Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 268, Decatur, Adams County, 13 November 1962 — Page 7

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1962

Berne Bears, Defending Sectional Champions, To Launch Season Tonight

The Berne-French Bears hit the hardwood this evening at Pleasant Mills in their season opener—again expected to be one of the *top fives in Adams county prep basketball. With two highly successful seasons behind him, coach Bruce Smith has another possible powerhouse under his reins. Five lettermen, plus one boy from last year’s reserve team, return this season, three of whom were regulars last season. While matching last year’s fine record of 16 wins and only three losses will take some doing, Erv Inniger, Jerry Fosnaugh, and Bob Stahly from the 1961-62 starting five, return to make the task an easier one. Inniger Back One of the finest players seen in this county in the past ten years, 6-3,. 168-pound Inniger will be wrapping up a long and illustrious high school basketball career this season. A starter since his sophomore year, Inniger is the lad most responsible for coach Smith’s outstanding 46-7 record, including tourney play, in his first two seasons at the Berne helm. A natural athlete, Inniger combines speed and agility with hustle and determination, and will provide plenty of rebounding and scoring punch for the Bears. Inniger was the eighth leading scorer in the county last season, posting a total of 234 points in 17 games for a fine 13.8 average, which he is expected to top this season. Two Others 6-3 Jerry Fosnaugh, 6-3, 188 pounds, returns at center, and will combine with Inniger and Fred Clauser, 6-3, 176 pounds, to give the Bears a tall and talented front line, one of the tallest front lines in this area. The question mark, however, is

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in the Berne backcourt, where Bob Stahly returns as a regular, but is still an undetermined source due to a knee injury suffered last season. Stahly, 5-9, 160 pounds, and Kent Ringger, 5-8, 144 pounds, are expected to handle most of the guard duties for Smith, but Stahly is a definite question mark. With Stahly, the Bears could be an area power once again, without him it could be a rough season. Stahly has all the moves, and is amazingly quick and deceptive. If the knee gives him trouble this winter, the Bears will be hurting for scoring punch from out front. The previously mentioned five are all seniors, except Clauser, as is Karl Kingsley, 5-9, 140 pounds, who will back up Stahly or Ringger. The rest of Smith’s bench will be almost completely inexperienced. and suffer a definite lack of height. Letterman Keith Habegger is the leading substitute, standing 5-10, but none of the other members of the “bench brigade” is any taller. Potent Potential With their size up front, their speed in the backcourt, and two fine ball players in Inniger and Stahly, the Bears should really be rugged. If something happens to Stahley, however, the Bears could be in lots of trouble. Dick Smith and Gary Habegger are two regulars who picked up their diplomas this spring, along with Fred Inniger and Dennie Baumgartner. In his previous two years, Smith has compiled that fine 46-7 record, in addition to two sectional wins, championships, and a victory ?n one regional win, two county the semi-state. The Bears will not participate in this year's county tourney, having elected to join a four-way

Bingen And Soest Lutheran Winners Bingen and Soest scored victories in Lutheran grade school basketball league games over the weekend. Bingen defeated Preble, 29-21, and Soest downed Fuelling, 31-13. Bingen FG FT TP J. Reinking 2 0 4 B. Bultemeier 10 2 R. Bultemeier _0 0 0 M. Scheumann 2 3 7 L. Berning 2 0 4 S. Zelt 5 1 11 D. Hoile 0 11 TOTALS 12 5 29 Preble FG FT TP L. Macke - 0 0 0 M. Hoffmann 0 0 0 B. Bleeke 0 11 R. Reinking 12 4 D. Reinking 7 0 14 S. Bieberich 10 2 TOTALS 9 3 21 Fuelling FG FT TP Scherer 2 0 4 Kukelhan 0 0 0 D. Matthews 0 0 0 J. Fuelling 1 3 5 Wietfeldt 113 D. Frantz 0 0 0 Boerger 0 11 A. Frantz ...... 0 0 0 Gresley ... 0 0 0 Hockemeyer 0 0 0 TOTALS 4 5 13 Soest FG FT TP P. Lepper Ll' 2 0 4 D. Rorbach ...... 0 0 0 T. Dietrich '.... 3 0 6 L. Braun 0 0 0 J. Saalfrank 6 4 16 T. Rorbach 0 0 0 S? Lepper r _* 2 04_ S. Zelt 0 11 S. Oehler ..0 0 0 G. Messmann r 0 • TOTALS 13 5 3?' High School Football Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 6, Terre Haute Wiley 6 (tie).

