Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-25

Selves lnAuuSA uul TIC A1tthAu6 SCSSAOA "a
the Indiana Independent Amateur Bas-
ket-ban championship tournament at the
Y. NJ C. A, and the BellmOre. Advance
and Trafalgar teams came through their
frst-round games with flying colOrs. The
scores we're rather One-sided, but all
games were holly contested.
BeIlmCre, by virtue of a 3f-to-20 win
over Fairbank goes against the Turner
combination OF Indianapolis in the sec
Ond round tonight. dying from the
class shown by the BellmOre athletes in
their opening contest the speedy Tur /
ner clan is going to have tough time
putting over the victory tonight. How +
ever, Indianapolis fans are confident that
things will come around in fine style in
the long run
EIGHT BASKETS
BY ONE STAR.
Spencer and Fewell were the shining |
lights of the BellmOre team this morn !
ing, the former caging eight shots from ]
the floor and three from the foul line. (,
Lester and V. Debaun went best for |
Fairbanks
Advance was held close by Yorktown |
in the first half of their scrap, but in /
the second session they increased their |
speed and finished on the long end OF /
30 to 10 count. This game was perhaps /
the hardest fought affair of the Friday /
morning session.
with Record and Shelley tossing field |
goals from every angle of the court, /
Trafalgar started pulling away from |
Wolf Lake after the first five minutes of j
their scrap, and gained a 45 to 10 adj !
vantage before the gun was fired
FEATURE GAME =
THIS AFTERNOON.
There were several hot contests carded |
this afternoon, chief among them being .
the South Bend Y. NJ c. A-Darlington /
Bearcat affair at 3 o'clock This was to .
be the final first round game
Summaries of the tourney games this /
morning follow:
FIRST FRIDAY GAME.
Baltimore $50. Fairbanks (2O).
Moffet .-...-... Forward -. II. Johnson /
Spencer Forward. ......... Lester /
FeweI ..--..----.C Center .--.. v Debaun /
e. Jefferies ....... Guard. W. Johnson /
Phillip .....-..... Guard. $3.50. G. Debaun /
SubstitutiOns - BellmOre: Moore for /
Phillip. Fairbanks: Pound for II. John
son. Drake for Debaun, Fuller for W.
Johnson.
Field Goals-AIoffet /, Spencer s. Feweu
3, c. Jeferies 1. Phillip l. Moore 3, II.
Johnson 1, Lester 3, V. Debaun g. W.
Johnson 1, Pound 1. Fuller 1. Foul Goals
Spencer 3. Referee-Feezle.
SECOND FRIDAY GAME.
Advance (32). Yorktown 40.
Ralph Rain Forward. ......-.. c. Cox
Wall ........... Forward. "a Overmier
Ratclif ..........C Center. kantz /
Ray Rain ..--...- Guard. .......... l. Cox
Canada ......... Guard. Slant
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Mccain for
Csngda, Canada for McClain, Brown for
Canada, Gregory for Wall.
Field Goals-Ray Ram 1, Wall 1, RAJ
cliff l, Ralph Rain 1, Gregory 1, Mccain .
5. c. Cox 2, Overmier ,. Foul Goals /
Ralph Rain 6, c. Cox 1, S. Cox 1. Ref /
eree-Head.
THIRD FRIDAY GAME.
Trafalgar (45). Wolf Lake (15).
Sheeiey ......... Forward. 10000. Parker /
Record Forward. ......... Lucky /
Hinsley .........Ceuter... Winebrenner /
Mitchell .Guard--..-.. Stangiand 1
Skinner .......... Guard. $500. Swinehart T
Substitutions-Trafalg Stevens for .
Shelley, POulter for skinner, Rogers for .
Stevens
Field Goals-Record s. Shelley 4. Hins-
ley 2 Mitchell 3, Stevens >, Rogers .,
POulter 1, Parker ., Stangland l. Foul /
GOals-Hinsley l, Stansland l. Referee
FEEBLE.
The South Side Turner'S, indianapolis +.
champions, and the JOY -GlOOms Of Broad .
Ripple, title bearers from the Valley /
Mills district, today stood ready for their /
CUBS showed howe enough form in winning
their opening games last night TO insure /
some real opposition for any team desir- /
ing to beat them In the title chase.
The JOy-GlOOms meet PendletOn. the I
South Side Turner's meet BelImOre and
the Advance and Trafalgar teams meet
in tonights session Of secOnd-TOuHd con ,
tests.
TEAMS PLAYING
REAL BALL.
The games played so far in the tour
nament have been out in advance OF the /
general ran OF amateur contests, and !
from dope handed out on the teams still {
in the running, it looks as though these
prize offerings are going to be made all
along the road.
The South Side Turner's went into
battle against the Terre Haute Y. VI. !
&. A, one Of the toughest teams in the I
tournament last ni@ht. and came through |
the melee with a 31-tO-21 victory. The /
south side boys were full Of fight in this /
contest and they played classy a game !!
as they have staged all season. Their
speed and passing wore down the visitors /
and gave them the opportunity to run /
away with things after the first half |
in which they were held to an Hall tie !
Johnny Rice, WalIie Mid Ellsworth ana /
Red" Underwood rang the point bell /
Tor the Turner's, with Rice playing the
feature roll, and Brook" Secrest and /
'Tubby' Stevens playing as smart a
guarding game as any combination has |
displayed on the Y. NJ. c. A floor Secrest |
was around the floor like a fash and
MS great work was a big factor in Keep
Ing the TerTe Haute score down Mid
ellsworth also did a lot Of good guard /
ing.
Coach Bayn of the State Normal quin- |
tette worked as a forward with the Terre /
Haute club and was listed as their biz /
point man, but MiddleswOrth was on !
his trail all the time and he Gagged only /
one field goal. Springer and Lowell were |
the best ~ point men.
1920 CHAMPS
START WELL.
In the opening scrap of the tournament I
the PendIeton team, composed of the /
members of last years State champion
ship Anderson club. had little trouble In /
defeatlng the Falkland outfit, IS to % !
The taiTland athletes were completely /
outclassed in the first session. They |
came back strong for a while in the /
second half, however, and tried hard to !
put over the victory, but they had been /
placed under too heavy a handicap in /
the opening round Hutchinson aud |
woods were the star players with the |
winning combination. while Hardin and |
Luther went best for the losers
The Joy-GIoOmS, second choice of Indi-
annapolis fans, gained an 1S-tO-5 lead /
over WestpOrt in the first half of their
game, but the WestpOrt athletes came
back with a world Of punch in the sec
ond session and quickly closed up the |
gap. The count stood % to u in favor |
OF the GlOOms a short time before the /
Whistle blew but they rallied here and /
ran up for more comfortable margin /
Bowen, Millikfn and BridgefOrd scored /
the JOy-GiOOm points and Robinson at |
Hoor guard, and HosteteIer. forward |
were the feature performers for West
port.
Johnny Hennessey, nominated to take |
the place of Hank Stevens sick Turn
er forward was not permitted to take /
the floor last night because the tourney
fled within the prescribed time. Hen
Messy, however will perform with the 1
Turner club for the remainder of the (
season. Manager Tom Quill of the Turner