The Indianapolis times., 1931-12-30
OFF THE Blackboard
BY vERN BoxEIL

A IL the time am driving my
"A self prematurely grey hunting
high school basketball team play
ing the old ding g-dong, am-bang,
boop- boop-a-doop style of basket
ball, nobody tells me about Shelby
vile. Until you've seen Mr.. H. T.
McCullough's boys race up and
down the hardwood, you've missed
treat.
Now Mr.. Mack's team isn't unbeatable.
as three or four big black spots on their
record will convince you. but they give YOU
all the action you want. and that's about
all any guy can ask from one team. The
Mackmen work on the theory that when
you're two points behind. the only way to
get ahead is to grab that ball, race down
the floor and put it through the iron hoop
which is put their especially for that DUR
pose.
That is the way the Shelby .pastimers
tuesday night. rs to Is. Shelby, has, all
They have big boys-no giants, but size SIZE,
enough. With Cunning and Lackey. Sheloy
need have no worry ABOUT tne Ioriw"ae nair as
romps over the Hoosier hardwoods today.
and both are consistent roint getterst
you'd never guess it when he gets started.
Liville, the all-state guard. is gone. puI
his shoes are filled by Wright. hre-eatln
center. and Reiman. who drive under the
nets ala Wooden.
A. s.v the Mackmen aren't exactly
champions, but they play the kind of ball
that is likely to keep lots of other fellows
from climbing up on the throne. They
are worthy of fearing" on the part of
anybody's ball club who happens to be
playing SheIbyville.
I don't think it would cast any re-
Election on Shelbyville to say that the out
foot-four Jess McAnally of Greencastle.
In the box-score. they say he's center,
but ole Blackboard thinks he's a., mncn anda
able piece of work at both positions. And
is he busy? When the Tiger Cubs have
the ball, he's down under the opponents
basket. doing the pivot assignment, ana
when the ball changes hands, MI NC
Anally gallops straight down the noor
to take up his position under his own
that much work to do-especialy during
this depression.
According to Mr.. C. E. Edmondson, the
young GreencactIe mentor, the Tiger Cubs
were in none too good shape Tuesday
night, SO Blackboard will have to see EN-
later. SeeIey, the only new man on the
club which was runner-up for state title
honors last year, got out Of sick bed
to play, and Hurst had a bad ankle, which
forced him out of part of the action.
And if these Cubs can play much better
when they're well, they'll deserve some
watching. Size is the greatest handicap,
but they overcame that in the state last
year, and Dawson, Stone and Hurst still
have very, very accurate basket eyes.
The game? Well, Greencastle led 12
to 10 at the half, 18 to II midway In the
third quarter, and 90 to II at the three
quarter post Shelby stepped out with
VIVA win 81 swell ell bali game And My. Hurley,
the whistle-tooter. did his level best to
keep the fouls even. There you are.
q
A COUPLE of old pals are going
N to get together over at Green
castle tonight, and you can bet
that red Christmas tie your Aunt
Emma Zilch sent you that before
they get through. the cash GUS
toners are going to see lot of
basketball. Way back in the days
when state basketball champion
ships and MartinSville meant about
the same thing, George Eubank and
Sally Suddith were a couple Of high
school kids who were basketball
players any coach could use. Mr..
Glenn Curtis used them and very
well, thank you.
Now George and Sally have grown up.
and are rah-rah heroes George Is playing
his last year at De Pauw and Sally is
proving = sensation in his first year at
Indiana Q. Suddith hasn't been stopped
this year. and you can count the times
on the fingers of your left hand that Elr.
Eubank has booked like any excess baggage
out their 90 the hardwood.