Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1958 — Page 7

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1958 J >

Decatur Commodores, Adams Central Win In Openers] Os Tournament

The Decatur Commodores and Adams Central Greyhounds advanced to the semi-finals of the annual Adams County tourney Saturday afternoon as the result of a pair of close victories in the opening round of games Thursday night at the Adams Central gym. The Commodores eliminated the defending champion Berne Bears, 43-41, in the opener, and the Greyhounds rallied in the final quarter of the nightcap to edge the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 48-47. As a result ot their triumphs, the Commodores and Greyhounds will clash in the first semi-final battle at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon. In the second semi-final, the Geneva Cardinals, who drew the bye, will meet the winner of tonight's Clash between the Hartford Gorillas and the Monmouth Eagles The championship game will be at 8 o’clock Saturday night. Tonight's schedule at the Adams Central gym will open at 7 o'clock, ' With the Berne and Hartford reserve teams battling for the county second team championship These same teams met in the final last year, with Berne winning. Hartford and Monrq'outh will tangle at 8; 15 p.m. in the final first round game. ’ ■■■ - Commodores Win The Berne Bears started the tourney opener as though determined to hold their championship, running up eight points before the Commodores broke the ice on Glen Wilder s first of six field goals The Decatur team finally pulled into a 9-9 tie and took the lead for the first time at 11-9 when Wilder hit his third two-pointer of the period. Gary’ Beaty hit from the floor to send the teams into the second quarter in an 11-11 deadlock. The second period was a nip and tuck affair, with the. score tied three times, with a last second bucket by Tom Steury giving the Bears a 22-20 advantage at the half. Berne built- Its lead to six on two-pointers by Tony Yoder and, Steury and stayed in front until Tom Meyer add Dave Kable hit to put the Commodores back into a tie at 28-28 with one minute to play in the third canto. A free throw by Dale Hake and a pair by Meyer enabtat-tter eornmodOTes'-to-hoM--a 31-28 lead at the end of the period. Decatur Catholic twice built sixpoint leads in the final stanza, but Stour.v dropped in two free throws to knot the quintets at 37-37 with 3 :30 to play. joe Kohnc and Steury traded baskets and it was 39-39 With 1:40 left. Meyer hit to put Decatur-back on top and Phil Reed laid one in from underneath for a 43-39 lead with 24 Seconds to go. Beaty closed out the scoring with two free throws for Bernd with four seconds to play. Beaty led all the scorers with 14 points. For Decatur, Wilder was high with 12 points and Meyer had 10. Greyhounds Bally The Adams Central Greyhounds after trailing most of the way. bounced back in the final quarter to edge the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 48-47. in the nightcap. The Spartans, leading by seven

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points, 43-36, at the end of the third quarter, hit a cold streak and were held without a point until only one minute of playing time remained in the game. Meanwhile, the Greyhounds kept pecking away and finally took the lead at 44-43 on a pair of free throws by Larry Foreman when Dwight Brunner committed his fifth personal. A field goal by Tom Heyerly and two more free throws by Foreman gave Adams Central a 48-44 advantage. Roger Roe finally broke the Pleasant Mills famine with -a free throw with one minute to play and the Spartans reduced the margin tb only one point as time ran out. Scoring honors were well divided for both teams, each having three players in double figures. Foreman topped the Greyhounds with 15 points, followed by Heyerly with 12 and Gary McMillen with 11. Dick Johnson and Dwight Brunner each scored 11 and Roger Snyder 10 for Pleasant Mills. / Commodores 'FG FT TP Hake 0 4-9 4 Kable 3 0-0 6 Reed 2 3-4 7 Meyer 4 2-3 10 Wilder . 6 0-0 12 Gross .. ... 0 0-0 0 'Kohnc 2 0-2 4 Totals 17 9-18 43 Berne FG FT TP Stahly ... 3 2-5 8 A. Yoder 0 1-2 1 Winteregg ... 1 1-2 3 Beaty 6 2-3 14 Steury 3 3-3 9 T. Yoder 2 0-0 4 Collier .....0 2-4 2Totals . 15 11-19 41 Score by quarters: Commodores ~ 11 20 31 43 Berne 11 22 28 41 Officials: Mcßride, Hilligoss. Adams Central F G FT TP McMillen 4 3-4 11 Egley,..,. 2 1-15 Foreman ...» 5 5-5 15 Habegger 1 1-2 3 Heyerly 6 0-2 12 Isch 1 0-5 2 Hart 0 0-0 0 * ■ _, ■ ■. . Totals 19 10-19 48 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Johnson 3 5-7 11 Brunner 4 3-5 11 Hawkins... 3 1-3 7 Snyder- - J.Jlr? 10 Butler . 1 3-4 5 Roe 1 1-2 3 Totals 16 15-23 47 Score by quarters: Adams Central .. 5 21 36 48 Pleasant Mills .. 7 25 43 47 Officials: Hilligoss, Mcßride. Fox Hunt Planned ~ Saturday Morning j The Union conservation club is ! planning a fox hunt Saturday. All persons interested are invited to ‘ participate. Only shotguns will be used. The hunters will meet at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Bleeke’s ser- ; vice station in Union township. |

Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Friday County tourney at Adams Central. Auburn at Yellow Jackets. Saturday County tourney at Adams Central. Classic Tourney To Open This Weekend I It was announced today that mixed doubles would be conducted at Mies Recreation as usual Saturday evening, starting at 9 o’clock. Although the 22nd annual five-man classic tournament will be in progress at the local lanes this weekend, arrangements have been made-for the doubles to cqntinue. Any man and woman bowling team is eligible to compete in the mixed doubles, with a 707 handicap being used. The alleys will be available for open bowling from 12 noon until 5:30 p.m. Saturday, with the remainder of the evening reserved for tournament entries and the doubles. Some alleys will be available for open bowling Sunday afternoon, with all of the alleys being open from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Approximately 150 teams have now entered the tournament, which begins Saturday and continues weekends until February 9. The approximate prize list to be distributed now stands at $2,550. Decatur teams scheduled to roll this week-end are Lynch Box, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, and Holthouse on the Highway and Painters, at 1 p.m. Sunday. Other teams entered dates: Gary, Lapel, Albany; Winbe from Fort Wayne, Butler, Angola, Bluffton. Woodburn, Cleveland, 0., Celina, 0., and Van Wert. Ohio. .“ j Teams from the following cities are scheduled to roll at later dates; Gary Lapel, Albany. Winchester, Kokomo, South Bend. Nappanee, Mendon, 0., Hicksville. 0., Greenville, 0., Wapakoneta, 0., Ottowa. 0., Fort Recovery. 0., Antwerp, 0., Bryan, O., /Paulding, 0.. Troy. 0., and Micto Entries for this tournament will be accepted until noon Saturday. The city association bowling tournament will be conducted at Mies Recreation this year, the latter part of February, followed by the annual Mies doubles tournament in March. A weekly schedule of hours the alleys will be available for open bowling will be published each week, as will the schedule for mixed doubles. K.C. Bowjing Meet Opens At Huntington HUNTINGTON — (IP) — The 14th annual Indiana Knights of Columbus —bowling tourney —; opens at L Rainbow Lanes Saturday with a record 101 team entered. The tourney, rolled only on i weekends, runs through Feb. 9. South Bend entered 20 teams to ; top the entries. Fort Wayne anI nounced 18.

