Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 55, Number 285, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1957 — Page 7

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Commodores Rally To Score 64-61 Win Over Huntington Catholic

Decatur's Commodores, rallying in the final three minutes, defeated the Huntington Catholic Ramblers, 64-61, at the Decatur gym Tuesday night, for the Commodores’ fifth victory in six starts. A Central Indiana Catholic conference game, the triumph also gave Decatur possession of the "Victory Jfag,” traveling conference trophy up for grabs for the first time. Last night’s battle was a close one all the way, with seven points the largest advantage held by either team, this one by Huntington at 50-43 late in the third quarter. a margin which rapidly dwindled to only two points by the end of the period. With both teams employing a pressing defense much of thp w>ay, the’ game was pretty ragged at times, but was always close and marked by rallies and counterrallies. The score was tied four times in the first quarter, with the Commodores scoring five points in the last minute tq hold a 20-16 lead at the end of the period. The Ramblers regained the lead at 26-25 after five minutes of the second bracket and went to the dressing room at the half-time intermission with a 32-31 lead. Huntington took its first sizeable lead late in the third period at SO--41, but a field goal and pair of free throws by Phil Reed and a foul toss by Dave {Cable cut the lead to 50-48 at the end of the quarter. The Ramblers held a 57-53 bulge with three minutes of play remaining. but a possession game backfired and a free throw by Reed, who then followed with a field goal, plus Joe Kohne’s only twoppinter of the game, sent the Commodores back into the lead at 585?. Dave Kable added a field goal and Decatur was in front. 60-57. with two minutes left. No field goals were scored in the last two minutes, with each team dropping in four foul tosses for the final score. Phil Reed topped all the scorers with 22 points., 10 on free throws. Dave Kable bagged JO points and PHIL JQder Jig. Three Rynbleys with 16, Skip Kroeger with 15 and Jim Godfjoy with 10. Both teams had godtf ireeThrow percentages, the .Commodores .converting .22 of 30 attempts, and Huntington 17 of 28. Commodores FG FT TP Kable 8 3 19 Hake 0 3 3 Reed - 6 10 22 Kohne 12 4 Wilder .......... 6 4 16 Beal 0 0 0 Gross 0 ‘ 0 0 Totals 21 22 64 Huntington / FG FT TP Frick 6 4 16 Kroeger „6 3 15 Rcheiber 1 2 4 Dillon 3 17 Daly 0 3 3 Godfrey ...... 3 4 10 Tensch 0 0 0 Schmitt 3 0 . 6 exTotals ..22' 17 61 Officials: Hilligoss. Mcßride. Preliminary Decatur. 30-28. Trade in a good town — Decatur

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Heisman Trophy To Texas Aggies Star NEW YORK (UP)—John Crow, AU-America halfback from Texas A&M, may wind up as the most honored player of the 1857 college football season. The 22-year-old star of the Gator Bowl-bound Aggies Tuesday was named winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, awarded annually to the nation's outstanding player. Crow previously was named to the United Press All-A mer ic a team and was voted college football's “Back of the Year” in the United Press poll. He also was the first choice of the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League draft. ' In the balloting for the Heisman Trophy, Crow won in a landslide by totaling 1,183 points. Alex Karras, lowa's 233-pound All-America tackle, finished a distant second with 693 points. Walt Kowalczyk. All-America halfback from Michigan State, was third with 630. They were followed by Lou Michaels, All-America tackle from Kentucky, with 330 points and quarterback Tom Forrestal of Navy with 232. Other players who received votes included Jim Phillips of Auburn, Bob Anderson of Army, Dan Currie of Michigan State, Clendon Thomas of Oklahoma, Lou Grosscup of Utah. King Hill of Rice, Bob Stransky of Colorado. Bill Krisher of Oklahoma and Don Clark of Ohio State. Crow will receive the Heisman Trophy at a dinner in New York’s Downtown Athletic Club Dec- 11. Richard Barger Is Winner Os Tractor Richard Barger, of near Craigville, will be awarded a MH-50 model Massey - Harris - Ferguson tractor, following the drawing of his name at an Indianapolis luncheon held by the Indianapolis branch of the farm implement rempany, be to± the 24-year-old farmer byDierkes Implement Sales, the Decatur dealer for the company. Keys to the tractor .will. bp .presented to Barger by Henry F. Schricker. former governor of Indiana, at the Indiana implement dealers convention in Indianapolis Friday. H. S. Basketball Arcola 65, Larwill 46. Woodburn 72, Payne (O.) 59. Columbia City 68, South Whitley J| 55. Clear Creek 52, Warren 37. Lancaster (Huntington) 45, Rockcreek (Wells) 44. ' Terre Haute Garfield 62, Glenn 36. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 85, Honey Creek 39. Bloomington 65, Brazil 59. j Vincennes 70, Washington 43. Huntingburg 61, Jasper 51. 1 Evansville Memorial 42, Tell City i 39. Princeton 47, Evansville Central i < jovertime). Bwimsville Lincoln 67, Evansville i North 52. 1 Columbus 51, Shelbyville 46. Gary Wallace 55, Hobart 54. South Bend St. Joseph's 54, Goshen 40. ' Bedford 52, Mitchell 41.

