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(Left to Ri;:rht) Front Row: Everett Horn, J. C. Blankenship, Wade Perry, Ward, Ira Crum. Second Row: Charles Davis, Herby Triplett, Donald Ray, Bobby MiJls, Carroll Justice. Third Row : Coach Claude Mills, Clifton Perry, Billy Cassady, Omar Fannin, Bobby Williamson, Orville Blankenship, Mg-r. Sublett.

District Tournament Games Won Regional Tournament Games Won Inez ______89- 68 __ _ Meade Memorial Inez ______7 8 - 66 ______Garrett Inez ______7 7- 56 ______Warfield Inez ______82 - 69 ______Salyersville Inez ______. _66 - 58 ______Paintsville Inez ______82 - 80 ______Pikeville

Official Organ of the KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSN. APRIL - Activity At The State Tournament

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Vol. XVI-No. 9 APRIL, 1954 $1.00 Per Year THE 1954 ANNUAL MEETING The business meeting of the Kentucky ficials for the regional basketball tourna­ High School Athletic Association will be held ments. on Friday, April 23, at 2:00 P. M. The place PROPOSAL V will be the Terrace Room at the Kentucky Principal Joe Ohr (Irvine) proposes that Hotel, Louisville. The dinner meeting will be the rules be amended to provide "that no held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Brown member school of the K.H.S.A.A. be per­ Hotel, the hour being 6:00 P . M. mitted to play a football game until the first The principal speaker at the dinner meet­ Friday following Labor Day in September," ing will be head football coach Blanton Col­ this rule not to apply to teams having con­ lier of the University of Kentucky. The pre­ tracts covering 1954 and 1955. sentation of the Game Guy Award will be PROPOSAL VI made during the meeting, and the program Coach Edwin Burton (Newport) proposes will also include entertainment features. that the Track Rules be amended to pro­ As provided in Article IX, Section 1, of vide that "in the State Track Meet, the 440 the K.H.S.A.A. Constitution, the following Yard Dash and the first leg of the Mile Re­ changes in the Constitution, By-Laws and lay must be 'staggered' at the start in lanes Tournament Rules, to be acted upon by the for the first curve only." Delegate Assembly, are hereby submitted to PROPOSAL VII all members of the K.H.S.A.A. for their in­ Supt. Tom L. Gabbard (:Silver Grove) pro­ formation: poses a new system of classifying high PROPOSAL I schools for basketball, track and baseball The Board of Control nroposes that the tournaments, to be set up as follows: first sentence of By-Law 6, Section 1, be re­ 1. High Schools with enrollments of 200 written, to read as follows: "Any student students or more, as of October 10 each year, who has represented a secondary school in a shall be classified as Class A high schools. first team game in any sport and who 2. High Schools with enrollments of less changes schools without a corresponding than 200 students, as of October 10 each change in the residence of his parents shall year, shall be classified as Class B high be ineligible for thirty-six school weeks." schools. PROPOSAL II 3. A system of districts shall be set up by The Board of Control proposes that "20" the Commissioner and the Board of Control. and "26" be substituted respectively for "24" The winner and runner-up in each district and "30" in the second sentence of By-Law shall be advanced to the regional tourna­ 21. ment. The number of districts shall be es­ PROPOSAL III tablished and determined by the Commis­ Prin. H. L. Ellis (Ashland) proposes that sioner and the Board of Control. Tournament Rules III-A and III-B be elimi­ 4. The Commissioner, in conjunction with nated entirelv, and that Rule III~C be changed the Board of Control, shall establis·h eight to read: "The district ~ nd r egional tourna­ regions in the state for both Class A and ment sites shall be determined bv the Com­ Class B high schools. The geographical lines missioner;" and that Rules III-C and III-D for the two types of regions need not be be designated as III-A and III-B with the the same. The winner in each region in both appropriate change in headings if the amend­ Class A and Class B shall advance to their ment is adonted. respective state tournaments, which shall be - PROPOSAL IV held in the same city during the same time. Coaches of the Second District (Atkinson, The winner of the State Tournament in Carter, S•tevenson, Paul, Kenny, Dinning) Class A shall be established as the Class A propose that the rules be amended to pro­ Hi·gh School Champion for the sport in- vide that the Commissioner shall assign of- (Continued on Page Twelve) Page Two THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOO'L ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954

