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PlunksGoal: Also Wins Trester MedalMilan's Little(Continued Prom Page One)But Milan also had outstanding native talent for a small school;It was the 5-foot-8 Ray 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 McCreary 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 atNECCJAI RETIRESRon Necciai, Ihe only pitcher in the history of organized baseball to strike out all 27 men in nine innings, has left the Pittsburgh Pirate training camp... Disgusted, discouraged and—his mates indicated—just about heart broken, the 21-year-old 6-5 righthander asked to be placed on the voluntary retired list. He has a sore arm.Ronnie, the son of a Monongahela, Pa., coal miner, climaxed jcenter_ when the shorter Milan his minor league career with an amazing performance on May 13, (front line was taking the rebounds, 1952, while hurling for Bristol (Va.) against Welch (W. Va.) inland the Bearcats got the .ball a the Appalachian League. He struck out all 27 men, the first and [htile oitener. Then he sent in Laon only time the feat has officially been recorded in organized baseball. jAuguIlana, a 5-foot-9 senior re-He did it although under treatment for ulcers. Later he put in [serve, in an attempt to stop Craft, a hitch in the Army but was discharged after 65 days because of and the latter scored only threeThey Said It Couldn't Be\Done But Milan Did It!j By RON GILBERT• INDIANAPOLIS f/P)—They said: it couldn't be done in modern basketball, but Milan's icy-blooded,ti'(lt;It's wonderful,” Wood gasped. I never had so much fun in my life.”It was hard to believe. There were thousands of fans in the But-seen: Indians did it Saturday night.|ler Fieidhousc who had just!r,ravlSsh“ed b%7o S-; crossroads communities in Indiana, j It hadn’t happened for 39 years.ing it.Guard Bobby Plump, who won the game as well as the Trester; Wingate and Thorntown won three jaward for mental attitude con_ ‘0fAe 1 J-1VQ ftat,e J™™***. fessed he was praying as he firedand then the big schools took over.the big shot with two seconds tohis stomach condition. Then he sat out the 1953 season.O ♦ ♦BOVIE STYMIED!Carl Bovic, a short guy with a mean hook and one of the city’s better bowlers, is the target of some good-natured ribbing these days all because bis picture reposes to the Anderson Center trophy case. Nearly a month ago, Bovic rattled off Anderson s first series of better than 700 pins this winter. It was 706 tobe exact. . , - .Nobody knows where Harvey Murnan, Anderson Centerproprietor, got Bovie's picture but somebody clipped off theupper part of the 7 of the 706, making it a 106 on the 16-poundball. The picture of the curly-haired one is locked up securelyand there is no wav Carl could get to it except by busting theglass. Pal Carl wouldn’f break the glass, even though he’s beentempted to several times.One woman kegler, peered intently at the picture, overheard somebody else say: “That 106 is a bad score for Bovie’’* “It’s a right nice picture but his score couid have beenworse. It could have been a Doghouse score or 100 or under.