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1 castle, news, Wednesday, December Ford City Halts New Castle's Winning Streak With Win 4--------------------------------------------------------- Ilf 1 Reed Unable To Stem Tide East Brook Tops Penn Twp. 35-32 Despite 25 Points By Young Star, New Castle Loses To Tall, Accurate Glassers East Brook high school finished its exhibition basketball schedule last night at Penn township by defeating the Penn township team for the second time. 35-32, Despite the loss of center ijud Mayberry due to a back injury, and gugrd Bill Pontius for most of the game from an infected finger, the Brookers put together their third win as against one defeat. Ralph Manzo paced the scorers with 17 points and played a good all around game Bob Smith and Monday, Dec, 26th by Darrell Hung plaved good defen- three well played games, sive games, though Smith was The locals defeated the hampered by a sprained wrist Tom tourney favorites, Beaver Valley New Castle three-game winning streak was shattered last night at Washington High floor as the tall and accurate Ford City Glassers administered a neat 46 to 41 trimming at the finisn of an exciting basketball contest. It was the third defeat for filled in well for Thomas coached flippers pontius against four and it was the in the preliminary game the sixth Ford City victory against one 1 East Brook Jayvees topped the defeat, their lone upset being at Penn township 38-10.

the hands of the powerful Farrell Dean. Kennadav and Patterson High Steelers 29-19. scored 32 of the points Reed Gets 25 Points jjwjjrt Despite the 25 points made by Don Reed, the star young pivot Smith.c New Castle Ai A Are Title Winters Defeat Butler 23-22 At Beaver Falls, For Northwestern Council Championship New Castle A.Z.A. won the Northwestern Council Basketball championship at Beaver Falls on winning FG Penn Tw 8 FG Voltz.f 4 enspeck.f 0 4 5 Walker 4 0 I OKetchem.t 1 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 8 1 9 0 2 0 2 East Brook Penn Twp 15 5 35 14 4 32 8 11 35 4 Officials Hathfone. Hoyn nian, the locals could not overtake the Ford City team in the final I minutes.

New Castle held an 18 1 to 11 lead the first period after trailing for the first four minutes 9 to 6 With three minutes left in the first session New Castle had gained the lead at 12 to 11, Reed had 12 out of 18 points, Sansone four and Latsko two. Asay and Zeiek led the Ford City crew in scoring. 24 to 24 At Half New Castle led the entire second. period with Ford City tying it up Castle high Junior Varsity at 24-24 as the buzzer sounded, won its seventh in a row and re- Reed developed a stomach cramp main undefeated as a rend, of during the intermission and did downing the Ford City high start the third period. Labko vecs last at arhington floor at center McGarv do- to 20.

woth Carbone and ttale New Cas- in starring roles with 27 ot tne Jayvees Win Seventh Marnelii.g Russell, 4 14 Martin.f 2 I 3 Pieranti.f 1 1 3 Livengood.f 0 1 1 Roukvak.c 1 13 0 0 Richey.g 1 IStewart.f 0 2 Durir.f Shaffer.g Wagner.c I Miller.f ing to the guard slot tie led 27 to 26 with four minutes cltv to go in the third period, then, with Ford City leading 33 to -7 Fiorante.f Reed re-entered the. game and tnejCobau third stanza ended 35-32 with Ford City leading. It was a hectic fourth and final the count at 35-35 after three minutes of play had elapsed. Ford City took the lead at 37-35 ai.d were never headed thereafter It was 39-35 with thee minutes of the game left. With a minute left the count was 41-39 Ford City.

South Union Friday Ford City outscored the locals 20 to 13 in field goals and at the foul line New Castle had the better of it. with 15 out of 25. and Ford City 9 out fo 19 Young Reed had 11 out of the 15 New Castle fouls FG 14 9 37 New Castle Ford City 4 12 20 6 7 9-20 Jim Russell Quits Baseball FAYETTE CITY, Pa Dec. before being chased near Russell, veteran Major the finish on five personal fools. Ford City lo-t Ray Zelek on fouls New Castle will play its final pre-league game Friday at Washington floor meeting the fast South Union High quintet.

Farrell pla hero Tuesday. January 3. in Section Three onener. astir FG Ford City 12 4 Earley.f 3 II Herbst 7 It 25 Zelek 2 2 6 Stivason.g 0 0 Minarcin 0 0 Asay.f 0 0 0 Schr gast.g Russell, League outfielder, said today he will quit baseball because playing the Minor Leagues wont do health any Russell, a 30-year-old switch- A 7 coached by the great Nat Lippe of Aliquippa fame, in the opening round. 29-19.

Larry Haims, Phil Greenberg and Chuck GiU- man were the works in the game. In the second game, New Castle ran rough shod over Erie. 61-34 with Haims scoring 28 points. The bench was cleared in this game with 14 boys playing for New Castle and all scoring. Defeat Butler The playoff was won over Butler in a hard fought contest, 23-22 with the score tied at 7 different times.

