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SHOOTIN! 'EM and STOPPIN! 'EM
‘INDIANAPOLIS NEWS,--The Big Ten Becomes Normal,

As long as Indiana and Purdue win, basketball in the Big Ten is pretty nor-
mal and normally pretty interesting, Rarely does Indiana or Purdue turn in an
ordinary performance, If they lose, it's an upset. If they barely win, it's us-
ually a breath-taker, And in providing something akin to a deluge the game isn't
simply a runaway--it has a touch that sets it apart.

I presume Indiana's punitive expedition into the Champaign sector Saturday
night might have been just another Hoosier team coming along to straighten out
that matter of Purdue's loss to Illinois Monday night, but it wasn't. It was hst
plain Menke business with a Will to win,

Doug Mills, coach at Illinois and the Dick Metz of the Big Ten coaching bri-
gade, extended a firm hand in greeting Branch McCracken Saturday night, and more
than 7,000 fans jammed the Illinois sym, Without benefit of backboards Bill Menke
put away eleven field goals in fifteen shots and added two of three free throws
to provide just half the Indiana total of 48 points. Illinois came along with 38
but no one paid much attention to that. Every one was watching the Menke  busi-
ness, which is produced with a strong right arm and a gentle push, a firm flip,
a brisk whip or a delicate lay-in,

Standing on the steps leading up from the dressing room after the game Branch
McCracken encountered some of the visiting reporters, While shaking hands with
these gentlemen he was asking a question and passing out some free information,
"Are you coming down Monday night?" -- was the question -- "Boy, those Wildcats -
are really tough, and that Clawson, whew--he's big and he knows how to handle him
self--better come down," Mr. Clawson will be Mr, Menke's policeman tonight. That
alone should pack ‘em in,

Down the hall a piece Bob Zuppke was visiting with a few friends, Zuppke wa
a member of Shootin! 'Em's Wonder Five this year, "Now, that's the kind of bas-
ketball we used to play," said Zup. "Why, when I tried to tell 'em around here
many, many years ago -- you know I coached basketball around here, after a fash-
ion, for eight years -- when I showed that one-hand shot they gave me the berries
They thought I was crazy." And then Zup branched off into football with dack Ryan
and Dick Gordon, of the Chicago Daily News, so we moved on, Ryan did say it was
a shame Menke had to play with a broken right hand, and that this mst have been
a tremendous handicap, Bill did have his shooting hand taped, and we confided to
Mr, Ryan that there's a secret about that, too. Mr. Ryan then put that all-know-
ing expression on his face, so we gave up,

The Indiana boys were around shaking hands with their folks--a lot of parents
were around--and the big crowd gradually moved over to the ice rink, where Minne-
sota was playing Illinois the second game of week-end series, Zup's talk about
one-handed shooting came up again, and Vic Rensberger contributed some facts on
the case, In this same at Champaign Illinois took 44-one-handed shots and 27 two
handed shots, Four one-handers and eight two-handers went in, Indiana took 32
one-handed shots, and 13 of these went in, They took 24 two-handers and only six
of these were good, Now this Indiana one-handed shooting, of course, was domi-
nated by Bill Menke's eleven successful attempts, Bill throws the ball into the

hoop. He rarely uses the backboard. His shots are hard to step. He may miss it
but it will be extremely difficult for any one to keep him from taking them, He
is as definitely a righthander as was Christy Mathewson, His fancy pivoting, how-