The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-03-11

Bloomington next Saturday for state
championship honors.
And it is going to be some game,
Games Long Remembered.
There were too great games here
Saturday and they will long be remem-.
bered by the basketball enthusiasts of
Lake county and northern Indiana. The
whiting high school gained a name for
itself when 1t, like David handing it
to Goliath. slew those two lusty teams
that believed beyond a doubt that the
OIL City would be very easy picking
and that Culver and Wolf Lake would
represent northern Indiana at Bloom
ington.
But the OIL City athletes dropped
bomb into the Culver and Wolf Lake
camps They clever1y demonstrated
that they meant business and went in
to both games with such determination
to win that they carried back laurels
TO old Lake county. II was a hard day
for the Oil City squad They played a
hard game in the morning and even
ing, but enduring under the hard strain
like live gamesters' they could easily
doe the trick again.
No Lake county team was put on its
mettle in such a way before.
1t Was a Howling Mob.
Whiting never played before such a
large mob of bowling enthusiasts as
they did Saturday, and even though the
seni-crazed rooters tried to rattle
them and put the Indian sign on them.
Writings nerves were just as steady
as il they were threading needles.
Culver and Walt Lake each sent large
delegations, but they were over-bal-
anced by the South Bend and Notre
Dame rah-rahs. who were eager to see
the honors fall TO Whiting because of
the rivalry between Culver and South
Bend who lost a championship game
TO Culver last week by forfeit
Coupled with the fact that the Oil
City squad was making its maiden APP
pearance on a dirt floor, the Whiting
lineup wasted numerous good chances
to tally. often did they find this a
great hindrance in shooting baskets as
they had practiced sliding to goal
when throwing a basket. They steadi-
ed down and remedied this In the even
ing by using different tactics.
Both teams took advantage of the
fact that the referee refused to see
many fouls, especially in the Culver
game and as a result the game was
one Of the toughest that Whiting has
participated in this season. Culver
continually tried to rough Ii and Z
consequence several minor injuries and
bruises were received by the Whiting
men. Culver was called many time:
for holding and guarding with two mer
and a result Whiting scored nearly
half of their points on free throws
WOLF LAKE-VHITING GAME.
Neither team displayed any grea
amount of science on account of theil
debut on a dirt floor. whiting scoret
the first point when Petersen scored
neat basket from difficult angle
Taggart retaliated in kind with bas
ket that brought Walt Lake into th'
scoring column. Winbrenner thel
came back with three baskets in a row
giving Wolf Lake a momentary lead
until whiting marked in time to tie TIL
score. ending the first half with to 8
After a short talk by Coach Hoove
Whiting came back strong in the sec
ond half and began steady march t,
the lead. Before Walt Lake began t
realize what had been done Within,
had cha1ked up twelve more counters
while Wolf Lake only scored four NOR
points. Wolf Lake then played for dea