The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 February 1967 — Page 4

4 The Dally Banner, Greeneastle, Indiana

Monday, February 27, 1967

Bainbridge Pointers Win Sectional Face New Market in Regional Sat.

1967 All-Sectional Team

Visit the Uptown Gym today, and it would look as it does on any other day, except for one major difference. Look around and the only trace of bedlam would be a popcorn box or a coke container stuck away in a comer that the sweepers failed to catch. Or, in the bleachers, there might be a few wet spots remaining from the tears of sorrow from the Greeneastle fans and tears of joy from the happy Pointers’ fans. But the major difference would be the noticeable absence of the nets from the orange hoops which caught the brunt of the Bainbridge onslaught as the Pointers whipped the Greeneastle Tiger Cubs, 94-85, in spine-tingling, bam-bumer affair for their second consecutive sectional title. You might say It was a fam-

ily affair, as the Steele brothers, Larry and Norman, assisted by Ron Rossok, completely dominated the contest the last half, especially Larry, as he tallied 10 of his game high 28 points in the final quarter, when the Pointers broke the game wide open. Brother Norman, who sat out most of the third quarter due to fouls, broke the backs of the Cubs in the fourth quarter with his drives toward the basket. As a result, he finished the evening with 22 points. Dependable Ron Rossok, working to precision under the basket, chipped in with 17 points. But the whistle plagued the Cubs as much as the Pointers did. The Tiger Cubs were forced to play the final two minutes of the third quarter and half

of the fourth with scoring ace Mike Troyer resting on the bench with four fouls. Before he fouled out with 2:14 remaining, Troyer led the Cub attack with 23 points, 13 in the first half. Terry Ross picked up the slack during the absence of Troyer, and dumped in 10 field goals. Pete Norris, after a five-for-five first quarter, managed only one field goal the rest of the way, but did sink five free tosses for 17 points in the losing cause. In all, the Cubs had 33 personals whistled against them and lost four players via the foul route. It was from the free throw line that Bainbridge picked up the margin of victory as the Cubs scored 34 field goals to the Pointers’ 32. Bainbridge connected on 30 charity tosses

“To the Victors Goes the Spoils,” and in this case the “spoils” is the Greeneastle Sectional Trophy. Accepting the award for the Bainbridge Pointers are, left to right, co-captains Ron Rossok, Larry Steele, and Coach Pat Rady. Making the presentation is Principal Kenneth Miller of Roachdale, member of the IHSAA Board of Control. Banner Photo—Frank Puckett, Jr. Cloverdale Eliminated By Brazil Sat. Afternoon

By Frank Puckett, Jr. Brazil’s determined Red Devils were almost late getting onto the floor Saturday but they had to get their plan down pat because they decided that they were going to upset Indiana’s people’s choice to win the state high school basketbal tourney. It took thirty-two minutes of superb basketball but Brazil did what they set out to do and beat Putnam County’s undefeated Cloverdale Clovers, 6358. The Clovers went into game with an unblemished 21-0 record and hopes of becoming Indiana’s next Milan, but they found out that even the toughest of teams have to fall. Brazil went on to defeat Spencer in the final game that night and take their own Sectional crown. They will meet Terre Haute Garfield Saturday at Bloomington. In what can be termed one of the truly remarkable games of the year the Clovers played a beautiful ballgame. They hit a stunning .545 percentage from the field with 25 of 46 tries, connected on 8 of 14 free throws for a .571 from the line, and pulled off seven more rebounds than their opponents with a total of 32, but still couldn’t get the job done. Brazil slapped the Clovers with a sticky man-to-man defense that caught the local team wondering around the court. Instead of playing defensive position between the man and the bucket Brazil players stayed between their man and the ball and refused to let the Clovers Blip around them. By the time the first eight minutes ticked off the clock Cloverdale was down seven, 18-11. Coming back in the second

