The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-07
First Team
Reg. u. 8.
Pat. Off"

Selecting an alI-diStrict team Is
matter of conjecture and opinion and
IT is agreed by all critics that no two
ton of a team.
With 125 basketeers to choose from.
many of them making their first ap-
pearance on large floor, some play
ing for only one game if their team is
defeated, an infal.ible all-district qu:n-
tet is impossible.
The selections made by The PaIlad
lum are the result of a collaboration
of opinions of basketball fans who
have witnessed the present toucna-
tournament. No doubt there are many
other good players who are not men
toned, but the system now used for
determining the district champion
makes it impossible to see all the
players under series of conditions.
Three Forwards.
In picking Lamb, Wichterman and
Harkins we believe we have the three
best men represented for the forward
positions. Lamb, no doubt, was the
fastest man seen in action in the
tourney. He plays a wonderful floor
game working the ball up the floor in
fine style and is the possessor of a
wonderful eye for the basket, dropping
in goals from the center of the floor
as well as from under the basket.
Wichterman plays a good steady
game at all periods. He has a faculty
for being where he is needed, and pos
sesses a good eye for the basket, and
is a good, heady basketball player.
Although he plays center position on
his team, he would make a very val
liable forward because of the above
points mentioned.
Harkins Fast
Harkins, although a small man, IS
fast and covers wonderful amount Of
floor His chalking up of total OF
"a points during the tournament is an
enviable record. Sixtyfour of his
points were the result of field goals.
He is a dead shot under the basket
and dribbles with unusual ability. His
position nthe team is assured.
The center position is without a
doubt the easiest position to pick.
Peters, the lanky Fairview man has
the undisputed right to the honor
His strong point is laying under the
basket, tipping in goal after goal, as
no man is quite tall enough to stop
him. Not only does he possess a good
eye for the basket, but he can also
work the floor in fine style.
Hard to Pick Guards.
Picking the three guards no doubt
is the hardest job to do as some classy
guards have come to light in the
tournament. But in Loehr, Ridgeway
and Green, we think we have the
| three best men. Loehr no doubt should
be given the floor guard position over
Ridseway, as he is heavier and shows
lots of fight Loehr shows unusual
talent at dribbling the ball up the
floor, and has good eye for long
shots and is always in the thick of
the fight and is a good, heady player.
Ridgeway is given a guard position
as he is good dribbler and possesses
/, a good eye for the basket. The early
displaying his ability. He cages goals
from the center of the floor as we'll as
under the basket and is good consist
ent player. Although his team was
defeated in the first game he was the
back bone of the teams play.
Green Back Guard.
The back-guard position undisputed.
I ly belongs 10 Green of the Richmond
team. He is a big heavy man and
possesses unusual speed for a man his
size. Few forwards have Gagged short