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teanis Friday Berne at Yellow Jackets. at Adams Central. Monmouth at Pleasant Mills. Bryant at Geneva. Hartford vs Chester Center at Bluffton.

Tony Aloisio Named I.U Most Valuable BLOOMINGTON W — Members of Indiana's football squad Tuesday night voted end Tony Aloisio the "most valuable” player of the 1957 season. Aloisio, a 6-1, 200-pound veteran frim Chillicothe, Ohio, now is eligible to compete for the Big Ten’s most valuable player award presented annually to the outstanding player in the conference. »■ iHirn'aiiiin in hm li.iiiwiiMwiiinii - — Saturday Pro Game To Be Televised PITTSBURGH W) — Saturday’s National Football League game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants win start at 1:30 p.m. e.s.t. ih order to enable local fans to see the University of Pittsburgh-Miami <Fla.) game from the Orange Bowl on television. The Steelers-Giants game also will be televised.

Six Plant Employes Are Burned To Death Factory In Ohio Is Site Os Tragic Fire MARTINS FERRY, Ohio (UP) —Fire, set off by an overturned heating stove and fed by paint, trapped and burned to death five women and a man in-the plant of the Porter Cut Glaa| Co. here flPuesday. ■ -Wf‘"H fWjM Firemen, searching the ruins throughout the night, first found the bodies of four women, all believed to have been employes of the company, and a man. Shortly before dawn, the remains of the sixth victim, a woman, were located. The blaze, which erupted shortly before 3 p.m-, destroyed the two-story building, across the Ohio River syom Wheeling, W. Va:. in 45 mftiutes. Firemen played hoses on the debris for four hours before they were able to start the search for the victims. David Cuddihy, is, Martins Ferry, was quoted as saving he accidentally started the fire. “When I turned around for a pair of pliers, I knocked over a heating stove,” he said from a hospital bed. Cuddihy, who received burns on the eyes and face, said he called the fire department and M tried to warn others in the building. "But it was too late.” "I could hear the other people screaming, but 1 could not find them,” he said. ' Firemen said the structure had; been an automobile paint shop and : that the flames had probably fed on paint-impregnated walls Repair Work Being Done At City Hall Repairs arc being made on doors in the city council chambers and tables in city court. Frank Hei-i mann is in charge of the work.

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Adams Central Handed Defeat Tuesday Night The Adams Central’>Greyhounds were handed their fifth loss of the season Tuesday night, dropping a 61-40 decision to the well Huntington township five at the latter’s gym. J ' The Huntington team held a 2417 lead at the end of the first half and increased its margin during the last two periods. The winners were topped by Shively, with 21 points, and Merryman with 15. Gary McMillen was the only Greyhound to reach double figures, scoring 14 points on three field goals and eight free throws. i .The Greyhounds will entertain the Decatur Commodores at the Adams Central gym Friday night. Huntington Twp. FG FT TP Shively 8 5 Cl D. Shively 0 0 0 Willour ....... 2 15 Merryman 71 15 Earlywine 4 3 2 8 Deady 0 2 2 Eckert 11 3 Tobin 11 3 Howenstine 3 0 4 Totals ........... 24 13 61 ' Adams Central FG FT TP McMillen 3 8 14 Hoffman 0 5 5 Hart 0 0 0 Foreman . 3 0 6 ISch 1 0 2 Heyerly ... 3 0 6 Egley 0 0 0 Habegger 3 17 Totals ........... 13 14 40 Preliminary Huntington Twp., 32-31.

