Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 284, Decatur, Adams County, 4 December 1961 — Page 7

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Packers Beat Giants, Eagles Tied For Lead By NORMAN MILLER United Pre** International Call it a “steal,” a “heist” of “The Great Gridiron Robbery,” but the Green Bay Packers are Western Division champs of the National Football League, and the New York Giants now must battle it out with Philadelphia and Cleveland for a shot at the play* off swag. Green Bay won the Western title for the second straight year Sunday by beating the Giants, 20-17, in a savagely fought game which conceivably might be reenacted in the NFL’s championship playoff a few weeks from now. The Giants’ defeat gave the Philadelphia Eagles the opportunity to move into a first-place tie in the Eastern Division. The Eagles beat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 35-24. The Cleveland Browns, 38-17 conquerors of the Dallas Cowboys, now are only one game behind the leaders. Host Os Heroes The howling crowd of 47,012 at Milwaukee cheered a host of heroes. There was fullback Jim Taylor, who gained 186 rushing yards. There was quarterback Bart Starr, who directed the Packers’ attack well. And there were the Green Bay linemen, who proved every bit the equal of their ballyhooed Giant opponents. But the Packer who probably made the most important haul of the day was Jesse Whittenton, a light-fingered, 195-pound defensive back. This was the picture: The Giants led. 17-13, early in the final period and were running the ball out from deep in their own territory. Fullback Alex Webster cut back over tackle at the 7 and broke into the clear. Whittenton nailed him at the New York 30, but not satisfied merely with bringing him down, he stole the ball from Webster’s grasp. Four plays later, including a penalty for roughing the passer, Taylor barged over from the 3 to put Green Bay ahead. Misses Two Chances New York had two opportunities to score after that, but Pat Sufhmerali missed a 34-yard field goal try and later Bobby Gaiters fumbled on the Green Bay 22 and Willie Davis recovered. A pair of 23 and 25-yard field goals by Paul Hornung and Taylor’s 14-yard touchdown run gave Green Bay a 13-7 lead in the first period, only to have New York go ahead before halftime on Gaiters’ 2-yard plunge and Summerairs 41-yard field goal. The Packers now take off for a leisurely two-game swing of the West Coast, while the Giants play the Eagles and Browns on the next two Sundays. In other Sunday games, the Minnesota Vikings upset the Los Angeles Rams. 42-21; the Detroit Lions edged the Chicago Bears, 16-15; the Baltimore Colts defeated the San Francisco Forty Niners, 20-17, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied to beat the Washington Redskins, 38-24. Pro Basketball NBA Results Boston 119, Cincinnati 96. ABL Results Los Angeles 88, Pittsburgh 76. Washington 90, Hawaii 86.

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Results Are Listed In Lutheran League Boett whipped Flatrock, 37-11, and Friedbeim edged Fuelling, 23-41, In Lutheran grade school league games at the Hoagland S BCnCQUi®. Bingen VS. Union and Soest vs. Bethlehem at Moomouth gym; FMttM vs. Deeatur and Preble v*. Flatrock at Hoagland gyrh. FG FT TP T. Springer 11 3 Rohrbach — 9 0 0 A. Bearman 9 0 6 R. Lepper - ... 2 0 4 R. Dressier 2 3 7 T. Dietrich 0 0 0 M. Lepper 5 1 11 S. Lepper 0 o—fr0 —fr J. Saalfrank 3 0 6 C. Werling 2 0 4 Scored by other team 10 2 TOTALS 14 5 27 Flatrock FG FT TP T. Muller —. 2 15 J. Muller —- 0 0 0 D. Hockemeyer 2 0 4 R. Melcher 0 0 0 Denny Hockemeyer *. 1 0 2 E. Bullerman 0 0 0 K. Reynolds 0 11 W. Guenin 0 0 0 R. Gephert 12 4 P. Tyler ... 0 0 0 TOTALS - 6 4 16 Fuelling FG FT TP J. Kukelhahn 0 0 0 J. Fuelling —. Oil D. Wiedtfelt 12 4 Tieman — 6 0 12 K. Scherer .. 2 0 4 B. Scherer 0 0 0 D. Frantz 0 0 0 TOTALS 9 3 21 Friedbeim * FG FT TP D. Scheumann _'*T> 0 0 R. Fuhrman 0 0 0 J. Rafert 0 2 2 R. Nuerge 8 2 18 L. Fuhrman ..... 