of them from 20 feet out, to not only dishearten the Jackets, but also loosen thejy defense on the two big men under the bucket. Fleischman hit three in a row in the third quarter against a field goal by Baxter and a free shot by

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SPARTANS BLOCK SHOT fer F ir~ —- ’ k Jr Ji I a DURING AN EARLY third period rally, which saw the Pleasant Mills Spartans trailing by only one point, 35-34, two Spartans retrieve a rebound from a shot missed by a Geneva Cardinal. Geneva fans are pictured in the Background at |jie PleM>nt< Mills gym.

Kelly to put the Irish into a 4543 lead that they never lost. The Jackets moved the ball very well and worked for the good shot to stay close, but could never get enough control’ of the defensive backboard to gain the lead back. The Irish led at the end of the third stanza, 51-49. Central Catholic’s big three got six quick points among them to start the fourth period and boosted their lead to 5749. The Jackets battled gamely against the tall timber, but never got quite close enough. They pulled to within four, 65-61, with three minutes to play, but again it was the old hardwood story that height make? mgiht C- C. came back with five quick tallies to make the score 7061. and that was the game. Decatur had five players in double figures. Baxter, Kelly and Kirkpatrick each hit 13, Moses had 12, and Shraluka added 11. Pdkington had 25 for C.C., Fleisg|| T man tallied 20 and Roesler got 15. The Jackets record is now 7-3, and they will be out to improve that next Tuesday against the Elmhurst Trojans on the home floor. DECATUR FG FT TP Kelly 5 3 13 Moses 6 0> 12 Kirkpatrick ...... 4 5 13 Baxter 6 1 13 Banks 10 2 Shraluka ........ 3 5 11 Dorwin .... 1 0 2 TOTALS 26 14 86 CENTRAL CATHOLIC FG FT TP Fleischman 9 2 20 Roesler .............. 3 9 15 Pelkington ... 10 5 25 Haffner ...1’.... 4 0 8 Jansen 3 0 6 Leeuw 0 0 0 LaPointe . 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 16 74 Officials: Waltke, Bienz. Preliminary Central Catholic,’ 50-32. * ‘■T"*’ ■""" - 1 f If you have something io sen oi rooms for rent, try a Democtat Want Ad. It brings results.

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Eagles Handed One-Point Loss Friday Night The Monmouth Eagles sustained their seventh defeat of the season Friday night, this one a heartbreaking 49-18 decision to Union township of Huntington county at the Monmouth gym. The Eagles also discovered another way to lose a ball game, as the winning point was a free throw resulting from a technical foul called on the Monmouth fans for booing an opposing player shooting a charity toss. Monmouth led at the first quarter, 10-8, but Union was on top at the half, 26-18, and at the third period, 38-35. Butch Meyers led the Eagles with 15 points, followed by Bulmahn with 12. Monmouth has lost its last regular from its sectional championship squad, John Myers having passed the eligible age limit Friday. The Eagles are in action again tonight, meeting the undefeated Hartford Gorillas at the Hartford gjAn. i Union FG FT TP Stetzel 2 0 4 Haynes 0- 0 0 Alexander —— 2 15 Souers 5 5 15 Kline 5 2 12 Rogers 5 3 13 TOTALS -19 11 49 Monmouth FG FT TP Menter ......... 3 2 8 Heller 10 2 Brandt 2 3 7 Bittner 0 0 0 Bulmahn ....... 6 0 12 Bultemeier — 0 0 0 W. Meyers ../ .... 1 1 15 Hildebrand 2 0 4 Boerger .............. 0 0 0 TOTALS ....L 21 6 48 Officials: Cowan, Yager. Preliminary Monmouth, 45 - 42. Al Espinosa, Noted Golfer, Dies Friday OAKLAND, Calif. (UP) — Al Espinosa, who lost the U. S. Open golf title to Bobby Jones in a playoff in 1929, died Friday of Melanoma, a rare form of cancer. He was 64. , / Espinosa, who played on the U. S. Ryder Cup team six times, finished in a tie with Jones in 1929 only to lose the playoff by 23 strokes in one of history’s most one-sided playoffs. Trade in Good Town — Decatm

