Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1961 — Page 7

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, iMt

I ®'• 1 * , I Geneva Cardinals Defeat Commodores, 65-62, In Close Tilt Tuesday Night

The Geneva Cardinals registered their ninth victory in 16 starts in the season Tuesday night, edging the Decatur Commodores, 65-62, in a battle which was nip and tuck all the way at the Decatur gym. The game left the two teams tied in season records with 9-7 records. It was a see-saw battle all the way. Longest lead of the game was a nine-point advantage enjoyed by the Commodores early in the second quarter, while Geneva's biggest advantage was five points early in the ball game and again late in the battle. The Cardinals led throughout the early going until Steve Blythe’s third and fourth fielders of the period put the Commodores on top at 17-14 with 45 seconds to play. Jim Baumer and Gomer Villagomez traded two-pointers for a 1916 Decatur lead at the end of the period, The Commodores boosted their bulge to 27-18 midway through the second quarter, but the Cardinals, paced by Larry Moser and Mert Sprunger, cut the Decatur lead to only one point, 33-32, at the half. Geneva took the lead early in the third period at 3635, but the Commodores recaptured the advantage at 41-40 and took a 49-46 margin into the final eight minutes of play. Glen Lehman's twopointer and Baumer's free throw knotted the count at 4949 after the first minute of the final period. Decatur took its last lead of the game-at 52-51 with 5:40 toi go, but Larry Moser hit two quick-1 ies for a 55-52 advantage, and thel Commodores could not move backi ahead. Moser topped the Cardinals with? 23 points and Baumer added 16. Blythe and Don Kitson paced the Commodores with 19 points each, and Jerry Heimann added 10. Neither team was very effective at the foul line, the Commodores converting 16 of 29 free throw attempts, the Cardinals only seven of 20. Both teams see action Friday, the Commodores hosting the Hartford Gorillas, and the Cardinals traveling to Huntington Catholic. Commodores FG FT TP — Kitson 8 3 19 Villagomez ..,. 2 2 6 Heimann 2 6 10 Blythe 7 5 19 J. Kohne 4 0 8 E. Kohneo 0 0 TOTALS 23 16 62 Geneva FG FT TP Yoder 2 0 4 Newcomer 2 0 4 Baumer 6 4 16 Sprunger 4 0 8 Moser 11 1 23 Hoffman ....... 0 11 Lehman ....4 0 8 Norr 0 11 TOTALS 29 7 65 Officials: Turner. Parkinson. Preliminary Geneva, 56-29. Pro Basketball Detroit 121, Los Angeles 112. Syracuse 122. New York 106. Boston 109, St. Louis 103.

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Jim Meyer Bowls First 700 Series Os Season Jim Meyer, bowling with the Decatur Blue Flame team in the Major League at Mies Recreation Tuesday night, rolled a 715 series, the first 700 actual series of the Meyer, whose average is 181, rolled games of 233, 247, and 235, for his 715 total. The 700 was the first since January 8 of last year, when Murvel Andrews rolled a 737 series. season. East Chicago Washington Is League Leader INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — East Chicago Washington's Senators, defending Indiana high school basketball champs, were virtually “in" today with another West NIHSC title, but the Southern Conference crown remained up [for grabs., While coach Johnny Baratto's I Senators won their eighth consecu- ! tive loop game at the expense of I up-and-coming Hammond, 83-61, I fast-skidding. Evansville Central, the erstwhile leader, dropped its third in a row in the SIAC to city neighbor North. 82-75, giving the winners the Pocket City championship. The East Chicagoans, now 134 for the season, led only 34-32 at the half on their home court before pulling away to clip Hammond's 8-game winning streak, Rudy Lamar led the winners with 18 markers. Gary Froebel, beaten only by East Chicago’s champs in the West NIHSC. stayed in the running with a 79-62 conquest of Hammond Tech. North, beaten only by Huntingburg and Evansville Reitz in 1 SIAC competition, finished its ' league schedule with a 10-2 record 1 and a chance ..to at least tie for 1 the crown. Dave Schelhause with • 26 points and Mike Volkman with I 23 led the Huskies. Also in the SIAC, Evansville ’ Bosse beat Reitz, 71-51. and BedI ford rolled over hapless Bloom--1 ington. 7240. It was the 11th coni'secu tive loss for the Panthers. 1 who have won only twice all seaI son. and last year's southern representative in the state tourney ) finals. [ Also downstate. Jeffersonville . blasted neighboring Clarksville, i 101-50. Brazil’s Wabash Valley tourney titlists continued Western Conference warfare with a 70-66 win at Terre Haute State and Sullivah, Valley runner-dp. whipped Terre Haute Garfield in another WIC game. 53-38. Jim Smoots poured in 40 points in Wawaka’s 8649 rout of Topeka and Rom Iwema got 33 in Concord’s 64-61 loss to South Bend St. Joseph, which won its eighth in a row. Also upstate, Boone Grove outlasted Kouy>, 54-50. in a game halted Saturday night by a power failure. The final 7 minutes 46 ' seconds were played Tuesday i night, giving Boone Grove the rubber game of their 3-gamc ' series. College Basketball I Wabash 77. North Central 62. ‘ Anderson 110. Wilberforce 63. i Earlham 69, Wilmington 68. | Grace 68, Concordia 46. i Lawrence Tech 98, Indiana Tech 87. ; Franklin 81, Ball State 74. ■ . I Hanover 74, Marian 72 (overtime), i Vincennes 80, Lindsey Wilson 76. i Cincinnati 73. Bradley 72. DePaul 92, Christian Brothers 71. Detroit 81. Western Michigan 68. Arkansas 74, Baylor 58. West Virginia 102, VMI 91. St. Bonaventure 92. Marquette 63. Florida State 68. Alabama 57. North Carolina 77, Clemson 46. Duke 107, South Carolina 94. North Carolina State 91, Virginia Western Kentucky 73, LaSalle 69.

