Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 44, Decatur, Adams County, 21 February 1957 — Page 7

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 19§7

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Geneva Ends Season With Easy Victory The Geneva Cardinals whippet McKinley of Randolph county, 78 63, at die Geneva gym, to become the first Adams county team to complete its season schedule The Cardinals thus wound up their card with a fine 15 won and five lost record. Geneva held comfortable leads at all resting points, 17-6, 41-25 and 64-37. Ivan Nevll, Cardinals’ center, apparently took a stranglehold on the individual scoring leadership in the county, also, as he poured in 39 points for a season total ol 414, which is 43 points higher than his nearest competitor, Pete Schug, of Berne, who has one game left to play. Dan Craig was the only other Cardinal to hit double figures, scoring 18. Bolinger led McKinley with 14. Geneva FG FT TP Hunt 4 0 8 Yoder 2 0 4 Nevil 17 5 38 Craig 8 2 18 Stuber ----- 2 5 9 Branstetter 0 0 0 Hofstetter ... 0 0 8 Amstutz 0 0 0 Bauman 0 0 0 TOTALS .33 12 78 McKinley FG FT TP Bolinger .... 5 4 14 Ferguson 3 3 t Meeks 1 0 2 Curry *- 3 5 11 Hargraves ’ 6 1 13 KeUy ....... .. 10 2 Smost 4 4 12 Warren „ 7 0 0 0 TOTALS —— 23 17 63 Preliminary Geneva, 31-27. Continue Harness Races At Portland Nine Portland business firms will help finance the prizes for harness racing at the Jay county fair this year, it was announced yesterday. Harness gracing has been continued for one more year on a trial basis, to see if it will paly its way under the new plan. Nine harhess races, with prizes of SSOO for each race, will be sponsored August 7-9. x Willie Pastrano Is Winner Over Holman LOUISVILLE, Ky. (IP) — Willie Pastrano, a satin-smooth swiftie inside the ring, said today he intends to "make haste slowly” in a long-range bid to challenge heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson. "I’m just gonna keep fightin’ for groceries and let the other guys challenge Patterson for a while,” said the fourth-ranked contender after Wednesday night’s unanimous 10-round decision over Johnny Holman of Chicago. “I want to reach the top but I’m in no hurry to get there.” 4 H. S. Basketball Fort Wayne Central Catholic 70, Leo 49. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 77, Terre Haute Garfield 71. Indianapolis Shortridge 74, Indianapolis Cathedral 55. Michigan City 78, South Bend Riley 63. Gary Froebel 81. Hammond Clark 58. Gary Wallace 67, Whiting 55. East Chicago Washington 75, Gary ' Emerson 63. Hammond Noll 90, Gary Tolleston 47. Glen 61, Brazil 36.

