Indiana daily times., 1922-01-09
C=l News or THE DAY I'M [==l TFIE WORLD or SPORT
IN THE WAKE OF THAT BIG
WABASH-DE PAUW NET PARTY

De Pauw over confidence and an opti-
mlstic determination to win on the part
Of the Little Giants played a big part in
the final result. Before the game started
it was very noticeable that the lie Pauw
rooters, relying on that double-crossing
kdder, Old Man Dope, had conceded
themselves q victory in advance and in
view of the victory over Purdue the week
before were inclined to look on the con-
test as little more than De Pauw cham
pionship JoIlidcation.
Wabash, On the other hand, while not
for n minute blufed, took the situation
seriously and its players got into the
game with A rush that swept their oppo-
nents off their feet.
AS a matter of fact the game was over
before It was ten minutes old. Three
field goals by the fast flying Crane, who
was the most spectacular player on the
floor, one, each by Crater and Adams ana ana
a foul throw by Goldsberry gave the
Little Giants eleven points to little one
scored by Cannon on a free throw. After
this De Pauw found itself, but 1t was
too late The damage already had been
done.
Tossing from the foul line was the
poorest seen in a big game in Indiana IN
years. If either team could have bor-
rowed Don White of Purdue or Griggs of
walked away with the game on free
throws alone.
While Cranes basket shooting was
sensational, q substantial share Of the
credit should go to his teammates, for
they fed the ball to hlm in excellent
fashion, Goldsberry being PartiiculaIriy y
fine game at floor guard and was a
big factor in breaking up De Pauw plays
With wabash nine points to the good
and the game nine minutes to go, Coach
Walker rushed the fast flying Bills into
the game to pull it out of the fire a s he
did against Purdue under somewhat slml-
ute or two it looked as If the plan would
work for Bills put a lot or pep into
the fading De Pauw hopes. but he Just
barely missed two baskets, and as the
ball rolled around the edge and hnally
trickled off into Grater's waiting hands,
a Groan went up from the De PauW
bleachers and history refused to repeat.
The De Pauw cheering was as good as
any ever heard at a basketball game
Jimmy Sheets, the old De Pauw cheer
leader, was back for the evening and Kept
the big crowd going all the time. Despite
the shock of seeing what was scheduled
for celebration turned into massacre,
the De Pauw stands stuck to the team
to the last gun.
Wabash was represented by a relative
" small but extremely noisy aggrega-
ton of rooters that was running around
IN circles after the game beating each
other on the back and telling the world
at large how they knew it all the time.
Mendenhall was the hardest fighter on
the De Pauw team. He was not hitting
the basket as he did against Purdue, but
his floor work was splendid.
wabash got four and five shots at a
time under the basket on numerous occa-
sions Moffett apparently was leaving his
territory in an effort TO increase De
were disastrous.
Tudor, the MartinsvilIe freshman,
went IN at forward for De Pauw in the
last fiye minutes and showed a lot OF
speed In De Pauws final, desperate bid
for victory.
Peare, the new Wabash center, was as
nervous as a debutante ct her first dance
during the opening minutes Of the game,
but as soon as he recovered from stage
fright he settled down and played q
wonderful game. He took about 90 per
cent of the tip-offs and this enabled Wa
bash to keep control Of the ball the
greater part of the time.
Crater the Great played a whale Of a
game at back guard for Wabash. Seldom
did an opponent get under his basket
and If he did he didn't make anY exten-
siYe visit.
1t was n blue bunch OF Dc Pauw
rooters that left the gymnasium after the
game, but they We're all predicting n big
comeback at the second game. which will
be played at CrawfordsYille