Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-17

q OnfInued FROM fAEe One.J
erywhere, for many net fans planned 10
remain in the Coliseum the entire day,
in order TO see every game.
Young fans. elderly fans and fans not
so elderly were on hand in the big bas-
ket plant" to witness the various CON
hicts. and they entered into the cheering
whenever a thriller basket was thrown,
The local high school committee in
charge Of the state 1nals tourney ar
rancements had every detail worked ont
10 a nicely and the early crowd was
handled nan able manner
Franklin High School, two-time State
champions. opened up the tournament
this morning with a victory over Cen
score of q to 49, The southern team
fought hard, but could not hit the net
with consistency At the start OF the
game the Central five opened up strong
offensive and obtained more shots than
the Champs, but could not make them
count. The first period ended 10 to IL
in favor Of Franklin.
The winners played one OF their char
acteristic games and showed an even,
strong game both on thc defense and
attack The were especially good on
breaking up the losers dribbling and
stoned this style of attack at most
stages Of the encounter. Doss was the
big star for Evansville, counting all but
two Of his teams points and travelling
over the floor in splendid style. Cant,
Vandiver and Friddle of Franklin ul-
vided the scoring between them. The
first two named tried their luck from
the foul line and both were bit off
form.
FRANKLIN meets Bedford in the 80
game tonight in what should be thrill
ing battle The Stone City five has
victory over the champs this season.
Bedford smothcred Atwood in the final
period OF the second morning game anu
won handily by 40 TO Il count. AFTER
rather slow start the Stone City team
came back strong in the second half and
bombarded he basket for field goals
galore. The first half ended, 10 to IL.
Bedford The winners showed marked
Improvement in their passing after the
zen minute rest period and rapidly pulieu
away from the Atwood five. N the
latter part of The contest Dye hit the
loon from every angle. He counted six
baskets from the field. Richter. the
Bedford floor guard, also came through
with six two pointers from the Moor.
the final minutes of play.
Sutherin at center for the losers was
the whole show for his team, scoring
an even dozen points with three from the
field and six from the foul line.
Bedford showed a strong team ana
should give Franklin battle in the hrst
of the Second round games, the last
contest on the card tonight
The highly touted Vincennes team had
it's hands full with the dark horse"
Cutler team in the last morning game
today, but after a hard struggle came
out on top by score of 81 to %. The
Cutler team played a cool, clever game
at all times. The first half ended 18 to
a. in favor of the "Alices.' Two long
shots just as TIE initial period closed
by r. Stephenson and Lucas of Cutler.
pulled their team up almost on even
terms with the southern flashes"
The second half was close, the losers
coming UP to within one point of the
Vincennes five. The score at one time
was 20 to 10, but the dark horses"
although fighting hard, could not quite
reach their opponents score. Hoffman
came through with a long one and
Wampler tossed one from the foul line,
giving vincennes a four-point lead that
they never relinquished. The down
staters gradually edged away and as
the final gun was fired held a nine-point
advantage. TheObold was the high
scorer for the winners with seven
baskets.