Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 288, Decatur, Adams County, 8 December 1959 — Page 6

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' —“ Jackets Play Bluffton Five In Jan. 2 Meet The Decatur Yellow Jackets and Bluffton Tigers will face each other in the opening game of the Portland holiday tourney, meeting at 1:15 o’clock Saturday afternoon. Jan. 2, in the new Portland high school gym. The Portland Panthers and Hartford City Airedales tangle at 2 30 p.m. in the other half of the afternoon schedule. Losers of the afternoon's first round games will meet at 7:15 p.m. and the championship game is set for 8:30 p.m. Season tickets for the one-day event will be on sale at each of the competing schools for $1.50, and single session tickets will be sold at the Portland box office each session for sl. All tickets are for reserved seats. Four officials have been engaged for the tourney. Frank Carnes, of Muncie, and Dave Habegger, of Berne, will work the afternoon games, and Maurice Davis and Harold Braden, both of Fort Wayne, will officiate the night games. A preview of the tourney opener will be staged in Decatur Tuesday night, Dec. 22. when the Yellow Jackets host the Bluffton Tigers in a Northeastern Indiana conference engagement. Tourney Schedule Afternoon Session 1:15 p.m.—Bluffton vs Decatur. 2:30 p.m.—Portland vs Hartford City. Officials — Frank Carnes, Muncie; Dave Habegger. Berne. Night Session 7:15 p.m.—Loser game 1 and loser game 2. 8:30 p.m.—Winner game 1 and winner game 2. Officials — Maurice Davis, Fort Wuyne; Harold Braden, Fort Wayne. * The average rug 9 by 12 feet accumulates 14 pounds of dirt a year. Thirty-five million Americans changed their place of residence during 1958.

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Weed's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Tuesday Ossian at Yellow Jackets. Chester Center at Adams Central. Pennville at Hartford. Friday Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Yellow Jackets. Adams Central at Pleasant Mills. Hartford at Geneva. Berne at Lancaster Central. Monmouth at Union. Saturday Angola at Berne. »' Pleasant Mills at Wren. Freshmen Defeated By Columbia City The Decatur freshmen team was defeated by Columbia City, 42-27, at the Columbia City gym Monday evening. Columbia City led at all periods, 11-3, 23-9, and 32-18. Meyers led the winners with 13 points, and Conrad topped Decatur with 11 markers. CrJumbia City FG FT TP Johnson .. ..... 4 1 9 Meyers 6 1 13 Doubt 2 15 Cook 4 19 Hurtt 2 0 4 Hockemeyer 0 0 0 Ramp 10 2 TOTALS 19 4 42 Decatur Freshmen FG FT TP Conrad 3 5 11 Magley .... 12 4 Gause 0 I*l Beery .... 14 6 Martin 0 0 0 Thieme Oil McClure 1 0 2 Strickler 0 2 2 Gay 0 0 0 TOTALS 6 15 27 'Preliminary Decatur, 37 - 32. The island of Barbados in the British West Indies produces 15,000 tons of sweet potatoes a year. About two-thirds of the Japanese merchant fleet is less than 10 years old.

-- r f r ---y - x ar i~*r i - ■ - Results St. Joseph League Six games were played Saturday ahd Sunday in the St. Joseph intramural league. j Results were: Wildcats 26, Tigers 22; Black Cats 36, Hawks 15; Pistons 30. Globetrotters 23; Rockeas 31, Lions 10; Pros 57. Pirates 11; Royals 32, Nationals 28. Scoring players are as follows: Kohne 8, Bill Hain 4, Tom Foos Wildcats—Tom Lose 10, Tony 2, Pete Hess 2; Tigers—Ed Brite 14, Jim Geimer 4, Jim Miller 4. Black Cats—Ron Schnepp 9, Jim Becker 8. Tom Fairchild 8, Mike McGill 6, Tom Baker 5; Hawks— Dave Gass 7. Al Converse! 4, Dave Peterson 2. Dave Pierce 2. Pictons—John Lose 16, Ed Hammond 8, Paul Lengerich 4, Dan Durkin 2; Globetrotters—Bob Jaurigue 19, Pat Gage 4. Rockets—Dave Geimer 17. Henry Halikowski 6, Dave Hackman 4, Dan Rickord 3. Dan Zintsmaster 1; Lions—Bill Bolinger 5, Pros—Jim Eiting 20, Denny BakPhil Braun 4, John Schultz 1. er 16, Sam Blythe 16, John Keller 2, John Lengerich 2, Tom Blythe 1; Pirates—Dave E. Lengerich 6. Dan Braun 2. Dan Kable 2, Dan Hake 1. Royals—Tom Staub 18, John La Fountain 6, Greg Ellenberger 4, Dave Lengerich 2, Dave Alberding 2; Nationals—Mike Kuhnle 18, H. Salazar 6, Mike Rumschlag 4. Soest And Trinity Lutheran Winners In games played in the Lutheran grade league at the Hoagland gym over the weekend, Soest defeated Flat Rock, 22-13. and Trinity down-1 ed Friedheim, 30-20. Soest FG FT TP T. Rohrback Oil J. Saalfrank 0 0 0 R. Bearman 2 0 4 S. Lepper x 0 0 0 D. Dressier 10 2 J. Lepper 0 0 0 A. Dressier ~ 2 0 4 M. Lepper .0 0 0 R. Saalfrank 5 1 11 A. Bearman 0 0 0 Totals 10 2 22 _ Flat Rock FG FT TP Springer ... 0 11 Gepfert >.R. 0 0 8 Mclntosh ............. 3 2 8 K. Reynolds 0 0 0i D. Reynolds 11 31 Bullerman 0 11 Hoile 0 0 0 Totals 4 5 13 L Trinity FG FT TP B. Bleke 3 17 R. Trier ’ ..... 2 0 4 M. Koehlinger 0 0 0 D. Smith ..' 0 0 0 D. Gerke 4 1 9 k. Buuck 5 0 10 K. Schnepp 0 0 0 Totals' 14 2 30 Friedheim FG FT TP D. Gallmeyer 2 0 4 L. Gallmeyer 10 2 D. Conrad 2 6 10 D. Buuck 2 0 4 T. Buuck ....... 0 0 0 L. Conrad 0 0 0 D. Bultmeyer 0 0 0 Totals 7 6 20 Over 2,Sir Daily Democrats are sold and ueliverec in Decatur •ach day.

