The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-16

TINE Murphy championship OF
l. the middle west will be settled
at West Lafayette, Ind, Jan. 30.
Murphy isn't new game in itself,
but in this instance, it's a very
big part of basketball. When Pur-
due meets Loyola of Chicago, no
matter who wins, Murphy probably
will be the star for the victors. 1t
will be battle of the Murphy's-
even more, a battle of the Charles
Murphys. These two nameSakeS,
rated as a pair of the greatest
players IN collegiate ranks, are CEN
ters on the Purdue and Loyola
teams. Furthermore they are both
captains. There has been consider
able discussion on the respective
merits of the two Charles Murphys
not even remotely related to each
other. The Purdue Murphy was a
unanimous Conference choice
and the Loyola Murphy has been
placed on many all western teams
The Loyola Charley has been the
mainstay on a team that has been
unbeaten since Butler dropped them
late in the season of 1928, while
the Purdue Charley has been high
scorer and star on Boilermaker
quintets that have finished first and
second in the Big Ten for two
years. Loyolas Stretch is six
feet, four inches tall, and Purdue s
Stretch" stands six feet, six inches
1t should be real battle, and an
ideal chance for some radio an
nouncer to go crazy trying to keep
his unseen audience straight on
which Murphy is which.
The crushing 4S-to-24 victory Of the
oft-defeated Murcie Bearcats over Tim
CampbelPs Tech team Is history. Bob
Barnet, the Muncie scribe, waxed eloquent
in his dissertation on the game. Here
are some of the choice morsels: "Jolly's
athletes demonstrated that they have a
team which will equal any aggregation
put out by Muncie in the past few years.
Campbelrs boys played good basketball
and even In the most hectic moments of
the game, they failed to become excited
and erratic. They played a slow, deliber-
ate type Of basketball, holding the ball
and waiting for an opening. The Camp
bells were simply unable to cope with the
oifense of the BearcatS
which was aided by an alright defense.
The Cats roared up and down the floor,
swapping passes all over the court. The
Tech players fought to the final moment"
Indianapolis.
Dear Backboard--I notice in The Times
I have been scored roundly by readers of
your column for some OF my statements
May I say to my critics that was edu-
Gated in basketball In true Indiana style
and have very decided opinions. I wonder
what these very clever little high school
students of today would say should make
the nat statement that school spirit at
Manual and Shortridge is 100 per cent
lower than it was Ave years ago and that
the reason for that is mainly In the fall
ure of their athletic teams and not the
great success OF other rivals. When you
have winner you have school spirit.
Losers just create wet-blanket
atmosphere. OLE JOE CLUTCH.
"Ole Joe" has the boys talking.
Looks like we may start civil
war. Well, if we don't, it'll break
out sooner or later, anyhow.
Dear Blackboard-Here are the fifteen
best teams in the state, in order: Wash
ington, Frankfort, Horace Mann. Tech
meal. Franklin. Columbus, Connersvilie.
Logansport. Martinsville. Kokomo, Vim
cennes, Anderson, Seymour and Rochester.
HUNK and PUNK.
We looked for post mark on
that one but couldn't find any.
Regardless Of where it's from, the
lineup is good.