Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-27
BASKETBALL
HEZE
CLARK
BIG WEEK FOR
PURDUE QUIN'r
BOilermakers Meet Wabash
and De PauW-Butler
Plays Yale Here.

Only three major attractions fin the
Indiana college basketball sport await
Hoosier net fans this weekend, but the
class of these games more than makes
up for the deficit in quantity. Purdue
vs. Wabash at Charlottesville Thursday,
Purdue vs.. De PAW at Greencastle Fri
day and Butler VS.. Yale here Friday
form a trio of court battles that will be
hard to beat in any one week OF COM
petition.
Last year Purdue had one of the very
best teams in the Big Ten and was
twice humbled by Wabash. This year,
according to BOilermaker followers, Pur-
due has a better five than last year,
and the question which will be answered
Thursday night is Can the Scarlet turn
the trick again." The game Thursday
will have more than Il bearing on the
championship of Indiana. Two Of the
best teams in the West will be strug-
Cling for 4 victory.
Both teams are veteran ffves. With
one exception in each instance the per-
sonnet of the two teams viii he the same
that battled last year. Crane probably
viii fill in the Wabash vacancy at for
ward. while his teammates will be Adam,
Goldsberry, Burns and Crater. Gulllon,
Piggy Lambert's sophomore center, VIII
likely start the game in this position.
Eversman and Masters. forwards, and
White and Miller, guards, probably viii
complete Lanbert's starting lineup. Gul-
lion IS the new star.
Both Purdue and Wabash have re-
NAMED undcfeated so far this year, al
though the Lafayette crew has played
more games than the Scarlet. Purdue
has Victories over Franklin, Rose Poly,
Butler and Chamber Of Commerce to its
credit. while Wabash has defeated Earl
ham. Chamber of Commerce and Lebanon
Independents. WabaShS overwhelming
victory over the Lebanon Independents
last night a team that defeated Butler
- ..10
the early season play Of the CrawfOrds
Vile aggregation, while Purdue's bright
point was its - TO u victory over But
Ter after the local team had trounced
Chicago and Wisconsin. Both teams de-
fpated the Chamber Of Commerce by
close scores. On paper the two teams
appear practically even. It should be
some game.
After this hard contest Purdue will
travel tor GrecncaStle for i game with
De Pauw that viii be every bit as i'm
pOrtant IN deciding the hnal standing OF
the Boilermakers In the State and Middle
West as the contest Of the preceding
night With q team of veterans that al
ready has humbled Indiana and North
western Universities. old Cold followers
have got their eyes fixed on pinnacle OF
basket fame this year higher than any
thing ever before thought Of by support
ers Of the Greeucastle school The show
ing Of Walkers team TO date has sur
passed the preseason predictions OF the
most enthusiastic.
De PAW and Purdue did not meet on
the basket bali court last year, but two
years ago the famous Purdue victory
Five twice defeated the Nethodists by
n one point margin. Mendenhal anu
Cannon forwards; Bills, center, and
Young and MoGer, guards, viii likely be
the De pauW starting lineup. Purdue
will be lucky to come through two such
games on consecutive nights unScathed.
Pat Page. who seems to have the
happy facility of being able to make
good schedules for his Butler teams,
spraug a surprise on the local net fans
by announcing some time ago that the
IrvinCtou five would take on Yale during
the HOLIDAYS The time is finally at
hand. The ola Eli team is on trip
through the Middle West and Is finding
the competition all that ii expected and
quite a little more. BdSket-ha followers
will have a chance 10 see the Eastern
STYLE of play. which seems to De defense.
defense, defense, combined with pass
pass. pass and not enough shoot. shoot,
shoot II a few more Eastern fiyes
would make the Western trip the eute
Atlantic Coast teams would learn some
valuable lessons about the net game.
Last night Western Reserve OF one:
humbled the big Eastern school by -
to II score.
One of the biggest crowds that ever
witnessed a basketball game In this
CITY is expected to turn ont and back the
locals against their touted adversary.
pa,.e has worked his men hard since the
Purdue disaster and has his men IN greae
condition. The squad has held several
lone workouts on the TomlinsOn Hall
floor and will be ut home" on the large
court when the two teams line up for the
fray.