Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 31 January 1959 — Page 6

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Commodores Win Last Night; Yellow Jackets Are Beaten By Angola

COMMODORES The Deeatur Catholic Commodores defied the Marion Bennett Trojans Friday night at the Marion gym by a score of 61-46. Paul Gross, veteran center for the local club, was forced to sit out most of the game after turning an ankle shortly before the end of the first stanza. Tom Gross took the center slot to fill his brother’s duties, and played et nice game, connecting with 17 points. Decatur led at all stopping points, 14-12, 27-25 , 50-36, and the final 61-46. Decatur also led the two clubs in scoring, both from the field and the foul stripe. Decatur hit 21 two pointers while Marion hit 16. From the charity stripe, Decatur connected on 19 of 28, while Bennett hit 14 of 21 chances. Marion took the lead early, however, Decatur managed to tie their opponents on three occasions, and built a two point lead at the end of the first stanza. The Bennett five tied the score early in the second stanza, and again on four other occasions to keep the two clubs deadlocked. Don Baker hit a jump shot shortly before the Jjreather to put his club —; !

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in the lead by two. The local quintet had its biggest • quarter in the third stanza, con- ’ necting on 23 points while holding their opponents to only 11. Glen ’ Wilder dropped in four fielders to lead his club in scoring during the quarter, Decatur went into the final stanza leading by a score of 50-36. Both clubs scored nearly the same points in the final stanza as Decatur hit for 11 while the Trojans hit on 10 points. The local five held its biggest margin of the game in the final heat by 18 points. With only a minute and a half of play remaining, A1 Lindahl sent in the subs to finish the game. Don Baker. Adams county scoring ace, led both clubs in scoring by connecting for 19 points. Other team members to hit the dquble figures were Gross with 17 and Wilder with 16. Two Bennett players reached the double column with Cassidy for 17 and Wernsing with 10. Decatur was called on 18 fouls, while the Trojans were charged with 19. The Commodores will play host to the Geneva Cardinals Tuesday j night at tEe Decatur gym. Commodores He’ ..r 0 0 0 J. Crr.lor 2 2 6 P. Gross 0 3 3 Baker —7 4 19 Wilder ... 6 4 16 T. Gross — 6 5 17 S. Omior - 0 11 Reed 0 0 0 Mills — 0 0 0 Lengerich 0 0 0 Wiedfelt - 0 0 0 Lose 0 0 0 Totals -—2 l 19 61 Marion FG FT TP Monaele ... 3 2 8 Cassidy 5 7 17 Fitzgerald —- — — 113 Guerrero . 1 2 3 Wersing 4 2 10 F. Gartland — 10 2 M. Gartland 0 0 0 Yohler —— 10 2 Warner 0 0 0 Totals 16 14. 46 Officials: TCuhney, Carey. — Preliminary Marion, 43-22. The first air - conditioned home was built in 1914 for the son of fabulous John W. “Bet-A-Mil-|lion” Gates.

