Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1927 — Page 9

MARCH 21,1927

MARTINSVILLE PAYS HOMAGE TO VICTORIOUS HIGH SCHOOL QUINTET

Artesian City Net Five Fights Way to State Championship. By Dick Miller Mr. and Mrs. Basketball Championship today proved back to their palatial residence at Martinsville High School after an absence of two years. They spent twelve months i-ach of 1925 and 1026 in the communities of Frankfort and Marion, but again chose the Artesian City as ilieir proper home from now until March 1928. Which all goes to lead up to the uint that* Saturday night Martinsille defeated .Muncie, 26-23, in the nal game of the sixteenth annual i"h school basketball tournament, 'wo weeks ago the Artesians were .ist one of the 731 contenders for he 1927 throne. In their victorious march to the title the red and blue clad hardwood warriors swept aside Morgantown, eminence and Bloomington in the sectional, Brownsburg and Spencer in the regional and Logansport, Gary, Connersville and Muncie in the finals. Coach Glen Curtis proved himself to be a genius at developing great teams. At Lebanon, where he coached before going to Martinsville, he developed two championship quintets in addition to several of the State's greatest players. Since he has been at Martinsville he has developed contenders every season. His teams generally reached the quarter and semi-final rounds, in 1924 winning the championship and in 1926 losing to Marion in the final game. Captain Lester Reynolds probably was the main reason for Martinsville's victory. It was a. team molded about him, a team that followed him. From the first tip-off in the final game, when he crashed through center, grabbed the ball and fired it to Wooden under the basket, to the -final gun, the outcome hardly was in doubt. Once near the end, Muncie, trailing by six poihts, started a spurt but Eubanks proved himself the man of the hour by tossing in two field goals that assured victory for the Artesians. That the victory was well-earned by* popular team, was demonstrated by the ovation which broke forth when the final gun went off declaring Martinsville the victor. Curtis loses but one of his team— Reynolds. The others are all youngsters. Eubanks is 15 years old, Lockhart. Wooden and Suddith, 16, and Reynolds, 18. Besisi, who played in the Emerson game Saturday morning, probably will take Reynolds’ place. I CHICAGO BOWLERS LEAD flu Vnlted Press DETROIT, March 21.—Chicago bowlers jumped into first place in every event of the fifth annual Knights of Columbus tournament here Sunday. Desota No. 1, rolled 3.067 for the five-man leajl; Knebethke and Schanz rolled 1,334 in . the doubles; L. Lafont shot 730 for the singles and Ernie Schanz made a 1,952 for all events.

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Here They Are —Shield and All!

Martinsville High School basketball team (left to right, standing): Tackett, David, Rises!, Coach Curtis, Eubank, Lockhart. Kneeling: Slid dith, Neal, Captain Reynolds, Wooden, Caldwell.

Why shouldn’t they laugh—they are the king pins of Hoosier high school basketball —State champions of 1927. went wild to-

McINNIS HAS HARD JOB FACING HIM THIS YEAR Phillies Appear to Be But Little Improved Over Last Year —Pitching Is Slightly Better.

By Billy Evans American League Umpire and NEA Service Sports Expert BRADENTON, Fla., March 21. For several years it has been a much mooted question among fans as to just what league the Phillies were in. Surely not the National! Keeping the Phillies in the league is the task that confronts Manager “Stuffy” Mclnnis, new pilot of the Philadelphia Nationals. It is quite some job. It is customary to blame the failure of a major league club on the manager, yet no man can win ball games unless he has the material to work with. That has been the prevailing fault of the Phillies. No manager, no matter how smart he may be, can make hits in a pinch or strike the batter out with the bases filled. That is up to the ball players. Protege of Mack “Stuffy” Mclnnis, a brilliant ball player in his day, with plenty of gray matter, trained under one of baseball’s greatest leaders, Connie Mack —“Stuffy” knows the game. He is a likable chap, and I am sure his players will give him their best efforts. But. it :akes more than good wishes ancl kindly fe'elings to win ball games. Philadelphia managers in the past have been handicapped in ther usually futile efforts to escape last place. It remains to be seen how well Mclnnis can win ball games with the material at hand. Being smart, “Stuffy” fully realizes the task that is ahead. He frankly admits that at least four clubs, possibly five, have a decided edge on him. He has no visions of a first division berth, although I am sure to land one would be more than acceptable. I Imagine if he were able to finish fifth, at the top of the second division, he would get all the thrills of a pennant winner. The team that has been handed over to Mclnnis is much the same club that finished in the cellar last season. Only in pitching will it be materially different. Change of Staff Knowing the part efficient pitching plays in baseball, Mclnnis, through the medium of several trades, has considerably changed the personnel of his staff. It is his hope that the veteran John Seott, obtained from the New York Giants, and Alexander Ferguson and Herb Pruett, American League discards, will help his ball club. I feel that this trio will do that very thing, but whether enough to keep the club out of the cellar is a question. John Scott, who has had a meteoric career in the National League, varying from a world series hero to a pitcher waived out of the majors because of a supposed incurable arm, is still a pretty good bet. He knows how to pitch and how to get the ball over, two most important assets. Alex Ferguson will be recalled as the pitcher who kept the Washing-

