Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 74, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1959 — Page 6

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Annual D-Club Banquet To Be Held April 17

The annual banquet of the Decatur high school *‘D" club and Bdbster club will be held at the Decatur Youth and Community Center Friday evening. April 17, at 6:30 o’clock, school officials said today. Bob Dro, one of Berne high school and Indiana University’s all-time athletic greats, will be the guest speaker. Tickets for the dinner, priced at $1.50, may be purchased from "D” club members or from officers of the Booster club. The banquet meeting is open to the public. Dro is now assitant athletic director at Indiana University, a position he has held since November of 1957. ■Dro, a native of Berne, was one, of the stars for the Bears in their heyday in the eany 1930’5. He enrolled at Indiana in 1937, and was a key man during a three-year span.ta which Indiana’s basketball team won 54 of 63 games, going 28-8 in Big Ten conference play, and winning the national collegiate championship in his junior year. Dro won all-Big Ten and All-Amer-ican honors and was honorary captain of the 1941 team. After graduation, Dro taught and coached basketball at Pendleton high school before entering the Navy, where he served four years Planting Intentions For 1959 Reported The nation's 1959 crop plantings may be the smallest in records dating back to 1917 except for the low levels of 1957 and 1958. That is the picture as shown in the department’s annual report of farmer's spring planting intentions, according to information received by the Adams county agricultural stabilization and conservation office. Prospective planting of the 16 crops for which grower’s market planting intentions are summariz-; ed total a little over 1 per cent' more than planting in 1958. The

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Bob Dro as a lieutenant during World War 11. Following his discharge from service, he coached two years at Blufton high school, leaving in 1948 to become an alumni field secretary at I.U. He left the university in 1951 for a position with the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, quitting that post to return to I.U. department reports that corn acreage may exceed last year by over 9 million acres for the largest planted acreage since 1949. However, intentions for planting oats, soybeans, and grain sorghums, and cutting tame hay show substantial reductions from last year. Total feed grain acreage may be nearly 5 per cent above 1958, while food grain acreage seems likely to be about 3 pen cent more than last year. People who collect and exchange old picture post cards as a hobby I are called deltiologists, from the I Greek word meaning a small, 1 illustrated tablet.

Reds- Manager Pleased With Hurling, Punch By FRED DOWN United Press International All this and pitching, too! | That’s manager Mayo Smith's I reaction today after the CincinI nati Reds staged their biggest outI burst of the spring in a 12-1 romp | over the Philadelphia Phillies. It | was the kind of slugging the ex- | perts are saying Smith can expect II all season frpm his muscle men—I the “long suit” which could make IJ the Reds a cangerous pennant I I contender. ■ j But JSmith’s real reason for opI timism was the brilliant five-hit I' pitching of Bob Purkey, who bell came the third.pitcher in as many | days to go nine innings. With ■ rookie Orlando Pena and Brook* Lawrence also among the "'nineinning” pitchers, the Reds seem r to have the most advanced staff ft anywhere on the Grapefruit cirt cult. 8 The Reds have averaged only 4.2 runs in 17 previous games and S' had scored four or less runs in e 10 contents but they broke loose FYiday with a vengeance. Del Ennis smashed two homers and Roy - McMillan and Johnny Powers hit one each to lead Cincinnati's 15- ' hit attack. Purkey Looked Ready Pur key, a 17-game Winner last [' season, looked ready for an an- ’’ ticipated opening day assignment. C1 He yielded tiie Phillies’ run in the first inning and then breezed the J rest of the way. y Ennis two homers were especially eye-catching for Smith bee cause Del is being counted on to I make a strong comeback this year. Because of observances of Good e Friday there was only limited acy, tion on the exhibition circuit —the „ Kansas City Athletics beating the New York Yankees, 5-2 and" the ’ Pittsburgh Pirates downing the f Cardinals, 4-3 in the only other action. Whitey Herzog had four hits and lefty Bud Daley yielded seven hits in seven innings in Kansas City’s third victory in four games, < Johnny Kucks, battling to avoid ' ' being included in a deal, hurled ' : seven innings for the Yankees and was tagged for five runs and 10 : hits. Yogi Berra, who did not'; commit-an- error in- the 88 games , he caught for the Yankees last | season; made his fifth of the (spring. The squat catcher is hitliing only .107. Pirates Beat Cards . | The Pirates snapped a two-i , game losing skid when St. Louis j! rookie shortstop Julio Gotay’s wild » throw on Bill Mazeroski’s grounder enabled Ramon Mejias to score from third base in the eighth in[ning. Mejias had doubled and reached third with two out on a ' wild pitch by rookie Howard Nunn. Other camp news: manager | Walt Alston of the Dodgers said Ihe is thinking about making Duke I Snider his cleanup man. Snider, who had a poor season in 1958, has been very impressive this spring ....... manager Al Lopez gave Chicago White Sox rookie outfielder John Callison ,a pafc on the back by explaining his .190 batting average is deceptive. Lopez said Callison has been meeting the ball sharply ‘‘but the hits haven't been falling.” Squad cuts were as follows: the Senators sent outfielder Le n Tucker and pitcher Ted Abernathy to Miami of the International League . . The Braves sent pitchers Don Nottebart and Dale Hendrickson and outfielder Ix«e Maye to Louisville of the American Association pitcher Winston Brown to Sacramento of the Pacific Coast League and catcher Merritt Rahew and shortstop Mickey Sinnerud to their minor league camp at Waycross, Ga. The Orioles assigned first-base-man Ray Barker to Vancouver, utility man Bert Barth to Amarillo (Tex.) and pitcher Rolf