Houston Votes V i Bond Issue To ,1 Build Stadium i HOUSTON, Tex. (UPD—A record vote shoved the Houston Sports Association today over the last major hurdle toward fielding a team in the National League in 1962 and it was “full speed ahead” in construction of the world’s first all-weather domed major league baseball stadium. Harris County voters went to the polls Tuesday and approved, by a narrower than expected margin. a $22 million bond issue to build the stadium and access roads to it. Ron Hofheinz, chairman of the HSA and former Houston mayor, said construction on the new stadium would begin within the next f two weeks. Full Speed Ahead “Dirt will fly on South Main. Street immediately, and our mot- , to from now is going to be ‘full I I speed ahead,’ ” Hofheinz said. I ; “My sincere thanks to all those; . who supported our cause.” ' i Hofheinz said detailed plans for excavation of the stadium, which 1 will have the playing field surface ; some 35 feet below ground level, i will be ready before the week is out. . j "Then we will call for bids,” he said. "We are jumping right' I into this thing,” ■ However, there appeared to be I . one more stumbling block in the, .. making.: , I Gail Reeves, former city couni cifrnan and a spokesman for one; |of the property owners groups -1 which opposed the bond issue, in-| . dieated his organization might go . into court and ask for an injunc- i ; tion to prevent selling the bonds i 'on grounds they are unconstitu-I . J tional. II He said a decision on the pos- ; sible law suit would be made I. within the next few days. Exciting Days Ahead t Latest returns in the bond elec-' i tion showed that the first propos-j al, an SlB million issue for the I ■ stadium construction itself, passed! . by a vote of 59,511 to 52.387. The .second proposal, a $4 million is-; . sue for construction of access '' roads, carried by a more than 15,- ? 000 vote margin. . Gabe Paul, vice president and: ■ genejral manager of the Houston, entry into the National League,; ■ commented the vote “convinces! ,1 me that the ;>eople are solidly behind our efforts, and we are going • to work day and night to justify - the faith of the public in us.” t "This is the last big thing we had to do to lay the foundation ? for Houston’s major league fu- ; turn.” said George Kirksey, executive vice president of the HSA. s '“From now on our big task is i to build a representative National - 1 League team. i! “Great and exciting days are i ahead for all our people.” ;| H. S. Basketball a' Indianapolis Shortridge 57, Ben Davis 51. ,' Bedford 72, Bloomington 40. , Evansville North 82. Evansville I Central 75. Evansville Bosse 71. Evansville Reitz 51. Jeffersonville 101. Clarksville 50. Brazil 70, Terre Haute State 66. ‘ Sullivan 53. Terre Haute Garfield 38. Garv Frobel 79. Hammond Tech i 62 Gary Tolleston 66, Gary Wallaee 60 (overtime). mdnd 61. " Whiting 55, East Chicago Roosevelt 53. Hammond Clark. 72, Gary Mann 59. Valparaiso 68. Gary Emerson 61. Mitchell 75. Scottsburg 51. Hockey Results 1 1 International League i St. Paul 3, Toledo 0.

