The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-30

of HooSierdon1 with one OF the I'M
assembled for state championship.
The perplexing Mr.. Case and his
enigmatic cohorts today share the
all-time limelight of the Indiana
basketball kingdom. The 50-to-24
conquest of a spirited Central team
of Fort Wayne Saturday night in
the twenty-sixth annual state high
school tournament finals = in the
Butler fieldhouse emphatically cul-
minated campaign replete with
glory.
The decisiveness of the triumph
catapulted Mr.. Case and Frankfort
to the heights. BY repeating the
championships of 1925 and 1929 the
school ranks with Lebanon, Mar
tinsville and Franklin which have
laid claim to three state diademS.
Wagner, Curtis, Case
The man of destiny, Everett N.
Case, in booting his third winner
home, ascends the throne held by
the late "Grizz" Wagner and Glenn
Curtis. Case, Wagner and Cutris
are the only mentors to scale the
heights on at least three occasions.
Franklin's wonder Five" which
annexed the crown in 1920, 1921 and
1922 were the product of Wagner.
Curtis gave Lebanon one of its
titles and then moved to Martins
vile to develop the champions of
1924, 1927 and 1888.
1t was a personal vindication for
Coach Case, who four years ago left
the scene of his triumphs to assist
Sam Barry at Southern California.
Last year he returned to COM
lost to Richmond in the first round
of the finals.
Team Has Everything
The 1886 champion is as near
perfect team as ever performed in
the classic. Ernbodying height,
speed, smooth functioning attack
and a strong defense, the Casemen
were super team. Confidence and
precision oiled the maneuvers of the
quintet as it swirled relentlessly to
it's winning margins in the two bat
ties Saturday.
Old-t time fans were quick to rank
the team next to the Wonder Five
of Franklin. The points accumu
lated in the contest with Fort
Wayne fell one short of equalling
the all-tine record for titular
game. Lebanon defeated Franklin,
81 to II, in 1912.
The aggregate points of the titular
contest, however, set a new mark.
The IA scored by the two teams is
the largest in the history Of cham
pionship games.
Makes Fight of 1t.
Although Frankfort easily was the
class of the tourney, commendation
is due the scrappy Tigers of Fort
Wayne. Deprived of the tip-off,
Coach Murray Mendenhall's touted
sharpshooters waged a logged bat
tie to forestall the apparent defeat.
Big Ralph Montgomery, gaunt
center on the winners, controlled
the tip-off throughout the conflict
and started the Frankfort offense by
gaining possession of the ball. The
absence of good big centers among
the opposition paved the way for
Frankfort's drive. The six-foot-
three-inch pivot start of Frankfort
was unrestrained under the back
board.
Nine times in the titular fracas
he batted rebounds through the
hoop. Adding one free throw, he
captured individual high honors of
the tourney with 10 points. He was
the tower around which the attack
revolved. Capt. Jay McCreary and
Ralph Vaughn, high scorers of the
North Central Conference, gave i'm
petus to the Hot Dog drive.
Vaughn Close Up
Dashing under the goal on open
ings cut in the opposition by Cases
set-plays, Vaughn and McCreary
Tailed on easy shots OF. fed the bali
to a mate. Neither Vaughn, Nc
Creary nor Montgomery can be de-
MED in the selection of an all-state
mythical team. Vaughn registered
"A points against Anderson and IL
against Fort Wayne to fall only
two points behind Montgomery,
who amassed % points in the tour
ney.
Fort Wayne, with. neither height
nor leading pivot man, resorted
to fast breaking, wild shooting of
tense which has carried the up
staters through the preliminary
tournaments. They trailed the pen
nant-bound Hot Dogs, IL to 8, at
the end of the first quarter and still
chung close, 81 to Il, at the inter-
mission.
Steve Sitko, captain and high
scorer, of the Tiger squad was the
only Central player able. to connect
with consistency. Four times he