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LEDGER NAMES 19 PLAYERS TO MYTHICAL ALL-IEDGERLAND BASKETBAILJEAM Named To All-Ledgerland Team Wellsville Shows Best In Ledgerland 26-8 Record Is Tops, Mexico Leads City Ranks Wellsville High School shows the best Ledcerland cage record for the 1952-53 season. Coach Bob Strub's Tigers scored 28 wins against 6 defeats to nose out Farber for the title of winning- est team in the 10-team area covered by. the Mexico Ledger. Farber recorded 23 wins while losing 7. Tournament play was the big downfall of the Tiger machine as it sputtered five times when venturing from its regular schedule.

Only Troy could lame the Tiger in the regular campaign. Two of the Wcllsville defeats came in subregional and regional play and were placed back to back, marking the only time during thc long season the Tigers have lost two games in a row. Prior to their double the Wellsville clan had. ran through 11 straight games. Montgomery City grabbed third piaco in the final standings in Ledgerland with a 19 and 13 record.

The Wildcats, coached by Wayne Doyle, were the only other cagers to post a season above the uiarK. MMA Scores 3-Sport Triumph The Missouri Military Academy swept to three-sport victory over Wentworth Military Academy here Wednesday afternoon. Coach John Black's wrestling team scored a 23-18 win over the Wentworth matmen while the MMA swimming team came out on top, 47-19 and the riflemen won, 719704. MMA won five matches in the wrestling department to take a 23-18 decision. Scoring victories were Steve Miller, 103-pound class; Garry, 120; Pat Wyatt of Montgomery City.

127: Pat Bowman, 165, and Gene Gifford, unlimited class. Gary Vines led the Colonel sharp- shoote.s to victory as he posted a score of 184 out of a possible 200. Fred Schmidt hit the target for a mark of 180. Master Sgt. Bill Langston is coach of the rifle team.

Major Curtis Jennings is in charge of the tank team. Double honors go to ville's Kenny Retzer today. The Tig-er star was named to a first squad post on the All- Ledgerland and the Central Missouri All-District basketball teams. Central Missouri Cage Honors To Kenny Retzer of Wellsville Kenny Retzer of Wellsville is members included Glenn Lee, Mis- one of" fifteen basketball players souri School for the Deaf; Bill named to all-district Class high Patterson, Linn; Hillary Buechter, school honors in Central Missouri St. Elizabeth; Charles Parker, it was announced today by Dick Dixon; Don Wicks, Shelton.

district chairman for the Snell, New Franklin Joe, UISLTJCL uuciii man iui UK. Mexico topped Ihe city schools Missouri Interscholastic Sports with a 10 and 14 record to finish writers Association. fourth ahead of Garfield with its 7 and 11 record. Retzer was the cog of the Wells- dine Smith, Montgomery City; anu J.J. reuuiu.

ville team which swept to 28 vie- George Koch, University High of The second five teams in order lories in 34 starts, two of the set- Columbia Kelan Spalding, Eugene; of finish are: St. Brendan High backs coming in the post season Albert Helms, Crocker; Roger School (7-12), R-6 at Laddonia (9-15), Missouri Military'Academy (5-15), Vandalia (4-201, and Centralia C-W Bowlers Close In On League Lead The Connor. Wagoner keglers are only one-half game behind firs! place Ostermeyers in the ladies league after winning 2 to 1 from Cline's Wednesday night. Marie Anderson scintillated for the winners on 458 including 199 single. Jane Minnick's 446 and Grace Elliott's 163 topped the losers who dropped the last game -by only 2 pins.

IGA took a 3 to 0 decision from Grapette to: roll within one and one-half games of fourth place Erdel's. Evelyn Ward led with 422 and 152. Martha Brower's 376 and Mildred Howard's 139 paced Grap- ette. who lost a close second game by 5 sticks. McGee's beat National Guard 2 to 1 in the men's match when they snatched the second stanza by 3 pins.

Joe Ehrhardt anchored with 539 including 199 single. Bill Albus had 477 and 194 for the Guard. Connor-Wagoner: Torreyson, 377; Spicer. 427; Meek. 430: Anderson.

498; White, 368: Tital, 2400. Cline: Elliott. 414: Minnick, 446: Chapman, 318; Blind. 300: Oliver, 395: Handicap. 168: Total, 2041.

Grapette: Howard, 327: Janes, 307: Brower. 376: Surber, 322: Chitwood. 309; Handicap. 249; total 1795. IGA: Pearson, 400: Ward, 422: Myers.

