The Independent-News, Volume 93, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 14 March 1968 — Page 8

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- THE INDEPENDENT-NEWS — MARCH It. 1968

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SATURDAYS TOURNAntent play again found the axe hitting s<niv highly regarded teams a.- four schools canted their w i\ int<> the final four this canning Saturday at Indianap lis The three-week ends of action have now found the favorites getting eliminated at a regular dip and as some fans will tell you, this continued to hold tiue Saturday. AMONG THE RATHER strong favorites that fell in the latest whack were Mulligan City and Evansville Reitz Despite the fact they were both beaten by very good teams, these two had the support of many to make the finals and final game this Satur day. AT F<»RT WAYNE A VERY in’et-sting day was observed as basketball at its finest and also some at not quite such a good level was displayed The three games gave the fans a little of everything, good balanced play, dominating by one bain and even some very poor play. THE RED DEVILS OF MlCHigan Cily * p< n«*d with Kokomo. Th- Kats ware underdogs in this dash. but for the first 16 minutes, no one could ask for better play and more excitement. These two teams took off at a torrid pace of play and shooting and by halftime the fans had to wonder if the pace could continue that found the Kats holding a 43-41 lead. The spirited play by both clubs and the shooting and lx».ird work was something to behold. HOWEVER, THE SECOND half told the tale. Michigan City began to dominate the play as the Kokomo team began to get a little weary at the pace of the play. In the first half the Kats had been hitting boards real hard, but the second 16 minutes found the pace forcing them to lose some ground in this department and with Michigan City not showing any effects of the game, they opened a margin that Kokomo couldn't again reduce. By the end of the third period, thanks to a three-minute cold streak by the tir<-d Kats. City had opened a 69-60 margin and more or less < .tsted to the final margin of 11. THE SECOND GAME WAS s anething else. Very seldom after sectional play does a person see su- h a game. Often one team will be extremely <-dd and look Very p-s-r, but at a semi-stale level when two teams look this way it is surprising. Fl. Wayne Central Cathola made the entire n -rthe .st corner of the state 1 -ok bad by being then representativ- Their play, shooting and b-.ut everything else left so much t . be desired it was hard to f: me out h<»w they had got-

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- ten that far. Alb r eight minutes of constant missing the basket, the two teams were knotted at 10-iO. In the first minute and 21 se< - nds of the w-cund quarter, Mari- n had scored 10 points already and this lead was never seriously threatened CC did manage to trim the margin several times, but Marion was hitting just enough to k« ep a lead. THE FINAL SCORE OF 62-51 in a game that neither team was afraid to shoot in uid explain that play wasn’t good. Both teams t-*-k poor shots, missed easy baskets and just didn't look like a threat to the hr-h-U in j Devils of Michigan City. Much indication in the press room between sessions was that the night game would be a cake-walk. IF IT WAS A CAKEWALK, it was probably the most exciting cakewalk ever witnessed. When the chips were down, Marion really < amc through. Some question had been raised about the Giant's handling of Michigan City's speed. However the Giants came to play ball and play on both ends of the floor. Only occasionally did the Devils get a fast break going g<>«»d and not too many of these resulted in baskets. Marion, with four started standing 6’4” or more, did a fine job of defensing the Michigan City team. For the second time in two weeks, we saw a man covering the quick - shooting Keen completely bottle him up as he just wasn't getting shots and the ones he was getting Weren’t dropping. THE AMAZING PART OF the game might not be realized until next year. Both schools were represented by all but two underclassmen in this contest and yet they were very good, polished ball players. Only Meade for Marion, and O'Gorek and Keen for Michigan City were starters that will be gone next season. ELSEWHERE AROUND THE state, Vincennes earned their way into the Finals with an exciting victory that had to raise some eyebrows as they eliminated Evansville Reitz. The 71-70 thriller eliminated the team that defeated the defending champion and looked like the real power in the southern part of the state. In the afternoon Vincennes dropped Jeffers- nville by eight and Reitz tore Bloomington apart by a 20 p >int margin. AT LAFAYETTE. THE UNusual setting of not having Lafayette Jefferson in the semistate, found Gary Roosevelt raiding all the eyebrows. They handled Attn a in the second half after a very exciting first half. The other contest found North

Miami c- mlng from behind, and way behind in the early stages, to overtake the Greencastle team. This schoc 1, entering the semistate with a losing record, was the Cinderella Lam in Housierlan I until the bubble not only btr -t, but was completly disentegrated m the night battle with the str- ng Gary Roosevelt team. The Calumet area representative jumped to such tremendous leads of 23-5 and 43-13 in the two first half stops, it was never a contest from this point < n. AT INDIANAPOLIS. THREE highly rated teams remained in the play . In the fit st game It was Richmond over Jac-Cen-Del. This wasn't too much of a context throughout as the Richmond squad again featured the big lead and th- n held on as they had to. The final seo”? wn* 68-49. However, the second grade found some real fireworks. C< lumbus met Indianap-lis Shorlridge in this impntunt battle and the game f-II wed st an e patterns. C lumbus jump- 1 ahca i in the < p ning stanza Lut £!.<rt ridge came back real str- n ; in the »;«*<•< nd period. c lumbus trailed 40-33 at halflim-, lut the odd quarto: was again their strong for as they bounced back from the deficit to take a slim 55-54 thiid period lead. However, the even quarter again belonged to Shortridge as they came storming back to win going away on the basis of a big 34 point period. It is interesting to note that Shortridge totaled 63 points in the second and fourth periods in this game. AT NIGHT THE SHORT - ridge team didn't wait so long. They broke in front with a commanding 22-8 first period and from here on out, extended this lead until the final period when the teams played about even. LAST WEEK WE MANAGED to pa k only two semi-state winners, but did hit in all but three games, missing the North Miami and Greencastle game along with the two finals that put Marion and Vincennes in the final four. This week things are tough again. Gary Roosevelt meets Vincennes in the opening contest. On the basis of competition so far and the fact that they have looked very good, we will put Roosevelt into the final game. The second game pits the very good Shortridge team against a taller and can be quite talented Marion Giants. In this game we will go with Shortridge In a possible surprise as their momenteum seems to be the best around. At night, we will have

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to identify colors, fruits, animals, even the United States and continents. With mother's encouragement. the pre-sch«x>ler, will use his imagination to "make up stories" about the "birds I see." the ballon man, the fire truck, or other of his favorite puzzle subjects. at the same time that he is developing manual dexterity and gaining awncc of achievement in problem solving^ "Going to school at home" gives the pre-schooler his conversation piece at the dinner table along with older children. With a play desk complete with blackboard and magnetic spelling board mother can hold "classes” in numbers, drawing, and writing. The pre-schooler’s "school" can be complete, even to milk and cookies at recess. By guiding the younster in his own discoven’ of m w uses of his familiar playtools, mother creates for child the creative environment that Playskool Research has found is so necessary to his indlvtdual growth. Wisisas Frl. and Sat., Mar. 15 and 16 The Hilarious tale of a teen-age mountain lion WALT DISNEY presents Charlie The Ix>nesome Cougar Technicolor