The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 February 1965 — Page 16

— THE INDEPENDENT NEWS — FEB. 18, 1965

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Indian Rally Drops Knox In 93-91 Thriller After missing two free throws W li a minute tn in the game. Ii» n We-thm - hu. bed in for the I *»und and scored his only basic of the r. ght to cap a grea* O w-from-behit d rally and give W dkerton a 92-91 lea i n moving V ih< t t< nth v? tmy of the y> ar ov r Knox by a final score of 9 Tt i- a ^ured the Indians o f Bt h ast an (v< n record for the regular season with one game rejn'ining or the schedule and the Hr ti ma) tourney yet to play. It alo broke a string of Knox victveis o\ < r Walkerton that dates V k ‘several years. This game was another wild an I woolly ass nr that saw no le - than 96 free throws shot, not quite matching the total of 100 th * night before. Eight players, for for ea« h team, left the ganu o fouls with the statistics showtnu as cv< n as the final score in- <> ated Walkerton made 31 basic s and 31 free throws while Knox made on. bss basket and ti sam. amount of foul shots. Tii ‘ Indians were whistled for 33 foil- and Knox 32 with Walker-t-.'i missing 19 free throw att< nj ts to Knox's 15. Th-- game started fast and nue- found the pace slowing up tu ich throughout. Bdh teams n *• oring fa-t ami w th a nip a d tmk first quarto:. Knox finaVy took the lea l 25-23 on a h i >t bv Landrum with 17 seconds fc r ' This small lead was rapidly jm>eased as Knox put on quite a oring show in the first two fimutes of the sound period. H'rbi on started the show with a

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pair of free throws A<Lam Mann offset this More with a 25 footer but Smith came back with two one-pointers lion Williams put m a n Itound .shot, but here Knox pulled w- <y. Richie then hit two foul shots Harbison a.kled a king one hander and then another from the foul circle as Knox had pulled to a 38-27 lead with jus’ Ic^ than two minutes gone in this quarter. Will; mb again hit for Walkerton. this time twice fiom the 15 foot line Richie hit a lay in. but Mann scored from the top of the foul emde. Smith hit t^o free throws and Kelly Powell came back with one for Walkerton. A turn-around jumper by Smith was followed by a driving shot by Powell from the baseline. Richie hit next for Knox and Smith went on a one man spree for the next minute, getting three straight baskets and Knox held a • ommanding 50-34 lead at this point. This was stretched by halftime as the visitors from Starke County had assumed a 19 point margin. 59-40. Second Half Entirely Different The second half was a different atory This was probably the best the Indians moved the ball al‘> year as much of the dribbling was left out anil they zipped the ball with authority. Also, offensive rebounding was bitter than it has been on many occasions. In the third quarter, it took over half of the eight minutes before the Indians could start making headway, as far as cutting the big lead down. With 4 os showing on the clock, it was still Knox 66 Walkerton 48 However, four straight baskets cut this. Mann hit a lay in to start the drive. Doug Lute made a nice move from the baseline for a lay In and then Mann plunked in a long shot Terry

Lute hit the fourth basket with 2:40 showing and the lead was only 10 points. Landrum broke the drought for Knox t with 2:22 to play and he later added a ftee throw. Powell hit a rebound shot and Williams a lay in to trim it to nine, but Ijindrum and Richie hit successive lay ins. Mann and Harbison traded the last two baksets of the quarter and the score was 75-62 with one quarter left to play. Indiana Get Hot Mann opened the final period with a lay in just five seconds after the tip. Richie hit one of two ' harity shots and Mann toss, ed a long in cutting the lead to ten. Richie then hit two onepointers, but Powell matched this for Walkerton Ron Williams then hit two free throws before Richie tossed in a short one on a nice move. Doug Uite plunked in a basket, but Landrum came back with two free throws. Doug hit again on a 12 footer, but Smith then hit a pair of onepointera. Doug again was the o-orer, this time from the foul line with two shots at 5:13 still remainexl and Walkerton trailed by eight. T<>m Khnedknst took advantage of a Knox error for a basket, but Smith again hit for the Redskins Williams hit two free throws but Smith added one Doug Lute came back with a basket as he had a hot hand and when Dave Huff hit a rebound shot, it cut the lead to 87-84, with 3 15 remaining in the big scoring battle. Harbison hit a shot from the foul lane with 2:19 showing But a free throw by Wally .Johnson was followed by a rebound shot by Doug Lute, pushing the Indians within two. Landrum hit an all alone lay in with 1:39 to play wh> h resulted in Knox’s final points for the night Doug Lute again hit a lay in. trimming It to two and with 1 03 left to play. Johnson hit one of two free throws, the second leading to the foul on Westhuea that led to the big basket for Walkerton Doug Lute hit the final polrP of the game in the late seconds to account for the 93-91 count. Doug Ijute Issmls Reorem When the excitement had settled, Doug Lute ended high for the night with 23 points, giving him 50 in the two night home CHEVROLETOLDSMOBILE LEADER i * ’ 1 “BUCK KEPCHA” welcomes the opportunity of showing you the finest deals possible on any new or used car or truck. See him now at... Powell-Mann Chev.-Olds. Co. 301 RtMMNPvelt Road Phone SB6-3149 Walkerton, Indiana in- mi

stand. Tills included 13 In the last quarter to pace the come-from-behind effort. Three other Indians, all who fouled out, hit well up in the double figures Terry Lute and Mann had 17 and Williams 16 Three Knox boys. Richie, Smith and Harbison, ea» h had 20 to pace the losers. Box Score Walkerton fg ft ftm P T Lute 6 5 3 5 Williams 5 6 0 5 West hues 113 2 D Lite 7 9 5 4 Mann 8 10 5 Powell 2 5 1g Johnson 0443 Huff 10 2 1 Khnedinst 10 1 Scott 0 0 0 1 Toatls 31 31 19 33 Knox Smith ® R 8 D'Amato 4 2 0 5 Johnson 2105 Richie fl 10 1 4 Harbison 8 b 1 3 B Wilhelm 0 0 12 Pinson 10 0 3 Landrum 363 Henry 10 10 Garr 0 0 0 0 T. Wilhcftn 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 31 13 32 Walkerton 23 40 62 93 Knox M 59 7fl 91 The start of every new day tends to make a man realize tha’ his days arc numbered.

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N. L Jr. High Loses Two Games To Kno\ The liberty Jr. Hi fives en,;. their sea.non last Wednesday . losing both games at Knox the 7th grade game. Liber playing without the services leading scorer. Ronnie Yom lost by a score of -30 to 16 I Bth grade lost their game by narrow margin of 10-38, in a i thriller. After trailing 39-32. v less than a minute to < play, t Shamrocks fought back to ti only by 39-38 with 12 secoi ami a chance to tie the gi with a'free throw. However t free throw was missed, and K’ - recovered the rebound and di ped in a free throw in the fir seconds for the two-point x • tory. The teams closed their sen on the winning aide. The 7 grade team’s final FM'ord wa> wins and four losses; while • Bth grade finished the sea with a record of eight wins five losses. The losses were a total margin of fourteen poi: • The Bth graders lost two to N w C^rhaW; and lost to LaPaz V karuea and Knox. Highhgl the season was the champion of the four-team Bth grade t ney with the victory over L I in the championship game in t overtimes. 65-63.