Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 51, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1953 — Page 7

FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1353

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25 Teams Seek First Berths •’ In Semi-Finals > INDIANAPOLIS UP — Twenty- ' five of the 64 survivors will shofet for their first" “Sweet'l6” berths Saturday in the regionale of Indi ana’s 43’rd annual high . school basketball tourney. The majority of those 25; including the first-time sectional winners of last week, are members of the small-town elitb. - Thus, Saturday’s are of the “make-orvbreak" variety for the smaller clubs. ? Last year, only Batesville and independent Greencastle survived round two?of the four-week grind, with the ‘’name’.’ teams monopolizing the remainder of the roster of regional champions. It's a good Set the majority of the season-long front-runners yijl battle their way into next peek's semi-finals, but there also was a good chance. some of the smaller FORD-TRAINED MECHANICS—KNOW THEIR FN and Bi ( FORD NUTS and BOLTS ) S£T DEPENDABLE LOWCOST FORD SERVICE! * , Ad about our Ford Budget Fen/fce Plan! -.DA.F. YourFOßDUeater!

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powers will crash tfrrougfi, duplicating the feat of Edinbftrg two years ago. The Johnson couftty giaftt-killers ' grabbed headlines ftnd earned the applause of Hoosierli ind’s hardwood faithful in 1951 by winning their first sectional in history, and 'promptly. adding al 'sgionftl crown With an upset victor/ over Columbus. /' .I I I . ' There may be another ’ giantkiller among the lis: that includes North Webster and I Ossian, both once-beu|ten Sftlftberry, Misslssinewa and Bi dhland ’Center; Knightstown MemQrftl, Moctezuma snd Waveland, do#pjed justi twice during the season, and Sheridan, Knox and Amo—whi| ped oipy three tiptes before tpurnleyj play,; ’North Webster g|ftibles;; its 26jftme winning streak against tough Knox, whichj owns ail6-gaine winding streak,! in th< South Bend opener. Ossian, winnbr of£4 in a row, goes against Hiitford iCitv at Clarion, hoping to rqach the title game against the pinner | of the contest. The powerhouse lai $o woft’t have pasV sailing, 5 4 | \ Tdp-ranking Jefflei-ponvilie, also beaten only once during the campaign, clashes with New Albany, rolled into thb regionals with dfte of the best offensive records, at Bedford. 11 | ; ; Terre .Haute Gerßthieyer, tryiftg to crash a jinx ’ that no Valley champion has evdr captured the state crown the same year, must lick Bloomingtoft’s dan'gftrous Pantkters to stay alive. The latter have an 11-game winning ■ sitring and tfie benefit! of the home floor. i; ;■ il' '. | ' ’Evansville Central Jmay have it easy against pwenSdille, bet may run into trouble agaiftst the BOon-vllle-Tell City windier Saturday ftjght. ; , |Fort Wayne Central or Kendallville pope to wreck Au burn Sa fouryear taastery of the Summit City’ regional—the longest■seeonft-round ‘string alive. ;i \ gMuncle Central’s defending state champions may get[• their ’first "drucjal” test of! the | show in the regional title tussle in which they were expected to collide witft Richr.jQj»d< for the third tihie thn seasbn.vJn their previous the Beardats prevailed byf a total of JuaUtour podnhi. .., I Another red-hot match in Saturday’s preliminaries expected

