Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 58, Number 297, Decatur, Adams County, 17 December 1960 — Page 7

Decatur Yellow Jackets Edge Columbia City By 69-68 Score Friday Night

A scrappy little band of Yellow Jackets, after seeing a 10-point half-time lead fritter away to a five-point deficit at the end of three quarters, rallied brilliantly in the final minute to snatch a 69-68 victory away from the bigger Columbia City Eagles at the Decatur gym Friday night. It was the Yellow Jackets’ third in seven starts and their first Northeastern Indiana conference win in two tries. Decatur ran to a 21-14 lead at the first quarter, and built their advantage to 10 points at 42-32 at the half. All of Decatur’s starters contributed to the good first half, led by Tom Grabill with 12 points and John Cowan with 11. But the Jackets went into a startling tailspin in the third quarter, scoring only six points on one field goal each by Denny Bollenbacher, Cowan and Ken Bleeke. I The Eagles, meanwhile, got 11! points from Tom King, eight from I Ron Eberhard and two from Lynn Barnes to rush into a bulge entering the final eight?minutes of play. Eberhard’s ninth fielder of the game boosted the Eagles’ lead to 55-48 but the Jackets came to life and slowly whittled away, finally taking the lead at 57-58 On Grabill’s pair of free throws with 6:30 to. go. The lead see-sawed until Larry Harvey hit his only basket of the game and Dennis Cornelius followed with another two-pointer for' a 68-65 Columbia City teat) with slightly more than a minute'to play. Tom Grabill then one of his favorite jump shout and on the pass in from out of bounds, stole the ball and scored on a layup for a 69-68 Decatur lead. The Eagles lost the ball on a violation with 48 seconds to play. The Jackets kept control of the ball until Cowan was fouled with eight seconds to play. John missed the free throw but in the battle for the rebound, two Eagles knocked the ball out of bounds and time ran out before the Jackets could put the ball into play. Grabill led the Yellow Jackets with 20 points, Cowan tallied 15, ■•Max Eichenauer 11 anADeraey Bollenbacher K Eberhard was outstanding for the Eagles with 28 points and King added 16. Decatur outscored Columbia City from the field, 29-25, but the Eagles converted 18 of 28 free throws, the Jackets 11 of 21. The Jackets travel to Bluffton Tuesday to tangle with the Tigers in another NEIC contest. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP -Bqllenbacher 5 0 10 Walters ._ 3 17 Cowan . 6 3 15 Eichenauer 4 3 nl Grabill ~ 8 4 20 Bleeke 2 0 4 1 Knodel 10 2 Townsend 0 0 0 TOTALS ..... 29 11 69 Columbia City FG FT TP. Eberhard .11 a 28 Kin« - .5 6 16 Johnson 10 2 ■Harvey 1 0* 2 C°° k - - 2 3 7 Barnes 2 0 4 Cornelius 2 15 Zumbrum 12 4 TOTALS 25 18 68 Officials: Braden, Dienelt. — Preliminary Decatur, 49-40. Lakers Buy Johnson From Detroit Pistons DETROIT (UPI) — The Detroit Pistons Friday sold rookie forward Ron Johnson to the Los Angele; Lakers, trimming their roster to the National Basketball Association limit erf 11. Piston General Manager" Nick Kerbaway said that Johnson, who played his collegiate ball at Minnesota, was sold for “considerably more than the waiver price.”

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Eagles Rally To Beat Owls Friday Night The Monmouth Eagles, staging a great second-half comeback, scored their fifth consecutive win and their sixth in seven games as they defeated the Bryant Owls, 4742. at the Bryant gym Friday night. Bryant held a 15-8 lead at the i first quarter and a 29-19 bulge at the half. But the Eagles trailed by only three points at the third perI iod. 36-33, and limited the Owls to Only six points in the final quarter | to come home with the victory. Don Brown topped the Eagles j with 16 points and Loren Bieber- ' ich scored 13. Haffner led Bryant 15, followed by Orr with 10. j Monmouth will battle the Commodores at the Decatur gym Tuesday night. i ' ■’ ’. 'J Monmouth FG FT TP Miller 0 0 0 Braun ................ 2 3 7 Bieberich 6 1 13 Fuhrman Oil Kolter 3 0 6 Scheumann .......A.i 6 0 0 Brown ...., 7 2 16 Carr 0 0 0 Spencer . 12 4 Singleton 0 0 0 Totals 19 9 47 Bryant FG FT TP Orr .5 .0 10 Hartnagel 0 A 0 0 Garlinger .3 0 6 Haffner 6 3 15

