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rHP PLATTSHC'JTH, NEBRASKA, SE!"J -WEEKLY JOURNAL ! Monday, January 12, 1953 PAGE FIVE Devils To Resume Play On Home Court hrens;, Jacques Lead Win Over Pawnee Ciiv Undefeated after six games, and ready for win number seven come Tuesday night, Coach Merle Stewart's Plattsmouth cagers will return to the home court for a non-loop clash with Aub urn. Seeing action with the varsity eleven are these squad mem bers: Top row, left to right Coach Merle Stewart, Don Rhoades, Denny Ptak, Grover Cundall. Jr., DeWayne Noell, Jim Graves, Dean Dunham and Ronnie Schneider. Bottom row Tom Conis, Lyie Wood, Eugene Dasher, Stuart Nielsen, Dick Beverage, Jim Jacques, Jon Schuetz and John Ahrens. Journal Photo. For the second time within a a-eek, PiattSinouth has been . , v, , , . c . . . . forced tr- ccme from behind to ! I?,ade waf, to. 5 cirits but extend its basketball winning ! Piayed defensively, streak. The Blue Devils did it i Johnson with 17 points led the in fine style Friday night to I Pawnee City attack that func turn back Pawnee City 53-41 i tioned superbly in the first pe- Forward John Ahrens and ! riod but cooled off in the later Center Jim Jacques fired the ! rounds. Devils to their sixth win with- : Plattsmouth first stringers hit cut a loss by producing 41 of ! 40 Per cent of their field Flattsmcuth's 58 points. Ahrens j chances, connecting on 24 of 60, nipped Jacques in the scoring i while the team turned in a 39 race 21-20. ! I1" cent performance on 25 out Ahrens and Jacques made all j ofrT. but 2 of Plattsmouth's first quar- The non-conference tilt, first ter points as the Devils found i Played on the home court since themselves on the short end of ; early December, gives Platts a 20-15 count. The invaders ' ":0"h a 6" record and a total couldn't miss the basket during; of 303 points for the season, a fthat first period. ; oi-pius average. j Plattsmouth continued its ! Coach Merle Stewarts charges steady play in the second period !w7be home again Tuesday to overcome the five point defi- 1 Jght against Auburn, victim of !cit and move into a 30-28 half- j Nebraska City last Friday. Iirvn InoH Thou noro novpr in ! Plattmftiith 4Sk trouble thereafter. I FG FT sJ?;l 1 Ahrens and Jacques again con- ' Beverage, f 2 s .. . . ,f f th piattsmouth 'Pierce, f 1 points in the second period but I Noell. f 0 Ahrens was shut out in the ; Ahrens. f 9 third canro and came back ! Jacques, c 9 strong in the fourth. Jacques Corns, g 3 nerfcrmed steadily throughout Schuetz, g 1 the game. jWood. g 0 1 Airer overcoming the deficit Blotzer, g 0 rarly in the second period, j I Plattsmouth moved in front to i jimfflyffifaftflimfli ' stav and led 42-36 at the three- i Quarter maik. Ahrens and Jac- j ques each hit 9 field goals en C. Kammenn Mending School Do Treasure Isle Bowling Standings 1- 1 0-0 0- 0 3-7 2- 2 1- 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 It-.';.- '.,;':;V, ,.-;; :iV K S, !: ' i -W , . Vft-- ': I I I I I TEAM W Ernies Tavern 25 Alamito -Dairy 24 Conoco 22 V. P. W. 21 Tim's Bar 21 Woster Shoe Store 20 Eagles 20 Plattsmouth Paint 20 Lesion 10 S- UUlldLlS 15 Marge & Elmers 16 V, ? Firestone 14 Western Antn 14 .wvv.aa .auiiw ......... X I Bradley Grocery 12 Art & Minnie s 11 i ' Myers Grocery 11 L 11 12 14 15 15 16 16 16 17 18 20 22 22 24 25 25 LONG HOLIDAY Kalispell, Mont. Death has taken a long holiday in the fam ily of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Reeves. There has not been a death among twelve of th?ir children, whose ages rangs from 82 years to 52 years, since 1880. Journal Want Ads Pay! Clarence Rammann Clarence Kamir.ann, son of i Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kammann First Half Leads Avoca To 43 - 37 Victory Here Using agood first half, that included a whitewash m the first period, Coach Bill Mickel scn's Avoca Cardinals rolled to a 43-37 win over the Plattsmouth Reserves Friday night. It was win No. 3 for the Cardi nals and loss