Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 298, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1958 — Page 7

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Tourneys Hold Spotlight For College Teams By JOHN GRIFFIN United Press International College basketball ignores that famous stacker reading “do not open until Christmas" by opening the holiday tournament season tonight with four major carnivals and NCAA champion Kentucky as the featured team. Most of the other big hoop fiestas won’t start until a week from tonight, but unbeaten Kentucky is picked to win its own irjvitational tourney starting tonight in Lexington, Ky„ Northwestern’s the favorite in the Blue Grass Tournament at Louisville, Auburn is the choice in the Birmingham, Ala., classic, and Georgia is the pick in The Citadel Invitational. Here’s how tonight’s first-round games line up: Keuluc|(y Invitational: Kentucky, ranked No. 3 nationally, favored over defense - conscious Oklahoma State and seventhranked West Virginia, the defending champion, over Ohio State. t Blue Grass Tourney: Northwestern picked over Louisville and North Carolina over Notre'Dame. Birmingham Classic: Auburn, riding a 14-game winning streak, is a slight favorite over Wyoming’s Skyline Conference champions, and Texas A & M is picked over Alabama. Citadel Invitational: Soph-stud-ded Georgia picked over the host Citadel team and Florida State over Miami (Fla t. ° If these games run to form, they would produce a long-await-ed meeting between Kentucky,

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Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams FRIDAY Columbia City at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Pleasant Mills. Berne at Geneva. Adams Central at Ossian. Monmouth at Bryant. last year's NCAA tourney champion,. and West Virginia, last year’s regular season champion, in the Kentucky finale. A Notre Dame upset of North Carolina tonight could give the Irish a chance to gain revenge against Northwestern, which beat them, 68-63, Dec. 8. That this could be the season for surprises was tipped Thursday night when Virginia, fresh from a conquest of West Virginia, suffered an 83-76 loss on its home court to Wake Forest. Fails To Score Virginia went into the final minute of this one with a 76-75 lead and then • stunned the crowd by failing to score as Wake Forest ripped in eight straight points to take the game. Georgie Ritchie scored 27 points to lead the winning Deacons while Paul Atkins tallied 25 for Virginia. Bradley, Seton Hall, and Marquette were among other teams scoring top victories Thursday night. Bradley, ranked 16th nationally by the UPI Board of Coaches, rolled to its fifth straight victory, 85-48, over Nebraska. The Braves, who sank their first 20 free throws and a total of 23 out of 26 for the night, broke out of an early 14-14 tie to smash Nebraska’s zone defense with 13 straight points and then won easily as Dan Smith scored 18. Seton Hall held Ralph Crosthwaite, a 22.8 average scprer last season, to 13 points and beat Western Kentucky, 73-67, at Madison Square Garden. Marquette Drubs NYU . Marquette displayed the fast break it has learned from new coach Eddie Hickey, the old St. Louis U. mentor, and drubbed New York U., 70-59, at Milwaukee by holding Violet ace Cal Ramsey to seven points. Tom Sanders had 26 for NYU and Mike Moran 23 for Marquette. In other top games: Vic Klinker’s 19 points led Tulane to a 63[SB win over Baylor; Gene Tormohlen’s 18 points paced Tennessee to its fifth straight win, 67-, 52, over Davidson; Carl Belz’ 26 points and 20 rebounds led Princeton to a 70-47 win over Rutgers,; Easter nKentucky handed Loyola of Chicago its first loss, 64-59. by holding soph center Clarence Red, who had averaged 27 points per game, to four; Marshall trounced College of Pacific, 96-71, as Lee Byrd scored 28: Al Tate’s 21 points paced taller Wichita in an 81-65 rout of Santa Barbara; Portland U. of Oregon nipped lona College, 57-55, on Wally Panel’s two free throws; Butler downed Dartmouth, 79-74; and Missouri defeated Rice, 67-62. Hockey Results National League New York 2, Detroit 0. Montreal 4, Toronto 1.