♦ ♦ ♦PIN SMACKERSpoints in the second half.Muncie ran up a 3-0 lead at the . , , ,* n dl tstart on a fielder by Flowers and John Costerlow, (AP PhotoThe Muncie dressing room wasCoach Marvin Wood took the; play,I boys out of the country and thei “Devout as I could,” he gasped.MUNCIE FINISHES RUNNERUP—Coach Joy McCreary's Muncie Bearcats (above) finished!country' out of the boys, and tbey!pjety never paid off any better]runnerup to Champipn Milan's Indians, 32 to 30, in the finals of the 1954 Indiana Highjtook the big town apart.School Basketball Tournoment Saturday night. Appearing (left to right) : standing—Assistant Coach Carl Adams, Dick Stiltwagon, Terry Broadwater, Tom Curtis, Jimmie Barnes, tleon Agullana, -Robert Gifimore, Phif Raisor and Coach Joy ■ McCreary; kneeling — BobCrawford, Benny Felierhoff, Gene Flowers, Manager Dick Marshall, Jim Hinds, Max Abrell,Things won’t get back to normal pretty much dry-eyed, but the in Milan for some time, though—| choke was there, maybe never. Wood told his jubi-j “W.e lost playing it to the hilt,” lant champions in the dressing Coach Jay McCreary said. “Iroom, “The cows back home can i milk themselves for awhile now.”wouldn't change a thing—except maybe the final score.”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 j igave them a 28-26 margin eariyj jin the final quarter. Then Milani | went- into its frozen ball act, Craft! ihit his tying fielder', Plump made! jUvo free throws, Flowers tied the iball game with his fifth fielder,Indians FaceFifteen-GamePastime CardCage ScoresBy Th* Atioiiolecf Pr**» INDIANA STATE HNALS Munci* Central *9, Elkhort 50Milan 60, Terr* Haute Gerstmeyer 1% Milan 22, Muncie Central p3Q champion •shipIllINOfS STATE FINALS Chicago DuSabU 89, Erfv/ordsvifU 73Coaches Revamp LitteInezl-And-l RuleIs KentuckyState Champ•42 conso- jKANSAS CITY The National;Assn. of Basketball Coaches Sat-' urday voted to revamp the one-land-one free throw rule to put the; LEXINGTON, Ky. GP)—Little premium on good shooting rather; Inez from the mountains of Mar-j.than inaccuracy. itin County stopped glant-kiUerj70j The recommendation that goes!Newport 63-55 Saturday night to! jto the National Rules Committee! win the Kentucky high school bas-j iSunday gives the fouled player a.;ketball championship before 13,-,AP's All-StateCage Quintet, , . , . , , .. , A fifteen-game card for the An . ...and Plump leaped up and shut the;derson High School basebalI team e*-.,*..door on the Bearcats. ;bas been completed and two ad-! Moonf v«mon 76, chiwg© DuSabi*Craft was high man- for Milan ditional games may be added to!«k°rT,PionfliP _with 14 points Plump scored 10.! the schedule later. [michigan state finalsji1 sowers scored 11 and Hinds lOi Goacb jjenry potter’s pastimers;' Muii»9©n H«iaht* *3, Flint Northern 'second, or bonus shot, if the firsVOOO spectators.I lor Muncie. -will open here against N0blesville:ov|!’i!e A«firiHniionlt;i csrutmn shot is made. If the first shot is' The undersi:Bob John’s Beer smacked over 2,556 pins in a sizzling 3-game; Milan committed only five pcr-:Aprj! 12 and the Ia.«t game will be»«» * series in the City Men’s Owl Friday morning circuit at Anderson'sonal fouls, none in the second:piayed at Lo^ansport Mav 20. The1 ^n$ing si. Mary'* m. Marin. City Center. The sudsmen notched three victories again Pepsi-Cola the quarter, and Muncie made eight of icard includes nine ^0fth Central Ia°^b5, f^QkR.raui 33 cloS3 D finaltscores being 976-799, 968-899 and 3,012*891. Bob Johns have its nine free throw attempts. The Conference tilts. Additional games!stars toting the following game averages: Carl Bovie. 181; Orcn [Bearcats committed 11 personals;wilh LapeL and Indianapolis Cris-iKENTuaor STATE flNAts Atkinson. 180; Carl Dill, 168; Ralph Heller, 183; Cyril (Pop) Fletcher,;and Milan hit 10 of 14 free throws/ AUucks m3y be added to the! ,n« 63- H'w5or’ 53» _ - * n m ft ev arx I Y*V A V ^ ^ I ^j3 ,0 The undersized Indians treatedmissed, the ball remains in play.iihe Memorial Coliseum crowd to!28 j The present rule allows a sec-: an unusual display of play-makingj jond free throw if the first is:as they rolled to a 13-point lead inj missed. i the first half and seemed -mostly!Floyd S. Stahl, chairman of the'concerned with holding on in the.!29 shots.The score was the lowest since .! Washington’s Hatchets defeated187, and Maurice Carr, 183.