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

knowledge that within lew
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, half -forebOding mood today.
simultaneously at 2 o'clock this
afternoon quintets in indianapolis
and Is other region centers around
the state will take to the hardwood
for action surpassed only by the
classic finals az 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
will bring together Ben Davis and
Plainfield in the opening tilt. An
derson and Fortville clash at 3
o'clock in the other afternoon game.
AS in the other regional Journeys,
the two winners will play at to-
night in the finals.
Ozark Horse" Teams Play
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 JefferSonville, outStand-
ing southern Indiana contender.
This afternoon Jeffersonville 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
Gle Richmond, at Muncie; Marion
Wabash, at Kokomo, and Michigan
City-ValpariSo, at La Porte.
Finals Here Next Week
Regional play holds golden oppor-
tunity for the high school boy in its
two brief, thrill-fraught sessions.
The Is winners will play before up
ward of $4,000 persons in Mammoth
Butler f1eldhouSe 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 CMarty) Gosman of
the Jasper team, which already has
been eliminated from the current
tourney, won the craftsmanship
prize last year.
Pairings for first-round regional
action today follow:
At Attica
| -Williamsport VS.. Roachdale.
| 3:O0-Waveland VS.. Clinton.
At Auburn
2.00-Columbia City VS. Ligonier.
3:O0-Mentone VS.. Auburn.
AT Bloomington
| 2:O0-Martinsville VS.. Brazil.
3:O0-Wiley tTerre Hautel VS.. Lyons.
At Columbus
2:0O-North Vernon VS. Franklin.
| 3.00-Madison VS.. Shelbyville.
At Evansville
| 200-Princeton vs.. Tell CITY.
30O-Lynnville VS.. Bose EVANSVILLE.
At Frankfort
| 2:o0-Lafayette VS.. Earl Park.
| 3.O0-Lebanon VS.. Frankfort.
At HUNTINGTON
| 2:o0-Berne VS. Roanoke.
| 3:00-South Side Ft. Wayne) VS.. Penn
At Indianapolis
(At Tech gyml
2:oO-Ben Davis VS.. Plsinfeld.
| 3.00-Fortville VS.. Anderson.
At Kokomo
2:oo-Tipton vs.. Kokomo.
3:OO-Marion VS.. Wabash.
At La Porte
| 2.00-Kentland VS.. Hammond
| 3:00-Michigan City VS.. Valparaiso.
At LOgansDOrt
| 2:00-Logansport VS.. Peru.
| 3.00-Camden VS.. Monticello.
At Mitchell
200 Seymour vs.. West Baden;
! 3:00-Jedersonville vs. Mitchell.
At Muncie
| 2.OO-Farmland VS.. Newcastle.
/ 30O-Muncie VS.. Richmond.
At Rochester
2.0O-Rochester VS.. North Judson.
| 3.0O-Mishawaka vs.. Nappanee
At Rushville
| 2.OO-Milan vs.. Connersville.
! 300-Rushyille VS.. Aurora.
At Washington
| 2:0O-Montgomery VS.. Vincennes
/ s-00-SullfVaN Huntington.