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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Illinois Captures First
Place in Track Meet at
Chicago; Purdue Places

Illinois retained the Big Ten indoor
track title by piling up forty-tive points
In the eleventh annual conference meet
at Patten gymnasium Saturday night,
with Michigan q bad second with but
c5b points. Wisconsin was third and
Minnesota fourth.
One new record was set, the honor
going to Aiberts OF Illinois. who made
a new high jump mark, and another
record for the high hurdles was tied by
knolin Of Wisconsin.
In the two-mile, in which Coach Gtll' .
men took the first three places, the high
Jump and half In which first and second
were won. represented the high points OF
the Illinois perfOrrna nee
KnoIlin Of Wisconsin was forced TO go
fast enough TO tie the conference record
Of Z 8-5 seconds In winning the sixty
yard high hurdles from Wallace Of III
nois There was scarcely more than a
fash between the first two men.
Three Purdue men won place In tina
meet They were Harrison, third place
in the one mile run; McGregor, who tied d
for third place In the pole vault, ana
Pence who tied for third place in the
high jump.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Even Get Free Eats

FRANKLIN. Ind. March 21.-As re-
suit of winning the State high school
basket ball championship in the tourna-
ment held in the Coliseum at indianapolis
Saturday, Franklin today is celebrating
one of the greatest basket ball victories
in her history. When the team returned
Saturday evening a mOnstrOes crowd was
waiting to greet them. Enthusiasm was
at a fever heat and bonfres were built
In several parts Of the city. parade
was held this afternoon by the high
school and a dance will be the big num-
Der on the program tonight.
The victorious Blue and White players
will be invited out for dinner every eve
ming this week, either by clubs or by
individuals. In all probability, the com
ing week will be nearly as strenuous as
the one preceding for the players.
While the majority of local basket ball
enthusiasts believed that Franklin could
bring home the bacon" the 20 vic
tory over Anderson in the finals was
above the fonuest expectations of all
The fans are loud in their praise for
Coach "Griz" Wagner, and to him goes
large share Of the credit for bringing
another State championship trophy to
Franklin High School
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Turner FiUe Meets
KuS-Te-Se Combine;
Em-ROes Challenged

The South Side Turner basketeers,
amateur champions Of Indianapolis. and
the Kur- Te-Se court warriors, title hold
ers Of the Federated League, viii clash
on the Y NJ c. a. court tomorrow night
I'm contest that should be a thriller
from the word go.
The Kur TIE Sc team is composed Of
the same players who fly the y" Leader
banner. aud there is considerable rivalry
between them and the South Side boys
This game tomorrow night will be the
las for the Turner's, unless Manager Carr
Callahan Of the Indianapolis En- Roes &C.
cepts their challlN &c for game with the
sporting goods tenn.
Johnny Hennessey. former En- Roe
star Is now In Turner uniform, and
since obtaining him the south siders have
been on Callahan's heels for a winner
take all contest at the Y. NJ c. A. or Tom
lnson Hall To date, Callahan has not
given them q definite answer, and II he
does not come to the front this week ths
Turner's will put away their harness for
the season, claiming the independent
basket championship Of the city.
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Times All-State Prep Team