398; Pettey, 346; Beamer. 394: Total, 1950. McGee's: O. McGee. 433; Rodhouse, 463; R.

Isaacs, 511: Branch, 516: Ehrhardt, 539: Total. 2462. National Albus, -477; t'Farrah. 472: Lierheimer, 404 Grave. 432; Stowe.

447: Handicap, 234: Total, 2466. New Deal tournaments. The Tiger senior Heimseth, Stover and Jim Mead, scored 525 points points over the School of the Osage. season for an average of better than 15 points per contest. A good Here is a thumbi floorman and a scrapper all the the top fifteen players: (In most cases the records were compiled way, he led his team to the Class regional tilts to give the school its best season in many years.

He is 6-feet tall. Jim Prewitt and Billy George, two Waynesville stars, topped the balloting for the all-district team picked by Association newpaper members from Central Missouri, with help from coaches and basketball officials. The Mexico Ledger is a member of the group. Erdine Smith of Montgomery City was named to a spot on the second team and five other Ledger- land cagers merited honorable mention on the association all-district squad. Smith was one of the outstanding players in Ledgerland this season and rated as the sparkplug of th; MCHS team which won 19 and dropped 13 for the seaon.

He scored 346 points in the 32 games. Listed for honorable mention are Bob Jennings of Centralia, Bob Moser and David May. Wellsville, Don Shearmire, Montgomery City, r.nd Benny Dobyns of St. Brendan. Jennings is a junior, Moser and May, seniors, and Dobyns and Shearmire.

sophomores. Pushing the two top vote-getters were Joe Reiter, Camdenton's 6-5 center, and Stan Sapp, the scoring sensation from Jamestown. Sapp was runnerup in Class scoring in the district with 752 points in 30 games. Joe Mai, Newburg's Hawaiian star, took scoring honors with 775 points in 32 contests. Others making the first team included Jimmy Dillon, St.

James; Billy Laue, California; James Gregory, Hermann: LeOrenx Simpson, John Robinson, School of Osage. Bob Uffman, Don Hardin, University High of Columbia: Lyle Chamberlain, Versailles, and Earl Farris, Eugene. Farris was the only junior to make the first 15. The 6-3 pivot- man was a strong man on the boards for the co-champion Eugene squad in the Osage, Maries and Miller County League. The voting was close for many of the lower positions.

Second team performers pushing the first squad Marcos Play In AAU Tournament FARBER. Mar. Farber Narcos are scheduled to play the Ironton (Mo.) Mohawk cagers at 7 o'clock tonight in the AAU tournament at St. Louis. The game was originally set for last Sunday but postponed due to the snow and hazardous road conditions which made traveling unadvisable.

Bunceton: Bruce FullBrighf 'Sto'iit- land; Dean Kasper, Tipton: Er- Here is a thumbnail sketch of prior to post season play). Jim Prewitt, Waynesville, 17, 6-2, senior, 682 points, 36 games. 18.5 average. Bill George, Waynesville, 17, senior, 691 points, 36 games, 18.3 average. Earl Farris, Eugene, 16, 6-3, junior, 467 points, 30 games, 15.2 average.

Joe Reiter, St. James, 16, 6-3, senior, 23 average. Jimmy Dillon. St. James.

17, 5-10, senior, 701 points, 34 games, 20.3 average. Billy Laue, California, 18, 5-9, senior. 560 points, 27 games, 18.1 average. Jimmy Gregory. Hermann.

18, 6, senior, 473, 33 games, 14. average. LeOrenx Simpson, Richland, 17, 6-1. senior. 432 points, 27 games.

15.5 average. John Robinson. Osage, 17. 5-10, senior, 299 points, 27 games, 10.9 average. Joe Newburg, 18, 6.

senior, 775 points, 32 games, 23.7 average. Stan Sapp, Jamestown, 18, 6, senior, 752 points, 30 games, 25 average. Bob Uffman, Owensville, 17, 5-6, senior 560 points, 31 games 18 18 average. Don Hardin. University High, 5-11, senior, 22 point average.

Ken Kctzer, WellKvillc, 17, fi, senior 523 points, 34 games, 15.4 average. Lylc Chamberlain. Versailles, 17, 6-1 senior, 453, 31 average. Semifinal Rounds In Class Play villc Tuesday night, by a 65-43 score. Owensville defeated Leadwood, 53-44, the same evening.

