South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-27
SENIORS ARE HIGH
SCHOOL CHAMPS
League Closed WedneSda,
With Some Ct ScrappieSt
Games of Season.

Standings:
w. l. Per.
Seniors ...... 8 700
juniors -........ 500
FRESHMAN .... 5 5 500
Sophomores .. 100
Yesterdays boys interclass bas-
ket ball games marked the close Of
the boys intercmss schedule. The
league has had sharp competition
all during the season. the teams be-
ing very evenly matched. even more
so than in former years. The year
hngs who are sore over the seniors
victory challenge them to a game to
be played at any time or place 10
suit their convenience.
The first game of the afternoon
was the Fresh Senior tilt which was
expected TO be very tight, the game
depending on who was TO have sec
ond place in the league, but as il
happened the yearlings took the IN
per hand and swamped the juniors
TO the count Of p to -. The game
started off at a fast pace. both of the
fves exhibiting some clever ricor
work. but the game had not gone
far before the yearIings' supremacy
was shown. The fresh center. Haas.
placed the first basket and kept this
streak up during the whole half.
placing four baskets. Edwards and
Mellander of the yearlings also sue
CRnna6 in
made the Freshman 10 points to the
Juniors 8, Wahl Of the JuniorsNdrop-
ping three of the Juniors four has
ketS.
The last half started off like the
first, the Juniors playing their hard
est to stop the onslaught of the
fresh and win the game. But il
was OF no use because the fresh
were bent on making the ball count.
and ended the game with the score
of % to u. the excellent guarding
of Smith keeping the Juniors from
making any more than two baskets
the latter period.
The lineup follows:
Juniors (12) Freshman (25)
Baumgartner .... Edwards
v
Right forward
Nahl ........... Smith
Left forward
Andrus ....... Haas
Center.
Blmm co ........ Co Mellander
Right guard.
Rose ............ Smith
Left guard
Baskets-Haas 3. Edwards 4,
Wahl 3, Smith 2, Mellander, Bimm,
Rose
Free throws-ROse out OF 1:
Edwards l out of l.
Playing theer last game Of the
season the Sophomores were bent
on defeating the Seniors, in this
way righting themselves for all the
games they have lost. They started
the game loaded to the tip of their
hair, every man having one object
that being to beat the Seniors. But
they We're slightly fooled for the
near grads in the last few minutes
Of play took the berries, and the
championship by defeating the
Sophs by the score of s to 10. The
SophOmores has their hard luck
while the Seniors seemed to exec
in sloppy shooting. Every one OF
their baskets being made from diff
ficult angles. The Sophs bad luck
was worse than the Seniors good
the lower class men kissing ten free
throws which could have won the
game for them alone.
The game started with almost al
the rooters pulling for the lower
classmen. The near grads started
off as if they were a whirl wind
Hurwitch placing a couple from the
middle OF the floor in rapid sue.
cession and before the half was VI
the Seniors had scored Z points t.
the 'Sophs ..
The last half OF this game coulC
| hardly be called a basket ball game
the SOphs going into win with theil
all might which resulted in tn,
scrappiest game staged this year OF
the High school floor. The fouls
were so numerous that Ref. OlseI
couldn't keep track Of them. Thi
! scrimmaging seemed TO give tn,
Sophs the advantage for they piled
up basket after basket until tn,
near grads only had them by tw,
points. The Seniors were not abb
TO place a basket until the last few
minutes of playing which gave then
| the game.
Lineup follows:
SophomOres (6) Seniors (1O)
Almack ............. Hurwitcl
Right forward.
/ Staples ......-... Feldmal
| Left forward.
J follower ............... Matter
Center
/ LuNer LleDO
! Right guard