Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 287, Decatur, Adams County, 5 December 1964 — Page 6

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Commodores Nip Eagles; C. C. Irish Best Jackets

Monmouth Leads For Three Periods Before 60-58 Loss

by Bob Shraluka Monmouth's downtrodden Eagles battled and scrambled for four periods Friday night before finally dropping a tw<>ix>int decision, 80-58, to the Decatur Catholic Commodores at the Decatur gymnasium. Displaying better shooting than usual and employing a tenacious defense, the Eagles grabbed a quick lead and never trailed until the opening minutes of the fourth quarter when the Commo dores went ahead. Still, however, they refused to quit and hung on until the final second before suffering their sixth loss without a win. For the Commodores, it was their second victory in three starts — and they had to work to earn it. « Both clubs go right back into action tonight in home games. The Commodores host Larwill in a previously postponed contest that will be played at the Adsms Central gymnasium. The Eagles again play on the Decatur floor, entertaining a tall Elmhurst quintet. Three Ronhs Start Coach Don Elder had three sophomores in his starting lineup last night, and they got the Eagles hustling and battling from the opening tip. The Commodores. facing a team that had lost five games bv an average margin of 25 points, were sluggish throughout the contest, apparently looking ahead to tonight’s game with Larwill. Trailing 48 44. Bill Bolinger hit on a nair of charity-tosses with the final canto 11 seconds old, and then duplicated the font as the 7:10 mark, getting the Coommodores even. 48-48, for the first time ,«'nce the opening jump Pat Gage scored once from the 15-foot stripe at the 6:32 mark, and coach Bob Boyle's lads had their first lead, 49-48. Duane Buuck, another Eagle sqph,. came. ; WbrifWa jiimr’shot so regain the filead. -before Jim ... Schultz .tied muttora again, - 56all. with 5~.11 to go. Sophomore Rick Whitman hit from the corner, giving his team the lead, but Bolinger and Schultz retaliated to put the Commodores ahead again. With 2:58 to plav, Danny Conrad scored from the corner, and the contest was tied at 54-54. Trade Baskets Terrv Myers and Conrad traded baskets, and then Bolinger and Whitman traded scores, leaving the score knotted 58-58, with 1:04 to nifty, The Commodores put the ball in - plA¥» worked for a-good shot, andwith 34 seconds left. Gage scored pnb' of the night, a 20-fnofer from the right w of the tree thjow circle. The Eagles got one more shot, by Reinking, but it went off the Side with six seconds left Mvers and Conrad tied up the rebound, and Myers tipped the ball to the other end of the floor ending the hard-fought struggle. „ Grab Lead Whitman drove under to score with the game 18 .seconds old. and the Monmouth quintet never trailed until a minute and 28 seconds into the f'nal stanza. Elder’s lads built the margin io 11 4 as Denny Reinking, anothe soph, popped in a nair of jump shots, and held an 18-13 advantage after eight minutes of piny. Area Basketball r High School « F. W. Central 59. F. W. North 44. Elmhurst 71, Con-urdia 51. Bisho < I.tiers 68. Huntington — t — Cath. 58 Columbia City 60, New Haven 51. Bluffton 66. Angola 48 Bryant 61, Ja kson (Wells) 49. Albi n 59, Ligonier 61. Harlan 73, Arcola 61. Portland 72, Hagerstown 65. Peru 55 Alexandria 48. Hartford City 63. Wabash 44,’ WatoH 'o 92. Ashley’69, ~ Kendallville, at Garrett, -poat- - poned. . ’ -. . z.*,Auburn at £a''tsido.' txistfxinedr •■■■ Warsaw at Huntington, postponed. Komets Lose By 5-1; Host Flags Tonight Bert Fizzell scored the threegoal “hat tick" Friday night to lead the Flags to a 5-1 victory over the Fort Wayne Komets at Port Huron. After a 1-1 first period tie, the Flags added a goal in the second period and three more in the third. Lennie Thomson, on passes from Bill Orban and Cal Purinton, got the lone Fort Wayne score. The Komets entertain the same Flags at Memorial Coliseum tonight.

