Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1959 — Page 7

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1.U., Purdue Clash Tonight In Big Game CHICAGO (UPI) — Pre-season touted Northwestern, its title hopes smashed by crucial losses, hoped to at least play spoiler tonight against Big Ten leader Michigan State. A Northwestern upset of the Spartans and an Indiana win over nHgMar ltnorw Spartans and Indiana in first, each with 7-3 rewards. In other scheduled games, Illinois was to host Wisconsin and lowa was at Michigan. Minnesota and Ohio State were idle. Indiana stayed within a game of the Spartans Saturday night by overcoming a sporadic Minnesota and turning in a 62-57 win. Michigan State, meanwhile, set a school scoring record while pounding rival " ml cfiigqn. "103-91. It was Purdue, however, wWcfc provided ail the'thrills. The spirited Boilermakers, who earlier routed Michigan State, this time put the finishing blow on Northwestern, 65-63, coming from behind three times and with Wilson Eison dropping in the winning basket in the last 12 seconds of an overtime. , lowa rounded out the activity by slipping hapless Wisconsin its seventh loss In eight conference games, 94-84. It left Michigan State in first, a game aheSd of Indiana and two games ahead'of lowa and Purdue. Michigan was in fifth and four clubs, Ohio State, Illinois, Minnesota and Northwestern, were tied for sixth with 4-5 records. Wisconsin, with 1-7, virtually vyas doomed to the cellar.' Minnesota came from behind to hold a 26-23 edge" over Indiana at the half, but the Hoosiers bounced back and the game seesawed until the final five minutes. High for Indiana was. Walt Bellamy with 18, though Minnesota’s Ron Johnson, currently the Big Ten scoring leader, hacj 20. Michiggt , Sjtate uhut off “kfichigan’s bi%,g<m» It.C, with only 11 points. If cost’Burton, who had been averaging 24.1 per game, his spot as Big TVn scoring leader. He slipped to second, behind Johnson, The Spartans, paced by Bob Anderegg's 26 and John Green's 24, surpassed their ZMMKVMK WfWfi Purdue needed last minute rallies to colne from feghtod t «t the half, at the -end of the regulation time and in the overtime. lowa took over midway In the opening half and never let go. High man for the night, however, was Wisconsin’s Jim Biggs- with 29. The Badgers' Rick Murray had 24, and lowa’s Davfe Gunther < had 23. Mdrtiii Spikes Self While Cleaning Shoes BERKELEY, Calif. (UPI) — Billy Martin left for the Cleveland Indians' training camp at Tucson, Am . today with a slightly injured left hand. The second baseman said he spiked his hand Thursday while digging mud out of his golf shoes with an ice pick. Hockev Results SATURDAY’S SCORES National League Montreal 2, Boston 1. : A International League Troy 4, Louisville 3 (overtime). SUNDAY’S SCORES National League New York 5, Montreal 1. Boston 3, Chicago 3 (tie). * Detroit 4, Toronto 2. Internationl League Fort Wayne 4, 'Louisville 3. PHOTO FINISHING Films Left «t Studio Before 5:00 PJW. Finished At Noon Next Day SERVICE GIVEN , 6 DAYS A WEEK EDWARDS STUDIO

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—| Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams TUEBDAY Madison Twp. at Hartford. WEDNESDAY Commodores vs Areola at New Haven. FRIDAY Winchester at Yellow Jackets. Commodores at Harlan. Bluffton at Adams Central. Hoagland at Pleasant Mills. Petroleum at Hartford. Monmouth at Montpelier. Berne at New Haven. Geneva vs Parker at Farmland. , , w , ~ „,, SATURDAY - Berne at Monmouth. Only Two High School Teams Are Unbeaten X ' 3«? I . V’ m J INDIANMPOLIS (UPI) li Hopes for unbeaten Indiana high school basketball seasons rested with Bainbridge and Concord today and seven major conference crowns are up