The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-05

all corners OF the state.
Saturday night Shortridge adde
over the Rushville Lions, a quinte
manded attention as one of the best
TIME Lions in mid-Season started
Il a comeback that gave them
victories over Martinsville, last
years champs, and Connersville, al
ways tough team. But Kenny
Peterman'S Blue Devils tanned them
Saturday night. If you're inter
ested in comparative scores, remem-
Der that Shortridge won by eleven
points, while Tech downed the Lions
by one point in an earlier tilt.
Techs victory over Cathedral Sat-
urday night hands Tim Campbell's
proteges the undisputed city laurels
Having won the city tourney, the
Green and White needed only tc
settle any claims Cathedral might
have made to local honors, in order
to hold the title alone.
TINE correspondence has piled up
IL so heavily in the past three
days that Blackboard may never get
out from under the load. But here
goes for a try. And here's pair
of Shortridge fans with boost for
well, you guess whom.
Dear CsrIos-The old HOosier basket
bali season is rapidly approaching the
time when all the little boys (and the
big ones, tool gather together to shoot
it out for the state championship. Pos
sibIy some of the best teams in the state
will not even get to the fieldhOuse this
year-meaning mostly Shortridge, Teen
and Southport. Two of these are bound
to be eliminated before the big sixteen
gather at Butler. Theme there Is Wash
ington which also will be at the sectional
party here.
"Up here at Shortridge we have team
which has proven itself one of the best,
and it is safe to say that they are better
than Tech in one important comparison.
The Blue Devils have tasted defeat as
well as vctory-they have come to realize
that they have winning abilities, but that
they have to fight, and fight hard to win.
Our good friends from Arsenal Tech also
have a good team, but they haven't tasted
defeat in sufficient amount to find that a
state tournament can not be won as easily
as two games a week the regular
schedule. That last is to Is game in
which Tech beat Shortridge was no great
disappointment to many of the Short
ridge fans. 1t proved that ShOrtridge
has the ability to hold Tech down, and
to stop Townsend. That's more than
any other ball club has been able to do
all season. Also, after all is said and
done, ShOrtridge has to combat the fact
that Tech is playing on its own floor.
If that advantage is worth ten points,
or even five, where does it put Shortridge?
Anything can happen in the sectionals,
Blackboard, so just keep that good ole
column going and along about March 8,
S. H. S. will give you something to write
about, which maybe the east siders won't
feel like reading.
Here's our Blk Sixteen, but not in
the order named; MartinsviIIe, LOgansport,
Jeff of Lafayette, Shortridge, Tech, Cen
RushviIle. Delphi, Connersville, Anderson,
southport, hunCIcS SHcIDJfliC anu hdAs-
ford City.
THE BROWN BROTHERS
OF SHORTRIDGE."
TINE Ben Davis Bard accommo-
dated Blackboard with the name
behind the nom de plume, and
here's the poem Blackboard prom
iSed the other day:
Here's to Coach Gerricks. who knows his
choice.
And his varsity boys, who step to his voice,
Hiatt, the guard, who knows his play,
Frieje, the guard, who knows where to
stay.
Price and Roberts oh. what centersj
The crowd cheers when forwards Bohanna
and Schoetling enter;
Finchan, the forward, who scores with
care,
Johnson, the guard. who does his share.
Dowden, the guard, who sticks to his
man,
And Francis. forward. does as much as
he can.
Come on Keck and Burke-do your stuff
Show them that Ben Davis is tough.
BOOSTER FOR BEN DAVIS"
a ND we hear from Tech again
"A Dorothy has a partner. It's a
great team-for Backboard's column
Dear Backboard-Let's stop praising
Townsend for a while and give a little
praise to Tim Campbell, who deserves
everything that is said about him. When
ever Tech is mentioned you always re-
member Tim, who is quiet and a very
good coach. Ever since that great team
he had in %, he's always had a team
picked az one of the best in the state.
Especially this year. Tech has a cham
pionship team.k If they can keep their
heads on their shoulders they'll win.
How about some one from Shortridge
or Southport or any other team writing
TO your column?
DOROTHY AND LORRAINE"
.
A ND, if Marie Antoinette had
n kept her head she'd have been
queen Of France longer than she