Bean pole Haims with 13 and 240 pound Bernie Friedlander with 14 points for Butler, were the tops. A beautiful team trophy and individual basketball awards were presented to members of the winning team. Haims with 5- points, high man for the tourney and Phil Greenberg for his ball handling ability were selected on the All-Tourney Five. Billy Berkman was given honorable mention. The locals, coached by Eph So! omon.

travel to Pittsburgh on Feb ruary 12th. to compete for the tri-state A A. toga. New Wilmington Loses To Mercer New Wilmington high school wound up its pre-league schedule last night by dropping a hard fought game to Mercer. 64-53, at Mercer.

It was the sixth straight win of the season for the Mustangs and the third loss against four victories for the Greyhounds. Two of those three losses came at the hands of Mercer, who defeated them in tne opener 46-32 lorn Hutchinson paced the New' I Wilmington scorers with 30 points. I The entire Mercer team, led by 1 Holly Filson. contributed to the scoring with four of the five starters scorine at least 10 points. Telephoto MIAMI BEACH, of Kentucky football team who will meet Santa Clara in the Orange Bowl Stadium on New day started workouts Tuesday.

James Howe, lh; William Leskover, fb; Babe Parilli, qb, (Rochester, Pad, and Donald Phelps, rh. are shown above. Tournament Play Underway UniversTi United, And Ecclesians Take Opening Night Wins DeCarbo Bombers, United Engineering, and Ecclesian Club took opening night wins in the YMCA senior holiday tourna ment that began Tuesday. Four more first round encounters are on the docket tonight beginning at seven DeCarbo Bombers, formerly El impressed the onlookers as it powered to a 51 to 23 victory over Presbvterian. Bill Kerr of the losing VFW No.

315 quint, racked up the highest individual point total for the evening with 16. The many trophies and prizes being offered in the tournament are now on display.at the Diamond Candy shop on East Washington street. A large crowd attended last games and even more are expected as tourney interest increases FG WabashB. FG Corba.f 2 1 Conti, 3 5 2 0 7 15 Tomellelo.c 6 Carkitto.g 2 2 0 Tanner.g 1 4 4 Razzano 6 1 13; Costello 0 Davies 113; Shenango Hi Tops Evans City, 39-33 Floor Ford City 46. New Castle 41.

Ellwood City 45, Midland 33 Mercer 64. New Wilmington 53. Freedom 44. Wampum 42. Shenango 39, Evans City 33.

East Brook 35. Penn Township 32. Sharon 62. Erie Tech 36 Farrell 46. Erie Strong Vincent 35.

Beaver Falls 34. Rochester 31. Aliquippa 72, Wilkinsburg 46. Ellwood Meats Midland, 45-33 Shenango high school basketball team took a close, exciting win from Evans City last night at Evans City 39-33. The Wildcats assumed the lead in the opening minutes of play and protected it until the Red Raiders took a one-point margin.

Quick baskets by Allen. Badger, Getchy and Mielcusny pulled the game out of the fire for the Nahasmen. Bob Mielcusny and John Jraatz were outstanding for the victors Johnny Allen hit seven for seven fouls. The team connected on 13 of 14 attempts. Shenango reserves won the pre lim 31 fo 20.

Shenango FG Evans City FG 1 McCowin.f 1 1 31 Badger 2 3 7 Gary.f 2 7 llilrvin.c 4 2 10 Shanlis.g 1 0 2: Jones.g 2 0 1 0 2 2 1 3 15 1 1 0 8 1 1 Allen, Braatz.g Getchy Morrme 1 3 0 0 2 4 6 14 1 1 3 11 13 13 39 10 13 33 4 5 14 12 60! Score by periods: Universals .....................13 19 Wabash Bears 6 9 Non-scoring subs: 13 8 34 12 60 9 Viedeima. Bombers Ross.f Ciazza.f Stack.c Cangini Fair FG FirstPresb. FG 4 0 8 1 0 2 6 1 13! McCreary.f 0 2 2 1 9: 0 1 0 0 2j Ellwood City high school back on the winning trail got last 24 3 51 Score by periods: DeCarbo Bombers First Presby Non-scoring subs: Hock 14 10 5 6 First 10 3 23 17 7 N.Wllm. FG Mercer hitter who plaved two years with 12 6 ao Redfoot.t Lewis.f I Reed Latsko.g McDovitt.g MoGary Cobau i 13 15 41 New Castle Ford Cm Referee Phillips 18 6 11 S3 pire the the Braves and live with Pittsburgh. was sold with outfielder FG Sauer to Montreal recently 10 complete a Boston-Brooklyn trade, la Russell said at his home in Fay! 1 ette that p'aying with Monto real will mean of night ball 4 and too cold the evening up 0 there 1 He suffered a heart attack dur- 20 6 ing the later part of the 1948 season and mssed the world series FG 4 2 10 8 3 4 8 It Bowen with leveland 24- Towing and Mechanical 24- Hour SERVICE Hour 1 1 3 Fiison McKee.c 2 1 SiFisher.c Boyd.g 4 19' Amon.g Blake 12 4 Zigo.g 1 Gustin 21 53 Score by quarters: New Wilmington 13 13 13 Mercer 10 18 19 Officials: Barlett.

