The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-29

There's little doubt but that Mr.. Lanes
stock on the north side has slumped. 1t
SO happens that Carlos, just coming out
of the ether, boosted his hospital bill
yesterday by telephoning that 81 pick
Tech-yOu tell EN-"
If Mr.. Lane can pick Tech while I'M
der the influence of an anesthetic, then
his pinch-hitter, staggering under moth
ing stronger than coffee and a slightly
stale cigaret, can do the same. That
makes it unanimous in this department
we're picking Tech.
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A S was his daily custom for
N many moons, your befuddled
correspondent cast anxious orbs
ever the daily exchanges today in
search of enlightening facts and
figures, and came up with the
startling information that many Of
the old guard scribblers have gone
into retirement. One has become
secretary to a congressman, others
have entered more lucrative (and,
incidentally, less arduous) fields,
and not few have just plain dis
appeared.
The vanishing of the conductors is &C.
companied by the elimination of cage
columns from many state papers, which
brings up that bearded question, which we
dust off hastily and present to you, "Is
interest in Indiana high school basketball
waning"
RI - hot &c ~,
yiting heaps of agony. Arguments wax
furious and Tuning over the beer mugs
and tea cups when this query is made.
Not anxious to place your regular cor
respondent out on the limb. this pinch
hitting typewriter ticker hesitates to give
yon and out and out answer.
But it won't be long before the question
will answer itself. Come the middle of
March and another state tournament will
be dished up for Gus Public. Last year,
for the first time in several years, old Gus
failed to empty his pockets of enough
money to fill the spacious Butler field
house.
THERE was a great vail and
l. crashing of teeth from the
hinterlands, urging a reduction in
ticket prices. Your pinch hitter,
at that time a full-fedged, dues
paid columnist, hoped on the
I. H. S. A. A band wagon to held
the price at So, and gave long and
impressive figures on why"
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But the arguments seem to have been
in vain. Wen bet that coy little tie our
Ann RarfH rsekx,.
against anything you don't want that Mr.
Ihsaa slashes his prices this year.
If this fails to entice the customers
through the gate, then the question will
be answered. But if the boys and girls
flock in, then well be right where we
started in this argument.
turning out for some of the big-time
prep battles would indicate that old King
Basketball still rates ace high. but if a
tendance Of this year and, for instance.
1880, was available, it's a good bet 1888
would wind up behind the eight ball.
A HURRY-UP roundup by We sub
IA stitute has revealed that
Hartford City's Airedales are no.
body's get-out of anyway they
handed Muncie a neat pasting
it's rumored that the Airedales are
very Bohr-ing ouch .
ouch Jonesboro, which missed
being my old hcne town" by about
six miles, is giving Marion sectional
headaches already The Zebras
knocked out Kokomo the other night
and have lost only to the afore-
Intentional Airedales The
Jonesboro boys also BANKED Fair
mount the other night. % TO 8, al
lowing not a single field foal.
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Decatur tried a new one the
other night - playing basketball
game wearing boxing gloves-which
isn't such a had idea.
-VERN BOXELL.