Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 23 February 1959 — Page 7

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Michigan State In Command In Big Ten Race CHICAGO (UPI) — Indiana, lowa and Purdue all scurried for second place tonight. Michigan State just sat back and fingered the Big Ten crown. The idle Spartans needed but one victory between now and March 7 to grab their first unshared basketball title in history. Indiana and Michigan State tied for first two seasons ago, and the Spartans wound up tied for second with Purdue last year. Indiana, lowa, Purdue and Illinois all currently were tied for second, three games behind the Spartans, but the field undoubtedly would be thinned before the night was over, with Purdue against lowa and Indiana hosting Ohio State. Illinois was idle. Spartans Beat Purdue In other games, cellar - riddled Wisconsin, complete with a hapless 1-0 record, was at Michigan, and Minnesota hosted Northwestern. The Spartans moved a giant step closer to the title Saturday night when they jumped on Purdue, 94-87, while Illinois dumped contending Indiana, 100-98, with a last minute basket. In other games. Northwestern staved off a last minute Michigan rally to win 87-84; lowa whipped Ohio State, 91-79: and Minnesota romped over Wisconsin, 69-50 Michigan State's Bob Anderegg paced the Spartans by dropping in 29 points, his career high. Teammate Johnny Green added an/ additional 24. The Spartans took over midway in the second hklf and piled it on when Purdue's Charlie Lyons and Wilson Elson both fouled out. High for Purdue was Willie Merriweather with 24. Gunther Scores 37 Illinois’ Roger Taylor sank a 20foot jump shot in the final 15 sec—ends to wrap up the Illini win. Earlier, the game had been tied 17 times, with the half ending knotted at 49-49. Taylor and Indiana’s Walt Bellamy each wound up with 26 points. Northwestern jumped to an early lead and held off the Wolverines until the final minutes* jjehey a Michigan

DECATUR CAN WIN I With two good teams, the Yellow. Jackets and Commodores, we are certain to have the Sectional Champions. Morris Barber Shop Morris Pingry, Owner — 11. II ■■■■ 111 I'— I. I H l ! "I . GO ON TO WIN On To The Regional, Jackets or Commodores. One of you is sure to take the Sectional. The Commercial Print Shop —_ . ... ... -.-- g -•- T — -—e ... PUT TOUR NEST I — And May Th? Best Team Emerge Victorious. PLAY HARD. Go On To Win! The Krick-Tyndall Co., Inc. IBEST OF LUCK! TO DECATUR’S TWO FINE TEAMS! .. . ■ Sheets Furniture Co. 152 South Second Street' >*'. ■ , • • LET’S GO DECATUR PLAY TOUR BEST. We’re proud of both our fine teams. Good Luck! Smith Pure Milk Co. ' J Phone 3-3016

r"- ~ - • -i - - George Lpe and John Tidwell suddenly found the range and narrowed the gap' to three points. Burton, the Big Ten’s leading scorer with a per-game average of 23.2, Wound up with 30 points, but top honors went to North- I western’s Joe Ruklick, who netted 32. lowa’s Dave Gunther, third in the conference with a 22.2 average, roared in with 37 points ' against Ohio State. The only i Hawkeye ever to score more in ] a conference game was Dick | Ives, who dropped in 43 for lowa back in 1944 against the Univer- , sity of Chicago. Minnesota’s Ron Johnson led ; with 18 in an easy win over Wisconsin, which has lost 15 of its 18 games this season. High for the Badgers was converted gridder Dale Hackbart—who score 11:' Wesley EHis Wins i> „ y,; -a ' v ” . , I Texas Open Tourney SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (UPDWesley Ellis Jr., 27, shot a four- ' under-par 67 to win the 320,000 ! Texas Open golf tournament Sun- 1 day, but he fought a neck-and-neck battie with defending champion Bill Johnston that was undecided until the final hole. The four-day tournament was plagued until Sunday by cold and rain, and it affected the scores. The winning total of 276 was the highest winning score since 1934. Johnston, ot Provo, Utah, and < Ellis came up to the final hole ; all even. The 18th hole at the , Brackenridge Park course is a ( par tiiree 185-yard hole. Kilis banged his four-iron tec 1 shot to the back of the green, which enabled him to get a par three and a four - round total of 276. But Johnston pulled his four- 1 iron tee shot and the ball fell into ] a creek guarding the green. It cost him a double-bogey five and 1 he finished two strokes behind El- i lis with 278. Johnston's lapse enabled Tom Nieporte of Bronxville, N.Y., to , slip in and tie him v also at 278. Both runners-up collected $1,650 . while Ellis got $2,800. < , Doug Ford, of Paradise, Fla., ( and Tommy Jacobs of Whittier, Calif., each had a total of 280 and j a tie for fourth place. They were paid $1,150 apiece. Big Mike Sou- J chak of Grossinger, N.Y., was sixth with a 281 and he collected I , I-

