Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 43, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1945 — Page 6

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Bosse Retains Title As State Net Champions Indianapolis, Mar. 19. — (UP) — Tired Herman Keller, the man who cached Evansville Boese .to the 1944 and 1945 state high school basketball championships, wants to quit the head coaching ranks. Keller’s red-clad, mechanicallyperfect Bosse Bulldogs proved him to be one of Hoosierdom’s greatest basketball coaches when they grubbed South Bend Riley, 46-36, Saturday night for their second straight state title. But, all the fame and honor has not changed Keller’s fixed idea of getting out from under the woes, grief and tribulations of a head coach. The third man to pilot an Indiana high school basketball team to successive state titles tried to retire from the top coaching job four yea,re ago. He left Boonville after a decade 0(1 he Pioneers' helm and went to Bosse as freshman coach. For two yftQfs he was happy and content, developing the boys who eventually gave him the highest coaching j honor in Indiana for two successive seasons. .Then head coach Adah McCutchan joined the navy and Keller was I

pressed into service. "I definitely want to wind up my head coaching duties as soon as possible.” Keller said. “Primarily, jjt's my health. I was very sick with a stomach ailment shortly before this season started and a series of transfusions from the players probably saved my life.” “I would not have coached the team this season except that the boys asked me to,” he continued. “They pleaded with me, and since this was the last season far most of them, I didn’t have the heart to desert them, although my doctor was against my continuing.” Keller has said nothing to the school board —officially. “When 1 took the job, it was with the understanding that it was only on a temporary basis,” he said. “I still want it to be temporary and if they can find someone else before the next season opens, I’d like it very much. “But, whatever works out is okeh with me,” he went on. "If it’s hftcessary for me to stay on as head coach until McCutchan returns, I’ll do it. I’d like to get back to the freshman coaching job as ebon as .possible, though.” ifceller may step into the obscurity of that freshman coaching position he desires so great, but the 11,555 fans who watched the Bosse Bulldogs perform in the state finals Saturday never will forget the pre-cision-playing of that terrific Kel-ler-coached machine. Veteran observers went away convinced that Bosse, as of March 17, 1945, was near the all-time best -i——

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in Hoosier prep basketball. Frankfort’s great club of 1936 and Franklin’s “wonder five" were compared with Bosse of 1945, with favorable nods to Bosse. The Pocket City club was the fifth team in history able to win successive state titles. It also gave .the southern Indiana conference a record of four state titleholders in 'the lust five years. Norris Caudel] was the outstanding Bulldog as he and his mates rallied to edge fighting Indianap--1 olis Broad Ripple, 37-35, and then go on to a irothing-short-of-sensa-tional rout of might South Bend Riley, 46-36. The six-foot, three-inch forward’s 15 points were a major factor in Bosse's comeback that overcame a 25-14 third quarter Broad Ripple lead. His fine rebounding wag the feature of both games, but it was against Riley that he was most effective. Bryan (Broc)' JerreH, diminutive ball handler deluxe, and Bud Ritter, ace pivotman, drew their share of plaudits for Bosse’s success in | both games, while Norm McColl—the only newcomer to the starting five that won the 1944 title—was the fair-headed boy of the Riley game. McCool poured in five points as Bosse sprinted to a 7-0 lead and that, for all practical purposes, was the ball game. Riley never was able to overcome the shock of that torrid, opening blast. The Ripple-Bosse game wars the thriller of the final round. Riley poured in 21 paints in the third quarter in breezing past Huntington, 39-28, in the other afternoongame. And the final tilt was a cut- , and dried Bosse proposition. But Ripple’s zooming Rockets, , beaten only once in 28 games be- ( fore meeting Boose, came within , an ace of making the Bulldogs the | “also rans.” Ripple was leading t by nine points early in the third period. Bosse tied it up and went ahead, 36-28. Then the Rockets came with a rush.

