Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 60, Number 54, Decatur, Adams County, 5 March 1962 — Page 6

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Fort Wayne Central Wins Regional Title; Bears Lose Overtime

By Pete Reynolds The Fort Wayne Central Tigers captured the Fort Wayne regional championship Saturday night, defeating the Angola Hornets, 59-45, in the title game at the coliseum. "ITie first afternoon game saw the end of the trail for the defending regional champion Berne Bears, as they bowed to the Hornets, 57-56, in a thrilling overtime battle. Central had little trouble with the Ligonier Red Raiders in the second afternoon contest, whipping the Raiders, 92-56. The Tigers will next meet the Elkhart Blue Blazers, winners of their own regional, in the first game of the Fort Wayne semistate tourney at 12:30 p. m. Saturday. In Saturday's second game, the Huntington Vikings, winners at Marion, will tangle with the heavily favored Kokomo Wildcats, defending state champions. The semistate final will be at 8:15 p. m. Saturday. Bears Edged Out The Bears came to the end of the trail in an overtime battle with the Hornets, who carried an 18-game winning streak into the regional, and who had been whipped by the Bears, 69-49. early in the season. This first contest provided the only real thrills of the tourney, as the score was tied on no less than 11 occasions, the last time at 51-51 at the end of the regular playing period. Berne held a scant 13-11 lead at the first quarter, but built the margin to six, 29-23, at the half. Erv Inniger hit his eighth field goal of the game from the second half tipoff to give the Bears a 3123 bulge, the biggest of the game j for either team. But the Hornets chipped away at their deficit and pulled into a 35-35 tie, only to see Berne move out on top at the end of the third quarter, 43-40. A free throw and then a field goal by Gary Habegger had the Bears in front by six points but Mike Sapp came to life with four .fielders in a row as against a , lone foul toss by Gary Habegger, and Angola was in front, 48-47, with 2:13 to play. One minute later, Dick Smith canned a pair of charity tosses, his only points of the game, and Berne was back in the lead. Sapp and Jerry Fosnaugh traded field goals and it was 51-50, Berne, with 40 seconds left. But with 13 seconds to play, Fred Bachert was fouled. He missed his first shot but hit the second and it was a 51-51 tie to force the overtime. Page Scores Six Gary Page hit from the side after 34 seconds of the overtime to put Angola on top. and the same boy was wide open under -the hoop for another bucket with J:2O to go. With 32 seconds left, Erv Inniger hit one of two free ; .throws. Gary Habegger missed a free throw attempt but the Bears regained the rebound, and Erv Inniger hit from underneath and the Bears trailed by only one, 55-54, with 15 seconds to play. The Hornets worked the ball down i the court and Page, fouled with six seconds to go, cooly dropped in both foul shots to ice the victory. Gary Habegger hit a long jumper from the corner at the buzzer to establish the 57-56 score. Erv Inniger was the game’s top scorer with 22 points and Gary Habegger tallied 20. Ken Robinson topped Angola with 20. Page counted 16 and Sapp 14. Ironically, the Bears, who won their way to the regional with fine freethrow shooting in the sectional, lost their regional tilt from the foul line. The Bears hit 24 of 67

