Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-08
A SUCCESSFUL TRIP
Dallas Team Returns Victorious From
its Northern Tour.

west. The team played five games
while away, winning three and max
ing a percentage of 600. The boys
played five Of the best teams on the
Coast. 1t was not the object Of the
manager in arranging these game;
to pick teams that would be easy meal
for the strong aggregation from
Dallas, but to select teams whose de-
feat would mean something.
The first game was played in Port
land against the "All-Stars," the
champions Of the Coast. This was
the fastest and finest exhibition of
basket ball ever given in Portland.
The superior team work Of the Dallas
team won the victory The individual
work was also great To name the
stars Of the Dallas team would mean
to name every man on the team. The
Portland team is made up of men who
have had years Of experience and
know the game from A to z. The final
score was 16 to 10 in favor Of Dallas
The next game was with the Multi
nomah Athletic Club. The score was
again in favor Of the college boys.
The game was Dallas from the first,
and the way the boys threw goals
wasn't slow" Ford was out Of the
game here, and Gates went in and
played great ball. The final score was
80 to in favor of Dallas.
On Tuesday morning, December 80,
the boys lined up against the sturdy
defenders Of Centralia High School.
The Centralia boys did not get a look
in at the game from the time the
whistle blew until the finish Of the
game. The playing of Gates and
Shaw in this game was good to see.
Hoffman, Teats and Wilson played
like veterans, and at no time did their
opponents bother them. The final
score was 81 to 8.
The fourth game was with the Y. M.
@. A. team Of Tacoma. Here the boys
met their first defeat. The floor at
this place was puzzler to the Dallas
players, there being row Of 12-inch
posts down the middle of the room,
and the goals being at one side Of the
court instead Of in the center. These
obstructions were a great handicap to
East work, and kept the visiting team
guessing. The college boys also claim
that the Tacoma umpire gave them
decidedly the worst Of it, but say that
the only soreness they feel over the
game is the soreness caused by bruises
received. The score was 20 to II In
favor Of Tacoma.
The fifth and last game was with
the Seattle Y. nj. G. A. This team
held the Coast championship four
years, from 1899 to 1902, irclusive
This is a matter Of no surprise, for
Seattle has played all it's close games
on the home floor, which is good for
20 points against any team except
Dallas. The Dallas boys made the
largest score that has ever been made
by visiting team in Seattle, and, had
they not been crippled as they were,
would have won the game on that
floor. The contest was fast and free
from wrangling. The final score was
81 to 10.
The Dallas College team justly
claims the championship Of the Pacific
Coast, as the games played in Tacoma
and Seattle cannot be considered in a
contest for the championship honors,
and it was so understood between the
competing teams before the games
were played. The rules of basket
ball require that games to decide the
championship must be played on
floor free from distractions and Of
regulation size. The floors in the
Sound cities are not of this class
neither is the court in the Dallas
College gymnasium, which is much |
smaller than the regulation size.
Consequently, the last two games
played last week do not count in the
championship class any more than do
the games played on the present court
in Dallas.
But that Dallas has the strongest
team on the Coast, there can be no
doubt. The boys have won the
fairly and squarely,
and are ready to defend it. Take the
men Of the team and see if you can
pick stronger ones: Polling, atcenter,
has yet to meet his superior-he has
never failed to throw goals over any
man he has gone against; Wilson and
Teats are as strong pair Of forwards
as ever threw for a basket, being
strong at offensive and defensive work
as guards, we have Ford and Hoff-
man, who play their positions perfect
ly, and who have held such men as
Durand, Myer and Blaker
down to no goals. These five men are
backed up by Gates, Shaw and Launer
three men as fast as the fastest, and
who would strengthen any team.
The game with McMinnville on Fri
lay night was called off by McMinn-
vile College on account Of a recital
held at that place. They will play in
Dallas, January l6, and from that
late until the first Of March the college
boys will play games with the best