Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 263, Decatur, Adams County, 7 November 1957 — Page 7

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ♦, 195?

COMMODORES WIN OPENER ss v V MH A t DALE HAKE, 53, forward for the Decatur Commodores, is shown laying in a two-pointer as the Commodores opened the season with a 65-48 victoiy over the Monroeville Cubs Tuesday night. Dave Kable, 45, Commodore guard, is keeping a close watch on the play from the background. Other Commodore players are Obscured. Monroeville players are Gary Witte, 54, Wayne Ertel, 33, and Leland Etzler, 55.—(Staff Photo)

Trouble Brewing On National Loop Card CINCINNATI, Ohio (» — Trouble already is brewing among National League teams over the 1958 schedule. The league office announced Wednesday that the 1958 season will open on Tuesday. April 15. with the new Los Angeles Dodgers ■meeting the new San Francisco Giants at San Francisco in one of the four openers. Chicago will be at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh at the World Champion Milwaukee Braves in the other openers. Neither the Cubs nor Cardinals were pleased to learn that the Braves will complete their 11game series in St. Louis and Chicago by late July. The league, in fact, reportedly took “under advisement’’ a St. Louis complaint that its games at home against Qlf Staves would be Cgpipleted JiilyZO. This complaint and other matters pertaining to the new schedule will have to be dealt with before the official 1958 schedule is announced in December or January. Secret Meeting NEW YORK W — Officials of the Dodgers and Giants meet in secret with the representatives of the Pacific Coast League today in an effort to settle upon satisfactory indemnity sums without going to court. Baseball .Commissioner Ford Frick called the meeting, and will sit in on it, but denied he would serve as arbitrator. He said he set up the meeting “at the request of the interested parties" and that they would discuss “the reorganization of the Pacific Coast League and the questions of realignment. However, it was known that the big problem was the money to be paid the PCL for encroachment on its territory by the Brooklyn (now Los Angeles) Dodgers and New York (now San Francisco) Giants. It was reliably reported from last week's meeting at Sacramento. Calif., that the Giants and Dodgers each offered only $50,000 to the PCL. Some PCL owners were talking of sums as high as sl-million, and have threatened law suits.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Monmouth at Adams Central. Pleasant Mills at Hartford. Angola at Berpe. Petroleum at Geneva. Bob Dro Is Named Assistant At I.U. BLOOMINGTON W — Athletic director Frank E. Allen today announced the appointment of former Indiana basketball star Bob IJro as assistant director of athletics, effective Nov. 15. The appointment. Allen said, “is one of the steps we are taking to strengthen the I. U. athletic program, particularly in football." Dro was a member of Indiana’s NCAA basketball champions in 1940. He also played baseball. After graduation he" was the university's alumni field secretary for four years, played professional basketball and baseball and later coached basketball at Pendleton and Bluffton High Schools. At the present time Dro, 39, is public relations manager for an oil company in Indianapolis. Allen said Indiana’s athletic program “has been under-manned administratively for years.” "The addition of Dro with administrative authority will enable staffs in all sports to work more effectively in coaching duties,” said Allen. Former Berne Star Dro, a native of Berne, was an outstanding star in basketball and baseball at the Berne high school, and a member of one of that school’s top net teams, playing on the club which advanced to the quarter-finals of the state tourney. Dro is well known in Decatur and Adams county. Coon Hunters Elect Officers Saturday Officers of the Adams county coon hunters association will be elected Saturday, when that group meets at 8 p.m. at the Reichert school, for a regular meeting. All members are urged to attend.

Kubek, Sanford Are Chosen As Year's Rookies NEW YORK (UP)-Tony Kubek. the New York Yankees “jack of all trades," and Jack Sanford, right-handed curve-ball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, today were named the major leagues’ outstanding rookies for the 1957 season by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Kubek, who played five different positions for the Yankees this year, received 23 of the 24 votes in the balloting for the American League freshman award. The other vote went to Frank Malzone of the Red Sox, who was declared ineligible for the award because he had appeared in 27 games for Boston in 1956. In the National League voting, Sanford finished first with 16 votes. The other votes were distributed among first baseman Ed Bouchee of the Phillies (four), pitcher Dick Drott of the Chicago Cubs (three) and outfielder Bob Hazle of the world champion Milwaukee Braves (one.). Kubec Outfielder, Infielder Kubek played left field, center field, shortstop, third base and second base in his first season under Casey Stengel, the Yankees’ master lineup juggler. Despite all this maneuvering, he batted .297 for the American League champions. * Considered a “perfect Yankeetype player” by Stengel, Kubek would up as the club's third leading hitter (behind Mickey Mantle and Bill Skowron) in his initial major league season. He had 39 runs-batted-in and his 128 hits included 21 doubles, three triples and three homers Sanford, like Kubek, left his native hearth to gain fame elsewhere. He was born and raised in Wellesley, Mass., a suburb of Boston, but was turned down at a Red Sox tryout camp because he was “too small.” That was in 1947. Jack then weighted only 160 pounds but has since blossomed out into a six-foot, 190 pounder. Long Road for Jack However, unlike Kubek, Sanford traveled a long road to the majors. After being rejected by the Red Sox, the blond New Englander signed with the Phillies and kicked around in their farm system for seven years before putting in a two-year hitch in the Army. After receiving his discharge, Sanford appeared in three games with the Phillies near the end of the 1956 season, winning his first major league start. The 27-year-old right-hander showed up at the Phillies’ camp last spring determined to make good. And he did —in a big waySanford led both leagues in strikeouts with 188. He had a 1%8 won and lost record, posted an an earned - run average of 3.08, walked only 93 men in 237 innings and pitched three shutouts and 15 complete games. Yellow Jacket Fans May Obtain Season Tickets On Friday Decatur high school basketball fans who reserved season tickets for this year by returning cards mailed earlier, may obtain their tickets at the high school office Friday evening. Hugh J. Andrews, principal, announced today. The office will be open during the annual open house program St the school Friday evening, starting at 8:15 o'clock. for these previous season ticket holders. Sale of season tickets for fans not previously having season tickets, will be conducted at the high school office during regular schools hours Monday and Tuesday, and during the Decatur-Mon-mouth game Tuesday night. Season tickets, however, will not be honored at the Tuesday game, as it is a Monmouth home game, I transferred to the Decatur gym to accomodate more fans. H. S. Basketball Clear Creek 53, Huntington Catholic 45. Pro Basket bail Boston 103, Minneapolis 94.

