Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-19

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played on any door In the state. J.
brought into the spotlight the best floor
guard that has been seen on a high school
five in Indiana in the last ten years, and
his name Is Robbins OF Rochester High
School Big fast powerful. clever and
clean player. Robbins outranks nil other
floor guards that have played not only
in this the greatest of all basket bail
Journeys. but any that have played IN
any other tourney. He scored all Of his
teams eighteen points last night Six of
these goals were field goals and the
other goals were foul goals. IL Is
mistake to think that the Rochester team
fed" the ball to Robbins, for four Of
his six field goals came from his own in
dividual efforts. Three times he got the
ball when IL was whipped back from the
the center tip-on and dribbled through
the entire Franklin defense and scored
5000 basketball fans applauded accord
ingly.
Robbins Is not just an individual star,
but the best part Of the Rochester team
play was started by his pass work. Ro-
chesters strength was In its guards. hob-
bins md the giant, Roseberg, who Is one
of the best back guards that has played
in any high chool i've in the Central
West.
sANDUsKY MOST
POPULAR TEAM.
No more popular team ever played
| basket ball than Sandusky. They say
| there are nine boys in the school and
seven are on the squad. When the Vim
/ cennes- Sandusky game was about to start
| a pretty girl ran on to the floor, carry
/ ing a bunch of red and blue balloons
! Sandusky's colors-and as the balloons
mounted to the roof Of the big Coliseum
the crowd sent up cheer for Sandusky
/ that fairly shook that roof.
Sandusky outplayed Nincennes In the
opening half and were leading nj hair
time, 10 to y. Some critics said SAN.
dusky was playing over its head" but
he that as 1t may. there is one thing Ger
tain, few forwards play better basket
ball than r. Marlowe Of Sandusky. 1.
Marlowe his brother, plays a real game
at center. Wampler and Theobold were
the shining stars for Nincenues and the
team play of the Nincennes quintette,
coupled with the goal shooting Of that
pair, spelled defeat for Sandusky. How
ever the game was lost from the bench
for Sandusky. The Sandusky back guard,
Wilson, a tall, haired, CAST going attn
lete who worked all Of the time, was
pulled out of the game when the score
was tied late in the last half. why pun
head headf" asked every sport writer at
the press stand but that was Just what
Mapped and, although a few minutes later
| Wilson was sent back In, 1t was too late.
| The damage was done. TheObOld and
Wampler had got up close for some field
goals that gave the Nincennes team Its
victory.
No set Of rooters ever came closer to
having heart failure than did a few hun
bred basket ball fans from Anderson yes
terday. II was the last game Of the
afternoon and while South Bend was
known to have a good team, no fol
lower Of the indoor sport ever thought
that there was a player who could cause
Coach Stages Anderson team so much
trouble as did Mike Nuikos, a tai CEN
ter on the South Bend five. Every person
who saw that game hands 1t to Nuikos
for almost upsetting the dope, and 1t was
not until q bad fall injured his knee In
the final half that Anderson began to
get going big. Then Williams and Bur
dette. the best combination of forwards
on any Of the teams in the tourney, start
ed bombardment of the basket that put
the game on ice for Anderson.
South Bend was leading at half time,
10 to IL The last half was more than
five minutes old when Anderson got the
! lead that Williams made every shot
count. Williams and Burdette are dan
gerous goal getters and Coach Stages
team doomed up as a possible champion
if that team continues to play the basket
ball 1t did IN the last half Of the South
Bend game.
There is one big feature Of the tourney
that deserves to he mentioned. First, the
tournament is the best conducted Of any
of the ten annual State high school tour
neys. The men in charge should he con-
graduated. The crowds are well handled,
at the ticket office, in the seating, and
also In arrangements made to let them
out of the big Coliseum after the games.
1t must be remembered that the games
tare being witnessed by the largest crowds
that ever saw basket ball played in the
central West, the crowd being estimated
at more than 5000 last night.
Best of all for the good of basket ball
is the spirit of good craftsmanship. This
is evident on the floor, where the players
are struggling for the championship ana
on the part of the spectators, who cheer
and applaud every good play. The self
control and clean spOrtsmanship of the
men is evident in every game An incl
dent that shows 1t occurred at the close
of the Vincennes Sandusky game. As the
Vincennes team was leaving the floor,
following their victory, two Sandusky
the Vincennes athletes, congratulating