Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-02
BOWLING
BETTER SEATS
FOR FANS AT
BASKET MEET
indoor Bleachers Being Built
at Tomlinson Hall for
Sectional Games.
RIOTERS GETTING READY

When blank" Stevens cocks one in the
Eng from the middle of the floor,
glaughter pulls one of his rapid IRE shots
81 Harmeson gives Manual the lead over
Tech with pretty one-handed shot In
the local sectional of the state high school
basketball tournament this weekend,
wild and frenzie1 fans are not going to
dash out on to the floor and throw hats
and caps in the air or jump up and down
on their seats They are just going to
"sit tight and make plenty of noise IN
whatever way they can without moving
their limbs If they don't they are going
to take a tumble that will make them
look like the rag doll that tumbles on
the cliff in moving pictures every day.
Why so? Well, here's the dope. Fred
German, athletic manager of Technical
High school has been appointed chairman
Of the sectional committee and he is going
to ''Inodernize" Tomlinsnn nall for the
event Friday and Saturday. Bleachers
will be installed on the first floor and the
farther back they go the higher they get.
therefore everybody is going to have
every opportunity To see the play and
everybody is going to have to hold his
seat or be will take a tumble.
FANS FORMERLY
RUSHED ON FLOOR
In former years when the regular chairs
were used to seat the crowds, about 30
per cent of the first floor spectators
would manage to get seated in the front
row, on the pretense OF getting full
view and then make a wild dash for the
floor when brilliant plays were pulled.
This year full views will be handy for
everybody. Hence, the tournament Is
going to be one of the best conducted
and most successful in the history OF
the l. H. s. 4. A.
The innocent pedestrians who wander
too close to any of the three local high
schools these days often has to dodge
behind a handy telephone pole to keep
from getting slammed on the noodle with
q COB of stray dope Everybody, from
the Oldest and most sedate skinner"
down to the youngest and friskiest little
dufer in Manual, Shortridge and Tech
nical are telling how the victory must
be put over and how his or her school is
going to do 1t. The coaches are sprout
Ing gray hairs over the toll of hard work
and the players are so eager to get
started they don't know whether they are
standing on their heads or sitting on
their feet.
The local players are not worrying
about out-of- town teams but the older
and wiser coaches are giving these out
fits a great deal of attention. Some of
the teams assigned TO this section
Valley Mills, Broad Ripple and South
port. especially, are in position to give
the Indiana polls representatives a stiff
jolt and there is a chance of them do
ing so.
MANUAL MAY
SPRING UPSET.
There will be great doings on the first
day when Manual and Technical meet
for the first time in history. The rivalry
between these quintets is exceptionally
strong and the fellows who say they
will not put on a sure enough jam are
cracked in the attic" There are several
reasons why Tech should win over Man
uai, but there is a strong belief in the
minds of many local fans that the fight
ing youngsters from the south side are
going to give the east side huskies a
walloping. If Manual trims Tech and
wins the sectional, or even goes to the
late rounds, Coach Morrison will have
to be listed with the men who know
how to get blood out of a turnip.
Shortridge meets Southport In its first
round game Friday afternoon: With
"Giggs'' Adkins, q former local boy, the
main cog in their scoring machine, the
Southport athletes look mighty good and
Stevens, the idol of Sbortridge, will be
called upon for lots of extra work to
bring his team a victory.