Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 23 December 1963 — Page 7

MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1963

SPORTS

Chargers Rout Denver To Win AFL West Title By NORMAN MILLER UPI Sports Writer It figures to be a mighty cold day Saturday when the Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills meet in the American Football League’s Eastern Division playoff but the winner can expect a warm reception one week later in San Diego. The San Diego weather should be sunny and the San Diego Chargers hot. Tlie Chargers clinched the Western Division crown Sunday with a 58-20 rout against the Denver Broncos and now have a two-week stretch in sunsoaked California to prepare for the AFL’s , title playoff against the Eastern Division winner at San Diego, Jan. 5. The Bills and the Patriots, who ended their regular season last weekend with 7-6-1 records, clash next Saturday afternoon at Buffalo in temperature that undoubtedly will be freezing. Coach Sid Gillman and his Chargers will be waiting to thaw out the winner. High Scoring Game The Chargers weren’t the only hot team in the league on the final Sunday of. the regular season. The Oakland Raiders edged

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the Houston Oilers, 52-49, in the highest scoring AFL game ever played. Despite the win, the Raiders failed in their game try to overtake San Diego. The Kansas City Chiefs drubbed the New York Jets, 48-0 in the other game played. In winning the Western Division title for the third time in four seasons, the Chargers finished with an 11-3 record, one game ahead of Oakland. In their first two playoff ventures, in 1960 and ’6l, the Chargers lost both times to Houston. Paul Lowe scored two touchdowns, on runs of 10 and 66 yards, and gained 183 yards in 17 carries for San Diego. The Chargers scored die first four times they had possession of the ball, yet they led only 26-17 at Don Breaux, rookie Denver quarterback, hit on eight straight pass attempts during the first half to keep his team' in the game. However, George Blair’s 28-yard field goal and Lowe’s 66-yard touchdown run pulled the Chargers away in the third period. And with secondstring quarterback John Hadi taking Over for most of the final quarter, they broke the game wide open with 22 points. Four Records Set Mike Mercer of Oakland kicked a 39-yard field goal with 4:37 remaining to beat the, Oilers. At least four records were set in the game. In addition to the 101-point total, Clem Daniels set an AFL season rushing record of 1,098 yards and Art Powell caught four touchdown passes. Daniels gained 158 yards Sunday, giving him two more yafds than the record set last year by Buffalo’s Cookie Gilchrist. “'“‘f Tom Flores completed six touchdown passes, one less than the AFL record; George Blanda who holds that mark, threw five TD tosses. Oakland gained 407 yards by passiiigf and 181 by rushing for a 588-yard total offense that also was a singlegame mark. The Raiders, who won only one game in 1962, closed out the ’63 season with eight straight wins and a total of 10. Len Dawson completed four touchdown passes and. defensive tackle Jerry Mays ran 58 yards to score with a recovered fumble as the Chiefs drubbed the Jets in nine-degree weather. $ College Football Liberty Bowl Mississippi State 16, North Carolina State 12. - Bluebonnet Bowl Baylor 14. Louisiana State 7. North-South Game South 23, North 14.