No. 2 for Coach Eugene Shields Reserves. Wayne Wessel and Merle Min derman led the Avoca quintet as they blanked the Reserves 8-0 in the first period. From there on play was generally even. Wessel with 20 points and Minderman with 9 moved Avoca into a 24-13 halftime lead and the Cardinals stayed in front 34-26 after three periods. Coach Mickelson's crew was never be hind. Lyie Wood and Denny Ptak led the Plattsmouth attack with 6 points each. Nine of the 12 Piattsmouth players entering the game hit the scoring column. Two Devils left the game on fouls as the Reserves were called for 20 violations. They were Larry Pierce and Jim Graves. Avcca lost Bob Noerrlinger via the foul route as well. Plattsmouth 37 FG FT F Cundall, f 2 Blotzer, f 2 Rhoades, f 0 Noell, f 1 Nielsen, c 2 Finnefrock. c 1 Ptak, g 2 Graves, g 1 Wood, g Ernst, g Pierce, g 2 .0 0- 4 1- 1 0- 0 1- 1 0-6 0- 0 2- 2 1- 1 2- 4x 0-0 0-0 Games This Week Tuesday, Jan. 13 Murdock at Alvo Greenwood at Weeping Water Avoca at Eagle Dunbar at Nehawka Gretna at Louisville Auburn at Plattsmouth Friday, Jan. 16 Louisville at Greenwood Otoe at Nehawka Elrnwood at Murdock Avoca at Alvo START the New Year With a Clean Slate Consolidate All of Your Debts Re-Pay in Low Monthly Payments LOANS - S50 to $500 or more AMERICAN LOAN PLAN 112 North 5th St. Phone 3213 (North of Cass Drug) O. T. MCHOL. MGR. 15 7-19 20 Avoca 13 FG FT F Meyer, f .1 0-0 0 Straub. f 0 0-0 0 Minderman, f 1 7-14 4 Wessel, c ..8 4-6 1 Mueller, g 0 0-0 0 Noerrlinger, g 1 1-2 5 j Ruhge. z 1 5-14 4 i Emshof f , g 1 0-0 0 19 17-36 14 Pirates Thrash Douglas 55-35; Doebele Hits 26 7th and 8th Grade Teams Vie at Half Teams of 7th and 8th graders added something new to a bas- i ketfcali home game Friday night, as the teams competed against I each other during the half of the j varsity game. I Part of the building program cf the school's athletic depart- i ment. the .teams were directed 1- by Coach Jerry Clavburn. In addition to giving the kids an opportunity to perform before a large crowd, it also provided halftime activities for the audi : ence. t - t.u DAftF ftAHP - I1UW Willi rmmm wa-WBa tntroe ffiA auessworif ouf of js" page-end typing! : Smith-Corona World's first PORTABLE : World's fastest PORTABLE SCHREINER DRUG m7M sum u ur down iam onlyS2.00 Z Vfi j a week j Top Cage Tilts Scheduled for Coming Weeks Three important Cass county conference games are on t,ap Tuesday night as the battle for leadership in the ten-team loop starts narrowing down. Feature game of the week will be Greenwood at Weeping Water. Coach Abe Dick's vaun ted Greenwood crew has been virtually unstoppable in play thus far, while the Indians rate as one of the top teams in its division in eastern Nebraska. Coach Abe Dick's crew has a. r j o Ooirr ir-iH ! tne lop per game average in me soarked v Keith D-ake and:county throuSh eiSht ames Dudley &b?le cSch JohS one of the strongest Johnston's Elrnwood - Pirates , J or Darwm Salestroms In rolled to a convincing 55-35 win ; aiIiS- over Douglas in a non-cnf erence : In other conference tuts,, loop test for the Cass county I Murdock will seek to move up crew at Elrnwood. the ladder at the expense of The Pirates jumped into a A contest , wm be play 1? fi fir-sr nprinri margin nnri ed n the new Alvo gymnasium, mer were ?rea?ened The Coach Bm Mickelson's Avoca count rlad 23-13 at halftiml crew wiU seek t0 climb bac5c UP Doebele netted 26 points onj " , nc. . fn 9 field goals and 8 of 9 gift toss- Non-league games on tap for oc tn r.T, TV.r.r.