Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1917 — Preparations Are Made For March Tournament [ARTICLE]

Preparations Are Made For March Tournament

There will be 214 high schools .represented in the preliminary rounds of the Indiana State High School Basketball Tournament, the finals of which will .be held in the new Indiana University Gymnasium in Bloomington, Indiana, March 16-17. The total number of teams entered last year was 198 and the preliminary battles were held ip sixteen centerc. The added number of teams this year has made it necessary to increase the number of centers to twenty v4iich means that four more teams will be entered at Bloomington than last year. The Indiana University five will play Wisconsin .University on the night of March 15 and it is the plan of the Boosters’ Club to invite the visiting teams to come a day earlier in order to witness a game of. college basketball. . The citizens of Bloomington are looking forward to the tournament and are preparing themselves for the big annual. The Boosters’ Club is confining all its business to the tournament and is adopting many * new plans ’ for the benefit of the visitors.