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French Boxer Wins Bantamweight Title LOS ANGELES, (Up) - The world's bantamweight crown, possibly worth more than ever before in history, headed for France today. firmly placed on the brow of Alphonse Halimi, a pleasant-faced little French-Algerian. Halimi, a pre-fight underdog, took the undisputed crown Wednesday night when he won a split decision from Raul Macias of Mexico and spoiled a Roman holiday for some 20,000 Mexicans at Wrigley Field. For the vicotry here, Halimi collected $50,000 in cash, plus all his expenses, which totaled 22million francs. Macias, already a wealthy man, took home something more than $30,000, awaiting final counting on a gate of approximately $200,000, plus national-televised receipts If the two should meet again, the gate possibly would be somewhat less, but they possibly could draw better than SIOO,OOO in Paris. As for the fight itself, it couldn’t be rated as a thriller. There were no knockdowns and not once was one of the battlers hurt in any way. Halimi, fighting out of a crouch, kept boring in and slamming hard lefts to the nose and ears, then lowering his sights to the mid-drift. The Frenchman was landing an average of three blows to one for Macias. Mike Souchak Wins In Mangrum Tourney APPLE VALLEY, Calif.. - W — Ex-football player Mike Souchak today held the Lloyd Mangrum Clambake tournament laurels as the circuit-traveling host of pro golfers packed up to head for the $11,500 Long Beach, Calif., Open, starting Friday. Souchak came from behind Wednesday with a powerful tee shot to catch another long hitter, George Bayer, and win with round of 69-67-136, giving him a three-stroke edge. o

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Indiana's Top Ground Gainer Quits School By UNITED PRESS Indiana's hard-pressed Hoosiers today faced the prospect of finishing out the rest of the season without fullback John Meegan. the team's leading ground gainer. Meegan, a sophomore from Uniontown, Pa., dropped out of school, Coach Bob Hicks announced Wednesday. Meegan previously had threatened to quit, but had been talked out of it by coaches. School officials said his decision to drop out had nothing to do with disciplinary action. Minnesota ran through a heavy contact session in preparation for Its battle with Idwa. Not participating in the contact work were injured quarterback Dick Larson and fullback Rich Borstad. Wisconsin's Badgers also went through heavy drills, but Coach Milt Bruhn said the squad will taper off in its workouts today and Friday. Bruhn said he anticipated no major lineup changes for the Northwestern game Two players pulled up lame in Michigan's practice session. Quarterback Jim Van Pelt was excused from the drills with a Charley horse and halfback Jim Pace suffered a spiked leg. Both are expected to be ready for the Illinois game. At Michigan State, the Spartans worked out on passing and single wing plays in a brief session, indicating Coach Duffy Daugherty's possible strategy against Notre Dafne. Daugherty said the squad will ease off practice today. Ohio State welcomed the return of left guard Bill Jobko who has been ailing most of the season and sprained his ankle in practice Monday. Coach Woody Hayes said Jobko and the rest of his Rose Bowl-conscious Buckeyes will be in good shape for the Purdue game. lowa’s Hawkeyes continued to concentrate on Minnesota offensive and defensive patterns. No new injuries showed up in the . Hawkeye camp, but end Don Nor- ’ ton and tackle Dick Klein still

ware limping from earlier injuries. Northwestern stressed defense in an effort to plug gaps that enabled Ohio State to ramble for 386 yards last Saturday. The injury riddled Wildcats are hoping to wind up their home schedule with Bn upset over Wisconsin. Illinois was faced with a critical situation at left tackle where three

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vise ways to halt the Buckeyes* Don Clark, the conference's leading scorer. Notre Dame hopes to play the role of spoiler against Michigan State. The Irish have scheduled light workouts today and Friday. Coach Terry Brennan expects the squad to be at full strength exeept for guard Bob Gaydos and Gary Myers.