Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 56, Decatur, Adams County, 7 March 1959 — Page 6

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Sweet 16To , Be Named In Prep Tourneys INDIANAPOLIS <UPD — Sixty- -— four survivors, some groggy from the flu and others healthy, renewed battle today in the Indiana j < high school basketball tourney regiOrials—the halfway mark of the perennial “Hoosier Madness". By tonight, only the “Sweet 16" will be left. The city teams were lined up B against the country boys, but some “name” foams may fall just as last Saturdaywhen the sectional titles were at stake. The underdogs far outnumbered the favorites, and the outcome of some sessions was especially difficult to predict since numerous teams won’t be at full strength. Top-rated and top-favorite Muncie Central, hoping to become the first five-time winner in the '49year history of this hardwood classic, had two starters home | with the flu Friday—center Ron Bonham and forward Dave Hofheinz. 1 . Up To Doctors However, coach John Longfellow, himself a flu victim earlier in the week, said he would start both boys “if the doctors gives his okay.” - i“We won’t be 100 per cent,” said Longfellow, “but neither will some of the others." Muncie met New Castle, No 8 in the state, in one of the top games of the afternoon round. “Die two , are practically backyard arch-ri- , vals and finished 1-2 in the North j Central Conference race. Mlmcie ( beat New Castle in 1931, then , copped the state crown. New, Castle returned the favor the following year, and went also "all 1 the way.” < Another explosive session was , expected at East Chicago, where : the host Senators, No. 2, met Gary Roosevelt, No. 11, and Mich- < igan City, No. 6, squared off j against Valparaiso, No. 7, and the i tionals. East Chicago’s stock rose con-; highest-scoring team in the sec- j siderably when three key players whipped the flu—Santos Phil Dawkins and Jim Bakos. South is Sound Fort Wavne South, the defending state champ, also was healthy. Earlier in the week, however, coach Don Reichert was worried -about at least two of his charges —Dave Barrett and Ken Howe. Other “name" teams expected to monopolize their sessions included Indianapolis Attacks, Madison at Columbus, Kokomo, Marion, and Lafayette. The small-town elite was paced by 24-game winner Bainbridge, the only perfect cßib still in the running, at Covington. Nashville at Columbus, Versailles at Con- / nersville,- Parker at Muncie and North Judson >t Logansport were ail beaten onjy once during the long regular seasOi). Newburgh at Evansville and Converse at Kokomo, both decided underdogs, were probably playing their last games. Both will consolidate With neighboring s schools for the 1959-60 year. Logansport Sought its 23rd "Sweet 16" berth—a record—Muncie and Kokomo their 22nd, Lafayette its 20th. Lafayette and Muncie own the longest "live” regional championships—five each. Evansville College Is Midwest Champ EVANSVILLE, Ind. <UPI> —Evansville College was again the champibn of the Midwest division of the NCAA college division tournament today. The defending champion Purple Aces polished off Wittenberg of Ohio, 56-50, Friday night in the championship battle, and Belmont Abbey of North Carolina defeated Southern Illinois University Carbondale, in the consolation tussle.

