Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 22 January 1957 — Page 7

TUESDAY. JANUARY 22, 1957

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South Bend's Coach Pleased With Quintet INDIANAPOLIS (UP)- Thirteen down and 7 to go . . . but South Bend Central’s Elmer MeCall isn’t even thinking about an undefeated season and perhaps matching Indianapolis Attacks’ record of going “all the way” without a loss. The top-ranking upstaters got a big one out of the way Saturday. They won at Muncie Central, 72-58, and McCall admitted his boys are “coming along pretty well.” “Muncie Central is a good ballclub,” he said. “That game was our biggest test from every standpoint. We made some mistakes, of course, but I’m very happy with the performance.” Muncie “Poised” Muncie was tough all the way, said McCall, because “they kept coming back all the time.” It was different in the opener against Gary Roosevelt last November, a team Central beat out in overtime, 81-72. “Against Roosevelt we were behind,” said McCall. "They hit terrifically, about .500 or better, and you just doii’t do that in your opening game." Although he admitted Roosevelt was a strong dub. McCall thought Muncie was “more poised.” '...McCall, who won the state crown with his 1953 South Bend Central quintet, is bringing his veterans along slow and easy. He thought they haven't reached their peak. “Sure, we’re going to try to win very ball game,” he said, “but we have some tough ones left.” He singled out East NIHSC conference games next month at Mishawaka and Elkhart as probably the toughest left on the schedule. No Predictions What about the state tourney? "I just don’t want to think of it yet,” McCall said flatly. “There’s no reason to—we don't know who we’re playing ... “We're trying to keep our heads out of the clouds. We like to make the finals, but we recognize the fact there are lots of teams with the same idea.” With that in mind, McCall is grooming his classy bunch—Sylvester and John Coalmon, Herbie Lee, Lee McKnight and others—for another all-out bid for the “State.” City Bowling Meet Will Get Underway Here February 23 The annual city bowling tourney will be held Feb. 23-24. March 2-3-9-10, at the G. E. Club alleys, according to an announcement today by Decatur bowling association officals. The teSm event will be held Feb. 23 and 24, and the doubles and singles the following two weekends. The tourney will be conducted by Oren Schultz, city secretary, and Al Anderson, appointed as tourney manager. Entry blanks will be available Jan. 24, and bowlers are urged to file entries early. a Bowlers wishing to enter the state tourney at Gary are urged to file entries at once, as the deadine for entries is Feb. 2. As this is in three classes, lower average bowlers have excellent chances at prize money. College Basketball Ohio State 67. Wisconsin 64. Northwestern 70, lowa 63. Minnesota 99, Marquette 78. Bradley 72, Tulsa 56. Seattle 106, Gonzaga 75.

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Week's Schedule For* Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Commodores at Adams Central. Madison Twp. at Hartford. Wednesday Pleasant Mills vs Harlan at New Haven. Friday Kendallville at Yellow Jackets. Hartford at Adams Central. Berne at Monmouth. Bryant at Pleasant Mills. Pennville at Geneva. Saturday Commodores at Clear Creek. Geneva at Lancaster Central. New Indiana Coach inspects Facilities BLOOMINGTON, Ind- (UP)— Phil Dickens, new Indiana football coach, became acquainted today with a gridiron headache which could haunt him. Dickens, who signed a four-year pact with Hoosier officials Monday, arrived on the Indiana campus to inspect gridiron facilities and meet a few of his hopefuls for 1957. The balding gridiron mentor got wind of the head-swirling task facing him when he visited the university last month to be interviewed about the coaching job vacated by Bernie Crimmins, former Notre Dame star. Someone handed Dickens a schedule of Indiana games for 1957, and then in jest, placed a box of aspirin beside it. Indiana, last place finisher in the Big Ten Conference last season, faces Michigan State, Notre Dame, lowa and Ohio State in its first four games, none of them a pushover. But Dickens, who will receive a $15,000 salary annually, felt up the gigantic task and said it was a “fine opportunity” to move into the Big Ten, which he figured was "the top” in coaching jobs. “The Big Ten has proven itself as the best league," he said. No long range program was formed yet by Dickens, considered a perfectionist, but he planned to ‘Mo the best job” he could with whatever prospects for the gridiron campaign are available.. Dickens began his coaching career at Wofford College in 1948 and turned out some of the best teams in the school’s history. From Wofford, the 42-year-old fo-otball enthusiast went to Wyoming, Where his club won the Skyline Conference last faU posted a 10-0 record. Dickens prefers a multiple offense based on the single wing. Some of the best features of the T zand Split-T formations are blended into his diversified offensive patterns, which could stymie some conference opponents. “Speed, agility and desire” are sought by Dickens in his candidates for football. But he added, “you don't have to have everything if the desire is there." College Ratings NEW YORK (UF)-The United Press college basketball ratings (with first-place votes and wonlost records through Jan. 19 in parentheses): Team Points 1. North Carolina (24) (15-0) 333 2. Kansas (8) (12-1) 294 3. Kentucky (1) <l2-3) 200 4. lowa Stpte (11-2) 198 5. Southern Methodist (14-2) 164 6. Louisville (2) (11-2) 161 7. UCLA (13-1) 151 8. Illinois (9-2> 98 9. Seattle (16-2> 68 10. Ohio State (9-3) 64 Second 10—-11, Bradley, 38; 12, California, 33; 13, Canisius. 30; 14, Wake Forest, 29; 15, Vanderbilt, 14; 16. Brigham Young, 11; 17, Duke, 8; 18 (tie), Tulane, Oklahoma A&M and St Louis, 5 each. Others —Utah, Washington, Syracuse and Oklahoma City U. T 3 each; West Virginia, 2; Duquesne and Princeton, 1 each.

