Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 23 March 1959 — Page 7

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As fucks Whips Kokomo Easily To Win Title By KURT FREUDENTHAL ' United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) Indianapolis Attacks became the “Yankees” of Indiana high school basketball today and the Flying Tigers served notice they may be h the tean» to beat for the crown at least another two years. Coach Bill Garrett’s towering quintet made off with the state title Saturday night with awesome ease, clobbering fifth-rated Kokomo, 82-54, in the second most lop-sided championship game in the 49-year history of the classic. That majle Attucks the eighth school to, win the crown at least _ three times. ' Although Attucks went into the four-week grind ranked only 10th in the United Press International coaches’ poll, little doubt remained that the best team picked up most of the marbles. At least, no "ringside observers” thought any of the season-long front-run-ners eliminated earlier would have had much chance against Saturday's tall and talented winners. "I think this team reached the highest point of its potential so far,” said Garrett. “But we have even more potential than the teams We had when Oscar played.” Ray? Sets Record - Garrett referred to Cincinnati Afl-America Oscar Robertson, who sparked Attucks to its first two state titles in 1955 and 1956 and whose final four-game scoring record <tied in 1957 by John Coalmon of South Bend Central) was shattered by Trester Medal winner Jimmy Rayl. The “splendid splinter” from Kokomo pumped in 50 points against New Albany and Attucks to give him 114 for the last four games, 8 more than the old record. Team play, coordination and rebounding told the story. Attucks grabbed 58 rebounds in the title clash, twice as many as Kokomo, and started pulling away before the first period was half over. It was exactly the ■ same story against Logansport, which lost -to Attucks in the afternoon, 76-50. “I don’t mind getting beat,” said Kstame’s iJ<w*>Ptartknrbut I hate getting Beat that bad because we aren't that bad a ball club.” Platt said the 58-56 overtime win over New Albany in the afternoon may have taken something out of the boys, “but certainly not very much because we didn't play good against them, either.” Five Attucks players hit in double-figures in the rout, and with still 6 minutes to go in the third period Attucks opened up a _ 30-point lead. 53-23. Hit Feak in Finals Not since 1912 when only 13 teams competed, was the cham- ’ pionshipgame’ such a massacre. That year, Lebanon blasted Franklin. 51-11. Big Bobby Edmonds led Attucks with 19 points, and the Tigers' 38 fieldgoals established a final game record. The oldmark of 35 was set by Attucks against Gary Roosevelt in 1955. “I’m certain we hit our peak in the finals,” said Garrett, “but we can do better." He Indicated his club should be still more potent the next two years. He loses onjy his two fine guards. Larry Mclntyre and Jerry Hazelwood, but has at least three top prospects to fill the gap—Don Swift, Jerry Trice and Jim Gholston. Besides Edmonds, Bill Jones, Larry Young, Claude Williams and George .Dixon will be back all 6-4 or taller—and there’s talent coming up from Attucks' freshman team which won the city title this year. NOTICE 1 My Office Will Be Closed 'W ncsday y March 25th Dr. Melvin Weisman

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Home Teams Win In NBA Playoff Tilts United Press International It’s starting to look like the first break in the pattern of home-court victories could decide both the Eastern and Western Division playoff finals in the National Basketball Association. Home teams continued to reign supreme Sunday as the Boston Celtics blasted the Syracuse Nationals, 133-111, at Boston to take a 2-1 lead in the Eastern finals and the Minneapolis Lakers downed the St. Louis Hawks, 106-98, at St. Paul to square the Western best-of-seven series at one game each. • The Western series resumes Tuesday night at St. Louis, the Eastern series Wednesday night at Syracuse. “The pressure’s back on us again,” admitted Syracuse Coach Paul Seymour. “But we’re going to win it Wednesday and put it right back on Boston.” The Celtics wrapped the game up by taking a 20-point halftime lead,, thanks to a 15-point secondperiod splurge by Frank Ramsey, who had seven baskets in that frame to break by one a playoff record held by George Mikan. Ramsey totalled 24 points. Bill Russell also starred for the Celts with 14 points and 27 rebounds while Dolph Schayes led Syracuse with 21. Club House Chatter