more than forty five extra ars to handle
a Coliseum crowd but Saturday night
seventy cars were used. The street car
company gave excellent service to the
fair grounds during the tourney.
Ralph Marlowe. forward on the San
dusky high school basket ball team. was
awarded the Jake Gimbel medal for the
best mental attitude and spOrtsmanship
during the high school basket BAH tour
nament- Marlowe was the star performer
OF the popular Sandusky team, which was
defeated Friday night by Nincennes. 1t
is the school in which only nine boys
are enrolled and seven of them compose
the basketball squad
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pion teams defense. However. Borden s
value as a guard is not just his defen-
sive ability, but he is the man who
started most Of Frsnklin's clever pass
ing, which was carried out by the other
men. It was clearly demonstrated that
players do not have to be giants to play
basket ball for Franklin's players were
far smaller than those of any of the four
teams they met in the tourney.
COMBINATION OF
GREAT FORWARDS.
The big redeeming feature Of the final
game to the Anderson fans was the play
Of Williams His goal shooting, in not
only the last game but in every game
PLAYED by Anderson, stamps him as the
best forward in the State. He is given
AIllState forward. and Grove the man
who kept Jefferson in the running until
the Lafayette team met Franklin, is the
second best forward.
Never in the history Of high school
basketball have so many hrst-class pivot
men been seen in any tourney. Nandivler
of Franklin is without a question the
best, but Tudor, the Martinsv.ile pivot
man is a close second. in the opening
game Of the tourney, TudOr's goal shoot
Ing almost halted the champions in their
march for State hOnOrs. NJ. Nyikos OF
south Bend is really a forward and not
a center. and he is given second al-State
forward along with Friddle OF Franz Kiln.
than any other that no question arises
as TO his right to be named on a State
team. Robbins Of Rochester scored the
eighteen points made by his team against
Franklin and the champions only won
in thesIast two seconds of play. Robbins
covered the flOOr in most remarkable
manner, his defense was strong and OF
the six field goals he tossed at least four
of them were the direct result Of his own
ability to dribble through the cham
Mons defense and not the result of team
play. ROsberg the only man who can
Be considered a rival Of Borden for the
back guard position, is given second
team hOnOrs. He is a giant and for a
man his size has exceptional speed. He
is q stone wall on defense. but he is not
as valuable a man as Borden In starting
the Offense and his passing lacks the
snap and accuracy that marks Borden S
passes. College coaches and q number
of critics at the press table rs rule
regarded ROsbOrg, the Rochester giant as
the best back guard in the State, out the
writer after watching the work OF the
two men gives Borden first hOnors be
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
By HEZE CLARK.

At the close of the Indiana State High
School basket ball tourney at the Coli
scum Saturday night, there was no ques-
ton in the minds Of the IL 800 basket
ball fans as TO which team was cham
pion. Frankling won a clean-cut victory
over Anderson by So to % score. Team
play OF the most wonderful sort won
for Franklin, and the lions share OF
the hOnOrs must go to the why. quiet
little man who sat on the bench and
watched the machine he had built win
the State championship. That man IS
"Griz" Wagner. coach Of the Franklin
High School.
Like flashes Of lightning Friddle, Cant
Ballard and Vandivier swept down the
floor with the ball. The passing and
handling OF the ball was so fast and
clever that the Anderson defense melted
and Mcfarland and Gale were helpless
70 stop the drive. -Four times the lanky
Friddle slipped behind Mcfarland for
closeup baskets and once he Gagged the
ball on a long shot Five times Cant
dropped the ball through the drSperies,
but 1t was the play of Vandivier. the
best basket ball player developed in many
years in the high schools of the State,
that stood out far above that of any man
on the floor On the offense and defense
he was the star Ballard, a strip of a
kid" seemed to get the ball when IT
WIS dlLuOsJ lHpoSeiole 10 IHtoi1eFt passes
and his work over the floor was sensa-
tional
From the start Of the tourney one back
guard played a type of game that puts
him ahead of the others and that man
was Borden OF Franklin. In four games
of the tourney in which the champions
played against Martinsville, Rochester,
Jefferson of Lafayette and Anderson
which probably were the four strongest
opponents that could have been drawn
among the teams that reached the finals,
only twenty-three field goals were scored
in the four games by Franklin's OPP
ponents This speaks well for the cham
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A b. @. PROGRESS

BUFFALO, n. Y, March 21-The Medl-
son (Wis.) two-man team placed itself
in the lead In the A. b. c. tournament
here last night The Norton Knoch team
rolled a total Of -,294 w Pieper and A.
Broell, Milwaukee, went into second place
with 1921.
Milwaukee carried OF the honors Of the
singles, playing two among the ten lead
ers when W Roloff. with a total Of $40.
rolled into fourth place and j. Kreuske,
with e6S. placed seventh.
II. Marino, Chicago, placed eighth in
the singles with a total of $685. while II.
Stewart of Cincinnati, with a score of
ESQ barely missed the tenth high place.
The Smith Arcades, milwaukee,, with p
S65, took ninth place In the five man
team events.
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Local Teams Competing
in Culver Rife Match

