Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1958 — Page 7

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Commodores, Hartford Win Opening Games In Sectional Wednesday

Fans who only partially tilled the Adams Central gym Wednesday night witnessed the extremes in basketball in opening games of the annual sectional tourney, as the Decatur Catholic Commodores walloped the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 73-30, and the Hartford Gorillas came trap behind to nip the Adams Central Greyhound?, 48-47, in a real spine-tingler. '• The first round of play will be completed tonight. In the opener at 8 o’clock, the Monmobth Eagles and Geneva Cardinals will tangle, followed by the battle of those old rivals, the Decatur Yellow Jackets and the Berne Bears. Tonight’s session is a sellout, and there will be no tickets on sale at the gym box office. The teams and fans will get a rest Friday, with no sessions scheduled under the two-bracket setup. Tomorrow will be devoted to sale of tickets for the two Saturday sessions, with the tickets going to the fans of the four teams still in the running. The Commodores and Gorillas wil clash in the first semi-final at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, with the second tilt to match the winners of tonight’s battles. The Saturday afternoon victors will meet for the sectional championship in the final game at 9:15 o’clock Saturday night. Commodores Win Easily The tourney opener was strictly no contest, with Decatur Catholic running u pa 5-0 lead in the first two minutes, and widening its margin with each slowly passing minute. The Decatur lads were on top at the first quarter, 20-4. Pleasant Mills didn’t even get a shot from the field until more than three minutes of the game had elapsed, and the Spartans’ first field goal came ■Withone minute to go when Roger Roe finally connected Pleasant Mills scored just three free throws in the second quarter, and Coach Al Lindahl led his Commodores to the dressing room, at the half with a big 37-7 margin. Despite generous use of reserves throughout the second half, the Commodores kept right on rolling, and held a 56-17 advantage at the dore scoring with 18 points, and Glen Wilder tallied 11. as all but one of the 10 Decatur players broke into th* scoring column. Jack Butler scored nine points and Roger Snyder eight for Pleasant Mills. There were 40 fouls called. 21 on Pleasant Mills and 19 on the Commodores. The Commodores suffered a tough blow when Phil Reed reinjured an ankle in the second quarter, and did not return to the court for the- second half. Gorilla Rally Wins Roger Moser, veteran center for the Hartford Gorillas, riding the bench from late in the second quarter because of foul trouble, came bounding his seat midwaythrough the final period and led his mates to a thrilling 48-47 triumph over the Adams Central Greyhounds in Wednesday's nightcap. : — _ _ The defending champions were down by four points, 41-37. with 4:42 of the game to go. when Moser returned to the lineup. Nineteen seconds later, Hartford lost Mel Moeschberger on fouls, then single free throws by Jim Brown and Gary McMillen gave Adams Central a 43-37 lead with 4:10 to play. Then Moser went to work. The rugged veteran, who scored more points during the season than any other county player, hit his first shot, and added a free throw when fouled, suddenly cutting the Greyhounds' lead to 43-40. Moser hit his second shot but Larry Foreman ~ retaliated and it was 45-42, Greyhounds. with 2:30 to go. Moser hit his third shot in a row, and came right back with another and Hartford had a 46-45 lead with exactly , one minute to play. The Greyhounds lost the ball on a dribbling violation and when ] Hartford brought the ball down , court. Win Lehman was fouled with 14 seconds remaining and dropped in both free throws to ice the contest. Gary McMillen drove for a . fielder for Adams Central, but the - KU I]* 4 f | Drewry* Limited U.S.A. Inc,, South Bend, Ind. I

