South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-28
LOCAL TOSSERS
LAND VICTORY
IN LAST HALF
Come From Behind and Get
Revenge for First
Defeat.
~ TANAN Blue.

by 1ANAN BIZ \.
Revenge is sweet, and with this as
= goal Coach Burnham's high school
I'VE entered the Mishavaka- South
Bend semi-annual basketball tilt,
held at the y" gym Friday even
ing and defeated their old rivals
b. the score OF % to 20. The largest
crowd that has ever been packed
into the gym was on its toes during
the whole contest.
To NyiSos goes the lions share of
fhs winners honors, the forward
coming through with six field goals
and three foul goals. l.. Brady,
playing a center for the suburb lads
WAS the high man for the visitors.
making four baskets Both OF these
men were guarded closely through
out the game. and only at intervals
were they able to get away with
baskets
VAIL Shows Class.
In VAIL, the man 10 fu Bunt-
mans shoes. Coach Burnham UNI
covered material that was sur
prise 20 every one. This Is Wahrs
first try In varsity circles and the
little fellow came through with two
baskets. and played a first class de-
fensive game Scheer and O'Dell
al the guard berths had their old
time fight.
End Period a5ehind.
VAIL placed a short directly at
tie tip of ia start the scoring. but
a second later Graves came bac6
tieing the score. During the first
half the locals only held the lead
once, this was near the end OF the
period when a basket b. Nyikos
followed By a free throw sent them
ahead But Brady placed a short
and the Maroon and White men
forged ahead During this period
the Burnhamites Outplayed the
visitors, but their inability TO make
several shorts kept them in the dust.
The half ended 10 II.
The last half, entering the game
with fire in their eyes, the locals
struck a winning stride and Wedel
broke the ice tieing the score. The
iAIuellermen then came back strong
making IL two in a row, and set
them ahead for the only time during
the latter half. From then on the
visitors tied the score several times,
hut always lacked the punch 20 put
them in the lead Wedel this half
contributed several long shots, so By
the time that the gun announced
the end the locals had a three point
lead on their old rivals
Old Tradition Upheld.
The old tradition that the Maroon
and White has never defeated the
Tan and Blue men twice the same
year has again been kept, and along
with il South Bend bestowed her
revenge for the earlier defeat, and
above all Nishawaka chances have
gone slimmering as a winner in the
coming sectional. Now Laporte and
South Bend stand on: ahead of the
rest with EIkhart a close second
Lineup and summary:
South Bend (23l Mishawaka 600
lWedei .................. Graves
Forward
Wahl .....-...-...-..- -.,.-.-I. Brady
Forward
l1SyikOs -......-.......... L Brady
Center
seheer ...-.......-....- weis.
Guard
Eo'Den Observation-Disclosures. Gag,
Guard
Field goals. Nyikos, O.. l.. Brady
l.. Graves. 8; ]. Brady. Wedel. .
fVahl. ?. Foul goals. Nyikos 8 out o.
8. Weiss. { out Of Z.
Referee, Cook.
seconds Win Opener.
In curtain raiser the high schoo
seconds defeated the Mishawaka sec
| onds BY the score OF l. to s, thu
making Il complete victory for th'
tTan and Blue men. Davis scoring
Height OF the locals points was tn
lstar for the locals. while Jones fea
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