South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-15
AMERICAN LEGION
TOURNEY TO SHOW
STAR BASKETEERS
Schedule of State Meet to be
Held Here Friday and Sat-
urday Announced.
BY JUNO KINE,RK.

Y In the state Of Indiana viii take
part I'm the American Legion bas-
ketball championship elimination
/ tournament which will be staged on
the South Bend Y. NJ @. A court
, Friday and Saturday Of this wees.
In all 13 teams viii fight IL out
for the state supremacy Of the
! legion
High school stars ex-high school
stars, college stars. eCS-college stars.
professional stars. and amateur stars
Will be here in such numbers that
! tho tournament Will look like the
state was giving a complete combing
I for all the net stars performing
/ therein so that this tournament Will
set a precedent in basketball tour
naments for quality and ability.
Every squad which will perform
here will bring such a coterie Of
/ clever opponents Of the popular net
! game that every game will be a
I battle in itself that alone viii be
as bitterly fought over az the final
game in other tournaments. The
I con- petition will be so keen that
no one team Of the state will have
an edge over any Of her dozen rivals.
/ and 20 pick a winner now would be
like trying 10 pick the best pea
out OF "A pod if all the peas were
exactly the same size. color. weight,
etc
NaIpO Team Strong.
But as usual in all athletic con-
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and a few teams seem TO be Just
a mere trifle stronger than the
others. The teams which have the
slight shade over the other squads
are: indianapolis who boasts of
| Bacon, AL. Feeney. Campbell, and
| other consultations Of the basketball
world: South Bend with her local
| "" team. which will be fortified
| by the addition of Chet Grant. Nc
DermOtt, Award, and SabO, all col
lege varsity players; Gary. with
NinCer, former Colorado school Of
Mines star Bill Johnson. Button
Z star Of last year. and Hunt, eX-
Wabash captain: and Bloomington.
who will have practically the whole
Indiana university team.
Valparaiso will have the Val
paraisO university team which de-
feated Notre Dame I'm her lineup:
Nuncie will have DePauw universe
tvs crew; Culver will have Bob
Beck. Walter Camps all-American
football center in 1917; Huntington
will come here with the team that
held the Fort Wayne X. of C.'s 10
overtime game On their own floor
but who lost out by a % TO %
| score Logansport has Stonebreak-
er Nufced
Without doubt there has never
/ been a tournament in the state
which has ever come close to
having such a number of star per-
formers competing as this tourna-
ment will have. The smartest and
best basketball players ever devel-
oped in this state will show their
wares before South Bend net fans
in an effort to bring home the va
rious trophies which go with the
winning of the championship back
to their legion post.
Finals Saturday Night.
The teams will play in five separ-
ate patches. Friday afternoon three
games will be played. The first
which will bring South Bend and
Valparaiso together. Will start at
two o'clock The other two games
will start promptly at three and
four o'clock respectively. Friday
evening the balance Of the first
round Of games will be played.
, There will rbe games at seven, eight
and nine o'clock. Saturday morn
ing the schedule calls for three
games. eight nine, and ten o'clock
being the hours which will start the
teams against each other. The semi
finals will be played at two and
three o'clock Saturday afternoon
and the final will he started at eight
O'Clock Saturday night.
Because of there being one extra
team in the play one squad will
draw a bye the first round and an
other team, the winner OF the Hunt
inCton- Bloomington game gets the
bye IN the second round of play.
This bye will carry that team TO the
semi-finals. Culver draws the bye
in the first round OF play.
south Bends team. having the
advantage of playing on the court
ali year and having practically the
same team all year. il expected to
give the cream OF the dOwnstate le-
gions the battle Of their lives if they
are TO be knocked out OF the running
before they reach the finals South
Bend players know their style OF
play and have better team work
than other teams are expected 10
show because the majority OF the
other competitors have men on their
squads who have not played to-
gether much during the season and
their team work consequently viii
be apt 10 suffer Team work plays
an important part in winning has
ketbaU games. and II the local post
shows good in this branch Of the
game they should go 10 the finals.
Kenzler. Rhodes. and Kizer who
have played together during the past
two years are just about rs good
as they come and when given run
ming mates like Grant. McDermOtt.
Award. Cooper. and Sabo to nil in
the other two positions they will be
mighty dangerous.
Schedule Of Games.
Tickets for the games have been
placed on sale in the following
downtown cigar stores: Hullie and
Mikes. Platners. McInerny and War
ner. Goats. and Jimmies. Besides
these places tickets may be procur-
ed from any Legion member. The
tickets covering the admission 20 al,
games during the entire tournament
are selling for the modest price OF