0 0 0 M. Buuck 113 TOTALS ....... 9 5 23 Hockey Results SATURDAY’S SCORES National League Montreal 3, Detroit 2. Toronto 6, Chicago 4. Boston 3, New York 1. International League Indianapolis 3, Fort Wayne 2. Toledo 2, St. Paul 0. Omaha 5, Minneapolis 1. SUNDAY’S SCORES National League Montreal 1, Chicago 0. • Detroit 3, Toronto 1. New York 3, Boston 1. International League St. Paul 5, Muskegon 0. Minneapolis 4, Omaha 3. Indianapolis 4, Toledo 2. College Football Navy 13, Army 7. Duke 37, Notre Dame 13. Holy Cross 38, Boston College 26. North Carolina 24, Virginia 0. Tennessee 41, Vanderbilt 7. Miami (Fla.) 15, Florida 6. Georgia Tech 22, Georgia 7. Alabama 34, Auburn 0. Mississippi 37, Mississippi State 7. Rice 26, Baylor 14. Oklahoma 21, Oklahoma State 13. Texas Christian 28, Southern ” ' Methodist 28 (tie).

WMTfScMMt For Adams County Basketball Teams TUBSDKT Ossian at Yellow Jackets. Hartford at Pennville. FRIDAY Fort Wayne Central Catholic at Yellow Jackets. Commodates at MoonwattL ’ Adams Central at Plaasant Mills. Hartford at Geneva. Berne at Lancaster Central. SATURDAY Auburn at Adams Central. Angola at Berne. Geneva at WattWaekson. Pro Football NATIONAL LEAGUE Eaaten Dtriatea W. L. T. Pet. Hew York 9 3 9 .759 Philadelphia f* 2 0 .750 Cleveland 8 4 0 .887 Pittsburgh 5 7 0 .417 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 Dallas 4 71 .364 Washington 011 1 .000 Western Division W. L. T. Pct. Green Bay ........ 10 2 0 .833 Detroit 7 4 1 .636 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 San Francisco 6 5 1 .545 Chicago 6 6 0 .500 Minnesota 3 9 0 .250 Los Angeles 3 9 0 .250 Sunday’s Results Philadelphia 35, Pittsburgh 24. Baltimore 20, San Francisco 17. Detroit 16, Chicago 15. Green Bay 20, New York 17. St. Ix>uis 38, Washington 24. Minnesota 42, Los Angeles 21. Cleveland 38, Dallas 17. AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W. L. T. Pct. Houston 8 3 1 .727 Boston 7 4 1 .636 New York .. Tj . 7 5 0 .583 Buffalo 6 7 0 .462 Western Division W. L. T. Pct. San Diego 11 1 0 .917 Dallas 4 8 0 .333 Denver 3 10 0 .231 Sunday’s Results Buffalo 26, Oakland 21. New York 28. Dallas 7. Houston 33, San Diego 13. Boston 28, Denver 24. Oakland 2 10 0 .167 College Basketball Purdue 86, Pittsburgh 70. Drake 90, Indiana 81. Evansville 65, Idwa 59. Cincinnati 86, Indiana State 63. Michigan 74, Ball State 60. Valparaiso 69, St. Joseph’s 63. Anderson 79, Huntington 69. Denison 86, DePauw 82 (overtime). Earlham 65, Capital 64. Goshen 84, Concordia 69. ' Indiana Central 74, Wabash 51. Indiana Tech 82, Adrian 80. Oakland City 69, Marian -67. Xavier (O.) 93, Bellarmine 51. Michigan State 75, Northern Michigan 59. Ohio State 72, Florida State 57. Bowling Green 78, Bradley 63. DePaul 66, Minnesota 56. Detroit 89, Western Ontario 56. Northwestern 61, Western Michigan 56. Detroit 89, Western Ontario 56. Northwestern 61, Western Michigan 56. St. Louis 70, South Dakota State 42. Dayton 95, Christian Brothers 54. St. Bonaventure 69, Kent State 52. North Carolina 80, Virginia 46. North Carolina State 71, Tennessee 64. Tulane 87, Louisiana 67. Louisville 44, Wittenberg 36. Miami (Fla.) 93, Jacksonville 80. Kentucky 93, Miami (O.) 61. Texas Western 66, lowa State 59. Rice 84, Georgia Tech 80. Kansas State 94, New Mexico 52. Oklahoma 66, Southern California 56. Wichita 78, Wyoming 54. Washington 60, Air Force 50. Stanford 73, San Francisco 56. Boy Uninjured When Bicycle Hits Auto Barry Smith, son of Lawrence Smith, 219 N. Seventh St., escaped injury when he rode his bicycle into a car at 11; 15 a.m. Saturday. Ruth Barkley, No. 8 Oak Ridge Place, was traveling north on Third street. She saw the boy on his bike cutting across the corner of the Third street intersection. She stopped but the youngster rode into the side of the car. The boy was uninjured, but 810 damage was done to his bike, and 815 damage to the car;