YELLOW JACKETS t The Angola Hornets, hitting con- - sistently throughout the ball game, 5 handed the Decatur Yellow Jacki ets an 81-66 defeat in a Northeast- » em Indiana conference scrap at : the Decatur gym Friday night. The Hornets broke out in front t when Don Powers hit from the field. Larry Daniels clicked on the s first of his 11 field goals for a 2-2 ( tie, but Powers hit another field- ■ er and added a pair of free throws > and Angola was out in front to 1 stay. The Hornets boosted their lead F to 18-9 at the first quarter and i poured in 24 points in the second oeriod to make it a runaway at • the half, 42-20., [ The Jackets came to life in th» • second half and made a game of ; it but never had a chance to overl come that big half-time bulge the ■ Northern Indiana boys built up. i Angola carried a 20-advatitage ! into the final period on a 59-39 score. The Yellow Jackets once came i within 12 points at 71-59 with three minutes to play, but the Hornets t again pulled away to win by their f comfortable margin. Angola had five players in dou- , ble figures. Gordon Van Mater led , I the pack with 18 points. Powers had 14, Don Waymire 12, and Mike ; Stahler and Gary Chapman 10 ’ each._Two boys did just about all : of Decatur’s scoring, Larry Dan- ; iels leading with 26 points and Bob l Shraluka chipping in with 21. The Jackets hit 20 of 36 free throws, the Hornets 23 of 28. | The Yellow Jackets face a tough ; task tonight, meeting the Fort ; Wayne Central Tigers at the Cen- : tral gym, and will also be on the road next week, traveling to Portland Friday night. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Reidenbach .— 0 5 5 Shraluka — ———6 9 21 Hill ----- 0 0 0 ' Canales —— 2 0 4 Daniels — H 4 26 ! Gay ----- 2 2 6 Foor 0 0 0 Bischoff — 2 0 4 Grabill 0 0 0 Totals 23 20 66 Angola FG FT TP Powers —5 4 14 Hoffman - — 3 0 6 Heier ------— 0 2 2 | Stohler —— - 4 2 10 Berlein 1-1 3 Chapman — 2 6 10 Dygert .. ——- 10 2 Van Marter 5 8 18 Waymire 6 0 12 Crum 2 0 4 Totals '----i-- 29 23 81 Officials: Carnes, Davis. Preliminary Decatur, 41-32. Church Teams Bowl , In Match Tonight Lee Moser, superintendent of the Sunday school of the Church of Christ, recently challenged the men from the Redkey Church of Christ to a bowling match, which will be held at the Berne alleys this evening. Members of the Decatur team are Ernie Lehman, Ernie Lehman, Jr., ■'Leon McClain, Lee Moser and Carroll Meyers. Commodores Delayed On Trip To Marion The Decatur Commodore basketball team members were late on their arrival at the Marion Bennett high school gym Friday night when their bus suffered mechanical failure in Huntington, A1 Lindahl, coach, said today. A generator was believed to be the trouble which caused the team members to abandon the bus in Huntington. Through the courtesy of Carl Van Dine, Huntington township trustee, a substitute bus was brought to their aid. The local quintet was approximately 30 minutes late on arrival. Attend Conclave Os Mobile Home Dealers Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Strickler, their daughter Cassie, Earl Geyer and Clois Eichar, will attend the 14th annual convention of the Mobilehome dealers national association in Louisville, Ky., Monday and Tuesday. Nearly 3 million people now live in mobilehomes. MDNA dealers sell two-thirds of all purchased each year. Strickler operates Adams County Trailer Sales, Inc.,' of 803 N. 13th. St. FIFTH SUSPECT Cvm tinned from pairo one questioning and investigation of incidents which have occurred within the past two years: More information will be supplied by the officers next Week. • - -f; - - ..

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Sparlans Beat Wiltshire For Fourth Win The Pleasant Mills Spartans won their fourth game of the season, defeating the Willshire, 0.. Bear- ” cats 60 to 49 at the Pleasant Mills ’ gym Friday night. Roger Snyder, senior forward. ” arched in 28 points for his best 4 night of the season, to lead the scoring for the Spartans, who led 4 at every quarter. Carver.of Will--5 shire was high point man for his ; team with 15 points. 2 The Friday night game gave the * Spartans a four and 11 record for 3 the season with just four games 5 remaining. The Pleasant Mills team plays at home again tonight, 4 against the Bryant Owls, resched--4 uled from last Friday night. 4 Pleasant Mills t FG FT TP Snyder 12 4’ 28 * Brunner 20 4 1 Roe :---r.-.-:.TA;ybV» 9 ■ Irwin —— -1— 32 8 ’ Jackson ———L -2 4 Butler 3 17 a ———. » ’ Totals 25 10 60 Willshire ; FG FT TP ; Carver -7 115 3 Bates -.— --- 13 5 r Schaffner 10 2 Stetler 2 0 4 ‘ August 10 2 4 James -.--v —— 419 5 Caffee -—5 2 12 - -7 ’ — 5 Totals 21 749 4 Preliminary - Willshire, 49-33. ) Gorillas Win - Over Roll By 4938 Score 1 The Hartford Gorillas boosts their impressive season record ip a 14-2 mark Friday night, rolling over the Roll Red Rollers, 49-38, in a foul-strewn contest at the Hartford gym. Hartford held scant leads of 1412 at the first quarter and 24-20 at the half, but worked to a 41-27 advantage at the third period. 1 Each team had only one in double figures, Derryle Pharr with 13 fojt Hartford and Lewis 12 for Roll, ; There were 52 fouls called, 26 on 1 each team. The Gorillas convert--1 ed 19 of 40 free throws, Roll 12 of 1 34. ! The Gorillas will entertain the * Monmouth Eagles at the Hartford '■ gym next Saturday night. 4 : Hartford •! FG FT TP 4 Pharr —45 13 Bixler — — 2 1 5 Miller 2 0 4 McCune . 4 19 Meshberger 113 Zuercher 13 5 Moser - 0 4 4 Thomas 0 3 3 Hoover ... I 1 3j F Owens 00 0 i *- Totals 15 19 49 F RoU i FG FT TP ! Reidy —. 21 5 ■ Dalton 02 2 ■ Glancy 13 5 , Fuller —l2 4 Dolk r — 0 11 Sharp 3 17 Lewis .... 5 2 12 Hubbard — .... 10 2 Totals 13 12 38 Officials: Butz, Tielker. Preliminary Roll, 31-26. b High School Basketball Fort Wayne Concordia 74, Bluffton 72 Fort Wayne South 55, Fort Wayne ; North 44 Fort Wanye Central Catholic 71, Columbia City 58 Garrett 55, Avilla 47 KendallviUe 45, Nappanee 42 Monroeville 68, Areola 62 New Haven 71, Hoagland 57 Elmhurst 62, Butler 60 Harlan 49, Leo 44 Huntertown 69. Waterloo 47 Ossian 62, Rockcreek 59 v Portland 66, Redkey 63 Hartford City 67, Auburn 54 Indianapolis Attucks 77, Indianapolis Howe 55 Indianapolis Tech 67, Marion 57 Indianapolis Shortridge 63, Terre Haute Wiley 40 ... Muncie Central 90, New Castle 78 Wabash 76, Mississinewa 54 Madison 68. Brownstown 56 Frankfort 49, Richmond 45 Lafayette 63, Logans port 53 Valparaiso 97, Gary Emerson 63 East Chicago Washington 73, Hammond 44 Plymouth 77, Warsaw 65..... COMPLETE ■ (Continued from page one) resumed, referring to the new statute as a “plan which will approve measures which will permit such gambling places to’ operate."

