Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 6 February 1957 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose In Double Overtime Battle; Commodores Also Lose

YELLOW JACKETS Decatur’s high-flying Yellow Jackets were brought down to earth with a thud heard all over New Haven Tuesday night as the locals dropped a double overtime contest on the Allen county floor by a 61-59 score. The Jackets were miserable for three quarters, suffering either from a bad case of N.E.I.C. nerves or an equally bad case of “look out for us 'cause last time out, we scored 93 points-itis.” When the team finally decided to play ball .after being 12 points behind, they really clicked, but it was too little, too late. The Bulldogs operated most of the game without the services of two regulars. Their starting center is out due to appendicitis, and Friteha, a regular guard, was expelled from the game with one minute and three seconds remaining in the first quarter for shoving Gene Baxter into the crowd as the two of them went out-of-bounds with a loose ball. The Bulldogs weren't operating without a lot of scrap though, and it was this quality. plus Decatur’s five-man sieve defense that won the game. The first quarter set the pace for the Jackets throughout the first three periods. Decatur failed to move the ball with the usual precision. and made several passing mistakes. While they managed to hold a slim lead through most of the period, the Jackets took only eight shots and hit four of them. Seven successful attempts at the free-throw ling Out of eight tries kept the Jackets in the game and the quarter ended with Decatur on top by 15-11. New Haven picked up the tempo in the second period as they hit nine of 16 from the field and three of six foul shots. The score was tied at 15, 19, 21 and 23 before the Bulldogs started to move. Gene Baxter, who was the one bright spot in the Decatur attack, hit from the field to bring the Jackets to within two noints at 27-25. but the New Haven team scored five points to Decatur’s none to grab a 32-25 halftime lead. ’ The third quarter showed no improvement. Decatur pulled up to 38-34 on a fielder by Bob Banks, and then the Bulldogs roared off for eight easy points and a 46-34 lead. Banks hit two more and Baxter added one and New Haven led, 48-40, going into the final stanza. The Jackets, finally realizing h—- New Haven had no intentions of being scared by Decatur’s record, started to play ball. Gene Baxter hit a three point play and Banks added two free throws to cut the Bulldog lead to three. Davis boosted it back up to four with a free throw, but Stan Kirkpatrick and Banks each hit from the field to tie things up at 49-49. With five minutes and 15 seconds to go in the game, Kirkpatrick hit again and Bob Shraluka added a field

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- U-- r - - --4--.■ 'Mfr --fgoal for a 53-49 Decatur lead. New Haven had no plans to come so close and then give up though, and Al Herman hit from the field and Dale Buhr dropped in two free shots to tie the score again. Baxter got two free throws for Decatur to give the Jackets a two-point lead again at 55-53, but John Davis hit a rebound shot to throw the game into an overtime. Bpth teams played for the good shot in the first overtime period. Decatur got the tip and worked the ball to Shraluka who hit the easy shot. The Bulldogs came right back and worked Al Herman for an open shot to tie the score. The Jackets worked the ball again and this time Stan Kirkpatrick took a good pass from Banks for a lay-up. Again it was Al Herman who got the open shot for New Haven and connected. Neither team got another shot, and it was 59-59 going into the “sudden death’* second overtime. Decatur got their sixth straight tip and worked for a good,shot. The shot failed to materialize so the Jackets took a shot anyway. New Haven got the rebound in the person of Dale. Herman, who was fouled. He dropped in both pressure free throws, and the game was over. Baxter was Decatur’s leading scorer, with 23 points. Banks added 12. 10 of them in the second half, and Kirkpatrick tallied 10. Al Herman hit 24 for New Haven, followed by brother Dale with 12 and Davis with 11. The Jackets record for the year now stands at 13-4. Their next game will be at Portland Friday. Decatur FG FT TP Kelly 12 4 Moses ........ 2 2 6 Kirkpatrick .....1 5 0 10 Banks X 4 4 12 Baxter 9 5 23 Dorwin ... 0 0 0 Schrock 0 0 0 Shraluka ..... *—JI 0 4 TOTALS — 23 13 59 . New Haven FG FT TP D. Herman —... 4 4 12 A. Herman —ll 2 24 Davis 4 3 11 Buhr ... 2 3 7 Friteha 1 0 2 Hill .. 2 1 5 TOTALS ——— 24 13 61 Officials: Butz. Bean. Preliminary New Haven, 70-54. April Draft Call Is i Fixed At 13,000 Men 1 WASHINGTON — The Defense Department announced 1 today that the Army will draft 1 13,000 men*in April.