stanza with a renewed hope of pulling off a rally the Clovers found Brazil blistering the buckets and keeping them down by the seven point margin until Clover coach Jim Miller called for time at the 4:00 minute mark: Immediately after they returned to play Clover Ford popped away and dwindled the lead to six, Williams followed up with a short ten footer and brought the score to four on the next play. Before Brazil could jump back Ford came in again with a beautiful roll around jumper from the key and Cloverdale was down only two, 2729. Brazil mentor Bill Springer then called his boys to the side for a time-out. When the teams came back onto the floor Brazil did all the talking with two quick fifteen footers from Barham, a short five footer from Rumbley, and a beautiful twenty foot jumper from hustling Butwin. Ford got two free throws for the Clovers and found himself leading his team to the dressing room at half time trailing, 35-29. Cloverdale had hit 12 of 19 field goals and 5-11 free throws during the half but Brazil bettered them with 15 of 30 from the field and 5-8 from the line. Cloverdale moved up and down the third period closing in on the host team as much as within one point twice, but each time the southern county club would get rolling, Brazil’s coach Bill Springer would have his boys call a quick time-out. When the Clovers hit the floor again Brazil jumped four or five points back into the lead. Down eight points going into the final period it seemed as though Cloverdale would pull through any minute, but the

closest they could get was three points at the 3:24 mark. When they came within three, 56-59, Brazil’s mentor called a quick time, the Red Devils came back onto the floor and jumped back to five, 61-56. The Clovers then called time but when they returned to the floor big Joe Williams fouled Rumbley. Rumbley missed his attempt at the line, but Brazil got possession of the ball and Barham tucked away a short jumper and the Clovers were down seven, 56-63. With less than one minute remaining Ford took a pass from McCullough and dropped in a neat five footer, but time ran out on the Clovers and Brazil claimed their right to go on to the finals of the sectional. Brazil shot a handsome 28 of 56 from the field for an even .500 percentage, 7 of 12 from the line for a clean .583 percentage and pulled off 25 rebounds. Williams led the Cloverdale crew in scoring with 23 points while Ford added 20. Only five men scored for the Clovers. Three men entered the double figure column for Brazil as Butwin donated 17 points, West 16, and Barham 13. Summaries:

Cloverdale (58) Ford Williams Coon Truax McCullough Totals Brazil (63) Rumbley West Barham Fagg Butwin Sanders Totals

FG FT PF ..844

.10 . 1 2 . 4 25

3 2 0 2 11

FG FT PF .334

. 7 . 6 . 2 . 8 . 2 .28

3 2 1 2 0 12

to the Cubs’ 17. The Pointers were caught on 17 violations. With Pete Norris hitting his five-for-five and Mike Troyer connecting on five for eight, the Cubs roared to a 24-19 first quarter advantage, and in the second quarter increased it to 32-23 with 6:21 to go. But then the Pointers, exercising the poise and determination that makes champions, started to work. In the next three minutes, the Cubs didn’t see the ball, and the Pointers, on two baskets by Ron Rossok, one by Norman Steele, and four free tqsses by brother Larry, were up by one, 33-32. The rest of the quarter was played on even turns, and the half ended with the winners up by two, 4442. First half shooting showed Bainbridge 15-37, for .405, and the Cubs, 17-43, for .395. Each team had 22 rebounds and each committed six errors. Starting the third quarter, Bainbridge hit the Cubs with their patented long-pass fast break and spurted into a quick eight-point spread. But Troyer, being double-teamed, found Ross at the head of the key for two

buckets, which were followed by a Mike Harmless basket, and the game was tied at 51-all with 4:21 to go. The rest of the quarter, the teams played on even turns and the third quarter ended in a deadlock, 63-63. The final eight minutes was all Bainbridge. Jay Frye fouled Gary Martin for a one-point Bainbridge lead. John New was caught pushing Larry Steele on a follow-in, Ron Rossok hit a 20-foot jumper, and the Pointers were up by five with 7:28 remaining. And the Pointers kept pouring it on. With Larry Steele controlling the boards and releasing the long pass to brother Norman, the Pointers swarmed to their longest lead of the night, 84-69 with 3:33 to go. The Cubs, game and gallant to the end, kept picking away, and on Pete Norris’ only bucket of the last three quarters, narrowed the, gap to 90-85 with 40 seconds remaining. Four charity points by Gary Judy and Ron Rossok in the final 20 seconds put the frosting on the cake. In the second half, the Point-

