Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1959 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, IW9

Yellow Jackets Beaten As Huntington Rallies In Second Half, 75 - 60

° A pair of Indiana high school basketball teams did an abrupt aboutface Tuesday night at the Decatur high school gym, and as a result, the Huntington Vikings whipped the Decatur Yellow Jackets, 75-60. The defeat ended a three-game winning streak for the Jackets and made their season record an even 6-6. It was Huntington's ninth win in 14 starts. The first half was pretty much all Decatur. Phil Wasmuth hit from the field for the Vikings after more than two minutes of play had elapsed, but the Yellow Jackets then poured in 13 points in a row, paced by three two-pointers by Larry Daniels, before Bill Watrous broke Huntington’s scoring famine with 3:80 to go. The Vikings pulled within three points, 15-12, at the end of-the first quarter. Decatur stayed out in front throughout the second period, and went to the dressing room at halftime with a six-point bulge at 28-22. The Jackets boosted their lead back to 10 points at 34-24 after two and one-half minutes of the third period, but the Vikings then began to move better, the Jackets slowed down perceptibly, and Huntington was out in front at the end of the quarter, 42-41. The visitors turned the final period into a rout as they poured through the Jackets for easy layups and pot shots, and twice the Vikings had 18-point margins. Huntington had four players in double figures, Wasmuth with 20, Ron Handwork with 15, and Watrous and Bob Walker with 13 each. Bob Shraluka led Decatur with 17, nine in the last quarter, Steve Dellinger had 12,and Daniels 10. The Yellow Jackets will play the Auburn Red Devils at Auburn Friday night. > Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Holtsberry ..4 0 8 Bischoff ..J......' 1 2 4 Shraluka 3 17 Daniels ~ ........ 5 0 10 Dellinger .— 5 2 12 Gay ....... ... 2 5 9 Reidenbach ............ 0 0 0 Canales .... 0 0 0 Totals 24 12 60 Huntington l FG FT TP Tewel 3 2 8 Watrous .1.........—. 5 3 13 Walker 6 1 13 Handwork 6 3 15 Wasmuth 8 4 20 Paul 2 2 6 Wetters 0 0 0 Totals ..... 30 15 75 Officials: Timmons, Champ. Preliminary Decatur, 34-31 (overtime). Fox Hunt Planned Saturday Morning The St. Mary’s and Blue Creek conservation club will hold a fox hunt Saturday morning. All persons interested in participating in the hunt are asked to meet at the Salem store at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. WE SPECIALIZE IN READY-MIXED CONCRETE KM Planning to build a »h«d, Crib, granary, feeding floor-ar perhap* moderniie around the hovwt Call u* whan you need concretel We'll deliver promptly the amount and typo yea need. There'* no guttling whan you buy our ReadyMixed Concrete — If* olwayi expertly proportioned and mixed the right eonpiiteney for the fob. CONTACT U» FOR FRil tSTIMATU DECATUR READY-MIX, INC. Oak St. at Fornax St. Phone 3-2561 “Proven Abllilf

Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams THURSDAY County tourney at Adams Central. . FRIDAY County tourney at Adams Central. Yellow Jackets at Auburn. SATURDAY County tourney at Adams Central. z Blaik Retires As Grid Coach At West Point NEW YORK (UPD—Earl Blaik, one of the most successful football tutors of the current generation, surprised plebes and generals alike Tuesday night by retiring as Army's head coach and athletic director. He will surrender both positions Feb. 15—his 62nd birthday—to accept “one of several opportunities either in television or business.’’ Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson, superintendent of the Military Academy, announced Biaik’s resignation and admitted in an official statement, “We will find it extremely difficult to select a successor.” Two Under Consideration However, informed sources told United Press International that Dale Hall, Biaik’s No. 1 assistant for the last three years, and Vince Lombardi, who served under the taciturn ex-cavalryman for five years before joining the professional New York Giants as their offensive coach in 1954, Already- -are—being considered for the prestige-laden post. Blaik reportedly endorsed Hall as his logical successor when he turned in his resignation. A native of Parsons’ Kan., Hall performed in the same backfield with Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard on Biaik's greatest squad — the 1944 national champions. He served ad an assistant coach at Purdue, 1 New Hampshire -and Florida before returning to the Point in 1956. “If they are looking for a successor on the present staff. Hall is the man,” one Army spokesman admitted. “However. Vince Lombardi also must be Considered a strong candidate.” Lombardi, a guard on Fordham’s celebrated “seven blocks of granite” during his undergraduate days, helped Blaik install the T-formation at Wgst Point after World War 11. He has been Jim Lee Howell’s chief lieutenant on the Giants' staff for the last five years “but would jump at the chance to return ,to the Point,” another source revealed. Dissatisfied With Policies All ho u gh. Biaik's retirement shook the Army brass, it was almost common knowledge that he had’ been dissatisfied with certain policies. at the Point, especially the long-standing ban against participation in bowl games. Navy had engaged in two post-, season contests in recent years and even the fledgling Air Force Academy sent a team to the Cotton Bowl last New Year’s Day However, Army officials have steadfastly refused to accept bowl bids—and this undoubtedly irked Blaik and may have prompted his resignation. In turning his back on the Point, Blaik leaves behind a record that will be hard to match in future years. During his quarter of a century as a head coachseven years at Dartmouth and 16 years at the Military Academy— His terns won 166 games, lost 48 and tied 14. “Cribbing” Scandal Blow Twice during his Army tenure, the' lean, jut-jawed tactician resurrected the Cadets’ gridiron fortunes. He took over as head coach of the Black Knights in 1941 after they had won only one of nine games the previous season and directed Army to unbeaten seasons in 1944-45-46-48-49. He was named “Coach of the Year” in 1946. In 1951, Biaik's team was rocked by the “cribbing” scandal that robbed him of almost his entire squad, including his own son, Bobby, the Cadets’ first team quarterback. Instead of resigning tnen, Blaik vowed he would lead Army back to the top. It wasn’t an easy task. The Cadets won only two of seven games in 1951 but they started to roll again two years later when they 1 posted a 7-1-1 reord. With the start of the 1958 season, Blaik installed his “lonely end” offense and the Cadets again went unbeaten, climaxing their" season with a 22-6 victory_over Navy. Now, thought Blaik, Army officials finally would .permit him to lead his players into a bowl game. But the ban was not lifted—and that's when the old soldier decided “this is the proper time for, me to withdraw -from college sports.”

Cites Reasons For Firing Os Brennan SOUTH BEND, Ind. (UPD— Terry Brennan was fired as Notre Dame football' coach because he failed to fulfill the school’s “commitment to excellence.” The statement is contained in a copyrighted article by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, Notre Dame president in the Jan. 19 edition of Sports Illustrated Magazine. It was released here late Tuesday. It was Father Hesburgh's first comments on the controversial discharge a few days before Christmas. Father Hesburgh wrote that, contrary to published reports, he was not the victim of alumni pressure. He said he received only two communications” frqni: alumni regarding football last season. “But still there remains the single nagging fact—we did change coaches,” Father Hesburgh said. “Why? Must there be something sinister in this? ~ Nothing* more sinister than •* cutnn.n...m w ex< cellence, and the judgment that the performance would be bettered by the change.” Notre Dame replaced Brennan with Joe Kuharich, a native of South Bend, who left a lucrative post as coach of the Washington Redskins. “Like all judgments regarding human performance and standards of. excellence, this is a fallible one,” Father Hesburgh said. “Many may disagree with it.” Father Hesburgh said the decision to fire 30-year-old Brennan was made unanimously by the faculty board in control of athletics at its regular December meeting. "The Director of Athletics (Ed Krause), while he does not have a vote in these matters, did agree with th ei r recommendation, ’ ’ Father Hesburgh said. Furthermore, Father Hesburgh said he “and Terry” mutually agreed to make the announcement before Christmas, rather than after the New Year, in the interest of the assistant coaches. “There were coaching jobs available that might not be available later," he said. V . , -4K&S' High School Basketball Indianapolis Shortridge 61, Indianapolis Attacks 58. Indianapolis Ripple 52, Indianapolis Cathedral 36. Valparaiso 80, Hammond 56. East Chicago Washington 71, East Chicago Roosevelt 39. Bloomington 64, Martinsville 48. Madison 76, Jeffersonville 63. Lafayette 46, West Lafayette 40. Terre Haute Garfield 72, Terre Haute State 58. Princeton 49, Evansville Reitz 40 Seymour 58, North Vernon 49. Greensburg 76, Batesville 32. Greencastle 59, Brazil 55. — Evansville -Memorial 75, Evansville North 57. Gary Emerson 6t, Hammond Tech 49. Huntington Catholic 59, Marion Bennett 55. ,Washington-Clay 73, South Bend Washington 62.

