The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-17
TINE timers watches got out O


TIME timers watches got out of
Il control. The mathematical
sense of Coaches Glen Curtis, of
Martinsville, and Burl Friddle, of
Washington, was applied so strictly
to the scoreboard that neither was
certain how many overtimes had
been run off. But when the timers
yelped for aid, and the floor officials
couldn't help them out, Curtis and
Friddle came to the scoring table.
Its three" one cried.
cts four" another shouted.
And no one knew how long the
perspiring youngsters on the floor
had played. Basketball rules stipu-
late that high school teams may
play only three overtimes, unless
neither team scores 2 points, and
then additional extra periods may
be played by mutual agreement.
DUT there was only mutual dis
ID agreement around the officials
bench. Meanwhile, the players
lolled on the floor. The controversy
ragged on. One of the boys arose
from the floor, slipped out to a
dressing room and returned with a
handkerchief. Unable to continue
with their net game the ten lads
engaged in an exciting tilt of
drop he-handkerchief," while the
fans yowled Finally Curtis and
F'riddle agreed-to quit. And there
the game ended, 17-all.
It's too bad Solomon couldn't
have : = but no, maybe it's best
he wasn't around. Think of the
thousand wives; think of the Queen
of Sheba; think of the poor child,
think of Blackboard. If the willy
old judge had been on the spot
there might not have been anything
to write about today.
A ND so, the mystery is solved
N at least in part. Pete Jollys
Nuncie Bearcats last night told the
HooSier basketball world that New
castle wasn't riding quite as high
as a lot of the fans believed after
the Trojans conquered Anderson
and Tech in one week.
It wasn't easy for the Bearcats.
The 16-to-14 score shows that. But
then, Muncie quintet hasn't been
figured as one of the states best
teams this season, inasmuch as the
Bearcats have been defeated, not
frequently, but sufficiently to put
them out of most serious thoughts
as a contender for state honors.
BLOOMINGTON showed a re-
ID newed spirit last night in win
ming from Sullivan, 81 to 16, on
the Panthers hardwood. it should
be an interesting battle at Short
ridge. Anderson managedsa PATIO
% win over Bedford, for whatever
that's worth. and Brazil pulled out
with a 21-to-20 shade over Linton at
Brazil Jeffersonville showed its
strength against Manual Of Louis
vile, winning 40 to IL and the
Columbus Bulldogs upset the dope
with 81 to 20 defeat of the strong
Rushville quintet Monument
City should know how it feels to be
really walloped ;. Lagro sent them
home last night on the very short
end of rs to count.
A LONG about-well, ever so
N many years ago-at the time
Blackboard was painfully studying
his readm' and 'ritin' in grammar
school, he INDUCED unwisely in the
boyish pastime of tossing very real
bricks at a mock enemy, the kid
from next door.
Indeed, there were several of the
lads in that northern Indiana vii
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 a milestone between the
eyes.
What brought the incident into
todays column was letter that
dropped on the desk from the morn
ing mail from the kid 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