Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 15 January 1959 — Page 7

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Cronin Given Green Light As League Prexy CHICAGO (UPI) - Joe Cronin, general manager of the Boston Red Sox, today bad the green light as the heir apparent to the office of the American League presidency. Only one obstacle remained in Cronin’s path to succeed Will Harridge as league president —• approval of American League owners at a Jan. 31 meeting in New York. But even that was considered only a technicality for the owners are expected to approve of Cronin’s selection without opposition. An Afiierican League screening “ committee Wednesday agreed' to recommend Cronin as the successor of Harridge, who resigned last month after more than a quarter of a century at the job. ■Die committee also recommended that Harridge be named chairman of the league board of directors, a new post, with both Cronin and Harridge'*’ taking over their new positions Feb. 1. "I’m glad to have Harridge with the organization,” Cronin said after the meeting, “because we need his wealth or experience. I do not have any plans «excpt that you crawl before you wolk and walk before you run.” Harridge was pleased with the choice of Cronin as his successor, j “I don't know anybody I would .rather have follow me as president of the American League,’,’ Harridge said. "Joe has great experience in all branches of base)>all.” The screening committee also reached agreement that the office of the league president should be < moved to Boston, and that Harridge maintain his office as board chairman in Chicago. Fort Wayne South Defeats Central INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—There’s still plenty of fight left in Fort Wayne South's Indiana high school basketball defending champions. Don Reichert’s Aisbet£, .ranked - 14th in the state. beat mfUh-rated city foe Central in an overtime thriller Wednesday night, 73-68, in their 98th meeting. The victory made it 3-0 for the champs in city competition this season: It was the second straight time that South beat the Tigers in overtime, duplicating their victory in the sectional tourney last year. It also was South’s eighth straight win over Central, whose Bill Boyd led the scoring with 29 points. Tom Bolyard, South’s stalwart shooter, canned 25. South has a 10-3 record. Central is 8-4. Tenth-rated Gary Roosevelt, meanvdule. trimmed Hammond Noll with ease, 84-51. for its 11th win against three setbacks. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer turned the Western Conference race into a free-for-all blasting previously unbeaten crosstown foe Wiley, 70-51. Wiley was hurt when its Wendell Carter aggravated a knee injury late in the first period. Gerstmeyer’s Frank Joza hit 10 free throws, making it 32 straight from the charity stripe and 63. out of his last 69 attempts. He also led the scoring with 26 points. Elsehwere, Clear Creek knocked Andrews from the unbeaten ranks in the Huntington County tourney, 65-61. had won 11 straight. ‘ Over 2,500 Daily Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day. ~ T. t —•■

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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. Ray Bluth Shatters Qualifying Record BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) — Fourteen survivors out of an original 192-man field joined defending champion Don Carter and 1958 runner-up Buzz Fazio today in the ■final roiinri rtf All-Star Hrwwlinfi uno* xtruiivi vi vii v LXzn championships. —- - - Although Carter was regarded as the man to beat, Ray Bluth of St. Louis, Mo.,- attracted added support on the strength of his record-breaking pin-toppling in the qualifying tests that ended Wednesday night. Bluth finished first among the qualifiers by spilling a total of 7,730 pins in 36 games to eclipse the former mark by exactly 100 pins. The old record was set in 1950 by Chuck O’Donnell, one of Bluth’s teammates cm the famed Budweiser Quintet of St. Louis. Lou Campi of Dumont, N.J., put up a strong fight against long odds in the semifinal round but had to settle for second place with an aggregate score of 7,642. He, too, will bear, watching in the championship flight, along with Billy Welu of St. Louis, who finished third with a 7,624 score. Olga Gloor, Norwood Park, 111., captured the women’s trophy for the top qualifying round. The 38-year-old bowling instructress, competing in her seventh All-Star tournament, totaled 4,714 for 24 games. Local star Phyliss. Notaro had a chance for the top rung but fell off in her last game of four to end up second with 4,687. At the start of the final game, Miss Notaro was only four pins back of Miss Gloor but the latter finished with a solid 199 to Miss Notaro’s 169. In her third game, Phyliss had 244. Joan Holm of Chicago slipped to third place with a 4.633. Bing Crosby Open l Is Underway Today PEBBLE BEACH,'baUf. (UPD - The biggest, most star-studded golf tournament in the country got under way here today as 300 amateurs and professionals, playing on three courses, teed off in the $50,000 Bing Crosby national pro-ama-teur clambake. With top names from the fields of sports, entertainment and business participating, the shotmaking got under way in surprisingly good weather. The three courses, fabled Pebble Beach, beautiful Cypress Point and wooded Monterey Country club, have been soaked with rains for the past week. But the sun was slated to shine for the full weekend. “Crosby weather” they call it here—because the rains usually go away for a day or two during this event. ' • The professional golfers will divide a|*>t of 535..000 in the individual pro section of the tourney, and pick- up- another $15,000 in the proamateur division. Pro Basketbail Boston 123, New York 112. St. Louis 114, Detroit 108. Syracuse 119, Philadelphia 104.

