Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 30, Decatur, Adams County, 5 February 1959 — Page 7

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I County Tourney I Nets Schools I Over SSOO Each ■ The seven Adams county basJ ketball teams, competing in the recent county tourney, will split a $3,587.20 melon, according to figures released by Loren Jones, manager of the tourney and principal at Monmouth. | Two schools, Decatur Catholic and Pleasant Mills, will receive ■ one cent less, $512.45, than Adams Central, Berne-French, Geneva, Hartford, and Monmouth, $512.46. Berne- French will also receive j half of the concessions profit, I $235.50, as it was in charge of ? the concessions. The net tourney profit was $3,587.20. Last year I each team received $466.00. Total receipts were $4,236 25 I from sale of 1,283 season tickets, ■ I,9l3'single session tickets, and half of the concessions profit. The season tickets brought in $2,566.00, while the single session ducats brought in $1,434.75. The concessions share was $235.50. The total receipts this year were below the 1957 amount of $4,453.56, but above 1958's $3,936.98. Total expenses, including $l5O for officials Frank Carnes and Gene Davis; SIBO for Adams Central gym rental; $89.90 for printing; S9O for 18 employes; $12.50 each to timer Richard Allspaw and PA system operator Kenneth Watkins; S4B to four parking lot attendants; $27.35 for official tourney ball, nets, score book, etc; $35 to tourney manager, and $3.90 for miscellaneous items, , were $649.05. The total ticket sales, both season and single session, was... .$4,000.75. Adams Central led all season ticket sellers with 408, Berne followed with 286. Hartford, 141, Decatur Catholic, 136, Geneva 118, Monmouth 91, and Pleasant Mills 84, followed in that order. At the window, 19 were sold. i Single session tickets amounted to 483 Thursday. 521 Friday, 391 Saturday afternoon, and 518 Saturday evening. Total concession receipts were $933 48, while expenses totaled $462 37. <o. i Veteran Reliefer Sold To Cardinals ST. LOUIS <UPD — Bob Miller, veteran relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, today was property of the St. Louis Cardinals, at least for a time.. General Manager Bing Devine said Wednesday Miller was bought on a conditional basis from the Buffalo club, a Philadelphia affiliate in the International League. Miller’s performance with the Red Birds during spring training at St. Petersburg, Fla., will determine whether or not he stays, Devine said. A decision on his contract will be reached by April 10, opening day for National League < ?playPre Basketball New York 129. Boston 126. St. Louis 113, Syracuse 111. Detroit 119, Philadelphia 117 (dou- ~ ble overtime). ; ———-

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams 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, t .. j North Carolina ' And Cincinnati : Win Wednesday r ' ' By TIM MORIARTY Drifted Press International ; North Carolina and Cincinnati are picking up steam in their [ downhill race to conference championships and berths in the NCAA basketball tournament. The second-ranked Tar Heels , held on to first place in the Atlantic Coast Conference Wednes- . day night by turning back Mary- , land, 64 - 57, for their seventh straight victory while a 38-point barrage by Oscar Robertson helped Cincinnati down Dayton, ' 96-74. It was the fourth-ranked Bearcats' ninth straight triumph. North Carolina faced Maryland without high • scoring sophomore Doug Moe of Brooklyn, N. Y„ ' who is nursing an injured foot. However, two other “Yankee” Tar Heels took up the slack. York Larese ’ and Harvey Saiz accounted for 25 of North Carolina's 28 points in the second half. 13th Tar Heel Win Larese, a New York City import, wound up with 32 points and Saiz, a Brooklyn native, contributed 16. It was the Tar Heels’ 13th victory in 14 games. They boast an 8-0 conference record compared to North Carolina State’s 9-1 slate. Robertson, the nation’s leading scorer, upped his season average to 33.2 points per game against Dayton. The 6-foot-5 all-American canned a jump shot on the game's first play to give the Bearcats a lead they never relinquished. Dayton scored only one field goal in the first 10 minutes. Cincinnati, undefeated in the Missouri Wiley Conference, now has , ir*ls#**rt?cord against all comers. Marquette Wins Again Marquette, another streaking team with tournament dreams, racked up its 14th straight victory and its 16th win in 17 games by bowling over Bowling Green, 73-62. Mike Moran scored 21 poin# for Ed Hickey's 13thranked Warriors, who have already received "feelers” from the NIT selection committee. * George Raveling scored 27 points and grabbed a record 28 rebounds in leading Villanova to a 72-63 triumph over Wagner College. Raveling’s rebound total was the highest ever recorded by a Villanova player and also established a new mark for the Philadelphia Palestra. The Wildcats (13-3) also are being considered for the NIT jaigboree. Hockey Results International League Fort Wayne 4, Indianapolis 2. Louisville 4, Toledo 4 —

