Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 14 January 1963 — Page 7

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1963

Monmouth Eagles Win County Tourney Championship

Defeat Pleasant Mills In Championship Game; Semi - Finals Thrillers

By Pete Reynolds The Monmouth Eagles won thenfirst county championship since 1956 Saturday night, whipping the outclassed Pleasant Mills Spartans 7937 in the title game of the 1963 tourney at the Adams Central gym. The final game was an anti-cli-max after a pair of squeakers in the Saturday afternoon semi-finals when the Eagles had to battle for their lives to eke out a 56-54 victory over the Adams Central Greyhounds, and the Spartans edged out the Hartford Gorillas, 55-54. Adams Central won consolation honors, defeating Hartford in the preliminary game Saturday night, 69-57. Championship Game The Spartans made a game effort in the finals but had no answer for the high-scoring Eagels. Neither team could hit in the first minute and a half until Don Brown connected for the Eagles. Bob McMillen matched this fielder 30 seconds later, but two quick buckets by Clarence Scheumann sent the Eagles winging away, Monmout hheld only an eightpoint margin, 18-10, at the first quarter, but the Eagles tickled the meshes for 27 points in the second period to only nine for the Spartans, and the eventual champions rolled up a 45-19 bulge at the half. Monmouth further extended its lead to 6528 at the third quarter. Don Brown topped all scorers with 20 points, with Dennie Braun and Dean Schieferstein each chipping in with 18. Dave Currie tallied 12 and Gary Clouse 11 for the Spartans. Consolation TiK The Adams Central Greyhounds overcame a half-time deficit of two points to take third place honors from the Hartford Gorillas, 69-57, in the consolation game preceding the final contest. The Greyhounds held a six-point „_niargn_jrf_ls4> at the first quarter,but the Gorillas ripped in 23 points in the second period and took a 32-80 edge to the dressing room at the half. The Greyhounds, led by Gary Workinger’s 10 points, came back to carry a 50-46 advantage into the final eight minutes of play and pulled away in the closing period for the 12point victory. Don Sharp topped the Greyhounds with 20 points, followed by Workinger’s 10 and 10 by Art Ringger. Ron Habegger was the outstanding scorer in defeat as he poured in 25 points, including all 11 which the Gorillas counted in the fourth quarter. Loren Wanner added 12 to the Hartford total. Eagles Win Scorcher Saturday's first semi-final was a real cliff hanger, with the Eagles and Greyhounds never separated by more than five points, and the Eagles forced to come from behind in the closing minutes to MASONIC Entered Apprentice Meeting TUESDAY 7:00 P. M. Robert S. Workinger W. M.

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ALL-TOURNEY TEAM j Player School Position j Dennis Braun Monmouth Forward 3 Ron Habegger Hartford Forward 1 Gary Clouse Pleasant Mills Forward Ed Hirschy Adams Central Forward Gary Workinger Adams Central Center i Dean Schieferstein Monmouth Center s Don Brown Monmouth Guard Don Sharp Adams Central Guard Larry Hake Commodores Guard j Mike Newcomer Geneva Guard

