Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-08
h CHARLIE LOGAN.

by LO0aNs
Never before has Indiana been enriched
with the wealth Of basketball material
Ike in the season just fading out, yet
never before has the task Of selecting an
all-State combination been as easy as it
Is this trip.
Wabash. Purdue, Indiana. De Paw and
Butler turned out teams during the sea
son Just slipping into the background
that probably would stack up with the
best teams in the United States. Meet
ings between these clubs showed tnat
there was mighty little difference be-
tween them and results Of their games
leaves the State championship argument
about as clear as the muddiest puddle on
the globe. However, II one would go
miles and miles around TO figure the re
suit would show Coach Pete Vaughan 5
Wabash crew holding q slight edge over
all others, but the edge is q mighty slim
one. Notre Dame delivered a team that
did not enjoy the sensational seasons OF
the other teams mentioned, but there
were two men on the club, Mehre and
McDermOtt, who are not 70 be passed
up IN making the mythical selections.
But In the Hne-ups Of all these great
combina tons so evenly matched, the bid
ders for all-State hOnors have laid their
claims on such sound foundations that
one can hardly make a mistake when
starting out to gather the players who
would make the best possible team were
they put under one head
WABASH GETS q.
TWO FORWARDS.
Snake" Goldsberry and Cat" Adams
of Wabash and "Fuzz" Cannon OF De
Pau*y are we might say without OppO-
sitlon in the first team forward ranks.
Goldsberry was the scoring life Of the
Wabash team from the start to the I'm
ish of the season and he would rate as
the best forward IN all HOosierdom. on
nights for Goldsberry were not passed
out. The former all-American hIgh
school boy was worth his weight in gold
all the time and he never failed to do
his share when Wabash needed points.
Adams probably was as valuable to
the Wabash team as was GOldsberry. al
though he has not been given the public
credit Cat" is chained lightning when
he gets out on a basket floor, and he
knows how to use his speed. either on
defense or Offense. A peep at the Wa
bash record sheet for the season VIII
show that Adams has donated his quota
OF the baskets every game. GOldsberry
was the lOng-shOt man Of the Wabash
club, and Adams was tleir best bet from
short range. "Goldie' liked 10 take his
shots from near the center Of the door.
on the side, but Cat had a fayOrite
trick Of GTibbliug in ana caging .'em
from under the loop. Adams was one Of
the best dribblers in the State.
The smOOthest, coolest and Eeadlest
forward IN INDIANA was cannon OF De
PAW, who also packed a world Of fight
in his cOura geOus heart. 1t was Can
non who brought De PAW win over
Wabash in their meeting at GFeencastle
last week. He not only led the field IN
scoring. but he OutScOrsd the entire Wa
bash club in the second half Of the
game and showed a fighting spirit that
put the old stun in his teammates after
they had been set back by the loss Of
Bobby GipsOn, through an accident
which occurred in the opening moment
of play. Cannon is a clean-cut athlete
and he gets around the basket court
with the grace and ease Of a past master
at dancing. He seldom shows IN any
great prominence as a mixer. but that Is
because he knows how to do things with
out exertlng himself to any great tx
tent He always figures on the harder
work ahead. and when this hard work
comes it always finds him ready. No
better proof OF this can be given than
his work against Wabash the last time.
as though he would drop to the floor
from sheer exhaustion at any moment,
but when he was carried from the floor
with a wrenched knee, late in the seco nd
half. a moments nursing and rest in the
dressing room brought him back TO shape
and he hObbled out to finish the battle
without slowing up one whit.
Cannon's start was a little late this
season. but he soon made up Tor lost
time. Besides being a great floor man,
"Fuzz" will take care OF himself in com
petition with any gOal-getters in In
diana.
There Is no question about the cen
tiers. Dean Of Indiana and Mehre OF