Class A District Team On Friday Tlio Central Missouri Class A all-district high school basketball team will be announced Friday. Mexico and MMA are included in the Central Missouri area. The all-district am was picked through the cooperation of couches and officials with the members of the Missouri Interscholastic Sportswriters Association. Retzer, Lutz, Jennings, Folta, Smith Merit First Team Positions Five Schools Represented on Varsity Quint, Wellsville Dominates Second Team Selections, Nine Players Rate Honorable Mention for Play Players of five schools rate the nod on the Ledgerland Class high school basketball team, named today by the Mexico Ledger with the help of Ledgerland coaches. Three of the all-star players performed for winning ball teams while two of the top five played on clubs finishing below the .500 mark in the final tabulation.

Nineteen regional before bowing in defeat, players are honored on the Junior squad with five rating second toam today toppod hc scoring on team berths and nine gaining the Tiger team and' was the main honorable mention. cog in its seasonal success. He On the All-Ledgerland first five scored 5 in in 8 ames nn nnftoi- IJ Tom Folta. K-G at Laddonia. Bob Jennings, Centralia.

Ilarlan Lutz, Farber. Kenny Itetzer, Wellsville. Erdine Smith, Montgomery Citj-. and Lutz topped the bal- Tiger star for the Ledgerland club. -1 TflO 7QO Kn loting for first team posts and JUUIlg 1U1 llisi ico.ni i Jennings and Folta were A exact-was Harlan Lutz chief four-player duel was waged for claim to basketball fame this set- the fifth on the No.

1 team me nun spoi on tut; A cu with the nod finally going to Smith offensive noise for Coach Floyd of Montgomery City. Ledbetter's team which captured nnn 23 games while losing 7. Averaging He nosed out teammate Don he Shearmire, Kenny Cobb of Van- nriiv1 (1 ia corine feats with dalia, -and Wayne Clark, Wellsville in the final voting. Shearmire, Cobb, and Clark automatically garnered positions on the all-star ond-teain. Filling out the No.

2 club are Dave May and Bob Moser of Wellsville. Nine players receive honorable mention: Jack Harp of Vandalia; Don Meinert, Jim Janes, and Glenroy Hoyt, Farber; Jerry Cox and Mike Way, Centralia; Dave Pittenger, R-6 at Laddonia, and Don Sheiton and Bob Shelton, Montgomery City. Retzer, Smith, and Folta are seniors; Jennings and juniors. Retzer was a standout on the Wellsville team which recorded 28 wins against 6 defeats, traveling to the first round of the Class Browns Start Spring Games On Saturday SAN BERNARDINO. Mar.

variety than is in a California drugstore will be offered the good burghers of Los Angeles by the Browns this weekend. The Browns start their exhibition schedule with single games Saturday and Sunday at Wrigley Field against the Pacific Coast League Angels. Rookie pitchers Don Larsen. the swift Swede, and left-hander Tom La Sorda will pitch Saturday. Sunday, the Browns offer a cash customer special of Satchel Paige as a starter, Virgil Trucks in the middle and Harry Brecheen as the finisher.

If that doesn't get a crowd. Manager Marty Marion should take up flag pole sitting between innings. "Good names there, huh?" said Marion today. "About 130 years, too." Pitcher Coach Brecheen refused to let the needle bite. He grinned.

At 38. Brecheen is pretty sure he's younger than Paige. Fast- bailer Trucks is 34. Paige will never admit he comes closer to making up the difference. Marion's batting order Saturday ST LOUIS, March 5 John will be rookie Bill Hunter, short- Burroughs meets Owensville in the stop; converted outfielder Koy C3 A i.mir_T-r>T1IY"nf*n Burrougns meets uwensvuie in ine siop, 7 o'clock semi-final game of the Seivers, first base; Army-returned each.

Elvins, Mo. Class B'regional in Dick Kokos, left field; Vic Wertz, the Missouri State High School bas- right field; Jim Dyck, third base; ketball eliminations tonight. The Clint Courtney, catch; John Grotn, Bombers are first-seeded and won center field, and Bob Young, sec- their opening game over Wells- ond base. Cardinals Meet Yankees Saturday ST. PETERSBURG, Mar.