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Team Standing* W. L. Pct. Yellow Jackets ...... 4 0 <I,OOO Berne 3 1 <750 Monmouth 4 2 .667 Pl. Mill* 2 4 .333 Commodores 1 3 .250 Geneva 1 3 .250 Adam* Central ...... 1 4 .209 Hartford 1 4 JOO Adam* county high school teams have plenty of work cut out for them this week, with 19 games scheduled, scattered over three nights, two Tuesday, five Friday and three Saturday. —oOo— The Decatur Yellow Jackets, the county’s only undefeated team, have a tough row to hoe this week. Tuesday night, the Jackets win meet the always tough Ossian Bears at the Decatar gym. The Bears have a powerful offensive team and will be plenty tough for the Jackets. In Tuesday’s other encounter, the Hartford Gorillas play the strong Pennville ( Bulldogs at Pennville. —oOo— Friday’s five-game card will feature the second home appearance of the week for the Jackets. They will entertain Fort Wayne Central Catholic, undefeated this season. The Irish walloped the Concordia Cadets in their latest start Saturday. —oOo— Decatur’s Commodores, who scored their first victory of the season Friday, travel out to Monmouth to meet the Eagles, who have won four of their six games. In other Friday tilts, the Adams Central Greyhounds play the Spartans at Pleasant Mills, the Cardinals will host the Gorillas at Geneva, and Berne travels to Lancaster Central. —oOo— Three games are in cards for Saturday night, unusual for Adams county teams on "bath night.” The Adams Central Greyhounds will be hosts to the Auburn Red Devils at Adams Central, the Angola Hornets will tangle with the Bears at Berne, and Geneva travels to Ward-Jackson in Randolph county. —-000— Better ball games may be played in Adams county this season, but none will be any wilder or noisier than the Decatur-Berne battle at the Decatar gym Friday night. We hear about coaches keying ball players, but we’d like to know who in the world keyed the fans. It was almost a continuous scream from the time of the opening tipoff until the final horn, and the nearly hysterical Jacket fans streamed onto the floor after the game to congratulate the Jackets for their victory over Berne. —oOo— Four teams, each with 1-0 records, are tied for the lead in the Northeastern Indiana conference race, which has four loop games carded Friday. Sharing top spot are Decatur, Bluffton, Auburn and Elmhurst. Concordia has a 2-1 mark, Angola 1-1, Garrett and Kendallville each 0-1, and Columbia City 0-3. Defending champion New Haven plays its first NEIC game this week. Friday’s schedule: Garrett at Kendallville, Bluffton at Angola, Gbhimbia City at New Haven and Concordia at Elmhurst. Dennis Braun, of Monmouth, is leading Adams county scorers with a 17.7 points-per-game average with 106 markers in six games. Don Brown, also of Monmouth, and last season’s scoring champion, is a close second with 103 points. The top 10 scorers in the county, ave ra g e-wise, are as follows: GP TP Ave. Braun, Monmouth ... 6 106 17.7 Brown, Monmouth .. 6 103 17.2 Bollenbacher, Y, J. . 4 67 16 8 M. Luginbill, PL Mills 5 81 16.2 Smith, Berne 3 47 15.7 Blythe, Commodores 4 61 15.3 Walters. Y. J. 4 57 14.3 Eichenauer, Y. J. — 4 50 12.5 Habegger, Hartford . 5 62 12.4 Habegger, A. C. ... 5 57 11.4 Results one year ago this week: Ossian 74, Yellow Jackets 57. Pennville 56, Hartford 46. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 57, Yellow Jackets 51. Geneva 40, Hartford 36. Monmouth 64, Union (Huntington) 60. Adams Central 79, Pleasant Mills 44. Berne 75, Lancaster Central 42. Auburn 72, Adams Central 64. Berne 67, Angola 48." —oOo—

