Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 25 February 1960 — Page 7

IhUMDAY. FBAAUAAY M. 19*

Hartford Gorillas And Adam# Central Winners In Sectional Openers

9 By Pete BeyaeMs ■ The Hertford Gortllae and Ad ■an» Central Greyhounds emerged ■iictorlmie In opening games <tf the ■ Adams Central seettoosl tourney ■ wcdn< sday night before a near ea■parity bouse ■ The Gorillas eliminated the Dr ■ r.tur Catholic Commodores MM ■ m the tourney opener, and the ■ (.rerbounda ousted the Geneva ■ Cardinals. 82 45. m the nightcap I first round play will be conclud ■,4 »itt> a pair of contests tonight |ln the opener al 7 o clock. the ■ pleasant Milla Spartans will tangle ■ with the Decatur Yellow Jackets. ■ defending sectional champions ■ The second game will send the ■ Monmouth Eagles against the ■ heavily favored Berne Bears. I There will be no tickets for sale ■ at the gym tonight, as all ducata I for the session were sold out Wedfl nesday. I No games will be played Friday. ■ under the two-bracket setup, with I tomorrow devoted to the sale of I tickets for the Saturday sessions I to the four schools still in the runI ning. I Hartford and Adams Central will I meet in the first semi-final at 1 I o'clock Saturday afternoon, followI ed by the winners of tonight s two I contests. I The championship game will be I played at 8 15 p.m Saturday beI tween the Saturday afternoon winI ners. ( Commodores Ousted ’Tjlte Commodores never held the lead as they bowed to the Gorillas in the tourney lid-lifter. Tom Moser hit the first.basket of the game, and Jim Heimann collected his only two-pointer of the night for a 2-2 tie after two minutes of play. The Commodores were only two paints in arrears at 10-8 with 50 seconds to go in the first quarter, but a three-point play by Phil Hoover gave the Gorillas a 14-9 advantage at the end of the period The Decatur lads twice pulled, within three points in the second quarter but could get no closer and Hartford walked off the floor at the half with a 26-18 bulge. The Gorillas beat back ever* Commodores challenge throughout the rest of the game. Hartford’s lead was cut to five points at the end of the third pericd, 37-32. and the Commodores moved to within four at 47-43 with 3:50 of the game to play, but the Gorillas stayed ahead from four to as many as nine points, with the Commodores cutting it to the final two-point margin just before the final buzzer. The game developed into a twoman scoring duel, with Phil Hoover taking the honors with 29 points, while Don Baker closed out a great high school career with 28 markers for the losing Commodores. Hartford won the game at the foul line as the Commodores outscored their opponents from the field, 1917. Hartford converted 21 of 34 free throws, the Commodores 15 of 28. There were 24 personals and two technicals called on the Commodores, 20 personals on the GOrillas. - Hartford lost Gene Grogg on fouls, the Comrhodores Steve Omlor and Jim Heimann. Greyhounds Advance The Adams Central Greyhounds, after trailing until late in the second quarter, bounced back after the half-time intermission to eliminate the Geneva Cardinals, 62-45. After an early 2-2 tie, the Cardinals went ahead and had built up a 16-11 lead at the end of the first

