South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-20
1922. BASKET BALL
SEASON Big YEAR
IN STATE SPORTS
Close of State High School
Tourney Marks End of a
Successful Year.

INDIANAPOLIS. March H. The
championship same Of the nth an
nual high school basketball tourna-
ment here saturday night marked
the close of the greatest season of
basketball that the state has ever
known. a season that not only has
stirred Indiana i'm every community
large enough TO support high
school team. but has crowned Hoo
sier aggregations as the greatest eN-
ponents of the game in the world.
Indiana colleges and universities
PLAYED basketball as never before
this year and for more than "a de
cade the court game has been a
major college sport in HoOsierdom.
Wabash college. as state collegiate
champions, succeeded also i'm win
ming the-hrst national intercollegiate
title here a week ago. Purdue uni
versity won the Western Conference
basketball title. the most highly
coveted honor in an organized coll
legiate bask etbaU circles lin the
United States Critics who have
seen the leading eastern and western
teams and the leading Indiana teams
play. declare there are at least four
teams in Indiana that could success
fully survive any interstate cOmpe-
tition.
Wabash Outstanding Star.
Wabasl lost only a few games
during the year and won many. In
point of victories. the 1922 team eX-
ceIled the famous Wabash Wonder
Five of several years ago. Butler
defeated Wabash on the Crawfords-,
VILE floor, as did Purdue, and Pete
Vaughan's big, fast team lost by
one point at Franklin, on floor
which Franklin has successfully de-
Tended itself in every college game
this year Wabash later scored vic
tories over Butler and Purdue and
defeated DcPauw twice. DePauw
on the other hand won its game with
Purdue.
DePauw lost twice 10 Wabash but
otherwise had a creditable record.
1t was Fred Walkers first year as
coach at TigertOwn. DePauw also
won from Indiana, Chicago, North
western, Centre, Notre Dame and
Butler
Butler. with Pat Page as coach
for the second successive season.
made further strides that promise
10 make Butler one of the top
notchers in middle western athletics
in years to come. Butler won the
T. c. A. L. basketball title IT also
won games at Wisconsin. Chicago,
Centre. Notre Dame and Wabash
The Butler varsity played thirty-one
regular games during the season.
It lost 10 Illinois at Urbana by two
points. twice 10 DePauw and once
each to wabash and Purdue. As
was the case with Wabash Butler
lost a one point game at Franklin
Local victories also included those
over Centre, Yale. Franklin, Earl
ham. Lake Forest, Notre Dame,
Rose Poly and state Normal.
Purdue won the Western Confer
ence championship. bringing a Big
Ten major title back to Indiana for
the first time in many years. Coach
Lambert's men lost only one Con-
ference game TO illinois by one
point Purdue's victories also q
cluded one over Colgate.
Franklin Finishes Strong.
Franklin. after "a late start, came
up strong and defeated both Butler
and wabash on its home floor by
one point margins. Prospects at
Franklin for a winning team next
year are just as encouraging as they
are at Butler and Wabash, whore
only one first string man graduates
i'm each case.
Indiana University PLAYED a short
Hoosier schedule. but i'm state games
lost two ard then defeated DePauw.
and also lost TO the Indiana Dentals.
Earlhau. Rose Poly and state Nor
NAL. J. c. A l.. schools. presented
fairly fast ives. though not in a class
with Butler. Manchester was
stronger than in any previous year.
Other Indiana schools shat main
tanned a varsity schedule this year
we're. Oakland city Valparaiso St
Joseph's. Muncie Normal. Central
Normal. Indiana Law Indiana Phar-
macy, Hanover MerOm and %orth
American Gymnastic Union College.
In every case unusual support was
given the college teams. and i'm sew
eral instances basketball was made