The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-18


For one thing, willy Mr.. Curtis is
having just the kind of season he
dotes on for state tourney prepar-
alton. For another, Martinsville
appears to have an easier path than,
say Frankfort or Upton, to the field
house finals. CHATS right, Wilbur,
only four teams here this year,
Of course, there's Bloomington in
the sectional, Terre Hautes champ
is the strongest the regionals offer,
and the survivor OF the Washington
regional will be tough in the semi
final, but that's still getting off
cheaper than will the stronger teams
above the State Road 40 line.
AJOW that Bloomington, TeTe
~ Haute and Washington have
been offended let's go back where
we started-with Southport.
No, Southport is not state cham
pionship hope. That's pretty safe
bet, even if the Cardinals did hold
Martinsvilles Artesians to an 18-
to-16 edge last week. Aye, and there
is the rub. Anything may be ex-
pected in Hoosier basketballry, that's
true, but Martinsville was steaming
up a glorious victory streak and
Southport was being buffetted about
most mercilessly when they met,
yet the Artesians totaled only 10
points, two points to the good!
Some might be rude enough to
claim that the brother act had some
thing to do with it. Oh Yes, they
are brothers, you know-Herbert
Curtis, the new principal at South
port, and Glen, principal and bas-
ketball coach for the Artesian school.
But it is extremely improbable that
Glen was over Jealous to make Herb
look good, or that Herb was out to
show brother Glen a few new tricks.
You can't suppress or inspire high
school basketball team on special
occasions with a wiggle of your
thumb. you know, despite shadowy
hints and blase claims often made
TO the contrary.
TT WAS merely one of those ex-
l. ceptionial games. And that is
Just the point. Glen of Martinsville
has displayed in the past marked
habit of popping up with one or two
of those exceptional affairs few
weeks before the arrival of Journeys
in which his teams go to town."
They're playing a return engage
ment at Southport Saturday and if
Glen is running true to form, the
Cardinals are due for somewhat OF
a humping. But, even If the Cards
go on another spree and actually
upset the Artesians, this corner is
still looking for Mr.. Curtis to adj
vance his April Fool pranks up into
the middle of March.
NEUNCIE may arrive in Marion
IVl for a game Friday night in a
rather belligerent frame of mind.
They had quite time in Muncie
last weekend when a few Bearcat
fans jostled Referee Hugh Vandi-
vier after losing decision to Frank
fort. Threats we're flying as Mr..
Vandivier departed for his home
town-Marion.
The Muncie fans worked up their
irk when Referee Vandivier expelled
one of their players along with a
Frankfort warrior after the two lads
engaged in splurge of fistic un-
pleasantly a few minutes before the
game ended. Coach Everett Case
had inserted the Frankfort scrap
per into his lineup just shortly be-
fore the squabble broke out. and the
Muncie wrath enveloped Casey. too.
when the notion spread through the
stands that the rival substitute was
put on the scene for the deliberae
purpose of ambushing the Muncie
ace into a melee that would get
him shooed off the floor.
In case you didn't notice, Frank
fort won by stable gap.
TWENTY wins straight-that's
l. Upton and Kokomo comes
next next Friday. to be par
ticular - good test it viii be
for thoc1 tlrtoppers. too Koko's