APRIL, 1954 VOL. XVI-NO. 9 Blind, Oldham County, Ormsby Village, Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentuckl Pleasureville, Southern, Valley. High School Athletic Association. Louisville (Shawnee)-Ahrens Trade, du­ Office of Publication, Henderson, Ky. Entered as seeond·class matter in the post office a t Henderson Pont Manual, Flaget, J. M. Atherton, Louis­ Kentucky under the act of March 3, 1879. ville Male and Girls, St. Xavier, Shawnee. Editor------THEO. A. SANFORD Assistant Editor ______J . B. MANSFIELD Bellevue Region-Bellevue, Dayton, Dixie Henderson, Ky. Heights, Holmes, Lloyd, Ludlow, Silver BOARD OF CONTROL Grove, Simon Kenton. President______Carlos Oakley (1951-55). Morganfielo Vice-President______Russell Williamson (1952-56), Inez Newport Region-Burlington, Campbell Directors-William E. Kingsolver (1950-54) , Fort Knox ; Jack County, Florence, Hebron, Highlands, New Dawson (1953-54). Middletown; .Tames L. Cobb (1951-55), Newport ; Roy G. Eversole (1952-56), Hazard; W. B. Jones, Haven, Newport, Walton-Verona. (1953-57), Somerset; Louis Lit chfield (1953-57), Marion. Lexington Region-Camargo, Central, Elk­ Subscription Rates ______$1.00 Per Year horn, Garth, Henry Clay, Lafayette, Midway, Millersburg Military Institute, Oxford, grom the Commissione'l's B//ice Nicholasville, Sadieville, University, Ver­ sailles, Winchester. Barbourville Region-Bell County, Leslie REPOR~S PAST DUE County, London, Middlesboro, Monticello, 1. 1953-54 Basketball Participation List Red Bird, Somerset. Knox Central. (Eligibility) Elkhorn City ReQ'ion-Belfry, Elkhorn 2. School's Report on Basketball Officials City, Ezel, Fleming-Neon, Hazard, Jenkins, Martin, M. C. Napier, Paintsville, Pikeville, 3. Official's Report on Schools - Basketball Prestonsburg, Wayland. Whitesburg. Ashland Region-Ashland, Catlettsburg, Regional Track Meets Morgan Conty, Prichard, Raceland, Russell, Wurtland. Under new regulations, the Board of Con­ Golf Tournaments trol has established twelve track regions for The Commissioner has been authorized to 1954. The scheduled date for the regional set up regional tournaments in golf. These meets is May 7. Only first and second place tournaments will be held on May 26, and the winners in the regions will qualify for the dates of the State Tournament have been State Meet this year. Sites of the meets are changed from May 31-June 1 to June 1-2. Murray, Henderson. Bowling Green, Dan­ Fort Knox has been named the site of the ville, Louisville (Bellarmine College), Louis­ State Golf Tournament. The six regional ville (Shawnee), Covington, Newport. Lex­ tournaments will be held at Madisonville, ington, Barbourville, Elkhorn City, and Ash­ Bowling Green. LoniRville, Dixie Heights, land. Lexington, and Middlesboro. The assign­ The assignment of schools by regions is ment of schools by regions is aR follows: as follows: Madisonville Region-Greenville, Hopkins­ Murray Region-Fulton. Hopkinsville, ville, Lacy, Madisonville, Owensboro. Lone Oak, Murray, Murray Training, Tilgh­ Bowling Green Region-Bardstown, Bowl­ man. ing Green, ColleP'e. Eliz::1hethtown. Fort Henderson Region-Barret, Clav, Daviess Knox. Franklin-SimnRon. Glasgow, Russell­ County, Madisonville, Marion, Owensboro, ville, St. Aug"ustine, St. Joseph. Owensboro Catholic, Providence, Sturgis, Louisville Region-Ahrens Trade, duPont West Louisville. Manual, Eastern. Fern Creek, Flag-et, J. M. Bowling Green Region-Alban:v, Austin­ Atherton, Kentuckv Militarv Institute, Tracy, Bowling Green. Central Park, College, Louisville Male and Girls. Oldham County, Edmonton, Franklin-Simpson, Glasgow, Hise­ St. Xavier, Shawnee, Shelbyville, Southern, ville, Hodgenville, Park City, Temple Hill, V:alley. Tompkinsville, Warren County. Dixie Heights Region-Beechwood, Cov­ Danville Region-Adair County, Bards­ ington Catholic, Dixie Heights, Holmes. Holy town, Berea Foundation, Campbellsville, Cross. Newport, Newport Catholic, St. Henry, Camp Dick Robinson. Danville, Kingston, St. Thomas. Old Kentucky Home, St. Joseph, Springfield, Lexington Region-Berea, Central, Clark Stanford. County, Danville, Lafayette, Madison, Uni­ Louisville (Bellarmine)-Eastern. Emin­ versity. ence, Fern Creek, Henry Central, Kentucky Middlesboro Region-Hazard, Jenkins,

