The Independent-News, Volume 92, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 December 1966 — Page 1

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A Pressing Defense And All-Round Team Play Highlights Falcon Win

John Glenn’s Falcons, after a couple of soso performances, seemed to jell much better Tuesday night as they topped a much bigger Rolling Prairie team in a game that featured hustle, defense and good teamwork by the Falcons. Head coach Roger Beehler inherited quite a few lettermen from two schools with little experience from several of them and a combined record of 11 wins and 29 losses. To add to this, a style of ball that coach Beehler teaches, defense, hustle and hard work, were completely unknown to the boys on his varsity squad. However, Tuesday's win over the Bull Doga impressed the John Glenn fans to no end as they saw once again, some very good basketball played. It is true that several mistakes were made, but not nearly the total the fans are used to seeing, some easy shots were missed and free throw shooting was very bad, but still all the boys gave coach Beehler 100 per cent all the way and their agressive defense which inciudrd a little of everything, plus a IPod job of rebounding against the much taller opponents. made the team real impressive. Particularly impressive were the performances of Jack Roas and Steve Peterson handling the ball and heading the pressing defenses, Larry Shenks with his shooting help so badly needed and his very strong rebounding in the second half, and the all round smartness and play of Greg Amor again in this contest The scoring started rather slowly as Ross hit a lay-in and Sheaks a free throw for the F'alcona Rolling took the lead briefly on baskets by Jerry Schroeder and a tip by Jones, the big 6’5” center. However, at this point the Falcons started a press to combat the height advantage of the Bull Dogs and jumped back in the lead as Greg Amor and Jack Ross, a pair of juniors, were forcing mistakes and then taking advantage of them out front. Baskets by Amor and Roas pushed the Falcons ahead and they slowly moved to four and six point margins as the game tempo picked up considerably. With the hustling defense leading the way, the Falcons moved to a 21-17 first period lead. The pattern for the second quarter remained about the same as the Falcons continued to hold small leads over the visitors from La Porte County. They increased their lead to 38-31 by halftime. This half found ail the boys chipping in the scoring with Amor leading the way. The second half was a different ball game. Coach Beehler put Steve Peterson in the line-up out front and shifted Amor under the basket. Scoring start rd real slow this half as both teams were working hard on defense. Mike Westhues hit a short turn-around jumper to/get things going and after two minutes had passed in the period, Jim Smith look a nice pass under the basket and laid one in for a 41-32 lead. This was about the difference the margin stayed throughout the period as the teams traded points and the Falcons continued to slay ahead leading 52-43 at the end of three. The last period found Rolling Prairie's coach changing his strategy’ altogether as he sacrificed most of his height and put in smaller, faster boys to try their luck. This proved very successful as they started right to work on whittling the lead. Jerry Schroeder and Tim Bealor paced thr attack as the Bull Dogs hit six points before the Fa Icons could score. After just under three minutes had passed, the lead was cut to one, but Den-

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ny Sheaks paced a rally that boosted the Falcons on their way again. Sheaks. in addition to getting several key baskets in the last period, started cleaning the defensive board as if he owned it. The fact that the Bull Dogs could only get one shot and hit a brief cold spell, made the difference. With Peterson and Ross dogging them on the press and the offense starting to click again, the Falcons pulled away in a hot two minutes that opened the margin to a safe lead. The only disappointing thing at all was their failure to convert free throws as time after time they would step to the Une and miss one or two shots, often the first of one-and-one situations. For the game, Amor was high point man as he tossed in seven baskets but only three of 13 free throws. Other double figure help came from Westhues, with 14. Sheaks. 13. and also the leading rebounder in the game for the Falcons, and Ross with 11. Jerry Schroeder and Tim Bealor paced the losers with 14 and 12 respectively. B Tram Wins The Falcon B Tram also won their second of the season In three starts as coach Ed Stewart's boys hustled their way to an exciting 42-35 triumph. Here again the hustle and desire shown by the boys made the difference as they were particularly impressive in their work under the baskets. Bas Score John Glenn fg ft fta p Westhues 7 0 2 4 Sheaks 6144 Smith 2 0 14 Rows 5 15 1 Amur 7 3 13 1 Cable 3 0 0 5 Peterson 10 0 1 Groves 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 25 20 Rolling Prairie Bealor 5 2 4 0 Evans 3 2 5 2 Jones 14 5 1 Jerry Schroeder 6 2 4 1 Randler 0 0 13 Paul 10 0 1 D. Schroeder 2 3 5 2 Rose 2 12 3 Richardson 0 0 0 1 Jim Schroeder 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 14 26 14 Score By Quarters John Glenn 21 38 52 67 Rolling Prairie 17 31 43 54 Lions Complete Calendar Work This Week The Walkerton Lions Club are completing this week all soliciting for the annual Birthday and Date Calendar for the Walkerton area. If anyone has been missed, due to some circumstances. contact president Denslow Doll or secretary Bob Urbin and they will see that your family or organization dates are placed on the calendar. The Lions appreciate the support given on this project which will be another big step in continuing their work in the community. 23 Club To Meet Tuesday The 23 Home Demonstration Club will h<4d their Christmas party on December 6th. at 6 30 p.m. They will meet at 6 15 at the Methodist Church parking lot and go to the Paddle Wheel Case for dinner Each member will pay for her own dinner and bring a 31.00 gift for the exchange. The menu is a choice of turkey, chicken or him with all the trimmings, $2.50.