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Week's Schedule Os Adams County Basketball Teams Thursday Commodores holiday tourney at Decatur. Friday Commodores holiday tourney at Decatur. Yellow Jackets in holiday tourney at Portland. Saturday' Yellow Jackets in holiday tourney at Portland. Berne in holiday tourney at Columbia City. Ed Brown Is Comeback Star Os NFL NEW YORK (UPI) — Ed Brown, a supposedly over-the-hill quarterback who barely missed leading the Pittsburgh Steelers to their first National Football League title, today was honored by United Press International for the 1963 come-back-of-the-year in the NFL. The 34-year old Brown, completing his 10th season as a pro quarterback, won the award by a plurality of the votes cast by 42 writers who covered the 1963 NFL campaign. The panel of three writers from each league city cast 14 votes for Brown, compared to eight for passcatcher Terry Barr of the Detroit Lions. Brown, a bench-warmer of three previous season, stepped into one of the largest pairs of quarterback shoes in pro football when he took over the job from Bobby Layne this season. Given Little Chance There were only a few around the NFL at the start of this season who gave the Steelers much chance of winning the Eastern Conference title. Yet they were in the race until the last Sunday of the season when they were beaten by the New York Giants, 33-17. And much of the Steelers* success could be traced to Brown’s capable direction of a ball-control attack that ground out yardage the yard sway, was championship quarterback back in 1956 when he guided the Chicago Bears to the Western Conference title. He lost the job to Zeke Bratkowski in 1960, however, and to Billy Wade the following year. Traded to the Steelers before the 1962 season, Brown spent another season on the bench as an understudy to Layne. He managed to play enough to complete 43 of 84 passes for 726 yards and five touchdowns. Coach Buddy Parker of the Steelers convinced Layne to retire at the close of last season, largely because he felt confident that Brown could do the job. And Brown did not fail him. Brown Led Comeback In seven games this season, the Stefelers under Brown’s leadership battled back in the last quarter to gain a win or tie. , Brown completed 168 of 362 passes for 2,982 yards and 21 > touchdowns. He was one of only I four quarterbacks in the league* I who averaged more than eight I yards per pass attempted. He I also handled the Steelers’ puntI ing and averaged slightly less ■ than 40 yards for 57 kicks.

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Team Standings W L Pts. Adams Central .... 7 2 .778 Monmouth ...... 6 3 .667 Berne 4 2 .667 Commodores 4 3 .571 Geneva 1 4 .200 Yellow Jackets .... 1 6 .143 Holiday tourney play will feature the Christmas week activity of Adams county basketball teams, with four of the county’s six high school teams engaged in three tourneys scheduled Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Decatur Commodores will be hosts to a four-team meet at the Decatur gym Thursday and Friday nights. The Commodores will play the Geneva Cardinals in the tourney opener at 7 p. m. Thursday, followed by Madikon township and Gray, both of Jay county. The opening losers will tangle in the consolation game at 7 p. m. Friday, followed by the championship encounter. The Decatur Yellow Jackets will compete in the annual fourteam tourney at Portland Friday and Saturday; Hartford City and Bluffton clash in the 7 p. m. opener Friday, followed by Decatur and Portland. The consolation game will be played at 7 p. m. Saturday, followed by the championship tjlt. The Berne Bears compete in a one-day affair at Columbia City Saturday. Albion will meet Berne in the opener at 12:30 M., •* followed by Peru and Columbia City, Consolation and final games will be played Saturday night, —oOoAdams Central and Monmouth will be idle this week, with their tourney play at Ossian Jan. 10 and 11 against Ossian and Lancaster Central. . *■ —oOo— No action is scheduled this week in the Northeastern Indiana conference, with most of the teams taking part in holiday tourneys. The Concordia Cadets lead the NEIC with a 4-1 mark. The standings: All ’ NEIC Games Concordia 4 1 5 1 Columbia City 3 1 6 1 New Haven 2 1 3 3 Elmhurst 11 5 3 Angola 2 2 3 3 ’ Auburn 12 5 3 Garrett 12 3 4 Kendallville .... 12.. 3 6 Decatur 12 16 Bluffton 0 2 0 7 Greg Ladd, by scoring 31 points in the Decatur Yellow Jackets’ first victory of the season Friday against the Bluffton Tigers, maintained his lead in the county individual scoring race with an average of 21.4 points per game. The top 10 scorers, with games played, total points, and average points per game, follow: . GP TP' Ave. Ladd, Yel. Jack.... 7 150 21.4 Schieferstein, Mon. 9 162 18.0 Newcomers, Geneva 5 84 16.8 Wanner, Berne .... 6 88 14.7 Kohne, Commo, 7 100 14.3 Ehrsam, A. Cen. .. 9 124 13.8 Bienz, ’Monmouth... 9 113 12.6 D. Lose, Commo... 7 .88 12.6 Clouse, A. Central.. 9 111 12.3 Egley, A. Central.. 9 97 10.8 Results one year ago this week: Yellow Jackets 59, Hartford City 56. , Bluffton 75, Yellow Jackets 62.. Monmouth 89, Butler 71. Monmouth 80, Bishop Luers 54 Commodores 64, Crestview 48 Berae 57, Peru 44. B£r,ne 52, Columbia City 50. A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Hockey Results NATIONAL LEAGUE “ Saturday's Scores Toronto 2, Detroit 0. M'jntreal 3, Chicago 2, Sunday’s Scores Toronto 1, New York 1 Montreal 6, Deloit 1. Chicago 4, Boston 1. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday’s Scores Fort Wayne 3, Windsor 1. ; s Toledo 4, Chatham 3 (overtime). Muskegon 6, Port Huron 2. Sunday's Scores Port Huron 3, Muskegon 2 (overtime). Windsor 2, Chatham 1. Fort Wayne 3. U. S. Olympic team 2 (exhibition).

