Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1959 — Page 7

MONDAY, FEBRUARY K Utt ’

Yellow Jackets Lose To Fort Wayne Central By 64 To 44 Score Saturday >. , t .... -

The Decatur Yellow Jackets were defeated Saturday night by the ever strong Fort Wayne Central Tigers by a score of 64-44 on the Tigers’ home court. Saturday evening’s loss now gives the Yellow Jackets a seven win and 10 loss record for the season. The local quintet never gained the lead during any part of the game, but tied the score twice during the first and second stanzas, arid managed to stay within five points of the high scoring Tigers until the breather. Tigers Held Lead Fort Wayne led at all stopping points. 13-9, 22-17, 38-26 and the final 64-44. Willie Curry of Central started the evening scoring by a tip in from a missed shot by one erf his team members. Reidenbach later hit a two pointer to tie the two ball clubs at 5-5. T. C. Williams connected on two one handers, and two charity tosses to give the Tigers a slim 13-9 lead at the end of the quarter. Daniels hit for Decatur at the start of the quarter, and Shraluka dropped in a two pointer to tie the clubs at 13-13. During the remainder of the quarter, the Jackets mana'gSF' to score oply four points while the Tigers dropped in nine more to build their lead to 22-17 at half time. Decatur again cut the deficit as Gay connected with a two pointer early in the third stanza to cut the Tigers lead to 24-22. Fort Wayne built a ten-point margin as Williams hit on three fielders and Boyd connected on one, to give the Tigers at 32-22 lead. Shraluka cut the margin to eight, but a quick three points by Boyd gave the Tigers a lead of 11. The Tigers finished the quarter with a 12 point margin and a score of 38-26. Jackets Best in Fourth Although the Jackets had their best quarter during the final stanza in scoring, the Tigers managed to outscore the local five 26-18. The local quintet hit six fielders and six charity tosses, while the Tigers dropped in 11 fielders and four from the foul stripe. Willie Rozier tossed in the final points to give the Tigfirs their 64-44. win. ■~T- C. WilliardL'iiy led ~HT scorers points. Boyd dropped in 12 points to be the only other Fort Wayne player to reach the double figures. Two of the Yellow Jackets squad hit double figures. Daniels with 15 and Shraluka with 10. The Decatur Yellow Jackets will play the Portland Panthers Friday night, traveling to Portland,. Central FG FT TP Curry .... - —‘2 2 6 Williams 9 5 23 Moore — *3 0 6 Boyd 5 2 12 Keim . —. 10 2 Hollins 3 17 Tilker 0 11 Linton 0 0 0 —5 Cress 10 2 . Totals ..... 26 12 64 Decatur FG FT TP Hill ...... I—6 2 Gay 0 2 2 Shraluka 5 0 10 Daniels —7 1 15 Canales 3 17 Reidenbach — 2 2 6

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Week's Schedule For Adams County i Basketball Teams TUESDAY Geneva at Commodores. Bluffton at Berne. Adams Central at Bryant. FRIDAY Pleasant Mills at Commodores Yellow Jackets at Portland. Hoagland at Monmouth. Monroeville at Adams Central, Montpelier at Berne. Albany at Geneva. SATURDAY Monmouth at Hartford. Bischoff 0 0 0 Grabill 0 2 2 Frauhiger 0 0 0 Totals 18 8 44 Officials: Crispen, McFatridge. Preliminary Central, 68-42. Spartans Lose To Bryant By 6547 Score The Pleasant Mills Spartans suffered their 12th defeat of the season Saturday night, losing a 65-47 decision to the Bryant Owls at Pleasant Mills. A bad first quarter put the Spartans in the hole, 18-4, and they could not overcome that early deficit. Bryant was in front at the half, 33-20, and at the third period, 45-32. Dick Masters was the outstanding star as he paced the Owls with 34 points. Lyons tallied 11 and Herr 10 for Bryant. Dwight Brunner was the only Spartan in double figures, scoring 13 markers. The Spartans will meet the Decatur Commodores at Decatur Friday night. , Bryant FG FT TP Haffner — -1. 0 2 " SttF ------- 1 3>, 5 Herr 5 O' 10 Hartnagle 0 3 3 Masters 17 0 34 Lyons 4 3 11 Totals 28 9 65 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Snyder 2 ’2 6 Brunner ..... .. 6 1 13 Jackson 10 2 Riley . 1 0 2 Roe 2 3 7 King 2 0 4 Irvin 3*l 7 Smith 2 0 4 Butler 0 2 2 Totals 19 9 47 Officials: Reed, Turner. - Preliminary Bryant, 38-36 (double overtime). Nothing To Sneeze At SAN BRUNO, Calif. (UPD—Herbert D. Shaffer, 47, sneezed and _^FW i t : truck smashed into a fire hydrant, flooding an intersection; smashed the front of an office building; knocked down two street signs and struck seven cars.

