Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 52, Number 66, Decatur, Adams County, 19 March 1954 — Page 7

FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1964

Final Tourney One Os State's Best Balanced INDIANAPOLIS, UP — Four brilliant teams, each striving for a ‘’first,” shoot it out Saturday for the 44th annual Indiana high school basketball crown in one of the most balanced finals on record. Muncie Central’s North Central conference champions clash with Elkhart of the East NIHSC in the opener before 16,000 Butler fieldhouse fans, and Milan’s amazing Indians tangle with Wabash ValWE HAVt I Kodak Color Film! FOR AND MINIATURE CAMERAS mbmbbmmmbmmbMMhhbv floitliouse Drug Co.

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ley champion Terre Haute Gerstmeyer in the second game. The winners shoot the works at night, with the champion from an original field of 751 succeeding South Bend Central which surrendered its crown two weeks ago. Gerstmeyer and Elkhart, ranked 1-2 in the United Press coaches poll, and Milan’s Ripley county hot-shots, seek their first state titles. Should Gerstmeyer, last year’s runner-up, succeed, it would also mark the first time that the “Valley” champ added' the state title the same year. A victory for Milan would give the small towns their first champion since Thorntown in 1915, and only their fourth in history. Muncie’s Bearcats, ranked sixth in .the state, are after their fifth title, a feat never before accomplished by one school. All four finalists have individual stand-outs, but all also have balance and good bench strength. Milan, which gained the finals also for the second straight year, has practically the same team which last time mowed down all opposition until it collided with the South Benders. But a year’s added experience coupled with an incredible scoring punch figured to give coach Marvin Wood’s boys almost an even chance against slightly-favored Gerstmeyer. Muncie triumphed over Elkhart during the season, 59-53, but coaches of both teams predicted a tight ball game on a neutral floor. All United States postage stamps, except the issues of 1847 and 1851, are still valid for postage.

Former Coach At Monroeville Pilots Elkhart INDIANAPOLIS UP —At least twice in his nine-year coaching career Bill Milliner has made local basketball history. The first time was when he piloted Monroeville to the Fort Wayne sectional crown —the first and so fair only time a non-clty club copped the title. Last Saturday he carved himself another niche, winning a berth in the Indiana high school basketball tourney finals for the first time at Elkhart. And the Blue Blazers, sporting a 14-game winning streak, hope to make more history this week by winning their first state crown. In away, it Would be a “fitting” finale, since Elkhart dethroned South Bend Central's defending champions in the regionals. But Milliner and bis boys aren’t worried about the historic aspects of Saturday’s three-game finale. They have an afternoon date with Muncie Central, whith defeated them by 6 points during the season. “Muncie is tough,” said Milliner. “I don’t know of any two ball clubs that could be cousins to one another more than Muncie and ourselves. Their game is to shoot with you and overpower you on the boards. They’re good ball handlers, good rebounders, big, and' pretty fast. That’s about our game, too.” “Mdncfe gave us a good lesson and we’ll be in there trying,” Milliner added. On paper at least, their rematch on a neutral floor shapes up as a real dog-fight. Both have height, balance, and a- 7 strong scoring punch. Elkhart’s answer for Muncie's Jim Hinds is Ray Ball; for John Casterlow it’s Ronnie Stork, and for little guards Phil Raispr and Jim Barnes it's Mike Yoder and Dick Johnson. Erich Barnes shares starting forward assignments with Ball, whose back ailment should not visibly affect his playing. But Milliner lost his No. 9 man, 6-fodt-l junior Jim Eger, because of illness after the regionals. Still, he has a wealth of bench strength, including Dick Murray and Doyne Glaasburn, who stand 6-foot-2 or better. At the season’s end, Elkhart ranked second state " Wide; «nd even Milliner conceded their appearance in the "fieldhouse four” is no accident. “I think we’ve been the best ball club in our.tourneys,” he said, “but I imagine we were overrated.” Milliner added he hasn't seen enough strong teams in the state to be able to rank his own club. “I’ve had a number of ball clubs better defensively, but none of them was able to match the scoring potential of this team. I expect this is the best offensive team I’ve ever had.” ‘ Milliner said his boys have been keyed up for the showdown all week. “There's been more community enthusiasm in the past two weeks than in the six years I've been here,” be said. In eight tourney triumphs Elkhart had two close calls—against Nappanee and Lafayette. Milliner refused to predict anything for Saturday, but it’s .a cinch the team that has the longest trip to the Butler fieldhouse won't come here just for the ride. Motor traffic entering Germany rose 74% in the first six months of 1953. A total of 1.85 million vehicles crossed the borders of which 1.5 million Were automobiles. 600.OQO more than the same period in 1952. ,

