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In Spite of All of Coach Wier's Woes

Ineligibility and Injuries Prevent Woody From Putting Best Team on Floor

By JAMES E. WALTERS, United Press Sports Writer For a fellow who claims he has “just a fair ball club,” Woodrow Wier, freshman coach of the Marion high school basketball team, was doing better than all right today. The Giants, who haven't been giants much more than in name since the 1930-40 season, currently have won six out of seven stars and are leading the North Central conference with a perfect record. But Wier, who played terrific - basketball for Indiana university in |the same boys in any two succesthe early 30's, appears deadly seri- sive games yet,” Wier added. “But ous when he says his Giants have some of them are coming along proved themselves to be “just a fair |nieely and we're bound to be much club.” stronger when Pettiford becomes “I know we haven't had our best| eligible.” tepm on the floor yet by any| Marion so far has done little means,” he said, “and I haven't|{with a fast-break offense. The boys got much of an idea of how good usually work the ball around with —or bad-—we're going to be.” Barnhart on the pivot. Weagley, of Navy Veteran course, has been the leading scorer,

“Wier took the Marion job fo1- | but the point-totals are , welllowing ‘his discharge last summer | Punched. : from a three-year trick in the navy.| One thing about Marion's run of Before that he coached at French | rouble, though. It seems a little Lick, Jasper and Vincennes high! like heaven” to Wier .after what schools and was freshman coach at (he went through at Jasper and

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A CONTRACT, TOO—Surrounded by models, Glen Dobbs gets lesson in handling beach ball from Shirley Modell on. Miami Beach. Former Tuisa passing luminary was given five-year contract

Vincennes. At Jasper, he had rugnior: t a % {ged clubs at the same time neigh- |

The ink hardly was dry on his|,.. in. Huntingburg had the Menke | Marion contract when he got the , ipo His best team at Vin-

bad news from the state high|.. nec lost a two ; \ -pointer in the school athletic association. Lanky|igsn tourney to a Washington squad | Don Pettiford, one of the two re- i... grabbed the next two state turning veterans and a rugged sn am pionships. scorer, was declared Ineligible until| Jan. 1, 1947, for playing basketball

ln ve au Welters Paired around Guard Dick Weagley, the In Six-Rounder

No. 2 man in the conference scoring parade last season. He put] Ralph Ferguson, a junior, at the other guard, moved Dick Barnhart|welghts Jinmy Conn of + Kokomo | to center, and planned to use Art and young . Gene McGovern of | Brown and Troy James at forward.' granite City, Ill, have been paired | That gave him a “giant” lineup, for six-round action on Friday! topped by Earnhart and Brown, night's Armory fistic bill. who are both six-two. McGovern made his debut here More Trouble about a month ago and gained a) Brown promptly contracted a |four-round verdict over Jesse John-, foot infection and didn't get to!son, while Conn hammered out a

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start a game until last Friday, when convincing margin over Dave Bruce with a versatile team as Coach John | working agreement with the Bos- |

Marion nosed Anderson, 38-36. jon last week's menu. ! Wier began alternating Roger| Another six will feature semiWickman and Don Gugel, a pair windup action when Tommy | of near-six-footers, in Brown's po- | Charles, who lost to Al Johnson in | sition. Both had top-notch scoring a state title mill last Friday, meets nights. |Lee Carter, unbeaten. local lightThen James came down with in- heavy. Charles hopes to redeem testinal flu, and Ferguson suffered himself after being stopped by a knee injury, |t. k. 0. in the seventh round of the! We haven't been able to play Johnson ‘fracas.

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Butler Will Get Tribe Fills Gap More Rest Stops At First Base

A gap at first base in the Indianapolis Indians’ tentative lineup for Butler’s basketball Bulldogs prob-| 1947 was filled today by Butch ably will get three pauses that Té-| Moran from the Hollywood club of the Pacific Coast league. Announcement of the 29-year-old Moran's purchase was made by Ted Sullivan, Tribe business manager. Moran, who bats and throws : a right handed, had a hitting aver-! American conference competition, age of 285 last season, playing an and mid-American rules stipulate | 05 games and getting 87 hits in that conference games shall be| sos plate appearances, played in 10-minute quarters in-! vince Shupe, Indianapolis first

when they meet the Universily of Cincinnati Bearcats Thursday night at the Fairview fieldhouse, The game will be the first of eight for the Bulldogs against Mid-

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NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (U. P).— Norman Burns, New Haven.Rambler center, topped the scoring race in the American league today for the eighth straight week as he scored

two goals and two assists in four! Sacred Heart at St. Joseph's games to make his season total 39 THURSDAY points, Sacred Heart at Carmel Don Metz of the Pittsburgh Hor- FRIDAY

nets, John Holota of the Oleveland Barons, and Jack McGill of the Hershey Bears were tied for second place, hot on Burns’ trail with 36 points each. Mets, runner-up last week, played only one game “and scored two goals, while Holota had two goals and two assists in two games and McGill tallied two goals and four assists in three games, Cliff Simpson of the Indianapolis Oapitols gained fifth place by scoring three goals and one assist in two games for an overall total of 34 points.

Beech Grove at Center Grove Ben Davis at Mooresville Cathedral at Noblesville Crispus Attucks at Pine Village Danville at Speedway Greenfield at Howe Manual at Broad Ripple Thorntown at Pike township —Tourney at Butler— 2 p. m~—~Tech vi. Southport 3:15—8hortridge va. Franklin township 7--Consolation. $8—Finals, SATURDAY Decatur Central at Broad Ripple

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