The two teams traded points throughout the second period, £ with the Engles lead varying £ from three to ,six jioints. Bolinger scored three times from the free throw line in the final minute of the half. cutting the Commodore di licit to five points, 32 27. The scrappy Engles, however, boosted the margin to 35-27 ns Mike Lutinbill hit n charity shot with nine seconds to go, nnd Max Fuelling tapped in Luginbill's second shot as It rolled off the rim. The third period was more of the same, the Eagles keeping their lend between two and six points, and their scrambling zone defense forcing the Commodores into numerous ball handling errors. Bolinger, the Commodore junior forward, led nil scorers with 21 tallies, and Schultz, chipped in with 14. Conrad’s 18 lead Mon--; mouth, and Reinking 10, plus a sterling floor game” both offensively and defensively, r The Commodores won the con-J] test at the free throw line, hit--ting 24 of 40, while the Eagles?" eould convert only eight of 25. Ar total of 49 personals were called,29 against Monmouth and 20 on, Decatur. r

V IB 1 K \ jM v 9 s -W St* wt 1 jkjSl V O' W Jf ' wN ■> L*. .ft. ~IK ilk' IS Ik A OVER AND UNDER, and under seems to be the easiest path for Geneva's sophomore guard Ted Habegger, who uses 6-4 Jim Meshbergcr's <M> legs-as an escape hatch. Max Prescott <at right’ of Mad son, however, tied Habegger up cm the play. Joe Raszkowski and Gary LeMaster (33' are watching at left.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

a, TfcXSE MOMENT—HOW’ft YOU GUESS?' Berne coach Sanfo r d Lrueckheimer (white shirt* reflects a tense moment in his chib's win over Lancaster Friday’Hfght The same can be said about the player standing at Tight, assistant coach Harry Anderson, and" a towel-chewing student manager.—(Photo by Mac Lean)

S COMMODORES FG FT TP g Schultz ——- 5 4-11 14 Bolinger ..... ”5 11-12 21 Myers ........ 3 1-3 7 Gage 2 4 8 8 Lose . 1 4-5 6 T. Bak r . 2 0-14 Kohne u 0 0-0 0 Hackman ...... 0 0-0 0 Totals ... .. 18 24-40 60 MONMOUTH FG FT TP Conrad .... 8 2-5 18 Whitman 3 0-4 6 D. A. Scheumann .. I 1-4 3 Reinking 5 (bl 10 F. Fuelling .... 10-12 M. Fuelling 2 0-0 4 T Buuck 1 1-2 3 Hakes 0 (Ml 0 D. Buuck 1 0-1 2 -- Luginbill 2 2 5 6 -King . 1 2-2 4 Totals ... 25 8-25 58 3 Score by Quarters 12 3 4 -j Commodores 13 27 44 60 Monmouth 18 35 48 58 H Officials — Hoagbtirg and Gosg hert. .. Preliminary rd Decatur — 54-42.

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Jets, Cards, Bears Are Friday Victors

Three Adams County teams, Berne. Adams Central and Geneva, all posted victories in Friday night skirmishes. Adorns Central's Jets continued their unbeaten ways, recording a 57-55 win, their fifth at Dunkirk. Rog Schnepp, held in check through most of the contest, broke a 53-53 tie with some two minutes to play, and then scored again tothe final minute to send the Jets home victorious. Adams 'Central’s scoring was well-balanced, with five of six players hitting double figures, led bv 11 each from Tony Ehrsam. Steve Smith and Art Ringger. Schnepp and Rex Funk added 10 • a piece, and pulled down 14 and 16 rebounds respectively. Th” Monroe lads have a pair of jnntef»s on tap next week, traveling to meet a rugged Ossian ouintet Friday night and returning home Saturday to host the Woodlan Warriors. Geneva Victorious Tom Agler's Geneva Cardinals pot their second victory in three starts this season, as they micce« c fullv launched their home nortion of the schedule with a 7668 win over Madison Township in a fnn].jstr» w n affair. The Cards, after loading by seven at the conehision of the nnm ne neriod. built tm a 21 noint toad earlv in the second stanza, before Aeler was forced to ben< h several regulars due to foul troubl". Madison came roaring back end trimmed the lead to nine at the ha’f, and finally tied the scorn at 56-56 when the fourth period oncned. VeWnn Ron Bollenbacher, who was limited to about one-half ni«v-|n« time because of foul Hff ! rvlti"s, led the Cards, with. •15 ■■■fWes-* and sdnhdfrnre"'Ted'' Hn'-rw chinned in with 14. ’ (tonoVH #lSo‘ M. 4 a paWtof names ppvt week, entertain Berne Fridav night and traveling to Union rttv Snhirdav evening. Bears In ftoueaker ... Sanford Barueckheimer’s Bear quintet posted their second victory in three starts last night with a 60-57 victory over Lfui-s cnsor of Wells Countv. The Bearg led most of the wav, but never could pull awav. Their biggest lead came late in the game, 5952. Larrv Beer, the spring-legged sophomore, tossed in 27 ooints. to lead all- scorers, including 10 points-, in- - the fina] pertod.- Jim s Beitier came up with his biggest scoring night, tallying 15. The Pears face a tough battle tonight when they travel to Ossian to meet those Bears. • . * Order Os DeMolay To Meet Monday Niqht - The De atur 0 der of DeMolay will hold its regular stated meeting Monday at 7 p.m, at the Masonic lodge. v