for grabs* in this last week before the state-sec-tional tourneys. The two 20-game winners can wind up perfect Friday. Concord closes at home against Shipshewana - Scott, Bainbridge hits the road against Avon. New Washington lost its perfect states last Saturday night, dropping a hard-fought 55-53 decision at Georgetown, its first defeat in 18 starts. Three unbeatens gained the state tourney last year and one of them, Springs Valley, advanced to the 4-team finals before being stopped by Fort Wayne South, the eventual state champion. Michigan City, No. 7 in the state last week, grabbed East NIHSC honors last Saturday when Fort Wayne North derailed previously, once-beaten South Bend Central, 64-58, ih overtime. Thus, the Red Devils, in loop warfare, can lose at fcoulh Bend Riley Tuesday an(| sUS Claim the title undisputed. Michigan City and Central shared the league honors last Year. ‘ Rayl Rita 48 East Chicago Washington, which squeaked through against IndianIsSfe Sist jke. it Att*a#ain:in the West NIHSC by winding. at Ga r y Emerson Wednesday, ff the Senators, No. 2 in the state, lose, they'll share the title" with Gary Tolleston. Top-ranking Muncie Central, also beaten but once, is favored at Marion Friday to win the North Central Conference crown. If the Bearcats are upset. -New Castle could claim the honors by turning back Kokomo. Jimmy Rayl hit a record 48 points Sgtorflay to Ipiclll: 'lTofcbrnbr No. 3 in the state, to a 9§-58 rout of Marion Saturday while New Castle, No. 6, was derailed at Connersville. 64-53, in a non-league game. Kenny Strawn hit 24 for the dinners, but Ray Pavy of New Castle got 27. - - But the state one-game season record belongs to lanky Marion Pierce of Lewisville, who scorched the nets for 64 points Saturday night in a 97-44 rout of Union Twp. (Randolph County). Defending champ Elwood and Huntington, deadlocked for the "Central Conference lead at 7-2, will probably finish in a stalemate. Both close with home loop games—Elwood against Plymouth, Huntington against Rochester, both Friday. Jeffersonville ' is p'r act ically “in” again as South Central Conference titlist, with loop games remaining gains t Connersville Tuesday 1 and Columbus Friday. Wiley Favored ‘ Terre mute Wiley should be the new champ in the Western Conference. The Red Streaks, 63-53 winners over Dugger Saturday, are highly-favored over city foe State Tuesday. In the Southern Conference, it’ll be either Washington or New Albany The latter moved 11 percentage points ahead of the Hatche tswith a 66-59 victory over Bloomington Saturday and takes on Jasper Tuesday before tangling with Washington. Columbia City must win at Kendallville Friday or share the Northeastern Conference title with Garrett, which finished 5-1. Most major teams wind up regular season warfare Friday or ,j earlier, then rest up for the fourweek state touney grind which opens first-round warfare a week from Wednesday.

Gorillas Win Over Bobcats By 57-41 Score The county champion Hartford Gorillas marked up their ninth consecutive victory and their 17th of the season as against only two losses, hy whipping the Lancasfer Central Bobcats, 57-41, on the Lancaster court Frjiay Right. The Gorillas piled up an 11-point advantage, 28-18, at- the half, and had little trouble in the last two periods. Hartford again displayed wellbalanced scoring. Del McCune led wi4h 42 tallied 10. Habegger was the only Bobcat in double figures with 13. The Gorillas wind up their season with a pair of home games this week. They will eptertain Madison Twp. Tuesday, a game postponed earlier in the season, and close out with Petroleum Friday. Hartford FG FT TP Bixler ....ZZZ— 0 2 2 Weshberger _ j. 2 0 4 Pharr Owens ? ... 0 0 0 Miller .1 5 0 10 Moser 3 3 9 McCune 6 1 13 Zuercher 3 0 6 Hoover 3 17 ' Thomas ."