Who Had a Guilty Conscience? fTTIIMON-P. ROACHE of the | U I arrangements committee I for the sixteenth annual State high school basketball tournament, Saturday received a special delivery letter at the State fairground. Tearing it open, lie found a SSO bill and four $lO bills inclosed in a letter. It read: Mr. Simon P. Roache: Dear Sir—'lnclosed please find S9O for final basketball tournament tickets of 1925, which we ask you to turn over io the I. H. S. A. A. for proper disposal. Would appreciate acknowledgment of same through dailypapers as soon as possible. X. Y. Z. The letter was mailed Friday and the Indianapolis stamp mark was plain. The other stamp mark was blurred, however, making it impossible to discover the sending point. Now that makes $50,090 for that new gym.

day as it honored the Artesian City netters who triumphantly returned home with the shield emblematic of the highest athletic honor in the

ton club in the running in the 1925 series with Pittsburgh by working two great games. Pruett, as a member of the St. Louis Browns, gained fame by his ability to strike out Babe Ruth almost as he pleased. He didn't find the other hitters so soft. Mclnnis believes these three experienced pitchers, plus Harold Carlson, a mighty fine performer, and Wayland Dean, former Giant, will round out a big league combination. Os his recruits, Edward (Lefty) Taber, a semi-pro, looks promising. I watched him hold the Washington club to six hits and two runs in five inings. Taber wears heavy spectacles while pitching, eimilar to those used by Lee Meadows when he starred for the Phillies. I wish “Stuffy” Mclnnis huge gobs of success, for he is a fine fellow, but I fear he will have plenty to worry about before the 1927 season is over. * I From Big League Training Camps GAME CALLED OFF FT. WORTH. Texas—Competition between the Chicago White Sox and the Ft. Worth club of the Texas League Sunday was called off on account of ram. PITTSBURGH PIRATES WIN SAN FRANCISCO—The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco nine of the Paaiflc Coast League Sunday, 11 to 1. In a hard hitting game. TOMMY JOIN’S SQUAD BRADENTOWN. Fla. Tommy Thevonow. shortstop, for three weeks a holdout. Sunday joined the St. Louis Cardinals. CLEARWATER, Fla. Having won their first major league exhibition game in thirteen starts, the Brooklyn Robins went back to first principles while Uncle Wilbert Robinson juggled with his unwieldly infield and contemplated trading a battery man or an outfielder to buUd up his inner defense. 808 MEUSEL IN HARNESS ST, PETERSBURG. Fla—Bob Mensel. whose last appearance in a Yankee uniform in the world series of 1026 was not a howling success, has taken up his eld post in left field again. .Earl Combs, the regular center fielder,. !s. still suffering from his recent tonsils operation and Babe Ruth in having trouble with his game leg. The young outfielders, however, fear the sweep of the ax at any moment. WINS NATIONAL CROWN Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 21.—De La Salle High School of Joliet, 111., defeated the Roman Catholic High School of Philadelphia, Sunday night, 26 to 11, capturing the National Catholic basketball prep championship. URUGUAY ELEVEN WINS NEW YORK, March 21.—Uruguay’s soccer team, Olympic chjampions in 1924, won the opening game of a tour of the United States, Sunday, defeating the strohg Indiana Flooring elevep, 6 to 1, before 20,000 spectators at the Polo Grounds.

