Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-21
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$ BASKET EVENT
UP FOR AWARD
Butler Bids for High School
Meet Along With Purdue
and Indiana.
CITY OFFICIALS BOOST

AS a result of agitation started by the
Times Immediately following the 1920
State High School Basket Ball TourRa-
nnent FINALS at Bloomington last
March, indianapolis, with Butler Col
lege, the Chamber Of Commerce and three
local high schools as her heavy guns,
today was TO make a determined effort
to land the 1921 event for the State
Fair Grounds Coliseum.
Che location of the 1921 classic was TO
be decided at meeting of the Indiana
High School Athletic Association at the
X. Of p. Hall at O'Clock this afternoon.
Pat Page. director OF athletics at But
Ter College, and the athletic committee OF
the Chamber of Commerce. had their
plans prepared for an effort to gain the
big meet IL this elty wins the award
Butler VIII stage 1t, while the Chamber
Of Commerce, as we'll As every other big
organization in the city win help out
in every was possible.
MAYOR POINTS =
OUT REASONS.
Mayor Charles W. Jewett and the Rev.
George Richardson were to go before the
members OF the athletic board at the
meeting today and make an appeal for
the tournament TO be held in this city.
The mayor expressed the opinion that
the basketball situation In Irdeana Is
booming and that to continue holding
the title tournaments In the smaller
cities of the State Is only to hinder the
progress OF the game. I
Indianapolis has better facilities for
handling the meet than. any other city
in the State. First, it is centrally 10
Gated, which means big saving on the
railroad fare OF the teams and fans Then
II is the only city In Indiana with
building large enough to handle such a
large crowd as the tournament is now
drawing.
indiana University representatives bid
Tor the tournament at the meeting here
today, whsle Purdue also asked that IL
be held at Lafayette. These two thstitu-
uons have diyieed the honor OF staging
the event In previous years, but for the
past two seasons they have both fallen
down on the task OF handling tina crowds
because OF insufficient facilities.
ALL CoNVENIENCES
AVAILABLE HERE.
The non-interested parties now feel
thar Il is Indianapolis turn 20 show rs
hand. They feel that the coliseum Is
the one and only spot left IN the state
large enough 10 ACCOMMODATE the fans,
and that Indianapolis hotels and rooming
houses have everything backed of the
boards as Tar as "All the comforts vt
nome facilities are concerned
Kari V. zimmerman Of Manual. ath-
letie representative OF the Fourth High
School district, has announced that the
next Indianapolis sectional vim be staged
at the Coliseum. as TomlinSon Hail is too
small
The sectional play win necessitate the
overlapping OF the Coliseum and the
erection Of playing noor. The Coliseum
could be left 10 this shape for another
few days, when Il would be TING for tie
State finals. Thus. the cost OF staging
the meet here would not be one cent
more than II would be 10 stage it at
Bloomington or Lafayette.
Last year at Bloomington hundreds Of
fans We're forced to stand outside the
gymnasium while their favoritss fought
their championship battles The same
way at Lafayette she year before
Ticket scalpers also bobbed up AZ
Bloomington, studentfans being charged
as high as s. and Sc for One-day tickets.
Many indianapolis fans and students who
to Bloomington last year were
unable to gain admission TO the Tech
games at any price, and at night they
were forced TO walk the streets for lack
OF sleeping quarters. There Will be no
scarcity Of seats In the coliseum here,
which building seats no less thaa 10000
people when extra seats are installed.