Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 295, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1963 — Page 7

MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1963

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Adams Central Downs Woodlan Saturday Night The Adams Central Flying Jets, after suffering their first lost of the season Friday, got back on the winning track Saturday night, racking up their seventh victory with a 64-60 triumph over the Woodlan, Warriors at Woodlan. The Jets were ip, front by a single point, 15-14, at the first quarter, but Woodlan zoomed to a 30-22 bulge at the half. The Jets limited the Warriors to only six points in the third period while scoring 26, giving Adams Central a 48-36 advantage going into final stanza. Gary Clouse topped the Jets’ scoring with 20 points, and Roger Schnepp and Tony Ehrsam each counted 13: Ehle was outstanding for Woodlan with 26, Delagrange adding 12 and Herber 11. Adams Central will meet the Berne Bears at Berne Thursday night. ADAMS CENTRAL FG FT TP Hirschy . 2 3 7 Egley 4 1 9 Clouse —7 6 20 Lehman ... .1 0 2 Schnepp .. 6 1 13 Ehrsam 4 4 13 Ringger 0 0 0 Leyse .... 0 0 0 Ross 0 0 0 TOTALS 24 16 64 WOODLAN FG FT TP Yerkes 0 2 Korte -.... 2 15 Herber 5 1 11 Calvin 1 0 2 Delagrange3 6 ,12 Ehle 11 4 26 Hoeppnerlo 2 Gerig 0 0 0 Osborno O' 0 TOTALS 24 12 60 Officials: Waltke, Bultemeter - -jrreHftTnaYy Woodlan, 41-39 (overtime) MASONIC ENTERED APPRENTICE DEGREE TUES., DEC. 17, 7 P.M. Robert S. Workinger W. M.

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H. S. Basketball Elmhurst 58, Huntertown 49. Huntington 68, Fort Wayne South 49. Fort Wayne Central Catholic 99, Fort Wayne Luers 73. Auburn 85, Chuhibusco 62. Fremont 60, LaGrange 55. Indianapolis Attacks 80, Connersville 39. Columbus 81, Indianapolis Manual 51. Anderson 67, Jasper 37. Kokomo 72, South Bend Central 63. Muncie Central 89, Muncie Burris 59. Muncie South 85, New Castle 84. Tipton 70, Frankfort 61. Wabash 64, South Bend Adams 63. Gary Roosevelt 95, South Bend Riley 77. Michigan City 80, Valparaiso 73 (overtime). Penn 87, Mishawaka 76. Eagles Handed Third Defeat By Eastside < Monmouth’s Eagles, unable to hold what appeared to be a comfortable lead, had their five-game winning streak snapped on their home floor Saturday night, dropping a 66-63 decision to Eastside (Butler), for the Eagles’ third loss in eight games. The Eagles led at the first quarter, 13-8, but the Windmills pulled into a 24-24 tie at the half. Monmouth boosted their lead back to five, 41-36, at the third period, and built their advantage to eight with slightly more than two minutes to play but could not halt the late Eastside rally. Two lads did nearly all the Eastside scoring, Walter with 23 and Beard with 21. Dean Schieferstein lead the Eagles with 6 points, Bob Brandt tallied 15 and Gene Bienz 13. The Eagles will play at Monroeville Thursday night. Eastside iFG FT TP See 10 2 '“BesFd~*-.“T.’:iT.—•... 6 9 21 Goodin ...2 0 4 Keller 3 2 8 Walter . 6 11 23 Renfrow 3 0 6 TOTALS ........2222 66 FG FT TP Schieferstein 7A 2 16 Conrad .F 4 6 Liby 2 2 6 Hoile 13 5 Brandt 71 15 Bienz ...4 5 13 Luginbill 1 0/z TOTALS ...23 17fl|k Officials: Lee, Hoagburg. jF Preliminary ’y Monmouth, 39-34. 6 Easy Scooping One of the handiest ways to scoop the insides out of a tomato or pepper is to use a grapefruit knife with a curved blade.

