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se-ghi ri-ler m.Milan's Little(Continued From Page One)But Milao also had outstanding native talent for a small school;It was the 5-foot-8 Hay Craft who cut Muncie to pieces in the first half when Plump couldn’t hit; He scored 11 points before the half ended with the Indians on top, 14-11.Coach Jay McCrcary of Muncie, who coached the 1952 state champs, substituted shrewdly in an attempt to stop the Indians and he almost succeeded.He sent in big Bob Crawford at ed i center when the shorter Milan L3,jfronl line was taking the rebounds, jni and the Bearcats got the ball a nd [little oltener. Then he sent In Laon H.'Augullana, a 5-foot-9 senior rein I serve, in an attempt to stop Craft, of |and the latter scored only three points in the second half.Muncie ran up a 3-0 lead at the start on a fielder by Flowers and a free throw by Jimmy Barnes. .Milan caught up at 7-all, and the; Read -changed four times before; Milan led 14-11 at the end of the I first quarter.The Bearcats never led again, until two Jim Hinds free throws! [gave them a 28-26 margin eariyj [in the final quarter. Then Milani | went-into its frozen ball act, Craft! [hit his tying fielder, Plump made! jlwo free throws, Flowers tied the (ball game with his fifth fielder,MUNCIE FINISHES RUNNERUP—Coach Jay McCreory's Muncie Bearcats (above) finisHed-cc runnerup to Champipn Milan's Indians, 32 to 30, in the finals of the 1954 Indiana Highjtc School Basketball Tournament'Saturday night. Appearing (left to right) : standing—As-sjstant Coach Carl Adams, Dick Stitlwagon, Terry Broadwater, Tom Curtis, Jimmie Barnes, Ceon Aguliana, ’Robert Giilmore, Phil Roisor and Coach Joy ■ McCreary; kneeling — BobCrawford, Benny Felierhoff, Gene Flowers, Manager Dick Marshall, Jim Hinds, Max Abrell, John Casterlow. (AP Photo)Indians FaceFifteen-GamePastime CardCage Scoresf INALS59, ElkhortBy Th*INDIANA STATEMunci* Central 59, Elkhart 50 Milan 60, Terr* Haute Gerstmeyer Milan 32, Muncie Central 30 champion jshlpAn-JIUNOIS STATE HNAL5Chicago DuSabU 89, Edv/ofdsvJfU 73 54,ITn*larlt;rri *Coaches Revamp Il-And-l RuleIlt;-ill,Edwards*!!42i , . , , , . .. , A fifteen-game card for the........and Plump leaped up and shut lhe;derson High School baseball leam £«*«.,door on the Bearcats. I has been completed and two ad-i Mooni v*™* 76, ChicagoCraft was high marr for Milan ditional games may be added to'c^°mPion5,hiP _with 14 points Plump scored 10 ;thc schedule later. [michigan state f.nais[Flowers scored 11 and Hmds 10} Coach Henrv Potters pastimers| Muifc,9on h^nh himj Muncie. will open here against Nobiesville:o¥*:,im' eclc*5 AJir'±u^Ane; Milan committed only five per-: Aprj, 12 and the last game will bei«* a OH SOUHl fouls, none in. the second.2^ Lo^snsport. M3V 20 Thlt;*- Lapsing St. Mary** 6Q, Marin* City he'quarter, and Muncie made eight.of icard inciude| nine North Central 1°^ c f!ndsve;ils nine free throw attempts. The-Conference tiIts_ Additional games!KANSAS CITY tf—'The National. Assn. of Basketball Coaches Sat-' ^ urday voted to revamp the one-! and-one free throw rule to put the; [premium on good shooting rather;Irconslt;'jthan inaccuracy. ; ti.DuSobi, 70; xhe recommendation that goes!N [to the National Rules Committee} w [Sunday gives the fouled player aiklt; Northern it Second, or bonus shot, if the first: 0( shot is made. If the first shot is'Cbrhtion 33Gobles 56, R*mus 23 Class D finalsen Bearcats committed 11 personals;wilh LapeL and Indianapolis Cris-jKENTUOCY STAT£ flNAts r,-and Milan hit 10 of 14 free throws.-pus AUucks may be added to the* ,n” 63‘ 35j The Bearcats scored II field schedule later. (Wisconsin state finalsifioals, one more than Milan, on 43; Th indjan-s diamond schedule! S,«vens 70- Su5Mrior Cen,ra! 65 'shots. The Indians got their 10 on I—- . . * follows. NCAA FINALSApril 12—Noblcsvilie. Pen s'a‘B 75' Sou,hern CollforniaApril 13—At Noblesville.April 14—At Howe of Indian-:NBA playoffsmissed, the ball remains in play.