ers converted 17 of 36 attempts for .472, while the Cubs sank 17 of 42 for .405. In rebounding, the losers picked off 21 and Bainbridge 20. The winners made 11 errors the second half and the Cubs made four.

Greeneastle (85) Troyer Harmless Ross Craig Norris Churchill Frye J. New Dunn Brackney

ft ft pf 11 3 5 4 0 2 5 3 0 0

Larry Steel*

Bainbridge

Pete Norris

Greeneastle

Georg* Freshour

North Salem

Bill Newton

Rockville

Ron Rossok

Bainbridge

Mike Simpson

Russellville

Norman Steele

Bainbridge

Mike Troyer

Greeneastle

Dave Carrington

Russellville

Mike Goodpaster

Fillmore

1 10 1 6 3 1 1

Totals Bainbridge L. Steele R. Rossok Hanks N. Steele Price Judy Coffman D. Rossok Martin

(94)

34 17 33 fg ft pf

9 10 7 3 4 0 6 10 1 5 2 0

3 2 3

Regional Pairings

Totals 32 30 17 Greeneastle 24 42 63 85 Bainbridge 19 44 63 94

Tiger Cubs Down Russellville

The Greeneastle Tiger Cubs advanced to the finals of the Greeneastle Sectional with a 87-51 romp over the Russellville Bees in the first Saturday afternoon contest. With Pete Norris controlling the boards and leading the offensive attack the Tiger Cubs roared into a 17-10 first quarter advantage, and stretched it to 83-25 at half time. Norris kept the Cubs rolling in the first half with 18 of his 24 total points. Jim,Craig led the first quarter attack along with Norris with six points. Craig finished the game with 18 points followed closely by Mike Troyer with 17. Mike Simpson played a brilliant game for the Bees in a losing cause, and took game scoring honors with 25 points. But the Greeneastle zone press was just too much for the game and hustling Bees. After a very slow start, when both

teams were feeling each other out, the first four points were scored from the charity line. Then at the 5:40 point, Pete Norris slipped through the defense for the first fielder of the game and a 5-1 Cub advantage. From then on, the Cub press forced the smaller Bees into numerous floor errors and shot from out front or along the base line. But the Bees didn’t bring along their shooting eye, and one shot was all the Bees could get, as the taller Cubs had a 61-26 rebounding majority. After the Cubs went up by eight on a jumper by Troyer 14-6, at the 2:18 point of the first quarter, the Bees cut the margin to four on baskets by Kenny Cushman and Kim Miller, but then Pete Norris hit his eighth point of the quarter to squelch the rally. For the game, the victorious Cubs converted 31 field goals in 90 attempts for .334 per cent.

The Bees had a higher percentage but didn’t take as many shots, (19-51) for 37 per cent. The Bees were guilty of 23 errors, while the Cubs kicked the ball away 14 times. Greeneastle (87) FG FT PF Troyer 5 7 2 Churchill 3 2 2 Frye 0 2 0 Norris 9 6 0 Ross 3 13 Harmless 10 4 J. New 15 3

(All afternoon games 12:30 and 1:45 p. m. Finals at 8:15 p. m.) At Frankfort Bainbridge vs. New Market Delphi vs. Speedway At Hinkle Fieldhouse Southport vs. Shortridge Tech vs. Plainfield At Anderson Marion vs. Carmel Montpelier vs. Madison Heights At Bloomington Terre Haute Garfield vs. Brazil Seymour vs. Bloomington At Connersville Lawrenceburg vs. Jac-Cen-Del Liberty vs. Morristown At East Chicago (CST) Hammond Tech vs. Gary Tolleston Gary Roosevelt vs. Griffith At Elkhart Michigan City vs. South Bend Adams Warsaw vs. Nappanee