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Syracuse U. Is Named National Grid Champion NEW YORK (UPI) — Syracuse University, which compiled major college football’s only perfect record in 1959 although it began the season without an experienced quarterback, today was named national champion by United Press International’s Board of Coaches. Syracuse, seriously tested only once en route to a 10-0 record, is the first Eastern school to lead the final balloting for a season since the ratings were inaugurated in 1950. Army’s third-place finish last year was the best previous showing by an Eastern team. Coach Ben Schwartzwalder’s Orangemen rolled up 390 poults and allowed only 59 although they went through the campaign with two sophomore quarterbacks, Dave Sairette and .Dick Easterly. ‘ Ole Miss Secend This performance., earned Syiacuse 31 first-place votes and a total of 342 points in the final balloting by the 35 leading aoaches on the UPI rating board. Syracuse also received one vote for second, two for third-apd one for fourth, falling only eight points shy of the maximum possible total of 350. Syracuse posted the third highest point total ever recorded in the final voting by the UPI board. Oklahoma received 346 in 1950 and Michigan State 343 in 1952. Mississippi received three firstplace votes and finished second with 285 points. Louisiana State, named national champion by the coaches last yer, placed third with 258. Texas, which will play Syracuse in the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1, was fourth with 247. Mississippi and LSU clash that day in the Sugar Bowl. Georgia Fifth Georgia was fifth with 184 points, Wisconsin sixth with 157 Bowl opponent, received the other first-place vote- Texas Christian was eighth with 103 points, Arkansas ninth with 65 and Penn State 10th with 42. Syracuse, which ended its regular season last Saturday with a 36-8 triumph over UCLA at Los Angeles, will receive a permanent trophy from UPI. Clemson headed the second 11 in the final ratings. It was followed in order by Illinois, Alabama, Southern California, AuI burn, Michigan State, Oklahoma, I Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Missoqr ri and Florida. Georgia Tech, Navy and Wyoming were the only other teams mentioned op the final ballots. Fairway Par Fives Will Play Reiffs The Fairway Par Fives continued on their winning ways, notching -2 victory over Payne, 0., Sunday at Pleasant Mills with a 106-70 victory. They next .meet Reiffs Coristruction of Bluffton at Pleasant Mills in a Vim contest at 7:30 p.m, Wednesday. Scorers for the local entry Sunday afternoon were Johnny Fre’y with 27, followed by Jerry Williamson with 24, Fred McDougal with 21 and Jim Price with 20. Ron Ballard had 10, and Al Conrad 3. , The largest item in the average , family bud/et is taxes, followed by food and housing. I Big passenger liners ean hold more than one million gallons of fuel oil.

