Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-20

One one point was all that separated
the local high schools from perfect rec
ord in the last week of play. When
Shelbyville nosed out Manual. "A to 70,
Saturday night, at the Y. NJ. c. A., IL
marked the only defeat of the week LOT
the city high school basket quintettes.
Shortridge won two games, Deatlns
ThorntOwn, 10 to TO, Friday, ana hA1 ~
mount the following night, Il to ~.
Tech, in the only game of the week IoI
the east siders, walloped Columbus on
the latter's court, Friday, 70 TO Il. ndhl-
ual, after downing Charlottesville, 80 to
IL. on Friday, spoiled the good work by
succumbing to Shelbyville.
Christmas vacation will not mean va
cation to basketball men OF the three
high schools, as the managers or the re-
spective institutions have marked out
schedule for the holidays that VIII Keep
the athletes on the so continuously.
Tech will meet Pendleton Wednesday
at PendletOn, and on the following day
Coach Black will take his men to Bloom
!ngton for a game with the speeding high
school quintette OF that place. This con-
test will close the activities of the Green
and White basketeers for the week, put
hey will start right In again the fol-
lowing week. On Tuesday of that week
they will go to LoganspOrt and on sat
urday will engage in the four-cornered
tourney at Brownsburg. Advance, Liz
ton Brownsburg and Tech are the
schools entered in the tourney, and If
the east siders can carry off the honors
1t will be no small feather in their hat,
Shortridge will meet Muncie = on
Wednesday of this week on the Short
ridge floor. This Is the only contest on
the Blue and White card for this week,
hut the following week will be strenu-
Gus one for Coach Julius proteges. On
no vii
I'll and on Dec. 80 and 81 they VIII take
on the Wiley and Garfield fives of TeEre
IIaute at that city. The hard-workip2
Shortridgers will bring their vacation
rOmp to close with q game with Vim
cennes on the foreign court.
Manual will go to North Salem on
Thursday of this week. Tuesday of next
week Coach MOrrison's aggregation will
meet a picked team OF alumni in the
Manual gym. This alumni game is an
annual affair for the south siders and Is
the feature contest on the holiday card.
On Dec 81 the Red and White quin-
tette viii 20 to Wabash, and this con-
test viii close the vacation activities.
The last-minute punch and never give
up spirit that characteriZes the play OF
Shortridge basket ball teams and which
won so many games for the north slders
last year Is plainly in evidence again
of the two Shortridge games played last
week. In the Thorntown contest the Blue
and White was on the short end OF the
score until the last minute OF play, when
the ShOrtridge attack got together and
charged down the door for two field
goals. giving them a three point victory
In the FairmOunt game the fighting
north siders came through with a win by
the narrow margin Of one point. Short
ridge has completely got II over the other
local schools in this respect. and II
little Of the ShOrtridge spirit could have
been injected into the Manual quintette
Saturday the result OF the Shelbyville
contest might have been different
Tech outplayed Columbus far more
than the score would indicate, accord
ing to those who saw the contest, and
II Blacks men had made half as many
short shots as they should have made
the Green and White total Nould have
scared to great proportions. Time after
time the Tech attack would carry the
ball into easy scoring distance only to
miss an easy shot under the basket.
Richeson. Shelbyville forward, is one
Of the fastest high school basket ban
players that has shown in the city this
year. Although small. he is up to his
neck in the game every second. lie Is the
mainstay Of the Shelbyville offensive play,