COMMODORES The Geneva Cardinals spoiled the Decatur Commodores’ first home game in a month Tuesday night, handing the Commodores a 58-51 setback at the Decatur high school gym. The Commodores, after taking an early lead, wilted and saw the Cardinals move to what appeared an. easy victory as Geneva’s margin mounted to 17 points early in the third period. The Decatur lads then cairn to life and reeled off 18 points in a row while the Cardinals went scoreless to give the Commodores a brief one-point advantage early in the final period. But Geneva then snapped back to pull out the triumph. The Commodores jumped to a quick six-point lead in the first two minutes on field goals by Dave Kable and Ron Meyer, plus a brace of foul tosses by Phil Reed, but a thre-point play by Dan Craig broke the ice for the Cardinals, who then moved to a 7-6 lead after four and a half minutes had been played The score was tied at »-9 and 11-11, but a scoring burst by Warren Yoder, who hit all six of his field goals in the first period, carried Geneva to a 2J-14 advantages! the end of the quarter. The Cardinals boosted their bulge to 10 the halft*32-22. with Ivan Nevil contributing nearly half of his team’s points with a pair ofjielders and. a free throw. The Cardinals upped their advantage to 17 points. 41-24, aftef three minutes of the third period had elapsed. However, Coach Harry Anderson polled both Craig and Yoder out of the game with four personal fouls, and then the Commodores began to move. With Dale Hake hitting for five points. -Ron Meyer and Ron Ford four edch, and Kable two, the Commodores had sliced their deficit to only two points. 41-39, the thirdquarter gun sounded. Tom Meyer hit on a free throw, and then Ron Meyer scored from underneath and the Commodores were in front. 42-41, after 50 seconds of the final period had been played. Craig and Yoder returned to the lineup and Craig connected to put the Cardinals back on top. Ron Meyer retaliated for a 44-43 Decatur, lead with 6:35 to play, . But Nevi! hit a two-pointer. Yoder added a free throw. Nevil a pair of charity tosses and Geneva was on top at 48-44, and stayed fairly comfortably in front the rest of the way. Three players did practically all of Geneva’s scoring Nevil tallying 21 points. Yoder 16 and Craig 14. Hake counted 14 to lead the Commodores. followed by Reed with 12 and Ron Meyer with eight. The Commodores converted only 15 of 31 chances at the foul line, while the Cardinals made good on 14 of 19. The Commodores will host the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Decatur gjrm Friday night in their annual homecoming event, and the Cardinals will entertain Albany at the Geneva gym, also on Friday. Commodores FG FT TP Reed — 5 2 12 Hake 5 ~4 14 R. Meyer ..tr.j ... 4 3 11 Kable ........ 3 2 8 Beal , 0 11 Heimann ....'. 0 0 0 Ford 12 4 T. Meyer . 0 11 TOTALS 18 15 51 Geneva * ■Ji FG FT TP Craig .. .. 5 4 14 Yoder ——dj -i 16 Nevil ...?R 3 2) Stuber . 1 13 Bauman — ..... 1 2 4 Biery , 0 0 0 Hofstetter , 0 0 0 TOTALS .7 22 14 58 Officials: Davis, Oler. Preliminary Geneva, 29-23. . College Basketball Indiana Central 69. Earlham 65. •# Anderson 67, Manchester 57. Hanover 96, Franklin 75. Valparaiso 78, Butler 67. Defiance 96, Concordia 67. Huntington 68, Bluffton 51. Indiana Tech 91, Gillin 74. Georgetown 75, LaSalle 62. North Carolina 65, Maryland 61. North Carolina State 87, Virginia 60 4 Duke 90, Pittsburgh 72 ' Missouri 74, "Oklahoma 56. No Mixed Doubles At Mies Friday Night There will be no mixed doubles at Mies Recreation Friday night, the management announced today. Ten teams from Portland will compete in the 21st annual fiveman classic that evening, starting at 9 o’clock. Open bowling will be observed Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m., but there will be no open bowling Saturday evening or all day Sunday. The classic tournament will contine for two more week-ends. 9

