Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 253, Decatur, Adams County, 26 October 1957 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Lose, 1 Kendallville’s Comets Take Conference Title

The Decatur Yellow Jackets i dropped their final game of the I 1957 football season in a hard j fought battle with the Kendallville Comets at Worthman field Friday night. 20-13. Decatur made a lastminute effort to tie the game, and worked to the Kendallville one-yard line, but the Comets, already tasting the conference championship, rallied and held off the Jacket bid. It was a see-saw contest, with each team holding the lead at different times, but the new conference champions had enough defense when it counted, and took home the title. Decatur started out fast in an effort to kill the Comet hopes. The Jackets*kicked to Kendallville to open the game, but on the second play from scrimmage, Fred Locke fell on a Kendallville fumble, and Decatur had the ball on the Comet 30. Five plays moved the ball to the 15, and Bob Banks threw a pass to Bob Shraluka in the end zone for a touchdown. Larry Moses plunged over for the PAT, and Decatur led. 7-0. Kendallville lost little time getting back in the game. Jerry Brown, behind some good blocking, returned the kickoff to the Decatur 46, and the drive started. The Comets ground out two first downs from their split-T formation, and then Decatur stiffened. It was a fourth down and eight situation for Kendallville on the Decatur 23, when Jack Fifer threw a pass to Brown down the middle, and the j Comet halfback bulled to the Jacket one before he was stopped. On the next play, Brown plowed through the line for a touchdown. He also added the extra point, and the score was tied at 7-7. Neither team could move the ball much for the rest of the first period, but on the last play of the opening quarter, the Comets got one of those breaks that win football games. Decatur had been unable to move with the kickoff, and punted to Kendallville. The Comets were also stymied, and booted back. Moses dropped the kick, the Comets recovered, and Kendallville had a first down on the Decatur 19 to open the second quarter.« The first three plays of the period gained twelve yards for the . Comets for a first and goal from the Jackets seven. The next three plays went for no gain, and on fourth and still seven, Tom Leamoo rifled the ball to Bill Rollins in the corner of the end zone, and Kendallville led for the first time in the game, 13-7. The try for point after was stymied, and the score held. *" John Hebble set up the tying TD with a pass interception. The Comets had capitalized on a poor Decatur punt that resulted from „a bad center pass, and had the ball on the Jacket 32. Hebble grabbed the ball out of the air on the next play, and returned it to the Comet 46. Moses gained three yards then Banks tossed to Larry over the middle, and Moses outran the Kendallville secondary for the score. Decatur's try for the extra point was no good, and the half ended with the score tied at 13-13. Kendallville ended the scoring iced' W'' game ’ early in the third period. The Jackets returned the second half kickoff to their own 33-yard line, but a 15-yard penalty and a nine-yard loss forced a punt. The ball went out of bounds at the Decatur 35, and on the first play. Brown bulled through the line, shook off three would-be tacklers. and behind some nice downfield blocking, went all the way. John Evers added the extra point to put Kendallville ahead 20-13. The rest of the game saw Kendallville battle fiercely to hold off a Decatur team fighting just as hard to score. In the fourth period, the Jackets took a punt on their own 26 and started a drive that fell only two feet short of a touchdown. A Banks to Moses pass took the ball to the Kendallville 49. Then a series of plays went for three first downs, the last one coming on the Comet eight. The first two plays lost a yard apiece. The third play, a short pass from Banks to Murphy, went to the five, and on the final try, Moses fought his way to the two-foot line, but couldn't make it across the goal.

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Hjg/1 School Football | New Haven 13, Fort Wayne South 13 ltie». ._ . . . Fort Wayne Central Catholic 14, Hammond Noll 6. Huntington 33, Peru 6. Elwood 19, Anderson 13. Elkhart 20. LaPorte 14. Michigan City 7, Mishawaka 0. South Bend Adams 52, South Bend Riley 19. - " Richmond 38, Wilbur Wright (Dayton, O.) 19. Noblesville 21, New Castle 0. East Chicago Roosevelt 27, 1 Hobart 0. < Indianapolis Tech 21, Indian- < apolis Washington 13. 1 - ——. i The Comets ran out the clock with four quarterback sneaks, to win the game and the championship. Decatur’s record for the season ’ is three wins and six losses. Their ' conference record ends up at two j wins and four losses. * ( Pos. Decatur Kendallville j LE Murphy Rollins , LT Macklin Hart LG Franklin Miller , C Lytle Hoffelder , RG Locke King , RT Hebble White , RE Shraluka Hornett , QB Banks « Fifer RH Ballard Brown i FG Gay Reidenbach LH Moses Blech ' Score by quarters — Decatur 7 6 0 0-13 ; Kendallville .... 7 6 7 0-20 Scoring — Decatur — touchdowns —Shraluka, Moses. PAT — Moses (plunge). Kendallville — touchdowns—Brown 2, Rollins. PAT — Brown, Evers (both plunges). Officials — Todd, Carnes, Davidson. Johnny Busso Wins Over Gale Kerwin NEW YORK (IB — Lightweight contender Johnny Busso. who beat a No. 2 substitute Friday night, will meet the “real article” in Italian Paolo Rosi at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 29. Busso of New York, ninth-rank-ing contender, won a close but unanimous decision over Canadian born Gale Kerwin of Valley Stream. N.Y., in their TV-radio 10rounder at the Garden Friday night. Erv Bultemeier In All-Star Bowling Erv Bultemeier, well-known Decatur area bowler is. among the entrants who will participate in the annual All-Star elimination tournament being conducted at. Key Lanes in Fort Wayne this weekend. , _ . , Bowlers will bowl four six-game blocks, with the first block to be rolled at 2:30 p.m. today. The second will be rolled at 9:30 p.m., with Sunday's times set for noon and 6 p.m. Bultemeier, who resides near Hoagland, has a composite average of 187 in leagues bowled at Mies Recreation in Decatur. - ■*” Bowlina Scores Central Soya League Dubs 4 points. Wonders 0; Feed Mill 3 points. Spares 1; Office 3 points, Elevator 1; Lab 3 points. Farm Supply 1; Master Mixers 2 points, Blue Prints 2. High series and games: Grafton 191-181 (537); Murphy 161-199 (504); Sittier 187; Bayles 207 (490); Christen 171-171-193 ( 535); Morgan 229 ( 535); Meyer 192; Alton 178; Fennig 203-181 (523); I. Bowman J 79; B. Cook 190. Sportsman's League W L Pts. Moose 2 11 4 16 424 FA. Bn. ....... 10 5 13 K. of C. 1 —lO 5 13 Kaye Shoe Store -— 9 (> 12 K. of C. 2 — 8 7 11 Chamber of Comm.. 6 9 7 Legion 4 11 5 Moose 1— 2 13 3 200 games: F. Hoffman 201, V. Strickler 218, M. Mies 204. Mixed Doubles Results of last Saturday’s Mixed Doubles are as follows: Charles and Helen Purvis, 1167: Woody and Lucy Call, 1152: Virg and Helen McClure, 1147; Don and Alice Harmon, 1142: Paul and Pat Morgan, 1136; Jim and Norma Markley, 1124; Erv and Joyct* Anderson, 1119; Jerry and Betty Kohne 1114; John and Ann Shultz, 1107; Bob and Marge Gage, 1099; Bob and Margaret Parrish, 1075: Larry Elliot and Gladys Reynolds, 1070; Jim and Jo Meyer, 1066;. Ed Hess and Bert Hess, 1057; Dick and Eileen.. Gage, 1056; John and Mary K. Kortenber, 1041, and Lee Gage and Donna Allen, 1018. If you have something to sell or rooms tor rent, try * Democrat Want Ad— they bring results.