Bears, Giants Meet Dec. 29 For NFL Title By NORMAN MILLER K UPI Sports Writer It will be the Chicago Bears’ superb defense against Y. A. Tittle and pro football’s most explosive offense in the National League’s championship playoff, Dec. 29. And who could ask for a more dramatic match-up? Although the Bears should be slight favorites for the showdown at Chicago, the New York Giants undoubtedly consider them a refreshing change from the Green Bay Packers, who walloped them two straight years in the title game. This will be the sixth playoff meeting between the Bears and Giant . No NFL division rivals ever have met as many times. The Bears haven’t won a playoff title since 1946—when they beat the Giants. And the Giants’ last playoff win was in 1956—when they beat the Bears. The Bears clinched their 10th Western crown Sunday when Billy Wade took some pressure off the overworked defense by throwing a pair of third-period touchdown strikes that produced a 24-14 victory over the Detroit * Lions. Giants Top Steelers And the Giants extended their record total of Eastern Division championships to 14 with a 33-17 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in their winner-take-all game in New York. Both conference races thus were decided on the final Sunday of the season. Chicago finished with a record of 11 wins, one defeat and two ties; the Giants have an 11-3 record. The Packers and Cleveland Browns wound up in second place to qualify for the Playoff (Runnerup) Bowl game at Miami, Fla., Jan. 5. Cleveland defeated the Washington Redskins, 27-20, giving them a 10-4 record. The Packers edged the San Francisco Forty Niners, 21-17, Saturday to finish with 11 wins, two defeats and one tie. In Sunday’s other games, the Dallas Cowboys upset the St. Louis Cardinals, 28-24; the Baltimore Colts edged the Los Angeles Rams, 19-16; and the Minnesota Vikings trounced the Philadelphia Eagles, 34-13. Offense vs. Defense To get an idea of the offense vs. defense battle shaping up in the title playoff game: The Giants scored a total of 448 points during the season, 79 more than any other team in the NFL and 147 more than Chicago. The Bears help opponents to 144 points, 62 less than any other club in the league and 136 less than the Giants. Sunday’s 24-J4 score does not adequately tell the role the Bears’ defense played in the victory. The defenders held the Lions within range while the Bears’ popgun offense could produce only a field goal in the first half. Wade helped overcome the 7-3 halftime deficit by completing a pair of touchdown passes within three minutes and 21 seconds of the third period. He threw 51 yards to Johnny Morris and 22 yards to Mike Ditka for a 17-7 lead. The Lions, still full of fight, battled back to score on a fouryard run by Terry Barr and then the Bears’ defense was called on for its finest efforts to keep Detroit from going ahead. First, the Bears stopped a Detroit penetration to the Chicago 27-yard line. Then, in the final minute, Dave Whitsell intercepted a pass and ran 39 yards for a clinching touchdown with only 25 seconds remaining. Set NFL Record Tittle threw three scoring passes against the Steelers to set an NFL record of 36 for a season. Joe Morrison caught two of these and scored another TD on a one-yard plunge. The two crucial plays of the game, howeyer, were a fumble by the Steelers’ Gary Ballman after he had caught a pass and was about a stride from the goal line; and a spectacular one-handed catch of a low pass' by New York’s Frank Gifford that started the Giants on an important touchdown drive. Ballman, after catching the pass from Ed Brown early -in the game, had the ball knocked out of his hands by Dick Lynch of the Giants. The ball rolled info the end zone, where New York’s Erich Barnes picked it up and ran it out 34 yards. Tit- . tie shortly followed with a 41yard touchdown bomb to Del Shofner. Gifford made his w amazing grab of a 30-yard pass immediately after the Steelers had cut the Giants’ lead to 16-10 in the third period. Another 25yard pass to Gifford and a 22yarder to Morrison on the next two plays produced a New Rork touchdown. On the next series of cjowns, Tittle threw 31 yards to Aaron Thomas, then 14 yards to Gifford and Morrison bucked the final yards for a score that opened a 30-10 lead. Pittsburgh muffed at least five good scoring opportunities, the Giants intercepting three passes

