Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 3 February 1960 — Page 7

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Commodores Edged By Geneva Tuesday Night By Score Os 46 To 44

with on* second toft on foe gain* clock. Gwnmodor* guard !»<> Baker arched a twohanded set «bo< * rt * n behind the center Wne but M Sw buzrer winded ending foe contest. the ball bounded harmlessly att the backbosrd at Geneva Tuesday night The Cardinals escaped wifo # 48-44 thriller, but it was a long uphill struggle for the Redbirda of Harry Anderson Big Larry Baumer came out with hero honors in the wcU-bst Ued game, capturing scoring honors with 19 point*, end dropping tour important free throws wtth less than a minute to play to give the Rodbirds a four-point bulge. Bauuser Nets Four With :4B on the clock Baumer netted two from the chanty hne after the score wea tied 0-0 by Commodore's Steve Omlor who tallied on a 3-pointer Baumer then added the final two points with JI on the dock. Baker pulled hie team to within a pair with 3:08 I**. but Beumer was again fouled As you might suspect, the circumstances that ted to the dramatic situation mentioned tat the first part al the game account were controversial Geneva fans insisted all went according to the book, while Commodore supporters felt the refS did not call time out immediately when asked to. and that the timer did not stop the clock. Only :01 remained. Shoot Similarly Shooting percentages were remarkably similar with ripging the Cardinals on 18 of 56 and the Cardinals had 18 of 57. At the charity line, Geneva won the contest, netting 10 of 19 while Decatur canned eight of 13. Twelve mistakes, whereby the ball was turned oCer to the other team, were credited to Decatur, while Geneva had only sveen. Decatur outrebounded the heftier Cardinals. 23 to 13, but lost most ci the jump balls to the glue fingered Redbirds. At the onset. Commodores bombed their way to a one-sided 114 lead ft the first quarter on alert basketball and continued the pressure by moving the ball well in the second quarter. Baker left the contest with four personals midway through the third and the Corqmodores hopes faded qUlCk^rte r Leads Onslaught • When Baker was in, the score was 31-25 for the Commodores, and be had tallied 15 of the total. When he returned in the fourth period, the count was 33-38 with Geneva leading. Tom Kohne. Steve Omlor ami Baker did the bulk of the rebounding and played tough defensive ball Phil Lose added his pepperpot tactics while he was in. adding to the fast moving style of the early play. The Commodores have a pair es road games next week, playing at Rockcreek Tuesday and at Wolf Lake Friday.

' .' ’ cammodores PG FT TP S. Omlor 8 2 13 T. Kohne T ? 8 Jim Heimann - i 1 S. Omlor 0 • " Blythe - 0 0 0 TOTALS 18 8 44 Cardinals • FG FT TP Dynes 3 8 L. Baumer 8 ” * S. Baumer 3 „ , Norr —— — 2 J Sprunger — 011 TOTALS 18 10 46 Score by quarters: Decatur Catholic - H 27 33 44 Geneva 4 22 36 46 Officials: Samuels and Melson. Preliminary Geneva, 20.

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Berne Loses To Bluffton Tuesday Night The Berne Bears saw their ninegame winning skein snapped Tuesday night as they dropped a IMO decision to the Bluffton Tigers on the Bluffton floor The Bears have now tost only four games while winning 14. Bluffton woo the ball game at the free throw line, as each team hit 28 field goals. The Tigers sank 17 of » free throws, while the Bears, at the charity stripe far less often, converted only four of 14. The entire first half was a nip and tuck battle, with the Bears tending at the first quarter. 18-15. and at the half. 32-30. The Tigers, however, moved into a 52-41 margin at the third period. Ted Collins led Bluffton with 22 points, with Jess Absher adding 14, Don Wasson 13. and Dave Durr 12 Rod Schwartz topped Berne with 17 markers, Phil Sprunger had 15 and Jim Hill 14. The Bears play the Pacers at Montpelier Friday night. . Bluffton FG FT TP Wasson 5 3 13 Absher ....—- 4 6 14 Milholland 0 4 4 Collins 10 2 22 Purkhiser 3 2 8 Durr 6 0 12 Totals 28 17 73 Berne FG FT TP Smith-3 0 6 Schwartz —— 8 1 17 Sprunger- 6 3 15 Hill 7 0 14 Von Gunten .. 4 0 8 Graber 0 0 0 Totals ...'..—— 28 4 60 Officials: Timmons, Carey. Preliminary Bluffton, 37-28.