Cleveland Is. I favorite To Defeat Cards I By EARL WRIGHT i United Press Sports Writer Four of the National Football League's offense and defense lead- i ers clash Sunday when the Chicago Cardinals play host to the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins visit the New I York Giants. , • Cleveland, tied with New York for the Eastern Division lead, a point favorite to boost its record to 4-1 by defeating the Cardinals (2-2). The Browns have allowed fewer points than any other team, 39. The Cardinals, sparked by Ollie Matson, lead the NFL in rushing with 694 yards. New York, the defending league I and Eastern Division champion, I has allowed fewer yards than any other club, 753. The Giants have allowed only 46 points, a mark second only to Cleveland’s. The Giants are 11-point favorites against Washington although the Redskins (1-3) lead the Eastern Division in total offense with 1,352 yards and have the league’s t°Pranked passer in Eddie Lebaron. Lebaron has an average gain of 10.63 yards per throw. The Baltimore Colts, tied with the Detroit Lions and San Fran- I cisco Forty-Niners for the Western II Division lead at 3-1, entertain the nil Green Bay Packers (1-3) and are I 10-point favorites. The Colts lead I Illi the league in scoring (127 points!, total offence (1,422 yards) and passing (734 yards). Detroit plays the Rams (1-3) at Los Angeles and is a three-point underdpg. The Lions scored a 10-7 triumph over the Rams at Detroit I Oct. 13. The oddsmakers follow the same U path at San Francisc® where the Forty-Niners are 3Vz point underdogs against the Chicago Bears (1-3). The Forty-Niners edged the Bears at Chicago ,two weeks ago, 21-17. - In Sunday other game, the Steelers (2-2) are favored over the Philadelphia Eagles (1-3) by I Illi points at Pittsburgh. t 50-Yard Line Flashes By Jaok Heller Well, all in all, it was a pretty good season. The boys lost some I tough .ones arid won some good | ones, but they were out there trying all the way, and that’s really what counts. Some good football players are leaving Decatur high school this year, but there will be a good nucleus back next year. Reidenbach, Gay and Ritter in the backfield, and Murphy, Shraluka. Franklin, Lytle and Holtsberry in the line ought to give coach Bob Worthman a good start for another team. Sorry to see the season end, but just like last night’s game, as much as we’d like to, we can’t stop the clock. We would like to congratulate the Kendallville Comets on their first conference championship since resuming football in 1953. The Comets made up for lack of size with a great desire to play, has one consolation. The Comets and it paid off for them. Decatur had to give it everything they had to win, and they were sweating right down to the final play. It’s not too often that a single player is given any extra credit, but it’s not too often in any school’s history that a player like Larry Moses comes along. “Mo” was an outstanding offensive player, that was obvious to anybody watching—but he was also a good defensive player. Last night, he shot through three different times to throw Kendallville’s Brown for a loss. His point total for the season was 69— 10 touchdowns and nine extra points. While Larry has many abilities, his greatest probably is his desire to play and win—he’s a real competitor. Another player deserving a lot of credit is Ty Ballard. Ty moved from end, where he had been a standout last season, to halfback, for the good of the team. It might not have been what Ty granted, but if it helped the team, he was for it with no complaints. That’s something a player can always be proud of—no matter what the wonloss record might be. Congratulations again to the team. Pro Basketball Syracuse 103, Philadelphia 95. College Football Miami (Fla.) 48, Kansas 6. Mississippi Southern 20, Chattanooga 0. Northern Michigan 38. Superior Teachers 0. Want Ad- they bring results. ■£

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