Hoskins ROCKETS WIN FOURTH Hanks Rockets basketball team won its fourth straight game of the year Iasi night by dumping the Ellwood CIO Reserves 60 to with Marino starring with 20 points. City Recreation League Thrives League Is Divided Into Three Sections, Rees Flannery Is New Supervisor City Recreation League basketball is now underway in the six school gyms located in various parts of the city. The City of New Castle School Board has made available the school gyms and the city recreation back on the winning trail last Black board, under the direction of Rees night when it defeated Midland, Hauers Flannery, has provided supervision 45-33, on the Midland floor Fulena in the school gyms. The young It was a close game up until gentlemen who supervise league the last quarter when the Wolver-j Score by periods: ines put on a rally that was good united 18 16 for 19 points. feorge Soos paced vfw mb subs the final period scorers witn five Buccl Gentile; vfw 315- McFate field goals and walked off with cpnrintv hDnnrg fnp tlip WTt.ll FC PhftJERX scoring nonors tor me game wiui Travers 0 2 Snow.f 14 points.

It was the second victory in two outines for the Wolverines over Midland this season. In the opener for the year, Ellwood City came United E. FG VFW 315 Grav.f 3 0 6 B.Kerr.f 5 1 11 S.Gol’ski.f 0 Kerr.c 2 1 5 1 Robinson.g 0 0 0 Hartsorne.g 5 Korab.g 3 2 8 0 4 3 11 Spears 0 5 1 11 3 0 6 1 0 2 FG 7 2 16 1 1 0 2 4 14 1 1 1 1 Shenango Evans City Officials: Cantema and Friedman. Freedom Edges Wampum, 44-42 Wampurn high school lost a 44 to 42 basketball decision last night at Freedom. The Indians had previously lost to Freedom 68 to 28 at Wampum and last night played without the services of Albert Armotorio, woo was 111 Wampum made a determined rally early in the second half and took a one-point lead at the end of the third period.

Freedom meshed 18 points in the f-nal stanza to take the two-point win. Don Schena led the Hennonmen with 23 points. Scala hopped in 15 more. Nudi was high for the winners with 15. Freedom reserves won the open- 54 to 37.

FG Freedom FG 8 7 23 5 5 15 6 3 15' 1 1 3 I 1 31 Powell, 3 0 8 0 0 0 Schleiger.g 5 1 11 0 1 liCeccone.g 1 0 2 0 0 Kohler 2 1 5 McCready 0 2 2 Wampum Schena. Craine.c Johnson.g Kwolek.g Novalesi McMiDin Speaks To New Castle Hi bidders Toiigkt Big Public Testimonial Banquet At Cathedral, At 6 Dance Follows Tonight New Castle pays homage to a great class AA WPIAL championship football team, the at the Cathedral dining room, the event starting at 6 Fifteen fraternal and social clubs in the city, together with several industrial concerns, have sponsored the testimonial banquet with William G. Sands as general tnair- man. Fine awards have been secured for the football boys. McMillln Speaks Alvin McMillln, one of the most famous football figures in the nation, will be the speaker tonight.

He is now coaching tne Detroit Lions pro team. He formerly coached at Geneva and Indiana, turning out a Big Ten championship team at Indiana a few years back. Honorable Judge John La noree will toastmaster the banquet tonight. A fine speaking program has been arranged. Dancing will be held in the Cathedral ballroom after the dinner.

Dance For Being honored tonight are the members of the football team, the New Castle High fine band and the cheerleaders, with the grid coaches. The dance is open to all high school students of charge. The banquet will be $2 per plate, including the dance. It had been hoped to have at least 1,000 present tonight, but the figure will fall far below that estimate. The public response has not been encouraging.

14 9 37 15 12 42 Wampum Freedom 17 10 44 13 8 Eddie Sulk, pinch-hitting for Leo Houck as Penn State boxing coach, is a former amateur boxer. play in the various gyms are as iol lows: Rose Avenue, Dallas Hartman; Lincoln Garfield, Wayne Walter; Mahoning. Charles Richards; Arthur McGill, Joe Sacco; Senior High, Bob Jackson, Ben Franklin, Lynn Irwin. This is the fifth year for the leagues and 99 teams are competing. All teams have been organized 9-60 1 17 and captains elected by the boys out on top, 35-31 2 8 themselves.