......-..’-— 0 2 2 Totals 23 11 57 Lancaster FG FT TP Habegger 6 1 13 Easley 0 0 0 Stern 2 3 7 Fox ......... :...... 0 2 2 Cowens 2 3 7 Macon 10 2 Johnloz 3 0 6 Isch 0 0 0 Kruetzman 12 4 Gerber 0 0 0 Totals 15 11 41 r i ■ ■ | Showdown Week On l — ----- - ** r 1- ; College Net Front IMted Press International This is “showdown week” along the college basketball front. Two crucial games, either one ; of which would be a promoter’s dream, will take place in Dixie. ! Second - ranked ’ North Carolina -116-1 > wiH entertain fifth-ranked North Carolina State (18-2) Wed- , nesday night and top-ranked Ken- , tucky (19-2) will host sixth-ranked ' Auburn (18-0), the nation’s only major unbeaten team, Saturday night. : In addition to these classic presentations, eighth-ranked Brad- | ley and ninth - ranked St. Louis , collide again tonight at Peoria, 111., Utah will place its perfect Skyline Conference record on the line against Denver, its chief challenger, Thursday * night, and Princeton and Dartmouth, unbeaten in the Ivy League, meet on the Indians’ home coyrt Saturday night. . North Carolina turned back N.C. state, 72-68, in an overtime struggle at Raleigh last month. It was State’s lone defeat in 13 Atlantic Coast Conference games this season. Frank McGuire’s Tar Heels, ■ meanwhile, have gone unbeaten in 10 conference tilts. However, Wednesday’s return meeting will have no bearing on which team represents the conference in the NCAA championship-. That honor goes to the Winner of the AAC post-season tournament.The Kentucky-Auburn clash should also be a dandy. Auburn, although' leading the Southeastern Conference, is ineligible for the NCAA shindig but will consider its season complete if it knocks off , mghty Kentucky, the defending NCAA titlists. College Basketball Indiana 62, Minnesota 57. Purdue 65, Northwestern 63 (overtime). Michigan State 103, Michigan 91. lowa 94, Wisconsin 84. Kentucky 71, Notre Dame 52. Indiana Tech 90, Tri-State 64. * Concordia 88, River Forest 68. Ball State 91, St. Joseph’s 71. Manchester 89, Marion 83. Indiana State 65, DePauw 58. Indiana Central 105, Franklin 96. Butler 80, Valparaiso 68. Transylvania 98, Hanover 74. Anderson 90, Taylor 72. EvanSSfde 92, Kentucky Wesleyan 82. Wabash 120, Fort Harrison 89. LeSalle 72, Duquesne 65. Nort Carolina’State 53, Maryland' 37. Princeton 70, Cornell 52. Kansas State 60, Oklahoma State > 49. West Virginia 64, Richmond 62. Duke 64, Navy 63. North Carolina 76, Loyola (Ill.) 57. Auburn 115, Louisiana State 67. Georgia Tech 71, Oklahoma City 65 (3 overtimes). Georgia -84, Mississippi 61. Dayton 65, Portland 58. Oklahoma 65, lowa State 50. Mississippi State 105, Florida 68. St. Bonaventurfe 85, Detroit 64. St. Louis 64, Drake 46. Louisville 68, Marquette 55. Kansas 63, Nebraska 55.

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Team Standings W L Pet. Hartford 17 2 .895 Geneva ' 11 7 .611 Adams Central ... 10 10 .500 Berne —- r 9 9 .500 Yellow Jackets —7 12 .368 Commodores 5i 12 .294 Pleasant Mills .... 4 14 .222 Monmouth 3 14 .176 —oOo— Adams* county high school teams will wind up their regular season this week with 11 games on the schedule. One game is carded Tuesday, with Madison Twp. at Hartford, a makeup of a previously postponed game. —oOq-r The Decatur Commodores will close out their schedule on the road. They meet the Areola Aces at the New Haven gym Wednesday night, and travel to Harlan Friday night. 