Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-07
Local College FiUes
Haze Hard Contests
for Weeks WindUp
Butler Tackles Strong Wabash
Team and Dent1LS Face
EdrLhdm SpeedsterS.
SCARLET UPSETS DOPE
BY HEzE CLARK.

Two important games are on the sched-
ule this week for Indianapolis college
basketball teams. Butler meets Wabash
college at Charlottesville Friday night,
and the Indiana Dental quintet will play
Earlham at the Independent Athletic club
gymnasium, Meridian and Pratt streets,
Saturday night. The showing Of Coach
Moves Quakers in the games played
before Christmas is sure to make earl
ham one of the biggest drawing cards
OF the basketball season In indianapolis.
1t is said the Earlham team has an ex-
cellent chance to win the college cham
pionship of Indiana this year.
Three college games were played last
night. The big upset came when wa
bash defeated Purdue, So to "a. Coacn
Lambert's Boilermakers were considered
sure winners. Not that Wabash was
weak, for every critic that has seen
Wabash in action knows the Crawfords-
vile team is wonderfully strong, Dut
then team that could defeat the En-
Roes in such an exhibition of basketball
as was seen at the Y. NJ c. a. gym
last week. when Purdue won from the
| Independent champions of the state
would hardly be expected to lose even
TO the fast Wabash team.
NO CHANCE FOR
PURDUE ALIBI.
Lafayette correspondents have set up
the cry of purdue was tired out after
games" 1t must not be forgotten that
Wabash also had a transforming trip
in which hard games were played. That
excuse won't help Purdue. The result
of the game IS possibly 'rue to some
extent to Overconfdence on the part OF
Purdue, but to a greater extent to the
strength of the Wabash team.
The writer saw Wabash in action in
its first game. There was no question
bnt that Wabash would develop into n
real contender for the state basketball
championship and the defeat of Purdue
is not so much of a surprise TO those
who have seen Wabash In action IN its
carly games. Just because Purdue lost
to Wabash Is n osign that the Boiler
makers won't have good show In the
conference championship race. Purdue
will be a big factor in the Big Ten
basketball championship. The result of
last nights game means that there are
college basketball teams in schools not
members Of the Big Ten conference that
are better than the teams in the con
ference The victory last night may, be
fore the end Of the season, give Wa
bash a strong claim to the college bas-
ketball championship of Indiana.
Coach Head must have been able TO
put some pep into that Butler squad
last night. Rose Poly, considered sure
winner. was, forced TO go five minutes
overtime to defeat Butler, p to 20. Blu
Rose Poly quintet and the Engineers
doubled the score on Coach Heads team
IN the opening period. Then Butler
showed some real fghting spirit an.
the second half ended with n 20 to 20
tie score Long shots which went trde
10 the mark won for the Engineers. But
Ter presented the strongest kind of de
Tense in that last period and during the
overtime play.
MOVIE ON HAND
TO GAIN POINTERS.
Rose Poly Will play Earlham 81 Rich
mond Friday night and Coach Move Of
the Quakers was an Interested spestatOc
al the Butler Rose game. Move has
wonderful team at Earlham this year.
The athletes are exceptionally tall, heavy
and fast. In I.awler the Quaker five has
one Of the best goal shots in the central
west
Franklin piled up 50 TO 8 score, on
Central Normal last night. The result
means two things first that Coach
Thurber's team is strong and second,
that Central Normal is weak this year.
The Indiana Dental athletes got busy
last night for the first time since the
Christmas vacation. The Tooth Pullers
worked out at the Shortridge high school
gymnasium. The team should he in
shape for the big game with Earlham
to be played at the Independent Athletic
club gymnasium Saturday night. The
Dentals have recovered from their sprains
and bruises received in the four games
played before Christmas and in scrim
mage last night showed far better than
they did some weeks ago. The new suits
have arrived and the Dental athletes
were happy last night when they were
permitted to toss their old shirts into
fhp discard