At Columbus Greensburg vs. Shelbyville Madison vs. Whiteland At Evansville (CST) North vs. Oakland City Leavenworth vs. Boonville At Fort Wayne Hamilton vs. South Side East Noble vs. Snider At Huntingburg (CST) Holland vs. New Albany Oolitic vs. Corydon At Kokomo Wabash vs. Kokomo Wolf Lake vs. Bluffton At Lafayette Wheatfield vs. Seeger Fowler vs. Lafayette Jeff At Logansport Oregon-Davis vs. Plymouth Logansport vs. Valparaiso At New Castle New Castle vs. Selma Richmond vs. Muncie South At Washington Washington vs. Linton Vincennes vs. North Central

Brackney ..

X 0

Dunn

Russellville

(51) FG

Boiler

Cushman ...

Simpson

Carrington

Miller

Rose

Lieske

Totals

Greeneastle

17 38

Russellville

10 25

Pointers Blast North Salem

The Bainbridge Pointers rolled to their second 100 plus game of the Greeneastle sectional with a 111-47 lacing of North Salem. As most fans predicted, the victory set up a GreencastleBainbridge final. The Pointers didn’t waste any time in completely demoralizing the Blue Devils. As the winners of the first game used a press, the Pointers, right at the gun, threw a zone press against North Salem, and when the smoke cleared, the Pointers were off and running with an eight to one lead, and North Salem went three minutes in the first quarter before they made their first field goal. With a 12-6 lead, the Pointers racked up fifteen consecutive points before their opponents could score again, and the first quarter ended with the Pointers on top, 27-11. Larry Steele was the big man in the first quarter for the Pointers, as taking his favorite

shot from along the side line, he connected for 12 points in the first stanza. Ron Rossok, working well under the bucket, chipped in with 9. After the first quarter, it was just a matter of playing the other three quarters, as the issue was already settled. All ten players saw action for the Pointers and all ten dented the scoring column. Larry Steele took scoring honors with 28 points, 24 of them coming in the first half. Ron Rossok was right behind with 26, 17 of his coming in the first half. Three other Pointers were in double figures with Marvin Price tallying 15; Norman Price and Gary Judy ending the afternoon with 10 each. George Freshour played an outstanding game for the loser, finishing with 18. The Pointers made a walloping 44 field goals in 87 attempts for a .500 per cent. On the other hand, North Salem tried 59 shots and made good on only 15 for 25 per cent.

Tickets Available Principal Norman Evans of Bainbridge High School announced today that tickets will be sold for the Frankfort regional on Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. for Bainbridge season ticket holders only, in the Bainbridge school office. Tickets will be sold to Bainbridge patrons only on Tuesday evening starting at 7:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The following schools, Greencastle, Roachdale and Russellville, will have a sign up list for regional tickets. Signing a list does not guarantee a ticket, but these patrons will be next in line for tickets, if further tickets become available. Patrons must be signed up by 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.

Kentucky beat Villanova 2414 to win the Great Lakes Bowl football game in 1947.

SECTIONAL SCORES At Zionsville Pike 35, Thomtown 28 Speedway 52, Zionsville 48 (OT) Speedway 56, Pike 54, (final) At Brazil Brazil 63, Cloverdale 58 Spencer 56, Staunton 46 Brazil 70, Spencer 61 (final) At Crawfordsville Waveland 81, Ladoga 76 (OT) New Market 81, New Ross 63 New Market 57, Waveland 50 (final) At Frankfort Frankfort 66, Clinton Prairie 50 Delphi 58, Rossville 56 (2 OT) Delphi 60. Frankfort 53, (final) At Martirisville Bloomington University 70, Eminence 54 Bloomington 65, Martinsville 49 Bloomington 81, Bloomington University 51 (final) At Terre Haute Honey Creek 70, Wiley 68 Garfield 72, Gerstmeyer 53 Garfield 90, Honey Creek 79 .(final).

