The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-24
Off The
Blackboard
BY DICK MILLER
pinch Hitting for Vern BOxell

Pinch HitIlng TOT fern bOAei
OL' Blackboard was missing
~ from the sport page Tuesday,
and you missed Boxell and his
breezy gossip about the state cage
circles. Too much travelling about
HooSierdom looking over this and
that five to tell you that Vincennes
was going to win the state tourna-
ment relegated Vern to his bed
fouled by the flu.
Letters that should have reached
the wide world through the medium
of Vern's Off the Blackboard col
umn missed out for a day, but we
will endeavor to go to the rescue.
Says I to Mi. Ash after I became
seated over in Kid BoXell'S swivel.
Whose goin't to win this yOld title this
year,"
Whereupon he handed me a pile of mail,
some signed and some not, and with the
bundle he added the remark, "LoOk in
here, maybe you can find out"
EIRST attention was called to the
Il state Catholic meet to be held
at the Armory this weekend. Seems
that Boxell made some remark about
favoring Cathedral to crash through
and that certainly struck the right
vein of the Kathedral Kid, who
wrote:
Dear Blackboard
Cofhodra1 an Ennnercn4f1o "a
Cathedral, 81; Washington. 10.
In other words, I told you so. Well.
Vern. ole boy, ole boy. you certainly spread
the right dope when you wrote in your
column that Cathedral had a good chance
to take the state Catholic tournament
this year. But you didn't put it strong
enough, because they have a very good
chance to take the annual fracas at the
pre-tournament dope on the Irish:
Cathedral's total points, 52S.
CathedraPs opponents points. 1863.
Cathedral: Won. II; lost, 3.
And so. vern, until the tournament 1:
over and the Irish have been declared the
victor. I remain.
THE KATHEDRAL KID.
He added that Clemens was a great for
ward, a Dead Eye Dick Under the hoop;
Ed O'ConnOr. a peach for pulling games
out of fire; M. O'COnnOr, high point man
of the team and a swell pivot man, and
Ford the great floor guard, and I'M
doubtedly the best boy turned out from
Cathedral in years. Sweeney, he would
have 1t. is a dependable chap. in there
every minute, which makes BoxelI two
good picks, Vincennes and Cathedral.
r =
CUE and Bud would send a word
~ of cheer to the underline
weather BoXell, for they write that
Shortridge went places and did
things over the past weekend.
when we nosed out GreencastIe people
sat up and took notice, but when we beat
Garfield of Terre Haute they opened their
eyes" they tell vern.
And now they admonish us to wait un-
VI onortrldge wins the sectional and re-
glonal land all indianapolis will sit I'm
ana open eyes wider" ~
So look out Tech. shortridge is on the
Warpath and so is Japan and from now on
SneLl give every team the ak, including
Iecn. say the Shortridge pair.
when. OF course, prods us on to help
Vern Keep on picking Vincinnes.
So, if it's all the same to Won.
We'll let this Shortridge storm rage
on, and Trian stopusifyucan filed
up a whole sheet.
Pear Uncle" yern-1t's herel This time
IT." is the beginning Of the Shortridre
march to the stated
Friday night Stopusifucan hooked his
~spe loyal supporter. that's mel
ano lourneyed to Greencastle to see the
Blue Devils spring one of the biggest. So
cat!ed: uDsets; in the state.
IreencaStle'S mighty Tiger Cubs fell
before a determined bunch of Blue Devils
led by Dick Robinson, scrappy little for.
WARD. and Captain Bradford.
soon after. the halfway mark the Blue
Devils found themselves minus a couple
Of head" devils in the form of seward
f flast gsn and left via the Pr route; Late in
'front.' with a four-point lead. was unable
TO stop a last minute fve-point rally led
,by. Bradford, Devices. n Robinson. 80
Saturday night another last minute
1aIy featuring Devices and Seward
S Sr;atch 6f 2 two5point victory from, the
Now, Uncle Vern, "You be the Judge,
fStopuSiiucan is sending you a ticket to
mel. But. don't send a cub" We xiii
cubs. ASK Greencastlei MI
TRAN STOPUsIFUCAN.