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Lightweight Title Fight On Tonight CHICAGO W — Wily Joe Brown defends his world lightweight championship for the third time tonight, against a dancing bobbing expert. 27-year-old Joey Lopes, a Portuguese-born battler from Sacramento, Calif. Brown, 31, was a 3-to-l favorite for the 15-round brawl, which will be on the usual Wednesday night fight television network (ABC). Deaf Mute Burned To Death In Trailer ELKHART IW — The body of Homer Cowell, 50, a deaf mute, was found late Tuesday in his trailer home north of here. He apparently had burned to death. Authorities said the body was discovered by neighbors who investigated when Cowell failed to appear Tuesday. The door was tied shut with a rope from the inside and Cowell’s body was slumped in a chair. Spoke Out of Turn CARMI, 111. (If) — A man walked up to White County Sheriff Kenneth Cole and said: "I'll bet you don’t know who I am.” Deputy Norwood Proctor walked up and replied, “You’re Ernest Stoner and you're under arrest.” Stoner, formerly of Carmi, listed his address as Fort Myers, Fla. Authorities said he was wanted on a check forgery charge in Mt. Vernon, Ind. The snapping turtle can feed only under water and unlike most other turtles, cannot draw its head or tail into its shell. The wry-billed plover of New Zealand is the only bird with a bill that is bent sideways.

Lengthy Basketball Losing Streak Ends LAPORTE (IP) — The longest losing streak in Indiana high school basketball ended Tuesday night when Jackson Twp. of Porter County scored its first victory in 66 games at the expense of Clinton Twp. of LaPorte County, 55-47, in overtime, Jackson began its losing streak In 1954 when it dropped a 61-48 decision to Liberty in sectional play. Last month, Jackson lost its 63cd game to break the all-time Indiana losing streak of 62 set by Lowell in 1954. White Sox And Baltimore In Player Trade COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UP)— Hie Chicago White Sox finally broke the trading lull today with a five-man deal which they are convinced “gives us the men we need" to beat the Yankees for the American League pennant in 1958. General Manager John Rigney of the White Sox optimistically summed up the deal with the Baltimore Orioles this way: • "We had to have a first-class relief pi/?her to challenge the Yankees and we got him in Ray Moore. Everyone also knew we were hurting at third base. Not any more because we’re putting Billy Goodman there. And Tito Francona gives us excellent protection in the outfield.” — -— To get Moore, Goodman and Francona, the White Sox had to turn over outfielder Larry Doby and left-handed pitcher Jack Harshman to the Orioles. Richards Pleased, Too! Baltimore boss Paul Richards was even more pleased with the deal than Rigney. “Doby should drive in plenty of runs for us and Harshman has the stuff to be one of the best pitchers in the league,” he said. The deal was made shortly before midnight Tuesday night and only a few hours previously Richards had commented on the lack of trading activity at the current baseball meetings. This one was the first Os the meetings but three others are hanging fire. The deal said to be nearest completion involves the Phillies and Cardinals St. Louis wants southpaw Harvey Haddix qpd centerfielder Richie Ashburn: The CSMT have informed the Phils they’ll give up Ken Boyer in return. Lane Seeking Deal ' Cleveland General M a n age r Frank Lane has offered the White Sox outfielder 7 thlrd baseman Al Smith and pitchers Early Wynn and Cal McLish in exchange for outfielder Minnie Minoso and pitcher Jim Wilson. The White Sox admit they're tempted. Another deal that’s hanging fire is one between the Cubs and the Redlegs. The Cubs are eyeing first baseman Steve Bilko. Cincinnati is asking, for right-handed fastbailer Bob Rush in return for Bilko. Over in the American League, there was a sudden rush for outfielder Gene Stephens of the Red Sox.

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“No less than four clubs have made overtures to us for him,” revealed one Boston official. The Red Sox are still trying to talk the Tigers out of Harvey Kuenn but so far Detroit has turned a deaf ear.