000— Decatur’s Yellow Jacket* wind np with a home game Friday. Their opponents will be another band of Yellow Jackets, these from Winchester. —oOo— All eight county teams will be in action Friday, all against out-of-county foes. In addition to the two Decatur teams, Bluffton will , be at Adams Central, Hoagland at Pleasant Mills, Petroleum at Hart- : ford, Monmouth at Montpelier, i Berne at New Haven, and Geneva i meets Parker at Farmland. —oOo—--1 The lone Saturday contest is the makeup of a game postponed Jan. 23 because of bad weather. In this game, the Monmouth Eagles will entertain the Berne Bears on the Monmouth court. —-000-— The Indiana basketball spotlight will be on the IHSAA office at Indianapolis Wednesday morning. Drawings for the sectional tourneys will be held . on that day, starting ut about 8 o’clock. Drawings will also be made for the regional, t semi-final and final tourneys. 1 “ The Adams Central sectional will be received here soon after its completion. I —oOo—r r The sectional will open with two games Wednesday night, Feb. 25, ■ and first round games will be com- " pleted with two contests Thursday ; night, Feb. 26. There will be no ; games Friday, Feb. 27, with that [ day devoted to sales of semi-final , and final session tickets to fans of I the four schools still in the running. Semi-finals will fee Saturday , afternoon, Feb. 28, and the final game Saturday night. —oOo — The Northeastern Indiana conference champion will be determined Friday night, when the up-, defeated Columbia City Eagles meet the Kendallville Comets at Kendallville. This is the only NEIC game scheduled. In event Kendallville upsets the Eagles, the Garrett, Railroaders will tie Columbia City for the championship. NEIC Standings ‘ ' W L Pet. ■ Columbia City 5 0 1.000 Garrett 5 1 .833 Bluffton 4 3 .571 New Haven 4 3 .571 Angola 3 4 .429 Decatur 3 4 .429 Kendallville ....— 1 5 .167 Concordia 1 6 .143 —oOo— Don Baker, Decatur Commodores’ junior, appears to have the county’s individual scoring cham- , pionship sewed up. Baker has 352 points in 16 games for a 22-point average. With a lead of 42 points over his nearest challenger. Baker has two games to, play this week, while .hils. nearest challengers have only one each. The top 10 scorers, with games played, total points, and average points per agme, followd: GP TP Ave. Baker, Commodores 16 352 22.0" Foreman, A. Central 20 310 15.5 Daniels, Y. Jackets 19 307 16.2 Shraluka, Y. Jackets 19 305 16.1 Sprunger, Berne 18 276 15.3 Schwartz, Berne 18 253 14.1 Egley, A. Central 20 233 11.7 1 McCune, Hartford 19 227 11.9 Schaefer, Monmouth 16 222 13.9 Long, Geneva 18 220 12.2 —oOo — Results one year ago this week: Yellow Jackets 58, Butler 55. Harlan 60. Commodores 52. Hartford 57, Petroleum 33. Bluffton Adams Central 36. Montpelier 68, Monmouth 47. Rockcreek 70, Monmouth 63. Hoagland 73, Pleasant Mills 49. Berne 57, New Haven 50. Geneva 55, Phrker 51. Over 2,500 Dally Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.

f 11 ■■ Hill ■ll————ill I Eagles Beaten By Monroeville On Free Throws Monmouth’s, Eagles, although outscoring their opponents from Uie field by eight points, were defeated by the Monroeville Cubs, 61-54, at the Monmouth gym Saturday night. The Allen county team hit 21 of 32 chances from the foul line, while the Eagles converted six of only 16. Monroeville led at the first quarter, 14-11, but the Eagles were on top at the half, 26-25. The Cubs J&flteLta&JlSL the third, quarter, 43-41, and their free throw shooting enabled them to pull ahead in the final period. Neal Elliott led Monroeville with 23 points, trailed by Larry Cagnet with 14 and Wayne Ertel with 11. Dwight Schaefer scored 15 for Monmouth, with Ron Hoffman and Waldo Bultemeier each adding 14. Monmouth will play at Montpelier Friday night, and will close out its season Saturday, entertaining the Berne Bears at Monmouth, making up the game postponed earlier because of bad weather conditions. Monroeville FG FT TP Elliott 7 9 23 Witte 10 2 Martin 2 0 4 Cagnet 5 4 14 Ertel 3 5 11 Ha# 113 Beauchot 12 4 . Totals —- 20 21 61 • Monmouth FG FT TP Schaefer . 