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Junior High Tourney At Catholic School Gym Here On Sunday Pairings 'for the invitational junior high tourney, which will be held at the Decatur Catholic school gym Sunday afternoon and evening, were announced today by the Rev. Robert Jaeger, athletic director. i St Joseph of Decatur will meet St. Mary's of Huntington in the tourney opener at 1:30 o'clock, with St. Bernard's of Wabash playing St. Joseph of Garrett at 3 p.m. A consolation game will be played at 6:30 p.m., with the championship game at 7:30. Trophies to the championship, runner-up and consolation game winner will be presented immediately after the final game.. Admission price will be 25 cents for the entire tourney. for all games will be Roger Pollock and Bob Lord. I > Typical Buller Bulldog Quint In Tournament INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)-A typical Butler basketball team—coach Tony Hinkle calls them a “bunch of average kids' -will invade New York's Madison Square Garden next week to battle bigger aid more touted teams in the N« tional Invitation Tourney. It’s a team that “fought ana dug and scratched,” said Hinkle, until it finished on top of the heap in the strong Indiana Collegiate Conference and promptly got a bid to the NIT for the second straight year. “Our season is the story of rags to riches,”_sa id Hinkle. His Bulldogs dropped their first five I games of the season but then won 18 of the next 21 for a respectable ' 18-8 record that includes victories over two Big Ten foes and Dartmouth and Tennessee, both cut ' down from the unbeaten ranks by Hinkle’s boys. * "Big" Man Missing There isn’t a “big” man among I them. Ken Pennington and Johnny j Jones are the tallest starters at 6 feet 4 inches. Billy Scott, a smooth guard and the team’s leading scorer with 472 points, stands only 6 feet. Their formula for success is patterns. They can run with the best and work the ball for openings in typical Hinkle fashion when such a style is forced upon them. And they don’t worry about zone defenses, because they have the long-range artillery in such gunners as Jim Barrick, Dick Haffner, Larry Ramey and Scott. But they also have a king-size problem—keeping “their competitive spirit. “Our Season ended Feb. 24 and we foid off practice until we were invited to the tourney," explained Hinkle “We have 16 days of practice now but no competition. Lack Competition “We can reach the proper physical condition but just scrimmaging isn't enough. You -need the spirit of competition to sharpen up a team’s play-making abilities." Hinkle said inactivity sei the team back last year when it went to the NTT. Butler promptly dropped its opening game to St. John’s of Brooklyn, N.Y. So Butler is doing everything possible short of competition to keep its Bulldogs “high." “This Certainly has been the greatest year Butler has ever had in its history, athletically,” said Hinkle, “and we think we have a good Chance to win. There are a tot of good ball clubs in the tourney, but our boys are pretty good, too.” Bawl Mixed Doubles Here This Evening Mixed doubles, which has been cancelled for the past few weeks because of various tourneys, will be resumed at 9 o'clock tonight at the Mies Recreation alleys. Pro Basketball Minneapolis 99, Detroit 98. Philadelphia 118, Syracuse 114. Hockr*’ Results International League Toledo 5, Fort Wayne 2. |

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Beme Junior High Retains County Title ‘ Berne Junior high continued its ‘ amazing record Friday night, roll- ’ ing to its third consecutive Adams county championship by defeating St. Joseph of Decatur, 43-18, in the final game of the annual coun- ■ ty tourney, played at the Adams ’. Central gym■ Not only was the title the third in a row for the Berne lads, but it marked the 67th consecutive triumph for the champions. Last defeat suffered by Berne was in the final game of the county tourney in 1956. Berne was well out in front all the way in the title game, leading at the first quarter, 10-2, at the half 26-9, and at the third period, 33-13. Inniger led the champions with 18 points. Baker was the only Decatur player able to hit from the field, collecting four field goals qnd one free throw for nine points The Berne team will receive the junior high championship trophy, which has been awarded by the Decatur Daily Democrat for sev eral years. , Berne FG FT TP Inniger 8 2 18 Fosnaugh 2 0 4 Liechty ... 3 0 6 Patterson 10 2 Habegger 2 15 Ringger 4 0 8 Stucky ------ 0 0 0 Kingsley --- 0 0 0 Kennel 6 0 McKean 0 0 0 Totals — 20 3 43 St. Joseph FG FT TP Kohne — —-- 0 4 4 Wiseman —- 0 0 0 Hake ....- Oil Braun Oil Hess 0 2 2 Burroughs -------T~- 0 I T Geimer 0 0 0 Baker —4 1 9 Omlor 0 0 0 Gase — 0 0 0 Totals 4 10 18 Motorist Is Fined On Speeding Charge • A speeder appeared in justice of the peace court Friday evening to charges tiled against him by the state police Saturday. Giles A. Ogg, 37, Fort Wayne, pleaded guilty to driving 42 miles per hour in a posted zone of 30 miles per hour for the affidavit signed against him by the state police for a violation on 13h street Saturday. A fine of $16.75 was assessed for the yfolatipn. - SLIPPERY Continue*! from page one .ft juries. Miss Fennig, the driver of the auto, stated to the investigating officers that she lost control of the vehicle when the auto met an icy spot on the road. The Fennig auto was also considered a total loss. Three persons from near Geneva escaped without injuries in a onecar accident which occurred about noon Friday 2'*? miles south of Berne on U. S. 27. The sheriff’s department stated that a car driven by Alvin Wayne Herman. 20, Geneva, was following another vehicle on U. S. 27 which was southbound. The report stated that the first vehicle avoided a sign which had been blown onto the roadway by the heavy winds, but that the second vehicle driven by Herman was unable to avoid the sign and pulled the vehicle to the left, causing the auto to leave the roadway onto the soft berm. Upon entering the soft berm, the auto flipped over on its top. causing approximately SI,OOO damage to the vehicle. Riding with Herman were Dwight Dailey and Roger Coon, both of Geneva. - =_J ALLIES Con tlnued from page one munists to whom the Russians propose to turn over their Eastern sector of the city and (2) That a peace treaty be prepared for divided Germany instead of working on unification. Decline Comment On Demand Officials declined to disclose exactly how the U.S. draft proposes dealing with Khrushchev’s demand that Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia be permitted to attend the foreign ministers’ meeting. They indicated the draft would point out that there were Western nations with equal or greater connection with Berlin and Germany who must be added if the membership is, broadened. Officials hinted the bargaining on participants might be used as a lever to get Russia to broaden the agenda to include discussion of Duropean security, disarmament, and Other items which Khrushchev so far has refused to talk about except' at a summit meeting.