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State. Each player was awarded a gold medal, while Capt. Lester Reynolds was presented with the shield he is shown holding.

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Return of Victorious Team Occasion for Informal Celebration. B.i United Press MARTINSVILLE. Ind.. March 21. Martinsville today paid homage to five slender boys—members of Martinsville’s State champion quintet, who carried tne colors of the Artesian City througl. the stiffest of opposition to the peak of Hposier sport fame. Return of the victorious quintet Sunday was the occasion for an informal celebration, marked by the ringing of church bells, blowing of whistles, lighting of bonfires and an impromptu parade through the business section of the city. Today the high school planned one of the greatest victory celebrations in history for the youths who brought this city its second Slate titl? in four years. Books were locked in desks and the entire student body engaged in u giant parade, pep session and a general celebration, while the team members were feted at a banquet at noon in the school gymnasium. Friday night the entire community will join In a community celebration and banquet in honor of the champions. 100 CREWS TO COMPETE Annual Regatta to Be Held Early in August at Wyandotte. Bu United Press DETROIT. March 21.—More than 100 crews of the most expert American and Canadian Amateur Oarsmen, the expected to compete in the an nu ll regatta of the National Associa tlou of Amateur oarsmen, which was awarded to Wyandotte, Saturday. The event will be staged on Aug. 4. 5. and 6, one week after the Henley Regatta at St. Catherines, Ont.

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i- ■ LGN CURTIS grinned happily Gutul placed his arms around ( ___ Wooden and Lockhart. The photographer set his camera. Glen laughed again and flushed. “Everybody happy—laugh—atta baby.” Someone in the crowd called out to Captain Reynolds kneeling with the coveted shield in front of him. “Smile, Lester, smile!" Lester shook his head. “I-I-I can’t!” Click! The picture was taken. Too happy to smile—the ten happiest boys in the world—and {lie happiest mm-v-Glen Curtis. And not a soul in the thirteen thousand denied the fart that the Martinsville High School team deserved every bit of tlie honor attached to the State high school basketball championship. It was a wonderful team and a wonderful fight it put up. When Captain Reynolds shook his fist at Ills teammates and shouted “Fight!” they fought like demons. We picked Logansport to win. Martinsville was in the way. That ended that. But we ‘ aren't going back a bit when we repeat that wr still are proud of the way Loganberries went down —lighting. The tournament proved to be the greatest and best ever staged. Everything went without a hitch or pause. And we might say right now tiiat in our opinion 1 lie officiating was the best we ever have seen—especially in the final contest. The games were handled in perfect fashion. There is a lot of broken-hearted boys and girls in Indiana right now. Defeat hits hard—down deep. Defeat is tough to take. It will fall

away though, and the same boys and girls who this year went away from the State fairground with tears In their eyes will be back in 1928 rooting and cheering for the boys. That’s all there is. ....be good. CAPTAIN LOSES HAND WAUKESHA, Wis.,'March 21. When dynamite caps to be used In clearing a golf course exploded, .Miles Loden. 17. captain of the Menominee Falls basketball team lost his right hand.

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Champion’s Record

MARTINSVILLE 46: Mitchell 54 ill: Washington ... 51 :4 ; Uniford 111 45: Coin minis art ■ 53: Washington 55 .'3; Franklin 34 ' 344; Connerjvllle 51 ! 77: Kokomo . 43 ill : Union 51 SR; Franklin 55 58: Vlneennea 33 70: Shortrldgr II I <">1: C'olnmbua 27 nO: M urlon 30 , :>rt: Bedford (double overtime).,,,., 3!) i 37: Kokomo 53 30; Vincennes 23 SECTIONAL TOURNEY | 52: Morirantown 25 , OS: Eminence 57 | 35; Bloomington 51 REGIONAL TOURNEY I 30: Hrownsburg J 4 40; Spencer 12 FINAL TOURNEY 27: Logansport 14 50: Emerson (Garyl 14 35: Connersville 3t I 56: Muncie 23