Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 61, Number 69, Decatur, Adams County, 22 March 1963 — Page 7

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Excitement Mounting On Eve Os Final By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD—Excitement mounted today, 24 hours before the big showdown for the 53rd annual Indiana high school basketball tourney finals, with Muncie Central and South Bend Central considered the teams to beat. Terre Haute Garfield and South Bend, opponents in Saturday afternoon’s round, held afternoon workouts at Butler Fieldhouse. Lafayette worked out Wednesday here, but Muncie Central had to taper off at home since the Bearcats won the semi-state tourney at Butler last week. Terre Haute and South Bend teams will be quartered here tonight, but the Muncie and Lafayette outfits spend tonight at home and will motor here in time for their afternoon dates. Coaches of the four finalists were special guests at the annual Kiwanis Club “basketball roundup’* luncheon- Also honored were the other 12 coaches in last week's “Sweet Sixteen.” They swapped tales and barbs and as usual, gave away no trade secrets. Their No. 1 problem was to keep their proteges healthy for the biggest athletic test in their young lives. Injury to a key player or illness at this stage could be disastrous. The four finalists are the survivors from a field of 639 which was whittled down in three weeks of eliminations. Each won a minimum of seven tourney games. The only real surprise was the appearance in the “Fieldhouse Four” of Terre Haute Garfield, a team beaten nine times during the season but which turned giantkiller in the Southern semi-state last Saturday to upset defending champion Evansville Bosse. Garfield thus made the finals for the first time since 1947 when it lost to Shelbyville in the title round. Muncie beat Lafayette during the season but its only loss was to South Bend. Garfield did not meet any of file other three hopefuls. Indiana's sportswriters 4n d broadcasters have their annual dinner meeting tonight while the coaches hear Bobby Plump and Don-Lash at Butler. . Plump led Milan to the state title nine years ago and Lash was one of Indiana’s all-time great middle-distance runners. Pro Basketball NBA Playaffs Cincinnati 133, Syracuse 115 (Best of five series tied, 1-1).

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Decatur High School Names Cheerleaders Cheerleaders for the 1963-64 school year were selected by the Decatur high school student body Thursday afternoon. Selected as first team cheerleaders and their present class, are: Nancy Gerber, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gerber; Polly Bonifas, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Bonifas; Betsy Schnepf, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schnepf; and Barbara Conrad, sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Myers. Three freshmen girls were chosen as reserve team cheerleaders: Jayne Macklin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Macklin; Cheri Jacobs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Jacobs; and Pam Heffner, daughter of Mrs. Pauline Heffner. Dodgers Hurler Is Released By Army VERO BEACH, Fla. (UPD — Pitcher Pete Richert, who had a 5-4 record with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, is slated to begin training today after his release from the Army. Richert, 23, was discharged 45 days early from a six-month hitch under a seasonal occupation clause. Indiana Team Ousted In AAU Tournament DENVER (UPD—The Marion Kay team from Brownstown, Ind., was eliminated in Thursday night’s National ASU basketball tourney quarter-finals by the Armed Forces All-Stars, 102-84. It was the roughest game of the tourney with 61 fouls—3B against the All-Stars and 23 against Brownstown. Four service players fouled out. Marion - Kay represented the Great Lakes region in the 8-tearn finals. Hockey Results National League Boston 2, New York 2 (tie). College Basketball NIT Tournament Providence 70, Marquette 64. Canisius 61, Villanova 46. Former Judge Held For Tax Evasion TELL CITY, Ind (UPD —Former Pfirry Circuit Judge U. Marlin Ewig. 37, Tell City, was free on $2,000 bond today on charges of failing to file federal income tax returns for the years 1956-1958. Ewing was one of several persons named in secret indictments returned by a federal grand jury in Indianapolis Tuesday. He was arrested Thursday and freed after appearing before U.S. Commissioner Carl E. Bosecker in Evansville.

Bearcats Os Muncie Seek Fifth Title By KURT FREUDENTHAL United Press International INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — Muncie Central’s mighty Bearcats hope the fourth time around is the charm in their bid for another Indiana high school basketball championship. Eleven years ago Jay McCreary took Muncie all the way to its fourth state title—a feat accomplished previously only by North Central Conference rival Frankfort. Three times since then, Muncie barged into the four-team finals—in 1954, 1958 and 1960—only to come home with the runnerup or also-ran trophies. The battling Bearcats were highly favored in 1954, but Milan’s irrepressible Indians carved out their memorable 32-30 victory on Bobby Plump’s fling in the final seconds. Four years later Crawfordsville derailed Mupcie in the afternoon round and in 1960, East Chicago Washington upset the unbeaten Bearcats in the title round, 75-59. Seek Three Records Historically, records are set only to be eclipsed, and this time Muncie is aiming for three: Another championship would make this perennial hardwood powerhouse the first school to win the coveted cup five times. Young Ike Tallman would become the seventh coach to saddle a winner in his first year. Tailman would also be the first coach to go all the way in an acting coach capacity. He stepped up from the “H” team last year when John Longfellow decided to sit out a year because of illness. Since then, Longfellow has resigned as coach. Tailman, a husky 25-year-old father, said he feels real fortunate getting the opportunity to step in for Longfellow. “I knew this as the chance for me,” he said. “I wanted real bad to do a good job.” . In that he did not fail. His Bearcats show up Saturday with a glittering 27-1 record and the No. 2 ranking in the state. Only thirdranked South Bend Central, which

