The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-05

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CraWfOrdSVille's Athenians we're
noSed out in a tight tussle. Green
castle was hampereo by injuries
and illness.
OF Glen Curtis may keep his
promise and get those Artesians
to the fieldhouse yet. Brazil,
Wiley, and Lyons don't look any
too strong to stop Martinsville at
Bloomington,
Connersville and Rushville are
just about due for another scrap
at Rushville.
A ND those Jeffmen still look
N good at Frankfort. Congra-
tulatiOs, BrOnchOs. You're off to
a good start!
THEY WON'T COME BACK
Tech. Jasper, Greencastle, Bates
vile, Beaver Dam and Hartford
City.
STILL TRAVELLING
Logansport, Princeton, North
Vernon, North Judson, Jeffer-
sonville, Richmond, Hammond,
Lebanon, Brazil and Wabash.
An Open Letter to the Ben Davis
Players and Coach Pop Gerichs.
DEAR SCRAPPERS-I have
- knocked around the state
quite bit this season, and have
glimpsed in action the strongest
and weakest teams on Hoosier
hardwoods. So 1 have a pretty
fair idea as to how a team of
average ability performs.
1t probably won't surprise you a
bit when I tell you that your sec
tional victory was not just a
flash in the pan, and that your
style of battle is considerably
above the average good team.
Certainly you're not backward
when in company with Washing
ton and Shortridge, and they COM
pare favorably with the better
teams of the state. BY compare
tive scores it could be shown that
you are better than Anderson, but
those kinds Of comparative scores
don't mean a thing.
I'm writing this to warn you
against regional-itis. Time and
again a big clever team from a
smaller town burns up the hare
oak in the sectional then breaks
sky high in the regional. Why?
Because the boys forget every or
ganized play their coach ever
taught them. Shoot Shoot-shoOt-
their only thought-any time, any
where they get the ball they heave
long, useless shots at the basket.
A team with a name Smears a
couple of their under-bas drives
right off the bat. and they give
up; they start peppering away
with those vain heave- and-hope
losses. You know what I'm talk
ing about, don't you Giants? You
have seen it happen often, too.
But Giants, if you want to keep
up that sectional pace, you won't
do that. Your coaches have
drilled into you number Of
under basket and followin for
nations that look as good as they
make 'em in Hoosierland. You
know how they worked in the
Tech gym Saturday. You're big
and powerful, and if you keep
driving hard and fast for those
snappy one-handerS around the
foul circle you've got a chance.
Am I right, Pop? Yours,
o. T. Blackboard.
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The Jacksonville sports writer
allows his home town enthusiasm
to run away with him, and often
reports some funny things. His
latest work of mystifcation ap-
pears in his story of the Jefferson
ville-New Amsterdam tilt. which
the Demons won, 60 to IA. He
starts out thusly:
Coach Janis Francis gave the Red
Tide regulars two minutes target prac-
uce against New Amsterdam IN Satur-
dav morning S opener al the New Albany
sectional tournament Then he yanked
them all but johnson 10 rest for the
suDer-contest Of the sectional tilt be-
tween the Red Devils and the New Al
banv Bulldogs al 80 oclock Saturday
afternoon.
sJefersonvilIe gave a hint Of the pow
er Coach Francis holds in reserve 10
loose against the mightiest high school
net squads in the state to gain the Indi-
ana net crown at Butler Fieldhouse.'
Then you take a squint at the
box score, and, 10 and behold.
there's Rauth with fiYs field goals