Foolball Rule Changes Made ] For Colleges LOS ANGELES (UPD-College football teams were presented today with the opportunity to use specialists for field goal kicking and other chores during the 1959 season on the basis of rule changes made by the NCAA Rules Committee. The committee, at its concluding session Wednesday of a three-day meeting here, widened the goal post cross bar by 4 feet 10 inches to give field goal kickers a better target, and also loosened up the substituion rule. The 11-m ember committee, headed by the University of Michigan Athletic Director H.O. (Fritz) Crisler, voted unanimously to set goal post uprights 24 feet apart (outside measurement) to give the kickers a better break on the angle. “This was the first time in the history of the collegiate game that any change was made in the width of the uprights. It will give not only a better chance on field goals but will also afford the college kickers a better chance on conversions. Conversion Rule Unehanged The two-point conversion rule, on a run or pass, was left unchanged by the rule-makers although coaches at large voted against it at a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, last week. The change in the substitution rule was somewhat more complicated than the goal post deal but it means basically that “a free substitute” may enter ,and reenter the game whenever the dock is stopped except during an “excess” timeout. The committee gave greater leeway on the timeout deal by increasing the number allowed each half from four to five. ——• The wording of the past season’s substitution rule was not changed but this paragraph was added: "If only one eligible substitute enters the field while the game clock is stopped, he shall not be recorded as an entry except during an excess timeout. However, if more than one substitute of a team enters between downs each substitute shall be recorded.” The paragraph was drafted, as Crisler explained, to prevent any return to the double platoon system. The new rule means that a single substitute, only one man, may enter the game when the clock is dead at such opportune times as a conversion attempt, after the ball is out of bounds, and after an incompleted pass. This man may be replaced but he later may re-enter the game except during an excess timfeout. Crisler said small colleges with scanty manpower would benefit by the change in the substitution rule. Two Other Changes Two other basic rule changes—in addition to the changes on the goal posts and the substitution rules — were made by the committee. The. committee ruled that no “distance penalty” shall be greater than one-half the distance to the goal line. For example, if a 15-yard penalty were called against a team on its own 8-yard line, the ball would be moved back to the 4-yard line rather than to the 1-yard line under the old rule. And a change was made in the procedure in the case of a penalty called on a conversion attempt. Under the new rule, if an offensive team successfully completes a kick for 1 point, but is fouled by the defensive team, it has the option of accepting the penalty—whieh would the ball on the 1% yard line —for another try, possibly a 2-pointer attempt. In addition to basic rule changes, the committee also changed the word but not the intent of rules on blocking and offside penalties. Blockers must still keep their hands and forearms close to their chests to encourage "legitimate” shoulder blocking. Bowling Scores. Major League W LPts. Beavers Oil Service -.5 17 Hooker Paint —4 2 6 Hoagland Farm Eq. — 4 2 • 6‘ Decatur Blue Flame ..4 2 5 Midwestern Life — 4 2 5 Three Kings Tavern —33 4 Tocsin Garage ,3 3 4 Oakdale Kennels ----- 2 2: Ideal Dairy I—l 5 1 Petrie Oil —-t—— 0 6 0 Beavers Oil Service won 4 pts. from Petrie Oil, Decatur Blue Flame won 4 pts. from Ideal Dairy, Hooker Paint won 3 pts. from Tocsin Garage. Three Kings Tavern won 3 pts., from Oakdale Kennels, Hoagland Farm Eq. and Midwestern Life each won 2 pts. 200 games—J. Lindemann 203216, C. Lindemann 201, D. Mies 232, T? Fennig 207-203, R. Dedolph 204, J. Meyef 204, E. Reinking 200,’L. Gage 205, M. Teeple 210, A. Erxleben 200, N. Bultemeier 209.