Dick Weber Leeds' In World Tourney CHICAGO (UP!) -Dick Weber, St. Louis, a perennial contender in bowling’s biggest tourneys, rolled into first place in the World’s Invitational howling tournament last night with a 36-game meet record of 7,803. l Weber's onslaught dropped early leader Andy Rogoznica, a Chicago bowling supply salesman, to second, 43 pins off the pace with 7,820. ■ , ■ Lou Frantz, Louisville, Ky,, owner of the tourpey's only 300 game so far, dropped to fourth with 7,738, behind Bill Golembiewski, Detroit, who sailed into third with a 7,787 series. Farther back in the pack, but still among the leaders, were such favorites as Billy Welu with a 7,655, Ray Bluth, 7,678, and former champion Don Carter, 7,586. All three bowl out of St. Louis. In the women’s division, Pauline Bickel, Omaha, padded her lead to 46 pins by scoring 4,930. Marge Merrick, .Detroit, who led in the early rounds, was second with 4.884, followed by Sylvia Wene, Philadelphia, 4,808, and former champion' Marion Ladewig, Grand Rapids, Mich., 4,773. In fifth place among the men was Nick Longarzo Saddle Brook, N.J-, With 7,710, followed by Bluth, Dick Hoover, St. Louis, 7,677, and George Howard Detroit, 7674. Welu and Bill Bunetta Chicago, who rolled 7,618, rounded out the top ten. Bowfino Scores Rural League W L Pts. Schrock Builders — 27*6 11% 38% Community Oil Ser. 24% 14% 32% McConnells 23 16 30 Sheets Furniture „ 21% 17% 27% Stucky & Co- 21% 17% 27% Steckleys —- 19 20 27 Blackstone Bar .... 19 20 26 Klenks 18 21 24 Shaffer’s Restaurant 11 28 16 Pioneer Drive-In .. 10 29 11 200 games — C. Mies, 247; E. Schrock, 215; R. Baxter, 203; M. Affolder, 2ft); E. Drum, 200. 500 series—C. Mies, 563; R. Baxter, 566; H. Miller, 533; P. Inniger, 531; E. Schrock, 521; E. Sheets, 505; G. Thatcher, 500. Note—DeWayne Agler bowled a triplicate with games of 145,. Merchant League W L Pts. Painters 26 13 36 Price’s Mens Wear „ 26 13 36 Citizens Telephone ... 25 14 35 Slicks Drive Inn.— 25 14 32 Preble Restaurant .... 22 17 30 ”8” Ball 21 18 27 No. 10 Team —ls 11 19 Sherwin-Williams 14 25 16 Krick-Tyndall -- 13 26 18 Green’s Team 5 31 5 Price’s won 2 from No. 10 Team, Sherwin-Williams won 2 from Krick-Tyndall, “8” Ball won 2 from Citizens Telephone, Slick’s won 3 from Painters, Preble Rest, won 2 from Green’s. High games: K. Ross, 218; M. Sheehan, 199. Minor League W L Pts. Wolffs 29 13 39 M. O. C. Pup Tent 23..27 15 37 Fagers Sporting Goods 25 17 34 Smiths Pure Milk .... 23 19 32 Spud & Jims 23 19 31 Clems 18 24 24 Moose 17 25 23 Downtown Texaco .... 18 24 23 Walts Standard Service 16 28 19 Holthouse on Hiway .. 14 28 18 200 games: J. Harkless, 212; C. Conrad, 201; P. Hodle. 245; H. Hoffman, 212; A. Murphy, 206; D. Sheets, 203; W. Justice, 220; I D. Clay, 204. I Note: M. O. C. rolled new high game of 1001. Co/feae Basketball I Purdue 91, Pittsburgh 79. ! Missouri 79, Indiana 76. i Ohio State 99, Butler 66. ' Notre Dame 78, Wisconsin 58. lowa 79, North Dakota 43. ' Kansas 85, Texas Tech 71. Cincinnati 89, Miami (O.) 58. DePaul 83, Western Ontario 56. Nebraska 76, Minnesota 66. Villanova 78. Gettysburg 58. Centenary 79, Tulane 73. Citadel 68, Alabama 60. Tennessee 80, Clemson 62. Louisville 77, Fprman 61. Kentucky State 89, KnoxviMe 59. Arkansas 65, Tulsa 51. Suspend Actress For Failure To Report HOLLYWOOD (UPD — Actress Jpan Collins has been placed on suspension by 20th Century Fox for failing to report for the filming of the movie “Sans and Lovers” in London. Miss Collins, in New York, was reported unhappy because script changes she had been promised were not made.

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Urdue Wins' . . . Third, I.U. Loses First I United Press International > Purdue’s Boilermakers, playing > the home court advantage for all • it was worth, had their third i straight college basketball victory" today, but Indiana's Hoosiers suffered their first setback of the i season. . i Purdue knocked off Pittsburgh i • Monday night, 91-79, to conclude i a three-game home court tune-up for the Big Ten campaign. Indiana lost at Missouri, 79-76. Butler was trounced at Ohio State, 99-66, for its second loss in' three starts against Big Ten teams. i Notre Dame grabbed its second victory in three starts by turning back Wisconsin with ease, 75-58-Bobby Orrill, Terry Dischinger and Bob Mitchell, with 20, 19 and 16 points, respectively, paced Purdue, which led 49-30 at the half in the one-sided contest. 65 ; Notre Dame never was behind against the Badgers. The Irish jumped to a 32-14 lead with nearly six minutes left in the first half and coasted home. John Tully and Mike Graney topped the South Benders with 22 and 21 points. Indiana, 1-1 now, battled Missouri’s Tigers down to the wire but the Hoosiers had little help from 6-10 Walt Bellamy, who"' picked up four personal fouls early, was yanked from the lineup, and fouled out early in the second half. He scored only six points, 26 less than he collected against the same team last year. Ihe score was tied 17 times and the lead changed hands frequently. The Tigers hit 27 of 34 freethrows, including 11 of 12 by guard Joe Scott, who led the Scor-* ing with 31 points. Frank Radovich was high for the Hoosiers with 22 and Herbie Lee added seven looping fielders. 1

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Ken Pennington’s 16 markers topped Butler. Over 2.500 DaUy Democrats are sold and delivered in Decatur each day.