The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
Basket Ball Tournament in
Auditorium Draws Crowd.
VISITORS 0UTCLAssED.
Topeka Girls and Boys Demon
strate Their Superiority.
Scores in Both the Games
Onesided.

/ mere ana there who were equally llilar-
ious, the boys and girls basket ball
teams of the Topeka high school demon
strated their superiority in most
crushing fashion over their rivals from
the Fort Scott high school at the Audi
/ forum last night. The Topeka girls
/ won by a score Of 81 to z; and the To-
pelka boys did little better by beating
the lads from Fort Scott to the tune of
4s to II.
/ This was certainly sweet revenge for
the Topeka girls at least. They were
/ beaten twice last year by the Fort Scott
| team. and the members OF the latter
went on the floor last night with the
idea that the result was a foregone con-
clusion and that they would win as east
/ " this year as they had last. But. they
were sadly mistaken. AS a matter of
/ fact they We're not in the same class
with the Topeka girls. They were ex-
eeIled at every point of the game and
that the Topeka girls did not make a
larger score was due to the fact that
there was time limit to the halves. for
they seemed to be scoring about every
other minute Of play
AS for the Topeka boys, this was the
fist time that they had met the Fort
Scott team. And this Fort Scott team
has a reputation for basket bail playing.
| If their reputation is a good one among
| the teams of their class then the Topeka
I boys have as fine a basket ball team as
there is in the high or ans other pre-
paPatoFy schools in this section of the
country. They simply toyed with the
Fort Scott boys and won as they pleased
OF the eleven scores made against them
eight were from flee trys which were
given TO the Fort Scott boys in the way
of penalties for the Topeka boys in
fringing on the rules of the game. These
infringements We're evidently not done
purposely but were the result of over
/ eagerness on the part of the members of
the Topeka team to monOpolize the pos
session of the ball.
One thing is certain. however. There
was all sorts of encouragement for the
/ Topeka teams to do their best and
little better OF the crowd of l,5Oe
present it seemed that 1,400 were yell
ing for victory for Topeka. This yell
ing was of a great variety. Crops of
high school boys, with voices chang-
ing, essayed all kinds of yells and songs
with W0nderOus effects. Groups OF
girls, bedecked with ribbons and ban
ners wrapped around their bodies. con-
tented themselves with merely scream
ing in that way which is peculiar TO
! women, old and young when they are
excited Staid matrons, supposedly
3 S3-DA
the din. Every play of any account by
any member of either Topeka team was
greeted with this medley of noises and
as these plays were numerous the
shouts, yells and screams were eontin-
ucus and earsplitting.
Decor ations in the building were pro-
fuse. The gallery was draped with
Vari colOred bunting significant OF the
colors of the school, the various classes
and the much frowned on sOrorities as
we'll Class banners were scattered
through the bunting and the ~NHocts
were pleasing. The high school or
chestra was there also ana furhlsheI
Some fine music between theh alves of
the gamcg-
1t was about $50 o'clock when the
sport of the evening started with the
first half of the game between the
girls teams. They lined up as fol-
Forwards. Fillmore and Cor
bett; centers. AIcLatchey and Kirtch-
ell: guards. Miller (captain), and West.
Fort ScOtt-ForWards, BOllIVer ana
McCallan; eenters, Asher and Hudson
(captain): guards. Hughes and Myers.
Play had not been in progress for
more than a minute when it was seen
that the Topeka girls were the Su
periors. They had fine team work
and passed the ball back and forth
with unerring accuracy. About three
minutes after the opening of the game
Corbet scored fine goal from the
with four more field goals by Gilmore
and three more by Corbet. Captain
Miller scored another goal from d free
trv and the best Fort Scott could do
was to get one field goal. The half
ended with a score of z to in favor
of the Topeka girls. The second half
of this game. which was played after
the first half of the boys game had
been concluded, was really a repetition
of the first half Forwards ElmOre
and Corbet made goals in rapid sue
cession but their work was really the
result of fine team play by the other
members of the team for they kept
the ball within easy reaching distance
of the forwards at all times. With the
tide going against them at all times
the Fort Scott girls PLAYED a plucky
Happlauded by the crowd and greeted
v0ciferOusly by small number of
Fort Scott enthusiasts who We're gath
AIRED in one corner of the hall The
Fort Scott girls managed to score five
noints in this half. while the Topeka
iassias got fourteen. ma king the final
score of the game 81 to in favor of
Topeka.
time III winning it seemed as if the
bovs had an easier one They lined
~ as follows: Center, Thayer; for
Ids Hale and Coblentz; guards
scott team consisted of: Center
ssfaI7Ieton: forwards, Martindale and
I,arimer. (eaptain); guards, Cassel
ail fIr raeu4 the start to finish Of both
1,ei,-es the Topeka boys plainly
siso1rea their superiority. Their team
g5tS was me and goals were tossed
with accuracy. Reed. Coblentz and
Thaver were the stars of the Topeka
team and some of their goals We're
,sseII,r VroYade1-fllI. For the Fort Scott /
team MartindaIe played the best game
Penalties against the Topekastea1n for
infringements of the rules gave the
Fort Scott lads a number OF free trys
for goals and Martinda1e tossed most /
an Of them in the basket. In fact
nearly ali of the scoring done by Fort
Scott was through these free trys- Inc
first half ended with the score y TO
in favor Of Topeka. The second nan
resulted IN a score Of - to 3 in To-