The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-19


early last December.
Usually, along in August one can
lick the foam off the nose and chin
and take time off from the nine
teenth hole to forecast HooSier
hardwood happenings from Thanks
giving until St. Patrick's day with
some fair degree of accuracy But
this season? It's been bleak enough
for the prophets to give even ST.
Pat the snakes.
Indiana Centraps defeat of But
ler was just a starter. Wabash
pushed over Indiana. Purdue hung
a 47-to-13 decision in Everett Deans
veStibule, and Butler, getting IN
stride to lead the Missouri Valley
League, dropped game to Grlnell,
after beating the westerners only a
couple of nights before.
Then Indiana licked Iowa just
before the Hawkeyes overturned the
apple cart, a feat Tor
which the Purdue boys got revenge
Saturday night i'll Iowa City In
diana Central, after tearing along
undefeated, at last emulated
at Ball State.
DUT that's not all. Notre Dame
ID started the season like national
champions, walloping Purdue and
Butler, without mentioning North
western and few others. The Irish
set new all-time record of twenty
two consecutive victories, and then
tripped eastward to Pitt.
And how they tripped. Pitt, on
it's midweStern invasion, had been
beaten by both Purdue and Butler.
Indeed, at Butler Pitt looked only
mediocre. But when all the whis-
Ting was over in the Panther gym,
several thousand customers were
astounded to see that late rally
had carried Doc Carlson's five to a
80 to IS victory.
"Ho, hum" the prophets sighed,
punch-drunk by that time, anyway
"Notre Dame just let down..
DUT last Saturday night in South
ID Bend. the Doctors Golden
Panthers proved something. Just
what no one knows. But, generally
it should be either: That Purdue
and Butler should have lost to Pitt;
or they should have won from Notre
Dame.
If all this hapepned in one of sew
eral branches Of professional sports
the cry would rise on high: Its a
build-up for the Butler-Notre Dame
fracas next Saturday night"
Well-isn't it? A natural one. No
doubt if Notre Dame had avenged
its former defeat at Pitts hands last
Saturday the fieldhouse would have
seen the largest crowd of the year
next Saturday evening. But as it
stands now, you shouldn't be able to
get even space in the tOpmost
bleachers for the annual Bulldog
Irish classic.
II CCENTRIC as has been the COL
L. lege program, the prep cam
paign has been even dizzier. The
latest example of its prankishness is
the Bloomington -Shortridge strug-
gle Saturday night.
The college town Panthers haven't
had an especially great season.
They've been in and out-and
mostly out-all along. For one
thing, Martinsville has beaten them
twice, and Shortridge disposed of
the Artesians here several weeks
ago.
But Saturday night the Phillips
men hit a fast pace and the Short
ridge team that every one north OF
street--plus a few others
is picking to cop the local Sec
tional, and at least the regional title
as well, couldn't cope with the
despite third-quarter
rally that did give them one-point
for short time.
TECH staged another Townsend
Il night. The big boy slipped past
Shelbyville defenses for thirteen
points, as the east siders won, %
to II.
Teams that face Tech start of
behind the eight ball. If they guard
Johnny, the rest of the Tech team
picks the openings to score. If the
hang man to man, then
the Green and White giant center
scores almost at will.
Young Mr.. Phillips, who rested up
after an injury to be ready for
Cathedral, proved the undoing of
the Irish in Peru last night. The
Tiger star forward annexed four
field goals and four free toSSes for
a total of twelve points as Peru
the Irish, 81 to 81, Saturday
evening.
Without Phillips it probably would
have been different yarn today.
Or did Coach LoveleSs' scouting Of
the Cathedral -Shortridge game at
Butler fieldhouse several weeks ago
have something to do with it?
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blackboard agrees in m S t
ID part with an early season state
ment by Glen Curtis. the sly Mar
tinsville mentor, that basketball
scouting is important, and believes
the day is not far of when all ma