Each team has the Plonka.c Nevotne.g Pace.g Janacone Panella 4 1 9 D.Snow,g Stokes.g 8 McGary 2 2 6 2 8 3 3 2 0 4 0 1 1 1 I 1 0 5 i authority to carry ten players. This i 25 14 64 MALLORY HAT makes actual playing membership nearly 1000 yduths up to the age of 17. Three Sections The league is divided into three geographical sections. The American includes the teams north of the Neshannoek Creek The National includes the teams south of the Neshannoek. The Mahoning division is made up of all teams in Ellwood entertains Fridav night.

Ellwood FG Midland Mantz.f 3 1 7 Black.f T.DeCaria.f 1 Soos.c 7 1 1 Mudric.f 2 Snare.e 0 Meadville 10 4 24 4 Mullen.t 0 14 3 5 Ragella.g 3 5 Reider.g 2 6i 2 2 Yuchlea.c FG 3 1 7 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 12 5 29 Score by periods; Ecclesians 6 8 9 Phalanx 2 4 13 Non-scoring subs: Ecclesian 1 chiu: Panella, Christo pher, Lietinen -Mai- CALLS FOR WORKOUT Coach Joe Howley of the St. school varsity basketball 15 45 13 7 33 i team has called a workout for the Non-scoring subs: Ellwood 1 Catholic Center floor for Friday DeC'aria. Suppa. Richards Martin night at 7 and for the St. START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT BY JOINING OUR SUIT CLUB The Cost Is Only SI.00 A Week REYNOLDS and SUMMERS Fashions For Men, Young Men And Public School five Mahomngtown except the senior: City 5 8 13 19-45 Thursday night at 7 boys who play in the National Di- Midland 6, 10 9 8 33 vision.

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Pittsburgh heavyweight who has won straight pro fights, meets Marty Marshall of Detroit in the eight-round feature at the Aragon in Pittsburgh tonight. Four preliminary bouts complete the card DUKES TOP IDAHO PITTSBURGH, Dec hit on 50 per cent of its shots last night to score an easy 74-55 victory over Idaho the Gardens in Pittsburgh. It was the fifth straight victory for the unbeaten Dukes. Indianapolis Tons Packers (By Intfrnational Servire) The Indianapolis Olympians, formed by former Kentucky uni-; versity stars, have rebounded from a poor start and are now very much in contention for the lead in (he western division of the National Basketball Association. The Olympians moved to within 2'y games of the lead by dumping the leading Anderson Packers, 89-82 However, all of the margin is in the lost column, Indianapolis having lost five more games than the Packers Rochester boosted its lead over idle Minneapolis in the central division by 1 2 game and .037 percentage points by soundly thrashing Washington, 96-72.

In the other NBA game last night. Boston, with six men hit.ing double figures, whipped New York 97-78, to come within l2 game of escaping the eastern cellar. The loss dropped New York games back of league-leading Syracuse. JOIN OUR SUIT CLUB The WINTER Co. The Men's and Store HERE AND THERE IN LAND E.

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and contributes articles to Future Outlook', a publication of that city According to the Game commission, it received a report that on December 8, three large anteriess deer were seen feeding on hemlock as if the time were 1950 This was observed in true deer territory in Warren county, in a heavily forested section where a line" clearly indicated a lack of nourishing browse Jimmy McCormick, the South Jefferson street businessman, spends his Sundays hiking around the Kisella farm, a large spread along the Butler highway Although he knows baseball, racing and golf from the viewpoints of owner, promoter, spectator and player, Bing Crosby would rather see the Pirates win then make another million, according to Sport Tippy Richards, the once great gridder of Ne-Ca-Hi, although heavier than when he skirted the ends for touchdowns, yet steps very sprightly Frank Menke, noted sports authority, has apparently recovered from a siege of illness, and is now preparing a new Encyclopedia of Sports, according to Tommy Hey of Fairfield, a Lehigh student. According to Menke F.neyolopelut Hilierich and Bradsby, bat manufacturers, slate that almut 12 per cent of major leaguers use 36 inch bats 56 per cent use 35 per cent hats, 26 per cent 34, and six per cent use 33 inch bats. The maximum bat length is 42 inches, Willie Keeler used the smallest bat known to the majors inches To Joe Fracut The weight of Leon Hart was given by one newspaper as 254. while another recently gave it, 264 l)nly way to find out definitely is to write Public Relations agent. Notre Dame South Bend, lnd Regardless of weather conditions Joe racing string is given daily workouts Rube Jones was one of the foremost umpires However, he quit arbitrating years ago Harry Homer played first base in the King Tut circuit, and for the Elks years ago.

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