The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-07
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Extend Over
Three Days
QUESTIONABLE by Trester
Hints Change in 1887
State Net Meet.
BY PAUL BOXELL


high school sectional basketball
tournament will extend over a
three-day period was given today
when Arthur L. Trester, commits
sicner of the l. H. S. A. A., an
nounced time schedules for all
events connected with the state
Examinations next month.
For the first time in tourney his
tory sectional centers having 10 or
more competing teams will be per-
mitted to begin play on Thursday
night without making a special re-
quest to the l. H. S. A A.
Sixteen Marion County teams
participate in the local sectional at
the Tech gym. Tourney dates here,
then, will be March 5, 6 and Z. SEES
sions will be held Thursday night,
Friday morning, afternoon and
night, and Saturday afternoon and
! night.
Other Arrangements
Sectionals with a maximum of
nine entries will hold sessions on
Friday and Saturday afternoons
and nights. A Friday morning ses-
sion will be added to that schedule
for sectionais having from 10 to
IL competing teams.
All Saturday sessions, in the re-
gionals, semi-finals and finals, as
we'll as the sectionals, will hold
games at and in the afternoon
and the championship tilt at 8 at
night
A total of 81 sectional meets will
be held throughout the state.
Commissioner Trester also an
nounced that the pairings for all
divisions of the state tourney will
be announced Saturday, Feb. 90.
Regional play will be held March
Is, the four semi-final meets on
March %, and the finals at the
Butler Fieldhouse on March 30.
Dissatisfaction Revealed
Action in the sectional at Tech
will begin with three games Thurs
day night, March S. Three more
tits will be played Friday morning,
three Friday afternoon, and three
at night. Semi-finals and finals,
of course, will be played Saturday
afternoon and night.
Indication that the Board of Con-
troll of the I. H. S. A. A. fears dis
satisfaction over the new tourna-
ment system was revealed in an
additional note stating that a ques-
tionnaire is to be sent to 800 high
school principals following the tour
ney finals.
The QUESTIONABLE will seek "sug-
gestions and reactions regarding the
state championship tournament
SERIES"
The possibility that the final tour
.ney may be changed from the local
fleldhOuse- site in 1897 was indi-
Gated in following sentence which
stated THE I. H. S. A. A. lease on
the Butler Athletic facilities has one
more year to run, and the Board of
Control will desire to secure the re-
actions of the principals regarding
lease provisions at Butler, or else
where. for the future"
1t is that "or elsewhere" insertion
which attracts attention.
other subjects in the question
naire will relate to points connected
with regular season basketball play,
number of games on season sche-
dulles, and the number and type of
invitational ard conference tour
neys to be sanctioned.
Semi Final Tickets
Ticket allotments for the four
semi final Journeys to be held in
Indianapolis. Gary. Muncie and
Vincennes have been divided as fol-
lows:
l. Five hundred season tickets
will be guaranteed to each of the
four participating schools, and to
the center school city if not a par
ticipant, provided such tickets are
purchased not later than Monday,
March Is. Purchase must be made
by the high school principals.
2. Ten season tickets will be guar
anteed to each of the schools par
ticipating in the sectional Journeys
included in their semi-final tourney
area, provided such tickets are pur-
chased not later than Monday,
March 16.
3. Twelve complimentary tickets
will be given to each of the four
participa ting schools for the ten
team members, principal and coach.
4. Open sale of remaining tickets
will begin Tuesday morning, March
II, with the understanding that the
center principal will guard all sales
TO insure fairness to all.
5. The blocks 600 each) for the
four participating schools shall be
located in the middle portions of the
two sides and next to the playing
floor.
Complete Time Schedules
All Journeys will have the same
time schedule on Saturday-after-
noon at Q and 8, and evening at 8.
Time schedules for sectionals on
other days follow:
Eight Teams-Two Officials
Friday afternoon. 200 and $780, Friday
evening. TOO aud 500.
Nine Teams-Two Officials
Friday afternoon, AGO. 100 and 400
Friday evening, ZOO and 500.
10 Teams-Two Officials
Friday morning. 1000 and 1900: Frids
afternoon. 400 and 800; Friday evenir =
TOO and 800.
IL Teams-Two Officials
Friday morning 1000 and 1900: FRIDAY
afternoon, AGO. 800 and 400, Friday eve
ming. 200 and 500.
IL Teams-Three Officials
FRIDAY morning 400 10 100 and II 90: