Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1957 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets, Berne Win Opening Games Os Sectional Tournament

Opening games in the Adams Central sectional tourney Wednesday night moved along Recording to form as the Decatur YellowJackets and the Berne Bears eliminated the Monmouth Eagles and the PleasaqJ Mills Spartans. The Yellow Jackets, after some early trouble from a possession game tossed at them by the Eagles, knocked the four-time defending sectional champions out of th# running with a 47-28 triumph. The Bears, who got off to a miserable start, trailing the Spartans by 11-6 midWay through the first quarter, bounced back to defeat Pleasant Mills, QJ-58, although the Spartans sMged a courageous rally in the closing minutes to make the final sedte close. Two games tonight will complete the first round of play. In the opener at 7 o'clock this evening. .the Geneva Cardinals will tangle with the host Adams Central Greyhounds, and in the nightcap, the Decatur. Commodores will battle the Hartford Gorillas, losers of only one game all season long. There will be no games played Friday, with the day devoted to sale of tickets to fans of the four schools still in the running. By their victories last night, the Yellow Jackets and Bears will clash in the first semi-final at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, followed by the victors in tonight's games. The championship game will start at 8:15 o'clock Saturday night. Champs Eliminated The Adams Central sectional was assured of a new champion in Wednesday's opener, as the Decatur Yellow Jackets ousted the Monmouth Eagles, who had won the title for the past four years. The Eagles, winners of only three games during the season* apparently feeling their only chance of upsetting the highly favored Jackets was to play a control game in hopes of throwing the Jackets off stride, made their possession game work pretty well throughout the first half. A field goal by Bob Hildebrand and a pair of free throws by Don Mentor gave Monmouth a 4-0 lead ~ after 1:30 had been played, but field goals by Gene Baxter and Bob Banks knotted the score at 44 with 4:56 to play. J>till playing it cautiously, the * wntaf moved into a 10-7 lead, wh|ch Larry Moses cut to one at " the end of the period on a pair of ‘foul tosses Moses hit one of two foul to even the score at 10-10 after 50 seconds of the second period, but Menter *s two-pointer two minutes later sent Monmouth back into the lead. Baxter hit with 4:40 to go to tie the score, and Moses hit from the field 40 seconds later tor Decatur's first lead of the game. Baxter hit twice more on hi* pet one-handed jumper to counteract two-pointers by Menter and Hildebrand, and Decatur took an 18-16 advantage to the dressing

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JACKETS TICKETS Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur high school principal, announced today that tickets, priced at sl, for the semi-final and final sessions Saturday of the sectional tourney, will be on sale at the high school office Friday. Only regular season ticket holders will be able to obtain tickets, and these must be obtained by 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, as tickets unsold then must be returned to Adams Central. The exact number of tickets available here will inrtil after tonight’s games are completed. room at the half. The Jackets had Monmouth's game pretty well solved in the third period, and, while limiting the Eagles to only five points, added 15 for a sizeable 33-21 lead at the end of the quarter. Decatur continued to roll in the final period, pulling steadily away to win by the final 19-point margin. Baxter was the top scorer with 15 points, while Kirkpatrick had 13, including seven for seven from the foul line. Hildebrand’s 11 led the Eagles. Ten personals were called on each team, with the Jackets converting 15 of 19 chances and the Eagles eight of 16. Bean Triumph Pleasant Mills started the nightcap as though bent on giving the pre-tourney dope bucket a mighty kick. The Spartans tickled the meShes for 11 points before Fred Whitehurst finally broke the ice for the county champion Berne Bears with 4:40 to go in the first period. The Spartans, however, held on to an eight-point margin, 18-10, at the end of the quarter, with Jerry Williamson and John Frey each contributing seven points. The Spartans* suffered a tough blow in the second quarter, when Dick McCullough, who had tallied tour points in the first period, susj tained a severe ankle injury and r was unable to return to action the rest of the game. The Spartans ’ sorely missed their big center, particularly on retxtonding. The Bears, recovering from their early jitters, quickly tore down the 1 Pleasant Mills lead, and Carl I Liechty put Berne in front for the first time at 22-21 after five min- ’ utes of the second period had elap- ' sed. The teams traded points until Fred Whitehurst hit in the closing ' seconds to send the Bears to the locker room with a 30-29 margin. The rival quintets were tied four