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Team Standings W L Pct. Adams Central 71 .875 Monmouth 5 3 .625 Berne;..3 2 .600 Commodores-u 3 3 .500 Geneva 1 2 .333 Yellow Jackets 0 6 .000 —oOo— Six games are scheduled this week, t|ie week before the holiday vacation, with action scattered over four nights, one Wednesday, two Thursday, two Friday and one Saturday. The Decatur Commodores will launch the card Wednes- .. day, entertaining their old rivals, the Huntington Catholic Ramblers, at the Decatur gym. The Commodores brought their season record to the all even mark, 3-3, last week by defeating an alumni quintet. Top interest Thursday will center on the Berne gym, where the Bears, with three straight wins after a pair of opening losses, entertain the Adams Central Flying game in seven starts. Also Jets, who have lost only one Thursday, the Monmouth Eagles will travel, to Monroeville to meet the Cubs. - A pair of “have nots” will tangle at the Decatur gym Friday night, when the Yellow Jackets entertain their arch rivals, the Bluffton Tigers, in a Northeastern Indiana conference encounter. Neither team has scored a victory to date so an interesting contest should be in store. Friday’s other game will send the Geneva Cardinals to Hoagland. The Cardinals will also play in the lone game Saturday tilt, hosting Selma at the Geneva court. The Concordia Cadets, with a 4-1 mark, have taken over the Northeastern Indiana conference lead. Three loop contests are scheduled Friday, Bluffton at Decatur, Angola at New Haven and Kendallville at Auburn. NEIC Standings W L Pct Concordia ... 4 1 .800 Columbia City 3 1 .750 Angola .... 2 1 .667 Elmhurst ... 11 .500 Kendallville 11 .500 New Haven 11 500 Garrett ...... 1 2 .333 Bluffton 0 1 .000 Auburn 0 2 .000 Decatur 0 2 .000 Greg Ladd, of the Decatur Yellow Jackets, is the county’s individual scoring leader in the first compilation of figures for the new seasoq. Ladd has scored 119 points in six games for the winless Jackets, to post an average of 19.8 points per game. The top 10 scorers, with games played, total points scored, and average per game, follow: GP TP Ave. Ladd, Yel. Jack 6 119 19.8 Schieferstein, Mon... 8 134 16.8 Newcomer, Geneva.. 3 47 15.7 Ehrsam, Ad. Cenß 115 14 4 Wanner, Berne 5 71 14.2 D. Lose, Commo. .. 6 85 14.2 Kohne, Commo. .... 6 80 13.3 Clouse, Ad. Central.. 8 104 13.0 Bienz, Monmouth .. 8 99 12.4 Bollenbacher, Geneva 3 36 12.0 —°o°— Results one year ago this week: Commodores 56, Lafayette Central 41. Ossian 79, Yellow Jackets 65. Pleasant Mills 50, Huntington Catholic 47. Berne 59, Adams Central 53, Monmouth 61, Monroeville 51. Jackson 67, Hartford 58. Bluffton 64, Yellow Jackets 54. Geneva 71, Hoagland 62. and recovering two fumbles. At Washington, Jimmy Brown gained 125 yards to go over the one-mile mark for the season and extend his record' rushing haul to 1,863. Frank Ryan threw three touchdown passes for the Browns* Don Meredith threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Frank Clarke -with 1:10 left to play, giving the Cowboys their narrow win over the Cardinals. Meredith threw two scoring passes and bucked over for another TD. Johnny Unitas set an NFL season record for pass completions’ in the Colts’ come-from-behind win over Los Angeles. He hit on 21 of 37 for a total of 373 yards, giving him 237 completed passes this season. His 14-yard scoring pass to Toto Matte with 33 seconds remaining was the game-winner. Don Hultx of the Vikings also set a league record 'by recovering his ninth fumble of the season and also intercepted a pass and ran 51 yards for a touchdown at Philadelphia. Rookie Ron VanderKgJen directed Minnesota to this win. On Saturday, Bart Starr completed 53 and 50-yard touchdown passes to Boyd Dowler in Green J3ay s win at San Francisco.

BOWLING Coffee League W L Pts. MPs .. 26 10 33 Saucerettes 22 14 32 Instant 22 14 31 Perks 21 15 29 S 1 * 8 *- 20 16 28 Cups- 20 16 26 Sippers 20 16 25 Cubes -—lB 18 25 Spoons ...17 19 23 Warmers .’. 16 20 20 Coasters 13 23 19 Dunkers ,114 22 17 Cream 12 24 15 Caffeine u 25 13 High games: B. Yost 175, M. Merriman 169, G. Buckner 162, L. Affolder 160, E. Morrison 158, M. Winteregg 157, S. Springer 157, M. J. Gage 155-153, M. Reef 154, R. Hagan 154, C. Bassett 153, M. J. Burnett 152, P. Werling 152, Berneice Miller 152, W. Hirschy 151, M. Geisler 151. Splits converter: M. Hipleman 4- L. Bodie 3-10, M. J. Gage 5- J. Anderson 2-7, V. Hammond 4-5-7 & 3-10, R. Baxter 5-7, E. Bulteineier 3-7, M. Reef 5-7, D. Myers 5-7-9, B. Miller 5-7-9, P. Stucky 3-10, S. Springer 3-10 & 5-7, M. Sheets 6-10, M. VonGunten 5-10, W. Rafert 5-7, M. Merriman 6-7-10, L. Affolder 4-5-7, K. Wynn 3-7-10, W. Hirschy 4-5, K. Pqgeler 5-10. T. V. Guides W L Pts. Defenders ... 33 9 44 Ripcords 30% HVte 41% Caseys 25 17 36 Medics 23 19 27 Hillbillies 17 25 22 Virginians 14% 27% 19% Checkmates 13 29 17 Laramies ... 12 30 17 High tea.m series; Defenders 1730; Caseys 1629. High games: D. Holthouse 162, 168, 167 ( 497); G. Buckner 161, 159, 169 ( 489); V. Custer 143, 163, 138 ( 444); P. Laurent 138, 153, 138 (429); M. Mies 133, 155, 138 ( 426); M. Uster 139, 150, 129 ( 418); H. Bracey 172, 120, 115 ( 407); M. Schultz 107, 167, 130 ( 404); B. Drake 149, 112, 143 ( 404); M. Schrock 143, Tomi Yost 135, A. Heare 139, K. Mayclin 136, G. Baker 148, M. Parrish 138, A. Colchin 143, H. McDonald 148, E. Hite 149. Splits converted: L. Smith 2-7, P. Laurent 5-6, J. Hesher 4-5-7, E. Hite 3-10, 5-10, D. Holthouse 3-10, M. Lengerich 2-5-8-9-10, K. Mayclin 4-5, F. Heare 5-6, G. Buckner 5-6 & 4-5, J. Huston 5-8-10. jii 1 Pro Basketball Saturday’s Results Cincinnati 108, Boston 105. Philadelphia 123, New York 119. St. Louis 104, Detroit 92. Los Angeles 113, Baltimore 108. Sunday’s Results St. Louis 102, Los Angeles 95. San Franbisco 122, Baltimore 97.

