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_ SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1950
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Spence chnairfer and Ted Server of the Madison Cubs
Olymps Seal Cage Crown
Stage Show Before 4000 Owensboro Fans
Times Special OWENSBORO, Ky. Mar. 18— The Indianapolis Olympians wound up their freshman year in: ¥ professional basketball here last! hight by trouncing the Denver, Nuggets, 108 .to 73, to clinch the ‘championship of--the- National Basketball Association's Western] Division. The Olympians were fo returu) (8 home to Indianapolis tomorrow to| prepare for their first NBA play-| off game here Tuesday night against the Sheboygan Redskins, fourth-place club in the Western | Division, L The first game will be played in| ¢ Butler University Fieldhouse and] the second will be played on| Thursday in Sheboygan. If a third game is necessary, it will be| played in Indianapolis. 3 Beard Nets 70-Footer It was an easy task—conquer ing the Nuggets last night. And it was the largest score ever chalked |
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hold the IHSAA trophy while their
up in the Owensboro Memorial| Pat Klein of Marion . . . wins
Sports Center. A crowd of i Trester medal. watched.
- ond Ed Cheatham (3) of Madison go after a loose ball,
The original Olympians, Cliff |
Barker, “Joe Holland, Wallace] Indiana State Jones, Alex Groza and Ralph)
Beard, played only slightly
than half the game and od up 83 of the Olympians 108 points. | ins it In the latter stages of the con-
test, the Olympians put on an
exhibition of ball-handling and| - KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar. 18
6 shooting for the fans. Ralph (UP) — Indiana State Teachers, | Rushville Ho edireerll
Beard brought the crowd out of |College of Terre Haute captured
fts seats when he swished one
e. na Grom 3, Hawi. 3 Sone 2, Beard: the Oklahoma team ball. —————————— { In the third place battle, Cen-!
College Basketball foi. oor of Tampa.
. Y. INVITATIONAL 80 fo 67. St. ao 69, Duquesne 67 (overtime, consolation).
(consolation). but’ they missed
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Oklahoma Grabs Lead ©... ©@CNY 89, Bradiey 61 (final). The Sycamores started fast, hit
NAIB AT KANSAS CITY {five of their first eight shots from | Central College 80, Tampa 67 |the field and appeared to be
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Indiana. State 61, East Central tion of losing the prize they had| Okla 57 (final); o-oo (sought. so long. They’ Dearly 0; "CINCINNATI INVITATION AL Nt at the free throw line as.
William & Mary. 68, Morris Har-| Oklahomans hit . vey 59.. {shots. -
23 out of the
Cincinnati 39, Xavier, 0. 48 (fin- ‘Indiana State held 4732 to 30 ..al). {lead at the halfway mark. But in Ohio State 70, DePaul-63. {57 seconds in the second period, “West Falrmont 55, Morgantown OKlahoma. took ‘Its first lead. The 35. game therm see-sawed with no . ——————————————— more than three points separat-| Fists Fly as Royals |ing the teams for the next seven
. iminutes. Indiana State then] Edge Knicks, 77--74 !stretched to a five-point lead as| ROCHESTER, N. Y. Mar. 18 Ciarence Walker, fine Negro (UP)—The Rochester Royals/guard, hit three field goals in climbed to within one game of quick succession and Jim Berger
the central division lead in the added another.
National Basketball Association | Overton tipped” 19 points for tonight by defeating the New| Oklahoma before a capacity
York Knickerbockers, 77 to 74, in| crowd of 9700 in the Municipal contest for the Caps with a pair
a game marked by a fist fight. | Auditorium. Harry Donovan of the Knicks!
Indiana State's back int ti with| and Red Holzman of the Royals| distributed throughout the box 80t back into opera oh. ar ae 38 : traded punches in the third period [score with Don McDonald getting | {ine game and. Buller meng oD a3 dianapolis. D. Mor. Toronto [1111 30 4
. and were pulled apart by the 11 points, Rzeszewski and Walker
referees and policemen 10 each to top.the scoring.
‘scoring was]
Way Down Yonder With Eggert
Way down yonder in New Orleans .
