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3737 Kokomo Sectional Tickets Go On Sale Thursday "Season Book Holders To Qet First Break Preparations for the biggest show of the 1949-50 local basketball season--the annual Howard county sec- ional tournament scheduled to be run off in the Memorial Gymnasium February 23-25--moved into high gear Tuesday with announcement of ticket distribution to participating schools and plans for the: local sale. Athletic Director Chet Hill, of Kokomo High school, man-: ager of the meet, said Ko-; Tiger Tickets season tickets to the Kokomo sectional bas- k'-tbull sanu; tournament will hi: distributed as follows, Principal K. Bruy announced Tuesday: Students--TicVets will fro on Thursday at the Kchool and will remain on snlft until Friday noon. will KO on saJe ut noon Friday at the school anil will remain on sale until all are sold. komo would beifln the sale of its' allotment at the Memorial Gymnasium Thursday morri: at 8 o'clock.

Holders of regular season books for the 1943-30 campaign, includir.t: five-year and lifetime passes, i set the first chance at the "nates will be restricted to fans in those categories throughout first two days of the aale--Thuru-j day and Friday, February 16-17. ular scason and at Bif our TI'K GKXJ2KAI, public--the non-: a i be dispensed with holders of season tickets of any! entirely for tho sectional. Xo scats i i havo their "day" a be reserved, all scats going for day, February 18, starting at 8 cac session on a strict first-come, o'clock in the morninff. basis, ticket sniffs will be a scnar-i REGULAR SKASOX ticket hold- at the high school. rs will hn required to present their! ticket-s for the sovrn-.

10-19-SO noa.ion books at tho i ymnf tournament will be i tournament tickets am at 51.60 for both students and! The i sectional tournament Sinjile Hcsulon tickets, if any claim ticket must be attached to remain after the advance sale scason book at the time the season tournament tickets, will be 1 latter Is presented, priced at 60 cents each. All advance, sales of adult ncn- Braves Making Rupp Prediction Look Accurate KOKOMO (Ind.) 'TRIBUNE 9 Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1950 Baltimore Group Closes Deal For Bullet Franchise Jeonnette Stays As Club Leader Baltimore, Feb. 14--(W Twenty busir.esbtner, arc the now bosses of the Baltimore They took over thu National Basketball as- Uiird, mid fourth sociution club Jock, stock and bar- sive the unbeaten about midnight last night after discussing the deal with former owners loss than four hours. The transfer of the franchise be- They'll Make Channel Swimming a Family Affair By JOE FALLS enough second.

New York, Fob. place ballots to team Adolpb picked at. tie: Crusaders a genuine battle. Holy in the nation--Bradley totaled 9S6 points, Bradley yet i the Ken- 949. i tucky Baron's faith.

i Ohio State, Western conference carne effective immediately, a The Bradley Braves, gaining advanced a pep to the'spokesman for the new combine are applying the screws No. 3 slot, replacing Duquesne of to Holy Cross 1 rating as the No. Pittsburgh, which dropped to sev- basketball power in the nation. While Holy Cross today was St. John's University Brooklyn umi Jasl ffht the new own- voted the top position in the As- held its fourth place ranking, ers wo De Another group of sociated Press poll for a i while Rupp's Kentuckians flashed had been negotloting week, its margin a from seventh to i ho jri ers All Sports, shrunk to a mere 37 points over steam of seven straight i SCV( ra i weeks, end were rampaging Braves from Peoria, Ru-pp picked Bradley as the class still discussing the sale until 6 p.

TO. III. of the nation nt the start of the ''l HOLY CBOSS attracted 56 first! season. place votes from the 1-40 sports "Long Island university placed i writers and broadcasters across the sixth, a notch of country. Bradley drew only 16.

i CAROLINA STATE, However, Bradley commanded, the only member i lose last week. nid, meaning clearance for the ale already had been obtained. But it apparently wasn't known yesterday. THJ5N THE NJEW combine moved into the talks two hours later. Shortly before midnight.

President Robert C. (Jake) Embry of of the top 10 to. A 1 Sporw unno uaccd tho sale hod finished eighth b( cn an(J lb franchise trans- tickets will of be conducted at The Mercer family of Fall River, starts training cf Jacksonville' Beach, for a mass English Channel swim later this year. Mrs. John Morcer (right), maps out plans for, left to righ, front, Althea, 22; Faith, 12; Carl, Hope, 12; B.obbie, 13; back, John 18; Lois, 27, and John 53.