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Tennis Tournaments Mr. Dawson Repeats Four regional tournaments in tennis have been scheduled for May 17. The State Tennis Tournament will be held in Louisville on May 24-25. The regional sites are Bowling Green, Louisville, Bellevue and Lexington. The assignment of schools by regions is as follows : Bowlin!g Green Region- Adair Co unty, Bardstown, Bowling Green, Caverna, Central Park, College, Glasgow, Owensboro, St. Joseph, Tompkinsville. Louisville Region- Eastern, Flaget, Ather­ ton, Kentucky Military Institute, Louisville Male and Girls, St. Xavier, Shawnee, South­ ern. Bellevue Region - Bellevue, Covington Catholic, Holmes, St. Henry. Lexington Region - Berea Foundation, Garth, Madison, Stanford, University. Baseball Tournaments As announced previously, the date of the State Baseball Tournament has been changed to May 28-29 . This will necessitate the reg­ Jack Dawson ional tournaments being held during the per­ Principal Jack Dawson of the Eastern High iod of May 19-22, one of the original alter­ S'chool, Middletown, was recently elected to nate periods for the district tournaments. a four-year term on the Board of Control, The district tournaments should be held on defeating Supt. Milton 0 . Traylor of Gallatin May 5-6 or on May 10-12. The assignment of Co unty. Mr. Dawson, who is a Board member schools to the various districts and regions at present, will represent Section 4. is as follows: Mr. Dawson's "pedigree" appeared in the MURRAY REGliON October issue of the ATHLETE, when he was South Christian District-Clifty, Guthrie, elected to fill out the unexpired term of Supt. Lacy, Sinking Fork, South Christian. T. K. Stone of Elizabethtown. With the ex­ Murray District-Benton, Murray, Mur­ ·ception of one year spent at Jackson, Ken­ ray Training, Reidland. tucky, where he was football and basketball Mayfield District-Arlington, Ballard Me­ coach, and three years in the Navy, all of morial, Central, Fancy Farm, Heath, May­ Mr. Dawson's service in education has been field, St. John, Wingo. spent in Jefferson County. He was coach Salem District- Butler, Caldwell County, and lat er principal at F ern Creek for a long Livingston County, Lyon County, Salem. period of time. In 1950 he became principal MADISONVILLE REGJ!ON at Eastern. Henderson District - Barret, Corydon, Morganfield, Poole, Sebree, Uniontown. burn, Bowling Green, Bristow, College, Hardinsburg Distrid -B r e c k i n r i d g e Franklin-Simpson, North Warren, Richards­ Co unty, Irvington, Lewisport. ville, Russellville, Warren Co unty. Hartford District-Centertown, Central Tompkinsville District- Adair County, Park, Cromwell, Dundee, Hartford. Clinton Co unty, Glasgow, S•cottsville, Tomp­ Daviess County District- Daviess County, kinsville. Owensboro, Owensboro Catholic, Owensboro Technical, Utica, West Louisville. Caverna District-Caverna, Edmonton, Madisonville District - Calhoun, Clay, Hodgenville. Crofton, Earlington, Livermore, Madison­ Campbellsville District - Campbellsville,, ville, Sacramento, Slaughters. Greensburg, Lebanon, St. Augustine, St. Central City District - Central City, Francis, Taylor County. Drakesboro, Dunmor, Graham, Greenville, St. Joseph District-Bardstown, Mack­ Hughes-Kirk, Muhlenberg Central, Rockport. ville, Mt. Washington, Old Kentucky Home, BOWLING GREEN REGION St. Joseph, Shepherdsville, Springfield, Tay­ Bowling Green District- Adairville, Au- lorsville. Page Four THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954