Week's Schedule For Adonis County Basketball Teams SATURDAY Yellow Jackets at Fort Wayne Central. Berne at Oasian. Bryant at Pleasant Mills. ; Adams Central I Loses Friday ! To Pennville The Adams Central Greyhounds ; suffered their third defeat of the week Friday night, dropping a 73- ' 68 decision to the Pennville Bulldogs, Jay county champions, at ’ the Pennville court Pennville led ' at all stopping points, 23-14, 35-29 and 57-50. > Larry Foreman led the GreyI hounds with 21 points, with Max I Egley counting 14 and Dave Isch I JO, The Hanlon boys accounted ) for 3ft of Pennviile’s points and I Hedges chipped in with 16. r The Greyhounds will play at Bryant Tuesday, and will be at > home to Monroeville Friday. Pennville i FG FT TP ;L. Hanlon —. 4 9 17 ;J. Hanlon 10 1 21 ! Dillman 2 5 9 1 Norris 12 4 ! Hedges --- 4 8 16 ) Coffee 2 2 6 > Thornburg 0 0 0 *■* _ • ) TOTALS 23 27 73 Adams Central FG FT TP Brown —— 3 2 8 Isch 4 2 10 Striker 0 3 3 Habegger 0 0 0 Hoffman 2 0 4 Foreman 6 9 21 Steiner ------1 1 0 2 Heyerly 2 2 6 Egley — 3 8 14 TOTALS - 21 26 68 Officials: Teeters, Shondell. Preliminary Pennville. 39 - 36. Geneva Loses To Warren On Friday Night Geneva’s Cardinals, outscoring their foes by four field goals, still went down to defeat before a band of sharpshooting free-throwqrs Friday night as Warren racked up a 70-58 victory on the Whrren floor. Warren led at the first quarter, 23-19, and at the half, 38-26, but the Cardinals bounced back to trail by only four points, 44-40, at the end of the third period. The | Huntington county team, however, hit 17 of 19 free throws in the final period for the triumph. Laisure led Warren with 27 points. Geneva had well balanced scoring, . Bill Tester counting 12 points, Doyle Long 11 and Cal Morgan 10. Warren made 30 of 38 foul shots, Geneva 10 of only 25. The Cardinals will meet the Decatur Commodores at the Decatur gym Tuesday night and entertain Albany Friday. Warren FG FT TP Logan - 3 5 11 Princeton 1 2 4 Carpenter 1 3 5 Boxell 15 7 Laisure 11 5 27 Morrison 3 8 14 Howell ~ 0 2 2 Totals 20 30 70 Geneva .<t • FG FT TP Baumpr 3 0 6 Hoffman 3 0 6 Morgan 4 2 10 Newcomer —- 3 3 9 Dynes 12 4 Long 'J 5 1 11 Tester 5 2 12 Biery 0 . 0 0 Laux 0 0 0 Affolder —0 0 0 Totals 24 10 58 Officials: Walker. Brockman. Preliminary Geneva, 37-35. % P'C Basketball Minneapolis 88, Detroit 86 St. Louis 118, Cincinnati 87