Whitey Ford Is Balking At Slash In Pay - ~ By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Internattonal Whitey Ford has a bowling date with Mickey Mantle this week end In Dallas, and the Yankee front office would love to make a tenstrike by signing the southpaw pitcher today before he 'takes off for Texas. ' Ford, who has been asked to accept an SB,OOO cut said he wasn’t sure whether he would drop by the club office today. "I may and I may not," he said. “I'm going to Dallas tomorrow for the opening of Mick’s bowling alley. But if I don't see Roy Harney today I’ll have time to see him before I go to training camp.” Ford and Mantle certainly won’t be talking ten-pins in Dallas. When they get a chance to huddle together, you can bet they’ll discuss Casey Stengel’s recent blast, of which they were the chief targets, and the salary slash each is being asked to take. Little Public Beefing Calm, cod and collected as usual, Ford isn’t beefing much publicly about the cut other than to say, "I don’t intend to take it.” He can’t see how he rates one in light of his 14-7 record, which included seven shutouts and a 2 01 earned run average that was tops in the American League. The Yankees, who will have a lot of talking to do before they ever can convince Whitey, required little such persuasion in getting 42-year-old Enos (Country) Slaughter to agree to terms. Embarking on his 19th playing season in the majors. Slaughter signed for the same money he received last year, approximately SIB,OOO. He batted .304 in 77 games and probably of equal importance is that he still is exhibit A whenever Stengel delivers one of his “why-don’t-you-take-a-les-son-from” lectures to the rest of his players. > There was considerable signing activity among other major league clubs, too. Dodgers Sign Gilliam pirn Gilliam became the 24th member of the Angeles Dodgers to okay terms. General Manager E. J. Bavasi hinted that several clubs tried to get Gilliam but said "they didn’t even come close.” He considered Gilliam like “four men rolled into one. He’s one of the best leadoff men; he’s a switch hitter and he can play the infield or outfield equally well.” ----- San Francisco announced the signing of outfielders Leon Wagner and Willie Kirkland and infielder Ray* Jablonski, while Philadelphia satisfied five players at a clip — pitcher Jim Hearn, infielder Johnny O’Brien and rookies Lsu Vassie, Dallas Green and Henry Mason. The Clucago White Sox corraled veteran Kay Boone and the Baltimore Orioles signed newcomers George Bamberger and Ray Barker. The White Sox now have 22 players under contract and the Orioles 18. Boston had a big day, also, getting signed contracts from pitchers Willard Nixon and Jerry Casale and catchers Haywood Sullivan and Ed Sadowski. Pitcher Gary Blaylock, 14-10 with Rochester last season, agreed to terms with toe St. Louis Cardinals. College Basketball Butler 65, Valparaiso 64. Indiana State 65. Ball State 59. Oakland City 97, Rose Poly 68. Cincinnati 96, Fayton 74. Kansas 71, Oklahoma 44. Marquette 73, Bowling Green 62. Western Michigan 68, Toledo 61. Army 61, Lehigh 49. ; Villanova 72. Wagner 63. North Carolina 64, Maryland 57. < Louisville 88, Florida Southern 57. 1 High School Basketball i - ___ i Albion 59, Larwill 53. i Huntington Catholic 64, Lancaster t Central 62. ] Gary Roosevelt 71, Gary Wallace j 46. < Brazil 55, Terre Haute State 52. ] Holland 86, Evansville Mater Dei 68. i . r Suffocates Playing j With Plastic Bag 2 ROANOKE, Ind. (UPD —Larry I Gene Anstett, 3. accidentally suf- J focated while playing with a plas- 1 tic bag in his home Wednesday, 2 Huntington County Coroner Paul J M. Gray ruled today. His mother 2 found him 15 minutes later. • _ C Toy Bin Keeps Order One of toe easiest Ways to keep j the family room neat and oderly < is to fashion a portable top bin s tpom a new galvanized steel trash j can. Casters can be attached to , the bottom of the sturdy can be provide mobility. Blocks, toys and' * other paraphernalia can be stored ‘ in toe toy bin between play ses- 5 sions. The can may be painted e or decorated with decals to blend 1 in with the room’s decor. 1

