Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 50, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1963 — Page 7

TKURfiDAY, FEBRUARY 28, iMt

Bears And Commodores Win Opening Games In Sectional Wednesday

By Pete Reynolds Berne's defending champion Bears and the Decatur Commodores survived opening play in the Adams Central sectional tourney Wednesday night, the Bears with an easy 66-41 romp over the Geneva Cardinals in the opener, and the Commodores with a 39-37 squeaker against the Pleasant Mills Spartans in the nightcap. The first round of play will be concluded tonight, with the Decatur Yellow Jackets tangling with the Adams Central Greyhounds in the opener at 7 o’clock, followed by the Hartford Gorillas in the second contest. Tonight’s session is a complete sellout, and box offices at the Adams Central gym will not be open. No games will be played Friday, with the day devoted to sale of tickets to fans of the four schools left in the running after tonight’s session. Finals Saturday By last night's victories, the Bears and Commodores will clash in the first semi-final Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o’clock. The second semi-final will pit the winners of tonight’s engagements against each other at 1:45 p. m. Saturday’s final game will get underway at 8:15 p. m. Bears Win Easily Both the Bears and Cardinals were sizzling in the first eight minutes of Wednesday’s lidlifter, but the Cardinals suddenly cooled off and the Bears kept right on rolling. Geneva never led in the tourney opener, but the score was knotted no less than six times during the first period, tile last time at 16-16 on Mike Newcomer’s fourth field goal of the quarter £rv Inniger's third two-pointer put Berne on top at the end of the ■stanza; JB-l<^~ ~ The defending champions exploded for three baskets in the first 35 seconds of the second quarter, and the Bears were in, tak-

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ing a 32-23 lead into the dressing room at the long intermission. Geneva scored only five points in the third period, while the Bears added 16 for a 20-point cushion, 48-28, entering the final eight minutes. Inniger and Bob Stahly topped the Bears with 20 points each, but Newcomer was about all the Cardinals had to offer, as the junior guard, although showing the effects of his recent illness, dropped in 17 points, 12 in the first half. There were 17 fouls called on each team, with Berne converting 10 of 19 free throws, Geneva 13 of 23. Kohne Pops Winner The nightcap, although a slow, and at times, dull contest, was close all the way, with six points the largest margin of difference, held three times by the Commodores. The Spartans took an early 3-0 lead, but were caught by 1 the Decatur lads, and Pleasant Mills never led again until two minutes to go in the game. The rivals were tied at 3-3 and 5-5, with the Commodores holding a 96 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Commodores had their first six-point bulge at 17-11 with five minutes of the second stanza gone, but the Spartans cut this to four points, 19-15, at the half. Decatur had its lead back to six at 27-21 with 2:20 to play in the third quarter, but the Spartans were back within two at the end of the bracket, 29-27. A free throw and field goal by Terry Myers, and a foul shot by Larry Gase restored the Commodores’ six-point advantage, but the Spartans whittled away and finally pulled into a tie at 35-35 with 2:45 to play on Bob McMillen’s two-pointer. With 1:58 to go, Dave Myers hit his third shot in a row and Pleasant Mills was on top. But Ed Kohne, who sat out several minutes after picking up his fourth personal, potted one 28 seconds later for a 37-37 tie. With the Spartans apparently playing for a final shot to win the game, the Commodores stole a pass, with 45 seconds to play. Passing the ball around until only eight seconds remained, Kohne fired from about 12 feet to the side, the ball dropped through and the Commodores had scored the victory. Kohne, in addition to potting the tying and winning baskets, was the game's leading scorer with 17 points. Gary Clouse, Pleasant Mills center, was the only other player in double figures, leading file Spartans with 16 markers. There were 11 fouls called on the Commodores, eight on the Spartans. The Commodores converted