, game ended before the Greyhounds , had a chance to regain possession [ of the ball. > Hartford held an 11-8 lead after the first quarter of play, but the champions were limited to only six points in the second period, while the Greyhounds poured in 18, nine each by McMillen and Jim Brown, who entered the game at the start qf the quarter, and Adams Central took a 26-17 lead into the dressing room, and Moser carried four heavy fouls with him, committing his fourth with less than a minute to go. The Greyhounds still led by nine points, 30-21, midway through the third quarter, but began making too many ball-handling mistakes, and Hartford edged to within three points at the end of the stanza, 37-34. Moser led the victory with 18 points, the only Gorilla in double figures. McMilen was Adams Central’s leading pointp roducer with 21, while Brown sparkled in a pinch-hitting role with 13 markers. The Greyhounds also hurt their own cause by missing 14 free throws while converting 19 The Gorilas, with far fewer chances, connected on 10 of 14 opportunities at the 15-foot stripe. The officials blew 34 personal fouls and two technicals, with, 22 of the personals and both techs on Hartford. Commodores FG FT TP Kohne.-. 3 3-3 9i Kable 7 4-8 18 Reed .’ 1 3-3 5. Meyer 3 0-1 6 Wilder 5 1-4 11 Gross 2 0-2 4 Ellenberger 4 0-1 8 Hake 2 3-5 7 Beal 0 0-1 0 Oinlor J... 1 3-6 5 Totals .... 28 17-34 73 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Hawkins 0 1-3 1 Brunner 0 3-7. 3 Roe . .. .... 1 2-4 4 Snyder . 2 4-7 8 Johnson 1 i-2 3 King 0 2,-2 0 Jackson 0 0-0 ’ 0 Wheeler , 0 0-0 0 ‘Archer . *'..:... I 0-0 2 Butler ...1. 3 3-4 9 Totalsß 14-29 30 Score by quarters: Commodores .... 20 37 56 73 j Pleasant Mills . 4 7 17 30, Officials: Bateman, Kilby. Hartford ■ - FG FT TP: Pharr 2 1-1 5 Bixler 0 1-4 -1 < Moser 7 4-4 18 McCune 4 1-1 9 Moeschberger 3 1-2 7 Lehman 3 2-2 8 Augsburger 0 0-0 0 Thomas --- 0 0-0 0 Totals J— 19 10-14 48 Adams Central FG FT TP Foreman .j...- 3 1-2 7 McMillen-- 5 11-17 21 Isch 0 1-2 1 Habegger I'l-2 3 Heyerly 0 0-1 0 Egley ......—- 1 0-0 2 Brown - 4 5-9 13 Totals . 14 19-33 47 ! Score by quarters: i Hartford H 1" 34 48 Adams Central . 8 26 37 47 Officials: Kilby, Bateman. - U., Sectional Scores At Adams Central Decatur Catholic 73, Pleasant Mills 30. Hartford Center 48, Adams Central 47. At Fort Wayne Lafavette Central 57, Elmhurst 52.’ \ Fort Wayne Central 67.— Fort Wayne Catholic 58. New Haven 62, Harlan 60. At Avilla Wawaka 55. Ligonier 48. Lima 70, Springfield Twp 32. Kendallville 58, Rome City '43. At Churubusco Riverdale 81. Prland 46. Garrett 51, Churubusco 31. Fremont 81, Bellefountain 58. ' At Garrett Waterloo 72, Pleasant Lake 45. Butler 94, Flint 28. Ashley 52, Auburn 45. At Hartford City Portland 60, Hartford City 50. Bryant 68, Redkey 59. Madison Twp. 60, Poling 54. 1 At Huntington’ Jefferson 74, Union Twp. 53. Clear Creek 54, Huntington Catholic 52 (overtime). Andrews 88, Bippus 55. At Syracuse 1 Milford 79, Larwill 58. Leesburg 39. Atwood 38. ' j North Webster 62, Pierceton 42. , .1 Additional Sports On Page Five BHBBBBBHBBBHBBBBBBHBBBBBBMBBBBB