(AP Wirephoto) Kokomo's allotment, of course, was the largest of any of tho participating schools. Elwood received gate No. 2 of the Memorial gym-j the next-biggest block of ducats-- nnjilum. 1,232. Northwestern was next with Hill's announcement pointed out 453, Western received 412, 'Grcen- 339, that the customary policy of serving all scats In the jrym--a policy followed throughout the rcg- town got 339, Galveston got 273, Union rated 183 tickets and Jackson got 171.

Badgers Salvage PrepsteiS Mired Feeble nope ror i Big 10 Net Crown In 'Worry Week' iMarlene Bauer Shares Medal In Everglades Palm Beach, Feb. 14--CrP-- Marlene Bauer, sensational girl Grade Tourney To Finish Wednesday Rehfeldt Leads Win over Iowa NCC Loop Title Still on Board Area Basketball Chicago, Feb. 14-(ff)-Wiacon-; By nAIJ BUKGKSP sin solidified its second place, stand- 1 Rogular season play in Indiana ing and kept Its title hopes i i school basketball explodes in in tl-c Ten ba.fkethall i its usual a i i i this week, chase last night by outlasting Iowa, TMTMJTM 66-62, The an overtime. Badgers scoring sensation, Finale Set At Memorial Gym TVrre Gf-ritmc The final session ot the 1950 City grade, school basketball mcnt, originally nchedulod to have: been completed at tho Washington i school gymnasium last will bo staked In the Memorial! Gymnasium Wednesday night. Tournament officials announced tho new date Tuesday after postponing tho tournament i session last Saturday night due to luck of heat in tho Washington gym.

school and i i a will for the class championship in the first game nt 7 o'clock. Roosevelt and Central arc scheduled to moct in tho class contest at o'clock. JEFFERSON and Meridian qual- i i for their dim? playoff 05 i i Control and Washington, respectively, in semi-final games at Washington last Saturday afternoon. Roosevelt's victim in the class semi-finals was Lincoln and Central topped "Washington. Class is open to boys 12 Vi years or under and in tho sixth grade or under.

Class involves youngsters years of ago or less and in gmdcs no higher a the seventh. Washington and Roosevelt divided honors in a seventh'and eighth grade double header at Washington school Monday night, Roosevelt! i i tho seventh grade contest, to 12. nnd Washington grabbing the eighth grade battle. 31 to 10. Billy Hole paced 'noose-veil's i i with i points and Bill Grunt topped Wash- EdCflGS BASKETBALL SCORES High School I Wilvy CO, Term Rohfeldt, pumped in 27 points boost his average In seven gnmes 'to 22.8.

This is slightly better than 22.S average maintained by Iowa's Murray Wier In setting the conference scoring record of points in 12 games in 1948. fcldt has i to go. Forward Don Page reaHy 272 thoir a i tourney draw- jury, will sec-saw between the state ings Wednesday and payoff battles for conference championships. Wednesday, the IHSAA Board of Control will set up the four-week tourney that starts in 64 next week, but it won't announce Reh- the pairings until Thursday. TOPPING THE windup contests be Anderson's home game was 62.

Ml. 30, I'oncy lo 3v Jlm.ic Wisconsin's hero In The "tight New Castle Friday night. i test at Iowa. His two free tosses Anderson ranked No. 1 in the state College EAST U.

CiO. Ttrh Ccirni-ll i i i 73. l.oyoli. i Cntholi SOUTH Kentucky 17. A i i ST.

Viinilcrbilt Suite I-oM'nvilk- 14. i i f.T. Nnrdi C.in.linii OH. i i i i Mury 40. South Curulimi P.7nryliind Efi.

MIDWEST Ilnidlcv 65, Okhiliomii. A. M. .16. Ohio 47.

4fi. i i i S. I i i i i i Illinoi.H fltf, lowii 6" (nvt-rtinic) MilinosoU. i i JS. Vi-lvlt SO, Chrintiim 51, 3S.

A TeMin A. M. Southern Motholitit Rico 4tJ. WEST in the last second locked the court J5S-59 and extended the game. He dropped in on under-handed Iny-up shot at the start of the overtime i to push the Badgers ahead to i i league victory in seven games.

in the schedule for thr fintl week of the rcffulsr hifrh tchol bns- kcll)nll Reason in Tile Trlhullo BVCH: WEDNESDAY Fort Central Calhulic Peru. i i i FRIDAY I i a i Tech at Kokomo. Tiptoil at ILartford City. Wcntcrn vs. Prtiirie at Kokomo Armory.