Chamber To Meet At Heil’s December 8 The Walkerton Chamber of Commerce will hold their December meeting on Thursday. December 8, at Heil's Restaurant at 12:00 noon. This will be the final meeting under the present officers and the new officers will be named before this meeting. Several matters of business are continued from the past meeting as well as the announcin’: of some of the plans and goals for the coming yeaY. It is hoped that all interested persons will come and plan on taking an active part in the Chamber in the future. Reservations can be made with the calling committee member that has been contacting you in the past months. Bank LudbtM Today Noon At Heil's Local merchants arc Invited to meet at Heil's restaurant at noon today for luncheon as guests of the local bank and to have details of the Town and Country Charge Card system explained and to learn if this new’ service and facility will help you In your business. CROP Response Poor For ' Lincoln Twp. Response has been poor in Lincoln Township and Walkerton in support to the annual CROP appeal. CROP Is the community FOOD appeal of Church World Service to aid the hungry in 40 countries throughout the world. The local committee mailed out 850 letters tn Lincoln Twp. and Walkerton residents and to date have had only forty responses and a total contribution of $195.27. Perhaps many of these envelopes were never opened as they were addressed to a P. O. Box or Rural Route number only. However. you have another chance to support this worthy project as special envelopes will be provided at church services next Sunday. Contributions can also be left at the Farmers State Bank. We feel that our residents will support this cause just as well as other townships and are counting on you to prove us correct. Acknowledgement of contributors will be made in next werss paper and we hope we can include your name. Wayne Burch Fred Bullinger Co-Chairman Lincoln Twp Two Games For Shamrocks This Week End The North Liberty Shamrocks, successful in their first two games of the young basketball season, will meet two opponents this Friday and Saturday as they will travel to LaCrosse on Friday night and host the Plymouth Pilgrims on Saturday. After topping Marian and Knox in their opening two games, LaCrosse shouldn't give the Shamrocks too much trouble, but Saturday's test against Plymouth, will be a true test and should result in a fine ball game. This is the first of six FridaySaturday combinations this season for the Shamrocks FOOD SALE Food Sale at North Liberty Bank. December 10, 9 a.m. di&B p Success turns many a man’s head in fact. It's a long head that has no turning.

