Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-17
DECISIVECARD
IN PREP RANKS
FORSATURDAY
Battles of Week Will Aid in
Solving Problem of State
High School Title.
SEVERAL CLAIM CROWN
BY HEZE CLARK.

BY HEZE CLARK.
High school football games are at
tracing more than usual attention as
the gridiron season nears its end. With
the State high school championship
claim I'd by a number of teams the games
being played in various parts of the
State from now until the end Of the sea-
son are of much interest To be sure
some Of these games do not have bear
ing on the, State Championship. but
others have a direct bearing on that
honor
Two Indianapolis games are of inter
est to the local grid fans. First, the
Technical High School game with the
Louisville Male High School to be played
at the Technical field Friday, after which
local football fans interested in prep
school teams will turn their attention TO
the Manual Shortridge affair to be fought
out next Wednesday afternoon at Irwin
field. Shortridge played a 0-to-0 tie
with Technical Manual played a O-to-0
tie with Technical. Therefore IL ap
pears that when Shortridge and Manual
meet. there will be one real game result
ing in either tie score or a close score.
Technical has been pointed" to the
Male High School game this week. The
east side school has shown wonderful
improvement from the early season form.
Technical Will need all its strength, for
Male High School is the champion prep
team of Kentucky. Reports from Louis
ward, the Male High School coach, has
developed one OF the most remarkable
football machines ever built in a Ken
lucky high school With Capt. Kerwin
Marks and Sadler the Male Il. S. eleven
has fast-traveling back field. The Tech
Male game Friday will sure be one of
the football treats of the season.
IMPORTANT GAMES
OUT OVER STATE.
Over-State teams have some big games
Saturday. Three contests loom up in
importance. Kirklin-Logansport at
Frankfort, Central High School of Ev-
ansville and Fit. Wayne at Evansville,
and Richmond Sheridan at Richmond.
II Richmond should defeat Sheridan then
the Quakers will have some claim on
State honors, but should Sheridan defeat
Richmond then the Quakers must be
content with claiming the high school
championship of eastern Indiana.
There IS one thing about the Sheridan
team that must be said in all Justice
to that school. Sheridan has shown q
willingness TO meet all corners. which can
not be said Of some other schools. First,
Sheridan met Cathedral High School OF
Indianapolis, and Sheridan is the only
team that has Teen able TO defeat Coach
Al Feeney's outfit Cathedral has sched-
uled numerous games this season, only
to have the games cancelled by the other
teams. Some other teams over the State
who are making claims to State cham
pionship honors have lodged the Cathe-
dral team with extreme care, hiding be-
hind the statement, Sheridan beat Cathe-
dral, ID TO 0, and we want to meet only
indicated teams"
Sheridan showed wonderful form up to
and including the game with Technical
High School. Then Kirlin bumped ali
Of the State championship claims out of
Sheridan By a top-heavy score. How
ever, Sheridan continued trying TO meet
amy and ALL high school football teams.
vn1o 81 n % n 10 III No, az,T
Training High School, and when the
opportunity came met Central High
School OF Evansville. 1t was a long
"trip for the Sheridan team, but the game
splendid spirit of craftsmanship shown
won the praise for Sheridan of all the
sport writer's Of the Evansville papers.
Central won that game, SO to Z. Now,
Sheridan is scheduled TO meet Richmond
and the game is sure TO be a good one.
IOGANsPORT AND II
KIRKLAND IN CLASH.
A game that will bring together two
undefeated high school teams will be
played on a neutral field at Frankfort,
Saturday, when Kirkland and Logansport
clash. Both teams are putting forth
the bringing OF these two teams together
IS step in the right direction In settling
or at least Narrowing down the State
championship situation.
OF the two teams Ktrklin has met two
teams which are probably stronger than
any Of the elevens played by Logan
sport. These two teams are kentland
and Sheridan, and Kirkland defeated
Logansport found hard was Rensselaer,,
and Logansport won from that eleven by
a close score. The recent % to victory
Of South Bend over Rensselaer, causes
football fans to believe that South Bend
has q team that would give any prep
eleven in the State trouble. The two
Gary high schools also have not been
defeated.
FIdrew D. CisselI, editor Of the Frank
fort Morning Times, in a recent letter
states that he hopes that the winner OF
the Kirklin-Logansport game viii meet
the winner Of the Emerson-Broebel 1.-THE
two Gary high schools) game. He states
that the South Bend team lost to one Of
the Gary high schools. II the winner
of the game at Frankfort meets the best
Of the two Gary teams it would appear
that the winner OF that game would have
a strong claim to State championship
Cissen points out that Garfield high
Of Terre Haute, mediocre team, recently
waf1oped Central high Of Evansville" The
5 5Sss o. ll tue far fetched to can Team
ssstt e sst win & f PSintss over te team
me 3ned,oe e1s5'f team Garfield Of rerre Haute
Is far from being joke team.
CATHEDRAL LOST
70 SHERIDAN.
cathedral Of Indianapolis, the best
bet Ii the Capital, was walloped by
Sheridan and thus they are out" Cissell
claim LAM the State High School champion
chip. However. when shown the letter
discussing the high school football SIT
said, as he pointed to the above statement,
1--WE thank him for giving US credit for
being the best high school team in In
dianapo1is, but Kirklin would not play
na. Cathedral Is willing to meet the
winner OF the Kirkin-Logansport game"
So 1t goes, teams from all parts OF the
State have their claims to being the
strongest and best. Central Of Evans
vile In bringing Ft. Wayne High School
the entire length Of the State for a game
q doing much TO give the critics a
Chance to use the comparative SCORE route
IN ranking thu high school football
teams, and therefore the game is i'm
portant although both Central and Ft.
wayne have lost at least one game this
year.
The high school football championship
is always a disputed honor each year
unless one team shows such wonderful
strength as to be generally admitted the
best in the State, which was the case with
VTahaxn EJfCh EnhooI last EaaS0n