Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 6 March 1961 — Page 6

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Tourney Trail Littered With Upset Victims i ana’s booby-trapped high school basketball tourney headed for the semi-state round today with the ranks of favorites chopped in half and a new champion assured. The road was littered with upset victims from Saturday’s 16 re-, gional sessions that ditched threetime tourney winner Indianapolis Attucks. unbeaten Madison, Michigan City and East Chicago Washington's defending state champs. But through it all, such t"p favorites as Kokomo, Indianapolis Manual and Muncie Central crashed through, along with powerhouses Gary Roosevelt and Lo-;

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gansport. The luck of the semi-state draw has it that none o ‘he t<>p contenders in Saturday s next-to-last round can collide until the night session. And it’s by no means a big-city ! show from here on. The likes of Bloomfield. Corydon. Berne and I New Ross saw to that. T'»p-ranking Kokomo ’and Lo- ■ gansport had the easiest time gaining the “Sweet 16”.' They were also two of only five regional winners to repeat. The others were Elkhart. Tell City and Muncie's four - time stat? champs and the only member of ; last year’s “Fieldhouse Four" still ; pitching. Kokomo made it 24-1 for the j seas»n by rolling over Peru, 95-64, and Noblesville. 92-59. Jim (Goosei Ligon and Ronnie Hughes were Kokomo’s offensive stars. Manual Has 18-Game Streak Logansport extended its victory string to 14 by dumping Rensselaer, 76-62, and Monterey, 72-56,

also its 25th appearance in the “Sweet 16,” to lead the field in that category. But third-rankea xwanual carries the longest winning streak into Saturday’s semis, an 18-game skein following its rip-roaring 55-44 conquest of Attucks to avenge a regular-season loss. The Redskins came up with a double-pivot built around the classy VanArsdale twins, Tom and Dick, who scored 45 points between them. They beat Attucks, the No. 1 pre-tourney choice to succeed champion East Chicago, despite being held to just six free jthrows in the second period. i That was Manual's first regional title, although th* 1 south-siders went to the “Sweet 16” in 1922. Bloomfield at Bloomington and Corydon at Jeffersonville were the only other brand-new regional winners. Madison's 23 - game winning streak was clipped by an alert Columbus crew, 63-59. sweet revenge for a 10-point setback to the Cubs during the season.

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Gary Roospvelt stamped itself as a strong title contender by taking out the two Northern Conference champions. East Chicago, 66- and Mfchigan City, 77-68. Berne’s First Since 1935 Brazil beat Terre Haute Gerstmeyer in the Bloomington regional . preliminaries for the first time in 13 games, 75-64, but < the Wabash Valley tourney champs bowed to Bloomfield at night, 51-48, on the clutch-shooting «f Dan McGhee. Berne broke through for the first time since 1935, derailing favored Fort Wayne South, 56-42 Lebanon reached the “Sweet 16" for the first time in 18 years, romping over four-time state champ Frankfort at Lafayette. 87-71. In the afternoon. Frankfort turned in another form reversal, avenging a 12-point season loss by beating Lafayette’s Broncos in the lone regional overtime game. 67Lafayette’s loss made Muncie the undisputed regional front-run-ner with an eight-year string. The Bearcats won at New Castle, shaking off Lewisville for the reiorial title, 50-41. The losers’ Marion Pierce closed his prolific schoolboy career with 3.042 points, a record in Indiana. Muncie, Logansport. Lebanon and Jasper were the only ex-state champs to survive. Jasper needed a three-point play by Bobby Merder the final seconds t<> edge previously once-beaten Monroe City at Huntingburg, 76-75. The other winners were Connersville and Huntington, the latter ousting regional defender Bluffton at Marion, 70-59, another form reversal from the regular season. Middleweight Fight Scheduled March 20 DETROIT (UPU —Henry Hank of Detroit has signed to meet Clarence Floyd of New York in a 10-round middleweight fight at New Oreans March 20. Floyd used to campain in the light heavyweight division, suffering a loss to champion Harold Johnson last July.

