The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-01-04
Franklin VS.. De Paw
Thursday Evansville
Meets Butler Friday.

College net fans will be treated to
a real basketball week, seventeen
games being carded for the benefit
Of this ouble-dribble-mad State.
Among the number is included two
contests that are attracting special
attention, the pair happening to be
the opening conference games of the
Indiana and Purdue quintets,
Hoosier representatives in the Big
Ten.
Indiana, rated by many critics in
the Middle West, the strongest team
by far in the conference, opens on
the road with Wisconsin. The game
will be played at Madison. Purdue
will open at home, entertaining Ohio
State, on it's Lafayette floor.
The big doings take a nice start
tonight, a quartet of clashes being
set down on the book. Indiana will
meet Carleton at Bloomington, But
Ter will tangle with Muncie Normal
at Muncie, State Normal will mix
things up with De PAW, while Earl
ham will be out of the boundaries
Of the State, playing Wittenberg in
the Buckeye State.
Crimson Prepared
Little Is known of the strength Of
the Carleton outfit, but the Crimson
mentors have been drilling their men
hard in preparation for the Big Ten
opening and the Deanmen are sure
to be in good shape. Muncle Normal
is fearing the invasion Of Butler. The
Indianapolis team is fast travelling
crew and Paul Parker, Muncie
coach, has the idea that once the
Bulldogs get under way they are go
ing to be hard to stop.
De PAW will probably have little
trouble with State Normal while
Earlham is expecting real game at
Whittenberg.
Wednesday night but one game is
to be played, Carleton moving from
Bloomington in the south to meet
Purdue at Lafayette in the north.
Rivalry Battle
Thursday night will be part of the
big doings. A typical Hoosier rivalry
battle will be enacted at Franklin
where De PAW and Franklin will
wage the first of their two annual
conflicts on the hardwood. The Bap-
lists fresh from their pair of victor
les over Evansville's highly touted
20 n
stand at home against the Tigers.
The Tigers are a dangerous group of
players and once started will cause
any team in the State plenty of grief.
Friday night will resemble high
school night. Aside from the hundred
or so high school f1ves that will be
firing away at the hoop, there will
be five college games. The main
event is probably the Butler-Evans-
vile game in Indianapolis. Evans
Vile has suffered but two defeats,
both at the hands Of Franklin last
Friday and Saturday. The Aces took
down Wabash two games in a row
on their Evansville floor and Paul
Hinkle's Irvington outfit is expecting
real battle. The game will be
played st the new Armory.
Wabash VS.. Manchester
The semi-windup will be the Wa
bash-Manchester struggle at North
Manchester. The Manchester quin-
tet is composed WIDELY of veterans
and last year were one OF the most
dangerous teams in the State. The
Little Giants are expecting no end
of trouble at the Chesters stamping
ground and will be full prepared
with all sharpshooters on hand.
The prelims will consist Of the
Earlham- Indiana Central contest at
Richmond, the Rose Poly-Hunting-
ton game at Huntington and the
Muncie Normal-Danville Normal fray
at Danville.
Six games are scheduled to end the
week, Saturday night. Aside from
the very important Indiana and Pur-
due tits, will be the invasion Of De-
troit University into Notre Dame ter
ritory. Manchester will see more &C.
ton, meeting Rose Poly at Man
chester, Huntington will play Con-
cordia at FIT Wayne and the Muncie
Normal Hoosieroons will tackle Han
over at Hanover.