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DIAJL 3-2171 Basketball fans unable to attend the Adams county tourney, which opens at 7 o’clock this evening at the Adams Central gym, may obtain quarter-by-quarter scores by dialing 3-2171, the Daily Democrat-Citi-zens Telephone Co; wire news service. A special phone has been installed at the press box at the Adams Central gym, with a direct wire to this office. Scores will be called in at the end of each quarter, and immediately placed on the wire service by Jim Bleeke, Decatur high school student. There will be no radio broadcast of the Thursday and Friday sessions, but Saturday’s semi-final and fyial games will be broadcast by Len Davis over radio station WGL. Blaik Denies Any Myslery On Retiring WEST POINT, N. Y. (UPDWhfle Army brass moved fast to find a replacement for Earl (Red) Blaik, the outgoing head coach of the cadet football team today cleared up the “mystery” that prompted his sudden retirement. Actually, there was no mystery connected with his resignation, Blaik declared, for it was a move he had been contemplating for several months. Add he categorically. denied various reports that he had been feuding with academy officials. “I have had disagreements but they've all been minor,” Blaik said. “It is ridiculous to think that I would quit because of a small thing like a disagreement on Bowl policy.” Family pressure and an "excellent” offer of an executive position with an aircraft firm (AVCO) were offered as toe real reasons that prompted Blaik to retire after a quartet* of a century as a head coach. The 61-year-old ex-cavalryman had been plagued by heavy colds ever since his bout with pneumonia during the 1954 campaign, and his family had become increasingly concerned about his health. Regarding reports he will soon switch his executive talents from the playing field to the business world, Blaik revealed he is considering “two or three” possible positions — “one as a-foundation head and two in business?’' Meanwhile. Dale Hall, Blaik’s chief assistant and scout for the past three years, disclosed he already has applied for the vacant Army post and hinted it will be filled “quickly.” Vince Lombardi, another leading candidate to succeed Blaik, said at his home in Englewood, N. J., that he “certainly would” be interested in returning to the point, where he once served as an assistant coach. However, the current offense coach of the New York Giants has “not been contacted yet.” All Army football coaches since the first world war have been West Point graduates, and this is expected to weigh heavily in Hall’s favor. . Purdue Coaching Stall Completed United Press International Purdue today elevated freshman line coach Allen Hager to the varsity, completing a personnel reorganization, and Notre Dame named Dick Stanfel assistant line coach. Purdue head coach Jack Mollenkopf said Hager, who starred at guard for the Boilermakers in the early 19505, would concentrate oh development of guards and centers. Earlier this week, Purdue named Bernie Crimmins an assistant. The two new coaches replace Jim Miller, who went to the University of Detroit as head coach, and Bill Daddio, who became assistant to Joe Kuharich at Notre Dame. Stanfel, a professional player th®, last seven years,- spent the last three seasons with the Washington Redskins under Kuharich. He played for San Francisco as a collegian. Bowling Congress Is Extended Two Days ST. LOUIS (UPI) — The 1959 American Bowling Congress Tournament, whicft opens Feb. 14, has been extended two days to April 25 because of a heavy’ entry list!

