Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 28 February 1955 — Page 6

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Seven Os 1954 Titlists Back In Regionals rvr»AXAI>OL.IS (INS) —Thirty sectional champions. Including seven who took 19C4 regional titles, are still in the chase for Indiana high school's ‘•greatest” prise-the state basketball crown. New faces of 1955 'hill show in two regional this Saturday • at Evens-ville and at Logansport. In the Pocket City, Tell City opposes Evansville Reitx, which eliminated both unbeaten Lincoln and defending regionalist Central to win the sectional. Patoka is teamed with Newburg in the second ggrne. Unbeaten Francesville holds the center of interest in opening against Goodland at Logansport which has Royal Center against Monticello in that second game. . Only at Columbus will ft be the same foursome but even here the order of firing has changed placing defending Columbus and Scottsburg, last year's night-time opponents in the second afternoon

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game. Franklin meets Greensburg in the opener. Four of the regional battle* will featu.e .hree newcomers each. Brasil is the only returnee to the Bloomington second round. Terre Haute Garfield, which eliminated defending regionalist and, semdtfinaHst Geratmeyer in the sectional, opposes Switx City’s Wabash Valley Kings in the first game. Bloomington, a weak sister moat of the year, offers Brasil its first opposition. La pas is the lone team back at Elkhart. Warsaw meets Lapas in that show's opener and Nappanee, which extinguished the Blue Blase of Elkhart, tries Mishawaka. The other two sites featuring solitary return winners have the same teams back that won the regionals last time and are heavily favored to repeat this year. They are Indianapolis Crispua Attacks and Muncie Central. Richmond, which eliminated one of the three unbeaten teams still breathing Satu.oay mprn.ng, is a surprise winner and entry at Muncie opposed to New Castle, coached by 1954 champion Coach Marvin Wood. Muncie faces Farmland in the second game. Attacks has a tough Tiger team that licked the third-time jinx in dropping Shortridge to set an Indianapolis record by winning a third consecutive sectional. Wilkinson draws the unhappy assignment of trying to stop Ray Crowe’s .500 shooters. Speedway and Anderson matinee for the “right” to meet the Attacks-Wil-kinson winner. As opposed to the centers having only one team returning, four sites are missing only one of the 1954 teams. Surprisingly enough the mathematics held so that threefourths of the defenders are back. Only Kokomo tied with Vincennes for most sectionals at 32 each until Saturday) Is missing. The Kats fell before Northwestern, which won its first sectional. ‘ Greedily eyeing the regional title Kokomo cannot defend are returnees Peru, Wabash and Sheridan. Milan's defending state champions refuse to go down despite all that we sports experts have written about the "end of the myth." Milan has Connersville in a first game at RushviHe. Vevay, the newcomer, meets Rushville. Two powerful regional defenders are operating on their home courts and are various shades of favorites

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to repeat. Lafayette’s defenders open against new-comer Zionsville in the nightcap. Hammond’s defending champions have a tough Gary Rooseveit in a repeat of last year’s opening game. Michigan City and unbeaten newcomer Chesterton fol- - I ? w’ Ondy one of the five Syeet Sixteen site* with two winners back also has its champion on hand for Saturday action. Fort Wayne North, which took care of city-rival Central for the first time in three meetings this season, meets newcomer Avilla and returning Auburn faces Monmouth in he second game. FHhnore and Attica return to Covington to face Clinton and CrawifordviHe, respectively. Both Fillmore, and Crawfordville have been defeated but one time each and each gained revenge for the loss. Bluffton and Hartford City retain to Marion against Fairmount and Huntington Township, in that

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KOlr PICTURED ABOVE is an action shot taken during the MonmouthDecatur Commodores semi-final game Saturday afternoon. Norb Witte, 20, Monmouth center, has just fired a field goal attempt.' ■ —-=- Photo by Jimmy Johnson.

order. The far southeastern show has power-plus in Seymour and New Albany, returning for another try at the title Jeffersonville won last year,; r ; At Huntingburg most anything that happens will, be an anticlimax. Jasper is long-gone and so is Hblland whose Dutchmen started the flood of upsets that swept through the sectional battles. On hand are the opportunistic Hunters from Huntingburg to play Vincennes' state - leading sectional winner with 33. Washington opposes Gill Township in the first game. Auckland—New Zealand has four principal cities in area and population. They are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin in that order. New York — School fires in the United States and Canada occur at the rate of about five a day throughout the year. fIJ ' "I \*■ .J ; * r A'W- V r 4W*W • ■ j . LEAVING St.. Johns hospital in Santa Monica, Calif., Bing Crosby goes home for further convalescence after a kidney stone operation Jan. 19. After a few weeks, he’ll convalesce at Palm Springs, Calif. (Iviemational)