, eliminate the Greyhounds, 56-54. After a 2-2 tie in the early go- ’ ing, Monmouth led throughout the first quarter, holding a 15-12 edge as the period closed. The Greyhounds took the lead for the first time with 1:50 to go in the second ’ quarter on Don Sharp’s fourth fielder of the game, 22-21. Adagns Central's margin was boosted ' to five points, 28-23, as Ed Hirschy let fly with a one-hander c from near the center circle, with 1 the ball still in flight when the buzzer sounded. t The Eagles battled back to a s 36-36 tie with 4:44 to go in the I third bracket. The Greyhounds • again built their lead back to five > at 41-36, but the Eagles staged a s counter-rally and knotted the I count at 41-41 with 50 seconds to I play. Sharp and Brown exchanged three-point plays, and Don Egly ■ hit from the field for a 46-44 Adi ams Central lead at the end of the • quarter. , > The Greyhounds had their advantage back up to five, 52-47, exactly at the midway point of the ; closing stanza, but Brown convert- ; ed a pair of free throws, and . came back with two field goals , and the Eagles had regained the . lead, 53-52, for keeps. Gene Bienz tossed in a free throw on ; Ed Hirschy's fifth personal foul, ’ and Dennie Braun added a pair J mouth lead with 36 seconds to ; play. Egly hit from the field with ; ' 25 seconds to go to cut the Mon- ] . mouth lead to two points, 56-54. ] The Greyhounds had one more chance when the Eagles threw the ball away with 16 seconds to go, but the Greyhounds lost the bail without a shot. ] The B-boys led all the scorers in ] this game, Don Brown tallying 21 1 and Dennie Braun 19. Ed Hir- J schy topped Adams Central with I 15, Don Sharp counted 13 and j Gary Workinger 10. Spartans Edge Through , The Spartans, after leading throughout the entire first half in the second semi-final tilt, saw the Gorillas work into a 46-46 tie at the third period, but the Spartans came back to win the squeaker in the final seconds of play, 55-54. Jerry Alberson drew first blood I for Hartford with a free throw, B but Gary Clouse's fielder after 50 C seconds of play sent the Spar- C tans ahead. They moved to a B five-point lead at 8-3, and after I Hartford evened the score at 9-9 S I with 2:10 to go, Clouse hit a field I goal and two free throws and Dave Myers a fielder for a 15-9 Pleasant Mills lead at the end of the period. V The Spartans led by 11 points 1 after three minutes of the second B quarter, but the Gorillas narrow- A ed the margin to seven points, 35 S 28, at the half. The Gorillas, who played the en-

tire game without a substitution, whipped in 18 ponts in the third quarter to only 11 for the Spartans, and the teams were tied, 45 46, entering the final eight minutes of play. Dave Fox’ foul toss opening the final period was overmatched by Dave Myers’ field goal. The teams played it cautiously and were all knotted at 52-52 on Ron Habegger’s three-point play with 4:16 to go. The teams took turns holding up the ball for almost four minutes. With 35 seconds to play, Dave Myers stole the ball from a Hartford dribbler and was fouled. He made his first free throw but missed the second attempt and Hartford gained possession. A Gorilla shot missed with nine seconds to play, the Archers took the ball and Dave Currie was immediately fouled. The little Archer guard sank both foul chances to ice the contest, and the Spartans permited Fox to drive under for an easy layup just before the final buzzer sounded . Jerry Alberson, of Hartford, was the top scorer with 22 points Habegger adding 13 and Fox 12. Currie topped Pleasant Mills with 15 and Gary Clouse tallied 13. ' Monmouth FG FT TP Braun 8 3-4 19 Scheumann- —-51- —4™ Schieferstein . T .... 2 1-1 5 Brown .../. 8 5-5 21 Brandt — 0 1-2 1 Bienz 2 2-4 6 Totals 22 12-17 56 Adams Central FG FT TP Egley 3 1-3 7 B. Hirschy 4 1-2 9 Workinger 5 53 10 Sharp 5 3-4 13 E. Hirschy 7 1-4 15 Mann ..... 0 0-0 0 Totals 24 516 54 Score by quarters: 12 3 4 Monmouth 15 23 44 56 Adams Central .. 12 28 46 54 Officials: Lee. Goshert Pleasant Mills > FG FT TP Funk .... 3 2-5 8 Myers 2 4-5 8 Clouse 5 3-3 13 Currie 5 5-5 15 McMillen 2 3-3 7 R. Burkhare•2 0-0 4 Speakman 0 0-0 0 Totals 19 17-21 55 Hartford FG FT TP Wanner —— 2 3-4 7 Habegger- 6 1-1 13 Fox 4 4-7 12 Alberson 10 2-3 22 Stauffer 0 0-3 0 Totals 22 1518 54

