Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 11 January 1957 — Page 7

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Geneva And Berne Win Opening Contests In Annual County Meet

The Geneva Cardinals and Berne Bears emerged victors in opening games of the annual Adams county tourney Thursday night at the Adams Central gym. 4 By their triumphs, Geneva and Berne will clash in the first semifinal game Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock. In the second semifinal, at 2:15 Saturday, the Decatur Commodores will meet the winner of tonight’s game between the Hartford Gorillas and the Monmouth Eagles. The championship game will be played between the Saturday afternoon winners at 8:15 p. m. Saturday. As the opening game on tonight’s schedule, the Hartford and Berne reserve teams will clash at 7 o’clock for the county second team championship. This will be followed at 8:15 by the contest between the undefeated Hartford Gorillas and the defending champion Monmouth Eagles. Geneva Wins Thriller All the thrills of the opening night’s session were packed into the closing minutes..of the tourney opener and toe Pleasant Mills Spartans. The Spartans, trailing by 15 points after three quarters, and apparently hopelessly beaten, suddenly came to life, and as the big crowd roared, finally caught the Cardinals, forced the game into overtime, then into a second, sudextra period before going eicyn in defeat, 59-57. Pleasant Mills led briefly in toe early stages at 2-0 and 4-2, but toe Cardinalsxnoved into a 16-11 advantage at the end of toe first quarter. Geneva twice held 10point margins in the second period which Pleasant Mills cut to five points, 31-26, at toe half. Dick McCullough hit from toe field to open the third quarter, but toe Cardinals scored toe next 10 points to expand their lead to 13 points at 41-28. Geneva increased this margin to 15 points, 48-33, as toe game moved into toe final eight minutes of what appeared to be a routine triumph for the Cardinals. Then things began to pop. The Cardinals slowed to a walk, just passing the ball around. But they begW nrakeJTSm as toe Spartans hounded them closely, and Pleasant Mills, previously badly misfiring, began to connect. < The Spartans, reeled off 12 points in a row, eight of them by John Frey, and the Cardinals suddenly saw their big lead dwindle to only three points, 48-45, after three minutes and 35 seconds of toe period had elapsed. Tom Stuber finally broke toe Geneva drought with a free throw, but the Spartans kept battling and finally pulled all even at 51-51 on fielders by Frey and McCullough with two minutes to play. Ivan Nevil put Geneva on top at 53-51 with a minute to play, but Jerry Williamson hit his fourth fielder of the quarter to send the game into overtime. McCullough fouled out in the first 10 seconds of toe overtime. Warren Yoder hit the free throw but when he missed toe second, Nevil tipped in the rebound and Geneva had a 56-53 lead. A pair of foul tosses by Williamson and Larry Wable's two-pointer shot the Spartans into a 57-56 lead with two minutes to go, but Yoder’s free throw tied toe score at 57-57

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with 1:55 to go. Pleasant Mills took toe rebound and held toe ball out until there were 15 seconds to play, then called time. The Spartans worked for and got a shot but failed to hit and toe game went into toe second, sud-den-death overtime. The Cardinals controlled the tipoff, worked toe ball well and passed it in to Dan Craig, who fired a jumper from about 10 feet to the side. The ball .zipped through cleanly, and toe Cardinals had won after just 36 seconds of toe second overtime. Craig topped all scorers with 22 points, while Nevil contributed 16 and Yoder 12 for toe Cardinals.' Williamson counted 19 and Frey 16 for the Spartans, who outscored Geneva from toe field, 24-21, but lost the game at toe foul line, where they converted nine of 18 chances, while the Cardinals made good on 17 of 31. There were 16 fouls on Pleasant Mills, 12 on Geneva. which toe Berne Bears eliminated the Adams Central Greyhounds, 65-57, was an anti-climax after toe thrilling rally by Pleasant Mills. Both teams very obviously were jittery at the start of the ball game, and it was finally the Bears who fettled down enough to carry on to victory. In a low-scoring first quarter, Berne was on top by a 12-6 score as toe period ended. Paced by their brilliant veteran Pete Schug,', who dropped in four field goals and a like number of free throws, the Bears increased their margin to 36-22 at toe main intermission. Berne stayed safely in front all through toe third quarter, and entered toe final eight minutes with a 14-point bulge at 54-40. The Greyhounds, who plainly showed: toe effects of their long layoff (it was their first game since Dec. 21), managed to come within six points of their opponents late in ths game but Berne had the conjest well under control. Each team had three players in double figures. Schug. despite a heavily taped leg, led them all wWi 44- Fred Whitehurst counted 13 and Lynn Lehman 11 for the Bears. Gary McMillen scored 17 to lead the Greyhounds, trailed by Jim Steiner with 13 and Ron Corson with 10. Fprty-seven fouls were called, 26 on Berne and 21 on Adams Central. GENEVA FG FT TP Craig —9 4-9 22 Yoder 3 6-11 12 Nevil 5 6-8 16 Bauman - 0 0-1, 0 Stuber 4 1-29 Biery — 0 0-0 0 TOTALS -- 21 17-31 59 PLEASANT MILLS FG FT TP Wable 4 0-3 8 Frey 7 2-2 16 McCullough 3 2-2 8 Williamson 8 3-6 19 Myers 0 1-2 1 Johnson 0 0-0 0 Irwin 2 1-3 5 TOTALS 24 9-18 57 Score by quarters: Geneva .... 16 31 48 53 57-59 Pleas. Mills 11 26 33 53 57-57 Officials: Sanders, Duffield.