Decatur Teams Take Tourneys i Here Saturday Decatur junior high and fresh- ( man teams swept honors in the . four-team invitational tourneys held at the Decatur gym Saturday, copping both championships. , Junior high defeated Bluffton in the final game Saturday after- i noon, 41-36. After trailing at the first quarter, 10-6, and the half, 19-17, Decatur rallied toy a 33-24 ; advantage at the third period. Martin scored 12 points and Con- 1 rad and Gause 10 each for Decatur. Pounds Jed Bluffton with 17, followed by Deam with 10. In : first round games Saturday morning, Decatur defeated Adams ; Central, 37-24, and Bluffton eliminated Portland, 46-32. ' v-— The Decatur freshmen led all 1 the way to win the final game : from Adams Central, 53-43. Quar- ■ ter scores were 13-12, 30-24, and , 43-33. Eichenauer led Decatur with 16 points, Ron Kleinknight had 14 and Walters 11. For Ad- ; ams Central, Knittie had 16, Me- , Millen 13 and Heyerly 10. In morning games, Decatur ousted Bluffton, 38-32, and Adams Central knocked off Portland, 43-36. Decatur Jr. High FG FT TP Conrad ...... 2 ,„,4 8 Magley 0 3 3 Gause 3 17 Beery' 3 4 10 Martin 14 6 Ladd j , 0 3 3 h -• TOTALS 9 19 37 Adams Central - . FG FT TP Schlickman .... 113 VonGunten 2 2 6 Decker 0 4 4 Swygart — 0 11 Mann '. 3 2 8 Schwartz . 1 0 2 totals -.-x io 24 Bluffton Jr. High FG FT TP Pounds J. 7 9 23 Deam — 2 0 4’ Taylor 7 0 14 Durr ... 13 5 Robinson 0 0 0 Fuller .............. 0 0 0 Reeff 0 0 0 TOTALS - - 17 12 46 Portland FG FT TP Stith 8 3 19 Minch w----- 113 Tossis —- 0- I 1 Mann 10 2 Ashman .... 10 2 McCabe .... 10 2 McDaniel 1" 1 3 TOTALS —l3 6 32 FINAL GAME FG FT TP Conrad —5 0 10 Magley .... .... 2 0 4 Gause .. ■- 5 0 10 Beery .. ... 0 0 0 Martin ....... 6 0 12 Gay 2 15 TOTALS -4. 20 1 41 Bluffton FG FT zTP Bynum .... 1 0 2 Pounds .1..' 5 7 17 Deam ; r ------ 5 0 10 Taylor 1 0 0 0 Durr .. 0 6 j Fuller 0 11 TOTALS - - 14 8 36 Decatur Freshmen FG FT TP Ro. Kleinknight .... 2 2 6 Ru. Kleinknight ..... 11 3 Marbach .— 2 4 8 Townsend 12 4 Eichenauer ..... 5 3 13 Walters 2 0 4 TOTALS ........ 13 12 38 Bluffton FG FT TP Creek - 2 1 5 Cinninger — 10 2 Hiatt i 3 4 10 Carnall ....... 15 7 Edington 1_ 2 4 Robinson 1 2 4 TOTALS ... 9 14 32 Adams Central Freshmen FG FT TP McMillen ........... 5 - 5 15 Maitlen ....... 0 11 Urick . 2 2 6 Knittie 1— 6 5 17 Heyerly 2 0 4 Dick — 0 0 O' TOTALS ......... 15 13 43

