The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-30

teachers" in central and south
ern Hoosierdom. 1t has been the
boast of other sections Of the
State, whether true or not, that
the net sport was farther adj
vanced than in the North.
In seasons past a rough style
of game has been played which
has detracted a great deal from
the efficiency of the clubs. Foot
ball i'm the North has been the
featured sport, and some of the
grid tactics were taken onto the
hardwood.
Times have changed. Just the
ether day we were talking to
Coach Shake of Mishawaka, whose
team is at present on a trip which
ends tonight in a game with Green.
castle High School. He said:
why, down here in central In
diana they play a rougher game.
They don't let us guard from the
rear up north"
This remark came about when
we told Shake in a kidding manner
that his basketballers perhaps
liked to rough it UP because they
all were members of the exception
ally strong Mishawaka High School
football team of last season.
If we had not 0fficiated in a
game at Rochester we would
have had to take that statement
of his with a couple grains of
salt. Rochester played a re-
markedly clean game. 1t looks
like the old order of things is
changing. rs
1t is surely a fine thing. We
do not know how much the basket
ball clinics at La Porte had to do
with this pleasing change, but
the explanation Of the rules IL
Illustrated by an actual game must
have been a great factor.
1t might be a good thing if
more of these chow to play
basketbaIlo exhibitions could be
held for coaches, principals and
officials in all sections of In
diana.
jNT7OW that the hullabaloo is
I'M I've concerning all-Ameri-
- a football teams we might
be SO bold as to make a little sug,
gestion for next year. The pick
ers" should not neglect the South
west.
Slowly but surely all sections of
the country have received recogni-
ton with the exception of a slice
of territory which includes parts
Of Texas, Oklahoma Kansas, Ne.
braska, Missouri, Arkansas and
Colorado. Those Missouri Valley
Conference teams especially are
plenty tough.
The Pacific Coast, South and
Middle West have finally crashed
through the studied aloofness of
some football critics, but as yet
the Southwest is struggling to get
national prominence. The teams
and players are good enough. Now
all they need is a few intersec.
tional games and a good press
agent.
Missouri u. basketbalIers are ad-
vised to clip this out before they
leave town today. Something for
the scrap book.
Shooters Hill, a territory sit
uated just north of Crown Hill
cemetery, is now an iEe0rpO-
rated town of Marion County.
There are thirteen residents.
Looks as though Indiana ought
to have another basketball team.
{.
WE WONDER
Why it's so hard boiled out
'0ver the Wiaduct?"
What they do when they're
b~roadcasting a vaudeville show
and there's an acrObatic act per-
forming?
What a wrestler's bones are
made of?
If pole vaulters or cross-coun-
try runners ever turn pro?
How many people know Mike
MitchelPs right name?
What became of cur last sum
mer's salary?
If prohibition ever viii come
back?
How we think Of such nutty
things?
4r E~1LD-TIME sport fans will re-
member the famous Wa
- bash A. A. football teams.
The first club was organized in
1898. For the past seven years
members and friends of the club
have gathered for a feed, enter
tainment and a rehash of days
gone by. The annual banquet was
held Monday at Wabash, Ind.
There is no organization, no Of
icers, no dues. A date is decided
on and ommittees appoint them
selves to take care of arrange
ments. Three hundred from all
parts Of the country attended the
celebration this week.
Five men who played in the first
game stood up. That was twenty
seven years ago, II tney Stlli
look plenty tough. "Hoss'' 'Sho-
walter, one Of the charter mem
bers, has a son who played end
for Wabash High School this last
reason.
"Hoss' told of the great Short
ridge High School team of years
ago that was captained by Heze
Clark, now coach of Rose Poly.
Heze and his gang got a beating
from the Wabash A. A. The vets
also like to tell Of the time they
beat Notre Dame, 5 to 0.
The outstanding record Of the
w. A. A. was a string of fifty-five
straight victories. They scored
1881 points to their o%pponents' So.
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