Show Cice Cic ro Wins Win s N Na don al Scholastic Sch o las tic Basketball Bask e Flag Illinois illin 0 S Ho ops te rs Pressed In Victory Batesville Loses By 18 to 16 Count In Chicago P 7 Series CHICAGO C April 2 By By The Tho As- As Ass Associated s Press PreM Morton Morton high school of ot Cicero Ill won the high school basketball championship for the nation tonight from Dates Bates Batesville ville yule Ark by a a. J. J two-point two mar mar- gin In 18 IS to 16 The brawny team from froni the Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago Chicago cago suburb composed of or lads named Ny- Ny N strom and Fond Fend ground down lown the tho Arkansas quintet In tho the final game frame ame of tho the tournament and won from a J. J team whose bitter was waa not enough to off off- offset offset set the burley pace the victors set The Carpenter brothers strove valiantly against the Cicero team l and nd with Pickren led the southern southern- southerners southerners' ers ers' ers attack but long shots by b of ot Cicero and a pair of ot tasi ones by N came opportunely opportunely to turn back the tho first se serious se se- serious rious threat the south ever made at a II national basket crown led for tor a a. few tew mo mo- moments ments at the start but was not beaten until the final gun for tor It rattled long shot after long shot off oft the tho back board In the last see sec seconds ends of play In a a. vain effort to tie tho the score In tho semi finals defeated Huron S. S D. D 25 5 to 16 16 i and Morton lorton High of ot Cicero won 28 to 20 from Florence Miss both by virtue of ot rallies ra at the outset of ot tho second half The Carpenter brothers members of o ofa a family which has lent athletic prowess to Batesville teams for several generations furnished most of the punch which put Huron out of ot the race Will Wilt and Allan got four tour goals apiece from their forward positions while only onh Col- Col Collin lla lin could annex four baskets for tor forthe forthe the westerners The Cicero team won on with brawn briwn from tho the Mississippi entry its weight and endurance telling In Inthe Inthe Inthe the last lut half halt against the weary eary boys bors from the tho south CRACK IX FINAL FINAL- The Huron team held Its almost equal for two periods p and r and finished the half halt at the short hort shortS S 1 end of ot a a. to S score The sec eec second end and half halt however began be an with baskets by Will Carpen Carpen- Carpenter ter and Murphy for tor Batesville and the 10 point lead was too long for the Dakotans who wilted rap rapidly idly thereafter and lost the tho cool cool- coolness coolness ness and accuracy which carried them to the semi-final semi round of Play Almost In replica was the ex ex- experience experience ex- ex of ot tho the Florence Miss team which bleh finished the first half halt leading Cicero 14 to 10 Two baskets by and ono one by gave Cicero a L two-point two lead two minutes after the second halt half of ot the play pIa opened and tho the Mississippians confused by the shift shUt of ot Cicero to a a. defensive style etyle of ot play finished In demoralized fashion with their offense ottense functioning functioning feebly The high school champions of ot Texas and Missouri won the tho right to compete for the consolation championship of the tourney when Athens Texas and Northeast High of Kansas ansas City won In the consola consola- consolation consolation tion semi Athens put out Durham N. N C. C 26 to 17 and vanquished Gilbert Ariz 6 to 24 4 Northeast High ot or Kansas l ansas City Mo defeated Athens Texas 24 4 to 23 In tho the consolation cham cham- championship game The Te contest necessitated an overtime period Florence Miss won third place In the round by defeating Huron S. S D. D 19 to 16 A A. free tree throw by b Renfro at the fend end nd of or an extra period won Northeast High school of ot Kansas Kans City Mo 10 the consolation title in inthe Inthe inthe the national high school basket basket- basketball basketball ball pall tournament here tonight The jade from Athens Texas Tens who ered to the tourney lost 21 i to 23 33 after aCter a remarkable rally which enabled them to tie tic the count at 23 3 all at tho the end of ot the regular playing period A A. foul called on Athens just as the time over-time period ended with with- without without out a a. score gave s-avo Missouri forward orward a a. chance from the th free throw line which ho he made good Kansas Ka City's scoring was dis distributed dis- dis between Brewer Renfro and and Chilton while Reynolds led ledY Y the Texas Tens attack Championship box scores CICERO 18 I I FG FT rr PF rf 2 I 1 0 1 Ny If It 2 2 3 1 c 0 2 3 3 rg s' 1 I 3 1 0 Fend Fencl Ig IS' 0 0 0 0 Totals S So S Z 7 5 S BATESVILLE TES B. 10 16 FG FT FiM Fl PF rF W W. rf 2 0 1 3 A. A If It 3 0 1 2 Pickren en c 2 1 1 i 2 Murphy rg rs- 0 0 1 4 Lindsey Ig 19 0 0 0 3 Blue rg 0 1 0 2 Totals 7 2 4 16 Batesville 3 3 8 S 5 S 0 16 0 16 Cicero 6 2 6 4 4 18 18 J Referee Reter Longstreet e I v. v u |