times during the third period before Berne pulled away to a 49-43 advantage, which Williamson cut to four points just before the end of the quarter. The Bears upped their bulge to 11 points at 57-46, but the Spartans kept pounding back to lose by only three points. Williamson topped all the scorers with 25 points, while Pete Schug, tough Berne veteran, led his mates with 22. Frey added 19 points for the Spartans, while Whitehurst tallied 17 and Liechty 14 for Berne. Only seven fouls were assessed Pleasant Mills, with 15 whistled against the Bears. Berne made seven pf 11 free throw chances, and Pleasant Mills 14 of 23. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Kelly a 2 2-2 6 Moses 2 5-6 9 Kirkpatrick 3 7-7 13 Banks ... 10-0 2 i Baxter 7 1-4 15 Schrock 0 0-0 0 Shraluka 0 0-0 0 Dorwin . 0 0-0 0 Reinking 10-0 2 Hutker 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 16 15-19 47 Monmouth FG FT TP Hildebrand 4 3-4 11 Menter 3 3-5 9 Brandt • 0 1-3 1 Myers ... 3 0-2 6 Boerger 0 0-0 0 McDougall 0 1-2 1 Blakey 0 0-0 0 Bulmahn 0 0-0 0 Bittner 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 10 8-16 28 Score by quarters: Decatur 9 18 33 47 Monmouth ... 10 16 21 28 Officials: Hilligoss, Tiernan. Berne FG FT TP Whitehurst 8 1-2 17 Lehman 0 0-2 0 Dille 2 4-5 8 Liechty - 6 2-2 14 Schug ...11 0-0 22 Stahly ... —fIL. 0-0 J) Beaty :. 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 27 ”7-11 61 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP I Wable 1 0-0 2 , Frey 9 1-2 19 . McCullough ... 1 2-2 4 Myers 1 4-8 6 Williamson 9 7-11 25 . Johnson .....r 0 0-0 “0 , Irwin 10-02 TOTALS 22 14-23 58 Score by quarters: Berne 10 30 49 61 Pleasant Mills .. 18 29 45 58 Officials: Tiernan, Hilligoss. Rory Calhoun Wins On Split Decision DENVER Wi — Charley Cotton’s handler said today that Rory Calhoun's split decision win in their 10-round bout Wednesday night was the second "bad deci* sion” in as many fights between them. The fifth-ranked Calhoun, the? "Rocky Marciano” of middleweights, needed all his advantage in youth and strength over Cotton to gain his second split decision over the 26-year Toledo, Ohio, fighter before 2.500 at Denver's Auditorium Arena. Adolph Rupp Named Net Coach Os Year ATLANTA <UP> — Adolph Rupp, the University of Kentucky basketball coach, has been named coach of the year in the Southeastern Conference by the Atlanta Journal. The newspaper named Rupp for winning thd SEC crown with a team he described as his “weakest in years.” Friday Night Bouts To Continue On TV NEW YORK HP - Friday night boxinb bout promoted by the International Boxing Club will continue to be nationally-televised and broadcast for two years under a new $10,400,000 contract announced Wednesday. Lil' Leaguer Z I *

