The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-18

president; w S. Fellmy. Edwards
port: E. F.. Fribley, Auburn; j. A.
Mohler. ScottSburg. and c.. L. Rus
sell. Gary, met with commissioner
A. L. Trester in the association Of
fees in the Circle Tower Building
and the brief announcement today
bespeaks the result: 1t is as fol-
lows:
The l. H. S. A. A. Board of Con-
troll, after careful consideration of
the results of several meetings of
principals over the state on April
II, 1885, adopted the following state
basketball tourney scheme for 1885,
1886"
l. Sixty-four sectional tourna-
ments to have to 16 teams to be
played on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, March 5, and 7, 1886.
2. Sixteen regional Journeys of
four teams each to be played on the
afternoon and night of March IA,
1886.
3. Four semi-fnal Journeys of
four teams to be played on the aft
ernoon and night of Saturday,
March 81, 1885.
A. Final tournament of four
teams to be played on Saturday
March %, 1886.
Plan Long Advocated
Exact playing hours for the final
tournament was not stated in the
bulletin released today. 1t is pre-
sumed that the finals will be played
similar to regional and semi-fnals.
two games in the afternoon with
the winners meeting at night. How
ever. some principals have Sug-
geSted that the final game be played
in late afternoon to enable fans who
follow the four finalist teams TO
Indianapolis more time to return to
their homes.
The plan to extend the state tour
nament to four weeks with four
teams in the final meet and an ad-
ditional week inserted between the
regional and final meets has been
advocated by The Indianapolis
Times and this writer for several
years.
Back in the days when the ticket
shortage was the sole complaint, it
was felt that more fans could see
their teams perform with four divl-
Sional tournaments inserted the
week following the regional tourna-
mentS. These can be held in field
houses seating 5000 or more fans,
meaning that more than 10000 can
see the Is regional winners reduced
TO four teams instead of the 14000,
which is the maximum seating ca
pacity of Butler Fieldhouse.
Ticket Strain LesSened
The Strain of ticket demand thus
will be relieved. or better. the fans
who follow the four teams to In
dianapoliS for the final tournament
can be allotted first chance at
tickets.
In recent years there has been
some criticism of the former tour
nament system based on the fact
that the winner and runnerup teams
were obliged to play three games in
one day. The criticism reached the
State Legislature, and this year a
bill was introduced limiting high
school basketball teams to not
more than two games in "a hours.
BetterS Two-Day Plan
The bill passed the House Of
Representatives and went to the
Senate. where it died in commit
tee. but not until Floyd I. McMur-
ray. State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction. promised that his
department would study the matter
with 7. H S. a. a officials and take
steps to correct the situation.
Educators and parents had pro-
tested from several different angles
against the two-day final tourna-
ment with Is teams competing in
the fieldhouSe. Among the more
outstanding was the necessity that
students travel long distances to
Indianapolis and stay one, two and
three nights.
From a revenue standpoint the
new system is expected to derive
practically as much net profit as the
former arrangement. although the
I0-year rental contract of $4,000 a
year with Butler University still has
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