North Carolina In Upset Win Over NC Stale United Press International North Carolina’s tremendous Tar Heels put in their bld for the nation’s No. 1 basketball ranking today on the basis of a performance that even moved their coach to say, “I didn’t expect the boys to be this good so soon.” Tar Heel Coach Frank Mcguire readily admitted his team fooled even him when it came from behind to upset second - ranked North Carolina State, 72-68, in overtime Wednesday night on the Wolfpack’s Home court to assume leadership of the Atlantic Coast Conference. ‘‘They’re sure terrific under pressure,” McGuire said of his fourth-ranked Tar Heels who were supposed to be “a year away” due to lack of experience. “Although they don’t always play the way I tell them, they win the games on their own.” Wednesday night’s victory achieved before an overflow, basketball mad crowd of 12,500 at Raleigh, N. C., was the Tar Heels 10th in 11 starts this season. The loss was only North Carolina State’s second in 13 games. t At Winston-Salem, N. C , Wake Forest jumped to a 13-point lead at half-time and went on to wallop South Carolina, 88-58. George Ritchie led the Deacons with 19 points. In other games around the country, Dayton beat Xavier of Ohio, 60-56, Bowling Green defeated Toledo, 72 - 64; Maryland topped Georgetown, 61-53; Navy scuttled Brarideis, .82-39; Portland licked Portland State, 71-60; Temple downed Delaware, 64-48; Holy Cross mauled Assumption, 80-47; St. Joseph’s whipped St. Francis (Pa.), 82-66; LaSalle upset Syracuse, 79-71; Pennsylvania defeated Columbia, 87-74, and Army beat Yale, 74-57. , . College Basketball Kentucky Wesleyan 85, Evansville f . 72.- .. —— — Centre 70, Hanover 59. Bowling Green 72, Toledo 64. Dayton 60, Xavier (0.) 56. Army 74. Yale 57. LaSalle 79, Syracuse 71. Navy 82, Brandeis 39. Wake Forest 88, South Carolina 58. North Carolina 72, North Carolina State 68 (overtime). o - Asks Excise Tax On Autos Be Repealed WASHINGTON <UPD —Congress was asked today to get the economy “rolling at full speed” by repealing the 10 per cent federal excise tax on automobiles. Rep. Charles E. Chamberlain (RMich.), author of the bill, said failure by Congress to take action on the same legislation last year “contributed immensely to the crippling economic recession that plagued our nation.” ■I fiH Bl si Omb ■■ Owl 11, yi : E£Hk - Hi HOT POT AT O - Question of whether Senator Barry Goldwater (above), a constant object of labor criticism, should be named Republican senatorial campaign chairman is a hot potato in the hands of Senator Leverett Sal tonstall (R), Massachusetts. As Republican Conference chairman, Saltonstall makes the appointment Liberals say appointment of Goldwater would be an affront to labor. But many conservatives want the Arizonan.

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Keegan Released By Chicago White Sox INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The Indianapolis Indians obtained the services of no-hit right - hander Bob Keegan today but lost first baseman Joe AltobelU. Keegan, who pitched the Chicago White Sox to a 6-0 no-hitter against Washington in 1957, was released outright to the American Association club. Altobellj, property of the Cleveland Indians, was sold to Toronto of the International League for $20,000. Altobelli indicated he planned to appeal the sale to Cleveland general manager Frank Lane. Archie Moore Will Receive Neil Award NEW YORK (UPD — Light heavyweight champion Archie Moore, the ring’s “marvellous Slethuselah,” will receive the Edward J. Neil Memorial Award for Fight-er-of-the-Year tonight at the annual dinner of the Boxing Writers’ Association. At least 420 are expected to be present in the Waldorf - Astoria Hotel when Archie, 42 or 45 years old, is handed the plaque by exheavyweight champiori Joe Louis. High School Basketball Fort Wayne South 73. Fort Wayne Central 68 o(vertime). Gary Roosevelt 84, Hammond Noll 51. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 60, Terre Haute Wiley 51. Springs Valley 68, Clarksville Providence 59. Glenn 90, West Terre Haute 40. Wells Co. Tourney Union Center 57, Rockcreek 50. Petroleum 53, Jackson 51. Hockev Pesrlts National League New York 3, Toronto 2. International League Louisville 6, Fort Wayne 5. us Leaguer Cry, by Hro _ “Did you really think I was going to play tennis Pop?”

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