Decatur CYA Wins Over Wabash, 49-42 The Decatur C.Y.A. basketball team nicked the Wabash C.Y.A. by a 49-42 count Sunday at the Wabash gym. Hie next game for the local players will be Sunday at the DCHS gym at 7 p.m. Hake led the winners with 20, assisted by Gross and Schultz, who added 12 and 11. respectively. Heimann tossed in six to round out the scoring. Wabash led at the half. 24-22.

College Basketball Notre Dame 71. Canisius 65. Anderson 100, Manchester 88. Hanover 87, Franklin 82 (overtime) Taylor 89, Concordia 66. Huntington 90, King’s College 73. Indiana Central 89, Central State 83. New York U. 67;. Duquesne 58. North Carolina State 87, Virginia 53. Georgia 66, South Carolina 65. Auburn 48, Georgia Tech 45. Miami <Fla.) ». Rollins 79. Texas Tech 82, Arkansas 79. Bradley 83, Seattle 80. Santa Clara 66, Texas A&M 55.

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Week's Schedules * For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Portland at Yellow Jackets Adams Central at Monroeville. Monmouth at Hoagland Berne at McotpMier Geneva at Albany Saturday Yellow Jackets at Elmhurst. Hartford at Monmouth Once-Beaten Teams Still Roll Along INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — East Chicago Washington. Indiana's third-ranking high school basketball power, was rolling toward another West NIHSC championship today, but Btoomington almost hit the skids against Bedford in the Southern Conference. Both powerhouses, beaten only once this season, rang up their 15th victories to lead Tuesday night action. The East Chicagoans made it eight in a row in the northern loop—also seven straight overall —by belting Hammond, 88-33. behind Ron Divjak's 24 points. Bloomington. No. 7 in the state, had a mighty struggle before subduing rival Bedford in double overtime, 85-83, for its 11th straight win. Six-foot junior Dick Bridgewater hit an 18-foot jump shot with 1:39 left in the sudden death period to win for the home club which trailed by 15 points in the third period. Btoomington, playing without ailing star Mickey Reeves, trailed 41-28 at the half, then went into a press that apparently unnerved the Stonecutters. Ron Brinegar tied the score at 77-all with 53 seconds left. Bedford, which has won only four games, was led by Ronnie Smith's 37 points. Also in the SIAC, Russ Grieger’s 25 markers paced Evansville Bosse to a 54-51 win over city foe Reitz and Central trounced North, 87-53, in another all-Evansville match. Jeffersonville of the South Central loop dumped Clarksville, 68-41, and Terre Haute Garfield remained perfect in the Western Conference with a 69-44 rout of Sullivan. Also upstate, sophomore Orsten Artis caged 34 points in Gary Froebel’s 78-72 win over Hammond Noll and Concord brought its record to 17-X by beating Baugo Twp., 59-45.

Dynamite Wired In Auto 01 Minister ATLANTA (UPD — A 36-year-old Baptist minister, who was aggravated by a “lump” on his back, stopped his automobile Tuesday night and found two sticks of dynamite in the upholstery of his car seat. The dynamite was wired to go off when the Rev. J. T. Robinson pressed his foot on the Jight switch to turn on his “bright headlights. / Rev. Robinson was returning to his home in Milstead, Ga., from a Bible class in Atlanta when he decided to stop at an ice cream parlor to get a milk shake and take a look at the ‘,‘lump” that was bothering him. Saved By Lights Robinson, who is pastor of the Milstead Baptist Church and the fattier of three, said his habit of not driving with his bright hghts on in the city limts probably saved his life. . Robinson said he was afraid to touch the wire and quickly telephoned police, who held back curious spectators. Det. Capt. J. L. Mosely, a bomb specialist, placed an ‘“to swd m front of him and dismantled the dynamite charge. Police sticks contained 60 per cent nitroglycerine. The device was taken to the state crime laboratory for further examination. -- Has Na Enemies Robinson theorized that the person “who wired the explosives must have picked the wrong can ••I can’t even imagine why anyone would want to make an at££p?7n my life.” he told United Press International. “As far as I know. I don’t have any enemies at Zked whether he had taken any stand on integration recently, Robinson said. “I stick to the Gospel. I have never preached any such message as that.