Montgomery ..1.....’. 2 0 4 Sipe 3 f 7 < Gearhart -» 0 0 0 ’ . / Totals .... 19 4 42 Officials: Swager, Smith. ! Preliminary < Monmouth, 35-27. Favor Rodriguez In TV Fight Tonight * NEW YORK (UPI) — Speedy S Luis Rodriguez of Cuba is favored I at 8-5 to beat slick Emile Griffith I of New York tonight in their fight I for a March shot at the welter- ( weight crown. I This 10 - rounder at Madison S Square Garden between the two ( best young contenders will be televised nationally by ABC at 10 p.m. I E.S.T. H ■k Vlt ■B / i UK if "PLAYING OVER HIS HEAD” is Y photo. CoWan wasn’t playing over the word though, as he helped D< from his new found pivot position and Bob Walters of the Jackets a

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South Whitley Winner Friday Over Hartford The Hartford Gorillas suffered their seventh loss of the season Friday night, dropping a 63-47 decision to the tough South Whitley quintet, 63-47, at the South Whitley gym. South Whitley, hitting well over 60 per cent of its shots, led at all periods, 19-11, 31-22 and 47-38. Wright, of the winners, topped all scorers with 25 points. Smith tallied 15 points and Bayman 13 for South Whitley. Gene Grogg led the Gorillas with 15 points and Phil Habegger scored 11. The Gorillas will play at Jackson Thursday night. South Whitley FG FT TP Schwartz ...- 2 0 4 Sims ..... 0 2~> Wright ..... 11 3 ft Bayman _..x ..... 6 1 13 Bowers 10 2 Bresnahan I’o 2 Smith ... 71 15 Totals 28 7 63 Hartford FG FT TP Wanner Oil R. Habegger .... 4 0 8 Fields t*._u 2 0 4 Zuercher 3 0 6 Grogg ..... 6 3 15 P. Habegger .......... 5 1 11 Byrum 1 0 2 Totals ... ... 21 5 47 Preliminary South Whitley, 49-28. Pro Basketball St Louis; 112; Philadelphia 107. Cincinnati 130, Los Angeles 116. New York 108, Detroit 104. Bowl Schedule Ladies Minor League W L Pts. Citizens Telephone . 25% 16% 34% Kent Realty 25 17 34 Petrie Oil 23% 18% 33% Krick Tyndall 23 19 30 Gerardot Standard _22 20 30 Treon’s 22 20 29 First State Bank 21% 20% 28% Burke Insurance .. 20 22 26 Arnold Lumber .... 17% 24% 21% Pastime Music .... 10 32 12 High games: J. Smith 161, B. Webster 164, B. Bucler 160, L. Clay 173-181-164, N. Bodie 182, V. Williasaaon 172, K. Conrad 161, BL Frauhiger 164. Splits converted: L. Clay 6-7, J. Smith 3-6-7, P. Schaadt 5-10, J. Olalde 5-7, H. Graber 3-10. High series: L. Clay, 518. Rural League W L Pts. Pioneer Drive Inn .29 16 39 Sheets Furniture .. 27% 17% 37% Steckley’s "GG” .. 27 18 35 Kldhk’s 26 19 33 McConnells 24 21 32 Hair Cut Center .... 21 24 31 Community Oil .... 21 24 28 Indiana & Michigan 19% 25% 26% Shaffer's Restaurant 16 29 21 Chet’s Sinclair .... 14 31 17 500 series: C. Jones 568, L. Biens 503, L. Chrisman 522. r- on ■ * > 1 ’ 'fl I fellow Jacket John Cowan in this ir his head in the actual sense of Jecatur to victory with 15 tallies h. Ron Eberhard of the Eagles are watching at the left. (Photo by Bob Theobald.)

