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TliL FRANKLIN (luD.Af.A) STAR in 0) o) i I i 1 1 lj Lru 1 i i nlro) I 1 hi CRUSHES Eol Franklins 22nd Annual Sectional Tourney HtHNEV Cflr: Wallops Trafalgar In Opener Of Tournament, 36-18, With Sleeth, Gallagher And Ashe Leading Attack GRIZZLY NETTERS END SUCCESSFUL SEASON OF HARDWOOD SPORT HELMSBUR Center" Grove Friday, 3 P. Franklin M. P. M. I Van Bnren Twp Satnrday, 2 Friday, 4 P.

M. Nineveh eliminated the first of the Brown county invaders as the Friday morning' session concluded, stamping Jackson township, from Helmsburg, 37-22. It was only after a hard-fought first half that Wil-mer Johnson's Blue Birds started rolling up the points to pull away from the determined out-of-the-county Saturday, 8 P. M. M.

Sat or day, 3 P. M. Danville Colle-e; (2) Ralph E. Parker; (3) Russell Pkkett, Vevay. GO squad.

Nineveh poured the buckets at the outset for a 7-0 advantage, Walker scoring after three minutes of play with a foul, followed by long shots by Richards and Bridges, and a close-up attempt by Bridges. Baughman broke through the calcimine shortly before the session ended to give the losers ttteir first two tallies, the count standing at 7-2. Nineyh. Young and Rund drove under for Helmsburg, the former adding a rharity and the count was in a 7-7 bundle. The southerners chalked up five more before Nineveh could find the hamper, Rund getting a gratis, Barnes magging a two-pointer from far out and coming back again with a short center snot, 12-7.

Helmsburg Leads at Half. Bridges registered a foul and an under-the-basket doublcton just before the half ended to reduce the Helmsburg lead to two points. 12-10. Bryan Hamilton tied the count as thinis cot moving in the second half, sinking two charities. Bridges put the Birds back in front with a short fielder.

14-12, and Helmsbtirrt called time out. Nineveh never relinquished this lead, pulling away for a third-quarter frontage of 26-14 B. Hamilton's foul widened the Birds Blank Clark for Five Minutes At The Outset its entire team. Clark rolled cvr Trafalgar in roughshod fashion th-? initial session of the Gallacher Ashe S'f'i lt-d tlx1 Lions in an iv? drive which advanced 'Doc" squad to tho second round played raggedly at the outlet, but soon were back in their late-season form and it was a of time. Neither outfit counted until five minutes had when White finally- connect for the Red Birds on Ashe's v.

a Sleeth barged away with a liigh renter shot. Gallaglier rose from an scramble for a r.h-in. and Stillabower added a tharitv 0:1 Sibert's miscue as the qvsr'fr ended. 5-1 Clark. White aeain contributed from the feu! 5-2.

but Ashe looped in a from the left side of the then came back with a close -up attempt which also went throu-rh. and the Birds were trail-In? 9-2. gave the ball to Ashe rn a neat pass, the latter scoring, and Clark had gained a r.ir.e-r'unt headway. 11-2, before Fetrc Trafalgar's first fielder, a 1 shot. Gar.

I her two-handed pivot from range for Clark was partially counteracted by Thompson's free toss r-s the half ended. 13-5. Clark. with an uncanny series of Claik continued to widen p.rsi at third quarter it was 24-12. was hich point man for the with five buckets, fol-1 by Ash? with nine points and with eicht.

Fetro kept th in the running with four from t'e and three from the foul Y.rr. Five points by Thompson and r-o White comprised the remainder of the Bird scoring. ineups and Summary. Clark 3fi. Trafalrar 13 AsJie Walker retro Forward.

V.A.UA, i i 1 i Fetro 1 I White Lawlis Centers. Wth Wlit iker Guards. Substitutions: Clark Eldridce Wimiread. rvVore. McClain.

Law-rerce. Trafalgar Thompson. Ut-torhack. FVld Goals: Clark Gallasher. Aho 4: Sleeth.

4: Stillabower Eldridce. Wirrnread. Trafalgar Fetro. Thompson, Free Throws: Clark Ashe. Stillabower.

