Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 71, Decatur, Adams County, 24 March 1952 — Page 6

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Muncie Takes Second State Title In Row Indianapolis, March 24—(UP) — Now that Muncie Central has tied Frankfort for the most championships in Indiana's hotly-contested \ high school basketball tourney, it i seemed logical today that the Bearcats' 1953 aim is. to become the second outfit to win the coveted crown three years running. Jay McCreary’s brilliantly-bal- - hnced Bearcats became the sixth club to win. two in a row and sec- ! ond to take home the crown four times by blasting Indianapolis 1 Tech, 68 to 49. in an anti-climactic ! tifie game here Saturday night. They had to thank curly-hairly Danny Thornburg, though, for making the grand slam possible. It was his tree throw with seven seconds 'to go that edged touted New Albany, 68 to 67, in a -red-hot afternoon struggle. Thornburg and stellar center Jim Sullivan will be missing next year, but McCreary will have his three other starters back —forward Carlos Miller and guards Charley Hodson and Jerry Lounsbury—and they alone are a tough trio to beat. r Lounsbury knocked in 21 points against Tech. Miller\l4, anti Hodson. a five-footeight playmaker, came through with 11, on probably the runningest quintet ever seen in the state finals. Muncie had a rough time with. New Albany, which had been beaten only once during the season and was Jthe top-ranking outfit in the United Press “Big Ten.” The Bearcats seemed weary as they left the floor, but in the title clash their blistering fast-breaking game seemed swifter still as they buried the Greenclads under an avalanche of lay-ups and one-handers which killed Tech's title chances for the third I time in the 42-year history of the I colorful event and still left the I state’s largest city without a champion. Tech some consolation, however, when jumbo Joe Sexson, its fine center who pumped in 26 points in a losing cause against Muncie, was awarded the precious » Arthur L. Trester medal for mental attitude. ? Franklin’s famous “wonder five,” in the early 1920’5, is the only team to dominate the Hoosier schoolboy hardwood extravaganza three years in a row. The team lineup was the same each year. i Muncie already has countless rooters equal that achievement, for many observers believed the rebuilding job McCreary accomplished In one year is nothing short of miraculous. McCreary took over at MuncU* when Art Beckner quit after the 1951 season and moved to Richmond. He changed Muncie’s style completely. The Bearcats lost only five games during the season. They came close to defeat twice on their rugged 10-game tourney trail, but they couldn’t be licked. j •-- — ~ TRUMAN (Continued From Page One) displaced persons program which provided for entry of 400,000 additional immigrants over the quota. ' Mr. Truman envisioned under his new request the annual entry for the next three years of 7,000 religious and political refugees troni Communism in western Europe; 7,500 Greek nationalists from Greece; 7,500 Dutch from the Netherlands, 39,000 Italians from Jtaly and Trieste and 39,0041 Germans and persons of German ethnic origin. y ■ 1 . . Hushpuppies, a favorite hot bread, are a development of a cornmeal cake fried in fish fat to be fed to hunting dogs when they howled. Hence the name. The famous McGuffey’s Readers of \ the 19th century were used in 37 states and' sold more than 125,000,000 copies. , Despite their huge printings, copies now are collectors’ items. Tonight & Tuesday CLARK GABLE AVA GARDNER ‘‘LONE STAR” .•' With Broderick Crawford ALSO—Shortt 14c-44c Inc. Tax O—OWed. & Thure.—Tyrene Power, "I’ll Never Forget You” First Show Wed. at 6:30 Continuous Thura. from 1:30 BE SURE TO ATTEND! O—O Coming Sun.—Vivien Leigh. "Streetcar Named Desire"

