Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 232, Decatur, Adams County, 2 October 1957 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER t 1957

Flu-Plagued Jackets Beaten By Concordia Cadets By 12-0 Score

Decatur's flu-flattened Yellow Jackets refused to roll over and die for a supposedly strong Concordia Cadet team at Worthman field Tuesday night, and made the Fort Wayne team battle all the way before losing, 12-0. The Cadets managed two second-per-iod touchdowns against a makeshift Jacket lineup that had five regulars out and six of the second eleven in bed with various forms of-colds and flu. Jack Macklin, Pat Franklin, Ted Hutker, Ty Ballard didn't get to dress for the game, while Larry Moses, the team's leading ground gainer, played only about a quarter of the contest. The lineup that did start for the Jackets was strange to the fans. Regular fullback. Bob Shraluka, was at end; starting end Tim Murphy was at tackle; quarterback Jim Reidenbach played left half, and defensive back Jim Gay was at right half. Tackle John Hebble also played some of the game at fullback. While this combination lacked experience at their respective positions, they certainly didn’t lack any enthusiasm. The Cadets kicked to Decatur to open the contest. The Jackets managed one first down to their own 49, but the next two plays lost 20 yards, and a punt followed. Concordia went for two first downs, and then the local team stiffened. After an exchange of punts, the Cadets had the ball on the midfield stripe, and they started to move. As the first period ended, the Cadets had a first down on Decatur's line. Concordia ground out another first down to the 17, but an illegal motion penalty pushed them back to the 22. From there. Concordia's highly touted Jerry Goeglein threw a wobbly pass toward a group of four players, two from each team. One of this group batted the ball into the air, and on an alert play. Paul Heine grabbed the ball and went three yards for the touchdown. The try for PAT was stopped, and Concordia led. W. ■ w . The Jackets took the following kick and again managed one first down, with Jim Gay going around left end for 10 yards. The next series of plays failed to produce, and Decatur punted to the Cadet 32. Concordia duplicated the one first down and punt pattern. kicking the ball out of bounds on the Jacket's 36. Decatur’s first play lost seven yards, but Gay came back with another end run, this one for 20 yards and a first down. A backfield in motion penalty and a 19-yard loss on an attempted pass put the ball clear back to the Decatur 26, and called for a punt. A wide {■enter pass sailed away from Moses, and Hollman recovered for Concordia on the Decatur five. It took the Cadets four plays to cover the five yards, with Dahling diving the last yard for the final score pf the game. An attempted pass for the PAT failed to connect, and Concordia led at the half. 12-0. The second half was strictly defense. The Cadets managed only one first down in the final 24 minutes, and Decatur, without Moses and Ballard, couldn't get a sustained drive underway. About halfway through the third quarter, it looked like Decatur might manage Io score. 'Die Jackets had driven to Concordia’s 20 yard line, but Bill Hollman grabbed a Moses pass out of the air on the Concordia 15, and it looked like he might run it back all the way. Jim Murphy managed to knock him out of bounds, and out of the rest of the game, on the Decatur nine. Four plays later, the Jackets took over on their own five, as the Jacket line, led by big John Shaffer, refused to crack. Neither team managed any kind of threat for the rest of the game. Decatur's record now stands at 1-5 for the season. Their next op-

MASONIC Lodge Instruction, THURSDAY, October .‘I, 1957 7:00 p. m. Richard Linn, W.M.

i RIFLE SHOOT, OCT. 6, 12 P.M. At the St. Mary’s and Blue Creek Range Bench Rest matches and Deer hunters Scheutzenfest Turkeys and other prizes. , Public is invited to come out and see some of the Best Rifle shots in the Mid-West.