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Top Favorites To See First Action Today INDIANAPOLIS (UP>— South Bend Central and Terre Haute Gerstmeyer haul out their heavy artillery today in the second round of Indiana high school basketball sectional tourney warfare—but regardless of what happens, Wednesday night's spine-tingling thrillers won’t be eclipsed. The South Bend er s. No. 1 throughout the season in the United Press coaches poll, risked their 20-game unbeaten string in an afternoon clash with city foe Adams. Gerstmeyer, No. 2 and beaten only once, opens tourney warfare against neighboring West Terre Haute at night. Openers also involve stich state powers as Gary Roosevelt, Indianapolis Tech, Michigan City, Hartford City, and Fort Wayne South. Anderson’s Indians, three - time state titlists and With 28 sectional trophies stashed away,' were among the 153 quintets from the original field of 739 to be sidetracked in initial firing. Another 156 will show the white flag today. Elwood, Noll Shine Under-rated Elwood and Hammond Noll became two clubs to watch. Elwood, trying since 1917 for its first sectional title, may finally make it this year. The Panthers led Anderson all the way, 67-53, behind Dick Mitchell’s 30 points. Lucius Teague, who hit 24 as 'Anderson conquered Alexandria in the afternoon, 6041, made only 15 against the Panthers. Nell, unbeaten last year but licked tn its first tourney start, gained Saturday's East Chicago sectional semi-finals by disposing of host Washington, 87-79, and dumping city foe Clark at night, 69-41. It was a bitter pill for Washington, hosting its first tourney in a spanking - new goalhouse—after forfeiting eight reg-ular-season victories for using an ineligible player. In featured night games, Gary Roosevelt tangles with East Gary, Indianapolis Tech takes on hungry crosstpwn rival Broad Ripple. Evansville Lincoln clashes with Mount Vernon—the only club to beat the Lions during the season; Hartford City goes against Dunkirk, Michigan City against LaCrosse, defending state champion Indianapolis AttuCks against Scecina of the Capital City, and South Side against Fort Wayne North. —‘ - \ — • Three Unbeatens Win Muncie Central was the only member of the U.P. “Big 10” to see action Wednesday night. The Bearcats rolled over Albany, 7742. Terre Haute Garfield, ranked 14th, toyed with Fontanet, 84-54, as big Terry Dischinger served

notice he is ready for Gerstmeyer by depositing 26 points. Dischinger and Bobby K®hrt, who played, only shortly, both suffered ankle injuries last week. The three small unbeatens also kept pace. Lewisville became a 22-game ‘Winner,-* rothping over Mount Summit at New Castle 64-37. Windfall and Otterbein each made it 21 in a row, besting Prairie Twp., at Noblesville, 6126, and Boswell at Fowler, 55-42, respectively. From last-second victories to stall games—Wednesday night's session had them all. Logansport trailed once - beaten Royal Center by 18 points at one stage only to nip the Cass County champs, 60-59, on Larry Cart’s fling with two seconds left. Chet Johnson let go with a higharching shot from thfe sidelines — something like 50 feet away—and it gave Indianapolis Wood a throbbing 66-64 win over neighboring Cathedral. The gun went off with the ball in the air, and it was a bulls eye all the way. Nearly 15,000 Butler Fieldhouse fans went half-wild in another sizzler — Lawrence Central tossing in 23 straight points to whip Indianapolis Sacred Heart, 59-53. Seven Champs Out Winslow, for years a downstate power, trailed host Huntingburg at the half, 39-22 but came up with 48 points in the final 16 minifies for an easy 70-53 triumph. Dale, another small-town . southern power, ripped Cannelton at Tell City, 70-37. Six defending sectional champs besides Anderson bowed out. Monmouth was beaten by Decatur, 47-28; Clear Creek lost to Huntington, 75-60; New Ross was a 54-52 loser to Darlington at Crawfordsville ; Eeastern, giant-killer of Kokomo last year, was bumped by Camden, 67-54; Covington lost to Attica, 51-49, and Morocco to DeMotte at Rensselaer, 70-60. New Ross also was the first regional champ eliminated. Etna Green and Union Twp. (LaPorte Co.), both beaten but once, also survived. Etna Green rolled to its 21st straight win at the expense of Leesburg, 43-38, at Syracuse. Union was forced into overtime to outlast Wanatah at Michigan City, 70-69. <■ Also upstate, West NIHSC champ Gary Froebel opened with a 6145 win over Emerson of the Steel City. '! Monterey won the tourney’s

