Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1957 — Page 7

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Semi-Finals In 2nd Team Meet Tonight Semi-finals in the Adams county second team tourney will be played ai the Berne high school gym tonight, with four teams still in the running. In first round games Monday night, the Decatur Commodores defeated Pleasant Mills, 36-18, at the Pleasant Mills gym; and at the Geneva gym, Geneva defeated Adams Central, 24-19, and Hartford eliminated Monmouth, 31-21. Geneva and Hartford will play in the first semi-final game at 7 o'clock at Berne; and in the second game at '8:18 p.m., the Decatur Commodores will meet Berne, who drew the first round bye. Tonight's winners will battle at 7 p.m. Friday at the Adams Central gym for the county second team championship. In the Commodores .- Pleasant Mills game, the teams were tied at 5-5 at the end of the first quarter, but Decatur pulled into a 13-7 lead at the half, and built its advantage to 23-13 at the third period. si Schultz was the leading scorer for the Commodore reserves, tallying 17 points on eight field goals and one free throw. For-Pleasant Mills, Brunner was top scorer with eight points. Hartford pulled away from a 1312 half-time tie to defeat Mon- / mouth at the Geneva gym, 31-21. Herman and McCune led Hartford with 12 and 11 points, respectively, and R, Hoffman was high for Monmouth with eight markers. Box score of the Geneva-Adams Central game was not available. KM——-dfc— — - Commodores FG FT TP Kohne . 1 0 2 Ellenberger 0 0 0 Gross - — 12 4 Schultz a?....... 8 1 17 Heiman —Oil Baker .t 1 6 8 Omlor „ 0 0 0 O'Campo 12 4 TOTALS 12 12 36 pieasa* shut _ - - - rfddn Brunner...-.,2. .8 King 0, jjO' .; 0 Wheeler 0 0 0 Riley ................. 13 5 Luginbill - — 0 0 0 Jackson 10 2 Fox ..J................ 0 11 Butler—.. 0 0 0 /TOTALS 6 6 18 Officials: Zerkel, Gehrig. Hartford FG FT TP Herman 5 2 13 McCune 4 3 11 Owens .... Oil

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Week's Schedule ' For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday ffimhurst at Yellow Jackets. Pleasant Mills at Willshire. iv Thursday County tourney at Adems Central. County tourney at Adams Central. Saturday County tourney at Adams Central.' Augsburger -1 I’. 8 ■ Thomas . r —,—...... I. >-1 ... < Hoover 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 31 Monmouth FG FT TP McDougal ..., — 0 2 2 fiultemeier --- 113 R. Hoffman 2 4 J I Fuelling 1 0 "1 Bulmahn 102 Blakey •...4 + J.1......i 0‘ 11 U Hoffrtan ........... I.; 1 8 .TOTALS —.6 9 21 ? • All-Star Teams Are Named By Pro League BOSTON (6p) — The National Basketball Association Monday announced the Fast and West squads which will clash in its annual AllStar game at Boston Garden Jan. 15. The Id-man squads were selected in balloting by sports writers and sportscasters who cover toe nda fames. . Seven of the players were unanimous choices. Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman of the Boston Celtics, Adolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals and Paul Arizin and Neil Johnston of the Philadelphia Warriors were unanimous choices for the East squad. Bob Pettit of the St Louis Hawks and Maurice Stokes of the Rochester Royals Wert unanimous selections for the West team. The remainder of the East squad will be made up of Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, Harry Gallatin and Carl Bratin of the New York Knickerbockers: Tommy Heinsohn of Boston; and Jack George of Philadelphia. The other members of the West squad are; George Yardley and Mel Hutchins of the Fort Wayne 4 fitotaiw;. and Slates Martin of Clyde LovdK lette and Dick Garmaker of. the Minneapolis Lakers; and Richie Regan and Jack Twyman of the Rochester Royals. South Bend Youth Is Killed Early Today SOUTH BEND, Ind. (ffl Joseph Bush, Jr., 21, South Bend, was killed early today when his automobile went out of control six miles west of here on U.S. 20, skidded 200 feet, and hit a tree.

