The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-09

one Of 16 regional meets to be held
elimination.
The word return" is used for its
psychological possibilities, speaking
from an Indianapolis angle, be-
cause the local quintet defeated
Anderson's Indians less than two
weeks ago and frequent reminders
Of that game may prevent the Red
skins confidence from rising to a
firm point.
Anderson and the local Blue
Devils tangle in the first of two
games at 2 o'clock there Saturday.
Plainfield and Greenfield clash in
the second fray at 3. The winners
are to hook up at 8 the same eve
ming for the regional title and the
right to compete in the semi final
tourney TO be held at the Tech
fleldhouse here March 81.
Outlasted Is Foes
Shortridge gets the trip to An
derson by merit of 29-to-l8 VIC
tory over Technical in the titular
game of the Marion County sec
tional meet here Saturday night.
The Blue Devils survived four tits
and outlasted IS competing teams.
The opinion is popular that If the
North Siders manage to flash past
Anderson their chances of reaching
the semi-final tourney stand at
least at 3 to l. In other words,
Plainfield or Greenfield will not
have the stuff" calculated neces-
sary to stop the fast-stepping Blue
Devils. True, Greenfield whipped
the Shortridgers, as we'll as two
other Indianapolis schools, during
the regular season, but that
triumph is not taken too seriously
when it is recalled that the game
was played early in the Campaign
when Blue quintets invariably are
slow starters.
Start at White Heat
To survive the sectional here
Coach Kenneth Peterman directed
his small but clever fivesome
through four victorious skirmishes
Thursday night, his boys disposed
of the Decatur Central threat, 36
to 49, Friday night, the outlook
was cloudy until a level-headed
closing minute rush swept down
Washington, 81 to 10. Broad Rip
pie also put up brilliant opposition
before falling Saturday afternoon,
SO to 81. Tech was in the fight all
the way until late in the third
quarter of the final scrap.
Both the Blue and the Green
started out at a terrific clip in the
championship fracas as capacity
crowd looked on at the Tech COLI
scum. Mueller of Shortridge and
Richards and Held of Tech were
popping 'em in the baskets so
swiftly that the official scorekeeper
muttered whoa" as he drove his
pencil like a postoffice clerk at
Christmas time.
After hardly more than two min
utes of play the furry ceased. The
Shortridgers continued to pepper
away at long range, obviously on
instructions of Coach Peterman
while the Techites worked ir
close to the hoop fer one-handed
attempts. The distance-snipine
offense was effective enough to give
the Blue Devils an to edge in
the first quarter and a 1913 mar.
gin at intermission.
Blue Devils Take 1t Easy
Instead of breaking into then
customary fire-wagon drive fol-
which the East Side defense was
set in the last half, Peterman's
boys came back to handle the bal
so slowly that their tactics almost
approached stalling. And while the
Shortridgers were taking their time
extensively to score under the
basket, their defense frightened un-
der the opposite blackboard. The
handwriting was on the wall fol
the Big Green squad when the
fourth quarter began with the Blue
lads out in front, Ellis.
: The victory puts Shortridge back
on the sectional throne after g
two-year lapse. The Seward
Perry Burns elch- Bradford COM
bination triumphed in '33 and ad.
vanced to the semi-finals of the
Butler f1eldhouse windup.
Mcdaniel, Mueller, Brown, Dawson
and Fehsenfeld compose we'll.
balanced varsity five for Indian.
apolis to bank its hopes on wher
battle resumes next Saturday al
Anderson.
THERE we're plenty of excellen
i players to keep things hum
ming during the tourney here. Al
all-tournament team does no
mean necessarily that the player
selected were heads and shoulder
superior to their teammates ant
rivals. but merely that they showed
best during their play in the event
Members of this writer's all-tour
ney first and second quintets ar
selected from teams which playeC
at least two games. They go lik
this:
(First Team
FORWARDS
Herbert Schwomeyer, Manual
and Carol Combs, Broad Ripple.