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B O X S C O R E A Publication of the Indiana High School Basketball Historical Society IHSBHS was founded in 1994 by A. J. Quigley Jr. (1943-1997) and Harley Sheets for the purpose of documenting and preserving the history of Indiana High School Basketball IHSBHS Officers Publication & Membership Notes President Roger Robison Frankfort 1954 Boxscore is published by the Indiana High School Basketball Vice Pres Cliff Johnson Western 1954 Historical Society (IHSBHS). This publication is not copyrighted and may be reproduced in part or in full for circulation anywhere Webmaster Kermit Paddack Sheridan 2002 Indiana high school basketball is enjoyed. Credit given for any Treasurer Rocky Kenworthy Cascade 1974 information taken from Boxscore would be appreciated. Editorial Staff IHSBHS is a non-profit organization. No salaries are paid to Editor Cliff Johnson Western 1954 anyone. All time spent on behalf of IHSBHS or in producing Boxscore is freely donated by individual members. Syntax Edits Tim Puet Valley, PA 1969 Dues are $10 per year. They run from Jan. 1 – Dec. 31 and Content Edits Harley Sheets Lebanon 1954 include four newsletters. Lifetime memberships are no longer Rocky Kenworthy Cascade 1974 offered, but those currently in effect continue to be honored. Tech Advisor Juanita Johnson Fillmore, CA 1966 Send dues, address changes, and membership inquiries to Board Members IHSBHS, c/o Rocky Kenworthy, 710 E. 800 S., Clayton, IN 46118. E-mail: [email protected] John Ockomon, Harley Sheets, Leigh Evans, Cliff Johnson, Tim All proposed articles & stories should be directed to Puet, Roger Robison, Jeff Luzadder, Rocky Kenworthy, Doug Cliff Johnson: [email protected] or 16828 Fairburn Bradley, Curtis Tomak, Kermit Paddack, Hugh Schaefer St., Hesperia, CA 92345. 2017 FALL ISSUE EDITORIAL POLICY Indianapolis Star. But it was not time that evening, it was apparent The opinions expressed in against Kentucky. It employed a that most seats at Butler Fieldhouse Boxscore by individual authors do different schematic, pitting the were going to remain empty due to a not necessarily reflect the views of Hoosier All-Star team against the heavy downpour that had begun in IHSBHS as an organization. Indiana state champions of that year, late afternoon. It had gained more the Frankfort Hot Dogs. momentum by early evening and Our IHSBHS website address is Disappointingly, the contest was not undoubtedly was keeping most fans Indianabasketballhistory.com. considered much of a success either at home. Even more significantly, as You can also enter IHSBHS or “Boxscore” on any search engine. CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 1940 Indiana All-Stars…………..1 2017 State Tournaments……….. 3 Lewisville’s Marion Pierce…….. 5 Crossroads of Hoosier Hysteria.. 8 Indiana H.S. BB, WW II……12-13 IHSBHS Membership Form…...14 IHSBHS Profile Form………..... 15 Hall of Fame Membership…….. 16 THE 1940 INDIANA ALL-STARS (and first annual classic against Kentucky) by Cliff Johnson, Editor This was the initial year for the long-standing series of games still The 1940 Indiana All-Stars. Front Row: Bud Dunn, Gosport; Gene Yates, Anderson; being played between the Indiana Warren Lewis, New Castle; Ed Scheinbein, Southport; Oliver Troth, Spencer. Back and Kentucky All-Star teams. The Row: Coach Paul Hinkle, Butler University; Henry Pearcy, Martinsville; Bill Fowler, Marion; Chet Gabriel, Kokomo; Dick Heacox, Bloomington; Jim Mace, Sheridan; Indiana All-Star selection process Coach Glenn Curtis, Indiana State. was actually started the year before, in 1939, and a game was indeed in terms of total gate receipts or by it was soon realized, was the fact that staged that summer by the team match-up levels. Before game the teams were unevenly matched. IHSBHS 2017 FALL ISSUE Page 2 This was largely attributable to an Warren Lewis (New Castle), 6-1 to their feet when twice Kentucky IHSAA eligibility rule that Gene Yate (Anderson), 6-0 gained ball possession and narrowly Bud Dunn (Gosport), 5-10 prohibited several key Frankfort Ed Scheinbein (Southport), 5-10 missed tieing the game when its two players from participating. The end Oliver Troth (Spencer), 5-9 FG attempts rolled the rim and spun result was therefore predictable, and out. “Jumping” Joe Fulks was the by the next morning most Kentucky All-Stars recipient of the “Star of Stars” sportswriters had declared the game Len Metcalfe (Calvert City), 6-4 award, scoring 16 points in a losing an obvious mismatch in their write- Joe Fulks (Kuttawa), 6-4 effort. Henry Pearcy was high for ups. Maury House (Manchester), 6-3 the Hoosiers, with 10. Here is a box Russ Van Noy (Hickman), 6-2 But the idea of staging some kind Norbert Walsh (L’ville. Xavier), 6-1 score recap: of a post-season All-Star game did Bernard Sloan (Ashland), 6-1 not fade away before the 1939-40 J.T. Harper (Nelson), 6-0 Kentucky (29) season had concluded. By the spring Elbert Nickel (Fullerton), 6-0 FG FT TP of 1940, officials of the Kentucky George Ashford (Southgate), 6-0 Metcalfe, f 0 0 0 Foster Kaiser (L’ville Male), 5-11 Walsh, f 1 2 4 High School Athletic Association Fulks, c 6 4 16 had met to discuss a proposal of Sloan, g 2 0 4 The very first All-Star contest using its own All-Star team selection Kaiser, g 1 2 4 between the two basketball-minded to annually challenge the Hoosiers in Harper, g 0 0 0 states was a thriller, by almost a bi-state classic that might Van Noy, f 0 0 0 anyone’s measure. The two teams House, f 0 0 0 perpetuate year-to-year. Travel battled to an 8-8 draw at the end of Ashford, g 0 1 1 expenses to Indianapolis had to be the first quarter of play, then considered though, since there was Indiana (31) Kentucky, with sharp-shooting Joe no high school arena in Kentucky FG FT TP Fulks leading the way, shot into the large enough to bring in the required Scheinbein, f 2 1 5 lead 18-12 at halftime. At the end of gate receipts to make such a game Pearcy, f 3 4 10 the three-quarter mark, Kentucky Gabriel, c 1 0 2 financially attractive. Nor were the had been able to maintain its Dunn, g 2 0 4 larger state universities interested in marginal advantage, 27-22, although Troth, g 1 0 2 getting involved with high school- Lewis, g 1 0 2 the Hoosiers seemed determined to level athletic endeavors at the risk of Yates, g 1 1 3 halt the Blue Grassers’ offense. sustaining damage or financial loss. Mace, f 0 0 0 Neither team could successfully put Heacox, c 0 1 1 The 15,000-seat capacity of Butler more points onto the scoreboard Fowler, c 1 0 2 Fieldhouse, however, became the throughout the first four minutes of deciding factor. A sufficient revenue Glenn Curtis and Tony Hinkle the final quarter, but suddenly the sharing arrangement of the gate were the Indiana coaches, while Ed Hoosiers came to life with field goals receipts could cover the travel costs Diddle and Ted Hornback handled by Dunn and Pearcy. The gap was and possibly even yield a profit for the reins for Kentucky. Joe Fulks closed to within a single point, 27- Kentucky, if interest in such an went on to have a great career in 26, with three minutes remaining. interstate basketball rivalry were professional basketball. After a brief Kentucky’s strategy of protecting its high enough. Officials agreed that it two-year stay at Murray State, he lead was obviously failing, and probably would be, with adequate joined the Marines in May, 1942, not Indiana began to take more shots at publicizing via the media. Plans for long after the U.S. had entered WW its goal. Kentucky committed three the first interstate classic All-Star II. He remained in the Corps for straight defensive fouls, and game were thus executed and the four full years before being consecutive free throws by game scheduled for 8:30 p.m. on discharged in May, 1946. That fall Scheinbein, Yates, and Heacox gave August 16, 1940. he joined the Philadelphia Warriors the Hoosiers a 29-27 lead with of the BAA, at age 25. In his rookie limited time remaining on the clock. ROSTERS: season (1946-47) he captured the Another field goal by Lewis widened Indiana All-Stars league’s scoring title, averaging 23.2 the margin to 31-27 before Fulks Chet Gabriel (Kokomo), 6-7 points per game and leading the sank his final goal for Kentucky, Bill Fowler (Marion), 6-5 Warriors to the league’s Dick Heacox (Bloomington), 6-4 bringing the end result to 31-29, championship title. He was equally Henry Pearcy (Martinsville), 6-2 Hoosiers winning. The final minute prolific the next several seasons, Jim Mace (Sheridan), 6-2 of play, however, brought spectators IHSBHS 2017 FALL ISSUE Page 3 with a high mark of 26.0 points per was the team everyone was talking left and Twin Lakes’ Bryce game in 1949. His specialty was the about going into the day, as a result Bennington tied the game with a free jump shot. On Feb. 10, 1949, he set of its history. As I’m sure most throw with 36.4 seconds to play, a new pro record by netting 63 points readers of this story already know, leading to the final sequence. Alex in a single game. That record stood Attucks was created as an all-black Cooley tried a 3-point shot from the for a full decade before it was broken school in the 1920s, was denied a top of the key, missed, and Harris by Elgin Baylor, and then later on by chance to be an IHSAA member for soared over Twin Lakes’ Blake Wilt Chamberlain.