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Irlday Butler at Yellow Jackets* Commodores vs Harlan at Leo. Bluffton at Adams Central. Monmouth at Montpelier. Pleasant Mills at Gray. Berne at New Haven. d Petroleum at Hartford. 8 1111 „ Sectional Ticket Sales Outlined To e Commodore Fam Is The Rev. Robert Contant, athd letic director of the Decatur Catholic high school, today announced r, plans for the sales of tickets for n next Thursday night’s session ol p the Adams Central sectional. The n Commodores will meet the Hart»f ford Gorillas at 8:15 p.m. Thursn day. 0 * e Sales to students who have re--8 gular season tickets will be held at 3:15 p.m. Friday in the school r athletic office. Immediately after the student sale, tickets will be sold to adult season ticket holders. g Hie sale to adult season ticket 4 holders will also be continued at g 6:45 p.m. Monday. If any tickets g remain after season ticket holders g are taken care of, they will go on q sale Monday evening to first come, g first served. 0 Rev. Contant also announced to- ® day that in event the Commodores ■ win Thursday night, tickets for the ’ Saturday sessions will be sold at j the school Friday, March 1, as follows: to students at 3:15 p.m.; * to adults at 6:45 p.m. Stubs from “ the Thursday night tickets must be 3 presented. I ; - ’ ' ' , * Luke Majorki Named ’ Decatur Golf Pro Everett “Chick” Monroe announced today that Luke Majorki will be the pro-manager of his Decatur Golf Course, and will assume 1 his responsibility March 1. 5 Majorki, a Fort Wayne product 5 played varsity basketball in high school, and one season of pro base- _ ball then entered the Navy. When 1 discharged he played baseball f again until a shoulder injury forc--5 ed him to qtilt. He became inter- , ested in golf and has won the Fairview club championship 'three times, also holding the 18 hole record with’ a 65. The. Mermaid festival tournament, and the Ft Wayne A.B.C. low medal championship also are among his laur els. He has won the Brookwood - club championship and numerous ! other area events. Chick also stated that Charley 1 Smith will be retained as greenskeeper and he personally plans to ; spend a good deal of time at the . Decatur course and invites all the area golfers to come out and see . him. . Majorki will be available for les- - sons and also ip aiding with selections of the prarer golf equipment. i — - Richmond Officials To Local Sectional ■ John Hilligoss and Richard Tiernan, both of Richmond, have been ■ assigned as officials for the Adams . Central sectional' tourney. * Herman Frantz, tourney manager, announced today that two Adams Central teachers will also be officials, Tom Adler acting as offic- : ials scorer, and Douglas LeMaster as official timer. Three Adams county officials have been assigned to sectional tourneys. Gerald Strickler will officiate at Anderson, Floyd Reed at New Castle, and Dave Habegger at Bluffton.

SECTIONAL TICKET DISTRIBUTION Herman Frantz, principal of the Adams Central school and sectional tourney manager, has announced the distribution of tickets for the Wednesday and Thursday sessions of the Adams Central sectional. Se distribution is made on an enrollment basis. Bulk of the will go to fans of the four teams competing in each session. - Tickets are priced at 50 cents for each of the Wednesday and Thursday sessions. Each of the four schools not competing in the sessiop will receive 25 tickets tor a total of 100. Another distribution of tickets will be made following the Thursday night session for the four schools competing in the semi-finals Saturday. The Saturday tickets, for both afternoon and evening sessions, will be priced at sl. The breakdown follows: — Upper Bracket — School Enrollment Pro-Rata Enrdllment Total W 10% 90% Decatur — . 331 52 786 838 Berne 220 52 522 t 574 Pleasant Mills 90 52 214 266 Monmouth , 151 52 359 411 Other Schools ioo TOTALS 792 208 1881 2189 I — Lower Bracket — School Enrollment Pro-Rata Enrollment Total —' 10% 90% Adams Central ...... 200 52 733 785 Decatur Catholic ill • 52 407 459 Geneva . 142 52 521 573 Hartford 60 52 » 220 272 Other Schools / 100 TOTALS ....... _513 208 1881 2189

