Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1959 — Page 7

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Commodores Lose To Hoagland Wildcats By 52 - 44 Score Tuesday

The Decatur Commodores suffered their sixth loss of the season, and their third in a row Tuesday night, dropping a 52-44 decision to the Hoagland Wildcats at the Decatur gym. Coach Al Lindahl, in an effort to snap the team’s losing ways, started an all-underclassmen lineup, putting all the previous starters on the bench. The youngsters, athough making numerous mistakes, also forced the Wildcats into numerous errors through their pressing tactics, and trailed by only two points, 15-13 at the end of the first quarter, after Hoagland had run up a 7-8 lead in the first minute and a half of play. The Allen county neighbors increased their margin to eight ' points at 29-21 at the end of the half. 1 The Commodores twice pulled within six points, in the third per- J iod, but Hoagland carried a 42-30 bulge into the final bracket, and ( the Commodores could get no j closer than eight points in the last ; quarter, which they did on three j different occasions. The Wildcats had three players in double figures, Jack Braun and ( Bob Saalfrank each had 15 points : and Stan Behrman 12. Don Baker, 1 although playing only about half i the contest, topped the Commo- I dores with 10 points. The Commo- ' dores actually outscored the Wild- 1 from the field by one basket, ’ bat converted only two free throws i in 10 attempts, while the Wildcats made good on 12 of 20 chances. There were 14 personals called on the Commodores, and nine on the ' Wildcats. The Commodores will make an- ' other attempt Friday night to snap,' their losing string, meeting the > Pleasant Mills Spartans at Plea- ! sant Mills. ' Commododres FG FT TP Reed 11 3 j T. Kohne J 11 3 < Jerry Heiman 2 0 4 , Lose . 2 0 4 ■ Bylthe 3 0 6 J J. Kohne . 1 0 21 . Kitsoa: *o6 ' 04Baker 5 ON’ J. Omlor 0 0 0 > • Gr^s _ _ _ __ 4 0 8 1 Jim Heiman .......... O' 0 8 1 S. Omlor ' 2 0 4 ’ TOTALS 21 2 44 Hoagland FG FT TP Riesgies 3 0 6| Saalfrank 71 15 Behrman 5 2 12 Braun 5 5 15 Bradtmiller - 0 2 2 Neireiter 0 2 2 Perry 0 0 0

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Reds, Indians Make Trade To Beat Deadline NEW YORK (UPD - The San , Francisco Giants and Cincinnati , Reds apparently have strengthened themselves where they “hurt the mostest’’ last season with a pair of surprise deals. The Giants moved to tighten up their inner defense when they 1 obtained second - basema Don Bjasingame from the St Louis Cardinals while the Reds made a bid for the “big” pitcher they needed when they acquired 19game winner Cal McLish from 1 the Cleveland Indians. The Giant-Cardinals deal was i a standard of-season deal but the j Red - Cleveland transaction just ] beat the midnight deadline for un- i restricted deals between the Na- , tional and American leagues. 1 The deal was completed just be- j fore the deadline and actually I J wasn’t announced until an hour i and a half after it. Reds Trade Temple' To get Blasingame, the Giants ’ sent infielder Daryl Spencer and 1 outfielder Leon Wagner to the ■ Cardinals while the Reds traded I ‘ veteran second-baseman Johnny ’ Temple to the Indians for McLish, 1 infielder Billy Martin and 1958 Southern Association batting champion Gordon Coleman The deadline went by without ' either the Yankees or Braves making their long-predicted interleague swaps but the Washington Senators tossed a winter bombshell when they claimed they rejected two $500,000 ofers for Har- , mon Killebrew. . ( Manager Charley Dressen .of the Braves, a coach with the pen-nant-winning Dodgers last sea* son. said the Giants mow “are ’ the team to beat.” He added that the Braves tried to obtain Blasingame but said the Cardinals “tried to hold us up.” Pirates Exceed Ofer The Senators, meanwhile, said they had rejected the second j largest offer ever made for a ball player when they turned down the Cincinnati Reds’ bid of $500,000 cash on the barrel for Killebrew, who tied for the American League home run lead with 42 round trippers this year. The Pittsburgh Pirates claimed they had made a player offer that actually exceeded in value the Red’s $500,000 offer. Senator owner Calvin Grifith disclosed the offer was made by General Manager Gabe Paul of the Reds last Aug. 3. Griffith said he told Paul he was not .interested in selling Killebrew and that Paul then made the same offer for Camilio Pascual, 25-year-old Cuban pitcher who had a 17-10 record last season. I Lepper 0 ® ® Zelt — o°° TOTALS 20 12 52 Officials: Cosaud, Webber Preliminary Hoagland, 30-26