11 Final Standings W L Pct. Hartford 18 2 .905 Geneva 11 8 .579 Berne ..10 10 .500 Adams Central 10 11 .476 Yellow Jackets — 8 12 .400 Commodores ..5 14 .263 Pleasant Mills .... 4 15 .211 Monmouth — 3 16 .158 —oOo— This is the big week in Indiana basketball, in fact, the first of four big ones that will lead finally to the crowning of the state high school basketball champions at the Butler Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday night, March 21. —oOo— w.i The eight Adams county teams will begin firing Wednesday night at 7 d’clock at the Adams Central gym for the sectional crown won last year by the Berne Bears. —oOo — Today’s Daily Democrat publishes photos of all eight teams, season records, players certified for sectional play, and Basketbawl’s annual predictions. » ■" * 000-"-With onq exception, the county’s teams had a rough season. That lone exception would be, of course, the Hartford Gorillas, who dropped only two games all season long while winning 19, including the county tourney championship. —oOo— The Geneva Cardinals were the only pther team able to wind up on the credit side of the ledger. The Cardinals won 11 games and lost eight. The Berne Bears finished exactly even with a 10-10 record, while the five other teams were all below the .500 mark. < —oOo— The Northeastern Indiana conference race showed a startling reversal from the previous year. The Columbia City Eagles copped the crown with six victories without a loss after finishing in the cellar last year. In contrast, the Fort Wayne Concordia Cadets, champions last season, won only one —

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Sectional Ticket Sales Tuesday At Catholic School The Rev. Robert Jaeger, Decatur Catholic high school athletic director, announced tod g y that there will not be any sale of sectional tickets to adults this evening. Due to the fact that there was no mail delivery today because „qf the holiday, Commodore season tickpt holders who were mailed cards after a drawing was necessitated did not receive the cards today. The Thursday night session tickets for season ticket holders whose names were drawp will be sold at the school’s athletic office between 6:45 and 7:30 o’clock Tuesday evening. If any tickets are left, they will be sold to others at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Commodores play the Monmouth Eagles in the second game Thursday evening. ''l 1 game this past season and finished In a tie with Kendallville for the basement slot. .. . Final NEIC Standings W L Pct. Columbia City 6 0 .833 Garrett — 5 .1 " .833 Bluffton 4 3 .571 New Haven 4 3 .571 Angola ... 3 4 .429 Decatur 3 4 .429 Concordia ... 1 6 .143 Kendallville- 1 8 -143 —oOo— Don Baker, Decatur Commodore junior, poured 50 points through the meshes in his team’s final two games last week to run away with the county’s individual scoring leadership. Baker amassed 403 points in 18 games for a fine average of 22.4 points per game. Checking over our figures, we noted an error of 10 points in the totals for Larry Daniels, Decatur Yellow Jackets, dropping him to third place behind teammate Bob Shraluka, who finished second with 323 points in 20 games for a 16.2 average. Daniels wound up third with 316 points. The top 10 scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average points per game, are as follows: GP TP Ave. Baker, Commodores 18 403 22.4 Shraluka, Y. Jackets 20 323 18.2 Daniels, Y. Jackets 20 316 15.8 Foreman, A. Central 21 312 14.9 Sprunger, Berne 20 293 14.7 Schwartz, Berne 20 282 14.1 McCune, Hartford 21 249 11.9 Egley, A. Central 21 239 11.4 Long,. Geneva 19 226 11J9 Wilder, Commodores 16 216 13.5 ■ tUi*. -i -