U.S. Davis Cuppers Take Over 2-0 Lead PERTH, Australia (UPD—Alex Olmedo,and Hamilton Richardson ripped through their opening matches with comparative ease to give the United States Davis cup tennis team a 2-0 lead over Italy today in the inter - zone final. Olmedo, a 22-year-old student at Southern California, spotted Nicola Pietrangeli the first set and then bounced back with a vengeance to win the opening match of the best-of-five series, 5-7, 10-8, 6-0, 6-1. A small crowd of about 2,500 then watched Richardson, a Cup veteran from Louisiana who now resides in Arlington, Va., cut Orlando Sirola down to size by winning his match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 7-5. The Yanks need only one more victory in the three remaining matches to berth opposite Australia in the challenge round at Brisbane, Dec. They can clinch the series in Saturday’s doubles ' match when Richardson and Olmedo will team up against the same Italian pair they handled so easily in the initial firing. Milwaukee Braves To Travel By Plane MILWAUKEE. Wis. (UPI) —The air-minded Milwaukee Braves will make all road trips next year by plane, except for the short jaunt between Milwaukee and Chicago, which will be made by train. The team will cover 26,104 air miles during the season. Bill (fames Named Head Coach At UCLA LOS ANGELES (UPD — Bill Barnes, a disciple of the late Henry (Red) Sanders, today officially took over as head football coach at UCLA after a season as acting coach. Following Sanders' death last August, his first assistant, George Dickerson, was appointed head coach. But Dickerson fell victim to nervous exhaustion and Barnes stepped in to run the team. Offer $400,000 For Championship Bout MIAMI (UPD — Actor George Raft and Cuban contractor Chile Mendoza awaited a—reply -today from heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson to their $400,000 offer for a February title defense at Havana. Raft, part owner of a plush Havana hotel, announced the offer in Miami Thursday night, and said Patterson's manager seemed “very interested” when the guarantee was made to him by telephone. • CHANGES MADE WATERLOO, N.Y. (UPD—John £coot Valder will-need plenty of changes in the near future, but he won’t be able to use the first one he got for about 16 years. John was the first baby born at a new hospital here and among the gifts he received from local businessmen was a free change of automobile oil.

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Peewee Reese Retires From » Playing Ranks LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPD—The Little Colonel hung up his glove the same way he played it in the major leagues for 16 seasons—like a ballplayer and a gentleman. Retired as a player and signed as a coach by the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday,Peewee Reese accepted the end of his playing career cheerfully but with a touch of sadness too. “When you’ve played so long, you hate the thought of not being in the thick of things any more,” Reese said at his home here, “but maybe it’s for the best. I’ve had a bad back for a couple of years ... maybe it was time to quit” Peewee hinted his baseball career might not last much longer than his playing days. “I don’t expect to be in baseball all my life,” he said, “or at least I hope not. I’ll try this coaching deal for a year and see what works out. Not that I’m complaining at all, you understand, but coaching isn't the best money in the world, and besides it’s time for me to settle down with my family.” To a suggestion that a managerial job might naturally follow, Reese answered emphatically, “No sir. I’m not interested,” and he joked, “gotta take care of the ulcers I picked up in all thoce close pennant races.” Looking back, the Dodger captain mused, “the only thing I feel disappointed about is that I’ve never hit .300 but once ... I never could figure out why I didn’t hit more.” He had a lifetime batting average of .269, 2,170 hits and 885 runs batted in through 16 seasons, seven World Series and eight All-Star games. There is no doubt about the biggest satisfaction he got from baseball. “Beating those Yankees in the 1955 World Series’ boy, I was afraid I never would see that day, and you remember, they came back and tied it up in the sixth game. I thought ‘well, here we go again.” Pro Basketball Minneapolis 113, Detroit 104. Boston 104, Cincinnati 90. High School Basketball Indianapolis Attucks 52, Indianapolis Tech 44. Elkhart 69, Mishawaka 59. South Bend Riley 64, South Bend Washington 56. Evansville Lincoln 78, Evansville Memorial 60. Bloomington 50, Bedford 36. Huntingburg 65, Mitchell 45. Flora 92, Delphi 63.

