The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-10-21
COACH CURTIS IS
LINING UP GREEN
MATERIAL RAP IDLY
Have Hard Schedule Ahead
New Gym Being Constructed
One Regular Left.
By HEZE CLARK


MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Oct. I'll
Few high school basketball teams are
more feared this year by their oppon-
ents than Martinsville. The Martins
Vile high school has in past years
been represented by some of the fast
est and strongest quintets developed
at any prep school in the States. Time
and again Martinsville has reached
the State basketball championship
tourney only to be stopped by a mar
gin of a few points when meeting some
of the best teams in the tourney.
This year the Martinsville basket
ball fans believe the school will have
a team that will prove stronger than
any ever turned out before. 1t Is
Glenn Curtis fourth year as coach at
MartinsviIe. He was formerly one of
the best basketball players at In
diana State Normal.
Coach Curtis knows championship
teams are not made in one season.
He has started a system Of develop.
ing the kid athletes in the lower
grades into basketball players. He
has taught them the art Of shooting
for the basket, of guarding an op-
ponent in a clean way so that no
foul will be made. He has carefully
watched and kept record Of the ply
steal condition Of every boy in Mar
tinsville High School. He knows and
keeps a record OF the weights Of bas-
ket-baI players. Nothing tells more
certainly the physical condition pf an
athlete than the way in which his
weight varies each day. Coach Curtis
knows this and he is developing a
team that will be in shape for each
and every one of the nineteen games
on the schedule.
NIartinsville has one of the best
high school gyms in the State when
q playing floor is considered, bu: tie
limited seating capacity has made
necessary a new gymnasium, AMI this
IS being built.
While Capt. F. Balm, back guard, is
the only regular of the team this year,
Coach Curtis does not lack material
from which to build a championship
quintet. Two good centers are inClud
cd in the squad. Hugh Brown and
Bill Smith are the rivals for the pivot
position. Smith is freshman. both
have the height and speed and both are
remarkable goal getters.
Four forwards have the class to
make good on the first Martinsville
team. Reginald Cox, William Row
land, r. Schnaiter and Frank Jerrod
are the forwards. Jerrol is six feet
one inch. He formerly played at Par
agon. He is a flash on the floor and it
will take a clever. speedy guard to
keep him covered.
Captain Balm, known as one OF the
best prep school guards in the State,
is playing a better game than last
year. Balm weighs 162 pounds. Two
bows are rivals for the floor guard Job.
Hal Asher and Warren Schnaiter are
both strong defensive men and cover
the floor like a flash. Berril Wright,
a former Charlottesville high school
player. is after guard position
Martinsville has one of the hardest
schedules in it's history. The schedule
follows: Nov. ,. Danville at Martins
Vile; Nov. 10. Shelbyville at Shelby
VILE this game marks the opening Of
The new Shelbyville gymnasium; Nov.
IL. Cireencastle at Martinsville: Nov.
o. Columbus at Columbus; Nov. %,
Bloomington at Bloomington; Dec. ,,
Bedford at Martinsville; Dec. S, Frank
i'm at Martinsville; Dec. 10, Muncie at
Muncie: Dec. %. Vincennes at Vim
cennes: Dec. >. Shelbyville at Martins
Vile: Dec. %. Technical high school Of
Indianapoh sat Martinsville; Dec. %,
KOkono at Kokomo; Jan. 5. Bloom
.ngtOs At Martinsville; Jan. u. Frank
lin AZ Franklin; Jan. 19, Greencastle
az Greencastle; Jan. 26, Columbus at
MartinsvilIe; Feb. ;, Vincennes at Mar
tilsvilIe: Feb. IS. Bedford at Bedford,
and Feb. 23. Muncie at Martinsville.