6 3 15 L. Bieberich -2 0 4 Hoffman . - 6 2 14 Bultemeier -7 0 14 Bulmahn 3 17 Totals 24 6 54 Officials: Tiernan, Shook. Preliminary Monroeville, 50-35. Jim Brosnan Agrees To Cardinals' Pact ST. LOUIS (UPI) — Pitcher Jim Brrtsnan today was the 34th St. Uoiiis Cardinal player to agree on a 1959 contract, General Manager Bing Devine announced. Devine, shortly before he left fori the spring training camp at St. ‘.Petersburg, Fla., said he and BrOsnan came to terms in a telephone conversation. ; High Waters Close 25 Indiana Roads , INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — The ; Indiana State Highway Department reported today that 25 state ’ roads remain closed because of high water , from last week's •i i Mn i | s>, * HOQO&, — r— The department said only one of them was a "main road,” Ind. 43 north of Lafayette. Big 10 Standings W L Pet. TP OP Mich. State -7 2 .777 771 711 Indiana 6 3 .666 722 671 lowa 5 4 .555 751 737 Purdue 5 4 .555 714 669 Michigan 4 4 .500 653 656 Ohio State ... 4 5 .444 728 760 Illinois 4 5 .444 761 766 Minnesota .... 4 5 .444 632 625 Northwestern 4 5 .444 698 711 Wisconsin .... 17 .125 556 670 High School Basketball Fort Wayne North 64, South Bend Central 58 (overtime). Fort Wayne Central Catholic 64, Leo 53. Angola 79, Fremont 44. Waterloo 63, Churubusco 51. . , Liberty Center 64, Chester Center 62 (overtime). Indianapolis Howe 71, Warren Central 61. 1 Milan 79, Beech Grove 74. Kokomo 98, Marion 58. /Indianapolis Shortridge 61, Indianapolis Washington 43. Indianapolis Ripple 54, Noblesville 48. Connersville 64, New Castle 53. Alexandria 52, Rochester 49 (overtime). - Anderson 70, Columbus 60. Hammond Noll 60, Indianapolis - Cathedral 33. LaPorte 71, Hammond 69. East Chicago Washington 75, Indianapolis Attucks 74. New Albany 66, Bloomington 59. Cambridge City 68, Winchester 66 (overtime).

Decatur And Soest In Lutheran Final 4 Zion Lutheran of Decatur and Soest will battle' for the Lutheran grade school tourney championship next Sunday afternoon at the Monmouth gym. These teams advanced to the finals by scoring victories in semifinal games Sunday. Next Sunday’s final game will be played at 3 o’clock, and will be preceded by the annual all-star game at 2 p.m. Decatur tfdlied in the final quarter to eliminate ][mmanuel of Union township, 37-32. Decatur led at the first quarter, 12-11, but Immanuel was in front at the half, 19-16, and at the third period, 2825. McClure, of Decatur, and Thioroj, of Union, led their teams, with 18 points each. Soest Emmanuel had little difficulty with Friedheim in the other semi-final clash, winning, 38-19. Soest led at all periods, 12-2, 21-5, and 31-11. T. Bearman scored 12 points and E. Weling 11 for Soest, 1 and D. Buuck tallied 13 for Friedheim to lead all scorers. Decatur Zion FG FT TP McClure ....... 8 2 18 M. Busse g... 4 0 8 Conrad 2 15 Scheumann 2 15 Schultz .... Oil Fleming 0 0 0 Totals 16 5 37 Union FG FT TP Bienz 10 2 Weiland —- 113 Thieme ... 7 § 4 18 Bischoff 2 0 4 Bird 2 1 5 Totals ........ 13 6 32 Soest FG FT TP J. Saalfrank 3 0 6

t a • J Y 7 - ~ "yp Road Dollars—l i You n -—. . 5 £> and Ours... ir.r. ... . - i • ’ Y ; „ TNDIANA’S STATE GOVERNMENT in calendar 1957 col- * lectelT''sT23,'F74,ooU* in highvfay “ use taxes for itself and its coun- Average total annual tax on a car ties, cities and towns. The sum * ' ig came from the state’s gasoline tax — and licfnse fees, and other high- ■■■"■ J way use fees. Os the total sum, $44,458,000 came from the trucks registered in In- Average total annual tax on a van straight diana. So trucks were the source truck || of 35.9 percent of the total highway use taxes collected by the HH state. .jnM ifjJL