The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-14
Off the
Blackboard
BY VERN BoxELL


MoSE PRUITT, who has brought
1VA five Spsrton teams TO the
state tourney in the eight years he
has been at Connersville, recently
lost game to Rushville. Now the
Spartan fans are after his scalp,
We hear Burl Friddle lost game
TO Logansport. Maybe Washington
would like to fire him, too. There
are two coaches who wouldn't have
70 worry about jobs. Marion is in
The market. We understand an
other city up that way may be
needing one, too.
There seems TO be some trouble in the
eamp Of the mighty Hatehsts Ed BrouiI-
iette rare the bows Hail Columbia the
other day. insiuuatinE that perhaps there
we're a few who weren't doing lust right
by shoptoWn tand Frlddle in the wav Of
training. Ed, It seems. can't get use to
GOOD team KoinE into slump every
now and then.
And the next person who calls up and
Iemi.ntaS US that p I. HieEs said '.Boxeh
dsy night. is going to suffer. That is an
idea. however
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Tsc. Tse. What's this Hoosier hEsteria
coming to, anyhow. Bob StrAnahan, he Of
The Newcastle Moocho fame, and Harry
silverburE. Muncie'E seIf-styled typewriter
coach. have signed a temporary peace pact.
Bricks. bowie knives and six-sbooters will
he parked at the entrance tonight at Mum
cite. washington and Yincennes. after
calling each other everything in the die
tionary and few things not In that
columinous book. battled without riot at
Ahcetown recently, aud rete Ellis, z. G.
u. and YarbroEh, the rival writers, spent
many. many paragraphs on commencing
each other for tho wonderful spirit Of
aDortsmanship and friendIiness shown.
Tsc. Use.
MAYBE the I. H. S. A. A., which
1VA a few legislators, at least a
couple, would have you believe is
everything but right, has a little
more influence than believed. st.
Simon Catholic of Washington isn't
y member Of Arthur L. Trester's
outfit. But when an Indianapolis
promoter, Robinson by name, came
around with $500 guarantee for
the Washington team, unbeaten in
eighteen starts, to play Jefferson
vile, suspended by the I. H. S. A. A.,
at the field house on March 10, the
st. Simon officials refused. They
could use the money alright, they
admitted, but they wished to abide
by the I. II. S. A. A. rulings.
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It also is said that Cathedral, the local
Catholic outfit. turned down similar
offer for the same reason.
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Maybe Purdue. Indiana, Butler or
Danville would be interested. And by
the. way, what is the date for that
-Danville game?
Dear BoXell- Shortridge finally has bro
ken the losing streak. I'm free 10 write
70 sa defend a Rs it comss to
lover love- : First It was Eleanor Of TechSnoT
'lieve it. Boxell don't believe it,
sec where YOU mentioned twenty teams
that might win the state; When you cut
But Tech still was there. after they mad
lost two games on preceding nights and
~ou,rs al wyongis nicE ShoTtridee or
THE SHORTRIDGE LII.
r. % NIubt tlllo lebtFA DcAOhC bllS
Manual game, confident we would win. If
we had lost, would have torn the letter
up but seeing as how you received the
Lii occupied the seat adjoining Back
boards at the Manual game. On sew
oral occasions. especially most Of the
FIRST half. he was the verge OF tear
ing IN thir mighty epistIe. And there
were no Eieanors or MartyS in or near
LH's vicinity.
Dear Backboard-I want to plead limo
cent for now and evermore. don't
know the Lii. Neither IS Marty and
own honest to goodness name, all OF which
YOU may announce in your thriving
What did you think of that Anderson
game. Not so much, Ell? But lie Roy
Edwards couldn't do his best. because his
nger was tea hurt be,ogs well make
You know, I think I'm about the only
Techite who can write. Let's have some
support, gang ELEANOR.
Eleanor. do You always write on that
pretty purple paper with the sweet
arOmaf I'm Fsttered.
Hello chiet-its certain a relief not to
hear the silly driyel that flows from the
seemingly overnowing pen of that ,irresisti-
ii the bTf we N Tsc boys SsO ean event
discover this Eleanor, whom we now call
the mysterious Eleanor"
At the present moment, the Lii hasn't a
chance, as I hear she has taken quite an
interest In our center, the right honorable
lie Roy Edwards. C'mon. Eleanor let the
moor. curious Techites know who YOU are
JUST BILL.
II this Line of chatter keeps up, we'll
have to take over n Martha Lee column.
Imagine, "BoxeIls advice to the love-
lorp.'
And, Shortridge, the name of the
Peru coach is Loveless.