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Milan CapturestState Net CrowniIsKJtlt;1sC ontinued From Page 49. tdthe start of the second period c faded in a hurry after Harold An-1 l;drevvs scored twice and Arley: j connected early in the second period. The Black Cats stayed with-1 j in four points until less than three y minutes remained in the stanza. Then a quick pass through the ; Q Indians’ zone let John Brewer j-score and the score was 25-23. Less than 50 seconds remained in [ the half, but they were not good ones for the Black Cats, who werecIcguilty of two errors and had two passes intercepted while Milan | was building up a 29 to 23 leadfor the intermission.While they never drew closerthan five points in the third period. still there never was a time when a good old-fashioned Gerst-meyer rally would not have turnedthe tide.vwdttaMilan went into a real deep j afreeze early in this period and its J t “cat and mouse” tactics paid off. j )' It was in this chapter that Arley i ididn’t take a single shot. j fDown only five points, 39 to 34, j ^at the start of the final chapter. Tech still was very much in the j a ball game. The Black Cats stayed close in the first three minutes of the session. Then Milan started to pull away and dominated the fray during the rest of the ebattle. 1Tech finished the scrap with Dick Pearson and Jon Rhoden- J baugh seeing action for Bolk and Sturm. Hal Carter and Tom Rich-II1ey also got into the picture during the closing seconds.Battle Of Giants.Muncie Central’s Bearcats beatElkhart in the first afternoon game, 59-50. It was a battle ofgiants.The Muncie-E 1 k h a r t clash turned out as expected—it was astruggle for rebounds most of the wav. Both clubs were so power-packed they didn’t give each othercrrctffa chance to open up.Both started out ragged, but after the score was tied four times and the lead changed handsonce, the battling Bearcats tookrCk...over.Muncie led at all stops—12-10. 26-23 and 41-36. Balance paid off for the North Central Conferencechampions.Jim Hinds led them with 17IXr€points, followed bv Gene Flowers, 16. and Phil Raisor, 13. The best Elkhart could muster was 14 by classy Rav Ball, who didn I get enough help to turn the tide. Elkhart was handicapped earlyi' \.vhen Erich Barnes picked uphree personals. I1Close Behind.1tThe Blue Blazers, who set the j lt;dage for the crowning of a new ?hampion by ousting South Bend Central in Ihe regionals, stayedvithin hailing distance most of he wayBut when Muncie went into apossession game with a five-pomt lead and about six minutes to go, it was all over. Still Elkhart,aking less shots, connected on303, Muncie only on .282.The box scores:1iiliiFirst Game.TUNC IE CENTRAL FG FT PFfinds, f ...... 5 7 *lowers, f ...............• • ^'aaterlow, c ..........0 3 4Irawford, c ............... 3 2ai^or. g lames, g5 3 32 0 1Total*: .................LKHART FG FT PFlarnes, tall, f1 2 58 2 4tetler. f ......... O 1 2llassbum, iowser, f3 i 2o o otork. r ................... ^ 4 5Oder, g •[urray. gohnson, g epe. g ..1 o :i4 O 12 2 11 O 0Totals .................12 21Score by peri -ds: j[uncie ...»........ * ^2 14 !■ 18 |ikhart ............ 10 FI 13 14—50 jFree throws mls«ed: Muncie -Hind**, jFlowers. 5: Casterlow, 4 Raisor. jBarnes. 4. Elk hart—Ball, 4; Stork. 2, jlassburn. jSecond Game.TLANngel. f ..........*----ruitt, f .................utter, f .................rhite, c .................ump, graft. gGERSTMEVERA. Andrews, ftBolk. g .................Rhodenbaugh. g ........... *Smith, g .................I I Pearson, gFGFTPF. 111. 414. 112. 244. 000.10H1, 271.202013FGFTPF22. 252, 113. 211. 525102. O14. 2011220IIi 1Score by periods:Milan ........ 21 8 10 21—60j Gerstmeyer ......... 12 11 11 14—48Free throws missed: Milan—Engle,Plump, Craft, 5. Gerstmeyer—H. Andrews, A. Andrews, 3; Sturm, 3; Bolk, 2; Smith.■
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Terre Haute Tribune Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sun, Mar 21, 1954
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