4. Trafalgar White. Thompson. Fersonal Fouls: ClarK Ashe. Stillabower.

4: Gallagher. Sleeth Eldrdige. Whitaker. Wizenread Trafalgar Walker. 3: White, Petro.

Sibert. Thompson. Feferee. Raymond Hobbs. Umpire.

Russell Fickett. UPSETS MARK FIRST ROUNDSOF NET TILT North Vernon and Bloomington Fall Before Attacks of Smaller Rivals INDIANAPOLIS. March 6 U.P. of upsets enlivened first round cames in sixty-four sectionals of the state hish school basket tournament today. Tipton, the only team to enter tho tournament with an unbeaten record, survived its first round game asainst Atlanta.

39 to 18. North Vernon, champion of the southeastern conference, was eliminated by Sandusky. 22 to 21, in the first game at Greensburg. Among the upsets were Bluffton's elimination by Rock Creek Center. 28 to 25.

at Bluffton. and B'ooming- ton's defeat by Paragon. 22 to 18. at Blcomineton. Yankeetown won from Selvin.

2 to P. on a forfeit at Boonville when it was discovered the latter had an ineligible player. 4 4 :4 3 vv CF CHCCCLATE TRCPS' three. tmpm QViTS CR STOPS? U4S A TMifjr; hn i i Poison, Barrow, Miller and Irvine Complete College Basketball Careers FERRELL LEADING SCORER Team Captures Ten Games Out of Sixteen Starts Defeats All Traditional Rivals. nv T.

Snarks.l By winning the Wabash game the Grirzlies, finished the season with a record of nine wins out of the last ten conic rer.ee games. This season i was also a success as tar as the I snn onii lrwt rnluriMi is ronrpriipd I the team finishing the sea-( son with ten wiivs and six losses. Four of these reverses were suf tered in a row before the locals hit their i stride. Four seniors played their last game under tne tutelage ot Coach Roy E. Tillotson.

These men are Captain Henry Poison. Fritz Miller. David Barrow and Charles Irvine. The past season was the nrst since that the Baptists de frated Wabash, DePauw and Butler in the same season. Each of these teams was defeated once.

I'uifi in en- uici nan State, once, while Manchester. Ev- ansviiie and Hanover were eacn downed twice by hard fighting Griz- Ferrell Led in Scoring. During the season Rupert Ferrell. sophomore guard, led the team in scoring honors connecting for 127 1 points in the 16 games schedule. Ferrell's shows an average of 7.9 points per pame.

In piling up this unusual record from the field he scored 49 times .3 and 29 free tosses. His averages were 23 and 50 per- cent from the field and from the foul line respectively. Big Frit? atiller was secoml in scorintf. honors with 107 points to his credit. His field gcal record was 47 out of 164 attempts while his foul shooting was 13 of 27 attempts.

He succeeded in playing rine.s around his opponents in the center circle and for the fourth year held Pollard and Banet of and Manchester respectively in check. Barrow, senior forward followed Miller in scoring, connecting with 39 field goals and 17 free tosses for a total cf 95 points for the fifteen sanies he p.articipoted in. Dwe was a real asset to the team and will be mLssed I greatly next season. Rrhafenaeker. the big boy from the north, who is registered as a frchman, followed Dave closely in the scoring column and Schal undoubtedly will be of much use to the team next year.

Bill scored 90 pcin's during the season, garnering 28 field goals and 34 free throws. The remainder of the 537 points registered by the Griz- i I i margin to 15-12, and alter Young's i his office was placed in the hall-pivot shot for the lasers, the Birds wy by workmen who are laying a began dropping in baskets with the flooring of heavy battleship lmol-greatest of ease from this roint un- eum in Mr. Etter's office. I 1 Clark 36' Thnrsday. 7 P.