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Don Clark Quits As Southern Cal Coach 1 I LOS ANGELES (UPD — Don 1 Clark cashed in all his footbal • chips as a winner today, resigning as head coach of the Univer- , sity of Southern California to en- i ter private business ' “I never intended to make 1 coaching my life career” said < Clark after the surprise resigna- ] tion was made public Tuesday i night. “I find myself unable to let pass the opportunity now being afforded he.” i Dr. Norman Topping, president , of USC, immediately announced i John McKay, former Oregon aide < who served one season as assist- < ant to Clark, had been signed to ’ coach the Trojans for one year. 1 While Clark and some alumni and school officials didn't see eye 1 to eye on a number of questions ; the resignation was unexpected. 1 Clark coached the Trojans to a record of eight wins and two : losses in 1959, one of the finest 1 USC marks in years. The nu- 1 cleus of the same squad, led by < the McKeever twins, Mike and ] Marlin, will return for the next < season and make the Trojans 1 strong contenders for national honors. Clark, whose resignation is es- < fective March 1, said he would ! take a position as executive vice 1 president of Prudential Overall 1 Supply Co., a multi-plant indus- 1 trial operation in Southern Cali- i fornia. 1 i ______________ r - f ’ | Today's Sport Parade | ■ (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) J By JACK CUDDY United Press International 1 NEW YORK (UPD — Broad- ' way bookmakers, still pallid and ! disheveled after their million-dol- ’ ■Jar .scare... expected. the ’ Colts-Giante pro football -classic “back on the board” today, with the Colts a three-point favorite to ; win the year’s biggesst betting event. The Dec. 27 National Football League championship at Baltimore was “taken off the board” at 3 pm. e.s„t Tuesday by distraught bookies because of wild rumors that quarterback Johnny Unitas of the wbaltimore Colts had been injured. “You never saw anything like it,” said one prominent sportsman. “All of us in the business were loaded with Giant money that had come in so fast it hadn’t been covered yet. I, myself was holding more than a hundred grand in Giant bets, and you can estimate conservatively that the other active men in New York were holding between a million and $1,500,000. It looked as if we were all dutched for sure." Odds Drop Fast The Giant money had come in so fast he said it had hammered down the Colts’ odds from 314 points to an even three. “And we knew if the rumors were true,” continued the bookie, “there’d be an immediate switch, making the Giants a sepen-point favorite — with Unitas out of the game. We knew such a switch would murder us — with us holding all that Giant money. We knew we could never squirm out. So — the game was taken off the board at three o’clock and no more bets were accepted. Then we waited for the rumors to be confirmed, meanwhile wondering about the price of a nice do-it-yourself execution kit.” The injury rumors were flatly —even jokingly denied Wednesday night by Dr. Erwin Mayer of Baltimore, the Colts’ physician. Biggest Betting Event He said, “I talked to Johnny just a few minutes ago, and the only thing that can be construed as an injury in the Unitas family is that Johnny’s wife is going to have a baby.” So, the game goes back on the board today, and the bookie spokesman says, "it will be the biggest betting event of the year —bigger than the World Series, bigger ttym any jtigbt; and. as a matter of fact, perhaps bigger than any betting event we’ve had in a year. It’s stupendous.” The panic along gamblers' gulley accentuates the importance of quarterback Unitas' presence in the Colts’ lineup And it provides a clue to the flood of money from Giant sup porters who appearently believe that the Giants’ improved “reddog” tactics win ruin Johnny’s passing this time, although those tactics failed last year when the Colts beat the Giants, 23-17, in overtime for the league championship.