. that’s where
Times Sports Writer Bill Eggert is heading. to bring Times
ing ‘in ‘Tuesday’ 8s Times.
readers the pitch on the Indianapolis In- - dians. Yes, it’s spring again and time for. The Times to give the best .in “baseball coverage . ... starting Tuesday. Bill Eggert knows the Indians . . .- knows what makes them tick. He covered the Tribe's Little World Series last fall when the Lopezmen took the crown. Watch for Eggert's dispatches start-
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“a as Ly Toy : iu . : / age of eight. Ted Server of Madison lunging for a loose ball in the second Madison's players insisted that Coach Ray. t down the! cause Coach Marion Crawley's| half of the fina me. 9'ng » ils. players i "% fy gut down nearby five :provedito be a 22 isen's total of 67 points is 9 worthy foe as both teams bat. © Second highest total made in T|tléd give-and-take for the first] [a final championship game. PROGRESS OF 1 HE SWEET SIXT EEN | hai ute Garr in 1087 Anderpan | ernon ops The lead changed hands five Haute Garfield in 1947. Anderson AT INDIANAPOLIS AT INDIANAPOLIS " |times and the score was dead-|™2de 67 against Ft. Wayne Cen-
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through the hoop from 70 feet the 1950 NAIB crown tonight in . AT Monch out. a ding-dong fight with unsung | Sheridan «ivevesss. _ Berd led the scoring for ‘the East Central Oklahoma State of ”. ) Sheridan sesssennedd oo .~winners with 23 points. Dillard ADA. The score was 61 to 57. New Castle ...... oe | Toker got 18 to lead the Nug-| It was the third time and the, Marion ...........37 Marion ...00000000.49 {charm time for the Sycamores . ! MATION +coeveeess Bl. hee 3, A ie) from Indiana. Twice before, in, Auburn ...........51) : . . c . wroza 8 own.C i 0.0 Hawkinse, 1 0 2 1946 and 1948, the Sycamores lost \ 7 t . Browne] i : ATE ‘© 4 : ! the prize in the ww ame. \ AT BLODMINGTON \ e nny Rzeszewski of Indiana New Albany .......} Vv r alloca. § i 3 UBerrers § 1 3 State, came off the bench with | New Atbany .......52 } i otton.s. 0 0 Halex . 7 3 %four fouls on him in the last five| Ellettsville ........42f | New Albany ..... 30 | ghaetlecs. 19 4minutes to direct a beautiful dis- Wins 5 : ! . . —~ — _/play of ball control. In that| MSIOW svairsness Winai 7 . oa. 300 Totals 54, 82 period. Rzeszewski scored five Evansville Bosse. ..55) OW seeses tee 9 Drea snfows misesd-=Toomay, Crocker |points. as the Sycamores held the (Overtime) rown 3, Darden Voiker, Sailors 3. Oe {ball and played deep freeze with AT LAFAYETTE Lafayette reeves id?
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Pholos by Joha Spickiemire and Henry E. Glesing Jr., Times Staff
ferson look on.
Favorites Wallop Lafayette Broncos
Score Deadlocked at Halftime, 28-28; Two Afternoon Games Are Thrillers
Bob Pierce (31) of Lotovatte is up in the air; Ted Server (15) Denny Blind, Lafayette guard, starts driving as Bill Bore (32) and Ted Dunn (33) of Lafayette Jefe
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son hit nine of 13 field goal at-| ment started.
man, spearheaded the victory drive with three consecutive field! j,q¢ goals in the fourth and was joined| icing. by Irwin Bunton and big Spence | Schnaitter,
the limit before down New looked like a new ball club at the| Albany outset of the championship fray.| [A dispelling any doubts as to their! lis championship caliber. Ide They had to be razor sharp be-
locked four times in the first half. {tral In 1946.
two-pointer before Madison held a| Jimmie Picked ‘Em
41 to 35 lead at the three-way One of the stars in Madison's post. IHSAA crown is Jimmie AnThen Jeff cracked under Madi-| gelopolous, Times sports writer, son's fourth quarter deluge and| Jimmie: picked the Cubs to go “the Cubs won going away: Madi-| all the way before the fourna-
tempts and marked up 26 points! Our Times oracle had his against nine for Jeff and the Cub| Moments of doubt in the Marreserves swarmed into action. ~ | lon-Madison game which Madi.