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j - Major Leagues Launch Spring Training Card By FRED DOWN United Press International The major league exhibition baseball season opens today with World Series hero Bob Turley on the firing line for the world champion New York Yankees but wit! such super stars as Stan Musial and Ted Williams “sitting it dlit. Turley, who stopped the Milwau ] kee Braves in the final game of j the World Series last October, 1 starts against the St. Ix>uis Cardinals at St. Petersburg, Fla., with Bobby Shantz and Duke Maas also slated for three innings each. Manager Casey Stengel has indtCated there Will be some surprises in the world champions’ lineup but hasn't revealed just what they will be. Turley, a 21-game winner, is the key man of the Yankees early exhibitions. If he shows any signs of being unable to repeat his 1958 performance, the Yankees undoubtedly will renew their efforts to trade for an established pitcher. If he looks all rignt, they may decide to stand pat—at least until the season is underway. Musial announced Friday night , Jiiat he has received permission from Cardinal Manager Solly Horn us to sit out the grapefruit opener. Red Sox Show Negro “Solly is leting ine set my own pace,” said the 38-year-old, seventime National League batting champion. "I've rarely missed an exhibition game over the years, but now I've got to take more time to get ready to minimize chances of pulling a leg muscle.” Williams,. 40-year defending American League batting champion, also will be on the sidelines while the Boston Red Sox mark a big moment in their club history: the introduction of the first Negro ever to wear the uniform. He is Pumpsie Green, up from Minneapolis in the American As- ' sociation, who will start at shortstop against the Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Ariz. ' In the other six openers: —The Cincinnati Reds are start1 ing Jim O’Toole, rookie pitcher with a 20-8 record, against the Chicago White Sox at Tampa, Braves Face Pirates I —Don Drysdale, eager to atone for his 1958 flop, will be on the tnound when the Los AngeleSl Dodgers play the Philadelphia Phillies at Fla. the Phillies will have two newcomers in their lineup—Gene Freese at third and George Anderson at second. —The National League champion Milwaukee Braves are send ; ing Caribbean pitching hero Juan , Pizarro against the Pittsburgh Pirates, who are countering with Benny Daniels, at Fort Myers, . Fla. The Braves are particularly interested in seeing how much the Pirates were strengthened by their acquisition o! Don Hoak, ; Harvey Haddix and Smoky Bun- . gess from Cincinnati. [ —The Kansas City Athletics, minus late-reporting slugger Bob Cerv, face the Baltimore OrioleSf ; at West Palm Beach, Fla. the Orioles learned Friday that infielder Bobby Avila is seriously 1 thinking of quitting the game. I —The San Francisco Giants, renewing one of the oldest spring ; rivalries in the majors at Tucson, ; Ariz., are sending an all right--1 handed hitting lineup against the 1 Cleveland Indians' Herb Score. - Both sides will be watching cfose--1 ly to see if Score, troubled by in- > juries the last two years, can t throw with his old-time speed and confidence. j .j

