Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1955 — Page 6

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Regional* To Cut Competing Teams To 16 INDIANAPOLIS (INS) — Here are the pairings for today’s 16 regional of the Indiana high school basketball tourney. The are listed by semifinal districts and are listed in the order of pairing for the semi-final games March 12. , For Instance: In the Bloomington semifinal on March 12. today's winner at the Bloomington regional wil meet today’s winner at the Jeffersonville regional, in the first game, and so forth. Bloomington Semi-Final At Bloomington Terre Haute Garfield vs Switz City. Brazil vs Bloomington. At Jeffersonville Paoli vs Seymonr. Silver Creek vs New Albany. At Evansville Tell City vs Evansville Reitz. Patoka vs Newburgh. AVbHuntlngburg Washington vs Gill Township. Vincess vs Huntingburg. Elkhart Semi-Final At Elkhart Warsaw vs Lapaz. Nappanee vs Mishawaka. At Marion Bluffton vs Fairmount. Huntington Township vs Hartford City. At Kokomo Peru vs Northwestern. Wabash vs Sheridan. At Fort Wayne Fort Wayne North vs Avilla. Auburn vs Monmouth. Indianapolis Semi-Final At Indianapolis Spedeway vs Anderson. Crispus Attacks vs Wilkinson. At Columbus Franklin vs Greensburg. Columbus vs Scottsburg. At Rushville Connersville vs Milan. Vevay vs Rushville. At Muncie Richmond vs New Castle. Muncie Central vs Farmland. Lafayette Semi-Final At Covington Clinton vs Fillmor* Crawfordsville vs Attica. At Hammond Hammond vs Gary Roosevelt. Michigan City vs Chesterton. At Logansport Royal Center vs Monticello. At Lafayette Lafayette vs Frankfort. Pro Basketball New York 95, Rochester 92. Minneapolis 121. Boston 106. Syracuse 99, Milwaukee 96 College Basketball Valparaiso 75, St. Joseph’s 69. Concordia 86, Benton Harbor 79. West Virginia 89, Washington & Lee 74. Tulane 82, LSU 53. North Carolina State 85, Wake Forest 70. Duke 90, Virginia 77 (overtime). George Washington 67, Richmond 65. Washington—The U. S. has almost five acres of trees for every person in the country.

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Sugar Ray Robinson Meets Small Tonight BOSTON (INS) —Former welter and middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson tonight starts along what he hopes will be a busy comeback trail with Georgie Small providing the opposition at Boston Garden. Robinson probably will weight in at a rather portly 162 pounds or so, the heaviest of his career. He said he was willing to sacrifice speed for power. New England Opens Race Season Today LINCOLN DOWNS. R. I. (INS) —New England’s 234-day horce racing season opens today, a harbinger of spring - although there was no spring apparent. For the first time in the history of Lincoln Downs' opening meet, the weatherman had snow on the premises. Mueller Returning To Home In Germany MILWAUKEE (INS) —Peter Mueller, German middleweight, and his wife, are en route for their home. Cologne, Germany, today, considerably richer, following Mueller's six fights in the United States Dance Students To Meet Here Monday All Decatur junior and senior students who nave registered to take the dancing lessons sponsored by Mrs. Barney Brooks and her Girl Scout troop have been asked to meet at the Legion home Monday afternoon immediately after school. Mrs. Brooks reported that a total of 150 boys and girls have signed up to take the instruction. The classes will be held each Thursday evening. Time and place will be announced at the Monday meeting. Mrs. Brooks also stated that the fee tor the course must be collected In advance and this will be done Monday. The Instructors will be from the Arhtur Murray studios. Jobless Pay Claims ! n State Recalls to work plus the closing of employment security division offices on Washington’s birthday, brought a 2,700 drop in unemployment insurance claims last week. William C. Stalnaker, division director. said today that a total of 43,837 claims were filed, compared to 46,552 the week before, and 83,797 during The" same week in 1954. Stalnaker said that the only sizeable layoff occurring last week was in the Bloomington area where a manufacturer began a production changeover. Most of the division’s 30 offices reported fewer claims from newly unemployed workers, and the state-wide figure was 4,372, less than halt that for the same week last year. STIFFEST BILL (Continued from Page One) devices and JI etach for all others. - Republican Senator Samuel C. McQueen, of Brazil, said: “This bill would open the door to legalized gambling in Indiana. I don’t want our school children spending their nickles and dimes given them for lunch on pin-ball machines.” Then the house, 60 to 15, passed the amended Hasbrook antigambling senate*measure. It increases the penalty for profe* sional gambling from $25 to SI,OOO or one year in prison, or both. The penalty for repeated conviction would be $5,000 and imprisonment up to 10 years. The bouse, 74 to 13, approved the senate-passed bill for a referendum on the time question. Democratic Representative Birch E. Bayh, Jr., of West Terre Haute, said: "Let's get the decision from the people and then in. 1957 let’s ■ tjjeth in the law so we will have state.” The kouse also passed a senate measure increasing the jobless insurance compensation from $27 to S3O a week, 87 to 4." The senate approved two housepassed measures concerning legislative lobbyists, one requiring non-Communist affidavits. The other bill gives secretary of state .Crawford F_ Parker author! its* subpenas and examindWlnesses under oath in connection with lobbying activities. The senate, 35 to 10. passed an administration bill .placing control over parole followups with the state correction department. For some time, convicts freed from state institutions have been charges of the state welfare department. Also passed by the senate, 40 to 3, was a house bill to establish a permanent probate code study commission.