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7 of nine foul shots, the Spartans seven of 16. Berne FG FT TP Inniger 9 2-4 20 Clauser 2 0-0 4 Fosnaugh 5 1-2 11 B. Stahly 10 0-1 20 Kingsley 0 1-1 1 Sprunger ... 0 1-2 1 Habegger ...... 1 2-2 4 McKean 0 1-3 1 Patterson .....t 0 2-4 2 G. Stahly 1 M 2 TOTALS 28 10-19 66 Geneva FG FT TP Buckingham 0 0-10 Webb 4 0-2 8 McCabe 2 3-5 7 Newcomer 5 7-9 17 Lautzenheiser . 0 1-1 1 Toland. 2 0-14 Bollenbacher 1 2-3 4 Hawbaker 0 0-0 0 Hirschy 0 0-10 Dull 0 M 0 TOTALS .. 14 13-23 41 Score by quarters: Berne 18 32 48 66 Geneva 16 23 28 41 Officials: Swartz, Targgart. Commodores FG FT TP M. Baker 0 1-3 1 D. Lose 3 2-2 8 Myers .... 3 2-2 8 Kohne . 8 1-1 17 Gase 2 1-1 5 Schultz 0 0-0 0 TOTALS.... 16 7-9 39 Pleasant Mills FG FT TP Funk 0 3-5 3 Myers .. T 3 2-3 8 Clouse 7 2-7 16 Currie 2 0-14 McMillen ... 2 0-0 4 R.Burkhartlo-0 2 TOTALS , 15 7-16 37 Score by quarters: Commodores .. 9 19 29 39 Pleasant Mills 6 15 27 37 Officials: Davis, Schwartz. Minnesota Vikings Sign Draft Choice MINNEAPOALIS (UPI) -The Minnesota Vikings of the National Fobtball League announced Wednesday the signing of Gary Kaltenbach of the University of Pittsburgh. Kaltenbach, 6-2, 242 pounds, was the fifth draft choice of the Vikings. Pro Basketball NBA Results Cincinnati 119, New York 107. Syracuse 122, Los Angeles 111. Chicago 98, St. Louis 93.

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Sectional Scores At Adams Central Berne 66, Geneva 41. Decatur Catholic 39, Pleasant Mills 37. At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Central 74, Monroeville 37. New Haven 51, Fort Wayne South 49. Fort Wayne Concordia 67, Arcola 37. At Angola Auburn 50, Fremont 41. Churubusco 72, Waterloo 61. At Chururbuaco Ashley 71, Butler 57. Angola 62, Riverdale 26. At Hartford City Bryant 60, Hartford City 57. Dunkirk 84, Poling 48. At Huntington Andrews 51, Lancaster 50. Union 64, Rockcreek 51. At Kendallville Albion 47, Kendallville 45. LaGrange 56, Wolf Lake 48. . At Warsaw Leesburg 64, Claypool 48. Pierceton 75, Milford 53. Warsaw 85, North Webster 49.

All-America Team Topped By Duke Star NEW YORK (UPD — Art Heyman' of Duke, the No. 1 pro prospect in college basketball, and Ron Bonham and Tom Thacker, standouts on top ranked Cincinnati, are the leading choices on the 1963 United Press International All-America team announced today. Jerry Harkness of Loyola (Ill.) and Gary Bradds of Ohio State are the two other collegians honored in the UPl’s annual poll of 247 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the country. Heyman, regarded a cinch to be the first collegian drafted by the professionals in April, was the most popular choice on the team. The 21-year-old New York youth who migrated to the Carolinas for his education was a first-team choice of 201 voters and a secondteam selection of 12 others. His name thus appeared on 86.2 per cent of the ballots cast. Scoring Average Low Bonham and Thacker were next in popularity, followed by Harkness and Bradds, in that order. The scoring average of 22.2 points per-man per-game for this year’rf' All-America team is comparatively low (last season’s, for example, averaged more than 27 points per man). However, this year’s honor five shows excellent balance, with 6-foot-8 Bradds the high scoring pivot man and rebounder; Heyman and Bonham, each 6-foot-5, the strong, aggressive forecourt men, and Thacker and Harkness, each 6-foot-2, the outside sharpshooters and ballhawks. The consensus of the nation’s college basketball experts thus selected a team dominated by four players from Midwestern schools. Heyman, Thacker and Harkness are seniors, while Bonham and Bradds are juniors. Represent Top Teams The All-Americans also come from among the six highest ranking college teams. Cincinnati, Duke and Loyola are rated 1-2-3 by the UPI Board of Coaches and Ohio State is sixth.

