Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 53, Number 64, Decatur, Adams County, 17 March 1955 — Page 7

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North Side Is Underdog In State Finals INDIANAPOLIS (INS) Fort Wayne’ North is. Indianapolis bound for the finals of the Indiana high school basketball tourney with one thought in mind — to prove it’s the team everyone thought it was last year. The Redskins of Jim Hi ng a were voted most likely to scalp everyone in creation by most everyone in the state at the conclusion of the 1953-54 season. Muncie (J knew her well) tripped North at the outset of semifinal warfare in the Summit City, 62-48. last year. Two of the first 10 on that North Side squad left for the Valhalla of college and or post-high school civilian life. The rest were back on the reservation for this year’s show. But Big Chief Hinga had left and there's the rub. Coach Don Bruick had trained horses he couldn't quite harness into a working unit. Opening with successive losses at fhands of Crispus Attacks and Muncie didn't do anyone in the Fort Wayne wigwam any good. The Broncos decided to run the way they knew' how—the way they had been taught. Nothing sensational ever came of it. Bruick's patience finally paid off because although North Side closed the regular season as it had opened it—with two losses—the (Redskins were ready for serious warpathing in the tourney. Bruick's boys have now surpassed their best winning streak of the season with eight straight tourney victories including a sweet revenge victory over cityrival Central in the sectional. Any good Hoosier, planted or transplanted, can tell you that when a teem has won eight games

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in this annual madness the most it haa to win for the title is two games. And every halfway interested Hoosier can tell you the poorest teams in the state often put two game streaks together. All of this coupled with the fact that North Side is far from the worst team in the state leads to the inevitable conclusion that this tourney did not end last Saturday and will be far from over at the end of the first game Saturday. Along with the underdog psychology wosking in its favor is a 5-8 senior pepperpot named George Taylor who developed a habit in the semi-finals of stuffing all of his team's points through the netting when a rally was needed. The North Side squad has a potentially fine scoring team that could shred everything in sight like so much cocoanut. Five times North went over the 80 figure in scoring in winning 22 of 28 games. In all games. North has a 63.4 points per game average against a defensive mark of 59.1. In tourney competition, its mark is a little better—reading 66 per game in and 54 per game out. North also is the tallest team still operating starting vyith 6-10 Dick Berghoff and dropping to three 6-3 seniors before hitting the fifth man, 5-8 Taylor. Four of North's season losses occurred in games with the top three teams of the state and North figures to prove the defeats and the ratings wire a mistake—people should have left North at the top where they were last season. The Training "Camps (By I. N. 8.) Major league pitchers may be working off that excess poundage in spring training but some of their pitches are fatter than ever. In eight exhibition games Wednesday, they gave up an average of 22 hits per contest, 13 of them tor home runs. 'Six of the homers came in one contest, as Kansas City won its first game in six. exhibition tries. The Athletics beat Detroit, 8 to 3, at Lakeland, with 11 hits and five of the homers.

At Clearwater, the Philadelphia Phillies blasted Boston pitching for 18 hits to win. 17 to 12 But Boston’s Eddie Joe Buck and Jack Jeween eaiww with the only homers. Brooklyn hitters also amassed IS hits, beating Baltimore, 18 to 8. at Vero Beach. Dodger pitcher Russ Meyer threw the only gopher bail, to Charley Maxwell. Although cuthit. 17 to 10, at Bradenton, Milwaukee chalked up its fourth Grapefruit Circuit win in seven starts, 11 to 10, over St. Louis. The Washington Senators clubbed 15 hits off three Cincinnati pitchers to down the Reds, 7 to 4. at Jacksonville. Jim Busby and Ed Bailey homered for the Senators, with Bailey's good for three runs. -the - -Chicago, AVhft-e ; Sr?.rmhfffl'etf : thP New York ' Yankees, 3 to 1, in their only meeting of the exhibition season. Bob Chakales and Sandy Consuegra held the Bombers to three hits. The New York Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs, a to 3. at Phoenix, when Monte Irvin singled in three runs in the seventh inning. The “B" team of world champions went to—Tucson to play the Cleveland Indians and lost, 6 to 4. In a 24-hlt duel. Knox Youth Killed When Auto Overturns KNOX, Ind. (INS) —Harlan Clemons, 20, of Knox, was killed Wednesday when he lost control of his car and it overturned on a Starke county road east of Toto.

