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By UNITED PRESS Fort Wayne SOuth's Indiana high school basketball champions were welcomed home by “easily 50,000’’ persons Sunday. There also was a “big doin’s’’ for little Spring? Valley. The celebrations for the other two state finalists, Muncie Central and runner-up Crawfordsville, were “rather quiet." “We don’t celebrate a loss very much,” said one Crawfordsville resident. But at Fort Wayne they turned out by the thousands. ’ “It’s the biggest welcoming celebration in history," said Allen County Sheriff Frank Nagel. “There were easily 50,000 people.” The towering Archers who thumped Crawfordsville, 63-34, Saturday night arrived at Baer Field by bus Sunday afternoon. They piled onto a new fire truck arrived in Fort Wayne only Saturday for the seven-mile trip to a shopping center There were between 15,000 and 20.Q00 fans at the airport. Thousands mor thronged along the parade route to cheer as South's second state champion team passed on their shiny victorywagon. Pack Shopping Center About 1 7,500 admirers packed the Southgate Shopping Center for brief ceremonies where Archer Coach Don Reichert was surprised With a trophy. “Congratulations Donald Reichert, a man, a coach, a father, a credit to the community, 1958 state champions,” the trophy said. “This tops it all," said Reichert. “We never dreamed of anything like this." The boys were taken to a restaurant for dinner before a huge bonfire at the center Sunday night. The celebration will continue today with a six-hour “record hop” at the Coliseum with classes called off at all five the other three finalists. Similar dances were planned for Summit City high schools to honor the Archers. . Muncie Central and Crawfordsville will be honored at parades today. But their welcome home was a bit subdued Saturday night. -“Around 1,000" loyal fans met Central and only a “few hundred" greeted the Athenians. But Springs Valley's little Blackhawks might have won the title from the size of the celebration The boys were met about 1% miles from West Baden which with French Lick makes up the Springs Valley consolidated _ ■, r*l 1 ' - . ~ 1 . . I *'. lll ScnOOi. Bumper-To-Bumper There was bumper-to-bumper traffic along the highway as the Blackhawks rode in on a flat-bed truck stacked with hay bales. Between 4,000 and 5,000 persons gathered around an amphitheater at the French Lick-Sheraton Hotel for ceremonies. Coach Rek Wells, only 25 years old, and members of his team were introduced in the traditional manner. Alden Shields, who spearheaded the fight for consolidation, was master of ceremonies. A roar of approval went up when Shields made a plea to the crowd for "more and better’ facilities for the consolidated SC WeUs' former coach, Clayton Conrad, who co« cb , e ’_3® high school sftuad. introduced his players as the “champions of 1960." ' Short On Patients ST. JOHNSBUY, Vt. - ~ Ralph Ross, administrator at Brightlook Hospital, said the insitution - was facing bankruptcy due to lack of patients. Ross said since 1954 there has not been a single month when the daily census averaged 50 in the 53-bed hospital q X— — 0 j — Last Time Tonight — I Technicolor Thriller! “THE ENEMY BELOW” I Boht. Mitchum, Sub Killer Curt Jurgens, Sub Commander | ALSO — Shorts 25c -50 c | O— — 0 TUES. WED. THUR. Shock Story of FBl’s Most Notorious Public Enemy! Mickey Rooney “BABY FACE NELSON” Carolyn Jonto. Cedric SEE—Chicago Mob Massacre! SEE—Baby Faee Team Up With Deadly John Dillinger! SEE—The Biggest 48-State Manhunt in History! ALSO — Shorts 25c -50 c Coming Friday—ON STAGE DENNIS PUCKETT A Rocketts "Bock N* BoU Show of *SB”

— Pistons Stun Hawks With 20-Point Win ST. LOUIS — M) — Any hopes the St. Louis Hawks had of breezing through their Western Division semifinal playoff series with the Detroit Pistons in National Basketball Association post-season activity nearly vanished today. Some of the experts now look for the elimination set to go the seven game route. A most convincing 109-89 Detroit victory at Kiel auditorium Sunday brought a screeching halt to St. Louis dominance of the series that started off with two threepoint victories for the Hawks. The fourth game in the best-of-seven series is scheduled Tuesday at the Detroit Olympia, and the fifth contest, now a necessity, will be played here Thursday. A near-sellout crowd of 9,321 saw Red Rocha’s pros from the Motor City completely outclass a club that split a dozen regular season meetings with the Pistons. After the score had been tied five times in the opening minutes of play, George, Yardley, NBA pointmaking