South Bend's Bears Favored Al Fort Wayne (Third of four stories on probable team alignments in Indiana's high school basketball tourney.) By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (UP) — It’s I South Bend Central against the neta trr tne Fort Wayne enstnet of the Indiana high school basketball tourney. —- The Bears are as highly-favored in the northeast as Terre Haute Gerstmeyer in the south. But they, too, are no cinch to gain the fourteam state finals at Butler Fieldhouse March 23. The South Benders, who hope to wind up with a perfect regular season, bump into crosstown rival Adams in their sectional opener next week. Adams won its last seven games, including a 40-38 upset over touted Elkhart. Should Central succeed, the Elkhart regional winner could make it mighty uncomfortable. Others To Watch Others to watch include Hartford City, either Marion or Mississinewa,- Fort Wayne South and Central. Wabash, Kokomo and little Windfall and Etna Green. Elkhart hopes Ted Luckenbill, a member df the Blazers’ 1956 statefinalists, will be ready to go by next week. He’s been down with the mumps since last week. Without him, Elkhart’s chances to get out of the sectional are slim. Nappanee, probably Elkhart’s No. 1 foe. has a nifty 17-2 record, including nine straight victories. Hartford City, throughout the season one of the stale’s top quintets, should have a breeze in its sectional before advancing to Marion, where the host Giants or Mississinewa will be top “Sweet 16” contenders. If all goes well, the two Grant County powers will collide in the Marion sectional title game. Etna Green Looms Fort Wayne “South, the United Press state title choice, has its hands full, too. The Archers defeated city foe Central twice dur- , ing the season by a total of just I nine points. They may tangle a third time in the sectional semifinals. The Summit City sectional : champ should be safe in the regional—until the semi-state. The Kokomo regional district is a toss-up. The host Wildcats, Wabash, unbeaten Windfall, and Sheridan could all crash through. Wabash has its own sectional. ' Sheridan and Windfall are the ■ tough sectional hopefuls at Nobles- 1 ville. Etna Green must convince 14 other entries at Syracuse before I winning a sectional title for the . first time. The Kosciusko County boys have won 19 without a miss since dropping their season opener. Mentone, built around ♦he high-scoring Tom Hoover, loomed as ■ another sectional threat. From . Syracuse, the tourney trail leads I to Elkhart. s— ( nsllHHllilHnVßi WAHTADS ■ LiT Leaguer --, 1 ; TSfr; 1 I ■***■ I ( > 1 \ 1 1 T " ' " 1

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Ticket Sale Friday For Jackets Fans For Tournament * Hugh J. Andrews, principal of the Decatur high school, announced today that tickets for the Wednesday night session of the sectional tourney, in which the Yellow Jackets play Monmouth, will be placed on sale at the high school office Friday. Holders of season tickets for the Jacket games may obtain sectional tickets Friday during school hours, and also Friday night, beginning at 7 o’clock. The tickets are priced at 50 cents. Decatur received a total at 838 tickets for Wednesday night. Pleasant Mills Is Tourney Champion Pleasant Mills won the tourney championship of the Decatur independent basketball league Wednesday night, defeating Willshire, 7257, at the Lincoln school gym. Pleasant Mills went through the double elimination tourney without a defeat, while last night’s setback was the second loss for Willshire. Pleasant Mills led by good margins at all three periods, 20-12, 4023. and 39-32. Painter topped the winners with 17 poirtts, while D. Marbaugh and Hileman each counted 13 for Willshire. No date has yet been set for the playoff game between Pleasant Mills and Stop Back, These teams tied for the regular season schedule championship, and will play one«game to determine the champion. The First State Bank and the Decatur Daily Democrat are presenting trophies to the league again this year, one 'to the regular league champion, the other to Pleasant Mills for the tourney title. The j team sportsmanshio trophy . awarded by Weber Baths of this j city, has previously been presented , to the Bern? team. Pleasant Mills 1 FG FT TP ] L. Wolfe - 0 2 2 < Ballard- — 4 '5 13] D. Wolfe — 2 1 f j Strayer 0 11 < Bleke 4 19 Ripley 4 0 8 Tim Price 5 1 11 j Painter ... 3 17 i Jerry Price 3 0 «'■ ■■ 1 TOTALS -29 14 72 i Willshire FG FT TP I D. Marbaugh 4 5 13 H. Bollenbacher 6 0 12 1 Hileman ....... 6 1 13 * Baker -1 5 7' T. Marbaugh .... 11 3 < L. Marbaugh 1 2 4 ' J. Bollenbacher 2 1 5 ’ - TOTALS ---- -- 21 15 57 1 - LUIL.L-.FAf-'.'m-" e Beloit ds Entered ! In NCAA Tourney 1 BELOIT. Wis. IIP) — Beloit < College’s basketball team, with a < 13-5 record, has been named as an t “at large” entry for the NCAA's f small college post-season tourna- t ment. Beloit will compete against seven other teams in a midwest c district playoff and. the winners of e the spur district playoffs will com- < pete for the title at Evansville, I jnd., March 14-16. t < College Basketball ° Notre Dame 99. Detroit 88. Indiana State 67, Butler 55. Evansville 95, Kentucky Wesleyan 91 i double overtime). Franklin 72, Wabash 70. Toledo 84, Western Michigan 66. Xavier (O.) 68, Dayton 65. Canisius 67. Syracuse 65. Villanova 70, Washington & Lee 69 (overtime). Louisville 97, Murray State 82. Morehead State 87. Western Kentucky 81. .< Wake Forest 102, Eastern Kentucky 76. Pm basketball Minneapolis 111, Rochester 103.

