The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-21
EXCELLENT BASKETBALL CARD AWAITS FANS
TONIGHT when LEGION BATTLES MIAMI And
kEWPlES TACKLE Gree NSBURGH LITTLE GIANTS

One of the best basketball cards of
the season viii be staged at the Coli
scum Wednesday night when the
American Legion basketball five
stacks I'D against the fast Miami uni
versity varsity five for 40 minute
battle in the second game of the even
ing The first game OF the evening
will be played between the Camera
Shop Kewpies and the Greensburg
Little Giants.
Both games promise to be hard
fought battles from the start to the
finish with either team having
chance to cop the long end of the
score. Fans are promised many thrills
before the evening is over.
The Miami five is a veteran team.
The Miami vets were the Ohio confer
ence champions for last season and
are looking forward for another cham
pionship this year. The same men
who were on the team last season
are playing their old positions again
this year Coach Little has worked
these men into a wonderful combina-
ton, and the game will give the local
fans an opportunity TO see the fastest
team Ill the ClllO conference III dIllOh.
Coach Little has four men who
played on the Hamilton high school
five two years ago and one man from
the Stivers high school in the same
year These two teams made a fine
showing in the big high school tourney
at Chicago. With Coach Little at the
helm the men are playing a much
faster brand of game than in their
high school days.
Miami Victories
This year the team has a win over
the Cincinnati Gyms, one of the
strongest basketball teams in Cincin-
natl Monday night they trimmed the
crack Dayton university five at Day
ton.
In Coach Titles lineup Wednesday
night will be Heater, one of the best
forwards ever turned out of Stivers
high school at Dayton, House, a star
on the Hamilton five, will play for
ward. The other men Milders, center;
Wire and Essig, guards, are from Ham
ilton high school five of two years ago
The old combination of Little, Win
tiers. Simmons, Higgins and Bertsch
will be used in the game Wednesday
night by the Legion as it seems to be
the best combination the wearers OF
the Old Gold have tried to date. The
remainder Of the squad will be on the
bench ready TO be sent into the con-
test at any time.
The first game of the evening VIII
be played between the Greensburg Lit
tie Giants and the Camera Shop Kew
pies and one of the fastest junior
games of the season is anticipated,
Greensburg has lost only two games
mr.
those defeats was handed to them by
the Kewpies, early in the season at
Greensburg The DOWNSTAIRS are
coming here bound for revenge and
will fight to the last minute to cap
ture the victory.
EckoIs Coach.
Gus Eckols, coach of the Richmond
high school basketball five in 1919
that made such good showing in the
state tournament, is coaching the Lit
tie Giants and has them playing a
very fast brand of game. The team
has been strengthened since the Kew
pies met the Little Giants by the adj
dition of Marlowe, star center OF the
Sandusky high school five last season.
He is a great floor worker and pos
sesses a keen eye for the basket, drop
ping them through the nettings from
all angles of the floor.
The Overman brothers who play the
forward positions, form one of the
hardest combinations to stop in the
Junior circles this year, and will cause
the local guards much trouble through
out the contest. These two brothers
have played together for several years
and work together in regular clock
like order.
It is not known just who will start
the game az back guard for the Kew
pies. as Monger is back in the field
after being on the bench for several
weeks as the result Of an infected
arm. Either Monger or Eikenberry
will start the contest. 1t is probable
that Eikenberry will start the game
with II. Monger working in later.
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