The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17

Indeed, there were several of the
lads in that northern Indiana viii
lage engaged in tossing oversize
chunks of gravel at each other at
the time. Said Backboards nearest
ally: Look out" Instead, he
looked up, and caught a generous
fragment of milestone between the
eyes.
What brought the incident into
today's column was letter that
dropped on the desk from the morn
ing mail from the ekid who pitched
that nose breaking strike. It's been
half a dozen years or more since
we've seen each other, but when
Colonel Bob Stranahan, the New
castle sports scribbler, picked up
an item from Off the Blackboard the
other day, the former friend no.
ticed it and had to have his say.
MYTH all the personal element
w deleted to strictly the basket
ball content of Hanks note, here
we CO.:
Dear CarIOs-DO you recall way back
in the dim past when you were going to
school in LigOnier that you were beaned
on the nose with rock? 1 imagine you
haven't forgotten it,. 1 haven't, because
I'm the one who threw it. Now I'm a
resident of New Castle and a basketball
fan here. of course.
So if you remember the incident, don't
you think you're running quite risk in
belittIing that victory of the Trojsns over
Tech? You know l might start hunting
you with another rock. l dare you to
print this threat. I don't believe it could
be considered seriously though do you?
1 just happened to see a reprint of one
of your articles abOu the New Castle
Tech game in the paper here, and though
I'd heard you were writing for an Indi-
annapolis paper / was surprised to find you
we're the author of that. 1 saw that game,
and New Castle deserved to win. 1 re-
minded me of the big games we used to
have with Topeka and Wawaka-it was
so different.
I've been in New Castle about six weeks
now, and was in Detroit for the past six
years, and got out of touch with the
basketball as the Hoosiers play it. After
seeing some Michigan high school games
1 can truthfully say it takes the Hoosiers
to play the game.
HANK HARSH, NEWCASTLE.
Just little caution, Henry-writ-
ing d column like this, you soon
learn how to duck. SO improve your
pitching arm, old man.
II
DARK school comes into the pic
Il ture with a contributor, who
very heartily diSagrees with most of
the selections Blackboard made to
reach the states tourney.
Dear Sir-I am writing just to inform
you that you are slightly off in your
predictions as to what teams will reach
the finals in Indianapolis.
Not only will Angola and Nappanee
never see indianapolis Yorktown never see
the third round in the Muncie sectional,
Kokomo never get out of Howard county.
Froebel of Gary never get out of their
own gym. but Washington's first team
couldn't beat the Jasper reserves or the
Vincennes fourth team, and Tech will be
watching the state finals from the peanut
gallery in the Butler fieldhouse unless
Shortridge and Southport get placed in the
same bracket.
However, you are absolutely right in
that Logansport and Lafayette will cause
plenty of trouble, and, if the Berries don't
geat beat by the refereeing as they did
last year. they'll be in that final game
Saturday night. March Il. Green castle,
If O-overdale doesn't put them out in the
sectional playing with ten men couldn't
beat Townsend of Tech by himself.
Martinsville, Franklin and Rushville will
be right in there, but Jacksonville if
they get out of the southern Indiana, will
be on their way back to southern Indiana
after the first round of play on Friday
TEMPTATION EROAH TECH