Indiana Choke Os Coaches For National Champ NEW YORK, UP — Indiana? ■Which rode to success on a formula of speed, stamina and Don Schlundt. was voted the 15152-53 college basketball championships today by a landslide vote of the United Press board pf coaches. Twenty-nine of the 35 leading coaches who make up the United Press rating board picked the Hoosiers for the t\»p honor iri the final ballo| of the season. On a point basis, Indiana was just eight short of a perfect Ucore, attracting 342 out of a possible 350: The Washington Huskies Were selected runnersup, 57 points behind Indiana; La Salle was third, Seton Hall fourth apd Kansas fifth. Coach Branch McCracken's Hoosiers. a> tireless fast-breaking team paced by six-foot, nine-inch center Don Sphluftdt, the Big Ten’s highest all-time point-maker, thus climaxed a long, uphill clitftb to the top ranking after ft. discouraging start this season. i tF Making steady progress in the ratings each week, Indfhna filially took over the No. 1 spot on Feb. 16 and last weekend clinched the Big Ten chßimpionship and a berth in the NCAA tournament. Thft Washington Huskies, who have won 25 out of 27 games, had three first {dace votes and 285 points, while La Salle, with the same record, attracted one first and 218 points. I-!-,. Seton Hall, which ran up a record string of 27 victories befdre being beaten early this week, had 313 points and Kansas, (14-5), had 169. Seton Hall, winding up the regular season with a 28-2 mark, led the ratings for three straight. weeks before Indiana took over. Rounding out the top Iff teams in order were Louisiana State, (21-1); Oklahoma A and M (20-6), North Carolina State (24-5), Kansas State (15-4), and Illinois (16-4). North Carolina State and Nptre ,Damp. ranked 13th, each attracted one first place vote in the final ratings. ' to be waged betw-een Softth Bend Central and Elkhart, the East NIHSC champion and runner-up, respectively, by a margin of just tftro' points. \

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Big Ten Wans To i IL ' ft Cut Net Schedule ft . ' ■ il> S . CHAMPAIGN, 111. UP —Big Ten athletic directors moved today toward a 14-game Conference has- ; ketball schedule. Several doiwhes had objected to 1 the present Is-game slate with four ’ outside gahieb as “too strenuous." £he called |a meeting of basketball:, coaches or March \ 14 in Chicago') They requested the] mentors toibr&pare a 14-gaine slate for {he neat tsro seasons] The Bfg s current basketball scheddileji called for a roundrobin hom ;>-at|d-home ; of 18 games with conference foes and 22 Dotal game* Under fhife jaew plan the overall number bl games will not be ' changed bit ynore outside teams 1 wiH .be to relieve the strain 1 of- “pressu ?"] competition for the[ conference chimipionship. ’ . Meanwhile, Big Ten 'football ' agredH Thursday on their schedules fbf |055 and 1956 in their fourth to come up with a slate. ] Michigan! Spate, eligible to copfpete for the (fonfetence .crown for the first tihieLthis fall, scheduled for siix jgames each season. The nationiair fthampions wdre' placed pn a onje-yljar probation Feb. 14 for illegal riditto athletes, J Coaches ialqb decided to reduce the size of traveling squads next fall, but to bring mor<£ boys into lfo|tball by increasing the junior vatbity program. Soviet Newspapers Told Eiactly How To Tpll Death News LONDON fe — Radio Moscow today “adviisei&’ r editors ot newspapers throughout Soviet Union how the djeaitiri of Premier Josef Stalin is td printed. Material iwfli be published on page one. page will be bordered in bladit. with a portrait of Stalin in mjllitAiy uniform taking Up ’three cclurfiniwi on the right, the s-aid? MEN.... “ ■ hT ■ SELECT’ YOUR NEW I i Spring and Summer SUITS !! V»l :. !|and ' SPORT CLOTHES -r- from large line of samples. All orders madeExpert .measuring to assure perfect fit. ; ' IHj'l'jf:’;' ft '-■! I We do tailoring and : alterations of all kinds. Bring your ‘yyork to us.‘ ■ :ft ' ; ! BRUAHWILLER TAILOR SHOP PHONfe 3-4150 , 155 S. Second St. .? - V. ; <■ .ft . i ft..; :'T>ll

