South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-08
LOCAL MEN LOOK
LIKE CHAMP IONS
Cooper'S Outfit Makes Highly
Touted Indianapolis Men
Look Like NOViCeS.
BY JUNO KINERK.

crowded gymnasium OF the Y. NJ.
e. a Saturday by totaling 81 points
for his team, the Y. NJ. q. A. easily
defeated the highly touted En- Roe
team or indianapolis. who for the
past three years have held the state
championship. by the score Of 40 TO
p. Burnham's work was amazing
the En- Roe men being helpless be-
fore mis- bewiidering speed and fault
less accuracy at placing the pail
through the iron hoop.
Kline started the fireworks by
scoring the first point of the con-
test, a foul. Kensler came right
back and tied the count by dropping
in foul. SchOeneman then dropped
q pretty field goal for the down state
boys. and Kline followed with an
other, putting them in the lead, 8
10 I. II was then that Burnham got
started. and this versatile little for
ward dropped I'm a pair Of neat
shorts. tieing the score, but Kline
shot another field goal for the In
dianaI oils boys.
Hit Their Stride.
1t was then that the local boys
hit their natural stride Rhodes
aging a pair in rapid succession
and Burnham following him with
one basket after another Until he
soon had total OF eight field goals
for this half TO his credit Kizer
and Award were taking care of the
En- Roe forwards and they couldn't
even come close to scoring only one
short shot coming their way this
period which they fooled. Burn
ham was all over the court at the
same time Several times he drib-
bled the ball almost the entire length
OF the court and then he'd drop il
through. Kline shot a foul for the
Indianapolis men as the half ended.
with the score q TO 8 in the "Y's"
favor.
Ehe En- Roe men came back in
the second half with the calm as
surance of soon piling up a vic
torius lead written all over their
faces. And for a few minutes II
looked as Though they would
Smith. Schoeneman and Kline open
ed up with "A bewildering offensive
attack. They passed all around the
locals and soon had Gagged five bas-
kets in rapid succession before
Burnham got a foul and basket for
the locals. Kline came back with
another and the score was now "a
TO 20 in the "Y's" favor.
Loses Two Teeth.
Smith, the visiting center. at this
time was unlucky. He was injured
in an unavoidable accident. In a
suffered the loss OF two teeth. and
time had 20 be taken out for him.
lie gamely returned 20 the fray, not
only because he had 10, but be-
cause ne was game. The En- Rocs
only carried five men with them ON
this trip. but Smith would have gone
back into the game anyhow. because
he is one OF those athletes who new
cr give up.
Burnham and his four teammates
then decided that the down state
boys had done enough scoring i'm
this period. and when once they
made up their minds they carried
their plans into effect. During the
remaining eight minutes OF the
game the "Y" Tiled up 10 points.
while the state champions were
gathering measlv four points.
scores Five Fouls.
Burnham besides Caging FIVE
field goals this half. dropped iu five
fouls Kensler was away off form
IN tallying these onc-point markers.
The big center only scored one foul
in the first period out of five
chances. while Burnham made each
one of them count In the second
half kensler. however. came back
20 some extent The big fellow was
having am off night an the way
around. but twice me scored field
goals.
Behrent the husky Indianapolis
guard at this time employed foot
ball tactics in an effort TO curb the
onslaught Of the "N." which were
rapidly showing them under. Fee
ney. his running mate. who played
stationary guard, also employed
some rough tactics but not as rough
as BehrentS. but their combined eff
forts were not enough 10 stop the
efficiency OF Burnham. who piled up
i've deld goals in this half
Too Much Burnham.
Burnham's total for the first half
was Is and his efforts in the second
half netted him Is points With the
exception OF two field goals and
foul in the first half and two field
goals in the second half. Burnham
accounted for all the POINTS made
by the locals. Such performance
as this is not witnessed every day
In the week. and would indeed be
rare IL II happened once "a month on
most teams But Burnham Is am
exception. In nearly every game he
accounts for more than half of tho
points made by the "Y." Cnques-
uonably South Bend is fortunate i'm
being able 70 see such wonderful eN-
hioitions given. and ar ian who has
seen Burnham in action viii proba-
bly, wake up In the middle OF the
night 20 find himself attempting TO
HUplicase his actions. but that would
be an almost impossible attempt.
for Burnham without a doubt has
no peer IN the game.
Award and Kizer played "a dandy
guarding game. except FOR "a few
minutes az the start of tie second