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Harold Gomes Wins In Upset Decision MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (UPpHarold Gomes, a one-time Providence, R.1., sanitation department employee, looks ready today to "clean up” in the world featherweight boxing division. The unranked but industrious little Gomes scored a major upset Friday night when he gained a unanimous decision over "FancyDan” Paul Jorgensen, the No. 2 featherweight contender, in their nationally-televised 10-round bout. The loss snapped Jorgensen's unbeaten string at 31 bouts and automatically made Gomes a name to i conjure with in the "little men’s” division. "I need more conditioning bpfore I try to challenge the champion (Davey Moore),” said the 130-pound Gomes. “But, of course, this was a big one for me fnd puts me on the road toward some big fights.” "I started'too slowly,” conceded Jorgensen, who switched his longrange early-round tactics and tried to mix it up with Gomes in the late rounds. “Still, I think the verdict could have been closer. I don’t think there I was more than a point either way separating us” Referee Billy Regan called the bout for Gomes, 96-95, judge Carl Gardner scored it 98-95 and judge Fred Aaronson favored the Providence boy, 97-95. The Press International had Gomes ahead. 97-95. Demand Early Vote On Sports Measure WASHINGTON (UPI) — The backers of a bill to exempt sports from anti-trust laws have decided to demand a vote next month by the House Judiciary Committee, whose chairman opposes the measure. “I hope we can eject the bill from the committee shortly,” one of the supporters, Rep. William E. Miller (R-N.Y.I, told United Press International. The bill would exempt from anti-trust bills the reserve clause and other practices of professional basebSlt' football, basketball and hockey. It was introduced by Miller and four other congressmen last Jan. 15. The Judiciary Committee has done nothing about it since then. Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler (D-N.Y.I, opposes the measure. Miller said the backers agreed to demand a vote on the bill at the committee’s first meeting after Congress returns from its Easter recess. The meeting probably will be April 14. Miller said backers consider hearings on the measure unneccessary since it is similar to a bill which the committee approval and the house passed last year. The new bill contains one provision not included in the previous measure. It would leave radio broadcasts of games subject to anti-trust laws and partially exempt telecasts. Tlie bills stem from a 1957 Supreme Court decision denying pro football the immunity from anti* trust laws enjoyed by organized baseball. Scheel to Miami . . .the Indians optioned pitcher Dick Stigman to San Diego in the PCS . . . the Pirates reassigned pitchers Al Jackson and Don Rowe, catcher Daryl Westerfield, infielder Ken Hamlin and outfielders Jim McDaniel and Howie Goss to their farm camp at Jacksonville, Fla. Girls reaching the age of puberty in the Guajiro tribe of Venezuela are sent away for a period of several weeks to two years during which they learn to weave and keep house.