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Muncie Keeps Stranglehold On Top Rating INDIANAPOLIS »UFD - Und* tested Muncie Central. aJuMiUng for a perfect reason as well a* for a record fifth state Ulla, retained a atranglehold on find place tn the Indiana high acbool basketball ratings today. The United Proas IntornaUoMl coacbsa' board gave the big Bearcats coach Joha IxxtgfeUow 17 ftrrt-ptac* votes and two run-ner-up spots for 188 points It marked the seventh consecutive Ume thia season for Muncte In front of the pack The Bearcats get their biggest tost of the eMata Friday against runner-up Kokomo. with the North Central Con frrence crown riding with the winator. Kokomo, runner-up in the last state tourney, remained second for the fourth straight Ume with 143 points, but only three points separated second from fourth place. Atocha Climbs tut Chicago Washington stuck to third place with 142 points and Madison to fourth with 140. Eart Chicago and Madison split the two other first-place votes Gary Roosevelt was again fifth. Jasper and 'Btoomington. tops in the Southern Conference, remained sixth and seventh, respectively. Indianapolis Manual climbed from ninth to eighth and defending state champ Indianapolis Attacks from 11th to ninth following its 95-35 lacing of Martinsville Attacks previously ranked as high as second in this season’s ratings. Rushville skidded from eighth to 10th and Michigan City from 10th to 11th Voting was based on games through last Saturday. Bloomfield's three-time Wabash Valley titlists and South Bend St Joseph made the second 10 for the first time. Bloomfield Des New Csstie The breakdown, with first places and total points: 1. Muncie Central <l7> 188 2. Kokomo ----------J 43 3 E.Chicago Washington (1)142 4. Madison <l> J 49 5. Gary Roosevelt “J 6. Jasper ~ 7. Bloomington » 8. Indianapolis Manual « 9. Indianapolis Attacks 34 10. Rushville 11. Michigan City 19; 12. Indianapolis Tech 8; 13. New Castle, Bloomfield 3; 15. Fort Wayne. South. South Bend Adams, Gary Tolleston. Fort Wayne Central 2; 19. Gary Froebel, South Bend St. Joseph, Jeffersonville 1.

Tiger Jones Meets Will Greaves On TV CHICAGO (UPD— Middleweight Ralph “Tiger” Jones, who thinks he’s luck on TV and in Chicago, makes his 37th television appearance tonight, and Canadian champion Wilf Greaves plans to make it one of Jones’ saddest shows. • “It seems like the only fights I win are on TV,” Jones said. “Last year I had four fights. The two of them on TV I won, the two that weren’t I lost. But .1 know Ive won more fights overall on TV than I’ve lost.” T’ve been pretty fortunate in Chicago. The few fights I’ve had here have been good ones, with the exception of the Gene Fullmer one. Against Mickey Crawford. Sugar Ray Robinson and Bobo Olson, even if I lost to Olson. I had good fights.” Greaves, 24 years old compared to Jones’ 32,’ planned to change this attitude. He fought Jones once before, Sept. 14, isoo, in his 13th pro fight, and lost, on a hot night in Washington, D.C. “I think I’ve improved 500 per cent since then,” he said, and while I think he’s got more experience too and while he might be a little smarter, I imagine age has sort of crept up on him, and I don’t think he’ll be as agite or youthful as he was in the other of the scrappers have fought the current NBA 160 | pound champion, Fullmer, and both lost But Greves said he was now in better condition than when I fought Fullmer, so I think I can go all out, and Jones has got to be pretty tough to beat me.

High School Basketball Scottsburg 52, Mitchell 48. Jeffersonville 68, Clarksville. 41. Evansville Memorial 50, Fort Branch 48. Evansville Bosse $4, Evansville Reitz 51. Evansville Central 87, Evansville North 53, Evansville Rex Mundi 57, Mount Vernon 56 (overtime). Bloomington 85, Bedford 83 (double overtime). Terre Haute Garfield 69, Sullivan 44. Gary Froebel 78, Hammond Noll 72. Calumet 73, Gary Emerson 53. East Chicago Washington 88, Hammond 33. , - . North Judson 76, Washington-Clay 48. Springs Valley 99. Shawswick 86. Nappanee 62, Bremen 61. a ?

Warrion Close In On Boston Celtics By t tatted Free. I.teraaitoaal Wilt Chamberlain and the l*krt adelphia Warriors are ctastag la aa thoae front running »«-ton CaltkS Th* Celtics had a HtsUMif to- . surmountable lead in the Eastern , Dirtstaa es th* National Baakrt j ball Association a few weeks ago . but th* Warriors cut It to a mere i three games Tuesday nlM* Wbta I they beat th* Cincinnati Royals 109-107 and the Celtic* bowed to I the St Louis Hawks. 114-113. s< . Madison Square Garden. ! It was the third victory in as . many days tor the Warriors, who played last night at Philadelphia . after Sunday and Monday game* > on the West Coast i Chamberlain had 24 points and r rebounds He has scored 2.00* points so tar this reason and needs only 97 more to set a new NBA i ■tagte-scsson ihark. . Mm of Syracuse's 10 players . scored in double figures as the I Nationals whipped the New York i Knicks 119-108. in th* rther game i of th* New York double-beader , Dolph Schayes' >4 potato wore tops for Syracuse and Willie Naulls had 30 for New York.

