Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 56, Number 299, Decatur, Adams County, 20 December 1958 — Page 6

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Yellow Jackets Beaten By Columbia City And Commodores Also Lose

YELLOW JACKETS The Decatur Yellow Jackets suffered their first Northeastern Indiana conference defeat of the seasoh, and their fourth overall in seven starts Friday night as they fell before the Columbia City Eagles, 56-48, at the Decatur gym. It was the third loop victory without a loss for the Eagles, and made Decatur's NEIC record 1-1. The Yellow Jackets started out in fine fashion, tallying 10 points in the first four minutes before the Eagles could score. Decatur built its early lead on two buckets each by Steve Dellinger and Bib Shraluka and one by Terry Holtsberry. The Eagles then came back, however, and by the end of the first period had cut Decatur’s lead to only three points at 14-11. Columbia City took the lead for the first time at 19-18 after five minutes of the second quarter had elapsed' and was never headed, although the Jackets moved into a 21-21 tie with a minute to go. Sutton hit his third fielder of the period for a 23-21 Columbia City halftime advantage. Decatur pulled into a 28-28 tie ' - after three minutes of the third “ stanza, but the Eagles then built up an eight-point margin at 40-32 going into the final eight minutes of play. The visitors built their margin to 53-42, but the Jackets electricied the crowded gym with three quick baskets in less than 20 seconds to cut the lead to 53-48 but time was too short. Schwartz topped the Eagles with 19 points, trailed by Sutton with 15 and Stickler with 12. Shraluka scored 14 markers, Dellinger 12 and Larry Daniels 10 for Decatur. The Jackets made only 10 of 23 free throw attempts, the Eagles 12 of 21. The Yellow Jackets will play at Bluffton Tuesday night in another Northeastern Indiana conference game. . Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Gay — 0 5 5 . Holtsberry . 113 \ Shraluka —. 7 0 14 Daniels 4 2 10 Dellinger 6 0 12 , Bischoffl 0 2 Reidenbach Oil Canales Oil Totals 19 10 48 Columbia City FG FT TP Ummel 2 0 4 Schwarz ... .♦.. 6 7 19 Stickler 6 0 12 Kness 10 2 Sutton 5 5 15 Wagoner 0 0 0 Lillick 0 0 0 Barnes 2 0 4 Totals 22 12 56 , Officials: McCoy, Brenizer. Preliminary Columbia City, 56-48. Over 2,500 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur < each day.

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. Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Gray at Hartford. Adams Central i Winning Skein Broken Friday The Adams Central Greyhounds saw their six-game winning streak snapped Friday night as they suffered their third loss of the season. 62-36, to the Oasian Bears on the Ossian floor. The Greyhounds were outscored by only one field goal, 17-16, but Ossian converted 28 free throws and the Greyhounds only four. Adams Central led at the first quarter, 11-8, but Ossian was on top at the half, 19-12, and at the third period, 43-20. The Bears had four players in double figures, led by Archbold with 17 points. Jim Brown topped the Greyhounds with 14 markers. Adams Central will be idle until Friday, Jan. 9, when the Greyhounds play at Montpelier. ussian FG FTTP Geisel4 5 13 Crane —— 4 2 10 Gemmer 15 7 Quackenbush 12 4 Patton 4 3 11 Archbold — 3 11 17 Purkh : ser ..i... 0 0 0 Kreigh 0 0 0 Totals 17 28 62 Adams Central FG FTTP Isch - 0 3 3 Egley 4 1 9 Foreman 2 0 4 Heyerly 10 2 Habegger — 2 0 4 Brown ... 7 0 14 Steiner 0 0 0 Totals - 16 4 36 Officials: Warner, Walker. Preliminary Ossian, 44-32. Gorillas Play Gray At Hartford Tonight The Harford Gorillas will meet: the Gray quintet from Jay county at the Hartford gym tonight. Thisj game was not included on the orig- j inal schedule sent to the Daily j Democrat earlier, but was added later. The Gorillas have a season record of seven victories and two defeats, having suffered their second loss of the season Tuesday at Redkey. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