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i shots from the field, Angola 22 of i 57. From the 15-foot stripe, the Hornets converted 13 of 17. the Bears only eight of 17, as 14 fouls were called on Angola, 10 on Berne. Tigers Roll Along Central’s Tigers had little difficulty with Ligonier, the Kendallville sectional winner, in the second afternoon game. The Tigers led by only eitght points, 16-8, at the end of the first quarter, but upped thei rmargin to 40-22 at the half and 66-39 at the end of the third period. ble figures, paced by Pres UnderCentral had five players in douwood with 19. Only one Red Raider topped the 10-point mark, Gary Oberg scoring 11. Angola gave the Tigers plenty of trouble through the early minutes of the third quarter, but Central then started to pull away. Central led at the first quarter, 11-8, and at the half, 21-17. But the Hornets pulled out in front at 25-23. but Central ran off the i next six points and carried on for a 40-31 lead entering the final . period. Robinson, of the Hornets, led all I the scorers with 18 points. Saop added 11 markers and Page 10. Nine of the Tigers broke into the ! scoring column, led by Cletus Edmonds with 16, Rod Haywood with 15 and Jim Martin with 14. Angola FG FT TP Page - 4 8-10 16 Robinson 9 2-2 20 Knox 1 0-0 2 Lovejoy -— 2 0-0 4 , Sapp — 6 2-3 14 Bachert 0 1-2 1 TOTALS 22 13-17 57 Berne FG FT TP Smith 0 2-3 2 E. Inniger 9 4-8 22 Fosnaugh — 4 0-1 8 G. Habegger 9 2-5 » F. Inniger2 0-0 4 Ringger 0 0-0 0 TOTALS 24 8-17 56 Score by quarters: \ Angola 11 23 40 51—57 Berne 13 29 43 51—56 Officials: Owens. May. Central FG FT TP Edmonds 6 2-3 14 P. Underwood 7 5-9 19 Haywood —„ 0 3-7 3 Smith 7 1-2 15 Martin 7 0-1 14 Kelsey ... 3 0-0 6 Kuhn 5 0-0 6 N. Banks :2 0-0 4 Cress 2 0-0 4 Bean . 1 1-2 3 -TOTALS 40 12-24 92 Ligonier FG FT TP Nord 4 0-0 8 Berkey 0 4-5 4 Oberg 2 7-12 11 Griffith ..... 2 1-1 5 Targgart - 2 4-5 8 i Elijah .... 4 0-18 Sprague .... 0 0-10 Gunder ... 0 6-6 6 Botts 0 0-0 o, Hicks 3 0-0 6 TOTALS 17 22-31 56 Score by quarters: Central —. 16 40 66 92 Ligonier 8 22 39 56 Officials: Milligoss, Risley. Central FG FT TP Edmonds ---—_6 4-4 16 P. Underwood 1 0-3 2 Haywood —7 1-1 IS Smith 2 0-2 4

i Martin — 6 2-3 14 N. Banks — 10-0 2 Kelsey 1 0-1 2 H. Banks 0 2-2 2 G. Underwoodo 0-0 0 Kuhn 1 0-0 2 TOTALS 25 9-16 59 Angola FG FT TP Page 4 2-3 10 Robinson 8 2-2 18 Knox 10-2 2 Sapp , 2 2-9 11 Lovejoy 2 0-2 4 Bachert — 0 0-0 0 Palmer 0 0-0 0 Waters 0 0-0 0 Hall 0 0-0 0 Boyer 0 0-0 0 TOTAL'S 17 11-18 45 Score by quarters: Central 11 21 40 59 Anogla 8 17 31 45 Officials: Oler, Showalter. WWWL Adams county’s last hope in Indiana’s basketball marathon went down the drain Saturday afternoon as the Berne Bears were eliminated in the first game of the Fort Wayne regional in a rugged overtime battle with the Angola Hornets. Berne's fans were highly disappointed at the defeat of the ; Bears, who had copped the re-i gional crown last March and carried on to the final game of the semi-state tourney before bowing to the Kokomo Wildcats, eventual state champions. % —oOo—--4 Coach Bruce Smith and his Bears are to be congratulated on another fine season. Their loss Saturday was only their fourth of the campaign, as compared to 21 victories. Saturday’s semi-state tourney at Fort Wayne will havs a familiar look, with three of last year’s regional champs repeating. Berne will be the only one missing from the 1961 field, as Fort Wayne Central meets Elkhart in the opener at 12:30 p m , followed by Kokomo and Huntington. —oOo— The biggest Shocker of the iegionals was a double surprise dealt out by the Anderson Indians. Anderson first knocked off Indianapolis Crispus Attucks in an afternoon overtime, and then dumped Southport in the final at Indianapolis.

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ALAMOSA—SET FOR GRADUATION. Paul Conrad, a native of Decatur, Ind., will graduate from Adams State College in May. Conrad earned three letters during his football career at Adams State College as a guard. During this time, the A-State Indians won two Rocky Mountain conference titles and were runnerups the third year. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Conrad. 417 Fornax, Decatur. While at Decatur high school, Paul earned three letters in football as a guard and tackle.