champion, broke loose for five straight points and the Pistons showed the Hawks their heels the rest of the way. The Boston Celtics are virtually “in" as Eastern Division playoff champions in the National Basketball Association. The Celtics took a 3-0 lead in the Eastern finals Sunday by trouncing the Philadelphia Warriors, 106-92. as big Bill Russell set a prpdable playoff record with 40 : rebounds. Burdette Stars In < First Spring Test ' ■ * 1 By JOE SARGIS United Press Sports Writer 1 Lew Burdette, theT Milwaukee Braves’ “best bet" in the 1957 World Series, hasn’t lost a bit of : the pitching skill that mesmerized the New York Yankees last fall, i The tall right hander from Ni- • tro, W.Va. faced batters for the : first time this year Sunday after a long holdout siege and made only 25 pitches in racking up three hitless innings at the exP e '} se °f the Pittsburgh Pirates. Burdette faced only nine batters and allowed only one batter to hit the ball out of the infield in pitching the Braves to a 4-0 victory I over the Pirates. [ Skowron Hits Grand Slam Meanwhile, the Yankees, led by ■ big guns Mickey Mantle and Biil t Skowron, rallied for five runs in i the eighth inning to beat the Los , Angeles Dodgers, 9-6. Skowron . belted his third homer of the spring, a grand slam, to highlight > the rally, while Mantle accounted > for his fifth round-tripper in the ■ third inning. I The Chicago White Sox, who are Cincinnati Redlegs with Ron Jacki going to need all the extra-base ■ hitting they can get out of a line* ■ up dominated by singles hitters, [ coasted to a 14-5 win over the Cincinnati Redlegs with Ron Jackson driving in six runs on a pair of homers. The win, the White Sox' eighth, snapped a three-game ■ losing streak. ; Tigers Down Cards Shutout pitching by Frank Lary , and Hank Aguirre fcnd Bob LemI on's first test of the spring after t an arm operation brightened the hopes of the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians somewhat. Lary worked seven frames and Aguirre the last two as the Tigers downed the St: Louis Cardinals, . 4-0 Lemon hurled two innings while testing his salary wing in a “B" game against the Chicago Cubs, won by the Indian “B" squad, 10-1. The Cubs varsity, however, built up an 8-0 lead early and went on to score a TO-8 victory in the second game of a twinbill at Tucson, Ariz. ! Elsewhere the San Francisco Giants defeated the Baltimore Orioles, 8-5; the Boston Red Sox scored two runs in the seventh inning to shade the Philadelphia Phillies, 5-3, and the Kansas City Athletics buried the Washington Senators, 7-1. Trade in a good town — Decatur IsiGNUPHSEI FOR TEAM muss B IBS “I brought al co-signer!” I QUICKIES , , .fc

Archers Breeze To Victory In State Finals INDIANAPOLIS (UP)—Favored Fort Wayne South carried off Indiana’s high school basketball tourney title because good big players have a decided edge over good small players — especially when they have a seven-foot giant in the line-up. The tremendous height of Mike McCoy had such a demoralizing effect on Previously unbeaten Springs Valley and Crawfordsville that the lofty Archers carried off the title in one of the easiest sweeps in the 48-year history of the four-week grind, ... The Archers, No. 1 in the United Press coaches’ poll and the U.P. title choice, ended Springs Valley’s amazing 25-game winning streak, 55-42, then dumped Crawfordsville in the grand finale at the Butler Fieldhouse Saturday night, 63-34, to finish with a 20-game winning streakThe 29-point winning margin in the title game was second only to the 40-point spread between Lebanon, the 1912 winner, and runnerup Franklin. Height “Murderous” Crawfordsville, the first “king” in 1911, made it to the title round for the first time in 42 years when it beat off four-time state champion Muncie Central in a thriller, 53-45. But the Athenians were no match for South, which rolled* to its second title in exactly 20 years. After Mike Walker hit three tremendous one-handers from 20 feet out or more to give Crawfordsville a 6-1 lead, South clrew even at 6-all. The score was tied three more times before the Archers moved in front on Dan Howe’s pair of freethrows, and they stayed in front. They outscored Crawfordsville in the third period, 15-7, and turned it into a rout in she fourth. South outrebounded Crawfordsville, 40-19. "We came a long way and we stayed with them for 2% periods, but that height was murderous,” said Crawfordsville coach Dick Baumgartner. Springs Valley’s Rex Wells agreed. Haslam Stars “We did the best we could," he said.*“lt just wasn’t good enough.’