But trucks make up only 16.8 percent of the state's total vehicle Ml „„ uol „ „ hwwl, registrations. That s proof that tractor-trailer truck owners pay more — much more! WM You’ll see specifically how trucks are assessed more when you look at the tax figures in the illustra- * fli tions on the right. Truck taxes are Average total annual tax on a five-axle as much as 20 times more than the tractor-trailer taxes on a car (in the case of the five-axle trtjck) . Figure* inside the aboveillustrationsshow the total average tax bill, state and federal, _ ' levied ogainst the respective type vehicles *AU figUTCS are based on data of registered in Indiana in 1957. Property taxes the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. also are Included. Indiana Motoi Track Association, he. The State’s Organized Trucking Industry 2905 N. Meridian Street • ladfoimpalii A Indiana James E. Nicholas, General Manager }

Church League Tourney Results Are Listed Berne Mennonite defeated Pleasant Valley Methodist. 66-58, and Geneva EUB downed Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren, 52-38, in Adams county church league tourney games at Pleasant Mills. Leading scorers were: BerneWhitehurse 21. Burke 20, McCune 13; Pleasant Valley-Gerber .J. 6 Byerly 15, Grozier 15; Geneva-Pyle 16, Weaver 12; Pleasant Dale-By-erly 13. Former Yale Grid Star Dies Sunday WEST HAVEN, Conn. (UPI) — Bruce Caldwell, who starred in football for Yale and played baseball briefly with the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers, died Sunday in Veterans Hospital at the age of 52. Pro Basketball Saturday's Scores St. Louis 139, Minneapolis 96. Boston 124, Syracuse 121. Philadelphia 106, Cincinnati 94. Sanday’s Scores Minneapolis 106, St. Louis 98, Boston 120, Detroit 94. Syracuse 121, Philadelphia 101. New York 124, Cincinnati 97. - T. Bearman 6 0 12 E. Werling * 1 11 B. Anderson 113 R. Saalfrank .I—.« 10 2 R. Bearman 1 O 2 D. Schlaudroff ...... 10 2 Totals 18 2 38 Friedheim FG FT TP Nuerge T 0 0 0 D. Buuck 6 1 13 R. Bultemeier ....... 0 0 0 Conrad 0 0 0 G. Gallmeier 0 4 4 L .Gallmeier .....— 10 2 Totals 7 5 19

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Litller Rallies To Take Tucson Open TUCSON, Arte. (UPI) — Gene Littler is really back on his stick with consecutive tournament wins at Phoenix and Tucson, and the touring golf pros knew It as they headed today for the Texas Open in San Antonio. The San Diego blond, once touted as the successor to Ben Hogan as golf’s big name, roared out of the pack Sunday to win the $15,000 Tucson Open’. He beat out Art Wall Jr., the money-bags of the 1959 tour from Pocono Manor, Pa., and Joe Campbell, the promising rookie from Knoxville, Tenn. i ' ;* ‘ The back-to-back victories at . Phoenix and Tucson put Littler I second in money winnings, behind I WjlL.Ji|ja9Sfete ! ihereon his 72-hole score of 65-67-68-66 — 266. That was 14 under par on the El Rio Country Club course, known as one of the easiest on the pro tour. Littler charged from six strokes back to overtake Campbell, who insisted it was “my putter, not pressure” that cost him top money here. Campbell, leader after the second and third rounds, blew to a fourth round 73, three over par, for a 72-hole total of 287, and a second place tie with Wall, who ! upped his 1959 winnings to $11,630. , Littler's 1959 earnings now total I $7,063. I Wall and Campbell each picked ; up $1,350. One stroke behind Wall and I Campbell chme Doug Sanders, Miaci Beach, Fla.; Masters • champion Arnold Palmer, Latrobe, I Pa., and Bill Johnston, Provo, I Utah. - ” * 1 Bunched at„ ,269 were Marty 1 Furgol, Lemont, Ill.; Paul 1 O’Leary, Bellflower, Calif.; Lloyd ! Mangrum, Apple Valley, Calif., - and Walt Burkemo, Franklin Hills, > Mieh.