The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-18
Edward Krauczunas and

XXTHEN Edward Krauczunas and
w his Notre Dame gang get
into action out at the field house
Friday night, the f1lberts who shove
their shekels over the till (also the
followers of Mr.. Connolly the One
Eyed are going to see one of the
best basketball teams in these parts.
KrauczunaS, in case you are baf-
fled, is the we'll, nown Ed Krause,
the 2O0-pounder who stole the show:
during the last Irish football sea-.
son. Big Moose is a sophomore. Dur
ing the early campaign he played
second fiddle to Ray De Cook, the
veteran. But when Big Ed got his
chance, he proved he wasn't sour
KrauSe.
He was an all-America prep cage
center for De La Sale high, Chi
cago, and since taking over the
regular Irish pivot assignment, the
six-foot three-inch husky has been.
making a strong bid for all-Westerni
and even greater, laurels.
Krause was an ace grid tackle last
fall in his first collegiate gridiron
campaign. I wonder if the guy
knows any card trick to entertain
friends when he isn't all-America-
ing?
With Krause at center. De Cook moved
over to forward job and still is a star
and scoring threat. When Ray moved
over. NOrb of the Lafayette Groves was
dropped back to a guard role. Ousting
Johnny Baldwin. Burns is the big boy
Buffers forwards will have to get around
to get their usual underline basket shots,
and Burns isn't being given the run
around by very many opponents.
These are some Of the seasons Mr..
George KeOgan's Irish have won their last
twelve games since an epidemic of illness
and injuries helped in checking them
twice early in the season. Keogan has
had many good teams at Notre Dame. Lots
of people will tell you this one if one of
his best. Your correspondent has a bunch
Mr.. Keogan would like to have another
shot at Indiana and Purdue-fOr charity
or Just for fun.
If Mr.. TONY. Hinkle's boys come, .,ut on
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set very pleasant surprise. However,
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And ole Blackboard is hoping that TONY
nas. the TRICKS working enough to bend the
IF you like your basketball all
a dressed up with thrills, it's a
good bet you'll get your fill at La
fayette Saturday-if you can get in.
Mr.. Johnny Wooden and his Purdue
.Boilermakers are going to take on
Mr.. Joe Reif and his Northwestern
Wildcats, the champions, and to the
victor goes the lead in the Big Ten
race.
OF course, Mr.. OrviIIe Hoker. the master
mind of the Newcastle Trojans, has other
things to worry about right now, but some
OF the boys are beginning to wonder il
OrviIle intends to 60 through with that
charity game at Anderson on Feb. %.
Among the things Mr.. Hooker is WORRYING
about now is Muncie. Having defeated
the BearcatS at the Magic City several
weeks ago, fandom is wondering whether
Orville will bow to the you can't beat q
good team three times in a season. jinx,
( or let his Troians 90 flying after the
Bearcats and let that scheduled regional
tournament game take care of itself. Last
season. Mr.. Hooker and his Troians won
a moral victory. They won the first game
and then Mr.. Pete Jolly. the Muncie head
] man, and OrviIIe both tried to throw the