Bud Mendenhall To Coach All-Stars Murray (Bud) Mendenhall, Jr., bead basketball coach of Indiana , Technical College, will again coach i the North-South Indiana All-Stars in their game with the Ohio AllStars this year. Bud will direct the North team against the South in Fort Wayne on June 24 and in' Evansville on June 27 in the opening games, which will eventually ; determine the combination that will play the Buckeyes on July 1. Mendenhall just concluded his most successful season as a coach. His Tech aggregation compiled a 16-5 record against some stellar small college quintets in the midwest. He took the reins of the Indiana Tech eagers in 1956 after an outstanding playing and coaching career that stretched to the far corners of the U.S. His prep achievements Ofere earned at Fort Wayne Central under the tutorage of his dad, Murray. Sr., who later coached the Zollner Pistons. Bud was a regular in his junior year on Central’s | , state championship squad. He led the Tigers to the sectional champ-| i ionship in 1944, but then called into service with the Navy before . the regional. During his 27 months in the Navy, he played for Rice Institute, who won the Southwestern confer- ‘ ence title. Mendenhall's work at guard was an important factor in the Rice success. Branch McCracken enrolled Murray at Indiana soon after his dis-1 charge, and he completed two yeirs of college eligibility on the varsity roster. The Anderson Packers of the old National Basketball League then made good use of Bud’s basketball talents in winning the playoff championship during the 1946-49 season. Young Mendenhall then started coaching at Beechgrove highj school near Indianapolis. He later j moved to Greensburg for three seasons and returned to Centrsfi for one before taking over at Tech. Last year Mendenhall’s Indiana All-Stars acquitted themselves well against a taller Ohio team, but lost the high-scoring affair 101-95. With Jerry Lucas (now at OSU) and 1 Gordon -Mickey' t riov? at* Indiana) j controlling the boards, the Hoo-i siers kept firing with uncanny accuracy. The crowd of nearly 8,000 came away exclaiming it one of the best prep games they had ever seen. ’ | As players for the North and South Indiana Stars and the Ohio Stars are announced in coming j weeks, it will again be apparent that area fans have many thrilling minutes of basketball still in store for them. Baw r Scores Women’s League W L Pts. Adams Co. Trailer 24% 5% 32% Two Brothers 23 7 32 West End Rest.— 20% 9% 28% , Shaffer Rest. 18 12 25 Kent’s 17 13 24 Seven Up 17 13 24 Gene’s Mobil 16*4 13% 22% Smith Pure Milk .. 16 14 21 Beavers Oil 15 15 21 Hoagland Lumber.. 15 15 21 Drewery .a..> 16 14 19 Alps Brau 14 16 17 Three Kings - 11% 18% 15% Treon •- 11 19 15 First State Bank ..11 19 15 Citizens Telephone 11 19 14 Arnold Lumber Co. 11 19 14 Blackwells - 11 19 14 Lynch Box 11 19 13 Krick-Tyndall .... 10 20 12 High team series: Hoagland Lumber 2114, Krick-Tyndall 2048, Beavers Oil 2034, Adams County Trailer 2194, West End Restaurant 2221, Three Kings 2241, Smith Pure Milk 2254, Two Brothers 2259, Shaffer Restaurant 2030, Alps Brau 2120, Seven Up 2057, Drewery 2004. High individual series: R. Frauhiger 521, B. Appelman 517, V. Smith 500, M. Ladd 506. High individual games: P. Affolder 174, V. Gallmeyer 193, R. Frauhiger 172-225, D. West 181, L. Call 173, M. Kleinhenz 174, B. Appelman 172-188, B. Moran 181, A. Hoile 181, P. Felber 174, V. Smith 191, M. Ladd 187-180, N. Bodie 174, F. Engle 176, E. McClure 176, A. Gage 198, M. Scheuman 174, E. Strickler 189. Os the eight million Americans who work for local, state and Federal governments full and part-1 time, seven million are covered by one or more retirement systems, according to Tax Foundation, Inc.