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Bradley Edged By Cincinnati Tuesday Night By United Press International Oscar Robertson is gone — but even so the Cincinnati Bearcats have no intention of giving up the Missouri Valley Conference title to the Bradley Braves. Cincinnati, whose three - year reign in the league was supposed to have ended when the Big O left, showed it isn’t dead yet in edging second-ranked Bradley, 7372, Tuesday night. The victory was the 10th straight for the Bearcats, who, in turn, handed Bradley its first conference defeat. Bonnies Trounce Marquette Meanwhile, St. Bonaventure, ranked No. 3, tuned up for Thursday might’s clash with Bradley at Madison Square Garden by trouncing Marquette, 92-63, behind All-America Tom Stith’s 41 points; and Duke and North Carolina, ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, remained unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference action. The Blue Devils downed South Carolina. 107-94, and the Tar Heels upended Clemson, 7746. Tom Thacker, the sophomore who was supposed to replace Robertson, turned in his best performance of the season in pacing Cincinnati to its 55th win in a row at home. Thacker tallied 22 points, including the deciding basket with seven seconds remaining. Paul Hogue chipped in 17 points for the winners and was the difference on the boards. Walker Leads Losers Chet Walker, with 17 points, led the losers, who now stand 5-1 in conference play compared to Cincinnati's 6-2 mark. In other games, Chris Smith s 29 points led Virginia Tech over The Citadel. 116-93; soph Jim MeCormick scored 26 points in leading Southern Conference leader. West Virginia, over VMI, 102-91; North Carolina State dropped Virginia State. 91-58; St. Josephs iPa.), nipped Wake Forest, 72-70; De Paul routed Christian Brothers 92-71; Arkansas defeated I Baylor 74-58; Houston tripped the University of the Pacific, 101-66; [Princeton beat Colgate, 75-58; ■Providence belted Brown. 80-64, Detroit dumped Western Michigan 81-68; Florida State defeated Ala- [ bama, 68-57, and Pitt romped over Bucknell, 79-67.

Bluffton Hands Berne Second Loss, 6058 The Berne Bears suffered their second loss in a row after 15 consecutive victories Tuesday, night, dropping a 60-58 thriller to the Bluffton tigers before a jampacked Berne gym. Berne built up a 16-9 lead at j the erd of the first quarter, but | the Tigers sliced this to only; 31-27 at the half. Bluffton edged; into a 5048 advantage at the third period and both teams scored 10. points in the final stanza. The Tigers, who now have a 11-5 season record, were paced by the sensational shooting of Bob Purkhiser, who tallied 31 points,, the only Tiger in double figures. ; Rod Schwartz was Berne s leading | scorer with 19 points. Jerry Nussbaum added 15 points and Stan, Augsburger 10. The Bears will seek to get back on the winning trail Friday night when they entertain the Montpelier Pacers at Berne. Bluffton FG FT TP Purkhiser 15 1 31., Durr 2 2 6 Flowers -. 2 2 6 Bounds 2 Hart ... 1 3 5 Heller 2 0 4 TOTALS 24 12 60; - -Berne- - ? ' FG FT TP; Smith 102 Nussbaum ....... 71 15 : Schwartz —7 5 19 Habegger ... 3 2 8 Augsburger 5 0 10: E. Inniger ... 0 4 4; TOTALS 23 12 58 Officials: Baldwin, Campbell. Preliminary Berne, 4744.

Mies Classic Entry List Closes Friday Entries for the 25th annual fiveman classic at the Mies Recreation lanes will close Friday, Dick Mies announced today. Any teams wishing to enter the 1,000 scratch, 75 per cent handicap tournament Sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress, is

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requested to mall entries to Dick Mies, N. Second street, or phone 3-2942. First place winners will receive S3OO and there is a special squad prize of $25 for the high team on full 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. squads on Saturday. A few of the tournament rules include: Not more than three players on the same team can place more than once in the prize money: bowlers must originate from sanctioned leagues only and any five men bowling for individ-

ual sponsors must show Individual cards; a fee of $1.50 must be paid if an individual is not an A.B.C. member which will entitle the person to a,sanction card; composite averages of Decatur 1 will be used, or the nearest date; team captains will draw for starting alley and each team will skip one pair after each game. « The tournament is being run in accordance with the sules and bylaws of the American Bowling Congress.

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Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams Friday Hartford at Commodores. Yellow Jackets at Portland. Monroeville at Adams Central. Woodlan at Monmouth. Willshire at Pleasant Milla. Montpelier at Berne. Geneva at Huntington Catholic. Saturday Elmhurst at Yellow Jackets. Monmouth at Hartford.