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Tourney Notes

By Bob Shraluka TWO teams were eliminated, two are still in the running, and Ed Kohne owns the most important basket — following the opening of the 1963 sectional tournament at the Adams Central gym Wednesday night. O THE Decatur Yellow Jackets and Adams Central Greyhounds square off in the 7 o’clock game tonight, and the Eagles from Monmouth meet Hartford’s Gorillas in the second contest. Tonight’s session is a complete sellout! O IT took nearly 63 minutes of basketball Wednesday night before any thrills were provided the fans as all the drama was packed into the final minute of the Com-modore-Pleasant Mills game. The fans were beginning to get excited in the first quarter of the Berne-Geneva contest, but Berne began pulling away in the second quarter and turned the game into a rout in the second half. O MOST of any excitement in the first session occurred in the third quarter of the Berne-Geneva game when some of the lights took a 12minute “rest” period, delaying the game. Principal Phil Souder explained that a 100 amp fuse blew, causing eight of the 32 lights in the gym to go out. O THE delay was just 12 minutes, however, as the problem was quickly corrected. Four separate times, just for a few seconds, all the lights went out, as they were being worked on. An electrician explained it as “just one of those things.” O LED by the hot-shooting of Bob Stahly, Berne walked off with opening night shooting honors. The Bears connected on 28 of their 61 attempts, a percentage of .459. The Commodores, with their possession game, took only 36 shots from the field but hit for a mark of .444. , O GENEVA and Pleasant Mills were both stone cold from the field. The Cards hit 14 of 50 shots for a .280 figure, while the Spartans, who never can seem to come up with a good game in the A. C. gym, hit 15 of 55 shots for a ,273 mark. BERNE also had the best onehalf shooting percentage, as they hit 15 of 24 in the first half against the Cards, a red hot .625 percentage. The Bears hit Bof 13 in the first period, while Geneva hit 7 of 14, as both were anything but “jittery.” O STAHLY was the top individual shooter of the night, canning 10 of 15 attempts from the field, for a fabulous mark of .667. The talented Kohne also came up with a “hot” night, hitting 8 of 13 for a mark of .615. Ony other shooter over the .500 mark was Gary Clouse of the Spartans who took only 13 shots and hit seven of them for a .538 percentage. O HITTING close to the every-other-shot mark was tne great Erv Inniger who dropped in nine buckets in 21 attempts; Jerry Fosnaugh, five fielders in eleven tries, and Dan Lose of the Commodores, who took only seven shots and hit three of them. O MIKE Newcomer, the county’s leading scorer this season, was way off his normal shooting form. The slick guard hit only five fielders in 20 attempts. He is still battling the effect sos the flu, and was also battling two and three Berne defenders most of the time, as the Bears really clamped down on him. O REBOUNDING honors go to the Spartans’ rugged center Clouse, with Inniger close behind. Only a junior, Clouse was really “banging the boards,” as he hauled down 17 rebounds in the losing cause, ten of them off the offensive board. Inniger, who does everything on a basketball floor, and does it well, hauled down 15, seven offensively and eight defensively. O FOSNAUGH gave Inniger plenty of help as he grabbed 11 caroms, six offensively and five defensively. Mike Baker did a fine