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DePaul Demons Beal Purdue To Slay Unbeaten By TIM MORIARTY United Press International De Paul University, the scourge of the college basketball world when large George Mikan was throwing his weight around 14 years ago, is on the move again. And the player who is leading the Blue Demons back into national prominence would need a small step ladder to look Mikan in the eye. Howie Carl, a 5-10 guard, broke Mikan's sophomore scoring record at De Paul last season by totaling 461 points. And he’s off to a faster start this year. Carl tallied 26 points in leading unbeaten De Paul to an 87-65 victory over Purdue Tuesday night. The Blue Demons opened a 46-36 halftime lead and kept pouring it on in the second half until Coach Ray Meyer rushed in the reserves. Dons Win First San Francisco, another former national power, scored its first victory in six starts Tuesday night by downing Denver, 68-62; Canisius whipped Loyola of Chicago. 73-68, Oklahoma State edged Tulsa, 41-40, and St. John’s walloped Brooklyn College, 88-49 George Jercich scored 19 points for San Francisco, which gained an early lead and remained in front the rest of the way. Canisius turned in a superb shooting performance against Loyola, connecting on 30 or 52 attempts from the floor. Joe Loturco sparked the winners with 21 points while Clarence Red, Loyola’s leading scorer, was limited to seven points. Free Throw Edge A free throw by Moe Iba, son of Coach Hank Iba, provided Oklahoma State with its narrow victory over Tulsa. A field goal by Dick Soergel and young Iba’s free throw carried the Cowboys home in front. St. John’s employed its reserves through most of the second half in overpowering Brooklyn College. Tony Jackson, the Redmen’s AllAmerica candidate, played only the first 15 minutes but still managed to garner 13 points and 11 rebounds. • Rhode Island turned back Boston College, 85-80; Penn State edged Syracuse, 80-75; Vanderbilt spanked Georgia, 79-67; Mai Lassman’s 26 points helped Richmond to a 71-55 victory over Washington .Wkl.Ue;-. Wittite outlet touring St. Mary’s (Calif.), 74-58 , and E"rnie McCray totaled 24 points and 23 rebounds to lead Arizona to a 65-50 triumph over San Diego State. Brown And Conerly Top Pro Offenses PHILADELPHIA (UPD — Jimmy Brown, the bundle of muscle of the Cleveland Browns, and Charley Conerly, the bundle of years from the New York Giants, won the National Football League rushing and. passing championships for 1959. Brown, carrying the ball for a single season record 290 times, won the rushing title for the third straight year with 1,329 yards. His total carries broke the former mark of 271 set by Eddie Price of New York in 1951. Conerly, once hooted by New York fans during the Giants’ lean years of not too long ago, took over first place last week, and then won his first passing championship in 12 years in the league with an average of 8.79 yards gained for every pass thrown. Conerly completed 113 of 194 tbsses for a 58.2 percentage mark. He gained 1,706 yards, threw 14 touchdown passes, and had only four intercepted. 0 Brown, batting 1.000 with three rushing championships in three NFL seasons, finished 293 yards ahead of J. D. Smith of San Francisco. Ollie Matson (863) of Los Angeles was third and Tom Tracy (794) of Pittsburgh was fourth and Bob Mitchell (743) of Cleveland was fifth. Conerly, a venerable 38, led some distinguished company in annexing the passing title. Earl Morrall of Detroit was second, Johnny Unitas of Baltimore third, Norm Van Brocklin of Philadelphia fourth and Billy Wade of Los Angeles fifth.