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Rocky Colavito Is Slugging Champion CHICAGO (UPD—Rocky Colavito of the Cleveland Indians was named the American League’s slugging champion for 1958 today, which means, as the ball players say, he gave the ball the longest ride .downtown. Slugging averages are determined by the number of total bases a player collects compared with his official times at bat. Colavito finished with a slugging percentage of .620 by rapping out 303 total bases in 489 times up. The Cleveland outfielder’s batting average was only .303, but he hammered out 41 homers, 26 doubles and three triples. His 113 runs batted in was exceeded only by Jackie Jensen of the Red Sox, who led the league with 122. Mickey Mantle of the Yankees and 4 Bob Cerv of the Athletics finished in a second place tie as far as slugging laurels were concerned. Each registered a mark of .592. Ted Williams, the Boston belter who won the 1957 slugging crown with a .731 figure, wound up fourth this year with .584. He was followed by Roy Sievers of the Senators, .544; Jensen, .535, and Bob Nieman of the Orioles, .522. Mantle drew the most bases on balls, 129, but that total was well under the 146 with which he led the league in 1957. Os those 129 walks, 13 were intentional, and that figure also was tops in the circuit. Mantle and Jim Lemon of Washington each struck out 120 times to wind up in a tie for that “distinction,” while at the other extreme, Nellie Fox of the White Sox fanned only 11 times in 155 games. BLUE-RIBBON PANEL BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPD—Dr, Albert R. Shadle, president of the Zoological Society of Buffalo, appointed an 11-man special committee which included six biologists from universitys in the area. The committee’s job is to make sure the signs at the Buffalo zoo are spelled correctly. PAIRS AND SPARES HARTFORD, Conn. (UPD-A church group comprised of both married couples and single folks here is called “Pairs and Spares.” RELIGIOUS CAMPUS IiAFAYETTE, Ind. (UPD-A resurgence of interest in religion on the nation's college campuses has beeh noted by vice president James A. Lewis of the University of Michigan. During a conference on religious activities in state universities held at Purdue University, Lewis pointed out that more classes in theology are being held and are proving more popular to students. “The last few years have seen a shift on most campuses from inter-faith and inter-religious programs,” he added. “Sectarian interest has been intensified. Most denominations, challenged by a resurgence of campus interest, are expanding to service more students and faculty members.”

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| Today's Sport Parade | (Reg. U.B. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY • United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) — Weather and the second half staying power of the Cleveland Browns shaped up today as the deciding factors in their playoff battle with the New York Giants at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. It's even money as these two pro titans go at it for the Eastern Division championship of the National Football League. And it's a game which makes the following championship battle with the Baltimore Colts almost anticlimactic. Given good footing, the choice in this comer is Cleveland. Yet it has to be on “if” proposition. Because bad weather could immobilize the speedy Browns’ attack and, in a crunching head and heed power battle, that rugged Giant defense once again could grind down and contain the Browns in the late stages. Second-Half Team A second half surge by the Giants has been the story of their two victories over the Browns this season. In their first meeting, the Browns led, 17-7, at half time. In the second half they had exhausted their offense against that rock-ribbed Giant line and New York l came on to pull out a 21-17 win. The second time around,. last Sunday in the snow, the Browns again broke out with a 10-3 half time lead. Before the going became too bad, Jimmy Brown on the first play from scrimmage bolted 65 yards for a touchdown. But, as the footing became worse and worse, the Giants contained the Brown attack and came on for a 13-10 victory. No team ever has beaten the Browns three times in one season. This identical situation was at hand in 1950 when the Giants won two regular season games from the giants but lost the playoff, 8-3. However, these kind of records are compiled to be broken and those mauling Giants might bring it off this time. However, the Browns have the offense, again “if” they get the footing, to build up an early first half lead which could take it out of the Giants' reach. Speed Worries HowellJimmy Brown, the record-bust-ing fullback, is only one of four 10-second backs. His amazing talents are reflected by his 1,527 yards gained to smash the old league record of 1146 yards which Philadelphia’s Steve Van Buren set up in the 1949 season. Then there’s Ray Renfro, the lightning fast flanker back who scores a touchdown every fourth time he catches a pass plus the punt and kickoff return twins. Bob Mitchell and Leßoy Bolden. These are days when the punters stand farther back from the line of scrimmage. This gives them time to get off booming, sky-high (kicks which have the ends waiting hungrily and looking down the punt receiver’s throat a£ he makes the catch. Even so, they have gone all the way back with punt returns. Giant Coach Jim Lee Howell is worried about Cleveland’s tremeni dous speed on end sweeps. And, lon a dry field, Cleveland’s big. fast guards. Gene Hickerson and j Jim Ray Smith, pull out of the line with pony-back speed to lead

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233, A. Baker 204, T. Fennib 203, J. Meyer 201, L. Gage 218. College Basketball Butler 79, Dartmouth 74 (overtime). Manchester 82, Hanover 81 (double overtime). Wabash 56, DePaul 54. Earlham 79, Heidelberg 64. Illinois Colege 72, Rose Poly 64. Buffalo 80, Ball State 64. Kentucky State 63, Anderson 56. Bradley 85, Nebraska 48. Marshall 96, College of Pacific 7L Marquette 70, New York U. 59. Wake Forest 83, Virginia 76. Tulane 63, Baylor 55. Missouri 67, Rice 62.

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