The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

fast start. staggered a little after a
couple of pokes on the whiskers, but they're
coming back for more and liking it.
And then there's Muncie. Every year
They're holding out for the tournaments.
Perhaps they're right. sometimes. Last
we're two alleged spofers s frankfort and
Horace Mann. Frankfort came to the
state tourney and was beaten by Muncie.
from its sectional.
After Muncie had bowed to Huntington,
Frankfort and Newcastle this year. the
cry went up that the Bearcats were fool
ing the people. Maybe so--we'd like to see
this stunt successfully pulled once. Who re-
members when Marion, with two all-state
men left from a championship quintet
won but two games the following season?
But getting back to Muncie. if you care to
go back-it's Just a short distance-Jol-
ley's boys had better turn on the heat this
week. Everybody knows it's there. They
may face Frankfort twice in three days
in the tourney and in a scheduled con-
test on Saturday night at Muncie In
cidentaIIy, Frankfort lost to Muncie in the
finals of last years big Four" tourney.
viii history repeat?
TINE blind draw and f1rst-round
games pits Washington against
Vincennes in the southern finals,
and if SO, there will be some real
action, and maybe more than that.
If Martinsville gets a chance at the
Ratchet, there still will be plenty
Of action, but probably of more
refined and cultural type.
Our idea of the big scene for the cur
rent edition of the "Hoosier Prep Basket
ball FolIies," now on view at all leading
field houses and gyms, would be John
Adams, Vincenes cOcah. singing "I'm Crazy
for YOU to Burl Friddle. Washington
coach.
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Nduncie and Frankfort will attempt an
week. In addition to their previously
mentioned activities. Muncie's inconslstent
tossers will engaged Bedfords even more HnS
Frankfort will entertain Lebanon tonight.
Lebanon. last year "breather" on the
cards of the states major auintets. has
turned giant-killer this year. With Shahan
and Williams showing the way. they
thumped Greencastle 80 to 10 last Friday.
and there may be a little warning for
Frankfort in that.
Vincennes will play Washington OF East
Chicago tonight, and it looks like the
northerners have taken a long hop TO
get a punch IN the thnoot; Wednesoay'
E HsH@a Hun RsE hG and the no 90y Should
gain an even break by coping THIS one
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On New Years, the East Chic3goan'S play
a Central quintet at Evansville. Wen stick
with the big men from the south. One Of
the annual Terre Haute battles is on tap
for Thursday. with Wiley meeting Garfield
incidentally, this Wiley team Is not one
to be passed over too quickly. They
dropped Newcastle. On the other hand,
don't linger too long paying homage to
the Red Streaks. They lost to Monroyia,
the home of Mr.. Branch DROP EN- In)
McCracken of 1. u, Fl. Wayne, Richmond,
Ball Teachers College. Monrovia All-Stars
fame.
A REAL battle is in prospect at
IN Newcastle Friday. A. A.
Stages, the peoples choice, has a
bunch Of tall boys at Anderson who
are coming along slowly. And you
can take it from ole Blackboard that
if luck had been with the Indians
Muncie's record would have includ-
ed four defeats instead of three. The
score last Saturday was 26 to Is and
in the last minute Of play Ander-
son fired six times at the hoop, and
every one of them looked good-the
kind that linger ON the iron hoop
and then lazily roll off.
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There's some hot ones on tap for the
Wabash Valley fans. Among the treasured
rivaIries in that section are the Green
castle Brazil affairs. which win be renewed
Friday at Brazil Another is Crawfords-
vile at Brazil Friday. And then Columbus
in and -outers will invade Shelbyville. The
Mackmen hare been running smoothly, as
the folks in Connersville will tell you, and
are a real dark horse threat.
Another rivalry scrap for Friday is the
Martinsville-Franklin event. MartinsYille
is coming Our champions from Wash
inston 20 to Horace Mann. and the south
landers shouldn't have too much trouble
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