The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-20
Off the
Blackboard
By Norman E. ISaacs =

p BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 90
- Some one, somewhere, some
/ ne certainly pulled a fast one"
zen he spilled that remark about
ere being no such word as cant. "
- today Indiana University and
It's fair city Of Bloomington, ia
n individually and collectively, are
{ the firm belief that the gentle
an responsible for that statement
= IS a hero and seer. Saturday
= ght the Cream and Crimson of
Cd Indiana waved triumphantly
{ or the Gold and Black of Purdue
q the local basketball court. And
to 81 was the tune to which the
IS fluttered.
The Indiana lads proved con-
:,Eively that it is not impossible
= defeat Purdue. The hitherto
defeated BOilermaker cage out
only once led the procession,
m then but for a brief space.
: NEVERTHELESS the lads from
! Lafayette did exhibit some
derful basketball and the last
1 four minutes in which ii
ats were scored convinced the
fe-eyed throng that field goals
1ly can be poured" through the
p. 1t was a gallant comeback
: d some of the best acton of the
ut was displayed in those frantic
: moments as the two teams raced
and down the court Purdue
voted too much time to the re-
wned Ace" McCracken and
zee" Strickland, loose many times,
red six field goals and four from
g foul stripe.
II
The delayed Offense, used ex-
tcnsively by both teams, was
elective for Indiana, but fell
.-own from the Purdue standpoint.
- 9TH clubs stalked for openings
p during the first five minutes of
ay and nary a field goal was
cored. Dale Wells, Indiana floor
ard. connected and the scrap was
=. The locals anassed Is to
I'd and then slumped. The Grim
: performers were tired-and
lowed it. Purdue ran up to nine
?intS and the locals snapped out
: it to run the count to IA. The Old
old almost caught up this time
= I'D the mob was in a frenzy as the
cunt reached 14-13. The Deanmen,
Nowever, mustered up what little
as left and pushed the score to
y. The BoilermakerS came one field
GOAL closer and there the score stood
IS the gun went off-19 to 15-for
ne half.
The Indiana basket snipers
had discarded the short under
the basket pass and were relying
On it's delayed attack to find
openings. The BoiIerrnakers were
scoring better from the field in
the initial session and had six
field goals to the Crirnson's four.
The Hoosiers, however, had Melted
e1even points from the foul line
while the La1nbertmen annexed
but three.
TCURDUE Spurted at the start of
L the second period and the gym
vas in a bedlam as the score hit
II to 20. The locals got busy once
more and ran the count to 20 to
co. From there to 33 to %. And
hen, 40 to 49, That ended In
iiana's business for the evening.
The White-shirted Boilermakers
awakened to the fact that
he HooSiers were seventeen points
% the good with but few minutes
That started the fire
works. Up went the count and In
Llama supporters were biting their
halls as the Purdue tally swiftly
rev closer. Wheeler tossed in q
rec throw making the count 40 to
y and the cannon went off fol-
owed by tremendous roar.
Doug scheid performed at
Backyard as well as we believe it
is possible to play. The Vim
cennes lad was a nemesis to the
BOiIermaker men coming in for
follOw-ups and even the giant
Murphy was unable to do much
at getting the ball off the back
board while Scheid was in the
immediate vicinity.
Il Il Il
NALE WELLS demonstrated how
. we'll he could guard, while
was contributing his
TART by throwing in buckets and
ending loyal Purdueites into tan
runs. Capt. Babe Wheeler and
Murphy also played splendidly for
he Engineers and carried the bulk
# the Purdue offensive burden. The
outed battle between Stretch" and
failed to materialize.
Purdue controlled the tip-of con-
family, while the former Monrovia
lash was covered closely by the
3oilermakers. Taken as basket
1all game, it was by far better than
he previous encounter at Lafayette
when poor passing and ragged floor
work were by-words.