The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-01-25
RESENT
BOARDS
ACTION
Sectional Basketball Tourn-
ament to Be Played in a
Storeroom? = Valparaiso
is a Most Inconvenient
Place.

Substitution of Rensselaer,, kentland
and Morocco for South Bend. LaPorte
and Michigan City and the selection OF
Valparaiso as the city in which the an
nual sectional basketball tournament IS
to be held. March and 10. are pills
that the Lake county basketball fan is
having a hard time to swallow.
When it was announced sometime ago
that Principal Frank d. McElroy of
Hammond had been honored with a
membership on the state board of attn
ietic control it was hoped his influence
would put stop to the practice at In
dianapolis of dealing to Lake county
from the bottom Of the deck.
But this latest poke in the nose in
,dicates the same old policy is being fol-
lowed out The sectional tournament
Of which Lake county is part viii
this year be the most undressing in
the state of Indiana, beyond Il doubt
Three of the best teams have been
withdrawn or allowed to withdraw. IN
stead Of cutting down and redistricting
the tournament it should have been en-
larged. Kentland. Rensselaer,. Morocco.
Chesterton and Wheeler mean nothing
in our young lives. say Lake county
fans. and the tournament viii amount
TO nothing more than a contest between
the leading teams of this county. 1t
doesn't take a seer TO predict that one
Of the three leading Lake county teams
will win No one would bet otherwise
Play In Storeroorns
Valparaiso hasn't much Of basket
ball team this year. For that matter it
didn't have basketball team last year
just gang of rangy lads who out
beefed their opponents And Valpa-
raisos playing floor is said to be a
storeroom. Of all things A SEC
TIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNA-
AIENT IN A STOREROOM,
Either Hammond. East Chicago or
Gary should have had the tournament
because Of the central location and
transportation Valparaiso is off in a
corner and the teams viii have to go
there and board during the tournament.
Imagine Lowell or Crown Point going
back and forth to Valpo every day.
OF course. in all probability Lowell and
Crown Point VIII be through with their
program the first day but the players
and fans would like to see the balance
of the tournament.
East Chicago stung.
1t is enough to make the blood boil
AT the tournament last year the hardest
and most interesting games were those
in which LaPorte and South Bend par
ticipated. If the tourney had been held
this year in East Chicago where there
are new gymnasiums, South Bend. La
Porte. Michigan City. Goshen. Elkhart
and Gary would have had only brief
Journey on the South Shore while the
other teams could have gone by way
Of Hammond in short time at minimum
fares. If the tourney had been held in
Hammond more than likely one would
see a nice fight or two for his money.
AS Hammond and Gary have each had
the tourney East Chicago should have
had it this year.
Is the state board of control made
up Of men SO unreasonable that they
couldn't have understood these things
if the facts were laid before theme
After the splendid accommodations
at the Froebel school in Gary last
spring when everything was conducted
as good as a Central States Tournament
think of spending good money and time
to go to Nalpo and watch EN- play in a
STOREROOM? And with South Bend
and LaPorte out of it to boot