M. Clark Trafaljar 18 Greenwood 20' Thursday, 8 P. M. Greenwood Whiteland 12, Friday, 7 P. Masonic Home 18 Fridar.

10 A. M. I Masonic Home Edinbur; 17 Jackson Twp. 22. Friday.

11 A. M. Nineveh 371 Nineveh Friday, 8 P. Nashville Friday, 2 I'nion OFFICIALS is; P. M.

i I'nion 48; (1) Raymond Hobbs, zlies were divided among the remaining eight players. High for One Game. The highest scoring done in one game by one man on the squad this season was accomplished by Rupert Ferrell. who garnered nine iield goals and four free throws in the Butler game, played on the local floor. The highest scoring done against the locals was a fieakish exhibition by Shoo.

Ball Stat? center, who registered 23 points in the game on the Cardinal floor. During: the past two seasons the Baptists have won fourteen out of seventeen "amess "hpmp foo pnly played on the one of these re verses beincr registered this year, this bv Danville which later wa awarded the Indiana Intercollejinte Conference title with sixteen victories and no losses. Isselhardt to Join The Detroit Lions (CONTINUED FROM FACE ONE.) tract to play 13 games in the season. 'l During the training season practice is held both in the forenoon and in the afternoon daily. The condition of the squad generally dictates the practice periods.

In although this is left to the dLscre- tion cf the coach. Expenses are Divided. During the playing season, while the player is in Detroit, he pays his own expenses. When the team is trom home, the club pays all expenses. A club bus is used to transport the players to and from the practice and playing field during the season.

The player receives his al3iy le- para less oi wneiner ne aciuany par- ticipates in the game cr sits on the bench, unle the plaver is under su pension, pended lor their contra Players may be nny rule of t. Crew, 18-17 Heme. Trench contributed a gratis i I i i til the curtain curtain. Bridges engineered the Nineveh onslaught with five feld.s and three i from the black line, while Baughman. Young and Barnes looked good for Helmsburg.

Lineups and Summary. Nineveh, 37. Jackson Twr 22. Richards Baughman Q7 37-22 Bridges Young Forwards. Linrks Barnes Ct nters.

Parmerlee Rund Walker V. Kanter Guards. Substitutions: NINEVEH Dry-bread, Graves, Wells, B. Hamilton, J. Hamilton.

JACKSON TOWN-! SHIP Wric.ht, T. Kanter, Shotts. Field Goals: NINEVEH Bridges, Lincks. Richards. Drybread.

B. Hamilton. 2. JACKSON TWP. BaURhman, Voung, Barnes.

Rund. Free Throws: NINEVEH Bridges, B. Hamilton, Richards. Lincks. Walker.

JACKSON TOWNSHIP Young. Rund. Personal Fouls: NINEVEH Bridges, Lincks. Parmerlee. JACKSON TOWNSHIP Hund, T.

Kanter, Young, Earncs, Shotts. Referee Raymond Hobbs. Umpire Russell Pickett. Assessor Conducts Duties in Hallway Friday was moving day for Frank Etter, county assessor. All furniture and equipment from vviLn ucmu jjiuiu up a-uiai the walls of the east corridor of tne building.

Mr. Etter answered assessing problems for many callers dur- ing the day. The new flooring is being installed by Plummer and Selch of Bargers-ville. Following completion of this work, the rear office of the county treasurer will be re-floorpd. spring special local town-has a pro- Gounty Qo-0p3ratiuG Ino.

Franklin, Ind. 8 onn no Sales and Service Phone 8G8 IT IS TIH7E YCU SHOULD BE CONSIDERING YOUR SPRING FERTILIZER NEEDS Orchardists interested in sulphate for use should see us at once. We have a shipment at a saving to you. UIjcjJ MUD 20-12 Adams' singleton on Shirley's miscue reduced to 6-5. Shirley laid a neat two-hander in on a difficult shot from close range, 8-5 White-land, but Armes immediately set to work, sent a short front two-handed pivot tlirough the meshes and added a foul to tie the score when Clark hacked on the play, four minutes having passed.

Jess Wood grabbed the leather, jumped out of an under-the-basket scramble and counted a push-in with only twenty seconds to play In the third quarter, which in favor of the winners, 10-8. Are Never Headed. Greenwood never relinquished this lead. Ratliff followed in Jess Wood's side shot. 12-8, and the Woodmen instigated a delayed offensive.

