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2018 SUMMER ISSUE EDITORIAL POLICY state face-offs. By the summer of returning to normal again. With the The opinions expressed in 1945, however, after the easing of wartime restrictions, the Boxscore by individual authors do unconditional surrender of the Nazis Classic became a viable possibility not necessarily reflect the views of in the European Theatre had been again, and so the two state athletic IHSBHS as an organization. Our IHSBHS website address is Indianabasketballhistory.com. You can also enter IHSBHS or “Boxscore” on any search engine.

CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 1945 Indiana All-Stars………… 1 Tidbits, by Harley Sheets……… 3 Seymour & the IHSAA, 1959…. 4 Arthur Trester's Life & Times... 5 Jeff Cook and Birdseye………… 8 IHSBHS Membership Form….. 9 IHSBHS Profile Form………… 10 Hall of Fame Membership…… 11 Zionsville Basketball History… 12

THE 1945 INDIANA ALL-STARS by Cliff Johnson, Boxscore Editor World War II had forced 1945 Indiana All-Stars cancellations of the 1943 and 1944 Front Row: Bryan (Broc) Jerrel, Evansville Bosse; Joe Cox, Logansport; Max Woolsey, vs. Indiana All-Star Linton; Marvin Fifer, Muncie Central; Bill Shepherd, Hope. Back Row: Tom Hoffman, basketball games. Travel Jasper; Ernie Kovatch, South Bend Riley; Norris Caudell, Evansville Bosse; Ralph restrictions, along with the scarcity Chapman, Ind. Broad Ripple; Tom Schwartz, Kokomo. of gasoline, tires, and other materials necessary to accommodate many secured and the Japanese threat in associations set about organizing a home-front activities, had the far east was being brought more scheduled resumption of play. The temporarily halted these popular bi- under control, things slowly began 1945 game was set for 8:30 p.m. on IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 2 Friday, June 22, this time more record for the Classic by far. defensive rebounds whenever his closely following the high school The talent selected for both All- team loses possession of the ball." graduation dates than were the three Star squads this year, according to "It isn't often that you find as much games before the war. many sportswriters, was the best yet. speed and stamina in a 17-year-old Because of the unusually high After the first workout session by the boy of that size," praised the coach. interest and anticipation being Indiana boys, coach Glenn Curtis There were highly favorable plaudits expressed this time by the general opined that only a highly gifted lavished on several other members of public and the press, the game site opponent could expect to match the the team. For instance, was being moved back to the Butler rebounding strength and goal- Marvin Fifer, from Muncie Central, Fieldhouse to replace the 1942 State shooting accuracy of the Hoosier was singled out for his clever faking Fairgrounds Coliseum site. Butler team. "We are faster and more and deft handling of the ball. 6-3 could accommodate more than aggressive than ever before," added Ralph Chapman of Broad Ripple was double the number of spectators that Curtis, "and it is a pleasant surprise praised for being alert and cool under the Coliseum could, and by early to find that such a large percentage pressure. Bill Shepherd from tiny spring advance ticket sales for the of our big men are fast enough so Hope High School caught Curtis' game had well exceeded the number that it will not be necessary to attention for his deceptive moves on of seats in the Coliseum. Whereas sacrifice speed for size." Kentucky offense under the basket. Ernie reserved seat tickets in 1942 had coach Ed Diddle, meanwhile, was Kovatch from South Bend Riley was been made available only at Haag's asserting that his "Dixie" team this "tops" on defensive work, Drug Store at the downtown corner year was probably 10 points stronger while Joe Cox from Logansport of Avenue and than his 1942 team that lost to the gained attention for his long-range Washington Street, this time multiple by only a single . FG accuracy, and Max Woolsey sales locations in were Both coaches, however, expressed a from Linton was touted for his all- announced, and the response was high regard for the opposition, each around team play and FG assists. overwhelming. 