The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-08

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DUT here's what inspired this let
ID ter. You know, I'm one of the
old school of downtown coaches, and
my idea is this. Since I've got SO
much at stake in this state tourney
now, professional honor, and all
that, how about me passing on a
pointer or two?
Anyway, here goes. Now, there
are only a few things necessary for
Tech to come through. The first
is to get past Shortridge, Southport,
and Ben Davis in the sectionals.
The second is to take care of An
derson in the regional. And the
third is to win all the games in the
state playoff March 16 and II. Sim
pie, isn't it? Just like that.
Now Tim, should get through
the sectional merely by piling up
more points than any Of my rivals.
Let's leave the technical details to
you, and just plod along in a gen.
eral way. In the regional I'd see
that my boys hit the net more fire.
quently than any one else'S lads did.
Again, the details are your problem,
while supply the wider plan. In
the state, I'd simply start out and
lick every team met, and call it
a season well spent.
A ND Tech can do it. Candidly,
4 n I've whooped about Johnny
Townsend all season because he's
the handiest man I ever saw on a
high school hardwood court, and
just about forty per cent of Techs
team. The other regulars are worth
fifty per cent, and the reserve
strength ten.
When the big lad is in the game
the offense perks up like terriers
ears in a rats cellar (no, not a
rathSkeller), and there isn't any one
man in the state who can guard
him. When an opposing team puts
two men on his trail, Johnny merely
has to feed the ball to HUT, Hair,
Woerner and Pagach and what two
men who can block Johnnys quick,
deceptive passes?
Shortridge will mean business in
the sectional. Kenny Peterman's
got speed up therein telling you,
huh?, They intend to repeat last
years feat, but they can't do it if
your boys are or their toes. And on
the whole they strike me as crew
that seldom sits back on their heels.
My only fear for Tech in the Sec
tionals is that they may underesti-
mate, Ben Davis, or Southport If
they draw them early in the meet.
THE regional is going to be tough,
Il but that's good, because Tech
seems to function better against the
hard teams than against those that
aren't quite so strong. What Archie
Chadd has up in Anderson few of
us know yet, but we can bet that it
will be one Of the top-notch teams
in Indiana, and it's too bad that
both the Indians and Tech can't
get into the state meet. And it's
too bad, for that matter, that
Shortridge and Tech have to meet
in the sectionals.
Now for the state. You saw the
list of regional winners picked yes
terday. If half Of them get to the
state my guessing average will be
good, but they look like the teams
that should be here.
We know that there won't be any
weaklings in the Big Sixteen, no
matter what teams win their way
to the state tourney. But there are
some that Tech could take pretty
well in stride, and there are some
that the Green and White would
have to battle to the last second to
beat.
%REENCASTLE, Froebel, Angola,
" Bose, and Kokomo shouldn't
be hard. if you draw any of them.
Franklin and Rushville, and maybe
Washington and Nappanee are apt
to surprise some of U.s. Martinsville
will either be one Of the toughest
or one of the easiest teams in the
list. and Jacksonville will be one
of the best in the f1eldhouse. But
watch out for JEFF Of Lafayette,
Hartford City and Logansport
particularly Cliff Wells boys. Again,
I should be informing you. Ell?
Tech can do it. If Johnny were
just good center. Tech would have
about an even chance to get past
either the sectional and regional
meets. Likewise. the Green and