Shamrocks Top Knox 64-51 In A Hard-Fought Battle For Second Win

The North Liberty Shamrocks made it two in a row Friday night with a thrilling 64-51 win over Knox on the Redskins floor. The* game was much tighter than the final score indicated as the lead was only five points with less than two minutes to go in the game when a streak by the Shamrocks netted ten points while Knox was doing nothing to make the final margin 13 points. The battle was hard fought under the boards from the word go. The Shamrocks got on top early’ with LaMar Wesolek hitting a set shot to get the scoring going. Kerry Kane then hit two tip ins in the next minute giving the Shamrocks a 6-0 lead before the Redskins got on the scoreboard. Pawlik hit three free throws and then jumpers by Rudd and Nichols made it 7-6 in favor of Knox after half the quarter had elapsed. Wesolek came back with a lay-in to regain the lead and Kane tipped another from under making 10-7 before Nichols hit a similar shot for Knox. Wesolek tossed in a jumper but Nichols was the man with the hot hand as he added two more from outside, giving Knox the lead 13-12. Pawlick addl’d two one-pointers before Fraser hit twice from the 15 foot stripe. Nichols tossed In his fifth basket of the quarter giving the Starke County crew a 17-14 lead as the first quarter ended. Shamrocks Grab Ine |,rad Fraser started the second period with a set shot but Wilhelm hit his first basket of J,he night for the Redskins. Kane hit a onehander and then added a free throw for a 19-19 tie at this point. Baughman pushed the Shamrocks Into the lead with a pair of charity shots and then hit a jumper for a lead that was never lost from this time on. Rudd hit three straight Knox points, but Baughman again tossed in a jumper for the Shamrocks. Nichols jumper cut it to one again, only to have Chris Anderson hit two fret- throws, giving the Shamrocks a 27-24 halftime lead. The second half followed a tight pattern until the final minutes. The Shamrocks managed to hold a small lead all the way even though it was cut to one point at one time in the third period. Ginter opened the second half with a set shot but Nichols came back with a jumper for Knox. Glnzrr matched this, only to have McClure tally for Knox from the floor and then Nichols added a free throw. The Redskins got an nutside shot from Dust and a tip in from Pawlik to trim the lead to 35-34 with 1 04 showing in the third period. Glnzrr continued his personal streak with a set shot giving him all the Shamrocks ten points in this half at this time, Fraser’s free throw opened the lead to four before Nichols added two from the foul line with just 15 seconds remaining in this quarter, Fraser added two more charity shots and Wesolek beat the gun with a jumper as the Shamrocks increased their lead to 42-36 going into the final period Shamrocks IncrraM* l^rad Wilhelm started thr last quarter with a three-point play as this was Knox’s last serious threat. Allsop hit a jumper on which he was fouled and added thr frw shot only to have l>awhk add two free throws at separate fouls. A set shot by Wesohk. lay-in by Allsop, and a jumper by Kane, opened a tenpoint bulge with time now becoming a serious factor. Jumpers by Pawlik and McClure trimmed the lead to six only to have Allsop convert another three pointer

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for the Shamrocks. McClure hit a Jumper and Nichola a pair of free throws, trimming the lead to 54-49 with 2:13 left, only to have a ten-point streak by the Shamrocks cinch the final score. Kane hit a jumper and Ginzer a lay-in. Fraser started a string of six free throws with a pair and Kane added one. Kane hit a pair and Eberly finished the scoring with the sixth straight one-pointer. A lay-in by Dolezal with five seconds left finished the scoring and brought the score to 64-51. B Tram Triumphs Also The North Liberty reserves topped Knox's B Team in the preliminary game by a score at 52-42. This was their second win in two games. Bax Score North Liberty fg ft ft a p Wesolek 5 0 15 Allsop 4 2 5 3 Kane 5 4 9 4 Ginzer .5 2 2 2 Fraser 17 8 4 Baughman 2 2 2 3 Anderson 0 2 2 1 Eberly 0 12 0 Ort 0 0 0 0 Desits 0 0 0 0 Totals 22 20 31 22 Knox Pawlik 3 7 12 5 Nichols 6 5 8 3 Rudd 2 14 2 Dust 2 0 2 1 Wilhelm 2 2 2 3 Dolezal 2 0 10 Milner 0 0 0 1 Byer 0 0 0 1 Zink 0 0 0 1 McClure 10 3 4 Price 0 0 0 0 Totals 18 15 32 21 Score By Quarter* North Liberty 14 27 42 64 Knox 17 24 36 SI I^arge Group Sees Santa In Walkerton Two hundred eighty-eight chfldren visited Santa Claus and received a treat of candy and an apple in Walkerton's business area in less than an hour last Saturday. With the official opening of the Christmas season in Walkerton, the event highlighted a two-day sale by the merchant* and the busy old fellow from the North Pole was kind enough to drop In for a while. After the session last Saturday which finally was pretty well dispersed by the start of rain, Santa committed himself to come again next year t<> Walkerton amt he promised to spend a little more time so he could talk to more kiddies in detail. He. ot course, was sponsored by the businesses and organizations of this community. Falcons At Home On Friday The John Glenn Falcons winners of the last two games after an opening defeat, will be at home again this Friday for their first game in a week and a half due to the Thanksgiving vacation. Bremen will be the opponent. Bremen is again rated a good club in our area this year, and a special interest will be held by coach Roger Beehler as his Falcons play the school from which he played ball and graduated. The B tram game is scheduled to begin at 6 45. TRI KAPPA TO MEET TONITE The Epsilon Chi Chapter of Tri Kappa will hold their regular meeting tonight (Thursday) at the home “f Mrs Wayne Burch. Co-h«>stesses are .Mrs Robert Bauss and Mrs. Robert th bln.