Ohio Slate Is Nearly Upset By Wisconsin By UNITED PRESS Ohio State and Bradley, both unbeaten in conference play, rolled ahead today on the road to the NCAA basketball tournament, but only after Ohio State barely escaped an ujAet.-' .. State’s Buckeyes, the lOth-rank-ed team in the nation, trailed until the final six minutes of play at Madison, Wis., before rallying to beat Wisconsin, -67-64, Monday night. It was their 10th win in 13 games and gave them a perfect Big Ten record of 5-0. Bradley, ranked 11th nationally, had a much easier time on its home court in Peoria, 111., as it drubbed Tulsa, 72-56, for its seventh straight victory. The Braves now sport a 6-0 mark in the Missouri Valley Conference and a gaudy overall record ot 13-2. But Wisconsin, winless in the Big Ten this season, really threw a scare into Ohio State. The Badgers jumped off to a quick 12-5 lead and still led by 40-35 at halftime. Ohio State didn’t go ahead until Vern Barkstall’s three-point play with six minutes left put them in front to stay, 60-57. Frank Howard led the Buckeyes with 23 points, but Bob Litzow canned 28 for Wisconsin, 18 of them in the first-half surge. Bradley, on the other hand, had a 33-29 halftime margin over Tulsa and breezed home as soph Gene Morse showed the way with' 26 points. Tulsa's top man was Chester Harrington, and he managed only 12 points. Seattle, ranked ninth nationally, racked up its 17th victory against two defeats by trouncing Gonzaga, 106-75. On Sunday night, Seattle had beaten the same foe by only one point. In other leading games Monday night: Northwestern snapped a four-game losing streak by beaming lowa, 70-63, in the Big Ten despite 23 points by lowa’s Clarence Wordlaw, and Jed Dommeyer of Minnesota sank 29 points in a 99-78 victory over Marquette, as 6-8 Mike Moran of Marquette tallied 24. Canisius, ranked 12th nationally, will be the only high-ranked team in action tonight when it meets St. Bonaventure at Buffalo’s Memorial Auditorium. Washington State will be at Idaho in the Pacific Coast Conference and Georgia Tech at Auburn in the Southeastern In other features. Results Are Listed In Decatur League Stop Back, of Decatur, and Pleasant Mills scored victories in the Decatur independent net league Monday night at the Lincoln school gym. Stop Back defeated the Knights of Columbus in the opener, 73-59, after trailing at the first quarter, 25-12, and at the half, 38-26. A big third quarter edged Stop Back into the lead, 50-49. Crist scored 25points and Reed 24 for the winners, while Coyne tallied 18 and Strickler 17 for the losers. In the nightcap, Pleasant Mills downed Decatur Merchants, 87-62. The winners led at all periods, 2017, 37-34, and 59-43. Pleasant Mills had five players in double figures, led by Lee Wolfs with 18. Jim Voglewede topped the Merchants with 19 points. ■■ Two games are scheduled tonight: Linn Grove vs Willshire, and Decatur Merchants vs Convoy. Two more games are slated Wednesday: Schannons vs Berne, and K. of C. vs Meyer's Gulf. Stop Back FG FT TP Reed ..z —.... 9 6 24 Crist ...12 1 25 Hoehammer , 6 1 13 Singleton 2 3 7 Miller 2 0 4 Stoppcnhagen 0 0 0. TOTALS 31 11 73 K. of C. • FG FT TP Mever ... 5 0 10 Kable 3 0 ft Strickler ... 7 3 17 F. Coyne , 8 2 18 Faurote 3 2 8 TOTALS ... 26 .7 59 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP D, Wolfe 6 0 zl2 Ripley 3 0» 6 L. Wolfe 9 0 IP. Ballard ...4 2 10 Bleeke 2 0 4 Jim Price 6 2 14 Painter '. 2 0 7 Jerry Price 8 0 16 TOTALS 40 7 87 Decatur Merchants FG FT TP Joe Wilder 5 1 11 Ed Wildero 3 3 McLean ... 3,1 7 Jerry Voglewede 4 0 8 McDougal —1 O’ 14 Jim Voglewede9 1 19 TOTALS — 28 6 62