Vine Grove D i s t ric t- Elizabethtown, Greenup, Louisa, Raceland, Russell. Elizabethtown Catholic, Fort Knox, Glendale, Mt. Sterling District- Camargo, Mt. Lynnvale, Sonora, Vine Grove, West Point. Sterling, Owingsville, Powell County, Sharps­ Brownsville Distrkt-Brownsville, Butler burg, Winchester. County, Clarkson, Kyrock, Sunfish. Breckinridge Training District-Breckin­ LOUISVILLE REGION ridge Training, Carter, Fleming County, Louisville District-duPont Manual, Fla­ Morehead, Morgan County, Olive Hill, get, J. M. Atherton, Louisville Male and Girls, Prichard, Sandy Hook, Tollesboro. St. Xavier, Shawnee. Wheelwright District- Betsy Layne, Mar­ Fern Creek District-Eastern, Fern Creek, tin, Prestonsburg, Wayland, Wheelwright. Kentucky Military Institute, Southern, Paintsville District-Flat Gap, Inez, Meade Valley. Memorial, Oil Springs, Paintsville, Salyers­ NEWPORT REGION ville. Walton-Verona District-Hebron, Morgan, Silver Grove, Walton-Verona. New Board Member Covington District-Beechwood, Coving­ F" ton Catholic, Dixie Heights, Holmes, Lloyd, Ludlow, St. Henry, Simon Kenton. Newport District- Bellevue, Campbell County, Da:yton, Highlands, Newport, New­ port Catholic, St. Thomas. Maysville District-Bracken County, Mays Lick, Maysville. LEXINGTON REGION Frankfort District-Anderson, Elkhorn, Frankfort, Great Crossing, Midway, Ver­ sailles. Paris District - Cynthiana, Harrison County, Millersburg Military Institute, Nicholas County, Paris, Carlisle. Buckeye District-Buckeye, Camp Dick Robinson, Crab Orchard, Harrodsburg, Kirksville, Lancaster, Mt. Vernon, Paint Lick. Eminence District-Campbellsburg,, Car­ W. H. Crowdus rollton, Eminence, Henry Central, Oldham Prin. W. H. "Johnie" Crowdus of the County, Owen County, Pleasureville, Trimble Franklin-Simpson Junior H i g h S c h o o l, County. Franklin, will represent Section 3 on the Shelbyville District-Bagdad, Shelbyville, Board of Control for a four-year period, be­ Simpsonville. ginning July 1, 1954. Mr. Crowdus defeated Lexington District-Athens, Henry Clay, Supt. Kenneth B. Sidwell of Caverna in re­ Lafayette, Lexington Catholic, Nicholasville. cent balloting. Berea District-Berea, Central, Estill The new Board member is a native of County, Irvine, Kingston, Lee County, Franklin, where he attended the grade and Madison-Model, Waco. high schools, graduating in 1927. He attend­ HARLAN REGION ed Western Kentucky State College, where Somerset District-Bush, Corbin, Hazel he received his B.S. and M.A. degrees. He Green (East Bernstadt), London, Lynn has one summer's work toward a Doctorate Camp, Monticello, Somerset, Williamsburg. in Recreation at Indiana University. Hazard District-Fleming-Neon, Hazard, From 1935 to 1942 Mr. Crowdus worked at Jenkins, Leslie County, M. C. Napier, River­ Western as trainer and assistant in the side Christian, Whitesburg. Physical Education Department. During the Harlan District-Benham, Black Star, 1942-45 period he served in the U. S. Navy, Cumberland, Evarts, Hall, Harlan, Hender­ and he now holds the rank of Lieutenant in son Settlement, Loyall, Lynch, Wallins. the Inactive Reserve. In Franklin-Simpson Elkhorn City District-Belfry, Elkhorn Junior High School he started teaching in City, Phelps, Pikeville, Virgie. the field of Health and Physical Education. GRAYSON REGION From 1946 to 1953 he also served as assist- Ashland District-Ashland, Catlettsburg, (Continuerl on Pagf\ Twelve) THE KENTUCKY HJ (;J:-1 SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954 Page Five Newport....--- Runner-Up 1954 State Basketball Tournament