„ • COMMODORES .The Pleasant Mills Spartans defeated the Decatur Catholic Commodore quintet Friday night by a score of 56-46 at the Spartan gym. The Spartans took an early lead in the second stanza and remained victorious over the Decatur five by outplaying and outhustling the During the first quarter, the taller Decatur ball club. score was tied four time at 5-5, 7-7, 9-9, and 14-14 at the end of the first stanza. Don Baker hit for Decatur to start the game, but two quick baskets by Roger Snyder gave the Spartans their first lead at 4-2. The remainder of the first quarter saw the lead change several times. Steve Irwin hit with a ; two-pointer with 25 seconds to go c to tie the clubs at the quarter. Pleasant Mills took an early lead - in the second stanza and was never i headed during the remainder of the game. The Spartans out-scored the I Decatur five 18-10 during the quarl ter with Snyder leading with seven. > Pleasant Mills had built its lead to 32-24 at half time. 1 Decatur was held to only eight j ’ points in the third stanza, while ' the Spartans scored 13. Close to the end of the quarter, the Pleas1 ant Mills club had built a 15-point | 1 deficit over the Decatur five. Pleas-1 I ant Mills led at the end of three I quarters, 45-32. With five minutes in the game| remaining, the Spartans had built i their lead to 16 points. Baker, forced to sit out most of the third quar-! ’ ter due to foul trouble, connected i 1 for six points and Glen Wilder hit i 1 eight points for Decatur, but time. ' had run out for the Decatur quintet: 1 and the Spartans won, 56-46. The victory over the Decatur j five gave the Spartans their second 1 victory in nearly a year. The Com-I ' modores record for the season now | stands at two wins and eight losses. Decatur stands idle until January 9 when they play Hartford at the Decatur gym. Pleasant Mills plays Geneva Monday at the Spartans’ gym. Pleasant Mills FG FT TP | Snyder —— 8 8 22 1 Irwin 4 2 10 Brunner—’— 2 2 8 Jackson —>■ B 8 King 0 8 8 Butler -* 1 3 5 1 Roe 2 7 Totals 17 22 88 Commodores FG FTTP Heiman —— —— 0 2 21 S. Omlor 2 1 5 Baker 7 2 18 (Wilder 9 0 18. P. Gross 0 0 8 1 Lengerich 0 Lose - 8 8 8 Reed — 284 Totals 28 8 48 i Officials: George, Butz. Preliminary Commodores, 37-32. , High School Basketball New Haven 77, Fort Wayne Con- i

— cordia 56. S Fort Wayne Central 64, Marion V 54. S Fort Wayne Central Catholic 66, South Bend St. Joseph’s 60. I LaPorte 69, Fort Wayne North 50 [ Lafayette Central 51, Woodburn f 49. ! Harlan 64, Elmhurst 42. 1 Huntertown 84, Ashley 44. ! Hoagland 52, Angola 38. « Arcola 51, Atwood 46. J Portland 69. Kendallville 68. 1 Garrett 76, Butler 72. [ Petroleum 61, Rockcreek 52. 1 Auburn 50, Peru 45. ! Elwood 63, Hartford City 55. 1 Huntington 61, Muncie Burris 54 ! Willshire 60, Ohio City 59. ' Wren 62. Hoaglin-Jackson 50. Indianapolis Attucks 59. Evansville Central 55. Southport 79. Rushville 76. Frankfort 38, Tipton 36. , North Webster 70. Warsaw 50. Wabash 70, North Manchester 44 E Martinsville 71, Columbus 67. t Jeffersonville 59, Greensburg 50. E Kokomo 99, North Central 88. J New Castle 74, Anderson Madison Heights 60. ! East Chicago Washington 83, Terre Haute Geastmeyer 56. ' Bluffton 68, Mississinewa 62 (overtime). Richmond 81, Mishawaka 62. South Bend Central 53, Goshen 50. " MMtnafc Madison 81, Aurora 63. Hammond 53. Gary Tolleston 36. i Muncie Central 53, Anderson 50. 1 Winchester 64, Union City 56. CALIFORNIA Continued from pa<e one [ was killed Thursday when he was i leading a hotshot crew of Hopi In- [ dians on a scouring mission and a sudden shift of winds enveloped him in flames, the Forest Service reported. Trade in a good town — Decatur. •

- THE DECATUR DAILY DtMOCJtA?, DECATUR, INDIANA

Lthere is a 1 1 ’ • ' 14/. Santa Claus. J • A I I I / 'I / • ~ i / / Virginia / I / f / fl * / , II 'S' i ’ ‘ I • ♦ I “Yes, indeed! “Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age—they do not be- , ,ieve except what they see — they think that nothing can be " which is not comprehensible by their little minds. It was only September, and 1897’s Christ- - ... . . ~ .. . ~ , . „ . ... .All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, I mas was three months m the future. But Vir* are little. ginia O’Hanlon’s concern was with an important ' li 4L 4 < i. i . n * . great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, problem that, to her, knew no season. That was in his intellect as compared with the boundless world about him, why she wrote her letter to the New York Sun. t?uth U ari Vnoiiedge ,UgenCe Capab,e of grasping the who,e The answer to Virginia’s question, written .< Yes , Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. in a moment of deep spiritual insight by Francis i B Church stands even todav as a testament “He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion I I if. enuren, stands even today as a testament exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its expressing two thousand years of faith. It has highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world . . 4 .. . there were no Sant* Claus! It would be as dreary as if there been reprinted here because it always will deserve were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no to be read again PO*try» no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal - light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. “Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! “You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that u prove l N . ob^ y Beos . Santa c,aus ’ but th *t is no sign that there is no Santa Claus—the most real things in the world are those .neither children nor men can see. x —it'* “Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Os course /RAMjooJJh, B I no *’ that s no proof that they are not there—nobody can ( ROOM ® *. £ tTAfe conceive or imagine all the wonders that are unseen and unseeV I aW ® in the world. . “ Y ? u , t ® ar npnrt the baby’s rattle and see what makes the j noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world « v not the Btron * est man > w even the unital strength of all the strongest men, that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside the curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. The Personnel nnd Mnnsgeinent W^ ital ! real? ~ah, Virginia, In all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. Wish You A Very, Very, Very “No Santa Claus! Thank God!—he lives, and he lives for- * * * ever —* thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand Merry Christmas ” ow ’ he w,u *• make ‘ h ' heart ° f And A Prosperous New Year ■

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1958