Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-18
Butler QlIiEit GiUes
BOiLernaakers Great
Game Before Losing
Purdue Held Nearly EUen
Until Final Minutes-Other
College Games.

Purdue University basket tossers were
forced TO cover their own court at top
speed for a full forty minutes to score
37-to-2S victory over Butler in the foa-
ture Indiana collegiate court game last
night In the other college games played,
Earlham defeated the Dentals, p to l6,
and State Normal came through with a
29-tO-27 win over the Vincennes ~"
Pat Page and his crew have no ex-
cuse to make for their showing at Lafay :
cite last night. The Blue and WHITE
machine made the Purdue five battle HARD
for every point and the going was Just
as rapid In the final minute as 1t was
in the first.
LESLIE FIRST
TO HIT BASKET.
The large crowd that packed the Pur-
due gymnasium was somewhat surprised
to see Little Butler" tear into the Pur-
due athletes with all the fight in the
world and their surprise reached larger
dimensions when Leslie, Butler noOi
guard, sent Butler to the front with the
frst field goal OF the game. Purdue
threw a wonderful defense around their
basket md ii was very few shots that
the Indianapolis athletes got from short
range. Hooker and Leslie, however, had
their eyes on the hoop and brought
round after round Of applause with their
clever distance shots. This combinat on
scored all but two OF Buffers points.
Brown registering the other points late
in the second period.
The lead switched back and forth in
the first period and when the half time
arrived there was little to choose be-
tween the two quintettes.
In the second half. however. the Boiler
msKers forged slowly to the front and
were spending most of their time on
defense when the faal whistle blow.
White. Masters and Trehs carried the
brunt OF the Purdue burden. Treat reg
istered six OF the Purdue's field goals and
led his team in this department. White
counted three times from the floor and
seven from the foul line.
Il was the fIst appearance OF Butler
team at Purdue for eight years. Coach
Page took his athletse up TO Chicago to-
day. where they meet the Butler mentors
old team tonight.
DESTALS LOSE
BASKET EYES.
Unable to hit the basket after getting
open shots, the Indianapolis Dentals
went down TO q to 10 defeat before
Coach Moves Earlham i've last night at
playing time had been marked OF be
fore Captain Lawler OF the QuakerS
opened the scoring with a free toss, fol-
lowed quickly by a second foul goal oy
Hall. The Quakers remained In front
all the way. reaching the end Of the first
half with a u to advantage.
The passing OF both teams was fast
and accurate throughout the contest but
the failure Of the Dentals TO ind the net
cut down their poihts. Mcpherson was
the individual star for the Dental five.
scoring three field goals and grabbing
two more points from the foul line.
LAWYER and Hall were the big men for
Earsham.
state Normal and the Vincennes ~"
mixed things In wAlrlwind fashion IN
their contest. ans # was not uatil the
referee sounded the final whistle that the
Teachers were sure OF their - to p Vic
tory. 1t was anybOGy's battle oil the
way. with the lead switching from one
side 10 the other more than dozen
times.