Geneva Drops Fourth In Row Saturday Night The Geneva Cardinals sustained their fourth successive setback Saturday night, dropping a 78-56 decision to Selma at the Geneva gym. Selma was out in front at all stopping points, 15-10 at the first quarter, 33-25 at the half, and 50-45 at the third period. Mike Newcomer, of the Cardinals, led all scorers with 24 points and Roger Lautzenheiser chipped in with 14 for Geneva. Selma had four players in double figures, led by Hudson with 23, New with 19, Stiffler 17 and Thomas 10. The Cardinals will compete in the' Decatur Commodores tourney at the Decatur gym Thurs- *• day and Friday, meeting the host ’ Commodores in the tourney opener at 7 p.m. Thursday. Selma FG FT TP Nau 2 15 Stiffler _. r .6 5 17 Hudson 9 5 23 Thomas T 4 2 10 New ....r... 7 5 19 Bartle 0 2 2 Bobo Oil Craycraft 0 11 Totals 28 22 78 Geneva FG FT TP Newcomer 10 4 24 - Bollenbacher 1' 3 5 McCabe 2 0 4 Ellenberger 0 0 0 Buckingham 0 11 Alberson 13 5 Binegar 10 2 Lautzenheiser ..1... 6 3 15 Totals 21 14 56 Score by quarters 12 3 4 Selma .... 15 33 50 78 Geneva 10 25 45 56 Preliminary Geneva 34-32. Rod Schwartz Quits Butler's Net Team Rod Schwartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Schwartz of Berne, and former Berne high basketball star, has quit as a member of the Butler University varsity team on the advice of doctors. Schwartz, a junior at Butler has a severe case of eczema, a skin disease. BOWLING Coffee League _. .. .. W L Pts Drips 29 10 37 Saucerettes 24 15 35 Instant 23 16 32 Sugar ....... 22 17 .31 Perks ... 21 18 29 Cups 21 18 27 Spoons 20 19 27 Sippers,. 21 18 26 Cubes 19 20 26 Warmers 18 21 23 Coasters.... 15 24 22 Dunkers .15 24 18 Cream 14 25 18 Caffeine' 11 28 13 High games — K. Pageler 182168, S. Mutschler 177, -L. Bodie 175-163-161, Berneice Miller 166152, R. Hagan 166, L. Gerig 161153, M. Tutewiler 159-150, V. Hammond 158-156, P. Kolter 157155, M. Sheets 156-154, T. Franklin -159, C. Bassett 15 2, M. Gephart 152, R. Baxter 151, A. Burke 150, S. Springer 150, Splits converted — R. Barkley 3-10, B. Miller 5-10, M. Geisler 310, I. Schuster 3-10, P. Kolter 310, B. Shackley 2-7, H. Haugk 6-8-10, M: Sheets 3-10 and 5-6. Note — Marty Reef rolled new high series of 590 with games of 178-193-219. *<- Saucerettes rolled a new high series of 2197. Pro Basketball Saturday's Scores New York 127, Boston 117, i Baltimore 108, Cincinnati 106. St. Louis 100, Detroit 91. Los Angeles 126. Philadelphia 113. Sunday’s Scores San Francisco 118, Philadelphia 104. St. Louis 116, Baltimore 104.