Bears Defeat Eagles In Last Game Os Season Tie Berne Bears brought their season record up to the even mark at 10 victories and 10 defeats Saturday night, ■ as they downed the Monmouth Eagles, 5342, at the Monmouth gym. It was the final regular game of the season in the county, and was postponed Jan. 23 because of ley roads at that time. ■ For the Eagles, it was their 16th 'setback in 19 games and their 11th consecutive defeat. The Eagles started out Saturday as if determined to register the, biggest upset of the season. The Eagles held a 14-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, but were held to only three points in the second period as the Bears took an 16-17 advantage at the half, and built it to 34-27 at the third period. Rod Schwartz and Roger Graber paced the Bears with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Waldo Bultemeier was high for the Eagles with 19 points, and Ron Hoffman tallied 10. > Berne FG FT TP Sprunger — 2 3 7 Smith 12 4 Schwartz 7’2 16 Klopfenstein 3 0 6 Graber 6 3 15 Collier .* 0 11 Hill 12 4 TOTALS - 20 13 53 Monmouth FG FT Ti 3 L, Bieberich 10 2 King Oil Hoffman 3 4 10 Bultemeier 7 5 19 D. Bieberich 13 5 Bulmahn 13 5 TOTALS ... 13 16 42 Officials: Capin, Hafner. Preliminary Berne, 42 - 22. High School Basketball Fort Wayne Central 77, Fort Wayne Concordia 69. South Bend Adams 68, Fort Wayne North 61. Elmhurst 48, New Haven 47 (overtime 1. ’ Ossian 76, Petroleum 61. Albany 74, Lancaster Central 63. Angola 47, Howe Military 41. Ashley 50, Waterloo 47. Chicago Marshall 83, Gary Roosevelt 63.

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Auburn's Win Skein Ended By Kentucky By FRED DOWN United Press International Kansas State and Texas Christian hold “locks” on automatic bids to the NCAA basketball tournament today but the race for the national championship is once again a wide-open affair involving at least five teams. Kansas State clinched the Big Eight’s invitation and Texas Christian won the right to represent the Southwest Conference Saturday night while the race for national honors was intensified by Kentucky’s easy 75-56 victory over Auburn and Maryland's upset of first-ranked North Carolina. With about two weeks of the regular season left, that means a battle among Kansas State, Kentucky. North Carolina and Cincinnati plus possibly. Michigan State and North Carolina State. Cincinnati is closing in on the Missouri Valley title and has an 18-2 overall record while Michigan State clinched a tie for the Big Ten title with its 94-87 Saturday night win over Purdue. Kentucky, Auburn, eighth-ranked St Lewis, ninthranked California, lOth-r ank e d Mississippi State and 12th-ranked Bradley all see action tonight so the national picture may be even further scrambled. Kentucky plays Alabama, Cincinnati meets Tulsa, Auburn tries to bounce back against Tennessee, St. Louis opposes North Texas State, California plays Oregon State, Mississippi State takes on Tulane and Bradley plays Wichita. Kentucky ended Auburn's 30game winning streak with almost ridiculous ease at Lexington, Ky., running up a 46-26 halftime margin and coasting the rest of the way. The Wildcats are still third in the Southeastern Conference, behind Auburn and Mississippi State, but probably will get the chance to defend their NCAA title won last season. Only the size of Kentucky’s triumph was really a surprise but Maryland managed' one of the season’s biggest upsets when it toppled North Carolina, 69-51, at College Park, Md. Maryland, which had a 7-12 record, made 10 of 17 field goal tries in the first half and had a .535 shooting average for the game. North Carolina made only 18 of 55 field goal «“• ...

ADAMS CENTRAL IJ H. S. A. A. SECTIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT THE ADAMS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL GYM FEBRUARY 25, 26, 28 WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY ■ I 1 —— WWF NOTICE! GAME TIMES ARE LISTED on DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME! — I. .■ I ■ ■■■ ■■■ ——IWWWR-R-RRWRWWR WEDNESDAY Game 1—7:00 p. m—Berne and Hartford Goiter. Game 2—8:15 p. m.—-Geneva and Pleasant Mills. THURSDAY Game 3—7:00 p. m.—Adams Central and Decatur. Game 4—8:15 p. m.—Monmouth and Decatur Catholic. SATURDAY J Game 5—1:00 p. m.—Winner game 1 and game 2. Game 6—2:15 p. m.—Winner game 3 and game 4, Game 7—8:15 p. m.—Winner game 5 and game 6. Doors will open to ticket holders ONE HOUR before the first game. Everybody must have tickets — regardless of school age — including small children.

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