Tourney Notes The | annual Hoosier Hysteria was revived once again last night as the opening games or the 1858 underway at the Adams Central gym. . . • ♦ * Adams county fans missed a real thriller last night when the Adams Central boys almost upset the defending champs from Hartford Center. Approximately 750 tickets went unsold. Plenty of good seats were still available for the first two games of the tourney, Fan interest should l pick up now and tonight’s session is a complete sell-out. • - » » * Here are a few tourney firsts—first tip-off went to the Commodores, first field goal, Meyer of the Commodores; first foul shot made, Reed of the Commodores; first personal foul. Roe of the Spartans ; first time out, called by Pleasant Mills; first foul shot missed, Roe of Pleasant Mills; first foul on Commodores, Nearly 1,000 entires were received by Holthouse Drug co. in the annual sectional doping contest. The Yellow Jackets were picked by 58 per cent of the entrants to walk off with the honors. The county champ Commodores were picked by 25 per cent of the contestants .Hartford, the defending . sectional champs were selected by , nine per cent; Bprne five per cent; Monmouth, two per cent; Geneva, ; one per cent. Fewer than ten persons selected Pleasant Mills and Adams Central. » • • • The Commodores were the first team on the floor at 7:29, followed about seven minutes later by the Spartans at 7:36. The Commodore' fans began cheering as soon as the doors to the gym were opened and were by far, the noisiest group. * » * Honors go to the Adams Central cheering bloc for being the most colorful. Each of the students in the bloc were white blouses or shirts, and red skirts or pants, topped with red and grey beanies. Minature megaphones and pomperns were carried and used almost Amtinuously. All four of the ’ first night schools had cheering I blocs. I » » « — J High schols bands are absent frm the turney setting. The Star i Spangled Banner, the only thing ' capable of quieting the noisy crowd; was played by record- » • * On the job offering assistance to any injured person is the Red Cross unit, located in the’ Home Economics room just off the main corridor. The Lobensteinl ambulance from Monroe stood by to rush any injured person to the hospital} Dr. J. B. Terveer was the attending physician and Mi-, and Mrs. Jack Rayer were the first aiders. Sheriff Merle Affolder, deputies Bob Meyer and Charlie Arnold, city police ( officers Grover Odle and Robert Hill, and state trooper Gene Rash covered the tourney exits' completely and no accidents were reported by fans coming to and from the tourney. • * * The Commodores and the Spartans both had little young ladies all drassed up in cheer leading costumes to help encourage the fans to make a lot of noise. Cheryl Williamson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. |*Earl Williamson, was dressed in the black and white of the Spartan team. Dianne Lindahl, daughter of Coach and Mrs. Al Dindahl, represented Decatur Catholic. -7 -f—— ; Officials Kilby and Bateman called two close games last night. They have done a good job so far in the tourney play and we hope they continue to do so. Only once pr twice during both games did the fans disagree with the officials calls but that is to be expected from the emotionally pentup fans. ' y♦ » » Most fans are interested in the statistics of the games. The Commodores, made 28 field goals out of 69 ‘ attempts for a 40 per cent shooting average, as compared With Pleasant Mills eight out of 39 attempts for a 20 per cent average. The Commodores hit exactly half of their free throw attempts, 17 out of 34 for a 50 per cent average and Pleasant Mills hit 14 out of 29 attempts for. a 48 per cent Average. Hartford Center hit on 18 out of 48 field goal attempts for a 37 per cent shooting average as compared with Adams Central’s 15 out of 51 attempts for a 29 per cent average. The Gorillas shot at a 71 per cent clip at the free throw line, making 10 out of 14 while the Greyhounds made. 19 out of 34 charity tosses for a 56 per cent average. *, * ♦ Two technical fouls were called during the Hartford-Adams ") -

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Central game, one on a Hartford player and the other On the Hartford bench. Tempers flared a number of times during this exciting game and the officials were seen warning several of the players to hold their tempers or they would be ejected from the game. » « t « Phil Reed, center on the Commodore team suffered a slight) sprain to his ankle but he is ex-

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pected to play in Saturday’s encounter with Hartford. Dailey Bixler, the Hartford forward, was injured, during the second game and was taken off the floor but returned later to help his teammates eke out their victory over the Greyhounds. Both players hqve been plagued by leg,and ankle injuries all season. r * - * * A rain in the afternoon made'

the parking lot at the tourney site a little soft and the ground will no doubt be soft for tonight's session. Fans will probably have muddy shoes at tonight’s session and the seating arrangements at Adam Central are not conducive to keeping your best clothes clean. A little courtesy should be nr noticed by keeping your muddy shoes away from Other people’s clothing. Fans sit on stair-step

type seats. Another solution I would be to wear clothes thdt can be cleaned easily. • * * , A lot of fans missed the exciting closing minutes of the second encounter last night. Fans began

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to leave the gym before the Go rilla-Greyhound game wna completed and they missed Hartford’s rally in the closing seconds which put them ahead by one point". The game is never over until the final whistle sounds.