Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-11
COLLEGE FIVES
SHOWING FORM
= IN EARLY PLAY
Friday Night Winners Thrill
State Fans With Mid
Season Speed.
BUTLER STILL GOING

Butler, Indiana, FRANKLIN, EaFlnAm anu
De PAW were winners In the collegiate
basketball games played In Indiana Fri
day night. Each victory was a decisive
one and the games innicate that some
merry battles Will be fought between
Hoosier rivals when things get going at
full speed.
Butler took a distance jump toward
the indianapolis collegiate title by de-
feating the North American Gymnastic
Union, IS to II, in a contest that gave
Coach Page the opportunity to save his
Bend "Y" tonight Butler followers are
confident that the city title Is already
theirs, but Coach Heze Clark and hts
Dental College combination say they
have another thought coming. The DsE-
tails and Bulldogs play a two-out-of-
three series every season. then the win
aver usually turns around and thumps the
y. A G.. Z. to clear the city title path.
Butler eliminated the Gymnasts last
night and handed the DentRls 81 to %
trOuncing In their first series game Tues
day night. On Jan. IS. the Dentals and
Bulldogs meet in their second contest
on the Y. u. c. A. court A Butler vic
tory at that time win close the series.
but II the Dents win a third game will
be played early In March
BUTLER GIVES
SUBS CHANCE.
all the way last night, they lacked
the teamwork of the Butler quintette
and the contest resulted IN nothing more
than good workout for Pages crew.
The three Butler regulars who started
the game were terked before the half
ended. and the entire Blue and White
varsity was seen In action only few
moments before the final whistle sounded
The Butler teamwork was greatly I'M
proved last night and the Bulldogs dis
a. H.. hall
down the floor TO a point almost imme-
diately under the basket, from where
Hooker or White would drop II through
the net. Bridgeport registered five from
distance. for the Physical Eds.
Just a fair idea Of how two or our
HoOsier rivals stack up was given when
the De PAW Tigers slipped the Indian
apolis En- Roes a neat IS 10 II trimming
on the Greeucastle court Tuesday night,
Wabash defes ted the En- 30 TO II,
on the Y. NJ. c. A. floor, official stamping
ground Of the Green and White ath-
letes.
The Em-Roes were short on teamwork
again last night, a department In which
the Tigers showed remarkably well for
earIv-season play. The m-Roes missed
several chances to score by failing TO
work the ball down the court to close
range when they had ample opportunity
TO do so.
Carlisle, former De Pauw star. opened
away " tn a nifty field goal from near
the center OF the floor. He led his team
in scoring, three field goals being checked
up to his credit.
CANNON SCORES
FIFTEEN POINTS.
Cannon was the main cog Of the De
PAW machine both OF offense and de-
Tense. This brilliant player registered
eight times from the 1oor and seven
from the foul line. The defensive conf
biuatiOn built around Cannon was so
fast the En- ROes were given only few
shots from close range
When the followers Of basketball are
locking for q possible Big Ten Confer
ence champion for the sea son just start
ing they viii do well to keep their eyes
Oh Indiana University. Not because In
diana defeated the Indiana Dental Col
i-Ee 81 10 Is last night. or because IT.
diana piled up a - To l6 score on Ar
ltoHF~itech lSst week, but Tor the reason
that Indiana really has IN exceptional
basketball teJIn.
Coach Lewis has the material froTa
which 20 build a championship aggrega-
Ion, and he seems 10 bs developing the
Crimson ana Cream athletes IN g style
Il play which is somewhat different from
rlaL seen in this part Of the country.
NarXsOn and DehOrity are both clever
passing forwards who can hit basket
# gwen only half chance. Dean ap-
pears TO be heavier than last year but
Ee is iust IS good at center and possibly
e I'ttie better than last year.
The real strength Of the Indiana team,
however. centers In two things; first. It's
strong defense, and second its supply
II hrst-class substitutes. Men who In
her years would have been on the var
sity at bloomington are this season in
the third team lineup. Buckner ana
Dobbins form Il combination of guards
which VIII be hard to beat, and few
teams will break through for many
scores
DENTALs HOLD
IN EARLY STAGES.
Credit is due the Indiana Dental team
for holding the Indiana offenSe for seven
minutes without a score last night. Dur
ing that time, the play Of Witter and
Mathew featured. Then the break came
and indiana solved the Tooth Pullers
defense. while the Indiana defense al
WAYS kept the Tooth Pulers from hav-
ing many chances to score. Mcpherson.
Reeve and McVaugh did bit OF clever
passing that resulted in three field goals
and number OF chances to score. but
the ball would not stay put or the shot
was hurried and wild. Then Deakyne
was sent in and he twice Gagged the
ball for the Dentals.
The game was a clean, well played
con 81 j. hich a quintette OF big league
caliber received a lot Of good practice
il meeting a snappy, fast-passing, hard
smaller team that was playing on a
full-sized floor for the first time this
season. Referee FEEBLE handled the game
in good style.
The Antioch (OhioI quinettte failed to
live up to expectations last night and
Coach Ray Moves Earlhamites paraded
over them for a 60-to-14 victory at Rich
Inond The game could hardly be con-
sidered a good practice session for the
Hoosiers. because Move had TO Jerk his
regulars long before the first half ended
in IN effort to make things interesting
for the fans But the scrubs had almost
as much speed as the hrst-string men,
and the basket bombardment hardly
lulled. The half ended with Earlham
IL. us p to 2
Earlham meets the Dental quintette at
~fsauAlnOnd next Friday night and Coach
Movie will have his men hitting even a
harder pace before that time.
Franklin opened the home season with
a rush, defeating the Butler Law gum
tette. 40 to 10. in a contest that was never
in doubt after the first few minutes of
playing. The Lawyers put up a fair
nEnI IN the first three or four minutes Of
the going. but after that their defense
cracked and It was easy for the Beptists.
The first half ended with the count % TO
il 81 favor of the Earihamites. Shaffer
was the best man on the Law team, while
Pike and Gilmore went big for the win
ners.
RIPPLE DETER LAST HALF.
ANDERSON. Ind, Dec. u.-Anderson
High School defeated Broad Ripple High
here last night. % to Is, the visitors be-
inc mr. the locals mercy In the FIRST half