♦ ♦ ♦DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP DATAOwner George Teeters of the Lapel Bowling alleys has released Information relative to the annual Madison County Men’s Championship Doubles Sweepstakes Tournament which will be unfolded at his lanes April 3-4-X0-11-17-18-24-25.The title scries will consist of four games across 8 alleys with shifts scheduled at 5, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 on Saturdays, and I, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7 and 8:30 on Sundays. Only sanctioned ABC bowlers having at least 24 games or more in Madison County sanctioned leagues, using highest average as of April I, are eligible.♦ ♦ ♦GARRETT VISITS IUBill (Bones) Garrett, former All-American basketball player atj jVo clt;?iebral5oii was scheduledIndiana University, slopped off at the Bloomington campus wed-j until 2 p_ Sui,day wben the team nesday afternoon to visit friends and former teammates. Garrett jan-ivcs home. Apparently the only is now a member of the Harlem Globetrotters. He broke his wrist: revelry Saturday night was by out-Iwo months ago and said that he is just getting into playing shape!0f-towncrs who drive over lo do Again. While at IU. Garrett set every school scoring record.' But; their homtooting. iall of these records have been replaced since Don Schlundi. the j Plans for sundav, however, 6-10 Wash in sion-Clay Township lad, ended his third year as a callcd 5o- a par2dc t0 meet the!Hoosier. ___■ team outside of town anlt;I escort!Rules Recommendation Commit-j The Bearcats scored II field schedule later. .Wisconsin state finals22* rT°r.c than Ml*ar- 43| The Indian’s diamond schedule! S,*yes Poin' 70- So5Mri®r Cen’ro! 65'shots. The Indians got their 10 on j . -— . . * iOlJOUS. NCAA FINAISApril 12—Noblcsvilie. Pen« stw* 70. slt;,wth«r« California 6iima{ce basketball1 third uloceApril 13—At Noblesville.second half.INDIANAPOLIS Wt—The Associated Press state high school basketball tourney staff picked the following all-tourney team:Forward—Jan Hinds, Muncie Central.Forward — Ronnie Truitt,Milan.Forward—Ray Ball, Elkhart.Center—Gene White, Milan.Center—Gene Flowers, Muncie Central.Guard—Bob Plump, Milan.Guard—Ray Craft, Milan.Guard — Bill Bolk, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer,tee explained the proposal, made Newport, the proven master ofiby Coach John Bunn of Spring-pressure play, closed in repeatedly! AJ*L* Dar'trlnc-field (Mass.) College would again'but each time it got close enough iliyUfi UGCIuGSLaSoll? 92, BradUy 76 finalsMuncie Burris, 24-18, in the 1942 April 14—At Howe of Indian-:^* playoffs championship game. japolis. Minn.apoii» 78. fort wayn« 7340 - minute; to threaten the lead Inez had somej fx- A /*L.game. _ ;tricks that carried it home. ixGt L»flu/77pS! If passed by the rules commit-; Tbe little men of Martin County,! EAST LANSING, Mich, ws—In the afternoon games, Milan’s country boys out-faked, oul-shot and out-rebounded Terre Haute Gcrslmeyer’s Wabash Valley champions, 60-48, and the Bearcats beat Elkhart in a battle of giants. 59-50.April 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 8—At Lafayette.May 11—Marion.May 18—Richmond.May 20—At LogansportI tec, the automatic two free throws traditional powers in K e n tu c k y Muskegon Heights wron the Class IS. SfraJSJm* mmUteS schoo'boy basketball although j A Michigan h4 school biihallBoston 79, New York 7?national aau ;be eliminated. . a student body that totals just 225,' . . .