The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-03
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: BY VERN BOXELL

~ his shadow Thursday. but it
wasn't as dark and menacing as
the gloom hanging over the
campus at Indiana u today.
Two days ago that ole debbn In
eligibility robbed Everett Dean of
Sally SuGdith. a sophomore guard
sensation of 1892, who did not en-
roll last semester. due to financial
trouble. but who wanted to return
this semester
And now it seems his successor.
Jack Heavenridge Of Washington
Ratchet fame, is going to toss in
the sponge. Heavenridge, one of
the outstanding members of the
present crop of Big Ten rockies,
also reports he is short on shekels
and may not be able to return to
school this semester. He didn't APP
pear in the lineup against the
Mexico Falls Wednesday night.
If Heayenridge returns to Wash
ingtCn, Indiana'S cage hopes Will be
lower than the Jordan river in mid
July.
For not-sO-dark dark horses. watch
MartinsviIle and Logansport. Late starters,
ready to shoot
The five best sellers tonight are Bed
ford at Martinsville, Columbus at Bloom
ingtOn, Muncie at Logsnsport Peru at
Marion, and Vincennes at Washington. As
if YOU didn't know.
Indiana State goes to Purdue tonight
to pay Piggy Lamberts Big Ten five.
Purdue may be surprised, especially if
Purdue is not expecting a surprise The
Sycamores have been strengthened for the
BOilermaker FRAY ty the return to action
of Dowden, husky guard. who has been
out with injuries.
EARLHAM'S gym won't hold the
IL cash customers who will want
to see the Quakers stack up against
De Paw tonight. Tubby Moffett
has spent half the winter scouting
Earlham and plans to shoot the
works tonight.
It would big feather in the Tiger
bonnet to snap that nineteen game
winning streak of Blair Gullions
Earlhams.
One Of the least mentioned and
vet most valuable of the De PauWs
is a 6-foot-2-inch youngster who
answers to Isley. He does everything
but sweep out the gym. Isley jumps
center most Of the time, plays for
ward on offense and guard on de-
Tense
couple of hOt-shots who are reading
their names in the papers these DAYS are
Proctor of Bainbridge and Williams of
Auburn. The big cambridge center has
connected for ninety four field goals and
twenty-five free throws a total of @13
points in eighteen games. and the Auburn
yoUngster has been averaging twelve points
game.
Anderson has tailed III out of 1913 free
throw attempts this season. That's lot
of points.
Pete (Muncie) Jolly told his Bearcats
that Loganspcrt was tougher than Ander-
son-Muncie plays at Logansport tonight.
Peru's Tigers, which have won sixteen
out of eighteen games this year, boast a
squad of eight seniors and two juniors.
How would You like to be the basketball
coach at Peru next year.
One of Saturdays games that will he
worth seeing is the Kokomo- Upton thing
at the latter place. Give us Upton.
n
IT is whispered in the northland
L that internal dissentiOn had
something to do with the tumble of
Froebel Of Gary from an unbeatable
quintet to one that was just waiting
to be knocked off.
Slim (FrankforD Bausman can
take EN-. The husky Hot Dog chief
was handed a lot Of razzing by
Greencastle fans at the same time
his basketball team was being
handed a terrific lacing. But the
ex-G reencaStle coach was right back |
at them with a smile. Yes sir, he /
can take ,em.
Kokomo is very pleased with the per-
formances of a young man, EIlers by /
name. who made his debut with the Wild
cats against Lebanon last week and led
courageous even though unsuccessful
rally.
Kokomo also is very glad that Coach .
Singer has mo~ed from Sharps-iLe to |
Jonesboro. In recent years, the Wild /
cats had much trouble with Sharpsville
in sectional play Now Marion is doing |
the worrying. Singers Jones5Oro Zebras
are unbeaten in seventeen starts this |
year They play in the Giants sectional
Pete Ellis. Vincenncs' gift to journalism,
is picking weekly big Sixteens" for one
of the press associations. Pete's latest /
brain child contains mention of
Greencastle If We were subjects of tech /
nocracy now Vincenues Pete would be fat
broke this week-he wasted a lot of energy
picking this lineup:
Technical Frobel Bloomington Ander- .
son, sheibyville, Vincennes, Martinsvile, /
Columbus, Valparaiso. Central of Evans /
vile. Peru. Lcgansport Bedford, Muncie,
COnnersville and Shortridge.
He's right on Tech. but take the next /
fifteen and there aren't more than two
clubs in the lot who can tumble Green
caste even granting the Tiger cubs may
not scorch the nets again this year as they
did in walloping Frankfort Wednesday
night.