The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-17
BASKET five IS
AMONG BEST OF
SCHOOL RECORD
Takes Lead According to Re-
suits Obtained = Next
Years Prospects Good.

With the Richmond high school
basketball season a closed page. bas.
ketball bugs are specializing on the
material for team next year.
A review OF Richmond's basketball
season shows one of the best teams
from the standpoint OF results that
the Richmond school has ever turned
out. Never in the school history has
a team gone to the state tourney and
come as near accomplishing the defeat
OF the tourney winner as the locals
did this year when they were let
down by Bloomington. state champion.
by three points In the first game.
There is only one thing that mars
the record OF the 191S-1919 basketball
five and that is the dirty playing that
was allowed to crop out. This did not
speak we'll for the team and greatly
reduced its otherwise brilliant work
in the minds of state basketball crit
ics at the tourney.
Individual Stars
Richmond high school for years has
stood for clean, sportsmanlike atti.
tude on the part OF its students in
competing In athletic events but this
year certain members OF the team fail.
ed to live up to the old school STAN
dard. Whether it be the fault OF the
coach. the team or other members OF
the school, the defect existed.
Throughout the entire season Wal
ter Stegman, forward, played clean
game and was there with the passing
although he failed the latter part of
the season to be able to connect with
the basket Van Allen was probably
the fastest and gamest player on the
CT MT ho a
light the latter part of the season at
the pivot position and though shorter
than other men playing in that posi-
ton, measured up as strong man
and will be the logical man for either
center or forward next year.
At guard, Eversman played con-
sstent game from the very beginning
of the season backed up by Price, the
stonewall at back guard. Eversman,
VanAllen and Stegman will not be
numbered among the men playing
next year.
From this years team. however
Coach Eckel will have Price, Dollins,
Porter. Wore, Reid, Loehr and Reth-
meyer to start the work next year. All
these men will be In line for the repre-
sentative team and should be able to
produce basketball five of state bas-
ketball championship caliber.
Good Material Ahead.
Besides the old members there are
in Richmond high school a number Of
men. who II they would come out,
would make splendid material for the
heaviest team that Richmond high
school has ever turned out, Gaylor.
though he has never showed up espe-
cially we'll might develop into splen-
did basketball man, and his weight
would be an added advantage for his
playing.
1t is rumored that one of the high
school men who was on the team last
year will be back from the service
and will again enter high school next
year. That man is Carl Mcbride who
played floor guard in 1917 and has
plenty OF beef to make him a logical
man to fill Eversman's place.
With the regular men from last
year and the possible entrance of
other good material now in the school
and men returning. Coach EcKel should
have some good material from which
TO build a team that will make mark
for the high school to be rem embered.