Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-18
Frankfort Takes Early Lead,
but Loses to Team From
Lafayette, % to q.
FRANKLIN HAS TUsSLE
Rochester Swamps Walton,
81 to 10-HuntingtOn De-
feats Syracuse, 20 to 16.
By HEZE CLARK.

Franklin, Rochester and Huntington
were winners Of the games in this morn
ing's session Of the Indiana High School
Athletic Association basketball cham
pionship tournament finals on the Fair
Grounds Coliseum floor.
In the first game of the afternoon en-
tertainment Jefferson came from behind
at the last minute to cop a % -tO-23 vic
tory. Jefferson, by virtue of this win,
meets Huntington at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning in the second round of the tour
The Frankfort-Jefferson game was the
fastest since the Franklin Ma rtinsville
contest, which opened the series. The
score at the end of the first half was
Frankfort, 10; Jefferson, 8.
Spradling was the star for Frankfort in
the first half, caging three field goals and
when the period ended he was still going
big. Behr Frankfort guard, also was
going great landing two shots in the
basket from more than half the length Of
the floor.
Grove, forward, was easily the star for
Jefferson covering the floor remarkably
well Hamer was playing a good game
at back guard for the Lafayette team.
The score was close until the last few
minutes of play when LenOrge scored two
field goals In close succession and Sprad-
ling Gagged another just as the pistol was
fred
In the second half, Jefferson came back
a WdA4Op
after the Frankfort lads in manner
that seemed to daze them. The Jefferson
count kept piling up and just before the
gun was fired the Lafayette team came
through with a trio of field goals that
brought them the victory.
Jefferson (29). Frankfort (23).
Grove ........-- Forward. $500. Leffarge
TiltOn ......... Forward. ...... mccarthy
Neuman ........-Center. Spradling
Deinhart ........ Guard. ............ Behr
Hamer ........... Guard. .......... Young
Substitutions = jefferson: Dykenhuzen
for Deinhart.
Field GoaIs-Crowe 6. Tnton ., Neu-
man l. Deinhart 1, Leffarge ,, Spradling
4, McCarty 1. Behr 2.
Foul GOals-Crowe 3. Behr 8.
Referee-Lambert Umpire-Smith.
After the morning games the entire
crowd was required to leave the Coliseum
because of admission regulations. 1t was
then permitted to return and in twenty
minutes there were as many rOOters in
side the big building as before.
Two men were put to work putting q
preparation on the playing floor and
then sweeping il off. While they We're
doing this somebody in the BlOoming ton
stand threw q handful of pennies on the
floor. This started a shower of small
coins. The men threw away their brOOms
and went to work picking up the coins,
apparently forgetting all about prepaF-
ing the floor.
floor at 40, twenty minutes before their
game was scheduled TO begin. Jefferson
appeared a few moments later.
There were few end seats in the huge
building that were not occupied this
morning, only a few, but when the
crowds kept Touring in for the afternoon
session 1t was evident that every seat in
the place would be taken, and standing
room would be about as scarce as hens
teenth. Many admirers of teams playing
this afternoon were not on hand this
morning, but they were there in large
way when the curtain was hauled up for
the afternoon performances.
Despite the fact that this is the first
State tourney indianapolis has ever had,
the crowds were being handled In fault
less style today and there will be no
kick coming from the fans attending the
games. Besides being more plentiful than
they have been In the last Few years AT
State tournaments, the seats at the Coli
scum were far more comfortable, and
there was not a fan who complained OF
having a bad view of the playing space
Franklin handed Martinsville a 27-to-2l
beating. Rochester defeated Walton, 81
TO 10. and Huntington went up for 20
tO-16 win over the Syracuse Quintette.
The franklin Martinsville contest, which
opened the final scraps between the
sixteen sectional and regional winners
was without 4 doubt one of the greatest
court battles that has ever been staged
Between Indiana high school teams.
Franklin in the first half had the better
of the going all the way, So much 81
that il seemed as though their victory
would be toe easy to crow about. The
teamwork OF :he 1920 champs was work
ing 10 perfection and they virtually
swept the Martin boys off their feet tC
catch a 16-tO-7 advantage. Martinsvill'
was slow to get started, and did not show
anything Ike their true form until the
Anal moments Of the session, when they
scored five of their seven points.
MARTINSVILLE
CHANGES STYLE.
The second half, however. was an en-
tirely different story. Martinsvllle changed
their offensive drive, centering this tim,
on Captain Tudor instead of Nash, and
opened the period with a dash Of speed
and clever playing that made ii look al
though there was trouble ahead FOL
Franklin. And there was trouble-lOti
Ct it.
Tudor. and Nash swept over the fool
like lightning in this period, cagins
field goals from what seemed impossible
shots, and the Franklin count kept grow
ing until, with two minutes TO 90 NasE
Gagged the field goal that tied the count
at 24-an. The Franklin lads had ap
peared daZed up to this time. but now
they tore in with fury, and for a min
ute the teams staged i hair-raising fght
on even terms. The break of the tie came il
Franklin's favor when Captain Vandivel
made good a chance on the free range
Ten seconds before the gun was free
Nandiver registered again for Franklin
this time from the field.
All of Martinsville's points In the sec
ond half were scored by Tudor and Nash
the former getting five field goals and
three fouls, and the latter two field goals
VHNDIVER AS
LIFE SAVER.
Franklin did not have a star in the
first half. Their team play was wonder
full and such that every man was seer
as an important cog in a great machine
Nandiyer, however, came through with
display of individual ability that saved
the day for his team. Coach Wagner
tried to use Franklin substitutes in the
second half, but soon saw his mistake
and rushed his regulars back to the
noor. This was game Tor men of cham
pionship caliber.
The lineup and summary follows:
Franklin cd. Martinsville (2D.
Cant -. 1880. Forward. ..-..-.... Nash
Friddle ......... Forward. ........... Paul
Nandiyer ........ Center. .......... Tudor
Ballard .-......-. Guard. ........... KnOy
Borden .--...... Guard. .... Smith
SubstitutiOns = Franklin: Davis for
Friddle Ross for Cant Cant for Ross
Friddle for Davis.
Field Goals-Gant 2, Friddle 3. Van
diver 8. Borden ., Tudor 3. Nash 3,
Smith 2
Foul Goals-vandiver 3, Tudor l.
Referee-Smith- UmpiTe-Miller.
ROCHESTER, Is