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MT. VERNONt's On the House/GangWERE RIGHTCHEERI* Was a Long Wait Since 1931 When Coach Howard Ross, Bruce Tyler, Howard Miller, RaleighHughey, Clint Fleener and the Hicks Brothers9Fred and Owen, Brought Home the SectionalBacon#»•*«Mt Vernon basketball fans championship game in the bag., . j a rived at the Bridgeport gym be-had a right to celebrate last fore the title game with a hugehorseshoe-shaped floral offeringweekend. They had such aopportunity♦ •In fact, it was exactly 18years, ago. around the Idesof March, that this city sent*s last high school team tothe state—until now, that is,* * * *It was the late Howard Ross who coached that fine 1931 team through the tournaments and up to Champaign.Six boys shared the major burden in carrying Mt. Vernonthrough the district tournament and sectional to the “Sweet Sixteen. They were Bruce Tyler,Clint Fleener, Howard Miller,Raleigh Hughey and the Hicks brothers, Owen and Fred, Substitutes rounding out the tourney squad were Edro Snider, Norval Marlow’, Walter Purcell and BasilMyers.r their team.They figured it would be a nicei gesture to present it to theirI Champaign-bound boys after the game.But Coach Ross and his team ! had different ideas.Great Championship Game1 That championship battle was a honey, with the Orange Flames ] of Mt. Vernon providing the fire-; w’orks. The Rossmen jumped into j a 10-2 quarter lead.Lawrenceville. great team that i it was, bounced back in the second period to narrow the margin| to 12-6 at the half and out scored I Mt, Vernon again in the third j period, which ended 14-10.I ML Vernon spurted in the: final period to win going away, 121-12,The following week the Mt.mon squad headed for Champaign, accompanied by HeadMt. Vernon’s 10-maning*ton’s drug-quad of Sectional tourney champ* ing their victorv over CentraUa.smiling Ram* with no hbarred.Top set ’em up for the winning and No accurate report was obtainable as to how many maltswere consumed. TiMiniates ran pretty high.(I-Citrell Photo),.-».i wmSiwr.-MMMeState TicketsVflGo On Sale atThey breezed through the district “meet, toppling Sandoval,: Patoka and luka, then whipping’ Salem in a hard fought finalbattle, 23-19.Ross. Assistant John Halland F, F. Stables, coach erf the1920 State champs.6 p. m. TomorrowmUnderdogs At BridgeportThe Mt. Vernon club, then variously called the Rossmen, the Orange Flames” and the Orange and Black, didn't rate a chance from the experts to win the sectional at Bridgeport,Everyone, except Coach Ross and his boys, though Lawrence-ville, one of the great teams of that area, was a cinch to represent southern Illinois at Cham-In the first game of the tournament they were defeated by Harrison Tech of Chicago, 44-33. The first* C ’ .'**■- V'quarter told the story, as the Chicagoans sailed into a 20-5 lead. Score at half time was 29-11 and at the three quarters 39-19.dreadmnRepofan hasfront c school linetickets wtiii Tuesday.Students ; on ducats fat the stat j must have fori% *t attUD4 -v* . sank;■ S3wr %Player By Player Starts TomorrowectionalIndividual pictures of each member of the Rams’ cage champs along with a short story about each of the boys will be published on the snorts Dace ofon tne splt; WednesdaThe Register-NewsTomorrow s edition will include the roundup of Coach StanChangnon’s 23 years as high sclgrid and cage mentor andstories on Max Hooper, Walt Moore, John Riley, Bobby Leend Eddie King.teammet.% ft1 HI a rHI |*I Xplayer faced this season. Starts tomorrow.Paign.Mt Vernon kept upsetting thedope bucket, though, winning a close sectional opener over Shel-byville and surprising every to romp over Mattoon, 36-18 to gain the championilZ $ A*Lawrenceviil breezed into the finals easily, with such great stars as the Weger brothers and Scaggs, a small but speedy guard, showing the way. .H' * m • *Fans of those days rememberat the Lawrenceviil folks, be-veine that their boys had theA rousing rally in the fourth period by Mt. Vernon fell ten points short. In that last frenzied quarter, Bruce Tyler scored six points in one two-minuteHe wound up with 23 points,setting an all-time scoring record for one state tournament game which stood for several years.e's how the Mt. Vernon :red in the “Sweet Sixteen game:MT. VERNON (33)FG FT PF TPFleener, F.O. Hifcks, F.F. Hicks. F,Tyler, C.Marlow, G....wiuer, Ij*schoolofficeomoutidents0rhtiby■ w 2* 1-Jm * « .»2111100Hughey, G. _____ 000010113 4 f.ents,will be used bAny parent * student can ot certifying that group of four Champamobile. If both parent: dent desire to make th tickets will be availabh These tickets foibound parents and parentsmembers of the team will be i___at 1 p. m. tomorrow.The sale at 6 p. m. tomorrow* isVemonCoach Changnon CallsRamsBestOffensiveTeam of His 23 Crewstrioit*ofRed-Hot Locals Connected on 38,7 Per Cent of Shot At-tempts in Piling Up 26 Victories; Hooper Controlled467 Rebounds as Against 616 for All Mt. Vernontor adult residents ofOpponents.1and JeffersonCake EatingOver - RamsBack to WorkChangnon Starts Practice“Beat Johnston City” IsWatchword,The weekend celebratingand cake-eating over, Mt.Vernon's Rams went back towork todayiThe section *1 cage chump*, rested after doubling the score on CentraUa laM Friday night, were a busy bunchof kid* at 10 oVlock thi* morning a* they re.*utued practice under the watchful eye of Coach Stanley Chang-non.• * * *It has been a happy, exciting eekend for the Rams, celebra-ng high school youngsters and le many hundreds of fans from It. Vernon and vicinity who haveoeen waiting for a lone time for-*3iu.a sectional cage title.The Rams and their coach havebeen back-slapped, congratulated and even embraced during the past 48 hours by some of the more exuberant fans.But the Rams got back down to business today for bigger things ahea *Beat Johnston CityWith the watchword “Beat Johnston City'”, they started preparing for their initial appearance in the University of Illinois gymnasium with a brisk scrimmage session against the team.“We’ll practice again at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning,” said Coach Changnon, “then at 10 a. m. Wednesday we will leave for Champaign.”The Rams will go upstate in four automobiles — driven by Coach Changnon and his assistants. Harold Hutchins. Noble Thomas and Scott Gill.Ram headquarters will be theInman Hotel.* • * #-ecendThe Rain* mixed businesswith pleasure Sunday afternoon at a get-together In the gymnasium, where they gathered to pose for pictures and interview* bv The ...... ? ’j ■ ■ BS’TRegister-News photographer and reporter.Ci t .etcIt V2223011Coach Stan Changnon callsState Champs of the Pasthis 1949 Sectional championRams the best “offensive'coachedArriving aliead of the new*s-papermen, the Rams listened to a “blackboard talk” by Coach Changnon, wTiich ended with the advice of the veteran mentor to t plenty of rest tonight.Cake Eaters On HandAfter the picture-taking end-Adf tHp —-arvi tulv* PAcrictAr.h ftIt
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Mount Vernon Register News
Mount Vernon, Illinois, US
Mon, Mar 14, 1949
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