70 Hogs Are Killed In Truck Accident Hie sheriffs department stated this noon that a one-truck accident which occurred at 7:40 p.m. Friday on U. S. 224 approximately six miles east of Decatur, claimed the lives of nearly 70 hogs when a truck driven by Harold M. Lewis, of North Manchester, left the road on the south side and turned over on its side. Details of the accident were not available at noon today. — — I Annual Meeting Heid i Thursday Evening At the annual meeting of the I Adams-Jay-Wells counties national ! farm loan association in Monroe i Thursday evening, Fred Bleeke, |of Adams county, and Pierce C. Harnish, from Wells county, were elected to the board of directors. Dividend checks were also distributed to all stockholders. Ray A. Juillerat, president of eral affairs of the meeting, while eral affairs of the me eting, while Thomas E. Williams, secretarytreasurer, gave a review of business conducted during the year. He noted an increase of 23 per cent in mortgage .loan accounts, amounting to more than 63,100,000. W. JW. Ridenour, of the Federal, land bank of Louisville, presented the association with an award for 1958 business achievement. Entertainment was provided by the Starlites, an ensemble from Ossian. Refreshments were served after the business meeting. Ex-Musical Comedy Great Dies Friday NORTH HOLLYWOOD (UPD— Fred Stone, one of the all-time greats of the musical comedy stage and the original straw man in “The Wizard of Oz," died Friday. He was 85. Blind for the past two years, he often was referred to as the “grand old man” of the stage. Stone’s stage career spanned more than 70 years. He had starred in almost every phase of show business from carnivals to the legitimate stage and motion pictures. College Basketball St. Louis 76, Oklhoma City 53. Utah 85, Wyoming 73. Seattle 85. Gonzaga 78. NCAA Small College Evansville 56, Wittenberg 50 (final). Belmont Abbey 79, Southern Illinois 70 (consolation). Great Lakes NCAA Wheaton 102, Wabash 83. Hope 102, Loras 73. Atlantic Coast Conference Semi-Finals North Carolina State 66, Virginia 63. North Carolina 74, Duke 71. . * Trade In p good town — Decatur

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Only Four Os NCAA Berths Are Unfilled By JOHN GRIFFIN North Carolina, Utah, and California took over berths today in the NCAA major-college basketball tourpament, which actually gets underway tonight with a single first-round game between Portland and DePaul.' Only four berths remain unfilled in the big 23-team postthose may be settled today as the climax to title races in the Ivy, Missouri Valley and Mid-American conferences. That will leave only the Border Conference to settle its three-way playoff. North Carolina, the 1957 NCAA champ, wrapped up a first-round berth vs. Navy at New Hork, March 10, by defeating Duke, 74-71, to advance to the final round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament at Raleigh, N.C. ' Coach Frank McGuire's Tar Heels, who were led by Lee Shaffer’s 23 points as they held onto enough of a-| 11-point lead' to beat Duke, still must meet North Carolina State in the ACC final round tonight. But State, the Tar Heels’ arch rival, is ineligible for the NCAA tournament because it’s under , NCAA suspension for recruiting violations. State won its league semi-final, 66-63, over Virginia. * Utah Caps Skyline Title Utah clinched the Skyline Conference championship by beating Wyoming, 85-73, despite 35 points by Wyoming’s Tony Windis, as second-place Denver dropped a 1 72-67 decision to Brigham Young. - This outcome ended a big hassle .. in the Skyline, because Denver f had accepted a bid to the Na- _ tional Invitation Tournament be--5 fore it was officially eliminated in the league race. Now it’s official t —and Utah goes to the NCAA , with Denver going to the NIT. California, though idle, received ’ the Pacific Coast Conference ; championship when UCLA beat second-place Washington, 56-55, at Los Angeles. California will meet Utah in NCAA regional at San Francisco, March 13. Host UCLA trailed Washington by 10 points in the early going but rallied to win behind Walt Torrence’s 18 points. Here are the NCAA berths that . can be clinched tonight: Decides Ivy Champ Ivy—Dartmouth and Princeton, , which tied for league title, clash in a playoff at Now Haven, Conn. {The winner gets a first-round NCAA berth against West Vir- , ginia at New Hork, March 10. Missouri Valley—Cincinnati can wrap this up by beating Bradley, ■ thus clinching a berth against ' Texas Christian in the NCAA re • gional at Lawrence, Kan., March : 13. A Cincinnati win also would , complete the field for the NITE—- , because it would free Bradley to . accept the 12th and last berth in [ the tournament which opens in [ New York, March 12. Mid-American—Miami of Ohio and Bowling Green, which fin- , ished in a tie for the title, clash in a playoff at the University of [ Dayton Fieldhouse. The winner goes into a first-round bracket against Marquette at Lexington, Ky., March 10. Portland Is Favored The first step in unsnarling the Border Conference deadlock will be taken when New Mexico State ’ and Texas Western clash in a ■ playoff. The winner goes on to ' another playoff game against i Arizona State U. Portland (19-7) is a slight favorite over DePaul (12-9) in the first- , rounder at Portland, Ore., tonight > which opens the NCAA competition. 1 Evansville College, third-place 1 finisher in last year’s NCAA f small-college tournament* became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals of this year’s tourney when it defeated Wittenberg, 56-50, in a second-round regional game at Evansville, Ind., Friday night. Finals In seven other regionals will be held tonight at various sites with the winners proceeding to the quarter-finals at Evansville starting March 11.

