South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-04
ORANGE AND RLUE.

OhANfFE AND BLUE
Snow furrics dancing IN the ar
have brought back the chill OF old
king winter. Along with this comes
the spirit OF the basketball driving
away all signs Of a slump that SO
often comes with the slightest touch
OF spring. n the snow keeps up
there could be 10 better weather
for the sectional tourney 10 be
staged at the local ~ gym today
and Saturday. And this IN ITSELF
means that the contests TO be staged
will bring snappy performances.
All preparations have been made
for the tourney and everything IS
expected TO run along smoothly
from the tire that Kingsbury and
Goshen raise the curtain this morn
ing at o'clock until South Bend
and Nlshawala end things up I'm the
hnal game az O'Clock saturday
evening The high school Will be
excused for the day. and with the
swarm Of students from the local
school, along with the crowds that
are expecting TO accompany the
home teams TO South Bond. a
capacity crowd II expected TO Ill the
g!m.
Renders play Twice.
Kingsbury. In Crosse and Goshen
arrived last evening along with a
fair handful q fans. All during
this morning hves will be turning IN,
and b. this afternoon the tourney
will be well under way.
South Bend plays two contests to
GAY. starting Off with the second
-nixup with II Crosse. a bunch OF
huslSics that appear AS II they might
know something about the game. In
the evening they start of the second
round with meeting Goshen at 1880
O'Clock.
Coach Hastings and Cooper marN-
cd the Orange and Blue n 20 meet
the best IN this section. after put
ting the locals through a short shoot
ing drill followed by workout on
new formations. The locals have
been drilled throughout the week
behind closed doors. and when they
meet Ia Crosse in their opener.
local followers will be somewhat
surprised 10 the Orange and Blue
changed style Of play The local
mentors viii likely save as many
regulars as possible until they are
needed 20 swing the tide of any con-
test. II is possible that the entire
first team viii not be seen until the
semi-hnais or II Laporte proves
somewhat away from their usual
line OF play. local fans may not see
them until the encounter with Mish-
awake in the finals
Goshen i'm Opener.
Mishawalsa has not been slow in
recognizing The best chance that the
Maro6n and White has had IN years
70 win tho sectional. They have
been dismissed from school 20 work
out on tho 'Y" hardwood IN the
afternoon. The absence Of Weiss
viii be somewhat "a drawback 20 the
eubuEban fve. and they viii miss
undoubtedly their best all around
player. From appearances In their
recenp> practices Coach Mueliers
men have rot FULLY recovered from
their slump. but all This remains TO
be seen when once they Get under
way in the tourney.
III The opening OF the meet at
O'Clock Goshen by virtue Of her past
performances "a expected 20 take
the Kingsbury FIVE over without
much exertion. The Goshenites OF
late have been developing Into a
Meet aggregation. and several weeks
ago succeeded in drubblng Misha-
waka on the Goshen floor
South Bend and Ia Crosse a. 10
o'clock can hardly be considered in
tho dope as the la Crosse OUTFIT Will
undoubtedly be 80 overwhelmed by
the large local floor mat the Orange
and Blue subs will have Nttle trouble
IN trimming Thorn By a large margin.
with Michigan City and Nappanee
Flashing az Il O'Clock FOR the morn
ing final the harbor city Eve viii
take over Nappanee by a close mar
gin Nappanec has annexed one win
over Michigan City from their home
court. BIZ. since that time the Lake
City men have nj; a stride that may
lead them 20 De the big dark horse
OF the tournev.
Flkhart IA DARK HOrSe
LaPor;e and Union Mills will turn
into win FOR ,he Threshermen
when they stack up 40 O'Clock IN
The Afternoon. The LaPorte squad
viii likely use mos, az the subs.
saving the regulars FOR meeting with
their old rivals o~er az Michigan
City the next day.
Erroneous reports have been
spread around about North Liberty
Tic North Liberty OUTFIT instead %
dtfeat-rE Plymouth by a So 20 %
count fell before the junction lads
~ that score. The second team Eve
% the local high school freshmen
went 20 North Liberty some time
sEo. and rOsed them out OF a close
victo.--. Wi.h these facts North
I4bert,- possess few OF the traits as
hitherto the I've was Eroonned as
possessing
Bremen and Flkhart az 8 in the
afternoon VII not be much OF a
trial for the railroad city men. as
Elkhart rarkS wei as one OF the
lsadsrs in this 6istrict EIiIha-t has
been developing ia.o a real outfit IN
recent games. Snd may prove = dark
torss.
Al $50 ir the evening New Paris
and Bristol kill compete. with Bris-