Decatur Course Opens The Decatur Golf course opened the 1959 season officially Saturday despite a cold northwest wind. Golfers who have been waiting through a long winter braved the cool air to get in their first swings. Approximately 150 golfers braved the chilly atmosphere Saturday and Sunday, including a number from Columbia City, St. Mary’s, 0., Fort Wayne, Bluffton, Portland, Convoy. O;, Paulding, 0., and Van Wert, O. The course was opened at 2 p.m. Friday, with Don Mac Lean, Jr., hitting the first ball off the tee, followed bV George Stults, Gerry Morningstar and Luke Majorki. pro-manager. Majorki carded a 36 on the first nine and a 38 on the second for an 18-hole total of 74. Announcement fdr the spring meeting of the city league captains will be made some time next week. Chunky Chuck Fawcett pushed Kokomo into the grand finale with his 20-foot one-hander from the left side as the horn went off in the first overtime, snapping New Albany’s 16-game winning streak. Referee Bob Rose signaled the shot was legal, but New Albany coach Johnny Givens insisted it was a “bad call.” Hectic Overtime Battie “I would rather get beat by 20 points than lose that way,” said Givens. “That ball was still in the player’s hand when the horn sounded.” The two teams battled back and forth. The score was tied 8 times and the lead changed hands just as' often. Rayl’s short flip with 69 seconds to go brought on the overtime. Three New Albany players got off four shots, but missed, each time. Kokomo regained possession with 15 seconds left and took time out. Then Rayl missed, got the rebound with 2 seconds to go and passed to Fawcett who fired the clincher. Unranked Logansport, in the finals for the first time since winning the title 25 years ago, was no match for Attucks’ heights. “We didn’t shoot as well as we are capable,” said Logan coach Jim Jones, “but there isn’t a thing you can do about that height.” Attucks hit .478 from the field. Logan a poor .282. It was a bitter pill for New Albany, too, which made it to the finals for the fifth time but which has yet to gain the title game. Ironically, the Bulldogs also lost in the last previous overtime game of the 4-team finals to Lafayette in 1950.

Young Hurling Staff Que To Cubs' Success (Editors Note: This is the, seventh dispatch on the prospects of major league teams for 1959.) By SCOTT.. BAILLIE United Press®Tnternatiomti MESA, Ariz. (UPl)—Manager Bob Scheffing of the Cubs is looking to an apple-cheeked pitching staff plus a veteran outfield and infield to hustle his club back into the first division for the first time since 1946. “We'll go as far as our young pitchers can take us,” Scheffing, who points out that southpaw Taylor Phillips is the “dean” of the staff at 25. “And I hope for better days from Moe Drabowsky and Dick Drott.” These two right-handers, aged 23 and 22 respectively, won a total of 28 games between them in 1957 tvhen Chicago finished last. Then in 1958 the best they could muster upwas 16 wins far a team that ended in a fifth-place tie with St. Louis. Want Left-Hander Drabowsky (9-11) suffered a sore elbow last season, an ailment which may have been caused by some infected teeth which since have been extracted. Drott (7-11) a rattier wild strikeout artist with the Cubs in 1957, ran into even more control trouble last year and had a lot of errors behind him. "I’m also looking for a better year from T-Bone,” Scheffing says of the husky Phillips. “He went sort of sour in the latter part of the season.” If the Cubs can get another left-hander to help Bill Henry (5-3) in relief, they’ll be happy. And they may have found him in Art Ceccarelli, a draftee from Phoenix where he had a 10-6 mark last season. Bob Anderson (9-6), steady and tireless, figures in Scheffing’s plans as a possible starter. So do Glen Hobbie (10-6) and Dave Hillman (4-8). Banks Is Big Man The most impressive - looking rookie is John Buzhardt, a righthander who compiled a 1.88 earned run average during a 23inning stint with the Cubs last season. The big man on the club is Ernie Banks, who won the National League’s Most Valuable Player award last year while hittihg 47 homers and leading both . leagues with 129 runs batted in. ’ The lithe shortstop appears as dangerous as ever. Alvin Dark, now 36, is pegged for third base and has said he is ready to go 154 games. But Scheffing wants to play the former LSU football star about two weeks at a stretch, then rest him with either Johnny Goryl of Earl Averill stepping in. Averill, who is the son of Cleveland's star center fielder of two decades ago, was obtained from that club in a recent