The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-10
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BLOOMINGTON At
STATE TOURNEY
Richmond Plays Winner Of
Bedford Sectional on Thurs
day-Conf!dent of Victory.

Richmond high school basketball team
Will play the Bloomington Ave, winner
OF Bedford tourney, at the Purdue
gymnasium In Lafayette. Richmond
defeated Liberty In the final game Of
the district tourney here Saturday
night, The score at the final shot was
&c to 4.
In the first ten minutes of play the
guarding of both teams was so close
that neither side was able to score.
Stegmar finally sent the oval through
the hoops for the first two points.
From then on the Richmond team
came through with four more field
goals bringing the score to IL to 0 at
the end Of the first half. The contest
was scrappy aud fast
Long before the game started Fire
Chief Miller closed the doors when
the house was packed with approx
mately 5000 enthusiastic fairs.
Stegman Scores First
Samuels, Liberty center. gained the
first tipoff but Eversman received the
ball and the Richmond passing ma
chine started for a two point lead
only to he stopped when tho Liberty
basketballers broke 1t up and gained
the ball. For ten minutes the teams
fought for supremacy and chance at
the basket. Several shots were made
by both teams but did not result in
markers. Personals In the first few
minutes of play came thick and fast.
The fret personal was called on Ev
ersman and Hunt missed the free
throw. followed by a personal on Hunt
and yanAllen missed the chance.
To Stegman belongs the honor of
annexing the first two points of the
game. and few minutes later Evers-
man tossed the ball in for another
marker. Both teams missed every
opportunity at foul throwing.
In the second half Coach Shook
sent in Snyder who failed to report
to the officials and caused q technical
called on Liberty captain, which Ever
man made in a free throw. During
this half Eversman made four field
goals. the most made by any man of
the team.
Bloomington Favored.
In the last minute or so of play
Coach Eckel sent in Loehr for Dol.
Inns. Wore for Stegman. Porter for
VanAllen.
Last year the Richmond quintet went
TO Bloomington to play in the State
basketball tourney after tumbling the
giant Manila team here by score of
~ to IL.
In the first game at Bloomington,
Richmond met Bloomington, also a
small team. but one that had been
trained TO play the five-men defense
to specially. Before the defense
which Richmond had used so we'll
against Manila. it was helpless, and
the Bloomington five forced it to an
overwhelming defeat, 80 to IL. Never
during the history of any state tour
ney has Richmond played more than
two games.
In meeting Bloomington next Thurs
day afternoon the Richmond team is
meeting the biggest favorite for the
state basketball honors.
This year in the few games that
Richmond has played of district bas-
ketball caliber. il has failed to get
the results, and II has not been until
the last few games of the season that
the Richmond five managed to get
into district championship form
On ne other hand, hackers of the
Bloomington team are basing their
surmises on the late and surprising
successes of the Bloomington five.
EekeI Is Confident.
NOdCH E.Chtl Is CCUIlueHl tUdt ne
has team that can play Blooming
ton to a standstill and it is with this
in mind that he will work out the
. Richmond team this week before the
state tourney.
The Richmond team is small and
light in weight, but it is fast and
full of pep and possesses the greatest
of all championship qualities, team
work No one individual can person
ally claim the honor Of winning the
game Saturday night. All five men
working in unison won. In this re-
spect Coach Eckel has turned out
better and stronger basketball team
than any other ever turned out at
the Richmond high school.
If Richmond can defeat Blooming
ton Thursday afternoon it will be one
of the biggest surprises of the tourney
ITO the fans who are doping Blooming
ton as the state winner. If Rich
mond does defeat the favorite for
state honors, then the locals will have
the tourney won, in the belief of all
basketball fans. Bloomington turns
out team every year that makes
strong bid for state honors.
Last year after defeating Richmond
80 10 IL, Bloomington annexed a vic
tory over Martinsvile by two points,
2i-22. IL then went into the semi
finals and crushed Montmorenci, %
TO Il. In the next to the last game
on the state program, Lebanon ousted
Bloomington, II to d. The winner of
the state tourney this year will have
to grind through five games before it
can be declared the holder of state
honors, and defeat as many strong
teams.