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Michigan Wins Sixth In Row Against Duke By MARTIN LADER 5 UPI Sports Writer Basketball is no longer a sometime thing at the University of Michigan and may even become the only thing if the Wolverines make a successful invasion of the Coast later this week. As recently as two years ago basketball was of minor importance on the. UM campus in respect to football and the team did little to enhance its appeal. " . The changing rapidly, howeyefj and Michigan can solidify its position as one of the/nation’s top basketball powers when it takes on sdhie .more of the best in the Los An- . geles Classic starting Dec. 26. The Wolverines’ first-round opponent will be seventh-ranked UCLA. Michigan, rated No. 2 in the last ratings of the United Press International board of coaches, gave itself a big boost by-over-powering fourth-ranked “Duke 83-67 at Ann Arbor last Saturday. It« was the sixth- straight success without defeat for the sophomore dominated Wolverines. Kentucky Wins Sixth Kentucky is another school with a lot to be grateful for at this time of year. The thirdranked Wildcats, coming off their worst season in the 33year reign of Coach Adolph Rupp, ’also boosted their record to 6-0 Saturday .by trouncing Wake Forest 98-75 in the final round of the University of Kentucky Invitational. Kentucky, paced by the 28 points of Cotton Nash, now has captured its own tournament three straight years. UCLA warmed up for . the Los' Angeles Classic by routing previously unbeaten Creighton 95-79, despite an outstanding performance by < the losers’ Paul Silas, who grabbed 33 rebounds in. addition to scoring 20 points. Trie Bruins, now 6-0. were led by Walt Hazzard's 26 points. i_ ■ ~ x Butler Drops Toledo Toledo, tied for ,10 th place with Davidson and,' Oregon State, . was. upended by Butler 82-61 last Saturday. Eighthranked Texas was a 69-53 victim to Oklahoma. State and. Davidson walloped East Carolina, 105-77. Vanderbilt was a 91-82 victor over Louisville, and Oregon State nipped Indiana 56-52' Michigan, displaying unusual poise for a team which starts three sophomores and two juniors, easily solved a Duke zone defense to take a 38-30 halftone lead. Sophomore Cazzie Russell paced the Wolverines with 21 points, all but three of them coming in the second , half. Jeff Mullins led Duke with 22. In the consolation game of the Kentucky invitational, Princeton edged Wisconsin 9087 in overtime as Tiger star Bill Bradley tallied 47 points for 'a two-game x total of 77. Both marks broke tournament scoring records held by Jerry '“West, former West Virginia star now playing with the Los Angeles Lakers.* Pro Football AMERICAN LEAGUE Eastern Division W L T Pct PF PA X-Boston —. 76 1 538 327 257 X-Buffalo ...x 7 6 1 .538 304 291 Houston 6 8 0 .429 302 372 New York 5 8 1 .385 249 399 X-playoff for division title. Western Division W L T Pct PF PA San Diego . 11 3 0 .786 339 255 Oakland 10 4 0 .714 363 282 K. City . 5 7 2 .385 347 263 Denver' . ... 2 11 1 .154 301 473 Sunday’s Results Kansas City 49. New York 0. Oakland 52. Houston 49. San Diego 58Denver 20.