Indiana Wins, Purdue Loses To Ohio State 1 CHICAGO (UP) 7 OWo State and Indiana, a pair of. Big Ten basketball contenders with only fair records to pre-conference play, were ofj start, now that they are playing for, >eepi. !C i'Tjte Buckeyes, winners of S in 8 nou-league tilts, and the Hoosiers, with a 4-3 marts, each, scored, their ’ second straight conference victory my night •; v, ,■ owner, of the most impressive pre - conference record (6-1), fell victim to the Bucks when ttiey bagged 11 straight points to come from behind in the final minutes for the 75-68 victory i over the Boilermakers. i ' The Hoosiers made it two losses I in a row for Wisconsin, tagging the l : Badgers, 79-68, largely on the ; Strength M a 38-point scoring performance by lanky Archie Dees. The 6-foot-8-ineh center wound up the game with a total of 54 points for two games, tops in the conference. Illinois bounced back from an opening setback with an 81-70 win Over defending champion lowa.; For the Hawkeyes, apparently going nowhere this season, it was their second loss in two starts. lowa center Tom Payne connected for 28 paints to jump among the top ten scoring leaders in the conference. it, .n b ’ Michigan evened ita-reeorctyat 1-1 and made it two defeats in .»- row for Michigan State with a 70-69 triumph over the Spartans. The game marked the first Wolverine victory over their state rivals in their last six meetings. It was the second conference game the Spar|ans lost by one point. Northwestern went outside the conference and was handed an 82-61 defeat by Notre Dame and Minnesota was idle. Mii > ■ • College Leaders NEW YORK (UP) —The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and wonlost records through Jan. 5 in parentheses): Team 1. Kansas (28) (104)) 338 2. North Carolina (3) (11-0) 288: 3. Kentucky (3) (9-2) ' 4. Southern Methodist (11-1) 238 5. Louisville (1) (8-2) 138 6. UCtA (11-1) 136 i 7. lowa State (8-1) 102 8. Oklahoma A&M (7-1 >J» v- 73 9, Vandertilt <B-1* .-.w 7" • wt ilO. Illinois (6-2) '■* Second' Wt 1 11. Canlsltis, 47: 12. Seattle,' 30; T 3. Minnesota, 26; 14, Wake Forest, 19; 15 (tie), St. Louis and Manhattan, 18 each; 17, Brigham Young. 12; 18, Duke. 11; 19 (tie), San Franciico, Oklahoma City U, and California. 9 each. 1 ’ Others: "Purdue, 7; Colorado, 6; Ohio State 4; Bradley and Tennessee, 2 each; Oregon State, Dayton, Arkansas, Washington, Syracuse, Indiana, Duquesne, Nebraska and LaSalle, 1 each. • | „ Ml .H.* — Trade in a uooo v-own — Decatut • —

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Frank Gifford Named Most Valuable Pro NEW (YORK W — Frank Gifford, who includes playing left halfback for the New York Giants among his many money-making Activities, today was named the National Football League's Most Valuable Player for the 1956 season in the annual United Press poll. Gifford, whose jobs include owning and renting apartment houses and writing a spdrts column, received 12 votes in balloting by 25 sports writers who covered the campaign in the league cities. , -i- - | - |T. >' '’*' ■ ■ Former Notre Dame Great Is Honored WASHINGTON (ff) — Former Notre Dame football great Ralph Gugliemi has been named winner of the Washington Touchdown Club's award as the outstanding armed forces played of 1956. Gugliemi, now an Air Force lieutenant, will be honored at the club’s 22nd annual dinner herd Saturday night. He won the Touchdown Club’s Walter Camp Trophy in 1954 as outstanding college back of the year and Starred with the Bolling Air Foce team last season. Jim Delsing Assigned To Indianapolis Club CHICAGO an — Veteran outfielder Jim Delsing of the Chicago White Sox Monday was assigned to the Indianapolis Indians, 1956 champions of the American Association and Little World Series winner. ■ * Delsing, 22, Whs brought into the American League by the White Sox in 1946. Later he was on the roster of the New ■ York Yankees and St. Louis Browns before joining the Detroit Tigers.

