Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-04

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II:Oo-vaIey Mills uG vs. Browns
sEn-FINALs (AFTERNOoM.
f;0o-Ben Davis vs.. Manual
S;Oo-TechnicRl vs.. Valley Mills.
FINALS CNIGHT).
sioO-Winner p. m. VS.. winner p. m.
In the second round Of the local sec
kional high school basket ball tournament
at the Coliseum, State Playground, Man
ual, Technical and Valley Mills emerged
the winners this morning and went into
the semi finals this afternoon along with
Ben Davis, which jumped to a place
among the first four by its victory Fri
day over Broad Ripple. Manual was TO
meet Ben Davis at o'clock this afternoon
and Tech was to play Valley Mills at B
o'clock.
Manual was the only team in the morn
ing contests today TO have easy sailing.
New Augusta proved easy for the south
side five. Tech was forced 10 fast pace
for its win over West Newton and Valley
BrOwnsburg. which showed much better
than was expected
As the tourney play gradually ar
rOwed the field Of contestants The enthu-
siasm of the followers of the various
teams increased and IL was a bowling
host that witnessed the struggles OF the
a. m card. Manual and Tech rOoterS
were doing their best TO raise the roof
and said that if their voices held out they
would continue to do their share this
MAYOR Lew shank was discovered this
morning between halves OF the Valley
Mills and BrOwnsburg game sitting up
IN the bandstand and he Immediately
came in for much attention. The roOters
yelled for speech and Lew responded;
telling the high school students GSsemDle
that he was strong for sports, and what
the kids" wanted he was FOR.
Manual and Tech are likely 20 come
together in the final contest TINS evening
at S o'clock. IL such a thing happens II
will be big night in local high school
basket ball annals.
In its second appearance in the local
sectional Manual had another easy game,
winning hands down from New Augusta
I'm the first game this morning by the
score of 43 TO s The Red and White
team Jumped into the lead at the starr
and was on the long end OF a y TO
count at the end of the first half. IN
the final period Manual continued 10
pile up the total while the losers were
helpless both on the attack and DEFENSE
The final period found New Augusta
scoring only one point POI t., on 3,no eo-iis''
Manual worked the ball down the floor
in splendid fashion and counted great
number of the tWO-pOinters from under
the basket Their opponents seemed I'M
able TO stop the rush OF the south slders
offensive drive. Floyd and Harmeson
plaved well for the winners. the lSttel
counting nine times from the neld De
fore he left the game. He was the man
that Manual fed the ball to under the
haskell and he was much too fast Tor
the opposing guards.
Manual was to take on Ben Davis this
afternoon at o'clock IN the nrst OF Ire
semi-hnal games Lineup anu SUMMARY
Manual (4S) New Augusta 80
Martin ......--...F -........-.. brScksn
Floyd ............-E.. .--.-....... EosIeI
HaFmesOn .-.-...-S. .-..'. 7 e ~ 1
Summers .........G. HODingsWorI Q
Rail ............G ........-..--.. ward
northumberland for Martin
Glazier for Floyd; Blers0orIer, LOT ri ma
meson, II. Berry for Brsckin. D. Berry
1 ES6Isls% 0lg 8: Floyd. 5: Glazier, /;
HarmesOn. Q. BiersdOrfer. i summers 5,
2; Brackin, 1; Holingsworth / FouI
Coals-HarmesOn 1 out Of D BracEen,
out OF .; Foster, . out OF O. Hollngs-
worth, 1 out Of L
Technical came through the second
round with a victory only after the
toughest kind OF q battle with West New
ton In the second game or the morning
card today. The fnar score was II to D.
Both teams used a fiveman defense for
NATION and the points were hard 10 make.
The first half ended, to + In this period
West Newton had more shots than Iech
but failed to connect. IT tne maj frame
Tech outplayed the county team and de-
served the victory.
The local east Side Eve used the short
pass and at some stages seemed 1ncIined
TO pass too much when close 70 lne
basket On the other hand the losers
tried long shots when they found the
Tech defense q tough proposition 10
break through. Two Of the longest shots
Of the tourney were made by Edwards OF
Newton and Nipper Of Tech at the start
OF the second half. After Tech had
counted twice from the foul line Ed
wards threw a basket from about three
- Av-fv1 fn
count. A minute afterwards Nipper re-
pested Edwards shat and the Green and
White rOoters went wild. Nipper was the
backbone OF the local team and his all
round play was outstanding. He scored
I'VE out of six from tie fifteen fOOtKl inc
Edwards guarding featured West New
tons play. Lineup and summary:
Technical 90. West Newton o..
Woolgar .....-..-..k ...------.-.. DAVIS
Jerry -.....-....-..F -.---....... Burke
Sipper .....-.......G..-...- Carter
Cnger ....-...-.....G..-... Edwards
Substitutions Adkins for Jerry,
Helfenberger for Edwards. Field Goals
Green burg, 2; Adkins, 1; WOOlgar, l;
Hipper, L; Davis, /; ROuton, 1; Edwards,
]. Foul Goals-Nipper, . out Of 6; Ed
wards, cut OF 4, Davis, out l.
In the last game Of the morning today,
valley Mills defeated BrOwnsburg, L to
TO- in 4 contest that was close all the
way. At the close Of the first half the
score was tied at 6 apiece. In the first
minutes Of the second period the Browns
burg five forged to the 'front.' but long
ones By Lugar decided the battle. Lugar
was the only Valley player who could
score from the field. He tossed in four
tEO-pointers and two from the foII line
for ten of his teams twelve points.
The game was closer than first ex-
pected and was stubborRly contested
throughout. There were only seven field
goals made IN the struggle. Fitch for
Brownsburg was accurate from the foul
line, getting four out OF FIVE tries. Line
up-and summary:
Valley Mills (12). Browusburg GO).
Lugar .......-...E Pollard
Stewart .,........E .--.............F Fitch
Thcrnberg .-.....C ............. McCOwn
seerley .G-.....>S.s. Brown
Harung .......-..G .Herdrich
ubstitutions--Britton for Seerley. Seer
ley for ThOrnbsrg. Field gOals-Lugar
4; Fitch, ]; MCCown, 2 Foul goals
Fitch, 4 out OF 8 Lugar, > out OF ,:
Stewart, 2 out o. g.
Muller Sprains Ankle
BERKELEY, Cal, March 4-"Brick"
Muller, University OF California's star
football, baseball and track athlete, may
he out Of athletics for several months
as, the result Of 2 sprsined ankle, sus-
tanned While sliding into home plate
hut was getting into trim for The track