CULVER, Ind, March 1.-Two Indian
apolis rife teams, representing the A.
and C. Rifle Club and the Hoosier Rife
Club. were competing here today with
teams from Evansville, Culver Military
Academy. Charlottesville, TT. Wayne
Terre Haute, Noblesville, Bloomington.
Michigan city, Warsaw, Princeton ano
the De Pauw and Indiana Universities
X. o. T. c. Rifle Clubs In the annual In,
door rife matches Of the Indiana STATE
Rife Association Special entertainment
is being planned for the visiting rihemen,
Five rife matches and three pistoi
matches are scheduled for today. The
rife competition viii begin with the re
entry match. off hand. at fifty feet. Third,
Il team match, prone position; then indi-
vidual match at prone position, followed
by individual off hand match. The hrst
pistol match will be a re entry at nftY
feet with two scores of Ave shots each
per record This will be followed by the
individual pistol match and this by a
team match with the pistols.
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Franklin Champs Annex
Two All-State Positions
Vandivier Named Greatest of All Tourney Players-BOr
den Clever Guard-Williams of Anderson Heads For
wards-JefersOn and Rochester Produce Stars.

cause his work tends to develop team
play and team play won Franklin the
championship.
Special mention must be made of the
work of the Muncie floor guard War
rem. This athlete is a wonderful goal
shooter and was one OF the fastest play
ers on any team in the tourney
LOSING TEAMS
DESERVE CREDIT. TOO.
While Franklin won the championship
it is only fair to some of the teams that
did not get to the finals to say that the
game they played against Franklin in
dicated that they probably were stronger
teams than Anderson. Thousands of
basket ball fans believe that Roches-
ter has just as good team as the Fran
lin quintette. Davis. a substitute, won
the game for Franklin against Rochester
IN the last few seconds of play and the
score was 10 to is. Martinsville made a
far better showing against the champions
than did Anderson and the score was u
to "a While Jefferson led Franklin in
the first half. any person who saw all the
games at the tourney knows well the
champions did not put into the game
against the Lafayette team what they
were forced to put into the game against
Martinsyille and Rochester.
Credit must be given to four men for
the splendid way the State tourney was
conducted. Fred K. German, chairman
of the committee. worked so hard he be
came i'll and just before the tourney 1t
was necessary 10 add fourth man to
the committee. That man was Beryl
Black of Technical High School. The
other two members of the committee
were h. Y. zimmerman and Myron Tat
lock.
The official figures on the attendance
show that on Friday night 1900 witnessed
the games. Saturday afternoon there
were 5000 present and Saturday night
1880 This is the largest crowd that
was ever In the Coliseum. as we'll as the
largest crowd that ever Witnessed q bas-
ket ball game in the United States. An
official of the street car company stated
It never was necessary before to have
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Games. Goals. Goals. Points.
Single Game High Score

The six heaviest hitters playing In
three OF more games and percentages fol
low.
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ing but a short haul This work Prob
ably will require six weeks, but the con
tract allows until May l for its COM
pletiOn.
The site has been marked OF and
cleared of all trees and brush, leaving
several cords Of wood that will soon give
way to row upon row of concrete seats
Prof. f. w. Ives Of the department OF
agricultural engineering al the univer
sity plans to blow the remaining stumps
as practical demonstration to his
classes in farm engineering
In making the borings TO test the sus-
tanning power of the soil for the foundR-
lions, well driller is being used.
Samples Of the soil are brought up and
tested at every foot until solid rock is
struck. The openness of the winter thus
far IS very advantageous for all this work
and consequently the main construction
will be facilitated
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Score by Innings
indianapolis O 90 4O2 4 O-12
Athletics .....-... 3 o 0 o 0 0 2 O.
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AIR RACE GOES SOUTH

NEW YORK, March 2O.-Tbe Aero Club
of America announced today that it had
awarded the 1921 national balloon race to
Birmingham, Ala. aud that the start
would be made May 81. Trophies will be
announced later. Officials Of the club
stated the foremost balloOnists of the
United States had signlhed their inteu
ton Of competing, for from the winners
of this contest will be selected a team to
go to Belgium to compete Cor the Gordon
Bennett international balloon cup, now
held by that country
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
c u WINS SWIM MEET

