The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-11-27
BY THOMAS FAYE

Basketball. bowling. polo. indoor
baseball, yolley bali, swimming. roller
skating. and possibly ice skating, will
the people Of Richmond during the
winter, months.
Basketball will probably be the
favorite. although 1T an intercity polo
league Is formed. the latter will be q
close rival for popularity. At least
6 teams, and possibly more. will rep
resent Richmond in basketball. Rich
mond High school and Earlham COM
mand the most attention.
Early prospects indicate that Rich
mond High viii be represented by one
of the best basketball teams in the
history Of the school. Coach Fries.
who has charge Of the High school
squad. has had 8 years at the game
and knows the inside angles Of the
game from Alpha to Omega. He will
have a batch Of material to start the
season. superior to any that r. H. S.
coaches have had.
Five letter men. are included, Loehr,
Dollins. Wore. Price and Harding.
This squad also comprises such prom
Using material as Motley. Monger.
Vogelsong. Hoerner. Zuttermeister.
Gaylor and Martin. Dopsters are pick
ing q team to include Loehr, Harding
and Monger, forwards; Dollins and
Vogelsong, centers; Price and Hoer-
ner, guards.
The first game on the high school
envy quintet in the Coliseum, Friday.
Dec. IL. The game will probably be
played as a curtain raiser to the Earl
ha m -Tndjana Denfa1s scran
Eariham Prospects Bright.
Thoughts Of basketball cause Earl.
hamites much Joy, for prospects Of the
brightest kind place for the Quaker
squad. The hardest job that confronts
Coach Move is to pick 10 men from
the host of splendid players in the
Quaker squad. Six letter men, LAWYER
and Hall, forwards; Carey and Ed
| wards, centers and johnson and Pitts,
guards, form the nucleus from which
Move will pick his team. Hinshaw,
Davis and HUFF are others doped to
win place on the squad.
Practice will be started at Earlham
Monday afternoon. From that date
until the beginning of the schedule
Move will have his boys working at
top speed, as an ambitious schedule
fronts the team, and it will take hard
work to whip the quint into form by
! Dec. II.
An independent team to compare
with any in the middle west, is
planned by local men. Red" Purdee.
star and captain Of the team in his
Herbie Logan, one of the fastest play
ers turned out by Earlham, is also
willing to play. "skeet" Lambert.
| orkor u0vord "chh TNho
Logan. Jay Stanley. "Shel" Simmons
and a host OF other topnotchers may
be obtained
Bowling Goes Big.
Bowling is being enthusiastically
taken up by the men Of Richmond. this
year In greater numbers than ever be-
fore. At present only two leagues are
formed but both the "Y' and Twiggs
alleys are crowded every evening OF
the week.
Some exceptional bowling has been
exhibited at the City League games.
! Representative men teams from
Dayton. Cincinnati indianapolis an !
Evansville will probably play series
OF games with the cream of the bowl
ing artists OF Richmond, during
| January and February.
| A meeting Of representatives from
the factories OF the city will be held
in the Y. NJ. C. A. Friday evening at
8 o'clock, to organize an Industrial In
door Baseball league. A 6 league team
was in operation last year, and accord
ing to K. w. Harding. physical direc.
tor, an 8 team league will be formed
for 1920. The Starr Piano, A. 8. NJ,
Wayne Works. Natco, Swayne-Robin-
son, Indianapolis Glove, Johrson-F'ry
and the Davis Auto are expected to
have representatives at the meeting.
The Richmond Y. NJ. G.. A. will be