The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-21

but that's the way it is.
Last year, the 10 regional sur
vivors of the state high school
basketball tournament clashed in
the grand windup at the local field
house one week later, but today
those corresponding 16 quintets play
in four newly inserted semi-finals.
And even for the victors their work
is not done.
The four teams still standing
after tonight's titular battles take
up the task of keeping Buffers field
house "tourney-fied" when they con-
vene at the North Side structure
next Saturday for the single-day
finals.
Semi-f1nal champions were to be
decided today at the Tech gym
here, Vincennes, Muncie and Gary.
Two games were carded at 2 and
in the afternoon at each center.
with the winners meeting at 8 D. m.
A Game of Tag"
Ushers and spectators we're to
play tag" at the local Tech gym
before the boys started playing
basketball this afternoon. Reserved
seats are not in vogue at the East
Side goalry, so it was a matter of
choosing your own pew. if you could
beat the other fellow there. To get
all their fans gathered en- masse,
tags bearing the name of their par
ticular town were attached to tickets
sold by the four competing schools
Connersville, Charlottesville, Shelby
vile and Anderson. Ticket holders
were to wear the tags as they en-
tered the gym, making it easy for
the ushers to direct them to their
native sections.
Connersville's PepnocratS, famed
over the state for their roofing
proves, were to be on hand early
so as to mass in one section and
spur on their Spartans as they took
the floor against Anderson at 3.
Shelbyville and Charlottesville were
to tangle at 2.
More Fans Than Ducats
A packed house was certain with
all tickets sold out yesterday and
fans in all four cities futilely at
tempting to procure more. With 1900
holding tickets, more than 1900 fans
descended on Indianapolis from An
derson this morning by auto and
special interurbans. The surplus"
boosters hoped to pick up tickets
from scalpers. Shelbyville had 900
ducat holders, but nearly 1000 in
tended to make the trip. Corners
ville's pasteboard maximum was
500; Charlottesville had 400.
Andersons Indians, seeking to be
the first team since 1922 to capture
two state championship trophies in
a row, held season victories over all
three rivals as play started.
Height was pretty well distributed.
Three teams, Anderson, Corners
vile and Charlottesville, had six men
standing six feet or better; Shelby
vile had five equal to the mark.
Interest downstate was centered
in Vincennes, where three Southern
Indiana Conference teams and
Martinsville were to fight it out.
Martinsville, trying for fourth
state title since 1924, was to oppose
Washington in the o'clocker. New
Albany's first regional champion was
to tackle Central of Evansville at 8.
FroebeI First Up
Frankfort was heavily favored by
non-partisan observers to CONS
through at Gary, where Froebel.
Logansport and Riley of South Bend
hoped to outlast the team which
several coaches and referees have
called "the greatest in the history
of Indiana high school basketball"
Froebel was to collide with the
Everett Case machine at g. Logans-
port and Riley we're on card at 2.
Kokomo, Newcastle, Central Of
Fort Wayne and Warsaw were the
drawing cards for a capacity crowd
in the 4747-Seated Muncie gym
nasium. The schedule called for
Newcastle's Trojans to meet the
unknown" Warsaw club at 2, fol-
lowed by test of Centrals high
scoring reputation against Kokomo's
Tipton-topplers at 3.
And they're holding the Butler
Relays at the fieldhouse. Tsk -.