The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-11
State Basket
Tourney Is Up
for Discussion
Meetings Set for 10 Cities
Tonight; SO Principals
to Attend Here.
BY DICK MILLER
Times Sports Writer

The hrSt step IN referendum
among school authorities on the
question: What, if anything, is
wrong with the present system Of
staging the annual state high school
/ basketball tournaments" will be
taken tonight when principals of 300
schools - members of the Indiana
High School Athletic Association
meet in Is sectional centers.
In addition to calling the meeting
Of the principals TO discuss the bas-
ketball question tonight the Board
of Control today announced pro-
grams for the sectional and state
track meets and the state golf tour
Tnament. Sectional track meets will
be held in Is centerS on May II with
the Anal meet at Butler University,
May 10. The golf meet will be held
at Speedway course here May ID.
Council members of the 1. H. S. A.
A. will act as chairmen of the vari-
Gus meetings, and principals attend
ing are TO be allowed to discuss any
subjects they care to so long as they
refer to the present plan of operat-
ing the state tournament or to plans
of changes.
The indianapolis meeting will be
held at Broad Ripple High School
and will be in charge of K. V. Am
norman, principal of that school,
and H. E. Sanford, Covington, Ind,
both members of the council body.
SiXty-seven other principals have
been invited to attend the local
gathering.
No Suggestions Made
Other meetings will be held in
Boonville, Charlottesville, Crown
Point, Fit. Wayne, Kokomo, Milan,
Muncie, La Porte, Lafayette, Rich
mond, Salem, Seymour, Sullivan,
/ Warsaw and Washington.
For more than five years the I.
H. S. A. A. board of control through
the medium Of its periodic bulletins,
has solicited suggestions from Erin
| cipalS, athletic directors and coaches
on any changes that might be
sought in the management of the
various tournaments and meets
| sponsored by the organization. These
suggestions were to be made in the
form OF proposals to be drawn up
/ by principals and submitted to the
annual October meeting of the
council.
Agitation Not Evident
That no proposals have been
! forthcoming concerning the state
basketball tournament may or may
not be significant. It is felt the
principals reflect the sentiments of
their communities and, since none
of them has suggested ideas or
demands for a change, it is felt
there is no clamor among the popu-
lace in general for a change from
the present net tourney system of
a sectional, regional and two-day,
15-game final tournament.
A. L. Trester, commissioner of the
I. H. S. A. A, said it is possible the
board may in the near future hold a
mail vote referendum on the state
tournament question. He said the
sectional meetings tonight will not
vote upon any question, and no
council session had been called for
the near future for the members to
discuss anything the chairmen of
the meetings might gather from
listening.
Much has been said during the
last few weeks about the state tour
nament. The state Legislature that
recently adjourned considered and
voted upon a bill introduced by one
of its members that, if passed, would
have limited any high school boy to
participation in not more than two
basketball games within a 24-hour
period.
Suggest McMurray Influence
The bill failed to come out of the
committee and it is understood that
Floyd I. McMurray, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, PROM
ised his department would handle
the matter. Whether or not the
meetings tonight are at his urge
can not be learned.
Since some conferences of the
state already has gone on record
as favoring change, ranging from re-
duction of the final tournament of
Is. teams to eight for play over the
! two-day period, to addition of an
other week to the tournament, with
a final field of four, and even sug-
| geStion Of complete adjustment of
the tournament it is felt that the
principals may now have something
/ to say. They have been urged dur
ing the past week to learn the
wishes of their constituents and re-
port them.
Golf Meet Is Holes
Sectional track meets will be held
at Anderson, Bloomington, Elkhart,
Evansville (Bosse), Fl. Wayne
South Side), Gary. Indianapolis
tTechnicaD, Kentland. Lafayette.
Marion, Mishawaka, New Albany,
Rushville, Terre Haute (Wiley) and
Vincennes.
The usual eligibility requirements
for the track meets will prevail.
such as maximum time and mini
mum distance for each potential
contestant TO have been made I'M
der fair conditions. All winning re-
lay teams and first and second place
winners in the sectional meets will
be eligible to compete in the state
meet.
The state golf meet will be an lS-
hole medal test. Each school may
enter six players, but a team of four
must be designated before the start
OF the tournament at a. m. The
three lowest individual scorers VIII
receive medals. In case of a tie the
winner will be declared by lot. In
case Of a tie between the four-man
teams. duplicate trophies will oe
! awarded TO each school.
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