Pittsburgh Pirates Take Bobby Shanti By United Press Internattonnl The world champion Pittsburgh ■Pitoates ha&ed ithe lacquisittan of ptt'cbw Bobby Shantz today as toe shot to ithe arm ithey’M need to “finish where we did last season " Shante, ithe Bttle 35-year-odd left-hander used in reßef by toe American League champfr i New York Yankees in 1960, w>as packed up from (the new Wachingtcn Senators Friday night in exchange for (three minor Jeeugue players. The trade, only the second made Friday, beat the toterleague 'trading deadline by two houris. Four hours eairiier, toe Yankees purchased Danny McDevitt, another left-banded piiitcher, from (the Las Angeles Dodgers tor an unannounced amount of cash and a minor league player to be delivered ait a later, date. ..To get Rhanri, picked up Wednesday in the special AL draft far (the two new clubs, the Pi atieis gave up first baseman R.C. Stevens, third baseman Harry Bright and pitcher Benny Daniels to the Senators. “We made this trade because we want to finteh where we did Ja'St season,” said a jubilant Joe Brown, general manaigieir of toe world ctaimptans. “We. gave up quite ia tqt to get Shawtz and fails aeqisis.ltfcn will give up the best bullpen in baseball." Sharatg, who compiled a neat 2.78 canned run average in 68 innings of work with (toe Yankees during the i 960 season, to expected to join such (relievers as Roy Face, Clem Labine and Fred Green to toe Pirates bullpen. MdDevjtrt, who bad an 0-4 record with the Dodgers last season, was picked up as a replacement for Shante. The Yankees tost Eli Grba and Duke Maas along with Shantz in the special draft to stock the Senators end Los Angeles Angels. Danny, a native New Yorker, first joined the Dodgers in 1957 and had his best season with Los Angeles to 1959 when he won 10 and lost 8. Used primarily as a reliever, McDevitt worked in 23 games in 1960, aHowing 51 hits to 53 innings and had a 4.25 era. i

Bears Defeat Cardinals For Eight In Row Berne's rampaging Bears made it eight victories without a defeat Friday night, whipping the Geneva Cardinals, 62-40, on the Geneva floor. It was the Cardinals' fourth setback in seven games. Bettie, after a stow first quarter, held an 11-6 advantage, which the Bears boosted to 32-10 at the half and 51-22 at the third period. Berne again showed well-bal-anced scoring. Rod Schwartz was high with 12 points, followed by Jerry Nussbaum and Stan Augsburger with 10 each. Larry Moser, of toe Cardinals, was high scorer for both quintets with 14 points, but had little help from his mates. , The Bears host the tough Leo Lions at Berne tonight, and will tgain be without Dick Smith, regular forward, who is ill with the /nun-ipe. The Cardinals will play' it Pleasant Mills Tuesday night. Berne • ■■■» FG FT TP E. Inniger 3 17 Nussbaum 3 4 10 Zeigler 10 2 Schwartz 5 2 12 Habegger 3 0 6 Augsburger 3 4 10 Baumgartner 3 2 8 Herman 2 0 4 Renner 113 Sprunger 0 0 0 F. Inniger 0 0 0 Totals 24 14 62 Geneva FG FT TP Baumer o—40 —4 4 Norr 2 2 6 Sprunger 10 2 Yoder 13 5 Mann 0 0 0 Toland 3 0 6 Moser - T ...... 4 6 14 Newcomer 0 0 0 Lehman 11 3 McGough 113 | Totals ... 13 14 40 Officials: Terveer, Reynolds. Preliminary Geneva, 30-29.