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Michigan State Hikes Hold In Big Ten Race CHICAGO (UPD — First place Michigan State was a lopsided choice to fatten its Big Ten basketball lead tonight on winless Wisconsin. Second place Michigan and Indiana, meanwhile, looked to suddenly frozen Illinois and ninth place Ohio State, hoping to do a bit of fattening on their own. Illinois hosts Michigan, and Ohio State takes on Indiana. Northwestern, lowa, Minnesota and Purdue are idle. In Saturday night’s games, Michigan State widened its hold on the conference lead with a 81-72 win over Northwestern’s sagging Wildcats, while lowa upset Michigan, 78-74, and Purdue pounded Illinois, 102-81, setting three boilermaker scoring records and one Big Ten mark. Ohio State used a second half come-from-behind rally to drop Minnesota, 84-80, in a televised game. Anderegg Racks 21 Indiana beat none-conference De Paul, 75-69, and Wisconsin, yet to win its first Big Ten game this season, was idle. Bob Anderegg paced the Spartans with 21, backed by Johnny Green’s 17, Horace Walker’s 15 and Lance Olson’s 14. It was .Northwestern’s Joe Ruklick, however, who wound up top man, with 29. Ruklick’s frequent sprees often pulled the Wildcats within range, only to have Michigan State surge ahead with a new drive. „ Purdue’s 102 points set a Boilermaker mark against a Big Ten opponent, surpassing the previous record of 95 scored in a losing effort to Indiana last season. Purdue also snapped its own records for field goal shooting—making 41 of 74 for a .554 average—and for total field goals, with 41. Boilermaker guard Willie Merriweather set a conference record by hitting 11 of 12 field goals for a .917 average, besting the .909 set by Jim McConnell of lowa against Minnesota on Jan. 12, 1957. • Scoreless 5 Minutes The Ulini could score only one basket and two free throws in the first six minutes, then went completely scoreless for a five-minute stretch later in the first half, filially trailing Purdue, 45-29, at the intermission. _ , Five players put in all of lowa s points. Top Hawkeye was Clarence Wordlaw with 23. Dave Gurie ther had 17, Ron Zagar 16, Bob Carpenter had 12 and Nolden Gentry scored 10. Michigan's M.C. Burton was high for the game, however, with 25 points—lo of them coming in a row in the second half. Larry Siegfried scored 30 to lead Ohio State’s Buckeyes, although Minnesota’s top - scoring junior, Ron Johnson, netted 39 to tie the Ohio State arena’s scoring record. Pre Basketball Saturday’s Scores St. Louis 120, Minneapolis 96. New York 119, Syracuse 117. Boston 137, Philadelphia 102. Detroit 103, Cincinnati 88. —- Sunday’s Scores Boston 139, Syracuse 137 (overtime). : St. Louis 130, Detroit 96. Philadelphia 113, New York 105. Hockey Results SATURDAY’S SCORES National League New York 5, Toronto 2. Chicago 3, Montreal 3 (tie). Boston 5, Detroit 4. International League Fort Wayne 9, Toledo 1. Indianapolis 4, Louisville 3. SUNDAY’S SCORES National League Chicago 3, Montreal'S (tie). Boston 6, Toronto 4. P"Sfew-Yoric 5, i International League Louisville 9. Indianapolis 6. - Portland FG FT TP J. Mcßebeo ........ 5 2 12 Freeman 3 5 Coldren ..... 2 6 10 Mumbee ............ 10 2 Weesner -- 3 17 Sommers - 0 0 0 TOTALS ........ 12 12 36 FINAL GAME Decatur Freshmen FG FT TP Ru. Kleinknight .... 1 4 3 Ro. Kleinkinght 4 6 14 Marbach . 14 6 Eichenauer .’-v_ 6 ”4 16 Townsend .-.-I— 11 3 Walters 5 1 11 TOTALS - - 18 17 53 Adams Central FG FT TP McMillen 5 3 13 Maltien“ .zi—o 2 2 Urick 10 2 Knittie .17 2 16 Heyerly 2 6 10 Dick 0 0 0. TOTALS ....... 15 13 43