It was Bosse 37, Ripple 35, and 70 seqond to play, when a Rocket player was fouled. He declined the free throw, but Ralph Chapman of Ripple missed a desperate field goal attempt. Bosse grabbed the ball and stalled to victory. Bob Whitmer, 195-pound Riley forward, was the tourney’s top scorer. He notched 23 points in two games, to shade Caudell and Ritter, who each had 20. As the fans filed out of the Coliseum, there was none to question Keller’s statement that the 1944-45 Bulldogs were “from 10 to 15 points better than the team last season.” o Broad Ripple Star Wins Trester Award

(Indianapolis, March 19 —.(UP) 1 — Hoosier high school basketball's No. 1 sportsman of the 1944-45 season is Max Allen of Indianapolis Broad Ripple. Allen, iwho stands five feet, three inches tall and weighs 145 pounds, was awarded the Indiana high school athletic association’s sportsmanship trophy after the state tourney finals Saturday. (Board Ripple’s 17-year-old passing wizard thus became the first holder of the Arthur L. Trester memorial award. He was the 29th winner of tne HISAIA sportsman* ship prize. Allen’s mother, Mrs. Fern Allen, had her right arm around her son when he received the trophy from Merrit C. Reed of the IHSAiA board of control. Tears filled her eyes when Governor Gates congratulated young Allen. >Alkn hinrself beamed, (bashfully admired the. golden and blue ribboned trophy and said that he did not know what to say, “but thanks a lot.”

He graduates in June and then plans to enter the navy.

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Zollner Pistons Win Pro League Crown Ft. Wayne Ind., March 10 —(UP) •The Fort Wayne Zoilaer Pistons will defend their world professional championship basketball crown at 'Chicago Wednesday following their 59-49 victory over she Sheboygan. Wis„ Redskins last night. The win netted the Pistons the National iprofessional Imsketiball league playoff title for the second consecutive year. Paced by Bobby .McDermott, who ecored 19 points, they took the lead from the opening .whistle. iShelboygan was without the guidance of its coach, (Henry (Dutch) Dehmrt, who was called home by the illness of his wife and the news that his eon was killed in action. The Pistons this year became the only pro team ever to defeat the Chicago All-Stars in tire annual Chicago battle. Meet Opens Tonight 'Chicago .March 19.—(UP)—The world's professional championship basketball tournament, with 14 teams participating, opens a fivenight run at the stadium tonight with three first round games. The American Gears, Chicago play the Hartford, Conn., Nutmegs; The Oshkosh, Wie., All-Stars meet the Detroit Mich., team, and the New York Rens play the Indianapolis Stars to open probas'ketball’s seventh annual “World Series.” The first-round competition will be completed tomorrow night with three games. The Cleveland ‘O., Transfers meet the .Midland, Mich., Dows; the Pittsburgh Raiders play the Newark, N. J., C-O-Two team, and the'Long Islamx Grummans chai, lenge the Dayton, 0., Acmes. Fort Wayne’s Zollners, defending champions, and the famed Harlem Globetrotters drew byes for the first round and will appear on the four-game quarter-final card Wednesday night. The semi-finals will be played Thursday and the Championship final Saturday.

Three Bosse Stars United Press Pick On All-State Team Indianapolis, Mar. 19. — (UP) — Evansville Bosse’s state high school basketball champions placed three men on the United Press all-state team, selected by staff correspondents Roy J. Forrest and James E. Walters. The first team: Norris Caudell of Bosse and Bob Whitmer of South Bend Riley, forwards; Julius (Bud) Ritter of Bosse, center; Max Allen of Indianapolis broad ripple and Bryaji (Broc) Jerrell of Busse, guards. The second team: Norm McCool of Bosse and Ralph Chapman of Broad Ripple, forwards; Bill Bostel of Huntington, center; Ernie Kovatch of Riley and Krank Kudlaty of Riley, guards. o TWO ADAMS COUNTY (Continued From Page One) on March 6 in Germany, the parents were notified by the war department last evening. In the service less than eight months, Pvt. Gilbert entered the army on July 20, 1944. He sailed for overseas on last Christmas day. He was an infantryman in General Patton’s Third Army. i Pvt. Gilbert was graduated from the Monroe high school in 1942 and prior to entering the .service was engaged in farming with his father, who operates a large farm southeast of Monroe.

