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Murdock Wins Overtime Thriller From Alvo Coach Buz Gakemeier's Mur dock quintet watched substitute Duane Wilken rate the hero role Friday night. Wilken came through with a field goal in the overtime to give Murdock a 51 49 Cass county conference win over Alvo. Entering the game after Gene McDonald registered his fifth foul late in the fourth period, Wilkin rang the bell in the over time period to break a 49-49 basketball game wide open. Alvo failed to score in the overtime. Duane stole the spotlight from Albert Thiel, Ronald Peters and brother Warren Wilken. who had set the scoring pace as Mur dock took another step toward the Cass county conference crown. Wilken's overtime goal capped a second half rally that had moved Murdock into a tie and ultimately provided the win. Coach Gakemeier's crew took a 12-8 first period lead but trail ed at halftime 24-22. They watched Alvo extended its mar gin to 5 points at the end of three periods as they trailed 38 33. Thiel paced the fourth per iod rally that brought a capa city crowd to its feet as the home team overcame the Oriole's lead. Then Wilken came through and that was it. Play was close throughout with the importance of the game noticeable in the statistics. Three players left the game on fouls, as both teams were called for 20 rule infractions. McDon ald and Peters were ushered out for Murdock while Karl Clark went out in the fourth period with his fifth foul. MY r rl 1 ) rT Send riiij time-honored message on a Hollmarlc Valentine. See our complete selections for the Hallmark Valentines that toy just what you Want lo so, the way you wont to soy it. Schreiner Drugs We Give S & 505 Main St. Ad Effective Friday w 10 IE w E Have A FEW CHOICE LOCKERS FOR RENT, holesaling of meats, processing, curing-See Glen GLAZED FREE Donuts Saturday "Try Em" Fresh Daily Home Made Jf V Per Dozen BREAD "lot'Loaf 2 for 25c MILK HvitKID!...s,d::..H:m: 2 for39c HAMS 6-8-Lb. Average Lb. 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Clark, g 2 Hermann, g 1 Weichel, k 4 3 5 1 4 Totals 19 11-20 20 Freshmen Cagers Fall To Bellevue i a naiismoutn iresnman cage I team fought on even terms with an experienced Bellevue team for three and one-half quarters before bowing 45-32 Wednesday night. The Plattsmouth frosh led 14 5 at the end of one period and held a 17-16 halftime lead. The score was knotted 28-28 at the end of three periods. The freshmen fell apart late in the final period with Bellevue ahead six points and Grover Cundall out on fouls. Two eighth graders finished the game. Denny Ptak paced the Blue Devils with 12 points, while Stuart Nielsen had 8. Terry Ernst followed with 5. The team missed the services of Eugene Dasher who injured an ankle in pre-game warmups. Trony paced Bellevue with 13 points. Coal touches the life of every person and every productive activity. NEW-WAY Market & Locker Plant H Green Stamps Phone 4198 and Saturday, Feb. 1-2 DONUTS Golden Ripe BANANAS 15c Lb. Asst. 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Playing control ball, the Blue Devils kept the ball away from the taller Blair quintet and aft- ; er the first few minutes was in control throughout. Plattsmouth led 17 to 12 at halftime. j Stanley Cole and' Bob Wondra i teamed up to pace the Platts mouth scoring attack. Cclo was high point man with 14 while Wondra hit 10. Blair struck early and with less than two minutes gone led 4-0 before Cole and Hodge Eat on hit to knot the count. Wo.i dra and Cliff Kennell came through with baskets and the locals led 8-7 at the end of one period. Putting the control-ball style of play into action midway through the first period, the Blue Devils prevented Blair from scoring while slowly building up their own points. After the intermission, Blair was able to get th ball only twice during the third period. They capitalized both times but were trailing 28-16 at the three quar ter mark. With the home team pressing during the final eight minutes, Blair gradually whit tled the margin. Plattsmouth led by 14 points at one time. As pressure mounted late in the game, Stewart sent in a complete new team. Cliff Ken nel fouled out with less than two minutes to go. Alexander, six-foot three-inch center, was the evening s high scorer with 16 points on seven field goals and two gift tosses. Plattsmouth declined more than half of its opportunities from the free throw line in a move to keep possession of the ball. They tried only 10 of the more than 20 foul shots hitting on five. Blair was called for 20 rule infractions in its effort to end Plattsmouth's control of the ball. Plattsmouth 35 is ft Cole, f 5 4-6 0-0 0- 2 1- 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 Schuetz, f 0 Wondra, f 5 Conis, g 0 Eaton, c 3 Beverage, g 0 Kennell, g 2 Totals . . 