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Results Listed In Intramural League ' Results of the junior intramural league at the Decatur high school are as follows: Nationals 25, Knicks 20; Warriors 33, Lakers 8; Hawks 34, Pistons 30; Celtics 44, Royals 29. National FG FT TP Eyanson . 6 1 13 Johnson ..... 0 0 0 Fausett 4 0 8 Grover .......... 0 0 0 Hakey .. _. T ... 2 0 4 Totals 12 1. 25 Knicks . v FG FT TP Schultz .......... 11 J .Frauhiger 10 2 [Roop .................. 0 0 0 Young 0 0 0 Beery 71 15 Totals 9 2 20 Warriors FG FT TP Poling 3 0 6 Ybarra 3 0 6 Sheets ... 2 0 4 Death ...... —.O 0~0 Magley 7 2 16 Davis 0 11 Kalver , 0 0 0 Totals ..... 15 3 33 Lakers .. ..FG FT TP Mclhtbsh 0 11 Riffle ... ..... 0 0 0 Brecht 10 2 Strickler 2 0 4 Finlayson .* 0 0 0 Wynn 0 0 0 Bixler 0 11 Conrad . 0 0 0 Ross .................. 0 0 0 Totals 3 2 8 Banks Dawson ... 2 3 7 Call ..... 4 0 8 Gauze 4 3 11 Rowland ....... 10 2 Davis 3 0 6 Totals ...... 14 6 34 Pistons ' • FG FT TP Corral . 2 0 4 McClure ... ..... 5 2 12 Baker 10 2 Conrad 5 0 10 Ballard 10 2 Totals ........... 14 2 30 B Celtics ■IK >•:■« FG FT TP Martin 6 0 12 Dellinger 2 0 4 Maddox 8 0 16 Colter 10 2 G. Ladd 5 0 10 Melchi 0 0 0 Totals 22 0 44 Royals FG FT TP B. Ladd 8 0 16 Whetstone 4. 4 0 8 Macklin *1 0 0 0 Suttles 10 2 Ortiz 113 Totals .... 14 1 29 Recent surveys show that , the average height of American boys under the age of 9 is a fraction of as inch more than it was 20 years ago. At the ages of 9 and over, the increase is an inch or more. Among girls, the difference is an inch as early as age 8.

