Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1917 — UPSETS FEATURE OF SECOND DAY [ARTICLE]

UPSETS FEATURE OF SECOND DAY

«■<- <> •' r ~T* — x — -—-J : Man" Favorites In Districts Fall By Wayside, While Darkhorses Spring to Front. In direct contrast to the first day of the Indiana basketball tourney, Saturday was a day marked with, upsets and surprises which astounded the basket fans of the state. Teams counted the strongest in the state fell by the wayside while dark horses 'sprang into the limelight and walked away with distinct honors, earning the right to represent their schools in the finals at Bolomington next Saturday. Probably the greatest upset in the tourney was the elimination of Montmorenci, picked as a sure winner by practically every sport waiter in the section. This team had not loct a game during the entire season and had tw : ce defeated Jefferson high of Lafayette, which team eliminatd them. • The score was 33 to 11, the Montmorenci team crumpling before the furious onslaught oi the Lafayette five. Teams that had set a fast pace throughout the entire season went stale. The surprising reversal of form shown by the Jefferson five from Lafayette stamps them as a most dangerous contender to the other teams in the tourney to be held this week end. The spirit, aggressiveness and frocious attack displayed by the Jeffersonians bodes evil to any team contesting with them. This team had been shifted around constantly during the season and displayed a mediocre class, of. hall until this week.. In years gone by the teams within a radins of a few miles of Lafayette have la ways takep the title and that and will be conducted by Rev. Strecker at the home at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning and burial will be made in Weston cemetery. The teams left in the tourney are: Pendleton, Bloomington, Bluffton, Rockford, Columbus, Wingate, Trafalgar, Lizton, Kendalville, Kokomo, Jefferson, Lebanon, Rochester, Martinsville, Muncie,, Richmond, South Bend, Emerson (Gary), Vincennes, Washington.