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Score by quarters: 12 2 4 Pleasant Mills ..-15 35 46 55 Hartford 9 28 46 54 1 Officials: Goshert, CONSOLATION Adams Central FG FT TP Egley 1 4-5 6 B. Hirschy 0 2-2 2 Workinger 6 57 18 Sharp 6 513 20 E. Hirschy 1 3-4 5 Mann 0 0-0 0 Lehman 10-0 2 Schlickman 1 52 2 Ringger 3 4-4 10 : Ripley —————l 50 2 Leyse 0 51 0 Ehrsaml 51 2 Totals 21 27-39 69 Hartford FG FT TP Wanner 4 4-4 12 Habegger 9 7-10 25 Fox 1 59 7 Alberson 3 3-6 9 Stauffer 0 1-3 1 Spiehigcr .— o—so0 —50 O— - Studebaker 1 1-1 3 Totals — 18 21-33 57 Scores by quarters: Adams Central — 15 30 50 69 Hartford 9 32 46 - 57 0. * • igfwwi Team Standings Berne 12 0 1.000 Monmouth T —l 3 1 .929 Commodores 6 5 .545 Adams Central 7 6 .538 Geneva 3 3 .500 Pleasant Mills .. 5 8 .385 Hartford — 4 8 .333 Yellow Jackets 2 11 .154 CONGRATULATIONS to the Monmouth Eagles and Coach Don Elder for their county championship. Feature of this week’s busy schedule for Adams county teams will be the battle Friday night between these same Monmouth Eagles and the Berne Bears. The Bears are undefeated in 12 games, while the Eagles have won 13 and lost only one, The game, originally scheduled for the Monmouth gym, has been shifted to the Bishop Luers gym at Fort Wayne in

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CHAMPIONSHIP Monmouth FG FT TP Braun 8 2-3 18 Scheumann 2 0-0 4 Schieferstein 9 51 18 Bienz 2 0-0 4 Brown . 7 59 20 Luginbill „.... 0 0-0 0 Liby 3 51 6 HoUe 0 3-4 3 Brandt .... 0 4-6 4 Schere 0 2-2 2 Totals 31 17-26 79 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Funk 0 0-0 0 Myers 0 2-5 2 Clouse ... 4 57 11 Currie .... 3 56 12 McMillen 4 1-2 9 Black 10-0 2 R. Burkhart 0 1-3 1 Speakman 0 0-0 0 Totals 12 1523 37 Score by quarters: 12 3 4 Monmouth 18 45 65 79 ....P1eajaut..Mi115....—..10...19.. Officials: Lee Goshert. order to accommodate the fans. Eight games are on this week’s schedule, with one Tuesday night, five Friday and two Saturday. 'Die Decatur Commodores are the only team idle all week. Tuesday’s game will have the Gorillas host Madison township of Jay county at the Hartford gym. The Decatur Yellow Jackets, who are having mighty tough sledding with only two victories in 11 games, have a pair of Northeastern Indiana conference games Friday and Saturday, both at the Decatur gym. The Jackets will host the Kendallville Comets Friday and the Elmhurst Trojans Saturday. ........ .. . - - — In addition to the Berne-Mon-mouth and Decatur -. Kendallville tilts Friday, Hartford plays at

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Adams Central, Bryant at Pleasant Mills, and Pennville at Geneva. Saturday, the Jackets host Elmhurst, and the Geneva Cardinals play at Lancaster Central —oOo—- — NEIC games are on tap this week. Friday, Kendallville is at Decatur, Auburn at Concordia, Bluffton at Elmhurst and Columbia City at Garrett. Lone Saturday Saturday game is Elmhurst at Deactur. NEIC Standings W L Pct. Columbia City 4 4) 1:006 Concordia "...„— 4 1 .800 Bluffton 3 1 .750 New Haven 3 1 .750 Auburn 3 2 .600 Angola 3 3 .500 Kendallville 1 3 .250 Garrett:...... T ... 1 4 .200 Elmhurst 0 2 .000 Decatur 0 5 .000 1 Mike Newcomer, of Geneva, with 26.7 points average per game, is still top individual scorer in the county, followed by Don Brown, • Monmouth, with 24.7. Top 10 scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average points , per game, follows: GP TP Ave. ; Newcomer, Geneva . 6 160 26.7 Brown, Monmouth .. 14 346 24.7 1 Inniger, Berne 12 245 20.4 ■ Webb, Geneva 6 115 19.2 Habegger, Hartford . 12 224 18.7 Hake, Commodores 11 184 16.7 Braun, Monmouth .. 14 212 15.1 Schieferstien, \ Monmouth 14 207 14.8 Sharp, Adams Central 13 192 14.8 Kohne, Commodores 11 151 13.7 Results one year ago this week: Hartford 51, Madison Twp. 50. Adams Central 70, Hartford 45. Pennville 71, Geneva 40. Bryant 53, Pleasant Mills 52. Yellow Jackets 76, Kendallville 71. Berne 70, Monmouth 54. Geneva 70, Lancaster Central 54.

