The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-25


blackboard fears he has been
ID grossly misinterpreted. His
statement a few days ago that those
iibes at a local coach and Referee
Kaufman were made "in fun" Gre
ated an impression with some that
he was referring to his hardwood
philosophy as whole, judging by
the responses the mail man has
toted up here. Fans are upbraiding
Blackboard for pulling his punches"
too often.
Please be assured, fans all, that
your scribbler's lin fun remark was
an answer only to that one letter,
and written then only as a COM
promise to the sincerity Of the donor
of the letter.
Hoosier basketball has many seri-
Gus sides. And Blackboard intends
to take them as such. You can be
sure that whenever this commenta-
tor finds his opinions conflicting
with the referees and others, he'll
keep right on telling you about it.
Noblesville is still the drum ma jOr in the
Central Indiana Conference. The Millers
have swept aside three conference foes in
their drive of ii victories. Wabash fol-
lows with five circuit kayoes against one
loss Elwood, running next to last in the
nine-tea race, has the leading scorer at
present. Baxter of the Panthers has to-
tailed 81 markers in five games.
ATOBLESVILLE is one of the few
IN county seat teams in the state
that condescends to battle with the
smaller schools around it in the
county tourney. The MillerS may
find no easy shedding in the Hanil-
ton County affair at Sheridan today
and tomorrow. In the field to show
up the big shots" will be Arcadia
Atlanta, Westfield, Walnut Grove
Fishers, Carmel, Cicero and Sheri-
dan. Sheridan drew the first round
bye in the pairings for the third
consecutive year.
"VETRESTLING is on the boom
w nowadays. Mebby this will
help fill up that old goal house Fri
day night" chirrups Markin' En-
Up Stranahan at Newcastle. He's
referring to the invasion of Mum
cie's Bearcats. If that conflict ends
after three falls, it'll be because the
Kunnel turns out the lights. The
best hold of the evening will be
Coach String Aliens strange grip
on his gum.
IF Hunk Francis JeffersOnville Red
i Devils are knocked down this
season, the job will have to be han
died by BosSe of Evansville, st
Xavier, Anderson, Brazil, Martins
vile, Bedford or Jasper. That's
what's left of the Satan schedule.
Shhh-Don't Tell a Soul
"Cliff Wells informs us that Sc
cret practice for his athletes will be
inaugurated about Feb. l." says Free
Throws in the Gogansport Tribune.
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A CCORDING to the Logansport
IA report, the old stall game
found its way back into Hoosier cir
cleS when Peru played at Berry Bow
last Tuesday. The Tigers grabbed
the ball and held to it at every op-
portunity as long as five minutes al
a time. Their objective seemingly
was to hold the Berries to a low
score until the final quarter, then
stage a squirt.
But the strategy failed. The
Wellsmen were ahead, 1875, as the
last round began, and won, 1911
Peru attempted only two shots in
the first half and only 10 in the en-
tire melee-connecting on three
Logan supporters denounced it as
'listless" game.
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WRITERS and many fans over
w the state refuse to take Techs
poor showing at its face value. The
general impression seems to be that
Tim Campbell's boys will snap out
of it in no mild manner at tourney
time.