Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-08
Times All-State Court Selections

; Notrs Dame were the class Of the field.
Both are good jumpers, although Mehre
is a forward by trade, and they showed
deadly accuracy when hrlng at IN tne
State high school five Of 1917, when
member Of the Huntington team. He Is
an exceptionally big fellow, but has
speed to burn and is mighty clever on
the door. Dean has been responsible for
a lot OF Indiana's success. Timely held
goals and work at the foul line are his
chief stocks in trade. He also IS Dig
ger than the ordinary basketeer, but his
speed and agility enable him TO get
around the floor to stack up Ike a
million dollars either on defense or Of
Tense.
Greatest among the guards, perhaps
greatest among the basket men of all
HoOsierdom, is little Don White of Pur-
due University. There Is no need or
saying anything about Whites play here
because anybody who is interested In
basket ball knows Don and knows what
he has done. He has been OF more value
to his team than any other man in the
State. He is the George GipQ OF basket
ball and when Purdue loses him one OF
, the most WONDERFUL basketeers OF all time
will pass out Of the collegiate ranks OF
HOOsierdOm.
Miller Of Purdue also is player de-
serving Of unlimited praise. Last year
an All Conference guard, Miller may lose
his position this time because be played
for the honor of his team, not tor him
self Before White was switched to for
ward late in the season he often leit
Miller as the sole attendant o. the ul
due goal because he had TO get out ana
do the Purdue scoring, as well as guard
ing This put Miller in sorry nX ana
often made him pull plays that looked 10
Miller ran into n pair Of shifty forwards
who would pass down TO him, then when
he went out to meet them aud made all
effort to break up their play one OF them
would slip through for points. IT Pur-
due had had better forwards and White
had been in a position to pay more at
tention to his guarding, then Miller
would not have been forced 70 use thts
stvle of play and his 1921 career would
have been much more brilliant than II
has been and today there would De no
question as TO who rates the back guard
Job on the mythical conference nYe.
BURNS ANOTHER
CLEVER GUARD.
Ranking right up there with White and
Miller OF Purdue IN the guarding work
is Capt Butch" Burns of Wabash. 1t
has often been said that Coach Vaughan
and Burns were responsible for the sue
cess Of the Wabash team, ana that abont
fits the situation. Burns Is not one ot
the fashy sort. He Is just a steady OLD
war horse who can he depended upon AT
all times and VINO knows how 10 get IN
and balance his team when things are
not going just right. Vaughan was the
brains Of the organization, but when me
team went on the floor he handed the
burden to Burns. and could rest assured
that things would be taken care of.
Hooker Of Butler, McDermott Of Notr7
Dame and De Hority Of Indiana are the
choice forwards for the second team
Every one Of these men is player OF
proven ability and deserving q much
praise but they come just a notch be-
hind the three who have been chosen on
the first team. Without Hooker Butler
team probably would have been nothing
10 boast Of this season, and the same
may be said for McDermott, but these
the best I'm the country when they went
after the State laurels.
Coffing OF Purdue, and Ecklund Of val
paradise. are the other ceuteTs on the
second team. Both have played the pc
sition only during the year and have
shown that they could deliver the goods.
Besides being good pivot men Conlng
and Ecklund are wizards at covering the
floor and he can get plenty Of points.
GIBSON, De Pauw forward, r. used as
guard on the second team because he
does more guarding than anything else.
Although a good shot, "Gippie' is even
better as a guard, and the rest Of the
defensive men IN the State had a hard
time showing better than him. Gipson is
more of the Don White type than any
other player IN Indiana. Mendenhall Of
De PAW Is another guard on the sec
Ond team. The defensive work of this
man has also featured in every De PAW
game. He is also a good goal shot, espec-
Tally from the distance Crater, the Wa
bash man, is q guard ranking in the same
high class with Gipson and Mendenhal.