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By Bob Shraluka The Decatur Yellow Jackets return to the practice sessions this week in an attempt to solve the problem of putting together two good halves of basketball in one game, after losing an 86-69 decision to the NEIC-leading Concordia Cadets Saturday evening. Friday night at Columbia City, the Jackets played good basketball in the first half, but were swamped 52-19 in the second half, Saturday’s game was just the opposite, as the Decaturites outscored the Cadets 41-36 in the final half, but had fallen behind 5028 in the first two periods, a margin too great to make up. The loss Saturday was the sixth of the season for the Yellow Jackets without a win, but they will be looking for that first win Friday night when they entertain Bluffton in the Decatur gym. Best Two Periods The 41 points in the second half Saturday evening was a high for the Jackets this season, and their 23 tallies in* the final period was their highest one-period production of the season—an encouraging note. The Codets, however, had built up a commanding lead in the first 16 minutes of the contest, led by terrific Tom Baack’s 16 points. Jon Roemke's free toss at the 7:31 mark of the first period gave the Cadets a lead they never lost, although the Jackets managed to tie the score at 5-5 on a threepoint play by Greg Ladd. Tom

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Wilcoxson broke the tie with a pair of charity tosses,and his club spurted to a 15-6 lead, before Decatur scored again from the field, on Kenny Riffle’s jump shot. Fourth Cadet Win Concordia, grabbing its fourth win in five starts, held a 27-15 lead at the end of the period, and boosted the margin to 50-28 at the main intermission. Alan Sprunger's first varsity field goal midway, in the third period cut the lead to 19 points, and when Ladd pumped in a fieldver at the 2:10 mark, the Jackets had cut the lead to 61-44. The Jackets could get no closer, however, the rest of the way, as Concordia managed a 66-46 lead after three quarters and maintained the lead the rest of the way. Ladd was outstanding as he Week's Schedule Os Adoms County Basketball Teams Wednesday .Huntington Catholic at Commodores. Thursday Adams Central at Berne. Monmouth at Monroeville. Friday Bluffton at Yellow Jackets. Geneva at Hoagland. Saturday Selma at Geneva.

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pumped in 32 tallies on ten fielders and 12 of 14 from the charity stripe, for a career high, Craig McEwan added 14, but no other player with the exception of Riffle scored more than four points. Baack’s 22 led the winners, while John Sheets and Roemke added 1C and 14, respectively, and Wilcoxson contributed 10. Yellow Jackets FG FT TP Ladd 10 12 32 Elliott 2 0 4 McEwan 5 4 14 Ortiz .. 1 2 4 Riffle 3 17 Blythe 10 2 Sprunger .....; 10 2 Lehman 10 2 Eglyo 0 0 Custer 10 2 TOTALS 25 19 69 Concordia FG FT TP Baack 10 2 22 Toms .Ai..-...—0 4 4 Sheets ..: 6 4 16 Roemke 5 4 14 Wilcoxson 3 4 10 Peters .... 10 2 Edenfield 2 0 4 Fritz 11 3 Chambers ...I'.. 0 2 2 Veiss 2 2 6 Ehrman 11 3 Walda 0 0 0 Officials: Green & Cfart. TOTALS . 31 24 86 Preliminary Concordia, 40 - 39.