Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-18
UPSETS OCCUR
IN EARLY NET
GAMES OF DAY
Vincennes Five Falls Before
Bloomington and Anderson
Loses to Marion.
MORNING PLAY DETAIL

Cpsets in the morning play today at
the State basket ball tournament being
held a in the Coliseum, State Playground,
put some unlocked for teams into the
semi-fnal round of play this afternoon.
In the first game Bloomington took on
the Franklin five and In the second CON
test Marion met Garfield OF Terre Haute.
Bloomington advanced in the State title
play by a hard fought win over the
highly -touted Nincennes team IN the first
game Of the morning round. Franklin
was given the edge in the contest this
afternoon, as that aggregation had shown
wonderful form In the early games aud
had 4 nights rest since Its last contest.
Bloomington, on the other hand, was
forced to give all it had IN the victory
Of the morning and faced the task Of
coming tack strong against the two-time
champs.
Another upset put Marion into the
semi finals against Garfield, Of Terre
Haute in the o'clock contest this after
noon. Marion has proved the real dark
horse of the tourney. defeating Rush
Vile and Anderson, two favOrltes.
The big Coliseum filed up rapidly
for the semi-finals Large delegations
Of rooters from Marion. Bloomington,
Terre uaute and Franklin were on hand
early to cheer their fayorites.
The big upset OF the State high school
finals tourney came this morning IN
the first game Of the day.
when Bloomington eliminated VinceDnes,
the southern flashes" who had won
thirty eight straight games before meet
ing their waterloo the persons of the
Purple and white clad warriors from
Monroe County. The score was u to Is.
1t was a heavy disappointment to the
host OF Vincennes followers who had
made the trip to indianapolis to watch
their unbeaten favorites perform. The
southern rooters had never seen their five
taste defeat and II was all the more bitter
coming at a time when 1t meant so much.
Vincennes had it's eyes on the State title
and was not counting on Bloomington to
turn them back as that team had been
beaten twice during the regular schedule.
Bloomington started fast and ran up
five points before the "Alices' counted.
Logan who starred throughout the con-
test. broke the ice for the winners with
a field goal. Wampler tossed the first
Yincennes point from the foul line.
Bloomington played a great defensive
game and consistently smothered the
famed attack Of Wampler, Wolfe and
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13 to In favor of the final victors.
At the start Of the second period Vim
cennes pulled up until the count was II
to Is. but could never quite get on even
terms with their opponents. Wampler's
foul goal shooting was largely re-
sponsible for the steady climb. With only
a two-point margin to so on, Keuger of
bloomington came through with a field
goal and Logan tossed in one from the
foul line There was not much scoring
in the final fifteen minutes.
Jones, the big back guard OF Vim
cennes came down the floor time after
time for long shots at the net and they
were so close that the crowd was in an
uproar most of the time. He connected
with only one, however, throughout the
contest Theobold, the Vincennes center,
went out of the game on fouls at about
the middle Of the second half.
Logan and Kreuger starred for the
winners in their triumph. Kreuger
counted on long attempts while the lanky
center played a beautiful game on the
floor, heady at all times and bear"
both on defense and offense.
It was a case of team that has scored
large totals being smOthered by a five
well coached in the art of defense. Theo-
Wampler could get only one field goal.
Wampler kept up his great free throwing
record, however, by tossing in seven out
of nine from the foul line.
In the second game of the morning
today, Garfield Of Terre Haute opened
ers, 80 to 16. The teams looked very
NJ No ri Of tho n
test and battIed on even terms through
out the first fifteen minutes. At half
time Garfield had only a onepoint ad-
vantage, the count being II to Ii.
In the last period the winners un-
corked faster attack and ran up the
total to thirty before the gun sounded.
Fishers could get only five points while
Garfield was amassing fifteen in this
half. Castetter scored twelve of his
teams points, getting two field goals
and eight from the foul line. The for
ward showed some of the most accurate
free throwing of the tournament to date
He counted six straight one-pointers be-
fore a miss. His record was eight out
of nine
The winners divided up the scoring
Amour was high man from the field,
with four baskets to his credit Bolin
and Wheeler each got three, and Wood
burn two Garfield was to meet the
winner of the Marion-Anderson scrap In
the semi final round this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Marion kicked over the dope bucket
again in the last game Of the morning
today and defeated the Anderson team.
which was picked to win by most of
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