The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-15

high school team is made
Indiana State High School Athletic
las no connection with the decision.
The first award in 1927 was cap
tured by Froebel of Gary. In 1923
Clinton won and the next year saw
the award go back to the Calumet
district, to Horace Mann of Gary.
The next year saw Emerson of Gary
the winner, and in 1881, Central Of
South Bend, an undefeated team,
captured the award.
ShelbyviIIe Is Unbeaten
Until this year, the winner has
been a team with an unblemished
season record. Search for such a
team this year, a team with class,
power and record, was IN vain with
one exception, Shelbyville. But
Shelby failed to meet teams the
caliber of those found in western
and northern Indiana and thus
gains only serious consideration and
praise for being champion in its
class.
Chief among the dozen or SO
teams that came up for serious con-
sideration were Clinton, Central OF
South Bend, Washington of East
Chicago, and Elkhart.
There were some teams who were
not defeated, but they were tied
and of these Peru, tied once, Muncie
tied twice and washington of In
dianapolis lost to Libbey of Toledo
Ohio.
Bloomington, Kokomo and Craw-
louisville were defeated only once
but the first two named were tied
Bloomington once and KokomC
twice.
Saw All Leaders
In choosing Clinton some techni-
cal points were taken into consid-
Grafton. When the mass of point
ers was sifted by the writer, two
teams, Clinton and Central of South
Bend, survived as chief contenders
1t has been the writer's good for
tune to see practically all of these
teams in action during the season
in many as an official. Scouts re-
ported on many others, and George
Yarnelle of Wabash, a leading Off.
cial of northern Indiana, who hac
seen all the best teams of that sec.
ton in action, was counseled.
1t was concluded that Clinton ha,
shown a disposition to encounter al
Corners and always has made a fine
showing against the best. The lone
defeat this fall, an 8-6 loss to Cen
trail of Evansville, appeared to be
the direct result of overconfidence
The writer worked that game
as an official and saw Clinton mus
ter superior strength to score han
Oily at the outset and then relax
But no alibis ever have come from
Clinton.
Clinton Squares Account
Clinton squared this defeat, how.
ever, on the. basis that Don Ping:
Memorial of Evansville team was
primed for both Central of Evans.
vile, whom they defeated, 80, anC
for Clinton on Thanksgiving day
Clinton, however, was far superior
to Memorial, and trounced it.
Central of South Bend had an
other great team and ran a victor.
string started in midseaSon 1880 t.
twenty-three games before it wa
snapped by Elkhart, 13-to-7 late il
November. From every angle, Elk
hart outplayed the Bears that ola,
and certainly deserved to win.
Elkhart might have been the vic
tim of a long and heavy schedule
After keying for South Bend ant
pointing to that game all season
Elkhart found itself faced with
championship Thanksgiving da,
game five days later and a seasol
windup affair on the following Sat
urday, making three games in sever
days, entirely too much for a higl
school team. Elkhart started StronI
against Washington of East Chica
go and held the upper hand in tll
first half, but wilted in the latte
part and lost.
Washington Loses Three
Three defeats suffered by Wash
ington of East Chicago hurt il
especially when one of the setback
late in the season came when tn
Cashmen were supposed to be a
their peak. 1t was at the hands G
Emerson of Gary, just an ordinar,
team this year, and by the score O
2O-6, while another, early in tn
season, was 12-to-7, at the hand
! of Central of South Bend.
All the big time teams of tn
state who held claims to The Times
award were defeated, or tied by op
position they should have beaten
At least we can ~eason that GU
choice came by the narrowed o
margins because Clinton's lone de
feat was by scant 2-point safety