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bhooting uueiThe varsity game was touch and go throughout in a shooting duel un-cqualed. The Blue Devils hit 23 of 55 'hots for a creditable .418 markv hilo the visitors were even hotter with 26 of GO for a .433 percentage. Tipton started well with 8 of 14 i the iirst quarter while MontieelloBrightest HeroesBy BOB GATELYUnited Press InternationalIfV. .! sin 14 but picked uppoints at the foul line whilegot only 2 of four tries end of tlie quarter it1 'evils at the IS 18.fourtheandwasINDIANAPOLIS (UPI) — Three teams will carry perfect records into the Indiana high school basketball championship * tourney when the 6G0-field begins firing inthe sectionals next Wednesday.hisWallv Murrav who blazed• *wav to a new all-time one-seasonlt;•scoring record lor Tipton, hit three of four field goal tries and made-ood on his onlv free throw at-‘ mpt in that quarter for a sevenjoint start.In the second quarter both teams cooled off considerably. Tipton hit only two of ten field goal tries, including one of five for Murray but the ‘ BIG M” went six for six at tne foul line in the quarter and asthe floor for the inter-Blue Devils held a point lead 31-28. The Monti's were only 2 for 21 from the f old but had four of seven at the foul line to stav in contention.Friday night’s action was Madison. North Caston and Tunnelton all wind up their regular seasons without a loss. Madison, whichregistered its third successive unbeaten regular season, w-on 18 while North Caston and Tunnelton each posted 21 victories.which downedLaw-Cas-Mili-easythe bo vs left mission the M-ant threeHobbs Hit Well4 »It was. Ben Hobbs who kept Tip-■ton in the* game in the tJrfrTT'tfuar-tor. hitting three of six fielddrs.Murray, went info the game needing 18 points to eclipse the 12-year I record of Denny Wilburn who tallied 394 for Tipton in 1950. He hit a fielder in three tries and two j ints at the foul line in that thirdquarter for a total of 19 that gave him the new school record with aquarter still to go.dim Bice replaced foul-stricken Mike* Baker, hit a fielder and a free throw in the quarter and did a hang up job for the Big Tipton center.Madison, renceburg, 72-50. and Northton. which dumped Culvertary, 71-58, had relativelygoing in their final games, butTunnelton had to scramble for its 58 54 victory at Campbellsburg.The game was close through the first half and then Tunnelton nulled ahead in the third period. But Campbellsburg came backand was down only two points,25-50. with three minutes left.Then, the losers missed fivestraight free throw attempts and Tunnelton coasted home.Humes Hits 31Larry Humes scored 31 points top ace Madison to its 59th consecutive regular season victoryand the Cubs were never introuble. It was almost as easy for North Caston although Culver, paced by John Teeter’s 28 points, tried to close the gap late in thewBvahaflt;Suilt;4SEEEJEIII1game.iEnds at Foul LineAt the end of the third period Tipton's lead had shrunk to one point at 50-49 and throughout that lastquarter the score was tied several times with the Tiogans hitting at a hot 7 for 13 clip, but it was hereGames Friday night also sawthree more major conference titles settled with one of them won by a team which had finished its season Tuesday. South Bend Central clinched the East NIHSC title when E'ort Wayne North downed South Bend Adams, 67-51. A victory would have given Adams aJi(1C11share of the title.Evansville Bosse, ranked sev-enth in the state by the Unitedthat the talented Tipton junior Mur- ! Press International board ofray, really came through in the c'utch. He bombed the nets for five of six field goal attempts while Hobbs added the only other field g.’al of the quarter for Tipton and with a second to go, it was all tied tip at 65-65 when Murray was fouled at the baseline. He stepped to the 15-foot strike and hit both free throws for the winning margin and when Montieello tried to pass the ball in in that last second, sophomore Harvey Harmon who started bis first game as a member of the varsity batted the ball into the bleachers to insure the triumph.Subs Played WellThe other sophomore starter for Tipton, Dick McIntosh, played a fine game also but got into foul trouble and senior Billy Coe didcoaches, walloped Bloomington, 88 51, to clinch the Southern Conference title.And top-rated Kokomo’s defending state champs, with Jim(Goose) Lig6n hitting 41 points, clinched another North Central Conference crown by beating NewCastle, 85-53..Ligon’s 41 brought his three-year total to 1,663, a school ^record, with the tournament still to come. Jimmy Rayl, now starring for Indiana, held the old recordof 1,632.The remaining members of the top 10 who saw action also woundup with victories as the regular season virtually ended with only a handful of games s^eduled tonight.an excellent job through a largeLeaders Winpart of the contest. Coach Barr expressed great satisfaction with the pi ly of all seven boys who saw action and said he feels they are all r.ow ready for the Sectional.Shooting statistics saw Murray, who finished with 33 points and an all time record of 410 for the Sea-Fourth• rated Lafayette walloped Covington, 97-47; fifth-place Southport downed Indianapolis Manual, 56-42; sixth-ranked Indianapolis Attucks lickedShelby-ville, 76-42; ninth-ranked TeU City beat Princeton, 76-45; and Evansville Rexsen, hitting 10 of 18 attempts. Hobbs ■was 5 for 9, Rice 1 for 3, Baker 2 for 10, McIntosh 4 of 8, Coe 0 for 2 and Harmon 1 for 6.undi, ranked 10th,beat Petersburg, 72-39.Ligon wasn’t the night’i only high scorer. Joe Jameson scoredThe box score:42 points to lead (Middletown over(Continued on po«e 6)
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Tipton Daily Tribune
Tipton, Indiana, US
Sat, Feb 17, 1962
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