Auto Slides Into Truck, Some Damage A truck operated by Albert Beer. 68, route one. Berne, while sanding roads one mile north of Berne on U. S. 27, backed into a vehicle driven by William L. Turner, 16, Craigville. Unable to stop, Turner slid into the truck, damaging it in the left rear fender to the extent of $l5O. The Turner car received damages to the right front fender, grill and taillight, resulting in $250 damages. The accident happened Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. The accident was investigated by sheriff Merle Affolder. Training Session For Scout Leaders Mrs. Lowell Harper will conduct a training session for all Decatur Brownie-Scout leaders at 7:30 o’clock this evening, in the Girl Scout room of the-Youth and Con> munity center. Each BrownieScout leader and her assistant are urged to attend. Trade in a good town — Decatur

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Minor League Head Blasts Major Owners COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (UP)—National Assn President George Trautman angrily blamed some ofbaseball’s biggest names —including “the Wrigleys, Yawkeys, Buschs, Toppings and the Webbs”—for the game's current troubles. His face red with ire and his voice showing obvious emotion, Trautman reeled off the names of major league owners and admitted they were “extremely successful" in everything they did. “Now I ask these same gentlemen how they can permit their (baseball/ structure to topple?’’ Trautman said. Trautman included Phil Wrigley of the Cubs, Tom Yawkey of the Red Sox, Gussie Busch of the Cardinals, John Galbreath of the Pirates and Bob Carpenter of the Phillies in his scorching indictment. delivered at a minor league writers' meeting Tuesday night. “And, oh yes,” he said as an afterthought, “I don't want to forget the Dan Toppings and the Del Webbs.” Referring to a recently published dispatch which charged baseball with a lack of leadership, Trautman said bluntly: “Some of the people in baseball are very selfish. It grieves me no end that the finger is pointed at us as lacking leadership. This game is my life and I want to preserve it. How are you going to get leadership when you can get no followers?” ~~~~~~ Trautman then revealed that a seven-man committee has been formed to determine how far the majors plan to go in their program of telev/ion expansion. He was speaking of the majors’ plan to have a TV game-of-the-week on Sundays as well as Saturdays. “This 'committee is being appointed to find a common ground of understanding,” he added, "specifically, to ask if this pattern of expanding networks is to be continued." The committee will be composed of league presidents Leslie O’Connor, (Pacific Coast League); Frank Shaughnessy (International League); Hal Totten (Three-1 League); Eddie Mulligan (California I/ague) and Sam Smith (Alabama-Florida League)Shaughnessy already has announced the International League’s intention of bringing suit against the majors if they go through with their plan to have a Sunday TV game-of-the-week. Elks Entertainment Committee To Meet > meeting of the Decatur entertainment committee for the Elks lodge is slated for 8:30 o’clock this evening, at the Elks home. All members have received a letter and list of other committee members, and each is asked to attend tonight’s meeting. College Basketball Notre Dame 82, St. Ambrose 63. Hanover 77, Ball State 59. Indiana Central 76, Eastern Illinois 61. Franklin 109, Huntington 71. Manchester 81 Kalamazoo 75 (overtime). Taylor 95, Bunker Hill Air Base 78. lowa 65, Southern Methodist 60 (overtime*. Bradley 97, Illinois Normal 47. Missouri 73, South Dakota 62. Drake 67. South Dakota State 58. Detroit 82, Assumption 57. Navy 70, American U. 67. West Virginia 109, VMC 50. Villanova 84, Philadelphia Tex. 63. v Lil' League/ ■ X “I gotta put the ball in the cup . . . I gotta put the ball in the i cup ..." 1

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Marty Reef, 1149; Jack and Leigh Nelson. 1146; Jo and Rosie Smola, 1134; Huck and Lou Hllty, 1117; Kenneth and Pat Scheumann, 1113; Jim and Norma Markley, 1090; Harold and Irene Hoffman, 1077; Woody and Lucy Call, 1070; Lee Gage and Alice Gage, 1076; Jerry Edna Ormsby 1037; Pete and Erna Ormsby, 1027; pete and Erna Melcher, 958. High series; Helen McClure, 513 (172-195-146). High Games: Women: Irene Hoffman, 177; Leia Bell, 178. Men: Erv Anderson, 204; Andy Appelman, 202; Jack Nelson, 213; George Laurent, 222-212-201. Pro Basketboil St. Louis 115, Minneapolis TOB. Boston 124, Detroit 113. Syracuse 119 Philadelphia 96. New York 110, Cincinnati 104.

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