Br T 'Us J Ji i?o f \jl w f. ■ - ' - *Hr '< ' ■ /I '« Jr' ’B i2'' w ■ WB •*USH AND PULL— Larry Beer (50) pushes and Rick Beer <34i‘pulls, and Rick got the rebound away from Lancaster's Gary Netherland (31). during the Bears’ victory last night. Jim Beitler (32) seeps an eye on the action — (Photo by Mac Lean)

ADAMS CENTRAL FG FT TP Ringger 5 1 111 Morningstar 1 2 4, Schnepp 4 2 10' Funk - 3 4 10] Ehrsam 5 1 11, Smith 5 1 11' — — —i Totals 23 11 57] DUNKIRK FG FT TP] Isenbarger —1 13 ( Weiseman 4 1 9' Bantz 0 1 1] Bullock .... ...... 6 3 15, Entner 0 1 li Stineman ... 7 6 201 Bennet 3 0 6] Totals 21 13 551 Score By QuarT'rs Adams Central 16 32 49 57] Dunkirk ........ 10 26 41 55, Officials — Wiley and Ward. ] Preliminary Adams Central — 49-41. ; GENEVA FG FT TP Schwartz ...... 2 0 4: Pinegar 3 3 9 Bixler 5 0 10 Ziegler J . 0 4 4 Bollenbacher 71 51 IVtoshberger 5 1 11 Dadev 15 7 Panni 1 0 -2 Habegger 6 2 14 Totals 30 16 76 MADISON TWP. FG FT TP Nichols 77 21 De. Theurer ... 9 4 22 Van Osdal 5 2 12 Da. Theurer 1 0 2 Raskowski 15 7 Prescott 10 2 Hendricks 1 0 2 Totals .. r 25 ■ 18 .68 ..... . score ■By Quar ers -i--Geneva ........ 24 42 56 76 Atodtaon c.... .33 -54. -% Officials — King and Martin. Preliminary Madison — 46-40. BERNE FG FT TP Fhteckiger 3 0 6 , Lehman ..... 0 2 2 L, Reer 10 7 27 Peitler 6 3 15 R Beer ..., .... 4 0 8 Sprunger ... .... 10 2 Totals 24 12 60 LANCASTER FG FT TP , Netoerland . ..x 7-- 8 ■ '*l6 Gerber 1 3-5 .-Jpbillins 4 Overholt' 7 2 16 Green 0 0 0 Redding 3 0 6 Johnloz ... 2 15 Totals ...... 24 9 57 Score By Quartan Berne 16 30 42 60 Lancaster ...... 15 29 40 57 Officials — Weisel and Deßone. Preliminary Lancaster — 33-26.

: Who They Ptay to 3 Basketball SATURDAY * Berne at Ossian M Larwill at Commodores.* ■ Elmhurst at Monmouth-x. ■ x— at Decatur gym. „ ‘—At Adams Central gymnasium. 3 Wrestling SATURDAY * Decatur at New Haven. b ... : Hoagland Game Off; =Cubs Lose Overtime 3 Monroeville’s Cubs came close “Friday night — but still suffered - their sixth 1 bs w ithout a win this 5 seasDp. Churubusco nipped the "Cubs by a 11-59 score in an overtime battle. - The Hoagland Wildcat, sche- ■- duled to best Huntertown, saw tnsir .contest postp ned due to the - snow. The game had been re- - scheduled for ne:- t Tuesday evenj i.ig, December 8. *i At Monroeville last night, Chur--bv.,co revised a lu-1-* ueficit a,1 ter one period into a 34-30 halftime lead, and held a 49-46 lead entering the final stan.a. The Cubs, however, rallied in a lowscoring final quarter and tied the contest at 53-56 at the end of regulation time. Galen Mclntosh poured ih -24 points to Lad all scorers,- -while--■-Rtok 'Screetcn and John Powel*Son addecTlO the'tubs. ’ ‘Busco made it a double victory with a 46-29 pre:iminarv triumph. The Cubs will be seeking their initial win next Friday when they travel to Woodlan to meet the Warriors. Mies Recreation Alleys Now Open The Mies Recreation lanes, North Second street, are now available for open bowling eve y evening and on weekends. The interior of the building is being remodeled and modernized and although no' quite completed the lanes, machines, etc., are in good shape. One mixed league has been bowling for several weeks, and several new leagues are being • organized. Anyone wishing further information regarding leagues may call 3-2942 evenings, or Villa Lanes, 3-3660.