Maurice Lorenz, Madison's sixth| ", Bo inavaged te oS. last night against Jeff. Jimmie smiled and licked the
nine of 20 games all ear, got t The Cubs, who were pushed. to| ithe finals With a brilliant ite 3
ng-Marion's TOVETtifTe a ‘| respectable Giants, 50 to 49, victory aver favored
Marion's Pat Klein, the 1650 rthur L. Trester medal winner, a former Madison, Ind. resi nt. He moved to Marion at the
LJ . Winois Crown | Madison ran away to a 9 to 1/ A fim pr tp a lead at the start with Schnaitter piney, § == i A 3 il . [hitting five of his nine points in Bunton, f wn. 7 § 3:] 3 CHAMPAIGN, II, Mar. 18 [the first quarter. But Jeff settled | | er itthe, c 10 : 3 3 5 i. J UP) Mount Vernon captured down and Bob Pierce, Denny gown. ¢ . . . 9. QQ 0 ~fthe Iiiinols-state high school bas-\Blind and. Bill-Bone closed to-13, Tumnercw.*. 5g... 3.0.8 3.0 {ketball crown tonight by trounc-{to 11 before Schnaitter and loans) * iF 4-4 g 1-4 'ing: ‘Danville, 85 to 61. {Server moved it to 18 to 11 at| . Totals .. a2 23 33 23 a # 5 Earlier in the evening Eigin/the end of the first session. Lafasetis Ot) ftm pf ip ©. Won the consolation game in the| Jeff's Charles Schaible, who hit|? cu, 8 3 3.1 4 i State finals by beating Collins-|the winning basket against New (Franz f . ings 8.30 : 3 O ville, 81 to 65. Albany to put Jeff into the finals, [Bog ©, ~¢ 1 3 2. 3 i Z Mount Vernon's center Maclhit for four and Blind got two |Rierce. g .....17 2 3. 3 Sq | |Hooper set a new single-game more field goals and Schaible (Blind: s 1 : 3 2 3 : 3 individual scoring record of 36/gave Jeff its first lead of the/RPpson. s 8 2% o 3 o 3 {points on 16 field goals and four|/game 23 to 22 late in the second |, aehalitime. score: Madison 28, Lafayette | free throws.--His record break- quarter. | Officlals—Jack O'Neal, Marvin Todd. Q ing basket came with five min-| It was tied up at 25-all and 26- | rite eetam—— x utes and 45 seconds of the fourth all in the torrid last two minutes | ; Z quarter gone. [before the half. CCNY Ed Bs 5 Hooper also set a new record] The Broncs sorely missed bril0 with a total of 104 points in the liant Charles Reynolds, who re- : Zz wn
[the greatest number of baskets in the finals. {made ina game. - {Madison's scoring balance was ———————- [led by. Bunton, who got 16 points.
four tournament games, and his|ceived a sprained ankle in the . 16 field goals tied the record for afternoon game and failed to play Ia ey n NIT
NEW YORK, Mar. 18 (UP) —
|Schnaitter hit 14, Lorenz and City College of New York's drive 'Marolt Cops National Server hit for 11 each. and|'!d the final five minutes broke
| Junior Ski Crown Cheatham got 10.
{open a see-saw second half and
endo |beat Bradley, 69 to 61, tonight SALT LAKE CITY, Mar. 18] Schnaitter picked up four per- Ys 8 (UP) — Speedy Bud Marolt ot | sonals in the second quarter and for the National Invitation Base
Cleveland Sets Two More AHL Records
long, steep downhill course at missing his height on rebounds. ship.