Adams took advantage of McClain's personal, 13-8. then drove under for a lay-in shortly afterward. 15-8. The fourth quarter was nearly half gone. Shriver scored Whiteland's first point in the last setto, a foul on Auams penalty, oui jess vvooa ie- taliated with another shot from the black line, and it was 16-9 Greenwood.

Shriver counted witn a near-siae arcner. it-ii, wiin three minutes to play. Armes came in fast from the right side of the floor for a lay-in, 18-11. Jess Wood fouled Shirley, who made good with one minute and one-half to play, 18-12. Ratliff and Jess Wood worked a two-on-one on a fast break, Ratliff counting from underneath with a lefthander, and it was all over, 20-12.

Lineups and Summary. Greenwood, 20. Whiteland. 12. Adams Shirley Ratliff McClain Forwards.

Armes Clark Centers. John Wood Crowe Jevs Wood Shriver Guards. Substitut'ons: GREENWOOD None. WHITEIjAND Huntsman, Adams. Field Goals: GREENWOOD Adams.

Ratliff. Ames. Jess Wood. WHITELAND Crowe, Shirley, McClain. Shriver.

Free Throws: GREENWOOD Adams, Armes, Jecs Wood. WHITELAND Shirley, Shriver. Personal Fouls: GREENWOOD John Wood, Jess Wood. 3: Ratliff, Armes. WHITE- LAND Clark, McClain, Shirley, Crowe.

Referee Russell Pickett. Umpire Ralph E. Parker. Trench Price McCTory Martin Guards. Substitutions: Masonic Home None.

Edinburg Porter, Murphy Field Goals: Masonic Home McClain, 3: Thompson, Trench. Edinburg Smith, Price, Cut-singer. Free Throws: Masonic Home Thompson. McClain, Clore, Trench. Edinburg Price, Smith.

Personal Fouls: Masonic Home McClain. Trench prtce. Cutsinger, Martin. 2: Hawkins, Smith. I Technical Fouls: Edinburg.

Smith. Referee, Ralph E. Parker. Umpire, Raymond Hobbs. Poison used by certain South American tribes for tipping arrows i is obtained from the some plant i which they use for making their 1 daily bread.

The sun gives out as much heat in a year as the burning of 60 earths would if composed entirely of La La For farm crop fertilizer see your ship Farm Bureau chairman. He position that should interest you. her rtrrERMiNTS her fond cf candy, so iVf FT PICO mm FIGHTS Woodmen Thrill 2,000 Fans in Second Tilt Thursday Night, Displaying Grand Fourth-Quarter Fight to Annex Important Victory After Losing to Wrens in Three Previous Games This Year. Backed by a loyal following that filled every seat in the large Greenwood section, and determined to the man to end a supremacy which the Jonnson County Champions have held over them in three pre- vious engagements. Greenwood hign school's strong basketball outfit, playing without a substitution.

withstood a withering whiteland attack for three hectic quarters, then turned on a dazzling array ol offensive work to thrill 2.000 fans, in hanging up a gallant 20-12 triumph. The victory permits the Woodmen to return to second-round play at 7 o'clock Friday night. Playing a cautious brand of ball and taking no unnecessary shots at the basket. the two rivals, in a deadlock from tne start, fought up and down the floor in the Thursday closer, and it was over four minutes gone before McClain dropped the spheroid through the reted thongs from Jar cut along the side. 2-0 Whiteland.

Only other marker coming in the first eight minutes was registered by Crowe, with but five seconds remaining, a side pivot which put the Wrens in front 4-0. Two fielders bv Greenwood which would nave tied the count were rulpd no good wnen John Wood nnd Ratlllf both traveled. Woodmen Get Started. Asain this same fate stalked at the ranks of the Woodmen when Adams walked during his two-i handed pivot from just outside the foul circle, as hostilities were re-Jnewed in the second quarter. After five minutes of play, Adams count ed a beauty, turning and throwing in a one-hander back over his head while running away from the basket, reducing the margin to 4-2.