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Geneva Beals Spartans Last Night 63-52 The Geoevq Cardinals scored their sixth victory of the season Friday night, defeating the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 63-52, on the Pleasant Mills court. The Cardinals were out in front at all periods. 18-14, 35-28 and 4338. Geneva played the entire ball game with only five players, with all the scoring , done by three of them, Dan Craig whipping in 29 points, Ivan Nevil 23 and Warren Yoder 11. John Frey scored 20 for the Spartan sand Jerry Williamson 15. The Cardinals and Spartans will battle each other in the opening i game of the cpunty tourney at 7 p,m. Thursday at the Adams Central gym, but the Spartans first have a Tuesday night date at WiUshixe, O. GENEVA FG FT TP Craig .*..... 9 11 29 Yoder _ 5 1 11 Nevil — 9 5 23 Bauman 0 0 0 Stuber 0 0 0 TOTALS 23 17 63 PLEASANT MILLS FG FT TP Wable 4 2 16 Frey ... 8 4 20 McCullough 113 Williamson ....6 3 15 Myers 1 2 _.4 Johnson ... ... 0 0 0 Irwin 0 0 0 TOTALS 20 12 52 Officials: Dienelt, Bateman. Preliminary Geneva. 42-21. I H. S. Basketball Bluffton 66, New Haven 57. Fort Wayne Central 68, Fort Wayne Concordia 67. Fort Wayne South 58. Logansport 56. ' ' Hoagland 61, Monroeville 57. Avilla 30, Huntertown 29. Lafayette Central- 71, Union (Wells) 54. Arcola 72, Churbusco 48. Lancaster Central 70, Jackson 56. Marion 51, Huntington 47. Portland 46, Winchester 42. Chester Center 62, Ossian 60 (overtime) . Garrett 49, Angola 45. Auburn 70, Kendallville 66. Al|4pn 77. Clear Creek 76, Bippus 48. Southport 77, Indianapolis Howe 61. Richmond 60. LaPorte 48. Shelbyville 61, Anderson 56. Roll f>4. Pennville 41. Redkey 73, Gray 52. Michigan City 97, Hammond Noll 74. Evansville Central 58, Washington 49. - > Peru 56. Rochester 49. : Jasper 42. Vincennes 40. Terre Haute Garfield 61, Evani ville Retz 45. 1 Terre Haute Gerstmyer 76, East i Chicago Washington 60. Warsaw 68, Knox 59. Elkhart 48, Frankfort 47 (overtime). •- I Madison 57, Salem 62. I Steuben Co. Tourney , Orland 68. Hamilton 56. i Fremont 62, Metz 34. Gary City Tourney I Mann 59, Froebel 52. . Roosevelt 46, Edison 38. i Edison 59, -Froebel 51 (consolation). Roosevelt 58, Mann 55 (final). Decatur FFA Wins i Second Game, 45-20 I i The Decatur F.F.A. basketball , team won its second game Wednesday, beating Zintsmaster’s, 45 i to 20. Ronnie Vetter, was high point, man for the F.F.A., scoring 7 , field goals and a free throw for 15 points. Fred Isch led the losers - with 8 points. The game was played at the Decatur high school Report Paul Wager Is Out Os Danger SARASOTA, Fla. (UP) — Paul Waner, Baseball’s famous "Big Poison” and one of seven mhjor leaguers who collected 3,000 hits, was reported “out of danger” today after a serious attack of pneumonia. Dr. Thomas Sfott, the attending physician, said IVaner has shown improvement arid that his temperature has returned to normal. Mrs. Waner reported PSul’s temperature had risen to 105 on Thursday.