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tourney at Columbia City. Roster Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Inniger, Erv 6-3 168 Sr. Fosnaugh, Jerry 6-3 188 Sr. Habegger, Keith ... 5-10 144 Sr. Kingsley, Karl .... 5-9 140 Sr. Ringger, Kent 5-8 144 Sr. Stahly, Bob 5-9 160 Sr. Clauser, Fred 6-3 176 Jr. McKean, R. 5-11 188 Jr. Patterson, B. 5-10 144 Jr. Speicher, Ed 5-8 148 Jr. Sprunger, B. 5-9 142 Jr Stahly, Greg 5-10 148 Jr. Von Gunten, R. ... 5-11 162 Jr. Schedule Nov. 13—Pleasant Mills T Nov. 20—Hartford Centeri_. H Nov. 30—Ossian .... T Dec. 4—Decatur H Dec. 7—Lancaster ... H Dec. 14—Geneva T Dec. 15—Leo i H Dec. 20—Adams Central T Dec. 29—4-Way tourney at Columbia City. Jan. s—Auburn , H Jan. 12—Angolar... T Jan. 18—Monmouth T Jan. 25—Portland H Jan. 29—Bluffton H! Feb. I—Montpelier H Feb. B—Elmhurst H Feb. 15—Winchester H Feb; 16—Concordia T Feb. 22—New Haven T Truce Talks Between AAU And NCAA Fail NEW YORK (UPI) — Officials of the nation’s two leading amateur sports organizations, despite a strong plea by Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, failed to sign a peace treaty during a 15-hour closed session that lasted until 2' a.m., EST, this morning. The representatives of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) will re-con-vene at 2 p.m. today at the Olympic House, headquarters of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The groups’ latest truce talks started at 11 a.m. Monday and the conferees talked and talked, taking only 3-)£ hours off for dinner in the evening. They were joined by Kennedy at 9:30 p.m. and the attorney general remained with them until 12:45 a.m. today in his role of unofficial mediator. When the attorney general completed his attendance at the meeting he told the conferees: “Regardless of what tentative agreements are reached or alternative measures are considered, I feel confident that you will resolve your differences and reach a happy conclusion.” Kennedy had called officials of the NCAA and the AAU together in Washington last month and suggested they invoke a truce in their “war” for control of amateur athletics in the country at least until after the 1964 Olympics. Both groups said they would lock favorably on such a govern-ment-proposed truce following the Washington meeting, and it was thought they would finally “bury the hatchet” when they convened again Monday. The chief stumbling block reportedly revolved around “open” competition. That is, competition between college athletics and other amateur non-collegiate athletes. The NCAA wants such events sanctioned both by the AAU and the various new federations set up in recent years by the NCAA. However, AAU officials insist they do not have the right under international rules t o share the sanctioning power with any other group. Mets To Open New Stadium In April NEW YORK (UPI) — The New York Mets are scheduled to open their new Flushing Meadows stadium with a day game against Louis Cardinals on April 9, • M.; - . . ThelMets Jriso.. will play day wit h the Cards on April 10 aX 11 before leaving toWn-qn an <»ht-day road trip.

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Jackets Place One Player On All-NEIC Team. The Fort Wayne Concordia Cadets dominated the first team of the all-Northeastern Indiana conference honor football squad, announced Monday night following a meeting of NEIC athletic directors and principals at Fort Wayne. Concordia, conference champion, placed four men on the first eleven New Haven and Garrett each placed two men, and Decatur, Kendallville and Auburn each placed one. Steve Gause, Decatur senior, was the lone Yellow Jacket named to the first team. He was selected as one of the seven linemen. First team linemen, in addition Haven; Steve Fike of Garrett, and to Gause, were: Russel Richhart and Gene Saalfrank, both of N e w Mike Roemer, Stan Wissman and Steve Schoenherr, all of Concordia. Backs named to the first team were Dan Diggins of Kendallville; Dave Van Allen of Garrett, Tom Dohrmann of Concordia and Jim) Long of Auburn. Second and third teams were also named, plus honorable mention. Roger Conrad, Decatur, was selected as a lineman on the third team. Among those voted honorable were Jerry Egly, lineman, and Dave Gay and Ron Thieme, backs all of Decatur.

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Sports Preview At DHS On Thursday A basketball and wrestling clinic will be held at the Decatur high school Thursday evening, with P. P. & K. awards to be presented the same evening, and coffee and doughnuts served by the Booster club. The affair will open at 7 o’clock Thursday night with a brief pep session for the cheering block. The cheerleaders, Nancy Gerber, Polly Bonifas, Kathy Hill, Marlene Cowens, and Judy Auman have requested the students who will be in the cheering block this season to be presented to learn the yells. At 7:15, coach Gary Giessler will preview his 1962-63 wrestling squad for the fans, with a short discussion of the rules. A few intrasquad matches will be held. Second Year This is the second wrestling team

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for the school, as the sport was inaugurated last season. Giessler’s squad copped one victory last year, which is good for a first-year team. A total of ten lettermen are returning for Giessler this season in the 12 weight divisions. Harry Schwartz, president of the Schwartz Ford Co., sponsor of the punt, pass and kick contest, will make the presentation of the awards to the winning boys following the wrestling preview. P. P. K. Awards Awards will be presented to three boys in each of the five age groups with the five first place winners receiving NFL warmup jackets. Following the awards presentation, at 8 o’clock, coach Bill McColly will send his hardwood charges through a short intrasquad game for the benefit of those attending. McColly has only four lettermen returning from last year’s squad, which posted a 16-6 record. Any new basketball rules will also be discussed by McColly. Following the basketball preview,

the Booster chib will serve coffeo and doughnuts in the new school cafeteria to the public, and a large crowd is expected to attend. There is no admission charge for any phase of the preview. Pro Basketball NBA Results Boston 137, Cincinnati 126. Trade in a good town — Decatur.

MANY THANKS - - to the Voters of Washington Township who voted for me in the general election. I truly appreciate your support. ROBERT E. GAY

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Week's Schedule For Adam County Basketball Teams TUESDAY Larwell at Commodores Berne at Pleasant Mills. FRIDAY Commodores at Woodlan. Crestview at Pleasant Mills. Monmouth at Hoagland. Hartford at Bryant. Montpelier at Geneva.