Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-20
GARFIELD ALVEY DARK HORSE
RIGHT UP TO FINAL MINUTES

Athoroughbred horse, light in weight
and named for former president Of the
United States came prancing out of
Terre Haute Thursday, entered the black
horse show at the Coliseum, Friday and
Saturday, and carried away a share OF
the honOrs while Franklin was winning
the State high school basketball cham
piOnship for the third consecutive year.
, The Terre Haute product showed Its
speed by galloping through the Indiana
| towns of Whiting, Fishers and Marion,
in less than two days time, then showed
its spirit by prancing in Franklin Satur-
day night, squarinR of and giving the
greatest high school basketball team in
tor the world, which ever you pleasel
battle that made eleven thousand
spectators gasp and the greatest high
school basketball team in Indiana Cor
the world, hustle to come out on top.
FIRST HALF
FINISHES CLOSE.
The final score was 81 to Is, Frank
lin, but this doesn't begin to tell Of the
gallant fight that Garfield put up against
such big odds. The score at the end OF
the first half, 0 to 7. Franklin, or per
haps little later, after about i've minutes
of the second period had been played
and Garfield was leading y to IL, tells
more clearly the tale of the final game
! 1t was not until late in the game that
| the fighting spirit and determination of
the Garfield aggregation succumbed to
| the finished and relentless game and
| tournament experience Of the wonderful
| Franklin team, the only high school out
| fit to ever win the Indiana champion
| ship for three successive years.
| The final game opened Saturday night
with many people staying home in prefer
| ence TO Witnessing the slaughter OF Gar
! field and the same Garfield putting up a
defense that Franklin could not pierce
| with consistency. Even the great Van
| divier, who all through the tournament
| had dribbled through opposing teams for
many Of Franklin's points, found himself
started his rush through the Garfield
players Franklin held the edge over
| Garfield in this session. but had to tight
| for every shot at the basket, which We
few and far between. Wheeler on the
other hand kept Garfield in the running
! by accurate work from the foul line.
GARFIELD GETS
OUT IN FRONT.
I At the start of the second half Frank
| lin slightly increased its lead only to
have Garfield with Wheeler playing phe-
nominal basketball, forge into the lead
at u to II. II was here that all Of the
tremendous power Of the Franklin quin-
tette came into effect. with a rush that
bewildered the Garfield players, but did
not dishearten them, Nandivier and Cant
fought their way through for point after
point until in an instant the score was
20 to u. This burst Of speed spelled de-
feat FIR the Terre Haute team, but they
never gave up and when tho final gun
sounded they were playing the cham
pious on even terms.
Wheeler, the extremely young and
frailly built center Of the runners-up,
played q wonderful game Three field
goals and seven points from the foul
line brought his total TO thirteen points.
oil but two Of his teams total score. For
Franklin Vandivier and Cant continued
the wonderful work they had displayed
all through tho tournament. Cant
counted i've times from the feld and
Vandivier four with the latter adding four
moro points TO his total out Of FIVE at
tempts from the foul line.
Franklin had played but ono game