Jnrkaon vs. Union at Miami. nt Converse. Bunker Hill at Clay i a i Frunkton at i a Carrollton nt Onward nt Walton. Cutler at Forest.

Koll at Swcctser. Mctea at Deer Creek, l-'airmount at Summitville. Somcrcet vs. I.akcton at Linlairn. (Ttpton) at Twelve Mile nt Galvearon.

SATURDAY Jacknon VH. at Kokomo before a three-point loss at Jasper.Armory. last week. There are reports from vs. Sw.yzec New Castle, pre-sea-son fti- vorite, that the Trojans are ready i erson, Wednesday, already is East-1 and Palm Beach (79).

i while two newcomers fcrr( Hc did not disclose the sale ond UCLA completed lcc Uhe list. i Tho now Bullets owners made A significant note w.is San 1-ran-, arl to i player-coach Cisco, ranked 12th. Tho Dons, a nctte guide the destiny of the INational Invitation no in 0 th place in i a culled IS first place; lh(J Ellslcrn division. They also votes--second only to Holy him to the job of general totdl i manager. The top teams i place votes i in parentheses and points on Midland, con- a Cast pace in Florida golfer from tinues to set tournaments.

Marlene, who'll be 16 years old Thursday, won the women's golf championship of Palm Beach last Saturday and teamed with Reginald B. Boardman of Palm Baach yesterday to take medalist honors in the 15th annual Everglades Club mixed foursome event. Bauer and her partner carded a 69, one under men's par for the Everglades Club course to lead the Hold of 71 teams. TAKING ALTEENATE strokes, they had birdies on seven of the 18 holes and finished five strokes ahead of Mrs. Betty Bush, Hammond, and Bob i Sweeney, former British Amate'ur champion from London, England.

The Bauer-Boardman combination today plays the team of Ruth Woodward, Pall River, and W. A. Pagan, West Palm who qualified with 77. Other teams, their scores yesterday and pairings today include: Mrs. Bush and Sweeney, (74) vs.

Edea'n Anderson, Helena. Mont, 10-9-S-7-B-5-4-3-2-1 Team basis): Record Points Holy Cross (56) Bradley (16) Ohio State (8) St. S) Kentucky (6) Long Island (5) DuQuesne (1) N. Caro. State 20-0 22-3 16-3 20-2 18-4 17-2 18-1 18-1 9.

West. Kentucky (5) 19-1 10, UCLA (3) 17-4. 980 919 75-i 631 4S5 451 3G5 323 322 "Tech Gome Tickets On Sale Wednesday Tickets for Ivokomo High school's final basketball ffame of the regular 19-19-1950 campaign--Friday night's home game against In- Tcch--will go on sale dianapolis Tech--will go morning at 8 o'clock. All Tech ticket sales will be handled at gate No. 1 of the Memorial gymnasium.

Another Good Man Gone! UP Ace Hands Cubs the Curse; Picks Madison in Lousy Verse By KURT FKKUDEJfTJIAI, UP Sports Writer Indianapolis. Feb. 14-- (UP)-- They Beach, are highly-regarded among 1 five elite of Indiana's high, school to roll a an o.T-and-on season, em division champ of the North- Anderson takes North Cen- I tr-al conference if it wins. If it Clnrn llrr.o). Colorndo A.

Mi'Xico MonUmn Stii 51, San J3 (ovcr- M. 55. IJrlchjim YounK Wcrittirn 5o. Colorado 40. AT CHAMPAIGN.

I i a a mov- ed into lone pou-Mslon at Centm! can grab the place with 5-3 by blasting Illinois i i at a Fn- 83-72. Bill Garrott flipped in 20 points and Jerry Stuteville added 17 to power the Hoosiers' attack. Ostcrkorn kept Illinois from being completely smothered by lecting 23 points, 18 in List half a the I i i went scoreless six i and Indiana rushed' to a 50-36 lead. I In absorbing their setback in eight starts, the Illini S3; T( nl points piled up against them forj-reni the second time this season--the TTM mos tever scored against an IIlin-ITeiLi Alice Bauer. Midland, and Hardwickei BcU A i a i (75) South Bend Central, at Gary Km Western section, finishes Thursday and Ring, Boston agjiinst outsider Fort Wayne Cen- tral.