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Yellow Jackets at Columbia City. Commodores at Pleasant Mills. Ossian at Adams Central. Bryant at Monmouth. Geneva at Berne. Gorillas Lose < To Redkey By , 60*50 Score The Hartford Gorillas dropped J below the .506 mark for the first time this season Tuesday night los- ' ing to Redkey, 60-50, at the Hart- 1 ford gym. It was Hartford’s fifth 1 loss against four victories. More damaging to the Gorillas than the loss, however, was the in- 1 jury to Phil Hoover, the team’s top scorer this season. With the score tied at 21-21 in the second quarter, , Hoover sustained a cracked ankle bone, and it is feared he will be • out of the lineup for six or seven ( weeks. Redkey led at the first quarter, ■ 13-12, and at the half, 27-21, the Gorillas pulled into a 39-39 tie • at the third period. Hartford outscored the Wolves from the field, 22-19, but lost at the foul line, where Redkey converted 22 chances, and Hartford only six as 24 fouls were assessed Hartford, and 12 on Redkey. Redkey had four players in double figures, paced by Brown with 16 points, Chalk and Eads 13 each,, and Keeser 12. Hoover and Tom Moser each scored 11 for Hartford. Redkey FG FT TP Brown 3 10 16 Chalk 3 7 13 Addington 2 0 4 Eads 6 1 13 Keeser 4 4 12 Maxwell 1 0 2 Totals 19 22 60 Hartford FG FT TP Wittwer 2 15 Zuercher 4 1 9 Moser 4 3 11 Hoover 5 1 11 Grogg 4 0 81 Runkel 1 0 2 Fields ... 1 0 2 ! R. Habegger 1 0 2 Lindsey .... ’ o ' - TcAals22 6 50 Officials: Yager, Habegger, ‘ Preliminary Hartford, 31-25. * Results Are Listed In Church League In recent Adams county church league games, First Mennonite of Berne defeated Union Chapel, 11053, and St. Paul’s Lutheran ol Preble defeated First Methodist of Decatur, 57-37. Leading scorers were: Mennonite — Kirchhofer 29, Whitehurst 24, Hendricks 21; Union Chapel—Merriman 25, Frank 12; St. Paul’s—Hoffman 16, Macke 13, L. Bulmahn 9, N. Bultemeier 9; Decatur Methodist — Pollock 10, Reed 8, Lehman 6. Cardinal Player To Be Honored Jan. 18 ST. LOUIS (UPD — Joe Cunningham, the National League’s second-leading hitter with a .345 average for the St. Louis Cardinals this year, will receive the J. G. Taylor Spink award of the St. Louis baseball man of the year Jan. 18 at the St. Louis Baseball Writers’ annual dinner.

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Sparfans Lose To Petroleum ♦ Tuesday Night Fading in the second half, the Pleasant Mills Spartans suffered their ninth defeat in 10 tries Tuesday night, dropping a 76-59 decision to the Petroleum Panthers at the Pleasant Mills, gym. Petroleum held a 15-9 advantage at the end of the first quarter, but the Spartans rallied td pull into a 27-27 tie at the half. Petroleum then moved to 56-42 lead at the third period. Warner poured in 22 points to lead the Wells county team, while Williams added 16, Carnes 12 and Isch 11. Dwight Brunner was tops for the Spartans with 19 markers, and John Snyder added 11. The Spartans will entertain the Decatur Commodores at the Pleasant Mills gym Friday night. Petroleum FG FT TP Warner 9 4 22; Bradley 0 0 0 McCune 10 2 Carnes 5 2 12 Poling .. 2 5 9 Williams 8 0 16 Barrington 2 0 4| Isch 4 3 11 Totals 31 14 761 . Pleasant Mills FG FT TP; Brunner 5 9 19' Ohler 0 2 2 I Jackson 1 2 4 King 0 2 2 Death 0 1 11 'Archer2 2 61 Butler 1 6 8j Daniels 2 0 4' Snyder 3 5 11 McGill 1 0 2 Totals 15 29 59 Officials: Terveer, Reed. Preliminary Petroleum, 47-29. College Football Attendance Higher NEW YORK (DPI) — College football attendance rose 1.7 per cent to a near record of almost 20-million paid admissions in 1959. A national survey of 623 teams, lieteas4d:;.' ; .today:SW NCAA Service Bureau, revealed a-total attendance of 19,615,344 — an increase of 324,635 over the 1958 season. It was the sixth straight year in which attendance increased and the national total was just short of the record of 19,651,995 set in (1949 when 59 more teams participated in the sport. - On the basis of average attendance per team, it was the greatest year ever. The 623 teams avaged 31,479 each for the season on top the previous mark of 31,199 established in 1958. The Pacific Coast, East, South and Southwest all experienced sizeable gains while attendance in the Midwest, Midlands and Rockies was down. Attendance in the Far West rose 7.17 per cent to 2,187,461 with an average of 9,077 fans attending the 241 games surveyed. Other rises were .74 per cent in the East, 4.43 per cent in the South and 4.51 in the Southwest. Decreases were 8.55 per cent, in the Midlands, 755 per cent in the Rockies and a tiny 0.31 in the Midwest.