15 Blair 27 fg Bachman, f 2 Ingle, f 0 Leehy, f 0 Murdock, f 0 Alexander, c 7 5-10 II ft 1- 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 2- 3 0-0 0-3 0-1 0-0 I Erickson, g 1 Menking, g 2 Paine, g 0 O'Hanlon, g 0 Totals 12 3-10 20 Louisville Is 52-50 Victim In Cage Thriller Coach Rex Mercer's Eagle quintet overcame a five point deficit with five minutes re maining and went on to edge Louisville 52-50 in another close Cass county conference tilt Fri day. The Eagle quintet capitalized on the absence of two Louisville forwards: Bill Engelkemeier and Ron Ahl, who left the game early in the fourth period after getting fouls No. 5. Coach Darrell Brandenburg's Lions trailed 11-12 at the end of one period but wee in front 27-23 at halftime. The Lions were three points in front at the three-quarter mark 42-39. Anderson and Rodawav with 19 and 21 points were the big guns for the winners. Kropp hit 6. Weyers 4 and Pitzer 2. Bob Webel matched Roda way's 21 points for Louisville. Jack Schlater hit 10. Ahl had 7, Engelkemeier, 45; Salberg and Hcadley each 3 and White 1. Louisville B edged Eagle 32 to 23 in the preliminary. The Lions meet Elmwood in another conference tilt tonight. Thursday. Ball Control Victorv Blair Seconds Edge Plattsmcuth Blair nipped the Plattsmouth second stringers Tuesday night, overcoming a halftime deficit to win 43-33. The Blue Devils had Ud throughout much of the game. Paced by Jimmy Jacques the Blue Devils held a 10-5 margin at the end of one period and were in front 22-21 at halftime. Belevue rallied and took over the lead, 32-30 in the third period. Jacques paced Plattsmouth with 13 points, while Dick Bev erage had 8 and Byron Finne frock 6. Jansen was high for Blair with 14 Paine had 11. Weeping Water Drops 42 to 34 Tilt To Elmwood Displaying all-around scoring punch. Coach Johnny Johns ton's Elmwood quintet roared over Weeping Water in a Cass county conference basketball game 42-34 Friday night. Elm wood led throughout the con test. ' ' Tre home town team jumped into a 9-5 lead at the end of one period and were in front 20-14 at halftime. After the intermis sion, Weeping Water fought back but trailed 23-28 going in to the final period. Keith Drake, Dudley Doebele, Larry Lannin and Merrill Mc Coy combined scoring talent to pace Johnston's crew. Drake was high with 11. Doebele had 11, Lannin 9 and McCoy 8. Bickford was the bifr gun in the Weeping Water attack with 11. Everett and Krough each hit 8. Stacey had 6 and Herman 1. Krough hit all of his points dur ing the second quarter as he counted four quick baskets. Drake duplicated his feat in the final period for Elmwood. In winning. Elmwood rang ud 19 field goals and hit 4 of 9 gift tosses. Weeping Water managed only 13 field goals and 8 of 21 free throws. Elmwood meets Louisville on the home court tonight. Thurs day. Mueller Paces Avoca In Win Over Academy Edgar Mueller, senior letter man, went on another scoring spree for Avoca Friday night, j and the Cass countians came i through with a 39-35 win over I St. Bernard's Academy of Ne braska City. Mueller hit 19, points in pacing the Cardinals' to the win. j Coach Bill Mickelson's quin-1 tet jumped into an early lead and then was forced to come1 from behind to win. The Card-! inals were in front 14-8 at the quarter out trailed 22-21 at halftime. Mueller hit ten points during the third period as the Cardinals moved back into the lead 32-28. Behind Mueller, the Cardin als rcffisierea with Wayne Wes sel hitting 6. Wilmer Sudman and Fritz Rughe 5. Merlin Min nerman, 3. and Melvin Doden- The Academy was paced bv Bivens with 18. Kreifels hit 9 Avoca was outscored from the field 16-14 but held a decided line 6 1 the free throw Marine Shoots Straight OCEANSIDE. Cal. A Marine mivate, Leroy W. Mendenalt eave everyone a lesson n marksmanship at the Leather necks' Camp Pendleton. Ho blasted all four existing Marine Corps records for the Brownin automatic rifle, firing a 234 out of a possible 250 points. . A 90-foot thick seam of coal is being surface-mined in Wyo ming. iVJ A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. ComiffeireirDee Scoce ScKomaker, May field Pace Nehawka Past St. Bernards 47-29 Arley Schomaker and Ray mond Mayfield combined for a 30-point scoring spree that en abled Nehawka to easily outdis tance a determined St. Bernard's Academy qunitet. The Cass county crew, tutored by Coach Jerry Matschullat, won going away, 47-29. Schomaker connected for 18 points and Mayfield for 12 in pacing the Nehawka