12,592 reserved seat naming his foe as the best ever Kentucky could easily match the tickets were made available and assembled for the Classic. Hoosiers man for man in size and 11,392 of those were sold before The Hoosiers expected to be led rebound strength, but the thing that game day. The remainder of the by 6-5 Tom Schwartz from Kokomo, most impressed coach Diddle was tickets that were printed were put who had been named "Mr. the speed with which the team could aside for gate sales just before the Basketball" for the 1945 season. operate as a unit. The term most game. Although there were a few Coach Curtis was especially often applied was a "Firebrand" no-shows, actual attendance at the enamored with Schwartz' ability to fashion of play. , a 5-10 game numbered 12,250, a new "get back down the floor for dynamo in the backcourt, could not only shoot well from outside, but also initiate fast breaks and, using an array of quick moves, fakes, and maneuvers, could always find his way to the basket for an easy lay-up. Wallace (Wah-Wah) Jones, a muscular 6-4 medium range shooter and ace rebounder, would later join Beard as two of the mainstays on coach 's national champions of 1948 and 1949 at the . Maurice Hale and Bobby DeMoss (later Purdue's ace QB) contributed both power and speed to the team. Little THE 1945 KENTUCKY ALL-STARS. Front row: Joe Brummett, Robert DeMoss, 5-9 Joe Brummett from Danville , Maurice Hale, Ralph Beard. Back row: Dick Heman, Lawrence McLin, paired very nicely with Beard at Jimmy Hughes, Richard Webb, Zeb Blankenship. guard to help set a lively pace for the fast-moving Kentucky team. IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 3 Here were the team rosters: regain the lead 35-33 as the buzzer INDIANA (40) ended three quarters of play. After FG FT TP INDIANA ALL-STARS Hale scored on a long pass and Schwartz 4 3 11 F 6-3 Ralph Chapman, Ind. B. Ripple DeMoss tipped in a rebound, Fifer 6 1 13 F 6-2 Bill Shepherd, Hope F 6-1 Ernie Kovatch, S.B. Riley Kentucky found itself back in the Chapman 1 1 3 F 6-1 Tom Hoffman, Jasper lead 40-36 with about seven minutes Jerrell 2 2 6 C 6-5 Tom Schwartz, Kokomo of playing time remaining. DeMoss Kovatch 0 0 0 C 6-3 Norris Caudill, Evans. Bosse and Schwartz then traded baskets Caudell 3 0 6 G 5-7 Broc Jerrell, Evans. Bosse and Beard and Caudell did likewise. Woolsey 0 0 0 G 6-0 Marvin Fifer, Muncie G 5-9 Joe Cox, Logansport The four-point margin was Hoffman 0 1 1 G 6-0 Max Woolsey, Linton maintained, with five minutes left to Shepherd 0 0 0 play. At this juncture, Jones, who Cox 0 0 0 KENTUCKY ALL-STARS had scored 11 points and had Totals 16 8 40 F 6-2 Bob DeMoss, Dayton grabbed some key rebounds for the F 6-2 Maurice Hale, Owensboro F 6-3 Richard Webb, Richmond Bluegrass team, fouled out of the TIDBITS F 6-3 Jimmy Hughes, Danville game. DeMoss sank a , by C 6-4 Wallace Jones, Harlan but Schwartz retaliated with a goal Harley Sheets, IHSBHS C 6-4 Lawrence McLin, W. Liberty from the inside to make it 43-40 Co-Founder G 5-10 Ralph Beard, Louisv. Male Kentucky, with two minutes G 5-9 Joe Brummett, Danville Soon after IHSBHS was G 5-11 Zeb Blankenship, Cumb'ld remaining. Kentucky managed to established, it became evident that G 6-1 Dick Heman, Bow. Green maintain possession of the ball some form of communication with throughout the next minute, using the membership was necessary. We Kentucky got off to a very fast Beard and Brummett to preserve the began having two or three get- start from the opening tip-off and it lead with deft ball handling and togethers each year in a variety of looked like a possible rout by the end passing. Finally, a missed shot by locations, all arranged by different of the first quarter with the Bluegrass DeMoss was recovered by him in members. This was a way of getting team up 20-7. All of Kentucky's close and tossed back up for a goal, to know one another in person. starters contributed to the scoring giving the Dixie team a five-point Thus, Boxscore was instituted by the punch, many coming from fast lead. With only a few seconds to go, IHSBHS Board as a way of breaks. Beard and Jones looked Indiana was unable to solve the announcing those meetings in invincible, scoring almost at will for Kentucky defense and the game advance to not only the members Kentucky during the first half. ended with a five-point victory for who were spread out all over the However, there was a downside to Kentucky, 45-40. Irrespective of the state, but to those outside its borders the pair's offensive rush, since each Hoosiers' defeat, Marvin Fifer of as well. Some of the meetings that was whistled for three fouls. Coach Muncie Central was awarded the impressed me were: (1) Vincennes, Diddle was forced to take both out of Star of Stars award. with Jack Butcher--our winningest the game temporarily before the first coach, Lloyd Bateman of Plainville half