JifISKOOL I Team Standings 1 W L Pct. 1 Hartford 14 2 .875 I Geneva ............. 8 6 .571 Adams Central 9 8 .529 1 Berne 7 8 .467 : Yellow Jackets .... 7 10 .412 > Commodores — 4 10 .286 Pleasant Mills .... 4 12 .250 Monmouth 3 10 .231 ’ —oOo— A heavy schedule of 10 games ' faces Adams county high school . teams as they hdad into the last month of the season. Three games ' are carded Tuesday night, six Fti- , day and one Saturday. The Decatur Commodores, apparently coming to life with two < victories in a row after six con- ' secutive defeats, have a pair of home games this week. They will . host the Geneva Cardinals Tues- < day night. In other games Tues- ' day, the Berne Bears host the I Hufftori Tigers, and the Adams Central Greyhounds travel to Bryant. - 000 1 The Commodores will stage their annual homecoming festivities Friday night, meeting the Pleasant Mills Spartans at the Decatur gym as the feature of the celebration. The Commodores’ queen will be crowned in appropriate ceremonies at half-time of the var—sity game- : — - The Decatur Yellow Jackets, losers of five of their last six games, face a tough assignment Friday when they meet the Portland Panthers on the Portland stage floor gym. The Jackets knocked off Portland in the Bluffton holiday tourney, and the Panthers will be seeking revenge. In other game/ Friday, Monroeville will play at Adams Central, Hoagland at Monmouth, Montpelier at Berne and Albany at Geneva. In the 1 lone Saturday game, the Monmouth Eagles will meet the Hartford Gorillas at Hartford. , Biggest surprise of the Northeastern Indiana conference race came Friday night when the ConL cordia Cadets, defending champs abut losers of their first five NEIC i clashes, upended the Bluffton Tigers. Two NEIC games are scheduled Friday, Garrett at Concordia and New Haven at Kendallville. NEIC Standings —' W L Pct. Columbia City -— 5 0 1.000 ■ Garrett ...... 3 1 .750 Bluffton —4 3 .571 ' Decatur 3 3 .500 New Haven 3 3 .500 Angola 2 4 .333 Kendallville ... 1 3 .250 Concordia 1 5 .167 Don Baker, of the Decatur Comipodores, holds a 51-point lead over his nearest rival in the county’s scoring race. Baker has 321 pbints in 14 games for a 22.9 per game average. Larry Daniels, of the Decatur Yellow Jackets, with 46 ■' points in two games last week, I jumped into second place with 270 points. The 10 top scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average points per game; follow: GPTPAve. Baker, Commodores 14 321 22.9 Daniels, Y. Jackets 17 270 J. 5.9 Shraluka, _Y. Jackets 17 266 15.6 Foreman, A. Central 17 245 14.4 Sprunger, Berne 15 240 16.0 Egley, A. Central 17 209 12.3 Schwartz, Berne 15 202 13.5 McCune, Hartford 16 188 11.8