-' His team, too, was outclassed under the boards and only Marv Pruett with 18 points found the range for the downstaters. The Muncie - Crawfordsville thriller electrified the big crowd in the afternoon Crawfordsville "was ahead at the first stop, 13-4, and 27-20 at the half. Then Charlie Hinds rallied the Bearcats with five baskets and Muncie outscored its foe, 17-5 for a 37-32 thirdperiod lead. Then Trester Medal winner Dick Haslam, a fluid 5-9 floor general, sparked Crawfordsville’s last-period drive. A tip-in by Bill Burget and Haslam's lay-in broke a 39-all deadlock and Crawfordsville was in, Fort Wayne’s Don Reichert called this his best team "because it won more games and the title." “We’ve had other good teams, though. They just didn’t get out of our sectional." be said. He said both his objectives in the finals worked. “Against Springs Valley, we wanted to make sure that they didn’t get ahead of us,” he explained. “And we wanted to stop Crawfordsville’s fast break.” One Ambition Left Winning the title was realization of one of two ambitions for Reichert. “1, told the boys I had two ambitions in coaching—an unbeaten season and the state title, he said. Reichert had an unbeaten team at Covington in the late 1940 s except for a loss in the Wabash Valley tourney "I still like to go into the tourney unbeaten," he said before he calls it quits "in a few years.” “I've had some, offers from colleges,” he reflected, blit added staying at South is mote lucrative. Reichert is also in the insurance business. McCoy, with 42 points in th two games, topped final fourgame shooters with 86, 20 short of the record of. 106 set by Oscar Robertson of Indianapolis Attacks two years ago and tied by South Bend Central’s John Coalmon last year. ’ INDIANAPOLIS Ml — B o X score of Saturday night’s Indiana high school basketball tourney championship game: Fort Wayne South GF P T Bolyard, F 3 1-2 2 7 Howe, F -— 3 9-12 115 Vachon, F —0- 1-2 0 1 L. Miller, F —— 0 0-0 0 0 McCoy, C 11 .2-4 3 24 Simmons, C 0 0-0 0 0 R. Miller, G .2 0-0 0 4 Stavretl. G- 04) 0 12 DeMetre, U-t" 0 04) 0 0 Meyer, G . 0 04) 0 0 TOTAL 25 13-20 6 63 Crawfordsville GF P T Walker; F 5 1-2 3 11 Krutzsch, F 4 0-1 0 6 Ewoldt, F 11-1 0 3 Manion, F - 0 04) (U 0 Burget, C 11-2 13 Jouris, C 0 0-6 0 0 Haslam, G 2 0-116

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Wilkinson, G 2 1-1 5 5 Dickerson, G 0 04) 1 0 McDevitt, G 0 04) 1 0 TOTAL 15 4-8 12 34 Score by periods: Fort Wayne South. 12 16 15 20 Crawfordsville —— 12 10 7 5 Xavier Is Surprise Winner Over Dayton NEW YORK M) — All-tourna-ment hoiiors were heaped on members of Xavier’s surprising National Invitation Tournament champions today, along with predictions that the upset kids from Cincinnati will once again be a national basketball power next season. Hank Stein, whose six points in the overtime period carried unseeded Xavier to its title-winning 78-74 upset of top-seeded Dayton on Saturday, was the only unanimous choice today on the all-NIT team picked for the United Press by 21 sports writers covering the tourney. Second-team honors went to three more Musketeers: little Ducky Castelle, rebounding ace Frank Tartaron, and pop-shooting Joe Viviano. Stein won the "Most Valuable Player" award given by the tournament committee. Frank Case, the snarpshooting soph who was Dayton's big gun, just missed unanimous selection as he received 20 first-team votes and one for the second team. Other first-team picks were Jim Cunningham cf Fordham, Don Lane of Dayton, and Alex 800 Ellis of Niagara. Also picked on the second team were Jack McCarthy of Dayton and Al Seiden of St. John’s. Louisville Rebels Win Playoff Opener By UNITED PRESS „ Louisville’s Rebels take a 14) lead into the second game of the final International Hockey League play-off series at Indianapolis tonight. The visitors won a 5-4 doubleovertime decision over the Chiefs Sunday night. Fiori Goegan scored the winning goal at 3:48 of the second extra session. Authorities Report On Two Accidents Cars driven by George H. Dellinger, 71, Willshire, 0., and Earl W. Wittwer, 37, route 2, Berna. collided Sunday at 3:18 p.m. The accident bccurred at the intersection of state road 118 and county road 26%. six and one-half miles east of Monroe. The Dellinger car attempted to make a left turn just as the Wittwer vehicle was attempting to pass when the collision occurred. Damage was estimated at SSO to the Dellinger car and S3OO to the Wittwer vehicle. Trooper Don Kwasneski and deputy Robert Meyer investigated. The city police investigated an accident involving car driven by Barbara Ann Geyer, 25, route 3, ; Decatur .and Larry Gene Baum- > gartner, 16, Decatur, at z l:o6 pm. ' Saturday. A third car, driven by , Lavelle Death, 45, Decatur, was ! also involved in the collision. The I Geyer vehicle had stopped in the > line of traffic at a railroad crossing and the Death car struck the ‘ Baumgartner auto, sending it into the rear of the Geyer auto. Damage was estimated at S4O to the ’ Geyer car and $l5O to the Baiurtgartner vehicle. ! If you have something to sell or rooms for rent, try a Democrat . Want Ad— they bring results. i __ - gy ’.