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m;hl-•sier-e.ifsrsrLizton Wins The Lizton Legion basket ball team l_ won the state independent amateur I tournament held at the Y. M. C. A. in Indianapolis last week by defeating Kingman in the-4mal game, 31 to 17. The winning team put up a defense that was almost impregnable, except at the beginning of the second half, when Kingman spurted and catne within two points'of.-tying the score, Lizton having assumed the lead shortly after the' start of the game. The Legion boys pulled together and from| f I V . •tbfen on could not be stopped.Lizton fought her way to the finals by hanging the K. O. on the three Marlowe brothers and the rest of the famous Sandusky team. This was a hard-fought game, however, the first standing at 9 all. However, Sandusky seemedto tire rapidly in the second half and the game ended with Lizton on top, 28 to 16. Kingman won over the Muncie Maroons in the other semi-final tilt, the count being 25 to 15.Lizton's hardest game of the tourney was against the strong Advance team, which they eliminated in Saturday morning's play. The first half found Lizton leading by the commanding score of 17 to 3, but Advance staged a comeback and tho Legion barely ir j nosed out by a 23-to-20 score. This game was classed as the best of tho tournament.Twenty teams were entered from :r! all parts of the state and the rivalry was keen. Many former high school II ’ and college stars, well known to Hoo-n j sier fandom, who had not lost their n amateur rating, were in the lineups 9 of the various teams. Among these ' were Etter, R. Marlowe, Kirkby, Strain, Hatton. Cox. Tudor, Richeson and Bowen. Lizton placed three men on the mythical all-state first team— Montgomery, forward; Robert Ratliff, center, and Shook, guard.The Wayne Emmelmann trophy, a beautiful silver loving cup, went toirir8-e k Ls la :eV,1:[r Clarence Montgomery, star forward on j the Lizton team. The cup was pre- * i sented Just before the start of the :hQ /inal game. Each year, Mr. Emmel-I i mann awards the trophy to the player ' i who proves most valuable to his team.* ] At the time of presentation, Lizton (. e had played in four games, and made a : i u total of 98 points. Of these, Mont- J j g gomery had scored 59, had committed ] | only one personal foul and three ? j ■ technical fouls. } iThe Lizton team is composed ‘ ( wholly of former players on Lizton !yel„ ! high school teams, with the exception \nnst»fnn3*I-gb«i-nyersin»f. j of Ward Bartlett, who is a member ; ’ of the Lizton high school faculty and i coach of »He high school team. He i^ I a former Wabash college player. Clar-S: ence and Robert-Rati iff. brothers, were j: members of Lizton high school's 1917 I i e | district championship team. Mont- i [gomery, Kernodle, Shook. and ;s Figg recently have played as membeis p of LIrlon high school teams. They j1 were one of the few teams entered at j i ,s the state tourney composed wholly of y. home boys.” 11Much credit for the winning of the ] tournament belongs to John Swain coach of the champions, also a Lizton boy and a former Indiana university athlete. He Is a real organizer and his untiring efforts kept the bnr* in the* pink of -condition. J. Russel! Landreth is manager of the squad.The new state champions will represent Indiana itj the antral states j ■ meet, soon to be held in Indianapolis. i At this time the team will be presented with a cup and each member of the team will be awarded a medal, j The referee awarded the ball with;-which the championship game was ] played to the victors. The champions ; ( eliminated Lyons and Bread Ripple be- • j fefo meeting Advance. Many Hen- j dricks county people were in attend- \; ance to see the Union township lads j i battle in the final game, the lineup end summary of which is given below: Lizton (31) -Kingman (17) .Montgomery .. ...F...... DealImrtlejt ;............ ... Kirby ,R. Ratliff.........C.......... BeesonC. Ratliff..G....... CoifingShook . .. vvGi/.vv....' Rowers' Substitutkms—-Gerrard for Coffing. Lewman fotf Beeson, Cc fling *ok Deal, Beeson forLowman, Deal for Coifing,man for Beeson, j * \/'|Field Goals—Montgomery, 8; Ri Sat-Iiff;S; Bartlett, 1^, Coifing, Ger-sof*I-t115-y%ni-i.ittr ■ -3Vrilt:at'-rard*Ponli'Goalik^Montgamery.^ taut ofr. Gjl ?Cal|■
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Danville Republican
Danville, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 02, 1922
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