5 The spring game baseball schedule opens for the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday when they take on the World Champion New York Yankees in the first of five games. A 36 game spring exhibition schedule is set for the Redbirds. They will, meet the Braves, Reds, and Phillies four times each and will conclude the pre-National League schedule with games at Sportsman's Park against the St. Louis Browns on April 11 and 12.

an average of better than 14 points per game. His floor game and driving spirit, along with plenty of court hustle, stamped him as one of the finest players to grace the hardwoods at Wellsville High School. Coaches were high in their selection of the Better than 700 to be son. The 6-4 center was the big Harlan Lutz of Farber and Tommy Folta of the 6 School at Laddonia merited berths on the All-Ledgerland basketball team, announced today. Lutz was the leading scorer in the area with 738 points.

Folta was mainstay of the Laddonia team by Vic Hildebrand. Ledger photographer). bench were jumping up and clown and George (Dutch i Hoy, the coach, wanled to make a quick substitution. Hoy tried to shout to a boy to go into the game. At the other end of the bench, thc excited lad just didn't hear him.

"Right then." said Hoy. "I decided we needed a better system of communication. Several boys already had quit basketball and the confusion was too much for us." The next day Hoy asked Gilbert Mills, head of Phoenix College's ed his individual scoring feats with a 50-point performance against Center as Farber won a 68-39 victory. Erdine Smith, junior from Montgomery City, is considered one of the biz reasons Coach Wayne Doyle's Wildcats won 19 games despite the fact that most of the starting quint were underclassmen at at Montgomery City High School. Smith, stretching in the neighborhood of the 6-foot mark, tallied 346 points and proved a capable team man and a good floor performer.

Bob Jennings was one of the bright spots of a dismal season at Centralia as the Panthers went through a 26 game season with the taste of victory available only five times. A good shot, he usually played the post spot for Pete Adkins' Panthers and constantly turned in a good scoring game and a fine job in rebounding against victorious hn winners" with 1 of 15.1 points per game. He is a lb 1O1 no loiltlh senior at Centralia. Playing against taller and Phone Coaching System Helps Win Cage Games PHOENIX Ariz The crowd physics department, what could be was screaming, the players on the done. "Maybe you need a public Chalk Up I-M Court Victories Intramural basketball activities address system," laughed Mills.

"Let's try to work it out," said Hov. Mills connected up a standard amplifier, a portable microphone and 10 earphones in effect a State Tourney Moves Into Second Round Five Teams Move Up With Wins On Wednesday Opening round action Wednesday afternoon and evening witnessed five games with the winners advancing to the second round. Sr. Louis Beaumont defeated Sikeston. 59-50, and St.

Louis University High toppled Kirksville. 63-16. in the afternoon session. The trio of games in the evening saw Cape Girardeau down Kansas City Central, 65-54. Chillicothe nose out" Washington, 55-52, and Marshall defeat Willow Springs, 65-54.

Two contests are listed for tonight. The junior Billikens of St. Louis University High, defending champions, take on Cape Girardeau at 7 p. m. and Marshall and Chillicothe tangle at 9 o'clock.

Top seeded Webster Groves and McKinley and Cleveland and St. Louis Beaumont were scheduled for action in today's afternoon games. Winners today and tonight advance to the semifinal round, listed for Friday night. The tournament ends Saturday with the championship game set for 9:15 p. m.

Scoring Title To Billiken Cage Star ST. LOUIS, Mar. and IU earpnones in eriect a closed circuit telephone system Dick Boushka of St. Louis Univer- in time for that weekend's game. I sity has wrapped up the individual flt-lo In frha AJ I CCnl VJlllPV The apparatus brought laughs from the team, Hoy said, but its effect was revolutionary.

What had been disorder on the bench and misunderstood coaching soon became quiet, smooth teamwork, and scoring title in the Missouri Valley Conference. Deadeye Dick, a 6-5 forward, averaged 20.5 points a game despite a dismal slump at season's end. He dumped in only two points came quiet, smoom teuinwui-n, anu i the floundering PC squad surprised as the Billikens ended their season if .1 IVTnnHnv in a nl-3U defeat DV its fans by winning the next three home games. That was about midway of the present season. But Hoy.

a veteran coach, is happiest about the way his boys took to the device. Don Lee, 19- Intramurai oasKeiuan r-u- Wednesday nigh! at the Mexico year-old son of former Chicago Hi-h School Jets defeat TEAM White Sox pitcher Thornton Lee, 5 bv a score and TEAM 3 summed it up for his teammates: i-QTilK- liofnt: lie nnnPT- down TKAM 6 by a 41-23 count iwn i George Craddork topped the stand the coach and what he Tt of us pects. It's made a new team of us. "We sit and hear what's going id lb lor me- wron ancl we ean im Thirteen points by Kenny Eastin it. When a player comes off the floor, the coach repeats personal advice to him.