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday County tourney at Adams Central. Saturday County tourney at Adams Central. BERNE FG FT TP Whitehurst 5 3-6 13 Schug 7 10-15 24 Dille 1 0-1 2 Liechty 4 1-2 9 Beaty 10-so 2 Lehman ■. 3 5-6 11 Brouer 10-12 Stahly 0 0-1 O' A. Yoderlo-12 TOTALS... 23 19-33 65 ADAMS CENTRAL FG FT TP Steiner 5 5-10 13 McMillen ....5 7-12 17 Ripley 2 0-3 4 Barger 0 2-4 2 Corson ..1 ’ 3 4-7 10 Byerly l-L. 3 Isch — 0 0-f 0 Gerber 1 0-0 2 Smith 3 0-16 TOTALS 19 1941 57 Score by quarters: Berne* 12 35 54 65 Adams Central .... 6 22 40 57 Officials: Duffield, Sanders. Prep Tourney List Cut To 739 Teams INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—lndiana’s 47th annual high school basketball tourney field tofiay was reduced from 740 to 739 six weeks before : firing starts—the smallest entry list since 1927. IHSAA commissioner L.V. Phillips said students at Folsomville have joined those at Tennyson because their own building was lost by fire last month. The consolidation trimmed the Warrick County sectional at Lynnville from 9 to 8 contenders. A total of 731 quintets' started 30 years agq. /pie largest -field was 787 m 1938. Since then, consolidations caused a gradual decline. Phillips also announced that Indianapolis championship games of the first three rounds would again be televised by WFBM-TV, Indianapolis. The same station will feed others for all three games of the state finals at Butler Fieldhouse here March 23. The Indiana Bell Telephone Co., sponsor of the program, will post an SB,OOO guarantee against loss of ticket sales as the result of the telecast. Last year, the sponsor lost less than SI,OOO. H. S. Basketball Gary Emerson 56, Gary Wirt 49. South Bend Adams 59, Mishawaka 57. Noble Co. Tourney Rome City 49, Cromwell 46 (overtime). Albion 78, Wolf Lake 46. • Kosciusko Co. Tourney Pierceton 68, Leesburg 67. North Webster 68, Sidney 44. The last Czar of Russia was Nichols 11, who was slain by toe | Bolshevists in 1918.

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Tourney Notes The 1957 edition of toe Adams county varsity tourney, which opened Thursday night at toe Adams Central gym, has already provided the thrills that keep basketball fans enthusiastic about toe game. Geneva’s .’’sudden death’* defeat of Pleasant Mills in the first game of the tourney was about as thrilling as they come. ♦ * • Each of the participating schools is contributing musical entertainment for the crowd. Thursday night the Geneva, Pleasant Mills, Adams Central and Berne baflds took turns during intermissions. Watching is M much fun as listening while the bands are playing during the tourney. Most of the cheering blocs have organized antics during each number. With the cheer leaders out in front directing, the high school fans go through motions in unison. • ** * . A near capacity crowd filled toe Adams Central gym in spite of bad roads and biting cold. A minor situation such as bad weather apparently (toesn't cool off the enthusiasm. it was plenty warm in the gym. •, • * Honors for toe most colorful cheering section last night go to Adams Central. They were decked out in red and white with red and white checkered caps to top off their outfits. * * * Berne’s section looked nice, too. The Bear fans wore white blouses or shirts with their dark skirts and slacks. Their finishing touches were streamers of blue and white crepe-paper which each fan shook violently at every excuse. • *. * While good sportsmanship on toe whole seems to grow stronger at each local tourney, there is one instance where it seems to fly out toe window. Why must cheer leaders of the two opposing teams get out on the floor to yell at the same time? It would be more courteous for the schools to take turns instead of both trying to out-shout each other at the same time. * * -• Remember just a few years ago when a cheer leader wouldn’t be caught dead in a short skirt? The cycle has returned to the brief skirt now. Os last night's four sets of cheerleaders—all "girls, by toe way—only Berne’s wore the longer skirts. * * * In spite of careful planning by tourney officials usually at least one thing will go wrong at the last minute. This year it was the .score board that went on the blink. It was quickly repaired, though, for toe benefit of fans who keep an anxious eye on the score. * * * The usual lost articles turned up at Thursday's crowded session. The announcer at toe public address system had several opportunities to serve as manager of the “lost and found’’ department. One thing he missed, though. He didn't announce once that someone had left his motor running or his lights on.