Hartford And Geneva In 2nd Team Finals The Geneva and Hartford reserve teams will battle for the county second team championship : at 7 o’clock Friday evening at the Adams Central gym after scoring two-point victories in the simi-final round at the annual ; tourney, held Tuesday night at the Geneva gym. Geneva eliminated Adams Central, 26-24, and Hartford ousted . the Decatur Commodores, 27-25, after an overtime battle in the ' nightcap. The Commodores trailed 1 throughout the first three periods, but rallied for a 23-23 tie at the end of the regulation playing time. 1 ' Hartford led at the first quarter, 84, at the half, 14-8, and at the third period, 19-15, but was held to four points in the fourth quarl ter while the Commodores tallied . eight for the tie. In the overtime, ! Habegger hit a field goal and 1 Fields two free- throws fcf Harti . ford, while J. Kohne’s two-pointer was all the Commodores could ( muster. Habegger led Hartford with 10 points, and J. Kohne was ( high for Decatur with nine. Geneva led at all stopping , points in subduing Adams Central, 26-24. but barely staved off a last I quarter rally by the losers. Gene- * va was in front at the first quari ter. 10-3, at the half, 14-10, and at I the third period, 22-15, but scored > only four points in the final quarL ter to hold on to victory. Sprungj er topped Geneva with 13 points > and Hirschy led Adams Central . with 10. J Geneva FG FT TP Sprunger ...— 5 3 13 J. Baumer 10 2 IL. Baumer 4 19 * Moser 0 2 2 Norr 0 0 0 j Newcomer 0 0 *0 ‘ TOTALS —lO 6 26 Adams Central t ■ FG FT TP .J. Funk - 2 0 4 , Hirschy - 3 4 10 , Schwartz 0 0 0 * Arnold 0 2 2 , Strickler ............. 2 1 5 _ Funk 0 11 | Maines 0j 0 0 ■ - TOTALS 8 8 24 4 Officials: Weisel, Wiley. 6. '• . 2 Hartford ) A FG »FT TP J Itankel 2 15 - LMsey 0 0 0 i Ztiercher 3 17 Grogg Oil ’ Habegger 5 0 10 5 Fields 1 2 4 5 ) TOTALS 11 5 27 ’ Commodores 1 • FG FT TP - Schultz v 0 0 ) Villagomez .... 0 11 T. Kohne 0 2 2 Baker ...—ll3 » Rumschlag .x 0 0 0 ; Kitson x— 1 0 2 f Gage ... 3 0 6 ) Heiman 0 0 0 I J. Kohne 4 1 9 Blythe ... 0 2 2 Mulligan 0 0 0 TOTALS ... ... 9 7 25 Officials: Weisel, Wiley. - ' - V Indianapolis Tourney Games On Television INDIANAPOLIS (UPD -Basketbill fans will get to see part of the annual Indiana high school basketball tourney at Butler Fieldhouse on television for the seventh consecutive year, IHSAA commissioner L. V. Phillips said Tuesday. Six championship games in the sectional, regional, semi-state and state finals tournaments will be televised on WFBM-TV on Feb. 28. March 7, March 14 and March 21. College Basketball DePaul 69, Notre Dame 66. Butler 73, DePauw 61. Wabash 61, Franklin 57. Taylor 72, Manchester 69. Indiana State 75, St. Benton Harbor 74, Tri-State 67. Indiana Central 61, Marian 60. Indiana Tech 71, Huntington 69. Marquette 96, Valparaiso 74. West Virginia 88, W & M 76.

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Annual County Tourney Opens Thursday Night At Adams Central Gym

The annual Adams county high school basketball tourney will open at 7 o'clock Thursday evening- at the Adams Central gym, with seven teams battling for the championship won last year by the Decatur Commodores. All teams of the county, with the exception of the Decatur Yellow Jackets, will vie for the honors. The defending champion Commodores will have the honor of opening the tourney, meeting the Hartford Gorillas in the 7 o’clock game Thursday. The Commodores have won only two games and lost nine this season, while the Gorillas have an exactly opposite mark of 9-2. These teams met last Friday at Decatur, with Hartford scoring a three-point victory. Thursday’s second game will match the Berne Bears, 6-6, against the Monmouth Eagles, 3-8. *Tfce Friday night session will open at 7 o’clock with the battle tor the second team tourney championship between Geneva and Hartford, winners in the tourney semi-fihals Tuesday night. Following thej. reserve team championship, the feature of the first round of the varsity tourney will pit the Adams Central Greyhounds, 7-4, against the Geneva Cardinals, 7-3. These teams met in the season opener at the Geneva gym, with the Cardinals winning a 50-45 decision. Semi-final games will be played Saturday afternoon, with the 1 o’clock opener -matching the winnersof the Thursday night games. At 2:15 pm., the Pleasant Mills Spartans, 3-10, who drew the first round bye, will tangle with the Adams Central-Geneva winner. The championship game is scheduled for 8:15 p.fn. Saturday. Officials for the-first team tourney will be Frank Carnes, of Albany, and Gene Davis, of Muncie. Richard Allspaw, Adams Central, will be official timer, and the officlal scorer will be determined by a flip of the coin before each game. Loren S. Jones, Monmouth principal, is manager of this year’s tourney, and concessions will be operated by the Berne-French high school. Season tickets, priced at $2, are one sale yet today by all participating schools. Season ticket holders .will be admitted to the Adams Central gym one hour before the opening game of .each session. Single session tickets, at 75 cents, will be sold only at the gym box offices, and none will be sold until 30 minutes after the doors are opened. No mechanical noisemakers will be permitted and there will be no smoking allowed in the building. Trophies will be presented to the championship teams of both the first and second team tourneys by the Decatur Daily Democrat, and