North Salem (47) FG FT PF Weddle 10 3 Freshour 8 2 3 Griggs 14 3 Graham 0 3 3 Peters 0 0 5 Chastain 14 2 Smith 2 3 3 James 2 11 Totals 15 17 23 Bainbridge (111) FG FT PF L. Steele 12 4 2 R. Rossok 10 6 2 Hanks 2 0 4 Judy 2 6 2 Price 4 7 1 N. Steele 5 0 2 D. Rossok 10 0 Coffman 2 0 1 Richard 2 0 0 Martin 4 0 4 Totals 44 23 18 North Salem .... 11 26 36 47 Bainbridge 27 55 82 111

Not all habits are bad, and Coach Pat Rady of the Bainbridge Pointers proves it For the second consecutive year, he has made the climb up the ladder to cut the nets as his team captured the Greeneastle sectional title. Banner Photo—Frank Puckett, Jr. NBA STANDINGS

Eastern Division W L Pet. Philadelphia 57 10 .851 Boston 50 17 .746 New York 34 37 .479 Cincinnati 31 38 .449 Baltimore 18 53 .254 Western Division San Francisco 40 28 .588 St. Louis 31 38 .449 Los Angeles 30 38 .441

Detroit 27 40 .403 Chicago 25 44 .362 Sunday’s Results Baltimore 124, Chicago 106 Boston 130, St. Louis 119 Los Angeles 141, Cincinnati 127 (only games scheduled) Monday’s Game St. Louis vs. Los Angeles at Kansas City (Only game scheduled)

DePauw Tigers Trounce Lake Forest Five. 80-58

A pair of reserve guards came off the bench and fired DePauw to an easy 80-58 Bowman gymnasium verdict over out-manned Lake Forest College here Saturday night. Dave Browning, getting 10 of his 18 points in the first five minutes of the second half, and Dan Schermer poured in 18 and 15 points respectively in the walkaway. DePauw, which had all nine of its players on the floor before the 32-24 first half ended, jumped out to a 10-1 lead. The shorter Foresters pulled to within six, 32-26, but the Tigers made pulp of them after that. The winners, scheduled to face Wabash Wednesday, nearly doubled Lake Forest’s field goal output. DePauw had 33, the losers 17. Neither team shot well in the first 20 minutes. DePauw hit only 12 of 37 for .324. Lake Forest did even

worse. It hit six of 30 for .200. The Tigers did finally warm up in the second half when reserves scored 33 of the 48 last half points. Hitting 21 of 37 in the final stanza, DePauw jumped to a 49-34 margin in the first eight minutes of the second half. It was pushed to as much as 24 when Howard Babcock made it 78-54 with 35 seconds left. The losers, who had only a 52-47 deficit in rebounds, had 24 points at the foul line. Twen-ty-one DePauw personals gave the Illinois crew 33 shots at the line, 17 in the first half and 16 in the finale. Jim Jackson was the only Tiger regular to break into double figures. He had 14 including a pair of stuff shots that provided the evening’s two major bursts of prolonged applause. Illness kept Tom McCormick

out of the game and Tom McGurk, Jack Hogan and Denny Barrett picked up seven, eight and six points respectively. Barrett spent much of his time at foward when Schermer and Browning performed so well in the backcourt. Browning finished with eight of 14 from the field. Schermer had seven of 10. Lake Forest, which worked the ball well despite its undersize and poor shooting, had 10point or plus performances from Mike Hogan (17), Fred Broda (12) and Marty Martinelli (10). After the Wabash battle in Crawfordsville, DePauw wraps its season up here Saturday at 3 p. m. in an important ICC clash with the University of Evansville. A Tiger win would give Elmer McCall’s crew a 7-5 ICC mark and a tie in the league with Valparaiso for second.