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they could meet again in the championship game, beat Muncie during the season. Tailman said Muncie’s last four tourney games were tough. They included Richmond and New Castle in the regional and unbeaten Columbus and Indianapolis Ripple in the semi-state. “We had to go all out to win,” he said. Especially last Saturday, a half-court zone press helped Muncie over the hump. Jones Floor General Muncie is built around 6-6 Mike Rolf and 5-11 Rick Jones, another in a long line of'scrappty Bearcat guards. “Without them, we’d be in trouble,” said Tallman. “They make us go and Jones is our floor general.” He was the best shooter in the semi-state tourneys with 49 points. Tailman also praised two juniors, 6-5 Glinder Torain and 5-9 Billy Ray. Torain starred in the semi-state and Ray the week before in the regionals. Those four and 6-3 junior Andy Higgins comprise the nucleus. Muncie beat Lafayette, its afternoon foe Saturday, by eight points during the season, “but I don’t think we should be favored,” said Tallman. He thought the four title contenders were “pretty evenly matched.” He said the mid-season loss to South Bend may have helped in the long run, “although at the time it hurt us and we were in a slump for three weeks ” But, added Tallman, “we didn't want to lose. We play to win them all.” Three Boxing Titles Change Hands Thursday LOS ANGELES (UPD—Boxing has three new world champions today and one ex-champion. Da vey Moore, in a hospital with head injuries that threaten his life. That’s the harvest from the first triple-hitter fight show in a quarter century —a show in which Cubans Luis Rodriguez and Sugar Ramos became champions, along with Roberto Cruz of the Philippines. It was 23-year-old Urtimino (Sugar) Ramos, a Cuban exile, who wrested the world featherweight (126-pound) crown from 29-year-old Moore of Columbus, Ohio, on the lOth-round knockout that sent Davey to White Memorial Hospital. • Moore’s Chances “Poor” There Dr. Phillip Vogel, a staff neurosurgeon, examined Moore and said “he is in a deep coma and his chances of living are poor.” That statement was made after a throat operation (tracheotomy) had been performed to assist the unconscious boxer’s breathing. Whether a brain operation will be necessary or of any use, the physicians at the hospital were not certainThe Ramos-Moore fight was staged shortly after the star title bout in which Cuban Rodriguez, 26, took the welterweight (147pound) title from slightly favored Emile Griffith of New York on a unanimous 15-round decision before a crowd of 26,142 paying fans at the Dodgers Baseball Stadium. Griffith had won a split 10round decision over Rodriguez in a nontitle bout in 1960. After the Ramos-Moore bout, 21-year.old Cruz of the Philippines won the vacant world junior welterweight (140-pound) title by knocking out Raymundo (Battling' Torres of Mexico at 2:07 of the first round.

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.Providence’s 1961 NIT title win, gritted his teeth against the pain of a pulled hamstring muscle in his right leg Thursday night as the Friars defeated Marquette, 70-64, in a semifinal encounter. Turtle, 5-11, made his first full effort since breaking his ankle on Feb. 5, and turned in a masterful second half defensive job on Villanova’s Wally Jones to bring Canisius a 61 46 comeback victory. The Providence - Canisius nationally televised contest is the first meeting between eastern powers for the NIT title since Holy Cross defeated Duquesne for the crown in 1954. “Vinnie was up half the night because of the pain,” said Provi-

dence coach Joe Mullaney. “But they gave him a shot of novocain before the game and he bore up well under the strain.” Ernst scored 12 points for Providence, including four free throws that pulled the Friars away just before the final buzzer. He also had five assists. Ray Flynn, whose six-foot height is by no means big among today’s basketball giants, turned in a deadly second half performance with 17 of his 25 points. Providence is in for trouble if Turtle guards Flynn the way he covered Jones in the CanisiusVillanova game. Jones scored 17 points in Villanova's 28-25 halftime lead and netted the first seven for the

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Wildcats during the opening four minutes of the second half. But when Tim O’Mara, who was guarding Jones, picked up four personals, coach Bob Mackinnon made the sharpest move of the night by inserting Turtle to take over. "I knew Jones favored hi s right,’’ Turtle said after the game. “If he gets the first dribble down, you’re lost. So I kept forcing him to the left, his weaker side.” Turtle held Jones scoreless over ths last 16 minutes. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want ads — they get BIG results.