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quarter Larry Foreman’s field . goal al IM of the second quarter put Adams Central ahead for the first Ume, 25-M, and Ite Greyhounds had a IM4 advantage at the half The Cardinals were limited to only eight points in the third quarter. while the Greyhounds scored 18 o take a 41-32 advantage into , the final eight minutes of play. TYic Greyhounds continued to Increase their margin throughout the final quarter to take the victory by the 17-point bulge. Larry Foreman copped scoring honors aa the big Greyhound center poured in 23 points. 14 in the second half He was given fine scoring assistance by Jerry Hirschy. who wound up with 17 markers. Larry Baumer topped Geneva with IT, followed by Sheldon Dynes with 13 and Larry Laux with 10. Hartford * FG FT TP Hoover ® 1 3-13 29 Wittwer 2 3-5 7 Moser 4 34 11 P. Habeggcr 12-5 4 Grogg 16-12 Runkel 10-9 2 Totals 17 21-34 55 Commodores FG FT TP Jim Heimann 11-3 3 8. Omlor i 3 *-10 1* Gross 2 I‘ 2 Baker 10 8-8 28 J. Omlor 0 6-0 0 Kohne 1 !-*• 3 Blythe 0 6-0 0 Jerrv Heimann 0 0-0 0 Reed — 0 6-0 0 Lose 0 0-1 0 Totals 19 15-28 53 Score b? quarters: Hartford - 14 26 37 55 Commodores .... 9 18 32 53 Officials: Butts, Farrar. Adams Central FG FT TP : Brown —- 2 1-2 3 Hirschy -— 6 1 “ I Foreman H I** 23 I Striker - 2 0-3 4 Steiner 3 5-8 11 J. Funk 1 04 2 L. Funk — 0 0-6 0 Knittie 0 0-0 0 : Strickler 0 6-0 0 Schwartz— 0 0-0 0 Totals 23 12-25 62 Geneva FG FT TP J. Baumer 0 0-10 Sprunger 1 « 3 L. Baumer < *• Dynes - 4 5-6 13 Laux * 2 ‘ 3 10 Toland 0 0-10 Moser —- 0 0-0 0 Lehman 0 0-0 0 Norr 1 °-° 2 Totals .... 17 H-19 45 Score by quarters: Adams Central .I; 28 41 62 Geneva - 16 24 32 45 Officials: Farrar, Butts. Two Os Bloomfield's Players Have Measles BLOOMFIELD. Ind. <UPI> — Bloomfield, the winningest team in the Indiana prep tourney sectionals with a 24-1 record, prepared for its state tourney opener Friday night with its two big players in bed with the measles. Officials said it was doubtful whether 6-4 Jack Spinks and 6-3 Dan Roach would be able to play in their team’s opener.

Tourney Notes Ry Bah Wall To open the sixth wctkmsl beeItrtball U»urncy at Adams Central last night, moat of the fans were wondering if Berne could be (topped. and if Decatur's Yellow Jackets were the team to (top them —oOo— Adams Central and Hartford fans were pretty insistent that they might have a word or two to say in matter, as well. —oOo— To begin with and to never say another word in this column again about the officiating, it would be beat to say that the two fellows out there on opening day just had a bad night For three quarters of the opening ball game, they called a pretty good game, a little heavy on the whistle, but fairly consistent The presurc, however, took its toll in the last four minutes. and Butts and Farrar lost no composure but a little of the skill that they had shown earlier. Tourney-wise, rebounding took a prominent role in both contests as did foul shooting. Off the boards, big Larry Foreman, Greyhound center, grabbed 15 to lead in that department His team captured a total of 32. which was second to date, to Decatur Catholic, which took 33 of during its loss to Hartford Center. Foul-wise, we must approach that tender topic of technical fouls. Commodore coach Al Lindahl took two in that hectic fourth period, but *as certainly not entitled to the first one. After Steve Omlor had fouled out, Lindahl was instructing a substitute on some strategy. The shorter of the two officials blew the technical while Lindahl was still issuing me lad last second instructions It is the opinion of this-column that a coach has that right. In a tight contest, he should have the right to give a new man a few seconds of directed talk. The official did not warn the coach, he did not walk over and tell him to hurry, he just blew the foul—and you can take that any way you like it. Gene Grogg, of Hartford, was the first player to sit out the sectional because of fouls, when he had his fifth blown at 6:32 of the fourth quarter against the Commodores. Besides Steve Omlor, the Commodores also lost Jim Heimann on fouls Hartford had 18 fouls called, while DCHS had 22. And the Gorillas sewed up the game at the free throw stripe. Geneva's Cardinals bowed as they looked like a team with only four men. The loss of guard Doyle Long, who sat glumly on the bench with his knee in a cast and crutches at his side, was too much for the little school to match. Shooting-wise, Hartford netted 17 of 56 for 30 per cent; the Commodores had 19 of 68 for 28 per cent; Geneva had 18 of 55 for 32 per cent, and the Greyhounds led with 24 of 60 for a tough 40 per cent. Mistakes—Greyhounds, only 4; Cardinals. 8: Commodores and Gorillas both 8. For a final tribute to Don Baker, two-time county scoring champ, who played his last ball game for the green and gold last night. We think that the Commodore guard is the best player in the county, and could star at any northeastern Indiana high school, including Fort Wayne. Baker, who has the softest touch from 15-26 feet away, got to driving in his last few ball games, and should become quite an asset to any medium-sized college in the country. In the annual Holthoues Drug Co. sectional contest, Berne was the heavy favorite to capture the right to enter the Fort Wayne regional. Os the 1,200 entries, 55 per cent tabbed the Bears as the likely winner. Adams Central followed with 19 per cent and local fans backed the Jackets. 16 per cent. Hartford, still very much alive, had only 1 per cent backing as did Monmouth. The 6 per cent

