South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-31
HIGH LADS WERE
STRONG IN EVERY
BRANCH Of SPORT
Lost State Tournament at
Basketball by One Game
Best Record Was Made by
1913 Football Team.

The tan and blue athletic team.
have enjoyed "A successful year durin
the past u months. While sunerint
a few setbacks. the year has been g
most satisfactory one I'm all branche.
OF sport
The basketball quintet opened tn,
year By defeating the alumni in IN,
annual battle by a score Of A. 90 o.
This victory gives the high teams q
edge over the old grads" as IN
games stand four and five in fave
OF the high school. Whiting vs.
downed by the locals twice The la
game was one OF the toughest eve
seen on the Whiting flood.
The real contests OF the year. on
side OF the state tournament and t.
Rochester game, were the two ba
ties with the NOtre Dame varsity.
Rochester was the only high schC
team, with the exception " Winga
at the state tournament. TO achieve
victory over the locals. Spectators
the game claim that South Be,
should have won this game. and
the loss OF 10 on the referee. T.
final count was II 10 Il. Gary W
downed by a score Of 30 TO Is.
Lose at Tournament.
The blue ribbon event Of the yef
was the state basketball tournament
held at Indiana university March
and Is. After playing and winnir
five hard games in almost two DAY
the tan and blue had To acknOwlede
defeat In the finals TO Wingate by
score OF Il 20 / 3. Decatur was cor
quered in the opening squabble Of tn
meet by a score of % TO 2. Til
was the easiest game OF the Who'll,
tournament. Seymour met disaster IL
the second contest. Friday afternoon
10 the tune Of % 10 8.
The evening contest feature
ShOrtridge high OF indianapolis in /:
wallOping, administered by the locals
OF 20 TO Il. Bacon was the star q
this game. After q nights sleep tht
locals game back for the mornina
game with Gary. which they won afte,
a hard fight. CrawfOrdsvilles ship OF
hope was wrecked by South Bend in
the seml-hnals, with the score Of 4
10 II. The first half ended a tie,
10 Z.
Tired and worn out after FIVE hard
fights. while Wingate had only four
games behind her having drawn a
bye" on enc occasion. the tan and
blue lost the privilege Of being called
state champs by score of IA to -.
Several Records Made.
Several records were hung up by
the quintet in allowing Mishawaka
but one free throw and no field goals
and in holding Goshen 10 three points
one field goal and one free throw.
In the second game played at Co
shen, Allen, captain OF this years
five. made a state record OF p
baskets.
The track team participated in only
four meets this year and annexed vic
tories over the NOtre Dame props
and crowned the season by winning
the northern Indiana track meet.
Culver defeated South Bend In n dual
meet staged at Culver Cant. Kelly.
OF last year, and Capt Cordier. OF
the II team, made records for them
selves in the Culver meet Kelly
brought the half mile record down 10
2:OS Is. while Cordier lowered the
quarter mile record 10 SO 2-5. The
tan and blue was looked upon to pull
down pome honors in the state meet
at Earlham, but did not land among
the tOp-notchers.
The baseball team had a fairly sue
cessful year. being defeated three
times and winning 10 games. DCwa-
giac was the team that counted the
first defeat In two wears against the
tan and blue nine. and dow0ed them
by a score Of 20 A. Little Nike
Kirby was the star OF the season. He
was possessed OF a rewarka BILE
throwing arm and was a $50 hitter.
Aliens heavy smuggling won quite a
few victories
Strong i'm Football.
The football season was the most
successful OF any. Scoring sos points
20 their opponents Z. the locals won
the championship OF northern Indiana
and southern Michigan. Under
Coach Metzler's tutelage. the lightest
team in the history OF the school
proved a veritahle steam roller in its
methods OF attack a light back
field and n heavy line proved irresist-