The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-15

EOR one thing they've got Curtis,
l. the veteran fox Of many state
Journeys and a builder Of tourna-
ment teams For another they've
got size and stamina. And, in front
of a defense that held a hard-driv-
ing Shortridge ofenSe consistently
outside the normal scoring zone,
they've got q nice passing crew and
a hatful Of scoring plays which
might start clicking any moment.
They did function for few min
utes during the Shortridge en-
counter, and whenever the gears
meshed the Blue Devils lead was
erased in a jiffy. 1t was chiefly
Birr's work at center, giving the
Blue Devils control Of the ball from
the tipof in the last period of the
game, that prevented the Artesians
from crawling up to victory.
Verl Beasley, a 180-pound for
ward, is the only man left from the
championship five Of last year, al
though Bob Dale and Ken Watson,
guards, and Wendell Phillips, for
ward, were reserves on the team
that copied the big meet last
March.
XXTHAT happened in Blooming
w ton Saturday night? The At
to 10 pummelling that Purdue
handed Everett Deans Crimson
basketeers set a lot of hardwood fol-
lowers back on their heels.
From the best reports available
to Blackboard the Hooser leather
flippers looked like they'd been Cos
siping in a powder factory when
some one dropped a lighted match
Said one Observer-and an i'm
partial one-"that Indiana outfit
couldn't even hit the blackboard,
much less the hoop They fumbled,
and passed to more Boilermakers
than they did their own men,"
Ward Lambert's lads made holi-
day of it. They hit the basket twen-
ty times in forty-nine attempts,
while the Hoosiers cracked the net
only three times in forty-four at
temptS.
Now the BoilermakerS lead the
Western Conference. Iowa. who I'M
til Saturday night shared the TOP
place with Purdue and Indiana.
slipped up in its encounter with
Minnesota. Funny, the tricks these
athletes play on the dopesters. It
was mouthed generously around Big
Ten camps that Iowa was the cream
OF the list. The Hawkeyes will ap-
pear in Bloomington Feb. 5.
TONY H1NKLE'S dribblers
L couldn't halt the Notre Dame
stampede. AS a matter of record.
the Butler cagers garnered less
points than any other Notre Dame
opponent this year when they met
the Irish in South Bend Saturday
night
George Keogan, the diminutive
Irish mentor, has an axiom: Hold
the opposition to nineteen points
and you'll win most Of your games"
Until the Butler game the low op-
posing score against Notre Dame
this season was twenty-one points.
and the average score against the
Irish was slightly better than
twenty-five points a game With Ed
(Moose) Krause, the All-America |
center, leading the way with ten
points, the Irish piled up thirty
seven points and held Butler to
The Bulldogs hit only
one field goal in the second half. |
and that in the opening minute of
the period
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Thi weeks cage program offers:
WEDNESDAY
Delphi at Flora.
Peru ST Logansport
THURSDAY
Brazil at Bosse Evansville.
FRIDAY
Greershurg at Shelbyville.
Rushville at Greencastle
Lafayette al Lebanon
kencanvllle at Hartford CITY
Smithyille ct CriSpus Attucks
Franklin at Connersviile
kokomo at Richmond
NincenneS at Columbus
Frankfort at Charlottesville
Mitchell al Seymour
LoganSport at Newcastle.
washington at Bedford
Martinsville al Bloomington
Howe Military Academy at Anderson.
Miehigantown al Peru.
SATURDAY
Southport at Danville.
Jasper az Washington
kOkOmn Mrfnfia.