• zr ■ >• , STORM CENTER— Center of the church • government storm in i Italy is Bishop Pietro Fiordelli (above) of Prato, who was convicted of ’’defaming’’ an Italian couple married in a civil but not a church ceremony. Bishop Fiordelli publicly termed the couple "public sinners’’ and as living in "concubinage." The bishop’s conviction—he refused to appear in court and a fine ■ was suspended — culminated a series of Leftist anti-religious. , attacks. The pope has suspended the scheduled March 12 , celebration of his coronation anniversary. (International?

Decatur Golf Course Opened Here On Sunday The Decatur golf course opened officially Sunday; Chic Monroe, proprietor, and Luke Majorki, pro manager, announced today. The most popular events of last season will be continued this year, and some new ideas have been added. A best ball event is scheduled to start the season May 3. This event will bring the top amateurs from the northeastern part of the state to compete in the 18-hole event. May 12, the- men’s city league will start its 14 consecutive weeks of play. The winner of each half will compete in a playoff to determine the city league champion. The first of three ABC’s will be held May 16. This 18-hole event is very popular with local golfers because it permits every category of golfer to participate. All golfers have an equal opportunity to be on the winning team, since the team effort is responsible for the victory in an ABC tourney. The other ABC’s will be held July 13 and Oct. 5. Activities for the women golfers will begin Wednesday, June 4. The women’s league will start then and continue weekly until Aug. 20. A successful program for juniors, which was started last season, will be continued this summer starting Thursday, June 12, at 8:30 a. m. A league will be formed which will run through July 24. As in the past all players signing up for the program will receive free instructions, with a clinic and demonstration at the end of the lesson period. Sunday, June 29, the first of the three mixed Scotch twosome tournaments will be held. This is a nine-hole event with men and women participating on the teams. The first two will be a draw, while the last mixed Scotch twosome will be husband and wife. The last two will be July 27 and Aug. 31. The city junior tournament will run from July 27 to July 31. This will be match play in flights. In the month of September one even is scheduled—the men's city tournament. There will be 72 holes qj .medal play. Again this year the men’s city league will shoot 36 holes to qualify for a flight, then they will play by flight, with trophies going to the winners in each flight. Dates of the tourney are Sept. 13-14, and Sept. 20-21. . Arrangements are -also—beingmade to add one more tournament to the list. It will be an 18-hole handicap, and will be made an annual event if it proves popular. The 1958 schedule is as follows: May 3—Best ball. May 12 to Aug. 11—Men’s City league. May 16—A. B. C. June 4 to Aug. 20 — Women's league. June 12 to July 24 — Junior league. June 29 — Mixed Scotch twosome (drawl. July 13—A. B. C. July 27 — Mixed Scotch Twosome (drawl. July 28-29-30-31—Junior tournament. Aug. 27—Women’s city tournament. Aug. 31—Mixed Scotch Twosome. Sept. 13-14-20-21 — Men’s city tournament. ——— 1 Oct. 5—A. B. C. Stanley Cup Playoff Will Begin Tuesday By UNITED PRESS The National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup semi-finals get under way Tuesday night with the champion Montreal Canadiens hosting the Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers entertaining the Boston Bruins. The second games of the sevengame series will be played at the same sites Thursday night, March 27, before the teams move on to Detroit and Boston. Only the first two games of the Rangers-Bruins series will be played in New York with all remaining games sched- . uled for Boston. CHICAGO — (W — Forty per cent of today’s home owners are between the ages of 25 and 34, according to the United States Savings and Loan League, compared with 30 per cent in 1949.