THE DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT, DECATUR, INDIANA

Tourney Notes

By Bob Shraluka Congratulations go out to Coach Bruce Smith and his Berne Bears, , who were edged by a fine Angola team in the Fort Wayne regional's first game Saturday. The Bears couldn’t repeat their regional i triumph of last year, but certainly gave it everything they had. — O — The lineup for next week’s semistate battling at Fort Wayne is ; the same as last year, with the exception of the Fort Wayne CenI tral Tigers replacing Berne. Cen- ' tral meets Elkhart in the 12:30 I game, with Huntington tangling with state champs Kokomo in the second contest. - O — Angola defeated the Bears where they had won the Adams county sectional, at the free throw • line. The Bears outscored the . Hornets from the field 24-22. but hit only eight of 17 at the 15-foot stripe, as compared to Angola's 13 of 17. - O — The Bears shot .369 from the field, senior Gary Habegger leading the way with nine buckets in 20 shots. Erv Inniger canned nine fielders on 22 attempts, in another fine effort for him. Jerry Fosaugh took only five shots and his four; Fred Inniger scored twice on eight shots, and Dick Smith and Kent Ringger were blanked from the field. Smith taking nine shots and Ringger one. - O — The Bears took 65 shots for their 24 fielders, while Angola shot at a mark of .386, hitting 22 times on 57 shots. Ken Robinson, former South Sider, topped Angola with nine fielders in 21 attempts, and Mike Sapp needed only nine shots for his six fielders. — O — Rebounding wise, the Bears had a 38-35 advantage, getting more offensive caroms than did the Hornets. Berne grabbed 20 offensive rebounds and 18 defensive, while Angola pulled down 14 offensive and 21 defensive. — O — Erv Inniger’s 12 rebounds, eight I of them offensive, topped the Bears, while Dick Smith had 10, seven off the defensive board. Fosnaugh pulled down seven, five offensive, and Habegger had seven grabs, five defensively. Fred Inniger had two offensive rebounds. - O — Big Gary Knox led Angola’s rebounding. with-11 grabs, seven off the defensive board. Gary Page hauled down 10 rebounds, six defensively, while Lovejoy had eight, Robinson five and Sapp one. — O — Central shot .426 in soundly whipping Ligonier, as the Tigers took 90 shots and hit 40, while establishing a regional record of 92 points. Ligonier hit 17 of 54 shots for a mark of .293. The With Berne’s elimination, the Adams county basketball season comes to a close. And Basketbawl winds up for the season, too, with a reminder • that next November 1 isn’t really so far away.

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champion Tigers did almost as well in grabbing the regional title, hitting 25 fielders in 60 shots against Angola for a .417 figure. The Hornets, obviously tired from their tremendous struggle with Berne, hit 17 fielders in 54 shots, ; a mark of .315. -flit appeared another Berne regional title just wasn't in the I cards Saturday, as the Bears repeatedly had chances to clinch the verdict near the end of regulation time, but that deciding basket just wouldn’t stick. - O — What happened to Dick Smith I of the Bears still remains a mystery. It would seem unbelievable that a four-year veteran playing jin his final tourney couldn’t get fired up, but the big forward just seemed not to have any interest in who won or lost. | -oOnly 24 personal fouls were I whistled in the Berne-Angola I game, as the officials did a fine job and let the boys play basketj ball, which wasn’t permitted in the sectional here. Only 14 fouls j were called on Angola and 10 on I the Bears. — O — For an all-tourney taem this writer would start with Erv Inniger. and take Ken Robinson and Mike Sapp of Angola, along with Jim Martin and Clete Edmonds of Central. — O — FINISHING TOUCHES— Angola got the tip-off at the start of the second, fourth and overtime periods. . . . Bob Stahly of the Bears apparently re-injured his knee and underwent an operation in Fort Wayne at 11 o’clock Saturday morning . . . Berne worked the old give-and-go to perfection several times . . . the Bears’ zone defense forced the Hornets to shoot from out, but they were hitting from there . . . Knox was called for goal-tending late in the third quarter ... the first substitute of the game was at the 7:01 ’ mark of the final stanza when Ba chert replaced Page for Angola .. . when Angola’s Sapp hit a jumped to put his team into a 4847 lead in the last quarter the huge delegation from Angola was completely wild . . . Berne scored only three points in the first 6:35 of the last quarter and only eight points in the entire period . . . Sapp hit five in a row late in the game and scored 10 of the last 11 points for the Hornets in regulation time . . . Page got all six Angola points in the overtime, including the two free throws that weighed a ton with six seconds remaining . . . Dave Griffith of Ligonier suffered a dislocated toe early in the Central clash . . . Central completely dominated the boards against the much-bigger Red Raiders ... the Hornets just ran out of the gas in the nightcap, while Central had it easy in the afternoon and was “fresh as a daisy’’ . . . the Bears are to be congratulated on not only their performance, but the way they accepted defeat just as graciously as they have accepted victory in the past . . . SEE YOU NEXT SEASON! If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.