(Left to Rig-ht) Front Row: MgT. Jack Schiller, Henr·y Green, Don Walz, Marilon Reams, Ralph Chapman, Mg-r. Don McDaniel. Second Row: Larry Weier, Norman Youtsey, Roger Quinn, Jim Fangman, Jerry Morris. Third Row: Coach Stan A rnzen, Bill Morton, Ronnie Bride­ well, John Ratliff, Ronnie Pigg, Don Dietriech, Assistant Coach Ed Burton. Fourth Row: .Jim Rradhury . .John Turner, Larry Redmond, Ed Huffman. Gary Rawe, Paul Bergmann. Ashland - Third Place Winner 1954 State Basketball Tournament

(Left to Ri g- ht) Front Row: Mgr. Dan Burkhart, Darryle J(ouns, Bill Hopkins, Paul Conley, Bill l(azee, Bill E mmett, Herbert Thompson, George Carroll. Second Row: Mike Jones, Jim Bailey, .Jerry Henderson, Sam Ware, George Rupert, A. J. Sexton, Don Griffith, Bill Gray. Third Row: Buddy Sexton, Charles Hale, Paul Reliford. Charlei< Holhrook, \.ary W,allace, Charles Thomas, .Tim Leill·how, Mgr. .Tim Host, Coach George Conley. 1954 Kentucky State High School Basketball Tournament Results

FREDONIA 46 \ CLAY COUNTY 64 CLAY COUNTY 57 ASHLAND 69 Tournament Officials Ben R. Edelen I ' DANVILLE 67 I Bob Forsythe NEWPORT 55 Bob Miller ALLEN COUNTY 55 Ralph Mussman \ BOURBON VOC. 46 BOURBON VOC. 58 Vincent Zachem 1 NEWPORT 73 NEWPORT 50 I NEWPORT 68 LAFAYETTE 45 INEZ CHAMPIONS BARDWELL 51 56 I ADAIR COUNTY 64 AUAIR COUNTY All-Tournament Team ADAIR COUNTY 68 DIXON 62 Billy Cassady ______Inez l DIXON 63 Larry Redmond ____ Newport OLDHAM COUNTY 44 1 Herbie Triplett______Inez Kenny Kuhn ______Male INEZ Bill Back ______Dil ce Combs COMBS MEMORIAL 63 66 Billy Case ____ _Bourbon Voc. 52 Billy Gray ______Ashland I)1 ____ COMBS MEMORIAL_:.:::.____::_ MALE 62 1 Jerry Henderson ____ Ashland Ralph Shearer ____ Adair Co. INEZ 70 Ed Huffman ______Newport I INEZ 72 I INEZ 64 1 Third Place Winner - Ashland Ashland 72 - Adair County 66 .._...., __ ~~ -

