South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-20

CubSuLuUOnS--d lllCG Tor MCDeT-
mott, Grant for Rhodes. whiteman
for G. Kenzler, c. Kenzler for AL
ward, Moore for Peck, and Peck for
Moore.
Field goals - McDermott, g.;
Rhodes, 3; Kenzler, 4; Kizer, .; c..
Kenzler, / Grant. Miller. /; Peck,
4. Thessin. .; Layton, l.
Free throws-G. Kenzler, f..
Thessin, 2; Layton, 8.
Superior team play, which found
Mendenhau on the scoring end Of
many well directed passes, enabled
Indianapolis 10 grab a II to 10 lead
over Gary in the first half Of the
semi-final game between them to de-
eide the contender for the honors in
the final game against South Bend.
Gary was somewhat bewildered by
the rapid fire work Of Indianapolis,
and looked lost. They tried hard to
stop the DOWNSTAIRS offense, but
failed. The next half they came
back and injected several fresh men
into their lineup. and the difficulty
was overcome. When a team of the
Caljber of Indianapolis, which is
practically the whole Em-Roe team,
is shut out during a Commute pc
riod from one field goal it is quite
evident that they are playing oppo-
nents and know their Bermudas.
Gary also bettered their offense, al
though they scored only as many
points in the last period as they did
in the first.
Thompson, the Gary center. is re-
sponsible more than any other one
man for the Gary victory. He played
a Srand Of defensive ball that pos
sibly could not be better. Every
time the ball came his way he
stopped the offense of his opponents
and started it back toward his goal
with unerring passes to one OF his
forwards During the first half he
played a rowing game, but in the last
period he stationed himself under
the basket and stopped everything
directed his way. Mendenhall, picked
this year as forward on the All
Indiana college team. struck a snag
in Thompson, the like Of whom he
never faced in previous competition.
| The flashy Indianapolis forward was
able 20 get the ball toward the back
board only thrice during the whole
I last period. and all these were at
tempted from a respectable distance.
Behrent i'm Lineup.
| Veenker was the shining light in
the offensive play Of the winners. He
missed many shots which he should
have counted, but anyhow he made
just enough 10 win. He made il of
his squads total. Five goals were
made from the field and the other
four were added from the free throw
line. Joe AIcCauley, lengthy Gary
guard, got a pair of losses from the
field and guarded nicely. Hunt made
the other points for Gary on a field
goal. He also figured prominently
in the team play and guarding which
was responsible for his squads tri-
umph. Cecil. playing running guard
for Gary. is a fast and hard player.
but can not shoot. He muffed a nice
opportunity 10 score while the game
was hanging fire with a shot directly
under the basket and tried several
other shots. but missed all OF them.
Mendenhall played a whale OF a
game for the losers. He found the
net four times in the initial period.
but the guarding in the second half
kept him well under cover. and he
/ had no chance 10 drop the pellet in
the mesh except from long distances.
I o. Behrent PLAYED a nice game for
Indianapolis. too; he got a pair OF
I field goals and stopped many Gary
passes which were destined for Veen-
ker. the well-fed Gary forward, who
was supposed 10 drop them through
the iron hop. The summary;
Gary. 20. Ind'plis. 10.
Veenker 900. Forward Mendenhall
Hunt Forward. Kline