South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-02
BASKETBALL MEN
TO HOLD TOURNEY
Sectional Struggle Will BE
Staged AT South Bend Y.
Nj. c. A. This " eek.
sy TANAN BLUE.

Inspecting the inside OF the dope
bucket, south Bend and Laporte
stand out as the nves to meet in the
finals OF the sectional high school
basketball tourney 20 be held az the
association gym March and 8.
From the wedding out OF teams that
mas taken place earlier in the season
II seems that EIkharj. Mishawa ka.
Lsporte and South Bend are the
strongest fives in this section But
hiishawaka is the only difficult OLD
staele that stands in the locals was
before the final round
Iaporte and Elkhart viii uu-
ooubtedly meet in the semi-fiuals
and this will cause the elimination
O. Eikhart as the Orange and Black
five has given them two severe
trouncings on the home aud foreign
floors.
Easy Sailing.
Comparing the path Of the con
tests. the local men have by far the
less burdensOme schedule Of the two
leading fives Playing the first
game OF the tourney Friday morning
with Bristol. the Tan and Blue men
should have little trouble in putting
them firmly away. Not much Of the
history OF the Bristol men is known,
but Elkhart nigh school second
string men bowed in defeat
10 them on the Bristol floor The
scribes as being rangy lot, their
center being H.. best man. Misha-
waka will come next on the pro
gram at $3.50 Friday night. This
contest will undoubtedly draw as
large o crowd as the final encoun-
ter. as all south Bend and Misha-
waka boosters are anxious to see
Twin City fives again I'M action.
soft Games.
The next games should be easy
picking as neither Middlebury or
Millersburg are known 10 be very
much, and whatever team wins is of
little concern 10 the locals. The same
l. with Nappanee and Rolling Prai-
RE. these fives are sort of second
airy quintets, but last season the
Rolling Prairie men showed
strong come back in the final half of
the contest With IapOrte ana
another basket would have tied the
score, but time saved the contest
for the tractor city lads. %appanee
has met Elkhart and AlishawaHa
this season, but has never shown
any real speed. But if any dark
horses should come into the section
al tourney one OF these fives viii
likely be the guilty ones. After this
contest Laporte will be next for the
locals.
Hard Schedule.
Laporte has "A much more comph-
Gated schedule than the locals Be
sides having some of the hardest
tives on their slate. the tractor city
men viii be obliged 10 play three
contests saturday TO the locals TWO.
The Orange and Black five starts
of with Michigan City at 1880 Fri
day evening. and Michigan city is "a
long ways from being fish. even if
they are tackled on Friday once
this season the prison city five held
the Orange and Black men to
lone basket victor but the five has
been considerably weakened since
then.
Michigan City five also pulled sur
prise in sectional last season. After
having gone through the season
without a win they worked their
way To the semi-finals where the
locals put them out Next comes
Plymouth. This five has not the
strength as in days of yore bur will
show the contenders good time
Elkhart comes next and Elkhart may
spring a surprise in defeating the
locals rivals. Then comes the
finals.
This is the dope that has been
worked out. but every once I'm awhile
some team springs up from some
where. and delights in upsetting the
dope bucket But things look like
a sure win for the Burnhamites taxi
ing the hard schedule and three
contests that Laporte viii play sat
urday.