The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29


cards. He spread them out fanwiSe
A simple tas. The ticket, BackbC
others view, was Uttered with red s.
FOLLOWED the shuttle, and the
Il gentleman with the def fin
gers produced the ten of clubs,
saying, There's the card you drew"
Nope" cried Blackboard, leaping
at the bait.
st still think this Is the card
answered the gentleman with the
supernatural digital dexterity CHS
own phrase, and miraculously the
ten of clubs became the eight of
hearts before Backboard's eyes.
That should have been enough.
But Blackboard is-if nothing else
a sucker for punishment. Several
hours later he sat in the Butler field
house press box watching Wabash
colleges basketball team pile up a
nice little lead over the Butler
cagerS.
1.-THE Bulldogs will take that away
before this games up" said a pal
in the second row.
1.-TWO bits they DON'T" snapped
Blackboard, figuring mentally the
amount of beer and skittles that ex-
ira quarter would produce.
But now the beer and skittles de-
partment will suffer this week, for
Mr.. Hinkle's blue-clad basketeeerS,
particularly Messrs. Frank Baird,
Bert Davis and Frank Reissener,
trounced the Little Giants, as you
all know, IS to 80.
DAVIS was hot again. The little
- Bulldog forward knocked off
four field buckets and contributed
five free losses in five attempts. Ben
Mason was the Cavemens flash,
batting in six buckets from the field.
After the opening of the second
period the Bulldogs really began to
click, stepping out seven points
ahead of the Little Giants at one
time, and relinquishing that lead as
Parrish was forced from the game
with four personals. Wabash led,
10 to Is, at the half, but Butler came
back, tied up the score, and then
forged ahead. Wabash knotted the
score once late in the game, but
Buffers accuracy at the free throw
line gave them the verdict.
DACKBOARD'S prediction that
- Lebanon would be easy for Tim
Campbells Technical cagers was on
the level. The Green and White
triumphed easily. Shelbyville's de-
feat of Shortridge set the Blue
Devils back with jolt, and adj
vanced the prestige of the Shelby
vile quintet in stage cage circles,
and take it from Blackboard, that
Cathedral outfit is getting tougher
and tougher. They turned back the
Greencastle Tiger Cubs Saturday
night without much trouble, and
should make it interesting for Tech
next weekend.
The regional tourney at Anderson
isn't going to be soft spot for any
one. Alexandria showed its i'm
provement Saturday night by con-
quering Connersville by a wide
margin. The SpartanS went down,
- to 81.
EROEBEL moved up into top posi-
L ton in the Calumet region by
winning from Horace Mann and
Hammond this week. The Gary
team downed the Hammond five "a
to 20 Saturday night.
Digger copied the Wabash val
ley tourney in Terre Haute Saturday
night, winning the final game from
Switz City, 20 to 10. The valley
meet is the second biggest tourney
in Hoosier basketball, ranking only
below the state meet. Ninety-four
teams from Indiana and Illinois
were entered.
While Blackboard thinks of it,
there aren't many colleges in the
country that aren't doing mild bit
of angling for Johnny Townsend.
Prominent among those which con-
fess interest in the big Tech eager
are Michigan, Purdue, De Paw,
Northwestern and Indiana. And
there is plenty of reason. Johnny
is one of the best prep cagers-it
not the best-that we've seen in this
segment of the hardwood horizon.
this or any year.
The boys got everything it takes
to make basketball player. That
includes size, brains, speed. stamina
and a natural ability to size up sit
uation in a flash and act on first
judgments. Usually he acts the
right way.