Eleven Former Slate Champs Still In Race INDIANAPOLIS (IN$) — Sixty four teams will play 48 games today at 16 regional sites to pare the field of the Indiana High School basketball tourney down to the Sweet Sixteen. Eleven former state champions, including the defending Indians of Milan, are still in the running as of daybreak this morning but not all (because of duplication in regionals) will be around after tonight. Either Washington or Vincennes or both will be out after the Huntingburg regional is finished; ditto Muncie Central or New Castle, at Muncie, and Lafayette or Frankfort at Lafayette. with only one state champion are Bloomington at Bloomington; Anderson at Indianapolis; Franklin (Wonder Five

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1920-22) at Columbuz; Milan (defender) at Rushville, and Crawfordsville at Covington. Os all these former title winners only Muncie Central and Crawfordsville have been established us solid favorites to win a berth in the March 12 semi-finals. The Frankfort-Lafayette show is pretty much of a toss up. Nine new regional kings were assured by the wave of sectional upsets that eliminated that number. NO one will be greatly surprised if a few of the seven defending regional titlists still standing fail to make, the grade in today’s tests. Top favorites to repeat Sweet Sixteen victories are Crispus Attacks and Muncie Central. Hammond is next but it is scheduled in the biggest one-game of the against Gary Roosevelt in the opener at home and should have no trouble "after" GR. Hammond hung a 53-47 defeat on Roosevelt before Christmas but this is a new styled Wildcat that fast breaks with the best of them that Roosevelt will face this time. Fort Wayne North should have little trouble in its own regional defense, but season-long erratic play leaves North just out of the

sure-fire-bet class. Lafayette is tourney-wise but weak and will have a struggle with Frankfort in* its opener. As with Hammond, if Lafayette survives the first round there should be little nighttime trouble. There are four possible repeats in the regional championship games: Fort Wayne North vs Auburn; Hammond vs Michigan City, Uifayette vs Fowler, and Milon vs Rushvijle. In addition to the oldhands, there ( are seven newcomers to this year’s > 'y'

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firing more or less balancing the seven defending regional champions. . First time sectional champs trying for a second round victory are Newburgh and Pataka at Evansville; Chesterson (unbeaten) at

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Hammond; Gill township at Hnntingburg; Silver Creek at Jeffersonville; Northwestern at Kokomo, and Francesville (unbeaten) at Logansport. 1 Today's and tonight’s action will complete 736 games of this mar-

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athon that began February 23rd. Twelve of the remaininp 15 necesaary to,determine a state champ will be played at four semi-final sites next Saturday and the last three, of course, will be played in Butler Fieldhouse on March v l9th.