Bowling Scores w*mea s Mafor League W L Pts. West End I ! 'a Two Brothers 6 3 * Shaffer s Restaurant - 5 4 • Mirror Inn 4 End Lumber - 5 4 6 Gene's Mobil 4 ’ ® Adams Trailer 4 ® “ Three Kings 4 Ideal Dairy 3 , * Smiths Pure Milk .... 2 7 2 High series: C. Seitz 530. L. Nelson 502. High games: C. Seitz 204-180, W. Schroeder 200. L. Nelson 189. A. Gage 183, F. Rowdon 179, J. Reidenbach 179. L. Call 178. M. Scheuman 178. V. Smith 179. M. Ladd 179, 178, B. Appelman 176. P. Affolder 171. Splits converted: D. Hoile 3-7-10, V. Gallmeyer 3-7. L. Nelson 5-7, D. Fraser 7-5. J. Mansfield 2-8-7. Classic League ' W L Pts. Don's Texaco Service 2 13 Decatur Farms 2 1 3 Budget Loan Co. 2 13 Peterson Grain Co. — 2 1 3 Ortho Shoe Clinic —- 2 13 Leland Smith Ins. .... 1 2 1 West End Restaurant 12 1 Acker Cement- 1 2 1 Kelly Dry Cleaners ..1 2 1 Gerber’s Super Mark. 1 2 1 High series: Jack Fawbush 601 (191-167-243). High games: J. Parent 231. RLad d 223. R. Mies 200, W. Tutewiler 201. F. Hoffman 200, D. Burke 223, L. Reef 205. G. Baumgartner 214, R. Werling 202, W. Snyder 225. V. Holsapple 211, P. Bleeke 202. G. E. CLUB ALLEYS G. E. Fraternal League W L West End Restaurant 9 0 Peterson Grain Co 6 3 Teeple Truck Lines 6 3 Red Men s 4 G. E. Club 1 8 Chic’s Cleaners 2— 0 9 200 scores: Baumgartner 224, Briede 227, Laurent 209-222-210. 600 series: Laurent 641 (209-222-210). ,

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Auburn Hands Georgia Tech Ist Loop Loss By HM MORIARTY Intad Preas hateraattanal Yom won't find A u bur I or Oaorge Washington listed among eottegc baakrttMll's top * ranked team* but they ra dangerou* ••apolkr*" in their own backyard* . ... i— Auburn handed »lxth • ranked Georgia Tech iU first Southeastern Conference iota of the aoo* ton 46-43 Tuesday night while George Washington applied Virginia Tech'* perfect record in the Southern Conference by gobbling up the Gobblers. 10M» Henry Hart played one of his greatest games for Auburn, scoring 20 points and dominating both backboards. It was the Tl gers' 28th consecutive victory on their home court and Tech's sixth straight toss to Auburn in three seasons Bradley Bumps Seattle

Jon Feldman scored 32 points and Dick Markowitz added 20 in leading the Colonials to their up- 1 set victory over Virginia Tech on their home court Bob Ayersman tallied 34 points for Virginia Tech, which now shares first place with West Virginia in the Southern Conference with 6-1 records. Third-ranked Bradley opened a taro-game West Coast tour by outlasting Seattle 83-60. and Santa Clara surprised ninth • ranked Texas A&M. 66-55 Irish Hot Mike Owens and Dan Smith each dropped in a pair of free throws in the final minute to earn Bradley its 15th virtory ta 16 games. Smith wound up with 20 points while Dave Mills paced Seattle with 22. Georgia nipped South C* l ?**?* 66-65. on a basket by John Johnson in the final minute and North Carolina State rolled to an 87-53 triumph over Virginia behind Dan Englehardt’s 24-point barrage. Notre Dame converted 54 per cent of its shots from the field m turning back invading <r* nis ‘ us ’ 71-65. Syracuse, sparked by John Mossey s 20 points, edged Conningham’s 18 points helped NYU to a 67-58 victory over Duquesne, and Texas Tech downed Arkansas. 82-79, in other major games.

