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It’s Serious Business With :: :Them/NBy: dale: .'b'jrg ess. MILAN, Jnd.;.«S-—This -Marvin' Wood, the;. Milan High; Schbol -.basketball coach; can bewrong-'.just; like/people . who - haven't Avon - a semitinaJs tourney. two years‘in ;arow... Last' October he Aoldme:.;. :Weii-be better •thanvlast year, but ive're not likely.; io/go' so tar.”He .was just half right,'hbout the percentage, for-.citi2:ens:whb; aren’taccused of being-geniuses, b:. ..JlQan lost four-games last-year., won -the sectional,. ■regional ...and: semifinals ‘tourneys, .. and' lost, to’ South Bend. Central’s' champs/in an afternoon game of the finals.. • r ■ • •This season Marv's Indians have lost only two games.They’re;bound to. go 'at least as far as ..they did last year, and Ripley County, believes, to v a* mvan: that--Milan .will lick .T^rre/Haute Gerstmeyer .Sat-urday.afternoom and- chill the . Mun-. cie Cenlral-Elkfcartwinner' Saturday'.night. -• .. •. r■Wood* V disciple ot Butler . Uni-* versity*s Tony Hinkle, has ‘made a-rural, community a genuine state title threat lor the first time since Thomtown won 'in.3915.Last year Milan had narrow, escape's aR down .the line. Independent. fans, cheered-their unexpected appearance, in .the finals.but didn’t take the. Jndiahs very seriously.;] It's different this yeat, even-among ; Lilian’s 1.200 'inhabitants.V; .. This isn’t a holiday—it’s seriousbusiness* . 'V'-’'-. V:• * S * . . MOutside the_ immediate area, Milan's 54-45' jloss to/Aurora Feb. 12; was tagged as- the proof'that-the: Indians had had it. They:would hitAurora, again in the -regional and.. it ‘seemed: • re a sonable • .= that they .wouldi-go;.no further. /-.■■ They bumped in :tbe regional, allright,; but Milan won/46-381;-:The.Tndians had picked up a load 'of fouls .’-.early , in. the game at Aurora and Wood had :to send it his'younger players.•/-/•'.Blow..Up- Game.•; ^IRa-nyslowed1 the-; regibnal game arid, won . by out-scoring Aurora in-the/final quarter/;18-4..;: - .Then it shifted’gears.in the semifinals* and’ out-ran. Indianapolis At-tucks, for a fat early lead. The. India ns's cored.23 .points in the second quarter on.the. way to1.a.65-52 victory, ■ ... ' V. :/Milan' isiT.t -putting .out its individual1. statistics) .a /rite that Wood believes, in ' postponing until. his team/is' out of business. There’s a . suspicion, however, that guard •Bobby Plump probably has a shooting average comparable .'to the'fabulous' .442. .of Terre Haute Gerst-meyer's Alley. Andrews,'Plump hit. 9 of. 13 field goal,attempts against -Attacks,.. 7 of 13 ;agSinst .Mqntejmma. .• •./.:'..Borward 'Ronnie Tj-uRt hit , 5 oi 9', ':onvard Bobbie Engel made 4 of. 8: and guard Pw-iy Craft connected. With 3 of. 6 in that At tucks game, .. ' 4 . ' TGARRHARDWAREMilan just doesn’t take bad shots. It passes beautifully; a matter of teamwork perfected hy six years of practice; The all-senior starting lineup.has been1 operating sinoe the sixth .grade! 'You don't intercept many. Milan passes.'The only thing stolen from Milan lately was 30 cents burglars, found .when 'they, broke into: the school building Tuesday night,'.-'. The thieves supposedly were after . state • tourney^ tickets. and receipts, Both were ■ in. .a bank.•*Thievery is the only way you could get another tourney ticket inMilan, • .-r• More than. 1,000 persons registered for a drawing to distribute 362 tickets left'after the -sale toAf t»m« anywh«rt/ht ony v»gth«r , txolliilow withpl*Aty of pow#r for blp bools. Unmatched endurano* and p-sr-fornjanc* mcords, iuptr rvfih M* re wry Full Power.*5-7ft and Mark 20 Motors V . * in Stock-pupils..:-Ne\v Principal Cale Hudson, for-merly of New Castle and Rochcs-. ter, figured that some of those registrants were just acting as agemts,. So he - pulled a- fast; one. He a re nounced, that adults would have to pick: up-, cheir tickets- at Butler Eieldhou.se, just like the students.When, the time came^ for the drawing, about '700 of the registrants, didn't show up• and everybody there won a ticket!Again this year, Milan auto dealers are giving the Indians a more luxurious ride.e very - week end. The boys .were'hauled to the. regional in. Pontiacs amd ’to./the semifinals in Buicks.'They/re ; riding to Indianapolis Saturday in * Ca dillacs I • The roster;Ronnie- Truitt, 'forward,. 6-feet-2,' 170 pounds, senior..BUI :Jordan, forward, 5-11, 163 pounds, junior. .Robert Engel. lonvsTd-guard, 6-2, 180 pounds, senior,Roger Schroder, guard, 5-8, 140 pounds, ser.ilr,’Bob Wichmanm center, 6-2, 165l-pounds, sophomore.' . j: Raymond. Craft, guard, '5-8, •; 136:pounds,..senior. ' *Bob Plump, guard,. 5-10 ISO •pounds,/senior...
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Logansport Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 19, 1954
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