attack. The Cass county quintet moved out in front 14-7 at the one-quarter mark and was never threatened. They held a 22-17 advantage at halftime. At the end of three quarters, the score stood Nehawka 35, Academy 25. A fourth quarter flurry moved the Nehawka quintet farther in to the lead. Behind the scoring leaders, Nehawka registered with Tom Johnson getting 9, Alvin Turner and Jed Snyder each had 4. Also seeing action were Dale Burns, Dick Ehlers and Bill Mather. Bivens hit 15 for the Nebras ka City school. St. Bernard's second string- ers were superior in the prelim- 3?. '"X" robber f boilJ . ? foist"1- j.U and . fr.r i iiu -- ed o evenr .hoiW'inC DeS,flrnofoUor11 dirt""- , l947 oeHl ,oU modern Rad.coYee;: once'. prere V On Washington Ave. Plattsmouth will put its East beven Nebraska conterence lead uii nie line rriaay mgm wncn I the Blue Devils invade tourna ment champion Ashland. The local cagers move ' in o the leadership Tuesd.v . i'. i by .dropping Blair. Mei v. ill: A;h- l !. ... iana nas set an cn;;ibii record by winning th. East Sx n Ne braska Conference tournament at Wphoo a week ag), and by establishing a record cf two v;ii3 and loss in cra.eT.ice play. Fiaasmouni enn mo,e far out in front cf the rak with a win over AsM-.rc' I riday night, while a Iocs Vr'culc! throw the two teams in.o a tie. F't .-mouth holds wins over V-'.lzj, Blair and College View in m'erence play. Conference standings: W L, Plattsmouth 3 Blair 3 Ashland 2 Wahoo 2 Valley 1 Bellevue 0 College View 0 0 1 1 1 4 2 2 Ceresco Drops Nip And Tuck Battle To Elmwood 57-54 After building up an early first half lead, Coach Johnny Johnston's Elmwood quintet fought off a late rally to nip Ceresco 57-54 Tuesday night. The Cass countians watched a first half 31-21 margin dwindle to a 44-38 at the end of three periods only to come back in , the final quarter to win. i Dudley Doebele sparked the Elmwood drive with a 23 point scoring spree, assisted by a 12 point output by Larry Lannin. Elmwood led 12-10 at the end of one period. Others hitting the scoring col umn for Elmwood were Keith Bornemeier, 6, Merrill McCoy, 7, Orville Bogenrief, 5, and Keith Drake 4. Johnson set the pace for Ce resco with 18 points. Peterson and Otto each hit 13. inary, winning 43-29. Donald Straube hit 26 points for the winners while Rex Simonds paced Nehawka with 14 points. CHICAGO Mistaking an Armv recruitine erav limousine climbed in at a stop light and ordered the sergeant driving it to a hotel. She left $1.50 on the seat for fare. "CM 1 3 Dial PDeifcttsinraouth THE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JC'JRIY'. Thursday, January 31. 1C32 PA ' ' K FOi::; Drops Battle JUl!Cr 11 r nA A d:l ;-.,...r.ed Plattsmcuth Junior l.i .as'ielball team saw n three - 'rter margin vanish Vedn?3r".ny night as Bellevuc i- n ' i'h edged the Bla Dev il" r.")-": -vilh a basket with less tl 2) secrnds Jo go. Tfrny Ilirz paced the Blue r-vil 7-aae team to a 13-9 half- l:rr.3 lead. They led 15-13 after three quarters. Hirz hit 12 points in leading the attack. Warren Sleinbach contributed seven points and Dan Huebner 4. Vernon Kaffenberger and Edward Egenberger completed the starting lineup. Locker Plant Rated Excellent Murray Locker plant of Mur ray has been awarded the top rating, "excellent" by the Ne braska Bureau of Animal Indus try. The rating is given only to those establishments that are in complete compliance with all the requirements of the depart ment and is very highly regard ed by all who merit it, E. P. An derson, chief of the bureau has announced. 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DQN'T MISS IT! 2S7 BIcodmobile Is Here Today Tho first of an estimated 200 P'atlsr.iouth residents began their gifts cf blood to the Red Cross Bloodmobile here shortly after noon Thursday. More than 200 had signed blood donor pledge cards in a drive sponsor ed by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and its Auxiliary and members of the American Le gion. The unit will remain in Platts mouth until about seven o'clock this evening, thus giving many additional prospective donors a chance to give if they desire. The unit was set up at the Pres byterian church this morning. Canned Heat Claims Victims DANVILLE. Va. Medical authorities here have issued a stern warning against drink ing "canned heat." Three fatal ities have been recorded in the past two months from wood alcohol poisoning. Judges Are Skeptical DENVER A Denver cafe operator was fined for posses sion of illegal slot machines. "They're not for gambling," Harry Shibata told the judge. "I keep them to put my money in for saving." 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