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Anderson Top Giant Killer Os Regionals By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD-Ander-son was the matinee idol and Eminence and Knox were the i latest “people’s choice” hopefuls i today going into the semi-state of i the Indiana high school basketball tourney. Unranked 'and unsung Anderson, state champ three times but licked eight times during the season, turned giant-killer in Saturday’s regionals by cutting down Indianapolis Attacks and Southport in a startling 1-2 upset. Gary Froebel and Tell City, the I Southern finalist last year, were ' other “Big 10” members to be ■ eliminated, but the United Press I International form chart correctly I forecast 12 of 16 regional winners. Round 2 of the 52nd annual grind took its toll, however, although the first four quintets in the UPI coaches’ ratings and eighth-ranked Evansville Bosse emerged with flying colors. Top-ranked Kokomo, the defending champion and only “Field--1 house Four” member from last i year left, extended its winning r streak to 21 by rolling over Noble, ' 109-73, and Noblesville, 83-69. The 109-point total was the highest in two weeks of tourney warfare. Jim (Goose) Ligon, none the i worse after a close brush in a traffic accident last Wednesday, bagged 44 points against Noble | and 33 against Noblesville to become the regionals’ top scorer. Senators Get Even East Chicago Washington, No. 2r avenged its only regular-season loss by outlasting West NIHSC : champ Gary Froebel, which was tied for sixth place with Attacks, 68-66. Unbeaten Madison, No. 3, outclassed its opposition at Columbus and ran its perfect string to 23 at the expense of Greensburg, 77-60. The Cubs’ Larry Humes set two regional scoring records, including 34 points for one game. Fourth - ranked Lafayette remained the most offensive-minded outfit, belting Rossville, 95-81. The victory also avenged a regularseason loss. The Broncos, who led sectional firing by averaging 92 points a game, slipped only one point—to a 91-point average in five games. They also battered their tourney victims by the widest winning margin—35.4. Kokomo ran second in both categories—Bs.B and 31.6, respectively—but Madison displayed the best defense, holding five rivals to an average of 44.8 points. Knox, with Eminence the only brand-new “Sweet 16” members, upset Northwestern semi-state finalist Logansport, 47-43, to gain the third round by the narrowest margin, 8.6 points per game. Anderson was second in that category, at 10.4. Eminence, which last week grabbed its first sectional, against won at Martinsville by spilling defending regional titlist Bloomfield, 65-47. Start Four Sophs But it was unheralded Anderson, with senior football star Tom Seal and four sophomores in the lineup, which earned the most state-wide plaudits. The Indians of firsit-year coach Ray Estes, an import from Missouri and Illinois, first derailed Attacks in overtime, 68-66, on Steve Clevenger’s pressurepacked pair of free throws with 10 seconds left. Fifth-rate Southport, boasting a 22-game winning streak, went

