Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1919 — 332 TEAMS TO ENTER BASKETBALL FLAG CHASE [ARTICLE]

332 TEAMS TO ENTER BASKETBALL FLAG CHASE

All high school Hoosierdom is agog with excitement this week—the week of all weeks during the school year for the majority of them—unless their basketball team is so fortunate as to win the sectional title and thereby earn the right to enter the final classic. In that case a sectional meet fades in importance l -—but a sectional meet has to be won first. Due to the fact that sq large a number - of teams have signified their intentions of entering the classic, it has been found necessary to raise the number of sectional centeTs from twenty to twenty-two. The two cities to profit by the change are Logansport and Greencastle. The games will be played Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8, and Saturday night will find 310 high school fives eliminated from, the chase for the state net supremacy. One week later the twenty-two fortunates will journey to Lafayette where they will begin their final fight for the flag on Thursday afternoon, March 13. The battles will continue throughout Friday and Saturday, Saturday finding but two survivors who will meet in the deciding contestSix teams are slated as the most. likely winners of the trophy, Jefferson of Lafayette, Lebanon, Anderson, Bloomington, Crawfordsville and Advance being most frequently mentioned by the dopesters. Why Jefferson should be included in the six seems queer as the record of the Tippecanoe five is riot so impressive as to stamp them as a statejehampionship aggregation. Familiar .surroundings will 'be the only advantage they will have over their opponents and that will count for but little. The twenty-two cities who will be hosts to the teams this week 'are: Anderson, Bedford, Bloomfield, Brazil, Columbus, Crawfordsville, Franklin, Frankfort, Gary, Greencastle, Huntington, Indianapolis, Kendalville, Kokomo, Lpgansport, Martinsville, Newcastle, Rochester, Richmond, South Bend and Vincennes. Rensselaer will go to Gary, where they will meet the Francesville five in the first game of the tournament. If the lodals win this game they will have for their opponent in the second encounter either Emerson of Gary or Monterey. As Emerson is picked as the tourney winner in this section it can easily be seen just what a stiff proposition the locals are up against. t