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Northwestern Has Chance To Tie For Lead CHICAGO (UP)— Northwestern, last season’s doormat, has a chance to share the lead in the current Big Ten basketball race Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats, seeking their third straight league win, meet Michigan State on their home court at Evanston, 111. Going into the afternoon TV battle, the revitalized Wildcats have a record of 2-1, a half-game off the pace set by Michigan and Indiana, which share 3-1 records. To move in front the Wildcats will need a helping hand from lowa, which meets Indiana on the Hawkeye court. A Hawk victory would drop Indiana from its share of the league lead and move the wildcats into the spot. Michigan, along with Illinois, is not scheduled Ohio State (1-2) and Minnesota (1-1) meet on the Buckeye court in a contest featuring three of the conference’s top 10 scorers. George Kline, who has been averaging 25.5 points per game, and Roger Johnson, hitting at a 20point per game clip, will play against big Frank Howard, whose 23.6 average is fourth best in the Big Ten. Purdue's Boilermakers will attempt to get back into the race when they meet an ambitious Wisconsin five at Lafayette, Ind. The Boilermakers have lost twice and won once in conference play. The- Badgers arc rolling along at a .500 mark with victories over Ohio State and Illinois and losses to Michigan and thb Illini. Intramural League Games Are Played Two games were played Thursday night in the intramural . league at the Decatur high school. The Green -team defeated the Red, 52-30, and the Black team downed the Yellow, 41-23. Green FG FT TP Baumgartner 6 2 14 Vanhorn 10 1 21 Andrews 113 Bteeke 3 0 6 Ralston 0 0 0 Sheets —— 3 0 6 Hall 0 0 0 .Mclntosh -1 0 2’N. Baumgartner o—o .0 — TOTALS 24 4 52 Red FG FT TP Nelson 5 1 11 Butcher 1 0 2 1 -Corah - XL— 0 0 | Snyder 2 0 4 Krueckeberg 0 0 0 Ballard 0 0 0 Dailey -.1.-—- 1 0 ,2 i Davis ; 0 0 0 McCagg 4 0 8 Krick 1 13 TOTALS - 14 2 30 Black FG FT TP P. Rambo 6 2 14 l J. Douglas 0 0 0 C. Krueckeberg .... 0 2 2 G. Black —... 6 0 12 G. Fawcett....,. 0 0 0 J. Rambo 6 1 13 TOTALS 18 5 41 Yellow FG FT TP G. Sheets —l—» 5 7 J. Baumann 6 0 12 R. Highland ... 0 6 0 j L. Fravel —1 0 2 J J. Bleeke 1 0 2 D. Baumann 0- 0 0 I TOTALS . 9 5 23 | — H. S. Basketball South Bend Central 39, South Bend Adams 34. Gary Froebel 60, Gary Emerson 59. Allen Co. Tourney Arcola 60, Monroeville 56. Woodburn 43, Elmhurst 37. EAGLES ROUND and SQUARE DANCING r Saturday, Jan. 18 9:30 to 12:30 __ 0 - . THIELE’S ORCHESTRA — O — EAGLES LODGE Court & Second I ‘

TOURNEY NOTES The 1958 county varsity tourney which opened Thursday night at the Adams Central high school, has already provided many of the thrills which keep basketball fans enthusiastic about the game. Both games were played cautiously and ended with very close scores; the Commodores edging Berne, 43-41, and the Greyhounds nipping the Spartans, 48-47. Berne collected a lot of firsts in the opening game. The first tip-off went to Berne, the first point was scored on a foul shot by Bryce Winteregg, and the first field goal was made by Fred Stahly. The first foul was committed by Dale Hake of the Commodores. The fans were treated with music before the games, and at half-time by the bands from De-, catur Catholic, Berne, and Adams Central. Most of the cheering blocs have organized antics during each number. With the cheer leaders out in front directing, the high school students go through motions in unison. Adams Central wins the honors for the most colorful cheering section last night. The students wore red skirts or slacks with white blouses or shirts with red and white beanies to top off their outfits. Each school's students were decked out Un outfits showing their school \oldrs, and it wasn't difficult to pladd any fan’s inclinations as to his or her favorite. Due to much pareful planning on the parts of the tourney officials, everything proceeded in an orderly fashion. Fans were seated quickly and- the stands were emptied just as quickly after the games. Last year, the - scoreboard went on the blink, but nothing of the sort happened this year. For the statistical minded fans here are the field goal totals for each of the four Thurs- . day night contestants. Both [ games were played cautiously, with the players attempting shots . only after carefully working the , ball,around.and looking for that perfect opportunity. The Commodores connected on 17 out of ': 44 field goal attempts for a scoring average of 39 per cent. Berne took 47 shots and made 15 of them for a 32 per cent average. Pleasant Mills had the best average of the evening even though losing the game and attempted only 37 shots, making 16 for a very respectable average of 43 per cent. Adams Central, with their advantage in height, controlled the backboards, and attempted 69 shots, making only 18 of them for a 26 per cent average. r I - - The Commodores, after a poor j scoring first half, average-wise; i connected on 80 per cent of their ; shots in the third quarter and 50 : per cent in the fourth quarter and j fans saw some phenomenal shooting. Pleasant Mills, after three quarters of spectacular shooting, literally fell apart irt the fourth quarter, scoring only four points during that period.. They failed to score a field goal until only I five seconds were remaining in I the game, netting their other two points at the charity stripe. The Red Cross organization was on the job last night with their unit situated in the home economics room in th’e main corridor of the school building. Dr. Robert Boze. assisted by Roy Gilliom and Iris Lehman, donated their time to manning the first aid station. The Yager ambulance stood by just outside the t main entrance in case anyone was ; seriously hurt. - I Tourney goers owe a special . vote of thanks to sheriff Merle J Affolder, deputies Charles Arnold and Robert Meyers, and city police officers, Raymond Seitz and Grover Odle. They stood in the cold and directed traffic over slippery roads to and from the games. It’s an unpleasant job even during better leather conditions. It's pretty rough in freezing temperatures but the service smooths out traffic jams and prevents’ mishaps that might occur in the heavy traffic, They will do the same for each of the tourney sessions. The telephone service provided by the Citizens Telephone company and the Decatur Daily answered 1,900 calls Thursday night "from fans wanting the up-to-the-minute scores. Anyone who wants , the latest