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Berne Edges Out Bluffton Tuesday Hight The Berne Bears, after leading at all quarter stops, were forced to come from behind in the closing minutes to edge the Bluffton Tigers, 69-67, on the Berne court Tuesday night. Berne 'led at the first quarter. 21-18, at the half, 41-33, and at the third period, 59-54. Bluffton daove into the lead at 66-64 with three minutes to play but Carl Llechty tied the score and Bobo Dille hit for the winner. Pete Schug paced the Bears with 22 points, trailed closely by Dille with 18. Ted Wasson scored 20 for Bluffton, and Tom Tangeman added 18. . The Bears will meet Montpelier at Berne Saturday afternoon in the feature attraction of the Berne high school homecoming. Berne FG FT TP Lehman ..... 3 4 10 Schug .. .... 10 2 22 Dille 6 6 18 Liechty ............. 4 19 Beaty .— 113 Whitehurst 1 5 7 TOTALS . J 25 19 69 Bluffton FG FT TP W’asson 9 2 20 Tangeman 6 6 18 Milholland 2 15 Davis' 5 4 14 TeweU ......... 3 0 16 Beeves 1 2 fl 4 semp 0 9 " 0 TOTALS 26 15 67 Officials: Baldwin, Posey. Preliminary Bluffton, 35-33. Big Leagues Report Ticket Sales Boom NEW YORK (UP)— The first ball of spring training has yet to be thrown but big ftague baseball is booming on virtually every front. ;' ■ ‘ A pre-season survey of Advance ticket sales reveals an estimated 10 per cent general increase over 1956 advance sales with several ticket offices reporting “record sales.” Exact figures cannot be compiled because of the various systems and ticket plans used by different clubs. The National League champion Brooklyn Dodgers reported one of the most hopeful showings while the world champion New York Yankees said merely they are “way ahead of last year.” Ticket Director BUI Eberly disclosed that the Milwaukee Braves have sold 11,927 season tickets — five more than the previous high in 1955 — and said the sales might surpass the 12,000-mark before they’re Closed. Eberly added that one season-ticket was sold ■to a man in State City — 300 miles from Milwaukee. Other clubs which reported sales running 10 or more per cent up included the Cincinnati Redlegs, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals. All in all, the report — vague as it may be in cases—provides definite evidence that basebaU’s already a booming business wherever the snow drifts haven’t covered up the ticket windows. Few Tickets Available For Portland Game Only a few tickets will be available for Decatur Yellow Jacket fans at the game Friday with the Pdrtland Panthers at Portland, it was announced today by Hugh J. Andrews, principal, and Bob Worthman, coach. Because of limited seating capacity at the Portland school, only 88 reserved seat tickets have been sent to Decatur. These are priced at 60 cents, for either students or adults. Only a few standing room tickets wfll be avaUable at the gym, and fans unable to obtain tickets at the local school are advised against making the trip. The reserve team game will be at 7 p.m., the varsity encounted at 8:15. Ex-Gov. Schricker Has Slight Stroke INDIANAPOLIS — Former Gov. Henry F. Shricker was resting comfortably in Methodist Hospital today after suffering a slight stroke. The 73-year-old-white-haired insurance company president was hospitalized Tuesday when overcome by illness at his office. The hospital said Schricker, Indiana’s only two-time governor, had a “good night.” His condition was “fair.” ——i———— State Traffic Toll 84 Through Sunday INDIANAPOLIS (W — Indiana's 1957 traffic death toll reached 84 by the end of last week, compared with 68 the same time last year. It represented a gain of 19 deaths in the Course of a week, compared with 12 in the corresponding period of 1956. - ■■

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Pleasant Mills at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Portland. Monroeville at Adams Central. Hoagland at Monmouth. Albany at Geneva. Ridgeville at Hartford. Saturday Leo at Monmouth. Montpelier at Berne <2 p.m.). j BOWLING SCORES Women’s League W L Pts. Adams Co. Trailer .6 0 8 Harmon's Market -.5 17 Hoagland Lumber — 5 17 Three Kings Tavern 5 17 Two Brothers . 4 2 6 Arnold Lumber -...3 3 S Kents 34 2% 414 Mansfield —* 3 3 4 Gage Tool —........ 2 4 3 Old Crown 2 4 3 Jack's Marathon ... 2 4 3 Treons 3 3 3 Drewrys - 2t4 34 24 Blackwells ... 2 4 2 Lynch Box 2 4 2 Gays .Service - 2 4 2 Brecht Jewelry ..... 15 2 Adams Theater -.?.- 15 1 High teams: Two Brothers 2211, Hoagland Lumber 2146, Lynch Box 2106,Three Kings Tavern 2083, Harmons Market 2076, Gays Service 2072, Adams County Trailer 2054. High series (individual): A. Trosin 546 (149-230-167), E- Schuller 501 (146-164-191). ’ : High single game: S. Schnepp 210, McClure IK, Rowden 179-170, Kleinhenz 180. O. Myers 179, ApSmari 179, Ladd 178, Singleton , Moran 171, Plasterer 170.