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Semi-Finals In National Meet Tonight NEW YORK (INS) — Duquesne and Dayton, picked by the expert* to meet in the final on Saturday, will try to keep the roles assigned them tonight when they tangle with a pair of would-be spoilers in the semi-finals of the National Invitation Basketball Tournament. Second-seeded Dayton guns for its 14th straight victory in the (7:45 p.m. EST) opener of the Madison Square Garden doubleheader against Cinderella team St. Francis of Loretto, Pa., the only unseeded five left In the tourney. Top-seeded Duquesne will try to, follow'the script against a fourthseeded Cincinnati squad which already has lost to the Dukes in regular competition, by scores of 81 to 67 and 68 to 60. The Flyers (23-3) are being picked in some quarters as the new, NIT champion because of their over-all height, biggest in thte tournament, and their speed and dexterity. Tommy Blackburn's charges made it an all-Ohio River Valley tournament Tuesday night when they spotted St. Louis 15 points and then came on with a rush to rout the Billikens, 97 to 81. Although Jack Sallee poured in 33 points to become the highest single-game scorer In the tourney thus far, the Flyers boast no Individual star. While Dayton is the form favorite in the first game, little St. Francis is the sentimental choice of the expected sellout crowd parIcularly the Frankies’ court wizard. Maurice "The Magnificent” Stokes. Stokes was out-done by Tom Heinsohn of Holy Cross in the individual statistics ' Tuesday night but still was the key man in the 68 to 64 upset of the defending champions. Rio de Janerio — Every South American country except Chile and Ecuador touches uj>on the Borders of Brazil

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Knicks Even Series, Lakers Take Opener By International News Service With the New York-Boston best-of-three series stalemated until Saturday, the Minneapolis Lakers will try to wind up the western division quarter-finals of the National Basketball Association playoffs tonight at Rochester, N. Y. The Lakers scored an 82-t O-78 victory over the Royals in the first game of their best-of-three series Wednesday night at St. Paul. Clyde Lovellette was high scorer for the winners with 26 points. Bob Wanzer scored 30 for the Royals. The winners of the series will battle regular season champion Fort Wayne in a best-of-five series for the right to play the eastern division counterpart. The New York Knickerbockers averted sudden death Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden when they rallied to defeat Boston, 102 to 95, in the second game of their series. The deciding game will be played at the Garden. Jim Hinga To Speak At D-Club Banquet Jim Hinga, head basketball coach at Ball State Teachers College, Mancie, will be the guest speaker at the annual banquet of the Dclub of the Decatur high school. The banquet will be held at 6:30 p. m. Friday, March >5, at the high school gym. Hinga, now in his first year at Ball State, was former basketball coach at Fort Wayne North Side high school. The dinner meeting, which will conclude with a dance, is open to the public. Tickets, priced at $1.25, may be obtained from members of the Dclub or at the high school office. Donkey Basketball At’Monmouth Tuesday Donkey basketball will be offered as entertainment at the Monmouth school gym next Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Teams of local players will attempt to ride the donkeys to victory. The program is sponsored by the Monmouth grade school, with proceeds to purchase playground equipment at the school.

Giardello Guilty In Station Brawl Philadelphia uns) —Middleweight boxing contender Joey Giardello was found guilty by a jury ot seven women and five men Wednesday night of participating in a south Philadelphia gasoline station brawl last fall. ’Giardello, No. 1 challenger for Bobo Olson’s middleweight crown, was accused of beating station attendant Howard Short with a crutch the fighter was using a: th* time while recuperating from a knee injury received in an ante accident He faces a maximum sentence of eight years and a $3,500 fine. Montreal’s Star Is Handed Suspension MONTREAL (INS) —'Maurice (The Rocket) Richard, Montreal's Iqague-'leading scorer, has been suspended through the Stanley Cup nlayoffs for his part in Sunday's brawl in Boston. National Hockey League President Clarence Oamifboll, In ruling Richard off the ice Wednesday, said his “type of conduct can not be tolerated in any player, star or otherwise.” Brooklyn Eagle To Cease Publication NEW YORK (INS) —The federal mediation and conciliation service sought today to arrange a meeting of union and management official* in ,1-S effort to keep the Brooklyn Eagle alive. The 114 - year • old daily newspaper, which has not published an edition since Jan. 28 when it was struck by the CIO Newspaper Guild of New York, announced Wednesday it has permanently ceased publication. Chicago — Each hour of the day and night. V.S. railroads perform the equivilent of transporting 69.6 million tons of freight and 3.6 million passengers one mile.

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