■H —■■ l> ■ H-WWll I ■ ■ ■ I ■.l ■■■■ ponents will be the Bluffton Tigers at Worthman field Friday. October 4. While - the Jackets should be in better physical shape by Friday, it is doubtful if they will be at full strength. Decatar Concordia LE Shraluka Harmeyer LT Murphy Foltz LG Roth R. Grant C Holtsberry J. Grant RG Locke Doehrmann RT Hebble Hahn RE Eichenauer Heine QB Banks Dahling RH Gay Hallman LH Reidenbach Goeglein FB Ritter Theye Scoring — Concordia: Touchdowns—Heine, Dahling. Score by quarters: Concordia ... 0 12 0 o—l 2 Decatur 0 0 0 o—o Officials—Todd, Dorntc, Sitßo. 50-Yard Line Flashes By JACK HELLER John Shaffer deserves a lot of credit for the fine defensive game he played last night. Big John proved to the Concordia Cadets that there’s a lot of muscle and heart in the 275 pounds he threw into them last night. When Concordia had the ball on the Decatur nine, with first down and goal* to go, they thought that four cracks at the line would produce another touchdown. Shaffer, John Hebble and Tim Murphy had different ideas, and held the supposedly powerful Cadet offense to four yards. The fans got quite a kick out of the junior high football game at the half-time intermission. Most of the fans stayed in the stands to watch the young football aspirants play, and they weren’t disappointed. Herb Magley ran for two touchdowns and an extra point, Al Townsend scored one extra poirij and Steve Blythe threw severed nice passes. While these boys have a long way to go to be first team material, they are learning the fundamentalsthe game, and the results of Coach Worthman’s junior high program, now in its fourth season, could be seen last bach and Jim Gay, pWxJttcts of the junior high league, started'at halfbacks for Decatur last night. Reidenbach has been filling in for injured Bob Banks since the Hartford City game, and is in his second year as a starting defensive player. Gay has played a lot of defense this.-year, and did some fine running last night. He picked up 45 yards in seven carries, and both boys played linebackers last night and did a good job on defense. . John Hebble played his first game of the year at defensive tackle last night, and did a standout job. John had been a linebacker on defense, but the flu forced him into the line. Concordia probably wishes he was back at linebacker. A lot of boys got a chance to play last night, and did a fine job. .Ivan Roth, Jim McDonald, Bob Shraluka, Gary Sheets and Dave Eichenauer all made Concordia work hard for every yard gained. U'js been a long time since Decattir beat Bluffton in football. Let’s do it Friday night!!! Checks Distributed From IHSAA Funds Adams county high schools have received checks of $125 each in a special distribution of funds from the Indiana high school athletic association. Similar checks go to each high school in the state which participated in the 1957 sectional tourney and which was a member of the IHSSA last year. Distributions since 1932, including regular and special, total $1,702 to each member school for a grand total of $1,359,898. Hartford Winner In Cross Country Meet The Hartford Gorillas edged the Monmouth Eagles, 25-30, in a cross country meet staged at the Decatur Golf course Tuesday afternoon. Thomas, of Hartford, won the event in 10:43. Other top finishers were: Boerger (Ml second, Owens (H) third, Lehman (H) fourth, Lee <M) fifth, Peek <M> sixth, Runkel (H) seventh, W. Bultcmcicr (M) eighth. Hockemcyer (M) ninth, Herman (Hl 10th.

Rivals Shoot With Aces For Series Opener NEW YORK, (UP) — Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees and Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves, two of baseball’s craftiest southpaws, went out after the opening, and what usually turns out to be the key game in the World Series today. Although Ford, hampered with arm trouble periodically during the season, won only 11 games, the Yankees were 13-10 favorites to win the first game and 17-10 choices to take the series. Spahn, a 21-game winner and the only pitcher on the Braves staff with previous series experience, was manager Fred Haney’s automatic choice. Most baseball experts were agreed that as the 36-year-old southpaw goes, so will go Milwaukee. They figured that the under-dog Braves to beat the Yankees, whe are used to World Series triumphs, would have to get two, if not three, triumphs out of Spahn. “But we have other pitchers who helped us win the pennant,” Haney insisted, adding a warning "not to sell any of them short.” There appeared no doubt, however. that he was going along with the experts’ opinion. With two days out for travel as the teams shift from New York to Milwaukee and then back here—if sixth and seventh games are necessary— Spahn could start the fourth and seventh games, as well as the first. Casey Starts Ace Casey Stengel of the Yankees, like his rival manager, also was shooting with his ace. "He’s got his guy and I got mine,’’ said Stengel. “His man’s a wonderful man and been a 20game winner every since he got in the league. My man’s a swell pitcher, too, though, and that’s all there is to say.” Ford, who will be 29 three j*eek*,Jttnce.Jjas‘|ron ftfcr games while losing two, in series competition. He has been a major factor in five of the eight pennants which Stengel has won in nine years as the manager of the Yankees. Ford has the best overall won and lost record of any pitcher in the major leagues today—9l victories against only 33 defeats. Getting bit in front is the No. 1 objective of any manager and no less than 32 teams in the 53-year World Series history have gone on to the world championship after taking the opening game. Stengel was confident he would wind up with his seventh series winner, especially after learning that two of his slugging stars Mickey Mantle and Bill Skowron were ready to start. Mantle Says He’s Ready Mantle, reporting on the bac left leg which kept him on the bench after the Yankees clinches the American League pennant said, “I’ll be ready” after the Yankees final tune-up drill Teusday. , Skowron, the hard hitting firs: baseman who specializes in pul verizing left handed pitching, said the bad back which has sidelined him for nearly three weeks was “a lot better.” Haney, working his Braves out during the same hours which th ames at Yankee Stadium will be played, said he was sure his outfielders wouldn’t have any trouble with the late afternoon shadows. ’’After all, I’ve played there and managed there,” he pointed out. “It isn’t much different than most parks.’’ He played at the Stadium while with the Detroit Tigers and then managed the old St. Louis Browns. Monmouth Host To Cross Country Meets

