The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-14
Off The
Blackboard
BY vERN BOxELL

n doesn't take vacation next
Friday and Saturday, you may be
watching Columbia City and Wilma
mac in the title tussle next Saturday
night
If all the surprises in the sectional
and regional tournaments we're laid
end TO end and snapped into a
right angle at the middle, the cor
ner would be so far away prosperity
never would find 1t.
And if these one and two point
ball-in-the-air finishes continue
through the first-round games next
Friday, the local hospitals will be
crowded and the boys will. be play
ing to vacant seats Saturday, pro-
viding the boys themselves survive
the excitement.
With all the close scores. riots,
etc, ole Blackboard is surprised that
all the shooting was done by the
basketball players and time-keepers
during the last two Week-ends.
From the point of view up here,
1t looks like the lucky 14,500 fans
are going to see some real basket
ball next Friday and Saturday.
II you still believe in dope after
the first two elimination Journeys.
you can unhoard your shekels and
put EN- on Vincennes and Tech in
the finals. And I'm still picking
VincenneS. Brave guy, me.
All right, EGB, "Yincennes, YOU arc
Hesff
Mr.. F. G. Brouillette of the Washington
Brouillette's has announced that he is
backing Vincennes now.
Mr.. Dick Miller. The Times. skv-ridinp
ftooddaespon1,d1ent. Is somewhere in the north
tteoay; When Dick and Mr.. Dick Arnett,
port Friday Miller shook the icicies of
ms lace was assisted out of his flying
suit BY ole Blackboard. who broke two
fan openers during the operatfon and re-
ported that Seymour is going to be a real
CONTENDER for the title next Friday and
Dick picked up some red hot late dope
on ms trip south Sunday. You'll find it
ail on ~ t tSy sport pages The northern
Miller on Tuesday.
A LII is quiet on the Muncie-
L A Newcastle front. Muncie is
disappointed naturally. They
thought they were due to repeat
their 1891 championship perform
ance. Many others were of the
same opinion and the Bear Cats
truly were a great team.
That before the gun or after the
gun" shot by Billy Thoman, New
castles great forward, still is the
chief topic of discussion all over
Indiana-especially at Newcastle
and Muncie.
Here are three versions.
Mr.. Pete Jolly. Muncie's coach. was on
the bench Just few feet from Thoman
when the final gun fired.
II could have stretched out and touched /
him" Pete said. And he still had the
bali in his hand when the gun fred"
"Shuck CMuncie guard was standing di-
rectly in front Of Thoman and he told me
that his first thought when the gun fred |
was Well. he didn't get to shoot that one
The referee was ten or fifteen feet back |
of the play. When the gun sounded. he
signaled the goal didn't count. Then the |
big argument started. / thought we'd won.
Newcastle fans and others rushed out and |
cOrnered the officials. Arguments followed |
and l started back to the dressing room"
Pete commended that he was asked by
some Newcastle officials to "be sport"
and urge the officials TO allow the basket
since Muncie had the right to the .
state title tourney four years"
With the t time dsfagrfesing Pete
who finally announced he couldn't re- !
member what had happened during the |
last minute Of play, and therefore could |
not give a decision
Ward Gilbert the umpire SUGGESTED a |
three-minute overtime play. but Newcastle |
FASTENERS already had visited the showers, |
Gilbert announced his decision in favor |
of Newcastle.
That's Pete'S story.
1t was a hard blow, for, jolly and |
Muncie; Twice in the last three minutes |
Newcastle got the ball, and twice young |
Billy Thoman arched the sphere through |
And Jack Mann played the greatest
game Of MS Jar concluded Pete Gee,
certainly did play basketball, and 1t was was
real game all the way
All right, here we are in Newcastle. Mr..
Robert Stranahan speaking:
well, we feel pretty good over here
today. Hickman's got a bad ankle. He
hurt it in the Winchester game. But |
Hook says he'll be ready to go Friday .
"0h, about ThOman's last minute field /
goal against Muncie. Well, there never
was any question about it in Hooker's
mind. He knew all the time his Trojans
had won. He was afraid he might be
talked out of 1t some way. That's why |
he rushed to the timers bench right
after the gun.
And the referee and umpire didn't re-
verse their decision. They only made one |
and that was that Newcastle won. It
was several minutes after the game had
ended"
Okay. Connersville.
In Connersville some of the red-hot
fans decided to make a day of it, They |
Jumped up to Muncie for the Bearcat- |
Trojan fray and back to Connersvlle to |
see the Spartans play Rushville at night.
say. there wasn't any question about !
II. This field goal Craig made against |
Rushville in the final game was a lot
closer. That Newcastle boy had the ball
IN the air when the game ended Craig'S !
shot wasn't more than three feet away
from him when the gun fred down here"
Don't ask me. All know is that the
official score is Newcastle 20. Muncie 10,
and now my Alices have to spank the
Trojans instead of Muncie.
HENRYS KEEP CROWN
By Times Special
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