The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15
HAD LIVELY time.
High School Tournament at the
Auditorium.
Fort Scott Wins Girls Basket
Ball Tournament.
BOYS ARE VICTORIOUS.
Defeat Salina in Fastest Game
Of the Season.
Relay Races Stir Glass Enthus-
iasm.
ARE VICTORIOUS.

The Topeka high school broke even
on its basket ball tournament held at
the Auditorium last night the girls
losing to Fort Scott by 8 to 16, while
the boys won in a fast game from the
team from st. Johns military school
by p to %. In losing the game the
Topeka high school girls lost the state
championship.
A large crowd was present. The
entire down stairs with the exception
Of the parquet which was cleared for
the use Of the contestants was filled
with interested high school students,
both from Topeka and Fort Scott as
wei as sympathiEers of the st. Johns
military academy from Saitna. About
500 people paid admissions. This was
D., the FINAL basket ball tournament Of the
season.
In the first half the game between
the two girls teams was especially
slow, not warming up until close to the
END Of the half. The ball was kept
equally in both territories. Topeka
high school started or to win but
slackened down and lost their lead,
until about the middle of the half
when they regained some of their
spirit, the first half ending with Fort
Scott two points in the lead, the score
In the second half Fort Scott scored
points to TOpeka's 6. The finish of
the game was especially spectacular.
Miss Mckee of the Topeka team
threw a goal at the last minute which
evidently clinched the victory for To
peza. The cheering had scarcely sub
sided when Long Of Fort Scott fol-
lowed suit with a goal throw which
brought victory to the camp OF the
visitors. The last goal was thrown
Just as the whistle started to blow.
The team work Of the home team
was not on par with that OF the
In
from fouls up to the mark set by the
girls from Fort Scott. Miss ElmeFe
OF Topeka did the best individual
work, securing IL points out OF Is.
Miss COrbett also did some good work.
For Fort Scott Miss Long was easily
the best player and did some excel
lent goal throwing from fouls Miss
Hudson Of the same team showed up
well.
Fort Scott had more fouls called on
a than Topeka, the former being
credited with eight to the home teams
five. The girls played on field
marked with lines and this was
responsible for by far the greater
number Of the fouls. Neither Of the
teams apparently were accustomed to
playing with side lines. Aside from
one bumped head and the loss of a.
side comb, there was nothing in the
way OF serious accident to mar the
play.
The contest between the two boys
teams was especially fast. AS a re
suit of the fast work a large number
of fouls were called. Topeka High
school erred heavily in this particular,
having sixteen fouls chalked up
against the team at the finish Of the
game. St. Johns secured ten. The
boys played without the side lines.
Had the side lines been used the
game would probably not have been
as fast AS it was however it was
~ cha IA
winter. The Topeka team had slight
~ the better Of it when it came to
weight and size. The first half was
easily Topeka's, as the ball was kept
IN St. Johns territory for large part
OF the entire half and the goal throw
ing from fouls was far better than
that OF the cOntesting team. 1t was
probably the inability of the St Johns
team to throw goals from fouls in this
half which later lost the game for the
military school At the end of the
half the score stood 10 to Is in the
High schools favor. At the begin
ming Of the second half St. Johns
endeavOred to play the home team off
Its feet and this together with a vast
Improvement in goal throwing had
things looking gloomy for Topeka. At
the finish Of the half the boys from
the High school began to sit up and
take notice. Fast work aided by two
spectacular goal throws by Hope who
made long throws to the basket
placed the score beyond danger of
tieing.
Coblentz deserves marked praise
Tor his good work in basket throwing
Cain put up a star game at guard and
time and again warded of what look
ed ike sure goal The St. Johns
however, had a little the better
shade Of it in the second half, secur-
ing 13 points to Topeka's -
To Carl Henderson, a Topeka. bov
most Of the credit for the fine showing
Henderson by his goal throwine- from
fouls in the second half made it possi-
bic FOR his team to close up on the lead
ers in the fashion it did. Henderson
made Il points out of the % scored bv
his team.
The relay races between the