Harold Clinkcnbcard, Monmouth high school coach, announced today that Monmouth will be host to both the Adams county and the Eastern Indiana conference cross country meets. The county meet will be held Monday, Oct. 8, and the Els meet Friday, Oct. 11, Both meets will be held at the Decatur Golf course and will start at 4 p.ni. Monroeville Plans / Horse Show Sunday The Monroeville Saddle club is sponsoring its annual fall horse show Sunday, in Monroeville. Twelve events are-oa- the. agenda for the day’s activities, which arc slat«f_to begin-/aV 1 p.m. Area horse enthusiasts are_Jnvited to participate or at least attend the show, which is sponsored by the Saddle club and merchants of the Monroeville area. Spade Brouwer is president of the Monroeville club.

YBB DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR. INDIANA

Baseball Writers Favoring Yankees NEW YORK V) — Most of the nation’s “experta” were agreed on one point today — that the New York Yankees will win the 1957 World Series. A United Press poll of 136 of the country’s baseball writers showed that 94 of them favored the Yankees while 42 picked the underdog Braves. The most popular pick — 52 of them made it — was the Yankees in six games. Nineteen picked the Yankees in seven or five, while four pickd the American League

■HMT 3 BIG DAYS — OCT. 3,4, 5 FARMER DAYS F"Drr coffee FREE SOUVENIRS free *! B" Bff ■■ ► and • BALLOONS FOR THE KIDS I H C C ■ donuts ! H DOOR PRIZES • IVY PLANTS and WORK GLOVES I HlfchV th Way io ' Wfißk iBrSOk - : ■. ff B \ ff Iff iff v ;Tff isl M w ff 1 B -Mr-A SB Iff IE » Bffff ff fe-.fc Bl IB K-IWI. B BBB.ff L B If I H . 1 Fr&J ?<s 1,1 J/ wW "ir If Twa kff Iff ff/ wk’ G t*l ’“Bk -I B Bky,-B I NN 9B /gA Bl B V j&aBHl I iiK. ra I MJ Hl Wk H '7sH \ ff I iff IBy B WUL B kff B 4By ’ IB i 1B IB* b B L y H zMlllMhflMHk, < $ VI I aaMy sure-grip d-is aood/year ■■ nBl ry FARM -99 Bjh 85 FRONT rib -x’SJn,, 52 y »goodAear jjfH ---- WW.IB $m.79 HIH " do,dl " e ” traction, easier | These famous farm tires arc lows priced right now, when you need them steering, yet rock* mO st. There’s no time for farm tire slippage when your profit depends bottom priced! wKßß||r on a prompt harvest! Get farm tires you can depend on to do the job! nuttuornKMOcAt 400-15 r a ? rHby open center tread with self-cleaning, straight-bar lugs for powerful pull i r * ' 1 J ~ anf j longer wear. ■ See us today,* we have- a tire -to suit your every need- —•-. 3- for auto, truck and farm vehicle. DAV ’• Regular 30 day 2. Easy monthly 3. Pay after VV/A I U I W I I terms payments you harvest WE’RE HEADQUARTERS FOR PROMPT, DEPENDABLE SERVICE ON AUTO - TRUCK - FARM TIRES OPEN EVERY — ■* I GOO D/Y EAR II iBMb SERVICE STORE

champions to wrap ft up In four straight. < Among those picking the Braves, OZARK I A ■

y- kX r i?« !\/|//—;\l "V

* 28 figured the National League champions would win it in six , games, 10 picked it in the limit

seven games, three said It would be five games, while one—Ferry Nason of the Boston Globe — went

PAGE SEVEN

all the way out on the limb and picked the Braves in four straight. Broadway oddsmakers favor the Yankees at odds of 17-10. * y 10 » TOO<> * *