deal which sent pitcher Johnny Briggs and outfielder Jim Bolger to the Tribe. Some camp experts say that Averill still is not ready for the majors. Tony Taylor, tremendously fast but rather weak at bat, last season, may turn into a better hither this year while holding down second base. He has been tabbed as the most improved player in camp. Tony hit .300 in Puerto Rico this winter after ending up with .235 at Chicago. Long At First Dale Long, who never has hit less than 20 homers per season since entering the National League in 195a, continues to be the long-ball threat at first. Right behind him is Jim Marshall, who thinks he is at the peak of his career and also hits a sizeable belt. ) ■ In the outfield it looks pretty much like Walt (Moose) Moryn in left, Bobby Thomson in center and Lee Walls in right. AU are solid veterans although Walls is the only member of the trio to hit over .300 last tyear. Also on hand for outfield duty are Bob WiU, who hit .361 at Fort Worth in 1958; Chick King and rookie George Altman. Scheffing hedges when faced with the question of the Cubs chance for getting a share of the World Series money for a firstdivision finish. But Banks says: "Everybody is up this season because we are so improved over 1958. Now we know we can wm games.” State Final Scores Indianapolis ?&tucks 76, Lagansport 50. Kokomo 58, New Albany 56 (overtime). Indianapolis Attueks 92, Kokomo 54 (championship). College Basketball NCAA Tourney California 71, West Virginia 70 (championship). Cincinnati 98, Louisville 85 (third ' place). 'L-1. ■■■ ■ _ - ' NIT Tourney St. John’s (N.Y.) 76, Bradley 71 * (overtime championship). New York U. 71, Providence 57 | (third place).

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Defense Pays As California Wins In NCAA LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPl)Defensive basketbaU, especiaUy as piayed on the West Coast, took on new prestigate today as California’s ball-hugging Bears carried home the national collegiate title, won in a 71-70 thriller over West Virginia in the NCAA finals here Saturday night. The defensive side of the collegiate game has been making a slow comeback in the past two seasons from the days when most teams were content to have their defense described as “a wave, a shout and a dirty look.” The scoirng average per game has sloughed off 10 points since it reached a high of 146.5 (both teams) in 1956 and T 957, and with the new limitations placed on the dribbler this season, California slow-gaited to the national title by holding its opponents to just over 50 points per game. Even though West Virginia, with Jerry- West alone getting 28. rolled up the season’s highest total aUowed by the Bears, it still was California's error-free, deliberate attack and clinging man-for-man defense that proved superior to the Mountaineer’s style of run and shoot in the showdown. Schaus Praises Newell West Virginia coach Fred Schaus in defeat gave all the credit to his coaching rival Pete Newell for “coming up with the best defensive club we’ve seen all season.” It took the Bears 10 minutes to set those defenses in the title game as West Virginia streaked to 23-13 lead in the first nine minutes. But the Bears doggedly played the game they knew best, and held the Mountaineers to a single field goal for the rest of the half. That gave California the 39-33 halftime lead, and when West collected a fourth personal foul early in the second half, the issue was sealed, even if West Virginia did refuse to concede it. Trailing 69-64 with two minutes to go, West Virginia came within a point of tying it up when Buck Bolyard sank two free throws and West got a basket on a goaltending call. Play It Cool But the. Bears played it cool, worked the ball around West .Virginia's zone defense until they got it in to 6-10 center Darrall Imhoff, who missed his hook shot but tapped in the rebound for the GREEN BELT Gran-U-Lets ■’ a r (Fertilizer) Has — Nitrogen Phosphate * Potash in Each Particle Has — Fast solubility and Availability Use— Fertilizer Made by the GREEN BELT Chemical Co. Bryant, Ind. (Free Soil Test)