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Pistons And Knicks Defeated Thursday By UNITED PRESS The Minneapolis Lakers and the Syracuse Nationals were riding high in the National Basketball Association playoffs today, but the Fort Wayne Pistons and New ■York Knicks were on the verge of extinction. The league champion Lakers shoved their record in the Western Division round-robin playoffs to 2-0 Thursday night with a 90-85 triumph oyer the Pistons at Fort Wayne, while the Nationals gained the same mark in the Eastern Division with a 75-68 win over the Knicks. The losses left the Pistons and the Knicks each with 0-2 records and with only flickering hopes of in the playoffs. There are no games scheduled tonight. The playoffs resume Saturday with two games which find the Knicks at Boston and the Pistons at Minneapolis. At the end of the round robin, the top tw’O teams in -each division will play off for the division title. St. Joseph Team Is Honored At Dinner Members of the St. Joseph eighth grade basketball team and their coach, David Terveer, were honored at a dinner at the K. of C. hall Thursday evening, Severin Schurger, grand knight of the K. of C., the Very 'Rev. Msgr. J. J. Seimetz. the Rev. Robert Contant. and coach Terveer spoke briefly. Each team member was given a rosary as a gift of the Knights of Columbus council. The meeting Was in recognition of the splendid record set by the team the past season, during which they lost only one game, and won the annual Decatur city series, the Adams county junior high tourney, the Fort -Wayne CY O deanery tourney, and the diocesan tourney crown. Bob Leonard Added To All-Americans FORT WAYNE. Ind .—Sob Leon ard, Indiana University's"’briMiant playmaker and—All Westcrp Conference guard, is the latest, playei tb be added to the College All American squad which will battle the -fabulous Harlem Globetrotters TH - world series of basketball. The two clubs will meet at Fort Wayne's Memorial Coliseum Monday, April 5. - The 6’3” 21-year old Leonard has been a main cog in the Hoosiers’ drive to successive Western Conference championships during the past two years. A needle-thread-ing feeder with one of the best long range set shots in college basketball. Leonard Mis been one of the Big Ten’s top scorers during his varsity career. Last season his fine all around play in assisting Indiana to an N. C. A. A. championship led to his being named to the All-N.C.A.A. tournament team. jQ MASONIC Entered Apprentice DEGREE 7:00 I’. M. SATURDAY, March 20, 1951 Ray Stingely, W.M.

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Art Houtteman Tops Indians' Spring Hurlers By UNITED iPftESS Art Houtteman, the trim righthander with a penchant for fast curves and automobiles, matte a strong bid today to oust Bob Feller from the Cleveland Indians’ “big mound four.” With three strong Grapefruit League under his belt, the 26-year old “hard luck kid of the majors" easily shaped up as the Indians' most effective pitcher this spring. Feller, meanwhile, was hammered for six runs in three innings in his initial outing and manager Al Lopez adrnts the once-great strikeout artist no longer can pitch every fourth day. Houtteman, acquired last June 15 in an eight-player deal with the Detroit Tigers, turned In his third powerful showing Thursday when he limited the Baltimore Orioles to a single run in three ifnnings. Including six shutout innings in his previous stints, he has a spring record of having yielded a single run in nine innings. Houttemah’s spring torm. is especially interesting to Lopez because a comeback by Art would make it possible to spot the 35year old Feller more effectively. Lopez then could rotate Houtteman with Boh Lemcuj, Mike Garcia and Early Wynn—all! strbngiarmers—and reserve the cunning but aging Feller for spot assignments. Rookie Don Fracchia wmsted Houtteman’s fine effort Thursday when he yielded seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings as the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-6 triumph. The erstwhile St. Louis Browns now have won 10 games and lost only two in the Grapefruit League. Twenty-game winner Carl Erskine pitched one-run, five-hit 'ball for six innings as-- the red-hot Brooklyn Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 4-1, for the ninth straight triumph. It was the fifth straight, loss and the ninth: in 12 games for the Yankees who seem deter mined -to verify general manager George Weiss’ charge of complacency. The Philadelphia Athletics' sev-

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