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Manager Protests Decision In Bout NEW YORK (UPD - Welterweight Stefan Redl’s manager announced heatedly todays he will file an official portest Monday against the refCTee's ! '*officiatihg and vote in Friday night's drawfight with Eddie Jordan, an unbeaten substitute, at Madison Square Garden. Manager Carl Duva declared: “I’ll file my protest with the state Atheletic Commission. Referee Al Bert was prejudiced. He showed it in his actions and comments during the fight and by his vote at the finish.” Germany’s stocky, brown-haired Redl of Passaic, N. J„ was held to a surprise draw by tall, skinny, dark-haired Jordan of Brooklyn In their TV 10-rounder, marking Jordan's first Garden main event and extending his unbeaten string to 19 bouts—l 6 victories and three draws. Irish Eddie, a 7-5 underdog, substituted for Mexican Gasper Ortega, whe had* suffered • cut left eyelid in training. Sports writers at the ringside disagreed overwhelmingly with the verdict. A poll of Mi showed that 13 favored Redl; two had Jordan ahead, and one called it even. The United Press International scored six rounds sos Stefan and four for Jordan. Redl, 26, and weighing 146% pounds, forced the fighting in every round against Jordan, 23 and scaling 143%. However, Eddie fought back well with countering left jabs, left hooks and rights in the third, sixth, seventh and 10th rounds. In the rounds voting, referee Berl favored Jordan 6-4;, but judge Artie Schwartz had Redl ahead, 7-2-1. Then judge Bill Recht scored it 4-4-2 on rounds and gave each four back-stopping points for a draw. Manager Duva claimed referee Berl had Come to Redl’s corner .at the end of the seventh round and told Redl, “Why don't you get out and fight, and quit holding.” And that he had criticized Stefan-several times in the ring—“although it was Redl who was making the fight."

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Coming Attractions At Adams Theater “Tonka," Walt Disney’s Technicolor story of the old West, is the scheen attraction at the Adams theater Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. sal Mine© has the leading role of the young Sioux warrior, whose love for his gallant stallion, Comanche. causes his exile from his tribe. One of the picture’s highlights is the spectacular filming of Custer’s last stand. Others in the big cast include Jerome Courtland. Philip Carey, Rafael Campos and Joy Page. "Auntie Mamet" biggest hit of the current season comes to the Adams .next Friday for a four-day engagement Tb 1% Technicolor comedy based on the popular novel and Broadway stage hit has been nominated for this year’s Academy Award. The star, Rosalind Russell, has been nominated for the best actress of the year and Peggy Cass for the' best supporting«actress. Others in the cast are Forrest Tucker, Fred dark and Patrie Knowles. If you hav* something to sen or rooms for rent, try a Democrat Want Ad — They bring result*.

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