Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1918 — HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL [ARTICLE]

HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL

BEST GAME IN FINAL ROUND IN MANY OF THE DISTRICTS—TWO CHOICES.. The Hoosier state will have basketball aplenty today for before the bewitching hour arrives tonight approximately 150 games will have been played in the twenty districts and there will be as many survivors ready to start the second day of the sectional bouts eager to win the right to represent their respective district in the deciding meet at Indiana university which opens next Thursday night and closes Saturday night. There should be many classy gafnes over the state today and in most of the districts there are several quintets. In the majorit” of sectors the most widely advertised squads will not meet until the semi-finals and in several, according to dope, the championship will be in doubt until the final contest is played although in the majority the real champion will be decided in the semi-final contests. The schedule at Hammond, where Rensselaer plays today as follows: Friday Morning—-9:00 Morocco ys. Fair Oaks (1); 10:00 Medaryville vs. Francesville (2); 11:00 Crown Point vs. Rensselaer (1). Friday afternoon —2:00, Valparaiso vs. Whiting (2); 3:00, Hammond vs. Brook (1); 4:00, Emerson vs. East Chicago (2). Friday evening—--7:30, Winamac vs. Kentland (1); 8:30, Lowell vs. winner 90:00 a. m. (2). Officials—(l) Ort L. Walters; (2) H. R. Rockenback.