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first double-overtime game, beating Francesville at Knox, 79-77. At Rockville, Tangier won from Cayuga, 35-34, when Bill Bush sank twofreethrows after the final horn sounded. He was fouled by Tom Boyd as the game ended. The held-ball act misfired for Georgetown against Marengo at New Albany. After a scoreless first period, Georgetown went ahead, 9-6, and 15-16 at the other stops. But Marengo blew the game open in the final stanza and won, 33-26. Sectional Scores At Adams Central Decatur 47, Monmouth 28. Berne 61, Pleasant Mills 58. At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Concordia 63, Huntertown 39. Fort Wayne Central 77, Leo 58. Harlan 63, Monroeville 53. • At Churubusco Auburn 56, Orland 53. Churubusco 82, Flint 27. Fremont 52, Riverdale 32. Butler 83, Hamilton 48. At Auburn Angola 75, Salem Center 46. Ashley 45. Waterloo 35. Garrett 57, Pleasant Lake 43. At Kendallville Avilla 87, Lima 70. Brighton 63, Howe Military 56, Wolcottville 56, Wolf Lake 53. At Hartford City Montpelier 62, Pennville 60. Redkey 82, Poling 58. Portland 83, Madison Twp. 81 (overtime). At Huntington Roanoke 61, Bippus 27. Huntington 75, Clear Creek 60. Union Twp. 64, Andrews 54. College Basketball Dayton 90, Toledo 47. Xavier (O.) 77, Western Kentucky State 71. Kent State 79, Akron 67. Beloit 77, Washington (St. Louis) 61. LaSalle 84, Fordham 66. Columbia 80, Cornell 62. Niagara 79, Syracuse 74. Maryland 62, Georgetown 59. Louisville 97, DePaul 76. Pro Basketball Syracuse 108, St. Louis 93. Rochester 90. Jtort Wayne 76. Trade in a good town — Decatur

Sectional Meet Notes

Adams county basketball fans packed the Ad ams CentraL gym Wednesday night to witness the annual revival of Hoosier Hysteria. • * * * A new sectional champion is sure to be named this year since the defending champion Monmouth Eagles, who took four straight titles, went down in the opening game of the opening session. * * * * Here are sftffie tourney firsts—first tip to Decatur, first shot missed, Gene Baxter, Decatur, first field goal by Bob Hildebrand of Monmouth, first call for traveling against Monmouth, first foul called against Larry Moses of Decatur, first free throw made by Don Menter, Monmouth, first free throw missed, Baxter, first substitution. Ron Bittner. Monmouth. , * ♦ ♦' * The three Yellow Jacket cheerleaders may not be the prettiest of the participating schools but they certainly go through the most entertaining ‘‘shenanigans” to draw out the organized boosting efforts of Decatur’s cheering bloc. * * • * That cheering bloc by the way is marked by its size (it’s naturally the largest), by its noise (which nearly blasts other spectators out of the gym) and by the gold derbies sported by all of the student fans. * * * ♦ Regardless of size, though, the Monmouth group probably put out more enthusiasm per capita than any other section in last night’s session. Though they went into the tourney’ with only a slim chance of victory, they brought along a never-say-die spirit and their team, playing a control game, gave them much to cheer about. * * • High school bands are absent from the tourney setting. The StarSpangled Banner, the only thing capable of quieting the noisy crowd, was played by record. * * * • The Berne fans came equipped with small, individual megaphones. They had no difficulty making themselves heard, even without the megaphones. * * * * Dropping temperatures Wednesday afternoon caused partial freezing of the ground around the gym and saved many feet from unwanted mud baths. However, the ground was not frozen hard enough to offer extra parking space near the gym. • * * * Oh the job Offering protection and assistance to every tourney fan again are Red Cross and traffic direction crews. Assisting with direction of traffic are members of ' the sheriff’s department, city police, state police and others. • • • * Sympathies to the Pleasant Mills Spartans who lost their center, Dick McCullough, on an injury in the second quarter of their touch-and-go battle against the Berne Bears. The Spartans came close to upsetting the favored Bears. * * * * McCullough suffered u(hat is probably a bad sprain and was unable to report to schodl today. He will take X-rays this afternoon to determine the extent of the injury. He probably suffered even more during the second half of the Berne-Pleasant Mills game while he sat and watched his teammates come so close without tasting'victory. * * * • A lot of fans missed the most exciting moments of the night. With Berne holding as high as an 11point lead at the opening of the fourth quarter, many fans left the gym. It was in the last four minutes that Pleasant Mills poured on a rally which brought them to within three points of their opponents. — * * * * More booing of referees’ decisions was apparent at last night’s session than has been in recent tourney sessions. The fans seem to let off once in a while. * * * * Interest in the tourney is evident from the number of calls into the telephone service provided by Citi sens Telephone Co. and the Decatur Daily Democrat. Between * p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thurs day the telephone had recorded 1,3a) calls. Most of these came during the games, when the scores were recorded by quarters. * * * * Not one player went out of a game last night on fouls, something rare in tourney play when the boys are under pressure. It argues well for the general good sportsmanship which prevails at Adams county sporting events. .* * * * During two periods of the De-catur-Monmouth clash some hfth-