^j.28! The present rule allows a sec-iar [ond free throw if the first is-a.c missed. itlFloyd S. Stahl, chairman of the-Ci:sc129 shots.IThe score was the lowest since [Washington’s Hatchets defeated Muncie Burris, 24-18, in the 1942 championship game.NCAAPenn third oloce La Sell* 92,BradUy 76 finalsiapolis.In the afternoon games, Milan’s country boys out-faked, out-shot and out-rebounded Terre Haute Ccrstmeyer’s Wabash Valley champions, 50-48, and the Bearcats beat Elkhart in a battle of giants, 59-50.at*d-[ No celebration was scheduled ! until 2 p. tn. Sunday when the team •“’■arrives home. Apparently the only IS*! revelry Saturday night was by out-Pc: of-towncrs who drive over to do [ their horntooting. he i » ? - _ - for Sunday, however*PlansApril 18—At Hartford City. April 20—Tech of Indianapolis. April 22—Frankfort.April 27—At New Castle.April 29—At Kokomo.May 1—At Decatur (two).May 3—Hartford City.May 4—At Muncie Central.May §—At Lafayette.May 11—Marion.May 18—Richmond.May 20—At LogansportMinn#apoll* 73, Boston 79, NewFort Wayn« York ??73NATIONAL AAUDenver Central Bonders 87, ft- Sill, Okia-, i 72 third plac*P*oria, 111-, Caterpillar* 63, SenCOLLEGE Rio Grand*,Ohio 72, ShuftleH, l«- 703; called for a parade to meet thej team outride of town and escortIsit to the high school for an official victory jubilee.Bixler RejoinsBeamer To SpeakAt Odle DinnerRules Recommendation Committee explained the proposal, made by Coach John Bunn o£ Spring- p: field (Mass.) College would again' b 41;make basketball a 40- minute; tc [game. _ j ti[ If passed by the rules commit-; [tee, the automatic two free throws' tJ jin the last three minutes would-g( !be eliminated.The coaches voted Friday to ask ^ 'the rules committee to eliminate.' Ditgo 55 ithc quarter system in favor of two; ihalves, thus cutting down on the-[number of stalls. T1 Bunn’s proposal was accepted; v ;by unanimous vote. It would apply . lt;;oniy to common fouls. isi Infractions while a player wasii !in the act of shooting would still ] ;draw two free throws. ;j Final Gamej Milan G[Engel, £ ----------1J iTruitt, t...........2Cuiter, £ ----------0•White, c ----------0;c'iWendelman, c —o,ee;Craft, g ------4[Plump, g ---------3ej Totals If*re;Muncie G[Hinds.-f __________3Flowers, I .....5i Casterlow, c 0ne Crawford, c-------0neiRaisor, g----------0ies Barnes, g ---------2?h-;Aguliana, g -------1rd Totals ......11[Milan _____________14ial Muncie ----- 111,-1 Free throws missed: ni-;Craft 2; Muncie—Flowers.F010106412F410201 0 8 9 6P02020015P301022311T25,Skipper BrownUPLAND—Hon. John V. Beamer,f diana member of the United States House of Representatives,Bratton FilesIndiana member of the United; Suit Ag u«nstArui!Jahas been engaged as the speaker!AinlGllC vJfOUpfor a rec^mtion banquet in honor) HARRISBURG Pa, ypu-Former!p °f Coach Don J. Odle, to be held ^[welterweight champion John-;tl Maytag Gymnasium on the gratton filed suit in Dauphin,pus on Saturday, March 2i. Th^c'ounty Court Saturday against the;01 CLEVELAND w — Paul Bixler! UPland ^,ons -}? ^Pennsylvania Athletic Coro mission!lire joined coach Paul Brown Satur-!^ event; in C00P -/a^^ftL! seeking return of a S3.000 fme lm-0 day, taking a Cleveland Browns!cials of the commumt and of me[posed by the commission. •14 job he turned down more thanjuniVGrsi^-r% _ I Bratton in the suit slso sought-10 eight years ago to become head! Over 1300 invitations have been Reinstatement as a boxer by the.32‘football coach at Ohio State Uni-! sent to civic, business, educational!commission, ;T:versit\ land religious leaders in Grant and| Bratton appealed from an acuon-10* In those eight years, Bixler-neighborhood counties, to alumni-of the commission in imposmg^the; irheaded the Ohio State sta££ one« of Taylor and to other interested'.fine and suspending him for0: season, was head coach at Colgate I friends of the coach and the com-! putting forth his best efforts in2 University for five, and for the’ munity. The university will serve1 a io*round losing fight wit^ Johnny|0 last two has been an assistant at; the banquet, and an attendance of:Saxton last Feb. 245 the University of Pennsylvania.! 0ver 500 is expected. |phia.*Now 47 he has been an athleUcj odle, athletic director at Taylor. 1. Bra“°” ___ fuldta230.coach for 25 years. « n ^ tflG COItlTIllSSIOn S U1 iat Pniiadei-iin the suit, took excep-:^ iwas named outstanding young man:Milan—come an assistant coach of ms:National FootbaE League club on:Januan; 30. The honor came mrecosnition of his unusual workshare of the purse of the fight.
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