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job for the Commodores, grabbing down 10 rebounds, all of them off the defensive board . O OTHER rebounders of note were McCabe, Geneva, seven; Toland, Geneva, six; Myers, Pleasant Mills, six; Lose, Commodores, five. ii O LED by Inniger and Fosnaugh, Berne was the top rebounding team of the night, grabbing 40, 21 offensively and 19 defensively, Pleasant Mills totaled 33 rebounds, 17 offensively and 16 defensively, while the Commodores hauled down 25, 22 of them defensively. Geneva brought down 22 rebounds, nine offensively and 13 defensively. O KOHNE hit the “biggest” bucket of the night when he popped in a 12-footer with eight seconds to go, putting the final nail in the Pleasant Mills coffin. O PITY cogch Tom King of the Spartans, who never can put that ball in the hoop when playing at the Greyhounds gym. With the score tied and less than a minute remaining, the Spartans had the ball. King was frantically waving for a timeout, but none of his boys saw him ,and 20 seconds later the Commodores stole the basketball, called time, and went on to victory. O TOURNEY firsts went this way: basket, Stahly; shot missed, Webb; free throw made, McCabe; free throw missed, Fosnaugh; personal foul, Fosnaugh; rebound, Webb; time out, Berne; to foul out, Clauser. O THE Daily Democrat - Citizens Telephone news service handled some 3,657 phone calls Wednesday night over 3-2171. Approximately 75 persons listened to both games in the Berne gymnasium, through a special telephone hookup. O FANS have been reminded that much parking is available in the rear of the gymnasium. Many persons were parking along the road in front of the gym and walking half a mile, while plenty of space was still left in the rear. ——•—— o - SIX seniors finished their high school basketball careers last night and we wish them good luck. Larry Webb, Ted Toland, Bill Hawbaker, and Bob Dull of Geneva, and Dave Currie and Dave Myers of Pleasant Millsl “-hung ’em up” for the final ime last night. O OVER 1,000 entries were received in the Holthouse Drug Co.’s “pick ’em” contest before the 6 p.m. dedine Wednesday. Not many „were eliminated last night, as a total of only one per cent picked the Commodores, Peasant Mills, Geneva or Hartford to win the tourney. Monmouth was the favorite as 49 per cent picked the Eagles. Forty per cent chose Berne, while six per cent liked the Yellow Jackets and four per cent favored Ad-

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ams Central. —- O — ONE of the entries was received from Herbert Ham of Salisbury, Mass. A friend of Bob Cook of Decatur, Ham was visiting the Cooks last week and filled out a blank. He went along with the crowd in picking Monmouth to win it all. TOURNEY TIDBITS — Berne hit their first three shots .... for their enrollment, Geneva had the largest cheering bloc .... Berne pulled the same tip-off play successfully at the start of both halves .... Newcomer missed ten shots in a row in the second and third periods . ... the lights went out as Roger Lautzenheiser was shooting .... the Kohne’s shot at 1:31 had tied the game and set up his winning effort . . . the vote here for “manager of the year” goes to Joe Geinter, Commodore student manager . . . the refereeing was very good .... here’s hoping it stays that way. BOWLING American Legion League W L Pts. Mirror Inn ;. 15 6 21 Burke Insurance .. 16 6 20 Firestone 12 9 17 Cowens Insurance .12 9 15 Riverviewlo 11 13 Ashbauchers 8 13 10 Farmers Dairy .... 6 15 8 First State Bank ..6 15 8 High games: Lyons 203, Harkless 201, Guenin 226, Burcher 201, Koos 213, Moses 225, Hodle 214, Hoffman 200, Frauhiger 219, Reef 211-209-225. High series: Reef 645 (211-209-225. K. Os C. League W L Pts. Lengerich Awnings 16 5 20 Council No. 864 13 8 17% Baker Painting .... 11 10 15 P. Q. F. 11 10 15 Baker Plumbing .. 9% 11% 13% Girardot Standard -9% 11% 11% Villa Lanes .. 7% 13% 10 Lengerich Butchers 7 14 9%

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< ■ - ■ High games: Ed Castleman 223, Jim Meyer 222-205, Joe Loshe 221, Jim Loshe 212, Don Baker 205, Clarence Lengerich 201, Jerry Miller 200, Troy Fennig 300. High series. Jim Meyer 590, Troy Finnig 573, Don Baker 555, Joe Loshe 548, Jim Loshe 547, Dick Lengerich 541, Jim Brazill 538, Ed Castleman 532. Paul Kohne 522, Clarence Lengerich 516, Dick LaFountaine 516. Commodore Ticket Sales On Friday The Rev. Charles Ueber, athletic director of the Decatur Cathqic high school, today announced plans for sale of tickets for the Saturday sessions of the sectional tourney to Commodore fans. The tickets, priced at $1 for the two sessions, will be sold to students after school Friday. Adult season ticket holders may purchase tickets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. If any remain, they will be sold to the general public after 8:30 p.m. Our advertisers are for your HOME TOWN — DECATUR. Patronise them.

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