down in the title struggle, 59-57, in another thriller before 12.000 Butler Fieldhouse fans—again decided at the 15-foot stripe. Little Eddie Fuller and Dennis Baker were the deadeyes this time, the latter hitting with just 23 seconds left. Southport had lost only at Seymour in overtime during the season. Another long string was exploded <at Evansville when Castle outlasted ninth-ranked Tell City, 67-64, but the Knights were outclassed by Bosse m the title round, 84-53. Both Castle and Tell City carried 22-1 records into the regionals, Tell City a 20-game winning streak. Six Repeat It was mostly a big-city field heading into the third round of the month-long grind. Such other hopefuls as Bainbridge, Mentone, 'and Pinnell, all beaten only once during season, bowed out along with Loogootee and Rockville, both two-time losers. Kokomo, Muncie Central, Huntington, Connersville, Elkhart and Jasper retained regional titles. Muncie ran its string to nine, but it took a double-overtime decision, 60-58, to convince Middletown at New Castle. Carl Brown, a 6-4 senior, tipped in the winning fielder with 30 seconds gone in the second extra session. Elkhart avenged a regular-sea-son loss to South Bend Central, 66-62, to gain the Fort Wayne semi-state. Fort Wayne Central stayed alive by clipping Angola’s 19-game winning streak, 59-45. Other winners were Attica at Greencastle, Jasper at Huntingburg, land Seymour at Jeffersonville. The field of ex-champs was chopped from 15 to 9. The survivors were Lafayette, Muncie, Anderson, Fort Wayne Central, Bosse, Jasper, Madison, East Chicago and Kokomo. Semi-State Pairing INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Pairings for Saturday’s semj-state sessions of Indiana’s 52nd annual high school basketball tourney: EVANSVILLE — Seymour vs Eminence, Jasper vs Evansville Bosse. FORT WAYNE — Elkhart vs Fort Wayne Central, Huntington vs Kokomo. INDIANAPOLIS — Connersville vs Madison, Anderson vs Muncie Central. LAFAYETTE — Attica vs East Chicago Washington, Knox v s Lafayette.

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Regional Scores At Columbus Greensburg 57 Shelbyville 47 Madison 67 Franklin 47 Madison 77 Greensburg 60 At Connersville Connersville 58 Morristown 57 Holton 52 North Dearborn 50 Connersville 73 Holton 54 At East Chicago East Chicago Washington 84 Michigan City 72 Gary Froebel 77 Valparaiso 72 East Chicago Washington 68 Gary Froebel 66 At Elkhart Elkhart 81 Bourbon 45 South Bend Central 58 Mentone 57 Elkhart 66 South end Central 62 At Evansville Evansville Bosse 76 Fort Branch 61 Castle 67 Tell. City 64 Evansville Bosse 84 Castle 53 At Fort Wayne Angola 57 Berne 56 overtime Fort Wayne Central 92 Ligonier 56 Fort Wayne Central 59 Angola 45 At Greencastle Attica 74 New Ross 61 Rockville 80 Bainbridge 64 Attica 71 Rockville 63 At Huntingburg Jasper 48 Carlisle 45 Vincennes 55 Loogootee 53 Jasper 63 Vincennes 56 At Indianapolis Anderson 68 Indianapolis Attacks 66 overtime Southport 70 Plainfield 57 Anderson 59 Southport 57 At Jeffersonville Bedford 49 Charlestown 47 Seymour 88 Mortan Twp. 63 Seymour 59 Bedford 49 At Kokomo Kokomo 109 Noble 73 Noblesville 69 Clay Twp. 51 Kokomo 83 Noblesville 69 At Lafayette Rossville 78 Fowler 76 Lafayette 84 Pinnell 69 Lafayette 95 Rossville 81 At Logansport Logansport 64 Brookston 50 Knox 67 Rensselaer 53 Knox 47 Logansport 43 At Marion Huntington 61 Pennville 39 Oak Hill 72 Bluffton 60 Huntington 69 Oak Hill 58 At Martinsville Bloomfield 55 Spencer 47 Eminence 61 Terre Haute Garfield 48 Eminence 65 Bloomfield 47 At New Castle Muncie Central 83 Richmond 63 Middletown 71 Union City-Wayne 60 Muncie Central 60 Middletown 58 double overtime If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.