Then- follows > First, the annouricepient from the central committee. the council of ministers and the Dlrpreine council of: the presidium.; the bulletin on Staling health at 4 p.m.ft March 5; third, the medical diagnosis on the illness and death of Stalin; fourth, the setting up of the funeral conimissiop ;. and > fifth, the i announcement fftom the commission for the organization bf the funeral. y : .ft ■ft —ft Intramural League Results Listed The Pistons defeated the Hawks 26-10; the Tigers edged the. Lak era 2J-19, and thq Qlympians dawned the Cowfboys, ft 38-32, in Intramural league games at the DieCatur high schpol. \ Pistons \ FG FT TP Sudduth j.- —_l__ 2 0 4 Conrad: ft 71 15 D. Black _u_42 0 4 Auderson -■ r l I'3 DoU glass l 0 0 0 Totals J 12 2 26 ' Hawks " ' FG FT TP Lehman ixo 0 0 Ellsworth -’--4--- 0 0 0 V. Egly 3 0 6 McCurdy 0 2 — J Totals - 5 0 10 Tigers 1 FG FT TP McCurdyl2 4 Gas|tiilt. 2 1 5 Hutner ft 2 0 4 M: Meyers 3 17 Gase ji.ft4■ 11 Kiser 0 0 0 Totals 8 51 21 ■ Lakers ' FG FT TP Reinkitfg L... 3 2 8 tlehblefto 0-0 Van Hornl \ 0 k 2 Ropo .ft...... 3 2; 8 Cbrey'tftft.i .... 0.1 1 ft Totals; ft —'7 '5 19 ■• h ■—- ■i' Olympians FG FT TP Keller ...‘4 0 8 Seeaur 3 17 E. Myeys 7 0 14 Wojf T .... 226 Aurand 113 Tptab ......ft... 17 4 38 Cowboys FG FT TP Sheets L_,.<o 0 0 Judt ... ft 0 0 ,G’ Shaffer;3 0 6 Strickler ft 7 0 14 Brunner ...3 0 6 SimmonS 3 0 6 Totals!... 16 0 32

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i - ’L Slight Boost To Schools In Sectional Meet The detailed' financiali report of last week’s Decatar sectional tourney reported today by Hugh J. Andrews, Decatur h|gh school principal and toupiey manager. Receipts for this year totaled H,772.20, an increase of 126.50 above the, 1652 sectional, but expenses were also higher, leaving an, increase cd 14.60 in the final distribution to (the nine participating schools. There were 1,917 season tickets at 80 cents, sold for the- TnesdayWednesday bracket and 76 single admission, tickets, at 60 cents, sold for the Wednesday night session. There wire 1,996 tickets at 60 cents sold for the Thursday night bracket, and also the capacity 1 996, at >l, sold for the Saturday sessions, for a grand \ iotal of $4,772.20 in receipts. The jgtand total paid attendance for all 1 sessions was 9.897. Following payment of all expenses'of the tourney and the IHSAA share of 166.80. there was a balance of $3,652.02. Os this balance, half- was divided: on a pro rata basis, with 1202.89 to each of the nine participating schools. The remaining half, Or 11,826.01, Wgs divided among the schools on the enrollment basis, all as sU up by the IHSAA. The amount received by each school on the enrollment basis, follows: ' Adams Central, $235.47; Berne $300.48; Decatur; $411.72; Decatur Catholic! ‘5’14,7.35; Geneva $195.03; Hartford, $76.01; -i Jefferson, $80.90; Mbnmouth, $212.36; Pleasant Mills, $164.69/ 1 To each of these schools is added the $202.89 on the pro rata ftasih. Expenditures Expenses of the tourney are as follows: Meals, $280; referees. $203.20; scorers, $1'2.50; timers. $12.50; help, $25; printing. $75.50; inch dentals, $39.71\ basketball. $19.85; janitor, $5; tickets, $41.50; telephone and telegraph. $1.65; tourney center high school, $250; transportation of teams, $f4.88; lodging of teams. $42; IHSAA, $36.89. ——-— BOWLING SCOPES AMERICAN LEGION LEAGUE Bultemeier won three firotp Gunners; Macklin won two from Mies Recreation; Non Coms won two from Tankers; Burke Standard won two from Akh|)aucher. Team Standing \ W L Pts. Mackling .17 7 24 Tankers 15 9 19 Bultemeiers .14 10 18 Mies Recreation 13 11 19 Non Coms 13 11 13 Burke Standard ......1 12 12 16 Asbbauchers i 17 9 Gunners L..i 5 19 5 High games: B. Blakey 23ft; CCook 203; B. Custer 210; H- Engle 201; L. 218; IE. Kcrte 231. High Berle«i E. Korte 623. ■ . —- ■ \ ' G. ALLEYS LApiES OF THE MOOSE Team Standings W L Team 1 ~/ { 14 13 Team 2 14 13 Team 3; 14 13 Team 4 12 15 Team 1 won 3 games from Team Team 4 won 3 games from Team ■3. ' i! ■' , ■

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