CHICAGO, March 21.-The University
of Chicago won the Western Conference
swimming tournament at Northwestern
University, with 81 points The other
contestants finished as follows: MinneapO-
lis. %; Illinois, 10: Northwestern, 10
Wisconsin, 10, and Purdue. 3.
Three Conference records were broken
by Edward Blinks, the Chicago star. In
the forty yard swim he finished in 10 S-5
seconds or a fifth of a second faster
than the old Conference record.
In the 100-yard swim Blinks finished IN
SO 3-5 seconds, l As seconds faster than
the old mark. In the 220-yard swim
Blinks cut a fifth Of a second from the
old mark His time was 2:31 2-5.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Hurdle Battle Expected

CHICAGO, March 21.-One of the i'm
portant events Of tho. Central \. A. c.
indoor track and field champ ionships ut
the Broadway Armory Saturday Will
bring together Frank Loomis of the C.
A. a. and Harry Goelitz OF the l. A c.
in the hurdles Goelitz defeated Loom:s
at the LIST Regiment A A games and
Loomis is still smarting under that de
feat They will meet in the high and
low hurdles
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Woman's Tennis Champ Is
Indoor Singles Winner

BOSTON. March 21.-Mrs. Moua Blur
stedt Mallory New York, won another
tennis title today when she became the
woman's national indoor singles cham
plon before a gallery OF more than seven
hundred cheering tennis fans at the Long
wood cricket covered courts. Mrs. NAL
lory quickly defeated Mrs Benjamin e.
Cole IL. North AndOver, by score OF
60. 0-2 in the Anal round Of singles in
the national indoor women's tennis tour
nament
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Summary: Two-base hitsLMorrison.
Lutzke, Schneider. Edens. Three-ba
h1t-Kinsella., Home runs-Brazin (2).
Sacrifice hits-Sicking, Attreau, johnson,
Heimach. Stolen baSe-Vandyke. Double
playE-Dixon to Attreau; Witt TO Mccain
to BRAZIL. Bases on balls-Of Jones, 3 J.;
on Stryker, /; of Heimach, l; OF Slap
pey, T. Hits and runs-On Jones, 10
hits, runs in 5 innings; of Strkyer. )
hits, runs in innings; of Helmach,
hits, runs in . innings; of Slappey.
10 hlts, 10 runs in innings. Hit by
pitcher-By Jones (McCann). Struck out
BY Jones, /; by Stryker, .; by He.mach,
2; by Slappey, 5. Winning pitcher
Stryker. Losing pitcher-Slappey. I'm
p1re-Ranktn Time hours.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Another American Woman
Out for English Title

NEW YORK. March 21-Miss Marion
Hollins Of Islip. l.. l.. has returned
to her home from California and is pre-
pairing to sail on the Aquitania. April
y. to take part in the British women's
golf tourney at Turnberry. Miss Alex
Sterling American woman golf cham
pion, is already in England for the
event. which starts May 80. Miss Hol-
Inns participated In the British tltle
tourney last year at Newcastle
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Michigan Ball Player
Says Pro Talk All Wrong

ANN ARBOR. Mich. March 21.-ver-
non l.. Parks. captain and star pitcher
Of the Michigan baseball team. has de-
clared there was no truth In reports that
he had played professional baseball on
the Pacific coast last summer Athletic
officials here refused to comment on the
case further than to say that If the
charges were proved, Parks would. Of
course. be declared Ineligible for further
intercollegiate competition.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Amt This the UtSnd?

RUSHVILLE, Ind. March 21-TOo
much sentiment among basketball fans
for new high school gymnasium in
AIflroy. south of here. was the down
fall for the building project. The tax
paying farmers of the township couldn' t
see 500 900 for a new gymnasium, al
though they need a new high school
building. Those behind the project
talked too much about the new gymna-
SUM and didn't lay enough stress on the
school rooms, and the farmers say they
are interested in education, and not bas-
ket ball. A vote in the township KILLED
the project when hftytwo voted against
building and fifteen for the building.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
BUFFALO GETS ROWING MEET.