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ly accurate shooting was turned in. Monmouth in the first quarter and the Jackets in the third quarter marked up four field goals on seven attempts. • * ♦ ♦ The total shooting percentages for that game showed the Jackets hitting 16 of their 41 attempt? and Monmouth making 10 of their 31 shots from the field. In the BernePleasant Mills clash, the Spartans tried 55 shots to get 22 field goals and the Bears scored 27 two-point-ers on 54 attempts. Yankees, Dodgers Open Spring Camps By UNITED PRESS Those familiar autumn rivals—the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers — officially launched their spring training today with World Series heroes Don Larsen and Sandy Amoros listed as holdouts. Larsen, who pitched the first nohitter in series history against the Dodgers last year, was the only unsigned player in the Yankee camp at St. Petersburg, Fla., as the world champions unlimbered their muscles for the start of the new campaign. » At Vero Beach, Fla., on Florida's east coast, the Dodgers started full-scale drills without Amoros, their fun-loving, cigar-sm ok 1 n g outfielder who still is remembered for his "l-million dollar” catch that earned Brooklyn its 1955 World Series victory over the YanThe Baltimore Orioles, meanwhile, were getting nowhere in their efforts to sign outfielder Bob Nieman, who’finished among the American League’s top hitters last year with a .320 average. He is asking a $6,000 increase to $26,000. The Boston Red Sox had -five holdouts in their ranks — infielders Ted Lepcio and Billy Klaus, outfielder Jim Piersail and Gene Stephens, and catcher Sam White —while the Milwaukee Braves awaited the signatures of outfielders Bill Bruton and Wes Covington, first baseman Frank Torre and pitcher Ernie Johnson. Pitcher Art Houtteman. who had requested that he be sold or traded during the winter, reluctantly accepted a pay cut from the 1 Cleveland Indians. The Tribe now [ has five holdouts, including veteran shortstop Carrasquel. Outfielder Roy Sievers and catcher Clint Courtney were re--1 garded as holdouts by the Wash- ’ ington Senators who Wednesday ’ announched the signing of third 1 baseman Eddie Yost and souths paw Chuck Stobbs, while outfield- ■ er Richie Ashburn was the last member of the Philadelphia Phillies to sign. Bowling Scores Minor League W L Pts Kimple’s Cigar Store —l4 4 20 Decatur Auto Parts —l2 6 17 Clem's Hardware -— 12 615 . August Cafeteria .... 10 8 14 ' Krick-Tyndall —lO 8 13 , Bob’s Marathon ...— 9 9 11 . Moose — 7 11 10 Western Auto 6 12 8 Smith Pure Milk 7 11 8 ; Victory Bar 3 15 4 High games: H. August. 203; D. • Burke, 211; F. Harless, 202. American Legion League Gallmeyers won two from Mack-lins,-First State Bank won two from Mies Recreation, Tankers 1 won two from Ashbachers, and ’ Burke Standard won two from ' Burke Insurance. 200 scores: Koos 213, W. Frauhiger 200, Keller 201, H. Strickler 215-213, Stevens 210, A. Murphy ' 210, Hoffman 200, J. Meyer 216, R. Hess. 223, Kline 212. 600 series: H. Strickler 603 (215-213-175). W L Pts Burke Insurance .14 7 19 Mies Recreation .— 12 9 17 Gallmeyers —— 11 10 15 Tankers -—- 11 10 14 Burke Standard 10 11 14 First State Banklo 11 13 Ashbauchers 8 13 10 Macklins ... 8 13 10 G. E. ALLEYS G. E. Factory League W L Rotors 13 8 Flanges — — 11 Me 94 Office No. 1 —ll4 94 Stators 104 104 Shafts — 94 H 4 Office No. 2 7 14 600 series. Laurent 633 (160-256- ’ 217). i G. E. Women’s League W L Team No. 4 15 6 Team N0."2 .—..... 12 9 Team No. I—.—. 8 13 Team No. 3 7 14 High scores: G. Reynolds 170.