Baker a Star

Inman’s last quarter drive swept
Hoyt Baker, sophomore star, and
his Peabody mates off their feet in
a thrilling preliminary to the class
A final. But even in defeat, Baker
emerged as the outstanding player
of the tournament. —

His keen generalship and scor-
ing power kept Peabody ahead of
the orange clad boys for three
periods, but Inman’s reserve power
was too much to overcome. Baker’s
17 points in the final contest gave
him a grand total of 59 for the
tournament.

Encountering a three- -point def-
icit at the half, Inman found itself
trailing by an even larger margin
at the half, 16 to 10, and the
difference was 20 to 14. when the
last quarter opened. _

Within five minutes the score
was deadlocked, 23 to 28, and In-
man when ahead and retained the
lead for the final three minutes.
But Baker was pitching to the
very. last and sank Peabody’s final
bucket as the gun went off. Doerk-
sen, center, with two baskets and
six free throws led the winners
with 10 points.

Inman, coached by John Kreh-
biel,- former Bethel college athlete,
defeated Walton and Peabody to
reach the finals, while El Dorado
eliminated ‘Lyons, its only op-
ponent. before the championship
game,

At the conclusion of the tourna-
ment, ‘Carl Becker, president of the
Newton: board of education, pres-

ented. trophies to the captains of}
‘fully paid when they attend a

the winning and runner-up teams.
‘Box Scores:
Class A

Huvchineok (30) Foe Rt Pt
Love f 1

G. Mitchell f-—____-___ 4

Ry Mitchell cn 2

Stevens g ______ ee 0

MeN 0

Harrison ge fo 1

Totals: 2200 oa 38
El pone (32): 5 > ae
Went fs ea
GEnican fe eae 2
Bie Real csc O
McSpadden ¢ —.-_--_.. 6
Comet So ries

Bate 6 ot 8
Miller g soeocosee- 0 0

‘Totals ee os Pe
Officials: ‘Astle and Urhlaub.
Halftime score: Hutchinson 15,

E] Dorado 12.
Missed free throws: Hutchinson
5, El Dorado 9.

Class B
Inman (26)
Wimesen Fs al es
VGta #6 ee 3
Hoeter ff d5 25. pL
Martens f oe 0
Deerkseh ¢ 2.5- 3 2
Buller. £ neo eee ae 0
Pauls~ g Ba ices abuses wm wich 0
Krueger 2 te ce ae Oe

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Class B—First Team
Edwards — Baker,
(Capt.), and Martens, Inman; cen-
ter—Koehn, Buhler; "guards—Cor-

nelson, Peabody, and Buller, In-

man.
Second Team

Forwards—R. Siemens, Buhler,

and Doerksen, Inman, center—Ha- |:
guard s— Foster,,

gue, Walton;
Roosevelt, and Pauls, Inman.

Honorable Mention

Forwards—Friesen, Inman, Mc-}'

Murray, Galva, Dunfield, Roose-
velt, Tieszen, Walton;
Grant, Galva; ; guards—Singular,

Roosevelt, and Stovall, Peabody.

Some of the basketball fans in
nearby towns, especially those
having teams in the regional

‘tournament, have complained be- |.
cause they considered the price of

single admission to the games was
too high, There was a disposition
to place the responsibility for the
financial part of the tournament
upon the host city.

_ When this complaint was heard,
an investigation was made. It was
learned that the host city has
nothing to do with the price of ad-
mission, nor the disposition of the
money taken in. That is all under

the direction of the officers of the

Kansas State High School Ac-
tivities Association. The tourna-
ment rules, the entries, admission
charges and all details belong to
the association, and the host city

or school merely acts as agent.

~All teams have their expenses

tournament. The host team gets
expense money the same as the
others—as much as the team
coming the longest distance. That

takes care of local expenses. After

other expense, such as that for
referees has been paid, and the

state association has received a}.

small percentage to cover over-
head expense. of conducting the

association affairs, if there is any |-

revenue left, the teams entered are

jentitled to ’ share with the state

association in the division of what

might be termed “profit” on the
tournament,

Perhaps the price of admission is

too high. But many tournaments

do not pay out. Experience. here
has been ‘that Lindley Hall is
usually just about packed for the
final games, anyway.

Nevertheless and regardless of
other considerations, the fact re-
mains that the state association
officials fix the admission rates
and direct all matters pertaining to
tournament finances.

The yearly cost of accidents in
the United States, including loss

of wages, has been estimated by

the National Safety council at $3,-
7 on 000,000.

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Hoyt Baker Of
Peabody Ace Scorer |

Hoyt Baker, Peabody’s sopho- |
more offensive ace, amassed 59]
points in the regional basketball |
tournament to lead the individual |
scoring. Baker starred in each of
the three games he appeared and
counted 17 points in Saturday’s
final against Inman. Roy Mitchell
of Hutchinson was runner-up to
Baker with 38 points.

The leading scorers were:

Player Team
Baker, fous Peabody ___. 3
R. Mitchell, c_-Hutchinson __ 3
Koehn, c____-- Buhler > 2
G. Mitchell, f_.Hutchinson __ 3
Nordstrom, ‘cx Lyons: ..--._ 2
Foster, g_--__-. Roosevelt -._ 2
Hague, ci... Walton =o. 2
R. Siemens, f_ Buhler ______ 2
Suttle, f_.___. Lyons 2
Kent, th Hl Dorado. 42
McMurray, f. Galva 22 2

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