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Paul Richards Is Aiming For First Division (Editor* Nate—This 1- the 12th dispatch on the prospects of the major league clubs for 1959.) .By LEO H. PETERSEN DPI Sports Editor MIAMI. Fla. (UPD—Manager Paul Richards will be satisfied ,with a first division finish for his Baltimore Orioles in 1959. He realizes that may be shoot ing too high. "We definitely are not in the contending class," said Richards frankly. "We are at least a year away, maybe two or even three before we can start thinking about winning pennants.” He Likes his pitching, has a topdrawer catcher in Gus Triandos has high hopes for rookie Willie Tasby in Centerfield, but otherwise will have to get along largely on players discarded by other clubs. Richards also is high on Ids youngsters, such as rookie short, stop Ron Hansen and outfielder Dave Nicholson. But Nicholson already has been sent back to the i minors for more seasoning and the chances are that Hansen will be sent down, too. "Not Until Then” Even in his pitching, Richards is going along with discards—such as Billy Loes (3-9), Arnie Porto- ■ carrero (15-11), Hoyt Wilhelm (3-10), and Jack Harshman (12-15). Then in the other departments he has such as Gene Woodling I Whitey Lockman, Billy Gardner, J Billy Klaus, Bobby Avila and Chico Carrasquel. J Most of them will be regulars —Woodling perhaps in right field. Gardener at second, Klaus at third and Carrasquel at short. Lockman will back up Bob Boyd at first j and also can play the outfield. Avila, who has changed his mind about retiring, can play second or third base. , ■ 1 I "We know we aren’t going to win pennants with players like that," explained Richards. "But they are the best available. We’re getting the best stop-gaps we can until our kids grow up.” How About Miranda? Brooks Robinson will report in another week and could beat Kajlus out of the third base job. And FiT Willie Mirtthda, the unpredictable Cuban, ever decides to report, he may take over for Cari rasquel al short. Jim Finigan, who couldn’t make it with the I lowly Athletics and the Giants, is also on hand as a reserve ini fielder. | Bob Nieman, who hit .325 last ; season, will be in left field with Tasby in center. Tasby, who is 25, hit .322 at Louisville in 1958 and Richards feels that he is ready. "id go witn nim a long way," said Richards. “He’ll be out in center on opening day—you can bet on that, Richards has Al Pikarck, another discard, competing with Woodling in right. Woodling at 36 doesn’t figure to be able to play in 154 games although he told Richards he wanted to play every day. Len Green, who hit .261 at Rochester and only .213 with the Orioles, probably will be kept as a utility outfielder. Triandos Will Catch Triandos, who also can play first base, will do most of the catching chores with the veteran Joe Ginsberg behind him. Charley (Sugar) White, who hit* .291 at Vancouver, also is bidding for a catching berth but Richards usually carries only two receivers. Billy O'Dell, whom any club would take and who won 14 while Idsing fl last season: Portocarrero, Harshman, and Milt Pappas (10-10), will be the regular starters with Hector (Skinny) Brown (7-5) and Wilhelm, the knickle ball artist, available for spot assignments. Loes may get into the starting rotation, too. The top relief man will be George Zuverink (2-2). Other pitching candidates include the much travelled south-

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paw, Lou Sleater; Ernie Johnson, a Milwaukee castoff; George Bamberger, a 15-game winner at Vancouver: 20-yearold John Fisher, up from Wilson, N.C., where he won 14 and Jerry Walker, with an IM record at Knoxville. Richards puts Fisher in the same class as Nicholson and Hansen. They all may make it some day, but not in time to help the Orioles in 1959.

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