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?if I" ■" 1 ' J muSk : [ I GREAT GOING, BEARS! ! Coach Bruce Smith and his Berne , Bears did a terrific job Saturday t in bringing Berne its first regional . championship since 1935, and ’ Adams county’s first regional ■ ■ crown since 1944. The Bears, whom most observers regarded as underdogs both against ’ Garrett and Fort Wayne South, really showed themselves to be ’ the class of the field, taking epntrol of both games and cooly re- . taining their poise sill the way through to cop all the laurels. Basketbawl, for the first time in many years, was unable to attend the regional because of a flareup of arthris which immobilised him for a couple of days. But young Bob Shraluka did a fine job as pinchhitter, for which Pete says thanks. i __oOo— Incidentally, that last regional we missed many years ago, at Huntington, was covered by young Shraluka's dad, Bob, former reporter for the Democrat, later Adams county sheriff. . I Bears carry on this week ’! in the semi-state tourney, also at the coliseum in Fort Wayne, and ‘' w ill be carrying the hopes of all J; Adams county fans to bring back further laurels. i °O° i The Bears meet the Elkhart Blue Blazers in the semi-state opener at 12:30 p.m., followed by the Huntington Vikings and Kokomo Wildcats. Elkhart won its own regional, edging the Columbia City Eagles. 54-52. after eliminating Bremen in the afternoon, Elkhart carries a 20-6 record into the tourney against Berne, now winner of 24 games and loser of only two. The second game sends the Huntington Vikings. 70-59 winners over Bluffton in the Marion regional, ' against the Kokomo Wildcats, easy victors in their own tourney. Kokomo is no doubt the over- ' whelming choice for semi-state honors. The Wildcats were picked in late-season polls by many observers as favorites for the state championship and will be heavily favored Saturday. But look what has happened to other favorites: Indianapolis Attucks, East Chicago Washington (1960 state champs), Evansville, Lafayette. Berne's last previous regional title only one), was chalked up in 1935, also at the expense of South Side, although this regional was played at Huntington. The county’s last previous regional was won in 1944 by the Decatur Yellow Jackets, who copped the honors at Huntington. In 1943, Monroe won the Huntington regional title. However, Saturday's triumph was the first Fort Wayne regional crown won by an Adams county quintet. KEEP GOING, BEARS! List Pairings In Semi-State Meets Parings for the Indiana high school semi-state basketball tour- ; neys next Saturday < first games at I 12:30 p.m., second games at 1:45! p.m., championship games at 8:15 i p.m.). At Indianapolis Indianapolis Manual vs Connersville. Columbus vs Muncie Central. At Evansville Tell City vs Bloomfield. Jasper vs corydon. At Lafayette Logansport vs New Ross. Gary Roosevelt vs Lebanon. At Fort Wayne Berne vs Elkart. Huntington vs Kokomo. College Basketball Illinois 85, Purdue 75. Indiana 78, lowa 69. Ohio State 91. Michigan 83. Wisconsin 75, Northwestern 61. Minnesota 73, Michigan 70, Duquesne 75, Fordham 66. St. Louis 70, Bradley 63. Kentucky 68, Tennessee 61 . Penn 73, Dartmouth 51. Seton Hall 86, St. Francis 77. Wichita 91, North Texas State 75. Cincinnati 69, Marshall 57. Kansas State 75, Nebraska 56. Miami (O.) 87, Toledo 86 (overtime). LaSalle 76, Villanova 71. Miississippi 74, Mississippi State 70. Florida 78, Georgia 74. Marquette 85, Detroit 69. St. Bonaventure 84, Canisius 72. If you have something to sen oi trade — use the Democrat Wan Ads! Tney get Big results.

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State Legislators Busy Many Hours