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College Basketball Evansville 110, Purdue 84. Oregon State 56, Indiana 52. ... Notre Dame 7Q, Northwestern 68.-.,. ” Ball State 78, Buffalo State 66 Butler 82, Toledo 61. Indiana State 71, St. Cloud 58. Syracuse 100, Valparaiso 66. Villa Madonna 94, Marian 87. Ohio State 78. Wichita 60. Michigan 83. Duke 67. Minnesota 64, Drake 51. Detroit 92. Hillsdale 46. DePaul 90, Marquette 69. Dayton 86, Murray State 71. lowa State 103, South Dakota State 59. St. Loins 72, Missouri 65.., ( Army 83, Manhattan 59. St. Bonaventure 87, Eastern Kentucky 63. Maryland 75, Louisiana State 65. Davison 105, East Carolina 77. Alabama 80, Southern Mississippi 74. ■. » Tulsa 86. Florida 82. Vanderbilt 91, Louisville 82. Michigan State 118, Oklahoma 100, : 53 Arkansas State 84, Tulane 77. Oklahoma State 69. Texas 53. San Erancisco 75, Kansas 58. USC 79. Nebraska 64. Kentucky Tourney Princeton 90, Wisconsin 87 (overtime) Kentucky 98, Wake Forest 75 (final). Mira Pilches South StarsTo Win Saturday By JOE GERGEN ’ UPI Sports Writer George Mira ol Miami (Fla.) walked off with a “hometown” decision over Boston College’s Jack Concannon, but a rematch has been arranged for a neutral site next year. Mira and Concannon, two of college football's most glamorous quarterbacks, hooked tip in a tremendous passing exhibition Saturday in Miami's NorthSouth All-Star Game. Mira was declared the unofficial winner on the basis of the, South’s 23-14 victory’—but the two are due for another meeting in the Senior Bowl at Mobile. Ala., on Jan. 4. .Don Trull, statistically the top passer in the nation for the past two seasons, also staged a spectacular aerial display, to lead Baylor to a 14-7 victory .over Louisiana State in the Bluebonnet Bowl at Houston. But the only passing done at Philadelphia's frigid Liberty Eowl was by the fans, who passed up Mississippi ‘ State’s 16-12 victory, over North Carolina f.State in record numbers, . Both Have Signed Both Mira and Concannon, Who already have signed with the "San Francisco Forty Ninqrs and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football' League, respectively, turned in thoroughly professional performances in the North-South contest. Mira, playing before a hometown crowd of 19,120 at the Or-

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H. S. Basketball 4 Fort Wayne Concordia 69, Fort Wayne South 62. Fort Wayne Central IQ3, Warsaw 75. Elkhart 61, Muncie Central 53. Elwood 74, New Castle 61. Marion 100, Mishawaka 92. - Gary-Roosevelt 80, South Bend Central 42. Muncie South 79, Mississinewa 57. Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 61, Vincennes 58. ange Bowl, connected on 27 of 42 passes for 339 yards and two touchdowns to steer the South from a 14-0 deficit. The 14 Northern points were the work of Concannon, who scored one TD and passed for the other while accumulating a total of 327 yards. All the North's scoring was crammed into the first period. Concanfton drove the Yankees 72 yards to the Rebels’ eight late in the opening session. But on a third-down situation, Coach Bump Elliott replaced Concannon with George Bork of Northern Illinois, and the threat died. Trull shredded the LSU pass defense for 26 completions during the day. but the Bears didn’t reach the end zone until the fourth quarter. Trull passed seven yards to end Jim' Ingram to tic the game at 7-7, then hit Ingram with another TD toss for 13 yards and the victory. Louisiana State had taken an early 7-0 lead in the opening period on Buddy Soefker’s eightyard scoring dash, but the crowd of 50,000 saw Trull easily erase the Bluebonnet passing records in the process of erasing the Tigers’ lead. The Liberty Bowl was played in 22-degree weather and attracted a sparse gathering of 8.300—a crowd which barely filled the ’.concession stands in vast Municipal Stadium, which accommodates 102,000 people* every year for the Army-Navy game. ? ’ Mississippi State did all its scoring in the first half. Tommy Inman picked up • a blocked Wolfpack punt and raced 11 yards for the first touchdown. The Bulldogs then capitalized on a short North Carolina State quick kick and drove 47 yards with quarterback Sonny Fisher scoring from the three.

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