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Bowling Scores Classic League W L Pts. Budget Loan Co. „ 29% 12% 40% Leland Smith Ins. . 26% 15% 36% West End Rest. .... 27 15 35 Decatur Farms .... 22 20 29 Peterson Grain Co. 21 21 29 Don’s Texaco Serv. 20 22 ' 26 Ortho Shoe Clinic .. 20 22 26 Acker Cement„ 19 23 26 Kelly s Dry Cleaners 15 27 19 Gerber’s Super Mar. 11 31 14 High games: G. Schultz 246-201; R. Mies 228, J. Parent 226, N. Steury 220, R. Worthman 214, C. Deßolt 234, R. Lord 212, O. Schultz 200, P. Smith 203, J. Harkless 210, R. Eyanson 221, H. Scheumann 204, W. Marbach 222, T. Fennig 205-213, R. Werling 201. Notes—The Classic League was featured by a 1017 game by Kelly Dry Cleaners and a 246 by Gary Schultz. Sportsman's League ** W L Pts. Chamber of Com. .. 38% 6% 53% Limberlost Archery 36% 8% 49% Brazills Knight. 30 15 40 Bills Corner 26 19 35 K. of C. 20% 24% 25% Lengerich Butchers 17 28 23 Decatur Lumber Co. 17% 27% 22% Moose 17 28 22 Hurst Cigar Store .. 10 35 13 Mies Recreation ... 9 36 12 High games—L. Gage 218-215; J. Macklin 214, D. Macklin 211, E. Drum 207, D. Mies 204. High series — L. Gage 583; D. Macklin 569; J. Macklin 568; D. Myers 554; J. Meyers 535; D. Mies 525; C. Mies 519; J. Brazill 508; |P. Kohne 506. Women’s Major League W L Pts Two Brothers 27 15 37 Three Kings 27 15 35 ■ Adams Trailer 23 19 31 ! Mirror Inn2l 21 31 I Hoagland Lumber -. 24 18 30 ; West End.... 22% 19% 28% Shaffers Restaurant 17% 24% 25% Ideal Dairy 16 26 22 Gene’s Mobil 16 26 21 Smiths Pure Milk -. 15 27 19 High series: G. Reynolds 510. High games: G. Reynolds 188182, H. McClure 184, L. Bultemeier 182, P. Affolder 182-177, F. Rowdon 178, A. Hoile 171, P. Clark 171. Splits converted—l. Rich 5-10, A. Hoile 5-6, S. Schnepp 5-7: American Legion League W L Pts. Firestone 29 16 40 Cowens Insurance . 28 17 37 Ashbauchers27% 17% 34% First State Bank .. 24 21 33 Macklins 22 23 31 New York Life .... 20 25 30 Riverview. --— — — 24 21 29. Burke Ihsurana? *.?? 2t%*25 , % 28% A&B Laundromat .. 15% 29% 18% Burke Standardl3% 31% 18% Andrews 200. M. Affolder 211, Marbach 214, J. Fawbush 201, 9. Bieberich 202, W. Franz 202-224, L. Hackman 214, E. Baker 204, G. Bienz 210, E. Frauhiger 212. 600 series: W. Franz 604 (178-202-224). Bantam League W L Pins Chiefs 10 4 851

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High School Basketball Huntington 63, Bluffton 61. Leo 85, Monroeville 62. Lafayette Central 56, Union (Wells) 55. Huntington Catholic 71, Larwill 69. Evansville Bosse 70, Evansville Central 55. Evansville Mater Dei 49, Evansville Memorial 46. Evansville Reitz 49, Evansville North 45. Brazil 51, Clinton 50. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 45. Terre Haute Schulte 44 (triple overtime). Jeffersonville 76, Shelbyville 56. Franklin 64, Columbia 59 Greensburg 50, Martinsville 37. Alexandria 70. Tipton 52. Logansport 65, Peru 64. Hobart 71, Gary Emerson 63. Gary Froebel 71, East Chicago Roosevelt 61. Goshen 80, Penn 57. College Basketball DePaul 87, Purdue 65. Indiana Central 74, Marian 60. Indiana State 93, Oakland City 71. Indiana Tech 76, Anderson 75. Hanover 78, Centre 73 (overtime). Hunitngton 87, Grace 48. Taylor 69, Franklin 65. Vincennes 126, Lincoln Bible 99. Penn State 80, Syracuse 75. Western Kentucky 70, Morehead State 68. Vanderbilt 79, Georgia 67. Falcons 10 4 807 Ravens 8 • 960 Conrad's 66 77 727 Hawks 4 8 249 Hope 3 7 1113 High two-game series: Werst 279.

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