Gary Fl-oebel, 9-1, can grab i a piece of Mann's pie if it stops' OTGillTO upcoming Hammond' Tuesday. Peru has won the Central league i and ends up Wednesday night against non-member fort Wayne Central Catholic. CENTRAL (80 T-. IO ru Net TT 111 MarClWOOCl basketball powers and a perennial for their first state title and after last year's close shave hope all the way this year. Gone are the brilliant Dec Monroe and his forward partner, Ed Orrill, but Eddy has four seasoned state tourney title contender.

They never quite made it but are in there trying for the pot gold every vea.r. We give you Madison Cubs, the United Press title choice to haul down the in the 40th annual Hoosier wood cxti-avaganzii. Tho Cubs count as one of TJ-TI Dili Stcllite's Kokomo City Basket- most basketball-conscious outfits in the state and come from the Ohio river district 'usually studded i gifted teams. COACH RAV EDDY, the soft- veterans back, led by six-foot-four Spence Schnaitter, one of the best pivotmen in the state. SCHNA1XTER BXCEIS under boards and has a i jump, too.

Ted Server and junior i Weber are Eddy's forwards, Ed Cheat ham and Don Mc- 'Caulcy are the backcourt players, the Schnaitter, Server and Cheatham provuic the Cubs with a scoring punch second to none. This line-up can go the route. Eddy does very little substituting, carrying only nine men on the var- spoken Purdue alumnus, comes jt One handicap is their lack league champions will a powerhouse every spring, height. But as Jasper proved ois team. Ohio State defeated them earlier at Columbus, 83-62.

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761) 711 GS3--220 Nn. 4 755 Ni. 1 745 No. 7t6 Team No. 3" SOJ 711 f77--2192 Team No.

3. TIM 6B5--21U1 can, i the Peru Eii (en quintet, and this year's edition is no less win the Southern conference cham-; cha ion of i than those of last year and pior.ship, decided on a 1: i i rating system, if it beat; complicated in is Princeton 13kett all 72B 6S5 711 7fl.l Thursday night. Otherwise the ti- i a day night. 0 goes to New Albany, which fm- 733--2205 es with non-conf erence c---117 the feature contest of a double header at Bunker Professional NATIONAL ASSOCIAT1CN ington's eighth grade scoring ten. with Honors In Troop 37 Meet Windfall Five Cops County Grade Title Windfall's sixth graders Prppcr collecting assorted medals tro- v.

K. W. phlc.s Tuesday ux result of i i in the Tipton county lv (lll team grade school a hclcijClu-: Ust weekend at Hobbs and Tipton. Moo Tho champs received i i i a LIBERTY A DAW-- CIO-- 292 7.10 7U4 S61 701 71)7 67.1 r.l.l BM 635 639 Thc program i staged for games; the a i the Bunker Hill Hec- ut Columbus Friday and against i r( a ti cm association, the proceeds go- Seymour Saturday. i i llto a purchase softbnl Madison's Cubs are the South-'equipment for i season.

eastern conference champs regard-) Stel-ite nnd Eikenborry will col- of how they fare Friday night Hde at 8:15 o'clock, following a heir home finale against Law-'preliminary game between the 731--2112' renceburg. They should fare well-Bunker Hill Independents and the 28--1S3B enough, having won 58-40 at Law-iGilead Independents. The opener 663--1337 rencebUrg. is scheduled for 7 o'clock. I I I A I LEAGUE spring No.

1 Mil MS Y-CHURCH BASKETBALL basketballs and a team plaque i over New L.an-|l' 1 739 hoi The Kagle' patrol carried lionoi-s in the Boy Scout Troop No. cast 37 basketball tournament at Howard cs township school Saturday, bcatinjyl i rHi i( 35 lo Tipton r' 'c, I'oto Drleo i Ko-Potlcry the Panther patrol game, 53 to 7. 25 to 10, in the i a Windfall's other tourney vic- i skMcl IVpkii Kl'J 637 Mil 322 M3 snu-- 2r, K(i3-- 2S62 S82-- Mikan's 27-PIus Average Swamps Pro Basketball Scoring Pursuers St. John's, 28 to and Sharpsville, Leader Max Teri- pan was awarded the of Mr. and Mrs.

J. P. Frances, was sportsmanship award. Jack Lorenz awarded the trophy designated for youngster showing; D.Hoover 2 Pnrtur 0 i 2 1 Totuld 2fi I'iirr lo. i and Gale Davis won the field shooting medal.