ended. That seemed to be all THE BOXSCORE RESULTS: High School--the first 2,000 point that the Hoosiers needed to put some career scorer, as well as the free points onto the scoreboard. A flurry KENTUCKY (45) smorgasbord luncheon; (2) of 16 points, racked up mostly by FG FT TP Richmond, with guest referees Fifer, Schwartz, and Jerrell, closed Beard 7 0 14 relating some serious confrontations the gap to 28-23 at halftime. Jones 5 1 11 they had, along with some highly As the third quarter ensued, Hale 2 3 7 hilarious situations; (3) Wabash, Chapman, Fifer, and Jerrell sank DeMoss 2 3 7 with a tour of the Honeywell Center fielders that put Indiana ahead for the Brummett 3 0 6 where the Wabash Apaches played first time in the game, 33-32. Then Blankenship 0 0 0 their games in their more glorious Coach Diddle brought Beard and Hughes 0 0 0 days; and (4) Paris, , where Jones back into the game to revive McLin 0 0 0 Larry Graham spoke. Larry had Kentucky's flagging offense before Heman 0 0 0 coached Madison, Illinois High the third period was over. With their Webb 0 0 0 School to two state presence, Kentucky was able to Totals 9 7 45 championships. He was also a key IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 4 player for little Odon’s 1959 team program has done nothing but to move. that came within an eyelash of deteriorate. In this latest time period An initial ruling by the Jackson going to the final four in single class the school lost a 2,000- point scorer County Circuit Court fell in favor of basketball, losing to New Albany by to Logansport, and another one who the players' eligibility in the form of 2 points. He and Lowell “Pug” Dale just missed the 2,000-point plateau to a temporary restraining order. The (Lebanon) are the only two Hoosiers Paoli. key to its ruling stemmed around the who have been inducted into both the Now, I have myself pondering. premise that even if undue influence Illinois and Indiana High School Perhaps this article could indeed be was used, it was used on the parents Basketball Halls of Fame. my last one because after it's printed rather than the brothers and the The IHSBHS Board also felt a I might be placed on someone’s hit brothers had done nothing wrong to need to give readers more for their list. More likely though if no more warrant a penalty. For the parents' money. Therefore, it was decided Tidbits columns appear it’s probably part, their attorneys pointed out that that stories of great and unusual because old age is getting to me. the IHSAA claimed no court had any happenings over the years, many of Besides that, I now have an invalid jurisdiction over its decisions which had been lost to antiquity, wife to care for. Whenever my final regarding member schools…but that should be added to the contents of article appears though, be sure to hypocritically it had used those same Boxscore. At that very moment, I keep in mind the editorial courts to appeal a ruling with which said to myself, “Fine, I have 7 or 8 (disclaimer) policy of IHSBHS it did not agree. stories to write and that will be it for which appears in each issue of Back in Seymour, Principal me.” How wrong I was! Amazing Boxscore at the top of the first Joseph Cull was being burned in things happen while doing column on page 1. effigy outside the southwest football research. You’ll come upon things stadium gates as word got out that he you aren’t looking for and the SEYMOUR & THE IHSAA, 1959 had announced no Stevenson would research gets sidetracked as curiosity by participate in football that season. sets in. Voila! Another story is Leigh Evans, IHSBHS board "Get out of town, Joe Cull!" read born. Thus, my "7 or 8 stories" member many of the signs being waved theory evolved into "It seems there Brothers Billy Joe and Frank during the demonstration. Principal are an unlimited number of stories I Stevenson were set to put Seymour Cull, being no stranger to basketball can tell." Granted, your co-founder over the top in the South Central fan passions, was quoted as saying has been delinquent in story-telling Conference for the 1958-59 season. he was not surprised by the effigy, for the past few years, but in a At 6-6 and 6-5 respectively, the but that the Seymour community subsequent issue look for at least one sophomore and frosh front-liners needed to realize that the Stevenson more "Harley's Tidbits" article. The would have made the already tough brothers' participation in any of the title will be something like “The Owls a state title contender, right out high school athletic programs could Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of of the box. However, the IHSAA result in the "complete curtailment" Indiana High School Basketball.” said otherwise. They were ruled of sports at Seymour High. But mostly the Bad and Ugly, in all ineligible, and the Association added Meanwhile, in the courts, things likelihood. "for life" just for good measure. were about to turn in favor of the In case you're wondering, here’s One would be quick to assume it IHSAA. First, the IHSAA won a an example of my "Bad and Ugly" was a neighborhood or sectional change of venue designation from thoughts: My high school, Lebanon, rival that initially raised the red flag, Brownstown (in Jackson Co.) to has had several moments at the but the reality was that the complaint Bedford (in Lawrence Co.). They forefront of Indiana high school originated in the Stevenson brothers' also got a change of the presiding basketball – , three state hometown of Joppa, Illinois. Turns judge, after the Stevensons' had won championship titles, the only school out a jilted Joppa High School coach the preliminary injunction ruling to have participated in every state charged Seymour basketball fans made by Judge John Lewis of the tournament, eight Hall of Fame with inducing the family to make the Circuit Court in Brownstown. After coaches - and the list goes on. move eastward to Indiana. The opposing sides in the Bedford However, since 1993 when the IHSAA Board of Control, after courtroom had each struck out one administration fired Dan Warkentien investigating the charges, sided with name on a list of potential judges, it who had won 4 sectionals and a the former coach and found "undue was presumably settled that Judge regional in 5 years, the basketball influence" was used to get the family Lester Nixon of Petersburg, IN, IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 5 should preside over the dispute. But have since been resolved in similar elected to the IHSAA Board of before any arguments could be fashion, via the recognition that state Control in 1911, and then appointed heard, the IHSAA balked, athletic associations can exercise as Permanent Secretary in 1913. contending that a lower court had no broad powers of authority over the This post was redefined and re- authority to interfere with its internal conduct of participation in high named "Commissioner of High affairs. It proceeded to request that school athletics. This 1959 decision School Athletics," beginning in the Supreme Court of Indiana hear has proven to be a solid cornerstone 1929. Under Trester, the showcase the case and make the ruling. for the IHSAA and all other state of IHSAA became high school For its part, the IHSAA contended high school athletic associations. basketball, as reflected in the term that it was a voluntary organization Billy Joe Stevenson lived in "Hoosier Hysteria," a term still used and therefore not subject to court Seymour the rest of his life, passing today. He was widely referred to as decisions so long as its rulings did away in 2014. Younger brother the czar of IHSAA and high school not violate legal statutes. In Frank would move in adulthood to athletics for most of his career. The opposition, the Stevenson family's North Carolina. Neither brother IHSAA excluded black and parochial attorneys took the stance that the would ever suit up for the Owls. In schools until 1942, stating that they IHSAA's attempt to make rules for researching this piece, I accessed no were not public schools (as required more than 750 member schools less than 22 articles that ran the within the IHSAA Rulebook) interfered with families' rights to course of this 15-month dispute. In because of exclusive enrollment. take full advantage of a school's every single one, it was pointed out, After that rule change, Trester died education and recreation facilities. usually as part of the lead, that the about two years later, in 1944. The In effect this was tantamount to brothers were African-American. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude saying that a private organization We'll never know if this played any was first awarded in 1945, at the (voluntary or otherwise) should not part in the controversy or not, but finals of that year's state tournament. have power over tax-funded public clearly the writers of that era felt it Trester was inducted into both the institutions. was important to note that bit of National (Naismith Memorial) It took fifteen months, but information. Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 and ultimately the Indiana Supreme the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Court made its ruling: The IHSAA THE LIFE & TIMES OF in 1965. has the right to declare ineligibility ARTHUR L. TRESTER Trester received degrees from for athletes of its member as taken from an Annotated Text Earlham College and Columbia institutions. The Court's decision preserved at the Indiana Historical University before embarking upon a could not be based upon any Bureau, career in public education. precedent, because none existed. Indiana State Library According to the State Department This decision would BE the of Public Instruction, Directory of precedent! The core of the decision Indiana School Officials, he was the was based on the distinction between Principal at Alexandria High School curricular and extra-curricular from 1904 to 1909, and served later activities. The right of all citizens as the school district's (individuals?) to attend a public Superintendent from 1909 to 1916. school does not include extra- From 1916 to 1919 he became curricular athletics. IHSAA Superintendent at Martinsville's Commissioner L.V. Phillips was school district and then accepted the quoted as saying "This is perhaps the same post and title at LaPorte from most significant legal decision in the 1919 to 1922. His responsibilities to U.S. concerning high school the IHSAA were carried out athletics." This court decision would concurrently during these years, effectively serve as the basis for beginning in 1911. pioneering other similar decisions for The following information is state athletic associations in , excerpted from the Indiana High North Dakota, and California. Many Arthur Trester was born in School Athletic Association other disputes concerning the Pecksburg (Clay Twp., Hendricks Membership Directory, outlining the regulation of high school athletics Co., Indiana) in 1878. He was formation and organization of the IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 6 IHSAA: annual meeting in 1906, the office of and let basketball become the center "During the late 1800s, athletics Permanent Secretary was of community life on cold winter were not a part of the secondary established. 'The Board of Control weekends." With regard to the school program but were operated by consisted of three members, chosen prominence of the IHSAA, Glenn non-school groups or organizations by the principals in their annual states that "The Association could such as the YMCA. Students began meetings, until the annual meeting of never have dreamed of the forming athletic associations for Oct. 27, 1916. In 1916, the Board enthusiasm that would surround the recreation purposes. Students divided the state into five districts, basketball tournament. 'Riding the selected their own players and each having one representative." crest of this contagion, the IHSAA managers and scheduled their own Several excerpts from Dale grew and developed its organization games. Teams were associated by Glenn's The History of the IHSAA to a new, higher level of name with their high schools demonstrate the significance of high sophistication. 'State associations although schools assumed no school basketball in Indiana, as well from around the nation looked to responsibility for organizing and as Trester's contributions to the Indiana to see what the IHSAA was administering the program. development of the IHSAA and its doing, and many modeled However, being associated with showcase sport. At the conclusion of themselves after it, particularly after schools by name caused some the 1925 state tournament, Dr. James 1924 when the Association joined embarrassment when disputes or Naismith of the University of Kansas the National Federation of High unfair competition arose." and founder of the game presented School Athletic Associations." 'Eventually, school administrators awards to the winning team. In Glenn notes that K. V. Ammerman across the nation decided to either Spaulding's Basketball Guide for of Manual High School and a Board eliminate athletic contests between 1925-26, Naismith stated: "As a president said "We have given the schools or exercise responsibility and guest of the IHSAA, I had the state of Indiana the distinction of authority for regulating and opportunity to watch the effects of being the central figure of the entire controlling them." their state tourney. 'The possibilities in high school "The first attempt to organize the of basketball as seen there were a athletics." high schools of Indiana into a single revelation to me. 