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partment’s annual survey of farmer’s planting Intentions. o LaGUARDIA DEFIES (Continued From Page One) Philaelphia, Cleveland, Kansas City, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh said that these cities would stick by the midnight closing edict as long as federal authorities felt it was necessary. Chicago’s Mayor Edward J. Kelly summed it up: “What New York does is not my affair. The midnight curfew will remain unless otherwise ordered from Washington.” Pittsburgh’s public safety director, George A. Fairly, said that city would “comply with the rules set up by Mr. Byrnes.” “No one is being hurt in this country by closing a little earlier,” he said. “They’re not watching the clock on the western front or in the Philippines.” The United Press learned tint LaGuardia acted without consultation or permission from war mobilization director James F. Byrnes. His order brought no immediate action or comment from Byrnes. o ■ . ■ Japan Plans Draft Os School Children By United Press Tokyo broadcasts indicated today that the Japanese intend to draft all school children eight years old and up for work in war factories and air defenses because of the admittedly critical military situation.

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Pope Pius Appeals For Generous Peace Vatican City, March 19—(UP)— Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill had before them today an appeal by Pope Pius to show foreibearance and understanding in forming a peace generous to all peoples in the light of their tragic war sufferings. t 'Never (before have the Bufferings of the people given them a greater right to benevolent consideration, the pontiff said in a speech yesterday from the central balcony of St. Peter’s basilica. — O— —•— Patrolling Active On Italian Front (Rome, March 19.—(UP)— 'Patrolling continued active along the Italian front, headquarters said today, with numerous clashes reported in the Fifth and (Eighth army eeetors.

(In the central sector, Fifth army forces repulsed German patrols northwest of Mount Belmonte, flbout 13 miles southwest of Bologna, and west of Trassalico. Mortars and artillery effectively engaged the Germans east of Strettola. Arrest Youth For Reckless Driving 'Richard Roe, 17, of near Monroe, was arrested by Decatur police at 1 o'clock Sunday morning on a charge of reckless driving. He was slated to be arranged before Mayor John B. StultJ in city court this afternoon. o One Person Killed In Gas Explosion Indiana Harbor, Ind., Mar. 19 —(UP) —One person was killed and four were injured in an explosion early today at the main gas absorption building of tjie Standard Oil Co. refinery. • John Miller. 59. route 2 Gary, Ind. was found dead by workmen who searched for him after he had returned to the burning building. It was uncertain whether Miller died of asphyxiation or of injuries suffered in the explosion.

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' S on ! u ln J which Mis s TaHuM ! ■rii : Bankhead pokes great fun at S ■ .4 . profession of the actress, but i ■■he • cannot be said that Mr. Ban'lE \ ■ had come back. He’s nw o '.. £ turned, and again with a piece of ■ fantasy which comes off very Ik : tie better than did "Without ■ Love.” The fine sparkle is not la'■■i*' ‘ his dialogue, the fantasy h la. " : bored and the three acts seeata ■Hh' be interminably long because Mr, Barry’s attempts at urbanity sei ' dom hit their stride. In Notion” he presents an actress whose husband vanished into the H war, has been declared legally ■■ ' dead, and comes home as she la about to marry her leading mau and own true love. Before h 1 makes his corporeal entrance, Mr. Barry brings him in as he ■ sso. lives in the memories of his wile, his father-in-law, his adopted daughter and the harried groom- u to-be. When the husband in real life, well along in the third act, he appears even more fantastic than the fantasy had K’® made him. Despite the gallant M?" efforts of Miss Bankhead, Hem tl ■ Hull as the husband and Gorden . Roark as the husband-to-be, ■ "Foolish Notion” fails to come to 9 much of anything. It will, how- a b ever, keep the Martin Beck Thea- . tre full for a time. Miss Bankhead’s giamcr will see to that. K‘ fl 1 The Playhouse, which has seen 1 many a better play open and , close in a few days, gave house 1 room to “It’s a Gift,” a “senth i mental” comedy by Curt Goetz ; and Dorian Otvos, which is one : of the prime stinkers of the sea- ; son. A professor (the like c! n ■ whom has never been seen on the • American stage before) has a : wife and an even dozen children. > He also had a sister who had ’ committed, 20-odd years before, - something called an indiscretion. ■»; 1 She goes to South America and . becomes rich. She dies, leaves an ■ ; c - ■ institution to her niece, eldest of 1 the professor’s children, then tacks a condition to the legacy > which makes her rich if shegives , birth to an illegitimate child De- w fore she is 18. Carry °n, dear reader. Messrs. Goetz and Otvos , lay the double entendre on witn 1 a lavish trowel until, in the end, ■ the audience gags. Coetz is B able comedian, his wife, V«>«" 8 Ki van Martens a chai mmg a ctresS| •Ibut the play- ph