Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 24 February 1964 — Page 11

• »», .'UUWM MONDAY; FEBRUARY 24, 1964

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A.CH.S. "YELL" ■ ' | | |||| V^^i’ ~ 11 ||p|f|||p I * FLY HIGH JETS—Cheering for an Adams Central sectional win are the Jet cheerleaders, I left to right, Suellen Bentz, Judy Hirschy and Carol Schwartz. \ m ‘ m .* - _ V -- , „ / • ■ *S*f;*- ■:* ..'.V : * * A. C. H. S. Leading Scorers ! wi \ F r-% ;. c? c I THE FLYING JETS have five seniors who have a great deal to do with their outstanding record this season. Standing, left to right, are Bill Hirschy, Mike Leyse and Steve Lehman, * and Gary Clouse and Don Egley are in front.

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THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

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TOUGH TOURNEY (Continued from 1A) upset that will live forever in the annals of Adams county basketball history. In th<e opening round of the 1953 tournament in the Decatur gym, the Yellow ' Jackets were beaten by Hartford and a fellow named Jerry Augsburger (now coach at Geneva) in a huge upset, 49-38. The Jackets were looking for their fifth title in succession and had won the Northeastern Indiana conference title in the regular season. But Augsburger’s dribbling, stalling, and amazing free-shooting held the Decaturites at bay. The Gorillas lead, 9-6, 20-15 and 31-28 at the period breaks. Augsburger shot 39 free throws, believed to be an Indiana high school record, and hit 24 of them, getting a total of 28 points. The entire "'team hit 31 of 61 chairty attempts as five Decatur players fouled out in trying to take the ball from Augsburger’s possession. After their upset, though, the' Hartford lads Were unable to get past the Saturday afternoon game. Sectional Crown Hartford didn’t get into a final game in the meet again until 1957—but they went all the way again for their second title in the school’s history. As events later turned out, it was the school’s last sectional championship. The 1957 title put the finishing touches on a tremendous season, as the Gorillas finished with a 20-1 regular season slate. Their only loss was a 49-40 defeat to Berne in the final game of the county tourney, which was avenged with a stirring 60-49 win over the Bears in the sectional title match. The Gorillas led nearly all the way, although they had to stave off a rally midway in the final period. The Bears cut their deficit to 49-45 with 4:45 to play, but two free throws and a fielder by Roger Moser ended the threat. Dean Stahly’s 18 points led the well-balanced scoring while L.G. Dubach added 16, Bob Biberstein hit for 14 and Moser added 12. Pete Schug led Berne with 16 markers. Berne entered the finale with a thrilling 44-42 double overtime win over the Yellow Jackets. Tom Agler’s charges traveled to the Fort Wayne regional ipeet the folowing Saturday and dropped a hard-fought 56-40 battle to South Side. ? - Lege Next Two The Gorillas survived to the final game of the sectional meet the next two seasons,’ but were unable to cop any more championships, In 1958, Hartford edged the Decatur Commodores 71-69 in a double-overtime battle and Berne beat Geneva in one overtime, to enter the' game.; < Hartford fans were hoping fpr two titles in stffccessipn, bub- it was hot to be as Rod Schwitrtz hit a jump shot in the dicing seconds to give Berne its '.Jfrst sectional crown since 1945, 'with a 44-42 win. The Gorillas and coach Agler were back again in 1959, but this time it was the Yellow Jackets from Decatur grabbling the laurels. Two free throws by Dick Canales gave Decatur a lead it never lost with six minutes to play in the first period and they went on to record a 50-34 Win and the first sectional title for their school since 1952.

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Season Highlights JrjL • _ mm

OtMudhv Feats Hartford posted some fine records during its many basketball seasons, la addition to the 20-1 in 1957, the Gorillas posted an 18-1 mark in 1949, a 19-2 mark in 1952 and again in 1959, a 17-2 record in 1951 and a 17-4 slate in 1948. With scoring records kept by the Daily Democrat since the late '4o’s, Hartford had two top scorers among county players. Jack Meyer turned the trick in 1952 and Roger Moser had fee county’s leading average, 20.7, in 1958. Names such as Meyer, Augsburger, Jerry Dubach, Roger Moser, Bob Augsburger, L. G. Dubach, Derryle Pharr, Dean Stahly, Mel Moeschberger, Daily BixJer, and Phil Hoover dot allsectional teams that were selected. Yes, victories — and supsets — were many during fee Hartford history. The Gorillas gave Adams county basketball fans many memories for all time. Box scores of the two sectional titles won by Hartford follow: 1948 Hartford FG FT TP Moser 0 0 0 Wanner 2 3 7 Smith —- 5 3 13 Dubach —7 2 16 Augsigirger ———o 0 0 Spichiger ——« 0 0 0 D. Noll - 2 2 6 K. Noll —1- 0 0 0 Fields - 0 0 0 Zerkel ' 0 0 0 Bit 10 42 9 0 srassil i : • Kable ‘1 1 ' — — — Score by quarter*: ‘jHartford’ Coromc&ros —8 15.17 29 Officials: Layman and Winks.

Sectional Tourney No Longer Strictly Adams County Event

For the first time since 1940, fee sectional basketball tournament in Adams county is no longer a “private” affair — and it will never be again! The past 24 sectional tournaments for Adams county teams have been held at either the Decatur high school gymnasium or the Adams Central gymnasium, and not until this year has any team but those from Adams county participated. This era came to an end — more than likely for all time — early this year when fee announcement came feat teams from Hoagland and Monroeville high schools in Allen county would compete in the sectional tourney in this county. Actually, many Adams county basketball fans breathed a sigh of relief and welcomed Hoagland v and Monroeville, because at least there would still be a sectional tournament in this county. Many thought there would not be a sectional meet here at all. 1957 Hartford FG FT TP Bixler „ 0 0 0 Bea W v '" ; ’ f "”—® TOTALS - 5 IS « Vh. Hartford If 87 48 60 a « 49 Officials: HiUigross apd Tiernan.

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First Lineup Change This year’s set-up at fee Adams Central gym marks the first change in the lineup of teams since the 1957 meet, when Jefferson township high school no longer competed. The Warrior team was eliminated when the high school was closed following the close of school in 1956. Jefferson’s absence from -fB the 1957 meet, which was won by Hartford Center, reduced the field here to eight teams and eliminated fee Wednesday afternoon session which had been needed for many years. The change in 1957 in fee number of teams was only the third since the meet became an allAdams county affair in 1940. Commodores Join The first alteration in the lineup came in 1943 when fee Decatur Catholic Commodores joined fee field to make fee lheet in this county a ten-team affair. Pa- W| rochfal schools were admitted to . .fee Indiana high-school-athletic • association for fee first time in 1943, as prior to that year they had held their own tourney. Then in 1950, fee field was again reduced to nine teams., as Adams Central came into being through the consolidation of Kirkland, Monroe and Washington township schools. Thus, Kirkland and Monroe no longer were entrants in thj sectional battle, but Adamq Central became the “infant*’ of feb, tournament. The tourney here Was a njpe-team affair for the seven seasons, then with fee dating of Jefferson township, fee 'tourney field was cut to dight. L... . Returns ta ’4O Adams county basketball fans jubilant over an an*i*incemtut made January • 18, 1940, by the Indiana high school athletic association. Decatur would be host to a sectional tournament once again, and all nine . teams competing would be from Adame county! - . * (Continued to 2B)