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Stale Champ Attacks Loses To Shortridge INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-CrUpns Attacks’ wVrn-jtMr monopoly ot the Indianapolis high school basketball scene lay shattered today, but moat of thr other ' name' teams were just warming up as sectional warfare in the state tourhrv spread tn all 64 Centers Although given <dly an mitsldr chance to retain their state title. ' the Flying Tigers were shot down by flred-up Indianapolis Shorti ridgr before nearly 15.000 Buller Fieldhouse fans Wednesday night. 89-58. setting the stage for the I crowning of a new "King of the Hoosier Madness ” Attucks and 136 other hopefuls for 64 sectional titles to be awarded Saturday night were eliminated on the first day of the golden anniversary state tourney, and 149 others from an original field of 694 will call it quits by tonight. West NIHSC champion East Chicago Washington. No. 4 in the state, had an afternoon date with Hammond Tech, the 1940 state champion Tonight, games involving season-long powerhouses include Jasper Ireland at* Huntingburg, Indianapolis Manual-Green-field at • Southport. RooseveltTollestonsat Gary, and Blooming-ton-Mooresville at Martinsville. Shortridge Never Trailed Three-time state champ Attucks. 15-5 for the season and ninth In the final United Press International coaches’ ratings, couldn't match inspired Shortridge, which raced to a 7-0 lead- The Blue Devils. 58-57 winners over Attucks I during the season, led at all stops and refused to be demoralized when Attucks tied the score at 131-31 early in the third period. Ray Satterfield. Paul Henry and Lou Williams were the sparkplugs who drove time and again through ’Attacks’ defense. And when they lined up for the final period with Shortridge leading. 56-36. the huge I crowd sensed that Attucks, sectional titlist for seven consecutive years, was about to abdicate. Henry had 16 points and Satterfield 15, while Don Swift of- Attucks was high with 17. Lack of defense aftd a slow start led to Attacks’ downfall, thought coach Bill Garrett. Shortridge's jubilant coaches, Cleon and Bob King, said it was a team effort, good rebounding and scouting that kept their i team in the running. I It also was sweet revenge for last year's 63-62 loss to Attucks in the local sectional semi-finals. Lee Hits 52 Third-rated Madison, with topranking and tourney favortie Muncie Central the only unbeatens l in the month-long grind, ran its winning streak to 19 at the exIpense of Austin at Scottsburg, 86-43. Harold (Busteri Briley canned 34 points for the Cubs, who won as they pleased. New Castle, conqueror bf highlyregarded Kokomo last Friday, showed its prowess by smashing Lewisville and state scoring champion Marion Pierce, 94-59. Johnny Lee pumped in 52 points for the Trojans, probably tops for the night, while Pierce was held to 36. In all, seven defending sectional winners bowed out. Martinsville, a three-time state champ but winner only twice durin the season, was upended by Eminence in the tourney’s first triple overtime, 66-58. A pair of freethrows by Dave Leonard put the skids under the Arlesians on their home floor. Attica lost to Perrysville at Williamsport. 69-63; Williamsburg shaded Hagerstown at Richmond. 60-59, on Bob Hall's jump shot with eight seconds left; Gary Chesser’s layup with four seconds to go gave Evansville Central a 64-62 thriller over city foe Bosse, whose Russ Grieger poured in 35 points; Dunkirk, which whipped Hartford City by 28 points during the season, lost to the Airedales at Portland, 62-59. and host Salem lost to Morgan Twp., 58-49. Highland is 21-1 Bosse and Coal Creek Central, which lost to Crawfordsville, 66-54, were other former state champs to be sidetracked, and Attucks was the first regional titleholder to be bouneed. - Little Highland made it 21-1 and 13 in a row for the season, reaching the sectional semi-finals by besting Dyer and Hammond Clark at East Chicago Hammond also passed its first two tests at East Chicago, thanks to a 76-66 upset over city foe Noll. Jack Belcher’s 40 points piloted Springs Valley, state finalist two years ago, to an 88-60 rout Birdseye at Huntingburg. At Muncie, Yorktown's Delaware County champions couldn’t lick Gaston for the third timejn one season and were derailed, 55.49. At Elkhart, somebody pulled a switch by mistake and plunged the fieldhouse into darkness. The boner was rectified quickly, however, and Middlebury spanked Penn, 65-61. *»!>■ . who backed Geneva and the 2 per cent, who chose the Commodores, have fallen by the wayside. The traffic count for the Decatur Daily Democrat-Citizens Telephone Co. score service totalled 1,738 calls for the first night.

