South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-20
WIN FROM ELKHART
SENDS LOCAL TEAM
TOSTATE TOURNEY
COOper's Basket Tossers Vic
torious I'm Sectional Meet
Held Here.

/ South Bend "Y" basketball tOssers
will represent Northern Indiana az
the state basketball championship
\ for independent teams which viii be
held in Indianapolis the last three
days Of the week. They earned the
right 10 do this by running away
from EIkhart alumni in a game.
which the least said about il is the
better. by a score OF ~ TO 10.
TIE Elkhart crew was no match
I for the local tossers and We're able
20 tally but one point in the whole
| first half, that being the result OF a
/ free toss by Kistner. The railroad
I boys improved their offensive ability
I i'm the latter due 20 the laxity Of the
local guards nine times. The local
team was off form and had they
been going right it is difficult TO inn
agine what the result would have
been.
Radebaugh who played but the
last half was the Iuminary of the
game He played a whale of an Of
fepsive game. caging seven field
goals and worked we'll in the team
work. G. Kenzler got six goals and
a foul. Miller who substituted for
Rhodes looked good.
Win From Silver Lake.
The Y. VI. c. a. basketeers proved
victorious again in their game with
Silver Lake in the afternoon program
Of the tournament for the champion
ship Of northern Indiana, by a score
of 81 TO %. The locals showed some
fine flashes of pass work and the
shooting of Kenzler, center, was eX-
ceptiOnal.
In the second game of the after
noon Elkhart won over Argos by n
score Of 81 TO 6. Elkhart was much
too fast an aggregation for their op-
pOnents and had the ball in their
possession most Of the time.
Silver Lake won from Etna Green
q to : in the opening game of the
northern Indiana sectional tourna-
ment at the Y. NJ. c. A Saturday
morning. Both teams missed numer-
Gus shots at field goals and were
lax in team work Instead of at
tempting to work down the floor a
long shot fever affected both squads
with the result that both played ex-
ceedingly rough in their efforts 10
prevent their opponent from get
ting loose"
Silver Lake led at the end Of the
/ first half to and the smallness
of the score rightly indicates the
closeness with which the players
were guarded. The largeness OF the
. ~
the competing squads at a disadvan-
tage and particularly the Silver
Lake and Etna Green squads War
ner of the victors played a consistent
game and scored Il Of his team :
III points. Michael. his teammate.
Gagged three field goals. Scott with
two field goals and a free throw to
his credit. played best for the losers.
G.. a. Cooper physical director Of
the Y. NJ. G. A. refereed.
Beat Goshen Legion.
South Bends Y. NJ. c. a. squad.
last years sectional champions sped
away from the Goshen American le-
gion quintet 50 to with a second
string lineup playing most Of the
game. The locals showed some of
the fastest and best play they have
worked this season. Too much speed
had the Goshenites breaking their
necks in attempting to follow the
ball and the visitors We're complete
ly lost from the start.
Cooper's regulars scored Is points
in the first six minutes OF play and
with substitutes playing a fast game.
ended the first half 81 TO . in their
favor. Radebaugh at forward toss
ell in five field goals in the few
minutes he played and the fact that
nearly all Of his shots We're made
in under the basket, shows with what
precision the locals managed their
teamwork. No sooner did a Goshen
tie get the ball than he found the
Y. NJ. c. A. squad guarding him COM
pletely. George Kenzler, as usual
contributed his share of points with
five field goals and a free throw
during the initial half. Kizer and
Marks. not only guarded we'll but
took numerous opportunities 10 drib-
Dle down for field goals.
Charles Kenzler. who was severe
~ AnIultu dbOuA the WIlSL III lAluAE-
day nights game. took his brothers
place at center during the second
half and had three field goals and
one free throw 10 his credit at the
end of the game. Miller lost few
/ chances to score and Rhodes fea-
tured in the teams passing. With
the return of the regulars in the last
minutes of play. the "Y' spurted and
finished with IS points of which
/ Radebaugh made Il.
Bremen Legion Loses.
Argos American legion won one
/ of the closest games from the Bre-
men American legion squad 10 to II.
\ The victors led 10 at the end of
\ the first half and both sides missed
numerous easy chances to score.
Fink. a rangy center on the Argos
squad should have placed his squad
I'm "a commanding lead with the "un-
\ der the basket" chances he had,
/ but at that he contributed much to
his teams victory. The result of the
game was III doubt until the last
minute OF play. Dietrich scored