The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-07

Shortridge Drops Technical in Hard
D Fought Contest-Manual Is
Still in Running.
BY DICK MILLER

school teams that faced the
stsrter's gun Friday morning
we're left in the race today for
the championship Of the local
sectional tourney that will end
1t the Exposition building at
the State Playground tonight.
Nine teams, including Tech of
Indianapolis, were crushed Fri
day and with packed bags
trudged back to their gym
nasiums forced to wait for an
other chance in 1926.
Shartr.dge, by winning the first
game OF the second round from Tech
Friday night entered the semi-finals
and at 2 p. m. today they will meet
Ben Davis.
Manual defeated Broad Ripple at
: 10 a. m. and West Newton won from
New Augusta at IL a. m. The win.
ners Of these two games. respective
ly. will form the other semi-hnal
pair In the 3 p. m. game. The win
Mpers in the semi-finals meet at 8 %.
for the title Of this sectional and
The right to journey to Anderson
next Saturday for the regional con-
flict *
After watching the performances
of the teams in their first round
games Friday, it would seem that
Ben Davis. Manual and West New
ton have the best chances for vic
tories this morning. Dopesters are
picking Manual and Shortridge to
tangle in the final battle tonight,
but from the performances of New
Augusta and Ben Davis in their
first games the cid dope bucket
might get an awful Kicking. Its a
case Of look out for anything"
Tech Downed
Shortridge rose to it's heights to
down Technical after trailing them
10 to 8, at half time and emerged
a victor, % to 10.
Wehrel tossed foul for Tech and
the East siders ran the score up to
seven before the North siders were
able to count their first point on a.
foul goal by Sayce when Babcock
fouled him.
Foul goals by SpaLldlng and Chris
topher and field goal by Sayce ran
1t up to five, but Gift sank two foul
shots and Shortridge called time out
Spaulding tossed field marker and
Christopher sank two from the foul
line to carry the Blue and White to
nine and tie the score. Gift had
made two additional foul goals just
before. Sayce fouled Wehrel and he
~nk sthe~try that gave the Green
I'd White a one point margin as
The gun cracked for the half.
OPEN UP
Sayce sank two field goals and
Spaulding foul goal to send the
Shortridge score to Ia soon after
the second half opened, Gift sank
a long one. Cliff fouled Sayce, who
tossed it, and the blue and white,
through great work on the part of
Christopher and Spaulding, soon
boosted the score to %. Tech played
hard and field and foul goal by
Gift and two foul points by Blunt
and Babcock boosted their total to
10, but the fighting blue was not
to be denied and they stalled for
time. The gun cracked and the first
Indianapolis entry was eliminated by
ore OF the other local schools.
Ben Davis trimmed Castleton
handily AZ to 16 in the first after
noon game Friday and Manual made
late squirt to down Oaklandon, 81
to 10. Riggs and Martin carried the
Manual brunt
Broad Ripple pulled a surprise
party on Southport and the conf
dent suburbanites fcn to the way
side before the fourth Indianapolis
high. school, II to IS In the last
game Of. the afternoon West New
ton, likewise pulled late rally to
down Beech Grove, 25 to 81. In the
last game OF the first round Friday
night Marcem of New Augusta
slowed GOOD basket shooting ability
to aid his team to smother New
bethel, IS to rs.
WEST NEWTON