Dodgers Open Training Camp Al Vero Beach By UNITED PRESS Catcher Roy Campanella wHll be the center of attraction today when Manager Walt Alston formally opens the National League champion' Brooklyn Dodgers’ Vero Beach, Fla., training camp. “If Campanella’s sound again, he’ll solve a lot of our problems,” conceded Alston, who lists the veteran catcher and Navy-returnee Johnny Podres as the Dodgers’ two "big ifs” of 1957. Campanella, bothered by bad hands, hit only .219 last season but has been insisting all winter that he's sound again. Only pitchers and catchers are actually due for today’s workout but, Alston was pleased to learn that veteran outfielder Carl Furillo and rookie first-baseman Jim Gentile also will be present. Gentile is the powerful farmhand who led the Dodgers in hitting on their post-world series tour of Japan. At Tucson, Ariz., meanwhile, General Manager Hank Greenberg of the Cleveland Indians revealed that pitcher Bob Lemon has agreed to terms. Lemon, a 20-game winner for the seventh time in his career last year, is believed to have settled for about $45,000. The Indians still have 12 Diavers unsigned. The Philadelphia Phillies announced that former infielder Gran Hamner, who is trying his arm at pitching this year, has signed. Hamner was forced to the toe plate because es an injury to his left shoulder which hobbled his play at both shortstop and second base. The Phillies are hopeful that a knuckler and good control can make him a surprise winner or. the mound. On other fronts: Outfielder Hank Bauer and third baseman Andy Carey signed with the world champion New York' Yankees, who now have 29 players under contract. Bauer hit only but drove in 84 runs and walloped 26 homers last season. Carey, a ,237-hitter in 1956, wiD have to fight to retain his job this year. The New York Giants-reported “all signed” when rookie pitcher Curtis Barclay, 15-11 at Minneapolis last season, came to terms. The Giants are the first of the three New York teams to sign up their full roster. The Pittsburgh Pirates reported the signing of righthander Bob Garber, who compiled an 11-t mark at Hollywood of the Pacific Coast League last season. Catcher Jack Shepard and outfielder Lee Walls remained as the only Bucs who have not yet inked contracts. Big Fighl Gale For Basilio And Saxton CLEVELAND, (UP) - Friday night's gate for the Carmen Ba-silio-Jphnny Saxton welterweight title match" will range between SIIO,OOO and $150,000, the biggest fight gate here in 26 years. ’ “It will be the biggest since Max Schmeling defended his heavyweight title against Young Stribling here in 1931,” Promoter Larry Atkins predicted. “Schmeling and Stribling, fighting outdoors, drew 37,390 fans and $349,415?’ Champion Basilio and ex-champ Saxjon of Ntew York are tangling indoors for the third time. The crowd will range between 11,000 and a capacity 12,700 at the Cleveland Arena, the promoter said. Ticket prices range from $5 to S2O. Atkins has been pleasantly surprised by the heavy sale for this scheduled 15-round,' nationally televised and broadcast bout. It was originally slated for Jan. 18, but was postponed five weeks because the champion suffered a bruised right hand in training. A postponement usually cuts down the gate. Cleveland had several previous TV-radio bouts, but this is the first time it ever had a local blackout. Despite it, the TV-radio money is $60,000. Basilio of Chittenango, N.Y., is favored at 13-5 to register, his second victory over streamlined Saxton in their series of three title fights, despite the fact he has been training with a tender hand. Saxton recaptured the 147-pound crown from Carmen in their first engagement on a questionable decision, at Chicago, last March 14. But Bisilio won it back from John- j ny on a ninth-round TKO at Syracuse, N.Y., last Sept. 12. '

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