Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-30
VALLEY MILLS
AND RIPPLE IN
OPENING WINS
County High School Tourney
Draws Packed Gallery at
Marion Club.
TWO-DAY
County Schedule
EVENT

$3.50 a. m.-vaney Mills QD VS.. West
10 100 a. m.-New Bethel (S) vs.. Broad
Ripple (24).
p. NC cumberland Fishers.
d. m.-OaklandOn VS.. Acton.
\ D. m.-CastletOn VS.. Beech Grove
8 D. m.-SOuthpOrt Valley Mills.
SATURDAY.
$3.50 a. m.-Broad Ripple VS.. winner
p. m. Friday.
1880 a. m.-Winner 2 p. m. Friday VS..
winner p. m. Friday.
d. m.-Winner p. m. Friday VS.. WIN
ner p. m. Friday
winner 1880 a. m. Saturday.
D. M (hnaIs)-Winner p. m. Satur-
day VS.. winner p. m. SATURDAY
with the Marion club jammed to ca
pacity with basketball fans, the annual
tournament of the Marion County High
School Basketball association, which in
cIudes all county teams outside OF the
three Indianapolis schools, opened today
amid a terrific din of roofing by the fol-
lowers of the first quintets to swing into
action The rooters came to Indianapolis
with voices tuned and colOrs flying, and
the excitement was started right on the
bat when the Valley Mills boys elimlnat-
ed the West Newton aggregation, IA to 3.
The Valley Mills team is made up OF
youngsters of small size, but they dis
played a passing game and an accuracy
at distance shooting that West Newton
couldn't stop. The defeated team tought
hard, and, though 1t had the larger PLY lay
ers. IL was unable to cope with the speed
az the Mills boys. Referee Dale MlileF
was in charge and gave excellent service:
The half found the Valley Mills SQUAD
leading, to 8, and, despite the etrous
support given the West Newton hVe' by
rs roofers. it couldn't make much head
way.
MMULLEN SCORES
MAJORITY POINTS.
Thornberry went big for Valley Mills
and gave the West Newton forwards
plenty to do. McMullen, Valley Mills
center, broke into the spotlight by regis
tering ten points during the contest. He
scored on long ones and brought roars
of approval from his roofing section.
Pork offered hard battle for West
Newton, though he had three personal
fouls called on him. West Newton
missed many shots and its folIoWers
we're a disappointed lot over the failure
of their athletes to find the net. AS
result of wipning the opener Valley
Mills viii meet Southport tonight at y
o'clock.
Broad Ripple annexed the second con-
fest of the dav by trimming New Bethel.
"a to 6. the Ripple lads having it easy
all the way. The winners had too much
class and as a result the Ripple team
made itself an early favorite to appear
In the finals Saturday night. Morris was
the big point winner for Ripple, but was
closely pressed by Garrett The latter.
however, was ruled out on personal fouls
in the second half. Broad Ripple will
make its second appearance Saturday
n az faces
ner of today's 1 o'clock game. Minger,
the New Bethel mainstay, had to retire
in the first half today when he be-
came i'll.
19 FIVES START
IN TOURNEY.
Thirteen teams are competing in the
tournament, which is an elimination af
fair, a team dropping out on defeat:
Other scrappy games on todays card
were expected to be the Fishers-Cum-
berland fray, both teams being from
Warren township.
The lineup and summary of the morn
ing games today follow:
Valley Mills "a. West Newton (9l.
Stewart ......... Forward .Stivers
Iugar..,.. Forward ,,......L eac CHI
NcNfullen. ....... Center ........,.. Davis
Thornberry. Guard ........... Park
Saplinger. ........ Guard ........, Routon
Field Goals -McMullen 4, Stewart /.
Lugar 1, Stivers 3 Leach l. Davis 1. Foul
missed / Sti7ers. missed g. Referee
Miller.
Morris ........ Forward. ........ Brown
Smith ........F Forward. ....,.. Wesley
Garrett .......... Center. Osthemeier
Robertson .,....Guard. ...... Wheatley
Howe .......... Guard. Minger
Field Goals-Garrett. 4 Morris, 5;
Smith, / Robertson, 2; Brown, /; Os-
themeier, 1.
Foul als-Osthemeier, L; Wesley, l.
SubstitutiOns-Wh itinger for Garrett;
Mann for Minger.
Referee-Ray Move.