MCPL001738

Description:	The next week coach Campbells crew from Shelbyville came down and beat the homeboys 27-21. Although beaten in points Bloomington played the best brand of basketball.The next week end the Panthers, as the team had been named, crushed Linton 42-28 andfell before Coach Curtis team for the second time this year.Bedford came up and won a hard fought game from us on the I. U. floor; we shouldsay on a neutral floor. Then our team took a leave of absence and traveled over the hills ofBrown county to Columbus. They sure played basketball that night. Columbus was hot butthe home boys won by one point, 3 3-3 2. Hurrah! Vincennes is next. Yes, and after playingVincennes off their feet for 10 minutes the panthers gave out and the sweet Alices got a leadof several points at the half time. Bloomington came back and out played them the secondhalf but could not overcome the lead. The Johnson boys beat Manual 29-15 and Jeffersonwon from us in their cracker box at Lafayette.The boys packed their bags and went south and on this trip they sure cleaned house.They took Owensville into camp and went right over and cleaned out Mark Wakefields outfit at Central of Evansville.They were still traveling and the next week they broke even by losing one to Frankfortand won one from Cliff Wells troup at Logansport. The panthers are hard on former B. H. S.boys who are coaching. They beat Dobby, Cliff, and Mark.They just wouldnt come home to play so they shipped anchor and navigated to Vincennes. The wild panthers played rings around the sweet Alices for ten minutes and thenMoser and Hall were ejected from the game and in the end the Adams outfit won by tenpoints.While still roaming around they pulled hair with our old rivals Bedford and also Techthe next week. It was some game at Bedford. They won by four points. Although tiredfrom the night before the Johnson machine was set in motion and walked on the Tech boysfrom the city. In this game Geiger was shifted to center and Hall to floor guard which provedeffective.Winding up the season the boys came home and defeated Crawfordsville 48-30 and lostto Franklin 32-24. They were without the services of our big boy Hall because of sickness.The district tourney was taken to Martinsville and after winning their two games fromGosport and Stinesville the Panthers lost to the perfected Curtis machine. The boys playedgood basketball but the Martinsville boys were too hot on their own floor.In this game Captain Dillon Geiger, Nathan Hall, Holland Neal and Winfred Turpinappeared for the last time in a purple uniform. They are lost by graduation. With CoachJohnson back next year as is expected and with Moser, Costas, Rader, Westmoreland, Cordeli.Teague, and a number of second team boys, Bloomington should have a real team.This year Gieger, Hall, Neal, Turpin, Moser, Rader, Cordeli, Costas and Westmorelandreceived athletic B sweaters.Page One Hundred Four
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Collection:	Bloomington High School

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