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Ossian Downs Berne Saturday Night, 5651 Ossian’s Bears piled up a big early lead and then held off a fourth-quarter tally to defeat the Berne Bears, 56-51, at the Ossian gym Saturday night. Ossian built up a 23-9 lead at the first quarter, led at the half, 38-26, and at the third period, 48-34, before Berne began to click. Crane led the Ossian attack with 19 points, followed by Archbold with 14 and Patton with 10. Roger Graber tallied 16 points and Phil Sprunger 15 for Berne. Berne will entertain the tough Bluffton Tigers at Berne Tuesday night, and will play the Montpelier Pacers Friday night, also at Berne. ' —* . Ossian FG FT TP Geisel - 2 3 7 Quackenbush ... 2 15 Patton 5 0 W Archbold —- 6 2 14 Crane 8 3 19 Burkheiser ...— 0 K 1 Gemmero 0 0 Totals 23 10 56 Berne FG FT TP Sprunger ... h 6 3 15 Blum —- 12 4 Lautzenheiser - 0 0 0 Klopfenstein 4 0 8 Graber ... 8 0 16 Schwartz 3 17 Smith ... Oil Inniger ..— 0 0 0 Collier 0 0 0 Von Gunten 0 0 0 Totals 22 7 51 Officials: Timmons, Campbell. — Preliminary Ossian, 33-27. Decatur Lutheran Winner Over Bingen Decatur outlasted Bingen in the first round of the Lutheran laymen’s league grade school tournament Saturday at Hoagland by a' 27-20 count. Decatur travels to Hoagland again next Saturday, meeting Fuelling in the second round. Decatur led Bingen from the opening whistle, to the final buzzer, for the victory. Decatur FG FT TP Fleming .. 0 0 0 M. Busse 2 15 Conrad 4 0 8 McClure 3 17 Scheumann 3 17 Totals r — 12 3 27 Bingen FG FT TP ' Bultemeyer —... 0 0 0 ! Scherer . 4 0 8 Braun 4 0 8 Schroeder ...... 10 2 Zelt . 0 0 0 '*l 0 2 Totals ..1...-- 10 0 20 ♦ Decatur scored at wrong basket. Snyder, P. Mills 15 182 12.1 1 Graber, Berne 15 179 11.9 —oOo— Results one year ago this week: " Fort .“Wayne CentraL 39, Yellow Jackets 23. Geneva 54 Commodores 46. 1 Commodores 68, Pleasant Mills 53. ' Bryant 60, Adams Central 57. ' Monroeville 56, Adams Central 51. Hoagland 88, Monmouth 61. 1 Bluffton 90, Berne 54. Montpelier 63, Berne 49. ' Geneva 53, Albany 51.

Cue Champ Hoppe Dies X ■ . a..— .. -«■ . _ - ■■

MIAMI (UPI) — Willie Hoppe, undisputed king of billiards, died in a sun-lit hospital room Sunday after personally willing his magic cue sticks to a friend of by-gone years. Hoppe. 71, ruled the billiards world during the “golden era” of sports. He won 51 world championships during 47 glory-packed years. Death came at 4:40 p.m. e.s.t. in a fourth-floor room bathed in late afternoon sunshine. His doctor said he apparently was the victim of a gastric hemorrhage, but he had been ill for years and , was hospitalized since Sept. 18 following a heart attack. Hands Shaky, Unsteady Businessman Albert Hoppe of Miami, his brother, said the colorful billiards ace seemed in good spirits Saturday, but took a turn for the worse that night. One of his last visitors was Sidney Mayer of Chicago, a road paving firm executive and a friend of years. Mayer said Hoppe's hands, which brought him his first world’s title at the age of 18, were Shaky and unsteady. “He told me he didn't think he would be able to handle a cue stick again," Mayer said. “He said he wanted me to have them." Hoppe’s brother confirmed that the prized cue sticks would be given to Mayer in keeping with the bedside wish. Burial In Philadelphia The body will be sent to Philadelphia for burial at White Marsh Memorial Park. Services will be held either Wednesday or Thursday at St. Johns Roman Catholic Church. In addition to his brother, survivors include a son, William F., Jr. of Sonora, Calif., and a daughter, Alice, also in California.

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. - - ... • u ..... Hoppe won his first world’s title in 1906, dethroning Maurice Vignaua, known as the “lioa of France,” at Paris. He woe his last in 1952, when he captured the three-cushion world crown at San Francisco. Liked Baseball More In between, he had one at the longest and most colorful careers in sports history, outlasting —by comparison—l 4 heavyweight boxing champions, from Tommy Burns to Rocky Marciano. His audiences included presidents, kings and ranking members of the world society who marveled at his quick skill and keen eye. He once played a command performance at the White House, in 1911, for President William Howard Taft. Oddly, however, Hoppe always insisted his first real love was not billiards, but baseball. “I really wanted to be a professional baseball player,” Hoppe told newsmen last summer. “My father wanted me to be a billiard player.” St Louis Cardinals Buy Billy Harrell ST. LOUIS (UPI) — The St. Louis Cardinals today had more infield insurance in the person of Billy Harrell, former utility man for the Cleveland Indians. General Manager Bing Devine said Sunday he obtained the big right-hander in a straight cash deal. Harrell, 30-year-old Negro, hit .218 and had 12 stolen bases in the 100 games he played with the Indians last year.