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Show ioka Soldier In Star noli As Basketball Player An Ioka soldier, Milo Campbell, Camp-bell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Campbell, Sr., made a very impressive record as a member of the Supply Co. 2nd Armed QM Bn. in Mainz, Germany, where he recently was advanced advan-ced from a private to a corporal in the army. Reports coming from the German Ger-man community reveal the Sup- ply Co. tangled with Hq. Co. j Div. Transportation outfit in the finals of a tournament to determine de-termine the championship in the company level at Berra Field House on March 18. Young Milo was the high scorer for his outfit out-fit in the tourney finals as he hit for 16 points. During the entire season when his team finished second in the regular league play, Milo averaged 18.2 points per game in the Central Association league where they piled up 19 wins as against 7 losses for the entire season, including in-cluding the tournament. The Supply Co. team carried a definite height disadvantage into the finals with only one player hitting the six foot mark, that being their center, a Negro boy who measured 6 feet. He carried & season per game average aver-age of 23.1. In the semi-final game Milo's team had to go into a double overtime period before be-fore they won an 82-81 victory, and it was the Ioka soldier who paced the win with 25 points. Young Milo's friends in this area extend congratulations for the outstanding record he has made in basketball activity. He did not play regularly in high school while going to Roosevelt High. I I 4 i ! i i CPL. MILO CAMPBELL, member of the U. S. Army in Germany, made an enviable en-viable record during recent basketball season. His team look second in Army tournament tourna-ment as he scored 25 points in semi-final contest. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milo Campbell of Ioka. |