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Kentucky Is Winner Os NCAA Tourney LEXINGTON, Ky. — (IP) — The University of Kentucky put its “Fiddlin’ Five’’ in a niche alongside its “Fabulous Five” today in celebrating its fourth NCAA basketball (title in 11 years. The Wildcats’ victory was a formally recognized today at a convocation attended by students, school officials, Gov. A. B. Chandler and other dignitaries and classes were dismissed for the remainder of the day. “All we have is a bunch of fiddlers. We need violinists to play Carnegie Hall,” coach Adolph Rupp said at the start of the season. As it turned out, he didn’t have a soloist in the buch, but he did have a solid outfit that made some beautiful music together. < There wasn’t even all cpnference player on the Kentucky team that came from nine points behind in the first half Saturday night to whip Seattle, 84-72, for the NCAA title in the finals at Louisville. The “Fiddlin’ Five” included Vernon Hattan, a driving guard who rammed home 30 points; Johnny Cox, a lean and lanky mountain boy; John Crigler, a solid workman at forward, and . steady, reliable Adrian Smith, Whose free throw accounted for what proved to be the winning [ points. Strickler Referees At Final Tourney Gerald Strickler, prominent De- , catur official, was one of six referees assigned to work at the state . final tourney at Indianapolis Saturday. Strickler, working in his i second consecutive state final, officiated in the second game, in 1 which Crawfordsville defeated Muncie Central.

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Pirates Bank On Comeback By Kluszewski By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor FORT MYERS, Fla. (UP>~ Danny Murtaugh believes his Pittsburgh Pirates Can move into the first division in the National League this season if big Ted Kluszewski can- come back. Kluszewski’s big bat, added that of Frank Thomas, would give i the Pirates one of the best onetwo long-ball punches in the league and they have plenty of ; other hitting potential to go along with it. But as usual, the Pirates’ overall pitching pictur is not a bright one and Murtaugh admits that is the one department which has him worried. His hurling thins out after starters Bob Friend, 14-18 last season; Ronnie Kline (9-16) and Vera La w ( 10-8) and relief ace Elroy Face (4-4 J Determined to Come Back Kluszewski, bothered by a bad back the ppst two seasons, is determined to come back, not only to help his new club but also t show his old one, the Redlegs, that they made a mistake in letting him go. Ted has had a special heavy corset made for his back and hopes that will help. His back doesn’t bother him at the plate, but hampers him in the field. If Ted can make it, it will free Thomas, who hit .290 last year ' with 23 homers and 89 runs batted in, probably for third base “I can play Thomas at first, third, right or left field,” Murf taugh explained.” “But I hope ’ Kluszewski will do the job at ’ first. Os what I’ve seen of him ■ so far. I'm optimistic.” « If Kluszewski makes it at first I and Thomas at third, the Pirates i could wind up with four .300-bit-

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ting infielders. For Dick Groat, who batted .315 last year, will be at short and the slick-fielding Bill Mazeroski at second. The Pirates also have a hardhitting starting outfield trio. It will be Bob Skinner in left, Bill Virdon in center, and Roberto Roberto Clemente, with,one of the best arms in the business, in right. _ , „ . Mejias, Powers Look Good For infield utility duty, Murtaugh has Gene Baker, Gene Freese and Johnny O’Brien; Roman Mejas, who hit .275 in 58 games with the Pirates last season and rookie John Powers are available for outfield reserve duty. Murtaugh is high on both of them. Powers hit 294 for Columbusin 1957. t Hank Foiles will be the No. 1 catcher with Dick Rand and Dan Kravitz back of him. Don Gross, obtained from the Redlegs with whom he won seven and lost nine last season; Bob Smith, who won only two while losing four with the vardinah and Pirates in 1957; and two rookies, George Wist and Bennie Daniels, are being given shots at starting roles. Witt won 18 at Hollywood last season; Daniels' mark was__ 17-8. ” , \ Luis Arroyo, with a 3-11 mark last year, will be the left-handed relief pitcher with Don Williams, who was 15-6 with Lincoln last year, also given a chance to make the bullpen brigade. Arnold Palmer Wins St. Petersburg Open ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ffl — Arnold Palmer shook off his “run-ner-up jinx” in convincing fashion when he came from behind Sunday to win the $15,000 St. Petersburg Open golf tournament by one stroke with a birdie on the final hole. The brawny Latrobe, Pa., professional knocked six strokes off par for a 65 that gave him a winning total of 276 for 72 holes, worthy : $2,000. Trade in a good town — Decatur