Slate Champions - Cheered By Capital INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Indianapolis Attucks and the City of Indianapolis honor their Indiana high school basketball champs today—the beginning of a round of festivities for the Flying Tigers. < There was no school at Attucks today. ' More than 1,600 students reported as usual, but instead of hitting the books in classrooms they assembled for a huge pep rally and dance. Mayor Charles Boswell and IHSAA Commissioner L. V. Phillips were among the dignitaries lauding the three - time state champs. Coach Bill Garrett and his tourney winners also will be honored at several banquets during the next few weeks. Similar celebrations awaited the three losers last Saturday—tourney runner-up Kokomo, and Logansport and New Albany, the afternoon losers. Thousands of fans lined streets and cheered “their boys” as they returned home late Saturday night and Sunday. The first Attucks celebration occurred shortly after the final game here Saturday night when the champs, riding a fire truck, paraded through the Capital City and were hailed at a huge bonfire at a city park. game winning basket. It was a well-earned triumph for a team that had come from the coast almost unknown, and certainly the dark horse of the tournament, to give the Pacific Coast Conference its first NCAA title since 1942. Like Kentucky’s 1958 champions California had failed to place a man on its own all-Conference team. It had no hot shooters, moderate speed and only fair rebounding strength. j But as Newell explained, “We Work hard on defense, and we hold the heck out of the ball.” West - Most Valuable West Virginia’s Jerry West was hailed as the individual star of the tournament. He scored 38 points against Louisville in the semi-finals and came back with 28 in the title game to tie a tournament record of 160 points for five games set by Hal Lear of Temple in 1956. That was enough to win him 45 of the 56 votes cast for the tourney’s Most Valuable Player award. He also was the only unanimous choice for the aIL tournament team, being named on all 56 ballots. Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati, who racked up 39 points as the Bearcats plastered Louisville 98-85 for third place, drew 53 votes; Imhoff 48, Don Goldstein of Louisville 34, and Denny Fitzpatrick of California 28. Others getting votes were Bob Dalton of California, Rail* Davis of Cincinnati and Bolyard.

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Willie Mays All Ready To Play For Giants By JOE SARGIS United Press International Willie Mays says he’s ready to go again, and apparently so are tile San Francisco Giants. Willie, who has been out ot action since March 12 because of a leg cut that required 35 stitches, was his old self Sunday during the Giants’ pre-game workout at Phoenix, Ariz. Even Manager Bill Rigney was surprised when Willie showed up at Municipal Stadium all suited up and ready to play. With an "OK” from his doctor already secured, Mays warmed up with a couple of wind sprints in the outfield. "There’s no pain,” he beamed to reporters stading by. And just to prove that the layoff hadn't hurt him one bit, he stepped into the batting cage and rattled a dozen or so smashes over the left field fence. With his teammates rooting him on, Mays said “I’ll be in shape before the season starts. "Don’t forget, we have 16 more pre-season games after today,” the SBO,OOO a year star reminded. “If I play in half of them—which is a cinch — I’ll be in condition, don’t you worry.” Giants Beat Cubs The enthusiasm engendered by Mays’ lusty hitting carried over as the Giants backed up some solid pitching by lefty Mike McCormick with timely hitting for a 10-7 cactus league victory over the Chicago Cubs. Felipe Alou, with a pair of homers and four runs batted in, spearheaded the attack against a trio of Chicago pitchers. Jim Marshall, rookie Ray Bellio and Ernie Banks propelled homers for the Cubs while Andre Rodgers hit another for the Giants. Meanwhile, a long bus ride away at Tucson, the Cleveland Indians learned that big Mike Garcia, who is attempting a comeback after p poor 1958 showing, will be lost to them for at least a week with a leg injury. Mike, who took over for Gary Bell in the sixth, was hit just inside the left knee with a line drive off the bat of Boston’s Billy Consolo in the following frame. Garcia crumpled to the ground and was carried off on a stretcher. X-rays at St. Mary’s Hospital showed only a deep bruise — no break. Erratic play by the Red Sox helped the Indians to three unearned runs and the Tribe went on to score a 7-5 victory. Williams Has Cold Ted Williams was scheduled to make his Arizona debut in this game but was confined to his hotel room with a cold in his right shoulder. He reportedly was having some difficulty breathing. The injury jinx also hit the Washington Senators, who dropped an 11-2 decision to the Kansas City Athletics at West Palm Beach, Fla. The game was called after eight innings because of rain. Just before the game, the Senators learned that -catcher Clint Courtney will be sidelined from four to six weeks