Summary of All Shots Taken in State Tournament

s +> ::s +> § WINNERS ... ~ .~ LOSERS ... ~ .~ .--4 .9 0 +> 0 :a +> .,5 ::S+> :aQ) r:: :3..s Q) r:: :3-+-i ,<:I 0 ~ 'rl :;:80 ~ I 0 <) ,<:I 0 ~ <) oo:s 0 <) 00 ::g ~ ~ ll. ~~ ~ll. 00 ::g ~ ~ ll. ~~ ~ll. I I 1. / Clay County 127-10 124-8 I 4-1 155-19 132.7 !30-19 !. 63.3 Fredonia 135-7 118-4 I 6-5 I59-16 27.1 121-14 , 66.6 I I I I I I I I I I 2./ Ashland I 30-14 123-9 110-4 163-27 , 42.8 I 34-20 158.8 Danville I 29-14 121-8 I 8-3 I 58-25 43.1 I 29-17 58.6 I I I I I I 3./ Bourbon Voc. 130-10 130-9 I 7-3 167-22 , 32.8 I24-14 I 58.3 Allen County 146-14 / 16-3 1 2-0 / 64-17 / 26.5 / 35-21 I 60. 1 1 4.1 Newport I 7-4 1 52-13 I 25.0 I 36-24 I 66.6 Lafayette I 23-9 121-4 I 8-2 I 52-15 28.8 I 21-15 I 71.4 117-4 I' 28-5 I I I I . 5.1 Adair County I 29-14 9-3 9-2 147-19 I 40.4 I 26-18 , 69.2 Bardwell I 24-9 I24-6 I 7-3 I1 55-18 30·.9 I, 24-15 I 62.5 1 I I I I I I i 6.1 Dixon 136-15 117-5 110-3 I 63-23 136.5 I 26-16 ! 52.3 Oldham County I 20-7 1 19-3 110-1 I 49-11 I 20.4 , 30-22 I 73.3 I I I I I 7.! Combs Mem. 132-11 22-9 I 6-1 160-21 35. I 44-24 1 54.5 Male I1 31-7 I 3·0·-10 I1 13-6 I1 74-23 I 31. 125-16 '. 64. I I I I I 8.1 Inez I 30-13 119-8 II 7-2 156.23 , 41. 133-26 , 78.7 Central City 1 52-16 I 24-6 1 9-2 185-25 129.4 ! 14-7 I 50. I I I I I I I I I I I I 9. \ Ashland 141-17 134-14 1 7-1 182-32 139. I29-21 I72.4 Clay County 141-16 , 14-2 I 1-0 156-18 I 32.1 150-28 , 56. I I I I I I I 10./ Newport I 34-13 115-3 I 9-4 58-20 134.4 127-18 166.6 Bourbon Voc. 124-9 114-1 117-5 155-15 , 27.2 121-16 , 76.1 T I I I I I 11.1 Adair County I 30-15 1I 12-2 I! 6-2 I 48-19 I 39.5 I 38-26 I68.3 Dixon 122-8 147-11 115-5 184-24 128.5 120-15 175. I I I I I I I I I I 12. / Inez 137-17 I20-5 110-3 I 67-25 137.3 126-14 153.8 Combs Mem. I 30-10 I 23-5 I 9-2 I 62-17 I 27.4 I 28-18 64.2 I I I I I I I I I I I I 13./ Newport 126-12 I 30-12 111-4 167-28 I 41.7 122-17 177.2 Ashland I 24-12 I 28-13 / 8-4 I 60-29 148.3 , 18-11 1 61.1 I I I I I I ! I I I I . I 14. / Newport I 23-5 I 29-13 I 17-5 I 69-23 I 33.3 I 34-24 I 70.5 Adair County 131-17 117-6 1 9-1 157-24 142.1 122-20 190.9· I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 15.1 Ashland I 25-11 I 31-13 115-4 I 71-28 I 39.4 I 30-16 I 53.3 Adair County I 27-13 110-5 116-4 I 53-22 141.5 I 33-22 I 66.6 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 16. \ Inez I 27-13 113-7 112-6 I 52-26 150. 114-11 178.5 Newport 118-8 I 32-12 111-4 I 61.24 I 39.3 111-7 I 63.6 Page Eig·ht TiiE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954

