Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1915 — Thorntown Wins the State Championship in Basketball. [ARTICLE]

Thorntown Wins the State Championship in Basketball.

Thorntown literally battered their way to the top of the heap in the tournament which closed at Bloomington on Saturday night and today are wearing the state championship crown. The victors were forced to subdue three opponents during ' the day, but demonstrated their superiority in each in a clean cut and decisive manner. Rochester was the first to fall before the prowess of the new champions, but the latter were forced to extend themselves all the way, winning with a scant three-point margin. In the semi-finals in the afternoon Manual went down to defeat at their honds 30 to 16, while Montmorenci was eliminating the strong Fairmount Academy team 35 to 32. Montmorenci had downed Bluffton in the morning 22 to 21 and, won the right to go in the final game with Thorntown. The Tippecanoe county boys had spent themselves in these two games and never had a chance to cop from Thornton and were easily defeated 33 to 10. Thorntown is composed of tall, lean farmer boys, who showed both speed and endurance. Too much credit cannot be given to Montmorenci, runners up in the tournament, who fought gamely all the way, but did not have the endurance of the Thorntown team. The tournament was a success in every way and is destined to become an annual event at Bloomington.