Majors Open Spring Training Tuesday NEW YORK (INS) — Spring training begins officially Tuesday for baseball's 16 major league teams. More than 600 players will start battling for varsity berths, and on some teams, the races are wide open at many positions. Thirteen teams are based in Florida this spring, and three, the world champion New York Giants, the American League champion Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs, will do their zona. The flayers request a March 1 starting time with no exhibition games scheduled before March 10 and baseball men are eager to learn just how the streamlined training program will work out. A tightened exhibition schedule was drawn up w’ith 140 jnterleague games booked. In f 954, the leagues engaged- in a record total of 182 games. The Giants and Indians, favored to win again in their respective leagues, play each other 18 times in what promises to be the most lucrative exhibition series in history. The teams and their training sites: — -—— NATIONAL LEAGUE Giants, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dodgers, Vero Beach and Miami, Fla.; graves, Bradenton, Fla.; Cubs, Mesa, Ariz.; Pirates, Fort Myers, Fla.; Redlegs, Tampla, Fla.; Phillies, Clearwater, Fla.; and Cardinals, St. Petersburg, Fla. AMERICAN LEAGUE Indians, Tucson, Ariz.; Red Sox, Sarasota, Fla.; Yankees, St. .Petersburg, Fla.; Athletics, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Tigers, Lakeland, Fla.; Senators, Orlando, Fla.; White Sox, Tampa, Fla., and Orioles, Daytona Beach, Fla. Minor Darnagf Done. As’Autos Collide ’ A bail t JBS damage was caused to two vehicles after the sectional game Saturday night at the intersection of the Monroe road and*the school drive. A car driven by Maurice Miller, 80, of Decatur route four, was backing out of the drive and was struck by a car driven by Harold Idlewine, 49, of Decatur, who was blinded by the lights of an approaching car. ' -i-

Tourney Notes

TOURNEY NOTES „F Saturday proved to be one of the moat thrilling tournament days ever seen in Adams county. Fans of the "Hoosier Hoopla" really got their money's worth in the semi-final and final thrillers staged at the Adams Central gym. • * • One of the nicest parts of the 1955 tourney was the good sportsmanship which V prevailed at all sessions. That feeling was displayed by the fans as well as the teams. Very little booing broke out during the sessions. ♦« • * Another example of the sportsmanship was the way that cheer leaders for both teams Joined in a center circle to wish everybody good luck before each game. » ♦ « If cheering was loud and strong during the first rounds of the tourney, it’s hard to describe the roof-raising din that prevailed during those Saturday battles. » » • Geneva dreamed up a little stunt to introduce their Cardinals Saturday night. The cheer leaders brought out a huge paper sign with a picture of the Cardinal. Team members broke through the sign to come out on the floor for their warm up drill. ♦ ♦ * Geneva’s coach Harold Schutz wasn't exactly “throwing in the towel” Saturday night as the closeness of the game indicates. The towels that went flying through the air just happened to be handy objects to flip around during the tense moments of the game. • « « All of those fans who attended the games owe a vote of thanks to the men who directed traffic. The sheriff’s department, the Decatur police department and the state police all assisted drivers to and from the Adams Central

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gym. •♦ * \ Student fans of the victorious teams Saturday found it impossible to comply with the request to stay off the floor. Their exuberance literally forced them out ou the hardwood to gleefully congratulate the players. » » » Saturday’s games brought as 'tnany tears as cheers. Fans of the losing teams could not hide their disappointment, when their boys were defeated by* such close margins. *'"» • On‘ the brighter side was Monmouth’s rousing victory cheer when the nets werb taken down for the third year in a row by the Eagles. ■* ♦ * After the final game the havoc moved from Monroe to Decatur where Monmouth cars paraded i and let the city know of their . victory. • • • The entire Monmouth team and their coach, Porky Holt, deserve congratulations but an extra pat . on the back goes to Norb Witte i who played that tourney in spite, . of the fact that he was still weak l from a bout with the flu. College Top Ten NEW YORK (INS) — Here are this week’s top 10 college basket- ’ ball teams in International New's ’ Service’s nationwide survey: 5 1. San Francisco (21-1). 2. Kentucky (20-2). E 3. LaSalle (22-4). ’ 4. North Carolina State (25-4). 1 5. Marquette (22-1). ’ G. Dayton (22-3). 7. Duquesne (18-4). 8. Minnesota (15-5). 9. U.C.L.A. (20-3)’ 10. Utah (21-3). Chicago — About 21.000 Americans are killed by accidental falls each year, and one-half the victims are 75 or more years old.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1955

College Basketball Punndue 92, Indiana 67. loWa 9G, Michigan 84. ; IlUnoish 85, Ohio State 77. Northwestern 80. Wisconsin 72. DePaul 81, Notre Dame 77. Marquette 81, Valparaiso 68. Loyola Chicago) 75, Louisville 70. Kentucky 93, Auburn 59'. Oklahoma A&M 63. Kansas 49. LaSalle 54, Loyola (Baltimore) 29. Navy 67, Army 45. West Virginia 94, ißutgers 70. Wichita 83, Detroit 77. Tulsa 76, St. Louis 62. Georgia 67, Georgia Tech 66 (dou-; ble overtime). ' - . < Xavier (O.) 80, Miami (O.) 74. -Dayton 67, Duquesne 58. Holy Cross 60, Connecticut 58. North Carolina State 68, George Washington 59. Colorado 63, Kansas State 60. lowa State 82, Nebraska 75. Concordia Springfield) 71, Concordia (Fort Wayne) 57. , Oklahoma City 70, Bradley 66. Breakin Reported At Pipeline Station Harold Ballard, manager of the Buckeye Pipeline station a fourth of a mile east of Preble on U. S. highway 224, reported a breakin at the station Sunday afternoon. ~ Sheriff Merle Affolder said that Ballard discovered the breakin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Entrance was .made sometime after Saturday afternoon by breaking out a window in the northwest corner of the building. Apparently nothing of value was taken. Find Bank Robbery Getaway Car Today MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (INS) — The getaway car used in the >4,000 Paragon bank holdup Friday apparently had been recovered today by Monroe county sheriff Clifford Kinser. Kinser said he found the stolen two-tone green sedan in a woods near a stone quarry on the outskirts of Stinesville. FBI agents today inspected the automobile for fingerprints.