Hide Article Text (OCR)
End Up With ‘By ALLEN DALEIndianapolis, March 22—INS—Mar Wood learned high aching from a onnaise which advises the reader to “keep cool but don’t freeze”.The Merlin of Milan’s Indians (in case anyone within the sovereign state of Indiana doesn’t know)annual state prepitThe only answer to all of them iswentd jna 32-30 victory over tral,Milan moved to the blue chip round with a 60-48 triumph over 1953 runner-up Terre Haute Gerst-tneyer with Bobby Plump contributing 25 points as the Indians hit a steaming .500 from the field.Muncie Central, trying for an unprecedented fifth title, won a ragged 59-50 victory over Elkhart’s Blazers in the opener.Trester award winningThat S curbstoneWhich wto^ s^utes left in the filial period tod on until the three-minute limit was reached.Sstood wlthithe bah held his aflh like a 'JdSi ofof those two- minutes Milah was two points behi^fiPlump’s constant glancbench and his coach it Was obvious that Wood was the only force that the stall alive.Wood held up one finger fappar-indicating wait for one good shot) in answer to Plump’s dozen glances. Ray Craft got that one lue I good one and tied the count at 28-all with two minutes left.Plump dropped two foul shotsMilan’s pepper pot guard, hit only! that gave Milan a 30-28 lead. Milan three of 11 from the field in the title! got the ball again on a Muncie of-game but one of them was that I tensive error and Craft missed a dramatic shot from the foul circle j cripple that would have given Milan that gave Milan its first title. | the title without argument.This tourney, which saw the) Muncie tied the count at 30-all smallest school in 39 years take the; on Gene Flowers’ two-on-one jump, hardware, will leave, and was cus- j There were only 47 seconds left tom built for, a dozen arguments j and the stage was set for one of beginning, but what if . . . I (Continued on page 7)JPWf/
Newspaper Details
Jasper Herald
Jasper, Indiana, US
Mon, Mar 22, 1954
Page 7
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
WV, USA 21 May 2020
Other Publications Near Jasper, Indiana
Jasper Weekly Courier
Jasper Dubois County Daily Herald
Jasper Herald