-c'Cass Conference teams are crew. Drake added 10 more and Parat Nehawka, Gretna at sparked the Pirates defensively. Coach Johnston used 11 men as his charges continued through the second half with 17 points in the third period and a 39 23 lead. Others scoring for the Pir ates were Merle Backemeyer, 7; Dick Apt, 6; Kunz. 3; Lannin, 2 and Goracke, 1. Woods, Halvor sen, Bogenrief and Bornemeier also saw duty for the winners. The Pirates dumped in 19 field goals but were equally ef ficient from the free throw line where they converted 17 of 2o chances for a 66 per cent av erage. Douglas could hit only 1 1 field goals and converted only 13 of 40 gift tosses. Orville Bogenrief left the game on fouls as Elrnwood was called for 22 violations. Douglas was called for 17 miscues. Elrnwood meets Murdock in a feature county conference game next Friday. tions. In rolling up win No. 6, Platts mouth his 25 field goals and 3 of 14 gift tosses, best free throw performance of the year. Conis and Schuetz performed well in the back court as usual, while Dick Beverage, early scoring 25 2-14 Pawnee City 11 FG FT Knox, f 1 1-2 Bennet. f 0 1-2 Lantz, f 3 0-2 Patterson, f 0 0-0 Hoffman, c 0 1-2 Johnson, c 7 3-4 -Tnsen. g 3 1-1 Warneke, g 3 0-0 17 7-13 i J of Avoca. is currently attending an eiectric material scnooi ior the Navy at Treasure isiana hl San Francisco, California. In the Navy since May, 1952. Kammann is taking the special training to prepare him for so cialized duty with the Navy. The schooling will prepare him to work with Navy electrical units aboard ship as well as on land installations. Clarence and his sister, Hilda. recently held an 80-minute con In tii im jjV?ieqfre iOSS Plattsmouth Last Times Mon. & TuesH January 12 & 13 Betty Hutton and Ralph Meeker "SOMEBODY LOVES ME" A technicolor musical packed with songs, girls and dazzling scenes by the dozen! Comedy and Novelty Six Teams Sweep Series As Standings Alterd 651 640 Paint Store . . . . 616 628 615 High individual series. John Parkening. 407; high Individual game, J. Parkening, 160. Journal Want Ads Pay! DBDTE5SI0UAL S EDUCATIOIt 11- lJ Louisville, while Auburn will play at Piattsmouth. Conference tilts are also on tap Friday with Louisville trav eling to Greenwood, Elrnwood will be at Murdock and Avoca will travel to Alvo. A nonloop conflict will find Nehawka play ing host to Itoe. Six teams swept three game series from league opponents as innt. fioR nlnw rpnnpnpri in the Plaits- I . . ?r? mouth Bowling League last week. It was the greatest num ber of sweeping victories scored in one week since league play opened 15 weeks ago. Sweeping wins were the V. F. W., Alamito. Conoco, Tim's Bar, American Legion and Do- nat s. The sweeps enabled the six teams to move up on league leading Ernie's Tavern, which dropped two of its three games to , Wosters. Paul and Bob Weyer combined tcrtrip the league leaders as they posted 468 and 456 series. A 14 pin handicap helped the Shoe Fitters in the final game which they won 759 to 758. Bob Brook houser posted a 493 series for Wed. & Thur.. Jan. 14 & 15 versation by amateur racuo. Both JamP; caonev Virginia Mav-i licensed operators. Clarence used am cagney, v lrgima Mao, the station of the Treasure Is- Do"S Day, Gordon MacRae and land Radio Amateur club, and Hilda operated her own station, W Zero FVE located near Avoca. Clarence and Hilda both re ceived their amateur licenses in April 1952, a month belore Clar ence entered service. A Classified Ad in The Jour nal costs as little as 35c. Gene Nelson in "THE WEST POINT STORY" Jimmy's first musical since "Yankee Doodle Dandy." It will make you proud of our U. S. A.! Also Comedy and Novelty Night Shows 7:00 & 9:15 Reserves Scoring Leaders Battle For Top Honors Byron Finnefrock, John Blotz er and Jim Graves are leading Reserve scoring through six games, although Blotzer has seen action in only five of the Re serve tilts. Finnefrock has a 5 point per game overage with 30 points while Blotzer with 29 points is hittinp 6 per game. Graves has ivt 26 in 6 tilts for a 4-plus aver age. Larry Pierce in three games has the top overage with 7. He has 21 points in three games. Lyie Wood has an average of six in only one game, however. Other leaders are Rhoades. 25; Stuart Nielsen. 