Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-09
Wabash Comes Back
With Late Kick to
DOEUn BOiLernlGkeTS
Squirt of Scarlet Fighters in
Final Half Cause of
Purdue DOIUnfaU.
CRAwFoRDsvILLE. Ind. Feb. o.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind. Feb. O.
4 fighting spirit that would not quake
under the slckening blows of the truly
wonderful Miller White combination and
a basket machine that for the hrst
twenty minutes seemed far their superior
n every way, carried the Wabash Col
iege hardwood travellers through to a
24-to-22 victory over Purdue University's
athletes on the Wabash floor last night.
Since the beginning Of basketball time
there have been countless numbers OF
basket ball games registered as the great
equal of the affair offered here last night
has ever before been witnessed. 1t was
get-up-a and go for both teams from start
to finish and the pace had the packed
fans dizzy long before the end was even
thought Of
NEAT FINISH
BY SCARLET.
At the close of the first half, when
purdue held a to 8 lead, one loyal
Wabash man said: well. at any rate,
you'll never find harder fighting lot
than those Wabash youngsters" And
no man, excepting the crowd that damned
the Wabash gym, will never know how
true those words were. The battle
Staged by Coach Vaughan's athletes In
that final half will live forever in the
minds Of those who witnessed 1t, and to-
day they deserve the praise and admi-
ration of the basket ball world at large.
But the honor that goes TO the Wabash
team for last nights game must be
shared with Don White and Russell
Miller, the Purdue men who are sup
posed to guard, but who did everything
but defeat Wabash last night. White
Travelled the floor though he were tied
to a streak Of lightning, and Miller
well 1t is impossible to describe his
work In defense of the Purdue goal.
The Purdue team that took the floor
last night was not the Purdue team that
carried Boilermaker hopes in previous
games. Hiser who has been trained for
q back guard position all season, and
Chafee, who, In all other games in which
he has played, has worked as a pivot
man, were started last night for the hrst
time, and they were started as forwards,
while Holwerda, Eversman and Masters,
two Of whom have worked as the regular
forwards all season, were held on the
side lines. Why Coach Lambert mado
this shift Is not known, unless he held
his stars out to avoid possible Injury
for the Ohio state game saturday night,
or that he wanted to experiment with
big men In his lineup.
The reason why the Wabash lighting
spirit gets so much attention is that IT
was tight, not teamwork or the real
basket ball they have played in previous
games, that won for the Wabashers.
PURDUE GETS
AM.
In the nrst half hour. Miller, white
and Cofhng outplayed Wabash much
more than the 9-to-6 half score
shows. Adams opened for Wabash
with q field goal after what seemed ages
of going 10 the fans. then White after
thirteen and one-nalf minutes OF wonder
full hghtinZ. put Purdue In the lead with
foul throw, followed by a field marker.
Thorn then sent Wabash back into the
lead with a field throw, but a dazzling
side-line shot by White brought the
Boilermakers up again to q lead that
was held through the half. Purdue ear
ried O-to-5 lead with less than two
minutes to 20 in the first period, but
Goldsberry narrowed the gap with a
field goal and Two efforts o. the foul
line. White had scored all Purdue points.
In the second half Wabas h hit Its stride
for the first time In the contest aud fur
ten minutes the Scarlet ran the Purdue
men ragged. The Scarlet scored on short
shots and long shots during this time,
and when GOldsberry called for a brea tn
ing spell the Vaughan proteges held a
19-to-13 lead. White and CofLag each
having counted from the field for Pur-
due. field goal by Goldsbcrry and a
foul toss by White. who. by the way,
missed five free shots, changed the count
to Il 10 II. II was now Purduc's time
to come back and the Boilermakers did
II in fine style. holding Wabash at a
standStill while they climbed up to the
20 point position, White throwing four
fouls and Eversm4n. who went In for
Chafee, tossing a field goal.
The county, when the final gun was
fired, stood % 10 p IN favor or Wabash,
White having counted from the foul line
for Purdue and Thorn from under the
basket for Wabash. but simultaneous
with the firing Of the gun White fouleG
Burns and Referee Young permitted
Goldsberry to toss foul goal after time
was up.
With but one minute and fifteen sec
onds Of playing time remaining, Lam
bert sent Holwerba into the fray. substl-
tuting him for Hiser, while Hlser took
Whites place at floor guard and White
went to center In place OF Cofflng