e 1 F-C'* ~tH > I-- jSsDhSpT < Wfr- 1 ' # - t ->w£k i . Iwli. “MP w Job ’** f W< - ■.' r) t State legislators are working 12 to 18 hours a day, representing f I their people back home as well ~ as they possibly can. Burl Johnson, . state representative for Adams and r Wells counties, said m >n — interview on the house floor as the y state legislature completed its business. Johnson was interviewed in his seat, number 56. in the house of representatives. Seated in the second row. behind and to the right of minority leader Birch Bayh. Johnson is in a key position, and has been quite active this session. Hundreds of letters have been received by Johnson during the session. Monday six letters and one telegram were received in the morning mail, and numerous others could be expected later in the day, at his hotel, and at home here in St. Mary s township. dr The house, republican by a 3-1 ! majority, has spent a good part of its time in trying to defeat or foul up Democratic governor Matt Welsh’s program. Johnson, meeting twice each week with the governor, has been one of the house bulwarks of the governor's program. In his sophomore, dr second, term in the house, Johnson has been in a position to really help the programs which are of value to the people of Adams county. The heavy mail from constituents has posed a problem for the friendly St. Mary’s township farmer and contractor. During his first term, he would write out in longhand the notes for letters, and then give them to the legislative secretarial pool for typing and mailing. Howover. a couple of replies from i Johnson got switched, and went to I the wrong people, about completely ! different subjects, through no fault I of his. So during the session, Johnson has laboriously written by hand most of his replies. This has occupied much of his time when he is not on the floor, or in committee meetings. He has spent as much as 18 hours a day, six days a week, working for the people of Adams and Wells counties. A typical day during the last two weeks of the 61-day session found the house considering eight house bills on second reading, seven on third reading, and a whopping 32 senate bills on second reading and 35 on third reading. Each bill is read three times, usually just by title. TTiis means that in his spare time the diligent Johnson must read the 1,069 bills introduced, and attempt to understand what each bill will mean to the people of Adams and Wells counties. Johnspn depends largely on advice from home on technical bills —he has given the paid lobbyists to understand that he is not interested in what they have to say. unless they represent some of his constituents back home. By taking a strong stand against some of the unscrupulous measures which certain industries have tried to get passed, Johnson has in his quiet but forceful way saved his constituents thousands of dollars in added taxes and in added utility and other costs. A strong advocate of increased aid fpr mental hospitals, Johnson

J was instrumental in getting bills for this area of state government through the house. An even stronger opponent of centralization, and friend of home rule, Johnson strongly opposed every bill which he felt detracted from township aid local government control, and did his very best to protect the smaller units of government in danger of being swallowed by larger units. A product of local schools and hard farm work, as well as former local government service as sheriff, Johnson is a graduate of the “college of life's experience”, and has diligently applied this to his job as state representative. While Johnson did not have the advantage of college education himself, he made certain that his 21 children had it. and consequently S has a well-educated and happy group in his second-generation • family. —* — d Another member of the Johnson S family merits attention, too —Mrs. e Johnson, who stayed at home, and s ! answered countless inquiries about i her legislator-husband, forwarding s ! hundreds of requests, messages. f ! etc., to him. *|i Johnson stayed at the Severin 1 Hotel this year, and came home as • many weekends as possible to 1 check with his constituents. He encouraged organized groups 1 of all types, from schools to home ec clubs, to visit the state legisla- ; i ture .and see government in action. ! ture. and see government in action. 5 nority in the house, he got several • young men and. women jobs as ■ pages, where, on the floor of the house, they got a chance to serve their state and learn about the 1 legislative branch. | The state legislature meets only I 61 days every two years. But every i day, in session and out. Johnson studies the problems of the local 1 people, so that they can be ade- ■ quately protected by law, and served by government.

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L » MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1961

Berne Ticket Sales To Open Wednesday Claren Neuenschwander, principal of the Berne-French high school announced this morning that sale of tickets for the Fort Wayne semistate tourney next Saturday will go on sale at the school at noon Wed- | nesday, ard sales will continue through Friday, if the tickets last that long. Berne received 1,027 tickets, priced at $2.50 for the two sessions. Demands are reported heavy, as usual, and a sellout is apparetly assured for the semi-state, asusual. Berne will meet Elkhart in Saturday's opener at 12:30 p.m., followed by Huntington and Kokomo. The championship game will be at 8:15 p.m. Lengerich Butchers Eighth In Tourney The bowling team sponsored byLengerich Butchers, of Monroe, placed eighth in the annual state Knights of Columbus tourney, which was concluded Sunday at Fort Wayne. The Lengerich team rolled a 3.033 total Saturday night The tourney was won by Liverpool Lumber. Gary, with a 3.089 total. The Lengerich team was the only- one from Adams county to rank among the top teams.

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