Lancaster Is i Winner Friday Over Monmouth The Lancaster Central Bobcats, pulilng away steadily after a close first quarter, defeated the Monmouth Eagles, 77-55* at the Lancaster gym Friday night. The Wells county quintet led by only one point at the first period, 16-15, but was top at the half, 3526, and at the third quarter, 56-43. Waldo Bultemeier, of the Eagles, was the game's high scorer with 23 points, but only other ! Eagle in double figures was Don Hoffman with 11. Habegger tal- . lied 19 and Stem and Johnloz 18 ; each for Lancaster. The Eagles will entertain Hoag-’ land at Monmouth next Friday, and travel to Hartford Saturday. —- ' Lancaster FG FT TP Habegger 4 11 19 Stern 8 2 18 Cowens 3 17 Macon 10 2 Johnloz -—-——-—- -~T * B Isch 1 0 " 2 Kruetzman 3 0 6 Fox 2 15 TOTALS 29 19 77 Monmouth FG FT TP Schaefer — 2 2 6 Busick ... 0 2 **2 Hoffman — 5 1 11 Bultemeier .—-— 10 3 23 Spencer 2 0 4 Bulmahn 2 4 8 Singleton Oil TOTALS 21 13 55 Officials: Smith, Davis. Preliminary Lancaster. 41 - 21. Brwfhna Scores Women’s League W L Pts. Two Brothers - 6 0 8 Adams Co. Trailer - 5Vi Vz 7*4 Beavers Oil 5 17 Hoagland Lumber ..5 17 Gene’s Mobil 5 1 Shaffer's Restaurant 5 17 Alps Brau 4 2 5 Lynch Box ....— 4 2 5 Drewry 4 2 5 Kent 3 3 5 Arnold Lumber .... 2 4 3 i Blackwells 2 4 3] West End Restaurant I*4 4*4 2% Smith Pure Milk .— 2 4 2 Seven Up 2 ' 4 2 Citizens Telephone —1 5 1 Krick Tyndall 15 1 Treons — 15 1 Three Kings 15 1 First State Bank 0 6 0 High team series: Two Brothers 2304, Adams Trailer 2189. West End 2118, Citizens Telephone 2132, Seven Up 2110. Blackwells 2023, Hoagland Lumber 2113, Smith Pure Milk 2011, Gene’s Mobil 2082. High individual series: M. W. Ladd 534, H. McClure 502. High games: P. Affolder 170, R. I Gallmeyer 173, A. Harman 180, P. Laurent 190, V. Smith 171-175. M. W Ladd 219, P. Clark 184-187, E. Strickler 191, G. Buuck 172. Progress Report On _ Soil Conservation In a progress report from the Decatur office of the Sml conservation service, Cletus Gillman, soil conservationist, listed 17 current group drainage projects being assisted by the local district. Open ditch drains are most widely used among these 17 with 12 groups involved. affecting 11,957 farm acres. Two groups are installing surmace drains for a 1,900 acre area. Three tile ditch drains on 558 acres round out the dominant workload of the SCS. The SCS p r o v i d e s the farm groups with the technical knowhow, drawing up plans and estimating costs, while the agricultural conservation practices office aids the compromise groups that are eligible in financing the projects. I

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McMillen Sale Is Scheduled Feb. 18 The 355-acre Valley Farms land has been rented to Howard Evans, and the personal property, live- ; stock, and farm machinery will be sold at public auction, J. F. Sanmann, auctioneer, said today. Mrs. Elizabeth K. McMillen, owner of the property, will hold the sale Wednesday, February 18, and it will start at 10 a.m. at the farm. The Decatur Lions club will serve food during the sale. Engineer Examination Under Civil Service The United States civil service commission today announced an examination for the position of engineer. Salaries for these positions range from $4490 to SBBIO a year. These positions are with the U.S. Naval ordance plant and the Louisville engineer district, corps of engineers, Louisville, Ky., as well as - other defense installations in the Louisville area. 1 Applications and further Infbr- ' mation can be obtained at any post , office or the board of US. Civil ‘ Service Examiners, Departments of the Army and Navy,-444 Feder- . al Building, Louisville,.Ky. Appli- ; cations will be accepted until further notice. I BENSON i Continued from p«a» one ■ lower than under the told system. I In the dairy industry alone, which ■ is responsible for about four bil- ' lion dollars of farm income,, the : cut could be considerable. t : Cross-Bow Research MENLO PARK, Calif. (UPI)—A • research team is using the cross--1 bow. a weapon popular in King 1 Arthur’s day, to solve a problem involving the ultra-modem nuclear reactor. The Rio Grande serves as the boundary ’ between Texas and Mexico for 1,210 miles.