Trout Stamps Are Now Available Here Trout stamps are now av ®’ at the county clerk s office in th courthouse in Decatur. to Richard D. Lewton. courity clerk. Lewton said the stamps arrived this morning and may be Purchased for the price of $2. No restriction is placed on the selling of stamps. Residents or non-residents alike may purchase the fishing stamps. Pro Basketball st. Louis 114, Boston 113. Syracuse 119. New York 102. Philadelphia 109. Cincinnati 107.

National Boat Show Will Open Friday CHICAGO 'UFI> * That "somaday aomehow” tever that attack* moat boat ato-w vUltora aprwda to exhibitor, at the ITO anneal Chicago Nation* 1 Boat Show lag Friday Twu tha more than W» tnod•l* expected at the 10-day «t>ow •re not yrt on the market, but they give a good idea of future design* In the water world A mahogany plywood 16 ■ footer, called the Jetstream, features retractable pitotaun* that lift Rw boat from the water when It* 75 horsepower motor tot* high speeds Another experimental number. Raymond txx-wy • designed X7O. shows a trim, long exterior broken only by a forward mast projection housing radar apparatus With hydrafoil* underneath, it boasts speeds in excess of S® knots. Moving from the experimental to the available along HMi miles of displays, there's a Jet jx»wcred runabout whose manufacturer expects to turn out 16.000 of them for sate this year. It can cruise along at 40 mites per hour, ruffling only the top three inches as water surface. Majority of the boats on display will be 14 to 16 foot runabouts, show spokesman Sam Blanton said. He promised "hundreds — in every color scheme imagio able ’

General MacArthur Reported Improving NEW YORK (UFD-Gen. Douglas MacArthur was reported im-| proving and further medica tests will be given today to see if surgery is necessary to correct a | prostate condition which has hospitalized him. The five-star general entered Lenox Hill Hospital Friday with an uncomfortable urinary ailment caused by a non-malignant swelling of the prostate gland. His cond ill o n has improved daily. Further medical tests are expected to show if surgery is Indicated. A decision is not expected for at least another 16 days, the Army said. MacArthur speaps more time each day out of bed. He sent for his favorite armchair from his Waldorf Towers apartment and was particularly pleased when it arrived, hospital authorities said. Hockey Results International League Fort Wayne 9, Indianapolis 1. Omaha 7, Milwaukee 5.

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Eddie Mathews First Os Brave Stan To Sign By FUD DOWN United Free* IHi* **■■■! General Man. gw Johmr McHale has landed Ms first one " and naw be hopes the <TOar Milwaukee Brave stars wifi Mart nllMlng at his bait Third baseman Eddie Mathew*, tha major leagues' boma run king, became the first of tha Milwaukee stars to agree to terms wtes bo signed Tuesday for an estimated too.ooo That represented an i»crease of about 616.666 as 6 reward for his .parkling comeback from a dreary 1*56 campaign The Brave* tost out in their tad for the National league pennant in their port-season Mayoff with the Loa Angeles Dodgers but It was no fautt of Mathewv He raised his avrrafe from JSI IMB to JOT and be beet <nst the Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banta for home run honors when he hit No. 46 tn the second playoff The Kan... CRy ported taro key winter acittttaa* to the fold With the strung of y fielder Norm Siebern and pftener Bob Trowbridge The third of the Detroit Tigers big pitching four was corralled when Jim Running returned his 1960 contract Banning had • 1713 record and ted the American League with 201 strikeouts. The Yankees revealed they have signed pitched Bill Bethel, who had a 13-11 record at Omaha; EM tail iJeiA’ort. and George Haney, who find ate 1 slate at Kearney. N<l, ta All - Rookie Leafu\r»i*ini their satisfied list to nine The Pittsburgh Ptrates signed southpew pitchers Don Gross. who had a 1-1 mark with them tost season, and Fred Green. .with Columbus in the International League, giving them nine player* signed and accounted for. 1 Third-baseman Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms for a sum estimated at slightly over 616.000.

Larry Sherry Wins 'Babe Ruth Axa'd' NEW YORK <UPI> — Larry Sherry, who won two gatnef and saved two others for the Log Angeles Dodgers in their World Series triumph < 1»59. today was named wtonerV the "Babe Ruth Award" as the outstanding player of the series. The award, voted to Sherry by the New York chafer of the Baseball Writers Assn, of America, will be presented to the Dodger hurler in the pre-game ceremonies on June 27 when the Dodgers and the New York Yankees meet in an Exhibition game at Yankee Stadium. Sherry pitched a total of 12% innings in the series, giving up only four hits and one run.