with a broken bone in hts right leg. Courtney was injured Saturday in a collision with Kansas City catcher Hal Smith at home plate. At the time it was believed that Courtney had suffered only a bruise but X-rays later showed that a small bone below the knee was broken. . Smith was A’s big stick man with a pair of homers and four RBl’s. Rookie first baseman Kent Handley and outfielder Roger Matis also homered for the winners. » The ’Baltimore Orioles enjoyed a rare day —for them — when they handed the New York Yankees a double defeat — 6-3 and 4-0. Milt Pappas, a 19-year old Baltimore pheenom, pitched six of the seven scoreless innings of tiie nightcap after Jerry Walker and Jack Fisher, a pair of 20year olds, had throttled the world champions on nine scattered hits in the opener. Elsewhere, a six-run rally in the seventh inning, featured by Dick Schofield’s three-run homer, carried the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 9-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Chicago White Sox scored early and late to turn back the Cincinnati Reds and prize rookie Jimmy O’Toole, 9-6. The Detroit Tigers jumped off to a 9-0 lead in four inhings and went on to defeat the Milwaukee Braves, 10-4. . And rookie pitcher Bob Gibson and 19-year old rookie shortstop Julio Gotay led the St. Louis Cardinals to a 34 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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- A full evening’s entertainment in basketball, humor, and related events is promised for those who attend the Lions-Rotary and mer-chants-teachers basketball games Tuesday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Decatur high school gym. Proceeds from the Lions-spon-sored game will be used to help level a baseball diamond for the Decatur Catholic high school on land by the Hanna-Nuttman park. Basketball officials Gerald ’Strickler and Lores Lehman will referee the game; Fred Isch will be time-keeper, and Richard Braun will be official scorer. Relays At Halftime Between halves the eighth grade boys will run relays to build interest in spring track events. Each team will have some outstanding players as well as prominent men, although it has been rumored that a tent and awning company is making a killing by furnishing the uniforms for several of the players. Tickets will be available at the door, adults paying 50 cents and children 25 cents to see the “games of the Century” between the four "Dream Teams.” Lions-Rotary Teams were listed, subject to change without notice, as follows: Lions—coach, Glenn Hill; players. Bill McColly, Roger Gentis, Herb Banning, Jim Ehler. Norm Steury, Clark Smith, Harry Schwartz, Dick Mies, Frank Lybarger, Dick Sullivan, Lawrence Anspaugh, Dick Heller, Ralph Smith, Jr., and Thurman Drew. Herman Krueckeberg wilf manage the team. Rotar-y — coach. Gail Grabill; players, Deke Schnepf, Gene Ziner. Bill Snyder, Dave Moore, Gene Rydell, Harold Engle, Dr. Harry Hebble, Mike Pryor, Leo Curtin, Paul Bevelhimer, Dr. Bill Freeby, Endre Sipos, George Auer, Roy Kalver, and Leo Kirsch. Merchant-School Teams Merchants — coach, Wilbur Petrie, players, Carl Baxter, Bob Cole, Carl Gerber, Gene Moser, Robert Wall. Elmer Winteregg, Joe Murphy, Jack Heller, Roger Kelly, Chalmer Deßolt, Bill Gass. Don and Yub Schmitt, Bob Holthouse, Dick Macklin, Jim Cowens, Jack

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Petrie, and others. Decatur schools—coach, W. Guy Brown; players, Hugh Andrews, Lowell Smith. Bill McColly, Floyd Reed, Bob Doan, Jerry Leitz, Steve Everhart, Ray Lehman, Lex Dormlre, Harry Dailey, Clint 1 Reed, Huebrt Zerkel, Amos Ketchum, and Paul Bevelhimer. I Claims Countered I The merchants, while claiming I loudly that the school team was [ “unfair” in using players who will I have already played in the LionsRotary game, announced that they would be putting some school board members in their lineup this week, and reminded the faculty that contracts and salaries have nqt yet been set for next year! Accusations and counter-accusa- , tions by all the teams have fanned ; tempers to a white-hot pitch for the game, which should include a good deal of humor in addition to some serious basketball and a lot ■ of good, clean fun, Robert Worthl man, game manager for the Lions r club, added. - —: —— The Rotarians stated that they will oppose the rumored attempt by the Lions to take in as memi bers of the first five of the Crispus Attucks state championship team , at the Lion club meeting this evei ning. Quality Photo Finishings AD Work Left Before 8:00 p. m. Monday Ready Wednesday at 10 a. m. Holthouse Drug Co.