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Open Church League Tournamenl Tonight Play will open' In the Adams county church league tourney tonight, with two games at the Pleasant Mills gym. At the present time, there is a tie for first place in the regular season schedule. A playoff game for regular season honors will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at Pleasant Mills. Decatur Methodist will meet either Monroe Methodist or Geneva E.U.8., scheduled to play this week for the other first-place berth. In opening tourney games tonight at Pleasant Mills, Pleasant Valley Methodist will meet Berne E. and R. at 7:30 p.m., followed by Berne Mennonite and Union Chapel E.U.B. Four games are scheduled one week from tonight. At Pleasant Mills, winners of tonight's games will play at 7:30 p.m., followed by Geneva E.U.B. and Pleaaant D&le Church of the Brethren. At Adams Central, Decatur Methodist will play Decatur Trinity E.U.B. at 7:30 p.m., followed by Monroe Methodist and St. Paul Lutheran. Semi-finals will be played at Pleasant Mills 'Feb. 17, and the tourney championship at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, also at Pleasant Milla, Del Flanagan Wins By Split Decision ST. PAUL, Minn. (UPD—Speed was the difference between victor Del Flanagan and vanquished Ralph Dupas, but toe officials and the fighters all saw toe same thing differently. “Sure, he hit me more,” Flanagan said, “but they were just light taps and when I hit him, I hit him hard.” "Why, I hit him four or five times for every punch he landed, ”, Dupas said, complaining bitterly about a “hometown” decision. Flanagan, who had been fourth ranked among the welterweights, gained a split decision for his seventh straight triumph. Judge Jim Perrault gave Dupas, who was third-ranked, a 97-96 edge. The United Press International card was 97-95 for Dupas, and representatives of toe four St. Paul - Minneapolis papers also scored the bout for Dupas, one of them by a 98-94 tally. But Judge Dick Delaney made it 98-95 for Flanagan and referee John Stanton 97-95 for toe Minneapolis boxer to give him his 93rd win iix 110 pro bouts. It was Dupas’ ifth defeat in 91 matches. Bowling Scores Classic League W L Pts. Budget Loan Co. 3 0 4 West End Rest. 3 0 4 Stan’s Men Wear 3 0 4 Leland Smith Ins. — 2 1 3 Foot-So-Port Shoes 2 1 2 Decatur Farms 1 2\ 2 Don’s Texaco Service 1 2 \ 1 Indiana Rod & Wire _ 0 3 0 Acker Cement ... 0 3 O' Peterson Grain Co. „■ 0 3 0 High series: Dick Mies 628 (190-214-224); Don Reidenbach 615 (179-181-255); Snook Marbach 605 ( 233-201-171). ; High games: T. Lehman 202, R. Beuchot 214, R. Mutschler 243 K T. Eyanson 227-214, G. Laurent 210217, R. Ladd 206, T. Murphy 201, G. Schultz 215-203, E. Graber 208, G. Hooper 200, P. Bleeke 205-226, K. Bauserman 205, D. Graber 212, W. Snyder 210, R. Lord 201, J. Beery 206, A. Appelman 200, W. Petrie 211, H. Scheumann 215, W, Gallmeyer 218, E. Schindler 223205, Women s League W L Pts. Two Brothers 9 0 12 Adams Co. Trailer . 8»4 % 11*4 Shaffer Restaurant .8 1 11 Beam’s Oil 7 2 10 Hoagland Lumber __ 7 2 10 Gene s Mobil 6 3 8 Smith Pure Milk ... 5 4 6 Drewry 5 4 6 Blackwells 4—. 5 6 West End Restaurant 3% 5Vi 5% Alps Brau 4 5 5 Lynch Box .... 4 5 5 Kent’s .. 3 6 5 Seven* Up P 4 5 5 First State Bank ... 2 7 3 Arnold Lumber 2 7 3 Krick Tyndall ...... 2 7 2 Three Kings ........ 2 7 2 Treon 2 7 2 Citizens Telephone ..2 7 2 High team series: West End 2221, Krick Tyndall 2054, Hoagland Lumber 2298, Three Kings 2141, Seven Up 2141, Lynch Box 2039, Two Brothers 2321, Gene’s Mobii 2037, Blackwells 2144, Smith Pure Milk 2027,’ Adams County Trailer 2321, Kent’s 2122, - High individual series: G. Reynolds 516, D. Hoile 511, W. Schroeder 529, B. Moran 504. High games: B. Appelman 186, B. Moran 208, D. Hoile 170, M. Gage 175, R. Gallmeyer 174, W. Schroeder 176, G. Buuck 174’, F. Reidenbach 177, A. Gage 181, N. Bodie 209, V. Smith 181-170. Laddlßs, Di Affolder 171. R. Frauhiger 172, J. Mansfield 170, P. Schrock 179, M. Reef 173, B. Moser 201, L. Call 194, A. Thompson 177.. G. Reynolds 205, E. Strickler 177.