Berne Defeats 1 Warren Friday 1 Night 51-43 The Berne Beans broke a half- 1 time tie and defeated Warren of i Huntington county, 51 to 43, on the i Berne floor Friday night. The victory gives Berne a record of i six wins and four defeats. i Warren was leading by a four i point margin, 15 to 11. at the end I of the first quarter but the Berne < quintet managed to pull into’a 21 ; to 21 tie midway through the ■ game. Durjng the third quarter the ; Bears held their opponents to ( eight points to pile up a 37 to 29 advantage and then continued to ; lead the way for the rest of the game. Pete Schug led the scoring for ( both teams with 19 points. Booher was high for Warren with 16. .The Bears see action again tonight with another home game ■ against the Leo Lions from Allen , county. Berne FG FT TP Whitehurst * 4 1 9 Dille - 2 5 9 Brouer ....... 0 2 2 Schug 8 3 19 , Liechty 4 0 8 Beaty 1 2 4 Lehman 0 0 0 TOTALS 19 13 51 Warren FG FT TP Booher 6-. 4 16 Gloud 12 4 Meese 4 0 8 Ryan 10 2 Spahr 4 0 8 Babcock 1 1.3 Heaton 0 0 0 Mouisan 0 2 2 TOTALS !.... 17 ’’ 943 Officials: Miller. .Geiger. Preliminary Berne 34 - 32. KADAR <Ce»tl»ne< !>»■» Page O»«> pest afternoon newspaper Esti Hirlap. It said the existing national assembly was going "to re-shape democracy in public life.” The deputies, it said, would be able to “ask questions of the government in parliament and should discuss worries, grievances and problems of their constituents before the whole country.” U. N. RELIEF (U»tl»«e4 fraai Pane Oaa) headquarters in New York Monday was kept quiet at the request of the Hungarian regime. The U.N. said the mission will remain in the Hungarian capital tor “three or four days.” It is expected to return to U.N. headquarters in about one week to report on its findings to Harrimarskjold. Hammarskjold is preparing a report to the assembly on all phases of the Hungarian question and it Was expected the report may be released when the body reconvenes on Monday. SEEKS STANDBY I ;rnnrtn'>M from Qmi ther explanation. “s “ However, administration officials had calmed some congressional fears by emphasizing throughout that the aid—and possible military intervention—would go only to nations requesting it. Would Warn Russia The entire proposal is aimed at filling a "power vacuum" in the Middle East left by the withdrawal of British and French forces against the backdrop of the Suez crisis. It seeks mainly to warn Russia in advance that the U.S. and the rest of the West do not intend to see the area fall under Communist domination. Administration sources emphasized that the “Eisenhower Doctrine” is intended to operate within provisions of the U.N. charter authorizing regional mutual - help agreements and is not designed for interference in inter - nation squabbles in the Middle East area. Girl Scout Rews Girl Scout troop 18 had their first meeting of the new year recently. We opened the meeting with a court of honor meeting. We then gave the promise and sang “Whene’er you Make a Promise.” We've started to work on our hospitality badge. We closed the meeting with the friendship circle and sang “Softly Now the Light of Day” and “Indian Taps."

r - SATURDAY. JANUARY 5. 1957

German Chancellor Observes Birthday Veteran Chancellor 81 Years Old Today . y • BONN, Germany (UP) - Chancellor jConrad Adenauer celebrated his 81st birthday today, apparently without thought of quitting or even scouting for a possible successor. Der Alte (the old man), as he is known to all Germans, was scheduled to stand in the cabinet room of the Chancellory for five hours to shake hands and receive congratulations from well-wishers, ranging from his kitchen staff to world political leaders. Gifts included such items as a huge selection of sausages and other products of the German meat industry, presented by Food Minister Heinrich Luebke. West Germany’s iron - willed "grand old man,” still firm. erdct and imperious, looked little more than 65. Aides said he has never been in better health. The aides also' said Adenauer Intends to lead his Christian Democrat Party (CDU) in the critical general elections in September. The elections are expected to be a showdown test of the chancellor's policies of rearmament and close alliance with the West. Trade in a Good Town — Decatur.

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