Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1920 — STATE AFIRE WITH BASKET BALL ENTHUSIASM [ARTICLE]

STATE AFIRE WITH BASKET BALL ENTHUSIASM

Little will be accomplished in the way of school work this week by the students of 484 Indiana high schools. Studies have given away to basket ball, the king of winter sports. Next week will see the basket ball fever intensified when the cream of the state, gathered from twenty-six sectional centers, assemble at Bloomington to fight for the net supremacy of all Hoosierdom. Sectional fights today and Saturday will determine which quintettes are to gather at the seat of Indiana university., z • The local 'high school five left this morning for Valparaiso where sixteen teams are to fight. Rensselaer will not meet an opponent until the final game of today’s schedule when they assort thtmselves over the floor to battle the Morocco five. Today’s schedule is as follows: Kentland vs. Goodland. North Judson vs? Crown Point. Lowell vs. Whiting. Brook vs. Hammond. Frt>ebel vs. Valpo. Fair Oaks vs. Wheeler. East Chicago vs. Emerson. Rensselaer vs. Morocco. In a few of the district centers there are so many teams entered that it was found necessary to open the tournaments Thursday evening. The results of these games follow: At Clinton. Rosedale 15; Belt Township 18. Normal (Terre Haute) 22; Prairie Creek 11. — —— At Muncie. Muncie 42; Yorktown 6. • Gaston 26; DeSoto«*l4. At Evansville. Spurgeon 22; Mount Vernon 12. Jasper 12; Milltown 8. At Rushville. Connersville 34; Arlington 17. Fortville 47; Wilkinson 6.