'The striking Over the years of Trester's tenure organization for the purpose of features were the grade of basketball, and after his death, [many news administering athletic activities was the spirit of the players, and the entities] commented on the IHSAA, made in a meeting of the Northern unbound enthusiasm of the 15,000 Trester, and "Hoosier Hysteria." In Indiana Teachers' Association at spectators who crowded the an article entitled "Basketball Is Richmond April 24, 1903. Exposition Building. 'The work of King of Indiana Sports" that '[Principal] B. Pearcy of Anderson Arthur Trester cannot be too highly appeared in The Times on issued a call for a meeting of high commended, as it shows results March 27, 1932, it was stated that school principals interested in a state throughout the state." "High school basketball isn't [just] a athletic organization for Dec. 5, Dr. Walter E. Meanwell, the sport in Indiana, it is a mania that has 1903. At this meeting, a provisional varsity basketball coach at the transcended all other community constitution was adopted. At a University of Wisconsin, stated in ventures." The article "Hoosier similar meeting on Dec. 29, 1903, a The Daily Cardinal after watching Hysteria Can't Be Far Away," that final constitution was adopted and a the same tourney: "It was the appeared in both The Hartford Board of Control of three members greatest exhibition of athletics in the Courant and the Los Angeles Times was chosen to administer the affairs United States that I have ever seen. (same article, but titled "Fans Go of the IHSAA. 'In the beginning, 'I wish our high school tourney could Wild Over Basketball") reported on one member of the Board of Control in any way compare with that one, Nov. 9, 1939, that "the annual season served as Secretary, but it soon and [I] hope the people support ours of Indiana insanity or Hoosier became very evident that this office as the one I saw was supported. 'I hysteria can't be far away." Another furnished enough work for a special went there expecting big things, but article, "769 Prep Fives Open Title man. 'It was also seen that the future it astonished me." Quest Tonight," was printed by the of the organization demanded that Glenn asserts that "The ascent of Chicago Daily Tribune on Feb. 26, the office of Secretary be made more basketball in Indiana was not due to 1942. It announced the beginning of permanent than the office(s) of the state tourney alone. 'Hundreds of the annual tournament by stating Board Members. Accordingly, at the small towns took their teams to heart "Indiana will be steeped in its IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 7 famous 'Hoosier hysteria.'" however, earned him the enmity of 'The Indiana high school basketball "Bill Fox Dies; Conductor of the press, which joined others-- tournament was for males, most of Shootin' 'Em," read the Chicago especially blacks--in protesting the whom were white and Protestant. Tribune on May 15, 1964 in exclusion of black schools "in 'Black high schools such as Crispus reporting that William Francis (Bill) unsuccessful attempts to shift control Attucks in Indianapolis and Fox, sports editor of the Indianapolis of athletics from the IHSAA to a Roosevelt in Gary were not allowed News, "was a major factor in making state government agency." to join the IHSAA and not allowed high school basketball Indiana's According to the IHSAA rulebook to enter the tournament. Their teams leading sport through his (regularly at the time, limited membership to traveled to other black schools, often appearing) column." He coined the IHSAA could be given to "colored out-of-state, and to Catholic schools. name for what it grew to become, high schools desiring to join the 'Catholic schools also were denied "Hoosier Hysteria." In later years, IHSAA with the understanding that entry in the IHSAA and founded the IHSAA presented him with a limited memberships shall extend to their own state athletic association lifetime official's card as "the one colored high schools the privilege of and basketball tournament…Girls who has contributed more than any participating in single athletic had far fewer opportunities to play other one person to the growth of games." But the state tournament basketball than [did] boys. 'Only Indiana high school basketball." was off-limits. Black (and parochial) about 50 high schools had girls "Arthur L. Trester, IHSAA Czar, schools could not participate in teams that played other schools, and Dies From Heart Attack," reported "meets and tourneys in which more [for them] there was no state the Danville Republican on Sept. 21, than two teams participate except in tournament. 