Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-28
LINCOLN IS SILL UNBEATEK
High school Basket Ball Team Wins
from Omaha by Margin of
Se-en.

Five Omaha High school lads gave a
STURDY uuintet rom the Lincoln High school
q terrihc struEgis Tor basket ball honors at
GermHnla hal last night. but al The end
u two spirited halves the Omahans sue
cumbed by a score Of 81 to "a 10 The boys
from the capitol city unbssten this season
An enormous crowd attended the match
and Al Faivbrothsr, with the high school
band. led tie most enthusiastic chorus OF
roOters that has ever vocRlized al an In
door scholastic event here. Nor were the
Lincoln bows u-nchampiuned. for q bevy Of
their girl friends and many boys came
along with hem.
The visitors were q stafwart band and in
The early part Of the FIRST half IL seemed
as though they we're 10 have a wHlkaway,
FOR they scored nine points before Omaha
had two. But the locals. smaller. vet just
as game, woke up then. ana The score Tor
the half was Is 10 "A. with o fair lighting
chance fer Omaha yet.
Donald Raymond Lincoln's left forward.
was easily the star OF that half. Youngest
brother Of three all fllustrious in Ne
braska scholastic and collegiate athletic
annals. Raymond showed all The head and
accuracy anc speed that mace brother
Ike" d great foot ball back, and brother
BIZ a base ball star. Raymond was
opposed 20 Dick Patterson, q star Of
the Omaha team. and this made the com
petition between the two al the kesner
The Lincoln boy dd some remarkable goa
In the second half Patterson was retired
because OF a bad ankle. and Substitute
Goodman took ms place. This was The
hottest KIM OF play. II was see-saN al
the way until the last three minutes. Much
Of the time the teams were q tie. In this
half Captain Benny CherrtuEt0n OF the
Omaha team came into his own and began
throwing goals right and left Laubau. the
other forward. had done Temarkahle work
in the FIRST half. and he WIS keeping II up.
So between these two the basket vas given
no rest. With seven minutes TO play, mat
tiers looked very blue for the visitors, who
were then four behind IN the score
And Walter Walsh. Ldnculn's right for
ward. saved the DAY for his team Thls
boy was the particular lumtnary Of the
second half, and his work during that part
Of the game MADE MIN the star OF II all
Walsh threw twenty goals from FOUL Line
without a miss. He threw six Of the twelve
goals from field He threw them sitting,
standing and living, and II he d had wings
he would have thrown them nytnE. be
was the wonder and vet the despair Of the
I Omaha boys. In that last seven mtnu-eE
he threw goals till he WINS black IN the
face. The ball seemed always nndtnE hin
and he never missed the basket from any
As preliminary games the high school
sophomures snd freshmen mixed Il for If
teen-mfuute halves. The reshme won,
II TO S. The feature Of the game was the
forward. He proved q living, breathing
The curtain raiser that excited the keen
! est interest was a game between high
school Junior and senior girls Twelve
minute halves w.re scheduled. hut the last
half took half an hour 20 MAY on a ne,
the seniors winning finally by a bea utsful
I field goal thrown by Miss Heirnred. THE
final score was 10 10 g. In ths nrsf nah
the juniors mao II al lneH o~h Wy Lt
score at The end being 5 10 ? But tbs
/ seniors. mostly midEets In comparison witt
their antagonists. WOKE Up and won on
their superior mental advancement Mis-
Marshall was q phenomenal goal throWei
for the 5uriOrs. Let II be SAID thaf the girls
4 ulayed much prettier and better basket bal
] than the boys class teams. They showed
better form and better team work thanks
10 the skilled coaching given them by Miss
! Gertrude Macomber. their athletic tnstruc-
Tor a 0ne-time famous varsity guard.
Tonight the Lincoln boys play the South
/ Omahn HiEh school there.
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