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null tor me welcome noma. .-MIPIVT wlio In on mucins n* a result of Injuries received In the IMnomlngion game. wUd H e I llie team did their law ni the .«l Ale null Mid that the j stale cliami'l' iw wore Uie only tram Hint could lirfll llli-ni.The PiEhtlhC Klvo U otto nr tlic I ffn'iiiegi Hist ever were the |R-lt;1 nnd Jtluo They made a record i hi lliorimliigioii llmi surprised «n-n I ihe most ivpionilKlc of their sup • | potter', ii record tlint no one ran help being proud of. The tram was otic of the nuwl popular teams at the tourney becaura of the boy mg iey ' mnile. No other tpiliuei Him played | nc Uie tou run men t had anything like the misfortune of Martinsville. The j ••Jin* that had been following Ihei locals over since the l-obanon name In February, when Capl. Sanders Hun Ms knee end was tun of t e gamo for a month. got In Home o* Us flno licks when Ihc team went to niiomlngica. Iln1lnr»l was U-e fine man nUackcd when ho was takon sick last Wednesday and cnuhl no- make the trip. Tipps. was the second vlei Ini who* lio was taken sick on the way ’o *illoo«nliigtoii. Per n lllno ll was tlirught ll'nl he had append Iritis. .Misfortune m-xl J uni pod on Capt Sanders and In Mir second game of llio touniey. his weak kn*n* g*v*lt; way mid he was carrii lt;1 off the floor. Snmlcis was mighty well liked and on Saturday afionmoi whfn he appeared In the gymnasium on enitehe*. he was given a Me round of applause and Uio LnlMUinn. Gary. Rochester, Rloomlnsun and Martinsville, dclrgaiieii* cheered flt;ir him.The tram nnd sclwxd received another honor that no oilier sriwol ran boast of—that Is tin* prl*e to tho player showing the best menial tit tUudo during Uie tournament, widen -a- awarded to Claude Curtis. The prire. which b* a handsome gokt medal, was donated by Jake Glmbel of Vtnoennra. Curtin was m-t only the pick of the ten Judges, but was Mr. ulmbcTs choice. Curtis also received one of Uie eight medals given by the CnlversBty Y. M. C. A. for tho t-u* sportamnnshlp.Every member of the team that played In Uie tnuvmnumt did wonderful work. Wall and Gibbs played Hko veterans and put up senratlonnl games again* Blooming!^ ^ Ko' komo. Too much credit can not be given U* boys who rough l so gamely for Uie Bocems of MarUnsyllle.Time out— Martlnsvlllo 3. wnsn-Ington I. .Field goal*: Washington. Alien 2. Downey fi. Swords I. I .undergait V Martinsville. Tipps I. South 4. Curtis 7. Gibbs I.lYip) goals: Downey. 4 out of S; Curt la. 1 out of 7.Refer.'*—West over.Hard Overtime Game Over 3.000 enthusiastic rooter' parked tho mammoth gymnasium nt Indiana Unlvortdly. Prlday night and saw tho Fighting Five from Mart* Insvlllo ellmlnnto th© Bloom Iti-i on hoya In a thrilling overt lino eon tost. IS tot 16. Tho game was by far the host. teste*. nnd tlie hardest, fought batlo of llio day.The game was hardly a minute old when It was seen that tin* University Town loam was out-classed, but hard luck with their basket shooting kept Martinsville /rom running up a big score. The flrtt half ended 10 to 7. for Martinsville. but BIlt;*unlngton -farted with n nitdt Ip the second period nnd registered eight markers, giving them a five-point lead, before ilcj locals could got started. Mar-llnsvlllo. by hard fighting, esme from tr'hlnd and when the pistol waa shot at the end of tho law half, the score was t loti. 16—16.Referee Mowe. who had been play-lug i utce gnuio for JMoomlncton. got 1 In svtnv more of his good work when | he called a foul on Cur In after thei.gun had be. n d.ot at *lw end of he second half. EtMrey.1 however, lacke*l the courage neccosaty lo pticJi the free throw and the game wont Into the extra nratdoti.Mart Insvlllo nt once put the gumoon Ice when Dude* South scor'd a proHy out under Ihc basket on u perfect pa** from Curtis. The game ended with tho score. 18—16 In favor of Martinsville.With two minuted to play. In the oeond half, tho game had become a fierce flglit (Hid 111 a mlx-up. Cap*. Sander* was laid out for tho r«*t of the tourney. His nook kneo. that ■ad bom Injured at Lebanon. over a month ago. gave AV under tho strain and tlic gatno little captain was carried off the floor. The lnrg« crowd of Martinsville supporter* saw the chance* few the state championship so glimmering with both Sanders and Tipps out Wall, who was put In for Sanders, played * whirlwind gome at Kuatd. The giunc was full of sensational hot* and time at iter time, the hu«e crowd was broughhad a walk-awny. Tho boys Imd played themsolves wit In tho prcv-I ni* battles and had nlt; chnnco with t)n strong Boone county team. Mar-tliisvlllo had tho hardest schedule of any loam playing In the seml-fln-nl« an*l Lebanon, the state champs, had tlie easiest. Lebanon'* firs’ two gnmos wore with n-atns thnt bad no business at n stato tournament. while Martinsville met and defeated loams, any one of which, would have given tho state champions a hard nght.The gnmo with Kokomo at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, wore t!i« toorn wit. nnd they wore .In no shape to tackle l*ebanor. at tl rce. The great showing made by Wall and Gibbs was tlic fwunrc of hotli the Kokomo and Ixbanoti games. Even with Sanders -and Tipps In llio lineup. tho locals would have been no match for Lebanon.nl the ugh the sec in would have been much closer.With Martinsville hopelessly boot-on and In the face or the possibility that Tipps might lulvo append)-cltl*. Coatti Morris sent him in dur-ng tho last fow minutes of piny, when Curtin «ns carried off the fktor sick. Tipps. gamely did his best, but after making olio goal, falnicd. nnd had lo *o carried to llio dressing room.During the la* half, the fourth per •viiuil foul was called on k'r'lt;'. but tho officials decided to let him finish llio gaiiic. but Coach Morris, after play had been resumed, sent JloKspplo out on the floor, without Instruct Iona of any kind. -If the gtuiio had been clo^e. a foul would havo undoubtedly been called on tho local team.The leant, con’derlng nil their handicaps end tholr condlllon. mado a dlowing that no can helpbeing proud of. Summary:. Nl*ebanon. 36—DeVol. Adnm. Prank, forwards: Dali, center; White, Grater. Little, guards.Martinsville, 12—8©uth. Glbb*. forwards; Curtis. Hohtnppl®. center; Pryo. Wall, guards.Field goals: DeVol J. Adam 5, Ball /. White 1. Grater 2; Curtis l.QIbbe2. HoUapplo 1. Poule: Curtis 4 out of 7; White. 3 out of 4.Rpferoc. Mowe; umpire, Abbett.Lebanon—Gary.The crea’ent crowd that ever saw a basket ball gamo at Bloomington.
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Martinsville Democrat
Martinsville, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1917
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