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State Net Tourney Pairings Will fie Announced Feb. 20 INDIANAPOLIS OPI — The IHSAA announced today pairings for this years Indiana high school basketball tournament — from the 64 sectionals beginning Feb. 27 to the four-team grand finale at Butler Fieldhouse March 23—will be made here Feb. 20. As last year, all pairings will 1 immediately be released to press associations, newspapers and radio stations. The field for this year's fourweek show was expected to hit 739, thipe less, than last year when Indianapolis Attucks captured its second straight state title, going “all the way” unbeaten. H.S. Basketball Harlan 60, Pleasant Lake 51. Larwill 60, Arcola 58. Indianapolis Shortridge 62. Southport 58. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 83, ’ Terre Haute State 42. Culver 68, Plymouth 48. Evansville Lincoln 74, Oakland City 45. Evansville Bosse 65, Evansville Memorial 4T. Jeffersonville 77, Corydon 59. Bedford 65, Bloomington 55. Crown Point 61, Gary Emerson 54. Gary Froebel 70, Portage 55. Greencastle 67, Brazil 52. Pro Basketball Philadelphia 101, St. Louis 87. Rochester 91. New .York 88. Boston 105, Syracuse 101. de ih a town — Decatur |

Pleasant Mills And Willshire Winners Willshire and Pleasant Mills survived first round play in the Decatur independent league double elimination tourney Tuesday night. < Willshire whipped Meyer's Gulf in tne opener, 62-45, after leading all the way, 19-7, 46-16, and 52-34. H. Bollenbacher scored 18 and D. Marbaugh 17 for Willshire, while A Getting topped Meyer’s with 23. In the nightcap. Pleasant Mills defeated Linn Grove, 74-55. Pleasant Mills led at all periods, 18-9, 34-21, and 47-38. Ballard paced the winners with 23 points, and Jack'Meyer topped the losers with 27. Two more tourney games are scheduled tonight. Stop Back will meet Schannons in the opener, and in the nightcap, the Monday night winners, K. of C. and Convoy, will clash. t Two loser bracket games will be played Thursday, Berne meeting the Decatur Merchants in the opener, followed by Meyer’s Gulf and Linn Grove. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP L. Wolfe -L-0 2 Ripley 10 2 D. Wolfe -1 0 2 Eleeke - 4 4 12 Ballard 11 1 23 Jim Price 3 5 11 Jerry Price 8 2 18 Painter -.. r — 2 0 4 TOTALS .......... 31 z 12 74 Linn Grove FG FTTP Dubach 2 15

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Brewster —— T £ * Dubach — 4 * Augsburger - —i—— ® ' 3ohn Myers — 4 ° “ Jack Meyer 12 J TOTALS „. t 24 7 55 I L • 1 '''' J * Willshire FG FTTP *H. Bollenbacher .....■> 4 J® Luginbill — :>■ } ‘ Koch — J } J Hileman ’ Baker — J J ® J. Bollenbacher ...—. 3 1/ D. Marbaugh 8 J < T. Marbaugh 0 J * L. Marbaugh ...r..— 11 3 TOTALS 25 12 62 Meyer’s Gulf ; FG FT TP A. Getting — 8 ] 2 ’ Bultemeier ......... — 1 , , Kiess - —- J i 2 Uffelman 5 " Gallmeycr 1 ® 2 Rice - 0 I 1 TOTALS 16 I 3 45 54,000 File For Jobless Pay Claims INDIANAPOLIS IW — The In- , diana Employment Security Division said today 53, 949 persons ’ filed claims for unemployment ! benefits last week, including 7,- ■ 716 newly unemployed workers. 1 Ruth & Naomi - Circle, Zion i Evangelical and Reformed i Church, Bake Sale—Noodle soup & Potato salad, Febi - ruary 9, 9:30 a. m. Mutschler Bld., North 2nd. Orders ’ taken on Friday, — Call 3-3502. _ T