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Grade League Opens Season Wednesday The sth and 6th grade basketball league, composed of the four public grade school teams, opens its season Wednesday with two games. Teams in the league are: Lincoln A Bruisers, last year’s tourney champions; Lincoln B AU Stars; Southeast Cardinals, and the Northwest Lions, last season’s regular season champs. . Wednesday's season openers will pit the two Lincoln school teams against each other at the Lincoln gym, and the Northwest will entertain the Southeast. The complete schedule is as foUows: Dec. 6, Lincoln A at Lincoln B; Southeast at Northwest; Dec. 13, Southeast at Lincoln A, Lincoln B at Northwest; Dec. 20, Northwest at Lincoln A; Lincoln B at Southeast; JaJn. 17, Lincoln B at Lincoln A; Northwest at Lincoln B; Jan. 24, Linsoln A at Southeast, Northwest at Lincoln B; Jan. 31, Lincoln A at Northwest, Southeast at Lincoln B. All games are played on Wednesday afternoons, after school is out, with an approximate starting time of 3:30 p. m. Today's Sport Parade (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.) By OSCAR FRALEY United Press International PHILADELPHIA (UPI) — The story of the Army-Navy footbaU game can be summed up today in a few words: Inspiration Point 13, West Point 7. The Middies, as so often is the story, exploded on the scene with ingenuity, inventiveness and daring. The Cadets appeared with nothing new and a listless, unimaginative attack. There was a tipoff in the pregame mule-play when Navy towed its goat mascot around Philadelphia Stadium in a jet plane—with orange smoke belching from the after-burner. * Then they carried out the orange motif to really burn Army up. In the two weeks of preparation for the game. Navy coach Wayne Hardin had outfitted his eligible receivers with fluorescent orange helmets. The interior linemen wore the usual duU gold headgear. Helps Passing “We tried it on our jayvees and it helped our passing,” Hardin exulted later. “Our varsity had been practicing the last two weeks with these helmets.’ A little* thing—but a winning thing. 4 . For as you go back over the game, it was pin-point passing which set up Navys winning touchdown b and two field goals; “It undoubtedly was a great psychological move,” said Lou Little, former Columbia coach and one-time head of the rules committee. “It certainly gave Navy more confidence in its passer.” Jim Stewart, the jubilant Navy halfback who took a 38-yard pass from Bob Hecht to’ set up Navy’s comeback and winning touchdown, analyzed it like this: “It shook up the Army and certainly helped our passing attack.” All The Way One thing sure. Hecht had no trouble spotting him in that clutch situation when the Army was sitting on a 7-3 lead. Then, espite the “must’ aspects ’of a first down on the Army 13-yard line, it called on little Bill Ulrich and he raced it all the way to the end zone. That won the game although Greg Mather later added the point and another icing field goal. Army, meanwhile, stuck too long with its favored troops, the players whose every move was known to Navy. Nor did Army produce anything new or special despite the two weeks it had to come up with innovations. “They didnt surprise us in any way,” said Hardin. "We practiced against everything they had and came back at them with good, sound football.” And the surprises. H.S. Basketball * Fort Wayne Central 54, Fort Wayne North 48. Elmhurst 96, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 65. Fort Wayne South 57, Huntington 54. Huntertown 73, Albion 71. Leo 52, Harlan 39. Hoagland 68, Waterloo 48. Peru 55, Mishawaka 47. Frankfort 52, Crawfordsville 50. Madison 83. Vincenne 56. Indianapolis Attucks 84, Terre

