The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-16
BY PAUL BOXELL

Not so good and not so bad.
That's the record of indianapolis
high school basketball teams as they
go back to the goal mines today to
prepare for nine games on this
weeks schedule.
In actual facts and figures, local
prep quintets have won 10 and lost
IL during the last two Week-ends,
which amounts to percentage
somewhere around ASS.
The not-too- good-nor too bad
angle comes in with the discovery
that, while every team in the city
has been beaten, each of them, eX-
cept Manual, can boast of at least
one victory already And Manuals
record reflects a tough-luck tinge Of
which any college football team
would be proud The Redskins lost
out in the last few minutes to Ben
Davis, dropped a one-point deci-
sion to Broad Ripple and fell by two
points to Plainfield.
Double Trouble for Tech
Tech, it appears, faces the most
trying hoop hardship this week.
The Green Waves roll out to Co.
lumbus for a breaker with the Bull
dogs Friday and return home Sat-
urday to tie into Frankfort, a North
Central Conference foe. Coach Ever
EFT Case, as was expected, has this
year, his second since the renais-
sance in Frankfort, turned up with
a powerful quintet. The Casemen
whipped Logansport last Friday,
21-17.
Techs warriors obtained their
first taste of victory Saturday night
when they out-defensed Rushvil.e,
19 to Is.
Manual Still in Hot Water
Manual will attempt to get off on
the right foot Wednesday night,
when st. Paul's cagers barge into
the South Side goalry. And that's
no soft assignment for the Red
skins, according to reports from out
lying provinces, which are to the
effect that Coach Walt Floyd has
bobbed up with another machine
equal to his unbeaten squad of last
year. Plainfield humbled the Red
skins last Saturday, 1924
Cathedral follows up this week
with home game Wednesday night,
entertaining Franklin. About the
best thing Franklin can boast of is
1928 victory over Martinsvillle,
while the lone feather in the Irish
hat represents a triumph over FL
wood. Connersville capsized Cathe-
dral here last Saturday. 27-22, scor-
ing IL points in the third period,
while the Irishers chung tenaciously
to zero.
Greencastle Is Test Team
The Cathedral gym hardly will
stop echoing from the Franklin fray
when Greencastle invades for go
with the Ramblers Friday night.
Shortridge edged out Greencastle in
a double overtime last Friday, so the
Cub-1rish game may forecast some
thing or other on the Blue Devil
Cathedral tilt of Jan. "a to those
optimistic individuals who believe in
comparative scores.
The victory at Greencastle was the
first for the Shortridges in four
starts, and any confidence it may
give them will be needed when they
invade Shelbyville this Friday night.
Ike Billiards. Golden Bears have
landed on top in six of seven con-
tests to date. The only verdict
against the Shelbymen is held by
Connersville, 27-19.
The tilt will be the final condi-
toner for the Shortridgers before
they storm across the tracks to the
East Side to take on the Techites
in their annual ruckus Dec. %.
washington Faces Ripple
Broad Ripple, after downing Man.
ual, figures in another intra- city en-
gagement Friday, colliding with
Washington at the Shortridge basket
shop. After starting off with a
couple of victories, the Ripplemen
bumped into a surprise at Center
Grove last Saturday night, the
Grovemen fighting through to &c.
to-21 triumph. The Rockets have
double booking again this weekend.
jogging to Beech Grove Saturday
night to test the Hornets. They're
in for a buZz-y evening.
Not so good-not so bad-but the
seasons young yet-anything can
happen, and-to use catchy, new
wordage-usually does.
DorTF EnrTu Tonnor