1 Tourney-goers owe a special vote of thanks to sheriff Merle Affolder, deputy Charles Arnold, conservation officer Jack Hurst, former deputy Roger Singleton and state trooper Dan Kwasneski who stood out in that biting Thursday cold and directed traffic over sllpperly roads. They’ll do toe same at each session of the tourney. State troopers Al Coppes and Gene Rash will also help over toe weekend. It's an unpleasant job during better weather conditions. It’s downright rough in freezing temperatures but the service smooths out traffic jam? and prevents mis- - haps that might occur in such heavy traffic to and from toe gym. • * • Hero of last night's play was Geneva's Dan Craig whose field goal shortly after toe second overtime began gave Geneva the opportunity to play in the semi-finals. Jubilant Cardinal fans rushed on to the floor to show their appreciation- ' • * * For the statistical minds among tourney fans, here are toe field goal totals for each of the four Thursday night contestants. Geneva and Pleasant Mills each did a lot of shooting in vain. The Cardinals connected on 21 of their 81 attempts while the Spartans used 87 field goal shots to mark up 24 good ones. Shooting percentages were a little better in the second clgsh. The Bewe Bears tried 61 times and connected 22 times. Adams Central gm 57 shots away for their 19 field goals. The Bears shooting percentage of .36 was best of the four teams. * * * The telephone service provided by the Citizens Telephone company and the Decatur Daily Democrat answered 1,570 calls Thursday night from fans wanting the up-to-the-minute scores. All persons are invited to dial 3-2171 throughout the tourney for scores. Decatur FFA Wins Over Berne, 50-32 The Decatur FFA basketball team Wednesday night, 50-32. John Frank led Decatur with 30 points, and Mesberger topped Berne with 20. The local FFA will meet Wednesday evening, Jan. 16.

ADAMS CENTRAL RALLIES ' ’■ I During a late fourth quarter rally, Adams Central came within five points of toe Berne Bears, but couldn't hold toe pace. Here Jim Steiner tries one from 20 feet out for, Adams Central, and is guarded by Fred Whitehurst, of Berne. Also pictured are Wayne Bferly, 30, and Mack Ripley, 54, of Adams Central in white, and Pete Schug, 30, and Carl Liechty, 53, for Berne in dark siuts.

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IU tackle and ex - Philadelphia Eagles coach signed the new pact at St. Louis, at an annual salary believed to be about 810,000. Pro Basketball Boston 98, Fort Wayne 81. Philadelphia 112, Rochester 93. Minneapolis 118, Syracuse 110. New Ydrk 89, St. Louis 84. The order of the Purple Heart was established in 1782.

Three Unbeaten Big Ten Teams In Stern Test i CHICAGO (UP) - Three teams undefeated in Big Ten play—lndiana, Northwestern and MinneI seta—risk their first-place stand- | tog Saturday night as visiting foams, a role that has produced twice as many losers as winners ST the opening stages of the conference basketball scramble. As toe contenders entered into the third schedule round, the traditional home court advantage loomed as an important factor. Six of nine games have been won by toe home quintet. Ohio State, a fourth team undefeated in league play, was not scheduled to play until Monday night, meeting Minnesota on the | Buckeye court. The Hoosiers, including their ' league-leading marksman, Archie I Dees, clash with Purdue to what bids to be toe toughest fought game on Saturday’s card. The Boilermakers were beaten by the Buckeyes Monday night after winning toeir opener over Michigan State. Illinois, also 1-1, faces winlegs Wisconsin in toe weekly midwest television game , Saturday afternoon. , The Gophers, holders of an upset win over toe Illini In their only conference start, bump into the defending champion Hawkeses fttSft lowa, and Northwestern, also 1-6, travels to Ann Arbor for a clash with Michigan, possessor of a 14 mark. Michigan State; which has lost both of its Big Ten games by 1-point margins, does not go into action again until Tuesday, when the Spartans play Notre Dame at South Bend, Ind., in a nonconference contest. College Basketball . Ball State 96, Evansville 80. Bellarmine 93, Hanover 75. Concordia 74, Giffin 72. Wake Forest 64, Seton Hall 55. Dayton 84, St. Francis (N. Y.) 60. North Carolina State 63, Florida State 58.

Friday, January 11, 1957

Mies Classic Opens Here January 19 The 21st annual Mies classic, an ABC sanctioned five-man event, will be held at Mies Recreation alleys in this city Jan. 19-20-27- and Feb. 2-3-9-10. Bowling times on Saturdays will be 2:30, 8:30 and 9 p.m. and, on Sundays 1» 3:30, 6:30 and 9 p.m. r * K handicap tourney, it is based on 70 percent, with 1,000 scratch. Entries will dose next Monday, Jan, 14. Entry fee per team is $26, which iucludes sl7 for prise money, all of which wfll.be re- , turned in prizes; $8 for bowling, and $3 for tourney expenses. Top prize will be S3OO for first place. Bowling Scores CHURCH LEAGUE W L Union — Immanuell3 8 Zion — Schumm 12 ' 9 St. Paul - Preble 10 11 St. Peters *l— 10 11 Zion Decatur i-... 10 >1 St. Thomas - Ohio City . 8 13 Games over 175: H. Salway 189; C. Becker 189; D. Macke 186; F. Becker 181; N. Bultemeler 211; R. Thieme 175; E. Germann 210. w..— ■— nxii ■— km—

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