Springs Valley Out To Prove 1 ■ . 'SB No Fluke I ■■■ United Press International ■ INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Springs ! Valley’s Blqckhawks are out to ■ prove that their near-sweep in 1 last year’s Indiana high school basketball tourney was no fluke. Coach Rex Weds took the con- ! solidated, first-year school through toe regular season with an un- - blemished record and through ■ three tough weeks of tourney > play to the four-team finals beI fore the string ran out at 25 i games. The French Lick-based team ! has compiled almost as fine a rec- ; ord as last year’s crew. They are 134 going into Saturday’s game with Wabash Valley champion ■ Bloomfield and have lost only to Shnwswick. — How does Wells feel about it? ; Let’s see. Question: Did you expect to come up with this fine a record? I put very little em- , phasis on this so-called record. I don’t like to pressurize a group of * boys about what kind of record they are setting. I like to think of toe record as toe improvement and determination and desire toe boys show from one game to another, and from one year to toe next. Lauds Pruett, Self Q: How does this team differ from last year’s? A: Our 1957-58 team lacked height but made up the difference with fight and desire to overcome taller opponents. This year's squad has a stronger and better shooting groifp and better defense in general. I think we have more experience and more confidence in our offense. We are , playing a stronger schedule, but last year’s club was better in re- * bounding. Q: What stands out? A: The leadership of our fine guards, Marvin Pruett and Frank Self, plus cooperation from all toe boys have given us a better-bal-anced club. Q: What’s making them click? A: When a coach is so fortuj nate to have young men with that will to win, the job of coaching > “ merely keeping up with toe > boys. We feel that a team is only as strong as its weakest player , and we try to work with the boys who need help and guid- , ance. Q: What was your best game this season? A: Our game at Evansville Bosse was terrific. There were very , few mistakes and both teams used patterns to get their shots. The Blackhawks did a fine job on the boards and Pruett and . Self kept up the pressure out ; front. The boys got themselves ; ready for> Bosse and proved their <75-68) by hustle and desire ■ towin. "No Alibis” 1 Q: What happened against Shawswick? i A: In toe first game we were i 'somewhat disorganized. We were i definitely outplayed and seemed disinterested in carrying out our assignments. And some experiments didn’t work. We have no alibis for the second loss, it was a good ballgame. They won it toe last three seconds—more power to them for coming back. Q: Who will be your toughest tourney rivals? A: Our sectional will be a real test. Huntingburg is big and good. Jasper has been showing some terrific improvement in toe last few games. Holland and Winslow are always team to consider. I want to play them one at a time. We feel we must unload in every game and put but just a little more toward a team effort. Q: You gonna pay us another visit as a working coach March 21? A: We would gladly accept an invitation to play in the state tourney finals now, if you could arrange tt. Tickets Available For Porland Game Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur high school principal, reported today that a few tickets are still available at his office for the Yellow Jackets game at Portland Friday night. He stated that a few will also be available at the gym door tomorrow night, also some standing room tickets. ■V The number of different books about American history published in 1957 was 903, a gain of 48 per cent over 1956.