Aspen, Colo. careened down a|sat out the third period, Madison ketball Tournament. champion-
Alta, Utah, today to take first| Server Almost Ties Record Racing Irwin. Dambrot Spear [Place in the Natiofial Junior Skij The Cubs’ Server, held to one i acd the mighty City surge, but
f {it was more a matter of a team With Last-Period 5-3 Decision Over Caps | “imi couse i ras fi or det, rior, hie sh be Hota” eas
for top honors, “followed by “Mar He" ‘missed his ninth attempt but | fey: led-by-as-much-as 11- points”
CLEVELAND, O., Mar. 18 (UP) regular season at ‘home tomor-! 0 th 1 —The Cieveland Barons, Western| {row night against New Haven n e Ice
|ven Crawford, Steamboat Springs, hit his tenth one. Fuzzy Vandi-
in’ the first half. But City ‘kept
|Colo. and Dick Schwaegler, Ya-|vier of Franklin hit nine against|O7Yin8- Came within three points .
‘Division champions of the Ameri- and will open - the post-season AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE {kima, Wash. .| Anderson in 192. of Bradley at the intermission ¢an Hockey League, set two more playoffs next Tuesday night in _ GP W-L T Pts. 6 0G! In the girls’ downhill, little Server's eight straight in the 'and then came -from behind in [league records tonight as: they St. Louis. . fiitand wan if 190 338 330 Naomi Sandeig of “Gulch, Mont.| final game and five straight in he whooping-wild second halt Iclosed out their. regular. season!. The. Flyers: clinched the..third 3t. Louls re en 5.38208 $37 copped first place in. the shorter the afternoon. tilt. gave:him. 13} °F victory. {with a 5-to-3 victory over the In- place spot in the western division Cincinnati 60 18 37 -14 50 181 25¢| downhill course in 1:6.5. Joan|congecutive charity flips for both : dianapolis Capitals. beating Hershey tonight. The Eastern, DV% pe 6 og Law of Elko, Nev. took second. games. y. Hp 4000 Fans See ‘ Steve Kraftcheck and Hy Buller Caps-Flyers series wil be a best- Buffalo . 023% 18 3 a followed by Skeeter Werner of jos scoring was pa {each scored in the last period to two-of-three. Springeid oo % 2 3 A 8 348 383 | Steamboat Springs, and Janet Blind, Dunn a 2 5 h i ted oy Yale-Cornell Meet break a 3-to-3 tie and give the cieveisnd_Gosl. Bower: Detenseman. Herons ©. 30 31 3 10 33 3% iio Glasmann, Snow Basin, Utah. | opt RUD, ang Perales who hit y STHACA, N. Y., Mar. 18 (UP)— Barons their 45th victory and Buller. Krattcheck, Center. Holota Wings. ) - rr ————— ale’s powerful track team de 100th point in the league stand- Sma Sees Borin ior Cy ci : a5. INDIANAPOLIS 3. ‘Sycamore Honored Maison 0 of 63 for an feated Cornell, 6235 to 5013, toe ings, both new marks. Indianapolis Goal. Samchuck: Defense: fierihes 3. Bufiaio 4. 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo., Mar, 18] Ayerags: Oa 9, Mile Jot sare night before 4000 fans as Jim | Cleveland went into the third|{{n, cabin, ol Conier B, 5 oerivan:/ Plttsburen 3 Shacianats o y Was a tasty! Fuchs and George Wade broke ex-
bury. Lund, Reid, Sclisizsi, Lundy, Glover,| St. Louls 9. New Haven 2 period leading 3 to 1. but Gordon) bury, Lund. Reid, Sc TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE"
{Haidy and Gerry Reid tied the Offictals: Referee—Red Reyrioids: Lines- | sl Ga
|(UP)—Lenny Rzeszewski, senior one for Coach Eddy. Eddy's 1941 {of Indiana State Teachers Col-
so! 1€8E; was ‘awarded the Chuck (on Hatchets, 39 to 33.
isting Barton Hall records in t team lost to. Crawley’s Washing- [no pus and mile run, ie
respec.