~-,V ,n ,,Nd^C,.™i 87. SUI. Old,..; The coaches v^FndaytoMkwn sec0*nd champion5hip. lt; championship with a 43-41 over-72 ihird pice® 'the rules committee to eliminate. .. , . 1 ^ . ,time victory over Flint Northern-P»orio, HI., Caterpillar 63, Son D.ega 55,^ quarter system In favor of tWO-Vent 311 lfle ltl nlohtcotuoE ihalves, thus cutting dov/n on the1 Half-pint Herbie Tnplett. a 5. Saturday mght.Rio Grand*, oh la 77, shv.ftt«w, n«. 70 ;numbcr of stalls. Toot-7 flash, stole the show both! a4ver Rouge captured the DassBunn’s proposal was accepted; with his scoring, a fat 25 points,championship by defeating Hol-bv unanimous vote. It w'ould apply, and with his ball handling. Hedand Christian 56-53.;only to common fouls. [shared the offensive burden with! LaQ£i gL -M ■ won its fmhi Infractions while a player was. Bill Cassady, who coUected 18.c titie ^ a ^:jn the act of shootmg would still points. [from Marine Citv.;draw two free throws. ___ | Larry Redmond’s 21 points were j Little Gobles smotbered Remus\hizh for Newport ^ r*AhBobby Plump WinsEverything But 1 he Butler Fieldhouse!Milwaukee Takesit to the high school for an official, victory jubilee.Bixler RejoinsBeamer To SpeakAt Odle DinnerINDIANAPOLIS Ur?—Little BobbyPlump of Milan won everything butpermanent possession of the Butler;^,. Eberly of the Milwaukee!i KII VY VfUrvVW I Uitvjj Final Game IC| ■ ftRamkaii iwa*f f__________? r ? i Skipper BrownDdSSuSl! PUCdlS !Sir ^...........I I I o1 CLEVELAND ws — Paul BhFieldhouse Saturday night.The 5-foot-10 guard with the [that advance ticket sales have deadpan expression and the light-ipassed the million mark -and areiM *£ ning change of pace hit the winning still “moving along.”field goal and won the Trester award for mental attitude, a com-j040,000.Andrews of Terre Haute Gerst-[boring Illinois cities as Rockfordmeyer just missed a year ago. an4 Chicago, Eberly said.Harley won the Trester medal and fired a shot at the gun that would| MilanGFPjEngel, t —.......100|Truitt, f . .........212Cutter, f_______000•White, c ..........012iWendeiman,c —-o00;Craft, g ...._______460[Plump, g41! Totals10325[MuncieGFPiHinds.-f ..._______343[Flowers, f ........510i Caster low, c______001Crawford, c.......0•0[Raisor, g —_______002Barnes, g .._______212:Agullana, g_______103Totals......U811[Milan _____........1493Muncie ____......1169Bratton FilesUPLAND—Hon. John V. Beamer,j _ A iIndiana member of the Unitedj^Uh /-igGiriSt r-\t» States House of Representatives,! . . . .has been engaged as the speaker,inl6tlC VjfOUp56-28 for the title in Class D.!HAWLEY DIES ti PITTSBURGH lt;PP\ — Roy M.:. tT . T5.n.a,ftnf3}!Vpc i -r 'Legs Hawley, 53, athletic director:States House of Representat.ves,, , , .• ^------ at Wen V/ginia Umversits-, died', ^ * Saturday night at West Penn Hos-Ifor a rec ogmtion ba nqu e tin b ono j HARRISBURG Pa. {^—Former! pjtai where he had been under!of Coach Don J. Odle, to (welterweight champion John-;treatment since suffering a heart;Maytag Gymnasium on the cam- ^ Rratton filed suit in Dauphin;attack two weeks'ago. pus on Saturday, March 21. The:c'ounty Court Saturday against the;— -I■ i a _ _LUOUMUCIHARDIN SON31-33 E 11th St.