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Phoenix Open Golf Tourney Underway PHOENIX, Artz. (UPI) — The $17,500 Phoenix open golf toumament got under way here today and the prediction is that it will take a man with a feather touch on the putting greens to win the jack-pot. The country’s top touring professionals tested the course Wednesday and found the greens so fast that it was hard to keep the ball on line. “The greens are tough,” said Mike Souchak, who tied for the pro-division championship in the pro-amateur tourney with young Tony Lerna of San Leandro. Calif. “They are not real good to putt on. The fairways are fine. But it will take a light touch around the greens.” Mike had that Wednesday as he and Lerna posted 655, collecting $225 each. Arnold Palmer, the Masters champion from Latrobe, Pa., won the pro-amateur division with the help of three amateurs who combined with Arnie for a 56. That was worth S2OO to Palmer. Defending champion Ken Venturi, who sat out the pro-am competition Wednesday, is listed as the favorite. He likes the Arizona courses. His title was won on Sr neighboring course at the Phoenix Country Club. But with the premium on the greens, favoritism should fall to such fine putters as Art Wall, the leading money - winner of the year: Billy Casper and veterans Lloyd Mangrum and Marty Furgol. The tourney is a 72-hole affair with the final round set for Sunday. Oil Company Maps BATON ROUGE, La. (U P I)— The oil industry spends 14 million dollars a year helping to keep motorists on the right road by furnishing them with highway maps. Some maps cost up to $20,000 qven befort they are sent to the printers. One Baton Rouge oil spokesman said that much money was spent to make sure the maps were kept up to date with the latest road changes. Some of the larger oil companies here provide as many as 60 different maps. Others in coastal areas publish marine maps showing water depths, water routes, buoys, compass check points, and other details for the sea-faring motorist. Planting Soybean MADISON, Wis. (UPI)—A group of University of Wisconsin researchers report that solybeons : be iP la nted by the “wheel track” method as successfully as corn. With the new method, soybean seed is planted in rough plowed ground-in the wheel tracks of the tractor. The researchers say that soybean yields can be increased by as much as 15 per cent simply by placing the rows closer. They're in the 'Book' WASHINGTON (UPI) — Telephone, Tex., is about to get telephone service for the first time. The Rural Electrification Administration recently approved a loan of $358,000 to the Win-Tel Telephone Co. Inc., of Windom, Tex., to improve and expand service in rural areas of Fannin county. Among the expanded services will be a new dial exchange at Telephone—(pop. 250 in 1950.) Some industrial workers endure temperatures up to 500 degrees F. for two or three minutes at a time. UiflJM your Oil A# it HEATS 1 w 4 ■ 5 . ii MiKr tmm NEW with RT-98 * Mobilheat HSI PETRIE OIL CO. DISTRIBUTOR PHONE 3-2014

Time To Retire WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Vt (UPl)—Three partner* who ran a service station here for 30 years have decided to hang up their coveralls. : Alfred Rollins, 62, Thomas B. - Blodgett, 77, and Dean W. Fellows, ’ 62, all of West Lebanon, N.H., had I operated the station continuously i since 1928 through depression, ! earthquakes, fires, floods and holdup men. "We certainly set a record for ! getting along,” Rollins said. “But 1 we didn't want to go through an- * other winter.” ■ Virtue Unrewarded ■ NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (UPI) ■ —Lois Blondin, 25, had a rabbit • dead center in her gun sights when 1 , she remembered she had no hunt-, [ ing license. So she lowered her gun, which went off, the bullet , nicking her on the second toe of ; the left foot. Mix Mortar In Pail Pointing mortar for small repair jobs around the home can be prepared quickly in a standard galvanized steel pad by mixing 2% parts of clean sand with one part of masonry cement. Waterproofing can be added if desired. Mortar color can be added to the mix - to match existing mortar. —s Keep Fire Pails Handy Fire safety officials recommend that each family keep at least two galvanized steel fire pails ready for an emergency. The pails are designed with convex and conical shaped bottoms. They should be filled with sand or water and hung on wall hooks, ready for immediate use in case of a fire.

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Fraternal Order: Leave! ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI>—A threelegged husky owned by a Cornell fraternity has been banished from the campus for snapping at atedents. The dog, named Tripod, wag expelled despite a plea by the Student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun, that he be kept. Members of the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, where Tripod lived, feted the dog at a banquet before turning him over to his origi- ' nal owner, Roger Burggraff, a former student, who plans to bring Tripod back to his birthplace in Alaska. Flies Are Dangerous House flies cannot cause disease directly by biting or stinging, but they carry deadly, germs. Health officers say that 'one of the most effective ways for householders to combat the fly problem is to keep all garbage and trash in fly-proof containers, such as galvanized steel garbage cans. Wash Bathroom Walls New easy-to-clean paneling materials can be washed quickly if two galvanized steel pails are used for with heavy soap suds and the other with clear rinse water. The tile or predecorated hardboard paneling should be washed with a sudsy cloth, and then wiped clean with clear water. — Store Seed Safely Grass seed and other gradening materials may be stored safely in covered galvanized steel garbage cans. The close-fitting covers and durable zinc finish protect the contents from atacks by moisture and rodents.