The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-01-04
Rival High Mentors Look On
as Cathedral Registers
BAIT Victory.
BY PAUL BOXELL

Coaches Kenneth Peterman Of
Shortridge and Bayne Freeman of
Tech had something definite to
work on today as they mapped their
campaigns for meeting Cathedral
in regular season play and Broad
Ripple on tournament courts within
the next few weeks.
The two coaches of rival local
high schools sat away in a cozy
corner of the Shortridge gym, side
by side, last night and compared
observations as Cathedral banged
out 34-to-17 triumph over the
Ripple Rockets.
Shortridge meets Cathedral Jan.
"a, Tech tackles the IriShers Feb. l,
and both are likely 10 come in con-
tact with Ripple either during the
close at-hand city tourney or the
sectional Examinations in March.
Assistants There, Too
The coaches evidently desired to
take in every maneuver that was
unfolded, for the scouting party
even included the reserve mentors,
Keesling of Shortridge and Benl-
mer of the East Side. They had
quite an evening chewing the fat
and several sticks of gum.
What they saw probably will not
produce loss of sleep in any great
quantities, but flashes of brilliancy
uncovered by both Cathedral and
Ripple may give them material for
several good practice sessions.
That strange miss 'em malady
which has hung disastrously over
PetermanS Blue Devils throughout
the early season and held sway over
both Shortridge and Tech in their
clash last week has claimed an
other victim. The Ripplemen out
attempted the Irishers 2 to l last
night, but couldn't come close on
a large percentage of shots tried.
Carol Combs peppered the basket
from every angle and finished up
with total of one basket.
Conner, Lanahan Hot
However, the Rockets would have
lost even had they been connect
ing at the standard rate of ex-
change, for the Cathedral cagers
turned in by far their best perform
ance of the season. Bob Conner
and Victor Lanahan played five
star ball and were we'll supported by
Leahy, Killinger and Broderick.
The Cathedralites rolled up five
points while their rivals were firing
away aimlessly, and held a 7-3 ad-
vantage at the end of the first
quarter.
FoXworthy and Fehrenbaca final
ly found the range for Ripple and
closed the gap to 81. Conner and
Lanahan managed to keep the
Irish out in front a point or two
until they snagged on to IS, then
Combs sank a folloW-in and little
Frank Reese hit long one for Rip
pie to tie it up at superstition num-
ber-all.
Conner and Lanahan Immediately
retaliated with fancy ne-handers,
Leahy added finely timed fol-
loW-in, and Cathedral led, 10 to 10,
never to be headed again.
Seasons Fanciest Shot
A few minutes later, Foxworthy
of Ripple bobbed up with shot
which takes this departments prize
for the red-hotteSt of the season to
date. The lanky Rocket forward
happened to grab the ball some
where in the neighborhood of his
own foul line, but was facing the
wrong way, his back to the Ripple
goal, and was bottled up so that
he couldn't pivot Very nonchalant-
ly he leaned back, tipped the ball
over his head, and the leather sailed
through the net without so much
as grazing the rim. A near-full
house of fans demanded an encore
but the officials were in no mood to
slow up the show.
The super-fancy basket failed tc
stun Joe Dienhart's Cathedralites
however; rather it dashed them or
to greater fury, for Conner anc
Lanahan came near matching il
several times as they piled in auda-
cious one-handed goals from al
angles to give Cathedral the 34-1T
victory margin in the final quarter
And Coaches Freeman and Peter
man had quite a talk after the fir
ing had ceased sat perhaps il
didn't concern Cathedral.
The summary:
Cathedral (34). Broad Ripple 17.
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