NEW YORK, March 21.-The national
amateur rowing championship regatta
has been awarded TO the Rowing Club OF
Buffalo, n. Y. to be held July % and 30
1t was also decided to hold the annual
convention Of the National Association Of
Anna eur 0assmen there July %.
Other bidders for the regatta were New
York, Peoria, Ill. Worcester Mass. and
Grand Rapids. Mich. Buffalo was Sc,
lected unanimously after New York hao
withdrawn.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Eastern Mermaids Best
Western School Girls

BLOOMINGTON. Ind. March 90
Representatives of Eastern colleges won
the swimming meet between the Easterns
and Westerns, a feature of the athletic
conference Of American college womeh.
which closed here Saturday, by a score
OF Sc to 10. The swimming contest was
a feature of the conference.
Berkeley, Cal, the home Of the Uni
vsrsity Of California, was elected as the
next meeting place. Officers chosen were
California, president. and Western Col
lege, recording secretary. These colleges
will eselect their individual officers
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21

NEW YORK. March 21-One new
championship record was made during
the National A. A. L. indoor track and
field meet here Saturday night, when
Richard f. Remer, unattached. Of this
city, won the one mile walk IN minutes
20 seconds. He finished just few
inches In front Of !. G. Peaman. n Y.
A. c., who held the title and former rec
ord Of @ SO 40.
The point trophy was won by the New
York A c. representatives.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
APPERsoN WINS SHOOT.

Ed Apperson won the weekly shoot OF
the Indianapolis Gun Club Saturday,
leading the field with 81 out Of 100 tar
gets. II. Stutz was second with %, and
Ford took third place with 81.
Miller Crane and J. Holiday each won
a box OF cigars for their high scores in
the handicap events. The scores were
good in spite of high wind that blew
across the traps.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Tilden Sails May IL

BOSTON. March 21.-willam T. Hidden,
national singles tennis champion, viii
sail for England. May u, he announced
here today. He lie to defend his cham
pion title at the internationals at Wimbie-
don, where he defeated the best players
last summer
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Fl. Wayne Country Club
Gets State Tennis Meet

FIT. WAYNE, Ind, March 21.-The 1921
Indiana state championship tennis tour
named viii be held at the Country club
here. beginning Aug. 20, 1t was announced
Saturday by Arthur Hall, chairman OF
the sports committee Of the club. The
tourney is an open meet and is sane
toned and conducted under the jurisdic-
ton of the L. S. y. i. 7. A.
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son, worlds champion indoor Splinter,
ran away from his competitors in the
fifty yard aud 300-yard dashes at the
fourth annual municipal athletic carnival,
held here Saturday. Murchisons time
was 52-5 and 33 seconds, respectively.
His participation in the local athletic
contests prevented him from taking part
in this years national championship
events, held at New York.
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The most consistent performer of the
tournament in registering short shots was
Robinson, substitute of the Anderson
team. who played In part Of three games,
and registered six short shots out of ten
attempts.
Mansfield was the most consistent long
range shooter. getting three out of Fifteen
attempts at baskets from beyond the
twenty-foot mark.
The high percentage men for any sin
gle game follow:
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Totals ..........4O 3 . 50 !

IWo-base hIts-Ray, Sticking. Sacrifice
hits-MOrrison, Kinsella, Sticking Dixon,
Styles, Eckert Stolen bases-Morrison,
Kinsella, Schneider, Sticking. Double
plays-schreiber TO Sticking to African.
Left on bases-Indianapolis 8: Philadel-
house, g of Barrett, /; OF Eckert. /.
Hits and runs-On Whitehouse. hits, 3
runs in 3 innings; OF Cavet. I hits, H.,
runs in 8 innings; Of Eckert. hits. z
runs in innings; OF Barrett, 8 hits, I
run in innings. Struck out-By White
house. 3 by Cavet, 2; by Eckert, 2; by
Barrett, 2
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Player
Tourney Champs
WISCONSIN

FOND DC LAC. Wis, March 21.-Two
Rivers won the State basket ball cham
pionship by defeating Weyauwega, 30 to
s in the finals of the State tournament
here Sunday afternoon. The game be
tween the Ruepings OF Fond Du Lac
and Oshkosh B'GOsh for third place went
into extra time. the score at the finish OF
the regular period being - to -.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
Cons Water Net Meet

The water basket ball championship OF
the big Ten" was won by the Univer-
sity Of Chicago team in Patten gym
nasium OF Northwestern University yes
terday afternoon by a score of to 2. All
the scoring was done in the first half.
Olsen, Illinois forward, who made two
baskets, was the star of the meet
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-21
HOOsIER CURs WIN.

The Hoosier Cubs were victors over the
The Cubs made a good showing on the
diamond. and their manager Is confident
of having one of the strongest anna
teur teams in the State. For games with
the Cube address Lawrence Brown, $40
Fayette street