The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-28
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BY NORMAN E. IsAACS
Pinch Hitting During Illness Of
VEIN BOXELL.

TEFFERSONvILLE is up in arms
~ over the I. H. S. A. AS action
IN suspending the school until June
because of the Brad Lair, Ray
Weber and Sam Rauth ineligibiiity
charges. took a glance today at
The Jeffersonville Evening News and
grinned. Here's what it said:
? "A very unusual as well as out
rageous decision, although not I'M
expected, was rendered by Commits
sioner A. L. Trester Of the Indiana
High School Athletic Association in
determining the eligibility Of three
members Of the high school basket
ball team
= I don't know If the decision is
so unusual, at that. I'm not so sure
it's outrageous, and while it may
have been expected in Jeff, it was
a bit Of a surprise around here.
They blame Trester for it. too. The
headline says "Czar Trester." When
the /. II S. A. A. boss makes talk
speech. he's referred TO as Commits
sloner." but vixen he hands down a de-
sision he's the Gar" I'd almost bet
Arthur L. grsns at that sometimes.
Maybe. JET. the I, rs. A., A, is a
booster for home products and thinks 1t s
.afisl92yal to 90 into old Kentuck' for step
CoLUMBUs visits Franklin TO-
~ night. That brings up the
. thought that the Bulldogs have
slumped out Of the basketball pic
,ture this year. For several years
Columbus teams were among the
states best. It's too bad.
Well. every time an old star falls a
new one takes its place. Who's sup
! planted Columbus? Why. Technical,
suppose. can remember that when an
Indianapolis sports writer mentioned a
home town team. the laughs rolled up
from the state and the wise remarks
were not only terrible but plentiful
t.
Technical proved that indianapolis could
produce winning basketball teams when
Tim Campbell calmly maneuvered his boys
into the final game Of the 1923 state high
school tournament. ] haven't heard a
Bloomington's second defeat Of
The season at the hands of Mar
tinsville hasn't dampened the en-
thusiasrn of Bloomington rooters,
and down there they still are con-
fldent their Panthers will kick over
the traces in the sectional and toss
the Artesians on their ears. Yeah?
AZ
That, perhaps. proves that the
coaches who bring their teams along
slowly are the smartest after all. They
p inst map out a group Of plays, find
good combination and slide through
. half of the season, merely cOntented to
let the boys get accustomed tn one an
other. About a month before thu tour
nameptS roll around they order them in
training. lengthen practice sessions and
start in earnest. Tournament time pops
up and you see a ball club--a real one.
yTNHAT'S one ball club I'd never
Il go wild about betting against.
Martinsville. About four years ago,
! was standing in an Anderson rail-
way station, after basketball game,
waiting for the next train. There
we're three or four officials and
sports writer's in the group and we
started talking shop. 1t was year
similar to this one. Nobody seemed
to care much about wanting to pick
q champion-to-be.
e Finally, one of the boys eyed the
time table carefully.
.'You know" he said, Martins
ville's lost six games SO far this
season, wonder how many they'll
lose in the tournaments?"
\ And he gri11ned.
Martinsville won the champion
ship that year.