| r' _ p v r ^,v — - ~ ^ . tm,Bixler! Upland Lions Club is sponsoring!pennsyiVania Athletic Commission'1 rejoined coach Paul Brown Satur-!11^ event; in cooperalion ;seeking return of a S3,0G0 fine ixn-; 0 day, taking a Cleveland Browns!cials of the commumt and of me!posed by the commission.74 job he turned down more thanjunlVCrS1*-,* _ I Bratton in the suit also sought10 eight years ago to become head: Over 1300 Invitations have been:reinstatement as a boxer by the32 football coach at Ohio State Uni-! sent to civic, business, educational!commission. ;T.versitv. land religious leaders in Grant andj Bratton appealed from an action10' In those eight years, Bixler; neighborhood counties, to alumni;of the commission in imposin8 th®j 11'headed the Ohio State staff one! of Taylor and to other interested .fine and suspending him for oiseason, was head coach at Colgate!friends of the coach and the com-iputting forth his best efforts m2 University for five, and for the! rn.ur.ity. The university will serve’a 10-round losing fight with Johnny j0'last two has been an assistant at; the banquet, and an attendance of Saxton last Feb. 24 at Pnnaaei-,5 the University of Pennsylvania.; over 500 is expected. ;phia- , ^ , !2 Now 47, he has been an athletic; 0« athletic director at Tavlor ! Brattc,n- in ^ sult: .uaie, axnieuc airecior at ^ commisS!on s finding.;The fine, the third largest everlighter than springtime!30'coach for 25 years.'was named outstanding young man:League attendance record of 1,-j Free throws missed: have won the title, but it bounded 826,397 last year in the team’s ini-[Craft 2; Muncie—Flowers.tial season at Milwaukee. The hope!■—off the rim. , - . . ,However. Andrews' attempt was ^ ^ Correlation W/OSa desperation shot, while Piump’s was a carefully calculated maneuver.The 'Trester award had never gone to a member of the winning team before. In past years it had been called a consolation prize by some fans.Plump is a 17-year-old senior who maintains a B average inschool. He is the son of Lesterthe works tonew seats are boost the Milwaukee , Stadium’s;At Gulf stream ParkMilan-come an assistant 'coach of toideducted from Bratton’s $4,770National Football League club on1 7 Sic share of the purse of the fight.. .. - ° recognition of ms unusual work; „— -* v;ith the “Vfenture for Victory”! n Nin^basketball and preaching tours ofirenn JlUlt. Ixlpjcapacity to 40,000.Lemon Asks Tribe For More BattingApology States Cuties Mixed UpMIAMI, Fla. GO — Robert S.i Lytle’s Correlation, with icckey!lyf+^ W|c [)utl6S Willie Shoemaker up, came fromj *far back to win the $146,250 FI on-; / B rC.mi 0 , ,V ^ tjT^5p;AG?£da Derby at Gulfstream Park Sat-!(B^a) cou.dn t make it to theFormosa and other countries of the Orient during the past two summers. It was estimated that theWestern OpponentKANSAS CITY ID—Penn State,;urday.CorrJim Lemon asked the ClevelandiCalifomia for the race,(testimonial banquet of the Univer-jsityran theism.Youth for Christ cagers brought ahead from start to finish, staved' Christianity to 300,000 in the Philip-ioff a desperate last-quarter rally; pines, Formosa, Hong Kong and'by Southern California to win third Korea. place Saturday night in the na-;Thetional collegiate basketball cham'LOS ANGELES W) — Outfielder'^Correlation, brought here fromj«^ of Kichmond’s basketball j L^e teams ^employed dtf^^^dfey mefuaSalle for the title'. ,aJl “Deeriv regret” he wired from!fereat g0a,if ^is seaso-n- Pery|in the second game.Indians Saturday to send him to; mile and an eighth _ in L55_ J b • h„k« ini regular goal tender received one) The contest was played under;Plump and teHved in MHan alli^^^eachVFlI.to'get'miia^ Vheavy track and beat«w , capital, “official duties inms life. ~'Woodvale Farm’s Goyamo bybatting practice.!wkhiiigton prevent attendance at “ “»« rtich “used “»jtte suggested new font rule wMchhflort t0 miss S^mes. rpverses the one-aud-one shooting.mxtim$sm
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