McClain had a two-pointer ruled nut for Whiteland when he took hamper from the mid-stripe tnor (ho ciHa rf tti r-nurt nnrl with two minutes left in the first halt. the score was tied at 4-all. Crowe registered a pivot-push back over his head from the right of the basket to give Whiteland a half-time edge. personal, 16-15. Smith fouled Clore and in protesting was taxed an extra technical.

Thompson made good the technical. 16-16. and Clore added the other foul to put Masonic Home in front 17-16. i Price Commits Personal. Cutstnger was called for fouling McClain.

18-16. and with three min utes to play. Price committed his fourth personal. Clore muffed ths shot. 111 the last minutes, and it was broken Masonic Home employed a stall In I up but three times Edinburg took time with one and one-half minutes to play after receiving the ball out-of-bounds.

Only one-half minute was left when Thompson fouled Smith. He had but one attempt, making it. The winners got the next center jump, and controlled the leather until the end. 18-17. Lineups and Summary.

Masonim Home 18 Edinburg 17 Clore Hawkins McClain Cuts in Forwards. Thompson Smith Centers. I I 1 Static hell eat BEFCRE r. FflfTCURIZCD WEN I IT'S I PASTEURZED 5HE They fed Th at ate ttFQ Mil Craftsmen Edge Out Johnson Farm Bureau flssn. 198 West Jefferson St.

251 S. Main Street shot on Price's foul, and McClain tne fOUrth such occurrence ot dropped through the first of his i the game. -Mopie" Adams. Green-srrios of three long shots just before junoH fortt.ard iaifl in OAIR.V PRODUCTS 4. 4.

4. 4. 44 NEW Buy One 01 These- GOOD USED GAR IPIlJISilJl) UJ IK Edinburg Gymnasium Again Packed For First of Friday Morning Tilts, Between Old Rivals FEVERISH BATTLE IS SEESAW AFFAIR THROUGHOUT Strong Quintets Wage Bitter Battle. With Free Throws Decidins: Final Outcome I Battling on even terms through-! out. Masonic Home and Edinburg furnished a dramatic opening tussle in th- first- of the TYidav niorn- ifi, rvoffemen ting a slight 18-17 edge after thirty-two minutes of slam-bang ball.

Edinburg appeared demoralized in the late minutes by an array of personal fouls called on them, but even after their chief scoring threat was sent to the showers with only three minutes to play, they refused to give up. and went down fighting. Price's under-the-basket shot, fol- lowed by a charity, sent the Maroons off to a living start, but their rivals soon got organized and had things in a knot after four minutes of play when Thompson added a foul on Hawkins' penalty, and laid in a pair when fouled by Martin. Craftsmen Regain Lead. Trench instigated a one-man fast break driving the entire length ot the floor on a fast dribble to score from underneath, 5-3, Masonic I the quarter Home.

ended. 8-3 Masonic oeiuuig nowii 10 a slower Drana .1 ui isaii aiiu ihui ma a tieiensive style of play, the rivals held each other scoreless until shortly before the half, when Price took advantage of Trench's personal to add a couple iof fouls. Th half ended 8-5 Craftsmen. Smith counted on a short pivot shot. 8-7.

but Thompson pushed one up from underneath for the win ners to regain the three-point ad vantage. On a scramble in front of the basket Smith brought the ball out and laid in a two-pointer, and Cutsinger snagged a beauty from center to give the Edinburg out fit an 11-10 lead with four minutes gone. Masonic Home called for time. Maroons Grab Lead. Price drove fast under the basket from the side, then lobbed a one- hander backwards over his head, and the Maroons were leading 13-10 After McClain's foul on Price brought the count to 13-11.

McClain tied up the score with a shot from the coffin corner after receiving a pass on an out-of-bounds play. Smith sprint ed in from the foul circle to lay in a one-hander as the third quarter con cluded, 15-13, Edinburg. McClain's long side shot tore through the draperies to knot the count once more, at 15-all at the outset of the fourth stanza. Price threw in a singleton on Trench's 1 1935 Plymouth 4-Door Sedan. Low mileage and in A-l condition.

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