The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-09
10 Surviving
CUNTS to Be
in Final Here
UpSetS Looked for With
Dark Horses Among
81 ContenderS.
BY WAYNE FOX

BY WAYNE FOX
knowledge that within few
short hours all but 16 teams will
have been eliminated from the state
high school basketball tournament
the greatest ever held-had thou
sands of Hoosier fans in a half
festive, -foreboding mood today.
simultaneously at 2 o'clock this
afternoon quintets in Indianapolis
and Is other regional centers around
the state will take to the hardwood
for action surpassed only By the
classic finals at Butler f1eldhouse
here. Sixty-four teams, survivors
of the record field Of 781 squads
which started in the sectionals, will
compete.
The regional here at Tech gym
brought together Ben Davis and
Plainfield in the opening tilt. An
derson and fortville clashed at 3
o'clock in the other afternoon game.
AS in the other regional Journeys,
the two winners will play at 8 to-
night in the finals.
One Indicated Team
Nine schools which never before
won a sectional and several other
dark horse" quintetS are competing
today, menacing at least seven past
favoriteS.
Only one team with an unde-
feated season remains in the field.
The team is Jacksonville, outstand-
ing southern Indiana contender.
This afternoon Jacksonville meets
Mitchell, a five it did not encounter
during the regular season.
Other tits expected to be watched
closely this afternoon included
Martinsville-Brazil, at Bloomington
Lafayette-Earl Park and Lebanon
Frankfort, both at Frankfort; Lo-
ganSport-Peru, at LoganSport; Mum
cie-R Richmond, at Muncie; Marion
Wabash, at Kokomo, and Michigan
City-Valparaiso, at La Porte.
Finals Start Next Friday
Regional play holds golden oppor-
tunity for the high school boy in its
two brief, thrill-fraught sessions
The Is winning teams will play be-
fore upward of $4,000 persons in
Mammoth Butler fieldhouse here
next Friday and Saturday. Tickets
for the finals already are going fast
In addition to the coveted state
title, which only six schools have
won more than once in the Is years
the tourney has been an annual
feature. the players here will be
competing for the Gimbel prize
awarded annually to the boy show
ing the best craftsmanship.
Logansport, coached by Cliff
Wells, is defending the champion
ship. Arthur Marty Gosman OF
the Jasper team, which already has
been eliminated from the current
tourney, won the sportsmanship
prize last year.
PairingS for first-round regional
action today follow:
At Attica
2:o0-Williamsport VS., Roachdale.
3:00-Waveland VS.. Clinton.
At Auburn
2:oo-Columbia City. vs.. Ligonier.
3:0O-Mentone VS.. Auburn.
At Bloomington
2.OO-Martlnsville VS. Brazil
3.00-Wiley tTerre Hautel VS.. LYONS.
At Columbus
2:oo-North Vernon VS.. Franklin.
3:O0-MadlSon VS.. Shelbyville.
At Evansville
2:00-Princeton VS.. Tell CITY.
3:oO-Lynnville VS.. Bosse (EvansvilIe>.
At Frankfort
2:00-Lafayette VS.. Earl Park.
3.O0-Lebanon VS.. Frankfort.
At HUNTINGTON
200-Berne VS.. Roanoke.
S:oo-South Side eft. Wayne) VS.. Penn
At Indianapolis
cat Tech GYM
2:00-Ben Davis vs. Plainf1eld.
3:00-Fortville VS.. Anderson.
At Kokomo
2:9o-Tipton vs.. Kokomo.
3:o0-Marion VS.. Wabash.
At La Porte
2:00-Kentlano VS. Hammond
3:00-Michigan City VS.. Valparaiso.
At Logansport
2.00-Logansport VS. Peru.
3:00-Camden VS.. Monticello.
At Mitchell
2.00-Sevmour VS.. West Baden.
3:00-Jeffersonville VS.. Mitchell.
At Muncie
2.00-Farmland VS. Newcastle
S00-Muncie VS.. Richmond.
At Rochester
2:00-Rochester VS.. North Judscn.
3:O0-Mishawaka vs.. Nappanee.
At RuShviIIe
2.00-Milan VS.. Connersville.
300-Rushville VS.. Aurora.
At Washington
2:00-Montgomery vs.. Vincennes.