Outlines Sectional Ticket Sale Plan II Yellow Jackets Win Hugh J Andtrws. Dvcetur high .ch...1 priori psi this morning that in rvvni the Yellow Jackets win their sectional tourney opr net tonight that tickets for the Saturday leiiludi will Ik on sate to Decatur season ticket holders Friday. The tickets priced at II for both sessions. will be available at the high school office dining regular school hours Friday, and Friday night fmm 7 to 8 o ctock Tickets will br sold to season ticket holder* first, and in event any remain, they will go to the general public Number of tickets available will not be determined until after tonight's session. Hockey Results National league Detroit 2, New York 2 'tie». Toronto 3. Montreal I. International League Fort Wayne 6. St Paul 5. Indianapolis 5. Toledo 4 (overtime >. College Basketball Valparaiso 83. Wheaton 77 Western Michigan 87, Bowling Green 85 Dayton 91, Xavier <O.> 82 Oklahoma 59. Oklahoma State 53. St. Bonaventure 76. Duquesne 70. Villanova 74. Toledo 52 South Carolina 66. Clemson 65. Louisville 74. Murray State 67. Held On Charge Os Disorderly Conduct The Adams county sheriff's department arrest report this morning showed that Theodore Mihm, 53. of Pleasant Mills, was jailed Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. on charges of disorderly conduct and assault and battery on a complaint by Mrs. Mihm. A hearing on the case is slated for city court Monday at 10 a m. The defendant is being kept at the county jail in lieu of posting a bond ***■**■ ■■ — •‘We only have two worries: If we can pull the play off, and that the referee doesn’t catch us at it!”

