Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 154, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1957 — Page 6

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Kentuckians Sweep Basketball Series INDIANAPOLIS <UP) — Kcn-i Wcky'S high school basketball i “AH-Stars” ended years of frustration against Indiana today with an unprecedented two-game sweep of the mid-summer series against the Hoosiers. What was considered the finest j Blue Grass quintet in 18 years of this colorful charity classic triumphed over Indiana in a down-to-the-wire thriller here Saturday night, 77-76, with its 91-71 lacing of the locals at Louisvil]e the week before. • That still left Indiana with a 15-4 margin in the overall series dating back to 1940, but Kentucky left little doubt it was the better club; this year. Nevertheless, the. fighting Hoosiers. sparked by the superb Albert Maxey of Indianapolis At- i tucks, acclaimed the "Star of 1 —

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j Stars,” and little Bobby Orrill of > Madison gave Kentucky a fight to . the finish. With less than four minutes to ■ go, they were all even at 70-70. Then sub John Doninger broke the I deadlock for the 14th and final time. Billy Ray Lickcrt hit a freci throw and Charley Osborne added a tip-in. Twice more the beefy Osborne deposited tip-ins—and that was just enough to. stave off the inspired Hodsiers. The southerners tossed a torrid , fast break, sparkling passing and i expert rebounding at Indiana. And when Bobby Jones, their top re-1 bounder, fouled out with 8:25 to] go. Kentucky mustered the know-! how to fill the gap. — | Maxey topped the scoring with i 24 points, including 11 baskets. Jump-shooting Bob Carpenter led I Kentucky with 20, and Lickert,: closely guarded all night, pitched) ■ in 18. John Coalmon of South Bend • Central and Orrill were next for] J the Hoosiers with 13 and 12 points, ] | respectively.., _ Neither team was ahead by ; more than six points throughout I

; the game. It was primarily Kentucky in the first 20 minutes, but the Hoosiers found themselves after trailing 34-31 at the intermission- Herbie Lee of South Bend jCentral suddenly found*the basket: and he and Orrill swished in eight consecutive points for a 39-34 lead. That's as far as Indiana got. Kentucky battled right back and from then on •it was a seesaw sttuggle yntil the final seconds. * It was also a tremendous victory for colorful Ralph Carlisle,' who took over the coaching reins for Kentucky from the veteran Ed | Diddle for the first time this year, INDIANA MOPPING | (Continued from O»e> • were.expected Tuesday as warmer and more humid weather arrives The five-day outlook called for I temperatures to average 3 to 5 I degrees above normal highs of 83 to 90 and normal lows of 62 to 69. A cooloff was expected Thursday or Friday. If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad, -ft brings results.

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National All-Stars ] Have Hitting Edge NEW YORK (VP) — The Na-J tional league Art-Stars, who have I clobbered their American League j rivals six times in the lust seven years, once again will carry "a, big stick” into next Tuesday’s mid-season classic at St. Louts. The aggregate batting average of the eighC*NL starters was .308 following week-end games, while the men who will play at least. the first three innings for the AL arc hitting at a 293 clip. In addition, the National League squad is leading their rivals in total hits '663-550*.. home runs (9180 > and runs-batled-in (334-269'. Here are the individual batting averages of tha All - Star Game j starters, exclusive of the pitchers who will be selected by managers ] Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Walt Alston- of the Dodgers week: : ~x •> ~ feSi 1

, National League: Catcher Ed Bailey, Redlegs, .295; first base- ; man Stan Musial, Cardinals, 349: second baseman Johnny Temple. ; Redlegs, .285; shortstop Roy McMillan, Redlegs, .243; third base- ■ man Don Houk, Redlegs. .285: I left fielder Frank Robinson, Redjlegs, .327; center fielder Willie I Mays, Giants. .322; right fielder |Hank Aaron, Braves. .333. American League: Catcher Yogi 'Berra. Yankees, .226; first base!man Vic Wertz, Indiana,, .305; I second baseman Nellie Fox, White I Sox, .325: shorts to p Harvey iKuenn, Tigers. .256; third baseman George Kell, Orioles, 282; 'left fielder - Ted William's, Red Sox, .362; center fielder Mickey Mantle. Yankees, .385: right fielder Al Kaline, Tigers. .283. Musial, Mays and Aaron were named to the NL starting team by Commissioner Ford Frick after Cincinnati fans “elected” seven i members of the Redlegs with a late-hour deluge of votes. Center fielder Gus Bell and ' right fielder Wally Post were the ; starting lineup absentees, -even