19; Grover Cun dall. Jr.. 21; Denny Ptak, 12; Terry Ernst, 12. A Classified Ad In The Jcre ' costs as little as 35c. 2E 1 We have between 100 and 125 patterns of limited amounts. These are all First Class Patterns and a good buy. Lack of room makes it possible to make a sale of this kind. IACH tG ROLLS OF SSDEWML, 6 ROLLS OF CEILING FREE Runs From January 20, 1953, to January 31, 1953 iw. v Hpgn. Wkwnm Mk mm ' mm mm mm LLPAVm Whse. ELMWOOD, NEBRASKA - WITH cagers were Joe Grauf. Larry Walton. Ken Dasher, Vernon Kaffenberger, Dan Huebner, Al Fairfield, Larry Long, Vernon Aylor. Larry Cundall. Jim Holou bek, Denny Hirz, Dan Smith, Le Roy Wilson and Ed Egenberger. Subscribe to The Journal Junior High Cagers Bow to Bellevue 29-21 Thursday coach Jerry Clayburn's Platts mouth junior high cagers found the going rather rough against j Bellevue Thursday as the home town crew dropped a 29-21 de cision. Held scoreless through the first period, the Junior Devils didn't set rolling until the final half. Plattsmouth trailed 0-4 after cne period and 4-10 at the the losers, while M. Hodge came ! halfway mark, through with a 430 series. j Definite improvement was By sweeping its series with ! shown in tho second half as Firestone. Alamito climbed to i the Devils moved to close the within one game of the leaders ; gap to 13-21 after three periods. J as George Wmscot and Bob Mc Denny Hirz led Plattsmouth Clanahan fired the Milkmen, i with 7 points, while Dan Smith Two 182 games led Winscot to ! and Ed Egenberger each con a 528 series, while McClanahan nected for 4. postea a i,b game en rome 10 a . seeing action with the junior the Firestone csew with a 387 series. V. F. W. moved into a fourth place tie as Carl Sell and John Stoll came through with 505 and 482 series. Sell posted a 202 en route to his 500 series, in dropping Art & Minnie's. Art Reimer led the losers with a 447 series, while C. Faris came through with a 443 mark. Conoco in third place, moved to within three games of the leaders by tripping Bradley Grocery three games, one by only a 7-pin margin. C. Brittain with a 401 series and Don Wall with 407 led the winners, while J. Bradley led the losers with a 419 mark. Bob Gall. Philip Kehne and Gene Noltir.g led Timm's in its' three-game conquest of Myers Grocery, while Cecil Figgins and Joe Case gunned the Legion's win over Western Auto. Donats rates the giant-killer role, however, as it dumped third place Plattsmouth Paint store three . straight to knock the painters into a three-way tie for sixth place. George Thun and Cliff Steinbach led the on slaught. RESULTS Wrosters 641 765 759 Ernie's Bar 739 721 758 High individual series. Bob Brookhouser. 498; high individ ual game, Bob Brookhouser, 192. V. F. W 733 782 755 Art & Minnie .... 730 767 617 High individual scries, Carl Sell. 505: hieh individual game, Carl Sell, 202. Alamito 744 769 819 Firestone 698 703 33 High individaul series, George Winscot, 528; high individual game, George Winscot, 182. Eagles 750 618 728 Marge & Elmer . . 625 637 666 High individual series. Dale Reckard. 452; high individual game, Norma Mrasek. 191. Conoco 617 702 610 Bradley Groc 598 647 603 High individual series. J . Bradlev, 419: high individual game, R. Brittain, 152. Tim's Bar 719 744 752 Myers Groc 619 722 663 High individual series. Bob Gall, 512; high individual game, iBob Gall, 193. jLegion 694 665 655 Western Auto 547 536 585 ! High individual series. Cecil i Figgins, 448; high individual I game, Cecil Figgins and Joe 1 Case, 159. 1 33Eksr !!toc.vetothea The increasing progress made in the fight against polio is largely due to efforts of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis. In its annual March of Dimes crusade against polio funds to finance medi cal research, treatment, and rehabilitation are so licited from the public. Support this most worthy cause with jour dimes and dollars. For the convenience of our patrons, we have placed March of Dimes "banks" at several counters. Please give for the sake cf handi capped children who may one day lead active lives again. Give whatever you can as often as you can. Jl s Big 1 HI ' i a i s hi u DRUGS! 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