The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-17

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- ASKETBALL fans who fol
IL low the high school games
By vEDDER G A R D


X low the high school games
are so apt to forget that the
players are just boys. In many
communities over the State the
stars of the various clubs are made
heroes and their every move is
given exaggerated Importance.
The same pitiless publicity that
falls to the lot of a national sport
celebrity IS focused to a lesser de.
gree on many prep basket player
in Hoosierdom. 1t is a condition
that cannot be changed, while
human nature remains the same.
This is a nation of herO-wOr
shippers, but the minute the ath
Ietic god slips a little from his
great performances the public
is as eager with it's censure as it
was with its praise and adula-
ton.
This tendency makes it mighty
tough on the boys in the glare of
the limelight throughout this
State. In dressing room the
other night at a high school gym
one of the players said. why
these folks around here tell me
what I'm going to do almost be
fore / know 1t myself. They tell
me where I've been and where I'm
going. And they tell me lot of
things I never even thought Of
Wish they'd lay off Of me-"
That lad said m0uthful. But
such condition is bound to exist.
And that's not the worst of it,
The minute a team slumps
little all sorts of rum0rs arc
spread by malicious gOssipers
vino should be put i'm jail. The
most absurd tales find some
who believe them.
We have heard stories abouI
two Of last years final tourna.
ment stars who were placed on a
number of "all-State teams which
We know to be absolutely false.
Have O heart! Have a heart
They are just boys-no different
from other average youths with
the exception that they can spin
a ball through a hoop and are
able to dash through forty min
utes Of the most strenuous pas
time better than the other fellow
What's this? Notre Dame max
ing plenty of points on the bas
ketball floor and acting as
though the players knew what
it was all abOut-surely not! But
it must be true. Three victories
in three starts, two of them over
Big Ten teams, Minnesota and
Northwestern, is the record to
date. But let's wait until after
Friday night and see what hap
pens when Iowa is met on the
new floor at NOtre Dame. 1t
will be real test. 1t will show
whether the NOtre Dame five is
something to get excited about
or just another good HoOsier
team.
Sure enough, Goslin is just a
Goose" as Earl Smith intimated
many times in the last world
series. The Washington outfielder
parked his auto in a forbidden
spot and was hailed into court in
the Nations capital for violation
Of the traffic law.
to1y wi
ia that way? The other night
the New York sports pro
moter Opened" his new Madison
Square Garden for the third time
and for the third time it was
damned. The first event in the
new sports emporium was the six.
day bike race. Crowds thronged
to see the pedal pushers go round
and round.
The next opening" Of the Gar.
den was the Berlenbach-Dala clancy
scrap. Another sellout. Then
came 1.-The "oflicial opening" with
glistening ice as the lure which
drew another capacity crowd to
watch a hockey contest and see
the fancy skaters.
Three selouts in three weeks.
Is it any wonder that behind that
big perfecto and through the
smoke screen can be seen large
grin on Tex's countenance?
Some one told us recently we
hadn't mentioned Red Grange,
for several days and wondered
what was the matter. In order
not to disappoint any one well
say this for Red--he lived up to
his contract" with Illinois,
which ran three years, THEN he
changed his affiliations. Get the
idea?
ITO one could convince
I'M Fletcher, Butler basketball
player, that the sun is shin
ng today. The former Shelby
vile star was all ready to make
the trip with his team mates to
Iowa City Wednesday afternoon
In the final practice Fletcher
sprained his bum ankle and Coach
Page was forced to leave him at
home.
Now, on the other hand, DOG"
Summers IS feeling mighty fine
he took the injured players place.
But just remember, Fletcher, the
ards aren't usually stacked
-o1I'II cot q esood hand lafer on
yhich will mean you'll have a