SPORTS BULLETIN Indianapolis, Mar, 24—(UP) — Joe Sexsen, J high-storing center on Indianapolis Tech high school's state basketball championship runners-up, played under police guard Saturday after mysterious telephone calls threatened h|m with harm if he didn't foul out. it was learned today. Police and members cf Sexson's family revealed the came last week. They said five detectives and officers in plain clothes accompanied the tall athlete between playing floor and dressing room in hio appearances Saturday, Kentucky Five Is Upset In NCAA Tourney Seattle, Wash., Mar. 24 —(UP) —- Olympic tryout berths will be at slake in both ends of ?the dotrbleheader here tomorrow night when surprising St. John’S; and Hanta Clara clash with powerful. Illinois and Kansas in the semi-finals of thet N. C. A. A. basketball tournamon.t = The way it shaped up now. Illinois would be favored over St. John’s for the Eastern N.CIA A. title and record-breaking Kansas over Santa Clara for the Western -crown. ■| r ’■: ■j, t' But you won’t find many coaches or experts among those gathering here who are willing to imake any predictions, in view' of what happaned to the form sheet in : the tinal round of regional elimination play on Saturday night. Certainly, no one expected St. John’s to oust defending champion Kentucky, the nation’s No. 1 by 64-57 at Raleigh. N> C. That tanks as the “Upset Os the ytar” in the court sport. But it was only a little more surprising than Santa Clara’s 56-53 decision over Wyoming at Corvallis. Ore. The other two regional finals followed the form as Illinois ousted Duquesne, 74-08. at Chicago, and Kansas ripped St. Louis,’ T 4-55. at Kansas City. Coach Frank McGuire of St. John’s was receiving wajrm praise from his fellow coaches j today: for the clever “slow down-’ strategy he devised to turn the (tables on Kentucky, which had beaten his team by 81-40 during the regular season. - McGuire explained that the first tinie the Redmen had tried to ‘jrun with Kentucky,” but it didn’t work, so tlte time they played “posses-sion-waiting for the 'sure shots’ end driving past them.” The result was that center Bob (Zeke) Zawoluk clicked for 32 points, lone more than the did tournament record. I That Zawoluk performance stood as a new record—for about 30 min.used until siv-tdot. nine-inch Clyde Lovelette tallied 44 points for Kansas. ; it I - ' Tomorrow’s games will complete the field for the Olympic tryouts. The other six places already have, been occupied by La Salle, winner of \the national invitation tournament; Springfield State Teachers College of Missouri, winner of the N.A.1.8. tournainent; and the top four teams in the A.A.U. ’ournament —the Peoria, 111., Caterpillars; the Phfllpis Oilers, Air Force All-stars, and the Fibber McGees. . ’ Play in the Olympic jrjiouts start Patutday in New York and Kansas City. FOUR-YEAR-OLD 4Continued From P.gv One> 'he privies. ; Huddled inside were the three children. i ? At Crist., rescuers thought that Kathy Church had a "spark of life” in her. The body?of Stevie was stiff by this time. But when (he party reached DC. Dougherty’s home, it was apparent* that Khthy and Stevie were dead; County traffic officer Ray Hogan rushed Mary Ann 23 miles top the doctor’s office. After she was given the hot milk, Hogan aped down 4 he road, carrying the child to the hospital at Oconto Falls.! WALLPAPER Hundreds To Choose From HOUSE PAINT 5 Year Guarantee —— ROOF PAINT i 15 Year Guarantee CLAY DAVIS PAPER HANGER I Phone 34514 After 6:00 P. M. < Decatur Box 104 ; . \ ■' J ■ | I

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Chuck Dressen On Spot With Brooklyn Nine . ; Miami, Fla., Mar. 24—(UP)-J Chuck. Dressen is on the spot as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, but- he is confident his club will win the National league pennant. If it doesn’t. Dressen knows ; he probably will be looking for a new job next October. Most baseball men feel the Dodgers will win despite its laqk of championship pitching. In all other departments it is the soundI est club in the major leagues.H has speed, power, brilliant defense and everything else it takes to Win. But that wasn’t enough last year and it might not be enough this coming season unless Dressen comes up with new hurling strength. “Everybody seems to feel 1 don’t have the pitching, but let mg ;tell you I am not at all worried dhout it,” Dressen said. “Naturally it kyrts when you lose a 20-gaine Winner like Don Newcombe, but I have a lot of good prospects. Maybe nohe of them will win 20: but ,if I’can come up with a couple who can win from 12 to 15 games each we’ll be belter than all right so far as pitching is concerned.” He named aging Preacher Roe, v’ho won 22 and lost only three last season; Ralph Branca, the ,13. game winner who. served up the home run ball to Bobby Thomson which gave the Giants the pennant in a playoff; Carl Erskine, a record of 16 and 12; Clem I>abine, who hurled five victories and lost only-one game'after being Called up in mid-season from St. Paul, and promising Chris Van Cuyk. an 11-game winner at Montreal, as his starting pitchers, with Clyde King, • who won 14 last season, as the No. i relief man. “The other four spots are wide open and it really is going to be i, a problem to select them,” Dressen

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Long Illness Fatal To Ex-Yankee Hurler Cleveland, 0., March 24. —(UP) — Stephen Richard (Big Steve) Sundra, right-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees during their championship reign of the late 1930’5, died yesterday in his home 4ere after » long illness. Sundra, who was 42, had been ill for 16 months, suffering from a kidney ailment. V GEN. GRUENTHER (Coatlnued From Pair*- <>no» person on the aid program. Sparkman said there are three attitudes in congress on the mutual security proposal: 1. A “small’’ group which does not believe in the program at all. He said these members would not be affected by favorable progress reports from Gruenther or Eisenhower. 2. Supporters of the mutual aid idea who are willing to accept the recommendations of those' tn charge, with perhaps “reasonable” cuts i nfunds. These do not need a personal plea from the generals to support'th4-program.; 3. Those who Bejleve in the program biit want to slash aid funds because they do not think it is succeeding or doubt that Europe is cooperating. Sparkman said encouraging Yeports probably will induce this group to vote more money fgr the*program. ■ «• said, “I probably won’t decide until opening day. Even theA I’ll carry a half dozen or so until It comes time to cut' down the roster to 26 players.” The Dodgers cap carry 26 this season, even though the usual number is 25, if they keep pitcher Bill Loes. Loes was in- the service last season and thus does hot count in the player limit. - fw—r i - ft Among trees native to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that attain record size are Canada hemlock, silverbell, red spruce’, yellow buckeye, mountain ash, while laurel and rhododendron grow to tree size here. Trade In a Goon Town — Decatur

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