1944. In Dale Glenn's "The History meets and tourneys in which only the Trester died of coronary of the IHSAA," he describes how the teams from the high schools of the insufficiency in his home on Sept. press contributed to Trester's same city participate." This 18, 1944. By 1945, the IHSAA reputation as the "czar" of Indiana understanding was stated in the Medal for Mental Attitude (formerly high school athletics. Citing IHSAA's 1931 edition of the Annual the Gimbel Medal for Mental Trester's wife, Glenn wrote "William Handbook and Report of the Board Attitude) became the Arthur L. F. Fox , Jr., the Sports Editor of the of Control. A "Tough 15-Year Trester Award for Mental Attitude. Indianapolis News, would refer in Battle Won Membership in the The IHSAA Annual Handbook, 1942 print to the IHSAA as 'the Tower of IHSAA," reported the Indianapolis provides the following history of this Trester,' and once ran a cartoon of Recorder, on April 9, 1955, noting award: "In 1917 Jake Gimbel of Trester sitting on top of the world in that "Trester said the by-laws of the Vincennes presented to the IHSAA a straight back chair, with his arms Association states that no all-Negro Board of Control a proposal to give a folded. Below it appeared the words (or parochial school" could be prize each year at the state basketball "King Arthur." Glenn also asserts accepted as a member." "Crispus tournament to the boy among the that "The press had fun at Trester's Attucks through the Years," an teams represented that showed the expense but still had great respect article that appeared in the best mental attitude throughout the and admiration for the man who was Indianapolis Star on Feb. 27, 2005, tourney. 'Mr. Gimbel did not have in often called "Mr. IHSAA." Even states that Trester had denied mind the quality of the playing of those who were on the inside of the Attucks membership, ruling that any boy on any team, but did have in IHSAA said he was a "czar" who "because it does not include white mind the qualities that belong to a controlled the Board, but they also students, it is not a public school." real gentleman. 'The Board of added that the Association needed a (Editor's note: Trester neglected to Control accepted the proposal of Mr. man like that in those years. mention in his personal ruling that Gimbel and the awarding of this Historian James H. Madison in his the state and the city of Indianapolis prize known (thereafter) as the publication Indiana Through had earlier chartered the school 'Gimbel Prize for Mental Attitude.' Tradition and Change: A History of specifically for black student 'It has continued to be an annual the Hoosier State and Its People attendance.) affair, calling for much favorable noted that "Commissioner Trester James H. Madison, in his comment." made strenuous efforts to keep published book, states that "Like After the 1945 name change to the Indiana basketball a fair and other features of the society, "Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental competitive sport for amateurs." His basketball reflected social Attitude," the prize continues to be sometimes high-handed methods, distinctions of race, sex, and religion. presented annually to the outstanding IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 8 senior participant of the Indiana Related State Records (2017). boys' basketball state finals. The The (B) stands for boys and the (G) for girls. IHSAA internet website lists the names of all the annual winners of Most Rebounds in a Game this prize. (B) 41 Roger Beck - Stilesville vs. Clayton 1963-64 JEFF COOK, AND BIRDSEYE'S (B) 39 Roger Beck - Stilesville vs. Russellville 1963-64 FINAL YEAR (B) 39 - New CAstle vs. Muncie North 1972-73 by (B) 38 - Springs Valley vs. Corydon 1973-74 Leigh Evans, IHSBHS board (B) 38 Larry Bird - Springs Valley vs. Bloomfield 1973-74 member and editor/publisher of (B) 35 Kent Benson - New Castle vs. Muncie Burris 1972-73 HickoryHusker.com (B) 34 Kent Benson - New Castle vs. Logansport 1971-72 (B) 34 Larry Bird - Springs Valley vs. Salem 1973-74 (B) 34 Kent Carson - Hamilton Hts vs. Pendleton Hts 1967-68 1970-71 was the best Birdseye (B) 34 John Garrett - Peru High vs. Maconaquah 1970-71 team ever. While the eastern Dubois (B) 33 Jeff Cook - Birdseye vs. EV Latin 1970-71 County high school bowed out in the (G) 37 Kathy King - Columbus North vs. Columbus East 1974-75 opening round of the sectional that (G) 34 Amy Dunbar - Oregon-Davis vs. LaCrosse 2000-01 year to Dubois, the Yellow Jackets (G) 32 Brandi Carter - Manual vs. Lutheran 2001-02 15-6 mark