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C. C. Hands Jackets Third Defeat, 75-65

By Mike Thoele The Decatur Yellow Jackets, led by Sam Blythe's 17 points and looking like a completely different ball club than the one which dropped its first two games to Muncie South and Berne, took a 75-65 defeat Friday night after waging a hard-fought contest contest with a tall Fort Wayne Central Catholic team. Blythe’s 17-point contribution of seven field goals and three free throws during the game at Fort Wayne’s Bishop Dwenger high school an effort second only to that of C.C.’s Al Gutman, who led the Irish and was high scorer of the evening by virtue of 22 points on ten field goals and two free throws. The Jackets fought a nip and tuck battle in the first and second quarters, dropped as far as seventeen points behind in the third, and rallied to within six late in the fourth. Despite the height of the Central Catholic srwad the Decatur team did a better-than-averaae reboundina iob and .scored only two less field goals than the 30 two-nointers dropped in by Central Catholic. ♦ Fonling Made Difference But foulin o and free throws made the difference. Decatur’s 22 fouls netted Central Catholic a total of 28 shots from the charitv stripe — "nd 15 of them were good. The Central Catholic t°am fouled less heavily, and the Jackets were able to canitalize on only nine of their 17 free tosses. The Decatur team jumped off to an earlv first quarter lead on toe shooting strength of Sam Plvthe, Ron Smith, Dave Hammond and Dave An.spaugh. They led-until the last 40 seconds of the neriod when the hot-shooting Gutman dropped in a 40-footer to pb’e C. C. a 13-12 margin, then added another to close the quarter at 15-12. Decatur'S Ron Smith got into 'totil trouble rafter drawing —his third early the see-• ond nerioa and sat oiit the remainder of the first half. The Jackets came within one point twice in the second Quarter — once on-a layup by Dave Anspaugh, making the score 25-26, and minutes later on a Dave Hammond shot which made it 29-28. They were nine points down, 41 32 at the half. Third Period Scoring In the third period Central Catholic returned from the dressFort Wayne Workman * Is Killed By Fall FORT WAYNE. Ind. (UP!) — Wiliam Freitag, 65, died in Lu-i th°ran Hospital Friday of head injuries suffered when he fell 18 feet to a concrete flow. Freitag was attempting to repair an overhead air line in the; service room of Grieger’s Chevrolet when the platform he was standing on collapsed..

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ing room to do battle in earnest and sank four quick field goals to give them a 48-31 margin before Sam Blythe could break the ice with a two-pointer for the Yellow Jackets. The Irish, led by Gutman, stretched their lead to 15 and stayed within two points of that margin for the remainder of the quarter. The Yellow Jacket rally began early in the fourth period, with Dave Smith contributing three field goals and Jerry Egly adding another two. A free throw by Max Elliott, his lone point of the game, with 5:13 left in the game pulled the Jackets within eight points and set the score at 63-55. The teams traded bacskets for two mniutes, then the Yellow Jackets pulled within six points 'when Dave Smith dropped in a long shot from the corner. This was as close as the Jackets were to come, as Central Catholic countered with three quick field goals and two free throws while the Decatur team produced only four more noints to set the final score at 75-65. YELLOW JACKETS FG FT TP «. Rh’the 7 3-4 17 D. Smith 5 3-4 11 R. Smith Y— 4 2-2 10 T°hmra 10-12 Hammond 3*2-5 8 B. Blvthe2 0-0 4 Elliott. 0 1 Hawkins ... 2 0-0 4 Anspaugh ... 2 0-0 4 Egly 2 0-0 4 Totals 28 9-17 65 CENTRAL CATHOLIC FG FT TP Murray 5 2-2 12 Krouse.... 6 2-5 14 Pr mk ... 14-6 6 Wiedemier.... 5 4-6 14 Gutman ...» 10 2-6 22 Scudder 3 1-3 7 Totals 30 15-28 75Score by Quarters 1.2 3 4. , .Decatur 12 31 48- «5 Centra Catholic 15 40 63 75 Officials—Dornte and Ulshafer. Preliminary Decatur — 48-33.

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