The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-02
OFF THE Blackboard
BY VERN BOXELL.

MY old pal, MI. Mailman. has
4VA been a very busy chap the last
few days, and even if it is Wednes-
day and I am supposed to go into
hlgh-sterics about these S~ectionals.
particularly this sectional, 1 am 60
ing to give the 2-cent boys their
say.
First of all, this guy Quill out at Cathe-
dral hobs up again. Mr.. Quill is a very
backward person.. The young fellow takes
great gobs of pleasure in handing out the
to OLE Blackboard, and /
suspect he is president of the Cathedral
society for the Making Miserable of BoxeII.
But the big trouble. is. the fellow always
to sign his name. Maybe he is
bashful. Oh yeah? / have tossed more
letters signed by "'QuilI' into the waste
basket than any other contributor. How
ever. to show you what a brave guy he is.
here's his latest effort.
OF the outstanding coaches in the Hoosier
state. l was really surprised to see that
you neglected to place Joe Dienhart's
name on the list. He's coach of the In
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also the Hoosier Catholic basketball cham
plonshl team. It's all right to turn out
winners when you have three or four
thousands students to draw from. but
when there are six hundred students and
problem.
beat Cathedral fifteen points. and nd that
includes Newcastle, Muncie and Vincennes.
Much less twenty-seven points. Tech.
vs.. Newcastlel. Doesn't. the paper seem
emnTV without Tnfh16roI Wfnvfnra nan
sistently teven if Tech did get the head
Ilnesl. Yours till Cathedral wins the ma
tlonal tournament and Vincennes is
tnumped in the regional. QUILL.
I give up. The guy is hopeless.
Ole Blackboard also is the cause of
on the west side, and ali because he re-
marked that Southport defeated Wash
lngton during the regular season. Which
1 sorry?
Dear Backboard-wen. vern. the old
alma mater came through and won the
state Catholic tournament. This is just
I knew they WOULD Now if the Alices take
the state. you will have had a pretty
good year Of picking. 1 would say. Vim
but they will probably have to play either
Muncie or Newcastle in q second round
game.
But back to the Catholic tournament
Eddie O'Connor displayed a lot of game
ness when he came back and played in
the Washington game, after >having four
stitches put over his right eve.
And not only. that. Eddie captured
four buckets in the game against Jasper,
80 what would he have don il he hadn't
been hurt? Clemens Cthe old Dead-Eye
Dick under the basket was high point
man in the Jasper game with eleven
markers. And did they bottle up Bosch,
the highly touted all-state enter for
Washington last year? And how! Johnny
Ford and Mike O'Connor let him have
three points in the whole camel
In regard to the Shortridge Lii. he said
that Cathedral wouldn't stand a chance
against Tech. Wen listen. .vern. ask him
II he saw the Observation-Disclosures tSt.
Simon'sl game. If he didn't III wise him
up to the fact hat bosch is considered
one of the best pivot men In the state. but
poor Dosch couldn't even. get the ball to
pivot with in the Cathedral game. And
that is exactly what would happen to MFR.
Edwards Of Tech If they played Cathedrall
IL only Cathedral could have trimmed
Tech this year. and there is no doubt but
that they would have had they played
them.
oh yes. I nearly forgot to tell you who