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Doug Ford Is Winner Los Angeles Open LOS ANGELES, (UP)-It took Doug Ford eight years to do it, bqt the former national PGA champion finally has his first win-ter-tour golfing crown. The husky 33-year-old fighter from Mahopac, N.Y., who is noted at one of’the finest match-play golfers who ever lived, fought back the challenge of the pack in the Los Angeles Open Monday to win first prize of $7,000. Ford’s victory boiled down to a {hatch play contest on the final hine holes in one of the greatest scrambles in PGA history. When the gang teed off on the 64th hole of the 72-hole contest, four men were tied for the leadership; six others were one stroke behind and six more were only two strokes off the pace—the distance of one out-of-bounds ball.

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But when the pressure mounted, Ford shrugged it off. White the others were having their troubles. Doug was as steady' as a rock, picking up two birdies oft the final 18, taking no bogies and firing a two-under-par 69 and a 72-hole score of 280. Right oft Ms heels came unlucky Jay Hebert, who had a 281 and collected $3,750 after firing a four under par 67 on his last round. Hebert has been one of the top money-winners for years—but never has won a tournament. Gardner . Dickinson of Panama City Beach, Fla., had started the day to front, but he quickly ran into trouble and wound ftp With a 77—and a 285 total good far only 1605. - . Behind Ford, who will leave here to compete in Panama later this week, came Hebert and then a six-way tie at 283 between Jimmy Clark, Los Angeles; Tommy Jacobs, Montebello, Calif.; Dave Marr, Mamaroneck, N.Y.; Jackie Burke, ’ Kiamesha Lake, N.Y.; Tommy Bolt, Houston, Tex., and Art Wall, Pocona Manor, Pa., all except Jacobs, who just turned professional and isn’t eligible, collected SI9OO. At 284 came Bud Holscher, Apple Valley, Calif.; Mary Furgol,

George Bigham, Kansas City, Kan.; Fred Hawkins, El Paso, Tex.; Billy Maxwell. Odessa, Tex.; and Dow Flnsterwald, Bedford Heights, Ohio, each collecting $891.67. The 285 shooters, each picking up $605 were Dr. Middlecoff, Dallas, Tex.; Billy Casper, Chula Vista, Calif.; Dickinson and Doug, Higgins, Midland, Tex. Linn Grove, Stop Back Win Monday Evening Linn Grove defeated Convoy, 6954, and Stop Back downed the Decatur Merchants, 76-67, in Decatur < independent basketball league games Monday night at the Ltacoln gym. Box scores were not available in time for publication today. Eddie Teague Named Citadel Head Coach CHAPEL HILL, N. C. OF—- — Tatum looked around today for a new assistant to replace Eddie Teague, who resigned at the University of North Carolina to become head coach at The Citadel. Teague, third Tatum assistant IT — , —...1. II I I

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to become • head coach in the past year, signed a five-year Contract Monday at the South Carolina school. Teague had been,an assistant to Tatum at Maryland before the former Terrapin coach moved here last year and he came t here with his boas. Bowling Scores Minor League . • wi.ru Western Auto 33 11 46 Klmple's eight Store .. 36 16 45 Smith Pure Milk .— 30 21 43 August Cafeteria -29 22 41 Moose * 28 23 38 .Clem’s Hardware -—-« 26 25 32 ’Bob’, farathon 22 » » Vlctoif Bar . 2 28 27 Decatur Auto Parts — 17 38 17 Krick-Tyndall 13 38 17 High scores: L. Miller, 238; JuSIce, 223, Smith Sr., 210; F. Clem, Hoffman, 201. College Basketball Indiana 79, Wisconsin 68. Ohio State 75, Purdue 68. Michigan 70, Michigan State 60. Illinois 81. lowa 70. Notre Dame 82, Northwestern 81. Missouri 77, lowa State 59. Nebraska 74, Colorado 42. Kansas 59, Oklahoma 51. —————— iin i ii *