Vndrcw'j 2 1 McGuirc i Jlnrnc'tt MIDDLEWEIGHT 4 3 S. Chr iirtm Ciml Co. Globe American (later) 845 Si: SCO--25-17 VICTORY LEAGUE Hob Nob Cnfc 832 833 Crown CoU 600 849 Windfall Llonn 840 831 Hnyivood Motor 504 841 Rich Home S30 873 Hoosier Iron Works 835 812 Citizen's Nnt. i 798 873 1 8SI SCI) Checker Cab Co. SOS 'J37 Xcrk it I'clty Shell 7S2 Hobblns Bill 7JJ S7D 525--2C03 856--Ilill Now York, Feb.

14-- (fl 3 )-- Minneapolis' George Mlkan, averaging; 27.8 points per game, is far ahead of the field in the National Basketball association individual scoring race. The talented pivot star, driving for the unprecedented figure, has scored 1,417 points in si games. 805--2543 f( fir. Mikan has connected 433 oth i-- '03" i top marks tor ne circuit. Alex Groza of Indianapolis con- 862-- In the No.

2 spot, with a The 10 leading- scorers: bag- the has 48 contests, loop's outstanding been averaging 23.5 Groza, rookie, points per game. FRANK BEIAN placed third, with eluding: games of Sunday, Feb. Philadelphia's Joe Fulkg was fourth with 828 points. Dick McGuire, New York's tricky playmaker, retained his lead in scoring assists, McGuire has 255 assists, four 1918. Last year's club almost made It.

By-passed by most "experts," they cut down one tourney foe after another, fighting i way to the grand finale at the Butler field- house. But a never-say-die bunch of Jasper Wildcats ended that i dream, G2 to 61, despite Dee Monroe's record 36 points. The year before the Cubs were our title choice, too, but again they lost out. That time i last year and other champions have in the past, "height isn't everything." To date, the Cubs have won 15 games and lost two. They were upended at Mitchell, 40 to 31, and lost a one-point verdict ai: Vin- cenneu, 52 to 51.

They can pocket another Southeastern conference championship by beating Lawrence- hurg Friday. The tourney trail takes Madison from theii- Shclbyville the In- own sectional to regional a.nd the dianapolis They aren't tall--but they're it was Anderson wh'ch Eddy's boys in the 30 i to 38. i On to the "state" tbcy strive in And back in 1941 they a i way the i a only to lose to Washington's Hatch- A I CARDS AND are still trying VALENTINES AT CLAIR'S, 832--2-105 714--22-lrt COMMERCIAL LEAGUE jMorrhnnd Electric D3S S14 3 Snepp Fnccr 922 T4 JMiuon Motors 817 S49 I Ccntrnl fiDj 86S Laundry 7SI SUj Opponents will howl later. LEAGUE oSS I I Stonier G38 (7lnhe American B62 WIOU 713 -1--2726 001--2757 US-- 25M 055 2G7.S 820 240fi IS3.1 2 20.15 George Mikan, Minneapolis Alex Groza, Indianapolis Frank Brian, Anderson Joe Fulks, Philadelphia Max Znslofsky, Chicago Fred Schaus, Fort Woyne Dick Mehen, Waterloo Carl Braun, New York Jim Pollard, Minneapolis Collns 1 Corner Kindlon 6E2 CG2 631 64 5 63 617 60.1--1897 I Ed Macauley, St. Louis 242 Ar.dy Phillip who has Honor Roll Scoiv nt IS.

(Jumo pljiyod At Vnshinpton t-m i a Hoover iind Carroll County Sets Cage, Cinder Dates Dates for a Carroll couaty junior hijrh school basketball tournament and the annual high school track and field championships were set up at a recent meeting of the county coaches' principals' association. The junior high school net meet will be held at Delphi March 7-10 and the high school track meet will be held at Delphi April 25. TRY A TRIBUNE WANT LEON HART SIGNS PfcO CONTRACT Leon Hart, 21, (right), college football's "name" player of 1949, inks a three-year pact with Coach Bo McMillin and the Detroit Lions as Lion president Edwin J. Anderson, (standing), looks on approvingly at Detroit, Mich. The big Notre Dame end and co-captain last fall won every major football honor and All-America team selection in leading the Fighting Irish to their fourth consecutive unbeaten season.

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