thoug(i they were top vote-getters for their respective positions. Musial wajjnamed by Frick because it was originally believed that Redleg George Crowe had won the fans’ votes for the first base position. Robinson wound up as the top vote-getter in the balloting with 745,689 ballots, followed by Bailey with 737.851. In the American League, Williams out-polled Mantle, 255,969 to 253,010. Berserk Man Kills Wife And Himself Brother-In-Law And Daughter Wounded CHICAGO (UP) — A berserk father killed his wife and wounded his baby daughter while driving along a crowded expressway, then critically wounded his brother-in-law and killed himself. Police said Travers Franklin, 25. began- his shooting spree Sunday after dumping his estranged wife, Eleanor, 21, and his daughter. Lottie Mae, < 7 mpnths, from his car on the busy Congress Street Expressway. Franklin shot his wife twice and wounded his baby daughter in the head Authorities said the child was in fair condition at County Hospital. The young tannery worker then drove to the home of his wife's sister, Mrs. Jerry Williams. 24. Mrs. "Williams' husband, Otha, 29, opened the door and Franklin shot him in the face. When Franklin aimed the gun at Mrs. Williams, she jumped from a second story window and landed on the roof of a shed. She was treated at Illinois Research Hospital. Williams was in critical condition at County Hospital. Franklin then drove home and fired a fatal Jjullet into his head as police closed in on his apartment. £ Police said Mrs. Franklin had been living with her mother, but had consented to take a Sunday afternoon ride with her husbandTwo Brothers Held After Crime Spree Two Are Arrested After Gun Battle SEYMOUR 'UP) — Authorities arrested two brothers Sunday in connection with the robbery of a Seymour tavern, a hit-run accident and a running gun battle with two policemen. They were identified as Frederick B. Nicholas, 22, ex-convict from Indianapolis, and Frank D. Nicholas, 24, Edinburg. The two were held in Jackson County jail at Brownstown on charges of armed robbery, auto banditry, assault with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest. The brothers were accused of robbing the Chatterbox Tavern of more than S2OO. The pair then got involved in a running gun battle with two Seymour policemen who saw a hit-run accident involving a car belonging to the brothers’ mother. Patrolmen Donald F. Scott and Calvin W. Thiele said they were unaware of the tavern robbery when they chased the car. Several shots were exchanged. Then the car crashed into, a tree The brothers ran from the wrecked auto and one was wounded in the elbow as the two officers fired shots at them. Frank Nicholas had a bullet' wound in his elbow when arrested by Columbus police at a roadblock. Frank was riding in a taxi he had hired at Seymour. Frederick was picked up at his home here. Theole said Frank confessed the robbery but Frederick Hl * f I I ||| ’ ""”'6 Ska Wf " V ~ '■ « F ■ T XOI "I WANT him in the house of correction for 30 days,” was the statement of a Chicago judge, which resulted in landlord Ira J. Clements reposing in this room with “striped walls.” Clements was fined $107,600 and bond was set at $200,000. The fine and Jailing were imposed for health, electrical and other building code violations on a six-story; 240suite apartment building. At $2 per day, it would take Clements 147 years to pay off his fine, but under the law he could be jailed for only six months. (international J

jM . ■bSdMLii « » * «It a » I THE ADAMS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL is pictured here from the front Saturday before work began today on the new front entrance. The new front addition will include more office space and a waiting room. During the period of construction, visitors and employes of the hospital will use an entrance on the south side, reached by a newly constructed pathway which is lighted with floodlights for the convenience of the hospital patrons.—(Staff Photo)

X' l ■ i refused to talk. Police found more than S2OO on Frederick, including 8$ SI bills. Recommend Probe Os Radio-TV Monopoly Allege Monopolistic Practices By Three WASHINGTON (UP)—A Senate Commerce Committee report has recommended a sweeping congressional investigation into alleged monopolistic practices by the three major radio-television networks- _..d The report charged the television executives of the three networks — NBC, CBS, ABC — “in effect determine what the entire nation watches” on television. A House antitrust subcommittee June 9 also called for a broad government investigation of the radio - TV industry for practices which it said threatened the public's right to monopoly - free airwaves. The Senate committee issued a staff report Sunday night calling for examination and "possible revision" of contract relations between the TV networks and their advertisers and affiliated stations. The report also said Congress ■■should consider seriously the problem of multiple ownership of television stations by networks

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and the concentration of key city outlets in the hands of these same networks.” In. New York, spokesmen for NBC and ABC said they would make no comment on the report until they had had further time to study it. CBS said it "welcomes” the recommendation for further study of the issues and will continue to cooperate with the committee “in an effort to arrive at what is best in the public interest.” Annual Stag Picnic Is Held By Legion More than 250 attended the annual stag picnic of the Legion, held at the Legion home Sunday, Wendell Macklin, chairman of the picnic committee, said today. The 1958 membership drive was started, and many memberships were reported sold. Fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, and noodles were featured in the annual dinner. 10 PERSONS KILLED (CoatlanM from Page Oae) semi-trailer two miles north of Peru. Her mother, Mrs. Jackie Brown, 14, died Saturday from injuries sustained in the accident. Five other persons were injured. Trade la a good town — Deeatur