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Kansas State Moves To Lead In Big Eight By tlnHod Pre** tetertiaUoMl Kansan B»air to going all out to assure the hometown fan* of a I focal entry for tlw NCAA'a Mi«l writ regmnal baakc-tlwll hnirna manl al Manhattan, Kan. March 11. The Wildcat*, bidding for their third straight Big Eight Confer cnee crown. U«»k over undisputed possession of Brat place In the league W*dne«l«' night by whipping Kanaa*. ®-ST Kansas State atoned for a prevloua lota to the Jayhawk* thi* reason by grabbing an early advantage and staying ahead all the way. Tournament tension continues to build tonight a* West Virginia open* its bld for the Southern Conference berth in the NCAA and Utah and Utah State fight for the Skvllne Conference crown Coach Fred Schaug ha* virtually written hi* »i«th-rankcd Mountaineer* Into the NCAA Eastern regionala. ••It would take an awfuly good club to keep u* from the UUc," Schau* said a* Wert Virginia met Whwtat* Military Institute in an opening round of the Southern Conference tourney Utah plays Brigham Young and Utah State plays Montana as they prep for their all-important meeting this Sturday St Bonaventure and Villanova, having secured NIT bids, romped to victory in other big games Wednesday night The Bonnies, paced by Tom Stith s 29 pomta. downed Duquesne. 78-70. whl '*’ sophomore Hubie White canned » points in Villanova s 74-52 decision over Toledo. In other games. South Carolina nipped Clemson. 66-65; ®{ t !® ho T. a beat Oklahoma State, 59-53. Joseph's <Pa> routed Buckncll 83-63- Dayton defeated Xavier (Ohio), 91-82; and Syracuse won over Colgate, 83-71. - • fro Basketball Boston 131. Minneapolis 110. Cincinnati 124, St Louis 122. Detroit 128, Syracuse 110. Bowling Scores Sportsman’s Legaue W L Pts. Limbertost Archery -.12 3 17 Decatur Lumber Co. .11 4 15 Brazills Knights ...J— 10 5 13 Bills Corner 9 6 11 Moose 1 8 11 Kof C. 7 8 9 Uhrick Bros. Furn. -.6 9 8 Chamber of Commerce 6 9 7 Lengerich Butchers .69" Hurst Cigar Store ... 1 14 1 High games — D. Lengerich 208. D Macklin 201. G. Hodle 201, J. Brazill 201, J. Kohne 209. High series—D. Macklin 541, P. Hodle 530, J. Meyer 539, J. Kohne 528

Continue City Golf League As Last Year Luke Majreki pro manager of the Decatur Golf reurso. snnounc nd Urtay that a tecent pnU taken among player* who participated la the city gruf league tert summar indicated preterenre to operate the league under th* same procedure a* teat year Three question* ware included in the qursttonnalrea Tb® flrrt '*w a»kvd If the player* favored apersting a* In the part, and the ratio waa 5 to 4 to favor of change Ninety-five per cent of the que* Uonnsires were returned The second question outlined a proposed new lyitrm, and the third query had reference to the golf axuociaUon Ma)<>rki stated that replies •bowed con»ldcrabk• Interest to the golf association and It to hoped to make progress on this line this year A meeting of captain, of tost year’s league teams will be held In the near future to determine rule* and price awards. Plans ar£ now being made to set up the schedule with eight teams, which will be sponsored.

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Sectional Scores A* AAaass Csearal Harttord Canter M. ttoeater Catholic u Adam* C entral tt. Geneva 41 Ai Fart Wayna Fort Wayne North 77. Wcodlaa • Hartan M Areata •» <*vsrdtes>. Huntertown M. Hoagland M Al Fertiaad Mantprltet 44. ItoU 4J Panov ills « Portland 84 Hartford City < Dunkirk M. Al Charrt-re Churubusco Auburn 55 Angola 11. Ashley * Al Garret* Orland • Salem Cooter 41 Hamilton M Fremont M Al tatateMs CHy Pierceton 77, Milford 17. Columbia City 73. Claypool 50 I r will 71. Sidney 42 At Rantlagtea Huntington 74. Jefferson Twp 33. Andrew* ®. Itoaaoke M. At KeadaUvflhUgonlrr 87. Sprlngftoid Twp. 55. Kendallville 71. Avilla 44 Rome City 44. LaGrange M