South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-03
ODDS SHOW ORANGE
And BLUE TOSSERS
AS SECTIONS BEST
City Prepares for Basketball
Carnival at y" Friday
and Saturday.
BY JUNO KINFRK

- non the NortnCEn llnldnA SC
tionaI high school bass< etbau fourn-
ament gets under s-ay Friday morn
ing ~ o'clock fans who follow the
? net game Will have a chance 20 see
some o. the best basketball games
OF the year crowded into the short
space q time before the finals = q
urday night az 2 o'clock and after
tho curtain raiser IS hours -arlier.
IN All rs teams from four counties
surrounding South Bend VIII send
representative squads here. some ~
the teams are better than the others
but then there - always. the olmeu-
~ chance that leads uncertainty TO
an athletic tournament OF any kind
A reversal OF form. a playing OF
overhead games. and other factors
enter into a tournament and often
the rank outsider upsets the done
and leads the field.
South Bend really seems 20 be the
cream OF the field. She has gone
through her past season with 10
victories and two defeats Both
losses were suffered on foreign floors.
and both Of the teams 20 whom she
lost did not belong 20 this section
Gary and Kendallville high were thc
only schools 20 lower the locals cOlJrs
and they by close scores.
show Real Form.
In picking n squad out or tAc rest
Of the contendcrs one il confronted
with Job that demands careful
consideration. Michigan City. La
porte, Mishawaka. and North LID
erty. Of whom little IL known, really
appear 20 be the strongest on paper.
None OF these teams have played
with tho consistency that South
Bend has and for this reason they
can not be given "A high ratin-.
At times ali OF the above mention
"a squads have exhibited real cham
pionship form, and then again they
have PLAYED like a bunch OF AMI
atc71rs. North Liberty however. IL
an execution 70 tiEs rule insofar as
We are not familiar with her record
during the season. only last Sat
urdav they totallcd 80 points in
20 minute e. me. That in lfFeh u
some feat AGAINST any team Their
opponent was Plymouth high achooI.
The highest total that South Bend
ran uD during the season was -
points th1t made against Nappanee.
South Bend has an onense thot
boa~,s Of four excellent shots on
thcir regular squad. Nytkos ana
Edwards ore exceptionally good ON
re.tinE away fer many baskets IN
prr.e = hecr and Anderson botn
Save upcannv eyes for locating the
roop and Coaches Cooper and Hast
fov~ have i've men on the reserve
SQUAD who are almost on q par WIZ
tl,a regulars North Liberty may
.p-irg u surprise and kick the buck
Ct sDrawling.
laporto and Michigan city VIII
moot i'm thc second round of games.
Zach should win their first game
with little trouble. saturday morn
frS nj Q O'Clock they viii clash. us
8 tossup between them with the odds
slightly favoriue Iaporte. Norm
Liberty plays her drst game Friday
afternoon a. o'clocE. Her oppoi
ent Will be NInlcrsburg whom she
should varquish easily. Misha waka
meets I.akcvillc and South Bend
clashes with Lacrosse in their in
itia1 games. Roth are Set-ups-
Finals a Feature.
south Bend viii have easy sailing
until the sc1ri-hnais when her or
moment will probably be laporte.
Afishayvaka also draws an easy
scheduIe until her s5mi-hna,s. The
Maroon and White viii meet the
dark horse North Liberty or EIN-
ba-t in the seu,i-duals. Unless the
done gets a kick both Mishawa'a
ana south BEND viii come out vic
torious in their Saturday afternoon
games with hard battles.
The finals M 3 o'cock Saturday
night will be we'll worth coming
miles 20 see. II South Bend ard
Nffshawa Ila meet fans can look for
ward 20 seeing one OF the raStes'
and most bitterly contested h'gh
school games ever staged in q sec
tioraI tournament. NIishawaka Won
football game from the local grid
rio7 warriors last fall after plenty
Or argument I'm which the locals sp-
carentIv robbed OF victory 10y incom-
petent officials. They viii make that
I'D with compound interest for that
defeat II they meet their nciEhbor.rF
rivals in the finals. Mishaw" "a W''I
81 course make a desperate attempt
"a win but the fc-oeity OF the local
attack win knock thcm for q row
Of icIoos when they CLASH.
special arrangement for the com
for Of the thousand fans who WI.
invade the city will be made b- local
hosteir,cS The PLAYERS VIII also be
given special consideration in The
matter o. arrangements and many
MI be quartcrcd I'm The doTnitories
~ the Y. NJ. g. A. Even tho local
SQUAD viii bc kept in the 'N' so
that every girc and assistance can
be rendered them without inconven-
ioncc.