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Mickey Mantle Wins Pro Athlete Award ' ROCHESTER, N.Y., (UP) — Mickey Mantle, who specializes in spectacular belts, added a dia-mond-studded, SIO,OOO one to his collection today as the winner of the S. Rae Hickok “Professional Athlete of the year” award. The switch-hitting, 25-year-old center-fielder, who received the costly belt at the annual Roches-ter-Press-Radio Club Polio Fund dinner here Monday night, thus became the third New York Yankee player to win the award. Former Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto was the first winner of the belt in 1950 and ex-Yahkee pitcher Allie Reynolds won it the following year. Rocky Marciano was the 1952 winner, Ben Hogan captured the belt in 1953, Willie Mays of the Giants in 1954 and former Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Otto Graham won it last year. Mantle, who led the American League in batting, home runs and runs batted in last season, beat out teammate Don Larsen and heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson in a nationwide balloting by sports writers and sportscasters. Big Ten Standing By UNITED PRESS W L Pct. TP OP Ohio State ... 5 0 1.000 369 315 Illinois 3 1 .750 360 315 Purdue 3 1 .750 287 267 Michigan .... 3 1 .750 273 267 Indiana 2 2 .500 307 318 Minnesota ... 2 2 .500 303 324 lowa —2 3 .400 282 289 Northwestern 2 3 .400 338 320 Mich. State . 0 3 .000 191 212 Wisconsin .... 0 6 .000 358 441

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Musial, Lane Agree On New Card Contract By UNITED PRESS ' There’s a sentimental story behind the St. Louis Cardinal contract Stan Musial is all set to sign for about $75,000 within a week. Musial and General Manager Frank Lane already have agreed to terms for 1957 and Stan The Man again will be the National League’s highest salaried player at approximately $75,000. He drew a base pay of $75,000 last year plus $5,000 because the Cardinals attracted more than a million fans. Although Musial, who batted .310 last year and led the league with 109 runs batted in, has okaydd the new terms, he hasn't officially signed his contract yet. I Lane Explains Delay Lane has been criticized for the delay in signing Musial but he ex-

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plained Monday it was because of the absence on vacation of club secretary Mary Murphy. “Miss Murphy has officiated at all. 15 of Musial’s eontract signings and we would not think of closing with Stan without her present,” Lane said in a telegram to Sports Editor J. Roy Stockton of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Brooklyn Dodgers corraled four pitchers at a clip today when they announced Roger Craig, Don Bessent, Ed Roebuck and Don Elston had agreed to terms. With Clem Labine slated for starting duty, Bessent, who had a 4-3 record last season but saved numerous other games, looks like the Dodgers’ key man in the bullpen. Craig, tine stringbean righthander, had a 13-11 slate after getting off to a jack-rabbit start. Roebuck was 5-4 last year and Elston 7-8 at St. Paul in the Amc:4 an Association. Detroit Leads League Detroit leads the American League pen-and-ink race with 23 players signed up to now. The Tigers signed two young pitchers today in Charles Daniel and Don Lee. Daniel had a combined 15-12 record hurling for Durham, N. C., and Augusta, Ga., and Lee, son of

former White Sox and Cleveland pitcher Thornton Lee, was signed by the Bengals after compiling a 15-0 record at the University of Arizona. He won seven games and lost three at Augusta. Milwaukee announced the signing of right-handed pitchers Rob Trowbridge and Richard Grabowski while the Red Sox signed pitcher Bert Thiel, up from Dallas of the Texas League where he .had an 18-11 record last season. First basemen Ron Jackson and Jim Marshall returned their signed contracts to the White Sox but 20-game winner Billy Pierce asked for a little more time to “think over” the club’s latest offer. Pleasant Mills Will Play Bryant Friday The Pleasant Mills Spartans will meet the Bryant Owls at the Pleasant Mills gym Friday night, and not Thursday night, as erroneously stated in Monday’s Daily Democrat. The original senedule received from Pleasant Mills listed the date as Jan. 24, but should have read Jan. 25.

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George Laurent Tops In Polio Sweepstakes George Laurent, with a 708 total, is leading the Polio Sweepstakes as the event enters the last two weeks. John Beery is second with 704. Other leaders are Fred Hoffman 875, Gerhard Schultz 669, Don Reidenbach 661, Paul Briede 660, Wilbur Petrie 659, Vic Strickler 655, Joi Murphy 655, R. Hollman 653, Rollie Ladd 653. ' - All bowlers are urged to view the trbphy donated by Hooker Paints and Al Anderson, on display in Price Men’s Wear, and then enter the sweepstages. Participation in this event aids the fight on polio, as a large portion of the entry fee goes to the March of Dimes. Driver's License Ordered Suspended The Indiana bureau of motor vehicles has announced the suspension of the driver’s license of Roscoe Jay Purdy, of Geneva route ' 2, from Nov. 25, 1956 to Nov. 25, 1957, on a charge of drunk driving.