of chap you'd like to have your boy learn The Flying Dutchman under. Countless youngsters have been help­ For sheer sporting thriUs your Dutch ed by him and many more know the mountain friend will settle for Kentucky's Schoolboy of good deeds he has performed, never letting Basketball Tournament. Always a credit to anybody know of the "Deep Footprints" he the Commonwealth, this meet has something was leaving in the "Sands of Time." you just don't get from the big college shows. Joining Manual's Turner as a recipient of The perfection of the college boys is lack­ the Honor Pipe is New Castle's Coach E. T. ing and that's what makes it great. A kid Henderson. Recommended by Roy Adams makes a mistake, his opponent :grabs the ball and Otis Roller for his unselfish service to and is away when another error occurs while officials and his wonderful job of promoting the crowd roars. Nobody knows what will sportsmanship, Coach Henderson goes on the happen next. There is absolutely nothing Honor Roll of the The Flying Dutchman as like the month of March in Kentucky and a Builder of Men. the thrills which go with it. Something new has been added to those It is a cinch that the calibre of play, coach­ Cob Pipe Awards when they go out to win­ ing and officiating reached a new high in ners. The Dutchman has compiled a pamphlet this year's classic. Hard playing kids, gen­ of short poems which teach good philosophy. tlemen coaches and efficient officials plus He is including them with the Honor Pack sportsmanlike spectators indicate to all that made up of the pipe and certificate as it goes Kentucky's High School Athletic Program is out in future mails. on safe balance. To clear up some existing confusion about Bob Miller and Ralph Mussman joined the Flying Dutchman awards let us tell you veteran officials Ben Edelen, Bob Forsythe that the pipes, Lionheart lapel buttons, Game and Vince Zachem to give the meet a brand Guy Plaques, certificates, poem pamphlets of officiating hard to equal anywhere. Webb and Abou Ben Adhem awards are your Porter, assistant commissioner of the Tenn­ Dutch reporter's way of trying to "Put essee Secondary Athletic Association and in Christianity Into Action." No money is spent the Dutchman's book one of the greatest of­ on these projects. Rather it is invested in ficials of our time, expressed genuine pleas­ people. ure at the brand of officiating the "Big It is hard, indeed, to determine how much Five" displayed. good is accomplished by these humble efforts. While we are on the subject of officiating Possibly not as much good as we hope is ac­ let the Flying Dutchman go on record as pro­ complished but occasionally word reaches claiming "Big Ed" McNabb as his choice as us that some kid who needed to be "picked "Daddy Of All Officials" who have worked up" got a lift from winning a Lionheart but­ the big meet in his memory. Steady, courag­ ton or a citizen was proud he received an eous and efficient "Mac" must go down in Honor Pipe. Then we know that in a small athletic history as one who set a wonderful way we are getting through. example for other whistlers to follow. His in­ The citizenry of Bardstown informs us fluence will long be felt and his service long that when Joe Wycoff of St. Joe's got his remembered. recognition as a Game Guy he was a new The right kind of influence is what largely boy as he screwed his button on his coat. contributes to the progress of high school Well, brethern, here's another lift for 14 sports in Kentucky. We kept thinking of year old Joe Wy,coff. He has been named the correct influence as we enjoyed athletic GAME GUY PLAQUE winner of 1954 and banquets at Fort Knox High School and the will receive his award from the Commis­ Bluegrass Conference at Lexington. sioner at the annual K.H.S.A.A. dinner in Men like Bill Kingsolver, Herschel Rob­ April. erts, George Bertram and Company at Knox, Joe is paralyzed from his ne,ck down with plus fellows like Newell Hadden and his polio but has the use of his arms. He plays Bluegrass crew contribute much and boys basketball, baseball and football from a wheel are better because they are associated with chair. Such courage from a fighting young­ them. ster just had to win for him the honor of Manual's athletic director, John Turner, is being GAME GUY OF 1954. Be sure to look another gentleman to get the Dutchman's Joe up at the April classic. He will inspire salute and also a Cob Pipe of Honor for the you to work a little harder to help those month. Quiet, unassuming and efficient in physically handicapped kids in your com­ everything he does, John Turner is the kinrl munity to play normally like the others. THB KENTUCKY HIGH SCl:tOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954 Page Nine State Tournament Highlights

-Lexington Heralii -Leail er Photos Page Ten TH~~ 1 ENTOC'KY 111(;11 RC IIOOI. ATilLF:T8 I<()R A PRTL, 1954 More Tournament Highlights

-Lexington Herald-Leader Photos THE KENTUCKY HlGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954 Page Eleven

Adair County ...... Fourth Place Winner 1954 State Basketball Tournament

(Left to Right) Front Row: Rayburn Daugherty, Haskin Rowe, Ralph Shearer, George Cheat­ ham, Donald Miller. Second Row: ·willard Smith, Louis Pendleton, Billy Conover, Jimmy Richards, Terry Randall, Wayne Smith.

TABULATION OF VOTES ON HIGHEST RATED OFFICIALS - 1954 STATE TOURNAMENT Listed below are the tabulations of votes on officials who received the highest ratings by coaches of the sixteen teams which participated in the recent State High School Basket­ ball Tournament. Each coach voted on six Certified officials in the order of his preference, the offidal whose name was listed first by the coach receiving six points, the second official five points, etc. This is the method which has been used for many years by the Board of Control and the Commissioner in selecting State Tournament offkials. The schools given below are not list ed in order by regions nor are they listed in the order of the tournament bracket.