When we're sent in, led TKAM Howard Pulis had 8 for the victors and collected 16 for 10 iiruc," but Tommy Folta of the R-6 Com- tne losers. munity School Laddonia proved equal to the task as he won top MOXim, MOOfC Win honors for the Ledgerland school which could muster only 9 wins against 15 defeats. Folta, hovering near the 5-11 mark, was a good jump shot and a team leader. His all-around play accounted for most of the Wildcat victories accorded to Gale Oehrke's team. He scored 503 points this season, chiefly on jump shots from the side and back court.

He is a senior. The mythical team, should it play, would be best with Jennings and Folta at the forwards, Lutz, center, and Retzer and Smith, guards. The team would have a fair share of height around the backboards, good ball handlers and deadly shooters, and two back courtmen capable of keeping the offensive attack rolling. Nineteen players are represented on the Ledgerland team. Wellsville, Farber, and Montgomery City dominate the squad with four players each.

Centralia placed three, and R-6 and Vandalia, two L'Heavyweight Bouts MIAMI. Mar. 5 Joey Maxim scored an easy victory over Danny Nardico here Wednesday night in a 10-round battle-between the two light heavyweights. Maxim, a 9 to 5 favorite before the fight, went to the canvas once in the bout but came on to win handily. He is ranked as the No.

1 chaflenger to Champion Archie Moore. Danny Nardico is considered the fourth ranking challenger for the crown. In Sacramento. California. Moore scored a fifth round TKO over Sonny Andrews, Los Angeles Negro.

Springfield Wins Way to NAIA Play SPRINGFIELD. March 5 Springfield College defeated Mar- shalf Missouri Valley. 103-69 here Wednesday night to win the right to represent thc area in the NAIA tournament at Kansas City. i moving from -j Sos'on to Chiraffo yivcN the Y. 1 rluh'll liillfl' and inlicldrr.

i LAST CALL! JACK RAY MOTORS AUCTION MARCH 7th WEKTZVILLE, 57 Cars, Pickups, Trucks, Trailers, Road Tractors, Gas Diesel, Truck Beds, Tires, Miscellaneous supplies. 10 A.M. in heated arena, rain or shine. TERMS-cash or time to those applying. On Hi-way 61 where 40 61 cross '35 miles west of St.

Louis. PUBLIC SALE We, the undersigned will sell at public auction at the home of the late Mrs. Etta Harvey, second house east of the Catholic church, in laddonia, beginning at 1.30 p. m. on SATURDAY, March 7th The complete furnishings of a four room home including: gas range in good condition; Peerless, Thermostat controlled, 60,000 BTU gas heater; HotPoint Electric Refrigerator, like new; two 9x12 wool rugs; 9x12 Congoleum; Bed Davenport and chair; bed steads, springs, mattresses, feather beds and other bedding and linens, tables, chairs, large antique mirror, hand carved coffee table, sewing machine, pressure cooker, dishes, cooking utensils, two lawn mowers, canned fruits and vegetables and numerous other things.

TERMS OF SALE-CASH Mrs. Howard Knipfe! Mrs. Wayne Chenoweth Auct: Charles Kennen Clerk: Laddonia State Bank AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: The above property is in exceptionally good condition and has been well cared for. "This helps us under- we know what to do. "Not only that," adds Don, "but we concentrate on the game now and don't talk to each other like we did.

The fellows think this is the greatest thing to come along in quite a while." Although the players can't talk back to Hoy, they don't want to. Dutch feels small colleges, particularly, would benefit by installing such a "head-set coaching" system. It saves the coach from running back and forth along the bench, advising and ordering. Some day he hopes to have 20 or 30 headsets on the line if he ever has that many players. "The secret of this thing." he says, "is that everybody benefits, not just the first team: It's about the biggest asset I have." Monday night in a 51-50 defeat by the Aggies.

Bob Kurland. former Oklahoma A. and M. center, held the old mark, averaging 20.41 for 12 games in 19-16. Boushka paced conference scorers with 71 field goals and 63 free throws for 205 points in the 10- season.

Seton Hall Back To Winning Habits CLEVELAND, Mar. 5 Seton Hall got back to its winning habits by downing John Carroll University, 109-82 here Wednesday night. The game set a new scoring mark for the New Jersey quintet which has been dumped in its last two previous outings. It marked their 27th win against 2 defeats. On the same card.

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