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Packers Seek West Division Crown Today By NORMAN MILLER United Press International The Green Bay Packers set out to cttnch the Nwtfowai Football League's Western Divtfewn chempftXMtrtp Saturday before a nationwide television avdkmoe that will include three r.*vad NFL te*ns rcOtifeg.ftir the underdog Los Angeles Rams. Members of (the Baltimore Colts San Fnanciocb Forty Ninens end Detroit Lions will be buddled around TV screens when toe Packers-Rams game is shown from Los Angeles over the CBS network starting around 4:35 p.m. EOT. If toe 10Vi-po:<rtt favored Packers win, they’ll dLinah their first Western Division teUe since 1944 and Quwkfy to ptay toe Philadelphia Eagles for the NFL crown Dec. 26 at PhdtatMphte. If the injury - riddled Rams should sprung an upset—ns they did last weekend against Baitimoro—the Western Division race could wind up in a three-team toe that would delay the championstolp game .until Jen. 8. Colts, Frisco Meet Bai’femrore, San Francusco and Defeat are tied for second place with 6-5 records, Just one game behind the Packers. The Colts and Forty Njneirs menb at San Francisco Sunday while the Lions are at home eigs-tast the Chicago Bears. Baltomore wa<s favored by 5 .pcisrtts end Detroit by 4%. Meanwhile, the Eagles, who ■clinched the Eastern Division title ,itwo weeks ago, will be rooting for the Packers to wto so they can gat down to toe business of the title playoff as soon as possible. Coach Buck Sha w of the Eagles felt itbart a tong delay awaiting toe settlement of the Western Divtoiicn race would cause his players to lose their fine edge. Philiadelphca was picked by 7 pcinJts over the Redskins at Washington,; M-Wtag dtovlsland Browns were favored by 1% points over the New York Gdiaimts in ithie game that will decide .second phaoe in the Eastern Divistan, lend (the St. Louis Cardinals were | •the choice by 1 point at tome iagainst ‘the (PMsbwngh Steelers. Three AFL Games In the Amei.LCEin For'.ball League, where dte Houston Oilers and Lob Angelas Chargers have wen the division titles and will meet for the championship Jan. 1 at Houstcn, there were tonee games winding up toe regular WBSBUrf A Houston was at home to the Boston Patriots, Las Angeles was host to the New York Tj'ans and ■the Dallas Texans met 'the visiting Buffalo Bulls. The Oakland Raiders played the Denver Bronco’s Friday night. The close Western Division race and the Browns-Gi'ants nmnenvp battle was a boon to NFL laittendence. Crowds of 60,000 were expected to watch the games at Los Angeles, New York and Ban Francisco, .while more than 50,000 were expected ®t Detroit. Les Angeles comes up to the Packers game in a severely batnged-up condition. Quarterback Frank Ryan and end Del Shafner have (been placed on the injured jinactive Jisß; defensive ends Gene Brito and Lou Michaels are doubtful Ei'iiirtens, and four other players are 'injured or ill. The Rams wen .this searon’s earlier meeting to Green Bay, 33-31, when the Packers tent the ball seven times by Humbles or taiencepi.iiuns. Hockey Results International League Fort Wayne 4, St. Paul 4 (overtime tie). ‘Toledo 4, Muskegon 3. Minneapolis 7, Indianapolis 3.

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Saturday Leo at Berne. Pleasant Mills at Petroleum. ” • . ■ ■ Ossian Beats Adams Central Friday Night The Ossian Bears, hitting 52 per cent from the field, took a hardfought 73-60 victory from the Adams Central Greyhounds at Ossian Friday night. The game was close all the way with Ossian leading at the periods, 16-14, 38-28, and 56-46. Adams Central pulled, to within six points late in the ball game, but Ossian dumped in seven straight points to put the game on ice. Archbold, who had not scored more than seven points in a ball game all year, led the Ossian scoring with 20 points, hitting nine of eleven from the field. Buuck and Kreigh chipped in with 16 and 10 respectively. Claude Striker led the Greyhound scoring with 22 tallies, 12 of them coming from the foul stripe. Lloyd Knittie and Jerry Hirschy had 14 each. The Greyhounds will entertain the Berne Bears at Adams Central Thursday night. "* * - Ossian FG FT TP Kreigh 3 4 10 Gernmer 2 0 4 Mann 4 19 Buuck6 41110 1 ffinHS" 3 ' ‘0 Haflich 12 4 Woodard 2 0 4

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Intramural League Games Are Postponed Because of the fire at the Decatur Catholic school Friday morning. there will be no St. Joseph school intramural league games today or Sunday, it was announced Friday afternoon. The games will be played at a later date. Archbold 9 2 20 Totals 30 13 73 Adams Central FG FT TP Hyerly ... 0 J 1 Knittie 6 2 14 Hirschy ..5 4 14 Habegger.2 3 7 Striker 5 12 22 Rowden 10 2 Totals 19 22 60 Officials: Garber and Tewell. Preliminary Adams Central, 41-36 (overtime)

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