Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-02-07

group Of the fastest amateur basket
battles that have ever been offered In
dl8napOlis fans was staged in the nrst
round Of the Indianapolis sectional of tina
State amateur meet ut the Y. NJ. {. a.
saturday afternoon. Six games were
played and every one was one worth any
bodys time and nickels.
The South side Turner's, Traction Ter
minals. Boys club Den Zares. Y. NJ
Fl. A. and ~" Leaders were the win
ners Ia the first round and next Satur-
day afternoon will dud these teams fight
ing their second round battles as fol-
lows: Traction Terminals VS.. Boys Club,
Den Fares IS. y. NJ. II. A. and ""
Leaders vs. Turner's. The winners OF the
first and second games then meet to see
who plays the Turuer-Leader winners Ia
the Tuesday night hnals.
These second round battles should be
much better than tie first, because tue
six rema ming teams are without a doubt
the fastest amateur combinations In In
dlAn4pOlIs, and they are paired In man
her to give the fans the best possible
entertainment.
Smart Of Southport and Franklin of
Upton didn't do much good for the
North Side Vets against the Turner'S In
what proved to be the feature contest
Saturday afternoon. The Turner's were
running right in this contest and they
humbled their cOck-sure opponents with
a SO to 16 beating before packed house
The Vets looked good in the first half
OF the scrap and went Into the rest pc
riud with a Is toto advantage, but the
south 3 ders hit their stride In the sec
ond session and held them TO a lone
field goal and one foul, while Hank
Stevens, Underwood and Secrest were
registering total Of twenty six points
for the period Hank counted twenty
points for the Turner's all by his lonely,
getting nine field goals and a brace OF
fouls. But. you've got to give NaiAe
MidIleswovth credit for about half OF
this total. Wallie carried the bail under
the basket time and time again, only to
pass to Stevens. who made the points
while the Vets were smothering Wallie
under a defense. The floor work OF
MtddieswOrth and Stevens was about as
good as anything seen on the \. III. Z. \.
door this season.
The unsuccess Of South and Franklin
Of the Vet crew is easily explained, as is
the reason why the Vets got only one
field goal In tile second session. "Iubby
Stevens and Brook Secrest were up to
snun IN their guarding.
Smart would soon starve to death II
he earned his living jumping center
against Red Underwood.
It looks like old times to see Slaughter,
Drawer, Black and Hawkins sailing
under the same nag once more. The
members OF the 1920 district champion
shin Tech High school team, with Rob-
erson, formerly OF Ben Davis, taking
hghting the Den Zare battles In the
tournament and doing mighty good JOB
Of it. They scored a 2O-to-l2 win over
the Fairbanks Morse squad Saturday
some class when they tGngle with the
Y. NJ. H. a. in the second round this
week.
tournament, didn't know how many
friends he had in this world until he
stepped out into the lobby for a breath
ing spell saturday afternoon. Ihey
honey. each having but one question III
mind. Got any compsF
If there were any medals to be awarded
in this tournament we would give Joe
Rosenthal a whole handful of them, then
nat ourselves on the back for using such
good Judgment. Joe won the admtra-
tion Of every fan in the hall Saturday
afternoon when he went fourth to battle
with the Junior Chamber of Commerce
against odds that no other player in the
city would battle against When game
time came there wasn't a y. NJ. H. A.
regular around the place, with the ex-
ceptton of Oe himself. However, he took
three of the youngest Kids in the hall,
put them in uniform and was out look
ing for another starlight" when Dave
Yaver, regular ~ NJ" 1oor guard, came
along This combination then went out
and held the Chamber to n 5-to-5 tie in
the first half oe scoring all points for
the Jews, and with Mike SaGalowsky and
Mike Rosenthal two more regulars, in
+be limo I'M i'm the second half the Y NJ
H A marched through for a 16-tO-11 vic
tory Our friend Joe played one of the
best games lie has ever played against
the Chamber OF Commerce outfit and nine
out Of ten people who witnessed the
game were pulling for him to win.
Now that the Y. NJ. H. A. have wealth
cred the first round, we can rely on theIn
to come back in full force for the later
battles.
The foul goal throwing of Holmes
brought the Traction Terminals 17-to-15
victory over the Lauter Club in the open
Ing game. The teams fought an even
battle and had the same number of field
markers, but Holmes threw five foul
goals for the fractions, while Hopkins
tossed only three for the Lauters.
The Turner Actives,r who have been
hitting a rather speedy clip all season
looked terribly slow when squared off
a gainst the Boys Club outfit. The count
was 20 to s.
The Pottawattamis couldn't catch their
stride in their contest with the "Y" Lead
ers and went down to a 26-to-16 defeat.
The "Potts" have an alibt in that they
entered the tourney late and some of
their regulars, thinking they would not
enter, signed with other clubs. Barnum