The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-25
OFF THE Blackboard
BY VERN BOXELL

THAT old adage, "a good big
l. man is better than a good lit
tie man." is having a tough time
holding it's own out at Tech.
Leroy Edwards is very big, and
as basketball players go, he is good.
Wayne Huston is just a little guy,
and he, too, is good. But without
Huston, Edwards just was another
big basketball player wondering
what to do Saturday night when
Mr. Tim Campbell's proteges won
their third consecutive city series
crown.
When Huston pulled out the
splinters and went to work at for
ward for Tech in that final game
with Washington, he put life into a
listless Tech team. Edwards began
getting the ball where he could do
something with it, and Mr.. Camp
bells boys beat the Continentals, 26
to %.
And the wise boys who were figuring
Tech as an easy sectional winner are
TcCOnSlueTtHE tOudNs tut
Howard-I mean washington-outplaye
Tech every step.
Mr.. Harold Sherman and Mr.. JOna-
than Brooks. who write these books about
the high school heroes, could scribble a
good story about Howard, the Scrappy
Washington forward. Nothing much has
been said about him. but When the going
got tough in the city tournament. he was
He scored FIVE field goals against Tech
in that final game and three against
ShortridEe in the Continentals' first start
He figured in -fourths of the plays
against Tech.
Techs defense in the fTst har was full
OF holes. and whte-clad CtntinentalS
swarmed all over, GLADDEN., the Tech back
me fou ps P 6mse ou Of 81 the meS bali
game before the intermission.
1t was case of too many ball players
for one fellow to watch. and If Mr.. Roland
Jones FASTENERS had been in a mood tc
make a good percentage of their shots
the count easily could have been. more
Although Tech connected on four o.
eight shots in the third quarter. ineludine
wSSSs s pvS 6 ey b Edy hTes
quarter post. Two more field goals by
Edwards in the fourth quarter and one b
IONlSSnQ endplcQ the kIcSu MdIllOIo u
wind up with a 26-to-22 decision.
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Throughout the first half. Bright. wash
ingtons center. kept talking to the ref
cree. and I'm wondering if that's wha
they call Bright sayings?
And ole Blackboard still believes that
Mr. Tim Campbell has the stuff whenever
he cares to bring it out even if Washing
ton did have the big boys trotting around
in circles most OF the evening.
TT took a police escort to get Mr.
Il Burl Friddle, the washington
Ratchet coach, safely out of the
Bedford goal house Friday night. i
seems that burly Burl got himself IL
bad after his Hatchets had taken {
20 to 10 punch on the whiskers a.
Bedford. which, incidentally, wa.
the third one-point loss for tht
Hatchets this season.
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Grady Bennett, the Bedford seribbler
gives the Stonecutter angle on the AFFAIR
II seems to have started when Washington
defeated Bedford few weeks ago. Afte
that game. Mr.. Friddle Is said to hav,
walked onto the floor and shook hand
with Floyd Viewer, one Of Mr.. Charlie
Ivey's star ball players, with few cuttin
remarks tossed in.
when Bedford beat Washington last Fri
day. Viewer had a particularly prOiitabl
evening. and according TO Bennett, de
cided TO show Mr.. FriddIe that wisecrack
also could be connected by high schoo
basketball players.
Bic walked Cor ran. Or hoped an