Official A B c D E F' G H I K L M N 0 p TOTAL Vincent Zachem_ 1 3 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 6 57 Ben Edelen ___ _ 5 1 5 2 1 2 2 1 6 4 4 33 Ralph Mussman._ 3 5 5 2 6 26 Bob Forsythe __ 2 G 6 5 1 25 D. Longenecker* 6 4 3 3 20 Bob Miller ____ _ G G G 18 Milford Wells __ 4 6 G 16 Travis Combs __ 3 5 4 16 E'dgar McNabb __ 2 1 4 3 15 Harold McGuffey ,, 4 3 1 14 Richard Betz __ _ iJ 2 2 4 11 Roy King ______6 9

'''Dave Long-e uee'ker wa» UJiaule t u a..:cept a State '1'uuruament a»sig ument b ec au~e of illness. Page 'l'wel ve THE KE NTUCKY HlGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR APRIL, 1954 1954 State Tournament Basketball Statistics Average Score: For WinuerB: 65.2; For LoserB: 56.8. Total for both: ______122. per game Average No. Personal Fouls (fouls by A plus fouls by B): ______34.6 per game Average No. Technkal Fouls (fouls by A plus fouls by B): ______00.0 per game Total No. Free Throw Attempts (per. and T. for all Games) 875. Sucessful 64.9 % Total No. Players Disqualified for Flag-rant Fouls ______0 per tour. Average No. Times per game a played committed 5 P ersonals : ______2.37 per game Average No. charged time-outs (total for both teams): ______5.87 per game DATA COLLECTED BY l<"l:RST STATISTICIAN Average No. (a) Personal fouls made by players while on OffeuBe : __ _ 2.8 ver game Average No. (b) Cases of traveling (include illegal dribble): ______4.2 per game Average No. (c)Times 2 throws were awarded because foul ooc urred during- unsuccessful try:______6.5 per game Average No. (d) Times a 1 and 1 foul occurred: ______18.8 per game % of times 1st throw in (d) was suocessful: ______62.2 % % of alt. throws which were successful:______51.8 % Average No. (e) Field goals (both teams):______43. per game % scored without ball touching backboard:______64.6 % Average No. (f) Over-all time from first toss to final gun: 1 hr. and 12 minutes DATA COLLECTED BY SECOND STATISTICIAN Average No. (a) Jump ball situations (include center jumps): ______11.3 per game (1) Times above jumps followed held ball: ______----- .50 per game (2) Times .iump rules were violated: ______.25 per game Average No. (b) Throw-ins from end of court (Do not include throw-in after any goal) : ______------·--- 12.6 per game Average No. (c) Throw-ins from side of <:ourt (Do not include after Technical Foul)=------10.1 per game Average No. (d) Violations of 3-second la11e rule: ______.62 per game For Last Three Minutes: (1) No. Field Goals ------3.7 per game (2) No. Charged time-outs : ______------1 per game (3) No. Held Balls: ------1.5 per game (4) No. Pers. fouls a!!ainst a thrower: ______1.3 per game (5) No. Pers. fouls other than against a thrower: ____ _------3.4 per game (6) Average time consumed by last 3 min. of clock time: 7 minutes 13 sees. per game.

THE 1954 ANNUAL MEETING NEW BOARD MEMBER (Continued from Pag·e One) (Continued from Page Four) volved. The winner of the State Tournament ant varsity football and basketball coach. In January of 1953 he became principal of in Class B shall be established as the Class the junior high school. He is also now serv­ B High School Champion for the sport in­ ing as varsity golf coach for Franklin-Simp­ volved. Appropriate trophies and all-tourna­ son High School. ment teams shall be seleded as is now the In 1943 Mr. Crowdus married Miss Ina policy. Bledsoe of Hiseville. He is a member of the PROPOSAL VIII Franklin Rotary Club, and a steward in the Franklin Methodist Church where he is Sun­ Principal Walter C. Jetton (Paducah) pro­ day School Superintendent. He is currently poses that the following be added to By-Law President of the Franklin-Simpson Memorial 20, Section 1: "No member school shall take Swimming Pool Board. He is a member of the Kentucky Education Association; the part in a tournament from which any out­ Kentucky Association for Health, Physical side organization derives a profit, financial, Education, and Recreation; and the Kentucky or otherwise." Coaches Association. AWARD SWEATERS & JACKETS

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