Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-01-31

The Marion County High School Ath-
letic Association basket-ba champion
ship tournament at Iomlinson han Fiji
day apd Saturday showed i've little lei
lows from Valley Mills superior by FAR
to any combination in this vicinity, In
dianapoEs schools excepted, In the popu-
lar winter pastime.
Although smaller physically than any
combination they faced in the tournament
play, the lads from the Valley had II on
all or their opponents In playing the game
and stepped up for credit that has been
coming to them all eason The nar9eE
the opposition was the better the valley
team travelled, which explains the reason
for Cumberland's 20 to Z defeat In the
championship battle Saturday night.
PASSING OF
HIGHEST CLASS.
The Cumberland team set a faster pace
In the early rounds than did the Valley
Mills team and 1t was believed that
real battle would be fought when they
mt in the finals, but the Valleyites evil
dentally had been holding back for this
contest during the two days Of play, be
cause they cut loose at the start OF the
big fray and team-wOrked the Cumber-
land crowd to a standstin The passing
Of the winners WAS OF the highest class
aud the Cumberland huskies were power
less before their drive. +. ard NJ. Thorn
berry also played a great guarding game
for Valley Mills to keep the Cumberland
point getters away from thu basket ana
force them 70 do their shooting from the
distance.
There are countless numbers of tasks
harder than that OF picking &n all-cOunty
team after you have the indianapolis
school players eliminated.
The most essential part OF the team is
the scoring combination and there Is none
better than that OF Lugar and Stewart
forwards, and McMullin, center. all mem
bers Of the championship Valley Mills
team. Lugar and Stewart are a pair Of
forwards who get around the floor in
great style and who ring the point bell
from any angle, but are particularly good
under the basket.
STEWART GETS
SEVEN BASKETS.
Lugar was Valley Mills big scorer until
the hnal game, then he was so closely
guarded that the ball was fed to Stewart
who scored seven felt goals. McMullin,
as center, completely outclassed all OPP
ponents. He outjumped Witte OF Cum
Deriaud IN the hnal game and scored four
baskets from his favorite sideli posi-
ton. This member OF the Valley Quin-
telte Is also a crack free throw tosser
The team that gave Valley Mills the
hardest fight IN the tournament was Ben
Davis and the player chiefly responsible
Tor this close scrap was Frelzee, 1oOr
guard of the Davis team. This youngster
was door guard on the second all sec
tional team Of last year, and bids fair to
cop first team hOnOrs this time. He wins
the all-county floor guard bonors In a
walk FurgasOn Of Cumberland is the
choice for the back guard position. Fur
gason was used as floor guard by Cum
berland and played a whale of a game
throughout the tourney, but with both
Furgason and Frelzee on the same team
the former would be used to better ad
vantage under the basket.
BRANDT AMONG
HIGH SCORERS.
Ben Davis. West Newton, Cumberland
and Valley Mills players cut In for the
second team positions Brandt, Ben Da-
us center. Is shifted to forward and
Stlvers of West Newton is teamed with
him. Brandt is nothing out of the ordi-
nary ms pivot man, but he is the main
cog of the Ben Davis scorers Of the
tournament Stivers carried the brunt OF
the West Newton scoring burden and
showed Is an expert on under the basket
shots. Either Of these players could
handle the foulthrowing Job handily.
Witte Of Cumberland gets the center
position. This boy looked like the best
pivot man In the county until he stacked