was the most wins of any (G) 32 Kabrina Merriweather - Tindley vs. Attucks 2010-11 Birdseye team. It was also their last. (G) 31 Anissa Lewis - Jeffersonville vs. Louisv. Sacred Heart 1990-91 The following year Birdseye was lost (G) 30 Erin Wingerter - Covenant Chri vs. Lafayette Catholic 2000-01 via consolidation to Forest Park. (G) 29 Melinda Sparkman - Scottsburg vs. Salem 1978-79 However, the Yellow Jackets did (G) 28 McKenzie Hayes - Tell City vs Cannelton 2011-12 pack a sting that last season. On (G) 28 Donna Maggard - Franklin vs. Greenwood 1980-81 (G) 28 Laura McClintic - Cannelton vs. West Washington 2000-01 their way to a rare Patoka Lake (G) 28 Abby Mills - Morristown vs. Hauser 1999-00 Conference title run, they put up some eye-popping numbers. None- Most Blocks in a Game the-least of which is arguably one of the best single game performances (B) 18 - Lawrence North vs. Arlington 2004-05 ever put on at the high school level (B) 16 Bill Wanstrath - Batesville vs. Brookville 1978-79 in our state. (B) 14 Jake Kitchell - South Central (UM) vs. New Prairie 2008-09 During Birdseye's 76-51 win over (B) 12 Nick Hartley - Hamilton Hts vs. Peru 2007-08 Evansville Latin that season, 6-2 (B) 12 Jake Kitchell - South Central (UM) vs. Argos 2008-09 Yellow Jacket star Jeff Cook had a (B) 14 Jake Kitchell - South Central (UM) vs. Morgan Twp 2007-08 game for the ages: (B) 14 Zach Lett - Seton Catholic vs Jeff Dayton OH 2012-13 (B) 12 Zach Lett - Seton Catholic vs National Trail OH 2012-13 (B) 12 RJ Mahurin - Rockville vs. Seeger 2008-09 (B) 12 AJ Hammonds - Carmel vs. Penn 2009-10 (B) 11 Jeff Cook - Birdseye vs. EV Latin 1970-71 (G) 19 Elana Eickholtz - Restoration Christian vs. So. Central 2006-07 (G) 16 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Pike 2007-08 (G) 16 Kayla Rogers - Eastern Greene vs. Clay City 2016-17 (G) 15 Molly King - Lafayette Catholic vs. Southern Wells 2010-11 (G) 14 Calli Beezhold - C. C. Demotte vs. River Forest 2012-13 (G) 14 LaQuita Williams - Gary Wallace vs. Indy Washington 2004-05 (G) 14 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Brownsburg 2007-08 (G) 13 Katie Cochren - Wood Memorial vs. Princeton 2006-07 (G) 13 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Pike 2008-09 (G) 13 Katie Griffin - Avon vs. Warren Central 2008-09 Jeff Cook, Birdseye, 6-2 (G) 13 Lilly Hatton - North Harrison vs. Brownstown 2015-16 (G) 13 Lilly Hatton - North Harrison vs. Jasper 2016-17 One game: 36 Points, 33 Rebounds, (G) 13 Kayla Rogers - Eastern Greene vs. White River Valley 2016-17 11 Blocks, 7 Steals, and 5 Assists. IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 9

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Join a statewide group of sports-minded individuals who have a common interest in the history of high school basketball, Indiana’s favorite sport. Membership dues are currently just $10 per year. Established in 1994, and loosely associated with the Hall of Fame in New Castle, IHSBHS (pronounced “ish-bish”) publishes four seasonal newsletters for its members, each issue usually 12 to 16 pages in content, known as Boxscore. This newsletter contains diverse items, including short stories that recount tales of former Hoosier ballplayers and their schools’ teams. Members are invited, but not required, to submit their own personal stories for inclusion in Boxscore.

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Mail to: IHSBHS Treasurer Rocky Kenworthy, 710 E. 800 S., Clayton, IN 46118

Board of Directors: Roger Robison (Frankfort ’54), Harley Sheets (Lebanon ’54), Cliff Johnson (Western ’54), Rocky Kenworthy (Cascade ’74), Tim Puet (Valley, PA ’69), Leigh Evans (Castle ’86), John Ockomon (Pendleton ’60), Doug Bradley (Columbus East ‘77 ), Jeff Luzadder (Dunkirk ‘74 ), Curtis Tomak (Linton '59), Kermit Paddack (Sheridan ’02), Hugh Schaefer (Freelandville ’61). IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 10

IHSBHS MEMBER PROFILE FORM (Tell us about yourself) Complete this form and mail to: Rocky Kenworthy, IHSBHS, 710 E, 800 S, Clayton, IN 46118. Profiles may appear in Boxscore from time to time. Today’s Date ______Member’s Name ______Phone No.______Email ______Address ______Occupation/Profession ______Retired? ______Major Interests/Hobbies ______Past Sports Activities ______Where Born? ______Year Born ______High School ______H.S. graduation year ______College or Univ.______Area of Study ______Degree(s)/Year ______Additional Comments You’d Like To Share: ______IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 11 IHSBHS 2018 SUMMER ISSUE Page 12