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the Everett Rice trophy, donated I by Robert Monnier, will go to the | Individual player rated most valuable to his team and showing the j best sportsmanship. | The Daily Democrat has installed a direct telephone line from the gym press box to this office, and j scores will be called ineat the end v of each quarter. Jim Bleeke, Deca- s tur high school student, will handle i the special phone in the office and 1 will record the scores, by quarters, c on the Daily Democrat-Citizens ( Telephone news service, dial 3-2171. Saturday’s semi-final and final { games will be broadcast over radio ‘ station WGL, Wayne, with Len ( Davis at the microphone. There ( will be no broadcast of the Thurs- , day and Friday sessions. i < Coon Hunters Plan Eax Hunt Saturday < A fox drive planned for Satur-, ‘ day at 9 O’clock will be sponsored," by the Adams county coon hunt- . ers association, it* was stated here ‘ today. i Shot guns will be the only firearms allowed in the drive, and no ; guns for boys under 14-year-of-age i will be permitted. A truck will be •< furnished by the association and is scheduled, to leave from the Dale Falen farm. 1 Officers Selected By Advisory Board The advisory board of Preble ■ township met with the township ' trustee, Robert Kolter, at the Kol--1 ter home Tuesday afternoon to elect officers for 1959. The election results are as follows: Martin Selking, chairman, • and Charles A. Fuhrman, secre- ■ tary. Other members present were . Kolter and Ed Aumann. Auditing of the township books . was completed following the eleci tion, and found in order. The next meeting by the advisory board will be held in March. us Leaguer 1 I xtj IH 1 l\i 1 1 \ by L>n.'»d >••»«<• ••« j "That's not a snowman. That’s : a snowboy!"

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Dodger Contract On New Stadium Upheld LOS ANGELES (UPI) — The Dodgers celebrated their biggest victory since coming to Los Angeles today in the unanimous California Supreme Court opinion upholding their contract with the city for a baseball stadium in Chaves Ravine. Atty. Phill Silver already has announced his plan to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. But jubilant Dodger and city officials believe they have won the decisive battle of the long, bitter fight over 315 acres of previously unwanted land. Walter O’Malley. Dodger owner, said he hoped to break ground on the stadium within 30 days and have it ready for the opening of the 1960 season. He said about 32,000 seats would be ready next spring, although permanent capacity will be 52,000. Meanwhile, the Dodgers will play the 1959 season in Memorial Coliseum—as they did the 1958 campaign. .The state Supreme Court in its 74) ruling certified the result of the June 3 referendum approving the controversial contract. At the same time, it issued a writ of prohibition against further Superior Court taxpayer suits in the case. ~ The Supreme Court rejected arguments that Chavez Ravine could not be used for a ballpark because of., the “public purpose" deed restriction written in when the City Housing Authority transferred the property to Los An* geles. _ Pro Basketbail Detroit 111, Cincinnati 92. / St. Louis 110, Minneapolis 95. Dr. Willis Carrier used well water as a cooling source for the first air conditioned office building in the U.S. That was 1912 in Athol, Mass. No. 1311 Forget Your Dues For 1959? Deadline Jan. 15 Midnight Avoid Arrearages— Pay Now, and be in good standing, . “Please” 1