(Fin {man—Mike Brophy. New Haven at INDIANAPOLIS [tively. |Taxlor trophy tonight as the most | Fi I { of goals before the eight-minute cieveiana “Corr BF FERIODR 5 2 TClnciman b Providence LL able player of the 1950 NAIB FS. Loss Jor Crawley | _ Fuchs, holder of the world’s in= X. Then the Barons’ offensive [INDIANAPOLIS 0123 wi w Play The final game, witnessed by door and outdoor record in the Jan ye TY SCORING NATIONAL LEAGUE tournament. 15,000 fans, marked the first time {shot, heaved the iron 46 f 1 First _Period—1_Cleveland. Sloan (Cer. Ww LTT Ps 0 ool He was named also to the ve e iron eet 913 35. 3-Cleveiand: y CEresng patrons 135 18 14 84 213 152) {the crafty Marion Crawley had|inches to break his own Barton Ithe game riod =3-—Indianapolls, D. Mor- Toronto PERN 161] (first all-tournament team. |dropped a state final . tourney | Halt record established last year, The Caps will close out their (Tana. | Lgswick" Carse. Sloan) Mh SCs Ne York [1:27 28 11 65 183 b boll |game. His Hatchets also won the| Wade, last year's intercollegiate . Lap FE dipapot. Mayas Chicas ux 15 3 10 4 ie 2 ie7 i Pro Basket a 1942 state title and his 1948 Jéff| champion, captured the mile in Ey F (Schsiat) | 3:34. 6 indianapolic, Reid | RESULTS LAST NIGHT NATIONAL RSkETOALL, on SOCIATION team annexed that toga. , {421.2 fo break a record that Paul Bearcats Down Xavier {Tazlor) |e pnd Builer tHolota. betrait 1, Boston 1 (tle). WERE w IL er Crawley’ Be, Wiel won only | Vipond of Cornell set in 1834. alties—Hal - | pr} chasse assnre 3 28 For ‘Cincinnati Title | a U. 5. LEAGUE REsuLTs New York 2
CINCINNATI, Mar. 18 (up)— Norfolk Quintet Wins TiO Bens
! Louisville 5, Minneapolis 4.
The University of Cincinnati 2d Straight Navy Title |
Morris Harvey faltered in the sec- their second straight year.
ond half and lost to William and| Tonight's victory was the sec- UCKY STATE TOURNEY
King, high-scoring Morris Harvey forward, to six field goals. Howeyer, he sank 17 out of 22!
three series for the Navy Cup. ‘Timah.
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won the title for the second time [Minneapolis iy sper siren Bl 38 rei Cp A | NORFOLK, Va. Mar. 18 (UP)! {Rochester .................50 11 146/Pos. = Name eam ge in Cincinnati ‘Garden's invita-| H. S. Basketball IM. Wayne i. nen x 3 FP P Kil M « 17 i | —The Norfolk Naval Air Station [ChIZAgO ,.......'oveeninn HEE at ein, arion’ SAA ae. tional tournament tonight by ILLINOIS STATE TOURNEY (St. "Lowie’ CL ie n 4 . : | trounced the Pacific Fleet Sub- Mount Vernen 31. Eigin 4. < estern Division Bob Clayton, New Albany .17 6-6 downing Xavier, 59-48. ound ingly a8. iN Oraiabbize J , n In the consolation game De. marine team, 82-71, tonight to win tts ol. Colinaviie a conyatation). |WNOIAEAPOLIS .......... 3% 2% ®F ‘Norman Edwards, Marion . 16 6-1 fore - the championship contest, {the all- Navy basketball title for} ISCONSIN STATE TOURNEY | Shevorsan Li 2 EH 381 Irwin Bunton, Madison aE 17 6-3
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wo Croix alts Yo Bn aire 35. (Anal). {De - 52 A178 i i UVF ULES LAME NlaHY 'C. Spence Schnaitter, Madison 18 6-4
Mary, 68-50. ond consectitive win for the Nor- Clary Casaty % Taam TRVALY | peoulaolis 8 bene | med Dunn, Lafayette, .... 17 6-3 William and Mary held George! folk: Flyers in a best two-out-of-| {rater Laradlie” ss. ark “Toutly hi Washlieion Br Wayne 18 : yeuis,
per IT, New York 14. .2 \G. Ted Server, Madison ..... 18 5-10
Minneapolis The = is Ed Chéatham, Madison ... 17 511
Syracuse 3 88 (overtime). Norfolk won 100-62 Jast night. . wasted’ Hoss Comme i. 1 Buc + Sluis Socks "Denny Blind, Lafayette ... 16 — 5.9 foul shots and was top scorer of quintet in the all-Navy finals. at rast EE oumnar | a WH
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