Wrestlers Os Decatur Third In Tournament The Decatur wrestling squad placed third in the New Haven wresling tournament Saturday, with three Decatur wrestlers winners of first place championships. Host New Haven captured the championship of the invitational meet, totaling 54 points to runnerup Defiance, 0., 48 points. Decatur finished third on 32 points and I Howe Military was fourth with 18. Mark Corral, Dave Adams and j A1 a n Kalver captured individual Giessler’s team, with Defiance and championships for coach Gary New Haven taking five and four first places respectively. Howe failed to take any first places. The Decatur boys face a full schedule this week, with a pair of matches, both at the Decatur gymnasium. The local twelve will host Manchester, over whom they own two decisions this year, Tuesday evening, and will entertain rugged New Haven Thursday evening, both at 7 o’clock. Corral Unbeaten Corral extended his unbeaten string to six this season with his twin victories Saturday. In only ' his first year in the sport, the 95 ■ pounder racked up his fifth win without a loss in the morning session when he decisioned his opponent by a 5-0 score. ’ He made it two consecutive shut- ' outs in the championship tilt and a 6-0 record for the season when he decisioned Taylor of Howe by a , 7-0 count. Adams followed Corral’s path in the 105 pound division. The blond sophomore decisioned Russ Charleston of New Haven by a 2-0 t ?core in the title match, after his 1 morning win. I Kalver Wins Sixth I Kalver made it three first places • in succession for Decatpr when he 1 chalked up a victory in the 115 pound class. After his morning win, Kalver also scored a shutout, decisioning Bob Charleston of New Haven by a 4-0 margin for his sixth win of the year against a single defeat. Three other Decatur wrestlers were successful in their morning matches, but were defeated in the afternoon. Kenny Hill was pinned 1 by Downey of New Haven with only 28 seconds remaining in their 135 pound match, while Sam Baumann was decisioned by Osdale of New Haven by a 4-0 score in the 145 pound class. Deane Lehman was pinned in the first minute of his afternoon match by Woodring of Defiance. Steve Hazelwood of Decatur, the Week's Schedule For Adams County Basketball Teams TUESDAY Madison Twp. at Hartford. FRIDAY Kendallville at Yellow Jackets. Monmouth vs Berne at Bishop Luers. Hartford at Adams Central. • Bryant at Pleasant Mills. Pennville at Geneva. SATURDAY Elmhurst at Yellow Jackets. Geneva at Lancaster Central.

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Berne Scores 12th Victory Without Loss The Berne Bears ran into plenty of difficulty at Angola Saturday night, but finally came through with a 51-48 victory over the Hornets, the 12th triumph of the season for the Bears without a defeat. I The Bears built up a seven-point advantage at the half, 24-17, but were hard-pressed to hold off the Angola challenge in the last two I periods. Erv Inniger led the Bears with 15 points, and Jerry Fosnaugh added 13. Sapp, of Angola, was the game’s top scorer with 18 points. Bachert added 12 and Shoup 11. Berne was outscored from the field, 19 to 17, but converted 17 free throws to only 10 for Angola. A big intra-county battle faces the Bears Friday night, as they put their unbeaten record on the line against the county champion Monmouth Eagles. The game, scheduled for the Monmouth gym, has been transferred to the Bishop Luers gym at Fort Wayne in order to handle the big crowd expected. Berne FG FT TP Inniger 6 3 15 B. Stahly 4 19 Fosnaugh 3 7 13 Kingsleyls 7 Ringgerlo 2 Clauser 2 15 TOTALS 17 17 51 Angola FG FT TP Sapp 6 6 18 Bachert6 0 12 Palmer .... 10 2 Shoup 5 1 11 Butler 13 5 TOTALS 10 10 48 Preliminary Berne, 47-43. ...5.. ■ , 5 team’s regular heavyweight entrant, did not compete due to a minor injury suffered in Thursday’s meet with Muncie. IS YOUR INSURANCE COVERAGE PLANNED TO GIVE YOU THE BEST PROTECTION? CALL 3-3601 COWENS INSURANCE AGENCY 209 Court Street PHONE 3-3401 L A- COWENS JIM COWENS