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Houston Hands Chargers First Loss Os Season By JOE SARGIS United Press International Cagey old George Blanda and the Houston Oilers exploded the myth of invincibility surrounding the San Diego Chargers and its pretty certain they'll get another chance to prove which is the American Football League’s “super" team in the championship playoffs Dec. 24. Blanda turned in one of the finest performances of his 12season pro career Sunday when he threw four tochdown passes and kicked field goals of 55 and 23 yards in leading the Oilers to a 33-13 victory that snapped San Diego’s 11-game winning streak. This was ,he Chargers’ first defeat since they lost to the same Blanda and the Oilers, 24-16, in the 1960 AFL title playoff. For Houston, this was the seventh straight win under coach Wally Lemm. Blanda’s 55-yard field goal was ah AFL record and only one yard short of the National Footbal League mark set by Bert Rechichar of the Baltimore Colts in 1953. Two other records were set in this game. The crowd of 37,845 which packed Jeppersen Stadium in Houston was the largest ever to pay its way into an, AFL game. Three of Blanda’s TD tosses were caught by blanker Charlie Hennigan, who ran his season’s pass-reception yardage total to a pro record 1,540. This was 45 yards more than the NFL mark set by Elroy Hirsch of the ■ Los Angeles Rams in 1951. The Oilers still are only one game ahead of the Boston Patriots in the Eastern Division, but at the rate they’re traveling they should make it to the playoffs for a return meeting with San Diego. Boston remained close to the top by edging the Denver Broncos, 28-24; the Now York Titans also kept their mathematical hopes alive by beating the Dallas Texans, 28-7 and the Buffalo Bills defeated the Oakland Raiders, 26-21. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 77 Fort Wayne Concordia 48. Angola 61, Churubusco 43, Portland 67, Auburn 65. Garrett 62, Butler 52. Haute Schulte 43. Tere Haute GerstYncyer 35, South Bend Adams 34. Elletsville 65, Martinsville 59..

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Minnesota Gophers Play In Rose Bowl Minnesota, Alabama, Louisiana State and Texas were listed as the favorites today in a New Year’s Day. bowl lineup that looks like it will provide some of the most interesting competition in years. Here’s how New York oddsI makers rate the teams in the > "early line," which, of course, [ may be adjusted before the teams i actually meet on New Year’s • Day: • Rose Bowl: Minnesota (7-2) is 5 10ti points over UCLA (7-3). Sugar Bowl: Alabama (10-6) is 6 points over Arkansas (8-2>. > Orange Bowl: Louisiana State . (9-1) is 3 points over Colorado i (9-1). i Cotton Bowl: Texas (9-1) is 6 I points over Mississippi (9-1). , In addition, the odds-makers i listed the Dec. 30 Gator Bowl contest between Georgia Tech and • Pcnn State (each 7-3) as a pick f | ’em affair. J | i The lineup in the four major . bowls was completed Saturday ! with the addition of Minnesota. Alabama and Mississippi. Minnesota, runner-up in the Big Ten, . accepted a Rose Bowl bid after ' Ohio State had rejected it and Big Five officials apparently decided against choosing Navy on' : the strength of a “routine” 13-7

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Cub Scouts On Visit To New Bowling Lanes Cub Scouts ol den 3, pack 3061. recently visited the new Villa Lanes, and were taken on a tout by Dick Mies, manager of the new alleys. The scouts got to examine and see in action the automatic pinsetters. After seeing the machinery, they returned to the front of the building, were — fitted with bowling shoe*, aad were given a lesson to the art at bowling by Mies. The Cubs were then placed oo two teamil by drawing numbersTeam one consisted of George Foos, Kevin O’Shaughnessey, Stephen Alberding and Daniel Jackson. Team two included Fred Teeple, high scorer of the match, Stephen Gage, Joseph Lose and Jay Teeter. Team one was the victor. James Jackson and James Teeter were the scorekeepers. They had come to witness the scouts bowl. Den mother Mrs. George A. Foos expressed the appreciation of the scouts to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mies and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mies. victory over Army in the annual inter-service classic. That made the remaining bids to the Sugar and Cotton bowls virtually automatic— Alabama accepting the former after completing a perfect season with a 34-0 rout of Auburn and Mississippi State, 37-7.