Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-28
BEN DAVIS AND
VALLEY ON TOP
Opening County III. S. Basket
Games Draw, Crowds at
TOmlinsOn Hall.
BROAD RIPPLE LOSES.

| The speedy Valley Mills team elm
mated the Broad Ripple team from the
Marion County High School Athletic AS
/ sOeiation basketball tournament at Tom
linsOn Hall this morning when they reg
| istered a 33-tO-1S victory over the Rip
pie clan in the second game OF the FIRST
round.
Lugar. the midget forward Of the Val
ley Mills team, scored seven times from
the field, his work proving the big fea-
ture of the contest Stewart and McMuI-
lin also stacked up good point totals for
the winners. Jackman and Parr were the
only members of the Ripple team that
could find the ring for more than one
basket. Jackman also played a good
guarding game. The score at half-time
was 10 to in favor Of Valley Mills.
Ben Davis, one of the strongest con-
tenders for the championship honors of
the Marion County High School Athletic
Associations second annual basket ball
tournament, being played at Tomlinson
Hall today and tomorrow. got away to a
! flying start this morning by defeating
Southport, 1920 champions, 10 to Z, in an
exciting battle.
Tomlinson Hall was crowded beyond
| expectations when the Ben Davis and
! Southport athletes trotted out for the
I first game of the tournament at 10 o'clock
this morning. and the management of
Z the tournament is confident that the
event win be a grand success.
II SCHOOLS
IN TOURNEY.
All strong teams in Marion County, In
dianapols excepted, are entered in the
tournament and representative cheering
bodies from fourteen schools were on
hand to hven things up at the morning
session.
Fred German, athletic director at Tech,
and Myron Tatlock Of Shortridge are the
tournament referees.
The opening game this morning was
one Of the best high school events local
fans have been treated to this year. Both
teams had smooth-running guarding ma
chimes and the ball was kept around the
center of the floor during the greater
part Of the time.
At the halfway mark Ben Davis was
out in front by an to 3 margin, but the
last-year champions came back fun or
fight in the second period and ran the
score un TO within one point Of a. tie
before Brandt cut loose with the lone
field goal scored by Ben Davis in this
session.
DAVIS CENTER
IN GOOD FORM.
Brandt. in the frst period, scored six
Of the eight Ren Davis points, Stamm
getting the other two with field goal.
The rangy center Of the winning team
was in the fight all the way and had 1t
not teen for his timely shooting of a
field goal IN the second stanZa, the South
port rally probably would have put over
a victory.
Ryker. Mclaughlin and H Klein
scored the Southport points. the first
mentioned getting a field and foul goal
and the others each caging a field throw.
Tournament play was to continue
throughout this afternoon and tonight
the first evening contest being sched
uled at s o'clock Play will be resumed
at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning and
the final battle will be staged at o'clock
Saturday evening.
FIRST GAME
Ben Davis (1O) Southport %
Stamm. Forward .........Ryker
Hilmen......... Forward .......... Truitt
krahdt........... Center .McLaughlsq
Frazee. -.,....... Gurad .......... Pinrod
Benson. Guard .........F. Klein
Substitutions-(Ben Davis Burnett for
Hillmdn (SOuthport) II. Klein for Tru-
lit, Truitt for Ryker. Ryker for Truitt
Field Goals-Brandt 3, Stamm l, Ry-
ker l. Mclaughlin l, II. Klein l.
Foul Goals-Brandt 2, Ryker /.
Referee-Gorman.
Umpire-Tatlock