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scores is invited to dial 3-2171 throughout the tourney. Berne and Hartford Center play in tonight’s first game for the second team championship. , These two teams have eliminated I all of the other schools from the I running in their tourney and will meet at 7 p. m. The second game 1 of the evening will pit the Hart- : ford Gorillas against the Mon- ’ mouth Eagles. 1 The Berne Bears were the first ' team on the floor in the 1958 county tourney, entering the gym at ’ 6:35 p. m. E Ticket sales in the various ' schools were reported running behind last year’s sales, but a [ final talley has not been made.x Norbert Witte, former star of the Monmouth Eagles, is reported extremely unhappy with the Indiana University team where he is now a sophomore, and is said to be considering a transfer to another school. \ Chuck Noble Out Os Pistons' Lineup i DETROIT — (IP) — Guard Chuck Noble, who aggravated a shoulder ■ injury Wednesday night in De- . troit’s game with the Boston Celi tics, has been placed on the Pis- , ton’s injured list and Tom MarI shall, purchased earlier this season. from the Cincinnati! Royals, i has been moved up to take his ' place. Noble must sit out at least five games. Jack Curtice Named Stanford Grid Coach SAN FRANCISCO — (IP) — Coach “Cactus Jack’’ Ctfrtice of Utah, who had been tabbed as a “sure thing” to replace Chuck Taylor as head football coach at Stahdford University, finally made it. Stanford President Wallace Sterling made it official Thursday following a meeting of the university’s trustees to ratify Curtice’s earlier acceptance by the board of athletic control. mmu. Pro Basketball Syracuse 112, St. Louis 96. Detroit 113, Philadelphia 108. Cincinnati 121, Minneapolis 108. College Basketball t Dayton 75. Oklahoma City 60. 7 Capital 110, Dennison 62. Florida State 77, Stetson 60. Davidson 72, Furman 70. Texas 73, Texas Christian 69. Dog Bite GARNER, Mass. — (IP) — When Norman Casavant peered into his parkect station wagon to see what was lying on the floor, a St. Bernard dog leaped out and bit him on the nose.

St. Louis Cardinals Sign 27th Player By United Press The St. Louis Cardinals, who i haven't won a pennant since 1916 were leading all major league teams today in “the. ball point race.” . The Redbirds, perennially the leaders in contract signings, lined up their 27th player Thursday when star pitcher Larry Jackson signed for a “substantial' increase" Bing Devine, the Cardinals’ new general manager, has only 12 more players to sign while most clubs still are dealing with the bulk of their rosters. Jackson was the Cardinals’ leading pitcher last season, posting a 15-9 won and lost record and winding up with an earned run average of 3.47. The Los Angeles Dodgers, meanwhile, lined up relief specialist Clem Labine, who appeared in 58 games last season despite a rib injury. • : _j One of the highest paid relief pitchers in basebalL Labine has a lifetime earned run average of 3.47 for 304 games, during which he has won 59 games and lost 35. The Cincinnati Redlegs raised ‘heir number of signed players to 13 by lining up catchers Smoky Burgess and Dutch Dotterer, pitchers Ken Hommel and Ted Wipapd, and outfielder Pete Whisenant. Burgess, the most important .member signees , batted .2831 and drove in 39 runs on 58 hits last year. —~~ Elsewhere around the circuit: The Milwaukee Braves signed outfielder Earl Hersh; first baseman Norm Zauchin of the Boston Red Sox. who broke his right wrist in a game last August, was okayed by team physician Dr Ralph McCarthy, /

on WGL... BASKETBALL ADAMS COUNTY TOURNEY SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 12:55 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. LEN reports the action ... color .. . and highlights of all three semi-final and final games. Where Good Listening . is the Rule! presented by First State Bank of Decatur I - . " The 1250 Spot - i

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